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Al-Qaeda's Safe Haven Is In Washington And Riyadh, Not Afghanistan And Pakistan
Must Read - A quote...."Numerous experts and analysts, including former government officials, all agree that Al-Qaeda is a data-file of radical Sunni Jihadist terrorists who are trained and funded by U.S., Saudi, Israeli, and British intelligence, not a politically coherent, socially organic, and ideologically motivated movement. -- Contrary to mainstream opinion, "Al-Qaeda" was not behind 9/11, rather, its principal financial and political manipulators - the U.S., Saudi Arabia, and Israel - plotted the attacks and reaped the benefits." - also posted at DProgram & PrisonPlanet - Topix || One Vile, Venom Tipped, Taloned Hand Washes the Other - (a.k.a. The Standard Model) - 07-28-10 - mpg ||

Morris Rant - Zionists Back All Sides - Syria, Turkey, Libya
Must View M108Video - Alt - (M108YuTb - 6min07sec - Jan 11, 2012) - Source: 108morris108 -- A quote...."Will Israel succeed to become the world's preeminent superpower?" - FYI. There are only about five to six million Jews living in Israel with about the same number living here in the US-NRE (a little over 2% of total US-NRE population). - mpg - A few related articles posted below.....

No More Victums: Working for Peace, One Child at a Time
Must View AJVideo - Alt - (AJYuTb - 4min17sec - Jan 11, 2012) - Source: TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."No More Victims (NMV) is a grassroots organization that connects American communities with war-injured children and their families. Community participants band together to learn how the child was injured, assess the child's current situation, and work to meet the most pressing needs of the child and family."

NDAA: Open Season for The Police State on American Citizens - Stewart Rhodes Reports
Must View AJVideo - StewartRhodes(1/3) - StewartRhodes(2/3) - StewartRhodes(3/3) - (AJYuTb - 14/15min - Jan 11, 2012) - Source: TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."On the Wednesday, January 11 edition of the Alex Jones Show, Alex talks with constitutional expert Stewart Rhodes, founder and Director of Oath Keepers. Rhodes served as a U.S. Army paratrooper until disabled in a rough terrain parachuting accident during a night jump and is a former firearms instructor and former member of Rep. Ron Paul's DC staff. Rhodes will discuss how the NDAA bill attempts to legalize tyranny, as well as Ron Paul's success in New Hampshire."

Lawsuit demands that Obama administration release Guantanamo torture tapes
A quote...."By Tom Carter 12 Jan 2012 A lawsuit filed Monday by lawyers for the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in federal court in New York demands that the Obama administration turn over video tapes documenting the torture of Mohammed al-Qahtani at the US military prison in Guantanamo. The videotapes requested by the CCR constitute important evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity, and could serve as the basis for criminal indictments of top US military and civilian officials. The CCR made a formal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for the tapes last year, but the Obama administration refused to turn them over."

Guantanamo by Numbers: Close America's Concentration Camp
InfoGraphic - Source: ACLU

The Tiring Bin Laden Saga, Version 27
A quote...."I do so love fiction, even when some of it is true. There really are ghost helicopters, there really are Navy SEALS. The mission, and there was one, involved the assassination of an 80 year old former Mujihideen, not Osama bin Laden. Bin Laden had died years before as an active CIA agent. We have multiple confirmations on this."

Where Does Our National Policy Come From? Think-Tanks Explained
A quote...."I was shocked to see the corporate-financier Lowy Institute of Australia tweet a story explaining the ins-and-outs of think-tanks. I was equally shocked to actually read the article, titled "Devaluing the Think Tank," written by Tevi Troy and published in "National Affairs." It describes what is basically an extra-legal process where national policy is not produced by our elected representatives within the legislative branch, but rather in these policy think-tanks and in some cases, even described as being "marketed."

WordPress Comes Out Against SOPA Internet Censorship Bill
A quote...."WordPress, the website and blogging platform with over 60 million users, has publicly come out against the Stop Online Piracy Act. (SOPA) -- Tens of thousands of websites. as well as major players such as Google and Facebook, have already spoken out against this internet censorship bill and now, with internet powerhouse WordPress doing the same, it is only a matter of time before this bill is 100% defeated."

SOPA becoming election liability for backers - GOOD!! - mpg
A quote...."To the ranks of same-sex marriage, tax cuts and illegal immigration, add this to the list of polarizing political issues of Election 2012: the Stop Online Piracy Act. -- The hot-button anti-piracy legislation that sparked a revolt online is starting to become a political liability for some of SOPA’s major backers. Fueled by Web activists and online fundraising tools, challengers are using the bill to tag its congressional supporters as backers of Big Government — and raise campaign cash while they’re at it."

Dead People Voting in New Hampshire – Could Oregon Be Next?
2012 Election Cycle - Vote Fraud - Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."Dateline January 11, 2011, Portland OR: BREAKING NEWS A breaking video from conservative filmmaker James O’Keefe and his organization, Project Veritas shows a potential voter getting ballots from voter registration folks in the names of dead people. According to The Daily Caller which broke the story...."

The Romney Bot 2012 — 90% Dumber Than The 2004 Model…
2012 Election Cycle - A quote...."There is a marvelous article online at the Economist that makes a really simple suggestion — stop worrying about the dogfight in the Republican party and pay attention to and force Romney to say in simple declarative sentences what it is that he intends to do as president. Since I personally think he is absolutely clueless as to what he wants to do in general, I suspect that it could be a far more enlightening exercise than wondering about how Newt Gingrich can paint himself as the populist opposing a malefactor of great wealth. Won’t happen, but it is an interesting idea…"

Romney’s cash conspicuous for a White House hopeful
2012 Election Cycle - A quote...."WASHINGTON — Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney “is probably one of the richest people ever to run for President of the United States” according to his party rival Rick Perry. - With an estimated net worth of $250 million, Romney is certainly very wealthy compared with most Americans. - And after the biggest economic crash since the 1930s, his wealth is now being wielded against him in the hope of dulling his popular appeal."

01-11-12 Broadcasting live from Hawaii on Justin TV - January 11 2012
MRVideo - Note: To avoid the advertisements and the radio commentary goto 8min30sec into the broadcast - mpg - (JustinTV - 2hrs - Jan 11th, 2012) - Source: MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire and many other issues.
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens...

Full-Blown Civil War Erupts On Wall Street – Financial Elite Start Turning On Each Other
A quote...."Finally, after trillions in fraudulent activity, trillions in bailouts, trillions in printed money, billions in political bribing and billions in bonuses, the criminal cartel members on Wall Street are beginning to get what they deserve. As the Eurozone is coming apart at the seams and as the US economy grinds to a halt, the financial elite are starting to turn on each other. The lawsuits are piling up fast. Here’s an extensive roundup...." - also posted at WakeUpWorld - Source: AmpedStatus

Pimco Doubles Down On All In Bet Fed Will Monetize MBS
A quote...."When back in December we observed that Pimco's Total Return Fund (which contrary to rumors actually closed the year at $244 billion, or $4 billion more than in the beginning) had a $60 billion margin "cash" position, the proceeds of which were used to purchase a near record $103 billion in Mortgage Backed Securities we thought this is about as far as Bill Gross would go betting the ranch on QE3, and specifically that kind of QE3 that assumes at least a big portion is used to buys MBS (the same instrument that SocGen believes, along with gold, will benefit the most from an imminent QE3 announcement). It turns out we were wrong, and in December the fund doubled down on its QE3 all in bet, by "borrowing" even more cash, or a record $78 billion, using the proceeds to buy even more MBS, as well as Treasurys...."

The Obama Administration's 'New' Bank Fraud Deal: Still Unfair, Still Unjust, Still Unbalanced
A quote...."The Obama White House continues to push for a settlement that would let bankers avoid being punished - or even investigated - for a wave of mortgage-related crimes that includes perjury, tax evasion, and several types of fraud.[1] - Despite the President's new-found populism - rhetorically, anyway - officials in his Administration continue to push an unfair deal designed to conceal the financial Crime of the Century." - also posted at ICH
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"Occupy Wall Street" & Other "Occupy" News....

Occupy protesters return to New York park
A quote...."Hundreds of anti-Wall Street protesters have returned to Zuccotti Park in New York's financial district after the park owners took down metal barricades around the Manhattan square. - On Tuesday evening, about 250 protesters flocked to the park where the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement was born for the first time since they were evicted two months ago. - Gathering around a large model of the Statue of Liberty, they sang and celebrated. - The park's owners, Brookfield Office Properties, removed the barricades after a legal challenge to the restrictions from several civil rights groups."
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More On The International Situation....

War Plan Iran: China Snubs Washington's Best-Laid Plans to Destabilize Iran's Oil Industry
A quote...."Why should China shoot itself in the foot to accommodate hostile American chauvinists? -- Chinese leaders dealt a blow to US plans to strangulate Iranian oil exports just hours before Washington's Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner touched down in Beijing. -- It could hardly be a more pointed snub to Washington's designs to press-gang a global lynch mob into laying into the Iranian economy."

PBS's Dishonest Iran Edit
Presstitute Exposed - (PBS this time....) -- A quote...."The way that's presented you'd think that the United States has evidence that Iran is pursuing a weapon. Leon Panetta's soundbite is from his appearance on Face The Nation on Sunday. But the NewsHour removed one key phrase; right before Panetta says, "But we know," he said this...."

"Are they trying to develop a nuclear weapon? No."

"So Panetta's statement--that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon--is being used to argue that the United States disputes Iran's long-standing contention that it not building a nuclear weapon."

At WaPo, Editorial Page Can Make Up Iran Facts
Presstitute Exposed - (WaPo....again) -- A quote...."Last month the group Just Foreign Policy alerted readers to a Washington Post feature that was headlined "Iran's Quest to Possess Nuclear Weapons. -- The Post changed the headline, and ombud Patrick Pexton weighed in with a column (12/7/11) saying that...."

"....the IAEA report does not say Iran has a bomb, nor does it say it is building one, only that its multiyear effort pursuing nuclear technology is sophisticated and broad enough that it could be consistent with building a bomb."

"Pexton added that Just Foreign Policy's Robert Naiman "and his Web army were right. The headline and subhead were misleading."

The Next War on Washington’s Agenda
A quote...."Only the blind do not see that the US government is preparing to attack Iran. According to Professor Michel Chossudovsky, “Active war preparations directed against Iran (with the involvement of Israel and NATO) were initiated in May 2003.” http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28542 -- Washington has deployed missiles directed at Iran in its oil emirate puppet states, Oman and the UAE, and little doubt in the other US puppet states in the Middle East. Washington has beefed up Saudi Arabia’s jet fighter force. Most recently, Washington has deployed 9,000 US troops to Israel to participate in “war games” designed to test the US/Israeli air defense system. As Iran represents no threat unless attacked, Washington’s war preparations signal Washington’s intention to attack Iran." - also posted at Hamsayeh

Iran says Fordo uranium enrichment site runs under IAEA watch: TV
A quote...."10 Jan 2012 Iran's permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali-Asghar Soltanieh said all of the country's nuclear activities, including those at Fordo enrichment site, are under the supervision of the UN nuclear watchdog, the local satellite Press TV reported on Tuesday. Since two years ago, the agency is continuously monitoring all the activities in Fordo, Soltanieh told Press TV on Monday. Soltanieh said that the Islamic Republic needs the 20-percent enriched uranium, to be produced in Fordo, for the production of nuclear fuel plates required at the Tehran Research Reactor for producing radioisotopes for cancer treatment."

'IAEA leaked secret info to Iran enemy'
Special Note - The IAEA is now probably involved in MURDER! The NPT has been dead for YEARS! It's all over for the non-proliferation regime....mpg -- A quote...."A senior lawmaker says assassination of Iranian scientist Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan proves that the confidential information provided to international bodies by Iran has been leaked to the country's enemies." - Topix || How About An Honest NPT? - 11-11-10 - mpg ||

Israeli Mossad training Iranian exiles in Kurdistan: French newspaper
A quote...."A leading French newspaper has claimed that Israeli intelligence agents are recruiting and training Iranian dissidents in clandestine bases located in Iraq’s Kurdish region. Paris-based daily Le Figaro, France’s second-largest national newspaper, cited a “security source in Baghdad”, who alleged that members of Israeli intelligence are currently operating in Iraq’s autonomous northern Kurdish region. According to the anonymous source, the Israelis, who are members of the Mossad, Israel’s foremost external intelligence agency, are actively recruiting Iranian exiles in Kurdistan."

'Mossad, MKO Killed Iranian Scientist'
A quote...."January 11, 2012 "Information Clearing House" --- An Iranian news agency reports that a fourth Iranian nuclear scientist has been assassinated. Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan was a professor specializing in petroleum engineering at a technical university and director of Natanz’s uranium enrichment facility. Mehr news agency said he was “deputy director of the commercial department of the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility.” He was killed by a bomb attached to the side of his car by two men on a motorcycle. My own confidential Israeli source confirms today’s murder was the work of the Mossad and MEK, as have been a number of previous operations I’ve reported here."

More murder of Iranian scientists: still terrorism?
Special Note - A quote...."Back then, I wrote about Reynolds’ suggestion several times, but I was far from alone. Law Professor Paul Campos wrote a column in the Rocky Mountain News denouncing Reynolds for publicly advocating “murder,” which, he pointed out, is exactly what this would be given that the U.S. is not at war with Iran (he went on to suggest that targeting civilian religious leaders and scientists would still be murder even if the U.S. were at war with Iran); Campos added: “government-sponsored assassinations of the sort Reynolds is advocating are expressly and unambiguously prohibited by the laws of the United States.” - also posted at ICH
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More demonization of Syria
A quote...."A French journalist and 7 other people are killed while on a *government-sponsored tour* of Homs, and once again the U.S. corporate media is happy to spin the absurd claims by the Syrian opposition that the government killed the journalist and its own people just to make the opposition look bad. Huffington Post's story doesn't even bother to mention that the journalist was on a government-sponsored tour at the time, a rather relevant fact."

Assad joins pro-Syria rally in Damascus
A quote...."Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has once again vowed to crush foreign-backed conspiracies against his government, saying the crisis in the country is nearing its end."

BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- January 11, 2012
A BFP daily Round-Up of national and international news. - mpg

US aided Pakistan group which supported extremists
A quote...."ISLAMABAD: The US gave money to a Pakistani Muslim group that organised anti-Taliban rallies, but which later demonstrated in support of an extremist who killed a leading liberal politician, the US Embassy in Pakistan said Wednesday."

Pakistan’s Military Slams PM, Warns of ‘Grievous Consequences’
A quote...."The Pakistani military has today issued a furious response to Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gilani’s statement earlier this week, in which he claimed top generals broke the law in responding to court requests for statements on the “coup memo,” a putative attempt by the government to solicit US military help in ousting top Pakistani generals."

Pakistan PM sacks Secretary Defence; COAS calls emergency meeting
Related Article - A quote...."ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday sacked Secretary Defence Khalid Naeem Lodhi, DawnNews reported. In a related development, the army chief summoned an emergency meeting of the corps commanders."

Pakistan high court rules premier must reopen Zardari probe
A quote...."Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan—Ratcheting up pressure on Pakistan's embattled civilian government, the nation's Supreme Court on Tuesday threatened to dismiss Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani from office if he does not revive corruption proceedings against President Asif Ali Zardari." - also posted at Uruknet

Iraq bravery hailed as blow to sectarianism
Two Iraqi Heroes - A quote...."(Reuters) - The bravery of two Sunnis who died trying to stop a suicide bomber killing Shi'ite pilgrims is being praised as a sign that Iraq can overcome sectarian divisions amid its worst political crisis in a year."

EUROPE AND SOUTH STREAM, Part 1 -- Gazprom races for EU loophole
A quote...."Moscow has confirmed that Turkey will allow Gazprom's South Stream pipeline to be built through Turkey's Black Sea exclusive economic zone, en route to central Europe. Beyond threatening Ukraine's transit system with bankruptcy and takeover, Moscow seeks to persuade European countries along the proposed South Stream routes that Russia is poised to proceed with construction."

NATO versus CSTO: The Clash between Competing Military Alliances
A quote...."Nearly two decades after it was formed, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a seven-member regional security bloc led by Russia, is rapidly expanding its profile in the evolving global security architecture and is emerging as an alternative to counter the designs of the US and NATO in the Central Asian region." - also posted at GlobalRsrch

Bulava's triumphant salvo
A quote...."The submarine Yury Dolgoruky fired a salvo of two Bulava-30 intercontinental missiles from beneath the ice-bound White Sea. The Defense Ministry reported that the launch went smoothly; all the warheads covered a distance of nearly 5,000 miles and hit targets on the Kura test range on the Kamchatka Peninsula. The exact number of warheads was not released, but it is believed to be somewhere between six and 10."

US 'stoking up tensions' to gain regional role
This smells semi-official - mpg -- A quote...."Casting our eyes around we can see that the United States has been bolstering its five major military alliances in the Asia-Pacific region, and is adjusting the positioning of its five major military base clusters, while also seeking more military bases around China," wrote Luo. -- Instead, Luo advised that China must do a better job in courting friends in the region, charming countries away from the US' orbit, he wrote." - also posted at GlobalRsrch

Nicaragua's President Urges Denuclearization of Israel
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega condemned Israel's nuclear weapons stockpiles as the main threat to the Middle-East peace and stability, and underlined the necessity for the dismantlement of Israel's nuclear arsenals."

Nigerian general strike escalates as government steps up repression
A quote...."Hundreds of thousands have demonstrated throughout Nigeria over the past three days in an escalating indefinite general strike against the government of President Goodluck Jonathan."
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

Professor of Hate: Israeli "scholar" urges ethnic cleansing of Bedouins
A quote...."A prominent Israeli professor at the University of Haifa, Arnon Sofer, is urging the government to act fast to ethnically cleanse Palestinian Bedouins lest Israel be “destroyed” by them." - also posted at Uruknet

In 6-5 decision, Israeli court rules against citizenship for Palestinians married to Israelis
A racist, hateful, vicious, murderous, non-state. Nothing good has EVER come from the criminal colony on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea called Israel, except seventy years of death, degradation, murder, ethnic cleansing and endless wars. - mpg
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Palestinian graffiti artists penetrate heavily fortified heart of West Jerusalem
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How my uncle in Gaza filled me with hope of return
A quote...."The date is 21 December 2011, a day that will live within me for the rest of my life. As I went through the Rafah crossing, my eyes scanned the faces of every man before me; I was searching for my uncle, Hazem Elaydi. I had not seen him in more than twenty years, since before he was illegally imprisoned by Israel during the first intifada. I traveled across the world to see him after his release during the prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Hamas in October." - also posted at Uruknet

Palestine's farmers: Refusing to Die in Silence
They should be able to refuse to die in silence by having the ability to defend themselves and kill those who attempt to harm them, their family or trespass on their land with the intent to commit destruction!! But you see, in Israel you're not ALLOWED to defend yourself. Sort of like what they're trying to do to everyone here! THANK GOD for the second amendment in this country!!! - mpg - also posted at Urukent

Israeli Soldier Acquitted Despite Killing Palestinian Civilian
A quote...."Four years after an Israeli soldier used his sniper rifle to kill a Palestinian civilian from Bethlehem district visiting family in the Ramallah district; an Israeli court acquitted the soldier and claimed that there is not enough evidence to convict the soldier, adding that no charges were filed against the shooter, the Arabs48 News Agency reported." - also posted at AlethoNews

Soldiers raid office, home of detained journalist
A quote...."NABLUS (Ma’an) -- Israeli military forces on Thursday confiscated computers, mobile phones and camera memory cards from the office and home of a Palestinian journalist."

Israel to make 60 more Palestinians homeless
A quote...."According to Palestinian news agency WAFA, Israeli authorities notified seven families in the Palestinian village of Umm al Khair yesterday that their houses will be demolished because they lack Israeli-issued building permits. 60 people will be left homeless." - also posted at Uruknet

War Plan Iran: The US Finally Admits Its Criminal Bankruptcy. - “Are they trying to develop a nuclear weapon? No.” -- A quote...."The numbers and pictures for these constituent parts of this odious jigsaw puzzle are well known. But what has become glaringly clear is just how integrated the official image of the US now is. Bankrupt. --
Terminally in debt, mass poverty at record levels, rampant militarism, draconian curbs on civil liberties, government by the rich for the rich, and lately the reactionary, debased cat-fight that passes for political debate among Republican contenders for the Presidency."

The Status Quo of Torture - Psychologists’ Collusion in Ongoing Illegal Detentions
A quote...."As we commemorate the 10th anniversary of the arrival of the first prisoners at Guantánamo Detention Center, several thousand miles away sits another United States detention facility, less well-known but with a history perhaps even more gruesome. Obscured throughout the decade-long “global war on terror,” the detention center at Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan is where two detainees died in December 2002. Initial autopsies at the time ruled both deaths homicides, according to a 2,000-page confidential Army file obtained by the New York Times. Autopsies of the two dead detainees found severe trauma to both prisoners’ legs. The coroner for one of the dead noted, “I’ve seen similar injuries in an individual run over by a bus.”" - also posted at AlethoNews - Topix || 9/11-Iraq-Torture Fables ||

The Stakes Have Never Been Higher
A quote...."Most of the recent big, commonly noticeable and objectionable changes in our controllable circumstances in America -- including many downright atrocities -- have happened since September 11, 2001. And a goodly number of them have developed as a direct consequence. Although that day still seems, in many ways, very recent, it appears to have marked not only a beginning of our current and accumulating woes, but also the end of a long age of relative bliss, freedom, and a degree of personal opportunity that we haven't experienced since."

Flashback 2002: 9/11 Hijackers Passports Were Issued by the CIA – U.S. Consulate Whistleblower
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 8min27sec - Sep 11, 2011) - Source: TheSecretStore -- A quote...."Click through for several links [Alt Links List] related to U.S. State Department whistleblower Michael Springman."

The Pentagon Attack: Problems with Theories Alternative to Large Plane Impact by John D. Wyndham
A quote...."In ongoing research into the Pentagon attack the following peer-reviewed paper has now been published at the Journal of 9/11 Studies -- “The Pentagon Attack: Problems with Theories Alternative to Large Plane Impact-PDF” by John D. Wyndham. -- http://www.journalof911studies.com/volume/2010/Wyndham1.pdf -- As stated in the abstract, this paper shows that, of all the theories about what caused the damage and debris at the Pentagon on 9/11, a large plane impacting the Pentagon is in best accord with the majority eye witness testimony and main physical evidence, and is by far the most plausible theory. The failure of the 9/11 truth movement to reach consensus on this issue after almost a decade is largely due to a failure to rigorously apply the scientific method to each proposed theory." - Topix || This Country is a Joke!! - 11-28-11 - mpg || 9/11-NORAD || Reficultnias's 9/11 Central ||

Trey Scott Atwater Released – 5 Pounds of C-4 in His Carry On Bag
A quote...."Staff Sgt. Trey Scott Atwater, demolitions expert, unconventional warfare specialist, and member of the 7th Special Forces Group (Task Force 373), was quietly released from custody this past Friday after attempting to board an American Eagle flight with two 2.5 lb bricks of C-4 in his carry on bag on New Year’s Eve."

DEA helped Colombian drug trafficker launder cash, new report reveals
A quote...."Undercover agents with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, working with their Mexican counterparts, helped transfer millions of dollars in drug cash and even escorted a shipment of cocaine via Dallas to Spain. The covert activities were undertaken as part of an operation to infiltrate and prosecute a major Colombian-Mexican narco-trafficking organization moving cocaine from Colombia to Mexico and the United States." - Topix || US Support - Drug Trade ||

Boston PD admits arrest for cell phone recording was a mistake
A quote...."The Boston Police Department has at last concluded that two of its officers made a mistake when they arrested a Boston man for recording the arrest of another man with his cell phone. In a letter to cell phone cinematographer Simon Glik, superintendent Kenneth Fong of the Boston PD's Bureau of Professional Standards said that the officers had shown "unreasonable judgment" by taking Glik into custody."

NDAA Protests End In Ironic Swarm Of Arrests
Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."The absurdity of America today never ceases to amaze. In fact, it has become so elaborate that one might even suggest it has reached a kind of poetic symmetry. When a protest group is willing to stick their necks out to expose the horror of the National Defense Authorization Act and its open door strategy for unconstitutional arrest and indefinite detainment of American citizens, I have to stand up and applaud. This is the kind of protest we need to see all over the country. Of course, any establishment system which is willing to dissolve the inherent liberties of its citizens certainly isn't going to stand by quietly while they blatantly point out the injustice. The Grand Central Terminal action featured in the video below is a perfect example of the swift and immediate stifling of peaceful dissent by an increasingly totalitarian government:"

"America Under Siege"
A quote...."When American's are "being arrested for being American", how can I just sit hear and wait for that smoke to clear! "Things are no longer the norm in America"! The only audience of its Lame-stream media is now itself! Insisting a continuation of "operating from a business-as-usual" standpoint in these blatantly obvious, tumultuous, corrupt and recklessly perilous times, "is cheap, cheating the citizenry, an attempt at propaganda and an assault on our Founding Father's freedoms! "

Open Eugenics – North Carolina Sterilization Victims Should Get $50K
A quote...."A task force report last year said 1,500 to 2,000 of those victims were still alive, and the state has verified 72 victims. If the estimate is correct, the payments could total around $100 milllion. Survivors will have three years to apply for payments from the time a measure approving them goes into effect."

Guantánamo Prisoners Stage Peaceful Protest and Hunger Strike on 10th Anniversary of the Opening of the Prison
A quote...."prisoners at Guantánamo will embark on a peaceful protest, involving sit-ins and hunger strikes, to protest about their continued detention, and the continued existence of the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, three years after President Obama came to office promising to close it within a year, and to show their appreciation of the protests being mounted on their behalf by US citizens, who are gathering in Washington D.C. on Wednesday to stage a rally and march to urge the President to fulfill his broken promise." - also posted at Uruknet & EurasiaReview

90% Of Tonight’s Votes To Be Counted By Diebold Electronic Voting Machines
2012 Election Cycle - A quote...."90 per cent of tonight’s votes in the GOP New Hampshire primary will be counted by notoriously suspect Diebold electronic voting machines, which during the Democratic primary back in 2008 produced a result that completely defied both pre-primary and exit polls."

Ballot Access Concerns
2012 Election Cycle - A quote...."Decade after decade, state laws have erected many barriers against the rights of Third Party and Independent candidates to achieve ballot status, challenge this duopoly and give voters more choices."

Pro-Israel billionaire saves Gingrich
2012 Election Cycle - A quote...."An American billionaire and a close ally of Israeli Premier Binyamin Netanyahu has donated USD five million to the electoral campaign of US presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich, infamous for his hawkish anti-Iran stances."

Why Are They Afraid of Jesse Ventura? - (Because they want to discredit him as potential VP material?- mpg)
2012 Election Cycle?? - A quote...."Fox News is continually reporting that former Governor/SEAL/UDT Jesse Ventura, was “beaten senseless” in a bar brawl in 2006 by a SEAL. The story goes that Ventura said “more SEALS need to die.” -- VT Editor Jim W. Dean reminds me, “Why now, why years later, why station after station, all Neocon controlled spin and sleaze carrying this story? -- Who gave the command, unleashed the media rats?” Then we checked the web, same thing, every scumbucket site on net. Then, of course, a “little birdie” told me that Ron Paul and Jesse Ventura, America’s political “dream team” had been talking."

01-10-12 Broadcasting live from Hawaii on Justin TV - January 10 2012
MRVideo - Note: To avoid the advertisements and the radio commentary goto 8min30sec into the broadcast - mpg - (JustinTV - 2hrs - Jan 10th, 2012) - Source: MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire and many other issues.

Keiser Report: Hollywood Cons Congress (E234)
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 25min46sec - Jan 10, 2012) - Source: RussiaToday - Producer: Max Keiser TV -- (RussiaToday) -- A quote...."In this episode, Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, discuss copyright and how Hollywood cons Congress by using Wall Street accounting. In the second half of the show, Max talks to Amir Taaki about hackers, piracy, technology and bitcoin."

Boycott "GoDaddy" for Supporting SOPA: Internet Activist Frederick Reports
Related AJVideo - BoycottGoDaddy(1/2) - BoycottGoDaddy(2/2) - (AJYuTb - 13/14min - Jan 10, 2012) - Source: TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Tonight, on the Tuesday, January 10, 2012 edition of the Infowars Nightly News, Alex Jones speaks with guest Frederick, a listener who kicked off the boycott against website hosting giant GoDaddy over its support for the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) legislation that many fear will be the downfall of Internet freedom and enable a crackdown on dissent on the basis of reported copyright violation."

Alex Takes Calls on Fear-Mongering MSM and The GOP's Failure to Stop Ron Paul
AJVideo - AJ(1/4) - AJ(2/4) - AJ(3/4) - AJ(4/4) - (AJYuTb - 13/15min - Jan 10, 2012) - Source: TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."On the Tuesday, January 10 edition of the Alex Jones Show, Alex talks about today's crucial New Hampshire primary. A new poll indicates that GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul is statistically tied with Obama in a hypothetical head to head, making him the only Republican candidate other than Mitt Romney to be in such a position. Alex also talks about John Huntsman's effort to take down Paul and fast moving developments in the Middle East as Iran puts another enrichment facility online and the EU moves up the date for its meeting on an embargo against the oil-produicng nation. Alex also takes your calls and covers other important news items."
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens...

Fannie CEO Michael Williams 2 Quit After 2 Years, Pockets Millions After Receiving $60 Billion In Bail Out Cash
A quote..."A few months ago we learned that outgoing Freddie CEO Ed Haldeman quit Freddie after just two years of work, pocketing over $4 million primarily to collect over $21 billion in bailout funds from the US government. Now, it is the turn of the other broke GSE: according to a just filed 8K, Fannie Mae CEO Michael Williams is also stepping down without a replacement, so obviously the decision was made in haste and is an indication that nobody at the helm of the two largest mortgageholders want to do anything with what Obama and the Chairsatan have in store for the two behemoths holdings over $6 trillion in mortgages in their books."

Obama To Ask For [Another] Debt Ceiling Increase In "Matter Of Days"
A quote...."The notification by the administration — which had been scheduled for last month — was delayed because Congress has been holding only pro forma sessions. The White House will be asking Congress to raise the U.S. borrowing limit by $1.2 trillion. The move would mark the third and final increase from the debt-ceiling deal reached last year by Congress."

In The First Few Days Of 2012, US Mint Sells More Silver Than In Most Months Of 2011
Silver Bug Alert - Tables - (Click to view) -- A quote...."In the first few days of 2012, the US mint has already sold 4.3 million ounces in silver coins. This is more than in all individual months of 2011 except for January and September, when the mint sold 6.4 million and 4.5 million ounces. Is the retail love affair with physical silver coming back with a vengeance?"

Greece Bank Run Shows No Sign Of Stopping: Deposit Outflows Continue In November
A quote...."The good news: the outflow is just over half of October's record €6.8 billion. The bad news: at this rate of outflows, Greek banks will have zero deposits in around 4 years."

'Euro crisis slows German economy'
A quote...."New data from Germany's Federal Statistics Office has revealed that economic activity in Germany, Europe's top economy, slowed in 2011."

Debt End? Merkozy hasten to solve Greek puzzle amid [Brusells's Eurocrat] woes
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 6min16sec - Jan 10, 2012) - Source: RussiaToday -- A quote...."Europe's top power couple has met in Berlin to discuss a new "fiscal compact" and to reach agreement on a financial transactions tax by March. But many euro-skeptics believe Brussels should start with itself rather than forcing others into more cuts."
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More On The International Situation....

Washington’s plan to isolate Iran is drifting towards a stalemate
A quote...."From the surface, the latest spat between the West and Iran looks like a step closer to war, with tensions reaching a fever pitch on both sides of this potential conflict. But upon closer examination however, present conditions are not particularly ideal for a preemptive strike against Iran. There is still much money to be made from the current crisis – on both sides, before the winds of war could be unleashed on the region." - also posted at GlobalRsrch

War Plan Iran: China Snubs Washington's Best-Laid Plans to Destabilize Iran's Oil Industry
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 6min30sec - Jan 10, 2012) - Source: RussiaToday -- A quote...."The US has slammed Iran for beginning to enrich uranium at a new underground facility southwest of the capital Tehran. The State department called it a further escalation in Tehran's violation of UN resolutions."

Waging War against Iran is a Criminal Act, in Violation of International Law
A quote...."Article 2 (3) of the United Nations Charter requires the pacific settlement of the international dispute between the United States and Iran. To the same effect is article 33 and the entirety of Chapter VI of the United Nations Charter that mandate and set up numerous procedures for the pacific settlement of the international dispute between the United States and Iran. And of course Article 2(4) of the U.N. Charter prohibits both the threat and use of force by the United States against Iran." - also posted at AlethoNews

Crude Palate: 'Gulf tumbles over US oil thirst'
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 6min30sec - Jan 10, 2012) - Source: RussiaToday -- A quote...."The US has slammed Iran for beginning to enrich uranium at a new underground facility southwest of the capital Tehran. The State department called it a further escalation in Tehran's violation of UN resolutions."

US Military Rescues Iranian Sailors, Again
A quote...."For the second time in as many weeks, the U.S. military has rescued distressed Iranian sailors, despite the extremely high tensions between the two nations. -- According to the Navy's account, at about 3 a.m. local time an American Coast Guard patrol boat in the north Persian Gulf was hailed by flares and flashlights from an Iranian cargo ship whose engine room was flooding. Six Iranians were rescued from the ship, fed halal meals in accordance with Islamic law, and later taken to shore."

Terror car bomb blast kills Iran scientist
"Murder Inc" in the US during the thirties was run mostly by Jews. They haven't stopped yet. - mpg -- A quote...."A terrorist car bomb explosion around a square in northern Tehran has killed yet another Iranian nuclear scientist and wounded two bystanders. - The victim, identified as Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, was a chemical engineering graduate of Iran's prominent Sharif University of Technology and served as marketing deputy of Iran's Natanz nuclear installation. - Witnesses say they spotted a motorcyclist attaching a sticky bomb to a car near a college of the Allameh Tabatabaei University in the Iranian capital on Wednesday. - An investigation is underway over the incident."
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Iron Fist: Assad blames conspiracy for chaos
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 5min23sec - Jan 10, 2012) - Source: RussiaToday -- A quote...."President Assad accuses "foreign conspirators" of efforts to destabilize the situation in Syria. Addressing the nation, he claimed that the international community's aim to cause "psychological collapse" has failed and the victory is near. -- Lode Vanoost, international consultant and former Belgian MP, told RT that the international community, and the Arab League in particular, should focus on forcing the sides of the Syrian conflict to sit down and negotiate, instead of exacerbating the situation."

Neocon Israel Mouthpiece Writes Syrian Opposition Intervention Paper
A quote..."January 10, 2012 "Moon Of Alabama" -- Bashar al-Asad is right. There are international conspiracies to take him down. -- This is for example obvious when the expatriate Syrian National Council uses a policy papers arguing for military intervention in Syria that was written by a neocon and Israel supporter and paid for by the U.S. State Department. To further the military intervention the paper is defended by doing away with the local protesters in Syria who oppose any intervention."

Report: Saudi King Abdullah ordered to assassinate Iraqi VP 'Tariq al-Hashemi'
A quote...."(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The Saudi regime is reportedly planning to assassinate fugitive Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi over fears that he might disclose Saudi Arabia's role in the bloody events in Iraq."
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Shiite brave crisis, bombs for Iraq pilgrimage
A quote...."BAGHDAD/SHALAMCHA CROSSING, Iraq (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Shi'ite Muslims are pouring into Iraq's holy city of Kerbala, despite having become the main targets of a bombing campaign that followed the withdrawal of U.S. troops last month."

No free press in Iraq
A quote...."Baghdad, Iraq - Iraq has been one of the deadliest countries in the world for journalists since 2003. - While scores of newspapers and media outlets blossomed across Baghdad following the removal of Saddam Hussein's regime in the spring of 2003, the media renaissance was also met with attacks on both local and international journalists across the country - that have not stopped to this day. - Iraq was the deadliest country in the world for journalists every year from 2003 to 2008, the third deadliest in 2009, and the second deadliest in 2010 and 2011, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). - CPJ documents 150 journalists killed in Iraq since 2003, a number, as high as it is, which pales in comparison to that logged by the group Brussels Tribunal (BT). - Logging the name, date, incident description, and source when available, BT reports that 341 Iraqi journalists and media workers have been killed since the invasion." - also posted at Uruknet

Blast kills 35 in Khyber agency
al-CIA'da Strikes Again - A quote...."PESHAWAR: A remote-controlled bomb blast killed 35 people and wounded more than 60 others on Tuesday in a tribal region of northwest Pakistan Tuesday in the deadliest such attack in months, officials said."

Puppets & Dictators: 'Revolution Guru' on OWS, Egypt, Libya
Must View RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 9min48sec - Jan 10, 2012) - Source: RussiaToday -- A quote...."Despite an Arab League observer mission in Syria, there has been no let up in the bloodshed. Author and scholar Gene Sharp told RT in exclusive interview that non-violence is the only way for people to bring about a democratic change."

Santa Chavez: 'Evil oil' warms NYC cash-trapped
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 3min12sec - Jan 10, 2012) - Source: RussiaToday -- A quote...."Along with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hugo Chavez is a leader Washington likes to paint as an enemy of America. But there are thousands in the U.S. who have a lot of warm feelings for the flamboyant Venezuelan president. RT's Marina Portnaya explains."

Is Chavez Next? - After Iran, Venezuela?
A quote...."Attorney and activist Eva Golinger has written an excellent piece on US-Venezuela relations that’s posted on her website Postcards from the Revolution. Golinger details the astonishing turnaround that Chavez has effected since he took office 12 years ago. Not only has Chavez routed the predatory oligarchs who once dominated Venezuelan politics, but his revolutionary social programs have also raised the standard of living for the poor and middle classes while strengthening the institutions that have transformed Venezuela into one of the hemishpere’s most vibrant democracies. Venezuela has seen a 50 percent reduction in poverty since Chavez took office in February, 1999. Venezuelans are now guaranteed free, universal healthcare, a K-through-college education, and civil liberties that are protected under the constitution. US citizens have every reason to be envious of the social safety net Chavez has created for his people via his Bolivarian Revolution. -- Naturally, Chavez’s progressive policies have raised a few eyebrows in Washington where his successes are seen as a threat to the established order." - also posted at ICH

CIA: Cancer Experiments with Presidents of Latin America
A quote...."In a series of his public speeches Hugo Chaves called an “epidemic” of cancer among Latin American presidents a strange and alarming phenomenon. This hard to cure desease was identified in case of Chavez himself, Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo, Dilma Rouseff and Lula da Silva (Brazil), Crisitina Fernandez (Argentina). Al of them are known as left of the center politicians struggling to expedite Latin America’s integration process and to get rid of the US dominance in the Western Hemisphere. Chavez let drop words about empires that go to any length to achieve their goals."

Instigating Ethnic Bloodbaths - The US Plan to Destabilize Sudan
A quote...."As South Sudan implodes in a growing mass insanity of ethnic violence and once again tens of thousands have to flee for their lives the warning signs all point towards the US plan to destabilize Sudan having begun to hit its stride. -- To start with, the US pays the salaries for the Sudan Peoples Liberation Army (SPLA, the national army of South Sudan), over $100 million in 2011 alone. Does a country really have independence when a foreign power pays its army’s salaries? Whose orders is the army really going to follow?"

Obama to Send US Troops to South Sudan - More WAR for the "Peace Prize" winner! - mpg
Related Article - A quote...."Citing recent ethnic violence and with the apparent certainty that every nation on the planet needs at least a few US boots on the ground, President Obama has announced his intention to send troops to the Republic of South Sudan to help the new government with “strategic planning.”"

Russia's space chief says failures may be sabotage
A quote...."MOSCOW (AP) — Some recent failures of Russian satellites may have been the result of sabotage by foreign forces, Russia's space chief said in comments apparently aimed at the United States. -- Roscosmos chief Vladimir Popovkin stopped short of accusing any specific country of disabling Russian satellites, but in an interview Tuesday in the daily Izvestia he said some Russian craft had suffered "unexplained" malfunctions while flying over another side of the globe beyond the reach of his nation's tracking facilities."
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

LEAD: Report: Some 75 Israeli shells explode in Lebanon
A quote...."Beirut - Some 75 shells fell on Tuesday in an area of Lebanon near the border with Israel whose army was conducting a military exercise, the Lebanese National News Agency said. - The shells exploded near the Shebaa farms, a small territory claimed by Lebanon and occupied by Israel. - No injuries or damage were reported. - An Israeli military spokeswoman told."

The Delusions of 'Liberal' Zionism
A quote...."The most recent diatribe by Israeli writer A. B. Yehoshua published by Haaretz represents the latest nail in the ideological coffin of so-called liberal Zionism. Writing out of his comfortable home in Haifa, a city that was ethnically cleansed of most of its original Palestinian residents by the end of 1948 through multiple terror campaigns and massacres, Yehoshua spends an entire article at once fuming over what he calls Palestinian “passivity” in the face of daily Israeli brutality in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and simultaneously dreading what he believes is the inevitable forthcoming bi-national state between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea." - also posted at AlethoNews

The phony war over which US party loves Israel most
A quote...."No Aid to Israel?” wonders a recent Facebook ad sponsored by US President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign. “Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, and Newt Gingrich say they would start foreign aid to Israel at zero. Reject their extreme plan now!” the ad implores, directing people to sign a petition to that effect on my.barackobama.com (“Stand against “zeroing out aid to Israel””)." - also posted at Uruknet

Obama names an Orthodox Jew as his next chief of staff - (Obama's North Shore Chicago Connection. - mpg)
A quote...."WASHINGTON -- President Obama named Jack Lew, an Orthodox Jew, to be his next chief of staff. - Lew will replace William Daley, who will be leaving at the end of the month. - Obama announced the personnel changes Monday at a press conference."
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More On The Palestinian Situation.....

The Gaza Music School: A composition in defiance and harmony
Special Note - A quote...."It is late afternoon and in a room darkening by the minute because of an all-too-familiar power cut, Shaden Shabwan, just 10 and a study in concentration, plays a Czech folk tune on an upright Yamaha piano as her teacher wills her to avoid mistakes. It is test day for piano students at the Gaza Music School, where Shaden is in her second year. Across the corridor, her classmate Abdel Aziz Sharek, also 10, is just as focused. Accompanied on ouds and tabla, he dexterously picks out a mesmerising classical longa on the qanun, the zither-like instrument that has been central to Arab music for a millennium or more. Abdel Aziz takes his regular studies as seriously as he evidently does the music. "I want to be a doctor," he explains. "But I will keep playing. I will be in a band at the same time."" - also posted at Uruknet

Powerful Palestinian Lesson In Ethics .. To Israeli Bordr Police.wmv
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 1min37sec - Jan 10, 2012) - Source: Arouri83 -- A quote...."This video taken outside Jericho as Israeli Soldiers Banned Palestinians to drive their cars in the west banks with National flags attached atop of the cars."

9 Activists Arrested, Others Injured during Israeli Forces' Suppression of al-Walaja Demonstration
A quote...."The Israeli forces arrested 9 foreigner activists including 4 Israeli peace activists, in the process of suppressing of a demonstration in al-Walaja village to the north west of Bethlehem."

Setters [Homeless, Jealous, Jewish, Vandals] Deface Mosque, Torch Cars In West Bank
A quote...."A group of fundamentalist Israeli settlers [homeless, jealous, Jewish, vandals] burnt, on Tuesday at night, three Palestinian cars in Dir Estia village, in the West Bank district of Salfit, and defaced the local mosque with “Price Tag” graffiti.

[IOF] Military court approves illegal interrogation of a minor
A quote...."Major Sharon Rivlin, a judge at the Ofer Military Court, accepted as admissible the testimony of a 14 year-old Palestinian boy who was unlawfully arrested in the dead of night, questioned without being allowed sleep, denied his right to legal counsel and not told of his right to remain silent." - also posted at AlethoNews

Israel destroys farmland near Bethlehem
A quote...."Israel's occupation authorities have destroyed agricultural land and uprooted trees in Al-Khodar, south of Bethlehem on the occupied West Bank. A warning of the destruction was given to the owner of the land." - also posted at Uruknet

Israeli government breaks agreement to stop subsidizing settlements
A quote...."The Israeli Housing Ministry announced on Tuesday that it would subsidize 213 of the 277 new houses it has approved for construction in Efrat settlement in the West Bank, in violation of an agreement made with former U.S. President George W. Bush." - For more on Israel's inability to honor ANY agreement see comment shown below....

Anybody surprised? No deal, contract, treaty, promise, agreement, understanding, oath or affirmation will EVER be honored by your typical Israeli. It's their nature to be duplicitous. They refuse to establish a constitution, they refuse to obey even basic international laws, they refuse to mark their borders. They do not believe in "principals", to them everything is relative, everything is always flexible, there's always a better arrangement to be had in the next month, or week, or hour. They can never be trusted It's that simple. - mpg - posted-01-05-12

Israel Plans More Walls
A quote...."At the same time, Abbas broke his pledge about no peace talks unless settlement expansions stop. Chief negotiators Saeb Erekat and Yitzhak Molcho are meeting in Amman, Jordan. They're joined by Quartet representatives."

Finally A Handbook On How To Smash Israeli Apartheid
Book Review - Boycott, Divest and Sanction the ENTIRE state of Israel! Because it's the right thing to do, and because it's easy to do. (All you have to do is look at the label and NOT buy their products, now WHAT could be more simple than that?) -- AND, it's working!! - mpg -- A quote...."The book [Targeting Israeli Apartheid: a BDS Handbook] begins by examining the Israeli economy industry by industry and suggesting where the movement should focus its campaigning energy in order to be most effective. Part two contains five in-depth geographical case studies. The final section looks at how campaigners can bring the fight home to the UK." - 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.

Another Tyrannical Success for Lieberman: Enemy Expatriation Act Now Law Under NDAA
(Lieberman of course is Jewish, a bona fide made-member of the AIPAC/Israeli Consortium, and a traitor to this country, its constitution and its people. - mpg) -- A quote...."Last January, four-term senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) announced that he would not seek reelection in the upcoming 2012 elections. This seems to have relieved any pressure of facing his constituency for approval, allowing him to push for some of the most draconian legislation in the history of the United States. Or, perhaps, he is just auditioning for a more powerful position like Secretary of Defense or Secretary of the DHS. -- Besides his renewed pressure on Google and Twitter to openly censor the Internet, Lieberman's desire to crush all dissent against the war machine has manifested in bills like his Enemy Belligerent Act, his Internet Kill Switch bill, and the recently introduced Enemy Expatriation Act. -- Unfortunately, the most egregious parts of the above mentioned bills already found their way into law under the recently passed National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which seemingly renders any further discussion of these bills as somewhat redundant, but they certainly won't be critically discussed in the corporate media." - also posted at DProgram

CNN’s “Technical Difficulty” or Censorship?
Contains Video - Alt - (Issac "Wolf" Blitzer, a.k.a Zev Blitzer, a.k.a Zev Barak is a well known Jewish/Zionist propagandist who worked for the "Jerusalem Post" and the AIPAC/Israeli propaganda sheet "Near East Report". - mpg) -- A quote...."As Iowans were casting their ballots in the state’s Jan. 3 caucuses, CNN congressional correspondent Dana Bash interviewed an American soldier who had just cast his vote for Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX). Army Cpl. Jesse Thorsen explained that he was excited by Paul’s ideas, including “bringing the soldiers home.” When Bash stated that “some Republicans out there have been saying that Ron Paul will be very dangerous for this country” for that very reason, the 28-year-old soldier replied that he didn’t think “nitpicking wars with other countries” was necessarily a good idea. When Thorsen began to get specific, the audio suddenly starting breaking up. Viewers heard “Iran” and “Israel is more than capable”—before Thorsen’s words vanished from the airwaves altogether."

The 6 Monolithic Corporations That Control Almost Everything We Watch, Hear And Read
Must Read - A quote...."Back in 1983, approximately 50 corporations controlled the vast majority of all news media in the United States. Today, ownership of the news media has been concentrated in the hands of just six incredibly powerful media corporations. These corporate behemoths control most of what we watch, hear and read every single day. They own television networks, cable channels, movie studios, newspapers, magazines, publishing houses, music labels and even many of our favorite websites. Sadly, most Americans don't even stop to think about who is feeding them the endless hours of news and entertainment that they constantly ingest. Most Americans don't really seem to care about who owns the media. But they should. The truth is that each of us is deeply influenced by the messages that are constantly being pounded into our heads by the mainstream media. The average American watches 153 hoursof television a month. In fact, most Americans begin to feel physically uncomfortable if they go too long without watching or listening to something. Sadly, most Americans have become absolutely addicted to news and entertainment and the ownership of all that news and entertainment that we crave is being concentrated in fewer and fewer hands each year."

Newt Gingrich, Marianne and the Arms Dealer: A Buried FBI Investigation
A quote...."On October 5, Sarkis Soghanalian, (Take a look at the photo, an arms dealer with a blond assistant....is her name "Pepper Potts"? - mpg) once the world’s largest private arms dealer, died at 82. He had sold weapons to scores of dictators including Saddam Hussein, and he took many secrets with him to his grave. But one secret he did not take involves Newt Gingrich when he was Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. DCBureau has learned that Gingrich was at the center of a U.S. Justice Department criminal investigation in the late 1990s for a scheme to shake down the arms dealer for a $10 million bribe in exchange for Gingrich using his influence as Speaker to get the Iraq arms embargo lifted so Soghanalian could collect $54 million from Saddam Hussein’s regime for weapons he had delivered during the Iran-Iraq War."

APD Officers Assault Iraq War Veteran Antonio Buehler, Then Lie About His DUI Charge!
AJVideo - AntonioBuehler(1/2) - AntonioBuehler(2/2) -- (AJYuTb - 15min - Jan 7, 2012) - Source: TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."(AJC) – West Point graduate and Iraqi war veteran Antonio Buehler appears to discuss his harrowing treatment & arrest on New Year’s Eve in Austin, TX after he simply recorded video of what he considered to be police mistreatment of a woman being arrested at a gas station. Buehler gives his take on why he was arrested for ‘harassment of a public servant’ — a third degree felony after police claimed he was interfering with the DUI suspect already in the process of being arrested. He is currently gathering witness of the event– including those who recorded video– to build his case."

Lionel: “If Voting Made Any Difference, It Would Be Illegal.”
AJVideo - AJ&Lionel(1/3) - AJ&Lionel(2/3) - AJ&Lionel(3/3) - (AJYuTb - 15min - Jan 7, 2012) - Source: TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."(AJC) – Tonight on this Friday, January 6, 2012 edition of the Infowars Nightly News, Alex Jones speaks with Talk Radio Host Lionel with an update on his outrageous take on contemporary politics and media."
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens...

2012 – The Year of Living Dangerously
Must Read - Charts - A quote...."Those who remain unconvinced that rising debt levels pose a risk to growth should ask themselves why, historically, levels of debt of more than 90 percent of GDP are relatively rare and those exceeding 120 percent are extremely rare. Is it because generations of politicians failed to realize that they could have kept spending without risk? Or, more likely, is it because at some point, even advanced economies hit a ceiling where the pressure of rising borrowing costs forces policy makers to increase tax rates and cut government spending, sometimes precipitously, and sometimes in conjunction with inflation and financial repression (which is also a tax)?” -- *Rogoff & Reinhart* - Topix || The Ten Year Economic / Warfare Cycle ||

The Federal Reserve is Laundering Money
Must View Video - Alt - (Missed this one, contains some expletives. - mpg) - (YuTb - 7min06sec - Nov 10, 2010) - Source: ivoryjay -- A quote...."The central bank uses quantitative easing to inflate asset prices, which looks remarkably similar to money laundering."

Keiser Report: Spiral of debt towards the paranormal (E233)
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 25min45sec - Jan 7, 2012) - Source: RussiaToday - Producer: Max Keiser TV -- (RussiaToday) -- A quote...."Every week Max Keiser looks at all the scandal behind the financial news headlines. In this episode, Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, discuss Brits using payday loans to pay off interest only mortgages while Greeks bury their cash for fear of being Gaddafi'd by the banksters. In the second half of the show, Max talks to David Morgan of Silver-Investor.com about silver, Sprott and bonds."

The US Economy in the Doldrums: No Evidence of Solvency or Recovery
A quote...."Irrespective of the trillions of dollars thrown at the US economy since 2006 there is no evidence that long-term solvency or recovery has been achieved. The debt that has been added and created means we’ll see higher inflation and perhaps hyperinflation. Comments by administration officials last week that if necessary the dollar will be crushed, are hardly comforting. Remember, just a week before Fed Chairman Bernanke said to Congressmen that the Fed was not going to lend Europe money to bail their members out and one week later we have a $1 trillion swap, loan program to bail Europe out. There is no effort at all to prevent eventual insolvency; as a matter of fact we believe that if Europe’s problems were not on the front burner the dollar would be selling at lower levels, a reflection of solvency issues. We should know better by the month of May how Europe stands, and if their situation is even short-term positive you can expect the dollar to head lower, not only versus the USDX but versus gold and silver as well."

A Visualization of US Debt
Info-Graphic - The first commentator stated....

"Now compare it to the $600+T in toxic credit default swaps that Wall St. is still trading and getting bailout money for. The crooks? The Banksters, kids. As Meyer Rothschild said so eloquently a few hundred years ago, "Give me control of a nation's money supply and I care not who makes the laws" Has there been a single Bankster even [to] go on trial or be held accountable ("we just lost the $8B, sorry") Not a one. Nada. Zippo. Zilch. $114T is chump change to Wall St. greed." -- *John Miranda*, Syracuse, New York August 4, 2011 at 3:42pm -- Website Editor's note: It's more now, they've added "$100 trillion in derivatives in the first half of [this] year to a record $707 trillion." Also some people calculate the total notational by counting both sides of swap transactions, which put the total (if you include all derivatives) well north of 1.5 quadrillion. - mpg

Guest Post: Inflation: An Expansion of Counterfeit Credit
Special Note - A quote...."I repeat my definition of inflation and add my definition of deflation...."

Inflation is an expansion of counterfeit credit.
Deflation is a forcible contraction of counterfeit credit.

"Inflation is only possible by the initiation of the use of physical force or fraud by the government, the central bank, and the privileged banks they enfranchise. Deflation is only possible from, and is indeed the inevitable outcome of, inflation. Whenever credit is extended with no means or ability to repay, that credit is certain to eventually become a crisis that threatens to harm the creditor. That the creditor may have collateral or other means to force the debtor to take the pain and hold the creditor harmless does not change the nature of deflation." - Topix || The End-Stage Process of Mature Fiat-Currency-Capitalism - 11-30-11 - mpg || The Virtual Economy - 05-01-09 - mpg ||

Euro sinks to 16-month low
A quote...."The euro fell below $1.28 for the first time in 16 months, as the eurozone debt crisis rolled on."
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More On The International Situation....

US overthrew Iran’s democracy 1953-1979, armed Iraq to invade 1980-1988, now lies for more war
A quote...."The focus of this article is to explore the vicious and unlawful history of US intervention in Iran’s government. It’s from my brief: War with Iraq and Afghanistan, rhetoric for war with Iran: -- In 1953, the United States CIA led by one of President Theodore Roosevelt’s grandsons, initiated a coup in Iran (Operation Ajax)[8] to remove the democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh. The Iranian government was understandably dissatisfied with the terms of its contract with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company that allowed British interests to claim 85% of the oil profit from Iran.[9] Iran voted to nationalize the oil industry in 1951 after the British declined to renegotiate the terms. The US-led coup was successful, and the royal monarch, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi,[10] became virtual dictator. Fearing popular reprisal, Pahlavi’s government was supported by the CIA in creating the Iranian SAVAK, a vicious secret police for the Shah’s dictatorial government.[11] We can only assume that the oil revenue sharing agreement with the Shah was acceptable to the US and UK."

The Geo-Politics of the Strait of Hormuz: Could the U.S. Navy be defeated by Iran in the Persian Gulf?
The Facts -- A quote...."The maritime traffic that goes through the Strait of Hormuz has always been in contact with Iranian naval forces, which are predominantly composed of the Iranian Regular Force Navy and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Navy. In fact, Iranian naval forces monitor and police the Strait of Hormuz along with the Sultanate of Oman via the Omani enclave of Musandam. More importantly, to transit through the Strait of Hormuz all maritime traffic, including the U.S. Navy, must sail through Iranian territorial waters. Almost all entrances into the Persian Gulf are made through Iranian waters and most exits are through Omani waters. -- Iran allows foreign ships to use its territorial waters in good faith and on the basis of Part III of the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea’s maritime transit passage provisions that stipulate that vessels are free to sail through the Strait of Hormuz and similar bodies of water on the basis of speedy and continuous navigation between an open port and the high seas. Although Tehran in custom follows the navigation practices of the Law of the Sea, Tehran is not legally bound by them. Like Washington, Tehran signed this international treaty, but never ratified it." - bold underline by website editor

The USA’s flawed political system and the push for war with Iran
A quote...."Lawrence Davidson finds the drivers for the push for war on Iran inside the USA’s structurally flawed political system, in which the warmongering neocons and faceless Israeli agents in the guise of lobbyists have primacy, and in amoral, cash-hungry politicians and a corrupt media."

Iran, Russia Replace Dollar with National Currencies in Trade Exchanges
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran and Russia have replaced US Dollar with their own currencies in their trade ties, a senior Iranian diplomat announced on Saturday. -- Speaking to FNA, Tehran's Ambassador to Moscow Seyed Reza Sajjadi said that the proposal for replacing US Dollar with Ruble and Rial was raised by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Astana on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting."

SYRIA: British Special Forces, CIA and MI6 Supporting Armed Insurgency. NATO Intervention Contemplated
Special Note - A quote...."Several articles in the British media confirm that British Special Forces are training Syrian rebels. - The underlying pattern is similar to that of Libya where British SAS were on the ground prior to the launching of NATO's military intervention. - A Responsibility to Protect (R2P) NATO intervention modelled on Libya is contemplated. The Free Syrian Army is a de facto paramilitary creation of NATO. - The reports confirm that British military and intelligence operatives are already on the ground inside Syria:" - also posted at DProgram

Iraqi Torture Scandal Touches Highest Levels of NATO
A quote...."A scandal unfolding in Denmark over the transfer of Iraqi prisoners by Danish forces to Iraq authorities, even as they knew they would be tortured, threatens to implicate the current Secretary General of NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen, formerly prime minister of Denmark from 2001-2009." - also posted at GlobalRsrch

Fallujah babies: Under a new kind of siege
WARNING -- A quote...."Extremely, painfully graphic images of what has happened as a direct result of US foreign policy under President Bush. - But I am urging you not to look away from these images; in fact, I am urging you to imagine, for one moment, that these children were your children, dealing with the after-effects of US use of depleted uranium and white phosphorous." -- *Michael Rivero*

Gunman in Afghan army uniform kills US soldier on base in south, Afghan military says
A quote...."KABUL, Afghanistan — A man in an Afghan army uniform opened fire on a group of Americans at a base in the south of the country, killing a U.S. soldier and wounding another, an Afghan military spokesman said Monday."

Roadside bomb in Afghanistan kills 4 Ind. National Guardsmen
A quote...."INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Four soldiers with an Indiana-based National Guard unit were killed in Afghanistan and a fifth was injured when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb as they were working to clear a supply route of the improvised bombs, guard officials said Saturday."

Libyan Violence and Instability
A quote...."On January 3, Middle East Online contributor Jay Deshnukh headlined, “Ex-rebels’ war for money, power: Fierce clashes erupt in Tripoli,” saying: -- In central Tripoli, fighting claimed two lives as “former rebels from….Misurata clashed with….ex-fighters from the Libyan capital, witnesses said.”"

U.S. has spent more than 200 million dollars to subvert Cuba's government
A quote...."THE U.S. Department of State has spent $200,826,000 on programs directed against Cuba since 1997, according to Just the Facts, a civic organization which tracks government spending on defense and security in Latin America and the Caribbean." - also posted at AlethoNews

4.9% infant mortality rate in 2011
A quote...."FOR the last four years Cuba has achieved an infant mortality rate of below 5.0 per 1,000 live births, the lowest in the Americas together with Canada – sustained by the revolutionary government’s health policies which guarantee equality of access to medical services for mothers and children."
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

Israel Charged with Systematic Harassment of U.S. Marines
A quote...."It was 12 years ago, on March 14, 1983, that the commandant of the Marine Corps sent a highly unusual letter to the secretary of defense expressing frustration and anger at Israel. General R.H. Barrow charged that Israeli troops were deliberately threatening the lives of Marines serving as peacekeepers in Lebanon. There was, he wrote, a systematic pattern of harassment by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) that was resulting in “life-threatening situations, replete with verbal degradation of the officers, their uniform and country.”"