Don't Say the "M" Word!
Defense contractor detained migrant kids in vacant Phoenix office building! Read All About It!
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10th grader, Antwon Rose
POW: Once again we return to the Scene Of The Crime or SOTC!
J: SOTC? And that crime being, Warren?
D: SOTC seems to be growing daily in the United States of Where Has Our Compassion as a “Christian” Nation Gone Here or USWHOCCNGH in: America?
POW: Gone the way of the Dodo Drew! The way of the Dodo!
D: If we’re really a “Christian” Nation? Shouldn’t we be following the precepts and teaching of the Smiling Happy Mr. Jesus or SHMJ?
POW: Such as?
Mark 4:13-20
Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable? The farmer sows the word. Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.”
Mr.SASMO: Might want to add this one!
Galatians 6:7-8
Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
POW: And what does this tell us about SOTC or Scene Of The Crime?
Mr.SASMO: That “our” country, if it continues down the path it’s on, we’ll indeed reap what we’re now sowing!
POW: Might you give us an example? “Mr.” SASMO, please!
Mr.SASMO: This’ comes from Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting: ‘A major U.S. defense contractor quietly detained dozens of immigrant children inside a vacant Phoenix office building with dark windows, no kitchen and only a few toilets during three weeks of the Trump administration’s family separation effort Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting has learned.’
D: What were they doing to them SASMO?
Mr.SASMO: Let’s continue with Reveal’s article and see! ‘Videos shot by an alarmed neighbor show children dressed in sweat suits being led – one so young she was carried – into the 3,200-square-foot building in early June. The building is not licensed by Arizona to hold children, and the contractor, MVM Inc., has claimed publicly that it does not operate “shelters or any other type of housing” for children.’
J&D&POW: Really?
Mr.SASMO: ‘Defending the administration’s policy to separate families at the border in a May interview with NPR (National Public Radio), White House chief of staff John Kelly promised: “The children will be taken care of – put into foster care or whatever.”’
D: Or whatever?
J: Slang for ‘We Don’t Give A Shit About the Children or Anyone Else for That Matter’ or WDGASACAETM, Drew!
Mr.SASMO: Now! ‘Whether or not these children were taken from their parents, that “whatever” for them was the vacant building tucked away in a midtown Phoenix neighborhood.’
POW: Unbelievable!
J: Better get use to it!
Mr.SASMO: Insofar as ‘It is not listed among shelters operating through the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement or on the state child care licensing website.’
POW: Black Opps or BO no doubt!
D: I’m afraid of those BO people!
J: As you should be Drew! As you should be!
Mr.SASMO: Look! ‘There are new cameras on the building, extra locks on the doors and a paper shredder bin directly outside the building’s side door. Neighbor Lianna Dunlap’s videos show workers pulling up in white vans and leading dazed children into the building. When she asked questions, she said the workers responded with silence or terse answers.’
POW: They use to do this in the 20s and 30s in the former Soviet Union!
J: What?
POW: They had prisoner trucks with “BAKERY” written on the outside of the trucks to fool people! In fact! A foreign reporter commented, and this’ a paraphrase: ‘Great to see all those “BAKERY” trucks delivering much needed bread to the people of Moscow!’
D: Thought this was The United States Of America or TUSOA?
J: You thought wrong Drew! TUSOA’s dead!
Mr.SASMO: Bluntly stated by a witness named Lianna Dunlap! ‘There’s been times where I drive by and I just start crying because, you know, its right behind my house,” said Dunlap, her voice wavering. “I don’t know and I think that’s the worst part – not knowing what’s actually going on in there and just hoping that they’re OK.”’
D: What’s going on here in America?
Mr.SASMO: Furthermore! ‘The building was leased in March by MVM, a Virginia-based defense contractor that has received contracts worth up to $248 million to transport immigrant children since 2014, records show. The company, which once provided guards for CIA facilities in Iraq, was founded by three former Secret Service agents. One of its vice presidents is a former CIA special agent and former acting director of the U.S. Marshals Service.’
POW: Knew the God damned CIA had to be involved!
J: That’s just the people you want guarding little crying kids!
Mr.SASMO: Check this out! ‘Company President and CEO Kevin Marquez signed a five-year lease for the building March 9, one month before U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the new “zero tolerance” immigration policy. Reveal has confirmed that the lease says the building is not allowed to be used for sleeping or cooking and can be used only for “general business office purposes.” It also prohibits tenants from making “disturbing noises,” including whistling and singing, that would “interfere with occupants of this or neighboring buildings.’
D: The children can’t even play?
Mr.SASMO: Sorry Drew! The children aren’t allowed!
J: What else?
Mr.SASMO: ‘Items inside the Phoenix office building where immigrant children were detained in June include a child’s booster seat, a box labeled “baby shampoo,” an inflatable mattress and a medication schedule!’ And can you believe this? ‘When Reveal asked MVM about the Phoenix office building, the company initially pointed to its earlier statement that it does not operate housing for immigrant children. After learning that neighbors had recorded video of children entering the building, an MVM spokesperson said the building “is not a shelter or a child care facility. … It’s a temporary holding place” for children being flown out of the Phoenix airport to other locations.’
D: To have what done to them SASMO?
POW: Anything the “goons” at the CIA wanna do Drew! That’s what! Anything they wanna do!
J: Just like at Guantanamo Bay!
Mr.SASMO: ‘Asked whether the children were kept there overnight, the spokesperson said the building is intended to hold them for a few hours before flights but was unsure how long children actually ended up staying.
An inflatable mattress, a box marked “baby shampoo,” a medication schedule and other items spotted inside the building last week indicate that children could have been held there for an extended period. Dunlap and other neighbors say they never saw the children taken outside to play. They watched as pallets of water and boxes of food were brought in.’
J&D&POW: Unbelievable! Simply unbelievably!
Mr.SASMO: ‘Three weeks later, the neighbors say they saw five unmarked white vans that hold about 12 passengers each pull up to take children away. It was June 22; two days after Trump signed an executive order to end his administration’s policy of separating families.
J&D: Donald the Chump! Donald the Chump!
Mr.SASMO: ‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed to Reveal that it had entered into a contract with MVM. ICE spokeswoman Jennifer Elzea said the company “is authorized to use their office spaces as waiting areas for minors awaiting same-day transportation between U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody and U.S. Health and Human Services custody.”’
D: I hate ICE! Abused us you know!
POW: The Canadian Incidence or TCI?
J: The very one!
Mr.SASMO: ‘Dunlap, a 25-year-old teaching assistant for children with autism, lives next door to the office building. When she saw vanloads of dark-haired kids speaking Spanish being ushered out of vans and into the previously vacant building for a second day in early June, she grabbed her cellphone and started recording. “That’s when I was like, ‘OK, they’re definitely doing something they shouldn’t be doing,’ ” Dunlap said. “It looked very secretive.”’
D: Was it secretive inside SASMO?
Mr.SASMO: Indeed it was! ‘Lianna Dunlap started seeing white vans filled with immigrant children pulling up to the vacant office building behind her house June 4th. The next day, she videotaped more children being led into the building. Dunlap says she never saw children leave or go outside during the next three weeks.’
D: I can’t take much more of this!
J: I think you’ll have to brother! Think you’ll have to!
POW: It’s just getting started!
D: What do you mean Warren?
POW: I mean to suggest that immigrant children won’t be the only children treated like this!
D: What?
POW: How many Afro-American Parents or AAP have been separated from their children? And I don’t mean during American Slavery or AS!
J: What do you mean Warren?
POW: Post-Modern Slavery or PMS!
D: Nooooooooooooooo! Not the PMS!
POW: Yes I’m afraid so Drew! PMS is out to get you! It’s called the Incarceration Nation or IN! And it doesn’t stop there!
D: More?
POW: Poor Ole Whites or POWs! Prisoner of the War On Poverty or PWOP! Unlike Johnson’s War on Poverty or JWP! This ones not to Eradicate Poverty or EP! It’s to remove the poor and homeless and place them in Forced Labor Camps or FLCs owned and operation by?
J: Big Business or BB! Give the God Damned Corporations Free Forced Labor For Life or GGDCFFLFL!
POW: And this War On The Immigrant or WOTI’s really a Test Case or TC to see how things go! What the public will put up with! And what the reaction might be!
J: Which implies that it can be stopped!
POW: Indeed! But only if we have the will to stop it! But back to “our” present story! “Mr.” SASMO, please!
Mr.SASMO: ‘At first, Dunlap worried that the children were being trafficked. Then, as news of the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policy began to spread, she thought they could be among the thousands taken from their parents at the border. Other neighbors became aware of the situation as well. And they, too, were upset.’
POW: As should all of us be!
Mr.SASMO: ‘Kristen Brown, a behavioral therapist who lives next to Dunlap with her 2-year-old son, was concerned about the lack of space and facilities for children inside the MVM office building. “My kid has the ability to run around and play, and there are 40 kids in that place that I don’t know what you’re doing with,” she recalled telling one on-site worker. “That, as a mom, it doesn’t feel right.”
POW: “That, as a mom, it doesn’t feel right.” Come on lady! That as a human being! You “know” it’s “not” right!
Mr.SASMO: ‘Dunlap said she never saw any children leave the building until nearly three weeks after they arrived. When Dunlap tried to take video of that departure, she said workers spotted her watching from her kitchen window and blocked her view with vehicles. She said she watched children’s feet as they filed out of the building.’
D: God dammit! I don’t believe this’ happening!
Mr.SASMO: ‘That’s when Dunlap and her husband, Juan Carlos Larios, confronted the adults, one of whom suggested they could call police. So they did.’ But Get This or BGT! ‘Phoenix police Sgt. Vince Lewis, public information officer for the department, told Reveal that when police arrived at the building, “ICE confirmed that it (MVM) was contracted to perform that transport.”’
POW: So the cowardly police backed off?
J: What’d think Warren?
Mr.SASMO: ‘Since dozens of children were removed from the office building two weeks ago, the neighbors have observed more deliveries of water and quizzed workers about what’s going on. Dunlap says one worker told her that they were fixing the air conditioning.’ And ‘With temperatures in Phoenix hitting 111 degrees in June, Dunlap said she hoped the air conditioning was working when the children were inside. Brown asked a worker what kind of business the employees were conducting. The business of transportation, she was told. “Transporting what?” Brown asked. “Humans,” the worker replied. We’re not ‘housing’ kids, MVM says!
J: Cattle or C in the marketplace! Cattle or C in the Marketplace!
POW: Capitalism or C! You’ve just gotta love it!
Mr.SASMO: Here’s your Capitalism or C Warren! ‘MVM was awarded an $8 million five-year contract in 2017 to “maintain readiness” and provide “emergency support services” to the Office of Refugee Resettlement, the agency in charge of housing unaccompanied immigrant children in shelters and other facilities across the country.’
J: Cattle or C in the marketplace! Cattle or C in the Marketplace!
Mr.SASMO: Now Hear This or NHT! ‘A statement posted on the company’s website June 18 states: “MVM has tremendous empathy for the families and children arriving at the U.S. border …’
J&D&POW&Mr.SASMO&TheRejects: Bullshit!
Mr.SASMO: ‘The current services MVM provides consist of transporting undocumented families and unaccompanied children to Department of Health and Human Services designated facilities – we have not and currently do not operate shelters or any other type of housing for minors.” By the time that statement was posted, MVM had signed the lease for the Phoenix office building and begun taking children there.’
J: Well, isn't that SPE-CIAL?!
Mr.SASMO: Here’s how special Jonathan! ‘ICE’s Elzea also said the office is not an overnight housing facility: “The offices are outfitted to provide minors awaiting same-day transport with a more comfortable and private atmosphere than they might otherwise have at a public transportation hub.” But even shorter-term accommodations for children could trigger a different requirement: licensing by the state of Arizona.’
J&D&POW&Mr.SASMO&TheRejects: Bullshit!
J: Lair! Lair! Pants On Fire or POF!
Mr.SASMO: Apparently so! Anyway! ‘The office building is not licensed as a child care facility, according to Chris Minnick, a spokesman for the Arizona Health Services Department. Licenses are required for any place “where children are unaccompanied by a parent or guardian on a regular basis for periods of less than 24 hours a day other than the child’s home,” he said.’
J&D&POW&Mr.SASMO&TheRejects: Bullshit!
J: Lair! Lair! Pants On Fire or POF!
Mr.SASMO: The LAIR continued: ‘When told that ICE claims children are being held in the building for at least several hours before boarding flights, Minnick said: “I’m not on the legal side of this, but from what I understand, that would fall under that definition.” Minnick said the department had no complaints on file for operation of an unlicensed child care facility at that address. But a license would require qualified staff, outdoor play areas, age-appropriate toys, smoke detectors, a food establishment permit and other government health and safety inspections.’
J&D&POW&Mr.SASMO&TheRejects: Once more with feeling! Bullshit!
J: Lair! Lair! Pants On Fire or POF!
Mr.SASMO: This’ outta his league it seems! ‘Whether a facility must be licensed is a determination made by the state health department. State law requires facilities found to be operating without a license to shut down within 10 days of receiving notice or face criminal prosecution. Operating without a child care license is a misdemeanor in Arizona.’
POW: And did this happen?
Mr.SASMO: Absolutely not! ‘The MVM spokesperson would not answer questions about whether the Phoenix office building should be licensed as a child care center. The spokesperson also would not say how many other facilities like it the company operates nationwide….
D: They’re all over the place?
J: Franchises Drew! Franchises! Just like at Mickey D’s!
POW: Capitalism or C at work once again!
J: God Bless Us Everyone or GBUE!
POW: Please sir I want some more!
D: What?
Mr.SASMO: Again! Absolutely! ‘Elzea, the ICE spokeswoman, also would not estimate how many temporary detention facilities for children operate nationwide under agency contracts with MVM or other companies.’
D: Other companies?
J: Gotta have competition Drew!
D: Why?
J: Because I said so!
Mr.SASMO: ‘Neighbor Kristen Brown says a worker told her that the company has another location, but she said the worker would not share its address for fear of losing her job.’
D: Isn’t that how Amazon.com operates?
POW: Got that one Drew! Threaten the WorkForce or TWF with TERMINATION or T!
Mr.SASMO: More to this! ‘The worker indicated that children would be returning to the Phoenix office building near Brown’s house. Brown said she has been upset by news of children “being ripped away from their parents” at the border, but watching immigrant children being shuffled into the office next door “is a whole new level of upsetting.”’
J: You think lady?
Mr.SASMO: ‘MVM came under fire recently after it posted jobs for “bilingual youth care workers” at the height of the controversy over family separation. Today, the company’s website states: “At the direction of the company’s leadership, we have removed job postings related to readiness operations under the current zero tolerance policy.”’
D: I hate the God damned Zero Tolerance Policy or ZTP like the plague!
Mr.SASMO: Speaking of the plague! ‘But part-time MVM job opportunities for Phoenix-based bilingual travel youth care workers remain active. “You will make it your mission to provide humble care and service to unaccompanied children and teens, while you are accompanying them on domestic flights and via ground transportation to shelters all over the country,” the posting reads.
J: Have fun while traveling and get paid to do it!
Mr.SASMO: Gotta Get Me Some of that Sweet Easy Money or GMSSEM! ‘MVM is among a handful of large defense contractors that operate in a lucrative, shadowy business in which former intelligence officers could be vying for private security jobs or running prisons in war zones one day and managing transportation for immigrant children the next.’
D: Are “we” turning into a WarZone or WZ SASMO?
Mr.SASMO: Unfortunately Drew! Yes! ‘The company’s employees have provided protection for former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and the Guantanamo Bay Migrant Operations Center. According to federal records, MVM is listed as a “Hispanic American Owned Business,” a designation that can give potential contractors a leg up in the bidding process.’
POW: Speak of Keeping Up with Good Company or KUGC!
Mr.SASMO: Undoubtedly Warren! ‘The company has been awarded contracts worth $1.5 billion since 2007 from government clients including law enforcement agencies such as ICE, the U.S. Marshals Service and the Drug Enforcement Administration; the National Institutes of Health; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and the Smithsonian Institution.’
POW: Again! Speak of Keeping Up with Good Company or KUGC!
J: SASMO had me at CIA Warren! At CIA!
Mr.SASMO: To close!
D: Finally!
Mr.SASMO: To close! ‘While it has kept a lower profile than some defense contractors, MVM has not escaped controversy. Lawsuits have alleged gender discrimination and national origin discrimination. In August 2008, the CIA curtailed its contract with MVM after the company failed to provide a sufficient number of armed guards.’
POW: And what are these “arms” needed for!
J: To keep those crying little brats in their place!
POW: In Fear and Intimidation!
J: Just like TheAmazon! Just like Amazon.com!
Mr.SASMO: AMEN to that Warren! AMEN to that!
J: And everybody sing!
J&D&POW&Mr.SASMO&TheRejects: God bless America, land that I love, Stand beside her and guide her Through the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans white with foam, God bless America, My home sweet home. While the storm clouds gather far across the sea, Let us swear allegiance to a land that’s free. Let us all be grateful for a land so fair, As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer God bless America, land that I love, Stand beside her and guide her Through the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans white with foam, God bless America, My home sweet home. God bless America, My home sweet home!
Mr.SASMO: Yeah! If you’re white and have money!
POW: If this’ what God actually blesses?
D: You mean America Jonathan?
J: Yeah Drew! America! I’d rather say to God: F%$k-Off or FO!”
POW: Well to “our” cherished listeners who we’re not asking to F%$k-Off or FO!”
J: Hardly! Well? Most of the Time or MT anyway!
POW: To whomever! Good night! And Not-So-Good-News or NSGN!
J&D: Bye everybody!
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D: Jonathan?
J: Yes Drew?
D: Is it all right if I cry? It really hurts!
J: Oh course you can cry Drew! In fact! I’ll hold you while you cry!
D: Thanks Jonathan!
J: Don’t mention it brother!