Sandra Finley

2011-02-01 Nuke Postings + LAST CALL! No thanks to nuclear waste dumps: Jim Harding’s speaking tour. Saskatoon TONITE, LaRonge, P.A. (Jan 2-3)

Nuclear, Radioactive waste No Responses »

Feb 012011

(1) Premier Brad Wall is moving ahead once again on the nuclear agenda, in spite of the public consultations in summer 2009 that said “no”. The following are now posted to the blog, in case anyone wants access to some of the past information we circulated.

2010-10-28 CORRECTION Polonium is not plutonium!

2010-10-26 Letter: Ban nuclear dump, new Bruce Power web site, Hanley on unconventional fossil fuels

2010-09-13 Petro-state: there is no opposition. Premier Brad Wall on “value added” for uranium. NDP Opposition Leader Lingenfelter on nuke in Saskatchewan. (The nuclear power is for tar sands development.)

2009-12-24 NUKE: The University has soul-searching to do while it still has a soul to save.

2009-12-15 NUKE: Introduction to corporatocracy, nuclear given green light in Alberta

2009-12-04 NUKE, Nuclear Waste. Who is the NWMO? Tactics. John Ralston Saul “On Equilibrium”.

2009-11-29 NUKE 3. The Chronology IMPORTANT INFORMATION

2009-11-29 NUKE 2. Panel decision – more Govt funding for the industry. Medical isotopes. Hyperion. Small reactors. UDP. University of Saskatchewan.

(Note: I haven’t found NUKE 1. of this short series yet.)

2009-10-21 Uranium mining moratorium B.C. The result of one man’s efforts, Dr. Bob Woollard.

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Saskatoon, Prince Albert and LaRonge are most likely on the planned route for the transportation of high-level radioactive waste. Please send this email to everyone you know in these communities. They should know what the plans are and what the alternatives are.

Penny and I did a tour at the end of November that took in P.A., Smeaton, Nipawin, Tisdale and Melfort. Local media were very interested and published very informative articles following our visit. I will be in attendance at these meetings and look forward to connecting and re-connecting with old friends! /Sandra

SASKATCHEWAN SPEAKING TOUR: Dr. Jim Harding

– Why Saskatchewan Needs a Nuclear Waste Ban

Jim Harding, author of “Canada’s Deadly Secret: Saskatchewan Uranium and the Global Nuclear System” will visit three Saskatchewan communities to speak about proposals to build a nuclear waste dump in our province and why we should say NO!

Tuesday, February 1, 2011 7:00 PM
Frances Morrison Public Library, 311-23rd Street East, Saskatoon, SK.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011 7:00 PM
Kikinahk Friendship Centre 320 Boardman Street, La Ronge, SK

Thursday, February 3, 2011 7:00 PM
JMC Public Library, 125-12th Street East, Prince Albert, SK

You can find posters for these events on our web site, feel free to download, post and forward to your networks:
http://www.cleangreensask.ca/Home/upcoming-speaking-events-1/whysaskatchewanshouldsaynotonuclearwaste

You can read more of Jim’s columns on our web site:
http://www.cleangreensask.ca/Home/jim-harding-s-column

2011-01-31 Census Lockheed Martin: Notice of appeal of Judge’s “guilty” decision has been filed.

Lockheed Martin, War Economy (includes Cdn Census & Trials) No Responses »

Jan 312011

Notice of Appeal of Judge Whelan’s “guilty” decision was filed on January 28^th, 2011. Scroll down to the text of the Appeal document.

The reasons for the decision to appeal the guilty decision are at 2011-01-21

In a nutshell, the question is: do Canadians have a Charter Right to Privacy of personal information in the face of the Government and Lockheed Martin Corporation, or do we not?

It is not a good situation if citizens do not know what the actual law is. As I (with legal counsel) have understood, as stated in this excerpt from the legal argument documented at 2010-12-23 :

“In fostering the underlying values of dignity, integrity and autonomy, it is fitting that s. 8 of the Charter should seek to protect a biographical core of personal information which individuals in a free and democratic society would wish to maintain and control from dissemination to the state.”

COPY OF THE COURT RULING (“GUILTY”), JANUARY 13: http://www.lawsociety.sk.ca/WhatsNew/NewJudgmentsPC.htm

JUDGE WHELAN’S COMMENTS DURING SENTENCING (absolute discharge), January 20: a transcript has been ordered.

EMAIL THREAD WITH LAWYER RE CONTENT OF THE NOTICE OF APPEAL, AND A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF APPEAL, AS FILED:

Note that the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal is called “Queen’s Bench”.

From: Sandra Finley Sent: January 27, 2011 1:25 PM
To: Steve Seiferling �
Subject: RE: R v Finley Notice of Appeal

Thanks Steve (for draft copy of Notice of Appeal).

(1) Should there be something specifically related to the Judge’s conclusion that we didn’t prove that the information required by the census long form is “personal”, or is that already included in one of the grounds for appeal you cite? ((vi) the existence of a subjective expectation of privacy; and (vii) the objective reasonableness of the expectation.)

(2) Should there be something to the effect that the Judge erred by including argument related to Charter 1 override of the individual Charter Right to privacy of personal information when the Prosecution chose not to include that as an argument in the case?

As I understood what happened: you pointed out to the Judge that only the Prosecutor could present the Section 1 argument to the Court. Because the Prosecutor did not do that, you could not place the counter-argument to the Court.

The Judge then turned around and based her decision on Section 1: the idea that the benefit to all Canadians is greater than the individual charter right to privacy. Is that not a failure in procedure? You weren’t able to present the counter-argument (the Oakes test)?

Sandra

If an accused person establishes a reasonable expectation of privacy, the inquiry must proceed to the second stage to determine whether the search was conducted in a reasonable manner.

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REPLY FROM LAWYER, STEVE:

The broad grounds set out in the Notice cover everything you raise (and more). I wanted to keep the notice fairly simple, but keep them broad enough so that I can expand on them in the argument.

Give me a call if you have questions.

Steve

Steven Seiferling

McKercher LLP

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THE NOTICE OF APPEAL AS FILED IN COURT OF QUEEN’S BENCH, JANUARY 28^TH:

Q.B. NO. _______ of 2011

IN THE COURT OF QUEEN’S BENCH

FOR SASKATCHEWAN

JUDICIAL CENTRE OF SASKATOON

BETWEEN:

SANDRA FINLEY

APPELLANT

(APPLICANT)

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HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN,

RESPONDENT

(RESPONDENT)

NOTICE OF APPEAL

TAKE NOTICE:

THAT SANDRA FINLEY, the above named Appellant, hereby appeals to the Court of Queen’s Bench from the Judgment of the Honourable Madam Justice Whelan (the “Trial Judge”) issued on the 13^th day of January, 2011
THAT the whole of the Judgment or the following parts are being appealed:

(a) The Appellant appeals the summary conviction imposed by the Trial Judge.

THAT the source of the Appellant’s right of appeal and the court’s jurisdiction to entertain the appeal is:

(a) Section 813(a)(i) and 830 of the Criminal Code

THAT the appeal is taken upon the following grounds:

(a) The Trial Judge erred in law by concluding that there was no breach of s. 8 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms;

(b) The Trial Judge erred in law by misapprehending or failing to consider the criminal nature of a fine or jail sentence that may be imposed pursuant to s. 31 of the Statistics Act, R.S.C. 1985 c. S-19;

(c) The Trial Judge erred in law in failing to consider whether the Appellant had a “lawful excuse” for refusing to provide a response to the long form census, pursuant to s. 31 of the Statistics Act; and

(d) The Trial Judge erred in law by concluding that the collection of the personal information for statistical purposes attracts a diminished expectation of privacy.

THAT the Appellant requests the following relief:

(a) A declaration that the Appellant’s rights under s. 8 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms were breached by the compelled collection of personal information under threat of fine or imprisonment; and

(b) An Order that the summary conviction be reversed, and an acquittal be entered.

THAT the Appellant’s address for service is:

McKercher LLP

Barristers & Solicitors

374 – 3^rd Avenue South

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7K 1M5

Telephone: (306) 653-2000

Fax: (306) 653-2669

Lawyer in charge of file: Steven J.R. Seiferling

THAT the Appellant requests that this Appeal be heard at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

DATED at the City of Saskatoon, in the Province of Saskatchewan, this __28th__ day of ____January_____, 2011.

McKERCHER LLP

Per: __________________________________

Solicitors for the Appellant, Sandra Finley

TO: The Registrar,

Court of Queen’s Bench

Court House

Saskatoon, SK

2011-01-30 You blow me away! Look at this from Iron Bolt. A poem says it all.

Lockheed Martin, War Economy (includes Cdn Census & Trials) No Responses »

Jan 302011

Och! I go soft when I see the creativity and effort that you put out. This is an inspired and inspiring piece of work.

/Sandra

At Lockheed Martin, we contract with people for profit:

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At Lockheed Martin, we count people for profit:

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At Lockheed Martin, we con people for profit:

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2011-01-30 Please, let’s show our solidarity with Egyptian protesters!!

AVAAZ, Corporatocracy or Democracy or Administrative State or WHAT? No Responses »

Jan 302011

It’s 3:30 pm my time in Saskatchewan, Sunday Jan 30.

124,615 have signed onto the Avaaz petition.

200,000 is the goal.

These kids are terrific. Let’s give them a hand! /Sandra

Begin forwarded message:

From: “Avaaz.org” <avaaz AT avaaz.org>

Date: January 30, 2011 8:51:03 AM GMT-05:00

Subject: Thanks for showing your solidarity with Egyptian protesters

Thank you for signing the statement! Your name has been added. The more people join this campaign, the more powerful our call will be. Help spread the word — forward this link to friends and family, and join other Avaaz members in donating your status on Facebook: “I stand with the Egyptian people. http://j.mp/standwithegypt — Join me by making this your status message today!”

Thanks so much,

The Avaaz Team
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Dear friends in the Middle East and North Africa,

The demonstrations in Egypt this week could be a critical turning point away from three decades of repressive rule and towards democracy.

  So far the government has responded with tear gas and mass arrests, and the Minister of Interior has outlawed public gatherings. But the Tunisian people have shown us what is possible when determined citizens raise their voices together. And now the government’s resolve is weakening — even the Prime Minister is supporting the right to peaceful protest, and Mubarak’s family has fled the country.

   The situation could change within days or even hours, and what happens next depends of all of us. Let’s stand with those on the streets and build a deafening outcry against rampant corruption and political repression, and for democratic reform. Sign the emergency petition to President Mubarak and forward this message widely:

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/democracy_for_egypt/97.php?cl_tta_sign=4695c0d73dae2f9499ba4a69745753f0

 For thirty years, the Egyptian people have experienced crackdowns on the free press and increasing limitations on their freedom of assembly and ability to participate in politics. Hundreds of people were beaten and detained during the 2010 Parliamentary elections as the government blatantly intimidated the opposition and incrementally changed laws to tighten its grip on power. This week more than 500 protesters have been detained across the country, and the government has tried to block access to Facebook, Twitter and other websites.

But the Egyptians are undeterred and across the country are peacefully trying to reclaim the government to serve the interests of the people. And recent events in Tunisia show if enough of us stand up, this radical change is possible.

Let’s show the government that peaceful people are tired of the entrenched regime’s corruption and repression, and that the movement is too large to break with intimidation and violence. Let’s join the protesters and call for reform now. Sign the petition, and forward it to everyone you know:

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/democracy_for_egypt/97.php?cl_tta_sign=4695c0d73dae2f9499ba4a69745753f0  

 Now is the time to stand firm and pursue our dreams of freedom, peace, and prosperity.  

 With hope, 

 Stephanie, Pascal, Alice, Rewan, Ricken, Morgan, Graziela and the rest of the Avaaz team

PS. Avaaz will work with internet activists to provide proxy servers to get Twitter, Facebook, and other social networks back up and ensure that critical messages of reform and real-time updates can reach the widest possible audience across Egypt and around the world.

More Information:

Egyptian police have used tear gas and water cannon to break up rare anti-government protests in the capital
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12283623

Clinton offered tepid support of the Egyptian government
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/01/26/us.mideast.concerns/

Egypt bans protests seeking end to Mubarak rule
http://af.reuters.com/article/egyptNews/idAFLDE70P1G820110126

Foreign Ministry declares that demonstrators had the right to express their views
http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/interior-ministry-policeman-killed-clash-demonstrators

‘Beginning of the end’ for Egypt’s Mubarak as son and wife flee
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/105117/20110126/beginning-of-the-end-for-egypt-s-mubarak-as-son-and-wife-flee.htm

Twitter and web video site face clampdown in Egypt
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12284649

Amnesty International condemns the crackdown on demonstrations
http://amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/egypt-must-stop-crackdown-protesters-2011-01-26

Regular updates are being posted by Egyptian activists here:
http://www.elshaheeed.co.uk

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2011-01-28 Rebuttal: Slow poisoning by mercury (dental amalgams & vaccinations). Immune system. Corrupt Big Pharma.

Mercury poisoning, dental amalgams. See also Vaccinations., Vaccinations (incl corruption of science & govt) No Responses »

Jan 282011

NOTE: this was written prior to the information regarding the use of aluminum, another neuro toxin, in vaccinations. It is still valid, but the VRAN input takes it a step further. See 2011-02-02 Important update re vaccinations.

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I am like a fish; I store mercury in my body.

They say that the mercury that has been in my mouth for 50 years (in my dental amalgams) is fine. It “off-gases” into my body. But don’t eat those fish. They have mercrury in them! There is mercury in a tetanus or a flu shot. But don’t eat those fish. They have mercury in them!

Like the fish, I die if I do not have water. Like the fish, I die if my immune system is overwhelmed. There is no “me” without my immune system.

A discussion on a causal relationship between mercury poisoning and health is without value if it doesn’t incorporate knowledge of how the immune system works. The immune system is a “dynamic system”. The rules of dynamic systems apply.

(INSERT: Dynamic systems briefly: feedback loops, appropriate corrective action has to be taken in time, appropriate action is directed at removal of cause of the problem, otherwise the system will continue to decline, once you are past the tipping point decay gathers momentum, and past the tipping point it is not possible to reverse the downward spiral. Damage is permanent and irreversible. The system does not have sufficient resources to repair itself and return to healthy equilibrium.)

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Oh dear! People aren’t obediently getting their vaccinations like they should or should not.

And Lord help Big Pharma if a link is established between various disease and developmental problems and their vaccinations, some of which contain mercury. Might be good to say prayers, too, for the Government Health Programmes that administer the vaccinations-that-contain-mercury.

The information we circulated in the past on the mercury topic is accessible on this blog. You’ll find it through the links in this email.

What I have heard of the recent onslaught to discredit those who state a link between

vaccinations-that-contain-mercury and
disease

is curious. It is centred around ONE doctor (Wakefield) from England who, it seems to me, is being pilloried much like selected scientists in the past whose work shows a link between chemicals and disease outcomes.

The attack is in the U.S. … Why isn’t the attack directed at the American doctors who have supplied the science in the thimerosal (mercury)-in-vaccinations battle? It only alerts my antennae when not one of the doctors whose work we have circulated is mentioned (at least not in the media coverage I have recently heard). Simultaneously the name Wakefield does not appear even once in the documentation we assembled on the topic. I heard a recent interview of Wakefield. It seems to me that interviews with Boyd Haley (American) or Lyle Friberg (not American) or others would have had different outcomes. (UPDATE: See 2011-02-02 for an explanation on Wakefield from VRAN.)

Thanks to Karen for the article at 2004-03-30 Are the CDC, the FDA, and other health agencies covering up evidence that a mercury preservative in children’s vaccines caused a rise in autism? Anyone with a connection to children should at least read the article.

“In May 2003 the AAP stated, “All routinely recommended infant vaccines currently sold in the U.S. are free of thimerosal as a preservative and have been for more than two years.”

If the link between thimerasol (mercury) and developmental problems is merely a hoax or outdated belief, then why did they stop using it? And please note that many vaccinations and “shots” still contain thimerasol. (see 2011-02-02 Important update re vaccinations email from Edda West contains a list of the vaccinations for children and the adjuvants they contain).

This from the Canadian Paediatric Society, a source relied upon by some media: “There is mounting evidence (27) that ASD (INSERT: autism) has a strong genetic component – a very plausible cause for the disorder. ” (from 2009-11-19 on H1N1, item 11 D.)

It seems implausible to me that a developmental disorder with the following record can be assigned to the normal meaning of “it’s genetic (in the genes)”: “In 2002, an estimated 1 in 250 American children was diagnosed with autism, up from 1 in 500 in 2000, and 1 in 5,000 in the 1980s.”

But maybe they are using a different meaning of “genetic”. Click on 2006-03-24 Dr. Frederica Perera, the “DNA Damage Detective“. We put poisons into the environment or into our bodies, it damages DNA, the damaged DNA can be (is) passed down from generation-to-generation. Voila! we have “a strong genetic component“. … Too bad, we just have to accept it. It makes more sense financially to just keep damaging more and more DNA. Then spend millions on “find a cure”. . . . Remove the cause? And ruin our profits? Ya gotta be kidding.

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So what about it? IS MERCURY IN VACCINATIONS JUST THE WORK OF THE DEVIL? and DID THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES THAT BANNED DENTAL AMALGAMS MADE WITH MERCURY, BOW TO UNINFORMED PUBLIC PRESSURE OR TO SOUND SCIENCE?

Given the information circulated about mercury in vaccinations, mercury in dental amalgams, disease and developmental outcomes, and the corruption of science by Big Pharma, also drawing on my own personal experience,

it seems to me that the issue is: slow poisoning by mercury that we are putting straight into our bodies – – the issue is not vaccinations and not dental fillings. There is not a single cause-and-effect, but a number of slow persistent attacks on the immune system. The attacks are from mercury from different sources. The sources include various vaccinations that contain mercury, and dental amalgams that contain mercury.
but in addition, looking at it from the perspective of the ability of the immune system to deal with poisons, it ain’t only mercury honey. The slow, persistent attacks on the immune system are from other poisons as well, chemicals that are known carcinogens and teratogens for example. (A teratogen interferes with normal cell development.)
sugar suppresses the immune system

We LIKE single cause, single effect. But it doesn’t actually work that way.

Getting back to mercury — personal stories of Grant Schoenroth, Joe Bourgault, (who I know) and myself, related to mercury poisoning from dental amalgams are at 2010-12-06.

It’s devilish trying to find “the truth”! An adjuvant is “a pharmacological agent added to a drug to increase or aid its effect.” It includes preservatives. Ethyl mercury (trade name thimerasol) is used as a preservative in some vaccines, as are other agents foreign to our body. If you must get the swine flu vaccination, especially if it is being given to children, I would recommend that you at least ask for a list of the adjuvants in the vaccine. From what I understand, most flu shots contain thimerasol. Know what each of the adjuvants does.

Mercury is a heavy metal. Heavy metals cause serious deterioration in neural pathways in the brain (for the science on this, for mercury, from the University of Calgary, click on 2010-12-06 ). The banning of lead in gasoline and in paint are examples of efforts to prevent brain damage in humans by lowering exposure to heavy metals. As I understand, mercury is more poisonous to the brain than lead and other heavy metals. Increasing numbers of vaccinations mean increasing levels of heavy metals in the body, IF ethyl mercury is an adjuvant in the vaccinations. Mercury is not the only problematic adjuvant, just the best-known.

It is claimed that mercury in dental amalgams is one of those internet hoaxes. It is far from that. A number of European countries have outlawed dental amalgams. Also, the information posted in 2010-12-06 comes from organizations such as the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, the American Academy of Head, Neck and Facial Pain, numerous doctors, dentists and scientists, etc..

Excerpt from the posting 2010-12-06 and about the University of Calgary research:

A google of “mercury brain” comes up with this excellent youtube video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VImCpWzXJ_w

One of the researchers from the University of Calgary who participated in the research is Dr. Naweed Syed. I phoned his office in the Department of Cell Biology / Physiology (Medicine) 403 220 5479, to confirm the authenticity of the video. His assistant said that he usually gives permission for the video to be used. . . . “

The video conversation with Dr. Boyd Haley is another valuable contribution to an understanding of mercury poisoning. The URL I had no longer works. It is easiest just to google “Boyd Haley Interview”.

The developing foetus and baby receive mercury in utero and in breast milk from the off-gasing of dental amalgams in the Mother’s body. (The evidence to support that statement is in 2010-12-06. Excerpt:

(3) A LIST OF URL’s, MERCURY IN DENTAL AMALGAMS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeanAuZK_DY&feature=player_embedded “Poison in the Mouth” Includes how mercury is treated after it has been removed from the mouth (with hazardous material “haz mat” handling procedures). Includes Dr. Lyle Friberg and the work of researchers at the University of Calgary (the sheep and monkey research), the research from California regarding accumulation of mercury from amalgams in the brain. Kentucky researcher on Alzheimer’s connection. Mercury crossing the placenta. Etc.

BACK TO THE BABIES WHO HAVE RECEIVED MERCURY IN UTERO AND IN BREAST-MILK

Many are, or have then been given vaccinations that contain thimerasol (mercury), not necessarily in the MMR (Measles Mumps Rubella) vaccination but in other shots. All I am saying is KNOW what’s in the shots being received. The Americans may not be putting thimerasol in the vaccines for babies in the U.S.; they are still shipping vaccines with thimerasol for infants outside the U.S.

The information on the rotavirus vaccine that the Canadian Paediatric Society is pushing is at 2010-01-06. If that doesn’t cause you to shake your head, I don’t know what will. It is almost unbelievable – – it’s information from the public record. With an exception: it’s pieced together so you can see what they are doing, just with that one vaccination. God awful. In 2009 a million infants in the U.S. were given a rotavirus vaccine that was contaminated with a pig virus. Sorry, it’s no joke. You can verify it right on the manufacturer’s website.

I do have a problem with this excerpt from the science used by the CBC to refute the link between

vaccinations that contain mercury and
disease outcomes (autism)

supplied to them by the Canadian Paediatric Society:

Click on 2009-11-19. Go to #11 D. —- Only two infant thimerosal-containing vaccines were used – hepatitis B vaccine and influenza vaccine; the latter was not administered to infants younger than six months of age, the age/size of infant of concern. Hence, any concerns about excessive ethyl mercury exposure in young Canadian infants were without foundation.

I also note the statement “In the absence of experimental or human evidence that vaccination affects metabolic, developmental, immune, or other physiological or molecular mechanisms that are related causally to development of autism, the IOM concluded that the hypotheses generated to date are theoretical. ‘

You have to be specific. The specific is vaccinations that contain mercury (ethyl mercury). There is so much documentation of the corrupting influence of Big Pharma that it is difficult to accept the good intention of the statements. Is their statement based on vaccinations – – or – – on vaccinations that contain mercury? It should be the latter. What about vaccines that contain a pig virus?

Who is The Canadian Paediatric Society? They recommended rotavirus vaccination for all babies. Click on 2010-01-06. The evidence is against vaccination for rotavirus (diarrhea and vomiting). Time-and-time again you see where the industry (pharmaceutical, chemical, biotech) buys their way into organizations OR they set up an organization that is nothing more than an industry front. Given the CPS position on rotavirus I am not enthusiastic about accepting their statements regarding vaccinations.

http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/babiespregnancy/babies/article/870316–canadian-paediatric-society-recommends-rotavirus-vaccination-for-all-babies

Canadian Paediatric Society recommends rotavirus vaccination for all babies

October 4, 2010

OTTAWA- All Canadian babies should be vaccinated against rotavirus, according to a new statement by the Canadian Paediatric Society. The CPS is also calling for public funding of the vaccine, which is not currently covered by provincial or territorial health plans. …

As I say, please click on 2010-01-06 for the background on the incidence of deaths (negligible, and it’s from dehydration) from rotavirus and the history of the development of the vaccine. This release from the Canadian Paediatric Society appears to me to support a public-money grab by the pharmaceutical corporations.

It is not ONE vaccination (MMR) or one dental amalgam that contains mercury but cumulative effects of on-going mercury ingestion from different sources that is the problem. Sometimes the individual hits a tipping point (overload) and the immune system succumbs to the accumulated mercury, stored in our body fat and in some of our body organs. Like the fish. The disease outcome of the mercury poisoning (in combination with exposure to other toxins) will be different in different individuals because the weaknesses in different bodies are different.

I pointed out what I believe to be flaws in the scientific argument presented by Dr. Jock Murray (click on 2010-12-06 ). He said that MS (Multiple Sclerosis) patients do not show an elevated level of mercury in comparison with the rest of the population. That is correct, but it does not establish that there is no relationship. Almost everyone has dental amalgams, 88% of the population is the commonly-quoted figure. Depending on the individual immune system, mercury poisoning leads to different disease outcomes in different people. Logically, one would not expect to find elevated levels of mercury in specific disease groups. There will be roughly the same mercury readings. Because almost everyone has dental amalgams that contain mercury. Take the mercury out of our mouths, stop the onslaught of mercury on our immune systems and disease levels will decline. The article submitted by Karen at 2004-03-30 contains the story of a teething powder that contained thimerasol and the emergence of a new “Pink’s disease”. When the teething powder was pulled off the market, Pink’s disease disappeared.

Other science quoted shows that when dental amalgams are removed, the situation of the MS patient (for example) does not improve. There is also an error in logic in accepting this as confirmation that a causal relationship does not exist. When a dynamic system passes the tipping point recovery is not possible. The damage becomes permanent.

I do not have the resources to evaluate all the science used by the CBC. If it’s along the lines of the preceding quoted science, there are flaws. That the information comes from the Canadian Paediatric Society is suspect because of their position on rotavirus vaccine. It must also be established that there is absolutely no industry money behind the “science”. Who has time to do the sleuthing to determine this?

Robert F Kennedy Jr spells out the role of Big Pharma and money in all of this. Click on 2009-07-25. There is further documentation on the role of Donald Rumsfeld (Bush Administration) and Big Pharma in the flu vaccine (contains mercury) in another posting: 2009-10-07. Also in 2004-03-30.

My role lies in assembling the information submitted and putting it back out there, making it available. Ultimately, responsibility for our own health and the health of our communities lies in our own hands. Over and over again the lesson is the same. The system will attempt to protect the status quo. It’s where the money is. There are costs associated with acknowledging and accepting responsibility for the poisons. Which is again a fault of the system we have constructed. Thank goodness there are hundreds of thousands of people working toward a new political economy!

RESOURCE: Vaccine Risk Awareness Network http://vran.org/

REFER TO POSTINGS:

2010-01-06 In 2009 – Rotavirus vaccine contaminated with a pig virus, injected into more than a million kids in the U.S. alone. Also the numbers on the rise of autism, the work of Dr. Stephanie Cave.

2010-12-06 Accumulated, on mercury poisoning. Vaccinations & dental amalgams. Did the European countries that banned dental amalgams made with mercury bow to uninformed public pressure or to sound science?

2009-11-19 H1N1 (or nukes or gmo’s or energy) in the context of “Selling Out”: the larger issue.

2009-10-07 I want parents to know this about vaccinations, mercury, Rumsfeld, and money devoid of conscience (Rumsfeld’s connection to Tamiflu)

2009-07-27 This is all about the pharmaceutical, chemical and biotech corporations, and their collaborators in government. All at the expense of our interest in health. Some of it is heart-breaking. Autism, Kennedy, Psych Ward story

2009-07-25 “Vaccinations: Deadly Immunity” by Robert F Kennedy Jr (Autism)(Role of Big Pharma)

2004-03-30 Are the CDC, the FDA, and other health agencies covering up evidence that a mercury preservative in children’s vaccines caused a rise in autism?

2011-01-27 input from former StatsCan employee, “The issue of L-M was huge within the department”. Breaking of the social contract.

Lockheed Martin, War Economy (includes Cdn Census & Trials) No Responses »

Jan 272011

“ … The issue of L-M was huge within the department. … For many of us it was a multi-faceted issue:

1) contracting out,

2) contracting out to a foreign firm,

3) contracting out to a foreign firm involved in producing WMD and (INSERT: WMD = “Weapons of Mass Destruction”)

4) a betrayal of our confidentiality assurances.”

ASIDE:

I have also received information from an anonymous former StatsCan employee by telephone, provided to me while the trial was in progress:

2010-01-17 From anonymous person “ .. the rate of non-compliance with the long form doubled between the 2001 and the 2006 censuses.”

StatsCan witness Arora’s testimony was that there was no difference in the levels of non-compliance between the 2001 and 2006 censuses.

2010-12-13

“If an individual logs onto the census data base and VIEWS a record, but does not make any changes to it, will there be a record that the individual has accessed that record?” According to the anonymous former StatsCan employee the answer to that question is “No”. The technology exists to establish this audit trail, but StatsCan is not using it.

I cannot quote Anil Arora’s responses in cross-examination on this question. He skated around. Is there an audit trail if a person is accessing (viewing) but not changing records? I understood him to say, yes there is.

The same anonymous person phoned me in March 2010 to say that Anil Arora was or has moved out of Statistics Canada. Arora had been the main StatsCan witness at my trial in early January 2010. He had been a long-time employee of StatsCan.

MOVING ON! This is recent input initiated on the blog and by email:

You may want to read this thread from the bottom up (1,2,3).

(3) From: (name removed)
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Subject: Re: Census Lockheed Martin.

Hi Sandra:

Thanks for your response re L-M and the Census. Having worked at Stats Can and knowing the importance of the data and how seriously the issue of maintaining confidentiality used to be taken, I don’t have much patience for people who will not complete the Census because they feel it is an invasion of their privacy and the government doesn’t need to know how many bathrooms they have etc. I believe that if confidentiality is taken serious, that it is a civic duty. But with contracting out to WMD L-M that social contract has been broken.

I answered the last Census but did not put my name (they do not need it) , and crossed out my address and the last 3 digits of the questionnaire ID. The last 3 digits of the questionnaire ID are the number of the block that you live on. They do not produce data at that level – basically it is just a sort of accounting tool. (INSERT: see information following this input. There is another interpretation. /S) I also scrawled on the questionnaire my reason for doing so – contracting out to L-M. I read the info on IBM and the Holocaust – very thought provoking.

Harper’s cancellation of the long form Census is another matter. Harper is a dangerous ideologue who does not need information because he plans to go ahead with his agenda no matter what the facts are. Ironically I found myself blogging on CBC and G&M websites last summer defending the need for the Census. What a messed up country.

Re us public servants here in Ottawa. I will be brief. We are normal people and a varied lot. Some are lazy, stupid and lack a conscience but for the most part we are just regular Canadians who take pride in what we do and joined the P.S. because we wanted to do something for our country. Next time someone bitches at a public servant, remember that we pay taxes too and don’t like to see our money wasted any more than you do. Furthermore, those of us who work for the government suffer twice as much as the regular tax payer because we have to take up the slack for the lazy sobs that don’t do their job.

Good luck with you case.

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NOTE RELATED TO: “ The last 3 digits of the questionnaire ID are the number of the block that you live on. They do not produce data at that level – basically it is just a sort of accounting tool.”

The StatsCan witness at my trial, Anil Arora, described that “ . .. the census starts with “the dwelling”, “maps and locations”.” which happens to be the same jargon around the U.S. census that Lockheed Martin is also involved in. Because the wording of Arora’s testimony was so close to what I’d read about the promotion in the U.S. related to the Census Bureau adding GPS locator information to their census records, in cross-examination I questioned Anil Arora about the plans at StatsCan for the same programme (marrying GPS locator information to individual census records) in Canada.

There is more information on this at: 2010-01-17 Canada: the census starts with “the dwelling”, “maps and locations”. Is this the same as in the U.S. where they are marrying GPS locator information to individual census records?

That posting begins:

CONTENTS

(1) FROM STATSCAN WITNESS AT MY TRIAL REGARDING GPS LOCATOR INFORMATION FOR CENSUS FILES.

(2) DOOR-TO-DOOR COLLECTION OF CENSUS DATA FROM IBM AND THE HOLOCAUST.

This is further to 2009-01 The IBM/Lockheed Martin Census: GPSing Your Home (U.S.). And what to do about it.

= = = = = = = = = =

(2) (EMAIL THREAD CONTINUED) MY RESPONSE TO COMMENT
— On Mon, 1/24/11, Sandra Finley wrote:
Subject: Census Lockheed Martin.Hi (name removed),Thanks very much for your input. I know there are excellent people working inside Government in service to Canadians. We too seldom hear – almost never – that side of the story. It is reassuring to know that StatsCan employees also objected to the involvement of Lockheed Martin.

I will be brief in reply.

Your questions:

Did you refuse to answer the Census because Lockheed Martin was involved in the processing?

RESPONSE: Yes.

Would you have responded if the information had been processed by Stats Can employees?

RESPONSE: I would not have been alerted to the fact that there is ANY problem with the census, had it not been for the involvement of Lockheed Martin Corporation. So, no – – I might have cringed at the amount of information requested, but I would have responded in some fashion.

In closing: I have run an activist email network for 10-11 years. People submit information related to the topics we are working on. The book “IBM and the Holocaust” was recommended to me.

If you haven’t read it, you might want to read about it at http://sandrafinley.ca/?p=185 . People who have worked with censuses have a special interest.

Today I would not comply with the long-form census because of the state-of-the-world. It is all in media articles. “The Americans want the data” on all Canadians (Ottawa Citizen reporting on a security conference). “President of the Americans for Lockheed Martin” describes to Macleans Magazine (Sept 2006) how they are going to get what they want – and not through legislative changes because they can’t get it that way. They’ll get what they want by working through the bureaucracy, outside democratic control. And so on. I posted the information (too much of it!) to the blog so that people will know I didn’t dream this all up. It’s there, but it has to be pieced together in order to see the larger picture.

All the best to you in this next phase of your life.

Sandra

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(1) COMMENT POSTED TO www.sandrafinley.ca ):

Hi Sandra:

I just discovered your blog and the outcome of your case. I don’t have time to spend hours reading so could you answer one question for me. Did you refuse to answer the Census because Lockheed Martin was involved in the processing? Would you have responded if the information had been processed by Stats Can employees?

I am a former Stats employee (retired last year). The issue of L-M was huge within the department. Stats Can has always sold itself by assuring iron clad confidentiality – and I can vouch that security is tight and confidentiality taken extremely seriously. To contract out Census processing to war mongering L-M was a big issue among many of us. For many of us it was a multi-faceted issue: 1) contracting out, 2) contracting out to a foreign firm, 3) contracting out to a foreign firm involved in producing WMD and 4) a betrayal of our confidentiality assurances.

2011-01-27 Unmanned Spyplane For Canadian Border Security (Drones)

Drones (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles / UAVs) No Responses »

Jan 272011

NOTE: “The War on Drugs” and “The War on Terror” are the standard propaganda used for lulling the population into acceptance.

http://www.security-technologynews.com/news/unmanned-spyplane-for-canadian-border-security.html

Posted by Security Technology News’ US Correspondent on 27/01/2011 – 13:00:00

The unmanned spyplane being used to monitor Canadian border sercuriy is now flying along a bigger section of the border, reports the Montreal Gazette.

The US National Air Security Operations Center’s Predator B unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has been flying along the US-Canadian border in North Dakota since 2009.

But now it’s monitoring a much larger area, transmitting real-time TV pictures to security officials. The aircraft can remain airborne for up to 20 hours.

The Predator is being used to support security agencies’ ongoing efforts to fight smuggling across the border.

US-Canada Border Security

The issue of US-Canada border security has risen up the agenda in recent times after reports of criminals using low-flying aircraft and helicopters secret tunnels to smuggle drugs into the US. In 2009 a joint US-Canadian operation saw two helicopter shipments of marijuana being intercepted, leading to nine arrests.

In the wake of this there has been a move towards greater co-operation between federal, state and local agencies and with Canadian law enforcement agencies such as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

The Predator UAV’s use is part of that effort. It’s been used since 2009 primarily in North Dakota, but it’s area of operations has now been expanded to include an area from Spokane in Washington to Minnesota. The focus is on the more remote and rugged areas that are ideal for criminals looking to keep their smuggling activities away from prying eyes.

“We’re trying to work the border smarter, not harder,” John Priddy, director of National Air Security Operations Center, told the Montreal Gazette. “There’s new technology being deployed, which will make it more difficult to conduct illicit activities.”

Predators have also been deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan and along parts of the U.S.- Mexico border. As with the Mexican border the aim is to have UAVs flying along the entire length of the US-Canada border, though Supt. Warren Coons, director of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Integrated Border Enforcement Team, told the Montreal Gazette that Canadian agencies have no plans at present to start using UAVs from the Canadian side of the border.

2011-01-26 Corporate tax cut battle heats up

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Jan 272011

Corporate tax cut battle heats up

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Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff says his party would roll back corporate tax rates to 2010 levels and would ‘welcome a debate’ on job creation with the Conservatives. (Pawel Dwulit/Canadian Press)The Conservative government and Opposition Liberals have renewed their pre-budget sparring over corporate tax cuts, with each side insisting it has the right plan to create more jobs for Canadians.

The message blitz comes amid speculation in Ottawa that Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s minority government could be defeated over the upcoming budget in late March, which would force Canadians to the polls for a federal vote.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty kicked off the Conservatives’ co-ordinated defence of the rate cuts on Wednesday, saying higher taxes mean fewer jobs in Canada.

Meanwhile, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff said his party would use the $6 billion from rolling back the rates for job training and helping Canadian families afford post-secondary education, instead of “gifts” for big corporations when “things are already going well for them.”

“We think if you are going to create jobs, you have got to work with small and medium enterprise, you have got to invest in education and training,” Ignatieff told reporters at the closing of his party winter caucus meeting in Ottawa. “When the choice comes, we know which side of this argument we stand on.”

His comments came after Flaherty hailed the “beneficial circle in Canadian life” created by the rate cuts, which he said give companies more cash to invest and grow their businesses domestically and hire more people.

“Low taxes are encouraging businesses to invest more in the Canadian economy, which is stimulating job creation and economic growth,” the finance minister said.

Flaherty also said he would “never presume to say never” about another “very substantial economic shock” when asked by a reporter whether he would consider raising the GST if Canada’s economic recovery faltered.

But the minister stressed the government’s expectation is for continued moderate economic growth and continued tax reductions over time.

The Liberals were quick to jump on Flaherty’s comment, saying in a statement that the minister wasn’t ruling out a GST hike and “again added his name to the list of Conservatives calling for higher taxes.”

The Conservatives are referring to the corporate rate cuts as “tax relief for job creators,” while the Liberals are calling for rates to be restored to the 2010 level of 18.5 per cent, up from the 16.5 per cent rate that came into effect this month.

The Tories held similar events for ministers and MPs across the country throughout the day:

Ted Menzies, Flaherty’s minister of state for finance, joins Immigration Minister Jason Kenney in Calgary.
Fisheries Minister Gail Shea in Summerside, P.E.I.
Justice Minister Rob Nicholson in London, Ont.
Revenue Minister Keith Ashfield in Dartmouth, N.S.
Natural Resources Minister Christian Paradis in Montreal.

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Do you think cutting corporate taxes will help improve the Canadian economy? Take our survey.

The Liberals have said the latest round of cuts are unaffordable at a time when Ottawa holds a record deficit, and argued some of the revenue from rolling them back to 2010 levels could pay for programs to help Canadians hardest hit by the global recession.

But in a message to his organization’s members on Wednesday, Canadian Chamber of Commerce president Perrin Beatty said that taking away the corporate tax cut would be like “giving the economy a blind-side hit” and urged political leaders to stop “squabbling” over the issue.

Ignatieff ‘open’ to arena partnerships

The finance minister revealed little when asked about reports the Prime Minister’s Office is still considering funding arenas in Quebec City and Regina through a little-used federal corporation called PPP Canada, which invests in projects with the private sector.

Responding in French, Flaherty confirmed PPP Canada has received a “few applications” relating to arenas and stadiums in Canada, but would only say it is the corporation’s responsibility “to do their work on this topic.”

Bloc Québécois Leader Gilles Duceppe has asked Ottawa to earmark $175 million for an NHL arena in Quebec City that opponents have said does not warrant federal funding. It is believed the Bloc could support Flaherty’s budget and prevent a spring election if its demands on the arena and other funds are earmarked for Quebec’s capital region.

Quebecor CEO Pierre Karl Peladeau has already pledged millions of dollars in a bid to bolster efforts to resurrect an NHL franchise in the city.

Ignatieff said a Liberal government would rule out public subsidies or grants for NHL teams, but at the same time added his party would be “open” to a well-drafted proposal for public-private partnerships, provided they are delivered on a national scale.

“Let’s not give a gift here and nothing there,” he said in French. “Mr. Peladeau said he would spend millions of dollars, but we need a plan. I cannot do anything, as a lawmaker who is responsible, just with promises from millionaires.”

2011-01-26 “Count Me Out” re-launched for 2011 census (May), four months away.

Lockheed Martin, War Economy (includes Cdn Census & Trials) No Responses »

Jan 262011

The StatsCan ad- line for the 2006 census was “Count Me In”. Don Rogers (Kingston) set up a website called “Count Me Out”.

PLEASE SEND EVERYONE YOU KNOW TO: www.countmeout.ca .

Don has re-designed the website for the resistance to Lockheed Martin in the 2011 census. The census is only four months away. It is critical that people know where they can go for information to make an informed decision about their participation in the census.

For me the 2006 on-line support was extremely helpful. There’s a place to go to ask questions, obtain recommendations and share information. The sharing was along the line: “This is what happened to me. This is the action I took.”

My blog www.sandrafinley.ca is a further resource but of a different nature. Look for: background information collected over the years since the protest over Lockheed Martin began in 2003. Click on the “PAGES” tab on the top of the webpage. Choose “Lockheed Martin … “ on the drop-down list.

URGENTLY NEEDED: someone to set up a facebook group related to Count Me Out. Currently, the only census facebook group is related to saving the census long form. I don’t believe they discuss the Lockheed Martin issue, or the question of the Charter Right to Privacy of Personal Information in the face of the Government and Lockheed Martin.

There’s more on this next wave of momentum to stop the complicity with Lockheed Martin. It’s quite amazing to me!

The resistance in 2006 was significant. It will be much, much larger in 2011. Many more people are aware of Lockheed Martin’s role. The next posting is an informative communication from the inside of Statistics Canada, about the objections of StatsCan employees to Lockheed Martin’s role in the census.

Cheers!

Sandra

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From: Don B. Rogers Sent: Sunday, January 23

Cc: Sandra Finley
Subject: CountMeOut.ca website

Hi (name deleted),

Thanks for your message and your support.

We mount the CountMeOut website out of Kingston Ontario …

The strategy you mentioned to Sandra Finley, about mass declarations of non-compliance with the upcoming census should be considered. The thing to be aware of is that, last census, there were hundreds of thousands of refusals to complete the census, yet only 64 charges laid.

My conclusion is that only people who publicly or in letters to StatsCan proclaimed that they would or did refuse the census were prosecuted because by admitting their non-completion of the census, they provided the evidence needed by a court to register a conviction. StatsCan knew that if an individual had not publicly admitted non-filing, proving in court that they did not in fact file would be very difficult. …

So if you go with your idea, the wording of the petition or declaration is important. Better to say that I am not planning to complete my census, or don’t expect to complete my census, rather than I WILL not complete my census. The other alternative, of course, IS for thousands of persons to declare that they will not complete the census, like Sandra Finley did, and be prepared to be prosecuted as a means of raising public awareness.

I think the Youtube video idea is great. …

We will be updating the CountMeOut.ca website regularly, so keep in touch and spread the word.

Best regards,

Don Rogers

CountMeOut.ca

TO DON: (from Sandra)

awesome Don that you are getting CountMeOut back up and running for the 2011 census.

Please meet (name deleted). His suggestion:

But what is really needed here is a much wider public response of civil disobedience, a la Gandhi. How about if a host of us ordinary citizens across Canada not only support you publicly, but also let it be known that WE also will not participate in the 2011 census. What if 100-200 people (maybe more) proclaimed this in an on-line petition and through letters to the editor, etc. . . We have about 4-5 months to organize before the next census is delivered to people’s mailboxes.

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Boy! This is energizing!

More later.

From: Don B. Rogers Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 To: Sandra Finley

Subject: Congratulations

Hello Sandra,

Finally, the media are mentioning the Lockheed Martin connection to the census, as a result of your court case. I know how frustrated you were about the media’s previous silence re LM .

I am putting in the mail a contribution of $100 towards your legal costs. Also, I have redesigned the CountMeOut.ca website, getting ready for the May 2011 Census. I would be happy to mention on the website your name and address for sending contributions, if that is OK with you. Pls let me know.

All the best,

Don Rogers

CountMeOut.ca

2011-01-26 Unmanned plane (drone) patrolling stretch of Canada-U.S. border

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Jan 262011

« on: January 26, 2011, 21:44:30 »

Unmanned plane patrolling stretch of Canada-U.S. border
A warning to Canadians smuggling batches of “B.C. bud” or other contraband into the United States: Beware the eyes in the sky.

An unmanned plane the U.S. government has been using to patrol North Dakota’s northern border since 2009 is now flying along a greater section of America’s northern frontier, stretching from Spokane, Washington, to the Lake of the Woods region in Minnesota.

Officials with U.S. Customs and Border Protection say the aircraft can transmit live, streaming video and radar images from above the huge swaths of rugged — and remote — terrain that are a haven for criminals sneaking marijuana and ecstasy into the U.S. and cocaine into Canada.

“We’re trying to work the border smarter, not harder,” said John Priddy, director of National Air Security Operations Center-Grand Forks in North Dakota, where the aircraft is based. “There’s new technology being deployed, which will make it more difficult to conduct illicit activities.”

Resembling a giant mechanical wasp, the remote-controlled Predator B — which has a length of 12 metres and a wingspan of 20 metres — can stay in the air for 20 hours at a time and typically flies at about 6,000 metres.

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The remote-controlled Predator B unmanned surveillance aircraft, which can fly for 20 hours up to 15,000 metres in the air. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency announced this month that its Predators will be patrolling greater sections of the Canada-U.S. border – from Minnesota to Washington states – looking for drug smuggling, terrorist and other criminal activity.
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From wikipedia:
The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper

The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper (originally the Predator B) is an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) for use by the United States Air Force, the United States Navy, the Royal Air Force, and the Italian Air Force. The MQ-9 and other UAVs are referred to as Remotely Piloted Vehicles/Aircraft (RPV/RPA) by the U.S. Air Force to indicate their human ground controllers. The MQ-9 is the first hunter-killer UAV designed for long-endurance, high-altitude surveillance.

The MQ-9 is a larger and more capable aircraft than the earlier MQ-1 Predator, although it can be controlled by the same ground systems used to control MQ-1s. The Reaper has a 950-shaft-horsepower (712 kW) turboprop engine, far more powerful than the Predator’s 115 hp (86 kW) piston engine. The increase in power allows the Reaper to carry 15 times more ordnance and cruise at three times the speed of the MQ-1.Although the MQ-9 can fly pre-programmed routes autonomously, the aircraft is always monitored or controlled by aircrew in the Ground Control Station (GCS) and weapons employment is always commanded by the pilot.

In 2008 the New York Air National Guard 174th Fighter Wing began the transition from F-16 piloted planes to MQ-9 Reaper UAVs, which are capable of remote controlled or autonomous flight operations, becoming the first fighter squadron conversion to an all-UAV attack squadron.

Then U.S. Air Force (USAF) Chief of Staff General T. Michael Moseley said, “We’ve moved from using UAVs primarily in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance roles before Operation Iraqi Freedom, to a true hunter-killer role with the Reaper.” As of 2009 the U.S. Air Force’s fleet stands at 195 Predators and 28 Reapers.
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Homeland Security version
An MQ-9 of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency
UAV Operators at Joint Base Balad (LSA Anaconda), Iraq, April 20, 2005The United States Department of Homeland Security initially ordered one Reaper for border patrol duty, referred to as MQ-9 CBP-101. It began operations 4 October 2005, but on 25 April 2006, this aircraft crashed in the Arizona desert. The NTSB determined (Record Identification: CHI06MA121) that the cause of the crash was most likely a pilot error by the aircraft’s ground-based pilot in the use of a checklist. During its operational period, the aircraft flew 959 hours on patrol and had a part in 2,309 arrests. It also contributed to the seizure of four vehicles and 8,267 pounds of marijuana. Because of these successes, a second Reaper, called “CBP-104” (initially referred to as “CBP-102”), was delivered in September 2006, and commenced limited border protection operations on 18 October 2006. The program was further expanded on 16 February 2009, including Canadian border patrols where US officials were concerned about the exploitation of the border by “drug smugglers, migrants and terrorists”.

The CBP-101 was equipped with the Lynx SAR, AX-15 payload, ARC-210 radios, and other sensors and communications equipment; CBP-104 was enhanced with Ku band satellite command and control link and MTS-A EO/IR sensors.[24]

The President’s FY 2006 Emergency Supplemental budget request added $45 million for the Reaper program, and the FY 2007 Homeland Security Appropriations bill adds an additional $20 million. In October 2006, GA-ASI announced a $33.9 million contract to supply two more Reaper systems by Fall 2007.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has six operational MQ-9s. One based in North Dakota, at the UAS Operations Center in Grand Forks, four in Arizona, at the UAS Operations Center in Sierra Vista and one based at Fort Drum, N.Y. The aircraft are equipped with GA-ASI’s Lynx Synthetic Aperture Radar (Lynx SAR info/web page) and Raytheon’s MTS-B ElectroOptical/Infrared sensors.

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