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Samson, a Nazarite of the tribe of Dan, judged Israel during the period of Philistine domination. At the feast celebrating his marriage to a Philistine woman, Samson proposed a riddle to the Philistines: "Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness." Judges 14:14 On the seventh day of the feast, the importunate bride extracted from Samson the interpretation of the riddle and related its meaning to her people, viz., that the carcass of a young lion which Samson had killed with his bare hands had attracted a swarm of bees who produced honey therein. Samson paid the wager by slaying thirty Philistines. after which his wife was taken from him. Angered by their treachery, Samson avenged himself by slaughtering many more Philistines and eventually the Philistine lords.
Several obscure prophecies in the Bible point to the fact that the tribe of Dan will produce the Antichrist. In the context of these prophecies, Samson's riddle may be a prophecy that the descendants of the tribe of Dan will one day try to destroy the tribe of Judah in jealous revenge for God's judgment on their idolatry. From the carcass of the young lion [Judaism] the tribe of Dan [typified by the bees] will attempt to produce a golden age [symbolized by honey]. The conspiracy of the tribe of Dan, aka the Synagogue of Satan, to steal the messianic birthright from the tribe of Judah and establish a false messianic kingdom in Israel is given more detailed treatment in our report, Mystery Babylon: Catholic or Jewish?
To suggest that the Antichrist will be from one of the tribes of Israel is likely to incur accusations of "anti-Semitism" from those who would like to conceal this fact. However, we believe that the Biblical admonition to bless the descendants of Abraham [Gen. 12:3] includes exposing the identity of the man of sin who will lead many Jews to their destruction.
The Merovingians, who plan to rule the world from their future throne at Jerusalem, claim to come from the tribe of Judah through Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene. However, the weight of evidence indicates that they descended from the tribe of Dan. Although Scripture states that Samson was “of the family of the Danites” [Judges 13:2], Yair Davidy of Brit-Am Israel claims that his lineage includes the Messianic tribe of Judah: “Samson the superman hero came from the Tribe of Dan but his mother was from Judah. Samson, in some respects, was considered a forerunner of the Messiah who will come from Judah but his mother, according to the Midrash will be of the Tribe of Dan.” It is through the agency of the ultra-Orthodox Lubavitch Movement that the Gentiles are being prepared to submit to the Noahide Laws under a restored Sanhedrin. Yair Davidy posits, “The name DAN means “judge” in Hebrew. Many lawyers and judges in the USA are of Irish descent of a particular type as is much of the police force ... Descendants of Dan today appear to be concentrated in Ireland, Britain, the USA, and especially Denmark.” Merovingians are also found leading pseudo-Christian organizations as many profiles in the Council for National Policy and Discernment Ministries reveal. These Merovingian agents actively promote the Hebrew Roots / Messianic Movement as the catalyst for Judaizing Christians.
A loophole in Space Law allows individuals and companies to hold Mineral Rights on the Moon, Mars and other celestial bodies. Growing concern from Scientists that these rights may be held hostage have been alleviated by a three man North American team; Dr. Joseph Resnick, Dr. Timothy R. O'Neill and Guy Cramer (ROC-Resnick/O'Neill/Cramer team) who have acquired the mineral rights for 95% of the side of the moon that faces Earth, the polar regions and 50% of the far side of the moon, the Chinese and Russians under Jesuit control own the other 50%, Roc also own 10% of Mars and also they are rumored to own around 60% of our known Galaxy mineral rights, which they sell off to people in pieces, supprizingly for not that much, but there is a lot of it. After setting aside 8.9 million acres around Apollo 11 Lunar landing site and designated as a "World Heritage Site". The ROC team announced that it was holding more than 75% of the Lunar Mineral rights to allow for the extraction of Helium-3 and other minerals for the advancement of Space Exploration, Earth and Space Sciences and safer more efficient energy production. With the mineral rights secured, the ROC team wants to oversee the extraction process for He3 and other minerals for any robotic or human ventures to obtain these materials to ensure the Moon doesn’t become a series of scared surface mines visible from Earth or future lunar orbiting space stations. Visual Mitigation will be a priority so that the expected large scale strip mining doesn’t turn the moon into an eyesore for the rest of us.
Map of the Moon
Map of Mars
A few people have pointed out to me that mineral ownership can only happen if a human has claimed it for themselves - CASE 018 - Moon mining
ROC has secured the mineral rights to the following sites on the Moon; the first region is designated as a preserve.
On January 14, 2004 U.S. President Bush announced a new vision for NASA that incorporated a human return to the Moon by 2020, follow-on exploration of Mars and other destinations. A recent meeting of some 200 scientists from 17 countries expects "lunar landers cooperating into an international lunar robotic village before 2014", evolving technologies for human-tended missions that prepare the ground for an "effective, affordable human lunar exploration and permanent presence by 2024." The ROC team is expected to work with NASA's Moon-Mars and Beyond Initiative and International Space Agencies to set aside specific regions of interest for potential; landing, launch, habitat, exploration, environmental, communication, experimentation, industrialization and commercialization sites. With key areas now obtained and protected by the ROC team, the public now has access of the Universal Mineral Leases Registry for acquisition of mineral rights to other areas on the Moon, Mars and Beyond.
Universal Mineral Leases Registry - check out the title at the top, why is a Soveriegn military order of Malta Cross flying across the galaxy to land on the moon http://www.umlr.us/
Top secret files on Dr Resnick http://www.thelivingmoon.com/41pegasus/12insiders/Joe_Resnick_01.html
Dr. Joseph Resnick
Dr. Resnick is a graduate of Westinghouse Electric Corporation's Electro- Mechanical Engineering School Apprentice Program and the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Resnick holds a Master's Degree in Earth and Space Health Systems Management and was a NASA Scholar-in-Residence at the Military College of Vermont at Vermont College and holds the Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Environmental Studies with concentration in Bioremdiation and Biodefense from The Union Institute and University at Cincinnati. Dr. Resnick is the Chief Scientist for NxGenUSA Corporation of Pittsburgh, and has oversight of the Future Soldier Systems Division, the Vehicle Up-Armor and Visual Mitigation Division and the Earth&Space Biodefense Divisions. Dr.Resnick is an applied scientist and inventor holding numerous US and Foreign Patents concerning various technologies, e.g., low observables, speech restoration, environmental and biodefense technologies. He has authored and co-authored numerous White Papers and collaborates as part of the ROC-team commissioned to develop next- generation camouflage systems for the Kingdom of Jordan and to develop visual mitigation technologies for DOE/DOI/BLM. Dr. Resnick possesses extensive lateral skill sets in biology, anatomy and physiology, medicine, electrical and mechanical engineering, robotics, earth and space systems architecture - component design, defense security programs, low observable technologies, global and space communication systems architectures engineering and Military/Homeland strategic defense.
Seven of Dr. Resnick's discoveries were showcased by NASA in a display at the Galaxy Arcade at KSC from April 1985 through August 1995. Included were components Dr. Resnick designed for use in the fueling systems for the SST Orbiter fleet as well as pollution control systems and components used in space suits as well as the ECADD, a medical device designed for use in microgravity conditions. In September, 1994, Dr. Resnick was featured on the cover of NASA's Techbriefs Magazine in a story entitled 'Mission Accomplished' which described successful commercialization of a NASA spinoff-technology he utilized to develop an arsenal of new bioremediation products to clean up oil spills, worldwide. That technology had its foundations on experiments aboard STS 43. Dr. Resnick is a recognized expert in strategic defense program design of low observable visual mitigation technologies for protection of critical infrastructure and functions in various governmental and industrial consultancies. Dr. Resnick has directed strategic national and international intelligence, counter-intelligence defense initiatives for next-generation ECM, ECCM and future Space and Soldier Systems R&D programs. Other areas of proficiency include secure theater-wide communications operations, clandestine communication procedures, encryption methodologies and the design of secure communications networks within defense and public environments. Dr. Resnick is a noted authority in the areas of COMSEC, INFOSEC, HAARP and SIGSEC and is the Founding Director of the National Anti-Terrorism Technology Development and Training Center and Founder of VansForVets.Org.
Dr. Resnick holds five degrees of eduction in various scientific disciplines and has worked with NASA and various other agencies in multiple capacaties and in private industry for the past thirty years. Joe is the Chief Scientist for NxGenUSA Corporation of Pittsburgh, PA and holds numerous worldwide patents. Joe is affiliated with the National Defense Industrial Organization, Arlington, VA, as a Life Member; the Aerospace Medical Association, Human-Factors Engineering Branch, Founding Member; the Western Pennsylvania High Technology Council, Founding Member; Founding Director of the National Anti-Terrorism Technology Development and Training Center; Founder of the National Eco-Counter Terrorism Institute; Founder of VansForVets.Org and the creator-orgnizer of the Universal Mineral Leases Registry (UMLR.us). Joe has been married for thirty years, has two daughters and enjoys family life. He is an avid environmentalist and has various other interests.
Post after post, link after link, like after like, while time is ticking away fast, the sun is shining, nature is growing, the world is going by and alot of people who claim they are trying or fighting against the NWO are sat at home, posting links of horror, shame and stories, wether true or not of the eventualities of "what might happen" in the NWO, ive done it, when the majority of the stories out there are either propaganda stories invented by the elite or people working for the elite, or its a game of chinese wispers or they are stories that give no hope to the people and makes them feel like crap and not want to do anything, but a small part of them are true stories, leaving people thinking, "well what should/could I do with this information". Also another thing is when certain days of events are meant to be predicted to happen, like in November 6th 2010, I watched the web go crazy about a certain nuclear attack was going to happen on this day, i have watched this many times, in fact I learnt about it around 1999, when everyone was going mad about the "millenium bug" but like most these days come and pass and people dont mention it and its all forgotten. Now getting to the whole point of the post, its not a stab at the truthers, free persons, its a request to all those to either step up their game or try a new way of trying to take down the elite coz posting all day doesn't get us anywhere but with a long line of links for the truthers to read, knowing full well the non awake people will not spend 5 seconds of their time reading it.
"You're tenacity in opposing the NWO is inspiring, you should be proud, but where do we go from here"
So are we the truthers:
1) subliminally promoting the NWO to the non awake people...?, who's brains can't tell the difference between their arse and their elbow but can pay a bill on time and vote, and its all in ways of default by design, meaning we can't help it or unknowingly do it coz society and the way most people react is in disgust and hate
or
2)is it really working what we are doing and slowly getting through to the majority of the people
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3) are we just allowing people like Alex jones and other alternative media gatekeepers at the top of the so called truth movement to subliminary promote the NWO for the majority of the people.
I believe a global non-compliance which is a long shot is 1 way or self sustainability is another and we the truthers have to build and invite the non awake people into our free communities, I am a big believer that people follow by actions, so if we go off and "JUST LIVE" how we want the world to live and be, people eventually will follow us and the whole corrupted system will fail.
"There has to be a trusted secret order in order to bring down the deceitful protected order", is what my Uncle told me and its so true.
But then after we defeat or something naturally, like nature defeats the elite who are setting up the NWO, THEN WHAT....?
"Is all of this just part of a plan to submit all of the worlds countries into local continental regions, to then purposely make the continental regions financially fail, so then the whole world has to submit to a 1 world government"
Britain, The US, Europe, Austral-Asia and many 3rd world countries have had their deepest cuts in public expenditures since World War II, but political and military spending has almost doubled in the last 5 years and will continue to grow, They are literally and violently pulling the financial rug they created from under us. They were unveiled Oct 20th 2010 in a five-year plan to clear its deficit and lay the foundation for a radical transformation of the world stage. The banks are stealing the peoples money whilst we stand and watch and moan and fall for tricks they did in the 1930's. After months of preparing citizens for the worst, the UK and Austrailian coalition governments unveiled the same cuts of 19 percent on average across most of their departments. The tax will fall particularly hard on welfare benefits, and the UKs government plans to raise the retirement age from 65 to 66. Only a few priority areas are being shielded, such as the iconic National Health Service (NHS). The actions – designed to allow the government to start paying back debts that are expected to reach $1.4 trillion (70 percent of GDP) in the next few years – split economists. Some laud them as boldly instructive for debt-stricken nations elsewhere, while others warn that the cuts could tip the UK’s fragile economy back into recession. The VAT rate in Great Britain will go from 17% to 20% in January 2011, youth clubs, government funded community projects, new and well needed hospitals, schools, the tripling of student fees and public services will all be hit, but MP's, major shareholders, board members, bank managers and other aspects of the industry will all get bonuses and possibly increased saleries at the same time. The price of everything will sky rocket, food almost tripling, oil, living expenses.
“Today is the day when Britain steps back from the brink, when we confront the bills from a decade of debt,” said Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, who has consistently used Greece’s debt crisis as an example of what awaits if the UK’s deficit is not urgently tackled. “It is a hard road, but it leads to a better future.”
Alongside $45 billion in tax hikes over the next five years, Mr. Osborne expects that $125 billion in cuts over the same period will eliminate Britain's $245 billion deficit.
UK reveals 'tough but fair' budget - What a bullshit statement if any - this speech was probably written by the rothschilds themselves
Social welfare hit hard
The four-month-old coalition government of the Conservative Party and Liberal Democrats is staking its future on hopes that the private sector will pick up the slack from the cuts – and give jobs to thousands of out-of-work state employees. But Kitty Ussher, a former minister in the previous Labour government who now directs the left-of-center think tank Demos, says that the depth of the cuts heralded grave dangers at a time when many fear Britain could be at risk of another recession.
“I think the risk of that happening has increased in the last month,” she says. “It looked for example like consumer confidence was feeling quite buoyant in early summer, but the most recent indicators are that that has dropped off substantially.”
“House prices are looking a bit wobbly and crucial economic indicators from forecasting companies have nosedived recently,” says Ms. Ussher.
While social welfare took the brunt of the cuts, few areas of life in the UK will remain untouched by today’s announcement, including institutions such as the BBC. The queen will reduce spending by 14 percent in 2012/13, a $7.8 million drop. The Home Office and Ministry for Justice – departments that oversee policing and prisons – were among the biggest losers, confronting cuts of as much as 23 percent over four years. The budget of the Home Office for counterterrorism policing will fall by 10 percent over the next few years.
A lesson for other troubled economies?
While echoing the draconian austerity of neighboring Ireland, Britain’s approach sets it apart from other major economies like France and Germany, who have public debt similar in size to the UK's but are pursuing very different policies. Britain’s retreat from Keynesian policies now forms the battleground between economic theorists at large. In the pages of the Financial Times, Martin Wolf noted the absence of any similar reining in of government spending in the US, saying that the British policymaking elite had been “shocked into sobriety” by crisis that still threatens on the Continent to rip apart the divergent economies in Europe’s common currency "eurozone."
“What we do know is that the UK has launched a remarkable policy experiment,” he added. “The contrast with the US should at least be instructive.”
From the other side, US economist Joseph Stiglitz used an article in The Guardian to warn Britain – and the world – against retreating from the policies that were deployed at the peak of the 2008 financial crisis following the collapse of Lehman Brothers, arguing that what was needed now was more stimulus, not less.
“Britain is embarking on a highly risky experiment. More likely than not, it will add one more data point to the well- established result that austerity in the midst of a downturn lowers GDP and increases unemployment, and excessive austerity can have long-lasting effects,” he wrote. “Austerity is a gamble which Britain can ill afford.”
The Zeitgeist Movement (TZM) is a worldwide grassroots organization that serves as the communication and activist arm of The Venus Project, founded by industrial designer and social engineer Jacque Fresco. It describes itself as a "sustainability advocacy organization" and is focused on raising awareness for a global social change, by transitioning society from a Monetary-Based Economy to a new, sustainable social design called a "Resource-Based Economy".The Zeitgeist Movement was inspired by the social response to Peter Joseph's films Zeitgeist: The Movie and Zeitgeist: Addendum. However, it was Zeitgeist Addendum which first introduced The Venus Project. The Zeitgeist Movement's website states that a distinction is to be made between the work of The Movement and the issues raised in Peter Joseph's films in that The Movement is not necessarily in advocacy of any views demonstrated in the films and exists on its own.
Zeitgeist Movement advocated Concepts
The main concept advocated by the Zeitgeist Movement is that all the World's resources should be the common heritage of all the World's people.
Resource based economy: The Zeitgeist Movement recognizes that money creates established institutions that are forced to protect themselves, which inhibits progress. Therefore, they contend, the fractional reserve system, usury/interest, and credit are all functions of a flawed system that creates debt -- leading to the need for employment for the purpose of paying off debts. A process known as 'cyclical consumption'.
Automation: The Zeitgeist Movement propose that automation is more productive than human labor and frees mankind from repetitive and tedious tasks. Artificial intelligence: The Zeitgeist Movement proposes a concept known as 'Social Cybernation' which involves the allocation of decision-making to machines. Modern societies are highly complex and are currently managed by the bureaucracy, which suffer all kinds of limitations owing to lack of co-ordination, human inefficiency, etc. This form of management and decision-making can be done far more efficiently using cybernetic technology and already many industries manage their resources using cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence.[citation needed] Machines also do not suffer biases and are much better placed to take objective decisions than human beings.[citation needed] Machines would also be needed to store and retrieve information because humans have a limited capacity for memory.
Technological unification of the globe: The Zeitgeist Movement believes that globally shared technology is required to monitor planetary resources in real time, and theoretically make the most efficient use of them in solving planetary problems.
Scientific methodology: The Zeitgeist Movement claim that planetary government should be obligated to methodology, rather than being based on opinions. This could possibly cause governing decisions that are arrived at through scientific method, not belief.
No private property: One of the major stances of the Zeitgeist Movement is their perspective on property. They posit that property is wasteful and unsustainable, and that it should be done away with in favor of a system of universal access. This would be made possible through an abundance of goods and services (with the help of automation/cybernation), leading to an elimination of the need for ownership.
Sustainable City Systems: The Zeitgeist Movement supports systems theory and a systemic approach for a self-sustaining globe and culture which could be modeled on a smaller scale with a city-size system
But could the TZM all just be high end elitist propaganda
The Zeitgeist Movement is New World Order. This is simply not true. In fact in many ways the Zeitgeist Movement is the opposite of the New World Order conspiracy. The NWO wants a one world currency. The Zeitgeist movement seeks to eliminate the need for all currency. The NWO wants a one world government. The Zeitgeist movement wants to use the scientific method and technology to eliminate the need for all governments. The NWO uses debt and money to advance its agenda. The Zeitgeist’s main goal is to declare the earth’s resources the common heritage of humanity so that all goods and services can be provided without payment, debt or servitude.
The Zeitgiest Movement is communism or “neo-Marxism” This is another weak ad hominem attack. The most important difference between communism and the Zeitgeist Movement is its relationship to the working class. Communism/Socialist philosophies are largely concerned with the welfare and status of the working class while the Zeitgeist Movement wants to eliminate the working class altogether through technological automation. But more importantly communism and socialism does not take into account our relationship with the planet and its resources while in the Zeitgeist Movement this is the central focus. but Communism is a "resource based economicy" and just because you use a computer as an aid doesn't mean it will be any less dictatorial.
The Zeitgeist Movement is a Utopia This is a loaded term and an ad hominem attack. No one in the Zeitgeist movement, at least that I know of, has ever made this claim. There is no such thing as a utopia. Life will always present us with problems. In the words of Jacque Fresco, “There are no ‘Utopias.’ The very notion of ‘Utopia’ is static. However, the survival of any social system ultimately depends upon its ability to allow for appropriate change to improve society as a whole.”
High end elitist con trick The Zeitgeist movement seeks to eliminate the need for all currency, making computers take over, this is in a way a stage leading up to total NWO control, which is why it could miss lead people, some of the people involved with TZM have been exposed as zionistic, jesuit and elitist propaganda gatekeepers, but TZM denies any involvement with them, nor the UN, but they have made many speeches down there
The Venus Project
The Venus Project, Inc is an organization that promotes Jacque Fresco's visions of the future with the goal to improve society by moving towards what they call resource-based economy and the design of sustainable cities, energy efficiency, natural resource management and advanced automation, focusing on the benefits they claim it will bring to society. non-primary [[unreliable source?] The organization was started by Jacque Fresco, Roxanne Meadows and Sam Laurie in 1995. It currently works alongside The Zeitgeist Movement, which functions as an activist network, allowing members to communicate and work on projects within the movement. Future by Design, a film about the life and work of Jacque Fresco, was produced in 2006. The name of the organization originates from Venus, Florida, where its 21-acre (8.5-hectare) research center is located, near Lake Okeechobee, but to be honest, there isnt actually much there to go wow. Within the center are ten buildings, designed by Fresco, which showcase the architecture of the project.
Le Cercle is a secret transnational intelligence and direct action group, that, according to all accounts, is funded by the CIA and is very close linked to the bilderberg group and under strict guidance from the Knights of Malta. We only know the dates and places of a handful of Circle meetings, which were attended by about a hundred persons at a time. Before the 1990’s, it was called Cercle Violet, or initially, Cercle Pinay, in both cases after its (French) chairman. In later times, chairmanship of Le Cercle went on to the British. The Pinay Circle used to fight the spread of communism worldwide, at all costs, even in our own backyard. This threat largely ceased to exist when the USSR collapsed and the role of the Circle had to change. We first heard about the Pinay Circle in 1975, when about 1500 internal pages from the British Institute for the Study of Conflict (ISC) were leaked to Time Out Magazine.
Later, in 1980 and 1982, Der Spiegel made references to this group and the involvement of Frans Joseph Strauss with it (Der Spiegel and Strauss were sworn enemies ever since the 1962 ’Spiegel Affair’). The articles of Der Spiegel were based on internal memos from Hans Langemann, who was chief of security of the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior and Director of Security during the 1972 Olympics. Looking at the few papers that have been published, it appears that Langemann was informing persons within the German government about the clandestine efforts of the Circle to get Franz Joseph Strauss elected. How they ended up on the desk of Der Spiegel seems to be unknown. After Der Spiegel published this information, a few intelligence magazines and newsletters like Lobster and ’Intelligence’ became interested in this group. Lobster Magazine wrote its first article about this group in 1985, followed by a couple of other articles in the years following. After that, Lobster would sometimes find tidbits of new information they shared with their readers. Since the late 1990’s, information about this group has become more accessible due to the introduction of the internet and scandals surrounding Jonathan Aitken and Nadhmi Auchi.
In turn, the CIA funded the covert anti-communist war in Europe, including:
Radio Free Europe the Economist the European Council of Princes the Gehlen Organization the Stay-Behind networks the Pinay Circle the overall European movement
A lot of this money was funneled through American Committee on United Europe (ACUE), which was established at the direction of:
Duncan Sandys Joseph Retinger Allen Dulles William Donovan
Dulles and Donovan were top CIA chiefs and Knights of Malta, Retinger a Vatican agent, inventor of the Bilderberg group, and Duncan Sandys a son-in-law of Churchill. Besides the CIA’s clandestine efforts, the Ford Foundation and the Rockefeller Institute were the prime sponsors of the ACUE. Undoubtedly, a case can be made that the communist empire was ’evil’. One only has to read books like Rummel’s ’Death by Government’ or Solzhenitsyn’s ’The Gulag Archipelago’. On the other hand, another case can be made that the recruitment of nazi spy chief Reinhard Gehlen hasn’t done the East-West relations any good. These days it is quite clear that this Circle member has been exaggerating the communist threat to justify his own existence. Then there is another unanswered question about the role of western companies and individuals who have been selling the USSR all the technology it needed to become a super power. Why was this allowed to happen? Why hasn’t this been recorded in the history books? And how many members of the Pinay Circle were involved or aware of these dealings?
Undoubtedly, many politicians have been targets of the Pinay Circle, but in the few documents we have, no specific names have been given. It is also unknown to what extent the Pinay Circle has been involved in discrediting political figures.
Also, the role of the Circle in:
assassinations arms trafficking drug trade Theft of Gold, diamonds and other resources possibly even conducting terrorism at home or abroad is unknown
LOTS OF INFO and an INCOMPLETE LIST OF MEMBERS http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/sociopol_lecercle02.htm
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security responsible for security in all modes of transportation in the U.S.The TSA was created as part of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act, sponsored by Donald Young in the house and Ernest Hollings in the senate, passed by the 107th U.S. Congress, and signed into law by President George W. Bush on November 19, 2001. Originally part of the U.S. Department of Transportation, the TSA was moved to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on March 25, 2003. John S. Pistole is the fifth TSA Administrator, having replaced former head Kip Hawley.
Funding
For fiscal year 2008, the TSA had a budget of roughly $6.8 billion. Congress appropriated $4 billion and law mandated an additional $500 million, while fees brought in the remaining $2.3 billion.
Beginning in November 2010, TSA added screening procedures, including backscatter X-ray scans that display nude images of passengers' bodies to TSA screeners and pat-downs in which TSA screeners touch passengers' breasts, buttocks, and genitals. As of November 23, the new procedures were being used in many but not all of the U.S. airports in which TSA operates. At the airports that use the new procedures, passengers are directed to the x-ray scanners at TSA security checkpoints. Passengers who enter the scanner are told to hold their hands above their heads for a few seconds while front and back x-ray images are taken. They are then told to wait while a TSA officer in another room reviews the images for various materials. (TSA officials say their employees are forbidden to save the images. They also say that the scanning systems cannot do so. As of November 2010, this has not been independently verified; images from similar machines operated by the U.S. Marshals have been published on the Internet.) Some passengers who pass through the scanner are subsequently told to submit to the newly invasive patdown by a TSA officer of the passenger's gender. These include some who are determined to be carrying various materials, and some chosen at random. A passenger who declines to be scanned or who sets off metal detectors is also told to submit to the patdown.Passengers who decline both the x-ray scan and the patdown can leave the screening area, but may not return without being arrested. TSA officials said they created the measures in reaction to the "underwear bomber" who smuggled plastic explosives onto an airplane in December 2009. TSA officials repeatedly declined to spell out just what the newly invasive pat-downs entailed. Instead, the public learned about the extent of the searches from passengers who posted their stories on the Internet, and news reports following up on them.
TSA Administrator John Pistole and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano meet with President Obama in the Oval Office; October 2010. On November 23, 2010, TSA officials said that some U.S. government officials were being allowed to skip the scanner/invasive patdown if they were traveling with government bodyguards. Among the officials are executive-branch leaders such as Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and FBI Director Robert Mueller and congressional leaders such as Republican House Minority Leader John Boehner. Law-enforcement officials are also allowed to skip the invasive screening after filling out some paperwork.
TSA pat-downs could spread sexually-transmitted disease and contribute to pandemics http://www.naturalnews.com/030495_TSA_infectious_disease.html
Concerns about scanners
Some people are concerned with exposure to radiation emitted by backscatter X-rays, and fear being exposed to a "dangerous level of radiation if they get backscattered too often".[30] The backscatter X-ray emits a type of ionizing radiation that damages chemical bonds. Ionizing radiation is considered a non-threshold carcinogen, but it is difficult to quantify the risk of low radiation exposures. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) created a webpage providing backscatter X-ray scan safety information. However, biochemists and biophysicists at the University of California, San Francisco, in a May 2010 letter to the head of the TSA, raised concerns about the validity of indirect comparisons the FDA used in evaluating backscatter x-ray machine safety, asking that additional data be made public. The data was made public.
The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (typically abbreviated GATT) was negotiated during the UN Conference on Trade and Employment and was the outcome of the failure of negotiating governments to create the International Trade Organization (ITO). GATT was formed in 1949 and lasted until 1993, when it was replaced by the World Trade Organization in 1995. The original GATT text (GATT 1947) is still in effect under the WTO framework, subject to the modifications of GATT 1994. In 1994, the GATT was updated (GATT 1994) to include new obligations upon its signatories. One of the most significant changes was the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The 75 existing GATT members and the European Communities became the founding members of the WTO on 1 January 1995. The other 52 GATT members rejoined the WTO in the following two years (the last being Congo in 1997). Since the founding of the WTO, 21 new non-GATT members have joined and 29 are currently negotiating membership. There are a total of 153 member countries in the WTO. Of the original GATT members, Syria and the SFR Yugoslavia has not rejoined the WTO. Since FR Yugoslavia, (renamed to Serbia and Montenegro and with membership negotiations later split in two), is not recognised as a direct SFRY successor state; therefore, its application is considered a new (non-GATT) one. The General Council of WTO, on 4 May 2010, agreed to establish a working party to examine the request of Syria for WTO membership. The contracting parties who founded the WTO ended official agreement of the "GATT 1947" terms on 31 December 1995.
Whereas GATT was a set of rules agreed upon by nations, the WTO is an institutional body. The WTO expanded its scope from traded goods to trade within the service sector and intellectual property rights. Although it was designed to serve multilateral agreements, during several rounds of GATT negotiations (particularly the Tokyo Round) plurilateral agreements created selective trading and caused fragmentation among members. WTO arrangements are generally a multilateral agreement settlement mechanism of GATT.
