Sometimes I like to joke that I am psychic.

I’m not, well, at least not in any way that can be considered “magic.”  What I do is watch.  Watch and observe, paying attention as best as I can.  I’ve been a people watcher for as long as I can remember.  As such, I’ve become fairly good at reading people and my impressions are usually quite accurate.  I pay attention to other things too: history, politics, trends, and nature among other things.  As such, I find myself aware of the types of things that tend to happen.

In the spring of 2001, I boldly predicted — while sharing a pitcher of Stella with some friends — that the United States would be hit by a major terrorist attack in the next 6-8 months.  That fateful 11th day of September changed America, possibly forever.  True story.

Nearly a year ago when Barack Obama emerged as a front runner in the Democratic nominations, I once again felt my “spidey sense” tingling.  I have told a few people about this in private, but I thought I’d make it public here.  You know, for posterity’s sake.

Obama will not complete his term as president.

I don’t know when, how or by whom, but Barack Obama will be assassinated.

Supposedly one attempt was recently foiled:

http://cbs13.com/cbsnational/assisination.plot.obama.2.802884.html

But Obama can’t avoid destiny.

Black Op or grassy knoll; evangelical Christian or white supremacist, it is going to get messy.

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Also on that site is my second video, this one tackling the referendum.

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Alright.. So Karla Homolka is getting out of jail soon and this is making a few people antsy. Some want her monitored and some say she’s done her time so leave her alone.  I can sort of see both sides…. As you can see in the following article.. the court has ordered that Homolka check in with police every week.

Court Orders Monitoring of Homolka

What I thought was really interesting about the article was this….

Other experts argued on Thursday that Homolka remained a risk, and Morissette agreed that she remained psychologically vulnerable in relationships with men.

She has been communicating with Jean-Paul Gerbet, a 38-year-old French national serving a life sentence in Quebec for strangling his girlfriend to death.

But Morissette said that even though Homolka and Gerbet had exchanged letters and one kiss, he is “not available” as a partner for her because he may be deported after he serves his sentence.

…. H’ok… Dubya Tee Eff?

So some dude kills his girlfriend.  Some chick kills two teenaged chicks with her boyfriend.  How the hell did these two end up meeting?  Never mind that they’ve KISSED.  Did they go to prison prom together?  www.PrisonMatch.com?  Did prison shrinks think this was a good idea because they have had similar experiences so they could relate to each other?  What happens when Bernardo gets out?  I can totally see a Dr Phil pay-per-view special coming up.

Absurd!

Wacko Jacko.

For all the people talking about this case, how can any of them say such vile things as “cut off his nuts” or as ignorant as “Free Jacko.”

They don’t know if he did it or not. They have no way of knowing. The only people who know for sure are Jackson and his accusers. So for everyone adding their two cents as to whether or not he did it, shut the fuck up.

As always, I’m here to share the real story. And this, to me, is the saddest part.

Jackson settlement from 1993 allegations topped $20 million – Jun 16, 2004: “Jackson agreed to pay $15,331,250 to be held in a trust fund for the accuser, now 24, as well as $1.5 million to each of his parents. The accuser may have also received another seven-figure payment not specified in the agreement. Additionally, the plaintiff’s lawyer was slated to receive $5 million.”

Back in 1993 when the first (publicized) allegations came out, that suit was settled out of court in 1994. The result? Cold hard cash going to the accuser, his family, and his lawyer in exchange for a promise to stop persuing the matter in courts. Jackson’s camp said repeatedly that the settlement was in no way an admission of guilt and I could see a person of his celebrity making such a settlement even if he wasn’t guilty.

But what if he was guilty then, and what if he is guilty now?

If the family in 1994 had pushed for justice, maybe that would have prevented any further abuse. Maybe Michael Jackson would be locked up now or maybe he would have gotten psychiatric help.

If he is found guilty, I’d like to see that money stripped from those bought out back in 1994. I’d like to see that money go to children’s charities or worthwhile causes like the Kids Help Phone or Children’s Aid. I’d like to see those bought out put in jail. They are just as guilty as Jackson (IF he’s found guilty)… they have Jackson’s cum on their hands… all over again.

Of course that’s IF he is guilty.

There is always the chance that this is a money grab as it may have been back in 1993. Jackson may just be an easy target. If that’s the case, lock them all up and leave Jackson alone.

I can also see how the 1993 accuser would have taken the money. That family is now set for life. Heck I’d let Jackson blow me for $23 million and Jackson could be damn sure I’d never tell a soul about it.

When I turned on my computer this morning all I got was a short “whirr” and a flash of my power light. Panic. I tried again. Nothing. More Panic. I cracked open the case and tried again. Nothing. I flipped the main power switch on the back off and on again. Tried booting up. Same flash as before and I noticed that the fans started spinning oh so briefly before sputtering out. Bloody hell. I put my thinking cap on and remembered what happened when I tried installing the ATI 9800 XT AIW almost a year ago. It did something similar then. I deduced that not enough power was getting to my machine. I unplugged a few things from the circuit and success. Whew.

Anyway back on track.

All the buzz in the past week or so has been around two major court cases in the US. A few people have asked for my thoughts so I will post them starting today. But first, there is another court case that doesn’t have the same profile as the others. It finally got resolved today.

Bobby Fischer Heads for Iceland After Japan Release

The great American chess hero Bobby Fischer was released from detention in Japan where he will head to Iceland, which granted him citizenship last week. He has been incarcerated in Japan since July because he is wanted in the US for playing a chess match. No, Bush doesn’t want to try out his Gruenfeld against the greatest player who ever lived, the American authorities want him jailed for playing in a chess match back in 1992.

You see, back in the day, Americans were prohibited from performing any activities in the former Yugoslavia and that is where Fischer had his match. Fischer won $3 million for defeating Boris Spassky in a rematch of their 1972 classic which launched Fischer to icondom in the US.

Ok, dudes… the Cold War is over. The match was in 1992, not 1962.

Even Fischer’s Cold War rival, Boris Spassky things the charges are rediculous. He wrote Bush a letter himself asking for “charity” and “mercy.” Spassky even offered to turn himself in. As a French citizen in 1992, he believes he was an equal participant in Fischer’s crime.

An excerpt:

If for some reason it is impossible (to drop charges against Fischer), I would like to ask you the following: Please correct the mistake of President François Mitterand in 1992. Bobby and myself committed the same crime. Put sanctions against me also. Arrest me. And put me in the same cell with Bobby Fischer. And give us a chess set.

Another thing that bothered me in the original story is at the bottom where author Elaine Lies (*cough*) says:

He resurfaced after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States. In an interview with a Philippine radio station, Fischer praised the strikes and said he wanted to see America “wiped out.”

What a bad man eh?

Well this is what he actually said:



“This is all wonderful news. It is time to finish off the US once and for all.

“I applaud the act. The US and Israel have been slaughtering the Palestinians for years. Now it is coming back at the US.”

While still damning and sounding like a nut, Lies selective use of quotes makes it seem far worse than what he actually said. Context is everything. Let me see.. I’ll pull a few selective quotes myself.

Sober says Fischer said:

“… could not believe what was happening. All the crimes the US has committed in the world. This just shows, what goes around comes around, even to the US.”

Now then… that doesn’t seem all too different from this quote:



“You cannot exercise your powers to the point of humiliation for the others. That is what the Western world — not only the Americans, the Western world — has to realize. Because they are human beings too. There are long-term consequences,”

“And I do think that the Western world is getting too rich in relation to the poor world and necessarily will be looked upon as being arrogant and self-satisfied, greedy and with no limits. The 11th of September is an occasion for me to realize it even more.”

And that was the then Prime Minister, Jean Chretien.

In this age of information, we have the capability of reading news articles from around the world. Doing so can sometimes give us a much clearer picture of what is really going on. Its not to say that these foreign papers don’t have their own agendas, but that those agendas are quite different from domestic news organizations’. Basically, watching CNN doesn’t give you the full picture.

Here’s a couple items from the past few weeks:

This article in the Slate brings up a CIA report done by the National Intelligence Council (a right-wing thinktank) which illustrates the declining power of the United States. The report goes on to predict that by 2020, the United States will no longer be the main power broker on the international scene. The US will “probably” still be the single most powerful country, but other countries will have made great gains. The likely usurpers are China, India, Brazil and Indonesia. Read the article for more about what countries like China are up to these days. This report wasn’t some “thought experiment” … there was no “if monkeys fly out my butt and make a spelling mistake on a news release…” … The seeds were sown long ago.

This next article published in the India Daily announces a formal alliance between Russia and China aimed to curb the expanding American and European military as well as economic global influences. This means trade deals, energy deals, and a defense pact. Why was this published in an Indian paper? Because it looks as though India and Brazil will be invited to join the alliance.

So the CIA says these countries will emerge as key global players, and the countries say they are working with each other to build a strong economic and military base to curb American expansion. Lets not forget all these countries have the bomb.

On my old blog I wrote that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq reminded me of late-1930s Germany. No one really cared when Austria was enveloped into Greater Germany just like no one really cared when the US went into Afghanistan. Both were just sort of expected to happen and few complained when it did. Then Hitler campaigned to “rescue” the Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia. This started to piss people off but appeasement won out and no one did anything, even when the causes for Hitler’s war turned out to be faked! The backlash for the Iraq war should be obvious to anyone who reads the news. Oh and where are those WMDs?

Figuring that the third time was a charm, Nazi Germany went after Poland. France and England had given Poland guarantees for protection and as we all know, shit hit the fan.

Now for Iran. Considering all the rhetoric from Bush’s state of the union speech, it seems clear the US in intent on taking out Iran next.

Time for another article. The Middle East Newsline (not sure what this is) reports that Iran and Russia have a defense alliance! Meanwhile, Russia also announced plans to launch Iranian spy satellites.

This is real folks. The stage is set. The players are lining up. For now its Cold War II but give it a few years, maybe the heat will turn up.