Friday, June 29, 2012
Some Wal-Mart Stores Get 25-40% Of Revenue From Food Stamps!
SOURCE
The increased use of Food Stamps is a huge social and political issue for America, and it's also big business. In 2011, the U.S. government spent $72 billion on Food Stamps.
Among the beneficiaries, food producers such as Cargill, PepsiCo. (PEP), Coca-Cola (KO) and Kraft (KFT), as well as retailers like Wal-Mart. Of course, Wall Street gets a cut too, led by JPMorgan Chase (JPM), which administers the SNAP benefits in 24 states.
In the accompanying video, I discuss the (big) business of Food Stamps with Marion Nestle, professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University and author of several books, most recently Why Calories Count.
Generally speaking, Nestle is a supporter of the program, calling it "the only safety net we have left for the poor."
However, with obesity rates rising among the poor -- and obesity a huge factor in rising health-care costs -- Nestle and other health experts wonder whether there should be restrictions on what kind of foods can be purchased with Food Stamps.
Currently, there are few restrictions on what can be purchased with Food Stamps, other than alcohol and prepared foods.
Here's Where the Profits Come In
"Here's where the profits come in," Nestle says. "A vast percentage of Food Stamps' money goes into the pockets of soda companies and snack food companies...and also the stores that sell these foods."
Wal-Mart "gets a large fraction of Food Stamp dollars," which contributes 25% to 40% of revenue at select stores, according to Nestle. "These companies, therefore, have a vested interest in making sure Food Stamps are allowed for any purchase at all."
Funding for Food Stamps comes from the Farm Bill, which is currently being debated in Congress. "You can bet the food companies like it just the way it is and they are lobbying" to prevent restrictions on how Food Stamp dollars are spent, Nestle says.
Citing a recent report by public health lawyer Michele Simon at EatDrinkPolitics.com, Nestle recently made the following observations on her blog about "some of the politics behind efforts to maintain the status quo":
As you'll see in the accompanying video, one other thing stands out when discussing these issues: There is no public data available on how Food Stamp funds are being spent.
"If there are data on what Food Stamps are spent on, they are proprietary data the companies have and either the government doesn't know, doesn't have access or isn't saying," Nestle observes.
Whatever you think of the program or whether there should restrictions on Food Stamps, we have a right to know how (and where) these taxpayer funds are being spent.
In 2011, a record 46 million people - or 1 in 7
Americans -- participated in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP), better known as Food Stamps.
The increased use of Food Stamps is a huge social and political issue for America, and it's also big business. In 2011, the U.S. government spent $72 billion on Food Stamps.
Among the beneficiaries, food producers such as Cargill, PepsiCo. (PEP), Coca-Cola (KO) and Kraft (KFT), as well as retailers like Wal-Mart. Of course, Wall Street gets a cut too, led by JPMorgan Chase (JPM), which administers the SNAP benefits in 24 states.
In the accompanying video, I discuss the (big) business of Food Stamps with Marion Nestle, professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University and author of several books, most recently Why Calories Count.
Generally speaking, Nestle is a supporter of the program, calling it "the only safety net we have left for the poor."
However, with obesity rates rising among the poor -- and obesity a huge factor in rising health-care costs -- Nestle and other health experts wonder whether there should be restrictions on what kind of foods can be purchased with Food Stamps.
Currently, there are few restrictions on what can be purchased with Food Stamps, other than alcohol and prepared foods.
Here's Where the Profits Come In
"Here's where the profits come in," Nestle says. "A vast percentage of Food Stamps' money goes into the pockets of soda companies and snack food companies...and also the stores that sell these foods."
Wal-Mart "gets a large fraction of Food Stamp dollars," which contributes 25% to 40% of revenue at select stores, according to Nestle. "These companies, therefore, have a vested interest in making sure Food Stamps are allowed for any purchase at all."
Funding for Food Stamps comes from the Farm Bill, which is currently being debated in Congress. "You can bet the food companies like it just the way it is and they are lobbying" to prevent restrictions on how Food Stamp dollars are spent, Nestle says.
Citing a recent report by public health lawyer Michele Simon at EatDrinkPolitics.com, Nestle recently made the following observations on her blog about "some of the politics behind efforts to maintain the status quo":
- Food industry groups such as the American Beverage Association and the Snack Food Association teamed up with anti-hunger groups to oppose health-oriented improvements to SNAP.
- Companies such as Cargill, PepsiCo, and Kroger lobbied Congress on SNAP, while also donating money to America's top anti-hunger organizations (who fear any changes to the Food Stamps program will result in benefit cuts).
- At least 9 states have proposed bills to make health-oriented improvements to SNAP, but none have passed, in part due to opposition from the food industry.
- Coca-Cola, the Corn Refiners of America, and Kraft Foods all lobbied against a Florida bill that aimed to disallow SNAP purchases for soda and junk food.
- Banks and other private contractors are reaping significant windfalls from the economic downturn and increasing SNAP participation.
As you'll see in the accompanying video, one other thing stands out when discussing these issues: There is no public data available on how Food Stamp funds are being spent.
"If there are data on what Food Stamps are spent on, they are proprietary data the companies have and either the government doesn't know, doesn't have access or isn't saying," Nestle observes.
Whatever you think of the program or whether there should restrictions on Food Stamps, we have a right to know how (and where) these taxpayer funds are being spent.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Whose A Jew Database
I have compiled extensive lists in the past of famous jews from the past and present, but this is a new one with a few new names and I wanted to share it.
Whose A Jew Database
Whose A Jew Database
Quote Of The Week
"The news that he had died instantly was a terrible shock to all of us,
but who is to say that he had not seen more, done more and learned more
in his few years than many people do in a lifetime? To do something well
is so worthwhile that to die trying to do it better cannot be
foolhardy. It would be a waste of life to do nothing with one's ability,
for I feel that life is measured in achievement, not in years alone."
Bruce McLaren
Bruce McLaren
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Monday, June 25, 2012
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Dr. Michael J. Burry at UCLA Economics Commencement 2012
I saw this on Zero Hedge and enjoyed it so I figured I'd pass it along.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Monday, June 18, 2012
Drug Addict Rodney King Dead At 47
Rodney King, 47, the Los Angeles parolee whose 1991 beating by Los Angeles police was caught on camera and fomented riots after the acquittal of the four officers involved, was found dead Sunday morning in his swimming pool at his home in Rialto, Calif., according to CNN and other media outlets.
Police said they received a 911 call from King’s fiancée, Cynthia Kelly, about 5:25 a.m. Pacific and found King at the bottom of the pool....
Police said they received a 911 call from King’s fiancée, Cynthia Kelly, about 5:25 a.m. Pacific and found King at the bottom of the pool....
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Congressman Larry McDonald On The NWO
This video was sent to me by a reader, I enjoyed it and wanted to share.
From the youtube description:
Around May of 1983, approximately 4 months before being shot down in KAL007, Congressman Larry McDonald takes on Pat Buchanan and Tom Braden on Crossfire as they badger him about his new role as Chairman of the John Birch Society. He easily handles them and answers questions concerning the Elite's Conspiracy for a One World Government.
From the youtube description:
Around May of 1983, approximately 4 months before being shot down in KAL007, Congressman Larry McDonald takes on Pat Buchanan and Tom Braden on Crossfire as they badger him about his new role as Chairman of the John Birch Society. He easily handles them and answers questions concerning the Elite's Conspiracy for a One World Government.
Youtube Rumored To Have Secret Jewish Censorship Unit
Whether or not this email has any validity, it is a fact that youtube censors non politically correct videos and I have been temp banned and had multiple videos removed.
SOURCE
YouTube, one more commercial arm of International Jewry, faced with a growing though still marginal revolt across Europe and the US against the genocide of the white race through mass third world immigration into white nations and cultural Marxism, have recently formed, on the advice of the ADL, what is known to insiders as Unit 13 to take extra-disciplinary action against account holders deemed to be a threat to the Jews version of history according to an email from a disgruntled former member of staff.
The email which is circulating in California says “If you’re not Jewish dont bother to work for YouTube unless you want to become a slave of the Jewish bosses and a traitor to your own people.”
The email claims that the ADL and it’s associates within YouTube fear that revisionist history about Adolf Hitler, the second world war and the exposing of the holohoax may reach a critical mass, and as these are historically backed facts and so do not infringe the guidelines to which the channel owners have signed up to, it was deceided to set up Unit 13 at Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA to act in the dark against enemies. According to the email it is has permission to by-pass all YT codes, privacy agreements and guidelines and take any action both on YouTube and outside in conjuction with other agencies it may deem necessary to “dampen a threat.”
“When YouTube started” reads the email “they were pretty confident that the huge mass of work provided by major Jewish outlets like the History Channel, the BBC and others who historically specialize in anti-Hitler, anti-German propaganda would totally squash any threat to the defamed reputation that Jews have created for Adolf Hitler since before the war. But history is catching up with them and there is real fear at the heart of even the ADL that the cat is getting out of the bag and Nationalism might replace Libertarianism in sections of young white America after the bitterness and despair caused by the assasination by the controlled Jewsmedia of Ron Pauls chances in the 2012 presidential elections. But they made the astonishing mistake of locating the unit within the main HQ where it was discovered through a little research by myself and others suspicious of our employers intentions. The whole thing maybe sounds paronoid but imo the new world order Zionists are becoming more paronoid by the day.”
“Channels which do contain politically-incorrect material but are deemed not to be a threat are happily given parternerships as they provide an ‘anti’ front which YouTube can parade as freedom of speech. Being granted a partnership from YouTube is an affirmation which will increasingly be seen as the kiss of death to a users credability”
The email claims that the unit acts without informing the channel holder and takes such actions as:
A) Locking a user to a suspended or banned channel so that they cannot sign out to access another or create a new one and if one channel banned will remain permanently locked on YouTube to a dead channel and so can never open a new account from their PC or laptop IP.
B) Without informing the user disables the ability of an account holder to send messages permanently. Though the user may still be able to answer messages.
C) Without informing the user suspend their ability to upload videos longer than fifteen minutes.
D) If they do not like the content of a channel which is exposing too much about the second world war or Jewish anti-white activity, they file a complaint (flag) against one video themselves and then ban or suspend the whole channel even through it has not had three infringements.
E) Build up a database of suspects and work closely with Homeland Security, CIA, ADL and Google, facebook and other linked operations to monitor activity of users.
F) Prevent channels from receiving any contact notifications except from commercial ones tied to partnership channels. “People who received contact notifications from like-minded political users will no longer receive them. They also plan to prevent such users suscribing to other blacklisted channels by removing access to the ‘suscribe’ button, but in some cases to prompt them to do so if they want to be able to claim a ‘network’ in the courts if they want to file charges against a whole group of people in a more tyrannical future planned by the Zionists.
G) Permanantly disable a users ability to make comments on videos or ‘like’ videos.
Thus the enemies of Zionism will be quietly got rid of outside YTs own guidelines while at the same time maintaining the illusion that they are the be all and end all of Jewtubes internal Jewdiciary.
If you have recently observed any strange activity on your YouTube channel please post it as a comment and it will be included in this article.
The email says that there are many thousands of political videos which youTube hates having on its books. “YouTube is constantly under presure from Zionist orgs to “tidy up their act” and not give the opportunities away that Jewish publishers and booksellers have managed to prevent since they practically took over the publishing and bookselling industry after the second world war, and even the control of public and school libraries in some countries decades ago.”
SOURCE
YouTube, one more commercial arm of International Jewry, faced with a growing though still marginal revolt across Europe and the US against the genocide of the white race through mass third world immigration into white nations and cultural Marxism, have recently formed, on the advice of the ADL, what is known to insiders as Unit 13 to take extra-disciplinary action against account holders deemed to be a threat to the Jews version of history according to an email from a disgruntled former member of staff.
The email which is circulating in California says “If you’re not Jewish dont bother to work for YouTube unless you want to become a slave of the Jewish bosses and a traitor to your own people.”
The email claims that the ADL and it’s associates within YouTube fear that revisionist history about Adolf Hitler, the second world war and the exposing of the holohoax may reach a critical mass, and as these are historically backed facts and so do not infringe the guidelines to which the channel owners have signed up to, it was deceided to set up Unit 13 at Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA to act in the dark against enemies. According to the email it is has permission to by-pass all YT codes, privacy agreements and guidelines and take any action both on YouTube and outside in conjuction with other agencies it may deem necessary to “dampen a threat.”
“When YouTube started” reads the email “they were pretty confident that the huge mass of work provided by major Jewish outlets like the History Channel, the BBC and others who historically specialize in anti-Hitler, anti-German propaganda would totally squash any threat to the defamed reputation that Jews have created for Adolf Hitler since before the war. But history is catching up with them and there is real fear at the heart of even the ADL that the cat is getting out of the bag and Nationalism might replace Libertarianism in sections of young white America after the bitterness and despair caused by the assasination by the controlled Jewsmedia of Ron Pauls chances in the 2012 presidential elections. But they made the astonishing mistake of locating the unit within the main HQ where it was discovered through a little research by myself and others suspicious of our employers intentions. The whole thing maybe sounds paronoid but imo the new world order Zionists are becoming more paronoid by the day.”
“Channels which do contain politically-incorrect material but are deemed not to be a threat are happily given parternerships as they provide an ‘anti’ front which YouTube can parade as freedom of speech. Being granted a partnership from YouTube is an affirmation which will increasingly be seen as the kiss of death to a users credability”
The email claims that the unit acts without informing the channel holder and takes such actions as:
A) Locking a user to a suspended or banned channel so that they cannot sign out to access another or create a new one and if one channel banned will remain permanently locked on YouTube to a dead channel and so can never open a new account from their PC or laptop IP.
B) Without informing the user disables the ability of an account holder to send messages permanently. Though the user may still be able to answer messages.
C) Without informing the user suspend their ability to upload videos longer than fifteen minutes.
D) If they do not like the content of a channel which is exposing too much about the second world war or Jewish anti-white activity, they file a complaint (flag) against one video themselves and then ban or suspend the whole channel even through it has not had three infringements.
E) Build up a database of suspects and work closely with Homeland Security, CIA, ADL and Google, facebook and other linked operations to monitor activity of users.
F) Prevent channels from receiving any contact notifications except from commercial ones tied to partnership channels. “People who received contact notifications from like-minded political users will no longer receive them. They also plan to prevent such users suscribing to other blacklisted channels by removing access to the ‘suscribe’ button, but in some cases to prompt them to do so if they want to be able to claim a ‘network’ in the courts if they want to file charges against a whole group of people in a more tyrannical future planned by the Zionists.
G) Permanantly disable a users ability to make comments on videos or ‘like’ videos.
Thus the enemies of Zionism will be quietly got rid of outside YTs own guidelines while at the same time maintaining the illusion that they are the be all and end all of Jewtubes internal Jewdiciary.
If you have recently observed any strange activity on your YouTube channel please post it as a comment and it will be included in this article.
The email says that there are many thousands of political videos which youTube hates having on its books. “YouTube is constantly under presure from Zionist orgs to “tidy up their act” and not give the opportunities away that Jewish publishers and booksellers have managed to prevent since they practically took over the publishing and bookselling industry after the second world war, and even the control of public and school libraries in some countries decades ago.”
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Masters of Porn: The Systematic Promotion of Sexual Deviance
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US Government Moles Inside Microsoft?
One more reason to use linux.
SOURCE
US government officials could be working under cover at Microsoft to help the country's cyber-espionage programme, according to one leading security expert.
The warning comes in the wake of the Flame virus that targeted key computers in the Middle East, and in part used confidential Microsoft certificates in order to access machines.
According to Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at security firm F-Secure, the claim is a logical conclusion to a series of recent discoveries and disclosures linking the US government to 2010's Stuxnet attack on Iran and ties between Stuxnet and the recent Flame attack.
“The announcement that links Flame to Stuxnet and the conclusive proof that Stuxnet was a US tool means that Flame is also linked to the US government,” Hypponen said.
“This makes you think that this breach of Microsoft's update system was done by the Americans and most likely a US agency, someone like the NSA,” Hypponen said. “That must make Microsoft mad as hell that its most critical system, used by 900 million of its customers, was breached by fellow Americans.”
The Flame virus used forged Microsoft certificates to gain access to computer systems because it is one of the most trusted companies, with any code-signing certificates from the company given white-list access to computers.
Although Microsoft itself was not hacked, the certificate abuse left the company red-faced and it scrambled to release an update to fix the problem.
“They didn't hack Microsoft, no-one has broken into Microsoft, but by repurposing the certificate and modifying it with unknown hash collision technologies, and with the power of a supercomputer, they were able to start signing any program they wanted as if it was from Microsoft. If you combine that with the mechanism they were using to spoof MS Update server they had the crown jewels," Hypponen said.
The breach raised questions over whether Microsoft knew its software was being used for espionage, but according to Hypponen the company would not have risked damaging its reputation and was most likely a pawn in the escalating cyberdefence ecosystem.
“I don't think Microsoft was in on it, that it was helping the US government and I don't believe that because it looks very bad for Microsoft. I find it very hard to believe that Microsoft's top management would have approved that,” Hypponen said.
“It's plausible that if there is an operation under way and being run by a US intelligence agency it would make perfect sense for them to plant moles inside Microsoft to assist in pulling it off, just as they would in any other undercover operation,” he said. “It's not certain, but it would be common sense to expect they would do that.”
Microsoft hasn't offered a comment on the claims.
SOURCE
US government officials could be working under cover at Microsoft to help the country's cyber-espionage programme, according to one leading security expert.
The warning comes in the wake of the Flame virus that targeted key computers in the Middle East, and in part used confidential Microsoft certificates in order to access machines.
According to Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at security firm F-Secure, the claim is a logical conclusion to a series of recent discoveries and disclosures linking the US government to 2010's Stuxnet attack on Iran and ties between Stuxnet and the recent Flame attack.
“The announcement that links Flame to Stuxnet and the conclusive proof that Stuxnet was a US tool means that Flame is also linked to the US government,” Hypponen said.
“This makes you think that this breach of Microsoft's update system was done by the Americans and most likely a US agency, someone like the NSA,” Hypponen said. “That must make Microsoft mad as hell that its most critical system, used by 900 million of its customers, was breached by fellow Americans.”
The Flame virus used forged Microsoft certificates to gain access to computer systems because it is one of the most trusted companies, with any code-signing certificates from the company given white-list access to computers.
Although Microsoft itself was not hacked, the certificate abuse left the company red-faced and it scrambled to release an update to fix the problem.
“They didn't hack Microsoft, no-one has broken into Microsoft, but by repurposing the certificate and modifying it with unknown hash collision technologies, and with the power of a supercomputer, they were able to start signing any program they wanted as if it was from Microsoft. If you combine that with the mechanism they were using to spoof MS Update server they had the crown jewels," Hypponen said.
The breach raised questions over whether Microsoft knew its software was being used for espionage, but according to Hypponen the company would not have risked damaging its reputation and was most likely a pawn in the escalating cyberdefence ecosystem.
“I don't think Microsoft was in on it, that it was helping the US government and I don't believe that because it looks very bad for Microsoft. I find it very hard to believe that Microsoft's top management would have approved that,” Hypponen said.
“It's plausible that if there is an operation under way and being run by a US intelligence agency it would make perfect sense for them to plant moles inside Microsoft to assist in pulling it off, just as they would in any other undercover operation,” he said. “It's not certain, but it would be common sense to expect they would do that.”
Microsoft hasn't offered a comment on the claims.
List Of Current and Planned US Drone Bases
(Map included at link)
SOURCE
We like to think of the drone war as something far away, fought in the deserts of Yemen or the mountains of Afghanistan. But we now know it’s closer than we thought. There are 64 drone bases on American soil. That includes 12 locations housing Predator and Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles, which can be armed.
Public Intelligence, a non-profit that advocates for free access to information, released a map of military UAV activities in the United States on Tuesday. Assembled from military sources — especially this little-known June 2011 Air Force presentation (.pdf) – it is arguably the most comprehensive map so far of the spread of the Pentagon’s unmanned fleet. What exact missions are performed at those locations, however, is not clear. Some bases might be used as remote cockpits to control the robotic aircraft overseas, some for drone pilot training. Others may also serve as imagery analysis depots.
The medium-size Shadow is used in 22 bases, the smaller Raven in 20 and the miniature Wasp in 11. California and Texas lead the pack, with 10 and six sites, respectively, and there are also 22 planned locations for future bases. ”It is very likely that there are more domestic drone activities not included in the map, but it is designed to provide an approximate overview of the widespread nature of Department of Defense activities throughout the US,” Michael Haynes from Public Intelligence tells Danger Room.
The possibility of military drones (as well as those controlled by police departments and universities) flying over American skies have raised concerns among privacy activists. As the American Civil Liberties Union explained in its December 2011 report, the machines potentially could be used to spy on American citizens. The drones’ presence in our skies “threatens to eradicate existing practical limits on aerial monitoring and allow for pervasive surveillance, police fishing expeditions, and abusive use of these tools in a way that could eventually eliminate the privacy Americans have traditionally enjoyed in their movements and activities.”
As Danger Room reported last month, even military drones, which are prohibited from spying on Americans, may “accidentally” conduct such surveillance — and keep the data for months afterwards while they figure out what to do with it. The material they collect without a warrant, as scholar Steven Aftergood revealed, could then be used to open an investigation.
The Posse Comitatus Act prohibits the U.S. military from operating on American soil, and there’s no evidence that drones have violated it so far.
This new map comes almost two months after the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) revealed another one, this time of public agencies – including police departments and universities – that have a permit issued by the Federal Aviation Agency to use UAVs in American airspace.
“It goes to show you how entrenched drones already are,” said Trevor Timm, an EFF activist, when asked about the new map. “It’s clear that the drone industry is expanding rapidly and this map is just another example of that. And if people are worried about military technology coming back and being sold in the US, this is just another example how drone technology is probably going to proliferate in the US very soon.”
Domestic proliferation isn’t the same as domestic spying, however. Most — if not all — of these military bases would make poor surveillance centers. Many of the locations are isolated, far from civilian populations. Almost half of the bases on the map work only with the relatively small Raven and Shadow drones; their limited range and endurance make them imperfect spying tools, at best. It’s safe to assume that most of the bases are just used for military training.
Privacy concerns aside, the biggest issue might be safety, as we were been reminded on Monday when a giant Navy drone crashed in Maryland.
SOURCE
We like to think of the drone war as something far away, fought in the deserts of Yemen or the mountains of Afghanistan. But we now know it’s closer than we thought. There are 64 drone bases on American soil. That includes 12 locations housing Predator and Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles, which can be armed.
Public Intelligence, a non-profit that advocates for free access to information, released a map of military UAV activities in the United States on Tuesday. Assembled from military sources — especially this little-known June 2011 Air Force presentation (.pdf) – it is arguably the most comprehensive map so far of the spread of the Pentagon’s unmanned fleet. What exact missions are performed at those locations, however, is not clear. Some bases might be used as remote cockpits to control the robotic aircraft overseas, some for drone pilot training. Others may also serve as imagery analysis depots.
The medium-size Shadow is used in 22 bases, the smaller Raven in 20 and the miniature Wasp in 11. California and Texas lead the pack, with 10 and six sites, respectively, and there are also 22 planned locations for future bases. ”It is very likely that there are more domestic drone activities not included in the map, but it is designed to provide an approximate overview of the widespread nature of Department of Defense activities throughout the US,” Michael Haynes from Public Intelligence tells Danger Room.
The possibility of military drones (as well as those controlled by police departments and universities) flying over American skies have raised concerns among privacy activists. As the American Civil Liberties Union explained in its December 2011 report, the machines potentially could be used to spy on American citizens. The drones’ presence in our skies “threatens to eradicate existing practical limits on aerial monitoring and allow for pervasive surveillance, police fishing expeditions, and abusive use of these tools in a way that could eventually eliminate the privacy Americans have traditionally enjoyed in their movements and activities.”
As Danger Room reported last month, even military drones, which are prohibited from spying on Americans, may “accidentally” conduct such surveillance — and keep the data for months afterwards while they figure out what to do with it. The material they collect without a warrant, as scholar Steven Aftergood revealed, could then be used to open an investigation.
The Posse Comitatus Act prohibits the U.S. military from operating on American soil, and there’s no evidence that drones have violated it so far.
This new map comes almost two months after the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) revealed another one, this time of public agencies – including police departments and universities – that have a permit issued by the Federal Aviation Agency to use UAVs in American airspace.
“It goes to show you how entrenched drones already are,” said Trevor Timm, an EFF activist, when asked about the new map. “It’s clear that the drone industry is expanding rapidly and this map is just another example of that. And if people are worried about military technology coming back and being sold in the US, this is just another example how drone technology is probably going to proliferate in the US very soon.”
Domestic proliferation isn’t the same as domestic spying, however. Most — if not all — of these military bases would make poor surveillance centers. Many of the locations are isolated, far from civilian populations. Almost half of the bases on the map work only with the relatively small Raven and Shadow drones; their limited range and endurance make them imperfect spying tools, at best. It’s safe to assume that most of the bases are just used for military training.
Privacy concerns aside, the biggest issue might be safety, as we were been reminded on Monday when a giant Navy drone crashed in Maryland.
| Location | Service Branch | Types of UAS | UAS Activities Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Lewis, WA | Army, Special Operations Command | Shadow, Wasp, Raven | Current |
| Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA | Special Operations Command | Wasp, Raven | Future |
| Portland, OR | Special Operations Command | Wasp, Raven | Future |
| Arlington, OR | Special Operations Command | Scan Eagle | Current |
| Limestone Hills Training Area, MT | Special Operations Command | Wasp, Raven | Current |
| Grand Forks Air Force Base, ND | Air Force | Global Hawk, Predator | Future |
| Camp Ripley, MN | Army | Shadow | Current |
| Beale Air Force Base, CA | Air Force | Global Hawk | Current |
| Moffett Air Field, CA | Army | RMAX | Future |
| Fort Ord, CA | Army | RMAX | Future |
| Camp Roberts, CA | Special Operations Command | Wasp, Raven | Future |
| Simi Valley, CA | Army | Raven, Warrior, Puma-AE | Current |
| Naval Air Station Point Mugu, CA | Navy | Global Hawk, BAMS | Future |
| Camp Pendleton, CA | Special Operations Command | Wasp, Raven | Future |
| El Mirage, CA | Army | Wasp | Current |
| Palmdale, CA | Air Force | Global Hawk | Current |
| 29 Palms, CA | Marine Corps | Shadow, Raven | Current |
| Victorville, CA | Army, Special Operations Command | Raven, A160 Hummingbird | Current |
| Fort Irwin, CA | Army | Unknown | Current |
| Creech Air Force Base, NV | Air Force | Predator, Reaper | Current |
| Dugway, UT | Army | Hunter, Shadow | Current |
| Camp Williams, UT | Special Operations Command | Wasp, Raven | Future |
| Fort Huachuca, AZ | Army | Warrior | Current |
| Cochise, AZ | Army | Hunter | Current |
| Holloman Air Force Base, NM | Army, Air Force | Preadtor, Reaper | Current |
| Cannon Air Force Base, NM | Air Force | Preadtor, Reaper | Current |
| Santa Fe, NM | Army | Raven | Current |
| Laguna, NM | Army | gMAV | Current |
| Fort Carson, CO | Army, Special Operations Command | Shadow, Wasp, Raven | Future |
| United States Air Force Academy, CO | Air Force | Viking 300, Scan Eagle | Current |
| Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site, CO | Army | Raven | Current |
| Fort Riley, KS | Army | Shadow | Current |
| Fort Worth, TX | Army | Raven | Current |
| Hondo, TX | Army, Navy | Unknown | Current |
| Longhorn, TX | Army | Unknown | Current |
| Fort Hood, TX | Army | Hunter | Current |
| Robert Gray Army Airfield, Fort Hood, TX | Army | Hunter | Current |
| Camp Bullis, TX | Special Operations Command | Wasp, Raven | Current |
| Fort Polk, LA | Army | Raven | Current |
| Woodworth, LA | Army | Unknown | Current |
| Stennis Space Center, MS | Special Operations Command | Wasp, Raven, Puma-AE | Current |
| Fort Campbell, KY | Army, Special Operations Command | Shadow, Wasp, Raven | Current |
| Camp Shelby, MS | Army | Shadow | Current |
| Redstone Arsenal, AL | Army | Shadow | Current |
| Fort Benning, GA | Army | Shadow | Current |
| Camp Atterbury, IN | Special Operations Command | Tiger Moth | Current |
| Louisville, KY | Special Operations Command | Wasp, Raven | Future |
| Fort Knox, KY | Army | Shadow | Current |
| Patriot, KY | Special Operations Command | Warrior, Raven, Puma-AE, Shadow | Future |
| Kenova, WV | Special Operations Command | Wasp, Raven | Future |
| Robbins Air Force Base, GA | Air Force | Predator | Future |
| Wright Army Airfield, Fort Stewart, GA | Army | Hunter | Current |
| Evans, GA | Army | Shadow | Current |
| Camp Blanding, FL | Special Operations Command | Wasp, Raven | Future |
| Choctaw, FL | Special Operations Command | Wasp, Raven. Puma-AE, Shadow | Current |
| Hurlburt Field, FL | Air Force | Wasp, Raven | Future |
| Eglin Air Force Base, FL | Special Operations Command | Wasp, Raven | Future |
| Key West, FL | Special Operations Command | Wasp, Raven | Current |
| Homestead, FL | Special Operations Command | Wasp, Raven | Current |
| Okeechobee, FL | Army | Raven | Current |
| Fort A.P. Hill, VA | Army | RMAX | Current |
| Blackstone Army Airfield, VA | Army | Shadow | Current |
| Fort Indiantown Gap, PA | Army | Shadow | Current |
| Fort Bragg, NC | Army | Raven | Current |
| Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, NC | Special Operations Command, Marine Corps | Shadow, Warrior, Raven | Current |
| Fort Eustis, VA | Army | Vigilante | Current |
| Naval Air Station Pax River, MD | Navy | Global Hawk, BAMS | Current |
| Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ | Army | Spyder | Current |
| Fort Drum, NY | Army, Air Force, Special Operations Command | Predator, Shadow | Future |
| Syracuse, NY | Air Force | Reaper | Future |
| Griffiss Air Force Base, Oneida County, NY | Special Operations Command | Rascal | Future |
| Mount Washington, NH | Special Operations Command | Wasp, Raven | Current |
| Ladd Army Airfield, AK | Army | Shadow | Current |
| Allen Army Airfield, AK | Army | Shadow | Current |
| Fort Wainwright, AK | Army | Shadow, Raven | Current |
| Bryant Army Heliport, Fort Richardson, AK | Army | Shadow | Current |
| Fort Greely, AK | Army | Shadow | Current |
| Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, HI | Navy | Raven | Current |
| Wheeler Army Airfield, HI | Army | Shadow | Current |
| Ellington Air Force Base, TX | Air Force | Predator, Global Hawk | Future |
| Edwards Air Force Base, CA | Air Force | Unknown | Current |
| Davis-Monathan Air Force Base, AZ | Air Force | Predator, Reaper | Current |
| March Air Force Base, CA | Air Force | Predator | Current |
| Southern California Logistics Airport, CA | Air Force | Predator | Current |
| Nellis Air Force Base, NV | Air Force | Predator | Current |
| Fargo, ND | Air Force | Predator | Current |
| Ellsworth Air Force Base, SD | Air Force | Predator | Future |
Monday, June 11, 2012
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Rand Paul Has Crossed Lines You Do Not Come Back From
By now I'm sure everyone has heard that Rand Paul has officially endorsed Romney for President. This seemed to come as a great surprise to many people, who have expressed outrage on his facebook page.
Sadly it didn't come as a surprise to me someone who has called out Rand Paul for several years now in posts such as "Rand Paul IS A Zionist Neo Con", Neo Con Rand Paul Takes The Bailout Money Rand Paul Officially Kisses The Neo Con Ring". I was fully on board with Rand at the beginning, donating to his campaign and giving him all of the press that I could here. So I wanted to like Rand, but looking at the whole picture I just haven't been able to for some time. Summing it up in March of 2011 "In my opinion Rand hasn't really been put through the test, for example opposing a Republican leader, even a popular republican leader like his father has. Time will tell and I hope Rand will stand by the Constitution."
Now in 2012 after this endorsement
I now not only consider Rand to be an opportunist riding his fathers coattails into office, but an enemy of freedom, the Constitution and the American people.
Rand with this interview has made it known who he ultimately sides with in the battle, he has left the millions of people who have worked tirelessly to spread the message of freedom and put his father into office and jumped on board the freight train which is the establishment. The establishment which claims to own you, who steals your money and forces you to bend to its will and will kill you if you sufficiently resist.
This is no small matter, Ron Paul and Mitt Romney are polar opposites, in this interview with one of the biggest neo con cheerleaders on the planet, Rand tries to draw comparisons of Ron and Mitt about family size which is an absurd thing to tell people your alliance is based on. The fact is that Ron and Mitt are so far apart on the political spectrum that Rand is forced to draw non political similarities because political ones don't exist. Mitt Romney is a liar or the kinder, gentler, seemingly more palatable term "flip flopper". He is for foreign wars, sanctions, taxation, abortion, government mandated "healthcare", social security, fiat money, central banking, medicare medicaid and every other government program you could imagine, Ron Paul is for none of these things.
So Sir Rand The Spineless, just stays on the GOP bandwagon and says "well even though millions of people support my Dad because they want to be free and have donated tens of millions of dollars and countless hours, possibly lost friendships or jobs over debates, I will do what is best for me myself and I and go along to get along"
Many people outside of the RP movement don't seem to understand why people support him. After this interview I'm wondering if Rand even understands. It isn't that his Dad just says things we agree with, he has a solid 30 year track record of backing them up and that is the key. Ron Paul has been the single "No" vote in a Congress of 535 more times than everyone else combined, meanwhile most people can't stand up in a group of 10 at a dinner party for what they believe in. Imagine the courage it took for Ron to stand by the Constitution and dutifully carry out the orders passed down by our Founders, when all of his colleagues went the other way, when the newspapers, radio stations and TV shows either ignored him or mocked him.
Imagine what Ron Paul could've done for Ron Paul if he had played ball for 30 years, surely he would've been Speaker of the House at least, made hundreds of millions like the other corrupt congressman and could've bought and island in the Caribbean for his family to live on when the inevitable S will hit the F. But he didn't do that, he left behind untold power and money, fame and prestige for you, for me, and for this country. That is why I support him, because he has character, he kept his head down, did what was right and just let the chips fall where they may. I am very happy for him that he has been vindicated in his lifetime, that he has seen the fruits of his decades of labor. We cannot be discouraged by Rand, the handwriting has been on the wall there for several years now.
We must move on, forget Rand and understand that just because your legal last name is Paul it doesn't make you great. Just because you say good things, it is the doing that counts.
We must continue to do what we have all been doing, speaking up, donating to good causes our money and our time, researching for ourselves and becoming informed. This endorsement doesn't change anything, in fact I would rather get Rand out of peoples minds at this stage than have him in the White House in 2016 and then find out this apple fell way to far from the tree.
Sadly it didn't come as a surprise to me someone who has called out Rand Paul for several years now in posts such as "Rand Paul IS A Zionist Neo Con", Neo Con Rand Paul Takes The Bailout Money Rand Paul Officially Kisses The Neo Con Ring". I was fully on board with Rand at the beginning, donating to his campaign and giving him all of the press that I could here. So I wanted to like Rand, but looking at the whole picture I just haven't been able to for some time. Summing it up in March of 2011 "In my opinion Rand hasn't really been put through the test, for example opposing a Republican leader, even a popular republican leader like his father has. Time will tell and I hope Rand will stand by the Constitution."
Now in 2012 after this endorsement
I now not only consider Rand to be an opportunist riding his fathers coattails into office, but an enemy of freedom, the Constitution and the American people.
Rand with this interview has made it known who he ultimately sides with in the battle, he has left the millions of people who have worked tirelessly to spread the message of freedom and put his father into office and jumped on board the freight train which is the establishment. The establishment which claims to own you, who steals your money and forces you to bend to its will and will kill you if you sufficiently resist.
This is no small matter, Ron Paul and Mitt Romney are polar opposites, in this interview with one of the biggest neo con cheerleaders on the planet, Rand tries to draw comparisons of Ron and Mitt about family size which is an absurd thing to tell people your alliance is based on. The fact is that Ron and Mitt are so far apart on the political spectrum that Rand is forced to draw non political similarities because political ones don't exist. Mitt Romney is a liar or the kinder, gentler, seemingly more palatable term "flip flopper". He is for foreign wars, sanctions, taxation, abortion, government mandated "healthcare", social security, fiat money, central banking, medicare medicaid and every other government program you could imagine, Ron Paul is for none of these things.
So Sir Rand The Spineless, just stays on the GOP bandwagon and says "well even though millions of people support my Dad because they want to be free and have donated tens of millions of dollars and countless hours, possibly lost friendships or jobs over debates, I will do what is best for me myself and I and go along to get along"
Many people outside of the RP movement don't seem to understand why people support him. After this interview I'm wondering if Rand even understands. It isn't that his Dad just says things we agree with, he has a solid 30 year track record of backing them up and that is the key. Ron Paul has been the single "No" vote in a Congress of 535 more times than everyone else combined, meanwhile most people can't stand up in a group of 10 at a dinner party for what they believe in. Imagine the courage it took for Ron to stand by the Constitution and dutifully carry out the orders passed down by our Founders, when all of his colleagues went the other way, when the newspapers, radio stations and TV shows either ignored him or mocked him.
Imagine what Ron Paul could've done for Ron Paul if he had played ball for 30 years, surely he would've been Speaker of the House at least, made hundreds of millions like the other corrupt congressman and could've bought and island in the Caribbean for his family to live on when the inevitable S will hit the F. But he didn't do that, he left behind untold power and money, fame and prestige for you, for me, and for this country. That is why I support him, because he has character, he kept his head down, did what was right and just let the chips fall where they may. I am very happy for him that he has been vindicated in his lifetime, that he has seen the fruits of his decades of labor. We cannot be discouraged by Rand, the handwriting has been on the wall there for several years now.
We must move on, forget Rand and understand that just because your legal last name is Paul it doesn't make you great. Just because you say good things, it is the doing that counts.
We must continue to do what we have all been doing, speaking up, donating to good causes our money and our time, researching for ourselves and becoming informed. This endorsement doesn't change anything, in fact I would rather get Rand out of peoples minds at this stage than have him in the White House in 2016 and then find out this apple fell way to far from the tree.
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