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Living In a Fool's Paradise

Kind of a mixed bag in the world of news so far today. This morning in a Bloomberg news story, I read that JP Morgan is releasing the funds it seized from bankrupt MF Global. Account holders who lost all of their money will get back about 93% minus the loss of investing power one gets from possessing your own money since Halloween day, 2011. So there's that. I have never been surprised that the government's bank, JP Morgan, was at the heart of the MF Global scandal. They continue to be the greatest criminal enterprise in America- second only to Congress.  http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-20/mf-global-inc-trustee-reaches-agreement-with-jpmorgan.html Freddie Mac is also suing JP Morgan, the criminal enterprise, over manipulating libor rates. Another shocker.  http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-19/freddie-mac-sues-multiple-banks-over-libor-manipulation.html The worst story of the day.  http://news.yahoo.com/worker-admits-cutting-10-babies-abortion-clinic-1719...

When Did Telling The Truth Become a Crime?

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This video is about Bradley Manning. The embedded video shows a group of unarmed civilians being slaughtered by U.S. aerial forces. About twelve of them. US forces even shot the rescuers. The original story here.  http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/05/wikileaks-us-army-iraq-attack So Manning leaked the truth about this slaughter to Wikileaks (after the Army lied about it) and kept a copy of this video. He faces life in prison. The vid is about 5 mins. I first saw it here:  http://libertyblitzkrieg.com/2013/03/19/providence-an-incredible-5-minute-film-by-laura-poitras/ The worst part about this? Manning is just a kid. I'm not even sure that morally- he did anything wrong- and now he faces life in prison. The original story.  http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/05/wikileaks-us-army-iraq-attack