Wednesday June 22nd 2011

No posts. - mpg

Tuesday June 21st 2011

More On The Domestic Situation....

NY Fed Won't Say How Much Money Went to Iraq
A quote...."The New York Fed is refusing to tell investigators how many billions of dollars it shipped to Iraq during the early days of the US invasion there, the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction told CNBC Tuesday." - Related articles - (previously posted) - ||  Missing Iraq cash ‘as high as $18bn’  ||  The Federal Debt Elevator: Going Up  ||  Iraqi officials threaten to sue US over 'largest theft'  ||

Hey! The Gig Is UP! Federal Reserve Act Has a Backout Clause
A quote...."No Congress, no President has been strong enough to stand up to the foreign-controlled Federal Reserve Bank. Yet there is a catch - one that President Kennedy recognized before he was slain - the original deal in 1913 creating the Federal Reserve Bank had a simple backout clause.

"The investors loaned the United States Government $1 billion. And the backout clause allows the United States to buy out the system for that $1 billion. If the Federal Reserve Bank were demolished and the Congress of the United States took control of the currency, as required in the Constitution, the National Debt would virtually end overnight, and the need for more taxes and even the income tax, itself."

"Thomas Jefferson was concise in his early warning to the American nation, "If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issuance of their currency, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all their property until their children will wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered." -- Join and organize to END the FED." - bold by website editor
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CA spends more on prisons than schools
Contains Video - A quote...."Each prisoner gets about 300,000 dollars per year and that doesn't include the amount going toward executions, while the state spends only an estimated 9,000 dollars on each student. -- Experts acknowledge the troubling link between California's high incarceration rate and it's low graduation rate. That's why they are pushing the state to focus more money toward education, which they say is the best way to keep students away from jail."

California's Prison System - The Living Hell in Pelican Bay Prison
A quote...."Crescent City is far north in California, about 20 miles from the Oregon border. In 1989, 275 acres of dense forest near there were chopped down to build the $277.5 million Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP). Today, more than 3,000 people are locked up in this prison, infamous for its inhumane conditions and extreme abuse."

Mayors of America Unite to tell Obama and Congress: End the Wars and Keep The Money at Home
A quote...."Any nation that year after year continues to raise the Defense budget while cutting social programs to the neediest is a nation approaching spiritual death.” -- *Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.*

Gerald Celente: Everything is Not All Right, And Things Are Going to Get Worse
AJVideo - GC:EverythingIsNotAllRight(1/2) - GC:EverythingIsNotAllRight(2/2) - (AJYuTb - 15min - Jun 21, 2011) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Alex welcomes back to the show trends researcher Gerald Celente. He is a pioneer trend strategist and author of the national bestseller Trends 2000: How to Prepare for and Profit from the Changes of the 21st Century and Trend Tracking: The System to Profit from Today’s Trends."

Broadcasting LIVE on Justin.tv - June 21 2011
MRVideo - Note:  To avoid the advertisements and the radio commentary goto - 8min30sec - into the broadcast - mpg - (JustInTV - 2hrs - June 21st, 2011) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire, and many other issues. - mpg

14 Reasons Why Rick Perry Would Be A Really, Really Bad President
A quote...."Supporters of Texas Governor Rick Perry are not going to like this article at all.  Right now, Republicans all over the United States are touting Rick Perry as the “Republican messiah” that is going to come charging in to save America from the presidency of Barack Obama.  Many believe that if Rick Perry enters the race, he will instantly become the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012.  Perry certainly looks the part and he knows how to give a good speech, but when ordinary Americans all over the country take a hard look at his record, they may not like what they see."
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More On The International Situation....

Full Story of the Taliban's Amazing Jailbreak - The Great Escape From Kandahar
The Great Escape - A quote...."It was one of the great prison escapes in history in terms of the ingenuity and perseverance of those involved. It happened at 10pm on  April 25 this year in southern Afghanistan when, after five months tunnelling, Taliban diggers finally broke through the concrete floor of a cell in the centre of Sarposa prison on the outskirts of the city of Kandahar. Behind them snaked a tunnel three foot high and almost 1,200 feet long that led under the prison walls to a house on the far side of a main road. During the next five hours some 541prisoners, one of them with a broken leg, crawled their way to freedom. Only when the guards tried to hold their regular roll call in the prison yard later in the morning did they discover the empty cells from which had vanished some of the most dangerous prisoners in the world."

NATO civilian deaths rising in Afghanistan
PRSTVideo - (PRSTVYuTb - 2min23sec - Jun 21, 2011) - Source:  PressTVGlobalNews -- A quote...."The civilian death toll from NATO attacks is rapidly rising in Afghanistan. And now locals in the northern Takhar province are claiming that the US-led foreign forces have not only killed civilians, but also raped two women."

1 NATO soldier killed in IED blast in S. Afghanistan
A quote...."A NATO soldier was killed in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in restive southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, bringing to four the number of casualties of military alliance in the country since Monday morning, Xinhua reported."

11 killed in U.S. drone strike in NW Pakistan
A quote...."The death toll of U.S. drone strike launched in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of Kurram Agency on Monday morning has risen to 11, reported local Urdu TV channel Geo."

Russia mulls talks with Iran on S-300
A quote...."Top officials at the Russian state company Rosoboronexport have pondered on possible resumption of negotiations with Iran over the sale of the S-300 missile system to Tehran."

Japan PM to step down in August
A quote...."Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan is set to step down by the end of August as Japan continues to grapple with its ongoing nuclear crisis following the March earthquake and tsunami."

Hitler's Barbarossa, not Stalin's
On History: A quote...."June 22nd marks a somber anniversary indeed. On this day in 1941 Nazi Germany launched Operation Barbarossa, a massive invasion of the Soviet Union, commencing the largest and most destructive struggle between two nations in mankind's history. For the great majority of thinking people who believe in the manifold mission of historical study—to interpret events, to locate patterns, to give meaning to social dimensions of the human experience, and even to draw lessons from the past—then the colossal tragedy of June 22nd, 1941 surely warrants the most careful reflection."

Mexico's hidden war
Contains Video - A quote...."Josh Rushing finds out how campesino communities caught in the narco-economy are resisting repression and dispossession."
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The Assault On Syria....

The Plan to Destabilize Syria
Must Read - A quote...."The efforts to overthrow the Syrian government have a lot in common with what has been undertaken in Libya. However, the results are substantially different owing to each country’s social and political background. The project to break up these two States simultaneously was initially brought up by John Bolton on 6 May 2002 when he was serving as Undersecretary of State in the Bush administration. It’s implementation by the Obama administration nine years down the line - in the context of the Arab Awakening - is not without problems." - also posted at ICH

Turkish Actions To Trigger NATO Confrontation With Syria?
Special Note - A quote...."Last week, a feature by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton excoriating the political leadership of Syria appeared in the London-based Arabic-language daily Asharq Al-Awsat. Saudi-supported and printed in twelve locations, it is considered to be among the most influential newspapers in the Arab world." - also posted at ICH

'Syrians stand united behind Assad'
Contians Video - A quote...."Millions of Syrians have poured into the streets across the country to express their support for President Bashar al-Assad, a day after he offered a national dialogue to end Syria's disturbances."

Syria to grant Red Cross, Red Crescent access to unrest areas
A quote...."Damascus/Beirut - The Red Cross and Red Crescent will receive 'wider access' to parts of Syria that have witnessed anti-government protests and violence backlashes in recent months, an official with the groups said Tuesday."
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The Assault On Libya....

Time For Jews Who Disagree To Step Up....
06-21-11
mpg

Pro-Israeli Warmongers Press GOP to back “America’s Fifth war of Muslim Liberation”
Special Note - also posted at Hamsayeh

The PNAC Protocols are being followed -- even after more than ten years of horrendously expensive, and morally catastrophic acts of murder and mayhem -- to the letter.

This is a demonstrable tragedy for this nation and the peoples of the world.  It is also an absolute moral outrage that almost all of this destruction is being done on behalf of just six million Jews living here in this country, (2% of the population), and five million Jews living in Israel. It is of course a true fact that many Jews do not support these policies....yet it is also a true fact that these "plans"....
Those members of the "Jewish community" living here and in Israel who disagree with these plans MUST acknowledge them for the heinous crimes that they are, they will HAVE TO DENOUNCE these plans, BY NAME, and author, and DISOWN their fellow brethren and the state of Israel which laid these plans down more than thirty years ago and are currently helping to carry them out.

It would be MUCH better if members of the "Jewish community" deal with this situation, their wayward members, and their wayward state, as harshly, publicly and vociferously as they possibly can rather then leaving it up to others in the future, who may be.....less constrained in doing so. - mpg
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Is Obama's Libyan Attack Legal or Not?
Special Note - A quote...."Obama's being hassled because he's dropping bombs and bullets on Libyan targets without Congressional permission, a clear violation of the War Powers Resolution per some Republicans and Democrats.  Some estimates say that a year of it will cost $160 B.  Obama says it's within his powers because, though he can't declare war, this isn't war; it's a "kinetic military action," whatever that means. -- He goes on to say that ground troops aren't exchanging fire, which adds to the non-warishness.  But Libyans bombed or rocketed to death from the sky are still dead.  It's not clear that the dead Libyans would appreciate the neat distinction.  The Libyans themselves are pretty clearly having a civil war; Obama is killing more of the folks on one side than he is those on the other, though he hasn't discriminated entirely.  Apparently, it can be hard to tell which side he's shooting at from the air.  That they are having a war seems to be clear to the Libyans even if it isn't clear to Obama."

The War on the Word "War"
A quote...."In other words, the balance of forces is so lopsided in favor of the United States that no Americans are dying or are threatened with dying. War is only war, it seems, when Americans are dying, when we die.  When only they, the Libyans, die, it is something else for which there is as yet apparently no name. When they attack, it is war. When we attack, it is not. -- This cannot be classified as anything but strange thinking and it depends, in turn, on a strange fact: that, in our day, it is indeed possible for some countries (or maybe only our own), for the first time in history, to wage war without receiving a scratch in return." - also posted at ICH & Uruknet

NATO admits air strike west of Tripoli, reversing earlier denial
Oh, oh....NATO got caught lying again, must be more of those videos. - mpg -- A quote...."NATO, reversing an initial denial, acknowledged its warplanes struck the suburb of Sorman yesterday but insisted the target was military, a precision air strike against a "high-level" command and control node. [Now REMEMBER folks, they just got caught saying they didn't do it, NOW they say they did do it, but it was, as they put it, "a military target"....are YOU gonna believe that after they just got caught lying? - mpg] The Libyan government spokesman Mussa Ibrahim said 15 people, including three children, were killed in the attack, which he slammed as a "cowardly terrorist act which cannot be justified".

Nato attack kills 19, including women and children
A quote...."Monday night’s air strike on a compound west of Tripoli that killed 19, including women and children, puts an end to any pretence that NATO is not deliberately targeting civilians in its ongoing bombardment of Libya."

NATO Preparing Ground War in Libya
GRVideo - Alt - (GRYuTb - 10min47sec - Jun 19, 2011) - Source:  GlobalResearchTV -- A quote...."New, unconfirmed reports out late last week suggest that the US is preparing to deploy ground forces to Libya this fall in direct contradiction to all public assurances that the conflict was merely a “kinetic military action” and would not involve boots on the ground. The reports, citing military sources at Ft. Hood, indicate that additional Special Forces will be sent to the region in July, with the 1st Calvary Division and three corps to be deployed in the country in October or November. In total, nearly 30,000 troops are said to be preparing for this escalation."

Libya: The latest product in Canada's ugly war assembly line
A quote...."NATO members, including Canada, are continuing their massive bombing campaign against Libya in a war that may just break the record for the casual breaking of international law, and for lying about the motives for the war." - also posted at ICH
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More on the World Wide Revolution....

"This Is Not A Program to Salvage the [Greek] Economy, It's a Program for Pillage Before Bankruptcy"
Special Note - A quote...."The best quote on the Greek parliament's vote of confidence for Prime Minister George Papandreou - and thus his austerity plan...."

"This is not a program to salvage the economy, it's a program for pillage before bankruptcy," said Alexis Tsipras, head of the small opposition Left Coalition."

"It's not just Greece." - also posted at ZeroHedge

Max Keiser At Syntagma Square: "The Tear Gas Didn't Do Jack, Greece Is Under IMF Bankster Occupation"
Video - Alt/ShortVid - (YuTb - 2min49sec - Jun 19, 2011) - Alt/FullVid -  (YuTb - 12min10sec - Jun 19, 2011) - Source:  TheYouDataBank -- A quote...."Max rallies the revolutionaries at Syntagma Square - June 16, 2011 -- This is a hilarious speech, though its effect was muted by the pauses for translation.  Above is a condensed version, and inside we have the complete clip. -- Remember that a bailout for Greece is code for bailing out the billionaire bondholders who recklessly lent to the corrupt Greek government, and does nothing for the people."

Pan-European Greek Bailout Mutiny Gathers Steam, As Calls For "Euro Without Greece" Plebiscite Grow Louder
A quote...."Just like last year at about this time, the tables are turning on the funders of the latest Greek bailout. As Athens News reports: "Austrian mass-circulation tabloid Oesterreich, expressing rising taxpayer resentment around the EU, called for an EU-wide plebiscite "to let those who have to pay for Greece decide" whether to rescue it again or preserve "a euro without Greece"...[it also said] zigzagging over Greek aid pointed to a lack of a strategy allowing "shameless financial markets (to) blackmail apparently helpless politicians", and it called for an EU-wide referendum."

Greek government survives vote [barely] - Boy, oh, boy, a LOT of payola must have changed hands. - mpg
A quote...."Greece's embattled government on Wednesday survived a confidence vote crucial to avoiding a sovereign default, as thousands of protesters chanted insults outside parliament."

Egypt declines World Bank loan as incompatible with national interest
Hip Hip Hooray!! - THEY'RE LEARNING!!....mpg - A quote...."The government has declined a loan from the World Bank because it found the terms of the loan incompatible with the national interest, Egyptian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Fayza Abul Naga said on Monday. - The minister added that the government would not accept conditions dictated by the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund, especially since the 18-day uprising that toppled former President Hosni Mubarak. - However, Abul Naga said the Saudi government has granted Egypt a loan of US$200 million to be directed to small and medium enterprises."

Iceland Declares Independence from International Banks
Hip Hip Hooray!! - THEY'VE LEARNED!!....mpg - A quote...."By Bill Wilson – Iceland is free.  And it will remain so, so long as her people wish to remain autonomous of the foreign domination of her would-be masters — in this case, international bankers. -- On April 9, the fiercely independent people of island-nation defeated a referendum that would have bailed out the UK and the Netherlands who had covered the deposits of British and Dutch investors who had lost funds in Icesave bank in 2008." - also posted at ICH

Bahrain jails opposition leaders for life
A quote...."A special court in Bahrain has sentenced ten senior opposition leaders to life in prison on charges of plotting to overthrow the Saudi-backed Bahraini regime."

US drone attacks in Yemen ignore Al Qaeda [Al CIA'da] for local militants
Special Geo-Political Note - A quote...."SANA'A // Government raids and US drone attacks in Yemen are focusing on Islamic militant targets in Abyan province, ignoring the more dangerous Al Qaeda stronghold of Shabwa province, a senior defence ministry official said yesterday."

Southern Yemen fighting displaces 45,000 people: UN
Airstrikes kill 20 militants in Yemen
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

The pillars of Israeli education
A quote...."This is at the core of the Greater Middle East Project. While America focuses on the curricula in use in Arab states, which are generally designed according to US-Israeli interests, Washington turns a blind eye to the racism endemic in Israel's state curricula."

Israel moves Muslim skeletons making way for hotel in Jaffa
A quote...."NAZARETH — The Israel Antiquities Authority has been working with a local company to build a tourist hotel on the ruins of a Muslim cemetery near the Grand Mosque in the Palestinian port city of Jaffa, Al-Aqsa Islamic heritage foundation said in a statement Sunday." - Source:  PIC - A related quote.....

"Today is history. Today will be remembered. Years from now, the young will ask with wonder about this day. Today is history, and you are part of it. Six hundred years ago, when elsewhere they were footing the blame for the Black Plague, Kasmierz the Great, so called, told the Jews they could come to Krakow. They came. They trundled their belongings into the city. They settled; they took hold; they prospered in business, science, education, the arts. They came here with nothing. Nothing. And they flourished. For six centuries, there has been a Jewish Krakow. Think about that. By this evening, those six centuries are a rumor. They never happened. Today is history." -- *Amon Göth *, SS Captain of the Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp as portrayed in the movie Schindler's List

"The Płaszów camp, originally intended as a forced labour camp, was constructed on the grounds of two former Jewish cemeteries in the summer of 1942 during [the] Nazi German occupation of Poland.[3]" - posted 08-05-10
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Trade Not Aid Convoy to Gaza – Aloha Palestine – Samouni Project – Ken O’Keefe
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 5min55sec - Jun 21, 2011) - Source:  1worldcitizen -- A quote...."(1WorldCitizen) – http://Trade-Not-Aid.net – After five years of an illegal and brutal blockade of Gaza, a plan is finally announced to replace aid with trade so that the Palestinian people can shed their charitible dependency status in Gaza and live in dignity by developing their own economy."

Fatah: Netanyahu Must Prepare Israelis to Withdraw from 1967 Areas
A quote...."RAMALLAH, June 22, 2011 (WAFA) – Fatah spokesman Ahmed Assaf Wednesday called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to prepare Israelis for a full withdrawal from land within 1967 borders, and the upcoming establishment of an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital next September."

Two fishing boats shot off Gaza coast
A quote...."At around 9am on June 21, two fishing boats were attacked by the Israeli Navy, with bullets piercing both engines, rendering them unusable. -- The first boat was shot at in the motor, at the rear end and, when the 4-man crew took cover at the front of the boat, away from the shots directed at the motor, the front of the boat was fired upon." - also posted at AlethoNews

Water Situation Deteriorating Significantly in Gaza
A quote...."JEDDAH, June 22, 2011 (WAFA) - The water situation in the Gaza Strip is severely deteriorating due to the infrastructure destruction caused by continuous Israeli attacks on Gaza and the establishment of wastewater treatment plants over fresh water reservoirs, said a report by the Organization of the Islamic Conference."

[Israeli] Soldiers Attack Non-Violent Protest Near Ramallah
A quote...."Ramallah - Ghassan Bannoura - PNN Exclusive - Israeli soldiers attacked on Wednesday a non-violent protest organized by the villagers of Deir Qadis, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah."
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More on Japan's & Amerika's Nuclear Power Plants....


CNN: “They lied to us” Fukushima Radiation Release Comparable To Chernobyl, 100% Meltdown In 3 Reactors
A quote...."In a news report on the latest official story on the Fukushima nuclear disaster CNN and famed physicist Michio Kaku blasts Japan, TEPCO and the IAEA for covering up the truth about the nuclear disaster in Japan. This subtitle reads that it is not only the radiation still leaking out, but “The truth keeps leaking out”."

Nebraska Nuclear Threat: As Predictable as Fukushima
A quote...."Nuclear accidents - like oil spills and financial meltdowns - happen because big companies push to make more money by cutting every safety measure in the books. --
The accident at Fukushima was predictable. -- Likewise, the potential problem at the Fort Calhoun reactor in Nebraska was predictable. (For background, see this and this.)"

Radiation News 06-21-11 - A DProgram Round-Up - (11 articles & videos)
Fukushima USA? Dangerous radioactive leaks and cracked foundations go unpunished at US nuclear power plants
Inches away from being the US's Fukushima: Nuclear plant dangerously close to being engulfed by Missouri floods
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More On The Domestic Economic Situation....

The Death of Demand: The Post-Consumer Debt Economy
Quote of the Day...."Keynesians claim more debt will goose "demand;" they're wrong. Boosting debt has distorted the economy for 40 years, and the end-game is finally approaching."

Be Watchful: U.S. Might Be ‘Fleecing the Flock’
A quote...."The outlook of the course of the U.S.’s financial revenue and expenditure for the next 50 years is very dim. Because the baby boomer generation born after World War II will begin to retire in 2011, the government has entered a period in which expense on health care and retirement is predicted to dramatically increase. Such increase will bring the unprovided implicit liabilities up to $114 trillion. These potential debts will gradually evolve into real debts in the next 50 years." - also posted at ICH

Yes, Another Crisis is Coming… and It Will Be MUCH Worse
Financial Alert - A quote...."The Euro continues to rally despite the clear fact that the Eurozone is a disaster. It’s strange than grown adults can actually be discussing another Greek bailout when the first one was just one year ago and accomplished nothing. Of course, if the world traded based on fundamentals or common sense, the Euro wouldn’t even exist at this point."

The Eurodollar Missing Link: Explaining The QE2-Related Cash Surge In US-Based Foreign Banks
Financial Alert - Charts - (click to enlarge) - A quote...."In other words, foreign banks operating in the US have an artificially pumped up cash balance creating a false sense of security, with the fungible cash having been borrowed from abroad. This also means, that when and if European banks realize they need the cash "lent out" to US-based subsidiaries, and demand the $600 billion+ in dollars, all they will see is a white flag of surrender, as the US-operating banks disclose they have pledged the cash for one thousands and one uses, and its sudden withdrawal would end up crashing the capital markets. It also means that explanations that this cash was used by European banks to satisfy regulatory capitalization shortfalls are absolute gibberish. And yes, if and when there is a surge in dollar needs out of Europe, the Fed will have two choices: QE(x) and FX liquidity swaps."

HSBC to wind down U.S. card unit if no buyer found
A quote...."(Reuters) - HSBC (HSBA.L) will wind down its $33 billion U.S. credit card business if it cannot find a buyer, the bank's chief executive said on Monday."

GM's Channel Stuffing Catches Up With The Company: Dealer Backlogs Force Plant Shutdowns; Q3 GDP Cuts To Follow -- Chart - (click to enlarge) -- A quote...."General Motors plans to close two U.S. pickup truck plants for two weeks in July as sales of pickups begin to wane and trucks are backlogged on dealer lots, the Associated Press reported Tuesday, citing the auto maker."

Existing-Home Sales in U.S. Fell in May to Six-Month Low
A quote...."June 21 (Bloomberg) -- Sales of existing U.S. homes decreased in May to the lowest level in six months, a sign that the housing market is lagging other parts of the economy."

Forty six major US cities face two "lost decades" of job growth
Map - A quote...."One in eight American cities will have no growth in jobs in the two decades between 2001 and 2021, according to the latest employment report by the US Conference of Mayors. The report, released this week, outlines economic growth and employment prospects in 363 major metropolitan areas. It shows that employment conditions unlike anything seen since the Great Depression prevail in cities throughout the country."

Physical Silver Contracts Coming To Hong Kong…
Silver Bug Alert - A quote...."While the Anglo American Empire is limiting it’s cattle from investing in precious metals like Domestic Terrorist von Nothaus,FOREX restrictions,and “conflict gold”, -- China is encouraging it’s citizens to buy metals. You can walk into any bank in China and buy gold and silver. (If you walked into our banks looking for gold or silver,they would look at you cross-eyed and then drool.)"

The Daily Bail Round-Up - Jun 21, 2011 at 4:53 PM
A round-up of some of todays business news from the Daily Bail. - mpg

A DProgram Round-Up of the Economy 06-21-11
A round-up of some of todays business news from DProgram. - mpg

The Indignity of Industrial Tomatoes
Special Note - A quote...."Tasteless, indestructible and picked by literal slaves, our favorite fruit has become a national shame." - Along with peaches, and strawberries and a host of what once used to be sweet, fragrant, fulfilling, goodness from mother earth, but has now become tasteless, juice-less, mealy, odorless, unsatisfying, crud. - mpg
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More On The International Economic Situation....

Greek crisis could cost UK £336bn: British exposure 'significantly underestimated'
A quote...."Britain could be hit with losses of up to £366billion from the collapse of the Greek economy, it has emerged. -- The warnings came as the Greek government last night won a vote of confidence in the Athens Parliament, clearing the way for a second bailout to go ahead. The crunch will come next week when the Greeks vote on a £25billion austerity package demanded by the EU before they hand over any more cash. -- The potential devastation of banks and other City institutions would be equal to 24 per cent of our annual national output, or £14,640 for every family in the UK."

Monday June 20th 2011

More On The Domestic Situation....

Jim Jones, George W. Bush, Barack H. Obama, And The Abuse of Sacred Authority
Must Read - A quote...."Barack Obama is an agent of deception and destruction. --- There are people who strongly disagree with the above statement, and believe that it is political heresy to question the intentions of Barack Obama. Such people react with hostility to any suggestion that Obama is not who he says he is, but they are in the minority. There are many more people who agree with the above statement because they have gone beyond the "conspiracy theory" label that acts as a language barrier against free thought and free speech. - Once you recognize the whole truth about the 9/11 attacks you can't look at political leaders like Barack H. Obama and George W. Bush as you did before you knew the truth. These two men are sociopaths and predatory wolves who have no problem with lying to the people." - also posted at DProgram

One Nation Under….The Military-Industrial Complex
A quote...."NBC Sports has been forced to apologize following an outcry after the network deliberately edited out the words “under God,” from the US pledge of allegiance in a video segment for the US Open that showed images of US troops, but the edit has nothing to do with NBC’s purported “liberal bias” and everything to do with the fact that NBC is owned by the US military-industrial complex." - also posted at DProgram

Americans are tired of wars - Than they should STOP voting for Demos and Repubs!!! - mpg
A quote...."The media is finally reporting on what most of America has known all along: they are sick of war. -- A new poll conducted by Pulse Opinion Research shows that 72 percent of likely voters in the US believe that the country is involved in too many efforts abroad. With operations continuing overseas and new ones always on the horizon, when will the military finally step back and listen to the people?"

'Obama lawyers worse than Bush's' - You ObamaTrolls out there happy yet? - mpg
A quote...."An analyst says George W. Bush's lawyers threatened to resign en mass when placed in a situation similar to Barack Obama's lawyers, who were overruled on the Libya war." - also posted at AlethoNews

Wildlife Refuges to be Planted with GMOs - You ObamaTrolls out there happy yet? - mpg
A quote...."Then they are not "wildlife" refuges any more, are they? It's just another taxpayer-subsidized experimental farm. The goal appears to wipe out all natural food crops to force us into dependence on the owners of the modified gene foods." -- *Michael Rivero*

TSA Now Storming Public Places 8,000 Times a Year
A quote...."Americans must decide if, in the name of homeland security, they are willing to allow TSA operatives to storm public places in their communities with no warning, pat them down, and search their bags.  And they better decide quickly." - also posted at PrisonPlanet & BLN

12 Things That The Mainstream Media Is Being Strangely Quiet About Right Now
Some of these are VERY peculiar to say the least. - mpg -- A quote...."As the mainstream media continues to be obsessed with Anthony Weiner and his bizarre adventures on Twitter, much more serious events are happening around the world that are getting very little attention.  In America today, if the mainstream media does not cover something it is almost as if it never happened. Right now, the worst nuclear disaster in human history continues to unfold in Japan , U.S. nuclear facilities are being threatened by flood waters, the U.S. military is bombing Yemen, gigantic cracks in the earth are appearing all over the globe and the largest wildfire in Arizona history is causing immense devastation.  But Anthony Weiner, Bristol Palin and Miss USA are what the mainstream media want to tell us about and most Americans are buying it." - also posted at PrisonPlanet

9/11 and the Orwellian Redefinition of "Conspiracy Theory"
Special Note - A quote...."While we were not watching, conspiracy theory has undergone Orwellian redefinition. -- A “conspiracy theory” no longer means an event explained by a conspiracy.  Instead, it now means any explanation, or even a fact, that is out of step with the government’s explanation and that of its media pimps. -- For example, online news broadcasts of RT have been equated with conspiracy theories by the New York Times simply because RT reports news and opinions that the New York Times does not report and the US government does not endorse." - also posted at ICH

The Dumbing-Down of America
A quote...."Is our children learning?" as George W. Bush so famously asked. -- Well, no, they is not learning, especially the history of their country, the school subject at which America's young perform at their worst. -- On history tests given to 31,000 pupils by the National Assessment of Education Progress, the "Nation's Report Card," most fourth-graders could not identify a picture of Abraham Lincoln or a reason why he was important."

Problem, Reaction, and Solution: Lawmakers Weigh Harsher Penalties In Wake Of CIA, FBI Attacks
A quote...."WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Even before a loosely organized group of hackers broke into the CIA's and Senate's public websites, the White House asked for stiffer sentences for breaking into government and private computer networks."

Debt Ceiling
Video - (YuTb - 1min30sec - Mar 10, 2011) - Source:  USnationaldebt -- A quote...."With Congress about to vote on whether to raise the current $14.3 trillion national debt ceiling, Mothers Against Debt thought it helpful to put this fiscal child abuse into perspective. We've updated our original "Baby Ball-and-Chain" video. Be sure to watch to the end, the new numbers are sobering. For more information visit www.MothersAgainstDebt.com."

World Debt is Unpayable, The Only Solution is Monetary Collapse
Quote of the Day...."Gentlemen, I have had men watching you for a long time and I am convinced that you have used the funds of the bank to speculate in the breadstuffs of the country. When you won, you divided the profits amongst you, and when you lost, you charged it to the bank. You tell me that if I take the deposits from the bank and annul its charter, I shall ruin ten thousand families. That may be true, gentlemen, but that is your sin! Should I let you go on, you will ruin fifty thousand families, and that would be my sin! You are a den of vipers and thieves. I intend to rout you out, and by the Eternal God, I will rout you out." -- *Andrew Jackson*

If the Titanic sank today, here's how the President, the media and Wall Street would spin it (satire)
Satire - (It's funny - mpg) -- A quote...."(NaturalNews) What would all the world's experts and authorities say today if the Titanic were sinking but nobody was willing to admit it? The U.S. economy, after all, is sinking and taking on an unprecedented volume of water (i.e. debt), yet virtually no one is willing to admit the obvious fact that this ship is sinking. And much like with the Titanic, most "experts" continue to claim the U.S. economy is unsinkable, despite the obvious evidence that we might want to start heading for the life rafts." - also posted at DProgram

Truckers Report Moving Military Equipment Across U.S, FEMA Involved!
False Flag Alert - Tip Action Alert - A quote...."(IntelHub) -This is an alert to all truckers. We need your help to confirm this information. Send any tips to tips@theintelhub.com -- In the last week, The Intel Hub has reported an extensive amount of military movements throughout the United States. -- We now have reports that a huge movement of heavy artillery, tanks, rocket launchers ground to ground, ground to air in and around Alexandria Virgina. The trucker reported that his friend was on a secret move and will being moving the stuff to upstate New York." - also posted at DProgram

Prove It….. – Charlie McGrath
CMcGVideo - Alt - (CMcGYuTb - 3min01sec - Jun 20, 2011) - Source:  crabbydogtrix

Broadcasting LIVE on Justin.tv - June 20 2011
MRVideo - Note:  To avoid the advertisements and the radio commentary goto - 8min20sec - into the broadcast - mpg - (JustInTV - 2hrs - June 20th, 2011) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire, and many other issues. - mpg

The Alex Jones Show – Sunday Edition – June 19th, 2011
AJVideo - Preview - HardcoreTyrannyIsComing(1/3) - HardcoreTyrannyIsComing(2/3) - HardcoreTyrannyIsComing(3/3) - AJ:I'mLabeledAnExtremist(1/3) - AJ:I'mLabeledAnExtremist(2/3) - AJ:I'mLabeledAnExtremist(3/3) - (AJYuTb - 2/15mini - Jun 19, 2011) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."On this Sunday Edition of the Alex Jones Show, Alex talk about World War 3, now in implementation stage as Obama ignores the Constitution and Congress in Libya and the U.S. steams warships toward the coast of Syria on the Mediterranean. See Alex’s video, Obama Launching World War III. Alex also covers Google-owned You Tube’s removal of Eric Schmidt at the 2011 Bilderberg Group conference. You Tube removed the “honors” associated with the Alex Jones Channel and prevented the clip from going viral. Alex covers the latest news and takes your calls."
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More On The International Situation....

The CIA’s Fake “Arab Spring” Becoming A Long, Hot Summer Of War
Must Read - A quote...."Obama regime courts world conflagration:   Imperial overstretch threatens as US, NATO wage five wars:   Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Libya, and Yemen – Are Syria, Iran, Lebanon next? -- Washington DC, June 20- With the previously covert US bombing of Yemen out in the open, the Obama administration is now waging illegal wars against at least five countries – Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Libya, and Yemen. Given Obama’s absurd and Orwellian theory that acts of war from the air in the sea do not constitute hostilities under the terms of the War Powers Act, this list may be incomplete, and stealth US attacks may be going on elsewhere as well. As spring turns into summer along the banks of the Potomac, there are signs that Obama’s next move may be a trifecta of aggression – an attack on Syria which would also embroil the US in war with Iran and with the Hezbollah forces of Lebanon. Or, the Obama rampage may strike Pakistan. The “Arab Spring” of color revolutions, military coups, and destabilizations is moving inexorably towards a possible world conflagration whose outlines are already visible."

Turkey allows NATO to use its airbase for ground operations into Syria
Special Geo-Political Note - A quote...."Turkey to take in NATO ground forces 19 Jun 2011 Turkey has agreed that NATO can turn its airbase in Turkey into a base for ground operations into Syria. The country will become the main base in the area for the US-led military alliance's ground forces. NATO's Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said the alliance will transfer the bulk of its ground forces from a military base in the city of Heidelberg in southwestern Germany. Other troops will arrive from Spain to be placed at the Izmir Air Station in western Turkey, which will now become the centre for ground troops."

[Gee, if I was George W. Bush, I'd be the most frustrated person (or whatever) on earth! Barack Obama has sixteen pots boiling on the stove -- illegal invasions/occupations/killer drone strikes/CIA coups all over the world -- and he's generated virtually *no* vitriol/dissent from liberals. MSNBC worships the guy! And, Obama's won the Nobel Peace Prize, to boot! George W. Bush was reviled/protested for doing half of what Barack Obama has done - and, save CLG, rarely does anyone mention that fact. --LRP/MDR] -- *CLG*

Killing Iraqis Like Flies In Fallujah ~ Oh Dude!
Video - From the History File - Apr 8, 2010 - (YuTb - 54sec - 04/08/10) - Source:  surferjoe2020 -- A quote.... "Dropping A 500 Lb.Bomb On Iraqi Civilians On The Street ~ Video Of Iraqis Killed Just Like The Civilians Killed In The Movie Collateral Murder, This Dropping Of A 500 Lb.Bomb Video Killing Around 20 Iraqis Was Taken Around 2007 When Wikileaks Massacre Was Also Committed."

Missing Iraq cash ‘as high as $18bn’
Contains Video - A quote...."Iraq’s parliament speaker tells Al Jazeera unaccounted reconstruction money is three times the reported $6.6bn. Osama al-Nujaifi, the Iraqi parliament speaker, has told Al Jazeera that the amount of Iraqi money unaccounted for by the US is $18.7bn – three times more than the reported $6.6bn." - also posted at TheUglyTruth

US-funded Afghan militias 'beat, rob and kill with impunity'
A quote...."American-funded Afghan militias raised to protect villages from the Taliban have begun to prey on residents and in some cases are beating, robbing and even killing with impunity it is claimed."

The Destabilization of Syria and the Broader Middle East War
Special Note - A quote...."What is unfolding in Syria is an armed insurrection supported covertly by foreign powers including the US, Turkey and Israel. -- Armed insurgents belonging to Islamist organizations have crossed the border from Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan. The US State Department has confirmed that it is supporting the insurgency."

The Saudi Arabian Moment
Special Note - A quote...."June 20 2011 "Information Clearing House" --  The Saudis do not like President Barak Obama and his administration. The reason is straightforward. They do not like the what the administration says to them. They say things that Riyadh does not want to hear and, in their ears, sound downright dangerous. For instance, the Obama administration has advised the Saudis, and the rest of the rulers in the Arab world, to get out ahead of the region’s growing protest movements and make democratic reforms. The Saudis have no tradition of democracy beyond the tribal advisory council. Before they were kings and princes, they were desert sheiks. Obama’s advice sounds like an erstwhile ally telling them to surrender. In the Bedouin tradition strong leaders do not surrender without a struggle." - Some selected comments regarding this article.....

"If the US, UK, Europe, Australia, and Israel were willing to terrorize Iraq and Libya to loot their petroleum reserves, why not Saudi Arabia? The US probably knows how to quickly disable the military parafernalia it has sold to the Saudis. If Prince Bandar is the best the Saudis have to offer as a diplomat, then the west has little to worry about intelligence-wise....." -- *Guest*

"If America and Israel are funding terrorists in Syria it could certainly spread to Lebanon, Jordan, Iran and Saudi Arabia. -- Make reform or they will see heads roll. Which is it going to be???? -- Saudis will go down eventually but they won't see it before hand. Sad indeed....." -- *DrS*

"Those Saudi bastards are worst then Zionists! -- Zionists do not pretend to be friends of Palestine, or any other Muslim, or human being, and those Saudi bastards DO pretend. Saudis are the only people less trustworthy then Zionists." -- *Bosnian*

"After the dollar "reserve" currency scam comes to its inevitable and fast approaching end and with poor broken amerika facing defeat in all of its current wars (anywhere between 6 and 36 depending who's counting)... It would appear more likely that Israel will give murka the boot now that the A Pack war lobby and bankster criminals have all but sucked it dry. The feudal thugs in Riyadh would have no problem in jettisoning the burnt out Golem amerika and allying itself ever more closely with the feisty little nuclear armed pit-bull in occupied apartheid Palestine. After all what the Saudis need the judaic entity has got i.e. no qualms about mass murder and the reputation of the most dangerous and psychotic hoodlum in the neighborhood. And collecting protection money from the fat pigs of Saud for services rendered is all in the Murder Inc tradition of the goodfellas in occupied Palestine." -- *Anymouse*

Karzai, Bashir to attend Tehran summit
A quote...."Delegations led by Afghan and Sudanese Presidents Hamid Karzai and Omar al-Bashir are slated to arrive in the Iranian capital, Tehran, to participate in the Global Fight against Terrorism International Summit."

Lebanon opposition leaders in France
A quote...."A large number of Lebanese opposition leaders have recently visited France amid media reports suggesting that former Prime Minister Sa'ad Hariri is seeking refuge there."

The Assault On Libya....

Minister Farrakhan: “That’s A Murderer In The White House!”
Video#1 - "That's A Murderer In The White House!" - (YuTb - 10m51s - Jun 10, 2011) - Source:  Ahmad770 -- A quote...."Minister Louis Farrakhan speaking to over 500 religious leaders in New York on May 28, 2011."
Video#2 - "Coalition of Demons"  - (Previously posted 06-16-11 on this website, also posted to the "Front Page")  - (YuTb - 1hr24m49s - Jun 15, 2011) - Source:  FCNN  -- (Louis Farrakhan delivers one of the most righteous, and ferocious condemnations of US-NRE and European foreign policy this website editor has EVER heard anywhere, at anytime. Absolutely outstanding!!  A must view. - mpg) - A quote...."Minister Farrakhan exposed the U.S. and NATO's criminal War Libya and Africa during a June 15, 2011 Press Conference at the UN Plaza Hotel. Also presenting were former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, Human Rights Activist Viola Plummer and International Activist Cynthia McKinney."

Waging Another Unconstitutional War
Special Note - A quote....."By Ralph Nader - June 20 2011 "Information Clearing House" -- The meticulous Harvard Law Review editors should be rolling over in their footnotes. The recidivist violations of constitutional and statutory requirements by their celebrated predecessor at that journal - Barack Obama has reached Orwellian dimensions in the war against Libya. - You see, the widespread daily bombing of Libya, the strict naval blockade of Muammar Gadhafi-controlled Libya, the destruction of Gadhafi's family compound and tent encampment in the desert--killing his son and three grandchildren--and the deployment of special forces inside Libya is not a "War." It is in the Obama White House's evasive nomenclature just a "time-limited, scope-limited military action" Can you find that phrase in the Constitution?"

There Was No Libyan Peaceful Protest, Just Murderous Gangs and Nic Robertson
Special Note - A quote...."Imagine! Obama and the ICC, to justify taking Libyan lives to protect other Libyans from a mass murderer, see the necessity to include freaky unsubstantiated sex accusations. Do they take us all for absolute fools? - while they play civil war on a whole nation out of the goodness of their hearts? Is it that rich and powerful white folks plan to rule the the rest of the world for another couple of centuries? This ICC has only opened six investigations, all six on African nations. The Libyan government dismissed the complaint of the ICC, "a baby of the EU designed for prosecuting African leaders.""

NATO's Terror Over Tripoli -- NATO slowly admits what the Libyan government has said all along
Special Note - A quote...."Bangkok, Thailand June 19, 2011 - The NATO excursion into Libya started with disingenuous humanitarian concerns translated into a no-fly zone, which incrementally transitioned into attacks on Qaddafi's ground forces, targeted assassinations against Qaddafi himself, then talk of destroying civilian infrastructure and a full-out ground invasion. NATO declared mid-May that it would be "increasing the range of targets" it could hit, including "government infrastructure." With a residential area hit and NATO playing dumb over its role in murdering the very civilians it is supposedly protecting, it appears they made good on their promise." - also posted at Hamsayeh

Nato Air strike On Civilians in Tripoli:
Videos - WARNING - Graphic Images - NATOAirStrike - LibyaStateTVNews -- A quote....""Nato is planting the seed of hatred in the hearts of Libyan people for years to come. They won't allow foreign armies to decide their future." -- "Video contains images depicting the reality and horror of war and should only be viewed by a mature audience."

NATO admits civilian deaths in Libya  - Guess they've got to, with all those videos out there on the web. mpg
A quote...."NATO has admitted responsibility for the death of nine Libyan civilians who were killed in an airstrike on a residential area in the capital Tripoli."

Did NATO Bomb Libyan Civilians in Tripoli as Punishment for “Largest Pro-Government Rally in Weeks”
A quote...."Is it possible that NATO bombed a residential neighborhood in Tripoli in response to a massive pro-Gadhafi rally which took place the day before? -- Watch how this propaganda about Libya played itself out this weekend on Reuters then on MSNBC...."

Making a Killing: UK war-wallet bomb-doors open
RTVideo - (RTYuTb - 3min03sec - Jun 20, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."With civilian casualties in Libya mounting and no end in sight, those paying for the intervention might be stumping up more than they bargained for. The UK has announced that its taxpayers might see one point six billion dollars of their hard-earned cash diverted to fund the intervention. And, as RT's Laura Emmett reports, there's little patience left among an already disillusioned public."

Huge Marine Drill Confirms Ground Invasion of Libya
A quote...."The huge military exercise comes at a critical time. As we reported last week, the United States is in the preparatory stages of a ground invasion of Libya and a campaign against Syria. -- “Infowars.com has received alarming reports from within the ranks of military stationed at Ft. Hood, Texas confirming plans to initiate a full-scale U.S.-led ground invasion in Libya and deploy troops by October,” Aaron Dykes reported on June 15."

How Goldman Sachs Turned A $1.3 Billion Investment From Libya Into $25 Million In Less Than A Year (A 98% LOSS) - A quote...."In early 2008, Libya's sovereign-wealth fund controlled by Col. Moammar Gadhafi gave $1.3 billion to Goldman Sachs Group to sink into a currency bet and other complicated trades. The investments lost 98% of their value, internal Goldman documents show." - Source:  WSJ

Those Libyan Atrocities: Do They Really Stand Up?
Libya: NATO killed 13 civilians including relatives of Gaddafi aide
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More on the World Wide Revolution....

Greek Film Makes Case for Default
Video - Alt - (Full English Sub-Titles) - (YuTb - 1hr14min48sec - May 12, 2011) - Source:  kryfos0kosmo -- A quote.... "Debtocracy" a 75-minute documentary made for $15K has inflamed popular resistance in Greece by casting the debt crisis in a new light. -- Seen on the Internet by over a million Greeks, the film convincingly argues that the debt is a neo-liberal ("Economic Hitman") scam and there are strong precedents for repudiating it. -- The brainchild of Costas Lapavitsas, an economist and professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, the film introduces the concept of "odious debt" which was used in 2003 by the United States to renounce Saddam Hussein's $120 B debt to Russia and France."

More than 100,000 in Spain anti-crisis protests
A quote...."MADRID (AFP) – More than 100,000 protesters took to the streets in Spain on Sunday blaming bankers and politicians for causing a financial crisis that forced the country to adopt painful spending cuts."

Tunis court sentences Ben Ali to 35 yrs - If we could ONLY do that in this country!! - mpg
A quote...."A court in Tunisia has sentenced ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his wife to 35 years in prison after finding them guilty of embezzlement and other charges."

Legal timeframe expires for US in Libya
A quote...."19 Jun 2011 The Obama administration has defended the legality of US military engagement in Libya. With Sunday marking 90 days since President Barack Obama notified Congress about American involvement in military action in Libya, the window for securing further congressional approval for the operation has expired. Under a law enacted in 1973, US presidents have 60 days to secure congressional authorisation for major foreign military engagements."

Third mass grave found in Syria
A quote...."A new mass grave containing the bodies of Syrian soldiers has been found near the northern town of Jisr al-Shughour, reports say. -- According to the Syrian state television, it is the third mass grave discovered in the crisis-hit town over the past few days. -- Syrian authorities say the grave contains the bodies of at least 29 soldiers which are decomposed and decapitated and bear marks of torture. Damascus says the soldiers were killed by armed gangs. -- Syria's foreign ministry invited journalists and ambassadors from some 30 countries to see the burial site. The delegation was later taken to the local security forces headquarters where the authorities say 82 policemen were killed by armed men on June 6, AFP reported."

Huge pro-Assad rally held in Damascus
A quote...."Tens of thousands of people rallied Tuesday in central Damascus in support of President Bashar al-Assad, a day after he offered a national dialogue to end Syria's political crisis, an AFP correspondent said."

Bahraini protesters rally in Malikiya
A quote...."Anti-government protesters have once again taken to the streets in Bahrain, demanding an end to the rule of Al Khalifa dynasty and departure of Saudis forces."

Bahraini leadership faces new claims that torture took place in hospital
A quote...."Group says suspected protesters – and doctors and nurses who treated them – have been systematically abused."

Yemeni protesters want interim council
A quote...."Tens of thousands of Yemenis have taken to the streets in the capital, Sana'a, demanding the immediate formation of a transitional ruling council to replace Ali Abdullah Saleh."

Europe ties Greece loans to austerity
Greek PM faces crucial confidence vote
Thousands protest against government austerity measures in G - video - (YuTb 1m Jun 20, 2011) Src: telegraphtv
UNESCO slammed over Bahrain
Bahrain stages political trials for journalists, others
Saboteurs exploit Syria reforms: Assad
Medvedev opposes Libya-style resolution on Syria
Russia to urge Syria opposition to talk to government
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

Another Theocracy in the Heart of the Muslim World
Special Note - A quote...."I am fed up with all this nonsense about recognizing Israel as the “Jewish state.” -- It is based on a collection of hollow phrases and vague definitions, devoid of any real content. It serves many different purposes, almost all of them malign." - also posted at TheUglyTruth

The Outsourcing of Influence-Peddling to the Israeli Lobby
A quote...."Something curious and practically unnoticed occurred in the South Pacific that calls to attention the immense power the Israel Lobby has over issues far removed from the Middle East. On June 1, the island nation of Vanuatu announced that it was the fifth nation to recognize the independence of the Republic of Abkhazia, a breakaway region of the Republic of Georgia."

Lebanon Opposes Israel-Cyprus Economic Zone…
A quote...."Israel and Cyprus agreed to divide the petroleum and natural gas wealth in the joint economic zone between them in the Mediterranean Sea." - Israel's Mini-Empire continues to expand. - mpg

'Israel punishes ex-spy chief over Iran'
A quote...."The Israeli regime has reportedly punished former Mossad chief Meir Dagan by asking him to return his diplomatic passport following his criticism of top Israeli officials' stance on Iran."

Living and Dying in The Golan Heights
A quote...."Majdal Shams- PNN-Victoria Delacroix- Ameer Jabal was born and grew up in the town of Majdal Shams, in the Golan Heights.  He was born under occupation and died under it. When he was only four Ameer stepped on a mine, a mine that had been placed by the Israeli army in the town."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

More on the Freedom Flotilla II....

Israel Navy commander: 'Hate flotilla' to Gaza must be stopped
It must be clearly understood that almost all Israelis are psychotic monsters.  They honestly, fervently, believe that if they break into your home and kill your entire family, it's your fault.  It reminds this website editor of that Richard Pryor skit wherein he describes a visit to his local prison.  He stated he was happy some of those prisoners were locked up because as he put it....."I asked one of the prisoners on death row why he horribly murdered that family during his home invasion."  "He glared at me and  answered..... "because THEY WAS THERE"! - mpg

Will Israel Kill Americans Again?
Special Note - A quote...."Ray McGovern -- I also have been cautioned by a source with access to very senior staffers at the National Security Council that not only does the White House plan to do absolutely nothing to protect our boat from Israeli attack or illegal boarding, but that White House officials “would be happy if something happened to us.” They are, I am reliably told, “perfectly willing to have the cold corpses of activists shown on American TV.” - also posted at ICH - A few articles and a quote from Michael Rivero regarding this issue.....

"If the American government will not protect Americans, then it is time for a new government." -- *MR*
No government can serve two masters, and a govt that serves Israel cannot serve the American people.
A friend to Israel is no friend of America.
America needs leaders who will put America first, second, and third.

Malaysian, French ships join 'Freedom Flotilla' to Gaza
A quote..."The Prime Minister of Malaysia voiced his support for the upcoming 'Freedom Flotilla' of aid ships and 500 supporters from around the world who plan to enter Gaza by sea on June 27th. A ship from Malaysia joins two new French ships added to the roster of a dozen ships set to sail to Gaza next week." - also posted at AlethoNews

Who's Sailing to Gaza and what do they have to say?
Toronto residents prepare to set sail for Gaza
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Miles of Smiles aid convoy enters Gaza
PRSTVideo - (PRSTVYuTb - Jun 20, 2011) - Source:  PressTVGlobalNews -- A quote...."The European humanitarian aid convoy "miles of smiles 3" entered Gaza on Sunday via the Rafah border crossing.The convoy, consisting of 15 vehicles, carries about 30 tons of medicine, medical supplies and milk powder."

Rafah chaos escalates as Gazans continue to wait for the border to open
A quote...."Arms grappled through the black metal barrier that separates Palestinians from the Rafah terminal. A barrier which only ever shifts to let through ambulances, press and- very occasionally- a busload of travellers, successfully making it out of Gaza." - also posted at AlethoNews

4,000 attend funeral of Hebron slain
A quote...."HEBRON (Ma’an) -- At least 4,000 gathered Friday afternoon to attend the funeral of Omar Salim Al-Qawasmi, 66, executed by Israeli forces early that morning, in what military officials later admitted was a case of mistaken identity." - also posted at AlethoNews

Growing concerns over fate of 17 parliamentarians in Israeli prisons
A quote...."A human rights center concerned with prisoners' issues stated that the Israeli Occupation Authorities are currently detaining 17 members of the Palestinian Legislative Council. --  The center noted that the Israelis, yesterday, arrested and detained MP Samir El Qadi, from the Hebron town of Surif, in the Occupied West Bank,  -- The Ahrar Center for the Studies of Prisoners and Human Rights has confirmed that the number of PLC members currently detained in Israel prisons has reached 17, including 9 MPs from Hebron, in addition to two former ministers - Eisa Al Jaabari and Wasfi Qabha.

IOF soldiers infiltrate [attack and cross] central Gaza borders
A quote...."GAZA, (PIC)-- A number of Israeli army tanks and armored vehicles infiltrated the central Gaza borders on Monday and approached the vicinity of the Maghazi refugee camp amidst random firing. -- Eyewitnesses said that Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in four Mirkava tanks and armored vehicles escorted six military bulldozers into eastern Maghazi while indiscriminately shooting at citizens’ houses. -- They said that the IOF forces and bulldozes were combing cultivated land in the area, adding that farmers left their plantations fearing for their lives."

1,100 Palestinian Children Detained During 2010
A quote...."The Palestinian Authority Ministry of Detainees' Affairs reported, on Wednesday, that Israeli forces arrested 1,100 Palestinian children in 2010, most of them in East Jerusalem and Hebron." - also posted at AlethoNews

Palestinian Children Dream of Having a Peaceful Night's Sleep
A quote...."These kids had been taken from their homes in the middle of the night, many handcuffed and blindfolded,” Horton said. “They were then interrogated hours later and by this time they were traumatized and disoriented, and not able to withstand the pressure.”

Report: “30% of the Palestinians in the W. Bank, 67% In Gaza, Are Refugees”
A quote...."The Palestinian Census Bureau reported that nearly half of the Palestinians in the occupied territories are internally displaced refugees, and that, since its creation in Palestine in 1948, Israel forcibly removed two-thirds of the Arab population."

PA security apparatuses escalate arrests in lines of Hamas supporters
So much for "reconciliation". - mpg -- A quote...."WEST BANK, (PIC)-- PA security apparatuses escalated arrest campaigns in lines of supporters of the Hamas movement in the West Bank over the past two days despite the signing of the Fatah-Hamas reconciliation agreement."
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More on Japan's & Amerika's Nuclear Power Plants....


Signs of Radiation Sickness:  Experiences Since March 11 in California
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/cachedfiles/photofiles/radiation-image.jpgRadiation Alert - A quote...."Symptoms the article(s) below do not mention: metallic taste in mouth (all); bad muscle cramps, especially ones that will not go away for a long period of time (cesium); swollen lymph glands; loose or suddenly painful teeth; hives (iodine). the last two especially in those with known iodine allergies. go to a doctor and get tested -- don't say its about radiation -- see if your iodine levels are unnaturally high."

Prestigious doctor: US nuclear 'Baby valley of death,' Millions to die (video)
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/cachedfiles/photofiles/radiation-image.jpgRadiation Alert - A quote...."Sunday, the prestigious Doctor Mark Sircus released a new report concurring with a host of scientists and other doctors giving evidence that people of Japan and United States have been subjected to dangerous levels of radiation since Fukushima nuclear plant meltdowns, and also subjected to a tight cover-up by authorities and media, the result of which will be millions of baby deaths and new cancer victims. Japanese and American children are already suffering with symptoms that appear to be the first signs of Radiation Sickness."

Fukushima and the Mass Media Meltdown - The Repercussions of a Pro-Nuclear Corporate Press
Nuke Presstitutes Exposed - A quote...."A sociological and technological discussion -- in the wake of the out-of-control nuclear apocalypse in Japan -- addressing the compromise of public health and security created by the failure of the western corporate mass media to equitably report on, mildly investigate, or even moderately challenge, the nuclear power industry."

Blowing Against the Atomic Wind
A quote...."Because they pack enough energy to [expell] electrons from atoms and molecules, ionizing radiation can directly damage cell structures such as DNA by breaking chemical bonds and inducing single- and double-strand breaks. -- When this damage is not efficiently fixed by the DNA-repair machinery, mutations arise: Mutations in somatic cells can lead to cancer, and in germ line cells, genetic defects can be transmitted to offspring." - also posted at DProgram

AP IMPACT: US nuke regulators weaken safety rules
A quote...."Remember what the EPA did when radioactivity from Fukushima started to exceed the maximum safety limits? They raised the limits and ended daily monitoring. Then the FDA stopped testing Pacific seafood for radiation. -- all of this daily monitoring and testing was supposed to protect us from a terrorist "dirty bomb" attack, but the total shut down confirms that while the threat to American food corporations from radiation is very real, the terrorist "dirty bomb" threat was just another war-starting hoax." -- *Michael Rivero*

Japan pumps water into reactor to contain radioactivity
Japanese professor: Melted fuel has gone through containers and is on concrete foundations sinking into ground....
More people in Fukushima fearing contamination
Two million Fukushima residents to undergo radiation health checks
Nebraska Nuke Plant Issues Flood Alert
US heading toward nuclear disaster
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More On The Domestic Economic Situation....

Renowned Economist: "In a Few Short Decades the West Undercut 150 Years of Legal Reforms that Made the Global Economy Possible"  - Must Read - A quote...."I've repeatedly demonstrated that fraud caused the Great Depression and the current economic crisis, and that the economy cannot stabilize until the rule of law is restored, criminal fraud on Wall Street is prosecuted. -- Famed Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto provided a great overview of this fundamental truth in April, showing that the breakdown in the rule of law is the main cause of our economic problems...."

The Great Stagnation of 2011
Charts - (click to enlarge) -- A quote...."I go away for a few days and come back to a slug of not encouraging economic news. -- The really big news was related to industrial production and manufacturing which was either down or stagnant, depending on the index you look at. -- The two reports that were negative were the Empire State Fed and the Philadelphia Fed manufacturing reports which both reported substantial drops in economic activity:"

How An Economy Collapses
Interview - A quote...."These things don’t happen overnight. You see them coming for years. As you see it in U.S.A. as well, we saw it here as well and that’s the reason why some of the richest, most powerful elite manage to leave the country with more than enough time. Some happen to do it more in a rush but most of these guys that have the inside information manage to avoid having their bank accounts frozen as we saw. So there are signs and it is a bit of a boiling frog situation. The thing is eventually when it cracks down its does so all of a sudden. All of a sudden, you know, when the banks close that’s when people go absolutely ballistic because that’s when they realize that their money has been stolen from them – or when inflation turns to hyperinflation one day to the next. That’s when people see that even though you didn’t steal their money directly as it happened here with the banks, you’re stealing it through inflation as well. So they just bought half of what they used to with the same amount of money. It’s in a way of stealing their labor, their savings."

The Truth About the Economy
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 2min38sec - Jun 13, 2011) - Source:  karinmoveon -- A quote...."Robert Reich connects the dots on the economy, in less than 2 minutes and 15 seconds. Who knew he could draw!?!"

The Fake Bull Market: A Dollar Mirage
Mrkt Tech Note - Charts - A quote...."The SP 500 hit an apocryphal low during the financial crisis of 666 in March of 2009 from which point it has surged to more than double in price in about two years. This bull market is one of the most robust in  US equities history; its only rivals are the end of the roaring 20s and the late 1990s."

S&P Profit Margins Have Now Peaked
Mrkt Tech Note - Charts - (click to enlarge) -- A quote...."Well, technically they peaked some time ago (contrary to mainstream media propaganda), but we were waiting for another quarter to confirm our findings. For the sake of recreating our results, courtesy of CapitalIQ, we ran an analysis for all S&P 500 companies excluding companies that belong to the S&P Financials Sector Index, ending up with a universe of 418 companies. Then we looked at the last 3 years of gross profit margins on a quarterly basis (13 data points), and did a simple average, simple median, and trimmed mean (excluding top and bottom 15%), and got the following result."

Graham Summers’ Weekly Market Forecast (Hanging By a Thread Edition)
Mrkt Tech Note - Remember, the primary driver of all stock momentum has been the Fed providing liquidity. The economic data coming out of the US is abysmal (especially since February 2011), housing is a confirmed double dip, unemployment remains terrible (especially when we remove BLS accounting gimmicks) and on and on. -  So with QE 2 ending in the coming weeks, only three things are holding the market up from a technical standpoint:
  1. The Fed FOMC meeting (and the hope for more liquidity)
  2. Second quarter performance gaming (2Q ends June 30)
  3. The 200-DMA
Two Operation Twist 2/QE3 Confirmations Courtesy Of Today's Dual POMO; Or Does No QS2 And QN3 Flip Mean QE3? - A quote...."When we provided our advance look at today's dual POMO day we said that: "while we expect Dealers to go balls to the wall in flipping the just auctioned off 10 Year reopening in the form of Cusip QN3, their interest in flipping the recently auctioned off QS2 will be far more muted." As a reminder, this is predicated by our interpretation of Bill Gross' tweet from last Monday, that "QE3 [is] likely to take form of "extended period" language or interest rate caps on 2-3 year Treasuries [sic]" and a result Dealers who believe Gross' prediction will hold off on flipping On The Run just issued bonds, a practice widely espoused across the curve up until the date of Gross's tweet. "

Most US states lost jobs in May
A quote...."A report released Friday by the US Labor Department on state and regional employment in May provides new evidence that the slump is accelerating and the jobs crisis in America is worsening."

Indian Gold And Silver Imports Surge By Stunning 500% In May
Gold & Silver Bug Alert - A quote...."India's heretofore "insatiable" appetite for precious metals will need to find a new adjective to describe it, after it surged by an absolutely unprecedented 500% in May MoM, and 222% compared to May of 2010, touching on a massive $8.96 billion in imports in the past month. Putting this number in perspective the yearly average Indian imports are about $22 billion: in one month the country will have imported about half its average quota for the year!"

Japanese Exports Hit Hard in The Aftermath of History’s Worst Nuclear Disaster
A quote...."Hamsayeh.Net - Latest economic data coming from Japan indicate the once global manufacturing powerhouse is rapidly losing its export driven economy following the earthquake hit northern parts of the country and subsequent nuclear disaster – the biggest of its kind in all of history."

Sunday June 19th 2011

No posts. - mpg

Saturday June 18th 2011

Overthrow Inc.
Must Read - A quote...."Peter Ackerman, an immensely wealthy investor and board member of the premier U.S. foreign policy think-tank, the Council on Foreign Relations, [2] and Robert Helvey, a 30 year veteran of the U.S. Army [3] who served two tours of duty in Vietnam [4], are the principal proponents of a nonviolent alternative to military intervention in the pursuit of U.S. foreign policy goals. Students of Gene Sharp, who developed a theory of how to destabilize governments through nonviolent means, Ackerman and Helvey have been at the head of a kind of Imperialist International, training “a modern type of mercenary,” who travel “the world, often in the pay of the U.S. government or NGOs, in order to train local groups” [5] in regime change. Ackerman and Helvey’s new type of mercenary are practitioners of what the CIA used to call destabilization. To escape the taint of its CIA past, destabilization has been rebranded as nonviolent resistance (NVR), shrewdly drawing upon the reputation of Martin Luther King Jr.’s nonviolent struggles for black civil rights in the 1960s. But where King sought to bring about change within the system, and in the United States, NVR is strictly a foreign affair, seeking to overturn governments abroad that operate outside the system of U.S. imperial domination."

Obama’s War Is Peace
Special Note - A quote...."President Obama demonstrates his utter contempt for the American people — and the law — when he says the War Powers Resolution does not apply to his intervention in Libya because, as the White House put it, “U.S. operations do not involve sustained fighting or active exchanges of fire with hostile forces, nor do they involve U.S. ground troops.”"

'US chipping away at citizens' rights'
PRSTVideo - (PRSTVYuTb - 6min24sec - Jun 18, 2011) - Source:  PressTVGlobalNews -- A quote...."The Supreme Court in the US state of Wisconsin has upheld an anti-workers law passed by state Republicans back in March, overturning a lower court ruling that voided the controversial legislation. -- Interview with Jennifer Loewenstein, Associate Director of the Middle East Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin, Madison."

What Really Happened with Michael Rivero – June 17th, 2011
MRVideo - Note:  To avoid the advertisements and the radio commentary goto - 8min - into the broadcast - mpg -- Alt - (JustInTV - 2hrs - June 17th, 2011) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire, and many other issues. - mpg

The Alex Jones Show – June 17th, 2011
AJVideos - Preview - Obama'sRoadMap2WWIII - MEDestabilizationCampaign(1/2) - MEDestabilizationCampaign(2/2) - KeyboardWarriors - Infokrieg'sAlexanderBenesch(1/2) - Infokrieg'sAlexanderBenesch(2/2) - BobChapman(1/3) - BobChapman(2/3) - BobChapman(3/3) - (AJYuTb - 10/15min - Jun 17, 2011) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Infowars.com journalist and editor Aaron Dykes hosts the show today. He talks with Prison Planet.com journalist and editor Paul Joseph Watson about the impending invasion of Libya and other sundry issues. Bob Chapman of the International Forecaster makes his regular Friday appearance and talks about the latest developments on the economic front. Alexander Benesch of Infokrieg.tv also talks with Aaron. Benesch protested outside Bilderberg 2011."
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More On The International Situation....

UK banks abandon eurozone over Greek default fears
The UK & France: Colonialists Again -The Brown Brits are bailing along with Sarkozy's Frenchmen leaving Germany to hold the bag.  Meanwhile these two back-stabbing, thieving, murderous little groups of miscreants are busily bombing the hell out of Libya to further Israel's PNAC Protocols and establish their own little Mini-Empires in North Africa and the Middle East along side Israel and the US-NRE.  This is SIMPLY DISGUSTING!!! - mpg - See related article and comments shown below....

French banks lead exodus of EU lenders from hardest-hit European economies
Special Note - Related Article - Everyone should remember Sarkozy jaw-boned and strong-armed the Germans to pony-up and participate in the first series of bail-outs and now that they've done so, the French are running out leaving the Germans to hold the bag.  Not to mention that they used all this extra time they got courtesy of Merkel's government not to help straighten out the financial situation in the EU, but instead to bomb the crap out of Libya and carve themselves a new colonial empire.  Truly disgusting.  This is exactly what happens when everyone starts running around trying to emulate the Gangster Bankster Syndicate once known as Amerika. - mpg - posted 06-12-11
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[Almost All] European Nations Balk At Their Role In NATO - Article also posted at ICH
A quote...."Robert Gates’ recent public diatribe against the 28 members of NATO (1) who are “consuming security and not producing it,” and not doing their fair share in the bloody fighting, is either a warning or harbinger that the relationship between the U.S. and the European nations is changing. European nations are refusing to participate in America’s wars, and the U.S. doesn’t like it." - Britain and France however are up for NATO squandering its resources if they can obtain their own Mini-Empires, the rest of the EU however appears to be getting tired of the US-NRE's (and Israel's) penchant for the "long war". - mpg

Obama Launching World War III
AJVideo - Alt - (AJYuTb - 9mini59sec - Jun 17, 2011) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."In this critically important update, Alex warns that the international banking cartel is using Obama and the US military to start World War III. The controllers of the New World Order believe they can achieve their one world government by destabilizing every country in the the Middle East and northern Africa and draw Russia and China into crisis to create a world-wide catastrophe. Once this event occurs, and the world is brought to the brink of total obliteration, the global banking cartel plans to move in with their final phase: a one world government and eugenics agenda.  ---  Alex urges his listeners to get the word out about this point in history. We are right now in the beginning stages of world war three. If this situation escalates, it can result in the worst world war that mankind has ever suffered."

'US promotes instability in Afghanistan'
A quote...."Iran's defense minister insists the American military presence in Afghanistan has contributed to more instability in the country than peace and security."

Iran Stresses Afghans' Ability to Establish Security
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi on Sunday reiterated that the Afghan nation has full capability and is completely able to establish security in the war-torn country without assistance and interference of foreign forces."

Iranian DM Meets Afghan President in Kabul
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi held a meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul to discuss bilateral relations as well as regional and international issues."

Karzai Lashes Out Against Coalition Forces - Article also posted at ICH
A quote...."Afghan President Hamid Karzai lashed out against coalition forces Saturday, suggesting they were in Afghanistan for “their own purposes” and accusing NATO of polluting his country’s environment with its weapons."

Nine killed in attack on Afghan convoy
A quote...."Insurgents attacked three convoys ferrying fuel and supplies to Nato troops stationed in western and eastern Afghanistan, killing nine Afghan security guards and torching at least 15 fuel tankers." - bold by website editor

Eight NATO/ISAF troops die in a day in Afghanistan: military
A quote...."KABUL — Eight foreign soldiers died in one day in Afghanistan, officials said Sunday, including four in a single incident believed to have been a vehicle accident."

Afghanistan: Third British soldier fatally wounded in three days
A quote...."Serviceman from 3rd Battalion the Mercian Regiment (Staffords) on patrol in southern Nahr-e Saraj district when he came under fire from insurgents."

62nd French soldier killed in Afghanistan
A quote...."PARIS, June 18 (Xinhua) -- A French soldier was killed by local militants on Saturday in Afghanistan, marking the 62nd death of French servicemen in the central Asian country since 2001, the Elysee Palace confirmed in a statement."

CIA not allowed to operate in Pakistan: Malik
A quote...."Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Saturday said that Pakistan was a sovereign state and would not allow CIA to launch operations in Pakistan. “CIA will not be allowed to launch illegal operations in the country"

'US seeks regime change in Syria'
A quote...."An Iranian lawmaker says the US aims to incite regime change in Syria with the hope that a new government might serve the interests of Washington in the country."

US Warships Moved To Syrian Coast
A quote..."Even as the Obama administration prepares to launch a full ground war in Libya while expanding its drone attacks inside Yemen and Pakistan, US warships are being moved towards the Mediterrenean coast of Syria, precisely in line with forecasts that the Bilderberg Group intended to launch a massive new war in the Middle East, with Syria being its prime target."

Bushehr nuclear plant to be connected to national grid in August
A quote...."The Russian State Nuclear Energy Corporation (Rosatom) officials have said that the Bushehr nuclear power plant will be connected to the national grid in early August, Mehr news agency quoted Iranian Ambassador to Moscow Reza Sajjadi as saying." - also posted at WarInIraq

Why does Britain tolerate its leaders? - Why does America?  Perhaps it's an English disease? - mpg
A quote...."Christopher King considers the bubble of deception and lies that underpins the British political establishment and the ignorance and self-delusion that sustain public support for this establishment.."

Russia's brand new Superjet 100 flies to Paris for Le Bourget air show
A quote...."Russia's brand new Sukhoi SuperJet 100 aircraft has flown to Paris to take part in the upcoming international air show outside the French capital, the office of Russian Vice-Premier Sergei Ivanov said on Sunday. -- The 49th International Paris Air Show will be held at Le Bourget on June 20-26."

'Just a matter of time': Russian gas & Chinese hunger
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 5min20sec - Jun 17, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."China may be the world's emerging powerhouse, but it's leader still sees the global recovery as 'slow and fragile' and more reform's needed. Hu Jintao's been speaking at the Economic Forum in St. Petersburg - a day after failing to agree on a major energy deal with Russia. RT assesses what he's had to say with Dr. Baozhi Qu, who's an Assistant Professor of Economy at City University in Hong Kong."

Political anger, discontent grows after President Obama’s visit to Puerto Rico
A quote...."SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — President Barack Obama may have been in Puerto Rico for only four hours, but his brief fundraising visit has unleashed a growing political furor in this U.S. Caribbean territory."

The Assault On Libya....

Libya: Connect the Dots-You Get a Giant Dollar Sign - Article also posted at ICH
Special Note - A quote...."July 18, 2011 "WhoWhatWhy" -- In an earlier article, we posed the question, “Why are we in Libya?” We offered some thoughts. -- Now, more pieces are falling into place. Those pieces have names of your favorite players: oil companies, banks like Goldman Sachs, and they paint a picture of endless corporate intrigue. The sort that never seems to come out in the corporate media. -- Let’s go for a ride."

NATO operation in Libya is collective punishment – former U.S. Congresswoman
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 11min13sec - Jun 15, 2011) - Source:  Briton100 -- A quote...."As NATO attacks continue in Libya, ex US Congresswoman and former presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney went to the country on a non-governmental fact-finding mission to see what exactly is going on in the war-torn country. -- ­Cynthia McKinney believes the bombardments of Libyan cities and other measures taken by NATO, causing civilian casualties, represent the idea of "collective punishment"."

NATO warplanes kill 7 Libyan civilians
Libyan rebels blame West for lack of cash
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More on the World Wide Revolution....

How To Report On Syria - WaPo Edition
Presstitute Exposed - (WaPo again)  - MoonOfAlabama dissects and tears apart a WaPo propaganda piece on Syria. - mpg - editor's note, the article was posted on this site 06/16/11 and has now been removed.  This is only the second time since Reficultnias was established that an article previously posted had to be removed.

Clinton on Syria: Astounding Lies, Zero Legitimacy
Prostitute Exposed - (Hillary again) - A quote...."Within the pages of the London-based, Saudi-funded Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, Hillary Clinton joined Barack Obama, Nicholas Sarkozy, and David Cameron in the bizarre trend of Western leaders writing newspaper editorials in an attempt to reinforce the ever changing, ever contradicting official narrative. Clinton’s article titled, “There is no going back in Syria,” oafishly parrots month old corporate-funded think-tank talking points with the addition of hamfisted reversals on the US State Department’s own narratives." - also posted at EndTheLie

World Revolution Not Seen on TV- Rallies Around the World - A video compilation of protests worldwide.
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 7min28sec - Mar 26, 2011) - Source:  joyousenergy -- A quote...."Worldwide rallies cry for peace and gather in solidarity. Western media ignores these peaceful gatherings and if they report, they focus on a few who act out (negatively). They don't show you the thousands of videos taken by real people around the world chanting for peace and freedom. Search YouTube today and you will find the streets around the world filled with people, standing up against tyranny, oppression, and NWO control. They are begging Americans to wake up too!!"

Spanish Revolution -English (Muse Uprising) & IT BEGINS ,COME ON EUROPE GET UP!!
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 7min37sec - Jun 11, 2011) - Source:  Rainbowdom1 -- Spain begins the European revolution and this is still going on since May 15th, total news blackout so [it] doesn't spread through Europe and [the] world!!  Peace."

Thousands of protesters occupy Puerta del Sol square in Madrid
Photo - A quote...."With tents, mattresses, a kitchen, a workshop and even a pharmacy, a protest camp in Madrid has grown into a real 'urban village' for thousands of young people. Under blue plastic tarpaulins, demonstrators have gathered in the landmark Puerta del Sol square in the centre of the Spanish capital,. Many of them have spent several days and nights there, to decry politicians who left Spain with a 21 per cent unemployment rate. Calling for "Real Democracy Now," the protests popularly known as M-15 began on May 15, lamenting Spain's economic crisis, politicians in general, and corruption."

Duel protests in Yemen
RVideo - (ReutersVid -  1min28sec - June 17) - A quote...."Duel rallies took place in Sanaa Friday as wounded Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh plots his return to the country. Jon Decker reports."
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

Lining the Chessboard Agains the Resistance Bloc:  War With Syria, Iran Lebanon In the Works?
Geo-Political Note - In their counter-revolutionary push to roll back any democratic changes arising from the Arab Spring, the US/Israeli/Saudi troika is out to destabilize the countries in the region that refuse to abandon their national sovereignty. In this game, Turkey is emerging as a key, albeit ominous, player. Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya deciphers the multiple facets of this explosive scenario." - bold by website editor - also posted at InfoWars

The Destabilization of Syria and the Broader Middle East War - Article also posted at ICH
Geo-Political Note - A quote...."What is unfolding in Syria is an armed insurrection supported covertly by foreign powers including the US, Turkey and Israel. -- Armed insurgents belonging to Islamist organizations have crossed the border from Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan. The US State Department has confirmed that it is supporting the insurgency."

Experts Fear Israeli Design to Balkanise Arab States - Article also posted at ICH
Geo-Political Note - A quote...."CAIRO, Jun 18, 2011 (IPS) - Developments in Libya have raised fears among Egyptian analysts and political figures of the possible break-up of the North African nation into two warring halves. To support the assertion, they point to longstanding Israeli designs - supported by the western powers - to balkanise the Arab states of the region." - Topix  ||  9/11-Planning Guidance Docs - (a.k.a. The PNAC Protocols)  ||

Israeli mayor says Nazareth 'city for Jews' only
A quote...."Jack Khoury - Haaretz- The mayor of Upper Nazareth told a Nazareth-based Arabic newspaper that his town will never be a mixed Arab-Jewish city, despite the fact that 16 percent of its residents are Arab."

Waves of attacks against West Bank mosques
A quote...."In recent months, there have been repeated attacks by Israeli settlers against mosques across the West Bank. They were carried out with the complicity of Israel's occupation army and encouraged by the leaders of settler groups and political blocs, as well as the rabbinic guides of extremist gangs; gangs who own weapons and operate under the full knowledge and gaze of the occupation forces."

Israeli Platoon Violates Lebanon Borders, Dogs Confront It
A quote...."A group of Israeli soldiers crossed towards Lebanon, chasing a young Lebanese shepherd in attempt to kidnap him. However, the shepherd’s dog obstructed their plan and fought with the penetrators. -- A report broadcast on Al-Manar TV station Friday, revealed that a platoon of Israeli soldiers set up an ambush inside Lebanese territory, 250 meters away from the border, in the liberated Saddana hill in Shebaa." - Source: Al-Manar
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

The Eagle of Palestine
Must Read - A quote...."It was his face that drew my attention. It was his powerful eyes, the look of pride in them. As I went through the local newspaper, scanning the daily reports, some of which reach the outside world, but the majority remaining in occupied Palestine, I came across his picture." - also posted at Uruknet

The forthcoming Gaza flotilla: heroism vs violent intransigence?
A quote...."No Nobel Peace Laureate will be able to disguise the guilt if more Israeli hoods batter more human rights workers. No selectively edited whitewash report, with of without endorsement from professors of international law, will be able to conceal the truth this time from the people of the world.” -- *Richard Lightbown*

French rally to support Flotilla 2
Contains Video - A quote...."Pro-Palestinian activists in France rally to support their nation's efforts in the upcoming Freedom Flotilla 2, which will attempt to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza. -- “We are not going to Israeli waters or Egyptian waters we are going to international waters and Palestinian waters, this is our objective” Claude Loestic, spokesperson for French Ship to Gaza told Press TV."

US Zionist Hypocricy And The Punishment Of A Young Palestinian Cartoonist
A quote...."Today, I received a letter containing bad news from Majed Badra, a young Palestinian cartoonist. He was very excited to be coming to the USA to learn about political cartooning and the culture of the USA. This program includes stops in New York City, Washington D.C., Baltimore, Maryland,  Portland, Oregon and finally St. Petersburg, Florida. Many events are planned that include meeting with professional US political cartoonists and seminars about press freedom, journalism, Human rights and ethics."

Israeli violations in the occupied West Bank "have escalated"
A quote...."A Palestinian research centre monitoring Israeli violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories has accused Israel of escalating the level of attacks on Palestinian citizens and their properties over the past month across the West Bank and Jerusalem. The latest monthly report from the Land Research Centre said that the violations committed by Israeli occupation forces and illegal settlers in occupied Jerusalem during the month of May include house demolitions, land confiscation and closures of roads and mosques. All, says the report, should be seen in the context of Israel's systematic Judaisation scheme aimed at emptying Jerusalem of its original inhabitants and settling more Jews in the city."

10 injured in non-violent weekly protests Friday
A quote...."Ten civilians were injured as Israeli troops attacked the weekly nonviolent protests organized at a number of West Bank communities. This week, protests were reported in the villages of al-Nabi Salleh, Bil’in, and Nil’in in the central West Bank, as well as al-Ma’ssara in the south."

Gaza Residents Shut Down UNRWA Offices in Protest of Delays in Rebuilding Homes
A quote...."Families residing in the southern Gaza Strip whose homes were destroyed have begun protesting the delay in rebuilding their homes. Families point an accusatory finger at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which promised to rebuild their homes." - also posted at Uruknet

Israeli undercover agents boast of killing Palestinians on TV
A quote...."Beaton explained that he kept photos of his victims. -- "This is a photo of a Palestinian young man called Basim Subeih who I killed. This is another young man. I shredded his body, and the photo shows the remnants of his body," he said. -- The TV program also featured an undercover agent referred to as "D", who openly admitted killing "wanted Palestinians." -- He complained of suffering from post traumatic stress disorder and said that the state had rejected his demands for compensation." - also posted at Uruknet
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More on Japan's & Amerika's Nuclear Power Plants....


Numerous Hot Spots, Up To 200 KM From Fukushima Exceeding 20 mSv/Yr Radiation Outside Evac Zone
A quote...."Numerous radioactive hotspots have been found in Japan at distances up to 200 kilometers from Fukushima exceeding the 20 millisieverts of radiation per year evacuation limit. “Elevated” levels of radiation are being detected up to 300 kilometers away."

Fukushima: Strontium levels up to 240 times over legal limit near plant, uninhabitable land area now the size of 17 Manhattans - A quote...."(NaturalNews) Representing the first time the substance has been detected at the crippled plant, the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) reported on Sunday that seawater and groundwater samples taken near the ravaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power facility in Japan have tested positive for radioactive strontium. And according to a recent report in The Japan Times, levels of strontium detected were up to 240 times over the legal limit, indicating a serious environmental and health threat." - also posted at AlethoNews

Global Nuclear [Power-Plant] Update
A quote...."The flood waters in the Missouri continue to pose a danger to the Fort Calhoun nuclear plant in Nebraska. As you may know, an electrical fire at the spent fuel pools at Fort Calhoun temporarily knocked out power for cooling, and the operator flooded the containment building. -- So far, I have seen no evidence of any release of radiation, although there are a number of worrying factors in the form of a "perfect storm" which could - in a worst-case scenario - lead to an accident."
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More On The Domestic Economic Situation....

Yes, the Next Crisis is Coming… And It WILL Be Worse Than 2008
A quote...."While the mainstream media has numerous stories for why 2008 occurred, the real one is largely ignored because admitting it would mean admitting that the entire financial system is filled with crap and that none of these problems have gone away. --  The truth is that the cause of the 2008 crisis was the black hole of finance: the derivatives market. A market that is so enormous (20 TIMES the entire world stock market), so unregulated (Wall Street can literally price these things at whatever levels it wants) and so complicated that virtually no one wants to write about it."  - Topix  ||  1.3 Quadrillion and Counting - 09-18-08 - mpg  ||  The Virtual Economy - 05-01-09 - mpg  ||

Things That Make You Go Hmmm - Like Endless Revionist History
A quote...."There is a kind of rubbernecking excitement that one experiences when we hear a person in position of power, control or money, utter something that is such a blatant lie that we wonder how anyone could believe listeners are so stupid to even remotely believe what is being said. The excitement is only magnified when we go back in time and re-listen the spoken lies, with the realization that they have already proven false. Perhaps nowehere in history is this kind of active revisionist history more appropriate then when listening to central bankers, who have been wrong on more occassions than anyone else in a professional occupation, and still retained their jobs."

After Dumping 30% Of Its Treasury Holdings In Half A Year, Russia Warns It Will Continue Selling US Debt
Now Russia has got to get rid of any dollars they received from dumping their treasuries.  China's probably ticked off they're still holding so much US-NRE junk paper and can't get rid of it like the Russians can. - mpg -- A quote...."Just in time for the end of QE2, when the US needs every possible foreign buyer of US debt to step up to the plate, we get confirmation that yet another major foreign central bank has decided to not only not add to its US debt holdings, but to actively sell US Treasurys."

UBS' Andy Lees: No, The Surging Put/Call Ratio Does Not Imply A Market Bottom, And May Presage A Waterfall Cascade In Stocks -- Mrkt. Tech Note - Regarding yesterday's article about the put/call ratio. - mpg -- A quote...."Yesterday when we observed the conventional wisdom explanation that since the CBOE equity put/call ratio is the highest it has been since January 2009 and hence the market must have bottomed, we naturally took the opposite stance, warning that any comparison to past events is necessarily apples to oranges, since the "last time we checked back in January 2009 Greece and Europe were not about to go Chapter 11, nor was a $900 billion asset purchasing program about to end." - The article and this website editor's comments shown below....

Is The Highest Equity Put-To-Call Ratio Since S&P 666 An Indication Of A Market Bottom?
Mrkt. Tech Note - Charts - (click to enlarge) - A quote...."Last Friday, the CBOE Equity Put/Call Ratio reached the highest level in the past two and a half years, higher not only than May 2010 when the market plunged on the first Greek bankruptcy, but higher than March 2009 when the S&P hit 666, and lower only than the second week of January 2009." - It should be noted the put/call ratio is a classic contrarian indicator suggesting the market is currently oversold.  On the other hand it should be noted many formally reliable technical, fundamental, and chart formations suggesting overbought conditions during the last two years of this stock market's powerful rally haved also proved to be unreliable.  The only reliable indicator in the last decade seems to be the Fed's current policy, or as many are wont to say "never fight the Fed".  It's your money and it's your call folks. - mpg - posted 06-17-11

[US] Housing prices will fall another 20 percent
A quote...."Housing prices, once on the rebound, are falling again. Inventories of unsold homes mean housing prices will remain weak for years."

Trading Of Over The Counter Gold And Silver To Be Illegal Beginning July 15
Gold & Silver Bug Alert - A quote...."If I read this correctly, this only affects precious metals contracts on margin/leverage for future delivery (i.e. "Paper" gold/silver) but not coin dealers whose transactions are cash and carry. -- I suspect this will drive down the immediate price for gold and silver in order to keep people in the equities market and Federal Reserve Note." -- *Michael Rivero*

20 Tips For Surviving Economic Meltdown
A quote...."As difficult as it may be to fathom, the current lousy economy may not be the worst case scenario. All I have to do is look around and be observant to see that there is a strong likelihood that another, more significant economic meltdown is imminent."

Friday June 17th 2011

More On The Domestic Situation....

Everything We're Doing Now Was Planned BEFORE 9/11
Must Read - A quote...."We've been told that 9/11 changed everything. -- Is it true? -- Let's look at the facts...." - also posted at ZeroHedge & DProgram - Topix ||  9/11 PlngGuide - SpecTrgts  ||

The 9/11 Truth Movement Is The Conscience of The World
Special Note - A quote...."The predatory ruling elite of America, England, Israel, and the West are hungry for more wars in the Middle East. The EU is imposing economic sanctions on Syria; the U.S. military and NATO are preparing for a ground invasion of Libya; and Israel is getting ready to attack Lebanon and Iran. In short, hell is about to be unleashed on the Middle East and the world. Speak up now or forever hold your peace." - also posted at DProgram

Two Months After 9/11, the tangled steel was still so hot that it glowed like charcoal briquettes
Contains Videos - MoltenSteel - DrippingSteel - CollateralDamagesTrlr - RedSteel - BushLies - A quote...."Let’s hear experienced iron workers, architects, engineers, firefighters, and professionals who saw the destruction firsthand, as they talk about the mangled steel, extreme temperatures, and unbelievable pulverization of the debris. -- Many of the beams were twisted and distorted as though made of rubber or wax. Some beams were over 6 [inches] thick and bent like pretzels. Structural engineers, who are experts in steel structures that have suffered earthquakes and explosions claimed to have seen nothing like this before and could not imagine the kind of pressure and heat required to do this kind of damage." - Topix ||  9/11-WTC-1&2  ||  9/11-WTC7  ||

America Is Being Raped ... Just Like Greece and Other Countries
A quote...."Preface: The war between liberals and conservatives is a false divide-and-conquer dog-and-pony show created by the powers that be to keep the American people divided and distracted. See this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this and this. So before assuming that privatization is a good thing, read on. -- If these resources had always been in the private sector, that would be fine ... that would be free market capitalism. -- But if they were purchased on the people's dime with our taxpayer funds and then sold to the big boys for cheap, that's not capitalism ... that's looting." - also posted at DProgram

$12 Billion For Them - 1.5 Million Homeless For Us
A quote...."Does anyone possess a clue as to why our U.S. government spends $12 billion every 30 days in Afghanistan and Iraq while 1.5 million of our citizens remain homeless and 13.4 million American children live in poverty?"

The Federal Debt Elevator: Going Up
A quote...."The facts are these: an unknown someone for no written official reason withdrew $12 billion in currency, loaded it onto 21 Air Force planes, flew the money to Iraq, where it was turned over to someone or other, with either $2.8 billion or $6.6 billion unaccounted for, sometime (no one seems sure) between 2003 and 2004. Explanation:"

"But U.S. officials often didn't have time or staff to keep strict financial controls. Millions of dollars were stuffed in gunnysacks and hauled on pickups to Iraqi agencies or contractors, officials have testified."

"Buried in the story is this tidbit: the U.S. government has spent $61 billion on reconstructing Iraq's economy. This is in addition to the vastly larger sums that the U.S. government spent on destroying the Iraq economy. Why? For these three words: "We got him."  ---  Yippee-ki-yay."

Wall Street and the Fed’s stranglehold on America - Ohhhh, this is ABSOLUTELY disgusting!! - mpg
A quote...."A few days ago, I came upon a New York Times article, Obama Seeks to Win Back Wall St. Cash. The lead-in read, “A few weeks before announcing his re-election campaign, President Obama convened two dozen Wall Street executives, many of them longtime donors, in the White House’s Blue Room.” It wasn’t just to say hello."

Texas State Officials Groped By TSA As “Punishment”
Take down the names of all the TSA agents involved, and if they ever show up in Texas, enforce the law against them! - mpg -- A quote...."As the resurrected TSA anti-groping bill cleared the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, and gathered enough support to pass both chambers, Texas state officials have recounted disturbing stories that highlight how the TSA is using forceful pat-downs as a form of “punishment” to those who opt out of the full body scanners."

Progressive Heroes Poopyheads
Special Note - Quote of the Day...."Every blogger and writer who is conscious and even fractionally honest now acknowledges that Obama has doubled down on every single policy of Bush's that the progressives had condemned so loudly and for so long. Moreover, Obama has gone beyond Bush's profoundly awful record in certain critical respects. And never, ever forget that Obama and his administration claim the "right" to murder anyone in the world, wherever he or she may be, for whatever reason they choose -- or for no reason at all. (Also, see this.)  ---  But it's their guy doing it so, hey, no prob. Obama normalizes every horror of the Bush administration and adds some new horrors of his own, and the progressives are "frustrated." They're "grousing." It's "a stage [they] have to go through," like misbehaving seven-year-olds. I guess we can't exactly blame Dean for infantilizing these idiots. They are a lot like children -- not healthy children, I emphasize, but very badly damaged and not terribly bright children." -- also posted at Uruknet - Topix ||  AViDD "believer" Type-1 and Type-2 Syndromes - 11-04-08 - mpg  ||

Saw the saddest thing and it inspired this talk
A Personal Observation - Video - Alt - (YuTb - 18min 04sec Jun 17, 2011) - Source:  Rys2sense

What Really Happened with Michael Rivero – June 16th, 2011
MRVideo - Note:  To avoid the advertisements and the radio commentary goto - 2min - into the broadcast - mpg -- Alt - (JustInTV - 2hrs - June 16th, 2011) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire, and many other issues. - mpg

The Alex Jones Show – June 16th, 2011
Must View AJVideos - Preview - AJ"ImpeachObama" - FtCalhounNukes - Colonel6CnfmsLibyaGrndInvasion - CronyCapitalism(1/2) - CronyCapitalism(2/2) - FormerMarine - MaxKeiser(1/3) - MaxKeiser(2/3) - MaxKeiser(3/3) - CatherineAustinFitts(1/2) - CatherineAustinFitts(2/2) - (AJYuTb - 2/15mini - Jun 15, 2011) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Today Alex talks about reports sent by members of the military to Infowars.com regarding an October ground invasion of Libya. Alex also covers the latest on the unfolding situation in Greece as the people resist and protest against banker imposed austerity. He also talks about the al-Qaeda hit list and other important news. Alex welcomes back to the show Catherine Austin Fitts, president of Solari, Inc., the publisher of The Solari Report, and the former Assistant Secretary of Housing and Federal Housing at the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the first Bush Administration. He talks with film-maker, broadcaster and former broker and options trader Max Keiser as well." - bold by website editor
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More On The International Situation....

The Anglo-American Endgame for Afghanistan
A quote...."The Anglo-American project to craft an Afghan endgame that ensures long-term western military presence in the South and Central Asian region has entered a critical phase. The United States and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) now acknowledge that a complete withdrawal from the region by 2014 is not in the cards. [Translation:  "They're gonna be there FOREVER" - mpg] Several stages of diplomatic and political deception concealed this “hidden agenda.” Regional powers — Pakistan and India, in particular — are sadder and wiser today."

Two UK Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan
A quote...."Two British soldiers have been killed in separate incidents in Afghanistan."

US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,510
A quote...."These brave young men and women have not died in order to make this country any more safe; in fact, the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan makes the US less safe than before that happened. And right now, every innocent human being who is gunned down by NATO or the US in this country moves those still standing into the waiting embrace of the Taliban." -- *Michael Rivero*

US reservists reveal truth about the battle for Nuristan
A quote...."....the US soldiers who fought in this remote corner of north-eastern Afghanistan appear to have cut through the spin, telling their local newspaper of a ferocious battle after Taliban fighters seized a tiny mountain village and raised the flag of the Islamist movement."

Pakistan accuses NATO of airspace violation
A quote...."ISLAMABAD — Pakistan hit out at the United States on Friday over what it said was an incursion into its airspace by a NATO jet that attacked a military post. -- The foreign ministry said in a statement the aircraft had attacked the the Ziarat post, 2.5 kilometres (1.5 miles) from the border with Afghanistan in Mohmand tribal region."

Pakistan tribes block Nato supply road to Afghanistan
A quote...."Hundreds of Pakistani tribesmen blocked Nato supplies and other traffic at a key crossing on the Afghan border, a day after a clash with Afghan forces."

US Naval and Troop Movements Toward North Africa, Middle East Reported As Syrian Destabilization Escalates
A quote...."Washington DC – US Special Forces units based at Fort Hood, Texas, have been told to prepare for deployment to Libya no later than July, according to a US military source. The Special Forces would then be followed in September or October by heavy armored units of the First Cavalry Division, currently located in Iraq and Afghanistan, along with other components of the US III Corps. This report was broadcast today on the Alex Jones radio program, and comes against the backdrop of escalating US destabilization operations against Syria and sharpening US condemnation of Damascus and its ally, Tehran."

SCO steps out of Central Asia
A quote...."The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) marked its 10th anniversary at the summit meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Wednesday. Anniversaries divisible by five or 10 are almost sacrosanct occasions in international politics - especially for Central Asian countries and the adjacent capitals of Moscow and Beijing that have been weaned on the formalism of Marxism-Leninism. Much expectation was placed on the occasion at Astana. -- In the event, it turned out to be a sober, introspective occasion for charting out a course rather than an excuse for grandstanding. No tall claims were made. There was sombre stocktaking that security threats remained and economic cooperation could be a lot better." - also posted at SCF

China plays long game on Congo copper
A quote...."China is displaying dogged determination to establish an enduring presence in Africa's copper belt as the price of the metal rises. This raises American taunts of neo-colonialism - though the infrastructure-for-copper investment is equivalent to the airlifted cash the US has lost in post-conquest Iraq. Maybe China has found a way to rebuild a resource-rich but broken "

The Assault On Libya....

Obama, We're At War. Stop Insulting Us. - posted at ICH
Special Note - A quote...."July 17, 2011 "Foreign Policy" - - An accountant, a social scientist and a lawyer are seated in a room. A guy walks in and asks them: "how much is 2 + 2?" The accountant whips out a calculator, pencils and paper, scribbles for awhile, and then says: "The answer, sir, is 4." The social scientist grabs her laptop, fires it up a few minutes, and then says "Well, as you know this is not an exact science, but I can say with a 95% level of confidence that the answer is between 3 and 5."  ---  The lawyer, meanwhile, gets up, looks under all the chairs, checks in the closet, opens the door to the room and looks both ways down the hall. Then he comes back, sidles up to the guy who asked the question, and whispers:  ---  "I don't care. How much do you want it to be?"

Pentagon, Justice Dept Both Told Obama He Needed Authorization for Libya War
A quote...."President Obama’s claims this week that the War Powers Act doesn’t apply to the Libyan War on the grounds that it falls short of “hostilities” sounded ridiculous when he made them. The behind the scenes debate that led to this announcement, however, was nothing short of incredible."

Obama Overruled 2 Top Lawyers on War Power in Libya
A quote...."18 Jun 2011 President Obama rejected the views of top lawyers at the Pentagon and the Justice Department when he decided that he had the legal authority to continue American military participation in the air war in Libya without Congressional authorization, according to officials familiar with internal administration deliberations. Jeh C. Johnson, the Pentagon general counsel, and Caroline D. Krass, the acting head of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, had told the White House that they believed that the United States military's activities in the NATO-led air war amounted to "hostilities." - bold by website editor - See quote shown below....

Air Operations:  [As of June 16th 2011] -- Since the beginning of the NATO operation (31 March 2011, 08.00GMT) a total of 11387 sorties, including 4307 strike sorties*, have been conducted." [Totals for today June 16th 2011....] - bold by website editor - from:  NATO Source - Alliance News Blog

Sorties conducted 16 JUNE: 146
Strike sorties conducted 16 JUNE: 51

*Strike sorties are intended to identify and engage appropriate targets, but do not necessarily deploy munitions each time.

This website editor DARES ANYONE to state in any way, shape, or form that 11,387 sorties and 4,307 strike sorties (that means dropping bombs) against a single country, with many more months of sorties to follow, does NOT constitute, nor meets, the definition of "hostilities"!! - mpg

Talking Point Shift: All of Tripoli is Gadhafi’s Compund and the U.S. is Opposed to Free Elections in Libya
A quote...."There seems to be a shift taking place in the pro-war talking points on Libya. Now they suggest that all of Tripoli, a city of 2 million people, is Moammar Gadhafi’s compound or “strong hold”. This is intended to silence criticism of NATO attacks on targets inside Tripoli that are clearly unrelated to military targets because they simply can’t deny them anymore. What they are effectively doing is normalizing the Shock and Awe campaign that is developing in Libya. -- On another note, the United States is opposed to a proposition that Libya hold internationally monitored elections in order to replace Gadhafi and his regime. Free and open elections cannot be allowed because they know in a real election their puppets with the Transitional National Council will not win. -- The charade of the “humanitarian intervention” is practically over."

Libya ‘rape’ propaganda plunges to new depths of desperation
Propaganda Exposed - A quote....""Hat tip to Scott Creighton – his recent article ‘CNN’s Misogynistic Cell Phone Porn Propaganda‘, brought this to my attention. -- The Libya war propaganda drive has plunged to new depths of cynicism, depravity, and a downright embarrassing lack of credibility. -- Over a week after the ICC’s completely baseless claims of ‘rape being used as a weapon’ by Gaddafi’s forces, today CNN is running a propaganda set-piece that is so blatantly invented it makes one cringe with embarrassment for this rabble of liars and propagandists." - also posted at AlethoNews

The Perils of Insubordination - Why Regime Change in Libya?
A quote...."In light of the brutal death and destruction wrought on Libya by the relentless US/NATO bombardment, the professed claims of "humanitarian concerns" as grounds for intervention can readily be dismissed as a blatantly specious imperialist ploy in pursuit of "regime change" in that country." - also posted at AlethoNews

Nato the First to Blink As Defiant Gaddafi Steps Up War of Nerves
A quote...."For a man who has been under Western bombardment for more than three months, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has not appeared unduly worried.His appearance playing chess at the weekend with the Russian head of the World Chess Federation, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, was a piece of psychological theatre worthy of a veteran campaigner."

Libya Rebels: NATO Air Strike Wounds 16 Near Ajdabiyah
NATO Choppers Land in Libya, Rebels Injured
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More on the World Wide Revolution....

Greece: Earth shattering strike and demonstration as Papandreou hangs on to power waiting to be overthrown
A quote...."Thursday, 16 June 2011 -- Yesterday hundreds of thousands of workers and youth participated in a 24-hour general strike called by the GSEE and ADEDY (private and public sector trade union confederations), marching on demonstrations to the main squares of seventy cities and towns across Greece. From the early morning hours participation in a mass gathering to encircle the Houses of Parliament was enormous." - also posted at WilliamBowles

Spain's Protest Movement
A quote...."MADRID, Spain, June 15: Spain is justly proud of the Paella, a distinctive dish that mixes diverse vegetables or seafood into a tasty fusion of delectability. -- They have now created a political version in the form of Tarir Square type encampment in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol where a diverse mix of activists---old, young, male-female, disabled, immigrant, activists from Western Sahara, have created a beachhead for what many say is the closest this country has come to a popular and distinctive revolutionary movement since the 1930’s." - also posted at WilliamBowles

Visible Means of Support: Backing Brutality in Bahrain
Special Note - A quote...."Last week, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate met with the crown prince of Bahrain and "reaffirmed" the United States' "strong commitment" to the regime of unelected autocrats. The Peace Laureate -- who in his acceptance of the Prize wrapped himself in the mantle of Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi -- also "expressed strong support" for the regime's "ongoing efforts to initiate national dialogue ... [and] forge a just future for all Bahrainis."

Bahrain’s Dictatorship and the Pentagon
A quote....""Democracy" is something the US government tolerates when the government of said democracy bows to the US's will; otherwise, any tinpot dictator will do, thank you very much." -- *Michael Rivero*

Yemenis stage massive anti-US rallies
A quote...."Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters have once again taken to the streets across Yemen to protests against US interference in their country."

Will Saleh return home to Yemen from Saudi Arabia? No, says a Saudi source
A quote...."Embattled Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, being treated for shrapnel wounds in Riyadh, will not return home, a top Saudi official said on Friday, contrary to Sanaa’s claims that he will return soon." - also posted at Uruknet

Defying Military Crackdown, Protesters Surge Across Syria
NATO Chief Excludes Military Action in Syria
Turkey Says Syria Only Has a Few Days Left to Get Its Act Together
10,000 Syrian Refugees in Turkey
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

What’s the Difference Between Zionism and Racism?
Must Read - A quote...."The truth is, the dispute over Israel is nothing less than “The Manifest Destiny” being reenacted. When the Europeans came to America and began to strip the indigenous people of their land, they justified their unholy atrocities by declaring that it was God’s will that they settle and bring his word to this “uncivilized land”– it was their manifest destiny. So in true civilized, Christian fashion, they began to spread the Holy word of God through the hot muzzle of a Gatlin gun. It was a brutally unconscionable and gruesome event, but what could these good Christians do? After all, it was God’s will that they slaughter those “Godless savages.” That is the exact same scenario that is currently taking place in the Middle East today. It began with the “creation” of the state of Israel in 1948, and the campaign continues as I speak – but this time, it’s called Zionism."

Truth Telling Transfer Agreement Exposes Adolf Hitler as Founding Father of Israel
Special (Historical) Note - A quote...."In The Transfer Agreement, Edwin Black’s compelling award-winning story of a negotiated arrangement in 1933 between Zionist organizations and the Nazis to transfer some 50,000 Jews, and $100 million of their assets to Jewish Palestine in exchange for stopping the worldwide Jewish-led boycott threatening to topple the Hitler regime in its first year, exposes historical truth."

Ralph Langner: Cracking Stuxnet, a 21st-century cyber weapon
Video - A quote...."When first discovered in 2010, the Stuxnet computer worm posed a baffling puzzle. Beyond its unusually high level of sophistication loomed a more troubling mystery: its purpose. Ralph Langner and team helped crack the code that revealed this digital warhead's final target -- and its covert origins. In a fascinating look inside cyber-forensics, he explains how."

This whole 'Arab Spring' thing is starting to smell like bagels
Special Note - A quote...."Israel has been too quiet for too long, they should be on one of their homicidal visits to either Gaza or Lebanon, butchering civilians while the USA says not to worry, it's only 'birthing pains,' hence my suspicions that this 'Arab Spring' is a Zionist/NeoCon led diversion that will kick out the aging pro-Israel Zionist stooges and replace them with a younger version who's on the CIA's payroll."

Israeli troops cross into Lebanon
A quote...."Israeli troops have once again crossed into Lebanon in a failed kidnapping operation inside the country in clear defiance of a UN Security Council resolution."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Palestinian Statehood and Bypassing Israel
A quote...."Israel breaks international law and UN agreements under the guise of “protecting state legitimacy”.

Turkey to vote for Palestine recognition in UN, says president - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."Turkey will vote for a UN resolution to recognize Palestine as a sovereign state, Turkish President Abdullah Gül said in remarks published on Thursday."

Alice Walker on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and the struggle for justice
Interview - EI interviews Alice Walker - A quote...."In a conversation with Ali Abunimah, Walker speaks about her thoughts on the eve of the trip and the parallels between the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and the Freedom Rides during the US Civil Rights movement when black and white Americans boarded interstate buses together to break the laws requiring racial segregation. The Freedom Riders were met with extreme violence — including bus burnings, attempted lynchings, jail and torture."

Medical Care in Gaza Under Siege
A quote...."Under siege, Israel continues to strangle Gaza. Poverty and unemployment are extremely high. Over 70% of the population requires humanitarian aid. Virtually everything is in short supply. Except for minimal amounts of some fruits, vegetables and flowers, exports are prohibited. Israel prevents access by sea and air. It's blockade is illegal but persists because Western powers and regional neighbors allow it." - Source:  SteveLendman

25 Detainees Facing Death Due To The Lack Of Medical Attention
A quote...."25 Palestinian political prisoners in the Al Ramla Israeli detention facility are facing imminent death due to illegal Israeli policies that deprive the detainees from their right to medical treatment."

Occupation bulldozers demolish Palestinian homes in Negev
A quote...."NEGEV, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation bulldozers demolished three residential structures in the villages of Karnab and Faraa, two unrecognised villages of Negev in southern occupied Palestine, as part of the occupation efforts to cleanse the Negev of Palestinian Bedouins." - also posted at Uruknet

Settlers [Jewish Vandals] Torch Farmlands Near Ramallah
A quote...."After a recent burning of its mosque, a group of extremist Israeli settlers [Jewish vandals] torched on Friday Palestinian farmlands planted with wheat in the Al Mogheer village, north of the central west bank city of Ramallah." - also posted at Uruknet
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More on Japan's & Amerika's Nuclear Power Plants....


Highly radioactive tea with over 1000 bq/kg of Japan nuclear radiation found in Paris
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/cachedfiles/photofiles/radiation-image.jpgRadiation Alert - A quote...."As Japan embarks on a campaign of cover up and censorship to hide the discovery of radioactive tea within its own borders, hundreds of miles from the Fukushima nuclear plant, tea with dangerous levels of Japan nuclear radiation are found in Paris, France."

Nuclear Doom: Hot Particles, Slow Death, And Cancer
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/cachedfiles/photofiles/radiation-image.jpgRadiation Alert - Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."Here in the above video we are looking at nuclear hell on earth, a night film of the radioactive steam that continues to rise from Fukushima 24 hours a day. Arnie Gundersen, a former nuclear power industry executive, is one of the experts who has been saying from day one that the nuclear crisis in Japan was much worse than they were telling us."

FOX: Is Japan Nuclear Radiation Killing Babies In Philadelphia? Infant Death Rate Spikes 48 Percent....
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/cachedfiles/photofiles/radiation-image.jpgRadiation Alert - A quote...."FOX news is raising the red flag about a 48% spike in Philadelphia infant deaths since Philly drinking water tests showed the highest levels of Japan nuclear radiation in the nation."

Clean-up suspended at Fukushima plant
A quote...."The operator of Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant has stopped the clean-up operation as radiation levels rose faster than expected."

'Fukushima incident not fully probed'
A quote...."An official with the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says Japan has not come up with a full investigation into the crisis-hit nuclear plant in Fukushima prefecture."
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More On The Domestic Economic Situation....

Only the “Crazies” Get the Bank Giveaway Right:  Free money creation to bail out financial speculators, but not Social Security or Medicare - posted at ICH -- Special Note - A quote...."Financial crashes came suddenly. They often were triggered by a crop failure causing farmers to default, or “the autumnal drain” drew down bank liquidity when funds were needed to move the crops. Crashes often also revealed large financial fraud and “excesses.”  ---  This was not really a “cycle.” It was a scallop-shaped a ratchet pattern: an ascending curve, ending in a vertical plunge. But popular terminology called it a cycle because the pattern was similar again and again, every eleven years or so. When loans by banks and debt claims by other creditors could not be paid, they were wiped out in a convulsion of bankruptcy.  ---  Gradually, as the financial system became more “elastic,” each business recovery started from a larger debt overhead relative to output. The United States emerged from World War II relatively debt free. Downturns occurred, crashes wiped out debts and savings, but each recovery since 1945 has taken place with a higher debt overhead. Bank loans and bonds have replaced stocks, as more stocks have been retired in leveraged buyouts (LBOs) and buyback plans (to keep stock prices high and thus give more munificent rewards to managers via the stock options they give themselves) than are being issued to raise new equity capital." - bold by website editor - Topix ||  The Ten Year Economic War Cycle  || - See also related quote shown below....

"Special Note: If great care is not taken, each successive ten year cycle creates more and more  underlying debt/inflation per capita necessitating bigger and bigger cycles of war (violating the Fifth law) thereby increasing systemic instabilities untill the entire system collapses." - from:  "Some Tentative Laws - July 20th, 2008 - last updated Aug. 15th 2008 - mpg"

Jim Rogers With Dylan Ratigan:
MSNBCVideo - Alt - (MSNBCYuTb - 6min20sec - Jun 16, 2011) - Source:  SaveOurSovereignty3  -- A quote...."Connecting the dots on gov't and Wall St. fraud: "Write down the debt, it's time for the U.S. government to start over, let the bankers lose their Lamborghinis" -- *Jim Rogers*

The $165B Bank Bailout That Will Never Be Paid Back
A quote...."Though Treasury likes to gloat about TARP funds having been paid back by the big banks, the banks have received a back-door bailout, of almost exactly the same size, that will never be paid back.  Almost no one talks about it, and no one in government is even keeping track of it."

IMF Warns U.S. on Debt
A quote...."The private central banks issue a fiat currency based on debt, which means all money in circulation is the proceeds of a loan at interest from the private central bank. By design, this system always increases the debt well in excess of the actual amount of money available. All that interest-debt owed is money that has never actually existed. Over time, the population enslaved to that private central bank is forced deeper and deeper into debt, simply because the money to pay the accumulated interest does not exist and never existed under that system."

"So now that the system has succeeded in plunging the US deep into a manufactured debt for trillions of dollars that never existed in the first place, the IMF, the biggest private central bank of all, starts to complain? The private central bankers CREATED this system. They KNEW what would happen and how it would ruin the nation (So did Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, and John Kennedy). So let us not waste everyone's time with faux-expressions of concern and dismay. This enforced poverty followed by stripping of real wealth was the intended outcome all along." -- *Michael Rivero*

Greenspan: The 'almost certain' Greece default could cause US double-dip
Full quote...."Memo to Alan Greenspan: Neither the Greek nor the American people signed on to the horrific jobs their respective governments and central banks did in terms of managing the economy."
"You got into this mess without our permission; you can get out of it without our help." -- *Michael Rivero*

The Next Global Credit Crisis: Why U.S. Banks and Greek Debt Will be the Toxic Trigger
A quote...."Preface by Washington's Blog: Is history repeating? As I've previously noted, the second leg of the great depression was caused by European defaults."

Another Friday Night Dose Of Squid Humiliation: Goldman Lowers Q2 GDP From 3% to 2%
A quote...."It is Friday night, which means that any bad and self-discrediting news from Goldman Sachs are due any minute. Sure enough, the squid does not disappoint: "Following another dose of disappointing economic data, we have cut our Q2 growth estimate to 2% (annualized) from 3%."

48 Percent Of Americans Believe Another Great Depression Is Likely In The Next 12 Months - 19 Reasons Why They Are Not Completely Crazy -- A quote...."Do you believe that the U.S. economy is steamrolling toward a depression?  If so, you are not alone.  According to a recent CNN poll, 48 percent of Americans believe that "another Great Depression" is likely within the next 12 months.  Americans have been waiting for almost three years for a "recovery" to materialize, but instead there are all kinds of signs that the economy is about to get worse yet again. "

Can Stocks Rally Without the Fed Juicing the Market?
Mrkt. Tech Note - Chart - A quote...."I keep hearing how stocks are due for a huge rally and that technically the market is in a great position. Certainly we could see a brief bounce here as we have major support from March lows. [see chart] - However, all of this seems to ignore the fact that QE 2 is ending. And anyone who believes the market has healthy demand without the Fed juicing the system needs to rethink the last 3+ years of market action. -  In plain terms, we have not had a period in which the Fed wasn’t pumping tens of billions into the markets since 2007."

Is The Highest Equity Put-To-Call Ratio Since S&P 666 An Indication Of A Market Bottom?
Mrkt. Tech Note - Charts - (click to enlarge) - A quote...."Last Friday, the CBOE Equity Put/Call Ratio reached the highest level in the past two and a half years, higher not only than May 2010 when the market plunged on the first Greek bankruptcy, but higher than March 2009 when the S&P hit 666, and lower only than the second week of January 2009." - It should be noted the put/call ratio is a classic contrarian indicator suggesting the market is currently oversold.  On the other hand it should be noted many formally reliable technical, fundamental, and chart formations suggesting overbought conditions during the last two years of this stock market's powerful rally haved also proved to be unreliable.  The only reliable indicator in the last decade seems to be the Fed's current policy, or as many are wont to say "never fight the Fed".  It's your money and it's your call folks. - mpg

World economy slides deeper into slump
A quote...."Two-and-a-half years after the financial crash of September 2008 and two years after the official end of the US recession, it is clear that none of the underlying problems that plunged the world economy into the deepest slump since the 1930s have been resolved. On the contrary, the anemic economic recovery is faltering, growth rates are slowing in most of the world, and the financial system is once again teetering on the edge of the abyss."

Thursday June 16th 2011

More On The Domestic Situation....

The Death of Bin Laden and Other Lies – Connecting the Dots
Must View Video - Alt - (YuTb - 3min35sec - May 13, 2011) - Source:  TheSOTTReport - A quote.... "Everything you need to know about U.S. politics in a song you can sing along to!"

An Introduction to September 11
Special Note - A quote...."Recall that in the 19th century the Indians were claimed as the bad guys for the United States. Then, in the 20th century the communists became the bad guys (albeit for a relatively brief, but painful, period the Nazis were designated). Now in the 21st century the bad guys have become Muslims. When simply understood, Muslim terrorists engineered 9/11. End of what you need to know. -- But real history is not quickly and easily understood. It turns out the Spanish did not blow up the Maine in Havana harbor leading to the Spanish-American War, that the War World I allies were not so innocent about the Lusitania sinking, that Roosevelt had allowed the destruction in Pearl Harbor to occur knowing in advance the Japanese plans, that the Gulf of Tonkin incident leading to escalation in Vietnam did not occur. We may be quite willing to believe that other governments engage in Machiavellian state acts, but it seems harder to do so when such possibilities come close to home. -- The difficulty of even thinking about culpabilities of our own government eases the path for those wanting us to completely dismiss such possibilities, without our even acknowledging that there is evidence about 9/11 that needs to be confronted." - Topix ||  Reficultnias's 9/11 Central  ||

Bombshell: Bin Laden worked for US till 9/11
A quote...."(DailyKos) – Former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds dropped a bombshell on the Mike Malloy radio show, guest-hosted by Brad Friedman (audio, partial transcript). -- In the interview, Sibel says that the US maintained ‘intimate relations’ with Bin Laden, and the Taliban, “all the way until that day of September 11.”

Fake Terrorist Adam Pearlman, Appearing as Adam Gadahn, Presents a Hitlist of 40 Persons
Fake Terrorist Exposed - A quote...."What can be more embarrassing than the tangle of global warming alarmists polluting any genuine struggle to clean our environment? How about the incredible number of people that remain deluded into accepting that the buildings fell because the planes hit them? -- Is it this massive disconnect from reality that allows the FBI's continued use of Adam Pearlman as justification for their domestic agenda? You would have thought that the MOSSAD has squeezed every last drop of milk from this flaccid udder. Have they given up even trying to lie properly and deal with the fact that Pearlman been outed ad nauseam as the grandson of ADL board member Dr. Carl Pearlman?"

INTRODUCTION: 2011 Summer False Flag Forecast
Special Note - A quote...."In the next week we shall examine the false flag top targets and timetables for six countries that we consider most endangered:"
  1. United States
  2. United Kingdom
  3. France
  4. Germany
  5. Spain
  6. Italy
"We know of no similar US/EU joint analysis, and hope that our example, endorsed by our colleagues and readers, will encourage similar efforts."

Living in the Shadows: A World of Black Ops and Cyber Wars
A quote...."A shadow has descended on freedom worldwide:  Congress is in the dark; sovereign foreign nations are in the dark; and the average American can't imagine that a world of espionage, black ops, psy ops, and the apparatus of a surveillance-industrial complex run by globalists has them in the crosshairs."

Mexico drug war: US sting 'let cartels buy guns'
A quote...."Hundreds [actually thousands] of US guns were bought, resold and sent to Mexican drug cartels in an Arizona sting operation while US firearms agents were ordered not to intervene, Congress has heard."
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Ex-spy says US officials went after Iraq critic: report
A quote...."WASHINGTON (AFP) - Officials in the George W. Bush administration may have tried to use the CIA to dig up information on an Iraq war critic in order to discredit him, the New York Times reported Thursday."

The return of the “enemies list”
Related Article - A quote...."The attempt by the Bush White House to use the Central Intelligence Agency to uncover incriminating information on University of Michigan professor Juan Cole is one more indication of Washington’s increasing turn to police state methods."

FBI to Expand Domestic Surveillance Powers as Details Emerge of Its Spy Campaign Targeting Activists
A quote...."Civil liberties advocates are raising alarm over news the FBI is giving agents more leeway to conduct domestic surveillance. According to the New York Times, new guidelines will allow FBI agents to investigate people and organizations "proactively" without firm evidence for suspecting criminal activity. We speak to former FBI agent Mike German, who now works at the American Civil Liberties Union, and Texas activist Scott Crow, who has been the focus of intense FBI surveillance from 2001 until at least 2008....." --  ||  Real Video Stream  ||  Real Audio Stream  ||  MP3 Download  ||  More…  ||

Life expectancy declining in many parts of US - Article also posted at ICH
Evil empires are hazardous to everyone's health. - mpg -- A quote...."Average life expectancy is falling in many parts of the United States and for many demographic groups, most notably women, according to a study being published Wednesday in the journal Population Health Metrics, and conducted by the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington in Seattle." - Well just remember folks, you gotta kill all those little brown people, please your filthy rich Bankster overlords and most importantly, sacrifice your measly, tiny, insignificant, little lives, and those of your children, so five million Jews in Israel can continue to murder Palestinians with complete impunity.  Just keep in mind folks, for most of the Neo-Romans in this country, including some reading this blog, it was THEIR CHOICE.  So STOP voting for Demos and Repubs folks.  The lives and futures you'll be saving might very well be your own, or that of your children.  Remember....it's YOUR CHOICE! - mpg

Obama rewards big bundlers with jobs, commissions, stimulus money, govt contracts, & more - Artcl also @ ICH
A quote...."More than two years after President Obama took office vowing to banish “special interests” from his administration, nearly 200 of his biggest donors have landed plum government jobs and advisory posts, won federal contracts worth millions of dollars for their business interests or attended numerous elite White House meetings and social events, an investigation by iWatch News has found." - bold by website editor

Pelosi's wealth grows by 62 percent
A quote...."House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) saw her net worth rise 62 percent last year, cementing her status as one of the wealthiest members of Congress." - All you folks out there, how did you do? - mpg

TSA “Security Exercise” Covers 3 States, 5000 Miles
Police State Alert - A quote...."If you’re still living under the delusion that the TSA is just restricted to airports then think again. A joint VIPR “security exercise” involving military personnel has Transportation Security Administration workers covering 5,000 miles and three states, illustrating once again how the TSA is turning into a literal occupying army for domestic repression in America. -- The TSA, in alliance with a whole host of federal, state, local agencies as well as military personnel, is currently conducting a massive “security exercise” throughout Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia."

LulzSec Takes Down CIA.gov - It's back up - mpg
Web Under Threat - A quote...."Nope. This is not an Onion headline. Go ahead. Try it out. http://www.cia.gov -- Internet kill switch on in T minus 5...4...3... as full blown retaliation against all (cyber)enemies foreign and domestic hits new highs. And since no crisis can go to waste, next up is the the appointment of the propaganda Internet Tzar." - Some selected and edited comments shown below....

richard in norway:  "Is this [a] false flag?"

redpill:  "Pretty damn hard not to think so.  DDoSing CIA.gov, I mean really?  Why?  Sounds like a set-up to convince people we need the "internet kill switch" bullshit, which is basically declaring a global dictatorship which can pull the plug on modern society at any moment."

manthong:  "The recent rash of disclosures about cyberspying comes as the White House is making its third attempt to push through a historic federal cybersecurity law. -- The timing is no coincidence, some cybersecurity analysts say. After two previous bills went nowhere, the White House needs to garner public support for a new law that could equip America for cyberwarfare." - from USAToday

wannabe traitor:  "This makes no sense though. If it was a government operation, the same government owned by the banksters, what is the end result....?"

manthong:  "the White House is making its third attempt to push through a historic federal cybersecurity law." -- "It would establish a framework for distributing billions of dollars for new cybersecurity systems, while placing responsibility for securing cyberspace with the Department of Homeland Security." -- That's all a thinking person needs to know." - from USAToday

Patriot act under DHS = toddler fondling
Historic federal cybersecurity under DHS = ???
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Gerald Celente on RT America
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 8m36sec -  Jun 14, 2011) - Source:  RTAmerica - Related:  GeraldCelenteChannel

Art of Collapse Hidden in Plain Sight – Charlie McGrath
CMcGVideo - Alt - (CMcGYuTb - 5min55sec - Jun 14, 2011) - Source:  crabbydogtrix

Broadcasting LIVE on Justin.tv - June 15 2011
MRVideo - Note:  To avoid the advertisements and the radio commentary goto - 8min 10sec - into the broadcast - mpg -- (JustInTV - 2hrs - June 15th, 2011) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire, and many other issues. - mpg

Keiser Report: Army of New Mubaraks (E156): - posted at ICH
MKVideo - Alt - (MKRTYuTb - 25min55sec - June 16th, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday - Producer:  Max Keiser TV -- A quote...."This week Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, report on the Times Square hustlers of today, hawking wars and the weapons you need to fight those wars. In the second half of the show, Max talks to Saifedean Ammous about the economics behind the Arab Spring and how the IMF and World Bank loans will just create new Mubaraks and Ben Alis."

The Alex Jones Show – June 15th, 2011
Must View AJVideos - Intro - TSA/SSExercize - RonPaul0%&75% - GenHamidGul(1/2) - GenHamidGul(2/2) - AlexTakesCalls(1/2) - AlexTakesCalls(2/2) - WebsterTarpley(1/3) - WebsterTarpley(2/3) - WebsterTarpley(3/3) - Obama2LaunchLibyaGrndWar(1/2) - Obama2LaunchLibyaGrndWar(2/2) - (AJYuTb - 2/15mini - Jun 15, 2011) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Author and journalist Webster Tarpley joins Alex to talk about breaking developments in the Middle East and dire news on the economic front. Tarpley is the author of Obama: The Postmodern Coup – Making of a Manchurian Candidate and other important titles. Former Pakistan ISI director Hamid Gul talks with Alex about drone strikes in his country and the expansion of attacks elsewhere in the war on terror. Alex also talks about the announcement that the TSA, in alliance with a host of federal, state, local agencies as well as military personnel, is currently conducting a massive “security exercise” throughout Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia. Alex covers other breaking news and takes your calls." - bold by website editor - Topix ||  9/11-Planning Guidance Docs  ||
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More On The International Situation....

"Odious Debt" - A Definition
Special Legal Note - A quote...."Perhaps it is time to look at some basic defintions for a term that will soon be quite prevalent..."

Odious Debtdef. ~ "In international law, odious debt is a legal theory which holds that the national debt incurred by a regime for purposes that do not serve the best interests of the nation, should not be enforceable. Such debts are thus considered by this doctrine to be personal debts of the regime that incurred them and not debts of the state. In some respects, the concept is analogous to the invalidity of contracts signed under coercion." - Just think of ALL those contracts the US-NRE forced Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and other countries in the Middle East to sign while they were under occupation.  Not a single one of them are valid!!  Nor are the debts the Bankster's and their bought and paid for lackeys in many national governments incurred!! - mpg

Bilderberg 2011: The Rockefeller World Order and the "High Priests of Globalization"
A quote...."To say we were striving for a one-world government is exaggerated, but not wholly unfair. Those of us in Bilderberg felt we couldn't go on forever fighting one another for nothing and killing people and rendering millions homeless. So we felt that a single community throughout the world would be a good thing.[1]" -- *Denis Healey*, 30-year member of the Steering  Committee of the Bilderberg Group
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US Warships Moved To Syrian Coast
War Alert - A quote...."Even as the Obama administration prepares to launch a full ground war in Libya while expanding its drone attacks inside Yemen and Pakistan, US warships are being moved towards the Mediterrenean coast of Syria, precisely in line with forecasts that the Bilderberg Group intended to launch a massive new war in the Middle East, with Syria being its prime target."

'US builds secret base in Persian Gulf'
War Alert - A quote...."The United States is constructing a secret CIA airbase in the Persian Gulf in an attempt to expand Washington's deadly drone war in the region, a report says."

Russia, China warn West against interference
A quote...."Russia and China oppose outside interference in the unrest in the Arab world, the two presidents said yesterday in a declaration, as the West seeks their support for increasing pressure on Syria."

Ahmadinejad Grills West’s Imperialism AT SCO Meeting
Second Quote of the Day...."Have any of us used an atomic bomb against the defenseless citizens of any other country?, have any of our countries played a part in the creation of 9/11 under whose pretext Afghanistan and Iraq were invaded and more than one million people have been killed or wounded?'" -- *Mahmoud Ahmadinejad*, sixth and current President of the Islamic Republic of Iran - Topix ||  US Fake Intel / Propaganda - Iraq's Death Toll  ||

Ahmadinejad joins China, Russia leaders at summit
Related Article - A quote...."The message of this meeting is clear. War with Iran will mean war with Russia and China. For the US Government, who apparently believes a world war will make the other problems go away, that is a great thing. And certainly Israel, which pushes ever harder to send the US into Iran, would be perfectly happy to see the Russians, Chinese, Iranians, and Americans all wipe each other out and leave more of the Earth for Israel to rule, this is also a great thing. And no question the bankers love a good war because everybody goes into debt, and they do not care which side wins. -- But I think a new world war is a stupid idea, all the more so because the US will lose it. And I hope you all agree with me, and that you will join us in opposition in yet another war to make the world safe for private central banking." -- *Michael Rivero*
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Time to identify our foes pretending to be friends
Special Note - A quote...."Our suspicions about ill-designs of USA and its strategic allies Israel and India concerning Pakistan’s nuclear program are now turning into reality. President Ahmadinejad’s recent statement that USA has evil designs against our nuclear program has further heightened our anxieties. Psychological war on our nuclear program was ignited by US government and Jewish controlled think tanks and media sometime in 2004 and became more and more vicious with each passing year."

Eight killed in Waziristan drone attacks
A quote...."WANA/MIRAMSHAH: Eight suspected tribal militants were killed and two others injured in three separate drone attacks in South and North Waziristan on Wednesday."

2 [More] NATO tankers torched in SW Pakistan
A quote...."Unidentified gunmen in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan have torched two NATO tankers carrying fuel for US-led foreign troops in Afghanistan."
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Iraqi officials threaten to sue US over 'largest theft'
A quote...."WASHINGTION - Federal auditors now believe as much as $6.6 billion earmarked for Iraq might have been stolen in the early years of the Iraq war in what is now being described as possibly "the largest theft of funds in national history."

2 Fort Hood soldiers killed in attack in Iraq
A quote...."FORT HOOD, Texas — Two Fort Hood soldiers have died of wounds suffered when their unit was attacked with improvised explosives in Iraq."

Thousands Rally in Baghdad Against US Presence
A quote...."Thousands of followers of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr staged a mass rally in Baghdad on Thursday against US forces, as Iraqi leaders consider asking for an extended American troop presence."

Iran to put 3 new satellites into orbit
A quote...."Iran plans to put three new satellites into orbit by the end of the current Iranian year (ending March 20), says the head of the Iranian Space Agency (ISA)."

Report: Mines kill 7 Iranian troops on Iraq border
A quote...."BAGHDAD - Seven Iranian soldiers were killed when they strayed into a minefield laid along their border with Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region, a local Kurdish official said on Thursday."

Hu's in Town: China wants Siberian gas
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 5min11sec Jun 16, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Energising relations and boosting trade is what the leaders of Russia and China have been discussing in Moscow. Negotiating a 30-year gas deal is the next stop on the Chinese leader's trip to the capital. RT's Peter Oliver is monitoring the talks."
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The Assault On Libya....

Libya: "The Right to Protect" has Triggered a Humanitarian Disaster
Must Read - A quote...."I do not understand this sqeamishness about the use of gas. I am strongly in favour of using poison gas against uncivilised tribes." -- *Winston Churchill* 1920

"Now let me get this straight: In order to save civilian lives (the infamous 'Right to Protect'), the Empire, through its Rottweiller NATO, not only deindustrializes Libya but it also causes a mass exodus of refugees hundreds of whom drowned and many thousands more were left stranded, attacked and abused. -- The Pirates attempted to assassinate Gaddafi but succeeded in killing women and children instead. The Pirates bomb educational infrastructure, communications, power, agriculture and terrorize the population from the air and sea with the combined military might of the most powerful countries on the planet. So this is what humanitarian intervention looks like?"

Farrakhan Blasts UN, Defends Khadafy - posted at ICH
Must View Video - Alt - (Louis Farrakhan delivers one of the most righteous, and ferocious condemnations of US-NRE and European foreign policy this website editor has EVER heard anywhere, at anytime. Absolutely outstanding!! - mpg) - (YuTb - 1hr24m49s - Jun 15, 2011) - Source:  FCNN -- A quote...."Minister Farrakhan exposed the U.S. and NATO's criminal War Libya and Africa during a June 15, 2011 Press Conference at the UN Plaza Hotel. Also presenting were former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, Human Rights Activist Viola Plummer and International Activist Cynthia McKinney."

REPORT FROM TRIPOLI: More NATO "Humanitarian Intervention:" The Bombing of Al Fateh University, Campus B - Photos - A quote...."Al Fateh University, Campus B consists of about 10,000 undergraduates, 800 masters degree candidates, and 18 Ph.D. students; 220 staff, 150 ad hoc professors, 120 employees.  It has eight auditoriums, 19 classrooms, 4 extra large classrooms. It also has a rural campus at Al Azizia where 700 students are taught and are a part of the university system.  Dean Mansur compares himself to a mayor because he has so many responsibilities presiding over a large community of students engaging in a rich and vibrant academic life." - also posted at BLN

Infowars Exclusive: Military Sources Reveal Ground Force Invasion of Libya
EXCLUSIVE:  Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."Infowars.com has received alarming reports from within the ranks of military stationed at Ft. Hood, Texas confirming plans to initiate a full-scale U.S.-led ground invasion in Libya and deploy troops by October."

U.S. Invasion of Libya Set for October
EXCLUSIVE - A quote...."Infowars.com has received alarming reports from within the ranks of military stationed at Ft. Hood, Texas confirming plans to initiate a full-scale U.S.-led ground invasion in Libya and deploy troops by October. -- The source stated that additional Special Forces are headed to Libya in July, with the 1st Calvary Division (heavy armor) and III Corps deploying in late October and early November. Initial numbers are estimated at 12,000 active forces and another 15,000 in support, totaling nearly 30,000 troops."

The West's Obscene Demonization of Gaddafi
A quote...."The vilification campaign waged by the West against Moammar Gaddfi is just the latest chapter in a “massive U.S. psychological assault, a vast disinformation operation in which the corporate media act as megaphones for government liars.” In reality, there is no evidence for allegations that Gaddafi ordered his soldiers to rape hundreds of women, but “that does not seem to matter to a corporate media that are bent on glorifying the Benghazi-based rebels.” - also posted at AlethoNews

Obama's Libya Defense Makes Bush's Lawyers Look Smart
A quote...."The arguments made to "legalize" war, torture, warrantless spying, and other crimes by John Yoo and Jay Bybee and their gang are looking rational, well-reasoned, and impeccably researched in comparison with Obama's latest "legalization" of the Libya War." - also posted at VeteransToday - Anything for the AIPAC/Israeli Consortium....no matter how foolish, embarrassing or destructive to this nation. - mpg

Obama 'ignore' button: Congress has a say?
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 4min22sec Jun 17, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."The U.S. President is under fire from Congress over the military campaign in Libya, which is continuing despite not having the approval of lawmakers. Barack Obama has rejected accusations that the law is being broken, arguing that America is only playing a supporting role through NATO, which makes it legal. RT's Gayane Chichakyan has more."

Nato refuses to rule out bombing ancient ruins in air strikes aimed at taking out Gaddafi
NATO raids pound Gaddafi compound
Breaking News: 10 Congressmen brings Obama to Federal Court about illegal Wars - videos - Vid1 - Vid2
Republican Speaker pours scorn on Obama claim of authority for Libya mission
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More on the World Wide Revolution....

The American Revolution Begins With The Kick Off Of Operation Empire State Rebellion – Activists Take Over Liberty Park -- Action Alert - A quote...."On June 14th at 1pm EST, a group of activists will begin occupation of Liberty Park (recently renamed Zuccotti Park) in lower Manhattan’s Financial District, a few blocks from Wall Street " - also posted at DProgram

The Revolution Will Not Be Deactualized -- Oct. 6th: Will Tahrir Square Come to Washington? - posted @ ICH
A quote...."June 16 2011 "Information Clearing House" -- I used to work for Democratic candidates. I was a campus activist. I marched in protests. -- But, in the 1980s, I quit politics. I was fed up. The Left was impotent and inept. They didn’t want to change things. They were content with theater. Bad theater at that: dorks on stilts, boring speakers, stupid slogans, the same old chants. “The people, united, will never be defeated!” -- Except—we were defeated. We didn’t even fight."

Greek state starting to lose grip on functions of state
Quote of the Day...."And I will repeat the point about hostility to the media: it's not a problem for me and my colleagues to be hounded off demos as "representatives of big capital", "Zionists", "scum and police informers" etc. But to get this reaction from almost every demographic - from balaclava kids to pensioners - should be a warning sign to the policymaking elite. The "mainstream" - whether it's the media, politicians or business people - is beginning to seem illegitimate to large numbers of people. -- As one old bloke put it to me, when I said: "Don't you want us to report what's happening to you?" - "No." -- He was quite calm and rational as he waved his hand in my face: "It's too late for that.""

Greek Protests Turn Ugly; Police and Protestors Clash
A quote...."Violent clashes between police and protestors broke out on the streets of Athens on Wednesday. Some 20,000 anti-austerity protesters attempted to blockade Parliament, where the struggling government launched a debate on new cutbacks needed to secure international rescue loans." - Source:  CNBC

Revolution Succeeds In Greece!!! Protestors Overthrow Government. New Government To Be Formed.
A quote...."The Greek revolution has succeeded in forcing the government to step down in the midst of massive protests calling for the regime of corrupt government and crooked banks to be replaced with real democracy.."

Greek PM to form new government
A quote...."Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has announced that he is to form a new government and push forward tougher economic measures despite anti-austerity protests in the country."

Greek PM changes mind, stays on, vows to serve the global bankers
Related Article - A quote...."Last night Papandreou was talking about resigning after firing his Cabinet. Today he says he refuses to leave. -- That was Mubarak's big mistake."

RT Crew Assaulted by Agent Provocateurs at Greek Riots
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 5min52sec - Jun 15, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Follow latest updates on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/RTnews and Twitter: http://twitter.com/RT_com RT film crew in Athens got caught in the middle of violent street protests. The cameraman has been slammed by a group of protesters, while correspondent Sara Firth required medical assistance due to tear gas exposure.

Barcelona Violence Provoked By Undercover Cops (Video)
Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."Things had been pretty calm in Plaza Catalunya, epicenter of the Barcelona 15-M camp, since the incidents a couple of weeks ago when the riot cops failed to take the square. The popular assemblies continued their protest and their discussions, and finally voted to lift camp last Sunday and transfer the movement to the neighborhood committees. But first there was one last step to take, one last show of strength before moving on: to peacefully protest at the gates of the Catalan parliament yesterday, the day the politicos gathered to approve the austerity measures to be applied to the native slave stock."

Britain walks out: UK braced for biggest wave of strikes since the 1980s
A quote...."Iceland, Egypt, Greece, and now Spain and Great Britain. In their lust to create a global fascist dictatorship, the money-junkies may have set the stage for a truly global revolution."

Chossudovsky: Bahrain killings approved in the White House
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 8min - Jun 15, 2011) - Source:  RTAmerica -- A quote...."While NATO continues bombarding Libya, they have quite a different approach with other countries–take for instance Bahrain. The country’s crown prince was in Washington DC last week and made a statement at a briefing with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. “We are committed to changes and to find out ways to closer work with the US. We are a very important ally to the US,” said the prince. Clinton expressed support for Bahrain, stressing it was a very important for the US. While they were talking about reforms, however, dialogue out of Bahrain shows that that is very far from the case overseas. Michel Chossudovsky, the director of the Center for Research on lobalization joins RT to talk about the matter."

Bahrain braces for massive Friday rally
A quote...."Bahrain's largest opposition group has called for a massive anti-government protest following Friday prayers in defiance of the ongoing crackdown by the Manama regime."

Yemenis urge ousting US, Saudi envoys
A quote...."The deputy head of Yemen’s Democratic Party has called for the expulsion of American and Saudi Arabian ambassadors from his country. -- In an interview with Al-Alam news channel on Tuesday, Abdul Salam Faqih warned that Washington and the members of the [Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council ([P]GCC), including Saudi Arabia, want to hijack the Yemeni people’s uprising." - Source:  PressTV

Protest News 06-16-11 - A DProgram Round-Up - (7 articles & videos)
Protesters hold rally in east Bahrain
Yemenis set for mass anti-govt. rallies
Report: Syria troops arrest thousands of demonstrators in country's northwest
Reports: Turkey Poised to Send Soldiers to Northern Syria to Create ‘Buffer Zone’
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

Jordan's Abdullah: Israel is not interested in peace - Very old news. - mpg
A quote...."In interview with Washington Post, Jordan King Abdullah laments Israeli public's gravitation toward the right, rejection of 1967 borders, saying prospects for Middle East peace are grim."

Israel plans to forcibly transfer 40,000 Bedouin citizens
A quote...."A new Israeli proposal that would forcibly transfer more than 40,000 Bedouin citizens into government-planned townships in the Negev (Naqab) desert has raised the ire of Bedouin communities and their supporters, who say that the plan is both discriminatory and ignores the Bedouins’ historic connection to the land." - also posted at Uruknet
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Israel Warns That It Will Forcibly Stop Another Flotilla
A quote...."TEL AVIV — Israel made clear on Thursday that if a new flotilla of pro-Palestinian activists sought to break its naval blockade of Gazalike the one a year ago when its commandos killed nine people, the Israeli military would use force again, including by boarding the ships and confronting the activists."

Irish Rugby Players for Irish Ship to Gaza
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 53sec -  Jun 11, 2011) - Source:  iDirectMovies -- A quote...."www.irishshiptogaza.org Four of Ireland's rugby team score a try for the besieged Palestinian people of Gaza. Civil society has spoken, enough is enough. The illegal blockade of Gaza and the humanitarian crisis it has created must be broken. Convert the try, please donate what you can."

Egyptian Foreign Minister Supports Recognition of Palestinian State
That's nice, but how about a real and complete end to Israel's ILLEGAL blockade of Gaza? - mpg -- A quote...."CAIRO, June16, 2011 (WAFA) –Egyptian Foreign Minster Nabil al-Arabi Thursday expressed support for Palestinian efforts to seek international recognition in September of an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 borders."

Settlers [Envious, Homeless, Jewish Vandals] Torch Olive Orchards Near Ramallah
A quote..."A number of armed extremist Israeli settlers [homeless Jewish vandals] torched on Wednesday at night dozens of olive trees that belong to villagers of Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah. The trees are located in Palestinian orchards isolated behind the Annexation Wall." - also posted at Uruknet

Palestinian Children Targeted as Israel Crushes Unrest
A quote...."SILWAN, Palestine – "Father please help me! Don’t let them take me away," screamed 12-year-old Ahmed Siyam as approximately 50 heavily armed Israeli soldiers and police dragged the handcuffed and blindfolded boy away."

Don't Look Away: The Siege of Gaza Must End
A quote...."In Late June 2011, I’m going to be a passenger on 'The Audacity of Hope,' the USA boat in this summer's international flotilla to break the illegal and deadly Israeli siege of Gaza. Organizers, supporters and passengers aim to nonviolently end the brutal collective punishment imposed on Gazan residents since 2006 when the Israeli government began a stringent air, naval and land blockade of the Gaza Strip explicitly to punish Gaza’s residents for choosing the Hamas government in a democratic election. "

Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (09– 15 June 2011)
Every week of the year, non-stop, and just five million Jews in Israel are doing all this mayhem with US taxpayer money. - mpg - also posted at Uruknet
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More on Japan's & Amerika's Nuclear Power Plants....


Scientific Experts: Fukushima Potentially Worse Than 20 Chernobyls – Governments Hiding The Truth
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/cachedfiles/photofiles/radiation-image.jpgRadiation Alert - A quote...."Nuclear expert Arnie Gundersen tells Al Jazeera that the Fukushima nuclear disaster is potentially worse than 20 Chernobyl disasters as a series of scientific experts join him in chorus saying the that disaster in Japan is far worse than governments around the world are revealing to the public."

Fukushima: It's much worse than you think
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/cachedfiles/photofiles/radiation-image.jpgRadiation Alert - A quote...."Scientific experts believe Japan's nuclear disaster to be far worse than governments are revealing to the public." - also posted at Hamsayeh

Fukushima Day 98 Reactor 4 suffers explosions and large release
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/cachedfiles/photofiles/radiation-image.jpgRadiation Alert - Video - Alt - (YuTb - 2min42sec - Jun 16, 2011) - Source:  connectingdots1 -- A quote...."Scientific experts believe Fukushima crisis is far worse than gov'ts are revealing publicly — Equivalent of 20 nuclear cores exposed."

Japan Bans Research And Medical Checkups On Radiation Affected Citizens Without Government Approval
Radiation Cover-Up - A quote...."Japan bans medical checkups and scientific research on radiation affected citizens without first getting government approval."

The Big Lies Fly High - Fukushima and the Nuclear Establishment
A quote...."The global nuclear industry and its allies in government are making a desperate effort to cover up the consequences of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. “The big lie flies high,” comments Kevin Kamps of the organization Beyond Nuclear."

[US] Midwest Floods: Both Nebraska Nuke Stations Threatened
Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."Tens of millions of acres in the US corn belt have flooded, which will spike the cost of gas and food over the next several months. Worse, several nuclear power plants sit in the flooded plains. Both nuclear plants in Nebraska are partly submerged and the FAA has issued a no-fly order over both of them."

[US] Nebraska Nuclear Reactor Flooded
A quote...."....the area around the Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant is being flooded. -- Specifically, the midwestern floods have made the power plant an island, and sandbags, berms and other measures are being deployed to prevent a Fukushima-like problem." - also posted at GlobalRsrch & ZeroHedge

Radiation News 06-16-11 - A DProgram Round-Up - (9 articles & videos)
Radiation 'hotspots' hinder Japan response to nuclear crisis
Radiation in Japan: Nosebleed, Diarrhea, Lack of Energy in Children in Koriyama City, Fukushima
Radioactive material detected in Iwate pastures
Japan plans to move pregnant women from far-flung radiation
Reactor No. 1 dry well hits 263 Sv/hour — Highest yet recorded
WSJ: Airborne radiation 40 times usual average detected 60 km from Fukushima plant on Wednesday
8.9 microsieverts/hour detected 40 km from Fukushima plant — Over triple what prefectural gov’t reported
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More On The Domestic Economic Situation....

We're Headed For A Disaster Of Biblical Proportions
A quote...."Legendary investor Jeremy Grantham of GMO has published a treatise on the root cause of exploding commodity prices. -- He has also offered a startlingly depressing outlook for the future of humanity."

Systemic Risk Is On Red Alert
A quote...."Since 2009, I’ve been warning that systemic risk remains high. However, from that time until today, investors have been willing to bet on the US Federal Reserve (and the world’s central banks) keeping a lid on things. --  Until today."

We Suffered a Fukushima-Style Melt-Through In the Global Financial System in 2008 ... But Nothing Has Been Done to Fix It  - Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."As I noted in April, the Japanese nuclear disaster and financial crisis were caused by the exact same thing: removing all of the safeguards in order to save money. -- As British MP Nigel Farage points out today, European regulators removed all of the safeguards on financial firms just like Washington did, and let the big banks run amok:"

Warnings Of A Great Depression or Hyperinflation
A quote...."Unemployment at 22.4% is causing a run on assets of retirement funds. That is probably why legislation is being introduced to limit how much money can be removed from these investment vehicles. About 11% of participants have taken out loans over the past year, up from 9% y-o-y. In overall total 22% have loans out and the numbers are accelerating. Almost all the loans will never be paid back. Hardship is forcing people to withdraw, as well as those who believe that government will try to commander 401K’s and IRA’s to fund a bankrupt government, that wants to replace those vehicles with bogus government guaranteed annuities."

June Empire State index plunges to negative figure - Deflation....plus....
A quote...."The Empire State index fell below zero to -7.8 in June from 11.9 in May, according to the Empire State manufacturing survey released Wednesday by the New York Federal Reserve. "

May core CPI rises most in nearly 3 years - inflation....equals....stagflation. - mpg
A quote...."The Labor Department said on Wednesday its Consumer Price Index, excluding food and energy, increased 0.3 percent, the largest gain since July 2008...."

Supremes Make It Official: Wall St. and Corp Execs are Above the Law When They Lie to the Investing Public
A quote...."It its far-reaching Janus decision, a divided Supreme Court on June 13 issued a 5 to 4 Decision that virtually immunizes investment and corporate managers against civil fraud actions by investors and the SEC when they knowingly lie to the investing public in certain easily replicated circumstances."

Outstanding Silver Issues Pile Up at the CFTC
Silver Bug Alert - A quote...."I prefer to take power by taking physical delivery of silver every chance we get. Sooner or later the market is going to blow up on these guys and they will be lucky to get away prison for the fraud that they did nothing about. Judging by the declining inventory at the CRIMEX it should not be too long."

More On The International Economic Situation....

Nigel Farage: Bankers+politicians = 'unholy alliance' vs people
RTVideo - (RTYuTb - 8min55sec - Jun 15, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote..."Renowned Eurosceptic and British Euro MP Nigel Farage says saving the banks is why politicians are so determined to bail out Greece and keep it in the Eurozone."

"Orderly Default" - Liars lexicon
A quote...."What is meant by this phrase "orderly default" which is all over the news this morning? It sounds so sensible. I think it is another entry in the liars lexicon. -- When the banks and pundits say orderly, they mean orderly for the banks. Not orderly for Greece or the Greeks or the Portuguese or Irish. -- Greece is going to default. Everyone finally admits this after denying it vehemently. The simple fact is that the Greek economy is not growing fast enough to have any hope of even keeping pace with their debts and the interest on them. Their debts are accumulating faster than their economy is growing. In fact the Greek economy is hardly growing at all - less than 1% at best." - also posted at AlethoNews - Topix ||  A Quadruple Whammy - 12-16-10 - mpg  ||

Global markets plummet as Greek political crisis deepens
A quote...."Markets around the world reacted negatively over the last two days to the latest events in Greece, as well as the continuing barrage of poor US economic news. At one point, the Dow Jones fell by more than 200 points on Wednesday. At the end of trading, it had recovered somewhat, but was still down 1.5 percent. European indices fell across the board on Wednesday, and at one point the Australian index hit its lowest level since the March 11 earthquake in Japan."

Ireland Opens New Front as ECB Battles to Avert Meltdown
A quote...."Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan said yesterday that senior bondholders should share in the losses of Anglo Irish Bank Corp. and Irish Nationwide Building Society, reversing a policy of protecting owners of senior securities. The ECB is against imposing losses on investors. President Jean-Claude Trichet said on Feb. 7 that haircuts aren’t part of a plan to reduce Ireland’s debt load."

The UK Is Preparing To Return To "Glass-Steagall"
A quote...."In a very surprising move, the AP reports that the UK finance minister George Osborne has announced a major overhaul of British banks, the key provision of which will be the separation of bank retail and investment business "in order to help avoid another financial crisis" - an act which is in essence a reintroduction of Glass-Steagall. What is stunning about this development is that the banking cartel has allowed the UK to get so far as to effectively repeal Gramm-Leach-Bliley, the act that ended Glass Steagall and allowed unprecedented deregulation to convert formerly safe banks into the mastodon, 50x levered, TBTF hedge funds they are now. And if this is happening in the UK, how long before Europe adopts the same overhaul in order to placate its austerity-ired population, and deflect populist anger where it belongs: the banking oligarchy which continues to defy nature, and the simple laws of bankruptcy, and demands that there is never even the smallest impairment of senior claims. All this may very soon be changing." - also posted at BLN

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