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Legal fictions, bankruptcy and straw men among baffling beliefs of sovereign citizens - WHO-TV Posted: 11 Aug 2010 09:01 PM PDT The Southern Poverty Law Center estimates the number of people who now consider themselves sovereign citizens, Americans above the law who adhere only to the Constitution and follow a revised history of the United States, grew to 300,000 during the past decade. Some of their beliefs: —14th Amendment citizens: Belief that the 14th Amendment created a class of citizens who had no constitutional rights but were instead slaves to the government. They also believe the government tricks people into becoming 14th Amendment citizens by signing contracts for privileges such as vehicle registration, Social Security and even fishing licenses. —The gold standard and bankruptcy: Belief that the country went bankrupt in 1933 when it suspended the gold standard and no longer had collateral to back its loans. In response, the government, with the consent of state governors, secretly pledged current and future citizens as collateral. The government also set up secret accounts at the U.S. Treasury linked to the birth certificate number of each citizen. The value of the accounts ranges from $600,000 to $20 million. —Straw man: Under a sovereign citizen theory called redemption, the government creates a fictional identity for each citizen at birth tied to the secret accounts. The identity is represented by a person's name in all capital letters. Often referred to as an "artificial person" or a "legal fiction." Sources: Southern Poverty Law Center, Anti-Defamation League, AP research Copyright 2010 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php Five Filters featured article: "Peace Envoy" Blair Gets an Easy Ride in the Independent.

Comic Book Tech for the Real World - Associated Content Posted: 13 Aug 2010 01:27 PM PDT Mainstream comic books have mostly kept with the tradition they began with. You can find the same superheros that were around since the 1930s and most deviations from the traditional have been farther out on the  fringe. There are many exceptions to that statement but science fiction has not been integrated into the comic gender as much as it has in other media forms. There have been a lot of comic facsimiles of television science fictions shows, such as most all versions of the Star Trek series. Star wars movies have inspired it's place in the comic world. Let's look at some of these tech type things and see how they might integrate into our lives. Star Trek comics contained the same tech as in the shows. The Star Trek tech was believable and similar to the real world we live in projected into the future. Here is a list of the technological devices that we don't have but should be in the present world. 1. Spock's Tricorder was an amazing multifunction device. It could detect organic and inorganic objects from a great distance and analyze their genetic makeup and chemical composition. It could do it without contact or destruction of the substance, unlike today. The Tricorder had other functions. It could tell how far the objects were, but, to some degree, that is already possible with todays technology. 2. The transporter was already used in several other non-comic shows such as The Invaders or The Fly. The transporter used in the Star Trek comics could be scientifically explained and was believable. I would like to see that technology here today. It would save on gas but would probably be owned by a major corporation and take a lot of quarters. Beam me up Scotty. 3. It would be really cool to have the Enterprise itself to run around in and explore other worlds. Looks like me may have to wait awhile for that one. I would like to have some stock in the company that comes up with the metal it is made of, tritanium. Star War's comics had it's share of the same ray guns, space ships and other tech similar to Star Trek but it's own tech is worthy of some mention. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php Five Filters featured article: "Peace Envoy" Blair Gets an Easy Ride in the Independent.

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