Marijuana is not just for getting baked anymore. As it becomes legal in more states, the wacky tobacky also is leaving its leafy green mark on American marketing.
From backpacks and bed sheets to toilet seats and thong underwear, cannabis culture is inspiring pot-themed products faster than Wiz Khalifa can burn through a dime bag.
And in advance of 420 — a kind of Stoner’s New Year celebrated on April 20 — plenty of people have been shopping for legal ganja goods, even where the drug is still vilified and against the law.
On a recent day, Kerry Baker (yes, that’s her real name) browsed the marijuana-themed products at Spencer’s Gifts in Oak Park Mall.
“420’s (here) and I have to represent,” said the 25-year-old Leawood woman, who sports a small marijuana-leaf tattoo on her neck. “For so long, weed was just underground. Now it’s starting to come into the light. And even though it’s not legal here yet, just look at all these weed products you can buy at the mall. There’s a growing market for this stuff. And that probably means more changes are on the way.”
Of course, critics are holding their noses at this trend. Some decry the products’ influence on children. Others worry about the message they send about a drug that’s still federally illegal.
“I think this is just awful,” said Janice Rogers, a mother of three from Olathe who tries to keep her children away from such things. “This drug is against the law. And I don’t think they should be allowed to sell all these products with pictures of that leaf on them. What message is that sending?”
While you could buy marijuana T-shirts and posters from head shops in the ’60s, you likely couldn’t buy a marijuana leaf dog toy, “Chronic Candy” lollipops made with hemp oil, or gold-tone, crystal-embellished marijuana-leaf dangle earrings — especially not from one of the country’s largest retailers.
Now Amazon.com has an entire section called “Weed Gifts.”
Jason Spatafora, managing partner of marijuanastocks.com — known as the Wolf of Weed Street — said the trend makes sense.
“As the industry becomes more accepted to a wider populace, these products and novelty items are going to sprout up everywhere because it’s not as taboo,” he said.
Currently 23 states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana in some form. Colorado, Washington, Alaska and Oregon have legalized small amounts of pot for recreational use. And for the first time, a majority of Americans believe marijuana should be legal, according to the Pew Research Center.
So as marijuana legally makes its way into more homes, marijuana-themed home decor and clothing follow suit.
Want to doze off in a bed fitted with Mary Jane sheets, pot-leaf pillow cases and a cannabis comforter? Sleep well, stoners. Not only can you buy these products online, for 10 measly bucks you can add one-piece Rasta-Stripe Weedman Pajamas. Yup, the very same ones worn by weed fan Miley Cyrus.
In the morning you can use the “Pot Pot,” a rainbow neon-swirl toilet seat decorated with real marijuana leaves (minus the THC). That is, if you can find one. It’s currently sold out.
Then you can wash your hair behind a hand-painted marijuana-leaf shower curtain before donning pot-themed boxers, briefs or — yes — thong underwear.
Oh, but you’re just getting started. Pull on a pair of pot-leaf socks, “Wake and Bake” lounge pants, a “420-Friendly” T-shirt and marijuana-leaf unisex shoes. Add a rubber belt, dog tags, sunglasses, wallet, watch, iPhone case and shoelaces — all with a sticky-icky theme — and you’re ready to take on your day.
But not before you play a few video games on your PlayStation, complete with pot-leaf sticker wraps for the console and controllers.
Wait. Aren’t you running late?
Ha! How would you know? You replaced all your conventional clocks with420 weed wall clocks (where the time is always 4:20).
Just then your dog comes in looking cold. Good thing you bought that light pink “Free the Weed” hooded sweatshirt made especially for pooches.
Hold still, Smoky.
The $3 billion national marijuana market could top $10 billion by 2020 amid rising demand and expected new state markets, says San Francisco-based angel investor network ArcView Group.
“In the midst of this social experiment to abolish cannabis prohibition, entrepreneurs are jumping into a Wild West-like landscape of marijuana market opportunities,” wrote one pundit “This new gold rush sometimes is referred to as a ‘green rush,’ led by ‘ganjapreneurs.’ Beyond actual pot production and sales, more ancillary businesses are emerging, including … e-commerce companies.”
As in potgifts.com, purveyors of “Aunt Sandy’s Medical Marijuana Cookbook” or “Sex Pot: The Marijuana Lover’s Guide to Gettin’ It On.”
But even in states that have legalized the drug, there is pushback.
In January, authorities at the Denver Airport banned the sale of marijuana-themed products, fearing they could tarnish the state’s image.
“We don’t want (that) to be the first thing our visitors experience when they arrive,” airport spokesman Heath Montgomery said. “There’s a lot more to our state than marijuana.”
Airport brass already had forbidden pot possession and marijuana-related advertising. They extended the ban after a retailer sought a free-standing kiosk to sell souvenirs that played off Colorado’s place as the first state to allow recreational marijuana sales.
A mere bump in the road for reefer fans, said Spatafora.
Whether you like marijuana or hate it, he said, “this isn’t going away any time soon.”
To reach James A. Fussell, call 816-234-4460 or send email to [email protected]. On Twitter@jamesafussell.
420 FOR DUMMIES
The term 420 — also known as “Stoner’s New Year” and “Miller Time for hippies” — began in 1971 with five friends known as the Waldos at San Rafael High School, just north of San Francisco. They heard a rumor that a member of the Coast Guard could no longer tend his marijuana plot in the Point Reyes forest, so they decided to look for it. For weeks the group met at 4:20 p.m. — after various athletic practices ended — to smoke weed and search for the orphaned patch. A few of them later hung out with Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead, who lived in the area. While the Waldos never found the patch, their meeting time — spread by Deadheads and written about in High Times Magazine — became an international code word for getting high.
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/living/article18781734.html#storylink=cpy
From backpacks and bed sheets to toilet seats and thong underwear, cannabis culture is inspiring pot-themed products faster than Wiz Khalifa can burn through a dime bag.
And in advance of 420 — a kind of Stoner’s New Year celebrated on April 20 — plenty of people have been shopping for legal ganja goods, even where the drug is still vilified and against the law.
On a recent day, Kerry Baker (yes, that’s her real name) browsed the marijuana-themed products at Spencer’s Gifts in Oak Park Mall.
“420’s (here) and I have to represent,” said the 25-year-old Leawood woman, who sports a small marijuana-leaf tattoo on her neck. “For so long, weed was just underground. Now it’s starting to come into the light. And even though it’s not legal here yet, just look at all these weed products you can buy at the mall. There’s a growing market for this stuff. And that probably means more changes are on the way.”
Of course, critics are holding their noses at this trend. Some decry the products’ influence on children. Others worry about the message they send about a drug that’s still federally illegal.
“I think this is just awful,” said Janice Rogers, a mother of three from Olathe who tries to keep her children away from such things. “This drug is against the law. And I don’t think they should be allowed to sell all these products with pictures of that leaf on them. What message is that sending?”
While you could buy marijuana T-shirts and posters from head shops in the ’60s, you likely couldn’t buy a marijuana leaf dog toy, “Chronic Candy” lollipops made with hemp oil, or gold-tone, crystal-embellished marijuana-leaf dangle earrings — especially not from one of the country’s largest retailers.
Now Amazon.com has an entire section called “Weed Gifts.”
Jason Spatafora, managing partner of marijuanastocks.com — known as the Wolf of Weed Street — said the trend makes sense.
“As the industry becomes more accepted to a wider populace, these products and novelty items are going to sprout up everywhere because it’s not as taboo,” he said.
Currently 23 states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana in some form. Colorado, Washington, Alaska and Oregon have legalized small amounts of pot for recreational use. And for the first time, a majority of Americans believe marijuana should be legal, according to the Pew Research Center.
So as marijuana legally makes its way into more homes, marijuana-themed home decor and clothing follow suit.
Want to doze off in a bed fitted with Mary Jane sheets, pot-leaf pillow cases and a cannabis comforter? Sleep well, stoners. Not only can you buy these products online, for 10 measly bucks you can add one-piece Rasta-Stripe Weedman Pajamas. Yup, the very same ones worn by weed fan Miley Cyrus.
In the morning you can use the “Pot Pot,” a rainbow neon-swirl toilet seat decorated with real marijuana leaves (minus the THC). That is, if you can find one. It’s currently sold out.
Then you can wash your hair behind a hand-painted marijuana-leaf shower curtain before donning pot-themed boxers, briefs or — yes — thong underwear.
Oh, but you’re just getting started. Pull on a pair of pot-leaf socks, “Wake and Bake” lounge pants, a “420-Friendly” T-shirt and marijuana-leaf unisex shoes. Add a rubber belt, dog tags, sunglasses, wallet, watch, iPhone case and shoelaces — all with a sticky-icky theme — and you’re ready to take on your day.
But not before you play a few video games on your PlayStation, complete with pot-leaf sticker wraps for the console and controllers.
Wait. Aren’t you running late?
Ha! How would you know? You replaced all your conventional clocks with420 weed wall clocks (where the time is always 4:20).
Just then your dog comes in looking cold. Good thing you bought that light pink “Free the Weed” hooded sweatshirt made especially for pooches.
Hold still, Smoky.
The $3 billion national marijuana market could top $10 billion by 2020 amid rising demand and expected new state markets, says San Francisco-based angel investor network ArcView Group.
“In the midst of this social experiment to abolish cannabis prohibition, entrepreneurs are jumping into a Wild West-like landscape of marijuana market opportunities,” wrote one pundit “This new gold rush sometimes is referred to as a ‘green rush,’ led by ‘ganjapreneurs.’ Beyond actual pot production and sales, more ancillary businesses are emerging, including … e-commerce companies.”
As in potgifts.com, purveyors of “Aunt Sandy’s Medical Marijuana Cookbook” or “Sex Pot: The Marijuana Lover’s Guide to Gettin’ It On.”
But even in states that have legalized the drug, there is pushback.
In January, authorities at the Denver Airport banned the sale of marijuana-themed products, fearing they could tarnish the state’s image.
“We don’t want (that) to be the first thing our visitors experience when they arrive,” airport spokesman Heath Montgomery said. “There’s a lot more to our state than marijuana.”
Airport brass already had forbidden pot possession and marijuana-related advertising. They extended the ban after a retailer sought a free-standing kiosk to sell souvenirs that played off Colorado’s place as the first state to allow recreational marijuana sales.
A mere bump in the road for reefer fans, said Spatafora.
Whether you like marijuana or hate it, he said, “this isn’t going away any time soon.”
To reach James A. Fussell, call 816-234-4460 or send email to [email protected]. On Twitter@jamesafussell.
420 FOR DUMMIES
The term 420 — also known as “Stoner’s New Year” and “Miller Time for hippies” — began in 1971 with five friends known as the Waldos at San Rafael High School, just north of San Francisco. They heard a rumor that a member of the Coast Guard could no longer tend his marijuana plot in the Point Reyes forest, so they decided to look for it. For weeks the group met at 4:20 p.m. — after various athletic practices ended — to smoke weed and search for the orphaned patch. A few of them later hung out with Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead, who lived in the area. While the Waldos never found the patch, their meeting time — spread by Deadheads and written about in High Times Magazine — became an international code word for getting high.
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/living/article18781734.html#storylink=cpy
Top US Newsman Brian Williams “Destroyed”, 3 Others Killed Over Obama 9/11 Fears
An astounding new report circulating in the Kremlin today prepared by the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) states that top US newsman Brian Williams of NBC News has been “effectively destroyed” and three of his colleagues killed this past week over Obama regime fears they were ready to release evidence provided to them by Russia proving that the 11 September 2001 attacks upon America were an “inside job” done by their own government.
Brian Williams [photo top left], this report explains, was the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News (the most watched television news programme in the US) when after a week of savage attacks relating to common false memories experienced by all human beings was expelled from his post and still faces the likelihood of his being fired outright.
Important to note about Williams, this report says, are that the “stolen valor” false memories he was accused of pale in comparison to those long told by former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of her being under sniper fire in Bosnia when video footage shows the true facts of this not being so.
Even more grimly to note, this report continues, is that not only has Williams and his reputation been “destroyed”, this past week three of his most important colleagues, former NBC international reporter Ned Colt [photo 2nd left], top CBS News correspondent Bob Simon[photo 3rd left], and top New York Times reporter David Carr [photo bottom left], were also killed.
Bob Simon, 73, this report states quoting US propaganda mainstream media sources, was killed Wednesday in New York City in a car crash, and on Thursday Ned Colt, 58, was said to have perished by a massive stroke followed within hours by David Carr, 58,collapsing and dying in his New York Times newsroom office.
Important to note about the deaths of these award winning journalists, and the “reputation destruction” of Williams, SVR experts in this report note, was that the four of them had formed an independent video news company last month and filed the necessary security documents that would allow them access to the Kremlin’s most secret archive of evidence relating to the 11 September 2001 attacks.
In relation to these 9/11 archives held by the Kremlin, this report says, President Putin had previously alerted he was going to release them, and as we can, in part, read: [For English translation click HERE]
“American experts believe that despite the fact that relations between the US and Russia reached the worst point since the Cold War, Putin delivered until Obama only minor troubles. Analysts believe that this is only the “calm before the storm.”
Putin is going to hit once, but he's going to hit hard as he is preparing the release of evidence of the involvement of the US government and intelligence services to the September 11 attacks.
Published material can prove malice government towards the people of the US and the successful manipulation of public opinion. Attack planned US government, but spent her proxy. So that an attack on America and the people of the United States looked like an act of aggression of international terrorism.
The motive for deception and murder its own citizens served as US oil interests in the Middle East and their state corporations.”
Spearheading the independent video news company seeking to uncover the truth of 9/11 with Williams, this report continues, was David Carr who in his capacity at the New York Times was a champion of Edward Snowden and after having watched the documentary CITIZENFOUR for the second time tried to go to sleep...but couldn't...so he turned the lights back on due to his fears of what his nation has turned into.
Carr had, likewise, this report explains, became “seriously disillusioned” with the New York Times this past year over its reporting of the Ukraine war…and not just its failing to tell the truth, but its actually whiting out the Nazi emblems on the helmets of soldiers loyal to the regime battling the rebels.
Working with both Williams and Carr on this 9/11 video project, the SVR says, was Ned Colt, who after leaving NBC News remained a lifelong friend of Williams and honed his humanitarian skills while working at the International Rescue Committee, and Bob Simon who remained “extremely regretful” of the US medias manipulation of the public in the run-up to war in Iraq.
After the destruction of Williams, and the killings of Carr, Colt and Simon, this report grimly notes, the Obama regime has sent a “clear message” to the Americas elite media class daring anyone else to expose their darkest secrets.
Even worse, SVR experts in this report state, with the media elites in the US now cowering in fear, the Obama regime has now turned its sights upon the alternative news media and isthreatening to outlaw all websites that disagree with them, and has also shockingly backed a legislative proposal from The National Fraternal Order of Police to classify any criticism by the American people against the police as a “hate crime”.
With President Putin having yesterday ordered the largest nuclear weapons exercises in history, and three more combat ships joining Russia’s fleet in the Mediterranean, one can only wonder who will be left to tell the American people about the true causes of World War III after the deaths and destruction of these journalists?
Then again, there still remains little evidence that these people even care anymore.
February 13, 2015 © EU and US all rights reserved. Permission to use this report in its entirety is granted under the condition it is linked back to its original source at WhatDoesItMean.Com. Freebase content licensed under CC-BY and GFDL.
[Ed. Note: Western governments and their intelligence services actively campaign against the information found in these reports so as not to alarm their citizens about the many catastrophic Earth changes and events to come, a stance that the Sisters of Sorcha Faal strongly disagrees with in believing that it is every human beings right to know the truth. Due to our missions conflicts with that of those governments, the responses of their ‘agents’ against us has been a longstanding misinformation/misdirection campaign designed to discredit and which is addressed in the report
Brian Williams [photo top left], this report explains, was the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News (the most watched television news programme in the US) when after a week of savage attacks relating to common false memories experienced by all human beings was expelled from his post and still faces the likelihood of his being fired outright.
Important to note about Williams, this report says, are that the “stolen valor” false memories he was accused of pale in comparison to those long told by former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of her being under sniper fire in Bosnia when video footage shows the true facts of this not being so.
Even more grimly to note, this report continues, is that not only has Williams and his reputation been “destroyed”, this past week three of his most important colleagues, former NBC international reporter Ned Colt [photo 2nd left], top CBS News correspondent Bob Simon[photo 3rd left], and top New York Times reporter David Carr [photo bottom left], were also killed.
Bob Simon, 73, this report states quoting US propaganda mainstream media sources, was killed Wednesday in New York City in a car crash, and on Thursday Ned Colt, 58, was said to have perished by a massive stroke followed within hours by David Carr, 58,collapsing and dying in his New York Times newsroom office.
Important to note about the deaths of these award winning journalists, and the “reputation destruction” of Williams, SVR experts in this report note, was that the four of them had formed an independent video news company last month and filed the necessary security documents that would allow them access to the Kremlin’s most secret archive of evidence relating to the 11 September 2001 attacks.
In relation to these 9/11 archives held by the Kremlin, this report says, President Putin had previously alerted he was going to release them, and as we can, in part, read: [For English translation click HERE]
“American experts believe that despite the fact that relations between the US and Russia reached the worst point since the Cold War, Putin delivered until Obama only minor troubles. Analysts believe that this is only the “calm before the storm.”
Putin is going to hit once, but he's going to hit hard as he is preparing the release of evidence of the involvement of the US government and intelligence services to the September 11 attacks.
Published material can prove malice government towards the people of the US and the successful manipulation of public opinion. Attack planned US government, but spent her proxy. So that an attack on America and the people of the United States looked like an act of aggression of international terrorism.
The motive for deception and murder its own citizens served as US oil interests in the Middle East and their state corporations.”
Spearheading the independent video news company seeking to uncover the truth of 9/11 with Williams, this report continues, was David Carr who in his capacity at the New York Times was a champion of Edward Snowden and after having watched the documentary CITIZENFOUR for the second time tried to go to sleep...but couldn't...so he turned the lights back on due to his fears of what his nation has turned into.
Carr had, likewise, this report explains, became “seriously disillusioned” with the New York Times this past year over its reporting of the Ukraine war…and not just its failing to tell the truth, but its actually whiting out the Nazi emblems on the helmets of soldiers loyal to the regime battling the rebels.
Working with both Williams and Carr on this 9/11 video project, the SVR says, was Ned Colt, who after leaving NBC News remained a lifelong friend of Williams and honed his humanitarian skills while working at the International Rescue Committee, and Bob Simon who remained “extremely regretful” of the US medias manipulation of the public in the run-up to war in Iraq.
After the destruction of Williams, and the killings of Carr, Colt and Simon, this report grimly notes, the Obama regime has sent a “clear message” to the Americas elite media class daring anyone else to expose their darkest secrets.
Even worse, SVR experts in this report state, with the media elites in the US now cowering in fear, the Obama regime has now turned its sights upon the alternative news media and isthreatening to outlaw all websites that disagree with them, and has also shockingly backed a legislative proposal from The National Fraternal Order of Police to classify any criticism by the American people against the police as a “hate crime”.
With President Putin having yesterday ordered the largest nuclear weapons exercises in history, and three more combat ships joining Russia’s fleet in the Mediterranean, one can only wonder who will be left to tell the American people about the true causes of World War III after the deaths and destruction of these journalists?
Then again, there still remains little evidence that these people even care anymore.
February 13, 2015 © EU and US all rights reserved. Permission to use this report in its entirety is granted under the condition it is linked back to its original source at WhatDoesItMean.Com. Freebase content licensed under CC-BY and GFDL.
[Ed. Note: Western governments and their intelligence services actively campaign against the information found in these reports so as not to alarm their citizens about the many catastrophic Earth changes and events to come, a stance that the Sisters of Sorcha Faal strongly disagrees with in believing that it is every human beings right to know the truth. Due to our missions conflicts with that of those governments, the responses of their ‘agents’ against us has been a longstanding misinformation/misdirection campaign designed to discredit and which is addressed in the report
Obama Elites In Horror As American People Prepare To Restore Republic
“No doubt the people know they can have their Republic back if they want it enough to fight for it and pay the price.”
Garet Garrett (19 February 1878 – 6 November 1954), one of the most influential American libertarian writers of the 20th century
Special Report from Sister Ciara
At 14 minutes past midnight on 30 July 1945, the greatest single loss of life at sea in the history of the United States Navy occurred when the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58, sinking in 12 minutes.
Of 1,196 crewmen aboard, approximately 300 went down with the ship. The remaining 900 faced exposure, dehydration, saltwater poisoning, and shark attacks while floating with few lifeboats and almost no food or water. The US Navy learned of the sinking when survivors were spotted four days later by the crew of a PV-1 Ventura on routine patrol. Only 317 survived.
Among those who perished was Lt. Thomas Michael Conway, a Catholic priest from Buffalo, New York, who for three nights swam to the aid of his shipmates, reassuring the increasingly dehydrated and delirious men with prayers until he himself expired, the last Catholic chaplain to die in World War II.
This past week, however, the last measure of earthly devotion Lt. Conway had towards those who needed him most in their greatest hour of need was deemed by the Obama administration as unworthy when the US Navy refused to award this true hero the Navy Cross.
Even worse, the reason for the Obama administration refusing to award the Navy Cross to Lt. Conway wasn’t because his acts of bravery and devotion weren’t well documented, but rather because the hundreds of enlisted men who survived, and testified of his heroism, were precluded from making award recommendations…in other words, the US Navy said they would only accept recommendations of his heroic acts if made by those of superior rank, all of whom had died.
In this tragic story about Lt. Conway, though, lies the essence of the American character of the last century…and as it still exists today… “We Have Been Captured... We Are Parented, Not Represented”.
From a unique nation ruled by its own citizens when it threw off the yoke of tyranny imposed upon it by the British in the late 1700’s, to what it has become today, proves true the words of Benjamin Franklin when asked about the kind of country the United States had become…“What have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?” Franklin replied, “A Republic, if you can keep it.”
With the “Imperial Presidency” now ruling America for the sole benefit of the elite classes, and with so many laws the United States government itself is unable to tell how many there are[ US Justice Department official Ronald Gainer “You will have died and been resurrected three times and still not have an answer to this question.”], it would be easy for anyone to say that the Republic is now dead, and will never be again.
They would be wrong, however, to say so because of the simple fact that the Republic is NOT the rulers of America, the people are! And unless you kill all of the people, the Republic is as alive now as it ever has been.
Even better, by every metric one can use to measure by, the Republic is not only still alive, but it is actually growing at a greater pace and level than at anytime since the United States was first founded!
And therein lays the hope, and the danger. Because as the Republic grows in strength, those elite rulers opposed to it (by whatever name you call them) institute new police state laws and crackdowns to stop it…and ALWAYS fail.
Remember…whenever you see a nation where the police begin to resemble the military, where the laws have become so ridiculous and onerous that every citizen is now a criminal, where ordinary life is lived in a constant state of fear, where everyone is spying on everyone else…all of these, and more, show one thing and one thing only…the rulers are in dire fear of the ruled, not the other way around.
In what you could call the “it’s always darkest before the dawn” scenario, history has long shown that when a government begins to crackdown on its own people, the closer to freedom these people really are!
And unlike nearly every other nation in the world, the American people are ALWAYS the closest to throwing off the yoke of oppression because their Republic has NEVER DIED because it lives within each and every single one of them!
So the only “weapon” the elites have left to counter the American people ready to restore their Republic is to lie and deceive them….IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE!
Lie to them about everything having to do with how the world really works, how economies work, how debt strangles the future of a country…and too many other things to write in just one sitting.
Deceive them into believing their past is not real, their wars are just, the vast amount of wealth going to the elites is justified, and on, and on, and on.
But most of all…DESTROY their will to fight by making them believe the falsehood that they are powerless!
As all of you have noticed too, the charade of electing another American President (i.e. Imperial Ruler) is already beginning…in fact it never seems to end! But do you ever ask yourself why?
The reason for this “game” is simple…if one can keep a people divided they can conquer them. In other words, if these elites can keep the American people arguing over guns, abortion, wages, you name it, they remain free to pillage and loot to their hearts content.
And they do this all while instituting a child prison system (known as schools) intended to indoctrinate, not educate.
That’s OK though, because as history has always shown, when the education system fails, the free press picks up the slack….unless….
And this is the point I’m trying to make today…without a free press, a press that educates, that puts everything into context, and most of all tells the truth, those seeking to restore the Republic will fail!
Even worse, with the CIA funded Facebook now about to destroy every independent news website in America, and with just 6 corporations controlling 90% of the media in the entire United States, those able and willing to protect and defend the Republic could very well awaken one day to find no true news or information at all!
Unlike Facebook, or the mainstream news corporations, we, and others like us, are not able to operate at a loss…we need actual funds to keep operating.
And the ONLY way we can survive is by your generous help…which we need TODAY!
Freedom does indeed have a cost…especially for those of us on the front lines so you don’t have to be….after all, someone has to fight against this evil…will you join us too?
Please help us all you can.
With God,
Sister Ciara
Dublin, Ireland
17 January 2015
“No doubt the people know they can have their Republic back if they want it enough to fight for it and pay the price.”
Garet Garrett (19 February 1878 – 6 November 1954), one of the most influential American libertarian writers of the 20th century
Special Report from Sister Ciara
At 14 minutes past midnight on 30 July 1945, the greatest single loss of life at sea in the history of the United States Navy occurred when the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58, sinking in 12 minutes.
Of 1,196 crewmen aboard, approximately 300 went down with the ship. The remaining 900 faced exposure, dehydration, saltwater poisoning, and shark attacks while floating with few lifeboats and almost no food or water. The US Navy learned of the sinking when survivors were spotted four days later by the crew of a PV-1 Ventura on routine patrol. Only 317 survived.
Among those who perished was Lt. Thomas Michael Conway, a Catholic priest from Buffalo, New York, who for three nights swam to the aid of his shipmates, reassuring the increasingly dehydrated and delirious men with prayers until he himself expired, the last Catholic chaplain to die in World War II.
This past week, however, the last measure of earthly devotion Lt. Conway had towards those who needed him most in their greatest hour of need was deemed by the Obama administration as unworthy when the US Navy refused to award this true hero the Navy Cross.
Even worse, the reason for the Obama administration refusing to award the Navy Cross to Lt. Conway wasn’t because his acts of bravery and devotion weren’t well documented, but rather because the hundreds of enlisted men who survived, and testified of his heroism, were precluded from making award recommendations…in other words, the US Navy said they would only accept recommendations of his heroic acts if made by those of superior rank, all of whom had died.
In this tragic story about Lt. Conway, though, lies the essence of the American character of the last century…and as it still exists today… “We Have Been Captured... We Are Parented, Not Represented”.
From a unique nation ruled by its own citizens when it threw off the yoke of tyranny imposed upon it by the British in the late 1700’s, to what it has become today, proves true the words of Benjamin Franklin when asked about the kind of country the United States had become…“What have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?” Franklin replied, “A Republic, if you can keep it.”
With the “Imperial Presidency” now ruling America for the sole benefit of the elite classes, and with so many laws the United States government itself is unable to tell how many there are[ US Justice Department official Ronald Gainer “You will have died and been resurrected three times and still not have an answer to this question.”], it would be easy for anyone to say that the Republic is now dead, and will never be again.
They would be wrong, however, to say so because of the simple fact that the Republic is NOT the rulers of America, the people are! And unless you kill all of the people, the Republic is as alive now as it ever has been.
Even better, by every metric one can use to measure by, the Republic is not only still alive, but it is actually growing at a greater pace and level than at anytime since the United States was first founded!
And therein lays the hope, and the danger. Because as the Republic grows in strength, those elite rulers opposed to it (by whatever name you call them) institute new police state laws and crackdowns to stop it…and ALWAYS fail.
Remember…whenever you see a nation where the police begin to resemble the military, where the laws have become so ridiculous and onerous that every citizen is now a criminal, where ordinary life is lived in a constant state of fear, where everyone is spying on everyone else…all of these, and more, show one thing and one thing only…the rulers are in dire fear of the ruled, not the other way around.
In what you could call the “it’s always darkest before the dawn” scenario, history has long shown that when a government begins to crackdown on its own people, the closer to freedom these people really are!
And unlike nearly every other nation in the world, the American people are ALWAYS the closest to throwing off the yoke of oppression because their Republic has NEVER DIED because it lives within each and every single one of them!
So the only “weapon” the elites have left to counter the American people ready to restore their Republic is to lie and deceive them….IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE!
Lie to them about everything having to do with how the world really works, how economies work, how debt strangles the future of a country…and too many other things to write in just one sitting.
Deceive them into believing their past is not real, their wars are just, the vast amount of wealth going to the elites is justified, and on, and on, and on.
But most of all…DESTROY their will to fight by making them believe the falsehood that they are powerless!
As all of you have noticed too, the charade of electing another American President (i.e. Imperial Ruler) is already beginning…in fact it never seems to end! But do you ever ask yourself why?
The reason for this “game” is simple…if one can keep a people divided they can conquer them. In other words, if these elites can keep the American people arguing over guns, abortion, wages, you name it, they remain free to pillage and loot to their hearts content.
And they do this all while instituting a child prison system (known as schools) intended to indoctrinate, not educate.
That’s OK though, because as history has always shown, when the education system fails, the free press picks up the slack….unless….
And this is the point I’m trying to make today…without a free press, a press that educates, that puts everything into context, and most of all tells the truth, those seeking to restore the Republic will fail!
Even worse, with the CIA funded Facebook now about to destroy every independent news website in America, and with just 6 corporations controlling 90% of the media in the entire United States, those able and willing to protect and defend the Republic could very well awaken one day to find no true news or information at all!
Unlike Facebook, or the mainstream news corporations, we, and others like us, are not able to operate at a loss…we need actual funds to keep operating.
And the ONLY way we can survive is by your generous help…which we need TODAY!
Freedom does indeed have a cost…especially for those of us on the front lines so you don’t have to be….after all, someone has to fight against this evil…will you join us too?
Please help us all you can.
With God,
Sister Ciara
Dublin, Ireland
17 January 2015