Jim Hightower ~ The Corporate Mad Dogs Of Citizens United

Nation Of Change | October 31 2012

As feared, our people’s democratic authority has been dogged nearly to death by the hounds of money in this election go ’round, thanks to the Supreme Court’s reckless decree in the now-infamous Citizens United case.

That rank political power play by five black-robed judicial partisans unleashed the Big Dogs of corporate money to bite democracy right in the butt this year, poisoning our elections with the venom of unlimited special-interest cash. But there’s also been another, little-reported consequence of the malevolent Citizens United decision: It has unleashed mad-dog corporate bosses to tell employees how to vote.

Prior to that 2010 Court ruling, top executives were barred by federal law from using corporate funds to instruct, induce, intimidate or otherwise push workers to support particular candidates. No more, thanks to the five Supremes. Having been given a legal pass, bosses have openly and aggressively conscripted employees to be political troopers for corporate-backed candidates.

For example, CEO David Siegel of Westgate Resorts, a major peddler of time-share schemes, warned his 7,000-strong workforce against voting for Obama. To do so, he wrote in a letter to each of them, would “threaten your job.” Obama, Siegel declared, planned to raise taxes on multimillionaires like him, which would give him “no choice but to reduce the size of this company.”

Likewise, Dave Robertson, president of the Koch brothers’ industrial empire, notified 30,000 workers that they would suffer assorted “ills” if they helped re-elect Obama. In case that message was too subtle, Robertson helpfully included a slate-card of Koch-approved candidates for them to take into the polling booth.

Of course, corporate chieftains say they’re not making threats — just suggestions. As Boss Siegel disingenuously put it: “There’s no way I can pressure anybody. I’m not in the voting booth with them.”

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Sean Kerrigan ~ The Prison System Expands At Frightening Pace Following Declaration Of War On Drugs

Activist Post | October 30 2012

In the early 1970s, the prison population in the United States was small and was steadily falling relative to the size of the population. Experts imagined that in a few decades, the prison system as we know it could be successfully dismantled, but that began to change after President Nixon began the War on Drugs in 1971, resulting in a huge influx of convicts.

The massive increase in prisoners has given rise to what some call the Prison Industrial Complex. Like its cousin, the Military Industrial Complex, government policy and spending continues to make private involvement in the prison system very lucrative. Taxpayer money is transferred to corporations to satisfy the increasing number of prisoners as a result of the drug war.As these corporations become bigger and more powerful, they can lobby for policies that will increase their business. Their business is to see you behind bars. More prisoners means more profit, which means more influence. It’s a continuing cycle that has reached a tipping point.

Like all big businesses, private prisons invest heavily in government lobbying to ensure an ever increasing supply of new customers, in this case prisoners. Currently, private prison companies are negotiating with states to buy and manage public prisons, if in exchange the state can promise occupancy rates remain above 90 percent for at least 20 years. This of course only adds to incentivize the states to prosecute more citizens for more crimes.

The Corrections Corporation of America’s annual filing even admits this is their goal:

The demand for our facilities and services could be adversely affected by the relaxation of enforcement efforts, leniency in conviction or parole standards and sentencing practices or through the decriminalization of certain activities that are currently proscribed by our criminal laws…For instance, any changes with respect to drugs and controlled substances or illegal immigration could affect the number of persons arrested, convicted, and sentenced, thereby potentially reducing demand for correctional facilities to house them.

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Andrew Smith ~ Mercury Retrograde Nov 6 2012

Cosmic Intelligence Agency | October 2012 | Thanks, Minty

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The Crusader: The Third Loop of Time of 2012 ~ Retrograde through Sagittarius and Scorpio

For the third time this year Mercury will appear to “reverse” his orbit and turn retrograde on the 6th November inclusive of the 26th November.

The usual advise that you read about online and in astrological literature is to hold off doing anything as you spend the time double checking your diaries for errors and omissions; making sure that there is a whistle sensor on your “about to disappear” keys; that you hold off on signing any sensitive documents and legally bound contracts; and gleefully suspend all important commercial transactions on the premise that what is about to come to pass is not full thought out and not all information has been provided; the question for me remains is this really what Mercury Retrograde is all about?

There certainly appears to be a higher concentration of communication mishaps, delays and technology outages but is the purpose of this cycle to frustrate and annoy us?

Rather than focusing on the practical implications of this cycle, after all there are myriad articles online about the 10 things you need to remember during any Mercury Retrograde cycle, I would like to again reflect on the psycho-spiritual process that is more consciously invoked during this thrice yearly cycle. But before I explore the emotional implications inherent to the invocation of the symbolism of this process I will digress slightly to describe what is actually physically happening to Mercury during the retrograde phase.

Mercury Retrograde Cycle

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Jonathan Benson ~ EU Nations Ban Novartis Influenza Vaccine After Dangerous Proteins Found

Natural News | October 31 2012

A handful of European Union (EU) member nations have banned several influenza vaccines manufactured by Swiss drug maker Novartis after agglomerations of small, white proteins were discovered floating in batch injections of the flu jabs Agrippal and Fluad, neither of which are sold in the U.S. According to the drug giant, both vaccines are allegedly still safe, but Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, and France are not taking any chances, having all recently decided to block sales of the affected vaccines until more is known about the issue.

The tainted vaccines were first discovered in Italy, which prompted immediate action by the Italian government to ban not only Agrippal and Fluad, but also Influpozzi and adjuvanted Influpozzi. Following Italy’s decision, both Germany and Spain implemented their own bans, which prompted subsequent bans by Switzerland, France, and others. These decisions came as the European Medicines Agency(EMA), which evaluates the safety of drugs and vaccines approved centrally for use throughout the EU, announced that it would not lead an investigation into the safety of the vaccines, as they were all approved nationally rather than centrally.

Novartis has also released little information thus far about what the floating particles are, and how they might affect vaccine safety. The company, which has seen an increasing share of safety problems in recent years, offered duplicitous explanations concerning both issues, assuring the public that, even though it is unclear as to the contents of the particles, the affected vaccines are still somehow safe for public use.

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Ron Hera ~ The 3 (Or 4) Ways The Dollar Could Die: Financial Crimes To Trigger A Collapse [Audio]

 | October 31 2012

Ron Hera of HeraResearch.com joins me to discuss the FOUR ways the Dollar could die. Ron believes the most frightening and imminent possibility leading to the death of the Dollar is not lost confidence in the Dollar or in the Treasury market, but rather in the financial markets as a whole — as Ron puts it, it is the unpunished Financial Crimes that will likely lead directly to a Black Swan event which in turn will lead to a total collapse.

Ron’s site ~ http://www.heraresearch.com/

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Ben Hirschler ~ British Medical Journal Moves To Flush Out Secret Trial Data

Reuters | October 31 2012 | Thanks, Carolyn

(Reuters) – The respected British Medical Journal (BMJ) will refuse to publish research papers on drugs unless the clinical trial data behind these studies is made available for independent scrutiny.

The requirement to make anonymised patient-level data available “on reasonable request” will apply to all clinical trials of drugs and medical devices from January 2013, the BMJ said in an editorial.

The move increases the pressure on drug companies to lift the lid on data secrets amid growing criticism that lack of disclosure hampers the ability of doctors and medical researchers to assess the true value of products.

Patient-level data, which sits behind the published results of clinical trials, is a potential treasure trove for scientists wanting to test drug company claims and expose product deficiencies.

Companies have been reluctant to release this information, but GlaxoSmithKline set a precedent this month by announcing that it would make such data available from its trials.

(Reporting by Ben Hirschler; Editing by David Goodman)

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Laura Bruno ~ Happy Halloween!

Laura Bruno’s blog | October 31 2012

Halloween is also known as Samhain (pronounced sow-en), and serves as a marker of the Celtic New Year. On this evening when the veils between worlds thin, we can more easily bring magic and awareness into our own lives. The year 2012 itself has shown a rapid thinning of the old veils that allowed corrupt bankers, politicians, and corporations to operate without restraint. No more! From Proposition 37 to label genetically engineered foods, to the LIBOR scandal about rigged interest rates, to scientific studies debunking vaccines, to daily revelations about the effects of money in politics, average people are beginning to see past the carefully managed smoke and mirrors.

James Gilliland ~ A Pleiadian Understanding In Infiltration, Censorship And Control Of Ufology

ECETI | October 31 2012

Ufology has been one of the most infiltrated, controlled and censored field of study to this day. It has become so convoluted finding truth in a myriad of lies, disinformation and over active imaginations is somewhat of a miracle. Having been in the field for all my life and actively speaking publicly for over 30 years I am speaking from experience. Having dealt with scientism, religion, psychotronics, mind control, disinformation and even censorship with deadly force I am not a newbie in the field. Many of your major talk show hosts have been misinformed or are part of the censorship and cover-up with agendas to paint a dark and foreboding picture. It is a mountain of manure and made to be so to keep the truth buried.

There are nuggets of gold if you dig with a discerning mind knowing the agendas of the dark hearts. When a major event happens concerning UFOs you will see the dark hearts swing into action. They will flood the net with misinformation, discredit those around the event or create another false event even more outrageous to divert attention. The created misinformation or event will go out through the disinformation network leaving the truth around an event little or no press. This includes many major talk show hosts’ even TV specials. The disinformation folks will give out false inside information, even debunk their own false events to further discredit the field or any previous events. When you know how the system works you can use your own discernment and inner sensitivity to find the truth. I had to learn from experience going into the field with trust, honesty and integrity only to have some real hard lessons in who are who in ufology and their true nature.

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James Gilliland ~ Poly Tics

ECETI | October 31 2012

Many have asked what my stance is concerning the elections. This pretty much sums up modern politics.

Poly=Many Tics=Blood sucking parasites.

Many have asked what my stance is concerning the elections. Some say it is a choice of a lesser of two evils. This still gives the illusion you have a choice. The two evils are both under the control of the NWO puppet masters. We have a one party system – republicrats – and no matter what they promise they cannot deliver if it is not part of the plan of the aristocracy, banksters and corporations. Just ask yourself what happened to all the third party candidates?

The very few people of integrity left in politics are just a voice in the wind unless the people wake up and get behind them. Yet most are hypnotized by the corporate sponsored media backing these unethical people. What you have is a corporate sponsored dictatorial democracy. Lack is manufactured. Most of your ills and disease originate with these corporations due to toxic chemicals, bioengineered virus and bacteria, and the poisoning of the food, air, water and land.

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Mahala ~ Planet Alert November 2012

Mahala’s Astrology | October 30 2012

Welcome to the full moon of Halloween. This full moon happens two days before Halloween on October 29, 2012 at 12:49 PM PDT. Halloween is the celebration of Spider Woman, the Hopi Creator Goddess. This is why there are spiders associated with this celebration. Have you noticed how popular this holiday has become? Could this have anything to do with the Goddess (love) energy that has been coming in very strong lately?

There is also a very strong storm on its way to the East Coast of America right now. The forecasters say it will be a storm of the century. It is scheduled to hit the East Coast on Monday morning October 29th. Meteorologists expect high winds, heavy rain, extreme tides and maybe snow to the west beginning early Sunday, peaking with the arrival of Hurricane Sandy on Monday and lingering past Halloween on Wednesday.

There will be three large storms mixing together. Hurricane Sandy coming up from the south, a storm that is blowing across the Midwest right now and frigid air is streaming south from Canada. These three storms are expected to meet Tuesday morning around New York, or the surrounding states.  This weather system is expected to last for a week.

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John Smallman ~ Any Loving Thought Or Word Creates An Eternal Effect

John Smallman’s Blog | October 31 2012

There is no one presently experiencing life on Earth who is not to some extent feeling the changing energies that are enveloping you.  They are growing powerfully each day and increasing in intensity, because they need to, as the moment of awakening draws ever closer.  You are not alone!  You are in receipt of enormous help from the spiritual realms because you have asked for it, and we always deliver.  Keep talking to us because it helps you enormously in your task by reminding you that you are being constantly helped and are never left alone to sort things out on your own.  It would make no sense to try as it would be engaging in illusory and meaningless activities, because as we are all one — always — to do something alone is impossible.  Engage with us through prayer and meditation and we will ensure your awakening.

When you do so you are opening your hearts to receive the abundance of God’s Love for you in a most creative and uplifting way, raising your spirits and sparking your enthusiasm to work with Him through us to bring this stage of the ongoing divine plan to completion.  This is why you are on Earth right now, and you do know this even though your awareness of it is not as clear as you would like it to be.  You are aware of the importance of being loving, accepting, and forgiving in every situation in which you find yourselves, and that must show you that you know that all are one.  If you truly believed in the separation of individuals, one from another, as the illusion would have you believe, then you would be content to soldier on in the old ways, just looking after number one.  Not only are you not doing that, but you are very much aware of how unsatisfactory a way to live that is, which is why you no longer behave in that fashion.

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