"The sovereign citizen movement has its roots in right-wing anarchist ideology that originated with a group called the Posse Comitatus in the 1970s, according to the Anti-Defamation League. Along with violence, the ADL said members of the sovereign citizen movement have been known to enage in "paper terrorism," using "fraudulent legal documents and filings, as well as the misuse of legitimate documents and filings, in order to intimidate, harass and coerce public officials, law enforcement officers and private citizens."
Police are hunting for the gunman who shot and killed a former college volleyball player in St. Louis hours before she was scheduled to play in an alumni volleyball game.
Megan Boken, 23, a former all-state volleyball player from Illinois, was shot while sitting inside a white Volkswagen outside the apartment complex where she lived Saturday afternoon, Fox affiliate KTVI reported. Boken was in St. Louis to visit her alma mater, St. Louis University, and play in the annual alumni game.
Authorities are searching for the suspect, described by witnesses as ablack male in his 20s, 5-foot-8 to 5-foot-10, according to the station.
Police said they believe the man opened the victim’s car door before firing shots from a handgun. Boken was reportedly struck in the neck and chest and later died at an area hospital.Those who knew Boken say they are stunned by the attack, saying Boken was a standout volleyball player and an honor roll student.
Negotiations failed. Iran got more time "to advance its nuclear program and cleanse a suspected nuclear site." The international community "must dramatically" increase pressure. Iran "is believed to have carried out experiments on nuclear explosives. Satellite images indicate Iran has been working to cleanse (a suspect) site by removing buildings and soil."
Iran's nuclear capabilities have advanced. It fuel stockpile approaches nuclear weapons production capability.
"America must make clear that it will act to prevent Iran from achieving the capability to build a nuclear weapon at a time of its choosing."
Contain(ing) a nuclear Iran "is inadequate. US policy must reject any possibility of Tehran developing nuclear weapons. All options must be considered, including "military action."
Economic sanctions must be "accelerated" and "crippling." Washington should do whatever it takes to prevent a nuclear Iran.AIPAC is a destructive, malevolent, evil force. It's heading Washington for war. Waging one on Iran assures losers, not winners. Israel may self-destruct in the process. Catastrophe will affect the region. America won't escape harm.
By Stephen Lendman 8-21-12 Respecting its sovereignty is verboten. Regime change is prioritized. All means are OK, including war, mass killing and destruction. Warmongers relish it. Rhetoric tries justifying it. Responsibility to protect (R2P) and humanitarian intervention are code terms. They're cover for imperial ravaging. When is war not war? It's when killing, terrorizing, and traumatizing victims is legitimized. It's when lies substitute for truth. It's when threats don't exist so they're created. It's when fake objectives conceal real ones. America and Israel are warrior states. They'd rather fight than switch policies to peaceful ones. They'd rather eliminate rivals than cooperate diplomatically, politically and economically. Iran's alleged nuclear threat is red herring cover for regime change by war if other methods fail. No matter that US intelligence and IAEA inspectors found no evidence of bomb-making development, production, or violations Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) provisions. Occasional mainstream reports provide kernels of truth. Months earlier, Haaretz headlined "Mossad, CIA agree Iran has yet to decide to build nuclear weapon," saying: Intelligence agencies have best information. They contradict warrior politicians itching for another fight. At times, they report accurately what warmongers don't want to hear. Too bad it's not all the time. Media scoundrels don't hold them accountable when they and political hawks choose war as their policy of choice. |
'Closing down that house will give us our first good nights sleep for several years. He may have been been the public face of policing anti social behaviour on his beat but it is an absolute disgrace that he can’t keep his own house in order - literally'.
'There were always late night parties going on there and at one time there was a woman threatening to jump from the second floor. They had feral dogs roaming around the neighbourhood and attacking other animals'.
'At times the tenants themselves would jump on my car and throw bricks out the window. It was a house from hell - and I find it unbelievable it is owned by a senior police officer who should know better.'Insp Razaq - one of Britain’s longest serving Asian officers and known as 'Mo' - has more than 33 years experience, including spells in CID, Tactical Aid, a firearms unit and on community cohesion projects.
There has been a lot of anti-social behaviour, alcohol-fuelled problems and this house was the focal point.
'We’re sending out a strong message that if people engage in anti-social behaviour they can expect low-levels of tolerance from the police. We will do all we can to resolve the problem and if that means evicting people, then so be it.'
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| This is the CCTV image of a man police want to question in connection with two serious attacks |
'I would ask people to be extra vigilant and aware of their environment, particularly when walking late at night. These sorts of crimes arethankfully rarecommon in Hounslow, but I would like to reassure people that my officers are working tirelessly to catch whoever is responsible'.
‘You could be described as a one-man crime wave that continues committing very annoying offences, that frightens and distresses the public. You have built up in the last few years numerous convictions, covering numerous offences'.
Full-scale depopulation procedures have been implemented as Population Reduction, Geoengineering, Land Grabs, and Criminal Banking Scams rule the populace.
All human activity will soon be under surveillance and the remaining world population of 1 Billion will exist in Mega-Cities controlled by oligarchs tracking the RFID Chipped Population – the “Useless Eaters” as the elite have termed us.
The future of humanity will be a world in which oligarchs decide who lives and who dies.It sounds like the plot for a really kick-ass science fiction movie, but it’s not. It’s real. It is the footnoted-and-cited agenda of depopulation and eugenics.
For hundreds of years an elite group of oligarchs have ruled the land, fueled by a legacy of sex, money, power and greed….
….in the last 60 years their power has become more consolidated as they have become more organized.
Their own white papers and other documents show the diabolic plans they have in store for the population.This is the movie that they don’t want you to see. It includes documentation of a mass depopulation plan that will leave 9 out of 10 people dead. It includes footage from the infamous 2012 Bilderberg conference in Chantilly, Virginia. It outlines the plan for the“mass extermination of the useless eaters”.
Bill banning parents from trying to 'cure' gay kids moves forward
A first-of-its-kind state law that would restrict parents from trying to "cure" their minor children's same-sex attractions seems headed to the governor's desk.
If both state houses can agree on the final language, the legislation, which would ban all sexual orientation change effort (SOCE) treatment for minors, will be sent to Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown for his signature sometime in September. But, so far, there has been no indication from his office on whether he will sign the bill into law.
Whatever the governor does, he's sure to face criticism. Backers see it as a civil rights issue, while critics say lawmakers are infringing on not only parents' rights but also on the mission of mental health professionals.
"<The law> unconstitutionally prohibits speech…violates privacy and personal autonomy rights, intermeddles in theological disputes, clashes with other laws and creates significant unintended consequences," Matt McReynolds,, a staff attorney with Sacramento-based Pacific Justice Institute, said.
"As long as this bill threatens to shame patients and silence counselors, therapists, psychologists and psychiatrists, we will vigorously oppose it," McReynolds told Fox News. "We cannot afford to let the state invade the counseling room or doctor's office to dictate what views on sexuality are acceptable and unacceptable."
Sponsored by a coalition of gay rights groups led by California Equality the bill was introduced by State Sen. Ted W. Lieu (D-Redondo Beach). Lieu told Fox News his interest in the issue was sparked by a news report he saw on television in 2011.
"The story detailed the harmful impact on vulnerable minors of this kind of supposed reparative therapy," Lieu said. "So when California Equality approached me about introducing a bill to ban that kind of therapy for minors, I jumped at the chance."
Lieu also cited studies like the American Psychological Association (APA) 2009 Task Force, which reported SOCE therapy could lead to depression, feelings of shame, self-loathing, drug abuse, high-risk sexual behavior, anger, withdrawal and in some cases, even attempted suicide in minor children, if those same-sex attractions continue to persist.
Libertarian and conservative political and legal groups including McReynolds' group and the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH), a nationwide group of conservative mental health providers based in Salt Lake City have blasted the bill.
David Pickup, a Glendale, Calif. therapist said he's been a member of NARTH for more than eight years. He told Fox News that he went through his own SOCE treatment and uses it to treat his patients.
Pickup said that although he's had thousands of sexual interactions with men, he never identified himself as being gay.
"I describe myself as being a heterosexual man with a homosexual challenge," Pickup said, adding that after his own SOCE treatment he had feelings for women and now only experienced attractions towards men "once in a blue moon."
Pickup claims that SOCE treatments work to varying degrees on "95 percent" of his patients and he vehemently opposes SB 1172 as a "violation of parental rights," and said the law would have a "chilling effect" on the ability of therapists to treat their patients.
Pickup also claims mainstream mental health groups like the APA 2009 Task Force report labeling SOCE change efforts as "posing critical health risks" to lesbian, gay and bisexual people was based solely on "anecdotal evidence."
Brad Dacus, president of PJI told Fox News that whether or not the therapy is viable isn't for lawmakers to decide. Parents, patients and therapists should not be dictated to, he said.
"This is really a serious violation of the constitutional rights of patients and counselors, a violation of privacy and an outright attack on the rights of parents to decide what is best for their children," Dacus said.
Lieu responded to the criticism by pointing out this was a health issue and his bill was written to protect the health, welfare and rights of minors who were experiencing same-sex attractions.
"We (the government) intervene all the time to restrict the rights of individuals and parents regarding health issues," Lieu told Fox News.
"We pass laws saying minors can't buy tobacco products; anyone under 21 can't legally drink alcohol and we force parents to put their very young children into car seats while they're driving," Lieu said.
While public opposition to the bill has been loud and long, it was actually opposition to portions of the legislation from mainstream mental health associations that forced Lieu and the bill's sponsors to amend it.
That opposition, which included several smaller mental health groups, was led by a coalition of the state's four largest mental health associations: the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT), California Psychiatric Association, California Psychological Association and the California Association for Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors (CALPCC).
Today, the bill only bans SOCE treatments for minors, regardless of their parents' desires. Initially, the bill's sponsors had wanted a total ban on SOCE in the state. Also cut was a provision that subjected mental health providers to damage claims and civil suits by their former patients and immediate family members if they violated the law.
But one major sticking point remained.
Randall Hagar, Government Affairs director of the California Psychiatric Association told Fox News the coalition remained opposed because the bill's definition of SOCE was "overly broad and could have inhibited minors from discussing even legitimate issues, fears and concerns about their sexual identity with their therapists."
Dr. Jo Linder-Crow, executive director of the California Psychological Association echoed Hagar's concerns.
"It would have been too easy to misinterpret," she said. "Our concern was that proverbial law of unintended consequences and what could happen to our patients."
A compromise was finally brokered that enabled the coalition to move to a neutral position on the bill, Hagar said. In laymen's terms, Hagar said, SOCE was defined as any therapy whose sole purpose or aim was to change a person's sexual orientation from same-sex to opposite sex attraction.
Banned SOCE treatments would exclude psychotherapies that provide acceptance, support, and understanding of clients or the facilitation of clients' coping, social support and identity exploration and development, including sexual orientation-neutral interventions to prevent or address unlawful conduct or unsafe sexual practices and do not seek to change sexual orientation.
“The victim lost his consciousness and was thought to be dead until [an emergency paramedic crew] arrived and resuscitated him,” Haaretz cites Sergeant First Class Shmuel Shenhav as saying. “For several days he was anesthetized and artificially ventilated in the hospital.”
“This was an extremely severe crime,” he added. “Only a miracle saved him from death.”Jamal Julani, a 17-year old Palestinian, still remains in serious condition in the intensive care unit at the Hadassah University Hospital. He regained consciousness but does not remember details of the event.
“In the nearest future we will contest the authorities’ actions over the 100-year ban on gay pride events in the European Court of Human Rights. Through this we will eventually achieve that the bans are recognized as unlawful, not only for the past, but for the future gay parades in the Russian capital,” the Interfax news agency quoted Alekseyev as saying.The activist said he would report about the ruling to the Ministers’ Committee of the Council of Europe, which in September will consider the legality of the Alekseyev vs. Russia case that banned LGBT pride events in 2006, 2007 and 2008.
