Infowars.com
March 28, 2013
A scandal has erupted at Infowars.com.
Here it is straight from the gun grabber’s mouth. Listen to this
self-incriminating report.
Alex has joined the Southern Baptist convention the Vatican, and other victim
disarmament organizations calling for immediate gun confiscation.
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Thursday, March 28, 2013
Civil War And The Litmus Test – “Will You Shoot Americans?”
Press For Truth
March 28, 2013
Dr. Jim Garrow is a renowned author and whistleblower who has been nominated for a Nobel peace prize for his humanitarian work. He is the author of The Pink Pagoda: One Man’s Quest to End Gendercide in China.
He has spent over $25 million over the past sixteen years rescuing an estimated 40,000 baby Chinese girls from near-certain death under China’s one-child-per-couple policy by facilitating international adoptions. He is the founder and executive director of the Bethune Institute’s Pink Pagoda schools, private English-immersion schools for Chinese children. Today he runs 168 schools with nearly 6,300 employees.
Dr Garrow was recently contacted by a high ranking military official who implored him to reveal the truth about a “litmus test” that is being proposed by the Obama administration to the military asking the question “will you shoot Americans if they won’t give you their guns?”
March 28, 2013
Dr. Jim Garrow is a renowned author and whistleblower who has been nominated for a Nobel peace prize for his humanitarian work. He is the author of The Pink Pagoda: One Man’s Quest to End Gendercide in China.
He has spent over $25 million over the past sixteen years rescuing an estimated 40,000 baby Chinese girls from near-certain death under China’s one-child-per-couple policy by facilitating international adoptions. He is the founder and executive director of the Bethune Institute’s Pink Pagoda schools, private English-immersion schools for Chinese children. Today he runs 168 schools with nearly 6,300 employees.
Dr Garrow was recently contacted by a high ranking military official who implored him to reveal the truth about a “litmus test” that is being proposed by the Obama administration to the military asking the question “will you shoot Americans if they won’t give you their guns?”
Big Sis Ignores Congressman’s Demand For Briefing on Bullet Buys
“Congress deserves an answer” on huge ammo purchases
Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
March 28, 2013
Janet Napolitano has ignored a letter written by New Jersey
Congressman Leonard Lance calling for the Department of Homeland Security chief
to attend a congressional briefing and provide an explanation as to why the DHS
has committed to purchasing more than 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition over the
last year.
Lance, who first promised to investigate the matter during a Tea Party event on March 15, sent a letter five
days later noting how there was “growing public concern surrounding the
Department’s procurement of ammunition.”
“He is not asking for Napolitano to testify but to give us a
congressional briefing because Congress wasn’t aware of it. It deserves an
answer,” Lance spokesman Todd Mitchell told the Daily Record.
Over a week after the letter was sent, Lance’s office has still
not received a response, similar to how 15 other members of Congress were stonewalled by the DHS
when they demanded to know if the huge bullet purchases were an attempt by the
federal agency to restrict ammunition supplies.
Instead of a formal explanation, the federal agency released a glib statement to the
media claiming the amount of ammunition purchased was not abnormal, that the
bullets were bought in bulk “because it’s cheaper for the agency,” and that the
rounds were for training purposes only.
However, the DHS has completely failed to address the fundamental
flaw in their explanation. Most of the bullets purchased are hollow point
rounds which are twice as expensive as full metal jacket bullets,
rendering the claim the agency is buying in bulk to save money redundant.
As former Marine Richard Mason told reporters with WHPTV
News in Pennsylvania earlier this month, “We never trained with hollow
points, we didn’t even see hollow points my entire four and a half years in the
Marine Corps.”
Earlier this week, a weapons manufacturer who supplies ammunition
to the federal government told the nationally syndicated Savage Nation radio show that
the ammo purchases were an attempt to “control the amount of market that’s
available on the commercial market at any time,” by forcing manufacturers to
hold back stock.
Ammunition is in short supply across the country, with police
departments being forced to barter between themselves to meet demand while gun
stores across America have resorted to bullet rationing.
Earlier this week, the DHS put out a solicitation asking for 360,000 more
bullets to be delivered to the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in
Artesia, New Mexico, the same destination for 240,000 hollow point rounds which
were purchased only last month.
Last week, retired United States Army Captain Terry M. Hestilow sent a
letter to Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) warning that the ammo purchases represent
“a bold threat of war by that agency (DHS), and the Obama administration,
against the citizens of the United States of America.”
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Court Ruling Threatens Internet First Amendment Freedom
Kurt Nimmo
Infowars.com
March 27, 2013
The Electronic Frontier Foundationis warning that a Georgia court ruling may be used as a precedent to censor internet messageboards.
The international non-profit digital rights group writes that a Georgia Superior Court has issued a restraining order against Matthew Chan, the operator of Extortion Letter Info, a messageboard criticizing copyright trolls. Judge Frank Jordan ruled that Chan is responsible for the posts of his users and must remove content from his website.
“As the owner and operator of the site, Respondent has the ability to remove posts in his capacity as the moderator,” Jordan wrote. He then ordered Chan to remove posts relating to poet Linda Ellis.
Ms. Ellis is notorious for issuing copyright infringement notices and threatening the maximum statutory damages of $150,000 plus attorney fees against alleged infringers who post her poem, The Dash, without permission. On her website, Ellis says she will settle copyright infringement claims for $7,500.
After a spate of negative posts about Ellis and her copyright infringement claims appeared on Chan’s site, Ellis went to a Superior Court in Georgia to get a restraining order against Chan. She claimed posts on the website went beyond criticism and amounted to stalking and cyber-bullying. The court ordered Chan to take down posts criticizing Ellis.
EFF notes that while stalking and harassment are serious charges, the order is wrong because it violates the First Amendment and federal law.
“Under the First Amendment, courts limit injunctions in restraint of speech to the rare circumstances when (1) the activity to be restrained poses either a clear and present danger or a serious and imminent threat to a protected competing interest, (2) the order is narrowly drawn and (3) less restrictive alternatives are not available,” Kurt Opsahl writes for EFF.
The overly broad ruling “fails the First Amendment test because of the collateral damage: it will take down constitutionally-protected criticism of the copyright troll and her demands for money.”
Moreover, the ruling contradicts federal law because it holds a service provider responsible for users’ posts. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act protects websites posting content by users and provides immunity from state law claims. The law states that prosecutions of “editorial functions – such as deciding whether to publish, withdraw, postpone or alter content – are barred.”
EFF warns that the legal decision by the Georgia Superior Court ignores safe harbor for a website’s editorial decisions and “is dangerous because it threatens freedom of expression throughout the internet.”
It is now up to the Georgia Court of Appeals to overturn Judge Frank Jordan’s ruling.
Infowars.com
March 27, 2013
Copyright troll endangers right to freedom of
speech.
The Electronic Frontier Foundationis warning that a Georgia court ruling may be used as a precedent to censor internet messageboards.
The international non-profit digital rights group writes that a Georgia Superior Court has issued a restraining order against Matthew Chan, the operator of Extortion Letter Info, a messageboard criticizing copyright trolls. Judge Frank Jordan ruled that Chan is responsible for the posts of his users and must remove content from his website.
“As the owner and operator of the site, Respondent has the ability to remove posts in his capacity as the moderator,” Jordan wrote. He then ordered Chan to remove posts relating to poet Linda Ellis.
Ms. Ellis is notorious for issuing copyright infringement notices and threatening the maximum statutory damages of $150,000 plus attorney fees against alleged infringers who post her poem, The Dash, without permission. On her website, Ellis says she will settle copyright infringement claims for $7,500.
After a spate of negative posts about Ellis and her copyright infringement claims appeared on Chan’s site, Ellis went to a Superior Court in Georgia to get a restraining order against Chan. She claimed posts on the website went beyond criticism and amounted to stalking and cyber-bullying. The court ordered Chan to take down posts criticizing Ellis.
EFF notes that while stalking and harassment are serious charges, the order is wrong because it violates the First Amendment and federal law.
“Under the First Amendment, courts limit injunctions in restraint of speech to the rare circumstances when (1) the activity to be restrained poses either a clear and present danger or a serious and imminent threat to a protected competing interest, (2) the order is narrowly drawn and (3) less restrictive alternatives are not available,” Kurt Opsahl writes for EFF.
The overly broad ruling “fails the First Amendment test because of the collateral damage: it will take down constitutionally-protected criticism of the copyright troll and her demands for money.”
Moreover, the ruling contradicts federal law because it holds a service provider responsible for users’ posts. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act protects websites posting content by users and provides immunity from state law claims. The law states that prosecutions of “editorial functions – such as deciding whether to publish, withdraw, postpone or alter content – are barred.”
EFF warns that the legal decision by the Georgia Superior Court ignores safe harbor for a website’s editorial decisions and “is dangerous because it threatens freedom of expression throughout the internet.”
All message board operators, and indeed all websites that host user content, have the ability to remove posts. Even message board moderators, often unpaid volunteers, have that ability as part of their job. If the decision were taken to mean that operators are responsible for whatever users post, websites will have no choice but to censor anything marginally questionable. Moderators, ironically a necessity to keep boards on topic and within the online community’s standards, will become hard to find.
It is now up to the Georgia Court of Appeals to overturn Judge Frank Jordan’s ruling.
Gun Stores Resorting To Bullet “Rationing”
Owners blame mass DHS Orders, have “never seen ammo shortages this
bad”
Steve Watson
Infowars.com
Mar 27, 2013
Gun stores across America are resorting to bullet rationing, with store
owners saying they have never seen such shortages in their lifetimes, and
blaming huge ammunition purchases by the federal government.
KCTV in Kansas caught up with gun shop proprietors who said they were struggling to keep their shelves stocked, as prices soar in the face of dwindling ammo supplies.
Owner Chris Coad of UT Arms in Kansas City says that he is finding it increasingly harder to find certain kinds of bullets to fulfil orders. The store owner specifically pointed to 9mm, .40 caliber and .22 long rifle ammo.
“We’re struggling to get that ammo. We’re doing limits on what individuals can buy. Just like your Walmart’s, Cabela’s, Dicks … everyone is doing a rationing of that ammo right now.” Coad told reporters, adding that the trend has gotten much worse over recent weeks, but has been ongoing for three months.
While supplies are few and far between, Coad notes that more and more people are coming to his store to buy guns and take up shooting as a hobby.
KCTV5
Store owners at OMB Guns in Olathe specifically pointed to recent mass orders placed by the Department of Homeland Security, as one reason for the shortages.
“You can’t hit a manufacturer with that big of an order and not expect to be delayed down the chain,” store manager Andy Bower said, noting that he has never seen supplies at such lows before.
“You know, supply and demand. They’re trying to meet that demand they can only work so many hours a day like anyone else,” Bower said.
He told reporters that even reloading kits, which enable spent ammo to be reused, are now proving hard to find.
Bower said he has overseen the installation of a virtual firing range, in an attempt to keep profits up and to keep happy customers who want to shoot target practice.
“People that aren’t able to come in, spend all that money on ammo and shoot as much as they’d like to they can still have a fun time,” Bower said.
As we reported yesterday, weapons manufacturers and suppliers to the federal government have also suggested that the DHS’s huge ammo purchases, including another recent order of 360,000 .40 cal bullets, represent an attempt to dry up supplies as part of an end run around the Second Amendment.
A caller to the Michael Savage radio show, who described himself as a defense contractor and a licensed weapons manufacturer, said the goal was to “control the amount of market that’s available on the commercial market at any time,” by forcing manufacturers to hold back stock.
“If they periodically do this in increments, they’re going to control how much ammo is available on the commercial market,” said the caller, adding that the contracts with bullet manufacturers stipulate that everything made goes to the government as the number one priority before it is allowed to enter the commercial market.
Steve Watson
Infowars.com
Mar 27, 2013
Gun stores across America are resorting to bullet rationing, with store
owners saying they have never seen such shortages in their lifetimes, and
blaming huge ammunition purchases by the federal government.KCTV in Kansas caught up with gun shop proprietors who said they were struggling to keep their shelves stocked, as prices soar in the face of dwindling ammo supplies.
Owner Chris Coad of UT Arms in Kansas City says that he is finding it increasingly harder to find certain kinds of bullets to fulfil orders. The store owner specifically pointed to 9mm, .40 caliber and .22 long rifle ammo.
“We’re struggling to get that ammo. We’re doing limits on what individuals can buy. Just like your Walmart’s, Cabela’s, Dicks … everyone is doing a rationing of that ammo right now.” Coad told reporters, adding that the trend has gotten much worse over recent weeks, but has been ongoing for three months.
While supplies are few and far between, Coad notes that more and more people are coming to his store to buy guns and take up shooting as a hobby.
KCTV5
Store owners at OMB Guns in Olathe specifically pointed to recent mass orders placed by the Department of Homeland Security, as one reason for the shortages.
“You can’t hit a manufacturer with that big of an order and not expect to be delayed down the chain,” store manager Andy Bower said, noting that he has never seen supplies at such lows before.
“You know, supply and demand. They’re trying to meet that demand they can only work so many hours a day like anyone else,” Bower said.
He told reporters that even reloading kits, which enable spent ammo to be reused, are now proving hard to find.
Bower said he has overseen the installation of a virtual firing range, in an attempt to keep profits up and to keep happy customers who want to shoot target practice.
“People that aren’t able to come in, spend all that money on ammo and shoot as much as they’d like to they can still have a fun time,” Bower said.
As we reported yesterday, weapons manufacturers and suppliers to the federal government have also suggested that the DHS’s huge ammo purchases, including another recent order of 360,000 .40 cal bullets, represent an attempt to dry up supplies as part of an end run around the Second Amendment.
A caller to the Michael Savage radio show, who described himself as a defense contractor and a licensed weapons manufacturer, said the goal was to “control the amount of market that’s available on the commercial market at any time,” by forcing manufacturers to hold back stock.
“If they periodically do this in increments, they’re going to control how much ammo is available on the commercial market,” said the caller, adding that the contracts with bullet manufacturers stipulate that everything made goes to the government as the number one priority before it is allowed to enter the commercial market.
Congressman Vows To End TSA Screening
Rep. says TSA can no longer hide from oversight on his watch
Steve Watson
Infowars.com
Mar 27, 2013
Congressman John Mica, a consistent critic of the TSA, who has pushed
for airports to ditch the agency and replace it with private
security screeners, has set about his biggest step to date to end the Federal
agency’s rule throughout the nation’s airports.Mica, who now heads up a subcommittee of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, intends to introduce legislation to return all security authority in airports to private companies. He also says he is determined to push for up to half a dozen hearings this year alone to get it done.
“I’m telling you, whether you are a Democrat, a Republican or if there are a few independents left, people have had it right up to their eyebrows with TSA,” Mica said in an interview with Bloomberg News. “It’s not a partisan issue.”
Mica, who wrote the legislation that established the TSA after 9/11, has routinely declared the agency to be a miserable failure in recent years. Up until this Congressional period, Mica has sat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (TIC), which unlike the Reform Committee does not have subpoena power.
Back in November, the TSA refused to attend a House Transportation hearing called by Mica, with agency head John Pistole personally refusing to appear and declaring that the Congressional Committee has “no jurisdiction over the TSA”.
Now Mica DOES have jurisdiction over the TSA, there can be no such backing away from oversight by the federal agency.
“I have clear jurisdiction, investigative jurisdiction with subpoena power,” Mica said. “I intend to use whatever it takes to get answers to try and change the agency.”
Mica described the move as having “strong momentum,” noting that the bill would aim to return airport screening duties to private screeners within two years.
The TSA “should not be conducting the screening,” he said. “They should be setting the standards, conducting the oversight. TSA should be a security and intelligence agency.”
Screeners employed by private companies are already used at 16 airports under the Screening Partnership Program (SPP). Mica has pressed TSA head Pistole to implement the mandate and accept applications from other airports. The Congressman has also personally written to 200 airports advising them of the opportunity to opt out of using TSA screeners.
“It’s critical that TSA get out of the business of running a huge bureaucracy and human resources operation and refocus its attention on security, analyzing intelligence, and setting the highest risk-based security standards. TSA needs to focus on going after terrorists — not little old ladies, veterans and children.” Mica has said.
However, a U.S. Government Accountability Office report released in December, pointed to “insufficient evidence to draw any conclusions of improved performance under SPP (Screening Partnership Program) when compared to federal screening services.”
That conclusion led Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, to advise the TSA not to accept any more SPP applications from airports until the issue has been looked at in further depth. Thompson wrote “…some privatized airports do not perform passenger screening as well as their federalized counterparts.”
The move has already prompted airports to back away from ditching TSA screeners, including Sacramento International Airport, which did a complete 180 turn around on the issue in January, announcing that it will stick with using the federal agency for security at the airport.
The TSA has been keen to downplay the opportunity for airports to dispense with their screeners, fearing a mass exodus that could undermine the justification for the agency’s continued existence, especially given the fact that its reputation has been repeatedly savaged by a number of scandals.
A previous GAO report in November found that the TSA does not have an adequate system to measure passenger complaints, has failed to factor in many complaints in its evaluations, does not consistently inform travelers of how they can file complaints, and could be ignoring complaints altogether because the agents investigating the cases are in the same chain of command as those being investigated.
Scores of airports throughout the country have now applied to evict the TSA, forcing the agency to reconsider applications after it arbitrarily suspended the SPP program in 2010.
Congressman Mica has said he intends to call his first hearing in April to examine the TSA’s highly dubious claim that spending cuts are going to cause longer delays in airports, despite the fact that at the same time the agency has recently signed a $50 million contract to buy uniforms, and continues to invest in expensive body scanners that have been proven unreliable.
Mica says he intends to use further hearings, as well as his proposed legislation, to further marginalize the widely loathed federal agency from aviation security.
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