The ‘hoax’ of 2014, “National Aeronautics & Space Administration confirmed, Earth to experience six days of darkness which was to last from the sixteenth of December till the twenty second of that very month.” This has been the hottest topic on a couple of satirical news websites and on twitter too; as it has definitely scarred and excited a lot of people.
To make this statement more bonafide they also added the name of Charles Frank Bolden Jr. current administrator of NASA a retired United States Marine Corps Major General and also a former NASA astronaut.
These websites claimed that the reason for the blackout was because of a solar storm that was to result in space dust and space debris to wind up copious and subsequently, obstruct eighty percent of the sun light.
The story became a web sensation with panicked and concerned people quickly turning to twitter to voice their worries over the overall black out.
Unfathomably this isn’t the first occasion when that NASA has needed to battle an overall blackout story, as in 2012 gossip surfaced that the Earth would be passing through a ‘Photon Belt’ creating the planet to be plunged into darkness.
By December 2015 it is said to be planned that the residents living nearby Ontario’s nuclear power plants will have access to free KI (anti-radiation) pills. The 10km radius around the nuclear plants approximates a quarter of a million people in the Greater Toronto Area. The KI pills are designed to help protect the thyroid gland in case of an accident involving a major radiation leak.
The pills are to be taken either immediately before or after such an incident, but it is not the KI pills causing the concern, it’s the access to them. Pre-distribution plans of the pills to the public are lagging. In conjunction with this is the proposed radius of those it may effect.
The need to expand the 10-km zone to encompass up to 50km is currently being argued. The Green Party want the zone to be expanded, using Fukushima’s disaster as a template. “It’s something that environmental organizations have been asking for but the government’s been dragging its feet…” said Schreiner, the leader for The Green Party, with it being noted that an evacuation of a 20km radius occurred in Fukushima. [1]
Considering that Switzerland distributed KI pills within a 50km radius of their nuclear plant; (which equates to 4 million Ontarians), only 800,000 pills have been stockpiled. A 1:5 ratio to its counterpart. “The way it’s written right now, it doesn’t meet international best practices, but it’s a good step towards it,’ states Shawn-Patrick Stensil, a nuclear analyst with Greenpeace.
But according to the Canadian Environmental Law Association, there is no excuse. “…We’ve had 30-plus years of making the pills available…instead the messaging that people have had is that the plants are safe and there’s nothing to worry about.” [2]
The war in Iraq was largely about oil. It’s a phrase that is becoming all too common. If we substitute Iraq for another country, such as Syria, Iran, Ukraine… and substitute oil for another commodity/geographical location essential to Western capitalism and authority, a troubling pattern emerges. We need to connect the dots through our overall awareness of geo-political moves, not so different from a game of chess. Unfortunately, there is a lot of ‘checkmating’ going on while the opponent struggles to stand up against the ulterior motive.
If you connect the dots throughout recent history in light of the Western Oil Agenda, the pattern can be traced as far back as 2001. In an article investigated and written by Dr Narfeez Ahmed,[1] the executive director of the Institute for Policy Research & Development, he discusses the unfolding strategy implemented toward Syria, Iran, and several other countries. He quotes a memo from the Office of the US Secretary of Defense only weeks after 9/11. It reveals the agenda to “attack and destroy the governments in seven countries in five years…Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Iran…” starting off with Iraq. Retired NATO Secretary General Wesley Clark goes on to say this is with the intention of controlling the region’s “vast oil and gas resources…”And we’ve got about 5 to 10 years to clean up those old Soviet regimes …before the next great superpower comes on to challenge us…” [2]
The words are damning.
In 2007, Greenspan, who served as chairman of the US Federal Reserve for close to two decades, wrote in his memoir In The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World, that the “Iraq war was largely about oil.” When confronted about the quote on CNN in an interview with Matt Lauer,[3] Greenspan was quick to back pedal. He stated that if we had not cast war on Saddam Hussein, we would be paying upwards of $120 per barrel of oil as opposed to $80. Yes, it’s about the oil. He admits it. The dollar supersedes human misery.
Today Iraq’s oil production is only .5 million barrels below its peak production before the war. Saying this, eighty percent is exported out of the country, and according to Antonia Juhasz for the CNN, this occurs while “Iraqis struggle to meet basic energy consumption needs.” The statistics are alarming, with a quarter of the population living in poverty while new energy-related jobs are imported labor. Juhasz goes on to expose the discussions in 2000 by Big Oil (consisting of ExxonMobile, Chevron, BP and Shell) for Iraq’s postwar industry. By February 2001 the logistics of invading Iraq were outlined. It was about “not the why (to invade Iraq) but the how and how quickly.”[4]
Today research is being conducted into the Iraq war and the cost to Iraq[5] as a society in terms of loss of life. Depending on the article you read, or the research paper you pull apart, the death toll moves between 500,000 upwards to 1.2 million lives lost in the name of oil. Some deaths are a direct result of the violence of war, and others indirect but “significant.”[6]
As the research continues, one must consider the future impact not only on Iraq, but Syria and surrounding countries. The Korean War resulted in upwards of 1.5 million deaths[7], some still unaccounted for, and Vietnam was in excess of 2.1 million[8]. Iraq, in terms of tolls, now joins the ranks of some of the great wars in history.
Where one country closes all humanitarian visas and refuses entrance from Ebola-stricken countries, another takes down and deletes a petition asking for more action.
This week the Obama administration has done just that. A petition urging for more appropriate action to combat the Ebola situation on the United States home front has been deleted from Whitehouse.gov, citing “The petition you are trying to access has been removed from the site under our Moderation Policy because it is in violation of our Terms of Participation.”[1]
In light of the CDC’s protocols which have proven to be ineffective after two nurses were effected with the virus in Texas recently, the public outcry for a tightening of visas from those flying in from Ebola-struck countries, is justifiable. Yet Obama’s response has downplayed the situation by stating that “We know the protocols and we know that when they’re followed, they work.” [2]
Australia’s Prime Minister has announced this week that travel bans will be in place for the foreseeable future. “We’re not processing any [tourist, study or humanitarian] applications from the affected countries,” immigration minister, Scott Morrison, told Parliament. [3]
The question begs why the petition was taken down in the first place. By removing it, Obama’s administration appears to be more concerned with the “narrative” rather than actions. Kit Daniels, a reporter for Infowars elaborates, “…no where in the First Amendment does it state citizens can only petition the government for a redress of grievances if they accept terms and conditions written by the White House.” [4]
Almost three months ago, John Crawford III was shot in front of Beavercreek Walmart by a police officer. Crawford died from the fatal wounds, after he was seen with a rifle he had purchased that was later discovered to be an air/pellet rifle. This week, a group of concerned locals gathered along the area where the incident occurred to protest against the decision ruled by the Greene Country grand jury not to indict the officer responsible. [1]
A single phone call was made to 911 on the day of Crawford’s death to the police, stating a person was in possession of a gun and waving it around at people. When police arrived, he was asked to put the rifle down. Prosecutors heard that Crawford refused.
A security video with time marked from when the officers can be heard and seen, to the gunshots is two seconds. At 8:26:55:25 the officers can be heard. At 8:26:57:25, Crawford is on the floor of Walmart with his weapon dropped. [2]
The #OpJohnCrawford movement is forming part of the protests in support of raising awareness and requesting donations for the family and children of John Crawford. [3]
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