Monday, April 23, 2012

G8 Genova- Testimony


Anonymous - quoted text
Victim Report- Anonymous

Quoted text: "A man reportedly being a doctor looked into my eyes and looked me over.
In seconds, he slapped me on the face and said something to his comrades in Italian. They took me roughly up the steps with my handcuffs into this building.   It was not a police station or jail.  I do not know what or where it was or why I was taken there. Once inside the door a particularly vicious man proceeded to  beat me to my knees with punches and kicks. I was then dragged to a hall with handcuffs where I received further beatings by an individuals normally dressed and in police uniforms. I was driven to the fetal position to the ground to protect my head and groin area and the individual continued to beat me. He would stomp on my entire body, he stomped down with great force and after a few minutes he stopped and left.


In the cell I was brought into, there were two or three individuals where receiving beatings by policemen.  Everywhere there was excessive shouting and screaming in Italian by the cabineeri and others and those being beaten.  They started shouting in Italian at me, and because I don't speak Italian I did not understand. I then realized that they wanted me to remove my clothes as other prisoners were doing they forced me to strip and made me stand spread eagle against the wall naked. I felt vulnerable and absolutely terrified. The shouting continued except for this time from behind, when I turned my head around they slapped me and indicated that I was to look at the wall by smashing my face against it. The shouting and screaming continued as did blows to my arms. ribs, back and legs and I never knew whether their shouts were directed at me. After a few minutes, I was directed to squat to the ground. They forced me to stand up, squat down, stand up squat down around eleven times.  Every-time I squatted down, I had the fear that they placed something under me or inserted into my rectum. Fortunately, nothing was and after a further two or three minutes of standing against the wall I was led to put my clothes back on and was made to put my face against the wall and stand spread eagle.

The next 10 or 11 hours I was made to stand spread eagle except when they took me to take fingerprints, mug shots and a high tech computer scan of my head. I was forced to sign unknown documents without any explanation.
I was taken out of the building and into an adjoining building which was like a warehouse with computers and high tech machinery and professional looking people including women working in the bar.  I thought maybe there was some journalists or lawyers or senior police officers who once again would ask me of my innocence, telling them how I was not a violent protester and I was a business professional and the police were beating me.
I was sat down at a table with women in white coats, she asked me if I speak Italian and I said no. I confirmed to her who I was and asked if I could contact my embassy or lawyer.  She said I couldn't and asked me sign  various documents in Italian. I asked her what did they say and she said that it was not important and it would be "easier" if I signed. 

Given my state of mind, I was still hyperventilating, I decided it would be safer to sign.  So I did sign this and many other documents.  On the computer I saw that there was a file with some sort of information on me such as what countries I had been in, on what holiday and what music, CD's and magazines that I had purchased by credit card over the internet.  I became completely overwhelmed thinking that they were going to set me up for some crime.  When they looked for further hand prints, I said that I would give them only if I spoke to a lawyer. The policemen who had hit me on the side of my leg, hit me on my head and I collapsed to the ground in great pain.  I begged again to see a lawyer the policemen along with two others began to drag me along the floor into another building. I shouted okay, okay, okay I would continue with the process.

This I did and upon completion, I was taken outside and made to wash my hands. Here a different man dressed in a Tie-dyed t-shirt with a beard slapped me across the face and handcuffed my hands just to show me who was boss. He then pulled me back towards the main body of the cell. Upon entering the building I saw the corridor lined with both uniformed and non uniformed people. He dragged me down the corridor and every, if not every, man either kicked me or slapped me. Given the fact that nearly all of them assaulted me I realized that the place was out of control. Shear panic started repeating over and over and over. I started shouting Peace Peace Peace in the hopes that they would realize that I was a normal person and that they would stop beating me.

I think it was around five or six pm and the heat was still intense, at no time were given water or food or allowed to go to the toilet. The state of affairs continued after 1am.  The beatings stopped in our cell but continued in others with shouting, and screaming, kicking and laughing.  If we let our arms to the side we were shouted at, we had to keep our legs and arms in the spread eagle position and individuals were beaten again. After many hours of this most of us began to spasm, seize, I was physically and mentally shattered. Many started to have hallucinations on the floor or on the wall. At one stage after I arrived home, I broke down and lost all faith in humanity. I was in a living hell in a place in society where those who were the protectors, took the pleasure in brutalizing and giving pain."

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Remember G8 Genova


Susan Brannon
20 April 2012
On the night of July 21, 2001 more than 400 peaceful G8 demonstrators who came from all over Europe to protest the G8 meeting, were either hospitalized, beaten, arrested and jailed. Carlo Giuliani of Genoa, was shot dead by Mario Placanica who was released of any "wrong doing" in the case. It was determined that he fired his weapon in self defense after being hit by a stone. The European Union requested an investigation of the Italian police and what occurred on that day. Italy, with its new Prime Minister, Berlusconi, denied to investigate. At least seven of the injured have live long disabilities and say that the police had the intent to "kill". Mark Covell, an Indy-Media journalist was also brutally attacked, with six broken ribs, a punctured lung in three places, massive destruction on his spine and neck. He has had to undergo several surgeries and is still ongoing.

Mark decided to file a lawsuit against the Italian government and for him, it has been a long haul that costs him thousands of British pounds for representation and travel, and promotional awareness campaigns. The Italian legal system has much to be desired and it takes years to complete any legal action. As of May 18th, 2010, senior police officers and 44 policemen have been given jail sentences for up to five years for what the prosecution called a terrible attack on the demonstrators and an attempted cover-up.   

The Reports of Torture and the Case More than 150 masked police officers wearing unnumbered uniforms attacked a school "Scoula Diaz" being used as a "safe house" and a place to sleep for the foreigners who came for the demonstration shortly before midnight. One commander said that the school was "left like a Mexican slaughterhouse". Ninety-three people were sleeping in the dormitory and after the slaughter 76 were taken to the hospital for multiple injuries and later taken to the Bolzaneto jail where a total of 252 demonstrators were tortured. This continued for three days and nights along with systematic denial of human rights and degrading treatment. Some women reported being raped. The Ligurian Appeal Judges chaired by Maria Rosaria D'Angelo did not mince words about what had happened at the Bolzaneto police barracks during the sentencing.

One of the victims said, "Many of the victims who were detained and beaten in the barracks of Bolzaneto reported phrases and hymns sung by the Nazis and Fascists during and after the police torture that the detainees were subjected." A turning point for the case was when two police officers confessed, “When we dragged them from the cells inside the Bolzaneto police barracks, we beat them”. Many of the victims reported that they were forced to stand for more than twenty hours in feet legs apart facing wall. Most were preventing from going to the toilet. A few however had their heads shoved down a toilet full of police shit in a crude form of 'waterboarding' for the pleasure of the accompanying police. One of the police who admitted the crime was Barbara Amadei who beat and forced the head of Ester Percivati down the infamous Bolzaneto toilet. Amadei received a sentence of only 10 months.

A welcome sign greeted the prisoners, and when they entered they were forced to walk in single file, suffering brutal kicks, beating from the batons, punches, while their injuries were left untreated. Some reported that the police urinated on them. Others reported being thrown into a room, then they closed the door after throwing tear gas into the small room and left there. One infamous case is that of Massimo Pigozzi who sprayed teargas into the face of Joseph Azzolina and then broke every finger on both of his hands. Pigozzi got three years 11 months for this crime and ordered to pay compensation.

Senior GOM mobile commander Antonell Gaetano, beat a French demonstrator fracturing two of his ribs forcing him to sign a document to waver rights to a lawyer. He forced another victim to get down on all fours and bark like a dog and say, ""long live Il Duce" he received one year and four months. Not only were the policemen involved in the torture, the medical staff at the Bolzaneto prison were also involved. James Toccafondi was convicted of breaking the EU convention on medical ethics. He took part in several beatings, denied medical treatment and cut off the hair of females to be used as "trophies". He received three years and six months. Two other doctors were involved but were not sentenced.
Photo by Massimo Sestini

The cover up was so criminal, that an officer stabbed himself with a knife to try to "validate" and justify the attack. The Italian courts ruled that none of the victims had been violent, and Molotov cocktails had been planted by the police in the school before the attack. Among those convicted was Francisco Gratteri, the head of criminal investigation, Giovanne Luperi who was promoted to a senior position in the Italian intelligence both men were given four years. The head of the squad unit who was commander of the riot unit in Rome ,Vincenzo Canterini, was given five years. The two policemen who planted the Molotov cocktails,Gilberto Caldarozzi and Spartico Mortola, were sentenced to three years and nine months.

The ruling overturned any of the previous conclusions in the 2008 trial. However, the policemen charged for their crimes did not go behind bars because the case took so long, that the sentencing was "timed out" according to the Italian statue of limitations. Despite most of the original charges being spent, two charges of false arrest and false statement have statute of limitations of 12 1/2 years so they still carry a prison sentence. Most of the 25 are convicted of these two offenses and have received sentences of three to four years.   

The Politicians The politicians involved were Ginfranco Fini and Castelli, while Berlusconi was only in office for one month as Prime Minister. There is little or no evidence that Berlusconi approved or authorized the events. There is evidence that links Fini and both Diaz and Bolzaneto. Fini was fortunate because he was saved from questioning because of the 9/11 raids on America. All eyes in the world were turned to the events in America. Fini has always had immunity from prosecution during the years of the investigation, indictments and trials in Genoa. Fini was involved in the day to day events of the protests, and the planning for the Diaz raid before G8.  At that time, Fini was the head of the Facist Party, "Alleanza Nazionale" (National Alliance) that later united with the Berlusconi called, "Popolo del Liberta" (People of Freedom)

Alleanza Nazionale started in 1994 as the successor of the "Movimento Sociale Italiano" (Italian Social Movement) begun by Benito Mussolini's supporters after he died in 1945 and his fascist movement was outlawed.  Fini once described Mussolini as the greatest statesman of the 20th century.   

Infiltrators 
There are many reports and video's that capture infiltrators that were dressed up in plain clothes who pretended to be part of the protest.  They were seen talking to the Italian police, and entering in and out of the "red zone"  (The boundary set by the city, the protesters were not allowed into the red zone, close to the G8 meeting)  They were also seen to intimidate the police by throwing stones, and thought to have possibly brought inside the "yellow zone" (the area where the protesters were supposed to be allowed to march) Molotov cocktails to throw at the police. There was also a group of people dressed in white clothes wearing blue helmets that would march among the protesters, grab and beat them before arrest. There is another group called the "Black Block" that is reported to be a group of protesters that destroyed many of the buildings, infrastructure and cars.   However, it is also reported that some of the Black Block people have been seen talking to the police, entering in and out of the red zone, and issuing instructions to their peers.  (more on the Black Block)

A Short Film - Italian and English
 

A good way to advertise

I had to include this post for all of those who are trying to think of "out of the box" ways to promote your business. This is great!

Friday, April 20, 2012

Queen of The Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us? - Official Trailer [HD]


This is a very important issue and we need the bees to survive.  Bayer produces a pesticide that is killing the American bees called neonicotinoid pesticide clothianidin.  This is a new film, available for public screening.  You can host a screening in your town to spread the word regarding this issue.
Please click on the link below to view where to sign up for screening and sign a petition with over 1 million signatures but we need more in order to fight the government and the corporations money. 
Organic Consumers 

Investigation: Two Years After the BP Spill, A Hidden Health Crisis Festers | The Nation

Research support for this article was provided by The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute and the Puffin Foundation. Additional research by Lindsey Ingraham and Amit Shrivastava.
On March 3 Nicole Maurer learned of the proposed settlement between BP and hundreds of thousands of Gulf Coast businesses and residents harmed by its 2010 oil spill, the largest in US history.

In her cramped but immaculate trailer on a muddy back road in the small town of Buras, Louisiana, Nicole tells me that the two years since the tragedy began on April 20, 2010, have been “a total nightmare” for her family. Not only has her husband William’s fishing income all but vanished along with the shrimp he used to catch but the entire family is plagued by persistent health problems.
For months following the onset of the disaster, she says, there was an oil smell outside their home and “a constant cloudiness, like a haze, but it wasn’t fog.” Her 6-year-old daughter Brooklyn’s asthma got worse, and she now has constant upper respiratory infections. “Once it goes away, it comes right back,” Nicole explains.
Before the spill, Elizabeth, 9, was her “well kid.” But now Elizabeth constantly suffers from rashes, allergies, inflamed sinuses, sore throat and an upset stomach.
Nicole stares at me and catches her breath; she apologizes for the tears that flow down her face. “It’s a touchy subject,” she says. “They are just tired. Tired of being sick.”
William worked from June to October 2010 as part of the Vessels of Opportunity program that paid the fishermen BP put out of business to use their boats to clean up its oil. William transported giant bags, called bladders, used to collect oil, to the shore. When he came home at night, says Nicole, his clothes “smelled oily.” Not only were his clothes blackened; so was William.
William’s symptoms began with coughing, then headaches and skin rashes, followed by vomiting and diarrhea. About three to six months later, he started bleeding from his ears and nose and suffering from a heavy cough.
“I ain’t got no money for a doctor,” William quietly tells me, staring down at his hands in his lap. Medicaid covers the kids, but Nicole and William do not have health insurance. “We didn’t know we were gonna get sick. Now I get sick, I stay sick. I don’t sleep. I stay stressed out more than anything. I got bags under my eyes I never had before. I just don’t know if I wanna show people who I am.”
Nicole is fairly confident that the settlement is not going to bring justice. So she wants just one thing: enough money to get her entire family out of the Gulf Coast for good.

For the complete article:
Investigation: Two Years After the BP Spill, A Hidden Health Crisis Festers | The Nation

Thursday, April 19, 2012

CISPA Supporters List


19 April 2012
I am scared and this is the moment of truth, the American future and the death of the Forth Amendment and here is why.

The political firepower that the proposed CISPA bill has in congress is strong and has a ton of money backing it up.  I have provided by courtesy of digital trends, http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/cispa-supporters-list-800-companies-that-could-help-uncle-sam-snag-your-data/ a list of CISPA supporters.  From this list, you will see the power that is behind the bill and how difficult it will be for the American people to help to stop it from passing.  These companies have voiced their direct support for CISPA or indirect support through the direct support of a trade group.

Those on the CISPA camp say, "Don't worry. Trust us."  But we don't and shouldn't.  Simple trust should not be a factor, while this is an example of the government and corporations abusing power to derail individuals.  How can we put our civil liberties in the hands of those who could justify anything that they please?

    * AT&T
    * Boeing
    * BSA
    * Business Roundtable
          o A.O. Smith
          o ABB Inc. USA
          o Abbott
          o Accenture pic
          o ACE Limited
          o AES
          o Aetena, Inc.
          o AGCO
          o AK Steel
          o Alcoa Inc.
          o Allstate
          o Altec, Inc.
          o American Electric Power Company, Inc.
          o American Express
          o Amerigroup
          o Ameriprise Financial
          o Amgen, Inc.
          o Anadarko Petroleum
          o Apache Corp.
          o Arch Coal, Inc.
          o AT&T
          o Automatic Data Processing
          o Avery Dennison
          o Avis Budget Group
          o Ball Corp.
          o Bank of America
          o Barclays PLC
          o Bausch + Lomb
          o Bayer AG
          o Bechtel Group, Inc.
          o BlackRock, Inc.
          o Blackstone Group
          o BNSF Railway
          o Boeing
          o BorgWarner, Inc.
          o C.V. Starr & Co., Inc.
          o CA Technologies
          o Caesars Entertainment
          o Campbell Soup Company
          o Cardinal Health, Inc.
          o Case New Holland Inc.
          o Caterpillar Inc.
          o CBRE Group, Inc.
          o CF Industries
          o CH2M HILL Companies, Ltd.
          o Charles Shwab
          o Chesapeake Energy
          o Chevron
          o Chrysler Group LLC
          o CIGNA
          o Cisco Systems, Inc.
          o Citigroup, Inc.
          o Coca-Cola
          o Cognizant Technology Solutions
          o Comcast
          o Computer Sciences Corporation
          o ConocoPhillips
          o Convergys Corporation
          o Cooper Industries PLC
          o Corning Inc.
          o Covidien pic
          o Crane Co.
          o CSX
          o Cummins Inc.
          o CVS Caremark
          o Danaher Corp.
          o Darden Restaruants, Inc.
          o DaVita Inc.
          o Deere & Company
          o Dell
          o Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited
          o DIRECTV
          o Dominion Resources
          o Dow Chemical
          o Duke Energy
          o DuPont
          o Eastman Chemical
          o Eaton Corp.
          o Edison International
          o Eli Lilly and Company
          o EMC Corp.
          o Ernst & Young
          o Exelis Inc.
          o Express Scripts
          o Exxon Mobil
          o FedEx
          o First Solar, Inc.
          o Fluor Corp.
          o FMC Corp.
          o Ford Motor Company
          o Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.
          o Frontier Communications
          o Gannet Co., Inc.
          o General Electric
          o General Mills
          o General Motors
          o Goldman Sachs Group
          o Goodrich
          o Grainger
          o Hanes Brands Inc.
          o Harman International Industries
          o Harris Corp.
          o Hartford Financial Services Group
          o Hasbro, Inc.
          o Hertz
          o Hess Corp.
          o Honeywell International, Inc.
          o HSBC – North America
          o Humana Inc.
          o INgersol-Rand PLC
          o Intel
          o IBM
          o International Paper Company
          o Interpublic Group
          o ITC Holdings
          o ITT Corp.
          o Johnson & Johnson
          o Johnson Controls, Inc.
          o JPMorgan Chase
          o Kelly Services, Inc.
          o Kindred Healthcare
          o KPMG LLP
          o Liberty Mutual
          o Liz Claiborne
          o Macy’s
          o Marathon Oil
          o MassMutual Financial
          o MasterCard
          o McDermott International
          o McGraw-Hill
          o McKesson Corp.
          o Medtronic, Inc.
          o Merck & Co., Inc.
          o Meredith Corp.
          o Meritor, Inc.
          o MetLife, Inc.
          o Microsoft
          o Motorola Mobility
          o Motorola Solutions
          o NASDAQ OMX
          o National Gypsum Company
          o Navistar
          o New York Life Insurance
          o NextEra Energy
          o Norfolk Southern Corp.
          o Northrop Grumman Corp.
          o Nucor Corp.
          o Ownes Corning
          o Peabody Energy Corp.
          o PepsiCo
          o Peter Kiewit Sons’, Inc.
          o Pfizer
          o Praxair, Inc.
          o PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
          o Principal Financial Group
          o Proctor & Gamble
          o Prudential Financial
          o Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.
          o Qualcomm
          o R.R. Donnelley & Sons
          o Realogy Corp.
          o Rockwell Automation, Inc
          o Rockwell Collins, Inc.
          o Ryder Systems, Inc.
          o Sanofi-Aventis
          o SAP
          o SAS Institute Inc.
          o Sealed Air Corp.
          o Shell Oil Company
          o Siemens
          o Simon Property Group, Inc.
          o Southern Company
          o Stanley Black & Decker
          o State Farm
          o Suffolk Construction Company, Inc.
          o SunGuard
          o Target
          o Telephone and Data Systems
          o Tenet Healthcare Corp.
          o Tenneco, Inc.
          o Texas Instruments
          o Textron Inc.
          o The Brink’s Company
          o Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
          o Time Warner Cable
          o Tishman Speyer Properties, L.P.
          o Travelers Companies
          o Tyco International
          o Union Pacific Corp.
          o UPS
          o United Technologies Corp.
          o UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
          o Universal Health Services, Inc.
          o Verizon
          o Viacom
          o Visa
          o Wal-Mart
          o WellCare Health Plans, Inc.
          o WellPoint, Inc.
          o WESCO International, Inc.
          o Western & Southern Financial Group
          o Weyerhaeuser Company
          o Whirlpool Corp.
          o Williams Companies
          o Windstream Corp.
          o WL Ross & Co. LLC
          o World Fuel Services Corp.
          o Wyndham Worldwide Corp.
          o Xerox
          o Yahoo!
    * CSC
    * COMPTEL
    * CTIA – The Wireless Association
          o Allied Wireless Communications Corporation
          o Aloha Partners II, L.P.
          o AT&T
          o Barat Wireless, L.P.
          o Bluegrass Cellular, Inc.
          o Carolina West Wireless
          o Cavalier Wireless, LLC
          o Cellcom
          o Cellular Properties Inc, dba Cellular One
          o Clearwire Corporation
          o Cox Communications, Inc
          o DoCoMo Pacific, Inc.
          o East Kentucky Network LLC dba Appalachian Wireless
          o GCI Communication Corp.
          o GreatCall, Inc.
          o Leap Wireless
          o LightSquared
          o Mohave Wireless
          o MTA Wireless
          o MTS Communications, Inc.
          o Nex-Tech Wireless
          o NTELOS, Inc.
          o Pioneer/Enid Cellular
          o Smith Bagley, Inc. DBA Cellular One of N.E. AZ
          o SouthernLINC Wireless
          o SpectrumCo, LLC
          o Sprint Nextel Corporation
          o Stelera Wireless, L.L.C.
          o TerreStar Network Services, Inc
          o T-Mobile USA
          o TracFone Wireless, Inc
          o U.S. Cellular
          o Union Telephone Company
          o Verizon Wireless
          o Vitelcom Cellular, Inc. d/b/a Innovative Wireless
          o Westlink Communications, Inc.
          o 3Cinteractive
          o Access Telecom, Inc.
          o AirCell, Inc.
          o Alcatel-Lucent
          o AMGOO
          o Anritsu Company
          o AnyDATA, Inc
          o Apple Inc
          o Assurant Solutions
          o Asurion
          o BilltoMobile
          o BlueAnt Wireless
          o Bluetest AB
          o Bravo Tech Inc.
          o Brightstar Corporation
          o Bytemobile, Inc.
          o CBS Interactive
          o Cequint, Inc.
          o Cibernet
          o Cisco, Inc.
          o ClearSky Technologies, Inc.
          o CNN Mobile
          o DBSD North America, Inc.
          o Disney Mobile
          o EMC Test Systems, L.P., (ETS-Lindgren)
          o Ericsson, Inc.
          o eSecuritel Holdings, LLC
          o FiberTower Corporation
          o Finsphere Corporation
          o Frontline Test Equipment
          o Garmin
          o GOGII, Inc.
          o Good Technology
          o Google Inc
          o GroupMe, Inc.
          o Harris Information Technology Services
          o HEAD acoustics GmbH
          o HTC America, Inc.
          o Huawei Technologies USA Inc
          o HyperCube LLC
          o IDI Billing Solutions
          o Inmar
          o Inteliquent
          o Interop Technologies
          o Intrado, Inc
          o Intuit
          o kgb
          o Kore Telematics Inc.
          o LG Electronics MobileComm USA, Inc.
          o LOC-AID Technologies, Inc
          o M Seven System
          o Major League Baseball, Advanced Media, L.P.
          o MapInfo Corporation
          o Medio Systems, Inc
          o MI Technologies
          o Microsemi Corporation
          o Microsoft Corporation
          o Mobile Messenger
          o Mobile Posse, Inc.
          o Motorola Mobility, Inc.
          o Motricity
          o Movius Interactive Corporation
          o National Analysis Center, Inc
          o NBCUniversal Digital Networks
          o NeuStar, Inc.
          o NextG Networks, Inc
          o Nokia, Inc.
          o Numerex Corp
          o OnStar
          o OpenMarket
          o Openwave Systems
          o Opticon, Inc.
          o Panasonic Solutions Company
          o Paratek Microwave, Inc.
          o PaymentOne Corporation
          o PCTest Engineering
          o Personal Communications Devices, LLC (PCD)
          o Petra Industries, Inc.
          o Plantronics Inc
          o Plum Mobile
          o PPC
          o Qualcomm, Inc.
          o Quality One Wireless, LLC
          o QuickPlay Media Inc.
          o RealNetworks
          o Recellular, Inc.
          o RemoteMDx Inc.
          o Research In Motion
          o Samsung Telecommunications America, L.P.
          o Sasken Communication Technologies Limited
          o SEQUANS Communication
          o SGS US Testing Company, Inc.
          o Single Touch Interactive, Inc.
          o Smartcomm LLC
          o SMC Networks Inc.
          o Smith Micro Software, Inc.
          o Snackable Media
          o Southwire Company
          o StreamWIDE, Inc.
          o Sybase, Inc
          o Syniverse Technologies
          o Taqua, LLC
          o TARGUSinfo
          o TeleCommunication Systems, Inc
          o Telefonica Internacional USA, Inc.
          o The Howland Company, Inc
          o The NPD Group
          o The Weather Channel
          o Transaction Network Services
          o Tri-L Solutions, Inc.
          o TSB PLUS DEAL, Corp d/b/a EYO AMERICA
          o Vibes Media
          o WMC Global
          o Zipwhip, Inc.
          o Zong, Inc
          o Zoove Corp.
          o 7 layers
          o AccuWeather, Inc.
          o Agilent Technologies
          o Alaska Communications Systems
          o American Roamer Company, Inc.
          o AT4 Wireless
          o ATC Logistics & Electronics
          o Audience, Inc.
          o Azimuth Systems, Inc
          o Bechtel Telecommunications
          o BeQuick Software
          o Bloomberg Government
          o Bluetooth SIG
          o Boingo Wireless, Inc.
          o Boku, Inc.
          o BOX
          o Bragg Communications DBA Eastlink Wireless
          o Brightpoint, Inc.
          o Broadcom Corporation
          o Bureau Veritas ADT
          o Capital Telecom, LLC
          o Caterpillar
          o CDMA Development Group
          o Cellairis.com
          o Cenoplex, Inc.
          o CETECOM
          o CExchange, LLC
          o China Telecommunication Technology Labs (CTTL)          
          o Ciena Corporation
          o Cloudmark, Inc.
          o Commscope
          o Compliance Certification Services
          o comScore
          o ComSource, Inc
          o Corning Cable Systems
          o CT Miami LLC
          o CWG LLC (Communications Wireless Group)
          o Dell Inc.
          o Deloitte & Touche, LLP.
          o Dolby
          o Elektrobit System Test Ltd.
          o ETAK Systems, Inc.
          o Fibrebond Corporation
          o Ford Motor Company
          o GENERAC Power Systems, Inc.
          o GetJar
          o Hyper Taiwan Technology, Inc.
          o Incipio
          o Ingram Micro
          o Intec Billing Inc.
          o Intel Corporation
          o Intertek
          o iQmetrix
          o Jumptap, Inc.
          o Juniper Networks
          o Kathrein Inc. Scala Division
          o KGP Logistics
          o Kyocera Communications, Inc.
          o Lenco Mobile Inc.
          o Lenovo Inc.
          o Malsha LLC
          o Marvell Semiconductor, Inc.
          o mBlox, Inc.
          o Metrico Wireless
          o Millennial Media
          o Mobileistic
          o MobiTV, Inc
          o Multi-Tech Systems, Inc.
          o National Electronics
          o NEC Corporation of America
          o New Retail Solutions
          o NEXPRO International, LLC
          o Novatel Wireless
          o NTT DoCoMo USA, Inc.
          o Offwire
          o Omnilert, LLC
          o Oracle Corporation
          o Palm, Inc
          o Plateau Telecommunications
          o Powermat
          o Protect Cell
          o Qmadix
          o Qualcomm Q-Lab
          o Radio Frequency Systems
          o RBC Capital Markets, LLC
          o Rohde & Schwarz
          o Sabre Industries, Inc.
          o SATIMO
          o SETAR-Servicio Di Telecomunicacion
          o Sierra Wireless
          o Simplexity LLC
          o Smart Synch
          o Sony Corporation of America
          o SPEAG (Schmid & Partner Eng. AG)
          o Spirent Communications
          o Sporton International Inc.
          o Stargreetz
          o Strategy Analytics, Inc.
          o Superior Communications
          o Symantec Corporation
          o Synchronoss Technologies
          o Talley, Inc
          o TCT Mobile Inc.
          o TECORE, Inc.
          o TEKELEC
          o Telecom Expert Group, LLC
          o Telecom. Metrology Center/Ministry of Information
          o Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA)
          o TELUS Communications Company
          o Texas Instruments, Inc.
          o The Management Network Group, Inc. (TMNG)
          o The Washington Post
          o TUV Rheinland Group
          o Twilio, Inc.
          o Unnecto/Parktel USA
          o Valor Communication Inc.
          o Ventus
          o VoltDelta/LSSi
          o W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
          o Wiley Rein LLP
          o Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP
          o Wireless One, Inc.
          o Xentris, LLC
          o ZAGG Inc.
          o ZTE Corporation
    * Cyber, Space & Intelligence Association – Ed. Note: There is no information about this organization, what it is, what it does, or who its members are. We are looking into the matter further.
    * Edison Electric
    * EMC
    * Exelon
    * Facebook
    * The Financial Services Roundtable
          o AEGON USA, Inc
          o Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.
          o Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America
          o Allstate
          o Ally Financial, Inc.
          o American Honda Finance Corp.
          o Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
          o Ares Capital Corp.
          o Associated Banc-Corp
          o Assurant, Inc.
          o Aviva USA
          o AXA Financial, Inc.
          o BankcorpSouth, Inc.
          o BancWest Corp.
          o Bank of America
          o Bank of Hawaii
          o The BNY Mellon Corp.
          o Barclays Capital, Inc.
          o BB&T Corp.
          o BBVA Compass
          o BlackRock, Inc.
          o BMO Financial Corp.
          o Brown & Brown Insurance
          o Capital One
          o Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.
          o Charles Schwab
          o The Chubb Corp.
          o CIT group, Inc.
          o Citigroup, Inc.
          o City National Corporation
          o Comerica Incorporated
          o Commerce Bancshares, Inc.
          o Discover Financial Services
          o Edward Jones
          o E*Trade
          o Fidelity Investments
          o Fifth Third Bankcorp
          o First Horizon National Corp.
          o First Niagara Financial Group, Inc.
          o Ford Motor Credit Company
          o Fulton Financial Corp.
          o General Electric
          o Genworth Financial
          o Hancock Holding Company
          o The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.
          o The Hartford
          o HSBC North America
          o Huntington Bancshares, Inc.
          o ING
          o John Deere Financial Serivces
          o Jon Hancock Financial Services
          o JPMorgan Chase & Co.
          o KeyCorp
          o Liberty Mutual
          o Lincoln National Corp.
          o LPL Financial
          o M&T Bank
          o MasterCard
          o Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co.
          o Nationwide
          o New York Life Insurance Co.
          o People’s United Bank
          o The PMI Group, Inc.
          o The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
          o Popular, Inc.
          o Principal Financial Group
          o The Private Bank
          o Protective Life Corp.
          o Prudential Financial Inc.
          o Putnam Investments
          o Raymond James Financial, Inc.
          o RBC Bank, USA
          o RBS Americas
          o Regions Financial Corporation
          o RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.
          o Sallie Mae, Inc
          o Sovereign
          o State Farm Insurance
          o State Street Corp.
          o SunTrust Banks, Inc.
          o Swiss Reinsurance America Corp.
          o Synovus
          o TD Bank
          o Toyota Motor Credit Corp.
          o Trustmark Corp.
          o TSYS
          o UnionBanCal Corp.
          o United Bankshares, Inc.
          o Unum
          o U.S. Bancorp
          o Visa
          o Webster Financial Corp.
          o Wells Fargo & Copmany
          o Western & Southern Financial Group
          o Zions Bancorporation
    * IBM
    * Independent Telephone & Telecommunications Alliance
          o CenturyLink
          o Cincinnati Bell
          o Comporium Communications
          o Consolidated Communications
          o FairPoint Communications
          o Hargray Communications
          o HickoryTech Communications
          o SureWest Communications
          o TDS Telecom
    * Information Technology Industry Council
          o Accenture
          o Adobe
          o Agilent Technologies
          o Alcatel Lucent
          o Altera
          o AMD
          o Aol
          o APC
          o Apple
          o Applied Materials
          o Autodesk
          o Broadcom
          o CA Technologies
          o Canon
          o Cisco
          o Cognizant
          o Corning
          o Dell
          o Kodak
          o eBay
          o EMC2
          o Ericsson
          o Fujitsu
          o Google
          o HP
          o IBM
          o Intel
          o Intuit
          o Lenovo
          o Lexmark
          o Micron
          o Microsoft
          o Monster.com
          o Motorola
          o NCR
          o Nokia
          o Oracle
          o Panasonic
          o Qualcomm
          o Ricoh
          o RIM
          o SAP
          o Sony
          o Symantec
          o Synopsys
          o Teradata
          o Texas Instruments
          o VeriSign
          o VMWare
    * Intel
    * Internet Security Alliance
          o AVG
          o BNY Mellon
          o Boeing
          o Carnegie Mellon University-CyLab
          o Dell
          o Direct Computer Resources
          o Lockheed Martin
          o National Association of Manufacturers
          o NJVC
          o Northrop Grumman
          o Raytheon
          o SAIC
          o Symantec
          o VeriSign
          o Verizon
          o USAA
          o Zurich North America
          o Computer Sciences Corps. (CSC)
          o GovDelivery
          o Infineon Technologies North America
          o Intuit
          o L-3 Communications
          o Qualcomm
          o Reed Elsevier
          o Phillips Nizer, LLP
          o Chartis Insurance
          o Mitsubishi
          o Palindrome Technologies
          o Power & Telephone Supply Co.
          o Salare Security, LLC
          o Sentar, Inc.
          o TASC
          o The Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT)
          o Wipro Technologies, Inc.
    * Lockheed Martin
    * Microsoft
    * National Cable & Telecommunications Association
          o A+E Networks
          o ActiveVideo Networks, Inc.
          o Acumen Solutions, Inc.
          o Advance/Newhouse Communications
          o Advanced Digital Broadcast, Inc. (ADB, Inc.)
          o Africa Channel
          o Alcatel-Lucent
          o Alticast, Inc.
          o AMC Networks Inc.
          o ARRIS
          o Aurora Networks, Inc.
          o Azar Computer Software Services, Inc.
          o BCM
          o Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
          o Beechwoods Software, Inc.
          o BelAir Networks
          o BendBroadband
          o BET Networks
          o BigBand Networks, Inc.
          o BlackArrow, Inc.
          o Blonder-Tongue Labs, Inc.
          o BlueHighways TV
          o Bond & Pecaro
          o Bonneville Distribution
          o Bortz Media & Sports Group, Inc.
          o Brigade Capital Management LLC
          o Broadlogic Network Technologies Inc.
          o Broken Bow TV
          o Cablevision Systems Corp.
          o Carlsen Resources, Inc.
          o Casa Systems
          o Castalia Communications Corp.
          o CatholicTV
          o CEA Associates, LLC
          o Charter Communications
          o CHR Solutions
          o Cim-Tel Cable, Inc.
          o Cisco Systems
          o Clear Creek Mutual Telephone
          o Clearleap, Inc.
          o CLIINTEL
          o Coaxial Cable TV Corp.
          o Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP
          o Colton Cable TV & Telephone Co
          o Comcast Corporation
          o Comcast Programming
          o Com-Link, Inc.
          o CommScope, Inc.
          o Conax As
          o Consolidated Cable Solutions
          o Convergys
          o Cox Communications, Inc.
          o C-SPAN
          o Current TV
          o Cycle30, Inc.
          o Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
          o Discovery Communications, Inc.
          o Disney Media Networks
          o Dow Lohnes, PLLC
          o Duff & Phelps, LLC
          o Eagle Cablevision, Inc.
          o Eagle Communications
          o EATEL Corp.
          o Ebru TV
          o EchoStar Technologies, L.L.C.
          o Edwards Wildman Palmer, LLP
          o Ensequence, Inc.
          o Entone, Inc.
          o Entropic Communications, Inc.
          o Ericsson
          o ESRI
          o Euronews
          o EWTN Global Catholic Network
          o FamilyNet, Inc.
          o Fox Networks Group
          o France 24
          o Front Porch Inc.
          o Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
          o Game Show Network (GSN)
          o GCI Cable Inc.
          o Goltv, Inc.
          o Gospel Music Channel
          o Great Lakes Data Systems, Inc.
          o Hallmark Channel (Crown Media Holdings)
          o Hamilton County Cable TV Inc.
          o HDNet, LLC
          o Hearst Corporation
          o Hogan Lovells US LLP
          o Home Box Office (HBO)
          o Home Shopping Network
          o Hood Canal Cablevision
          o Horror Entertainment, LLC dba FEARnet
          o Hostopia.com Inc.
          o HRTV: HorseRacing TV
          o Huawei Technologies USA
          o icueTv, Inc.
          o Imagine Communications
          o iN DEMAND
          o InfoSpace, Inc.
          o Infosys Technologies Limited
          o Insight Communications, Inc.
          o Inspiration Networks (INSP)
          o Integrated BroadBand Services, LLC
          o Intraway Corporation S.R.L.
          o ION Media Networks
          o itaas, Inc
          o Juniper Networks
          o Karmaloop TV
          o Keene Valley Video, Inc.
          o Kennedy Network Services, Inc.
          o KPMG
          o Lifetime Entertainment Services
          o Lode Data Corporation
          o Massillon Cable TV
          o Mav’rick Entertainment Network, Inc.
          o McGuire Wood LLP
          o Mediacom Communications Corporation
          o METASWITCH
          o MGM HD
          o Midcontinent Communications
          o Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C.
          o Mixed Signals, Inc.
          o Momentum Telecom Wholesale
          o Motorola, Inc.
          o Moultrie Telecomm. Inc.
          o Mountain Zone TV
          o MTV Networks
          o NagraVision S.A.
          o NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc.
          o National Geographic Channel (NGC)
          o NBC Universal
          o NDS Americas Inc.
          o Nelson County Cablevision Inc.
          o NEUSTAR, Inc.
          o NHK Cosmomedia America, Inc
          o New Visions Communications, Inc.
          o One World Sports
          o Outdoor Channel
          o Ovation TV
          o Pace Micro Technology PLC
          o QVC, Inc.
          o Qwest Communications
          o Rasenberger Media LLC
          o RBC Daniels
          o RCH Cable
          o Red Bull Media House North America
          o ReelzChannel
          o Rentrak Corporation
          o Retirement Living TV, LLC
          o RFD TV
          o Rovi Corporation
          o Scripps Networks Interactive
          o SeaChange International
          o Service Electric Cablevision
          o SES World Skies
          o Sherman & Howard L.L.C.
          o Si’ TV
          o Sigma Systems
          o Silver Star Communications
          o Sjoberg’s, Inc
          o Smithsonian Networks
          o SomosTV LLC
          o Sony Movie Channel
          o Starz Entertainment Group
          o Strategy & Technology Ltd.
          o Suddenlink Communications
          o Synacor, Inc.
          o Synchronoss Technologies, Inc.
          o TBN – Trinity Broadcasting Network
          o TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.
          o Television Cable Co. of Andalusia
          o Tellabs, Inc.
          o TelVue Corporation
          o The eScapes Network LLC
          o The Sportsman Channel, Inc.
          o This Technology, Inc
          o Time Warner Cable
          o Times Fiber Communications, Inc.
          o TiVo, Inc.
          o TMNG Global
          o Toner Cable Equipment, Inc.
          o Turner Cable Networks
          o TV Guide Network Group
          o TV One
          o Universal Electronics, Inc.
          o Universal Remote Control, Inc.
          o Univision Communications Inc.
          o US Cable Corporation
          o Veria TV
          o Veronis Suhler Stevenson
          o Viacom/CBS
          o Viamedia
          o Visual Advertising Sales Technology
          o Vivicast Media, LLC
          o Vozzcom, Inc.
          o Waitsfield Cable Company
          o Waller Capital Corporation
          o Wealth TV
          o Weather Central, LLC
          o Weather Channel, Inc., The
          o White & Case LLP
          o WideOrbit Inc.
          o Wilson West Communications Inc.
          o Womble Carlyle Sandbridge & Rice
          o Worldcast
          o Youtoo TV
          o Zodiac Interactive
    * NDIA
    * Oracle
    * Symantec
    * TechAmerica: Full list not readily available
    * US Chamber of Commerce: Includes more than 3 million businesses
    * US Telecom – The Broadband Association: Full list not available
    * Verizon
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Activists sue Obama, others over National Defense Authorization Act

Funny, the headline says "Activist" when in fact they are journalists.  I was called an activist when I was "doing" war journalism.  Funny thing is that when we report the "truth" as journalists should do and no one want to hear it, our government does not want us to print it, we become "activists".  The scary thing is that when we are called "activists"  I am concerned that later, we will be called "propaganda terrorists" that can lead to our arrests.  All for the sake of civil justice.
Activists sue Obama, others over National Defense Authorization Act

Josh Fox Arressted while filming 2/1/12

Fox is making a sequel to his acclaimed 2010 documentary film Gasland, in which he revealed the scale of the contamination of ground water resulting from the use of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” to extract natural gas from oil shale. At the hearing, where Fox was scheduled to film, the subcommittee was due to receive a December 2011 report from the Environmental Protection Agency that confirmed his findings.
“The right to inform and be informed, guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution, was violated twice in this case,” Reporters Without Borders said. “Firstly, Fox’s arrest and expulsion constituted a flagrant act of censorship that was all the more absurd as an official video recording of the hearing is available on the subcommittee’s website.