From Scientology to the Peoples Temple, the state of California is awash in prominent and powerful cults. Our good friend Aaron Franz joins us to discuss this bizarre phenomenon. We discuss several high-profile cults in the state and how they have influenced the people and culture of California. Aaron and I break down Scientology and explore how a cult whose membership is made up mostly of high profile celebrities has become a powerful culture creator within society. Aaron explains how groups such as The Process Church and The Summit Lighthouse use occult teachings within their cult when indoctrinating their members. We also discuss how this is really the corruption of the occult for nefarious purposes. Aaron and I also go into Jim Jones and The Peoples’ Temple, discussing how one cult leader was able to change the face of politics in San Fransisco. We end by talking about yoga and veganism, and how both of these fads are also not only misunderstood, but are being used in a negative way. This was an especially fun episode to record and is also filled with quite a bit of humor.
NOTE: My apologies for the audio issues through out the episode. We had some internet connection problems.
I joined Tom Secker once again to discuss the 1997 film Wag the Dog. The film revolves around a White House spin doctor who orchestrates a fake war in Albania to shift attention away from a sex scandal which would cost the president reelection. We dug beneath the comic overtones to find a much darker subtext, talking about the total absence of moral values in the film, how the tone of the movie develops from a very light beginning to a very dark ending, and how both of the two main characters are probably based on very real and very significant people.
The FARS news agency has reported that several Iranian warships are making their way towards the United States’ maritime borders. Sailing towards the Atlantic via the southern African coast, this latest development has been in the making since 2011 when it was first announced that Iran would send a message to the US. For two years the imperial empire, know euphemistically as “America”, has been staging war games in the Persian Gulf with the 5th fleet, stationed in Bahrain. This is viewed by Iran as a direct threat to their national sovereignty. In 2011 Iran’s Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari stated:
“Like the arrogant powers that are present near our maritime borders, we will also have a powerful presence close to the American marine borders…”
There is no doubt that the warmongering psychopaths in Washington will perceive this as unacceptable. What an outrage! How dare those backwards Iranians sail towards the United States. Don’t you see, this is why we need to bomb them into submission, otherwise they will march onto our terrestrial borders and impose Sharia law! While this is a dangerous iteration of the ongoing tit-for-tat fight with Iran it also provides the people of America with a great opportunity to learn. For years various people have posed thought experiments about how we would feel if a foreign nation began building bases near our border. Now this thought experiment has become a reality. My only hope is that the average person will not take this as an opportunity to ramp up the war rhetoric and will instead come to understand that our global military might is a great menace to our well being and liberty. Rather than making us safer it has made us more callous and arrogant. If the notion of Iranian war ships off of our maritime borders scares you, then perhaps the reverse scare the Iranians. Perhaps the complete dismantling of this barbaric institution know as the military and a committed adherence to peace may be the best answer.
Hey friends– I now have a new email address that I will be using in case you want to contact me, porkinspolicy@gmail.com
Like so many, I was somewhat dependent on my cell phone, which as it turns out was the only way I could access my old email account. Perhaps it was a message from on high, but I seem to have lost my phone, hence the new address. All told, in this ever-changing world that is shifting towards a transhumanist agenda, sometimes the loss of some technology helps us appreciate how insignificant it really is.
According to a Swiss study large amounts of polonium 210 have been found in the bones and property of PLO leader Yasser Arafat. This notion of poisoning was once disregarded as nothing more than a conspiracy theory out out by the conspiracy minded Palestinians. The corporate media and Israeli press of course are still regarding this as the bogus. A spokesman for the Israeli Foreign Ministry went do far as to say this was “more soap opera than science.” Ultimately Israel will never admit that it may have had a hand in murdering Arafat, despite various Israeli leaders at the time saying that killing Arafat was on the table. This is really just confirmation of something that most people already knew to be fact.
The more interesting aspect of this is that it once again forces people to come face to face with the reality that Israel is the only state in the Middle East with nuclear weapons. Polonium 210 can only be created by someone with sophisticated nuclear facilities. The Israeli nuclear weapons program has long been a taboo subject for the western press. As Grant F. Smith has chronicled in his book Divert, US presidents from LBJ to Obama have continued a policy of denial when it comes to the vast nuclear weapons that Israel posses. The discovery large amounts of polonium in Arafat’s body again point to the Israeli nuclear program. The timing of this couldn’t be worse to the Israeli state. While they are urging America to obliterate Iran, they are themselves sitting on a massive reserve of destructive nuclear weapons.
BFP Exposé: CIA-Obama-George Soros Coordinated Misinformation campaign Targets Russia
Democracy Now Tags Indicted Multi-Millionaire Crook as a Whistleblower and Goes after Russia!
On October 15, 2013, Democracy Now! dedicated an entire hour to a segment titled Another U.S. Whistleblower Behind Bars? Investor Jailed After Exposing Corrupt Azerbaijani Oil Deal. The exclusive show presented the case of multimillionaire American businessman Rick Bourke, who supposedly blew the whistle on a fraudulent scheme by international criminals to gain control of the oil riches of Azerbaijan. Since May 2013 Rick Bourke has been held in a federal prison for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act for alleged knowledge of the bribery that allegedly took place in 1998. Other investors in the corrupt Azerbaijan scheme included former Democratic Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell and major institutions, including Columbia University and AIG. However, so far, no one has been jailed other than Bourke. Read more here
This is the first in our new political cartoon series here at Porkins Policy Review. The cartoons are drawn by my sister. If you like what you see please check out her blog Red House.
What happens after Assad hands over his chemical weapons to the UN? If history is any indicator, Assad will suffer the same fate as Saddam and Gaddafi, cold blooded murder. Under incredible pressure Saddam relinquished his stockpiles of chemical weapons, making him very vulnerable to external military threats (i.e. US military intervention). Gaddafi foolishly followed Saddams path and destroyed his nuclear weapons production in exchange for being welcomed back into the international community. What happened to Gaddafi? He suffered an even more brutal form of justice than Saddam did.
Once Assad relinquishes his chemical weapons he relinquishes any deterrent he has against American, Israeli and Saudi aggression. Please don’t read this as an endorsement of Assad or chemical weapons. This is merely to point out the plans of the global imperialists, and their campaign to rule the world.
The past several hours have seen what at first glance appear to be significant developments in averting a war with Syria. Skull and Bones war pig John Kerry jokingly stated that if Assad gave up all of his chemical weapons the United States would not launch a brutal air campaign against them. He also stated that this would never really happen because Assad is the reincarnation of Adolfo Hitler; hell bent on destroying the entire world. Well the Russians took the Bones man at his word and floated the idea to Assad. Much to the chagrin of the war pigs in the imperial capital Assad accepted this proposal, staving of the immediate threat of military intervention. A collective sigh of relief washed over many Americans when reading this news. We did it! We stopped the war! Let’s go back to obsessing over George Zimmerman and twerking. If only this were the case.
Absolutely nothing has changed. The chicken hawks in DC are still itching to go to war. Obama will still be addressing the public tonight on why we should go to war, and Kerry is pushing war harder than before. In fact the administration stated that Kerry was merely talking rhetorically when he suggested Assad give up weapons. If you watch the hearings going on right now (if you can stomach them) you will see that the war rhetoric has become more belligerent. Kerry, Hagel, and Dempsey are still urging Congress to vote for military intervention. The corporate controlled media talking heads are telling us that Assad can not be trusted to give up weapons. Human Rights Watch in the past few hours has spewed out a relentless stream of propaganda designed to sway liberals and so called progressives into supporting a war that most certainly will endanger human rights. And the Zionist warmongers and their minions are not letting up one bit. Billionaire apartheid advocate and committed Zionist Sheldon Adelson is now proclaiming that he will help Obama whip votes in Congress for war authorization. I guess he got over his pony Mitt Romney losing the 2012 election. Indeed Israel’s fervent desire to slaughter Syrians will probably be the main driving force in getting Congressional approval for legalized murder.
Please continue to voice opposition to war in Syria. The fight for humanity has not ended yet.
It sounds far fetched doesn’t it. Yet it’s true. Hundreds of armed Filipino fighters have crossed the into the Malaysian state of Sabah. What’s that you say, you didn’t read about this in the New York Times or NPR, well how bizarre. The media black out in the West is deeply unsettling. One would think that hundreds of well armed militants from a staunch US ally (Philippines) invading a neighboring country would warrant at least a little of coverage. Sadly though it seems that this is not the case. As with most geopolitical events such as this it is the alternative media which is at the forefront reporting. Along with actually reporting that the invasion actually took place, Land Destroyer has also provided the analysis of why this has happened. As with most of the recent conflicts around the world, Syria, Mali, Libya, Congo, the US is once again using a proxy force to destabilize a nation it wishes to absorb into its imperialist control. As with most US destabilizations Al Qaeda is the proxy force contracted by the United States through our Saudi friends. As Land Destroyer points out Malaysia’s friendly relationship with Russia, Iran, and especially China has put it on Americas destabilization list. God forbid that China have good relations with a fellow Asian nation. Any attempt at that is viewed here as some attempt to control the world and usurp the title of world police from America. China of course has absolutely no desire to become the world police. That is the prerogative of the United States. The invasions timing also deserves scrutiny. Just as in Mali Malaysia is due to hold elections soon. Elections that Anwar Ibrahim, the western puppet we have been trying to put in power, said would be decided in both Sarawak and Sabha. Like in Mali this is no coincidence. Ibrahim and his western backers will use the “terrorists” as an election issue.
Please spread the word as to what is happening in Malaysia. The more exposure the imperialist agenda revives the more unlikely they are to succeed.
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