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Sea Shepherd organization warns of Brisbane frauds

Two women who attempted to access the high profile TV contacts of a charitable organization under false pretences and in order to reach a goal of becoming reality TV stars have been exposed as frauds on the internet.

In a meme shared across the web more than 86,000 times, Paul Watson, the Founder and President of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society alerted partner organizations and citizen activists to the suspicious activities of 22-year-olds Rylee-Breen Maver and Ellen Howard, claiming the women had invented credentials and associations in order to better their chances at receiving a television show.

Watson said the women showcased an unhealthy desire for celebrity and had been masquerading as animal rights activists for several months.

Waston said he was informed by curious agents at outfits for MTV and Discovery Communications.

High profile members of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society stated the women had failed in a previous attempt to become celebrity socialites and had fallen back on a plan that saw them manipulate a brief role as volunteer protestors.

"They thought they could pull one over on everyone," posted one crew member. "We're a pretty close knit group and every single one of us, Sea Shepherd crew and supporters, have been disrespected by this experience. They should be ashamed of themselves."

Several crew members backed the alerts with evidence obtained through Google searches, including contradictions to the women's claims they were vegan and a seperate posting in which at least one of the women defended a friend's right to wear fur.

Watson said the women had "little to nothing" to do with the organization and denied being affiliated with them.

Australian based organizations Animals Australia, Coral Sea Rescue and the Australian Orangutan Project were the latest in a series of environmental groups to distance themselves from the women after their own experiences.

Watson asked those in association to be concerned and thanked his peers at several major networks for highlighting the issue.

"It's because of Sea Shepherd's watchful supporters that problem people like these are found out very quickly," he said.

Paul Watson and more than 80 crew members are currently at sea in the Southern Ocean sanctioning illegal whaling activity.Two women who attempted to access the high profile TV contacts of a charitable... more

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Gingrich Ballot Fraud: Virginia Election Officials Confirm Criminal Investigation

Had the same thing been carried out by a worker for the now-defunct ACORN, Republicans --- and even Newt Gingrich --- would have called it massive "voter fraud." But the 1,500 acts of fraud, by Gingrich's own admission, were carried out by a worker hired by his campaign, so it seems the media have barely noticed it.

Nonetheless, The BRAD BLOG has received confirmation from two different state agencies that the 1,500 alleged cases of ballot petition fraud said to have been carried out on behalf of the Gingrich campaign, in their unsuccessful attempt to qualify for the Republican primary ballot in Virginia, are now being carried out by the state Attorney General's office.

In late December, after Gingrich had failed to turn in enough valid signatures to qualify for the Virginia primary ballot, he was caught on video tape telling a supporter in Iowa that the reason for the failure was due to a campaign worker who created 1,500 fraudulent signatures.

"We turned in 11,100 --- we needed 10,000 --- 1,500 of them were by one guy who, frankly, committed fraud," Gingrich is seen and heard saying in video originally aired by CNN.

The former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives downplayed the incident, by explaining to the woman that the entire affair was "just a mistake," after they had "hired somebody who turned in false signatures."

Neither he nor his campaign, however, has made the name of the alleged "one guy" public, to our knowledge, despite the extraordinary number of fraudulent signatures created and turned in by that "one guy" in what an official at the Virginia State Board of Elections (SBE) described to us as "definitely an illegal act."

News of the embarrassing criminal investigation is confirmed today, even as voters go to the polls for Florida's 2012 GOP Primary, where Gingrich is facing off against front-runner Mitt Romney who, ironically --- and uncomfortably enough for Republicans --- may also find himself the subject of a criminal voter fraud investigation in the not-too-distant future.

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9099Had the same thing been carried out by a worker for the now-defunct ACORN, Republicans... more

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Copyright Troll John Steele moves into Prenda's suite(despite "retiring"). Wanted to ask him about it, but Prenda intentionally broke its own contact form. WTF, these are IP lawyers?

The epic story of the one of the most notorious bittorrent/anti-piracy lawyers, John Steele, continues to get stranger by the day. Way back in Nov. of last year, John Steele filed a change of address form with the Chicago courts which stated that he was moving to Miami. After filing the form he was seen on Fightcopyrighttrolls claiming that he had retired from his firm and was spending his free time blogging.
His desire to retire is totally understandable, as it must have been absurdly difficult responding to the multiple phone calls and letters that he paid someone else to handle. I might be confused about the process, but I do know Mr. Steele was forced to show up to court to address issues related to netting several thousand defendants together in one $350 filing.
To be clear, I don't have an issue with IP rights holders seeking reasonable fees for their property, however Mr. Steele's sole motivation has been to maximize profits and to take money from anyone willing to hand it over. I've got plenty of evidence to support that argument and would even be comfortable with Mr. Steele trying to sue me in open court for libel. There are ethical requirements for being a lawyer, but Mr. Steele and the firm he "sold" Steele Hansmeier to don't seem interested in adhering to them.
One obvious problem is the fact that Mr. Steele still claims he sold his firm to Paul Duffy and Prenda Law Inc. It sounds perfectly reasonable to sell a firm if you move out of state, however Mr. Steele recently went back to work in the exact same suite as Prenda. Check out the change of address here:http://familylawlifeline.com/archives/549
The new address listed is the exact same address that is listed under Paul Duffy's name is several Prenda filings. An associate even commented on that specific blog post to ask what is going on and the comments were deleted within a few hours. The address change is important for several reasons. For one, Mr. Steele notified the court that he was moving to Miami Florida so he should not be practicing law at his old Chicago firm. The sale of Steele Hansmeier to Prenda was supposedly because Steele left the state. That argument falls apart the second Steele moves his divorce firm into the same suite. Steele claimed that he left the state to retire, however the address he listed as his new address is the exact same one as Prenda's Miami office. Plus, Prenda requests that all the settlement checks get sent to the new address of Prenda in Miami/John Steele's retirement address. But Mr. Steele would like you to believe he has nothing to do with Prenda. The other problem has to do with the nature of the sale.
Rule 1.17 of the Illinios Rules of Professional conduct(Lawyer code of ethics) states that there are certain requirements for selling a firm. As far as I can tell Steele doesn't meet most of them. He is still alive, still practicing law in Illinios(in the exact same suite that the firm he sold his old firm to works in), he didn't merely retire from his old firm(e-mail evidence can prove he was still responding to Prenda complaints after his supposed retirement. Plus his partner, Paul Hansmeier and/or his brother are still helping Prenda in the exact same capacity they used to help Steele), he wasn't elected to the government, etc.
It's pretty easy to see why Steele would want to try to conceal his connection to Prenda. His name is toxic and any google search can show you how corrupt he is. Equally so, a google search can show one the pathetic legal antics of Prenda.
Besides all the afortmentioned problems, Prenda's contact form on wefightpiracy.com is broken and copied from the source code of ScotJphotography.com(probably a friend of his "old" partner Paul Hansmeier). There is no recipient address in the source code so it is impossible for anyone to contact Prenda from their website. I told them about that too, and was ignored. I sincerely hope that Prenda, Steele, and company are called out for their behavior in court sometime soon. Otherwise, completely innocent(I've personally talked to many of them) people will continue to be cheated out of their money by a group of greedy and unethical "lawyers"The epic story of the one of the most notorious bittorrent/anti-piracy lawyers, John... more

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Birthers Hail Judge’s Decision That Could “Depose” Obama

Birthers are hailing a decision by a judge in Georgia that could see Barack Obama struck from the presidential state ballot if Obama fails to prove that he fulfils the ‘natural born citizen’ constitutional requirement to be President.

“Deputy Chief Judge Michael Malihi in the Office of State Administrative Hearings denied a motion by Obama asking to dismiss the complaint that seeks to keep his name off the state ballot during the March presidential primary. The judge’s decision now sets the stage for a Jan. 26 hearing on the issue in Fulton County,” reports the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer.

The complaint was originally filed by Orly Taitz on behalf of a Georgia resident. Taitz, a prominent ‘birther’ who previously represented two soldiers who refused to deploy to Afghanistan over their doubts that Obama is a natural born U.S. citizen and therefore ineligible to be commander in chief, lauded the judge’s ruling.

“I can now depose Obama and everybody else (i)nvolved without any impediment,” the California attorney posted on her website.

Taitz, along with several other Georgia residents, will now be able to present their evidence that Obama was not born in the United States in a court of law – unless the ruling is overturned on appeal before January 26.

The case, Farrar v Obama, was also brought by J. Mark Hatfield, a Republican state representative who last year failed to pass a bill that would have required presidential candidates to submit proof of qualifications.

“The Georgia Election Code (the “Code”) mandates that “[e]very candidate for federal and state office who is certified by the state executive committee of a political party or who files a notice of candidacy shall meet the constitutional and statutory qualifications for holding the office being sought,” stated the ruling in response to President Obama’s attempt to have the case dismissed.

Despite the White House being forced to release a purported copy of Obama’s birth certificate last year, the controversy has yet to completely die down.

One time Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump repeatedly raised questions surrounding Obama’s background during the spring of 2011 before going cold on the issue, a move prominent ‘birther’ and author Jerome Corsi claimed was an organized political stunt to neutralize the issue.

The release of Corsi’s best-selling book, Where’s the Birth Certificate?, coincided with the White House deciding to release Obama’s alleged long form birth certificate. Corsi points to evidence that the document is a forgery created using modern computer techniques and has numerous discrepancies with a genuine 1961 birth certificate created by a typewriter.

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9/11 - Cheney, the media, the complicity...

Most of you who have followed this blog from its inception have surmised, rightly or wrongly, that I do not buy into the official 9/11 account. I never did,- at first, believing it was an inside job with no outside interference. As more facts surfaced, I began to believe the involvement of other nations. I shared my feelings with few, knowing what a volatile and sensitive subject this was. I had also learned that people believe what they want, regardless of what is presented as far as solid hard facts. I became tired and fatigued by the constant harassment I had received for my views.

As far back as 2006, I have now learned, America was told, first by Donald Rumsfeld, who had another famous 'slip' of the tongue, and later confirmed by the other worldly Dick Cheney on September 6, 2011 in an interview on Fox News with Chris Wallace that Flight 93 was shot down on his orders.

Did you know that? I didn't know that. And I read headlines in several languages every bloody day of the week. Not a peep. For five years, we have known that at least one of the planes that was 'supposedly' hijacked and 'heroically' driven into the ground by its passengers was blown out of the sky on the order of the vice president of the United States. Didn't we just see memorials on the anniversary of that dreadful, awful, hair-raising day in New York, and Washington DC, and in Pennsylvania?

WHY DID THIS NOT MAKE HEADLINES? Why the cover up? Will people now finally begin to ask questions about the plane that vanished into the Pentagon leaving no footprint of itself? Truly, America has taken idiocy to a formidable level. Where's the debris? the body parts? Were they not able to ensure that someone's passport would be found as they did at Ground Zero? How dumb are we, seriously?

Here are the videos for your consumption:
Rumsfeld slips up and admits flight 93 shot down -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNuosBnlw5s&feature=related and best for last:

Dick Cheney admits Flight 93 was shot down - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC1QAR5gQrc&feature=related

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