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TSA Gropers Show Compassion?

Does the TSA have a heart? Is the TSA finally coming to their senses regarding the groping of passengers? Well, I will let you decide after you read about what we heard on the CBS news the other night. Have these gropers developed compassion?

I doubt it!

So, on the CBS news was a little snip-it about the latest from the TSA. Starting this coming Monday, the TSA and Homeland Security are cutting a break to people that are 75 years old and older. Starting this coming Monday, in a few certain airports such as Denver, Orlando and Portland, people that are 75 and older will be allowed to keep their shoes on, along with their outer clothing. If this goes well, it may become national at all the airports.

YEAH! WHAT GREAT NEWS! (right?) The TSA will still grope the ‘privates’ of elderly people, but they will be able to keep their shoes on! Oh, yeah, AND their jackets or sweaters!

Ken looked at me and said jokingly, “What is this? Is the TSA actually getting some compassion?” I looked at him, and gave him my simple response. I said “Hell no, it’s simply because elderly people must’ve been holding up the lines too long!” Seriously, if the TSA was getting any compassion then why wouldn’t people under the age of 10 be allowed to keep their shoes and Disney princess jackets on? I’m telling ya, their reason for this change has nothing to do with terrorism. Elderly people, (no offense please), move slow. Period. Things like arthritis, knee replacements and hip replacements are a few things that slow them down.

And just who decided on the age of 75? Why not 65? Hey, wait a minute, isn’t the TSA discriminating now?

This whole naked scanner thing is just ridiculous. I can remember when being an American citizen meant you had rights, such as privacy.

So in summary, the highly qualified and educated TSA personnel will still grope toddlers, adults and the elderly people, but if you are 75 or older, you can keep your coats and shoes on while they’re doing it!

I am an American. I want my rights back!

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J.P.Morgan Chase Whistleblower – Cascading Credit Event

There was a stunning comment (letter) left today on the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission website that ‘apparently’ verifies from a JPMorgan Chase employee what many people already believe regarding the conspiratorial aspect of the relationships and manipulations between the biggest most powerful banks and elected officials. The following letter reveals the conscience of someone there who simply cannot stand by and let it happen without saying something, while hoping that others will come forward.

Frankly, I’m shocked that this is still up on their website at this moment, but will not be surprised to see it removed, so I’m copying the text here. Among the excessive greed, corruption, and manipulation going on at these ‘institutions’, lets hope that there are enough good people left to call out those that are bad.

I have bolded some of the text for emphasis.

Link to original whistleblower comment:

http://comments.cftc.gov/PublicComments/ViewComment.aspx?id=57019&SearchText

Update: The whistleblower comment has been removed from the CFTC website (3-16-2012)

From: Z A N
Organization(s):
JPMorgan Chase

Comment No: 57019
Date: 3/14/2012

Comment Text:

Dear CFTC Staff,

Hello, I am a current JPMorgan Chase employee. This is an open letter to all commissioners and regulators. I am emailing you today b/c I know of insider information that will be damning at best for JPMorgan Chase. I have decided to play the role of whistleblower b/c I no longer have faith and belief that what we are doing for society is bringing value to people. I am now under the opinion that we are actually putting hard working Americans unaware of what lays ahead at extreme market risk. This risk is unnecessary and will lead to wide-scale market collapse if not handled properly. With the release of Mr. Smith’s open letter to Goldman, I too would like to set the record straight for JPM as well. I have seen the disruptive behavior of superiors and no longer can say that I look up to employees at the ED/MD level here at JPM. Their smug exuberance and arrogance permeates the air just as pungently as rotting vegetables. They all know too well of the backdoor crony connections they share intimately with elected officials and with other institutions. It is apparent in everything they do, from the meager attempts to manipulate LIBOR, therefore controlling how almost all derivatives are priced to the inherit and fraudulent commodities manipulation. They too may have one day stood for something in the past in the client-employee relationship. Does anyone in today’s market really care about the protection of their client? From the ruthless and scandalous treatment of MF Global client asset funds to the excessive bonuses paid by companies with burgeoning liabilities. Yes, we at JPMorgan that are in the know are fearful of a cascading credit event being triggered in Greece as they have hidden derivatives in excess of $1 Trillion USD. We at JPMorgan own enough of these through counterparty risk and outright prop trading that our entire IB EDG space could be annihilated within a few short days. The last ten years has been market by inflexion point after inflexion point with the most notable coming in 2008 after the acquisition of Bear.

I wish to remain anonymous as of now as fear of termination mounts from what I am about to reveal. Robert Gottlieb is not my real name; however he is a trader that is involved in a lawsuit for manipulative trading while working with JPMorgan Chase. He was acquired during our Bear Stearns acquisition and is known to be the notorious person shorting in the silver future market from his trading space, along with Blythe Masters, his IB Global boss. However, with that said, we are manipulating the silver futures market and playing a smaller (but still massively manipulative) role in manipulating the gold futures market. We have a little over a 25% (give or take a percentage) position in the short market for silver futures and by your definition this denotes a larger position than for speculative purposes or for hedging and is beyond the line of manipulation.

On a side note, I do not work directly with accounts that would have been directly impacted by the MF Global fiasco but I have heard through other colleagues that we have involvement in the hiding of client assets from MF Global. This is another fraudulent effort on our part and constitutes theft. I urge you to forward that part of the investigation on to the respective authorities.

There is something else that you may find strange. During month-end December, we were all told by our managers that this was going to be a dismal year in terms of earnings and that we should not expect any bonuses or pay raises. Then come mid-late January it is made known that everyone received a pay raise and/or bonus, which is interesting b/c just a few weeks ago we were told that this was not likely and expected to be paid nothing in addition to base salary. January is right around the time we started increasing our short positions quite significantly again and this most recent crash in gold and silver during Bernanke’s speech on February 29th is of notable importance, as we along with 4 other major institutions, orchestrated the violent $100 drop in Gold and subsequent drops in silver.

As regulators of the free people of this country, I ask you to uphold the most important job in the world right now. That job is judge and overseer of all that is justice in the most sensitive of commodity markets. There are many middle-income people that invest in the physical assets of silver, gold, as well as mining stocks that are being financially impacted in a negative way b/c of our unscrupulous shorts in the precious metals commodity sector. If you read the COT with intent you will find that commercials (even though we have no business being in the commercial sector, which should be reserved for companies that truly produce the metal) are net short by a long shot in not only silver, but gold.

It is rather surprising that what should be well known liabilities on our balance sheet have not erupted into wider scale scrutinization. I call all honest and courageous JPMorgan employees to step up and fight the cronyism and wide-scale manipulation by reporting the truth. We are only helping reality come to light therefore allowing a real valuation of our banking industry which will give investors a chance to properly adjust without being totally wiped out. I will be contacting a lawyer shortly about this matter, as I believe no other whistleblower at JPMorgan has come forward yet. Our deepest secrets lie within the hands of honest employees and can be revealed through honest regulators that are willing to take a look inside one of America’s best kept secrets. Please do not allow this to turn into another Enron.

Kind Regards,
-The 1st Whistleblower of Many

Wyoming Exploring Doomsday Scenario

The state of Wyoming is working towards establishing a task force to explore the ramifications of a United States collapse. They are considering that in such an event, that they will issue new alternative currency, implement their  own military draft, raise a standing army, and even acquire an aircraft carrier (they are landlocked the last I checked…)

The fact that the Wyoming state government is even considering such a government-run task force is a sign of the times. A sign of the dangerous and perilous times that we are all in today, despite what the MSM tells you.

It is a responsible thing to do – to consider a preparedness plan in the event of a political collapse, or a total economic collapse. It looks like Wyoming is on the right track, so as not to go down with the ship, so-to-speak. Good for them.

Now lets see what the federal government does to Wyoming for retaliation… cut funding for this or that perhaps??

CHEYENNE — State representatives on Friday advanced legislation to launch a study into what Wyoming should do in the event of a complete economic or political collapse in the United States.

House Bill 85 passed on first reading by a voice vote. It would create a state-run government continuity task force, which would study and prepare Wyoming for potential catastrophes, from disruptions in food and energy supplies to a complete meltdown of the federal government.

“To put your head in the sand and think that nothing bad’s going to happen, and that we have no obligation to the citizens of the state of Wyoming to at least have the discussion, is not healthy.”

Source: trib.com

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One Passenger Quarantines International Flight

image: TVnz

A passenger on a flight from Japan to New Zealand commented to the flight crew of noticing other passengers with flu-like symptoms, sounding the alarm and prompting a quarantine when the flight landed some hours later.

As it turns out, there were approximately 70 Japanese ‘homestay students’ onboard, who became suspected of carrying an ‘unkown’ influenza upon a passenger ‘sounding the alarm’. Once the flight landed, and hours afterward, health authorities boarded the jet and began checking passengers for symptoms and sending groups of people into different locations for evaluation.

“The man running the homestay trip, Stuart Cundy of Let’s Homestay, told ONE News (New Zealand) he understands only a few of the students showed visible flu like symptoms, and from that another passenger raised the alarm.”

New Zealand — A health scare on a flight from Japan to New Zealand appears to be nothing more serious than a seasonal outbreak of influenza.

About 60 passengers traveling on a flight from Tokyo to Auckland arrived Monday morning complaining of flulike symptoms, sparking a swift response from health authorities.

But by midmorning, New Zealand’s Health Minister Tony Ryall put out a statement saying “there’s nothing to suggest it’s anything other than seasonal flu.”

The flight, which arrived at 9:20 a.m., was carrying 274 passengers, who were initially told to stay onboard while crews of medical staff wearing masks assessed their health.

Source: Associated Press

Evidently, a single passenger complaint or judgement of another passengers apparent health, can get a jet airliner quarantined and detained for hours, no matter the qualifications of the person-passenger raising the alarm.

Common sense has been thrown out the window it seems, when it comes to airline travel these days (years). First you stand in line waiting to be interrogated, poked and prodded, scanned, and then herded to your ‘seats’. Then, while being careful what you do or say, don’t even think about sneezing or coughing, else you become suspect of carrying a plague or something… followed by potential quarantine, the result of which will likely get you put on a ‘list’ somewhere.

When I first read the news stories that popped out regarding this incident, it appeared that 25% of the passengers on board suddenly came down with a horrible illness (implying that something sinister had happened). Upon further digging, we find out that it was simply the result of a few kids who were sick, having been pointed out by some panicking passenger. This then results in all the chaos and subsequent untold cost of the disaster response teams, as well as the great inconvenience brought on to the other passengers.

Madness…

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Iran 6000 Mile Missile To Reach Great Satan

Israel’s vice prime minister recently revealed that Iran has a missile under development with a range estimated to be 6,000 miles. In fact, it is apparently the same missile type under construction at an Iranian research-and-development facility, which was damaged by a mysterious explosion in November just outside of Tehran.

“That’s the Great Satan,” Mr. Yaalon said, using the well-known pejorative term that Iranian officials have used for the US. “It was aimed at America, not at us.”

If true, Yaalon’s claim would put Iran’s missile development program into a new league. Until now, most arms analysts have estimated that the range of Iranian missiles is limited to about 1,500 miles – enough, to be sure, to reach Israel and parts of Europe. But analysts have speculated very little on research into or development of a longer-range missile.

Source: The Christian Science Monitor

6,000 miles downrange from Tehran brings the bulls-eye nearly exactly to Boston. If said missile were launched near Iran’s western border, nearly 400 more miles of range could be tacked on, bringing the bulls-eye to Washington DC. So as you can clearly see, the entire northeastern US corridor from Boston to New York to Washington DC will theoretically be in range should such a missile come to fruition. Couple that with a nuclear device… you get the picture.

If this report turns out to be accurate, this brings the game to an entirely new level.

Yaalon (Israeli vice prime minister) said in his speech that the West does not yet realize how much of a threat is posed by Iran, which he called “a nightmare for the free world.” In reality, he said, Israel in the Iranian regime’s eyes is only the “little Satan,” while America, as leader of the West, is “the larger Satan.”

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