Kim Dotcom wants charges dropped in what is a "flawed" case...

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Dotcom lawyer requests 'flawed' case to be dismissed

A lawyer for Kim Dotcom has filed papers with a United States court to dismiss what he calls the "flawed" case against his client.
The German co-founder of the file-sharing site Megaupload is living in New Zealand where he has residency.
He and three other men are facing extradition to the US on charges of internet piracy and money laundering in what is described as the largest criminal copyright case in the world.
Mr Dotcom's American-based lawyer Ira Rothken says US authorities can't legally charge Megaupload, as it is a Hong Kong corporation and does not have a presence in America.
Mr Rothken says he is confident that the charges will be dropped.
However, if the court does not accept the argument, Mr Rothken says he has filed papers to request that Mr Dotcom and his co-accused get access to their frozen funds so they can pay for their legal defence.



Megaupload was indicted in a federal court in Virginia on 19 January this year and the site was shut down. Mr Dotcom and his co-accused were arrested in Auckland the following day.
Formal papers requesting their extradition were lodged in early March.

Acknowledgements:  © 2012, Radio New Zealand

What is the Illuminati? Are they real, do they control the world and what is their history?

What is the Illuminati? Are they real, do they control the world and what is their history?

http://www.terrorism-illuminati.com/

http://reality-bytes.hubpages.com/hub/What-Is-The-ILLUMINATI-Are-They-Real

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A gay Canadian Muslim launches a new book on liberal Islam in Malaysia...

Gay Canadian Muslim launches new book on Liberal Islam in Malaysia

• Irshad Manji, a Canadian Muslim …

A Canadian Muslim gay activist launched her controversial new book on liberal Islam in Muslim-majority Malaysia Saturday despite a government minister's attempts to shut down the event.

Irshad Manji launched "Allah, Liberty and Love" at a hastily arranged event in the capital Kuala Lumpur after two other venues pulled out of hosting her, according to local publisher ZI Publications.

"Fantastic event in KL! Great energy -- except 4 cops who told latecomers that event is banned. Didn't stop us. Congrats 2 all," Manji wrote on Twitter.

Jamil Khir Baharom, minister in charge of Islamic affairs, had said Islamic officials and the Home Ministry would not allow the author's roadshow in the country following complaints.

He was quoted by national news agency Bernama as saying earlier on Saturday that the book was offensive to Muslims as was Manji's ideology and openly gay lifestyle, which was deemed to be against Islam.

According to her website, the book, now available in the local Malay language, "shows all of us how to reconcile faith and freedom in a world seething with repressive dogmas... This book is the ultimate guide to becoming a gutsy global citizen".

The book has not been officially banned. Manji was due to fly to New York City late Saturday.

Her previous internationally acclaimed book, "The Trouble with Islam Today", is already banned in Malaysia, ZI Publications said.

Manji also faced problems while touring Indonesia before coming to Malaysia. Police shut down several events after the Islamic Defenders Front group held violent protests condemning her liberal views on Islam and her homosexuality.

It is also not the first time a foreign act has run into trouble in Malaysia.

In February, Malaysia banned a show by American singer Erykah Badu after a photo of her with body art including the Arabic word for "Allah" was published in a daily newspaper.

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Christchurch trams should be back on track by Christmas...

Christchurch trams should be back on track by Christmas.Things are beginning to move a little in the earthquake devastated southern New Zealand city.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/6876795/Trams-back-on-track-by-Christmas Video of how things were!
http://communitybloggersevolve.blog.co.uk
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Marriage: One on one or five...

US Republican candidate, Mitt Romney is against gay marriage. He's says marriage should be between one man and one woman. Mr Romney's grandfather, also a Mormon like his grandson, believed marriage was between one man and five women .
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Chen exposes the fragile control of the Chinese Communist Party...

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When we grow - full doco on cannabis...

"When we grow" A full length documentary about cannabis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSKJrgGqx_E&feature=related

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Cannabis resin makes brain tumours shrink and halts the growth of blood vessels...

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Research claims gay men have their hetero cousins outmeasured by a head...

Uncovered Kinsey report shows homosexual members have heteros by a head in the measurement stakes. I wonder? It makes for a good story though.


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Anzac Day April 25 tomorrow in New Zealand and Australia is the day we remember...

Tomorrow we remember and commemorate those who made the ultimate sacrifice in all wars during the last one hundred years, and those servicemen and women who served their country proudly and returned home to their families and friends. Lest we forget!

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Kiwis part of international force that marched into Madrid during Spanish Civil War...

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The President's Book of Secrets - does it exist or is it a myth?

Seal of the President of the United States Español: Escudo del Presidente de los Estados Unidos Македонски: Печат на Претседателот на Соединетите Американски Држави. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 24: President of the United States, Barack Obama, and his wife Michelle are greeted by British Prime Minister David Cameron outside number 10 Downing Street on May 24, 2011 in London, England. The 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, and his wife Michelle are in the UK for a two day State Visit at the invitation of HM Queen Elizabeth II. During the trip they will attend a state banquet at Buckingham Palace and the President will address both houses of parliament at Westminster Hall. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)

Cover of Book of Secrets

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  THE PRESIDENTS BOOK OF SECRETS - Does it exist or is it a myth?
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  This post discusses this claim. By the time we finish reading all the relevant comments we may really know or at least be better educated:
  It has been reported that moments after being sworn in, all new American presidents gain access to the Nuclear Football" - a briefcase containing the most volatile top-secret information in the world - America's nuclear launch codes.
  The "Football " is a high profile national secret - but it is only one of a great many pieces in the classified arsenal at the President's disposal once he assumes the ultimate role of Commander-in- Chief - THE PRESIDENTS BOOK OF SECRETS (video) takes viewers on a journey inside White House history to unveil some staggering information about secrets known only to the President from top-secret intelligence and classified codes and future technologies.
  Just what secrecy does an out-going President share with the incoming President-elect during that first private meeting? When does he actually gain access to the vital national secrets and receive the access codes to the nuclear arsenal?
  Is there a 'Keeper' who informs the new President-elect about everything? What is so classified that even a presidential clearance is not even enough to gain access? How could a woman ever be elevated to the supreme position in the United States of America? I really don't think it is at all possible, but that is an entirely different subject for another time and place.
  Is there really a Book of Secrets - You can answer that after viewing the video.
  www.ultra-vid.com/watch-the-presidents-book-of-secrets-2010-dvd
  www..en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Treasure_book-of_secrets The movie.
  Use URL if your link does not work.
  http://kiwiriverman.blogspot.com

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The Case of the Missing Terrorists

Paul Craig Roberts
Prisonplanet.com

If there were any real terrorists, Jose Rodriguez would be dead.
Who is Jose Rodriguez? He is the criminal who ran the CIA torture program. Most of his victims were not terrorists or even insurgents. Most were hapless individuals kidnapped by warlords and sold to the Americans as “terrorists” for the bounty paid.
If Rodriguez’s identity was previously a secret, it is no more. He has been on CBS “60 Minutes” taking credit for torturing Muslims and using the information allegedly gained to kill leaders of al Qaeda. If terrorists were really the problem that Homeland Security, the FBI and CIA claim, Rodriguez’s name would be a struck through item on the terrorists’ hit list. He would be in his grave.
So, also, would be John Yoo, who wrote the Justice (sic) Department memos giving the green light to torture, despite US and International laws prohibiting torture. Apparently, Yoo, a professor at the Boalt School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, was ignorant of US and international law. And so was the US Department of Justice (sic).
Notice that Rodriguez, “The Torturer of the Muslims,” does’t have to hide. He can go on national television, reveal his identity, and revel in his success in torturing and murdering Muslims. Rodriguez has no Secret Service protection and would be an easy mark for assassination by terrorists so capable as to have, allegedly, pulled off 9/11.
Another easy mark for assassination would be former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, who staffed up the Pentagon with neoconservative warmongers such as Paul Wolfowitz and Douglas Feith, who in turn concocted the false information used to justify the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. Rumsfeld himself declared members of al Qaeda to be the most vicious and dangerous killers on earth. Yet Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Feith, Richard Perle, together with neoconservative media propagandists, such as William Kristol and Max Boot, have been walking around safe for years unmolested by terrorists seeking revenge or bringing retribution to those responsible for as many as 1,000,000 Muslim deaths.

Condi Rice, Colin Powell, who delivered the Speech of Lies to the UN inaugurating the invasion of Iraq, and Dick Cheney, whose minimal Secret Service protection could not withstand a determined assassination attempt, also enjoy lives unmolested by terrorists.

http://www.prisonplanet.com/the-case-of-the-missing-terrorists.html

The oldest version of ancient Mayan calender found...

Maya calendar (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

A modern pictogram of the Mayan god Ahau, after which the 20th day of the tzolkin cycle was named (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

 

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  The oldest-known version of the ancient Maya calendar has been discovered adorning a lavishly painted wall in the ruins of a city deep in the Guatemalan rainforest.
  The hieroglyphs, painted in black and red, along with a colorful mural of a king and his mysterious attendants, seem to have been a sort of handy reference chart for court scribes in A.D. 800 — the astronomers and mathematicians of their day. Contrary to popular myth, this calendar isn't a countdown to the end of the world in December 2012, the study researchers said.
  "The Mayan calendar is going to keep going for billions, trillions, octillions of years into the future," said archaeologist David Stuart of the University of Texas, who worked to decipher the glyphs. "Numbers we can't even wrap our heads around." [End of the World? Top Doomsday Fears]
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  http://news.yahoo.com/nevermind-apocalypse-earliest-mayan-calendar-found-180438279.html

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Make Iran part of the discussion on Middle East matters...

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The world would be a worse place if Iran constructs a nuclear weapon. But engaging it on broader Middle East issues might make it rethink.

Western diplomats described last month’s talks between the P5+1 and Iran in Istanbul as “constructive” and “useful.” But the adjectives, although only guardedly positive, are certainly an improvement on the terms officials have used to describe previous Iranian diplomacy.
Since May 2010, when the P5+1 rightly rejected a proposed fuel swap deal agreed between Turkey, Brazil and Iran (also in Istanbul), diplomacy has stalled. Throughout the latter part of 2010 and into 2011, Iran continued to enrich and stockpile uranium, and the only real developments in the nuclear standoff seemed to be a heightening of rhetoric – and violence. Assassinations of Iranian scientists (many claim by Israel’s security service Mossad) were met with attacks on Israeli targets in India, while EU moves to sanction Iran’s oil brought corresponding Iranian threats to close the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20 percent of the world’s oil passes.

Read some more: http://the-diplomat.com/2012/05/11/to-stop-iran-nukes-give-it-a-stake/?utm_source=The+Diplomat+List&utm_campaign=3f17d1b18c-Diplomat_Brief_2011_vol43&utm_medium=email

Corrupt Romney supporter hands out fake ballots in Nevada...

Romney (Photo credit: Talk Radio News Service)

LAS VEGAS, NV - FEBRUARY 03: Michael McDonald of Nevada holds a sign as he waits for Republican presidential candidate, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) to arrive at a campaign event at American Shooters indoor shooting range and firearms store February 3, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Paul is hoping to pick up delegates in the Nevada GOP caucus on February 4. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)

Romney Supporter Caught Handing Out Fake Ballots in Nevada Wearing a Ron Paul Shirt

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As Ron Paul continues to rack up delegates leading up to the national convention in Tampa, several mainstream media outlets have finally begun to pay attention, but most articles and news casts stress that Congressman Paul still has no chance at winning the nomination.

If Ron Paul doesn't have a shot, then why is the Romney campaign and the establishment GOP freaking out?

Last week, GOP Chairman Michael McDonald threatened Nevada that if Ron Paul delegates take over national convention slots, they won't be invited to Tampa. If these mafia tactics weren't enough, the Romney campaign resorted to the lowest form of dirty tricks at the Nevada convention.

The video below shows a provocateur, presumably working for the Romney campaign but wearing a Ron Paul shirt, being caught red handed distributing fake ballots to Ron Paul supporters.

Read more:   http://www.activistpost.com/2012/05/romney-supporter-caught-handing-out.html

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Are the UN and other governances preparing for an alien invasion...

Emblem of the United Nations. Color is #d69d36 from the image at http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/maplib/flag.htm (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

Are The UN and Other Governances Preparing for an Alien Invasion?

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Could disclosure be imminent?
Within the United Nations is a governing body that has been preparing for possible contact with an extra-terrestrial race.
The UN’s Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (CPUOS) was created in 1959. Their purpose is to facilitate matters of international concern within outer space, as well as deal with any legal issues that may arise from space exploration.
Read this story and find out what is proposed:
http://www.activistpost.com/2012/05/un-and-other-governances-are-preparing.html

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