UFO’s and the RAND Corporation -7 min video

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Mar 28, 2013

This next part of our “Your Need to Know” series, Antonio Huneeus examines RAND Corporation’s UFO document, titled UFO’s: What to do? The RAND Corp was originally an outgrowth project of World War II, called Project RAND, in May of 1948 it separated from the Douglas Aircraft Company and became it’s own independent, nonprofit organization.

George Kocher of the RAND Corporation, published this document in November of 1968, a few months after the University of Colorado completed it’s Condon Report. The RAND Corp document is broken into five different essays, Historical Aspects, Astronomical Aspects, The Character of Reports, Phenomenological Aspects, and How to Proceed and Why. These essays explore the types of reports and sightings, how they are categorized, and a list of hypotheses that exist surrounding the phenomenon. The document also provides an example of a detailed UFO report form developed by the University of Colorado’s study group.

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Why Start WW3 ? 6 good Reasons

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Nov. 28 2010

6 Reasons To Start World War III

The average person can barely imagine why World War III would be anything but a civilization-ending event.  And, yet, we have heard Neocons ramping up rhetoric that suggests a new world war would be a viable option to correct a dying dollar and economy.  Or, perhaps it is simply a sound investment if you are a Globalist.

RAND Corporation documents point to a desire for total war abroad and at home.  The recent reactivation of North and South Korea tensions could be a potential catalyst in an East-West World War scenario possibly involving nukes.  However, the next World War doesn’t necessarily need to be a conflagration; it could be a steady, slow, coldly calculated design to plunge the globe into austerity and totalitarian control through regulations such as those proposed by Codex Alimentarius and Agenda 21.

So, if one puts on the thinking cap of a sociopath, one might find the following 6 reasons are perfect to start World War III, by nukes or by stealth, and further the agenda of world governance.

Distraction: Regional conflicts both military and financial are being exposed as blatant economic looting and divide-and-conquer techniques.  Protests are erupting across the globe as people are waking up to their enslavement en masse.  Simultaneously, the high-tech police state is unfolding; endgame legislation is being passed to criminalize independence and control the Internet; and a reduction in the standard of living is minimizing the ability to purchase even simple distractions like cable TV.  The greatest awakening is that an exponential number of people are beginning to realize that their voice has no meaning in the political arena.  The left-right political paradigm is in grave danger, and has been made even more glaringly obvious by recent actions such as Obama awarding the medal of freedom to Bush, Sr.  Add to this the calls for arresting Bush, Jr. as a war criminal (and the subsequent questioning of why Obama would not support such a trial) and we begin to see indications that people are seeing through The Quigley Formula.  With such a populist uprising against all forms of oppression, the time appears to be ripe for the ultimate distraction.

Boost the Dollar: The first thing that happened when shots were fired between North and South Korea was a flight to the dollar, just like every other crisis.  Russia and China just announced that they quit the dollar, and yet the dollar refuses to collapse despite fundamentals that are truly sickening.  It is almost as if there are too many crises for the Russia-China announcement to even matter.  Perfect timing.  Rather, it would be a fine strategy for the dollar to rebound before being dissolved into a global currency, as the dollar backs the premier world superpower.  We now have a twin storyline of both financial and military wars leading toward the same goal.  This could be the beginning of a monetary and real WWIII strategy set up to coordinate a universal collapse to benefit global interests.  And let’s not forget on which currency it actually reads New World Order.

Global Hegemony:  The elimination of “rogue nations” is at the heart of the Globalist agenda, which seeks consolidation into the hands of a few powerful regions.  In fact, it has been the stated goal of The Trilateral Commission since its inception in 1973 under Rockefeller and Brzezinski.  Brzezinski’s response in 1974 to the question, What is The New World Order? says it all: “We need to change the international system for a global system in which new, active, and creative forces — recently developed — should be integrated.”  Since then, integration has been used to great effect by the U.S. to start wars where “terrorist” regimes can be subverted or dismantled, and their flags (resources) captured.  China is in a similar position with the vassal rogue state of North Korea where they can cattle prod it to action when convenient.  China is now being pressured by the global community to rein in the regime.  Perfect, they can consolidate their holdings in a similar fashion to what the U.S. has already done with South Korea.  This new Korean conflict could have the perfect dual effect of the Western world running to the safety of the Anglo-American establishment (and the dollar), while the East seeks the backing of China to correct instability in the region.  And all the while Russia and Iran are there for a potential final solution.

A “Feel Good” War:  For those not attuned to the larger Globalist agenda, America is in dire need of a feel-good war . . . another Nazi Germany-style threat possessing undisputed intentions of global dominance.  Enter China from stage left.  Communist China has not condemned North Korea for their latest actions, and has given early warnings to the U.S. about naval exercises in their “exclusive economic zone.”  If this continues, they only enhance their position as the perfect common enemy of the West.  Those who are naturally opposed to Globalism see China as the prime example of the policies which will lead to global tyranny.  A war with China, or Communism in general, will give the West more than just a bogeyman in a cave, but one that truly is seen as a physical and economic threat to Western civilization.  Mass opposition to the lies that led to wars in the Middle East have all but exhausted the Bin Laden version of Goldstein pushed in that Orwellian storyline.  Time to roll out the real threat, as the Globalist agenda accelerates toward its endgame.

Investment in the Military-Industrial Complex: 54% of the U.S. Federal budget is spent on the military in all of its forms, as it continues to expand at warp speed overseas and on the streets of America.  Traditional weapons of physical destruction, as well as high-tech weaponry and mind-controlled soldiers straight out of science fiction are set to align with the surveillance and tracking capabilities of biometrics and predictive behavior criminology.  New wars are always needed; particularly small-scale regional conflicts such as those suggested over and over again by Zbigniew Brzezinski and other Globalist geo-politicians.  However, their own writings indicate a time when the regional conflicts must morph into a global one in order to fulfill the final agenda of an integrated scientific global dictatorship which comes after the consolidation required by Word War III.  The final war won’t have a name because it will be global governance unabashedly unleashed against the people it has systematically enslaved.  This final war has one goal:

Depopulation: This part of the agenda is still difficult for most people to grasp, but it is imperative to ask the question, What will global governance offer once its objectives of “order out of chaos” are achieved?  We need only look at the results on a country-by-country basis when Globalist organizations like the World Bank and IMF have taken over: more poverty, more sickness, and a decrease in life expectancy.  They already have been operating by stealth with soft-kill weapons designed to weaken resistance and cause sterility.  The Russian geopolitical analyst, Konstantin Sivkov, who believes WWIII has begun already stated that, “History shows that the ‘elite’ of selfish civilizations do not get stopped by human sacrifices if there is a guarantee that they, themselves, will survive in bunkers.”

They have the bunkers.

We may or may not hear WWIII announced on the evening news, but we can look for the signs of global consolidation that defines the agenda of the New World Order.  With every new conflict and every new piece of legislation it seems that those signs are becoming more obvious by the day.

http://www.activistpost.com/2010/11/6-reasons-to-start-world-war-iii-if.html

Taxing obesity

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The rising rate of obesity is a complex phenomenon, touching on issues of culture, economics and biology. Quickie solutions such as imposing big taxes on sugary food are not likely to do much.

Yet public health advocates feel compelled to do something. Right now, their No. 1 villain seems to be soft drinks. A panel of University of Toronto researchers, in a report sponsored by the Heart and Stroke Foundation, has argued that “adult weight is modestly responsive to soft-drink taxes.” In the U.S., meanwhile, President Barack Obama has said he, too, thinks a soda tax is worth exploring. Indeed, many American states have imposed such a tax. Proponents say that the consequences of obesity, as measured in individual health outcomes and also the larger burden imposed on the health-care system, justifies the tax.

Not everyone agrees. A recent Rand Corporation study of 7,300 school children found that small taxes on soda pop “do not substantially affect overall levels of soda consumption or obesity rates,” according to Health Affairs. A 2007 study, “Can Soft Drink Taxes Reduce Population Weight?,” suggests soda taxes would need to be as large as those on cigarettes to have any significant impact, but even then they “will not halt the obesity epidemic.”

The Toronto researchers point to the success of tobacco taxes in discouraging smoking to argue that soft-drink taxes might do the same thing. This is a questionable analogy. The decline in smoking is due in large measure to the “denormalizing” of smoking — in other words, education campaigns and other measures that have affixed a large social stigma to cigarettes.

Obesity is not just about what we eat and drink but about what do — or, rather, don’t do, namely, exercise our bodies. We lead sedentary lifestyles, thanks to a leisure-filled society. Television, the web, video games; all our electronic diversions have rendered us virtually immobile.

You don’t cure a culture of sloth with the heavy hand of government. Not only does lifestyle taxation smack of state intrusiveness, but it can also be regressive.

A 2009 report from the Washington-based National Center for Policy Analysis points out that sin taxes impose a greater burden on poor people who tend to consume cheaper, less healthy food than do those in higher income brackets. Such taxes also “fail to produce the full extent of desired behavioural changes” — less obesity — because the demand for these products is inelastic. “A 27.5 per cent tax on a 50-cent can of soda would only lower the number of the obese and overweight from 66 per cent to 65.3 per cent,” says the report, entitled “Not-So-Sweet Excise Taxes.”

Clearly, we have a clash of evidence. That alone warrants hesitation in imposing a soda tax. Besides, if any government seriously considered lifestyle taxation, why stop at soft drinks? How about an obesity tax on hamburgers, Sony PlayStations and cable TV subscriptions?

Such measures would extend the government’s reach to absurd levels. The essential attribute of a healthy society will always be self-responsible citizens. Of course, genuine freedom is not a matter of doing what you want, but doing what it is right and best. Choosing well — including lifestyle choices — requires education, not taxation.

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via Taxing obesity.

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Legalizing pot: The billion dollar repercussions

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On Tuesday, California will vote on Proposition 19, an initiative to legalize, tax and regulate marijuana. If passed, it would allow people 21 years old or older to possess, cultivate or transport marijuana for personal recreational use.Legalized marijuana in California would have a profound impact across North America, with prices plummeting and jobs lost. In British Columbia alone, experts say the move would wipe out about $2-billion in exports and 20,000 jobs.

But will Proposition 19 pass? Early polling found significant support for the initiative but, as election day draws nearer, the “no” side has been gaining traction. A USC/Los Angeles Times poll in the third week of October found 51 per cent of likely voters opposed to legalization and 39 per cent in support of the measure. Others polls have reported similar results.

If it does get support, get ready for massive changes in the drug industry.

PRICES: A REAL DOWNER

Some things, of course, remain uncertain if California does legalize marijuana. Marijuana will remain illegal under federal U.S. law and how the U.S. government will respond is unclear. There is also no indication of how the drug will be taxed and by how much.

But one thing on which all the experts agree is that prices will tumble. Right now, marijuana sells for about $300 to $450 per ounce in California. In larger quantities, it can sell for $4,000 a pound or more. Prices are set by demand, supply, the risk in providing an illegal product and the drug’s strength – the amount of intoxicating THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol).

If the drug is legalized, risk will disappear, and both demand and supply will almost certainly increase. Production costs could drop to about one-tenth of current levels. Those working with marijuana would no longer collect a risk premium. Growers could open larger production facilities yielding economies of scale. The pre-tax retail price could drop as low as $38 per ounce, about one-tenth its current price.

AN AMERICA-WIDE BUZZ

Prices won’t just tumble in California. With reduced production and processing costs, California growers would be more competitive with growers across the country. Marijuana produced legally would undercut prices throughout most of the U.S. The price of San Francisco marijuana after legalization could wholesale in Washington, D.C., at $2,575 per pound, compared to the current wholesale price in the Maryland/Virginia area of roughly $4,000 per pound.

Source: Altered State? Assessing How Marijuana Legalization in California Could Influence Marijuana Consumption and Public Budgets published by the RAND Corporation Drug Policy Research Center

MEXICO GETS TASTE OF COMPETITION

Mexican marijuana has carved out a niche in the drug trade as the supplier of a cheaper, commercial grade product. Its price advantage would disappear if California supports legalization. With reduced costs of production, California-grown marijuana could be priced about the same as the Mexican grass but would be considerably more potent – about 3.6 times more.

Mexicans would be left with exports to other U.S. states that could not obtain the California product. Mexico’s drug-trafficking organizations earn up to $2-billion annually from exporting marijuana to the U.S., but could lose as much as $1.5-billion of that should California legalize marijuana.

Sources: Reducing Drug Trafficking Revenues and Violence in Mexico: Would Legalizing Marijuana in California Help? RAND Corporation International Programs and Drug Policy Research Center

IN B.C, AN INDUSTRY WILL GO UP IN SMOKE

The marijuana trade is one of the largest – if not the largest – industry in B.C., generating around $4-billion in revenue annually for at least the past seven years. Domestically, marijuana sells for about $2,000 a pound.

About 70 per cent of marijuana produced – about $3-billion worth – is exported to the U.S. The price of B.C. Bud increases as the distance from B.C. grows – it sells for $2,500 a pound just south of the Canada-U.S. border but can go for as much as $5,000 a pound in San Diego. And at least half of the exports to the U.S. go to California, sales that would be lost if legalization occurs there.

Closing one grow-op with 700 plants would eliminate an operation with annual revenue of about $344,000 and jobs for electricians, gardeners, those who tend and harvest the crops, security people and brokers who arrange the sale of the product. The province has around 60,000 marijuana growing operations varying in size, from a few dozen plants to several hundred. Legalization in California could take away work for 20,000 people in B.C. The impact on organized crime – which distributes and sells the drug – would be significant.

Source: Criminologist Darryl Plecas, of the University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford, B.C. and Mayor Brian Taylor of Grand Forks, B.C., the first leader of the B.C. Marijuana Party

via Legalizing pot: The billion dollar repercussions – The Globe and Mail.

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