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originally
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events
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and
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more
complete
picture
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our
past,
present,
and
likely,
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is
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for
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label
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not
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major
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credible.
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healthy
to
be
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and
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should
be.
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that
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other
sources
have
useful
or
reliable
information
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fallacy.
The
same
logic
in
applying
skepticism
to
independent
sources
must
also
be
applied
to
mass
media
outlets.
If
you
are
employed
by
a
media
company,
you
are
much
more
likely
to
already
know
this.
News
is
shaped.
It
is
manipulated.
It
is
magnified
and
minimized.
It
is
censored.
It
is
propagandized.
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it
happens
more
often
than
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think.
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fully
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be
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is
the
principle
shaper
of
reality
outside
our
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local
spheres
of
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and
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classifying
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channel
a
topic
belongs
in
is
sometimes
difficult.
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example,
the
topic
of
weather
modification
used
as
a
military
weapon
could
appear
in
either
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end,
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take
away
and
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or
own
truths.
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how
media
interacts
with
your
own
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a
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first
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Iraq Study Group Report (PDF) - released in Dec. 2006 by co-chairs James Baker and Lee Hamilton. This congress mandated report includes the then-current state of affairs of the Iraq war and recommendations for the future. (518KB)
2004 Report to Congress (PDF) - Criminal Division of the Public Integrity Section shows details about corruption of local, state and federal officials. For example in 2004, 1,213 were charged, 1,020 convicted, with 419 still awaiting trials. (340KB)
Rebuilding America’s Defenses (PDF) - published by The Project for a New American Century (PNAC), a neo-conservative think-tank. Published in 2000, many believe this document solidified the blueprint for today’s American foreign policy. (852KB)
Building a North American Community - a task force document sponsored and published by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Published in 2005, it makes references to the World Trade Organization (WTO), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP). Is this one of the roadmaps for the North American Union (NAU)? (294KB)
Hasbara Handbook - Promoting Israel on Campus - a document published by the World Union of Jewish Students, this is a document designed for Israel public relations. It includes the use of propaganda.
9/11 Related Documents
Mysteries of the Twin Towers - excellent analysis of collapse and other factors by looking at the available published evidence and reports, by Rodger Herbst, BAAE, ME, Nov 2007 (28MB)
9/11 Commission Report (PDF) - convening 441 days after the 9/11/2001 with a final budget of $15M, this controversial report was released on July 22, 2004. For comparison purposes, the Office of Independent Council (primarily Kenneth Starr) spent $4.4M alone investigating the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal in 1998. (7.2MB)
Journal of 9/11 Studies - a summary consolidation of the oral testimonies of 118 FDNY members as to whether their documentation could support either the non-explosive hypothesis (NEH) or the explosive hypothesis (EH) for the destruction of the the twin towers on 9/11. Graeme MacQueen, PhD (132KB)
Of Reality and Fantasy - a personal perspective
the reality...
is
that
at
it’s
roots,
controversies
develop
as
basic
disputes
over
the
facts,
or
the
relevancy
of
them
-
which
in
turn
spawns
the
differing
beliefs
and
opinions
we
see
in
society.
Further,
once
these
opinions
are
set
into
motion
they
tend
to
become
foundational.
They
are
fostered
and
built
upon,
eventually
becoming
a
belief
system
viewed
through
the
owner’s
personal
prism
and
paradigms.
At
it’s
core,
our
own
reality
presumably
is
derived
from
a
personal
set
of
working
“facts”
obtained
over
time.the fantasy.Facts?
What
facts?
My
dictionary
says
“Something
known
with
certainty
-
something
that
has
been
objectively
verified”.
If
what
we
hear
uttered
by
our
friends,
parents,
leaders,
officials
and
other
groups
in
positions
of
power
and
knowledge
are
actually
facts,
why
such
uncertainty
and
controversy?
Could
there
be
any
reasons
for
those
in
roles
of
public
trust
to
inject
fiction
into
fact?
The
undeniable
and
historical
answer
is
yes
.Sorting
truth
from
lies
and
fact
from
fiction
is
an
immense
problem,
but
the
bottom
line
is:
there’s
way
too
much
fantasy
in
what
is
officially
presented
as
reality.
Conventional
wisdom
beware.
Conspiracy
theorists
beware.
Buyers
beware.in general...people
in
modern
societies
seem
dismissive,
often
too
tied
up
in
their
busy
lives
to
barely
notice
the
disturbing
blips
on
their
radar
screens.
Even
when
confronted
with
reasonable
facts
too
many
people
are
willing
to
reject
them
due
to
conflict
with
their
well
established
paradigms.
Further
still,
some
bury
their
heads
in
the
sand.
It
is
possible
the
truth
can
be
too
damn
uncomfortable
to
really
believe. But
a
significant
factor
in
the
apparent
dismissing
of
certain
events
or
policies
is
public
ignorance.
People
are
ignorant
in
large
measure
because
the
media
system
and
‘official
sources’
they
rely
on
carry
out
part
of
their
policies
and
agendas
(and
perhaps
simply
misguided
attitudes)
in
ways
that
pointedly
fosters
public
ignorance.
It
is,
therefore,
no
surprise
to
learn
that
we
don’t
know
what
we
haven’t
been
told. Covering
up
mistakes
is
only
natural,
as
is
hiding
crimes,
mass
manipulation,
and
other
manifestations
of
control
or
corrupt
power.
Information
can
be
a
powerful
thing;
yet
in
spite
of
the
fact
we
live
in
an information age,
so
much
of
it
is
hidden
from
public
knowledge. Uncovering
what
has
been
hidden
is
the
impetus
for
the
creation
of
the
research
section
of
this
web
site.
At
some
point,
it
is
important
for
researchers
to
move
beyond
the
simple
question,
“What
lies
hidden
from
public
view?”
to
”why?”.
More
details
below
on
this
point.conspiracy...and
especially
the
term
‘conspiracy
theorist’
has
been
given
a
bad
connotation.
Almost
a
Pavlovian
response,
the
slang
word wacko (irrational, extremist) comes to mind for many when they hear the term conspiracy theorist.
This
association
is
routinely
reinforced
by
the
condescending
approach
politicians
and
the
press
take
on
the
rare
occasions
they
actually
do
talk
about
conspiracy.As
an
example,
similar
but
modified
tactics
are
used
when
discussing
the
UFO
topic,
where
jokes
and
cartoon
graphics
of
little
green
men
are
often
used
to
denote
a
less
serious,
or
even
comical
tone
to
the
discussions
taking
place.
Of
course,
should
mass
media
wish
to
further
demote
the
topic,
a
common
practice
is
to
invite
in
a
less
experienced
sacrificial
‘expert’
likely
to
stumble
on
their
own
words
and
ideas,
instead
of
a
recognized
topic
expert.And of course, there are wackos out there; conspiracy nuts who go too far, who lose objectivity by looking only in ways that feed their predisposed views of rampant corruption everywhere. Conversely, this irrational mentality would be exactly the opposite of the other extreme: those people who simply cannot fathom that conspiracies actually do exist - that they are a fact of life. Of
course,
there
are
these
people
too;
nuts
that
close
their
minds,
who
lose
objectivity
by
looking
only
in
ways
that
feed
their
predisposed
views
of
a
sanitary
world
where
conspiracies
just
don’t
or
can’t
happen.
Politicians
and
press
have
yet
to
invent
derogatory
associations
for
these
people.
They
present
no
threat
to
the
status
quo,
therefore
they
are not wackos and should be commended for such patriotic compliance.Although
the
research
area
does
have
it’s
share
of
conspiracy
related
topics,
it
also
concentrates
on
large
organizations,
including
governments,
who
have
done,
or
are
doing
things
now
that
have
quite
significant
impacts
on
you,
yet
have
somehow
escaped
the
normal
route
by
which
you
would
get
this
information
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