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I will begin with the question and provide the backstory. The question is: Given my background and the evidence I have, how can I embark on a campaign to spur students at my former college into demanding an end to their curriculum's corrupt diversity and ethnic studies requirements? Now, time for a story. Remember back in 2015 when Ben Shapiro went to go speak at a little college in Southern California named Cal-State LA, and a bunch of leftist bastards attacked the innocent students who wanted to hear him speak, barred the doors, and essentially deprived those innocent students of their 1st amendment rights? Well, those leftist bastards were my friends. I'm Fernando. I attended Cal State LA (California State University - Los Angeles) from Aug. 2012 to Jun. 2014. In my first year there, I got involved with a group called "Students for Quality Education." If you were to walk along the campus "free speech zone" on any one afternoon during the school year, those guys handing out flyers about ostensibly fighting unjust tuition hikes will tell you that their organization (SQE) is all about organizing the student body to mobilize against overreach and graft at the administrative level of the university, and ensure student success by protesting unfair legislative and administrative initiatives that threaten the "quality of education," maybe even citing that teachers' teaching conditions are student learning conditions or some crap like that. I believed this crap too, and I even spoke on behalf of SQE at a rally in 2013 when Old Moonbeam Gerry Brown decided to push his "unit cap" agenda onto the school system (in short, unit caps made it so that after a student took a certain amount of classes, if they didn't graduate, their tuition doubled because the state no longer subsidized it). I gave a hilariously misunderstood speech about political manipulations of the student body to ransom tax money out of regular citizens, warning the citizens that they should not vote for any new taxes and instead sign our little petitions to tell their local representatives that they would be out of a job if they continued to support this budget, and it went RIGHT over every little leftist's head in the audience. One dipshit can even be heard squaking at the end, "We have to raise the property taaaaax!!!" Youtube: Now, SQE is actually sponsored and paid for by the teachers' union, The California Faculty Association. They give the resources and the orders to SQE to mobilize the students towards a particular cause, and SQE follows their orders, but makes it seem like it's an independent group of students acting of their own accord. The California Faculty Association's chapter in Cal State LA is run by a set of professors (at least three of which are outspoken Cultural Marxists) who chair various departments in the university. https://www.calfac.org/los-angeles-executive-board Now, let's direct our attention to one name on that list, Dr. Melina Abdullah. Dr. Abdullah was the chair of the Pan African Studies department at CSULA. Dr. Abdullah is also an outspoken member (middle management) of Black Lives Matter. Now, here's the budget for the Pan African Studies department For Year 2013-2014: (http://www.calstatela.edu/sites/default/files/groups/Budget Administration/2013_14/ye_vpaa.pdf) line 201750, $393,926 expended, $280,389 available. At around this time, the unit cap proposal was long behind SQE, and orders came "from the top" (from the CSULA teacher's union run by this "lady") to begin a campaign to demand ethnic studies in higher education so as to assuage racial violence in our society (right out of a George Soros playbook). Dr. Abdullah rallied ALL of the on-campus activist organizations, among others, Black student organizations, SURGE (representing undocumented Hispanic students), the Muslim Student's Association, and of course, SQE as her administrators and enforcers. I sat at the meeting and listened to Dr. Abdullah rant about racial violence, apathy, and then I heard her say something extremely significant. She mentioned that the university administration was thinking of cutting the Pan African studies department because it had more teachers than students in the major. For reference, here are the university's demographics: https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/california-state-university-los-angeles/student-life/diversity/ So, in short, Dr. Abdullah (and I have no problem publicly charging her with this) mobilized on-campus student groups as brown-shirts to foment a false narrative of racial injustice among the student body and the university administration so as to guarantee her own job security by facilitate a vote imposing a requirement on CSULA students that, among other diversity requirements, each student is required to take an ethnic studies course specifically within an ethnic studies department in order to be able to graduate from college. This is significant because such legislation would guarantee her job in the face of an administration who would be seeking to eliminate it due to its redundancy. At this point, I distanced myself from the organization because I personally was against the movement. Imposing even more requirements on already overburdened students did not strike me as activities protecting the quality of student education However, they were still my friends (and I was still misguided), so I didn't stand up against them. When Ben Shapiro was invited on campus, it was this very "ethnic studies coalition," my old friends and colleagues, who were ordered by Dr. Abdullah and her ilk to attack innocent students and publicly shame and excoriate anyone who dared attempt to attend Shapiro's lecture. http://abc7.com/news/ben-shapiro-escorted-from-csula-due-to-angry-protesters/1219358/ I publicly disavowed my former colleagues' actions on facebook (I had already graduated a year prior) and told them that their actions were not helping race relations, but rather destroying 1st amendment protections for students whose interests they ostensibly claimed to protect. Not only that, I publicly called them out for outright attacking innocent students whom they, again, ostensibly claimed to be advocating for! What was the reaction? I was called a privileged scumbag with my blue eyes and light skin, and I had no right to relay to these exalted people of color any perspective on their experience (this is basically verbatim). At that point, I cut ties. And about the ethnic studies requirements that got passed in June of 2014? What was the effect? Here is the CSULA budget for the next two fiscal years: 2014-2015: http://www.calstatela.edu/sites/default/files/groups/Budget Administration/2014_15/ye_vpaa.pdf Line 201750, $619,419 expended, $425,912 available 2015-2016: http://www.calstatela.edu/sites/default/files/groups/Budget Administration/2015_16/ye1516_aa.pdf Line 201750, $819,767 expended, $95,374 available (I guess there was a cut!) As one can see, my friends who sold their souls, and those innocents who bled in their indignity, the reason they suffered was primarily for Dr. Abdullah's job security. And given that her budget is almost running dry, it might just be time for another rush of "racial awareness campaigns." Not on my watch. I felt horrible being impotent in my unemployed depression while witnessing this going on. Now, with resources at my disposal, I feel like I can do something about it. It's too late to expose Dr. Abdullah; she's too powerful and the university too far invested in her scheme for any exposure to have an effect other than empty virtue signalling. But I don't think it's ever too late to take down the diversity requirements and to expose the truth behind them. Our country is no more racially united than it was before these stupid requirements. We don't see these leftist bastards cheering about how their campaigns are bringing about racial unity. In fact, they claim the opposite, that race relations are worsening, and thus their presence and activities are ergo ever more necessary. I want to stand up and do something to put my old colleagues in their place, but I'm not sure how to go about it. Maybe some of you have some ideas as to how to do this? I've e-mailed this to Ben Shapiro and received no response (probably because his show and his inbox are WAY bigger than this one incident ), but any ideas are appreciated. Reference: CSULA Budgets (https://www.calstatela.edu/budget/year-end-reports) - check under "academic affairs"

Hello everybody, I'm curious what you think about this issue. A friend of mine (not me) is currently in a third world country and has to do a visa run (a stupid bureaucratic thing in itself already). It's very common to give 5$ more lest the officials let you wait for a couple of hours while you are anxiously waiting and worrying if they will approve the visa or not. Many people told my friend that he should give the "coffee money" to make things easier. On the one hand, there might be a moral problem with giving money to corrupt officials because it rewards bad behavior and gives even more money to government officials, it's probably illegal, though never enforced, (we are talking about my friend here, I would never do such a thing) but on the other hand if it was not a moral issue, my friend would happily pay 5$ for less stress and saving time my friend is already very anxious about essentially being at the mercy of the officials when in Rome, do as the Romans do - it's the responsibility of the citizens to fix their country refusing to pay would have little impact on corruption as with the grey and black market, corruption is sometimes the only thing that keeps things running in an authoritarian system - maybe it's good that you can get everything you want with enough cash Please let me know what you think!

Have you guys been following up on 4chan's investigation into the government for pedophilia? This guy does a pretty decent job on chronicling the data so far. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi6ryNOg8z0 The evidence is absolutely insane. Over the past year there have been several credible sources on 4chan and other anonymous image boards that have given sensitive information to bring down the Clintons. From warnings about the Trump-tape (even before its release) to advice to suggestions to investigate the Clinton-Foundation over anything else. However there have been several warning regarding this particular rabbit-hole implying it goes really deep implicating powerful foreign state officials. Assange is more than likely dead and with his assassination one has to wonder if we're not on the brink of a world-wide crisis if those in power are getting so desperate to resort to such drastic means.

One-stop shop resource: A treasure-trove of information indexed by subject matter Includes: Wikileaks, Soros, DNC, State Department, CF, voter fraud, media collusion, global corruption, etc. https://docs.google.com/document/d/184csN1oQdRRhnzqAC5p90ySYgcS91GAO4FybPqZD_0s/edit Wikileaks Index Spreadsheet: (not as exhaustive, but useful for quick reference) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DgwLHAC5mk9Ghblc6O7AXzxX5dNLlMg0hHUn-D_Ay7I/edit#gid=0 Other sites to watch/bookmark: http://www.thecitizensaudit.com/ -- exposes David Brock's Media Matters leviathan; implicates 14 Pro-Clinton Super PACs and several non-profits in giant money laundering operation, including orgs like Correct The Record ("a rapid response team designed to defend Hillary from 'baseless' attacks"), the shadowy Bonner Group, and the group unironically named "Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in DC." All 14 Orgs registered under the same address in DC, which is owned by Media Matters. Includes links to primary sources/state filings. http://clintonfoundationinvestigation.com/ -- A deep dive into the Clinton Foundation... https://memedump.wordpress.com/ -- Ammunition for Memetic Warfare https://publicintelligence.net/restricted-u-s-army-psyops-manual/ -- PsyOps & crowd-sourced intelligence site

LONDON (AP) -- Corruption will never be eradicated from soccer and officials in the English-speaking world should try to be humble rather than pompous when they talk about ethics, a FIFA vice president said Tuesday. http://www.torontosun.com/2016/10/04/fifa-fines-canadian-soccer-association-for-insulting-chants-from-supporters http://sports.yahoo.com/news/fifa-vp-english-speaking-soccer-officials-pompous-ethics-220235948--sow.html http://vancouversun.com/sports/soccer/international-soccer/fifa-fines-canada-soccer-for-fans-boorish-behaviour-at-b-c-place Upcoming World Cup location: Russia, Qatar

A documentary film about the Clintons based on the book of the same name, by Peter Schweizer. It reminds me very much of the stories told by John Perkins in his book, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. Just follow the money.

http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2016/01/former_deputies_say_winston_co.html "Two former Winston County deputies say Sheriff Hobby Walker fired them after they refused to give him marijuana form the evidence room last year. Now they're suing him for wrongful termination." "They were directed to break the law," Stover said. "Now they have to sue to protect themselves." OK Now lets take a second to review Alabama's laws regarding cannabis, for those of you who aren't under imperial drug fascism. Any amount includes the specs of dust they scrape off of your floor, residues they wipe with special detecting agents, etc. I have seen officers pick through floor mats in a car for hours here, finally turning up enough dust specs to turn the solution in color.. So when it says any amount, it means ANY amount, or ANY paraphernalia, which means anything that has ever touched cannabis and contains it's residue. YOU HEARD IT RIGHT FOLKS LIFE IN PRISON FOR GROWING A PLANT AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PUTTING FATHERS AND MOTHERS IN PRISON FOR GROWING A PLANT, ARE FUCKING SELLING IT EN MASSE BEHIND THE SCENES. This article is just the tip of the iceberg. Caps were necessary to express the anger toward the injustice perpetuated against so many of my nonviolent community members. Now do they come out and say, "Yeah these laws are antiquated fascism. This incident has brought this issue to light for us, and we are now abolishing the drug laws". NOPE. They don't even cover their ass, they just keep cheezing by

I'm often amazed by the level of discussion people, who think most politicians are corrupt, go into over all sorts of policy details. I think engaging in these debates adds credibility and hope where there should be none and distracts from what we should be doing, which is continuously driving the discussion back to the founding problem we have with any form of elected government. For a democratic decision to be made, voters must be able to make an informed choice. For voters to make an informed choice, candidates must be transparent and honest about what they intend to attempt and, once elected, be accountable to trying primarily to achieve those things. When you buy a sandwich you have the right to a list of ingredients and money back guarantee if those ingredients are missing. When you buy a service that is not provided you have the right to you money back. When you buy a candidate (with your vote, worth about £42k over 5 years in the UK) you have very few rights. So when you do engage in a high end political discussion, or interact with a seemingly lovely stranger on your doorstep who sings the praises of another stranger who the would like you to vote for. Please drive the discussion back to where it should be. Do not vote for a strangers stranger without requiring them to provide you with the 'Voter Consumer Rights' you and your community need and deserve to be protected from rip off merchants. If an educated public can not even request facts from representatives seeking election...we are far from ready for functioning anarchy. https://www.facebook.com/smart.voter.org/photos/pb.1415501838715507.-2207520000.1443447230./1625156991083323/?type=3&theater Please consider the system suggested in http://smart-voter.org

Illinois state lotto has been run fradulantly and is giving out IOUs instead of paying winners. Article notes that illegal lotteries were popular even back when the state paid its winners because the state gives worse odds. https://reason.com/blog/2015/10/15/illinois-lottery-now-paying-ious-on-wins Another reminder for our statist friends that monopolies don't magically become virtuous and efficient when run by the state.

http://www.vox.com/2015/5/28/8661977/race-police-officer

Something struck me when I watched this movie last weekend (third viewing overall). For years, I thought the ship's design was completely asinine and served no practical purpose, unlike the corridors in Alien, which were creepy simply by virtue of being utilitarian (small, dimly lit, exposed exhaust manifolds, etc.). But I may have an explanation. Whether Claire killed herself during or after the Event Horizon's completion, her depression likely tortured Weir throughout their relationship and thus, the ship reflects Weir's emotional pain. I think it would've been interesting for the characters to discuss this: "Who designs a ship like this?" "Weir says everything has a purpose." "Do you believe him?" "I don't know. We are talking about a guy whose wife offed herself in a bathtub." "Yeah, I'd be surprised if we didn't see any of his demons here." And something else, I used to think a docking mechanism would be preferable to the central corridor explosives, but the latter may be less failure-prone and more effective in propelling the foredecks away from the singularity. If so, then this adds a great ethical dimension to Weir's character; in spite of scaring the crew, he gave them the best possible chance to survive if the gravity drive malfunctioned. Thoughts?

About year ago I stumbled across a story that was so incredible that it was almost impossible to believe. When I asked myself the question "would the government really do that?", the answer was a clear and resounding "yes". It's a long story, but the introduction for newcomers must begin by reading the book "Gold Warriors - America's secret recovery of Yamashita's Gold". It's available here at the author's website http://www.bowstring.net, where you can also buy 1.5GB of additional material and evidence on 3 CDs. You can also buy it from Amazon and for the Kindle. [Full Disclosure: I have no association with Sterling or Peggy Seagrave, their website, nor any of the material they're written or produced. I'm simply a guy who read the story and was totally stunned how much real evidence of this conspiracy is readily available today, but basically no one knows about it.] In an effort to keep this post short I'll summarise as follows: If there was ever enough public awareness of the information revealed in this book, it would unmake the world. If all it took to destroy the world as we know it, was for the truth to see the light of day, then it is right that it should be destroyed. If this topic is of interest to people, I have a lot more information that I will post about. As I said, I've been researching this story for over a year now.

Hello, I am new to FDR. I'm not sure how relevant this is to this specific group of the forum but I am currently dealing with my manipulative father. He claims to love me and my siblings, but has no interest in what makes us happy and quickly diverts the conversation whenever it begins to get to the truth of our feelings. He is quick to become offended, and is really very irrational to the point when I bring up problems in the household caused by him he proceeds to attack my education as if it were something that has made me the irrational one. "look at the smart guy over here, he has the answers for everything". I am currently and have been involved in a family business with him by force and persuasion since I was 7, it was never my choice to help him, and it often left me beaten, broken emotionally and instilled a dangerous self hatred within myself that I have only recently began to overcome. Im sorry to be blurting my issues out on the forum, but lets make this less personal to me and I was wondering if you guys out there, you honest, good people, could help me identify when it is that I am being manipulated. What are the characteristics of manipulators? Why are do they chose to be manipulators? Is there something in their voice or the kind of words they use that indicate a manipulation (hidden agendas and motives)? How can one avoid being manipulated for being passive and caring?? I am stuck in a difficult position, and I would really appreciate your help in learning how to not be used anymore for being someone who is kind and wants to help everyone. it is my greatest strength but also my weakness, im tired of being exploited for wanting to be good.