Wednesday, August 15, 2018

The Catholic Church Is A Global Pedophilia Cult. It's Well Past Time To Label It As Such.

The latest "shocking revelation" about Catholic priests sexually preying on children under their control, with the institutional protection of their powerful organization, the Roman Catholic Church, comes from the state of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

A state Grand Jury has issued an 884 page report detailing 70 years of criminal sexual acts perpetrated by Catholic priests in that state against children. 301 priests- 301!- were identified as perpetrators, and over 1000 children were their victims. They would take nude photos of boys and pass them around (a violation of draconian Federal child pornography laws). The report characterized the priests' activities as a "child porn ring."

The Pennsylvania state attorney general, Josh Shapiro, said "the Church protected the perpetrators at all costs." He described a "playbook" for how to hide the crimes of their priests that the Church bosses used. In other words, they committed criminal conspiracy, and aided and abetted the thousands of sex crimes.

Among the atrocities the Catholic Church committed against children in their clutches in Pennsylvania are these:

-A 9 year old boy forced to perform fellatio, then his mouth washed out with "Holy" water. (That must sanctify the sin, right?)

-Five girls in the same family were used for sex.

-A 7 year old girl was raped in the hospital after her tonsils were removed.

-An 18 month old baby was sexually assaulted. (Hey, I have a motto for this cult: "The Catholic Church: Plumbing the Depths of Depravity in God's Name.")

As in all the Catholic Church pedophilia and other sexual abuse scandals, the same pattern of the hierarchy- the church bosses- covering up and indeed protecting the sexual criminals in their employ. When things get hot, they merely transfer the perpetrator. They never so much as expel the offender, much less go to the police. This protection racket of course runs right up to the top, at the Vatican and the various "Popes" who run this racketeering enterprise with absolute authority, (Funny, the U.S. doesn't bring charges against the CC under the RICO statutes, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act. They only bring such charges against Mafioso and progressive activists. Reactionary power institutions have each others' backs.)

The Pennsylvania state attorney general, in announcing the Grand Jury's report, said he believes there were even more pedophile priests, and more victims, that they couldn't identify. The investigation relied on the Church's written records, and on victims coming forward. He assumed the Church didn't keep thorough written records, and that not all victims have come forward. Those are good assumptions.

This is just the latest news of rampant sexual crimes by priests preying on children. In states all over the U.S., it has been the same story.

And it's the same story in numerous countries around the world, from Latin America, to Europe, to Asia, to Australia. Always the same thing. Always going to the top of the hierarchy. Unending criminal behavior under cover of "holy" religion, always kept secret, the victims further victimized by this mind control cult with threats and guilt-tripping.

It is long past time to recognize the Catholic Church for what it is- a global pedophilia criminal conspiracy. It should be shut down under the racketeering laws.

Of course it won't be. Not just because it's so "powerful." But also because it is an ally of governments. It conditions people in its grip to be obedient authoritarians. It serves a vital function for the secular rulers.

Not by accident are so many police and secret police in many countries, including the U.S., Catholics. There's an irony for you!

Any parent who would put their child in the clutches of these known criminals is irresponsible.



Is Paul Manafort Banking on a Trump Pardon? He Better Be.

What he's doing makes no sense otherwise.

First, he went to trial in Federal court. U.S. Federal courts are like Chinese courts- both have a conviction rate around 98%. The laws, procedures, and court rules are constructed to virtually guarantee convictions. And the judges are mostly pro-prosecution; many actually ARE former prosecutors. I have yet to read of a judge with a background as a defense attorney, much less a Legal Aid lawyer, etc.

Second, Manafort is obviously "guilty" under U.S. law of the charges heaped on his head, "tax fraud" and "bank fraud."  U.S. law is very repressive. (Manafort faces possible life in prison on the current charges!) But applying U.S. law, Manafort is guilty. He apparently didn't report all his income to the tax authorities (the IRS, Internal Revenue Service), which is being labeled tax fraud, a crime. (The vast majority of incidents of unreported income are treated as civil matters in the U.S. and the IRS applies penalties and interest, so every criminal prosecution for tax evasion is in a sense selective prosecution.)

The bank fraud charge is another legal curve ball. A bank president hankered after an appointment in the Trump regime, so he approved a loan for Manafort over the objections of his underlings. In other words, he bribed Manafort with a dicey loan. Manafort's paperwork for the loan was inaccurate, but the application was really pro forma, since the bank president made the decision without regard to Manafort's creditworthiness. Yet the false paperwork is the basis for claiming that Manafort "defrauded" the bank- even though the head of the bank was well-aware of what was going on.

In the U.S., the rich are glorified by the media on a daily basis. Filthy rich billionaires like Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett, and others are feted as figures of admiration. But in this trial, the government prosecutors used a common tactic, stoking class envy and resentment. Their opening gambit was harping on expensive clothes Manafort bought (the media in the U.S. had a great time ridiculing the items of clothing- since they are devoted to bringing down Trump, naturally they are hostile to Manafort). I find it hypocritical for a government that is the handmaiden of the super-rich to do an ideological somersault and play that populist, resent-the-rich card in court.

 In this case obviously Manafort was never going to be prosecuted if he hadn't been involved with Trump and thus provides a target for the special prosecutor, former FBI secret police chief Robert S. Mueller III, to use as a vector to get at Trump by forcing Manafort to "cooperate" in the Get Trump campaign of the secret police, most of the major media, and the Democratic Party. The FBI had long known about what Manafort was up to, having interrogated him and his former henchman Rick Gates, an admitted adulterer and crook who embezzled from Manafort (now turned states' evidence) in 2014. At that time the Department of "Justice" didn't see any reason to bring charges, even though they were questioning him about his work for the since-overthrown president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych. Now however, Mueller is charging him for failing to register as an agent of a foreign power- that charge to be tried in an upcoming, separate trial. And of course the CIA and NSA knew all about his activities, as Manafort was advising the former president of Ukraine when he was in office, retroactively deemed a hostile act since the U.S. subsequently arranged the overthrow of that president. The FBI, DEA, CIA, and other agencies have free access to the NSA's massive databases. All Paul Manafort's telephone calls (the content, not just the metadata, as the mendacious U.S. media keeps lying), emails, websearches, bank transfers, and more are in the NSA's possession, and a search of "Paul Manafort" would instantly pull up all that data, (All your data is in the NSA's paws too.) [1]

So the government knew all about everything Manafort was doing that Mueller has suddenly decided is criminal and merits prosecution.

By the way, Manafort isn't the only person doing what he did. Other political hustlers "advise" foreign "leaders" and don't necessarily register. In Britain, Tony Blair has made millions as an image adviser to tyrants- but UK law isn't U.S. law. In the U.S., Israel has an entire cadre of agents of influence, in and out of the U.S. government, who don't register as their agents.

But the U.S. "justice" system has nothing to do with justice. It is political from start to finish.

Manafort's lawyers didn't call any defense witnesses. Their efforts in the trial were limited to cross-examining the government's witnesses, and making opening and closing arguments. In U.S. trials, prosecutors get to speak last to the jury before the jurors retire to deliberate on a verdict- yet another advantage for the government, as they're making the final impression and can rebut whatever the defense said without contradiction and make any and all manner of prejudicial assertions and slip in distorted or even false facts.

Manafort's defense team tried to blame everything on Rick Gates, the government's "star" witness. I rather doubt a conviction will be avoided. They'll be lucky to even get a hung jury (when the jurors can't agree on a unanimous verdict), in which case Manafort can and will be retried, unless he caves and offers Mueller something incriminating on Trump.

One defense "strategy" seems to be relying on a guilty verdict being overturned on appeal. Seems to me Manafort's lawyers are taking him for a ride, one very profitable for them. (Manafort had five very expensive lawyers in court for the trial.)




I can only guess that Manafort expects Trump to ultimately pardon him (after Manafort has been drained of hundreds of thousands of dollars by his lawyers). If that is what Manafort is counting on, he's a fool. He probably doesn't have any genuine information that could convict Trump of anything. Because it is obvious there was no conspiracy between Trump or anyone else and the Russians to hack computers or somehow fix the election. So Trump has no incentive to pardon Manafort.


 You handsome devil, you! (What, no $15,000 ostrich jacket?)

1]  "Manafort Asks Federal Judge in Virginia to Dismiss Fraud Case," Bloomberg, March 27, 2018. Manafort's lawyers filed a pre-trial motion, which Bloomberg News described thusly:


In his filing, Manafort [that is, Manafort's lawyers] refers to Justice Department interest in his activities that preceded his work as [Trump's] campaign chairman. In July 2014, he met with U.S. prosecutors and Federal Bureau of Investigation agents to discuss his offshore consulting activities, the filing said.

“The DOJ had thus already investigated Mr. Manafort’s tax filings for the time period covered by the indictment” and chose not to charge him, according to the filing. “The Special Counsel was obviously the driving force behind the decision to charge Mr. Manafort.”



 

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Leslie Moonves, Suffering From MSS, Clearly Needs Help and Compassion, Not Condemnation

Leslie Moonves, the Big Boss of CBS Corporation, who gloated about helping elevate Donald Trump to the presidency ("it's bad for America but it's good for CBS," he said, meaning saturation "coverage" of Trump running for president was a ratings and profit bonanza for CBS, the good of the nation be damned) has been exposed as sexually attacking, attempting to rape, and wrecking the careers of six women in the Hollywood industry ecosystem. (No doubt there have been many more.)

But in the rush to heap opprobrium on Moonves, sight has been lost on a crucial fact: Women are not the only victims here. Moonves is also a victim. A victim of a dread disease.

You see, Leslie has Male Superiority Syndrome. This little understood malady affects men of all social strata and in all walks of life. It affects men in positions of great power and men with little power, but with power over some women or even over a single woman.

Just as brain tumors and Alzheimer's Disease can alter behavior, so too does MSS cause bizarre and anti-social behavioral changes in those it strikes, changes that can impact the lives of not only the sufferer, but of those around him.

Like drug addicts, those with MSS are misunderstood. MSS sufferers need help and compassion, not condemnation and rejection as pariahs.

But there is hope. Social scientists have learned much about this condition, and even now are racing for answers. Yet there is so much more to do. You can be part of the solution.

Won't you help us find a cure for this awful affliction? Please donate generously to FECUND, the Fund for Eliminating and Countering Unwanted Nasty Domination. Together we can someday stop men from harassing, assaulting, and raping women, and destroying their careers. When that day arrives, we will all be better off.

[This message has been sponsored by FECUND, dedicated to ending male domination of women.]

Won't you contribute to help Leslie Moonves?
 
New Yorker, August 6 & 13, 2018 issue.