The Deep State, Part 1

What is it, and is it a bad thing?

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I recently gave a talk about the Deep State. It is real! Although many of us have wondered about the strange policies coming from Washington for a very long time, we have mostly shrugged it off as politics. But what I found was a concerted effort by a few in government and business to run America the way “they” think it should be run. From the economy to foreign policy, things are done that absolutely defy the will of the people, break laws, and supplant the constitution. But who are “they” that perpetrate this arbitrary rule over America? We often hear the terms elite, establishment,  bureaucracy or swamp, to describe an unnamed, unknown force in Washington that does these things, never really knowing what or who those people are by name. But there are faces and names behind those vague descriptions of the entities that make up a Deep State within our government and society.

When those of us that understand the Deep State speak of it, we look at it as a bad, and maybe even an evil thing. But is it? Can laws sometime get in the way of doing things that need to be done? Are principles too hard to uphold, when other countries use those principles against us? Do ends justify means? Of course these are rhetorical and hard questions, but I would submit, they are questions asked and answered everyday in Washington and New York.

To understand the deep state, you first must understand the difference between Nationalism and Globalism. First, nationalism is an easy concept, but let me briefly explain it. From the early Greeks, humans figured out that the best way to live with each other is to stake out an area, create rules, create commerce, and live by a certain moral framework found in anyone of several religions. The Greeks called it a “city-state”. More modern times call it a “nation-state”. But the parameters and idea is the same. For 26 centuries the nation-state, has been the way civilization has evolved. Each citizen or inhabitant of the nation-state, held some identity with that state, a certain loyalty. Patriotism if you will. All members of the nation state had commonality in language, customs, rules, and terrain. They became protective of all those things. Nation-states chose leaders or leaders chose themselves, to protect the people, the property, the land and everything within its borders. However, as is human nature, some nation states wanted what another nation state had….a resource, their wealth, or a location. Sometimes this led to war. For most of those 26 centuries, war has been the flaw in Nationalism. The more nationalistic the world became the more and bigger wars that occurred.

Sometime after WWII, (1954) some rich and powerful people came together to see if they could solve this dilemma created by nationalism. WWII had devastated the planet. 70 million people were killed. Millions and millions more were hurt….millions displaced and homeless. More property was destroyed than existed. Fortunes were lost, resources were squandered, and starvation was everywhere. It was thought by these men that nationalism was at the root of the problem. As countries became more populated, they became more industrialized. They needed more of everything to sustain their populations and their economies.  These folks concluded that to stop the cycle of war, the nation-state or national interests must be replaced with global interests. At the time it was referred to as Atlanticism, and promoted as a “better understanding” of US-European relationships. This group of people was called the Bilderberg Group, as its first meeting, in 1954, was held in the Bilderberg Hotel, in the Netherlands. It continues to exist today, with the continuous participation of the CIA, since the beginning, and prominent corporate leaders such as Jeff Bezos of Amazon and Bill Gates of Microsoft, and plenty of other political and government elites such as Hillary Clinton, Tim Geithner, Henry Kissinger, Condolisa Rice, and Colin Powell. The hallmark of these members,  is the extreme secrecy of the gatherings. The shear mention of the Bilderberg Group has always been synonomous with conspiracy, but I am convinced that this large group of elites believes they are saving the world, with an ends justifies the means strategy.

National governments would  be replaced with global governance, commerce could exist world-wide, and resources could be shared by all, war could be a thing of the past….at least war on the scale of WWI and WWII. Thus, these few powerful people, fathered globalism.  It started harmlessly enough. Right after WWII, the United Nations was created. Finally an organization that could be the model for global governance. A body made up of all the nation-states of the world, that could come together to govern the planet.  But it was soon discovered that few countries were willing to give up their sovereignty…..their nation-state status, or their ability to control their own state.  Nationalism wasn’t going away anytime soon. So a new course was set. a long term solution to eventually arrive at the needed solution. Three things would have to be subverted within nations to achieve the required goals!

First, the institutional family had to be changed. Family structure is the fundamental building block of a society. It is structured in such a way that the father has the responsibility of providing for the rest of the family. To do this he needs to work. He needs a job, something to do that exchanges his labor for the things he needs. The mother’s traditional role was to have and nurture children. To populate the society. Needing a job, required resources, industry, a growing economy. A growing population required more of everything, and eventually, more jobs. The globalists believed these two fundamental functions of the family, is what leads to nationalism and war. If the population could be controlled, the need for jobs would be lessened. If the need for jobs was lessened, the demand for resources would decline, and expansionist desire would diminish.

Next, there must be a concerted effort to end or diminish the influence religion has over the culture. They recognize that a belief in God, only strengthens the values that build families. Religion is where we learn what our common values are. But religion and faith in God do something else……it teaches us to be self-reliant, and trust only in God. Not only that, but because religious beliefs can be so strong, opposing religions themselves, can be a source for war.  The globalists believe that faith must be in the state. The values that family and religion heap upon the citizens of a nation-state must be replaced with reliance and dependence on the state.

Finally, if control over the most powerful nation-states can be achieved by eliminating national governance and them with global governance, then the mission will be complete. So first, degrade and destroy the family, next discredit, marginalize, and destroy religion. Finally, create a dependence on the state, while subverting that state to conform with a global agenda.

So far, the strategy of the globalists is working, at least in the developed world. Europe’s population is declining and the birth rate of its citizens is far below where it needs to be to maintain the culture. In America, the birth rate is barely sustaining the population. And even in China, the population is controlled by force of law. Religion in the developed world is under assault. Although in Europe many claim to be Christian, it no longer acts like it. In my visit to Europe in 2005, I went on a tour of the famous churches in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Even on Sunday, the churches were empty.  The young have been led away from faith by the education system and the culture of tolerance and multi-culturalism. In America, Christianity has been attacked on many fronts. Universities, consumerism, abortion activism, and the government. Faith and religion has been systematically removed from the public square.  All over the world Islam is killing and attacking all other faiths and making it impossible for any of them to flourish. But Islam is not replacing those religions with merely another faith, but with an extreme ideology of conformance  or death.  You have to ask yourself are these things all simply happening at the same time, just circumstance? The natural order of things? Or are they being orchestrated by a globalist agenda. The more the people suffer, the more likely they are to turn to the state for solutions. But those solutions are no where to be found. The leaders, even ours, before Trump, are turning to global solutions. Nation-states  already turn to the United Nations security council before they take any action. They seek UN resolutions to bring other nation-states into compliance with global standards.  So if this is being orchestrated….who is behind it?

The Deep State is bigger than just a few politicians and bureacrats. It is fostered mainly by powerful, wealthy, multi-national corporations and financial institutions. Companies like Dow, Coke-Cola, Morgan Stanley, Chase, Goldman Sachs, Boeing, GE, Exxon, and many others. These businesses have huge investments in countries all over the world. They would not risk billions of dollars, without having some control over world affairs. These powerful special interests are the ones that provide the money that controls the politicians in the Deep State.

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In my exhaustive study of the Clinton Foundation, I found links to several foundations that seem to be clearing houses for these funds. The Radcliffe Foundation in Canada, The Hellenic Initiative, The McCain Institute, The Cowen Group, Open Society, and The Rockefeller Foundation are but a few of these clouded funding sources. At first I thought it was a simple pay for play scheme created by greedy and corrupt individuals. But its more than that. Oh sure, there may be a lot of corruption, but much of what is being done is to shape the world and advance a global agenda. I found strong ties between these foundations and the intelligence community. The money passes from the corporations, to the foundations, to consulting companies, then to the CIA and private, covert paramilitary groups. What the money is used for, encompasses a wide variety of activity, all organized by the Deep State. Things like assassinations, currency manipulation, union bashing, coups, funding of terrorists, and overthrows of governments. All to maintain peace and keep commerce flowing, so investments are not put at risk. Like I said at the beginning…..the natural reaction is to think this is a bad thing and evil. It certainly is unlawful, but yet, is it needed?

Up to this point in the story, its all conjecture based on my research, but I do have examples that will help to put meat on the bones. As I go through these examples and profiles, try to remember the names, as they will come up in other places.

3342788AW015_AshcroftJohn Ashcroft. I’m not going to relay his entire life, but just the activities that lead up to his involvement in the deep state. You can read about Mr. Ashcroft here:

I suppose what Ashcroft does for a living is legal, but I just can’t recall where in the constitution the federal government was given the power to create private armies, then use those armies to perform military tasks for that government. And all while the American people have no idea what or why they are doing what they are doing. We are just paying for it.

Mr. Ashcroft is in the mercenary business. He employs thousands of ex-military, ex-law enforcement, and general tough guys to operate clandestine operations in foreign lands. In turn Mr. Ashcroft’s business, Constellis lands huge contracts from our government to do things that few actually know what they are. Here are just two headlines pulled from financial publications:

“Triple Canopy Wins $47.8M Federal Protective Services Contract”

“Constellis Awarded $975 Million Department of Defense (DoD) Counter Narcotics and Global Threats (CN & GT) Contract”

Since you probably never heard of Constellis, you should know they were formerly known as Alchemi. Never heard of Alchemi? It was formerly known as Xe Services. What? Never heard of them either? Well then, what about Black Water? Yes, Constellis started out as Black Water. Black Water had developed such a bad reputation in Iraq that I suppose it had to change its name. Remember these private mercenaries aren’t necessarily bound by military rules. But Constellis is much larger now. Even with all the scandals created by these “contractors” they are growing. Over the last 5 years, Constellis has been busy buying up all companies that deal in private security, computer hacking, intelligence, and war fair. Triple Canopy, Olive Group, Edinburgh International, Strategic Social, Apollo Group, and the most recent, the Centerra Group have all been added to Constellis’ stable. As long as there’s money, our deep state government can project its plans anywhere in the world by using these private companies, without getting permission from congress or the president. Secrecy is their main selling point.

So how does John Ashcroft, a CEO of a private company connect to such a conspiratorial entity as the Deep State? In 2000, Mr. Ashcroft became Attorney General under GW Bush. Right after his appointment and confirmation, 911 happened. Shortly after that we got the Patriot Act, which legalized all forms of warrantless surveillance. Something we are learning much more about….17 years later.

But let’s move on, shall we?

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Jim Comey. We all know who Jim Comey is. The now former FBI director, Comey has been part of the deep state for a long time. He has been one of those players that has been used to cover up crimes and make criminal acts go away. The deep state not only needs guys like Ashcroft to carry out missions, but it needs guys like Comey to keep it all secret.

Comey started his journey through the deep state prosecuting the Whitewater Investigation against Bill and Hillary Clinton. If I recall, no indictments or prosecutions ever occurred in that scandal. I say that with tongue in cheek, because no indictments or prosecutions ever take place with anyone connected to the deep state. It cannot be exposed, so punishing anyone using our constitution or statutes would risk exposure.  Comey became a Federal Prosecutor of the Southern New York District under GW Bush. Then, quickly became Deputy Attorney General a year later. He was placed in charge of the investigation into the controversial pardon of Marc Rich, ordered by Bill Clinton on his last day in office.  The pardon was instigated by then Deputy Attorney General, Eric Holder. Oddly enough, nothing untold came of these investigations. Imagine that! You can read more about this in my post “Into The Weeds 10” here. Marc Rich is an important link in understanding how the deep state functions. I will speak more about him in part 2 of this story.

Comey was soon moved to FBI Director under Obama, providing further evidence of his importance to the deep state, and the need for someone to cover up its activities. As FBI Director he had all sorts of responsibilities to bring to justice wrong doers in the government…..investigations were conducted over and over, with no one ever being indicted or convicted of anything that would send them to jail. Why? As I said before, to keep the deep state from being exposed. This has been Comey’s role for a long time.

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George H. W. Bush.  Many Americans couldn’t tell you what George Bush did before he was our 41st president. Well, he was the head of the CIA, ambassador to the United Nations and ambassador to China, a congressman, and Vice President to Ronald Reagan. No man has been more connected to government or to the deep state. He was actually the man that popularized the term “New World Order”. He has been absolutely active in the use of and maintaining of the deep state, or what might be called the status quo. These people believe sincerely that this status quo must be maintained. Their goal to shape and create a global system has been front and center to US policies for a very long time. When Reagan won the republican nomination in 1979, his opponent was George Bush. Bush was the choice of the deep state and was next in line to become president……but like in 2016…the people spoke and elected Reagan. A deal was struck with Reagan and GHW Bush became the VP. Its one reason we should be leary of Mike Pence. A similar deal was struck with Trump to make Pence the VP. If you recall, Reagan was shot in an assassination attempt. Trump’s election was once again, the people speaking. Hillary Clinton was next in line to become president…the deep state choice.

Bush was the president that instigated, negotiated and crafted, NAFTA. Although it was signed into law by Bill Clinton, all the work to create it was done under George Bush sr. He worked very hard to advance globalist trade policy. He became very good friends with Bill Clinton, and they worked together using the Clinton Foundation Global Initiative as a platform. Billions of dollars moved through that initiative to conduct all sorts of global policy initiatives. I have outlined many of the Clinton Foundations activities in past posts. The entire series “Into the Weeds” starts here.

ciaThe intelligence Community.  I could spend hours and days writing about all the past and present deep state players in the intelligence community. Men like James Clapper, John Brennan, Mike Morrell, Mike Rogers, Mike Pompeo, and Michael Hayden, are just a few of the names we see in the news…the heads of security force agencies like the CIA, NSA, National Intelligence and Homeland Security. But there are actually 16 of these agencies in our government, many of which Americans never knew existed. One other thing to note is that the heads of many of these agencies are “lifers”. That is to say, they are long term employees, that work in the bureaucracy. Of the 16 heads, Trump has only appointed three to replace. These people, and the people that work for them, are the “SWAMP”. this is the core of the deep state, and the people working very, very hard to maintain a status quo, and to avoid being exposed.

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Each one of these heads has hundreds if not thousands of people working hard to keep America safe. But what does that really mean? They gather intelligence of all kinds: Phone calls, e-mails, financial transactions, purchases, sales, books, articles, tips, people movements, and even the movements of girlfriends, wives and children. They use electronic information, satellites, and lots of human intelligence to do this gathering. Most of it is useful to actually mount a defense against our enemies and terrorists around the globe, but some of it is used to “shape” events to maintain the status quo, prevent world war, to maintain commerce that helps the corporate structure of the world, and to continue to work toward a globally governed world….in other words….to keep the money flowing. The money I’m talking about is in the trillions, and some of it finds its way into the pockets of corrupt and dishonest people like the Clintons, Putin, Soros, Podesta, the DNC, the RNC, Lobbying firms,  lots and lots of consultants, and even criminal enterprises. All of this corruption done in the cause of keeping America safe and maintaining the status quo. It is important to understand how easy it is to have unchecked power, which can abused. As if it isn’t bad enough to work towards a goal counter to American’s own interests, this power can be used to destroy people, ruin industries, and if used politically, destroy opponents, and keep the “wrong people” out of office. Trump is one of those people and a real threat to the entire enterprise.

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It is certainly deeper and more audacious than just these 16 heads of agencies. Take one Intelligence Agency, the NSA: Here is an outline of the know divisions within the NSA:

  • The Technology and Systems Directorate
  • The Operations Directorate
  • The Information Systems Security Directorate
  • The Plans, Policy and Programs Directorate
  • The Support Services Directorate
  • Directorate only known from unit F6
  • Directorate only known from unit G112
  • Information Assurance Directorate (IAD)
  • Directorate only known from unit J2
  • Installation and Logistics
  • Human Resources
  • Security and Counterintelligence
  • Research Directorate
  • Signals Intelligence Directorate (SID), Customer Relations
  • Analysis and Production Center South Asia, S2B: China and Korea,
  • S2C: International Security
  • S2E: Middle East/Asia
  • S2F: International Crime
  • S2G: Counter-proliferation
  • S2H: Russia, S2I: Counter-terrorism
  • S2J: Weapons and Space
  • S2T: Current Threats
  • Data Acquisition
  • Cryptanalysis and Exploitation Services (CES)
  • Tailored Access Operations (TAO)
  • Global Access Operations (GAO)
  • Collections Strategies and Requirements Center
  • Special Source Operations (SSO)
  • Technical Directorate (TD)
  • Directorate for Education and Training
  • Directorate for Corporate Leadership
  • Foreign Affairs Directorate
  • Acquisitions and Procurement Directorate
  • Information Sharing Services (ISS)Each of these sub-divisions of the NSA, is also headed by its own under secretary or chief, all with many, many employees. But more important is all the folks that have access to intelligence. The collection of information is massive. The 16 heads above and eight members of congress, known as the gang of eight, are the only people who have access to what’s known as the “raw data”. That is, the actual conversations, e-mails, or other communications collected. That is until weeks before Obama left office. He signed an executive order giving access to this raw data to hundreds and hundreds of employees in all these subdivisions of the intelligence community. Previously, in order for raw data to be seen by anybody, a warrant had to be obtained.

Just one quick example. Let’s say there’s a very wealthy businessman in Nigeria. This man is providing valuable information to Mossad, the Israeli intelligence service, on the movement of weapons by Hezbollah. This man tells Mossad he is having a problem with the terrorists of Boko Haram threatening his string of Nigerian hotels. Mossad informs the CIA. The CIA  asks John Ashcroft at Constellis to send over a contingency of “contractors” to Nigeria to assassinate a leader of Boko Haram, in or around Lagos, Nigeria. They are also to send a message that the hotels in question are off limits to Boko Haram. They can do this by killing a bunch, or by paying a lot. Either way they keep the hotels open and safe, and keep the information flowing. All, off the budget, and paid for with some slush fund from a foundation, corporate coffers, or seized assets. This is not a fictional example…..it actually happened!

Recently, we saw the evidence of this deep state using their power politically. This is an absolute abuse of this power. What has occurred in reports of surveillance of the president, unmasking of names, and leaking of classified information has one and only one purpose….to discredit and stop Trump as soon as possible. Its a hard road to ho for the deep state,  because no one can get indicted, convicted, or go to jail, without threatening the power structure itself. Although few, they do have limits to their power

But the big target is oil. Operations are going on everyday in foreign lands, conducted by our intelligence agencies in conjunction with private companies like Constellis, to keep the oil flowing and available, so prices remain stable. If a sovereign government like Iran decides to shut or slow the flow, the intelligence community will find a way to turn it back on all the way. If it requires an entire government to be toppled, or just a leader to be changed, they have the resources to do it.

The Parties. Yes, even our political parties are involved in the deep state. They groom and prepare the next person in line to enter the deep state apparatus. They know in advance, who will be the next choice for senator, president, Attorney General,  any ambassadorship, or any key position that needs to be filled. We call them the establishment. Its not all the politicians,  but it is a significant amount of people. You can look to senators and representatives that have been serving for decades. Most of them know all about this deep state, and work hand in hand to aid in their goals of achieving globalism, under the guise of keeping America safe.

Not long ago, in another blog post I made, I uncovered a powerful woman involved in the parties that connected a few dots. Her name is Julianna Glover. She was an important RNC operative, who owned her own lobbying firm. She was a significant fund raiser for the RNC, and had lots of private parties, hosting many donors to the party. After active involvement in the NeverTrump movement she sold her lobbying firm, left the RNC and went to work for Teneo…..the consulting firm to the Clinton Foundation……all….while being a “senior advisor” to John Ashcroft at The Ashcroft Group, a lobbying firm of Constellis. This from the Ashcroft Group website:

“strategic consulting, security and internal investigative services, and crisis counseling, for countries, corporations and industry and political associations.”

 

 

The hierarchies of the parties are a key part of the deep state. They must ensure that the right people get elected. They run the campaigns, choose the candidates, control the money, and even select the winners. They control the polls, the messages, and to a great extent, they control the media. Without the parties, Americans would choose the “wrong” people to maintain the status quo. This happened with Trump….he was the wrong guy.

In the second part of this blog post, I will detail a special person who was part of the deep state just a few years ago. His story will illustrate for you how the deep state shaped world events, by illegal means to “hurt our enemy” while “keeping America safe”. I hope you’ll stay tuned..

 

Regular Order

How is spending supposed to happen in congress

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A meeting of the House Appropriations Committee at a “mark-up” session

 

This blog is a follow-up to the previous one on the filibuster. It is in response to a question I asked on a recent FB post. “Do you understand what regular order is, in the congress?”  As I stated then, much misinformation was being spread, seemingly because of a lack of understanding as to how the legislative process works.  This is my attempt to educate as many as I can about that process.  My last blog post discussed the senate filibuster, in the context of passing the AHCA (American Health Care Act) This post will discuss what I know about “regular order”. It certainly is not comprehensive, but made to be as concise as possible in the context of passing a Health Care reform bill.

THE BUDGETING PROCESS

Every year congress must pass a budget. This is a resolution not a law. A budget resolution sets the annual limits to spending. There are some portions of spending that, simply by law, cannot be set. This is called “mandatory” spending or like many like to call them entitlements. These are things like Medicare, Medicaid, Interest on the debt, and yes, Social Security. I’m not judging whether or not these things are entitlements, just that they represent mandatory spending that can’t be budgeted. These 4 categories represent almost half of all spending…..they cannot be cut without changing the underlying laws that created them.

The second kind of spending is called “discretionary” spending. These are the things congress can set yearly spending levels for. The biggest of these is defense and represents about 1/4 of spending. So these 5 categories now represent 3/4 of all spending, leaving only 1/4 of the budget that must carry any cuts to all spending. In the budget resolution, it is taken into account what mandatory spending must be made, then the numbers of all other spending will be debated and set, then enacted into law through a budget resolution.

Let me just say something about spending limits and just how they arrive at the amounts. At one time in the US, budgets were set by actual laws that looked at revenue as a limiting factor to spending. That changed in the 70s when “baseline budgeting” was invented. Baseline budgeting is a system of budgeting that looks only at the previous years spending to set the following years amount. Typically, whatever was spent the previous year will be increased by 1-8%. The previous year’s spending becomes the “baseline”, and it is assumed that the amount needed for the next year will be more. Rarely do they cut the previous years budgeting number, but merely the rise from the baseline. So don’t be fooled, when they say they are “cutting” the budget of a program, they are merely cutting the amount of increase, not the underlying baseline.

Once the budget resolution is set, this is when Regular order is supposed to begin. This budget resolution “authorizes” the money to be spent. Next is the necessity to “appropriate” the budgeted amount into various spending programs. For example, if the budget resolution authorizes ten billion dollars to be spent by the Department of Education, just how that money can be spent has to be done in the appropriation process. In the government there are 12 such appropriation categories.

    1. Agriculture,
    2. Commerce, Justice, and Science,
    3. Defense,
    4. Energy and Water,
    5. Financial Services,
    6. Homeland Security,
    7. Interior and Environment,
    8. Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education,
    9. Legislative,
    10. Military and Veterans,
    11. State and Foreign Operations,
    12. Transportation and Housing and Urban Development.

      During regular order, each category of discretionary spending is sent to a committee that will debate and decide how the money should be spent, in accordance with the budget resolution. In this committee, priorities are discussed and just how the money will be spent is decided. Once they have completed what’s called the “mark-up”, the appropriation is sent to the floor of the House where amendments can be offered then the bill is voted on. By the way, the House is the only body that can originate spending. Of course the senate has its own process, but the actual origination of any spending must start in the House. Once each body has an appropriation bill approved, both bills wind up in a final conference committee. This is a committee chosen by the speaker of the House and minority leader and the leaders of the senate. It typically contains about 24 members chosen from all 535 congressmen, some republicans and some democrats. The conference committee then attempts to merge the two appropriations bills into one final bill. They also can make changes. When they are finished…they send that one bill to both chambers for further amendments then a final vote is taken. This then becomes the spending for the next year. This long and tedious process is supposed to be done 12 times in 1 year. It rarely happens! Even in a good year of regular order, only 3 or 4 new appropriations are completed.  When an appropriation bill is not completed, before the deadline….which is October 1st, no spending can take place in that area not appropriated for. When this happens, typically a continuing resolution is agreed to. A continuing resolution (CR) is simply a document to continue the spending from the previous year, with an appropriate increase from the baseline, if that money was authorized in the budget resolution. When CRs are implemented, spending can never decrease and changes to programs cannot be made. Everything remains the same.

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      Presidents Obama and Bush, the men who presided over the creation of more debt than all other presidents combined

      I would be remiss if I didn’t mention here something few people know. It is the reason why the national debt under Obama grew at its fastest rate in the history of our country. In fact during the 8 years of president Obama, more debt was added by the congress than all debt acquired in our history. That means that from 1787, our beginning, to 2000, the beginning of the Bush administration, the debt….. that is every dollar the US government had borrowed since 1787 had risen to 4 trillion dollars. That’s 213 years of borrowing. During the Bush term congress more that doubled this to over 9 trillion. And…….are you ready?, under the Obama term, congress doubled it again to over 19 trillion.  The reason for this explosion in debt was due to the continued use of CRs and not regular order. In 2009 congress passed the largest stimulus spending in our history….$887 billion. This money had to be placed in the budget resolution for that year. Well guess what? No appropriations were made after that year.

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      Harry Reid

      For 4 straight years Harry Reid refused to pass a new budget resolution, so congress was continually forced to pass CRs to keep the government funded. These CRs contained the stimulus spending amounts, adding a trillion dollars of debt each year.

      Ok, enough bashing. What does this have to do with the AHCA. In my next post, I’ll be talking about reconciliation. But for now, know that  regular order is the process of creating a budget, authorizing money to be spent, then appropriating that money to be spent in various ways. It is a complicated, tedious, and lengthy process. But it is the most important function congress has…..and it hasn’t been used for decades the way it is supposed to be. Paul Ryan promised his members and the people, that congress would return to regular order. He is trying. Understanding regular order is highly important to understanding the AHCA repeal and replace legislation. It will become more clear when I discuss reconciliation……stay tuned.

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      Paul Ryan

What’s Going On?

Should America fight the Deep State?

Last night I watched, again, the movie, “The Bourne Ultimatum”. You probably have seen one of these action packed spy movies. What struck me, as I watched, was the sophistication of the CIA capabilities to surveille someone. Now, I am cognisant of the fact, that it was only a movie, but certainly the makers of movies do their homework and research to create realism. If anywhere close to true, it depicted the ability to INSTANTLY capture a cell phone conversation. It showed how they could follow any person visually as they traveled through a city, and how they could capture any and all transactions any person conducted electronically…..It is absolutely stunning just what their capabilities are.

The recent revelations from the CIA methodology leaks proves, these types of capabilities not only exist, they are but the tip of the proverbial iceberg. Good or bad, it is what it is. I truly believe, whether its good or bad, really depends on people. Good people will do what is needed to catch the bad guys and keep America safe. Bad guys will use these abilities to gain and maintain power. They will use these tools for political purposes…..and that’s what I believe is happening.

AG Loretta Lynch, just before leaving office, issued an order to allow the CIA and the NSA to share this raw data with 16 other agencies. Many are now asking why? Could it be to keep us safer by having the ability to collaborate? Could it be a way to insulate those that are leaking this information to the press? The former would be the idealistic and patriotic thing….but we know that the Obama administration and the Clinton machine has never displayed any such feelings. If it is the latter, then we have a very real problem. As I’ve written in many other blog posts, the CIA is running some sort of Deep State. It is my belief, that they think they know what needs to be done and are operating with the best interests of America in mind. They do not want change, and Trump will bring change.

In the plot of the movie, the CIA was running a clandestine program called Blackbriar.  It trained and equipped assassins to kill people they deemed to be threats….even Americans. But as in all good plots, the heads of the program, went astray and broke a multitude of laws. They had no hatred of America, but they sincerely believed they should do anything necessary to safeguard America, but also to protect and hide what they were doing. I don’t think it is a long stretch to believe this is what’s going on. That said, there’s another side to this….MONEY! These programs require money…and lots of it. And that money is coming from a multitude of sources. If you’ve read all my work below titled “INTO THE WEEDS” in sequence, you can connect the dots. The Clinton Machine is neck-deep in this Deep State. Them and others play along, but have other motives…..they want to get rich.

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Efward Snowden

 

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Caterine Herridge

This week, a story came out about where the leaks were coming  from. The story was by Catherine Herridge of FOX. She is their intelligence reporter. She said they are looking at “contractors”. These are the hired mercenaries that do the grunt work in intelligence. She went on to report how the use of contractors has exploded in recent years. Snowden was a contractor. In my studies, several times I connected John Ashcroft of Constellis (formerly Blackwater) with the Clinton Machine and TENEO. Now, I am very close to these dots, and for me it is not much of a leap to suggest that Clinton, Ashcroft, Clapper, Comey, and so many others, are deeply connected to this Deep State. 

Running the government, and taking care of the people, the economy, and all other domestic issues seem to be a side task to this deep state. All the drama we talk about every day is a distraction to this deep state. But don’t be confused. This deep state is not trying to take over America…it is there to do whatever it takes to maintain the status quo in the world, and especially to maintain the status quo of who has power and who makes the decisions. However, it is not a homogenous group. The grunts doing the work and carrying out the orders are loyal Americans who truly believe they are doing right. Many of those giving the orders, think politically and selfishly, and use this apparatus for their own gain. The law  makes absolutely, no difference, and has become irrelevant to this deep state. Like any organization with too much power, they have forgotten why we have laws and rules and a constitution.

So should we fight against this deep state and try to uncover and end it? Could it hurt America in the long run? Or should we just accept it? As I started with, it all comes down to people……whether they are good or bad. That said, there is a principle and an old saying that may answer the question: “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”  This is why we have the rule of law.

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Their Strategy

In my last post I began an investigation into Indivisible. Before I go on with that report below, I want to post the Facebook post I made that prompted this research. It stemmed from an audio recording provided that exposed organizing tactics of the disruption of town halls in small city congressional districts. Here is that post:

“Recently I posted an audio of some folks strategizing about how to disrupt republican town halls. The main instructor was identified as James Proctor. So I did a little research….duh!

I can’t attest to any of this because it was an audio, and I couldn’t see his face, thus age. But there were only 3 James Proctors listed in Louisiana. The one that stood out was from Jeanerette, Louisiana, almost on top of Acadiana, where the article said there was a branch of “Indivisible”.  Coincidently, Jeanerette and Acadiana are only about 30 miles south of Lafayette, where LSU is. Hmmmmm! I think I got the right James Proctor. If I do, Mr. Proctor is a reverend and runs an outfit called ALPHA COMMUNITY OUTREACH CENTER. Below is a screen shot from a D & B report that shows they got a little money in the bank. But there’s more. On their non-profit documents there are 3 principles, including Proctor. One is named Clifton Tate, who is also a partner in an insurance agency in Opelousas, LA about 10 miles north of Lafayette, but lives in Jeanerette. Mr. Tate is the director of JEANERETTE CITIZENS ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS, INC. At the exact same address is another non-profit called EVENING STARLIGHT OPTIMIST CLUB. I initially thought this was just some other business in the same building, but it is registered as a non-profit, and the same guy is also an agent for both…Russell Boutte of Jeanerette.

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The actions on the audio are reported to have been guided by “INDIVISIBLE” an organized progressive, very organized group that claims affiliation with 7000 groups all over America. That’s no small feat. I’ll do more on Indivisible tomorrow, but I believe this is a PAID, organized effort to undermine any and all of Trumps legislation. Never, ever, never, underestimate the power or the money on the left. They will do anything and everything to stop our movement.”

Here is the audio and story behind INDIVISIBLE:
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/27/leaked-audio-reveals-anti-trump-forces-manufacturing-hostile-town-hall/
Matthew Schoenberger, of New Orleans, shouts a question at Republican U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy during a town hall meeting in Metairie

If you’ve read the first post on this story, I tracked the money and followed it to its source. I also outlined how INDIVISIBLE was created and by whom. Now I want to show you their strategy and why they are doing what they are doing. Make no mistake, the left is trying to create a Tea Party type movement. But they are doing it using violence, agitation and disruption. They no longer believe that protests alone can get them what they want. They are taking their disruption to small towns and cities near you. The left is on the march and have the money and the organization to spread their radical ideas to our communities. Pay close attention to who is running for your mayor, your council, or your school board. The only wildcard is the division between the two faction competing for control…..the OFA (Organizing for Action) which is run by Obama and the DNC establishment and INDIVISIBLE, which is the more radical, socialist wing of the party, run by the now defunct Sanders people.

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Micah White

 

In my research, I came across a man named Micah White. He is a co-founder of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Occupy Wall Street happened 5 years ago. In a recent interview, Mr. White said OWS was a “constructive failure”. He said this to the interviewer:
“….the number one thing for people to realize is that protest alone doesn’t give the people power. There is no constitutional requirement that Trump has to listen to protests if they exceed a certain size, et cetera. There’s only two ways to gain political power in our world right now and that’s to win elections or win wars.” Then on November 14th, White wrote in an article for Guardian. He said this: “What is to be done now? American activists must move from detached indignation to revolutionary engagement. They must use the techniques that create social movements to dominate elections.”

 

Now, you might say…just another wacho from the left. But they really do have a plan and the money to carry it out. Mr. White tried somewhat of an experiment. He moved from the big city of San Francisco, to a corner of Oregon’s coast called Nahalem. Even as small as it was it had its poor and homeless. With an average income of $47,000 it lived off of tourism. Nahalem has 180 registered voters. He lived there for a few years and then ran for mayor.  It completely divided the small town. Neighbor versus neighbor, black versus white. His goal was to see if he could take his message to rural America. He lost the contentious election 139-36. The point to this, is it was an experiment. This is the coming application of taking over rural America…..win small elections and turn the counties.

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Becky Bond

 

In that same interview with Current, another guest was being interviewed along with White. Her name was Becky Bond. She was a senior advisor to Bernie Sanders, and responsible for organizing the grass roots through the use of social media for the campaign. She said this: “….consumers going to a company or it can be as voters going to a politician threatening to throw them out if they don’t fight for the agenda that helps the people with the problems that they’re facing in their lives. It’s also increasingly becoming people becoming sand in the gears of the machine and actually resisting and refusing to participate in a government that abuses their rights.” I’ll leave it up to you to read into her comments what you will.

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Bond also has written a book. A book with a familiar ring to it with political junkies: Rules for Revolutionaries But she has taken her knowledge from the campaign and has taken it to a new level creating INDIVISIBLE, an organized, well funded community organizing force touting 7000 affiliates all over America, ready to protest at a minutes notice. But there is a disconnect between the tens of thousands of minions within the INDIVISIBLE movement and the establishment OFA, led by OBAMA. Obama has said that the left needs to create a “tea party type movement”. So both factions have the same strategy, and both are vying for the same money and control. Just as with the republican party, there is a massive struggle between the grass roots and the establishments. Who will win in the democrat party is unclear, but the point of this report is to warn you of the new strategy. They are bringing these protests to small rural venues. They have figured out that they need to win more than just the big cities. But beware, its not just simple protests. They plan to agitate and disrupt, and find militant candidates that will run for local offices. In other words, they want to divide our neighborhoods. The irony is, just as they are pulling out stops to win in the rural areas, republicans are trying to figure out how to win in the cities. Whoever solves the problem will be undefeatable….I’m putting my money on Trump.

INDIVISIBLE

The Investigation Begins

I want to get some of this out while its fresh in my mind…..my memory just isn’t what it used to be. I like to compare it to a mall parking lot at Christmas. A fact drives around for a half hour trying to find an empty space at the front. Someone has to leave (a memory) before you can use the spot to use later.

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Screen Shot from CREDO Website

 

Anyway….I have been trying to determine what’s going on with all the protests. It really wasn’t too hard to get a reasonable framework. It starts with a cellular phone company called CREDO MOBILE. This is a real corporation with about $25 million in sales, but is a part of a larger venture called WORKING ASSETS, Inc., which is a 100 million dollar company. The two founders of Working Assets are Laura Scher and Michael Kieschnick. Credo is a very unique company in what they do with their money. Billed as a “socially conscious” enterprise, it donates millions to progressive causes. On their website, they say that to date they have contributed $82 million to progressive causes.

After reading that paragraph, you might think…well that’s fine….that is their right. But let’s go just a little deeper. Laura Scher is a director of the Rosenberg Foundation. (Here we go again with a foundation.) The Rosenberg Foundation funds our old friends at the TIDES CENTER….if you don’t remember these folks they were the money behind A.C.O.R.N. and a favorite place where George Soros parks his money. Oddly enough, the Rosenberg Foundation also funds the RAND CORPORATION, a non-profit, that is also funded by the US government. They do a vast amount of research on many, many subjects. This may be a superfilous tangent, but RAND does a lot of analysis for the military. The other co-founder of CREDO, Michael Kieschnick, is a director at the LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS. You may not recognize this outfit, but I sure do. During past research, I bumped into this group several times. Before I go on, I just want to point something out about being a director of any public or private group. Although it does prove a connection between people, it doesn’t prove much beyond that. In fact some of the most important people in the world are board members or directors of dozens of companies and organizations at the same time. What’s important about these two directorships is, for both Scher  and Kieschnick, this is their only directorship. The function of a director is to determine where they will spend money, especially within a foundation board. So they have to not only know but actually vote to spend this money. Back to the story. The LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS, and the TIDES CENTER are both left wing activists groups. This is where it gets very interesting. The LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS and the TIDES CENTER are also both funded by SEA CHANGE. That’s that obscure organization funded by Nat Simons and Klein, Ltd. Klein, Ltd being that organization that had deep connections to the Russian Oil Industry. You can read about Sea Change here.

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The League of CONSERVATION VOTERS is a national partner of AMERICA VOTES. You know where that takes us? PLANNED PARENTHOOD and Cecile Richards. Normally I’d say that was shocking to me, but I have done a lot of these studies, and it seems we always get back to here or the Clinton Foundation.

 

I started this with CREDO as the starting point and I took you all the way to the source of the money. But what does any of this have to do with the protests in airports and congressional town halls?  Credo’s two largest recipients of funding are the ACLU and Planned Parenthood. In one weekend, the ACLU gave $13 million to Becky Bond and Kenneth Pennington, the people that founded INDIVISIBLE. This is the organization that is organizing and paying people to teach how to agitate. They have paid for and aided in the creation of a handbook called “A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR RESISTING THE TRUMP AGENDA” It is a 26 page guide explaining tactics to disrupt and agitate in order to MAKE congress listen.  You can read this pamphlet here.

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It was authored using a collaborative effort between these folks Angel Padilla, Leah Greenberg, Billy Fleming, Caroline Kavit, Emily Phelps, Ezra Levin, Gonzalo Martinez de Vedia, Indivar Dutta-Gupta, Jennay Ghowrwal, Jeremy Halle, Mary Humphreys, Matt Traldi, Sara Clough, and Sara Dohl

I also found that Bond and Pennington are also two former senior advisors to the Sanders campaign. I also found that the OFA (Organizing For Action) A group of Obama supporters is also raising a lot of money…..and these two factions are not on the same page. In fact, one article, it was said that they are on a collision course. So what do I think is going on here? I believe that the people at the bottom are truly grass roots. They have no idea how they are being manipulated by the rich elite. They are used just like serfs to serve the interests of those that they so hate. But the money flows in and things get done…..I don’t think they give it much thought. At the other end, the usual layer after layer after layer, covering their fingerprints on what they are doing. Soros, Cecile Richards, the ACLU, all the normal players spending gobs and gobs of money, to agitate and protest to gain power for their perverse agenda. In my next post I will talk about what their new strategy just might be. And how this INDIVISIBLE is using young people and social justice warriors to change the political landscape. Stay tuned, I’ve only scratched the surface.

Corrution? Government or Corporations?

Who’s to blame?

Disclaimer: this piece is my opinion, based on my business acumen and years of experience observing politics.

Below I have proven beyond any doubt that the Clinton Foundation and all its cohorts are a corrupt criminal enterprise. I have also provided information revealing firm links between the Foundation and the political establishment and the CIA. This latter point leaves room for debate, but the corruption can leave no doubt.

Over the years, I have had hundreds of debates whether corruption is the fault of government or the fault of corporate America. Those on the left believe the solution is more government power and regulation to counter the corporate corruption.  Laws like Dodd/Frank, ACA, and so many others, reveal this desire for more control and more power to regulate. I believe corporate corruption cannot exist without government assistance and a desire to aquiesce to their needs. With less power and less regulation and less money to spend, government could not do the favors they do for corporate America.

So what’s behind the connections between the Clinton Foundation, Dow, Boieng, Humana, Coke, and the others that have given millions to the Clintons for favors? Corporations are in the business to make money….as much money as they can make. It is not only their business, it is their fuduciary responsibilty to do so. If a corrupt government official will take money in return for consideration, a law, or a favor, they will spend the money. If the government official will not take the money, they will have to work much harder to compete, make better products, or provide services that sell. That’s the old fashion way, but the way all of us expect should be used. Using government to help you make money, is much, much easier. The point is, they will do whatever it takes to make money….they will play in any system that allows them to make money, and they are more than willing to spend millions if it will return billions.

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Andrew Liveris, CEO Dow Chemical

Now I want to talk about an interview I saw recently with Andrew Liveris, the CEO of Dow Chemical. Liveris was one of my subjects in the posts below,  INTO THE WEEDS 8. There, I discussed Dow’s use of the Exp/Imp bank to fund a $20 billion dollar chemical plant in Saudi Arabia, and how the approval of a $5 billion loan from the taxpayers was acheived through e-mails with the directors at the Exp/Imp Bank with promises of jobs at the foundations right arm, Teneo. Liveris was a staunch defender of Clinton for president and Dow contributed millions to the foundation. Dow also contribbuted to her campaign, and spoke publically against Trump. Building a plant on this scale in a foreign country, requires state department approval, and Hillary Clinton was SOS at the time. It would seem the whole episode came at a price. That’s how “pay for play” works. You can read the details here at my blog: https://kengeorge.org/2016/11/21/into-the-weeds-8/

Back to the interview. Liveris was just leaving a meeting he had at the White House with other business leaders, and Donald Trump, on February 20th. Reportedly, the business leaders talked about the reforms Trump was placing on regulation, his tax reform plan, the border tax, and the repatriozation of 2 trillion dollars of foreign profits. When Liveris was interviewed, he praised Trump and supported every single point in his plan. After hearing what he had to say, I thought he was a “Get on the Train” Trump supporter. He couldn’t have been more complimentary or supportive. It was absolutely striking! You see, my premise was that Corporations want to make money however they can. They will do what it takes. Because Clinton lost, they now have to change direction. They have to work with whomever is in power to make as much money as they can, and Trump is now in power…they’ll have to do it the old fashion way, which is going to be good for America.

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Deal of the Century

Who really has ties to Russia?

air-tractor-at-802u-airtruck-logo.pngYesterday, I saw a story from one of my close FB friends about a weapons sale to Kenya, signed on January 19th…..Obama’s last day in office. The story is attached and outlines a request for a congressional investigation. On its face, it seems like an innocuous story about only 14 planes,  weaponized to fight Al-Shabab. It further talks about who got the contract and who didn’t. It states a company called L3 Technologies received this contract. The contract became a no bid contract and a company that has a lot of past experience with these planes claim they could be made for half the price. Regardless, the contract was issued to L3 Technologies for 418 million dollars. The funny thing is, not only is L3 double the price, they have never made a plane, let alone one like this. So I began to wonder just what was going on.

Well, I looked into L3 Technologies. I thought I had heard the name before in other research. I was right. L3 Technologies is formerly L3 Communications. One of their 11 directors is Peter Cohen. Mr. Cohen is also the founder and CEO of the Cowen Group. From Wilkepedia:

“Cowen Group Inc. is a diversified financial services firm that provides alternative investment management, investment banking, research, and sales and trading services through its two business segments: Ramius, LLC, a global alternative investment management business, and Cowen and Company, LLC, a broker-dealer business”

Now the Cowen Group has been around quite awhile. The Vice-Chairman of the Cowen Group is Stelios Papandopolus. Papandopolus is also on the board of Joule Unlimited along with Reuban Vardanyan, a close friend of Vladimir Putin. Why is this important? I recently wrote an expose on my blog about Joule. (included at the bottom) This is the company that Russia invested $35 million in to work against our fracking industry. Vardanyan is also the founder of Skolkovo…..the venture acquiring American technology from more than a dozen of our biggest tech firms…..ALL contributing to the Clinton Foundation to the tune of $20 million.

So what do think? Do I have to write more? OK…….A mature American company, with experience, is not considered for a military contract for weaponized planes in Kenya. Instead, a company, with no experience, gets a contract for twice the market price. Coincidently, directors of that company are also directors and officers of a Russian financed business, that John Podesta was a director and held 75,000 shares of stock, that he did not disclose.

Just how much more evidence does the justice department or the FBI need? Folks I’m telling you….I can’t look into a story that doesn’t have the Clintons somewhere in it. The corruption, cronyism, illegality, and down right treason is rampant. It truly is a swamp….and I hope someday, we will see an end to this corruption. One can only hope.

http://dennismichaellynch.com/congress-probing-obamas-last-minute-deal-kenya/

https://kengeorge.org/2017/02/19/into-the-weeds-11/

Is the CIA leaking classified information?

The connections just keep coming….when will the FBI begin an investigation?

Recently. I posted a research summary on FB. I wanted to post that story here as it is relevant to so many other things I have uncovered about the Clinton Foundation. All the players in this story…..seem to have connections to the Foundation and their surrogates.

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Katie Walsh-Deputy Chief of Staff to Donald Trump

Well, well, well….I guess all my investigative work is beginning to pay dividends. Today a FB friend (Bonnie Barta Dolezal) posted a story I had seen yesterday. Several news sources have reported that a leak has been found or at least suspected within the Trump administration. The suspect happens to be the deputy chief of staff, Katie Walsh. (story attached) but that’s not the whole story. For months I have been researching and posting here and on my blog about connections between the CIA and the Clinton Foundation. I started when I found a very strange connection between the RNC, TENEO Consulting, and Constellis. In case you haven’t read my blog and only read FB…..Julianna Glover was a big shot at the RNC and a lobbiest. She quit the RNC, just before the election and became a senior VP at Teneo Consulting. Teneo is very very close to the CF. The Co-founder of Teneo is Doug Band, the CEO of the CF. When Glover quit the RNC, she closed her lobbying firm but maintained a position as an advisor to the Ashcroft Group, run by John Ashcroft, a former Attorney General and still the CEO of Constellis, formerly Blackwater….a black ops, mercenary supply company. Constellis gets billions from the defense department to provide “contractors” all throughout the middle east, including some that were killed in Bengahzi.

 

OK, that’s the background and you can read more details at my blog. I have included a link at the bottom. But what does this all have to do with Katie Walsh? After a lot of searching I found a bio on Ms. Walsh. One of her first jobs after she graduated from Georgetown Univ. in 2007, was to work for the Ashcroft Group. She then became a prolific fundraiser for the RNC. So, a suspected leaker of classified information, used to work for John Ashcroft, the supplier of “contractors” to the CIA.  Just amazing. One more thing….did you know that Georgetown University has the oldest military type schools within it called The Edmund A Walsh School of Foreign Service. How’s that for a coincidence?….(a real one I hope) To be fair I could not determine if Ms. Walsh attended this school.

I’m sure all this is merely coincidental……but if it is, I now have the Guiness record for discovering coincidences. Wonder if Trump knows about this?

https://kengeorge.org/2016/12/15/into-the-weeds-10/

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/…/breaking-report-white-ho…/

Into the Weeds 11 – Update

Pay for play reaches new lows.

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In my last post I mentioned a Russian start up program called SKOLKOVO innovation center. Well apparently this is a big deal, to date hosting over 900 companies, mostly start-up and mostly hi-tech new technology firms.    I found some of the American Companies that are aiding in advancing this technology. They include Microsoft, Google, Intel, Cisco, GE, IBM, Honeywell, Johnson & Johnson, Boeing, Dow, HCL America, Price Waterhouse, and others. From Europe, tech giants, Siemens and Nokia  From India, Tata. And from Russia, Rusnano and Lukoil. So far, American companies alone have invested 2 billion dollars in this tech venture in Russia. Oddly enough, the same Russian investment fund that was used to start SKOLKOVO was used to purchase Uranium One…..you may remember this is the deal brokered by Hillary Clinton and Frank Giustra to sell 20% of American uranium reserves to the Russians. Not only did Frank Giustra donate over 30 million dollars to the Clinton Foundation, I recently found out the same Russian company that now controls those American mines of Uranium, also penned a deal with Iran to sell them Uranium.

Now you have to admit this is special! Selling our technology, our uranium reserves, and giving them to Russia and Iran….two of our biggest enemies. I can see right inside the liberal skull…..  “if we help them they won’t attack us…..we just need to treat them better”. Well, how’d that work out with N. Korea when Bill Clinton gave them nuclear technology? Or how about giving China missile technology and all our factories? Is that working for America?

Its working for somebody. Every single one of those companies listed above, just coincidently donated big money to the Clinton Foundation or paid Bill Clinton big money for a speech. Since the Foundation only lists donations in 5 million dollar increments its hard to say the exact number….but its at least 10 million and as high as 25 million. I might also add that the CF has over 300,000 donors, and many have not even been disclosed. Many, many are individuals. I could spend days just studying donors, its irrelevant. Some of those individuals are certainly corporate officers or foundation managers that bring a lot less attention, when they donate as an individual.

Have we learned nothing from history? Are we so stupid that we keep funding our foreign competitors and provide them the technology to defeat us economically? Are we really that stupid, or is it just greed? Someday we will regret all this “cooperation”. But I guess there are plenty of folks that just don’t give a shit about America…making money is all that matters.

Into the Weeds 11

Why should we still pursue Hillary Clinton?

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John Podesta                                                                 Vladimir Putin

I almost can’t wait to tell this tale. It is way, way convoluted….so you’ll have to pay close attention. I continue my research on the Clinton Foundation. Why, you say? The election is over and Hillary is no more. Not necessarily……the money! Its always the money!

I came across a story on Breitbart that peeked my interest. Somehow I missed it when it first came out in October of 2016. The story revealed that John Podesta transferred 75,000 shares of common stock to a shell company in California, registered in Delaware, named Leonidio. Trouble is, it is a complete ghost of a holding company. Nobody can find who owns it. But let’s set that aside for now. What’s more important is the stock. The stock was in a company called Joule, unlimited. Joule is a tech company based in Bedford, MA. Its tech is bio-fuel and green energy. Podesta, in addition to receiving the 75,000 shares of stock, also sat on the board of one of the three branches of Joule. He did not disclose any of this, required by law, on his financial disclosures when he joined the Obama administration or the Clinton campaign. Most of this information, so far, is in the Breitbart articles. But it gets much, much better.

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Reuben Vardanyan

Also on the board of Joule is a man named Reuben Vardanyan. He is a long time friend and advisor to Putin. You might call him a Russian Oligarch. He is native Armenian but has many financial interests in Russia, including banks, tech companies and oil interests. He is very, very wealthy. He founded an entity called SKOLKOVO, a Russian management school, dedicated to the tech industries. During the time that both Podesta and Vardanyan were on the board together of Joule,  they received a 35 million dollar investment from a Russian government fund. At the same time another shell company was being set up in Bermuda…..Klein Ltd. The whole scheme seems to have been hatched sometime in early 2011, shortly before Podesta was placed on the board of Joule. Klein, Ltd. has absolutely no information known, since it was set up in Bermuda and its against Bermuda law to provide any information, but the agents of Klein are known. They have strong connections to the Russian oil industry and Vardanyan and share the law firm that set up the shell company, Klein, and a foundation called Sea Change. Sea Change is involved in this scheme as well. They appear to be funded by only two sources: Klein Ltd. and Nat Simons and his wife, Marilyn.  Mr. Simons is a big left wing donor to Hillary Clinton and a rabid environmentalist. Sea Change is no small outfit. They take in about 30 million a year from just two sources. It is exclusively spent on climate change issues and alternate energy, with the one exception of millions a year given to the Center for American Progress….you remember them….that’s John Podesta’s organization. Somehow though, I think Nat Simons is a useful idiot. Maybe not, but the whole goal here seems to be to block, delay, and stop our development and use of fossil fuels. Now why would Russia invest in that? This seems to sharpen the image a little more, as to why climate change is so important to so many elites. By the way, all the people mentioned here are making millions and millions off all this advocacy.

But wait….there’s more. Above, while introducing the Russian connection, Vardanyan, I mentioned a school he created called SKOLKOVO. During Hillary’s “reset” with Russia, as secretary of state, at the request of SKOLKOVO, brought together 17 high tech American Companies to furnish technology to SKOLKOVO. All 17 companies were Clinton Foundation Donors or paid Bill big money for a speech. Hillary was warned by the FBI, that much of the technology could have duel use in military applications. Nothing was stopped. The technology was purchased, just as 20% of our uranium reserves were purchased.

For details and further reading I will furnish links at the bottom. But let’s sum up: Podesta, illegally, does not disclose his directorship of a Russian funded alternate fuel company……gets huge fee. Shares board with Reuben Vardanyan, close friend and confident of Vladimir Putin.  Russians fund Klein, Ltd which funds Sea Change to weaken American resolve for using fossil fuel, donates to Center for American Progress…..John Podesta. Hillary arranges technology transfers to the Russians by 17  U.S. companies, all contributing to the Clintons.

Now! Tell me….who actually has ties to the Russians?

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/08/01/timeline-countdown-john-podestas-35-million-russian-deal/

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/10/13/wikileaks-bombshell-john-podesta-owned-75000-shares-putin-connected-energy-company/

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2014/07/30/exposed-sea-change-the-shadowy-one-percenter-foundation-waging-war-on-affordable-energy/

http://www.insidephilanthropy.com/fundraising-for-climate-change/sea-change-foundation-grants-for-climate-change.html

http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/funderProfile.asp?fndid=5424

https://panamapapers.icij.org/20160403-putin-russia-offshore-network.html