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		<title>By: person1597</title>
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		<dc:creator>person1597</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wretched Coot Cheney defies categorization.  But here&#039;s an interesting approach.

&lt;a href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zJ1RwDfgcCw/SfUe9PRCMTI/AAAAAAAAAEk/iJWKGmZuaU4/s1600-h/Villain+Chart.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The Villain Chart.&lt;/a&gt;

Here&#039;s another take...

&lt;a href=&quot;http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/56296/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Superbad&lt;/a&gt;

Still working on my history lessons just in case there is a dead ringer out there...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wretched Coot Cheney defies categorization.  But here&#8217;s an interesting approach.</p>
<p><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zJ1RwDfgcCw/SfUe9PRCMTI/AAAAAAAAAEk/iJWKGmZuaU4/s1600-h/Villain+Chart.jpg" rel="nofollow">The Villain Chart.</a></p>
<p>Here&#8217;s another take&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/56296/" rel="nofollow">Superbad</a></p>
<p>Still working on my history lessons just in case there is a dead ringer out there&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: person1597</title>
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		<dc:creator>person1597</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Cool link, thanks!

I can&#039;t wait to see the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEi6zTzGHGI&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;movie&lt;/a&gt;!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cool link, thanks!</p>
<p>I can&#8217;t wait to see the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEi6zTzGHGI" rel="nofollow">movie</a>!</p>
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		<title>By: fatster</title>
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		<dc:creator>fatster</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am in no position whatsoever to pass judgment on this, but it is right up your alley.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.viewzone.com/adamscalendar.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Hope you see it&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am in no position whatsoever to pass judgment on this, but it is right up your alley.  <a href="http://www.viewzone.com/adamscalendar.html" rel="nofollow">Hope you see it</a>.</p>
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		<title>By: staygold212</title>
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		<dc:creator>staygold212</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oops.  I meant to say in the last sentence:

Joe Wilson blew the whistle on the nuke sham, and his wife was working in the area &lt;em&gt;threatening the justification of Bush-Cheney&#039;s &lt;/em&gt;War on Terror’s false-association with Iraq and maybe Iran down the road</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oops.  I meant to say in the last sentence:</p>
<p>Joe Wilson blew the whistle on the nuke sham, and his wife was working in the area <em>threatening the justification of Bush-Cheney&#8217;s </em>War on Terror’s false-association with Iraq and maybe Iran down the road</p>
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		<title>By: staygold212</title>
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		<dc:creator>staygold212</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>1. Libby is a felon and so he is disbarred as a lawyer.  &#039;Service Before Self&#039; Award or not, I doubt Cheney&#039;s conservative bretheren is as reliable a source of income as being a top DC lawyer.  
If Obama cared about the truth and/or partisanship, his admin could dangle a pardon for Libby, which would restore his career, if he cooperates.

2. I am struck by recurrent patterns in these scandals:
     a. the Iran-Contra &quot;I can&#039;t recall&quot; defense.  Cheney was a major enabler of this scandal&#039;s cover-up in Congress.  (If I used &quot;I can&#039;t recall,&quot; I doubt I&#039;d get away with such lies or the crime.)
     b. Nixon&#039;s &#039;If the President does it, then it must be legal&#039; is a big part of the Cheney modus operandi.  Cheney even was part of a conference about how to avoid Watergate&#039;s mistakes -- mistakes that led to the scandal being discovered and somewhat prosecuted.  The cover-up was prosecuted.  We still have little or no idea what was so imporant in that DNC office for the &#039;burglars&#039; to break in twice to bug the phones.  I&#039;m too young to know, but Nixon was probably leading in the polls at that point, and he won by a landslide.
        i. The Executive Order excuse is part and parcel of this.  Cheney&#039;s just emiting stuff to confuse us.  It is a lie.  In covert ops you deny and then throw counter-accusations.  This is similar.  I can&#039;t think of a single time Bush or Cheney told the truth.

3. I have long believed that the outing of Valerie Plame was only partially retribution for Joe Wilson deflating the Nuke/Bio WMD claim, specifically the Nuke part.  With Wilson&#039;s revelation Cheney only had the Bio WMD part left to use for lies.  Remember the search for the mobile weapons labs that were hidden anywhere in Iraq?
Wilson was an American Hero.  In the early 1990s Gulf War, he negotiated face to face with Saddam Hussein and freed some Americans.  He and his wife represented knowledge and power, a unique threat to Cheney&#039;s lies and power.  Plame had an entire Cover and network in the Middle East, Africa, and Iran.  If Cheney were to lie about Bio WMD, she could be in a position to debunk that as well.  Outing Plame ruined not just Plame, but the entire network and cover.  People who worked with the CIA might have been killed over this.

4.  Interestingly, in early July 2003, around when this Niger Yellowcake fraud was being revealed, Judith Miller co-wrote a NYTimes piece that Steven Hatfill was creating a mobile bio-weapons lab that was about to be sent to Iraq for the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Delta Force.  &quot;We are not growing anthrax or botulinum toxin,&quot; Colonel Darley said [of the mobile bio-wmd training lab]. &quot;None of this equipment is functional. It looks like -- it is -- the real stuff, but it&#039;s nonfunctional.&quot;  

&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/02/us/after-war-biological-warfare-subject-anthrax-inquiry-tied-anti-germ-training.html?scp=1&amp;sq=Subject of Anthrax Inquiry Tied to Anti-Germ Training&amp;st=cse&amp;pagewanted=all&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/02/us/after-war-biological-warfare-subject-anthrax-inquiry-tied-anti-germ-training.html?scp=1&amp;sq=Subject of Anthrax Inquiry Tied to Anti-Germ Training&amp;st=cse&amp;pagewanted=all&lt;/a&gt;

There is a fine line between defense/training and offense/false-flag operations.

I have long wondered why false-flag Bio WMD weren&#039;t planted in Iraq, justifying the invasion.  Valerie Plame was in a unique position to debunk this, and Hatfill was a hot topic back then as a person of interest in the Anthrax investigation.  He&#039;s since been cleared, but he was still consulting/volunteering for the DIA &amp; Delta Force on this very realistic mobile bio-weapons lab.  This could be the scandal behind the scandal.  What we are discussing here with Cheney and Libby is a cover-up of a cover-up, and it might be a cover-up of a cover-up of a cover-up.

Joe Wilson blew the whistle on the nuke sham, and his wife was working in the area justifying the War on Terror&#039;s false-association with Iraq and maybe Iran down the road.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1. Libby is a felon and so he is disbarred as a lawyer.  &#8216;Service Before Self&#8217; Award or not, I doubt Cheney&#8217;s conservative bretheren is as reliable a source of income as being a top DC lawyer.<br />
If Obama cared about the truth and/or partisanship, his admin could dangle a pardon for Libby, which would restore his career, if he cooperates.</p>
<p>2. I am struck by recurrent patterns in these scandals:<br />
     a. the Iran-Contra &#8220;I can&#8217;t recall&#8221; defense.  Cheney was a major enabler of this scandal&#8217;s cover-up in Congress.  (If I used &#8220;I can&#8217;t recall,&#8221; I doubt I&#8217;d get away with such lies or the crime.)<br />
     b. Nixon&#8217;s &#8216;If the President does it, then it must be legal&#8217; is a big part of the Cheney modus operandi.  Cheney even was part of a conference about how to avoid Watergate&#8217;s mistakes &#8212; mistakes that led to the scandal being discovered and somewhat prosecuted.  The cover-up was prosecuted.  We still have little or no idea what was so imporant in that DNC office for the &#8216;burglars&#8217; to break in twice to bug the phones.  I&#8217;m too young to know, but Nixon was probably leading in the polls at that point, and he won by a landslide.<br />
        i. The Executive Order excuse is part and parcel of this.  Cheney&#8217;s just emiting stuff to confuse us.  It is a lie.  In covert ops you deny and then throw counter-accusations.  This is similar.  I can&#8217;t think of a single time Bush or Cheney told the truth.</p>
<p>3. I have long believed that the outing of Valerie Plame was only partially retribution for Joe Wilson deflating the Nuke/Bio WMD claim, specifically the Nuke part.  With Wilson&#8217;s revelation Cheney only had the Bio WMD part left to use for lies.  Remember the search for the mobile weapons labs that were hidden anywhere in Iraq?<br />
Wilson was an American Hero.  In the early 1990s Gulf War, he negotiated face to face with Saddam Hussein and freed some Americans.  He and his wife represented knowledge and power, a unique threat to Cheney&#8217;s lies and power.  Plame had an entire Cover and network in the Middle East, Africa, and Iran.  If Cheney were to lie about Bio WMD, she could be in a position to debunk that as well.  Outing Plame ruined not just Plame, but the entire network and cover.  People who worked with the CIA might have been killed over this.</p>
<p>4.  Interestingly, in early July 2003, around when this Niger Yellowcake fraud was being revealed, Judith Miller co-wrote a NYTimes piece that Steven Hatfill was creating a mobile bio-weapons lab that was about to be sent to Iraq for the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Delta Force.  &#8220;We are not growing anthrax or botulinum toxin,&#8221; Colonel Darley said [of the mobile bio-wmd training lab]. &#8220;None of this equipment is functional. It looks like &#8212; it is &#8212; the real stuff, but it&#8217;s nonfunctional.&#8221;  </p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/02/us/after-war-biological-warfare-subject-anthrax-inquiry-tied-anti-germ-training.html?scp=1&amp;sq=Subject of Anthrax Inquiry Tied to Anti-Germ Training&amp;st=cse&amp;pagewanted=all" rel="nofollow"></a><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/02/us/after-war-biological-warfare-subject-anthrax-inquiry-tied-anti-germ-training.html?scp=1&#038;sq=Subject" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/02/us/after-war-biological-warfare-subject-anthrax-inquiry-tied-anti-germ-training.html?scp=1&#038;sq=Subject</a> of Anthrax Inquiry Tied to Anti-Germ Training&amp;st=cse&amp;pagewanted=all</p>
<p>There is a fine line between defense/training and offense/false-flag operations.</p>
<p>I have long wondered why false-flag Bio WMD weren&#8217;t planted in Iraq, justifying the invasion.  Valerie Plame was in a unique position to debunk this, and Hatfill was a hot topic back then as a person of interest in the Anthrax investigation.  He&#8217;s since been cleared, but he was still consulting/volunteering for the DIA &amp; Delta Force on this very realistic mobile bio-weapons lab.  This could be the scandal behind the scandal.  What we are discussing here with Cheney and Libby is a cover-up of a cover-up, and it might be a cover-up of a cover-up of a cover-up.</p>
<p>Joe Wilson blew the whistle on the nuke sham, and his wife was working in the area justifying the War on Terror&#8217;s false-association with Iraq and maybe Iran down the road.</p>
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		<title>By: person1597</title>
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		<dc:creator>person1597</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ever wonder why on earth the Fox News males are so much less telegenic than the females?  For such a patriarchal idealogue you&#039;d think there would be some standards for the guys -- both guests and pundits. It&#039;s like there&#039;s a harem of desirable women for the male audience but no studly guys for the gals to admire.  Frankly, the dudes are Bozo&#039;s. It escapes me why there&#039;s no eye candy for the women viewers.  Doesn&#039;t seem fair... or balanced.

Then I read about that wiley Niberian Marduk.  He was into Earth chicks...
Hint... &lt;em&gt;They&#039;re easy&lt;/em&gt;...
&lt;blockquote&gt;
Marduk told his parents he wanted to marry an Earthling, Sarpanit, daughter of Marduk&#039;s Earthling protégé, Enkime (a descendant of Enki&#039;s part-Earthling son, Adapa).

Marduk&#039;s mother, Ninki (Damkina), warned Marduk that if he married Sarpanit &quot;to Nibiru with his spouse he would never go. His princely rights on Nibiru he forever will forsake.   To this Marduk with a bitter laugh responded: My rights on Nibiru are nonexistent. Even on Earth my rights as firstborn have been trampled&quot; [by Enlil and his heir, Ninurta, who were given Earth commands].  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

That&#039;s Murdoch&#039;s gambit -- screw the &quot;royals&quot; and pander to the shills.  For example...

&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/world/europe/09britain.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Murdoch Papers Said to Pay to Settle Hacking Cases &lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
One of the men convicted, Clive Goodman, was found to have accessed more than 600 messages on cellphones used by members of the royal family. The other man, Glenn Mulcaire, a former professional soccer player, admitted that he had hacked into the cellphone of Mr. Taylor, head of the soccer association, as well as those of the model Elle Macpherson and Max Clifford, a public relations agent.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Acquiring the WSJ must have given him a dose of V-gra too...
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.counterpunch.org/page05152009.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;A Domain of Personal Tyranny&lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;blockquote&gt;
“… Murdoch knows this is the instant of penetration: that he is inside the envelope; that indefatigable pertinacity has elevated him to a sudden, supernal eminence in media finance; the men across the table, suddenly, are prostrate before him as were the Assyrian horde … As never previously before a man wearing a singlet under his shirt…”&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Earth men were easily usurped and Marduk used them to further his own lineage against the competition...

&lt;blockquote&gt;   So   Marduk and Ninurta, patrilateral parallel cousins (father&#039;s brother&#039;s sons), cultivated clients from among the Adapites--the Hybrid Earthlings descended from Adapa. The cousins, each the apparent next leader of the Enkiite and Enlilite lineages (respectively), recruited these clients to rule large numbers of Earthlings who could supply armies and exert force against the followers of each others&#039; lineages.  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

Murdoch&#039;s lineage is steeped in political intrigue as well...
&lt;blockquote&gt;
A true outline can be stated briskly. Rupert’s father, Sir Keith, founded the dynasty during World War I as a dirty-tricks minion for “Billy” Hughes, probably Australia’s nastiest prime minister. His cover myth as a heroic war reporter has been so thoroughly dismantled that now it impresses none but family retainers&lt;/blockquote&gt;

But here&#039;s the rub.  As in Marduk&#039;s day, climate change was an issue...
&lt;blockquote&gt;
Enlil (Yahweh), however, was still enraged at Enki for creating the Earthling hybrids.  Enlil was also furious at Enki&#039;s son Marduk, who was recruiting the hybrid line descended from the daughters of Adapa whom the astronauts had abducted at Marduk&#039;s wedding to the Earthling Sarpanit. &lt;/blockquote&gt;  

Yahweh is not the guy to mess with, but mess with they did...

&lt;blockquote&gt;Covertly, Enki fed Earthlings from his corn stores.  He trained them in sea fishing and gave them access to the sea.  When Enlil accused Enki of defying his decree that humans be allowed to perish, Enki lied.  He said the humans acted without his knowledge.  Frustrated, Enlil planned for the final destruction of Earthlings and the end to Nibiran occupation of Earth&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Now you&#039;d think that the adults would act like adults in the face of catastrophe but is that what happened?

&lt;blockquote&gt;On Earth, Enki&#039;s son Nergal reported from the south tip of Africa that the Antarctic ice sheet was sliding to the ocean and would, next approach of Nibiru, slide into the sea and cause wave reverberations that would engulf most of Earth.  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

Temper temper!

&lt;blockquote&gt; Enlil roared back,&quot;&#039;To Primitive Workers you gave to them knowing you endowed. The powers of the Creator of All into your hands you have taken. With fornication Adapa you conceived , Understanding to his line you gave. His offspring to the heavens you have taken, our wisdom with them you shared. Every rule you have broken, decisions and commands you ignored. Because of you a Civilized Earthling brother    [Abael]    a brother  [Ka-in]    murdered.  Because of Marduk your son the Igigi like him with Earthlings intermarried.&#039;&quot;  &lt;/blockquote&gt; 

Yahweh was pissed at everybody now!

&lt;blockquote&gt;Enlil brought the Council back to order.  Astronauts with Adapite wives and children, he decreed, must move to the peaks above wave level. When the deluge engulfed Earth, repatriating colonists would rocket to Nibiru, Enki, Ninmah, and I--as well as our sons, daughters and their descendants--will orbit Earth till the Earthlings drown and the waters recede.   Marduk was to shelter on Marsbase;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Holy Hollywood disaster movie, Batman!

&lt;blockquote&gt;  Enki dreamed Galzu spoke &quot;&#039;Into your hands Fate take, for the Earthlings the Earth inherit. Summon your son Ziusudra, without breaking the oath  [swearing not to tell humans]  to him the coming calamity reveal. A boat that the watery avalanche can withstand, a submersible one, to build him tell, the likes of which on this tablet to you I am showing. Let him in it save himself and his kinfolk and the seed of all that is useful, be it plant or animal, also take.  That is the will of the Creator of All.&#039;&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Will the real &quot;Creator of All&quot; please stand up??!!
&lt;blockquote&gt;
Enki woke and pondered his dream. He stepped out of bed and kicked an actual tablet-- where none had been before he slept--next to his bed.&lt;/blockquote&gt; 

Well, it&#039;s getting late but guess what happens next...

&lt;blockquote&gt; When Ziusudra by the words was awakened, to him Enki said, &quot;Reed hut, a calamitous storm will sweep, the destruction of Mankind it will be. This is the decision of the assembly by Enlil convened. &quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

That&#039;s not the same as telling Judy Miller to Flame Valerie.  But that&#039;s how history goes I guess...

&lt;blockquote&gt;  13,000 years ago, &quot;in the Whiteland, at the Earth&#039;s bottom, off its foundation, the [Antarctic] icesheet slipped. By Nibiru&#039;s netforce it was pulled into the south sea. A tidal wave arose, northward spreading.

&quot;The boat of Ziusudra the tidal wave from its moorings lifted. Though completely submerged, not a drop of water into it did enter. For forty days, waves and storms swept Earth, downing everything on the planet except those on mountaintops and in Ziusudra&#039;s boat&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Well maybe I&#039;ll just wait for the DVD to find out what happened next.

I doubt Fox News will give us much warning about the next climate disaster either.  Although I kind of like the idea of sending Murdoch to Mars.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ever wonder why on earth the Fox News males are so much less telegenic than the females?  For such a patriarchal idealogue you&#8217;d think there would be some standards for the guys &#8212; both guests and pundits. It&#8217;s like there&#8217;s a harem of desirable women for the male audience but no studly guys for the gals to admire.  Frankly, the dudes are Bozo&#8217;s. It escapes me why there&#8217;s no eye candy for the women viewers.  Doesn&#8217;t seem fair&#8230; or balanced.</p>
<p>Then I read about that wiley Niberian Marduk.  He was into Earth chicks&#8230;<br />
Hint&#8230; <em>They&#8217;re easy</em>&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>
Marduk told his parents he wanted to marry an Earthling, Sarpanit, daughter of Marduk&#8217;s Earthling protégé, Enkime (a descendant of Enki&#8217;s part-Earthling son, Adapa).</p>
<p>Marduk&#8217;s mother, Ninki (Damkina), warned Marduk that if he married Sarpanit &#8220;to Nibiru with his spouse he would never go. His princely rights on Nibiru he forever will forsake.   To this Marduk with a bitter laugh responded: My rights on Nibiru are nonexistent. Even on Earth my rights as firstborn have been trampled&#8221; [by Enlil and his heir, Ninurta, who were given Earth commands].  </p></blockquote>
<p>That&#8217;s Murdoch&#8217;s gambit &#8212; screw the &#8220;royals&#8221; and pander to the shills.  For example&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/world/europe/09britain.html" rel="nofollow">Murdoch Papers Said to Pay to Settle Hacking Cases </a></p>
<blockquote><p>
One of the men convicted, Clive Goodman, was found to have accessed more than 600 messages on cellphones used by members of the royal family. The other man, Glenn Mulcaire, a former professional soccer player, admitted that he had hacked into the cellphone of Mr. Taylor, head of the soccer association, as well as those of the model Elle Macpherson and Max Clifford, a public relations agent.</p></blockquote>
<p>Acquiring the WSJ must have given him a dose of V-gra too&#8230;<br />
<a href="http://www.counterpunch.org/page05152009.html" rel="nofollow">A Domain of Personal Tyranny</a> </p>
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“… Murdoch knows this is the instant of penetration: that he is inside the envelope; that indefatigable pertinacity has elevated him to a sudden, supernal eminence in media finance; the men across the table, suddenly, are prostrate before him as were the Assyrian horde … As never previously before a man wearing a singlet under his shirt…”</p></blockquote>
<p>Earth men were easily usurped and Marduk used them to further his own lineage against the competition&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>   So   Marduk and Ninurta, patrilateral parallel cousins (father&#8217;s brother&#8217;s sons), cultivated clients from among the Adapites&#8211;the Hybrid Earthlings descended from Adapa. The cousins, each the apparent next leader of the Enkiite and Enlilite lineages (respectively), recruited these clients to rule large numbers of Earthlings who could supply armies and exert force against the followers of each others&#8217; lineages.  </p></blockquote>
<p>Murdoch&#8217;s lineage is steeped in political intrigue as well&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>
A true outline can be stated briskly. Rupert’s father, Sir Keith, founded the dynasty during World War I as a dirty-tricks minion for “Billy” Hughes, probably Australia’s nastiest prime minister. His cover myth as a heroic war reporter has been so thoroughly dismantled that now it impresses none but family retainers</p></blockquote>
<p>But here&#8217;s the rub.  As in Marduk&#8217;s day, climate change was an issue&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>
Enlil (Yahweh), however, was still enraged at Enki for creating the Earthling hybrids.  Enlil was also furious at Enki&#8217;s son Marduk, who was recruiting the hybrid line descended from the daughters of Adapa whom the astronauts had abducted at Marduk&#8217;s wedding to the Earthling Sarpanit. </p></blockquote>
<p>Yahweh is not the guy to mess with, but mess with they did&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>Covertly, Enki fed Earthlings from his corn stores.  He trained them in sea fishing and gave them access to the sea.  When Enlil accused Enki of defying his decree that humans be allowed to perish, Enki lied.  He said the humans acted without his knowledge.  Frustrated, Enlil planned for the final destruction of Earthlings and the end to Nibiran occupation of Earth</p></blockquote>
<p>Now you&#8217;d think that the adults would act like adults in the face of catastrophe but is that what happened?</p>
<blockquote><p>On Earth, Enki&#8217;s son Nergal reported from the south tip of Africa that the Antarctic ice sheet was sliding to the ocean and would, next approach of Nibiru, slide into the sea and cause wave reverberations that would engulf most of Earth.  </p></blockquote>
<p>Temper temper!</p>
<blockquote><p> Enlil roared back,&#8221;&#8216;To Primitive Workers you gave to them knowing you endowed. The powers of the Creator of All into your hands you have taken. With fornication Adapa you conceived , Understanding to his line you gave. His offspring to the heavens you have taken, our wisdom with them you shared. Every rule you have broken, decisions and commands you ignored. Because of you a Civilized Earthling brother    [Abael]    a brother  [Ka-in]    murdered.  Because of Marduk your son the Igigi like him with Earthlings intermarried.&#8217;&#8221;  </p></blockquote>
<p>Yahweh was pissed at everybody now!</p>
<blockquote><p>Enlil brought the Council back to order.  Astronauts with Adapite wives and children, he decreed, must move to the peaks above wave level. When the deluge engulfed Earth, repatriating colonists would rocket to Nibiru, Enki, Ninmah, and I&#8211;as well as our sons, daughters and their descendants&#8211;will orbit Earth till the Earthlings drown and the waters recede.   Marduk was to shelter on Marsbase;</p></blockquote>
<p>Holy Hollywood disaster movie, Batman!</p>
<blockquote><p>  Enki dreamed Galzu spoke &#8220;&#8216;Into your hands Fate take, for the Earthlings the Earth inherit. Summon your son Ziusudra, without breaking the oath  [swearing not to tell humans]  to him the coming calamity reveal. A boat that the watery avalanche can withstand, a submersible one, to build him tell, the likes of which on this tablet to you I am showing. Let him in it save himself and his kinfolk and the seed of all that is useful, be it plant or animal, also take.  That is the will of the Creator of All.&#8217;&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Will the real &#8220;Creator of All&#8221; please stand up??!!</p>
<blockquote><p>
Enki woke and pondered his dream. He stepped out of bed and kicked an actual tablet&#8211; where none had been before he slept&#8211;next to his bed.</p></blockquote>
<p>Well, it&#8217;s getting late but guess what happens next&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p> When Ziusudra by the words was awakened, to him Enki said, &#8220;Reed hut, a calamitous storm will sweep, the destruction of Mankind it will be. This is the decision of the assembly by Enlil convened. &#8220;</p></blockquote>
<p>That&#8217;s not the same as telling Judy Miller to Flame Valerie.  But that&#8217;s how history goes I guess&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>  13,000 years ago, &#8220;in the Whiteland, at the Earth&#8217;s bottom, off its foundation, the [Antarctic] icesheet slipped. By Nibiru&#8217;s netforce it was pulled into the south sea. A tidal wave arose, northward spreading.</p>
<p>&#8220;The boat of Ziusudra the tidal wave from its moorings lifted. Though completely submerged, not a drop of water into it did enter. For forty days, waves and storms swept Earth, downing everything on the planet except those on mountaintops and in Ziusudra&#8217;s boat&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Well maybe I&#8217;ll just wait for the DVD to find out what happened next.</p>
<p>I doubt Fox News will give us much warning about the next climate disaster either.  Although I kind of like the idea of sending Murdoch to Mars.</p>
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		<title>By: Hmmm</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hmmm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If this is indeed a complete list, the thing that most stands out is that of the 11 convicted, 10 have been from the second Iraq war.</description>
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		<title>By: person1597</title>
		<link>http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/11/01/cheneys-betrayal-made-an-iipa-charge-for-libby-possible/#comment-197025</link>
		<dc:creator>person1597</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>But wait...   &lt;em&gt;There&#039;s more!&lt;/em&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;Adapa and Titi, Enki&#039;s son and daughter, mated.  Titi bore twins, Ka-in and Abael, the first ADAPite humans, humans with far more–due to Enki’s genetic infusion--Nibiran genes relative to Erectus genes than their mothers, the ADAMite girls Enki impregnated.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Here come the &quot;plug in&quot; hybrids...

&lt;blockquote&gt;Enki raised Adapa; he educated him as the son he was (albeit clandestine).  Enki taught Adapa to manage and teach Earthlings to manage plantations, herds and estates. Then Enki brought more Earthlings from Africa to Mesopotamia and had Adapa train them to serve the Nibiran colonists. &lt;/blockquote&gt; 

Here&#039;s &lt;em&gt;the &lt;/em&gt;archetypal scholar, enriched with knowledge and wisdom and what happens?  They have kids.  Ever heard the expression &quot;kids change everything&quot;? 

I guess the congressional evolution from Republican to Democrat is a similar tale.  You want things to get better but someone is bound to feel left out.

&lt;blockquote&gt;Tales of Adapa’s brilliance had already reached King Anu on Nibiru.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
 
There&#039;s bound to be a conflict of interest between the vanguards of imperial authority and a pragmatically developed technological culture.  Ironic that it should manifest through jealousy and envy.  What a catfight -- Teabaggers vs TBoggers, conservatives vs moderates, country vs western...

&lt;blockquote&gt;  The King ordered Dumuzi to stay on Nibiru and learn animal husbandry till Nibiru next approached Earth (in one shar--3,600 years).  When Nibiru neared the Inner Solar System again, Dumuzi would return to Earth with female goats and sheep for his nephew Abael to raise.  Dumuzi would bring as well a sperm bank for goats and sheep to Earth.&lt;/blockquote&gt; 

Candy mint vs. breath mint...

&lt;blockquote&gt;  To balance Enkiite control of livestock, Enlil insisted that his own eldest son and Foremost Warrior, Ninurta,  tutor Ka-in in farming.  Agriculture on Earth, augmented by the grain seeds Ningishzidda brought from Nibiru, was to be a project of the Enlil lineage.

At a &quot;Celebration for Firsts, &quot; Ka-in, guided by Ninurta, presented his first grain.  Abael, guided by Marduk, presented his first lambs to Enlil and to Enki.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Soft rock vs metalcore...

&lt;blockquote&gt;  Though Enki was both maternal and paternal grandfather of twins Ka-in and Abael, he praised Abael’s lambs and meat and wool they’d give.    But Enki said nothing of Ka-in’s offering of grain, for Ka-in had been co-opted by Ninurta. 

Ka-in sulked.  &quot;By the lack of Enki’s blessing greatly was he aggrieved&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

No wonder twins are considered &quot;trouble&quot;.  Smoke &#039;em if ya got &#039;em...

&lt;blockquote&gt;The twins quarreled for an entire winter about whose contribution–Ka-in’s grains and fish-abundant irrigation canals or Abael’s meat and wool--contributed most. 

&quot;When summer began, it was not raining, the meadows were dry, the pastures dwindled.  Into the fields of his brother Abael his flocks drove, from the furrows and canals to drink water.  By this Ka-in was angered.&quot;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;

Are we not men?  WE ARE DEVO!

&lt;blockquote&gt;The twins fought with fists till Ka-in bludgeoned Abael with a stone, then sat and sobbed.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Oh, the wages of sin!  But still, no Cheneyesque villains.  Just your garden variety sibling rivalry.  Well there&#039;s alot more history to cover I guess.  Eh?!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>But wait&#8230;   <em>There&#8217;s more!</em></p>
<blockquote><p>Adapa and Titi, Enki&#8217;s son and daughter, mated.  Titi bore twins, Ka-in and Abael, the first ADAPite humans, humans with far more–due to Enki’s genetic infusion&#8211;Nibiran genes relative to Erectus genes than their mothers, the ADAMite girls Enki impregnated.</p></blockquote>
<p>Here come the &#8220;plug in&#8221; hybrids&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>Enki raised Adapa; he educated him as the son he was (albeit clandestine).  Enki taught Adapa to manage and teach Earthlings to manage plantations, herds and estates. Then Enki brought more Earthlings from Africa to Mesopotamia and had Adapa train them to serve the Nibiran colonists. </p></blockquote>
<p>Here&#8217;s <em>the </em>archetypal scholar, enriched with knowledge and wisdom and what happens?  They have kids.  Ever heard the expression &#8220;kids change everything&#8221;? </p>
<p>I guess the congressional evolution from Republican to Democrat is a similar tale.  You want things to get better but someone is bound to feel left out.</p>
<blockquote><p>Tales of Adapa’s brilliance had already reached King Anu on Nibiru.</p></blockquote>
<p>There&#8217;s bound to be a conflict of interest between the vanguards of imperial authority and a pragmatically developed technological culture.  Ironic that it should manifest through jealousy and envy.  What a catfight &#8212; Teabaggers vs TBoggers, conservatives vs moderates, country vs western&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>  The King ordered Dumuzi to stay on Nibiru and learn animal husbandry till Nibiru next approached Earth (in one shar&#8211;3,600 years).  When Nibiru neared the Inner Solar System again, Dumuzi would return to Earth with female goats and sheep for his nephew Abael to raise.  Dumuzi would bring as well a sperm bank for goats and sheep to Earth.</p></blockquote>
<p>Candy mint vs. breath mint&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>  To balance Enkiite control of livestock, Enlil insisted that his own eldest son and Foremost Warrior, Ninurta,  tutor Ka-in in farming.  Agriculture on Earth, augmented by the grain seeds Ningishzidda brought from Nibiru, was to be a project of the Enlil lineage.</p>
<p>At a &#8220;Celebration for Firsts, &#8221; Ka-in, guided by Ninurta, presented his first grain.  Abael, guided by Marduk, presented his first lambs to Enlil and to Enki.</p></blockquote>
<p>Soft rock vs metalcore&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>  Though Enki was both maternal and paternal grandfather of twins Ka-in and Abael, he praised Abael’s lambs and meat and wool they’d give.    But Enki said nothing of Ka-in’s offering of grain, for Ka-in had been co-opted by Ninurta. </p>
<p>Ka-in sulked.  &#8220;By the lack of Enki’s blessing greatly was he aggrieved&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>No wonder twins are considered &#8220;trouble&#8221;.  Smoke &#8216;em if ya got &#8216;em&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>The twins quarreled for an entire winter about whose contribution–Ka-in’s grains and fish-abundant irrigation canals or Abael’s meat and wool&#8211;contributed most. </p>
<p>&#8220;When summer began, it was not raining, the meadows were dry, the pastures dwindled.  Into the fields of his brother Abael his flocks drove, from the furrows and canals to drink water.  By this Ka-in was angered.&#8221;  </p></blockquote>
<p>Are we not men?  WE ARE DEVO!</p>
<blockquote><p>The twins fought with fists till Ka-in bludgeoned Abael with a stone, then sat and sobbed.</p></blockquote>
<p>Oh, the wages of sin!  But still, no Cheneyesque villains.  Just your garden variety sibling rivalry.  Well there&#8217;s alot more history to cover I guess.  Eh?!</p>
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		<title>By: person1597</title>
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		<dc:creator>person1597</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So what are the priorities here?

&lt;blockquote&gt; Adapa left behind the descendants of thirty sons and thirty daughters he and Titi begat.  The Nibiran colonists divided these genetic descendants of Enki among them as proteges and taught them &lt;strong&gt;writing&lt;/strong&gt;, mathematics, well-digging, body oil preparation, harp and flute mastery and the preparation of elixir of the Inbu fruits.    These educated hybrids identified with their respective Nibiran teachers. 

Adapa&#039;s descendants were also taught how to use bitumens for furnaces for gold smelting and refining.&lt;/blockquote&gt;  

Guess Judy never got the memo...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So what are the priorities here?</p>
<blockquote><p> Adapa left behind the descendants of thirty sons and thirty daughters he and Titi begat.  The Nibiran colonists divided these genetic descendants of Enki among them as proteges and taught them <strong>writing</strong>, mathematics, well-digging, body oil preparation, harp and flute mastery and the preparation of elixir of the Inbu fruits.    These educated hybrids identified with their respective Nibiran teachers. </p>
<p>Adapa&#8217;s descendants were also taught how to use bitumens for furnaces for gold smelting and refining.</p></blockquote>
<p>Guess Judy never got the memo&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Rayne</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rayne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:17:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And now, given what more we now know, does it not look like Miller was intended to be a kind of honeypot? (Ugh, it pains me to use the word &quot;honey&quot; anywhere near Miller...)

She tainted everything while doing virtually nothing. She didn&#039;t write about the leak, she tried to avoid questions about the leak, she sat in jail in her avoidance, and contributed virtually nothing to the prosecution&#039;s effort. In some ways her entire career has been one of compromised positions; is she known to the intel community as a pro at this kind of role, one might wonder?

What would this situation have looked like if Miller had been excised from it, never been involved in it at all? Would have come down to a much more direct, mano a mano battled, Libby vs. Cheney? Would that have produced a much clearer opportunity to indict?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And now, given what more we now know, does it not look like Miller was intended to be a kind of honeypot? (Ugh, it pains me to use the word &#8220;honey&#8221; anywhere near Miller&#8230;)</p>
<p>She tainted everything while doing virtually nothing. She didn&#8217;t write about the leak, she tried to avoid questions about the leak, she sat in jail in her avoidance, and contributed virtually nothing to the prosecution&#8217;s effort. In some ways her entire career has been one of compromised positions; is she known to the intel community as a pro at this kind of role, one might wonder?</p>
<p>What would this situation have looked like if Miller had been excised from it, never been involved in it at all? Would have come down to a much more direct, mano a mano battled, Libby vs. Cheney? Would that have produced a much clearer opportunity to indict?</p>
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