"NOTHING IS BEYOND OUR REACH"... Ain't dat da truth???

Please excuse my spelling.  It's hard not to snicker when one sees our government agencies being so blatantly honest about their activities, especially when so many of those activities are immoral, illegal, and often just a waste of taxpayers' dollars.

Even as we continue to hear of the seemingly endless eavesdropping by the NSA, the previously little-known (at least to most Americans) National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), which is one of 16 (count em, 16!!!) U.S. "intelligence" agencies, has been spending like Bernie Madoff and launching sophisticated spy satellites into orbit for several decades.

For its most recent (and highly classified) satellite mission, the NRO has created a seal that truly lays bare its overall mission (and pretty much the mission of the entire National Security State for that matter).  Yes indeed - "NOTHING IS BEYOND OUR REACH."  Of course, the octopus with its tentacles around the Earth helps drive home the message.

One thing is certain - The NSA is one hungry "octopus."  

Read more on the recent launch at the following links:

‘Nothing is beyond our reach’: Evil octopus strangling the world becomes latest US intelligence seal, at RT.com

 Atlas V launches NROL-39 from Vandenberg, at NASA Spaceflight.com

Drop Presents, NOT Bombs

Dear Friends,

This is the month in which people around the world celebrate the birth of the Prince of Peace. Although those of us who live in developed nations have the luxury of a false sense of peace, so many people in other parts of the world do not. Ironically, it is the developed nations, headed by the United States, that bring suffering to so much of the world.

The following video of an action by Santa at the Victoria Barracks in Australia begs us to reflect on the violence our nation perpetrates on those with little (or no) voice or power.

"On December the 3rd Wikileaks Australian Citizens Alliance (WACA) supported Santa and his helpers as they went to speak to the Australian Military about their assistance in the USA drone bombing of Pakistan and other countries. Santa asked the Australian military and government to stop assisting the US via Pine Gap in drone bombing children in Pakistan." (quoted from the YouTube video)

I invite you to honor the meaning of this Season of Peace by taking some action to bring peace to the world.

Click here to advocate to Ban Weaponized Drones from the World! Help Roots Action gain 100,000 signatures on its petition (currently at 88,156).

Toward Peace for All People,

Leonard