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IRS's Dirty Secret -- Income Tax is Voluntary!

February 3, 2012

IRS taxation is a voluntary contract between consenting parties and cannot be compelled. Since we don't know this, they trick us into "consenting."

by Gary Kinghorn
(abrdiged by henrymakow.com)

"Taxation by Misrepresentation", an E-book by John W. Benson, is by far the best explanation of our income tax system and the laws involved in compelling citizens to pay income tax.

All IRS processes and procedures are based on the revenue procedures employed by the king's revenue officials in the Exchequer (Treasury) in 1791, dressed up in modern garb.

A precedent-setting Supreme Court tax case in 1856 cited several English treatises as authorities on the ancient processes used by the king's Exchequer.

Essentially, the statute staple process is a voluntary contractual process used in merchant law and not common law. The result is that IRS taxation is a voluntary contractual process between consenting parties and cannot be compelled on an individual.

Much of the IRS code and procedures are designed to both conform to this fact, while insidiously hiding its significance from the populace, and doing everything in their power to intimidate tax payers to "volunteer" payment, even if at gunpoint.

In other words, if you are a 14th Amendment "citizen", you are a serf on the land, a liege to your lord, in this case the Federal Government.

The Federal Government, as it would to a serf, "owns" your labor and can rightfully take your income now (the compensation for your labor) as it deems reasonable according to the contractual benefits you "applied for" when you "volunteer" or "contract" yourself into this status.

Remember that under the Constitution, we have unalienable rights and are Citizens (cap "C") of the United States of America (the country, not the corporation).

How do you "volunteer" yourself to become a 14th Amendment citizen-serf, under the definition designed for freed slaves?

Well, by "voluntarily" submitting your IRS Form 1040, you annually assert that you are a 14th Amendment citizen (small "c"). The 13th amendment prohibits involuntary servitude, but does not prohibit "voluntary" servitude according to contract law.

Ergo, you have been had. This is less the Home of the Free and Land of the Brave, than the Home of Fools and the Land of Liars.

So, what do you do now?

John points out in very clear terms in his "Disclaimer" at the very opening of his book that this is a political battle. Do NOT stop filing the usual tax returns and paying the usual taxes that the IRS and the courts require.

This would be like going to a Mafia crime boss and telling him there's no law allowing him to extract his "security" payments. You will not come out better for the conversation. But realize that we have become a nation of thugs and corruption, and not laws, despite your education to the contrary. John pleads with his readers to unite to overturn the entire system and replace it with a fairer and more transparent tax system for all, rather than for a small number to try to win a few battles in courts that, in his view, are simply not going to allow any victories, truth and justice be damned.

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Comments for "IRS's Dirty Secret -- Income Tax is Voluntary!"

Clifford Shack said (February 4, 2012):

The concept of voluntary servitude originates in the Old Testament. The voluntary slave was called the "eved ivri" which means simply, "Hebrew slave."

Crypto-Jews that had entered England apparently introduced the idea of contractual, voluntary servitude to the English monarchy which they may have infiltrated a very long time ago.

These ancient taxation schemes, in one form or another, reached the New World in the wake of the Virginia Company of London's colonial ambitions.

According to some researchers, the Virginia Company never disappeared as is still contractually...our master.

If you look carefully at the seal of the Virginia Company you will see it bears lions upon it. These are lions of Judah. You will also notice a harp. This is the harp of David. From the very beginning
the New World was created by crypto-Davidians. The big cat is out of the bag.

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Pope Said Freemasonry is Satanism

February 2, 2012

Left, Leo XIII (Pope from 1878-1903)

Until Freemasons took over the Papacy,
many Catholic popes condemned the cult as a mortal threat.

In 1902, Leo XIII said the aim of Freemasonry is "to exercise an occult
overlordship upon society; [its] sole raison d'etre
is to wage war against God and His church."
Modern history and the New World Order are the product of
Masonic propaganda and subterfuge. Obama. the Bushes, Clinton -- all Freemasons. Communism, Zionism - branches of Freemasonry.

Abridged from a traditional Catholic website
unambiguously called "Destroy Freemasonry"

Addressing the Church April 20, 1884, Pope Leo XIII published his magnificent Encyclical "Humanum Genus."

Taking up Saint Augustine's analogy of the two cities which, on earth, constitute the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Satan, the Pontiff reviews the progress of Freemasonry and writes:

"It is now [public knowledge] that [Freemasons] undertake to ruin the Holy Church, so as to succeed, if it is possible, in the complete dispossession of Christian nations of all the gifts they owe to Our Savior Jesus Christ.

"As a result, in the space of a century and a half, the sect of the Freemasons has made incredible progress. Making use ... of audacity and cunning, Masonry has invaded all the ranks of social hierarchy, and in the modern States it has begun to seize a power which is almost equivalent to Sovereignty.

Leo XIII refers frequently to the hypocrisy which is the basis of "White Freemasonry" and mentions its revolutionary aims which turns it into "Red Masonry."

This Encyclical most strikingly reveals the triple Masonic character, namely:

Counter-Morality
Counter-State
Counter-Church

1. Counter Morality

"It aims at the complete destruction of the foundations of justice and honesty. In this way Freemasons make themselves the auxiliaries of those who wish that, like an animal, man had no other rule of conduct than his own desires -- Such a scheme can only dishonor human kind and ignominiously cast him into perdition."

" Laying this down, they care little for duties to God, or pervert them by erroneous and vague opinions. For they deny that anything has been taught by God; they allow no dogma of religion or truth which cannot be understood by the human intelligence, nor any teacher who ought to be believed by reason of his authority."

2. Counter State

Pope Leo XIII foresaw that Freemasonry would soon form the Super State. [Whence] there was issued the Masonic dogma of separation of Church and State; thence, issued also the anti-religious laws which Brother Bethmont, [a Freemason explained as follows:]

"Violence against the Church leads nowhere, we shall use other means. We shall organize a persecution which shall be both clever and legal; we shall surround the Church with a network of laws, decrees and ordinances which will stifle it without shedding one drop of blood."

Who, may I ask, is making those closely woven nets of laws, decrees and ordinances? The State, of course, but it is a Masonic State, an irreligious State under the power of a Super State which at the present moment is the Ruler of the World.

It is with a feeling of fear that one brings to mind the death sentence pronounced against humanity in the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion."

"When we introduced into the State organism the poison of Liberalism its whole political complexion underwent a change. States have been seized with a mortal illness -- blood poisoning. All that remains is to await the end of their death agony."

That Super State is called Judeo-Masonry.

3. Counter Church

Lastly, Leo XIII concludes by unmasking the Satanism of Judeo-Masonry:

"The facts which we have reviewed throw sufficient light upon inner constitution of Freemasons and show clearly the road they are following in order to reach their goal. Their chief dogmas are so completely and manifestly opposed to sane reason that it is difficult to imagine deeper perversion. In reality is it not the peak of madness and of the most audacious impiety to be so presumptuous as to want to destroy the religion and the Church created by God Himself: and assured of His perpetual protection; and after 18 centuries to want to replace it with the customs and institutions of pagans?"

"Still no less horrible nor easy to bear to witness the repudiation of those gifts which, in His mercy, Jesus Christ bestowed first on individuals, then to human beings grouped both in families and in nations. Even the enemies of Christianity acknowledge the supreme value of those gifts.

"There is no denying that in this foolish and criminal plan it is easy to understand the implacable hatred and passion for revenge which animate Satan toward Jesus Christ. We refuse to follow the dictates of such iniquitous masters that bear the names of Satan and of all evil passions."

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Complete Text of Genus Humanum

Other Popes and Masons on Freemasonry
http://www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/hardtruth/masonicquotations.htm

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Comments for "Pope Said Freemasonry is Satanism"

Cliff Shack said (February 3, 2012):

dare say that the Vatican had been infiltrated by the Davidic crypto-Jews controlling Freemasonry. Leo's words remind me of Hitler's rhetoric against international Jewish bankers who were his controllers.

The crypto-Davidians, like the Freemasons always leave tell-tale clues in the form of open secrets if you understand their basic symbolism. Take ole Leo for example. Leo is the lion. Not just any lion. The lion of Judah aka David. Does David reign over the church through his descendants? Wasn't the church begun by a son of David? It should come as no surprise that the sons of David have claimed the papal throne as their own.

Mark said (February 3, 2012):

In reply to Martin, below re. pot calling kettle black.

The church is controlled by freemasons and the love of God is not that of the creator, but that of Gold, Oil and Drugs. I am not denying in the past that the church was corrupt but within, there were many good men and women who sought to help and other, whom, like many in life were incapable of speaking out for fear of danger to them and their loved ones. Remember the Godfather part III? Remember the pope who was removed because he was going to do something about the corruption? How many people do we know of (and don't) who have met with the same situation?

Within all establishments there are inner and outer circles. The outer circle is the lies for the masses. The inner circle is the control mechanism and most certainly occult, very probably Satanic. The inner is the esoteric and the outer the exoteric. How can people do anything about a situation if they are ignorant to its danger? This is the reality of the world we live in, in all walks of life. As I have already said, people are simply removed who pose a threat to the heavily guarded inner circle that controls reality for all.

Christine said (February 3, 2012):

Thanks for the excellent article on Freemasonry. You may wish to remind your readers that Achille Cardinal Lienart of Lille, France, was one of the leaders of Vatican II. On his deathbed in 1973, he confessed to being a 33rd degree Freemason and gave his confessor permission to publish his remarks.

He also admitted that changes to the Sacraments make them invalid, which means no grace is transmitted. Lienart said that the purpose of changing the Sacraments at Vatican II was to destroy the Mass, Priesthood, and Apostolic Succession. See: http://www.traditio.com/comment/com0911.htm

Cardinal Admits His Participation in a Freemasonic Plot at Vatican II to Destroy the Mass
Achille Lienart Declared on His Deathbed that He Was a Freemason Executing the Lodge's Plan

Martin said (February 3, 2012):

This is the pot calling the kettle black.

TC said (February 3, 2012):

In defense of our friends and neighbors who have been drawn into Freemasonry, I must say that most of them are probably unaware of it's true nature.

Mark said (February 3, 2012):

It's (should be) obvious to all who read you, others like you and who have fallen down the rabbit hole, that Freemasonry is most certainly an organization to obliterate humanity as we know it and create a hell on earth. The only chance that the good people of this world have is to utterly demolish freemasonry and any other secret organization that seeks to impose its will upon the people.

The simple answer to the above is to have no government, banking or law structure whatsoever and allow people to live under the god given liberty they were born with and to be free humans on this earth.

Government controls.
Banking controls.
Law controls.

Now there will be many who say that religion controls, when in reality, one man's belief in his god is his own and needs no place of worship to respect that. People who are controlled by religion are simply not following that religion correctly.

It is completely and utterly absurd that like the many Zionists in the American government, who have dual citizenship to Israel, there should be Freemasons within our establishments. A slave cannot have two masters and it's apparent to all who know that Freemasons do as they're told from their superior masons and if push comes to shove, the brotherhood, will always be followed and obeyed before any other. And yet, nothing is done about this? It is understandable why, considering that the media, the judiciary, the government, the councils, the major establishments and security forces are all controlled by freemasonry.

Liberty is the freedom to live one's life as one chooses and it is no one else's right to tell us whom we should follow, partner with, associate with, employ or love. The only true society that humanity should live under is that which establishes each one as an individual to take personal responsibility for their actions.

The moment you give power to another over you, regardless how trivial, is the day you allow yourself to become a slave. That society that I am of course talking about is one that has no law, other than that of our creator, no government, no banking system, no secret society and of course no control over anyone. I am of course speaking of none other than anarchy, for that is and always will be the only true liberty loving way of life that is and will ever exist.

Laim said (February 3, 2012):

i totally agree with this article and for once it is good to see a person not catholic bashing most people get confused (nearly all protestants who many of their nwo pastors are masons) and think the modern church ala Vatican II popes are actually the catholic church, which they are not.

I knew all about the new world order from 1999 but of the catholic church and the anti-christ masonic jewish popes only from 2008.

i have confronted two priests and a bishop (who was young but retired) and i would not even describe them as remotely catholic or Christian in my wildest dreams.

all the so called anti-catholic rhetoric was actually true in the present churches case. the church has had Freemasons inside getting stronger and stronger for 100 years , let us not forget they had been planning the downfall of Russia (to kill the czar) for over 100 years before it happened. One thing which always confuses me, the European royals many of whom were masons if all the stories were true were dupes in their own demise. i can only assume they to were deceived and like the film the godfather where the mafia leaders meet in the bank-managers boardroom. they work together but acknowledge that they would gladly kill each other for the power. the losers are usually integrated into different roles as in Europe post ww1 were they germans became nazis although he kieser abdicated (fool lost big time).

thanks for the article , things I imagine are even complicated for the satanists, god gave satan 100 years of power ND ITS COMING TO AN END BUT SATAN WILL NOT go quietly.

i am originally from northern Ireland and the masonic orange order once in power causes non stop trouble and hatred, as can be seen (they are in the south but not in power and march as they want with no trouble).

as usual very thoughtful and interesting research.

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Fukushima - What Really Happened

February 1, 2012

(Left, Reactor 3 vanished after exploding into a mushroom cloud.)

As a hypothesis, Stuxnet explains why the generators failed. It explains how the valves in the passive cooling systems got shut off.

by James Farganne
(henrymakow.com)

Recently, I posted a short overview of Jim Stone's Fukushima report, which concluded that the 9.0-magnitude quake was a lie concocted to conceal the real cause of the tsunami: a seabed nuke.

Stone's report proves definitively that the official story of 3/11, like that of 9/11, is a poorly woven fabric of lies and inconsistencies.

Drone photos show that the containment walls of Reactors 1, 3, and 4 were obliterated. Concrete walls 4 - 8 feet thick were blown to dust, leaving only skeletal rebar. Hydrogen, at such low pressure, could never have wrought such massive destruction. It would defy laws of physics, as well as historical precedent.

The destruction of Reactor 4's containment walls was a clear case of sabotage. It had no fuel in it, so it was not operating. Yet it blew sky high. Reactor 3 vanished completely, core and all, after exploding into a mushroom cloud.

Claims by Arnie Gundersen that the explosions resulted from "prompt criticality" don't wash. Reactor core meltdowns do not produce mushroom clouds. Nuclear weapons do that. Moreover, Gundersen, "expert" mouthpiece for the MSM and alternative media outlets, has been outed by real professionals in his field as a fraud.

The foregoing facts are clear enough to the untrained eye. More subtle are signs of sabotage within the power plants' control systems. Seeing these takes more brainpower. You need to visualize the unfamiliar. You have to find out what switch gear is. There's a dry official report to hump through, diagrams at which to squint. You have to scroll toward the bottom of Stone's report for this section. It has no proper title. Just keep your eyes peeled for the first sentence:

"Fukushima was impossible."

This section was the kernel of Stone's investigation. It is a crystalline lattice of logic and evidence that obliterates the official story of the reactors' destruction as completely as the reactors were themselves destroyed.

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED?

According to officialdom, the reactors exploded because the cores overheated. The emergency cooling systems failed because the backup generators were flooded by the tsunami.

All of this is bogus. First, a careful reading of an official report from the World Nuclear Association reveals that the tsunami did not flood the generators. There was another cause for their malfunction.

Second, three of the nine cooling systems needed no electricity. They used steam power from the reactor cores. They were the real emergency systems. Swamped generators would therefore have been irrelevant.

Third, these three passive systems kicked in at Reactors 1 and 3. Then the valves that fed them steam were shut. This required a command. It was a deliberate act.

Who, or what, shut those valves?

The most likely answer points to Dimona, Israel's "nuclear research" center.

ENTER STUXNET

Israeli security firm Magna BSP landed a security contract at Fukushima Daiichi shortly after Japan offered to enrich uranium for Iran. Soon after Magna BSP arrived, cybersecurity giant Symantec reported that the Stuxnet virus had infiltrated thousands of computers in Japan.

This is significant because Stuxnet is an Israeli invention. Magna BSP, an Israeli firm, had no previous history outside of contracts with Dimona, where the Stuxnet virus was born.

Stuxnet works by disrupting industrial hydraulics, the pipes and valves that drove Fukushima's cooling systems. Stuxnet runs amok while sending normal readings to the engineers at their control stations. Israel is documented to have used this virus to damage centrifuges at a nuclear facility in Iran.

The cooling systems at Fukushima were controlled by Siemens software, which the Stuxnet virus was designed specifically to attack.

Stuxnet can be administrated via the kind of data link that Magna BSP installed before scramming back to Israel just prior to the disaster.

As a hypothesis, Stuxnet explains why the generators failed. It explains how the valves in the passive cooling systems got shut. It explains why engineers are still getting containment pressure readings from Reactor 3, even though the containment is no longer there, and it explains a lot of other things as well.

If you want to debunk the Stuxnet hypothesis, you're going to have your work cut out for you. If Stuxnet was a duck, then everything about what happened at Fukushima would be quacking like one.

CONCLUSION

On 3/11/11, Reactors 1, 2, 3, and 4 were utterly destroyed, with 1, 3, and 4 suspiciously exploding.

Though Stone only got direct evidence of a nuke planted at Reactor 3, which produced the mushroom cloud, it is rational to believe Reactors 1 and 4 also had them, with 4 exploding even though it had no fuel core installed at the time.

The lesser magnitude of the explosions at Reactors 1 and 4 can be attributed to the fact that gun-type nukes are not consistent in their yield. Reactor 3's detonation might also have gotten a boost from the pressure released in a reactor pressure vessel breach -- a sensible conclusion in that the reactor is completely gone. Stuxnet appears to have affected all of the reactors' control systems, crippling generators and shutting valves. Problems at Reactor 2 appear to be Stuxnet-related only. All four were fatalities.

But of course, don't take my word for it. Go and study the report for yourself.

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Ken Adachi said (February 3, 2012):

've been off the computer for a few days. I just saw James Farganne reply
to me which you posted on Jan 28. I will send you a response to his
statement, as well as an overview on the many expose articles I posted in
March, April, and May of 2011 outing the bogus claims of radiation experts
like Arnie Gunderson, Lauren Moret, Christopher Busby, et al.

These and other articles decrying the Japan radiation psyops are still
found on my Current News page in the same order that I posted them

http://educate-yourself.org/cn/

I don't mind James' adulation of ex-NSA employee Jim Stone to lay claim to
expanding the story, especially the Israeli connection with Stuxnet virus,
but to lay claim to originating and discovering the story is bullocks and
I have the evidence posted and DATED in chronological order at my web site
for all to review and examine.

These are the articles posted in March and April of 2011:

Go to this page to access all of these links:

Death by Radiation: Coming Soon to a Neighborhood Near You, Part 1

Part 2

From Ken Adachi, Editor
http://educate-yourself.org/lte/radiationpsyops28may11.shtml
May 28, 2011

Tom said (February 2, 2012):

I have worked at Nuclear Power plants in the United States for 20 years as an Operator. I'm sure I know more than you do about how they operate. The GE BWR Containment structure is not passive. It is a Pressure Suppression Containment that requires Electric Power to supply cooling pumps that remove the heat from the Suppression Pool following an accident. If all electrical power is lost, fuel damage will occur in a matter of hours. Fukushima didn't have any power for 3 days.

Reply:

Stone provided full schematics of Fukushima, which prove these passive backup systems existed there, and in ALL BWR facilities.

Doug said (February 2, 2012):

When the possibility of Israeli involvement in the Fukushima catastrophe was first mooted, I was doubtful. However the arguments presented by your contributors are compelling and I compliment you for giving them a hearing in the interests of debate. In the very early days of 9-11, anyone prepared to publicly debate Israeli involvement was likewise scorned.

Keep courageous.

A Psalm of David. LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour. In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved. (Psa 15:1-5)

R said (February 2, 2012):

Regarding motive for Fukushima - Beyond offering to enrich uranium for Iran and voting against Israel at the UN. Japanese antisemitism (understanding of jewish question) is fairly mainstream in Japan as well as there nationalistic hegemony has been a tough nut to crack for the internationalists.

Interesting link - conference of Jewish concern over Japanese "antisemitism." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzJBGsjb7dU

How I Take My Mind Off Myself by Jerry Chapin

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January 29, 2012

How I Take My Mind Off Myself

"These are lives that have been shattered by the ills and negligence of our culture.   When I'm able to help others, fear for myself or self pity vanishes."

by Jerry Chapin
(henrymakow.com)

Last week I did one outreach case for my church: A black grandmother that just moved here from a mess in Memphis.

She is caring for her two granddaughters for a son who is in prison back in Mississippi, and her other son she brought here is already in jail for possession. She needed two months rent which more than we're usually called on to give, though we usually do it if we assess that they won't just get evicted later.

This woman's situation was shattered but I noticed her granddaughters were well behaved and sat still when she told them to.

When we interview a client, then we discuss with the apt. manager. Another black woman, she clearly wanted us to help this woman, and said she'd help her find some kind of work. Many of these cases get disability or child support.

She has disability and had been sitting with invalids and baby sitting. Obviously there was trouble with the sons selling drugs that blew up in Memphis.

She did well to end up here. Those apartments are crummy but the people there look out for each other and it's in a safe area.

Anyway, I couldn't promise our pledge in this case without a vote so I told the old woman and manager I'd let them know Friday I told them we would probably pledge 1/3rd.   At our meeting Thursday night, they approved a pledge of half without hesitation.

I called the apt. manager Friday and told her we'd pay half up front and someone would bring her a month bus pass.

The manager herself thanked me as if I'd save her from eviction. She was so happy not to have to throw the woman out on the street. She said, "thank you for helping our people. God bless you".

I don't know if she meant black people or all the downtrodden.   The last client we helped there was a white grandmother with a 15-year old boy and 20 year old unwed mother with a 2-year old child.

These are lives that have been shattered by the ills and negligence of our culture.   When I'm able to help others, fear for myself or self pity vanishes.

Three years ago when I believed I was washed up, I felt such terrible regret that I'd never done things I can do now. There's no ego in it at all. I'm grateful to get to do God's will. Practicing the Golden Rule for real is really all we can do to save humanity .

Treat Yourself to a Bubbeleh!

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January 28, 2012

Treat Yourself to a Bubbeleh!

Unknown, this Jewish version of a pancake is a delicious treat that serves to be better known!

Bubbaleh/Bubbeleh

Serves: 4

3 eggs, separated
1/2 cup water
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup matzo meal

Beat whites until stiff.

Beat egg yolks with water, salt, and matzo meal. Fold in beaten whites.

Drop onto greased pan. When bottom is brown, flip over to brown on the second side.

Serve with cinnamon sugar or jam.

My Morning in Female Court

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January 21, 2012

My Morning in Female Court

A reader feels a gender bias against men in an increasingly female-dominated judiciary. Of course, he is delusional since only women, homosexuals, select minorities and Jews can be discriminated against, and he is none of these.

by Daniel
(henrymakow.com)

Today I spent my morning sitting in a court room patiently waiting my turn to plead not guilty and present my evidence in a case of speeding and photo radar.

The Judge was stuffy and fierce, she almost seemed to be aging at an accelerated pace.

The crown prosecutor was young and slender, just the right amount of curves in the right places... O.k. she was hot! There !.

I had the luxury of sitting through the entire mornings proceedings and getting to hear all the cases and arguments before me. Most of these were half-assed pleas for mercy to avoid shelling out a few bucks and hey why not?

A few of the defendant's didn't have a clue what was up or down; no case no arguments prepared. Even the cops in the back row were chuckling to themselves.

Watching the judge through all the proceedings, she seemed dead and lifeless but actively engaged in taking notes.

The crown prosecutor was a little more lively I think I almost caught her smiling a few times!

Now, I actually had a case based on solid facts, nothing to do with my opinion.

I finally get my turn to present my case and defend myself. I constructed my defense based on a portion their own evidence. I used the photographs, reported speed, lapsed time stamp and measurement of the vehicle to prove the car was actually going much slower then reported.

I made very nice diagrams and a written explanation for the Judge. The case I thought was nearly bullet proof but she made no attempt to look at any of the contrary evidence. The cute little crown attorney came at me with the speed of a viper (I must be onto something here I thought)

"ARE YOU A MATHEMATICIAN!!" she barked, "Did you make those calculations yourself?"

Yes I replied, here is a copy for you. She went on to tell me that I am not qualified to do that. She never looked at the evidence nor did the judge. She just grimaced at me the whole time and I didn't see her making any notes. I was quickly found guilty.

Now can anyone please correct me but I thought the court house is a place where the judge carefully reviews facts and evidence?

Did I think too much? Maybe that combined with my gender intimidated them?

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I have since spoken to the guy who runs www.wiseupwinnipeg.com and he has informed me that what I thought was "court" really isn't. My case was heard by a magistrate. They make you think its court. He went on to tell me that at that level you could have the most iron clad defense and they'll still convict you: "its almost criminal" in his words.

I was also informed that my defense has been used before and its nearly indisputable; you just don't hear about it in the media. He was kind enough to provide me with all the details on how to appeal and have it heard by an actual judge.