THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS

CELLOUT is coming...

2012-01-04T10:00:00.001-08:00

Classic Footage from the EB files....

2011-12-16T19:49:00.000-08:00

I found this tape while digging through footage editing TMKF, but it isn't my tape, its a tape from Erich's collection and I remember him giving it to me a year ago saying he found it and I guess I never watched it. I found some classic footage going back almost a decade from the Wolfpack era that brings a smile to my face and dare I say a tear to my eye...some of the best times of my life and I owe it all to this special group of friends.To my brothers Sean, Jack, Erich, Butler and Kelly, I hope you know how much I love all of you, and I always will. I hope you all enjoy this footage as much as I did. -Kevin

Weekend fun

2011-12-02T13:58:00.000-08:00

Just a quick update...

2011-10-24T11:21:00.000-07:00

Here are some photos from a recent filming trip down to North Carolina. We've been doing a bunch of filming trips as we near completion of the video. The editing has already begun and the video will be premiering before the end of the year. For now here are some photos I shot of some warm up tricks.

Matt Mckeen-Lipslide

Erich Bielefeldt-Tailslide

Ty Beall- Backside 5-0

Two recent edits from Will: featuring Erich, Jack, Gilbert, Swy and other homies

2011-08-16T15:00:00.000-07:00

Gilbert's Vans Apparel Commercial...

2011-07-27T19:30:00.000-07:00

A few months back Gilbert and a few homies including Erich, Brent, Swyers and Will went on a little camping trip in the backwoods of Virginia. Greg Hunt flew in and documented the trip and made this 30 second ad for Vans Apparel. I think it turned out pretty sick...

VANS Gilbert Crockett Apparel from New Hat on Vimeo.

And so it begins...

2011-07-15T14:07:00.000-07:00

Ron Paul's 2012 Presidential campaign starts off with a bang!

Turdz in the punchbowl

2011-07-12T14:34:00.000-07:00

Will did this edit of some extras from Toxic Turdz.

Erich and Brent get coverage in Focus Mag

2011-06-06T22:11:00.000-07:00

THE AMERICAN DREAM

2011-06-02T11:55:00.000-07:00

The AMERICAN DREAM is a 30 minute animated film that shows you how you've been scammed by the most basic elements of our government system. All of us Americans strive for the American Dream, and this film shows you why your dream is getting farther and farther away. Do you know how your money is created? Or how banking works? Why did housing prices skyrocket and then plunge? Do you really know what the Federal Reserve System is and how it affects you every single day? THE AMERICAN DREAM takes an entertaining but hard hitting look at how the problems we have today are nothing new, and why leaders throughout our history have warned us and fought against the current type of financial system we have in America today. You will be challenged to investigate some very entrenched and powerful institutions in this nation, and hopefully encouraged to help get our nation back on track.

The video creators understand that how the monetary system works can be very confusing to some and have done a brilliant job in explaining how the whole system is set up to keep you forever in debt. This is not what the original founding fathers of America had in mind.

Buy the high quality video from the website,
http://theamericandreamfilm.com/

CELLOUT VIDEO PROMOS...

2011-05-31T11:31:00.000-07:00

CELLOUT is a video project by our good friend and photographer Brent O'Donnell and is shot entirely using cell phone cameras. The video features all the homies from Richmond including full parts from Gilbert Crockett, Erich Bielefeldt, Ty Beall and many more. Below are the 2 promos for the video and you can get updates at cellout.tumblr.com and brentodonnell.tumbler.com

ERICH GOT DETENTION!

2011-05-21T11:13:00.000-07:00

DA PLAYGROUND - DETENTION - ERICH BIELEFELDT from KAYOTV on Vimeo.

A couple weeks ago Erich, Caleb and I took a long drive down to ATL for the weekend to skate Da Playground. It was amazing and well worth the long journey in the car. Above is the footage Erich came out with after 2 days of filming. I can't wait to make it back out there, a special thanks to Brad for hooking up the session, and to Max.

P.S. Expect a remix of this footage in the very near future.

-Kevin

Ricky broke a truck

2011-05-17T20:23:00.000-07:00

As much as it sucks to have to set up new trucks...it's always pretty rad and somewhat satisfying when you break a truck...especially an indy.

Pat Duffy is off Venture but he's still AWAKE

2011-04-30T18:13:00.000-07:00

www.skateboardermag.com/features/tuesday-25-with-pat-duffy

Check out questions #7, #17 and #20....

THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS...Trailer 2

2011-04-12T09:40:00.000-07:00

The second trailer for 'This Machine Kills Fascists' premiered yesterday 4.11.11 at the Real 'Since Day One' premier in Richmond VA hosted by Dominion skateboards. It is now live on youtube in high quality up to 720p. The video is nearing completion and editing will begin very soon.

A skateboard video by Kevin O'Dell & Zac Childers. Featuring(in order of appearance) Jack Beckett, Caleb Ocasio, Erich Bielefeldt, Tyler Beall, Kelly O'Brien, Gilbert Crockett, David Weitzel & Zac Childers.

High Quality 720p version(widescreen)

Standard Version

Ty's photos

2011-02-19T15:44:00.000-08:00

While we're on the subject of talented friends, I should plug Ty Beal's photo skills. I don't think he has a website yet but he has a bunch of his photo work up on his facebook page...Hit him up, he'll be your friend!

BRENT PHOTO

2011-02-18T13:28:00.000-08:00

Just got the link up for his blog...check it out, there are some great photos. Here are a few (click to enlarge):

Ricky Styx Flicker

2011-02-18T10:29:00.000-08:00

EB is a pretty talented artist...what's rad is that he's currently able to make a living off of his skills working as an artist in residence at Ellwood's Local Market in Richmond, VA. Here is some of his work...check the link to his new flicker site for more.

As a winemaker, I gotta back this one. -Z

Self portrait?

Project Woodpecker: Weather Wars

2011-02-17T11:45:00.000-08:00

Eugenics and Depopulation: Weather Wars : This links to an article that is well worth a read through.

Here are short primer videos of the history of HAARP, the Weather Modification Weapon in Alaska:

Also, below is a related short video on Tesla:

North Carolina Trip Photos...

2011-02-07T14:26:00.000-08:00

We went down to North Carolina this past Sunday to film some stuff. Here are some photos I shot when I wasn't filming. -Kevin

Erich-Pivot fakie

Ty messed up his finger

Erich- Backtail

Erich- 5-0 back 180 out

Who is Erich always texting?

Check out Brent's photos at http://brentodonnell.tumblr.com/

Erich-Front board

Erich and Jack's Doin' Thangs Parts

2011-01-31T20:47:00.000-08:00

For those of you who haven't had the opportunity to see Doin' Thangs in its entirety, I'm sorry. It's fucking brilliant. Unfortunately, the skits in these parts won't make much sense without seeing the whole video. Nonetheless, it's still worth watching because the skating is pretty good for homie digi-cam footy ...and the acting is hilarious and on point! If you want a copy of the video to see how it all fits together, email Mike Butler at butlerma66@gmail.com.

Short Anti-Gravity Sesh

2011-01-15T00:20:00.000-08:00

Dominion Charlottesville and Petersburg edit

2011-01-15T00:17:00.000-08:00

Here's Erich, Ty, Gil and Brent'O in an edit ...skating in 23 degree winter weather

Jack's "Austin Stack"

2010-12-25T20:45:00.000-08:00

I received an email from Jack last night(12/24/10) that was early Christmas present. It is what I guess you could call a video postcard, an edit of some footage he's stacked while living in Austin for the past few months. Enjoy...

Erich clips on the Black Box site!

2010-12-01T17:28:00.000-08:00

Erich has 2 clips in this little montage put out by Zero from there recent tour check it out...

VIDEO COMING SOON...

2010-11-14T20:23:00.001-08:00

photo: mike zorger

NEW HD Ty Beall Part!!!

2010-11-10T20:26:00.000-08:00

Here is a new Ty Beall part filmed and edited by Brent O'Donnell. If you didn't know Ty will be having a part in This Machine Kills Fascists, this should get your pretty hyped for that...Enjoy!

Cold Stogies from Brent O'Donnell on Vimeo.

Erich warms up at Mt. Rainier

2010-11-02T10:34:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the lack of updates. Promo #2 should be online soon and hopefully the video shortly after. For now enjoy this little clip of Ricky warming up at Mt. Rainier.

Jimmy is Officially on Es

2010-08-30T18:52:00.000-07:00

Congrats bro!

Anti-Gravity Contest Footy

2010-08-06T23:04:00.001-07:00

Jack's Going Away Party

2010-08-04T21:50:00.001-07:00

Digicam pics from DMV Sesh

2010-07-29T10:05:00.000-07:00

Erich's "Fresh Find" in Focus

2010-07-29T09:52:00.000-07:00

Last Days At Hippo Edit

2010-07-27T12:18:00.001-07:00

Awesome "Jet Black Crayon" music/skate video.

2010-05-05T18:58:00.000-07:00

Skating by Kevin Terpening, Filmed by Greg Hunt

Invisible Empire: Full Version

2010-05-04T10:16:00.000-07:00

Danze's Best Damn Shop Edit

2010-04-27T19:56:00.000-07:00

Here's what Allen documented for Palace Five at the Best Damn Shop Contest in Raleigh last weekend. Everyone was killing it!

Old Tom Penny footage from 94'. Wait for the last line...

2010-04-22T10:25:00.000-07:00

A great false flag terrorism breakdown

2010-04-22T09:52:00.000-07:00

JImmy's Scraps From "This Time Tomorrow".

2010-04-18T20:02:00.000-07:00

Jimmy always makes us proud. Great "throw-away" part.

Wikileaks.org released "Collateral Murder" video. Whistleblower site targeted by The Pentagon.

2010-04-13T08:46:00.000-07:00

HAARP Update

2010-04-12T20:20:00.000-07:00

Zombie Nation: Making a Killing !!!

2010-04-12T20:16:00.000-07:00

Awareness spreading about the fraud and danger of vaccination

2010-04-07T19:40:00.000-07:00

Xenophobia

2010-03-30T08:12:00.000-07:00

Xeno came down from Boston last week to skate and shoot some photos. Here's are a few of his throwaway photos...

Jack-Switch Pivot

Erich-Krook

Caleb-Kickflip 50-50 on the last try

given to him by this guy.

The Eugenics Movement: Alive and Killing PART 1

2010-03-19T13:21:00.000-07:00

Okay we have done plenty of skate updates lately so I think it is fine for us to do an update on an important issue. We have touched on eugenics before on the blog, but mainly about the history of the movement. I would like do an update on where this movement is today and expose some of the main celebrity players. Yep that's right some of these sickos are very prominent celebrities and persons of influence. From Bill Gates to Oprah Winfrey to....the President of United States?

I want to plug a particular website that focuses mainly on exposing the modern eugenics movement, the players and their racist and vicious endeavors. At blackgenocide.org you will see their website attacks one of the main instruments in carrying out eugenics and genocide in America today and that is abortion. When you look at abortions in America you will notice that 35% of abortions are African American babies, and what is even scarier is that 50% of all African American babies are aborted. Add the health risks that occur in a women who receives an abortion, that she may have pregnancy complications in the future and some studies even show that women who have had abortions are more likely to get cancer from the procedure, and you will wonder why this is not that main topic of discussion by Jesse Jackson, Oprah Winfrey or even President Obama. It's quite obvious that African Americans are being targeted, right? Well if you simply don't believe than maybe a quote from the founder of Planned Parenthood will convince you. "Colored people are like human weeds and are to be exterminated." -Margaret Sanger. A very important question being asked by blackgenocide.org is and that is "Is Margaret Sanger's vision being fulfilled today?"

www.blackgenocide.org

Planned Parenthood Exposed

"Planned Parenthood" it sounds good enough right? It has a nice ring to it, and I bet your initial thoughts are "Oh wow, that just sounds great! They must be a group helping young people to plan out there parenthood and be better parents and give care to babies etc" right? It is like psychological warfare, and it even comes down to questioning abortion overall and labeling yourself "pro-life" or "pro-choice." I can tell you this much, if you would've asked me 3 years ago which I was I would've said without hesitation that I was pro-choice. Of course this is before I started actually researching abortion and it's roots, which are in the eugenics movement. The deceit just makes it even more sickening to me. You are already familiar with Planned Parenthood's founder Margaret Sanger who is also known as the queen of eugenics. Deceit is a game she played very well, just read what she wrote in a letter to her financial sponsor, Clarence Gamble in 1934:

“We should hire three or four colored ministers, preferably with social-service backgrounds, and with engaging personalities. The most successful educational approach to the Negro is through a religious appeal. We don’t want the word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population and the minister is the man who can straighten out that idea if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members.”

Today Planned Parenthood is the largest abortion provider in America, and they have conveniently placed 80% of their clinics in minority areas. They are still using the same tricks that their founder did, by using " colored people with social-service backgrounds and with engaging personalities" to sell their agenda. Including Senator now President Barack Obama and TV personality and actress Oprah Winfrey. Just look at this report by Richard Evans released June 5, 2009:

Speaking before Rockefeller sponsored Planned Parenthood’s ‘Action fund’ banquet July 17th 2007, candidate Barack Obama made his public announcement that his ‘first act as President’ would be signing FOCA (“Freedom of Choice Act”) It was.
The “Freedom of Choice” act amounts to de-regulation of the abortion industry and provides free federally funded abortions on demand. Obama is that ‘colored minister with social-service background and engaging personality’ Sanger envisioned.
Planned Parenthood’s slogan last year — “why should I be punished with a baby?”– was featured in television commercial campaigns. Obama mouthed this very slogan at a campaign speech in Johnstown PA:”I have two daughters. If they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby”.

If you still want to debate Planned Parenthood's racist endeavors than I ask you to watch this video:

I do not want to portray Planned Parenthood as only a racist organization, they have much more blood on their hands than that and I believe as the facts show that they are a legal eugenics operation out to exterminate any race of baby they can, but here is the kicker they also do it FOR PROFIT! As I pointed out above, it is a common thought that Planned Parenthood serves the family planning needs of low income women and families. Planned Parenthood makes millions of dollars from abortions and not from family planning services. They are not a charity or a non-profit organization these are also common misconceptions. The fact is that they are nothing more than a money making enterprise legally carrying out a eugenics, racist and de-population agenda. On top of that they get millions in Government funding every year to help carry out this agenda.

"Frankly I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don't want to have too many of."

7/2/09 Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

PART 2: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation coming soon...

Waterfront spot

2010-03-17T23:13:00.000-07:00

Kevin got this iPhone clip of Erich exhibiting some Daewon-esque skills the other night in Georgetown.

Don't you just love the way this clip sounds?

2010-03-17T00:09:00.000-07:00

Here is a clip of Jack, Caleb and Erich(in that order) warming up at convention center ledge....

Raw edit of Gil.

2010-03-16T10:02:00.000-07:00

Kevin threw together this raw edit for your viewing pleasure. It's his throw-away/all-ready-used footy we filmed during last summers roadtrip. Click on the YouGottaGetThat link and get a copy of the video. It's fun to watch all those dudes' parts in high quality. -Z

Road Trip 09' Part 2

2010-03-14T21:28:00.000-07:00

This is part 2 of the road trip we took this past summer. Caleb and I flew down to Texas to meet up with Jack, Erich and Gilbert. As Zac continued his journey out west we headed back home to Virginia, making our way through Texas and Tennessee. Stay tuned for Part 3 which is the final segment of this trip.

New park warm up edit

2010-03-08T09:51:00.000-08:00

This clip features Perri Morgan, Caleb Ocasio and Erich Bielefeldt warming up at a new little park in DC. Though the park is limited it has really smooth ground and is a lot of fun. The song is Timothy Chabot-Cajun Riverboat Ride.

Road Trip 09: Pt. 1

2010-03-07T11:39:00.000-08:00

This is some footage from the first half of a road trip to Texas a little while back. There is some point-and-shoot footy that was for the now highly acclaimed "Doin' Thangs" video as well as different angles of tricks that Gilbert has in his "YouGottaGetThat" part (try and find a copy, it's rad!). Gilbert, Tyler and Swyers have been been filming some awesome stuff for TMKF. Stay posted for Pt. 2 when Kevin and Caleb joined the trip back in Houston. -Z

New skate clip...

2010-03-01T19:22:00.000-08:00

I'm hoping it's safe to say that winter is finally over! After not filming for over a month and being buried in snow and dealing with the harsh cold weather I went down to Richmond to meet up with everyone. It wasn't very productive, but it's always fun just skating and and hanging out with friends. We came across this gap and Erich and Tyler did a few tricks there, here is what they did.

This Time Tomorrow Video Premier

2010-02-13T07:48:00.000-08:00

Ollietrollie.com is hosting the premier of Chris Mulhern's widely anticipated video, This Time Tomorrow. The video will be screened at Velocity Skateshop, Located just 3 Short blocks from College Park University of Maryland Green Line metro station. Contact Velocity for more details.

Directions from College Park Metro (Green Line):
1. Exit right from station though tunnel and up the stairs.
2. Head west on Calvert Rd toward Dartmouth Ave (walk 3 Blocks).
3. Turn right on Baltimore Ave (Velocity is located in the Basement of 7319).

Kelly O'Brien

2010-02-11T18:37:00.000-08:00

I want to dedicate this topic to my longtime close friend and ripper Kelly O'Brien. Kelly sent me this old footage that he found on some VHS tapes and he recorded them off his TV. I could've just pulled out an old hard drive and put this together and higher quality, but I think the rawness of it being filmed off a TV screen really meshes with Kelly's rawness as skateboarder. When you watch him skate in person he looks so natural and comfortable on his board, but the really sick thing is the power behind his skating. He is the kinda guy that can always get enough speed for a spot because 1 push for him is equal to like 3 pushes for most people. Kelly just cruises around pops ollies and it just looks so good and it looks fun to be him. It's funny because Kelly has always said he wanted to be able to do more tech tricks and flip tricks, but it just seems unnecessary. I don't know if he knows this(but I guess he will now) but we'll(Erich, Jack, Caleb and I)all be watching him skate at a spot and everyone is saying "man I wish I could skate like Kelly", and that's just it, he just looks so right and natural. He's probably going to think I'm lying but I'm seriously not, dude is a real street skater. Look for more from Kelly in "This Machine Kills Fascists". I really want to thank him for sending me these 2 videos, so Thanks bro!

This edit was probably done in 04' or 05' and it was filmed by me and Kelly's lovely wife and ripper Perri Morgan:

Kelly O'Brien from kelly O'Brien on Vimeo.

Here is a video of Kelly's wife and also a longtime friend Perri Morgan:

Perri J. Morgan from kelly O'Brien on Vimeo.

This is a little edit I made after the Wolfpack video came out, it was never released and was just something I threw together for fun. It is 1 trick from each person in the crew that was my favorite from 2004 and in the Wolfpack video. I guess it didn't have to be their "best" trick of 2004 but it was the ones I liked the best. I titled it "Don't Forget Your Friends"....I really miss Jimmy and Hippy, hope I see those guys more in 2010.

DON'T FORGET YOUR FRIENDS from kelly O'Brien on Vimeo.

Mark Dice-"THE SUPER BOWL HAS BEEN CANCELLED!"

2010-02-04T19:14:00.000-08:00

Mark Dice is seriously a legend for doing this, I just had to post this video because it's so classic. He is well known for his sarcastic jabs at the New World Order, but this time he struck gold! I had to post this video because I think he really got a lot further on a huge mainstream news cast then they intended. He only got a minute or so, but here see for yourself. Be sure you check out www.markdice.com.

If you're wondering how Mark got on air in the first place, check his popular youtube video that got him just the amount of attention he needed. They fell right into his trap, Mark Dice is a genius!

Ron Paul Exposes the CIA

2010-02-04T19:12:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to add this video clip as a follow up to Zac's post below.

Brief Timeline of CIA Crimes and Atrocites

2010-01-21T15:45:00.000-08:00

The CIA has committed thousands of illegal and immoral acts around the world, including almost unfathomable mass murder and countless acts of terrorism and torture.

“The CIA and the big corporations were, in my experience, in step with each other,” writes former CIA agent John Stockwell. “the CIA had been running thousands of operations over the years… there have been about 3,000 major covert operations and over 10,000 minor operations… all designed to disrupt, destabilize, or modify the activities of other countries… But they are all illegal and they all disrupt the normal functioning, often the democratic functioning, of other societies.”

The CIA recruited Nazi war criminals. It is not known as the “Cocaine Import Agency” for nothing (see video below). It has engaged in assassination and covert chemical and biological warfare.

The late Steve Kangas (who allegedly committed suicide in a 39th floor bathroom at One Oxford Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, immediately outside the offices of foundations run by known CIA operative Richard Mellon Scaife) compiled in the 1990s the following disturbing list of CIA crimes around the world:

1929

The culture we lost — Secretary of State Henry Stimson refuses to endorse a code-breaking operation, saying, “Gentlemen do not read each other’s mail.”

1941

COI created — In preparation for World War II, President Roosevelt creates the Office of Coordinator of Information (COI). General William “Wild Bill” Donovan heads the new intelligence service.

1942

OSS created — Roosevelt restructures COI into something more suitable for covert action, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Donovan recruits so many of the nation’s rich and powerful that eventually people joke that “OSS” stands for “Oh, so social!” or “Oh, such snobs!”

1943

Italy — Donovan recruits the Catholic Church in Rome to be the center of Anglo-American spy operations in Fascist Italy. This would prove to be one of America’s most enduring intelligence alliances in the Cold War.

1945

OSS is abolished — The remaining American information agencies cease covert actions and return to harmless information gathering and analysis.

Operation PAPERCLIP – While other American agencies are hunting down Nazi war criminals for arrest, the U.S. intelligence community is smuggling them into America, unpunished, for their use against the Soviets. The most important of these is Reinhard Gehlen, Hitler’s master spy who had built up an intelligence network in the Soviet Union. With full U.S. blessing, he creates the “Gehlen Organization,” a band of refugee Nazi spies who reactivate their networks in Russia. These include SS intelligence officers Alfred Six and Emil Augsburg (who massacred Jews in the Holocaust), Klaus Barbie (the “Butcher of Lyon”), Otto von Bolschwing (the Holocaust mastermind who worked with Eichmann) and SS Colonel Otto Skorzeny (a personal friend of Hitler’s). The Gehlen Organization supplies the U.S. with its only intelligence on the Soviet Union for the next ten years, serving as a bridge between the abolishment of the OSS and the creation of the CIA. However, much of the “intelligence” the former Nazis provide is bogus. Gehlen inflates Soviet military capabilities at a time when Russia is still rebuilding its devastated society, in order to inflate his own importance to the Americans (who might otherwise punish him). In 1948, Gehlen almost convinces the Americans that war is imminent, and the West should make a preemptive strike. In the 50s he produces a fictitious “missile gap.” To make matters worse, the Russians have thoroughly penetrated the Gehlen Organization with double agents, undermining the very American security that Gehlen was supposed to protect.

1947

Greece — President Truman requests military aid to Greece to support right-wing forces fighting communist rebels. For the rest of the Cold War, Washington and the CIA will back notorious Greek leaders with deplorable human rights records.

CIA created — President Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947, creating the Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Council. The CIA is accountable to the president through the NSC — there is no democratic or congressional oversight. Its charter allows the CIA to “perform such other functions and duties… as the National Security Council may from time to time direct.” This loophole opens the door to covert action and dirty tricks.

1948

Covert-action wing created — The CIA recreates a covert action wing, innocuously called the Office of Policy Coordination, led by Wall Street lawyer Frank Wisner. According to its secret charter, its responsibilities include “propaganda, economic warfare, preventive direct action, including sabotage, antisabotage, demolition and evacuation procedures; subversion against hostile states, including assistance to underground resistance groups, and support of indigenous anti-communist elements in threatened countries of the free world.”

Italy — The CIA corrupts democratic elections in Italy, where Italian communists threaten to win the elections. The CIA buys votes, broadcasts propaganda, threatens and beats up opposition leaders, and infiltrates and disrupts their organizations. It works — the communists are defeated.

1949

Radio Free Europe — The CIA creates its first major propaganda outlet, Radio Free Europe. Over the next several decades, its broadcasts are so blatantly false that for a time it is considered illegal to publish transcripts of them in the U.S.

Late 40s

Operation MOCKINGBIRD — The CIA begins recruiting American news organizations and journalists to become spies and disseminators of propaganda. The effort is headed by Frank Wisner, Allan Dulles, Richard Helms and Philip Graham. Graham is publisher of The Washington Post, which becomes a major CIA player. Eventually, the CIA’s media assets will include ABC, NBC, CBS, Time, Newsweek, Associated Press, United Press International, Reuters, Hearst Newspapers, Scripps-Howard, Copley News Service and more. By the CIA’s own admission, at least 25 organizations and 400 journalists will become CIA assets.

1953

Iran – CIA overthrows the democratically elected Mohammed Mossadegh in a military coup, after he threatened to nationalize British oil. The CIA replaces him with a dictator, the Shah of Iran, whose secret police, SAVAK, is as brutal as the Gestapo.

Operation MK-ULTRA — Inspired by North Korea’s brainwashing program, the CIA begins experiments on mind control. The most notorious part of this project involves giving LSD and other drugs to American subjects without their knowledge or against their will, causing several to commit suicide. However, the operation involves far more than this. Funded in part by the Rockefeller and Ford foundations, research includes propaganda, brainwashing, public relations, advertising, hypnosis, and other forms of suggestion.

1954

Guatemala — CIA overthrows the democratically elected Jacob Arbenz in a military coup. Arbenz has threatened to nationalize the Rockefeller-owned United Fruit Company, in which CIA Director Allen Dulles also owns stock. Arbenz is replaced with a series of right-wing dictators whose bloodthirsty policies will kill over 100,000 Guatemalans in the next 40 years.

1954-1958

North Vietnam — CIA officer Edward Lansdale spends four years trying to overthrow the communist government of North Vietnam, using all the usual dirty tricks. The CIA also attempts to legitimize a tyrannical puppet regime in South Vietnam, headed by Ngo Dinh Diem. These efforts fail to win the hearts and minds of the South Vietnamese because the Diem government is opposed to true democracy, land reform and poverty reduction measures. The CIA’s continuing failure results in escalating American intervention, culminating in the Vietnam War.

1956

Hungary — Radio Free Europe incites Hungary to revolt by broadcasting Khruschev’s Secret Speech, in which he denounced Stalin. It also hints that American aid will help the Hungarians fight. This aid fails to materialize as Hungarians launch a doomed armed revolt, which only invites a major Soviet invasion. The conflict kills 7,000 Soviets and 30,000 Hungarians.

1957-1973

Laos — The CIA carries out approximately one coup per year trying to nullify Laos’ democratic elections. The problem is the Pathet Lao, a leftist group with enough popular support to be a member of any coalition government. In the late 50s, the CIA even creates an “Armee Clandestine” of Asian mercenaries to attack the Pathet Lao. After the CIA’s army suffers numerous defeats, the U.S. starts bombing, dropping more bombs on Laos than all the U.S. bombs dropped in World War II. A quarter of all Laotians will eventually become refugees, many living in caves.

1959

Haiti — The U.S. military helps “Papa Doc” Duvalier become dictator of Haiti. He creates his own private police force, the “Tonton Macoutes,” who terrorize the population with machetes. They will kill over 100,000 during the Duvalier family reign. The U.S. does not protest their dismal human rights record.

1961

The Bay of Pigs — The CIA sends 1,500 Cuban exiles to invade Castro’s Cuba. But “Operation Mongoose” fails, due to poor planning, security and backing. The planners had imagined that the invasion will spark a popular uprising against Castro -– which never happens. A promised American air strike also never occurs. This is the CIA’s first public setback, causing President Kennedy to fire CIA Director Allen Dulles.

Dominican Republic — The CIA assassinates Rafael Trujillo, a murderous dictator Washington has supported since 1930. Trujillo’s business interests have grown so large (about 60 percent of the economy) that they have begun competing with American business interests.

Ecuador — The CIA-backed military forces the democratically elected President Jose Velasco to resign. Vice President Carlos Arosemana replaces him; the CIA fills the now vacant vice presidency with its own man.

Congo (Zaire) — The CIA assassinates the democratically elected Patrice Lumumba. However, public support for Lumumba’s politics runs so high that the CIA cannot clearly install his opponents in power. Four years of political turmoil follow.

1963

Dominican Republic — The CIA overthrows the democratically elected Juan Bosch in a military coup. The CIA installs a repressive, right-wing junta.

Ecuador — A CIA-backed military coup overthrows President Arosemana, whose independent (not socialist) policies have become unacceptable to Washington. A military junta assumes command, cancels the 1964 elections, and begins abusing human rights.

1964

Brazil — A CIA-backed military coup overthrows the democratically elected government of Joao Goulart. The junta that replaces it will, in the next two decades, become one of the most bloodthirsty in history. General Castelo Branco will create Latin America’s first death squads, or bands of secret police who hunt down “communists” for torture, interrogation and murder. Often these “communists” are no more than Branco’s political opponents. Later it is revealed that the CIA trains the death squads.

1965

Indonesia — The CIA overthrows the democratically elected Sukarno with a military coup. The CIA has been trying to eliminate Sukarno since 1957, using everything from attempted assassination to sexual intrigue, for nothing more than his declaring neutrality in the Cold War. His successor, General Suharto, will massacre between 500,000 to 1 million civilians accused of being “communist.” The CIA supplies the names of countless suspects.

Dominican Republic — A popular rebellion breaks out, promising to reinstall Juan Bosch as the country’s elected leader. The revolution is crushed when U.S. Marines land to uphold the military regime by force. The CIA directs everything behind the scenes.

Greece — With the CIA’s backing, the king removes George Papandreous as prime minister. Papandreous has failed to vigorously support U.S. interests in Greece.

Congo (Zaire) — A CIA-backed military coup installs Mobutu Sese Seko as dictator. The hated and repressive Mobutu exploits his desperately poor country for billions.

1966

The Ramparts Affair — The radical magazine Ramparts begins a series of unprecedented anti-CIA articles. Among their scoops: the CIA has paid the University of Michigan $25 million dollars to hire “professors” to train South Vietnamese students in covert police methods. MIT and other universities have received similar payments. Ramparts also reveals that the National Students’ Association is a CIA front. Students are sometimes recruited through blackmail and bribery, including draft deferments.

1967

Greece — A CIA-backed military coup overthrows the government two days before the elections. The favorite to win was George Papandreous, the liberal candidate. During the next six years, the “reign of the colonels” — backed by the CIA — will usher in the widespread use of torture and murder against political opponents. When a Greek ambassador objects to President Johnson about U.S. plans for Cypress, Johnson tells him: “Fuck your parliament and your constitution.”

Operation PHEONIX — The CIA helps South Vietnamese agents identify and then murder alleged Viet Cong leaders operating in South Vietnamese villages. According to a 1971 congressional report, this operation killed about 20,000 “Viet Cong.”

1968

Operation CHAOS — The CIA has been illegally spying on American citizens since 1959, but with Operation CHAOS, President Johnson dramatically boosts the effort. CIA agents go undercover as student radicals to spy on and disrupt campus organizations protesting the Vietnam War. They are searching for Russian instigators, which they never find. CHAOS will eventually spy on 7,000 individuals and 1,000 organizations.

Bolivia — A CIA-organized military operation captures legendary guerilla Che Guevara. The CIA wants to keep him alive for interrogation, but the Bolivian government executes him to prevent worldwide calls for clemency.

1969

Uruguay — The notorious CIA torturer Dan Mitrione arrives in Uruguay, a country torn with political strife. Whereas right-wing forces previously used torture only as a last resort, Mitrione convinces them to use it as a routine, widespread practice. “The precise pain, in the precise place, in the precise amount, for the desired effect,” is his motto. The torture techniques he teaches to the death squads rival the Nazis’. He eventually becomes so feared that revolutionaries will kidnap and murder him a year later.

1970

Cambodia — The CIA overthrows Prince Sahounek, who is highly popular among Cambodians for keeping them out of the Vietnam War. He is replaced by CIA puppet Lon Nol, who immediately throws Cambodian troops into battle. This unpopular move strengthens once minor opposition parties like the Khmer Rouge, which achieves power in 1975 and massacres millions of its own people.

1971

Bolivia — After half a decade of CIA-inspired political turmoil, a CIA-backed military coup overthrows the leftist President Juan Torres. In the next two years, dictator Hugo Banzer will have over 2,000 political opponents arrested without trial, then tortured, raped and executed.

Haiti — “Papa Doc” Duvalier dies, leaving his 19-year old son “Baby Doc” Duvalier the dictator of Haiti. His son continues his bloody reign with full knowledge of the CIA.

1972

The Case-Zablocki Act — Congress passes an act requiring congressional review of executive agreements. In theory, this should make CIA operations more accountable. In fact, it is only marginally effective.

Cambodia — Congress votes to cut off CIA funds for its secret war in Cambodia.

Wagergate Break-in — President Nixon sends in a team of burglars to wiretap Democratic offices at Watergate. The team members have extensive CIA histories, including James McCord, E. Howard Hunt and five of the Cuban burglars. They work for the Committee to Reelect the President (CREEP), which does dirty work like disrupting Democratic campaigns and laundering Nixon’s illegal campaign contributions. CREEP’s activities are funded and organized by another CIA front, the Mullen Company.

1973

Chile — The CIA overthrows and assassinates Salvador Allende, Latin America’s first democratically elected socialist leader. The problems begin when Allende nationalizes American-owned firms in Chile. ITT offers the CIA $1 million for a coup (reportedly refused). The CIA replaces Allende with General Augusto Pinochet, who will torture and murder thousands of his own countrymen in a crackdown on labor leaders and the political left.

CIA begins internal investigations — William Colby, the Deputy Director for Operations, orders all CIA personnel to report any and all illegal activities they know about. This information is later reported to Congress.

Watergate Scandal — The CIA’s main collaborating newspaper in America, The Washington Post, reports Nixon’s crimes long before any other newspaper takes up the subject. The two reporters, Woodward and Bernstein, make almost no mention of the CIA’s many fingerprints all over the scandal. It is later revealed that Woodward was a Naval intelligence briefer to the White House, and knows many important intelligence figures, including General Alexander Haig. His main source, “Deep Throat,” is probably one of those.

CIA Director Helms Fired — President Nixon fires CIA Director Richard Helms for failing to help cover up the Watergate scandal. Helms and Nixon have always disliked each other. The new CIA director is William Colby, who is relatively more open to CIA reform.

1974

CHAOS exposed — Pulitzer prize winning journalist Seymour Hersh publishes a story about Operation CHAOS, the domestic surveillance and infiltration of anti-war and civil rights groups in the U.S. The story sparks national outrage.

Angleton fired — Congress holds hearings on the illegal domestic spying efforts of James Jesus Angleton, the CIA’s chief of counterintelligence. His efforts included mail-opening campaigns and secret surveillance of war protesters. The hearings result in his dismissal from the CIA.

House clears CIA in Watergate — The House of Representatives clears the CIA of any complicity in Nixon’s Watergate break-in.

The Hughes Ryan Act — Congress passes an amendment requiring the president to report nonintelligence CIA operations to the relevant congressional committees in a timely fashion.

1975

Australia — The CIA helps topple the democratically elected, left-leaning government of Prime Minister Edward Whitlam. The CIA does this by giving an ultimatum to its Governor-General, John Kerr. Kerr, a longtime CIA collaborator, exercises his constitutional right to dissolve the Whitlam government. The Governor-General is a largely ceremonial position appointed by the Queen; the Prime Minister is democratically elected. The use of this archaic and never-used law stuns the nation.

Angola — Eager to demonstrate American military resolve after its defeat in Vietnam, Henry Kissinger launches a CIA-backed war in Angola. Contrary to Kissinger’s assertions, Angola is a country of little strategic importance and not seriously threatened by communism. The CIA backs the brutal leader of UNITAS, Jonas Savimbi. This polarizes Angolan politics and drives his opponents into the arms of Cuba and the Soviet Union for survival. Congress will cut off funds in 1976, but the CIA is able to run the war off the books until 1984, when funding is legalized again. This entirely pointless war kills over 300,000 Angolans.

“The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence” — Victor Marchetti and John Marks publish this whistle-blowing history of CIA crimes and abuses. Marchetti has spent 14 years in the CIA, eventually becoming an executive assistant to the Deputy Director of Intelligence. Marks has spent five years as an intelligence official in the State Department.

“Inside the Company” — Philip Agee publishes a diary of his life inside the CIA. Agee has worked in covert operations in Latin America during the 60s, and details the crimes in which he took part.

Congress investigates CIA wrong-doing — Public outrage compels Congress to hold hearings on CIA crimes. Senator Frank Church heads the Senate investigation (”The Church Committee”), and Representative Otis Pike heads the House investigation. (Despite a 98 percent incumbency reelection rate, both Church and Pike are defeated in the next elections.) The investigations lead to a number of reforms intended to increase the CIA’s accountability to Congress, including the creation of a standing Senate committee on intelligence. However, the reforms prove ineffective, as the Iran/Contra scandal will show. It turns out the CIA can control, deal with or sidestep Congress with ease.

The Rockefeller Commission — In an attempt to reduce the damage done by the Church Committee, President Ford creates the “Rockefeller Commission” to whitewash CIA history and propose toothless reforms. The commission’s namesake, Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, is himself a major CIA figure. Five of the commission’s eight members are also members of the Council on Foreign Relations, a CIA-dominated organization.

1979

Iran — The CIA fails to predict the fall of the Shah of Iran, a longtime CIA puppet, and the rise of Muslim fundamentalists who are furious at the CIA’s backing of SAVAK, the Shah’s bloodthirsty secret police. In revenge, the Muslims take 52 Americans hostage in the U.S. embassy in Tehran.

Afghanistan — The Soviets invade Afghanistan. The CIA immediately begins supplying arms to any faction willing to fight the occupying Soviets. Such indiscriminate arming means that when the Soviets leave Afghanistan, civil war will erupt. Also, fanatical Muslim extremists now possess state-of-the-art weaponry. One of these is Sheik Abdel Rahman, who will become involved in the World Trade Center bombing in New York.

El Salvador — An idealistic group of young military officers, repulsed by the massacre of the poor, overthrows the right-wing government. However, the U.S. compels the inexperienced officers to include many of the old guard in key positions in their new government. Soon, things are back to “normal” — the military government is repressing and killing poor civilian protesters. Many of the young military and civilian reformers, finding themselves powerless, resign in disgust.

Nicaragua — Anastasios Samoza II, the CIA-backed dictator, falls. The Marxist Sandinistas take over government, and they are initially popular because of their commitment to land and anti-poverty reform. Samoza had a murderous and hated personal army called the National Guard. Remnants of the Guard will become the Contras, who fight a CIA-backed guerilla war against the Sandinista government throughout the 1980s.

1980

El Salvador — The Archbishop of San Salvador, Oscar Romero, pleads with President Carter “Christian to Christian” to stop aiding the military government slaughtering his people. Carter refuses. Shortly afterwards, right-wing leader Roberto D’Aubuisson has Romero shot through the heart while saying Mass. The country soon dissolves into civil war, with the peasants in the hills fighting against the military government. The CIA and U.S. Armed Forces supply the government with overwhelming military and intelligence superiority. CIA-trained death squads roam the countryside, committing atrocities like that of El Mazote in 1982, where they massacre between 700 and 1000 men, women and children. By 1992, some 63,000 Salvadorans will be killed.

1981

Iran/Contra Begins — The CIA begins selling arms to Iran at high prices, using the profits to arm the Contras fighting the Sandinista government in Nicaragua. President Reagan vows that the Sandinistas will be “pressured” until “they say ‘uncle.’” The CIA’s Freedom Fighter’s Manual disbursed to the Contras includes instruction on economic sabotage, propaganda, extortion, bribery, blackmail, interrogation, torture, murder and political assassination.

1983

Honduras — The CIA gives Honduran military officers the Human Resource Exploitation Training Manual – 1983, which teaches how to torture people. Honduras’ notorious “Battalion 316″ then uses these techniques, with the CIA’s full knowledge, on thousands of leftist dissidents. At least 184 are murdered.

1984

The Boland Amendment — The last of a series of Boland Amendments is passed. These amendments have reduced CIA aid to the Contras; the last one cuts it off completely. However, CIA Director William Casey is already prepared to “hand off” the operation to Colonel Oliver North, who illegally continues supplying the Contras through the CIA’s informal, secret, and self-financing network. This includes “humanitarian aid” donated by Adolph Coors and William Simon, and military aid funded by Iranian arms sales.

1986

Eugene Hasenfus — Nicaragua shoots down a C-123 transport plane carrying military supplies to the Contras. The lone survivor, Eugene Hasenfus, turns out to be a CIA employee, as are the two dead pilots. The airplane belongs to Southern Air Transport, a CIA front. The incident makes a mockery of President Reagan’s claims that the CIA is not illegally arming the Contras.

Iran/Contra Scandal — Although the details have long been known, the Iran/Contra scandal finally captures the media’s attention in 1986. Congress holds hearings, and several key figures (like Oliver North) lie under oath to protect the intelligence community. CIA Director William Casey dies of brain cancer before Congress can question him. All reforms enacted by Congress after the scandal are purely cosmetic.

Haiti — Rising popular revolt in Haiti means that “Baby Doc” Duvalier will remain “President for Life” only if he has a short one. The U.S., which hates instability in a puppet country, flies the despotic Duvalier to the South of France for a comfortable retirement. The CIA then rigs the upcoming elections in favor of another right-wing military strongman. However, violence keeps the country in political turmoil for another four years. The CIA tries to strengthen the military by creating the National Intelligence Service (SIN), which suppresses popular revolt through torture and assassination.

1989

Panama — The U.S. invades Panama to overthrow a dictator of its own making, General Manuel Noriega. Noriega has been on the CIA’s payroll since 1966, and has been transporting drugs with the CIA’s knowledge since 1972. By the late 80s, Noriega’s growing independence and intransigence have angered Washington… so out he goes.

1990

Haiti — Competing against 10 comparatively wealthy candidates, leftist priest Jean-Bertrand Aristide captures 68 percent of the vote. After only eight months in power, however, the CIA-backed military deposes him. More military dictators brutalize the country, as thousands of Haitian refugees escape the turmoil in barely seaworthy boats. As popular opinion calls for Aristide’s return, the CIA begins a disinformation campaign painting the courageous priest as mentally unstable.

1991

The Gulf War — The U.S. liberates Kuwait from Iraq. But Iraq’s dictator, Saddam Hussein, is another creature of the CIA. With U.S. encouragement, Hussein invaded Iran in 1980. During this costly eight-year war, the CIA built up Hussein’s forces with sophisticated arms, intelligence, training and financial backing. This cemented Hussein’s power at home, allowing him to crush the many internal rebellions that erupted from time to time, sometimes with poison gas. It also gave him all the military might he needed to conduct further adventurism — in Kuwait, for example.

The Fall of the Soviet Union — The CIA fails to predict this most important event of the Cold War. This suggests that it has been so busy undermining governments that it hasn’t been doing its primary job: gathering and analyzing information. The fall of the Soviet Union also robs the CIA of its reason for existence: fighting communism. This leads some to accuse the CIA of intentionally failing to predict the downfall of the Soviet Union. Curiously, the intelligence community’s budget is not significantly reduced after the demise of communism.

1992

Economic Espionage — In the years following the end of the Cold War, the CIA is increasingly used for economic espionage. This involves stealing the technological secrets of competing foreign companies and giving them to American ones. Given the CIA’s clear preference for dirty tricks over mere information gathering, the possibility of serious criminal behavior is very great indeed.

1993

Haiti — The chaos in Haiti grows so bad that President Clinton has no choice but to remove the Haitian military dictator, Raoul Cedras, on threat of U.S. invasion. The U.S. occupiers do not arrest Haiti’s military leaders for crimes against humanity, but instead ensure their safety and rich retirements. Aristide is returned to power only after being forced to accept an agenda favorable to the country’s ruling class.

Anti-Gravity Session

2010-01-10T20:02:00.000-08:00

The weather has been really brutal this winter, and we haven't gone out filming in almost 2 weeks. We had a little session last night at the Anti-Gravity skatepark in Newport News. It was a long drive, but a great time. Here is a short video clip of Erich, Jack and Swyers.

TruTV Premiers: Conspiracy Theory with Jessie Ventura

2009-11-27T13:20:00.000-08:00

I know, I know it's a bit corny, but I think it's important for this show to be promoted and seen. Jessie Ventura has been very outspoken about many important issues over of the years and I have to give credit where credit is due here. This show is Jessie's way of getting the truth out and it is much better than doing nothing at all, no matter how gimmicky it is. Here is the link to the show, it will be premiering next Wednesday on TruTV.

www.trutv.com/shows/conspiracy_theory/index.html

Welcome Chris Jordan! Wolfpack Skateboards website updates!!!

2009-11-20T16:49:00.001-08:00

So I texted Erich a few hours ago just to say "what's up" and see about skating plans for the weekend, he texted back that he was checking out the Wolfpack site. I went and checked it out and it looks like C. Jordan(Owner of Wolfpack Skateboards) has done some updating. There are some recent photos of some of the Wolfpack Crew and a full length version of The Wolfpack Video. This was my second real skateboard video, and it was some of the best years of our lives! Honestly just talking about it brings me so much happiness and joy to remember those days. Wolfpack really means a lot to me and to all of us that were involved and this really brightened up my day. I've been really busy with work, Danielle and I are bought are first home, and I got a staph infection in my foot, so there hasn't been much skating/filming for me this past month and I've truly been bummed. I should be thankful for all the great friends I have and the wonderful times we have been able to share over the years, and continue to share to this day(even though it is not as often as we would like). The video will be back on track in no time just in time for winter hahaha. Anyway back to the story, so I texted Chris and told him I was psyched on the site, and sent him a link to this blog, which he told me he has never been to. Chris, we're still doing it man, and so are you! That is fucking awesome! Go through the older posts in the blog and in between all the political stuff I know you'll hate there are some photos and videos posted of what we've been up to the past 6 or so months, along with the promo for the video, I hope you enjoy it. -Kevin

www.wolfpackskateboards.com

Video part of the year?

2009-11-02T09:27:00.000-08:00

I think it could be, i've been watching it over and over on youtube. This guy Antoine Asselin from Montreal really knows how to make skateboarding look great! The filming, editing and song are very on point and timeless. Hope to see this guy in the Real video. Enjoy

'FALL OF THE REPUBLIC' FULL MOVIE!!!

2009-10-23T18:37:00.000-07:00

'Fall Of The Republic' Film Premiering Today!

2009-10-21T09:28:00.001-07:00

Today 10/21/2009 the new film 'Fall Of The Republic' by Alex Jones will be premiering online! Alex's films are always very informative as well as entertaining, and get better and better with each release. Check out www.infowars.com for more info. Here are all 5 trailers for Fall of the Republic...

Obama Wins the Nobel Peace Prize? Slap Forum getting informed!

2009-10-09T09:48:00.000-07:00

I was just getting into work this morning when I heard the news that President Barack H. Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize. I was a bit taken back and had to look it up online to make sure what I'd heard was accurate. It just seemed to far fetched, even for the mind control masters that is the New World Order. I found out that this in fact was true, and I just couldn't believe it. A man who has not only caused mass deaths in the past 9 months as America's commander in chief. All this after he lied to and manipulated the American people into falling for his empty campaign promises of peace and change. So this just sucked so I turned from this info and went to the Slap site to see what's going on in the skate world today, as an escape from the madness. To my surprise it was right there on Slap's front page! Way to go Slap! When I opened the thread I saw many great responses by Slap forum regulars which got me very excited! I wanted to of course give me response but as I said before I'm at work and unfortuately time was not on my side, so I was only able to write a small response without being able to site much. I'm still at work but I had to put something up on the blog about this news ASAP so I will post my response on the Slap thead and an article from infowars.com that was also posted on Slap by Slap Pal "Commercial D". I would also like to mention Slap Pal "grimcity"s humble response, a picture of Henry Kissenger another Nobel Peace Prize winner and advisor to President Obama. I also should mention that scam artist Al Gore was also given this award, so you can put all this together and get an idea of how credible the Nobel Prize Commitee is. Here is my response to the thread: "this is just another ploy to make obama seem like he is a man of peace to the masses of sheep, when he is in fact the exact opposite. as was his election as the president of the UN's national security council as few weeks back. this makes him pretty much the president of the UN as well as america. he has followed the failed foreign policies of bush and has actually increased the number of military personel/gov't contractors in iraq and afghanistan, as well as made threats toward iran and pakistan. the worst part about this is that he is in no way representing the majority of american citizens and again like bush did embarrassing us. our poll numbers show that americans stongly oppose the wars overseas. and our consititution does not even allow this wars because they were never officially delcared by congress. obama was elected on being an anti-war candidate for change, however if you did you research as only few americans did you would've looked at his senate record and realized that this was all just campaign rhetoric. the only HOPE i see is that many americans are finally waking up and understanding that our presidents are nothing more than front men for the same agenda. be it democrat or republican they are now one in the same working for the same people, who work behind the curtain. this is even more clearly evident with obama with him openly having advisors such as henry kissenger on his staff. and his already failing monetary policy who he attributes to alan greenspan and paul volker, men who beleive the federal reserve is above the law are the ones who should really determine americas monetary policies. anyone on this site who actually says "i like obama" and really thinks he is a guy who wants what's best for this country and the world need to do some serious research, however i understand where you are coming from. you may like him becase you agree change is needed, but ask yourself what kind of change? as i mentioned before he ran saying the war needed to end and troops needed to come home and nice things like that and then when he got into office did the exact opposite. obama obviously doenst deserve this award, but does that matter? the nobel prize council is completely corrupts and means nothing, remember these are the saepeople who gave al gore this same award for his man made global warming scam he has been working on.do some research on that as well if you dont know what im talking about. in the mean time you can check out my clog for my new video where we touch on these subjects. there will be an update for this as well later tonight. www.tmkfvideo.blogspot.com" and here is the link so you can check the progression of this thread: http://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=33&topic=39432.msg1025648#new

War Criminal Obama Deserves An Oscar, But Not A Nobel Peace Prize

In a world where war criminals like Tony Blair are rewarded and those that oppose war criminals, like the Iraqi shoe thrower Muntadhar al-Zeidi, are imprisoned and tortured, it comes as no surprise that another war criminal – Barack H. Obama – has been rewarded for his stoic service to imperial bloodletting with the Nobel Peace Prize.

The man who gallantly promised “change” from the Bush regime’s illegal wars and a return to diplomacy over belligerency in dealing with Iran, has perpetuated the illegal wars in Afghanistan and Iraq while expanding another in Pakistan and becoming belligerent towards Iran.

How in anyone’s mind can such behavior constitute a move towards peace?

Obama has done nothing to dismantle the sprawling network of well over 700 U.S. military bases all over the world.

Instead of coming to an understanding with Iran over their nuclear power program, Obama gleefully read from his trusty teleprompter and crafted the hoax that the Iranian nuclear facility at Qom was an evil secret that the Iranians had kept hidden from America as part of a clandestine agenda to build nuclear weapons. In reality, Iran had followed precisely the guidelines set out by the IAEA on when to report the facility and the U.S. had known about it for several years anyway.

Obama’s slick propaganda in expressing his shock at the “discovery” of the plant was worthy of an Oscar but not a Nobel Peace Prize, since the scam has increased the likelihood of sanctions on Iran that will only accelerate the path to war.

By dutifully playing his part in this contrived hoax, Obama was mimicking the tactics of how George W. Bush sold the attack on Iraq.

As Paul Craig Roberts wrote, “By accusing Iran of having a secret “nuclear weapons program” and demanding that Iran “come clean” about the nonexistent program, adding that he does not rule out a military attack on Iran, Obama mimics the discredited Bush regime’s use of nonexistent Iraqi “weapons of mass destruction” to set up Iraq for invasion.”

The fact that Obama launched himself into the role of war hawk in an effort to propagandize for belligerency towards Iran completely discredits the claim by Nobel Committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland that Obama “Has been a key person for important initiatives in the U.N. for nuclear disarmament and to set a completely new agenda for the Muslim world and East-West relations.”

Obama’s acting skills in front of a teleprompter and his slick rhetoric about peace and diplomacy may look good on the surface, but the reality of what he has actually done to further the PNAC agenda for endless war underlines why the award of the Peace Prize is a sick joke.

If Obama intended to bring peace to the world, then why were his early appointments mostly neo-liberal war hawks who have a history of backing military adventurism?

If Obama is such a huge peacenik, then why has he sent 21,000 more troops to Afghanistan already, with tens of thousands more at least on the way?

If Obama plans to pull U.S. troops out of Iraq and bring peace to the region, then why has he gone back on his promise and ensured that tens of thousands of U.S. troops will remain in the country?

If Obama is so deserving of being recognized for his efforts towards peace, then why has he intensified the Bush-era missile drone attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan that have killed and injured countless innocent civilians?

If Obama is so interested in promoting peace, then why does he protect war criminals who have violated the Geneva Conventions from prosecution?

Beyond the meaningless platitudes served up by his fellow elitist snobs, the true hilarity of Obama receiving the prize was illustrated by just a couple of individuals who the corporate media dared to quote.

Issam al-Khazraji, a day laborer in Baghdad, told Reuters: “He doesn’t deserve this prize. All these problems — Iraq, Afghanistan — have not been solved…The man of ‘change’ hasn’t changed anything yet.”

“Liaqat Baluch, a senior leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami, a conservative religious party in Pakistan, called the award an embarrassing “joke.”

“By implementing his war continuation plan, Obama will complete the work of Bush and his militarist clique,” writes author Chris Floyd, and in doing so send, “an apparently endless stream of American troops to die — and, in even greater numbers, to kill — in a criminal action that has helped bankrupt our own country while sending waves of violent instability and extremism around the world. It will further enfilth a cesspool of corruption and war profiteering that has already reached staggering, world-historical proportions.”

Floyd encapsulates perfectly why Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize award is a disgusting farce, an insult to those who really are fighting for peace in the world, and just another reminder that the Nobel Peace Prize represents little more than a gaggle of back-slapping elitists who bestow awards upon each other so that they can pose as global saviors to the public when in reality they are mostly a bunch of crooks, con-artists and deceivers.

Welcome to "The New American Order"...Does this scare you as much as it scares me?

2009-09-26T08:16:00.000-07:00

As skateboarders we all have had our run ins with the law, but what about martial law? A crazy thought? I'm sure the residents in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania don't think so, at least not anymore. While the globalist elites plan for openly announced global governance and a new global currency to replace our crashing dollar they have set up a police and military force to make sure no ones first amendment rights are upheld. This is just plain scary, is this what the future holds for America? What is even scarier is that none of these videos are on the news or being covered by the mainstream media. Is it starting to click that the media is completely controlled? Is it starting to make sense why they are pushing to shut down the internet as we know it? Well let me post this while I still can. It is just funny how a few years ago just mentioning "The New World Order" as a real movement was considered to be pure insanity, and now it is written is thousands of mainstream news articles as a good thing. It's true look for yourself, just type in "new world order" in any search engine and go through the scores of articles from mainstream media outlets. This is what is shown in the opening clip of our first TMKF Promo. We in no way endorse Fox news or any mainstream media outlet, however this clip shows that the tyranny has become so evident that even the government and corporately controlled mainstream media cannot hide it any longer. These videos literally look like a scene out of a war zone in a city in the middle east, but it is merely a 3-hour drive from here just outside of Washington D.C.. Total control and martial law coming to a city near you...

"THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS" PROMO NOW UP!

2009-09-08T21:55:00.000-07:00

I decided to post another version of the promo with the opening clip cut down. The original edit still is posted below.

"THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS" PROMO NOW UP!

2009-09-05T22:18:00.001-07:00

DOIN' THANGS & TMKF PROMO PREMIERS

2009-09-04T10:47:00.001-07:00

Mike Butler's second feature film "Doin' Thangs" premiers in Richmond tonight. This film stars Jack Beckett, Erich Bielefeldt and others and will certainly not disappoint and I'm very excited. I will be premiering the first TMKF Promo before the film starts and it will be up here online this weekend, so check back for that. Check below for premier info and for the "Doin' Thangs" trailer.

VA to TX

2009-09-01T20:33:00.000-07:00

Here are some flicks from the road trip from Richmond to Austin that Erich, Jack, Gilbert and myself took in July. They're kinda out of chronological order but I'm too lazy and tired at the moment to fix them. Thanks to Will, Ben, Cricket and Summer's in Austin for facilitating goodtimes. I kept going West to NorCal and the dudes went back East and met up with Kevin in Houston. Kevin will be posting some footy from the remainder of the trip before too long.

-Zac

This is the Alien Pod in Austin. It's built on this old foundation next to railroad tracks and it's surrounded by bamboo. Some locals with 'crete skills keep adding little things here and there.

Jack floatin' one at Austin High, made famous by Mind Field. Fun times.
Gil with a quick front board at a gas stop.
Nashville park is a ton of fun. We had an early morning sesh and then locals took us to an awesome swimming spot where we got to cliff dive.
Austin has a bunch of great record stores,
Perv'n.

Alien pod at dusk.

Raleigh trip footage and updates

2009-08-18T18:35:00.000-07:00

It's been awhile, sorry for the slack. I promise tons of things are coming!!! The first TMKF promo will be up soon, as well as a road trip throw away montage. For now here is a little montage of a 1 day trip to Raleigh, with Erich and Caleb. We also met up with our friend Tom from down there, check out his stylish nosegrind. It was a really fun trip, unfortunately Caleb got injured while he were there and the verdict is a fractured wrist. He should be back on board and ripping very soon. Check back for the promo. Enjoy this for now...

GVC PARK

2009-05-29T21:55:00.000-07:00

I guess it isn't a day of skateboarding without rain. This is what it's seemed like the past few times we've gone out, really more than a few. When we got rained out I asked the guys if they wanted to check out this new GVC park in Laurel MD. Everyone seemed to be into it so we drove out there during traffic, but I have to say it was worth it. For a small park it's really fun! Kenny and Kevin showed up, and it was also their first time there, but it sure didn't look like it, they were killing it within minutes of being there. I was blowing it and ended up not getting one clip of Kenny, like the switch flip back 5-0 and switch back tail shuv down the hubba...sorry bro. It was a great time, we got some footage, I got a shinner and my first wallride. Thanks to Andrew for letting us skate after hours! Here's a little montage of the session...

In order of appearance: Erich Bielefeldt, Kelly O'Brien, Caleb Ocasio, and Kevin Augustine

New rail at bridge spot

2009-05-26T14:53:00.000-07:00

While we were skating around we found a rail in a scrap pile that looked like it would make a good flat bar for bridge spot. Kel-gnar and Kevboy chiseled and hammerdrilled their asses off. Hopefully it's as sturdy as the handrail. Should be fun. She's a high one though, so you grommets are gonna have to watch those jewels if you decide to hop on it.

Proof...

2009-05-21T20:08:00.000-07:00

that high fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated oils, genetically modified ingredients, mineral deficiency, aspartame, recumbent bovine growth hormone in milk, "chemtrails", vaccines, fluoride and the 700 other chemicals identified in our water are no good for us.

It might seem like there's no escaping it all, and indeed, it is challenging. But there are plenty of preventative measures you can take to maintain your immune system and ensure good health.

check out Gary Null's radio show on 89.3 WPFW, on every Monday-Wednesday at 3:30pm.

Here is a link to some highly informative articles of his: http://garynull.com/GNarticles.php

Rise of the Police State

2009-05-19T12:03:00.001-07:00

http://www.infowars.com/category/police-state/

Follow the above link for stories and videos exposing the egregious and unconstitutional acts of the rising police state.

DIY Zine Scene

2009-05-15T11:16:00.003-07:00

Local, Do-It-Yourself magazines are awesome. Born Ugly is a new zine out of Richmond, Va. In the first issue there are some great skate photos shot by local dudes (like the one of Erich B. below). There are also cool interviews with Gilbert Crockett and photographer John Mehring, and also some funny comics. You can try to find a copy or you can go to the born ugly website and view the issue in pdf form. Word has it that Jack Beckett is gonna have an interview in an upcoming issue.

Xeno is a photographer in the Boston area and he has been doing a zine called Xenophobia for a little while now. Issue #4 just dropped and there is a D.C. article, which features photos of Erich B., Kelly Obrien, Perry Morgan and others. There's also an interview with Gregoire with some cool photos shot by Kelly Obrien. There isn't a website for Xenophobia yet but you can get a copy if you send a few bucks to: 51 Linden St. #12 "Rock City" Allston, MA 02134.

**Click on photos to inlarge.

Golden child

2009-05-13T21:09:00.000-07:00

Alien Workshop's new super am Jake Johnson came through D.C. this past weekend with Rodent and Clark Hassler. On Saturday night there was a big hangout session down at Pulaski and then someone instigated an attack on gold rail. Jake, Caleb, Gregoire and Eric Johnson were throwing down for a good twenty minutes before we got the boot. Jake looked like he was having a great time skating what's arguably the best rail on the East Coast. He ended up getting a really good trick; here are his warm-ups.

p.s. Caleb came through with a great trick as well.

Eugenics: silent weapons for quiet wars

2009-05-13T18:09:00.000-07:00

"Military men are dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy."

-- Henry A. Kissinger, State Department Special Envoy (appointed by Obama), quoted by Monika Jensen-Stevenson, Kiss the Boys Goodbye, Dutton, 1990, Page 97, citing The Final Days, Woodward and Bernstein (Simon & Schuster, 1976)...Who they picked to initally head the 9/11 commission

"A total world population of 250-300 million people, a 95% decline from present levels, would be ideal."

--Ted Turner, media mogul and humanist, and UN Spokesman and advocate of world population reduction from an interview in Audubon Magazine

"The commitment of government to deal with the population issue is of course essential...There are many ways to make the death rate Increase."

--Robert McNamara, former Secretary of Defense, New Solidarity, March 30, 1981

"In the event that I am reincarnated, I would like to return as a deadly virus, in order to contribute something to solve overpopulation."

--Prince Philip (Husband of Queen Elizabeth)

"Techniques such as Genetic engineering, Psychoactive drugs and electronic control of the brain make possible a transformation of the species into docile, fully-obedient, 'safe' organisms."

--William Sims Bainbridge 'Religions for a Galactic Civilization' paper given at the 19th Goddard Memorial Symposium of the American Astronomical Society, Pentagon City, Virginia, March 26~27, 1981. Received from GW Bush $800 million in funding as Deputy Director of The National Science Foundation.

They want to kill over 80% of the world's population and they plan on doing it through genetically engineered viruses, sterilization and cancer, as well as a 3rd world war. Google, Microsoft (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation), Warren Buffet and many other elite fund eugenics projects all over the world.

It is amusing, but at the same time sad, to see people's reaction to facts. People go through the psychological process of deceiving themselves in some desperate attempt to use it as a safety mechanism, trying to protect themselves from knowledge that will actually help them. They have been conditioned to defend something that was instituted to destroy them. It reminds me of destructive cultures all through recorded history that the current population is claiming to be smart enough to avoid becoming like.

Stay tuned to the TMKF blog for much more on eugenics and what we can do to foil their plans.

Demagogy

2009-05-11T12:12:00.000-07:00

Demagogy (also demagoguery) (Ancient Greek δημαγωγία, from δῆμος dēmos "people" and ἄγειν agein "to lead") refers to a political strategy for gaining political power by appealing to the popular prejudices, emotions, fears and expectations of the public —typically via impassioned rhetoric and propaganda, and often using nationalist or populist themes. The term was used for the first time by Aristophanes in his satire against the demagogue Cleon.

The early 20th century American social critic and humorist H. L. Mencken, known for his "definitions" of terms, defined a demagogue as "one who will preach doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots."

Behind Enemy Lines...7 for WTC 7

2009-05-05T20:33:00.000-07:00

This is the first bit of skate footage on the blog. Last Thursday we attempted escaping the police state and the clouds and went down to bridge spot. Erich wanted to film some lines for fun, and since he missed the best trick contest he decided to do the trick he was gonna try for that. He ended up doing it 3 times and the best one is in this clip.

If the above video left you with any questions, which it should have, then watch this and go from there:

Is This Blog a Weapon?

2009-05-05T15:10:00.000-07:00

I thought this article that just came out today would be appropriate considering the launch of this blog. There has been a lot of talk about shutting down the internet and replacing it with internet 2.0. If you don't know about this, do some research. According to people such as Senator Jay Rockerfeller, a member the Rockerfeller crime family, the internet is the number one threat to national security in this country and should have never been created. Here is the video of that:

Now blogs are a weapon? They very well may be a weapon to fight against tyranny by giving people the truth! Here is the article from www.infowars.com .

Is Your Blog a Weapon?

Law prof Eugene Volokh blogs about a U.S. House of Representatives bill proposed by Rep. Linda T. Sanchez and 14 others that could make it a federal felony to use your blog, social media like MySpace and Facebook, or any other web media “To Cause Substantial Emotional Distress Through “Severe, Repeated, and Hostile” Speech.” Oh lordy, there goes 4chan.

Here’s the relevant text:

Whoever transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication, with the intent to coerce, intimidate, harass, or cause substantial emotional distress to a person, using electronic means to support severe, repeated, and hostile behavior, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both….

["Communication"] means the electronic transmission, between or among points specified by the user, of information of the user’s choosing, without change in the form or content of the information as sent and received; …

["Electronic means"] means any equipment dependent on electrical power to access an information service, including email, instant messaging, blogs, websites, telephones, and text messages.

Jacob Sullum at Reason thinks the proposed law is stupid, too.

It was bad enough that a grandstanding U.S. attorney successfully prosecuted Lori Drew, a Missouri woman who participated in a cruel MySpace prank that apparently precipitated the 2006 suicide of 13-year-old Megan Meier, under an anti-hacking law that clearly was not intended for this sort of situation. Now Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.) and 14 of her colleagues want to make such prosecutions easier through a breathtakingly broad bill that would criminalize a wide range of speech protected by the First Amendment. The Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act would make it a felony punishable by up to two years in prison to transmit an electronic communication (”including email, instant messaging, blogs, websites, telephones, and text messages”) “with the intent to coerce, intimidate, harass, or cause substantial emotional distress to a person…to support severe, repeated, and hostile behavior.”

-Kevin O'Dell

Here we are...

2009-05-03T20:16:00.000-07:00

in the belly of the beast, Washington, D.C. A place where corruption in our once free, prosperous and great nation stems from. We would like to bring you a skateboard video that not only opens your eyes to new local skateboarding, but also exposes the evil going on around you and right in front of your faces all over this country and the world. If you are a skateboarder in the nations capitol and surrounding metro areas then you are fully aware of the rising police state that plagues our everyday lives, especially since the attacks on September 11, 2001. With beefed up security, numerous police forces and our constitutional rights being usurped daily, it is almost impossible to enjoy our chosen outlet in life, skateboarding. With rising inflation, the devaluing of our currency and many jobs heading overseas because of the globalist agenda, we are forced to work our lives away just to keep a roof over our heads and food in our stomachs. This leaves us very little time to live our lives and do what we love, and enjoy. People long for self fulfillment, and for us, skateboarding is what gives us that feeling. There is no doubt that we are at war everyday in order to achieve this, and it continues to get harder every day, every month and every year. Do we stop to ask ourselves why? Do we ask any questions at all? Or have we become docile citizens being fed an agenda to live by? What to eat and drink, who to look up to, who and what to fear, who to vote for and even how to think. We must take action now to wake up to what is really going on to preserve our liberties and take our lives back into our own hands. We will bring you the news that is really important to your everyday lives as well as updates relating to the video project. The video does not have a date slated for release as of yet, but more information and news will be brought to you daily and weekly here. The video will feature full length video parts from Erich Bielefeldt, Jack Beckett and Caleb Ocasio, as well as montages of many more local D.C. area skateboarders, in a different kind of skateboard video. One that fights back against the powers that try to hold us back from doing what we love and the freedom we naturally strive for!

-Kevin O'Dell

TMKF...

2009-05-01T18:31:00.000-07:00

YOU WILL KNOW SOON.