Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a Guantanamo detainee accused of being Persian Gulf operations chief for the Al Qaeda (Arabic for “the Base”) international terrorist network, testifies at a United States military hearing that he falsely confessed to the bombing of the USS Cole and other terrorist schemes, only to stop years of torture.  “I just said those things to make the people happy.  But when they freed me, I told them all, ‘I only told you these things to make you happy.’”

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       While the United States Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are in are stationed, at 737 U.s. military bases, in 130 nations, around the world, defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world,” ninth circuit court of appeals hands down Raich v. Gonzales: United states subject/enemy/citizens who are ill do not have a “right to life” apart from medical treatments approved by the Federal government.

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       Well, we permit a government controlled central bank, government controlled schools; why not government controlled medical care?  It seems to work to keep sheep healthy when their owners can pull out the sick, lame and lazy.  –– JL

       Benjamin S. “Helicopter Ben” Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (a Federal agency) that oversees the privately owned Federal Reserve System of (central) Banks, and Henry M. Paulson, Jr., secretary of the Treasury, give an ultimatum to Chairman Alan Schwartz, of Bear Stearns investment bank that he must sell his company over the weekend—before the opening of the Asian stock markets on Monday.

       NOTES:

• The day before BS had only 2,000,000,000 in “cash” reserves—not enough with which to conduct normal business.
• The bankruptcy of BS started a pronounced shift in lending by commercial banks, as they began making fewer Consumer loans, and began buying more Federal debt obligations with their depositor’s Federal Reserve Notes (Bills of Credit).
• This event prompted to FRSB to lower the Discount Rate (the rate charged to commercial banks to borrow Federal Reserve Notes) by 0.25%, and more importantly, to make the unprecedented decision to allow investment banks and insurance companies to not only borrow from the Discount Window, but also at the same rates charged to commercial banks.

       [added 3/23/2024] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.