Kimberly Seltzer LCSW is an Image Expert, Therapist and Dating Coach based in Los Angeles. Kimberly is the owner of Elite Image Makeovers providing an inside out approach to helping her clients look and feel their best through her skills as a seasoned therapist and an image consultant.  Using the unique combined use of life coaching, NLP and styling, Kimberly specializes in updating and discovering a personalized image through wardrobe consultation, assistance in purchasing clothes that fit each body type and lifestyle and goal-setting.  She has developed her own personalized wing gal approach with clients doing in-field work with men and women working on body language, first impressions, image and messaging and how it impacts attraction.  Kimberly’s process is light-hearted, fun and empathic aimed at improving dating experiences and relationships.

Kimberly has been trained by one of the top Image Consultants in Los Angeles, Ashley Rothschild at The Rothschild Image.  She is also trained as a Style Coach through the Style Coaching Institute in the UK which teaches the unique use of life coaching, NLP and styling.  Her background in speech communication and theatre has been instrumental in assisting others with body language and social communication.

Kimberly enjoys speaking and giving seminars such as being the keynote speaker for the clothing line KikaPaprika, for National Matchmaking Conferences, marketing seminars such as Success Magnet and iDate, an international dating conference.  She continues to enjoy opportunities on the radio and media.  Media spots have included an appearance with Andy Richter and Paul Tompkins in eBay's Winner's Guide to Winning, a guest on Huffington Post Live with Tim Matheson, a main expert on the new cable reality show The Romance and co-hosting a new radio shows with Sideshow Network, Full Disclosure with Art of Charm’s Jordan Harbinger and Date Therapy with Dr. Lydia Belton.  She is a regular contributor to Huffington Post, Your Tango, Lavalife and Dating Advice.  You can also find her articles and videos in Cosmopolitan Magazine, Fox News Magazine, Yahoo!Shine and The Examiner.

Dr. Christopher Mohr, PhD RD is a nutrition spokesperson and consultant to a number of media outlets and corporations including the The Dairy Council, Clif Bar, Subway, Cardioviva and Nordic Naturals. He is a consulting Sports Nutritionist for the Cincinnati Bengals and is also the Sports Nutritionist for Under Armour’s Training Council. Through his company Mohr Results, Inc., he works with all types of individuals from soccer moms to collegiate and professional athletes.

He often appears on TV as a nutritional guest expert, including an appearance with Chef Emeril Lagasse and another on the Montel Williams Show. He was the nutrition expert for the NY Times Bestseller, "LL Cool J’s Platinum Workout” and worked closely with Fitness Celebrity Denise Austin to create the entire nutrition component of her latest book.

He is on the Advisory Board for Men’s Fitness Magazine and has written over 500 articles for consumer publications, such as Men’s Fitness, Weight Watchers, Men’s Health and Fitness, to name a few. Dr. Mohr has Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Nutrition from The Pennsylvania State University and University of Massachusetts, respectively. He earned his PhD in exercise physiology from the University of Pittsburgh and is a Registered Dietitian.

MaryLee Quinn is the community care coordinator for My AccessABLE home in metro Atlanta and its surrounding counties. MAH is a Home Modification company that specializes in adapting homes for age-related mobility issues or disability and assisting clients with creating a comprehensive plan for aging in their home for a lifetime. Our CAPS (Certified Aging in Place Specialist) professional and our social workers are involved in creating a concept to completion plan that meets the needs of the homeowner for the long term. MaryLea is a Social Worker with a Masters Degree from the University of Denver. She has over 9 years of experience working with seniors in hospice, home health and nursing home environments. She is also the co-chair of the Greater Atlanta Chapter of the National Aging in Place Council and was the founder of the local chapter. 

Steve Meadors has been coined as the proverbial "technical wizard" all his life. Anything he has touched, he has been able to implicitly understand, reassemble, or reproduce if need be.  A graduate of Michigan Institute of Technology, Steve served five years in the U.S. Navy, gaining extensive experience in pneumatics and hydraulics.  He then dabbled in the fields of construction, telecommunications, and computer programming.  Later in his career, he specialized in high-end security system integration, perfecting an exhaustive list of technologies such as photo imaging, access control, surveillance, fire, alarm, time and attendance, and intercom.  Managing  a vast number of multi-million dollar projects, Steve installed, programmed, integrated, and repaired these systems for Fortune 500′s, hospitals, universities,and military installations.

He also specializes in electronics, electrical systems, blueprint review, and electronic circuitry design.

In the past few years, Steven has invented some cutting-edge radionics machines, orgon, zero point, scalar wave, electromagnetic pulse, and healing devices. He has exclusively designed his own circuit boards for all of these devices.

Besides his superb all-encompassing technical acumen, Steve's most resounding qualities are his patience,meticulousness, and willingness to teach others. He is a master team player and phenomenal visionary.

His ultimate goal is to provide technologies that eliminate humanity's pain and therefore, assist in planetary evolution.

CHARLES SHAW is an award-winning journalist, editor, author of the critically-acclaimed memoir, Exile Nation: Drugs, Prisons, Politics & Spirituality (2012, Counterpoint/Soft Skull Press), and Director of the documentary films, The Exile Nation Project: An Oral History of the War on Drugs & The American Criminal Justice System (2011),  The Plastic People (2013) and Visurreality (2013).

Charles serves as Editor for the open Democracy Drug & Criminal Justice Policy Forum and the Dictionary of Ethical Politics, both collaborative projects of  Resurgence, openDemocracy, and the Tedworth Charitable Trust. Charles’ work has appeared in Alternet, Alternative Press Review, Conscious Choice, Common Ground, Grist, Guardian UK, Huffington Post, In These Times, Newtopia, The New York Times, openDemocracy, Planetizen, Punk Planet, Reality Sandwich, San Diego Uptown News, Scoop, Shift, Truthout, The Witness, YES!, and Znet. He was a Contributing Author to the 2008 Shift Report from the Institute for Noetic Sciences, and in Planetizen’s Contemporary Debates in Urban Planning (2007, Island Press). In 2009 he was recognized by the San Diego Press Club for excellence in journalism.

ABOUT The Exile Nation Project: An Oral History of the War on Drugs & The American Criminal Justice System - A film by Charles Shaw

The Land of the Free punishes or imprisons more of its citizens than any other nation. This collection of testimonials from criminal offenders, family members, and experts on America’s criminal justice system puts a human face on the millions of Americans subjugated by the US Government’s 40 year, one trillion dollar social catastrophe: The War on Drugs; a failed policy underscored by fear, politics, racial prejudice and intolerance in a public atmosphere of “out of sight, out of mind.”

The United States has only 5% of the world’s population, yet a full 25% of the world’s prisoners. At 2.5 million, the US has more prisoners than even China does with five times the population of the United States.

8 million Americans (1 in every 31) languish under some form of state monitoring known as “correctional supervision.” On top of that, the security and livelihood of over 13 million more has been forever altered by a felony conviction.

The American use of punishment is so pervasive, and so disproportionate, that even the conservative magazine The Economist declared in 2010, “never in the civilized world have so many been locked up for so little.”

The project will unfold over a two year period, beginning with the release of this feature-length documentary and then continuing on with the release of short films and complete interviews from each of the 100 participants in the project, meant to represent the 1 in 100 Americans that are currently sitting behind bars.

Dr. Linda Salvin Noted Modern Psychic

Linda received her Bachelor of Arts in Health Education from San Francisco State University in 1975 and went on to earn a Masters Degree in Public Health at the University of Michigan in 1977. She was ordained as a Doctor of Divinity in June, 1999. In June, 2008 Linda was awarded her Ph.D. in Metaphysics from the American Institute of Holistic Theology. Born bereft of psychic gifts and originally trained in public science, Dr. Linda Salvin has traveled, and still does travel, a remarkable life journey.

Devastating but Transcending Accidents

A series of devastating accidents transformed her life. A successful public health professional, Linda survived a commercial airliner crash in 1981 while on company business. As she was sliding down the shoot, Linda had an out-of-body experience. That was the beginning of her psychic and spiritual changes.A year later, she was struck by a fire truck and in 1984, another traumatic auto accident brought her to the white light. A surgery in 1991 proved to be another life-altering experience, opening her to her healing gifts. By 1996, her body had developed tumors from healing people which needed to be removed; after her first of three surgeries for the tumors, Linda became a transmedium and began communicating with the other side to assit other people. With each of these experiences, her spiritual connection, psychic, healing and mediuamship abilities began to grow. Rather then dwell on her own challenges, Linda reached out to futher assist and heal others. Linda began her radio career in 1994.

Full Time Psychic

Eventually, Linda left her career as an epidemiologist to devote her full time energies to her metaphysical gifts. In addition to developing, through referral, an international following as a respected psychic, healer, and channeler in private practice, she took her skills to a wider audience via radio in 1994.

Tony Ventrella is an iconic sports media name in the Seattle area.

His signature keynote called “Smile in the Mirror,” is based on his book of the same title. His practical ideas for living a better life along with a mix of humorous and memorable stories will delight your audience.

Tony’s media career spans 40 years from his days as a sports reporter at the Wilton Bulletin in Connecticut to radio sportscaster and later television anchor in Fort Wayne, Indiana and finally Seattle.

Tony Ventrella was sports director at KING-5 and Kiro-7 television for 22 years.

During his career he has covered two Olympic games, several World Series, Super Bowls, International Figure Skating events, Final Four basketball and three Rose Bowls. His favorite people in sports include Frosty Westering, Lou Pinella, Marv Harshman, Steve Largent, Jim Zorn, Bobby Engram and wrestler George” The Animal” Steele.

After high school and a stint in the U.S. Army,Tony worked for his dad at Ventrella’s Barber Shop in Norwalk, Connecticut before opening his own business at the age of 24.

At one time Tony ran his shop, did play-by-play of high school football and wrote the entire sports section of his home town newspaper while acting in community theatre and playing softball in two leagues.

Tony also has a background in theatre directing and acting in dozens of productions back east and here in the Pacific Northwest. He is currently a board member of the Evergreen Family Theatre in Redmond and played “Scrooge” in a 2009 production of “A Christmas Carol.”

Email: sshane@kovr.com
Twitter: @samshane

Sam Shane graduated from the University of Minnesota with a B.A. in journalism. He’s spent more than 20 years traveling across the country working for TV stations and covering major news events. He started in Duluth, Minn., and later in his career he worked at KCRA-TV in Sacramento, KGO-TV in San Francisco, at the Fox affiliate in Seattle and as an anchor at MSNBC.

Sam has covered major stories like the L.A. riots, the Oklahoma City bombing, and the capture of the Unabomber. He’s interviewed a variety of political figures and leaders including a president and a number of U.S. senators. In addition to reporting international, national and local news stories throughout his career, he also written and produced an award-winning investigative series on the failures of government officials during the 1997 floods in Northern California.

Sam has also written a children’s book called “Rocky The Mudhen.”

Sam is married and is the father of two kids – a boy and a girl. In his spare time, Sam enjoys golfing, skiing, reading, writing and cooking.

Dawson Church, PhD, has edited or authored many books, and collaborated with leading authorities including Larry Dossey, MD, Bernie Siegel, MD, Christiane Northrup, MD, and others. He founded Soul Medicine Institute to research and teach emerging psychological and medical techniques that can yield fast and radical cures. His award-winning book, The Genie in Your Genes, pioneers the field of Epigenetics, explaining the remarkable self-healing mechanisms now emerging at the juncture of emotion and gene expression. He has authored numerous scientific studies through the Foundation for Epigenetic Medicine, and is the editor of Energy Psychology, a peer-reviewed journal. He shares how to apply these breakthroughs to health and athletic performance through EFT Universe, one of the largest alternative medicine sites on the web.

I am a conventional doctor of medicine, who is also blessed with the gift of clairvoyance. I have been through training as a psychic, a healer, and a medium in addition to my training in an anesthesiologist. My passion is to bring healing to a whole new dimension: with Spirit. Healers of the past, used spiritual technique because there was no technology to aid them in the care of patients. Medicine has progressed to the point where multiple-drug resistant organisms, advanced cancers, and other incurable disease is causing suffering to a multitude of people on earth. Why not put Reiki and other energy healing techniques, which are traditionally the expertise of 'alternative' medical therapy, and combine the best of both worlds? This is my dream, and I hope, yours too: to take medicine to the next level in compassion and efficacy for everyone who is experiencing disease. One patient at a time, for the past five years since I learned Reiki, I have made this form of healing available as part of their treatment for anyone who wishes to have it. For free.

A daring, witty universal adventurer cosmic student of life…

Born on a New Moon Solar Eclipse, Charlotte Is a Soul Igniter, an Alchemist, a Conscious Evolutionary Intuitive Guide with Full Sensory Perception (use of all abilities) gifting her with X-Ray vision, a background in Spiritual Energetic Psychology and a high Vibrational Frequency of healing enables her in attuning to each Souls’ unique vibrational signature assisting them with dissolving the dimensional veils of illusion.

She’s more than a Psychic…

Embodying innovate Trans-dimensional Ancient Wisdom she’ll trigger the Divine Blueprint and cosmic key codes to the sacred – Light Language spanning from the Egyptian, Lemurian, Atlantan and Avalonian eras.

Come fly with me...

Charlotte is also a Journey Leader with  Spiritual Quest Journey’s with over 6,000 years of past life experience and over 25 years in this present one; she’s been leading global sacred journey’s since 2007 activating portals, exploring “Cities of Light”, facilitating expansive sacred ceremonies, retreats, & cruises. She continues touring Canada and the United States keynote speaking, at various media functions, Psychic Expos & private sessions igniting, healing and mentoring Souls since 1991.

 As an Internationally renowned transformative intuitive and healer she applies the most cutting-edge healing technologies, passionately inspires and empowers personal growth, expanding your awareness in new horizons to thrive; illuminating the magic of infinite possibilities in all Multidimensional layers of your life and/or heart centered business; becoming ever more present with magnetic clarity thereby launching your legacy.

Get inspired and decorate your soul

Charlotte’s dynamically charismatic joyful nature will infuse your sacred journey’s, events, summits, with enLIGHTened humor, vibrancy, joy, creativity, adventure, ease and grace leaving you inspired and expanded.

MEDIA

Charlotte’s diverse background in touring with the Psychic Expos,  television and film has allowed her to demonstrate her abilities to  wider audience.  As a producer and host of the radio show Goddess Alchemy and Divine Magic on BBS Radio, a media personality and adviser / guest with numerous international T.V /talk shows (SLICE, USA, Discovery, SUN, Animal Planet Networks) movies, radio & print (ELLE Canada, REUTERS, Yahoo!). The Official Morning Show Psychic on Y108FM with Ben  & Shawna. She has also been nominated for Distinct Woman of the Year 2007/08/10 in Health and Wellness her articles appearing in several magazines/newspapers Including the column "The Divine O' for In my Bed magazine a gateway to sexual alchemy & healing. Charlotte is founder of TEA FOR TRIUMPH, an awareness fundraiser, creator of the Awakening Cruises of Enlightenment, & Spokesperson for the HBSPCA.

A sought after inspirational keynote speaker, frequent web summit presenter, published writer, author of the forth-coming book “Soul Ignition; Divine Creation” and soul singer she facilitates Light-body activation/diamond geometry, fun-shops, Inter-Dimensional Passport journey’s, sacred ceremonies, private intuitive, healing DNA sessions, Divine mastermind intensives, red tents, women’s mysteries, Goddess Alchemy make-overs, ascension programs, and retreats globally.

She has also starred in the Hollywood hit movies “How to lose a guy in 10 days”, “The Pacifier” & “Hairspray”.

Charlotte resides in the Waterfall Capital of the World; Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Dieter Braun (Indian in the machine) is a 43 years young “free spirit”, and is a mixed blood of Cree (Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation), and German ancestry.  Dieter has two degrees from the University of Saskatchewan (Food Chemistry and Masters in Business Administration), and has taught at Business Administration at Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies, Saskatchewan Indian Federated College, and Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation.  About 8 years ago, Dieter cashed in his RRSP’s from his cushy teaching gigs, and was spiritually guided to become a spiritual messenger and healer, and in the process became one of Canada’s top “infamous” internet bloggers.  Dieter’s one blog,  ”Listen To the Red Shaman 2012″ (indianinthemachine.wordpress.com) has higher internet ranking (https://www.alexa.com/) than both the canadian Assembly of First Nations, and Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations… not too shabby for one “crazy indian”  with no government funding or support.

Dieter has recorded numerous CDs, played his spirit music at numerous concerts, festivals and gatherings, self-produced over 145 youtube videos.  Dieter’s ten “Indian in the machine” websites reach 150000-250000 page views a month touching upon a wide range of subjects that many people, organizations, and media, are afraid to go public, including: chemtrails, modern day genocide strategies, mainstream conspiracies and coverups, Sananda (“Jesus” from the bible), messages from the Heavenly Hosts, Haarp weather modification, Sky elementals, UFO cloudships, Galactic Federation of Light, illuminati, ufos, extraterrestrial visitations, Archangels,  Ascended Masters, and so on.

Dieter manufactures ionic foot bath plates in Saskatoon Saskatchewan for international delivery, and has assisted thousands of people all over the world to “detox from the modern world”, to remove radiation and heavy metals from the body which contribute to cancer, and to prepare ourselves spiritually, physically, mentally and emotionally for the end of 2012 and the Golden Age of Aquarius.

Dieter currently lives in Mexico, and will be returning to Canada in the spring 2012, for healing work, recording music, drum-making, ceremonies, and drum circles in Red Deer, Banff and other western Canadian and international locales.

Dieter is living proof that living with passion, will and spirit, and sticking with what his heart tells him is the truth,  a person can accomplish the ‘impossible’ and make much of  it, possible.  Dieter’s message to the world with a special nod to his indigenous worldwide family is to “keep shining your light, and go where the truth and your joy are, no matter what others around you are willing to believe… after all is said and done, the truth and love will remain”.
Indian in the machine main website

Indian in the machine bio: Dieter’s one blog, “Listen To the Red Shaman 2012″ (indianinthemachine.wordpress.com) has higher internet ranking (https://www.alexa.com/) than both the canadian Assembly of First Nations, and Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations… not too shabby for one “crazy indian” with no government funding or support.

James Evans Bomar III, best known as "Sevan", is one of the most diverse and enigmatic speakers of our time. He raises the bar for what is generally discussed by mental, spiritual, and physical advisers. Hosting the popular internet television program known as Astral Quest, Bomar is rapidly gaining explosive recognition with his unique style.

Bomar has developed a unique style of dealing with issues and solving problems over a broad range. He has coined the title of this method as "Realm Dynamics", a study he claims involves a "Micro Macro" approach to total realization.

Bomar lives in Costa Rica and is currently working on a documentary titled "Secret Energy" while developing a human activation institute.
 
Motto "All is Self, This is the highest Maxim"

G. EDWARD GRIFFIN is a writer and documentary film producer with many successful titles to his credit. Listed in Who’s Who in America, he is well known because of his talent for researching difficult topics and presenting them in clear terms that all can understand. He has dealt with such diverse subjects as archaeology and ancient Earth history, the Federal Reserve System, terrorism, internal subversion, the history of taxation, U.S. foreign policy, the science and politics of cancer therapy, the Supreme Court, and the United Nations. His better-known works include The Creature from Jekyll Island,  World without Cancer,  and The Fearful Master. Mr. Griffin is Founder and President of American Media,  The Cancer Cure Foundation,  and Freedom Force International. 

~ Mark Francis Dodich

Mark Dodich has provided Astrology and Intuitive Consultations since 1980. Mark holds a C.A.P. (Certified Astrological Professional) from ISAR (International Society of Astrological Research). He is past president of the Oregon Astrological Association, publishes his own newsletter, and is regularly featured in the media.

Mark is a regular speaker on astrological topics at conferences, fairs, and metaphysical venues. He provides his work internationally from his base in Portland, Oregon. Mark has had a monthly column in New Connexions Journal since the mind-1990's. He is also seen in print regularly, having published hundreds of articles. Mark is heard on on radio programs numerous times each year, and is on "Let's Find Out" every quarter at the Equinox or Solstice.

Metaphysical subjects and techniques that empower spiritual growth are a continual source of interest for Mark. His interest in esoteric subjects started while attending Kent State University, near his birthplace in Canton, Ohio. Mark was fascinated with the study of so-called primitive African tribes that could do telepathy, healing, and even had specific knowledge of stars that were not visible to the naked eye before the telescope was invented. He also studied a local spiritualist church camp to understand intuitive abilities, which he later learned were active in the elders of his own family (Catholics, in those days, did not speak of such things!).

Further studies included a healer/counselor certificate, and then a ministry certificate from the Arizona Metaphysical Society, Frank Alper, and the Church of Tzaddi (I am no longer affiliated with the church, and Frank has since made transition). Mark was a board member of the Church of Alice, a spiritualist church, for over 8 years. Mark also took numerous Native America-style medicine wheel training's from Sun Bear and other shamanistic teachings He is a past president of the Oregon Astrological Assn. (two terms) and past treasurer.

Annabella Wood has sung at hundreds of New Thought churches and meetings throughout the country from 1985-present. She has sung at Mile High in Denver, Agape Center in Los Angeles as well as St. Louis, Minneapolis/St.Paul and Dallas among others. She is currently music director at Circle of Miracles in New Britain, PA.

She writes music straight from her own Spiritual-But Not Religious heart strings. Her New Thought CD "Always With You" presents ideas in fun and fascinating ways while her sublime vocal work will leave you wanting more, even after 16 songs. Her "Always With You" CD has taken her straight to the top of the Reverb Nation charts for the Philadelphia area.

Her country CD, "Truck Driving Mama" got her:
Chosen for We R Indie Int'l Conference Battle of the Bands - 2010
Chosen for We R Indie Int'l Conference main stage featured artist - 2010
Consistent Reverb Nation chart top 5 rated Philadelphia area country artist for over 8 months.

Was National Champion Women's Motocross champion 1974.

She served in the Air Force 1979-1980 at which time she was honorably discharged for her sexual orientation. Annabella received her Commercial Truck Driver's License in 1977 and drove semi's until 2004. During this time she studied "A Course in Miracles" and ""The Work"of Byron Katie.

In 2004 she enrolled in college at Bryn Mawr, in PA. She graduated from Union Institute & University in 2010 with a Bachelor's of Arts in Holistics, Spirituality and Metaphysics. in 2011 she became an ordained interfaith minister from Circle of Miracles where she is now the Director of Music.

Currently she owns her own handywoman company in Blue Bell, PA.

James Anthony Traficant, Jr. (born May 8, 1941) is a former Democratic politician and member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio. He represented the 17th Congressional District, which centered on his hometown of Youngstown and included parts of three counties in northeast Ohio's Mahoning Valley. He was expelled after being convicted of taking bribes, filing false tax returns, racketeering, and forcing his aides to perform chores at his farm in Ohio and houseboat in Washington, D.C.. He was sentenced to prison and released on September 2, 2009, after serving a seven-year sentence.

EARLY LIFE, EDUCATION, AND CAREER
Born into a working-class, Catholic family in Youngstown, Ohio, Traficant is the son of Agnes (née Farkas) and James Anthony Traficant Sr,. He is of mostly Italian and Slovak ancestry.  Traficant graduated from Cardinal Mooney High School in 1959 and the University of Pittsburgh in 1963; he was drafted into the NFL in the twentieth round (276th overall) by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1963, and obtained a master's degree from the University of Pittsburgh and another from Youngstown State University.

He was the executive director of the Mahoning County Drug Program from 1971 to 1981, and Sheriff of Mahoning County from 1981 to 1985. While serving as Sheriff, Traficant made national headlines by refusing to execute foreclosure orders on several unemployed homeowners, many of whom had been left unemployed by the recent closures of steel mills. He openly defied a court order and spent three days in jail to protest the proceedings and draw attention to the plight of unemployed homeowners.  This endeared him to the local population, which had long derived its wealth from steel and steel-associated businesses.  In 1983, he was charged with racketeering for accepting bribes.

Traficant, who represented himself in the criminal trial, argued that he accepted the bribes only as part of an undercover investigation into corruption. Traficant was acquitted of the charges, becoming the only person ever to win a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) case while
representing himself.

He was elected as a Democrat to Congress from Ohio's 17th District, defeating Lyle Williams, a three-term Republican incumbent. Despite being outspent seven to one by an incumbent Republican, Mr. Traficant won handily by 18,000 votes. He has been re-elected seven times, in each instance garnering at least 68 percent of the vote. In 1992 he received more than 216,000 votes – the third highest total of any House member.  He was reelected eight times without serious opposition.


U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
In the House, Traficant was known for his flamboyant and eccentric style. He often dressed poorly, with narrow neckties (then out of style), wide-lapelled sportcoats, and an occasional denim suit. He also sported an unkempt pompadour, which he jokingly claimed he cut with a weed whacker (it was revealed, after his conviction, that he wore a toupée). His trademark closing lines while addressing the House were "Beam me up... I yield back the fact..."

His website featured a picture of him swinging a two-by-four with the words "Bangin' away in D.C."  After the Republicans took control of the House in 1995, Traficant tended to vote more often with the Republicans than with his own party. On the issue of abortion, Traficant voted in the position of the National Right to Life Committee 95% of the time in the 105th Congress, and 100% of the time in the 106th and 107th Congresses. However, he voted against all four articles of impeachment against Bill Clinton. After he voted for Republican Dennis Hastert for Speaker of the House in 2001, the Democrats stripped him of his seniority and refused to give him any committee assignments.

Because the Republicans did not assign him to any committees either, Traficant became the first member of the House of Representatives in over a century—outside the top leadership—without any committee assignment.


DEFENDING JOHN DEMJANJUK
Traficant championed the unpopular cause of John Demjanjuk, a Ukrainian-born autoworker from Seven Hills, who had been convicted in Israel and sentenced to hang for having been the brutal concentration camp guard Ivan the Terrible For almost a  decade, Traficant (along with Pat Buchanan) insisted that Demjanjuk had been denied a fair trial, and been the victim of mistaken identity; in 1993 the Supreme Court of Israel overturned the conviction, on the basis of doubt. Demjanjuk was later deported to Germany on May 11, 2009, after the United States Supreme Court refused to overturn his deportation order.

Demjanjuk was tried and convicted by a German criminal court of being an accessory to murder, but died before the German Appellate Court could hear his case, thereby voiding the conviction.

While in Congress, Traficant was a supporter of immigration reduction, and a strong opponent of illegal immigration. In the controversy surrounding the defeat of Congressman Bob Dornan (R-CA) by Democrat Loretta Sanchez, Traficant was the only Democratic member of Congress who advocated a new election, due to possible voting in that race by illegal immigrants. Sanchez would later introduce a resolution expelling Traficant from the House.

Traficant's major legislative accomplishment in the House was the adoption of some of his proposals to constrain enforcement activities by the Internal Revenue Service against delinquent taxpayers.


TRIAL AND EXPULSTION
In 2002, Traficant was indicted on federal corruption charges for taking campaign funds for personal use. Again, he opted to represent himself, insisting that the trial was part of a vendetta against him dating to his 1983 trial. After a two-month federal trial, on April 15, 2002, he was convicted of 10 felony counts including bribery, racketeering, and tax evasion. He was sentenced to a federal prison, where he served seven years. Per House rules, he lost his right to vote on legislation pending an investigation by the House Ethics Committee. a jury found Traficant guilty of bribery and other charges.

Eventually, the House Ethics Committee recommended that Traficant be expelled from Congress. On July 24 the House voted to expel him by a 420-1 vote. The sole vote against expulsion was Rep. Gary Condit, who at the time was in the midst of a scandal of his own and had been defeated in his reelection primary. Traficant was the first representative to be expelled since Michael Myers's expulsion in 1980 as a result of the Abscam scandal.

After his expulsion, Traficant ran as an independent candidate for another term in the House while incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institute, Allenwood. He received 28,045 votes, or 15 percent, and became one of only a handful of individuals in the history of the United States to run for a federal office from prison. The election was won by one of his former aides, Tim Ryan.  

Traficant was released from prison on September 2, 2009. On September 6, 2009, 1200 supporters welcomed him home at a banquet with an Elvis Presley impersonator, and a Traficant lookalike contest. "Welcome home Jimbo" was printed on T-shirts.  "I think it's time to tell the FBI and the IRS that this is our country and we're tired -- tired of the pressure, tired of the political targeting, tired of a powerful central government that is crippling America," he said. Traficant signed a limited,  three-month contract to work as a part-time weekend talk radio host for Cleveland news/talk station WTAM in January 2010. His contract permitted him to quit if he chose to run for office.

In November 2, 2009, a column by Traficant was published by American Free Press. He endorsed the views of paper and continued to defend the accused concentration camp guard John Demjanjuk. Michael Collins Piper an AFP writer— who authored Target: Traficant, The Untold Story — previously defended Traficant against his accusers.

2010 RUN FOR CONGRESS
In September 2010, Traficant was certified to run for the same seat he held before his expulsion, and said that his platform would be to repeal the 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution. Traficant lost the election to his former aide Tim Ryan, to whom he lost an earlier race in 2002, in which Traficant ran as an independent from his prison cell. Traficant received 30,556 votes, or 16%.

In past years, Mr. Traficant has been profiled by the Washington Post, 60 Minutes, Fox Network Television and CNN in his years of serving his government.  He has appeared on a number of national talk and news shows, including The Donahue Show, NBC’s Meet the Press, CNN’s Crossfire, CNBC’s Equal Time and Pozner/Donahue, Cop Talk, Good Morning America, The Today Show, CBS Morning News, the Jack Anderson Show, NETV’s Paul Weyrich Show, America’s Most Wanted, Unsolved Mysteries and Japanese television.

Cobra is a Pleiadian contactee and has been in contact with the underground for over 35 years. He has been told to remain anonymous by The Resistance and has ongoing communications with beings from Planet X that assist The Resistance Movement. As an earthly representative of the Agarthan network and the light forces, he strives to prepare humanity for the up and coming event horizon.

Our intention is to dissipate fear, clear up any misunderstandings, and add insights into what is really happening behind the daily headlines.