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TICOM: Seizing Nazi Intelligence

By RD Bentley on June 7, 2013 in ,

It’s much too common for most people to look past the developments of World War II. It’s an era that most would like to forget. However, have you asked yourself this following question. Now that Hitler had committed suicide and some of his ringleaders had been captured, what happened to the German intelligence party? TICOM (Target Intelligence Committee) was a project formed to seize German intelligence assets, including cryptographic ones. The United States had recognized the potential of this bounty and valuable information was recovered.

Now some decades later, some of this intelligence is starting to leak out.

For those readers interested in more research, there are a couple of books on the market to start off with. The Ultra Americans: The U.S. Role in Breaking the Nazi Codes is one of them. The Ultra Secret: The Inside Story of Operation Ultra, Bletchley Park and Enigma is yet another one.

In the book written by James Bamford, Body of Secrets: Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency, he explains how secretive this mission was. It goes like this [page 8]: “In 1992, the director of the National Security Agency extended the secrecy order until the year 2012, making TICOM probably the last great secret of the Second World War.”

There is another online source from Google, a TICOM Archive I believe.

For those interested, there’s the TICOM Collection hosted by Scribd.

Some may or not be familiar with Operation Paperclip, which was a “program used to recruit the scientists of Nazi Germany for employment by the United States in the aftermath of World War II (1939–45).” President Harry Truman executed this operation in August of 1945.

Alsos Mission was an effort by the Allies to “evaluate the German nuclear project.”

Operation Surgeon was to exploit German aeronautics.

There’s another introduction to World War II and the shadow warriors. Patrick O’Donnell is the author of Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs: The Unknown Story of the Men and Women of World War II’s OSS. A hidden war — a war of espionage, intrigue, and sabotage — played out across the occupied territories of Europe, deep inside enemy lines.

According to the book Eavesdropping on Hell written by Robert J. Hanyok, it was believed that the Allies knew of the Jewish massacre. But saving the Jews was not a priority at the time.

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The Shadows Of Power: The Council on Foreign Relations And The American Decline

By RD Bentley on June 4, 2013 in

The Real Power Behind The Throne

Here’s an eye-opening account of an elitist group that is at the very heart of the Eastern Establishment. You might say that the Council on Foreign Relations is the Establishment’s unofficial club and you would be correct. This is the true power behind the throne. Author James Perloff closely examines this distinct group and explains its role in his masterpiece — The Shadows of Power: The Council on Foreign Relations and the American Decline. This is an impressive piece of work that adds clarity and is in complete opposition to the official definitive, which is very much cloaked in secrecy.

Perloff offers some great information for those that are willing to take the effort. The Establishment isn’t just some hippie term that was idealized in the sixties. It’s a close-knit group of highly influential people who wield the real power, no matter who is in charge of the White House. Collectively, it’s formed out of  the power elite: the international bankers, corporate CEO’s, high ranking government officials and trainees, famous media talking heads, and a variety of other important people that dominate the wheels of society.

Founded in 1921, headquartered at 58 East 68th Street in New York City, the CFR is more than just a club. Some have even called it a ‘legitimate Mafi’. America’s policies are usually linked to this unique group and the deceived public is mostly unaware of its existence. The Council on Foreign Relations publishes a bi-monthly journal called Foreign Affairs.

Near the intro we find some cold hard facts that provide an outline. “Essential to controlling a government is the establishment of a central bank with a monopoly on the country’s supply of money and credit.” Paul Warburg meets Senator Aldrich, the Jekyll Island Club assembles in 1910, and the Federal Reserve Act is shaped in 1913.

On July 29, 1921, the CFR became incorporated. The author acknowledges that the club is a front organization for the Morgan and Rockefeller types of the world. After all, David Rockefeller was chairman from 1970 to 1985. David was one of the most powerful figures of the 20th century and his constituents share the same frame of mind. They desire power to the extreme.

The book reiterates a theme of a strange partnership between Wall Street and the Kremlin.

Many observers might be surprised to know that the Cold War represented only one side of Soviet Union–United States relations. Although the author isn’t the first one to point this out, the relationship between the U.S. and Russia has been very different than the media has portrayed. The complex relationship between the the two superpowers has been held in secrecy with the western media. This is another edition of histories mysteries.

Historical suppression is an enormous deficiency in the western civilization. In the not so distant past, Americans misunderstood the depravity of the infamous Media Blackout. The elite groups have cunningly created an Establishment media, thereby eliminating an independent press in America. If one doesn’t dig really dip below the rocks, one will not recover the truths that lie beneath the mud. This is very dangerous for a democratic society.

It’s no coincidence that the media are completely owned by the Establishment itself. The owners of media are CFR members as well. If you look closely behind the scenes, you’ll find out that a number of the media belong to the CFR. As one might imagine, there is a strong prejudice in the media, not to mention a considerable deal of selectivity concerning foreign affairs.

The author states the end result: “Disproportionate news reporting gives Americans a distorted world view.” Oh my, how they’ve done a brilliant job hiding the news! Astonishing indeed!

If the distinguishing forces behind the Council on Foreign Relations are international bankers and legislation is theoretically invented before entering the halls of Congress, the influence exerted is potentially endemic to free societies. Opposition against the club can immediately be discredited. Careers and lives can be destroyed at will.

Agendas such as a one world government are thoroughly embraced by the CFR and how could anyone deny this threat to the sovereignty of the United States? The CFR point of view is congruent with globalism and it would be hard to make an argument advocating otherwise.

The far-reaching aim of financial control is central to the monopolization of oligarchies, where total control is desired by a small number of wealthy people. Corporate oligarchies make use of educational institutions like the CFR and therein lies considerable influence over elected officials.

The Shadows Of Power is a unique classic that highlights important events that have mostly gone unreported by the mainstream media. James Perloff offers a very rare perspective of the ‘other side’ of history, so rare in fact, that the view is breathtaking. The power behind the throne is nearly invisible, however, we get a glimpse of the ambiance that surrounds the most influential organization in America, the Council on Foreign Relations.

James Perloff wastes no time plunging into facts that totally reshape the perception of American history. Students, please temporarily discard your ‘censored’ version of state sponsored history, and take a moment to read this ‘uncensored’ version of reality. The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is more than just a club. It’s the most important think tank in the United States.

The Establishment has created an invisible government and the CFR is the heart of the club. Perloff gives the background, beginning, and provides numerous examples of this extremely influential organization. The true power lies behind the throne in the shadows. Perloff presents a unique perspective of events that happened in the 20th century and were not honestly analyzed by the press. If the Establishment is elusive in its identity, it certainly has a perceptible face in the CFR, and that is what the author has centered on.

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Griftopia

By RD Bentley on June 1, 2013 in ,

Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America

Employing a no-holds-barred style of brutally honest journalism, author Matt Taibbi has successfully attempted to put a frame on what developed during the biggest banking heist in history, all things related before and ex post facto the financial crisis of 2008.Taibbi,”an American author and journalist reporting on politics, media, finance, and sports for Rolling Stone and Men’s Journal “, briefs us with the narrative. “You put all that together–and what you get is a thieves’ paradise–a Griftopia.”

While the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 isn’t really past but prologue, it was “considered by most economists to be the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930′s.”

In summarization, Taibbi expresses that not only do we have a very volatile financial problem on our hands, we have a public that tends to forget about corporate crime overnight. People can’t even remember to tie their shoelaces before walking, much less grasp the essential details of such complexities as the mortgage market.

Basically, Griftopia primarily focuses on what the gurus have labeled the causes of the Great Recession, and the author analyzes the Hot Potato, or The Great American Mortgage Scam. The chapter Hot Potato covers the subprime mortgage crisis, where Taibbi uses real life characters and real life situations to explain normally complicated topics, which entails a series of events and conditions that precedes the financial fallout in 2008. Some have said we never have fully recovered; this is the weakest recovery in history. The worst could be yet to come actually.

The author describes complex relationships from mortgage brokers to investment banks, hidden fees that home buyers were hit with, and a scam that allowed anyone with bad credit to buy a house that he or she would never be able to qualify for under normal circumstances. Mortgage fraud and predatory lending on steroids if you will.

A basic example involves a Mexican immigrant that speaks little English, makes $9 an hour, but yet qualifies for a $615,000 house which takes 96% of his take-home pay! This indeed was a big part of the subprime mortgage problem, but as the author clearly states in his book, the media have portrayed the minorities as culprit, and not victim.

In reality, many home buyers were lied to. Often what was supposed to be fixed loans, turned out to be scams that jacked up their interest rates on mortgages from 110% to as much to 135% or even 140%. Obviously many defaulted, as would be expected.

The so called financial geniuses in the past have come up with a brilliant scheme called mortgage-backed securities and Taibbi educates us how this “speculative gambling” works.

Joseph Cassano is one of the main characters in our plot that includes a set of Mafia-like figures. Cassano was an “officer at AIG Financial Products from the division’s founding in 1987 until his resignation in February 2008.”

Another character we must get familiar with is Win Neuger, “Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, and Director at AIG Global Investment Corp.”

You really have to read the chapter to get all of the details, but what you find are layers of Ponzi schemes used by employees at AIG to rake in billions of dollars illegally, and companies like Goldman Sachs just happened to be the recipients wanting the payback. In the climax of our Hot Potato story, the key credit default swap players are exposed and the American taxpayers become the victims of Bailout Nation. Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) becomes a permanent part of the American vernacular. There is no happy ending unfortunately unless you’re a banker that received the bonus. Congratulations if you did.

I think the author initially got his inspiration for the book while traveling on a plane, he had asked other fellow journalists why gas prices were so high. And oddly enough nobody knew. “Doesn’t that make all of us frauds? I mean, if we’re covering this stuff anyway.” The other guy’s response: “You’re just figuring that out now?”

In the chapter Blowout the commodities bubble is thoroughly covered. We all knew that speculation was the problem and we knew that big oil companies were raking in big money, but we never knew exactly how the commodities market worked. Well, if you get the chance to read Griftopia you’ll find out. Again as with the subprime mortgage crisis, it is a series of events and layers of negotiations where financial deregulation creates corruption from the top to the bottom.

For a short, quick answer, Goldman Sachs cut sweetheart deals with legislators, thus propelling themselves into a permanent middleman status, making commodities such as gas and food much higher for no legitimate reason other than pure unadulterated greed. They are literally making money out of thin air and you the consumer are paying dearly for it, while the government falls asleep in the corner of the lobby room. Taxation without representation. Welcome to the new America.

Plain and simple, Goldman Sachs is the problem and the author makes no bones about it. “The world’s most powerful investment bank is a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money.”

In the McCarran–Ferguson Act, we discover that health insurance companies are exempt from anti-trust laws. The Obamacare Trillion Dollar Band-Aid — is offering giveaways to Big Pharma and Big Insurance. Come and get it. Thanks for the memories.

Taibbi dedicates a chapter to The Biggest (Explicative) in the Universe, former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan. Taibbi claims that Greenspan is one of the key individuals “who made America the dissembling mess that it is today.” We learn that disastrous bubbles are created by central banks. Nothing new about the central bank part but there are some very interesting anecdotes about the bug-eyed Greenspan and his undying love for Ayn Rand’s philosophy.

Biting sarcasm is one of the tools of the trade for a skillful writer, and Matt Taibbi uses this arson in his quiver full of poisonous arrows. He effectively cuts through the fog with his wit and dry humor to nail the slimy Wall Street villains who deserve no mercy. In doing so, Taibbi attracts criticism from other journalists as he pins the culprits and dishes the apologetics a slice of the pie.

“The global economic crisis of 2008 cost tens of millions of people their savings, their jobs, and their homes.” We Americans need to wake up out our dreamlike state and advance our educational skills. The grave state of the nation demands the recovery of our sorry state of amnesia. I strongly recommend Taibbi’s book Griftopia and I also recommend the 2010 documentary film called Inside Job. Alright America. We can do better than this. Honestly.

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Black Eagle Trust And The Implications

By RD Bentley on May 27, 2013 in

Collateral Damage: U.S. Covert Operations and the Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001

On September 11, 2001 America changed and the implications can still be felt by many. What was the real motivation behind the attacks? Do we honestly believe the official story? I somehow ran across the Black Eagle Trust and I’d since forgotten about the phrase. Not long after I stumbled across it again. I discovered a most interesting report and I could hardly believe what I had read. I was shocked.

The report seemed viable, concise, and had 232 footnotes, all of which seemed to be reliable.

Here’s the link to report. Please read the story and tell me what you think about it. Feel free to leave a comment and start a thread.

More relevant links can be found here.

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The Best Barbecue Tips For Weber Kettle

By RD Bentley on May 24, 2013 in

Grilling Tips And Tricks From The Experts

It’s barbecue season and for food connoisseurs there’s nothing like a hot meal cooked on the grill. The science of barbecue and grilling is better left to the experts, so that’s why it pays to visit a website where the smoke signals lead to firsthand knowledge from the masters. Own a Weber Kettle?

Mmm. I can smell the grill already. Nothing signals a real party like a good barbecue in the backyard.

Here’s one tip that will have you cooking ribs like a restaurant manager. If you already own a Weber Kettle, then you certainly may want to take a look at the Smokenator 1000 .

Want to know the best barbecue grill setup for your Weber? You may not want to do it the way Weber tells you to do it. Click here to find out the Science of BBQ & Grilling. This is an awesome website.

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Hidden Secrets About The 1929 Crash

By RD Bentley on May 22, 2013 in ,

Making Profit Out Of Crisis

There’s a little secret that history teachers tend to leave out of the lecture. More about that in a moment. On the day of October 24, 1929 (aka Black Thursday) crisis could be felt in the heart of the Big Apple, where elite Wall Street bankers teamed together to find a solution to the financial emergency. The market had lost 11% of value as the bell signaled the start of a busy day. Important leaders that attended one particular business meeting were: Thomas W. Lamont of Morgan Bank (J.P. Morgan & Co.), Charles E. Mitchell of National City Bank (Citibank), and Albert Wiggin of Chase National Bank.

On October 28 (aka Black Monday) there was more reason to panic as the Dow dropped precipitously at 38.33 points (13%). On October 29 (aka Black Tuesday) the Dow dropped 30 points (12%). In two days time the market had lost over $30 billion. The market lost $14 billion on October 29 alone, in the space of one day. Only the insiders would profit from these events.

We know the rest of the story. The Great Depression would bring 10 long years of economic hardship for some and would forever leave an imprint on the American economic psyche. Legislation was enacted to prevent this type of catastrophe from happening again, but the bankers would find more complex ways to avoid these laws and would become much more esoteric in the process. Smoot–Hawley of 1930 raised tariffs and Glass–Steagall of 1933 separated commercial and investment banking. Both very effective until gutted and abandoned some years later.

The Pecora Investigation starring Ferdinand Pecora

This however, is not the end of our journey. The Pecora Investigation, that had begun on March 4, 1932, would attempt to determine the causes of the 1929 Crash and Ferdinand Pecora was in charge of the report which would expose several institutions, including National City Bank (Citibank). The president of the bank lost his job due to the publicity generated and Mr. Pecora plowed forward with the interrogations.

The most influential bankers were closely examined, media coverage continued and a wide range of abusive practices would surface. The meetings finally ended on May 4, 1934 and Pecora was appointed Commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

The investigations were quite effective but hostility from Wall Street would foster in the aftermath, as Ferdinand Pecora described in his 1939 memoir Wall Street Under Oath: “Had there been full disclosure of what was being done in furtherance of these schemes, they could not long have survived the fierce light of publicity and criticism. Legal chicanery and pitch darkness were the banker’s stoutest allies.”

The wizards of today’s Wall Street magic ensemble portray these white shoe boys as amateur apprentices, for real. Escapology has evolved into a fine art form on contemporary Wall Street. These former chumps must have studied under Harry Houdini, as he challenged police forces to try to keep him locked up.

Albert Wiggin makes $4 Million selling short during Crash of 1929.

Back to our story. Albert Wiggin is our central character of interest. Wiggin held several prominent positions in the banking industry before becoming Chairman of Chase National Bank in 1917. Wiggin was a proponent of free trade and he became an important player to help establish global banking, starting in Europe.

Our man Wiggin can be found in the annals of the Pecora Investigation. In September of 1929, Wiggin began selling short his personal shares in Chase National Bank while simultaneously using the bank’s money to achieve his goal. He shorted over 42,000 shares, earning himself a handsome bonus of over $4 million in tax-free revenue.

In the David Rockefeller Memoirs [p. 125], Uncle Winthrop Aldrich was urged to remain at Chase National Bank after the knowledge of the Wiggin incident had caught on: “But the situation changed dramatically in late 1933 when Albert Wiggin admitted at congressional hearings that he had lent large amounts of the bank’s money to himself and his associates on favorable terms and that they had made $10 million selling Chase stock short during the 1929 crash!”

Wiggin was not alone in his profitable venture and his acts were not illegal, but this would force him to resign his post with the Chase bank. Wiggin began retirement in December and he kept adding to his art collection with the help from his bonus.

Paul Warburg foretells the Stock Crash on March 8, 1929.

Paul Warburg, an advocate, participant, and co-founder of the U.S. Federal Reserve System, was notable for his warning (March 8, 1929) of the disaster threatened by the wild stock speculation then rampant in the United States, foretelling the crash which occurred in October.

The Federal Reserve caused the Great Depression? Milton Friedman thought it did.

The Federal Reserve definitely caused the Great Depression by contracting the amount of money in circulation by one-third from 1929 to 1933 (National Public Radio interview Jan 1996) — Milton Friedman

Louis McFadden accused the Federal Reserve of causing the Great Depression.

Louis McFadden, Chairman of the House Banking Committee accused the Federal Reserve of deliberately causing the Great Depression. McFadden gave a 25-minute speech on June 10, 1932: “It was not accidental. It was a carefully contrived occurrence…The international bankers sought to bring about a condition of despair here so that they might emerge as rulers of us all.”

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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

By RD Bentley on May 17, 2013 in

It took over twenty years to finish writing Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, and the author was turned down by over twenty publishers before getting it published (25 publishers rejected it), but once released it immediately became a New York Times bestseller. Author and former economic hit man (EHM) John Perkins had lived the life and he knew the story had to get out, especially after the tragedy on Sep. 11, 2001. The decision was not an easy one for him to make.

This book is significant because it confirms that economic hit men do exist and this gives us a better understanding of the Globalist Agenda, which is no myth or conspiracy. Perkins does a fabulous job conveying his experiences with a casual style of writing in which he uses a very straightforward approach. His knowledge as an insider and his honesty is what sells the book, or at least that’s my opinion. And the timing of the book couldn’t have been any better. The book is an easy read and is certainly a must for those who are into history, politics, and economics.

Many key points in modern American history are delved into by Perkins. Some of my favorites: The fall of the Shah of Iran, The Harken Energy deal, the Saudi Arabia Money-laundering Affair, the Bush family and the House of Saud, and the Financing of Osama bin Laden. Much more is covered in its entirety.

Here are a number of books validated by the economic hit man himself: Globalization and Its Discontents, When Corporations Rule the World, Hegemony or Survival, Sorrows of Empire, and Bush Agenda. I have personally read Hegemony or Survival written by Noam Chomsky. It’s considered a must-read.

Predatory capitalism is a term that the author uses that further ensconced the new American Empire, and is defined in the U.S. by economist Milton Friedman from the Chicago school of economics. The defining aspects are threefold as described by Perkins.

Defining Aspects of Predatory Capitalism

1. The only goal of business should be to maximize profits, regardless of the social and the environmental costs.
2. Regulations on business should be minimized.
3. Everything should be run by private business. This means to privatize items such as school systems, jail systems, and even the military.

Perkins said that most of the American people are unaware of American policies around the world and the profound implications of these actions. Unfortunately, this is a sad fact.

Corporatocracy

“In their drive to advance the global empire, corporations, banks, and governments use their financial and political muscle to ensure that our schools, businesses, and media support both the fallacious concept and its corollary.”

“One of corporatocracy’s most important functions is to perpetuate and continually expand and strengthen the system.”

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

In the book, Perkins gives us the background of where he came from and how he got his start as an economic hit man in January of 1971. It was the luxurious lifestyle that enticed him to take a position with Chas. T. Main. It was the lifestyle that he dreamed of and nothing was going to stand in the way of his goals.

His career path would take him to Ecuador, Indonesia, Panama, Columbia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and many other places.

Dignitaries like Omar Torrijos and Jaime Roldós left an impact on Perkins, as he very much admired their loyalty and their bravery. In the end, both would lose their lives while defending their country. Perkins had a job to do as an economic hit man, but his conscience began to convince him over time that what he was doing was wrong.

Perkins describes how multinationals exploit workers once their economies are conformed to the U.S. dollar. A perfect example of this exploitation is a recent tragedy in Bangladesh, where over 1,000 employees died as a result of an eight-story commercial building that collapsed. Reports of cracks in the building the day before had been largely ignored.

The men (and women) know what they’re doing is wrong, Perkins has argued, but they are well rewarded financially and they are constantly being encouraged to continue with the profession.

Perkins has explained that as an economic hit man he was sent to various underdeveloped countries primarily to corrupt the political leaders, in order to get them to sign valuable contracts that actually benefited American corporations in the long run. Economic forecasts were artificially inflated to convince the leaders that they needed to borrow vast sums of money to fund projects that were supposed to improve the infrastructure in their country. In reality, the interest from the loans would enslave the countries that were to be helped, because it was impossible to repay these loans. And part of the strategy was to force countries to acquiesce to political pressure from the U.S., thereby effectively crippling their economies and subjecting the natives to more misery.

Economic hit men (EHMs) are highly-paid professionals who cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars. They funnel money from the World Bank, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and other foreign “aid” organizations into the coffers of huge corporations and the pockets of a few wealthy families who control the planet’s natural resources. Their tools included fraudulent financial reports, rigged elections, payoffs, extortion, sex, and murder. They play a game as old as empire, but one that has taken on new and terrifying dimensions during this time of globalization. — John Perkins

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Another Reason Why The Media Are Biased

By RD Bentley on May 13, 2013 in

Fair And Unbiased News? Fuhgeddaboudit Family News Buddies…

Let’s talk about another reason why the corporate media are biased, bogus, and hopeless. Forget about Benghazi for a minute. Forget about conservative fixed news versus liberal short skirt news. They’re all owned by big money and all are one big happy family, literally. You have brothers, sisters, spouses, and more in the White House, ABC, CBS, CNN, Obama employees, Hillary employees, etc. Surprised? Didn’t think so.

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A British Girl In Hitler’s Circle

By RD Bentley on May 13, 2013 in

Adolf Hitler was with a confidant on October 5, 1936 during the Black Shirt Riots in London. The girl was also spotted at the 1937 Nuremberg Rally. She appeared with Hitler on a balcony at Vienna, in 1938. Just who was this girl in the film?

Her name was Unity Mitford, aristocrat and cousin of Winston Churchill. She came from a large family of five sisters and a brother. The father’s name was David Bertram Ogilvy Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale, who was an English landowner and son of a British diplomat, Algernon Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale.

Lord Redesdale (grandfather of Unity) translated into English, edited, and wrote extensive introductions of two books: Foundations of the Nineteenth Century and Immanuel Kant – A Study and Comparison with Goethe, Leonardo de Vinci, Bruno, Plato, Descartes. Author Houston Stewart Chamberlain would also write about Richard Wagner, the famous German composer.

Hitler may have been fascinated that Unity’s grandfather would’ve been friends with the accomplished Wagner. This was undoubtedly irresistable to Hitler and probably a major reason for the bonding with her.

Hitler was a big fan of Wagner and he attended the Bayreuth Festival from 1933 to 1939. In August of 1939, Hitler delivered the news to Unity and sister Diana at the festival.  War was certain.

Winifred Wagner, wife of Siegfried Wagner (Richard Wagner’s son), was a special friend to Hitler; she referred to him as as—USA—for Unser Seliger Adolf [our blessed Adolf].

David Mitford married Sydney Bowles, daughter of the founder of Vanity Fair, a British weekly magazine (1868-1914). Thomas Bowles also founded another magazine called The Lady. The couple were known as Lord and Lady Redesdale.

The Mitfords attended a Nuremburg Rally and met Hitler. They supported Hitler in the beginning, but David later retracted his support after the commencement of WWII in 1939. As Sydney the wife remained a Nazi supporter, this caused a split between the couple. The death of Tom their only son, was the final blow to David; his health became fragile afterwards.

Unity and sister Diana joined the British Union of Fascists in 1932. Diana left her husband for the founder of the party, Sir Oswald Mosley.  An older Diana Mosley was recorded on video also and can be witnessed.

Unity went back to Germany to stalk Hitler, as she became obsessed with the Führer. Unity persisently kept attending the Osteria Bavaria restaurant until she finally achieved her goal to meet with him, in 1935. Her diligence finally paid off, as Hitler sent an invitation and paid the bill. In return, Hitler befriended the British blonde who would be persona grata.

By the way, the Osteria Bavaria is now called the Osteria Italiana, which is located in Munich, Germany. The Italian restaurant, near Munich’s famed Ludwig-Maximillians University, was Hitler’s favorite restaurant.

Apparently the two had become very close and Eva Braun was aware of this. In 1938 Hitler found an apartment for her. Unity even stayed at the Berghof, the residence of Hitler, before war was declared with England on Sep. 3, 1939.

Upon receiving the bad news of war, only days later Unity shot herself in the head. After surviving the blow, Hitler had her sent back home to England. She never fully recovered from the trauma but she was able to walk later on. Unity would eventually die of meningitis in 1948, due to the bullet that was still lodged in her head. The doctors were afraid to remove the bullet.

The critically acclaimed book entitled The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters, surfaced in 2007. An estimated five percent of letters written between the six Mitford sisters were included in the publication.

Hitler’s British Girl: The film starts with footage showing the 19-year-old Unity Mitford at the 1933 Nuremberg Rally.

HITLER’S BRITISH GIRL (1/5) — Part 1 (10:01)
HITLER’S BRITISH GIRL (2/5) — Part 2 (10:01)
HITLER’S BRITISH GIRL (3/5) — Part 3 (10:01)
HITLER’S BRITISH GIRL (4/5) — Part 4 (10:01)
HITLER’S BRITISH GIRL (5/5) — Part 5 (10:01)

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Lobbying: Fine Lines In The $$Sand

By RD Bentley on May 11, 2013 in

Come see where your democracy went.

These profiles can show you how the art of pimping is mastered in your state, as well as where the money’s coming from. Find links to a money profile of your Congress member. Pick a state, any state. There will be lobbying and there will be corruption. Welcome to Casino Jack and the United States of Money. Government is for sale.

So, you live in a state where potholes in the roads have your teeth chattering, the schools are more like medieval detention centers, and the infrastructure is older than original silent movies. Don’t feel alone.

Your internet speed is slower than a herd of snails traveling through peanut butter and this is on a good day. We all like a little sunshine now don’t we?

You live in an age where the policies of government look like something out of the middle ages and… at least 79% of you think that Congress is less popular than an invasion of giant cockroaches!

Is it any wonder that the Congress approval rating is so low? Among the many evils in government, lobbying is right at the top of the heap of refuse. Pay to play has never been greater, the stakes have never been higher, and the corruption has never been  more obvious. Why should anybody like lobbyists? Why should anybody like corrupt politicians who keep getting richer?

Subtlety plays a huge role in political corruption because lobbying is institutionalized, it’s legal, and the contributions are blurred in deep secrecy. Congress members rationalize in their minds that accepting money is just part of the system. They just don’t get the bigger picture.

Casino Jack Abramoff is critical of the system that he helped to create: “I was involved deeply in a system of bribery — legalized bribery for the most part that still to a large part exists today.” Abramoff served four years of a six-year sentence and his description of prison isn’t very favorable at all.

Was Abramoff  The Perfect Villain? Yes, Abramoff was guilty of some charges. But, was he a victim of political payback from Sen. John McCain? It certainly appears that there may be some truths about this, since Abramoff help funded against McCain in the 2000 Republican Party presidential primaries.

One can’t help but to think that politics is a part of the investigative process itself. How is it that guys like Jack Abramoff and Raj Rajaratnam get caught, while thousands of others are doing similar things and are not getting caught?

While the Abramoff story has been around some time, what happened in the Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal is relatively unknown to the average person in the United States. He has become another symbol of what is going wrong in the culture of corruption, yet little is known about the system itself. Maybe politicians have made their culture of corruption the norm and the people have bought into their storytelling.

Why is it then, that the majority of Americans are clueless about legalized bribery in Congress?

Does lobbying pay off for corporations? You bet it does. Oil industry lobbying was $110,000,000 (that’$ million) in 2010. Benefits from oil industry lobbying in 2010 was $24,000,000,000 (that’$ billion).

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