Wednesday April 20th 2011

More Tales From The Zio-Sphere.....

“Hell is where many false commitments must be unlearned.”
Must Read - A quote...."Richard Goldstone’s journey from Justice to Sinner represents the spiritual act of dying in the Zionist world. By recanting his own report he has attempted to break the bonds that cast him into the sufferings in Caina, Antenora, and Judecca where, in Dante’s Inferno, those treacherous to their own, are removed from the light and warmth of their kin, their country, and their masters and suffer eternal damnation in the remorseless dead center of the ice in the most bottomless circle of Hell. Fortunately, Goldstone like Dante can learn that he has, in his journey, aligned himself with many false gods and many false attachments ignoring on the way the elementary truths that bind humankind ineluctably in one race in a bond of human grace." - Here's what this website editor said regarding Goldstone's betrayal of his own beliefs....

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More On The Domestic Situation....

The Fundamental Injustice That Is Poisoning the Nation
Must Read - A quote...."There is a fundamental injustice that is poisoning the soul of the nation, and if it is not openly addressed then the nation will face the explosive consequences of institutionalized injustice. -- Simply put, it is this: those responsible for the nation's financial crisis and its catastrophic after-effects are not paying for the consequences of their actions--it is the innocent, those who were not responsible, who are paying the price. -- You can call it whatever you want: the Anarchy of the Super-Rich (as per Paul Farrell), the Financial Power Elite, the financial Oligarchy, Plutocracy or Corporatocracy, or the unprecedented concentration of financial wealth and political power in a financialized post-industrial economy. Whatever you call it, we all know this class of financiers and its minions got away with high financial crimes." - also posted at ZeroHedge

Fear and loathing in the House of Saud
Must Read - A quote...."Early last week, US President Barack Obama sent a letter to Saudi King Abdullah, delivered in person in Riyadh by US National Security Advisor Thomas Donilon. This happened less than a week after Pentagon head Robert Gates spent a full 90 minutes face to face with the king. -- These two moves represented the final seal of approval of a deal struck between Washington and Riyadh even before the voting of UN Security Council resolution 1973 (see Exposed: the Saudi-US Libya deal, Apr 1, Asia Times Online). Essentially, the Obama administration will not say a word about how the House of Saud conducts its ruthless repression of pro-democracy protests in Bahrain and across the Persian Gulf. No ''humanitarian'' operations. No R2P (''responsibility to protect''). No no-fly or no-drive zones. - Progressives of the world take note: the US-Saudi counter-revolution against the Great 2011 Arab Revolt is now official." - Topix || One Vile, Venom Tipped, Taloned Hand Washes the Other - (a.k.a. The Standard Model) - 07-29-10 - mpg  ||

PNAC: a Nominally American Conspiracy - Absolutely spot-on, prescient, & prophetic. - mpg
Must View Video - From the History File - Apr 15, 2007 - Alt - (YuTb - 1hr46min43sec - 04/20/11) - Source:  johannafaust -- Some quotes...."....I present Daniel Abrahamson. -- You may not agree with everything he has to say -- I would be surprised if you could even absorb it all.  (And if you knew it all already -- you should post.) So sachedule a couple of hours when you can try to take this in." -- "from a speech by Daniel Abrahamson given at "A Project for a New American Citizen : Rebuilding America's senses - Exposing false-flag terrorism To prevent a new 9/11" -- a conference held at Austin University - in Texas, 4/14/07 and 4/15/07."

Was FBI too quick to judge anthrax suspect the killer?
A quote...."WASHINGTON — Scouring the anthrax-laced mail that took five lives and terrorized the East Coast in 2001, laboratory scientists discovered a unique contaminant — a tiny scientific fingerprint that they hoped would help unmask the killer. -- One senior FBI official wrote in March 2007, in a recently declassified memo, that the potential clue "may be the most resolving signature found in the evidence to date." -- Yet once FBI agents concluded that the likely culprit was Bruce Ivins — a mentally troubled, but widely regarded Army microbiologist — they stopped looking for the contaminant, after testing only a few work spaces of the scores of researchers using the anthrax strain found in the letters. They quit searching, despite finding no traces of the substance in hundreds of environmental samples from Ivins' lab, office, car and home." - Topix ||  US-False Flag Ops - Bruce Ivins  ||

More Judicial Interference on Guantánamo
A quote...."Last week, in my article, How the Supreme Court Gave Up on Guantánamo, I explained how, given the option of addressing complaints made by prisoners in Guantánamo regarding the basis of their ongoing detention, the Supreme Court chose not to, leaving the final decisions regarding the prisoners not in the hands of the District Court in Washington D.C., which has recommended, in 38 of the 59 cases decided, that the prisoners should be released, but in the hands of the D.C. Circuit Court." - also posted at Uruknet - Topix ||  9/11-Iraq-Torture Fables  ||

Press Release: Military moves to further isolate Bradley Manning with transfer to Kansas
A quote...."Alleged WikiLeaks source to be moved away from attorney and DC-area backers; however, Kansas residents already preparing to spearhead support."

U.S. Government Printing Office Needs 350,934 National Detainee Handbooks Printed by 29 April 2011
Special (Scary) Note -- A quote...."The U.S. Government needs 350,934 National Detainee Handbooks printed by 29 April 2011. Here’s a 2007 English version of the National Detainee Handbook. I don’t know if that’s the same document as what has been ordered below. -- The GPO solicitation went out on 18 April and the handbooks must be delivered by 29 April. Is eleven days a short time for something like this? I have no idea, but clicking on “Jacket Number: 735-412/413” brings up a specification document, which states the following...."

30,000 Confidential Government Documents About The Gulf Oil Spill Made Available By Greenpeace
A quote...."Here's one for the more enterprising investigators in the TreeHugger audience: Under the Freedom of Information Act Greenpeace has collected some 30,000 confidential documents related to the Gulf oil spill and made them available in the new PolluterWatch Research site. Included in the documents are internal correspondence with BP, flight records, notes about the types of animal carcasses collected and much (much) more."

One Year Anniversary of the Gulf Oil Spill
A quote...."Here's a roundup of news from today:

• Nil, Baby, Nil: Congress Fails To Pass A Single Oil Spill Law
• One Year After BP, Congress Has Yet To Change Oil Spill Liability Cap
• BP Marks Anniversary With Campaign Contributions
• BP Still Being Awarded Lucrative Government Contracts
• Cleanup Workers Report Mysterious Illnesses - and much more....
  

The unvarnished truth about Un-American TSA
A quote...."We're either gonna look at you naked or feel you up -- your call." That's the choice the federal Transportation Security Administration offers any law-abiding citizen who wants to fly -- and the fact that we're willing to put up with it shows that there's something seriously wrong in America today."

Getting Off The Globalist Chessboard: An Introduction
A quote...."To put it simply, America is nearing a checkmate scenario. Like the final torrid maneuvers of a rigged chess match, we have been pressed, manipulated, and attacked into the last remaining corner of the “grand global chessboard” left to us; centralized control of all social and economic power into the hands of an unworthy elite. If we continue playing the game by their rules, we will lose. There is no doubt. There have been many solutions presented to us in the past to combat this development, but nearly all of them function within the constraints of Federal politics. Working within the system has earned us no quarter, and frankly, no results. Our only recourse (and, frankly, the best recourse all along) is to STOP relying on the rules of their game, and to walk away from the chess board completely."

The Alex Jones Show – April 19th, 2011
AJVideo - DR&AJ(1/3) - DR&AJ(2/3) - DR&AJ(3/3) - SoclstSchools - Calls-f/Vwrs - StrongDelusion - LittleGreenMen - BankingCartells(1/3) - BankingCartells(2/3) - BankingCartells(3/3) - (AJYuTb - 10/15min - Apr 19, 2011) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Alex talks with author Dick Russell. He is the co-author of Jesse Ventura’s latest book, "63 Documents the Government Doesn’t Want You to Read", [GoglBkPrcSrch],* available at the Infowars Store. Mr. Russell also co-authored with the former Minnesota governor American Conspiracies: Lies, Lies, and More Dirty Lies that the Government Tells Us and Don’t Start the Revolution Without Me! He also wrote On the Trail of the JFK Assassins and was featured in a National Geographic documentary on whales. Alex also covers the latest developments on the economy and Libya as NATO and the U.S. prepare for a ground invasion of the besieged north Africa country." - *links added

What Really Happened with Michael Rivero – April 20th, 2011 - Part2
MRVideo - A quote...."(JustInTV - 2hrs - April 20th, 2011) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero extensively covers the on-going disaster in Japan, Obama's illegal war on Libya, the "Money Junkies" spree of destruction across the planet, and many other issues. - mpg
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More On The International Situation....

The Breakdown Draws Near
Special Note - A quote...."Things are certainly speeding up, and it is my conclusion that we are not more than a year away from the next major financial and economic disruption. -- Alas, predictions are tricky, especially about the future (credit: Yogi Berra), but here's why I am convinced that the next big break is drawing near. -- In order for the financial system to operate, it needs continual debt expansion and servicing. Both are important. If either is missing, then catastrophe can strike at any time. And by 'catastrophe' I mean big institutions and countries transiting from a state of insolvency into outright bankruptcy. -- In a recent article, I noted that the IMF had added up the financing needs of the advanced economies and come to the startling conclusion that the combination of maturing and new debt issuances came to more than a quarter of their combined economies over the next year. A quarter!"

The Ugly Truth Podcast April 21, 2011
Audio - A quote...."Maidhc Ó Cathail of www.thepassionateattachment.com joins the program to offer his extensive (and some might say unmached) analysis of Middle East events. He writes for Antiwar.com, Arab News, Dissident Voice, Foreign Policy Journal, Forward Magazine (Syria), Information Clearing House, Journal of Turkish Weekly, Khaleej Times, Ma’an News Agency, Middle East Monitor, Palestine Chronicle, Tehran Times, The Nation (Pakistan), Washington Report on Middle East Affairs and many more. His writings are also published in audio/video format at the youtube channel argonium79." - ||  Download Mp3  ||

The IMF and World Bank Creating Crises
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 6m22s - Apr 18, 2011) - Source:  RTAmerica -- A quote...."The IMF and World Bank were created over 60 years ago to realign the global economic landscape. Andrew Gavin Marshall from the Centre for Research on Globalization, however, says that the actions of these international economic giants did little to help the third world countries it advertised it would, and instead has only helped make the wealthier countries wealthier."

‘US using chaos to break up Arab states’
A quote...."The imperialist powers are using the Arab world uprising to implement a chaos plan with the goal of breaking up Arab countries into smaller states. -- Hesham Tillawi, a Palestinian-American who hosts the Current Issues television and radio program in Louisiana, made the remarks in an interview with Press TV. -- Following is the text of the interview...." - Topix ||  The US's New Map of the Middle East  ||  Divide and rule  ||  The Plan -- according to U.S. General Wesley Clark (Ret.) - (YuTub - 1m37s - March 17, 2007)  ||

Hedging, Delusion and Dishonesty in Afghanistan
A quote...."“The Americans have not been honest about this, even among themselves.” -- That’s how Mullah Attullah Lodin, deputy chairman of the High Peace Council of Afghanistan, sees our nation and its government as it relates to the question of permanent bases in Afghanistan and to his specific portfolio, the establishment of peace in Afghanistan." - also posted at Uruknet

Officials: NATO Air Strike Kills at Least Three Afghan Civilians
Maybe we should all call Pakistan "The US-NRE's New Gaza", after all, the US-NRE bombs Pakistan as often, with as little reason or care, and as much impunity, as Israel bombs the Palestinians in Gaza. - mpg -- A quote...."Local officials in the Dangam District of Afghanistan’s restive Kunar Province have confirmed that at least three civilians were killed in an overnight air strike by NATO warplanes. The strike targeted a gathering of “suspected militants” but also killed civilians in the house."

Afghan blast leaves 10 NATO casualties
A quote...."Taliban-linked militants have attacked US-led forces in eastern Afghanistan, killing and wounding ten foreign troops in the war-torn country."

Pakistani MPs urge NATO supply cutoff
A quote...."link -- 20 Apr 2011 A high-level panel of lawmakers in Pakistan has demanded the cutting off of NATO's supply lines for the US-led forces in the neighboring Afghanistan through its borders. During an important parliamentary meeting, the Pakistani MPs called for the government to pressure the US to stop the indiscriminate US drone attacks. The lawmakers also urged the government to take more actions, such as suspending the supply to NATO forces, on these unauthorized strikes on Pakistan's tribal belt, a Press TV correspondent reported."

Maliki rules out extension of U.S. troops' presence after 2011
Special Note - A quote...."Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ruled out signing a new security pact with the United States to extend the presence of U.S. troops in the country, his office said in a statement on Wednesday. -- "The Prime Minister rule out possibility for any new security agreement to prolong the presence of U.S. troops in Iraq, because the (current) document of the strategic agreement (SOFA) is clear in this respect," the statement quoted Maliki as saying in an interview with the local television channel of Biladi to be broadcasted later." - Source:  PDO

ElBaradei: US, Europe Weren’t Interested in Compromise With Iran
A quote...."Former IAEA Chief and current Egyptian Presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei has given a high profile interview to Der Spiegel this week. Though the interview largely centers around domestic politics, it also delves into his IAEA experience, particularly with respect to the attempts to broker a deal on Iran. -- ElBaradei reported that he was “on the verge of a solution on several occasions” and that politics had always foiled the efforts. In particular he accused US and European officials of withholding important documents."

Sukhoi Superjet conducts first passenger flight
A quote...."The delivery of the first production aircraft is the key milestone of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 Project," said Mikhail Pogosyan, President of Russia's United Aircraft Corporation and General Director of Sukhoi. "The event opens a new stage of the program - the beginning of commercial operation and full-scale serial production."

Why is Russia better than Silicon Valley?
RIAVideo - (RIA - 8m22s - 2011-04-21) - Source:  RIANovosti -- A quote...."While Silicon Valley still flourishes due to the Russian brain drain, some Valley-based businessmen are returning to Russia, citing greater money opportunities here. Russian-born Kirill Makharinsky, who in his mid-twenties launched what is today a profitable internet company in the Valley, came back to Russia last year. Why it’s necessary to write letters to Steve Jobs and why startup communities are useless for fundraising, Makharinsky said in an interview with RIA Novosti’s Anastasia Markitan."

Putin drops strongest hint yet of bid for presidency
A quote...."In his strongest hint yet that he wants to return to the presidency next year, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin yesterday told Russian MPs that the country needs a "strong and calm" decade to ensure economic growth. He cautioned against "unnecessary liberalism", in what many will see as a swipe against the current President Dmitry Medvedev."

The Assault On Libya....

The Energy Vampires
A quote...."To hear the “humanitarian” interventionists tell it, the NATO alliance is currently bombing Libya in order to avert an alleged “massacre” that may – or may not – happen if Moammar Gadhafi gets his hands on the rebels now holding the eastern province known as Cyrenaica. It’s just a coincidence that Libya is a major oil producer, and that the NATO allies demanding the dictator’s ouster are thirsty for the stuff." - also posted at Uruknet

Euro-American Land Invasion of Libya Imminent
A quote...."As if hard-wired for theft of other people's lands, the European Union is preparing to put thousands of its once-and-forever colonial boots on the ground in Libya. “The mass ground onslaught may well commence with the imminent deployment of the European Union’s so-called 'battle groups' – multinational military units of about 1,500 men each.” Libyan leader Moamar Gaddafi, who had earlier offered to accept some humanitarian assistance in Misrata, vowed to fight any foreign soldiers on Libyan territory. " - also posted at AlethoNews

Libyan rebel's story shows links to Taliban, Al Qaeda, NATO
A quote...."AJDABIYA, Libya — He once lived under the Taliban's protection, met with Osama bin Laden and helped found a group the U.S. has listed as a terrorist organization. -- On Friday, Abdul Monem Muktar Mohammed died in a secondhand U.S. military uniform, ambushed by Moammar Gadhafi's men as he cleared a road after an airstrike by his new NATO allies." - also posted at SeattleTimes

Going Ground: UN bums rushed as UK, France send advisors to Libya
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 4m18s - Apr 20, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."France is joining the UK in sending military officers to Libya to advise rebel forces. The move is aimed at breaking the stalemate between pro and anti-Gaddafi factions after two months of clashes. Britain earlier announced its decision to deploy up to 20 advisers to apply the UN resolution on protecting civilians."

Russia Slams NATO’s Regime Change Scenario in Libya
Analysts: Libya War Could Drag On Indefinitely -- Gadhafi Seen Consolidating His Position
'Mission creep' feared in Libya campaign
Former colonial powers send military “advisers” to Libya
'US-led ground invasion of Libya likely' - contains video
Qatar supplying light weapons to Libyan rebel forces - Src
Libya rebels to get $25m of US military equipment under Pentagon proposal - Alt
Arming Libya rebels not allowed by UN resolutions, legal experts warn US
NATO strikes Tripoli, Aziziyah, Sirte
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More on the World Wide Revolution....

US seeks to subvert anti-Assad movement in Syria
A quote...."Tens of thousands are protesting in Syria against the regime of Bashar al-Assad. There was further bloody repression by the right-wing dictatorship on Sunday and Tuesday, as police and soldiers opened fire on demonstrators in Homs, a city of 700,000 near the Turkish border."

Backed by US, Saudi Arabia -- Bahraini regime pursues savage repression
A quote...."The regime of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa in Bahrain is continuing its reign of terror against political opponents. According to human rights organizations, nearly 1,000 people have been arrested or are missing in the recent crackdown on popular opposition to the autocratic regime that began in mid-March."

Bahraini forces rape, kill female poet
A quote...."A female Bahraini activist who has composed anti-government poems has been killed, after being arrested and raped by Manama forces.ASH/GHN/HRF -- Ayat al-Ghermezi, 20, had recited her poems, in which she slammed the ruling regime and Bahraini Prime Minister Khalifah Ibn Salman al-Khalifah, during protests in Pearl Square in the capital city, Manama, Fardanews reported.  Shortly afterwards, Ghermezi received an influx of insulting and intimidating letters and emails, but when she referred to the police to report the threats, she was insulted and mocked by officers, her family says."

Bahrain's secret terror
A quote...."The intimidation and detention of doctors treating dying and injured pro-democracy protesters in Bahrain is revealed today in a series of chilling emails obtained by The Independent."

In Yemen, anger from activists over U.S. policy
A quote...."Anger and frustration at the Obama administration are building among activists and political opposition leaders amid intensifying violence across this Middle Eastern nation. As Saleh remains defiant, many here believe the United States should apply more pressure to bring his 32-year rule to a swift end. -- “The American administration has been too slow to act,” Anesi continued. “Until now, we have not seen a firm public stance. They don’t have to wait until thousands of us are killed.”

Meet Keratea: Greece's War Zone
If you're a Bahraini, protesting in the UK can have 'grave consequences'
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More on Japan's Nuclear Power Plants....

Radiation Spreads throughout the Northern Hemisphere
Radiation Alert - A quote...."Below is the static map based on real time tabulations of the Norwegian Institute of Air Research pertaining to potential releases of radiation from the Fukushima plant. -- For the dynamic version of this map, regional dynamic maps as well as technical information click below.  Jpan and North america static maps are indicated below -- You will need to refresh the dynamic map  (Global Research, April 20, 2011)

Highest Yet: 78 pCi/l of Iodine-131 found in raw milk from San Francisco Bay Area
Radiation Alert - A quote...."UCB Milk Sampling Results, University of California, Berkeley Department of Nuclear Engineering: -- UCB Statement: “4/19/2011 7:45pm… we added two raw milk samples from local Bay Area dairy farmers.”

Radiation fallout from Japan affects food safety across North America
Radiation Alert - A quote...."Most Contaminated food areas of North America (based on fallout wind spread patterns charted by European scientific research agencies) in order of likely intensity of contamination, starting with the most contaminated...." - also posted at PrisonPlanet

• Entire Pacific Coast (note that much of the produce in North America comes from this region, especially California)
• Northern U.S. States close to Canada, and Canadian areas close to the U.S. (including Toronto etc.)
• Eastern States
• Central States of the U.S., and Far Northern areas of Canada

Radioactive Iodine In Phoenix Arizona Milk 1600% Above EPA Drinking Water Limits
Radiation Alert - A quote...."Japan nuclear radiation in Phoenix Arizona milk samples show radioactive Iodine contamination levels up to 1600% above EPA drinking water limits. To make matters worse those contamination levels of radiation do not even include Caesium or other radioactive isotopes which were not even reported in the Arizona tests."

Pneumonia cases “surge” in Japan’s Tohoku region — Frequency of pneumonia also increased after Chernobyl
Special Note - A quote...."At least 11 people have died of pneumonia and about 150 have been hospitalized with the illness at Ishinomaki Red Cross Hospital in Miyagi Prefecture since the March 11 quake and tsunami, the hospital said Tuesday. -- The number of patients is five to six times higher than during the same period last year, it said."

TEPCO admitted Wednesday that nuclear fuel in reactor No. 1 could still be melting
BREAKING:  Kyodo, April 21, 2011 at 2:20 pm EDT: -- A quote...."An official at Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, admitted Wednesday that fuel of the plant’s No. 1 reactor could be melting."

New Radiation Limits Raised 500% for Fukushima Plant Workers
A quote...."In order to stabilize the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant, the government is planning to raise the radiation exposure limit for the workers from the current 250 milli-sievert/year. -- The radiation exposure limit for workers at nuclear power plants is 100 milli-sievert/year, but the limit has been raised to 250 milli-sievert/year to deal with the Fukushima I Nuke Plant accident. According to the government sources, the higher limit is being considered because it is getting increasingly difficult to have enough workers to work on the plant. Also, the radiation inside the Reactor buildings is high, and the annual limit of 250 milli-sieverts may not be high enough to achieve the goals laid out by the TEPCO road map."

Japan's PM declares no-go zone
BREAKING:  Thu Apr 21, 2011 2:4AM - A quote...."Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan has declared a plan which prevents people from returning to evacuated areas around the disaster-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant."

Radioactive iodine found in breast milk near Tokyo — Mother of 8-month old baby has 980 pCi/kg
A quote...."A citizen’s group concerned about the impact on mothers and babies of the radioactive leaks from a crippled nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture said Wednesday that small amounts of radioactive iodine have been found in the breast milk of four women living east or northeast of Tokyo."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

GAZA STRIP: Suspect in killing of Italian activist dies in standoff
A quote...."Hamas rulers in the Gaza Strip said Tuesday that a man suspected of killing an Italian pro-Palestinian activist in the territory committed suicide during a tense police standoff. -- The suspect, a Jordanian citizen, shot himself after he hurled a grenade at two of his partners, critically injuring one of them, the Hamas-run Interior Ministry said in a statement published on its website. -- Three policemen were injured during an exchange of fire, the statement added. --  Hamas police said armed officers surrounded a house in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip in which three Islamist Salafists had taken shelter. --  Police cordoned off the area and evacuated scores of houses. Clashes between police and the armed Salafists lasted almost two hours."

Administrative Detention
A quote...."A largely neglected instrument of legal Israeli repression used against the Palestinian people is that of administrative detention. Thousands of men as well as women and children are held indefinitely and under horrendous conditions in detention centres dotted across the occupied territories without charge, access to a fair trial or even having been accused of committing a crime. This renders administrative detainees exceptions to the rules that would govern convicts, placing them outside the normal legal system and procedures and beyond the remit of the Red Cross." - also posted at Uruknet

Gaza family mourns Israeli raid victims
AJZVideo - Alt - (AJZYuTb - 1m49s - Apr 20, 2011) - Source:  AlJazeeraEnglish -- A quote...."Israel and Hamas have kept up a tentative truce, with Hamas fighters in Gaza halting rocket fire and the Israelis suspending their air raids. -- But the families of Palestinian civilians killed by Israeli air attacks are calling for justice. -- Al Jazeera's Nicole Johnston speaks to the family of one of the victims."

Tanks enter Gaza City industrial zone
A quote...."GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Several Israeli tanks penetrated Gaza's border on Thursday morning, entering the Gaza City industrial zone where they demolished an unknown number of factories, all which had been closed since 2005."

IOF bulldozers raze factories east of Gaza
A quote...."GAZA, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) crossed into eastern Gaza city on Thursday morning escorting huge bulldozers that destroyed Palestinian factories in the industrial area near the Mintar crossing."

Illegal theft of olive trees must be stopped
A quote...."For around a decade now, illegal trade in ancient olive trees – including uprooting, stealing and smuggling them from the West Bank into Israel – has reportedly been flourishing." - Topix ||  Israel's Scorched Earth  ||

Settlers [Crazed Homeless Jewish Thugs] attack villager in Burin
A quote...."On Tuesday 19 April in Burin a small village in the West Bank of Palestine, Aby Rusli-Eid, 36 year old Palestinian was savagely attacked by an armed gang of [crazed] Israeli settlers [homeless Jewish thugs] from the nearby illegal settlement [squatter camp] of Arusi. -- Aby Rusli-Eid is a policeman for the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and was attacked at around 6 pm. His house is the closest in the village to the illegal settlement [squatter camp] ."

Pro-Palestinian activists take to sea to protect Gaza fishermen
A quote...."Gaza City - The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) launched a fishing boat Wednesday with the aim of protecting Gaza fishermen from what they termed Israeli violations, and ending Israel's naval siege of the coastal enclave."
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More On The Economic Situation....

Blankfein Reaps $19 Million As Bonuses Return To Goldman
Contains Video - A quote...."April 4 (Bloomberg) -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein’s $19 million compensation for 2010, almost double the prior year, ended two years in which the firm’s top executives gave up cash bonuses. Blankfein’s pay included $5.4 million in cash, $12.6 million in restricted stock, a $600,000 salary and about $464,000 in other benefits, a proxy statement from the New York-based firm showed." - Source:  Bloomberg - Topix ||  Having Fun With Your Tax Dollars  ||

Bankruptcy in America
A quote...."Many banks are insolvent, yet are allowed to stay in business. Being allowed to keep two sets of books is obscuring their real estate loan problems. This is the shadow inventory you sometimes hear about. Those millions of homes “that exist, but they don’t.” They presently admit to owning some 1 million homes they cannot sell, which is almost 25% higher than last year. If you put everything together you could be looking at an 8-year supply. Making matters worse lenders are holding homes on the books at values 40% higher than what they are worth. This is very similar to what is going on in Spain presently. We’ll say this one more time. Most major banks and some middle tier and small institutions are broke and you are being lied to regarding their condition." - also posted at DailyPaul

Dollar hits 15-month low against euro
A quote...."The dollar took a beating Wednesday, losing ground to a range of currencies, and falling to its lowest level against the euro in 15 months. [What many people now call "risk-on". - mpg] -- And that's pretty much been the trend in recent months. At the start of the year, the euro was trading at $1.33 against the dollar, but has since surged to $1.45 against the beleaguered greenback."

Freefalling Dollar Sends Silver Above $46
A quote...."At this rate the Hunt Brothers all time high to be taken out within a week...or a day, right about the time the dollar suffers terminal implosion. The DXY is now below 74."

The Economist: Global Debt Clock Now $42T And Ticking
Special Note - Debt Clock (per/person-worldwide) with MAP -- A quote...."The clock is ticking. Every second, it seems, someone in the world takes on more debt.  The idea of a debt clock for an individual nation is familiar to anyone who has been to Times Square in New York, where the American public shortfall is revealed.  Our clock shows the global figure for all (or almost all) government debts in dollar terms."

Tuesday April 19th 2011

More Tales From The Zio-Sphere.....

Israel: A Failing Colonial Project
A quote...."Increasingly, despite its early military and political successes, Israel cannot for long endure as a colonial project. It must choose between wars – and destruction – or transition to a state for all its peoples." - also posted at AlethoNews

Israel will not collapse peacefully but it will dissolve: Dr. Franklin Lamb
A quote...."Franklin Lamb: I believe the uprisings will continue during this historic Islamic and Arab Awakening and will not cease until those who are sacrificing their blood in these countries—and some you did not mention-achieve their common goals of dignity, human rights, and much more control over their lives and their country’s natural resources. This truly historic regional uprising will, in my view, also contribute critically to the liberation of Palestine and the end of the 19th Century Zionist colonial project."

The Israeli Lobby's Poisonous Influence on US Policy
A quote...."In his powerful 2006 book titled, "The Power of Israel in the United States," James Petras explained the enormous Jewish Lobby influence on US Middle East policies. Often harming American interests, they're pursued anyway because of its grassroots and high-level control over government, business leaders, academia, the clergy and mass media since at least the 1960s." - also posted at RevoltOfThePlebs
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More On The Domestic Situation....

Sleepwalking into the Imperial Dark -- What It Feels Like When a Superpower Runs Off the Tracks
Must Read - Quote of the Day -- A quote...."This can’t end well. -- But then, how often do empires end well, really?  They live vampirically by feeding off others until, sooner or later, they begin to feed on themselves, to suck their own blood, to hollow themselves out.  Sooner or later, they find themselves, as in our case, economically stressed and militarily extended in wars they can’t afford to win or lose. -- Historians have certainly written about the dangers of overextended empires and of endless war as a way of life, but there’s something distant and abstract about the patterns of history.  It’s quite another thing to take it in when you’re part of it; when, as they used to say in the overheated 1960s, you’re in the belly of the beast." - also posted at CommonDreams

The Danger of Ending the American Empire
Special Note - A quote...."As I imagine everyone reading this will agree, the American empire our politicians have foisted on the world must be ended, and the sooner the better. The loss of life, the squandering of wealth and the inroads to our liberty engendered by their foolish quest to bring the world to heel all argue for it. Yet, nothing should be started without first thinking it through, and it must be realized that ending our empire brings with it a unique set of dangers. Specifically, we need to be wary about bringing onto our shores a large, standing army."

Incident: United Airlines B752 at Los Angeles on Apr 17th 2011, autopilot engaged spuriously by itsself
A quote...."A United Airlines Boeing 757-200, registration N573UA performing flight UA-494 from Los Angeles,CA to San Francisco,CA (USA) with 182 people on board, was in the initial climb out of Los Angeles' runway 25R when the crew requested to return pretty quickly as possible selecting runway 24L. The crew levelled off at 5000 feet. On approach the crew declared emergency reporting that the autopilot spuriously engaged by itsself taking control away from the crew, they weren't able to control a lot of the stuff on the mode control panel. The crew managed a safe landing on Los Angeles' runway 24L about 12 minutes after departure." - Topix ||  9/11-NORAD  ||

Lest We Forget–Oklahoma City Was More Than Likely a Trial Run of 9/11
A quote...."An oldie but a goodie–Michael Collins Piper joins the program to discuss the likelihood of Israel’s involvement in the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in 1995." - ||  Download Mp3  ||

$50 Silver -- The Price Point of Liberty
A quote...."I think it bears repeating, $50 silver is the most protected price in recorded history; it is a price that's cost trillions upon trillions of dollars, and millions of lives and untold millions in misery to defend. $50 silver has been defended with all the energy and manpower the cult-of-evil can muster. The war is not over, but momentum is on the side of humanity toward breaking through a key barrier. After $50 there's no more resistance -- silver will break free and rise quickly to crush the banking system -- the energy and life blood of the enemy.  Beyond $50 silver,  the dollar and the banking system will collapse exponentially.  How will JP Morgan buy off silver holders with stock worth less than the price of silver? George Soros and the BRIC nations are already aware that dollar hegemony is cracking and $50 silver is the stake in the heart of the beast." -- See Jim Rogers' & Charles Hugh Smith's cautions, posted below in the economic section. - mpg

IMPLOSION IMMINENT – Charlie McGrath
CMcGVideo - Alt - (CMcGYuTb - 6min15sec - Apr 18, 2011) - Source:  crabbydogtrix

What Really Happened with Michael Rivero – April 19th, 2011 - Part2
MRVideo - Part1 - Part2 - A quote...."(JustInTV - 2hrs - April 19th, 2011) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero extensively covers the on-going disaster in Japan, Obama's illegal war on Libya, the "Money Junkies" spree of destruction across the planet, The bombing at the Oklahoma City federal building, Waco, and many other issues. - mpg
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More On The International Situation....

Secret memos expose link between oil firms and invasion of Iraq
Iraq War Lies Exposed - Special Note - (Yeah, it WAS about the oil!) - A quote...."Plans to exploit Iraq's oil reserves were discussed by government ministers and the world's largest oil companies the year before Britain took a leading role in invading Iraq, government documents show." - Topix ||  War Resource 9/11  ||

A War for Oil? Why, Yes, It Was
Special Note - Related Article - A quote...."Back in the heady, heated days before the invasion of Iraq, one of the quickest ways to be relegated to the margins of the debate was to claim that the financial interests of politically connected oil companies played any role in the considerations of the great statesmen of the West as they confronted the global menace of Saddam Hussein. -- Anyone who suggested such a thing was immediately declared "unserious," a "knee-jerk radical," even -- gasp! -- "a conspiracy theorist." Later protests with their "No Blood for Oil" slogans were similarly dismissed. "Serious" policy analysts followed the lead of one of the prime movers of Western policy, the Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, who declared, weeks before the invasion, that "the oil conspiracy theory is honestly one of the most absurd when you analyse it." -- But this week, the Independent unearthed a remarkable cache of "smoking gun" documents that confirm, yet again, the collusion of political leaders and oil barons to divvy up Iraq's oil -- months before the invasion was launched...." - also posted at Uruknet & PrisonPlanet

Patrick Cockburn: They denied it was about Iraq's resources. But it never rang true
Related Article - A quote...."The supposed disinterest expressed by international oil companies in the outcome of the invasion of Iraq in the year before it was launched never quite made sense. Iraqis used to ask ironically if the rest of the world would have been quite so interested in the fate of their country if its main export had been cabbages."

Afghan History Suppressed: The Central Asian Grand Chessboard
Must Read - A quote...."Brzezinski’s plan called for ruling Central Asia via control of Uzbekistan - which borders Afghanistan to the north.  In 1997 Enron attempted to negotiate a $2 billion deal with the Uzbek state-owned Neftegas with help from the Bush White House. [1]  When that effort and other privatization attempts were rebuffed in 1998, CIA-backed Islamist attacks on Uzbekistan’s government were ratcheted up." - also posted at GlobalRsrch - Topix ||  One Vile, Venom Tipped, Taloned Hand Washes the Other - (a.k.a. The Standard Model) - 07-29-10 - mpg  ||

US occupation in Afghanistan hit by string of bombings
A quote...."A series of bombings have signaled the beginning of a spring offensive by the Afghan resistance forces, while inflicting the greatest single-day casualties on US-led occupation forces in nearly a year." - also posted at Uruknet

Saudi Arabia Has Not Made up for the Drop in Libyan Oil Production
Oil & Gas Mrkt Note - Charts -- A quote...."The OPEC Monthly Oil Market Report-pdf and IEA Oil Market Report-pdf both came out on Tuesday last week and allowed us to see how events in the Middle East are starting to play out in global oil production statistics." - also posted at Uruknet

The Assault On Libya....

NATO Fighting Cold War in Libya – James Corbett
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 5min50sec - Apr 19, 2011) - Source:  corbettreport -- A quote...."(RussiaToday) – Independent journalist James Corbett believes it would be naïve to think that China-US rivalry is the only factor playing a role in Libya, but Beijing is certainly concerned about what is going on."

UN-believable: Who sanctioned Gaddafi out?
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 2min54sec - Apr 19, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Russia's Foreign Minister has joined the criticism of NATO's strategy in Libya. The alliance wants Colonel Gaddafi out, and is supporting the rebels with aid and air strikes. But Sergei Lavrov says toppling Gaddafi is not sanctioned by the United Nations."

Rival Ambitions: US & China on collision course over Libya?
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 5min06sec - Apr 19, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."To talk more about the global ambitions of western powers, RT talks to London-based journalist and author Afshin Rattansi."

Another Open-Ended Engagement - Double-Speak on Libya
A quote...."Louis Guilloux suggested the idea: one writes not in order to say something, but to avoid saying anything at all.  The letter signed last week by France’s Nicolas Sarkozy, the United Kingdom’s David Cameron and US President Barack Obama, has all the markings of obfuscation.  The words double over, blur, confuse."

US-NATO Forces Used Depleted Uranium Ammunition in Libya. - A GlobalRsrch Round-Up - (11 articles)
What Next in Libya? - Src
'Libya DU pollution to last for 1bn years' - Src
20 children killed in battle for Misratah
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More on the World Wide Revolution....

'Bahrain police abduct 6 female teachers'
A quote...."Bahrain police have abducted six female teachers from school in Muharraq following the regime's crackdown on anti-government protesters." - also posted at AlethoNews

Bahrain escapes censure by West as crackdown on protesters intensifies
A quote...."Bahraini government forces backed by Saudi Arabian troops are destroying mosques and places of worship of the Shia majority in the island kingdom in a move likely to exacerbate religious hatred across the Muslim world."

Syria abolishes 48-year emergency law
A quote...."The Syrian government has lifted the 48-year state of emergency after one-month-long pro-reform demonstrations in the Arab country. -- The Cabinet passed a bill to end the emergency law, which was declared in 1963, in a session chaired by Prime Minister Adel Safar on Tuesday. -- The Cabinet also passed a bill on a legislative decree on abolishing the Higher State Security Court, Syrian Arab News Agency reported." - Source:  PressTV

Bahraini forces arrest medical staff
Mubarak responsible for killings: Judge
'Mubarak loyalists killed 846 Egyptians'
Mubarak and Sons Under Arrest - How Egypt's Youth Forced the Issue
UNICEF says 26 children killed in Yemen protests
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More on Japan's Nuclear Power Plants....

FDA Refuses to Test Fish for Radioactivity ... Government Pretends Radioactive Fish Is Safe
Radiation Cover-Up Alert - A quote...."The FDA says it won't monitor radiation in fish on the West Coast of the U.S."

High Levels Of Caesium & Xenon Nuc Fallout Found In Japan Radiation Forecasts Not Being Shown 2 The Publc
Radiation Alert - A quote...."I previously reported that Dutchsinse, who has been falling the Japan nuclear radiation forecasts being generated by different scientific organizations, stumbled across an entirely different set of radiation forecasts not released to the public."

Epidemiologist Debunks Govt “Trace Levels of Radiation” Propaganda ~ It Builds Up In Your Bones & Organs
Radiation Alert - A quote...."In an excellent interview on the Intel Hub, Epidemiologist Joseph Mangano debunks government propaganda that the so-called trace levels of radiation are harmless. He explains how there really is no such thing as “trace levels of radiation” and that any amount of radiation build up in your bones and internal organs wreaking havoc to your entire body." - Topix  ||  Radiation vs Contamination - The Difference is Deadly - 03-19-11 - mpg  ||

Japan Officially Orders Censorship Of Truth About Fukushima Nuclear Radiation Disaster
Alarming New Fukushima Reports - Src
Japan Consumers May Bail Out Nuke Plant Owner
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Israel army use white phosphorous in latest attack on Gaza
A quote...."Ihab Keheal, head of the justice department’s medical examiner’s office in the Gaza Strip, has stated that examinations conducted by his office have unveiled evidence indicating that the Israeli army used white phosphorous and other internationally prohibited weapons in its latest operation in Gaza." - also posted at Uruknet

Children send letters to imprisoned fathers
A quote...."TUBAS (Ma'an) -- "Father, I miss you so much and it’s been so long and you are away we miss hugging you, we miss the smell of your jacket in the house, and the smell of your cologne. I pray to God that you will be released one day and come back to us. I dream about you often," Ahmad Atef Daraghmeh, 11, wrote." - also posted at Uruknet

Gaza protests murder of Italian activist
A quote...."Palestinians in Gaza have reacted to the kidnapping and murder of Vittorio Arrigoni, a prominent Italian solidarity activist who was found dead on 15 April in Gaza City, with profound sadness." - also posted at Uruknet

Staying human: The legacy of Vittorio Arrigoni
A quote...."Dear Mary,” wrote Italian justice activist Vittorio Arrigoni to a friend. “Do you [know who] will be on the boats?… I’m still in Gaza, waiting for you. I will be at the boat to greet you. Stay human. Vik.” -- “Mary” is Mary Hughes Thompson, a dedicated activist who braved the high seas to break the Israeli siege on Gaza in 2008. -- Vittorio Arrigoni, or Vik, was reportedly murdered by a fundamentalist group in Gaza a few hours after he was kidnapped on Thursday, April 14."

Gaza:If human life means nothing why should animals matter?
A quote...."You might think I am crazy because I chose to write about animals and their rights in Gaza while humans have no right, well you might be surprised how both are closely linked together.Many have this misconception that the word “humanity” concerns humans only which is totally wrong, being human –in my opinion- means treating everything with humanity."
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More On The Economic Situation....

Keiser Report: Murderers & Martyrs (E139)
Must View MKVideo - Alt - (MKRTYuTb - 26min38sec - Apr 19, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday - Producer:  Max Keiser TV -- A quote...."(RussiaToday) -- A quote...."(RussiaToday) – This time Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, report on Senator Carl Levin’s report alleging lies and perjury from Goldman Sachs. In the second half of the show, Max talks to Janet Tavakoli, a credit derivatives expert and author of “Dear Mr. Buffett,” about corruption and an absence of justice in the U.S. banking industry."

What’s Really Worrisome About Treasury Debt: Not Its Rating—Its Interest
A quote...."So on Monday, Standard & Poor’s cut its ratings outlook for U.S. sovereign debt—and the markets had what can only be described as a tizzy. --  Stocks fell—commodities rose—I noticed things were off when my gold ticker shot up a full percentage point in under sixty seconds. Yikes! (Well, actually, as far as my own portfolio goes, it was more like, Yeay!) -- Tons of people started scratching their heads, stroking their chins, and pompously wondering What It All Means."

Diagnosis Negative: Severe case of debt, contagion risk high
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 1min39sec - Apr 19, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Global markets are catching their breath after taking a big hit on Monday. That's after Standard and Poor's cut the U.S. economic outlook from stable to negative, over the country's spiraling debt. RT's Marina Portnaya has the story from New York."

The Budget Crisis, Treasury Bonds and the US Dollar: Breakdown of the Global Economic, Financial and Monetary System - A quote...."The 15 September 2010, GEAB N°47 issue was headed « Spring 2011: Welcome to the United States of Austerity / Towards the very serious breakdown of the world economic and financial system ». Yet at the end of summer 2010, most experts believed first, that the debate on the US budget deficit would remain a mere subject of theoretical discussion within the Beltway (1) and secondly, that it was unthinkable to imagine the United States engaging in a policy of austerity because it was sufficient for the Fed to continue to print dollars. Yet, as everyone has been able to see for several weeks, Spring 2011 really did bring austerity to the United States (2), a first since the Second World War and the setting up of a global system based on the ability of the US engine to always generate more wealth (real from 1950 to 1970, increasingly virtual thereafter). "

NYSE Margin Debt Surges To Highest Since February 2008, Net Speculator Leverage Second Highest Ever
Mrkt Note - Chart - A quote...."The NYSE has released its monthly margin debt update for March. Not surprisingly, with everyone, and yes EVERYONE, chasing nothing but levered beta, margin debt surged to a fresh 3 year high at $315.7 billion, the highest since February 2008. But far more troubling is that when netting out positive margin balances such as Free Credit Cash Accounts and Credit Balances in Margin Accounts, the investor net worth, or alternatively net leverage, as it is defined, plunged by $18.2 billion to ($75.2) billion. This is the second highest net leverage ever seen on on the NYSE, only lower compared to the $79 billion hit at the absolute peak of the credit bubble in June 2007."

Jim Rogers -- Comments On Triple Digit Silver And Issues Warning: "Parabolic Moves Always Collapse"
Gold / Silver Bug Alert - (Caution) -- A quote...."It’s not parabolic yet.  I hope something stops it going up in the foreseeable future and we have a correction. " There is one caveat: "maybe the US dollar is going to become confetti in 2011, and if that’s the case and silver goes to $150, then obviously I wouldn’t sell my silver.  It would be the US dollar which is collapsing.  But if silver goes up the way you’re talking about without currency collapse, I would be very worried." -- *Jim Rogers*

Charles Hugh Smith -- What's Hated Most May Be a Contrarian Buy (U.S. Dollar)
(Caution) -- A quote...."One reason I am seeking contrarian trades is the present zeitgeist reminds me of very strongly of mid-2007, when the global financial situation was obviously precarious, yet stocks remained at elevated levels for another year before imploding. I rather doubt the Status Quo can extend and pretend for another year, as it has already taken unprecedented gambles for the game to continue the past three years. But maybe they can play the thing out another year; the more energy and money it takes to keep the Status Quo afloat, the more strain is being placed on the system. "

Shock employment figures: Fewer than 46% of Americans have jobs
A quote...."The percentage of Americans who have jobs has fallen to the lowest point in three decades and now hovers just above 45 percent of the total population, according to an analysis of labor data published by USA Today."

Monday April 18th 2011

More Tales From The Zio-Sphere.....

Itamar "breakthrough" still unclear
This is utter Bull Sh-t, pure and simple.  Not even worth discussing, it's a complete and total waste of everybody's time.  For more on this type of issue see....


Itamar Killers Found?
A quote...."And before the seething masses of indignant Zionists could finish wringing their hands, out comes the family of Hakim Awad with the inconvenient revelation [Boy that was quick! - mpg] that their son had recently undergone testicular surgery that made it impossible for him to walk long distances and needing the toilet every hour, and was at home recovering the night the Fogels were killed. Oops." -- *Michael Rivero* editor and owner of WhatReallyHappened dot Com - bold by website editor
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More On The Domestic Situation....
   
Lost in the American Undertow
Must Read - Quote of the Day...."April 18, 2011 "Information Clearing House" -- The United States has always maintained a white underclass — citizens whose role in the greater scheme of things has been to cushion national economic shocks through the disposability of their labor, with occasional time off to serve as bullet magnets in defense of the Empire."

Throw Out the Money Changers
Contains Video - Alt - (YuTb - Apr 15, 2011) - Source:  Pertemba40 -- A quote...."We stand today before the gates of one of our temples of finance. It is a temple where greed and profit are the highest good, where self-worth is determined by the ability to amass wealth and power at the expense of others, where laws are manipulated, rewritten and broken, where the endless treadmill of consumption defines human progress, where fraud and crimes are the tools of business." - also posted at ICH

Gitmo Proceedings Will Be ‘Stalinist Show Trials,’ Legal Authority Charges
A quote...."The future trials planned for prisoners in Guantanamo Bay detention camp will be "Stalinist show trials" as their preliminary proceedings "have already proven them to be Travesties of Justice," a distinguished international law authority warns." - Topix ||  9/11-Iraq-Torture Fables  ||

Spanish Judge Drops Case Against Bush Lawyers
Related Article - Spain folded just like Goldstone. So much for the rule of law.  One wonders what they'll do when they find out the US-NRE "facilitated" the Madrid train bombings, are they going to fold than too? - mpg -- A quote...."New York and Madrid, April 14, 2011 – Yesterday a Spanish judge chose to dismiss a politically charged case against six former Bush administration officials for their part in creating a legal framework that permitted the torture of detainees held in U.S. custody. Judge Eloy Velasco made his decision claiming the U.S. would conduct its own investigation, freeing Spain from the obligation of investigating under its universal jurisdiction law. He based this on a mere seven-page submission by the U.S. despite its clear statement that "the Department of Justice has concluded that it is not appropriate to bring criminal cases with respect to any other executive branch officials...."

New ‘Headlines’ Section Added to Dprogram
Program / Resource Note -- A quote...."Click the ‘HEADLINES’ page above to view 250 fresh news items updated hourly.  News is specifically chosen to counter main-stream corporate propaganda."

What Really Happened with Michael Rivero – April 18th, 2011
MRVideo - Part1 - Part2 - A quote...."(JustInTV - 2hrs - April 18th, 2011) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero extensively covers the on-going disaster in Japan, Obama's illegal war on Libya, the "Money Junkies" spree of destruction across the planet, and many other issues.
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More On The International Situation....

Three killed in Afghan protest over NATO detention of clerics
A quote...."Kabul - Three Afghan protestors died in a clash with police on Monday as hundreds took to the streets in northern province of Parwan, officials said. -- Mohammed Qasim Saedi, head of the Parwan public health department, said the local hospital received three bodies and 25 injured with bullet wounds."

8 NATO Troops Killed in Afghanistan on Saturday
A quote...."Eight NATO troops died in Afghanistan Saturday in three separate attacks. According to NATO, one suicide attack claimed the lives of five American soldiers while two other attacks killed a total of three soldiers. The Taliban claimed responsibility for all three attacks."

Rising number of coalition troop deaths coming at hands of Afghan security forces
A quote...."The murders on Saturday of five NATO soldiers by a Taliban suicide bomber who enlisted as an Afghan National Army soldier marked the latest in a rising toll of coalition troop deaths at the hands of Afghan security forces they are attempting to train."

Anti-American protests grip Iraq
A quote...."MOSUL, Iraq, April 18 (UPI) -- Hundreds of demonstrators occupied the central square of Mosul demanding the departure of U.S. forces, witnesses said Monday."

The Pain of Fallujah
A quote...."Fallujah was bombed in April and November,
And it is us, who should be forced to remember,
Because it is our taxes that funded the war on Iraq,
And our media that vowed to keep us in the dark...."

Suicide blasts near Baghdad’s Green Zone kill 11
A quote...."BAGHDAD — The first major attack in months at an entrance to the heavily fortified Green Zone killed 11 and wounded at least 19 on Monday as talk in the capital increased about whether Iraqi leaders would ask U.S. troops to stay beyond a year-end deadline to leave." - Source:  WaPo

The Ugly Truth Podcast April 18, 2011
Audio - A quote..."Raja Mujtaba, editor in chief of www.opinion-maker.org  joins the program to discuss the uprisings in the Middle East and how they are being done in the interests of eventually destabilizing and de-nuclearizing Pakistan." - ||  Mp3 download  ||

Russia's Very Secret Services
Must Read - (for the fascination) - A quote...."MOSCOW—When the Soviet Union collapsed, many observers expected its fearsome intelligence apparatus to wither as well. Instead, the post-Soviet era has seen the emergence of an even more influential collection of intelligence organizations that grew out of the two premier Soviet agencies:" - also posted at" - also posted at BLN

[Russia's] Security forces kill 7 Islamist militants in Chechnya
A quote...."Moscwo - At least seven Islamist militants were killed in two separate anti-terrorism operations in the troubled northern Caucasus region, Russian officials disclosed Monday, according to Interfax."

China stealth fighter "appears" to have made second flight
A quote...."BEIJING (Reuters) - China appears to have staged a second test-flight of a new stealth fighter jet, a state-owned newspaper said on Tuesday, which if true could be another step towards narrowing the military gap with the United States."

Max Keiser In Ireland On Tonight With Vincent Browne
Must View Video - VB&MK(1/5) - VB&MK(2/5) - VB&MK(3/5) - VB&MK(4/5) - VB&MK(5/5) - (excellent debate) - (YuTb - 9min - Apr 14, 2011) - Source:   superkeithygeorge1 -- A quote...."Vincent meets an American financial warrior Max Keiser who does battle with Irish financial gurus."

The Assault On Libya....

Russia accuses NATO of violating UN resolution over Libya
A quote...."Moscow, Apr 18: Russia's permanent envoy to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin today accused alliance forces of violating the UN Security Council resolution over Libya, asking NATO to maintain the embargo on arms supplies to the conflict zone."

NATO blocks possible peace deal in Libya
A quote...."As the war in Libya continues, observers are foreseeing protracted, bloody conflict with considerable loss of life. While the rebel forces appear strongly supported in the Eastern part of the country, the Gadaffi regime seems to have support in the Western portion. There is also a mounting refugee crisis as Libyan citizens and many non-Libyan workers in the country's oil and gas industry are fleeing for their lives."

NATO Running Out Of Ammunition In Libya "Oil Liberation" Campaign
A quote...."Where does one even start with this one: US launches air campaign against oil rich country under pretext of humanitarian intervention (while ignoring comparable events in Syria and Iran). US realizes it does not actually use Libyan oil, government runs out of money, hits debt ceiling, leading to decision to pull out of Libya after it is uncovered that CIA operatives had been laying the groundwork for a government overthrow for months, and a scramble to avoid Iraq deja vu ensues."

Imperialist powers prepare escalation of Libyan war
A quote...."The United States, Britain and France are moving towards a significant escalation of the war against Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi, with leaders of the US-backed rebellion calling for the deployment of ground troops from the NATO powers, as well as stepped-up bombing." - also posted at Uruknet

Libyan war accelerates Chinese debate over “non-intervention”
A quote...."The NATO-led war on Libya is fuelling a debate in the Chinese ruling elite over its official foreign policy of “non-intervention” in the internal affairs of other countries. While the policy was always more of a myth than reality, China has used it as a convenient means for doing deals with repressive regimes and criticising, when it suited, the military interventions of the US and its allies. -- The increasingly blatant use of military aggression by the US and European powers to further their economic and strategic interests, however, is causing Beijing to rethink. The US and European bombing of Libya has put Chinese investments worth billions of dollars at risk, along with the lives of 35,860 Chinese nationals working in Libya."

Webster Tarpley in Press TV Debate with Libyan Rebel Supporter
Must View PRSTVVideo - Alt - (another excellent debate - mpg) - (PRSTVYuTb - 48min14sec - Apr 16, 2011) - Source:  TheRiverMersey - Produceer:  PressTV -- A quote...."(This April 6th interview just recently became available) -- (PressTV) – Tarpley in Press TV Debate with Libyan Rebel Supporter, Neocon Pipes, Prof. Hilal Khashan of Beirut: Real Revolutions or CIA Putsch Campaign in the Middle East?" - Tarpley sounded like he knew what he was talking about, everybody else sounded like a bunch of idiots.  Pipes, as expected, was a greasy little slime encrusted apologist for empire, a truly disgusting performance.  It's real simple folks, after this is all done, if the Anglo-Alliance winds up with all the oil and military contracts while the the so-called newly "freed" countries wind up deeply in debt to the IMF, World Bank and the Anglo-Bankster complex,  you'll know exactly who was "in charge" of these "revolutions".  Just follow the money folks, that's all you need to do, it's just that simple. - mpg

The new Egypt asks for IMF funds - You see folks....YOU SEE!!!  It's STARTING already!! -  mpg
A quote...."Egypt needs help financing its budget deficit and has discussed obtaining as much as $6.2 billion in soft loans from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, Finance Minister Samir Radwan said." -- See also....Libya Rebels Seek $2 Billion Loan.... And so the Bankster enslavement starts -mpg - See....The International - posted 04-15-11

Libyan Pro-Government Shelling Continues as UN Peace Call Ignored - Alt
Gadhafi Regime Agrees to Allow UN Aid Mission
Libya:  Tripoli Vicar, People Are Worn Out - Alt
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More on the World Wide Revolution....

Bahrain FM: GCC Troops to Remain Indefinitely
A quote...."According to Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa, the 1,500 troops from the GCC member nations will not be leaving the nation any time soon. Khalifa insisted that the troops would remain until officials believed Iran did not pose a threat."

Bahraini forces demolish two mosques
A quote...."Saudi-backed Bahraini forces have reportedly destroyed two more mosques in line with the country's policy of demolishing Muslim religious sites."

Bahrain braced for new wave of repression
Clashes injure 45 in Yemen protests
80 injured in Yemen police crackdown on protestors
Yemen ruling party members form pro-protest bloc
New faction formed against Yemen pres.
'US funds Syrian opposition groups'
Thousands in Syria begin sit-in for Assad's ouster
150 hurt in north Iraq protest rally
4th pro-democracy activist detained in UAE
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More on Japan's Nuclear Power Plants....

Are you Frickin Kidding Me? Fed Govt and Alaskan State Govt. Say NO To Testing Fish for Radiation....!
Radiation Cover-Up Alert - A quote...."Between the Gulf of Mexico Oil Leak and all the dead sea animals washing up onshore this year from dolphins to Sea Turtles and the Federal Govt. refusing to allow independent scientist to even touch or investigate the deaths to now the radiation in the Pacific ..."

Radiation Found In Philly Drinking Water, 14 States Have Detected Radiation From Japan
Radiation Alert - Video - (YuTb - 3min 20sec - Apr 17, 2011) - Source:  NotForSale2NWO -- A quote...."New data released by the EPA show three of the five highest readings for radioactive iodine in the U.S. are in the Philadelphia drinking water supply. -- A blogger on Forbes first spotted the data on Sunday in a database of water tests posted on the EPA Web site."

Latest Fukushima Iodine-131 Dispersion Cloud: Inland Blowing Winds To Affect Tokyo
Animated Map - A quote...."It has been a while since we looked at the ZAMG radioactive fallout dispersion forecast: considering that the radioactive fallout from Fukushima continues to be released without much abatement this projection is actually quite relevant, as once again the various Geiger reading across the region continue to be very dependant on wind direction."

Fukushima Radiation Nightmare May Last Indefinitely
A quote...."The Associated Press reports today that radiation has spiked in a water tank in Unit 2. Robots also report that radiation is so high elsewhere at the stricken plant that it is too dangerous for workers to be sent in."

Japan Agency Admits Fuel Melt at Fukushima N-Plant
A quote...."Tokyo, April 18 (Jiji Press)--The industry ministry's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency on Monday acknowledged that nuclear fuel rods have melted at the No. 1 to No. 3 reactors of the crippled nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. "

TEPCO official reveals there is “little doubt” plutonium has leaked from Fukushima
Video - A quote...."The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says it will examine the seabed off the facility to ensure that no plutonium has leaked into the ocean. --     Tokyo Electric Power Company said on Monday it will conduct the inspection as plutonium is heavier than other radioactive materials and could have accumulated on the floor. …      TEPCO senior official Junichi Matsumoto said there is little doubt that plutonium has leaked from the plant during the accident."

Radiation News 04-18-11 - A DProgram Round-Up - (35 articles & videos)
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Launch of international boat to monitor human rights in Palestinian waters
A quote...."On Wednesday April 20th, the "Oliva", a human rights monitoring boat with an international crew, will launch from the port of Gaza City. The crew of the Civil Peace Service, which currently consists of citizens from Spain, the United States, Italy and Belgium, will accompany Gazan fishermen within Palestinian waters. Violations of international law will be monitored and documented. Data and video materials will be collected and disseminated."

Remember Beita …. Remember Awarta
A quote...."The story of Beita is the story of many Palestinian villages, the story of many Palestinians. But Beita is also the story that is seldom told and, although Beita occurs over and over again, it is seldom remembered. The story of Beita begins with the Zionist occupation and colonization of Palestine. Hundreds of beautiful Palestinian villages erased off the face of the earth to create a myth of “those who made the desert bloom”. Thousands over thousands of Palestinians were expelled from their homes and their lands to create a myth of “a land without a people for a people without a land”. Hundreds of massacres committed against civilian populations by terrorist militias that continue to commit massacres in the name of “self-defence”. Beita, the beautiful Palestinian village was to witness death, expulsion, demolition, confiscation and detention so Zionist colonists can have more Palestinian land to occupy, more Palestinian land to colonize." - also posted at Uruknet

Israel troops filmed attacking Palestinian prisoners
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 2min24sec - Apr 17, 2011) - Source:  AlJazeeraEnglish -- A quote...."Hundreds of Palestinian have died inside Israeli prisons and now an Israeli television channel has aired shocking footage of Israel's so-called Control and Restraint unit, or Masada, attacking Palestinian prisoners. -- Activists have demanded people in charge of the operation, carried out in 2007, be charged and the family of one of the victims told Al Jazeera that they would consider suing Masada."
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More On The Economic Situation....

Total US Debt Now Officially Above The Ceiling
A quote...."A quick look at today's just released total debt to the penny from the Treasury may crimp the artificial smile of even such die hard administration sycophants as Moodys. Why: because the total debt, as we predicted when we observed last week's 30 Year auction, is now at $14,305,336,580,992.11. This is a problem because as anyone who rails against the broken US fiscal apparatus should be able to tell you, the debt ceiling is $14.294 trillion. In other words we have now officially breached the debt ceiling by $11 billion."

States see biggest revenue drop in 60 years
A quote...."In a sign of the sluggish economy’s devastating impact, state government revenue across the country dropped by nearly one third in 2009 - the sharpest decline in 60 years, the Census Bureau said in a new report. -- States saw record-breaking losses to their pension funds and in their tax revenues, as the recession wreaked havoc on payrolls and investments,"

Standard & Poors Cuts U.S. Outlook to Negative Because Both Parties Keep Throwing Money at Endless Wars, Endless Bailouts and a Ponzi Financial System - A quote...."As I've been warning for years, America's irresponsible financial policy will lead to a credit downgrade. -- Today, S&P cut its U.S. outlook to negative, warning of a 1 in 3 chance of a credit downgrade in the next couple of years. -- As the Wall Street Journal notes:" - also posted at BLN

The Reason For Geithner's Weekend Media Whirlwind Tour: White House Learned About S&P Downgrade On Friday - Related Article - A quote...."And for the most unsurprising news of the day, Reuters reports that the White House has admitted it knew about the S&P rating action on Friday. Which means that all the key bond buyers (or sellers are the case may be, Pimco), knew at roughly the same time what the key market catalyst on Monday would be...."

Late to The Party...Once Again
Related Article - A quote...."The only thing more ridiculous than S&P's too little too late semi-downgrade of U.S. sovereign debt was the market's severe reaction to the announcement. Has S&P really added anything to the debate that wasn't already widely known? In any event, S&P's statement amounts to a wake up call to anyone who has somehow managed to sleepwalk through the unprecedented debt explosion of the last few years."

Full Text Of S&P U.S. Downgrade
For The Record - Related Article - A quote...."The following is the text of Standard & Poor’s release of its decision to downgrade the ratings outlook on U.S. debt to 'negative'."

Sunday April 17th 2011

More Tales From The Zio-Sphere.....

The USA – dishonest broker in a flawed “peace process” between Israel and Palestinians
A quote...."Iranian journalist Kourosh Ziabari interviews American Professor Naseer Aruri on a wide range of issues relating to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, including the flaws of the Oslo accords, the stranglehold of the Zionist lobby over the US political process and the role of the USA as “dishonest broker” in the so-called “peace process”."

FBI files on Tupac Shakur murder show he received death threats from Jewish gang
A quote...."Files released Thursday by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur state that the star had received death threats from the Jewish Defense League, an organization that has been characterized as terrorist group."
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More On The Domestic Situation....

CIA Sued for 'Holding History Hostage' on Bay of Pigs Invasion
A quote...."Washington, D.C., April 14, 2011 - Fifty years after the failed CIA-led assault on Cuba, the National Security Archive today filed a FOIA lawsuit to compel the Agency to release its “Official History of the Bay of Pigs Invasion.” The suit charges that the CIA has “wrongfully withheld” the multi-volume study, which the Archive requested under the FOIA in 2005.  As the “official history,” the court filing noted, the document “is, by definition, the most important and substantive CIA-produced study of this episode.”

Did WTC Owner Larry Silverstein Just Make Another $1.2 Billion From 9/11?
A quote...."I will try to find the time to elaborate on this in the near future, but as of now it looks like Larry Silverstein just made another large sum of money from 9/11." - also posted at DProgram - Topix ||  9/11-WTC7  ||

Foreknowledge of Building 7′s Collapse : Dr. Graeme MacQueen
Must View Video - Alt - (YuTb - 1hr20min08sec - March 26 2011) - Posted By:  RadicalPragmatist - Source:  911 Blogger - A quote...."(911Blogger) – The Case for a New Building 7 Investigation - First of a a Three-part Presentation Introduced by Dr. William Pepper, International Human Rights Attorney." - Topix ||  9/11-WTC7  ||

The Evolution of the Fire-based Theory for Building 7 by Kevin Ryan
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 56min39sec - Apr 11, 2011) - Posted By:  RadicalPragmatist - Source:  911 Blogger
 -- A quote...."(911Blogger) – “Investigate Building 7 “, the Univ. of Hartford, W. Hartford, Ct 3/26/11 - The Second in A Three-part Presentation “The Case for a New Building 7 Investigation” - Introduction and Commentary by Dr. William Pepper" - Topix ||  9/11-WTC7  ||

Obama moves forward with Internet ID plan - All you ObamaTrolls out there happy yet? - mpg
Web Under Threat -- A quote...."The Obama administration said today that it's moving ahead with a plan for broad adoption of Internet IDs despite concerns about identity centralization, and hopes to fund pilot projects next year. -- At an event hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C., administration officials downplayed privacy and civil liberties concerns about their proposal, which they said would be led by the private sector and not be required for Americans who use the Internet." - also posted at BLN

It’s Time – The Truth Party
A quote...."Truther: Slang; A person who seeks Truth in Government, Politics, Economics & Reality. -- Truther is a term created by MSM / Military Industrial Strategists to keep the masses perplexed, ashamed & confused so as not to expose the corruption, lies, Profiteering by the Military Industrial Complex and moral bankruptcy in our world. …  The very fact that this term arose as a response to 9/11 Inquiry by the public should be a clear example of the Control Superstructure that exists in our society and is controlling the MSM." - This website editor still thinks the name "Justice Party" would be better, but "The Truth Party" works too. - mpg

Gerald Celente on The Bruce Collins Show – April 9th, 2011
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 18min 35sec - Apr 15, 2011) - Source:  GeraldCelenteChannel
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More On The International Situation....

The End Of An Empire And The Beginning Of A Depression
Special Note - A quote...."Since the end of World War 2, the United States has been the leading military power and the leading economic power on the entire globe.  The U.S. has had the largest economy in the history of the world, the U.S. dollar has been used by nearly all of the nations on earth as a reserve currency and the U.S. military has had a physical presence in most of the countries on the planet.  Today, the U.S. military is in approximately 130 different nations and it has a total of about 700 military bases around the world.  But just like the Roman Empire, the U.S. empire has become overextended and it is starting to decline.  Most of our politicians believe that we can continue to "police the world" and project our power to every corner of the globe, but the more we meddle the more the rest of the world hates us and the worse our financial problems get.  America is now swamped with debts and our influence is fading.  The truth is that what we are witnessing is the end of an empire and the beginning of a depression. "

War Lobby Won $700 Billion Budget Boost, Wants MORE as Collapse Looms' - posted at ICH
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 2min10sec - Apr 16, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."The U.S. budget may include $38 billion of spending cuts, but there will be a financial boost for the military. This year's planned military spending is $700 billion, while other areas including healthcare, education, and infrastructure are on the chopping block. The decision came after a long struggle between lawmakers and the Pentagon saying military cuts will threaten national security. Journalist Chris Hedges says the decision was made under severe pressure from some lobbying circles."

CIA has established spy network in Pakistan, doesn't need ISI collaboration anymore
A quote...."The US said that the CIA had established an information-gathering network in Pakistan’s tribal areas, and that the ISI collaboration was no longer required to specify targets for drone strikes, Dunya News reported. -- According to the newspaper, the US authorities told Pakistan that neither drone strikes would be stopped nor an explanation would be given to the Asian nation for each attack." - bold by website editor - By the way folks, that's a formal declaration of war. The US-NRE is now officially at war with Pakistan. - mpg

Syria told to yield to "peaceful" arsonists or suffer Libya's fate
Special Note - A quote...."Bangkok, Thailand April 17, 2011 - With the war in Libya set only to expand, the precedent for attacking a sovereign nation based on unverified reports to then assist foreign funded, armed insurrection is already being used to lay the groundwork for a similar campaign against Syria. The "Libyan Precedent" was already an articulated doctrine within the corporate-financier think-tanks long before Joe Lieberman and Nicolas Sarkozy began parroting it in speeches and interviews."

No ground campaign in Libya, British PM pledges
A quote...."Britain has no plans over the ground campaign in Libya, British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Sunday in an interview with Sky News."

Iran to sue German Siemens for Stuxnet
A quote...."A top Iranian military official says the US and Israel unleashed the Stuxnet malware to sabotage the country's industrial facilities, stressing Iran will pursue the case through legal channels."

MAPNA to invest $5bn in Iran gas field
A quote...."Iran Power Plant Projects Management Co. (MAPNA) has agreed to invest $5 billion in southern Iranian Lavan gas field to generate electricity by using its natural gas, an Iranian oil official says."

Iran, Turkey to erect industrial town
A quote...."Iran and Turkey are pursuing a plan to set up a joint industrial town at their borders to further boost widening economic ties, Ankara's Ambassador to Tehran Umit Yardim says."

'Iran-Lebanon solidarity thwarts plots'
A quote...."Ahmadinejad made the remarks in a telephone conversation with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, IRNA reported in the early hours of Sunday morning. -- Ahmadinejad hailed the close relations between Tehran and Beirut, noting that the two countries have similar viewpoints on international and regional issues. -- He stated that recent developments in the region and the response of the United States and its allies toward them have proven Iran's assertion that they are only seeking their own interests. -- Ahmadinejad also said that the hegemonic powers are opposed to all the independent countries in the world."

Venezuelans Celebrate Rescue of Democracy as Threats Continue
A quote...."This week, Venezuelans commemorated the 9-year anniversary of the failed coup d’etat that briefly ousted President Chavez from power and dissolved the nation’s democracy, installing a US-backed dictatorship. In an extraordinary turn of events, a popular uprising crushed the coup just hours later." - also posted at AlethoNews

The Assault On Libya....

Three Amigos: Barack and Buddies Pledge the West to Open-Ended War of Aggression
Must Read - A quote...."Dear Good Concerned Engaged Enlightened Rule-of-Law Liberal Progressives: Is it clear enough for you now? Does he have to spell it out for you, slowly, using short and simple words, and maybe some cartoons to make it clear? Your noble Nobel Peace Laureate – bringer of hope and change, restorer of the rule of law, world-historical paradigm-shifter, etc., etc. – has just publicly (not to mention arbitrarily) committed the nation to “the supreme international crime”: aggressive war. -- He has pledged the blood and treasure of the United States to "regime change" in Libya: that is to say, an act of military aggression designed to overthrow the government of a sovereign nation which has not attacked your own country nor posed the slightest threat to it. This is, of course, precisely the same blatantly illegal posture taken by that great monstrous bogey-man of all good concerned engaged enlightened rule-of-law liberal progressives everywhere, George W. Bush, in his invasion of Iraq." - also posted at Uruknet

Another Shocking UN cover up about Libya - Article also posted at ICH
Must Read - A quote...."It still amazes that ordinary people are so much smarter than the people placed in charge of them. Anyone could have told the UN when the deliberations were being held exactly what the aims of the US/UK and France were in the demand to establish a no fly zone over Libya. -- Your ordinary citizen knew it was just going to be an excuse to pound the living daylights out of the place, while the military and the freaks supporting them have orgasms at the scenes of destruction. -- Your ordinary citizen knew it was to regain colonial domination over the region and to steal the country's rich plethora of resources. -- No sooner had the orgy started, then those who allowed this began to say, "hey one minute here" beginning with the Arab League from whom the imperialists counted upon for the "air of legitimacy."

The Colonial "Axis of Evil" prepares for the invasion of Libya:... - posted at GlobalResearch
Special Note - A quote...."The stage is now set for the imperialist invasion of Libya. -- The former colonizing and enslaving powers of Africa—Britain, France and the United States—have committed themselves to the ouster of the Libyan government. -- Frustrated that the NATO bombing campaign has failed to secure a victory for the anti-Gadaffi rebels, the main NATO powers are preparing a dramatic escalation of the war. They hope the threat of escalation will convince Gadaffi and his associates to leave power as the threat of a land invasion in June 1999 led Milosevic to capitulate and allow NATO forces to take over Kosovo. Or, as an alternative, they will launch a military invasion of the country."

'US to recoup Libya oil from China' - Article also posted at ICH
Interview - A quote...."Libyan ruler Muammar Qaddafi has made two mistakes: It blocked the US Africa Command by not joining it and let China into Libya with major energy investments instead, says a former US official."

In Libya, as in Iraq, “End of Combat” Means “More Combat”
A quote...."Truth, it has been said, is the first casualty of war. The latest evidence of the veracity of this saying: The United States supposedly stopped attacking Libya on April 4, yet since that time U.S. aircraft have continued to fly over the beleaguered nation and assault its air defenses."  - also posted at AlethoNews

Several dead; Libyans demand help against Gaddafi troops
Libyan Rebels Say They’re Being Sent Weapons
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More on the World Wide Revolution....

Kuwaitis defy orders to invade Bahrain
Special Note - A quote...."A number of Kuwaiti naval officers have disobeyed orders to reinforce the violent Saudi-backed crackdown on the popular revolution in Bahrain."

One Afghan protester killed, 10 injured
BREAKING: Mon Apr 18, 2011 7:58AM -- A quote...."At least one Afghan protester has been killed and 10 others have been left wounded in northern Afghanistan as police opened fire at the demonstrations against the presence of foreign troops in the war-torn country."

Western Press Misled – Who Shot the Nine Soldiers in Banyas? Not Syrian Security Forces
A quote...."A number of news reports by AFP, the Guardian, and other news agencies and outlets are suggesting that Syrian security forces were responsible for shooting nine Syrian soldiers, who were killed in Banyas on Sunday. Some versions insist that they were shot for refusing orders to shoot at demonstrators." - also posted at AlethoNews

Bahrain Arrests Prominent Lawyer, Doctors
A quote...."Bahraini authorities continued on Saturday their crackdown on pro-democracy protestors in the Gulf Arab kingdom and reportedly detained a prominent human rights lawyer and at least two doctors."

Bahrain Moves Troops Into The Capitol For A New Crackdown On Protests
Yemeni women stage massive protest - Src
Syria's al-Assad: Emergency laws 'to end next week'
Jordan: Six policeman seriously injured in riots
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More on Japan's Nuclear Power Plants....

Workers cannot approach reactor buildings
Special Note - A quote...."At the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, high levels of radiation have kept workers from approaching the buildings housing the first 3 reactors, which lost their cooling functions in the March 11th earthquake and tsunami. - On Friday, the highest radiation level measured outside the double-entry doors of the Number 1 to 3 reactor buildings was 2 to 4 millisieverts per hour."

N. Korea TV reports seriousness of radioactive leaks at Japan plant
PYONGYANG, April 18, Kyodo - North Korea's state television has reported the seriousness of continued radioactive leakages at a Japanese nuclear power plant hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan. - In a Korean Central Television Station program broadcast Sunday night, experts voiced concern about the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. - ''What is most serious is that even a month after the accident, we see no prospects of getting radioactive leakages under control,'' an expert said."

'Japan to end crisis in 6-9 months'
WTF! - A quote...."TEPCO announced on Sunday that it will manage to reduce radiation leaks from its Fukushima plant within three months and to also cool reactors and control the radiation within six to nine months, AFP reported."

Radiation News 04-16-11 - A DProgram Round-Up - (15 articles & videos)
Radioactivity rises in sea off Japan
Radiation levels in seawater at crippled Fukushima plant jump 6,500 times above legal limit.... photos
Smoke/steam rising from ALL 4 reactor units - from the history file  - Mar 23, 2011 - (YuTb 4m49s) - Src: OF
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Operation Cast Lead II
Special Note - A quote...."Scrapping Hamas’ offered cease-fire, influential Yisrael Beiteinu politicians are promoting another invasion of Palestine’s worn-torn, besieged land of Gaza." - also posted at Uruknet

Gaza City Murder ~~ Who Done It and Why?
A quote...."Why Vittorio? -- He has been in Gaza for years, originally arriving on one of the earliest Flotillas. Anyone that knew him can testify that he was a wonderful and dedicated human being. A young man who left his home and loved ones to fight for the cause of Justice and Freedom in Gaza. -- Now, ask yourselves who would want to put an end to that cause and those involved in it? The answer should be obvious. Who has been appealing to various nations and the United Nations in particular to not allow future Flotillas to leave for Gaza. Who seems worried that a Flotilla from Turkey would be leaving for Gaza as early as next month?"

Man arrested in the Arrigoni murder case suspected of collaboration
Related Article - A quote...."GAZA, (PIC)-- The murder of Italian activist Vittorio Arrigoni raised the serious question as to who stands behind such a gruesome act, especially after the Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu declared he has plans to thwart solidarity with the Gaza Strip ”at any price”." - also posted at AlethoNews

Hezbollah opens resistance museum
And if they leveled a four hundred year old Jewish cemetery to construct their museum they'd be just like the Israelis. - mpg -- A quote...."Hezbollah has opened a center and museum to collect the personal belongings of martyrs killed in the resistance against Israel as part of an effort to counter anti-resistance propaganda."

Mother of Slain Italian Activist to Sail to Gaza, Flotilla Change Name in Honor of Vittorio
A quote...."Gaza-PNN – Agidea Prata, the mother of Vittorio Arrigoni, the Italian activist and journalist killed in Gaza on Friday, said that she will be sailing to Gaza on May with the Free Gaza flotilla."

Army arrests Hebron child after settlers attack home
A quote...."HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Israeli soldiers detained a child from Hebron's Old City after settlers attacked the boy's home Saturday." - also posted at AlethoNews
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More On The Economic Situation....

Economic Lies: Fake Unemployment & Inflation Figures Sustain the Illusion of an Economic Recovery @ GlbRsch
A quote...."How do the powerful keep the US population dumb and distracted?  A key tactic has been using methodologies that produce totally misleading underestimates of key economic factors.  First we learned that official unemployment figures are too low by a factor of two.  Now, understand that the official rate of inflation hitting consumers is even more inaccurate.  You will hear about a low inflation rate of less than 3 percent.  In reality, it is closer to 10 percent, according to the highly regarded analysis by John Williams."

How Paulson Appointees & Former GS Employees Dan Jester & Ed Liddy Colluded To Destroy AIG And Secure A Secret Bailout For Goldman Sachs -A quote...."Daily Bail's Editor's Note:  In light of the Goldman theft detailed yesterday, we are reposting this series as part of our look back at the Goldman AIG taxpayer heist."

U.S. Regulators Shut 6 More Banks In 2011
A quote...."(RTTNews) - Regulators have shut down a total of six banks in Alabama, Georgia, Minnesota and Mississippi, bringing the U.S. bank failure toll to 34 in 2011."

Doubling Down To (DXY) Zero: Has The Fed, In Its Stealthy Synthetic Bet To Keep Long-Term Yields Low, Become The Next AIG? - A quote...."Stunningly, today we learn that to keep long rates low, the Fed may have resorted to nothing short of the same suicidal trade that destroyed AIG FP and brought the entire system to its knees. Namely, Ben Bernanke is now quite possibly the second coming of Joe Cassano, since in order to keep rates low, Bernanke is forced to a last resort action of selling billions upon billions of Treasury puts to "pin" rates low contrary to natural supply-demand mechanics."

A Golden Tipping Point: University of Texas Takes Delivery Of $1 Billion In Physical Gold
Gold Bug Alert - A quote...."The University of Texas Investment Management Co., the second-largest U.S. academic endowment, took delivery of almost $1 billion in gold bullion and is storing the bars in a New York vault, according to the fund’s board."

Gold Climbs to Record on Concern Global Inflation Accelerating
Related Article - A quote...."Gold advanced to a record for a third day as mounting inflation around the globe and Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis prompted investors to seek a store of value. Silver climbed to the highest price in 31 years."

As Gasoline Prices Pass $3.81, Stranded Motorists Looking For Cheap Refueling Options Surge
A quote...."Following this week's ebullient UMichigan consumer confidence readings (which continue to diverge from reality as per Gallup, which oddly enough does not poll Wall Street CEOs who are always eager to give their economic assessment from the infinity pool while vacationing in Fiji) one would think that the price of gas had fallen of a cliff. Alas no. In fact quite the opposite."

Morgan Stanley fund fails to repay debt on Tokyo property
A quote...."(Reuters) - A Morgan Stanley property fund failed to make $3.3 billion in debt payments by a deadline on Friday, handing over the keys to a central Tokyo office building to Blackstone (BX.N) and other investors, the largest repayment failure of its kind in Japan."

Saturday April 16th 2011

No posts. - mpg

Friday April 15th 2011

More Tales From The Zio-Sphere.....

Gaza War and Goldstone's Moral Collapse
Quote of the Day....."Goldstone is both Jewish and Zionist. His love for Israel has been widely and affectionately conveyed. In this particular case, he seemed completely torn between his ideological and tribal position and his commitment to justice and truth, as enshrined in the mandate of the UN Human Rights Council. -- After 18 months of what seemed a wholly personal introspection, accompanied by an endless campaign of pressure and intimidation by Zionist and pro-Israel Jewish groups from all over the world, the man finally surrendered." - also posted at Uruknet

Goldstone's moral collapse is a VIVID demonstration that there is only one loyalty involved regarding almost all members of the Jewish community and their unstinting, unrelenting, support for Israel and its many crimes.  This was a man who publicly prided himself on being a legal scholar, on being an impartial, informed, unbiased, jurist. Yet he gave it all up, he shredded his professional career along with his professed principals in a blatant, pathetic, and in the end pitiable effort, to apologize for policies of mass murder and ethnic cleansing.  The world should give thanks to Goldstone for his demonstrable moral cowardice, his avowed bias, and his lack of fortitude, for he has shown the world the truth - beyond a shadow of a doubt -  that appeals for justice from most members of the Jewish community, especially those in the establishment, for evil done by other members of the Jewish community, especially evil done to non-Jews, will almost ALWAYS fall on deaf ears.  - mpg

Israel’s B-tch[es] Unanimously Vote To Kill Goldstone Report
Related Article - A quote...."WASHINGTON (JTA) — The U.S. Senate unanimously approved a resolution calling on the United Nations to rescind the Goldstone report." - bold by website editor - Everyone of them is a butt-kissing shill of the Israeli/AIPAC Consortium. - mpg

Israel Lobbyist Abraham Feinberg’s FBI File Released
A quote...."FBI files released under the Freedom of Information Act unveil new details about the life of influential lobbyist Abraham Feinberg (1908-1998). Feinberg is best known for funding President Harry S Truman’s “whistle stop” campaign, saving Truman’s 1948 election campaign from almost certain defeat. In an interview, Feinberg summarized his long success in Democratic Party politics: “My path to power was cooperation in terms of what they needed—campaign money.” - bold by website editor

Israeli Lobby Power -- Feed An Israeli.....Starve An American
Second Quote of the Day...."When I became an American citizen I could’ve sworn I stood in front of an American judge and an American flag pledging my allegiance to the United States of America. -- Little did I know that on the back of the American flag was Israel’s flag representing the true Shadow Government of the United States that represents the power and overwhelming presence of Israel’s lobby and Zionist Jewish Americans in every institution of America."

US-Israel Trade: Espionage, Theft & Secrets
A quote...."On April 6, Grant F. Smith presented a comprehensive review of the US-Israel Free Trade Agreement to the Finance and Economics Council at the University of Rochester. Using a slide show of declassified documents and charts, Smith revealed how secret agreements and a joint Israeli embassy/AIPAC covert operation undermined US industries and the trade negotiating process."

Israel considers 1,000 citizenship applications from US Christians seeking permission to settle in the West Bank
A quote...."The Israeli media has revealed that 1000 Christian Americans have submitted applications for Israeli citizenship and permission to settle in the occupied West Bank. In return, they have said that they will convert to Judaism and serve in Israel's occupation army." - bold/underline by website editor
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More On The Domestic Situation....

Steal Billions Like Dimon Blankfein And You're Doing God's Work, Sell $31 Of Pot And Go To Jail For 10 Years
A quote...."An Oklahoma woman has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for selling $31 of marijuana. -- Patricia Marilyn Spottedcrow, a 25-year-old mother of four, and her mother, Delita Starr, 50, sold an $11 dime bag to a police informant in Oklahoma on Dec. 31, 2009. The informant returned two weeks later to buy $20 of marijuana. Spottedcrow, who worked in nursing homes before her arrest, told The Oklahoman she did it to get some extra money."

Fondlers, Your Country Calls
And the American sheeple in this country just take it.  Maybe, deep down inside, they actually like it?  But to allow these TSA pedophiles to do it to their own children, now that's just disgustingly sick! - mpg -- A quote...."Ramesh Advani and Noel Alexandre Bertrand must be two flummoxed felons. -- Both men allegedly assaulted passengers in aviation’s gulag; both now endure Leviathan’s fury and might, with arrests and charges, trials and punishment – "up to three years in prison and a $250,000 fine when he is sentenced in August," in Mr. Advani’s case. -- And both must be asking, "Why?" Tens of thousands of sexual assaults occur daily in airports, so frequently that they’ve become routine, with the culprits not only admitting their crimes but actually bragging about them."

The Murder of JFK: Bush Family Connection
Video - From the History File - April, 15th 2008 - 4 years ago - (GoogleVid - 1hr30min27sec - 041508) -- A quote...."Prescott Bush, banker to the Nazis and grandfather of George W. Bush, sponsored the rise of an obscure California right-wing politician who socialized extensively with Nazi sympathizers: Richard M. Nixon. - Richard Nixon hired a "gofer" to assist him with his campaigning and other matters: Mob-connected Jack Ruby who later moved to Dallas...." and much more...

Sinaloa Drug Cartel Controlled and Protected by Both Mexican and U.S. Governments
DEADLINE LIVE EXCLUSIVE: -- A quote...."Recent testimony by captured drug cartel leader Vicente Zambada in Federal Court points to DEA and FBI protection and collaboration with one of the most dangerous and powerful criminal organizations in the world: the Sinaloa Drug Cartel. South of the border, a brave Mexican journalist exposes how the Mexican government not only protects the Sinaloa Drug Cartel, but also works as an ally to eliminate their rivals and competitors."

CIA on Facebook & Twitter: Wayne Madsen on info warfare
RTVideo - Alt - (YuTb - 3min08sec - Apr 15, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."As pro-reform uprisings continue across the Arab world, the U.S. is stepping up its influence with anti-government activists around the world. America is using new mobile phone technology to help protest groups - and manipulating social network websites as well as Twitter with fake idenities - to spread dissent and encourage regime-change by influencing media coverage."

Broadcasting LIVE on Justin.tv - April 15 2011 - Part 2
Must View MRVideo - Special Broadcast - (JustInTV - 2hrs - April 15th, 2011) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero joins with United We Strike in a nationwide simulcast and call for "peaceful non-compliance" with the empire  -  Guests include Karen Tostado and David Grant of United We Strike along with Mike's wife Karen.  Topics include the illegality of the Fed's fiat currency Bankster system, the IRS, and many other issues. - mpg
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More On The International Situation....

Unintelligent Design: U.S. Failed To Learn From Its Initial War in Asia
Special Note -  This article provides stunning confirmation of that old phrase...."the more things change, the more they stay the same", or as Yogi Berrra once observed, "it's deju vue all over again". - mpg -- A quote...."Americans who challenge Darwinian evolution may be among the least likely to look at our history for examples with which to refute it.  Surely the inability or unwillingness of generations of national leaders to ponder some of the possible lessons of the past is ample proof that while other species may be evolving the American version of homo sapiens is perhaps heading toward extinction."

“We Can Handle The Truth, Some Of Us Anyway"
Special Note - A quote...."America is in its 10th year of war in Afghanistan and losing.  Everyone there hates us, we haven’t won a single “heart” or “mind.”  We have succeeded in building an empire of opium and heroin on a scale never before imagined. -- Millions at home, tens of millions in Russia, Europe and around the world have been destroyed by the flood of narcotics distributed with deadly efficiency by a combination of rogue military and intelligence operations and the contracting firms we payed to protect us."
   
The House of Saud won't wake up
Special Note - A quote...."Once the "twin pillars" of US policy in the Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia and Iran have become increasingly antagonistic over the past three decades. This was especially so after the Saudis supported Iraq's lengthy and bloody war with Iran in the 1980s, which included a handful of air skirmishes between Saudi and Iranian aircraft." - also posted at WarInIraq - Topix ||   One Vile, Venom Tipped, Taloned Hand Washes the Other - (a.k.a. The Standard Model) - 07-28-10 - mpg  ||

Organizing Against the Debt - Iceland's Message to Portugal
A quote...."This week has witnessed two very different reactions to European debt. At one end of Europe, Iceland's voters decided once again not to accept the payment terms of their 'creditors', the British and Dutch governments, following the collapse of Icelandic banks in 2008. At the other, Portugal is being pushed down the path of shock therapy by the European Union, with the people of that country cut out of a process which will change their lives dramatically." - also posted at AlethoNews

British ex-MP George Galloway to sue Canada govt - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."LONDON — Firebrand British former lawmaker George Galloway is to sue the Canadian government for $1.5 million over claims made against him in 2009, it has been announced."

NATOs Libya Putsch Likely Means Losing Afghanistan
Video - Geo-Political Analysis -- (YuTb - 4min 37sec - Apr 15, 2011) - Source:  108morris108 -- A quote...."NATO's war on Libya is to drive the Chinese out of North Africa according to Paul Craig Roberts (ex Reagan official). Pakistan is already desperate to leave US influence, after Raymond Davis and more drones. Pakistan can offer China a land route to Iran and the Gulf - to secure its energy needs. Once Pakistan gives up US influence - Afghanistan is truly lost."

[Kandahar] Police chief killed in Afghan suicide attack
A quote...."Khan Mohammad Mujahid, the police chief of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan, has been killed in a suicide attack at the police headquarters in the provincial capital, officials confirm. -- The interior ministry confirmed to Al Jazeera that at least two other senior police officers were killed in the attack, one of them an anti-terrorism officer, which took place just outside the heavily guarded police headquarters."

Suicide bomber kills NATO and Afghan troops
A quote...."Attack on base in eastern province claims up to nine lives, a day after the assassination of Kandahar city police chief."

Where Is The Pakistani Charge Sheet Against CIA?
A quote...."ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—If there ever was a diplomatic equivalent of a kick-in-the-ass, this was it: a drone attack inside Pakistan hours after ISI chief visited Washington to ask his CIA counterpart to cease such attacks. -- Before this there was the diplomatic equivalent of a slap in the face three weeks earlier, when a drone attack followed the release of CIA mercenary Raymond Davis. -- Despite the kick and the slap, Pakistani responses continue to be cautious and measured. Pakistani officials providing background briefings to US reporters stationed in Islamabad continue to play safe, refusing to say if Pakistan decisively wants an end to CIA-run drone attacks."

Forget Raymond Davis
From the History File - (& The Raymond Davis File) - Mar 6th, 2011 -- A quote...."ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—American military officials are telling their Pakistani counterparts they want to save the Pakistani-American relationship. The way to do this, they say, is to ‘forgive and forget’ the Raymond Davis debacle, one of the worst scandals to hit the Central Intelligence Agency in years. -- The notion of saving Pak-US ties is good. But the Pakistani government and military would do a disservice to the nation by sweeping a number of urgent issues under the carpet in the name of salvaging our ties with the United States. Instead of putting Pakistani military under pressure, our American friends need to help save these ties by correcting dangerous imbalances in the bilateral relationship. A fair and full trial for Mr Davis would be a good place to start." - Hah!  Like that was EVER gonna happen. - mpg

No compromise on Nato troops withdrawal: Taliban
A quote...."PESHAWAR: The Taliban on Wednesday said the basic solution to the Afghan issue lies in the immediate withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan and not in setting up Taliban offices in other countries."

Kazakhstan, India sign [Nuke & Oil] energy deals
A quote...."Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited Kazakhstan on Saturday with the two sides signing deals on uranium supplies and Indian involvement in developing a Caspian Sea oilfield. -- Kazakhstan will now sell India more than 2,000 tons of uranium by 2014 under an agreement on cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy."

Azerbaijani, Iranian, Turkish foreign ministers to meet in Urmia
A quote...."The foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkey - Elmar Mamedyarov, Ali Akbar Salehi and Ahmet Davutoglu - will meet Saturday in the northwestern Iranian city of Urmia, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry reported. -- The three ministers plan to discuss trilateral relations and regional processes."

Honduran government accused of killing opposition members and using US money to fund corrupt police
A quote...."NEW YORK — While the Honduran government and former U.S. President Bill Clinton claim that the Central American nation is protecting human rights and combating drug-trafficking, Honduras is actually killing opposition members and using U.S. money to fund corrupt police officials, according to a leader in the Honduran resistance movement." - Another "mission accomplished" - mpg - Topix ||  US Support Death Sqds - Hideous Hillary's Happy Honduran Hit Squads  ||

The Assault On Libya....

False pretense for war in Libya? - All you ObamaTrolls out there happy yet? - mpg
Third Quote of the Day - A quote...."EVIDENCE IS now in that President Barack Obama grossly exaggerated the humanitarian threat to justify military action in Libya. The president claimed that intervention was necessary to prevent a “bloodbath’’ in Benghazi, Libya’s second-largest city and last rebel stronghold." - bold by website editor - For those who don't know, when a mainline newspaper uses the term "grossly exagerated" it's because they can't say things like "the president told the country a bunch of lies so obvious it was actually embarrassing for us to print them." - mpg

Obama's broken Libya promises
More Lies Exposed - Related Article - A quote...."Libya already seems comfortably ensconced in its position as America's latest forgotten war. But it is worth taking a moment to scrutinize a couple of dubious statements made by President Obama and Secretary of Defense Bob Gates last month about what the U.S. role in the war would be."

The Libyan war and the deepening inter-imperialist conflict
A quote...."The joint statement issued Thursday by US President Barack Obama, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, and British Prime Minister David Cameron on Libya not only escalates the war. It also intensifies the political divisions within Europe that are in the background of the neo-colonial operation in North Africa. While the war is marketed as a “humanitarian” enterprise, little if any attention is being paid—at least in public—to the increasingly bitter dispute between France, Britain and the United States on one side and Germany on the other. - The most remarkable feature of the joint statement was that it was not issued by the European Union (EU) or even the NATO military alliance. Rather, it appeared in French and English, under the by-line of President Sarkozy of France, Prime Minister Cameron of Great Britain, and President Obama of the United States."

World leaders slam West war in Libya
A quote...."In their summit meeting in southern China, the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa unanimously condemned the Libya bombings, AFP reported Thursday. -- The group rejected the use of force in the Middle East and North Africa in a draft statement. -- "We share the principle that the use of force should be avoided. We maintain that the independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of each nation should be respected," the countries which represent more than 40 percent of the world's population said in the statement."

Waging War With Depleted Uranium - NATO Irradiates Libya
A quote...."Depleted uranium, or D.U., ignites when it strikes armored vehicles. Ignition causes D.U. to break down to a microscopic powder, measured in microns or millionths of an inch. Upon impact D.U. creates a fireball in many cases that rises hundreds of feet into the atmosphere where the wind helps spread it over large areas. -- D.U. is a very dangerous, long term poison. It is radioactive and when ingested internally causes a host of problems to its victim. It is nonspecific and generational in impact, meaning that it does not distinguish between friend or foe and the damage it does goes on for generations into the future." - also posted at AlethoNews

'Can't bomb Libya into liberation - strikes spread carnage & chaos' - vid - Alt - (YuTb5m18s04/15/11) - Src: RT
Libya Overkill: NATO faces fire for civilian deaths, aim at Gaddafi - vid - Alt - (YuTb3m38s04/15/11) - Src: RT
Ex-CIA officer: Obama fools himself, Muslims see US bombing Libya - vid - Alt (YuTb6m45s04/14/11) Src: RT
Obama Admits Libyan War a ‘Stalemate’
Nato [read Britain France & the US-NRE] mission in disarray as criticisms mount
Libya: Italy rejects calls to join ground attack operations
Libya Rebels Seek $2 Billion Loan.... And so the Bankster enslavement starts -mpg - See....The International
Libyan TV Reports Civilians Killed in Air Raids on Tripoli
U.S. continues to conduct air strikes in Libya
Libyan rebels receiving anti-tank weapons from Qatar - AltArtcl - contains video - AltVid
Female Colombian snipers 'fighting to defend Col Gaddafi in Libya' - That's interesting - (if true)
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More on the World Wide Revolution...

U.S. Keeps Quiet over Repression
A quote...."WASHINGTON, Apr 13, 2011 (IPS) - If President Barack Obama wanted to place Washington "on the right side of history" during the ongoing "Arab Spring", his reaction to recent events in Bahrain will likely make that far more difficult, according to a growing number of analysts and commentators here."

Bahrain to dissolve opposition parties
Oh look....."more ol'dat dare US-NRE styled free-dumb and da'mockery" - mpg -- A quote...."The Bahraini regime says it is seeking to dissolve the country's two main opposition groups in its toughest crackdown on the reform movement. -- According to Bahrain's state media, the Ministry of Justice and Islamic Affairs said in a statement that it filed a lawsuit to dissolve the al-Wefaq and the Islamic Action Association parties."

Bahrain backs off on opposition party ban
Related Article - Whoops!!!  That didn't last very long!  What, too embarrassing, is that what it was?  Way too obvious even for the deluded proles in this country to swallow? (and that would be saying something)  Poor widdle US-NRE State Department, Bahrain's rulers (and the Saudis) made them look bad.....awwwwwww. - mpg --  A quote.... "Bahrain's government appears to be pulling back from plans to dismantle the main Shia opposition group after swift criticism from Washington and other allies."

Bahrain: 'Thirty-one protesters killed, 600 arrested', since February, group says
US government complicit in Bahrain torture & crackdown.... video - Alt - (YuTb 14m49s 04/14/11) - Src: 91177
Saudi [Royal]-backed troops shoot Bahrainis
Saudi protests against Bahrain invasion, repression
Iranian Students Protest at Massacre of Bahraini People
At least 7 killed in Yemen as violence intensifies
Yemen opposition wants Saleh out within two weeks
Despite ban Saudis hold protests - contains video
Walkouts shut two Saudi airports
Syrian government: Soldier killed by snipers in Banias
Street protests banned in Baghdad
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More on Japan's Nuclear Power Plants....

URGENT – USA / Canada HIGH-mid levels of Cesium – Radiation and Jetstream Forecast
Radiation Alert Video - Alt - (YuTb - 11min11sec - Apr 13, 2011) - Source:  dutchsinse


U.S. Providing Inadequate Radiation Readings to the Public
Radiation Alert & Cover-Up - A quote...."The EPA is - apparently - monitoring drinking water only for radioiodine, but not for radioactive cesium or other radioactive isotopes:

Fixing BROKEN Japan Nuclear Radiation Monitors IN 37 US Cities “NOT A PRIORITY” For Feds
Radiation Alert & Cover-Up - A quote...."After Japan nuclear radiation was detected in Richland Washington drinking water local CBS news station KEPR in inquired as to why the federal radiation monitor went offline. The EPA responded stated they are aware that radiation monitors are broken and have no plans to fix it because monitoring radiation is the area is not a priority."

Killing the Unborn ... With Radiation - Article also posted at GlobalResearch
A quote...."Preface: I am not against all nuclear power, solely the unsafe type we have today. -- The harmful affect of radiation on fetuses has been known for decades. -- As nuclear expert Robert Alvarez - a senior U.S. Department of Energy official during the Clinton administration - and journalists Harvey Wasserman and Norman Solomon wrote in 1982 in a book called Killing Our Own:"

Fukushima Groundwater Radiation Level Jumps Several Dozen Times In One Week, More Measurement Devices "Fail" - A quote...."TEPCO continues to be stuck between a rock and a liquid place. Following recent efforts to stop the spillage of radioactive water into the ocean, the pseudo-nationalized utility is now experiencing the aftermath of radioactive water retention. From Kyodo: "The concentration levels of radioactive iodine and cesium in groundwater near the troubled Nos. 1 and 2 reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have increased up to several dozen times in one week, suggesting that toxic water has seeped from nearby reactor turbine buildings or elsewhere, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Thursday."

Japan Plant Emits More Radiation After Cooling Lapse
Much Of Northern Japan Uninhabitable Due To Nuclear Radiation? - Alt
Onagawa nuke plant jolted beyond specs -- April aftershock had upward acceleration far above design
Groundwater Cesium Radiation At Japan Fukushima Nuclear Reactor Jumps To 30 Times Last Weeks Level
Radiation Monitor in Richland Not Working Properly
Scandal: Japan Forces Top Official To Retract Prime Minister’s Revelation Fukushima Permanently Uninhabitable
Russia stops 50 radioactive cars from Japan
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Vik: a friend, a brother, a humanist
A quote..."I first heard of Vik before arriving in Gaza. Vik had just been injured by IOF water canoning which shattered the windows of the fishing boat he was accompanying. Vik had some injuries from the shattered glass. -- When I met Vik he was nothing but humble and humour. A compassionate man, living to do good and do anything for Palestinian justice. Others knew him better and longer, and told me of Viks arrests by the IOF, deportation, and other interesting stories. But above all, what shone, aside from his intelligble English and random Italian curses, was his humanism." - also posted at AlethoNews

Abducted Italian activist found executed in Gaza, Hamas says
Related Article - A quote...."Two suspects have reportedly been arrested in the alleged kidnapping and subsequent murder of Vittorio Arrigoni, an activist in the International Solidarity Movement; Arrigoni was hanged in an Islamist militant's home." - How much you wanna bet these guys are adherents to some sort of Saudi Royal inspired and financed Wahhabist faction? - mpg

Palestinian factions denounce murder of Italian activist
Related Article - A quote...."GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Palestinian factions have condemned the murder of Italian peace activist Vittorio Arrigoni found dead in Gaza early Friday morning. -- Salafist extremists in Gaza were suspected of kidnapping Arrigoni, an activist for the International Solidarity Movement, last seen alive in a video posted online Thursday." - also posted at Uruknet

Hamas official hints Israel killed Italian activist to intimidate future Gaza flotilla members
Related Article - A quote...."Hamas indirectly accused Israel on Friday of engineering the killing of an Italian Palestinian peace activist in Gaza in order to intimidate other foreign activists hoping to sail to Gaza as part of the next flotilla. -- “Such an awful crime cannot take place without arrangements between all the parties concerned to keep the blockade imposed on Gaza,” Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar said at a rally held by the group to honor executed Italian activist Vittorio Arrigoni."

EU grants Palestinian produce duty-free access  - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."EU foreign policy chief Ashton announces deal during Brussels meeting with Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Fayyad."

750,000 Palestinians kidnapped by Israel since 1967
A quote...."Specialist in prisoners’ affairs Abdulnaser Farwana said Israel has kidnapped since 1967 about 750,000 Palestinians including 12,000 women and tens of thousands of children. -- This came in a report he issued on the Palestinian Prisoners Day which falls on April 17."

Woman killed in Gaza air strike was anticipating wedding
A quote...."Around midday last Friday, Ibrahim Qdeih was chatting with his daughters and wife about preparations underway for his daughter Nidal's wedding later this month. Those plans would be forever disrupted after an Israeli missile hit their house, taking the lives of Ibrahim's wife, Najah, and daughter, Nidal." - also posted at AlethoNews

No Politician With An "Anti-Zionist" Mindset Could Ever Dream of Living in the White House
Interview - A quote...."What follows is the complete text of my exclusive interview with Prof. Naseer Aruri in which we discussed a variety of topics including the prospect of Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the role of the United States in the solving the crisis in Palestine and the performance of PLO as the defacto representative of the Palestinian nation in the international level."
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More On The Economic Situation....

America Is a Failed State Because It Won't Prosecute Financial Crime
Special Note - A quote...."It is now mainstream news that none of the big financial criminals have been prosecuted. -- The New York Times is running an article today entitled "In financial crisis, no prosecutions of top figures", which has been picked up as the leading front-page story by MSNBC. The story even quotes Bill Black...."


NYT: Tim Geithner Convinced NY AG Andrew Cuomo To Back Off Wall Street Prosecutions
Special Note - Related Article - A quote...."Geithner, Summers, Paulson, Bernanke and Greenspan.  The "Fab Five" of the Bankster Complex.  Thirty trillion in back-stops, guarantees, toxic asset-swaps, bond-flips, mark-to-fantasy book-keeping rules, ZERP4eva loans, and prodigious pay-outs.  And the "American" people just bend over every day and take-it.  The founding fathers would cry to see what's become of their grand experiment in a "democratic" republic. - mpg - Related articles shown below courtesy WhatReallyHappened....

How to Tie a Hangman's Knot
How to Build a Gallows
How to Build a Guillotine - (a.k.a. "The National Razor") - (added by website editor)
Execution by firing squad - Def. - (added by website editor)
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Fed Balance Sheet Holdings, Excess Reserves Hit New Record; Agency Prepayments Plunge
Artcl #1 - Charts - (click to enlarge) - A quote...."For those confused why gold just hit a new all time high of $1,480, it may have something to with this. In the week ended April 13, the Fed's balance sheet hit a new all time record of $2.65 trillion, primarily due to an increase of $15 billion in Treasury holdings by the Fed (chart 1). Not surprising to those who have read our previous post on the matter, prepayments to the Fed have all but dried out, and for the third time in a row there were no MBS prepayments, which at $937.2 billion have declined by just $12 billion since the beginning of March:"

Here's the Setup for the Con of the Decade
Artcl #2 - Must Read - Bond Mrkt Warning - Related Article - A quote...."Here's where we see the Con taking shape. The ideal setup for risk-free returns is to own Treasurys that pay a high yield. The way to get higher interest rates is to first make the Treasury market supremely dependent on a central bank or single buyer: Done. That buyer is the Federal Reserve. -- Next, have that buyer stop buying. Suddenly, interest rates start moving up. If you don't believe this is possible, or part of a larger project, then please explain why PIMCO sold all its Treasuries. Duh--because interest rates are set to rise, and not by a little bit or for a brief span, but by a lot and for years."

Banks Face $3.6 Trillion 'Wall' of Debt: IMF
Artcl #3 - Related Article - A quote...."The debt rollover requirements are most acute for Irish and German banks, with as much as half of their outstanding debt coming due over the next two years, the fund said. - "These bank funding needs coincide with higher sovereign refinancing requirements, heightening competition for scarce funding resources," the IMF said." - Translation:  No QE3, than US-NRE bond rates will sky-rocket because there's nobody else out there that has the funds to buy the US-NRE's bonds....except the Fed.  So QED there's gonna be QE3 to keep interest rates low IF the parasites DON'T want to crash the economy.  On the other hand, as shown in the article above, if they DO.....all you little people out there, and all you bond holders out there, are dead. - mpg

China Net Seller Of US Treasurys For Fourth Consecutive Month
Artcl #4 - Chart - (click to enlarge) - Related Article -- A quote...."While we will present a comprehensive update of the just released TIC data shortly, the one chart worth noting is the sequentual change in holdings by foreign countries, and particularly one of them. Importantly, of the 4 largest holders of US debt, China, Japan, the UK and Oil Exporters, the latter 3 all saw an increase in their Treasury holdings, China continues selling Treasurys, with a 4th consecutive decline in its total holdings."

US House of Representatives votes to abolish Medicare
Artcl #5 - Related Article - A quote..."In the most reactionary social policy proposal in recent US history, the House of Representatives voted Friday afternoon to support the abolition of the Medicare program, the government health insurance system for tens of millions of retired and disabled Americans. The 235-193 margin was a near party-line vote, with only four Republicans opposing the bill and no Democrats supporting it."

Slip-sliding into Recession - posted at ICH
A quote...."As for the economy, the problem is still deflation. The Fed's zero rates and $2 trillion in monetary stimulus have revved up stock prices and sent commodities skyrocketing, but housing prices continue to fall, unemployment is way too high (8.8%), and there's excess capacity throughout the system. Personal consumption will continue to flag due to stagnant wages and battered household balance sheets. That means demand will be weak and revenues will continue to shrink. Austerity-minded congressmen will further dampen the recovery by cutting costs and reducing aid to the states."

35 Statistics That Show The Average American Family Has Been Broke Down, Tore Down, Beat Down, Busted And Disgusted By This Economy - A quote...."The economic statistics that you are about to read are incredibly shocking, but they are also very, very real.  Tonight there are going to be millions of men and women all across America that cannot sleep because they are consumed with anxiety about their financial problems.  Even as you read this, there are a lot of parents out there that are trying to figure out how to explain to their children why their homes are being taken away.  There are also hordes of very hard working Americans that are incredibly frustrated because they have sent out thousands of resumes and yet they can't seem to get a job interview.  Have you ever been at a point where you couldn't pay the mortgage or put food on the table for your family?  It can be an absolutely soul-crushing experience." - also posted at BLN & PrisonPlanet

'US jobless claims reach 2 month high'
A quote...."US claims for unemployment benefits have reached their highest levels in two months raising fears of another financial crisis in the country."

Jobless Claims Huge Miss To Expectations Of 380K, Print At 412K, Previous Revised Upward, Core PPI Higher Than Expected -- Related Article - A quote...."The BLS beat the expectations game continues. While this week's number of people filing initial cliams surged to 410K, blowing out expectations of 380K, it is once again the prior revision that shows the true nature of the BLS. As we said last week when claims printed at 382K, better than expectations: "last week's 388K was revised up to 392K, declining to 382K below expectations of 385K, which in tried BLS fashion will certainly be revised next week so that the actual number will have been a miss but by then nobody will care."

NYC homeless rate at all-time high - One wonders if any of them voted for Obama? - mpg
Contains Video - A quote...."Nearly 115,000 in New York City have become homeless in the past year as homlessness in the city marks a record high, according to a new report based on local data. "

Think you’ve Missed the Gold and Silver Rally? Think again, says Marc Faber
Gold Bug Alert - Caution:  According to Artcl #2 shown above, if the Fed declines to enact QE3 in a deliberate effort to crash bonds, and consequently the economy, gold may not do so well. As also stated by  Marc Farber "The future of the gold price is bright as long as Fed chairman Ben Bernanke continues a policy of negative real interest rates—when compared, that is, with the rising rate in living costs." - We shall see. - mpg

Thursday April 14th 2011

No posts. - mpg

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