Recall that back in late 2001 the RIAA wanted Congress to pass laws allowing them to hack into your computer (aka “Break the Law”) so that they could snoop around your hard drive for pirated materials (and who knows what else they might find and turn you in for). Well now a training video has surfaced that supports the RIAA’s privacy invasion campaigns because … they can lead to discovery of evidence of other non-piracy related crimes.

Hat tip to Disinfo.com & Slashdot.org

Leaked RIAA Training Video: Find Pirates and Also Find… Crack Dealers and Terrorists? There’s a leaked RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) training video produced with the NDAA (National District Attorneys Association) floating around the web that argues U.S. prosecutors should pursue piracy cases because it leads to bigger and badder wares, like handguns, drugs, terrorist organizations, and hardcore repeat offender criminals. In other words, in their minds, music and video piracy is the new gateway to the criminal underworld…

www.disinfo.com

Leaked RIAA Training Video - “Gizmodo has a clip of that RIAA training video produced with the NDAA for US prosecutors that was leaked to torrent sites a few days ago. It argues they should pursue piracy cases because it leads to bigger and badder wares, like handguns, drugs, terrorist orgs, and hardcore repeat offender criminals. It’s kind of sad how far they’re stretching to bring law enforcement into the matter.”

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Email: retroufo@aol.com
Contact: Barbara or Rob Harris
Phone: 760-365-3266 or 760-365-5646
THIS IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL UFO CONVENTION!
SATURDAY, APRIL 26 and SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2008

The UFO phenomena once experienced by thousands at Giant Rock, in Landers, CA in the middle of the last century returns for its third year RETRO UFO (3) Event Held At The Integratron in Landers, California.

Whether you believe in UFO’s or not, RETRO UFO (3) will take you beyond the typical UFO lecture hall of a hotel conference room and into a new, and nostalgic way of viewing the UFO phenomenon that has intrigued thousands for a millennia. The event is presented in tents and canopies on the grounds of the World Famous Integratron. Speakers will lecture, share their stories and experiences about Giant Rock, The Integratron, Crop Circles and the latest UFO’s information. Many of these stories will show how a small group of men and women impacted a region of the Mojave Desert and made history, often compared in scale to the stories of Roswell, New Mexico.

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Synchronistic timing in the unveiling today of the Interview with Parapolitical Researcher Kenn Thomas which deals with FEMA and Rex84 detention camp fears.

Turns out Alex Jones’ own PrisonPlanet network pushed a series of interviews and articles today detailing the latest.

Former Congressman Warns Of Martial Law Camps In America

• Rule by fear or rule by law? by Lewis Seiler and Dan Hamburg.

Alex talks with Peter Dale Scott, author and former diplomat, who believes the Department of Homeland Scurity is implementing “Endgame,” a plan to herd “potential terrorists” in KBR camps.

• Homeland Security Contracts for Vast New Detention Camps

OBAMA/CLINTON DEBATE IN AUSTIN

Obama, Clinton differ slightly on Castro - Yahoo News

Thursday at 10: Valley firefighters trained for UFO contact

Whatever your beliefs, it’s hard to dismiss how life-changing alien contact could be.

It would literally change everything, and because of that, Valley emergency teams are taking it all seriously.

Firefighters are getting trained for that contact, learning what to do and how to handle the situation if it ever turns into reality.

It’s a training guide everyone will be talking about.

Watch the full story, Thursday at 10 on ABC15 News.

Thursday at 10: Valley firefighters trained for UFO contact - Phoenix news, breaking news, local news, weather radar, traffic from ABC15 News | ABC15.com

That headline might catch you by surprise if you aren’t already deeply familiar with the UFO subject. But the serious ufologist will already know what script this training will likely be following. This FEMA approved manual has a whole chapter devoted to how firefighters should deal with the possibility of encountering a UFO. Chapter 13 in the Fire Officer’s Guide to Disaster Control is a fantastic introduction and valuable resource covering the many issues surrounding contact with the UFO phenomenon.

It’s even couched in terms of potential “terrorism” …

Chapter 13: Enemy Attack and UFO Potential

Few Residents of the United States, except for those in Hawaii, have experienced an enemy attack on their hometown in this century; some think they have. The Great Los Angeles Air Raid of February 26, 1942, began at 2:25 A.M. when the US Army announced the approach of hostile aircraft and the cities air raid warning system went into effect for the first time in World War II. “Suddenly the night was rent by sirens. Searchlights began to sweep the sky. Minutes later gun crews at Army forts along the coast line began pumping the first of 1,433 rounds of ack-ack into the moonlight. Thousands of volunteer air raid wardens tumbled from their beds and grabbed their boots and helmets. Citizens awakened to the screech of sirens and, heedless of the blackout warning, began snapping on their lights . . . The din continued for two hours. Finally the guns fell silent. The enemy, evidently, had been routed. Los Angeles began to taste the exhilaration of its first military victory. “(1)

The UFO Threat A Fact

In this chapter we will now turn our attention to the very real threat posed by Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs), whether they exist or not. The well-documented and highly publicized War of the Worlds radio drama by Orson Welles shows how even a perceived existence to alien creatures can cause very real disaster-like conditions and panic among a given populace. In addition, if the apparent visits by alien beings and their space vehicles should pose any type of threat, it will, as always, be the fire service that is called upon to provide the first line of life-saving defense and disaster mitigation.
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If you live in the Austin area, I hope you will drop by Austin Books tomorrow, Wednesday, February 20. I will be signing copies of the just-released comics anthology Hotwire 2, along with copies of my other comics (Bush Junta, Villa of the Mysteries, Mutant Book of the Dead, etc.) and a few out-of-print publications and rarities. I’ll also have a few freebies, including copies of my Operation Northwoods comics pamphlet and the first two issues of the print edition of Anomaly Magazine. So, please try to make it. I would very much like to meet you. Austin Books is located at 5002 N. Lamar Blvd., and the event will run from 5 to 8 pm.

The Second Issue of ANOMALY is Now Available at these Fine Locations.

Copies are being distributed at select locations across Austin including:

• Planet K on South Lamar
• Brave New Books on Guadalupe
• Dhaba Joy on West 29th Street
• Oat Willie’s on West 29th Street
• Vulcan Video on West 29th Street
• Ruby’s BBQ on Guadalupe
• Spiderhouse Cafe on Fruth Street at West 29th
• Magic Wok on Guadalupe
• Pangaea on Guadalupe
• Kerbey Lane on Guadalupe
• Hole in the Wall on Guadalupe
• Texadelphia on Guadalupe
• Pipes Plus Hookah Bar on Guadalupe
• Longbranch Inn on 11th Street

More Locations Coming Soon!

Interviews with American soldiers from Iraq.

by SMiles Lewis

“Do you ever think about … murder? About committing the ultimate crime?”
- Says the Voice in Your Head, Thanks to Court TV. (WABC)

It’s only a matter of time. The wrong person will find their way, like a deer trapped in headlights, into the path of a HOLOSONIC ™ advertising beam. Whether the voices tell them to “Drink more coke” or “tune in next week” they will snap. God bless and keep safe those who fall in their path thereafter. We’ll either get another mass shooter, mind control cult leader, or perhaps another President.

What has long been rumored within the conspiracy and ufology communities went public a few years ago (though a variant of the technology was discussed for use even earlier during the Waco siege) and is quickly infiltrating the market of ideas and real world applications. Holosonic sound technologies project a high pitched directional beam of ultrasound audio to an exact location, usually where the target audience’s head will be. The victim will hear a voice, music, advertisement, or whatever the beams controller would like, inside their head. No-one around them would be able to hear it, unless they could drag someone to that exact spot and hope the beam was still trained on the same location.

This technology is quietly appearing in museums and other locales desiring focused areas of audible information that won’t disrupt what is supposed to be an otherwise quiet environment. Imagine walking up to a painting and if you are in the right spot you hear a narrator giving the history and import of the artwork you’re admiring. The Seattle Space Needle has seen a successful deployment of this sort of audio delivery. Now bookstores, cafes, and street corners have the potential to become the new billboards “inside-your-head,” and yet another technological weapon of mass marketing, destruction, and deception. Just as there are plenty of potentially good uses uses for this technology, there are equally as many obvious covert uses for these devices as weapons of psychological warfare. Heck, the prank potential alone could make this the next novelty store favorite for getting even with your friends. Indeed, Holosonic sound’s inventor loves to freak out library users with his mind control toy.

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By Thom White
CITIZINEmag.com

AUSTIN January 23, 2008 - On Tuesday, recently-appointed Austin police chief Art Acevedo announced to the media a proposed police surveillance camera system that would attempt to record all public activity in the Sixth Street district in order to reduce the likelihood of crime. The cameras’ recordings would be reviewed in secret by police personnel who would use the footage as evidence in prosecutions against individuals they identify committing crimes on video.

Chief Acevedo said if there is no public opposition to the installation of the public spy cameras, the equipment will be installed and begin recording around 6th Street in a few months.

According to news reports, Chief Acevedo told reporters, “As I travel around the city, I have been approached by residents in high-crime areas who are not only asking, but who are really starting to demand the use of technology.” Acevedo said. “People in this community want us to do everything we can to keep them safe. This is one of those strategies.”

According to KEYE-TV, Chief Acevedo said, “This is to put people on notice: criminals, the community, and the cops — that, yes… You’re in an area to be surveilled that’s out in the open. So, guess what? Before you start fighting with somebody, before you start stabbing somebody, before you start trying to victimize somebody, your action may be caught on tape, and you may be prosecuted and convicted, because we’ll have the best evidence.”

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