Mystic Politics

[Video] Matt Taibbi and Yves Smith: The Wall Street Mafia

Yves Smith and Matt Taibbi join Bill Moyers to discuss our criminal global financial system

How much difference is there between Banksters and Gangsters?

Study- People Who Believe In Heaven Commit More Crimes

Believing if you are on a “highway to hell” could impact whether or not if you commit a crime.

Do you think it is telling that a belief in heaven with no notion of hell is more often a basis for ‘sin’?

Anonymous Leaks Huge Cache of Emails From Iraq War Crimes Case

‘Just a few minutes ago, Anonymous announced they had stolen 2.6 gigabytes of email belonging to the law firm Puckett Faraj. Neal Puckett represents Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich, who was accused of leading the group of Marines who killed 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians in the town of Haditha in November, 2005—what later became known as the Haditha Massacre. Last month, Wuterich struck a plea deal where he’ll be demoted from Staff Sergeant to Private, but will serve no prison time.’

Will Men Stand Up Against Illegal HumanTrafficking and Sex Slavery in Israel? http://mys.tc/1qo corruption conspiracy crime

Stolen Land » Israel, Settlements and Democracy

‘Any sense of fairness compels one to recognize the need for Israel to surrender this stolen land, so it can be returned to its rightful owners, people whose families have owned it for generations, not people who believe themselves promised it in the Bible.

But, one might ask, should the over half a million illegal settlers who now make their home in Palestine really be forced to leave? Wouldn’t that be a gross injustice? The answers to these two questions, this writer can categorically say, are yes, they should be forced to leave, and no, it wouldn’t be an injustice of any kind. One does not have to look far to see a precedent. In the time span of 1947 to 1948, more than half of Palestine’s native population, nearly 800,000 people, were uprooted, many of them killed, and over 500 villages were entirely destroyed. If Israel could cause that atrocity to occur, certainly the orderly, planned removal of half a million Israelis who are illegally occupying the land can and should be accomplished, with no concern about injustice.’

Death of an Occult Crime Expert Reawakens Controversy http://mys.tc/1oo pagan vampire satanic panic

Death of an Occult Crime Expert Reawakens Controversy

‘Sensationalist claims earned Rimer serious contempt from Pagan groups and even a few academics, who called him a charlatan and a fear-monger. His seminars on occult crime continued to focus suspicion and enmity on minority religions, kindling the embers of Satanic Panic. Rimer responded to his critics by claiming his contacts included the more benevolent Wiccans, self-identified vampires, and even Satanists. He also insisted that the danger posed by occult crime was real and that he was one of the few people qualified to combat it.’

Wikileaks & Torture: The inhumane conditions of Bradley Manning’s detention

‘Bradley Manning, the 22-year-old U.S. Army Private accused of leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks, has never been convicted of that crime, nor of any other crime. Despite that, he has been detained at the U.S. Marine brig in Quantico, Virginia for five months — and for two months before that in a military jail in Kuwait — under conditions that constitute cruel and inhumane treatment and, by the standards of many nations, even torture. Interviews with several people directly familiar with the conditions of Manning’s detention, ultimately including a Quantico brig official (Lt. Brian Villiard) who confirmed much of what they conveyed, establishes that the accused leaker is subjected to detention conditions likely to create long-term psychological injuries.’

The Scandal of Reincarnated Rats: Corporate Crime in the Pharmaceutical Industry http://mys.tc/1ku

‎[Image] Dad, I’m considering a career in organized crime…