"I have only committed the mistake of believing in you, the Americans."

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Same thing is going on in Baghdad which is in ruins by the US. This Iraqi doctor working
in Baghdad sent out this email in response to an incoming email:

"Thanks so much for remembering us…In fact we are the same if not worse. Our hearts are broken at the organized ruining of our country. We are targeted by those criminals and gangs coming from everywhere, even from the west who are all witnessing this drama and, if not supporting it, are keeping silent. We wonder what sin we committed to face this gloomy black fate. In fact, what is going on is beyond words. “

Which reminded me of:

 

I Have Only Committed The Mistake Of Believing In Americans Dear Excellency and friend, I thank you very sincerely for your letter and for your offer to transport me towards freedom. I cannot, alas, leave in such a cowardly fashion. As for you and in particular for your great country, I never believed for a moment that you would have this sentiment of abandoning a people which has chosen liberty. You have refused us your protection and we can do nothing about it. You leave us and it is my wish that you and your country will find happiness under the sky. But mark it well that, if I shall die here on the spot and in my country that I love, it is too bad because we are all born and must die one day. I have only committed the mistake of believing in you, the Americans. Please accept, E    Lt. Gen. Prince Sisowath Siri Matak "Man is born to die. I will not move. I shall stay here and face everything that happens. They can arrest me. If they kill me, what of it? I stay for my country."

NC: Masked, armed man arrested at State Capito

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A masked, armed man carrying a backpack full of spray paint was arrested at the State Capitol early Saturday, state authorities said.

A spokeswoman for the Department of Public Safety said State Capitol Police officers saw the man wearing a full face mask, gloves, heavy clothing and the backpack shortly before 5 a.m.

Perren Tremayne Moss, 32, was taken into custody and charged with carrying a concealed weapon, possession of a weapon on State Capitol grounds and wearing a mask on public property.

More with video @ WRAL

Empire State Building’s $1M Cecil the lion display outrages ‘Black Lives Matter’ supporters

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 Seems they would have better things to complain about, like intact families.

The Empire State Building’s projection of Cecil the lion and other endangered animals is being criticized for ignoring the “Black Lives Matter” movement.

Along with Cecil, whose illegal killing sparked an international uproar, a snow leopard, tigers, lemurs and various snakes, birds and sea creatures were projected onto the building using 40 projectors, CNN reported.

More @ The Washington Times

Civil War Arbitrage

 

Wouldn’t it be great if an act of Congress enabled your federal government bonds to be worth twice what you paid for them?

That’s precisely what happened for many federal Civil War bond investors during the Reconstruction Era.

In the second year of the War in 1862 it was obvious the federal government could not finance the war without creating new financial instruments and issuing an unprecedented amount of bonds. Federal indebtedness increased from $65 million to $2,700 million during the war. The federal government also issued about $450 million in greenback paper currency. Greenbacks were legal tender for all debts except for customs duties, which still had to be paid in gold.

Consequently, the value of the greenback dollar fluctuated in relation to the gold dollar based upon market confidence, or lack of it, that greenbacks would ultimately be redeemed in gold at face value. In June 1864, for example, the market quote required 2.7 greenback dollars to buy a single gold dollar. In reciprocal terms, 37 cents in gold could be exchanged for a greenback dollar.

The differential created an arbitrage opportunity in the US Government Bond market.

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Kentucky commission votes to keep Jefferson Davis statue at state Capitol

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A Kentucky historic commission has voted to keep a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in the state Capitol rotunda.

The Historic Properties Advisory Commission on Wednesday voted 7-2 to keep the statute and to add an educational component to the display for the thousands of schoolchildren and other visitors who pass through the Capitol each year.

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WACO II: "The giant pile of chicken shit that is also known as the City of Waco and the County of McLennan."

 

 Clint Broden, the attorney for the scapegoat named Matt Clendennen 

There have been a couple of motions filed in the last 24 hours with the Court of Appeals for the Tenth District of Texas that argue the issue of whether defense attorneys for the 177 scapegoats in the Twin Peaks Massacre, and the scapegoats themselves, and any witnesses interviewed by police who managed to avoid becoming scapegoats, must be silent or whether they have a right to tell their tales.

Abelino “Abel” Reyna, the Criminal District Attorney for McLennan County, Texas filed his motion about five yesterday afternoon. Clint Broden, the attorney for the scapegoat named Matt Clendennen filed his about 10:30 this morning.

Reyna’s brief is a bubble of hot air that stinks. He begins with a “Statement of Facts” that alleges:

More with video @ The Aging Rebel

They Live, We Sleep: A Dictatorship Disguised as a Democracy

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You see them on the street. You watch them on TV. You might even vote for one this fall. You think they’re people just like you. You're wrong. Dead wrong.”—They Live

We’re living in two worlds, you and I.

There’s the world we see (or are made to see) and then there’s the one we sense (and occasionally catch a glimpse of), the latter of which is a far cry from the propaganda-driven reality manufactured by the government and its corporate sponsors, including the media.

Indeed, what most Americans perceive as life in America—privileged, progressive and free—is a far cry from reality, where economic inequality is growing, real agendas and real power are buried beneath layers of Orwellian doublespeak and corporate obfuscation, and “freedom,” such that it is, is meted out in small, legalistic doses by militarized police armed to the teeth.

All is not as it seems.

More @ The Rutherford Institute

Last moment escape: Cop saves driver stuck on railway crossing

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2 Million Bikers to DC providing security for Johnny Cooper marching from Montgomery to DC with the Confederate flag

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Johnny Cooper of Hazel Green is continuing his march from Montgomery to DC with the Confederate flag.

Cooper met Ben "Cooter" Jones from Dukes of Hazzard on his journey.

Jones and his wife, Alma Viator, joined him in Virginia for part of his march to DC and had dinner with him.

Cooper began the 790 mile journey on the Fourth of July, and when we spoke to him two days in, the trip had been peaceful.

But that all changed in July as he continued his march through the state of Georgia. The walk turned violent as one person threw glass bottles at Cooper and two cars swerved to try to hit him. One man even got out of his car and waved a tire iron at Cooper.

His wife tells me Cooper thought about coming home because of the danger, but a group called 2 Million Bikers to DC stepped up to provide security for his march.

More @ WAAY

NC: 1,000+ expected at Confederate flag rally Saturday in Hillsborough

 

Kiley Mangum has Confederate flag shirts and a Confederate flag beach towel. Her boyfriend has a Confederate flag on his truck.

 It’s just a normal thing for us out here,” said Mangum, 25, one of the organizers of a pro Confederate flag rally planned for 2 p.m, Saturday at Hillsborough Town Hall, 101 E. Orange St.

More @ News & Record