StopTheLie.com News update 05-18-2015
Empire of Lies: The Ron Paul Documentary (Video)
Source: Kickstarter.com
Although Ron Paul has been approached many times by many others to be the subject of a documentary, he has not agreed to participate.
Until now.
We are very pleased to have Ron Paul's help and cooperation in this production and are grateful for his personal support.
Watch video at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/empireoflies/empire-of-lies?ref=nav_search
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Ron Paul Special Programming Announcement (Video)
Source: YouTube.com
Ron Paul will no longer be affiliated with the Ron Paul Channel and Voices of Liberty. He's launching a new program on Youtube, enabling him to drop the "pay wall" and reach far more people.
Watch video at: https://youtu.be/pWAUcUC1NIU
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The Vindication of Edward Snowden
Source: TheAtlantic.com
--A panel of judges on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that the program Snowden exposed was never legal. The Patriot Act does not authorize it, contrary to the claims of George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Michael Hayden, Keith Alexander, and James Clapper. "Statutes to which the government points have never been interpreted to authorize anything approaching the breadth of the sweeping surveillance at issue here," Judge Gerard E. Lynch declared. "The sheer volume of information sought is staggering."
Read full article at: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/05/the-vindication-of-edward-snowden/392741/
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Previous Week's News 05-11-2015
Maine Bill Taking on NSA Spying Passes
Source: TenthAmendmentCenter.com
--Under the proposed measure, the cops would not be able to obtain warrantless data from the feds. Brakey said it was particularly important to pass LD531 in order to keep state and local law enforcement from doing an end-around, bypassing a state law requiring a warrant for the collection of electronic data.
Maine Attorney General Janet Mills and some law enforcement lobbyists claim the bill could hinder police from catching child pornographers and other dangerous criminals. Their assertions mirror fear-mongering by law enforcement interests in other states.
Read full article at: http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2015/05/maine-bill-taking-on-nsa-spying-passes-out-of-committee-9-4/
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100 Items that Disappear Fast
Source: LewRockwell.com
--Do you ever wonder if a major emergency situation occurred what would disappear first? Due to the overwhelming nature of prepping for a emergency situation, many do not know where to even begin, let alone think of emergency situations they would need to prepare for. Having a ready supply of food, water and batteries are a good start, but not enough.
Read full article at: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2015/05/tess-pennington/100-emergency-items-that-will-disappear-first/
COMMENT: It's good to have the basics (defense, water, food, etc.), but it never hurts to look over long lists like this for other ideas.
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The Atomic Bomb Wasn't Necessary To End WW2
Source: Collective-Evolution.com
--We are often taught that yes, use of the atomic bomb was necessary to end the war with Japan at the earliest possible moment, but judging by the statements of many high ranking political and military personnel this is simply not the case.
Here's what General/President Dwight Eisenhower had to say about it in his 1963 memoir, The White House Years: Mandate for Change, 1953-1956 (pp. 312-313):
"Japan was already defeated and that dropping the bomb was completely unnecessary, and secondly, our country should avoid shocking world opinion by the use of a weapon whose employment was, I thought, no longer mandatory as a measure to save American lives. It was my belief that Japan was, at that very moment, seeking some way to surrender with a minimum loss of "face."
--Similarly, Admiral Leahy, Chief of Staff to presidents Roosevelt and Truman, later commented:
"It is my opinion that the use of the barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan… The Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender because of the effective sea blockade and the successful bombing with conventional weapons… My own feeling was that in being the first to use it, we had adopted an ethical standard common to the barbarians of the Dark Ages. I was not taught to make war in that fashion, and wars cannot be won by destroying women and children."
Read full article at: http://www.collective-evolution.com/2015/05/09/the-real-reason-america-dropped-the-atomic-bomb-it-was-not-to-end-the-war/
COMMENT: Carroll Quigley also touches on this topic in his book Tragedy and Hope:
"[The atomic bomb's] contribution to victory was secondary, since it had nothing to do with the victory over Germany and, at most, shortened the war with the Japanese only by weeks." --Tragedy and Hope, page 848
"…Director of Military Intelligence for the Pacific Theater of War Alfred McCormack, who was probably in as good position as anyone for judging the situation, felt that the Japanese surrender could have been obtained in a few weeks by blockade alone: 'The Japanese had no longer enough food in stock, and their fuel reserves were practically exhausted. We had begun a secret process of mining all their harbors, which was steadily isolating them from the rest of the world. If we had brought this project to its logical conclusion, the destruction of Japan's cities with incendiary and other bombs would have been quite unnecessary." --Tragedy and Hope, page 862
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NSA mass phone surveillance revealed by Edward Snowden ruled illegal
Source: theGuardian.com
The US court of appeals has ruled that the bulk collection of telephone metadata is unlawful, in a landmark decision that clears the way for a full legal challenge against the National Security Agency.
A panel of three federal judges for the second circuit overturned an earlier ruling that the controversial surveillance practice first revealed to the US public by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in 2013 could not be subject to judicial review.
Read full article at: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/07/nsa-phone-records-program-illegal-court
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