Skull and Bones is a secret society at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. The society’s alumni organization, which owns the society’s real property and oversees the organization’s activity, is the Russell Trust Association, and is named after General William Huntington Russell who founded the society with fellow classmate Alphonso Taft. Informally, the group is known as “Bones”, and members have been known as “Bonesmen”. President George HW Bush, his son President George W. Bush, and the latter’s 2004 Presidential opponent Senator John Kerry are members of Skull and Bones. Formed in 1832 as a result of a dispute among Yale’s debating societies, Linonia, Brothers in Unity, and Calliope over the Phi Beta Kappa awards; its original name was “The Order of Skull and Bones.” Membership selection: Skull and Bones selects new members every spring as part of Yale University’s “Tap Day.” The most recent Tap Day was held on April 16, 2009. Every year, Skull and Bones selects fifteen men and women of the junior class to join the society. Skull and Bones traditionally “tapped” those that it viewed as campus leaders and other notable figures for its membership. Traditionally, groups such as the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, Yale Political Union, and Yale Daily News were well represented. The president of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity is strongly considered for membership every year (George W. Bush is the most famous example). In addition, captains of various sports teams …
Archive for July, 2010
Skull & Bones – The Secret Society
Saturday, July 31st, 2010Fear and The Yakuza Society
Friday, July 16th, 2010Fear is a natural human reaction. Y ‘as natural as breathing air or eating to live. In fact, fear is a part of the survival instinct. But in some parts of the world, fear is simply unacceptable. Anxiety and fear are seen as a weakness that can not afford. In some cultures, the cruelty is mitigated by the honor and the rise to power is determined by their dedication to duty. To achieve the honor and power, one has to live with a strict code that deals with fear and anxiety as felonies, and as powerful tools. For the Yakuza, a Japanese company secret that has existed for centuries, the signs of weakness among its members is not tolerated. Moreover, the organization develops and standards based on the weakness of people outside the confines of the old fraternity. The Yakuza is considered behind almost all illegal activities of prostitution in Japan, the game fixing, and smuggling, drugs and organized crime. To oyabun or owners of Japanese underworld, anxiety can be compared with a sword without a handle. To grasp the blade and the strike is to invite bad about yourself. But a sword with a long handle can be considered and used to cut anything that goes against the plans and desires of Boryukudan, which is comparable in power, influence, and violence associated with the Italian Mafia or Chinese Triads . Japanese organized crime is different from all other criminal organizations in the sense that their activities are carried out in the woods, often in the line of sight of the police. Yakuza clans flaunt their power and influence the conduct of operations that go around the technical limitations of rigid legal system of Japan. For example, pachinko, which have Japanese-style pinball and slot machine joints are actually gambling, allegedly by organized crime. Despite strict anti-gambling halls were able to run the ball as “profit.” The player can use these pachinko balls to play more games or exchange them for prizes. Process of removing money from gambling, pachinko halls can continue to rake in millions each day for organized criminal networks. The existence of the Yakuza is actually allowed in Japan, despite its alleged links to criminal activity. This organization has an unprecedented degree of freedom to operate. The various Yakuza clans and families even have their own office buildings that are regarded as the headquarters. It may be rare in other parts of the world, but the reality is Boryukudan accepted as part of Japanese society. With its high level of social acceptance, expressions of anxiety or fear among the members of the Yakuza is seen as a disgrace not only to the person concerned but also for its organization. The lack of a task or action that is believed to have brought dishonor to the clan corresponding consequences. A Yakuza member who has failed his master and the organization may be asked to cut his finger in token of sorrow and regret. In severe cases, can expect a member to commit seppuku, an act of suicide with a handgun. Yakuza member he thrust his sword and cut through the stomach, after which, another will use another sword to cut off the head of the person who committed ritual suicide. Apart from their code against the manifestation of fear, threat Yakuza people deliberately create anxiety. Bullying is actually one of the most effective weapons in the arsenal of Yakuza. The Japanese underworld understands the Machiavellian notion that a single act of brutality may be more effective in controlling the masses of a series of suicide less atrocities. To this end, the Japanese cultivar using subtle and anxiety when it comes to the public. The use of your brand of psychological warfare, the Yakuza is capable of inflicting terror on civilians nightmare, and at the same time, they resort to lethal violence to anyone who dared to set out. The power of the Yakuza clan in Japan is legendary, and also enables a new Yakuza operating in order to generate anxiety and fear by their mere presence. However, it is a mistake to think of Yakuza and a group of “thugs” or thugs in the traditional sense. Most people simply give in to union demands have heard rumors of how dangerous it can be Boryukudan members if a person refuses to pay protection money, or if an agreement was deceived. For those who have made deals with them, the Yakuza is often willing to fulfill their part of the pact. The Yakuza is a phenomenon of crime is the story that continues to fascinate people even like dogs to their opponents in the application of the law. On the basis of how it works today, inside and outside Japan, it is possible to continue to expand their criminal empire through its strict code of honor, and the instruments of fear, intimidation and violence.
Secret society? Valtaoja meets Ilkka Salmi and other notables in a shady basement at turku uni.
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
The footage is horrible shakycam, sorry. The video also has some hologram/videoconference with a man that looks like former finnish president Kekkonen rambling about the future
Secret Societies by Philip Gardiner
Friday, July 9th, 2010Amazon.com
Philip Gardiner has spent his life on a crusade uncovering the truth behind myths, legends and ancient mysteries. Author of the best selling Secrets of the Serpent and The Ark the Shroud and Mary,the author now delves into another aspect of the human enigma with Secret Societies.In Secret Societies, Gardiner’s quest is to uncover truths and secrets of the world’s most powerful men in history. The journey takes him to dark places – sinister places that existed then and still … More >>
Giganta – Secret Society 1
Monday, July 5th, 2010
clips of Giganta from the “Secret Society” episodes.

