"Celebration, Our Journey, Our Destination"

Hi guys check this outhere is my most recent creative project:

"Celebration, Our Journey, Our Destination"

a one  minute video entered in the BAFTA/Orange Sixty Seconds of Famec
competition

here @
http://TinyURL.com/y9alml

please foward this to your contacts and rate the movie if you like it
and maybe make a comment - not personal though
voting takes place next week sometime, but a rating and comment now
can elevate its pronimnence in the competition

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Celebration is Life is Celebration

"My first real video editing experience ever, using Premier elements -
It has been an amazing steep learning curve that has taken me  in
the space of one week from having my nose pressed up against the glass
wishing I could, to feeling confident to begin my career as a film maker "

check it out
http://TinyURL.com/y9alml

:)
brian

http://www.myspace.com/viziondanz

http://www.infinitepossibility.org

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=viziondanz

"There is nothing wrong with our world,
we are just having a weird conversation"

."Reclaim the conversation"

"Our New World Order IS Love !"

Dedicated to the child inside each one of us,
All the children and
All the children to come

bring a blanket

Special Valentine's Message:

Sat 17th Feb, Reclaim Love at Picadilly Circus !!

[even though Venus isn't here :-( ]

Meet at Eros Picadilly Circus 12 Noon to dance and sing and generally
have a lovely time by reclaiming space and ideal of **Valentina
Buena!! ** stealing it back from the commercializationizers of
everything - why??

because we are O-I-L!

ONE IN LOVE !!!!

yes please tell loads of people to come with lovely things, music to
share their love and frolics and yummy stuff, poetry and flowers and
music and sweet sweet courage.

Piccys and lots of info and feedback and a great website from Venus's
amazing 3rd year in a row event last year at
http://www.o-i-l.net/pc2006feedback.html

Let's do it for Venus again this year for Venus and for The Divine Love..

:-)

please pass this on to everyone you know!

love, to all, and especially to Venus

raga, mark & some others

XXXXX

www.rev-pmt.blogspot.com

Now,would someone in the Tampa, Fl. area please suggest a location?
( sigh ) Viva LaFridas is no more.

The Invisible Band!  will be performing live Space/Prog Rock music at
Luskwood http://slurl.com/secondlife/Perry/20/209/22 at 12 midnight
GMT Saturday night (10th Feb). This is a location in the virtual
worlds MMO Second Life.

This show is free to attend and Second Life is free to join. You will
need a broadband internet connection and a computer that runs either
Windows XP or Mac OS OS-X. If it is your first time to log in to
Second Life, I would recommend that you sign up at least 2 hours
before the show in order to get yourself acclimatised to the controls.
Also I would greatly appreciate it if you put me down as your
reference when you sign up. My in-world name is Alazarin Mondrian.

Second Life is a forerunner of the new wave of 3D virtual worlds that
will eventually blow discussion forums, talkboards and even sites such
as MySpace off the internet. Find out how and why by stepping into
this amazing virtual world and prepare to be amazed.

The Invisible Band! will be performing live Space/Prog Rock music at
Luskwood http://slurl.com/secondlife/Perry/20/209/22 at 12 midnight
GMT Saturday night (10th Feb). This is a location in the virtual
worlds MMO Second Life.

This show is free to attend and Second Life is free to join. You will
need a broadband internet connection and a computer that runs either
Windows XP or Mac OS OS-X. If it is your first time to log in to
Second Life, I would recommend that you sign up at least 2 hours
before the show in order to get yourself acclimatised to the controls.
Also I would greatly appreciate it if you put me down as your
reference when you sign up. My in-world name is Alazarin Mondrian.

As a long-time member of Second Life, I would like to take the
opportunity to recommend it to the subscribers to the Pointless Picnic
groupd as a new format in which to interact, meet, discuss ideas as
well as to hold events.

Second Life is a forerunner of the new wave of 3D virtual worlds that
will eventually blow discussion forums, talkboards and even sites such
as MySpace off the internet. Find out how and why by stepping into
this amazing virtual world and prepare to be amazed.

>From: "Edwin Phillips" <edwin_phillips@...>
>To: the_teacha@..., a_nicholson19@...,
>jollyoldroger@..., reversepsychology@...,
>bayley@..., james_maslin@..., bilboa7@...,
>jesterdream@..., kandy1@..., cellmate@...,
>mickstanger@..., mjzino@..., fazzir@...,
>rwdudgeon@..., contactruss@..., digital_vole@...
>Subject: live music/licensing e-petition
>Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:30:54 +0000
>
>
>Hi,
>
>
>Please get involved, this is pretty important stuff!
>
>
>========================================
>
>Please add your name to this petition and pass this email on to as many
>others as possible
>
>The live music/licensing e-petition currently stands at no.17 in the list
>of 1,702 petitions on the Number 10website:
>http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/licensing/
>
>
>The Government have recently passed laws in the UK to try and suppress
>live music and dance. Pubs which could previously offer work to solo
>singers or duos now have to pay for a special licence and can only have
>12 of these per year. Even school Xmas concerts need to be licensed. If
>you don't know there is a UK government web site where anyone can now
>start a petition and that's what is being done. we've just received the
>following email which explains things more clearly and gives the site
>address . If you care about keeping music live please take the time to
>sign the petition.
>
>There are four more months in which people can sign. (CLOSING DATE: 11 June
>2007). But the petition needs to do much better to make an impression on
>ministers, and to encourage DCMS to implement music-friendly amendments.
>The
>petition is for everyone, not just musicians. Please consider signing if
>you
>haven't already done so. If you have signed, encourage friends to sign.
>Points to remember about the new legislation:
>
>a.. The unlicensed provision of even one musician is a potential criminal
>offence (although some places are exempt, including places of public
>religious worship, royal palaces and moving vehicles). Max penalty:
>£20,000 fine and six months in prison.
>
>b.. The rationale is to prevent noise, crime and disorder, to ensure
>public safety, and the protection of children from harm.
>
>c.. But broadcast entertainment, including sport and music, is exempt -
>no matter where, and no matter how powerfully amplified.
>
>d.. In the transition to the new regime, bars with jukeboxes, CD players
>etc were automatically granted a license to play recorded music; but
>their automatic entitlement to one or two musicians was abolished.
>
>e.. For the first time, private performances raising money for charity
>are licensable.
>
>f.. School performances open to friends and family are licensable - they
>count as public performances.
>
>g.. Under the old regime all premises licensed to sell alcohol for
>consumption on the premises were automatically allowed up to two live
>musicians (the 'two in a bar rule').
>
>h.. In December, DCMS published research confirming that about 40% of
>these have lost any automatic entitlement to live music as a result of
>the new Act: 'Very few establishments that wanted a new license were
>denied it, and many who were previously limited to 2-in-a-bar now have
>course, with the fact that 40% of establishments now have no automatic
>means of putting on live music (i.e. they would have to give a Temporary
>Event Notice).'
>
>['Licensing Act 2003: The experience of smaller establishments in
>applying for live music authorization'; December 2006', paragraphs 6.1.1
>and 6.1.2 'Conclusions', p54; Caroline Callahan, Andy Martin, Anna
>Pierce, Ipsos-MORI]. Temporary Event Notice - in effect a temporary
>entertainment licence. Only 12 are allowed per premises per year. They
>cost £21 each.
>
>See the full MORI reports on this site:
>http://www.culture.gov.uk/Reference/ link to sign petition is here..
>http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/licensing/
>
>I know this if for England and Wales at the moment but how long before we
>get hit with something like this too in Scotland. This applies to
>everyone.
>
>Thanks everyone. Please email this to everyone you know, post it on other
>forums, my space it, whatever you can do.
>
>Best wishes
>
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If WAR that is what we want WAR is what we will get!

  Is war what we want?

Simple question - if WAR that is what we want WAR is what we will get!

Is peace what we want?

I do!

Do You?

What are you going to do about it?

I have absolutely no faith in Blair or Bush, they have lied to us
before and IMHO are doing it again - they have completely lost the
plot and are taking us all over the edge in the abyss.

Listen to the soap opera that is being constructed/scripted in the
media
its all so transparent and predictable.

Same old same old
war talk, situationds choreographed,
excuses for going to war.

More bloodshed

More suffering by innocent people
maybe you or me, your children, my children, mother, father, brother,
sister, lover, friend.


Say Yes2Peace!

NOW!
before it is too late.

Make your voice heard wherever you are in some way
penetrate the shroud of war that is decending onto our culture
stfling us,
our freedom and robbing us and our children of our future.
--
:)
brian

"Celebration, Our Journey, Our Destination"
http://one.revver.com/watch/161159

http://www.myspace.com/viziondanz
http://www.myspace.com/chalk4peace

http://www.infinitepossibility.org

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=viziondanz

"There is nothing wrong with our world,
we are just having a weird conversation"

."Reclaim the conversation"

"Our New World Order of Love !"

Dedicated to the child inside each one of us,
All the children and
All the children to come

Pointless Picnics 2007

8/7/7 will be World Pointless Picnic Day and will follow through from
7/7/7 celebrations. As normal there will be picnics every Sunday
building up to the World Day. Hopefully more people will become
involved, but it doesn't matter if you don't.



With pointless picnic there's always next time or never

> On 27/03/07, viziondanz <luvluvver@...> wrote:
> >
> >    If WAR that is what we want WAR is what we will get!
> > Is war what we want?
> > Simple question - if WAR that is what we want WAR is what we will get!
> > Is peace what we want?
> > I do!
> > Do You?
> > What are you going to do about it?

What do you suggest, Brian? Any ideas?


--
Salutations,
         Sky Tortoise.

lets that keep being peaceful.  x

>From: Sky <home@...>
>Reply-To: pointlesspicnic@yahoogroups.com
>To: pointlesspicnic@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [pointlesspicnic] Re: If WAR that is what we want WAR is what we
>will get!
>Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 19:18:20 +0100 (BST)
>
> > On 27/03/07, viziondanz <luvluvver@...> wrote:
> > >
> > >    If WAR that is what we want WAR is what we will get!
> > > Is war what we want?
> > > Simple question - if WAR that is what we want WAR is what we will get!
> > > Is peace what we want?
> > > I do!
> > > Do You?
> > > What are you going to do about it?
>
>What do you suggest, Brian? Any ideas?
>
>
>--
>Salutations,
>         Sky Tortoise.

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Date: 16 Apr 2007 14:59:15 -0000
To: crgeditor@...
Subject: GlobalResearch.ca - Bush administration pushes for expansion and deepening of police state
From: GlobalResearch.ca <crgeditor@...>

Global Research Feature Article

URL of this article: http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=CHI20070415&articleId=5387

www.GlobalResearch.ca

Bush administration pushes for expansion and deepening of police state by Larry Chin

Global Research, April 15, 2007

GlobalResearch.ca

The George W. Bush administration seized the White House in 2000 by way of an openly stolen election, then cemented its criminal power into place with the unprecedented 9/11 mass murder, and its two resulting abominations: the fabricated “war on terrorism” (the pretext for endless global war), and the USA Patriot Act (the full-scale destruction of the Constitution, and the militarization of the US homeland).  The deepening of the war and security state continues unabated and relatively unopposed, in spite of meager posturing of (largely complicit) congressional Democrats. Nothing has been done to stop, reverse or undo the Bush administration’s boundless criminality, its wide open corruption, or the absolute and systematic rape of law itself. Few if any of Bush’s criminals have been brought to justice. Three new examples leave no doubt:  In yet another attack on the separation of powers, the Bush administration is pushing for a "war czar", giving the White House even more centralized war power, over and above the power it already wields through the Pentagon, the State Department and the CIA. Through the concocted war and intelligence “czars”, the White House inner circle---Bush, Cheney, Rove, etc.---wields total dictatorial power, and the power to bypass and silence any hint of opposition from the rest of the government. Mike McConnell, the National Intelligence Director (intelligence “czar” himself) is pushing for greatly expanded power to spy on US citizens and potential “terrorists”. McConnell is requesting more warrantless wiretapping and surveillance of US citizens, and more spying without Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court approval or other court orders. McConnell is also demanding that telecommunications companies receive immunity from civil liability for “cooperating” with the Bush administration. Two companies, AT&T and Verizon, now face lawsuits for handing phone records to the NSA. AT&T’s “secret rooms” provided the Bush administration direct access to the lives of US citizens. See: "Bush administration caught red-handed spying on US citizens" The Bush administration wants not only the full legal authority, but the permission, to violate and destroy the lives of anyone it targets. It is a fact, detailed in a new investigation by Jeremy Scahill, that Blackwater, the private mercenary firm, manages and runs many aspects of the Bush administration’s criminal wars all over the world, as well as domestic “security” operations (such as police operations in the post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans). Blackwater, one of the many poison-fanged corporate military faces of Bush-Cheney’s neocon political apparatus, headed by hardwired Bush-connected neocon military-intelligence figures, is above the law---not controlled by either the US military or the US Congress. Blackwater, which is thriving, and building new facilities all over the world, including the United States, is the face of the new international and homeland security state---a criminal state. As written by Mike Ruppert in Crossing the Rubicon, “American fascism is something different now. It’s not just private, elite control over the legal system, nor private evasion of the rule of law. It’s a crisis-induced transition from a society with a deeply compromised legal system to a society where force and surveillance completely supplant the system.” Consider the system supplanted.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are the sole responsibility of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Centre for Research on Globalization. To become a Member of Global Research The CRG grants permission to cross-post original Global Research articles on community internet sites as long as the text & title are not modified. The source and the author's copyright must be displayed. For publication of Global Research articles in print or other forms including commercial internet sites, contact: crgeditor@... www.globalresearch.ca contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available to our readers under the provisions of "fair use" in an effort to advance a better understanding of political, economic and social issues. The material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving it for research and educational purposes. If you wish to use copyrighted material for purposes other than "fair use" you must request permission from the copyright owner. For media inquiries: crgeditor@... © Copyright Larry Chin, GlobalResearch.ca, 2007

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We had dolmades at the pointless picnic at confest in australia. Pan played
his pipes and we floated in the mud.


>From: Kevin Lee Hammond <exposethenewworldorder@...>
>Reply-To: pointlesspicnic@yahoogroups.com
>To: paranoidtimes@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [pointlesspicnic] Fwd: GlobalResearch.ca - Bush administration
>pushes for expansion and deepening of police state
>Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:03:37 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>
>"GlobalResearch.ca" <crgeditor@...> wrote:  Date: 16 Apr 2007
>14:59:15 -0000
>To: crgeditor@...
>Subject: GlobalResearch.ca - Bush administration pushes for expansion and
>deepening of police state
>From: GlobalResearch.ca <crgeditor@...>
>
>
>   Global Research Feature Article
>
>   URL of this article:
>http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=CHI20070415&art\
icleId=5387
>
>   www.GlobalResearch.ca
>
>
>               Bush administration pushes for expansion and deepening of
>police state
>
>
>   by Larry Chin
>
>       Global Research, April 15, 2007
>       GlobalResearch.ca
>
>   The George W. Bush administration seized the White House in 2000 by way
>of an openly stolen election, then cemented its criminal power into place
>with the unprecedented 9/11 mass murder, and its two resulting
>abominations: the fabricated “war on terrorism” (the pretext for endless
>global war), and the USA Patriot Act (the full-scale destruction of the
>Constitution, and the militarization of the US homeland).
>   The deepening of the war and security state continues unabated and
>relatively unopposed, in spite of meager posturing of (largely complicit)
>congressional Democrats. Nothing has been done to stop, reverse or undo the
>Bush administration’s boundless criminality, its wide open corruption, or
>the absolute and systematic rape of law itself. Few if any of Bush’s
>criminals have been brought to justice.
>   Three new examples leave no doubt:
>
>      In yet another attack on the separation of powers, the Bush
>administration is pushing for a "war czar", giving the White House even
>more centralized war power, over and above the power it already wields
>through the Pentagon, the State Department and the CIA. Through the
>concocted war and intelligence “czars”, the White House inner
>circle---Bush, Cheney, Rove, etc.---wields total dictatorial power, and the
>power to bypass and silence any hint of opposition from the rest of the
>government.
>
>
>      Mike McConnell, the National Intelligence Director (intelligence
>“czar” himself) is pushing for greatly expanded power to spy on US citizens
>and potential “terrorists”. McConnell is requesting more warrantless
>wiretapping and surveillance of US citizens, and more spying without
>Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court approval or other court
>orders.
>
>   McConnell is also demanding that telecommunications companies receive
>immunity from civil liability for “cooperating” with the Bush
>administration. Two companies, AT&T and Verizon, now face lawsuits for
>handing phone records to the NSA. AT&T’s “secret rooms” provided the Bush
>administration direct access to the lives of US citizens.
>   See:
>   "Bush administration caught red-handed spying on US citizens"
>   The Bush administration wants not only the full legal authority, but the
>permission, to violate and destroy the lives of anyone it targets.
>
>      It is a fact, detailed in a new investigation by Jeremy Scahill, that
>Blackwater, the private mercenary firm, manages and runs many aspects of
>the Bush administration’s criminal wars all over the world, as well as
>domestic “security” operations (such as police operations in the
>post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans). Blackwater, one of the many
>poison-fanged corporate military faces of Bush-Cheney’s neocon political
>apparatus, headed by hardwired Bush-connected neocon military-intelligence
>figures, is above the law---not controlled by either the US military or the
>US Congress. Blackwater, which is thriving, and building new facilities all
>over the world, including the United States, is the face of the new
>international and homeland security state---a criminal state.
>
>   As written by Mike Ruppert in Crossing the Rubicon, “American fascism is
>something different now. It’s not just private, elite control over the
>legal system, nor private evasion of the rule of law. It’s a crisis-induced
>transition from a society with a deeply compromised legal system to a
>society where force and surveillance completely supplant the system.”
>   Consider the system supplanted.
>
>
>---------------------------------
>         Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are the sole
>responsibility of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the
>Centre for Research on Globalization.
>
>To become a Member of Global Research
>
>The CRG grants permission to cross-post original Global Research articles
>on community internet sites as long as the text & title are not modified.
>The source and the author's copyright must be displayed. For publication of
>Global Research articles in print or other forms including commercial
>internet sites, contact: crgeditor@...
>
>www.globalresearch.ca contains copyrighted material the use of which has
>not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are
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>use" in an effort to advance a better understanding of political, economic
>and social issues. The material on this site is distributed without profit
>to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving it for research
>and educational purposes. If you wish to use copyrighted material for
>purposes other than "fair use" you must request permission from the
>copyright owner.
>
>For media inquiries: crgeditor@...
>
>© Copyright Larry Chin, GlobalResearch.ca, 2007
>
>
>
>
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Dear All,

Here's a flyer about the Beating the Bounds Walk on 13th May kindly
sent me by Katy, of the New Lammas Defence Committee. Grateful if you
could publicise this to any London people you know who might be
interested, especially those living in or near the proposed Olympic
zone. Please bring the Rainbow picnic vibe so we can begin to
transform the Olympics!

Love,
Mark

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www.newsov.org
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Leah has invited you to "Tea Party NOW" on Saturday, May 12 at 12:00pm.

Leah says, "Come and have a Tea party with us on the Lawn opposite Parliament.
Dont worry its been authorised by the police!"

Event: Tea Party NOW
        "come for a tea party in Parliament Square"
What: Performance
Host: leah
When: Saturday, May 12 at 12:00pm
Where: Parliament Square

To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
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Now everyone can join Facebook, even if you couldn't before. To register, go to:
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Hi All

It would be very nice to bring together some nice artists, rainbow and
also more political types this year. If you'd like that too, please
come to Leah's Art Tea Party, Saturday 12th May 2007

Or come & make some double trouble at the State of London event, at
QEII Conference Centre, next to Westminster Abbey on the same day.

RSVP re Tea Party at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=2311618750
And get free tickets to State of London event at www.londongov.uk/stateoflondon

Also, please forward this invite to other people who might be interested.

Love,
Mark

www.rev-pmt.blogspot.com

A tale of two acronyms: TGIF and TINA

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's famous response to a
question about challenges to capitalism was TINA — There Is No
Alternative. If there is no alternative, anyone who questions
capitalism is crazy.

Here's another, more common, acronym about life under a predatory
corporate capitalism: TGIF — Thank God It's Friday...

How about one more statistic: About 500 children in Africa AN HOUR die
from poverty-related diseases, and the majority of those deaths could
be averted with simple medicines or insecticide-treated nets. That's
500 children — not every year, or every month or every week. That's
not 500 children every day. Poverty-related diseases claim the lives
of 500 children an hour in Africa.

When we try to hold onto our humanity, statistics like that can make
us crazy. But don't get any crazy ideas about changing this system.
Remember TINA: There is no alternative to predatory corporate
capitalism.

Thank God it's Friday !!?

Or, Thank God It's Last Sunday??

We have been gathering on Last Sunday precisely to be crazy together.
We've come together to give voice to things that we know and feel,
even when the dominant culture tells us that to believe and feel such
things is crazy. Maybe everyone here is a little crazy. So, let's make
sure we're being realistic. It's important to be realistic.

One of the common responses I hear when I critique capitalism is,
"Well, that may all be true, but we have to be realistic and do what's
possible." By that logic, to be realistic is to accept a system that
is inhuman, anti-democratic, and unsustainable. To be realistic we are
told we must capitulate to a system that steals our souls, enslaves us
to concentrated power, and will someday destroy the planet.

But rejecting and resisting a predatory corporate capitalism is not
crazy. It is an eminently sane position. Holding onto our humanity is
not crazy. Defending democracy is not crazy. And struggling for a
sustainable future is not crazy.

What is truly crazy is falling for the con that an inhuman,
anti-democratic, and unsustainable system — one that leaves half the
world's people in abject poverty — is all that there is, all that
there ever can be, all that there ever will be.

If that were true, then soon there will be nothing left, for anyone.

I do not believe it is realistic to accept such a fate. If that's
being realistic, I'll take crazy any day of the week, every Sunday of
the month.

Read the rest of Anti-Capitalism in 5 minutes, from good old Austin Texas, at:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17634.htm

Best wishes Mark

--
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To: ParanoidTimes@yahoogroups.com
From: "toolman1_4" <toolman1_4@...>
Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 16:28:41 -0000
Subject: [ParanoidTimes] Re: Neo-Con Threats Force Virgin To Pull Loose Change

I wrote an email to Virgin Airlines, I think that if enough people
do that, they will see that the majority of the American people will
be behind them. Are we going to allow a few people that would like to
strangle the truth do that? the truth will prevail. I really think
that we need to stand up and speak out to people that matter and make
the decisions if we want to keep what little freedoms that we still have.

In ParanoidTimes@yahoogroups.com, "Kick.The.NWO" wrote:
>
> Neo-Con Threats Force Virgin To Pull Loose Change
> Free speech hating slugs smear documentary, link 9/11 truth with
> Nazi propaganda
> Paul Joseph Watson, Prison Planet
> Friday, May 4, 2007
>
> Virgin Airlines have pulled Loose Change from their in-flight movie
roster after a cadre of Neo-Con slugs, bullies and enemies of free
speech sent threatening complaints to the company, smearing the
documentary and comparing it with Nazi propaganda films.
>
> "Virgin Airlines has pulled a controversial internet documentary on
9/11 from its in-flight entertainment system after complaints from
bloggers and radio shows," reports a technology website.
>
> "Well, it didn't take long for Virgin to backpedal. While we fully
understand and support Virgin's decision, we also fully understand
that they signed a legal binding contract, so essentially, they paid
us for the rights to NOT show the movie," writes Dylan Avery on his
Loose Change blog.

[snip]

> The tipping point already passed a long time ago - 9/11 truth is
here to stay and it's only going to get bigger, eclipsing the feeble
efforts at intimidation and censorship on behalf of the all the
Neo-Con slugs, Malkin and her anti-American bootlickers included.
>
> E-mail flood! Tell Virgin how you feel about this decision. E mail
them here. Call them at the numbers listed here.
>
> http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/may2007/040507virginpull.htm

To:ParanoidTimes@yahoogroups.com
From: Doctor Plum <gold@...>
Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 05:41:06 -0500
Subject: [ParanoidTimes] Heroin is "Good for Your Health": Occupation Forces Support
Afghan Narcotics Trade

Heroin is "Good for Your Health": Occupation Forces support Afghan Narcotics Trade
Multibillion dollar earnings for organized crime and Western financial Institutions
by Prof. Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research
April 29, 2007

The occupation forces in Afghanistan are supporting the drug trade, which brings between 120 and 194 billion dollars of revenues to organized crime, intelligence agencies and Western financial institutions.

The proceeds of this lucrative multibllion dollar contraband are deposited in Western banks. Almost the totality of revenues accrue to corporate interests and criminal syndicates outside Afghanistan.

The Golden Crescent drug trade, launched by the CIA in the early 1980s, continues to be protected by US intelligence, in liason with NATO occupation forces and the British military. In recent developments, British occupation forces have promoted opium cultivation through paid radio advertisements.  

"A radio message broadcast across the province assured local farmers that the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) would not interfere with poppy fields currently being harvested.

"Respected people of Helmand. The soldiers of ISAF and ANA do not destroy poppy fields," it said. "They know that many people of Afghanistan have no choice but to grow poppy. ISAF and the ANA do not want to stop people from earning their livelihoods." (Quoted in The Guardian, 27 April 2007)

While the controversial opium ads have been casually dismissed as an unfortunate mistake, there are indications that the opium economy is being promoted at the political level (including the British government of Tony Blair).

The Senlis Council, an international think tank specialising in security and policy issues is proposing the development of licit opium exports in Afghanistan, with a view to promoting the production of pharmaceutical pain-killers, such as morphine and codeine. According to the Senlis Council,  "the poppies are needed and, if properly regulated, could provide a legal source of income to impoverished Afghan farmers while, at the same time, depriving the drug lords and the Taliban of much of their income." (John Polanyi, Globe and Mail, 23 September 2006)

The Senlis Council offers an alternative where "regulated poppy production in Afghanistan" could be developed to produce needed painkillers. The Senlis statement, however, fails to address the existing structure of licit opium exports, which is characterised by oversupply .

The Senlis' campaign is part of the propaganda campaign. It has contrbuted to providing a false legitimacy to Afghanistan's opium economy. (See details of Senlis Project), which ultmately serves powerful vested interests.  

How much opium acreage is required to supply the pharmaceutical industry? According to the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), which has a mandate to exame issues pertaining to the supply of and demand for opiates used for medical purposes, "the supply of such opiates has for years been at levels well in excess of global demand".(Asian Times, February 2006)  The INCB has recommended reducing the production of opiates due to oversupply.

At present, India is the largest exporter of licit opium, supplying approximately 50 percent of licit sales to pharmaceutical companies involved in the production of pain-killing drugs. Turkey is also a major producer of licit opium.

India's opium latex "is sold to licensed pharmaceutical and/or chemical manufacturing firms such as Mallinckrodt and Johnson & Johnson, under rules established by the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs and the International Narcotics Control Board, which require an extensive paper trail." (Opium in India)

The area allocated to licit State controlled opium cultivation in India is of the order of a modest 11,000 hectares, suggesting that the entire demand of the global pharmaceutical industry requires approximately 22,000 hectares of land allocated to poppy production. Opium for pharmaceutical use is not in short supply. The demand of the pharmaceutical industry is already met.  

Soaring Afghan Opium Production

The United Nations has announced that opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has soared. There was a  59% increase in areas under opium cultivation in 2006. Production of opium is estimated to have increased by 49% in relation to 2005.

The Western media in chorus blame the Taliban and the warlords. Western officials are said to believe that "the trade is controlled by 25 smugglers including three government ministers." (Guardian, op. cit).  

Yet in a bitter irony, US military presence has served to restore rather than eradicate the drug trade. Opium production has increased 33 fold from 185 tons in 2001 under the Taliban to 6100 tons in 2006. Cultivated areas have increased 21 fold since the 2001 US-led invasion.   

What the media reports fail to acknowledge is that the Taliban government was instrumental in 2000-2001 in implementing a successful drug eradication program, with the support and collaboration of the UN.

Implemented in 2000-2001, the Taliban's drug eradication program led to a 94 percent decline in opium cultivation. In 2001, according to UN figures, opium production had fallen to 185 tons. Immediately following the October 2001 US led invasion, production increased dramatically, regaining its historical levels.  

The Vienna based UN Office on Drugs and Crime estimates that the 2006 harvest will be of the order of 6,100 tonnes, 33 times its production levels in 2001 under the Taliban government (3200% increase in 5 years).  

Cultivation in 2006 reached a record 165,000 hectares compared with 104,000 in 2005 and 7,606 in 2001 under the Taliban

Multibillion dollar trade

According to the UN, Afghanistan supplies in 2006 some 92 percent of the world's supply of opium, which is used to make heroin.

The UN estimates that for 2006, the contribution of the drug trade to the Afghan economy is of the order of 2.7 billion. What it fails to mention is the fact that more than 95 percent of the revenues generated by this lucrative contraband accrues to business syndicates, organized crime and banking and financial institutions. A very small percentage accrues to farmers and traders in the producing country.

(See also UNODC, The Opium Economy in Afghanistan,  
http://www.unodc.org/pdf/publications/afg_opium_economy_www.pdf , Vienna, 2003, p. 7-8)

"Afghan heroin sells on the international narcotics market for 100 times the price farmers get for their opium right out of the field".(US State Department quoted by the Voice of America (VOA), 27 February 2004).

Based on wholesale and retail prices in Western markets, the earnings generated by the Afghan drug trade are colossal. In July 2006, street prices in Britain for heroin were of the order of Pound Sterling 54, or $102 a gram.

Narcotics On the Streets of Western Europe

One kilo of opium produces approximately 100 grams of (pure) heroin. 6100 tons of opium allows the production of 1220 tons of heroin with a 50 percent purity ratio.

The average purity of retailed heroin can vary. It is on average 36%. In Britain, the purity is rarely in excess of 50 percent, while in the US it can be of the order of 50-60 percent.

Based on the structure of British retail prices for heroin, the total proceeds of the Afghan heroin trade would be of the order of 124.4 billion dollars, assuming a 50 percent purity ratio. Assuming an average purity ratio of 36 percent and the average British price, the cash value of Afghan heroin sales would be of the order of 194.4 billion dollars.

While these figures do not constitute precise estimates, they nonetheless  convey the sheer magnitude of this multibillion dollar narcotics trade out of Afghanistan. Based on the first figure which provides a conservative estimate, the cash value of these sales, once they reach Western retail markets are in excess of 120 billion dollars a year.    

(See also our detailed estimates for 2003 in The Spoils of War: Afghanistan's Multibillion Dollar Heroin Trade, by Michel Chossudovsky, The UNODC estimates the average retail price of heroin for 2004 to be of the order of $157 per gram, based on the average purity ratio).

Narcotics: Second to Oil and the Arms Trade

The foregoing estimates are consistent with the UN's assessment concerning the size and magnitude of the global drug trade.

The Afghan trade in opiates (92 percent of total World production of opiates) constitutes a large share of the worldwide annual turnover of narcotics, which was estimated by the United Nations to be of the order of $400-500 billion.

(Douglas Keh, Drug Money in a Changing World, Technical document No. 4, 1998, Vienna UNDCP, p. 4. See also United Nations Drug Control Program, Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 1999, E/INCB/1999/1 United Nations, Vienna 1999, p. 49-51, and Richard Lapper, UN Fears Growth of Heroin Trade, Financial Times, 24 February 2000).

Based on 2003 figures, drug trafficking  constitutes "the third biggest global commodity in cash terms after oil and the arms trade." (The Independent, 29 February 2004).

Afghanistan and Colombia (together with Bolivia and Peru) consitute the largest drug producing economies in the world, which feed a flourishing criminal economy. These countries are heavily militarized. The drug trade is protected. Amply documented the CIA has played a central role in the development of both the Latin American and Asian drug triangles.

The IMF estimated global money laundering to be between 590 billion and 1.5 trillion dollars a year, representing 2-5 percent of global GDP. (Asian Banker, 15 August 2003).

A large share of global money laundering as estimated by the IMF is linked to the trade in narcotics, one third of which is tied to the Golden Crescent opium triangle.

http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=20070604&articleId=5514

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From: Bond <Bondj4007@...>
Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 09:33:15 -0700
Subject: [ParanoidTimes] Truth Revolution Radio documents the 5/11 action.

 

 

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Truth Revolution Radio documents the 5/11 action.

via 911Blogger.com - Paying Attention to 9/11 Related Alternative News by Reprehensor on May 13, 2007

In towns and cities all over the USA, Canada and Australia, 9/11 activists hit the street, protested media silence/complicity in front of media outlets, met the general public, and got the word out.

Cosmos and Luke hosted live callers and played reports from events that were called in on Friday.

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