“Every year, thousands of law-abiding Americans submit to polygraphic interrogation. And every year, hundreds – if not thousands – are falsely accused based on polygraph chart readings and are routinely denied due process.”
“We wrote this short book to call public attention to the dangers of polygraphy and to protect the innocent from polygraph abuse. Because of our government’s reliance on this pseudoscientific procedure, thousands of truthful persons have been falsely accused of deception and suffered serious adverse consequences. On the other hand, deceptive persons can easily defeat polygraph ‘tests’ through countermeasures, as did convicted spy Aldrich H. Ames.
In this book, you will learn the little-known truth about polygraphy. You will learn:
– that polygraphy is not science (p. 18 ff.);
– that polygraphy, like phrenology and graphology, is without scientific validity (p. 18 ff.);
– that our Government’s reliance on unreliable polygraphy serves to protect spies, undermining – not enhancing – our national security (p. 35 ff.);
– that polygraph “tests” are actually interrogations (pp. 20, 129 ff.);
– that polygraphy depends on your polygrapher lying to and deceiving you (p. 86 ff.);
– the simplistic method by which your polygrapher decides whether you are truthful or deceptive (p. 98 ff.);
– that polygraphy is biased against the truthful (p. 99);
– that polygraph “testing” can be (and has been) easily defeated through countermeasures (p. 22);
– how to protect yourself against a false positive outcome (p. 121 ff);
– how to recognize interrogation tactics and not be fooled by them (p. 112 and p. 129 ff.);
– what to do if you have been falsely accused (p. 164 ff.);
– how you can help put an end to polygraph abuse (p. 171 ff.);
– where to learn more about polygraphy (p. 200 ff.).
If you face an upcoming polygraph “test” and need to learn what to expect as quickly as possible, you may wish to proceed directly to Chapters 3 and 4 (p. 86 ff.) and come back to Chapters 1, 2 and 5 later.”
“Google this week admitted that its staff will pick and choose what appears in its search results. It’s a historic statement – and nobody has yet grasped its significance.
Not so very long ago, Google disclaimed responsibility for its search results by explaining that these were chosen by a computer algorithm. The disclaimer lives on at Google News, where we are assured that:
The selection and placement of stories on this page were determined automatically by a computer program.
See Also: Google ready to pursue its agenda in Washington Its employees supported Obama, and four Googlers served on his transition team. Now the Internet giant hopes to win support for network neutrality and expanding high-speed Internet access. (Read more from latimes.com)
“My antennas first started twitching when Timothy Geithner was first nominated for the position of Secretary of Treasury. Those of you who have read my previous posts may remember Tim as the former President of the New York Fed, and also as a member of the Group of Thirty (G-30). I wrote an article that detailed the power of the New York Fed, and noted that the Chairman of the Board, Stephen Friedman, is a GS capo. I failed to mention in that article the name of the President of the NY Fed, but by now everyone is familiar with Mr. Geithner. I made the point that the NY Fed was effectively under the control of the GS gangstas.
As if to prove my point, no sooner does Tiny Tim [Notice the resemblance? I wonder if he can play “Tiptoe through the Tulips” on the ukelele?] become Treas-Sec of the US than he appoints a GS insider to be his Chief of Staff. This might have gone unnoticed outside Washington circles except that the person in question, Mark Patterson, was not just any GS lackey. No, he was a high-profile lobbyist for GS. Which led to questions about the Obama pledge to reduce the influence of lobbyists in his administration. Not to worry because Tim has got this one covered.” (Read more from futurenewstoday.blogspot.com)
“The Israeli defence ministry has concealed information about the extent of illegal settlement-building in the West Bank, a leading newspaper reports.
A classified database of construction compiled by the ministry was leaked to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
It suggests most construction took place without the right permits, and more than 30 settlements were built in part on land owned by Palestinians” (Read more from news.bbc.co.uk)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Former Clinton Administration Middle East diplomat Dennis Ross is under consideration as US State Department envoy to Iran. Ross is currently the chairman of the Jewish People Policy Planning Institute (JPPPI) in Jerusalem, established by the Jewish Agency in 2002. Ross could face legal challenges under the 1938 Foreign Agents Registration Act, or FARA, if he enters US government service.
FARA protects the American people and Congress from stealth propaganda and foreign lobbying through strict public disclosure filings. The Jewish Agency has repeatedly surfaced during investigations in the US. In the 1960s the Senate Foreign Relations Committee uncovered a network of stealth Jewish Agency “conduits” financing grassroots Israel lobby startup groups through the American Zionist Council (AZC). During 1963 hearings the Senate revealed the equivalent of $35 million went toward US lobbying, including $38,000 to American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) founder Isaiah Kenen between 1960-1961.
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy ordered the AZC to register as the Jewish Agency’s foreign agent in November of 1962. The AZC shifted lobbying activities over to AIPAC and shut down. In 1969 the Department of Justice ordered the Jewish Agency to file its secret 1953 Covenant Agreement with the Israeli government. The Covenant agreement reveals the Jewish Agency’s ongoing receipt of Israeli government funds for operations and powers such as executive review of legislative matters before they go to the Knesset. The Jewish Agency New York office, like the AZC, quickly shut down only to reorganize under a new US shell corporation in 1971. (Read more from news.yahoo.com)
The State Department will not renew Blackwater Worldwide’s contract to protect American diplomats in Iraq when it expires in May, a senior US official said Friday. The official told The Associated Press that the contract will lapse because of the Iraqi government’s decision to deny Blackwater a license to operate. (From ynetnews.com)
Obama breaks his promise about lobbyists in government.
“President-elect Barack Obama appointed a defense contractor’s lobbyist Thursday to become the No. 2 official at the Defense Department, acknowledging that his choice appeared to break with his self-imposed rules to keep lobbyists at arm’s length.” (Read more from exposeobama.com)
It is our duty as patriots to ridicule and expose this crime. The last act of any government is to loot the treasury. They are robbing us blind!
Getting Theirs Cuts Both Ways on Wall Street
“Executives and rank-and-file workers argue that lawmakers and others who complain about bonuses do not understand how this industry works. Bonuses, Wall Streeters say, are a crucial part of total compensation . . . . “Bonuses are down, and the salaries are not enough for these people. They can’t live on $150 to $180,000, so they haven’t saved any money. They put it on credit lines and at bonus time, they thought they’d pay it off.”” (Read more from nytimes.com)
AP: 9 in 10 execs at bailout banks remain on job
“Bosses whose banks made risky loans are now counted on to save system. . . . Even top executives whose banks made such risky loans they imperiled the economy have been largely spared any threat to their jobs, as Washington pumped billions in taxpayer money into the companies.” (Read more from msnbc.msn.com)
UN crime chief: Was the bailout the largest drug money laundering operation in history?
“United Nations’ crime and drug watchdog has indications that money made in illicit drug trade has been used to keep banks afloat in the global financial crisis, its head was quoted as saying on Sunday.” (Read more from correntewire.com)
General Motors to Invest $1 Billion in Brazil Operations — Money to Come from U.S. Rescue Program (Read more from laht.com)
Citi Field or Bailout Ballpark?
“Two Congressmen are urging Treasury to force Citigroup to pull out of its $400 million naming rights deal for the Mets’ new stadium.” (Read more from money.cnn.com)
Scientists DON’T all agree the planet is warming precipitously, or that humans are responsible for that supposed warming. In fact, more and more experts in a number of fields have been speaking up to challenge the supposed scientific “consensus” on climate change.
As the headlines scream out the latest sensational warning – a NASA scientist now predicts U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has just four years to save the planet – let’s not forget that last month, more than 650 international scientists went on record as dissenting from the man-made global warming findings of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
“Never let a serious crisis go to waste. What I mean by that is it’s an opportunity to do things you couldn’t do before.” ~White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel
Nothing Temporary About This Stimulus Spending
“Pushing for deficit spending as part of his own economic stimulus package in 1971, President Richard Nixon famously told ABC News, “I am now a Keynesian in economics.” Increasingly, it seems that everyone on Capitol Hill is adopting Nixon’s economic views . . . but a thousand times worse. Where Nixon wanted to deficit spend by mere billions, President Barack Obama wants to deficit spend in the trillions.
Keynesian theory, suddenly back in style, holds that government can stimulate economic growth by temporarily increasing government spending. Problem is, there was nothing temporary about increases in government spending under Nixon — and there is nothing temporary about the trillion dollars in new spending being debated in Congress.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) yesterday told Politico: “Yes, we wrote the bill. Yes, we won the election.” The House bill perfectly demonstrates how the left is using the economic stimulus bill as cover to accomplish its long-held desire to permanently increase the size of the federal government, with little or no benefit to the American taxpayer.
Today’s top six disastrous highlights are:
1. Medicaid Bailout
2. Medicaid Expansion
3. Family Planning Loophole
4. Education Bailout
5. Education Shopping Spree
6. New Jobs?
. . . .
It’s time to wake up. This stimulus bill is nothing but the permanent implementation of the pet projects of the House and Senate. And that is exactly why Speaker Pelosi doesn’t want you to know what’s in it, and certainly doesn’t want it to be debated. “We’re on our timetable.” she said unapologetically yesterday.” (Read more from blog.heritage.org)
Global Worries Over U.S. Stimulus Spending
“DAVOS, Switzerland — Even as Congress looks for ways to expand President Obama’s $819 billion stimulus package, the rest of the world is wondering how Washington will pay for it all. Few people attending the World Economic Forum question the need to kick-start America’s economy, the world’s largest, with a package that could reach $1 trillion over two years. But the long-term fallout from increased borrowing by the United Stated government, and its potential to drive up inflation and interest rates around the world, seems to getting more attention here than in Washington.” (Read more from nytimes.com)
A 40-Year Wish List
““Never let a serious crisis go to waste. What I mean by that is it’s an opportunity to do things you couldn’t do before.” So said White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel in November, and Democrats in Congress are certainly taking his advice to heart. The 647-page, $825 billion House legislation is being sold as an economic “stimulus,” but now that Democrats have finally released the details we understand Rahm’s point much better. This is a political wonder that manages to spend money on just about every pent-up Democratic proposal of the last 40 years.
We’ve looked it over, and even we can’t quite believe it. There’s $1 billion for Amtrak, the federal railroad that hasn’t turned a profit in 40 years; $2 billion for child-care subsidies; $50 million for that great engine of job creation, the National Endowment for the Arts; $400 million for global-warming research and another $2.4 billion for carbon-capture demonstration projects. There’s even $650 million on top of the billions already doled out to pay for digital TV conversion coupons.
In selling the plan, President Obama has said this bill will make “dramatic investments to revive our flagging economy.” Well, you be the judge. . . . By our estimate only $90 billion out of $825 billion, or about 12 cents of every $1, is for something that can plausibly be considered a growth stimulus. And even many of these projects aren’t likely to help the economy immediately. As Peter Orszag, the President’s new budget director, told Congress a year ago, “even those [public works] that are ‘on the shelf’ generally cannot be undertaken quickly enough to provide timely stimulus to the economy.”” (Read more from online.wsj.com)
Unreal!… Stimulus Includes Government Plan to Crush New Cars
“Democrats want to include a new car crushing plan in the “stimulus” bill where the government would buy new cars and trucks that obtain less than 18 mpg and crush them.” (Read more from gatewaypundit.blogspot.com)
Three Reasons a Spending ‘Stimulus’ Is a Bad Idea
“1) The private sector—not public spending—drives growth. Economic growth comes by individuals and entrepreneurs operating in free markets, not by Washington spending and regulations. Massive spending hikes in the 1930s, 1960s, and 1970s all failed to increase economic growth rates.
2) Giving money to states does not increase growth. Increasing federal borrowing to keep state taxes from rising is like running up a Visa card balance to keep the Mastercard balance from rising.
3) Highway spending does not create jobs. It merely transfers jobs and income from one part of the economy to another. As Heritage Foundation expert Ronald Utt has explained, “The only way that $1 billion of new highway spending can create 47,576 new jobs is if the $1 billion appears out of nowhere as if it were manna from heaven.” (Read more from askheritage.org)
I think there would be blood on the streets before the international bankers allowed any abolition, reduction, or control over their power to print money. Nevertheless, I’m delighted by the public and unapologetic call in reign them in. Rep. Kucinich doesn’t take the strict Austrian approach of letting the free market regulate the money supply – he instead proposes government control, but that’s still a huge improvement over the super-secretive Fed. Ron Paul is not alone in pointing to them as the culprits. Go Dennis!
