Wednesday February 16th 2011

More On The Domestic Situation....

Truth and Consequences: A Watershed Moment for Rebuilding a Movement
Special Note - A quote...."The website “9/11 Blogger” was exposed as a controlled opposition site years ago by myself and a long list of other well-meaning Truth advocates.  Heavily controlled actually. -- Typically I wouldn’t waste my time or yours writing about the goings on over there, but recently it has come to my attention that due to their own overreaching, Blogger could become a kind of microcosm for the Truth movement which allows us to better understand (1) the well-financed and organized effort which has been leveled against our little movement by those who mean to end speculation and reasoned inquiry about 9/11 once and for all and (2) the resilience of those of us who still demand to know the truth and still dare to speak it."  - Topix ||  9/11-NORAD  ||

Regarding the author's theory that something else hit the Pentagon besides a plane, it's this website editor's contention that IF four real planes, with real passengers, were hijacked on 9/11....the simplest, and therefore the most likely scenario, (Occam's Razor) would have been for all four of the planes to be remoted directly into their targets on that fateful day -- with the possible exception of flight 93, (the plane slated to crash into WTC7) which may have been deliberately shot down by US-NRE authorities (or remoted into the ground by the perpetrators), after the passengers had sucessfully, and very unexpectedly, seized control of the aircraft.

It's the simplest explanation that fits the known facts and the easiest of the various scenarios to accomplish, assuming again there were four real planes involved that day.  Theoretically, the electronics could have been installed, the planes set on auto-navigation to their designated destinations once the "patsies" had taken over, and toward the end of their flights (during which NORAD was grounded) once they'd reached their pre-programed destinations, remoted one at a time through a satellite down-link into their designated targets by a single person. All with available technology which had already been demonstrated and tested by then.

No doubt of course more people were involved, but the fact that it would have been technically possible for a single person to carry out such an operation demonstrates just how few people would really be needed to participate in such an attack and therefore how simple and easy such an operation would be to keep secret. 

Any other explanation involves a lot more people, equipment, exposure and witnesses. 

Also of course under this scenario there would be no need to get rid of any embarrassing airplanes, "patsies" or passengers, since they, along with any incriminating on-board equipment, would be incinerated and destroyed on impact. - mpg
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You Know Him as 'Bin Laden,' But His REAL Name is Tom Osman, CIA/MOSSAD Asset
Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."9/11 was a False Flag/Inside Job pulled off the the White House, elements of the CIA, FBI and ISRAEL. -- This False Flag/Inside Job gave Israel's colony, the USSA the excuse it needed to 'Shock and Awe' ME and SW Asia nations that were NO threat to America, but which Israel wanted 'wiped off the face of the Earth.' -- At the same time, it helped provide cover for those Zionist owned, Jewish run Wall Street gangster banksters to steal TRILLIONS from American 401k accounts and pension funds, all helped by the Zionist owned, Jewish run Federal Reserve, the biggest con job in American history.... other than the 9/11 False Flag/Inside Job." - Topix ||  US Fake Intel / Propaganda - Osama bin long gone Laden  ||

FBI Translator Submitted Report Entitled "Kamikaze Pilots" to Bureau 5 Months Before 9/11 Warning of Al Qaeda Attacks on U.S. Cities - Special Note - A quote...."According to newly-declassified documents - PDF, an FBI translator filed a report with the Bureau entitled "Kamikaze Pilots", warning of an al-Qaeda plot to attack America in a suicide mission involving planes within the near future. --As Sibel Edmonds (herself a former FBI translator) wrote last month...."


What did the US and Britain know prior to the July 7 London bombings?
Special Note - A quote...."The release of terrorist Mohammed Junaid Babar, due to “exceptional cooperation” beginning before his arrest, raises the question: How much prior knowledge did the US and British authorities have about the July 7, 2005, terror bombings in London?" - also posted at GlobalRsrch

Senator: "There Are No More Excuses for Avoiding an Independent Review and Assessment of How the FBI Handled its Investigation in the Anthrax Case"  - Special Note - A quote...."I wrote a lengthy article yesterday showing that the science attempting to link Bruce Ivins with the anthrax attacks was incredibly weak. -- Now I will address some of the other holes in the FBI's case against Ivins. -- As I noted in August 2008...." - Topix ||  US-False Flag Ops - Bruce Ivins  ||

Serious doubt cast on FBI's anthrax case against Bruce Ivins
Special Note - Related Article - A quote...."For years, the FBI believed that it had identified the perpetrator of the 2001 anthrax attacks -- former Army researcher Steven Hatfill -- only to be forced to acknowledge that he wasn't involved and then pay him $5.8 million for the damage he suffered from those false accusations.   In late July, 2008, the FBI announced that, this time, it had identified the Real Perpetrator:  Army researcher Bruce Ivins, who had just committed suicide as a result of being subjected to an intense FBI investigation.  Ivins' death meant that the FBI's allegations would never be tested in a court of law." - also posted at RedactedNews - Topix ||  US-False Flag Ops - Bruce Ivins  ||

At Clinton Speech: Veteran Bloodied, Bruised and Arrested for Standing Silently
Hillary Watch - A quote...."As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave her speech at George Washington University yesterday condemning governments that arrest protestors and do not allow free expression, 71-year-old Ray McGovern was grabbed from the audience in plain view of her by police and an unidentified official in plain clothes, brutalized and left bleeding in jail. She never paused speaking. When Secretary Clinton began her speech, Mr. McGovern remained standing silently in the audience and turned his back. Mr. McGovern, a veteran Army officer who also worked as a C.I.A. analyst for 27 years, was wearing a Veterans for Peace t-shirt." - also posted at RedactedNews

A Marc Too Far
Hillary Watch - A quote...."Hillary Clinton has appointed Marc Grossman her special AfPak representative to replace Richard Holbrooke. Readers of TAC might well recall the Grossman saga as related by FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds. Per Edmonds, Grossman was involved in suspected illegal activity connected to the Turkish and Israeli governments and was under investigation by the FBI. -- Part of Sibel Edmonds’ interview went as follows, picking up the account after Grossman had to return to the United States from Turkey...."

Investigators enter Wheeler's home
The John P Wheeler File -  A quote...."Police crime scene investigators descended on the New Castle home of slain former Pentagon official John P. Wheeler III today, spending about three hours inside and leaving in five vehicles with a large paper bag and several manila envelopes stuffed with suspected evidence."

The New Black Politics: All We Want Is A Black Royal Family, Not Jobs, Peace, or Justice
A quote...."With record black unemployment, unjust wars and torture continuing, it's time to ask, Can we let a black pharoah go? The historical African American legacy as the most progressive-minded constituency in the U.S. seems to have hit a royalist snag in the Age of Obama.  "Four years after declaring himself “Joshua” to Dr. King's Moses, our first black president resembles Pharoah more than anybody else."
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More on the Middle East's Revolutions....

Zionism Contra Democracy
Must Read - A quote...."Israeli leaders are terrified that this democratic revolution might bring about a radical change in Egypt’s foreign policy, since Mubarak had acquiesced  to and actually in some ways facilitated Israel’s regional hegemony, which the general public neither in Egypt nor anywhere else in the Middle East would voluntarily support."

Egyptian Blockade of Gaza — The March for Liberation Coming February 26
Must Read - Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."There is much talk about who and what is behind the popular revolts in the Arab world and I find such talk as interesting as anyone.  But more than talk I am interested in action.  Indeed that is why tears of joy streamed down my face as I watched the Egyptian people cleansing themselves of the shame brought upon them by Mubarak and his fellow thieves and traitors.  Clearly however, the job is far from complete."

Egypt’s Uprising: Not Just a Question of “Transition”
Special Note - A quote...."No sooner had Hosni Mubarak been pushed aside than the corporate media began busily minimizing the goals of the Egyptian people’s revolt. It was all about one man’s crimes, they said, requiring only some “democratic” adjustments to make the “transition” to a system that Washington and London could love. But “class remains the key dynamic to understanding any social transformation,” in Arab lands as elsewhere. “The result of neoliberalism was the enrichment of a tiny elite concurrent with the immiseration of the vast majority.”

Egypt: Social Movements, the CIA and the Mossad
Special Note - A quote...."The mass movements which forced the removal of Mubarak reveal both the strength and weaknesses of spontaneous uprisings. On the one hand, the social movements demonstrated their capacity to mobilize hundreds of thousands, if not millions, in a successful sustained struggle culminating in the overthrow of the dictator in a way that pre-existent opposition parties and personalities were unable or unwilling to do." - also posted at AlethoNews & MyCatBird'sSeat - Source:  JamesPetras

CIA, Mossad Have Control Over the Newly Appointed Military Junta in Egypt
A quote...."Hamsayeh.Net - Senior Iranian expressed grave concerns over CIA’s role during recent mass movements in Egypt that led to Mubarak’s dismissal from power by his western backers. -- Mohammad Javad Larijani, Secretary General of the High Council fo Human Rights, told Iranian national television IRIB on Monday, both Mossad and CIA play active roles in Egypt thus effectively controlling the military junta that came into power after Mubarak was forced to stepped down last week."

Egypt, Israel, Gaza Tinderbox
Special Note - A quote...."A very small - but highly strategic - sliver of real estate once again holds the key to possible future conflict in the Middle East. -- The Egyptian Revolution has raised questions as to the possible termination of the 1979 Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty by Egypt. Any such concern - in the short term - seems to have been allayed by the Fourth Egyptian Military Statement  issued on 12 February declaring...."

Major new protests in Bahrain, Yemen, Libya and Iraq
A quote...."Populations across the Middle East and North Africa continue to express opposition to their respective governments, demanding political rights and pressing for economic gains, in an unprecedented wave of unrest and resistance. The movement, among peoples oppressed by their own ruling elites in alliance with imperialism, has sent shockwaves through Washington, London, Paris and the capitals of all the great powers."

Three killed, dozens injured in Iraqi protests
A quote...."(Reuters) - Three people were killed and dozens wounded in the southern Iraqi city of Kut on Wednesday in clashes between security forces and protesters demanding better basic services, police and hospital sources said."

Egyptian workers step up strike offensive
A quote...."Tens of the thousands of Egyptian workers ignored appeals by military high command and spread their strike actions across the country Wednesday, demanding higher pay, better working conditions, and the purging of corrupt officials linked to ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak."

Egypt protestors ignore calls for end of tumult, strikes continue
A quote...."Egyptian protestors on Thursday continued to stage nationwide strikes with no regard to calls from the country's leadership to end the upheavals and return to work, local media said."

Timely Toon -- Bad News For Israel
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Mubarak and the Fall of the Zionist Running Dogs! - video - (YuTb 12m22s Feb 16, 2011) - Source:  drdduke
Two Types of Revolt - The Long Arab Revolution
Egypt’s Coup d'Etat
Egyptian democracy advocate critical of military
Egypt Junta ‘Hopes’ for Elections in Six Months - Military Outlines Vague Timetable for Elected Govt
[Iran's] Supreme Leader: US Trying to Derail Egyptian Revolution - Yeah!  Duh!  Including yours! - mpg
US Can No Longer Deceive the People of Egypt: [Iran's Supreme] Leader
Mubarak’s Funds Found by Swiss - Hip Hip Hooray for the Swiss! - mpg
55 injured in [Iraq] Kut protests
Iraqis attack government offices
King Apologizes for Killings as Bahrain Protests Continue
Riot Police Storm Bahrain Camp; 4 Reported Dead
Bahrain Crackdown: Riot police storm protest camp on Manama Pearl Square - video - (2m31s 021711) Src: RT
Video of deadly Bahrain protests as violence escalates in Manama - video - (RT - 1m17s - 021711) Src: RT
Violent protests in Iran, Bahrain as Egypt Army 'split between bus. & military' - video - (2m08s 021711) Src: RT
‘Saudi Arabia sending troops to Bahrain’
One killed in Yemen as protesters clash with police
Police kill 2 in clashes with Yemen protesters
Tunisia-style popular uprisings spread with more bloodshed
Pro-democracy demonstration to continue in Mideast: analysts
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More On The International Situation....

[US-NRE's] Helmand operation leaves 4 dead
(Grim photo) - A quote...."LASHKARGAH (PAN): Four family members, including three students, were killed in an Afghan and coalition-led operation in southern Helmand province, villagers and officials said on Wednesday. -- The press office of the International Security Assistance Force confirmed the operation in Nawa district on Tuesday night, but said it had targeted “known Taliban insurgents”. It gave no further details."

U.S. claims diplomatic immunity for ex-Special Forces soldier accused of shooting dead two men in Pakistan
The Raymond Davis File - A quote...."The case of Raymond Davis, a former Special Forces soldier who worked for the U.S. Consulate in Lahore, has sparked an international stand-off between Pakistan and the U.S. - with Congress even threatening to withdraw millions in aid unless he is handed over to American authorities. - Mystery surrounds Mr Davis's role in Pakistan amid speculation that he was not just an ordinary diplomat, but a spy working on the frontline in one of the most perilous countries on the planet. - Sources in Pakistan claim that when police searched Mr Davis's Honda rental car, they found a telescope, photographs of sensitive defence installations and even sophisticated make-up that could be used for facial disguises."

Threats of Revolt in Pakistan Over Possible ‘Pardon’ of US Official
The Raymond Davis File - A quote...."With US officials angrily demanding the release of consulate employee Raymond Davis from a Lahore prison from the very start, it seemed inevitable that the Zardari government would eventually cave to the pressure and release him, either on grounds of “diplomatic immunity” or as a blanket pardon for the two murders he is accused of. Indeed, it was so assumed that this would be the case that the widow of one of the slain took her own life in protest before any announcement was even made. -- But even as Prime Minister Gilani hinted at the prospect of that pardon, there is a growing movement threatening an Egypt-style revolt against the government if they dare to do so."

Confiscated U.S. Military Cargo in Argentina Was For A South American Black Op; CIA Operatives Under Investigation - More on the US-NRE's Black-Ops C-17 -- A quote...."Authorities in Argentina may not return the confiscated military cargo to the United States, despite the diplomatic outcry by the Obama administration and the State Department. The government of Argentina has now released more information about the so-called ‘security training cargo’ that was confiscated last week. -- Among the nearly one thousand cubic feet of confiscated cargo, customs officials found several weapons, wiretapping equipment, sophisticated GPS trackers, fake security uniforms, and psychotropic drugs, including expired doses of morphine. All the confiscated cargo was contained in wooden crates marked ’7th Special Forces Group, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina,’ according to Argentine journalist Walter Goobar." - See also related article.....US Air Force C17 transport caught smuggling arms and drugs into Argentina  - Alt - posted 02-14-11

USSA Planning a Mumbai type Attack Against Argentina?
More on the US-NRE's Black-Ops C-17 - Related Article - A quote...."US continues on with its illegal dirty wars as per usualArgentina’s foreign ministry has issued a press release stating that it will be making a formal protest over undeclared weapons and drugs brought into the nation at Ezeiza last Thursday. A manifest provided by the US did not list war materiel and drugs which were seized by Argentine authorities. -- Among the confiscated materiel were communications interception equipment, encrypted communications equipment, sophisticated GPS devices, high power rifles, a machine gun and narcotics as well as a full trunk of expired pharmaceuticals including stimulants. All boxes had the stamp of the 7th Army Airborne Brigade based in North Carolina."

Commander: Iranian Nation Wants Trial of Sedition Masterminds
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian nation can no more tolerate seditious moves in the country and wants a swift trial of the masterminds of the recent riots in the capital, a senior Iranian military commander stressed on Wednesday."

Saakashvili turned Georgia into police state - opposition
A quote...."TBILISI. Feb 11 (Interfax) - On Friday about 100 Georgian opposition supporters held protests outside the parliament building where President Mikheil Saakashvili was due to make an annual report on the domestic and foreign policy two hours later." - also posted at GlobalRsrch

Russia to start building new S-500 air defense missiles by 2014
A quote..."Russia will start serial production of its next-generation S-500 missile system in 2014, an aerospace defense chief said on Thursday. - The S-500 air defense system will be able to track and destroy ballistic missiles with ranges of up to 3,500 kilometers."

China to further regulate rare earth exports: MOC spokesman
A quote...."BEIJING, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- China will further regulate rare earth exports and crack down on smuggling of rare earth minerals, Commerce Ministry spokesman Yao Jian said at a press conference Thursday."

Bedouins Barricaded in Cemetery as Israel Demolishes Village for 17th Time, Injuring Children
A quote...."Israeli forces arrived in the early hours of the morning and immediately began shooting rubber bullets at the residents. When the first round of shooting subsided, the Special Forces pushed people from their homes and began demolishing the village for the 17th time." - also posted at AlethoNews
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Jimmy Carter’s Gift of ‘APARTHEID’
Special Note - A quote...."There is much in a name. Carter has given us the gift of “apartheid.” Let us use the term ceaselessly so that the truth about the apartheid nature of Israel becomes crystal clear."

The “Palestine Papers”: Grave Palestinian concessions met with utter Israeli rejectionism
A quote...."With revolutionary change across the Arab World eroding Israel’s power in the region, BDS has become a key strategy of the Palestinian people for a global struggle to hold Israel accountable and assert our inalienable rights under international law "

Israeli forces storm several houses in Jenin, detain Palestinians
A quote...."West bank,  (Pal Telegrph)-Israeli forces carried out Thursday at dawn raid operations in Zabuba village in the west of Jenin and searched a number of civilian houses near Israeli Salem camp. - Witnesses said “ Israeli soldiers broke into several houses and drove out their inhabitants in the cold and rain.”

IOF troops round up 11 Palestinians, storm Al-Khalil villages
A quote...."AL-KHALIL, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed five villages in Al-Khalil and the city itself in pre-dawn raids on Thursday and searched many homes, locals reported."

Israeli navy kills 3 Palestinian fishermen north Gaza
A quote...."Gaza Strip, (Pal Telegraph)-Three Palestinians fishermen were killed Thursday at dawn by Israeli gunboats  fire during their work in the west of Bait Lahya, northern Gaza Strip. -- Adham Abu Silmya, medical emergency spokesman, told Safa news agency that the victims identified as Ashraf Eqteefan,29, Jehad Fathi,20, and Talaat El-Rawagh,25, were evacuated to Kamal Udwan hospital in the north of Gaza Strip ." - Topix ||  Israel's Scorched Earth  ||

Who Were The First Terrorists in the Middle East
Video - (YuTb - 10min 05sec - October 15, 2009) - Source:  scottishbadboy1
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More On The Economic Situation....

You Want Inflation? Here's How To Get It
Must Read - A quote...."The Federal Reserve's stated goal is to create modest inflation. Unfortunately they don't grasp the difference between speculative inflation and organic inflation. The Fed's official goals are to stabilize prices and maintain employment, and its de facto policy to achieve these lofty, high-minded goals is to divert huge sums of the national income to the insolvent banking sector."

Keiser Report: Shoe Throwing Index (E121)
MKVideo - Alt - GREAT interview with Barry Ritholtz! - mpg - (MKRTYuTb - 26min 39sec - February 15, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday - Producer:  Max Keiser TV -- A quote...."This week Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, talk about the Shoe Throwing Index, Saudi oil reserves and haircuts on investors. In the second half of the show, Max talks to investment adviser, Barry Ritholtz, about program trading and agnotology." - Related || "Bailout Nation" - GoglBkPrcSrch  ||

Gerald Celente on Obama’s Budget
GCVideo - GCAlt1 - RTAlt2 - (GCRTYuTb - 7min 30sec - February 15, 2011) - Source:  RTAmerica - Producer:  GeraldCelenteChannel -- A quote...."The new US budget was revealed by President Obama calling for America to rebalance the global economy, stressing that the US cannot rely on foreign governments to finance domestic consumption. However, many point to Obama's inability to rein in spending, including Gerald Celente. He says the future will be more of the same; it's going to be more debt and placing the burden on the American people."

The Fed's Policy of Creating Inflation: A Massive Wealth Transfer
A quote...."Obviously, the Fed's ultra loose monetary policy has backfired. Its intended policy of printing money in excess of what the economy demands has resulted in raising real long-term interest rates, not lowering them. Indeed, with long-term nominal rates on the rise while inflation will take many months to surface, the immediate effect of the Fed's November announcement was to raise real long-term Treasury rates, not to lower them. Mortgage rates are also on the rise, threatening to postpone the long anticipated recovery in the housing market."

[GOP Senator Jane] Cunningham defends proposal to eliminate many child labor law restrictions
Ya'gotta see her picture, she makes Kim Jong-il look good!  - mpg -- A quote...."State Sen. Jane Cunningham says her quest to change Missouri's child labor laws is driven by her belief that the current restrictions are "implying that government can make a better decision than a parent." - Hey, does that include the sex trade you stupid, dim-witted, blob-head? - mpg

Cut Benefits to Bankers, Not Public Services (One Good Cut)
Video - (YuTb - 3min 38sec - February 07, 2011) - Source:  PositiveMoneyUK -- A quote...."George Osborne says that we all must pay more taxes and receive fewer public services. According to the chancellor there is no Plan B for the UK economy - but he's utterly wrong. -- We could make one simple spending cut that could make all others unnecessary. -- Here's Plan B: cut the benefits to bankers! -- Banks are the most heavily subsidised businesses in the world, specially protected by governments. While the money runs out for the rest of us, the largest private banks still thrive. This is because they get the biggest subsidy of them all - the licence to print money."

Oil rises to $104 a barrel
A quote...."The price of oil flirted with two-and-a-half-year highs amid fresh concerns about tensions in the Middle East." - Source:  Telegraph

U.S. Industrial Production Falls
A quote...."Washington, Feb 17 (Prensa Latina) U.S. industrial production fell 0.1 percent in January, marking the first decline since June 2009 and well below expectations, the Federal Reserve (FED) said."

Portuguese Officials Warn of Double-Dip Recession, Big Bailout
A quote...."Portugal is headed for a double-dip recession, a senior official said Wednesday, with punishingly high borrowing costs and a record number of people out of work increasing chances the debt-laden country will become the next casualty of Europe's financial crisis." - bold by website editor - Topix ||  A Quadruple Whammy - 12-16-10 - mpg  ||

Tuesday February 15th 2011

Monday February 14th 2011

The Death Knell Approaches – Charlie McGrath
CMVideo - Alt - (YuTb - February 14, 2011) - Source:  crabbydogtrix - Charlie discusses how we're all becoming one world, a one world plantation for our Bankster masters. - mpg

What Really Happened with Michael Rivero – February 14th, 2011
MRVideo - Alt - (JustInTV - 2hrs - February 14th, 2011) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV - Michael Rivero covers the long up-hill road the Egyptians still have to secure their revolution, Israels on-going crimes and propaganda attempts, the Fed/Bankster catastrophe and Big Brother's attempts to enslave us all. - mpg
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More on the Middle East's Revolutions....

Islamic Political Analysis of Egyptian Revolution (summary).wmv
Must Listen Video/Audio - (YuTb - 18min 01sec - February 12, 2011) - Source:  Cipherverse -- A quote..."A talk on the Egyptian Revolution"

Democracy Without Economic Independence is Worthless
A quote...."The Egyptian military, with a US green light, got rid of Mubarak for precisely the same reason they sent the police and thugs that killed over 300 and injured thousands last week — to allow for the economy to run smoothly again. In other words, the disposing of Mubarak is just another solution, as undesirable as it may be, to re-open banks and have business run as usual. Factories, banks, real state, and other businesses are still owned by the same corrupt leaders, with the fate of the Mubarak family stock still unknown." - also posted at AlethoNews

Egypt at Dawn's Early Light
A quote...."What's unfolding looks different than what protesters demand. World headlines partly reflect it, mostly outside America, especially on US television reporting an illusion of change, when, in fact, coup d'etat rule is in charge, headed by authoritarian generals used to giving, not taking orders." - Source:  SteveLendman

Egypt army rejects protesters' demands
A quote...."Egypt's military has rejected the demands of pro-democracy protesters for a swift transfer of power to a civilian administration, saying it will rule by martial law until presidential election is held in September."

Leave or we'll arrest you, army warns protesters -- Military's threat follows scuffles in Tahrir square
A quote...."Cairo: Egypt's military delivered an ultimatum to dozens of committed protesters in Tahrir Square, the nerve centre of the movement that toppled Hosni Mubarak: to leave and let life return to normal or face arrest." - Source:  Reuters@GulfNews

Military Urges End to Strikes as Egyptians Mass in Tahrir Square
A quote....Egypt's new military regime on Monday called on workers to end a wave of strikes and civil disobedience that has toppled the regime of Hosni Mubarak, at the time the protest leaders were planning a huge "Victory March" on Friday to celebrate the revolution and renew commitment to their demands."

Egypt faces wave of strikes
A quote...."CAIRO (AFP) -- The Egyptian political protests that toppled the regime of strongman Hosni Mubarak have given way to a nationwide "explosion" of pay strikes, a pressure group tracking industrial action told AFP on Monday."

Egypt asks EU to freeze Mubarak assets
Egyptian protesters slam military rule
'Israeli, US meddling' angers Egyptians
Strikes, workers’ protests spread throughout Egypt
Is the army tightening its grip on Egypt? - Alt
Protest News 02-14-11 - [A DProgram round-up of protests everywhere]
Protest News 02-13-11 - [A DProgram round-up of protests everywhere]
Pro-democracy protest held in Yemen
Responding to Egypt’s Revolution, President Bouteflika Violently Suppresses Protest in Algeria - Alt
Bahrain Protesters Vow Second Day of Anti-Government Rallies
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More On The International Situation....

Pentagon Has 400,000 personnel in-theater for its Afghan War
A quote...."Last weekend, the Boston Globe’s Bryan Bender reported that the United States has 155,000 troops into Afghanistan. Mr. Bender appears to have obtained his information from the Office of U.S. Senator John Kerry. This reporter contacted Mr. Bender and Senator Kerry’s office. Neither would confirm nor deny the number." - Source:  KabulPress

Gates criticizes GOP for proposed cuts to Defense spending
A quote...."Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday said the House GOP budget for the Pentagon is "disconnected" from operational realities." - You want to know who's "disconnected" from operational realities?  Gates and his war mongering buddy boys over there in the Pentagon.  This is what happens when you launch the endless war on everyone, everywhere.  Sounds sort of expensive if you think about it, of course these guys think only of the bottome line for the military contractors they work for.  However when even the Repub part of the DemoRepub party starts balking on war spending, you know it's over. - mpg

Iraq diverts F-16 budget for food rations
A quote...."BAGHDAD — Iraq has postponed the planned purchase of 18 F-16 fighter planes from the United States this year and diverted the funds to feeding the poor, an official said on Monday, amid growing protests that have been inspired by the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia."

A New Turn as Lawyers Release Explosive, Secretly Recorded Tape - The Siddiqui Case
A quote...."A CounterPunch Special Report:  In 2003 an MIT-educated expert in children’s learning patterns, Dr Aafia Siddiqui, disappeared with her three children in Pakistan. Was she, as the Americans said, an Al Qaeda operative who in 2008 emerged after five years undercover, carrying a handbag full of chemicals and plans for major terror attacks in the US, and then attempted to shoot US soldiers? Or was she, as her family, and most people in Pakistan have always maintained, seized by Pakistani agents for reasons unknown?"

Compelling New Evidence About Aafia Siddiqui’s Detention by the ISI, and Her Rigged Trial in the US
Related Article - A quote...."Regular readers will know that I have long been concerned by the case of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, the Pakistani neuroscientist whose story is one of the murkiest in the whole of the “War on Terror.” Dr. Siddiqui disappeared with her three children in Karachi in March 2003, and for five years neither the US nor the Pakistani authorities acknowledged holding her, even though she was reportedly seen in the US prison at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan. In July 2008, she mysteriously reappeared in Ghazni, Afghanistan, where she was arrested for behaving strangely, and then reportedly tried to shoot at a number of US soldiers, but only ended up being shot herself. She was then rendered to the US, where she was put on trial in New York for the alleged incident in Ghazni, and not for any of the al-Qaeda allegations that had been put forward during her lost years, and where, last September, she received an 86-year sentence." - also posted at Uruknet & ICH

Iran vs Israel: What The Media Wants You To Forget
A quote...."The corporate media have been given their orders to throw the focus back on to Iran. -- Here is a recap of what they are trying to make you forget."

Russia: Foreign Power May Have Disabled Satellite
A quote...."MOSCOW - The Russian space agency suggested Feb. 14 that a foreign power may have been behind the space accident earlier this month that disabled one of the country's most modern military satellites." - The Russians are naturally paranoid, that doesn't mean they're wrong however. - mpg

US Air Force C17 transport caught smuggling arms and drugs into Argentina
It's starting - after all, if the "big boys" can steal trillions, why can't the little guy earn a few million here and there. (assuming of course this wasn't some sort of government black-ops to begin with) - mpg -- A quote...."Argentina’s foreign ministry has issued a press release stating that it will be making a formal protest over undeclared weapons and drugs brought into the nation at Ezeiza last Thursday. - A manifest provided by the US did not list war materiel and drugs which were seized by Argentine authorities."

The WWII Dresden Holocaust - 'A Single Column Of Flame'
For The Record - A quote...."You guys burnt the place down, turned it into a single column of flame. More people died there in the firestorm, in that one big flame, than died in Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined." -- *Kurt Vonnegut, Jr*   ---  "On the evening of February 13, 1945, an orgy of genocide and barbarism began against a defenseless German city, one of the greatest cultural centers of northern Europe. Within less than 14 hours not only was it reduced to flaming  ruins, but an estimated one-third of its inhabitants, possibly as many as a half a million, had perished in what was the worst single event massacre of all time."

Ben Fogle: My fight for the forgotten islanders
For The Record - A quote...."Crawley, an unassuming town in the West Sussex commuter belt, holds a dark secret. Hidden within its streets is a story of tragedy and deceit that has left thousands of refugees living in misery for 40 years, exiled from their homeland by a conniving and unrepentant government. It is a story – described by some as one of the darkest days in British overseas policy – that has transfixed me for more than a decade and shaken my very principles on conservation, ecology and the environment movement."
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Obama Pencils In $37 Billion Budget Increase For DHS, Naked Body Scanners
You ObamaTrolls happy yet? - mpg - A quote...."The Obama administration is to propose a $37 billion increase in federal spending for the Department of Homeland Security, earmarking funds for more radiation firing naked body scanners in airports around the country." - also posted at DProgram

Alan Dershowitz joins Julian Assange defense team
A lot of people, including this website editor, have accused Julian Assange of working for the AIPAC/Israeli Consortium....well, if it walks like a duck, talks like a duck....you know the rest - mpg - Topix ||  WikiLeaks Cointelpro  ||

America's Murderer-Diplomat In Pakistan, A Strange Tale
The Raymond Davis File - Contains Videos - RDinPakPolSt - FriendsofIsrael - 9/11-MurderWpns - MumbaiAttacks - FairGame(Trlr) - A quote...."Enclaves of Americans, CIA, Blackwater, “diplomats,” are said to be all over Pakistan.  Webster Tarpley (video below) claims they are recruiting and training terrorists.”

Terrorist Who Trained London Bombers Was Working For US Government
Special Note - Contains Video - PW&AD(1/3) - PW&AD(2/3) - PW&AD(3/3) -- A quote...."While talking heads like Glenn Beck continue to invoke the threat of radical Islam, they habitually ignore the blindingly obvious, that radical Islam is a creature of the US military-industrial complex. Case in point – the terrorist who trained the London bombers was a US informant and has been freed after serving only four and a half years of a possible 70-year sentence." - Source:  PrisonPlanet

Jihadi who helped train 7/7 bomber freed by US after just five years
Related Article - A quote...."(It appears that the fake al Qaeda “terrorist” (read as: fascist CIA backed thug) who helped create the 7/7 bombing in London has been released after serving only a few years for 5 acts of terrorism. Turns out he wasn’t even really being imprisoned all that time, as the FBI needed to use him as a fake “witness” testifying against other people in trials that landed them life sentences. This globalist asset is now free to go on with his life, paid in full by U.S. taxpayers, for helping to commit multiple acts of state sponsored terrorism which benefited nothing but our “Global War on Terror”.)

London 7/7 Bombing: Islamist Who Trained Was US Informant
Related Article - A quote...."An American jihadist who set up the terrorist training camp where the leader of the 2005 London suicide bombers learned how to manufacture explosives, has been quietly released after serving only four and a half years of a possible 70-year sentence, a Guardian investigation has learned."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

The Al Jazeera Redemption
A quote...."This attitude of mine changed a few weeks ago with the release of the ‘Palestine Papers’*. Where Wiki plugged up many leaks, Al Jazeera came to the rescue. Hopefully this was the start of the end of the double occupation in the West Bank by both Israel and the Palestinian Authority." - *link added

Comrade Mizher: Elections require national unity and must encompass all Palestinians
A quote...."The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine said in a statement on February 13, 2011 that it is critical to engage in a full review of the entire approach and policy of the Oslo accords and negotiations that followed. It called for elections for a new Palestinian National Council in Palestine and in diaspora and exile, saying that such PNC elections involving all forces and factions provide a national democratic exit from crisis and division, and can strengthen the steadfastness and resistance of the Palestinian people in order to defeat the occupation and achieve their national rights to freedom, self-determination and return." - also posted at Uruknet
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More On The Economic Situation....

Bernanke’s Confusion Is Our Economic Ill Health
Must Read - Key Concept Quote...."But nothing if not self-impressed, Bernanke will use the heft of the world’s foremost central bank to keep rates from reaching natural market levels, and the result will be tight money for all but the most blue-chip of borrowers. Contrary to the popular belief that the central bank must keep credit cheap in times of distress in order to make it plentiful, the greater truth is that credit costs should rise during downturns as a way of luring the savers so essential to capital restoration back into the marketplace." - This would work ONLY if there were savers along with a sound currency....neither of which exists presently. - mpg

John Kenneth Galbraith and Marriner Eccles Explained 50 Years Ago that Inequality Causes Crashes
Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."Preface: If you think that only liberals are concerned about inequality, please read this...." - One commentator stated....


Wall Street: With Endless Free Money and No Real Production, There’s No Limit to How Much You Can Make
A quote...."The Federal Reserve’s actions in combating the Financial Crisis have had dozens if not hundreds of consequences. However, one of the most profound has largely gone unnoticed by all commentators. --  That consequence of the Fed sending the clear message: incompetence pays. --  Consider that since the Financial Crisis first hit in mid-2007, the Federal Reserve has pumped TRILLIONS of Dollars into Wall Street. The banks have done what they do best with the money: funnel it into obscene salaries and bonuses. --  Meanwhile, all of these firms remain bankrupt (thanks to the suspension of accounting principles no one cares), the underlying issues that nearly took down the system remain in place, and savers and other sensible folks have been fleeced due to US Dollar devaluation and future taxpayer obligations."

Neoliberalization of America Accelerating Under Obama
A quote...."Years ago I wrote about the Miracle of Chile being brought to America. This is a process  where the business elites and the Wall Street bankers use their connections in D.C. to impose the laissez-fare economic policies of Milton Friedman on the working classes and the poor of America so that they can funnel yet even more money upward to themselves through extreme privatization, deregulation, and an absolute “free market” ideology which is anything but an actual free-market."

Giving Chase: Egypt, OK – But What About America’s Oligarchs?
A quote...."With all the attention on crowds of ordinary people rising up and asserting themselves against corruption and self-dealing by an oligarchy, we’re missing what the oligarchs are doing right at home. Take, for example, the activities of one of our biggest banks, JPMorgan Chase. -- Newly released documents show that high officials of the bank knew for a long time that Bernard Madoff was running a Ponzi scheme, but did nothing to protect his investors—though they did protect their own investments tied to him."

Complete Memorandum Decision By Judge Grossman Finding MERS Transfers Illegal
ALERT!! - Must Read - Financial Warning - (For the TBF's only - mpg) - Quote of the Day...."The Court recognizes that an adverse ruling regarding MERS’s authority to assign mortgages or act on behalf of its member/lenders could have a significant impact on MERS and upon the lenders which do business with MERS throughout the United States. However, the Court must resolve the instant matter by applying the laws as they exist today. It is up to the legislative branch, if it chooses, to amend the current statutes to confer upon MERS the requisite authority to assign mortgages under its current business practices. MERS and its partners made the decision to create and operate under a business model that was designed in large part to avoid the requirements of the traditional mortgage recording process. This Court does not accept the argument that because MERS may be involved with 50% of all residential mortgages in the country, that is reason enough for this Court to turn a blind eye to the fact that this process does not comply with the law."  -- *Judge Robert Grossman*

Housing Market Looks Sickest in Cities That Once Seemed Immune
A quote...."SEATTLE — Few believed the housing market here would ever collapse. Now they wonder if it will ever stop slumping."

Inflation, Hyperinflation and Real Estate
Special Note - A quote...."....this situation was not unique to Argentina in 2001 either: Every hyperinflationary period in history—Weimar Germany, Chile under Allende, Brazil in the ‘90’s, Zimbabwe—results in the same situation: Rising prices for food and fuel, but collapsed real estate prices. "

NYSE Common Stock Volume Plunges To Sub-2001 Levels
Chart - (click to enlarge) - A quote...."When we pointed out our volume chart earlier, which indicated that volume is now a laughable joke, we received one of the traditionally amusing responses, "ZH misses the point on volume because they data mine and only compare it to the volume during the crisis. SPY volume is STILL higher today than it was pre-2007. So are we to believe that the crisis volume levels are the "real" levels for volume? If you compare back to pre-crisis, volume is actually still pretty high." Here is our response."

[US] Trade deficit widens to $40.6 billion in December
A quote...."The deficit increased 5.9 percent in December to $40.6 billion, the Commerce Department reported Friday."

Federal deficit on track for a record this fiscal year
A quote...."President Obama‘s budget, released Monday, was conceived as a blueprint for future spending, but it also paints the bleakest picture yet of the current fiscal year, which is on track for a record federal deficit and will see the government’s overall debt surpass the size of the total U.S. economy."

South Carolina lawmaker wants separate currency for state
A quote...."A South Carolina state politician wants the state to develop its own gold and silver-based currency in case the Federal Reserve collapses and hyper-inflation ensues."

France wants new global finance system
A quote...."France will help the transition to a global financial system based on 'several international currencies', the French Economy Minister said today."

Japan Officially Slips Back Into Recession!
A quote...."The Japanese economy shrank an annualized 1.1% in Q4 of 2010.  Meanwhile, food and commodity prices continue to rise, giving Japan the worst of both worlds in having to contend with both price inflation in food and energy and deflation in asset prices."

China passes Japan as world's No. 2 economy
A quote...."BEIJING--China has overtaken Japan as the world's second-largest economy, but the rising power must overcome a number of hurdles if it intends to challenge the United States for the top position. "

Moody’s rates Irish banks as ‘junk’
A quote...."The credit ratings agency Moody's yesterday cut its rating of four Irish banks to junk status, citing its concerns over the imminence of new funding which was due at the end of February."

'New eurozone fund to hold €500bn'
Bernankeism spreads to the EU.  Of course using the Euro for this fund is way, way, way better than using the USD!! - mpg

Sunday February 13th 2011

No posts. - mpg

Saturday February 12th 2011

Egyptian Protesters Did in 2 1/2 Weeks What the American Military Could Not Do in 9 Years of War ... Bring Democracy to the Middle East - (Of course, bringing "democracy" is NOT, and has NEVER BEEN, the US-NRE miliary's intention. - mpg) - Special Note - A quote...."I've previously noted that the Egyptian revolution shows that the us-versus-them narrative of the war on terror is false. -- The events in Egypt also prove that democracy does not come from the barrel of a gun. -- The fact that the Egyptian protesters have made more strides away from tyranny and towards democracy in 2 and 1/2 weeks than the American military has been able to do in 9 years if Afghanistan and 7 years in Iraq proves it."  ---  "Obviously, there is a long way to go. The military has to hand over power and let elections take place. But Egyptian people have taken a giant step in the right direction, while America's offensive military campaigns have caused more harm than good, destabilized the region and created new terrorists." - also posted at ZeroHedge

The resurrection of pan-Arabism
A quote...."The Egyptian revolution, itself influenced by the Tunisian uprising, has resurrected a new sense of pan-Arabism based on the struggle for social justice and freedom. The overwhelming support for the Egyptian revolutionaries across the Arab world reflects a sense of unity in the rejection of tyrannical, or at least authoritarian, leaders, corruption and the rule of a small financial and political elite." - also posted at Uruknet
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More on the Middle East's Revolutions....

Hold the Celebration: Egypt's Struggle Just Began
Must Read - A quote...."Hopefully beneath celebratory euphoria, Egyptians know ousting Mubarak was simple, especially since Washington long wanted him out. Covertly with Egypt's military, it facilitated long-planned regime purging for with new faces under old policies. In other words, have everything change but stay the same, a common imperial bait and switch con. -- As a result, the real liberating struggle continues against long odds for success because Washington, Egypt's military, Israel, Western powers, and big money will do everything to prevent it. The usual scheme was hatched - a facade of change that may or may not work, and will be months, maybe years, to know."

Mubarak's Gone, But....So What?  The Army's Now Running Things and all the Egyptians Have Are Promises. - Must Read -- And they're US-NRE "backed" promises, and everyone throughout the entire world knows how much those are worth. - mpg -- A quote...."Two weeks ago, shortly after the protests in Egypt started, the Israelis allowed some 800 Egyptian soldiers into the Sinai. They went to Sharm el-Sheik down on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula on the Red Sea where the Israelis said they may be based. While the Israelis had allowed Egyptian police and security into the Sinai, this is the first time in thirty years that a contingent of the Egyptian army had been allowed in. -- Two weeks later, Mubarak is ousted from power and he leaves Cairo and heads off, not overseas into exile as one might expect of a ruthless dictator ousted by popular revolution, but to Sharm el-Sheik – where the 800 Egyptian troops are now based. -- While Mubarak has handed over power to the chiefs of the army ostensibly to oversee the transition to a democratic civilian government, one cannot blame the Egyptian people being more that bit wary of what is actually going on and maintaining their vigil in Tahrir Square."

America’s Strategic Repression of the ‘Arab Awakening’
Must Read - A quote...."This spurred on the development of an American strategy in the Arab world, modeled on similar strategies pursued in recent decades in other parts of the world, in promoting “democratization,” by developing close contacts with ‘civil society’ organizations, opposition leaders, media sources, and student organizations. The aim is not to promote an organic Arab democracy ‘of the people, and for the people,’ but rather to promote an evolutionary “democratization” in which the old despots of American strategic support are removed in favour of a neoliberal democratic system, in which the outward visible institutions of democracy are present (multi-party elections, private media, parliaments, constitutions, active civil society, etc); yet, the power-holders within that domestic political system remain subservient to U.S. economic and strategic interests, continuing to follow the dictates of the IMF and World Bank, supporting America’s military hegemony in the region, and “opening up” the Arab economies to be “integrated” into the world economy. "

A Revolting World - The Forces of Reaction never rest
Must Read - A quote...."Many in many lands are demonstrating against their governments. Some claim that people everywhere are revolting and that a worldwide revolution is imminent. Even both the orthodox and heterodox presses are all atwitter. But it is far easier to bring about a successful revolution than it is to build and preserve a humane, functioning government. The forces of reaction never rest, and they have managed to undo most of history's people's revolutions. Revolutionaries must recognize that their first task is to defend their newly formed governments from reactionaries, for once reactionaries get their feet in the door, they will not stop until the revolution is undone." - also posted at Hamsayeh

Visions; Failed Endeavors, and Wishful Optimism
Special Note - A quote...."“The will of the people is bound to prevail.” -- Yes, a fine sentiment.   But when has it ever and, when it has, how long did it last?  Freedom, Liberty and the dignity of man, must be built on more than slogans! Yes, hopefully.  And there have been days when it looked like we might be making some headway  but then, when we step back a few paces,  let the smoke clear a bit, it is apparent that we still have a long, long and difficult task ahead of us"

Iranian Speaker: US Not to Succeed in Misleading Egyptian Nation's Revolution
Quote of the Day...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani stressed on Sunday that Washington will fail in its plots to mislead and divert the uprising and revolution of the Egyptian people through supporting US-affiliated figures in the country."

With Mubarak, His New Cabinet, and Parliament all Gone, is Another U.S.S. Liberty Incident on the Horizon?
False Flag Alert - A quote...."The supreme council of the military, who are now in charge of Egypt, have not only gotten rid of the 30 year dictator Hosni Mubarak, but they have also gotten rid of his entire cabinet and both houses of parliament."

Post-Mubarak era dawns on Egypt
Contains Video - Remarkable18Days - A quote...."Egyptians have woken to a new dawn after 30 years of rule under Hosni Mubarak. -- As the Muslim call to prayer reverberated across Cairo on Saturday, the sound of horns honking in jubilation could still be heard after a night when millions celebrated the fall of the president, who has handed over power to the military. -- After 18 days of rallies at Cairo's Tahrir Square, resisting police assaults and a last-ditch raid by Mubarak supporters, people packed not just the epicentre but, it seemed, every street and neighbourhood of the capital. Similar was the scene in other cities and towns across the country." - also posted at Uruknet

'Egypt fed up with foreign bullying - people won't accept new stooge'
Must View RTVideo - Alt - (YuTb - 9min 46sec - February 12, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Mubarak's steely determination not to resign was broken as he stepped down as president on Friday. Egyptians spent all night celebrating the end of his 30-year regime. The renowned author and middle east expert Tariq Ali believes the U.S. was playing a risky game during the days of the Egyptian unrest."

Nasser and now
A quote...."This is the most uplifting, invigorating and exhilarating historical experience since the days of the Suez Crisis. The parallel with the people's power, the spontaneous uprising that brought my father to power, especially heartens me. And above all when my father resigned in the aftermath of the Six Day War of 1967 only to be urged by the masses to continue in office," Hoda Abdel-Nasser, daughter of the late president Gamal Abdel-Nasser and political science professor at Cairo University told Al-Ahram Weekly." - also posted at Uruknet

Protesters form council to defend Egypt revolution
A quote...."CAIRO (Reuters) – Some organisers of the protests that toppled Egypt's Hosni Mubarak said on Saturday they were forming a council to defend the revolution and negotiate with a military council now running the country. - They threatened to call for more demonstrations if the military failed to meet the "people's demands"."

The workers, middle class, military junta and the permanent revolution
A quote...."Since yesterday, and actually earlier, middle class activists have been urging Egyptians to suspend the protests and return to work, in the name of patriotism, singing some of the most ridiculous lullabies about “let’s build new Egypt,” “Let’s work harder than even before,” etc… In case you didn’t know, actually Egyptians are among the hardest working people in the globe already. - Those activists want us to trust Mubarak’s generals with the transition to democracy–the same junta that has provided the backbone of his dictatorship over the past 30 years." - also posted at AlethoNews

Is this a ‘Young Turks’ moment all over again?
A quote...."Mubarak steps down, surely the result of direct US pressure. But what difference will it make, the country has been run by a military clique for three decades, all that’s changed is that now they do it openly. The real issue, is what next? Will the masses now press for Sulieman, all of them to step down now? It’s possible, it depends on what the army and the security-state forces do next, after the euphoria has died down." - also posted at Uruknet

Army and protesters disagree over Egypt's path to democracy
A quote...."Egypt's new military administration and the pro-democracy protesters who brought down Hosni Mubarak are at odds over the path to democratic rule. -- The army sought to stave off pressure from jubilant protesters to swiftly hand power to a civilian-led administration by saying that it was committed to a "free democratic state"." - also posted at Uruknet

The revolution continues after Mubarak's fall
A quote...."Yesterday evening, after it was announced that Hosni Mubarak had met the first demand of the revolution and left office, I headed toward the Egyptian embassy in Amman. The joy on the streets was something I had never experienced before." - also posted at AlethoNews & PoorRichard'sBlog

Egyptians hold firm at Liberation sq
A quote...."Pro-democracy protesters in Egypt have rejected army's appeal to leave Cairo's Liberation Square, persisting on the demand for a civilian government two days after the downfall of Hosni Mubarak."

Egypt army vows to respect treaties
A quote...."One day after the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's military authorities have said that they will respect all international treaties. - Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces says Cairo will remain committed to all its regional and international treaties. - Experts have interpreted this as Cairo implying its peace treaty with Israel will remain intact."

DOWNFALL: The Triumph of the Egyptian People
Mubarak's Failed Bait and Switch - Alt - Alt
Egypt: Hosni Mubarak used last 18 days in power to secure his fortune
"It's official" The Reason For Mubarak's Power Hand Off Delay: Plundering The Gold
Egyptians focus their attention on recovering the nation's money
Egypt's state TV, radio vow to present honest coverage (Extra)
Protesters and soldiers dance in the streets
Images from Egypt - photo gallery
'US seeks to hijack Egypt's revolution'
Egypt Trades Torture Supervisor for 'Mubarak's Poodle'?
Egyptians vow to continue protests - Alt/Src
Egypt's army clashes with protesters
ElBaradei: Soros’s Man in Cairo - (Probably not, he opposed Israel & the US-NRE on Iran & Gaza - mpg) - Alt
Algeria shuts down internet and Facebook as protest mounts
Protests rock Algeria and Yemen - video - (YuTb - 1min 42sec - February 12, 2011) - Src: WarriorPoet
Defying government ban, thousands protest in Algeria - Alt
Now revolution takes hold in Algeria: Hundreds arrested as '30,000' riot police try to quell democracy march....
Yesterday Egypt, today Algeria - Alt
Yemenis demand Saleh's ouster
Egypt uprising weakens ailing Saudi king
Arab Youth White Revolution
Gaza celebrates fall of Mubarak - Alt
Egyptian Peoples Victory is Cause for Celebration in Gaza
PFLP congratulates the revolutionary people of Egypt upon the departure of Mubarak - Alt
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More On The International Situation....

Something is Hidden in the Remote Places of the World
A quote...."Don’t ask me why or how, because I don’t know, but I think Pakistan is the powder keg or the goal. Something there is about Pakistan. It’s certainly not about terrorists. It certainly isn’t about intimidation and the killing of innocents, who don’t have two sticks to rub together much of the time. I suppose the argument can be made about threatening Russia and China, failing that, I don’t see what the tactical value is. You can’t hold on to these areas. They can’t hold on to Afghanistan and the parts of Pakistan that they are attacking are even harder to contain and there’s nothing and hardly anyone to contain there. There must be something more going on, only I can’t see it."

Arrest Warrant for Pakistan's Ex-President
A quote...."ISLAMABAD - An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has issued a warrant for the arrest of the country's former president, General Pervez Musharraf in connection with the 2007 killing of the late Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, in a move that potentially reopens a bitter chapter from the country's troubled political history. "

Pakistanis demand death for Davis
A quote...."Hundreds of protesters in the Pakistani city of Lahore have taken to the streets, demanding the death penalty for a US consulate employee, Raymond Davis, accused of killing two Pakistanis."

4 pipelines, railway blown up in Pakistan
A quote...."Unknown militants have blown up four gas pipelines and a railway track in southwestern and southern provinces of Pakistan amid a new surge of violence in the country."

NATO truck torched in Pakistan
A quote...."Pakistani militants have attacked a NATO supply truck transporting fuel destined for US-led forces in Afghanistan, setting it on fire in Baluchistan Province."
 
19 killed in Taliban strike at Afghanistan police headquarters
A quote...."A team of Taliban gunmen and bombers struck provincial police headquarters in the southern city of Kandahar on Saturday, killing at least 19 people and demonstrating a continued ability to mount complex attacks in a metropolis that has been a principal focus of Western military efforts. -- The chaotic battle killed at least 15 Afghan policemen, two Afghan soldiers and two civilians, Kandahar Gov. Tooryalai Wesa told reporters. Civilians, including nine children, made up nearly half of the 49 injured. Four of the assailants were killed and one was captured, Wesa said."

Iraq prisoners on hunger strike, alleging torture
A quote...."AMARA, Iraq — Fifty inmates at the central prison in the city of Amara in southern Iraq have began a hunger strike, claiming they had made confessions under torture and should be freed, a lawmaker said on Saturday. -- Mushraq Naji, a member of parliament's legal affairs committee, told AFP that the inmates began their hunger strike on Friday." - Source:  AFP@Goggle

Suicide bomber kills 38, wounds dozens in Iraq
Al-CIA-duh strikes again, the REAL Sunni insurgency carries out targeted assassinations of government officials and attacks against military or government facilities, these bozos just blow up innocent people. - mpg

'Iran-China trade volume reaches $38bn'
A quote...."The volume of Iran's trade with China has reached $38 billion from $7 billion ten years ago, says the chairman of Sino-Iranian Chamber of Commerce."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

The Palestinian Papers Reading Room - (At al-Jazeera)
Must Read - For The Record - A quote...."Over the last several months, Al Jazeera has been given unhindered access to the largest-ever leak of confidential documents related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. There are nearly 1,700 files, thousands of pages of diplomatic correspondence detailing the inner workings of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. These documents – memos, e-mails, maps, minutes from private meetings, accounts of high level exchanges, strategy papers and even power point presentations – date from 1999 to 2010. -- The material is voluminous and detailed; it provides an unprecedented look inside the continuing negotiations involving high-level American, Israeli, and Palestinian Authority officials."

Erekat quits over Palestine Papers
Related Article - A quote...."Saeb Erekat, the Palestine Liberation Organisation's chief negotiator, has resigned from his post, after it emerged that the source of the Palestine Papers leak was in his own office. - The decision was announced on Saturday, at the same time as a Palestinian Authority (PA) official announced that the body would be holding presidential and legislative elections before September this year." - also posted at Uruknet

Hamas: Fatah incitement calls against us failed
A quote...."GAZA, (PIC)-- Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said Fatah has no popular balance in the Palestinian street, at a time when the rival Fatah movement failed to mobilize revolutionary rallies in Gaza to remove Hamas's rule there."

Hamas lawmaker sentenced without charge, trial
A quote...."RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- An Israeli military court sentenced on Sunday Hamas lawmaker Mohammad Jamal An-Natsha to six months of administrative detention."

Two workers wounded by Israeli gunfire in Gaza
Map - A quote...."On Saturday, Israeli soldiers stationed at the Gaza-Israeli border fired live rounds at two workers who were collecting rubble to use as building material, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip."

Villagers harassed by Israeli army whilst trying to farm their land
A quote...."In the village of Jaloud, south of Nablus, around thirty villagers, two internationals, and six Israeli peace activists accompanied farmers to their land to help plant one hundred olive trees. Towards the end of the planting, a settler from the illegal settlement of Shilo came down in a pickup carrying an assault rifle. He contacted the army and, 15 minutes later, two jeeps came down, followed by another three. There were around 25 – 30 soldiers in total, armed with rifles with tear gas canisters, some swinging batons. Soldiers requested that the people move back to the road and agreed to let five people finish planting the trees. Had the Israeli activists and internationals not been there, the weapons may well have been used on the Palestinians."

Army Invades Several Areas In The West Bank, Kidnaps Two In Nablus
A quote...."Israeli soldiers invaded on Saturday at dawn several areas in the West Bank, broke into and searched several homes and kidnapped two residents in Madama village, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus."

Israel extends administrative detention of Ayed Dudein for twelfth time
A quote...."NABLUS, (PIC)-- Israeli intelligence has extended the period of detention of the longest running Palestinian administrative detainee Ayed Dudein for the twelfth consecutive time since his arrest, the Ahrar center for prisoners studies said."  - also posted at AlethoNews
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More On The Domestic Situation....

Australians saw Habib tortured, says officer
A quote...."DAMNING evidence from an Egyptian intelligence officer that names an Australian official who witnessed the torture of Sydney man Mamdouh Habib in Guantanamo Bay has been revealed as the trigger for a hushed-up government payout to Mr Habib and a high-level investigation. -- The explosive 840-word statement, released exclusively to The Sun-Herald, was shown to government solicitors three days before they suddenly paid Mr Habib an undisclosed amount to drop his lawsuit claiming Australia was complicit in his CIA-engineered kidnap in 2001, transfer to Egypt and subsequent torture."

Obama assertion: FBI can get phone records without oversight - You ObamaTrolls happy yet? - mpg
A quote...."WASHINGTON — The Obama administration's Justice Department has asserted that the FBI can obtain telephone records of international calls made from the U.S. without any formal legal process or court oversight, according to a document obtained by McClatchy."

Is there anyone left to defend traditional marriage? - No, there's not. - mpg
A quote...."....many studies show much higher rates of psychiatric illness, such as depression, suicide attempts and drug abuse among homosexuals than among the general population. And statistics - which compare homosexuals with ethnic minorities exposed to racism - indicate this is not due to homophobia. The homosexual lifestyle is also associated with a shortened life expectancy of up to 20 years. - Homosexual behavior is abnormal, immoral and anti-life. It closes the act of sex to the gift of life and is not innate as some believe. The so-called "gay gene" has never been found...." - Topix ||  Let's Bring Back Polygamy - 08-21-04 - mpg  ||
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More On The Economic Situation....

On the Edge with Max Kaiser – February 11th, 2011
Must View PRSTVVideo - MK(1/3) - MK(2/3) - MK(3/3) - An absolutely outstanding and brilliant video! - THIS is how the "Great Game" really works folks! - mpg -- (PRSTVYuTb - 8/10 min - February 12, 2011) - Source:  PressTVGlobalNews -- A quote...."(PressTV) – This episode of Press TV’s On the Edge with Max Kaiser again deals with American economic meltdown. Max raises the possibility that the revolutions in other parts of the world would come to the US. He says the economic systems favored by some corrupt Arab regime are similar to that of the US, that a mass movement against it in the US is inevitable. He also says the genie index is very high, which reveals the concentration of wealth among the top strata of the society." - Topix ||  The First Salvos of the Currency Wars - 05-07-10 - mpg  ||  Fed Funds & The Ten Year Economic/War Cycle  ||

Secrets Of The Federal Reserve
Related Video - From the History File - February 11th 2008 - (previously posted) - Alt - (GoogleVid - 3:36:06 - 3 years ago) -- A quote...."History of the Federal Reserve (Money Masters) - 3:36:06 -- Its all here: the cause of wars, boom-bust cycles, inflation, depression, prosperity. It's just exactly what every American needs to know about the power of the central bank."

The One Chart Von Bernankestein Will Never Admit To Seeing
Chart - (click to enlarge) - A quote...."Charting Austrian Money Supply, [link=def.] the Fed's outright security holdings, and commodity prices. Any questions?"

M2 Grows By $40 Billion In One Week, Hits Fresh All Time High
Chart - (click to enlarge) - A quote...."Just in case someone was confused about the relationship between liquidity, currency devaluation and nominal (not real) asset prices, the St. Louis Fed was kind enough to email us their weekly M2 level. And after last week's surprising drop, M2 once again rose, this time by a whopping $40 billion."

If Everybody Is Importing Inflation... Then Who Is Exporting It?
Chart - (click to enlarge) - A quote...."Recently, some have started to ask a very pertinent question when it comes to the global Current Account: with every developed and developing country supposedly seeing a surge in exports, just who is it that is doing all the importing? Sean Corrigan from Diapason takes this question, and flips it on its head, as regards the printing of money and the "trade balance" of inflation: if every central bank continues to excuse itself from taking responsibility from what is now a global money printing pandemic, claiming it is merely importing inflation... then who is doing all the inflation exporting? Read on for some brilliant observations..."

Part 4 - Silver and Gold Manipulation Explained
Video - Alt - (harsh langauge) - (YuTb - 7min 02sec - February 11, 2011) - MrSilvergoldsilver - A quote...."This is Part 4 of the series. There are lots of things going on behind the curtains. Silver and Gold are being manipulated to the extreme now as the end of the currency cycle has arrived. The shift has begun, and it will come with some pain."

Fed's Losses Since The Start Of QE2: $76,814,152,246.00
A quote...."How do you hedge the interest rate risk of a $2.5 trillion dollar fixed income portfolio that has a modified duration of 4 and is levered 50 to 1?"

Albert Edwards (And Goldman Sachs) On "The Biggest Scandal Of The Last Decade": Plunging Labor Force Participation - Chart - (click to enlarge) - A quote...."Seven months ago, when the horrendous August 6 NFP print set the stage for Jan Hatzius to lower his outlook for the economy (and all the other sellside lemmings to follow suit), resulting in the announcement of QE2 three weeks later at Jackson Hole by our dangerous monetary Dr. Moreau (not our definition: Sean Corrigan's - more on that later), we dubbed an article titled "Real U-3 Unemployment Rate When Adjusted For Labor Force Participation: Around 14%" in which we warned that the unemployment rate presented for public consumption is really one big lie."

LEHMAN ACCOUNTING FRAUD: Attention Prosecutors: Watch This Video About Lehman, Geithner, Fuld & The New York Federal Reserve - Videos - Alt - Trnscpt - From the History File - (MSNBCVid - 10min 57sec - 2010) - Eliot Spitzer with Dylan Ratigan - Daily Bail's Editor's Note: An important republish from 2010.  As we learned in subsequent months, Repo-105s were not just for Lehman.  Bank of America and Citigroup were fans of fruadulently lying about financials at the end of every quarter, too. - Set aside a few minutes for this.  Repo 105 transactions are detailed.  Some of the best from Ratigan in a long time.  Handcuffs, and jail sentences are recommended for some of your favorite crooks." - additional videos - SpecFall & LastDays

Wall Street rally based on fantasy valuations and investment banking trading – S&P 500 back to 2007 valuations and up nearly 100 percent from March 2009 trough. - Charts - A quote...."Wall Street has a way of sucking people back into a money losing vortex.  With hedge funds using high frequency trading boxes the public has no chance in competing with these organized and sophisticated gambling casinos.  It is amazing how quickly people forget.  It was only in March of 2009 that the S&P 500 hit 676.  The incredible part of it all was that many stocks were still over valued at that point.  Since that time the Federal Reserve has juiced the system up with trillions of taxpayer dollars.  As we brought up in our first analysis the average American only has $2,000 saved for retirement so this rally isn’t because of them.  Most of the financial wealth in the country is aggregated with the top 1 percent of Americans.  The stock market is a betting parlor for the rich and incredibly many people are now being sucked in yet again with the S&P 500 hitting 1,329.  The S&P 500 is a few points away from having a 100 percent increase from the March 2009 trough.  Is this a new bull market?  Not likely if we actually pay attention to earnings." - also posted at BLN

"Less than a 3 percent drop in asset values could wipe out Wall Street" - Crisis Panel Says In Final Report
A quote...."It's all about leverage.  We've been waiting for this public quote for 2 1/2 years.  It's very simple math.  And it's also the key to understanding the crisis and why all of the banks are so deeply insolvent.  You've heard it several times here before.  Henry Paulson, when he was still CEO of Goldman in 2004, successfully lobbied the SEC to change the rules on capital ratios.  Leverage exploded from a previous limit of 12:1 to beyond 40:1 for all 5 firms, and when you consider that a substantial portion of the assets were synthetics then the real leverage numbers were much higher." - bold by website editor

U.S. Home Values Lost $798 Billion Last Quarter, Nearly $10 Trillion Destroyed Since Peak
Chart - A quote...."The total value of U.S. homes dropped another $798 billion last quarter, according to numbers out from Zillow. The average home is down 27 percent from peak. This puts the total loss from the housing crash at an incredible $9.8 trillion."

Four Bank Failures In Four States Increase [This Year's] Total Failures To 18
A quote...."Four banking failures in four different states have increased total banking failures for 2011 to 18.  Small and mid sized banks continue to face the most difficulty as they find it impossible to raise additional capital required by regulators."

Friday February 11th 2011

The “Pyramid Schemes” of Empire Inc.
Must Read - A quote...."The revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt forced have Obama into an uncomfortable but familar posture: On the one hand, in order to preserve at least the appearance of credibility, the candidate of hope and change has to at least feign solidarity with the people who expressed their hope by flooding into the streets of Tunisia and Cairo demanding change in leadership of their US-sponsored tyrannies. On the other hand, as the man charged with the responsibility of prolonging the death-gasp of a doomed Empire, Obama had to work overtime behind the scenes to make sure that any political changes forced upon America’s satraps in the Middle East remain cosmetic and trivial. This dilemma accounts for the mixed messages being issued from the White House throughout the crisis as each mangled response contradicts an earlier stance." - also posted at Uruknet

The Reign of the Psychopaths
Must Read - Some quotes...."One of the key traits of psychopathic personality disorder is a near-total absence of empathy. To the psychopath, other people exist as mere objects, to be used and discarded at the psychopath’s whim. -- "I had to beat my mother with that baseball bat," claims the typical psychopath. "She wouldn’t give me her pension check, and I needed it to buy more beer." -- Such statements are made without irony or sarcasm, since the psychopath literally cannot imagine that other human beings might have needs distinct from his own."  ---  "Despite the swerving, the billowing clouds of doublespeak and the confused backtracking, the common thread weaving its way through our government’s reaction [to Egypt's revolution] has been one of egocentrism of psychopathic dimensions. Our elite media have mostly been neurotically obsessing about the effect that Mubarak’s fall would have on America. -- What about access to the Suez Canal? What about Israel? What about Egypt’s cooperation with our War on Terror? What about those juicy military contracts? -- Basically, it’s all about us. -- Even the oft-heard accusation that President Obama was going to "lose" Egypt reveals volumes about the state of America’s psychology." - also posted at DProgram

Pacified & Lulled, Still Waiting for the Pendulum to Swing
Must Read - A quote...."It was a rainy April day in 2004, and I was in the office of one of my professors at the university’s Public Policy Graduate Department. I was having one of those defeated and disillusioned moments that kept recurring during that time period. I think you would have found it justifiable: I had been slapped with two separate gag orders via two separate invocations of state secrets privilege, I had just witnessed the Congress being hit with another gag order in my case via retroactive classification issued by the Justice Department, we were at war in Iraq based on lies, the PATRIOT ACT was in full swing, secret kidnapping and detention operations by our paramilitary were taking place all over the world, congressional corruption and revolving door scandals were popping up one after another…So, you see, all this and being almost at the end of my masters program specializing in US public policy, where what we were taught didn’t match reality on the ground (US politics and government) whatsoever, gave me a certain degree of justification for feeling the way I felt that day."

The Founding Fathers Would Be Proud of the People of Egypt ... And Disgusted With the People of America -- Must Read - A quote...."America's founding fathers stood up for their freedom, winning it from the British (with the help of the French). -- The Egyptian people have stood up for their freedom, winning it from the Mubarak dictatorship (with the help of the army, which refused to fire a shot at the people, and may even have helped convince Mubarak to leave. See this and this). -- The Egyptian people found their courage even when Mubarak's thugs flew fighter jets low over their heads, beat and murdered protesters, and otherwise threatened violence. -- But the American people today have been cowed into passivity by an irrational fear of terrorism, laziness and mindlessness." - also posted at DProgram & ZeroHedge

Revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia – So what are we waiting for?
A quote...."What we are witnessing today is historic: Hosni Mubarak, who had been propped up by the US as dictator of Egypt for 30 years with massive military aid, has been forced out of power by a mass popular uprising, the second such dictator to scarper in recent weeks. Second only to Israel, Mubarak had long been the cornerstone of US power in the oil-rich Middle East, and was directly complicit in US-Israeli crimes including the murderous siege on the occupied Gaza Strip." - also posted at Uruknet

You Should Have a Gun
A quote...."You should have a gun. You really should. - Politicians and news personalities and other talking heads will often tell you that you shouldn’t have a gun. They’ll tell you that guns don’t need to be useful beyond the narrow scope of hunting and personal defense. They’ll tell you that the Second Amendment must have limits so that criminals and maniacs and terrorists can’t have high-capacity magazines and machine guns. - But hunting and self-defense are two secondary reasons why the government isn’t permitted to infringe on your right, as an American citizen, to bear arms. In fact, let’s review the exact text of the Second Amendment right now:"


"It doesn’t say anything about hunting. It doesn’t say anything about personal defense either. It contains two major parts: a justification of the right, and an unqualified declaration of the right. - The justification explains that the importance of this right is that it allows for local, organized defense (though nowhere does it restrict the right to this purpose). It is not referring to the National Guard of each state. It is referring to civilians maintaining the ability to organize themselves into effective military units if the need should arise." - bold/underline by website editor

What Really Happened with Michael Rivero – February 11th, 2011
MRVideo - Alt - (JustInTV - 2hrs - February 11th, 2011) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV - Michael Rivero enthusiastically congratulates the Egyptian people regarding their astounding and well fought victory over the dictator Murbarak.
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More on the Middle East's Revolutions....

Stepped Down: 'If Omar Suleiman makes grab for power he's more stupid than Mubarak'
Must View RTVideo - (YuTb - 3min 46sec - February 11, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has finally stepped down and handed power to the military, according to the country's Vice-President. It comes after more than two weeks of mass uprisings in the country, which has been accompanied by a wave of violent clashes between pro and anti government protesters."

Ain't That Good News!
Special Note - A quote...."We raise our glass to the Egyptian people. In the end Mubarak propelled them to irresistible fury with his dotty broadcast on Thursday. It seems that for some years now he’s been drifting in and out of senile dementia, same way Reagan did in his second term. The plan had been to run his son Gamal in the last elections, but that turned out to be a non-starter so they rolled the semi-gaga Hosni out one more time and fixed the results, ringingly endorsed by the US.  On Thursday morning Mubarak probably told Suleiman and the US that he was going to quit, then forgot and, braced by a supportive call from the Israelis and a pledge by the Saudis to give him $1.4 billion if the US withheld it, announced that he would be around till September."

Mubarak stepping down, Switzerland freezes all his assets
RTVideo - (YuTb - 4min 15sec - February 11, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has finally stepped down and handed power to the military, according to the country's Vice-President. It comes after more than two weeks of mass uprisings in the country, which has been accompanied by a wave of violent clashes between pro and anti government protesters."

Egypt explodes in celebration as Mubarak stepping down
RTVideo - Alt - (YuTb - 2min 59sec - February 11, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Follow the latest updates on -- http://twitter.com/RT_com -- and -- http://www.facebook.com/RTnews -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has finally stepped down and handed power to the military, according to the country's Vice-President. It comes after more than two weeks of mass uprisings in the country, which has been accompanied by a wave of violent clashes between pro and anti government protesters.

Tahrir Sq reacts to resignation
AJZVideo - (AJZYuTb - 2min 34sec - February 11, 2011) - Source:  AlJazeeraEnglish -- A quote...."As Mubarak's resignation is announced, Al Jazeera switches live to Tahrir Square for the crowd's reaction in central Cairo."

Jubilant scenes from Cairo, Alexandria as Egyptians celebrate Mubarak stepping down
RTVideo - Alt - (YuTb - 3min 49sec - February 11, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has finally stepped down and handed power to the military, according to the country's Vice-President. It comes after more than two weeks of mass uprisings in the country, which has been accompanied by a wave of violent clashes between pro and anti government protesters."

Ron Paul: US to blame for Egypt chaos
RTVideo - Ron Paul at his articulate and most convincing best, maybe RT's Dina Gusovsky motivated him (Dang she's cute! - Smart too.) - mpg -- (YuTb - 9min 20sec - February 11, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."RT's Dina Gusovsky talks to Congressman Ron Paul about the situation in Egypt, the future of the Conservative Movement, and whether or not he will run for President in 2012. Dr. Paul says that US foreign policy contributed to the situation in Egypt, and, so far, he is undecided about whether or not he will run again."

Egypt opposition calls for civilian rule
A quote...."The main opposition party in Egypt has called on the military to hand over power to a civilian-led government, following the transfer of power from Hosni Mubarak to a high military council."

The Emerging Counter-Revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt
Counter Revolutionary Warning - A quote...."An arrogant pharaoh has fallen. Egyptians may be chanting that their country is free, but their struggle is far from over. The United Arab Republic of Egypt is not free yet. The old regime and its apparatus are still very much in place and waiting for the dust to settle. The Egyptian military is officially in control of Egypt and the counter-revolution is emerging. A new phase of the struggle for liberty has started. -- The so-called regime-desired "transitional phases" in Tunisia and Egypt are being used to buy time in order to do three things. The first objective is to erode and eventually break the people's popular demands. The second goal is to work to preserve neo-liberal economic policies, which will be used to subvert the political system, and to tighten the straightjacket of external debts. Finally, the third motivation and objective is the preparation of counter-revolution."

There has been NO REVOLUTION so far
A quote...."A despicable tyrant has gone, but the army that imposed the will of that despicable tyrant for 30 years is now in charge and the Egyptian army is not only controlled by the US, it is funded by massive American military 'aid' - second only in scale to Israel."

The Empire is Alive and Well (and So Is Its Relationship With Israel) - American Duplicity in Egypt
A quote...."It is now apparent that the White House has three primary policy objectives in Egypt.  First, and foremost, Israeli security must be preserved at all cost.  That is our number one priority.  Second, we must allay any fears which our authoritarian Arab allies may have of possible abandonment by the United States.  We will remain loyal to even the most repressive of these Arab states come hell or high water.  Third, while pretending to be sympathetic to the pleas of the anti-government demonstrators for freedom and democracy, our objective is to restore the status quo in Egypt as soon as possible.  The Empire intends to remain in charge."

US moves naval forces off Ismailia while Israelis call for re-occupation of Philadelphia corridor
Related Article - A quote...."Egyptian media sources have confirmed reports from Israeli intelligence agencies that the US has moved some of its naval forces from the Fifth Fleet closer to the Suez Canal. It is feared that the situation in Egypt could spiral out of control and threaten navigation in the Canal." - also posted at GlobalRsrch

Egypt: Washington's Covert Intelligence Operation
Related Article - A quote...."Obama's Envoy to Egypt Frank G. Wisner II   is a member of a well known CIA family, son of one of America's most notorious spies, the late Frank Gardiner Wisner (1909- 1965), the mastermind  behind the CIA sponsored coup which toppled the government of  Mohammed Mossadegh in Iran in 1953."

Mubarak resignation staggers Obama administration
A quote...."Obama administration officials reacted to yesterday’s ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak with hypocritical declarations of solidarity with the democratic aspirations of the Egyptian masses. Their comments barely disguised, however, the alarm they felt at the downfall of a dictator the US government has backed for 31 years."

[Egyptian] Hussein Salem caught in Dubai with $500m
A quote...."Hussein Salem, an Egyptian partner of Israeli businessman Yosef Maiman in the East Mediterranean Gas Company (EMG), which has long term agreements to supply natural gas to Israel, has been caught in Dubai with $500 million in cash in his possession, according to agency reports this morning. -- It was reported yesterday that Salem and his family had fled Egypt because of the turmoil in the country. Arab media report that Salem himself went to Dubai, while his family left for an unknown destination. Salem is considered close to the Egyptian regime, particularly to President Hosni Mubarak's son Gamal Mubarak, who has reportedly left Egypt for London. -- Salem owns 28% of EMG, which has supplied gas to Israel since June 2008."

The Egyptian Revolution: A Democracy Now! Special....
Egypt's Judgment Day
Egypt's Joy - Toppling the Autocrat
The West Loses Its Favorite Tyrant
Egypt 2011:  Millions Have Heroically Stood Up....The Future Remains to be Written
Mubarak resigns, military claims power in Egypt
The downfall of Hosni Mubarak
Mubarak assets frozen by Swiss government
Fireworks in Beirut over Mubarak's resignation
Al Jazeera English Live From Egypt
Egypt's revolution through a million eyes
When Citizens Are Left to Fend for Themselves - Egypt's Dignity Revolution - Alt
Mubarak turns power over to military - Alt
Analysis: Military coup was behind Mubarak's exit - Alt
Egypt crisis: Army in pledge to end state of emergency
Mubarak has fallen! - Revolution until Victory!
As Mubarak Resigns, Ex-Guantánamo Prisoner Mamdouh Habib Reminds the World that Omar Suleiman Personally Tortured Him in Egypt - Alt
Iranians Back Uprisings in Egypt, Tunisia, Urge Resistance against US, Israel
Gaza rejoices as Mubarak steps down
Iraqi forces guard Green Zone from protest
Algeria Next?
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More On The International Situation....

Israel’s Fission Field Warfare: Pakistan, Iraq and Egypt
Must Read - A quote..."When applied to daily shifts on the geopolitical front, the first definition is self explanatory. The second definition however, requires a bit of dissection. The ‘nucleus’ of a stable society is the peaceful, brotherly and harmonious interaction between its people. To split this nucleus through fission, thus disrupting the interaction and establishing division, the variable needed is any type of bombardment. - Once the nucleus is split, the energy released is that which resembles misunderstanding, enmity, frustration and even hatred. Since the fission itself is controlled ‘very carefully,’ the manipulators must also induce the bombardment. This bombardment can be directed at either side of the divided societal ‘nucleus,’ fomenting an ever-expanding atmosphere of perpetual blaming and infighting. By constantly injecting deception into the enclaves where the newly formed ‘fragments’ have been divided, they remain quite incognizant of the reason that they have been split from their harmonious core to begin with." - also posted at MyCatBird'sSeat - For an example on this sort of process, see....  Topix ||  US Sponsored Civil Wars - Iraq  ||  The US's New Map of the Middle East  ||  Divide And Rule  ||

Uncle Sam – Take A Hike
Must Read - A quote...."Powerful countries meddling in the affairs of others is scarcely a recent development but goes back into the mists of time. Perhaps Palmerston said it best: “We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow.” (emphasis added) It’s following that dictum that brought forth the great empires of Britain, France, Russia, and to a lesser extent, the US. Until after World War I and especially post World War II, few questioned the right of Britain to have all those countries shown as red on the maps. Only weirdoes giving a Sunday incantation at Speaker’s Corner in London’s Hyde Park would have suggested that Britain divest itself of its empire or of places “of interest” like, say, Persia. -- It was indeed in Persia (I will use the modern name Iran henceforth) where it became obvious to the world that there were real people living in these countries of “interests”.
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Pakistan accuses U.S. Consulate staffer of 'coldblooded murder'
The Raymond Davis File - A quote...."Police investigators rule out self-defense as a motive for Raymond Davis' shooting of two men in Lahore last month. The finding escalates a diplomatic crisis between the U.S. and an important ally."

White House threatens Hussain Haqqani: report
The Raymond Davis File - A quote...."WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama’s national security advisor has threatened to boot Pakistan’s ambassador Hussain Haqqani from the country if a US official arrested in Lahore was not released by Friday, ABC News said. -- Citing two Pakistani officials, ABC News said late Thursday that National Security Advisor Tom Donilon made the threat after summoning Haqqani to the White House on Monday."

Pakistan: Another "Important Ally" at Risk? - US Double Standards Over Diplomat Killing
The Raymond Davis File - A quote...."Davis, described by the US government as a consular employee on a diplomatic visa, is reported to have been stopped in his car by angry crowds as he tried to flee the scene. A third Pakistani, a bystander, was killed when he was run over by another US consular vehicle rushing to Davis’ assistance. Pakistani police are seeking to question the driver of the second vehicle, but his whereabouts appear to be unknown. Davis, who is said by US officials to have been employed in a “technical assistance” role for the American consulate in Lahore, claims that he shot the men in self-defence during an attempted robbery. But eyewitnesses flatly dispute this claim, saying that it was Davis who was pursuing the motorbike riders. -- An ex-US army soldier, who also served in the Special Forces, Davis is believed by many Pakistanis to have been working for private security firm, Xe, formerly known as Blackwater, which is known to have carried out covert murder operations in Iraq, Afghanistan. Over the past year, US undercover agents are suspected to have stepped up assassination operations against Pakistani militants and civilians."

More recent articles from the Raymond Davis File....

US man Raymond Davis shot Pakistan pair 'in cold blood'
US tells Pakistan to release Davis or its envoy would be kicked out: Report
Islamabad refuses to let Davis go scot-free
Raymond killed two men in cold blood:
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Pakistani court issues arrest warrant for Musharraf in Bhutto case
A quote...."ISLAMABAD, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- An arrest warrant was issued on Saturday against former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in the 2007 murder case of slain leader Benazir Bhutto, prosecutors said. -- An anti-terrorism court ordered the former military president to appear in the court in the garrison city of Rawalpindi on Feb. 19."

Pakistani investigators name Musharraf accused in Benazir's murder case
A quote...."ISLAMABAD, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Investigators Monday requested an Anti-Terrorism Court to declare former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf absconder in the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, prosecutors said."

[US-NRE] Special Forces [in Afghanistan] feeling [the] pressure, U.S. says
Translation: The Neo-Roman Empire's military is a bit over-stretched right now and they can't murder as many people as they would like too so they're asking for more money.  Which is OK because Bernanke will just run it right off the printing presses. - mpg -- A quote...."Navy Adm. Eric Olson, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, said there were massive increases in the number of troops fighting wars, though demands in Afghanistan were "insatiable," the U.S. Defense Department quoted him as saying. -- "We are doing more with more but the more we're doing it with doesn't match the more we've been asked to do," he said. "We are, frankly, beginning to show some fraying around the edges."

Citing ‘Threats,’ Pentagon Poised to Unveil Largest Budget in History
Oh looky!!  Ask and yee shall receive.  Ain't life grand? - mpg -- A quote...."Nothing can penetrate the walls of the Pentagon, certainly not the news that the budget deficit is growing and Congress is looking for ways to save money. That is the lesson today as it was revealed that the Pentagon is poised to unveil a new $553 billion budget." - Which won't include the on-going illegal occupations of Afghanistan, Iraq and no doubt many more countries in the future. It also doesn't include the DOE's support, maintenance and development of nuclear weapons, the cost of Veteran's programs and so on and so forth.  If you add it all up, the total will be well North of a trillion dollars every year from now on. - mpg

Six Years on, Hariri Legacy Falters
Special Note - A quote....""Six years on, things are looking pretty grim for the original coalition formed after Hariri's assassination," said political commentator Nicholas Noe, editor of a book on Hizbullah. -- "The deepest cut over the years has been the issue of the tribunal," Noe added. "Those forces opposed to the tribunal have been able with a fair degree of success to undermine its credibility."

Meet the Lebanese Press: the end of Hariri or of Harirism?
Related Article - A quote...."While all eyes are on the people's revolts in Tunisia and Egypt, ongoing efforts to form a new government in Lebanon have garnered little media attention. But the collapse of the Hariri government in Lebanon was another major blow to US interests and the standing of its long-time Israeli and "moderate" Arab allies. It brought a possible end to a six-year-long period of a multi-pronged, US-led offensive on Hizballah and the Syrian regime under the pretext of avenging the 2005 assassination of Lebanese tycoon and Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri."

Iran Vows [New] Mideast [To Be Created] Without US, Israel
A quote...."I assure you that despite all evil and complicated plans, and thanks to the resistance of nations, there will be a new Middle East but without the US and the Zionist regime [of Israel]," he told the Iranians gathering at Tehran's Azadi Square to mark the 32nd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution."

Iran's petrochemical exports hit $8.7bn
A quote...."Iranian Oil Minister Massoud Mirkazemi made the remarks at the inauguration ceremony of a polystyrene plant of the Tabriz Petrochemical Company on Friday. -- He went on to say that the figure shows a 61 percent increase in value compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, the Mehr news agency reported. -- He added that domestic and foreign sales of petrochemical products in total rose 51 percent compared to the same period of the previous year to reach $12.8 billion."

Iran The Danger to World peace?  I Don't Think So!
A quote...."Since the 1979 Iranian revolution and the downfall of the US Puppet Ruler the Shah, Iran has been an Islamic state. In that interval of time, 1979 to the present, Iran has not invaded anyone. Not once. People of all religions live in peace in Iran, even Jews, who find life so comfortable in Iran they refused an offer by the government of Israel to emigrate!"

Iranians Celebrate Anniversary of Revolution
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Millions of Iranians took to the streets today to celebrate the 32nd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in demonstrations across the country."

Russia is right about Iran sanctions
Geo-Political Analysis - A quote...."However, the grandmaster turned out to be the ultimate winner. The US used the ‘grand bargain’ with Russia to isolate China and coax Beijing into a more accommodating stance over the Iran issue and in turn it resulted in the current UN sanctions regime against Iran. More important, aside undercutting Russia and India’s traditional ties with Iran, the US also played havoc with the ‘polycentrism’ that all three – Russia, India and China – used to profess in their a priori history as the indispensable gospel of the new world order." - Topix ||  The Road to War is Paved With Acts of Cowardice - 08-04-10 - mpg  ||  How About An Honest NPT? - 11-11-10 - mpg  ||
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Turkish inquiry says Israel used excessive force
For The Record - A quote...."ANKARA, Turkey — A Turkish committee investigating Israel's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla has refuted Israeli claims that its soldiers acted in self-defense, saying at least two activists were killed before commandos boarded the ship and another died "execution-style" as he lay injured." - Another Source:  AP@Yahoo

In Wake of Fourth Demolition, Tana Villagers Vow to Rebuild
A quote...."Nablus – PNN - On Wednesday, Israeli army bulldozers demolished all but the mosque in the tiny village of Tana, east of Nablus, because it did not have the required permits. On Thursday afternoon, the villagers began to rebuild. This is their fourth time." - also posted at AlethoNews

More demolitions in Khirbet Tana
A quote...."The village of Khirbet Tana, near Beit Furik, Nablus region, once again faced Israeli bulldozers yesterday. Several structures, including homes and animal shelters were demolished when the army arrived with six jeeps and two bulldozers. No notice was given of the destruction."

Army Attacks Palestinian Protesters In East Jerusalem
A quote...."Israeli soldiers and policemen attacked dozens of Palestinian protesters in Silwan, south of the Al Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, after the residents conducted Friday prayers at the mosque."

Silwan’s Captive Children - When home is jail
A quote...."Seventeen children currently live under house arrest in the besieged neighborhood of Silwan in Jerusalem. Combined with a fierce campaign from Jewish extremists and armed Israeli forces, these young men are routinely arrested, beaten and interrogated."

Drug store set on fire and classes suspended in school heavily damaged by Israeli bombing
A quote...."The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the targeting of civilian establishments in the Gaza Strip by aircraft of the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) early this morning. Ten Palestinians, including two women and a child, were wounded as a result of the bombing. In addition, a factory was destroyed, a drug store belonging to the Ministry of Health in Gaza was set on fire, and a school and wood warehouses were partially damaged."

UNHCHR censures Israel
A quote...."The UN human rights chief has sharply criticized Israel for ignoring the harm done to Palestinians by its illegal settlement policy and the construction of the apartheid wall."

Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (03 – 09 February 2011)
Every single week, without fail, without pause, without mercy.....what would YOU do if it was your community and your family? - mpg

• Israeli warplanes bombarded a number of targets in the Gaza Strip.
• A medicine warehouse of the Palestinian Ministry of Health was heavily damaged.
• 11 Palestinian civilians, including 4 children, were lightly injured.
• IOF continued to target Palestinian workers, farmers and fishermen in border areas in the Gaza Strip.
• 4 Palestinian workers, including a child, were wounded.
• IOF continued to use force against peaceful protests in the West Bank.
• A Palestinian civilian was wounded.
• IOF arrested 4 human rights defenders.
• IOF conducted 46 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and a limited one into the Gaza Strip.  
• IOF arrested 27 Palestinian civilians, including 8 children.
• IOF harassed a Palestinian family in al-Khader village near Betlehem.
• Israel has continued to impose a total siege on the OPT and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.

Boycott roundup: international day of action called for Land Day
Contains Video - Alt - Boycott, Divest and Sanction the ENTIRE state of Israel! Because they won't change until they're forced to change. - mpg -- A quote...."As part of a regular feature, The Electronic Intifada reports on the latest developments of the Palestinian-led global boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israeli violations of human rights and policies of apartheid." - also posted at AlethoNews & Uruknet - 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.

Israeli and PA Forces Suppress Solidarity with Egyptians
A quote...."Despite Palestinian Authority (PA) officials banning anti-Mubarak demonstrations, hundreds rallied in support. On February 5, Jerusalem Post writer Khaled Abu Toameh headlined, "100s demonstrate in Ramallah in support of Egyptians," saying:  Marching in Ramallah with Egyptian flags, they publicly supported them "(f)or the first time since the beginning of the(ir( uprising...." Another Ramallah demonstration followed as well as a Bethlehem one."

Concocting elections to regain lost legitimacy
A quote...."Hamas has also objected to the unilateral announcement in Ramallah, arguing that the holding of elections in the absence of basic civil liberties such as freedom of speech and expression would be a foolish and irresponsible act. --  Hamas is correct. The West Bank is languishing under a police-state apparatus, with a nearly total absence of the rule of law as well as basic liberties, without which the organization of true elections would be meaningless. --  The organization of elections would require the availability of basic rights and freedoms, including the freedom to hold rallies, meetings, do campaigning and electioneering without being suppressed and harassed by the police and other security agencies."
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More On The Domestic Situation....

DHS Head Threatens Americans with Another 9/11 FALSE FLAG /INSIDE JOB
Contains Videos - HstryofFalseFlags - M-88 - Chertoff'sTSADeathScanners -- A quote...."False flag - operations are covert operations designed to deceive the public in such a way that the operations appear as though they are being carried out by other entities. The name is derived from the military concept of flying false colors; that is, flying the flag of a country other than one's own. False flag operations are not limited to war and counter-insurgency operations, and have been used in peace-time; for example during Italy's strategy of tension."

You guys are al-Qaida,' said one soldier. 'Taliban,' said another
A quote...."The amazing true story of Zeitoun - Abdulrahman Zeitoun is the real-life hero of Dave Eggers's new book. In the aftermath of hurricane Katrina he paddled from house to house in a canoe, offering help to his neighbours. For his trouble, he was arrested as a suspected terrorist."

Canadian sues claiming abuse at U.S. border
A quote...."A 46-year-old Canadian woman sued two unidentified female U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in U.S. District Court in Detroit on Wednesday, saying one of them strip-searched and groped her without justification as the other one watched at the Ambassador Bridge last March."

House clears way for PATRIOT Act extension - Oh, oh....it's back. - mpg
A quote...."The US House of Representatives voted Thursday night to clear the road for an extension of controversial provisions in the USA PATRIOT Act. -- The final vote was 248 to 176, largely along party lines. Just 4 Republicans voted against the extension, while only 15 Democrats voted for it." - also posted at RogueGov

CIA Torturers, Murderers Promoted - Of course! - mpg
A quote...."Washington, Feb 11 (Prensa Latina) Several CIA agents accused of assassination, kidnapping, and torture were promoted, according to an investigation revealed Friday by the Democracy Now network. -- Other agents involved in similar incidents either received very short sentences or went unpunished, the community radio and TV network reported."

How the Government Will Take Control of Your Retirement Account
A quote...."In the late 1920s, the economy of the Weimar Republic was beset by numerous fiscal troubles. The global depression spread quickly to Germany, undermining the government's ability to make its reparation payments from the Great War. -- Fearing a return to hyperinflation, many Germans who had spent the last decade building up a small fortune during the Weimar Republic's own 'Roaring 20s' decided to pack up and leave; they remembered the days when banknotes were used as wallpaper and had no desire to repeat the experience. -- In 1931, Chancellor Heinrich Bruning imposed a 'flight tax', which levied a 25% tax on the value of all property and capital for Germans leaving the country."
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More On The Economic Situation....

Make Sure the Wheelbarrow is Ready
Must Read - A quote...."February 11, 2011 "Information Clearing House" -- The game is on. Two years of zero rates, limitless guarantees, and a $2 trillion drip-feed from the Fed, has lifted Wall Street from the canvas and put the speculators back in the thick-of-things. It's a miracle. Who would have thought that Bernanke could engineer another bubble this fast. But he has. Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) are increasing, LBO's (Leveraged  buyouts) are on the rise, revolving credit ("plastic") is expanding, and investors are scarfing up low-yield junk bonds wherever they can find them."

How Confident Are You in a Hyperinflationary Future?
A quote...."Our actions reflect the strength of our convictions and confidence in specific outcomes. -- My longtime friend G.F.B. recently asked me: "If you really expect the dollar and the financial system to collapse, why not max out your credit cards and live large, knowing you'll never have to pay the money back?"

US trade deficit widened by 33% in 2010
A quote...."The US trade deficit ballooned in 2010 by the largest amount seen in a decade, Commerce Department figures have shown. - The trade deficit - the difference between imports and exports - hit $497.8bn (£311bn) last year, up 32.8% on the year before, the biggest annual percentage gain since 2000."

Your Life According To The Government
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 4min 17sec - February 11, 2011) - Source:  visionvictory - Producer:  Crush The Street dot Com

Flip That Bond" Continues As Primary Dealers Divest 75% Of Just Auctioned Off 7 Year Bond
A quote...."Trust the Criminal Reserve and Criminary Dealers to take advantage of the cover provided by the Egyptian revolution to sneak a quick Flip That Bond in there. Today's POMO closed with $7.375 billion of bonds monetized out of $24 billion in submitted offers. The Submitted to Accepted ratio was 3.3x, but as usual the trickery lies just below the surface. As usual the just issued bond, the 2.625% of 2018 - PDF, accounted for the bulk of the POMO. In fact, at $3.899 billion, the PT1 represented 52.9% of the entire POMO. With PDs having taken down $12.2 billion of the issue at auction, they have just reduced their holdings by 32%. But wait, there's more: on the February 3 POMO PDs put back $5.2 billion of the PT1 CUSIP. So between today and the last time the 7 Year bond (which was just auctioned off two weeks ago) was monetized, Primary Dealers have already given back 75% of the entire take down from the January 27 auction! So while Egypt has just turned a new page in its history, things in the US continue grinding just along the good old and very predictable "rape the middle class" status quo."

China Denies It Faces Half A Trillion In Fannie & Freddie Losses
This is EXACTLY what happened to Europe (but it involved A LOT MORE money) and it is exactly what will happen to ANYONE who buys US-NRE securities. - mpg -- Topix ||  Debt Doesn't Matter When the Rubes Pay - 02-29-08 - mpg  || -- A quote...."We were wondering how long it would take for China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) to come out with a report refuting yesterday’s statement by Lu Zhengwei that China should immediately proceed to start selling its GSE concurrent with today’s announcement by the administration that the “Fannie, Freddie model is dead”, as well as the supposed upcoming end of QE2 (don’t worry, it won’t end) which would send fixed income prices much lower. The answer: less than 24 hours… although not really."

Over 100 under investigation in Iceland bank crash probe
Think about it folks, Iceland, that tiny little country up north, is the ONLY country so far who takes banking and banksterism seriously!!  Everybody else in the US-NRE and Europe thinks handing the Banksters tens of TRILLIONS of dollars MORE so they can do their grand theft all over again is perfectly OK!  What the heck is up with that?!?! - mpg -- A quote...."Olafur Thor Hauksson told Frettatiminn that well over a hundred people are legally classified as suspects in his team’s investigations into the causes of the Icelandic banking crisis — adding that the number is set to increase quickly in the near future."