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July 21, 2008 at 09:22:47

When will you be able to get information ONLY from Fox News and CNN?

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When will you be able to get information ONLY from Fox News and CNN?

Ibrahim Turner

In answer to the question posed in the title, perhaps, if the Pentagon has its way, when the first bombs drop on the nuclear facilities in Iran.

Imagine, you log on to OPEDNews and within minutes your computer goes blank, and you cannot connect to the Internet. Where will you find out what is happening? Will you try to reload your operating system suspecting a virus attack from a hacker in a distant land? And during the time it takes to reload, several hundred bunker busting bombs and missiles have devastated large areas of Iran. Your computer still cannot connect to the Internet, so you turn on the TV and find that all over the news is stock footage of planes taking off from aircraft carriers and missile launches as in the ‘shock and awe’ of the Iraq invasion.

How could you find out what is really going on – like the inevitable retaliations of the Iran regime to strike back at Israel and US forces in the Gulf region?

Short answer – you can’t.

It would be a news black out, courtesy of the Pentagon, similar to the ‘embedded’ journalists of the Iraq invasion but with much more control of what you are allowed to know.

Extracts…

“According to Wired defense analyst Noah Shachtman,

The Air Force wants a suite of hacker tools, to give it "access" to -- and "full control" of -- any kind of computer there is. And once the info warriors are in, the Air Force wants them to keep tabs on their "adversaries' information infrastructure completely undetected.”...”

“Nearly a decade ago, NATO forces dropped what was described as a graphite "blackout bomb," the BLU-114/B "soft-bomb" on Belgrade and other cities during its aggressive war against the remnants of the former Yugoslavia--with devastating effects. Marty Mclaughlin wrote:

A particularly dangerous consequence of the long-term power blackout is the damage to the water systems in many Yugoslav cities, which are dependent on pumping stations run by electrical power. Novi Sad, a city of 300,000 which is the capital of the Vojvodina province of Serbia, has been without running water for eight days, according to residents. Families have been compelled to get water from the Danube River to wash and operate the toilet, and a handful of wells to provide drinking water.

Sewage treatment plants have also been shut down, with the result that raw, untreated sewage has begun to flow into the network of rivers that feed into the Danube, central Europe's most important waterway. ("Wall Street celebrates stepped-up bombing of Serbia," World Socialist Web Site, May 5, 1999)”

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=9619

Air Force Cyber Command: Building the Infrastructure for High-Tech War Crimes

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Munich'The people are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.' Thomas Jefferson 1787

Shortwave & multiband radios

I suggest everyone go out and puchase one. I bought this one and it works preety good and you'll have a chance at knowing what is happening if there is an attack and they shut down the Net. Then again they could jam radio signals too. Let's hope not to all.

Grundig Mini 300 AM/FM/SW Pocket Radio
 
 
  

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http://www.radioshack.com/family/index.jsp?categoryId=2032073&cp=2032052

by Munich (0 articles, 52 quicklinks, 12 diaries, 726 comments) on Monday, July 21, 2008 at 5:36:58 PM
 


A well traveled and slightly worse for wear 72 year old Englishman; widower, several children and grandchildren and a penchant for wondering 'what is the hidden agenda' in almost everything I read. A keen interest in American culture (an oxymoron?) (JOKE!) and politics and an international world view, except where I haven't got first hand experience of the parts of the world I have not visited. Editor of some books about the Qur'an and Islam. Teacher of English in little known countries like Mau...

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ibrahim turnerA well traveled and slightly worse for wear 72 year old Englishman; widower, several children and grandchildren and a penchant for wondering 'what is the hidden agenda' in almost everything I read. A keen interest in American culture (an oxymoron?) (JOKE!) and politics and an international world view, except where I haven't got first hand experience of the parts of the world I have not visited. Editor of some books about the Qur'an and Islam. Teacher of English in little known countries like Mau...

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good one

As a Royal Navy radio operator and also dabbled in CB radio and amatuer radio I know what it can do, and I read morse code.

But that is not available to most people, and anyway it would depend on what languages you speak, if using voice transmission, whether you could get any real information from inside Iran, for example, or anywhere in the Gulf region, especially if they are under attack. Communicating with others in the states or the west might be easier, but what would they know? 

by ibrahim turner (25 articles, 24 quicklinks, 5 diaries, 168 comments) on Monday, July 21, 2008 at 7:57:01 PM
 


I am a college graduate, a loyal patriot of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, a person whose convictions and pessimism drive my thought invoking others to think, and enjoy some politcal debate. I like truth even if it doesn't set you "free" in this US of A any longer. I am a liberal.
I do a bit of painting mostly in Acrylic. I do a bit of poetry writng mostly inspired by tragic thought. I do a ton of reading, mostly online. I speak straightforwardly and don't plan on changing. It's wor...

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shirley reeseI am a college graduate, a loyal patriot of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, a person whose convictions and pessimism drive my thought invoking others to think, and enjoy some politcal debate. I like truth even if it doesn't set you "free" in this US of A any longer. I am a liberal.
I do a bit of painting mostly in Acrylic. I do a bit of poetry writng mostly inspired by tragic thought. I do a ton of reading, mostly online. I speak straightforwardly and don't plan on changing. It's wor...

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when that occurs...

I will unfortunately give up. If I have to depend on CNN or FauxNews for info, then that is my cue, to exit, stage right.

Nice suggestion for those that can afford all these tools and devices. For those of us that cannot, then we are SOL, "Off to see the Wizard", embedded with the worms, or watching another station that DOES inform w/o corporate interests(e.g., DemocracyNow, PBS, C-Span).

by shirley reese (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 257 comments) on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at 12:46:38 PM
 


I was born in 1951. I had the benefit of experiencing the naïveté of the 50', The Ozzie and Harriet years, when Dad went to work in a suit and tie and Mom stayed home in
high heals and an apron. Yea, that was life for me. I lived in a predominantly Irish neighborhood in South Boston. My Grandmother and Grandfather came to America from Sicily in the early 1900's and finally settled in "Southie", opening one of the many corner markets, a grocery and butcher shop. They learned English and ma...

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PeterJI was born in 1951. I had the benefit of experiencing the naïveté of the 50', The Ozzie and Harriet years, when Dad went to work in a suit and tie and Mom stayed home in
high heals and an apron. Yea, that was life for me. I lived in a predominantly Irish neighborhood in South Boston. My Grandmother and Grandfather came to America from Sicily in the early 1900's and finally settled in "Southie", opening one of the many corner markets, a grocery and butcher shop. They learned English and ma...

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This is the fact!

The fact that now, in this country, a matter such as this has even to be considered is more proof that we are in dire straights. Action needs to be taken before we have to find alternative forms of communication.
You see what I see, and I hope at least 40% of the people in this country see by now. I'm afraid that my hope runs high. What I don't see is how everyone can be so distracted by such mindless blather about problems which would be solved by exposing the Establishment for who they are and their true agenda and then wiping them off the face of the earth, or at the very least, solitary confinement in prison,, in Iraq.

Sounds harsh? They're killing us, plus thousands of innocents around the world not to mmentin the "wounded". They're destroying our way of life, taking away our freedoms, our chances for prosperity. They are unconscienable, narcissistic, greedy, murderers with suits and families. Bush is one, did you see our president "drunk" on the news last night? The man with his finger on the button gets DRUNK! Cheney is one, look in their eyes.Condoliza Rice is the most proficient liar I've ever witnessed. I grew up on city streets, I recognize "bad" when I see it. 

One of the comments mentioned "life imitating art". It's actually the other way around. These "types" have been around for as long as there was society. There is always a faction of that society who are so greedy and ruthless that they'll stop at nothing to achieve their agenda. Most of us don't want to rule the world. Most of us would be satisfied with enough income to raise our families in good, decent conditions and live out our remaining days in comfort. People like us usually can't identify with the evil or the wants of these maniacs, and maniacs they are. No better and no different than the likes of a Ted Bundy. They present themselves as people just like you and me but when the lights go down and they're all alone they're monsters.

Try, just make an effort to envision that what all of these people who you've considered "conspiracy nuts" all of these years are right. I didn't say to believe, I said envision, like it's a movie. Now consider that the plot makes sense. I know it's really scary, we don't want to believe in demons who can take over our bodies like in the movies but when have you ever really seen that happen? Now realize all of the politicians and mobsters who have proven ties throughout the years, how many crooked politicians have been outed. Now, think of all of the really slick men and women, just like them or worse, who have slipped through the cracks because their reputations were impunable or had so many good  friends. "Who can know what evil lurks in the mind of man?" Try to be realistic. Is it better to be scared,, or destitute, or dead? Believe it. Look at how many do. They can't all be wrong.

We don't have much time. They've made great strides with the Bush administration and they're still very much in control of everything, right down to this election and the chosen candidates. This should infuriate you. What these bastards are trying to do to you, to your children, your grandchildren. What would you do to someone who tried to take your childs life? That is what they are doing. Be infuriated, fight back!

by PeterJ (7 articles, 2 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 117 comments) on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at 5:32:55 PM
 

 

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