FRONT
PAGE -
Archive File - 03-30-10 to 06-03-10
The
Attack and Seizure of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla....
Erdogan condemns
Israeli raid on Gaza aid ship **English Subtitles**
Video - (YuTb - 2m2s - June 01,
2010) -- A
quote...."Erdogan to Israel: Don't test our patience Turkish prime
minister calls IDF's operation against flotilla to Gaza 'massacre',
'state terror', 'piracy'; says Israelis must pressure gov't to cease
such acts. -- During a speech before the Turkish parliament in Ankara,
Erdogan said the flotilla was legal, and the operation against it was a
violation of the spirit of the UN. He added that the unjustified attack
against the flotilla was "a blow to world peace and against
international law."
Mckinney:
'Israel bought the executive branch'
RTVideo - (RTYuTb - 6 min
38 sec - June 02, 2010) - Source:
DrRonPaul2012
-- A quote...."Worldwide condemnation has been flooding in since
Monday when Israeli Defense Forces boarded a ship in the Mediterranean,
setting off a melee that left nine activist's dead and dozens
wounded.The Pro-Palestinian activists intended on breaking a three year
blockade of the Hamas ran Gaza strip. Cynthia Mckinney a former US
Presidential candidate says that Pro-Israel lobbying has bought
congress and the executive branch, which is why the US will not take
action.
Interview
with
Al
Jazeera's Jamal ElShayyal: One of the passengers on the Mavi
Marmara
AJVideo - Alt - (AJYuTb -
10 min 04 sec - June 03, 2010) - AlJazeeraEnglish
-- A quote...."AlJazeeraEnglish — June 03, 2010 — Al Jazeera's Jamal
ElShayyal tells his accounts of what happend on the Mavi Marmara aid
ship when Israeli troops attacked the ships."
American,
19, Among Gaza Flotilla Dead -- Furkan Dogan Was Shot Five Times,
Including Four Times in Head -- A
quote...."June 3, 2010 "ABC News" -- A U.S. citizen who lived in
Turkey is among the nine people killed when Israeli commandos stormed a
Turkish aid ship heading for the Gaza Strip, officials said today. The
victim was identified as Furkan Dogan, 19, a Turkish-American. A
forensic report said he was shot at close range, with four bullets in
his head and one in his chest, according to the Anatolian news agency."
- Source: ABC
British
survivor of Gaza flotilla raid: 'Israelis ignored SOS calls'
Contains Video - A
quote...."The first British survivor of the assault on the Mavi Marmara
Gaza aid ship to return to London has told of her terror as Israeli
troops ignored SOS calls for medical aid and continued to fire live
rounds at activists."
The
Hypocrisy of Netanyahu
Propaganda LIES Exposed - A
quote...."The sloppy Israeli propaganda effort against the Free Gaza
humanitarian flotilla has been so bad that the pictures released by the
Israeli army have been tagged by alert bloggers as forgeries, some of them having been on the
Web for years. This site alleges that many of the pictures put out
by Israel purporting to show arms on the aid ship
still contained internal tags allowing them to be identified as old
photos from years ago. Even if the charges of forgery are false,
the photos show chains, sticks, an axe– things that would be on any
ship."
IDF Released
Several Faked Photos – How Can They Be Trusted in ANY Investigation?
Propaganda LIES Exposed - A
quote...."Proof has surfaced today that many of the so-called
"evidence" photographs being distributed by the Israeli government as
examples of terror weapons on board the Gaza aid flotilla date back
years:
- The bulletproof vest photos on the Israeli flickr page are dated
February 2006.
- The axe photo was taken in 2003.
- The pepper spray photos – 2003
- The iconic pictures of knives and other weapons on the Saudi flag
and other stuff:
Defending
Israel: A How-To Guide
Wall St Journal Presstitution Alert
- (Rupert
Murdoch, a member of the "Jewish Community" and owner of the WSJ and
Fox News truly demonstrates which nation, and which people, he actually
works for - mpg)
--A quote...."Today’s op-ed by the Wall Street Journal editorial board
offers a fairly comprehensive list of the talking points which are de
rigueur in defending Israel’s attack on civilian ships in international
water." -- For more on this issue
see....Judeo-Christian
C/C
&
US
- Media
Media
Disinformation
regarding
Israel's Murderous Assault in International
Waters
Israeli Presstitution Alert
- A quote...."In Yiddish it’s called Chutzpah, to have the nerve to say
something outrageous, the perfect description—if what was said wasn’t
so odious—by Israeli propagandists. I’m talking here about an Israeli
spokeman on RT.com the other night, attempting to justify the murderous
assault on the Gaza aid activists. Attack becomes “defence”,
international waters become Israeli, or not as the case may be.
-- Actually Chutzpah doesn’t even begin to describe the venomous
and hysterical rantings of the Israeli spokesman. Eventually it just
got too much for me to watch."
Lie
of the Land: The Dark Heart of a Special Relationship
Quote of the day...."Perhaps
the most significant aspect of the incident (beside the loss of
innocent life) is its glaring confirmation of this long-established,
deeply destructive fact: there is no outrage that Israel can commit
that the United States government will not countenance. --
Of course,
this has been true for decades, encompassing everything from the
Israeli attack on the USS Liberty, its illegal development of a nuclear
arsenal, its decades of relentless espionage in the United States, its
atrocities in the 1982 invasion of Lebanon, its state-terror,
collateral-damaging "targeted assassinations" around the world, its
heinous apartheid wall, the open, often genocidal racism of many of its
political and government leaders, its mass cluster-bombing at the end
of its latest military aggression in Lebanon, its horrific civilian
slaughter in its latest full-scale assault on Gaza, and the subsequent
strangulation of Gaza, a war crime of collective punishment that
resembles nothing so much as the Nazi ghettoization of Jews in Warsaw.
And throughout all of this, the United States has given billions of
dollars to Israel, year in, year out, decade after decade, to support
its war machine and its structures of repression."
Israel’s
Insane
Attack
on the Freedom Flotilla
A quote...."It was with great patriotic pride that I served in the IDF
in 1964-1966. In those days the IDF was true to its name: the Israel
Defence Force. Sadly, over the last four decades, my army has been
subverted into the brutal police force of a savage colonial power."
Mad-Dog
of
the
Planet
-
Notch
Up
Another Disaster for Israel's Well-Oiled
Propaganda Machine -- Quote of the day....(in bold) -- "An old Israeli saying
describing various less-than-esteemed military leaders says: "He was so stupid that even the other
generals noticed." The same derisive remark could be applied
almost without exception to the present generation of Israeli
politicians."
If
ANY
Other
Nation
Had Done This We’d Be Up In Arms! – Helen Thomas
Video - Alt - (CSpanYuTb
- June 02, 2010 - 1 min 33 sec) - Source:
MoxNewsDotCom
- Helen
Thomas asking a pertinent question, why wasn't Israel's blatantly
illegal actions immediately condemned by the White House? For
more on
why see the video by Paul Craig Roberts shown below. - mpg
Paul
Craig
Roberts
–
‘AIPAC
purchases
US
elections’
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb -
4 min 47 sec - June 01, 2010) - Source:
DrRonPaul2012
-- A quote...."(RussiaToday) – The deadly Israeli assault on a Flotilla
aid ship has caused an outcry in the international community. In the
United States the Obama Administration has been quiet about their
official stance on what transpired. Paul Craig Roberts says that there
will be nothing that is going to be done by the United States to change
the relationship with Israel." - As
long as people in this country keep voting for DemoRepubs, the
Israeli/AIPAC consortium will completely control this country's foreing
policy.
It's that simple....and it's that expensive for everyone living here. -
mpg
"Honest
Officer,
I
didn't
Rape
and
Kill
that
Woman!"
A quote...."Excuse
me sir, but I'm investigating what appears to be a very violent murder
and rape of this young woman that's laying on the grass and was
wondering if you knew anything about it?" -- "What the hell you asking
me for, I'm innocent!" -- "Uh, sir, your hands are covered in blood and
you're holding what appears to be a very sharp and bloody knife and
when I approached the scene, you were in the act of pulling up your
pants." -- "See, there you go, jumping to conclusions. The woman
attacked me, me, for Christ's sake and I just defended myself. The
knife I'm holding I took from her when she tried to stab me."
Israelis
opened
fire
before
boarding
Gaza
flotilla,
say
released
activists
A quote...."Survivors of the Israeli assault on a flotilla carrying
relief supplies to Gaza returned to Greece and Turkey today, giving the
first eyewitness accounts of the raid in which at least 10 people
died." - also posted at ICH
Israeli
raid
on
aid
flotilla
condemned
by
UN,
‘Free
Gaza’
protests
flare
up
globally
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb -
5 min 23 sec - June 01, 2010) - Source:
DrRonPaul2012
-- A quote...."(RussiaToday) – UN Security Council has condemned the
deadly raid of an international flotilla taking aid to Gaza. At least 9
pro-Palestinian activists were killed and dozens injured when Israeli
troops stormed the vessels. Paula Slier is in the Israeli port city of
Ashdod, where the ships have arrived. She’s been assessing the growing
chorus of condemnation." - also
posted
at DProgram
Israeli
Knesset
Member:
Israel
Wanted
High
Number
Of
Fatalities
A
quote...."A
member of the Israeli Knesset, the legislative branch of the Israeli
government, who was on board the Marmara ship when it was ambushed by
IDF troops, has told reporters that the intention of the raid was to
kill as many on board as they could in order to ward off others from
attempting to reach Gaza by sea. -- Hanin Zoabi, who currently serves
as a member of the Knesset representing the Balad party, made the
following comments at a press gathering today...." - also posted at PJB
“It was clear from the size of
the
force that boarded the ship that the purpose was not only to stop this
sail, but to cause the largest possible number of fatalities in order
to stop such initiatives in the future.”
Israeli
MP's
Terror
on
Aid
Ship:
'Plan
Was
to
Kill
Activists'
A quote...."An Arab member of the Israeli parliament who was on board
the international flotilla that was attacked on Monday as it tried to
take humanitarian aid to Gaza accused Israel yesterday of intending to
kill peace activists as a way to deter future convoys. -- Haneen
Zoubi said Israeli naval vessels had surrounded the flotilla’s
flagship, the Mavi Marmara, and fired on it a few minutes before
commandos abseiled from a helicopter directly above them. --
Terrified passengers had been forced off the deck when water was
sprayed at them. She said she was not aware of any provocation or
resistance by the passengers, who were all unarmed. -- She added
that within minutes of the raid beginning, three bodies had been
brought to the main room on the upper deck in which she and most other
passengers were confined. Two had gunshot wounds to the head, in what
she suggested had been executions."
Reporters
Without
Borders:
15
journalists
still
missing
Press Censorship Alert -
A quote...."Bethlehem
- Ma'an - Reporters Without Borders is urging the Israeli authorities
to release a list of the journalists who were arrested during Monday's
raid on the humanitarian flotilla and to say where they are being
held." - also posted at Uruknet
America's
Complicity
in
Evil
A quote...."As I
write at 5pm on Monday, May 31, all day has passed since the early
morning reports of the Israeli commando attack on the unarmed ships
carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, and there has been no response from
President Obama except to say that he needed to learn "all the facts
about this morning's tragic events" and that Israeli prime minister
Netanyahu had canceled his plans to meet with him at the White House."
- also posted at DProgram
& CounterPunch
& PJB
Operation
Mini
Cast
Lead
Some
quotes...."Like in "Mini-Israel," the park where there is everything,
but smaller, Israel embarked yesterday on a mini Operation Cast Lead.
Like its larger, losing predecessor, this operation had it all: the
usual false claim that is was they who had started it - and not the
landing of commandos from helicopters on a ship in open sea, away from
Israeli territorial waters. There was the claim that the first act of
violence came not from the soldiers, but the rioting activists on Mavi
Marmara; that the blockade on Gaza is legal and that the flotilla to
its shores is against the law - God knows which law." -- "If Cast Lead
was a turning point in the attitude of the world toward us, this
operation is the second horror film of the apparently ongoing series.
Israel proved yesterday that it learned nothing from the first movie."
- also posted at ICH
& CounterPunch
All
At Sea
Some
quotes...."June 01, 2010 "Information Clearing House" -- I wonder how
many of you remember the hijacking of the Italian cruise ship the
Achille Lauro way back in October 1985?" -- "The incident created headlines around the world
and polarized people over the Palestinian cause. - It also prompted the
law makers to create new legislation making it an international crime
for anyone to take a ship by force. - And this is the reason for the
brief history lesson - under article 3 of the Rome Convention for the
Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation
of 1988, it is an international crime for any person to seize or
exercise control over a ship by force, and also a crime to injure or
kill any person in the process. - The treaty necessarily adopts a
strict approach. One cannot attack a ship and then claim self-defence
if the people on board resist the unlawful use of violence."
Obama's
Timidity
and
Deaths
at
Sea
Obama, and a good portion of the US-NRE's
population, are the best Isreali/AIPAC butt kissers the world will ever
see....mpg
- A quote...."June 01, 2010 "Information Clearing House" -- A chief
lesson to learn from President Barack Obama’s recent unwillingness to
stand up to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Likud
Lobby is that such timidity can get people killed. -- Casualty figures
are still arriving in the wake of Israel’s Sunday night-Monday morning
commando attack on an unarmed flotilla trying to bring relief supplies
to the 1.5 million Palestinians crowded into Gaza. Already, at least
nine civilian passengers are reported killed, and dozens wounded."
We are
all Gazans now
A quote...."Footage from
the deck of the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara -
played across the world, but not much on US networks - is unmistakable.
Fully body-armored and weaponized Israeli commandos have approached the
flotilla on high-speed marine dinghies, deployed stun grenades and tear
gas and shot everything in sight - a military helicopter is hovering
over the flotilla. At a certain point the commander of the Marmara is
heard, in English: "Please stop all resistance. They are using live
ammunition."
What
if Iran had committed the Gaza carnage and Freedom Flotilla massacre?
A quote...."The
"international community," which in most cases comprises the United
States and its European friends, that gave birth to this inauspicious
child continue to tolerate the consequences of the great mistake they
made 60 years ago. From the very beginning, it was clear that the
establishment of the regime of Israel would be tantamount to
insecurity, anxiety and disorder in the Middle East. [That WAS
the idea.] Now
Israel is expanding the frontiers of its aggressiveness and one can
easily foresee the days when the European and American civilians are
massacred by the Zionist regime, a simple instance of which we
witnessed in the flotilla case."
Call
your
governments,
demonstrate
support
for
Freedom
Flotilla
Video - Action Alert - Alt - A
quote...."Under darkness of night, Israeli commandos from at least 14
warships and military helicopters boarded the Turkish passenger ship,
Mavi Marmara, and began shooting. According to live video from the
ship, at least two civilians have been murdered, and dozens injured.
Israeli television is reporting 16 civilians killed."
In
raw
video,
reporters
claim
Israelis
fired
on
activists
before
boarding
ship
Presstitute Alert - A
quote...."In what could be a serious blow to Israel's narrative on the
killing of at least nine humanitarian activists making their way to
Gaza through international waters, raw video by an Al Jazeera producer,
who was filming during the raid, appears to provide evidence that the
IDF opened fire on the flotilla even before boarding it."
Raid on
the Gaza Flotilla Israel's Attack on Us All
Presstitute Alert -
A quote...."It is quite astounding that Israel has been able to create
over the past 12 hours a news blackout, just as it did with its attack
on Gaza 18 months ago, into which our main media organisations have
willingly allowed Israeli spokespeople to step in unchallenged."
Brave
Israeli
Commandos
Slaughter
Aid
Activists
at
Sea
Presstitute Alert - A
quote...."Even America's major media can't duck a crime this grave -
attacking and slaughtering up to 20 Gaza Freedom Flotilla activists and
injuring dozens more."
International
solidarity
and
the
Freedom
Flotilla
massacre
Contains Photos - A
quote...."Early this morning under the cover of darkness Israeli
soldiers stormed the lead ship of the six-vessel Freedom Flotilla aid
convoy in international waters and killed and injured dozens of
civilians aboard. All the ships were violently seized by Israeli
forces, but hours after the attack fate of the passengers aboard the
other ships remained unknown."
Turkish Sources -
Israeli Advance Target Assassination List Found on Flotilla
A
quote...."Turkish sources and media revealed a document which shows
that a death list had been prepared in advance by the Israelis, showing
names and pictures of people on board of the ships to be murdered, who,
according to Israel, were “involved in the International humanitarian
aid for Gaza”. According to the Turkish sources, hundreds of Israeli
soldiers stormed the blue Turkish ship “Marmara” flotilla and they had
copies of the death list. The list included the names of civilians on
the fleet who should be killed”. The document was apparently recovered
after one of the Israeli soldiers lost it during the piracy act."
Israel
Forces
Fired
On
Sleeping
Civillians
Under
Cover
Of
Darkness
A quote...."While
the Israeli government is praising it’s soldiers as heroes and saying
they were acting in self defence by firing on unarmed civilians flying
a white flag in international waters, one group involved with the
Freedom Flotilla has a quite different story."
'Israel is a
Lunatic State' - Finkelstein on Gaza Flotilla Attack
Video - A
quote...."Political
scientist Norman Finkelstein has spoken to RT to give his assessment of
Israel's raid on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla."
Memorial
Day
Massacre:
Israel
Has
Attacked
Gaza
Flotilla
–
Casualties
and
Fatalities
Reported
–
BETWEEN
16
AND
20
DEAD,
30
TO
60
INJURED -- Contains
Video
- A quote...."It is being reported on German and Turkish News that
between 10 and 19 are dead at this point… all members of Free Gaza --
Obama is waiting for his Israeli Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel (son of
an Irgun Terrorist) and his AIPAC aligned Secretary of State, Hillary
Clinton, to tell him what to do."
The
Legal
Position
on
the
Israeli
Attack
A quote...."A
word on the legal position, which is very plain. To attack a foreign
flagged vessel in international waters is illegal. It is not piracy, as
the Israeli vessels carried a military commission. It is rather an act
of illegal warfare. -- Because the incident took place on the high seas
does not mean however that international law is the only applicable
law. The Law of the Sea is quite plain that, when an incident takes
place. on a ship on the high seas (outside anybody's territorial
waters) the applicable law is that of the flag state of the ship on
which the incident occurred. In legal terms, the Turkish ship was
Turkish territory. -- There are therefore two clear legal
possibilities."
Israel
Kills
20
:
Attacks
Gaza
Aid
Fleet
Videos
- PressTV(1/2)
- PressTV(2/2)
- LiveTVRprt
-- A quote...."Israel Navy troops opened fire on pro-Palestinian
activists aboard a six-ship aid flotilla sailing for the Gaza Strip
early Monday."
Israeli
Butchery
at
Sea
--
An
institutional
failure
of
a
morbid
society
A quote...."May 31,
2010 "Information Clearing House" -- As I write this piece the scale of
the Israeli lethal slaughter at sea is yet to be clear. However we
already know that at around 4am Gaza time, hundreds of IDF commandos
stormed the Free Gaza international humanitarian fleet. We learn from
the Arab press that at least 16 peace activists have been murdered and
more than 50 were injured. Once again it is devastatingly obvious that
Israel is not trying to hide its true nature: an inhuman murderous
collective fuelled by a psychosis and driven by paranoia."
Gaza
Aid
Convoy Attack: Israel’s Murderous Sea Piracy a Horrendous
Moment of Truth for US Policy -- A quote...."May 31,
2010 "Information Clearing House" -- This time, the Israeli war machine
may have gone too far for international public opinion to
stomach. In
the early hours of 1 June, before daybreak, Israeli commandos stormed
the international civilian aid convoy heading for Gaza. Between 20-24
volunteers onboard have been killed and at least 50 injured, according
to various reports, but the number of casualties has risen rapidly from
the initial reports of two dead. The final death toll could be greater."
Updated
–
Israel
Kills
16
Human
Rights
Activists
on
Route
to
Gaza,
World
Outrage
Spreads -- A
quote...."ABC News Report: White House ‘Working to Understand’ Israeli Attack;
scheduled
meeting
with
Israeli
Prime
Minister
Benjamin
Netanyahu
tomorrow
cancelled.
--
For
continuing
updates,
see
Witness Gaza and Al Jazeera.
Turkey, Spain, Greece, Denmark and Sweden have all summoned the
Israeli ambassador’s in their respective countries to protest against
the deadly assault." - also posted at
WarInIraq
WitnessGaza
Live Blogging & Streaming
- Join
us as we travel to Gaza. Witness what happens on board the boats. Watch
our videos everyday. Stay tuned for WitnessGaza. List of passengers on
the boats -- Email information about worldwide protests and
demonstrations to protests at freegaza.org"
At
least
12
nations
summon
Israeli
ambassadors
A
quote...."Bethlehem - Ma'an - As international condemnation over the
killing of at least 10 activists by Israeli forces as they raided an
aid convoy en route to Gaza, a host of governments have summoned
Israeli ambassadors to provide a full explanation on the assault."
Protesters
from
Paris
to
Istanbul
denounced
deadly
Gaza
flotilla
raid
A quote...."Pro-Palestinian demonstrators took to the streets in cities
from Istanbul to Paris on Monday to protest a deadly Israel Navy raid
on a flotilla of international activists attempting to bring
humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip."
Russia
condemns Israeli raid of humanitarian aid ships in neutral waters
(Update 6)
A quote...."Russia has condemned the Israeli raid on a number of ships
in neutral waters that were bringing humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip
that led to the deaths of at least 10 people, Russia's first deputy
ambassador to the UN said on Monday."
For more
articles on The
Massacre
of
the
Gaza
Freedom
Flotilla....
Israeli
police
say
16
Gaza-bound
activists
sent
to
jail
Irish
citizens
'kidnapped'
in
international
waters
Erdogan:Aid
ship
raid
is
Israeli
state
terrorism
Turkey
vows
response
to
Israeli
attack
Turkey
seeks
Security
Council
meeting,
condemns
Israel
Live
coverage:
Israel's
flotilla
raid
Turks
rally against Israeli attack
Rage
in London at Israel's killing of peace activists
Flotilla
protest
outside
UN
building,
Beirut
- in pictures
BASTARDSGaza aid ship
attacked by ~Latuff2 - cartoon
- (click to enlarge)
Brazil
summons
Israeli
envoy
over
raid - Alt
Vatican
'concerned'
over
Flotilla
raid - Alt
========== ========== ========== ========== ========== =========
Tarpley:
“A
casino
economy
of
globalization”
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb -
7 min 51 sec - May 27, 2010) - RTAmerica
-- A quote...."Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner is visiting
Berlin this week, meeting German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble for
talks focusing on the economic crisis in the euro zone, and measures
being taken to restore global confidence and financial stability and to
promote continued recovery. Webster Tarpley says that the whole point
of Timothy Geithner’s visit is to make the world safe for derivatives,
speculation and this casino economy of globalization."
Keiser
Report
№
46:
Social
Fury
builds
up!
MKVideo - Alt
- (MKRTYuTb - 25 min 4 sec - May 27, 2010) -- A quote...."This time Max
Keiser and co-host Stacy Herbert look at the scandals of guillotines
and conspiracy theories, Fed rackets and capital flows. In the second
half of the show, Max interviews Dr. Joern Berninger about the European
"debt crisis", when France was "technically bankrupt" on May 7, and
about the China bubble debate."
Credit
Storm
in
Europe;
Politics
on
Capital
Hill
A quote...."The Fed is
operating far beyond its mandate to maintain price stability and full
employment. It's applying its own
arbitrary pricing mechanism and usurping the authority of the EU
central bank. Here's how Clifford Rossi explains the
Fed's action in a recent post on Institutional Risk Analysis...."
"The mechanism for the bailout of
Europe is the Fed's provision of dollar credit in virtually unlimited
amounts via central bank swaps lines.....the Fed swap lines help the
bankrupt nations of the EU ignore their mounting fiscal problems......Fed
Chairman Ben Bernanke is engaged in a little geopolitical engineering
in Europe -- and the people of the EU do not yet realize that a
political change in control has occurred.... the leaders of
Europe now find themselves beholden to the Fed for their continued
political existence.... Chairman Bernanke and the FOMC have but to
terminate the Fed's swap lines with the various central banks of Europe
or start selling the MBS portfolio in the US, and governments from
Washington to Berlin will start to fall." ("More fed swap Lines for
Europe and the End of Globalization", Clifford Rossi,
Institutional
Risk Analysis)" - bold by website editor
The EU have doomed themselves,
they
borrowed from the IMF (at 5%....for now) & the Fed (at 1%....for
now) and they've sealed their fates. They had the chance to make
the
Euro an independent currency, instead they chose to subject their
peoples to decades of austerity, for absolutely no reason but their
own cowardice and lack of foresight. - mpg - For more on this issue
see....The
First
Salvos
of
the
Currency
Wars
-
05-07-10
-
mpg
World
Bank
sets
Pakistan
tight
deadline - A case in
point. - mpg
A
quote...."KARACHI – The World Bank has set President Asif Ali Zardari a
48-hour deadline to force through a 6% increase in electricity tariffs
and secure implementation of value-added tax (VAT) or face the
withholding of US$300 million under a poverty reduction support scheme,
according to reports. -- The government is “alarmed and clueless” about
how to fulfill the conditions by the May 27 deadline, the PakTribune
reported. Analysts say it will be hard for the government to take the
required measures, both deeply unpopular, in such a short timeframe." -
also posted at the GlobalRealm
- For more on this sort of issue
see....The
International
:
Scene
with
Umberto
Calvini
-
Transcript
-
02-20-10
-
mpg
Keiser
Report:
Goldman
Sachs,
Undeclared
Enemy
of
the
State
MKVideo - Alt
- (MKRTYuTb - 25 min 59 sec - May 25, 2010) - Gold Bounty Reward
Offered!! - A quote...."This time Max
Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, look at the scandals of naked short
selling, supplementary liquidity providers and the conspiracy of banks.
In the second half of the show, Max interviews Jim Rickards about naked
short selling and overwhelming the specialist system, Wall Street banks
undermining Greece and Goldman Sachs as an undeclared national enemy."
Euro
Momentarily
Stabilized — German Ban on Naked Credit Default Swaps Is
Working
Contains Video - Alt -
(RTYuTb - 5 min 4 sec - May 21, 2010 A quote...."Tuesday’s German
ban on naked credit default swaps – a
measure repeatedly demanded by this web site over recent months — has
been in effect now for about three days, and it is working. The panic
slide of the euro has been stopped for now, and the forces of
depression and destruction have been re-directed against US stocks,
commodities, and certain emerging markets. The goal of euro stability
has been momentarily achieved. Sarkozy, who talked a good game of
limiting speculation, has been exposed as a Euro-wimp, too weak to buck
the Anglo-Saxons and go along with Berlin. The Germans had to act alone
because of the obvious sabotage of the eurogarchs of the Brussels
Commission, which is now promising to come up with their proposal by
October (!). Given the ferocity of the hedge fund assault, many
Europeans by October will have lost their shirts, and will be living
under bridges dressed in barrels, if more measures are not taken this
month." - For more on this issue
see....The
First
Salvos
of
the
Currency
Wars
-
05-07-10
-
mpg
The
End
of
Fiscal
Sovereignty
in
Europe
A
quote...."MILAN
– The late Milton Friedman said that a common currency – that is, a
monetary union – cannot be sustained without a deep form of economic
and political union. By this, he meant an open economy that ensures the
free flow of goods, labor, and capital, together with a disciplined
central fiscal authority and a strong central bank. The latter two are
pillars of a strong currency. They work in tandem. But the other pieces
are no less important."
========== ========== ========== ========== ==========
=========
The Axis of Evil and
Their Pseudo-Gangs
05-22-10
mpg
Saudi
King
slams
intelligence
leak
Special Note - Breaking:
Sat, 22 May 2010 09:57:48 GMT -- A quote...."The King of Saudi
Arabia has strongly criticized the country's intelligence officials for
disclosing a secret document, which shows Riyadh has links with
terrorist activities carried out by al-Qaeda in Iraq." -- For more on this issue see....US
Support
of
Terror
A brief
statement by this website editor...The Saudi Royal Family, Israel, and
the US-NRE are the "true axis of evil".
More than thirty years
ago the three actors named above joined together
and set out to
radicalize a tiny portion of the Muslim community in an attempt to
create what are known as pseudo-gangs. (see articles shown below)
This
was a tactic practiced with great success by the British during the Mau
Mau rebellion in Kenya and with very little success by the French
during
their attempts to retain their hold on Algeria.
Almost all of these pseudo-gang members they've created (currently
known as al-Qaeda) were recruited from the Arabian peninsula, most of
them from Saudi Arabia with a few from Yemen, and almost all of whom
were deliberately indoctrinated with the Saudi Royal's radical version
of Wahhabiist ideology and training prior to their recruitment.
Recruitment which usually took place in the Saudi Royal's ever
expanding network of madrassas, now rapidly spreading worldwide.
These three actors,
with an assist from elements within the British establishment,
embarked on their long term and prodigious effort to create an "arch
of instability" (their term) across the oil rich sector of Eurasia
primarily to
serve as a never ending justification for the occupation of the entire
region by the US-NRE's & Britain's armed forces in accordance with
the PNAC
Protocols.
Protocols formulated to to
help establish the
sort of back-drop necessary to
stage
events
like
9/11
&
7/11. To use these
"catalyzing events" as the pretext to eliminate Israel's
and the Saudi Royals perceived enemies....the Bathist regime in Iraq
and Shi'a regime of Iran, and to create conditions
sufficiently favorable to allow Israel free
reign to
eliminate the "Palestinian problem" forever. No doubt it was
considered a win-win situation for all three of these actors along with
those in the British establishment.
Members of the Jewish Community
residing in the US-NRE, such as those
who run the New York Times, FOX News and other organizations, who
deliberately supress these facts and the
many trails which lead directly to Israel's involvement with 9/11 &
7/11 are not practicing "discretion" on behalf of the Jewish community's delicate sensibilities regarding
their support for Israel, they
are in fact practicing treason. - mpg
========== ========== ========== ========== ========== =========
========== ========== ========== ========== ========== =========
No
War
for
Israel
in
Iran
-
Keep
Americans
Safe
Video - Alt - Great
video, and no, all that matters is the truth, not the checkered
past or even the alleged motivations of the one who tells it.
What matters is that it's the TRUTH -- told well -- told simply -- and
told
truthfully! - mpg
Proof
Israel
Did
9/11
-
playlist
Videos - I&9/11(1/13)
- I&9/11(2/13)
- I&9/11(3/13)
- I&9/11(4/13)
- I&9/11(5/13)
- I&9/11(6/13)
- I&9/11(7/13)
- I&9/11(8/13)
- I&9/11(9/13)
- I&9/11(10/13)
- I&9/11(11/13)
- I&9/11(12/13)
- I&9/11(13/13)
-- Source: exposedeceivers
- (YouTube - 10min - April 18, 2010) -- A quote...."Evidence
implicating Israel on video is accompanied by Dr. Alan Sabrosky on
audio, from interviews by Kevin Barrett, Mark Glenn / Phil Tourney,
Daryl Bradford Smith / Ognir, and discussion on the Mike Piper show.
Dr. Sabrosky, PhD, a former director of studies of the Strategic
Studies Institute at the U.S. Army War College, recently said, "...it
is 100 percent certain that 9/11 was a Mossad operation. Period." --
The audio also features Ben Freedman exposing Zionist treachery and
warmongering dating back to WWI, and demolition expert Danny Jowenko on
the WTC7 controlled demolition. Two hours of video in this 13-part
series can only include a tiny fraction of the mountains of evidence
refuting the official "the Muslims did 9/11" nonsense conspiracy
theory, and some of the conspiracy facts proving Israel's guilt." - For more on this issue see....Reficultnias's
9/11
Central - Specifically 9/11
&
7/11
-
The
Israeli
Connection
Egyptian
General:
9/11
Was
Part
of
New
World
Order's
Plan
Video - Alt - (YouTube -
6min 54 sec - May 22, 2010) -
Hey!! Everyone throughout the entire world now knows 9/11 was a
set-up - mpg
US
Soldiers
Speaks
The
Truth
–
War
Crimes
Exposed!
Video - Alt - (YouTube -
10 min 57 sec - May 12, 2010) -- A
quote...."Revised version of "War Made Easy - The Shocking Truth". Had
to make some changes." -- "Naturally the common people
don"t want
war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany.
That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who
determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people
along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a
parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people
can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All
you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce
the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to
danger. It works the same in any country" ~ *Hermann Goering* during the
Nuremberg Trials
US
Begins
Massive
Military
Build
Up
Around
Iran,
Sending
Up
To
4
New
Carrier
Groups
In
Region -- War
Warning - Editor's
Note: This
is the first "war warning" in a very long time. Normally this
article
would be classified as a "war alert" but given economic conditions and
the proximate end to the "ten
year
cycle" (see also....Standard
Disclaimer & Some
Tentative
Laws) this particular article has been classified
as a war warning.
-- A quote...."As if uncontrollable economic contagion was not enough
for the administration, Obama is now willing to add geopolitical risk
to the current extremely precarious economic and financial situation.
Over at Debkafile we read that the president has decided to "boost US
military strength in the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf regions in the
short term with an extra air and naval strike forces and 6,000 Marine
and sea combatants." With just one aircraft carrier in proximity to
Iran, the Nobel peace prize winner has decided to send a clear message
that peace will no longer be tolerated, and has decided to increase the
US aircraft carrier presence in the region by a 400-500% CAGR. " -- This
entire situation will be monitored closely by this website editor and
when suitable, subsequent articles may be classified as "red war
warnings" (which have only happened once or twice) or even "war
imminent (which has never happened, so far) - mpg
Keiser
Report
with
Jim
Rogers:
Banks!
Bailout!
Scandal!
MKRTVideo - Special Note - Alt
- (MKRTYuTb - 24 min 57 sec - May 18, 2010) -- A quote...."This time,
Max Keiser and co-host Stacy Herbert look at the scandals of real time
fraud as quoted on the ticker tape; the more 'perfect quarters' and
even more 'missing records' as the US government hands out tens of
billions to TARP banks. In the second half of the show, Max interviews
legendary investor Jim Rogers about the euro, naked short selling, and
gold."
Goldman Sachs
Hands Clients Losses in Seven of Nine ‘Top Trades’
A quote...."Goldman Sachs Group Inc. racked up trading profits for
itself every day last quarter. Clients who followed the firm’s
investment advice fared far worse. -- Seven of the investment bank’s
nine “recommended top trades for 2010” have been money losers for
investors who adopted the New York-based firm’s advice, according to
data compiled by Bloomberg from a Goldman Sachs research note sent
yesterday. Clients who used the tips lost 14 percent buying the Polish
zloty versus the Japanese yen, 9.4 percent buying Chinese stocks in
Hong Kong and 9.8 percent trading the British pound against the New
Zealand dollar." - Source: Bloomberg
--
And probably Goldman took the
opposite sides of these trades....keep in mind folks, Goldman also
recently recommended to their clients that they go long the Euro, and
they were also the ones to help
hide
Greece's debts back
in
2001. Everybody get the
picture? - mpg
Some
headlines today - 05/20/10
Bloodbath
Developing
Story:
RBS
In
Stamford
Has
Gone
Dark
Bill
Gross:
"Hedge
Funds
Liquidating
To
Preserve
Capital"
Is
TD Ameritrade Down?
FDIC
Still
As
Bankrupt
As
Ever,
DIF-to-Deposit
Ratio
At
-0.38%
FDIC:
'Problem' [US] Banks at 775
[US]
Mortgage
Delinquencies, Foreclosures Break Records
CRE
Double
Dip:
Moody's/REAL
Commercial
Property
Index
Drops
0.5%
In
May
Jobless
claims
rise
by
largest
amount
in
3
months
[US]
Leading
indicators
slip
0.1
percent
in
April
US:
Core
CPI
at
lowest
level
in
44
years - deflation
alert
Facing
record
loss
of
revenue,
US
states
gutting
essential
services
Grotesque
Global
Financial
System:
Greece.
Economic
Theft
on
an
Unprecedented
Scale
A quote...."As
Britain's political class pretends that its arranged marriage of
Tweedledee to Tweedledum is democracy, the inspiration for the rest of
us is Greece. It is hardly surprising that Greece is presented not as a
beacon, but as a "junk country" getting its comeuppance for its
"bloated public sector" and "culture of cutting corners" (Observer).
The heresy of Greece is that the uprising of its ordinary people
provides an authentic hope unlike that lavished upon the warlord in the
White House. -- The crisis that has led to Greece's "rescue" by
European banks and the International Monetary Fund is the product of a
grotesque financial system that itself is in crisis. Greece is a
microcosm of a modern class war rarely reported as such, but waged with
all the urgency of panic among the imperial rich."
The
Greek People are the Victims of an Extortion Racket - posted at ICH
A quote...."May 19, 2010 "Le Monde" -- May 14, 2010 -- What is
happening in Greece concerns all of us. The people are paying for a
crisis and a debt that are not their own. Today it is the Greeks,
tomorrow it will be others, for the same causes will produce the same
effects if we allow it."
The
German
Government
Has
Had
Enough
A quote...."That is...."
- No more naked credit crap, especially against sovereigns
but not
only against sovereigns. No insurable interest, no CDS - period.
- Naked shorting will now be actually stopped in 10 leading financial
institutions.
- Germany has had it with naked
shorting
of
Gold, and specifically
noted bank manipulation of gold
prices via naked shorts beyond intent
or ability to deliver.
- Germany has also said that they're not going to permit Euro
derivatives that are not a "bonafide" FX hedge. That is, no more
naked
bets on Euro movements either.
- Hedge funds are going to be regulated, position size limits
mandated and enforced, reporting enhanced and a transaction tax is
coming.
"It's about damn time."
Editor's
Special
Note: Germany's not sticking it to the French or
the ECB, what they're trying to do is prevent a deliberate attack
against the debt markets in Europe by Bankster elements within the
US-NRE who've been capitalized by the Federal Reserve to the tune of
thirty trillion dollars worth of back-stops, guarantees and
pay-outs. Vast sums which they then turned around and leveraged
at thirty to one, fifty to one, even a hundred to one.
Not to mention the fact the
US-NRE under Bernanke, Paulson, Geithner and Summers have deliberately
REFUSED to reign in the MASSIVE derivatives market which by some
estimates exceeds one quadrillion dollars (one thousand trillion
dollars) in notional value.
And let's also not forget how
the
US-NRE's Financial Accounting Standards Board "modified" rule 157
allowing everybody on Wall Street and in the banking sector to "mark to
fantasy" the toxic assets currently on their books.
Lets face facts folks, the guy
who can print or create tradable instruments when he so chooses,
instruments that act upon a given market, will ALWAYS BEAT anybody else in that
market who can't. Period. End of story. It's not a
debatable point.
NO ONE should be allowed to
print currencies at will (dollars, yen, euros) to distort or
overwhelm a given market, nor should anyone be allowed to
"manufacture" financial instruments (CDS's and other derivatives) at
will to distort or overwhelm a given market.
This is an important point,
Germany and the EU should NOT try to "defend" the Euro, all they have
to do is defend the EU's debt market and the Euro will take care of
itself. Bernanke was able to get all sorts of idiots out there to buy
trillions of dollars in US-NRE debt, which if you take inflation into
account, yielded NEGATIVE rates of returns.
Surely the EU can do better. -
mpg -- For
more
on
this
issue
see....The
First
Salvos
of
the
Currency
Wars
-
05-07-10
-
mpg
Trader's
Harrowing
Tape
of
Market
Plunge
Reveals
Big
Name
Sellers
--
SEC
Admits
to
Inadequate
Tools
to
Conduct
Investigation -- A
CounterPunch Special Report
- A quote...."SEC Chair
Mary Schapiro made a stunning admission during
House subcommittee hearings last week seeking answers to the May 6 hit
and run in the stock market which briefly trimmed 998 points off the
Dow and caused massive losses to small investors who had placed stop
loss orders on individual stocks. - According to Ms. Schapiro, the SEC
has no consolidated audit trail that captures time and sales in a
chronological order among the 40 or more electronic trading platforms
and exchanges that constitute today’s deeply fragmented U.S. stock
market."
The
vicious
circle of debt and depression -- it is a class war
A
quote...."Never before has so much debt been imposed on so many people
by so few financial operatives -- operatives who work from Wall Street,
the largest casino in history, and a handful of its junior counterparts
around the world, especially Europe. -- External sovereign debt, as
well as occasional default on such debt, is not unprecedented [1]. What
is unique in the case of the current global sovereign debt is that it
is largely private debt billed as public debt; that is, debt that was
accumulated by financial speculators and, then, offloaded onto
governments to be paid by taxpayers as national debt. Having thus
bailed out the insolvent banksters, many governments have now become
insolvent or nearly insolvent themselves, and are asking the public to
skimp on their bread and butter in order to service the debt that is
not their responsibility."
Meltup
Video - Source: InflationUS -
(YouTube - 54 min 37 sec - May 13, 2010) -- A quote...."The beginning
of a U.S. currency crisis and hyperinflation."
Our Sympathies
To The People Of Greece
A quote...."When Argentinians watch the news today and see the terrible
things that are happening in Greece, we cannot but say, "Hey!! This is
EXACTLY like Argentina in December 2001 and beginning of 2002!". Then
too, Argentina underwent its worst systemic banking, public debt and
monetary collapse which led to social turmoil, mad violence, rioting,
and social war. The turmoil was so bad, that it forced then president
Fernando de la Rúa's government to resign, especially because of
his notorious pro-banker cartel economy minister, Domingo Cavallo,
generating a political vacuum that led to Argentina having 5 (five!!)
presidents in that terrible last week of December 2001."
America:
The
Silence
of
a
Nation
Video - This is a must view video- mpg - Alt
- (YouTube - 7 min 4 sec - February 26, 2010) - A
quote...."Excerpts
from a speech by: Chris Hedges. - The author spoke at the Revolution
Books Town Hall Meeting at Ethical Culture Society on January 13, 2009
condemning Israel and USA complicity in Israel's murderous destruction
and genocide of the innocent men, women and children of GAZA and the
West Bank." - For more on this
issue see....Gaza
Invasion
of
12/27/08
========== ========= ========== ========== =========== ======
They've
Become
Monsters
-
05-17-10
-
mpg
========== ========= ========== ========== =========== ======
Press
TV-On
the edge with Max Keiser-05-14-2010(Part1) - (Part
II) - (Part
III)
MAX&PTVVideos - SK&MK(1/3) -
SK&MK(2/3)
- SK&MK(3/3)
- (PTVYuTb - 10 min - May 15, 2010) -- A quote...."An exclusive
interview with Dr. Steve Keen, Author of Debunking Economics" - Regarding the European situation. - mpg
Finance
202:
How
We
Became
Debt
Slaves
--
(And
Learned
to
Love
It)
Some quotes...."May
14, 2010 ""Information Clearing House" --- Who is in charge of these
United States? - If you guess that it’s the people with the money, then
you are correct. Not the elected representatives of the people. Not the
men and women in uniform, not the factory workers, or farmers, or
teachers, or bus drivers and pilots. Just the guys and gals with the
moneybags." -- "It is useful to look at history to put the present
situation in context. One hundred years ago, the entire financial
sector was in the low single digits of GDP. Even by 1990 it was just
over 20 percent. In just the last 20 years, the finance sector has
grown by half! [a third of the total
GDP] At the same time, many
economists tell us, real earning and spending power has declined. Is
there any doubt why? As the parasite monster grows, our household
finances collapse. - How did we get to this situation? When did finance
stop becoming a helper of the real economy, and start becoming a drain
on our lifeblood? Even Hitler provided virtually interest-free home
loans to new families, and a maximum loan term of 10 years, with
payments not more than 1/8’th of the average worker’s wage. But we in
this “free” society, have a lifelong debt burden and 50 year mortgages!
In the middle ages, we called
that serfdom. Or indentured labor." - bold by website editor
Images of Alleged “New”
Deutsche Marks Are Photoshopped
Breaking - May 14th, 2010
- Cryptogon.com --Haaaa, haaaa,
haaaa, Wall Street's blood sucking leeches will stop at nothing. - mpg
-- A quote...."Since yesterday, a rumor has been circulating that
Germany is about to drop the euro and re-issue the Deutsche Mark. -
Today, images purporting to show pallets of “new” Deutsche Marks are
making the rounds. - These images have been Photoshopped. The dates on
the bundles of currency have been digitally manipulated. -- The
original source of the image is the Bundesbank website. This is the
URL:
http://www.bundesbank.de/50jahre/images/bildarchiv/dm_geldpakete.jpg
There
are
various
sources
for
the
Photoshopped
images,
none
of
which
I
am
interested
in
promoting.
(It
just
encourages
them.)"
-
also
posted at RogueGov
CFTC
Euro
Net
Short
Contracts
Surge
By
10%
Sequentially,
Hit
Absolute
Record
Of
-113,890,
Just
Begging
For
Squeeze -- Chart
- A quote...."The most recent CFTC Commitment of Traders report is out,
and at least as pertains to the EURUSD, it is a doozy. After hitting
record after record in net short exposure, the Euro net non-commercial
contracts have surged by 10% week-over-week, and represent a fifth
consecutive weekly bet on the decline of the Euro, to -113,890
contracts. This is an all time record, as virtually all speculators are
betting against the Euro. On the other hand, a reversal here for
whatever reason would incite the mother of all short squeezes and
likely push the EUR to well over 1.60 on a catalytic event. The only
question is whether such a catalytic event can even possibly be
conceived. We'll leave that one to the black swan hunters among you."
-- ABSOLUTELY!!
If
Angela
Merkel
and
a
bunch
of
the
other
Euro
leaders
came
out
and
said,
"We're
going
to
do
what
good'ol
Ben
Bernanke
has
done,
allow,
nay,
actually
encourage
OUR
Bankster friends to create unlimited amounts of derivatives to directly
intervene anywhere in the markets, anytime on our behalf, whenever we
think it's economically convenient....like for instance, when we want
to completely slaughter a bunch of shorts." - mpg
Merkel
warns
against
euro
plunge
Editor's
Financial Caution - Merkel
should be very careful, the GOAL is to allow the Euro nations who are
in trouble to obtain inexpensive
financing.
There is absolutely NO
REASON, IF Bernanke can supply
upwards of 30 trillion worth of
backstops, guarantees and pay-outs to his Banksters friends AT ZERO
PERCENT interest, enabling them
to be "profitable" (what a joke) and allowing them to ruthlessly attack
the
European Union, THAT the
European Union can't also supply credit to weak Euro
countries at
zero percent enabling them to get their fiscal house in order
and
defend themselves. To try
to "prop-up" the Euro would be a trap, what Europe wants to do is
defend
their economy and attack the Banksters, that is what will support the
Euro in the medium to long term. In the short term perhaps the
Euro
should be allowed to drift lower if necessary. - also posted at WarInIraq -- Editor's Note:
Perhaps the term "currency wars" should be defined, it is definitely
NOT to see who has the highest currency value relative to others,
instead the
"war" is to get your currency used by other countries. The
US-NRE's parasites believe they can do this through force of arms and
by attacking other
country's currencies and their economies. - mpg -- For
more
on
this
issue
see....The
First
Salvos
of
the
Currency
Wars
-
05-07-10
-
mpg
Greeks
in the Streets Are Right, EU Economists Have It Wrong
A quote...."The agreement by the European Union and the International
Monetary Fund to provide up to $960 billion of support to the
Continent's weaker economies, as well as to financial markets, has
appeared to calm investors worldwide, for the moment. -- But this does
not resolve the underlying problem, even in the short run."
Drastic
social
cutbacks
unveiled
throughout
Europe
A quote...."In the wake of the $1 trillion euro bailout agreement
reached at the beginning of this week, governments throughout Europe
have unveiled austerity measures that include sweeping attacks on jobs,
wages and basic social rights. -- It has now become abundantly clear
that the nearly $1 trillion package cobbled together by European
finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund was not merely
aimed at staving off the bankruptcy of Greece and other European Union
member states gripped by sovereign debt crises. -- It was designed to
effect a massive transfer of social wealth from the masses of the
population to the international banks and investment firms."
========== ========= ========== ========== =========== ======
So
What?
-
05-12-10
-
mpg
The
Last
Straw
-
A
Personal
Note
-
05-12-10
-
mpg
========== ========= ========== ========== =========== ======
The
Second
Leg
of
the
Great
Depression
Was
Caused
by
European
Defaults
Financial Warning - Chart
- 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." - At
this point this website editor is forced to bump up the chances for a
Great Depression Era "economic down leg" a full twenty percent.
From 10%
to 30% with a corresponding decrease in the chances of Stagflation from
90% to 70%. - mpg
The
European
Bailout:
Not
a
Very
Promising
Start
Many people have written insightful criticisms of the European bailout.
For example, Tyler
Durden, Joe
Weisenthal
and
Gregory
White point out that the French banks are
the real winners of the bailout (but don't forget JP
Morgan). -- Ron Paul points
out that the Fed opening its swap
lines to Europe violated its promise to Congress not to do so. Paul
also says the bailout will help lead to the destruction of all fiat
paper currencies, ensuring that "gold will rule the roost". - Europe should NOT
have borrowed any dollars from the Fed's swap line or borrowed from the
IMF. Because they have, this crisis is most likely over before it
has even begun, and they've
doomed themselves.
UK
Economy
May
Be
Allowed
To
Crash
And
Burn
Like
US
Banking
Giant
Some quotes...."Leading financial analysts and economists have warned
that Britain may crash and burn following the European bailout of
Greece, comparing the situation to that of Lehman Brothers following
the rescue of Bear Stearns in 2008." -- "My big fear is
that after (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Alistair Darling refused to
support the EU/IMF/ECB bailout of the euro zone bond market, the euro
zone may stand by and do nothing when the UK gets into trouble,” he
said. - Fry's warning is particularly pertinent following comments by
senior French policymaker Jean-Pierre Jouyet, who today indicated that
Britain will be punished for refusing to fully sign up to the trillion
dollar bailout of the eurozone, despite pledging €60bn in taxpayer
funds. - “The English are very certainly going to be targeted given the
political difficulties they have. Help yourself and heaven will help
you. If you don’t want to show solidarity to the eurozone, then let’s
see what happens to the United Kingdom,” the head of the French markets
regulator told Europe 1 radio."
Not to mention there's a price
to be paid for being the willing butt-kissing lackey of the
AIPAC/US-NRE Neo-Roman Consortium. Their little PNAC plan of
worldwide mayhem not only got millions of innocent people killed for no
good reason, it was also exceedingly expensive for Britain. - mpg
- For more on this
issue see...The
First
Salvos
of
the
Currency
Wars
-
05-07-10
-
mpg
Euro
Blasts
Through
$1.30
On
News
They’re
Printing
A
Lot
More
Euros
SEE!!
Just
like
Bernanke
and
the
US-NRE, the
MORE they print, the
HIGHER the Euro (or dollar) goes....of course it won't last, but it
positively WILL prevent the Banksters in the US-NRE from arbitraging
their vast quantities of US-NRE crap paper and huge amounts of hidden
losses
(courtesy of the Fed) from bludgeoning the EU countries (like the
PIIGS) into total
submission. (a.k.a. the really awful, utterly worthless, crap
money
drives out the merely bad money, sometimes known as "a race to the
bottom")
-- Not when the EU shows the same crazy, irresponsible, stark
raving mad willingness to print only
about a tenth of what Bernanke
has....so far. (Remember folks, thirty trillion in
back-stops,
guarantees, and actual pay-outs by Bernanke to date) Perhaps the
EU will
eventually even contemplate matching Bernanke (now that really would be
crazy!) -- Or to put it another way, any of you out there
ever play chicken? You know, two cars careening head long toward
each other at a hundred and fifty miles per hour, the first one to turn
away from the impending crash loses. Or how about poker and the
fine art of bluffing? Stakes are getting pretty high people and
it's beginning to look like that psychotic, mass-murdering, deranged,
spendthrift, cesspit, called the New Roman Empire has finally gone and
done it and
crashed the entire world's economy. Only time will tell....in about six
months or less. - mpg -- For more on this issue see...The
First
Salvos
of
the
Currency
Wars
-
05-07-10
-
mpg
EU
Pulls
Out
Nuclear
Option:
Proposed
500
Billion
Euro
Bail
Out
Package
Is
Largest
In
History -- Currency
War Alert - It's OVER!
The
EU
has
surrendered, they're waving the white flag. The EU
had two, and ONLY two options regarding the current economic
crisis. One,
allow the ECB
to fund the indebted EU countries by printing bonds to raise capital
for them while charging (paying out) zero interest on the bonds and if
necessary, buying the
bonds themselves (monetization) and even swapping toxic assets out and
subbing the bonds in to "extend and pretend", (a.k.a. the Bernanke
shuffle). All of which the Fed under Bernanke's leadership has
been
doing for the last year and a half in the US-NRE, -- or -- Two
go massively and deeply into debt to the IMF, using the US-NRE's
"reserve" currency instead of their own Euro and pay five percent
interest
(for now, it'll be a lot more latter) to the FBC (Fed/Bankster Complex)
and convert the entire population
of Europe into permanent economic slaves for Wall Street's Banksters
& the Federal
Reserve. The EU's leadership
have chosen the second option.
The European peoples' standard of living will now decline for the next
twenty years....at a minimum. - mpg -- Editor's
Note, both options are of course bad. Printing endless amounts
of fiat currency is bad, going deeper into debt each year is bad.
However the leadership in Europe have chosen the greater of two evils
for their people. -- For
more on this issue see....The
First
Salvos
of
the
Currency
Wars
-
05-07-10
-
mpg
Jim
Rickards:
"Goldman
Can
Create
Shorts
Faster
Than
Europe
Can
Print
Money"
Contains Video - Related
Article - A quote...."Jim Rickards, who recently has gotten massive
media exposure on everything from the JPM Silver manipulation scandal,
to the Greek default, was back on CNBC earlier with one of the most
fascinating insights we have yet heard from anyone, which demonstrates
beyond a doubt why any attempt by Europe to print its way out of its
current default is doomed: "Look at what Soros did to the Bank of
England in 1992 - he went after them, they had a finite amount of
dollars, he was selling sterling and taking the dollars, and they were
buying the sterling and selling the dollars to defend the peg. All he
had to do was sell more than they had and he wins. But he needed real
money to do that. Today you can break a country, you don't need money
you just need synthetic euroshorts or CDS. A trillion dollar bailout:
Goldman can create 10 trillion of euroshorts." - TRUE, but than the EU can have their financial
friends (with the requisite guarantees, just like Bernanke does here in
the US-NRE) print up 100 trillion eurolongs, Goldman (and the Fed) will
respond with 1 quadrillion shorts, the EU with 100 quadrillion longs,
and so on and
so forth. What the EU MUST DO
is convince the Fed and Wall Street that this must stop.
Geopolitical considerations such as the US-NRE's NATO membership and/or
the EU's continuing support for the US-NRE's Imperial policies in the
Middle East may have to be put into play. - mpg
Morgan
Stanley's
Stephen
Roach
See
Increasingly
More
Frequent
And
More
Dire
Crises
Coming
Up - Market Warning
- Contains Video - Related Article - Morgan Stanley stating the obvious.
Sort'a repetition of the refrain shown above. - mpg -- A
quote...."Morgan Stanley's Stephen Roach spoke with Bloomberg's Tom
Keene earlier, pointing out the most troubling statistic about recent
market activity, which has to do with both the frequency and amplitude
of catastrophes: "The crises are coming with greater frequency. Over
the last 25 years we have had an average of one crisis every 3 years.
The gap this time is 18 months. The scale is bigger. This is a much
more serious problem in the eurozone than the Asian financial crisis."
So intercrisis half-life continues to decline as the severity jumps
exponentially. In other words, in nine months we will need a combined
Fed-ECB-BOE-PBoC-BOJ effort for about $10 trillion just to calm the
markets. 4.5 months after that, $100 trillion more... And so forth.
Enjoy."
Reinhart
Squared:
Is
The
US
Too
Big
To
Fail?
Related Article - From the history file
- A quote...."First
posted 17 November 2008, this column's analysis is more relevant
than
ever. It asks why investors rush to government securities when the US
was at the epicentre of the financial crisis? This column attributes
the paradox to key emerging market economies’ exchange practices, which
require reserves most often invested in US government securities.
America’s exorbitant privilege comes with a cost and a responsibility
that US policy makers should bear in mind as they address financial
reform."
Shadow
Inventory
--
A
"Lost
Decade"
Ahead
For
Housing
A quote...."How much should we worry about a new leg down in the
housing market? If the number of foreclosed homes piling up at banks is
any indication, there’s ample reason for concern. As of March, banks
had an inventory of about 1.1 million foreclosed homes, up 20% from a
year earlier.... Another 4.8 million mortgage holders were at
least 60 days behind on their payments or in the foreclosure process,
meaning their homes were well on their way to the inventory pile. That
“shadow inventory” was up 30% from a year earlier. Based on the rate at
which banks have been selling those foreclosed homes over the past few
months, all that inventory, real and shadow, would take 103 months to
unload. That’s nearly nine years. Of course, banks could pick up the
pace of sales, but the added supply of distressed homes would weigh
heavily on prices — and thus boost their losses." ("Number of the Week:
103 Months to Clear Housing Inventory" Mark Whitehouse, Wall Street
Journal) -- Got that? There's a 9-year backlog of distressed homes. The
banks are deliberately fudging the numbers to hide how bad things
really are. The number of homes in late-stage foreclosure is not 1.1
million, but nearly 6 million--- 5X more than the banks are admitting.
Housing will be in the doldrums for a decade or more. It's shameful that people can't
get basic information like this to help them make their investment
decisions. The banks couldn't pull off this type of information warfare
without the help of government officials pulling strings from inside.
Bernanke and Geithner must be involved." - bold/underline by
website editor
You
Would
Have
to
Be
Fool
to
Buy
a
House
Now
Charts - Related Article
- A
quote...."The following four charts have been updated 12 months after
original publication (5/11/09). These graphics were used to illustrate
why the housing downturn would persist through 2013. (Link
to
Article)
-- A year has passed during which an economic recovery was widely
reported. But housing market statistics have largely stagnated. It
appears less likely today than a year ago that housing will fully
stabilize and begin a sustainable recovery before 2014."
Greg
Palast:
"Remove
the
bloodsuckers"
The solution to the Greek crisis,
and the global debt crisis, is
simple according to investigative reporter Greg Palast. In his 2001
article called "The Globalizer Who Came In From the Cold," Palast
suggests that we should "remove the bloodsuckers," who are the global
financial wizards that work at the IMF, WTO and the World Bank and
practice the art of dark finance. Palast details the step-by-step plan
of how these transnational economic parasites bring entire nations to
ruin, which he learned after he gained a hold of some precious World
Bank documents that laid out the banksters' game-plan of how to harness
the financial will of sovereign nations and use it against them. Palast
also talked with Joseph Stiglitz, the former Chief Economist of the
World Bank and a Nobel prize winner, for the piece." - also posted at Prison
Planet (contains videos) &
DProgram
On
The Edge With Max Keiser-05-07-2010 (Part1) - (Part
2) - (Part
3)
Videos - MK&EB(1/3) -
MK&EB(1/3)
- MK&EB(1/3)
- Source: MaxKeiserTV -- A
quote...."An exclusive interview with Ellen Brown, Author of Web of
Debt" - Pay close attention as Max
explains the difference between legitimate "short selling",
versus the
illegitimate creation of vast amounts of artificial leverage (over one
quadrillion
and counting by some estimates) to manipulate global markets and take
down entire economic sectors, or even countries. - mpg
Merkel
blasts
'treacherous'
banks
in
Greek
crisis
Quote of the Day...."First
the
banks
failed,
forcing
states
to
carry
out
rescue
operations.
They
plunged
the
global
economy
over
the
precipice
and
we
had
to
initiate
recovery
packages.
Because
of
these
packages,
we
have
become
indebted
and
now,
they
are
speculating
against
these
debts
--
that
is
really
very
treacherous,"
--
*Angela Merkel*,
German
Chancellor
========== ========= ========== ========== =========== ======
The
First
Salvos
of
the
Currency
Wars
-
05-07-10
-
mpg
========== ========= ========== ========== =========== ======
15
Mind-Blowing
Facts
About
Wealth
And
Inequality
In
America
Charts - Must view charts - mpg -- A
quote...."homeless 2The rich are getting richer and the poor are
getting poorer. - Cliché, sure, but it's also more true than at
any
time since the Gilded Age. - The poor are getting poorer, wages are
falling behind inflation, and social mobility is at an all-time low. -
Here's 15 Mind-Blowing Charts About Wealth And Inequality In America."
- also posted at ICH
John Williams: A
Hyper-Inflationary Great Depression Is Coming
Interview - A quote...."When
I talk about a great depression in the United States, it is coincident
with a hyper-inflation. We're already in the deepest and longest
economic contraction seen since the Great Depression. If you look at
the timing as set by the National Bureau of Economic Research, which is
the arbiter of U.S. recessions, as to whether or not we have one,
they've refused to call an end to this one, so far. But assuming you
called an end to it back in the middle of 2009, it would still be the
longest recession seen since the first down-leg of the Great
Depression."
Gerald
Celente
on
the
Dow
Crash
RTVideo - Alt
- (RTYuTb - 6 min 52 sec - May 06, 2010) -- A quote...."The Dow Jones
industrial market is down and looks to continue to head that direction.
This is not good news for the worlds economies that are trying to
bounce back after this recession hit many different nations. Is this a
direct reflection of the Greece financial crisis?"
The Canary
is Dead
A
quote...."Greece is the canary. The poisonous gas is debt.
Greece has
just keeled over, and the rest of the world is running scared.
That’s
why the Dow was down 1,000 points at one time yesterday! Oh yes,
there
was talk of “unregulated high frequency computerized trading” and “bad
trades,” but make no mistake, the
market is worried about massive amounts of sour debt at all levels
around the globe.
-- In a nutshell, Greece borrowed way too much money, and does not want
to drive old cars and eat rice and beans for years to pay it
back.
That’s why you are seeing riots in Athens. The problem with Greece is
it cannot print money like the United States. Its debts cannot be
simply inflated away." - bold by website editor
Stock
Market
Collapse:
More
Goldman
Market
Rigging
A quote...."Last
week, Goldman Sachs was on the congressional hot seat, grilled for
fraud in its sale of complicated financial products called “synthetic
CDOs.” This week the heat was off, as all eyes turned to the
attack of
the shorts on Greek sovereign debt and the dire threat of a sovereign
Greek default. By Thursday, Goldman’s fraud had slipped from the
headlines and Congress had been cowed into throwing in the towel on its
campaign to break up the too-big-to-fail banks. On Friday,
Goldman was
in settlement talks with the SEC. -- Goldman and Wall Street
reign.
Congress appears helpless to discipline the big banks, just as the
European Central Bank appears helpless to prevent the collapse of the
European Union. . . . Or are they?"
Greg
Palast
Tells
How
The
IMF
Set-Up
Iceland
&
Greece
on
Alex
Jones
TV
AJVideo - GP&AJ(1/2) -
GP&AJ(2/2)
- posted by TheAlexJonesChannel
--
(AJYuTb
-
10
min
-
May
04,
2010)
--
A
quote...."Alex
talks
with
New
York
Times-bestselling
author
and
a
journalist
for
the
British
Broadcasting
Corporation
as
well
as
the
British
newspaper
The
Observer,
Greg
Palast.
-
Beginning
in
the
1970s,
having
earned
his
degree
in
finance
studying
under
Milton
Friedman
and
free-trade
luminaries,
Palast
went
on
to
challenge
their
vision
of
a
New
Global
Order,
working
for
the
United
Steelworkers
of
America,
the
Enron
workers’
coalition
in
Latin
America
and
consumer
and
environmental
groups
worldwide."
Malignant
market
forces
set
sights
on
Europe
Some
quotes...."....it was sad to see former Bear Stearns chiefs James
"Jimmy" Cayne and Alan Schwarz on Capitol Hill Wednesday still
screaming into the wind two years later that their investment bank was
taken out by "unjustified and irrational" market forces. - Sad because
nobody was listening; sadder because they were right; saddest because
it is happening again. See story on Cayne testimony. - That Bear
Stearns was way too leveraged on toxic subprime loans and that Cayne
and Schwarz hastened its demise in March 2008 by ignoring the so-called
"market forces" lined up to take them down is without question. But
even these long-time Wall Street power brokers were not prepared for
the swift and brutal attack by short sellers, rumor-mongers and
long-time competitors once their blood was smelled in the water."
--
"European politicians and central bankers stand in Cayne and Schwarz's
shoes this week. They are unsure what to do in the face of swift and
brutal attacks from all sides on their generation-long dream to build a
single currency and single market out of the rubble of a war-torn
century. From Greece to Portugal to Spain, to the European Central Bank
in Frankfurt itself, they cannot understand that the forces lined up
against them will keep pushing until either the euro comes down or a
massive and unpopular bailout is levied to prevent an international
cross-default."
David
Ray
Griffin
on
9/11
&
the
war
in
Afghanistan
Videos - RG(1/7) - RG(2/7) - RG(3/7) - RG(4/7) - RG(5/7) - RG(6/7) - RG(7/7) - (YuTb
- 10min - April 30, 2010) - An OUTSTANDING lecture - mpg
- posted by WeAreChangeChicago
-
For
more on this issue see....Reficultnias's
9/11
Central
Wayne
Madsen
Reports
CIA
Control
of
Afghanistan’s
Opium
Fields
on
Alex
Jones
Tv
Videos - WM&AJ(1/2) -
WM&AJ(1/2)
- (AJYuTb - 10 min each - April 30, 2010) -posted by TheAlexJonesChannel
-- A quote...."(April 30) – Alex also talks with Wayne Madsen, a
Washington, D.C.-based investigative journalist, author and columnist.
A former commissioned Navy ensign, Madsen worked as a government
consultant on contracts for the National Security Agency and later
joined the Electronic Privacy Information Center as a senior fellow. In
late January 2005 Madsen left EPIC and began his career as an
investigative journalist." - For
more on this issue see....Reficultnias's
9/11
Central
Rising
and
Declining
Economic
Powers:
The
Sino-US
Conflict
Deepens
A quote...."Will
the intensified conflicts between the US and China inevitably lead to a
global conflagration? If recent past history is any indication the
answer is a resounding yes. The most destructive wars of the 20th
century were the result of confrontations between established (EIP) and
rising (RIP) imperial powers. The practices and policies of the former
serve as guides to the latter." - also
posted
at DissidentVoice
& AFP
& AxisOfLogic
========== ========= ========== ========== =========== ======
Creating
Slave
States
-
05-01-10
-
mpg
========== ========= ========== ========== =========== ======
Keiser
Report
№38:
Markets!
Finance...
Goldman
Sachs!
MKVideo - Alt
- (MKRTYuTb 25 min 39 sec - April 29, 2010 ) -- A quote...."This time
Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, look at the scandals of bailout
buffets for Too Big to Fail banks; selling complexity to very
profitable unsophisticated investors; the IMF is 'there to help Greece'
. . . in a Dr. Kervorkian kind of way. In the second half of the show,
Max interviews economist Max Fraad Wolff about US government debt."
Should
a
Stock
Market
Decline
Stop
the
Goldman
Prosecutions?
Chart - A
quote...."As of 2007, the bottom 50% of the U.S. population owned only
one-half of one percent of all stocks, bonds and mutual funds in the
U.S. On the other hand, the top 1% owned owned 50.9%."
Cut
the
Partisan
Crap
...
BOTH
the
Private
Sector
AND
the
Government
are
to
Blame
for
the
Financial
Crisis -- A
quote...."Partisan GOP hacks say the financial crisis was caused by too
much regulation, and government interference in the markets. -- But
Glass-Steagall was repealed, derivatives were left unregulated, and the
regulators were watching porn instead of preventing fraud. Giant banks,
hedge funds and other fat cat private players knowingly gamed the
market and committed fraud in more ways than can be listed in a single
post."
Confessions
Of
A
Wall
St.
Nihilist:
Forget
About
Goldman
Sachs,
Our
Entire
Economy
Is
Built
On
Fraud --
A
quote...."There was a strange moment last week during President Obama's
speech at Cooper Union. There he was, groveling before a cast of Wall
Street villains including Goldman Sachs chief Lloyd Blankfein, begging
them to "Look into your heart!" like John Turturro's character in
Miller's Crossing...when out of the blue, the POTUS dropped this
bombshell: "The only people who ought to fear the kind of oversight and
transparency that we're proposing are those whose conduct will fail
this scrutiny. -- The Big Secret, of course, is that every living
creature within a 100-mile radius of Cooper Union would fail "this
scrutiny"--or that scrutiny, or any scrutiny, period. Not just in a
100-mile radius, but wherever there are still signs of economic life
beating in these 50 United States, the mere whiff of scrutiny would
work like nerve gas on what's left of the economy. Because in the 21st
century, fraud is as American as baseball, apple pie and Chevrolet
Volts--fraud's all we got left, Doc. Scare off the fraud with Obama's
"scrutiny," and the entire pyramid scheme collapses in a heap of
smoldering savings accounts."- also
posted at Uruknet
When will
Israel attack the USA – again?
A quote...."Jeff
Gates looks at how the dual loyalists at the heart of the US government
– Israel’s stooges in the Congress and elsewhere in the US government –
are preparing to hoodwink the American public into another war on
Israel’s behalf and against the interests of the United States. --
Israel has long been waging war on the US by way of deception. To date,
its operatives have worked from the shadows, hoping not to be detected.
Their duplicity typically includes the displacement of facts with what
the American public can be deceived to believe. -- Thus, the need to
create a widely held belief around Iraqi weapons of mass destruction,
Iraqi ties to Al-Qaeda, Iraqi meetings in Prague, Iraqi mobile
biological weapons laboratories and Iraq’s purchase of uranium from
Niger. Though all five “facts” were false, only the last claim was
conceded as phony prior to inducing our invasion of Iraq. -- There lies
our national security challenge as the groundwork is being laid for
another 911." - also posted at AlethoNews
Did
Osama
bin Laden Confess to the 9/11 Attacks, and Did He Die, in 2001?
Special Note - posted at GlobalRsrch
-- A quote...."In
2009, I published a little book entitled Osama bin Laden: Dead or
Alive?1 Much evidence, I showed, suggested that Osama bin Laden had
died on or about December 13, 2001. (Although this book was ignored by
the US press, it received major reviews in British newspapers,2 and it
even provided the basis for a BBC special.3) Pointing out that the only
evidence to the contrary consists of “messages from bin Laden” in the
form of audiotapes and videotapes that have appeared since 2001, I
devoted one chapter to an examination of the most important of these
tapes, showing that none are demonstrably authentic and that some are
almost certainly fakes." - For more
on this issue see....US
Fake
Intel
/
Propaganda
-
Osama
bin
long
gone
Laden
Super
Surprising
Facts
About
'Our
Enemy'
Iran
Remind
Us
That
We
Don't
Know
Squat
Quote of the Day...."It
cannot be argued that Iran is an aggressive state that is dangerous to
its neighbors, as facts do not support this claim. It cannot be
relevant that Iran adheres to Islamic fundamentalism, has a flawed
democracy and denies women full western-style civil rights, as Saudi
Arabia is more fundamentalist, far less democratic and more oppressive
of women, yet it is a U.S. ally. It cannot be relevant that Iran has,
over the years, had a nuclear research program, and is most likely
pursuing the capacity to develop nuclear weapons, as Pakistan, India,
Israel and other states are nuclear powers yet remain U.S.
allies—indeed, Israel deceived the U.S. while developing its nuclear
program."
Jeff
Blankfort
critic
of
Noam
Chomsky
[Podcast]
Audio Interview
- A quote...."Quite apart from his dismissal of the power of the
pro-Israel lobby and, consequently, the role of Congress which I have
found to be the foremost obstacle in trying to educate people around
that issue, Chomsky's opposition to BDS, (what he now describes as
qualified support) and his ongoing efforts to dissuade people from
using the term, apartheid, to describe Israel's control over
Palestinian society, should raise serious questions about Chomsky's
judgment, not to mention that his reason for opposing the Palestinian
right of return and a one-state solution is identical to that of most
liberal Zionists, i.e., that it would lead to Jews becoming a minority
in that single state." - also posted
at Uruknet
& SabbahReport
Jeff
Blankfort
:
The
Israel
Lobby
and
the
Left:
Uneasy
Questions
A quote...."Who
Makes up the Lobby? -- It is important to note that the Israel lobby is
much more than AIPAC (American-Israel Public Affairs Committee), which
primarily focuses on Congress and directs funding from Jewish PACs and
individuals to those politicians it considers to be deserving. Its
other more visible components are the biggest Jewish organizations, the
Anti-Defamation League, the American Jewish Committee, and the American
Jewish Congress, but there are also a number of others, not the least
of which is the extreme right wing Zionist Organization of America,
which at the moment is extremely influential in Washington."
FlashPoint
Interview: Jeff Blankfort Part 1 -- Jeff Blankfort Part 2
Video - From the History File - September 5th, 2009
- (YuTb - aprox 10min - September 5th, 2009) - A quote...."Mark Green
Interviews: Political analyst and radio host,
Jeff Blankfort, examines the cryptic role of organized Jewry behind US
policies in the Middle East and America's serial war(s) there.
Revealing."
How
to
Balance
the
Budget
in
Four
Easy
Steps
A quote...."Fed
head Ben Bernanke has been all over the news cycle, warning America
that it needs to get its financial house in order or else!
-- Or else
what? -- Or else the feds will be forced to increase taxes,
slash
Social Security, gut Medicare and Medicaid. -- I agree with
Ben and
here's how we'll do it, without tossing Grandma and Grandpa overboard
and telling the poor and disabled to get lost."
The
European
Economic
Crisis
is
Not
Complicated
A
quote...."You might assume that the global economic crisis is
complicated. - Just when it looked like things were getting better,
Greece, Portugal and Spain are melting down. It's just too complicated
for any layperson to understand, right? - No, not really. - There
Wouldn't Be a Crisis Among Nations If Banks' Toxic Gambling Debts
Hadn't Been Assumed by the World's Central Banks - There wouldn't be a
crisis among nations if banks' toxic gambling debts hadn't been assumed
by the world's central banks."
The
second
world
economic
crisis
–
Webster
Tarpley
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb -
5 min 15 sec - April 28, 2010 ) -- A quote...."(RussiaToday) – April
28, 2010 – With Greece’s debt
mounting by the day and the United States starting to recover from the
worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, will there be a
ripple effect from Greece’s troubles? While U.S. cities and towns
wrestle with financial problems, investors are finding a new way to
profit on their misery: by buying derivatives that essentially bet
municipalities will default."
The
Politics of Fear – From the War on Terrorism to Tyranny – Col. Lawrence
Wilkerson
BFVideo - Alt - (BFYuTb -
5 min 32 sec - April 25, 2010) - posted by boilingfrogspost
-- A quote...."Boiling Frogs Post presents an exclusive interview with
Colonel Larry Wilkerson on the tyrannical presidency and politics of
fear, Israel’s interests versus US interests and the question of
loyalties, and more:"
AIPAC: The
Voice of America — Part 1: The Orange and the Pea
Video - (YouTube - 7 min
55 sec - April 20, 2010) -- A quote...."posted by alawson911
-- April 20, 2010 — There can be no doubt, at least as far as
Middle
East Policy is concerned, that AIPAC is the Voice of America. --
Although I have heard AIPAC pronounced in two distinct ways, one of
which is A-PAC, I have chosen to pronounce the acronym with the same
initial sound as in the word 'aisle'. To me, this pronunciation is more
appropriate, because the use of the A for America sound is subtly
misleading. The organization has nothing to do with A for America, it
is all about I for Israel."
Can
The U.S. Beat Israel At Their Game? - posted at ICH
Game Theory Analysis -
Some quotes...."From a
game theory perspective, Palestinian abuse has little to do with the
Palestinians. From the Israeli point of view, their mistreatment is all
about how best to provoke reactions that can be foreseen—within a
acceptable range of probabilities. For those who view themselves as
Chosen and above the law, such abuse is their God-given right. To
behave otherwise would be irrational. -- Well-planned provocations have
long been Tel Aviv’s core competence. For a skilled agent provocateur, an
anticipated reaction can become a powerful weapon in the arsenal of the
provocateur.
In response to a mass murder on American soil, even a moderately
competent game theorist could foresee that the U.S. would dispatch its
military to avenge that attack." --- "Given every
opportunity to conduct its affairs consistent with international law
and standards of human decency, this extremist enclave chose another
course. As both an enabler and a target of these religious extremists, the U.S. has a special obligation to take
the lead in withdrawing recognition and securing the nuclear arsenal
now under Israeli control. - Further delay only heightens the
probability of another agent provocateur operation on a scale of 911—doubtless
featuring
yet
another
evidentiary
trail
that
points
to
“Islamo”
fascists.
With
more
than
80%
of
the
U.S.
Congress
declaring
an
“unbreakable
bond”
with
Israel,
Americans
face
a
perilous
future
in
which
we
need
help
from
other
nations
to
pressure
our
leaders
to
act
promptly."
-
bold
by
website
editor
Treason
by
Members
of
the
United
States
Congress
A quote...."It must have been realised that the letter to Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton, signed by nearly 300 members of the U.S.
Congress, affirming their commitment to Israel, would be widely
publicised and fall into the hands of that illegal Apartheid State, so
the writing and signing of that letter should be considered an act of
treason." - And here's the list....Senators
-
PDF
or (HTML)
and Congressmen
-
PDF
or (HTML)
========== ========= ========== ========== =========== ======
The
Nation's
Privy
Cleaners
-
04-26-10
-
mpg
========== ========= ========== ========== =========== ======
An
Act Of War - posted at ICH
Quote of the Day...."April
23,
2010
"United
States
House
of
Representatives"
--
Mr.
Speaker
I
rise
in
opposition
to
this
motion
to
instruct
House
conferees
on
HR
2194,
the
Comprehensive
Iran
Sanctions,
Accountability
and
Divestment
Act,
and
I
rise
in
strong
opposition
again
to
the
underlying
bill
and
to
its
Senate
version
as
well.
I
object
to
this
entire
push
for
war
on
Iran,
however
it
is
disguised.
Listening
to
the
debate
on
the
Floor
on
this
motion
and
the
underlying
bill
it
feels
as
if
we
are
back
in
2002
all
over
again:
the
same
falsehoods
and
distortions
used
to
push
the
United
States
into
a
disastrous
and
unnecessary
one
trillion
dollar
war
on
Iraq
are
being
trotted
out
again
to
lead
us
to
what
will
likely
be
an
even
more
disastrous
and
costly
war
on
Iran.
The
parallels
are
astonishing."
An Act Of
War - Alt
- (YouTube - 5min 30sec - April 22, 2010)
Video - Ron Paul in opposition to sanctions on
Iran. - mpg
========== ========= ========== ========== =========== ======
How
About
a
"Justice
Party"?
-
04-23-10
-
mpg
========== ========= ========== ========== =========== ======
Those
Darn
“Conspiracy
Theorists”!
A quote...."Those
darn “conspiracy theorists”! Used to be that everyone knew what to
believe… it was those “Radical Muslims“, it was Bruce Ivins, and the
crash of the economy was the fault of all those poor people trying to
get loans for houses they couldn’t afford. -- Then along come the damn
“conspiracy theorists” saying things like Lucky Larry Silverstein (he
and his children all just happened to be out of the office that
morning… the office located in the Twin Towers) demoed the World
Trade
Centers for money, Bruce Ivins was a patsy, and the economic crash was
a carefully planned heist by the greediest bankers and hedge fund
managers who have ever lived. -- Thank God we have a legitimate press
that can weed through the stories to find the real facts… like…
these…."
Bombshell:
Silverstein
Wanted
To
Demolish
Building
7
On
9/11
Contains
Videos - WTCOwnr
- PullIt? - WTC7IncrmntgEvdnc
- 9/11DanRthr
- BBC&WTC7
-- A quote...."Preface
from Alex Jones: To truly grasp the magnitude of this story, you really
have to read the entire article. Immediately after the “pull it”
controversy, debunkers claimed there was no plan to conduct a
controlled demolition of the building. Now the fact that officials were
considering blowing up the building is established, Silverstein’s
consistent denial that this took place is a huge smoking gun. How did
Silverstein expect to demolish the building safely when such a process
takes weeks or even months to properly set up, even without the
additional chaos surrounding WTC 7 on 9/11? How could explosives have
been correctly placed on such short notice inside a burning building
that had already been evacuated – unless the explosives were already in
place? This new revelation is astounding and it needs to be
investigated immediately."
For
more on the two articles shown above see....Reficultnias's
9/11
Central
The
“Radical
Muslim”
Group
The
Threatened
South
Park
Creators
Was
Created
and
Run
by
Joseph
Cohen,
a
Former
Israeli
Radical
Who
Used
to
Live
in
a
Settlement
in
the
West
Bank - Presstitute
Alert
-- A quote...."Jon Stewart, go [expletive] yourself. You’re no better
than
Glenn Beck. -- South Park ran an unedited image of Muhammad in 2001 and
nothing happened. For 4 seasons they had that image in their opening
segment for every single show… and nothing happened. -- Last week a
group called “Radical Muslim” threatened violence against Comedy
Central if they aired an image of Muhammad. -- “Radical Muslim” was
started and ran by a man named Yousef al-Khattab. Yousef al-Khattab was
born Joseph Cohen, in Brooklyn New York. After attending a orthodox
rabbinical school in Israel, he went to live in a settlement in the
West Bank to help steal Palestinian land from Palestinians. His story
is that he “converted” to Islam after meeting someone in a chat room.
You know what “settlers” are like in the occupied territories don’t you
Mr. Stewart? Ever see that video of them beating the old Palestinian
woman with a baseball bat? -- Ever see that Mr. Stewart? If not, take
a
look
here. This video was released by B’Tselem."
Support
for
Israel
is
not
only
tragic
and
immoral,
it
is
also
extremely
damaging
to
Americans
Contains
Video - Alt
- A quote...."Elements, vital elements, of the US Government have
always opposed the concept of a Zionist Israel, ever since State and
Defense advised Truman not to sign on... which he did with
reservations, qualifications and restricting conditions, which were
immediately and have long since been ignored. -- But, none of these
vital elements of governance, govern the Zionist Corporate controlled
US Press, Entertainment, Academic, and Public (Mis)information Media
where the grass roots of American public opinion are planted and from
which the contentedly uninformed American masses take their opinions
and feelings and the corporate and business advertising budgets which
drive them. Nor do they control the free-spending lobbies who buy and
sell Legislators and Politicians on Capitol Hill with the same ease
with which they trade banks and corporations on the Stock Market. Go
figure!" -- also posted at AlethoNews
& WarInIraq
US
Tax
Dollars
at
Work,
Murdering
the
Indigenous
Palestinians
--
Gaza
in
Plain
Language
Video - From the History File - 02/07/10 -- Alt/Vodpod
- (VodPod - 9 min 41 sec - Feb 7, 2010) - Alt
- Alt
-- It's a must
view
video, not only for the pictures of Gaza's suffering, but
most importantly for the clear, precise and eloquent language used to
describe Israel's barbarity. - mpg - (previously posted 02/08/10)
A quote...."The article
"Gaza in Plain Language", by Joe Mowrey, first published by Dissident
Voicehttp://dissidentvoice.org/2010/01/gaz...was brought to my
attention by Robert H. Stiver, and I immediately agreed to do a video
treatment of it. Joe and I shared the research effort, and we would
like to thank all of those whose video and photographic work is
included in this chilling [video] -- It really is time that the story
of what is being done to the oppressed people of Gaza gets as wide a
coverage as possible, in these days of overt and blatant
mainstream-media bias for Zionist Israel.If it arouses your anger and
compassion as much as it did mine, when reading Joe Mowrey's fine essay
and editing this video, please share it with as many people as you can."
Website
Editor's
Note: The 9 min and 41 sec video shown above contains
only about 20 seconds of footage regarding civilian casualties in
Gaza. Yet YouTube has restricted it for the following reasons....
“Gaza in Plain Language” -- This
video or group may contain content that is inappropriate for some
users, as flagged by YouTube's user
community. To view this video or group, please verify you are 18
or older by signing in or signing up.
Considering this video is one
of the MOST effective ever made because
of its clinical and precise description of what Israel
deliberately did to
the Gazan People, and considering there are literally tens of
thousands of videos currently on YouTube that contain much worse scenes
of
graphic violence or explicit sex....most of them gratuitous, that are NOT
restricted, this website
editor can only conclude that YouTube is pandering to the interests of
a particular foreign nation by restricting this video. If YouTube
continues this policy of deliberate political censorship they'll soon
be considered an unreliable provider of video services.
Such a perception of bias, especially pandering to tiny minority groups
or
foreign nation states, will eventually result in a negative impact to
YouTube's business model. Or to put it another way, trust and
credibility, once lost, can be very difficult to recover. That being
the case, this website editor has no doubt YouTube will reconsider its
decision and repost this video for general access. - mpg
========== ========= ========== ========== =========== ======
Pumping
From
One
Hold
of
the
Ship
to
the
Other
-
04-21-10
-
mpg
========== ========= ========== ========== =========== ======
Mortgage
Madness
-
Let
The
Fleecing
Begin
A quote...."April
23, 2010 "Information Clearing House" -- Housing has been going
sideways for seven months now, mainly due to lax lending standards (at
FHA), the Firsttime Homebuyers Credit, and the Fed's mortgage-backed
securities (MBS) buyback program. But once the props are removed, the
market will fall sharply. -- So where's the real, organic demand for
housing? -- Here's a hint: There isn't any."
Bill
Moyers
interviews
Johnson
and
Kwak
Pt1 and Pt2
Video
- A quote....April 16, 2010 -- How did Big Finance grow so powerful
that its hijinks nearly brought down the global economy – and what hope
is there for real reform with Washington politicians on Wall Street's
payroll? Bill Moyers talks with authors Simon Johnson and James Kwak,
two of the nation's most respected economic experts and authors of the
new book "13
Bankers:
The
Wall
Street
Takeover
and
the
Next
Financial
Meltdown.", [GoglBkSrch]*" - *links added -- || Transcript
||
PodCast
-
Mp3 ||
Keiser Report
№36: Markets! Finance! Scandal!
MKVideo - Alt
- (MKRTYuTb - 25 min 19 sec - April 22, 2010) -- A quote...."This time
Max Keiser and co-host Stacy Herbert wonder why Iceland's volcanic ash
cloud spared the victims of banking fraud; they also look at the
scandals behind the Fabulous Fab Tourre's "monstrosities," Gordon
Brown's "shock" at Goldman's "moral bankruptcy," and at the political
markets shocking the currency markets. In the second half of the show,
Max talks to author and journalist Afshin Rattansi about the surprise
outcome of the UK's first ever televised political debates; the UK
taxpayers nearly $1 billion loss via Goldman's alleged fraud; and about
Tony Blair's lucrative post-Downing Street banking career."
American
Kleptocracy
-
How
Fears
of
Socialism
and
Fascism
Hide
Naked
Theft
Article also at ICH
-- Quote of the Day...."If
we were to take an honest look at America’s blasted landscape of
“losers” and the far shinier, spiffier world of “winners,” we’d have to
admit that it wasn’t signs of onrushing socialism or fascism that stood
out, but of staggeringly self-aggrandizing greed and theft right in the
here and now. We’d notice our public coffers being emptied to
benefit
major corporations and financial institutions working in close alliance
with, and passing on remarkable sums of money to, the representatives
of “the people.” We’d see, in a word, kleptocracy on a scale to
dazzle. We would suddenly see an almost magical disappearing act
being
performed, largely without comment, right before our eyes."
William
Black’s
opening
statement
at
House
Fncl
Services
hearing
on
Lehman
Bros.
failure
FDLVideo - Alt
- (FDLYuTb - 8 min - April 20, 2010) - posted at FireDogLake -- A
quote...."Bill Black's
eye-popping opening statement at House FinServ hearing on Lehman Bros.
failure." -- It is TRULY amazing to
see the difference between a forthright, unsparing, honest, analysis of
the economic mess we're in, versus the mass-infortainment-media's
constantly
fawning coverage of the lying statements given by the very people who
got us into this economic mess in the first place. - mpg
"Lehman’s
failure
is
a
story
in
large
part
of
fraud"
-
Black's
Knockout
Testimony
- @ ICH
An analysis of Black's testimony as shown
in the video above. - mpg
-- A quote...."April 21, 2010 "Information Clearing House" -- On
Tuesday, Former regulator William Black appeared before the House
Committee on Financial Services and beat the living-tar out of Lehman
CEO Dick Fuld for 8 full minutes. It was a moment of sheer, unalloyed
pleasure that will be savored for a long time to come. -- "Lehman’s
failure is a story in large part of fraud," Black roared. "Lehman was
the leading purveyor of liars’ loans in the world. For most of this
decade, studies of liars’ loans show incidence of fraud of 90%. ... If
you want to know why we have a global crisis, in large part it is
before you."
Keiser
Report
№35:
Markets!
Finance!
Scandal!
MKVideo - Alt
- (MKRTYuTb - 24 min 36 sec - April 20, 2010) -- A quote...."This time
Max Keiser and co-host Stacy Herbert examine the qualities of a banana
republic and also look at the scandals of Lehman's alter ego;
Magnetar's binary bets; and JP Morgan's sacred contracts. In the second
half of the show, Max talks to Business Insider's Joe Weisenthal about
the Magnetar Trade, record bank profits, CantorX and KFC's double down."
When
False
Flags
Don’t
Fly
CRVideo - Alt
- (CRYuTb 7 min 33 sec - April 19, 2010 ) -- A
quote...."(CorbettReport) – Those who have studied
history know that nothing invigorates and empowers an authoritarian
regime more than a spectacular act of violence, some sudden and
senseless loss of life that allows the autocrat to stand on the smoking
rubble and identify himself as the hero. It is at moments like this
that the public—still in shock from the horror of the tragedy that has
just unfolded before them—can be led into the most ruthless despotism:
despotism that now bears the mantle of “security.” -- Acts of terror
and violence never benefit the average man or woman. They only ever
benefit those in positions of power."
Least
We
Forget -- There Will Be Another War - posted at ICH
Video - Alt -
(EclippTV - 9m45s - 04/20/08) - From the History File
- April, 20th 2008
-- Norman Finkelstein, a Jewish read more...American political
scientist and author, specializing in Jewish-related issues and the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict in particular talks about the Lebanese
militia Hezbollah and openly supports and praises their resistance:
"They (Hezbollah) show courage, they show discipline, I respect that"
Leaving
Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan: our education by collateral murder
A quote...." Let’s
pause to think about the continuing violence and bombing in Iraq that
is providing the excuse for the US to remain. Attacks against Americans
are now very rare. Most of the bombs have been in Shi’i areas against
Shi’i civilians or police. This doesn’t make sense for two reasons.
Firstly, it gives the Americans an excuse to stay when everyone wants
them to leave. Secondly, they serve no useful purpose to any Iraqi
group. It can do the Sunnis no good whatever to provoke the majority
Shi’ah into open civil conflict that they will lose. Al-Qaeda? [Keep in mind folks, from this website
editor's perspective, the US-NRE and Saudi Royal sponsored al-Qaeda and
the
CIA are one and the same] Why
should they attack [Shi'i] civilians when the hated Americans are
conveniently at hand to kill? There aren’t many Al-Qaeda in either Iraq
or Afghanistan anyway. That’s official. And if Al-Qaeda or anyone else
should have a plan to forment trouble as a prelude to taking over the
country it would be best to let the Americans leave first. In short,
there’s no advantage to be had by any Iraqi faction in bombing Shi’i
areas. --- The question is always “To whose advantage is
it?” There’s
only one group that could further its ends by continued violence in
Iraq. The United States. “Unbelieveable!” you say. Not at all." - also posted at Uruknet
Honduran
campesinos under the gun - (RNYuTb - 9 min 03 sec - April 17, 2010)
RNVideo - Alt
- posted at RealNews
-- A
quote...."Landless farmworkers in the Aguán valley sign land
deal with government in midst of military occupation" -- OH GOODY,
Hideous
Hillery's going to start salivating at the prospect of US-NRE
trained and supported Honduran
troops, gunning down some unarmed, poor, landless, peasants who are
just trying
to grow some food for their families. Bad peasants! Bad!
Bad!
Squish, squash, BAM! BAM! BLAM!! KABOOM!! -- Ummmmmm, it's all
just so yummy, more
Neo-Liberalism at work folks Your tax dollars at work
folks. Hope you enjoy the show. - mpg -- For
more on this issue see....Hideous
Hillary's
New
Death
Squads
Liberation's
Lies
Quote
of the
Day...."The litany of war crimes in the name of "liberation",
"ridding
the country of tyrants", spreading "democracy", has become the language
of blackest satire. Even death has been "rebranded". The shredded,
dismembered, decapitated, incinerated, old and young, are not "lost",
"mourned", "passed on", "in a better place", ''with their God". They
are a : "a mistake (s)", "collateral damage", a "regrettable incident."
-- The litany of industrial scale "incidents", are often compounded by
further "regrettable" wholesale annihilation of the funeral gathering.
The "mistakes" seldom have names. They are not little Aisha, Ali, Ziad,
Naira, or indeed Umm Naira or Umm Ali (Mother of) or Abu Ziad or Abu
Aisha (father of.) Uncles, aunts, cousins, grandparents too are simply
the unnacounted. Those obliterated at baby naming ceremonies or
weddings remain just that. Humanity deferred, by democracy delivered:
with guns, grenades, hellfire missiles, and village and town erasing
bunker busting obsecenities."
Howling
Wind:
The
Unrepented
Genocide
A quote...."The
other day I was reading the New York Review of Books in a bookstore
café. I saw a large ad in the bottom corner of a page; it began
with
this quote, in bold capitals...." -- ""Why is it a crime
for one man
to murder another, but not for a government to kill more than a million
people?" -- "My first reaction, before I read further, was
a feeling
of surprise that someone had articulated the case against the Iraq war
so clearly – and had bought expensive space in the magazine to bring
this unpunished, unrepented – indeed, unacknowledged – war crime to the
national consciousness again." - also
posted
at Uruknet
Right-wing
radio
host
calls
tea
parties
‘the
Sarah
Palin
movement’
Video - Special Note - Alt - It's now OVER for
the tea/repub/sarah-palin/bagger-party. This website editor was
patient, and the tea-baggers have now spoken, and as the speaker whom
they
tried to shout down so elequantly stated, they're now "part of the
problem". They have revealed themselves for what they truly are,
just some more RepubDemo shills, part of the political machine that has
brought this society to the low point it finds itself today. It's
a real shame they desire more wars, more taxes, more empire, more money
for the Bankster class, and an oppressive all encompassing police state
to enforce the Bankster's will....but they do. Let's make this
abundantly clear to everyone out there, as the economy begins to go
into its next, possibly fatal down-leg, no-one, absolutely NO-ONE,
should feel sorry for these people or try to help them in anyway. They
have
made
their
choice, and they have chosen
empire
over
America. -
mpg
Palestinian
Women
and
Children
Behind
Zionist
Bars
A quote...."On a beautiful March day, I was on the way to school in
Jerusalem when the bus I was in was stopped at Ras Il-Amoud. The
soldiers got into the bus, told everyone to get out and told the bus
driver to turn and go back from where it came. Some passengers started
arguing with the soldiers, explaining they had jobs or classes to go
to, but the soldiers didn’t want to know about that and started
shouting and beating those present with their clubs, including me." - also posted at AlethoNews
& Uruknet & CounterCurrents
(BBC)
– Evidence Israel’s nuclear weapons(Banned Censored)
BBCVideos - Part 1 - Part 2
- Part 3
- Part 4
- Part 5
- (EclippTV - aprox 10 min each - Date: 17th Apr 10)
Financial
Terrorism
Works:
How
the
Neoliberal
Party
Destroyed
America
A quote...."The first step is to come up with a plan. The Plan should
achieve several objectives…
- remove restrictions and regulations that protect the public
from schemes like this…
- undermine the public sector’s financial stability with the
housing bubble and create panic once regulations and oversight are
removed…
- use that atmosphere of panic to protect the financial
institutions that created it and push for full implementation of the
IMF’s structural reforms on the public sector
Press
TV-On
the edge with Max Keiser -04-16-2010 (part1)
MKVideo - Alt - (MKPTVYuTb
- 9 min 05 sec - April 17, 2010) -- A quote...."Max Keiser is on the
edge of the financial news where future financial scandals, market
crisis and monetary crisis begin. Be there before it happens"
Keiser
Report
№34:
Markets!
Finance!
Scandal! - Alt
MKVideo -
(MKRTYuTb - 24 min 36 sec - April 15, 2010) - A
quote...."In this edition of the Keiser Report, Max Keiser and co-host
Stacy Herbert look at the scandals of Greece winning a loan; the exodus
from Iceland while billionaire plunderers receive safe haven in London;
and the dumping of US Treasury bonds as American consumers are about to
get squished. In the second half of the show, Max talks to Birgitta
Jonsdottir, a Member of Parliament in Iceland, about the Black Report
into the country's banking collapse."
Americans
[Neo-Romans] Kill Muslims Like Roaches
A
quote...."The latest American atrocity in Afghanistan – the wanton
slaughter of civilians on an inter-city bus near Kandahar – is yet more
bloody proof that the United States military offensive in the Muslim
world has all the characteristics of a race war. The men, women and
children in the packed, full-size bus found themselves suddenly boxed
in between two American convoys on a highway of death – a place where
the natives are instantly liquidated if they are unfortunate enough to
find themselves in proximity to U.S. soldiers. Such highways of death
inevitably appear whenever U.S. troops are deployed among populations
that Americans think of as less than human. " - also posted at Uruknet
Hamid
Karzai,
R.I.P.
A quote...."The war in Afghanistan, which George W. Bush started
and Barack Obama pledged
to
win, is over – and we lost. No one realizes this, quite yet, but
give them time – because the fruits of our defeat are already a
veritable cornucopia. And the reason can be summed up rather neatly in
two words: Hamid Karzai. -- The fashion-plate
heralded as the
savior of Afghanistan by the Bush administration is turning into
the Americans’ harshest critic: from quite credibly
claiming
that the US was trying to manipulate the recent Afghan election in
order to give its sock-puppets the advantage, to declaring that he’s
about ready
to
join
the
Taliban, President Karzai is making waves – and coming
in for a barrage of disdain from the Washington cognoscenti, who cavil
he’s an "unreliable
partner." Translated into ordinary language, this means he isn’t
kowtowing to Washington’s whims, and is instead seeking to pursue his
own
aims – shocking, isn’t it" - also posted at ICH
Take
This
Empire and Shove It!
A quote...."By Cindy Sheehan -- April 12, 2010 "Information Clearing
House" -- Dear Reader—raise your hand if you don’t know that atrocities
happen in war. Now put your hands in the air like you just don’t care.
-- Psychologist, Robert Jay Lifton, who is a pioneer in the study of
what drives otherwise “normal” human beings to commit war crimes calls
war: “an atrocity-producing situation.” Atrocities have been committed
in every war since the beginning of time, and the sad thing is the
barbarity hasn’t decreased. Recently a US soldier tried to justify to
me committing atrocities because the "British did it to the Native
Americans" in the French-Indian War. This soldier was essentially
agreeing with Lifton."
Engineers
of
Human
Souls:
The
Pentagon's
Cult
of
Killing
Strikes
Again
Some quotes...."U.S.
Troops Fire on Afghan Bus, Killing at Least 5 Civilians -- American
troops raked a large passenger bus with gunfire near the southern city
of Kandahar on Monday morning, killing as many as five civilians and
wounding 18, Afghan authorities and survivors said...." -- "....it is
very clear why these troops would have decided to "light up" a bus
crammed with civilians that was pulling subserviently off the road to
let even more of the occupier's military muscle barrel through their
invaded homeland. It's because for generations, the Pentagon has been
employing every mind-bending technique it can find to turn human beings
into killing machines."
Convince
People
of
Absurdities
and
get
them
Acquiescing
to
Atrocities:
The
Enduring
Power
of
Machiavellian
Political
Science -- A
quote...."Once the hectoring hegemons have created a core-lie and
got people to believe or accept it, namely, that ‘war on terror’ is
real and “our war”, then many truths within the core-lie can be
fabricated, and also are created due to their own natural dynamics with
proper black-ops channeling to mobilize insurgency and then officially
fighting it as “counter-insurgency”. A cook-book recipe for fabricating
“revolutionary times”, for indeed, “what is inconceivable in normal
times is possible in revolutionary times”! A self-sustaining system
dynamics comes into existence which is closely managed and continually
harvested to sustain “imperial mobilization”.
George
W.
Bush
'knew
Guantánamo
prisoners
were
innocent'
A quote...."George
W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld covered up that hundreds of
innocent men were sent to the Guantánamo Bay prison camp because
they
feared that releasing them would harm the push for war in Iraq and the
broader War on Terror, according to a new document obtained by The
Times." - also posted at Uruknet
- For more on this issue see....9/11-Iraq-Torture
Fables
Dracula's
Army
A quote...."When
you think about it, when you tally up the criminal carnage of the last
decade, and when you listen to the brutal exchanges on the Apache
gunship "please, another kill … light 'em all up" - you start to wonder
what drives the spiralling of today's military atrocities. Napoleon
said an army marches on its stomach, and that may still be true, but
these days you get the sense that the burgers are being washed down
with lavish tumblers of blood. Often blood of innocents. It becomes an
addiction, perhaps, an insatiable desire that's part Gothic and part
Surrealist, like a videogame played on a helicopter hovering over
Transylvania.."
America:
The
Grim
Truth
A
quote...."April 08, 2010 "Information Clearing House" --
Americans, I have some bad news for you: You have the worst quality of
life in the developed world – by a wide margin. -- If you had any idea
of how people really lived in Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand,
Canada and many parts of Asia, you’d be rioting in the streets calling
for a better life. In fact, the average Australian or Singaporean taxi
driver has a much better standard of living than the typical American
white-collar worker. -- I know this because I am an American, and I
escaped from the prison you call home. -- I have lived all around the
world, in wealthy countries and poor ones, and there is only one
country I would never consider living in again: The United States of
America. The mere thought of it fills me with dread."
The
Accomodationists:
Memo
to
Liberals
on
the
White
House
Death
Warrants
A
quote...."Let us hear no more excuses for Barack Obama. Let us hear no
more defenses, no more special pleading, no more extenuations. Let us
have no more reciting of the "pressures" he is under, of the "many
obstacles" that balk him in his quest to do us good, of the "bad
advisors" who are swaying him to unworthy acts against his will. Let us
be done at last with all these wretched lies, these complicitous
self-deceptions that are facilitating atrocity and tyranny on a
monstrous scale. -- Barack Obama has ordered the murder of an American
citizen, without trial, without due process, without the production of
any evidence. All it takes to kill any American citizen in this way is
Barack Obama's signature on a piece of paper, his arbitrary designation
of the target as a "suspected terrorist." - also posted at Uruknet
- Welcome....to the New Roman
Empire. - mpg
Becoming
Gods
-
Ethnically
Cleansing
Palestinians
Videos - CH(1/2) - CH(2/2)
-- A quote...."The author spoke at the Revolution Books Town Hall
Meeting at Ethical Culture Society on January 13, 2009 condemning
Israel and USA complicity in Israel's murderous destruction and
genocide of the innocent men, women and children of GAZA and the West
Bank."
Iraq
slaughter
not
an
aberration
A quote...."I was
just on Democracy Now along with WikiLeaks' Julian Assange discussing
the Iraq video they released yesterday, and there's one vital point I
want to emphasize. Shining light on what our government and
military
do is so critical precisely because it forces people to see what is
really being done and prevents myth and propaganda from distorting
those realities. That's why the administration fights so hard to
keep
torture photos suppressed, why the military fought so hard here to keep
this video concealed (and why they did the same with regard to the
Afghan massacre), and why whistle-blowers, real journalists, and sites
like WikiLeaks are the declared enemy of the government. The
discussions many people are having today -- about the brutal reality of
what the U.S. does when it engages in war, invasions and occupation --
is exactly the discussion which they most want to avoid." - also posted at ICH
Alex
Covers
Wikileakd
Video
–
A
Culture
of
Psychopathic
Abuse
in
Iraq
Videos - Related Article - AJ(1/4) - AJ(2/4) - AJ(3/4) - AJ(4/4) - - (OK, he's a little over the top....so
what? What he says is TRUE. - mpg)
-- A
quote...."Wikileakd video shows U.S. troops firing on Reuters reporters
and Iraqi children" -- See also ....
The
Muted
Plain:
Anticipating
the
Wake
of
the
Wikileaks
Revelation - Alt - Alt - Alt
The
Collateral
Murder
of
Arabs
in
Iraq
and
Palestine
Afghan
and
Iraqi
Civilian
Killings
Nothing
New - Alt
What
'legitimate'
violence
looks
like
Collateral
Pentagon - Alt
Just
Another
Atrocity
-
Mass
murder
as
routine - Alt
- Alt
'As
I
watch
the
footage,
anger
calcifies
in
my
heart' - Alt
Recovering
from Empathy - Alt
- Alt - Alt
Wikileaks
leaked
video
of
Civilians
killed
in
Baghdad
–
Full
video
Contains Videos - WikiVid - AlJazeeraVid --
A quote...."What you see… It appears a family drives by in a van, sees
one of the 8 men crawling across the street dying, so they stop to pick
him up to take him to help. The van is targeted and fired upon without
any consideration. - What you see… the van is riddled with bullets and
children inside the van are hit, two are taken to hospitals later."
How
Americans
are
propagandized
about
Afghanistan
A quote...."On
February 12 of this year, U.S. forces entered a village in the Paktia
Province in Afghanistan and, after surrounding a home where a
celebration of a new birth was taking place, shot dead two male
civilians (government officials) who exited the house in order to
inquire why they had been surrounded, and then shot and killed three
female relatives (a pregnant mother of ten, a pregnant mother of six,
and a teenager). The Pentagon then issued a statement claiming
that
(a) the dead males were "insurgents" or terrorists, (b) the bodies of
the three women had been found by U.S. forces bound and gagged inside
the home, and (c) suggested that the women had already been killed by
the time the U.S. had arrived, likely the victim of "honor killings" by
the Taliban militants killed in the attack." - also posted at Uruknet
& AlethoNews
Obama’s
War: Death to Women and Children, Cover-Ups to Protect the US Killers
A quote...."So
finally the truth comes out...sort of. -- After initially claiming that
two pregnant women and a teenage girl killed in a US Special Forces
raid on an Afghan home in Khataba in February had been discovered bound
and slain by the Americans, the US military has admitted that they were
actually shot and killed by those US troops--who then tried to cover up
their “mistake” by carving the bullets out of the bodies with knives,
removing other incriminating bullets from the compound’s walls, and
then washing away the bloody evidence with alcohol." - also posted at Uruknet
"Managing"
Data
and
Dissent:
Where
Big
Brother
Meets
Market
Fundamentalism
A
quote...."Repression doesn't come cheap, just ask the FBI. -- As the
securitization of daily life increase at near exponential rates (all to
keep us "safe," mind you) the dark contours of an American police
state, like a pilot's last glimpse of an icy peak before a plane crash,
wobbles into view." - also posted at
Uruknet
Halloween
Comes to the Subways
A quote...."Give me
strength. Washington has lost yet another round to its Islamic enemies.
Gaming America is so easy. The pattern is that Islam’s fascists do
something cheap but gaudy, whereupon in response our federal fascists
do something comic, hysterical, ineffective, expensive and, usually,
unconstitutional. Oh good."
Belgium
Moves
Closer
to
Europe's
First
Yarmulka
Ban;
World
Jewry
in
an
Uproar
Satire --
A quote...."In the clash
of cultures between the West and Jewish world, few battles have been
more fiercely fought than the one raging in Europe today over the
yarmulka. The yarmulka, or skullcap, is the law in Israel under
Zionism, and is still worn these days in the more conservative parts of
the Middle East, as well as in Europe, raising questions about how far
liberal democracies should go in tolerating such dress codes. --
Belgium gave an answer Wednesday when parliamentarians backed a draft
law that would ban Jews from wearing the yarmulka in public places."
The
Silence
of
the
Liberal
Lambs:
Outrage
at
Outliers,
Hosannas
for
State
Crime
A quote...."Charles
Davis (via Jon Schwarz)
has
an
incisive
take on the high fluttery flail
induced in our imperial courtiers by the latest Tea Party tantrums.
Davis demolishes a piece in The Nation by progressive paladin Maria
Harris-Lacewell, in which she waxes lyrical -- not to nonsensical --
about the great threat to "the legitimacy of the state" posed by Tea
Partiers disrespecting our elected officials. These acts -- spitting,
swearing, insulting, shouting, etc. -- which might have been considered
legitimate expressions of citizen anger (or at least good clean fun) if
directed at, say, George Dubya or Dick Nixon, are now to be regarded as
-- I kid you not -- "an act of sedition" when aimed at the ruling
party. - It's this kind of thing that gives insipid sycophancy a bad
name. But Davis is on the case:" - also
posted
at Uruknet
Liberals
with
guns:
scarier
than
Tea
Partiers - From
the link shown above. - mpg
A quote...."Hooping and hollering at an elected official -- sorry, "an
embodiment of the state" -- might give liberals at The Nation the
vapors, and right-wing protesters who cheered on the Bush
administration's abuses of power may not be my cup of tea, but color me
unimpressed with the argument that I have more to fear from the talk
radio right than I do the incarcerating-and-assassinating state." - also posted at AlethoNews
The
Torture
Report:
Chapter
4:
A
Ponzi
Scheme
of
Torture
A quote...."This
chapter connects the interrogations of Abu Zubaydah, Jose Padilla, and
Binyam Mohamed, three people who were allegedly involved in a ‘dirty
bomb' plot that grew more fantastical the more the men were tortured.
It traces how torture begat torture, first because bad information
extracted through abusive interrogations led to more torture and more
bad information, and finally because interrogations were being
conducted not only, as the Bush administration has insisted, to produce
new intelligence to thwart impending attacks but also to force
confessions and extract information that it would use to justify its
detention and torture of others." -- also
posted
at Uruknet
U.S.
Recants
Claims
that
Detainee
Who
Was
One
of
the
Main
Sources
for
the
9/11
Report,
and
Repeatedly
Tortured,
Was
Involved
in
9/11
or
Even
Al
Qaeda - A quote...."Abu
Zubaydah was the first "high-value" detainee who was tortured,
as the U.S. claimed he was a top Al Qaeda terrorist who knew a lot
about 9/11. - He was waterboarded at least 83 times
in August 2002 alone. - In fact, Abu Zubaydah was one
of
the
main
sources
for
the
9/11
report. - Never mind that he was literally crazy. As
the New Yorker noted
a year ago"
US
Recants
Claims
on
'High-Value'
Detainee
Abu
Zubaydah
Propaganda Exposed!
- A quote...."The Justice Department
has quietly recanted nearly every
major claim the Bush administration had made about "high-value"
detainee Abu Zubaydah, a Guantanamo prisoner who at one time was
said
to have planned the 9/11 attacks and was the No. 2 and 3 person in
al-Qaeda. -- Additionally, Justice has backed away from claims
intelligence officials working in the Clinton administration had also
leveled against Zubaydah, specifically, that he was directly involved
in the planning of the 1998 embassy bombings in East Africa. --
Zubaydah's name is redacted throughout a 109-page court document the
government filed in US District Court in Washington, DC in response to
213 discovery requests Zubaydah's attorneys made in connection with his
habeas corpus case, which sought evidence to support the government's
position that Zubaydah was a top al-Qaeda official. -- But he is
identified on the first page of the filing by his real name, Zayn Al
Abidin Muhammad Husayn. He was the first detainee captured after 9/11
who was subjected to nearly a dozen brutal torture techniques, which
included waterboarding, and was the catalyst, the public has been told,
behind the Bush administration's "enhanced interrogation" program.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney has publicly admitted that personally
approved of Zubaydah's waterboarding. -- His torture was videotaped and
the tapes later destroyed. The
destruction of 90 videotapes of his
interrogations is the focus of a high-level criminal investigation
being conducted by John Durham, a federal prosecutor appointed special
counsel in 2008 by then-Attorney General Michael Mukasey." - bold by
website editor
For more on the three articles
shown above see..9/11-Iraq-Torture
Fables - Updated!
========== ========= ========== ========== =========== ======
Let's
Just
Call
It
QE2
-
04-01-10
-
mpg
========== ========= ========== ========== =========== ======
Obama
Meets
Chinese
President,
Saturday
Night
Live
Style
SNLVideo Satire- Related
Video - (NOTE: Size the window to whatever
size you want for good viewing.) - Hu
Jintao
telling it like it
is at a press
conference with Obama. It's
hilarious! - mpg
Blueprint
for
Truth,
The
Architecture
of
Destruction
Video - From the history file - aprox. 03-30-09 - (previously posted) - Alt/1
- Alt/2
- (GoglVid - 1hr59min - 1 year ago) -- A quote...."This is the best
9/11 presentation on the web. If you only see one 9/11 video, see this
one. Richard Gage delivers the most complete argument to date that the
official story defies reality, logic, and the laws of physics. Included
in his presentation are clips from 9/11 Mysteries and Loose Change.
Richard Gage is the founder of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth
located at ae911Truth.Org"
--
-
For more on this issue see....Reficultnias's
9/11
Central
Talk - Naomi
Wolf - The End of America - (YouTube 47 min 47 sec - October 14,
2007)
Video - From the history file
- Oct. 14, 2007
-- A quote...."Talk by Naomi Wolf author of "The End of America: Letter
of Warning To A Young Patriot" given October 11, 2007 at Kane Hall on
the University of Washington campus." -- || Mp3
||
Children
of
Gaza - Alt
- (Englands Ch. 4 (UK)’s Dispatches - 47m59s- 15th March 2010)
Video - A quote...."A
moving, must-see video that first aired on Channel 4 (UK)’s Dispatches
on 15 March. BAFTA-winning filmmaker Jezza Neumann follows the lives of
three children for over a year. The children are amazing: well-spoken,
reflective, resilient, understandably vengeful and fearful, but very
endearing. The toll this inhumanity has taken is also clear." -- "How You Can Help
- To donate to the children in this film, and for information on how to
help them and others, please visit this website http://childrenofgazafund.org/
"