I loved that book and movie when I was growing up.

ok…
The NY botanical gardens… fav spots, rose garden and another small area near there that is enclosed and has a small pool… then another area outside in between the park and the city that residents who grew up in the area know how to get to… i dont even know if its still there. japanese people threw coy into the lake then they fished them out and sold them to local pet shops.

and Brooklyn Botanical garden WAS a favorite with the Sakura festival. however, the japonophiles into manga, and hakama, etc… now show up all dressed up like a comic con convention, and the crowd is big, and they charge a lot more money than they used to when it was more reserved.

if you want a better cherry blosom festical, you can go up north to the pepsi company… there they have cherry blossoms and the japanese come by with bento, carboard, tape and its a lot more like the festivals in japan themselves… (especially the one in hiroshima). you can also tour the grounds and see a Rodin, and others (i am always amazed that no one has driven in, grabbed the rodin and not run)

i am sending some flower pics to neo…
maybe she will put them up, but i doubt it.
but nothing ventured nothing gained.

Last week, Jessica A. Cooke, 21, Ogdensburg, was pulled over at a border checkpoint in Waddington by border patrol agents who wanted to search her car’s trunk. During an altercation that followed, Ms. Cooke allegedly was subdued with a stun gun.

The incident, which was captured on a cellphone video taken by Ms. Cooke, has prompted a spirited debate on social media sites. Ms. Cooke, a SUNY Canton criminal justice major who graduated Saturday, claims she was wrongfully assaulted and has threatened to file a lawsuit.

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Citing the recent Supreme Court decision Rodriguez v. United States, Mr. Su said it is unconstitutional for police to detain a person after a traffic stop to allow time for a trained dog to arrive for further investigation.

However, he said, the situation can be different near a border.

Border Patrol has the authority to set up checkpoints within 100 miles of an international border. Within this area, which includes the entire north country and most of New York state, agents have more leeway when conducting secondary vehicle inspections.

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Jade Helm 15

Why Operation Jade Helm 15 is freaking out the Internet – and why it shouldn’t be

so when the news says there is nothing to worry about, do you want to believe them? do you think the nazi press would have pre announced the invasion of poland, detailed the rippentrop pact, and laid out the plans for the future?

Elite service members from four branches of the U.S. military will launch an operation this summer in which they will operate covertly among the U.S. public and travel from state to state in military aircraft. Texas, Utah and a section of southern California are labeled as hostile territory, and New Mexico isn’t much friendlier.

explain this!!!! the soldiers will be able to wander around syria undetected? (and this is practice?)

“The nature of warfare is always changing and U.S. Army Special Operations Command’s mission is to make certain the Army’s various Special Operations Forces are trained, equipped and organized to successfully conduct worldwide special operations in support of our nation’s interests,” Army Lt. Col. Mark Lastoria

oh… well… now i feel better… nothing like having 20,000 undercover soldiers wandering around africa blending in…

its interesting they try to use other innocuous training to say this training is the same… thats like saying a robbery in real life is the same as one in a movie and so the movie turned out well so real life is the same…

its interesting how much effort is going into trying to cover this and make it ok that they are doing this among civilians and that they are using local police forces, who will not be shipped out overseas.

Jade Helm 15 conspiracy theory
The Jade Helm 15 conspiracy theory is based on a planned United States military training exercise that is scheduled to take place over multiple states in the US from July 15 through September 15, 2015. The exercise raised conspiracy theories, and has become the focus of speculation by right-wing commentators and politicians about the prospect of martial law, claims referred to by The New York Times as “travers[ing] the outer edges of political paranoia.”

this from the same people who said Holodomor didnt happen and got a pulitzer for lying about it…

The Holodomor
was a man-made famine in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1932 and 1933 that killed an estimated 2.5—7.5 million Ukrainians, with millions more counted in demographic estimates. It was part of the wider disaster, the Soviet famine of 1932—33, which affected the major grain-producing areas of the country.

i have noticed grand changes to history in Wiki now..
the highlander school was not shut down because of communist subversion like the FBI website says, its was shut down as a response to the civil rights movement

now, holodomor was not purposeful, with the US buying the grain from Stalin, it was really just part of another famine..

Stalinization is proceeding and history is being rewritten

when the Ukraine was taken over, what was russia doing and claiming about the military near there?

Russia holds huge military exercises near Ukraine border

Russia Expands Military Exercises To 80,000 Troops

when looking outside the glass house, huffington post comments on it, when its inside, they work for the state, as all socialists believe the press is a arm of the state, and not the pillar of a free society.

Russia’s Strategic Nuclear Forces To Hold Major Exercise This Month / The forces responsible for Russia’s strategic nuclear arsenal will conduct major exercises this month involving more than 4,000 soldiers, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday, in the latest sign of rising tension with NATO over the Ukraine crisis.

Russia Starts Military Exercises Near Ukraine

Putin Orders Surprise Military Exercises

The world knows that military exercises are how you move vast amounts of material, which would signal a war and things getting into position, without having to argue why your moving the equipment…

March 2, 1943
“In Szczebrzeszyn it was announced by the Germans that all traffic on the highway to Zwierzyniec will stop for three days because of military exercises in the nearby forest. People are now fearing new arrests and deportations to Germany.”

even hitler used them that way…

prior to war from germany:
a new phase began for the Hitler Youth with increased emphasis on paramilitary training in direct association with the Wehrmacht (Army), Luftwaffe (Air Force) and Navy. In 1937, a Hitler Youth rifle school was then established. About 1.5 million boys were trained in rifle shooting and military field exercises over the next few years with over 50,000 boys earning a marksmanship medal that required near perfect shooting at a distance of 50 meters (164 feet).

pecial Hitler Youth paramilitary formations for boys eventually included: the Flieger-HJ in which aviation enthusiasts built gliders, participated in annual glider flying competitions, visited Luftwaffe facilities and went for rides in fighters and bombers; the Motor-HJ for boys 16 and older in which they acquired their driver’s license and learned to ride motorcycles; and the Marine-HJ in which they obtained sailing certificates, learned river navigation, and participated in naval exercises aboard German training ships.

a few years later those same people would be the soldiers that invaded poland, ukraine, hungary, etc..

“Actor breaks ankle fleeing assassination attempt.”

“While protesting oppression and genocide, militant shot through head by police.”

“Several hanged amidst questions about death penalty given to falsely accused.”

“Puppies and kittens are tortured every day by cruel monsters.”