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A military base 'on the brink'
Must Read - A quote...."Reporting from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.— Mary Coghill Kirkland said she asked her son, 21-year-old Army Spc. Derrick Kirkland, what was wrong as soon as he came back from his first deployment to Iraq in 2008. - He had a ready answer: "Mom, I'm a murderer."

Col. Craig Roberts: FBI Confiscated OKC Bombing Footage, Refuses To Turn it Over!
AJVideo - CraigRoberts(1/2) - CraigRoberts(2/2) - (AJYuTb - 11/15min - Dec 28, 2011) - Source: TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Aaron Dykes Interviews Col. Craig Roberts about what really happened on the day of okc bombing, and how the FBI confiscated all video footage of that days event, and still refuse to this day, to turn over this key evidence."

Sopa Would DESTROY Jobs and the Economy … So Why are Unions Supporting It?
A quote...."The promoters of the Stop Online Privacy Act (Sopa) are pretending that it would save jobs and help the economy. - But it would actually destroy jobs and hurt the economy. - No one is going to invest in the next Facebook, Google, Yahoo, Reddit, or YouTube if they know that websites can be shut down after a single unsubstantiated copyright complaint." - bold by website editor - Good point! - mpg

EPIC Sues DHS Over Covert Surveillance of Facebook and Twitter
A quote...."EPIC has filed a Freedom of information Act lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security to force disclosure of the details of the agency's social network monitoring program. In news reports and a Federal Register notice, the DHS has stated that it will routinely monitor the public postings of users on Twitter and Facebook."

Obama Year Three: Continuing His Rogue Agenda
2012 Election Cycle - A quote...."In 2011, Obama continued the destructive pattern he followed in years one and two. Throughout his tenure, he's done what supporters thought impossible. -- Across the board on domestic and foreign issues, he governed to the right of George Bush. He's waged multiple imperial wars, plans others, looted the nation's wealth, wrecked the economy, consigned growing millions to impoverishment without jobs, and institutionalized tyranny to target dissenters challenging political corruption, corporate crooks, or abuse of power lawlessness....."

Ex-Goldman Sachs Analyst: "Major War" Coming End Of 2012
Video - From the History File - Mar 11, 2011 - Alt - (YuTb - 3min26sec - 03/11/11) - Source: wakeup2nwo -- A quote...."When cycle forecaster Charles Nenner told the Fox Business network yesterday that the Dow Jones was set to collapse to the 5,000 level on the back of a "major war" that will shake the globe at the end of 2012, hosts David Asman and Elizabeth MacDonald sat in stunned silence."

Perhaps, than again perhaps he's just making his "book". -- It's true that the parasites try to stage their wars every ten years, approximately on the "twos" of each decade, (as a market timing mechanism). However, in the past, after the parasites have instigated a large, expensive, protracted war, they've usually staged a pause in the subsequent decadedal war cycle, as they did after their war in Vietnam during the '72 to '82 period. -- Primarily to consolidate their gains and reduce the stresses and strains on the economic system, especially when they've badly miscalculated and pushed things to far. As they amply demonstrated when their unbridled criminality and world wide murder spree in Vietnam and elsewhere caused the collapse of Bretton Woods and the US-NRE's "gold standard" in 1973. -- It should also be noted that continuing to double down during these war cycles violates the "fifth law of wartime currency expansion" and will lead to more instability and the increasing unpredictability of the financial system as a whole. -- But as Webster Tarpley often times states when he refers to our uber-parasites.... "they're completely insane". They certainly are. - mpg

Porter Stansberry: The Corruption of America
AJVideo - PorterStansberry(1/2) - PorterStansberry(2/2) - (AJYuTb - 11/15min - Dec 28, 2011) - Source: TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."The numbers tell us America is in decline... if not outright collapse."
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens....

Financial Troubles For Many Nations In The New Year
A quote...."2012 is going to be quite a year with falling economies in the UK, Europe, the US, China, Japan and the remainder of Asia. -- Latin America, and Mexico by comparison should fare fairly well overall. England is in a death spiral. Europe is next, the US is not far behind and China and Japan will soon join the disjoined group. We are about to witness the end of the period that developed since the end of WWII. That is economically, financially, socially and politically. The transition into the future is going to be borne out of chaos. -- If you have any doubt just look at the recent legislation passed in the US allowing the president to pick up and incarcerate, torture or murder dissidents." - also posted at GlobalRsrch

Update On The "Non-Printing" ECB's Parabolically Rising Balance Sheet
A quote...."While the surge in the ECB's balance sheet has been discussed to death on these pages, with a particular emphasis on what we believe the key correlation driver-cum-pissing contest of 2012 will be - namely the relative size of the ECB vs Fed balance sheets - it is often best to see things for oneself. Such as the fact that the balance sheet of the European Central Bank, which has been accused of not printing, has grown at the fastest non-pre apocalypse pace in history for a modern central bank (the only exception is the Fed...."

How Draghi Rigged the System - The $600 Billion Ripoff
A quote...."European Central Bank president Mario Draghi is either a liar or a fool. Either way, he should be canned immediately before he dumps more money into an EU banking system sinkhole. - What’s all the fuss about? Here’s a clip from Bloomberg that explains what’s going on...."

Sudan asks to deal with China in yuan and pounds: central bank
A quote...."We have submitted an official request to China to deal with them in Sudanese pounds and Chinese yuan, and it is possible that after a short while we could exit finally from the dollar,” Central Bank Governor Mohamed Kheir al-Zubeir told reporters. - “The dollar has become weak and is deteriorating.”"

Brazil economy 'overtakes Britain' - Easy to do when all Britain has are Banksters ruining their economy.
Contains Video - A quote...."Brazil has overtaken the UK as the world's sixth largest economy, according to a London-based research group. - The shift is part of a larger trend in which emerging economies are outdoing some European countries, the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) said on Monday in its latest World Economic League Table."

Second recession looms in Spain
A quote...."Economy Minister Luis de Guindos warned on Monday that Spain’s economy had suffered a “relapse” at the end of this year, and that the renewed weakness would continue into 2012."

Currency Wars Update
Some quotes...."Ultimately, the currency war is won by the government that can debase its currency at the fastest rate while still boosting employment creation and manufacturing capacity in its domestic economy." --- "While all governments are simultaneously in the process of debasing currencies against one another by increasing respective money supplies, they cannot debase the value of real assets as they do not and cannot control and manipulate its supply. As a result, the global economy is bound to see continued increases of commodity prices across the board in nearly each and every currency denomination. It is set to result in a global price inflationary environment if the currency wars continue, which we expect will." - Assuming the Depression doesn't get substantially worse, which is beginning to look like a strong possibility. - mpg
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More On The International Situation....

Dr. Webster Tarpley: US-UK Ruling Elite Targets Russia, Syria, Iran, Pakistan
Must View AJVideo - WebsterTarpley(1/2) - WebsterTarpley(2/2) - (AJYuTb - 11/15min - Dec 28, 2011) - Source: TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Alex interviews Dr. Webster Tarpley in this christmas Day Special broadcast for radio listeners. Alex and Webster break down what will happen to the middle east in the months to come and will america start something with Russia."

Free Syrian Army Commanded by Military Governor of Tripoli
Related Article - A quote...."In the wake of the “Arab Spring” and NATO interventions, both official and secret, Qatar seeks to impose Islamist leaders wherever possible. This strategy has led it not only to fund the Muslim Brotherhood and to hand Al-Jazeera over to them, but also to support Al Qaeda mercenaries, who will henceforth oversee the Free Syrian Army. However, this new scenario raises serious concerns in Israel and among the supporters of the “clash of civilizations.”"

Qatar builds Sunni intervention force of Libyan, Iraqi terrorists against Assad
Related Article - Israel (a member of the "Trinity of Evil") fully supports these measures to further the PNAC Protocols, and Debka is a well known Mossad mouth piece, so it's VERY curious as to why Debka would post this article. Maybe members of the Israeli government are getting worried that this could be getting out of hand? Maybe they're right to worry. - mpg

Destination - Islamic Emirates: Syria insurgents spark religious war
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 10min04sec - Dec 28, 2011) - Source: RussiaToday -- A quote...."RT talks to a French journalist Thierry Meyssan, who's been reporting from the country throughout the conflict, and shares now his first-hand impressions, on what's really happening there."

Escobar: Syrian rag-tag bands & tanks to face investigation
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 5min42sec - Dec 28, 2011) - Source: RussiaToday -- A quote...."Thousands of people have rallied in the Syrian city of Homs, emboldened by the Arab League observers' visit to the country. But journalist Pepe Escobar says the monitors will have to investigate both the official and the opposition armies."

Spoiling for a Fight with Syria and Iran
A quote...."Syria remains the region’s only independent secular state. Washington aims to replace its regime with a client one. - Libya’s model was replicated. Months of externally generated violence followed. So far it’s short of war. For how long is uncertain. Obama can’t wait to wage another one to keep ravaging the world one country at a time." - also posted at ThePeoplesVoice

Breaking News. SYRIA: Arab League Head of Mission Refutes Western Media Propaganda
A quote...."The head of the Arab League monitoring group in Syria, Sudan's General Mustafa Dabi, has made "contradictory statements" on the human rights situation in Syria, which no doubt will eventually be erased from the record as not in keeping with the official propaganda line."

Syria releases more prisoners
A quote...."Syria has released 755 prisoners, who were involved in acts of violence against the government, as part of an Arab League initiative to end months of unrest in the country."

Tariq Ali: Arab League pathetic, works as West's NGO
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 5min09sec - Dec 28, 2011) - Source: RussiaToday -- A quote...."The head of the Arab League observer mission in Syria has described the situation in the restive city of Homs as "reassuring so far".
The flashpoint city was the monitors' first stop to investigate the government's response to the anti-regime unrest. Their arrival was met by a massive demonstration, with tens of thousands demanding international protection. RT talks to author and Middle East expert Tariq Ali who's in London."

Should Syria help US figure out OWS?
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 3min50sec - Dec 28, 2011) - Source: RussiaToday -- A quote...."The ongoing situation in Syria looks set to dominate those talks in Moscow. In the latest development, tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Syria's third-largest city of Homs, demanding international protection. It happened after the Arab League's monitoring team visited the area. The observers mission is to assess the situation in the country, and ensure President Assad's compliance with a regional plan to end the bloodshed. RT talks to James Corbett, editor of the independent news website Corbett Report.com based in Japan."
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US removes Mullah Omer from most wanted terrorist list
A quote...."Islamabad, Dec 28 : Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar has been removed from the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation’s list of “most wanted terrorists”."

Karzai: Afghan gov't will accept Taliban office in Qatar
A quote...."KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai says he will accept Taliban insurgents opening a representative office in the Gulf state of Qatar for the purpose of holding peace talks, although Saudi Arabia or Turkey would be preferable venues."

Afghanistan to Disband Irregular Police Force Set Up Under NATO
A quote...."KABUL, Afghanistan -- President Hamid Karzai has taken steps to disband a little-known, irregular police force financed by the American military with members in at least four northern provinces. Some members of the force are former militiamen and thugs known as much for extorting money from ordinary citizens as for intimidating insurgents and upholding the law."
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Start a war to avoid a war? 'No assault on Iran acceptable'
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 23min35sec - Dec 28, 2011) - Source: RussiaToday -- A quote...."The Arab Spring, Iran's nuclear programme and the ongoing Middle East turmoil are just three things that put the world in a spin during 2011 - and got tempers flaring at the UN's most-powerful body. Next, RT hears how reacting to these major events will pan out in 2012, with a man at the heart of it all - Russia's Ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin."

Death Squads Target Suspected US Drone ‘Informants’ in Pakistan
A quote...."Pakistani tribesmen have long had to deal with US drones inaccurately targeting homes in civilian areas, but the process has gotten more dangerous recently, as a US drone strike is invariably met with members of a death squad arriving in town to capture suspected informants."

Turkish airstrikes kill 30 Kurds
A quote...."At least 30 people have been killed in Turkish airstrikes by F-16 warplanes on a Kurdish village in the southeast of Turkey near the Iraqi border, Press TV reports."

Wall Street Journal "Determines" Russian Election a "Fraud"
Rupert Murdoch owner of the Wall Street Journal is a Jewish, Zionist, "made-member" of the AIPAC/Israeli Consortium who was caught less than six months ago using his publishing empire in Britain for a massive Mossad spying and blackmail operation (the "phone-hacking" scandal). Everything his publishing empire spews out is designed solely to serve the interests of the AIPAC/Israeli Consortium, including all this crap about Russia's recent election. - mpg - also posted at DProgram -- for more on this issue see....Regarding the Russian Election

Bulava approved for service
A quote...."The testing of the Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) is completed and the missile will now be put into operational service, President Dmitry Medvedev said. The convoluted history of the project, which has been alternately criticized and praised, is finally reaching its intended destination."

Soyuz 2.1a with six Globalstar satellites launched from Baikonur
A quote...."The rocket carrier Soyuz 2.1a with Fregat booster and six American Globalstar-2 satellites has been launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, Federal Space Agency of the Russian Federation (Roscosmos) said."

Ahmadinejad to tour LatAm nations
A quote...."Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to go on a four-nation tour of Latin America in the second week of January, says the presidential office director general for international affairs."
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

Israel's Used Cars
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Complaint filed over secret donors to "friends of Israel"
A quote...."Last week I wrote about how Labor Friends of Israel (LFI) – a lobby group within Britain’s largest opposition party – appears to be breaking a law on political donations. I am happy to report that the UK’s Electoral Commission has now received a formal request to investigate the LFI and similar organizations affiliated to the country’s ruling coalition." - also posted at AlethoNews
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Israeli navy attacks international observers, injures Palestinian, on monitoring boat in Gaza waters
A quote...."At 10:55 am, an Israeli naval warship attacked the international observers and Palestinian captain of the Civil Peace Service Gaza (CPSGAZA) boat Oliva, injuring its captain in an apparent attempt to capsize it. -- The two international observers, both Italian citizens, are available for media questions or interviews." - also posted at AlethoNews

Gaza: Remembering Cast Lead
A quote...."December 27 marks the third anniversary of Israel's lawless war on Gaza. Without provocation, three weeks of terror bombing and invasion devastated the Strip. - Missiles, bombs, shells, and illegal weapons were used against defenseless people. Mass slaughter and destruction followed. - Brazen crimes of war and against humanity were committed. Responsible officials remain unaccountable. Security Council no-fly zone protection wasn't ordered. International leaders shared culpability through silence. They still do. Washington was complicit by supplying Israel with weapons, munitions, and encouragement. - Cast Lead’s one of history's great crimes." - Source: SteveLendman - also posted at ICH & Uruknet

War as a Lifestyle [& As A Neo-Roman Social Fashion Statement!!]
Quote of the Day...."Whenever I watch the Republican presidential debates, my mind is drawn to that important children’s book, The Emperor’s New Clothes. The six sock-puppets who have thus far managed to survive the musical-chairs comedy ballet wow Mr. and Mrs. Boobus with their visions of a violent, intrusive, policed, and war-loving America that equals, if not exceeds, what Barack Obama has been able to generate. It was but four years ago that John McCain choreographed his campaign around the lyrics "bomb, bomb, bomb Iran." That so few people were repulsed by such psychopathic utterances is but one of many symptoms of a society in moral, spiritual, and intellectual collapse. The domestic police-state so passively accepted by most Americans – and insisted upon by the voices of the political establishment – reminds me of the comment made by the Prince of Wales in the 1934 film, The Scarlet Pimpernel: "if a country goes mad, it has the right to commit every horror within its own walls.""

Two Important Works On War Revisionism
Audio - (Mp3 - 32min52sec - Dec 28,2011) - Source: LewRockwellShow - Related: DowloadMp3 -- A quote...."John Denson, editor of "The Costs of War" [GoglPrcSrch]*, talks to Lew Rockwell about "Nothing Less Than War" [GoglPrcSrch]* and "Freedom Betrayed" [GoglPrcSrch]*." - *links added

Why did the 9/11 Commission Refuse to Listen to NYFD Firefighters Who Were at the WTC Scene?
Contains Videos - A quote...."NYFD Asst. Commissioner Stephen Gregory: I thought that I saw...low level flashes...I saw flash-flash-flash, and then it looked like the building came down. You know like when they blow up a building, when it falls down? That's what I thought I saw."

A Noble Lie: Oklahoma City 1995
A quote...."The 1995 bombing in Oklahoma City was a direct blow to the heart of America. One hundred sixty-eight people were killed, including nineteen children. For those watching the nightly news, terrorism had come home. For years following the bombing, countless victims' family members, survivors, rescuers and ordinary Americans have questioned the official accounts about that fateful day."

Montanans Launch Recall of Senators Who Approved NDAA Military Detention. Merry Christmas, US Senate
S-1867 / NDAA - A quote...."(HELENA) - Moving quickly on Christmas Day after the US Senate voted 86 - 14 to pass the National Defense Authorization Act of 2011 (NDAA) which allows for the indefinite military detention of American citizens without charge or trial, Montanans have announced the launch of recall campaigns against Senators Max Baucus and Jonathan Tester, who voted for the bill." - Hip Hip Hooray!!

NDAA 2012 torture of Americans, or arrest the 1%’s criminals: your choice
S-1867 / NDAA - A quote...."I appreciate my colleagues at Activist Post posting my friend Billy Vegas’ PuppetGov video, Obama and the War Criminals. The video powerfully shows damning testimony of US government “leadership” admitting they can torture any person they dictate as a “terrorist.” - Art and academic/professional documentation synergize for the 99% to declare the “emperor has no clothes” obvious facts of the 1%’s crimes."

Government censors document revealing plans to wage war on Americans
S-1867 / NDAA - Documents - (A Prison Planet Scoop!!) -- A quote...."Within an hour of posting a critical FEMA document sourced publicly on a government website that discloses plans to hire contract employees under a continuity of government plan, that document was removed and replaced by the following cryptic warning against posting ‘classified’ documents:"

Congress, Obama Codify Indefinite Detention
S-1867 / NDAA - A quote...."In yet another reversal of his professed commitment to the rule of law, President Obama says he will sign the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which formalizes his authority to imprison terrorism suspects indefinitely without charge or trial. -- Where is the “progressive” outrage?" - Indeed, where is it? We have arrived at this point because all those hypocritical, cowardly, lying, treasonous, "Liberal" scum out there have done absolutely NOTHING while promise after promise, constitutional provision after constitutional provision, has been totally trashed by the Obama administration during the last three years. They are worse than useless, they're collaborators in this nation's destruction. - mpg

TSA Responsible For Over 9,000 Unannounced Checkpoints In Last Year
Related Article - A quote...."The TSA has been responsible for over 9,000 unannounced “security checkpoints” over the last year alone, as the federal agency’s VIPR program expands to become a literal occupying army in the name of safety."

ELRON - VOXEO - The Israeli Defense Firm That Tallies The Iowa Caucus
2012 Election Cycle - Vote Fraud Alert - A quote...."The Iowa caucus is only a few days away and the nation's attention will be directed to the results, which signify the beginning of the U.S. presidential race. But does anyone watch who tallies the results of the Iowa caucus?" - also posted at DProgram

Iowa GOP moving vote-count to 'undisclosed location': to prevent a Ron Paul victory.
2012 Election Cycle - Vote Fraud Alert - A quote...."Threats to disrupt the Iowa Republican caucuses next week have prompted state GOP officials to move the vote tabulation to an "undisclosed location," POLITICO has learned. -- The state party has not yet told the campaigns exactly where the returns will be added up, only that it will be off-site from the Iowa GOP's Des Moines headquarters."

Mainstream media: dumbing it down
RTVideo - (RTYuTb - 7min22sec - Dec 27, 2011) - Source: RussiaToday -- A quote...."Between corporate sponsorship and pretty big paychecks, are news anchors and their networks really offering up a fair take on what's at stake? Georgetown University's Chris Chambers talks to us about how the mainstream media sneaks slants into their broadcast and brings a bias to the big stories."
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens....

Keiser Report: Parasites With Bailouts (E228)
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 25min46sec - Dec 27, 2011) - Source: RussiaToday - Producer: Max Keiser TV -- (RussiaToday) -- A quote...."This week Max Keiser and co-host Stacy Herbert present their bah-humbug special, taking a closer look at claims that the top 1% have more 'skin' in the game. They'll also question the intentions of the 'well-meaning' people who drive Kenyans off their land, and could be doing more harm than good with malaria vaccines. They also talk to independent journalist, Thomas C. Mountain, about charity in Africa and China's investments."

A Run On The Global Banking System—How Close Are We?
Must Read - (One of the most concise, clear, coherent and simple explanations of the MF Global rip-off this website editor has ever seen. - mpg) -- A quote...."Nine weeks after its bankruptcy, the general public still hasn’t quite realized the implications of the MF Global scandal. -- My own sense is, this is the first tremor of the earthquake that’s coming to the global financial system. And how the central banks and financial regulators treated the “Systemically Important Financial Institutions” that had exposure to MF Global—to the detriment of the ordinary, blameless customer who got royally ripped off in its bankruptcy—is both the template of how the next financial crisis will be handled, and an accelerator that will make the next crisis happen that much sooner."
- also posted at ZeroHedge & ICH

Gerald Celente: Money Junkies and The Coming "Bank Holiday"
Related AJVideo - GeraldCelente(1/2) - GeraldCelente(2/2) - AJYuTb - 13min - Dec 27, 2011) - Source: TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."On the Tuesday edition of the Alex Jones Show, Alex talks with noted trends forecaster Gerald Celente on the latest concerning the MF Global heist. Celente also covers the top 12 trends of 2012. Celente is on the record for accurately forecasting and naming the current "Great Recession" and for forecasting the 1987 Stock Market Crash, the Dot-com bust, Gold Bull Run to Begin, 2001 Recession, the Real Estate bubble, the "Panic of '08", Tax Revolts, and the coming "Greatest Depression." He is the publisher of the Trends Journal." - It's becoming increasingly clear after listening to what has happened to BOTH Gerald Celente and Alex Jones, that it may be time for everyone to get their money out of their bank accounts as quickly as possible. - mpg

Obama Nominates Carlyle Group Partner to The Federal Reserve
WTF Alert!! Oh My Gawd, does it EVER stop!?!? It's just one big club, and we're NOT in it! - mpg -- A quote...."While on vacation in Hawaii, Obama tapped Jerome Powell to serve on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. - Powel served as the undersecretary for finance under the president George H. W. Bush and was a partner of The Carlyle Group. The Carlyle Group is a massive private equity firm and one of the largest defense contractors in the world."

AMerica Maxes Out Its Credit Card Again - Treasury To Raise Debt Limit By Another $1.2 Trillion On Dec 30
A quote...."....in a few days, the US debt ceiling will be raised from $15.194 trillion to $16.394 trillion. As a reminder, US GDP was just revised down to $15.176 trillion."

The Empire Smokes Crack
Related Article - A quote...."Such is the insane life of an addict, caught in a vicious circle that compels them to do the same things over and over while expecting different results. -- The same could be said for the addicts who have seized control of our nation’s monetary system. If we were to produce a PSA to appeal to them, we’d probably have to change the lines to something like, “We print dollars…so we can pay for the budget…which puts us further in debt…so we print more dollars…so we can pay for the budget…which puts us further in debt…so we print more dollars…”"

Abysmal Spanish Housing Market Gets Even Worse In October
A quote...."If there is anything that the European banks' negative response to the LTRO's invitation to use "free money" and relever even as Europe faces a perfect storm of deleveraging in 2012 (a topic beaten to death by us here previously) is that the problem at the root of the European financial crisis is not a liquidity one - it is, and has always been one of solvency, or, said otherwise, a problem when bank assets do not generate enough cash flow to satisfy cash outflows from bank liabilities, period, the end. Everything else is irrelevant."

ECB Deposits Jump 10% More To Record EUR452BN
A quote...."While we assume there is some year-end 'management' involved here (and some will argue that putting the LTRO-carry-trade to work takes time), the sheer velocity and scale of the ramp in deposits suggests this is not a game-theoretically optimal use of this new-found cash (neg-carry-trade) but instead a clear message that banks will delever and remain risk averse no matter what the central banks 'suggest' is appropriate."
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More On The International Situation....

The Los Angeles Times Selling Old Canned News
Zio-Agit-Prop Exposed - (This time it's the LAT) - Perhaps they should vet their writers before they hire them? Or maybe they did. - mpg -- A quote...."The LA Times seems to believe that such news deserves publishing even weeks beyond it sales date. The editors probably kept it canned so they could publish something over the holidays without having to leave their homes. - The story itself is, by the way, fishy. It is clearly written to hype the success in Libya and to plant grueling tales about Syria."

Syrian NGOs Working Directly With British Government
A quote...."It is quite clear that the "Syrian Observatory for Human Rights" based in London and receiving the entirety of their reports via "phone" & YouTube videos from Syria, is working in coordination with both US-funded NGOs and the British Foreign Minister. Considering that Hague similarly coddled Libyan opposition leaders in London while playing a key role in promoting the NATO attack on Libya and the subsequent installation of a BP oilman as "prime minister," Abdelrahman's consorting signifies a verbatim repeat of the now openly fraudulent and genocidal NATO campaign in Libya." - also posted GlobalRsrch

Head of Syria monitors says 'nothing frightening' in Homs
A quote...."(Reuters) -- The head of an Arab League mission investigating if Syria is keeping its promise to implement a peace plan said some parts of the flaspoint city of Homs were in poor condition but that delegates saw nothing frightening."
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Al-Qaida figures said infiltrating Libya
Yeaaaaahhhhh! For the last year! Sponsored by the US-NRE, Britain, and the decrepit, degenerate, "aristocracy" (what a sick joke) on the Arabian Peninsula! - mpg - A quote...."TRIPOLI, Libya, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Several senior al-Qaida figures have made their way to Libya, raising fears North Africa could become a new mujahedin center, non-government sources said. - The unnamed figures, originally from North Africa, are "very experienced," a source close to Islamist groups in North Africa told the British newspaper The Guardian." - OH PLEASE!! -- "Made their way to Libya"? SURE, about A YEAR AGO, on US-NRE supplied aircraft, with unlimited US-NRE tax-payer sponsored expense accounts, al-CIA'da minders, British special force advisers, a Washington DC inspired Madison Ave. advertising campaign, tons of propaganda, and billions worth of weapons! UPI is pathetic, they're a year late and a dollar short. When are people gonna wake-up? When are people going to grow up! - mpg

Libya’s NTC Has Yet to Deal With Militias
Maybe because the NTC is composed of the militias? (wide eyed, supercilious, blinking expression, with eye brows raised high....) - mpg -- A quote...."The interim government in Libya has so far failed to deal with the issue of disparate groups of militias that remain organized in independent and defiant brigades throughout the country and who are now demanding top roles in government."
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3 US-led soldiers die in Afghan blast
A quote...."A roadside bomb explosion has killed at least three soldiers from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in eastern Afghanistan, officials say."

Afghanistan Warns NATO to Disband Local Militias
Translation: "We don't want the US-NRE's inspired 'El Salvador Option' in our country" - mpg -- A quote...."The Afghan government has ordered NATO to disband its local militias and end the “Critical Infrastructure Protection” CIP program, with the Interior Ministry saying it was creating parallel structures that undermine the central government’s authority."
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Oil prices extend gains
War Alert - A quote...."The price of crude oil climbed above $US101 a barrel in light holiday trading on growing US consumer confidence and tension in the Middle East."

Justifying War with Iran
A quote...."A growing body of evidence points to a concerted campaign to prepare Americans and the world for war against Iran. This is not idle speculation. It fits a pattern that repeatedly preceded previous hostilities." - also posted at ICH

Iran begins trial of CIA operative
A quote...."An Iranian court has begun the trial of the CIA- trained operative who was arrested by Iran's intelligence agents last week on charges of espionage for the US. According to the indictment which was read out at court, Amir Mirzaei Hekmati has been charged with attempting to infiltrate Iran's intelligence apparatus to implicate the Islamic Republic in sponsoring terrorism. The indictment added that the defendant had been hired by CIA in May 2009 to carry out espionage missions in Iran."

Iran signs fuel deal with Afghanistan
A quote...."TEHRAN (NNI): Iran’s Petroleum Ministry and Afghanistan’s Ministry of Industries and Commerce signed an agreement for Iran’s one million tons annual exports of oil products to Afghanistan." - also posted at Uruknet
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Iraq’s tragic encounter with US imperialism
A quote...."The withdrawal of American combat troops from Iraq after nearly nine years of military occupation has been accompanied by a surge in sectarian tensions and violence that threatens to escalate into civil war. Following the explosions that ravaged Baghdad last week, there have been further attacks on government buildings in the capital and bombings and killings in the volatile cities of Fallujah, Mosul and Kirkuk."

[Egypt's] Tahrir doctors: The military treated us like prisoners of war
A quote...."The military police burnt our first aid kits,” said Dr. Mona Mina at a press conference on Sunday, adding that they were treating the doctors as if they were prisoners of war. “They must respect the international conventions that Egypt has signed in this regard.” - also posted at Uruknet

Putin : Protesters Are Receiving Their Funding From The West
A quote...."(WMR) has learned from an eastern European intelligence source that the CIA. Britain’s MI-6, and George Soros, who actually fronts for the Rothschild family, has been funneling money to Russian protest movements through the Republic of Georgia."

Russia test-fires two nuclear missiles
A quote...."MOSCOW: The Russian military has successfully test-launched two intercontinental nuclear-capable missiles, the defence ministry said. - The Bulava missiles were fired from a submarine in the White Sea on Russia's northwest coast and the test "went as planned," Lieutenant Colonel Igor Konashenkov told Russian news agency Ria Novosti."

Russian nuclear sub 'ready' for India transfer
A quote...."Russia’s Nerpa nuclear submarine has finished sea trials and is now ready to be leased to the Indian navy in the next few days, an engineer said on Wednesday."

'Brazil world's fifth economy by 2015'
A quote...."Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega says his country will overtake France to become the world's fifth-largest economy before 2015."

The Rise of CELAC - A New Force in Latin America
A quote...."Although most Americans have not heard about it, a historic step toward changing this hemisphere was taken three weeks ago. A new organization for the region was formed, and everyone was invited except the U.S. and Canada. The new organization is called the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC)."
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

Israeli Group Claims Responsibility for Iraqi Bombings – Sort Of
The Rita Katz Noise Machine - A quote...."The recent round of bombings in Iraq, according to an Israeli source credited with endless false reports, phony bin Laden tapes and videos and numerous other obfuscations yesterday claimed Al Qaeda was responsible for the recent bombings in Iraq."

How the Zionist Media Steals from Gentiles
A quote...."Once you compile a list of the names of the producers, editors and reporters, economic and investment experts, and other individuals positioned as experts by the media, you will notice a common theme; control of the media, Hollywood, Wall Street, the banking system, corporate America, the educational system, legal system and so forth by a group that comprises only 2% of the population....."

Netanyahu Rejects Peace
A quote...."No wonder Edward Said once called the occupation an “atrocity” and the peace process “a disheartening bloody impasse…..to reduce the Palestinian actuality to nil, to efface Palestinians as a people with legitimate rights, to render them alien in their own land.” -- Israeli repression reached new extremes under Netanyahu. His government is Israel’s worst ever. He exceeds the worst of Ariel Sharon and previous hard-line leaders."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Another BDS success: Joker cancels Tel Aviv show
Boycott, Divest and Sanction the ENTIRE state of Israel! Because it's the right thing to do, and because it's easy to do. (All you have to do is look at the label and NOT buy their products, now WHAT could be more simple than that?) -- AND, it's working!! - mpg -- A quote...."After the Boycott Divestment Sanctions campaign opened his eyes to the harsh reality of the occupation, British dubstep artist Joker cancelled his Tel Aviv show. The small but significant victory for BDS shows the inroads the movement is making around the globe." - also posted at AlethoNews - 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.

Confronting intimidation, working for justice in Palestine
A quote...."If we had a wish list for 2012 as Palestinians and friends of Palestine, one of the top items ought to be our hope that we can translate the dramatic shift in recent years in world public opinion into political action against Israeli policies on the ground. - We know why this has not yet materialized: the political, intellectual and cultural elites of the West cower whenever they even contemplate acting according to their own consciences as well as the wishes of their societies." - also posted at Uruknet

Palestinians seek pay for Gaza War losses
RTVideo - (RTYuTb - 2min54sec - Dec 27, 2011) - Source: RussiaToday -- A quote...."The 2008 Gaza War left 1,500 Palestinians dead after Israeli troops stormed the state during a few days that December. Palestinians shares their stories about how they fought for compensation to try to cope with the losses they suffered during wartime."

70,000 Palestinian Jerusalemites to be re-classified as West Bank citizens
This is completely illegal - mpg - A quote...."Jerusalem mayor Nir Barakat has announced that the city Municipality will now classify 70,000 citizens of Jerusalem as non-residents, furthering the right wing Israeli campaign to achieve a Jewish majority in East Jerusalem. Seventy thousand Palestinian residents already cut off from the rest of Jerusalem by Israel’s Apartheid Wall will now be cast out on paper as well, with their affairs turned over from the Municipality to the Israeli military’s West Bank civil administration."

The Wall of Hate
Related Video - Alt - (YuTb - 8min56sec - Dec 24, 2011) - Source: WeHateZionism -- A quote...."Israel's unquenchable thirst for Palestinian land and resources is painfully demonstrated in this shocking documentary. -- Occupation is a fluid term that can be easily manipulated by the powerful and occupying powers. When the occupied are portrayed as violent and the occupier as victim, then democracy and justice have to be redefined."

Palestinian Killed, 11 Wounded, As Army Bombards Gaza
A quote...."Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that one Palestinian was killed and eleven others were wounded in two Israeli Air Strikes in one hour, which targeted Gaza City"

Addameer Calls Attention to the 443 Gazans Detained in Israeli Prisons
A quote...."Ramallah, 27 December 2011 – On the third anniversary of Israel’s offensive on the Gaza Strip (27 December 2008–18 January 2009), Addameer reiterates its unequivocal condemnation of the Israeli policy that has denied residents from Gaza detained in Israeli prisons family visits for over four years."

Open Letter from Gaza: Three Years after the Massacre
A quote...."We will never forget the hurt of 3 years ago, the criminal onslaught that we lived through, the blood of over 1400 murdered men, women and hundreds of children running through the streets of Gaza, between the rubble, soaking our beds and etched on our minds. We will never forget. For they are still dead, and thousands more are still maimed."

3 Years After Operation Cast Lead Justice has been Comprehensively Denied; PCHR Release 23 Narratives Documenting the Experience of Victims - A quote....."In total, 1,419 Palestinians were killed during Operation Cast Lead, 1,167 (82.2%) of whom were civilians. A further 5,300 were injured. Israeli forces directly targeted and attacked private homes and civilian institutions, including hospitals and schools. Exacerbating the effects of the continuing illegal closure, the offensive had a devastating impact on the overall economy of the Gaza Strip. Civilian workshops and factories were directly targeted and agricultural land was razed, destroying farms, fields and irrigation systems that formed the basis of farmersʹ livelihoods. As reconstruction is virtually impossible due to the illegal closure, the hardship brought about by this destruction has only increased in the last three years." - also posted at Uruknet

Gaza will not kneel
A quote...."Twenty-three consecutive days of horrendous attacks on the Gaza Strip by the IOF (Israeli Occupation Forces) left more than 1500 Palestinians dead and many more injured. Most of the victims were women, children and elderly people."
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More On The Economic Situation....

U.S. home prices drop in October: Case-Shiller
A quote...."The S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city composite index fell 1.2% in October to moves its 12-month drop to 3.4%. After five straight months of gains starting in April, prices have started to cool. The gauge isn’t seasonally adjusted, and there is generally greater interest in buying homes during the spring and summer."

Natural News Headlines – December 25-26th, 2011 - A DProgram Round-Up
Natural News is a compendium of what our corporate monsters are doing to us, and what you can do to protect yourself and even stop them. - mpg

Dow's Deadly Harvest: The Return of Agent Orange
A quote...."Whether you are aware of it or not, your food, air and water are the battle ground upon which a titanic struggle between the multinational biotech corporations Monsanto and Dow AgroScience is now playing out. As a result, your health and environment (and that of all future generations) are at profound risk of irreparable harm."

Israel indicts Arab Knesset member for Syria visit
A Great Idea -- WOW! What a fantastic idea, to indict a member of your own legislature simply for visiting a foreign country! This website has constantly railed at our Zionist AIPAC/Israeli Consortium controlled Congress, and their treasonous activities such as writing a letter, and signing it, pledging their loyalty to Israel over and above that of this nation's own executive branch. Or being caught on tape pledging to interfere in the investigation of Israeli spys, as Jane Harmon was. And let's not forget covering up Israel's direct involvement with the events that occurred on 9/11. But NEVER did this website editor think you could actually indict members of you own legislature "on charges of visiting an enemy country and meeting foreign agents." WOW! Thanks Israel!! Now we know what to do with all the traitors in our Congress you bring over every year for an all expense paid vacation to your country!! - mpg

Sayanim — Israeli Operatives in the U.S.
A quote...."Americans know that something fundamental is amiss. They sense—rightly—that they are being misled no matter which political party does the leading. - A long misinformed public lacks the tools to grasp how they are being deceived. Without those tools, Americans will continue to be frustrated at being played for the fool. - When the “con” is clearly seen, “the mark” (that’s us) will see that all roads lead to the same duplicitous source: Israel and its operatives."

Middle East Brutality, Libya Atrocities & More: Infowars Nightly News
AJVideo - Alt - (YuTb - 9min27sedc - Dec 24, 2011) - Source: TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Tonight's Friday, December 23, 2011 edition of the Infowars Nightly News focuses on new requests from Homeland Security for Congressional funding to massively expand TSA Checkpoints. It has been revealed that the existing 25 VIPR teams ran more than 9,300 unannounced highway checkpoints under its current budget of $110 million. Now, DHS wants to add 12 teams to the existing 25 and tack on an additional $24 million to fund its power-hungry police state. This is all above and beyond the numerous airport checkpoints run by TSA."

OKC Officer Terry Yeakey's Death was an Inside Job: OKC Witness Speaks Out
AJVideo - OKC(1/3) - OKC(2/3) - OKC(3/3) - (YuTb - 15min - Dec 24, 2011) - Source: TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."In a groundbreaking interview, Infowars Nighly News host Rob Dew speaks with Don Browning, a K9 unit police officer for OKC, and Holland Van den Nieuwenhof, writer & producer for already classic exposé A Noble Lie. Browning, who found many living and dead in the Murrah rubble, discusses how he received thinly-veiled threats from the feds after he began asking questions about the inconsistencies he witnessed in part of a continuing series of interviews re-examining the official lies of the Oklahoma City Bombing, which paved the way for 9/11 and false flag events yet to come."

The Greatest Gift for All
A quote...."Christmas is a time of traditions. If you have found time in the rush before Christmas to decorate a tree, you are sharing in a relatively new tradition. Although the Christmas tree has ancient roots, at the beginning of the 20th century only 1 in 5 American families put up a tree. It was 1920 before the Christmas tree became the hallmark of the season. Calvin Coolidge was the first President to light a national Christmas tree on the White House lawn." - also posted at DProgram

A Bottomless Pit of Evil: Alex Jones Friday Editon 1/3
AJVideo - BottomlessPit(1/3) - BottomlessPit(2/3) - BottomlessPit(3/3) - (YuTb - 15min - Dec 23, 2011) - Source: TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Alex breaks down the latest news as the mega-banking elite switches into overdrive to implement their world government totalitarian system."

"Alex makes three important points in video number (2/3). 1) Everybody participating in this increasing tyranny are trying to justify their cowardice by saying things like "I'm just doing my job", "I'm just following orders", as AJ points out, "we've all heard that before". 2) Many of these cowards are practicing Orwellian linguistics and logical inversion (war is peace, killing people is helping them, etc) to avoid confronting the fact they're participating in this growing evil. Refusing to call murders, thefts and unconstitutional acts what they really are. and, 3) Most importantly, many people in the enforcement agencies of this government have committed crimes during their careers, some minor, some major. Crimes that are known to the uber-evil in charge of many of these enforcement agencies. Crimes that are later used to blackmail those who committed them into committing further, much more serious crimes in an ever descending, self-reinforcing, rapidly accelerating, spiral into the depths of utter depravity, corruption and governmental terrorism." - mpg
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens....

Gerald Celente on Lanigan & Malone
GCVideo - Alt - (GCYuTb - 12min54sec - Dec 23, 2011) - Source: GeraldCelenteChannel

And Now, A Present: "Are The Brokers Broken?" - A Reprise
A quote...."Often times we are asked "why does Zero Hedge prefer to provide information in piecemeal increments and isolated snapshots (of irregularity) rather than write comprehensive articles (or even a book) that explain, from beginning to end why everything is broken - the end?" There are two answers - a short and a long one. The short answer is that finance, more so than any other field, changes so rapidly that the nuances are always and constantly on the margin, which in turn is stable only for the period of time that it is observed, and then it becomes part of "technical analysis." (Indeed, the Schrodinger wave function collapse is just as alive and well in finance as it is in the quantum arena). As such, we adhere to the paradigm describing the distinction between giving a man a fish and teaching a man to fish...."

China, Japan to Back Direct Trade of Currencies
Dollar Alert - A quote...."Japan and China will promote direct trading of the yen and yuan without using dollars and will encourage the development of a market for companies involved in the exchanges, the Japanese government said. - Japan will also apply to buy Chinese bonds next year, allowing the investment of renminbi that leaves China during the transactions, the Japanese government said in a statement after a meeting between Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Beijing yesterday. Encouraging direct yen- yuan settlement should reduce currency risks and trading costs, the Japanese and Chinese governments said."

Draghi’s Real Goal in the Eurozone - Crush Labor and Impose Austerity
Causing the non-virtuous cycle of an ever declining GDP, a decreasing tax base, higher interest rates, and ever increasing calls for more austerity. Meanwhile in the real economy you have less personal income per worker for increasing output, (productivity) which results in more industrial over-capacity, (what causes the downward slope of the "business cycle") declining prices, (ditto), which either leads to more ineffective government spending (either by printing which destroys the currency and those who save [which Germany has refused to do] or by taking on more debt which makes the problem that much more difficult to deal with) on behalf of Bankster bailouts and their bonuses with occasionally a bit left over for the "little guy", which does absolutely nothing to stem the economic slide, or, even worse, no government spending or even actual austerity measures which leads to an even more rapid contraction of the economy. Now go back to the top of this paragraph and just repeat this process till the INEVITABLE economic implosion occurs. In this website editor's humble opinion, this is a really stupid way to run any economy. - mpg - Topix || The End-Stage Process of Mature Fiat-Currency-Capitalism - 11-30-11 - mpg ||
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"Occupy Wall Street" & Other "Occupy" News....

A Christmas Message From America's Rich
Special Note - A quote...."It seems America’s bankers are tired of all the abuse. They’ve decided to speak out. -- True, they’re doing it from behind the ropeline, in front of friendly crowds at industry conferences and country clubs, meaning they don’t have to look the rest of America in the eye when they call us all imbeciles and complain that they shouldn’t have to apologize for being so successful. -- But while they haven’t yet deigned to talk to protesting America face to face, they are willing to scribble out some complaints on notes and send them downstairs on silver trays. Courtesy of a remarkable story by Max Abelson at Bloomberg, we now get to hear some of those choice comments."

2-minute video: O, Damn Ye Wall St. Gentlemen
Music Video - (Traditional) - Alt - (YuTb - 1min47sec - Dec 23, 2011) - Source: ovaria -- A quote...."Art is in the brilliant video from ovaria; following are the independently verifiable facts that the “99%” are embezzled by the “1%” for over a trillion of our dollars every year. - How does the 1% do this? - They purchased corporate media to cover their assets, that’s how. - This article shows how the Federal Reserve System causes the opposite of their stated goals. This is, obviously, criminal fraud. Upon your basic economics education, I invite you to embrace the power of calling what the 1% does as CRIMES. When the 99% recognize the 1% as CRIMINALS and demand arrests and prosecutions, we’ve won. - My Open proposal for US Revolution: end unlawful wars, parasitic economics is my strongest work to explain and document these CRIMES."
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More On The International Situation....

Syrian Death Toll Claim: Thousands Dead, Zero Verifiable Sources
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 5min30sec - Dec 23, 2011) - Source: GlobalRsrchTV - Producer: RussiaToday -- A quote...."(RussiaToday) – The Syrian opposition says 5,000 have been killed during a nine-month crackdown, with more than 250 civilians killed in two last days alone, calling for UN protection from “acts of genocide.” But researchers say the information is tough to verify."

Red Lines and Ticking Clocks: U.S. War Plans Against Iran
Quote of the Day...."Wars don't just happen. -- Before the first bomb falls disinformation specialists prepare the ground. -- Leading media outlets, foreign policy journals and a plethora of think tanks funded by elite foundations, energy and weapons' conglomerates, "right," "left" or "center" take your pick, churn out war propaganda disguised as "analysis."" - also posted at GlobalRsrch

Military Buildup Worldwide: The Globalization of War – Michel Chossudovsky
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 13min55sec - Dec 23, 2011) - Source: RussiaToday - Producer: GlobalRsrchTV -- A quote...."(RussiaToday) – The world’s attention is increasingly focused on Syria and Iran as the region continues to move toward military confrontation. Less noticed, however, is that the pieces are being put into place for a truly global conflict, with military buildup taking place in every region and threatening to draw in all of the world’s major powers."

Fallujah Remembered By A US Marine Who Helped Destroy It In 2004
A quote...."It has been seven years since the 2nd siege of Fallujah -- the American assault that left the city in ruins, killed thousands of civilians, and displaced hundreds-of-thousands more -- the assault that poisoned a generation, plaguing the people who live there with cancers and their children with birth defects. - It has been seven years and the lies that justified the assault still perpetuate false beliefs about what we did. - The American veterans who fought there still do not understand who they fought against, or what they were fighting for. - I know, because I am one of those American veterans...." - also posted at GlobalRsrch & CounterCurrents & DProgram

Political Disequilibrium in Iraq: Carnage in Baghdad: New Fear, New [Old] Game
A quote...."There is a new fear emerging in Iraq that the country will plunge even more into turmoil and political disequilibrium as the US troops cased in their colors ~ left behind a country which they helped lay bare to waste and dereliction."

Western Chopper Shooed Away from Army's Drill Zone
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian warships shooed away the military chopper of a western country which was approaching the Iranian Navy's wargame zone, a senior Iranian commander stated."

Preparing for the next Anglo-American Oil War: Somalia is the Next Target
A quote...."Mogadishu—Britain is apparently preparing its troops for the next oil war in Africa after Prime Minister considered Somalia as a “failed state” that has been threatening Britain’s interests and security.As the British government considered Libya’s regime change as a victory of the Nato forces, it is now looking for its next humanitarian intervention in oil-rich states in the Middle East and Africa."

Yearender: Obama administration's Asia pivot strategy sows more seeds of suspicion than cooperation
A quote...."WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Obama administration ruffled a few feathers in the Asia-Pacific region in November with its high-profile trumpeting of the Pivot to Asia strategy, widely regarded as an attempt to consolidate the U.S. predominance in the region in face of a rising China." - also posted at GlobalRsrch
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

The Israeli occupation the world forgot: the Golan Heights
A quote...."While the mainstream media commonly refers to the West Bank and Gaza as the Occupied Palestinian Territories, it often incorrectly calls the Golan Heights part of Israel. How has the occupation impacted the Golan? And why has the world forgotten it?" - also posted at AlethoNews

Fanatic Rabbi Who Teaches “Goyim Slavery” Comes to US
A quote...."Israeli Rabbi who teaches that “the sole purpose of non-Jews is to serve Jews” plans to tap support of Sephardic Jews in US. -- GOOD!! We should sell all those stupid moronic, drooling, knuckle-dragging, faux-Christian, Zio-worshiping, "Armageddon Cultists out there to this guy. If these faux-Americans want to be AIPAC/Israeli Consortium, Bankster slaves...LET'EM!! Let'em grovel and service their new masters!! We should use the proceeds to reduce the national deficit. - mpg
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

IOF troops round up 7 Palestinians in West Bank
A quote...."RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up seven Palestinian citizens in the West Bank provinces of Al-Khalil, Ramallah, and Qalqilia on Monday. - The arrests followed storming of dozens of Palestinian homes in those provinces and forcing their occupants out in the cold weather while the search was in progress. - The Hebrew radio quoted an IOF spokeswoman as saying that the arrestees would be interrogated by security authorities."

Euromed: IOA barred travel of 4000 Palestinians in 2011
A quote...."RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has banned 4000 Palestinian citizens from travel through the West Bank into Jordan in 2011, a European human rights report has said. - The Euromed for human rights said in a detailed report that the travel ban was at an average of 83 cases weekly. - The report said that in two thirds of those cases the Palestinians were subjected to humiliating treatment such as strip searches, intelligence interrogation, in addition to holding them for hours in crammed rooms." - also posted at AltheoNews

Israeli forces storm 3 West Bank villages
A quote...."JENIN (Ma’an) – Israeli forces erected three flying checkpoints in southern Jenin in the northern West Bank before they stormed houses in the villages of Meithalun, al-Judeida and Siris on Sunday, officials said." - also posted at AlethoNews

Veolia Takes Severe Blow As It Fails To Win 485 Million Pound Contract In West London - Hip Hip Hooray!!
Boycott, Divest and Sanction the ENTIRE state of Israel! Because it's the right thing to do, and because it's easy to do. (All you have to do is look at the label and NOT buy their products, now WHAT could be more simple than that?) -- AND, it's working!! - mpg -- A quote...."Human rights campaigners are celebrating after the West London Waste Authority ('WLWA') excluded French multinational Veolia from a £485 million contract covering 1.4 million inhabitants of the London boroughs of Brent, Ealing, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow and Richmond-upon-Thames, for treatment of residual domestic waste." - 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.