Nurse Suspended After Statements About Mind Control, Conspiracy
Monday 31st January, 2011 Source: KIRO 7
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The license of Bellevue-area nurse was suspended by the state nursing commission and the state Department of Health after she made statements about mind-control and the CIA that called her mental stability into question.The DOH said the nurse filed complaints against two medical doctors.
Officials said based on the content of the complaints, the nursing commission opened an investigation into her mental state and ability to safely practice nursing.The DOH said the nurse showed extremely erratic behavior when she was interviewed by agency investigators.
She claimed that electro-mechanical pulses were controlling her mind, the Department of Health was an intelligence agency under the control of the CIA, and she was being targeted as a national security threat, a DOH news release said. Officia...
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Psychological Devices, Black Magic Witch Doctors Contributed To Fedor Emelianenko's Recent Loss
http://www.fighters.com/02/17/psychological-devices-black-magic-witch-doctors-contributed-to-fedor-emelianenkos-recent-loss/comment-page-1#comment-44734
The legendary Fedor Emelianenko has done many things throughout his storied career as a Mixed Martial Artist. But the one thing he’s never done is make excuses for his mistakes. “The Last Emperor” was more than willing to own up to his faults following losses to both Fabricio Werdum and Antonio Silva, but apparently, that logic doesn’t apply to members of his camp. In a bizarre new interview, one of Fedor’s team accused Antonio Silva’s camp of using “psychological technologies”, and in hilarious fashion, Silva’s camp recently responded.
Certainly sounds weird, doesn’t it? But here’s a snippet of an interview one of Fedor’s trainers recently had over at Lifesports.ru, with English translations courtesy of MMA Mania: “…Certain technologies might have been used – certainly, not the ones that would be visible to an open eye. Most likely, they were psychological technologies that influenced both fighters from the distance of the crowd. For this reason Fedor simply wasn’t himself during fight.”
Recently, the manager of Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva responded to these bizarre claims over at “The Underground”, the popular message board/forum of Mixed Martial Arts.com. Alex Davis had this to say regarding the accusation: “Jeez!! I got cought! I will have to come out with the truth now! I hired a Macumbeiro ( Brazilian wicth dr) and we killed a black chicken on the cross roads. After this,over a few beers, I showed the witch Dr Fedors fights, and he was worried that a chicken wouldnt be anough, so we went out and killed a black goat , just to make sure! Very potent stuff! Realy messed Fedors brain waves up! We wanted to try that other military stuff Voronov is talking about,but its expensive technology and we were broke! The chicken and the goat came out way cheaper. Witch Dr is a friend, did it for a few beers and an autograph!”
Obviously, the humor of this situation is not lost on Antonio Silva’s camp.
And to be quite honest, that’s really the only way you can react to this kind of accusation.
I mean, what else are we supposed to believe? That Team Silva had some sort of hypno-ray that influenced Fedor from a distance? Some sort of mind-control device that affected how Fedor fought? It’s stuff right out of a science fiction novel, and it’d be hilarious if it wasn’t so sad. No, wait, it’s still pretty hilarious.
This just comes off as total “sour grapes” on the part of Fedor Emelianenko’s camp. Not only is it a very weak excuse, it’s also a pretty bizarre one and I just can’t see anyone taking this notion seriously. I certainly don’t. As one of the biggest Fedor fans you’ll ever meet, even I can admit that Antonio Silva bested Fedor. I’m not looking for excuses to try and diminish what is definitely the biggest accomplish of Silva’s MMA career. I give credit where credit is due, and if Emelianenko’s camp can’t extend that simple common courtesy, that certainly says a lot more about them than it does Fedor Emelianenko.
And what about you, fans and friends? What’s your reaction to this accusation and the response from Silva’s manager?
General ordering probe into report of mind tricks
By PAULINE JELINEK and LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press – Thu Feb 24, 1:01 pm ET
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110224/ap_on_re_us/us_pentagon_general_investigated
WASHINGTON – The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan is ordering an investigation into charges that an army unit trained in psychological operations was improperly told to manipulate American senators to get more money and troops for the war.
A senator allegedly targeted said Thursday that he's confident there will be a review of the facts, but played down the idea that he was manipulated.
The staff of Lt. Gen. William Caldwell, head of the effort to train Afghan security forces, ordered the information operations unit to compile profiles, voting records and other information on visiting lawmakers to leverage in a campaign to get more assistance, said a story Thursday on Rolling Stone's website. It says the campaign also improperly targeted the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, and others.
Caldwell's office denied that the command used information operations cell to influence distinguished visitors. But a press statement from Kabul said that the commander of forces in Afghanistan, Gen. David Petraeus would order a probe "based on the information" in the article.
But the episode underscores how murky the dividing line can be between information operations and public affairs officers — one the Pentagon has wrestled with in recent years as it struggled to win the hearts and minds of populations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Pentagon spokesman Col. Dave Lapan said Thursday that the probe will look at the actions taken by Caldwell and his staff and determine whether they were inappropriate or illegal.That distinction, he said, depends on the circumstances.
"It just depends on what it is they are doing. It's the actions not just the assignment," said Lapan. "It all depends on how the information is used. There is no blanket prohibition against having that information provided."
As an example, he said an information operations officer could be asked to look up someone's biography online. He added that Petraeus will announce who the investigating officer will be, but said it does not necessarily have to be someone of the same or higher rank than Caldwell.
The military cell devoted to what is known as "information operations" believed their mission on arriving in Afghanistan in November 2009 was to assess the effects of U.S. propaganda on the Taliban and local Afghan population, Rolling Stone said, quoting Lt. Col. Michael Holmes, whom it identified as the leader of the five-man team.
Holmes said they resisted the order to compile information on congressional delegations that were visiting there and think of what information "to plant inside their heads." He said they were subjected to retaliation for resisting.
"My job in psy-ops is to play with people's heads, to get the enemy to behave the way we want them to behave," Holmes is quoted as saying. "When you ask me to try to use these skills on senators and congressman, you're crossing a line."
Those singled out in the campaign included Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., Jack Reed, D-R.I., Al Franken, D-Minn., and Carl Levin, D-Mich. Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., of the House Appropriations Committee; the Czech ambassador to Afghanistan; the German interior minister, and a host of influential think-tank analysts, the story said, without identifying the international figures by name.
Levin pointed out Thursday that he has long been in favor of building up Afghan forces.
"For years, I have strongly and repeatedly advocated for building up Afghan military capability because I believe only the Afghans can truly secure their nation's future," Levin said in a statement. "I have never needed any convincing on this point. Quite the opposite, my efforts have been aimed at convincing others of the need for larger, more capable Afghan security forces, and that we and NATO should send more trainers to Afghanistan, rather than more combat troops."
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Associated Press writer Deb Riechmann contributed to this report from Kabul.
Ottawa finally aids brainwashing victims
http://archives.cbc.ca/society/crime_justice/clips/15125/
It sounds like a science fiction plot or a horror movie: A front organization for the American CIA sets up shop in Canada to engage in mind control experiments. But it's no fiction, it's the discussion on the floor of the House of Commons and among lawyers for the Department of External Affairs. Canadians caught up in the research, including a member of Parliament's wife, may finally get some action from the government in their pursuit of answers and compensation.
Cold War history through dark comedic play
BY ALYSSA MARIE HARN | FEBRUARY 10, 2011 7:10 AM
http://www.dailyiowan.com/2011/02/10/Arts/21270.html
Hallucinations, mimicry, and uncontrolled body movement are all effects of taking lysergic acid diethylamide, more commonly known as LSD. Kyle Niemer and his fellow cast members spent a full day of rehearsal perfecting how to portray these issues for the historical comedy Operation Midnight Climax.
“There is a lot of hair touching in the play,” said Niemer, a University of Iowa senior and theater major.
Operation Midnight Climax will première at 8 p.m. today in the Theatre Building’s Theatre B as part of the Gallery Series. Performances will continue at 8 p.m. through Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Feb. 13. Admission is $5 free for UI students with valid IDs.
The play focuses on Operation Midnight Climax, one of a multitude of secret experiments done by the CIA during the Cold War to investigate brainwashing, mind control, and interrogation techniques. Operation Midnight Climax began in 1953, when the CIA hired prostitutes to seduce U.S. citizens into safe houses where they were unknowingly drugged with LSD, then interrogated and observed by the agents. The play showcases one night in a safe house.
Many of the cast members found it hard to believe that about 99 percent of the script is factual.
“The one thing that pulled me into the project was the script — it is so mind-boggling and just so unreal at times that the cast left the first reading thinking, ‘Oh my gosh, this is crazy,’ ” Niemer said.
Playwright and UI senior Matthew Benyo uses dark comedy in the script to present the truth about the government’s Cold War experiments in a zany yet realistic way.
The director of the play, UI senior Soren Olsen, said the show’s humor is essential because it allows the audience to learn the truth about the government in a light manner.
“The show points out a lot of the flaws of our country but allows us to laugh at them and to better accept them,” Olsen said. “We have to open these doors and show [the audience] this truth that lives among us and at the same time not scare them.”
Wall frames construct the set, which allows an open view for the audience to reflect the script’s exposure of the government’s secret.
“It’s kind of like a cross-section — you get to see behind the walls of the government that are normally guarded,” Benyo said.
Operation Midnight Climax is the most research-intensive play Benyo has written. The playwright and Cold War fanatic read 30 books on the subject before writing the script, and he incorporated many of the people from that era into the play. Some such people include beatniks Jack Kerouac, Alan Ginsberg, and Neal Cassady. Benyo even blended lines from Ginsberg and Kerouac’s poems, as well as quotes said by them, into the script.
Niemer said acting in the play made him more knowledgeable and curious about the Cold War era, and he hopes the play will inspire audiences to discover more as well.
“I hope people leave with a different view of reality and life and want to ask questions and learn more about what they have seen,” he said.
Electrical Stimulation of the Brain May Spark Insight
Executive Health February 02, 2011, 17:00 EST
Noninvasive procedure spurred study volunteers to come up with fresh ways to solve a problem
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Electrical stimulation of the brain can bring a flash of insight that can help people solve new, difficult problems, research suggests.
Investigators in Australia found that volunteers who received electrical stimulation of the brain's anterior temporal lobes were three times more likely to be able to figure out a challenging, unfamiliar problem than participants in a control group.
Many people have difficulty achieving creative leaps needed to solve new problems because they tend to stick to strategies and insights that have been successful before, study authors Richard Chi and Allan Snyder, from the Center for the Mind at the University of Sydney, explained in a news release from the Public Library of Science.
The use of "transcranial direct current stimulation" temporarily increases or decreases the activity of populations of brain cells, the study authors said. This safe, noninvasive technique can be used to manipulate the competition between the left and right hemispheres of the brain by inhibiting and/or activating certain networks, they explained.
According to Chi and Snyder, the right anterior temporal lobe is associated with insight or finding new meaning, and the inhibition of activity in the left anterior temporal lobe can lead to thinking that is less likely to be influenced by preconceptions. However, the authors noted that more research is needed.
The study is published online Feb. 2 in the journal PLoS One
