Saturday June 12th 2010 - to - Wednesday June 16th 2010

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Just to let you folks know, this website editor will be otherwise occupied from......
 
Saturday June 12th 2010 -- to -- Saturday June 19th 2010.

Of course if anything REALLY outrageous happens, like another Israeli/AIPAC inspired false flag event, or a large up-tempo increase in preperations for their long planed attack on Iran, this website editor will endevor to post more.

In the meantime enjoy all the wonderful websites listed on this site. - mpg
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Friday June 11th 2010

Keiser Report №49: Markets! Finance! Scandal!
Must View MKVideo - Alt - A quote...."This time Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, look at the scandals of financial wiseguys that 'know nothing,' including famed 'value investor,' Warren Buffett who says he knows nothing about his investments and nothing about how ratings contributed to the housing bubble. In the second half of the show, Max interviews economist Michael Hudson about the Latvian economy and real liberal economics."

Gerald Celente: U.S. Financial Markets to Collapse by End of 2010!
Must View AJVideo - VodPod - (click on any of the seven thumb sized images below the main screen to select your episode - or - allow it to auto-advance.  Place cursor over main screen for controls.  Click on main screen to go direct to YouTube. - mpg) -- Created By:  TheAlexJonesChannel  -- Collected From: Embedr -- A quote...."Alex also talks with Gerald Celente, renowned trend forecaster, publisher of the Trends Journal, business consultant and author who makes predictions about the global financial markets and other events of historical importance. Alex also covers the latest news and takes your calls."

Israeli Commandos Execute American Citizen
Contains Videos - EAC/Vid - DemoNowVid -- A quote...."Israeli soldiers allegedly killing Furkan Dogan 19 years --  See also: American, 19, Among Gaza Flotilla Dead: Furkan Dogan Was Shot Five Times, Including Four Times in Head" - Previously posted 06-09-10

Rachel Corrie and Furkan Dogan: Murdered American Heroes
Quote of the day...."You [Israel] killed 19-year-old Furkan Dogan brutally. Which faith, which holy book can be an excuse for killing him? ... The sixth commandment says, ‘Thou shalt not kill.’ Did you not understand? I'll say again. I say in English, ‘You shall not kill.’ Did you still not understand? So I'll say to you in your own language. I say in Hebrew, ‘Lo Tirtzakh.’” -- *Recep Tayyip Erdogan*, Turkish Prime Minister , 4 June 2010

Israeli Official Threatens to Kill Turkish PM - Here's Israel's reply....mpg
A quote...."Uzi Dayan, former deputy Chief of General Staff in Israel, says the Jewish state should consider a possible Turkish military escort of Gaza aid ships an act of war. “If the Turkish prime minister joins such a flotilla,” Dayan told Israeli army radio, according to the Jerusalem Post, “we should make clear beforehand this would be an act of war, and we would not try to take over the ship he was on, but would sink it. -- It is unprecedented for a top level state official to threaten a head of another state with murder.” - bold by website editor

The Gaza Flotilla and Israel’s Many, Many Rights
Must Read - A quote...."Even if no international law, and certainly no Law of the Sea, actually permits armed soldiers to board unarmed merchant ships in international waters, it is good that Gelb had the guts to say there’s one. Israel can rely as well on Dershowitz, the Harvard Law professor who years ago proposed that Israel destroy Palestinian villages in retaliation for suicide bombings—his own “Lidice” solution for which the Nazis who destroyed the Czech village of Lidice in retaliation for the murder of Rheinhard Heydrich were hanged. His counsel on the Huffington Post  will soon have the Israeli army storming Gaza, devastating Lebanon, nuking Iran, and sinking cruise liners. When push came to the shove of ethnically cleansing the entire West Bank of its Arab population, Les and Al would be there to tell us all that it was right and, of course, legal. That’s what lawyers, I mean real friends, are for."

US 'inciting conflict to trigger war'
A quote...."After voting against the fourth round of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear activities, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called it a matter of honor for Ankara." - also posted at WarInIraq

North Korea Sends Letter to UN Claiming U.S. False Flag on Ship Sinking
A quote...."North Korea has sent a letter to the U.N. Security Council rejecting accusations from South Korea that it was behind the sinking of one of its neighbor’s navy ships, saying it was the victim of a U.S.-led conspiracy."

Russian official regrets anti-Iran UN vote
A quote...."A senior Russian politician has criticized Moscow's support for new tougher UN Security Council sanctions against Iran, calling the move a mistake. -- "The introduction of new sanctions ruined relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and our country," Deputy Speaker of the State Duma Colonel Vladimir Zhirinovsky told reporters on Friday." - also posted at WarInIraq

FBI investigate peace activist
Contains Video - Special Note -  Alt - A quote...."At a recent protest in San Francisco, Zionists hurled insults at peace activists and also issued threats such as this...."

"You’re all being identified, every last one of you…we will find out where you live. We’re going to make your lives difficult..we will disrupt your families…"

"It would appear that there are Zionists in Austin, Texas, who share the same sentiment and have decided to enlist the services of the FBI in order to pursue their political agenda. -- What other plausible explanation can there be as to why the FBI came to question the mother of five shown in this video? She is a part-time registered nurse and part-time peace activist whose only form of “suspicious” behavior is that she has participated in protests calling for justice in Palestine." - also posted at WarInIraq
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Hazlitt's Battle With Bretton Woods
Must Read - A quote...."The Austrians were right" is a phrase we hear often now, and for good reason. The housing bubble and bust were called by the Austrians and, essentially, no one else. The Austrians were right about the dot-com bubble and bust. The Austrians were right about the 1970s stagflation and explosion in the price of gold after the gold window was closed."

Thursday June 10th 2010

America's Cowardly "Progressives"
Special Note - A quote...."After listening to a number of speeches at a national conference of progressives I come to this conclusion: Progressives are more than eager to take credit for electing President Obama and even to complain about the many failures of him and his administration.  They overwhelmingly feel that his campaign promises were far, far better than what he has delivered.  They are disappointed.  They are frustrated.  They are sad.  But ultimately they are also cowards. --  Why do I say this?  Because they seem completely incapable of using straightforward language to criticize Obama.  They resist saying he has lied to the public, betrayed progressives and sold out to corporate interests.  Most importantly, they do not want to openly confess and proclaim that he has been a sham government reformer."

Helen Thomas and the moral failure of US liberals
Special Note - Related Article - A quote...."The ostracism of Helen Thomas, the doyenne of the White House press corps, over her comment that Jews should "get the hell out of Palestine" and "go home" to Poland, Germany, America and elsewhere is revealing in several ways. In spite of an apology, the 89-year-old has been summarily retired by the Hearst newspaper group, dropped by her agent, spurned by the White House, and denounced by long-time friends and colleagues." - also posted at CounterPunch

David Ray Griffin on media resistance to 9-11 issues
Special Note - Related Article - (And don't forget America's cowardly "liberal" presstitutes - mpg) -- A quote...."Shawn Hamilton (SH):  “How do you account for the apparent psychological resistance even among members of the alternative media—who should know better—to even looking at the evidence?”  ---  "David Ray Griffin (DRG):  “In one sense it’s obviously a big mystery because these are people who’ve been on the forefront of exposing American complicity—you know, if we talk about Howard Zinn, Chomsky; we’re talking a long, long time here, so I never criticize these gentlemen because they’re heroes; they’ve done what they’ve done; we wouldn’t be here without them and so on. Some of the younger guys? I don’t know. Some of it is, I think, fear. I’m not talking about fear for their lives although I’ve heard of people who’ve said, ‘yeah, I’m afraid for my life,’ but I don’t think that’s the main thing. It’s more a fear of, well, job loss. That’s a big one for reporters. I talked to a reporter who had done one nine eleven story and so I said, ‘Well, are we going to get another one out of this lecture,” and he said, ‘I don’t think so. I don’t think my job would survive one more story." -- For more on this sort of issue see....Reficultnias's 9/11 Central
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IAEA board puts spotlight on Israel's nuclear weapons
A quote...."VIENNA: Arab states criticized Israel Thursday at a meeting of the UN atomic watchdog, calling on the country to come clean about its nuclear capability and open up to global scrutiny. -- Arab countries had succeeded – despite objections by the United States – in having an item entitled “Israeli nuclear capabilities” included on the agenda of a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency here. -- It was the first time since 1991 that the issue has included for discussion by the IAEA’s 35-member board."

US Slams Mention of Israeli Nukes at IAEA Meeting
The blatant, open, unapologetic, butt-kissing, servile, hypocrisy practiced by this nation's representitutes on behalf of Israel/AIPAC's agenda each and every single day is simply ASTOUNDING!!  In almost any other country in the world these people would be tried for treason and probably hung for cravenly complying with the whims of a foreign power.  Here in this country they're feted, lauded, given vast sums of money and repeatedly elected by a population so completely stupid and cowardly that they're willing to spend themselves into utter poverty while sacrificing the very LIVES of their own sons and daughters on behalf of the Israel/AIPAC agenda. Calling this population of Neo-Romans, " a bunch of drooling, propagandized, morons" would be a vastly over-generous description of their actual capabilities. Their degenerate mental processes, utterly amoral behavior and abysmal grasp of reality are in truth, simply indescribable. They are profoundly beyond any hope of redemption. - mpg- also posted at WarInIraq

Israeli request for more arms from US raises fears of regional violence
War Alert - A quote..."Israel has approached the United States for more bombs and asked Washington to increase an emergency arms cache stowed on Israeli soil by 50 per cent, according to the leading newspaper Ha'aretz." - also posted at ICH

Israel Threatens War if Turkish PM Tries to Deliver Gaza Aid
War Alert - A quote...."Israeli Army commander and top Likud member Uzi Dayan today warned on Israeli Army Radio that Israel would consider any attempt by the Turkish military to protect future aid ships from attack an “act of war.” - also posted at WarInIraq
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NATO allies poised to slash military budgets
A quote...."LONDON - European allies are bracing for their deepest cuts in military spending since the end of the Cold War, fueling concerns in Washington that an already wide gap in military power between the United States and the rest of NATO will grow." - also posted at WarInIraq

Renewed threat to Afghan supply line
A quote...."ISLAMABAD - The United States Defense Department has dismissed Wednesday's militant attack on a US convoy in Pakistan that destroyed about 60 trucks as "not going to have an effect" on overall operations in Afghanistan."

For the US in Afghanistan, the News Is Bad
A quote...."WASHINGTON, Jun 10, 2010 (IPS) - While U.S. officials insist they are making progress in reversing the momentum built up by the Taliban insurgency over the last several years, the latest news from Afghanistan suggests the opposite may be closer to the truth." - also posted at WarInIraq

McChrystal: Kandahar Invasion Delayed [Indefinitely!!!] Over Lack of Support
A quote...."Gen. Stanley McChrystal today announced that the long-planned invasion of Kandahar, initially slated for sometime this month, has been delayed indefinitely because of a lack of support among the local population."

Russia wants info on dealers of Afghan drugs from U.S.
A quote...."Russia has asked the United States for information about a number of people suspected of organizing the trafficking of Afghan drugs to Russia, a Russian official said on Thursday. -- We have identified several people who live in the U.S. and organize the trafficking of drugs from Afghanistan to Russia. We have passed this information on to the appropriate U.S. entities and we are waiting for confirmation," Russia's drug chief, Viktor Ivanov, told an international anti-drug forum in Moscow."
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Punjab Official Rules Out Allowing Military Offensive
A quote...."The Punjabi Provincial government will not allow the Pakistani military to launch any offensives against its territory, according to Law Minister Rana Sanaullah."

Peace Activist Kathy Kelly on the Secret US War in Pakistan
A quote...."In Pakistan, where the undeclared US war continues to expand, armed fighters attacked a convoy carrying military vehicles for NATO forces in Afghanistan, torching fifty trucks, killing seven, and injuring another seven. Last week, a senior United Nations official formally asked the Obama administration to halt or scale back CIA drone strikes on alleged militant suspects in Pakistan. For a perspective on what US policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan looks like on the ground, we’re joined here in New York by longtime activist Kathy Kelly. She just returned from a trip to Pakistan and Afghanistan, where she met with those she describes as "the impoverished and war-weary." [includes rush transcript]" -- ||  Real Video Stream  ||  Real Audio Stream  ||  MP3 Download  ||  More…  ||

Hoon: I did not know British troops hooded Iraqi prisoners
A quote...."Geoff Hoon, the former defence secretary, insisted yesterday that he did not know until the death of Baha Mousa that British troops hooded prisoners in Iraq as standard operating procedure."

'US cannot garner support for Iran war'
A quote...."Hans Blix made the remarks in an interview with Austrian daily Der Standard published on Wednesday, as the UN Security Council voted to impose a fourth round of sanctions against Tehran."

The New Iran Sanctions "Not Just Useless But Counterproductive"
Contains a really GREAT cartoon. - mpg -- A quote...."Our colleague, Robert Dreyfuss, contributing editor to The Nation, published a very sharp piece on the diplomatic, political, and strategic consequences of the new sanctions against Iran approved yesterday by the United Nations Security Council.  The title of Bob’s piece gives you the bottom line—“Iran Sanctions:  Not Just Useless But Counterproductive”.  We append a slightly redacted version of the piece below."

Iran sanctions worthless, Chavez says
A quote...."Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has strongly condemned a fourth round of UN Security Council sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program. -- Speaking in a televised speech Wednesday night, Chavez condemned the newly-approved UNSC measure against Iran and criticized the West for not taking any such step against Israel. -- "Israel massacres, kills, doesn't comply with United Nations resolutions ... and the United Nations acts as if nothing has happened," the Venezuelan president said."

Russia Moves Forward on Defense Missiles, Nuclear Plants for Iran - Sanctions No Obstacle to Either, Insists Lavrov -- A quote...."Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced today that they are in new talks with Iran on construction of additional nuclear power plants in the nation, and that they may still deliver the S-300 Missile Defense System to Iran, though no date was given for this delivery."

Russian strategic bombers on 23-hour record mission
A quote...."Moscow, Jun 10 (PTI) Two Russian Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers have carried out a record 23-hour patrol covering a distance of 18,000 kilometres without touching the ground."

Yemen Rules Out Awlaki Extradition, Asks US for Evidence
A quote...."Yemeni Minister Hamoud al-Hitar today insisted that his government would not be able to extradite New Mexico-born cleric Anwar Awlaki to the United States or any place else, because he holds Yemeni citizenship."

Images of Missile and Cluster Munitions Point to U.S. Role in Fatal Attack in Yemen
A quote...."Amnesty International has released images of a US-manufactured cruise missile that carried cluster munitions, apparently taken following an attack on an alleged al-Qa’ida training camp in Yemen that killed 41 local residents, including 14 women and 21 children." - Source: Amnesty International

China rebuffs US criticism on NKorea
A quote...."BEIJING – China said Thursday it has taken a "fair and responsible" attitude in dealing with North Korea's alleged attack on a South Korean warship, batting aside criticism by a top U.S. military official that Beijing hasn't done enough. -- Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said China's goal has been "to safeguard peace and stability" on the Korean peninsula."

Russia calls on Israel to join non-proliferation treaty
A quote...."Russia joined international calls for Israel to join the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and allow the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to inspect its nuclear facilities."

South Koreans slam visit by `killer` Peres
A quote...."....activists gathered outside the Israeli embassy in Seoul on Thursday to protest Israel's fatal attack on a Gaza aid convoy on May 31, which left 20 international volunteers onboard the ships killed and more than 40 others wounded."
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US tests bio weapons on citizens
A quote...."The United States is using its citizens as guinea pigs to test biological weapons and simulate germ warfare attacks in different locations across the country, reports say."

What Do The Sears Tower; WTC, and Terror Drills Have In Common?
False Flag Alert - A quote...."(IntelHub) – Larry Silverstein, owner of Silverstein Properties, Inc. and the man who leased the World Trade Center Towers also happens to be the owner of the Sears Tower in Chicago. The complex was renamed the Willis Tower on July 16, 2009 and is insured by global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings. The insurer is very important in the grand scheme as can be seen with the WTC, whose insurance settlement amounted to a cool 4.68 billion dollars."

Taliban Blamed for US Military AIDS/HIV Crisis
It's simply too funny for words.  Welcome folks, to the New Roman Empire. - mpg -- A quote...."The failed social experimentation in our military of permitting homosexuals to join the military under "Don't ask, Don't tell" is starting to bear some pretty ugly fruit. The Veteran's Administration hospitals are now the single largest HIV Care Givers in the United States. (Source) -- "The Pentagon understands that 19,000 soldiers already have HIV/AIDS and that some — if not most — came down with the deadly disease through prohibited gay sexual conduct. It is common sense that opening the ranks to open and active homosexuals would only increase this problem." (Source)" - Article Source:  MoneyTeachers

TSA Thugs Make People Drop Pants To Go Through Airport Body Scanners
YEP! - Like this website editor has always said....welcome to the New Roman Empire. - mpg -- A quote...."New body-scanning machines have detected hidden weapons like ceramic knives and flagged illegal drugs. But they’ve also tested the patience—and vanity—of some passengers."
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US Border Patrol murders Mexican teenager
A quote...."In the second killing of a Mexican citizen by the US Border Patrol in less than two weeks, an agent shot and killed a 15-year-old youth Monday evening at the El Paso, Texas-Ciudad Juarez crossing."

Cell phone video appears to show US border patrol killing Mexican teen
Contains Video - A quote...."A cell phone video has surfaced showing a US border patrol officer shooting a Mexican boy in Ciudad Juarez. Fourteen-year-old Sergio Adrian Hernandez Guereca was on the Mexican side of the border when he was shot and killed." - For more on the FBI's lying ways see....The Nation's Privy Cleaners - 04-26-10 - mpg
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Transfer - (a.k.a. ethnic cleansing, or in it's worst form....genocide. - mpg)
Must Read - A quote...."People are starting to notice that it is rather hypocritical for the Jews - and yes, it was the Jews - to crucify - and yes, it was a crucifixion - Helen Thomas for the sin of being flippant about what should be done about the sins of the Jewish people. The mass ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians is an obsession of World Jewry. An obsession.  --  There are entire books written about the role of transfer in the history of Zionism (see a list of links here, "Expulsion of the Palestinians: The Concept of "Transfer" in Zionist Political Thought, 1882-1948" by Nur Masalha, "The Palestinian exodus, 1948-1998" edited by Ghada Karmi and Eugene Cotran containing a relevant article by Nur Masalha, another article by Nur Masalha here, and the book by Chaim Simons, available here as a pdf). --  For a group which likes to say 'A land without a people for a people without a land', they sure spent a lot of time planning the mass transplantation of the people who apparently weren't there."

Nazi Germany or Apartheid Israel? You Make the Call!
Special Note - A quote...."1. Which country, Nazi Germany or Apartheid Israel, repeatedly told/tells its people that they were/are a type of 'Master Race,' CHOSEN above all to be above all?  --  2. Which country, Nazi Germany or Apartheid Israel, was/is ruled by paranoid psychos who, thinking the world was/is out to get them, armed themselves with all the latest weapons?  --  3. Which country, Nazi Germany or Apartheid Israel, was/is helped in securing all of those weapons by factions in the US government and Wall Street?  --  4....."

Israel steps up repression against its Arab citizens
A quote...."Alongside its May 31 assault on a convoy bringing aid to Gaza, Israel has stepped up its repression of domestic political opponents. -- In recent weeks, the security authorities have detained two prominent figures within the Israeli Arab community, accusing them of acting as spies for the Lebanese organisation, Hezbollah."

The Muslim and Irish Experience - (YouTube - 9 min 6 sec - May 30, 2010)
Video - A quote...."Excerpt clips taken from BBC1 - What's it like to be a Muslim in Northern Ireland? When a Muslim family moved to the province they hoped to side-step the troubles between Catholics and Protestants. Instead, they became a new target for local bigots, as this exclusive interview reveals.A report on parallels between the experiences of Irish communities in 1970's Birmingham UK and Muslim communities, today.
Reporter/Producer: Robert Murray"
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The Attack and Seizure of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla....(Day 12 - June 10th 2010)

New Video Smuggled Out from Mavi Marmara of Israel’s Deadly Assault on Gaza Aid Flotilla
Israel's Propaganda LIES Exposed - A Democracy Now EXCLUSIVE: -- A quote...."In a Democracy Now! exclusive, we bring you a sneak preview of previously unseen raw footage from the Mavi Marmara that will be formally released at a press conference at the United Nations later in the day. The footage shows the mood and the activities onboard the Mavi Marmara in the time leading up to the attack, and the immediate reaction of the passengers during the attack. We are joined by filmmaker and activist Iara Lee, one of the few Americans on the Mavi Marmara  ship. Her equipment was confiscated, but she managed to smuggle out an hour’s worth of footage. [includes rush transcript]" -- ||  Real Video Stream  ||  Real Audio Stream  ||  MP3 Download  ||  More…  || 

Israeli document: Gaza blockade isn't about security
Israel's Propaganda LIES Exposed - A quote...."JERUSALEM — As Israel ordered a slight easing of its blockade of the Gaza Strip Wednesday, McClatchy obtained an Israeli government document that describes the blockade not as a security measure but as "economic warfare" against the Islamist group Hamas, which rules the Palestinian territory." - also posted at ICH - For more on this issue see....US Sponsored Civil Wars - Palestine

(Updated) Nailed Again: IDF Description of Suspicious Photo It Distributed Is Retracted
Israel's Propaganda LIES Exposed - A quote...."Update: The subject of the photo has been identified. Reader el_sirio writes: “The guy in the picture is Yemeni lawmaker Mohammad al-Hazmi, showing his ceremonial dagger (known in Yemen as Jambiya), which is carried by every single man in Yemen and is an essential part of the traditional Yemeni dress. Al-Hazmi was detained by the Israelis along with 2 other Yemeni MPs who were on the flotilla. One of them told Yemeni newspapers that the picture was taken long before the Mavi Marmara was attacked by the Israelis. Al-Hazmi was showing off his ceremonial dagger to curious journalists and foreigners on the ship. In this link [Arabic] MP Hazza al-Maswari says that at the time of the Israeli attack, al-Hazmi did not have his Jambiya on him.”

In their own words: Survivor testimonies from Flotilla 31 May 2010
Quote of the day...."(The attack) was a surprise, because it happened in the middle of the night, in the darkness, in international waters, because we knew there would be a confrontation but not in international waters. Their first tactic was to cut all of our satellite communications and then they attacked. All I witnessed first hand was the shooting. They came on board and started shooting at people." -- "We expected them to shoot people in the legs, to shoot in the air, just to scare people, but they were direct," "Some of them shot in the passengers' heads. Many people were murdered – it was unimaginable." -- *lara Lee*, Brazilian Filmmaker (based in San Francisco)

State Terrorism
A quote...."No matter how Israel attempts to dress up piracy on the high seas, in international waters - described by legal experts and politicians as state terrorism, resulting in nine confirmed deaths, claims of more, and up to sixty reportedly injured; the abduction and hostage taking of the passengers on six vessels - an act from a country given unique legal latitude, which might prove a final act of political suicide."

Turkey proposes Nato action on Gaza blockade
BRUSSELS. A Turkish minister proposed yesterday sending a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation fleet to end an Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip following the deaths of nine Turks in a raid by Israeli commandos on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. "
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

50 Ships To Join Second Freedom Flotilla
Convoy News - A quote...."Yasser Qashlaq, the head of the Free Palestine Movement, announced Thursday that Freedom Flotilla 2 could include up to 50 ships."

[Non-Zionist German] Jews to send Gaza blockade-buster ship
Convoy News - A quote...."A group of Jewish activists in Germany are preparing to send an aid ship to the Gaza Strip, which has been under an Israeli-imposed blockade for three years."

Bahraini aid convoy preparing for trip to Gaza
Convoy News - A quote...."Gaza – Ma'an – A 15-person strong aid convoy will depart from Bahrain in the coming days, loaded with almost a ton of aid for the Gaza Strip, spokesman for the Popular Committee Against the Siege Ali An-Nazli said Thursday."

Hamas: Obama’s remarks on Gaza insincere and empty
A quote...."GAZA, (PIC)-- The Movement of Hamas stated Thursday that the remarks made by US president Barack Obama in which he described the situation in Gaza as unbearable are insincere and empty words. -- In a press release, Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said that Obama knows well that the 400 million dollars which he promised to send to Gaza will only reach the Palestinian authority (PA) which will seize the money for itself."

Torture Of Palestinian Child Prisoners "Widespread And Institutionalised"
A quote...."This week a DCI (Defence For Children International) report found that Palestinian children are still routinely tortured under Israeli custody. The document, based on hundreds of sworn, independent affidavits, has been submitted to the UN Committee Against Torture."

Greek Tragedy in Jerusalem
A quote...."Its not easy to pinpoint when the saga began, but it gathered momentum following the March 18th, 2005 headline in right-wing Israeli tabloid Maariv that proclaimed “Omar Bin Khattab Square is ours”." -- "The issue became politically charged when it became clear that the offshore companies behind the deal – Gallow Global, Richards Marketing Corporation and Berisford Investments Ltd: one based in Guernsey, the other two based in the Virgin Islands – were actually a front for Ateret Cohanim, a right-wing Jewish settler organisation."

Ongoing Land Theft by Israel in Al-Walaja
Video - Alt -- A quote...."aicvideo — June 10, 2010 — Al-Walaja, a small West Bank village, faces land confiscation and the continued uprooting of trees to make way for Israel's wall. Local activists staged an act of civil disobedience in an attempt to halt the illegal bulldozing, and faced aggression by the Israeli Border Police."
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The Myth of Monolithic Communism
Must Read - From the history file - February 1979 -- A quote...."For decades it was an axiom of conservative faith that international Communism was and must be a monolith, that Communism in all its aspects and manifestations was simply pure evil (because it was "atheistic" and/or totalitarian by definition), and that therefore all Communism was necessarily the same."

Keiser Report №50: Markets! Finance! Scandal!
Video - Alt - A quote...."This time Max Keiser and co-host Stacy Herbert look at "sucking gold and slurping silver" with Goldman Sachs in China and at banks refusing to buy back their toxic loans from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In the second half of the show, Max interviews Vincent Fernando of Business Insider about debt deflation, wage inflation and austerity measures."

Debt Spreading 'Like a Cancer': Black Swan Author
Special Note - A quote...."The economic situation today is drastically worse than a couple years ago, and the euro is doomed as a concept, Nassim Taleb, professor and author of the bestselling book "The Black Swan," told CNBC on Thursday. -- We had less debt cumulatively (two years ago), and more people employed. Today, we have more risk in the system, and a smaller tax base," Taleb said. -- "Banks balance sheets are just as bad as they were" two years ago when the crisis began and "the quality of the risks hasn't improved," he added." - bold by website editor

US Total Government Debt Reaches 130% of GDP
A quote...."Here's a postcard from off-balance-sheet country. -- This includes only current debt and not future unfunded obligations. -- I like to call this US debt chart "The Last Bubble," but it could equally apply to a chart showing the representation of this debt - the US bonds, notes, bills and of course dollars, which are really nothing more than Federal Reserve Notes of zero duration in the modern fiatopia."

Banks Say No. Too Bad Taxpayers Can’t
A quote...."FROM the earliest days of the credit crisis, the nation’s big financial institutions have been less than forthcoming about ballooning loan losses buried inside their books. To some degree this is understandable: denial is a powerful thing, after all, and writing off troubled loans during a period of severe stress is, for bankers, the equivalent of getting a root canal."

Record Number of Foreclosed Homes Seized by Banks in May
A quote...."According to RealtyTrac almost 323,000 homes received a foreclosure-related notice in May.  This represents an increase of .5 percent from May 2009, but a decrease of 3 percent from April 2010.  It will likely take years and years for the glut of distressed properties to be absorbed, likely hurting home values for years to come.  RealtyTrac lists 900,000 real estate owned (REO) properties in its database, an all-time high."

More Than 1 In 5 American Children Are Now Living Below The Poverty Line
A quote...."Perhaps the greatest victims of the economic nightmare that is unfolding right in front of our eyes are our children.  The overall economic numbers are really bad, but when you examine the impact that this economy is having on children things get really horrifying.  Today, 1 in 5 American children live in poverty and 1 in 4 American children are on food stamps."

May Treasury Deficit Comes In At $135.9 Billion
Chart - A quote...."The May US deficit came in at $135.9 billion, the third highest (or, technically, lowest) May on record, but better than last May's $189.7 billion. This number was made up of total outlays of $282.7 billion and receipts of $146.8 billion, 3rd and 4th highest ever, respectively. Sequentially, the number was $53 billion worse than the April deficit of $82.7 billion. Total interest on Treasury debt was $23.8 billion, or 8% of total outlays. Surprisingly, in May, the DTS announced that only $43 billion of new debt was raised (largely due to a settlement delay of about $100 billion at the end of May which hit the June ledger)."

Foreign trade falters in April -- U.S. deficit widens to $40.3 billion as exports fall more than imports
A quote...."WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The trade of goods and services across U.S. borders softened in April and the trade deficit rose to the highest level in more than a year, the Commerce Department estimated Thursday."

Big Risk: $1.2 Quadrillion Derivatives Market Dwarfs World GDP
A quote...."One of the biggest risks to the world's financial health is the $1.2 quadrillion derivatives market. It's complex, it's unregulated, and it ought to be of concern to world leaders that its notional value is 20 times the size of the world economy. But traders rule the roost -- and as much as risk managers and regulators might want to limit that risk, they lack the power or knowledge to do so." - also posted at BLN

UK unemployment could reach 3 mn
A quote...."The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) predicts that cuts in public spending by the coalition government will push unemployment close to 3 million."

2 million public servants on strike in Spain
A quote...."Nearly 2 million Spanish state employees have stopped work in anger over government spending cuts that will see them lose about 5 per cent of their salary."
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The ties that bind. Remember Rahm Emanuel's rent-free D.C. apartment? The owner: A BP adviser
The BP Saga -- A quote...."In case you were tempted to buy the faux Washington outrage at BP and its gulf oil spill in recent days, here's a story that reveals a little-known corporate political connection and the quiet way the inner political circles intersect, protect and care for one another in the nation's capital. And Chicago."

Oil spill reaches Alabama, Florida inland waterway
The BP Saga -- A quote...."Oil continues to gush from the spill in the Gulf of Mexico at the rate of tens of thousands of barrels a day. At least 50 to 75 million gallons of crude oil, and perhaps far more, along with vast quantities of toxic dispersant, have poured into the sea over the course of seven weeks, poisoning the environment and damaging the livelihoods of tens of thousands of people. There is no end in sight to the nightmare."

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