Mom, Can't We Get a Dog, Pleeeease?
I was not raised with a dog. Wait — I take that back. The last home we rented in Osaka before immigrating to this country came with a dog. It belonged to the owners who lived next door. The fact that they didn't want to live with that dog should tell you something. When I was about 7, I went out to feed that dog. I must have startled him because he bit my hand, causing me to lose any interest in ever becoming a dog owner.
That all changed when our kids began asking for a pet. "Mom, why can't we get a dog? We promise to take care of it." I'm sure they meant well, but I also knew that they were only children and that the work would ultimately land on me. I did dogsit my sister's two yorkies for a few months while she was going through a divorce, and I also took care of a lab-mix named Brit for a friend who was on vacation. These dogs were fun to play with and all, but it was also good to give them back to their owners.
David kept taking the kids to the local animal shelter, looking for dogs to adopt. He grew up in a home with a dog. It was a mutt named Lucky, just like a million other Chinese dogs. His sister Betty was the primary caretaker of the dog, while David mostly played and wrestled with the dog.
Every time they went to the shelter, our kids would find a little dog to fall in love with. They would come home with photos, begging me to let them take it home. I would say no, because I wasn't ready for a dog. Then they both would cry, and I would feel like a heel. We went through this time and time again, until David decided to stop torturing our kids and quit going to the shelter.
One day, after singing a solo at Saddleback Church, I was in a good mood and decided to go visit the animal shelter with the rest of the family. I'm not really sure what got into me, but I began to feel like life was settling down somewhat and the kids were becoming a little more responsible. For a split second, I thought they might actually be helpful in taking care of the dog.
In the midst of the chaos of barking, yapping, and howling that is the animal shelter, I saw this smallish white dog sitting quietly in his own cage. I sensed that he had inner peace.
We asked to get a better look at Sushi, so they brought him into a private fenced area. Sushi calmly came in to meet us, but he was mostly interested in playing with the worker who obviously had bonded with Sushi. I was happy to see that he had the capacity to bond with people.
We couldn't tell exactly what breed Sushi was, but we could tell he had some poodle in him. Basically, he was a mutt. He also wasn't exactly beautiful, but he was cute…enough.
So we brought him home, got him a good haircut, and began to love on him. And Sushi began to love all of us, but none more than me. I have become his alpha dog.
Just as I had suspected, the kids helped out enthusiastically at first, but as time went on they faded away, and I became the primary dog caregiver. This is okay, because I was prepared for it.
"Honey," I said. "All dogs are adopted." I was reminding him that no human ever gave birth to a dog. But now, Sushi is definitely a part of our family, and he reminds us everyday that God also adopted us into His family.
For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us for adoption to sonshipthrough Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will.
Do you have pets? Tell me the story behind how you got them!
Since we've been on the topic of wheels this week, I thought I'd go back and list all the 2-, 3-, and 4-wheel vehicles my children have owned over the years.
Josh loved his first little car. It's a one horse — er, one kid — power vehicle which he scooted around and around our backyard when he could barely walk. A self-powered monster like the Flintstones', it still could pick up enough speed for Josh to lose his black and yellow checkered sneakers and overturn by going too fast around the corner. After our daughter was old enough to ride it, Josh would climb on its roof and catch a free ride from his toddler sister. We used it frequently and kept it in the backyard until it eventually disintegrated in the sun. We've since discovered that it is not compostable.
We ordered this primary colored unit online, and I personally assembled it for Josh's second birthday. I loved the fact that it came with a mommy-handle. Kind of like the brakes on the passenger side of the driving school car, it helped keep our toddler under control. Both of our kids used this little tricycle for their preschool's very successful bike-a-thon. You can only go so fast, because the pedals are attached to the teeny front wheel. I could still picture Josh pedaling his heart out to keep pace with me pushing Meg in her little stroller on our way to the park. Those were the days.
When it was time for Josh to move up to a bike, we did what all good parents do: get one with training wheels. David went to a real bike shop and bought one a lot like the little bike pictured, also in red. He spent over $200 for it, which was really crazy and impulsive but loving at the same time. However, now David can't bare to part with it no matter how miniature it has become for either of our kids. It pains him too much to donate it. David's still deciding which kid is worthy of this hefty investment. Maybe our grandkids someday.
The Razor -- the best training wheels for your bicycle!
One day, we decided to go to Target and get our kids a $66 Razor scooter. Very basic, this scooter had no brakes and folded in half for easy carriage (not that we carried it anywhere). Best of all, it was cheap. So cheap, in fact, that we could be fair and get one for each child. They were about 4 and 6 at the time, old enough to scoot next to me while I jogged to the park. You know what's the most amazing thing about this scooter? Our kids learned to ride the bicycle because of it! They learned to balance on it, so the next time the kids sat down on a bicycle without training wheels, they rode off as if they had been riding their whole lives! So here's a free advice for you parents: if you want your kids to learn to ride a bicycle without training wheels, put them on the scooter first.
Poor Meg had to use hand-me-down equipment from her brother most of her life up to that point. We purposely chose tricycles and bikes in gender-neutral colors so they both could use them, but it was time to get her a full-on girly bike. Fortunately, our neighbor was giving one away (unlike my husband), so Meg was able to receive a pre-owned, certified girly bicycle, a lot like this one pictured, complete with streamers on the handles. The training wheels came off immediately, though, thanks to those Razors.
…and we plan to bring these down from the ceiling eventually to go on a family bike ride. We really mean it!
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We all love receiving a package from FedEx or UPS. I realize that most of the time you already know who sent you this gift (yourself), and you already know exactly what's inside the package (you ordered it). Nonetheless, there's something thrilling about seeing that truck drive up to your house, park, and make that creaky sound as they open the back door of the truck, and watching the guy or gal in the uniform walk up to your door. It's like Christmas on an otherwise normal day!
We moms like this even more, because we can't get out that much and go to the malls while our kids are young. It's just too much trouble to chase around the toddlers while trying to look for items of interest to you. You either lose a child (which I almost did several times) or end up buying weird things.
I don't know about you, but when I shop it's all about focus. I need to concentrate on style, fit, quality, and — most importantly — bargain. "Never pay retail," was my friend Laurie's mantra before her untimely passing from cancer earlier this year. I need to make sure that her message lives on.
That's why I was pleasantly surprised to find out about this online shopping site become.com. Now, I must fully disclose and be honest because you're my friends: this post is sponsored by the good folks at become.com. However, I also need you to know that I'm only going to review sites and products that are truly worth talking about (or, in some cases, warning you about) from the increasing number of sites who submit their products for me to review and endorse because, I guess, I'm a full-blown blogger now.
The thing I really liked about become.com is that it scours the internet for the best bargain at multiple sites. It's like Expedia.com for shoppers — a clearing house for all the best prices! I don't know about you, but if I need to make an online purchase, I check out Amazon.com, eBay, and other sites separately to compare prices for the same product. This takes time. I don't have much time. So instead, you go to this one site, and it gives you the best deal on your item at several reputable sites in nano seconds!
For example, say you are searching for a Nanette Lepore My Song jacket in small. Do a search on it, and voila! You get search results from Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, and Last Call, complete with sale prices, if any. Try it yourself and check out a gray dot Shoshanna dress, and again, you'll get results from Neiman Marcus, Saks, etc. Great department stores!
I am more interested in Nike women's running shoes, so I did a search and got results from FootLocker, Zappos, and Nike's official store. If you're on the opposite end of the exercising spectrum and want to lounge around in your plus size beaded evening tops, then you'll find them at LaneBryant's and Macy's. You'll be redirected to those department store sites via become.com and can continue shopping there. I think I've just discovered the key to my (online shopping) happiness!
So check it out and see for yourself. I think I'm going to have a parade of FedEx and UPS drivers coming down our street soon.
My husband got a new car the other day. Actually, it's a used car, but it sounds better to say "certified pre-owned." David loves wheels. He can't stop poring over Motor Trend and other car mags. He feels that he's finally gotten his dream car, but that's what he said about his last car too.
We wanted to be practical and purchase a stroller which would serve us for a long time; thus, we decided on this combined unit. This was a good investment and we got great use out of it. But what I liked the best about this was that when the baby was still in the snapped-on car seat, I had the entire toddler seat to put all of our stuff in — baby bag, my purse, groceries, jackets, toys, car battery, you name it. For this reason, I kept our baby in the car seat until his feet and head were hanging off the ends so that the toddler seat would remain free. We eventually did we move all our stuff into the teeny basket under the seat, but it sagged from the weight and scraped the ground as we rolled along.
Before we embarked on our first trip with a baby to Japan, we decided to leave the aforementioned stroller at home and use a small, lightweight one. We found one at Babies 'R Us that was perfect. It had leopard print, and it even reclined so Josh could nap as we walked around Tokyo. It was a little pricey, but we used it on many trips. Ironically, it was made in Japan.
The stroller which would only go straight.
As soon as I got the okay from the doctor to get back to exercising, I went out and got me a baby jogger. It was purple, heavy, and it had a tendency to go straight. That's great until you have to make a turn. It took everything I had to make it go to the right or left; otherwise, it took about a quarter mile to make that 90 degree turn. At times, I had to push down on the handle to lift up the front wheel to change directions. This became more and more difficult as my baby grew bigger and bigger. After a while, I just gave up and joined the gym, and the jogger collected dust until we gave it to another new (unsuspecting) mom.
These disposable strollers are great. I probably went through three or four of them during our toddler years. They're lightweight, they're cheap, and they have zero support. I used them all the time, especially to go shopping. The only bummer was that when the toddler got up, the whole stroller fell down backwards from the weight of all the bags hanging on the handles.
Our kids are obviously too old and big for strollers now, but I sure miss how cute our kids were during those years. And in only a couple of more years, one of them will be driving a real car. Yikes!
How many strollers did you own? What was your favorite model?
It's mid-May. It's almost Memorial Day. Soon, you can start wearing white. It's also time to start thinking about your kids' Halloween costumes for next October!
Too early, you say? Well, consider this: you'll have to a) either custom make your costumes or b) purchase them at retail stores or online at places for kids' Halloween costumes. Either way you'll want to get a head start on it. If your kids are as picky as mine, you will need a lot of time to prepare for this fall event, whether trick-or-treating in the neighborhood or attending the many Harvest Festival-like events at churches and community centers around town.
Last year, I got really ambitious and actually made their costumes. I don't know what got into me, but I went and invested in a sewing machine! Meg wanted a unique costume, so we went to JoAnne's and found a McCall's pattern for a mermaid costume, bought fabric, and got down to work.
I hadn't sewn since high school. The last outfit I sewed was my prom dress. It was a pretty yellow wrap dress, one-of-a-kind. I was making good headway and was just sewing up the final seam along the length of the entire dress, when I proudly held up my couture outfit. I was horrified to discover that I had actually sewn the skirt I was wearing right onto my new dress! Time to bring out the seam ripper.
I was still on a roll, so I went on to sew this number for Josh without a pattern. Yes, you heard me right: Freehand! My son showed me a character from "Adventure Time," and I made my own pattern on newsprint, just like my mom used to do when I was growing up. Actually, this photo shows my second attempt at Josh's costume, as the first attempt was…a "practice run." Good thing I had purchased extra fabric.
If you want to avoid retail stores altogether, it is so easy to go online and find costumes. Check out online Halloween costume stores where they have a bigger selections of costumes than you can possibly find at retail stores. Order during the summer so they don't run out of your favorites (as I once found out the hard way on a particular mid-October afternoon)! Be the first on the block to get the most popular costumes. The best thing is that they deliver right to your door. What mom would turn that down?
Something about this trip to the Dominican Republic restored a part of my relationship with my 14-year old son, Josh, which had recently become somewhat…out of balance. It had been a stressful couple of weeks leading up to our departure, what with the illness which swept through our home, his oral surgery, and that "issue" with his report card and all.
Josh had always been my buddy. Yes, I'm still his mama, but in many ways we had always shared a sweet friendship, and we'd talk about anything and everything. "He talks like he's an adult," his first grade teacher once told me. "You guys are doing a great job as parents." I proudly wore such compliment as a badge of honor on my heart.
Sometime during this school year, though, we began to slip out of sync. Maybe that's just life with a teenager, but I hadn't been comfortable with it. Our conversations became littered with defensiveness and misunderstanding. They became, more often than not, one-way conversation (aka, nagging).
As Josh saw first-hand what poverty truly looks like this week in DR, I watched a part of his heart soften. I don't know exactly what he was thinking – teenage boys don't always verbalize their thoughts to Mom – but I saw something in his eyes change as he played with the many little children who came up to him.
Meeting Francis was the turning point. There was no mistaking that Josh's life is drastically different – much better in so many ways — than Francis', and I could tell that he felt moved to try and do his part to make life better for Francis and his family. Maybe he felt pity, which was a big improvement from not caring at all. But while playing catch with this 13-year old boy, using the baseball and mitt we gave as gifts, I saw two boys on equal footing (actually, Francis has better arm than Josh!), sharing a common interest. Maybe in that moment, Josh switched from thinking of Francis as a victim of poverty; he was simply with a new friend.
His heart moved from pity to compassion.
Back at the hotel, he was joking with me like he hadn't in a long time. He was a my buddy again. It was difficult saying goodbye to our travel group, as we had to leave one day early so Josh wouldn't miss the entire week of school. Josh had become an integral part of our team rather than "Junko's son." Everyone hugged him goodbye and wished him well for his science test tomorrow. Back to reality.
As we head home, I hope and pray that his heart continues to be filled with compassion and that he never forgets that these impoverished children are not nameless faces but God's precious sons and daughters…and potential friends. May he never forget that even at 14, Josh can do his part to make life a little brighter for one teenager in a foreign country.
And May I continue to have a restored bond with my teenager.
Would you like to sponsor a child like Francis through World Vision? If you're interested, please click right here to go to the World Vision website.
The grandparents are raising 9 grandkids ranging from 2 years to 16 in this dilapidated home. World Vision is going to build them a new home.
We brought Francis some baseballs and a mitt. He's got arm!
We were so pleased to make one child's day with a few gifts! But our best gift will be to support him monthly until he graduates school.
I am traveling in the Dominican Republic with World Vision this week. Hope to update you when I have Internet connection.
I often asked myself why, when I became a mom to Josh, did God give us the gift of a difficult baby first. He cried constantly, and he was never satisfied. Life was very rough for us all during those early months of his life. Lord, why couldn't You have given us our second baby — an usually easy infant — first? That would have gone miles towards easing me into this thing called parenting. Couldn't have I gone on the slow train first, then worked my way up to the express instead of jumping on the bullet train immediately? I was hanging on for dear life from the moment he was born!
In contrast, Meg, our second baby, was the poster child of an easy infant. She slept and slept, ate and ate, and only whimpered occasionally. To the point where I actually became concerned that she might be mute. I started to picture my daughter never uttering a sound and needing to learn sign language. I also checked obsessively that she was still breathing while she quietly slept, which she did all day and all night.
She did eventually wake up, and I soon found out that her voice box works just fine.
Why, O Lord, wasn't she born first?
Then it dawned on me one day that this was all in God's plan.
He gave me a tough baby first so that I would be forced to turn my attention, fully focused, on my family!
You see, until that point in my life, I was focused only on myself – my dreams, my career, me, me, me. I didn't realize this, of course, believing that I was an altruistic, caring person who gave unselfishly to others, including, if I felt like it sometimes, to my husband. My time was mine to use, and my money, my own. I was always on the go, enjoying all of my many activities, none more than traveling and making music.
If Meg had been born first, I would have easily continued on my path, basically ignoring her because she was so not demanding. I could have carried her like a purse or a stuffed bear. I could have left her with a sitter all day and all night, because she was so easy.
Instead, I was forced to drop everything and turn all of my focus and energy to my firstborn who was never satisfied. He accepted no artificial substitutes – no bottles, no binkies, no baby swings – but demanded only the real deal.
Initially, I thought I could blaze on with my music ministry with a baby. I hired a sitter to travel with me to faraway places, thinking she would happily play with him as I sang on stage. Unfortunately, things never worked out quite so well. Upon hearing him wail backstage, my milk would start flowing mid-song, much to my embarrassment. Our sitter nearly lost her hearing from his incessant cries. After a while, it just became too stressful to juggle everything, so I just gave up and got off the road. We bonded, and to this day we still have a strong bond, my sweet, sensitive teenager and I.
By the time Meg came around, I was used to focusing on my baby, so focus I did. Meg, of all babies, could have been fine with sitters, bottles, and binkies, but I had become very much a hands-on mom. In fact, I forced my very independent daughter to bond with her mommy! Otherwise, she could have been neglected, and she could have continued on without really bonding with anyone. Today, I have a preteen daughter who can talk to me about anything. Our bond is quite strong.
So, you see how God had this all planned out so well? He is so wise and infinitely beyond what I could have even asked or imagined. In fact, I loathe to think what could have happened if I had had an easy baby first.
Thank You, Lord, for your perfect plan!
How did your kids' birth order affect your parenting style? Tell me about it in the comments below.


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These ventures kept her in the public eye long after she had left Hollywood and settled on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. And though acting was no longer her focus after the early 1960s, she was seen into the 1990s on television shows like "The Love Boat," "Fantasy Island" and "Renegade."
She also appeared on Broadway in 1972, when she took over the lead role in "Applause," the hit musical based on the 1950 movie "All About Eve."
Ms. Dahl wrote numerous books on astrology and beauty, including this one, which combined them.
Arlene Carol Dahl was born on Aug. 11, 1925, in Minneapolis. Her father, Rudolph Dahl, was a car dealer. Her mother, Idelle (Swan) Dahl, died when Arlene was a teenager. With her father's blessing, she then moved to Chicago, where she modeled for the Marshall Field's department store, before relocating again, this time to New York City, where she continued to work as a model while pursuing acting.
In 1945, she landed a small part in a short-lived Broadway musical, "Mr. Strauss Goes to Boston." The next year, while appearing in Philadelphia in "Questionable Ladies," a play that would close before making it to Broadway, she was spotted by the movie mogul Jack Warner, who invited her to Hollywood for a screen test.
Ms. Dahl began her movie career with Warner Bros., but soon moved to MGM, the leading studio of the day, where she first attracted notice with supporting roles in movies like "The Bride Goes Wild" (1948) and "Scene of the Crime" (1949). She became a regular presence in the Hollywood gossip columns as well; after dating, among many other men, the young John F. Kennedy, she had two well-publicized marriages to fellow actors.
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Thirteen days in the history of the accused leader of the Benghazi attacks
By Spencer S. Hsu
Spencer S. Hsu
Investigative reporter
Abu Khattala, photographed shortly after his apprehension by U.S. Special Operations forces near a villa south of Benghazi, Libya, on the evening of June 15, 2014. (U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia)
Under a nearly full moon, a small boat pulled away from the Libyan coastline.
A bearded man sat on board, masked, handcuffed and gagged until out of shouting range of land. After 20 minutes, armed guards lowered him into a shallow pit in the deck of a second vessel to guard against his falling overboard on the final choppy, 100-minute sprint to their destination: a U.S. warship waiting in the Mediterranean Sea.
There, Ahmed Abu Khattala began a 13-day trip crossing the Atlantic Ocean that would end in a U.S. courtroom.
The suspected ringleader of the Benghazi terrorist attacks was taken to a specially constructed brig aboard the USS New York on June 16, 2014, at 4:19 a.m. Libya time, according to the log for the ship's detention center.
Interrogations began four minutes later, at 4:23 a.m.
The daily detention log showing "first time in cell." (U.S. Attorney's Office for the District)
The events surrounding the capture of Abu Khattala, accused as the mastermind of the lethal attacks in Benghazi that killed a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans, are emerging with rare detail in testimony and records in an ongoing federal court case in Washington.
Abu Khattala's lawyers want his statements to FBI investigators thrown out, arguing that his capture and detention in a windowless room below deck were coercive and render meaningless the many waivers he signed giving up his right to an attorney and his right to not incriminate himself.
He has pleaded not guilty to charges including murder.
Prosecutors contend that Abu Khattala never explicitly asked for a lawyer and implicated himself as a conspirator when he cooperated.
The case could mark the first time a federal judge rules on the constitutionality of interrogation practices developed in recent years for terrorism suspects captured overseas.
The judge's scrutiny will go to the heart of a question that has not been settled since the rise of the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: Can the government successfully flip a legal switch during interrogations and move from military tactics to the safeguards needed for a speedy and fair trial in civilian court?
The case also arises as the Trump administration pledges to step up actions against foreign terrorists, including Islamic State fighters, raising the prospect that a ruling on Abu Khattala's questioning could affect the handling of future detainee issues.
U.S. District Judge Christopher R. "Casey" Cooper is due to rule on Abu Khattala's statements before the Libyan's trial, scheduled for September.
[U.S. captured Benghazi suspect in secret raid]
Brian Egan, a senior White House and State Department legal adviser during the Obama administration, called the Abu Khattala matter "a real test case" in which "the government consciously designed the capture and interrogation around being able to withstand legal challenges."
Abu Khattala, who is being held in the Alexandria, Va., city jail, has pleaded not guilty to 18 charges in the Sept. 11 and 12, 2012, attacks in Benghazi.
The final plans for Abu Khattala's capture had been set for nearly a year, according to a timeline described in court by an FBI agent who was told in late 2013 to get ready to join what became an eight-man, military-led capture team that grabbed Abu Khattala from his southern Benghazi villa.
The agent, who testified only under the last name "Johnson," said the team expected violent resistance from Abu Khattala, an auto mechanic nearly 6 feet tall and 230 pounds who was known to carry a handgun and possibly a grenade.
File photo of the USS New York in the Hudson River. (U.S. Attorney's Office for the District)
They seized him at about midnight June 16 in Libya in a struggle that left him with a two-inch cut to his head and evidence of blows around his eyes and a wrist.
About three hours later, after rides in small boats that were "special, somewhat expensive and delicate," a crane hoisted Abu Khattala onto the warship, still shackled, masked and with headphones that cut sounds.
The mask came off in the detention center, a row of four identical 8-by-7-foot cells plus a latrine linked by a corridor. A plywood barrier and black, noise-blocking tarp encased the detention center to hide tipoffs that the holding cells were on a ship.
Army guards in camouflage uniforms stripped of name tapes and identifying patches told Abu Khattala that he could address them with only two words — "bathroom" or "water," said Army Staff Sgt. Dylan Peterson, the sergeant of the guard.
Abu Khattala was read and shown a copy of his Geneva Conventions rights in English and Arabic and was seen by an Army doctor who was part of the mission, government witnesses said. They said he was told to report any abuse and directed to change into an orange shirt and pants and sneakers.
He was given a Koran and a blanket and could sit or sleep on a bare floor. And he was told that a rough, hand-drawn compass on the wall pointed to Mecca for his prayers.
He was masked for any movement outside the cell, even to the latrine or an adjacent room, so he could not see guards' faces.
And in his cell, the lights were on round-the-clock, the room was a steady 72 degrees, and he was roused or moved at least every two hours, FBI and Army witnesses testified. The detention rooms were monitored by closed-circuit television, but video was not recorded, the FBI said.
[Meet Ahmed Abu Khattala, an alleged ringleader of the Benghazi attack]
Abu Khattala was held in an 8-by-7-foot ventilated cell between interviews, lighted around the clock at a controlled temperature of about 72 degrees, and subject to checks every two hours. For the first 3½ days, the cell contained a Koran, a blanket and a box to keep the objects off the floor. (U.S. Attorney's Office for the District)
Upon reaching the USS New York, Abu Khattala was given an orange detention suit in this cell, checked by a military doctor, and told to provide DNA and biometric samples. Abu Khattala was apprehended by U.S. Special Operations forces near a villa south of Benghazi, Libya, during the evening of June 15, 2014. (U.S. Attorney's Office for the District)
His questioning was done in two phases, the government said in court.
For 26 hours over three days, a High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group of military, intelligence and law enforcement officials questioned him for intelligence-gathering purposes.
How that work was done was classified and discussed in a closed courtroom.
As the USS New York exited the Mediterranean near the Strait of Gibraltar, the intelligence-gathering unit left the ship by plane. About the same time, a second team of FBI investigators flew in.
The switch was meant to preserve the ability of the incoming "clean" team to collect evidence for civilian court without a taint from the intelligence unit.
The second FBI team did not meet with the first team or discuss its work, and a shipwide ban on Skype and video-conferencing took effect, FBI counterterrorism official C. Bryan Paarmann testified. Members of the second team were directed to limit email, and they and their New York field office were cut off from email circulation of FBI intelligence reports, he said.
The changeover was made obvious to Abu Khattala, according to the FBI's lead Benghazi agent, Michael M. Clarke.
With the arrival of a "clean team" to question him and gather the evidence for a criminal trial, Abu Khattala's living quarters were provided with a mattress, a prayer rug, a sweatshirt, a Koran and writing materials, prosecutors said. (U.S. Attorney's Office for the District)
For two days, Abu Khattala faced no questioners, Clarke said in court, and his living conditions improved: He got a mattress, pillow, prayer rug and writing materials. He went from two meals a day to three, was allowed to shower and got a Champion tracksuit as a change of clothes.
[Accused Benghazi ringleader Abu Khattala challenges U.S. evidence]
His interview sessions went on for another 28 hours but in shorter installments, and he received small items: a sweatshirt on June 21 when he said he was cold, a watch from the FBI interpreter on June 22 when he said he did not know the time of day for prayer.
Clarke testified that Abu Khattala was told of the criminal investigation into the Benghazi attacks and that he was being taken to the United States. He was told that the new FBI team was starting afresh and knew no specifics of his earlier interrogation, Clarke said. And Abu Khattala signed forms waiving his constitutional rights on each day of questioning, six in all, testimony showed.
The interview room used by the first team of intelligence investigators. Video cameras sent a live feed to shipboard monitors but did not record. (Interview room/U.S. Attorney's Office for the District)
The two-step process was not done to undermine Abu Khattala's constitutional rights, Assistant U.S. Attorney John Crabb argued in court Tuesday, but instead "was employed for legal, intelligence purposes [after] one of the most infamous terrorist attacks in recent history."
Defense lawyers contend that U.S. authorities were deliberate when they planned the Abu Khattala operation as a "slow-boat" procedure to allow nearly two weeks of continuous, unrecorded interrogation.
Although Abu Khattala's captors told him he had a right to a lawyer, when he asked if one was present, he was told no, Clarke said. "He asked, 'Is there a lawyer here?' In my mind, I thought that meant on the ship, and I replied no, there was not," Clarke said.
For all the cost and intrigue of the operation, "the government spent no time or effort to make sure that Mr. Khattala could meaningfully exercise his right to counsel, even as it was dangled before him," defense attorney Eric L. Lewis said.
Government witnesses acknowledged under cross-examination that a lawyer could have been flown aboard with medics or investigators or provided by video conference. But they said that Abu Khattala never specifically asked for one and that he had signed the waivers.
Abu Khattala had spent 10 years as a political prisoner under Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi's regime and could have feared a return to harsher or indefinite detention if he failed to cooperate, a defense expert testified. He knew only that he was being interrogated, then held for two days in isolation, then given better treatment once he cooperated and signed statements, his lawyers said.
Prosecutors challenged the characterization of Abu Khattala as an unsophisticated victim, noting that despite a ninth-grade education, he led the Benghazi branch of Ansar al-Sharia, an armed militia that seeks to establish sharia law in Libya. The United States designated the group as a terrorist organization for its role in the attacks.
He was taken to the USS New York because U.S. officials thought it too risky to fly him out of Libya using a desert airstrip, government witnesses said.
As the ship headed west, he was not transferred to land — for a quicker flight to the United States — because of diplomatic hurdles, government witnesses said. European Union countries that oppose capital punishment might not have helped because Abu Khattala faced a possible death sentence once in the United States.
FBI and Justice Department witnesses said other countries in Europe and the Middle East were not approached — except one unnamed country, whose head of state refused — because participation in the U.S. capture could stir internal political opposition or unrest.
On the 12th of his 13 days on the USS New York, before they reached U.S. soil, FBI agent Clarke told Abu Khattala that he had been indicted on conspiracy charges.
Clarke said Abu Khattala had acknowledged knowing about 70 of 120 individuals whose photos he was shown, as investigators pieced together communications, associates and coordination of the attack.
Abu Khattala asked, "What is conspiracy?" and "if that was a Western law," Clarke said. "We replied it was a U.S. law, a Western law."
He said Abu Khattala responded, "That's unjust."
On the 13th day, a final entry went into the log for the ship's detention center: "detainee leaves facility" at 3:30 a.m. June 28.
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The only way to STOP CHEMTRAILS is to wake up others!
Monday, January 20th, 2020 Ethylene Dibromide
California Chemtrail Information - Ethylene Dibromide
Ethylene Dibromide and Chemtrails
Ethylene Dibromide is a banned pesticide.
pesticide poisoning distorts hormonal functions, and reduces adrenal availability. The invisible part of chemtrails, the pesticide Ethylene Dibromide that falls to earth immediately and blows through your neighborhood, is reducing your ability to fight off the Cytokine Storm, the fast-kill mechanism of the recently recreated 1918 virus.
Pseudomonas Fluorescens causes bad blood infections in humans. This pathogenic bacteria also thrives on petroleum - such as the ethylene dibromide found in other JP-8 contaminated samples.
Ethylene dibromide is a liquid at ambient temperatures that can cause skin, eye, mucous membrane, and respiratory tract irritation. It may also cause damage to the lungs, liver, and kidneys. These effects can result from all routes of exposure.
Military jets, contained EDB, ethylene dibromide, a known carcinogen.
LIFE IN THE TIME OF CHEMTRAILS 1997-2009: YOU ARE NOW BREATHING ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE, VIRALLY MUTATED MOLDS, NANO-PARTICULATES OF ALUMINUM AND BARIUM AND CATIONIC POLYMER FIBERS WITH UNIDENTIFIED BIO-ACTIVE MATERIAL:
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(C2H4Br2)
CAS# : 106-93-4
UN# : 1605
Synonyms include 1,2-dibromoethane, glycoldibromide, and bromofume.
Persons whose clothing or skin is contaminated with liquid ethylene dibromide (above 50ºF) can secondarily contaminate others by direct contact or through offgassing vapor.
A liquid at room temperature, ethylene dibromide readily penetrates skin, cloth, and other protective materials such as rubber and leather. It is nonflammable.
Ethylene dibromide is a colorless, heavy liquid with a sweet chloroform-like odor. It's odor is not detectable at a low enough concentration to be considered a warning of excessive exposure.
Absorption can occur by the inhalation, oral, and dermal routes. It is toxic by these three routes of exposure. Toxicity is thought to be due to metabolic products of ethylene dibromide.
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Ethylene dibromide is a nonflammable colorless liquid with a sweet chloroform-like odor at room temperature above 50ºF (10ºC). It is slightly soluble in water and soluble in most organic solvents. It is heavier than water. When heated to decomposition, it may release gases and vapors such as hydrogen bromide, bromine, and carbon monoxide. Ethylene dibromide should be stored in a dry place at ambient temperature.
Routes of Exposure
Inhalation is an important route of exposure. Ethylene dibromide's odor is not detectable at a low enough concentration to be considered a good warning of excessive exposure. Ethylene dibromide vapors are heavier than air and can accumulate in poorly ventilated or low-lying areas.
Fatalities have occurred among workers cleaning a tank containing residues of ethylene dibromide. The dermal route also contributed to the exposure.
Children exposed to the same levels of ethylene dibromide as adults may receive larger doses because they have greater lung surface area:body weight ratios and higher minute volume:weight ratios. In addition, they may be exposed to higher levels than adults in the same location because of their short stature and the higher levels of ethylene dibromide vapors found nearer to the ground.
Skin/Eye Contact
Ethylene dibromide can penetrate ordinary rubber gloves and leather. Prolonged skin contact with the liquid may cause erythema, blistering, and skin ulcers. Skin absorption may contribute to systemic toxicity.
Because of their relatively larger surface area:weight ratio, children are more vulnerable to toxicants absorbed through the skin.
Acute toxic effects, including fatal systemic poisoning, can result from ingestion. Rapid effects following ingestion can include abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and drowsiness.
Sources/Uses
Ethylene dibromide is produced by liquid-phase bromination of ethylene at 35-85ºC. This is followed by neutralization to free acid and purification by distillation. Ethylene dibromide was used extensively as a scavenger for lead in gasoline and as a pesticide and an ingredient of soil, vegetable, fruit, and grain fumigant formulations. However, these uses have almost disappeared in the United States. It is used to some extent as a chemical intermediate, gauge fluid, and as a nonflammable solvent for resins, gums, and waxes.
OSHA 8-hour TWA = 20 ppm; acceptable ceiling concentration = 30 ppm
NIOSH REL-TWA = 0.045 ppm; 15-min ceiling limit = 0.13 ppm
NIOSH IDLH (immediately dangerous to life or health) = 100 ppm
Description : Colorless; liquid at room temperature and solid below 50ºF (10ºC)
Warning properties : Inadequate for exposure to vapors
Molecular weight : 187.9 daltons
Boiling point (760 mm Hg): 268ºF (131ºC)
Freezing point : 50ºF (10ºC)
Vapor pressure : 11 mm Hg at 77ºF (25ºC)
Liquid specific gravity : 2.172 at 77ºF (25ºC)
Gas density : 6.48 (air = 1)
Water solubility : Water soluble (0.43% at 86ºF) (30ºC)
Flammability : Nonflammable
Incompatible with strong oxidizers, magnesium, alkali metals, and liquid ammonia.
The systemic effects of ethylene dibromide are in part due to metabolic conversion to the cell toxicant 2-bromoacetaldehyde.
Persons with pre-existing skin disorders or eye problems, or impaired liver, kidney, or respiratory tract function may be more susceptible to the effects of ethylene dibromide.
Ethylene dibromide alkylates macromolecules causing cellular disruption and reduced glutathione levels. Cellular disruption in tissues and organs, such as liver and kidneys, results in progressive dysfunction. Manifestation of some of the effects of acute high exposure may be delayed a few days.
Children do not always respond to chemicals in the same way that adults do. Different protocols for managing their care may be needed.
Early symptoms of acute exposure include irritation of the nose and throat. Exposures of moderate to severe intensity produce respiratory manifestations ranging from cough, chest pain, and dyspnea to bronchitis, pneumonitis, pulmonary edema, and hemorrhage. Pulmonary edema occurred 3 days after oral poisoning in one fatal human case.
Children may be more vulnerable because of higher minute ventilation per kg and failure to evacuate an area promptly when exposed. Hydrocarbon pneumonitis may be a problem in children.
Ethylene dibromide is a mild central nervous system depressant. Drowsiness has been reported following ingestion and inhalation. Inhalation of vapors in a confined oxygen-deficient space has caused rapid loss of consciousness, coma, and death.
Liquid ethylene dibromide is a skin irritant. Brief skin contact or contact with contaminated clothing causes erythema and discomfort. Splashing of the liquid on the skin causes a sensation of cooling because the liquid evaporates quickly. Prolonged skin contact may cause blistering and skin ulcers (may be delayed 24-48 hours). Ethylene dibromide can be absorbed through the skin to produce systemic effects.
Exposure to certain chemicals can lead to Reactive Airway Dysfunction Syndrome (RADS), a chemically- or irritant-induced type of asthma.
Because of their larger relatively surface area:body weight ratio, children are more vulnerable to toxins absorbed through the skin.
Ocular/Ophthalmic
Conjunctivitis has been reported after exposure to ethylene dibromide. Eye contact with the compound may cause temporary loss of vision because of destruction of tissues in the eye.
Ethylene dibromide poisoning often affects the liver. Significant liver damage has resulted from inhalation and ingestion of ethylene dibromide. Necrosis of the liver was a chief finding in a fatal case of acute oral poisoning. In two fatal cases of inhalation/dermal exposure, serum aspartate aminotransferase and lactic dehydrogenase were elevated before death.
The kidney is often affected in ethylene dibromide poisoning. Severe renal lesions were reported in fatal cases of acute oral poisoning and also inhalation poisoning. Lesions included necrosis of the tubular epithelium, cytoplasmic vacuolization of the proximal convoluted tubules, and tubular protein casts.
Abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea have been reported after ethylene dibromide ingestion.
Metabolic acidosis can occur after high exposure to ethylene dibromide.
Potential Sequelae
Patients who develop severe acute neurologic injury but survive may have both central and peripheral neurologic effects that persist indefinitely.
The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have not had sufficient evidence to classify elemental mercury as a carcinogen or a noncarcinogen.
Chronic Exposure
No reliable reports exist of adverse health effects in humans exposed chronically to ethylene dibromide.
Chronic exposure may be more serious for children because of their potential for a longer latency period.
The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has determined that ethylene dibromide can reasonably be anticipated to be a human carcinogen, based on ethylene dibromide-induced tumors in multiple sites and by various routes of exposure in animals. Results from epidemiological studies have been inconclusive.
Reproductive and Developmental Effects
There is inconclusive but suggestive evidence that ethylene dibromide may reduce fertility in men. Antispermatogenic effects have been demonstrated in various animal species. Ethylene dibromide is included in Reproductive and Developmental Toxicants , a 1991 report published by the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) that lists 30 chemicals of concern because of widely acknowledged reproductive and developmental consequences.
Special consideration regarding the exposure of pregnant women is warranted, since ethylene dibromide has been shown to be a genotoxin; thus, medical counseling is recommended for pregnant women.
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/mhmi/mmg37.html
Short Term Effects of Chemtrails:
Breathing difficulties (Unexplained)
Chronic sore or raspy throat
Eye and skin irritations
Flatulence (gas)
itching (Unexplained)
Nose bleeds (Unexplained)
Persistent coughing
Tinnitus (distant ringing in ears or high pitched sound after spraying)
And many other symptoms
Long Term Effects of Chemtrails:
(ADHD) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Aluminum build up in Pineal Gland
Autism (evidence links autism to mercury)
Cancer (linked to many types of cancers)
Easy Bruising
Eye problems - * Nearsightedness & Farsightedness (by altering interocular fluid eye
pressure)
Floaters In the Eyes
Heart Arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat)
Lupus Erythematosus
Oily Skin (Elevated DHT)
Short-Term Memory Loss
Tinnitus (ringing in the ears – 700 million cases of Tinnitus reported worldwide)
White Coating On the Tongue
1:42 ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE CLOUDS, CHEMTRAILS AND ORBS
YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA CHEMTRAILS .
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Juan Mujica, vollständiger Name Juan Martín Mujica Ferreira bzw. auch als Juan Martín Mugica Ferreira geführt, (* 22. Dezember 1943 in Casablanca, Uruguay; † 11. Februar 2016 in Montevideo) war ein uruguayischer Fußballspieler und -trainer.

Spielerkarriere

Verein
Der 1,76 Meter große, auf der Position des linken Verteidigers eingesetzte Mujica gehörte von 1961 bis 1966 dem Kader der Rampla Juniors in der Primera División an. Mit den Montevideanern schloss er die Spielzeit 1964 als Vizemeister Uruguays ab. Anschließend wechselte er am 27. Februar 1966 zu Nacional Montevideo und stand dort bis 1972 unter Vertrag. Direkt im ersten Jahr der Vereinszugehörigkeit wurde er Uruguayischer Meister. Mit den Bolsos gelangte er im Folgejahr bis in die Endspiele um die Copa Libertadores 1967. Dort wirkte Mujica in allen drei Partien als Teil der Startformation mit, konnte jedoch auch letztlich nicht die Niederlage gegen den argentinischen Gegner Racing Club vermeiden. Es folgten titelreiche Jahre für Mujica. In den Jahren 1969, 1970 und 1971 wurde er jeweils erneut Uruguayischer Meister mit seiner Mannschaft. 1969 erreichte man abermals die Finalspiele um die Copa Libertadores. Mujica lief in beiden Begegnungen wiederum von Beginn an auf. Aber auch dieses Mal musste man dem Team von Estudiantes de La Plata den Vortritt auf dem Siegertreppchen lassen. Zwei Jahre später war es dann soweit und die Bolsos revanchierten sich bei der Austragung dieses internationalen Wettbewerbs beim letztgenannten Finalgegner, der auch dieses Mal wieder der finale Kontrahent war. Zum ersten Mal in der Vereinsgeschichte gewann Nacional die Copa. Mujica wirkte jedoch in der entscheidenden Schlussrunde lediglich im zweiten Endspiel als Ersatz für Ildo Maneiro mit. Im anschließend ebenfalls gewonnenen Kampf um den Weltpokal kam Mujica im Rückspiel gegen Panathinaikos Athen als Einwechselspieler für Luis Cubilla zum Zuge.

Sodann führte Mujicas Weg 1972 ins Ausland. Er schloss sich von der Spielzeit 1972/73 bis 1974/75 dem französischen Klub OSC Lille an. Von 1975 bis 1978 wählte er als zweite französische Station den RC Lens. Schließlich kehrte er zurück nach Uruguay, spielte dort 1978 für Liverpool Montevideo und war zuletzt 1979 noch für Defensor aktiv.

Nationalmannschaft
Mujica war auch Mitglied der A-Nationalmannschaft Uruguays, für die er zwischen dem 18. Mai 1966 und dem 20. Juni 1970 22 Länderspiele absolvierte. Dabei erzielte er zwei Länderspieltore. Bei der Südamerikameisterschaft 1967 gewann er mit der Celeste den Titel. Mujica nahm mit Uruguay auch an der Weltmeisterschaft 1970 teil. Dort absolvierte er insgesamt sechs Spiele, bestritt damit alle Partien der Gruppenphase sowie der Finalrunde und erzielte auf dem Weg zum vierten Platz der Uruguayer in der Turnierwertung einen Treffer im ersten Spiel gegen Israel.

Trainertätigkeit
Als Trainer Nacionals gewann Mujica 1980 die Copa Libertadores und den Weltpokal und betreute das Team auch bei der Niederlage in den Spielen um die Copa Interamericana 1981. Zu den weiteren Mannschaften, die er im Laufe seiner länger als 20 Jahre andauernden Trainerkarriere betreute, gehörten Deportes Tolima, Millonarios FC und Atlético Nacional in Kolumbien sowie Deportivo Saprissa und Deportiva Alajuelense (1999/2000) in Costa Rica. Nach der letztgenannten Station absolvierte er einen Lehrgang der UEFA in Deutschland. Später war er Vorsitzender der uruguayischen Trainervereinigung. 2004 übernahm er in El Salvador den Verein Alianza.

Sonstiges
In späteren Jahren geriet Mujica in eine finanzielle Notlage, so dass am 18. Januar 2012 im Parlament eine Gesetzesinitiative für eine Rentenversorgung des ehemaligen Fußballspielers aufgrund seiner sportlichen Verdienste eingebracht wurde.

Erfolge

Spieler
 Südamerikameister: 1967
 Weltpokal: 1971
 Copa Libertadores: 1971
 4 × Uruguayischer Meister: 1966, 1970, 1971

Trainer
 Weltpokal: 1980
 Copa Libertadores: 1980
 Uruguayischer Meister: 1980

Einzelnachweise

Fußballnationalspieler (Uruguay)
Fußballspieler (Rampla Juniors)
Fußballspieler (Nacional Montevideo)
Fußballspieler (OSC Lille)
Fußballspieler (RC Lens)
Fußballspieler (Liverpool Montevideo)
Fußballspieler (Defensor Sporting Club)
Fußballtrainer (Nacional Montevideo)
Fußballtrainer (CD Saprissa)
Fußballtrainer (Alianza FC)
Teilnehmer an einer Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft (Uruguay)
Südamerikameister (Fußball)
Copa-Libertadores-Sieger
Uruguayischer Meister (Fußball)
Geboren 1943
Gestorben 2016
Uruguayer
Mann

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Vatican, NWO, The Pope Rules Via the Papal Bull. Papal Bulls are Written on Human Skin. Get It?
In the early 17th century, the Old World of Europe was becoming stale and unproductive, her workers and toilers growing uneasy with continued monarchical rule that favored the ruling elite and did little if anything useful for the working class and poor, which were more difficult to manipulate and control.
England appeared to be largely Protestant on the outside, with Queen Elizabeth I openly despising Catholicism and its Jesuit soldiers; the latter drove many Catholics from her shores to the New World.
The actual power behind the Tudor throne, Secretary of State William Cecil, and the Stuart throne, later his prime minister son Robert Cecil, didn't care one way or the other what the ruling religion was, as long as their agendas were adhered to and goals met. Despite their indifference, their reigns remained anti-Catholic.
So the Jesuits set their sights on the New World and began designing a new form of government, one that would, on the public surface, appear to grant freedom and liberty (on paper, at least) to its citizens with the secret intent of creating a slave state of dutiful taxpayers and obedient workers. News of this new form of government and rule spread across Europe and attracted some of the brightest minds, who emigrated to the New World in search of prosperity, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech, among other promises of independence.
Underneath the gloss, though, the Jesuits operated behind the black curtain, creating a powerful and most-secret dictatorship that rules much the same even today. Those very bright immigrants soon learned the true nature of the Jesuits and their actions in America. Some chose to leave and not bear the burden of clashing with this powerful society, others chose to remain in America and learn how to work within the new system, despotic as it was to become.
In creating the illusion of such a paradise, the Jesuits had to establish a strong government of men who were strongly opposed to monarchical rule on every level and who were vehemently hostile to any rule whatsoever by the Vatican and its despotic Roman Catholic Church. So the Jesuits developed various schemes to fool, entice and coerce many future leaders of America to emigrate to the New World and help build the Jesuits' vision of this new sham government. These men had come from England and France, where liberties even to many of the non-aristocratic elite were few.
To appreciate the full picture of the Jesuits' new scheme, please consider this: if you had a high-value asset like the early American government, which represented the world's first platform of true liberty, with democratically elected leaders and unheard-of freedoms, would you dare leave it in the hands of ordinary men to run, i.e., those not in your complete control? Could you actually trust anyone on that extreme level with your grand prize?
Which is why the Jesuits carefully chose their minions to fill certain stations within this new federal government and system of state governments, groomed future leaders from the ranks of Europe's ruling elite, and attracted other future leaders from the ordinary population, trained them according to their high standards, and retained only the most promising ones for various leadership roles.
As the Jesuits designed the new American government, they took a page from the playbooks of old: set up a system of built-in antagonism. Then divide and conquer. The Jesuits did not invent this method of control and manipulation, but they certainly have perfected it over the nearly 500 years they have been in power.
Take a population, slice into two parts, control each part by pitting the two groups against each other in as many ways as possible, so members of the two parts see each other as mortal enemies. Repeat as necessary until you achieve the desired result, which is subjugation of the entire population. It has worked well in every single country the Jesuits have conquered, when they were unable to control an entire population as a whole.
This tactic also works well against those specific sectors of a given population (people of a particular belief, for example) that the Jesuits wish to attract and control. The Jesuits identify their targets, design and institute a new "attractant," which may be a political party or some form of entertainment, hook their desired catch, and simply pull them in. Those who comply are rewarded. Dissenters are banished to the margins.
Fifty years ago, the political landscape was seen publicly as a gentlemen's game: politicians who acted and looked the part, little rhetoric or personal attacks in the media, few publicly leaked scandals, toned-down presentations of any political affairs on tv. The 1950s and '60s were a quieter time in politics for the American public, because the Jesuits were still building the government's infrastructure after WWII and instituting new departments to fit the prevailing climate and also to prepare for coming ones.
Television was a relatively new tool on the stage and, like the actors themselves, was being groomed for a much grander purpose: to unleash a new propaganda machine. For now, though, it was used by button-down reporters in dark suits, no smiles, deep commanding voices who reported on "serious" issues like the Vietnam War, anti-war protests by college kids at home, drugs and the hippie generation of do-nothings and misfits who smartly tuned out to all the goings-on. Most Americans still could not afford a television set, so the majority tuned in to radio news, shows and advertisements.
At that time, America seemed perfectly content having just two major political parties, Democratic and Republican, with a handful of minor ones that were too small and insignificant for the Jesuits to be concerned with. The Jesuits felt they could control American political sentiment and action via these two main mechanisms, which had worked well over the previous 50 years.
The Jesuits almost always rule from within: they start an organization via their faithful controlled followers or infiltrate an already established one whose leadership they either install or, if already in place, control via any means necessary, including bribery, extortion, kidnapping and murder of family members and close associates. This method has worked for hundreds of years across the world, and is still in wide use today. When any important Jesuit issue is threatened, they find some clever means to convince Americans to vote in favor of the Jesuits' preference.
Their method was deceptively simple: as stated previously, divide a population into two main parties, control them from within, and keep them at odds with each other by designing each with different political, social and moral ideals. The two main parties' ideals were thought to represent those of the American people at that time, and it worked well for decades until the American people began questioning their political leaders and the very system they had believed in all their lives, and we began to see the first big cracks appears in the late 1960s.
The Jesuits steered American politics in any direction they chose. Since they controlled our government and its puppet politicians, they also controlled the economy and all markets and were able to create highly effective economic depressions when they chose, or according to the points in cycles of celestiophysics, thus bringing the American people to their knees on a whim.
Being fluid in design and movement, and always evolving, the Jesuits over the years have reacted to the increased American people's distaste for either political party and so designed a third party they could use to control the new breakaway group of malcontents. In the 1970s, the Libertarian Party was instituted and, as with all other parties, controlled from within the organization. While the Libertarians never posed any major threat to Democrats or Republicans, they were successful in bringing together hundreds of thousands of those "malcontents" who may otherwise have somehow disrupted the political system, even at a state or local level. With so much to lose, the Jesuits were not willing to leave it to chance, so they instituted that safety valve.
Any major political party is used by the Jesuits to control a large portion of the American population, because it represents virtually every important issue affecting Americans, from political to economic to social to education to military. What this party does not control, other organizations, even non-governmental ones like Hollywood and BigEntertainment, BigMusic, BigPharma, certainly do, using a billion-dollar PR machine that has made even the worst and most detrimental policies look completely disarming.
Witness: the tobacco industry's fight to manufacture poisonous cigarettes and cigars; the pharmaceutical industry's fight to manufacture harmful drugs, test them in Third World countries on an unsuspecting population, then unleash them on another ignorant population, the American people; the chemical industry's fight to manufacture harmful substances without regard for the safety and health of Americans; etc.
Today's political landscape is far from its cousin only 50 years ago: politicians no longer look and act the part; they are cartoon characters. Rhetoric and personal attacks are at an all-time high, and are being carried out openly in the media, where deeply personal issues are brought to the front, like so many dramas on popular soap operas and telenovellas. Scandals abound like never before and are celebrated as big events by BigMedia- and BigEntertainment-loving Americans.
The entire political arena is a laughable circus act, carefully scripted and choreographed by multi-million-dollar production companies and PR firms that create brilliant illusion and spin.
But, unlike a carnival show, this one is highly effective at attracting more and more Americans to its performances, and enticing them to do the bidding of the Jesuits. All one need do is examine one of the results: Americans' public anti-political sentiment and actions are at an all-time high. So instead of bashing American politics, political parties and candidates, Americans have been pulled away to a new distraction and are now mesmerized by some dazzling form of entertainment. Hours a day. Three hundred and sixty-five days a year. All you can eat.
The Jesuits have evolved well: when politics failed to control the population, they simply designed and introduced new forms that would attract Americans and control their actions and behaviors.
On the outside, the formula is simple. And deadly effective on all levels. Again, one only need look at the results to affirm my points.
From its inception, the American political system has been controlled and run by the Jesuits, who have steered politics in any way they wished. As Americans became more educated, they wanted to learn how to have a hand in the decisions that affected their lives, so they got involved in that process, if only at a local level.
In Europe during the inception of America, only the elite could vote. In America, nearly every man, regardless of his station, could vote. Not only this, since voting for the candidates of their choice was such a novel idea, never before seen in modern politics anywhere in the world, many of these farmers, merchants, fishermen, etc. took great interest in the political activities of their villages, towns and cities. These hard-working souls learned to vote for people who claimed to have similar values and morals, so those representatives would effectively stand for their own interests. It was a dream come true.
What those good trusting Americans did not realize then is that their representatives did not actually stand for anything other than a hook and line to attract and reel in new recruits that were soon under the control of men thousands of miles away.
"An American gentleman was passenger on board a merchant ship, bound from London to Rio Janeiro. There were among the passengers Englishmen, Germans, Frenchmen, Spaniards, and Portuguese; but the person we refer to was the only American. Between himself and the English gentlemen, there were frequent discussions about politics, to which such of the other passengers, as could speak English, would listen, sometimes taking a part.
"Of course, our American was a great friend to the institutions of his own country ; and defended republican forms of government, freedom of the speech and of the press, the vote by ballot, and all the other elements of popular sovereignty through thick and thin.
"Assailed on every side, he found his office of champion of freedom no sinecure. Every calm morning and every pleasant evening witnessed a new controversy on the deck or in the cabin; but he manfully held his ground against a host of adversaries; and being fluent in speech, strong in argument, skilled in logic, and full of lively and sarcastic humor, he generally came out of the debate with honor, taking care always to terminate the action at precisely the right moment, and to quit the field with flying colors.
"Among the persons who listened with the greatest attention to these debates, was a lean bilious looking old Frenchman, who always took care to be present, and who showed by his look and manner, that he was deeply interested in politics, although he never by any chance uttered an opinion or made a remark on political subjects, in the general circle of the passengers.
"In point of fact, this man was a Roman Catholic priest, a Jesuit of high standing, who was going to some station in South America, in obedience to an order from his superior. He was a cosmopolite indeed.
"Though not much past the middle point of life, he was rather aged in appearance, in consequence of the great variety and extent of the missions which he had performed in all quarters of the world, and in every kind of climate. From Canada to Calcutta; from the breezy heights of the Andes to the unwholesome marshes of Java, by sea and by land, in season and out of season, this man had journeyed on the secret errands of his order. Speaking fluently a dozen different languages, and possessing the most perfect power of dissimulation, as well as the most thorough devotedness to the church, and those carefully trained habits of obedience, which are so essential to the character of an able and faithful Jesuit, he had at length become one of the most accomplished men of his age.
"As he listened to the conversation of the American passenger, he could not help noticing, that he was gradually making converts to republican views. Many of these passengers, he observed, sought private interviews with the American; and by careful eavesdropping, he ascertained that their object was to ask questions about his country, and gain information respecting the actual working of the American attempt at self-government.
"When the passage was nearly over, the Frenchman happening to be alone with the American, in a retired part of the deck, where their conversation could not be overheard, commenced a quiet chat with him. Addressing him in English, which he spoke with ease and precision, he thanked him with apparent cordiality, for the entertainment he had derived from his conversation or rather eloquent haranguing to the other passengers, during the voyage.
"He professed to have enjoyed their debates very greatly ; and gave the American due credit for his wit, his logic, his humour, his address, and his unbounded good nature.
"The American was much pleased at his compliments; for he had conceived a great respect for this silent and attentive auditor; and, in fact, had, in his own secret mind, set him down as a hopeful convert to Americanism; he thanked him, therefore, with much feeling, for his good opinion ; at the same time disclaiming any merit, for success in defending a truth so self-evident, as that which is expressed in these few words—that a nation ought to govern itself, and that by the popular vote of its own citizens.
Even today, very few people understand that their political system is a complete sham, and that any representatives of theirs are chosen not by them but by people who have a specific agenda counter to their own. How could this come about?
BigMedia is the megaphone of the Jesuits. It is the means by which they disseminate news to the American people. News about politics and their politicians. News about healthcare and their health. News about education of their children. Any news whatsoever is constructed by the Jesuits, presented in a very slick production by pretty people you can't help but ogle and drool over.
The average American can be led about quite easily, as evidenced by the latest statistics on how often Americans watch various forms of news and especially entertainment on tv: more than five hours a day, depending on age and ethnic group.
Poor people talk about characters in tv shows, the lottery, and how to get rich quick. They do not talk of wishes and dreams, how to attain meaningful goals, how to get educated and get a great job.
Poor people also gamble much more than any other economic group. They eat more junk food than any other group. They do more illegal drugs and abuse alcohol than any other group. And poor people watch more tv than any other group. Interestingly, poor people over the past 50 years have had a new neighbor introduced to their lowly society: the Middle-Class American.
Now, more than ever, the poor class is swelling to consume close to half of the American population. The Jesuits have nearly concluded their take-over of the American population, not just via politics but also by many other means that attract, hook and pull in unsuspecting people.
And that is its primary purpose: control you and your thoughts and behaviors, regardless of which candidate you vote for, what your stance is on certain policies and issues. Today's political landscape is tightly controlled by the Jesuits and the hundreds of top-tier corporations whose CEOs do their bidding and ensure their business runs according to the playbook designed and implemented by the Jesuits.
The average voter thinks he has a say in political issues because he takes the time to vote, donates to his favorite political candidate, and supports his party any way he can. That notion could not be further from the truth. Policies are decided not by popular vote but by predetermined actions and outcomes behind the scenes. And they have absolutely nothing to do with the average American, except that they steer him in the direction they wish for him at that time.
Since its inception, America and her politics have been designed and controlled and manipulated by the most prolific society in modern history. They are the finest ghostwriters of both secret and public works of law that work behind the scenes, of public policies that affect everyone, of popular books that influence millions of various ages. These men are the most persuasive recruits of world-class talent they use to create works of art that manipulate the minds and souls of the population: stories, paintings, etc.
The members of this highly successful society are worker bees and ants, never taking credit for their own work, but rather allowing some public figure to accept the credit because the Jesuits know the public will be drawn to this charismatic public person. And that person can be controlled and manipulated against their will to do the bidding of the Jesuits.
American politics follows these patterns exactly, with controlled and manipulated politicians following prepared scripts written by the Jesuits. Those men and women who obey the rules are rewarded with long careers in politics or, even when they leave politics in total disgrace, in the private sector. Those unlucky few politicians who depart from the Jesuits' script or who stray too far from their party's politics are removed from office either through embarrassing scandal, threats or murder.
President William Henry Harrison served only 32 days in office as president, from March 4 to April 4, 1841, before the Jesuits poisoned him. As a message to all others who would oppose their authority, the Jesuits also brutally murdered all but one of President Harrison's family, leaving a son, John Scott Harrison, Esq., a member of Congress from Ohio, to carry the message to would-be dissenters in the future. Curiously, Congress granted the president's heirs (ultimately, only John Harrison) $25,000 in compensation for their loss, although the bill supporting it was hotly contested by parties on both sides.
Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth, not only escaped prosecution, he lived to old age under a assumed names (David E. George, John St. Helen among others). Booth died on January 13, 1903 in Enid, in the Oklahoma Territory, after voluntarily ingesting either strychnine or arsenic.
On July 2, 1881, President James Garfield was shot and killed by Charles J. Guiteau in another well-planned Jesuit operation.
Less than six months after his election, President William McKinley was shot and killed by Jesuit assassin Leon Czolgosz, thus emplacing Jesuit puppet Theodore Roosevelt. On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was gunned down by multiple assassins from the Jesuits' very own Murder, Inc., the Central Intelligence Agency.
The list of American political assassinations by the Jesuits numbers in the hundreds and includes not only high-ranking officials of both political parties in the government, but also the White House (Deputy White House Counsel Vincent Foster), Commerce Department (Secretary Ron Brown), Defense Department (Navy Secretary James Forrestal), military (Army General George Patton, Navy Admiral Jeremy Boorda, Army Corporal Pat Tillman), Justice Department (dozens of attorneys and aids), FBI, ATF, CIA, and many other departments. During President Clinton's presidency, more than 40 people, some close associates of the president, died suddenly under mysterious or suspicious circumstances, or were murdered outright. The probability of this many staffers and employees dying during this short period by chance alone is virtually zero.
Sadly, more than 150 years later, even with all the warnings from keen observers and insiders and egregious Jesuit behaviors, Americans still have not gotten the message, much less understood and acted on it. This unfortunate phenomenon is a grand testament to how brilliantly the Jesuits' PR machine functions.
The Jesuits' political reign of terror continues to this day, to ensure they maintain complete control over, and manipulation of, the entire political spectrum, not to mention every sector of American society.


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