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If You Would Even Consider Voting for Hillary...

I strongly recommend that you watch this documentary: Clinton: His Life.

This film, of course, concentrates on Bill Clinton, but it reveals the depravity of both members of the marriage partnership. You may not find the opening of the documentary very convincing, especially if you are left-leaning. However, I urge you to stick with the film, which reveals in detail the following: Bill’s extreme sexual debauchery, tolerated by Hillary; the Clinton’s mistreatment of state troopers and Secret Service agents assigned to protect them; Bill’s refusal to investigate the Mena affair, in which large amounts of cocaine were trafficked into Arkansas when Bill was governor; the number and nature of mysterious deaths surrounding individuals who crossed the Clintons; and the apparent selling of state secrets to Chinese agents.

You may also want to add this transgression to the list: according to a forthcoming documentary, Hillary was involved in the largest campaign finance scandal in U.S. history. You may watch the trailer for Hillary Uncensored here

Bayer Knowingly Distributed AIDS-contaminated Drug In Foreign Countries

Peace Activists Barred From Entering Canada

- Until they are "criminally rehabilitated."  Canada has been acting more and more like its southern neighbor.  Maybe it is all part of the "Security and Prosperity Partnership" leading us into the North American Union...

Read details here: Op-Ed News

Update on Mysterious Death at Phoenix Airport

The story has subtly shifted: First, Carol Anne Gotbaum was reported to have strangled herself with her own handcuffs, which were behind her back (see earlier post). Now, she is purported to have strangled herself with a chain leading from the handcuffs behind her back to a bench below her: "Police say she strangled herself with her chain."

There is also a witness, who claims the following: "She got her cell phone, broke it on a couple of customers, hit [t]hem, threw it on her." I am not sure exactly what this witness is saying, since his diction is almost incomprehensible. However, I take it that Gotbaum is alleged to have attacked someone or some people with her cell phone. Interestingly, none of the surveillance videos I have seen show any of this.

Whether there has indeed been foul play in this case – as there does seem to be – let us not forget the epidemic of law enforcement brutality sweeping the country. If you need to be convinced of this epidemic, then I recommend the following compendium of videos.

If you do not need to be convinced of this epidemic, I do not think that it is healthy to watch these videos. Highlights include a school security guard breaking a girl’s wrist for dropping a piece of cake, police methodically breaking the arms of nonviolent and passive protestors, and police stalking a young victim of previous brutality. If we go beyond the U.S., we may observe the case of two handicapped men detained at gunpoint for merely looking at British police officers.

Count Those Votes!

Sad but hilarious video of Texas lawmakers voting for each other.

Was Mother of Three Killed at Phoenix Airport?

Contortionists worldwide must be mourning the death of Carol Anne Gotbaum. She was an artist of unparalleled talent, if you believe the cops who arrested, trussed, and imprisoned her at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona. She died in their custody last Friday because '[she] had possibly tried to manipulate the handcuffs from behind her to the front, got tangled up in the process and they ended up around her neck,' according to Sgt. Andy Hill.

Go ahead: try it. Hold your hands behind your back and raise them. Now you truly appreciate Mrs. Gotbaum’s unbelievable skill: it’s impossible to lift your arms more than a few vertebrae upward. They won’t go anywhere near your neck.

Rest of story here.

More testimony from experts.

[Phoenix Police Sgt.] Hill said it was possible that Gotbaum may have accidentally strangled herself while trying to escape from the handcuffs.

But former law enforcement officers and police tactics trainers said it would be very unusual for that to happen.

'I can't imagine anatomically how you could do that,' said Roy Bedard, a former police officer who now trains officers in defense tactics, including how to use handcuffs and other restraints. 'I have a hard time seeing how you could get tangled up in them.'"

Though the cause of her death remained a mystery, Hill said, 'It appeared as though Ms. Gotbaum had possibly tried to manipulate the handcuffs from behind her to the front, got tangled up in the process, and they ended up around her neck area.'

But most people whose hands are restrained behind their backs try to slip their hands underneath their legs, said Brad Garrett, a former FBI agent. It is possible for people who are double jointed to move their arms above their heads, but even then, Bedard said, their arms would usually be extended and not near their necks.

Garrett said it was too early to know exactly what happened, but that it would be strange for a person to accidentally choke to death on handcuffs. It would also be very difficult for someone to strangle themselves to death on purpose with the handcuffs, Garrett said.

'If she did that, she's a very determined person,' he said.

Dorothy Dietrich, a magician and escape artist, said she also was not sure how someone could choke themselves to death while trying to escape from handcuffs. 'That would be very hard to do,' she said."