Once upon a time before the year 1066 the people of England held
Allodial title to their land. Not even the king could take the land for
not paying a tithe. William the Conquer came in 1066 and stole the Kings
Title and took the land of the people. From William I, 1066, to King
John, 1199, England was in dire straits. It was bankrupt.
The King invoked the Law of Mortmain, the dead man's hand, so people
couldn't pass their land on to the church or anyone else without the
King's permission, (modern day probate?). Without Mortmain the King
would lose the land he controlled. The Vatican didn't like that because
the King owed a lot of pounds to the Vatican.(WHY?)(1). King John
refused to accept The Vatican's representative, Stephen Langton, whom
Pope Innocent III installed to rule England(religious or in fact?)(2) In
1208 England was placed under Papal interdict(?). Interdict means a
prohibition.)
King John was excommunicated and in trying to regain his stature he
groveled before the Pope and returned the title to his kingdoms of
England and Ireland to the Pope as vassals, and swore submission and
loyalty to him. King John accepted Langton as Archbishop of Canterbury,
and offered the Pope a vassal's bond of fealty and homage. Two months
later, in July of 1213, King John was absolved of excommunication, at
Winchester, by the returned Archbishop of Canterbury, Langton. On
October 3, 1213, by treaty, King John ratified his surrender of his
kingdoms to the Pope, as Vicar of Christ who claimed ownership of
everything and everyone on earth as tradition.
Question 1. Where in the Bible did Jesus give any man this kind of
power over all men and land? He didn't. He did not create a religion nor
did he create the office of Pope.
Question 2. Can you have a third party break a contract between you
and another person under duress..? Don't those of you who are forced
into a contract reserve all your rights under modern UCC 1-207 and claim
UCC 1-103?
The contract (treaty of 1213) was between two parties. Now the
Barons of England would not put up with being slaves anymore so they
took to the sword and made King John sign the Magna Charta. So doesn't
this act of the Barons violate the principle of natural law, when they
created the Magna Charta, as having no force and effect upon a contract
between two parties? Well Pope Innocent III, the other contracting party
thought so, for he declared the Magna Charta to be: ". . .unlawful and
unjust as it is base and shameful. . . whereby the Apostolic See is
brought into contempt, the Royal Prerogative diminished, the English
outraged, and the whole enterprise of the Crusade greatly imperiled."
Quoted from G.R.C. Davis: Magna Charta. Trustee of the British Museum.
London. 1965.
The Pope, in order to introduce strife in England and Ireland that
would help him, used Jesus teachings to his advantage that is verified
in the Gospels by two of His Apostles. So St. Levy (Mark 2:14; Luke
5:27), alias Matthew, cites Jesus at Matthew 10::34-36 and Luke 12:49,
51-3. Nothing reveals the antithesis of government and religion more
clearly than these facts.
Question 3. What did the contract of 1213 A.D. create? A TRUST or
CONTRACT. Only the two parties, the King's heirs and the Pope, can break
the contract. For the Trust /Contract cannot be broken as long as there
are heirs to both sides of the contract.
At this time in history we now know who controlled the Kings of
England and the land of the world. For Now we have the Pope claiming the
whole Western Hemisphere besides Europe. The Holy See of Antioch ruled
all the easterly side and the Holy See of Alexandria ruled the western
side, so there was a conflict. (3)
So, on with the story. The King's explorers had come to America to
claim dominion over land by deceiving and murdering the natives, the
American Indians. The King operated under the treaty of 1213 and
everything was going along okay until the 1770's when the bunch of
rogues called the "Founding Fathers" decided they wanted the benefits
but not pay the taxes to the King. They, being lawyers, and professional
educated men, didn't know they were still under the Pope's control?
Their lies and fraud now would affect the American colonies and the
people who lived on the land.
Those common people who fought in the American Revolution were
unaware that the 1213 treaty still ruled despite the fact they THOUGHT
the Magna Charta was a viable piece of work.(4) The Declaration of
Rights in 1689 declared the Rights of the British subjects in England.
At the end of the English Declaration it stated at Section III " ...that
should any of the Rights just mentioned be in violation of the HOLY
ALLIANCE (1213 Treaty), ...it is as if this Declaration was never
written".
So we know that the English Declaration didn't fly, so what makes you
think the 1774 Declaration of Rights in this British Colony would work.
Weren't these people doing the same thing as the Barons did in 1215
A.D. to King John? A contract is a contract. Look at Article 1, Section
10, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution. Can anyone obligate a contract?
Were the "founding fathers" trying to obligate a contract between two
parties that still have heirs living today?
Question 4. How important is the "ultimate benefactor", the Pope,
The HOLY SEE, in the scheme of things? Move through history till modern
times and pull Public Law 88-244, which follows Public Law 88-243 - the
institution of the law- merchants Uniform Commercial Code. Are you
shocked that the Pope is listed in this Public Law?
Doesn't the United States have an ambassador in the Vatican? Why?
Is it a government like all other nations such as France, Japan, Spain
or Brazil? The Vatican runs the world, it controls the British Crown. Is
it any wonder they separate man's Church and government? They don't
talk about the Lord Almighty's Church (government) do they.(5)
"Organized churches" are given special tax privileges because the
Vatican dictates to the sixty United States trustees through the trust
document, the U.S. Constitution created by the 1783 treaty between the
King, frontman for the Vatican, and Adams, Hartly, Laurens, &
Franklin who were operating for the King and not the people of America.
Look at Article VI of the Constitution for the United States for your
answer as stated in the "New History of America".(6)
You see we are still under the Pope who rules over all nations as he
declared he did back in 1213. The 1783 Treaty did say in the opening
statement quoted exactly as it appears in olde English; "It having
pleafed the Divine Providence to difpofe the hearts of the Moft Serene
and Moft Porent Prince, George the Third, by the grace of God, King of
the Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender, of the Faith , Duke of
Brunfwick and Laurenberg, Arch-Treafurer and PRINCE ELECTOR OF THE HOLY
ROMAN EMPIRE, & C. AND OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, . . .."
(Emphasis added in caps).
Did you catch the last few words? This is from a King (man) who can
supposedly make no claim over the United States of America because he
was defeated? The King claims God gave him the almighty power to say
that no man can ever own property because it, "goes against the tenets
of his church, the Vatican/Holy Roman Empire, because the King is the
"Elector of the Holy Roman Empire’"
What about the secret Treaty of Verona, made the 22nd of November,
1822, which shows the power of the Pope and the Vatican's interest in
the US Republic.
Here is part of The Secret Treaty of Verona. "The undersigned
specially authorized to make some additions to the treaty of the Holy
Alliance, after having exchanged their respective credentials, have
agreed as follows:
ARTICLE I. The high contracting powers being convinced that the system
of representative government is equally as incompatible with the
monarchial principles as the maxim of the sovereignty of the people with
the divine right, engage mutually, in the most solemn manner to use all
their efforts to put an end to the system of representative
governments, in what ever country it may exist in Europe, and to prevent
its being introduced in those countries where it is not yet known.
ARTICLE 2. As it cannot be doubted that the liberty of the press is the
most powerful means used by the pretended supporters of the rights of
nations to the detriment of those of princes, the high contracting
parties promise reciprocally to adopt all proper measures to suppress
it, not only in their own state but also in the rest of Europe.
ARTICLE 3. Convinced that the principles of religion contribute most
powerfully to keep nations in the state of passive obedience which they
owe to their princes, the high contracting parties declare it to be
their intention to sustain in their respective states, those measures
which the clergy may adopt with the aim of ameliorating their own
interests, so intimately connected with the preservation of the
authority of the princes; and the contracting powers join in offering
their thanks to the Pope for what he has already done for them, and
solicit his constant cooperation in their views of submitting the
nations."
Do we have a false God before us and worship him and his church
instead of the real Lord, Jesus and his government. The divine right of
kings exists in Clinton and every Governor of the states in corporate
Union. Well let me go on record and say that the Lord gave me the same
right as the Pope claims was given to him. Am I not a Steward upon the
land of the Lord as a mere sojourner, the same as the Pope? Are not you
also a Steward?
Did the Lord make a covenant with Adam and Eve to subdue the earth
and reign over the animals and to populate the earth? Doesn't that
contract still exist? And doesn't it exist with you also? And we, the
true believers in that contract, can we take all the nations (mans) laws
in the world and dump them in the ocean to regain our rightful place on
this earth under the Lord's Natural Law to thwart the contract between
King John and the Pope that appears to defeat the original contract the
Lord made with man?
Yes, let us go back to the original contract and destroy the
Vatican's control over everybody. Before 1066 the Pope did not claim all
the land as the people claimed the land and didn't pay taxes on it to
anybody. Didn't the Lord say to the people after coming out of Egypt,
"why do you want a king when you have me and my contract?" Which Lord do
you want to live under, a Pope, a King, President, Governors, Senators,
Representatives, or a real Lord called Jesus Christ. "Christians," are
ridiculed and put down because they read the Word of the Lord correctly
and could defeat even the best the Pope has to throw at them.
The King James version of the Bible is just that. A version concocted
by the King under the guidance of the Pope so as to hide the real
truth. I was taught by the church I went to, which is government
controlled as it has to be by the treaty of 1213 and reiterated in the
1783 Treaty between The Pope's Elector, King John and the First
President of the United States, Sam Huntington and Charles Thompson,
Secretary. I read the passage, when Jesus was on the cross, from a very
old manuscript that said, "Forgive them NOT, for they know what they
do." This is different than what most people believe he said, "Forgive
them for they know not what they do." Bottom line is that when men
write, transcribe, translate, update, and copy over thousands of years
they always alter the interpretation, words and insert their own
meanings. You can see this in just the 200 years that our country became
separated from England, but still remains a colony under different
compact and use of clever wording. But that is another whole subject
that you do not know about.
Eminent domain and Allodial title:
Why and where did "eminent domain" rear its ugly head? Right after the
King's government was formed here in America. Eminent domain replaced
the Law of Mortmain of England and when government wanted your land they
claimed eminent domain thereby destroying that to what people think
they have allodial title. Allodial title only existed in America when
the King granted the use of the land to the likes of William Penn,
.........
But it could be taken at any time. Are you or were your great, great,
great grandfathers ever free to hold land that could never be taken
away? Ask some of today's farmers and see how many lost their farms to
the government that belonged to their past family and I'll bet none of
the land goes back to the 1789 era. Well it's a wonderful world to live
in the end times, isn't it. Read Revelations to see where the false
preachers come from. Who is the "Harlot" in Revelations?
Does the Vatican come close with a mortal calling himself the "vicar" of Christ?
Here is the definition of vicar in Webster's 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language.
Vicar: "In a general sense, a person deputed or authorized to perform the functions of another; a substitute in office."
The Pope PRETENDS to be vicar of Jesus Christ on earth.
Pretend; To hold out as a false appearance; to offer something
feigned instead of that which is real; To exhibit as a cover for
something hidden."
You bet your life the Pope has something to hide. He is no more
powerful than You. The King is no more powerful than You. The American
President and Governor's are no more powerful than You. You allow THEM
run your lives ...WHY.?
Thinkers, you cannot fight the Pope or the King on their contract
even though you are affected by the contract. You must go elsewhere for
relief. Remember the first contract in history, God with Adam and Eve?
You had better because you were a part of it as an heir and it is your
saving grace. Why do you think the "courts of common law" are despised
and Government and States are taking action to stop them? See where the
power lies when this happens? Clinton, the Governors, and Congress of
the United States and the Legislatures of the several states are only
following orders and delegate to the 60 U.S. Trustees, who always show
up in bankruptcy generated mostly by IRS actions. Isn't that a starting
point?
What do Trustees administer? A trust? The Constitution is a trust,
correct? It was created by the 1783 Treaty, correct? It is not the
private man's trust contract, correct? Only those entering into the
contract are UNDER the constitution and are bound by it, correct? Look
up the definition of "under" in words and phrases and a good dictionary
such as Webster's 1828 at Vol. II, 101. I, my dear readers, am not
"under" some damn corporate trust (constitution) drafted in secrecy by
the King and corporate lawyer esquires (you call them the "Founding
Fathers") whom were controlled by the Treaty of 1213, wherein the
Vatican still ruled over all. It was never "my constitution" and never
will be. The Constitution does not apply to me nor will it ever.
However, some of the states' representatives in 1776 realized that
the Constitution was a commercial contract among the Founding Fathers to
protect their financial interests in the Americas and in Europe. The
Articles of the Bill of Rights is designed to keep those United States
citizens whom are bound by the Constitution (contract) from encroaching
upon my natural Law Rights, (With this hint in mind you may discover
where the IRS gets its purported power that makes you liable, because
you claim to be UNDER the constitution, but they will never admit it
because only a few know the real reason and they are not about to tell
their agents. The same goes for any license issued to you by the
corporate States). I hope you have read the Supreme Court cases of State
and United States cited in my previous books that prove beyond any
shadow of a doubt I am correct in my previous two sentences. Yet you
always fall back into the trap by claiming citizenship of the United
States AND THE STATES.
No! You are not a citizen of the corporate or organic State if you
want to be free. You cannot claim it is your constitution and remain
free. You cannot claim representatives in the legislatures and remain
free. How about your estate? State and Estate come from the same
contract.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary defines it;
"ESTA'TE, n. 1. In a general sense, fixedness; a condition; now
generally written and pronounced state. (6) The general interest of
business or government; hence a political body; a commonwealth; a
republic.
But in this sense, we now use State." Get the picture? We are the
ryots tenure holding the "estate" of the King called your estate. Belong
to a body politic and you are a slave. In my previous books I told the
people a "republic" is a fraud, for then you belong to the estate of the
King which makes you a law-merchant holding as a trustee the King's
land that he is holding in trust for the Vatican. The States are the
"estate " of the Vatican/King cabal with the money changers along for
the ride are a full blown consortium which includes the
Congress/President/ Governors et al. I don't want to drive you crazy,
since you might not comprehend all that is here. Once you know the truth
and let go of all you were taught by the government and the preachers
you don't become the drowning man grasping at the lies to stay afloat.
Have you ever wondered why you were sinking while pleading case law and
their constitution to protect you?
Bye till next time,
The Informer
(1)(WHY?). Because the Pope claimed all lands as the vicar of Christ
and the king owed money from the Vatican that was to be collected by the
Church of England. The church reduced their parishioners to mere
serfdom. When they died the church got the property and the King, in
order to preserve what property he had instituted the law of Mortmain.
This prevented the people from willing the land to the Pope. When the
pope got wind of this he excommunicated the King. That's the explanation
for the Why?
(2) This is a fact that is documented in the English documents of History at the Leeds Library.
(3)The conflict between each of the Holy Sees, one controlling the
western front (America) and the other controlling the China side with
the dividing line somewhere in Spain and France through Germany. The
Pope is the figurehead, remember and the best way to explain it is
Congress is Alexandria and the Senate is Antioch.
(4) (Why doesn't the Magna Charta hold more force and effect than a
later contract between the king and the Pope? Because the Pope decreed
it null and void as it would break the contract he had initiated with
the King. The Magna Charta was a contract breaker by third parties and
that was a no-no in any law.
Besides the Pope owned England and how
could the Barons take the land that the King pledged let alone all the
surfs that the Pope still controlled through the church of England? He
can't and so the Magna Charta was declared Void. Now the Pope, through
the front man, The King, could create the other contracts called
treaties and no one is the wiser. Remember, the Pope was being
controlled by the creditor, The Rothschilds to whom the Pope was
indebted.
(5) Why? It is clear as a bell. The "church" of GOD is 'Government of
GOD and man created all these religions and made churches for them.
They, man, cannot allow the Government of the Lord "Church upon this
rock" to get in the way of the government of men, now can they?
(6) "New History of America", by The Informer
People you can read this for yourself in American Council of
Christian Laymen: "How Red Is The Federal Council of Churches", Madison,
Wisconsin, 1949. Now you may better understand James Montgomery's
latest as to why all the declarations, Magna Charta, etc. have no
effect. Read on to see why.
See: James Montgomery's - "British Colony III" on the Internet. To
further prove what I say that the declared rights were also at the mercy
of any previous charters or grants from the king of England you must
read section 25 of the 1776 North Carolina Constitution, Declaration of
Rights which states;09"And provided further, that nothing herein
contained shall affect the titles or possessions of individuals holding
or claiming under the laws heretofore in force, or grants heretofore
made by the late King George II, or his predecessors, or the late lords
proprietors, or any of them."
http://michiganassembly.info/index.php/forum/welcome-mat/119-treaty-of-1213-the-beginning-of-the-lie
Monday, January 15, 2018
England, Again and Always
By Anna Von Reitz
The
worldwide search for a factual international understanding of the
history and mechanism of fraud we have uncovered is underway.
And guess what?
It
is monotonous, but the chips are in.....England started the rot,
England benefited from the rot, and England is still the chief proponent
and apologist for it all, too.
This week brought it all into focus from two completely different perspectives.
One
was an almost-accidental meeting with British-based researchers into
the ESTATE scam we have so often described, wherein doctors conscripted
against their will to serve as "uniformed officers", are obliged to
register the names of American infants.
A
"registration" creates a joint interest in property. Via this venal
and undisclosed practice, the foreign Territorial United States
presumes to have an ownership interest in your Given Name, which
amounts to an ownership interest in you and everything you are and
everything you own.
This
is a completely outrageous infringement and trespass against you, and
is without cause or moral excuse in the vast majority of cases. It is so
stinky in fact, that the perps actually falsify the public record of
their activities by misidentifying the biological Mother as an
"Informant" and by mischaracterizing her as an "unwed Mother".
These
two lies are just the start of a long, long list of lies that the
perpetrators heap on our backs and heads from then on, and this gross
fraud has one purpose: to fill the pockets of foreign governments at our
expense.
According
to the British Territorial Government operating on our shores under our
own delegated authority, we are a nation of bastards. Perhaps we should
prove them right? And give them back what they deserve?
Great
Britain has contrived to illegally and immorally use America,
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, India, South Africa and numerous other
countries as colonies for the past 150 years. What they could not win by
force of arms they have wrangled by fraud and deceit. All they had to
do was buy off, compromise, and blackmail enough members of the US
Congress and enough members of the Roman Curia and that has not been
difficult to do.
We have
now discovered the full explanation of the situation according to
English Equity Law of the Queen's Bench. The barristers responsible for
uncovering it were prompted to do so because they, too, were
being "presumed" upon, and they are disgusted as anyone might be, but
their loyalty to their Queen is such that they expose it with one hand
and try to find excuses for it with the other.
Its
actually comical. Imagine a man with a mouthful of pig poop spitting
it all out, retching, and then gasping, "But there's a reason for
it....."
I dare say there is a reason for pig poop.
There
is reason, so far as I know, for everything including warts and stars
in the sky. I may not know the reason and I may not care what the
reason is, either.
At
a certain point, a mouth full of pig poop is a mouth full of pig poop.
Being an American, I tend to see the whole business with a practical,
jaundiced, and coldly angry eye.
Via
the misuse of our own delegated authority and because we were stupid
enough to repeatedly save their bacon, the British Government and the
British Crown have contrived to pillage and plunder our labor, our
resources, and credit for fifteen decades.
They
have used the Territorial (Federal District) Government to do so.
They've committed gross breach of trust, fraud, inland piracy, unlawful
conversion of assets, kidnapping, involuntary servitude, press-ganging,
racketeering and a host of crimes too numerous to mention---all on our
shores, under the noses of our own sheriffs, and all the while
pretending to be our friends and allies.
Now they propose that we should accept bankruptcy for their debts.
We have other suggestions.
So
here are the British barristers and Commonwealth scholars who have
uncovered the roots of this estate fraud scheme back farther in time
than anyone in their right mind cares to go, and they are honest enough
to admit it all for the good of people throughout the world, but also
scared enough of being blamed for it to try to back-pedal and find a way
to excuse it somehow.
For
myself, the only reason I can think of against removal of the Inner
City of London, Rome, Brussels, the United Nations Headquarters in New
York City, and our own "dear" Washington, DC from the face of the earth
is that it would simply cause more pain and devastation in a world where
there has already been more than enough of both thanks to these
gawd-awful liars and thieves.
Imagine
the irony? I am listening to this bizarre Confession-Apologia going on
with one ear and tracking the news that the Office of Naval
Intelligence (ONI) has been caught practicing for an assassination of
Trump with the other ear. Oh, flutter, flutter.....who could imagine
that the US Navy would be involved in such a plot?
Anyone with a brain in their head.
Why
was there ever a British Territorial Government set up in our country?
Answer: our commercial fleet needed the protection of the British
Navy. Despite the fact that we have paid for it all, whose control is
the US Navy under to this day?
The Queen
and her brood of hairy elves still command the US Navy, and the only
reason they didn't physically overrun us in the wake of the so-called
civil war they engineered on our shores was that the Russian Navy stood
offshore and prevented it.
Yes,
Virginia, there is a reason for everything. There is a reason why a
quarter of all the Admirals in the US Navy are under indictment for
corruption---and the number may easily climb higher. Why?
Because
the US Navy (like the US NAVY, INC.) is the creature of England, just
as it always has been, and England is always at the bottom of every
nasty dog-pile since the time of Christ. Set your watch by it. Take it
to the bank. Depend on it like snow in January.
The Brits just can't keep their hands off of other people's stuff and their noses out of other people's business.
We
have to face the fact that the British Government has an endemic streak
of criminality running through its core, all glossed over by a great
sense of humor and a very thin, hard shell of civility. They
apparently can't help themselves and are hereditary con men and pirates
in the same way that others might suffer from kleptomania; they steal
and lie even when they don't have to. They do it as an art form, as a
game for entertainment. Four hundred years ago, Shakespeare referred to
them as "perfidious Albion"--- so it was, is, and apparently, ever
shall be.
Was
I surprised that the Office of Naval Intelligence was caught rehearsing
for an attempt on Donald Trump's life? Not in the least. If I were
to pin-point any intelligence organization most likely to spawn such a
grossly criminal endeavor, I would point my finger at the ONI and would
do so without any need of specific names or details. It only makes
sense that the Queen would seek to remove Donald Trump and that she
would use what appears to be his own Navy against him.
The British plans were foiled, once again, and as it was during the Civil War---- thanks to Russia.
It's
true that your "Mother" should love you and protect you, but as
generations of abused children can attest, not every mother plays that
role. Some mothers, like England, prey upon their off-spring,
secretively sucking their energy and life-blood like a vampire,
demanding back a hundred-thousand-fold for every shilling ever spent and
showing no gratitude whatsoever for the loyalty of the Americans,
Canadians, Australians, and others who stood by Britain through two
World Wars.
We have all been ruthlessly victimized and parasitized as a thank you.
And yes, it is England at the bottom of the dog-pile again.
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Sunday, January 14, 2018
Economic Reset: Everything Is About To Change
We Are Now Heading Into The Economic Reset
Everything Is About To Change
London Paul lays it out .......
- straight forward
- who the players are
- what has taken place
- what is going to take place
- and how it will turn out
If you listen, you will LIKE what you are hearing
Fukushima Darkness: Radiation of Triple Meltdowns Felt Worldwide
By Robert Hunziker / Defend Democracy Press
The radiation effects of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant triple meltdowns are felt worldwide, whether lodged in sea life or in humans, it cumulates over time. The impact is now slowly grinding away only to show its true colors at some unpredictable date in the future. That’s how radiation works, slow but assuredly destructive, which serves to identify its risks, meaning, one nuke meltdown has the impact, over decades, of 1,000 regular industrial accidents, maybe more.
It’s been six years since the triple 100% nuke meltdowns occurred at Fukushima Daiichi d/d March 11th, 2011, nowadays referred to as “311”. Over time, it’s easy for the world at large to lose track of the serious implications of the world’s largest-ever industrial disaster; out of sight out of mind works that way.
According to Japanese government and TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company) estimates, decommissioning is a decade-by-decade work-in-progress, most likely four decades at a cost of up to ¥21 trillion ($189B). However, that’s the simple part to understanding the Fukushima nuclear disaster story. The difficult painful part is largely hidden from pubic view via a highly restrictive harsh national secrecy law (Act on the Protection of Specially Designated Secrets, Act No. 108/2013), political pressure galore, and fear of exposing the truth about the inherent dangers of nuclear reactor meltdowns. Powerful vested interests want it concealed.
Following passage of the 2013 government secrecy act, which says that civil servants or others who “leak secrets” will face up to 10 years in prison, and those who “instigate leaks,” especially journalists, will be subject to a prison term of up to 5 years, Japan fell below Serbia and Botswana in the Reporters Without Borders 2014 World Press Freedom Index. The secrecy act, sharply criticized by the Japanese Federation of Bar Associations, is a shameless act of buttoned-up totalitarianism at the very moment when citizens need and in fact require transparency.
The current status, according to Mr. Okamura, a TEPCO manager, as of November 2017:
“We’re struggling with four problems: (1) reducing the radiation at the site (2) stopping the influx of groundwater (3) retrieving the spent fuel rods and (4) removing the molten nuclear fuel.” (Source: Martin Fritz, The Illusion of Normality at Fukushima, Deutsche Welle–Asia, Nov. 3, 2017)In short, nothing much has changed in nearly seven years at the plant facilities, even though tens of thousands of workers have combed the Fukushima countryside, washing down structures, removing topsoil and storing it in large black plastic bags, which end-to-end would extend from Tokyo to Denver and back.
As it happens, sorrowfully, complete nuclear meltdowns are nearly impossible to fix because, in part, nobody knows what to do next. That’s why Chernobyl sealed off the greater area surrounding its meltdown of 1986. Along those same lines, according to Fukushima Daiichi plant manager Shunji Uchida:
”Robots and cameras have already provided us with valuable pictures. But it is still unclear what is really going on inside,” Ibid.Seven years and they do not know what’s going on inside. Is it the China Syndrome dilemma of molten hot radioactive corium burrowing into Earth? Is it contaminating aquifers? Nobody knows, nobody can possibly know, which is one of the major risks of nuclear meltdowns, nobody knows what to do. There is no playbook for 100% meltdowns. Fukushima Daiichi proves the point.
“When a major radiological disaster happens and impacts vast tracts of land, it cannot be ‘cleaned up’ or ‘fixed’.” (Source: Hanis Maketab, Environmental Impacts of Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Will Last ‘decades to centuries’ – Greenpeace, Asia Correspondent, March 4, 2016)Meanwhile, the world nuclear industry has ambitious growth plans, 50-60 reactors currently under construction, mostly in Asia, with up to 400 more on drawing boards. Nuke advocates claim Fukushima is well along in the cleanup phase so not to worry as the Olympics are coming in a couple of years, including events held smack dab in the heart of Fukushima, where the agricultural economy will provide fresh foodstuff.
IAEA Experts at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Unit 4, 2013 (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
The Olympics are PM Abe’s major PR punch to prove to the world that all-is-well at the world’s most dangerous, and out of control, industrial accident site. And, yes it is still out of control. Nevertheless, the Abe government is not concerned. Be that as it may, the risks are multi-fold and likely not well understood. For example, what if another earthquake causes further damage to already-damaged nuclear facilities that are precariously held together with hopes and prayers, subject to massive radiation explosions? Then what? After all, Japan is earthquake country, which defines the boundaries of the country. Japan typically has 400-500 earthquakes in 365 days, or nearly 1.5 quakes per day.
According to Dr. Shuzo Takemoto, professor, Department of Geophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University:
“The problem of Unit 2… If it should encounter a big earth tremor, it will be destroyed and scatter the remaining nuclear fuel and its debris, making the Tokyo metropolitan area uninhabitable. The Tokyo Olympics in 2020 will then be utterly out of the question,” (Shuzo Takemoto, Potential Global Catastrophe of the Reactor No. 2 at Fukushima Daiichi, February 11, 2017).Since the Olympics will be held not far from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident site, it’s worthwhile knowing what to expect, i.e., repercussions hidden from public view. After all, it’s highly improbable that the Japan Olympic Committee will address the radiation-risk factors for upcoming athletes and spectators. Which prompts a question: What criteria did the International Olympic Committee (IOC) follow in selecting Japan for the 2020 Summer Olympics in the face of three 100% nuclear meltdowns totally out of control? On its face, it seems reckless.
This article, in part, is based upon an academic study that brings to light serious concerns about overall transparency, TEPCO workforce health & sudden deaths, as well as upcoming Olympians, bringing to mind the proposition: Is the decision to hold the Olympics in Japan in 2020 a foolish act of insanity and a crude attempt to help cover up the ravages of radiation?
Thus therefore, a preview of what’s happening behind, as well as within, the scenes researched by Adam Broinowski, PhD (author of 25 major academic publications and Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Australian National University): “Informal Labour, Local Citizens and the Tokyo Electric Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Crisis: Responses to Neoliberal Disaster Management,” Australian National University, 2017.
The title of Dr. Broinowski’s study provides a hint of the inherent conflict, as well as opportunism, that arises with neoliberal capitalism applied to “disaster management” principles. (Naomi Klein explored a similar concept in The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, Knopf Canada, 2007).
Dr. Broinowski’s research is detailed, thorough, and complex. His study begins by delving into the impact of neoliberal capitalism, bringing to the fore an equivalence of slave labor to the Japanese economy, especially in regards to what he references as “informal labour.” He preeminently describes the onslaught of supply side/neoliberal tendencies throughout the economy of Japan. The Fukushima nuke meltdowns simply bring to surface all of the warts and blemishes endemic to the neoliberal brand of capitalism.
According to Professor Broinowski:
“The ongoing disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station (FDNPS), operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), since 11 March 2011 can be recognised as part of a global phenomenon that has been in development over some time. This disaster occurred within a social and political shift that began in the mid-1970s (ed. supply-side economics, which is strongly reflected in America’s current tax bill under consideration) and that became more acute in the early 1990s in Japan with the downturn of economic growth and greater deregulation and financialisation in the global economy. After 40 years of corporate fealty in return for lifetime contracts guaranteed by corporate unions, as tariff protections were lifted further and the workforce was increasingly casualised, those most acutely affected by a weakening welfare regime were irregular day labourers, or what we might call ‘informal labour.”In short, the 45,000-60,000 workers recruited to deconstruct decontaminate Fukushima Daiichi and the surrounding prefecture mostly came off the streets, castoffs of neoliberalism’s impact on “… independent unions, rendered powerless, growing numbers of unemployed, unskilled and precarious youths (freeters) alongside older, vulnerable and homeless day labourers (these groups together comprising roughly 38 per cent of the workforce in 2015) found themselves not only (a) lacking insurance or (b) industrial protection but also in many cases (c) basic living needs. With increasing deindustrialisation and capital flight, regular public outbursts of frustration and anger from these groups have manifested since the Osaka riots of 1992.” (Broinowski)
The Osaka Riots of 25 years ago depict the breakdown of modern society’s working class, a problem that has spilled over into national political elections worldwide as populism/nationalism dictate winners/losers. In Osaka 1,500 rampaging laborers besieged a police station (somewhat similar to John Carpenter’s 1976 iconic film Assault on Precinct 13) over outrage of interconnecting links between police and Japan’s powerful “Yakuza” or gangsters that bribe police to turn a blind eye to gangster syndicates that get paid to recruit, often forcibly, workers for low-paying manual jobs for industry.
That’s how TEPCO gets workers to work in radiation-sensitive high risks jobs. Along the way, subcontractors rake off most of the money allocated for workers, resulting in a subhuman lifestyle for the riskiest most life-threatening jobs in Japan, maybe the riskiest most life-threatening in the world.
Japan has a long history of assembling and recruiting unskilled labor pools at cheap rates, which is typical of nearly all large-scale modern industrial projects. Labor is simply one more commodity to be used and discarded. Tokyo Electric Power Company (“TEPCO”) of Fukushima Daiichi fame adheres to those long-standing feudalistic employment practices. They hire workers via layers of subcontractors in order to avoid liabilities, i.e. accidents, health insurance, safety standards, by penetrating into the bottom social layers that have no voice in society.
As such, TEPCO is not legally obligated to report industrial accidents when workers are hired through complex webs or networks of subcontractors; there are approximately 733 subcontractors for TEPCO. Here’s the process: TEPCO employs a subcontractor “shita-uke,” which in turn employs another subcontractor “mago-uke” that relies upon labor brokers “tehaishilninpu-dashi.” At the end of the day, who’s responsible for the health and safety of workers? Who’s responsible for reporting cases of radiation sickness and/or death caused by radiation exposure?
Based upon anecdotal evidence from reliable sources in Japan, there is good reason to believe TEPCO, as well as the Japanese government, suppress public knowledge of worker radiation sickness and death, as well as the civilian population of Fukushima. Thereby, essentially hoodwinking worldwide public opinion, for example, pro-nuke enthusiasts/advocates point to the safety of nuclear power generation because of so few reported deaths in Japan. But, then again, who’s responsible for reporting worker deaths? Answer: Other than an occasional token death report by official sources, nobody!
Furthermore, TEPCO does not report worker deaths that occur outside of the workplace even though the death is a direct result of excessive radiation exposure at the workplace. For example, if a worker with radiation sickness becomes too ill to go to work, they’ll obviously die at home and therefore not be reported as a work-related death. As a result, pro-nuke advocates claim Fukushima proves how safe nuclear power is, even when it goes haywire, because there are so few, if any, deaths, as to be inconsequential. That’s a boldfaced lie that is discussed in the sequel: Fukushima Darkness – Part 2.
“As one labourer stated re Fukushima Daiichi: ‘TEPCO is God. The main contractors are kings, and we are slaves’. In short, Fukushima Daiichi clearly illustrates the social reproduction, exploitation and disposability of informal labour, in the state protection of capital, corporations and their assets.” (Broinowski)Indeed, Japan is a totalitarian corporate state where corporate interests are protected from liability by layers of subcontractors and by vested interests of powerful political bodies and extremely harsh state secrecy laws. As such, it is believed that nuclear safety and health issues, including deaths, are underreported and likely not reported at all in most cases. Therefore, the worldview of nuclear power, as represented in Japan at Fukushima Daiichi, is horribly distorted in favor of nuclear power advocacy.
Fukushima’s Darkness – Part 2 sequel, to be published at a future date, discusses consequences.
The original source of this article is Defend Democracy Press
Copyright © Robert Hunziker, Defend Democracy Press, 2018
https://www.globalresearch.ca/fukushima-darkness-radiation-effects-of-fukushima-daiichi-triple-meltdowns-felt-worldwide/5625847
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Founding Fathers: Quotes on Liberty and Freedom from America's Revolutionaries
An iconic group of men who led the American Revolution against the
British Crown, the Founding Fathers' legacy lives on today as we
continue our fight for liberty and freedom. Below are our favorite
quotes from a few of our Founding Fathers.
https://ammo.com/articles/founding-fathers-quotes
https://ammo.com/articles/founding-fathers-quotes
"The Truth as I see it." USA v. US
American Governance
Both systems concurrently exist today. However, the corporate system has been gaining predominance in the last 70 years. Many Sovereigns (We the people) have contracted with the corporate system unknowingly, unintentionally, and or without full disclosure given.
Once you learn the difference, you may have to make a decision for yourself, family, and posterity. That decision may require changes in how you conduct yourself. You will have to undo what has been done to make your Sovereign status known. This is not taught in the corporate government's public school system, because you are not to know.
The elite of the "One World government" corporate system want
and need to have power and control over the population (masses)
they call "Human Resources."
http://www.usavsus.info/
This website has a wealth of information. It reflects much of what I have been saying and doing over the last decade. ~Freewill
Both systems concurrently exist today. However, the corporate system has been gaining predominance in the last 70 years. Many Sovereigns (We the people) have contracted with the corporate system unknowingly, unintentionally, and or without full disclosure given.
Once you learn the difference, you may have to make a decision for yourself, family, and posterity. That decision may require changes in how you conduct yourself. You will have to undo what has been done to make your Sovereign status known. This is not taught in the corporate government's public school system, because you are not to know.
The elite of the "One World government" corporate system want
and need to have power and control over the population (masses)
they call "Human Resources."
http://www.usavsus.info/
This website has a wealth of information. It reflects much of what I have been saying and doing over the last decade. ~Freewill
"Deep State" prepares Americans for nuclear war
HAWAIIAN NUCLEAR FALSE MISSILE ALERT NOT AN ACCIDENT
Also comes as DOJ unseals indictments related to Uranium One
Infowars.com - JANUARY 13, 2018
Alex Jones breaks down how Hawaii’s ballistic missile ‘false alarm’ that plunged the state into panic for 38 minutes was not the result of “pushing the wrong button”, but an exercise in predictive programming to get the American people psychologically primed for nuclear war.
The mainstream media has also wasted no time in blaming President Trump for the incident, even though the alert was under a state, not federal, program.
Hawaii “false alarm” is #DeepState
Hawaii “false alarm” is #DeepState
domestic terrorist attack on Americans
This Is Not A Drill!
Started streaming 58 minutes ago
Episode #1178 - The Ready Room with Pete Santilli & Deb Jordan - January 14, 2018
Hawaii “false alarm” is #DeepState domestic terrorist attack on Americans. This Is Not A Drill! #QAnon Update
Episode #1178 - The Ready Room with Pete Santilli & Deb Jordan - January 14, 2018
Way too many signs are indicating that the #DeepState cabal is on the run - under investigation and indictment and once again the centers of power launch a diversionary terroristic attack upon the psyche of the American people from Hawaii. Pete will likely launch a rant on his gut feeling that there’s a connection between the Obama/Clinton Regime, the Hawaii government, and the mysterious accidental ballistic missile alert that took place on Saturday January 13, 2018.
#QAnon Update: Remember….#QAnon broadcast “DEFCON1” approximately 1 week ago. Today we’ll get the most recent comm posts on the Q Board.
Today is Sunday, what is normally supposed to be a slow news day, but on this particular Sunday, the headlines are exploding going into what is anticipated as a very, very busy news week.
Today’s News Headlines:
• Hawaii ballistic missile test alert causes TERROR
• Congress launches Bundy investigation
• Sessions revives probe of Uranium One deal
• Trey Gowdy quits House Ethics Panel
• DOJ turns over 1.2 million documents to House
Hawaii “false alarm” is #DeepState domestic terrorist attack on Americans. This Is Not A Drill! #QAnon Update
Episode #1178 - The Ready Room with Pete Santilli & Deb Jordan - January 14, 2018
Way too many signs are indicating that the #DeepState cabal is on the run - under investigation and indictment and once again the centers of power launch a diversionary terroristic attack upon the psyche of the American people from Hawaii. Pete will likely launch a rant on his gut feeling that there’s a connection between the Obama/Clinton Regime, the Hawaii government, and the mysterious accidental ballistic missile alert that took place on Saturday January 13, 2018.
#QAnon Update: Remember….#QAnon broadcast “DEFCON1” approximately 1 week ago. Today we’ll get the most recent comm posts on the Q Board.
Today is Sunday, what is normally supposed to be a slow news day, but on this particular Sunday, the headlines are exploding going into what is anticipated as a very, very busy news week.
Today’s News Headlines:
• Hawaii ballistic missile test alert causes TERROR
• Congress launches Bundy investigation
• Sessions revives probe of Uranium One deal
• Trey Gowdy quits House Ethics Panel
• DOJ turns over 1.2 million documents to House
Bill Clinton Says Haiti Relief Funds Didn’t Pay for Chelsea’s Wedding… Then Wikileaks Dropped This Bomb
Former president Bill Clinton lashed out on Twitter this
weekend refuting reports that claim Clinton Foundation donations paid
for Chelsea Clinton’s wedding.
Bill Clinton tweeted,
That’s when Wikileaks jumped in to remind the world they have email proof that the Clintons did in fact pay for Chelsea’s wedding with Haiti relief funds.
Wikileaks links back to a Wikileaks document released in November 2016.
The document was an email between Hillary Campaign Chairman John Podesta and Clinton official Doug Band.
In the email exchange Band mentions Chelsea taking from the Clinton Foundation to pay for her wedding.
It’s all in black and white Bill.
You took cash from the Foundation to pay for your only daughter’s wedding, lied about it and got caught.
Somethings never change.
James Woods said it best.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/01/bill-clinton-says-haiti-relief-funds-didnt-pay-chelseas-wedding-wikileaks-dropped-document/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
“No Clinton Foundation funds—dedicated to Haiti or otherwise—were used to pay for Chelsea’s wedding. It’s not only untrue, it’s a personal insult to me, to Hillary, and to Chelsea and Marc.”Attached to Bill Clinton’s tweet is a Washington Post ‘fact checker’ titled, “Did The Clinton Foundation Pay For Chelsea’s Wedding?”
That’s when Wikileaks jumped in to remind the world they have email proof that the Clintons did in fact pay for Chelsea’s wedding with Haiti relief funds.
Wikileaks links back to a Wikileaks document released in November 2016.
In the email exchange Band mentions Chelsea taking from the Clinton Foundation to pay for her wedding.
It’s all in black and white Bill.
You took cash from the Foundation to pay for your only daughter’s wedding, lied about it and got caught.
Somethings never change.
James Woods said it best.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/01/bill-clinton-says-haiti-relief-funds-didnt-pay-chelseas-wedding-wikileaks-dropped-document/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
The Storm HITS January 15th!!!!!
THE STORM Hits January 15!!!!!
Published on Jan 9, 2018
The spotlight of this Briefing focusses on The Inspector General of The Dept of justice report which will be presented on January 15th. This report will dissect the destruction of The Rule of Law which has occurred over the past decade.
In addition, information is presented on the current status of Julian Assange.
In addition, information is presented on the current status of Julian Assange.
NEW INFORMATION: NAMES OF TRUMP'S 13 Indictments
TRUMP'S 13!
#QAnon #Clinton #Indictments #CBTS
Streamed live 5 hours ago
Today
I finally dove into the 13 people named on Trump's EO from Dec. 21. I
wanted to wait until more came out and the IG Report release day
approached. Any day now it should be released, but before that happens,
here's the dirt I could dig up on Trump's infamous 13.
Link to sources used: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/...
Link to sources used: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/...
Saturday, January 13, 2018
FALSE MISSILE ALERT SHAKES HAWAII 'PUSHED WRONG BUTTON' 38 MINUTES OF TERROR RESIDENTS CRYING AND SCREAMING
Who pushed the button? Anger in Hawaii over Civil Defense bungle that told terrified islanders a MISSILE was rocketing towards them causing thousands to flee to bomb shelters and pray for their lives
- The alert was issued to residents' phones at 8.07am on Saturday morning
- It told them to seek shelter and warned of an 'inbound ballistic missile threat'
- It took 38 minutes for a second phone alert to be issued across the state
- By then, terrified residents had flocked to shelters and into their garages
- Civil Defense employee accidentally hit alert, was unaware until his phone got it
- An FCC investigation into the incident is underway, officials said
Anger is spreading in Hawaii after a Civil
Defense bungle on Saturday morning, when a mistaken alert warning of an
inbound ballistic missile sent thousands fleeing for shelter.
The
false alarm was caused by a Hawaii Emergency Management Agency employee
who 'pushed the wrong buttons' during an internal drill timed to
coincide with a shift handover at 8.07am. The all-clear phone alert was
not sent until 38 minutes later.
Incredibly,
officials said the employee who made the mistake wasn't aware of it
until mobile phones in the command center began displaying the alert.
'This
guy feels bad, right. He's not doing this on purpose - it was a mistake
on his part and he feels terrible about it,' said EMA
Administrator Vern Miyagi in a press conference Saturday afternoon.
Miyagi,
a retired Army major general, said the employee had been with the
agency for 'a while' and that he would be 'counseled and drilled so this
never happens again' - but stopped short of saying whether there would
be disciplinary measures.
Hawaii
Governor David Ige apologized at the press conference: 'I am sorry for
the pain and confusion it caused. I, too, am extremely upset about this
and am doing everything I can do to immediately improve our emergency
management systems, procedures and staffing.'
Panicked
Hawaiians ran for their lives and even lowered loved ones through
manhole covers after receiving this alert at 8.07am local time:
'BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER.
THIS IS NOT A DRILL'.
A similar
message flashed up on local television networks and brought live sports
games to a halt. Actor Jim Carrey, like many others, said he woke up
thinking he had 'ten minutes to live'.
Residents of Hawaii are furiously
asking why it took officials a whole 38 minutes to correct a missile
threat warning that was sent out on Saturday morning, sparking panic
across the state
Video appears to show a family
taking shelter in the sewer through a manhole cover after a false alert
of an inbound ballistic missile sparked panic in Hawaii on Saturday
morning
Actor Jim Carrey wrote that he woke up thinking that he had 'ten minutes to live'
Terror: People began to flee for their lives after the warning was sent that a ballistic missile was inbound to Hawaii
On the H-3, a major highway north of
Honolulu, vehicles sat empty after drivers left them to run to a nearby
tunnel after the alert showed up, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser
reported.
Fearing a nuclear attack,
terrified residents and tourists including basketball legend Magic
Johnson flocked to shelters and into their garages.
TIMELINE OF HAWAII BALLISTIC MISSILE ALERT ERROR
Officials have given the following timeline for the false alert on Saturday.
Approx. 8.05am:
A routine internal test during a shift change was initiated. This was a
test that involved the Emergency Alert System, the Wireless Emergency
Alert, but no warning sirens.
8.07am: A warning was erroneously triggered statewide by an employee at the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA).
8.10am: State Adjutant Maj. Gen. Joe Logan validated with the US Pacific Command that there was no missile launch.
Honolulu Police Department notified of the false alarm by HI-EMA.
8.13am: State
Warning Point issues a cancellation of the Civil Danger Warning
Message. This would have prevented the initial alert from being
rebroadcast to phones that may not have received it yet. For instance,
if a phone was not on at
8.07am, it would not receive the alert later
on.
8.20am: HI-EMA issues public notification of cancellation via their Facebook and Twitter accounts.
8.24am: Governor Ige retweets HI-EMA’s cancellation notice.
8.30am: Governor posts cancellation notification to his Facebook page.
8.45am:
After getting authorization from FEMA Integral Public Alert and Warning
System, HI-EMA issued a 'Civil Emergency Message' remotely, cancelling
the false alert.
Golfers in Honolulu for the US PGA Tour's Sony Open were also thrown into panic and confusion by the mistaken alert
'Under
mattresses in the bathtub with my wife, baby and in laws,' tweeted
American golfer John Peterson. 'Please lord let this bomb threat not be
real.'
The mistake was corrected by
government agencies on Twitter 12 minutes later but it took 38 minutes
for another phone alert to be issued confirming to residents that it was
a false alarm. Some say they never received a second phone alert at
all.
Miyagi said that there was no
template in the system for an alert retraction, and so the all-clear
message had to be manually entered and activated, accounting for some of
the delay.
The EMA administrator said
that cooling tensions between North and South Korea should have been a
signal to residents that the alert was mistaken, urging Hawaiians to
'keep informed on what's going on on the tension between the two
countries and monitor that.'
'I deeply
apologize for the trouble and heartbreak that we caused today,' said
Miyagi. 'We've spent the last few months trying to get ahead of this
whole threat, so that we could provide as much notification and
preparation to the public. We made a mistake.'
Officials are suspending further drills until the incident is fully investigated.
State
emergency managers have also already implemented a two-person
verification for alerts and an automated all-clear signal that can be
used in the future.
When it became
clear on Saturday morning that the ballistic missile alert had been a
false alarm, the public's panic turned to fury.
'Imagine this for 37 agonizing minutes before it is deemed a false alarm,' said one person.
Honolulu is seen on Saturday
morning, when a false alert of an inbound ballistic missile sent
residents running for shelter in terror
The Hawaii Emergency Management
Agency tweeted this out, 12 minutes after the threat was issued to
confirm the error. This post was made at 8.20am local time, 1.20pm EST
Officials scrambled to notify
citizens that there was no inbound ballistic missile threat, but it took
38 minutes to issue an all-clear phone alert because it had to be sent
manually
EMA Administrator Vern Miyagi said
the employee who issued the mistaken alert did not realize what had
happened until his own mobile phone began blaring
Lawmakers slammed the mistake as 'inexcusable' and said 'the whole state was terrified'.
Another
critic said the delay in phone alerts meant that only people with
access to social media would have known it was a false alarm straight
away.
'It
took until 8.45am to state it was a false alarm. 37 minutes where
anyone in Hawaii who doesn't sit on Twitter dot com all day thought
their island might be incinerated.'
Governor David Ige apologized for the false alarm of an inbound ballistic missile
'Fire people. Fix it,' one outraged commentator said.
At the same time as the phone alert, an emergency alert was broadcast across radio and television networks.
The
TV and radio alert told viewers and listeners: 'If you are outdoors,
seek immediate shelter in a building. Remain indoors well away from
windows.
'If you are driving, pull safely to the side of the road and seek shelter.'
The second message, sent at 8.45am, said: 'There is no missile threat or danger to the State of Hawaii. Repeat. False Alarm.'
Calls
from frightened residents inundated Civil Defense immediately asking
for more information or advice after the first alert was issued.
People
who say they got through to the office were then told it was a mistake
that was caused by an employee who 'pushed the wrong buttons' during a
drill.
One woman called 911 in panic
and said she was told by the operator that staff were performing a drill
when 'someone pushed the wrong buttons'.
'Called 911...Operator said it's a drill of Civil Defense Emergency System but someone pushed the wrong buttons..
'No missile is headed toward the State of Hawaii REPEAT....NO MISSILE IS HEADED TOWARD THE STATE OF HAWAII.'
+17
A Hawaii Civil Defense official is
seen above on Saturday writing instructions for dispatchers fielding
calls from terrified locals
+17
Hawaii Civil Defense startled most
many Hawaii residents early Saturday, by sending a Civil Defense alert
via cellular phones that a nuclear missile was heading towards Hawaii
and to take cover
FCC LAUNCHES INQUIRY INTO FALSE HAWAII MISSILE ALERT
Ajit Pai, the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, confirmed that an investigation will be carried out
The
US Federal Communications Commission said on Saturday it was launching a
full investigation into a false emergency alert that said a ballistic
missile was headed for Hawaii, the chairman of the commission said.
The
alerts to Hawaii cellphone users were issued at about 8.07am local
time, saying 'ballistic missile threat inbound' and urging residents to
seek shelter immediately. The message also appeared on Hawaii television
stations, according to news reports. The alert was officially canceled
about 38 minutes later.
The FCC has
jurisdiction over the emergency alert system. Earlier this week, Pai
said the FCC would vote at its January meeting to enhance the
effectiveness of wireless emergency alerts, which have been in place
since 2012.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai
posted on Twitter that the FCC was launching a full investigation and
FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel said the commission must find out
what went wrong.
'Emergency alerts are
meant to keep us and our families safe, not to create false panic. We
must investigate and we must do better,' she wrote on Twitter.
CNN
reported Hawaiian Governor David Ige told reporters the mistake was the
result of human error and someone at the state emergency management
agency pushed the "wrong button" during a shift change.
Wireless carriers do not prepare or write the alerts but they run simultaneously on all networks.
The
FCC is working to better target alerts to impacted people and will vote
this month on a proposal to "more precisely target these alerts to
affected communities."
Pai is proposing
that providers "deliver these alerts to match the geographic area
specified by the officials sending the alert with no more overshoot than
one-tenth of a mile," he said in a statement earlier this week.
Governor Ige confirmed as much when he spoke to CNN later in the morning.
'It
was a mistake made during a standard procedure at the change over of a
shift, and an employee pushed the wrong button,' he said.
The
Civil Defense phone lines were consistently busy on Saturday and the
Department of Defense has not responses to questions on the matter.
It is not clear yet whether the person responsible for the error will lose their job.
The Federal Communications Commission has launched an investigation into the error.
The White House confirmed later in the day that President Trump had been briefed on the mistake.
'The President has been briefed on the state of Hawaii's emergency management exercise.
'This was purely a state exercise,' said spokeswoman Lindsay Walters.
Hawaii is within the range of the
latest intercontinental ballistic missiles that North Korea has been
testing. It, along with Alaska, are the most vulnerable states to a
threat
Kim Jong Un has test launched
several intercontinental ballistic missiles in the last year, some of
which have the capacity to reach Hawaii
The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency tweeted 12 minutes after the first phone alert was issued to say it was a false alarm.
The state's governor David Ige quickly retweeted the post as did other lawmakers.
They vowed to get to the bottom of how such a colossal error was made.
'There
is nothing more important to Hawai'i than professionalizing and
fool-proofing this process,' Senator Brian Schatz tweeted.
He went on: 'What happened today is totally inexcusable.
'The whole state was terrified. There needs to be tough and quick accountability and a fixed process.'
Terrified
residents later described how they packed into their garages to take
shelter and sent messages to each other to say: 'I love you'.
Videos circulated of children being dropped into storm drains for shelter though those are unconfirmed.
There were also unconfirmed reports of tourists being escorted into a 'bomb shelter' at Pearl Harbour.
Senators Mazie Hirono and Brian
Schatz said the mistake was caused by 'human error'. They slammed it as
being 'inexcusable' given the rising tensions between the US and North
Korea
How Hawaii was gripped by panic as phones and TV stations broadcast false missile warning
Panic
and terror gripped residents and visitors in Hawaii on Saturday after
authorities said there was an incoming ballistic missile only to later
clarify that it was a false alarm.
Social
media users posted videos, photos, and testimonials about residents
hurriedly taking up shelter while thinking they were under attack.
'I
was sitting in the bathtub with my children, saying our prayers,'
Hawaii state representative Matt LoPresti told CNN in emotional
interview after false missile alert.
One Twitter user wrote: 'My family
was hiding in the garage. My mom and sister were crying. It was a false
alarm, but betting a lot of people are shaken'
One Twitter user
wrote: 'My family was hiding in the garage. My mom and sister were
crying. It was a false alarm, but betting a lot of people are shaken.'
'Talking
to loved ones in Hawaii, the reality of the situation is everyone
thought they were going to die for 40-minutes,' tweeted another Twitter
user.
'Let that sink in. Extremely traumatizing and please send your love to everyone there.'
Current
NBA star Karl-Anthony Towns tweeted: ‘Words cannot describe the relief
my family and I feel that the alarm in Hawaii was false.
‘My girlfriend was born and raised in Hawaii and with most of her family there, the panic was real.
‘We should thank god for every day no matter the struggles and tell our family we love them.’
CNN
host Jake Tapper tweeted: 'So sorry for all the people in Hawaii who
went through that - we know someone who's there with her family.
'Crying in closet texting goodbyes to loved ones, husband shielding their baby. Sounds traumatic. Hang in there, folks.'
Maureen
McCormick tweeted: 'My family in Hawaii got a phone alert and hid in
the bathroom with kids for a good 10 minutes thinking "This is going to
be it."
'So terrifying.'
Lorenza
Ingram, a producer for CNN, told the network: 'We got alerts on our
phone… we opened our sliding glass door to look out onto the beach, we
saw probably 10 different families running, not walking, running back to
their room.'
Another CNN producer,
David Shortell, told the network: 'There was a bit of running and
shouting after [the alert was received]… People were nervous.'
Shortell described 'a pretty harrowing 15 minutes' huddling in a garage with families and young children.
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