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Lies, Damned Lies, and Rupert Murdoch
July 17, 2010, 03:33:38 PM
Lies, Damned Lies, and Rupert Murdoch
Rep. Alan GraysonU.S. Congressman from Florida's 8th District
Posted: July 17, 2010 03:44 PM

Well, we did it! We got an independent audit of the Federal Reserve ready for the President's signature. That's what the Senate's vote to approve the financial reform bill means; the audit authority is in there. Now we will find out which zombie banks on Wall Street got a new lease on life with Fed money, as the Fed's balance sheet grew by over one trillion dollars.

Funny enough, the world of big money isn't collapsing -- as the Fed threatened it would if an audit of the Fed ever came close to passing.

But if you happened to read Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal on May 7, 2010, you would have heard a different story. "Plan for Congressional Audits of Fed Dies in Senate," was the headline. Exactly what Wall Street wanted you to think.

Whoops! It looks like the Wall Street Journal has gone the way of Rupert Murdoch's flagship holding, Fox News.

But we won. And so, to celebrate, we took that Wall Street Journal article from two months ago, did a little photoshopping, and put this together:



We did this. Together. At every moment, as the Fed and Wall Street sought to undermine this cause, it was the phone calls, letters, e-mails, blogging and sheer power of the people -- ordinary people who cared -- that beat them back. We have delivered a succinct message to Wall Street and the Fed: "We Can Beat You."

We will beat you. As often as we need to. And when the battle is over, as Lincoln said, there will be "a new birth of freedom, and government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."


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Re: Lies, Damned Lies, and Rupert Murdoch
July 18, 2010, 04:57:28 AM
Some infos on the role of the Federal Reserve and the audit vote:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlDXVnLEWaE[/youtube]

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcAZmTTH1QM[/youtube]

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The Federal Reserve is the chief culprit behind the economic crisis. Its unchecked power to create endless amounts of money out of thin air brought us the boom and bust cycle and causes one financial bubble after another. Since the Fed’s creation in 1913 the dollar has lost more than 96% of its value, and by recklessly inflating the money supply the Fed continues to distort interest rates and intentionally erodes the value of the dollar.

For the past 30 years, Congressman Ron Paul has worked tirelessly to bring much-needed transparency and accountability to the secretive bank. And in 2009 his unfaltering dedication showed astonishing results: HR 1207, the bill to audit the Federal Reserve, swept the country and made the central bankers shudder at their desks. The bill passed as an amendment both in the House Financial Services Committee and in the House itself.

But the usurpers of America’s future didn’t take it lying down. They weren’t about to allow their secrets to be exposed and their magic money machine to be put under close scrutiny. They worked frantically behind the scenes to quietly derail all efforts to open up the Federal Reserve to an independent audit.

A handful of Fed-loving U.S. senators led by Chris Dodd rewrote the Senate version of the Financial Reform Bill to strip out Ron Paul’s Audit the Fed amendment and actually expand the Fed’s power over banks, lending and money. As Alan Grayson pointed out here, and Ron Paul commented on here, the Dodd bill completely eliminated legislation to audit the Federal Reserve, which already passed in the House.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced an amendment on the floor effectively adding the Grayson-Paul language to the Senate bill, but later changed his amendment under pressure by the Federal Reserve and the Obama administration. The altered Sanders amendment passed the Senate on May 11, 2010 by a unanimous 96-0 vote.

Sen. Vitter reintroduced an amendment with the original Audit the Fed language. The Senate rejected the amendment on May 11, 2010 by a 37-62 vote.

The House and Senate went to the conference committee which attempted to reconcile the differences between the two bills (and their amendments). Unfortunately, Ron Paul’s tough language ended up not being included in the final bill.

On June 30, 2010, the GOP introduced Ron Paul’s Audit the Fed bill as a motion to recommit, which was the last chance to alter the financial regulation bill. Audit the Fed failed by a vote of 229-198. All Republicans voted in favor of the measure with 23 Democrats crossing the aisle to vote with Republicans. 114 co-sponsors of HR 1207, all Democrats, jumped ship and voted against Audit the Fed.

The GOP had offered the Fed audit as the minority’s last chance to alter the financial regulation bill. The bill does have an watered-down audit provision in the conference report, but it is limited to loans made by the Fed during the height of the economic crisis. Ron Paul’s bill would have allowed a total examination of the Fed’s books.

How they voted [...]

THE END? Not yet! Audit the Fed will be back in 2011.

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The link gives the original audit bill as well.
For U.S. citizens, the link gives details what you could do to promote an audit of the FedRes.

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HR 1207’s identical companion bill in the Senate is known as S 604, the Federal Reserve Sunshine Act, sponsored by Sen. Bernie Sanders.
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Re: Lies, Damned Lies, and Rupert Murdoch
July 18, 2010, 06:42:55 AM
Quote from: Grace
Some infos on the role of the Federal Reserve and the audit vote:

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The Federal Reserve is the chief culprit behind the economic crisis. Its unchecked power to create endless amounts of money out of thin air brought us the boom and bust cycle and causes one financial bubble after another. Since the Fed’s creation in 1913 the dollar has lost more than 96% of its value, and by recklessly inflating the money supply the Fed continues to distort interest rates and intentionally erodes the value of the dollar.

For the past 30 years, Congressman Ron Paul has worked tirelessly to bring much-needed transparency and accountability to the secretive bank. And in 2009 his unfaltering dedication showed astonishing results: HR 1207, the bill to audit the Federal Reserve, swept the country and made the central bankers shudder at their desks. The bill passed as an amendment both in the House Financial Services Committee and in the House itself.

But the usurpers of America’s future didn’t take it lying down. They weren’t about to allow their secrets to be exposed and their magic money machine to be put under close scrutiny. They worked frantically behind the scenes to quietly derail all efforts to open up the Federal Reserve to an independent audit.

A handful of Fed-loving U.S. senators led by Chris Dodd rewrote the Senate version of the Financial Reform Bill to strip out Ron Paul’s Audit the Fed amendment and actually expand the Fed’s power over banks, lending and money. As Alan Grayson pointed out here, and Ron Paul commented on here, the Dodd bill completely eliminated legislation to audit the Federal Reserve, which already passed in the House.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced an amendment on the floor effectively adding the Grayson-Paul language to the Senate bill, but later changed his amendment under pressure by the Federal Reserve and the Obama administration. The altered Sanders amendment passed the Senate on May 11, 2010 by a unanimous 96-0 vote.

Sen. Vitter reintroduced an amendment with the original Audit the Fed language. The Senate rejected the amendment on May 11, 2010 by a 37-62 vote.

The House and Senate went to the conference committee which attempted to reconcile the differences between the two bills (and their amendments). Unfortunately, Ron Paul’s tough language ended up not being included in the final bill.

On June 30, 2010, the GOP introduced Ron Paul’s Audit the Fed bill as a motion to recommit, which was the last chance to alter the financial regulation bill. Audit the Fed failed by a vote of 229-198. All Republicans voted in favor of the measure with 23 Democrats crossing the aisle to vote with Republicans. 114 co-sponsors of HR 1207, all Democrats, jumped ship and voted against Audit the Fed.

The GOP had offered the Fed audit as the minority’s last chance to alter the financial regulation bill. The bill does have an watered-down audit provision in the conference report, but it is limited to loans made by the Fed during the height of the economic crisis. Ron Paul’s bill would have allowed a total examination of the Fed’s books.

How they voted [...]

THE END? Not yet! Audit the Fed will be back in 2011.

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The link gives the original audit bill as well.
For U.S. citizens, the link gives details what you could do to promote an audit of the FedRes.

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HR 1207’s identical companion bill in the Senate is known as S 604, the Federal Reserve Sunshine Act, sponsored by Sen. Bernie Sanders.


Yes, I used that in one of the videos:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXaMfI715mA&feature=PlayList&p=D7175C305EC46D15&playnext_from=PL&index=0[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqYS25WbOC4&feature=PlayList&p=D7175C305EC46D15&playnext_from=PL&index=1[/youtube]
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Re: Lies, Damned Lies, and Rupert Murdoch
July 18, 2010, 06:59:42 AM
even though it is a satire, these two guys are really getting to the bottom of who is going to "pay" for all of the crisis mess.


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzJmTCYmo9g[/youtube]
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Re: Lies, Damned Lies, and Rupert Murdoch
July 16, 2011, 07:24:49 PM
PRODUCE A GLOBAL DEPRESSION TO CREATE A GLOBAL GOVERNMENT
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July 16, 2011, 07:29:02 PM
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzJmTCYmo9g[/youtube]
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Re: Lies, Damned Lies, and Rupert Murdoch
July 17, 2011, 12:41:51 AM
When I saw the name Robert Murdock, I seriously thought it was going to be about this major story I read in today's newspaper at work.  And it immediately made me think of how a major apology is needed for the way Michael was wronged by the media, and totally defamed. They should be paying out 100's of millions to MJ for damages.

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Rebekah Brooks in line for £3.5m pay out as News International slaps gagging orders on chief executives (apart from that inquiry on Tuesday)
Dowler's lawyer say tycoon appeared 'humbled, shaken and sincere'

Company releases full page adverts in newspapers to say sorry
James Murdoch under pressure over 'hush money' payments to victims

Former NI CEO Les Hinton quits as head of News Corp-owned Dow Jones
Emerges Andy Coulson stayed at Chequers after he resigned
Rebekah Brooks twice visited David Cameron at Chequers last year

Murdoch could lose control of Fox TV over breach of U.S. bribery laws

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 Apology: Rupert Murdoch leaves the hotel after meeting with the family of Milly Dowler. Their lawyer later revealed he had apologised for the conduct of reporters
Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks was given a seven-figure severance package after resigning, it has emerged.
Senior colleagues have estimated the pay off, handed out five days after the final edition of the News of the World she used to edit, to be around £3.5million.
The final editor of the paper, Colin Myler, is believed to be in line for a £2million pay-off and two of the company's senior lawyers - Jon Chapman and Tom Crone - will both get around £1.5million, the Independent reported.
Les Hinton, chief executive of Dow Jones which publishes the Wall Street Journal, also resigned last night and is likely to receive a hefty sum.
The financial settlements will include gagging orders to stop executives discussing company matters outside of any public inquiries or criminal proceedings.

It comes as a humbled Rupert Murdoch said he had let his late father down last night as he issued a face-to-face apology to the family of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler over the phone hacking scandal. He said he was ‘appalled’ to learn that his media empire had apparently tapped into Milly’s voicemails, suggesting it had failed to live up to the standards set by legendary war reporter and newspaper proprietor Sir Keith Murdoch.


The Dowlers’ lawyer Mark Lewis said  80-year-old Mr Murdoch had appeared ‘humbled, shaken and sincere’.
‘This was something that had hit him on a personal level. He apologised many times and held his head in his hands,’ Mr Lewis said. ‘He said this was not the standard set by his father.’ The astonishing scenes came as Mr Murdoch, one of the world’s most powerful businessmen, went into reverse gear over the controversy that has paralysed politics, the media and the police.
 
Full-scale apology: The text of Rupert Murdoch's advertisement which appears as a full page advert in today's national newspapers


 Listening: The family of Milly Dowler, from left to right her mother Sally, sister Gemma and father Bob listen to their solicitor after the meeting
  Resigned: Rebekah Brooks, chief executive of  News International in London, and Les Hinton, chief executive of Dow Jones & Co in New York, have both resigned in the wake of the phone hacking scandal

With the scandal increasingly threatening the tycoon’s global interests:
News International’s chief executive Rebekah Brooks finally quit after Mr Murdoch’s daughter Elisabeth allegedly blamed her for having ‘f*****’ the family firm.
In a statement unprecedented in recent corporate history, the tycoon today apologises for ‘serious wrongdoing’.
Pressure grew on his son James Murdoch, chairman of News Corporation, over ‘hush money’ payments he approved to phone hacking victims.
One of Mr Murdoch’s most trusted lieutenants, Les Hinton, resigned as chief executive of Dow Jones, which publishes the Wall Street Journal and is owned by News Corp.
David Cameron faced fresh questions over his judgement as it emerged he hosted ex-News of the World editor Andy Coulson at Chequers after he resigned as Downing Street’s media chief.
 Rupert Murdoch today met the family of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler in a London hotel as he stepped up his efforts to stem the damage caused by the phone-hacking scandal
Yesterday saw the downfall of Mrs Brooks, the most powerful woman in British newspapers, apparently after Elisabeth Murdoch, a fellow member of the so-called ‘Chipping Norton set’ with PR man husband Matthew Freud, turned on her.
Mr Murdoch had spent days fighting to save the flame-haired 43-year-old, who was editor of the News of the World when Milly Dowler’s phone is alleged to have been hacked.
He even closed the Sunday tabloid, Britain’s biggest-selling newspaper, rather than  letting go of the woman he is said to have regarded as ‘another daughter’.
Elisabeth Murdoch is also said to be deeply dismayed by her brother James’s handling of the scandal, according to News International sources.
Just yesterday morning, Mr Murdoch was striking a belligerent tone, insisting his newspapers and firms had made only ‘minor mistakes’ in their handling of allegations of phone hacking and police bribery.
But then, in a volte face most observers had long thought inevitable, he agreed to accept Mrs Brooks’s resignation amid signs that his international interests, not just those in Britain, were being damaged.
And today, the mogul strikes a dramatically different tone in an unprecedented public apology published in several British newspapers, including the Daily Mail. The now-defunct News of the World, he says, was in the business of holding others to account but had ‘failed when it came to itself’. ‘We are sorry for the serious wrongdoing that occurred,’ he adds.

 More...How Rebekah Brooks became Rupert's 'daughter'... and how Elisabeth Murdoch came to resent it
Actor Jude Law sues The Sun over 'phone hacking'
Murdoch's U.S. empire begins to 'explode and unravel' as long-time lieutenant Les Hinton resigns
Andy Coulson stayed at Chequers with Cameron AFTER resigning

‘We are deeply sorry for the hurt suffered by the individuals affected. We regret not acting faster to sort things out. I realise that simply apologising is not enough.’
Mr Murdoch promises to resolve the crisis and ‘make amends for the damage’ – a hint that he may be considering large donations to charity.
Announcing her departure, Mrs Brooks said: ‘My desire to remain on the bridge has made me a focal point of the debate.

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Re: Lies, Damned Lies, and Rupert Murdoch
July 17, 2011, 03:18:53 AM
These videos are fantastic for explaining the Media and Murdoch exploitation......worth watching...and yes, I do believe this is the work of Michael Jackson....He has taken down the whole media moguls...somehow..remember he was afraid of phone tapping ??????  How did he know that happened??  This is V for Vendetta.....
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jHHIkTiIvc&feature=related[/youtube]

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July 17, 2011, 03:21:17 AM
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July 17, 2011, 03:27:08 AM
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Re: Lies, Damned Lies, and Rupert Murdoch
July 17, 2011, 03:30:44 AM
[glow=red:3kl085te]PS....Thanks Souza for bringing this up again.....This is no co-incidence.  I have no doubt that MJ was targeted , but what I wonder is, how the News of the World got the information that Michael has 6mths to live???????  And then he died in 6mths....Thoughts please..  maybe his phone was tapped as well, and he was overheard saying he was going to DIE in 6mths......[/glow:3kl085te]
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Re: Lies, Damned Lies, and Rupert Murdoch
July 17, 2011, 06:50:00 AM
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[glow=red:36027kne]PS....Thanks Souza for bringing this up again.....This is no co-incidence.  I have no doubt that MJ was targeted , but what I wonder is, how the News of the World got the information that Michael has 6mths to live???????  And then he died in 6mths....Thoughts please..  maybe his phone was tapped as well, and he was overheard saying he was going to DIE in 6mths......[/glow:36027kne]

interesting indeed, maybe he just knew he was being spied on, and this is why he said he was going to "die" in 6 months?
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July 17, 2011, 08:36:58 AM
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July 18, 2011, 11:23:11 AM
If the great empires of humanity have fallen ... has to fall on this man, I do not believe in repentance from Murdoch Rupet
 And this other news

He resigned the "number two" of the London Metropolitan Police
EFE - 1 hour 12 minutes ago

London, 18 jul (EFE).-the Superintendent, Chief of the Metropolitan Police of London (EMT), John Yates, today resigned over the case of the illegal interception of the "News of the World", a day after made it his boss, Paul Stephenson.
Yates was in charge of the first police in the case of the wiretaps of the tabloid research, begun in 2006, but in 2009 it was closed and that it was not necessary to reopen the investigation.
The position of Yates was virtually untenable after yesterday resign by surprise the Chief Commissioner of Scotland Yard Stephenson for his relationship with Neil Wallis, an exsubdirector of the "News of the World" arrested last week for his alleged involvement in the wiretaps of the tabloid.
Yates, who until last minute refused to resign, was who oversaw the hiring of Wallis as a consultant for the London Metropolitan Police, post which he held until September 2010, when had already broken the eavesdropping scandal.
Shortly before the Superintendent indicated journalists had no intention of resigning, because he had done nothing wrong, but apparently, I was going to be suspended by the disciplinary Commission of the police, gathered today for his case.
With the resignation of Yates, who has been accepted, Scotland Yard must be renewed to its two main leaders only a year of holding the Olympics in London 2012, which poses a special challenge the security of a city of eight million inhabitants.
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, said that the resignation of yachts is "unfortunate" but that is the "right decision", the same words used to refer to the resignation of Paul Stepehnson.
Both Stephenson and yachts are planning to testify tomorrow before the Committee on the Interior of the House of Commons on the case of the interception of the "News of the World", a ball of snow that has already caused four resignations since last Friday.
The police is being very down in the crisis because, in addition to closing the investigation of illegal eavesdropping, several officers accepted bribes of the tabloid for information for years.


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For John Yates these things were not important ... :?
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July 18, 2011, 02:58:34 PM
News of the World phone-hacking whistleblower found dead

Death of Sean Hoare – who was first named journalist to allege Andy Coulson knew of hacking – not being treated as suspicious

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Former News of the World reporter Sean Hoare has been found dead. Photograph: BBC


Sean Hoare, the former News of the World showbiz reporter who was the first named journalist to allege Andy Coulson was aware of phone hacking by his staff, has been found dead, the Guardian has learned.

Hoare, who worked on the Sun and the News of the World with Coulson before being dismissed for drink and drugs problems, is said to have been found dead at his Watford home.

Hertfordshire police would not confirm his identity, but the force said in a statement: "At 10.40am today [Monday 18 July] police were called to Langley Road, Watford, following the concerns for the welfare of a man who lives at an address on the street. Upon police and ambulance arrival at a property, the body of a man was found. The man was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after.

"The death is currently being treated as unexplained, but not thought to be suspicious. Police investigations into this incident are ongoing."

Hoare first made his claims in a New York Times investigation into the phone-hacking allegations at the News of the World.

He told the newspaper that not only did Coulson know of the phone hacking, but that he actively encouraged his staff to intercept the phone calls of celebrities in the pursuit of exclusives.

In a subsequent interview with the BBC he alleged that he was personally asked by his then-editor, Coulson, to tap into phones. In an interview with the PM programme he said Coulson's insistence that he didn't know about the practice was "a lie, it is simply a lie".

At the time a Downing Street spokeswoman said Coulson totally and utterly denied the allegations and said he had "never condoned the use of phone hacking and nor do I have any recollection of incidences where phone hacking took place".

Sean Hoare, a one-time close friend of Coulson's, told the New York Times the two men first worked together at the Sun, where, Hoare said, he played tape recordings of hacked messages for Coulson. At the News of the World, Hoare said he continued to inform Coulson of his activities. Coulson "actively encouraged me to do it", Hoare said.

In September last year, he was interviewed under caution by police over his claims that the former Tory communications chief asked him to hack into phones when he was editor of the paper, but declined to make any comment.

Hoare returned to the spotlight last week, after he told the New York Times that reporters at the News of the World were able to use police technology to locate people using their mobile phone signals in exchange for payments to police officers.

He said journalists were able to use a technique called "pinging" which measured the distance between mobile handsets and a number of phone masts to pinpoint its location.

Hoare gave further details about the use of "pinging" to the Guardian last week. He described how reporters would ask a news desk executive to obtain the location of a target: "Within 15 to 30 minutes someone on the news desk would come back and say 'right that's where they are.'"

He said: "You'd just go to the news desk and they'd just come back to you. You don't ask any questions. You'd consider it a job done. The chain of command is one of absolute discipline and that's why I never bought into it, like with Andy saying he wasn't aware of it and all that. That's bollocks."

He said he would stand by everything he had told the New York Times about "pinging". "I don't know how often it happened. That would be wrong of me. But if I had access as a humble reporter … "

He admitted he had had problems with drink and drugs and had been in rehab. "But that's irrelevant," he said. "There's more to come. This is not going to go away."

Hoare named a private investigator who he said had links with the News of the World, adding: "He may want to talk now because I think what you'll find now is a lot of people are going to want to cover their arse."

Speaking to another Guardian journalist last week, Hoare repeatedly expressed the hope that the hacking scandal would lead to journalism in general being cleaned up and said he had decided to blow the whistle on the activities of some of his former News of the World colleagues with that aim in mind.

He also said he had been injured the previous weekend while taking down a marquee erected for a children's party. He said he had broken his nose and badly injured his foot when a relative accidentally struck him with a heavy pole from the marquee.

Hoare also emphasised that he was not making any money from telling his story. Hoare, who has been treated for drug and alcohol problems, reminisced about partying with former pop stars and said he missed the days when he was able to go out on the town.
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