Sunday, February 10, 2013

Manhunt for ex-LAPD officer Christopher Dorner drags on in the California mountains

Hero to Outlaw?
Charles Manson blamed his killing spree -- Helter Skelter -- on tensions caused by race relations.

Timothy McVeigh cited USA government policy as what incited him to bomb and kill 168 innocent people in Oklahoma City.

Ted Kaczynski, aka Unabomber, blamed technological modernity for his homicidal crimes.

And now, Christopher Dorner, former LAPD cop, blames his alleged killing spree and threat to kill even more on the racism and police abuse of the LAPD.

Christopher Dorner, the shooting suspect who allegedly went on a rampage and killed an officer on Thursday, wrote an online manifesto on his Facebook page detailing his violent plan.

The long and disturbing writings threaten harm to police officials and their families. It also makes references to Dorner's former position as an LAPD officer, before he was fired in 2008.

"The Violence of action will be HIGH," Dorner wrote. "I will bring unconventional and asymmetrical warfare to those in LAPD uniform whether on or off duty ... You will now live the life of the prey ... I have the strength and benefits of being unpredictable, unconventional, and unforgiving." source

And why?

I know most of you who personally know me are in disbelief to hear from media reports that I am suspected of committing such horrendous murders and have taken drastic and shocking actions in the last couple of days. You aresaying to yourself that this is completely out of character of the man you knew who always wore a smile wherever hewas seen. I know I will be vilified by the LAPD and the media. Unfortunately, this is a necessary evil that I do not enjoybut must partake and complete for substantial change to occur within the LAPD and reclaim my name. The department has not changed since the Rampart and Rodney King days. It has gotten worse. The consent decrees hould never have been lifted. The only thing that has evolved from the consent decree is those officers involved in the Rampart scandal and Rodney King incidents have since promoted to supervisor, commanders, and command staff,and executive positions. source

The LAPD is probably guilty as charged. The legendary corruption and scandalous culture of LAPD has been well documented since the 1940's: Police units acting outside of the law, police brutality, police/street gang ties, extortion, shake-downs, evidence tampering etc, are all examples LAPD malfeasance.

But in the case of Christopher Dorner -- like Tim McVeigh, Charles Manson -- it is more a psychotic break than fighting injustices. Simply put, he is using past perceived or real injustices to justify his murderous rage and acts of terrorism.

Mr. Dorner is simply just another madman with WMD (weapons of mass destruction).

The Dorner rampage comes only a week after the killing of Navy SEAL sniper (America's top sniper 160 confirmed kills) by a former Marine suffering from PSTD.

Eddie Ray Routh, the former Marine corporal accused of killing Chris Kyle, an author and retired Navy SEAL sniper, had been released from a veterans hospital here four days before the shootings over the objections of his parents, Mr. Routh’s court-appointed lawyers said.

Mr. Routh, 25, and his relatives told the police in recent weeks and months that he had been deeply troubled and was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, according to court documents. He had a series of run-ins with the authorities in parts of North Texas, and had threatened to kill himself at least once, police records show.
 
Mr. Routh had been undergoing treatment at the Dallas V.A. Medical Center and Green Oaks Hospital, a psychiatric center in Dallas. On Jan. 24, Mr. Routh was released from the Dallas V.A. center but soon returned, and he was again released on Jan. 29, said his lawyers, R. Shay Isham and J. Warren St. John. On both occasions, Mr. Routh’s father and mother, Raymond and Jodi Routh, had protested his release, the lawyers said.
 
“She was begging them not to let him loose,” Mr. Isham said.  source
 
How sad, our citizens in need of mental health treatment instead receive WMD... Brings me to a famous Ghandi quote -- when asked what did he think about Western Civilization, Ghandi remarked:
 
"I think it could be a good idea"
 
 

 





 









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Friday, February 1, 2013

Ethiopian women sterilized in Israel

No country should be held to a double standard regarding human rights abuses. No country should be singled out for blame while we remain mute about another country's abuses.

The American media can be very aggressive in bringing to light human right abuses (and they should be) in Russian, Arab, African, Asian and South American countries.

In our 24/7 news culture, rarely does a State sponsored and administered human right violation occur without a severe rebuke and in-depth commentary. This is why I am absolutely appalled -- but not surprised -- by the American press not going 5 alarm on the immoral and heinous treatment of Ethiopian Jews in Israel.

Read on:

 It isn’t an apology or an acceptance of responsibility. But for the first time, an Israeli government official has admitted what thousands of Ethiopian Jewish women have allegedly known for years – doctors in Israel have been injecting Ethiopian women with long-acting birth control medication known as Depo-Provera without the informed consent of the women. The effect of the shots lasts for months and the practice effectively sterilizes women for that period of time. Many Ethiopian women have reportedly received these shots for years with little or no say in the decision to receive them.

The Director General of Israel’s Ministry of Health Professor Ron Gamzu issued an order to Israel’s four health maintenance organizations to stop routinely administering Depo-Provera to Ethiopian Jews, Ha’aretz reportedyesterday, instructing all HMO gynecologists "not to renew prescriptions for Depo-Provera for women of Ethiopian origin if for any reason there is concern that they might not understand the ramifications of the treatment.” He also ordered the gynecologists and other physicians to use Amharic translators when necessary to make sure the Ethiopian women understood their various treatment options and their side effects.

The Ministry of Health and other government ministries and agencies had until now denied knowledge or responsibility for the practice, which made international headlines when it was exposed by investigative journalist Gal Gabbay on the Israel Educational Television’s Vacuum news magazine in early December but which was first reported in a small Israeli print news publication five years ago.

“They told us people who frequently give birth suffer. We took it every three months. We said we didn’t want to,” one of the Ethiopian women interviewed by Gabbay on Vacuum said. 

Gamzu’s letter to the HMOs was issued in response to a letter from the Association of Civil Rights in Israel. The Association, which is representing several women’s rights and Ethiopian immigrants’ groups, demanded the injections cease immediately. It also insisted that an investigation be launched to determine how and why the near-blanket administration of Depo-Provera shots to Ethiopian women became the standard practice.

There has been an almost 50% decline over the past 10 years in the birth rate of Israel’s Ethiopian community. It is feared that a significant part of this drop has come from coercive administration of Depo-Provera. source

The only thing more shocking and disturbing than this story is the fact I have heard nothing about it in the American press. CNN, MSNBC, FOX, Washington Post, NY Times, Newsweek, Time, TMZ, Huffington Post have all decided to dedicate little or no coverage. 

A black-out?

Ironically, I have found more coverage in the Israeli press than in the American press. Go figure?!
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Friday, January 25, 2013

Super Bowl 47: The HarBowl

Next Sunday's Super Bowl has already generated the expected excitement and then some. With all the SB narratives, plots and subplots to fill an encyclopedia -- hopefully it will completely knock Manti Te'o and his hoax girlfriend out of the news.

Wishing for a tie?

First, the dueling Harbaughs: this game matches Jim Harbaugh against his brother John; and as one sports writer  called it, it is The HarBowl. My question: who do the parents root for? One son's biggest victory will accompany the other son's worst defeat. What's a mom and dad to do?

 Well if the past is prologue...here's how the parents handled the first Harbaugh Vs Harbaugh contest.

 After the Ravens defeated the 49ers 16-6, Jack Harbaugh said the parental instincts kicked in. He peeked into the Ravens locker room and the guys were jumping up and down. A smile was glued to John Harbaugh’s face.

“I thought to myself, we’re really not needed here,” he said.
Then, he went into the 49ers locker room. It was quiet and somber and Jim was alone in his office.
“That’s where we were needed,” Jack Harbaugh said. “The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat and we know we’re going to experience that next week.”
But when Jackie Harbaugh sits down to watch the game next week, she’ll be pulling for the biggest underdog in Super Bowl history.
“I know one is going to win and one is going to lose,” she said. “But I would really like it to end in a tie. Can the NFL do that?”  source

Ray-Ray's swan song
Future Hall of Famer, Ray Lewis is hanging up the cleats win or lose. Going out in a blaze of victory would put an exclamation point on the legendary career of Lewis. Lewis was a boy-man that had it all and seemed to lose it all in that infamous post-SB party of 2000 that left two men dead. 

 The fact that Mr. Lewis has redeemed and transformed himself into a solid man, father, team leader, league ambassador and mentor is a remarkable feat. His tale needs to be told to all aspiring young athletes with big money, lot's of time and a menacing entourage of boys from the hood.

 Rising stars: The New QB's on the block

 In next week's SB we are sans a Brady, Manning, lil Manning, Rogers, Brees or Big Ben. We have fresh, upcoming QB's leading their respective team: The Ravens have the strong arm of Joe Flacco and 49ers have the exciting double threat (running and passing) of Colin Kaepernick. A new star will be born!

 I will be tuned in.

 Side-Bar: Is it me or does Tom Brady seem very average if you can put consistent pressure on him? He appears to tap, tap, tap like Mr. Bojangles when faced with a raging defensive rush. One other note, ever since spygate  the Pats have not hoisted the SB Vince Lombardi trophy in the air. Take nothing away from coach Belichick, Brady and team but, I am just saying...




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