Wednesday June 1st 2011
More On The
Domestic Situation....
The
Federal
Reserve
Cartel:
The
Eight
Families
Must Read - A
quote...."The Four Horsemen of Banking (Bank of America, JP Morgan
Chase, Citigroup and Wells Fargo) own the Four Horsemen of Oil
(Exxon
Mobil, Royal Dutch/Shell, BP Amoco and Chevron Texaco); in tandem
with
Deutsche Bank, BNP, Barclays and other European old money
behemoths. But their monopoly over the global economy does
not
end at the edge of the oil patch. -- According to company
10K
filings to the SEC, the Four Horsemen of Banking are among the top
ten
stock holders of virtually every Fortune 500 corporation.[1]
--
So who then are the stockholders in these money center banks? " -
also posted at GlobalRsrch
& RedactedNews
Hang The
Criminal Banksters And Financial Terrorists
Related Article - A quote...."President Franklin D. Roosevelt said
those words two days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, but they
can be
applied to the threat that America and mankind faces today:
financial
terrorism by global, private central banks such as the Bank for
International Settlements and the Federal Reserve Bank. These
banks are
robbing and destroying America in broad daylight while the
resources of
the FBI, CIA, and U.S. Military are being wasted and misdirected
on
purpose to hunt down imaginary terrorists and Islamic villains
like
Osama Bin Laden who
was not
responsible for the 9/11 attacks." -
also posted at DProgram
Outlaw Josey
Wales - Part Four
Related Article - A quote...."There is a war underway in this
country.
The working middle class that built this country from the ground
up are
being systematically eliminated by a small cabal of super rich
powerful
elite. The middle class was much like Josey Wales, a peaceful
Missouri
farmer just working his land trying to make an honest living. Then
a
band of lawless thugs come along and killed his wife and son and
burnt
down his farmhouse. A man can only take so much before he gets
mean and
vengeful. The rich and powerful, the corrupt Wall Street bankers,
the
banker controlled Federal Reserve and the bought off politicians
in
Washington D.C. have been pillaging the middle class for decades.
--
They’ve killed the middle class and in 2008 they essentially
burned
down the worldwide financial system." -
also posted at ZeroHedge
Rep.
Paul
to
Fed:
Tell
Us
Everything,
or Else -
Thank
you Ron Paul. - mpg
Related Article - A quote...."The chairman of the House
subcommittee
that oversees the Federal Reserve demanded Tuesday that the Fed
fully
disclose details of billions — perhaps trillions — in secret
emergency
loans it made to almost every major bank in the U.S. and overseas
during the financial crisis or face a congressional subpoena for
the
information."
Reality
at
Last
–
Charlie
McGrath
Related CMcGVideo -
Alt -
(YuTb -
5min06sec - Jun 1, 2011) -
Source:
crabbydogtrix
The
Media’s
Role
in
the
War on Terror
Presstitutes Exposed - A
quote...."The media continues to utilize countless tactics
designed to
heighten public perception regarding the critical need to advance
America’s war on terror. We see this on a daily basis. Often, the
media
states bold-faced lies regarding so-called terrorist activities,
so as
to enrage Americans. Other times the media stages complete
fabrications
of events so as to twist reality in order to advance the agenda of
Washington. Many alert, independent-minded Americans; a
group
representing a dying breed – are aware of this. Others suspect
it."
Deconstructing
the
Campaign
to
Malign
Award-Winning Article on Guantanamo "Suicides"
Presstitutes Exposed - A
quote...."While not the first article attacking Scott Horton's
controversial Harpers' article, "The Guantanamo Suicides," Alex
Koppelman's critique in Adweek on May 23 capped a long campaign by
some
media figures to impugn the veracity of Horton's investigation, if
not
the integrity of both Horton and Harper's Magazine. -- Horton's
article
in January 2010 strongly criticized the Department of Defense
(DoD)
investigations into the June 10, 2006, deaths of three Guantanamo
detainees, bringing forth new eyewitness testimony as to what
occurred
that terrible evening at the camp, calling into question the
official
narrative." -
also posted at
Uruknet
-
Topix ||
9/11-Iraq-Torture
Fables ||
What
Really
Happened
with
Michael
Rivero
–
June 1st, 2011 -
He's
back!
MRVideo -
Part1
-
Part2
-
(JustInTV
-
2hrs
- June 1st, 2011) -
Source:
MichaelRiveroTV-Vids
--
Michael Rivero discusses the
ongoing crimes of empire, the Fukushima disaster and this
government's
cover-up. - mpg
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More
On The
International Situation....
The
Assault
On Libya....
'Summer of
War' by
NATO: 90 more days of Libya bombing -
More murder....
Must View RTVideo -
(RTYuTb - 4m49s - Jun 1, 2011) -
Source:
RussiaToday
-- A quote...."NATO has declared its extending its operation in
Libya
by another three months. The alliance chief says this decision is
meant
to prove to Muammar Gaddafi that the alliance is determined to
fulfil
the UN mandate. Let's cross live to James Corbett an editor of an
independent news website to discuss the latest developments."
Military
Escalation:
"Phase
Two"
of
the
War
on Libya -
Ditto....
A quote...."A new phase of the war is unfolding leading to a
process of
military escalation as well as the eventual landing of US-NATO
commandos on Libya's shores. -- An unprecedented deployment of
naval
power in the Mediterranean is occurring."
African
Leaders
Urge
Nato
to
Stop
Airstrikes
A quote...."Addis Ababa: The Africa Union (AU) security summit
ended
today in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, calling for an
outright
end to NATO-led air strikes on Libya. -- The 53 state bloc also
said
the air strikes in Libya have gone beyond the range of the UN
resolutions mandated to protect civilians. -- "As far as NATO air
strikes are concerned, you will see a clear call by heads of state
and
government for those air strikes to come to an end," said Ramtane
Lamamra, the AU's Peace and Security Commissioner on Wednesday."
Fears of
Depleted Uranium Use in Libya
A quote...."LEIDEN, The Netherlands , Jun 1, 2011 (IPS) - The
pattern
of deception to gain legitimacy for war in the eyes of the public
by
now is familiar. In the middle of March, Western powers led by the
U.S., Britain and France initiated actions of war against Muammar
Gaddafi’s government of Libya. The start of war was preceded by a
publicity offensive in which the Libyan leader was depicted as a
madman."
The
Crime
of
the
Century:
The
theft
of the Libyan sovereign funds
A quote...."The objective of the war in Libya is not just oil,
whose
reserves (estimated at 60 billion barrels) are the most important
in
Africa and whose extraction costs are among the lowest in the
world.
Not so little also, natural gas, whose reserves are estimated at
about
1.5 trillion cubic metres. In the crosshairs of "volunteers" of
operation "unified protector" are also the sovereign funds, the
wealth,
the Libyan capital that the state invested abroad. " -
also posted at BLN
How
Goldman
Sachs
Made
Libya's
$1 Billion Investment Disappear
A quote...."Last week we learned that Libyan leader Muammar
Qaddafi
(above, on left) had, in recent years, invested billions of
dollars in
oil revenues in several Western institutions, including Goldman
Sachs.
Today we're finding out exactly what Goldman bankers did with all
that
money. They lost it." -
also
posted
at BLN
'
Civil war
already
raging on in Libya' -
contains
video
Is
Obama
Above The Law? -
Src
[US]
House
Postpones
Vote
Against
Libya War Over Fear It Might Pass
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From
Mladic
to
Gadhafi:
Geopolitics
Overrides
Legitimacy
of National Leaders
Special Note - Quote of the Day
- A quote...."The arrest in Serbia of former Bosnian Serb army
commander, legendary Gen. R. Mladic and the statement on the
illegitimacy of Gadhafi’s rule in Libya issued collectively at the
G8
summit in Deauville combine neatly within the same paradigm: in a
unipolar world, as long as it continues to exist, leaders of the
countries outside of the top league are not entitled to
independent
policies…"
UN
Secretary-General
Ban
Ki Moon Should be Fired. Upholds the Violation of
International Law. Abuses his UN Mandate -- A
quote...."United
Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon has taken the unusual
decision
of pressuring member governments to respect the "legal channels of
the
Israeli government pertaining to the flow of goods and aid to the
Gaza
Strip". In this regard, Ban Ki-moon has called upon governments to
prevent the Freedom Flotilla scheduled for June from heading to
the
Gaza Strip...."
Gen.
Hamid
Gul: US will start WW3 if war expands to Pakistan
Must View Video - Alt
- (RTYuTb - 11m50s - May 31, 2011) -
Source:
RussiaToday
-- A quote...."Amid the fallout between Washington and Islamabad
over
the killing of Osama Bin Laden, RT spoke to Hamid Gul, former
chief of
Pakistan's Intelligence Agency. He calls the US a haughty empire
spoiled by a sense of authority." - Topix ||
Amerika, You Been Busted!! -
(a.k.a. an
Osama-Hoax Smack-Down - or - How Amerika Went Full-Retard) -
05-14-11 -
mpg ||
The
Ten
Year
Cycle,
Traitors,
Inflection-Points & The Osama Hoax -
05-13-11 - mpg ||
[Pakistan's]
Army
rules
out
North
Waziristan operation
A quote...."MUHAMMAD GAT: A top army commander on Wednesday ruled
out
an imminent offensive in North Waziristan, contradicting a
newspaper
report that Pakistan had agreed to assault North Waziristan
following
pressure from the United States."
Obama
On
Iran:
X
Times
Zero
Is
Greater Than Zero
Obama Propaganda Exposed
- A quote...."With regards to Iraq's no existing WMDs, which were
used
to launch a war on it, the Bush administration's sell-points were
not
so much single pieces of (false) evidence, the Uranium from
Nigeria,
the bio-weapon trucks, the Antrax scare, but the sum of all of
these
pieces." -
also posted at AlethoNews
No
Evidence
of
Iranian
Weapons
Program, Despite Rhetoric
Related Article - A quote...."Seymour Hersh reports in the latest
issue
of The New Yorker that “despite years of covert operations inside
Iran,
extensive satellite imagery, and the recruitment of Iranian
intelligence assets, the United States and its allies, including
Israel, have been unable to find irrefutable evidence of an
ongoing
hidden nuclear-weapons program in Iran.” The piece is not
available for
free yet, but you can find an abstract here. I’ve read it in its
entirety."
US,
S.
Arabia
Send
Death Squads to Kill Iraq's Top Shiite Figures
US-NRE Terrorism Alert -
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- The United States and Saudi Arabia have
sent
their death squads to Iraq to assassinate the country's Shiite
officers
and scholars, Iraqi security sources revealed on Wednesday." -
also posted at WarInIraq -
Topix ||
One
Vile,
Venom
Tipped,
Taloned
Hand Washes the Other - (a.k.a. The
Standard Model) - 07-28-10 - mpg ||
'Wrong code
delayed Merkel flight'
A quote...."The pilot, who flew the new Airbus A340-300 of the
German
government, has apparently entered an incorrect call signal code
while
communicating with Iranian air traffic controllers, IRNA quoted
Salehi
as saying on Wednesday. -- He pointed out that as soon as the
technical
problem was removed, the plane continued its path and flew over
Iran."
ICEM
Demands
Release of Iraq Mechanics’ Union Leader
Some more "'ol dat dare
Amerikan free-dumb and da'mockery" in action. - mpg -- A
quote...."
The ICEM today
vehemently
condemned the deepening trade union repression occurring in Iraq.
In
recent
days,
a youth leader of the Mechanics’ and Printers’ Union of
the General Federation of Iraqi Workers (GFIW) and three others
were
rounded up and presumably jailed, and Jamal Abdul-Jabbar,
President of
the Oil and Gas Workers’ Union of the GFIW in Kirkuk was forcibly
transferred from his job at Northern Oil Company to a remote
location
due to his union activities." - bold by website editor
IMF
to
eat
Belarus
alive
Special Note - A
quote...."The government of Belarus applied to the International
Monetary Fund for a stabilization loan. The work of the IMF
mission
will last during June 1-14. Belarus is not ready either for
large-scale
liberalization in the currency sphere, or for a considerable
reduction
of state spending." -
also
posted at
BLN
Thousands March
in Venezuela against U.S. Sanctions
A quote...."Mérida, May 30th 2011 (Venezuelanalysis.com) –
Around ten thousand people marched in Caracas on Sunday to protest
the
sanctions by the U.S. on Venezuela’s state oil company Petroleos
de
Venezuela (PDVSA) for trading with Iran."
Demanding
an
end
to
violence
and repression in Honduras
A quote...."While most in the United States were recognizing
Memorial
Day with a three-day weekend, the people of Honduras were engaged
in a
historic event: the return of President Manuel Zelaya, 23 months
after
he was forced into exile at gunpoint in the first coup in Central
America in a quarter-century. While he is no longer president, his
peaceful return marks a resounding success for the opponents of
the
coup. Despite this, the post-coup government in Honduras, under
President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo, is becoming increasingly
repressive,
and is the subject this week of a letter to Secretary of State
Hillary
Clinton, signed by 87 members of the U.S. Congress, calling for
suspension of aid to the Honduran military and police."
"Business
is
Booming";
Wall
Street's
Role in Narco-trafficking
A quote...."June 01, 2011 "Information Clearing House" -- Imagine
what
your reaction would be if the Mexican government agreed to pay
Barack
Obama $1.4 billion to deploy US troops and armored vehicles to New
York, Los Angeles and Chicago to conduct military operations, set
up
check points, and engage in fire-fights that end up killing 35,000
US
civilians on the streets of American cities. -- If the Mexican
government treated the United States like this, would you consider
them
a friend or an enemy? -- But--the thing is--this is exactly how
the US
is treating Mexico, and it's been going on since 2006."
Japanese
PM
Says
He
Will
Resign Over Fukushima
BREAKING: Thursday, June 2, 2011 at
2:49 am
-- A quote...."Naoto Kan, Japan's beleaguered prime minister, has
acknowledged for the first time since March 11 that he may step
down —
but not until he's done doing what he needs to do. Kan has come
under
increasing pressure from both inside and outside his party to give
up
his post after his handling of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami
and
continuing nuclear crisis. In a televised meeting with his party
on
Thursday morning, Kan said: “I'd like to pass on my responsibility
to a
younger generation once we reach a certain stage in tackling the
disaster and I've fulfilled my role.” He did not indicate when
that
might be."
NATO
Wants
to
Free
Africa
From the Africans
Headline of the Day - A
quote...."Gulf Arabs, the European Union, heads of state in
Washington,
Paris and London, the war chiefs of NATO – everyone was consulted
on
the assault against Libya, except Africans, whose latest peace
plan was
rejected out of hand. In the end, the opinions of the so-called
Libyan
“rebels” won’t count, either. “These rebels lost their legitimacy
the
second they decided to become the ground troops for a neocolonial
invasion of North Africa.” As underlings, they’ll just take
orders." -
also posted at
Uruknet
-
Topix ||
Africa
-
the
Next
Target
- 02-28-08 - mpg ||
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More on the
World Wide Revolution....
Spaniards
spark
European
protests
A quote...."Spaniards protesting the handling of the country's
economic
crisis vowed to keep their tents in central city squares this
week, as
a wave of similar protests spread to other major European cities."
The
assault
on
the Greek working class
A quote...."Following the collapse of the Stalinist regimes in
Eastern
Europe and the Soviet Union two decades ago, the media
relentlessly
proclaimed the “failure of socialism.” The economic difficulties
that
these societies faced prior to their collapse were cited as
evidence
that a rationally planned economy is impossible on the basis of
socialized property relations."
Greece,
Please
Do
The
Right
Thing: Default Now
Special Note - Related
Article - A quote...."There is only one ethically defensible
choice for
Greece: default now. Before you flame me with emails about the
"responsibilities of debtors," please read the entire entry."
Bahrainis
to
hold
nationwide
protests
A quote...."Bahraini activists have called for a fresh wave of
anti-government protest rallies across the Persian Gulf country
despite
government’s escalating crackdown. -- Activists using the social
networking website Facebook called on Bahrainis to stage
anti-regime
protests in the main streets and squares on Wednesday as a state
of
emergency imposed during a March crackdown on protesters has
ended." -
Source:
PressTV
'Bahrain Pearl
Sq protests to continue' -
contains
video
Yemen
President
Reinforces
Troops
in
Capital as Death Toll Climbs to 41
33
killed
in
crackdown
in
two Syrian towns
Mubarak
and
sons
to
stand
trial in August
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More Tales
From the Zio-Sphere....
AIPAC
Lobbying
Strategy
Goes
Global
A quote...."Content with its near total control of the U.S.
Congress
and U.S. Middle East policy, as witnessed by the rapturous welcome
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu recently received from a
joint session of Congress, the Israel Lobby is extending its
tentacles
globally in order to ensure that a Palestinian strategy to obtain
recognition from the UN General Assembly in September fails to get
off
the ground." -
also posted at MyCatBird'sSeat
Israeli
Army
Forces
Bedouins
Out
of Jordan Valley Area
A quote...."Jordan Valley - PNN - During the early hours of
Wednesday
morning, Israeli soldiers forced Bedouins living in Yaraza
village,
located in the Jordan Valley to move out of their homes."
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More On The
Palestinian Situation....
Pro-Palestine
song hits ethersphere
A quote...."The British band Coldplay has endorsed promotion of
the
song "Freedom for Palestine" released jointly by the
pro-Palestinian
organizations OneWorld and War on Want." -
Related:
Additional
music videos....
Freedom for
Palestine - OneWorld - (YuTub 3m43s May 23, 2011) -
Src: FreedomOneWorld
-
see
also...
Freedom for
Palestine-On the Turning Away-Pink Floyd - (YuTb 5m38s Apr
9, 2011)
Israeli
Version
of
Anatomy
of
a
Murder
- Cast of Thousands - (YuTb - 6m9s -
February 4, 2009)
Gaza
2009:
Operation
Cast
Lead -
Alt
- (YouTube -
5 min 54 sec - April 14, 2009)
We Will Not
Go Down Gaza Tonight - (YuTb - 3min17sec - Apr 16, 2010)
“the ONLY targets are
Military targets” -
Alt/Site
-
Alt/#2-VodPod
-
AltSite
- (06:23 - Feb 26, 2010)
Long
Live
Palestine
–
Lowkey -
Alt/Vid#1
-
Alt/Vid#2
- (YuTb - 10m ech - 12/31/09)
Gaza Freedom
March - Toronto - (YuTb - 3min03sec - Dec 30, 2009)
Did you
know? Gaza - (YuTb - 5m17s - Jan 27, 2010)
Gaza
Ground
Zero -
Alt
-
Alt
- (YouTube - 9 min 41 sec - Monday, February 08, 2010) -
non-musical
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Undefeated,
Gaza’s
Freedom
Flotillas
Expand
A quote...."GAZA CITY — A gleaming new memorial towers in the
center of
Gaza City’s battered port. Flanked by flags of various nations
whose
citizens have sailed to the Gaza Strip to highlight the all-out
siege
on Gaza, the memorial’s inscription bears the names of the Turkish
solidarity activists who died one year ago when Israeli commandoes
firing machine guns air-dropped onto the Freedom Flotilla, killing
nine
and injuring over 50 of the civilians on board."
Israel
arrests
Hamas
official
Hussein
Abu
Kweik
A quote...."RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- Israeli authorities detained noon
Wednesday senior Hamas official Hussein Abu Kweik, 55, after
summoning
him for questioning to intelligence headquarters in the Israeli
Ofer
prison, Abu Kweik's wife has informed the PIC." -
also posted at AlethoNews
In
West
Bank
Palestinian
Childhood
Is
Cut
Short – It’s the Law
A quote...."In the West Bank, there is a two-tiered system of
justice,
including for minors. For settler children, justice is
administered according to Israeli domestic law, with all the due
process protections that affords. They cannot be
charged as adults until they reach 18, in accordance with the U.N.
Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which Israel is a
signatory. For Palestinian children, military law applies,
and
that pretty much means due process, and the tenderness
of
their years, is irrelevant."
Israeli
gunboat
fires
on
fishermen
in
Gazan
waters
A quote...."Ramadan Zidan, 51, and his son Mohamed, 20 set sail
from
the harbor in Gaza at seven in the morning, they didn’t plan to go
far,
only to fish outside of the harbor. For an hour and half
everything
went well, it was a beautiful morning and they still hoped to have
a
successful day of fishing. When the Israeli gunboat first started
to
approach them at eight thirty a.m. they thought nothing of it,
they
were close to the port, nowhere near the Israeli imposed three
mile
limit on Palestinian fisherman. Unexpectedly the gunboat started
to
shoot around their boat. The boat wasn’t hit, and the gunboat left
the
area, so the men went back to fishing. Then they saw the gunboat
turn
around and come at them again....." -
also
posted
at AlethoNews
Settlers
[Homeless
Jewish Vandals] Attack Palestinian Motorists
A quote...."NABLUS, June 2, 2011 (WAFA) –
Settlers [Homeless Jewish vandals]
attacked
Palestinian cars Thursday on the Ramallah-Nablus road in the West
Bank,
breaking car windows."
Israeli
Soldiers
Arrest
27
Palestinians
in Bethlehem During March, Says PPC
A quote...."BETHLEHEM, June 1, 2011 (WAFA) – Palestinian
Prisoner’s
Club (PPC) in Bethlehem Wednesday said that 27 Palestinians in
several
areas of Bethlehem were arrested during March by the Israeli
soldiers."
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More
on
Japan's
Nuclear
Power
Plants....
Land
around
Fukushima
now radioactive dead zone; resembles target struck by
atomic bomb
A quote...."(NaturalNews) It is nothing short of astonishing that
the
nuclear catastrophe we've all been told was "no big deal" has now
escalated into the worst nuclear disaster in the history of human
civilization. It's so bad now that soil samples taken from outside
the
12-mile exclusion zone (the zone considered safe enough by the
Japanese
government for schoolchildren to attend school there) are higher
than
the 1.48 million becquerels a square meter limit that triggered
evacuations outside Chernobyl in 1986." -
also posted at DProgram
Fukushima
could
have
been
prevented
RTVideo -
Alt -
(RTYuTb -
7m52s - May 31, 2011) -
Source:
RTAmerica --
A quote...."Three Mile Island was predicted, says NukeFree.org’s
Harvey
Wasserman. And Fukushima? That could have been prevented too.
Wasserman
says that arrogance and greed among politicians and corporate
interests
pave the foundation for failure as much of the world sacrifices
safety
for profits as they continue to turn to nuclear power."
Radioactivity
60
times
annual
limit
found 40 km from Fukushima plant
500,000
Bq/kg
of
radioactive
Cesium
found 75 miles from Fukushima plant
Fukushima
Radiated
Water
May
Overflow
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More On The
Economic Situation....
Keiser
Report:
Neo-Feudal
Gulag
Casino
State (E151)
MKVideo -
Alt - (MKRTYuTb
-
(MKRTYuTb
- 25min56sec - May 31st, 2011) -
Source:
RussiaToday
-
Producer: Max Keiser TV
--
A
quote...."This week Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, report
on
the oil traders puking on markets and the gold confiscators eyeing
Greece, Portugal, Spain and Italy. In the second half of the show,
Max
talks to former chief forex trader for VISA, Jon Matonis of
TheMonetaryFuture.blogspot.com, about Bitcoin, the new
peer-to-peer
crypto-currency."
Yastrow:
“We
Are
on
the
Verge of a Great, Great Depression”
A quote...."The news that frequent CNBC guest Peter Yastrow of
Yastrow
Origer (and formerly with DT Trading) told CNBC that "We’re on the
verge of a great, great depression. The [Federal Reserve] knows
it" is
going viral today."
Suddenly
Everyone
Is
Warning
About
The Next Financial Collapse
A quote...."Are we about to see a repeat of 2008 (or something
even
worse)? Suddenly all kinds of people are coming out of the
woodwork and
warning that we could be on the verge of the next major financial
collapse. Of course many economists and financial pundits just
enjoy
hearing themselves talk, and sometimes they will make outrageous
claims
just to get attention, but when so many ominous warnings come out
all
at once it does tend to make one sit up and take notice. The truth
is
that global financial markets are even more vulnerable today than
they
were in 2008, and all over the globe we are seeing trouble signs."
-
also posted at DProgram
Timberrrrr:
Manufacturing
ISM
At
Lowest
Since September 2009
A quote...."esterday we had the biggest monthly drop in the
Chicago PMI
since the Lehman collapse. Today, the Lehman bankruptcy is invoked
again, after the critical ISM Manufacturing index plunges to 53.5,
far
below expectations of 57.1, and from 60.4 previously: this is the
lowest number since September 2009...."
Horrible
Economic
Data
Continues:
ADP
Plunges To 38K On Expectations OF 175K;
Downward NFP Revisions Next - A quote...."The latest
economic data
is out and it is horrendous: with expectations for the ADP
employment
number to come at 175K, following a downward revised 177K print
previously, it tumbled to a puny 38K in May. While this number is
extremely irrelevant in terms of correlating to the actual NFP
number
due out this Friday, expect to see a spate of downward NFP
revisions on
this latest confirmation that the US economy has stalled even with
QE2
still in effect for another 29 days...."
GM
Channel
Stuffing
Hits
New
Record
A quote....."That GM sales declined in May by 1.2% on expectations
of a
rise of 1.5% in May is not really surprising: as we have been
saying
for a nearly three months now, the Japanese earthquake, far from
adding
points to US GDP, is now impacting every aspect of the US and
global
economy ..."
Tuesday May 31st 2011
More On The
Domestic Situation....
Coast
to
Coast
-
Alex
Jones
-
Protest
Over TSA - 05-26-11
AJVideo -
Alt -
(YuTb -
28min 29sec - May 27, 2011) -
Source:
civilian42 -
Related: TheAlexJonesChannel
-- A quote...."....radio host Alex Jones talked about his protest
over the Texas Legislature shelving the so-called TSA "groping"
bill
(halting invasive security pat-downs). Though the bill had passed
in
the House, the Dept. of Justice had sent a threatening letter that
they
would shut down Texas airports if the law was enacted, he
explained.
Jones contended that this action was a step toward martial law,
and
that the invasive pat-downs are setting the stage for forced
inoculations.
More
here."
Russia
Says
IMF
Chief
Jailed
For
Discovering
All
US Gold Is Gone
Special Note -
Gold Bug Alert -
This is posted for all you gold bugs
out
there, this website editor has no idea of this article's
veracity. - mpg
- A quote...."A new report prepared for Prime Minister Putin by
the
Federal
Security Service
(
FSB) says that
former
International Monetary Fund (
IMF)
Chief
Dominique Strauss-Kahn was charged and
jailed in
the US for
sex crimes on May 14th after his discovery
that
all of the gold held in the
United States Bullion Depository located at
Fort
Knox was ‘missing and/or unaccounted’ for." -
UPDATE: 06-01-11
ZeroHedge
says
it's
all
BS. - mpg
The
conspiracy
against
Medicare
Just keep voting for Demos
& Repubs folks....go ahead, DO IT!
You'll
get
absolutely
no
sympathy
from
this website editor for what
they'll do to you - NONE - WHAT-SO-EVER!! So please, after
they've taken every last cent you have, don't run all over the
country
whining about it OK? ....mpg -- A quote...."One week ago,
on
Tuesday, May 24, voters in the 26th Congressional District of New
York
cast ballots in a special election that, unusually for American
bourgeois politics, was actually focused on a significant issue of
public policy—whether the Medicare program, which underwrites
health
care for the vast majority of Americans aged 65 and over, should
be
phased out and replaced by private insurance."
It’s the
Military, Stupid!: Don't Blame America’s Debt Crisis on Social
Security
and Medicare (Especially on Memorial Day Weekend) - Related
Article
- A quote...."Amid all the nonsense and gobbledegook that has been
written about banking industry and about the economic slump during
the
last four years of the global financial crisis, New York Times
reporter
Gretchen Morgenson has stood out both for the clarity of her
analysis,
and for her willingness to go after the guilty parties in the
political
and especially the banking system, naming names and calling it as
she
sees it. -- So it was kind of disappointing--even shocking--to
read her
latest article reporting on a new “study” by Peterson Institute
for
International Economics Senior Fellow Joseph Gagnon, warning about
the
nation’s growing debt crisis." -
also
posted
at Uruknet
-
Topix ||
Go
Build
Your
Neo-Roman
Empire
-
Just
Leave
Us Out Of It - 10-14-07 - mpg
||
The
Heavy Cost of the Bush-Obama Murder Rampage
Special Note - A
quote...."In every election cycle, the politicians love to pretend
there is a difference among them on the foreign policy questions.
Yet
on these issues of unsurpassed importance, we see the Democrats
and
Republicans are all part of the same bloodthirsty gang."
The
Enablers
and
their
Psychopathic
Masters.
Special Note - A
quote...."For shame, ten thousand times for shame; the juggernaut
of
the murder machine of Death Incorporated, the Bush/Obama slice and
dice, human meat processing, corporation of mulched woman and
children
rolls on. In Afghanistan a couple of days ago, they killed a group
of
women and children with video game drones. Karzai said that was
the
last straw and an hour later they killed a bunch more at the other
end
of the country. NATO, which is only a fraud of nations,
masquerading as
a coalition, under the rule of American and British bankers, kills
with
impunity. British SAS, probably with American corporate
mercenaries,
have been spotted as ground-troops in Libya, looking to kill
Gadhafi
because he doesn’t want a central Rothschild bank and wants a
collective African currency." -
also
posted
at NorthernSeeker
An
Open
Letter to the Troops: You’re Not Defending Our Freedoms -
also in PDF
Must Read - A
quote...."Yesterday – Memorial Day – some people asserted, once
again,
that you are “defending our freedoms” overseas. -- Nothing could
be
further from the truth. Those people are just repeating tired old
mantras. The reality is that you are not defending our freedoms
with
your actions overseas. In fact, it is the exact opposite. Your
actions
overseas are placing our freedoms here at home in ever-greater
jeopardy. -- Consider your occupation of Iraq, a country that, as
you
know, never attacked the United States, making it the defender in
the
war and the United States the aggressor. Think about that: Every
single
person that the troops have killed, maimed, or tortured in Iraq
had
absolutely nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks."
We
Are
The Terrorists -
WARNING:
extremely graphic photos
Video -
Alt -
(YuTb -
4min 04sec - Aug 23, 2010) -
Source:
TheChegis
-- A quote...."We have an obligation to every last victim of this
illegal aggression because all of this carnage has been done in
our
name. Since World War II, 90% of the casualties of war are unarmed
civilians. 1/3 of them children. Our victims have done nothing to
us.
From Palestine to Afghanistan to Iraq to Somalia to wherever our
next
target may be, their murders are not collateral damage, they are
the
nature of modern warfare. They don't hate us because of our
freedoms.
They hate us because every day we are funding and committing
crimes
against humanity. The so-called "war on terror" is a cover for our
military aggression to gain control of the resources of western
Asia."
-
For more speeches by Dr.
Dahlia
Wasfi see the videos shown below....
Dahlia Wasfi
about the agenda in the Middle East -
Alt -
(YuTb -
9m58s - Jan 6, 2009) -
Source:
ThunderDog97
World
Peace
Forum
-
Dahlia
Wasfi - (GoglVid - 15min26sec - Nov 11, 2008)
Dr.Dahlia
Wasfi - Life in Iraq Under US Occupation - (MySpcVid - 14min
27sec
- Posted Jul 28 2007)
CONG
PROG
CAUCUS: Dahlia Wasfi at Iraq Forum - (YuTb - 6m14s - Sept
22, 2006)
- Source: Politicstv
Dahlia
Wasfi:
Ain’t
Nothin’
Green
About
the
Green
Zone - (Gogl Vid 33m28s
33:28 1yr)
THE WAR ON
IRAQ: a continuation of the 60-year Israeli Nakba
(YuTb 9m39s
05/16/08)
Src: snowshoefilms
Rachel
Corrie, American hero: Dahlia Wasfi, M.D. (YuTb 9m07s May 6,
2008)
-
Source: snowshoefilms
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More
On The
International Situation....
The
Assault
On Libya....
'NATO war on
Libya is unacceptable'
A quote...."An Iranian official has criticized the West's
double-standard approach to the issue of human rights in the
Middle
East and North Africa and condemned the NATO-led war in Libya as
“unacceptable.”
Libya
says
NATO raids killed 718 civilians
A quote...."Libya has accused NATO of killing 718 civilians and
wounding 4,067 in 10 weeks of air strikes, as African efforts for
a
truce stalled and Italy said Muammar Gaddafi's regime is
"finished.""
Goldman
Sachs
Lost
98%
of
Libya’s
$1.3B
Sovereign
Wealth Fund Investment
Uh-huh, they "lost" the money,
(roll the eyes), here's some alternative definitions.
Lost:
def. stole, took, ripped-off, and absconded with. - mpg
--
A quote...."As civil war roars on in Libya and Colonel Muammar
Gadhafi
vows to remain in power, reports surfaced that the Northern
African
country entrusted $1.3 billion through its sovereign wealth fund
to
Goldman Sachs in 2007, of which the investment bank lost
approximately
98%, sparking the ire of Libyan officials. The fascinating
drama
includes Goldman offering Libya preferred equity and debt which
could’ve made it one of the investment bank’s largest shareholders
during the onset of the crisis, as well as intimidation and
violent
threats by Libyan officials."
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Afghanistan
"sovereignty"
They still have a little bit of
sovereignty left! How could the US-NRE have let that
happen? - mpg
--A quote...."A
spate
of
horrific
civilian
killings by NATO in Afghanistan has led Afghan
President Hamid Karzai to demand that NATO cease all air
attacks
on homes. That is likely to be exactly as significant
as you
think it would be, as
The
Los
Angeles
Times
makes
clear...." -- "This should be the last attack
on people's houses," the president
told a news conference in Kabul. "Such attacks will no longer be
allowed." -- "
Karzai's call was
viewed
as mainly symbolic.
Western military officials cited existing cooperation with Afghan
authorities and pledged to continue consultations, but said
privately
that presidential authority
does
not
include veto power over specific targeting decisions made in the
heat
of battle." -
also
posted at
ICH
After
latest
massacre,
NATO
to
continue
attacks
on Afghan civilians
A quote...."The
NATO command in
Afghanistan Tuesday brushed aside
President Hamid Karzai’s demand for a halt to air strikes and
night
raids on Afghan homes. -- Karzai issued the demand in the
face
of mass
popular outrage over a US air strike that killed 14 civilians—10
of
them children and two of them women—in the southern Afghan
province of
Helmand on the night of May 28. It was only the latest in a series
of
atrocities carried out by American forces that have resulted in
mass
civilian casualties." - bold by website editor
Three US
soldiers killed in Afghanistan
A quote...."The US military announced the deaths on Tuesday,
saying the
incident happened over the weekend but provided no additional
information about the victim's identities or where the attack had
taken
place, AFP reported."
Two NATO
tankers torched in Pakistan
A quote...."Militants in southwestern Pakistan's tribal regions
have
destroyed two more tankers carrying fuel to US-led NATO forces in
neighboring Afghanistan."
Asia
Times
Online
journalist
feared
dead
Journalist Murdered - A
quote...."Syed Saleem Shahzad, the Pakistan Bureau Chief for Asia
Times
Online who went missing on Sunday evening, has been killed,
according
to police. -- Shahzad, who has been writing for Hong Kong-based
Asia
Times Online for nearly 10 years, failed to show up for a
scheduled
appearance on a television talk show in the capital Islamabad. --
Police reported that his body was found in a canal in Mandi
Bahauddin
in Punjab province about 150 kilometers southeast of Islamabad and
about 10 kilometers from where his car was found. They said that
his
body bore marks of torture."
Iran
to
Continue
Sanctions
against
Certain
Western
Officials
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran plans to sanction and prosecute
more and
more western officials, a senior Iranian legislator announced on
Wednesday after the country publicized a list of 26 high-ranking
US
officials and commanders sanctioned and wanted by Tehran for
committing
various crimes, including rights violation, state-sponsored
terrorism,
and drug-trafficking. " -
Related:
Iranian
Parliament
Announces
Names
of
26
Sanctioned
US
officials
Page
1
(1
to
11) --
Page
2
(12
to 26) -
Posted 05-29-11
-
also posted at Reficultnias
(one page)
Greece
says South Stream pipeline project with Russia priority
A quote...."The South Stream project, which Greece carries out
jointly
with Russia, remains a priority for the country, the Greek energy
minister said. -- Greek Environment, Energy and Climate Change
Minister
Konstantina Birbili said at a meeting with South Stream CEO Marcel
Kramer that "the Greek government considers South Stream one of
its
priority energy projects, which enhance energy security by
diversifying
delivery routes." -- Birbili added that her country, which is to
receive natural gas for domestic needs via the pipeline and
transit it
further to Italy, would continue efforts to promote the project
within
the European Union."
Khodorkovsky's
supporters
find
out
their
lives
have
been
wasted
A quote...."The European Court for Human Rights did not find
political
motives in Mikhail Khodorkovsky's case, the former head of
Russia's oil
giant Yukos. It goes about the first complaint from Mr.
Khodorkovsky,
which he lodged at the court in Strasbourg at the end of 2003. In
the
complaints, Khodorkovsky was asking the court to find his arrest
in
Russia illegal (he was arrested in October of the same year). In
addition, Khodorkovsky wanted the court to find his criminal
persecution politically motivated."
What
Manuel
Zelaya's
return
means
for
Honduras
A quote...."Former Honduran President Zelaya's return home
Saturday has
important implications for the western hemisphere that, we can
predict,
will be widely overlooked. Zelaya was ousted from the presidency
when
he was kidnapped at gunpoint by the military on 28 June 2009.
Although
no hard evidence has yet emerged that the US government was
directly
involved in his overthrow, the Obama administration did everything
it
could to help the coup government to survive and then legitimate
itself
through elections that most of the rest of the hemisphere, and the
world, rejected as neither free nor fair."
The World
Bank's Africa Strategy - Neoliberalism, Poverty and Ecological
Destruction
A quote...."A renewed wave of development babble began flowing
soon
after the February launch of the World Bank's ten-year Strategy
document, "Africa's Future and the World Bank's Support to It".
Within
three months, a mini-tsunami of Afro-optimism swept in: the
International Monetary Fund's Regional Economic Outlook for
SubSaharan
Africa, the Economic Commission on Africa's upbeat study, the
African
World Economic Forum's Competitiveness Report, and the African
Development Bank's discovery of a vast new "middle class"
(creatively
defined to include the 20% of Africans whose expenditures are
$2-4/day)."
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More on the
World Wide Revolution....
Syrian
president declares general amnesty
A quote...."Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued on Tuesday a
decree
granting a general amnesty, state television said. -- The amnesty
covers all those who "committed crimes before May 31, 2011,
including
representatives of political movements, particularly the Muslim
Brotherhood," the decree said. -- It also orders prison terms to
be
halved for those who committed "grave crimes," if the plaintiff
does
not have objections. -- More than 1,000 people have been killed in
clashes with police and security forces and over 10,000 protesters
have
been detained since protests demanding Assad's resignation broke
out in
Syria in mid-March, according to local human rights
organizations."
Silencing
Bahrain's
journalists
A quote...."Women and local journalists have long been at the
forefront
of the movement for change in the Arab world. Bahrain's Lamees
Dhaif is
both, and for nearly a decade she has been an outspoken proponent
of
social justice in the small island nation. - Thirty-four-year-old
Dhaif
spoke to Al Jazeera in Doha this past weekend about her career as
a
journalist and the recent government crackdown that has silenced
her
and many others in the Gulf kingdom."
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More On The
Palestinian Situation
Every
President
and
Congress
Are
Complicit
in
Israel’s
“War Crimes”
A quote...."Under International Law and America’s War Crimes Act,
all
U.S. Presidents and the 535 members of the U.S. Congress are
“complicitors” in Israel’s long history of genocide, ethnic
cleansing,
war crimes, and crimes against humanity; and as such are “war
criminals” themselves."
Support the
Freedom Flotilla to Gaza
Action Alert - A
quote...."We are writing to ask for your support for the Gaza
Freedom
Flotilla scheduled to set sail in the second half of June to the
besieged Gaza strip. You can help prevent an assault on the
nonviolent
activists aboard the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza by signing on to our
petition."
Israel's
Operational
Plan
to
Attack
the
Freedom
Flotilla
to Gaza
A quote..."Israel is involved in advanced preparations to attack
the
Freedom Flotilla to Gaza. The commando attack is scheduled to take
place in international waters. A detailed operational plan to be
implemented by the Israeli navy has been set in motion. The use of
force is explicitly contemplated...."
Hamas
opens
memorial
to
dead
flotilla
activists
A quote...."GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – The Islamic militant group
Hamas
has unveiled a memorial for nine activists killed last year in an
Israeli raid on an international flotilla seeking to break a
blockade
of the Gaza Strip."
German
Government
Allots
42-Million
Euros
for
PA
2012
Budget
A quote...."Ramallah - PNN - The German government pledged
42.5-million
Euros for the Palestinian Authority's 2012 budget during talks in
Berlin on Tuesday."
Finland
to
Contribute
2
Million
Euros
to
Support
PA
A quote...."RAMALLAH, May 31, 2011 (WAFA) – Prime Minister, Salam
Fayyad and Finland Representative, Pia Rantala-Engberg, Tuesday
signed
a contribution agreement of two million Euros to financially
support
the Palestinian Authority(PA)."
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More
on
Japan's
Nuclear
Power
Plants....
Japanese
seniors
volunteer
for
Fukushima
'suicide
corps'
========== ========== ========== ========== ==========
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More On The
Economic Situation....
Charting
The
Non-Linearity
Of
Hyperinflation,
And
Predicting
America's
Future
Courtesy Of Ancient History
--
Must Read - Chart -
(click
to
enlarge) - A quote....A few weeks ago we presented a
chart from
SocGen's Dylan Grice, which promptly went viral, indicating the
ongoing
dilution in the
Roman
silver
denarius
over the span of two centuries. The comparisons to
the
purchasing
power
of
the
dollar
since the inception of the Fed were missed by
precisely nobody. Yet one thing that was missing was charting the
corresponding reaction in price levels for a key prevailing staple
commodity, namely wheat, which was to antiquity what oil is to the
world today. Well, courtesy of Paul Mylchreest's latest must read
Thunderroad report, prepare to be stunned by another "comparative"
chart which does an admirable job at predicting the future
courtesy of
the past, and which is about to go viral all over again..."
Central
Banking: Success Through Failure
Quote of the Day...."Central
banks
today
are
the
beneficiaries
of
a familiar law of government-run
economics: failure is regarded with increased budgets. Massive
failure
is rewarded with budget increases and increased responsibility and
power. -- When it comes to civil government, nothing succeeds like
failure."
Housing
in
double-dip
decline
as
prices
fall
again
A quote...."WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — U.S. home prices fell in
March
for the eighth straight
month,
confirming the beleaguered housing market has entered a double-dip
recession, according to a closely followed index released Tuesday"
-
bold by website editor
Cities
that
weathered
housing
bust
now
suffering
A quote...."WASHINGTON (AP) -- Even cities that weathered the
housing
market crash with relatively little damage are suffering now. --
Severe
price declines have spread to Dallas, Denver, Minneapolis and
Cleveland, which had mostly withstood the bust in housing since
2006.
The damage has now gone well beyond cities hit hardest by
unemployment
and foreclosures, such as Phoenix and Las Vegas."
Chicago
manufacturing
gauge
nosedives
--
Largest
drop
in
two-and-a-half years
A quote...."WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — A Chicago-area
manufacturing
gauge dropped by the largest amount in nearly two-and-half years
in
May, in a further sign that the rise in oil prices and the
Japanese
earthquake have affected activity."
Ahead
Of
Tomorrow's
ISM
Plunge
Chart -
(click to enlarge) - A
quote...."As
the reporting season for May’s Federal Reserve and Purchasing
Managers
surveys comes to an end, the markets prepare for tomorrow’s ISM
survey. As shown in the chart below, a best guess based on
the
regional surveys (Empire, Philadelphia, Chicago, Richmond, Dallas,
and
Milwaukee) would be 52, versus the Bloomberg consensus of
57.5.
Given that the regional surveys are more volatile (the CME has not
yet
figured out a way to raise margins on them), the ISM will
certainly not
fall that dramatically."
Time
To
Celebrate
The
Recovery:
Food
Stamp
Usage
Hits Fresh Record
Chart -
(click to enlarge) - A
quote...."That average monthly benefit of $133.24 for 44.199
million
people will help with the purchase of one third of a very edible
iPad.
Food stamp participation chart presented without further
commentary."
40
Signs
The
Chinese
Economy
Is
Beating
The
Living Daylights Out Of The
U.S. Economy
By The Numbers - A
quote...."It is time to face the truth. The Chinese economy
is
simply beating the living daylights out of the U.S. economy.
Whether you want to call it a rout, a slaughter or a thrashing,
the
reality is that the Chinese are absolutely embarrassing America on
the
global economic stage. At this point, the Chinese are
playing
economic chess while the Americans are playing economic
checkers.
China is poised to blow past the United States and become the
largest
economy in the world. Not only that, some economists are
projecting that the Chinese economy could be three times larger
than
the U.S. economy by mid-century. The age of U.S. economic
dominance is ending, and most Americans still don't even
understand
what is happening." -
also
posted at
DProgram
& Prison
Planet
Monday May 30th 2011
More On The
Domestic Situation....
Video:
9/11
Truth
Movement
–
Year
in
Review
(2009-2010)
–
UPDATED
Must View Videos -
From the History
File
-
Sep 10, 2010 -
911/YIR(2009-2010)
-
Sep 11, 2009 -
911/YIR(2009-2010)
- (YuTb 10/15min) -
Source:
911debunkerschannel
-- A quote...."For factual back-up, sources, and further research
materials for this video visit
this
link..." -
Topix
||
Reficultnias's
9/11
Central ||
The
bin
Laden
hunter:
ex-CIA
man
had
bin
Laden
in
his sights 10 times
A quote...."9:00AM BST 21 May 2011 -- There are not many sane
people
who can say with confidence that, had a president of America only
listened to them, they could have saved $1.3 trillion and many
hundreds
of thousands of lives. Michael Scheuer can. -- During his 22 years
in
the CIA – three and a half as head of a 18-man Osama bin Laden
unit –
he told his bosses at Langley on 10 occasions that he had a clear
opportunity to kill or capture the terrorist chief.
On all 10 he was told to hold his
fire."
-
bold
by
website
editor
-
also
posted at DProgram
-
Topix ||
US
Support
of
Terror ||
Will There Be
A New False Flag Attack In Chicago's Sears Tower?
False Flag Alert - A
quote...."Trends Forecaster Gerald Celente warned in February that
we
should expect another false flag attack in America to boost the
popularity of President Obama and escalate the wars in the Middle
East.
"Look for a false flag," said Celente, "look for something to
rally the
people around the president. They'll do another one .... Remember
the
Maine. Remember the Gulf of Tonkin." -
also posted at PrisonPlanet
-
Keep in mind folks it all
depends
on the "flations". A good amount of inflation, no false
flag and
no war. If we head into a deflationary spiral though,
there will
be another false flag and another big war, probably with Iran.
It's all
just a matter of timing. - mpg - Topix ||
Some
Tentative
Laws
-
07-20-08
-
mpg ||
CIA
prisons in Poland 'illegal'
A quote...."Prosecutors representing terror suspect Adb al-Rahim
al-Nashiri claim the man was tortured at the facility between 2002
to
2003. Al-Nashiri was subjected to waterboarding and mock
executions
with a power drill while he was naked and hooded, the prosecutors
said."
Remember
Amerika,
THIS
is
what
you
truly
are....mpg
Video & Photos -
Alt -
Remember folks, as you look at the
photos
and listen to the video, these photos are just a
tiny, infinitesimal,
fraction of what many Amerikans countenanced,
what THEY paid for, what THEY voted for, even what some of THEM
cheered
for. There are at least five to fifteen MILLION of these photos,
(figuretively speaking), one for
every dead, injured, or tortured person who suffered from this
nation's
foreign policy. The blood, the misery and the agony is on
the
hands of
the people who live in THIS country, those who let it
happen. And
so far most of them, certainly NOT
those
reading
this
blog,
have
done
absolutely
nothing
to
stop it. -
mpg -
Topix
||
US
-
Torture
&
Sex
Perv.
||
US
-
Murder
&
Mayhem
||
US
Fake
Intel
/
Propaganda
-
Iraq
Deaths ||
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More
On The
International Situation....
The
Assault
On Libya....
George
Galloway:
Hands
off
Libya
(Video)
Must View Video -
Alt -
(YuTb -
14min55sec - Mar 31, 2011) -
Source:
silvanadefaria2202
-- A quote....""Now, the King of Qatar has appointed himself the
oil
minister of liberated Libya, and has been given the job in London
two
days ago of selling the Libyan oil... Who elected the King of
Qatar?
How can the King of Qatar, an absolute monarch, be part of a
coalition
for democracy in Libya?"
Day
70
Of
Libyan War: 8,444 NATO Air Missions, 3,229 Combat Flights
A quote...."A total of 8444 sorties, including 3229 strike
sorties,
have been conducted, since the beginning of the NATO led operation
on
31 March 2011. These figures do not include the sorties conducted
from
March 19 to March 31st "
Libya
says
11
killed
in
NATO
strikes
south
of
Tripoli
A quote...."Tripoli/Cairo - The Libyan government said that 11
people
were killed by NATO airstrikes Monday against civilian and
military
sites south of the capital Tripoli, a military source said. --
Scores
were injured by NATO attacks on Zlitan, Jafara and the Ein Kam
valley
areas, around 600 kilometres south of Tripoli. -- He added that
this is
the second time NATO has conducted daytime strikes in the
country."
Libya:
NATO
failing
in
Libya,
media
hiding
the
truth,
says
Prof Del Boca
A quote...."Rome – “The high costs of the operation against
Gaddafi
have turned a blitzkrieg in a media-led phony war. What NATO
expected
to obtain with the No Fly Zone is now gone,” Prof Angelo Antonio
Del
Boca told AsiaNews. A journalist and university scholar, Prof Del
Boca
has studied Libya and its leader for more than 30 years. According
to
the historian, “Gaddafi still has more than a billion Euros and
the war
could still last several months.”
Killing
of
40
Algerian
soldiers
has
direct
connection
with
chaos
in Libya: PM
More "change you can believe
in." - mpg -- A quote...."Algerian Prime Minister Ahmed
Ouyahia
said Sunday that the killing of 40 soldiers in clashes with armed
groups in the country is due to the spread of Libyan arms in the
African Sahel region. -- Ouyahia told a news conference here that
the
unrest in Libya has led to the spread of weapons among "terrorist
groups," adding that the killing of 40 Algerian soldiers in the
past
few weeks has a direct connection with the spread of arms in the
region. -- Ouyahia also called for the "immediate cease-fire in
Libya."
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Shanghai
Cooperation
Organization
outflanking
U.S.
in
Mideast,
Central
Asia
regions
Special Note - A
quote...."The U.S. government suffered a major diplomatic setback
in
the Central Asian region when Zalmay Rasoul, the Afghan Foreign
Minister, traveled to Beijing to discuss proposals for tightening
Afghan relations with the Chinese government despite prior
American
warnings that it should not do so." -
also
posted
at
GlobalRsrch
Imperial
Eye
on
Pakistan
-
Pakistan
in
Pieces,
Part
1
Special Note - A
quote...."Part 1 of ‘Pakistan in Pieces’ examines the changing
views of
the American strategic community – particularly the military and
intelligence circles – towards Pakistan. In particular, there is a
general acknowledgement that Pakistan will very likely continue to
be
destabilized and ultimately collapse. What is not mentioned in
these
assessments, however, is the role of the military and intelligence
communities in making this a reality; a veritable self-fulfilling
prophecy."
Six [More]
US-led troops killed in Afghanistan
A quote...."
Mon May 30,
2011
2:22PM -- At least six US-led soldiers have been killed
in
Afghanistan in one of the bloodiest days for the foreign troops
serving
in the war-torn country."
2 Aussie
soldiers killed in Afghanistan
A quote...."
Tue May 31,
2011
4:28AM -- Two more Australian soldiers have been killed
in
separate incidents in war-weary Afghanistan, Australia's Defense
Department says."
Berlusconi
suffers major loss in polls
A quote...."Berlusconi's center-right coalition suffered a
humiliating
defeat in mayoral elections in the cities of Milan and Naples on
Monday, casting doubt over the legally embattled Italian leader's
future political life, AFP reported."
The
Breakup
of
the Euro? - Is Iceland’s rejection of financial bullying a
model for Greece and Ireland?
A quote...."Last month Iceland voted against submitting to British
and
Dutch demands that it compensate their national bank insurance
agencies
for bailing out their own domestic Icesave depositors. This was
the
second vote against settlement (by a ratio of 3:2), and Icelandic
support for membership in the Eurozone has fallen to just 30
percent.
The feeling is that
European politics are
being run for the benefit of bankers, not the social
democracy
that Iceland imagined was the guiding philosophy – as indeed it
was
when the European Economic Community (Common Market) was formed in
1957." - bold by website editor
Russia
delivers
another
batch
of
naval
fighters
to
India
A quote...."Russia's MiG aircraft maker delivered a new batch of
five
MiG-29K/KUB carrier-based fighters to the Indian navy in May, the
company said. -- "A flight training simulator and other technical
equipment has also been delivered," MiG said in a statement on
Monday."
Manuel
Zelaya
is
back
A quote...."Activists of the National Front for Popular Resistance
(FNRP) greeted their leader, former Honduran President Manuel
Zelaya,
at the airport of Tegucigalpa on May 28th. On this occasion
newspapers
and magazines released special editions. Web sites run by the FNRP
invited everybody to greet Zelaya, general coordinator of the
Front.
Zelaya ended his 16-month exile in the Dominican Republic and
arrived
back in Honduras accompanied by his family and dozens members of
his
former government."
"Yankees,
Go
Home!"
by
Cindy
Sheehan
A quote...."by Cindy Sheehan -- I am in Caracas, Vz today (May
29th--Casey's birthday)—a country I love and a people that I
support
with all my heart in their struggle against US imperialism and
corporate interests so they can make their own lives better."
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More on the
World Wide Revolution....
Spanish
anti-austerity
protests
spread
to
more
cities
A quote...."On Sunday evening thousands of protesters voted to
continue
the occupation of Madrid’s Puerta del Sol square, in the “tent
city”
established in the immediate aftermath of the mass demonstration
on May
15."
Greeks
vent
anger
at
entire
political
class
A quote...."ATHENS (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Greeks vented
their
anger at the nation's political classes in Athens on Sunday,
staging
the biggest in a week of protests as the government seeks backing
for
yet more austerity."
Egypt’s
“second
revolution”
A quote...."Demonstrations last Friday in Egypt were among the
largest
since the revolutionary movement of workers and youth forced out
the
longtime dictator Hosni Mubarak on February 11. Hundreds of
thousands
gathered in the capital of Cairo and other cities to denounce the
policies of the military government established after Mubarak’s
downfall."
Bahraini
women recount abuse, torture
A quote...."Bahraini female doctors have detailed the humiliations
and
beatings they suffered after being arrested on suspicion of
supporting
anti-government protests. -- Recently freed from prison but in
fear of
being rearrested, the doctors said they were released only after
they
agreed to sign every confession papers they were given after days
of
brutal torture and being subjected to verbal abuse, AFP reported."
Yemeni forces
attack protesters, kill 70
A quote...."At least 70 individuals have been killed in southern
Yemen
as security forces clashed with protesters that were calling for
the
ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh."
Syrian
troops
and
tanks
storm
two
'rebel'
towns
A quote...."Tanks launched a volley of shells and machine-gun fire
during an assault on two central Syrian towns yesterday where
large-scale protests have been held against the regime of
President
Bashar al-Assad. Armoured vehicles and troops stormed the towns of
Talbiseh and Rastan, raking houses with fire and killing at least
three
people."
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More Tales
From the Zio-Sphere
CIA
Treachery
in
Texas
Special Note - Quote of the Day...."What
more
can
be
said
about
the
performance
last
week
in the Capitol
Building by the agents appointed by Israel to represent the
interests
of Israel in our Congress? It was by everyone’s reaction a
remarkable
performance. -- Twenty-nine standing ovations for one of the most
overbearing, obnoxious and lying homicidal pricks in the world, in
support of his attack on the US president who wants him to give
back
some stolen land to the hapless Palestinians. Most of the clappers
were
in the president’s own party!"
US
Congress
Becomes
a
Mob
of
Mindless
Cheering
Sycophants
Special Note - A
quote...."No one has said it better, nor with greater
passion. It
was, most certainly, as Avnery described in painful detail, a
disgusting exhibition of congressional subservience to the leader
of a
foreign power. -- This Congress is also guilty of a despicable act
of
defiance of the President of the United States, who is currently
engaged in delicate negotiations to find peaceful solutions to the
Middle East quagmire. -- The American mainstream media found
nothing
out of the ordinary as the US Congress enthusiastically embraced
the
words of Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, in a refutation of
the
long-standing American understanding that “partisanship stops at
water’s edge”. -- In this instance it was not a partisan
deviation. It
was, instead a total capitulation of both parties to a foreign
leader
who stood before the members of Congress and ignored the ugly and
costly results his own country’s policies have brought to both the
Middle East and to the United States. --
It was, indeed, disgusting. -
bold
by website editor
Obama
is
the
Wrong
Target
Special Note - A
quote...."When I was reflecting on Netanyahu’s domination and
control
of the Congress of the United States of America, the first
headline
that came into my mind for this article was “Goodbye to Peace”.
I’ll
now explain why I think the headline above is more appropriate. --
Because of its flirtation with the proposition that peace between
an
Israeli and Palestinian state must be based on pre-1967 borders
with
mutually agreed land swaps, President Obama’s speech on Middle
East
policy principles did one useful thing. And it was Ha-aretz’s
Gideon
Levy, the conscience of Israeli journalism, who put his finger
most
firmly on it. We should be grateful to Obama, he wrote, because
his
speech “exposed the naked truth – that Prime Minister
Benjamin
Netanyahu does not want peace.”
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More On The
Palestinian Situation
India
pledges
support
for
Palestine -
Hip
Hip
Hooray!!
A quote...."India welcomes the recent reconciliation agreement
between
Fatah and Hamas on the West Bank and Gaza’ -- Addressing
NAM,
Minister for External Affairs, E. Ahamed spelt out India’s
emphatic
endorsement of the Palestinian struggle for a “united State of
Palestine, with East Jerusalem as its capital, living within
secure and
recognized borders – side by side and at peace with Israel.”
Spain
to
Recognize
Palestinian
State
Before
Next
September -
Hip
Hip
Hooray!!
A quote...."RAMALLAH, May 30, 2011 (WAFA) – Fatah Central
Committee
member, Nabil Shaath, Monday said that the Consular General of
Spain in
East Jerusalem, Alfonso Portable, stressed his country’s
intentions to
recognize a Palestinian state before next September."
Israeli
bulldozers
destroy
farmer’s
land
in
Al
Ma’sara
A quote...."Yesterday private Israeli bulldozers arrived in the
village
of Al Ma’sara in the West Bank and destroyed a section of farm
land
belonging to the Brijia family, uprooting five grape trees and an
abundance of wheat. The bulldozers who were accompanied by Israeli
military jeeps belonged to an electrical company who were
installing an
underground cable to provide electricity to the nearby illegal
settlement of Efrat. The family of farmers, who have legally owned
the
land since 1964 had been given no prior warning of the destruction
and
neither the workers nor the army could provide any paperwork when
asked. This latest destruction of property is a sad blow to a
family
who have already lost four dunums of their land to illegal Israeli
construction." -
also posted at
AlethoNews
Rights
groups
challenge
Israeli
secret
service
impunity
A quote...."For Omar Said, the time he spent in the custody of
Israeli
secret service agents — and the emotional ordeal that accompanied
his
interrogation and detention — won’t soon be forgotten." -
also posted at AlethoNews
Police
detain
7-year-old
Palestinian
boy
and
accost
relatives,
family
members
say
A quote...."According to family members, the second grader was
arrested
during play. His father, who noticed policemen arresting his son,
attempted to intervene, and in the ensuing scuffle was sprayed in
his
face with pepper spray and was evacuated to receive medical care."
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More
on
Japan's
Nuclear
Power
Plants....
Fukushima
Day
78,
"worse
than
Chernobyl"..."will
release
Radioactive
steam
for
more
than a year"
Radiation Alert -
CTDVideo -
Alt
- (CTDYuTb - 15min - May 27, 2011) -
Source:
connectingdots1
Ongoing
Nuclear
Crisis
in
Japan:
TEPCO
Finally
Admits
Stabilizing
Reactors
by
2012 impossible
Radiation Alert
-
A quote...."Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501.TO) is coming to the
view
that it will be impossible to stabilize the crisis at the
Fukushima
Daiichi nuclear power plant by the end of this year, possibly
affecting
the timing for the government to consider the return of evacuees
to
their homes near the plant, Kyodo News reported, citing senior
company
officials." -
Source:
KyodoNews
Poll:
Most
Japanese
distrust
gov't
on
nuke
crisis
A quote...."TOKYO -- A new poll showed Monday that more than 80
percent
of Japanese voters do not trust government information about the
country's nuclear crisis."
High
radioactivity level at No. 2 reactor
A quote...."The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear
plant says the radioactivity level and humidity are high in the
Number
2 reactor building, which will make internal operations hard.
[impossible?] -- Workers
entered
the building last week to measure humidity and to gauge levels of
radioactive substances in the atmosphere. -- The results show the
Number 2 reactor building's radioactive cesium level is twice as
high
as the cesium level in air not purified in the Number 1 reactor
building. Steam is filling the Number 2 building, and humidity has
reached 99.9 percent. -- The high humidity means an air
purification
unit cannot be used to lower the level of radioactivity."
Radiation
News
05-30-11
-
A
DProgram
Round-Up -
(7
articles & videos)
Fukushima
Debacle
Risks
Chernobyl
‘Dead
Zone’
as
Radiation
in
Soil
Soars
Off
the
Chart:
225
Sieverts
per
hour
at
Reactor
No.
1 — Highest radiation
dose yet measured
Stabilizing
reactors
by
year's
end
may
be
impossible:
Tepco
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More On The
Economic Situation....
Inflation
2011:
Honey
–
They
Shrunk
Our
Paychecks
Special Note - A
quote...."Do
you ever have the feeling that there are holes in your
pockets?
These
days our money seems to slip through our hands faster than
ever.
The
Federal Reserve keeps telling us that the rate of inflation in
2011 is
"close to zero", and this is causing confusion for many Americans
because they are making just as much money as they did in previous
years but it doesn't seem to go nearly as far. So what in
the
world is
going on out there? Well, sadly, the truth is that we really
don't
even know what the government considers "inflation" to be
anymore. --
The way that the U.S. government calculates inflation has changed
an
astounding
24
times since 1978." -
also
posted
at DProgram
& PrisonPlanet
Four
Catalysts
Needed
For
The
Industrial
Commodities
Rally
To
Resume
A quote...."So, the burning question now is whether commodity
prices
can shake off the disquiet caused by May’s sharp liquidation and
validate the soundbite suppositions of the past few days. -- With
so
much hot money still swilling around the world, readily available
at
low nominal and largely negative real rates of interest, we can
never
say never, but so many other beneficiaries of the Bernanke Bubble
are
either losing momentum and/or breaking trend, that it may be that
the
whole shell game has been busted pro tem."
Mark
Mobius
Echoes
Carl
Icahn:
"There
Is
Definitely
Going
To
Be Another
Financial Crisis"
A quote...."Bloomberg reports: "There is definitely going to be
another
financial crisis around the corner because we haven’t solved any
of the
things that caused the previous crisis,” Mobius said at the
Foreign
Correspondents’ Club of Japan in Tokyo today in response to a
question
about price swings. “Are the derivatives regulated? No. Are you
still
getting growth in derivatives? Yes." Unlike Icahn, Mobius stopped
short
of calling for a return to Glass-Stegall and a repeal of the
abominable
Gramm-Leach-Bliley which unleashed the era of zero margin
derivatives
and financial system neutron bombs. On the other hand, it is nice
of
Messrs Icahn and Mobius to speak up now, two years after the
ongoing
systemic instability transferred $3.5 trillion in capital from
current
and future taxpayer generations to the present financial
elite [parasites]."
Sunday May 29th 2011
More On The
Domestic Situation....
79
Senators
vote
to
trash
the
Constitution:
The
“War
of
Terror”
on
the
US
grows
Must Read - A
quote...."If you haven’t received the memo yet, let me update you
on
your status as it pertains to the Constitution and your civil
liberties; you have neither. 79 Senators who snickered as
they
swore an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United
States, voted to render you guilty in advance, with no chance of
proving your innocence. The unlawful data mining and
collection,
the compilation of dossiers on virtually every person in the US,
the
unwarranted wire-tapping, the rifling through personal records of
all
kinds for no other reason than to collect information to be used
at a
later date if the government decides to prosecute you for whatever
reasons, was extended." -
also
posted at BLN
Senator
Rand
Paul
trashes
the
Patriot
Act
RTVideo -
Alt -
(RTYuTb -
5min37sec - May 27, 2011) -
Source:
RTAmerica --
A quote...."(RussiaToday) – Senator Rand Paul takes to the floor
of the
U.S. Senate to explain his position on the extension of provisions
in
the USA Patriot Act before the chamber’s procedural vote."
US Politics
of Fear
RTVideo - (RTYuTb -
3min51sec - May 27, 2011) -
Source:
RTAmerica --
A quote...."Barack Obama and the US Congress joined forces to
successfully extend the Patriot Act until 2015, meaning broader
domestic surveillance will pioneer through America for another
four
years. The variety of far-reaching surveillance measures being
used to
collect information from most law-abiding citizens are being
criticized
as tools to perpetrate fear for political purposes."
Dramatic
footage
shows
moment
Iraq
war
vet
was
shot
70
times
in
home...
as
report
reveals
he did NOT open fire on SWAT team -
Contains Video - A quote...."A
U.S.
Marine who was killed when he was gunned down in his home near
Tucson,
Arizona, never fired on the SWAT team that stormed his house
firing 70
times in a hail of bullets, a report has revealed."
Police
Threaten
CNN
Journalist
Looking
For
“Secret
Morgue”
CNNVideo -
Alt -
(CNNYuTB -
1min55sec - May 27, 2011) -
Source:
JohnJDeHart68
'Gulf
Coast
Syndrome'
Who's to blame for all this
hmmmmmmm? If people keep voting for Demos or Repubs, this
is exactly what they
can expect in the
future. This website editor is very interested to see what's
going to
happen as California residents eventually suffer from the ill
affects
of the Fukushima disaster. Which, just as with the toxic
effects
of the Gulf disaster,
was completely ignored by the mass
media on orders from this nation's parasitic class, and totally
covered
up by this government. All this website editor can say
folks is,
"you gets the government you votes for" -- you really, honestly, truly, do
--
and you have no one else to blame but yourselves for all of
this.
So do yourselves a favor folks, stop voting for Demos and
Repubs.
The lives, and money, and futures you'll be saving might very
well be
your own. - mpg-- A quote...."A year after the BP
disaster, some
Southerners say they're coming down with mysterious and
frightening
illnesses."
The
Alex
Jones
Show
–
Hosted
by
Mike
Adams
–
May
27th,
2011
AJVideo -
TSAGoons(1/3)
-
TSAGoons(2/3)
-
TSAGoons(3/3)
-
TheDeathOfJoseGuerena
-
GMOsInYouFood
-
TexansRevoltAgainstTSA
-
MA&AD&theTSA(1/2)
-
MA&AD&theTSA(2/2)
-
BC&theFedsFraud(1/2)
-
BC&theFEDsFraud(2/2)
-- A quote...."Let's ask the commonsense question: If the TSA can
run
security checkpoints at not only airports but also local high
schools,
and if the TSA can reach down your pants and feel your genitals in
complete violation of your Fourth Amendment rights, and if the TSA
says
it has the complete authority under the U.S. Constitution to do
whatever it wants, then what are the limits on the TSA's power? --
It's
not just an important question, it is THE question of freedom:
What are
the limits of government power?"
The
National
Security
Crime
Syndicate
Reveals
Its
Secret
Hand
In
Texas:
Lt.
Gov.
David
Dewhurst
A quote...."Dewhurst is a creature of the federal government,
having
worked as a
CIA agent and also served in the US State Department. He was also
director of the state Task Force on Homeland Security.
-- During his tenure in the CIA in the early 1970 s,
Dewhurst
helped
the U.S. government violently overthrow democratically elected
regimes in South America to plunder their oil and other
resources,
including the coup that helped neo-nazi Bolivian Gen. Hugo Banzer
Suárez come to power. Banzer was aided by notorious Nazi
Klaus
Barbie, the "butcher of Lyon," who escaped France after the end of
World War 2 to enter Bolivia.
-- Barbie, an expert in cruel and inhumane forms of torture for
the
purposes of interrogation, was a key CIA liaison throughout the
years
Dewhurst served in South America. When
the
Austin Chronicle asked Dewhurst whether he had enjoyed a
drink with
the "butcher of Lyon" at the US embassy bar, he responded, "I
never
comment on intelligence matters."
-
also posted at BLN
32
Signs
That
The
Entire
World
Is
Being
Transformed
Into
A
Futuristic
Big
Brother
Prison Grid
By The Numbers - A
quote...."Do you want your children and grandchildren to live in a
futuristic "big brother" control grid where everything they do is
watched, recorded, tracked and tightly controlled? Well,
that is
exactly where things are headed. We witnessed some really
bad
totalitarian regimes during the 20th century, but what is coming
is
going to be far more restrictive than any of the despots of the
past
ever dreamed was possible."
John
Whitehead - US is a police state
RTVideo - (RTYuTb -
4min53sec - May 28, 2011) -
Source:
RTAmerica --
A quote...."What stands between us and an authoritarian state is
the
Constitution," says Rutherford Institute President John Whitehead.
Unfortunately Whitehead says the government is bypassing the
Constitution, particularly the 4th Amendment, thanks to the
Patriot
Act. As activists are arrested and fear spreads across America,
Whitehead says we are watching the US transform into a police
state in
front of our very eyes."
The Stage Is
Set For a Nuclear False Flag
False Flag Alert -
Video - (YuTb - 2min54sec -
May 29,
2011) -
Source: NotForSale2NWO
-- A quote.... "Bob Tuskin goes over parts of our recent article -
The
Stage Is Set For Nuclear False Flag. Please read the full article
there
are MANY more examples and videos in the article including Jericho
and
Operation Blackjack."
The
Stage
Is
Set
For
a
Nuclear
False
Flag
-
Article
False Flag Alert - Contains
Videos - A quote...."The stage has been set for a nuclear
false
flag in America. -- Many in the alternative media have wondered if
a
false flag nuke attack within America is a real possibility. Would
they
do it? Who would it be? What cities would be targeted?"
Why
Is
Barack
Obama
Sending
Drones
to
Mexico?
A quote...."U.S. agents both actively participate in the
wiretapping of
drug-trafficking suspects in Mexico and carry their weapons when
they
travel south of the border, according to The New York Times. As of
last
month, U.S. military-intelligence drones similar to those deployed
in
Afghanistan and Iraq began to operate in Mexican airspace. Such
actions
are entirely unprecedented in the history of U.S.-Mexican
relations and
could easily backfire as the Mexican population rejects such a
blatant
attack on its sovereignty. -- Imagine armed Mexican agents tapping
phone lines and flying military planes over Texas and Arizona in
search
of gun-shop owners and straw-buyers responsible for arming the
drug
cartels in Mexico." -
also
posted at
Yahoo
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More
On The
International Situation....
The
Assault
On Libya....
Gulf
State
Gendarmes:
West
Backs
Holy
Alliance
For
Control
Of
Arab
World
And
Persian
Gulf
Special Note - A
quote...."The standard-bearers of Anglo-American imperialism in
the
current epoch, President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David
Cameron,
met in London on May 25 to discuss the world’s two ongoing wars of
aggression, those in Afghanistan and Libya, both under the command
of
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization dominated by Washington and
London. -- As well as joining a barbecue for American
and
British troops in the prime minister’s haunts, in the gardens of
Number
10 Downing Street, the two potentates called for continuing to
bomb
Libya back to the Paleolithic Age. -- Displaying what
passes for sophisticated humor in the contemporary deadened age,
Cameron told the press, “It was…probably the first time in
history, as
we stood behind that barbecue, that I can say a British prime
minister
has given an American president a bit of a grilling.”
--
Correspondents chuckled as Libyan, Afghan and Pakistani civilians
writhe in their death throes from the bombs and Hellfire missiles
delivered by Cameron’s and Obama’s warplanes." -
also posted at GlobalRsrch
Imperial
Takeover:
Libya
is
Now
a
Humanitarian
Disaster
Video -
CM(1/2) -
CM2/2) -
(YuTb -
10/15min - May 29, 2011) -
Source:
sgentlemanjack112
--
A
quote...."In
the
words
of
Former
US
Congresswoman
Cynthia
McKinney:
"The
sad
fact, however, is that it is the Libyans
themselves, who have been insulted, terrorized, lynched, and
murdered
as a result of the press reports that hyper-sensationalized this
base
ignorance. Who will be held accountable for the lives lost in the
bloodletting frenzy unleashed as a result of these lies?"
Anatomy
of
a Murder: How NATO Killed Qaddafi Family Members
A quote...."by Cynthia McKinney - How many times must a parent
bury a
child? -- Well, in the case of Muammar Qaddafi it’s not only
twice:
once for his daughter, murdered by the United States bombing on
his
home in 1986, and again on 30 April 2011 when his youngest son,
Saif al
Arab, but yet again for three young children, grandbabies of
Muammar
Qaddafi killed along with Saif at the family home."
'Victory
or
death
for
Gaddafi,
NATO
wants
win
-
makes
talks
tough'
RTVideo -
Alt -
(RTYuTb -
4min55sec - May 29, 2011) -
Source:
RTAmerica --
A quote...."With Colonel Gaddafi now increasingly isolated and
NATO
jets intensifying their attacks, some experts believe Russia's
role as
a mediator is crucial for peace. But Mark Almond from Bilkent
University in Turkey, says winning is more important for the
Alliance
than negotiating."
Victory!
David
Cameron
planning
celebratory
tour
of
Libya
with
Nicolas
Sarkozy
‘when
the
time
comes’
Anybody disgusted yet? - mpg -
A
quote...."David
Cameron
is
to
make
a
victory
tour
of
Libya
with
Nicolas
Sarkozy.
-- The French president blurted out the secret plans
yesterday at the G8 summit of world leaders in Deauville. --
President
Sarkozy said he and French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe have
discussed
plans to meet opposition leaders in the rebel stronghold of
Benghazi.
-- He said: ‘I and Juppe will go when the time comes. It should be
a
Franco British visit. It could be quite clumsy if it was a
separate
visit.’"
The
Fake
ICC
and
the
Globalist
Strategy
of
Tension
Special Note - A
quote...."The "arrest warrant" issued by the ICC is based on
evidence
acquired from "30 missions to 11 States, and through interviews
with a
large number of persons, including key insiders and eyewitnesses."
The
ICC itself notes that the "unprecedented cooperation" it has
received
has come from "States and organizations, none of which are
currently
working in Libya." Undeterred by their admittedly tenuous
investigation, they go on to provide an enumerated list of their
"evidence." -
also posted at DProgram
Gaddafi
to
Meet
With
South
Africa
President
Zuma,
Peace
Deal
Ahead?
Not if "Bombs Away O-Bomb-a",
David Cameron and Sarkozy have anything to say about it. - mpg
-- A quote...."Two days before he plans to meet Muammar al-Gaddafi
in
Tripoli, South African President Jacob Zuma has claimed that the
rebels
accept African Union’s peace efforts. -- A source close to Zuma
told
South Africa’s Mail & Guardian daily yesterday that it was the
rebels who urged the South African president to meet Gaddafi. This
contradicts reports in the international media saying
pro-democracy
rebels in Libya do not trust African Union’s diplomatic efforts
which
are apparently sympathetic towards Gaddafi." -
Source: CP
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US-led strike
kills 112 in Afghanistan
A quote...."The governor of Nuristan, Jamaluddin Badr, told
Pajhwok
news agency on Saturday that 20 civilians, 22 policemen, and 70
Taliban
militants were among those killed in the aerial attack that took
place
in Doab town of the province. -- Badr added that some 40 people
were
also wounded in the raid. -- NATO claims its forces mistakenly
conducted the air raid and that it was actually meant to recapture
Doab
from Taliban forces. -- Militants had taken control of the town
two
days before the strike." -
A
"mistake" is that what it was?!? NATO is a lying sack of sh-t,
they
deliberately wiped out the whole town to make an example of
it.
"You let the Taliban occupy you, we'll kill all of you,
including your
little kiddies." is EXACTLY
what they were thinking. It's policy now, this is what the
international community gets when it lets a piece of US-NRE led
crap
like NATO run rampant all over the world without restraint for
over a
decade. And it's only
going to
get WORSE!! - mpg
[Another]
Nato
air
strike
'kills
14
civilians'
in
Afghanistan -
Another
day,
another massacre. - mpg
A quote...."A Nato air strike has killed 14 people, all civilians,
in
south-west Afghanistan's Helmand province, local officials say."
Karzai gives
US 'last warning' over Afghan civilian deaths
Related Article -
Uh-huh, "last
warning".....right....sure. Let's face facts folks, the
only thing
that will prevent countries like the US-NRE and Israel from
bombing
other countries to smithereens to take their natural resources,
especially if they're sitting on oil or natural gas supplies, is
if
those countries acquire fifty to a hundred nukes. Let's
just call
it the NRA, the "Nuclear Rights Association", every country
should
become a member and get "armed up"....soon! - mpg
Suicide
bomber
kills
six
at
Afghan
governor's
compound
A quote...."The bomber, wearing an Afghan army uniform, attacked a
security gathering in Afghanistan's Takhar province. The dead
include
two senior Afghan police commanders and two German soldiers; among
the
injured are the provincial governor and the NATO commander in
northern
Afghanistan."
Iran
names
blacklisted
US
officials
A quote...."The Iranian Parliament has released a full list of 26
US
officials wanted by Tehran for various crimes ranging from rights
violations to acts of terror to involvement in drug-trafficking.
--
Spokesmen for the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy
Kazem
Jalali said on Sunday that the motion to impose sanctions on and
prosecute certain American officials was unanimously adopted."
Iranian
Parliament
Announces
Names
of
26
Sanctioned
US
officials
Page
1
(1
to
11) --
Page
2
(12
to 26)
List of the Suspected War
Criminals - A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA) - The Iranian
Parliament
released the list of 26 US officials sanctioned and prosecuted by
Tehran for various crimes ranging from violation of human rights
to
sponsoring terrorist and drug-trafficking activities. -- Speaking
to
reporters after a meeting of the Parliament's National Security
and
Foreign Policy Commission on Sunday, Kazzem Jalali, the commission
rapporteur, said that the motion to impose sanctions on and
prosecute
certain American officials was unanimously adopted." -
also posted at Reficultnias
-
(one page) --
By the way folks, many of the
Neo-Romans
on this list, are by their own public statements, admitted war
criminals under international law. Of course it's true
that it
will be difficult to prosecute them at the moment, but times
change, so
do empires, and there is NO
statute of limitations for war crimes. Something this
website
editor hopes these people think about until Justice finally
catches up
with them. - mpg
Agreement
signed
for
democratic
rights
in
Honduras -
No
thanks to the US-NRE. - mpg
Good News!! -
(for a change) - A
quote...."On May
22, Honduran president Porfirio Lobo Sosa and former president
José Manuel -- Zelaya Rosales signed an agreement ‘For
National
Reconciliation and the Consolidation of the Democratic System in
the
Republic of Honduras.’Five Central AMerican presidents and
Minister of
Foreign Affairs of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, May 2011 -- Lobo was
elected in November 2009 in a rigged vote organized by the regime
installed through the June 28, 2009 military coup that overthrew
Zelaya. The majority of Latin American and Caribbean nations
refused to
recognize the legitimacy of the Lobo government, despite the
strong
support it received from the United States and Canada. -- The
present
agreement, finalized in Cartagena, Colombia, also bears the
signatures
of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and Venezuelan Foreign
Minister Nicolás Maduro (on behalf of President Hugo Rafael
Chávez Frías) as witnesses. -- This agreement opens
the
door to significant changes in the Central American political
landscape
and to the re-entry of Honduras into the Organization of American
States (OAS) and SICA (Central American Integration System)." -
also posted at AlethoNews
‘Lebanon
Salafis
behind
Syria
unrest’ -
No
doubt with Israeli, Saudi and US-NRE support. - mpg
A quote...."Informed sources in Lebanon blame Salafi extremists
and
elements associated with the country’s al-Mustaqbal party for
direct
involvement in the recent unrest in Syria. -- The Lebanese sources
say
former Mustaqbal MP Mustafa Hashem has rented a large number of
gas
stations in the northern border region of Wadi Khaled, where the
nomad
residents on both the Lebanese and Syrian sides of the frontier
are
engaged in widespread smuggling." -
Topix
||
One
Vile,
Venom
Tipped,
Taloned
Hand
Washes
the
Other
-
(a.k.a.
The
Standard
Model)
- 07-28-10 - mpg ||
Protests
in
Jordan
demand
closure
of
Israeli
embassy
A quote...."AMMAN, (PIC)-- Hundreds protested in several areas of
Jordan's capital Amman, demanding closure of the Israeli embassy
there
and nullification the Israeli-Jordanian peace treaty."
Hands
off
Venezuela!
A quote...."By Cindy Sheehan -- May 29, 2011 "Information
Clearing House" -- We Reject United States Sanctions Against
Venezuela
- On Tuesday, May 24, 2011, the United States Department of State
unilaterally imposed sanctions against Venezuela's state-owned oil
company, Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), for its
alleged
relations with the government of Iran. The sanctions are a
desperate
and weak attempt to link Venezuela to Iran's nuclear energy
program as
part of an ongoing campaign to justify further aggressive action
against the South American oil producing nation." -
also posted at Hamsayeh
Missile
Offense
Shield?
'Expect
anything
from
govt
lunatics'
RTVideo -
Alt -
(RTYuTb -
7min41sec - May 29, 2011) -
Source:
RussiaToday
--
A quote...."NATO is boosting its military potential near the
border
with Russia, despite objections from Moscow. The U.S. has struck a
deal
to station fighter jets in Poland, which will also house American
interceptor missiles. -- The agreement came during President
Obama's
visit to Warsaw on Saturday. The missiles, which are part of the
U.S.
defence shield, will be put in place by 2018. Russia has
repeatedly
called for a joint system, but Washington wants two separate
missile
shields. At the G8 summit on Friday, the Russian President
expressed
concern about America's position."
Russia's
Helicopters
-
Specifically
The
New
MI-38
RTVideo -
Alt -
(RTYuTb -
25min40sec - May 29, 2011) -
Source:
RussiaToday
--
A quote...."On this edition of RT's Technology Update: HeliRussia
showcases the world's best. The Mi-38 finally arrives to master
the
mid-size market, with "glass cockpit" avionics and a
take-your-pick
menu of new Canadian and Russian engines. Gyroscope-based Inertial
Navigation Systems keeps aviation on an even keel. Old school
radar
air-traffic systems go digital. And the lightweight Ansat is the
helicopter jack-of-all-trades."
Canadian
Politician
Deplores
West's
Double-Standard
Policy
on
Human
Rights
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- The candidate of Canada's Ottawa-Vanier
Green
Party for the 2011 federal elections criticized his country for
ignoring human rights, and blasted the West for its biased and
double-standard attitude towards the issue of human rights."
'Georgia
now
like
N.
Korea':
Witch
hunt
on
for
opposition
RTVideo -
Alt -
(RTYuTb -
4min04sec - May 28, 2011) -
Source:
RussiaToday
--
A quote...."Thousands have taken to the streets of the Georgian
capital
to protest against government's violent dispersal of peaceful
crowds
two days ago. This follows U.S. State Department's call for an
investigation into the crackdown and opposition's claims those
speaking
out against president Saakashvili are still being targeted. RT's
Sara
Firth was in the square in Tbilisi which was the flashpoint for
this
week's violence. She says dark clouds still hang over the city."
========= ========== ========== ========== ========== ==========
========== ====
The Crisis
in Greece....
Greek
leaders fail to agree as IMF deadline looms
A quote...."Greek leaders meeting in Athens have failed to agree
on
Prime Minister George Papandreou's new austerity plan."
The
Greek
"Ultimatum":
Bailout
(For
The
Bankers)
And
(Loss
Of)
Sovereignty
A quote...."So after one year of beating around the bush, it is
finally
made clear that, as many were expecting all along, the ultimate
goal of
the Greek "bailouts" is nothing short of the state's (partial for
now)
annexation by Europe. According to an FT breaking news article,
"European leaders are negotiating a deal that would lead to
unprecedented outside intervention in the Greek economy, including
international involvement in tax collection and privatisation of
state
assets, in exchange for new bail-out loans for Athens."
100,000
Protesting
In
Athens
Right
Now
A quote...."The first confirmation of protests expected to sweep
across
Europe tonight from Greece to Spain, France and Italy comes from
Syntagma square where up to 100,000 people are protesting at this
moment. Ekathimerini reports: "Greeks inspired by the Spanish
“Indignant” or “Indignados” movement held their largest protest so
far
in Athens on Sunday, which some estimates put as high as 100,000
people, although a more accurate assesment seemed to be that those
taking part exceeded 30,000. No official figure was given for the
number of people packing into Syntagma Square in front of
Parliament
but it was clear that the protest was by far the largest since the
movement began on Wednesday."
========= ========== ========== ========== ==========
==========
========== ====
More on the
World Wide Revolution....
Spain’s
M-15
protests
continue
A quote...."The occupation of Spain’s main Puerta del Sol Square
in
Madrid continued over the weekend, and protests are set to carry
on
next week. The square is in front of the former post office
building,
now the office of the Popular Party President of the regional
government of Madrid, Esperanza Aguirre."
Army,
Muslim
Brotherhood
Vs.
Tahrir
Square
A quote...."Things don’t look good in Egypt. -- The emerging
alliance
between the Egyptian army and the right-wing Muslim Brotherhood
seems
to be in control, and it’s likely that the elections for
parliament
will produce an assembly dominated by the Brotherhood and the
(military-linked) National Democratic Party, the remade party that
controlled the country during the Mubarak era." -
also posted at Uruknet-
Topix ||
One
Vile,
Venom
Tipped,
Taloned
Hand
Washes
the
Other
-
(a.k.a.
The
Standard
Model)
- 07-28-10 - mpg ||
Yemeni forces
attack protesters, kill 20
BREAKING: Mon May 30, 2011 7:1AM
- A
quote...."At least 20 individuals have been killed in southern
Yemen as
security forces clashed with protesters that were calling for the
ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh."
========= ========== ========== ========== ==========
==========
========== ====
More Tales
From the Zio-Sphere
WHY
Does
America
Have
A
"Special
Relationship"
With
Israel?
A quote...."Is it because of the oil? No, Israel doesn’t have any.
Is
it because they’re a major trading partner? No, not unless you
count
the military goods they buy from America, some of it with American
tax
dollars. Does America need it as a base because one of Israel’s
neighbors declared, or committed an act of, war against the United
States? No. Is it a good way to stay close to the oil? Yes, but
it’s
not the only way, or even the best way. So, what is the basis for
the
“special relationship?”
$6.64
Billion
Damages
Sought
over
Israeli
Government
and
AIPAC
Use
of
Stolen
Classified
US
Trade
Data
A quote...."WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today the Section 301
Committee of the US Trade Representative formally received a
petition
demanding $6.64 billion in compensation for US exporters. In 1984
US
exporters were urged to submit business confidential data about
their
prices, market share, internal costs and market strategy to the
International Trade Commission. The USTR guaranteed
confidentiality and
compiled the data into a classified report for use in negotiating
the
US-Israel Free Trade Agreement." -
also
posted
at AlethoNews
New
FBI
Files
Alleging
AIPAC
Theft
of
Government
Property
and
Israeli
Espionage
Released
From the
History File -
March
10,
2011 - A quote...."WASHINGTON, March 10
/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Declassified files detailing an FBI
investigation targeting the American Israel Public Affairs
Committee
are now available on the Internet. AIPAC was investigated
after
it acquired and circulated classified government information
provided
in strict confidence by US industry and worker groups opposed to
AIPAC
sponsored economic legislation." -
also
posted
at DesertPeace
NGO
declares
'commercial
disaster'
in
Jerusalem's
Old
City
A quote...."OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- The Jerusalem Center for
Social
and Economic Rights has declared a “disaster” in the Old City's
commercial and tourism sectors after Israel used hefty taxes and
other
pressures to shut down 250 shops in the past few years." -
also posted at AlethoNews
-
Topix ||
Israel's
Scorched
Earth ||
========== ========== ========== ========== ==========
==========
========== ====
More On The
Palestinian Situation
Humanitarian
Ship
to
Gaza:
Will
the
Blockade
be
Broken?
The Rachel Corrie - A
quote...."Global Research was in touch with the Spirit of Rachel
Corrie
on May 28, 2011, 11 am EDT. -- We were informed by the head of the
Mission that the ship has been prevented from berthing and
unloading
its cargo and that no decision has been taken by the Egyptian
authorities to allow the cargo to be transported by land to the
Rafah
crossing."
Israel
to
Change
Arab
Neighborhoods’
Names
in
Jerusalem
to
Hebrew
Names
A quote...."TEL AVIV, May 30, 2011 (WAFA) - Israeli Knesset Member
Tzipi Hotobli, Monday proposed a bill to rename Arab neighborhoods
in
Jerusalem into Hebrew names and prevent the use of Arab names in
documents and official media."
Three
members
of
ISM
arrested
during
peaceful
demonstration
in
Iraq
Burin
A quote...."This afternoon three members of the International
Solidarity Movement were arrested during a peaceful demonstration
in
Iraq Burin. The activists from the UK, Denmark and Iceland had
joined
the villagers in protesting the loss of their land to the illegal
Israeli settlement of Bracha, however the demonstration had barely
began when the army began firing tear gas at the protesters. After
four
hours of shooting tear gas the army entered the village and
occupied
houses." -
also posted at
AlethoNews
Seven
Year-Old
Palestinian Boy Violently Arrested in Silwan
A quote...."Special police forces raided the house of 7
year-old
Ali Siyam this afternoon and illegaly arrested him, causing injury
requiring hospitalization to both his aunt and father."
Israeli
Soldiers
Demolish
3
Water
Wells
in
Hebron
A quote...."HEBRON, May 26, 2011 (WAFA) – Israeli Soldiers
Thursday
demolished three water wells near the Separation Wall, in Idhna, a
town
west of Hebron, according to Idhna municipality. -- The wells were
used
for agricultural and domestic needs due to water shortage in
town." -
Topix ||
Israel's
Scorched
Earth ||
Settlers
[Homeless
Jewish Vandals] Uproot 20 Olive Trees Near Hebron
A quote...."A group of extremist Israeli
settlers,
[homeless Jewish vandals] living
at
the Beit Ayin illegal
settlement
[squatter encampment]
built on Palestinian lands that belong to Beit Ummar village,
north of
the southern West Bank city of Hebron, attacked on Saturday
Palestinian
orchards, and uprooted twenty Olive trees. -
Topix ||
Israel's
Scorched
Earth ||
========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ==========
========== ====
More
on
Japan's
Nuclear
Power
Plants....
Of
Flowers
Seeds and Trilobites
Must Read -
Radiation
Alert -
A quote...."When I was a small boy, growing up on that farm in New
England, we had, as did our neighbors, a serious garden that grew
food;
corn, potato, broccoli, yam, squash, etc. This was grown for our
own
use in summer and for canning to see us through the winters. We
also
had a "fun" garden, the domain of my mother, that ran along the
front
of the farmhouse where the Morning Glories, Irises, and Azaleas
could
be admired by people driving past op the highway, and Mint, Basil,
and
Oregano were within easy reach of the kitchen door."
Radioactive
materials
found
off
Miyagi
and
Ibaraki
Radiation Alert
-
A quote...."Japan's science ministry has detected extraordinarily
high
levels of radioactive cesium in seafloor samples collected off
Miyagi
and Ibaraki Prefectures. -- Experts say monitoring should be
stepped up
over a larger area to determine how fish and shell fish are being
affected."
Radiation
News
05-29-11
-
A
DProgram
Round-Up -
(10
articles & videos)
Fukushima
nuclear
plant
is
leaking
like
a
sieve
========== ========== ========== ========== ==========
========== ========== ====
More On The
Economic Situation....
The
Fed
Is Not Printing Money
Must Read - A
quote...."May 29, 2011 "Information Clearing House" -- I know what
you've heard from "reliable sources" on the Internet, but it's
hogwash.
In fact, there is not one economist--to my knowledge--who would
characterize the Fed's Quantitative Easing program (QE2) as a
money
printing operation. -- What the Fed's doing is buying a bunch of
long-term bonds (US Treasuries) in exchange for bank reserves.
What
this does is reduce the average maturity of the debt held by the
public, which reduces long-term interest rates."
Three
Trillion
Dollars
Later:
Charting
A
Recovery
Only
Failed
Fiscal
And
Monetary
Policy
Can
Buy
Must View Chart -
(click to enlarge) -
Everyone should add a zero to that
figure,
it's more like thirty
trillion in back stops, guarantees, loans and toxic asset
swaps.
The three trillion figure probably refers to the Fed's balance
sheet.
Admittedly items such as raising the FDIC guarantees at you
local bank
and other similar attempts at confidence building measures
haven't
really cost the
government all that much -- so far. However other items,
like all
the toxic crap they stuffed into Fannie and Freddie and all the
other
off-the-books swap-and-hide programs (two trillion, three
trillion....five trillion?) will be pennies on the depreciated
dollar even a decade from now.
-- If everything was marked to market today,
excluding any losses that would be incurred in the real world
from
dumping all this stuff at the same time, the losses, i.e. the
costs so
far, would probably be North of ten trillion dollars to the
government. That's just a rough guess. - mpg
Carl
Icahn
Confesses
That
The
"System
Is
Not
Working
Properly",
Warns
Of
Another
"Major
Problem" Coming
A quote...."Confirming our ongoing observations that the pursuit
of
leveraged beta is the only game in town ("
Levered
Beta
Uber
Alles:
NYSE
Borse
Margin
Debt
Jumps
To
Three
Year
Highs,
Investor
Net Worth Remains At Record Lows") is this surprising
confession by hedge fund titan Carl Icahn, who not only warns that
the
levels of leverage achieved in the current centrally planned
regime is
as bad as it ever was, and that some form of Glass-Steagall should
return, but that, stated simply, the entire "
system is not working properly."
His
warning, stated in a very politically correct fashion, is that "
there could be another major problem"
either
next
week,
or
next
year.
Which
is
not
surprising:
after
all not
only has anything changed, but the very same drivers of risk that
nearly crashed capitalism in Q3 2008, are back and arguably
stronger
than ever. That the Fed is the last recourse mechanism preventing
an
all out systemic wipe out probably should not be a source of
comfort to
anyone. In the end, the Fed, as any other authoritarian
institution
promoting central planning, will always lose."
'Nothing
stops
big
banks
from
ripping
off
people
again'
RTVideo -
Alt -
(RTYuTb -
12min48sec - May 29, 2011) -
Source:
RussiaToday
-- A quote...."The fact that those responsible for the recent
economic
crisis have not been held accountable is setting a very dangerous
trend, believes investigative journalist Matt Taibbi, author and
contributing editor to Rolling Stone magazine."
Save
Us
From
The
Tyranny
Of
Bankers
A quote...."We hope all of our appearances on Greek TV, radio and
in
the press have helped the educational process and to allow the
Greeks
to identify who the real culprits are, and what to do about it. It
has
just been over a year since this tragedy became reality, but we
reported on Greece and Italy ten years ago. They both bent the
rules to
enter the euro zone. We knew then that Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan
Chase
were assisting them by creating credit default swaps. There were a
few
Europeon journalist who reported on the issue, but the elitists
control
the media and few noticed that Greece and Italy were beyond bogus.
The
events of the past year remind us of the onslaught of the credit
crisis, which unfortunately is still with us." -
also posted at PrisonPlanet
& GlobalRsrch
& BLN
Why
Is
The
Economy
So
Bad?
A quote...."Millions of Americans have lost their homes, tens of
millions of Americans can't find a decent job and 44 million
Americans
are on food stamps. This is causing an increasing number of
Americans to ask this question: "Why is the economy so bad?"
There are some Americans that are old enough to remember the Great
Depression, but the vast majority of us have never known hard
times. All our lives we were told that America was the
greatest
economy on the planet and that we would always experience endless
prosperity in this nation. That was easy to believe because
even
though we had a recession once in a while, things always bounced
back
and got even better than ever. But now something seems
different. The current economic downturn began back in 2007
and
yet here we are in 2011 and there seems to be no end in sight for
this
economic crisis. So what in the world is going on? Can
anyone explain why the economy is so bad?" -
also posted at DProgram
& BLN
When
Faith
In
US
Dollars
&
US
Debt
Is
Dead
The
Game
Is
Over
–
& That
Day Is Closer Than You May Think
A quote...."A day is coming when the rest of the world will decide
that
it no longer has faith in U.S. dollars or in U.S. debt. When
that
day arrives, the game will be over. Traditionally, two of
the
biggest things that the U.S. economy has had going for it were the
U.S.
dollar and U.S. Treasuries. The U.S. dollar has been the
default
reserve currency of the world for decades. All over the
globe it
was seen as a strong, stable currency that was desirable for
international trade. U.S. government debt has long been
considered the "safest debt" in the entire world. Whenever
there
was a major crisis, investors would flock to U.S. Treasuries
because
they were considered a rock. Sadly, all of this is now
changing. Today the rest of the world is losing faith in the
U.S.
financial system. In fact, even the United Nations is now
warning
of the collapse of the dollar. But if the U.S. dollar and
U.S.
Treasuries collapse, that will be an absolute nightmare for the
U.S.
economy. If the rest of the world does not want our dollars
someday, then what are we going to give them in exchange for all
of the
oil and all of the cheap imported goods they send us? If the
rest
of the world does not want our debt someday, then how in the world
are
we going to be able to continue to consume far, far more wealth
than we
produce?" -
also posted at
DProgram
& BLN
More Political Capture: Goldman Hires Top Republican Fed
Transparency
Foe; Spends More Time With SEC Than Any Other Bank - A
quote...."Gregg warned that the growing tide of populism would
threaten
some of the most central institutions to the economy's recovery.
"What
it's going to do is burn down some of the institutions which are
critical to us as a nation and as an economy to recover and create
jobs," he warned." It was therefore only a matter of time that
Gregg,
following the end of his political career, has decided to step
down,
and work for one of these "central institutions to the economy's
recovery" -
Goldman Sachs.
As
such we present the list of companies that courtesy of their "top
contributor" status with the senator over the years, are about to
get
preferential treatment from Goldman's sell side analysts, and see
a
prompt upgrade to Buy and/or Conviction Buy list in the near term.
After all there is no such thing as squid-pro-zero in a world
controlled by Wall Street's institutions "central to the economy's
recovery." - bold by website editor
The
jobs
crisis
in
America
A quote...."Amid the worst mass unemployment in the United States
since
the 1930s, states throughout the country are cutting benefits to
jobless workers. Arkansas, Michigan and Missouri have already
implemented cuts to unemployment payments, and Florida,
Pennsylvania
and South Carolina are preparing to do so."
Saturday May 28th 2011
No posts. - mpg
Friday May 27th 2011
More On The
Domestic Situation....
We've
Gone
from
a
Nation
of
Laws
to
a
Nation
of
Powerful
Men
Making
Laws
in
Secret
Must Read - A
quote....""Preface: Some defendants are no
longer allowed to see the "secret evidence" which the government is
using against them. See this
and this.
-- The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that judges can throw out cases
because they don't like or believe the plaintiff ... even
before
anyone
has
had
the
chance
to
conduct
discovery
to
prove
their
case.In other words, judges' secret biases can
be the basis for denying people their day in court, without even
having
to examine the facts. Judges are also becoming directly
involved
in
politics
with
the
other
branches
of
government. -- Claims of national
security are being
used to keep
the shenanigans
of
the
biggest
banks
and
corporations
secret, and to crush
dissent. -- But this essay focuses on
something else: the fact that the
laws themselves
are now being kept secret"- bold by website editor
The
Alex
Jones
Show
–
May
26th,
2011
AJVideo - DewhurstKilledTSAbill(1/3)
- DewhurstKilledTSAbill(2/3)
- DewhurstKilledTSAbill(3/3)
- ORSenRevealsGrid
- AJcallsOutDewhurst
- AJ&TSAprotesters(1/3)
- AJ&TSAprotesters(2/3)
- AJ&TSAprotesters(3/3)
- AJ&BobBarr(1/2)
- AJ&BobBarr(2/2)
- (AJYuTb - 10/15min - May 26, 2011) - Source: TheAlexJonesChannel
-- A quote...."The man who was instrumental in working with the
federal
government to sabotage a bill that would have made TSA grope downs a
felony in the state of Texas was Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, a former
CIA
agent and establishment insider considered to be the wealthiest man
in
Texas politics. -- Alex welcomes back to the show former federal
prosecutor and a former member of the United States House of
Representatives from Georgia, Bob Barr, who was the Libertarian
Party
nominee for President of the United States in the 2008 election.
Barr
will talk about his Atlanta Journal Constitution article detailing
how
the government and the House Armed Services Committee plan to expand
the war on terror, not roll it back following the purported
assassination of Osama bin Laden."
Utah
To
Follow
Texas
Lead
In
TSA
Grope-down
Revolt
A quote...."Utah looks likely to be the next state to follow the
example set by Texas in attempting to make TSA grope downs a felony.
--
Rep. Carl Wimmer, R-Herriman has introduced a bill into the Utah
House
of Representatives that would ensure TSA agents would have to abide
by
the same Fourth Amendment limits that police do when performing
searches on Americans."
Obama
signs
extension
of
Patriot
Act
spy
powers
Police State Alert - A
quote...."US President Barack Obama
signed a renewal of three of the most notorious provisions of the
USA
PATRIOT Act Friday, meaning that the whole of the act will
remain in effect without modification through 2015. -- The move
reinforces once again the wholehearted support by the Democratic
Party
for the policies of domestic spying, torture, and violation of
democratic rights, adopted during the Bush administration and
continued
by Obama."
White
House
unveils
corporate
deregulation
scheme
A quote..."The Obama administration this week released details of
its
plans to sharply cut regulations on corporations, as part of the
effort
to eliminate all constraints on big business profit-making."
Judge:
Corporate
Donations
Ban
Unconstitutional
A quote...."ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A judge has ruled that the
campaign-finance law banning corporations from making contributions
to
federal candidates is unconstitutional, citing the Supreme Court's
landmark Citizens United decision last year in his analysis." - Source: AP@Google
Castrated
US
Corporate
Media
Attacks
Russia
Today
for
Daring
to
Report
Real
News
- This is FUN!!
RTVideo - Alt -
(RTYuTb -
4min15sec - May 25, 2011) - Source:
RTAmerica -- Oh my, the presstitutes are in a
tizzy, they've got an organization which isn't a bought and paid
for
presstitute actually telling the truth.
How shocking! How awful! (Gawd the "mainstream"
infotainment
complex, which
continues to lose ratings and money,
are just a bunch of whining losers who will soon put themselves
out
of business because they only tell the news from the perspective
(and
under the orders) of the parasitic class, while also spewing
mountainous sized piles of tabloid-styled garbage across this
nation
every single day. Gee, you wish they could get a grip on
themselves, save everyone the bother, and just close down their
childishly obvious propaganda operations) - mpg -- A quote...."The New
York
Times, NPR and broadcasters across the country are attacking RT for
embracing a not-so-mainstream approach to broadcasting the news.
Lauren
Lyster fires back at allegations about the legitimacy of RT and
their
guests."
ALERT:
Alexander
Higgins
Blog
Hacked,
Support
Needed
Website Under Attack- Contains
Video - Alt
- A quote...."Your donations are needed. -- Alexander Higgins Blog
Has
Been Hacked And Needs A New Server -- Current Status: Server Offline
-
Maliciously Hacked -- As you have probably noticed all of my
websites
have been down now for over 24 hours. -- While I have been working
to
restore the server, I have not made much progress. It appears that
the
damage done is pretty extensive with the server reporting a
multitude
of hardware and software issues." - Click
here
to DONATE
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More
On The
International Situation....
The
Assault
On Libya....
US
Rejects
Libya
Ceasefire,
Vows
War
Will
Continue
-
Gadhafi
Regime
Reiterates
Support
for
AU
'Road
Map'
A quote...."Libyan officials have directed phone calls to a number
of
NATO member nations urging a ceasefire in a ongoing NATO war. The
call
was immediately spurned by the US, who said the offer was “not
credible” and vowed the war would continue."
NATO Defies Africa By
Intensifying Bombardment Of Libya
A quote...."At African Union Headquarters in Addis Abeba, African
leaders recently once again demanded that NATO stop its bombardment
on
Libya, and yet again the West disregarded the call and has in fact
been
intensifying its war against the Libyan Jamahiriya." - also posted at GlobalRsrch
NATO bombs
rain on Tripoli for 5th night
A quote...."NATO airstrikes have hit several sites in the Libyan
capital Tripoli, according to Libyan state television."
The
cluster
bombing
of
Misrata:
The
case
against
the
USA
US War Crime Exposed - A
quote...."The ongoing HRI investigation of the cluster bombing of
Misrata in April 2011 has found convincing evidence the bombing was
committed by US naval forces." - also
posted
at GlobalRsrch
& Uruknet
Media
Fabrications:
Libyan
Oil
Minister
Shukri
Ghanem
Did
Not
Defect
Presstitution Alert - A
quote...."From the start of the war on Libya, psychological warfare
has
been been used by the Obama Administration and their NATO allies.
Systematic use of the media and the creation of internal divisions
through rumours and fabrications has been part of the Libya PsyOp.
--
The news about the disappearance of Libyan Oil Minister Shukri
Ghanem
has exposed the sheer fabrications used by high-ranking officials in
NATO countries. Chief amongst them is Hillary Clinton."
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America's
Top
Hypocrites
Special Note - A
quote...."Was there ever a nation so marinated in hypocrisy as
America?
At home and abroad, President Barack Obama trumpets Uncle Sam's
virtues
and dispenses patronizing homilies to other nations on how to behave
themselves and honor freedom and democracy. This last week, it's
been
Europe's turn to hear these self-righteous preachments."
Russia
wary
of
UN
resolution
on
Syria,
after
being
‘burned’
by
agreeing
to
Libya
campaign
A quote...."DEAUVILLE, France — A Russian diplomat says his country
does not want tough U.N. action against Syria’s crackdown on
protesters
because Moscow felt it was “burned” by agreeing to an international
military campaign in Libya. -- Alexander Orlov, Russia’s ambassador
to
France, told The Associated Press on Thursday that the NATO-led
campaign in Libya has gone beyond what the original U.N. resolution
envisaged. He is attending a G-8 summit in France."
The
Secret
Wars
of
the
Saudi-Israeli
Alliance
Must Read - A
quote...."The ties of the Al-Sauds to Tel Aviv have in recent years
become increasingly visible and pervasive. This secret Israeli-Saudi
alliance exists within the context of a broader Khaliji-Israeli
alliance. The alliance with Israel is formed through strategic
cooperation between the ruling families of Saudi Arabia and the Arab
sheikhdoms in the Persian Gulf. -- Together Israel and the Khaliji
ruling families form a frontline for Washington and NATO against
Iran
and its regional allies. The alliance also acts on behalf of
Washington
to destabilize the region. The roots of chaos in Southwest Asia and
North Africa are this Khaliji-Israeli alliance." - Topix || One
Vile,
Venom
Tipped,
Taloned
Hand
Washes
the
Other
-
(a.k.a.
The
Standard
Model)
-
07-28-10
-
mpg ||
Pakistani
Politician
Urges
Islamabad
to
Withdraw
from
US
War
on
Terrorism
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Pakistani politician pointed to
the
heavy costs of Pakistan's participation in the US alleged war on
terrorism, and called on his country's officials to step out of the
costly war."
Pak
shuts 3 US 'intelligence fusion' cells
A quote..."LOS ANGELES: Pakistan has closed three US military
intelligence liaison centers in Quetta and Peshawar, a US newspaper
reported."
3 US-led
soldiers slain in S Afghanistan
A quote...."Three US-led foreign soldiers have been killed in a
Taliban
attack in southern Afghanistan as the militant group continues its
latest offensive against the Western coalition forces."
Retired
US
Officer:
No
Country
Willing
to
Shelter
MKO
Members
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- No country in the world is ready to
shelter
the anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) members
and their only option left is a return to Iran, a retired US
intelligence officer said."
UN
Body
Supports
Iran's
Membership
despite
US
Opposition
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)-The United Nations Economic and Social
Council
(ECOSOC) endorsed a renewal of Iran's membership despite the US and
Canada's strong opposition."
Venezuela
oil
chief
says
US
can
'go
to
hell'
A quote...."CARACAS — The head of Venezuela's state oil giant
Petroleos
de Venezuela (PDVSA) said the "imperialist" United States could "go
to
hell" after it slapped sanctions on the company over alleged ties to
Iran."
Caracas
Will
Continue
Ties
With
Tehran
Despite
US
Pressures:
Venezuelan
FM
A quote...."Venezuela will continue to maintain relations with Iran
and
any other country it wants. This is a right we are not going to
renounce: Venezuelan FM."
Washington’s
War
on
Chavez
A quote...."Since George Bush took office in January 2001, efforts
to
oust Chavez failed three times:"
- in April 2002 for two days, aborted by mass street protests
and
support from Venezuela’s military, notably its middle-ranked
officer
corps;
- the 2002 – 2003 general strike and oil management lockout,
causing severe economic disruptions; and
- the failed August 2004 national recall referendum, Chavez
prevailing with a 59% majority.
"Nonetheless, disruptive activities continue, including malicious
propaganda, CIA subversion, funding opposition forces, sanctions,
and
militarizing the region, notably in Colombia as well as gunboat
diplomacy by reactivating the Latin American/Caribbean Fourth Fleet
for
the first time since 1950 despite no regional threat." - also posted at Uruknet
- Source: SteveLendman
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More on the
World Wide Revolution....
Videos
of
Police
Brutality
in
Spain
Videos - laPlaçaCatalunya
- PlazadeCatalunya
- PlazaCataluna27-M
- BrutalidadParaDsalojarlaPdC
-- Could you imagine the outcry if this were taking place in Iran?
We
would be at war in hours. -- They are wearing riot gear, masks, no
name
tags, no faces… beating on children."
"One of our “democratic” partners in the Global Free Market Wars
shows
us how they deal with protests (ie: the will of the people) when it
comes to pushing their austerity measures programs on their own
people.
-- Watch as Spain unleashes their own jack-booted thugs (dressed out
like Storm Troopers in black) on young Spanish protesters."
“Only
the
Names
Have
Changed”:
The
Continued
Struggle
for
Democracy
in
Egypt
Interview - A
quote...."On May 5, 2011, Constanze Knoche, correspondent and
co-editor
of Weltnetz TV, took advantage of Mamdouh Habashi's recent trip to
Germany to discuss the current situation in Egypt and the direction
of
the Egyptian revolution. The following interview is transcribed and
translated from the original German." - also posted at Uruknet
Hundreds
flee
as
Yemen's
tribal
'kingmakers'
step
up
offensive
A quote...."Dozens of people were killed during pitched battles on
the
streets of Yemen's capital yesterday as fighting aimed at ending the
32-year rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh threatened to push the
nation into civil war."
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More Tales
From the Zio-Sphere
Gilad
Atzmon:
A
Warning
From
The
Past
Must Read - A
quote...."As we
have seen in history, repeatedly, Jewish collective tragedies always
follow a pattern that begins with such rich tales of golden
ages
of
assimilation within the corridors of power . One need only look at
Spain, Eastern Europe and Germany, and these are just a few examples
of
such repeated patterns."
The
President
Goes
AIPACing
A quote...."Israel is not so much a small nation as a military
giant.
Obama knows that because it is the U.S. that has done the most to
make
Israel flagrantly oversized in this regard. In doing so Washington
allowed Israel to become the bully that dominates the neighborhood."
Netanyahu’s
Speech
to
Congress:
Racism,
War-Mongering
and
Fabrication
A quote...."Composed of roughly equal parts racism, war-mongering,
fawning and fabrication, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s
speech before a joint session of the U.S. Congress on May 24 was
received with adulation by the assembled Democrats and Republicans
alike. The reception was very different in the Middle East. There it
was widely understood – including inside Israel itself – as closing
the
door on negotiations and further isolating the Zionist state."
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More On The
Palestinian Situation
Twelve
European
countries
participate
in
the
“Freedom
Flotilla
2”
A quote...."BRUSSELS, (PIC)-- The European Campaign to End the Siege
on
Gaza, said Thursday that ships from 12 European countries have
expressed willingness to participate in the “Freedom Flotilla 2”
mission next month to break the Israeli siege on Gaza." - also posted at AlethoNews
Israeli
Forces
Storms
Madda
Center
for
Children
in
Jerusalem
A quote...."JERUSALEM, May 26, 2011 (WAFA)- Israeli forces
Thursday stormed Madaa Silwan creative center (Madaa) in Wadi
Hilwah, a
neighborhood in Silwan, near Al-Aqsa Mosque, while the children were
there, according to witnesses."
Two
Injured;
Six
Arrested
as
Israeli
Troops
Attack
West
Bank
Anti-Wall
Protests
A quote...."Ramallah – PNN – Israeli troops attacked the weekly
anti-wall protests in a number of West Bank communities on Friday
injuring one man and a child, as well as arresting six protesters.
Protests were reported this Friday in Bil’in, Nil’in, al-Nabi Salleh
villages in central West Bank, as well as al-Ma’ssara village in the
south."
Naval
Attack
on
Gaza
Fishermen
Leave
Three
Injured
;
Troops
Arrest
Three
Civilians
from
the
West
Bank.
A quote...."Gaza/Bethlehem – PNN – Three Palestinian fishermen were
injured, on Friday morning, when Israeli naval boats attacked
fishing
boats off Khan Younis city in the southern part of the Gaza Strip."
- Topix || Israel's
Scorched
Earth ||
Jewish
Settlers
[Cowardly Thugs] Severely Beat Elderly Palestinian Shepherd in
Nablus
A quote...."NABLUS, May 26, 2011 (WAFA)- Ghassan Douglas, in charge
of
settlements file at the Palestinian Authority in the northern part
of
the West Bank, said Thursday that settlers [cowardly
thugs] severely beat an
elderly Palestinian Shepherd, 67, in Madama, a village south of
Nablus."
Weekly
Report
On
Israeli
Human
Rights
Violations
in
the
Occupied
Palestinian
Territory
(19–
25
May
2011)
Every single week without fail.
- mpg - also posted at Uruknet
- A Palestinian civilian was killed by IOF near the border in
the central Gaza Strip.
- A Palestinian civilian was wounded in the east of Khan
Yunis in the south of the Gaza Strip.
- Two Palestinian boys sustained severe burns as a smoke
bomb, left by IOF in Hebron, exploded.
- IOF continued to target Palestinian farmers in border areas
in the northern Gaza Strip.
- IOF fired at Palestinian farmers in two separate
incidents, but no casualties were reported.
- IOF continued to use force against peaceful protests in the
West Bank.
- Two demonstrators, including an international human
rights defender, were wounded.
- IOF arrested 11 demonstrators, including 10 Israeli
solidarity activists and an international one.
- IOF conducted 38 incursions into Palestinian communities in
the West Bank.
- IOF arrested 15 Palestinian civilians, including 4
children.
- The arrested civilians include the mother of Sheikh Saleh
al-Arouri, who was deported to Syria.
- IOF continued settlement activities and Israeli settlers
continued their attacks in the West Bank.
- Israeli settlers caused severe damages to a Palestinian
house, southwest of Bethlehem.
- Seventy olive trees in the vicinity of "Qidoumim"
settlement, northeast of Qalqilya, were uprooted.
- Three women activists were attacked at Zaatara
checkpoint, south of Nablus.
- Israel has continued to impose a total siege on the Gaza
Strip and tightened the siege on the West Bank.
- IOF arrested at least 3 Palestinians at military
checkpoints in the West Bank.
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More
on
Japan's
Nuclear
Power
Plants....
Tepco
Failed
to
Disclose
Scale
of
Fukushima
Radiation
Leaks,
Academics
Say
Radiation Alert
-
A quote...."As a team from the International Atomic Energy Agency
visits Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s crippled nuclear plant today,
academics warn the company has failed to disclose the scale of
radiation leaks and faces a “massive problem” with contaminated
water."
New
Leak
Suspected
at
Fukushima
Dai-ichi
Nuclear
Plant
A quote...."In what may be yet another setback, the operator of
Japan's
crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Plant says radioactive water may
now be leaking from a wastewater storage facility on site."
Workers
extinguish
small
fire
at
Japanese
nuke
plant
A quote...."TOKYO -- A fire broke out on Friday at a nuclear power
station near Japan's stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi, the plant at the
center of the world's worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl, its
operator
said."
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More On The
Economic Situation....
Is
Greece the Future of America?
A quote...."Greece has a sovereign debt problem. The bonds of the
Greek
government have been downgraded by a major rating service. Their
prices
have fallen sharply in the market. This means that the risk is high
that the government will default on its sovereign debt. -- The
interest
rates that the Greek government must pay in order to borrow have
risen
sharply. This is worsening the government’s solvency and budget
problems. -- The government faces default. The government’s various
spending cutbacks haven’t solved the problem. -- They cannot solve
the
problem. It’s apparently too late. The government would have to
restructure its debt by renegotiating with its multiple lenders.
That’s
a difficult and time-consuming process. It would have to work out
repayment while simultaneously altering government policies so that
the
country’s private market economy could expand. This involves knotty
political and economic issues that take years to resolve. -- The
government doesn’t have this time."
The
Economic
Death
Spiral
Has
Been
Triggered
A quote...."For nearly 30 years we have had two Global Strategies
working in a symbiotic fashion that has created a virtuous economic
growth spiral. Unfortunately, the economic underpinnings were flawed
and as a consequence, the virtuous cycle has ended. It is now
in
the process of reversing and becoming a vicious downward economic
spiral. -- One of the strategies is the Asian Mercantile
Strategy. The other is the US Dollar Reserve Currency
Strategy.
-- These two strategies have worked in harmony because they fed off
each other, each reinforcing the other. However, today the realities
of
debt saturation have brought the virtuous spiral to an end."
New
US
jobless
claims top 400,000 for seventh straight week
A quote...."New US claims for unemployment benefits rose last week
by
10,000, climbing to a seasonally adjusted 424,000, as the nation’s
job
markets continue to stagnate. This marked the seventh straight week
in
which new claims have topped the 400,000 mark, further undermining
claims of an economic turnaround by the Obama administration."
Pending
home
sales
plummet
in
April
A quote..."The National Assn. of Realtors said Friday that its index
for pending home sales, which is based on the number of contracts
signed each month, fell 11.6% from March and was down 26.5% from the
same month last year. The drop in the index was another indicator
that
buyers are scarce."
[US]
Savings
Rate
Remains
At
Lowest
Since
2008
As
Impact
From
"Squatters'
Rent"
Increasingly
Negligible
A quote...."Today's Personal
Income
and
Outlays
data confirmed that the plight of the US
consumer is deteriorating: while Personal Income increased at a 0.4%
M/M rate, in line with expectations and flat adjusted for inflation
(under 0.1%), Spending missed consensus of 0.5%, instead rising at
0.4%, the same number as predicted by Goldman previously. What is
notable is that the "rental income" which as was
discussed
previously
is not remotely based on "rents" but to a big
part comes from "squatters rent" or pseudo income as a result of not
paying one's mortgage continues to have an increasingly mitigating
impact, rising just $3.1 billion in April, following $8.4 billion in
March. As expected, the economic "benefits" arising from those who
don't pay their mortgage are starting to have an increasingly lesser
impact. This is very bad news for the economy...."
Second
Biggest
Weekly
Drop
Ever
In
Treasurys
Held
In
The
Fed's
Custodial
Account
As
Foreigners
Dump
A quote...."There was one truly interesting observation in this
week's
Fed balance
sheet update: not that the actual balance sheet hit a new all time
record (which it did at $2.779 trillion), or that the Fed added
another
$24 billion in Treasurys to its balance sheet, or that total
reserves
hit a new all time record, increasing by $53 billion to $1.59
trillion.
No. The biggest surprise was that in the just ended week, Treasury
securities held in custodial accounts at the Fed, considered by some
the best real-time representation of foreign holdings of US
Treasurys
considering that the TIC update is not only wildly inaccurate in its
monthly update, but is also 3 months delayed, dropped by the largest
amount in 4 years. From a total of $2.704 trillion, USTs held in
custodial accounts declined by $18.7 billion to $2.685 billion. This is the second largest decline in
history...."
Global
Economic
Rebound
Weakens
on
Quake,
Oil
Price,
European
Debt
Crisis
A quote...."The world economy is losing strength halfway through the
year as high oil prices and fallout from Japan’s natural disaster
and
Europe’s debt woes take their toll."
Thursday May 26th 2011
More On The
Domestic Situation....
Are
Our
Leaders
Really
Incompetent
...
Or
Just
Pretending?
Special Note - A
quote...."People want to assume that when someone in power messes up
-
especially someone who appears incompetent - it was just a mistake.
--
For example, folks can't believe that an incompetent president could
carry out scoundrelly deeds. -- But as I wrote 5 years ago...." - also posted at ZeroHedge
ABC:
The
US
Planned
Acts
Of
Terrorism
To
Kill
US
Citizens
To
Justify
War
- One of them was called 9/11.
Related Article - A quote...."A stunning insight into the Federal
Governments thinking on creating false flags such as planning acts
of
terrorism to kill American Citizens to create propaganda to justify
wars to invade helpless nations." - also
posted
at AlexanderHiggins
How
They
Fake
Terrorism
--
Manufactured
Fear
I
-
Final
Draft
Related Video - Alt - (YuTb
-
15min52sec - Jan 11, 2011) - Source:
killuminatiAFF
-- A quote...."A history of false flag attacks used to manipulate
the
minds of the people!"
9/11
And
America's
"War
On
Terrorism"
A quote...."The livelihood of millions of people throughout the
World
is at stake. It is my sincere hope that the truth will prevail and
that
the understanding provided in this detailed study will serve the
cause
of World peace. This objective, however, can only be reached by
revealing the falsehoods behind America’s “War on Terrorism” and
questioning the legitimacy of the main political and military actors
responsible for extensive war crimes." - also posted at TheIntercept
Regarding the four articles
shown above see....Reficultnias's
9/11
Central
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There’s
a
Secret
Patriot
Act,
Senator
Says
Police State Alert - A
quote...."You think you understand how the Patriot Act allows the
government to spy on its citizens. Sen. Ron Wyden says it’s worse
than
you know. -- Congress is set to reauthorize three controversial
provisions of the surveillance law as early as Thursday. Wyden
(D-Oregon) says that powers they grant the government on their face,
the government applies a far broader legal interpretation — an
interpretation that the government has conveniently classified, so
it
cannot be publicly assessed or challenged. But one prominent
Patriot-watcher asserts that the secret interpretation empowers the
government to deploy ”dragnets” for massive amounts of information
on
private citizens; the government portrays its data-collection
efforts
much differently." - Also posted
at
Cryptogon & ICH
US
judges
tragic kickback greed exposes prison system profiteering
Must View RTVideo - Alt -
(RTYuTb -
4min 19sec - May 26, 2011) - Source:
RussiaToday
- A quote..."With well over 2 million people in jail - the U.S. has
the
world's biggest prison population. But some are seeing the inside of
a
cell because dodgy judges are getting payback from the private
sector.
RT's Gayane Chichakyan reports on those dishing out justice for a
fee."
Rage
Against
The
TSA:
Protesters
Storm
Texas
Capitol
Contains Videos - A
quote...."Demonstrators led by Alex Jones chant “treason” in
response
to federal government threat to close down Texas airport."
BREAKING:
Judge Voids Wisconsin Anti-Union Bill - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."Wisconsin's law taking away nearly all collective
bargaining rights from most public workers was struck down Thursday
by
a circuit court judge but the ruling will not be the final say in
the
union fight that brought tens of thousands of protesters to the
Capitol
earlier this year." -- A comment....
"Remember when teachers, public
employees, Planned Parenthood, NPR, & PBS crashed the stock
market,
wiped out half of our 401Ks, took trillions in TARP money, spilled
oil
in the Gulf of Mexico, gave themselves billions in bonuses, &
paid
no taxes? -- Yeah, me neither." -- *Michael
Rivero*
US
military
warned
of
S.Korea,
Japan
cost
overruns
A quote...."WASHINGTON — A US government report warned Wednesday
that
the Pentagon was likely underestimating billions of dollars in costs
for a controversial restructuring of bases in South Korea and
Japan."
Inside
Job
(2010)
Must View Video - InsideJob(1/8)
-
InsideJob(2/8)
- InsideJob(3/8)
- InsideJob(4/8)
- InsideJob(5/8)
- InsideJob(6/8)
- InsideJob(7/8)
- InsideJob(8/8)
- (YuTb - 15min/each - Mar 21, 2011) - Source: CODHVideos -- A
quote...."'Inside Job' provides a comprehensive analysis of the
global
financial crisis of 2008, which at a cost over $20 trillion, caused
millions of people to lose their jobs and homes in the worst
recession
since the Great Depression, and nearly resulted in a global
financial
collapse. The film traces the rise of a rogue industry which has
corrupted politics, regulation, and academia. It was made on
location
in the United States, Iceland, England, France, Singapore, and
China."
Website editor's
note:
Inside Job
is a 2010 documentary film about the financial crisis of
2007–2010
directed by Charles H. Ferguson. The film was screened at the
Cannes
Film Festival in May 2010.
The
film
won
an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2011" -
The film wasn't shown at very
many
theaters (one can imagine why). To support the people who
made
this film, you can purchase a DVD or pay for a downloaded copy -
mpg...
Inside
Job
[DVD]
by
Charles
Ferguson
in
Movies
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More
On The
International Situation....
The
Assault
On Libya....
Welcome to
the
Violent World of Mr. Hopey Changey
Must Read - A
quote...."When Britain lost control of Egypt in 1956, Prime Minister
Anthony Eden said he wanted the nationalist president Gamal Abdel
Nasser "destroyed … murdered … I don’t give a damn if there’s
anarchy
and chaos in Egypt." Those insolent Arabs, Winston Churchill had
urged
in 1951, should be driven "into the gutter from which they should
never
have emerged." -- The language of colonialism may have been
modified;
the spirit and the hypocrisy are unchanged. A new imperial phase is
unfolding in direct response to the Arab uprising that began in
January
and has shocked Washington and Europe, causing an Eden-style panic.
The
loss of the Egyptian tyrant Mubarak was grievous, though not
irretrievable; an American-backed counterrevolution is under way as
the
military regime in Cairo is seduced with new bribes and power
shifting
from the street to political groups that did not initiate the
revolution. The western aim, as ever, is to stop authentic democracy
and reclaim control." - also
posted
at ICH
& Uruknet
Cynthia
McKinney:
Obama’s
So
Called
Humanitarian
Aid
to
Libya
is
A
Disaster
Must View AJVideo - CM&AJ(1/2) - CM&AJ(2/2) - CMFnlThoughts
-
(AJYuTb - 15 min - May 25, 2011) - Source:
TheAlexJonesChannel
-- A quote...."Alex welcomes to the show former U.S. Congresswoman
Cynthia McKinney, who has criticized Obama for bombing Libya and
killing civilians."
NATO
continues
Assault
on
Gaddafi
A quote...."NATO has launched a fourth night of airstrikes on
Tripoli,
leaving smoke rising from Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s compound
where five loud blasts were heard in the vicinity."
NATO
testing
‘Kosovo
model’
in
Libya
and
Syria
A quote...."On the 23d of May the naval forces of the US, NATO,
South
Europe and North Africa launched the maneuvers codenamed Phoenix
Express.Politically, the aim is to demonstrate that members of the
alliance are ready to join efforts in case anything goes wrong in
Libya. As far as the maneuvers themselves are concerned, training is
primarily aimed to be ready to land troops no only in Libya but in
Syria as well."
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Gunmen kill Iraqi
tasked with purging Saddamists
A quote...."BAGHDAD – The head of a committee tasked with rooting
out
Iraqis with ties to Saddam Hussein's deposed regime and who was once
arrested for alleged ties to Shiite militias was shot to death late
Thursday in Baghdad, officials said."
Massive
Anti-US
Rally
in
Baghdad:
Shi’ites
Demand
Pullout
A quote...."Though Iraq’s government had mostly managed to keep the
protesters off the streets over the past several weeks, a massive
rally
organized by supporters of Moqtada al-Sadr took place in the capital
city of Baghdad today. There, tens of thousands of Shi’ites marched
to
Sadr City, condemning the US and demanding that the American troops
leave by December 31." - also
posted
at WarInIraq
Iraq's
Moqtada
al-Sadr
warns
Mehdi
Army
ready
to
fight
US
Video - A quote...."Iraqi
cleric and militia leader Moqtada al-Sadr has threatened to take up
arms against US troops unless they leave the country by the end of
the
year. -- In a rare interview, he told the BBC he believed US forces
would not stick to an agreement to withdraw from Iraq. -- The US
still
has about 46,000 troops in Iraq, due to withdraw by January 2012. --
Gabriel Gatehouse reports."
U.S.
general:
Militant
attacks
on
American
troops
in
Iraq
on
the
rise
A quote...."(CNN) -- Attacks against American troops in Iraq by
armed
militias are on the rise, an attempt to demonstrate their power
ahead
of an anticipated U.S. withdrawal at the end of the year, a top
military spokesman said." - also
posted at WarInIraq
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As
Afghanistan Rises in Revolt, America Sinks Further into Grave of
Empires
A quote...."Public anger in Afghanistan will be the death of the
occupation, since it is public anger – over the murder of civilians,
over the obliteration of villages by US air power, over the
occupation
itself – that drives the insurgency. -- The United States is not
winning the battle for “hearts and minds,” that much is clear. In
addition, the hearts and minds of the military occupying Afghanistan
are being lost as well. -- As the Taliban’s spring offensive heats
up,
we will see more of the same: more killings by NATO, more riots, and
the US sinking deeper into the grave of empires." - also posted at Uruknet
-- A comment....
"Although the writer of this
article appears to have "drunk the Koolaid" on the alleged Bin
Laden
hit earlier this month, everything else he says is, horrifically
and
sadly, accurate. -- There never was a military potential to "win"
this
war, and the veterans of the old Soviet Union's attempt to occupy
Afghanistan are laughing their heads off at the US." -- *Michael Rivero*
Foreign
fighters
massing
in
Pakistan
tribal
region
to
launch
attacks
in
Afghanistan
Related Article - A quote...."Foreign fighters are massing in
Pakistan's lawless tribal areas as they prepare to launch attacks
across the border on international troops in Afghanistan, according
to
an al-Qaeda member captured by Nato."
7
US troops among 9 NATO dead in Afghanistan
A quote...."KABUL, Afghanistan — Nine NATO service members were
killed
Thursday in Afghanistan, including seven U.S. troops among eight who
died when a powerful bomb exploded in a field where they were
patrolling on foot, officials said." - also posted at Uruknet
NATO aircraft
goes down in Afghanistan
A quote...."A NATO aircraft has crashed in the troubled western
Afghanistan following a number of similar coalition aircraft
accidents
in the region." - also
posted
at WarInIraq
US-led troops
kill 3 Afghan civilians
A quote...."US-led soldiers have fatally shot three farmers in
Afghanistan's central province of Wardak amid growing civilian
casualties prompted by the US-led occupation of the war-torn
country."
NATO
airstrikes kill 5 Afghan policemen
A quote...."At least five Afghan policemen have been killed and a
senior commander has been injured in airstrikes carried out by NATO
in
Afghanistan's eastern province of Nuristan. "
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Foreign
Hand
Behind
PNS
Mehran
Base
Attack
in
Pakistan
False Flag
Exposed? - A quote...."Islamabad—Information pieced
together by
anti-terrorism experts has confirmed that the May 22 attack at PNS
Mehran Base in Karachi was the work of professionals and fully
trained
terrorists backed and supported by foreign authorities and
intelligence
networks. -- Officials engaged in collection of information from the
scene of the incident have learned that at least three of the
attackers
appeared to be from Uzbekistan, had full knowledge the area and were
technically trained in urban warfare. -- Some officials also find
the
footprints of Al-Qaeda leader Saif el Adil’s role behind the May 22
attack but others do not rule out the possibility of a behind the
scenes role of some major intelligence network."
Karachi
attack
a
"US
operation"
claims
Pakist
ex-general
Video - Alt
- The former head of Pakistan's ISI, Hamid Gul, tells Channel 4 News
that he is "100 per cent sure" a Taliban attack on a major naval air
base in Karachi was an "American operation".
Pakistan
shuts
down
U.S.
'intelligence
fusion'
cells
A quote...."Pakistan also tells the U.S. to cut back its troops in
the
country, in a move amid deepening mistrust after the U.S. raid to
kill
Osama bin Laden and a CIA contractor's shooting of two Pakistani
men.
Joints Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen heads to Pakistan for
talks."
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Iran's
Back
on
the
Front
Burner
-
And
the
Heat's
Being
Turned
Up
A quote...." After the many references to the arch-enemy of Israel
and
the US during Netanyahu’s recent visit to the US to meet with Obama,
address the AIPAC conference and a joint sitting of the US congress,
Iran has quietly been moved on to the front burner of Middle East
politics and the heat is now gradually being turned up. -- The
up-front
issue of the visit has been the so-called ‘peace process’ between
Israel and the Palestinians but always lurking within the narrative
of
vitriol against the Palestinians generally, and Hamas and Hezbollah
particularly, is the role of Iran and its supposed ‘nuclear weapons
program’."
Iran
Nuclear
Scare
Timeline
Update
XXXVI:
A
Busy
Week,
AIPAC'd
with
Propaganda
Related Article - Over the past five months, I have been adding
updates
to my article, "The Phantom Menace: Fantasies, Falsehoods, and
Fear-Mongering about Iran's Nuclear Program," whenever new
predictions
and allegations about Iran's nuclear program are released."
Iran
Inaugurates
Several
Infrastructural
Projects
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran on Thursday inaugurated several major
infrastructural projects in the precence of President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad."
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In
Saakashvili’s
Georgia,
the
Bloom
Is
Off
the
Rose
Special Note - A
quote...."In 2003, Georgia’s bloodless “Rose Revolution” replaced
Edouard Shevardnadze with Mikhail Saakashvili, a totalitarian
US-installed puppet with ties to other NATO countries and Israel. --
Shevardnadze became a liability when he began dealing with Russia on
energy pipelines and privatizations. Funded by the State Department,
US
intelligence, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), George
Soros,
and Freedom House, efforts to replace him played out as follows." -
Source: SteveLendman
Clashes
in
Georgia
–
Wayne
Madsen
RTVideo - Alt -
(RTYuTb -
10min12sec - May 25, 2011) - Source:
RTAmerica --
A quote...."(RussiaToday) – Thousands of protestors have lashed out
in
Georgia against President Mikheil Saakashvili this week, and now
demonstrations are leading to violence and arrests. Are the events
in
Georgia similar to other oversea uprisings the world has seen as of
late? Investigative journalist Wayne Madsen thinks so. In this case,
however, the leader in question—Saakashvili—is a US puppet, says
Madsen. And while this revolt may be similar to protests in Egypt,
Yemen and elsewhere, Madsen doubts NATO won’t impose a no-fly zone
over
Georgia anytime soon, noting America’s allegiance with Saakashvili."
No
Remorse:
RT caught in Tbilisi brutal dispersal of Georgia protesters
RTVideo - Alt -
(RTYuTb -
4min01sec - May 26, 2011) - Source:
RTAmerica --
A quote...."(RussiaToday) – At least two dead and dozens
hospitalised -
protesters in Georgia have found out the hard way why they shouldn't
speak out against their leadership. Police showed little restraint
in a
crackdown on crowds who'd turned out for what's been called
Georgia's
'Day Of Rage' - demanding that President Saakashvili resign."
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'UK
slavish
behavior
exposed
as US gets weaker'
RTVideo - Alt -
(RTYuTb -
6min34sec - May 25, 2011) - Source:
RTAmerica --
A quote...."(RussiaToday) – Since the start of the campaign in
Libya,
the U.S. has taken a step back from the military action - leaving
its
allies, particularly the UK, mired there. Ian Williams of the New
York
based, Foreign Policy in Focus think-tank, says America chose
Britain
as the best servant in its war, so Obama can prepare for the next
presidential elections."
The
drug
wars
in
Central
America:
no
mercy!
A quote...."Experts in Latin America believe that drug wars on the
Mexico-U.S. border are being initiated by agents of the DEA, CIA and
FBI. Huge sums are spent to provide financial and even military
assistance to drug lords in Guatemala, Honduras: they are said to
have
been receiving arms, including grenade launchers and mines.Drug
cartels
are better armed than law enforcement forces and the army…"
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More on the
World Wide Revolution....
Things
Are
Spinning
Out
of
Control
(May
25,
2011)
Special Note - A
quote...."The single greatest conceit of the Status Quo in the U.S.,
China and Euroland is that systems and trends can be tightly
controlled. That conceit is slowly being revealed as hubris, as all
sorts of things are spinning out of the control of the centralized
authorities and financial elites in each geopolitical power center.
--
Does anyone really think the people of Greece will stand idly by
while
the state treasures of their nation are transferred to the banks
which
foolishly lent billions to a visibly risky enterprise? The banks, of
course, lent freely to insolvent governments throughout the European
Union, confident in the backstop of the E.U. itself."
The
IMF
versus
the
Arab
spring
A quote...."In the midst of the media storm surrounding IMF chief
Dominique Strauss-Kahn last week, my feelings were perfectly
expressed
in a tweet by Paul Kingsnorth: "Could someone please arrest the head
of
the IMF for screwing the poor for 60 years?" -- Without diminishing
the
seriousness of the sexual allegations against Strauss-Kahn, the role
of
the IMF, over past decades and at present, is a far bigger story. Of
particular importance is its role at this crucial moment in the
Middle
East." - also posted at ICH
G8
summit: major powers discuss how to contain “Arab Spring”
A quote...."The G8 summit opened in France Thursday with discussion
on
a response to the so-called “Arab Spring” that has seen mass
uprisings
against Western-backed regimes. -- The two-day meeting is being held
under the shadow of the sharpening global crisis of capitalism,
including the sovereign debt crisis in Europe and the ballooning US
debt, which has now surpassed $14 trillion."
What
way
forward
for
Spain’s
“angry
ones”?
A quote...."The mass demonstrations that began in Spain on May 15
have
been driven by the immense popular anger over the austerity measures
imposed by the Socialist Party (PSOE) government. These measures are
being implemented, amid widespread hardship and unemployment levels
that reach close to 50 percent among 18 to 25-year-olds—the core of
los
indignados [the angry ones]."
Everything
seems possible in “Second Day of [Egyptian] Rage”
A quote...."Marches in Cairo, Alexandria and Suez and a sit-in in
Tahrir are among activists' plans for Friday's day of rage"
Death
toll
soars
in
fighting
in
Yemeni
capital
A quote...."At least 40 people were killed Thursday in bloody
battles
in Sanaa, the capital city of Yemen, bringing the death toll in four
days of fighting between anti-government militiamen and forces loyal
to
President Ali Abdullah Saleh to more than 100."
Civil
war looms in Yemen as fighting escalates
A quote...."SANAA: More than 40 Yemenis were killed in pitched
street
battles in the capital on Thursday as fighting aimed at ending
President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s three-decade-long rule threatened to
ignite civil war." - also posted
at
Uruknet
Four
Yemeni
civilians
killed
as
clashes
between
Saleh’s
forces
and
tribesmen
renewed
A quote...."Clashes between supporters and tribes opposing Yemeni
President Ali Abdullah Saleh raged on in the capital Sanaa on
Thursday
killing four more civilians, the official Saba news agency said,
taking
the death toll since Monday to at least 48, Agence-France Presse
reported on Thursday."
'45 holy sites
attacked in Bahrain'
A quote...."The head of Bahrain's Ja'afari Endowments, Ahmed
Hussein,
has said that the regime forces attacked 45 holy sites over the past
days."
Saudi
troops
sent
to
crush
Bahrain
protests
'had
British
training'
Over
70
killed
in
Yemeni
clashes
Yemeni
president
adamant
he
'will
not
leave
power'
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More Tales
From the Zio-Sphere
The
Book
of
Netanyahu
Must Read - Quote of the Day...."On the
First
Day Lord Netanyahu met with his faithful counselor Count
Avigdor.
Avigdor said, “O Lord Netanyahu, you must go even unto the land of
the
Obamaites to deal with their King. The Obamaites have rendered
unto us their gold and precious goods in great abundance but now
their
King is seeking to treat with our enemies.”
"Then Netanyahu spoke and his heart was full of anger. “Yea verily,
we
must smite them and also their wives and children and all that they
hold dear. For even as we have smitten the children of Canaan
we
will strike them. They shall ken who is master and who is
slave. Prepare for me my chariot of gold and I will journey
even
unto the land of the Obamaites with my host. Instruct our
brethren in the land of the Obamaites to prepare for my coming with
stealth."
"Organize them with weapons ready at hand and instruct them to
deceive
the Obamaites by declaring fealty and respect for the Kingdom of
Obama
so the King’s retainers will not fear them. When the King of
the
Obamaites declares his bad faith they shall be prepared to rise up
and
join us.” And so it was done. Lord Netanyahu ascended
into
his chariot of gold to confront the King of the Obamaites and smite
him
sorely. And the children of Israel rejoiced."
Why Does
Congress Love Israel SO Much? – Cenk Uygur
Video - "TheTurk" -
(MSNBCVid - 4min02sec - May 25, 2011) - Source: MOXNEWSd0tCOM
- Some obvious observations
regarding
Obama's statement that "....the borders of Israel and Palestine
should
be based on the 1967 lines...." - mpg
Obama
Makes
It
Clear
He's
With
the
Zionists
of
Israel
Related Article - A quote...."At his speech to the American Israel
Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) convention yesterday President
Obama
made it abundantly clear that, if ever push comes to shove between
the
Arabs and Israel, the US will always support Israel no matter what.
--
The ‘disagreements’ between Obama and Netanyahu over ‘borders’ seem
in
retrospect to be a put-on show; a political sham. Obama knew all
along
that Netanyahu would never accept the 1967 borders as even a starter
for talks."
Jewistan:
Finally
Recognizing
Israel
as
the
Jewish
State
A quote...."May 25, 2011 "Information Clearing House" -- Israel’s
Likudnik Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reached into his bag of
Zionist tricks and pulled out a brand-new demand that had never
surfaced before in the history of the Middle East Peace Process
going
all the way back to their beginning with the negotiation of the
original Camp David Accords conducted under the personal auspices of
U.S. President Jimmy Carter in 1978: The Palestinians must recognize
Israel as “the Jewish State.” Not surprisingly, the Zionist
controlled
and funded Obama administration publicly endorsed this latest
roadblock
to peace that was maliciously constructed by Israel."
Move
Over
AIPAC
Flashmob
(D.C.
Union
Station)
Video - ActionAlert -
(YuTb - 4min39sec - May 21, 2011) - Source:
codepinkaction
- A quote...."Tell Obama to get out of bed with AIPAC! -- President
Obama will address AIPAC at their annual policy conference Sunday,
May
22, after meeting with Israeli PM Netanyahu. Outraged that Obama is
pandering to AIPAC? Tell him what you think of the Israel Lobby and
what's really needed for a lasting just peace in the region!"
Netanyahu
at
the
Congress:
What
a
Show
Special Note - A
quote...."Sisyphus’ battle is a piece of cake compared to the uphill
trudge the Palestinians will have to make in trying to convince the
US
of their cause. After Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s
speech before Congress on May 24, the effort seems almost pointless.
--
Where should I begin? The 25 or so standing ovations? The emphatic
nodding and smiles of Congress heads at almost each and every word
Bibi
said? The ridiculous welcome that looked more like the entrance of a
demi-god than of a controversial head of state? If Netanyahu’s
address
were not so dangerous - and frankly, insulting – the entire episode
would have come across as simply absurd."
Fact-checking
Netanyahu's Speech
A quote...."NETANYAHU:
"You don't need to export democracy to Israel. We've already got
it."
"REALITY: For more
than 43 years, Israel has militarily occupied the West Bank, Gaza
Strip
and East Jerusalem, a population now numbering 4.36 million people.
Except for a few thousand Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem,
this
population has no voice in Israeli national policy despite being
subjected to long-term Israeli occupation...."
"NETANYAHU: "[Y]ou
don't need to send American troops to Israel. We defend ourselves."
"REALITY: Israel
has
been the largest recipient of U.S. foreign aid since 1976, and has
received more than $140 billion from the U.S. since 1948...." - also posted at AlethoNews
-- An much more....
Egyptian
pyramids found by infra-red satellite images
A quote...."Well, this is only going to piss off Israel even more!
--
Israel's megaphonies are on overtime screaming about how Israel has
always occupied the holy lands for thousands of years (they didn't;
it
was owned by the Selucids in 200BC as one example) and are basically
telling everyone to let them steal Palestine because Palestine never
existed, Israel has always been there yadda yadda yadda yadda. -- Of
course, one look at the skin tone of the Ashkanzi which form the
predominant Jewish population of Israel confirms Alvin Toffler's
research. The Ashkenazi are not descended from the biblical Hebrews
but
from converted central Asian Khazars. But I digress."
Editor's
Note: Most "Jewish Israelis" aren't even ethnically
"Semites",
instead they're emigre Russians from Kazakhstan, whereas most
Palestinians are not only
"Semites" but are probably ethnic "Jews" that converted to Islam
back
in the seventh century. The WHOLE
situation is basically ridiculous. - mpg
The
BBC's New Censors - Now They're Trying to De-Politicize British
Youth!
Zio-Censorship Alert - A
quote...."Now, the BBC is even trying to stop the politicisation of
British youth! -- The BBC has released a statement proclaiming that
late night music shows were not the place for political controversy
–
young people might be listening. It came after the deliberate
censorship of a rapper "Mic Righteous" who had dared to utter the
words
"Free Palestine" in his set. The Palestine Solidarity Campaign
called
the edit an "extraordinary act of censorship", asking why the BBC
did
not ban the song "Free Nelson Mandela", back in 1984. On the
artist's
Facebook page, there is talk of how just the phrase "Gaza Strip" was
censored by the BBC." - also
posted
at AlethoNews
NIMA
SHIRAZI:
Israel
Always
Needs
an
Existential
Threat
to
Survive
Second Quote of the Day...."Considering
no
amount
of
actual
Israeli
aggression,
whether
in
the
form
of
ethnically
cleansing
East
Jerusalem,
shooting
unarmed
Palestinian
protesters
in the occupied West Bank, dropping bombs and white
phosphorous on a besieged civilian population in Gaza, or murdering
Turkish peace activists in international waters, is met with
anything
but unconditional support by Western powers, it’s hardly surprising
that Israel has been getting away with threatening a military attack
on
Iran for decades now. While it is true that both “the threat or use
of
force” is forbidden by the United Nations Charter, and therefore a
breach of international law, it has long been clear that Israel is
immune to such scrutiny as its ongoing violence is repeatedly
justified, endorsed, and funded by the United States." -- *Nima Shirazi*
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More
on
Japan's
Nuclear
Power
Plants....
Hawaii
Farmers
Treating
Milk
With
Boron
After
Finding
Radiation
2400
Times
Above
Safe
Levels
Radiation
Red
Alert - A quote...."A letter issued by Hawaii Milk farmers
advises other milk farmers to treat their milk with boron after
local
dairies detected Japan nuclear radiation in milk at 400 to 2400
times
the recognized safe levels." - also
posted
at AlexanderHiggins
Is
Fukushima now ten Chernobyls into the sea?
Radiation Alert
-
A quote...."New readings show levels of radioisotopes found up to 30
kilometers offshore from the on-going crisis at Fukushima are ten
times
higher than those measured in the Baltic and Black Seas during
Chernobyl." - also posted at
AlethoNews
Marine
life
soaking
up
radiation
along
Fukushima
coast
Radiation Alert
-
After having difficulties finding a lab in Japan to do detailed
analysis, we sent samples of seaweed, fish, and shellfish collected
by
our radiation monitoring teams both onshore and on the Rainbow to
professional labs in France and Belgium. The results of the details
analysis are back – and we can say that the situation in the ocean
along the Fukushima coast is worse than we originally thought."
IAEA
Knew
Within
Weeks
of
Japanese
Earthquake
that
Reactors
Had
Melted
Down
...
Public
Not
Told....
Radiation Cover-Up
Alert
- A quote...."As I noted
last week, reactors 1, 2 and 3 all melted down within hours of the
Japanese earthquake. -- On Monday, Mainchi Daily News provided
an important tidbit...."
Fukushima
melt-down
worse
than
Chernobyl
A quote...."The situation at the quake-hit Fukushima nuclear power
plant in Japan appears to have fit into the worst predicted
scenario.
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), which operates Fukushima, has
officially admitted that fuel rods at the Fukushima reactors have
partially melted, with a melt-down registered at one of the
reactors.
Remarkably, the announcement came on Tuesday when IAEA delegations
arrived in Japan to inspect the power plant. More from Artyom
Ananyan…"
Large
scale
melt
predicted
at
units
2
and
3
A quote...."Computer analysis of reactor damage at Fukushima Daiichi
has indicated more serious fuel melt has probably occurred than
previously thought at units 2 and 3."
New
leak
feared
at
stricken
Japan
nuclear
plant
A quote...."May 26 (Reuters) - Radioactive water appears to be
leaking
from a waste disposal building at Japan's Fukushima nuclear complex,
operator Tokyo Electric Power said on Thursday, in a new setback to
the
battle to contain radiation from the crippled power plant."
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More On The
Palestinian Situation
Egypt
to
Open
Rafah
Border
into
Gaza
Permanently - We
shall see. - mpg
A quote...."AL JAZEERA – Egyptian state news agency quotes military
sources as saying the border with Gaza will be opened starting from
Saturday."
Israeli
Military
Asks
Palestinian
Detainee
to
Pay
for
Own
Surgery - Sort'a
hard
to do when you're in prison.
A quote...."Jerusalem - PNN - The Palestinian detainees and
ex-detainees society announced on Thursday that the Israeli military
prison administration has asked Ahmed Assofor to pay the expenses of
a
surgery he needs."
Israeli
Troops
Arrest
Seven
Civilians
from
Ramallah
A quote...."Ramallah – PNN – Palestinian sources reported on
Thursday
that Israeli troops arrested seven men from Ramallah area in central
West Bank."
Nakba
Denials
Must
Be
Condemned
A quote...."When Palestinian refugees were gunned down by Israeli
soldiers upon marching towards their homeland during unarmed Nakba
Day
demonstrations, the floodgates of historic revisionism opened." - also posted at Uruknet
Haneyya:
We
are
committed
to
freeing
all
captives
A quote...."GAZA, (PIC)-- The Prime Minster of the Palestinian
government in Gaza said that his government is committed to the
freedom
of all Palestinian captives in Zionist occupation jails."
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More On The
Economic Situation....
Keiser
Report:
Gold
Stands
Rock
Hard
(E150) - Krazy
Max is back.....
MKVideo - Alt - (MKRTYuTb
- (MKRTYuTb
- 25min56sec - May 24th, 2011) - Source:
RussiaToday
- Producer: Max Keiser TV
--
A
quote...."This week Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, report on
American anger at gas prices, Middle East fears on wheat prices and
the
Chinese love for gold that has double in a year. In the second half
of
the show, Max talks to investment adviser, Ned Naylor-Leyland of
Cheviot Asset Management in London, about thousand ounce silver bars
and the precious metals market."
Marc
Faber:
Prepare
For
Another
War
Special Note - Related
Article - A quote...."Marc Faber of the "Gloom, Boom & Doom"
report spoke at the Ira Sohn Conference yesterday, and talked about
the
destructive nature of U.S. monetary and fiscal policy, and a way to
play it."
Consolidating
US
Money
Power:
The
Four
Horsemen
of
Global
Banking
A quote...."If you want to know where the true power center of the
world lies, follow the money - cui bono. According to Global
Finance magazine, as of 2010 the world’s five biggest banks are all
based in Rothschild fiefdoms UK and France. -- They are the
French BNP ($3 trillion in assets), Royal Bank of Scotland ($2.7
trillion), the UK-based HSBC Holdings ($2.4 trillion), the French
Credit Agricole ($2.2 trillion) and the British Barclays ($2.2
trillion). -- In the US, a combination of deregulation and
merger-mania has left four mega-banks ruling the financial
roost.
According to Global Finance, as of 2010 they are Bank of America
($2.2
trillion), JP Morgan Chase ($2 trillion), Citigroup ($1.9 trillion)
and
Wells Fargo ($1.25 trillion). I have dubbed them the Four
Horsemen of US banking." - also
posted at AmericanEveryman
The
Fed
Does
It
Again:
$80
Billion
Secretive
"Bank
Subsidy"
Program
Uncovered,
Providing
Bank
Loans
At
0.01%
Interest - A quote...."The
Fed does it again. Following consistent allegations that the Federal
Reserve operates in an opaque world, whose each and every action has
only had a purpose of serving its Wall Street masters, led to
repeated
lawsuits which went so far as to get the Chairsatan to promise he
would
be more transparent, Bloomberg's Bob Ivry breaks news that between
March and December 2008 the Fed operated a previously undisclosed
lending program, whose terms were nothing short of a subsidy to
banks."
Durable
Goods
Plummet:
-3.6%
On
Expectations
of
-2.5%;
8%
Monthly
Swing
From
4.4%
Prior
Print;
Ex
Transportation
Consensus
Missed
By
2% -- A
quote...."At this point there is no need to even highlight the
stagflationary crunch the US economy has entered, although the just
released Durable Goods number seals the deal: -3.6% on expectations
of
-2.5%, an 8% revised swing M/M! Ex transportation -1.5% with
consensus
of +0.5% (down from 1.3%). Q2 GDP now trending sub 2%."
Unemployment
Claims
in
U.S.
Unexpectedly
Increased
to
424,000
Last
Week
A quote...."More Americans than forecast filed applications for
unemployment benefits last week, a sign the labor market is
struggling
to gain momentum."
House
prices
slip
2.5%
in
first
quarter,
FHFA
says
A quote...."WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- U.S. house prices fell a
seasonally adjusted 2.5% in the first quarter and 0.3% in March, the
Federal Housing Finance Agency said Wednesday...."
Pace
of
foreclosure
sales
picks
up
A quote...."Sales of distressed properties rebounded in the first
quarter as cash investors chased discounts. Still, it will take many
months before all the foreclosures find buyers."
US
foreclosures hit record high in 2010
A quote...."A report shows that a total of 3.82 million foreclosures
were reported on a record 2.87 million US properties in 2010, a rise
of
nearly two percent from 2009."
GDP
Second
Rev.
At
1.8%
On
Expectations
Of
2.2%,
Sub
1%
Ex-Inventory
Build;
Initial
Claims
Surge
To
424K
A quote...."Contrary to expectations by the endlessly wrong Wall
Street
crew, the second revision of Q1 GDP came not as expected at 2.2% (up
from 1.8% in the first estimate), but far, far lower at 1.8%. And
while
the number is largely irrelevant for the future and even current
economy, it shows that the contraction is far more pronounced. More
troubling is the shift in various GDP components contributing to the
number...."
Charting
Why
0%
Y/Y
[US]
GDP
Growth
Is
A
Distinct
Possibility
Chart - (click to enlarge) - A
quote...."Today's chart of the week comes from Bloomberg's Senior
Economist, Joseph Brusuelas, who correlates initial claims (inverted
axis) and GDP (Y/Y% not annualized). Alas for Tim Geithner and
anyone
who read his "Welcome to the Recovery" Op-Ed from August 2010
clearly
written under the influence of hallucinogenic Kool-Aid, it appears
that
the economy is about to grind to a halt. The chart
needs no explanation."
Our
stagnating
economy:
Dismal
figures
show
UK
has
seen
NO
growth
in
six
months
A quote...."The economy failed to show significant growth over the
past
two quarters as household spending in the UK worsened. -- Gross
domestic product grew by 0.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2011,
according to the Office for National Statistics. -- However this
growth
simply cancelled out a 0.5 per cent decline in GDP in the final
quarter
of 2010...."
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