https://merylnass.substack.com/p/the-se ... edium=emaiThe secret messages behind the lab-leak cover-up. Beijing was helped by a cabal of conspiring scientists
While I think Ian Birrell has produced limited hangouts, I think this article is a fair depiction of the depths to which science has fallen, in large part due to its funding structure
MERYL NASS MD
AUG 2, 2023
https://www.foxnews.com/us/wisconsin-co ... phy-policeWISCONSIN Published August 2, 2023 6:35pm EDT
Wisconsin cop admits to porn addiction, busted with child pornography: police
Suspect's employment with Glendale Police Department terminated same day as his arrest
By Greg Wehner | Fox News
https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/08 ... oam40zk0w/Penobscot County doubles pay for jail employees working overtime
by Kathleen O'Brien
https://www.aclu.org/news/smart-justice ... oner-beingShocking Video from Maine Prison Shows a Restrained Prisoner Being Tortured with Pepper Spray
This is one of many examples of corrections staff abusing restraints and pepper spray, at times with deadly results
You’re never going to win… Bottom line is the house wins every time.
That’s what Maine Correctional Center Captain Shawn Welch said to a prisoner who was strapped into a restraint chair, his face coated with pepper spray and his legs shaking in pain and fear. The entire ordeal was captured in a disturbing video that recently hit the internet. After Captain Welch pepper sprayed prisoner Paul Schlosser in the face, Captain Welch ignored Schlosser’s plea that he could not breathe; at one point, Captain Welch responds to Schlosser’s pleas for help with the taunt, “Last I heard, I was as useless as tits on a bull.”
How in the world did this come about?
A former military medic, Paul Schlosser has received treatment in prison for both bipolar disorder and depression. After being held in solitary confinement for two months, he began to cut himself – a common response to such long-term isolation. On June 7, 2012, Schlosser pulled off his bandages and refused to be treated. He was then strapped to a restraint chair and confronted by Captain Welch.
In the video, we see Schlosser immobilized in the restraint chair and surrounded by officers in riot gear. Schlosser remains compliant until one of the officers pins Schlosser’s head to the back of the chair; Schlosser responds by squirming and then spitting at the officer. Without warning, Captain Welch suddenly coats Schlosser’s face at close range with pepper spray from a canister only intended to be used on large crowds from a distance of twenty feet or more, according to an investigator’s report. Schlosser chokes and fights for breath. He pleads, “I can’t breathe, Captain,” but Welch does nothing. Instead of following accepted professional standards and rinsing away the liquid, Welch puts a spit hood on Schlosser, effectively trapping the pepper spray against the man’s face. For over 20 minutes, Welch, with canister in hand, paces in and out of the small area where Schlosser is being restrained, and refuses to let him wash the burning spray from his face and eyes.
Sadly, this is one of many examples of corrections staff abusing restraints and pepper spray, at times with deadly results:
* Nick Christie died in 2006 after being pepper sprayed twelve times and spending six hours naked in a restraint chair. There, too, guards placed a spit hood over Mr. Christie, ensuring that he would breathe the liquid as long as he wore it. The case was later ruled a homicide.
* Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio discontinued the use of restraint chairs in 2006 after three wrongful death lawsuits.
* Jesse Lee Williams, Jr. was restrained when guards sprayed an entire can of pepper spray into a hood before putting it over his mouth as part of a savage beating. He died two days later.
Openness and accountability are two of the strongest bulwarks protecting prisoners from abuse. This is true whether the abuse occurs in a matter of minutes, such as when Arizona guards beat, tased, stripped, and left Marty Atencio to die in a cell, or days, like when Michigan guards strapped Timothy Souders to a cement slab until he died of hyperthermia and dehydration.
Unfortunately, instead of promoting openness and accountability, the Maine Department of Corrections has closed ranks to protect one of its own. Corrections Commissioner Joseph Ponte ignored the recommendation to fire Welch despite an internal investigation which found that Welch acted on a personal vendetta against Schlosser and not for any legitimate security reason. Now, the Department has focused its attention on ensuring no more videos are leaked, instead of ensuring no more torture happens.
Paul Schlosser is lucky to be alive. The next Paul Schlosser might not be so lucky.
https://www.newscentermaine.com/article ... 7c095026aaMan 'tortured' by officers in York County Jail, court documents allege
The man says he was pinned down while officers used a Taser repeatedly on his chest for as long as a full minute, according to court documents.
Author: Samantha York
October 8, 2019
https://archive.org/details/Titicut.Follies.DVDRipTiticut. Follies
https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com ... ng-banned/TITICUT FOLLIES, THE DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT A PRISON MADHOUSE SO SHOCKING IT WAS BANNED
Massachusetts prison in Bridgewater Mass documentary gets banned
in Massachusetts
Maine Weather and climate are topics of increasing interest. Will they inspire us to change any of our behaviours?
Garland Climatology for July, 2023 (1991-2020 averages in parentheses):
average max: 80.7F (79.2F)
average min: 65.3F (60.7F)
extreme max:
https://merylnass.substack.com/p/tomr-r ... dium=emailTOM'R: RFK Jr., to Host Virtual Roundtable on Revitalizing Our Food, Farms, and Soil: The Farmers Speak Aug. 3 at 8 p.m. ET
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AUG 2, 2023
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https://www.kennedy24.com/farm_policy_roundtablehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hC5t4RDa5Is Putin in Control... or Unstable? w/ Larry Johnson & Ray McGovern
https://ticklethewire.com/border-patrol ... 000-bribe/Border Patrol Agent Fernando Castillo Charged After Allegedly Asking Migrant for $5,000 Bribe
By Steve Neavling
https://www.foxnews.com/category/media/fox-news-flashAugust 2, 2023
New Trump charges hammered by former FBI official: 'Thought I was reading a NY Times op-ed'
Chris Swecker argues charges related to Jan. 6 could be tossed if judge follows Constitution
Madeline Coggins | Fox
https://www.theguardian.com/news/blog/2 ... ating-examIn 2010 FBI agents caught cheating on key exam
US justice department uncovers significant 'improper conduct' among staff taking open-book, multiple-choice test
Adam Gabbatt
Tue 28 Sep 2010
The FBI is responsible for, among other things, tackling fraud and corrupt practices in the public sector.
However, it seems the US federal agency may have its own problems with duplicity, after an investigation found that "a significant number of FBI employees engaged in some form of improper conduct or cheating" when obliged to sit a key exam.
Agents from the FBI – motto "Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity" – had to take the 90-minute assessment to prove they had understood guidelines on how to conduct terrorism investigations.
Suspicion was raised, however, when more than 200 employees completed the exam in less than 20 minutes.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/report-signi ... exam.printIn 2014 Report: Significant cheating by FBI agents on exam
Published November 17, 2014
A Justice Department investigation has found that FBI agents, including several supervisors, cheated on an important test covering the bureau's policies for conducting surveillance on Americans.
Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine said Monday that his limited review of allegations that agents improperly took the open-book test together or had access to an answer sheet has turned up "significant abuses and cheating."
https://www.examiner-enterprise.com/sto ... 007543007/In 2017 ATLANTA POLICE: Investigator: 17 admit to test cheating
Vanessa McCray | The AtlantaJournal-Constitution
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/ga-dep ... VIFMPYTOM/In 2020 31 troopers dismissed after cheating on exam during training academy
By Aaron Diamant
January 29, 2020
https://theintercept.com/2023/02/07/fbi ... informant/THE SNITCH IN THE SILVER HEARSE
The FBI Paid a Violent Felon to Infiltrate Denver’s Racial Justice Movement
Trevor Aaronson
February 7 2023
https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=92863&page=1FBI Missing Firearms, Computers
ByABC News
The FBI has approximately 50,000 weapons and 13,000 laptops total. With the missing guns, 184 were stolen and 265 were reported lost or missing, according to FBI officials. Of the lost or missing weapons, 91 involved training weapons, 61 involved agents who retired, and four involved agents who died or were fired
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/americas/2176412.stm Tuesday, 6 August, 2002, 15:05 GMT 16:05 UK
FBI guns and laptops go missing
Record-keeping was poor, the Justice Department found
By Steve Kingstone
An embarrassed US Justice Department is reviewing its security procedures after admitting that more than 700 weapons and over 400 laptop computers had gone missing in the past three years.
Most of the laptops belonged to the FBI - many containing classified information.
Two of the guns were subsequently used in armed robberies, a third apparently became a murder weapon after being stolen from the home of an FBI agent in New Orlean
http://brickagentunderground.com/sac-st ... e-standardAn SAC's Stolen Gun and the FBI's Double Standard for Discipline
“Fourteen brick agents in a row whose guns were stolen get suspended at least five days without pay. Number fifteen is an SAC who only gets a written reprimand. You tell me, where’s the Integrity in that? ”
My last assignment at the FBI included supervising investigations into government property stolen from federal law enforcement officers. Cases involved guns, badges, bullet proof vests, cell phones, and ballistic steel plates (those plates are expensive and have serial numbers). My squad carried cases from all the federal agencies, not just the FBI. Sometimes it seemed like the whole alphabet soup
Copaganda
https://time.com/magazine/us/5264136/ma ... no-18-u-s/In 2019 The FBI Is in Crisis. It’s Worse Than You Think
• Eric Lichtblau May 3, 201
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/acl ... llers-termACLU Opposes Extension Of FBI Director Robert Mueller’s Term
May 12, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: (202) 236-7031 or 675-2312 or
media@dcaclu.orgWASHINGTON – The American Civil Liberties Union today announced its opposition to President Obama’s request to Congress that it extend FBI Director Robert S. Mueller’s 10-year term for another two years.
The tenure of an FBI director has not been extended since 1969, when Richard M. Nixon was elected president and chose to retain J. Edgar Hoover as director, a position he had held since Attorney General Harlan Fiske Stone
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... own-occupyRevealed: how the FBI coordinated the crackdown on Occupy
This article is more than 10 years old
Naomi Wolf
New documents prove what was once dismissed as paranoid fantasy: totally integrated corporate-state repression of dissent
https://nypost.com/2023/08/02/off-duty- ... -one-dead/Cop,father shot in NYC domestic dispute, at least one dead
By Larry Celona, Joe Marino, Tina Moore and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
August 2, 2023
https://coloradosun.com/2023/08/01/aclu ... olice-fbi/ACLU sues Colorado Springs, FBI, alleging illegal search of progressive nonprofit, activist’s home
The warrants targeting the Chinook Center and activist Jacqueline Armendariz Unzueta after a housing march in July 2021 violated First Amendment rights, the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Denver said
Olivia Prentzel
Aug 1,2023
