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“In a world that is in chaos politically, socially, and environmentally, how can the human race sustain another 100 years?”Stephen Hawking, world-renowned Theoretical Physicist.

After reading the article A Plan to Stem Foreclosures, Buried in a Paper Avalanche in the 6/29/09 NY Times, I came away amazed at how it so honestly encapsulates the fundamentally untrustworthy nature of many commercial institutions. This article details the daunting obstacles facing homeowners seeking mortgage modifications to avoid foreclosure. Many are finding that their applications and paperwork are literally disappearing upon being submitted to banks. Other are caught in a merry-go-round of repeated resubmissions of paperwork after being rejected for minor errors or missing documents. Are these coincidences? As the article suggests, banks may be under pressure not to make modifications for homeowners burdened with critical mortgage problems. In one case where the homeowner qualified for a mortgage modification, “the company refuses to take an application because the loan is owned by an investor who is unwilling to absorb a loss.”

Clearly, a fundamental disinterest, and more troubling callous disregard the community welfare can be discerned in this story. That uncivil disposition is often at the core of so many failed efforts to solve the inequities and injustices that afflict modern society. It reminds me of an observation made by former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan in his recent book “The Age of Turbulence.” He comments on the ongoing devastation of “civility and civilization” that began with the first World War. There was a universal optimism prior to 1914. In the late 1800’s, “dehumanizing violence was on the decline,” and the rapid “pace of global invention” and medical science was improving the quality and longevity of life. “Human society seemed perfectible,” he observes. Now, as he candidly admits, due to the myriad of crisis facing modern society, our outlook is “starkly different.” Few men have had such intimate association with the powers governing modern civilization as long as Alan Greenspan. If he expresses no confidence in man’s efforts to perfect society, do we, who can only view such powers from a distance, have any good reason to do so?

Indeed, in spite of stunning advances in invention and medicine the devastation of civility and civilization continues. Who ever imagined that our generation would be grappling with genocide, torture, terrorism, mass starvation, widespread poverty and staggering inequites in the distribution of wealth? We live in a world climate fueled by our own selfishness, indifference and cruelty. As a result,  it is easy to see how “dehumanizing violence” such as involuntary testing of directed energy torture weapons and psychological warfare can find such fertile soil.

Dehumanizing Violence and Victims of Involuntary Weapons Testing
In order to justify ongoing harassment and psychological torture of a targeted individual, you (the torturer) must first dehumanize him, stripping him of human qualities or attributes. Once you perceive him as being less human than you are, you begin to justify the abuse he suffers in your own mind. The conscience becomes perverted by this faulty reasoning and justifies torture. In your eyes, he deserves it. Indeed, you’re convinced that the victim is ultimately responsible for whatever he suffers. That is why the covert agencies developing these cruel programs work tirelessly to paint their victims as criminals or social misfits.*see footnote

The cruelty itself becomes a perverse lure for the torturer. He takes pleasure in the suffering and discomfort of others. The Inquisition made the public slow-death-by-fire of so-called heretics a form of entertainment for both the Inquisitors and the morbidly curious public. Likewise, the covert agencies developing these programs, and the neighborhood groups that support them find an unnatural gratification in the discomfort and suffering of their victims. The ongoing cruelty also serves as a control on the victim, destroying his self esteem and initiative to pursue justice and relief. It becomes a virtual concentration camp, invisible to all but the torturers and his victim.

Alan Greenspan got it right. Human society is “starkly different” from the high expectations we had for it just over a century ago.

Footnote: I had a rather odd experience shortly after moving into my present residence. I stopped at the local gas station to pick up some bottled water. As I left the store and entered my car in the parking lot, a man quickly walked up just as I was about to close my door. He was a Black male in his early 30’s, dressed in stereotypical “street thug” attire. “I’m not asking for any money, I just want to show you something . . .” he said as I tried to close my driver’s side door. He had a brightly colored child’s pen in his hand and mumbled something that I can’t quite remember. What stands out however was his odd motion. He brings his hands close to me and them moves them back twice with this silly little pen in his hand. To someone standing outside, it would give the appearance that he was conducting a transaction or making an exchange. I told him to get away,  closing my door as quickly as possible. This was very unusual. He was not the normal panhandler asking for a handout. However, it was shortly after that encounter that many individuals among my neighbors began to participate in psychological harassment schemes employed against me locally. What I’ve surmised is this: In order to destroy my reputation locally, they needed some convincing evidence. Since I have never used drugs or engaged in any illicit activity, they would never gain such evidence by honest means. I am convinced that this encounter was recorded covertly (perhaps from another vehicle at the gas station) and used by someone in an official capacity to convince my new neighbors that I am engaged in some form of illicit activity.

No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. In particular, no one shall be subjected without his free consent to medical or scientific experimentation” —Universal Declaration of Human Rights

weapons that attack the brain

The recent complaints of directed energy weapons torture and covert psychological attacks coming from numerous American citizens may be a byproduct of what is considered the hottest new market in weapons development: ” . . . namely the military and intelligence communities’ interest in drugs and other methods for degrading (mental) performance—of enemy soldiers and terrorists, of course—and perhaps reading their intentions and even controlling their minds.” —Minding Mental Minefields, scienceprogress.org. What ‘weapons systems” and methods are being developed for this new market?

The development of biochemical weapons and psychological methods of targeting the human mind are discussed in a quietly released 151 page National Research Report “Emerging Cognitive Neuroscience and Related Technologies” commissioned by the Defense Intelligence Agency, USA (full text of this report is available online). Scienceprogress.org commented on the report’s disclosure of “the emerging market in brain-targeted, performance-degrading techniques. Some experiments, it turns out, suggest that magnetic beams can be used to induce seizures in people, a tempting addition to the military’s armamentarium. More conventionally, as scientists discover new chemicals that can blur thinking or undermine an enemy’s willpower, and as engineers design aerosolized delivery systems that can deliver these chemicals directly to the lungs (and from there, the brains) of large groups of people, the prospect of influencing the behavior of entire enemy regiments becomes real.”

This report further indicates that the “applied research  . . . could be exploited for legal and forensic, military and police/public safety, and information and intelligence purposes.” — Emerging Cognitive Neuroscience and Related Technologies. In other words, the weaponized capacity  to “blur thinking,” “undermine willpower,” and “degrade performance” goes beyond military application. It will also be applied to local law enforcement and “public safety.”

Who are the test subjects for these developing programs of psychological warfare designed to “degrade” and “influence the behavior” of people? Our government has recently admitted to well over 10,000 incidents of involuntary medical and radiation experimentation on American citizens during the 20th century. Is it not logical to conclude that this emerging class of weapons systems and “techniques” targeting the human brain is also being tested involuntarily on numerous American citizens?

What Happens To Victims of Involuntary Brain Targeting Medical Experimentation?

Interestingly, this National Research Report comments rather bluntly on their plight: “Covert or classified military research findings will probably not be submitted for publication in the international literature, so they will escape the attention of publishers and peer reviewers. Thus, human-subjects protection in this sector of biomedical research cannot be guaranteed or assessed.” —Emerging Cognitive Neuroscience and Related Technologies, page 185. In other words, American citizens made victims of involuntary experimentation in this field will most likely be kept anonymous and stripped of all rights and protections under law.

How would you feel if your son or daughter became a covert victim of these programs? At the very least, can you better understand the plight of those covertly and willfully tortured by the same military, police and public safety agencies that should protect them?

Finally, I ask you the reader: Does this not give credence to the numerous complaints around the country from individuals who claim to be involuntary subjects of these developing weapons systems and methods? Victims complain of being covertly targeted by microwave and acoustic based beam weapons, sustained psychological attacks that include “gang stalking,” and noxious odors and fumes from aerosolized delivery systems. Their livelihoods, reputation and health are willfully and systematically destroyed in the process. They are isolated, and stripped of all rights and protections . . .

Have we finally found “the smoking gun” behind these covert crimes?

 ”In fact, to this [course] YOU were called, because even Christ suffered for YOU, leaving YOU a model for YOU to follow his steps closely.”—1 Peter 2:21

Linda Hamilton, What Would You Do?

Every now and then I come across a story in the news that highlights the best of human behavior. I find such stories of great value, as they provide noble examples worthy of imitation. And, they remind me of the more important things in life. This is especially vital now as a precipitous moral decline grips our society.

On a recent segment of the ABC television program “What Would You Do?” the question was posed: “If Someone Falls Down on the Sidewalk: What Do You Do?” An actor portrayed a homeless person collapsing on the sidewalk to see if passerby’s would provide any assistance. Scores of individuals walked by, ignoring the fallen individual. However, one women stopped and persistently offered help and comfort, prompting another passerby to call for an ambulance on a cell phone. Her story can be found in the embedded video. You will find it inspiring and of great significance if you are currently a victim of long-term injustice.

What I found most touching was the plight of the woman who stopped to help and comfort the fallen man. Linda Hamilton was herself homeless, and partially disabled. Yet, she demonstrated extraordinary compassion and kindness. Her warm humanity in spite of her own suffering stood in sharp contrast to the willful insensitivity of the other passerby’s. Rejecting the prejudice and hatred that blinds many to the plight of others, she acted in a merciful way.

This reminds me of a powerful lesson taught by Jesus Christ. In Jesus’ parable of The Good Samaritan, a priest and a Levite (who should have been exemplary in compassion) on seeing an injured man walked past him on the opposite side of the road rather than turn aside to help him. It was a Samaritan, typically despised by Jews, who extended aid to the stricken man. Indeed, Jesus by both word and deed demonstrated compassion for the poor and took a personal interest in their needs. —Luke 10:30-37.

This video provides a another powerful lesson. Suffering can give us a wonderful gift. Enduring suffering can make us more compassionate and merciful if endured with the right attitude. No doubt, Linda, having suffered homelessness herself, became more sensitive to the plight of those in similar conditions. She was moved to help as a result. Linda did not allow her own suffering to overwhelm her to the point that she could not focus on the needs of others. Doing good to others helps us to minimize our own difficulties, and contributes to our emotional and physical well-being.

Finally, I am reminded to never allow suffering to embitter me. I must not adopt the callous attitude that afflicts so much of society. In the video, more than 80 people walked past the homeless man lying on the sidewalk, doing nothing to come to his aid. That insensitivity reflects what is going on in larger society. It is shaping how neighbor treats neighbor. I can choose not to be that way. I must use the suffering I face to become more sympathetic to the suffering of others. Also, I cannot simply feel compassion for others. Like Linda, I must demonstrate compassion and kindness to those who suffer, especially strangers. Developing such beautiful qualities, refined by suffering, can only endear us more to God and fellowmen.

UK researchers have found that psychological torture — such as threats of rape, humiliation, isolation, sleep deprivation, sham executions, sexual advances, and witnessing the torture of others — can inflict as much trauma and harm as physical torture.

“The unpredictability and loss of control created by mental torture can produce similar levels of anxiety, fear and helplessness as physical torture and leave comparable long-term psychological scars.” — Rick Nauert, Ph.D, Psych Central

Victims of directed energy weapons harassment and psychological attacks that include gang stalking would not doubt agree with the findings of this study. The attacks often include isolation, sleep deprivation, humiliation, and other hallmarks of psychological torture. No doubt, the fact that such harm can be inflicted without leaving any physical scars or trauma is what makes it so attractive to the covert agencies developing these psychological weapons.

References:
Article: Psychological Torture As Bad As Physical Torture

An article by this title appeared in the New Scientist magazine, discussing one company’s readiness to build microwave ray guns able to beam sounds directly into people’s heads. The capabilities of this technology parallel the torture-like effects experienced by victims of directed energy weapons. The device, dubbed MEDUSA uses beamed microwaves to cause a “shockwave inside the skull that can be detected by the ears.”

Does the refinement of this technology add validity to the numerous claims of individuals being used involuntary as test subjects for microwave beam weapons? Such technology cannot be refined to the point of manufacture without extensive testing on human subjects of various ages and physical makeup. Do you know of anyone whose job description includes being a test dummy for beamed microwaves that create a “shockwave inside the skull?”  Is there a reasonable likelihood that isolated American citizens are being used involuntarily to develop both the capability and methodology used in operating these weapons. Who are they testing it on?

Additional References:
MEDUSA: Microwave Crowd Control Raygun
ABC News report on MEDUSA

bullies brain painIn perhaps one of the least recent surprising scientific findings to any victim of organized bullying (such community policing based gang stalking), researchers have discovered that bullies brains are wired to feel pleasure when watching others being hurt. This came as a surprise to reseachers. They “expected that the bullies would show no response when they witnessed pain in somebody else—that they experience a sort of emotional coldness . . .” The research showed that they actually derived pleasure from the suffering of others.

As a long-term victim of directed energy weapons torture and community policing based gang-stalking, I can certainly attest to this through personal observation. Persecutors employed as “gang-stalkers” or harassers will often study a victim’s face hoping to see signs of pain or sadness. They often laugh or smirk as they go about the task of inflicting psychological suffering on others. They have learned to replace empathy with a perverse pleasure from the suffering of their victims.

Is it unreasonable to call this transformation in a bullies mind a perversion? Above all, it highlights the wisdom for a victim, of never returning “evil for evil” to anyone. To do so, perverts the natural empathy in the victim’s brain. His mindset becomes the virtual twin of his tormentor when he begins to find pleasure in vindictiveness and retaliation. Responding to evil with “good” is the best response, protecting the brain from developing an unhealthy thirst for voyeuristic pain.

“Return evil for evil to no one. Provide fine things in the sight of all men. If possible, as far as it depends upon YOU, be peaceable with all men.” - Roman 12: 17-18

Additional References:
Brain Scan Shows Bullies Enjoy Others Pain - Washington Post

Millimeter Wave Imaging at Airport

Millimeter wave imaging is receiving major media news coverage as the technology is being introduced into airports for passenger security screening. The Denver Post (link to article) provided the graphic above that shows how this technology functions and the images produced. The use of millimeter wave imaging in conjunction with remote, through-the-wall directed energy weapons was explored in an earlier post on badexperiment.com. To see the full sized graphic, click here.

An article entitledInvisible Beam Tops List of Nonlethal Weapons” published June 1, 2004 in the Sacramento Bee, discuses one of the better known microwave (millimeter-wave) based invisible remote beam pain weapons, the Active Denial System.

However, the article makes an interesting observation regarding this new generation of “less-than-lethal” weapons: “Military officials are trying to alleviate fears that the device might be misused to harm civilians or converted into a torture machine that leaves no marks.” To that end, social science graduate students were provided grants to “spend the summer reviewing literature and assessing how Americans and other cultures might react to its use.”

These concerns reflect the most obvious use of this class of wall penetrating weapons—torture. Doug Johnson, Executive Director of the Minneapolis-based Center for Torture Victims is skeptical of the Pentagon’s claims that such devices, which are being tested for use by law enforcement and military, will not be used for torture. “Is it torture if it only creates a sensation of pain, but leaves no marks and no long-term damage? I would say yes. Torture is primarily a psychological device, and finding different ways to use the body against the mind has been the struggle of torture technologies for thousands of years.”

“The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government . . .” - Thomas Jefferson

Medical Testing, Brookhaven National LabDo you find the likelihood of our democratic government (US) covertly performing involuntary weapons testing on its own citizens hard to believe? Does the idea of involuntary directed energy weapons testing/torture and psychological attacks on innocent Americans seem improbable in our enlightened society? Perhaps a look at our recent history may help you to have a more realistic view. . .

Various United States government agencies have, over the course of the 20th century, engaged in involuntary medical and radiation experimentation on American citizens. The Department of Energy, CIA, Public Health Service (now the Dept. of Health and Human Services) and others have admitted to these abuses.

One particularly chilling account is the Vanderbilt Study, conducted with funds provided by the Public Health Service, the Tennessee State Department of Health, and Vanderbilt University between 1945-1949. 820 poor pregnant Caucasian women were given tracer doses of radioactive iron in experiments performed at Vanderbilt University under the pretense of providing free pre-natal care. “The women, who were anywhere from less than ten weeks to more than thirty-five weeks pregnant, were administered a single oral dose of radioactive iron, Fe-59, during their second prenatal visit, before receiving their routine dose of therapeutic iron.” The dose of radiation was administered to the pregnant women in a single “cocktail”. “There is at least some indication that the women neither gave their consent nor were aware they were participating in an experiment. Vanderbilt study subjects, expressing bitterness at the way they believed they had been treated, testified at an Advisory Committee meeting that the proffered drink, called a “cocktail” by the investigators, was offered with no mention of its contents. “I remember taking a cocktail,” one woman said simply. “I don’t remember what it was, and I was not told what it was.” A follow up study showed a disproportionately high incidence of cancer among these subjects. (Writers’ Note: The true number of victims of this experiment is at least 1640, as the defenseless unborn these women carried were also unjustly condemned to drink the radioactive cocktail.) “This experiment was just one of “several thousand government-sponsored human radiation experiments and hundreds of intentional (radiation) releases conducted from 1944 to 1974.”

In another study that caused public outrage, mentally retarded children institutionalized at the Fernald State School. Waltham, Massachusetts, in the 1940’s were fed doses of radiation with their breakfast cereal for the purpose of studying the way the body absorbs calcium and iron. The experiments were “often” performed without the informed consent of the subjects or their families. In late 1995, President Clinton apologized to the subjects at Fernald after an advisory committee’s ruling that the tests were “morally troubling.” Although the government formally apologized, no financial compensation was offered to victims. “The fact of the matter is that they used these kids as guinea pigs,” said Michael Mattchen an attorney for the victims. The actions of the researchers “violates Nuremberg” and “rules of decent society.”

We can only touch the “tip of the iceburg” in this article. Ironically, the same democratic nation that condemned the Nazis for involuntary human experimentation in the medical trials at Nuremberg in 1947 was quietly conducting similar atrocities on American citizens. I invite you to read the Department of Energy’s Human Radiation Experiments website to get a broad synopsis of our history in this regard.

Would you not agree, that our historical context makes the stories of modern day victims of directed energy weapons testing and psychological attacks all the more plausible?

References:
1. Department of Energy Openness: Human Radiation Experiments - The Office of Human Radiation Experiments, established in March 1994, leads the Department of Energy’s efforts to tell the agency’s Cold War story of radiation research using human subjects.

2. A personal account by Freddie Boyce, one of the victims of the Fernald State School radiation experiments

3. Atomic Energy Commission Involuntary Radiation Tests

4. Craft vs Vanderbuilt University - court case arguing extension of statute of limitations for victims of radiation experiments

In this video we see a CBS 60 Minutes report on the active denial system, a microwave based weapon that targets victims with an intensely painful, silent, invisible microwave beam. Interestingly, during this segment, the moderator demonstrates the microwave weapon’s beam penetrating a mattress and a sheet of plywood to reach its victim. This demonstrates the capacity to use this technology at lower power levels as a through-the-wall torture device!

Is it reasonable to conclude that if there are big ray guns that can target distant crowds there are also smaller ray guns that can target persons in the next apartment or home? What do you think?