Thursday August 18th 2011

More On The Domestic Situation....

Alex Jones- August 17th 2011
AJVideo - False Flag Alert - MediaPlaysRaceCardOnRonPaul - RayMcGovern(1/2) - RayMcGovern(2/2) - Obama'sLoneWolfAttack(1/3) - Obama'sLoneWolfAttack(2/3) - Obama'sLoneWolfAttack(3/3) - MediaAttacksRonPaul - BigSis'sLatestTerrorists - AJTakesCallsOnGovt(1/3) - AJTakesCallsOnGovt(2/3) - AJTakesCallsOnGovt(3/3) -- (AJYuTb - 10/15min - Aug, 17th 2011) -- Note:  The Ray McGovern piece is also posted below. - mpg -- Edited quote - The desperate globalist-controlled media has failed in their attempt to convince the world that Ron Paul can't win and are now playing the "race card" - Alex welcomes back to the show retired CIA officer turned political activist, Ray McGovern - Previous crises have presented unrivaled opportunities for US Presidents, Alex covers Obama's "Lone Wolf" theories as a prelude for more false-flag attacks. - Failing to simply ignore Ron Paul, the media has now shifted into all out attack, even as his GOP rivals attempt to mimic his rhetoric, Alex makes predictions of worse to come. - New DHS video ignores previous controversy over deliberate racial overtones, Alex warns that this is the "roll-out" for upcoming false-flags to be blamed on those who support the constitution. - Finally, Alex takes calls from listeners regarding the "establishment""

War On Terror’s New Targets: Veterans, Tea Partiers, Anti-Fed Activists
A quote...."Two new videos recently released by the Department of Homeland Security add to the mountain of evidence that proves Big Sis has now dispensed with all pretense of the war on terror being focused on Al-Qaeda Muslims, as tools that were designed to catch foreign terrorists are now being targeted against Americans who are opposed to big government." - Source:  PrisonPlanet

Enough With the Scare Tactics, Secretary Panetta
A quote...."If you thought we were going to have a rational, fact-based debate about cuts to the out-of-control military budget in this country, think again. The Pentagon and their war industry allies are mounting an aggressive, fear-based campaign of hyperbole and spin to scare Congress away from cuts that could affect contractor profits. The reason for this propaganda push is simple: if Congress rationally considers how much we should spend on our military, major cuts will follow. And that's a good thing."

Who–and What–Are Behind the “Official History” of the Bin Laden Raid?
A quote...." When you look closely, nothing seems right about what will surely become the accepted account of the raid that nailed America’s enemy number one. And then things get even weirder…" - Topix ||  Osama Back From the Dead™  ||

Gitmo running smoothly amid protests and lawsuits - Are all you ObamaTrolls out there happy yet?
A quote...."At least a dozen people have been arrested in Washington for disrupting Congress hearings. They were yelling about torture at Guantanamo Bay. The US prison for terror suspects is still operating despite Barack Obama’s election promise to close it."

Obama Appoints Monsanto's Vice President as Senior Advisor to the Commissioner at the FDA - Ditto! - mpg
A quote...."Folks, it just keeps getting more insane. -- Michael Taylor was just appointed senior advisor to the commissioner of the FDA. This is the same man that was in charge of FDA policy when GMO's were allowed into the US food supply without undergoing a single test to determine their safety. He "had been Monsanto's attorney before becoming policy chief at the FDA [and then] he became Monsanto's Vice President and chief lobbyist. This month [he] became the senior advisor to the commissioner of the FDA. He is now America's food safety czar. This is no joke."

FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg pushing to eliminate conflict of interest laws, allow paid drug company shills to fill advisory positions - A quote...."(NaturalNews) At a time when drug industry corruption is reaching a pinnacle of public exposure, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is actually proposing eliminating one of the few pseudo-effective measures in place that restricts the agency from becoming a full-blown Big Pharma "rubber stamp" consultant." - also posted at PrisionPlanet

Goldman Sachs VP Changed Name, Now a Top Congressional Staffer
A quote...."Has Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) turned the House Oversight Committee into a bank lobbying firm with the power to subpoena and pressure government regulators? ThinkProgress has found that a Goldman Sachs vice president changed his name, then quietly went to work for Issa to coordinate his effort to thwart regulations that affect Goldman Sachs’ bottom line."

Keiser Report: Crimogenic UK (E174)
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 27min01sec - Aug 18, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."This week Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, look at how quantitative easing is good for the rich, bad for the poor and how sterling is offering no refuge. In the second half of the show Max talks to Richard Heinberg, author of The End of Growth, about the role of energy in the current debt crisis."

Broadcasting LIVE on Justin.tv - August 18 2011
MRVideo - Note:  To avoid the advertisements and the radio commentary goto - 3min20sec - into the broadcast - mpg - (JustInTV - 2hrs - August 18th, 2011) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire and many other issues.
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens....

Max Keiser: Gold is Not Just a Hedge Against Inflation, It's a Substitute Currency!
AJVideo - MaxKeiser&AJ(1/3) - MaxKeiser&AJ(2/3) - MaxKeiser&AJ(3/3) - (AJYuTb - 10/15min - Aug 18, 2011) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel  -- A quote...."Max Keiser makes an appearance to talk about the stock market that is tumbling downward again today."

Corruption At The Top Leads To Lawlessness By The People
A quote...."I've repeatedly noted that corruption at the top leads to lawlessness by the people. -- William K. Black - Associate Professor of Economics and Law at the University of Missouri at Kansas City, and the former head S&L regulator - notes that conservative French economist Frédéric Bastiat said the same thing more than 150 years ago."

SEC Destroys 9,000 Fraud Files Involving Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, Lehman -- A quote...."From what I’ve seen, it looks as if the SEC might have sanctioned some level of case-related document destruction,” said Sen. Chuck Grassley, Republican of Iowa, in a letter to the agency’s chairman, Mary Schapiro. -- “It doesn’t make sense that an agency responsible for investigations would want to get rid of potential evidence. If these charges are true, the agency needs to explain why it destroyed documents, how many documents it destroyed over what timeframe, and to what extent its actions were consistent with the law.”

The Real Reason the SEC Has Been Shredding Documents For Decades
A quote...."What should we make of the new revelations by Securities and Exchange Commission attorney Darcy Flynn (background here, here and here) that the SEC has been shredding documents for decades? -- As many commentators have noted, the SEC did this to cover up fraud on Wall Street."

Framed? Police Raid Offices And Seize Documents Of Lawyers Suing Banks For Mortgage Fraud
A quote...."Police file charges, raid the offices, and seize documents of lawyers who said they were preparing a class actions lawsuit against Wall Street banks for committing wide-spread mortgage fraud."

Venezuela To Pull Its Gold Bullion Out of The Increasingly Unreliable Western Banking System
A quote...."Hamsayeh.Net - Venezuela's hugely popular President Hugo Chavez pulled out Venezuelan gold holdings out of Western banks including the bank of England and JP Morgan due to increasing instability and unreliability gripping Western banking system."

Golden Retrieval: Chavez wants his bullion back
Must View RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 4min46sec - Aug 19, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Venezuela's President wants all the country's gold being held in European and American banks returned to Caracas. It would be the largest physical movement of gold in recent history. Hugo Chavez said he's trying to protect his country from the financial woes on both sides of the Atlantic. RT talks to Adrian Salbuchi, who's in Buenos Aires."

Greece Threatens To Unwind Second Bailout By Agreeing To Finland Collateral Demands
Financial Alert - A quote...."This means in practice that Finland’s contribution to the new package will be returned in full and deposited in a special account to be created by the Finnish government." End result is that everyone else has immediately come demanding the same treatment:"

Cue Panic As Fed Resumes Liquidity Swap Lines, Lends $200 Million To Swiss National Bank, Most Since October 2010 - Financial Alert - A quote...."If yesterday's news broken by ZH that one bank was in dire need of US dollars and ended up borrowing $500 million from the ECB was enough to send the market down almost 5% today, then the follow up news that the FRBNY just reactivated FX swap lines with Europe will likely send ES limit down at tomorrow's open."

M2 Surge Moderates, "Only" Increases By $42.2 Billion In Past Week
A quote...."What is disturbing is that unlike in the past when record surges in commercial bank savings deposits have seen a prompt unwind in the following week, this time around last week's $58.4 billion spike in such money was followed by another massive $51.7 billion, as cash ran to the "safety" of FDIC insurance. "
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9/11, The Crime of the Century....A Tenth Year Anniversary Retrospective

Architects & Engineers – Solving the Mystery of WTC 7 – AE911Truth.org
A&EVideo - Alt - (A&EYuTb - 15min - Aug 16, 2011) - Source:  ae911truth -- A quote...."(AE911Truth) – This is AE911Truth’s new 9/11 documentary on the mysterious destruction of World Trade Center Building #7 on 9/11/01. Join actor, Ed Asner, and architect, Richard Gage, AIA, as they narrate an unfolding story that decimates the official account (“collapse due to normal office fires”) of this 47 story high-rise which was destroyed on the afternoon of 9/11 in record time: top to bottom in under 7 seconds – and at free-fall acceleration for a third of its fall."

9/11 Truth 10th Anniversary Campaign Begins
Action Alert - A list of causes and organizations - A quote...."What Will You Be Doing on the 10th Anniversary of 9/11?"

Red Flag - Saudi Government Suspects Protected at Every Turn
A quote...."Soon after the September 11th attacks, the US government actively tried to minimize and oppress information relating to a possible role in the attacks by Saudi Arabia. Ultimately, the 9-11 Commission cleared Saudi Arabia of any role in the terrorist attacks despite many anomalies including the fact that 15 of the 19 high jackers were actually from Saudi Arabia."

Mossad Link To 1st WTC -  Bombing Raises Eyebrows
A quote...."Eight years ago a prescient article appeared in The Village Voice, which bears noting in the aftermath of the terror of Sept. 11."

The 9/11 WTC Collapses: An Audio-Video Analysis
A quote...."The pages below examine aspects of the WTC collapses which the mainstream media dismiss as "conspiracy theories" regardless of facts. -- Decide for yourself."

The 9/11 WTC Collapses:  Questions the Media Won't Address
A list of questions and articles.....

9/11 Truth: What Happened to Building 7
Video - Alt - From the History File - Mar 26, 2007 -- (YuTb - 9min01sec - 03/26/07)  - Source:  clbackus -- A quote...."Documentary explains what really happened to building #7."
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The 2012 Election Cycle....

Michele Bachmann says the Soviet Union is a threat to America
She is quickly becoming infamous! -  mpg -- A quote...."Bachmann can go visit Sarah Palin and watch those Commie bastards from Sarah's backyard!! -- I'll bet all those Iowans who sold their souls and voted for Bachmann just to see Randy Travis are feeling a right lot of fools about now."

Rick Perry: Extremist White America’s Evangelical Hope
A quote...."Consider the unpalatable 2012 options, a choice between....

• A so far unopposed lawless/crime boss/militarist/pro-war/anti-populist president; and....
• A rogue’s gallery of Republican aspirants, looking more like a police lineup than legitimate candidates for any office, let alone the nation’s highest – with one exception, Ron Paul, ignored by America’s media for the following reasons:

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More On The International Situation....

Debt Crisis in West is Just a 'Prelude to War'
A quote...."Western governments appear powerless to confront the current crisis and the looming threat of a depression, with all of the serious consequences that implies. The colossal debt of nations and bleak prospects for growth are creating a panic situation on financial markets around the world. A crash is not a figment of the imagination. The one in 1929 paved the way for the rise of fascism and the Second World War."

Bombings hit UK center in Afghanistan
A quote...."Huge blasts targeting British Council cultural center and a UN guest house in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul kill at least three people."

Operation Syria? West wants Assad out
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 3min43sec - Aug 18, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."The U.S. together with major European countries have urged Syria's president Bashar Assad to step down in the wake of his country's violent crackdown against protesters. The explicit calls have been sent just ahead of a special UN Security Council meeting, which is to focus on the situation in Syria. Meanwhile in Syria, President Assad claims the military operation has now stopped. RT talks to to journalist Neil Clark."

Those Huge Demonstrations In Syria - posted at ICH
A quote...."August 18, 2011 "Moon Of Alabama" - -We know for a while that the protests in Syria are far smaller than reported: -- That same night on July 15, I received news feeds from the AFP announcing a million protestors all over Syria, of which 500,000 in Hama alone. -- In Hama however, they could not have been more than 10,000. -- This ‘information’ was even more absurd due to the fact that the city of Hama counts only 370,000 inhabitants. -- So what sources does AgenceFrancePresse (AFP) cite?"

Siege or Salvation: Syrian army welcome to rout gangs
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 2min28sec - Aug 18, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."It's thought the UN's human rights chief might push for Syria to face the International Criminal Court for its lethal crackdown on protesters. Over 1800 people are believed to have been killed across the country since the government moved to quell the uprising that started in March. President Assad claims his military operation has now stopped. Even so, the presence of troops is apparently not always seen as a bad sign, as Maria Finoshina reports."

1st oil shipment sold on [Iran's] Kish bourse
A quote...."Mohammad Reza Khajenasiri, the chief supervisor of bourses and markets in Iran's Bourse Organization, said that a shipment of 500,000 barrels of heavy crude oil were offered at the Kish Commodity Exchange on Thursday and were traded at USD 105.49 per barrel, Mehr News Agency reported."

[Russia's] Fifth generation T-50 [fighter jet] to be armed with state-of-the-art missiles
A quote...."State-of-the-art missiles for Russia’s first 5th generation fighter jet are undergoing final tests to ensure that when the T-50 is deployed in 2014 its advanced weaponry will be ready to make it invincible in the skies."

False Flag 101: British shot and killed un-cooperative UN secretary General
Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."New evidence has emerged in one of the most enduring mysteries of United Nations and African history, suggesting that the plane carrying the UN secretary general Dag Hammarskjöld was shot down over Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) 50 years ago, and the murder was covered up by British colonial authorities. -- A British-run commission of inquiry blamed the crash in 1961 on pilot error and a later UN investigation largely rubber-stamped its findings. They ignored or downplayed witness testimony of villagers near the crash site which suggested foul play. The Guardian has talked to surviving witnesses who were never questioned by the official investigations and were too scared to come forward."

The UK riots and the criminality of Jack Straw - Article also posted at ICH
A quote...."What price justice when war criminal Jack Straw is free to call for more prisons to be built so young people caught stealing a £3.50 case of water can be jailed for six months?"
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The Assault On Libya....

War Games And Psy Ops In Libya: NATO Gunship Fires On Unarmed Civilians In Zawia Square
A quote...."On August 18, 201, Tribal Chief Dr. Moussa Ibrahim’s younger brother was killed in Zawia by NATO. An Apache gunship fired on innocent civilians in the Square at Zaia City– killing many unarmed civilians. -- The people of Zawia were celebrating the route of NATO rebels from their city by the Libyan army, contradicting mainstream media reports that NATO controls the city. -- Libyans are angry about NATO’s bombing of electric power stations.  They were all talking about it today. “How is NATO protecting innocent people by bombing power stations?”  This is the desert, many people in the suburban areas of Tripoli suffered from noon until night without electricity."

Libya Leonor UpDate - August 18
M108Video - Alt - (M108YuTb - 10min03sec - Aug 18, 2011) - Source:  108morris108 -- A quote...."Leonor paints a picture of the Libyan forces having the upper hand - yet she cannot get through to Libya by telephone today - A lot of the trouble is near the Tunisian border - it seems obvious that the rebel mercenaries are coming from there. - There seems to have been damage caused to archeological sites - fortunately Leonor is good at giving information in an endearing manner."
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

Activist Ray McGovern: The Pentagon & Israel’s Islamic Terrorism Propaganda Game is Crumbling
AJVideo - RayMcGovern(1/2) - RayMcGovern(1/2) - (AJYuTb - 10/15min - Aug 17, 2011) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Alex welcomes back to the show retired CIA officer turned political activist, Ray McGovern. Ray presented morning intelligence briefings at the White House during his 27 year career as an employee of the federal government. McGovern will talk about GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry’s demand that AG Holder and the Justice Department prosecute private citizens who are participating in the Gaza-bound aid flotilla. He will also talk about the helicopter crash in Afghanistan that claimed the lives of 30 American and 8 Afghan troops and also the manufactured crisis over the debt ceiling." - For more on the American Furkan Dugan who was executed by the Israelis in cold blood, see the articles shown below....

• UN Report: American Citizen Executed By Israelis During Mavi Marmara Raid
• Israel's Murder of American Citizen Furkan Dogan
• Israel's Execution Style Murder at Point Blank of US-Turkish Activist?
• Remembering Furkan Dogan
• In Cold Blood: Execution on the High Seas - contains video - Alt

Turkey plans diplomatic assault on Israel after its refusal to apologize for Gaza flotilla raid
A quote...."Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated Turkey’s position on Wednesday. “As long as Israel does not apologize, as long as Israel does not compensate, and as long as it does not lift the blockade [of Gaza], it is not possible for Turkish-Israeli relations to improve,” he said in Istanbul."

Killings of American Military by Israel, Lied About in Press
A quote...."On June 8, 1967, land and sea military forces of the State of Israel attacked a clearly identified and flagged American ship, the USS Liberty, in international waters, killing and wounding nearly 200 of 296 on board.  The ship was virtually unarmed, flown over for hours by Israeli patrol planes and, at every moment, flew an American flag.  Lifeboats were strafed (one is kept in Israel even today as a “war souvenir”) and medical corpsman and fire crews were strafed, rocketed and napalmed.  The ship was attacked for hours, their communications jammed."

The Israeli False Flag Attack Near Eilat of 08/18/11....

False Flags Over Gaza?
A quote...."Yes Virginia, it looks like Israel has once again hoisted a false flag over Gaza to justify bombing them AGAIN, killing 7 people…  Despite Hamas’ claim that they had nothing to do with the ‘attack’, which BTW did not get any press coverage in Israel." - A comment shown below....


Israel had prior warnings of potential terror attacks from Sinai
A quote...."Israel's security services received information about a possible terrorist attack from Sinai, a senior government official told Haaretz on Thursday. As a result, counterterrorism forces in Eilat were put on alert, as well as police forces. However, the official said there were internal arguments concerning the severity of the warning."

Who benefits from the attacks in Israel?
Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."Today’s attacks in southern Israel in which gunmen killed eight people were clearly carefully planned. It seems reasonable to assume that as much attention was given to the attacks’ timing."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Counter Strikes: Israel pounds Gaza after deadly attack wave
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 3min58sec - Aug 19, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."The Israeli military has launched an airstrike on Gaza killing 5, and accused Palestinians of carrying out a string of fatal attacks. There have been three separate shootouts in the south of the country along the Israeli-Egyptian border on Thursday. RT's Paula Slier reports."

Renewed Israeli Strikes on Gaza Leave a child Dead and 17 injured, Death Toll Reaches Seven
A quote...."Gaza – PNN – One child was reported dead, on Friday at dawn, and 10 other civilians were injured as Israeli jetfighters targeted Gaza City. Local sources identified the child as 13-year-old Mohamed Abu Samra. The latest attack brings the death toll in Gaza since Thursday to seven."

Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (11– 17 Aug. 2011)
7 days a week, 52 weeks a year, for over sixty years....

• IOF killed two Palestinians, including a mentally disabled child in the Gaza Strip.
• 4 Palestinians, including a child, were wounded by IOF in the Gaza Strip.
• A Palestinian child was injured by the explosion of a suspicious object in the West Bank.
• Israeli warplanes bombarded a number of targets in the Gaza Strip.
• IOF continued to attack Palestinian fishermen and fishing boats in the Gaza Strip.
• A Palestinian fisherman was wounded in the northern Gaza Strip.
• IOF continued to use force against peaceful protests in the West Bank.
• Dozens of demonstrators suffered from tear gas inhalation.
• IOF conducted 27 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank.  
• IOF arrested 10 Palestinian civilians.
• Israel has continued to impose a total siege on the OPT and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.
• IOF arrested 7 Palestinian civilians, including a woman and her baby, at military checkpoints in the West Bank.
• IOF have continued settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.
• Israeli settler guards fired at Palestinian farmers north of Hebron.

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More on Japan's Power Plants....

China Finds 100,000 SQ Miles of Radiation In Pacific Ocean Up 300 Times Higher Than Normal
Radiation Alert - A quote...."China has discovered 100,000 square miles of Pacific Ocean waters, at distances up to 800 kilometers from Fukushima, with Cesium radiation levels up to 300 times normal and Strontium radiation levels up to 100 times normal."

Hartmann - Fukushima...is this the China Syndrome?
RTVideo - (RTYuTb - 7min56sec - Aug 18, 2011) - Source:  TheBigPictureRT -- A quote...."Paul Gunter, Beyond Nuclear joins Thom Hartmann. Meanwhile, Japan is not out of the danger zone...in fact the nuclear crisis is getting worse and worse! We've recently learned from Japan that the amount of radiation released was more than 20 times that from the Hiroshima bomb, and now it looks they may be experiencing the early stages of a total China Syndrome meltdown. And is the United States in danger too?"

Radiation Betrayal And Treason
Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."Arnie Gundersen says a mouthful in this mp3 broadcast. If you don’t trust someone like Arnie then you can’t trust anyone. He is as “salt of the earth” as they come and he says at the end of this audio:  “I know someone who is very highly placed in the state department and the United States government has come up with a decision and I don’t know whether it’s influenced by a fear of panic, or commercial interests, or whatever, but I do know that the United States government at the highest level—the state department as well as other departments, the FDA and on and on—have made a decision to downplay Fukushima. And I can’t speak for the Canadian counterparts.”

CBS 60 Minutes – Fukushima Now Radiating Everyone: ‘Unspeakable’ Reality ‘Will Impact All Of Humanity’
Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."CBS exposes the “unspeakable” realities of the Japanese catastrophe in its 60 Minutes program Sunday night during which leading nuclear scientist Dr. Michio Kaku said radiation from Fukushima will impact of all of humanity."

Radioactive Rain In Toronto Canada As Large Scale Government Cover Up Of Radiation Dangers Exposed
20,000 CPM Per Square Meter Of Radiation Measured In Toronto Canada Rain - contains videos
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More On The Economic Situation....

Peter Schiff, John Lonski, Dennis Berman - on Inflation, Deflation & Recession
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 7min43sec - Aug 18, 2011) - Source:  MrNChoudhury
A quote...."Peter -- The market is selling off because people are finally coming to the conclusion that the stimulus didn't work. Recession is coming back. And people are calling it a double-dip. I think it's part of one big depression [Amazing] that was temporarily interrupted by stimulus spending but all we did was spend ourselves into a deeper hole. And I think we are facing a bigger economic contraction now because of the stimulus and the bailouts than what we faced before."

Doug Casey: We Are Exiting the Eye of the Storm
Interview - Louis James, editor of the International Speculator interviews Doug Casey -- A quote...."LJ: So, Doug London has suffered more damage from recent rioting than from anything else since the Blitzkrieg; the stock market had its most volatile week in years; gold shot well north of $1,800; and the U.S. government almost crashed into its debt ceiling. Smells like blood in the streets. What does a street fighting man like you make of all this?"

Sure Looks Like 2008
A quote...."When you think of it in the short term markets are nothing more than a group of people trying to process data and understand what others are doing all under the stress of losing personal wealth. They are trying to solve a problem that in may ways is not solvable unless one can adapt. Similar to a group of Navy SEALs on a mission. They are successful only if they can adjust to the changing situation. There’s a reason few are SEALs and few are successful in this business. -- At times like these markets are more about human psychology and less about technical and or macro data. That is why I wrote about the 2007 topping pattern as compared to the market in June and July. The macro data in both instances was deteriorating yet equity markets refused to listen to falling bond yields, falling commodity prices and countless credit products. Then the recession hit, the data deteriorated fast and ill prepared markets were forced to catch up." - also posted at ZeroHedge

Economically Sleepwalking
A quote...."The sleepwalking during the last 24 months is all the more remarkable, given that the economy has been treated with the biggest dose of monetary and fiscal stimulants ever administered in U.S. history. Why the continued weak pulse?" - also posted at ZeroHedge

Philly Fed’s factory index in August freefall
A quote...."WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Factory activity in the Philadelphia region weakened sharply in August to the lowest level seen in more than two years, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said Thursday, adding to fears that the economy has ground to a halt."

Sales of existing homes fall 3.5% in July
A quote...."WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Sales of existing homes fell 3.5% in July to an eight-month low, with a high cancellation rate again taking its toll on an already troubled market, according to data released Thursday."

U.S. consumer prices climb 0.5% in July - Biggest rise since March; core rate’s up 0.2%
A quote...."WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The cost of living for Americans rebounded in July after a rare decline in June, data showed Thursday. "

US bond yields hit record low on recession fears
A quote...."WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Treasury bond yields plunged Thursday, with the 10-year yield hitting a record low as worries about a new recession in the United States and Europe battered stock markets." - Source:  AFP

Stagflation Signs Surface in Bonds, Stocks, Gold
A quote...."Is that a disco ball I see? - Stocks plunged Thursday after several economic reports in the United States raised more worries about stagnant growth and higher inflation. - I wish there was a word to describe such a scenario. Oh yeah. There is! Stagflation. Remember that old chestnut from the 1970s? Gas lines and what not? Good times. Or not." - Source:  CNNMoney

Presenting The GM "Insider Purchases"
Charts - (click to enlarge) -- Quote of the Day...."In parallel with today's latest market implosion, the shares of the once and soon to be again bankrupt vendor of Channel Stuffed vehicles, GM, are down to $23.59, nearly 30% below their November IPO price. Unfortunately, the share performance demonstrates what happens when an artificial HFT price support, in this case, Getco, crashes and burns. Yet what is ironic is that according to alleged GM part-time advertising clerk Phil Lebeau this has to be taken in context with the substantial insider buying that has also been occurring in GM shares. Fair enough: we decided to observe just how substantial this insider buying has been. After all, the one recurring theme we hear non stop is how aggressive insider buying has been in recent weeks. Alas, when it comes to size everyone shuts up. Perhaps here is the reason: since the Company's IPO insiders have purchased a massive... $2.256 million. That's a total of 74,000 shares. And oh yeah, offsetting this are $4.1 billion in insider sales. So, once again, this whole insider buying argument, unfortunately falls flat on its face."

US child poverty rate soars to 20 percent
A quote...."One in five US children lives in poverty, according to a new report. As families suffer under the weight of joblessness, low wages and the housing crisis, it is the youngest members of American society who are most affected. The latest “Kids Count” report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation shows that child poverty grew in 38 of 50 US states over the past decade."

Economy 08-18-11 - A DProgram Round-Up
A round-up of todays business news from DProgram. - mpg

The Daily Bail Round-Up - Aug 18, 2011 at 8:02 AM
A round-up of todays business news from the Daily Bail. - mpg

Wednesday August 17th 2011

The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens....

As Consequence Of Libya War Money Leaves From "Western" Banking System
Must Read - Geo-Political / Financial Warning! - (Yes!  Everyone out there, all the sovereign wealth funds, nation states, foreign corporations and others should understand what happened to Libya will eventually happen to them!!  They should remove their money, gold, and other assets from ANY country that has either engaged in the looting of Libya, or in outright Banksterism, the selling of faux-financial instruments. -- These countries are as follows; the United States of America, Great Britain, and France. - Their parasitic elites CANNOT be trusted, they WILL seize their depositor's assets and gold when they feel the time is ripe!! - mpg)

"When the U.S. promised the Libyan rebels access to Libyan government accounts I predicted that one of the consequences of this would be a retraction of sovereign funds from the “western” financial systems:"


Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Sends Precious Metal ETFs A Wakeup Call (GLD, IAU, SLV, GDX, AGQ)
Gold / Currency Alert - A quote...."President Chavez also released documents showing that he plans to transfer billions of dollars in cash reserves held abroad to banks in China, Russia and Brazil. The documents also showed that he planned to move 211 tons of gold it has stored abroad and values at 11 billion to the Central bank in Caracas, where the government keeps its remaining 154 tons of bullion. -- While Venezuela is a relatively minor player on the world stage, this could be a big game changer here in the United States because one of the banks that holds 10.6 tons of Venezuela’s gold is none other than JP Morgan."

Hugo Chavez Demands 99 Tons of Venezuelan Gold Returned From the Bank of England/ JP Morgue
Gold / Currency Alert - A quote...."For those with any knowledge of the cartel, you know where this is heading. -- For those who don't....the Bank of England currently stores Venezuela's gold in the vaults of (per Bloomberg) JP Morgan, Barclays, and the Bank of Nova Scotia."

As Chavez Pulls Venezuela's Gold From JP Morgan, Is The Great Scramble For Physical Starting?
Gold / Currency Alert - Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."In addition to the nationalization of his gold industry, Chavez earlier also announced that he would recover virtually all gold that Venezuela hold abroad, starting with 99 tons of gold at the Bank of England"

WARNING!!  -- As Michael Rivero correctly points out, it is VERY important that any country, sovereign wealth fund or other foreign entity ASSAY ANY AND ALL gold or silver being transferred from any institution in the United States of America, Great Britain or France -- BEFORE ACCEPTING DELIVERY!! - mpg

Hugo Chavez Outmaneuvers The NWO By Securing Gold Sector
A quote...."Say it ain’t so Geronimo…  Yes, looks like the only foreign leader among the vast Criminal Cartel took the lead for usurping power in a pre-emptive strike against monopolization of Venezuela’s Resources – sorry IMF…  If that’s too complex to understand, try the alternate headline  --  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez tells the IMF to go  &#*% Themselves!"

Think the Crisis Is Over? Think Again!
Special Note - A quote...."Given that the financial system is now more leveraged than during the Tech Bubble, that mutual funds are more heavily invested in stocks than at any point in the last 40 years (hello redemptions), that the derivatives market has not been reined in, that the global economy is once again turning sharply downward, that the EU and European banking system are collapsing, that the US economy is now clearly in a double dip (within the confines of an ongoing DE-pression), and that China is heading into a hard landing… the fact that the Fed will not be able to do much to stop the Crisis should have everyone freaking out."

20 Signs That The World Could Be Headed For An Economic Apocalypse In 2012
By The Numbers - A quote...."If you thought that 2011 was a bad year for the world economy, just wait until you see what happens in 2012.  The U.S. and Europe are both dealing with unprecedented debt problems, the financial markets are flailing about wildly, austerity programs are being implemented all over the globe, prices on basics such as food are soaring and a lot of consumers are flat out scared right now.  Many analysts now fear that a "perfect storm" could be brewing and that we could actually be headed for an economic apocalypse in 2012.  Hopefully that will not happen.  Hopefully our leaders can keep the global economy from completely falling apart.  But right now, things don't look good.  After a period of relative stability, things are starting to become unglued once again.  The next major financial panic could literally happen at any time."

Lew Rockwell: Death of the Dollar
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 10min14sec - Aug 15, 2011) - Source:  RTAmerica -- A quote...."(RussiaToday) – 40 years ago today former President Nixon was fighting inflation and overwhelming war costs and with that he ended the last remnants of the gold standard. At that time Nixon claimed he was defending the dollar but his critics said it was one of the most damaging decisions in modern economic history. Are we feeling the effects of this decision four decades later? Lew Rockwell, chairman of Ludwig von Mises Institute, tells us who’s to blame for the death of the dollar. "

Felonious Monk Tells Obama "Stop Being A Dickhead And Balance The F*****g Budget"
Video  -- Obvious profanity warning -- Alt - (YuTb - 3min - Aug 1, 2011) - Source:  UKHOODLIFE2 -- A quote...."Felonious Munk speaks on the economic state of America and why we shouldn't pay our bills."

Wholesale Prices in U.S. Increase More Than Estimated....
Related Article - A quote...."The so-called core measure, which excludes volatile food and energy, climbed 0.4 percent, the most since January."

Silent Great Depression Style Run On Greece Banks Spreads To Banks Across Europe
Financial Alert - A quote...."Economic data shows the silent run on Greece banks has spread into a massive number of people pulling their money out of banks all across Europe."

Behind The Scenes Liquidity Scramble In Europe? One Bank Borrows $500MM In Emergency Cash From ECB
Financial Alert - A quote...."....just one bank borrowed $500 million in a 7 day liquidity providing operation at a 1.1% rate. Why is this notable? Because as the chart below indicates, there had been no borrowing under this facility since March 2011."

The Second Leg of the Great Depression Was Caused by European Defaults
Related Article - From the History File - May 11, 2010 -- A quote...."Many Americans know that the Great Depression was started by the bursting of the giant Wall Street bubble of the 1920's (fueled by the use of bank deposits on speculative gambling, which is why Glass-Steagall was passed) , which in turn caused a run on American banks. -- But most Americans don't know that the second leg of the Depression was caused by European defaults."
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9/11, The Crime of the Century....A Tenth Year Anniversary Retrospective

With Wikileaks Dead, New 9/11 Deception Ploy In Motion
A quote...."Last week, conspiracy buffs were given a magic revelation regarding 9/11.  Richard Clarke pointed the finger at former CIA director, George Tenet, declaring the CIA “allowed” the 9/11 hijackers to operate freely.  The rationale?  Tenet and the CIA had plans to use “them” in some way, maybe turn them into secret double agents, even triple agents.  What’s wrong with this picture?"

Richard Clarke Only Proves that 9/11 Blogger is LIHOP Disinfo
A quote...."Scroll down the front page of 9/11 Blogger (once the flagship website for the Truth movement and now an empty shell of it’s former self populated by LIHOP sock-puppets aka supporters of the Official Conspiracy Theory) and the ONLY articles you see are about the Richard Clarke “revelation” that the decision was made in the upper ranks of the CIA (George Tenet) to keep information about the future hijackers from the FBI and the White House and everyone else that supposedly would have acted to stop the attacks of 9/11. Apparently the story goes something like this:"

9/11, False Flag State Terrorism, The Transnational Shadow Government, And The Apocalypse To Come
Muxt Read - A quote...."The “war on terrorism” is a classic simulacrum. A global political script written by secret elites is now running on automatic. Triggered by the events of 9/11, reenergized by periodic injections of media “poison” into the circulatory system of American public opinion, from anthrax scarces traceable to U.S. Army testing laboratories to Tom Clancy scenarios of nuclear weapons in suitcases delivered to New York City by viral terrorists, the simulacrum of the “war on terrorism” is already a new form of hyperreality, understandable only in relationship to its internal signifiers. A closed system of meaning, the war on terrorism declares war most of all on perception." - Arthur Kroker (1)."
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More On The Domestic Situation....

Manufacturing opposition: how America supports our so-called enemies – part one - Article also @ ICH
Special Note - (a.k.a.  The Military's "Self-Licking Ice Cream Cone") - A quote...."To some people, the concept of “full spectrum dominance” is completely foreign. To the upper echelons of the government of the United States, it is a tactic utilized on a regular basis. -- Full spectrum dominance is achieved through controlling the groups and individuals that are the supposed enemies of the government through infiltration and/or funding. -- A new military report reveals how this practice still occurs in the Middle East, just like in the Soviet-Afghan war in which we armed, funded, trained, and assisted the likes of Osama bin Laden and others who have grown to become known as the Taliban and even the ghost-group al Qaeda." - Topix ||  US Support of Terror  ||

Author Details Pentagon’s Fake al-Qaeda
Related Article - A quote...."During an NPR interview of New York Times veteran reporter Thom Shanker, who co-authored Counterstrike: The Untold Story of America’s Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda, we learn that the Pentagon routinely pretends to be al-Qaeda:   “What the American military intelligence can do is forge the watermarks or certification of official al-Qaida postings,” says Shanker. “American cyber technology is so advanced that they can have a near perfect re-creation of an al-Qaida message...." - also posted at DProgram

‘Fast and Furious’ weapons found at more violent crime scenes
A quote...."Weapons purchased during the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives‘ controversial “Fast and Furious” undercover investigation, which included the sale to “straw buyers” of hundreds of AK-47 assault rifles, have turned up at a dozen violent crime scenes across the Southwest, the Justice Department told a Senate committee." - also posted at BLN

DHS Now Profiling Your Average All-American Neighbors As Terrorists
A quote...."The fact that the PATRIOT ACT was passed shortly after the staged false flag attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001  has really given the American populace a new way of life, one in which the slaves sacrifice their freedoms for so called security."

Is the SEC Covering Up Wall Street Crimes? - Article also posted at ICH
Special Note - A quote...."A whistleblower claims that over the past two decades, the agency has destroyed records of thousands of investigations, whitewashing the files of some of the nation's worst financial criminals."

SEC Whistleblower: Feds Destroyed Evidence Of Thousands Of Wall Streets’ Worst Crimes
Multiple Articles - Related Articles - A quote...."SEC Attorney turns whistleblower and reveals the feds have buried thousands of records of investigations into the worst financial crimes ever committed by Wall Street bankers."

America's Last Days,The Empire Strikes Out (Charlie McGrath Video)
CMcGVideo - Alt - (CMcGYuTb - 6min21sec - Aug 17, 2011) - Source:  crabbydogtrix -- A quote...."Thanks to the radio program's chat room for picking the title. -- More News at http://www.wideawakenews.com/"

Broadcasting LIVE on Justin.tv - August 17 2011
MRVideo - Note:  To avoid the advertisements and the radio commentary goto - 7min30sec - into the broadcast - mpg - (JustInTV - 2hrs - August 17th, 2011) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire and many other issues.
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The 2012 Election Cycle....

Rick Perry Loses Presidential Poll To ... some guy with the same initials.....
A quote...."Congressman clobbers "frontrunner" in Governor's home state...."

Corporate Media Switches Tactics, Attacks Ron Paul
A quote...."The establishment effort to keep Presidential candidate Ron Paul out of the public conscience has failed and desperation tactics have set in." - also posted at DProgram

Shady Christian Fundamentalist And CIA Asset Running Bachmann’s “Faith Outreach” Efforts?
A quote...."OKLAHOMA CITY – A story in The Atlantic today highlights the case of evangelical Christian and Republican operative Peter E. Waldron, a shady character –some say a spy – who spent more than a month in a Ugandan prison on terrorism charges several years ago. -- And the shocker? Waldron, freed via intervention by the Bush administration, back in 2006 when the incident took place, is an “evangelical organizer who helped (U.S. Rep. and presidential candidate) Michele Bachmann win the Ames Straw Poll” in Iowa this past weekend." - also posted at IntelHub
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More On The International Situation....

[Obama] Looking like Mussolini - Article also posted at ICH
A quote...."President Obama alleges "the tide of war is receding" in Afghanistan, thus allowing him to reduce US forces there by 10,000 this year, but the fact is Allied strength has been rising, not falling. -- That's because the 10,000 US fighters Obama plans to bring home by the end of this year have been replaced in advance, so to speak, by troop surges of Nato allies and other nations. -- What the New York Times of June 23 called Obama's "Rapid Troop Cuts" is not only hardly "rapid" but is part of an overall strategy for continuing a pointless, illegal, 10-year-long war whose casualty rates are higher than ever!"

Obama’s bloody “endgame” in Afghanistan
A quote...."Nearly two months after President Barack Obama announced plans for a limited withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, the evolution of US strategy in the nearly 10-year-old war points to a steady escalation of bloodshed."

Huge blast rocks US base in Afghanistan
BREAKING:  Thu Aug 18, 2011 7:43AM GMT  -- The Taliban claim large numbers of American causalities....unconfirmed as of yet. - mpg  -- A quote...."The incident occurred early Thursday when a truck bomb went off inside the US military base in Gardez city, the capital of Afghanistan's Paktia province, a Press TV correspondent reported. -- The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack, claiming hundreds of kilograms of explosives were concealed in the truck." -- UPDATE:  08/18/11 - 3:23am PST -  RIANovosti Claims the truck didn't make it past the security gate with only two dead. - mpg

Pakistani militants torch NATO tanker
A quote...."Unidentified militants in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan have torched yet another tanker carrying fuel for the US-led NATO forces in Afghanistan."

Scott Horton Interviews Pepe Escobar
Audio Interview - A quote...."Pepe Escobar, journalist and author of Obama Does Globalistan, discusses why his article “Why the Syrian regime won’t fall” could prove false if major demonstrations break out in the largest urban areas, including Damascus and Aleppo; whether Turkey’s mediation can prevent the slaughter of civilian protesters in the street; the despots-in-waiting groomed by Saudi Arabia to fill vacancies in Syria and Yemen; the proposed Saudi Arabian “anti-terrorism” law that would send critics of the regime to prison for ten years; the crushed rebellion in Bahrain, thanks to stormtroopers from the GCC; and why we shouldn’t hold our breath for a democratic reform government in Yemen." - ||  MP3 here. (20:07)  ||

Chossudovsky: UN withdrawal PR to demonize Syrian govt
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 5min12sec - Aug 17, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."To Syria now, where the UN is pulling out its staff amid growing concern about the violent crackdown by government forces against demonstrators. It comes as activists say over 30 people have been killed since troops seized control of the northern port city of Latakia. But, director of the Center for Research on Globalization - Michel Chossudovsky - says the hype around the Syrian crisis is being orchestrated from abroad."

Iran Blames Foreign Forces for Insecurity in Iraq
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast condemned the recent terrorist attacks in Iraq which took the lives of innocent people, and took the foreign forces deployed in the country responsible for the expansion of insecurities in the war-torn country."

Iran pres. urges end to dollar supremacy
A quote...."Press TV - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called for an end to the dollar dominance, as the US economic crisis would lead to further devaluation of the currency.."

Iran Air Force plans first intl. drill
A quote...."The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) says it will hold a joint aerial drill with a regional country in September, marking IRAF's first international war game."

MAKS-2011 presents giant planes, classified aircraft and “smart” anti-aircraft cannons
Contains Video - A quote...."The latest achievements in military and civil aviation from all over the world have convened at the MAKS-2011 international air show. The entrants include the Russian drone Luch, the huge С-5M Galaxy military transport from the United States, the PAK FA T-50 fifth generation fighter jet, and a new manned spaceship called “Rus.” -- The U.S. military lavishly added to the scale of the tenth International Aviation and Space Show, MAKS-2011 in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow. The U.S. air and naval forces are showcasing 12 military aircraft."

Russia displays 1st Sukhoi T-50 fighter
A quote...."Russia has showcased its first stealth fighter Sukhoi T-50, jointly developed with India, as a cheaper alternative to its US-built equivalent F-22 Raptor aircraft."

'Russian Stealth' 1st public flight: Sukhoi PAK FA T-50 at MAKS airshow
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 7min53sec - Aug 17, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Prototype of the future of Russia's fighter jet program, the PAK -FA (T-50) has made its first public flight at MAKS-2011 airshow. The Sukhoi-made plane took to the skies for a 8-minute show. The jet's said to be equipped with some of the most advance avionics on the planet. It will be able to land on short runways and fly in any weather. It can carry up to eight medium range or two long-range missiles in its two internal bays. The jet's first prototype performed its maiden flight last January, and carried out 36 test flights. The fifth generation fighter's expected to enter service in Russia in 2015. The price tag is estimated at US $100 million."

Fortune on Torture: UK slammed for terror suspects abuse
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 4min09sec - Aug 17, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."An imminent British inquiry into its agents' use of torture overseas has been slammed before its had a chance to get started. It was revealed that Britain was prepared to use harsh interrogation if the potential information that was gained was considered important enough. That's led human rights groups to boycott the inquiry, saying it lacks credibility, as Laura Emmett reports."
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The Assault On Libya....

Falsified Major Media Reports on Libya
A quote...."Major media specialize in what they do best: truth inversion (aka bad fiction), not doing what journalists are supposed to do - their job, especially covering imperial wars for dominance and rich spoils." - Source:  SteveLendman

NATOs War Aims include Gay Rights!
M108Video - Alt - (M108YuTb - 4min52sec - Aug 17, 2011) - Source:  108morris108 -- A quote...."We live under the thumb of the Gay community. Almost everyone is afraid to say anything critical of the Gay community. Our Wars are also about spreading Gay Rights. Our leaders show constant concerns for the rights of Gay people. They have formed a secretive police force and overtaken all of secular society. I do not believe in the false Icon of the poor victimised Gay. Rather I believe they are running the society and implementing our wars of aggression. And the idea of questioning the gender we were born with is emanating from our Jewish Oligarchy." - By the way, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS "GAY"!!!  For more on that see the quote and article shown below....

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More On The Palestinian Situation....

In a New Crime, IOF Kills Disabled Child in Central Gaza
A quote...."On Tuesday evening, 16 August 2011, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) killed a Palestinian child from al-Nussairat refugee camp, who was 400 meters from the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, east of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. -- The victim's family told a PCHR field worker that their child had a mental disability. The victim was in an area that had not been explicitly declared as prohibited. -- According to investigations conducted by PCHR, at approximately 18:00 on Tuesday, 16 August 2011, Israeli soldiers stationed at the border northeast of Deir al-Balah opened fire at a Palestinian, who was nearly 400 meters from the border. As a result, he was wounded by 10 bullets in his head and chest. -- He was left wounded without being offered any first aid. After coordination was made with IOF, at approximately 19:20, medical crews were able to retrieve the body, which was then transferred to al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah."

75 year old woman shot in Johr al-Dik
A quote...."Selma Al Sawarka, or Um Ahmad, is an active woman, a mother of seven, and a grandmother of 35, who has never quit working.  August 10, 2011 dawned like most days do for her; she went out to graze her family’s goats.  She took her neighbor with her, 15 year old Keefa Al Bahabsa."

Invitation to olive picking [Palestine, October, 2011]
Action Alert - A quote...."2011 will be the 8th year the annual JAI / ATG Olive Picking Program in Palestine from October 15th to 24th 2011. This event is of special significance to the Palestinian economy when all energies and efforts are mobilised."
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More on Japan's Power Plants....

Radiation Expert: Huge Quantities of Radiation Are Still Being Released from Fukushima ...
Radiation Alert -- A quote...."Radiation expert Dr. Chris Busby says that huge quantities of radiation -10¹³ or 10 trillion becquerels per hour - are still being released from Fukushima. -- This is down slightly from some of the radiation levels observed in March, which - as I noted in April - exceeded levels pumped out at Chernobyl during the week-long fire. -- But given that the Fukushima crisis has continued for months, Fukushima dwarfs Chernobyl in terms of radiation released. See this and this."

Cracked Fukushima: Radioactive steam escapes danger zone
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 4min45sec - Aug 17, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."(RussiaToday) – Workers at Japan’s Fukushima plant say the ground under the facility is cracking and radioactive steam is escaping through the cracks. The cooling system at the plant failed after the devastating tsunami hit Japan in March, sparking a nuclear crisis. But new evidence suggests that Fukushima reactors were doomed to cripple even before the massive wave reached them. RT’s Anissa Naouai talks to Dr. Robert Jacobs, a Professor at the Hiroshima Peace Institute."

Report: Gov’t source says.....
A quote...."I’ve heard about the steam coming out from the ground, and I am concerned” — “Some kind of reaction may be occurring underground” writes plant worker."

U.S. Knew Within Days that Fukushima Had Melted Down
A quote...."I noted in May that that International Atomic Energy Agency knew within weeks of the Japanese earthquake that the reactors had melted down ... but the public was not told for a month and a half."

Fukushima plant worker: Even higher than 10,000 millisievert/hr at many spots in reactor buildings 1, 2 and 3
Purged: Whistle-blowers who reported detection of neptunium-239 far from plant have TV show cancelled
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More On The Economic Situation....

David Rosenberg's 12 Bullet Points Confirming The Double Dip Is Here
Must Read - By The Numbers - A quote...."Funny how much can change in a month. After everyone was making fun of David Rosenberg as recently as June, not a single pundit who owns a suit and can therefore appear on CNBC dares to mention the original skeptic. Why? Because he has was proven correct (once again) beyond a reasonable doubt (and while we may disagree as to what asset class is best held into the terminal systemic collapse, Rosenberg has been one of the most steadfast and consistent predictors of the 'non-matrixed' reality in the world). Yet oddly enough there are still those who believe that a double dip (or, more accurately, a waterfall in the current great depressionary collapse accompanied by violent bear market rallies) is avoidable. Well, here, in 12 bullet points, is Rosie doing the closest we have seen him come to gloating... and proving the the double dip or whatever you want to call it, is here."

The Fed Cannot Stave Off the Inevitable Market Revaluation
Must Read - Mrkt Tech Note - Charts - A quote...."The Fed has yet to learn that you can't fool Mother Nature for very long, but it's about to get a punishing lesson. -- Did the Federal Reserve's QE2 program last year simply push the inevitable stock market decline forward a few months? It would seem so. In Remind Us Again Why Anyone Should Own Stocks For the Next Two Years (August 3, 2011) and The Junkie in the Pool and False Idols: Faith in Wall Street and The Fed Has Has Eroded (August 10, 2011) I included a chart of the current S&P 500 plotted against the two Great Bear Markets of last century, the Great Depression-era Dow Jones Industrial Average (1929 crash) and the Nikkei stock market from 1989. -- It certainly looked like all the Fed accomplished with its $600 billion QE2 was stave off the inevitable by a few months:"

Industry's Past-Due Mortgages Climb Above 6.5 Million
A quote...."The grand total of past-due mortgages has risen by nearly 190,000 loans over the past two months..."

Southern California Real Estate:  Worst July in four years and every county is down year-over-year in price.
A quote...."The Southern California housing market is still in deep trouble.  Southern California is home to over 22,000,000 Americans and if SoCal were to become a state all by itself, it would be the second largest state behind Texas.  In other words, this is one people filled region."

Case against MERS reaches Supreme Court
A quote...."A controversial case challenging the ability of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems to foreclose on a California man was filed with the Supreme Court Monday, making it the first major MERS case to reach the nation's highest court."

The Daily Bail Round-Up - Aug 18, 2011 at 1:22 AM
A round-up of todays business news from the Daily Bail. - mpg

The Daily Bail Round-Up - Aug 17, 2011 at 3:24 PM
A round-up of todays business news from the Daily Bail. - mpg

U.K. Unemployment Claims Rise at Fastest Pace Since May 2009
A quote...."U.K. unemployment claims increased the most in more than two years in July, adding pressure on Prime Minister David Cameron to ease the pace of budget cuts as the economic outlook worsens." - bold by website editor

Engdahl: Merkel & Sarkozy plan a Soviet throwback
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 6min20sec - Aug 17, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Global markets have taken a nose dive, after the leaders of the EU's strongest economies failed to calm fears of a deepening crisis. Angela Merkel and Nickola Sarkozy called for the creation of a central economic body which would ensure Eurozone members take more financial responsibility. But they brushed aside suggestions of expanding the EU bailout fund, or releasing Eurobonds to help keep the single currency afloat. RT talks to political analyst and author F. William Engdahl." - Topix ||  A Quadruple Whammy - 12-16-10 - mpg  ||

Merkel and Sarkozy propose financial dictatorship
A quote..."German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy met Tuesday at an emergency summit in Paris to discuss how to contain the euro crisis and calm the markets. The end result, however, fell far short of the expectations that had been raised."

Tuesday August 16th 2011

More On The Domestic Situation....

9/11, The Crime of the Century....A Tenth Year Anniversary Retrospective

The Anatomy of a Still-Open Hot Case
Must Read - A quote...."A cold case is any criminal investigation by a law enforcement agency that has not been solved, and has been closed from further regular investigation. First, before anything else, and certainly before becoming a ‘cold case,’ a case must be ‘investigated.’ By investigated I mean a real investigation involving real investigative techniques and an investigative process performed by real investigators. If after real investigations by real investigators the case remains unsolved, then the case can be justifiably put aside as a cold case. -- On the other hand, by this very same definition, a criminal ‘hot case’ that has not gone through a proper investigation by real investigators remains a ‘hot case.’ Whether that hot case is shoved into a cold case file or not does not make it technically a ‘cold case.’ The never-investigated mass murder on September 11, 2001, a case never assigned to real and independent investigators, with many witnesses never-interviewed, with many suspects never-pursued, with many questions left unanswered, and with many leads never-followed, remains a ‘hot case.’ The self-serving classifications and redactions, the many cover ups, and the burial of the case and related files in government-created massive igloos, do not make 9/11 a cold case." - also posted at DProgram

War by Deception Director's Cut (911 and Iraq lies from the same cabal)
A Must Vide R2SVideo - (R2SYuTb - 3hrs08min30sec - Jul 3, 2011) - Source:  Rys2sense -- A quote...."The best film on 911 or the Iraq War."

World Trade Center 1: There Was No Inferno
A quote...."Twenty minutes after Flight 11 hit WTC 1 survivors in the aircraft impact area were attempting to leave the building. There should have been no survivors between floors 93 and 98 if an 800ºC inferno was raging at the core of WTC 1."

Bombs in WTC clip from War by Deception
R2SVideo - Alt - (R2SYuTb - 22min24sec - Aug 16, 2011) - Source:  Rys2sense -- A quote...."Today is the first clip about the bombings. I will be releasing clips from WBD for generation ADHD on up to the ten year anniversary of 911. check it out on http://www.warbydeception.com"

Comparison of WTC collaspe With Other Buildings
Video - From the History File - Sep 17, 2008 - (YuTb - 2min48sec - 09/17/08)  - Source:  tru2da1god -- A quote...."So the question is: Were WTC 1,2 & 7 brought down by explosives or by fire as the official government report says? Well, we know that the buildings came down in approx. 12 seconds (WTC 1 & 2) and 6 seconds (WTC 7) which is basically free fall speeds. We also know that no steel framed skyscraper has ever collapsed due to fire with exceptions of WTC 1, 2 and 7. Hmm, three buidings in one day that defy the laws of physics and spontaneously collapse due to fire. I don't think so! Check out the comparison between a professional demolition and WTC buildings. Do you notice any similarities?"

9/11 Inside Job - The Most Damning Evidence Yet!
Video - From the History File - Apr 19, 2007 - (YuTb - 6min10sec - 04/19/07) - Source:  WizardofOunces -- A quote...."9/11 Inside Job - The Most Explosive Evidence Yet! An Experiment using Thermite shows for sure that 9-11 was indeed an Inside Job. -- This proof is totally irrefutable. Anyone who denies this proof is purely in denial because they can't bare to face the truth that such a henious crime could be carried out by the people we trust to rule over us."

Who Told Giuliani the WTC - was Going to Collapse on 9/11?
A quote...."In the following 9/11 ABC News live interview Giuliani states he was warned of the collapses:"

Fifty questions on 9/11
From the History File -  Sep 11, 2009 - A quote...."It's September 11 all over again - eight years on. The George W Bush administration is out. The "global war on terror" is still on, renamed "overseas contingency operations" by the Barack Obama administration. Obama's "new strategy" - a war escalation - is in play in AfPak. Osama bin Laden may be dead or not. "Al-Qaeda" remains a catch-all ghost entity. September 11 - the neo-cons' "new Pearl Harbor" - remains the darkest jigsaw puzzle of the young 21st century."

9/11 - [Forty Eight] Basic Questions
A very limited list, there are literally thousands of questions.....but it's a start. - mpg

1. Why didn't jets intercept the airliners since they had numerous warnings of terrorist attacks?
2. Why did Ashcroft stop flying commercial airlines, citing an unidentified "threat" in July 2001?
3. Why did FEMA lie about their presence in New York on 9/11?
4. Why didn't the Secret Service hustle Dubya out of the classroom?
5. Why did George H.W. Bush meet bin Laden's brother on 9/11? - and many more.....
   

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The US-NRE's Support of Terrorism....(Just Today's Articles!!!)

The First Great American Coup / JFK Assassination
A quote...."John F Kennedy still calls out from his grave for justice.The first violent overthrow or coup of the U.S. Government occurred with the assassination of JFK in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. On that day, the power was passed from the choice of the people to a tin pot dictator from Texas, Lyndon B Johnson, who gave the Pentagon, the CIA, the oil industry, and the banks everything they wanted ~ and that game still continues today:"

Golden decade ending for defense companies
A quote...."NEW YORK — The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are winding down, Osama bin Laden is dead, and the federal government is deeply in debt. This spells the end of what was a golden decade for the defense industry. -- In the decade since the Sept. 11 attacks, the annual defense budget has more than doubled to $700 billion and annual defense-industry profits have nearly quadrupled, approaching $25 billion last year." - bold by website editor - There's only ONE thing anyone could possibly say about this article....MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!  - mpg

US-Trained Guatemalan Forces Tied To Drug Gangs
A quote...."The Kaibiles, the ruthless U.S.-trained Guatemalan state militia infamous for their role in killing civilians during Guatemala’s civil war, are being recruited in large numbers to violent Mexican drug gangs. Mexico’s Zetas drug cartel is paying large sums to a multitude of Kaibiles forces to pass on the training they received from the United States military."

Reports: CIA Working with Mexican Drug Cartels
A quote...."The Central Intelligence Agency was intimately involved with the federal government’s infamous “Operation Fast and Furious” scheme to send American weapons to Mexican drug cartels while simultaneously working with other agencies allowing narcotics to be shipped over the border, according to a series of explosive reports."

ATF promotes supervisors in controversial gun operation
Of course they did!!  They're good ol'boys getting rewarded for doing EXACTLY what they were supposed to do. - mpg -- A quote...."The three, who have been criticized for pushing on with the border weapons sting even as it came apart, receive new management jobs in Washington."

US gives millions to the Taliban
Contains Video - A quote...."A new report out of Washington estimates that around $360 million in US military money went into the hands of enemy insurgents in Afghanistan, including the Taliban. [Trust this website editor, it's more like BILLIONS!] -- A special task force put together by General David Patraeus has estimated that more than a quarter of a billion dollars in US funds trickled into enemy hands while the American military attempted to support combatants and reconstruct war-torn Afghanistan towns. Through several faulty contracts, says the report, millions intended to be used for good instead found its way to the enemy and those with enemy-ties."

The Pentagon's "Salvador Option": The Deployment of Death Squads in Iraq and Syria
A quote...."The Western media has played a central role in obfuscating the nature of foreign interference in Syria including outside support to armed insurgents. In chorus they have described recent events in Syria as a "peaceful protest movement" directed against the government of Bashar Al Assad, when the evidence amply confirms that Islamic paramilitary groups have infiltrated the rallies."
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Caught Up in Nightmare: Killing Jack Rabbits
Must Read - Quote of the Day...."England and the United States are hollowed-out societies, with their former productive capacity vanishing at an ever-increasing rate. In close alliance with the State, the most powerful and wealthiest corporations continue to amass record profits, but only by siphoning up every last bit of wealth held by the numerically greatest, but otherwise weakest and most defenseless, part of the population. Every significant piece of legislation must be viewed in this context. This is true even of legislation which styles itself as concerning matters which would not appear to be directed to policing the "undesirable" elements of the population. Thus, Obama's heralded "health reform" bill, which I dubbed The F-ck You Act, has very little to do with providing health care, but everything to do with brutally controlling the weakest segments of society and extracting what little money they have left for the benefit of already vastly wealthy insurance companies and their constant partner, the State." - also posted at Uruknet

As The Economy Crumbles, The Media Goes into the "Ritual Politics Mode"
A quote...."What is Michelle Bachmann wearing? -- And so it came to pass, as predicted, projected, and warned about, that the economy is about to tank again. No less an authority than Nouriel Roubini, once dismissed as “Dr. Doom” for his accurate predictions of the financial crisis in 2007 and 2008, is shaking his head and pointing his finger again. -- In intellectual circles, there’s more and more talk about the fall of America. Even Noam Chomsky who wrote some of his 150 books about the rise of the American empire sees the handwriting on the wall."

Disapproval of Congress Hits All Time High of 84%
A quote...."Disapproval of Congress has hit an all time record high of 84% according to a Gallup poll released today, barely a week after pollster Pat Caddell warned that a dramatic loss of confidence in the country’s leadership meant Americans were now “pre-revolutionary”."

Man Shoots Dead Police Officer Who Refused To Leave Property Without Warrant
Special Note - A quote...."A man has shot a police officer dead who pointed a gun in his face and was attempting to shoot the man’s dogs after being told to leave property without a warrant. -- A Freemansburg Pennsylvania police officer, was shot dead by a man who ordered him not to come on his property unless he obtained a warrant.  The officer disregarded the man’s order and entered the property anyway.  The officer then proceeded to wave his gun in the man’s face. The man’s dogs then went after the officer. The officer was then ordered by his Sergeant to shoot man’s the dogs. The man responded by shooting the officer with his shotgun to protect his dogs."

The Most Liberal Part of the Country Takes a Page from Dictator's Playbook
A quote...."The most liberal part of the country - the San Francisco Bay Area - is taking a page from Egyptian dictator Mubarak's playbook. - As leading free speech organization Electronic Frontier Foundation reports...."


Feel The Noose? – Charlie McGrath
CMcGVideo - Alt - (CMcGYuTb - 3min36sec - Aug 15, 2011) - Source:  crabbydogtrix

Keiser Report: Banking Looters (E173)
MKVideo - Alt -  (MKRTYuTb - 26min50sec - Aug 16th, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday - Producer:  Max Keiser TV -- A quote..."This week Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, observe the British shock that there is no society. In the second half of the show Max talks to former bank regulator, William K. Black about the absence of justice for banking crimes and whether or not the population plays a role in demanding this justice."

Broadcasting LIVE on Justin.tv - August 16 2011
MRVideo - Note:  To avoid the advertisements and the radio commentary goto - 7min42sec - into the broadcast - mpg - (JustInTV - 2hrs - August 16th, 2011) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire and many other issues.
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The 2012 Election Cycle....

A Few Reasons to Drop Michelle Bachman
Photos - (shudder) - A quote...."Reason number 28, she reminds me of the leader of hte Heaven's Gate Dult!"

21 Reasons Rick Perry's Texas Is a Complete Disaster
A quote...."Third World status – the real promise of a Rick Perry administration – shouldn't be a goal to which the United States aspires."

John Stewart Bashes the Media Over Ron Paul
JSVideo - Hysterical! - Alt - (JSYuTb- 4min27sec - Aug 16, 2011) - Source:  lonelantern -- A quote...."(DailyShow) – Watch as John Stewart takes on the corporate media machine over their blatant exclusion of Ron Paul from reports."
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More On The International Situation....

Email Reveals Massive Phone Hacking Cover Up – Scandal Was “Widely Discussed” At News Of The World
Murdoch's Spy Network Exposed - Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."Rupert Murdoch, James Murdoch and their former editor Andy Coulson all face embarrassing new allegations of dishonesty and cover-up after the publication of an explosive letter written by the News of the World’s disgraced royal correspondent, Clive Goodman. -- In the letter, which was written four years ago but published only on Tuesday, Goodman claims that phone hacking was “widely discussed” at editorial meetings at the paper until Coulson himself banned further references to it; that Coulson offered to let him keep his job if he agreed not to implicate the paper in hacking when he came to court; and that his own hacking was carried out with “the full knowledge and support” of other senior journalists, whom he named."

Murdochs savaged in withering attack by their own lawyers
Murdoch's Spy Network Exposed - A quote...."Rupert Murdoch's own lawyers launched an extraordinary attack on him and his son yesterday by accusing News International of misleadingly using their advice to give his company a clean bill of health on phone hacking."

BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials-August 16, 2011
A round-up of the days international news from Boiling Frogs. - mpg

Afghani Reports on Yesterdays Devastating Taliban Attack on Governors Palace
M108Video - Alt - (M108YuTb - 2min06sec - Aug 14, 2011) - Source:  108morris108 -- A quote...."One of the deadliest Taliban Attacks on a Governors residence - while an intelligence meeting is taking place, with ISAF soldiers and CIA etc. Taliban say 30 foreign soldiers killed. This was close to the Bagram Airbase (The US' largest Afghan Airbase) security in the area will now be weaker as decision makers will be afraid to reveal the timing of events to security personnel. "

Investigation Finds U.S. Drones Strike Pakistan Every Four Days, Killing 775 Civilians Since 2004
A quote...."A new report from a team of British and Pakistani journalists finds one U.S. drone strike occurs every four days in Pakistan. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism estimates U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan have killed as many as 775 civilians, including 168 children, since 2004. The report also challenges a recent claim by President Obama’s top counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan, that no civilians have been killed in the drone attacks for nearly a year. According to the Bureau’s researchers, at least 45 civilians were killed in 10 U.S. attacks during the last year. We speak with Chris Woods, an award-winning reporter who leads the drones investigation team for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism in London. [includes rush transcript] -- ||  Real Video Stream  ||  Real Audio Stream  ||  MP3 Download  ||  More…  || 

Supplies to NATO forces suspended after attacks in Pakistan
Special Note - A quote...."ISLAMABAD, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Supplies for NATO troops in Afghanistan through Pakistan were suspended on Tuesday a day after nearly 10 NATO oil tankers were attacked and torched, local media reported."

US to lose its base in Kyrgyzstan
A quote...."Kyrgyzstan is not going to prolong its agreement with Washington, which entitles the US to use Manas Transit Center to supply its forces in Afghanistan, after it expires in 2014, the republic's Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev has said."

Iran to send 4th aid convoy to Somalia
A quote...."Iran's Red Crescent Society (IRCS) plans to dispatch the fourth batch of its humanitarian aid to the famine-stricken Somalia in the coming days."

Syrian forces begin withdrawing from Deir al-Zor
A quote...."AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian forces have begun pulling out of the eastern city of Deir al-Zor after crushing armed opposition groups, the official Syrian state news agency said on Tuesday."

UK banks fund deadly cluster-bomb industry
A quote...."British high-street banks, including two institutions that were bailed out by taxpayers, are investing hundreds of millions of pounds in companies that manufacture cluster bombs – despite a growing global ban outlawing the production and trade of the weapons."
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The Assault On Libya....

Who Will Save Libya From Its Western Saviours? -- Not the Left
A quote...."Last March, a coalition of Western powers and Arab autocracies banded together to sponsor what was billed as a short little military operation to “protect Libyan civilians”.  -- On March 17, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1973 which gave that particular “coalition of the willing” the green light to start their little war by securing control of Libyan air space, which was subsequently used to bomb whatever NATO chose to bomb. The coalition leaders clearly expected the grateful citizens to take advantage of this vigorous “protection” to overthrow Moammer Gaddafi who allegedly wanted to “kill his own people”. " - also posted at AlethoNews & ICH & WB & Uruknet

Libyan Forces Liberate Misratah
A quote...."August 16, 2011 "Information Clearing House" --- While the journalists suffering from cabin fever in Tripoli’s Rixos hotel, publish their dreams that imperialism’s lackies (the rebels/rats) have taken Zawiya, Ghuriyan and Sorman, they are ignoring a decisive moment in the crisis."

Gadhafi support soars amid NATO bombing
A quote...."The rebellion in Libya has been more of a media war than a full-scale armed clash. Sure, the rebels seized tanks and weapons from government troops in the early stages. This led to some skirmishes between rebels and Gadhafi loyalists in seesaw battles along Libya’s coastal highway."

Breaking News: Gadhaffi Retakes Key Towns
A quote...."Is Gadhaffi losing? Au contraire. In total contradiction to the propaganda push on CNN, sources inside Libya say Gadhaffi soldiers have retaken a number of key towns. -- In a surprise announcement, sources inside Libya say that most of Misurata has been taken back by Libyan forces last night and today. In the process, Gadhaffi soldiers have liberated 1250+ Libyan prisoners of war.  According to tribal leaders, Libyan forces now control the port city. -- Tribal leaders also declare that Zawia, Garyan, Sorman, and Sabratha are secure, in contrast to claims by foreign reporters in Tripoli and Djerba (Tunisia) that they have been seized by rebels."

Libya: Tripoli celebrates the liberation of Misratah, 15 August 2011, II
InOXVideo - (YuTb - 7min - Aug 16, 2011) - Source:  InomineX -- A quote...."God bless Gadhafi, the hero of Libya and may death, confusion and destruction reign down on the Satanic forces of NATO. -- May all those who send the Satanic forces of NATO against the people of the world, be poxed in life, their children and their families be cursed in life and in death. -- May all those subhuman scum who support the actions of the Satanic NATO be sent down to hell and be tortured their on behalf of the victims of the Satanic forces of NATO. -- God Damn them all. God bless Libya." -- *GrassPossum* - Recomended  ||  InomineX - Vids  ||

Morris Vids....

Confidential Latest Low Down From Inside Libya
M108Video - Alt - (M108YuTb - 4min45sec - Aug 15, 2011) - Source:  108morris108  -- A quote...."This has a ring of truth to it - The first paragraph is from earlier today - the rest is from a couple of hours ago. The source is reliable and well placed."

Leonor Libya Update Misrata etc - Alt - (M108YuTb 9m34s Aug 15, 2011) - Source:  108morris108
Franklin Lamb in Tripoli - No Outside Help - Alt - (M108YuTb 10m53s Aug 15, 2011) - Source:  108morris108
Claims of Libyan Army Victorious in Misrata - Alt - (M108YuTb 8m10s Aug 14, 2011) - Source:  108morris108
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More on the World Wide Revolution....

From Brixton to Tottenham
A quote...."Following the recent disturbances in England in inner city areas of high unemployment and poverty it is expected that the final count of those arrested for riot and looting could reach as high as 4000. Reasons suggested by the press for the scale of the unrest include recreational violence, criminal opportunism, social irresponsibility, gang culture, greed, and cuts in public services, including the closure of youth clubs. But the prime factor that caused the mayhem to spread must come down to local tensions with the police, and their fatal shooting of Mark Duggan, a black man travelling in a minicab." - also posted at AlethoNews

British police kill indiscriminately
A quote...."16 Aug 2011 British police have played a significant role in triggering civil disobedience in the UK through their unprofessional and brutal way of dealing with innocent civilians. Mark Duggan, recently killed in a police shoot-out in the London suburb of Tottenham and whose death sparked a wave of street protests across Britain; Ian Tomlinson, an English newspaper vendor who was killed during G20 summit protests in London, Jean Charles de Menezes, who was shot seven times in the head after the London bombings [inside job] of July 7, 2005... all are the names included in a long list of people killed at the hands of British police forces."

The stench of a police state
A quote...."The events of the last 12 days are a warning to the working class in Britain and internationally. The state repression and right-wing hysteria unleashed in response to youth rioting in London and other cities reveal the preparations of the ruling class for police-state forms of rule."

How the US and Britain are Suppressing Democracy in Bahrain
GRTVideo - Alt - (GRTVYuTb - 1hr51min49sec - Aug 16, 2011) - Source:  GlobalResearchTV -- A quote...."Interview with Global Research Correspondent Finian Cunningham on blogtalkradio, August 11, 2011."

23 killed as clashes rage on in Yemen
A quote...."Fierce clashes overnight between tribesmen and troops loyal to embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh left 23 tribesmen dead, a tribal source said today."

Syria orders thousands into stadium in Latakia crackdown
A quote...."Syrian security forces seize IDs and cellphones from those gathered at the soccer arena, activists say. Five people are killed, and the U.N. is worried about Palestinian refugees in the area."

Syria assault on Latakia drives 5,000 Palestinians from refugee camp
A quote...."Palestinian refugees in Syria flee attack by Assad gunboats and soldiers on their camp in port city of Latakia."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

A Rude Awakening to the Horrors of Apartheid
A quote...."How can Jews, who have been persecuted for centuries, tolerate this inhumanity? Where is their moral compass? How can this situation be acceptable to Judaism’s spiritual and political leaders? I don’t have that answer; except to say that Israel’s biggest enemy has become itself."

Israeli Police Deliberately Runs Over, Kills Palestinian in Jerusalem
A quote...."JERUSALEM, August 16, 2011 (WAFA) – A  Jerusalemite resident from Sur Baher, south east of Jerusalem, was killed on Tuesday, after deliberately being ran over by a military Israeli jeep in an area close to 'Har Homa' settlement on the lands of Abu Ghneim Mountain, witness said."

Israeli Soldiers Set Fire to Palestinian land in Jenin
A quote..."JENIN, August 16, 2011 (WAFA) – Israeli soldiers set fire Tuesday night to tens of Dunums of the Palestinian lands planted with olive trees in East Barta, a village behind the Separation Wall, southwest of Jenin, in the northern West Bank."

Settlers [Homeless Jewish Arsonists] Torch Dozens Of Dunams Near Homesh Former Settlement In Nablus
A quote...."Ghassan Douglas, a Palestinian official in charge of settlements file in the northern part of the West Bank, stated that the settlers set ablaze all trees planted around the evacuated settlement and that the fire consumed hundreds of almond trees and evergreens."

Donors help keep Palestinians in cages
A quote...."Israel besieges us, puts us in cantons — in cages — and the international community is feeding us in these cages. It’s anything but developmental and it’s helping Israel’s colonization, ethnic cleansing and dispossession,” Dr. Samia Botmeh said, as she sat in her office in the Center for Development Studies (CDS) at Birzeit University near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank." - also posted at AlethoNews & Uruknet

Medics: Gaza teenager shot dead
A quote...."GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian teenager near the central Gaza Strip city of Deir Al-Balah late Tuesday, medical officials reported." - also posted at AlethoNews

Medics: 1 killed, 7 injured as Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza
A quote...."GAZA CITY (Ma’an) – One man was killed and seven others injured as Israeli warplanes struck targets in the central and southern Gaza Strip early Tuesday, Palestinian medical sources and the Israeli army said." - also posted at Uruknet

IOA extends detention of Hamas spokesman for seventh time
A quote...."NABLUS, (PIC)-- The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has extended the administrative detention, without charge, of Hamas leader Adnan Asfoor, 47, for the seventh consecutive time on Monday."

U.S. Senator seeks to cut aid to elite IDF units operating in West Bank and Gaza
A quote...."Senator Patrick Leahy claims Shayetet 13 unit, undercover Duvdevan unit, and the Israel Air Force Shaldag unit are involved in human rights violations in occupied territories."
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More on Japan's Power Plants....

Fukushimas Ocean Radiation More Than Original Reports
Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."So, top scientists in the field of Marine Chemistry, have done the testing and research and the result is not good. Fukushima’s poison  radiated water spewn into the pacific ocean will cause malformations in ocean life as well as the resulting food chain [ that's us], from platunium, I131 and ZM133 in the ocean." - also psoted at DProgram

Must-Watch Video: Popular MSNBC Anchor Reports the Media Are Stifling the Truth About Fukushima....
YTVideo - Alt - (YTYuTb - 8min - Aug 12, 2011) - Source:  TheYoungTurks -- A quote...."As I've previously noted, popular MSNBC anchor Cenk Uygur was recently told to tone down his attacks on the establishment because the head of the network reminded him, "we're part of the establishment." -- Last week, Uygur described what MSNBC bigwigs told him about Fukushima in this must-see video...."  --  "Uygur also reports on the numerous unsafe reactors in the U.S., the cover-ups of nuclear accidents, and the wholly captured nuclear regulators ... and regulators in every field. -- For background, see this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this and this."
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More On The Economic Situation....

All In A SecTres Day's Work: Total US Debt Hits All Time Record $14,615,567,348,203.71, $28 Billion Higher Overnight - A quote...."Good thing the whole debt ceiling fiasco taught Tim Geithner a thing or two about being frugal, or else today's $28 billion increase in total debt to a new all time high of $14,615,567,348,203.71 may have been far, far worse. At least congress still has $127 billion in dry powder before it has to authorize the extension of the interim debt ceiling cap of $14.694 trillion."

'Govts rob citizens, money printing race disastrous'
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 8min11sec - Aug 16, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."The largest holder of U.S. debt is getting frustrated over Washington's financial situation. So Vice President Joe Biden is heading to China on a mission of reassurance on Wednesday. But Puru Saxena, who's an investment adviser in Hong Kong, says Washington's troubles are too big for its Asian partner to stop worrying about."

Break The Power of Big Money
A quote..."My parents, who lived through the 1930’s Depression, taught me two rules: don’t buy anything until you can pay for it with your savings; and always save a sizeable portion of your income."

Tax the super-rich or riots will rage in 2012
A quote...."A recent IMF report looked at “the causes of the two major U.S. economic crises over the past 100 years, the Great Depression of 1929 and the Great Recession of 2007,” writes Rana Foroohar, an economics editor at Time magazine. -- “There are two remarkable similarities in the eras that preceded these crises. Both saw a sharp increase in income inequality and household-debt-to-income ratios.” And in each case, “as the poor and middle-class were squeezed, they tried to cope by borrowing to maintain their standard of living.” -- But the rich “got richer, by lending, and looked for more places to invest, bidding up securities that eventually exploded in everyone’s face." - also posted at AlexHiggins & ICH

Taxed Into Oblivion
A quote...."In the United States today, we are being taxed into oblivion, yet it is being done so stealthily that most Americans don't even realize what is happening.  Most people are fixated on federal income tax rates, but the federal income tax is only one of the dozens of different taxes that each of us pay each year."

‘Death cross’ springing up everywhere -- Commentary: Indicator a harbinger of bear markets
Mrkt Tech Note - A quote...."The death cross forms when the 50 Day Moving Average crosses the 200 Day Moving Average in a downward trajectory and is a widely followed indicator that’s commonly viewed as a harbinger of bear markets. -- Last week, it flashed its warning, not only in the major indexes, but in many key sectors, as well." - also posted at AlexHiggins

Housing starts slip 1.5% in July, U.S. data show
A quote...."WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Housing starts slipped 1.5% in July, according to data released Tuesday that highlight the lack of demand for new homes."

Hopes fade for Spain’s survival in eurozone
A quote...."The European Central Bank has disclosed details of its emergency operation to save Italy and Spain from the debt crisis, revealing that it spent a record € 22 billion on government bonds."

German GDP figures highlight downward trajectory of global economy
A quote...."Economic growth in Germany, which had been largely powering limited economic growth in the European Union, ground to a virtual halt in the second quarter of this year, according to figures released Tuesday by Germany’s statistical office."

As China Says No More Stimulus, Obama Comes Begging For More.... While Promising Even MORE Cuts In The Unknown Future - A quote...."Proving once again that when it comes to the definition of Banana Republic, America really has no equal, we first read in China Business News that according to PBOC adviser Li Daokui, China will "basically" maintain its existing monetary policy direction, and won't likely introduce stimulus measures as it did in 2008. Sorry "Rest of the World", you are on your own...."

Monday August 15th 2011

More On The Domestic Situation....

9/11, The Crime of the Century....A Tenth Year Anniversary Retrospective

After 9/11:  Ten Years of War
Event Alert - A quote...."The tragic events of September 11, 2001, which claimed many lives in the United States, have since given rise to an era of endless US/NATO-sponsored wars accompanied by economic chaos, rising poverty and financial manipulation. We have seen a marked shift towards authoritarianism, the criminalization of justice and the development of a police state. At this special 10 year commemorative event, we invite the public to an evening exploring the truth behind 9/11 and its implications for the future of society.


Visual Rituals: Television As The Greatest Myth-Making Force in Human History
Quote of the Day...."When the September 11 attacks happened, everyone was glued to a television screen as video of the twin towers collapsing were replayed throughout the day. Only a few insiders knew that a mythological narrative of the attacks was being constructed and presented for public consumption by high-placed government officials and professional teleprompter readers. -- The cunning State creators of the 9/11 myth had a wild imagination and they used every possible means to get people to believe their lies. They used the canvas of human blood - the blood of three thousand innocent human beings who were sacrificed on 9/11 - to create a historical fiction out of a real-life tragedy."

Answers in Absolute for ‘Why 9/11?’
A quote...."I am not going to get into the ‘some’ reasons for this post; although, I have plenty to say on the subject. Instead, for the purpose of this piece, and for those audiences, I am going to answer the ‘whys.’ Why ‘some’ still question and seek answer(s) and accountability on 9/11." - also posted at AlethoNews

A 9/11 Challenge/Experiment
A quote...."This is just is a rough idea for an interesting but educational science project, a demonstration or maybe a challenge experiment - perhaps with real money involved - to prove a small but significant point about 9/11."

Woman Waving From WTC 1 Impact Area
A quote...."The official 9-11 story is that the World Trade Towers were brought down by a raging inferno inside the impact points that was hot enough to melt steel and glass. Yet radio messages from the firefighters and intact windows discredit that official claim, as does photographic and video evidence of people standing in the holes looking out over the city."

Shaped Charges and the - World Trade Center Collapses
A quote...."Here's what demolition experts use in steel framed buildings, the linear shaped charge ... It generates around 3,000,000 psi pressure ... at a speed in excess of 27,000 feet per second ... There are over 1000 different types of explosive ... With the use of delays we can control ... where the debris lands ... vibration ... noise level."

9-11 Thermite and the WTC Collapses
A quote...."Following the World Trade Center collapses thermal hot spots with temperatures in excess of 700°C existed deep within the wreckage of the buildings. These temperatures were sustained for a long period of time."

Larry Silverstein, WTC 7, and the 9/11 Demolition
A quote...."I remember getting a call from the, er, fire department commander, telling me that they were not sure they were gonna be able to contain the fire, and I said, 'We've had such terrible loss of life, maybe the smartest thing to do is pull it.' And they made that decision to pull and we watched the building collapse." -- *Larry Silverstein*

9/11 Videos:  The Controlled Collapse of WTC7
Contains Multiple Videos - Alt - A quote...."Take a close look at the manner in which WTC 7 collapses straight down. For the building to collapse in this fashion, all of the load bearing supports would have had to fail at exactly the same time."

The BBC's 'WTC 7 Collapsed - At 4:54 p.m.' Videos
A quote...."At 21:54 GMT on 9/11/2001 the BBC announced that WTC 7 had collapsed. There was just one problem with this news: WTC 7 did not collapse until 22:20 GMT."

The BBC to take another shot at 9/11 Truth
Propaganda Alert - A quote...."This year, for the tenth anniversary, the BBC and Mike Rudin are planning another episode on 9/11. Unfortunately, it is not expected to be an apology for the BBC’s promotion of war and societal destruction through promotion of the official conspiracy theories. Instead, word on the street is that BBC will attempt to smear and discredit professor Niels Harrit, whose paper on nanothermite found in the WTC dust has gone unanswered in the mainstream scientific literature for two and a half years. BBC has interviewed at least one known disinformation specialist for the purpose, and has once again declined my offer to help. -- It is unfortunate that the BBC, which is funded through mandatory television license fees charged to every British citizen, is insistent on spreading bad information that perpetuates the wars."
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Terrorism? What Terrorism?
A quote...."Since the fateful 9/11 events, the subject of terrorism has been ever present both in the mouths of the politicians and the mainstream press. Strong words come almost every day from the White House and the Hill condemning terrorist attacks all around the world and the killing of innocent civilians. -- Nevertheless, like in most things related to politics, there is more than meets the eye in the terrorism fad. First of all, everybody is talking about terrorism, but nobody seems to know, or even care about what terrorism is....."

Krugman Calls On Government To Manufacture War To Save Economy
A quote...."Amidst the melodramatic reaction to economist Paul Krugman’s eyebrow-raising rant about the impact an alien invasion would have on the US economy, many have missed the point, that Krugman was calling on the government to manufacture a staged event or a war to act as a smokescreen for the continued looting of the American people."

Military Keynesianism Gone Haywire: Paul Krugman Pines For World War ... Based On Ginned-Up Reasons
Related Article - A quote...."As I have repeatedly documented, influential Americans are lobbying for war in order to save the American economy - what is often called "military Keynesianism". -- For the first couple of years that I wrote on this topic, commenters more or less said, "That's crazy, no one is calling for war to stimulate the economy"." - also posted at ZeroHedge

Project Bluebeam Imminent? Michio Kaku Hyping Alien Invasion As Corporate Media Says Alien Threat Would Help Global Governance - Related Article - A quote...."As you can see from the above link, the net is being flooded with stories about space aliens and UFOs, just when the Obama administration is trying to rebuild the loyalty of Americans at a time when the number of Americans who still trust the man can be counted on the fingers of just one hand of a very clumsy butcher."

As America’s Economy Collapses, “New Normal” Police State Takes Shape
A quote...."As corporate overlords position themselves to seize what little remains of a tattered social net (adieu Medicare and Medicaid! Social Security? Au revoir!), the Obama administration is moving at break-neck speed to expand police state programs first stood-up by the Bush government." - also posted at PrisonPlanet & GlobalRsrch

The Seven Stages of Collapse
A quote...."Every Empire lives through seven economic stages, and then it falls.  It is as predictable as the cycle of days of the week or that the moon follows the sun.  Dmitry Orlov mapped the fall of the USSR and found that it applies to any and all." -- Related ||  The Course of the Empire - Thomas Cole -1836  ||

16 Statistics Which Prove That The American People Are Absolutely Seething With Anger
A quote...."According to a whole host of polls and surveys, the American people are incredibly angry right now.  The American people are hopping mad at the government, the American people are hopping mad about the economy and the American people are hopping mad about the direction that this country is headed.  Never before in modern U.S. history have the American people been this angry."
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CLG Newsletters 'Blocked'
Web Censorship Alert - A quote...."The CLG Newsletter was sent Sunday afternoon - however, it went *nowhere.* By Lori Price 15 Aug 2011 Another day, another obstacle. (And, since the announcement of SeizeDC!, there has been nothing *but* obstacles.) The CLG Newsletter was sent Sunday; however, it has yet to be disseminated. Even after it is, CLG (http://www.legitgov.org/ and CLG's webhoster?) is getting blocked by various 'filters.' For example, here is a message I received from a bounced CLG Newsletter:"

Commuters turned away as protest closes 4 BART stations
Action Update - A quote...."15 Aug 2011 Rush-hour commuters in San Francisco were turned away from BART on Monday evening after authorities shut down four stations amid a protest over alleged brutality by transit agency police. A portion of busy Market Street was also shut down as crowds moved east, waving placards and shouting "No Justice, No Peace!" The protest began after 5 p.m. at the busy Civic Center Station, where crowds converged for a demonstration that was sparked, in part, by the shootings of Charles Blair Hill and Oscar Grant by BART police."

Slick Rick already flip-flopping on Gardasil
A quote...."Perry mandated Gardisil for all Texas girls back in 2007. Got $6000 contribution from Merk drug company (Maker of Gardisil). And hired Merk lobbist. -- Now he is flip-flopping and saying he should have researched it better." -- *MichaelRivero*

Rick Perry Is The Bankers Answer To Ron Paul
Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."(AJC) – For the sake of all that is good please look in to the evil that is Rick Perry! This guy is the worst of the worst in a crowded field of scum! Look out America and world this is the true face of EVIL! "

Big Business Has Been Very Very Good to Mitt - The Corporate World of Mitt Romney
A quote...."As the noted philosopher and rock and roll irritant David Lee Roth once said, "Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it."

"The Message of Liberty" - Alex Jones Tv
AJVideo - Alt - (AJYuTb - 15min30sec - Aug 15, 2011) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."On the Monday edition of the Alex Jones Show, Alex talks about the fact Ron Paul is the Republican presidential front-runner despite an all-out effort by the political establishment and the corporate media to marginalize and ignore him. Alex also talks about Rick Perry's entrance into the race over the weekend and Perry's effort to portray himself as a conservative Christian Tea Party leader when in fact he is a one-world globalist and former Al Gore campaign manager. Alex also covers the latest "

Outlawing Plunder?
MKVideo Teaser - Alt -  (MKRTYuTb - 2min12sec - Aug 15th, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday - Producer:  Max Keiser TV -- A quote..."Watch full episode 173 of Keiser Report on Tuesday."

08-15-11 Broadcasting LIVE on Justin.tv - August 15 2011
MRVideo - Note:  To avoid the advertisements and the radio commentary goto - 7min30sec - into the broadcast - mpg - (JustInTV - 2hrs - August 15th, 2011) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire and many other issues.
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Political Censorship Exposed:  The Ron Paul Case.....

Corporate Media Admit They Censor Candidates Who Challenge the Status Quo
Special Note - A quote...."Preface: Liberals shouldn't ignore the media's censoring of Ron Paul's popularity in straw polls because he's "on the right". Many progressive candidates have been shut out of political races by the big corporate media."

Why Does Mainstream Media Disrespect Ron Paul?
A quote...."Watching the Sunday talk shows and looking at the reporting from this weekend’s Republican  straw poll, you would not think that Congressman Ron Paul even participated in the event.  Paul came in a very close second to Representative Michele Bachmann in a field of Presidential Candidates.  Bachmann received 4,823 votes; Paul received 4,671 votes, which represents a margin of just 152 votes.  To me, it appears to be a statistical dead heat, especially when you consider the next closest competitor, Governor Tim Pawlenty, received only 2,293 votes."

Yet another corporate media story that ignores Ron Paul!
A quote...."Folks, Iowa shook the corporate media to the core. They are finally having to confront that the lock they had on the minds of America, on which their fortunes depend, is cracking loose. The corporate media are terrified. They are desperate to prove to the rulers that they can still force you to forget all about Ron Paul, or their money and privileged lives are gone. And the media doesn't even really care about Ron Paul or his politics; this is simply to prove to the rulers that the corporate media are still in control of your brain, and therefore of some use to the tyrant." -- *Michael Rivero*

NY Daily News writes about everyone except Ron Paul; meanwhile he's winning their own online poll
A quote...."The corporate media long ago sold out their principles for favors from the ruling class. That is, of course, a major reason we call them "Presstitutes." For less than the cost of a call girl, you can get a corporate "journalist" to spin any propaganda you want." -- *Michael Rivero*

Once a fringe candidate, Paul shaping 2012 race
A quote...."DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Ron Paul, once seen as a fringe candidate and a nuisance to the establishment, is shaping the 2012 Republican primary by giving voice to the party's libertarian wing and reflecting frustration with the United States' international entanglements."

The Iowa Straw Poll Mustery - Alt - Alt - article list
Ron Paul Won in Iowa - No matter what the dishonest media claim
Where Are the Missing 218 Votes? Straw Poll Vote Counts Aren’t Adding Up? – More Games?
Establishment Media Admits Conspiracy To Ignore Ron Paul
FOX News runs another online poll, and once more Ron Paul is in the lead!
Reuters Edits Iowa Poll Reality According to Globalist Agenda
Bachmann Rigged Iowa Poll by Buying "At Least" 4000 Votes - Alt
Establishment Media Admits Conspiracy To Ignore Ron Paul - contains videos - Src
Jim Rogers Endorses Ron Paul For President - video - Alt

Website Editor's Note:  This website does not endorse any political candidate, but will attack -- vociferously, relentlessly and forever -- any politician, party, group, organization or candidate who attempts to tamper with the voting process -- or who associates with, or receives funding from -- any entity which supports the PNAC Protocols, the AIPAC/Israeli Consortium, the Banksters, the Federal Reserve, policies of the New Roman Empire in ANY of their aspects, or attempts to profit from any of these criminal programs, plans of theft, false-flags, mayhem and murder. - mpg
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More On The International Situation....

UK’s plans for Afghanistan’s dissolution
Must Read - (For confirmation of the PNAC Protocols) -- A quote...."The British Conservative MP for Bournemouth East, Tobias Ellwood, delineated a new political structure for Afghanistan in a confidential memo. The structural shakeup of Afghanistan’s political system has been planned to take effect in 2014. -- Ellwood proposed that the establishment of a decentralized political system would yield the best results for the British government. According to his plans, Afghanistan will be divided into eight states whose capitals would be Kabul, Kandahar, Herat, Mazar Sharif, Kunduz, Jalalabad, Khost, and Bamiyan." - Topix ||  9/11-Planning Guidance Docs  ||  The US's New Map of the Middle East  ||  Divide and rule  ||  The Plan -- according to U.S. General Wesley Clark (Ret.) - (YuTub - 1m37s - March 17, 2007)  ||

U.S. and NATO Arming Syrian Opposition, Plan Military Strike
Special Note - (For confirmation of the PNAC Protocols) -- A quote...."On Friday, I wrote about a U.S. proxy busted in Lebanon attempting to smuggle weapons into Syria to be used against the al-Assad regime. The story was covered in the Middle East but predictably ignored by the corporate media here with its CIA-manufactured “Arab Spring” narrative supported by Obama’s State Department and Hillary Clinton. -- Now the Iranians are reporting that NATO is sending large arms caches – including anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles, mortars and heavy machine guns – to Syrians resisting the al-Assad regime." - also posted at IntelHub

Series of bombs kills 74 and injures 250 in Iraq
A quote...."16 Aug 2011 A series of co-ordinated explosions has killed at least 74 people and wounded 250 more across Iraq, shattering calm during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and showing that extremists remain a threat more than eight years after the fall of Baghdad. The bombs were detonated yesterday in largely Shia Muslim areas of the country. Casualties were mostly Shia-led security forces. [Blackwater is a busy little bee,  making the 'case' that the US is 'needed' in Iraq.]" -- Topix ||  One Vile, Venom Tipped, Taloned Hand Washes the Other - (a.k.a. The Standard Model) - 07-28-10 - mpg  ||

Sadrists tell U.S. to get out of Iraq
A quote...."BAGHDAD, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Washington is making an effort to make sure Iraq remains a very dangerous place, a spokesman for the party loyal to anti-American cleric Moqtada Sadr said."

Suicide bombers attack Afghan governor, 22 killed
A quote...."CHARIKAR: A team of six suicide bombers — some wearing explosive vests — stormed a provincial governor’s compound in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing 22 people in the latest high-profile attack to target prominent Afghan government officials, authorities said."

Pakistan let China see crashed U.S. "stealth" copter
A quote...."(Reuters) - Pakistan gave China access to the previously unknown U.S. "stealth" helicopter that crashed during the commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden in May despite explicit requests from the CIA not to, the Financial Times reported on Sunday." - Editor's FYI: FT is untrustworthy, and China is being lined up as the next bogey man. - mpg

West needs Syria in turmoil
A quote...."The West, apparently, seeks to force Syria to cave-in under pressure stemming from its internal problems. These endeavors are focused on two fronts...."

• First, international efforts to further tighten the political and economical siege on the Syrian regime; thus far the stances of Russia and China have prevented the prevalence of these efforts.
• Second, is Syria's internal crisis whose final flames we are witnessing in the cities of Hama and Deir ez-Zor.

Exclusive Interview With President Ahmadinejad
RT Exclusive Video - Alt - (RTYuTb - 9min37sec - Aug 14, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."In an exclusive interview with RT, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad pointed out that the 21st century is about knowledge, while nukes are the means of the past. Iran's view on the "Arab Spring" and its relations with other countries has also been discussed."

Russia and Iran draw close, again
A quote...."The second half of August may witness a blossoming of the Russian-Iranian ties.It follows a sterile 3-year period. The promise held out by the then President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Tehran in October 2007 was never fulfilled and both sides seem eager to recapture the verve."

Ireland Faces Down Vatican as Kenny Demands $1 Billion Abuse Compensation
A quote...."Ireland is squeezing the Roman Catholic Church to hand over cash and real estate toward a 1.4 billion-euro ($2 billion) child-abuse bill amid the bitterest stand-off yet seen between the Vatican and the government."

Euro? No Thanks: Poland staying out of burning Brussels house
RTVideo - Special Geo-Political Note - Alt - (RTYuTb - 2min51sec - Aug 14, 2011)  - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Since its inception, there's been no shortage of applicants wanting to join the once-elite Euro currency club. But that all changed with the start of the debt plague sweeping through the EU. And, as RT's Aleksey Yaroshevsky reports, watching the Euro tumble has offered old hopefuls a fresh perspective." - Topix ||  Currency Spheres - 10-29-09 - mpg  ||

Russian runaway banker steals billions, lands on UK's rich list
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 2min49sec - Aug 14, 2011)  - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."The case of former Russian senator Sergey Pugachev, whose bank owes the state more than $1 billion, has grown into one of the biggest financial scandals in Russian history, exposing drastic drawbacks in the country's banking regulations."

The Empire's Favorite Latin American Dictators
A quote...."Alvaro Uribe Velez, second last president of Columbia. In the intelligence report “Important Columbian narco-traffickers”, declassified by Pentagon in 1991, Uribe is listed under N 82: “A Columbian politician and senator, dedicated to collaboration with Medellin cartel at high government levels. Involved in narcotic activities in the US. His father was murdered in Columbia for his connection with narcotic traffickers. He is close personal friend of (the drug-lord) Pablo Escobar Gaviria, participated in Escobar’s political campaign”."
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The Assault On Libya....

Libyan Rebels Again Fall Victims to 'Frendly Fire' from NATO
A quote...."The rebel fighters in their new conquest city of Az-Zawiyah were at the wrong end of yet another mistaken identity, by the NATO warplanes. They once again fell victim of the alliance's 'friendly fire' fand four of their men were killed by NATO warplanes who misakenly destroyed a tank they had captured from the regime forces in the western port town of Zawiyah."

Libya says NATO ‘planning raids’ on Tunisia border
A quote...."We have information that NATO is planning intensive bombardments of the Ras Jedir border post to help the armed bands, some of whom are positioned on the Tunisian side, to enter Libyan territory,” Mussa Ibrahim told AFP."
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

Congress’ Dirty [Seven] Dozen on Aipac All-Expense-Paid Israel Junket
Here they are folks, if you vote for these Turkeys, you're saying that Israeli's womb to tomb health care system, subsidized housing, education, infrastructure and military are more important than your own welfare.  It's your choice folks, but as things continue to get economically worse, and if you should vote for these people, DON'T start whining and complaining about where all your money went!!! - mpg - also posted at Uruknet

Professor Cole “answers” WSWS on Libya: An admission of intellectual and political bankruptcy
A quote...."Last week, Professor Juan Cole, a University of Michigan professor of Middle Eastern history, posted a comment on his Informed Comment blog slandering the World Socialist Web Site with the lie that we support efforts by the Gaddafi regime to reconquer the east of Libya and would welcome a massacre of Libyan civilians."

Think Tank Calls For Selling U.N. Votes In Move To Stop Palestinians From Obtaining Statehood
A quote...."A recent think tank document - PDF suggests that the United States “sell” it’s  foreign aid for secure votes in United Nations initiatives. -- At a time when the economy in the U.S. is teetering and both major political parties are pointing fingers, this very revealing study helps the average American understand where their tax dollars are really going and makes one stop to wonder why is foreign aid continuing in the first place when aid at home is so clearly needed."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Living Hell in Tel Rumeida
Exclusive - A quote...."The first time I visited Hebron and thereafter, I thought the Old City, with its 700 Israeli settlers living under heavy protection by the army amongst about 30,000 Palestinians, is the most insane place I have seen on earth. Until the day I walked up to Tel Rumeida neighbourhood and met Hashem."

Al-Walaja villagers rally to save oldest living olive tree from destruction by Israeli forces
A quote...."The Israeli army had mobilized in large numbers, anticipating the villagers' weekly protest. They watched, but did not intervene as Al-Walaja landowners and supporters cleaned and pruned the olive grove that is slated for partial demolition and full annexation by the Israeli military."

Israeli forces abduct three children in East Jerusalem
A quote...."According to local sources, Israeli forces invaded the neighborhood of Silwan, in east Jerusalem, on Sunday morning and abducted two young children and a teenager, taking them to an unknown location."

South African Youth Say No To Apartheid
A quote...."We, students and youth of a post Apartheid South Africa, who bear the scars of a racist history and who continue to fight for complete liberation, have a duty and responsibility to stand in solidarity with those facing oppression worldwide. Israeli apartheid is one such form of oppression."

IOF to impose hermetic closure on the West Bank, Gaza Strip next month
A quote...."The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) will impose a hermetic closure on all Palestinian land in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in September, Hebrew media reported on Sunday. - They said that the measure was taken in anticipation of solidarity marches to coincide with the Palestinian Authority bid to win UN recognition of a Palestine state." - comment shown below....


Israeli Authorities Arrest Palestinian Prisoner’s Wife and Infant
A quote...."RAMALLAH, August 15, 2011 (WAFA) – Israeli authorities Monday arrested a Palestinian prisoner’s wife and infant from Hebron, during visiting her husband in Ofer prison, near Ramallah, according to a report by the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club (PPC)."
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More on Japan's & Amerika's Nuclear Power Plants....

Surprise? Researchers say radioactivity levels detected by air monitoring stations were higher than computer models had predicted - A quote...."Gerhard Wotawa of the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics in Vienna, Austria, says these results show that researchers need to revisit the underlying physics in their models to improve predictions for the next nuclear emergency."

Traces of radioactive sulfur measured at Scripps Pier reveal extent of leakage from damaged Fukushima reactor
A quote...."Atmospheric chemists at UCSD have reported the first quantitative measurement of the amount of radiation leaked from the damaged nuclear reactor in Fukushima, Japan, following the devastating earthquake and tsunami earlier this year."
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More On The Economic Situation....

Stone McCarthy: "You Don't Get Three Months Of Negative Empire Survey Results Unless You Are In A Recession" - Chart - (click here to see) -- A quote...."Forgive us while we take another quick and gratuitous look at today's disastrous Empire Index, but we wanted to bring a very important point highlighted by Stone McCarthy: "You usually don't get three straight months of negative results unless you are in a recession (Note: NY Fed historical data only started in July 2001)." SMRA continues: "If that's not bad enough for you, the forward-looking new orders index fell to -7.8 in August, after posting -5.5 in July and -3.6 in June. Not only is the latest reading a new low in the recent string of negative results, it's also the third straight month of contraction."

Quick News: Inside Fannie Mae: Confidential records show how Fannie Mae breaks the rules
A quote...."Remember where I said the government is HELPING the banks to steal your homes, because the banks need the entire value of those assets on their books now to stay solvent after paying trillions of dollars to buy back those fraudulent mortgage-backed securities and clear up the credit default swaps. This is more proof of that."

Fiat Money: The Root Cause Of Our Financial Disaster
A quote...."Is it possible that the ghastly unemployment, stagnant growth (and possible double-dip recession), and financial market convulsions all can traced back to one single decision? --  Perhaps." - Source:  Forbes

Bernanke Pledges to Screw Your Grandmother for at Least Two More Years
A quote...."A system of capitalism presumes sound money, not fiat money manipulated by a central bank. Capitalism cherishes voluntary contracts and interest rates that are determined by savings, not credit creation by a central bank.” -- *Ron Paul* -- also posted at DProgram

Social Security Didn't Create the Deficit
Video - (YuTb - 1min15sec - Jul 12, 2011) - Source:  DJKucinich -- A quote...."Social Security didn't create the deficit, but America's seniors are being presented with a fake Social Security crisis to try to trick them into accepting reduced benefits. Social Security will be able to pay 100% of its benefits through 2037 without any changes whatsoever."

SEC is Investigating S&P's Downgrade of U.S. Debt …
A quote...."Would that be the same SEC that sat on their asses for 12 years watching online porn on their taxpayer-funded computers while Bernie Madoff-with-the-loot stole $65 billion from his investors? -- And now they are Johnny-on-the-spot going after the S&P analysts? -- Can you say "political which-hunt?""  --  *Michael Rivero*

White House Staff Get Big Raises - We Get Nothing
A quote...."List of the top twenty."

“The Sequel”: How 2011 Is A Repeat of 2008—Only Bigger, Longer, and Uncut by Bailouts
Mrkt Tech Note - A quote...."The structural causes that led to the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 are identical to the structural causes that are leading us to another systemic financial crisis in 2011. -- The only difference is the kind of debt at the core of the looming crisis: Mortgage-backed securities in 2008, as opposed to European sovereign debt in 2011. -- And of course, the debt hole in 2011 is bigger than in 2008—a lot bigger." - also posted at ZeroHedge

Are US Markets Facing the Abyss?
Chart - Mrkt Tech Note - A quote...."The US had saved the world from the scourge of dictatorship. -- In return, the Bretton-Woods Agreement in the Summer of 1944 also gave us the monetary power to print the world’s currency. We promised it would always be convertible into gold at the rate of $35 per ounce. This proviso was between the world’s central banks and ours. It remained true until August 15, 1971 when President Nixon voided the agreement because French President de Gaulle was about to make a run on our gold, which he knew wasn’t sufficient to back up all of the currency then floating around in the world’s central banks. De Gaulle was about to precipitate a kind of run on the bank. -- Son of a gun. -- Is this a harmonic of the rumors that Dominique Strauss-Kahn -- former head of the IMF who was about to run for the French presidency -- was set up in a hotel in New York because he was about to reveal something about the gold that is or is not in Fort Knox?"

The Daily Bail Round-Up - Aug 15, 2011 at 1:53 AM
A round-up of todays business news from the Daily Bail. - mpg

The Daily Bail Round-Up - Aug 15, 2011 at 6:02 PM
A round-up of todays business news from the Daily Bail. - mpg

The Daily Bail Round-Up - Aug 16, 2011 at 12:04 AM
A round-up of todays business news from the Daily Bail. - mpg

Too Many Emergency Meetings in Europe
A quote...."If the sovereign government debt situation in Europe is anywhere near a final economic solution, why do the heads of Germany and France keep meeting? These meetings are getting more frequent."

Sunday August 14th 2011

No posts. - mpg

Saturday August 13th 2011

More On The Domestic Situation....

The Alex Jones Show – August 12th, 2011
AJVideos - Feds2TakeoverTheFamlFarm - RonPaulvsGOP - It'sTimeForHollyoodToSpeakOut - AlQaedaGold - CallersSoundOffOnFedFarmTakeover(1/2) -  CallersSoundOffOnFedFarmTakeover(2/2) - RonPaulWinsKeyVic! - BobChapman(1/3) - BobChapman(2/3) - BobChapman(3/3) - (AJYuTb - 10/15min - Aug 12, 2011) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- Edited Quote - "Alex covers: A new rule being proposed by the federal Department of Transportation which would require farmers to get commercial drivers licenses. - Ron Paul, who emerged the clear winner of last night's FOX News GOP debate. - Some of the latest international  news, including the increasingly distinct possibility that NATO, under the guidance of Europe and the United States, will take out Syria militarily. - A classic Alex rant on gold. - Alex also takes calls on the Feds planned takeover of the family farm. - How Ron Paul Paul won the Iowa straw poll but globalist media covered it up! - And finally, Alex talks with regular Friday guest Bob Chapman of the International Forecaster and takes a number of your calls."

Farmers Defend Right to Protect Themselves From Monsanto Patents
A quote...."New York – August 11, 2011 – The 83 family farmers, small and family owned seed businesses, and agricultural organizations challenging Monsanto’s patents on genetically modified seed filed papers in federal court today defending their right to seek legal protection from the threat of being sued by Monsanto for patent infringement should they ever become contaminated by Monsanto’s genetically modified seed." - also posted at BLN

NaturalNews publishes names of government agents who masterminded Rawesome Foods raid
A quote...."(NaturalNews) The Rawesome Foods raid that took place August 3, 2011, is being publicly described by many as an act of "government terrorism" against innocents. And yet there has been very little information published about the names of the government instigators who masterminded these armed raids and oversaw the pillaging of Rawesome Foods and the destruction of tens of thousands of dollars worth of food."

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."

If You Don't Love OUR God, He'll Torture You Until You Do
A quote...."Questions have also arisen over Governor Perry’s close ties to the radical wing of the Christian evangelical movement. On Saturday, Perry helped organize and spoke at a controversial seven-hour Christian prayer rally in Houston called "The Response: A Call to Prayer for a Nation in Crisis."

Parents of Homeless Man Beaten to Death by Fullerton Cops File Suit
Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."An attorney representing the parents of a homeless man who died after an altercation with six Fullerton police officers has filed a claim with the city, signaling their intention to file a civil suit."

DHS says Terror Watchlist is exempt from Privacy Act
A quote...."Last Friday, the federal government’s new anti-terror database, the Terror Screening Watchlist Service, went live. The database is loaded with an unknown amount of personal information, including names, photographs and biometric data. In a new turn that has civil liberties advocates crying foul, the Department of Homeland Security is claiming all information contained in the watchlist is confidential."

Government Gone Wild! Congress Made Massive Profits Allowing Wall Street To Rob Main Street
A quote....""During the financial crash insider information allowed members of congress to double, triple and even quadruple their net worth while main street’s net worth disappeared into thin air. Do you think it was just a coincidence that too big to fail turned into $16 trillion in secret back door bailouts for bankers while congress went from being  rich to super rich? -- A more plausible explanation is congress turned a blind eye because they were looking out for their own interests."

Author Stephen Glain: $10 Trillion missing from Pentagon since 1991
YHVideo - Alt - (YHYuTb - 4m41s - Aug 12, 2011 12:08 PM EDT) -  A quote...."August 13, 2011 "Information Clearing House" -- In an interview with Tech Ticker's Aaron  Task, Stephen Glain suggests that the U.S. military has squandered via waste, fraud and abuse, up to $10 Trillion since 1991.  If that sounds ridiculous, recall that Rumsfeld admitted that the pentagon had "lost" $2.3 trillion in 2001, just one day before the 9-11 attacks."

Whither the Anti-War Movement?
Contains Video - Alt - Quote of the Day...."The point I want to make here today–and I think this is very important–is, it’s really about what happened with the Left and liberals, which is that they merged their identity with the head of empire during the campaign and since. And that is why they have left the anti-war movement in droves–because now they are part of the empire. They have become part of this global effort to remake the world in our image. And that is really the tragedy. The Left and liberals in this country need to really take a look close at what they did with Obama and begin to psychologically distance themselves from him. They need to start saying ‘Not in our name!’ Which is what they used to say during Bush and during Vietnam and they no longer say . . ."

Israeli art students, Mossad and 9/11
A quote...."Evidence linking these Israelis to 9/11 is classified.  I cannot tell you about evidence that has been gather.  It is classified information." -- *Anonymous U.S. investigator* quoted by Carl Cameron of Fox News shortly after 9/11

The Next Inside Job: A Nuclear 9/11
Special Note - A quote...."For some time now, voices in the alternative media wilderness have been trying to warn the American people that the state terrorists in Washington and Israel who are responsible for the 9/11 attacks and other acts of false flag terrorism will deploy nuclear weapons inside an American city in order to bring their authoritarian new world government into being."

History is about to repeat itself
Must View Video - Alt - (YuTb - 3min51sec - Aug 7, 2011) - Source:  Snordelhans -- A quote...."(WRH) – Heretic Productions Presents: From the pen of Michael Rivero – ‘History is about to repeat itself.’" - Topix ||  The Ten Year Economic / War Cycle  ||
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More On The International Situation....

Israel to deploy drones in north Iraq
Special Note - A quote...."Israeli intelligence agents and military advisers, equipped with special transmission devices, also being sent to Mosul 13 Aug 2011 The Israeli army has stepped up its military activities in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan Region and is planning to station a number of unmanned aerial vehicles in the area in northern Iraq. Israel plans to deploy new equipment, including six drones, in the region in cooperation with the Kurdistan Democratic Party, a Press TV correspondent in northern Iraq reported on Saturday. -- [Ah, so "that's" how USociopaths are going to circumvent the American public and keep the Iraq war going: Via tax dollars, via Israel. -- *CLG*] - see related quote shown below....


‘India ruining Iran trade ties under U.S. pressure'
Special Note - A quote...."India is spoiling its deep-rooted trade and commercial relationship with Iran influenced by the pressure tactics of American imperialists, Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Prakash Karat has said. He was opening a seminar on ‘War on terrorism: a U.S. agenda on the Arab world’, organised by the Keluettan Study and Research Centre, here, on Saturday." - also posted at Hamsayeh

Pakistan: Strategic Battlefield
Special Note - A quote...."For nearly a century the two most powerful nations on earth-Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia –fought a secret war in the lonely passes and deserts of central Asia. Those engaged in this shadowy struggle called it ”The Great Game” the vast chessboard on which this shadowy struggle for political ascendancy took place stretched from Caucasus in west to Tibet in east .The focus on energy and mineral rich south Asia has thus been there for centuries."

Scott Horton Interviews Gareth Porter
Audio Interview - A quote...."This interview is from the KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles broadcast of August 12th.  --  Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for IPS News, discusses the infamous “laptop of death” documents from which the vast majority of “evidence” about Iran’s supposed clandestine nuclear weapons program comes from; the conspicuous mistakes in the documents that lead him to believe a foreign intelligence agency (probably Mossad) fabricated them; how Iran’s refusal to turn over military missile blueprints (which are none of the IAEA’s business) got them labeled “uncooperative” and sanctioned by the UN; and how the MEK launders information, passing off documents sourced from Israel as their own." -- ||  Mp3 here. (26:45)  || - Topix ||  US Support of Terror - MEK - PKK - Others  ||

PKK Claims Responsibility for Blasting Iran-Turkey Gas Pipeline
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- The PKK terrorist group claimed the responsibility for blasting a gas pipeline in Eastern Turkey which transfers Iran's gas supplies to its Northwestern neighbor."

The Pentagon's new China war plan
Special Note - A quote...."This summer, despite America’s continuing financial crisis, the Pentagon is effectively considering trading two military quagmires for the possibility of a third. Reducing its commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan as it refocuses on Asia, Washington is not so much withdrawing forces from the Persian Gulf as it is redeploying them for a prospective war with its largest creditor, China."

'I feel like I've saved a life': the women clearing Lebanon of [US Made, Israeli] cluster bombs
Contains Video - A quote...."Only up close does it become clear that some of the bulky figures in armoured vests scouring the fields of southern Lebanon for unexploded cluster bombs are wearing hijabs under their protective helmets. -- Once local teachers, nurses and housewives, this group of women are now fully trained to search for mines and make up the only all-female clearance team in Lebanon, combing the undergrowth inch by inch for the remnants of one of the most indiscriminate weapons of modern warfare." - A few articles and a comment on the subject shown below....

Robert Fisk: The gardens of the devil, still sowing death
Lebanon: cluster munitions set to haunt civilians for years to come
Cluster Bomb Victims: Real-life stories
Israel Intensified Assault in Final Days
"What We Did Was Insane and Monstrous" - Israel's Cluster Bomb War
In 2006 Lebanon War, Most Crimes Were Israeli
Israel Dropped 4 Million Cluster Bombs on Lebanon
Israel's Lebanon war showcased cluster bomb horrors


Israel resumes mining Golan Heights
They NEVER learn, just five million Jews squatting in Palestine telling the whole world they can murder anyone they want, whenever they want, for whatever reason they want....and the world does absolutely nothing about it.  This website editor doesn't know which act or attitude is more shameful. - mpg -- A quote...."After 25 years, Israeli forces have resumed laying landmines on the occupied Golan Heights. Many of the sites that were earlier cleared are to be mined again." - bold by website editor

Turkey threatens to join international military action in Syria
A quote...."According to officials, the Turkish foreign minister made it clear to Assad that in the event that Syrian forces continue to act aggressively against demonstrators Syria will no longer be able to rely on friendship from Turkey. -- The Turkish officials told the Hurriyet that “Turkey had initially tried to convince its Western allies to grant Assad time to implement reforms eight months ago. We have been as friendly toward Syria as we could, but a regime that doesn’t listen to advice from its friend and neighbor cannot be a friend of Turkey’s.”" - bold by website editor

USAID boss in Egypt quits in funding row
A quote...."CAIRO—The USAID director in Egypt abruptly flew back to Washington on Thursday after less than a year on the job, the first major casualty of a row between the two longtime allies over American funding for pro-democracy groups." - also posted at BLN

Russian banker steals billions and runs for London - (a.k.a. The Bankster Haven of the World)
A quote...."The case of a former Russian senator, whose bank owes the state more than $1 billion, has grown into one of the biggest financial scandals in Russian history, exposing drastic drawbacks in the country’s banking regulations."
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The Assault On Libya....

NATO airstrikes hit northwestern Libya
A quote...."Several airstrikes have targeted the key strategic towns of Zawiyah and Gharyan in northwestern Libya as the NATO-led campaign against forces loyal to the 69-year-old Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi continues."

Bob Chapman: It's Pretty Simple
Video - (YuTb - 14min53sec - Aug 7, 2011) - Source:  cfini72 - Bob Chapman discusses Libya, among other issues. - mpg

Gaddafi loyalists claim Nato underestimated regime support as rebels fail to take Bani Walid
Second Quote of the Day...."A captured general in Libyan armed forces told reporters that Col Gaddafi is maintaining key tribal support in a belt around the capital. -- In addition, Khaled Kaim, the deputy foreign minister, revealed on Saturday that the rebels failed to take the gateway city of Bani Walid in eastern Libya. -- "The rebels are now under severe pressure from France, Britain and Qatar to get the job done," he said. "They are being told that you do it or you lose our support. Nato is urging Libyans to kill fellow Libyans. -- "But when they tried to take Bani Walid, after Nato bombed the checkpoints, the Bani Walid tribe came out and pushed them back." - bold by website editor
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More on the World Wide Revolution....

Riots Across Britain: Perhaps More than Meets the Eye
A quote...."Observers attribute public anger to unemployment, poverty, inequality, and overall social injustice, but perhaps more is also involved. More on that below. -- In response, Prime Minister David Cameron responded arrogantly, saying riots were unconnected to police shooting Mark Duggan on August 4, despite evidence of a pre-planned operation, more sinister perhaps than just killing another Black youth." - Source: SteveLendman

Austerity And Runaway Inequality Lead to Violence And Instability
A quote...."A study this month by economists Hans-Joachim Voth and Jacopo Ponticelli shows that - from 1919 to the present - austerity has increased the risk of violence and instability...." - also posted at GlobalRsrch

The Meaning of the British Riots
A quote...."I've repeatedly noted that corruption and lawlessness by our "leaders" encourages lawlessness by everyone else. See this, for example. -- Peter Oborne - the Daily Telegraph's chief political commentator - wrote yesterday...."


Iranian MP Urges UNSC to Intervene in Britain
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- A member of the Iranian parliament on Saturday urged the UN Security Council to take action over the brutal crackdown of the people in Britain and confront the British Prime Minister for ordering heavy handed tactics against popular protests."
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

To Run for US President, You MUST Vow to Protect Apartheid Israel & Shield the Federal Reserve
A quote....""AIPAC meets with every candidate running for Congress. These candidates receive in-depth briefings to help them completely understand the complexities of Israel's predicament and that of the Middle East as a whole. We even ask each candidate to author a 'position paper' on their views of the U.S.-Israel relationship--so it's clear where they stand on the subject."

The greatest elected body that money can buy (UPDATED)
A quote...."Just when you think your contempt for Congress could not get any higher, our elected representatives manage to do something to ratchet it up another notch. After congressional shenanigans helped spark a major market sell-off and sparked fears of a double-dip recession, you'd think every single one of them would be heading back to their districts to figure out what their constituents wanted and to try to explain how they were going to help make things better. Or maybe a few of them would even spend the recess taking a crash course in macroeconomics and public finance, so that they could start exercising their public duties more responsibly."

Rare sand cat is born [in Israeli zoo] and other animal news
Ohhhh, isn't this so sweet?  Want to see what Israel did to gaza's zoo and the animals living there?  As you read the articles and watch the video just remember folks, it's your tax dollars at work.  Hope you enjoy the show, you paid for it. - mpg

Donkey Business - The only zebra in Gaza
Gaza Zoo for sale – can’t afford to feed animals
400 Animals killed by IDF in Gaza Zoo
Bleak outlook for bombed Gaza Zoo
Gaza Zoo destroyed - video - (YuTb - 1min54sec - Jul 21, 2009) - Source:  MrYazoo1

Why boycott Israel?
Boycott, Divest and Sanction the ENTIRE state of Israel!  Because the wars won't stop until we do. - mpg -- A quote...."The BDS movement can be summed up as the struggle against Israeli colonisation, occupation and apartheid. BDS is a rights-based strategy to be pursued until Israel meets its obligation to recognise the Palestinian people's inalienable right to self-determination and complies with the requirements of international law." - For more on how to Boycott, Divest and Sanction the state of Israel see the upper-left-corner of the "Front Page" of this website.
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Jenin Freedom Theatre Responds to Israeli Harassment
A quote...."By acting the way that you act you have once again proved to the residents of Jenin refugee camp as well as to the outside world that the only methods you know are the ones involving violence, terror and fear. We in The Freedom Theatre have nothing to conceal regarding the murder of Juliano Mer Khamis. -- We have made that very clear and we state it again that everyone in the theatre has given statements to the Palestinian Police when they were asked to do so and are willing to do so again."

UN says Israel does not Allow Muslims Right to Worship in Jerusalem
A quote...."JERUSALEM, August 13, 2011 (WAFA) – As the month of Ramadan begins, the majority of the Muslim population in the occupied Palestinian Territory remains unable to exercise its right to freedom of worship due to Israeli restrictions on access to East Jerusalem and the Al Aqsa Mosque, according to a United Nations report published Friday."

Israeli Persecution of Palestinian Children
A quote...."Repeatedly in many ways, the real Israel belies the myth of a free, open, democratic state. In fact, the very notion is ludicrous even to growing numbers of fed up Israelis, voting with their feet and leaving. "
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More On The Economic Situation....

Abandoning the gold standard was a fatal error we're now all paying for
A quote...."That's right: come Monday morning we will have managed to survive four decades of fiat money – though, given the chaos in markets in recent weeks, it is anyone's guess how much longer it will last. -- On 15 August 1971, with the US public finances straitened by the cost of the war in Vietnam, Richard Nixon finally cut the link between the US dollar and gold. Until then, the US Treasury was duty bound to exchange an ounce of gold with central banks willing to pay them $35."

Recessionspotting: "You Are Here"
Charts - (click to enlarge) -- Some Quotes...."Falling nominal GDP with elevated debt levels is the deadly debt-deflation combination of the 1930s. We are not forecasting such an outcome, but it is a significant tail risk, and one that could lead to a larger-than-usual setback in risk assets." -- *Morgan Stanley*


Italy joins the austerity bandwagon at the behest of the ECB
A quote...."The next nation on the bankster chopping block is now Italy; with the joke of a Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi pretending to care about the massive spending cuts and tax increases imposed on his country thanks to the European Central Bank."

The Daily Bail Round-Up - Aug 12, 2011 at 4:09 PM
A round-up of todays business news from the Daily Bail. - mpg

How To Clear ALL The Crooks Out Of Washington In Less Than 30 Seconds - Guaranteed!
Now for the lighter side - Must View Video - Alt - (YuTb - 34sec - Jul 7, 2011) - Source:  shauwn313 - Check out the end of the clip, he's so happy and proud of himself....mpg

Friday August 12th 2011