Thursday January 19th 2012

No posts. - mpg

Wednesday January 18th 2012

More on the Domestic Situation....

Internet Blackout Shows Failure of American Democracy
A quote...."Our whole lives we have been told that we have “freedom”, that we live in a “democracy”, that “we the people” have the ability to choose the kind of society that we want to live in. -- However, if you ask most Americans what kind of place they want to be living in, I guarantee you that a vast majority would disagree with almost every government action that has been put forward in their lifetime. -- If we truly lived in a free society, we would not be in a half dozen wars across the planet, we would not be subject to authoritarian policies such as the patriot act and the NDAA, and the government would not have grown to become the biggest and most menacing dictatorship in the history of the world."

Mark Glenn joins The Bob Tuskin Radio Show for an in depth two hour discussion on Zionism, the looming war with Iran, and much more. - Must Listen Audio - (AdbeFlsh - 2hrs - January 18, 2012) - Source:  BobTuskinRadio - Related:  Download Mp3 -- A quote...."As the Neocons and Israeli firsters continue their push for an insane war with Iran, we must continue to expose the dangers of starting ANOTHER war and the real reasons why Israel wants to start this war in the first place."

Video: 7/7 London Bombings – Ludicrous Diversion
Video - LondonBombings(1/3) - LondonBombings(2/3) - LondonBombings(3/3) - (YuTb - 10/15min - Aug 11, 2009) - Source:  enslavetherich -- A quote...."On the 7th of July 2005 London was hit by a series of explosions. -- The police have, from the onset of their investigation, chosen to withold from the public almost every bit of evidence they claim to have and have provably lied about several aspects of the London Bombings. The mainstream news has wilfully spread false, unsubstantiated and unverifiable information, while choosing to completely ignore the numerous inconsistencies and discrepancies in the official story. The government has finally, after a year, presented us with their official narrative concerning the event. Within hours it was shown to contain numerous errors, a fact since admitted by the Home Secretary John Reid. They have continuously rejected calls for a full, independent public inquiry. Tony Blair himself described such an inquiry as a ludicrous diversion. What dont they want us to find out?"

President Obama Presents America With A Constitutional Crisis In More Ways Than One
A quote...."In August 2010, journalist Wayne Madsen uncovered Obama's deep roots in the CIA, writing...."


"Despite billing himself as the "transparency" candidate in the 2008 presidential election, President Barack Obama has failed to inform the American people about his background in the CIA and the history of his family’s connections to the CIA."

The Guantanamo Legacy – Ten Years of Criminality go beyond this one base and one state
A quote...."Last week I attended an event in London marking the 10-year anniversary of the American gulag at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, organised jointly by Cage Prisoners, Islamic Human Rights Commission and Reprieve. - It was also the launch of a project by Cage Prisoners called “Laa Tansa –(Never Forget)”, a campaign aimed so that people do not forget the 779 victims of Guantanamo Bay. 171 men remain under detention despite President Obama’s 2009 promise to close the camp. Of these 89 have already been cleared for release, 46 have been cleared for Stalin-style indefinate detention and 32 earmarked for ‘prosecution’ – most likely in closed, military courts." - Topix ||  9/11-Iraq-Torture Fables  ||
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Ron Paul SLAMS Senator Lindsey Graham on NDAA Support During Floor Speech
NDAA - Video - (YuTb - 3min37sec - Jan 18, 2012) - Source:  ronpaulusa2012

SOPA Will Take Us Back to the Dark Ages - Article also posted at ICH
SOPA - A quote...."I had an epiphany today. The Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, was not written by people who fundamentally misunderstand how the web works. They understand all too well, and want to change it forever. -- Behind the almost unreadable (yet truly scary) text of SOPA (and its Senate doppelganger, PIPA, or the Protect Intellectual Property Act) is a desire, likely fueled by powerful media conglomerate backers, to take us all back to the thin-pipe, content-distribution days of 1994 — right before the World Wide Web launched. From the moment the Internet and websites arrived, a veritable Pandora’s box of opportunities have opened to every average Joe and Josephine in the world. Everyone became a content creator. Everyone had an audience."

SOPA: Don't Just Protest -- Get Even
SOPA - Action Alert - (Boycott) -- A quote...."If Americans withdrew their support from these corporations -- if theaters were left empty, if Pepsi and Coke were left collecting dust on the shelves of an empty Wal-Mart -- bills like SOPA would not exist, let alone have a chance to be passed into law."

Update on SOPA and PIPA - Is it TRULY dead?  If so....Hip Hip Hooray!!
SOPA & PIPA - A quote...."In the face of massive Internet protest today, key senate and house backers of the SOPA and PIPA web censorship bills – including Senators Marco Rubio, Roy Blunt, John Cornyn, Orrin Hatch, John Boozman and Jim DeMint, and Representatives Ben Quayle and Lee Terry – have dropped their support. So have a number of other senators. - At least 17,000 websites allegedly joined in the protest."

The Graceless Death of Copyrighting
SOPA & PIPA - A quote...."Today, the sponsors of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) withdrew their support of the two bills. This action has been largely credited to vehement opposition by websites and other technology companies, including a widespread “internet blackout” and information campaign. -- Preemptively depriving people of property and liberty in order to prevent copyright infringement would not have been a valid solution, but a new offense in itself. Those pieces of legislation represented an assault on civil rights that are already besieged from multiple angles. Their abandonment is definitely cause for celebration. Hurrah!"

Sheriff Mack - Paypal freezes contributions
This has gone too far and Paypal has done this sort of thing to many times.  They're UTTERLY unreliable.  No one should use them. - mpg -- A quote...."I just spoke to Sheriff Mack and was advised that PayPal has frozen that portion of the funds donated through PayPal ($40,000+) for the Constitutional Sheriff’s Conference. PayPal has refused to release the funds and have stated that they may refund the donations to the donors. They have cited no violation of law or online regulation. They inquired if CSPOA.org was a 501C(3) and excused their actions on fear that the IRS would fine them. Apparently someone opposing sheriffs learning they are not alone in their desire to live up to their oaths of office is involved."
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Marianne Gingrich Has Something To Say
2012 Election Cycle - A quote...."Disgraced former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) has a special kind of appreciation for marriage. Gingrich, for example, haggled over the terms of his divorce from his first wife while she was in the hospital, recovering from uterine cancer surgery. He had already proposed to his second wife before he was divorced from his first."

Massive opposition file on Romney hits Internet, likely from 2008 McCain campaign
2012 Election Cycle - Document - A quote...."If you think you’ve already heard everything there is to know about Mitt Romney, think again. A 200-page document that appears to be Sen. John McCain’s entire 2008 election-year opposition research file on the former Massachusetts governor hit the Internet with a vengeance Tuesday evening. And it’s an eye-opener."

(USA) 1/12 - The Tragic Tale of Edward True and James False
2012 Election Cycle - (vote fraud alert) - A quote...."The actual Iowa winner may "never be known", and one of the "dead" voters in New Hampshire has now shown up -- alive. -- It matters, and it's called journalistic malpractice. TV networks announced that Romney won Iowa, and newspapers pronounced his 1-2 "wins" as "historic." Candidates dropped out, donors dried up or rushed to send cash to the reported "winner"."
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens...

How The Too Big To Fail Banks Were Born
Must View InfoGraphic - (click to enlarge-download) -- A quote...."This is how the U.S. banking monopoly was created after more than two decades of unbridled bank mergers endorsed, and in some cases, encouraged the by the OCC, the FDIC, the FTC and the elimination of Glass-Steagall."

Warren Buffett: Oracle of BAILOUTS a Despicable American!
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 4min32sec - Jan 17, 2012) - Source:  cgreene34 - Related: GreenWave -- A quote...."Warren Buffett is the poster child for corporate greed, bank bailouts and the implicit endorsement of global war through his backing of 2012 Presidential candidate Barack Hussein Obama. Buffett should be ashamed of himself and should be blacklisted by the American people."

You Can't Fool Mother Nature For Long: The Substitution of Debt for Productivity
A quote...."For the past 30 years, the U.S. economy has become increasingly dependent on explosive debt expansion for its "growth" rather than on meaningful rises in meaningful productivity. Growth is in quotes because growth based on secular increases in productivity--that is, the same investment of labor and capital produces goods and services of greater value--is qualitatively different from "growth" based on a pyramiding of debt. - Real growth based on rising productivity is sustainable, "growth" based on ever-greater expansions of debt is not."

China Brings US Treasury Holdings To One Year Low, Russia Cuts Treasury Exposure By 50% In One Year
Charts - (click to enlarge) -- A quote...."Today's TIC data confirmed what Zero Hedge readers have now known for quite some time: namely that foreigners are selling US paper. And while we have used contemporaneous Custody Account data from the Fed to present that in the past 7 weeks foreigners have sold a record amount of bonds, we now get confirmation via TIC that in November the selling continued, especially at the biggest non-Fed holder of US paper, China, which saw its holdings down to $1,132.6 billion, the lowest in the past year. Yet where the selling is just relentless is in Russia, which has quite demonstratively slashed its US Treasury holdings in half in the past year from $176 billion to under $80 billion. Putin is not happy, and is not afraid to show it."

[US] Treasury dips into pension funds to avoid debt
A quote...."WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tue, Jan 17, 2012 -- The Treasury on Tuesday started dipping into federal pension funds in order to give the Obama administration more credit to pay government bills. - "I will be unable to invest fully" the federal employees retirement system fund beginning Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said in a letter to Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress."

Anger Over Debt And Poor Governance
A quote...."European politicians, bureaucrats, bankers and assorted other[s] lose more and more credibility each day as we are inundated each day with more lies and deliberate misdirection regarding the course of financial events within the European Union." - also posted at GlobalRsrch

Michael Lewis On Ireland: Do What Iceland Did, Screw The Feckin' Bondholders
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 50sec - Feb 7, 2011) - Source:  2birdsswimming -- A quote...."Short clip of Michael Lewis, author of the Vanity Fair piece, 'When Irish Eyes are Crying', laughing in amazement at the passivity of the Irish people. -- I'm not a fan of the article, but his reaction to the Irish people and the bank bailout is pretty much spot on."

When Irish Eyes Are Crying
Special Note - Related Article - A quote...."When I flew to Dublin in early November, the Irish government was busy helping the Irish people come to terms with their loss. It had been two years since a handful of Irish politicians and bankers decided to guarantee all the debts of the country’s biggest banks, but the people were only now getting their minds around what that meant for them. The numbers were breathtaking. A single bank, Anglo Irish, which, two years before, the Irish government had claimed was merely suffering from a “liquidity problem,” faced losses of up to 34 billion euros. To get some sense of how “34 billion euros” sounds to Irish ears, an American thinking in dollars needs to multiply it by roughly one hundred: $3.4 trillion. And that was for a single bank. As the sum total of loans made by Anglo Irish, most of it to Irish property developers, was only 72 billion euros, the bank had lost nearly half of every dollar it invested."

Hungary Won't Be The Last To Make Bondholders Pay
A quote...."Hungary is could be the epicenter of the latest next financial storm. - The country is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy.  Its authoritarian populist Prime Minister Viktor Orban is refusing to play ball with the International Monetary Fund.  Bond yields are soaring and credit is drying up. The country may, in the next few weeks, become the first major nation of this ongoing sovereign crisis to default — and that could trigger a wave of massive, perhaps even crippling losses across the European and indeed global banking system."

Jim Rogers On France Losing AAA: "The Only Solution For Europe Is Forcing Bank Bondholders To Take Losses" - RTVideo - Alt - (previously posted) - (RTYuTb - 4min39sec - Jan 16, 2012) - Source:  RTAmerica -- A quote...."Comment [@ Daily Bail] from Cheyenne, writer and producer of Bailout (watch the trailer): -- Great stuff from Jimmy.  I'm sick of the notion that it's clueless debtors who should eat 100% of the [expletive deleted] sandwich served up in bad transactions.  Worse, this propaganda is peddled by whores on a ludicrous platform of pilgrim's morality--those recklessly greedy borrowers, damn them!  How asinine, as on the other hand these very same prigs teach us to look up to lenders, whose praise-worthy acumen is somehow never questioned in bad financial transactions.  It's about freaking time that sophisticated lenders--who entered into deals with far more foresight than the borrowers ever did--are forced to dine on their own excrement.  Their venality is disgusting, not honorable. -- It's good to see reality, equity really, take root more and more." - Wow! - mpg

[Germany's] Merkel shows no sign of giving ground on rescue fund boost
A quote...."BERLIN, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday showed no sign of giving ground to market calls for boosting her country's contribution to the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), after massive downgrades of eurozone nations and the rescue fund itself."
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"Occupy Wall Street" & Other "Occupy" News....

Occupy San Francisco plans shutdown of city's financial district
Action Alert - (protest) -- A quote...."San Francisco - Being billed as the largest demonstration in San Francisco in a decade, Occupy San Francisco is preparing to unleash a massive street protest on Friday which could shut down the city’s financial district. - A demonstration, weeks in the making, will occur Friday when 55 organizations descend on San Francisco’s Financial District, calling itself Occupy Wall Street West."

The Occupation For Jobs Continues
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US 'Occupiers' ordered to evict camp
A quote...."US authorities have issued eviction orders for an anti-Wall Street encampment in the New York State's city of Syracuse, as the protest campaign intensifies."
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More On The International Situation....

Will China Be the True Winner? - Banking on Sanctions
Special Note - A quote...."Let’s start with red lines. Here it is, Washington’s ultimate red line, straight from the lion’s mouth.  Only last week Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said of the Iranians, “Are they trying to develop a nuclear weapon? No. But we know that they’re trying to develop a nuclear capability. And that’s what concerns us. And our red line to Iran is do not develop a nuclear weapon. That’s a red line for us.” -- How strange, the way those red lines continue to retreat.  Once upon a time, the red line for Washington was “enrichment” of uranium. Now, it’s evidently an actual nuclear weapon that can be brandished. Keep in mind that, since 2005, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has stressed that his country is not seeking to build a nuclear weapon."

The Real Provokers - Pressure Israel, Not Iran
A quote..."Neocons in Israel and the United States are escalating their rhetoric to prepare us for war with Iran. Even the infamous John Yoo, architect of George W. Bush’s illegal torture and spying programs, is calling on the Republican presidential candidates to “begin preparing the case for a military strike to destroy Iran’s nuclear program.” -- Under the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Iran has the legal right to produce nuclear power for peaceful purposes. The United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has found no evidence that Iran is developing a nuclear weapons program. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta recently said on CBS that Iran is not currently trying to build a nuclear weapon. -- Nevertheless, the United States and Israel are mounting a campaign of aggression against Iran."

After Nuke Scientist's Murder, Iranian Students Switch Majors to Nuclear Sciences: Official
A quote...."17 Jan 2012 Approximately 1,300 Iranian university students have applied to switch their majors to the field of nuclear sciences following the assassination of a top nuclear expert in Iran, a government official reportedly said late Monday. "Three hundred talented students at Sharif University and about a thousand brilliant students at the country's universities have applied in recent days to change their major and start studying nuclear physics and nuclear engineering," Kamran Daneshjo, Iranian Minister of Science Research and Technology, said in a press conference Monday, according to Iran's Tehran Times. Daneshjo's comments came five days after the [CIA-MOSSAD] assassination of 32-year-old Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, a former graduate of Sharif University and, until his death, the deputy director of the Natanz uranium enrichment facility, according to Iranian media."

Turkey: Iran, 5+1 Ready to Resume Talks
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced that both Iran and the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) are ready to resume their talks, adding that Ankara is also prepared for hosting the negotiations."

Turkey vows to strengthen economic ties with Iran, regional countries
Well, during the last six months or so they haven't been doing such a good job of it. - mpg -- A quote...."Turkish environment ministry expressed the country's determination to strengthen its commercial and economic relations with Iran and other regional countries, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported on Wednesday."

NATO vs. Syria - Article also posted at ICH
A quote...."Americans should be concerned about what is happening in Syria, if only because it threatens to become another undeclared war like Libya but much, much worse. Calls for regime change have come from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who several weeks ago predicted a civil war. That is indeed likely if the largely secular and nationalist regime of Bashar al-Assad falls, pitting Sunni against Shia against Alawite. Indigenous Christians will be caught in the meat grinder. Ironically, many of the Christians in Damascus are Iraqis who experienced the last round of liberation in their own country and had to flee for their lives."

Russia, China to block any UN action on Syria
A quote...."MOSCOW - Russia will offer Washington no explanation for arms deliveries to Syria and together with China will prevent the UN Security Council from approving any military intervention in the conflict-torn nation, its foreign minister said on Wednesday. - Using his annual news conference to draw lines in the sand on Syria, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said veto-holding Security Council members Russia and China would stand firm against foreign intervention. - “We will insist - and we have an understanding with our Chinese colleagues that this is our common position - that these fundamental points be retained in any decision that may be taken by the UN Security Council,” Lavrov said. - “If somebody intends to use force ... it will be on their conscience. They will not receive any authority from the Security Council,” said Lavrov, who also emphasised that Russia and China oppose any sanctions against Syria."

Syrian Girl visits Damascus War Memorial 1973 Israeli War - built by DPRK
M108Video - Alt - (M108YuTb - 9min57sec - Jan 18, 2012) - Source:  108morris108 -- A quote...."The DPRK designed the war memorial, and built a lot of it, including an amazing 360 degree panorama, in the video are captured and abandoned Israeli tanks and an Israeli plane and the DPRK's Art Work.. The Syrian girl relates some of the events of the war."

Pakistani PM Gilani Has Cooked His Goose
A quote...."It is now an established fact that PPP as a party claiming to be champions of democracy, rule of law and rights of the poor is in actuality anti-democratic, lawbreaker and anti-people. PPP and democracy repel each other since the two are synonymous."

Qatari Emir secretly visited Israel
A quote...."Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has made a secret visit to Israel despite the fact that Doha and Tel Aviv have no political relations, a video has revealed. - Israeli Kadima leader Tzipi Livni welcomed the Emir and Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jasim Bin Jaber Al Thani during the visit. - The Qatari Emir and his delegation also met several high-ranking Israeli officials." - Source:  PressTV -- Topix ||  One Vile, Venom Tipped, Taloned Hand Washes the Other - (a.k.a. The Standard Model) - 07-28-10 - mpg  ||

Afghan official says NATO forces kill 5 civilians
A quote...."KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A senior Afghan official said Wednesday that NATO forces killed five civilians, including one woman and two children, during a night raid earlier this week in northeastern Afghanistan. -- A NATO statement said the alliance was aware of a military operation in Chawkay district of Kunar province on Monday and was checking into the report."

Report: UK soldiers rape Afghan kids
Welcome:  To The New Roman Empire's Lackey - (in every way possible....it's just sick) - mpg -- A quote..."Two British soldiers fighting in Afghanistan have been accused of raping two children aged ten in the war-ravaged country, a report has revealed."

UK inquiry into rendition and torture collusion scrapped - And the cover-up continues. - mpg
Ditto - A quote...."A controversial inquiry into allegations of wrongdoing by the UK's security services is being scrapped. - Justice Secretary Ken Clarke said the inquiry into the treatment of detainees could not continue because of a new Metropolitan Police investigation. - These follow fresh allegations that officials assisted the rendition of men to Libya, where they were tortured."

Coalition limits details on troops killed by Afghans - More cover-up....mpg
A quote...."Military commanders in Afghanistan have stopped making public the number of allied troops killed by Afghan soldiers and police, a measure of the trustworthiness of a force that is to take over security from U.S.-led forces."

Nato accused of war crimes in Libya
A quote...."An independent report published by Middle Eastern human rights groups says there is evidence that war crimes and human rights violations were committed by all the participants – Nato, rebel forces and those loyal to Colonel Gaddafi – in last year's Libyan uprising." - also posted at Uruknet

Libya militia leader 'tortured and killed in detention'
A quote...."The BBC has seen evidence that a man was tortured and killed in detention, after clashes between rival militia groups in Libya at the weekend." - also posted at Uruknet

Criminalizing Gaddafi Support
A quote...."For now I'll pass on a few scattered articles and limited commentary. I invite further examples in what I expect to be lively comments beneath. It's a potentially broad subject, how one ruling party and its supporters are made criminal to varying degrees and severed from civil society in favor of some other politico-economic vision."

Libya: TNC releases anti-democratic draft electoral laws
A quote...."Libya’s self-appointed Transitional National Council (TNC) last week released draft laws governing elections scheduled later this year for a “General National Congress.”

Obama’s doctrine: control over oil “sea lanes” to China
A quote...."The program manifesto US President Barack Obama voiced in the Australian parliament on November 17 and his statements on January 5 make it clear for everyone that Washington has outlined the new strategy of its foreign policy."

Tories and Scottish National Party argue over terms of independence referendum
A quote...."The faction fight that has broken out within Britain’s ruling elite over the timing and wording of a referendum on Scottish independence is without a shred of principle."
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

Welcome to the world's first bunker state: room for Jews only in Israel's "villa in the jungle"
Must Read - A quote...."The wheel is turning full circle. Last week the Israeli parliament updated a 59-year-old law originally intended to prevent hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees from returning to the homes and lands from which they had been expelled as Israel was established. -- The purpose of the draconian 1954 Prevention of Infiltration Law was to lock up any Palestinian who managed to slip past the snipers guarding the new state's borders. Israel believed only savage punishment and deterrence could ensure it maintained the overwhelming Jewish majority it had recently created through a campaign of ethnic cleansing." - also posted at GlobalRsrch & CounterPunch

Thousands of Ethiopian Israelis protest racism in Jerusalem march
A quote...."Thousands of Ethiopian Israelis and their supporters marched through central Jerusalem on Wednesday to call attention to a recent groundswell of racism and discrimination." - also posted at Uruknet

Secrecy shrouds spy case
A quote...."Defence experts said, given where the suspect worked, the potential damage to national security was immense. - MacKay said he would not confirm or deny reports the foreign power involved could be Russia, but a defence expert said that country is the most likely suspect, given the few details available." - A comment shown below....

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More On The Palestinian Situation....

UN: Gaza blockade – collective punishment
A quote...."UN releases annual report on humanitarian conditions in Palestinian territories, asserting that food, sanitation and economic straits are dire due to 'Israeli occupation'"

PWA chief: World must act on Israel's water apartheid
A quote...."BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- The head of the Palestinian Water Authority on Tuesday said the international community must act on Israel's "apartheid" water policy in the West Bank." - also posted at Uruknet

Three Arab Students Exiled From Jerusalem For 7 Days
A quote...."The Arabs48 news website reported Wednesday that seven Arab students studying at the Engineering Academy in occupied Jerusalem received police warrants exiling them from the city for seven days for calling for boycotting a speech by Israeli President, Shimon Peres."

Rights Group Wants Torture Case Reopened
A quote...."JERUSALEM, January 19, 2012 (WAFA) – The Israeli rights group, the Public Committee against Torture in Israel (PCATI), plans to petition the Israeli High Court to reopen investigation into a torture complaint by a Palestinian that was closed by the Ministry of Justice, the Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported Thursday."
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More On The Economic Situation....

Headline PPI Drops By 0.1%, Core PPI Rises By 0.3%, Highest Y/Y NSA Jump Since June 2009, BLS To Change PPI Weights - Chart - (click to enlarge) --  A quote...."Mixed picture in today's PPI which saw headline prices decline by 0.1%, on expectations of a 0.1% increase, driven by a 0.8% drop in both food and energy finished goods. Alternatively, core PPI rose by 0.3%, with the same +0.1% consensus, and is the largest M/M increase since July 2011. Just as curious, the Year over Year change in the NSA PPI of 3.0% is the highest in the series since June 2009. It appears money printing even in the face of multi-trillion debt deleveraging can be inflationary."

Tuesday January 17th 2012

Monday January 16th 2012

US Marine Says Iraq War Was One Long Atrocity
Special Note - A quote...."(PRESS TV)   Ex-Marine Ross Caputi says American soldiers should take “ownership” of the war in Iraq that was one long atrocity. It’s no wonder, he says, that so many returning soldiers are overwhelmed by guilt at what they have done, with a higher rate of suicides than in any previous American war. “People do not go home and want to kill themselves because they’ve been helping Iraqis,” says Ross Caputi. “They go home and want to kill themselves because they’ve committed atrocities.” Ross Caputi now campaigns for justice for the city of Fallujah, which as a Marine he helped to destroy in 2004, when thousands of civilians were killed and 200,000 driven from their homes." - Topix ||  US Fake Intel / Propaganda - Iraqi Death Toll  ||

Spanish judge reopens Guantanamo torture probe - Go get'em! - mpg
A quote...."13 Jan 2012 A Spanish judge on Friday re-launched an investigation into the alleged torture of prisoners held at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, one day after a British authorities launched a probe into CIA renditions to Libya. The twin developments demonstrated that while the Obama administration has stuck to its promise [the only one kept] not to investigate whether Bush regime officials acted illegally by authorizing the use of harsh interrogation techniques torture, other countries are still interested in determining whether Bush-era anti-terror practices violated international law."

WAKE UP AMERICA! - The Real U.S. Budget Problem: Defense & War Spending Equal 94% Of All Federal Income Tax Revenues - Table - (click to enlarge) -- A quote...."I thought this kind of puts things in perspective.  In 2010, the US government collected $898 billion in federal income tax revenues.  The same year, we spent $847 billion on useless wars and national defense.  That means that 94% of all federal income tax revenue is equivalent to what we spend on the Pentagon.  Who out there thinks it was money well spent?" - And that's in REAL dollars, dollars that were earned, than taxed by the government!  Not that funny money spewing off of Bernanke's printing presses to pay for the rest of the budget. - mpg

The Enemy Expatriation Act, no different than the Nazi Nuremberg Laws
A quote...."The Enemy Expatriation Act (H.R. 3166; S. 1698), an act that the U.S. Congress is now considering, that will allow the U.S. Government to take away citizenship of anybody that is considered a hostile enemy or supporting hostility towards the U.S. Government, is similar to the Nazi Factions Nuremberg laws where Adolf Hitler took away Germans citizenship based on race, bloodtypes, and those against the Hitler regime."

The NDAA: Just one more link in the chain of tyranny
Must View GRVideo - Alt - (GRYuTb - 13min57sec - Jan 15, 2012) - Source:  GlobalResearchTV -- A quote...."With the signing of the National Defense Authorization Act into law, more Americans than ever before are wondering how the country could have descended so quickly into a police state. Far from a unique or isolated act, however, the NDAA is just the latest entry in a long list of steps toward the codification of outright martial law." - When watching this video keep in mind the offending provisions of the NDAA are repugnant to the constitution and are therefore null & void. See the quote shown below....


Economic Liberty is Just as Important as our Personal Freedoms
A quote...."I can tell the new banking laws under the Dodd/Frank is a major assault not only our right to privacy. It also attacks our economic liberty as well. The IRS along with Homeland Security now watches all our transactions in real time now if we use debit or credit cards. When we go withdraw a certain amount of our money from our own bank accounts. Now they ask what is our reason for such a large sum of money? What is our intentions for using this money. The war on drugs and terror now take away our financial privacy which is part of our economic liberties because the IRS wants to know."

British Find That Detainee Was Tortured As Part Of American Interrogation . . . Obama Administration Threatens To Cut Off Intelligence To England - (2012 Election Cycle Note) -- A quote...."While the Obama Administration continues to block any independent investigation in this country or by other countries, Britain has angered Obama officials by confirming that a suspect was tortured as part of his interrogation by the United State in Morocco. The use of other countries to torture U.S. detainees through “extraordinary renditions” is well documented. However, the Obama Administration reportedly threatened to cut off Britain from access to intelligence if the country told the truth about the torture of Binyam Mohamed." - bold by website editor - How could ANYONE defend that sick, twisted, perverted, war criminal Obama?!?! - mpg

We’ve Won a Brief Respite on Iran and SOPA -- Let’s Use the Breathing Room to Educate People Before the Next Assault - SOPA & Iran - A quote...."The European Union’s oil embargo of Iran has likely been delayed for 6 months. - SOPA – the draconian anti-piracy internet bill – has been shelved, at least for now. - Recent history shows that the folks pushing for war with Iran and Internet censorship will try again shortly. - But we’ve won a couple of months in which to ramp up our opposition to both ill-considered efforts, so that – next time the knuckleheads try – the public will be educated and the political hacks will feel the pressure."

Web Goes On Strike [& Other Options]
SOPA Protest - Action Alert - A quote...."January 18th is going to be amazing. Sites are striking in all different ways, but they are united by this: do the biggest thing you possibly can, and drive contacts to Congress."

Dead On Arrival: SOPA Shelved Indefinitely, Obama Succumbs to Pressure, Issues Official Veto Threat
SOPA - WHAT!!  That lying bastard said the same thing about the NDAA, than he signed it!  SOPA ain't dead till it's DEAD!  No one should lower their guard! - mpg -- A quote...."Amid significant pressure from tens of thousands of internet users and major web behemoths like Google, Facebook, and Reddit, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is, in its current form, Dead on Arrival...." - also posted at BLN

How to Understand When You are Being Conned by the News
Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."Right now America’s mainstream media is being accused of playing with fire for playing-up the prospect of war, between Iran and the West.   And clearly most people in the intelligencia know that mainstream U.S. media is clearly cheerleading for war with Iran.   It’s expected."

Recipe for Vote Fraud: Global Internet Voting Firm Buys U.S. Election Results Reporting Firm
2012 Election Cycle - A quote...."In a major step towards global centralization of election processes, the world’s dominant Internet voting company has purchased the USA’s dominant election results reporting company." - Source:  BlackBoxVoting

What's Really Going on in South Carolina - [An Interview WIth Bev Harris] - Related Article shown above
AJVideo - BevHarris@SC(1/2) - BevHarris@SC(2/2) - (AJYuTb - 11/15min - Jan 16, 2012) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Bev Harris talks to Alex about the increased potential for vote fraud as privately owned corporations consolidate and move toward internet voting. Harris is a writer, activist, and founder of Black Box Voting Inc., a national nonpartisan, nonprofit elections watchdog group. She is the author of Black Box Voting and her investigative journalism has appeared in both the alternative and mainstream media." - Note:  According to Bev Harris, 70% of the votes in this country are controlled by two foreign companies, and we don't know who owns them.  THEY BETTER NOT BE ISRAELI OWNED! - mpg

Manufacturing Your Reality
AJVideo - ManufacturingYourReality(1/3) - ManufacturingYourReality(2/3) - ManufacturingYourReality(3/3) - (AJYuTb - 11/15min - Jan 16, 2012) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Alex also covers the latest breaking news, including the decision by GOP candidate Jon Hunstman to drop out and endorse Romney as Ron Paul's campaign grows in strength. Alex also covers the latest developments on Iran as it is reported that the Mossad has posed as CIA agents in attacks on the oil-producing nation. Alex takes your calls."
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens...

MF Global May Not Be Able to Pay Clients Back: Trustee
A quote...."Former customers of MF Global Holdings' collapsed brokerage were disappointed to hear on Thursday that the trustee hunting for funds missing from their accounts has no immediate plans to transfer more money to them." - Source:  CNBC

Are The Middle East Wars Really About Forcing the World Into Dollars and Private Central Banking?
#1) - Special Note - A quote...."The Middle Eastern and North African wars – planned 20 years ago – don’t necessarily have much to do with fighting terrorism. See this, this and this. - They are, in reality, about oil. - And protecting Israel (and read the section entitled “Securing the Realm” here). - But as AFP reports today, there is another major motivation for the expanding wars...." - also posted at InfoWars & ZeroHedge - Topix ||  9/11 PlngGuide - SpecTrgts  ||  9/11-Planning Guidance Docs  ||

Truth About Middle East is Spreading
#2) - Related Article - A quote...."Zero Hedge has published an article, "Are The Middle East Wars Really About Forcing the World Into Dollars and Private Central Banking?"* [shown above] that mentions my theory that Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown because he wanted to set up a private gold-currency in Africa. You can see my article here: Gaddafi Planned Gold Dinar, Now Under Attack." - *link added - also posted at BLN

On Exceptionalism and Deviance
#3) -- Related Article - A quote...."The Wall Street Journal recently carried a speculative article by Ian Tally suggesting a link between the International Monetary Fund's bailout loans to the European Union’s worst hit economies and sanctions against Iran. In essence, the article said that the Obama administration would likely support bailout loans to Greece, Italy and Spain in exchange for the EU agreeing to an embargo on Iran’s oil." - bold by website editor - also posted at AlethoNews

William Engdahl: US economy goes down the tube by days
#4) -- Related RTVideo - Alt - (YuTb - 5min41sec - Jan 16, 2012) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."European markets have remained stable on Monday, despite the wave of credit downgrades across the eurozone by the ratings giant Standard and Poor's. It slashed the credit scores of 9 EU countries on Friday, including France, which lost its triple A status, and Austria." -- Quote of the Day...."The ratings agencies are simply an extension of the US political apparatus, the Treasury department and Wall Street." -- *William Engdahl*

"Financial Terrorism": Wall Street’s Ratings Agencies Degrade Nine European Countries
#5) -- Related Article - A quote...."We live in an increasingly degraded country. - Our politics are degraded and a laughing stock to the word. Our military is demoralized and degraded with soldiers urinating on dead civilians and awaiting deployment orders for the next illegal intervention. - Our education system has been degraded with standards falling and pervasive defunding. Our transportation system, ditto. - I could go on, but I don’t have to. We are all living the decline with downward mobility, jobless and foreclosures, to cite a few trends that make life so miserable for so many. - Now, our godlike financial ratings agencies have decided to degrade nine countries struggling to fix their financial crisis."

Regarding the five articles and video shown above see....Topix ||  Israel is NOT a "Nation-State", Nor Does It Plan To Be One - 01-13-12 - mpg  ||

S&P Downgrades Euro Zone Rescue Fund
Related Article - A quote...."Rating agency Standard & Poor's said Monday it has downgraded the creditworthiness of the euro zone's rescue fund by one notch to AA+, putting the fund's ability to raise cheap bailout money at risk."

Europe’s $39 Trillion Pension Risk Grows as Economy Falters
A quote...."State pension obligations in France and Germany are three times the size of their economies, according to data compiled by Mercer. - Even before the euro crisis, people were worried about Europe’s pension bomb." - Source: Bloomberg
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"Occupy Wall Street" & Other "Occupy" News....

Crowd Chants: "[Expletive Deleted] The Fed" At Occupy Boston Rally Outside The Federal Reserve
Videos - [Blank]TheFed - Prtst@Fed - Rally@Fed -- A quote...."Outside of the Federal Reserve of Boston after a march around the financial district. Keep in mind these are peaceful protests, this was the first night. They aren't trying to incite a riot."

TSA Air Marshal Arrested in Mugging of Boston Occupier
WTF - Video - Alt - (YuTb - 29sec - Jan 12, 2012) - Source:  RSnotRSS -- A quote...."What was a TSA air marshal doing at an Occupy camp at 3:40 on a Saturday morning, just an hour before protestors were evicted by Boston police? - Stealing the iPhone of one of the camp’s prominent voices, then slapping her, apparently. - TSA air marshal Adam Marshall was arrested by the Boston police department at 3:50 a.m. on Dec. 10 after he allegedly argued with members of Occupy, called some of them prostitutes, struck one of Occupy’s organizers and main tweeters in the face, grabbed her iPhone and then fled. - Marshall was pursued by some 25 occupiers, according to witnesses, ditching the phone as he ran, and then was arrested by Boston police who were preparing to evict the camp."

Protesters Occupy the Federal Reserve in Honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.
A quote...."Martin Luther King, Jr. organized an “Occupy DC” protest shortly before his assassination to bring attention to economic inequality. -- Today, protesters honored Dr. King’s vision by staging occupy protests at Federal Reserve banks all over the country. For background on today’s protests, see this, this, this, this and this."
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More On The International Situation....

Israel, US cancel missile defense drill
War Stand-Down -- (The pending war with Iran has been postponed....for now. - mpg) -- A quote...."Israel and the US canceled a missile defense drill, billed as the largest ever in the country's history, planned for the spring, senior military officials said Sunday. -- Initially scheduled for April and called "Austere Challenge," the drill was supposed to see the deployment of thousands of US troops and various sophisticated US military equipment in Israel."

The U.S. Government Funded the Iranian Terrorist Group Which “Found” The Documents Upon Which the Warmongers Are Relying - US-NRE Propaganda Exposed - A quote...."The people pushing for war against Iran are the same neocons who pushed for war against Iraq. See this and this. (They planned both wars at least 20 years ago.) -- The IAEA report being trumpted as a casus belli contains no new information, but is based on a re-hashing of old, debunked claims stemming from “laptop documents”. -- State Department cables released by Wikileaks reveal that the new IAEA head was heavily backed by the U.S., based upon his promises of fealty to the U.S. Indeed, as we’ve seen in the nuclear energy arena, the IAEA is not a neutral, fact-based organization, but a wholly-captured, political agency."

What IAEA reports about Iran’s nuclear energy/medicine, how US War Criminal 1% lie for war
US-NRE Propaganda Exposed - A quote...."IAEA appears to be under the same political pressure to make a case for war on Iran that we witnessed before US armed attack of Iraq. US corporate media and US political “leadership” will not remind Americans that the US eliminated the UN agency director who would have resolved concerns of alleged Iraq weapons...."

Iran makes arrests in scientist assassination
A quote...."Iran has arrested several people in the killing of a nuclear scientist last week that Tehran blames on Israel and the United States, parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani told state Al-Alam TV, Tehran Times daily said on Monday."
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Anger & Amnesty: 'Syria pawn in game of shadows'
Must View RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 5min36sec - Jan 16, 2012) - A quote...."The Arab League is divided over a Qatari proposal to send troops in to Syria. Tunisia's President has warned it could see violence flare-up across the whole region. The Emir of Qatar is leading the calls for Arab action in Syria to put a stop to the 10-month long fighting there. He was also a key player in the Arab League's role in opposing Colonel Gaddafi's rule in Libya. Meanwhile, Syria has announced a release for prisoners jailed during the uprising. This move complies with the Arab League peace plan, which Syria accepted in November. RT talks to Asia Times correspondent Pepe Escobar." - Topix ||  One Vile, Venom Tipped, Taloned Hand Washes the Other - (a.k.a. The Standard Model) - 07-28-10 - mpg  ||

Saudi Arabia, China Ink Nuke Cooperation Deal
Geo-Political Note - Now What!  Israel goes ahead and attacks Saudi Arabia even if they follow the NPT like Iran?  The Saudi Royals are playing this beautifully.  What's their "friend", Israel's North American colony gonna say now? - mpg -- A quote...."The world's biggest oil exporter, Saudi Arabia has signed an agreement with China for cooperation in the development and use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes, which will help to meet the Kingdom's increasing demand for energy and cut its growing dependence on depleting oil resources." - Source:  RTTNews

The Crash and Burn Future of Robot Warfare: What Seventy Downed Drones Tell Us About the New American Way of War -- Weapons Tech Note - A quote...."American fighter jets screamed over the Iraqi countryside heading for the MQ-1 Predator drone, while its crew in California stood by helplessly.  What had begun as an ordinary reconnaissance mission was now taking a ruinous turn.  In an instant, the jets attacked and then it was all over. -- The Predator, one of the Air Force’s workhorse hunter/killer robots, had been obliterated."

Mission Impossible: F-35C jet fighter unable to land on carriers
Weapons Tech Note - A quote...."A design flaw in the US Marine Corps version of the F-35 Lightning II, which prevents it from landing on an aircraft carrier, could see the highly advanced vehicle grounded indefinitely. -- ­The F-35C, also known as the carrier variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (CV JSF), is one of several fifth-generation fighters developed under the JSF program. New documents reveal that the aircraft has a crucial flaw, which could prevent it from ever being able to land on a vessel."
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

Why hasn’t NGO Monitor’s US fundraiser filed legally required public disclosures with Internal Revenue Service?
A quote...."NGO Monitor, the far-right Israeli group that fashions itself as a transparency watchdog, suffers from a mysterious lack of transparency itself. -- The legally-mandated public disclosures required of US nonprofits are nowhere to be found for NGO Monitor’s US-based fundraising arm known as REPORT." - also posted at AlethoNews

Alan Dershowitz, amoral and impotent dwarf.
A quote...."I had the good fortune to write arrangements for the Meeting House Jazz Orchestra this Fall for a benefit concert hosted by Manhattan’s Friends Shelter, the charitable arm of the E. 16th street Quaker Meeting House. The show featured the great British-Israeli saxophonist Gilad Atzmon and my arrangements of his tunes."

Canadian Forces member charged with passing information to foreign entity
A quote...."A member of the military has been charged with communicating information that could harm Canada's interests to a foreign entity." -- a comment shown below.....

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More On The Palestinian Situation....

UK Labour Party student officials face backlash over free tour of Israel, settlements
A quote...."A member of the UK’s National Union of Students Executive Council has denounced several youth and student officers from the opposition Labour Party for taking part in an all-expenses-paid tour of Israel and its illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. The Labour students delegation met with Captain Barak Raz, an Israeli army spokesperson and other Israeli officials." - also posted at AlethoNews

Gaza tunnel smuggling OK, says confused Britain
A quote...."Stuart Littlewood highlights how the British government dissembles and prevaricates in order to shield Israel from pressure and allow it to continue subjecting the 1.5 million Palestinians of the Gaza Strip to unbearable hardships."

Soldiers beat and arrest two teenagers in Hebron
A quote...."On 12 January 2012 at 5:20pm, Israeli soldiers forcibly entered the Zaru family home near the Qitoun checkpoint in al-Khalil (Hebron), assaulting the mother and two sons. The invasion was a result of an earlier encounter between the soldiers and Anas, the older of the sons, age 18 and developmentally disabled." - also posted at AlethoNews
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More On The Economic Situation....

The Daily Bail - Jan 16, 2012 at 12:36 PM
A Daily Bail round-up of the day's business news. - mpg

Sunday January 15th 2012

No posts. - mpg

Saturday January 14th 2012

2012 Is Here, Moral Pole Shift Underway
Quote of the Day...."I’m not an end-of-the-worlder.  I’m not a gloom-and-doomer. -- But after a week of US Marines urinating on corpses, Republican candidates cheering the murders of Iranian scientists, and US officials all but admitting that the real reason for hostilities with Iran is that Iran is one of the last countries on earth with a non-Rothschild central bank…in other words, that Americans are being frog-marched into World War III by Rothschild satanists in order to create a Jerusalem-based global bankster dictatorship…well, I’m starting to believe in this pole-shift thing. -- Americans have obviously lost their moral compass. The poles of morality – good and evil – are switching places."

Clash of Civilization, Iran Part II
A quote...."Israel’s survival kit is: perpetuate conflict, insecurity to rationalize collective hate and finally playing victim. - Devoid of conflict, Israel implodes internally; without hate, Zionism losses its justification; and playing eternal victim to continue blackmailing the West. Absence of this holy trinity, Israel ceases to exist."

IRAN: US/Israeli “False Flag” Attack May Be Underway
False Flag Alert - A quote...."Several warnings of an imminent “false flag” attack by the Israeli-influenced United States on one of its own warships, which will be attributed to Iran, have been reported by several reliable sources. In recent years “false-flag” terrorism has been utilized multiple times by US and Israeli political actors to provide pretexts for otherwise unjustifiable, anti-Islamic military excursions. The plan is to justify an all-out assault on Iran based upon a new fabricated “Pearl Harbor”."

[Israel's German produced] Dolphin class submarine
False Flag Alert - A quote...."Israel has been sending their Dolphin class submarines through the Suez Canal. Traveling on the surface, the Dolphins can travel 8000 miles without needing to refuel. Given a sub-tender in the Indian ocean, Israel's Dolphins may safely be assumed to be at or near the Straights of Hormuz. While the Clinton administration officially refused to sell Tomahawk cruise missiles to Israel, reports are that the US did supply 100 Harpoon missiles which were loaded onto Israel's Dolphins when they made a highly unusual voyage down to Diego Garcia in 2003. Whether later administrations did provide Tomahawks to Israel is unknown. Israel also manufactures the Gabriel series of anti-ship missiles, with the latest version able to fit into a torpedo tube canister launching system. -- The concern here is that Israel wants the US to go to war with Iran. A Dolphin class submarine running on batteries could easily slip into the shallow waters near the coast of Iran, fire missiles at the US battle groups, and blame Iran for the attack, much as Israel ships and planes attacked the USS Liberty and attempted to blame Egypt for that attack." -- *Michael Rivero*
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Cheney Considered Killing American Servicemen [Using People] Dressed as Iran[ians] to Start WWIII
Related Video - From the History File - Sep 22, 2008 - (YuTb - 3min51sec - 09/22/08) - Source:  secretcombinations --  A quote...."The Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Seymour Hersh reveals how the neocons convened around Dick Cheney and brainstormed ways to kick off World War IV, as they fondly call their pet project to take out the Muslims and foment a contrived "clash of civilizations."

Did Eric Holder Cover Up FBI’s Role In ’95 OKC Bomb Plot?
A quote...."In 2005, just ahead of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recovered a box of Kinestik explosives from the home of Terry Nichols, the convicted co-conspirator of Tim McVeigh in the Oklahoma City bombing."

Another ATF weapons operation comes under scrutiny
Fast & Furious II?-- A quote...."Reporting from Washington—In the late summer of 2010, the ATF agent leading the failed Fast and Furious gun-smuggling operation in Arizona flew to Mexico City to help coordinate cross-border investigations of U.S. weapons used by Mexican drug cartels. -- Hope A. MacAllister wanted access to police and military vaults for American weapons recovered by Mexican authorities in raids and at crime scenes. She especially was interested in firearms from another ATF investigation, code-named White Gun, that she was running."

Is America A Victim of Israeli Aggression And False Flag Terror, Or Is That Just Clever CIA Propaganda?
A quote...."In an interview on the Chris Matthews show on MSNBC, former CIA officer Robert Baer said that Israel is behind the string of assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists. The latest victim of this terror campaign was 32-year-old Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan."

[UK] Soldiers' faces before, during and after serving in Afghanistan (13Pics)
Photos - This is an astounding series of photos and short interviews. - mpg

Corrupt Regimes Crumble When the Foot Soldiers Refuse to Carry Out The Tyrant’s Draconian Orders - Part II
Contains Video - Part I - Part II - Part III - (YuTb - 6/10min - Nov 29, 2011) - Source:  liagrainger -- A quote...."I was in Leipzig on November 9, 1989 with leaders of East German opposition and they told me that - perhaps within a year – there would be free passes back and forth across the Berlin wall. -- Within a few hours, the Berlin Wall, at least as far as an impediment to human traffic, did not exist." -- *Chris Hedges*

From The Dust To The Divine: The American People Can Save The World By Ending Washington's Global Empire
A quote...."All we have to do is remember who we are. We are not Germans. We're not peasants in China. We're not peasants in Russia. We have a legacy and a history of fighting for liberty. Americans have always fought for liberty. And we will fight again. So we will not be the Fourth Reich. We will not let that happen. Not without a fight." -- *Stewart Rhodes*, founder of Oath Keepers, speaking on the Alex Jones show on January 12, 2012.

SOPA And PIPA Sponsors Caving In To Opposition - Hip Hip Hooray!! - Victory is in Sight!!
A quote...."As more and more actions are planned in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA), the dual pieces of anti-online piracy legislation moving through Congress, the architects and supporters of these bills have finally begun tiptoeing back."

Obama czar proposed government should ‘infiltrate’ social network sites, chat rooms, message boards
2012 Election Cycle - A quote...."Just prior to his appointment as President Obama’s so-called regulatory czar, Cass Sunstein wrote a  lengthy academic paper suggesting the government should “infiltrate” social network websites, chat rooms and message boards." - Source:  ArronKlein

Outrage As RNC Fraud Rears Its True Ugly Head
A quote..."Many Conservative Americans are scratching their heads and trying to figure out what IN HELL has gotten into some of the better-known names of the Republican Party. Must have learned too much from Clinton, Bush and Barky."

When Mitt Romney Came To Town — Full, complete version
Video - 2012 Election Cycle - Alt - (YuTb - 26min07sec - Jan 11, 2012) -- A quote...."It is obvious that a lot of money went into this documentary about Romney and Bain, and it did. This is produced by one of Newt Gingrich's support groups. What is that old saying, the enemy of my enemy is my friend? Well, not in this case, but this video does help Ron Paul without question, and may well be the reason Mitt Romney has backed off his claim of job creation and is trying to make immigration his new defining issue!" -- *Michael Rivero*

Which presidential candidates have earned the defense industry’s support?
2012 Election Cycle - And the winner?  The "Peace Prize" candidate of course! - mpg -- A quote...."President Obama is leading the pack in donations from the defense industry: according to the Center for Responsive Politics."

Obamney vs. US, USrael vs. Iran, Eugenicists vs. Everyone - New World Next Week
CRVideo - Alt - (CRYuTb - 14min41sec - Jan 12, 2012) - Source:  corbettreport -- A quote..."Welcome back to http://NewWorldNextWeek.com — the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week...."

War with Iran?...
CMcGVideo - Alt - (CMcGYuTb - 4min02sec - Jan 15, 2012) - Source: crabbydogtrix

Broadcasting live from Hawaii on Justin TV - January 14 2012
MRVideo - Note:  To avoid the advertisements and the radio commentary goto 8min10sec into the broadcast - mpg - (JustinTV - 2hrs - Jan 14th, 2012) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire and many other issues.

Gerald Celente - Jeff Rense Radio Show - 13 January 2012
Must Listen Video - (YuTb - 44min55sec - Jan 14, 2012) - Source:  geraldcelente
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens...

Keiser Report: Wall Street Gangsta! (E236)
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 25min44sec - Jan 14, 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 corruption with a clean face and Jamie "Spaghetti Face" Dimon. In the second half of the show, Max talks to investment adviser and blogger Michael Krieger about Ron Paul, the Fed and political futures."

The Problem is Big Government
AJVideo - PeterSchiff(1/2) - PeterSchiff(2/2) - (AJYuTb - 12/13min - Jan 14, 2012) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- And TBTF financial institutions. - mpg -- A quote...."Tonight's Friday, January 13, 2012 edition of the Infowars Nightly News features an interview with Peter Schiff, investor and economic advisor to Ron Paul. Schiff gives his forecast for 2012, with an eye on crashing economies and the fresh credit downgrades for nine EU countries, new theaters of war and the impact of Ron Paul's presidential campaign."

Home Seizures May Jump 25% This Year as U.S. Foreclosures Resume
A quote...."Jan. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Banks may seize more than 1 million U.S. homes this year after legal scrutiny of their foreclosure practices slowed actions against delinquent property owners in 2011, RealtyTrac Inc. said. -- About 1.89 million properties received notices of default, auction or repossession last year, down 34 percent from 2010 and the lowest number since 2007, the Irvine, California-based data seller said today in a statement. One in 69 U.S. households received a filing."

AP source: House Republicans got discounted loans
Gets you ticked off huh? - mpg -- A quote...."14 Jan 2012 Two veteran House Republicans received discounted mortgage loans from the now-defunct Countrywide Financial Corp. under a VIP program, a congressional official said Friday. "

'France downgrade well-deserved disaster for Sarkozy'
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 4min44sec - Jan 13, 2012) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."France's prized triple-A credit rating could be about to be cut, according to a senior Eurozone source." - France WAS cut, one notch. - mpg

Q4 Spanish Unemployment Soars By Most Since Lehman, Hits "Astronomical" 23.3%
Chart - (click to enlarge) -- A quote...."For anyone convinced that yesterday's S&P two notch downgrade of Spain to A is the last one for a while, we have some bad news: in Q4 Spanish unemployment soared by the most since the Lehman collapse, hitting what new PM Mariano Rajoy called an "astronomical" 5.4 million."

Romania clashes video: Protests turn violent in Bucharest
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 1min27sec - Jan 15, 2012) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."There have been violent scenes in the Romanian capital Bucharest between police and protestors demonstrating over health service cuts. Nine people were injured, as officers used tear gas while some in the crowd threw petrol bombs. Thousands have been taking to the streets across the country, angry at more government austerity measures needed to get new financial help from the International Monetary Fund. Opponents say the already outdated medical system will be further worsened and living standards reduced."
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More On The International Situation....

Oil, Dollar Hegemony and Islam
Must Read - A quote...."....they put into planning an interventionist force, designed expressly for the purpose of stealing Arab oil fields, and that was called the rapid deployment force. And it took ten years of training, planning, positioning, and supply to build that interventionist force of that capability and eventually it was called the U.S. Central Command. The purpose of the U.S. Central Command is to steal and control and dominate the oil and gas resources of the Persian Gulf and Central Asia. And that's exactly what the U.S. Central Command proceeded to do in the Bush Sr. war against Iraq, their first military expedition."

UK seeks Saudi Arabia support to attack Iran?
Must View RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 4min53sec - Jan 14, 2012) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote.... "British PM David Cameron has met with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia - the UK's biggest trade partner and arms market in the Middle East. The gulf kingdom has been rattled by recent unrest in the Arab world - and has suppressed protests on home soil as well as elsewhere with ruthless force. During the visit, the British leader and the King of Saudi Arabia discussed shared concerns about Syria, with David Cameron talking about removing the country's President. But senior politics editor at the New Statesman magazine Mehdi Hasan believes Britain has no moral authority to preach democracy to a country which is using lethal force to disperse protests."

Russia: “Should Anything Happen to Iran … This Will Be a Direct Threat to Our National Security”
A quote...."Iran is our close neighbor, just south of the Caucasus. Should anything happen to Iran, should Iran get drawn into any political or military hardships, this will be a direct threat to our national security,” -- *Dmitry Rogozin*, Russia’s deputy prime minister and former envoy to NATO

Iran sends rare letter to U.S. over killed scientist
A quote...."We have reliable documents and evidence that this terrorist act was planned, guided and supported by the CIA," the Iranian foreign ministry said in a letter handed to the Swiss ambassador in Tehran, state TV reported. The Swiss embassy represents U.S. interests in a country where Washington has no diplomatic ties. -- The spokesman for Iran's Joint Armed Forces Staff, Massoud Jazayeri, said: "Our enemies, especially America , Britain and the Zionist regime (Israel), have to be held responsible for their actions."

AIPAC’s “War With Iran”
A quote...."It is time for more diplomacy not less — even if that means offending a powerful lobby that is hell-bent for war."

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."

Japan backtracks on Iran oil embargo
Awwwww this is a STUPID headline!  Japan's FM essentially said "maybe" when asked if Japan would participate in the AIPAC/Israeli Consortium's sanctions against Iran.  That's because the Japanese are polite, they don't like to say a flat out no....but he meant NO. They're not "backtracking" on anything. - mpg

Oil prices, Iran are increasingly sources of concern
Related Article - And here's WHY Japan said NO! - mpg -- A quote...."The push for tighter sanctions on Iranian oil exports comes at a time when oil prices are already high. Last year was a record-shattering year for oil prices, which averaged $107 a barrel, about 14 percent more than in the previous record year of 2008, according to figures from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries." - bold by website editor
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Syria and Iran: the great game
Must Read - Second Quote of the Day...."This is today's "great game" – losing Syria. And this is how it is played: set up a hurried transitional council as sole representative of the Syrian people, irrespective of whether it has any real legs inside Syria; feed in armed insurgents from neighbouring states; impose sanctions that will hurt the middle classes; mount a media campaign to denigrate any Syrian efforts at reform; try to instigate divisions within the army and the elite; and ultimately President Assad will fall – so its initiators insist." - also posted at ICH

Friends In Greed: 'Qatar-US synergy could work again with Syria'
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 4min40sec - Jan 15, 2012) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."The emir of Qatar has become the first Arab leader to voice support for military intervention in Syria should the bloodshed continue there. Does that mean Doha is aligned with the West's agenda in the region?"

Syrian president grants general amnesty
A quote...."President of Syria Bashar al-Assad has issued a decree granting a general amnesty, the official government news agency SANA reported on Sunday."
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Afghan Stalemate: 'US pullout to be delayed for years'
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 7min17sec - Jan 15, 2012) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."A leaked CIA report says the situation in Afghanistan is mired in stalemate, contradicting recent optimistic Pentagon statements. The sobering conclusion is deepening divisions between U.S. intelligence and the military, about the outcome of the decade-long war."

US-led chopper crashes in Afghanistan
A quote...."A helicopter operated by the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has crashed in Logar province in eastern Afghanistan, Press TV reports."
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Obama Sending US Forces to Libya
A quote...."Throughout 2011, Washington and rogue NATO partners committed Nuremberg level crimes. They made Libya a charnel house. -- Terror bombing caused massacres, mass destruction and human misery. Libya remains wracked by violence, instability, and illegitimate governance. -- Occupation, colonization, pillaging and exploitation intend raping Libya for profit."

Iraq: Arbaeen Attacks Leave 71 Killed, 145 Wounded
al-CIA'da Strike - (The Saudi Royals and the CIA must be so proud of what they've done. - mpg) -- A quote...."Today is Arbaeen, which marks the end of the 40-day mourning period observed by Shi’ite pilgrims in honor of Hussein bin Ali, the Prophet Mohammad’s grandson. As expected, insurgents staged a major bombing against pilgrims. It alone left about 200 casualties. Overall, at least 71 people were killed and 145 more wounded. It is unknown if any foreigners were among the casualties. -- In Zubayr, a suicide bomber dressed in a military uniform set off his vest amidst a group of pilgrims, killing 64 and wounding 137 more. Many were women and children." - bold by website editor

UK PM accused of bullying Scotland
A quote...."Scotland First Minister has accused UK prime minister of attempting to “bully and intimidate Scotland” after David Cameron forced a deadline for Scottish independence referendum."

Talks to end Nigeria fuel crisis fail
A quote...."Talks between Nigerian government and union leaders over the state's controversial decision of removing the fuel subsidies have ended without an agreement."

Key US oil supplier may cut off spigot Sunday
A quote...."NEW YORK (AP) — One of the biggest suppliers of oil to the United States may shut off the spigot this weekend, pushing crude and gasoline prices higher for Americans. -- Nigeria, which supplies 8 percent of U.S. oil imports, could see production halted if striking workers walk off the job Sunday. Workers are demanding the return of a vital government fuel subsidy that has kept gasoline prices low in that impoverished and restive nation of 160 million people."

What Did Cuba Ever Do to Us?
Defeated a CIA lead invasion.  That is something which is UNFORGIVABLE to the New Roman Empire.  It makes the Empire look bad. - mpg -- A quote...."In 1954, Washington punished President Jacobo Arbenz for nationalizing United Fruit company property in Guatemala (a US-backed coup d’etat), to again dramatize how the US treated disobedience. -- Despite the long history of US punishment of insubordinate Latin American leaders, Castro and compañeros remained focused on goals emerging in the 1860s’ revolt against Spain: independence; sovereignty; social justice."
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

Why Don’t They Pull the Plug on Israeli Trade?
Action Alert - 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 imprisonment and collective punishment inflicted on the civilian population in the overcrowded enclave of Gaza continues without let-up. -- For example, those whose children were killed or maimed by Israel’s murderous blitzkrieg 3 years ago (Operation Cast Lead), and whose homes were destroyed, have received no response to the criminal complaints submitted on their behalf by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights. Not only that. They are still subjected to air-strikes, shelling or sniper fire on an almost daily basis, and live in constant fear." - also posted at AlethoNews - 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.

Did you know that by law the US guarantees israel's oil supply - no matter what?
A quote...."Under a 1975 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) the USA guaranteed all Israel's oil needs in the event of a crisis. This Memorandum of Understanding is quietly renewed every five years. It commits U.S. taxpayers to maintain a strategic U.S. reserve for Israel, equivalent to $3 billion in 2002 dollars."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Settlers [Jewish gang-banging vandals] torch a car in Hebron, throw stones at house
A quote...."HEBRON (Ma’an) -- Settlers [Jealous Jewish gang-bangers] torched a Palestinian owned car overnight Saturday in the southern city of Hebron. - The owner, Hana Abu Heikal, told Ma'an that settlers began to throw stones at her home near the Tel Rumeida settlement at around 2 a.m before setting fire to her car."

Here we go again - another round of futile negotiations
A quote...."The bad news from Israel keeps coming thick and fast. If the report by European embassies in Tel Aviv on Israel's discrimination against Palestinian Arabs was bad, then surely the internal EU report on the West Bank was shocking. One only needs to scan the two to realise why the Amman talks between Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat and Yitzhak Molko, the advisor to the Israeli prime minister, are doomed to fail." - also posted at Uruknet

Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (05- 11 January 2012)
Every week of the year.....

• A Palestinian woman was wounded by IOF in the Gaza Strip.
• IOF have continued to use force against peaceful protests in the West Bank.
• 3 Palestinian civilian were wounded.
• IOF arrested 5 Palestinian civilians, including a woman.
• IOF conducted 68 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and a limited one into the Gaza Strip.   
• IOF arrested 20 Palestinians, including two children and a university professor.
• IOF have continued to attack Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip.
• IOF arrested 4 fishermen and confiscated their boat.
• Israel has continued to impose a total closure on the OPT and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.
• Israeli soldiers arrested 6 Palestinian civilians, including two children, at various checkpoints in the West Bank.
• Israel has continued efforts to create a Jewish majority in East Jerusalem.
• IOF demolished some civilian facilities in al-‘Eizariya village.
• IOF demolished some civilian facilities in al-‘Eissawiya village to establish a biblical garden.
• IOF have continued settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.
• IOF demolished 3 houses in al-Dyouk village, northwest of Jericho.
• Israeli settlers burnt 3 cars in Deir Estia village, northwest of Salfit.

Friday January 13th 2012

"Be it the CIS states, the SCO, the South American Currency Union the GCC's currency union, Asia's currency union, and many others.  [Note: these alternative currency spheres are not even up and running yet, most of them are just in the planning stages] No one will be allowed to threaten the US-NRE's [the AIPAC/Israeli Consortium's] monopoly over its "reserve" currency system of Neo-Roman tribute extraction.  The US-NRE's government, Goldman Sachs and a few other Banksters intend to make an "example" of the EU and anybody else that gets in their way."

"We should all just call it the US-NRE's "Financial PNAC Protocol".  Its plans for Full Spectrum Financial Dominance." -- *The First Salvos of the Currency Wars - 05-07-10 - mpg*