I received a "news blast" from one of my usual suspects today that piqued my curiosity. It was a link to a Washington Times story regarding the Department of Justice and their "Operation Choke Point".
"Operation Choke Point, a credit card fraud task force run by the Justice Department, was created to âchoke outâ businesses the Obama administration finds objectionable, according to a congressional committee report obtained by The Washington Times. The administration is knowingly targeting so-called âhigh riskâ businesses â which include payday lenders, gun retailers and ammunition merchants â despite the fact they are legitimate, a staff report by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform said." Not wanting to cite just a single source, I did some quick searching and came up with this: Justice Department shuts down porn money http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/05/26/justice-department-porn-stars-first-amendment-column/9594113/ So let me get this straight... this is a Justice department program created with the concept of identifying fraud and criminal financial activity. Instead of being used just for that, it appears that the DoJ is using it for companies it has deemed "undesirable." This includes guns, porn, ammo, fireworks, coin dealers and loan sharks to name a few. They can't legally shut down any of these businesses so they're using the FDIC to shut down their access to financial services. Nice. I'm not a conspiracy theorist most of the time, but when I am there are multiple points of question or contention that all point to the same result. Bitcoin anyone? Until Later! C. Hatton Humphrey http://www.eastcoastconservative.com Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you just have to do some smelting to find it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:370578 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
