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Current Events and Continuing Education for July 12 through July 25, 2015
“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.”
-James Madison
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Features in this edition: (Click on the underlined text to jump to each feature. To return, use your browser's "back" button. Please keep in mind that many more items of interest are to be found between featured articles, so your most profitable course is to scroll through the whole page...) Let the truth prevail If A Judge Ruled The 2 + 2= 5, Would It Be True? *** Attention! Grown-Ups at Work! And a new video testimonial, too! More Victories By The Red-Pill Brigade *** Either use your rights, or lose your rights *** Other Voices *** So, did you do it? *** Share, share, share, people *** The most important question facing Americans today: What Do The People Do About The Rogue State? *** Guess what? There are only two possibilities: You Either Stand Up For The Truth, Or You've Surrendered To The Lie *** Spotlights on the past that help bring clarity to the present: Illuminating Anniversaries for this week *** Got something to say? ***
My interview by Lana Lotkeff for Radio 3Fourteen can be found here.
The Fourteenth Edition of CtC is Now Available! Get The Short, Easy Intro To The Liberating Truth About The Tax
Click here for the current Mid-Edition Update posts Featured In This Update: The Elephant In The Room *** A New Flyer From Warrior Brian Harriss *** More Educated Americans Testify, Showing Why The Deep State Fears CtC *** Regarding State Group Membership *** The Educated American's Tax Filing Flow Chart *** Why Are You Not Doing This? *** Project Paradigm-Shift *** Test Your "Income" Tax IQ! *** A "Pragmatic" Perspective On The Tax And The Rule Of Law *** Your Comments *** |
"There are two distinct classes of men...those who pay taxes and those who receive and live upon taxes."
- Thomas Paine
C'mon! CtC can't be right! You're crazy!
If CtC were actually right,
it would mean the government's been concealing and denying the truth for years on end,
and everybody knows THAT would never happen...
(Edward Snowden, come home! It was all just a bad dream; there really is No Such Agency!)
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Do you know someone truly steeped in the Kool-Aid?
I mean someone who finds it easier to believe that the far-better-educated, far-more-suspicious-of-government Americans of a hundred years ago were complete morons who granted authority to the state to take whatever it wished from themselves and their posterity than to imagine that they themselves simply misunderstand the true nature of the income tax? Even while knowing that their beliefs about the tax are derived entirely from the representations of those who profit from those beliefs (like tax bureaucrats and "tax professionals")?
Do you know someone like that? Shake them awake with the latest (fourteenth) edition of CtC!
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If A Judge Ruled That 2 + 2= 5, Would It Be True? ...or, Does a Judicial Appointment Turn the Appointee Into a Voodoo Child? MORE BROADLY SPEAKING, are the pronouncements of a judge (or any other government official), whatever they may actually say or be, the determinants of what is true?
That is, the rulings of the FISA court are that unwarranted surveillance is not a violation of your right to privacy, or of the limits of the grant of authority to act which we have given to the federal government. Are these things therefore true? Does your right to privacy, or the limits the people have put on the state, hinge on what a government official says about them? I HOPE YOUR ANSWER IS "NO!" If not, you are agreeing that the only valid restraint on the state is that to which it will deign to subject itself (and word to the wise-- that ain't much...). If not, you are agreeing that you are the slave to the will of state officials, including those in office for life. But you'd be wrong. Here's how our system of government REALLY works: We write the rules down, so that each one of us can read them and understand them. That way we each can recognize when those to whom we have entrusted power and responsibility are playing us fairly or playing us false, and when and how we must act in response. For instance, if the law (in this case, the Constitution) says the state has to have a warrant based on sworn, perjury-prosecution-risking allegations amounting to probable cause before it can surveil you without committing a crime for doing so, then that's how it is, whether any judge or other government official sees it that way or not. An official's failure to acknowledge those facts doesn't make them NOT facts. An official's failure to acknowledge the facts only means that that official (and often his or her cohorts) won't act in accordance with those facts. But of course, despite the official malfeasance, the facts remain the facts. As even the leading serial-liar, law-defier and matrix-monger of American history, Abraham Lincoln, once explained, "How many legs does a dog have if you call its tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it one." Only legs are legs, and the facts are the facts. Whatever officious pronouncements, evasions and pretenses to the contrary might issue forth from high places, the rest of us are duty-bound to act according to the facts, and to disregard the nonsense. If we don't, we are abdicating our civic responsibility, aiding and abetting a crime, and sinning against our consciences and our Creator. As Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson wisely said, "It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the Government from falling into error." WE DON'T elevate anyone to the status of Voodoo Child when we delegate some of our authority to him or her, and that's a fact. We don't have that power to give. We DO have the power-- and the civic responsibility-- to know the facts and stand up for them, refusing to drink the state's Kool-Aid and slip into its Matrix. "A free people claim their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate" -Thomas Jefferson *Articles related to this one can be found here, here and here.
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Let's Celebrate More Victories By The Red-Pill Brigade! Bill and Della Cheney know the facts about the law, and have acted accordingly. Here is their latest victory in holding the state to its proper limits-- an acknowledgement by the federal government that nothing they received in 2014 was "income" as that term is meant in the law, or subject to the income tax, and the return of every penny that had been withheld from them under their payers' misunderstandings to the contrary:
Here is Bill and Della's filing that produced this acknowledgement and refund. *** Ed _ has applied the law in South Carolina and secured the state's agreement that he did nothing taxable as "income" and the return of everything withheld from him against the possibility of a state claim to the contrary:
Ed's filing that produced his debut complete refund can be seen here. *** Steven Jones has won another victory for the law-- looking back to past years from before he learned the facts about the tax, Steven has secured a complete refund of everything withheld from him and given to New York in 2011, plus interest:
Steven secured this victory by way of this amended return. *** Paul Anderson has also secured another acknowledgment and complete refund, this one from the feds and for 2014:
Here is the filing that compelled Paul's latest refund, in accordance with the law, and after the same rigorous vetting to which all such claims are subjected. And finally, Christine Schrock shares her journey to the truth about the tax, and urges everyone to come along. Enjoy Christine's inspiring message at http://youtu.be/ogbRQPwregY. (Additional video inspirations and victory announcements can be found under the first graphic on http://losthorizons.com/BulletinBoard.htm.) Join me in celebrating and honoring these heroes of the republic (and all their fellows)-- real American men and women who know what it means and know what it takes to be free people enjoying the benefits of a legitimate rule of law. Care to post a comment on this article? Set a brushfire-- E-mail this newsletter to a friend
When they're trying so hard to pull the wool over your eyes, maybe it's to hide something you should be trying extra hard to see...
http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2015/05/16/nullification-made-easy/ I Stand With Doreen ARE YOU JUST LEARNING ABOUT the crime against your rights and the rule of law by means of a heinous crime by which Doreen Hendrickson is being victimized? Get up to speed with this and this, and this film: Free Speech On Trial: IRS v. Hendrickson (Find and share this on YouTube at http://youtu.be/IagZzFIIymw) The longer but much more comprehensive and question-answering backstory (the "why" history leading up to this unprecedented assault on the First Amendment and principles of due process) can be found here. There's a good article on Doreen's ordeal here. *** DOREEN'S ADDRESS: Doreen Hendrickson 48564-039, FPC Alderson A-4, P.O. Box A, Alderson, WV 24910. She would love to hear your encouragement, uplift, appreciation and solidarity.
DO YOU NOTICE THAT MESSAGE ON THE T-SHIRT being worn by the lovely model of the 'I Stand with Doreen' care-bracelet? It reads, THINK. It's not illegal yet! But you know what? The charge against Doreen is an effort by the state to make it so. Doreen was charged, remember, with criminally-refusing to cede control of her expressions to the state. Now, I'll grant you that technically her thoughts would remain her own, but if the state can dictate what everyone says, then pretty soon that atmosphere of controlled expressions will result in first influencing, and then ultimately controlling what everyone thinks. If the State gets away with establishing the precedent that every written expression-- even just those on testimonial instruments-- can be required to echo the state's preferred view of things, the fate of free thinking and liberty is obvious (and it's not good). Think about it, while you still can. Would You Do It? *** SOME FOLKS HAVE ASKED FOR A RUN-DOWN on where things stand in Doreen's case right now. The answer is: In a cesspool. Doreen is entitled to bond pending her appeal if she is able to show a few simple things, all of which are easily shown in her case. But there's a catch-- the district court judge who is responsible for engineering Doreen's conviction, and therefore whose acts are those complained of and discussed as the basis for Doreen's entitlement to bond, is the one to whom the motion must be presented. So there's rather a perverse incentive at work here, built into the system on the high-flying fictional notion that all these judges are impartial and fair respecters of the law. Only once that judge rules can the matter than be taken over her head to her supervisors, who, while themselves not necessarily paragons of virtue, at least aren't personally-responsible for the offenses, and so might actually act impartially. Needless to say, in the interest of justice, a motion for bond pending appeal should be ruled on before a defendant starts serving any sentence for the conviction being challenged as invalid. After all, a defendant who proves to be innocent as a result of the appeal process (or even just not validly convicted) shouldn't suffer five minutes of a sentence based on that invalid conviction. But guess what? The judge who presided over Doreen's show trial is just sitting on the motion for bond pending appeal! Doreen is sitting in prison, and we can't take the bond pending appeal issue to the circuit court to get her out, because this judge won't issue a ruling and open the door to going over her head. Those interested can see the Motion for Bond Pending Appeal here; the government's response here; and our reply here. (Bear in mind that this type of motion only needs to present even just one appealable issue, not all that are available, so we presented only three out of the many solid reasons Doreen should get this relief.) UPDATE: On Tuesday, June 9, a petition for a writ of mandamus was fed-ex'd to the appellate court explaining what was going on with Victoria Roberts sitting on Doreen's motion. Roberts was copied. Wednesday morning, within an hour of getting her copy, Roberts issued the long-withheld ruling on the Bond Motion. She denied it, as expected, but now at least we will be able to go to the appellate court for a ruling on that issue... And here's the memorandum of law filed with that motion to the Sixth Circuit. Here is the government's "response". Here is our reply. ***
OF NECESSITY, I AM ASKING FOR HELP with Doreen's legal expenses. It is my experience that when the name Hendrickson appears on the caption, courts find themselves under pressure from their clients to creatively misunderstand arguments or authorities. Thus, my requests for oral arguments in the appellate court have always been denied whenever I have handled my own cases. I am sure the same would be true for Doreen. But I believe it is harder for the courts to refuse such requests when put by a licensed attorney admitted to practice before a given court. Partly for that reason, and partly to enjoy the benefit of his many years of experience and excellent quality of work, we have retained a lawyer I know well and deem to be an honorable man, and who is committed to working closely with me on Doreen's appeal. All his good qualities notwithstanding, though, Mark is not free, or even cheap. Thus, I am asking all those who can and care to do so to help as much as you can. Donations can be sent to Peter Hendrickson at 232 Oriole St., Commerce Twp., Michigan 48382. Mark "legal expenses" on the memo line or an accompanying note and you'll get back a specially-made "care bracelet" bearing the message "I STAND WITH DOREEN" and an icon of an American Eagle (pictured at the beginning of this commentary), which will help you engage in conversations with others about just what is going on here, and will ultimately become a treasured remembrance of your participation in important events, as well. WARRIOR BRIAN WRIGHT has set up a 'GoFundMe' account for legal expense donations from those preferring to contribute using plastic. Find his article and the link to the GoFundMe page here. *** MY HEARTFELT THANKS TO EVERYONE who has been helping get the word out to journalists. Here is the latest piece for distribution to news organizations (and my thanks to the most excellent Tim O'Brien for putting this one together). Here is the one calling for interposition by Michigan (which is still a viable issue, even with Doreen presently in custody-- the state can still make a presentation to the federal appellate court upholding the First Amendment and demanding that it be fully respected and obeyed in Doreen's case, which would result in her release and the dismissal of the outrageous charge against her). The entire backstory and drill-down on what went on in Doreen's trials can be found here. MY SERIOUS FRUSTRATION AND DISMAY to everyone who continues to fail to send the video testimonials I have asked you for over and over again. This is a collapse of dignity, self-respect and good sense that I am astonished to see in this community. Let me put this issue to you in a way that might resonate where my earlier entreaties have apparently not: You want judges, bureaucrats, CPAs, lawyers, the HR people where you work, your pastors, your neighbors and everyone else to acknowledge the truth about the tax openly and straightforwardly. How and why would these folks do this if YOU won't? You want these folks to learn the truth. Why would they even recognize that there is a truth to be learned if you won't attest to having learned it yourself? You've got to stand up, face forward and chin up and tell these folks that you have studied and checked and verified and seen the evidence and seen the government evasions and you know that the tax is not the capitation that the beneficiary government wants everyone to think it is but a benign, but strictly limited thing, and that they need to study and learn that, too. If you have victories to show, that's nice, and powerful, too. But you don't have to have victories to display in order to declare your knowledge of what the law says. I've never flown around the world, but I've seen the evidence and considered the arguments, and I'm not hesitant to declare it a sphere... Even those of you who haven't yet studied CtC have surely read this short document, and have verified everything in it for yourself. You should therefore be declaring its veracity and its message, loud and proud. Again, if you won't say it, how can you hope that others will ever even bother to look at the facts? Be the change you want to see in the world, or there won't be any change. Finally: Fear nothing but God. And God demands from you truth and the courage to speak the truth. As Martin Luther King Jr. said, "The day we see truth and do not speak is the day we begin to die."*** I HOPE EVERYONE IS TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY to raise the consciousness of their interlocutors with the "Why?" point when discussing what's being done to Doreen. Find some words on this point here. As always, the corrupt always go too far for their own good with their evil-- at least, too far for their own good if people like you and me make use of their excesses. Here, this can be done by helping others recognize that the degree of nakedness in defiance of the law being revealed in the assault on Doreen would only happen as a desperate effort to evade a very real threat to the vampire state-- a threat as unlike any other and as potent on behalf of liberty as the violations by the state in its efforts to evade that threat are unlike any others. *** from Amazing Spider-Man #537
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PEOPLE!! I ask each of you to take a moment RIGHT NOW and email Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, urging them to take notice of what gets posted on these pages every week. Maybe hearing from all of the thousands upon thousands of Americans and others around the world who get these newsletters, all demanding the attention of these journalists to the same subject will bump one or both of them into waking to this hugely-important story. Greenwald's email address is glenn.greenwald@theintercept.com Poitras' email address is laura.poitras@theintercept.com *** NEW! Orders of twelve or more books now come with a free DVD containing six informative and inspiring videos-- 112 minutes in all. Click here for the details. Care to post a comment on this article? Set a brushfire-- E-mail this newsletter to a friend
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If you're working on one, and just getting stonewalled or speed-bumped, you can still be recognized! Go here to learn what to do. Learn The Liberating Truth About The Tax Did you miss the 'Set Your Church Free' commentaries? Ignorance of the true nature of the "income" tax has gagged, gutted and seduced-into-disgrace America's ministerial community. This must change.
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Media Evasion Of CtC Must End, Now Time, unfortunately, is on the side of the well-funded disinformation specialists
Are You Having Trouble Spreading The Word? SKEPTICISM (SOMETIMES INVOKED BY FEAR) IS TO BE EXPECTED when you're trying to explain to someone that everything they've been encouraged their whole lives to believe about something as entrenched and significant as the income tax is basically nonsense. So here's a way to help cut through the resistance: Ask your listener how he or she would react if you were to show an announcement from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue admitting that the tax doesn't apply to the earnings of most Americans and is misapplied most of the time because people don't understand how it works? Or how about if you showed a ruling from the Supreme Court saying the same? Now you just have to explain that you're going to show exactly those things-- but because the state really doesn't want people to know this, these things haven't been said quite as forthrightly as we would all wish. It's going to take a bit more work to take these admissions in than is sufficient for just reading a press release. But it'll be worth the effort... *****
A teacher asked
her 6th grade class how many of them were fans of Big Government.
Real Americans don't accommodate fog, lies and a sliding scale of adherence to the rule of law. Real American men and women stand up for the truth and the law, come what may, knowing that it is only by setting the bar at the top and enforcing it, come what may, that liberties are secured.
"Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated." -Thomas Paine
OUTREACH!!! JOB ONE, PEOPLE!!! SPREAD. THE. WORD. ONLY ONE THING WILL WIN YOU YOUR LIBERTY: Spreading the truth. Accordingly, I've assembled outreach resources into a new, dedicated page. Find it here, and please, USE THESE TOOLS!! I can't do this all by myself. "In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act." -George Orwell Care to post a comment on this article? Set a brushfire-- E-mail this newsletter to a friend *****
“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.” -James Madison
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MMore Than Two Thirds Of The Several States That Collect "Income" Taxes Have Now Acknowledged The Truth About The Law As Revealed In CtC, And Have Issued Complete Refunds Accordingly! See The Following Chart...
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'The BOSTONIAN'S Paying the EXCISE-MAN, or TARRING & FEATHERING' (1774) (How our forefathers responded to arrogant "Rule of Law defiers"...)
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HELP SPREAD THE LIBERATING TRUTH ABOUT THE TAX “All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed, second it is violently opposed, and third, it is accepted as self-evident.” -Arthur Schopenhauer
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Warrior David Larson shares this beautiful little farce, wryly observing that, "Depositors have "..not lost one penny.." - OK we could agree on that simple statement ..how about the purchasing power of that same penny 'not lost'?"
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Last Word
"If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains set lightly upon you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." -Samuel Adams, Architect of the First American Revolution
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Here's
an example: The FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act)
court has ruled many times that tapping your phones in various
ways, and looking at your internet use in various ways, is not a
violation of the Fourth Amendment, even though done without the
slightest semblance of a real warrant. Does this mean that the
Fourth Amendment doesn't prohibit such unwarranted surveillance?
below.