What Do Rising Sovereign Credit Default Swaps Mean? - Alt
Chart - A quote...."Here are the CDS of Greece, Portugal, Spain and the U.S.: -- Rolfe Winkler argues that - in the short-run - the PIIGS countries (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain) will slash their budgets and get bailed out by the EU. -- Simon Johnson thinks that the weakening Euro caused by the PIIGS' woes will hurt American exports (weaker Euro equals stronger dollar), and could lead to problems for leading global banks. -- Other commentators fear that the PIIGS' crisis has as much potential as a financial "contagion" as the subprime meltdown and the failure of Lehman. -- But for the long-term view, we need a little more perspective. One of the world's leading economic historians."

Wars sending U.S. into ruin - Obama the peace president is fighting battles his country cannot afford  -- Related Article - Quote of the Day...."The U.S. clearly has reached the point of imperial overreach. Military spending and debt-servicing are cannibalizing the U.S. economy, the real basis of its world power. Besides the late U.S.S.R., the U.S. also increasingly resembles the dying British Empire in 1945, crushed by immense debts incurred to wage the Second World War, unable to continue financing or defending the imperium, yet still imbued with imperial pretensions. -- It is increasingly clear the president is not in control of America’s runaway military juggernaut. Sixty years ago, the great President Dwight Eisenhower, whose portrait I keep by my desk, warned Americans to beware of the military-industrial complex. Six decades later, partisans of permanent war and world domination have joined Wall Street’s money lenders to put America into thrall."

Budgets, War and Blind Ambition: The Limited Minds of the American Elite
Related Article - A quote...."The American elite's unbounded, unquestioned, indeed unconscious sense of imperial entitlement and dominance -- based ultimately on war, the threat of war and the profit from war -- is one of the defining characteristics of our age. And if you would like to see a glaring example of this attitude in action, look no further than the front page of Tuesday's New York Times, where one David Sanger gives us his penetrating "news analysis" of the Administration's just-announced $3.8 trillion budget." -- also posted at ICH & CounterPunch

Disinformation Tactics: The Methods Used To Keep You In The Dark
Analysis - An absolute must read - mpg -- A quote....There was a time, not too long ago (relatively speaking), that governments and the groups of elites that controlled them did not find it necessary to conscript themselves into wars of disinformation. Propaganda was relatively straightforward. The lies were much simpler. The control of information flow was easily directed. In fact, during the early Middle-Ages in most European countries commoners were not even allowed to own a Bible, nor was the Bible allowed to be interpreted from Latin to another language, let alone any other tome that might breed “dangerous ideas”. This was due in large part to the established feudal system and its hierarchy of royals and clergy. Rules were enforced with the threat of property confiscation and execution for anyone who strayed from the rigid socio-political structure. Those who had theological, metaphysical, or scientific information outside of the conventional and scripted collective world view were tortured and slaughtered. The elites kept the information to themselves, and removed its remnants from mainstream recognition, sometimes for centuries before it was rediscovered." - also posted at DProgram

It wasn't Muslims who trained their cameras on the WTC prior to the first aircraft impact
A catalog of various items indicating Israel's complicity with 9/11 - mpg - With all the 'chatter' out there, from America's so-called intelligence community, to Zionist shills on FOX and CNN, to Israeli war mongers like their CRIME MINISTER Bennie Nuttyahoo warning of another 'al CIA duh' attack, it might be time to look back at some facts."

Gaza Ground Zero - (YouTube - 9 min 41 sec - Monday, February 08, 2010)
Video - It's a must view video, not only for the pictures of Gaza's suffering, but most importantly for the clear, precise and eloquent language used to describe Israel's barbarity. - mpg. -- A quote...."The sociopathic zionist administration of Israel deliberately devastated the already nearly-incapacitated infrastructure which supports the existence of one-and-a-half-million refugees."

Did You Know? - Alt - (YouTube - 5m 17s - Jan 27, 2010) - By the numbers folks. mpg
Video - A quote...."On December 27, 2008, Israel launched an Assault on the Gaza Strip. The attack of Dec. 27 caused the deadliest one-day death toll in 60 years of conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Over 3 weeks, 1,417 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed"

The Zionist Story Parts 1-8  February 7, 2010
Alt(1of8) - Alt(2of8) - Alt(3of8) - Alt(4of8) - Alt(5of8) - Alt(6of8) - Alt(7of8) - Alt(8of8)
Videos - A quote...."Australian for Palestine Editor's Comment:  The following 8-part video gives a riveting overview of Zionist history and the catastrophe wrought on the majority Palestinian population in their own homeland for more than 60 years to the present day. The whole calculated Zionist enterprise leaves one gasping at the audacity of its founders to deliberately rid Palestine of its population and perpetually ensnare the Western world in its savage undertaking, demanding nothing less than total commitment to, and veneration for, the state of Israel.  Includes commentary from courageous Israelis like Prof Ilan Pappe and Prof Jeff Halper who constantly challenge the Zionist lies and myths that have so successfully hijacked world media.   It is time for us to speak out in support of the Palestinians as well.  Their situation is continuously deteriorating  as Israel takes more land for new settlers while reducing the Palestinians to a wretched state without homes, water or any kind of security or hope for the future.  Their survival depends on dismantling Israel’s apartheid regime that not only oppresses, divides and discriminates, but also carries out a deliberate policy of ethnic cleansing."

Crocodile Tears - Alt - (YouTube - 3 min 11 sec - January 20, 2010)
Video - A quote...."Dr. Norman Finkelstein at the University of Waterloo - Clip is from American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein. - Copyright Baraka Productions / Typecast Releasing"

Alex Jones On Russia Today – Fighting Internet Takeover By Pentagon, NSA
RT- Video - Web Censorship Alert - Alt - (RTYuTb - 4m56s - 02/05/10) -- A quote...."The House overwhelmingly passed a bill aimed at building up the United States cyber security army and expertise, amid growing alarm over the countrys vulnerability online. The new law will create a mega-agency to represent the government in negotiations over international standards and orders the White House office of technology to convene a cyber security university-industry task force to guide the direction of future research."

Webster Tarpley On The Draconian Internet Takeover
RT-Video - Web Censorship Alert  - Alt - (RT-YuTb - 4min 37sec -  Feb 05, 2010) -- A quote...."(RussiaToday) – Webster Tarpley on Google’s announcement that it will tighten its relationship with the NSA and how this is another leap forward in the agenda to take over and regulate the free Internet under the cover of fighting foreign cyber spies in China and Russia."

For more on the two articles shown above see....Attempts to Control the Internet

No Direction Home: Pakistan and the Imperial Principle
A quote...."Here's the way the game works. First you get the outright lie, then later, in dribs and drabs, you get a few, grudging crumbs of the truth. -- For example, first you get: "No, there are no Blackwater operatives in Pakistan. None. That's just a conspiracy theory, terrorist propaganda. These kinds of lies just make it harder for us to do good in the region." Then later: "Well, yes, we do have Blackwater operatives in Pakistan. But, uh, we don't actually cut their checks directly in the Pentagon." -- Or what about this more recent example? First: "The United States has no troops in Pakistan. None. We are not going to send troops to Pakistan. That's just wild talk, a conspiracy theory. And it makes it harder for us to do good in the region." -- Then later: "Well, yes, we do have a few troops in Pakistan. All right, a couple hundred. But that's it. We promise. And they're just training their counterparts in Pakistan's military. Oh yeah, and also working alongside paramilitary militias in the frontier regions. And maybe, you know, following up on some of our drone strikes....." -- also posted at Uruknet

U.S. Counterterrorism Officials Insisted that Crotch Bomber Be Let Into Country
Analysis - A quote...."Undersecretary for management at the State Department, Patrick F. Kennedy, told Congress that the State Department wanted to keep crotch bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab out of the U.S., but that intelligence agencies insisted that Abdulmutallab be let into the country. -- Specifically, on January 27th, Kennedy told the House Committee on Homeland Security that intelligence agencies blocked revocation of Abdulmutallab's visa because it would have foiled a "larger investigation" into Al Qaeda."  - also posted at DProgram & InfoWars & GlobalRsrch & ZeroHedge -- For more on this issue see....US-False Flag Ops - Detroit's "Lap-Bomber" & Reficultnias's 9/11 Central

The Stupid Propaganda of Umar Fizzlepants Just Dropped a Couple More IQ Points
A quote...."Ok. This is just getting silly now. -- Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab leapt out of the ranks of anonymity on Christmas eve with a sparkling display of pyrotechnic undies. As it just so happened, his “diaper of doom” show gave all kinds of political cover for the White House authorized attempted assassination of a U.S. citizen, Anwar al-Awlaki. They had missed al-Awlaki but they did succeed in killing 23 children in their bombing of a targeted location." - also posted at PrisonPlanet

Amid media blackout - Congressional hearing reveals US intelligence agencies shielded Flight 253 bomber  -- A quote...."The testimony at the January 27 hearing also blows apart the line promulgated by the establishment media, which universally echoed the administration’s hackneyed phrase to explain the Flight 253 incident—a “failure to connect the dots” on the part of US intelligence agencies. This, of course, is the same phrase used in the official cover-up of the 9/11 attacks. -- Thus, in a January 2 editorial entitled “Why Didn’t They See It?” the New York Times wrote: “No doubt sorting through heaps of information and determining what is urgent or even worthy of follow-up is daunting. Still, it is incredible, and frightening, that the government cannot do at least as good a job at swiftly updating and correlating information as Google.” -- The Times itself, in a subsequent article published January 18, reported the results of its own investigation, based on interviews with senior White House and intelligence officials. The newspaper revealed more “missed clues,” including the fact that intelligence authorities learned in early November from a communications intercept of Al Qaeda followers in Yemen that a man named “Umar Farouk” had volunteered for a coming operation. Despite such evidence of an official cover-up, the Times maintained the line that the near-disaster was the result of mistakes, omissions and an inability to “connect the dots.”  - bold by website editor -- also posted at ICH & GlobalRsrch & DProgram - For more on this issue see....US-False Flag Ops - Detroit's "Lap-Bomber"

Flashback: The 'War on Terror' was going to start in 1993  - Alt - (GglVid 33m38s 3 yrs)
Video - A quote...."What you are about to see has been BANNED, and never to be re-aired or sold. Not even a copy of the transcripts. While the Sheeple were busy with the O.J. Simson Trials, The Cabals were planning the New World Order...  J. A. Calhoun, a Research Consultant was very lucky to record these two programs, one was on British ITN Report, and the other was ABC's Day One back in July 93." -- For more on this issue see....Effective Fed Funds Rate & Total Non-Farm Payrolls 03-24-07 - mpg

A Review of Shahid Alam's "Israeli Exceptionalism" -- Zionism Laid Bare
Book Review - A quote...."The essential point of M. Shahid Alam’s book, "Israeli Exceptionalism: The Destabilizing Logic of Zionism", [GoglBkSrch]* comes clear upon opening the book to the inscription in the frontispiece.  From the Persian poet and philosopher Rumi, the quote reads, “You have the light, but you have no humanity.  Seek humanity, for that is the goal.”  Alam, professor of economics at Northeastern University in Boston and a CounterPunch contributor, follows this with an explicit statement of his aims in the first paragraph of the preface.  Asking and answering the obvious question, “Why is an economist writing a book on the geopolitics of Zionism?” he says that he “could have written a book about the economics of Zionism, the Israeli economy, or the economy of the West Bank and Gaza, but how would any of that have helped me to understand the cold logic and the deep passions that have driven Zionism?” - *links added - also posted at AlethoNews

Mossadegh and Ahmadinejad -- Iran faces almost the same dilemma as 1953
A quote...."There is a stark similarity between some aspects of the political atmosphere dominant over Iran today and those under Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh right before the U.S.-led coup of 1953 that resulted in the overthrow of the legitimate government of Iran and the establishment of a U.S.-puppet government of the Shah. In the period between 1951-53, the U.S. in a close collaboration with the British colonial power through their channels within Iran's military and political apparatus, particularly the Shah’s court, was able to contrive division within the ruling circle and as a result the society at large." - also posted at ICH

Iran’s Neoliberal Green Revolution is Over – Send in the Dogs of War
War Warning - A quote...."There’s a good article on WSWS about a new development within the leadership of Iran’s neoliberal PR campaign aka the ”Green Revolution”. The big three are playing kiss and make up with the legitimate leadership of Iran. Curious timing, wouldn’t you say? This past October, 5  Republican Guard leaders and 37 others were killed by a suicide bomber in southern Iran. The attack has been claimed by the Jundallah terrorists in Iran who are working for “regime change”. Robert Baer gives us a little insight into Jundallah." -- For more on this issue see....US Support of Terror - MEK-PKK-Others - see also the article shown below....

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The Vancouver False Flag Red Warning & Red War Warning
(to be updated when needed) - 02-01-10 - mpg

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An Ugly Week For The Human Race And Other Living Things
A quote...."January 31, 2010 "Information Clearing House" -- You could almost feel bad for Barack Nothingburger, having to deliver the exquisitely badly timed State of the Union address to the world this week. He, his signature legislative initiative, and his presidency itself were already toast, but he still had to walk in the room and pretend otherwise. -- There could hardly have been a worse week for it. The days preceding his speech just brought one disaster after another for the president. -- But, since he has decided to be part of the problem, while masquerading as its solution, who cares? As long as he continues to adhere to that position, I'd just as soon see his presidency wrecked and his name humiliated anyhow. Considering that treason is a capital offense, I'd say the guy is getting off easy anyhow."

Jim Rogers – Federal Reserve is worsening the depression
Alt - (YuTb - 10m22s - Aired March 11, 2008 - posted 01-31-10)
Video - From the History File (and a good call) - March 11th 2008 -- A quote.... "CNBC: "What would be the first two things you would do if you were in Mr Ben Bernanke's seat"?  --  Jim Rogers: "I would Abolish the Federal Reserve and Resign". - "Recessions are good, they clean out the excesses, you start again from a sound foundation and then you go again". - "Spending all this money trying to prevent a recession is making it worse, and we're going to have a worse recession in the end"." -- *Jim Rogers*

The Sharp Dressed Man Who Aided Mutallab Onto Flight 253 Was U.S. Government
Contains Video -  Agent - Alt - Alt - This is an astonishingly outrageous expose, one truly wonders if every single person in the US-NRE’s security-industrial-complex actively supports “terrorism”?  None of them can be trusted....absolutely none of them. - mpg -- A quote...."Since our flight landed on Christmas Day, Lori and I have been doing everything in our power to uncover the truth about why we were almost blown up in the air over Detroit. The truth is now finally out after the publication of the following Detroit News article."  -- For more on this issue see....US-False Flag Ops - Detroit's "Lap-Bomber"

"JA Abe, we've got those Goy by the Balls!" - Alt/Vid(1/3) - Alt/Vid(2/3) - Alt/Vid(3/3)
Videos - (RT-YouTube - aprox 10 min each - January 27, 2010) -- A thousand speeches against anti-Semitism will not extinguish the flames ignited by Operation Cast Lead, flames that threaten not only Israel but the entire Jewish world. As long as Gaza is under blockade and Israel sinks into its institutionalized xenophobia, Holocaust speeches will remain hollow. As long as evil is rampant here at home, neither the world nor we will be able to accept our preaching to others, even if they deserve it." -- *Gideon Levy* in a Haaretz article

George "W" Bush: The Legacy of an American "Caligula"
Quote of the Day (in bold)....."Ask any American, or, in fact prettymuch anyone around the world what President Obama’s biggest failing is and they will always say the same thing.  Bush is out of prison, proof Obama is a coward or part of the same gang.  All any of us wanted was our country back.  It isn’t like there weren’t crimes any prosecutor could prove.  We spend billions trying to convict children and mental defectives we kidnap off the street of terrorism and we have a gang here, still running their mouths, running free that is responsible for the deaths of 10,000 Americans, destroying the lives of 400,000 more, killing between 1 and 2 million around the world, 98% innocent civilians, and robbing America blind." -- "Simply put, there isn’t a single terrorist act, failure of proper management or oversight, political stumble or strategic blunder done during the Bush years that didn’t generate billions in no bid contracts, oil rights, arms deals or in the backroom restructuring of the American financial system that led to the biggest world financial collapse in history.   Never in history has so much “stupid” been so very good for so very few at the cost of so many."

Family Guy - Undecided Voters - (YouTube - 1 min 36 sec - September 10, 2008)
Video - Regarding some more "stupid" (Psssssssst, these are the ones that lost a lot of money, their jobs and are even going to lose their homes) - mpg

Obama Did Not "Inherit" Afghan, Iraq, Yemen, Pakistan, Somali and Other Wars
Video - Alt - (BlipTV - 29 min 59 sec) -- An outstanding summation of the "Great Game" including the very salient point of how "finance capital" in the US-NRE had a plan to military dominate countries to the south and east, especially in resource rich Eurasia, to provide the goods and services they covet while using their unfair advantages to collect all the profits. -- And how that plan failed....for the momment. - mpg -- A quote...."At the Black Is Back conference in Florida last week, Glen Ford explains that President Obama didn't 'inherit' the imperial wars around the world.  Obama embraces and promotes American global hegemony.  He campaigned long and hard to be head of the empire, and the job was purchased for him with more than $600 million in direct campaign contributions, mostly from the same large donors that financed George Bush four and eight years ago."

Canadian students launch campaign to divest from the occupation
Video - Action Alert - Alt - (YouTube - 6 min 51 sec - January 20, 2010) - Boycott, Divest and Sanction - Because it'll save lives and an entire people. - mpg -- A quote...."Students at Carleton University in Ottawa have launched a campaign asking the university to divest from five corporations benefiting from the Israeli occupation, and to establish a socially responsible investment policy. Above is a powerful video they produced to promote the campaign, and here is a statement they issued:" -- For more on how to Boycott, Divest and Sanction the state of Israel see the upper-left-corner of the "Front Page" of this website. - mpg

Anti-Israelism: Why Zionism Doesn’t And Can’t Get It
A quote...."January 26, 2010 "Information Clearing House" -- There is no doubt it. More and more people all over the world, and probably many of their governments behind closed doors, are beginning to see the Zionist state of Israel for what it really is - not only the obstacle to peace but a monster apparently beyond control; and they, more and more so-called ordinary folk everywhere, are beginning to turn against it. - That explains why Prime Minister Netanyahu is leading Zionism’s hysterical call for the world to stop demonizing Israel."

Auden—The Shield of Achilles
A quote...."Barbed wire enclosed an arbitrary spot
Where bored officials lounged (one cracked a joke)
And sentries sweated for the day was hot:
A crowd of ordinary decent folk
Watched from without and neither moved nor spoke
As three pale figures were led forth and bound
To three posts driven upright in the ground.

The mass and majesty of this world, all
That carries weight and always weighs the same
Lay in the hands of others; they were small
And could not hope for help and no help came:
What their foes like to do was done, their shame
Was all the worst could wish; they lost their pride
And died as men before their bodies died.

Nobel economist Stiglitz: "US privatized profits, socialized losses is not capitalism." It’s fascism  -- A quote...."The Nobel Laureate, former chief economist for the World Bank, and current Columbia university economics professor understands fully that US economic policy is designed to benefit an elite-class of financial market “traders.” He accurately articulates that gambling losses in fraudulent credit default swaps, collateralized debt obligations, and leveraged investments/bets without the capital to back their losses are socialized by the TRILLIONS in an unprecedented transfer of wealth from taxpayers to a financial oligarchy. And Mr. Stiglitz understands the consequences of a shattered economy on near-record unemployment in the US most accurately measured at 22%."

Shot in the Back: The human impact of the Honduran coup - Alt - (YuTb 10m 12/19/09)
Video - A quote...."Watch Witness For Peace's powerful new video, and then Take Action to tell President Obama to continue suspending all U.S. military aid to the Honduran security forces that continue committing widespread human rights violations." -- For more on this issue see....Hideous Hillary's New Death Squads

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Empire Typology and Economic Stellar Evolution - 01-20-10 - mpg

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Critical Mass: Dem Agenda Opens Right-Wing Doors
Democrats and progressives are crying doom over the party's defeat in Massachusetts. The loss, we're told, is a blow to Barack Obama's political agenda, and so it is. They say it's a shame that yet another rightwing zealot who advocates torture is now in the Senate, and so it is. But it is precisely that agenda that led to the loss, and the shame. It is that agenda which has resurrected a rightwing party that was dead in the water, and empowered its most extreme elements. -- And what is Barack Obama's agenda? What is his political program? It breaks down into three main elements: unwinnable wars, unconscionable bailouts, and unworkable, unwanted health care "reform" that forces people to further enrich some of the most despised conglomerates in the land. It is, in every way, a recipe for moral, economic and political disaster. It is a gigantic anchor tied around the neck of the Democratic Party, and it will drag the whole lumbering wreck back to the bottom in short order." -- For more on this issue see....The Story of A Place Called Mouseland - Alt - (YouTube - 6 min 38 sec - May 05, 2006)  -- Video - A quote...."Tommy Douglas and a vision for Saskatchewan" - posted 07-25-09

DISPATCHES FROM AMERICA - Going rogue in combat boots
This is an absolute must read cautionary tale. - mpg -- A quote...."The wars in distant lands were always going to come home, but not this way. -- It's September 2016, year 15 of America's "Long War" against terror. As weary troops return to the homeland, a bitter reality assails them: despite their sacrifices, America is losing. -- Iraq is increasingly hostile to remaining occupation forces. Afghanistan is a riddle that remains unsolved: its army and police forces are untrustworthy, its government corrupt, and its tribal leaders unsympathetic to the vagaries of US intervention. Since the Obama surge of 2010, a trillion more dollars have been devoted to Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and other countries in the vast shatter zone that is Central Asia, without measurable returns; nothing, that is, except the prolongation of America's Great Recession, now entering its tenth year without a sustained recovery in sight." -- also posted at TomDispatch & ICH

Feeds the Rich, Buries the Poor
Quote of the Day...." We need tough hardened individualists who are willing to say enough is enough. Our government has been corrupted by weak men slithering around the halls of Congress soliciting for money, an evil banking cartel creating fiat money, corporate fascists paying off criminals in Washington DC, and the military industrial complex enforcing Washington’s power across the globe. The country longs for an Andrew Jackson or a Dwight Eisenhower. Instead we are stuck with Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi. The citizens of the country have chosen a false security in place of liberty and freedom. This country achieved greatness because Americans took chances, had the freedom to succeed or fail, picked themselves up when they failed, and lived their lives within a moral framework of fairness and honesty. That flame of independence and freedom is dying out. Americans no longer believe in shared sacrifice, working hard, honoring a sense of civic duty, morality, or modesty."

The Rule of Law Has Been Lost - posted at ICH
A quote...."January 19, 2010 "Information Clearing House" -- What is the greatest human achievement? Many would answer in terms of some architectural or engineering feat: The Great Pyramids, skyscrapers, a bridge span, or sending men to the moon. Others might say the subduing of some deadly disease or Einstein’s theory of relativity. -- The greatest human achievement is the subordination of government to law. This was an English achievement that required eight centuries of struggle, beginning in the ninth century when King Alfred the Great codified the common law, moving forward with the Magna Carta in the thirteenth century and culminating with the Glorious Revolution in the late seventeenth century." -- also posted at DProgram

What I've Learned About U.S. Foreign Policy - Alt
(GoglVid - 2h3m26s - 3 years ago) -  posted at ICH
Video - From the history file - 3 years ago -- A quote...."The history of the terrorism conducted by the CIA, since the end of the World War II when countries in Asia and Latin America, were trying to make changes to improve their economical and political situation, the Unite States of North America realized that it was not good for their status as new super power; and began a new campaign, with only one rule, Anything Goes. This is the story of the terrorism of the CIA."

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Four Criteria - 01-18-10 - mpg

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Beyond chutzpah
A quote...."The brutal ugliness of the collective Israeli mentality seems to know no limits. Indeed, one wouldn’t go too far by arguing that the patterns of Israeli behaviors, nearly at all levels, reflect a real mental sickness. -- In recent days, three observations of Israeli behaviors  attracted my attention." -- also posted at Uruknet

Criminal State - A Closer Look at Israel's Role in Terrorism
Videos & Game Theory Analysis - Alt/vid#1 - Alt/Vid#2 - Alt/Vid#3
(YuTb - aprx 10min each - Jan. 16, 2010) - This is the "Great Game" plan, spelled out in a brief, easy to understand, synopsis....sorry to tell most of you folks out there, except for all those really stupid faux-Christian Armageddon cultists, but yu'all been "played" - big time. - mpg -- A quote...."January 18, 2010  -- Response of former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when asked on September 11, 2001 what the attacks meant for U.S.-Israeli relations -- Game theory war-planners rely on mathematical models to anticipate and shape outcomes with staged provocations. For the agent provocateur, the reactions to a provocation—as well as the reactions to those reactions—thereby become predictable within an acceptable range of probabilities. -- With ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan poised to expand to Iran and Pakistan, it is time to take a closer look at how conflicts are catalyzed—by way of deception."

General Gambit
A quote...."The war for the future of the human race is more about truth –vs- lies, than it is about a physical contest between hostile adversaries. The strangest part of it all is that no one is seeking absolute vindication in this war of perceptions as either a liar or a “truth” teller. No one wants to pin down the other side for telling obvious lies. Why is that? Everybody has something to hide in the war on terror. -- Dig too deeply, or expose the most dangerous lies strung together to tie-up the world in a state of permanent limited war, and the flimsy alliances and “coalitions of the willing” begin to fall apart. The utter hypocrisy of the entire “war on terror” brings to the front all the worst traits of mankind, in an endeavor that is the most stupendous fraud ever perpetuated upon the human race." -- also posted at the The People's Voice  & Uruknet

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Twenty More Years of "Terror", Tears & Travails - 01-15-10 - mpg

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Monthly Mortgage Rate Resets (in Billions of dollars) - Alt
War Alert - Chart - Special Note - Looks like more trouble ahead, perfectly timed for the ten year/war cycle. It's amazing how they keep fleecing the sheeple over and over again.  For more on why this is a "war alert" see....Standard Disclaimer and the Ten Year Cycle -- mpg

Fast Food, Fast Capitalism, Fast Politics
Quote of the Day...."Fast food is a metonym - both a part and a figurative representation of fast capitalism. Fast capitalism is the tendency of capitalism to extract surplus value with as little investment as possible for the greatest possible return, while adding as little to the real economy as possible, often by means of financial speculation and the quickening of production to the point of making next to nothing. It is the necessary consequence of capitalism. Fast capitalism caused the current economic crisis. And fast capitalism leads to fast politics. Fast politics is the promise of quick political fixes to critical socio-political and economic conditions. Obama is the epitome of fast politics."

Image of the beast - posted at Online Journal
A quote...."Up until now, the United States has been able to exert control over most of the earth just by controlling the narrative that reflects popular opinion about the war on terror. Whatever government spokesmen or reporters have said happened on a particular day, was what really happened; it was validated by popular consent. -- The ability to shape people’s thoughts and opinions is a power that every tyrant has dreamed about. Global trust in the good intentions of the people of the United States moves individuals and entire nations to give American leaders the benefit of the doubt, even when common sense cautions against it."

Do they hate us for something other than our freedoms?  - posted at Online Journal
A quote...."We have spent more than eight years with the Bush doctrine of preventive wars, now continued and endorsed by Obama. After the 9/11 attacks President Bush declared a “war on terror” stating that al Qaeda attacked us because they hated us for our freedoms. The results of this policy and worldview: 5,321 U.S. service members dead"

• 35,000 with serious physical wounds
• Hundreds of thousands with serious mental wounds
• More than one million dead Iraqi and Afghan civilians
• Infrastructure, homes and economies of both countries destroyed

"Total cost in excess of $3 trillion for Iraq alone ($10,000 for each man, woman and child in the U.S.) --Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize-winning economist Saying nothing about whatever freedoms American citizens may believe they possess, bin Laden in 1996 declared his jihad against the U.S. based on the following three foreign policy initiatives of U.S. Empire: "

US Economy Hit by Perfect Storm - Alt  - (MSNBC Vid - 9 min 28 sec - 01/13/2010)
Video - Telling it like it was, and still is, regarding the Banksters and their on going threat to this nation's economy. - mpg

Israeli Prof Nurit Peled tells the truth about Israel
Video - Alt - (YouTube - 8 min 18 sec - January 01, 2010) - wow...wow....this is the most impressive heartfelt and powerful condemnation of Israeli Zionist behavior this website editor has ever seen, and probably will ever see. - mpg -- A quote...."Editor’s note: A truly amazing and inspirational Israeli woman. Her own 13-year-old daughter was killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber in 1997 and yet she speaks and works to end the oppression of the Palestinian people. She said: “My little girl was murdered because she was an Israeli, by a young man who was humiliated, oppressed and desperate to the point of suicide and murder and inhumanity, just because he was a Palestinian.” For those of us who sometimes wonder if the struggle will ever see a free Palestine, Prof Peled says at the end of the video: “Every action is beneficial.  If a hundred people or a thousand people will become engaged, will become involved, will become conscientious, that’s enough.  You never know what will be  …..  you put the seed and you  never know what will grow. It is a good thing that people come together to fight for justice. . . in the future, you never know, you never know.”  - also posted at Uruknet

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Minority Control - 01-08-10 - mpg

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Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer interviewed on the Alex Jones Show
Videos - Alt/Vid#1 - Alt/Vid#2 - Alt/Vid#3 - Alt/Vid#4 - Alt/Vid#5
A quote...."A source with close ties to the highest echelons of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) told WMR that personnel who worked for the DIA on the classified counter-terrorism data mining operation known as Able Danger were aware of the planned attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and other major facilities in Washington, DC, on 9/11 but their information was permitted, on purpose, to languish in the intelligence and law enforcement bureaucracies without any proactive measures being taken." -- For more on this issue see....Reficultnias's 9/11 Central

Is Israel Controlling Phony Terror News?
A quote...."Who says Al Qaeda takes credit for a bombing?  Rita Katz.  Who gets us bin Laden tapes?  Rita Katz.  Who gets us prettymuch all information telling us Muslims are bad?  Rita Katz?  Rita Katz is the Director of Site Intelligence, primary source for intelligence used by news services, Homeland Security, the FBI and CIA.  What is her qualification?  She served in the Israeli Defense Force.  She has a college degree and most investigative journalists believe the Mossad "helps" her with her information.  We find no evidence of any qualification whatsoever of any kind.  A bartender has more intelligence gathering experience." - also posted at BLN -- For more on this issue see also....Judeo-Christian C/C & US - Rita Katz - Updated

Obama’s White House Press Corps warned about asking certain questions
A quote...."(WMR) -- WMR has learned from a veteran member of the White House Press Corps that the Obama administration has made it known through White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and other White House Communications officials that certain questions posed by the reporters who cover the White House are definitely off-limits. -- On the banned list are any questions about Obama’s post-Columbia University employment with Business International Corporation (BIC), a global financial and political information company that WMR previously reported was a front for the CIA." - also posted at InfoWars

Is Anyone Telling Us The Truth? - A lot'a blogs on the Web, other than that, nobody.
A quote...."If we are to believe the U.S. government,Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged al-Qaida "mastermind" behind 9/11, outwitted the CIA, the NSA, indeed all 16 U.S. intelligence agencies as well as those of all U.S. allies including Mossad, the National Security Council, NORAD, Air Traffic Control, Airport Security four times on one morning, and Dick Cheney, and with untrained and inexperienced pilots pulled off skilled piloting feats of crashing hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center towers, and the Pentagon, where a battery of state of the art air defenses somehow failed to function. -- After such amazing success, al-Qaida would have attracted the best minds in the business, but, instead, it has been reduced to amateur stunts.The Underwear Bomb plot is being played to the hilt on the TV media and especially on Fox "news."

The airplane bomb plot: Obama continues the cover-up
A quote...."The statement made by President Barack Obama Thursday about the Christmas Day attempted bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight over Detroit is a continuation of a government-wide cover-up, aided and abetted by the media, of the actions of US intelligence and security agencies in the period leading up to the failed terrorist attack. -- Obama repeated the meaningless phrase that has become the mantra of such cover-ups since the attacks of September 11, 2001—“failure to connect the dots”—and gave explicit assurances that no officer of any intelligence agency will suffer any consequences for what is arguably the greatest security failure since 9/11."

Obama Flubs His First Bay Of Pigs Moment As Terror Moles Escape Purge
A quote...."Washington DC , January 5, 2010 — Obama’s speech this afternoon was an incongruous performance. On the one hand, he angrily detailed a catastrophic breakdown in US intelligence procedures leading to the near-massacre of hundreds of airline passengers in the skies over Detroit on Christmas Day. On the other hand, there was no purge of the corrupt, complicit, and incompetent officials who had made this incident possible. No firings were announced. No heads rolled. The rogue network or invisible government of treasonous and subversive moles inside the US government which is behind the Detroit incident, and so many other incidents, remained untouched once again." -- For more on the three articles shown above see....US-False Flag Ops - Detroit's "Lap-Bomber"

The Lie of Law: Courts Bow to State's Raw Power
A quote...."It is often forgotten how "legal" the Nazi regime in Germany really was. It did not take power in a violent revolution, but entered government through the entirely "legal" procedures of the time. The "legal" vote of the "legally" elected Reichstag gave Adolf Hitler the powers to rule by decree, thus imparting strict "legality" to the actions of his government.  --  Indeed, there were several cases when those who felt the government had overstepped the bounds of law in a particular instance actually took the Nazi regime to court, and won. Why? Because the government was bound by "the rule of law." And the fact is, almost the entire pre-Nazi judicial system of the German state remained intact and operational throughout Hitler's reign. The "rule of law" carried on.  --  Of course, as the Nazi regime plowed forward with its racist, militarist, imperialist agenda, this "rule of law" became increasingly elastic, countenancing a range of actions and policies that would have been considered heinous atrocities only a few years before. This trend was greatly accelerated after the Regime -- claiming "self-defense" following an alleged "invasion" by a small band of raiders -- launched a war which soon engulfed the world." -- also posted at OpEdNews

Liberty Has Been Lost
A quote...."January 06, 2009 "Information Clearing House" -- I had just finished reading the uncensored edition of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s book, In The First Circle (Harper Perennial, 2009), when I came across Chris Hedges article, “One Day We’ll All Be Terrorists”. In Hedges’ description of the US government’s treatment of American citizen Syed Fahad Hashmi, I recognized the Stalinist legal system as portrayed by Solzhenitsyn." -- also posted at DProgram

The Coming Fury Of An Angry America
Some quotes...."In the summer of 1914, America was an outlier in a world of teetering monarchies, festering colonial empires, and rancid landed aristocracies. While the rest of the world fed its gold and its young to the insatiable maw of industrial war, Americans were building a dream from limitless resources and the economic opportunities of a conflict that left America unspoiled and prosperous. By the close of hostilities in 1945, with the capital of the planet spent and exhausted, America burst from the ruins to begin the greatest run of prosperity and innovation of all time. The American middle class exploded, living the dream so thoughtfully given to them over a generation of global war."  ---  "In 1971, American imports exceeded exports for the first time in modern history, by 2.6 billion dollars. At a time when a billion was a lot, America began paying to simply exist. Gross Public Debt had grown from 43 billion in 1940, to 381 billion by 1970. Within a single generation - the age of narcissism, the computer age, the age of globalization - the baby boomers of the American middle class had tilted the entire planets resources towards an unsustainable consumer culture. No longer living the dream, those alive just moments before Lehman Brothers listed over, rolled under, and disappeared below the waves of history, were fighting simply to keep the stuff they had.". -- also posted at ICH

The Prestige – Part 1: The Pledge
A quote...."At the start of the previous decade, the story began to take shape; the Pledge had begun.  The history of The New American Century was about to be dominated by a fanatical and illusive band of traveling demons; al Qaeda.  They hated us for our freedom we were told; they struck at us from hiding; they were and are an ever shifting, ever-changing enemy of our ideology, hell-bent on creating terror where-ever they go, simply for terror’s sake.  Even the most outspoken critic of US foreign policy dares not undermine the foundations of the Pledge.  Like a magician who picks a ringer out of the audience, like David Blaine and his obviously well-rehearsed gags with a “random” member of the crowd, the real audience must take the Pledge at his word else the entire illusion crumbles like a house of cards. "

The Prestige – Part 2: The Turn
A quote....“But, you know, this guy (Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab), looking at it in some respects, looking at it in retrospect, probably did us a favor.”  Thomas Kean, Co-Chair of the 9/11 Commission Report" -- "It’s fitting, isn’t it? It’s fitting that one of the leading architects of the most elaborate cover-up in American history comes out the other day and offers up this quote right in time for my second part of the The Prestige. You can’t ask for better timing than that."

The Prestige – Part 3:The Prestige
A quote...."In 1996, a self-proclaimed terrorist and thief fled the reach of Osama bin Laden and ran right into the outstretched arms of the FBI, where he probably couldn’t have felt more at home.  He had stolen money from bin Laden, some one hundred thousand dollars it is said, and so the FBI offered him shelter, money, and new life.  For three years the American tax-payers shelled out nearly one million U.S. dollars to protect the thief in hiding. It was then, under the tutelage of FBI agent Jack Cloonan, that the very mythology of Al Qaeda was born. It was then that the craft of the first part of the Grand Illusion took shape."

The Chilcot Inquiry: Britain’s 9/11 Commission
A quote...."Perhaps Philip Zelikow was one of the few people who was not surprised by his appointment as executive director of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, better known as the 9/11 Commission. After all, the Professor of History at the University of Virginia had shown uncanny prescience in foreseeing an event such as 9/11 itself." -- also posted at Uruknet

More Israeli Mossad Connections to 9/11
A quote...."When viewed from a certain angle, Hangar 17 in JFK airport has a prominent, unfaded billboard that says “ Tower Air ”. Tower Airlines was an * Israeli * airline that went bankrupt in 2000 . None other than Hangar 17 housed Tower Air’s then brand-new corporate headquarters. -- Why does 9/11 evidentiary material that would provide clues such as the absence or presence of Super Thermite or other explosive material in the dust from the blasts sit for "safekeeping" in the former Executive Headquarters of a ten-year-defunct Israeli front organization that contracted heavily for the U.S. Defense Department and still has an unfaded sign hanging on the building?" -- also posted at DProgram

For more on the four articles shown above see....Reficultnias's 9/11 Central

Kevin Fenton: Disconnecting The Dots: How 9/11 Was Allowed To Happen
New Book Alert - [GoglBkSrch] -- A quote...."Questioning actions taken by American intelligence agencies prior to 9/11, this investigation charges that the CIA and NSA repeatedly and deliberately withheld information from the FBI, thereby allowing hijackers to attack the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Pinpointing a CIA deputy unit chief, Tom Wilshire, and his manager, Richard Blee, as being primarily responsible for many of the intelligence failures, this account analyzes the circumstances in which critical intelligence information was kept from FBI investigators in the wider context of the CIA’s operations against al-Qaeda, concluding that the information was intentionally omitted in order to allow an al-Qaeda attack to go forward against the United States."

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Blowback On the Border: The Purpose of the Terror War System
A quote...."The Terror War is not an event, or a campaign, or even a crusade; it is a system. Its purpose is not to eliminate "terrorism" (however this infinitely elastic term is defined) but to perpetuate itself, to do what it does: make war. This system can be immensely rewarding, in many different ways, for those who operate or assist it, whether in government, media, academia, or business. This too is a self-sustaining dynamic, a feedback loop that gives money, power and attention to those who serve the system; this elevated position then allows them to accrue even more money, power and attention, until in the end -- as we can plainly see today -- any alternative voices and viewpoints are relegated to the margins. They are "unserious." They are unimportant. They are not allowed to penetrate or alter the operations of the system." - bold/underline by website editor

Understanding the 'Unserious Empire'
A quote...."To explain not one, but two decades of American war, conducted aggressively since the collapse of the USSR by four different American presidents, two Republicans and two Democrats, punctuated for the mass public with spikes of "war" activity and intelligence alarms, the most workable perspective is gained by simply following the money. Some argue that Iraq and Afghanistan weren’t about oil and gas because they weren’t about owning real estate and doing the hard work of getting oil out of the ground, or actually building wealth through transportation links and pipeline construction. Instead, our wars and ongoing occupations have produced corruption and waste rather than real capital development and human productivity in the distant warzones. Regular people who work honestly for a living, who understand wealth creation on a human scale – and consequently are not overly interested in debt/equity swaps and credit default insurance used by politically connected banks and investment firms – regular people don’t intuitively see how waste, corruption and chaos can be a good thing.  ---   Murder, too, for that matter – it’s all good and useful if it creates demand for government subsidy of, and government spending on, things our war-fighting, intelligence, security and nation-building industries produce." - bold/underline by website editor

The US and China: - One Side is Losing, the Other is Winning
A quote...."January 03, 2010 "Information Clearing House" -- Asian capitalism, notably China and South Korea are competing with the US for global power.  Asian global power is driven by dynamic economic growth, while the US pursues a strategy of military-driven empire building. - One Day's Read of the Financial Times" - also posted at DProgram

Pirates and Emperors - Schoolhouse Rock - (YuTb - 3min 45sec - September 17, 2006)
Video - Geo-Political Analysis - (simplified) - From the history file - September 17, 2006 -- A quote...."A political schoolhouse rock cartoon about terrorist/robbers/killers and US leaders."

33 Conspiracy Theories That Turned Out To Be True, What Every Person Should Know
Videos..... Alt videos shown below....

MK-Ultra/Vid Op-Northwoods/Vid Cointelpro/Vid BCCI-Scandal/Vid BCCI&CIA/Vid BCCI&1stAmrcn/Vid IranContra-CBS/Vid IranContra-ABC/Vid IranContra-CBS#2/Vid Gulf-ofTonkin/Vid WH-CoupFDR/Vid(1of3) WH-CoupFDR/Vid(2of3) WH-CoupFDR/Vid(3of3) Op-Ajax/Vid(1of2)

Op-Ajax/Vid(2of2) Op-Gladio/Vid(3of3) NewWorldOrder/Vid Kennedy-Assassination/Vid MenaBarrySeal-Assassination/Vid IranContra-Confirm/Vid IranContra-BarrySeal/Vid TrilateralComm-CBS/Vid TrilateralComm-CBS/Vid#2 ContinuityofGovnt/Vid ContinuityofGovnt/Vid#2 Freedom2Fascism/Vid TheMoneyMasters/Vid MonopolyMen/Vid

posted at DProgram -- A quote...."Conspiracy theory is a term that originally was a neutral descriptor for any claim of civil, criminal or political conspiracy. However, it has come almost exclusively to refer to any fringe theory which explains a historical or current event as the result of a secret plot by conspirators of almost superhuman power and cunning.  To conspire means “to join in a secret agreement to do an unlawful or wrongful act or to use such means to accomplish a lawful end.”  The term “conspiracy theory” is frequently used by scholars and in popular culture to identify secret military, banking, or political actions aimed at stealing power, money, or freedom, from “the people”. -- To many, conspiracy theories are just human nature.  Not all people in this world are honest, hard working and forthcoming about their intentions.  Certainly we can all agree on this.  So how did the term “conspiracy theory” get grouped in with fiction, fantasy and folklore?"

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Long Live Palestine – Lowkey  - Alt/Vid#1 - Alt/Vid#2 - (YuTb - 10m ech - 12/31/09)
Videos - (Outstanding videos! ) -- A quote...."Long Live Palestine Part 2 by Lowkey (ft DAM, Shadia Mansour, Reveal, Hich-Kas, Eslam Jawaad, The Narcycist, Hasan Salaam) is available for purchase now from http://bit.ly/5SxmrV -- 50% of all profits will be donate to Interpal, and the other 50% will be donated to Islamic Relief's Gaza Strip Appeal."

Occupation 101 - Alt - (Google Vid - 1hr 27min 59sec - 2 years ago)
Video - (Must view video!) From the history file - 2 years ago -- A quote...."A thought-provoking and powerful documentary film on the current and historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Unlike any other film ever produced on the conflict -- 'Occupation 101' presents a comprehensive analysis of the facts and hidden truths surrounding the never ending controversy and dispels many of its long-perceived myths and misconceptions. -- The film also details life under Israeli military rule, the role of the United States in the conflict, and the major obstacles that stand in the way of a lasting and viable peace. The roots of the conflict are explained through first-hand on-the-ground experiences from leading Middle East scholars, peace activists, journalists, religious leaders and humanitarian workers whose voices have too often been suppressed in American media outlets."

The Road to Gaza Parts 1-6 - (YouTube - aprox 10 min each - November 29, 2009)
Alt/Vid#1 - Alt/Vid#2 - Alt/Vid#3 - Alt/Vid#4 - Alt/Vid#5 - Alt/Vid#6
Videos - A quote...."In March 2009, two activists Patrick Ward and Stewart Halforty from the London Stop the War Movement travelled to the Gaza Strip in Palestine with the intention of documenting the effects of the recent attack on Gaza by Israel. Taking only basic equipment they crossed the border into Gaza where the full horror of the attacks became apparent. This film remarkably shot in under 48 hours features interviews with the Samoudi family who lost 48 members of their family after Israel ordered them into a residential house which was then shelled. The lads also traveled to Gaza city and interviewed Dr Abu Shaban who is the Head of Burns and Plastic Surgery at the Shifa Hospital which saw the arrival of thousands of casualties during the attack. He gives a compelling insight into Israel’s actions during the attack on Gaza and raises the question that banned and experimental weapons were tested on the Gazan civilian population."

GAZA FREEDOM MARCH IN CANADA – Inspirational! 3Jan10
Alt - (YuTb - 3 min 2 sec - Dec 30, 2009) -- Video - Action Update - A quote.... "Carleton University Students Against Israeli Apartheid protest in Toronto Canada on 27 December 2009 in solidarity with protests all around world to end the siege on Gaza still ongoing 12 months after Israel’s brutal war on a civilian population." -- For more on how to Boycott, Divest and Sanction the state of Israel see the upper-left-corner of the "Front Page" of this website. - mpg

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More on the US-NRE's attempted "lap-bomber" false-flag fiasco

The Strange Case of Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab
A quote...."Despite some $40 billion dollars spent by the American people on airline security since 2001, allegedly to thwart attacks on the Heimat, the botched attempt by Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab to bring down Northwest Airlines Flight 253 over Detroit on Christmas Day was foiled, not by a bloated counterterrorist bureaucracy, but by the passengers themselves. -- Talk about validating that old Wobbly slogan: Direct action gets the goods! -- And yet, the closer one looks at the available evidence surrounding the strange case of Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, the more sinister alleged "intelligence failures" become. As this story unfolds it is becoming abundantly clear that U.S. security officials had far more information on the would-be lap bomber than we've been told." -- also posted at GlobalRsrch

Questions mount over attempt to bomb Detroit-bound jetliner
A quote...."The official discussion repeats the same rhetorical trope employed to cover up the role of US intelligence agencies before the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001—that they failed to “connect the dots.” This metaphor suggests a highly abstruse process in which many small details, each seemingly innocent in itself, are correlated through sophisticated analysis by experts familiar with the patterns of terrorist operations. -- No such operation was required to detect the Northwest Airlines bomb plot. The facts listed above were a series of fire alarms, each sufficient in itself to give the alert. To stop Abdulmuttalab from boarding the US-bound jetliner was a routine police matter, one that would ordinarily be executed without difficulty by the government of any middle-sized country, let alone by the most powerful military/intelligence apparatus on the planet."

Kurt Haskell on Alex Jones TV  – FBI Still Protecting Plane Bombers Accomplice!
Video - Alt/Vid#1 - Alt/Vid#2 - @ DProgam - (InfoWars YouTube - aprox 10 min each - January 03, 2010) -- More on the lap bomber from a witness.  Here's his blog. - mpg

Evidence Mounts for US Complicity in Terrorism: Mutallab's father is no ordinary 'banker'
A quote...."When nothing adds up, its time we starting looking at what we know. Our recent terrorist, now dubbed "the crotch bomber" is another dupe. He could have been working for anyone, drugged, brainwashed or simply influenced, maybe by crazy Arabs, maybe by the Mossad, maybe by the CIA. We only know the game is falling apart. -- We do know a couple of things. Dad, back in Nigeria, ran the national arms industry (DICON) in partnership with Israel, in particular, the Mossad. He was in daily contact with them. They run everything in Nigeria, from arms production to counter-terrorism. Though Islamic, Muttalab was a close associate of Israel. He has been misrepresented. His "banking" is a cover. Next, what do we know about the two Al Qaeda leaders Bush had released, the ones who planned this? - According to ABC news, the Al Qaeda leaders running the insurgency in Yemen were released from Guantanamo, although two of the highest ranking known terrorists there, without trial." -- also posted at SOTT & DProgram & InfoWarsIreland & PakistanDaily

The Underwear Bomber - Crushing Freedom With Phony Arab Terrorism
A quote...."Guess who runs the security at Amsterdam Schipol airport? ICTS of course! the same Israeli owned security company that somehow managed to let the shoe bomber on his Miami flight in 2001 and several of those mythical hijackers who allegedly flew out of Boston's Logan airport on 9/11. It is also useful to remember that the shoe bomber was cleared through ICTS and El Al security at Amsterdam airport on a flight to Tel Aviv in July 2001 for what was apparently an all-expenses paid week-long trip to the Israeli city. What precisely he did there remains a mystery."

Who Let Security Fail at Schiphol? ICTS Conspiracy
A quote...."The elder Mutallab is a frequent visitor to the United States and he is married to a Yemeni woman. -- For a number of years, passengers at Schiphol flying to the United States have been subjected to intense grilling by security personnel linked to an Israeli firm. -- In fact, these procedures were in effect even prior to the 9/11 attacks and many were put into place after the Pan Am 103 bombing in December 1998."

Haskell Family: FBI has changed accounts 4 times; our story is the same since day one
A quote...."COMMENT: As a customs official now confirms the 2nd man detained, confirming the Haskell’s account, the Detroit News points out that the FBI story has changed 4 times, while the Haskell’s has remained unchanged since day one:  “I just want them to look into our claims,” Lori Haskell said. “Our story has been the same since Day One because we are telling the truth. This is the FBI’s fourth story.” -- For more on the seven articles shown above see....US-False Flag Ops - Detroit's "Lap-Bomber"

For more on this issue see also....9/11-NORAD - ICTS  - Updated!!

Iraq bomb plotters recruited in US-run prison: police
A quote...."BAGHDAD — Two men on death row for masterminding an Al-Qaeda truck bombing that killed 88 people on June 20 were recruited in a US-run prison camp, a senior Iraqi police commander said on Thursday. -- Adnan Jassim Ali al-Hamdani and Hawas Falah al-Juburi were among three people sentenced on Tuesday to death by hanging for their part in the bombing in the predominantly Shiite Turkmen town of Taza in northern Iraq which also wounded 265 people, according to a police toll." -- For more on this issue see also....

Al Qaeda recruited bombers from US prison in Iraq
US prison in Iraq a training ground for extremists: report
US Iraq jail an 'al-Qaeda school' - video - Alt (YouTube - 2min 54sec - Dec. 11, 2009)

World’s Sole Military Superpower’s 2 Million-Troop, $1 Trillion Wars
Quote of the Day...."In his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech on December 10 the president of the United States appropriated for his country the title of “the world’s sole military superpower” and for himself “the Commander-in-Chief of the military of a nation in the midst of two wars.” -- This may well have been the first time that an American – and of course any – head of state in history boasted of his nation being the only uncontested military power on the planet and unquestionably the only time a Nobel Peace Prize recipient identified himself as presiding over not only a war but two wars simultaneously." - It's only "two" wars if you treat the US-NRE's occupation of both Afghanistan and Pakistan (Afpak) as one war.  But lets face facts folks, Bombs Away O-Bomb-a is HELL-BENT on starting two more occupations in both Yemen and Iran. - mpg

Regarding the nine articles shown above -- Just think about it this way folks, for every dollar the US-NRE / Military Industrial Complex gives to support terrorist groups throughout the Middle East, it generates for itself about two hundred dollars in funding for the "war on terror".  That's a pretty good rate of return, and a very well designed, highly profitable business model. - mpg - posted 03-03-09

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Boy watches US forces shoot father in head
A quote...."Recent reports indicate that a new stage may have been reached in the war in Afghanistan. Secret operations of CIA and special forces appear to have stepped up their infamous night raids, which have induced fear in much of the local population. -- We saw in a blog post a few weeks ago that up to 15 civilians in Laghman were killed in a ground forces operation apparently carried out under NATO command. NATO itself, after initial denials, appeared to acknowledge civilian casualties, but was characteristically vague about it. -- Now, according to the article below, it seems that the attack-cum-massacre was carried out at night and, according to locals, perpetrated by US special forces on the ground. (The Washington Post, however, mistakenly reported as late as Dec 30 that the attack was an airstrike.)" -- also posted at Uruknet

Welcome to Orwell’s World 2010
A quote...."December 30, 2009 - "Information Clearing House" -- In Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell described a superstate called Oceania, whose language of war inverted lies that “passed into history and became truth. ‘Who controls the past’, ran the Party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past’.” -- Barack Obama is the leader of a contemporary Oceania. In two speeches at the close of the decade, the Nobel Peace Prize winner affirmed that peace was no longer peace, but rather a permanent war that “extends well beyond Afghanistan and Pakistan” to “disorderly regions and diffuse enemies”. He called this “global security” and invited our gratitude. To the people of Afghanistan, which America has invaded and occupied, he said wittily: “We have no interest in occupying your country.”

New Year's Resolution: Don't Apologize for Democrats
A quote...."For the new year, let's resolve: Don't defend Democrats when they don't deserve defending. And that certainly includes President Obama. -- Let's further resolve: Put principles above party and never lose our voice on human rights and social justice. -- When we mute ourselves as a Democratic president pursues corporatist or militarist policies, we only encourage such policies. -- If it was wrong for Bush to bail out Wall Street with virtually no controls, then it's wrong for Obama. If indefinite "preventative detention" was wrong under Bush, then it's wrong under Obama. If military occupation and deepening troop deployments were wrong under Bush, then they're wrong under Obama." -- also posted at ICH

Paul Craig Roberts on Alex Jones Tv – The Tyranny of Good Intentions
Alt/Vid#1 - Alt/Vid#2 - Alt/Vid#3 - Alt/Vid#4 - (YuTb - aprox 10 min each - 12/30/09)
Videos - (AJ-YuTb - aprox 10min each - 12/31/09) -- A quote...."Paul Craig Roberts, economist, syndicated columnist, and former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan Administration also makes an appearance. Alex also covers the latest on the highly suspicious botched underwear bombing with Mr. Roberts, and what the economic future may be for america in the next 2 to 3 years." - Paul Craig Roberts is author of The Tyranny of Good Intentions - GoglBkSrch

Foreign Troops on the Streets of America?
Alt - (AJ-YouTube - 7 min 17 sec - December 26, 2009)
Video - A quote...."SCMLA's first mini-documentary! There are foreign troops on American soil, even now, as we speak. Watch and pass on the knowledge! "

A Lawless Presidency
A quote...."It is ironic that a president who owed his election to office to a U.S. Supreme Court decision – and a narrow one at that – spent so much of his eight years in office battling that same court, and the institutions which are the arbiters of international humanitarian law as well."

The Northwest Flight 253 intelligence failure: Negligence or conspiracy?
Quote of the Day....."Eight years after 9/11, with all of the still unanswered questions surrounding the attacks that were used to justify an explosion of American militarism, the attempt to gloss over an event that nearly cost the lives of 300 people with this hackneyed metaphor does not hold water. -- The general outlines of the Northwest bombing attempt and the 9/11 attacks are startlingly similar. One might even say that what is involved is a modus operandi. In both cases, those alleged to have carried out the actions had been the subject of US intelligence investigations and surveillance and had been allowed to enter the country and board flights under conditions that would normally have set off multiple security alarms. -- Both then and now, the government and the media expect the public to accept that all that was involved was mistakes."

Is the Detroit Nigerian "Terrorist" Another Patsy?
A quote...."What does the hapless Nigerian mope yanked off a plane in Detroit Christmas Day for setting his lap on fire have in common with color-coded terror alerts, with the shoeless, homeless Miami Haitians convicted of trying to bring down the Sears Tower, or with the 2004 pre-election videos allegedly dropped by Osama Bin Laden? Easy. All have been useful in whipping up public fear of Muslim-inspired “terrorism” and each and every one plugs neatly and sweetly into the meta-narratives that justify increasing the power of US police and intelligence establishments and the further militarization of foreign policy." -- For more on the two articles shown above see....US-False Flag Ops - Detroit's "Lap-Bomber"

As US power dwindles, Middle East politics will continue to shift
A quote...."I believe the Middle East is experiencing broad strategic political realignments, with insurgent forces gaining in strength, and entrenched forces entering a period of stagnation. Unsurprisingly, the regional flux is being driven by the decline of empire, and the attendant regional state opportunism. If current trends continue, the next decade will likely see a regionally diminished Egypt, an increasingly isolated Israel, and eventually less American interventionism and sponsorship. Concurrently, Syrian power and prestige will increase, Lebanon will consolidate Hezbollah’s moral authority, and Turkey will increasingly emphasize its Eastern and Islamic roots to enhance its regional role. What happens in Iran depends in large part on whether America and Israel attack, I believe. The assumption that the American empire is in decline is crucial to this analysis, so it’s worth spending time explaining its basis."

A cold, lonely place called dishonour
A quote...."On December 27 2008 Israel launched a murderous air assault against 1.5 million men, women and children in the most overcrowded piece of land on Earth - the Gaza Strip. -- Starved, besieged, yet unbowed, they could do nothing except endure as the bombs and missiles rained down, targeting hospitals, schools, civic buildings, homes, police stations and even UN compounds where people had sought sanctuary. -- Israel's bombs sought and found their victims, incinerating and blowing to smithereens young and old alike, while Tel Aviv attempted to convince the world that every effort was being made to avoid civilian casualties in what it described as a military operation to root out terrorism and provide security for its citizens. -- Yet as Albert Camus once warned, the welfare of the people has always been the alibi of tyrants." -- also posted at Uruknet

Israeli Role in Desroying Iraq
A quote...."This is a speech by Former Israeli Security Minister Avi Dechter on 4th, September 2008 at the Research Institute of the Israeli national Security." - also posted at Uruknet - For more on this issue see....It Will Happen Every Single Time - 01-01-08 - mpg

Hackable Drones, Crumbling Empire
Quote of the Day...."On the eve of the 2003 American invasion of Iraq, historian Chalmers Johnson observed in The Sorrows of Empire: "At this late date ... it is difficult to imagine how Congress, much like the Roman senate in the last days of the republic, could be brought back to life and cleansed of its endemic corruption." -- Drawing striking analogies between the fall of the Roman republic and America's decline as a global capitalist power, Johnson wrote: "Failing such a reform, Nemesis, the goddess of retribution and vengeance, the punisher of pride and hubris, waits impatiently for her meeting with us. -- Judging by the fragile state of American sociopolitical life, that meeting may not be as far off as most of us think." -- also posted at Uruknet

Best of the Web: The Truth About the 2009 Gaza Massacre
Video - A quote...."Eye opening montage of news clips and photos that tell the truth about the events in Gaza."

Video: Gaza 2009 – We Will Never Forget
Alt - (YouTube - 8 min 58 sec - January 24, 2009)
Video - A quote...."Montage documenting the genocide commited by Isreal in "Operation Cast Lead"." -- For more on this issue see....Gaza Invasion of 12/27/08

Gaza 2009: Operation Cast Lead
Video - From the history file - April 14, 2009 -- A quote...."Some things you may not know about the ongoing conflict in Gaza and the actions of the Israeli government. Please spread the link around- the truth can't be stopped."

Israel/Gaza: Operation ‘Cast Lead’ – 22 Days of Death and Destruction
Just a few points, there are many more....mpg

• Some 1,400 Palestinians were killed, including some 300 children, and hundreds of other unarmed civilians, including more than 115 women and some 85 men aged over 50 during the 22-day Operation “Cast Lead”.
• Many Palestinian civilians were killed in attacks by high-precision weapons which are capable of pinpoint strikes and can hit within a meter of their targets and which have exceptionally good optics allowing those carrying out or directing the strikes to see the targets in detail.
• Many other Palestinian civilians were killed in indiscriminate and reckless attacks using imprecise weapons which should never be used in densely populated civilian areas. - From Amnesty International

Just a Reminder: Condi Rice (formerly of Chevron) had Afghanistan Invasion Plans Finalized 2 Days Before 9/11 -- A quote...."Condi Rice (formerly of Chevron) had Afghanistan Invasion Plans Finalized 2 Days Before 9/11 and those plans just HAPPENED to include the “turn over bin Laden or we attack” ultimatum. The plans were used in the attack following Sept. 11th 2001."

9/11 Truth: the Challenge to the Peace Movement - Vid#1 - Vid#2  - Vid#3  - Vid#4
Videos  - (YouTube - 10 min - December 06, 2009) -- A quote...."On September 13, 2009, Dr. Graeme MacQueen presented a speech titled, 9/11 Truth: the Challenge to the Peace Movement, at the conference, "We Demand Transparency! For Peace, Truth, and a New Economics." -- posted by UW911ResearchGroup

Cutter Charges Identified in the Critical Corners of WTC
Alt - (YouTube - 34 min 06 sec - Dec 25, 2009
Video - A quote...."Small explosive ejections focused on a corner column of WTC1 (The North Tower of the World Trade Center) are evidence of cutter charges used to cut the corner columns. One of these occurs at the 98th floor at the onset of the demolition of the building. The other occurs lower in the building at the instant the column enters free fall." -- For more on the three articles shown above see....Reficultnias's 9/11 Central

The Joys of Airstrikes and Anonymity
A quote...."Each time the U.S. bombs a new location in the Muslim world, the same pattern emerges.  First, officials from the U.S. or allied governments run to their favorite media outlet to claim -- anonymously -- that some big, bad, notorious, "top" Al Qaeda leader "may have been" or "likely was" killed in the strike, and this constitutes a "stinging" or "devastating" blow against the Terrorist group.  These compliant media outlets then sensationalistically trumpet that claim as the dominant theme of their "reporting" on the attack, drowning out every other issue. "

The FBI Says This “Ball-Bomber” is Proof that Obama Was Right to Kill Innocent Civilians In Yemen -- A quote...."Right on time, right after the Peace Prize President’s attempt to assassinate Anwar al-Awlaki, the controversial cleric who communicated with Ft. Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, this new “terror” attack has connections not only to Yemen, but possibly right back to the same guy President Obama tried to kill.  And apparently, the “ball bomber” (as I like to call him) was “radicalized” … wait for it… via THE INTERNET…. guess we had better hurry up and let Joe Lieberman pass that “Homegrown Terrorist” bill of his."

Instant Karma: New US War Target Gets Its Own Terror Icon
Wow, that didn't take long at all. Scant days after the American war machine took the cloaking device off its direct military involvement in Yemen, we have an alleged attempted terrorist attack by an alleged attempted terrorist who, just scant hours after his capture, has allegedly confessed to getting his alleged attempted terrorist material from ... wait for it ... Yemen! -- Yemen-trained terrorists on the loose in American airplanes! At Christmas! Great googily moogily! It's a good thing our boys are on the case over there right now, pounding the holy hell outta some of them Al Qaeder ragheads! And to think, a few pipsqueaky fifth columnists had been starting to wonder why we were killing dozens of innocent civilians on behalf of an authoritarian regime embroiled in a three-way civil war on the other side of the world."

"CLG: Northwest Bomb Plot 'Oddities' By Lori Price, www.legitgov.org Updated: 27 Dec 2009 Bogosity reaches critical mass! In 2008, the ACLU estimated the 'No Fly List' to have grown to over 1,000,000 names --heck, even Cat Stevens and the late Senator Ted Kennedy was on it -- and continues to expand. And yet... suspected terrorist Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab, who was curiously able to obtain military-grade high explosives -- 80 grams of PETN (gee, where'd he get that?), managed to escape airport security and set off his underwear bomb! In April 2009, American authorities reportedly refused an Air France flight from Paris to Mexico entry into US airspace because a left-wing journalist writing a book on the CIA was on board. Got it? Write a book critical of the CIA --you cannot fly. Carry explosives on board when the US is trolling for an excuse to invade and occupy Yemen for oil --you can!" -- Paragraph quoted from CLG

So Why Did President Obama Try to Kill a Witness in Yemen
A quote...."Up until now, there has only been speculation as to who was the real target in the most recent U.S. backed attack in Yemen that killed a reported 34 people.  But today it is being reported that the target was in fact, Anwar al-Awlaki, the controversial cleric who communicated with Ft. Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan.  This most recent attack comes on the heels of another one, just a week ago, in which 17 women and 23 children were slaughtered in order to protect the investments of “U.S. assets” in Yemen (namely, Kuwait Energy and the IMF and World Bank).  As bad as that was, Obama’s killing of innocent civilians to protect pipelines and IMF’s investors, this most recent assassination attempt may be even more troubling."

The Troops Protect Our Freedom, and Other Lies I Learned in School
A quote...."December 23, 2009 "C4SS" -- Barrack Obama’s Nobel acceptance speech included this self-congratulatory little gem: -- “But the world must remember that it was not simply international institutions—not just treaties and declarations—that brought stability to a post-World War II world.  Whatever mistakes we have made, the plain fact is this:  The United States of America has helped underwrite global security for more than six decades with the blood of our citizens and the strength of our arms.  The service and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform has promoted peace and prosperity from Germany to Korea, and enabled democracy to take hold in places like the Balkans.” -- Before Mr. Obama dislocates a shoulder patting himself on the back, maybe we should look at the record. -- When it comes to guaranteeing stability and promoting democracy, the United States’ record is pretty clear.  “Global security” and “stability” mean the security and stability of a particular global order guaranteed by the United States—a global order that reflects the interests of the coalition of class forces that control the American government."

Dennis Kucinich – US War Presidents ignore Congress & Constitution
Video  - Alt - (YuTb 11m36s Dec. 23, 2009) - A quote...."(RussiaToday) – Anger is growing among Americans – who say less money should be spent on the country’s overseas military campaigns and more on tackling the country’s domestic problems. U.S. congressman Dennis Kucinich, who spoke exclusively to RT’s Dina Gusovsky, says America can no longer afford war-based economy."

Amazing Speech by War Veteran – Iraq Veterans Against the War
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 4m39s - Dec 20, 2009) - posted by ThePhaedrus83 -- Quote of the Day...."Our real enemy is not the ones living in a distant land whose names or policies we don't understand; The real enemy is a system that wages war when it's profitable, the CEOs who lay us off our jobs when it's profitable, the Insurance Companies who deny us Health care when it's profitable, the Banks who take away our homes when it's profitable. Our enemies are not several hundred thousands away. They are right here in front of us" -- *Mike Prysner*

Top Ten Worst Things about the Bush Decade; Or, the Rise of the New Oligarchs
A quote...."By spring of 2000, Texas governor George W. Bush was wrapping up the Republican nomination for president, and he went on to dominate the rest of the decade. If Dickens proclaimed of the 1790s revolutionary era in France that it was the best of times and the worst of times, the reactionary Bush era was just the worst of times. I declare it the decade of the American oligarchs. Just as the end of the Cold War and the fall of the Soviet Union allowed the emergence of a class of lawless 'Oligarchs' in Russia, so Neoliberal tax policies and deregulation produced American equivalents. (For more on the analogy, see  Michael Hudson.) We have always had robber barons in American politics, but the Neoliberal moment created a new social class." -- also posted at ICH

Wars to Come
A quote...."For many, the Obama candidacy represented a change so profound that they thought (or perhaps more accurately, hoped), that an Obama presidency would not only mean a deep domestic social transformation, but an end to the American cycle of war. -- To them the news of an upsurge in U.S. troops in Afghanistan means those hopes were dashed. -- They will not be the last ones." -- also posted at DProgram

Americans Are Hell-Bent on Tyranny
A quote...."December 22, 2009 "Information Clearing House" -- Obama’s dwindling band of true believers has taken heart that their man has finally delivered on one of his many promises--the closing of the Guantanamo prison. But the prison is not being closed. It is being moved to Illinois, if the Republicans permit. -- In truth, Obama has handed his supporters another defeat. Closing Guantanamo meant ceasing to hold people in violation of our legal principles of habeas corpus and due process and ceasing to torture them in violation of US and international laws. -- All Obama would be doing would be moving 100 people, against whom the US government is unable to bring a case, from the prison in Guantanamo to a prison in Thomson, Illinois." -- also posted at DProgram & AlethoNews

While You Were Sleeping… The Economy Collapsed
Charts - A quote...."One of the most powerful forces in human psychology is the force of habit. Consistency, apathetic comfort, ties men to the ocean bottom to squeeze every ounce of oxygen from their last breath until it is gone, and we wake up at 50 or 60, only realizing then that we have done the same things and thought the same thoughts for decades without err. Repetition makes us easy to startle and easy to control. Any sudden break in daily routine can cause most people to freeze; animals gripped with terror at the very possibility of necessary individual action or adaptation. -- This same repetition induces a type of “sleepwalk” in the average person, a zombie-like reanimation of brain functions that shriveled up and died years before, giving the impression of “life,” but in reality, it is merely a life on autopilot. -- This is what makes catastrophes so catastrophic. It is not always the events themselves that reap such destruction, but people’s delayed reactions and dulled senses. The more ignorant the populace, the more magnified and painful such events become. Our lack of knowledge and reasonable action sets our own house ablaze, brings economies to ruin, and murders civilizations. Others may tip the problems into motion, but in the end, all of us, each and every individual, is responsible for the final result." - also posted at DProgram

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Double Indemnity - 12-21-09 - mpg

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`A Visit from St. Obama'
A quote...."Twas the night before Christmas and all through the land
Not a creature was stirring in Afghanistan.
The bedrooms were bunkered with piles of hard stones
To protect from attacks by the Predator drones.
The children were huddled, afraid, in their beds
While visions of night raiders danced in their heads.

Mama doffed her hijab and I doffed my hat
And we both settled down for a rest and a chat
When out in the yard their arose such a clatter,
I sprang to the door to see what was the matter.
Away to the entrance I ran ‘cross the floor,
Pulled on the handle and opened the door.

The moon hadn’t risen but up in the air
A chopper was shining a light. Such a glare!
And what to my wondering eyes did appear
But a whole gang of men, armed and dressed in black gear....."

Did America keep mum on 26/11? - More on the US-NRE's Mumbai false flag attack.
A quote...."Did the Americans have detailed advance information about the 26/11 plot which they did not share with India, only passing on a watered-down warning? And was there an American spy within the Lashkar-e-Tayyeba who kept Washington (or Langley) informed of terror acts planned against India —  even if this information was never handed over to us? -- It is certainly beginning to look that way. -- When Headley was first arrested, the Americans declared that they had foiled a plot to kill a Danish cartoonist. Then, more details began to trickle out. The terror suspect, we were told, was a US citizen of Pakistani origin. He had some links with the LeT. He had visited India. He may have been part of an advance team for 26/11." -- For more on this issue see....Just Give it a Rest OK!! - 11-27-09 - mpg

The 90-Minute Stand Down on 9/11: Why Was the Secret Service's Early Request for Fighter Jets Ignored? -- A quote...."Shortly after the second World Trade Center tower was hit, at 9:03 a.m. on September 11, 2001, an officer at Andrews Air Force Base, just outside Washington, DC, was notified that the Secret Service wanted fighter jets launched over the nation's capital. It was now obvious the U.S. was under terrorist attack, and Washington would have been an obvious potential target. And yet the Secret Service's request came to nothing." - - also posted at DProgram - For more on this issue see....9/11-NORAD

The “Post-9/11 World” Is A Detriment To Humanity
A quote...."The event that created the “Post-9/11 World” were the attacks of September 11th, 2001. -- Every effort has been made by the American Government to conceal the truth about what happened that day. The “Joint Congressional Inquiry” was “limited in scope” thanks to the efforts of George W. Bush, and Dick Cheney. The “PENTTBOM” investigation failed to address a number of the families’ questions. The “9/11 Commission” was compromised from beginning to end, and was headed by Philip Zelikow, someone the families called for the resignation of during the 9/11 Commission, someone who re-wrote the 9/11 Report to be more favorable of his good friend Condoleezza Rice, someone that tried to insert a false link into the 9/11 Report between Iraq and 9/11, someone that shied people away from the NSA, someone that shied people away from Saudi Arabia’s possible involvement in the attacks, someone that is alleged to have taken the direction of Karl Rove, someone who wrote the preemptive war strategy mentioned above, someone who should never have been anywhere near the 9/11 Commission."

David Ray Griffin on the 9/11 Cell Phone Calls: Exclusive CBC Interview
Alt - (YuTb - 6m57s - 12/18/09) -- Video - A quote...."Excellent interview with Dr. Griffin. He especially notes how the FBI itself admits that there was only one connection attempt made from Barbara Olson, which lasted "zero seconds," not to mention that Ted kept changing his story, first saying she called him on a seatback phone, then cell phone, then seatback again. And given that out of all the supposed 9/11 phone calls, Olson is the only passenger to mention "boxcutters," the FBI's admission is an intriguing one indeed." - For more on this issue see....9/11-NORAD

911-War Promises - Alt - (YouTube - 1 hr 15 min 43 sec - November 27, 2009)
Video - A quote...."Millions of people believe that evidence proves that Western intelligence services organized the hideous attacks on New York and Washington on 11 September 2001. Even the mainstream media have stopped defending the official version and now prefer to ignore the issue altogether. -- Distrust in Western governments grows as the wars of aggression waged by the USA and NATO continue to be justified with these “false flag” operations. Ever harsher domestic laws are being passed to crush all outrage and resistance in Western populations; at the end of the day they aim to unleash the German military on German civilians, instead of allowing morality and ethics to flow into day-by-day policy-making." -- For more on this issue see.....Reficultnias's 9/11 Central

Viva Palestina Convoy Arriving in Turkey - Alt - (YuTb - 6m26s - Dec 19, 2009)
Video - Action Update -- A quote...."Tuesday December 15, 2009: Video of arrival in Turkey from Greece. Interviews with the drivers and members of the Convoy. -- The Viva Palestina Convoy departed for Gaza from London on December 6: http://vivapalestina.org  -- Get News & Track the Convoy here: http://readingpsc.org.uk/convoy/  -- * This is an edited version of the full video that insaniyardim2003 posted at: http://www.dailymotion.com/insaniyard...*" 

Sir Geoffrey Bindman: Livni has no right to claim immunity from prosecution
A quote...."It is not at all surprising that the Israeli government is outraged at the attempt – initially successful – to obtain an arrest warrant in Britain against their former foreign minister Tzipi Livni. But their characterisation of it as a "diplomatic offence" is wide of the mark. Those who come to Britain are subject to its laws. -- It is necessary to step back from the particular case and look at the broader picture. War crimes and crimes against humanity are international crimes transcending national boundaries. Universal jurisdiction to put those accused of them on trial is a logical development of that recognition. Such crimes are unlikely to be redressed in the country where the perpetrators hold political power. If they are not, they can only be adjudicated in courts of another state, or in an international court or tribunal."

Freedom Rider: “War is Peace” Prize
A quote...."The Norwegian Nobel Committee, who award the Nobel Peace Prize, created world wide feelings of dismay, shock and anger from the moment they announced that Barack Obama would be the 2009 honoree. How could the man who is waging two wars, who is responsible for the largest military budget in world history, be given the same honor that went to luminaries such as Martin Luther King, who fought tirelessly against militarism? -- Barack Obama’s actual speech at the ceremony was worse, much worse than anything that could have been imagined when this honor was announced two months ago. His words were so horrific, so bereft of any of the ideals of peace makers, that he single handedly made the once prestigious Nobel Peace Prize worthless. If the winner speaks about the urgent need for military action and denigrates the very need for peace, then surely the wrong person was honored." -- bold by website editor

This article is Part 3 in the Series, "The Origins of World War III." - at Global Research
A quote...."In Part-1 and Part-2 of this series, I have analyzed US and NATO geopolitical strategy since the fall of the Soviet Union, in expanding the American empire and preventing the rise of new powers, containing Russia and China. This Part examines the implications of this strategy in recent years; following the emergence of a New Cold War, as well as analyzing the war in Georgia, the attempts and methods of regime change in Iran, the coup in Honduras, the expansion of the Afghan-Pakistan war theatre, and spread of conflict in Central Africa. These processes of a New Cold War and major regional wars and conflicts take the world closer to a New World War. Peace can only be possible if the tools and engines of empires are dismantled."

Keith Olbermann: Special Comment - Ruined Senate Bill Unsupportable
Video - More on Obama's non-health no-care bill  - Alt/Transcpt - Alt/Vid - (MSNBC Vid - 11 min 58 sec - Dec . 16, 2009) -- Except for Mr. Olbermann's belief that there's the slightest bit of difference between the Demo or Repub parts of the DemoRepub party, and his naive appeal to Obama's "better nature" (Bombs-Away doesn't have one), this is one outstanding video. - mpg

Salon.com’s Glenn Greenwald: Current Health Reform Bill Does More Harm Than Good -
Video - Alt - (3m41s) -- More on Obama's non-health no-care bill  -- A quote...."I don’t think this has anything to do with “anger” or anything that Jay Rockefeller just said. I think the argument of why the bill should be defeated as Dr. Dean is expressing and others is not that “well because we didn’t get everything we wanted, sink the bill”. That’s not it. The argument is much more substantive than that. The argument is that this bill does more harm than good from the perspective of healthcare policy and how our government works. Essentially it requires by force of law, 10s of millions of people who don’t want to be customers of the private insurance industry to become customers of that industry." -- *Glenn Greenwald*

White House as helpless victim on healthcare
More on Obama's non-health no-care bill -- Two Quotes of the Day...."....contrary to Obama's occasional public statements in support of a public option, the White House clearly intended from the start that the final health care reform bill would contain no such provision and was actively and privately participating in efforts to shape a final bill without it.  From the start, assuaging the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries was a central preoccupation of the White House...."  ---  "The evidence was overwhelming from the start that the White House was not only indifferent, but opposed, to the provisions most important to progressives.  The administration is getting the bill which they, more or less, wanted from the start -- the one that is a huge boon to the health insurance and pharmaceutical industry." -- *Glenn Greenwald*

Power and Theft - The Israeli Stranglehold
A quote...."Settlers attack West Bank mosque and burn holy Muslim books” was a London Times headline on December 11, 2009. -- These attacks, together with the demolition of Palestinian homes, the uprooting of Palestinians’ olive groves, the innumerable checkpoints that prevent Palestinians from accessing schools, work, and medical care, the Israeli Wall that denies Palestinians access to the land stolen from them, and the isolation and blockade of the Gaza Ghetto, are part of the Israeli government’s policy of genocide for the Palestinians." -- also posted at Aussies4Palestine

Palestinian Christians urge Israel isolation
Boycott, Divest and Sanction - Because it's the Christian thing to do. - mpg -- A quote...."BETHLEHEM — Christian religious and community leaders in occupied Palestine have launched an ecumenical campaign aimed at enlisting Christians around the world to help end the Israeli military occupation. “This document is the Christian Palestinians’ word to the world about what is happening in Palestine,” says the 15-page document."


Britain’s Foreign Office wimps surrender to the thugs
A quote...."The British public must be wondering what has happened to the nation’s backbone – and its moral compass - when they see news items like these."


"Who does this foreign secretary think he is, apologising in our name for the operation of British law, especially when the warrant was issued to answer well-founded charges of war crimes? -- Livni claims it was not personal. "It’s about the entire State of Israel and our ability to go on working together against common threats." -- What common threats? We have nothing in common. The threats Israel faces are caused by its racist expansion, land theft, general lawlessness and hateful attitude towards its neighbours, and by the lethal threat Israel itself presents to others in the region. Our government puts us in harm’s way by associating so closely with the regime and continually taking its side." - bold by website editor -- also posted at AlethoNews

The Peace Prize goes to the commander-in-chief of invading armies in Afghanistan & Iraq.
A quote...."Is this the best the world can deliver? -- A hypocrite who unsuccessfully tries to justify war and aggression on the starved and brutalized people of Iraq and Afghanistan? -- In a silent America, Obama is unchallenged and does all he can to strengthen U.S. ties with Israel (as the rest of the world contemplates boycotts of various kinds to deter Israel from committing more crimes). A year into his presidency, not only are the wars against the people of Iraq and Afghanistan going strong, but Obama is sending 30,000 more soldiers to Afghanistan. -- The American brand of “peace” has surely made a mockery of the word. No one in the Middle East is foolish enough to believe, for a second, that America wants “peace” when all that America, and her handsome new president, does is to reinforce its devastating military presence in countries where they are not welcomed. -- An Iraqi mother who lost every child she had (4 boys) as a result of the U.S. invasion in 2003 said: “don’t utter that word, it has brought us nothing but death and destruction”. -- She was referring to the word “peace”." -- also posted at Creative-i

Bilin activist: "Words are not enough"
A quote...."One night, the Israeli army surrounded my home, and took my father from his bed to come and knock on my door. They told him that because I was a child, they just wanted to speak to me for five minutes. Some of the soldiers were dressed in civilian clothes, and they grabbed me as soon as I opened the door. -- That five minutes became two years, in the worst place in the world -- Naqab prison [in the Negev desert]. I spent the first 20 days in solitary confinement. I was kept in a room I could only stand up in, with terrible food and no showers, and during the night in a room I could lie down in but had a hole in the roof, at a time when it was raining and snowing. Every day the soldiers were beating me, and every night they would bang on the door so that I couldn't sleep. The whole time, they were also asking me if I had thrown stones and what political party I belonged to, so in the end I admitted that I had, at some point, thrown stones. By the end of those 20 days, I smelled like an animal." -- also posted at AlethoNews & WarInIraq

Another Childhood Nakba Memory
A quote...."I remember it was one Sunday afternoon, sometime around one or two o'clock, when my father barged running into the house shouting "we have to leave, we have to leave". His face was all red; his eyes shined with piercing outrage, uncertainty and incredulity. -- I remember it was Sunday because my mother was fixing our special Sunday lunch that included meat –the only day in the week where we had a little bit of meat. Sundays were the only days in the week where the butchers would butcher fresh goat meat. I remember my mother had prepared a big kettle of “tabeekh” (stew of beans, tomato sauce and a bit of meat) with rice on the side. My village was mostly Christian with some Druze. We were a farming community relying, primarily, on olives and oil, without much cash." -- also posted at Uruknet

America's Race to the Bottom
A quote...."In the past three decades, the income of the richest Americans quadrupled, while the income of the lowest ninety percent actually fell. Today, the median wage is lower than it was in the 1970s, even though productivity has grown by nearly fifty percent. -- All told, from the 1930s through the 1970s, America produced the biggest and richest middle class in human history. But then many of us made the mistake - as I did - of assuming that this had become, based on a solid society compact, the default status quo for the foreseeable future. -- In fact, it was instead an aberration. And it was contingent." -- also posted at SmrkngChimp

Normalising the Crime of the Century
A quote...."The purpose of the Chilcot inquiry is to normalise an epic crime by providing enough of a theatre of guilt to satisfy the media so that the only issue that matters, that of prosecution, is never raised. When he appears in January, Blair will play this part to odious perfection, dutifully absorbing the hisses and boos. All “inquiries” into state crimes are neutered in this way. In 1996, Lord Justice Scott’s arms-to-Iraq report obfuscated the crimes his investigations and voluminous evidence had revealed." -- also posted at DProgram & CommonDreams & TheNwStsmn

Tread Carefully Congressmen… The Terrorists Are Still Out There
A quote...."It is said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions.  Dennis Kucinich would be wise to remember that. -- The congressman from Ohio is valiantly working to attempt to use the war powers act to end the illegal occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan.- [YuTb]  He is going to submit two resolutions as soon as congress comes back in January that will set this plan of his into motion.  In all likelihood, the Rahm Emanuel/Hillary Clinton dominated DLCers of the congress will strike them both down with little fanfare from the corporate media.  However, like his impeachment resolution in 2007, there is a possibility that the antiwar faction of the right (yes, it’s small but it does exist) and some of the most exposed democrats facing re-election next year, may just be enough to garner Kucinich’s bills some traction. If he hooks up with the Ron Paul movement in the House, which has gained a considerable measure of strength with his “Audit the Fed” bill,  Kucinich may just have enough juice early in the election cycle of 2010 to actually make a game out of this. -- But if our “terrorist” history is any indication, that might not be the safest thing for the American people. -- Funny as it is, “the terrorists” always seem to strike when it is the most politically advantageous for the imperialists in the White House whether they are republican or democrat.  Odd how that works, ain’t it?" -- For more on this issue see....Reficultnias's 9/11 Central

>>>  Hideous Hillary's New Death Squads  <<<

[US-NRE Honduran] Death Squad kills five members of Resistance in Tegucigalpa
BREAKING NEWS - A quote...."Death squads have come back to do what they do. Sunday night a vehicle without plates took the lives of 5 people, all identified as members of the popular resistance against the dictatorship that was installed in the country 5 months ago." -- Ahhhhhh.....Hillary must be soooooo pleased right about now, because the death squads are back. - mpg -- See related articles shown below - mpg

Shot in the Back: The human impact of the Honduran coup - Alt - (YuTb 10m 12/19/09)
Mass murder of activists in Honduras - (DeMint supports the coup leaders)
Mondo Hondo: Obama Goes Traditional in Latin America
Left to Fend for Themselves - Killing Organizers in Honduras
Another young member of resistance Renán Fajardo Argueta found dead
The Honduran Coup and the Clinton Connection
The high-powered hidden support for Honduras' coup
How Much Repression Will Hillary Clinton Support in Honduras?
Coup Leaders Hire Top Democrat Lobbyists to Justify Their De Facto Government
Lanny Davis Now Lobbying In Support Of Honduran Coup
Washington behind the Honduras coup: Here is the evidence
Key leaders of Honduras military coup trained in U.S.
Honduran coup leader a two-time SOA graduate

Chavez says Clinton threatens Venezuela over ties with Iran
A quote...."MOSCOW, December 14 (RIA Novosti) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said a recent statement by the U.S. secretary of state on ties with Iran was "a clear threat" against his country and Bolivia, the EFE news agency said on Monday. -- Hillary Clinton said on Monday that "if people want to flirt with Iran, they should take a look at what the consequences might well be for them." She expressed hope that they would "think twice" before doing so." - also posted at AlethoNews -- Ahhhhh, HH is now threatening Venezuela and no doubt the rest of Latin and Central America with the massive reemergence of the US-NRE's old fashioned Death Squads. - mpg

Norman Finkelstein: Israel's Disgrace in Gaza - Alt/Vid#1 - Alt/Vid#2
Videos - - (YouTube - 1hr - Dec. 07, 2009) -- A quote...."Norman Finkelstein clarifies Israel's invasion of Gaza December '08 was a one-sided war, disproportionate use of force, crime against humanity, a disgrace. He relies on Goldstone Report, among others, and testimony of Israeli soldiers. At the Brecht Forum in Manhattan Dec 3, '09" -- For more on this issue see....US Sponsored Civil Wars - Palestine & Gaza Invasion of 12/27/08