Saturday January 11th 2014

No posts - mpg

Friday January 10th 2014

December 10th, a Date that Should Live in Infamy - 115 years of US Domination
Must Read - A quote...."In recent weeks, we’ve seen signs of an empire that refuses to cease its worst behavior. The drone strikes, preparations for a new military base on Okinawa, the dispatch of more troops on the Korean peninsula, the push for the world’s most expansive free trade agreement, the devastating legacy of the disastrous war in Iraq. The list goes on. This past December, on the 10th to be exact, the world celebrated Human Rights Day 65 years after Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted. Yet the amateur historian in me recognized that date for another reason. Fifty years prior, on the 10th of December 1898, the Treaty of Paris was signed and the US global empire had officially begun. While US political leaders engage in the lofty rhetoric of equality, justice, liberty, freedom, the policies they make directly and indirectly prevent most of the human race from ever really living life free from want, from fear, from aggression. The following article is written to commemorate that dark day and to all those countless beings who’ve suffered as a result of the ongoing crimes of US foreign policy." - also posted at RINF

Shocking Revelations: The Horrifying Truth About Libya
Must View BPVideo - Good report!  Starts five minutes into the video. - mpg -- (BPYuTb - 35min04sec - Jan 9, 2014) - Source:  BobbyPowell -- A quote...."The “revolution” in Libya was anything but a popular uprising. The “protestors” that overthrew Moammar Gadaffi were in fact al-Qaeda terrorists that had been unleashed on the country by the CIA under the direction of Barack Hussein Obama, and I prove this in this latest episode of The Truth Is Viral. -- Even more shockingly, you will hear an exclusive TTiV interview with a NATO spokesman who states, for the record, that the reason Obama had given for intervening in Libya was an utter lie. Obama had claimed that Gadaffi was about to use chemical weapons on the “protestors,” when in fact he had been dispossessed of any WMD capability as early as 2003. NATO not only knew this, they were the ones who had been helping Gadaffi get rid of those weapons." - Topix ||  An African Base of Operations for More Terror - (By Their Actions We Shall Know Them) - 10-26-11 - mpg  ||  US SoT - Al CIA'da In Libya  ||

Terrorism as an Instrument of Imperial Conquest. From Afghanistan to Syria, America Supports Al Qaeda -- Must Read - A quote...."....let me tell you about American leaders. In power, they don’t think the way you and I do. They don’t feel the way you and I do. They have supported “awful jihadists” and their moral equivalents for decades. Let’s begin in 1979 in Afghanistan, where the Moujahedeen (“holy warriors”) were in battle against a secular, progressive government supported by the Soviet Union; a “favorite tactic” of the Moujahedeen was “to torture victims [often Russians] by first cutting off their nose, ears, and genitals, then removing one slice of skin after another”, producing “a slow, very painful death”. -- With America’s massive and indispensable military backing in the 1980s, Afghanistan’s last secular government (bringing women into the 20th century) was overthrown, and out of the victorious Moujahedeen arose al Qaeda. -- During this same period the United States was supporting the infamous Khmer Rouge of Cambodia; yes, the same charming lads of Pol Pot and The Killing Fields...." - Source:  AntiEmpireReport#124

Robert Gates' Duty: Too Little, Too Late, and Way Too Long
Must Read - A quote...."Robert Gates served as Secretary of Defense after the resignation of the total failure, Donald Rumsfeld. Bush kept Rumsfeld on until 2006. Bush got Robert Gates to sign on. -- That was Gates’ mistake. He signed on for the two-war death watch. -- Today, Al Qaeda occupies Fallujah. Yet one-third of America’s 4,500 troops who died in Iraq, died to capture Fallujah. But there is this difference: Al Qaeda had no presence in Iraq when Bush sent troops to invade in 2003. Saddam Hussein had the handful of Al Qaeda members under control. -- That is the Rumsfeld-Gates legacy. -- Now Gates has written a 600-page book, Duty. It is a self-serving attack on his former bosses. It is self-justifying in this sense: Gates presided over a two-war disaster [except for the Banksters & Israel of course], but he never quit in order to speak out in protest immediately after he quit. -- They never do. Well, not quite never...."

Here Is What Happened in Fallujah in 2004, a Prelude for What Is to Come in 2014
Contains Video - Alt - (YuTb - 9min04sec - Jan 3, 2008) - Source:  chycho -- A quote...."The war that will determine the future of Iraq is just beginning. The temporary illusion of pacification, control, and peace that was financed by U.S. taxpayers through the “surge” and the “Awakening” has vanished. Left behind are a destitute people in a war-torn country awaiting their final fate as violence escalates in this proxy war between regional and global superpowers.-- Sound familiar? It should. It’s what many independent analysts were warning us about while our mainstream media pundits and politicians continued to celebrate the end of war,again and again."

US Imperialism And Iraq’s Descent Into Civil War
A quote...."January 09, 2014 "Information Clearing House - "WSWS" - A decade after the US military waged two barbaric sieges of Fallujah, the Iraqi city is once again facing a bloody armed conflict. - The army of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has massed artillery and tanks on Fallujah’s outskirts and has already bombed and shelled civilian neighborhoods, inflicting an unknown number of casualties. Thousands have fled the city in fear for their lives, and the United Nations has warned that the cut-off of water, food and fuel is creating a humanitarian catastrophe. Maliki has vowed to launch a full-scale assault on the city unless its inhabitants succeed in persuading armed insurgents to surrender." - Source:  WSWS & RINF
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Saudi Arabia: A Retrograde Rentier Dictatorship and Global Terrorism
A quote...."Saudi Arabia has all the vices and none of the virtues of an oil rich state like Venezuela. The country is governed by a family dictatorship which tolerates no opposition and severely punishes human rights advocates and political dissidents. Hundreds of billions in oil revenues are controlled by the royal despotism and fuel speculative investments the world over. The ruling elite relies on the purchase of Western arms and US military bases for protection. The wealth of productive nations is syphoned to enrich the conspicuous consumption of the Saudi ruling family. The ruling elite finances the most fanatical, retrograde, misogynist version of Islam, “Wahhabi” a sect of Sunni Islam." - Source:  JamesPetras - also posted at GlobalRsrch & ICH & AlethoNews - Topix  ||  Wahhabism - Def.  ||

Dr. Bashar Ja'afari: Informal comments on the situation in Syria (Geneva 2, Adra massacre, ..)
Video - Setting The Record Straight - (YuTb - 27min28sec - Dec 16, 2013) - Source:  lasyrie -- A quote...."16 Dec 2013 - Informal comments to the media by Bashar Ja'afari, Syrian ambassador to the UN, on the situation in Syria. - Al-Jaafari: Terrorists supported and funded by Saudi, Qatari and Turkish intelligence committed massacres in Adra."

Is Obama Trying to Resolve or Prolong the Conflict in Syria?
Special Note -- A quote...."Suppose a great power declares that it supports a peace process aimed at finding a political solution to a terrible, ongoing conflict.  Then suppose that this great power makes such declarations after it has already proclaimed its strong interest in the defeat of one of the main parties to said conflict.  And then suppose that this great power insists on preconditions for a peace process—preconditions effectively boiling down to a demand for pre-emptive surrender by the party whose defeat the great power has already identified as its major goal—which render such a process impossible.  Is it not reasonable to conclude that the great power in question is (how to put this gently) lying about its purported support for peace? - That, in a nutshell, is the Obama administration’s posture toward the ongoing conflict in Syria." - Source:  Going2Tehran

U.S., Fearing Terrorists, Provides Them With Weapons
A quote...."The U.S. government has some rather amazing contradictions in its policy towards the foreign sponsored insurgents in Syria. While one piece in the New York Times today is fear mongering on Syria Militants Said to Recruit Visiting Americans to Attack U.S. another one has officials say that the U.S. Considers Resuming Nonlethal Aid to Syrian Opposition even if that aid goes to the same Islamists that turn U.S. citizen to potential terrorists."

Radical 'ISIL' militants kill 70 prisoners, 300 escape
A quote...."More than 300 prisoners in the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s chambers have been escaped while 70 other prisoners have been killed in ISIL’s main headquarters in Kadi Askar in Aleppo. - The tragic massacre has been committed few hours before Syrian rebel brigades taking control of the headquarters of the ISIL, according to sources."

ISIL Intensifies Suicide Operations against Rival Groups in Rural Aleppo
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Thursday that four gunmen were killed in a suicide car bomb attack at Kabbasin level crossing in the Bab city."

Turkish Truck Drivers Confess: Erdogan's Government Facilitates Weapons Trafficking into Syria
A quote...." In a field investigation, the drivers confessed that the terrorist groups are handed the weapons in a border area they describe it as "a buffer zone", SANA reported. - The Turkish drivers stressed that they deliver not only weapons and ammunition to what they described as "the opposition", but all sorts of good with the knowledge of all Turkeys' officials."

Week in Review: UN Double Standards and the Battle of Fallujah
Article List - Global Research's recent postings.
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

70 Neocons Petition Congress to Effectively Allow Israel to Say When the US Should Attack Iran
A quote...."Seventy senior Israeli-centric neoconservatives have written an open letter to Congress imploring them to do more to ensure Iran complies with the conditions of any agreement finally reached with the P5+1 over Iran’s nuclear program."

Palestinian citizens slam Lieberman’s support for transfer
"Transfer?"....."TRANSFER?"....Let's at least be adult enough to call this what it actually is.  "Ethnic Cleansing!!" - mpg -- A quote...."Israel’s Foreign Minister has doubled down on a plan to transfer Palestinian villages within Israel to a future Palestinian state.  But Palestinian leaders within Israel have firmly rejected the proposal, which could strip the Israeli citizenship hundreds of thousands of Palestinians hold."

Israel not ready to give up “villa in the jungle”
A quote...."Israel’s hawkish cabinet ministers gave their blessing to legislation to annex the Jordan Valley, a large swath of the West Bank that might otherwise be the Palestinian state’s economic backbone and gateway to the outside world. -- To underscore their point, the interior minister, Gideon Saar, a close friend of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, led a group of right-wing politicians on a tour of the valley during which they held a dedication ceremony for a new settlement neighbourhood."

Israel defies World Bank, refuses to let Palestinians use landfill
Just how petty can Euro-Kazarians be? -- A quote...."The Civil Administration refuses to allow the operation of a landfill funded by the World Bank and intended to serve the Palestinian population south of Jerusalem."

The eldest casualty: The story of Said Ali, 89, killed by the IDF
A quote...."Ali, who lived through British, Jordanian and Israeli rule over this land, died last week of asphyxiation from tear gas fired by Israeli soldiers."

African truth of Israeli apartheid
A quote...."For more than six decades since its creation in 1948, the Israeli regime has hidden its crimes against native Arab people with the façade of “national security”."

Israeli Firm Helps Rig Election for Mass Murderer in Zimbabwe
A quote...."Zimbabwe, the nation formerly known as Rhodesia, is broke. Inflation is rampant, there are no jobs and the former breadbasket of Africa requires food aid to prevent starvation. - Yet somehow its ruler, Robert Mugabe, managed to cling to power in elections held over the summer, with his political party taking 61% of the vote. Fraud was rampant, and the London The Independent newspaper has now revealed how he did it—Mugabe hired Zionists to fix the ballot boxes."

Well HECK, the Israelis do the exact same thing to this nation's elections.  TWO THIRDS of the vote for the US-NRE's upcoming 2014 elections are going to be carried out on electronic voting machines managed by firms owned by foreign, overseas, hedge funds. And we ALL know who owns those hedge funds!  Mugabe hired the BEST!! - mpg

Time for Palestinian leadership spring clean
A quote...."The Times of Israel reports that Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat, who recently resigned (again) but mysteriously remains in post, said in an interview that the Palestinians will not agree to extending the latest talks with Israel one minute beyond the allotted nine months, ending in April."
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More on the All Seeing (Know Nothing) Police State Surveillance & Suppression of the Web

What The Intelligence Community Doesn't Get: Backdoor For 'The Good Guys' Is Always A Backdoor For The 'Bad Guys' As Well - Oh they get it.  But you see....they ARE the "bad guys". - mpg -- A quote...."Max Eddy, over at PC Mag, has a very interesting article about the experience of Nico Sell, of the company Wickr, talking about how an FBI agent casually approached her to ask if she'd install backdoors in her software allowing the FBI to retrieve information. As the article notes, this is how the FBI (much more so than the NSA) has acted towards many tech companies ever since attempts to mandate such backdoors by law failed (though, they're still trying)."

The Pipe Dream of NSA Reformers
A quote...."The pipe dream of many of those who are complaining about the NSA’s massive surveillance scheme is that the NSA can be “reined in” by some type of congressional legislation. They just don’t get it. As long as the NSA exists, it’s going to do whatever it needs to do to protect “national security,” even if that means breaking the law."

US govt attempts to block lawsuit against NSA
A quote...."Lawyers from the Justice Department have urged a judge to halt a lawsuit against the NSA’s spy programs. This comes after the judge’s previous ruling that the NSA’s collection of metadata was likely unconstitutional and "almost Orwellian" in nature. - On Wednesday, government lawyers appealed to US District Court Judge Richard Leon to put court proceedings on hold for two lawsuits against the NSA filed by conservative legal activist, Larry Klayman." - Source:  RT

7 Things You Missed If You Didn’t Read Wired’s Big Story On How The NSA Is Killing The Internet
A quote...."Steven Levy, who specializes in massive articles looking into aspects of the tech industry, has a new one for Wired, called How the NSA Almost Killed the Internet. It basically looks at how the NSA legally coerced the tech companies into having to comply with certain court orders to hand over information, and how the tech companies have been gagged from explaining what’s going on. And then… he gets the NSA’s side of the story. Much of what’s in there is stuff that you probably already know (especially if you read Techdirt regularly), but I wanted to call out a few tidbits that I hadn’t seen or heard anywhere else before...." - Source:  TechDirt - for more on this issue see articles posted below....

• The GAO’s Office In The NSA Is Collecting Dust Because Cong Hasn’t Asked For A Rpt In Years - Src
• Obama Plans Cosmetic Surveillance Changes After All, Will Set Up Pretend Fight Over NSLs - Src
• NSA and GCHQ activities appear illegal, says EU parliamentary inquiry
• European Parliament wants to hear from Edward Snowden
  
• California bill to make life hard for the NSA - Isn't that called the Constitution??   
  
• New Legislation Would Ban NSA From Arizona - Ditto?    
• February 11th: The Day We Fight Back Against NSA Surveillance
• Glenn Greenwald "I Would Say To Democrats Imagine If The NSA Was In The Hands Of Chris Christie"
• The Fantasy That Obama Is Currently Planning to ‘Overhaul’ Surveillance Programs
• NSA Makes Final Push to Retain Most Powers
  

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More International Tales From the Declining Neo-Roman ZOG Controlled Empire....

Fiat Script Trumps Ownership....Every Time
01-10-14
mpg

Military Interventions are ordered by Corporates not politicians/Governments
A quote...."Iraq was a neoliberal invasion – so too have been all the countries that have fallen before and after Iraq. If it is not oil, it is some other ‘monetary’ interest that leads to the declaration of ‘war’ without any provocation. What happens thereafter is removal of restrictions to foreign ownership and trade, contracts given to foreign corporations to develop this that and the other. The smokescreens are ‘production sharing agreements’ where governments own the oil but the development of the oil field, the pumping, refining, shipping are all done by the foreign companies. It is simply draining out everything that should belong to the country and its people."

Keep in mind actual "ownership" of the given resources is not necessary IF the country which possesses said resources is willing (or is forced) to sell their resources for a fiat currency, like the USD (Federal Reserve fiat script).

In the case of Iraq for instance, the oil could be owned by China, pumped by Chinese companies, and shipped to China, or ANYWHERE else for that matter, and the US Banksters could care less....as long as the USD (Federal Reserve fiat script) is used for all transactions. 

Because it doesn't MATTER if China gives the Banksters a trillion dollars worth of valuable consumer products for worthless Federal Reserve fiat electronic digits, which they then use to buy oil from Iraq, or if other countries give China worthless Federal Reserve fiat electronic digits they received from the Banksters for their valuable resources to buy Iraq's oil from Chinese companies....again, as long as its Federal Reserve fiat digits that are used. 

Oil is "fungible" and "liquid" and so is the Federal Reserve's script. Which makes the "Petro-Dollar" such a beautiful concept because BOTH the "resource" itself and also the "script" are inter-changable, i.e. fungible AND liquid, worldwide. -- As long as that particular script is used for most transactions by everyone (i.e. it is the world's "reserve" currency) especially for oil and gas transactions, which are resources that everyone needs, the script's owners will reap upwards of three hundred to five hundred billion dollars worth of pure profit every single year.

Obviously if one day a country with vast resources, especially energy resources, one that is currently using the dollar, decides to change its mind under the right inducement, such as getting a script they could actually use to buy things with, and/or foreign direct investment projects that will benefit their nation, not having a good grip on that country could become problematical.  But that's what those thousand overseas US-NRE bases are for....monetary insurance.

And that's why Gaddafi (sodomized with a knife, tortured, and summarily executed) and Saddam (hung after a show-trial where his head was ripped off) were made examples of, and why Iran is constantly under threat. (Syria was the "stepping-stone" to attacking Iran)

Everybody got the concept now? - mpg

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US tried to oust Karzai in 2009: Robert Gates
A quote...."The former US defense secretary says Washington had made efforts to oust Afghan President Hamid Karzai by attempting to manipulate the country's election in 2009."

‘Karzai yet to sign Afghan-US deal’
A quote...."The senior US negotiator who is in talks to secure the so-called Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) with Afghanistan has said that President Hamid Karzai is not likely to ink the deal within the time that Washington expects."

Afghan toddler killed by US troops amid heightened tension over security pact
A quote...."US forces stationed in Afghanistan accidentally gunned down a four-year-old boy, say local officials. The incident prompted a rebuke from President Karzai who is refusing to sign a security pact with the US unless it gives assurances of civilian safety." - bold by website editor

Accidentally gunned down - Def.  (US Military use only) - Target practice, "fun in the sun", varmint hunting, "get them while they're young, pro-active insurgent culling". - mpg

74% of U.S. Afghan Casualties Came After Obama Ordered Troops Increased
A quote...."Seventy-four percent of the U.S. military personnel who have given their lives serving in the Afghan War died after Feb. 17, 2009, when President Barack Obama announced his first increase in the number of U.S. troops deployed in Afghanistan, according to CNSNews.com’s database of U.S. casualties in the war." - Source: CNSNews

China’s Oil Fears Over South Sudan Fighting
A quote...."Some of the largest oil fields China operates are in areas controlled by fighters backing Riek Machar, the country’s vice-president until he was sacked in July. - Oil production has already dropped by 20% since the onset of the conflict three weeks ago and more than 300 Chinese workers have been evacuated. - The spectre of their Libyan experience also weighs heavily on the Chinese minds – project after project now lies deserted because of heavy fighting during the Arab Spring uprising of 2011, inflicting huge losses on China. - It is no surprise then that China is putting its full weight behind the peace talks in Addis Ababa." - Source:  BBC - One commentator stated.....

"This is why President Obama has ordered troops to be ready to deploy for South Sudan toward the end of last month: this is about putting down rebellion, and keeping the Chinese from developing this oil." -- *Michael Rivero* - For additional articles on this subject, some previously posted, see below.....

• The Plundering of South Sudan
• Sudan seeks China trade in yuan
  
• Sudan asks to deal with China in yuan and pounds
• South Sudan: China Pledges 200 Million Yuan in Grant to South Sudan
  
• Rise of the PetroYuan | StratRisks
  

Saakashvili goes back to school to wash off the blood – NEO
Another little monstrous, maggot, minion of the Bankster Imperium. - mpg -- A quote...."When Mikheil Saakashvili was in charge of Georgia he was always promoted as the friend of democracy and Western values. But it did not take long for his sponsors, the USA, to realize that he was nothing of the sort. [Oh, they knoew, that's why they wanted him.] - Extrajudicial murder, massive embezzlement and criminality and terrorizing the population are not generally considered the actions of a democratic ruler."

Victorian Laws: UK to ban public from US air bases in Britain
RTVideo - A loyal vassal state represses its citizens on behalf of its master. Which itself is simply a colony of Israel. - mpg - Alt - (RTYuTb - 2min39sec - Jan 9, 2014) - Source:  RT -- A quote...."In the UK, MPs are introducing new laws to protect US military bases in Britain - a person could be punished just for walking a dog nearby. The government's using legislation enacted over a century ago, to move ahead without Parliament's approval."

Iran is on the rise in 2014, but dangers abound
For the moment only, the US-NRE's Israeli owned Congress is going to put a stop to that. - mpg -- A quote...."Just 12 months ago, Iran was facing some daunting prospects: Painful western economic and financial sanctions, the potential downfall of its key Arab Syrian ally, and a resurgence in anti-Shia and anti-Iran rhetoric spurred on by Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) neighbours seeking to undermine Iranian influence in the region. -- But as 2014 kicks off, the tables have turned rather dramatically:" - Source:  BRICSPost

Anti-Iranian Sentiment Persists
Related Article - A quote...."November and subsequent Geneva nuclear talks fell far short of final resolution. Longstanding differences remain. It shows in continuing Big Lies. - They wrongfully suggest an Iranian nuclear threat. They do so when none whatever exists. It’s well known but unacknowledged. - Anti-Iranian sentiment persists. It gives pause to Washington’s real intentions. On January 9, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei commented." - Source:  SteveLendman

America’s Imperial Agenda and “Pivot” to Asia
A quote...."Major media editors support what demands condemnation. Wall Street Journal editors are worse than most. - They endorse Washington’s imperial agenda. They believe might makes right. On January 2, they headlined ”Victory in Okinawa,” saying....“…Japanese authorities will allow the US military to relocate an air base on the strategically significant island of Okinawa.” - “Think of it as a triumph of democratic realism in the face of renewed regional threats.” - America’s presence constitutes the most significant regional threat by far. Not according to Journal editors. They falsely accused China of “saber-rattling.” They want its “aggressive behavior deterred.” - They claimed “nervous officials across Asia” want defense ties with America strengthened. Washington pressures them to do so. - Shinzo Abe’s government is worrisome. It’s reasserting Japanese militarism. It boosted military spending. It did so for the first time in a decade. It stoked tensions with China." - Source:  SteveLendman

U.S. to withdraw diplomat at India's request as dispute festers
A quote...."WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The United States said on Friday it would withdraw one of its diplomats from New Delhi at India's request after Washington effectively expelled an Indian envoy at the centre of a dispute between the allies. - Devyani Khobragade, 39, [attractive] who was India's deputy consul-general in New York, was arrested in December on charges of visa fraud and lying to U.S. authorities about what she paid her housekeeper. Khobragade's arrest and strip-search [and cavity searched] provoked protests in India and dealt a serious blow to U.S. efforts to strengthen ties."

Ecuadoran Parliament Begins Procedure to Resign from Rio Treaty
Oh, oh!!  Lost one, time to start bombing again! - mpg -- A quote...."Quito, Jan 10 Ecuador''s National Assembly has begun the procedure to make official the resignation of the Andean country from the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (Rio Treaty), signed with the United States in 1947."

AFRICOM has deployed military advisers to Somalia
A quote...."The U.S. military has deployed a small number of uniformed trainers and advisers to the failed state of Somalia for the first time since 1993, when two helicopters were shot down and 18 Americans were killed in the failed “Black Hawk Down” operation." - Source:  WaPo

Kazakhstan Biological Laboratory: What Does Pentagon Need it For?
A quote...."The US Department of Defense (DOD) is building an extremely expensive dual purpose biological laboratory in Kazakhstan. These kinds of facilities are built by the Pentagon along the Russian border creating a potential threat for the Russian Federation and the states of Central Asia. The construction of Central reference-laboratory on the basis of former Soviet anti-plague research institute in Almaty was started in 2010 with funds provided by the US Defense Department. It is to become operational in 2015. A new decease detection early warning station situated in the populated area of Otar (supposedly on the basis of agricultural research institute – DNISHI) will add to its capability. The station is slated to start functioning in April 2014; the US has allocated $5, 6 for the purpose."

Congress Pulls Plug On Pentagon's Central Asia Propaganda
A quote...."It appears that the Pentagon's propaganda outlet in Central Asia is going out of business. The recently passed U.S. defense budget bill eliminated funding for the Trans Regional Web Initiative, a program that published a variety of regional "news" websites, including Central Asia Online. American newspaper USA Today, which has done a lot of investigations into the TRWI, reports...."

"None of the funds authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2014 for the Department of Defense may be obligated or expended for the Trans Regional Web Initiative," the annual defense law says. It makes an exception for a $2 million payment to pay for the termination of the program by the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) and to transfer some capabilities to other parts of the military."

80K Germans sign petition against teaching 'sexual diversity' in schools
A quote...."Over 80,000 people in southern Germany have signed an online petition against a plan to teach children about LGBT lifestyles in school – an initiative put forward to promote tolerance towards sexual minorities."
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More on the Domestic Situation....

What Was In Building 7?
InfoGraphic - A quote...."Built in 1985, it was formerly the headquarters of the junk-bond firm Drexel Burnham Lambert, which contributed to the Savings and Loans collapse, prompting the $500-billion taxpayer-underwritten bailout of the latter 1980s. At the time of its destruction, it exclusively housed government agencies and financial institutions. It contained offices of the IRS, Secret Service, and SEC."

State Department [correctly] torpedoes NY Times Benghazi story
Benghazigate - A True Statement Alert -- (From the government, an occurrence so rarefied that this particular episode should be savored by everyone!  Every once and awhile factions in bitter competition will actually resort to telling the truth, something so fraught with the possibilities of complete career destruction and life-long banishment from the circles of power that it occurs but once a generation!  But it does occur. - mpg) -- A quote...."It is unacceptable that the New York Times would lie to it's readers and tell them that the attack wasn't a planned assault by al-Qaida aligned terrorists, but instead was a spontaneous political protest over a YouTube video," said officials at the Conservative Campaign Committee." - See comment and article, previously posted, shown below.....

Ex-CIA analyst: NYT Benghazi article ‘an effort to revive discredited theory’ of anti-Islam video
NYT Busted....Again -- A quote..."A former CIA analyst poured cold water over the New York Times’ new report suggesting al-Qaida was not involved in the September 11, 2012 attack against American targets in Benghazi, Libya — calling the article “an effort to revive this discredited theory that the anti-Islam video was behind it.”" - posted 12-29-13

Can't BELIEVE the NYT actually tried to revive this discredited piece of propaganda.  The three minute "video" was a dubbed snippet from another unrelated movie.  It was shown to be a psyop within 48 hours of its posting which occurred just prior to the so-called "riots" making it implausible for it to be a causal factor, and it also appears there was NO actual anti-Islam "film" ever made.  The "video" maker also had a long history with the FBI, was an informant, etc, etc.  This article is OBVIOUSLY an attempt to lay some of the ground work to spin Hillary clear of this entire Benghazi mess, which she was deeply involved with, in preparation for her political run in 2016.  Well, we now know who the NYT is backing.  Talk about tipping your hand, this was STUPID even for the NYT!!  - mpg

Man stopped for speeding had 48 bombs: Police
False Flag Averted? - He looks remarkably like all the other zany, government, mind control experiments, running amok on behalf of the Imperium's plans of mayhem and murder.  One wonders just how many drug traces remain in his system.  Now that they accidentally stopped him, this story will disappear forever. The parasites' minions obviously need to better coordinate their "Fusion Centers" to allow their false flags to go ahead in the future.  - mpg

No-Brainer Course In Derailing The Trans-Pacific Partnership
Action Alert - A quote...."If you don't know what it is yet - that means it's working. The secrecy, that is. But once Pandora's Box is opened, there's no putting anything back. It will go down in history as one of the worst, oppressive plagues to saturate the planet."

JUSTICE: Feds pick Obama supporter to lead probe into IRS tea party targeting
Conflict of Interest Alert - A quote...."The Justice Department selected an avowed political supporter of President Obama to lead the criminal probe into the IRS targeting of tea party groups, according to top Republicans who said Wednesday that the move has ruined the entire investigation."

Most of US Congress millionaires: Report
A quote...."A new report has shown that more than half of lawmakers in US Congress are millionaires who had an average net worth of $1 million or more in 2012. - A recent analysis of personal financial disclosure data by the Center for Responsive Politics shows that the number of millionaires on Capitol Hill has grown and at least 268 US lawmakers out of 534 current members of Congress are millionaires."

The Least Popular Congress of All Time is Also the Wealthiest - Hmmmmm, is that a correlation? - mpg
Related Article - A quote...."As a further sign of the massive disconnect that exists between the political leadership (sic) and the citizens of the United States, a study conducted by the Center for Responsive Politics has documented the staggering average wealth of the current U.S. Congress. - Some highlights from the report discussed in the video below, which shows that more than 50% of the U.S. Congress are millionaires, include...."

Obama’s phony campaign against inequality
A quote...."President Obama, announcing his so-called “economic promise zone” initiative in a White House speech on Thursday, gave a performance that expressed the cynical and contemptuous attitude of his administration and the entire ruling class to the plight of working people in America."

After 20 Years of NAFTA Poverty, Lawmakers [& Obama] Move to Fast-Track TPP
TPP - A quote...."The Trans-Pacific Partnership would be an unmitigated disaster for everything from the environment to internet freedom and working families" - also posted at BLN

Study: Network News Viewers at All-Time Low; Half under Age 30 Never Watch News - Hip Hip Hooray!!
The talking heads, the muttering mavens of mendacity, the nattering nabobs of know-nothingness, the fluff peddlers, the serial liars, ALL six of the corporate conglomerate infotainment complexes which produce ninety percent of this nation's media garbage are now nothing more than an obscene case of  "vanity media".  Spewing their collective nonsense and childish (but deadly) lies solely for the benefit and self-gratification of their employers' egos.  How pathetic would you have to be to work for this industry, and the people who own it. - mpg

Climategate:  A Crime Against Humanity (Updated For Early 2014)
A quote...."By now you have probably read the hilarious story (now that the scientists have been successfully rescued) about the MV Akademic Shokalskiy, a ship filled with global warming researchers funded to "prove" that global warming was melting the Antartic ice shelf. So they sailed down to Antarctica for the start of the summer season in the Southern Hemisphere, because summer is a great time to get lots of photos and videos of melting ice. Or so they thought."

California’s Dangerous Idea: Give unelected bureaucrats the power to confiscate the private property of Americans
A Bad Idea - Contains Video - A quote...."California’s Senate Bill 1 is what the founding fathers fought against.  Straight from the U.N. Agenda 21’s playbook, SB1 will give power to a county to form a “Sustainable Communities Investment Authority” (SCIA). These Authorities have the power of eminent domain and can confiscate private property to build “sustainable communities.” The bill essentially paves the way for the loss of any true private property in California, resulting in the loss of freedom and driving down home values. If the Senate passes the modified bill, only Governor Jerry Brown (D – CA) will stand in its way of becoming law."

A government that spies on us all the time is no use' - IT-Pioneer John McAfee
RTVideo - (RTYuTb - 24min44sec - Jan 10, 2014) - Source:  RT - Related:  Sophie@RT - Sophie@Twtr -- A  quote...."Some call him "Master of Paranoia". The life of this man is the life of adventure -- a scientist, a software developer, he developed new antibiotics in the heart of the jungle, drugs and guns are not an oddity for him. Luxury and poverty, freedom and jail -- this man has tasted it all. Today we talk to the man of the legend -- John McAfee is on Sophie&Co."

Doom Cast 23
DCAudio - (DCYuTb - 1hr15min34sec -  Jan 9, 2014)- Source:  DougOwen@Sprkr - Related Websites:  CMcGrath@YuTb - WideAwakeNews - DoomCast@Twtr -  Blacklisted News - BLNPodCasts -- A quote...."Doug Owen and Charlie Mcgrath discuss Cointelpro revelations, bankster getaways, privacy, the lack there of, Fukushima, and current events. Spoiler: near the end of show Doug shares his most controversial conspiracy theory, Charlie counters!"

Michael Rivero on Bambuser TV -  Jan 9th, 2013 - RBN Donation Drive - To Donate - CLICK HERE
MRVideo - (BambuserTV - 3hrs - Jan 9th 2013) - Source:  RiveroBBTV-Vids - Related Websites:  Republic Broadcasting Network dot Org - WhatReallyHappened - Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire, and many other issues.

Revelations on The New World Order
AJVideo - (AJYuTb - 44min23sec - Jan 10, 2014) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Alex shares his revelations on the defeat of the New World Order, Ted Cruz calling Obama "Dangerous and Terrifying" as well as the local California Government trying to quash the rise in radiation being reported across the coast."

Michael Rivero on Bambuser TV -  Jan 10th, 2013 - RBN Donation Drive - To Donate - CLICK HERE
MRVideo - (BambuserTV - 3hrs - Jan 10th 2013) - Source:  RiveroBBTV-Vids - Related Websites:  Republic Broadcasting Network dot Org - WhatReallyHappened - Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire, and many other issues.

James Corbett and Ryan Dawson podcast 74
Ry2SPodCast - Alt/FlshPlyr - Alt/YuTb - (Ry2SANCaudio - 1hr - January 09, 2014) - Related Sites:  Ry2S@ANCRpt - Ry2S@YuTb  - Ry2SAntiNeocons - Ry2S@SqrSpc - Ry2S@TruTube - Guest Websites:  CR@YuTb - CorbettReport -- A quote...."James Corbett and Ryan Dawson interview each other in a conversation about the Bombings in Russia, the true nature of terrorism, and also their 2 cents on Glen Greenwald's maple syrup like releases of the Snowden documents."

SHOCKER ~ IMF Says Collapse Likely #n3
Must View CMcGVideo - (CMcGYuTb - 5min17sec - Jan 8, 2014 - Related Websites: CMcGrath@YuTb - WideAwakeNews
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens....

THE ROTHSCHILD FORMULA — Michael Noonan
SGTVideo - Alt - (SGTYuTb - 35min14sec - Jan 9, 2014) - Source:  SGTReport -- A quote...."Join us for this discussion with writer and reseacher Michael Noonan. We cover the precious metals, the stock market, and what Michael calls ‘the Rothschild Formula’ which has been the recipe the Banksters have used to tie down people and nations for centuries. You can find Michael’s work daily at EdgeTraderPlus.com."

Bank of America spied on Anonymous activists ahead of ‘Million Mask March’
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 1min09sec - Jan 9, 2014) - Source:  RTAmerica -- A quote...."A coordinated day of protests around the world last November 5 was planned by members of the amorphous hacktivist group Anonymous. New documents indicate that Anons weren’t the only one interested in those events, however. Ahead of the Guy Fawkes Day march in Olympia, Washington, officials at Bank of America coordinated with state and federal agents to keep track of the activist’s activities. Details have recently surfaced that this coalition conducted in-depth tracking of the event’s organizers, and BofA even relied on 20 of their own employees to spy on participants using social media. RT’s Ameera David has more on the just-uncovered surveillance operation."

Look At This Chart: 91.8 Million…That’s How Many People Are Not Working In America
Chart - (click to enlarge) -- A quote...."This morning the Bureau of Labor and Statistics issued their latest non-farms payroll report. - The good news is that the unemployment rate dropped from 7.0% to 6.7%, the lowest it’s been since 2008. - The bad news is that this statistic is predicated on illusory machinations in how the government calculates the numbers. - First, we’ll note that job creation itself collapsed to a three year low. Economists expected 197,000 jobs to be created, but the end result was only 74,000. Of course, they have a reason for why that happened"

What Caused the Crash In the Labor Participation Rate?
Multiple Charts - (click to enlarge) - A quote...."Zero Hedge notes that the number of Americans in the labor force has dropped to 1978 levels...."The civilian labor force … dropped from 155.3 million to 154.9 million, which means the labor participation rate just dropped to a fresh 35 year low, hitting levels not seen since 1978, at 62.8% down from 63.0%."

Lousy Jobs Data: Five Years Of QE Fail, Yet Fig Leaf For Taper
A quote...."The crummy employment report for December released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics today is special: in December 2008, exactly five years ago, the Fed embarked with a passion on its zero-interest-rate policy and QE. It wanted to create the “wealth effect,” by which a small portion of society could borrow huge amounts for free and buy all manner of assets, which would then drive up asset prices and make those people immensely rich. In turn, they’d start spending some of this new wealth, which would create jobs, say, at luxury retailers. -- The Fed has certainly accomplished the first goal. Asset prices have ballooned to ridiculous levels. The wealth effect, however, has once again turned out to be illusory. And its impact on jobs has been nil, as the lousiest jobs report in three years shows."

Baltic Dry Index Collapses 35% - Worst Start To Year In 30 Years
Charts - (click to enlarge) - A quote...."When this indicator of global trade rises, everything is rosy and reams of asset-gatherers and talking-heads wil quote it as indicative of how great the world is. When it drops - silence. There's always an excuse - over- or under-capacity, too many ships, too few ships, etc. However, the last 2 weeks have seen a 35% collapse in the cost to ship bulk. There is a relative seasonal pattern over the holiday period - with shipping costs rising into the holiday and falling after but... this is the biggest drop from a Christmas Eve since at least 1984, 30 years!"

Plagued By Indigestion, Fed Issues Asset-Bubble Warning
A quote...."It was just too beautiful. After an at best lackluster shopping season, when the world’s consumers of last resort were too exhausted to do their jobs, one of the more successful retailers, Macy’s, reported same-store sales afterhours that were, well, lackluster. Itannounced in the same breath that it would throw out 2,500 workers, not the seasonal kind but full-time staff. And look what happened: shared jumped nearly 6%.." - Source:  TestosteroneRpt

Greece Industrial Production Declines 5th Consecutive Month....
A quote...."Greek Industrial Production Declines 5th Consecutive Month RT reports Greek Industrial Output Downturn Worsens In November. Greece's industrial production decreased for the fifth consecutive month in November, and at a faster pace than in the previous month, with all of the major industrial sectors recording decline in activity...." - bold by website editor

Greek jobless figures surge
AjzrVideo - Alt - (Note: Alternate vid url, article's vid url doesn't work) - (AjzrYuTb - 1min56sec - Jan 10, 2014) - Source:  BR -- A quote...."Unemployment in Greece has hit a record high of 27.8 percent and the government is expected to eliminate permanent jobs, just as the country assumes the European Union's six-month rotating presidency.Some younger Greeks, seeing no opportunities in the public sector, have decided to take risks by starting their own businesses.Others shy away from such risky jobs and, with banks cash-strapped, there is not enough capital for new investments to pick up labour as quickly as it is being shed."

Fed up with euro, France flirts with coupon money - Oh, oh.
A quote...."In France, local currencies are growing in popularity as trust in state institutions erodes. An elaborate coupon system lets locals pay for services and goods with special local banknotes, which are recycled and kept within the community. - France, Europe’s second largest economy, has at least 20 different types of complementary currencies. Worldwide there are over 4,000 community-centered money schemes." - Source:  RT

China CLOBBERS The US In Auto Sales, Becomes GM’s Nirvana (Unless You Have To Breathe)
A quote...."The air in Chinese cities can get so bad that the whole world ends up talking about it. Photos of high-rise buildings disappearing into toxic muck bounce around the internet. Inefficient, badly designed coal-fired power plants provide about 80% of the electricity for 1.3 billion people and the manufacturing hub of the world. Together with coal-fired industrial plants and heating systems, they burn more coal than the rest of the world combined. They were considered the primary source of the pollution. But this has changed. Increasingly, cars are fingered as culprits." - Source:  TestosteronePit
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More On The World's International Situation....

At least 45 Syrian rebels killed in Homs fighting
A quote...."Loyalist forces have killed at least 45 Syrian rebels as they sought to break a regime siege on part of Homs, in central Syria, an NGO said on Thursday."

'500 killed in Syria infighting escalation'
A quote...."The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says nearly 500 people, including 85 civilians, have been killed during infighting among foreign-backed militants in Syria since January 3."

US lost control over own terrorists in Syria: Pundit
A quote...."The US intelligence agencies have lost control over the al-Qaeda-linked militants that they have long propped up to incite violence in Syria, a political analyst tells Press TV."

People attack Nursra militants in east Syria
A quote...."Residents of a district in eastern Syria have clashed with militants from the al-Qaeda linked al-Nusra Front to force the insurgents out of the border area."
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Suicide bomber kills 23 Iraqi army recruits
A quote...."(Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed 23 Iraqi army recruits and wounded 36 in Baghdad on Thursday, officials said, in an attack on men volunteering to join the government's struggle to crush al Qaeda-linked militants in Anbar province."

Iraq: Four Armed Groups Fighting in Fallujah
A quote...."January 09, 2014 "Information Clearing House - "Al-Monitor’" - A little more than a week after the outbreak of violence in Anbar province, the picture of the forces fighting on the ground has become clearer. It does not, however, correspond to official Iraqi pronouncements that the conflict only involves two parties: al-Qaeda versus Iraqi security forces and their Sahwa tribal allies. At the same time, the picture also does not support declarations by Fallujah tribal leaders that the conflict is mainly one of the tribes versus government forces. Rather, Al-Monitor sources in Fallujah have confirmed the presence of at least four distinct fighting forces in and around that city." - Source:  Al-Monitor

Armed clashes erupt around besieged Iraqi city of Fallujah
A quote...."Fresh fighting was reported around the besieged Iraqi city of Fallujah on Thursday, as the Obama administration moved to rush new military aid to the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki." - also posted at GlobalRsrch

Iraqi tribesmen recapture most of Anbar
A quote...."Cautious calm has returned to Ramadi and Fallujah cities after Iraqi tribes recaptured the majority of the Sunni stronghold province from al-Qaeda-linked fighters, Al Arabiya correspondent reported."

Obama Admin Blasts Senators for Blocking Iraq Arms Sales
A quote...."The Obama administration slammed a powerful Senate panel for blocking the sale of advanced weaponry to Iraq, accusing the lawmakers of denying Baghdad the armaments it needs to defeat the al Qaeda militants who have conquered the key city of Fallujah."
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Iran vows to stand by Iraq against terror
A quote...."An Iranian diplomat has warned against the spread of terrorism across the Middle East, saying the Islamic Republic will continue its support for Iraq’s anti-terror campaign. - “The government of [Prime Minister] Nouri al-Maliki seeks, with full force, to mop up terrorists and establish security and stability in Iraq, and Iran will continue to back the Iraqi government,” Iran’s Ambassador to Baku Mohsen Pak-Ayeen said on Thursday."

Hamas and Iran rebuild ties three years after falling out over Syria
A quote...."A rapprochement between Hamas and Tehran is under way almost three years after a breach over the Palestinian party's refusal to back the Syrian government in the civil war, and amid its current political isolation following the demise of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt."

Iran's leader says nuclear talks revealed U.S. hostility
A quote...."TEHRAN, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Thursday that Tehran's recent nuclear talks with six world powers revealed the United States' enmity towards his country."
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9 missiles fired at Libyan military base from the sea, Al Qaeda negotiating for the release of 2 US intelligence officers in Libya -- A quote...."Today about 3pm Libyan time, 9 missiles were fired upon a Libyan military base called Al Watia base (west from Tripoli ..close with Tunisian boarders) . The missiles were fired from offshore (exact words – “they came from the sea”) The place that was hit housed Al Qaeda, Muslim Brotherhood factions."

Tunisia's new PM takes office after Islamists resign
A quote...."TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's new premier Mehdi Jomaa took office on Friday to lead a caretaker government until elections later this year after the ruling Islamist party's premier resigned in a deal to complete its steps to democracy."

Thailand’s government is deploying 15,000 police and troops to thwart open rebellion
A quote...."BANGKOK – Nearly 15,000 police and soldiers will be deployed in the Thai capital next week for the planned “shutdown” of Bangkok by demonstrators trying to overthrow the government, officials said Wednesday." - Source:  AsiaOne

Seven injured in Thai protest shooting, military chief fears escalating violence
A quote...."BANGKOK (Reuters) - Seven people were wounded, one seriously, after gunmen opened fire on anti-government protesters in Bangkok early on Saturday, heightening fears of more violence when protesters try to "shutdown" the capital next week in their long-running bid to overthrow Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra."

Pulling Strings: South Korea urged Cambodia’s military to brutally crack down on protesters
A quote...."Conspiracy theorists frequently accuse rich countries of “puppeteering” in the developing world, quietly pushing governments to deploy thugs to protect wealthy — and sometime abusive-corporations." - Source:  MinnPost

Russian military get coveted foothold in Cyprus
Geo-Political Note - A quote...."The Russian military will now be given full use of a Cypriot airbase and the main port at Limassol. - A ccording to the Ministry of Defence in Nicosia the use of the Andreas Papandreou airbase will be only used for ‘emergency scenarios’ and humanitarian missions, but the move highlights growing co-operation between Russia and Cyprus." - Source:  Famagusta

Exclusive - Iran, Russia negotiating big oil-for-goods deal
Geo-Political & Dollar Note - A quote...."LONDON/ANKARA (Reuters) - Iran and Russia are negotiating an oil-for-goods swap worth $1.5 billion a month that would enable Iran to lift oil exports substantially, undermining Western sanctions that helped persuade Tehran in November to agree to a preliminary deal to curb its nuclear programme."

Russia lends $6bn to Ukraine atomic energy industry -  More goodies for Ukraine. - mpg
A quote...."Ukraine’s Economy Ministry on Friday said Russian banks are willing to lend $6 billion to aid Kiev’s atomic energy sector. - A statement from the Ukrainian Ministry said Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed on the deal in December at a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovich in Moscow."

Russian Carrier Group Skirts Britain on Trip to Mediterranean
A quote...."The group of ships, consisting of the Russian Navy’s sole aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov and five escort vessels from Russia’s Northern Fleet, had days earlier anchored in the Moray Firth off the coast of Scotland due to inclement weather, the UK Defense Ministry confirmed on its website on Friday."

Exclusive: U.S. weighs targeted sanctions against South Sudan - sources
A quote...."UNITED NATIONS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is weighing targeted sanctions against South Sudan due to the failure of leaders in the world's youngest nation to take steps to end a crisis that has brought the country to the brink of civil war, sources briefed on U.S. discussions told Reuters."

South Sudan government troops retake oil city
A quote...."South Sudanese troops have recaptured Bentiu, the capital of oil-producing northern Unity state, from fighters loyal to rebel leader Riek Machar."

Caribbean: Venezuela to propose entry of Puerto Rico into CELAC
A quote...."In a TV broadcast last night President Nicolás Maduro announced that Venezuela has drawn up the paperwork to propose the incorporation of Puerto Rico into the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). The proposal will be made at the next CELAC summit due to be held in Havana on January 28th."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Israel unveils plans for 1,800 illegal settler homes
A quote...."Israel announced plans on Friday to build more than 1,800 new illegal settler homes in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, settlement watchdog Peace Now said."

Three Palestinians Kidnapped In Qalqilia
A quote...."[Saturday At Dawn January 11, 2014] Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the town of Azzoun, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and kidnapped three Palestinians."

Soldiers Kidnap Four Palestinians In Bethlehem, Hebron
A quote...."[Saturday, January 11, 2014] Israeli soldiers invaded, late on Friday at night and on Saturday at dawn, the town of Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem, and various areas in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and kidnapped four Palestinians."

Several protesters wounded in violent IOF attacks on W. Bank marches
A quote...."RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Friday violently suppressed the peaceful marches held in different West Bank villages in protest at Israel's settlement activities."

Israel destroys shepherding community in Jordan Valley
A quote...."NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Israeli authorities destroyed an entire community of rural Palestinians in the Jordan Valley on Wednesday, demolishing their homes and leaving 25 people homeless, human rights group B'Tselem said."

Palestinian fisherman kidnapped by the Israeli navy in Gaza waters
A quote...."On Wednesday, 8th January 2014, 27-year-old Palestinian fisherman Mohammed Sultan Al Khader had was arrested by the Israeli navy in Gaza waters. He had been fishing with his two brothers, Ahmad and Hamdi, on a small fishing boat, called a hasaka. Al Khader was released in the evening."
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Amerika's FrankenFood Disaster, Vaccine Cover-Up, Fukushima & Monsanto Monster....

Stop Monsanto’s secret plan to Kill GMO labeling
A quote...."Right now Monsanto and giant food companies are scheming behind the scenes to introduce a bill in Congress that would kill mandatory state GMO labeling efforts and replace it with a gutted version of a bill to preempt states' rights and give the illusion of serious regulation."

'Golden age' of antibiotics 'set to end'
A quote...."We cannot say we weren't warned. The growing threat of antibiotic resistant organisms is once again in the spotlight. - Prof Jeremy Farrar, the new head of Britain's biggest medical research charity the Wellcome Trust said it was a "truly global issue"."

Retired Military Scientist Exposes Fukushima Cover-Up
AJVideo - Alt - (AJYuTb - 19min26sec - Jan 8, 2014) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel - A quote...."Authorities continue to downplay threat."

Thursday January 9th 2014

No posts. - mpg

Wednesday January 8th 2014

The New York Times Pronounces on Destabilisation of the Middle East
Must Read - A quote...."With Syria’s Western-backed sectarian war for regime-change spilling over into both Iraq and Lebanon between forces that root themselves in divisions between Sunni and Shia, the New York Times has come forward to attribute this nightmare scenario to Washington’s insufficient engagement in the region." - Source:  WSWS - also posted at ICH

Al-Qaeda’s Real Origins Exposed
Must Read - A quote...."January 07, 2014 "Information Clearing House - "Press TV" -  US top diplomat John Kerry must have taken us for fools. Earlier this week, speaking in Saudi Arabia, he warned that al-Qaeda in Syria and Iraq are “the most dangerous players in the region.” - The US secretary of state vowed Washington’s support for the Iraqi government in its fight to regain control of towns in its western province taken over by militants belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). - That’s rich. The government of Syria is battling to root out these same al-Qaeda-linked militants. But in that country, Washington offers no such support. In fact, the priority there for Washington is to sack the government of President Bashar Al-Assad. - So, how does Kerry square that contradiction? In Iraq, al-Qaeda is a threat that needs to be defeated, whereas in Syria the very same organization is apparently not a threat, but the Syrian government is. - What’s even richer is that Kerry was issuing his warnings about al-Qaeda in the region surrounded by senior members of the House of Saud, who are known to all the world as the bankers, recruiters and weapons suppliers of this network." - Source:  PressTV - also posted at Veteran'sToday

US Rushes Weapons to Iraq Crisis It Unleashed
A quote..."The U.S. government has a lot of responsibility because they have been collaborating with the flow of arms and fire from Sunni countries in the Gulf into Syria,” said Robert Naiman, policy director for Just Foreign Policy, in an interview with Common Dreams. “Syria is providing a base for al Qaida in Iraq thanks to U.S. policies in Syria.” -- “When you combine the crisis in Syria and the crisis in Iraq, these two phenomena have led to a level of violence in Iraq in which more civilians were killed in 2013 than in the past 5 years,” said Bennis. “It’s like the war is starting all over again.”"

'Kill-Zone': US-armed military assault in Fallujah to unleash more blood
RTVideo - (RTYuTb - 3min16sec - Jan 7, 2014) - Source:  RT -- A quote...."25 Al Qaeda-linked militants have reportedly been killed by an air strike in Iraq, where government forces are on the offensive against an Islamist insurgency. The violence is being fuelled by the conflict in neighbouring Syria, with militants apparently surging back and forth across the border. At the centre of the fight in Iraq, is the city of Fallujah as Gayane Chichakyan reports."

Bombings, Invasion, Misery: Fallujah, Symbol of Iraq’s Unending Tragedy By Felicity Arbuthnot
A quote...."In 2004, the US military launched a revenge attack on Falluja after US troops, who had taken over a school, shot peaceful demonstrators, which led to four Blackwater mercenaries being hung from a bridge. To describe the “liberators” aggression as a blood bath would be massive understatement."

The Third Battle of Fallujah
Special Note - A quote...." Iraq today is a grim reflection of America's ruthless imperial agenda. It includes mass slaughter, destruction, devastation, deprivation, human misery and unending violence. - On August 31, 2010, Obama displayed criminal contempt. He's done it many times. He declared an end to America's combat mission in Iraq, saying...."Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility."....Ignored was America's genocidal legacy. Iraq was ravaged and destroyed. Pre-1990 Iraq no longer exists. Charnel house conditions replaced it. - So did plunder on the grandest of grand scales, millions of internal and external refugees, ongoing violence, dozens of daily deaths, a plague of preventable diseases, ecocide, and overall conditions too horrific to ignore."

Gerald Celente: Iraq's endless war to get much worse
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 4min17sec - Jan 7, 2014) - Source:  RT -- A quote...."In Iraq, the army is preparing an all-out attack to regain control of Fallujah after it was seized by Al-Qaeda linked militants who declared it an Islamic state on Friday. Several airstrikes have already hit the city. Meanwhile the country's Prime Minister has called on residents to help drive-out the insurgents. Gerald Celente, publisher of the Trends Journal, joins RT studio to give his perspective on what's happening in Fallujah."

US NGO Uncovered in Ukraine Protests
A quote...."The recent protests in Ukraine have the stench of a foreign-orchestrated attempt to destabilize the government of Viktor Yanukovych after he walked away from signing an EU Association Agreement that would have driven a deep wedge between Russia and Ukraine. Glamor-star boxer-turned political guru, Vitaly Klitschko, has been meeting with the US State Department and is close to Angela Merkel’s CDU political machine in Germany. The EU association agreement with Ukraine is widely resisted by many EU member states with deep economic problems of their own. The two EU figures most pushing it—Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt and Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski—are both well known in the EU as close to Washington."

Turkish PM Erdogan hit by allegations of son’s meeting with ‘Al Qaeda financier’
A quote...."ISTANBUL // An alleged meeting between the son of prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and a Saudi businessman accused by the United States of being an Al Qaeda financier has intensified the scent of scandal and corruption enveloping the Turkish government."

Japan Plans To "Nationalize" 280 More "Ownership-Unknown" Islands
The Rising Sun - Which Set In 1945 - Rises Again - (How many people will be butchered this time?  Only the Fates know for sure. - mpg) -- A quote...."15 months after acquiring three disputed islands in the Senkakus, and amid growing tensions with the Chinese following tit-for-tat air-defense zones, Abe's visit to the war-shrine, and public-opinion battles; Japan may have just cranked the rhetoric dial to 11. As Japan Times reports, the Japanese government will nationalize about 280 islands whose ownership is unknown out of the about 400 remote islands that serve as markers for determining Japan’s territorial waters."
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

Maidhc O Cathail on the worst lies of Israel 2013
Must Listen Ry2SPodCast- (Ry2SANCaudio - 35min - January 02, 2014) - Related Sites:  Ry2S@ANCRpt - Ry2S@YuTb  - Ry2SAntiNeocons - Ry2S@SqrSpc - Ry2S@TruTube - Guest Website: ThePassionAttachment
A quote...."Too many lies to cover so we just chose a few of the scandals Maidhc broke."

50 Senators Now Cosponsor Iran Sanctions Bill
50 Zio-Whores Who Now Service Israel -- A quote...."A memo to those 50 Senators who have sponsored this bill: please, retire immediately from the Senate, move to Israel, and stand for election in their Knesset. - You have made painfully obvious, from your having supported this bill, that you are utterly of no use to your alleged "constituents" in the US at this point. - There should be absolutely no more American blood or money sacrificed upon the altar of potential Israeli hegemony in the Middle East, as there has been far too much of this happening to date. - This is one of the times that you should have understood that what is good for Israel is not always in tune with what is good for the American people (if that is even a consideration in your thinking, at this time). - Your support of this bill could well be considered tantamount to treason against the US, and apparently the potential horrific consequences of this bill, unfolding from real world military action, do not seem to have occurred to you at all...." -- *Michael Rivero*

Israel’s Willing Executioners: AIPAC Invades Washington
From the History File - Mar 15th, 2012 -- A quote...."When a country, like the United States, is in decline, it is not because of external competition: Declining competitiveness is only a symptom. It is because of internal rot. Decline results when a nation is betrayed by craven leaders, who crawl and humiliate themselves before a minority of thuggish mediocrities pledged to a foreign state without scruples or moral integrity." - Source:  JamesPetras

Will US Senate Crown Netanyahu Emperor? - Haven't they already done so? - mpg
A quote...."The United States of America is supposed to be a democratic republic. Under its Constitution, the Congress decides whether to go to war, and the President serves as commander-in-chief.- Today, with nearly 1,000 military bases around the world, the USA looks more like an empire than a republic. But who is the emperor? Is the USA ruled by an “imperial presidency”? Or is the real emperor of America enthroned in Tel Aviv?" - Source:  PressTV

Stanley Fischer: A Dual U.S./Israeli Citizen and Pro-Israel Activist as Vice-Chair of the Fed
A quote...."When I first read that Fischer was a possibility, my only thought was something like “Can’t we find anyone who’s not Jewish to fill a post like that?” After all, the Chair of Federal Reserve has been Jewish since 1987, Janet Yellen, the present vice-chair, will likely be the next chair, and Yellen’s predecessor was Donald L. Kohn. -- And one would think that appointing an Israeli citizen —and a high-level one at that (former head of the Israeli Central Bank and likely on a first-name basis with everyone who matters in Israel) — would raise all kinds of red flags about old-fashioned issues like dual loyalty. -- But there is much more to the story. Fischer, it turns out, will be AIPAC”s man at the Fed...."

Wolf of Wall Street Article in Jewish Journal Doesn’t Fool Anyone
A quote...."....plenty of other non-wasp groups were snubbed by wasps, but they didn’t produce the kind of nasty financial characters that the Jewish community did. Given the mess in 2008, it’s disingenuous to say Madoff and Belfort were just a few exceptions. And consider the mass robbery carried out in Russia in the 90s–with the help of American Jews. Consider how Soros made his billions. -- The fact is even Jews who grew up fully accepted–and even revered–by wasps have often acted like Belfort. Today, Jews have the most power and privilege in this country–to the point where every politician of both parties grovels before AIPAC–, but it seems like Jews who grew up with all this love and attention are no better than the Belforts and Madoffs....."

Water Wars: Land snatched from Syria supplies third of Israel's H2O
RTVideo - WHY Israel wants more of Syria and Lebanon! - mpg -- (RTYuTb - 5min32sec - Jan 7, 2014) - Source:  RT -- A quote...."Water is life, so they say, but rivalry over supplies can lead to bitter conflicts."

Quenelle Qontinues – France under the Lobby boot
A quote...."Well this is turning as we expect. While Israel sits on huge underclared WMD stockpiles, runs huge offensive intelligence operations against all countries including its ‘friends’, and runs a large international terrorism operation subverting goverments all over the world, we have France declaring war on a comedian. -- Yes, you know I am going to say it, “You just can’t make this stuff up!”

Jewish settlers [vandals] caught and beaten after trespassing in Palestinian village
Some quotes...."The incident began on Tuesday morning, when Civil Administration officials arrived at the outpost to uproot olive trees that had been planted on private Palestinian land. Based on the experience of previous such incidents, residents of the surrounding Palestinian villagers immediately organized themselves into security details." --- "It was the first instance in which Palestinians succeeded in in capturing settlers in the act of destroying their property. Official Palestinian sources told Haaretz that the Palestinian Authority will leverage the incident in order to publicize the aggression of the settlers and to highlight the full cooperation of the Palestinian services with their Israeli counterparts." - bold by website editor

Children killed by Israeli soldiers “hiding” near schools, says Human Rights Watch
A quote...."At least twice in 2013, Israeli occupation forces ambushed, shot and killed Palestinian children near schools in the occupied West Bank for no apparent reason, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says in a 5 January release."

New Details Emerge on Little Hala’s Death
Photo - (click to view) - A quote...."Hala’s mother, Buthaina al-Nabahin, leaned against the wall of a nearby house surrounded by women offering their condolences. Her eyes swollen with tears, she told Al-Monitor, ‘I was with Hala outside the house. When they shelled it, I ran inside to check on my infant girl Minna…’”

Take Israel to the International Criminal Court
A quote...."Unbelievably, President Mahmoud Abbas and his hapless crew in Ramallah promised the US not to file charges against Israel in the International Criminal Court (ICC). Meanwhile the Israeli regime is accelerating its squatter programme on Palestinian territory even in the middle of so-called peace talks, increasing its air strikes and generally upping its aggression."

Chilean soccer team Palestino Deportivo in Anti-Israel Shirt Row
A quote...."The shirt of a Chilean football team formerly coached by Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini has ignited a row between the local Palestinian and Jewish communities. - Representatives of the Chilean Jewish community have urged Fifa to take action against the Santiago-based Club Deportivo Palestino for they say the team's jersey is anti-Israel and offensive."

Netherlands tightens noose around apartheid Israel’s neck - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."The New Year has begun rather ominously for the racist state of Israel. - On 7 January one of Europe’s largest pension fund administrators, PGGM, announced that it will divest from five Israeli banks over their activity in the occupied Palestinian West Bank."

All in the Family: David Cameron’s Jewish Roots and the Coreligionists Who Brought Him to Power
ZOG Alert - (Britain has been an Israeli colony for a long time now, too bad for the British people. - mpg) -- A quote..."While speaking to a 500-strong group of Jewish lobbyists in London in 2007, UK Prime Minister David Cameron declared,(1) “I am a Zionist“. He went on to add, “I’m not just a good friend of Israel but I am, as you put it, good for Jews.” -- These comments can easily be explained merely as fawning attempts to placate and appease the Jewish lobby – a necessary step for any who wish to assume high office. One has to ask the question though: why does ‘Anglican’ David Cameron conceal his own Jewish identity? - David Cameron is not merely of Jewish descent; he hails from a bloodline that can fairly be described as Jewish royalty, yet he claims never to have known this. As he spoke to the Movement for Reform Judaism in 2010 he described his learning of his Jewish ancestry(2) as the “highlight” of his year." - also posted at AlethoNews

In Israel, Greenwald Reveals Whose Agenda He Is Serving
The Greenwald Controversy -- A quote...."Speaking to Israel’s Channel 10 — whose biggest shareholder, cosmetics billionaire Ronald Lauder, is President of the World Jewish Congress — Greenwald criticized “the continued imprisonment of Jonathan Pollard,” who was sentenced to life in prison in 1987 after passing more than a million highly classified documents to Israel while working as an intelligence analyst for the U.S. Navy. " - Source:  PassionateAttachment - also posted at AlethoNews

First Look: Omidyar's $250 Million Dollar Media Venture and the Greenwald / Paypal / NSA saga
The Greenwald Controversy - CRVideo - (CRYuTb - 20min08sec - Jan 8, 2014) - Websites:  CR@YuTb - CorbettReport -- A quote...."Of the many intriguing aspects of the Snowden story, by far one of the most frustrating is that, other than a few interviews and press conferences, almost everything we know about Snowden, his motivations, and the documents themselves come from intermediaries who have found themselves in the position of spokespeople on the case. Even such basic questions as how many documents Snowden leaked is still unclear, with various sources listing anything from 10,000 to 1.7 million documents. If details as basic as these vary so widely between sources, how much more opaque are the more difficult questions of Snowden's motivations and intentions, let alone the specifics of any deals he may have made with journalists about how this data was to be disseminated?"
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More on the All Seeing - (Know Nothing) - Police State & Their Surveillance & Suppression of the Web

500 Years of History Shows that Mass Spying Is Always Aimed at Crushing Dissent
A quote...."It’s NEVER to protect us from bad guys - No matter which government conducts mass surveillance, they also do it to crush dissent, and then give a false rationale for why they’re doing it. - For example, the U.S. Supreme Court noted in its 1965 Stanford v. Texas opinion (footnotes omitted)...."

"While the Fourth Amendment [of the U.S. Constitution] was most immediately the product of contemporary revulsion against a regime of writs of assistance, its roots go far deeper. Its adoption in the Constitution of this new Nation reflected the culmination in England a few years earlier of a struggle against oppression which had endured for centuries. The story of that struggle has been fully chronicled in the pages of this Court’s reports, and it would be a needless exercise in pedantry to review again the detailed history of the use of general warrants as instruments of oppression from the time of the Tudors, through the Star Chamber, the Long Parliament, the Restoration, and beyond...."

Exonerate Edward Snowden Unconditionally!
A quote...."It’s long past time to stop Obama‘s war on whistleblowers. It’s time to hold him accountable for waging it. - Whistleblowing is a national imperative. Exposing government wrongdoing is essential. Responsible parties must be punished. - Whistleblowers deserve praise, not prosecution. Snowden is a world hero. He connected important dots for millions. - Lots more vital information awaits revealing. Everyone needs to know. The NSA operates lawlessly. It’s a power unto itself. It’s an out-of-control agency." - Source:  StevenLendman

We’ve Known for Some Time that the NSA Is Spying On Congress
A quote...."The NSA pretty much admitted to spying on Congress this week. - It’s not the first time.  David Sirota notes:   When I asked U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) if the NSA was keeping files on his colleagues, he recounted a meeting between NSA officials and lawmakers in the lead-up to a closely contested House vote to better regulate the agency...."

“One of my colleagues asked the NSA point blank will you give me a copy of my own record and the NSA said no, we won’t. They didn’t say no we don’t have one. They said no we won’t. So that’s possible.”

"Grayson is right: presumably, if the NSA wasn’t tracking lawmakers, it would have flatly denied it. Instead, those officials merely denied lawmakers access to whatever files the agency might have." - also posted at GlobalRsrch -- One commentator stated.....

"The glaring problem here is that [the], NSA and any Presidential Administration (and Israel, which gets the raw data), can now blackmail Congressional representatives, even Supreme Court Members, to get legislation crafted to their liking, whether or not such legislation is actually good for We the People. -- And look, this last week, at how Representative King expressed his eagerness to have members of Congress constantly surveilled by the NSA. -- One has to wonder just what the agency has on him, for him to have made that argument so forcefully!!" -- *Michael Rivero*

National Defense Authorization Act of 2014 Authorizes Cyber Warfare Against American Citizens
A quote...."The NDAA contains a number of highly questionable sections that run contrary to the principles articulated in the United States Constitution.  Specifically, language contained in the bill appears to authorize cyber warfare operations against the American people."

• Why Isn’t Obama Impeached for Mass Surveillance?
  
• Life in the Electronic Concentration Camp
  
• Court Exempts Secret Memo From FOIA, Sets Stage For Future Secret Laws To Go Unchallenged - Src
• An NSA Agent Is Co-Chairing a Project to Encrypt the Web
  
• Effort To Shut Off The NSA's Water Supply Goes Bipartisan In California
  
• Navy blunders in sending reporter details on how to avoid his FOIA request
  

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More International Tales From the Declining Neo-Roman ZOG Controlled Empire....

Washington and the ‘ New New World Order’
Must Read - A quote...."The US financial crisis that exploded on the world with a vengeance in March 2007 was the beginning of the end of the Old New World Order as Bush had envisioned in 1991, even though US elites were in denial of that reality. The Sole Superpower after the end of the Cold War had embarked on a quest of global empire disguised under the rubric of “globalization.” The Clinton Presidency from 1992-2000 marked an era of financial deregulation unprecedented since the 1930’s. Big banks were set free from virtually all restraints and became “Too Big to Fail” as a result. Wall Street Gods of Money knew they could literally “get away with murder” after their follies in the 1997-98 Asia financial crisis, the 1998 Russian sovereign debt default and the subsequent bank bailouts by the IMF and various governments."

Caesar’s Rome and Today
Special Note - A quote...."The Optimates in the Senate and the Roman oligarchs knew much about boom/bust economic cycles and how debt could be used to vastly increase their wealth at the expense of the people. A debt default would allow the capture of much property at low cost – and after the economy improved – net wealth increased dramatically and far beyond what would have been gained in interest on the debt. This is why the Optimates in the Senate very much hated any talk of legislation directed toward debt cancellation/reduction. Debt cancellation/reduction cut their legs out from under them in direct favor of the Populares. And this struggle between the Populares and the Optimates is what led to the murder of Caesar on the Senate floor [and apparently Brutus was particularly vile among the big moneylenders]." - bold by website editor -- Topix ||  The Ten Year Economic / Warfare Cycle  ||

Terrorism with a “Human Face”: Rebranding the Public Image of Syria’s Al Qaeda Brigades
Another US Pro-Terrorist Psyop Exposed -- A quote...."In the space of a week, two new formations of armed rebels mysteriously appeared across the mass-media lexicon and declared war on the dominant extremists through the usual “activist” social media accounts. The new brigades have virtually no historical record in the conflict, and appear to be largely a creation of the impotent exile opposition and its western sponsors. An abundance of reports relay stories of the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) simply abandoning their posts and being turned over by this supposedly “moderate” new force. -- Yet, in reality, the most predominant militia in Syria – those of a Salafi-Wahhabi fundamentalist bent, who now fight under the umbrella of the Islamic Front (IF), and are led by Hassan Abboud of Ahrar al-Sham, and Zahran Alloush of Liwa al-Islam – have made a concerted effort to avoid sowing discord between themselves and the overt Al Qaeda affiliates of ISIS and Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN)."

'US nice & cozy across ocean while its arms fuel Mideast bloodbath'
RTVideo - (RTYuTb - 7min30sec - Jan 8, 2014) - Source:  RT -- A quote...."In Iraq, local tribes have stepped in to liberate their homes from Al Qaeda-linked militants. Sunni elders have asked government troops to pull back from Anbar province, as local militias retake key positions from Islamist forces. Meanwhile, foreign powers have also weighed in. Geopolitical rivals Iran and America have united in opposition to the Islamists. RT discusses this further with geopolitical researcher Soraya Sepaphour-Ulrich."

US imperialism and Iraq’s descent into civil war
Some quotes...."A decade after the US military waged two barbaric sieges of Fallujah, the Iraqi city is once again facing a bloody armed conflict."  ---  "In April and again in November-December of 2004, Fallujah was turned into a killing field by the US occupation. From the air it was pummeled by AC-130 Specter gunships, F-16 fighter jets and Apache attack helicopters. On the ground, a force of over 10,000 US troops backed by tanks and artillery was assembled to attack the city. Bombs, missiles, [massive quantities of depleted uranium munitions] and white phosphorous shells—chemical weapons banned under the Geneva conventions—were unleashed against the population. Hospitals and ambulances were targeted. - In the end, fully one out [of] five buildings in the town were destroyed, while two-thirds of what remained were damaged. Hundreds of thousands were turned into homeless refugees. At least 120 US troops were killed in the two sieges, while no accurate count of how many thousands of Iraqis were killed has ever been made...." - bold by website editor

Torture Chambers Reveal 'US Hypocrisy to World'
A quote...."The US-run prisons at Bagram and Guantanamo have laid bare the “US hypocrisy” for the entire world, says Joe Iosbaker of the United National Antiwar Committee." - Source:  RINF

Acute child malnutrition has doubled in Afghanistan since 2012 - "Mission Accomplished"
No doubt Madeleine Albright would again blithely state, as she did once regarding Iraq...."It was worth it". - mpg -- A quote...."A recent New York Times report on child malnutrition in Afghanistan further exposes the ongoing social catastrophe produced by the US-led invasion of the country in 2001. According to the United Nations, chronic or long-term children malnutrition cases have increased by 50 percent in the past year." - Source:  MEMO

Afghans Defy US, Will Free 88 ‘Dangerous’ Prisoners
A quote...."The Afghan Review Board backed off for a few days on releasing the 88 detainees from Bagram that the US insisted were particularly dangerous, but now say that they still don’t have any evidence warranting keeping them, and that they must be let go."

As War Lingers in Mali, Western Powers Target its Natural Resources
A quote...."France’s intervention in the West African nation of Mali under Operation Serval drove Islamic groups associated with Al-Qaeda out of Northern Mali in February 2013. When the Tuareg rebellion occurred in early 2012, it was against the Malian government led by the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) for the independence of Northern Mali also known as Azawad. There were also Islamic groups such as the Ansar Dine and Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) who originally helped the MNLA. Eventually both Islamist groups turned on the MNLA forcing them out and creating a Sharia based Northern Mali. The government of Mali requested foreign assistance to re-take the north and France answered the call. France restored Mali’s government back to power." - Source: SilentCrowNews

AFRICAP: U.S. State Department’s solicitation for Corporate Mercenaries
Related Article - A quote...."Phantom Report Editor’s Note: Peacekeeping Support is government lingo for low intensity operations to incorporate counterinsurgency operations into sovereign countries using corporate mercenaries in-line with the military."

The Plundering of South Sudan
Related Article - A quote...." US AFRICOM, Israel, and Uganda's Dictator-for-Life Yoweri Museveni set up in South Sudan, inflame conflict, push out China and prepare to take over oil. -- RT's report "Who is to blame for the crisis in South Sudan?" gave a succinct background on the warring factions inside the new "nation" of South Sudan and the Western genesis of the conflict. The report would state...."

"The SPLM has received support from the US and Israel throughout the duration of the civil war fought between southern rebels and Khartoum, which has historically had unfriendly relations with the West and has moved very closely to China in recent times to jointly develop the country’s oil wealth prior to the separation. Romantic notions for self-determination did not motivate the West to support southern secession; the objective was to partition Sudan and deprive Khartoum of economically relevant territory in the south where most of the oil fields lie. In exchange for the financial, material, political, and diplomatic support received from the West, the new government in Juba endorsed a ‘Faustian pact’ with its sponsors to open its economy to international finance capital and multinational interests. The government in Juba even applied for IMF membership before it had even officially gained independence from Sudan." - bold/underline by website editor - Source:  LandDstryrRprt

EU Draws Up Plans to Send Troops to Central Africa
Related Article - And the battle for Africa between the Euro-Sphere & the Dollar-Sphere BEGINS!!

• Who will WIN!? - The mostly Euro-Kazarian banking families that own big pieces of BOTH fiat currency spheres!
• Who will LOSE!? - Nation states who try to establish normal business relationships based on trade and mutual self-interest, China, the rest of the BRICS, Russia and much of the Non-Aligned Movement.
• But who will SUFFER TERRIBLY!? - Tens of millions of innocent Africans! - mpg

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More on the Domestic Situation....

Living in a Time of Darkness on a Sea of Madness
Quote of the Day...."It has been stated here multiple times that as materialism intensifies, so does all manner of insanity manifest in the ranks of the public. Here’s something that has gone several steps beyond tromping on parakeets though the commentary of the offenders is strikingly similar. We are looking at an exponential increase in this sort of thing and the reason for that is also connected to materialism. The gap between rich and poor widens with every passing day. Those at the top are a tiny minority by comparison with those at the bottom and those in the middle are experiencing a rapid descent toward the bottom as those at the top intensify their hoovering up of all wealth and assets that are presently the property of those they intend to steal it from. So what happens is that as the thrall of materialism continues, the majority of the public are less and less in a position to enjoy it and acquire from it. This will result in bouts of berserker insanity and also other assorted distempers."

9/11: Does the Truth Have a Chance?
A quote...."The years march on as we slip further and further from the World Trade Center attacks of September 11, 2001. Mainstream media won’t touch it, unless it’s in shameless defense of the neverending War on Terrorism that is used even today to “justify” attacks on countries around the globe. -- 9/11 and the media disinformation that has plagued it have set into motion over a decade of war, and there are still many unanswered questions surrounding that fateful day. But if we really want to understand why the world is at war, we must not let these important events slip into obscurity. After years of repeated lies, the truth is still out there."

Two Years Late, Crotch Bomber Now “Outed” as CIA
Special Note - A quote...."Would-be “underwear bomber” involved in a plot to attack a US-based jet was in fact working as an undercover informer with Saudi intelligence and the CIA, it has emerged. - The revelation is the latest twist in an increasingly bizarre story about the disruption of an apparent attempt by al-Qaida to strike at a high-profile American target using a sophisticated device hidden in the clothing of an attacker. - The plot, which the White House said on Monday had involved the seizing of an underwear bomb by authorities in the Middle East sometime in the last 10 days, had caused alarm throughout the US. - It has also been linked to a suspected US drone strike in Yemen where two Yemeni members of al-Qaida were killed by a missile attack on their car on Sunday, one of them a senior militant, Fahd Mohammed Ahmed al-Quso. - But the news that the individual at the heart of the bomb plot was in fact an informer for US intelligence is likely to raise just as many questions as it answers." -  Topix ||  US-False Flag Ops - Detroit's Lap Bomber  ||

Burglars in 1971 break-in of FBI office revealed illicit agency acts
A quote...."Activists who stole documents from a Pennsylvania FBI office in 1971 that revealed domestic spying by the agency say they did it because no one else would. - Five of the eight burglars involved have revealed themselves in advance of the publication of a book by a former Washington Post reporter about the episode, the New York Times reported Tuesday. - The documents taken from the FBI office in Media, Pa., disclosed large-scale operations by the agency designed to engender paranoia and sow mistrust among anti-war groups and civil rights groups. Publication of the documents in major U.S. newspapers created a debate about limits of government surveillance similar to the current controversy stirred by documents leaked by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden." - One commentator stated.....

"This was what triggered the COINTELPRO scandal, which threatened the very legitimacy of the US Government itself." -- *Michael Rivero*

The Koch Brothers Exposed (Full Version)
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 1hr - Aug 23, 2012) - Source:  Anti Koch -- A quote...."Koch Brothers Exposed is a hard-hitting investigation of the 1% at its very worst. This full-length documentary film on Charles and David Koch—two of the world’s richest and most powerful men—is the latest from acclaimed director Robert Greenwald. The billionaire brothers bankroll a vast network of organizations that work to undermine the interests of the 99% on issues ranging from Social Security to the environment to civil rights. This film uncovers the Kochs’ corruption—and points the way to how Americans can reclaim their democracy."

For [US] Police, Murder is a Time-Saving Device
A quote...."We don’t have time for this!” exclaimed a police officer as he shot and killed a psychologically troubled, 90-pound teenage boy who had already been tasered and was pinned down beneath two other officers. The victim, 18-year-old Keith Vidal, was “armed” with a screwdriver at the time of his death."

99 Percent Of Police Brutality Reports In Central New Jersey Never See The Light Of Day
A quote...."Just one percent of complaints about excessive use of force by police are actually acted upon in central New Jersey, according to an investigation by  Courier News and the Home News Tribune."

Obama Campaign Donors Bag Record Wall Street Profits
A quote...."Americans on main street may have a bleak outlook on the Obama economy in 2014, but President Barack Obama's Wall Street campaign donors and friends are scoring record profits off the Obamacare debacle--a reality that may further complicate Democrats' "income inequality" message when voters head to the polls in November. -- The most recent Gallup poll finds that 56% of Americans believe the economy is getting worse. For Obama's big money backers, however, the Obamacare fiasco has generated massive profits and contracts. In 2008, the healthcare industry contributed an astounding $22,471,562 to Obama--a sum nearly three times greater than it donated to his Republican challenger. Their "investment" paid off in 2013, as the healthcare sector index gained 37.5%, making it the S&P 500's best-performing sector."

That’s rich: Poverty level under Obama breaks 50-year record
Related Article - A quote...."About 50 million Americans live below the poverty line, which the federal government defined in 2012 as an annual income of $23,492 for a family of four. - President Obama’s anti-poverty efforts “are basically to give more people more free stuff,” said Robert Rector, a specialist on welfare and poverty at the conservative Heritage Foundation. - “That’s exactly the opposite of what Johnson said,” Mr. Rector said. “Johnson’s goal was to make people prosperous and self-sufficient.”"

Obama, the Great Dis-Equalizer
Second Quote of the Day...."Barack Obama has used up his people-friendly rhetoric over the past five years, and is now repeating promises he’s already made and broken: to raise the minimum wage, strengthen worker rights, establish truly universal health care, and fight for the common man and woman. Obama’s new rhetorical target is gross income inequalities – a catastrophe that has worsened on his watch." - also posted at AlethoNews

Still Report #158 - Trans-Pacific Partnership
TPP - StlVideo - (StlYuTb - 7min27sec - Jan 5, 2014) - Source:  BillStill - A quote..."The TPP will be as bad for America as the European Union was for the sovereignty in European countries."

The USA paid $200 billion dollars to cable company's to provide the US with Fiber internet. They took the money and didn't do anything with it. - A quote...."This is part three of my explanation of how America went from having the fastest and cheapest Internet service in the world to what we have today -- not very fast, not very cheap Internet service that is hurting our ability to compete economically with the rest of the world. Part one detailed expected improvements in U.S. broadband based on emerging competitive factors, yet decried that it was too little too late. Part two explained how U.S. broadband ISPs are different from most overseas ISPs and how those differences make it unlikely that we'll ever regain leadership in this space."

The $200 Billion Rip-Off: Our broadband future was stolen.
Related Article - A quote...."This is part three of my explanation of how America went from having the fastest and cheapest Internet service in the world to what we have today -- not very fast, not very cheap Internet service that is hurting our ability to compete economically with the rest of the world."

McAfee Founder Elated That Intel Is Renaming Security Products, Says It's the 'Worst Software on the Planet'
For The Record - Tech Note -  (This website editor, not being a techie, simply didn't know. - mpg) -- A quote...."John McAfee, who has had no official association with the software for more than a decade, said he was overjoyed by Intel's decision. -- “I am now everlastingly grateful to Intel for freeing me from this terrible association with the worst software on the planet," the ever-colorful McAfee told the BBC. “These are not my words, but the words of millions of irate users. My elation at Intel’s decision is beyond words.”

Ex-Swiss guard complains of sexual advances in Vatican
The Vatican has been completely homo-sexualized.  It's a true wonder that they haven't already promoted "gay" marriage.  But they will, they will. - mpg -- A quote...."Over 20 reported sexual advances from priests, bishops and a cardinal."

Video tells children it's OK for TSA to molest them
A quote...."The government wants to see (or touch) your genitals before letting you fly on an airplane (I usually opt for the touch). Recently they produced a cartoon for kids explaining to them why it's OK for the government to have access to their genitals:"

Record-High 42% of Americans Identify as Independents
FINALLY it appears the people of this nation are waking up.  But it should be seventy percent, not forty two!  -- This is an insufficient number and practicually guarantees the DemoRepub / RepubliCrat party will continue to dominate what remains of the "political-process" (beauty-contestant selection system) in this country. - mpg

Important Message from a WWII Vet: "Stand Up For The Constitution"
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 8min28sec - Dec 27, 2013) - Source:  wearechange -- A quote...."World War II Airborne combat veteran Warenn (Renn) Bodeker, from Plains, Montana gives us an important message from his past experiences. Renn is a member of Oath Keepers, a non-partisan association of current and formerly serving military, police, and first responders who pledge to fulfill the oath all military and police take to "defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic." That oath, mandated by Article VI of the Constitution itself, is to the Constitution, not to the politicians, and Oath Keepers declare that they will not obey unconstitutional orders, such as orders to disarm the American people, to conduct warrantless searches, or to detain Americans as "enemy combatants" in violation of their ancient right to jury trial "

Michael Rivero on Bambuser TV -  Jan 7th, 2013 - RBN Donation Drive - To Donate - CLICK HERE
MRVideo - (BambuserTV - 3hrs - Jan 7th 2013) - Source:  RiveroBBTV-Vids - Related Websites:  Republic Broadcasting Network dot Org - WhatReallyHappened - Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire, and many other issues.

The great global warming swindle - Full version
Video - (YuTb - 1hr13min33sec - Dec 12, 2010) - Source: WakeUpCall4World

Still Report #159 - Polar Vortex
Related StlVideo - (StlYuTb - 5min41sec - Jan 7, 2014) - Source:  BillStill - A quote..."East coast of the United States shivering under global warming."

We Will Resist TSA & NSA Tyranny Infowars.com Contest" Presents "Spying For The NSA"
InfoWarsVideo Satire - Hysterical! - (InfoWarsYuTb - 7min - Jan 7, 2014) - Source:  gunbodi

Michael Rivero on Bambuser TV -  Jan 8th, 2013 - RBN Donation Drive - To Donate - CLICK HERE
MRVideo - (BambuserTV - 3hrs - Jan 8th 2013) - Source:  RiveroBBTV-Vids - Related Websites:  Republic Broadcasting Network dot Org - WhatReallyHappened - Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire, and many other issues.

A comment about Michael Rivero's theories regarding the Saudi Parasitic Family's involvement in 9/11.  He asks the question....why would the Saudi Parasites "Want to hurt the US-NRE?", and states that if they wanted to do so, they could simply drop the US-NRE's dollar (the Fed's fiat script) or even its bonds.

His thesis is peculiar to say the least, not to mention completely and utterly ill-logical.

The Saudi Parasites would NEVER destroy their own economy and most importantly themselves by challenging the Petro-Dollar system, that was part of the agreement back in 1973 as Michael Rivero himself has repeatedly pointed out.  They certainly wouldn't want to end up like Saddam or Gaddafi, again as he has repeatedly pointed out.

It is PRECISLY to protect the Euro-Kazarian managed, Bankster constructed system of Petro-Dollar hegemony that the Saudi Parasites participated in, and helped facilitate the events on 9/11.  Yes Israel master-minded it. Yes, Israel carried it out.  They did so however with the help of the Saudi Parasites and Euro-Kazarians and their fellow travelers in the US-NRE. 

The quid pro quo being the Saudi Parasites get to spread their bastardized, anti-Islamic Wahhabist terrorism across the length and breadth of the Middle East, North Africa and hopefully someday, from the Trinity of Evil's point of view, the CIS states in the Caspian basin, while being protected, and enriched, by their continued participation in the Petro-Dollar system.

Yes, running into enormous economic trouble with its attendant undesirable political consequences, it is certainly possible that some elements within the US-NRE are about to turn on the Saudi Parasites, or at least are sending them the message that they'll continue to abide by their nefarious arrangements to support the Feds ever declining script....or else. 

But hasn't the US-NRE betrayed, and even murdered, many of their so-called "allies" during the growth of its Bankster owned empire during the last seventy years?  From history's perspective its seems to be a rather common occurrence.  - mpg

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

Inflation vs Deflation – Monetary Tectonics In 25 Amazing Charts
Must View Charts - A quote....""We introduced the first chartbook from Incrementum Liechtenstein in the fall of last year. It showed the debt bear market in 50 amazing charts. In their second chartbook, Ronald Stoeferle and Mark Valek from Incrementum Liechtenstein analyzed in great detail the raging war between inflation and deflation, as well as gold’s role in it. -- The authors introduce the term “monetary tectonics” as a metaphor for this war. Similar to tectonic plates under a volcano, monetary inflation and deflation is currently working against each other...."

• Monetary inflation  is the result of a parabolically rising monetary base M0 driven by the central bank monetary easing policy.
• Monetary deflation is the result of shrinking monetary aggregates M2 and M3 because of credit deleveraging.

"The following chart clearly shows that 2013 was a pivot year in which the monetary base M0 grew exponentially while net M2 (expressed on the chart line as M2 minus M0) declined significantly."

Our Everyday Lives Have Been Financialized -- And It's Destructive
Must Read - A quote...."Evidence that financialization represents a deep transformation of mature economies is offered by the global crisis of 2007-09. The crisis originated in the elephantine U.S. financial system, and was associated with speculation in housing. For a brief period it led to serious questioning of mainstream economic theory and policy: how to confront the turmoil, and what to do about the diseased financial system; are new economic theories needed? However, after six years it is clear that very little has changed. Financialization is here to stay. -- Consider, for instance, the policies to confront the crisis. First, public funds were injected into banks to boost capital. Second, public liquidity was made available to banks to sustain their operations. Third, public interest rates were driven to zero to enable banks to make secure profits by lending to their own customers at higher rates. -- This extraordinary public largesse towards private banks was matched by austerity and wage reductions for workers and households...."

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts: If the Currency Collapses & You Try to Flee Into Gold,There Won’t Be Any
Must Listen GHVideo - Alt - (GHYuTb - 41min30sec -  Jan 8, 2014) -- Source:  GregHunter@YuTb - Related Sites:  USAWatchDog - PaulCraigRoberts - PCR@YuTb - A quote...."Former Assistant Treasury Secretary Dr. Paul Craig Roberts says, “The West is draining itself of physical bullion. . . If there is a currency collapses and you try to flee into gold, there won’t be any there. The Chinese will have it.” So, is this the year gold and silver stage a big turnaround? Roberts says, “It’s gone on longer than I thought it could go on. I didn’t realize all the deceptive and crooked methods they would use to rig the markets. The notion that a democratic capitalist country having its markets rigged by its own authorities–it blows the mind. This is not normal. What will they do next? I don’t know.” Join Greg Hunter as he goes One-on-One with economist Dr. Paul Craig Roberts."

Presenting The Exchange Stabilization Fund In 5 Parts: Is This The Real "Plunge Protection Team"?
Video - (Part 1) - (Part 2) - (Part 3) - (Part 4) - (Part 5) - (YuTb - 8/26min - June, 2011) - Source:  cedec0 -- A quote...."When it comes to the fabled President's Working Group on Capital Markets, also known as the Plunge Protection Team, the myths about the subject are certainly far greater than any underlying reality. To be sure, vast amounts of popular folkflore has been expounded into the public arena, with most of it being shot down simply due to it assuming conspiracy theories of such vast scale that the human mind is unable to grasp the complexity, and ultimately the inverse Gordian Knot makes an appearance with the claim that vast conspiracies are largely untenable simply because it is impossible to keep a secret from so many people for so long. Yet what if the secret is not a secret at all but is fully out in the open, and is only a matter of interpretation, and contextualizing?"

Do Bank of America and Wells Fargo Run Vermont's Capitol City?
A quote...."When a city employee promotes a point of view that happens to center on an aspect of populist economics that seeks to serve the public good, and the democratically-elected mayor of that city has an opposing ideology that he’d rather not debate openly, why would anyone expect the resolution of this conflict to be anything but ugly? - That describes the often-covert, year-long struggle by minions of the private banking industry in 2013 to strangle the nascent idea of a Public Bank for Vermont in its cradle before the public might begin to admire it and help it grow."

Bank of America is exchanging intelligence about activists with police & federal task forces
A quote...."New details have surfaced regarding the surveillance protocols used by Bank of America to keep tabs on social activists. Last year, Anonymous hacktivists published 14 gigabytes of private emails and spreadsheets which revealed that Bank of America was monitoring social media and other online services used by activists for basic communication. This time however, information about the bank’s recent surveillance activities were obtained legally through a public records request by a single petitioner." - Source:  DailyDot

Wave of US Municipal Bankruptcies Caused by Wall Street Predatory Interest Rates, not Pensions
A quote...."The political establishment and the media have relentlessly promoted the myth that the crisis in Detroit and in cities across the US is a product of overgenerous spending on social services and benefits, with public employee pension liabilities cited as the main culprit."

Senate confirms Janet Yellen as Fed Chair
A quote...."The US Senate confirmed Janet Yellen, President Obama’s nominee to replace Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, Monday evening. The move is a signal that the pro-Wall Street policies carried out by Yellen’s predecessor, Ben Bernanke, will continue."

Keiser Report: UK's Economics of Extinction (E546)
MaxRTVideo - Alt - (MaxRTYuTb - 25min46sec - Jan 7, 2014) - Related Websites:  RussiaToday - MaxKeiserTV - MaxKeiserCom - MaxOnTwitter - StacyOnTwitter - A quote...."In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert discuss the Ka-Boom! and Ka-bust! the economics of extinction in the UK property market as Thatcher's slow-motion housing timebomb ticks away under the British economy where demand continues to outstrip supply by a factor of two and where one woman being forced out of social housing complains, "I'm sure if they had their way they would kill us. I really believe that." In the second half, Max interviews Liam Halligan of the Telegraph about austerity, extinction economics, bitcoin and all those towns up North, of which Max can only name three."

“Monkey Business” Surrounding the Repatriation of Germany’s Gold Stored at the NY Federal Reserve Bank
A quote...."As there has not been an audit of Fort Knox since the 1950′s, nor a bar list made public since this German gold was claimed to have been deposited with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York back in the 1950s, this is a can of worms that has already been opened and any “answer” will only lead to more questions."

RBS Pays $600 Million for Manpulating Interest Rates … But Big Banks Are Manipulating EVERY Market to the Tune of Trillions of Dollars - Banksters Win Again -- A quote...."To put the Libor interest rate scandal in perspective...."

• The big banks have conspired for years to rig interest rates … upon which $800 trillion in assets are pegged
• This was the largest insider trading scandal ever … and the largest financial scam in world history
• Local governments got ripped off bigtime by the Libor manipulation
• Even though RBS and a handful of other banks have been fined for interest rate manipulation, Libor is still being manipulated.  No wonder … the fines are pocket change – the cost of doing business – for the big banks

"Indeed, the experts say that big banks will keep manipulating markets unless and until their executives are thrown in jail for fraud." - Source:  WashBlog

If You Are Waiting For An “Economic Collapse”, Just Look At What Is Happening To Europe. The Entire Continent Is A Giant Economic Mess Right Now. -- A quote...."If you are anxiously awaiting the arrival of the “economic collapse”, just open up your eyes and look at what is happening in Europe.  The entire continent is a giant economic mess right now.  Unemployment and poverty levels are setting record highs, car sales are setting record lows, and there is an ocean of bad loans and red ink everywhere you look.  Over the past several years, most of the attention has been on the economic struggles of Greece, Spain and Portugal and without a doubt things continue to get even worse in those nations.  But in 2014 and 2015, Italy and France will start to take center stage.  France has the 5th largest economy on the planet, and Italy has the 9th largest economy on the planet, and at this point both of those economies are rapidly falling to pieces.  Expect both France and Italy to make major headlines throughout the rest of 2014.  I have always maintained that the next major wave of the economic collapse would begin in Europe, and that is exactly what is happening.  The following are just a few of the statistics that show that an “economic collapse” is happening in Europe right now…" - also posted at BLN & ZeroHedge

Eurozone unemployment rate remains at record high
A quote...."Official data show eurozone unemployment rate has remained unchanged at a record high of 12.1 percent in November last year for the eighth consecutive month."

What export led recovery? Greek exports for 2013 close to drop on previous year
A quote...."Greek exports are teetering on the brink of ending 2013 with a decline compared with the previous year, as Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) estimates for November point to a major 22.6 percent yearly slide when fuel is included and 7.9 percent without it. - That drop is considered particularly big even among the most pessimistic circles in the export industry as it constitutes the worst monthly performance in four years."

Canada’s top CEOs paid 171 times more than the average worker
A quote...."By the early afternoon of the first working day in the New Year, Canada’s top one hundred executives had already pocketed more compensation than most workers will earn in the entire year. So demonstrates a just-released study by Hugh Mackenzie of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives that uses corporate reports from 2013 to document the money paid Canada’s top executives in 2012 and reveal thereby the continuing growth of social inequality."
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More On The World's International Situation....

Syria: Jabhat al-Nusra, Not The FSA, Fighting With ISIS
Geo-Political Analysis - A quote...."The infighting between several foreign sponsored jihadist insurgency groups in northern and eastern Syria is sold by some as a fight of the "moderate" Free Syrian Army against the al-Qaeda affiliate ISIS. But this does not seem to be the reality. While there is some showing of the FSA flag over conquered ISIS territory this is likely just a fake to hide the real group behind the fighting, the al-Qaeda affiliate Jabhad al Nusra and a new, probably fictitious, Army of the Mujahideen. -- A similar fake was reported from southern Syria where Jabhat al-Nusra successes get sold to "western" supporters as sole FSA operations...." - For more artilces on this isseue see below....

• 34 jihadists killed after rebel clashes in Syria's Idlib: activists
• Beheaded Bodies of 50 Syrian Citizens Found in Aleppo
  
• 34 al-Qaeda Fighters Executed by Rival Syrian Rebels
• Syrian al-Qaeda Factions Nearing Conflict With One Another
• Saudi-backed Takfiris kill each other in Syria
  
• Salafi Militants Push Back ISIL from Deir Ezzur
  
• Syria: 10 civilians killed in air strike: Pro-rebel activists say
• Syria Islamists Fight Al Qaeda Allies In Raqqa - vid
• Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS): an explainer

Syrian Minister: Terrorists Attacks in Syria, Iraq, Russia Plotted in Single Center
Full quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Syria’s Minister of Information Omran al-Zoubi said that the same forces had been behind the bombing attacks in Syria, Iraq and Russia. - These attacks, in his words, were plotted and directed from a single center, Voice of Russia reported. - "Syria, Iraq and Russia have the legal right to take all necessary measures to protect their national security," he said. "If a party has billions of dollars at its disposal, it does not mean that it can stage terrorist attacks here or there scot-free." - He stressed that it was inadmissible to discriminate between "moderate and radical" terrorists. "Anyone who bears arms against the state is a terrorist for us, regardless of nuances," he said."

Syria: Bin Laden's Deputy Killed in Al-Qaeda Infighting in Aleppo
A quote...."Molla Al-Din Sisfara, a founder of the Salafi media in the Balkan and a former deputy of Bin Laden, was among tens of terrorists killed near Jasr Al-Haj in Aleppo, informed local sources told FNA on Wednesday."

Syrians decided Assad should run in elections -minister
A quote...."BEIRUT: Syria's Information Minister said on Tuesday the Syrian people have decided President Bashar Assad should be nominated for another term and would pressure him to stand in elections this year."

Iran rejects preconditions for Syria talks
A quote..."Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says any preconditions for Tehran’s presence in the upcoming international talks on Syria crisis will be meaningless. - “The role and influence of Iran as an important and effective part in the settlement of regional problems including the Syria issue are clear to all; and based on its principled stance, Iran will spare no effort to solve the crisis in Syria,” Zarif said in a meeting with visiting Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad in Tehran on Tuesday."

US cannot ‘exclude’ Iran from Syria talks
A quote...."The US government is trying to œsave face” by indicating that Iran should be involved in a second round of Geneva talks on Syria because Washington œcannot continue to exclude” and œignore” Iran, says an American geopolitical analyst." - Source:  PressTV
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Clashes, Bombs, Shootings in Iraq: 96 Killed, 98 Wounded
A quote...."At least 96 people were killed across Iraq today. One of them was an Egyptian civilian. It is likely that some of the militants killed in Anbar province today were also foreign nationals. Another 98 people were wounded, more than half of them in a bombing in Kirkuk."

Turkish Opposition Blasts Erdogan Government for Weapons Smuggling
A quote...."Following the recent seizure of a truck loaded with weapons en route to terrorists in Syria, the leader of Turkey’s Republican People’s Party, Kemal Klichdar, blasted the administration of Prime Minister R. Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party for providing weapons to al-Qaeda and Jabhat al-Nusrah terrorists in Syria."

Turkish corruption probe row deepens
A quote...."Turkey has dismissed 350 police officers in the capital Ankara in the biggest shake-up since a corruption inquiry targeting government allies."

Libya Warns: Oil Tankers At Closed Ports "Will Be Destroyed"
A quote...."Armed groups, demanding autonomy for eastern Libya, have invited foreign companies to buy oil from ports they have seized in defiance of the central government in Tripoli. As Reuters reports, "If a ship docks in one of the closed ports," warned Libya's defense ministry, "then we will destroy it," but the group, led by tribal leader and 2011 civil war hero Ibrahim Jathran, shrugged off Tripoli’s warning, stating "we welcome global oil companies ... The oil security guards will guarantee the safety of tankers."" - Source:  ZeroHedge

Bahrain forces attack protesters in Marakh, wound two
A quote...."Security forces in Bahrain have attacked anti-regime protesters in a village west of the capital, Manama, wounding two people. - The Al Khalifa regime has confirmed the incident, which happened in the village of Marakh on Thursday. There has been no word on the condition of the two wounded men."

Algeria rushes into space
A quote...."While a significant part of the Arab world has been forced to suffer the consequences of the so-called “Arab Spring” and radicalization of society, leading to increasing internal and external isolation, Algeria has made a bid for national creative accomplishments and strengthening of its international authority by the upcoming launch of the country’s third satellite – the ALSAT 3."

Brazil’s Petrobras bond sale raises $5.17 bn
A quote...."Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras said Tuesday that it will sell $5.17 billion worth of bonds to fund its 2013-2017 business management plan."

Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces to conduct over 60 exercises in 2014
A quote....."Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) will conduct more than 60 exercises and over 40 training sessions in 2014, RVSN Spokesperson, Colonel Igor Yegorov said. - The RVSN command is thoroughly revising combat training programmes and regulations and updating training methodologies, taking into account new methods of warfare."

Guest Post: Shinzo Abe Is Not Welcome In China, And Never Will Be
A quote...."In a recent press conference, Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo expressed a desire to meet with Chinese and South Korean leaders to explain why he visited the controversial Yasukuni shrine in late December of 2013. “Seeking dialogue with China and South Korea is extremely important for the peace and security of this region,” Reuters quoted Abe as saying. “I would like to explain my true intentions regarding my visit to Yasukuni.”" - Source:  TheDiplomat

China announces new private banks
A quote...."China has given the go-ahead to set up three to five private banks as part of a pilot scheme this year in a bid to further open up the banking sector to domestic and foreign capital, China’s banking regulator said Monday."

Indian carrier Vikramaditya arrives from Russia
A quote...."A refitted $2.3 billion aircraft carrier the INS Vikramaditya has finally reached India after being refurbished in Russia, underlining the close defence ties between Moscow and New Delhi."

India growth in 2013/14 at 5%- Singh
A quote...."Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday sought to dispel apprehensions of the Indian diaspora on the state of the economy, saying the country was heading towards “better times”."

Thailand: Regime Power Grab Runs into Judicial Brick Wall
Special Note - A quote...."Usurping constitutional amendment that would allow prime minister to sign foreign treaties without Parliamentary approval is overturned. Regime cries "judicial coup.""
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Palestinian activist arrested in night raid in Nablus
A quote..."Nablus, Occupied Palestine – At 2:30am on Tuesday morning, Israeli soldiers and secret service agents entered a house in the city of Nablus and arrested Sireen Khudairi, a 24-year-old schoolteacher and activist. No arrest warrant was given, although Sireen was threatened with physical violence if she did not accompany the soldiers." - Source:  ISM

Israeli forces injure 2 with rubber bullets in Beit Ummar
A quote...."HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinians during a raid in the village of Beit Ummar north of Hebron on Monday, injuring two with rubber bullets and causing dozens to suffer from excessive tear gas inhalation."

Fifteen Palestinians Injured Near Hebron
A quote...."[Tuesday Evening, January 7, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that at least fifteen young Palestinian men have been injured after Israeli soldiers invaded Al-Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank."
    
Israeli forces shoot, injure 3 Palestinians in Duheisha camp
A quote...."BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli military forces shot and injured three Palestinians in Duheisha refugee camp in Bethlehem early Thursday, locals said."

Palestinian Killed By Israeli Shell In Gaza, Two Children Injured
A quote...."[Wednesday January 8, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that one Palestinian has been killed, and two children injured, one seriously, when Israeli soldiers fired shells into the Al-Kassarat area, east of Gaza city."

IOA distributes demolition notifications in Silwan
A quote...."The Wadi Hilwa information center said in a statement that occupation municipality, escorted by Israeli special forces, distributed notifications for the demolition of houses, commercial installations, sheds, and a playground in various Silwan suburbs at the pretext of lack of construction permits."

Five Palestinians Kidnapped In Nablus, Hebron
A quote...."[Tuesday at Dawn, January 7, 2014] Israeli soldiers invaded the northern West Bank district of Nablus, and the southern West Bank district of Hebron, kidnapping five Palestinians. Several Palestinians kidnapped in Jerusalem on Monday."

In video: Israeli military accompanies settler [Jewish squattter] attack
A quote...."BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli human rights group B'Tselem on Wednesday released video footage which shows Israeli soldiers standing among settlers [Jewish squatters] while they attack a Palestinian school with stones in the Nablus village of Urif."

New Yorkers March For Justice At Gaza's Border Crossing
Photo Essay -- A quote...."With shouts of “Egypt! Don’t be Israel’s prison guards!” a diverse coalition of peace and human rights groups gathered on the afternoon of Saturday January 4th 2014 to call attention to the plight of the people of Gaza. In front of the Egypt Consulate, 1110 Second Avenue between 58-59 Streets, New York City, scores demonstrators met, despite freezing temperatures, to call for a permanent opening of the Rafah Border Crossing between Egypt and Gaza."
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Amerika's FrankenFood Disaster, Vaccine Cover-Up, Fukushima & The Monsanto Monster....

Bangladesh: Farmers say No to Genetically Modified Vegetables - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."Plans to introduce a controversial GM variety of brinjal (aubergine / eggplant) in Bangladesh are opposed by 100 civil society organisations around the world. As Mae Wan Ho reports, the issue is arousing powerful passions …"

Whole Foods to Privately Support Local Growers with $25 Million
A quote...."If you are expanding a local growing or food business, you might want to look to Whole Foods Market. Or, do you wish to convert your farm to organic? - They had success with their $10 million in fixed low-interest loans to over 150 businesses. So why not follow it up and keep the growing going?"

How Does Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Wind Up in Organic Meat?
Special Note - A quote...."There is a dizzying and vicious cycle of the overuse of antibiotics in meat production. Animals make up over three quarters of antibiotic use which has helped create a public health crisis. - We are now on third-generation drugs that are not combating the bacteria they were designed to eradicate."

7 Drugs Whose Dangerous Risks Emerged Only After Big Pharma Made Its Money
A quote...."January 2, 2014  |   Have you ever noticed how warnings about dangerous prescription drugs always seem to surface after the drug is no longer marketed and its patent has run out? Whether it's an FDA advisory or a trial lawyer solicitation about harm that may have been done to you, the warnings are always belated and useless. If a drug you took four years ago may have given you liver damage, why didn't the FDA tell you then? Why didn't the FDA recall the drug or better yet, not approve it in the first place?"

"The Drugs that completely cure are not profitable"
A quote...."....drug companies often are not as interested in healing you as in getting your money, so that investigation, suddenly, is diverted to the discovery of drugs that do not heal completely, but chronify the disease and make you experience an improvement that disappears when you stop taking the drug."

Study Shows Fracking Is Bad for Babies
A quote...."The energy industry has long insisted that hydraulic fracking -- the practice of fracturing rock to extract gas and oil deep beneath the earth's surface -- is safe for people who live nearby. New research suggests this is not true for some of the most vulnerable humans: newborn infants." - Source:  Bloomberg

Why Is Radioactive Snow Falling In Missouri?
A quote...."If radioactive snow is falling in Missouri, is it safe to assume that much of the snow that is falling on the rest of the country is also radioactive?  What you are about to see is absolutely shocking.  A highly respected YouTube personality known as DutchSinse has released video of himself measuring radiation levels of the snow falling on St. Louis, Missouri.  What he discovered was that he got a reading that was about twice as high as he did on a sunny day when there is no precipitation.  So what in the world could be causing this? "

Secrecy agreement between Fukushima and IAEA revealed by Tokyo newspaper
Cover-Up Exposed -- A quote...."kyo Shimbun, December 31, 2013, with translation by Fukushima Voice (version 2e), published Jan. 6, 2014: It was discovered that the memorandum of cooperation between the IAEA and Fukushima as well as Fukui Prefectures contain a confidentiality clause [...] critics say “it could be preempting the State Secrecy Protection Law.” [...]"

Radiation Out of Control in California
AJVideo - (AJYuTb - 23min31sec - Jan 8, 2014) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."David continues with Paul Joseph watson and is joined Live from the Coast of California by Infowars Nightly News reporter Jakari Jackson to reveal the true levels of background radiation on local beaches."

Hot spots at 1,400% baseline radiation levels on San Francisco-area coast
A quote...."Half Moon Bay Review, Jan. 7, 2014: [...] Fukushima Daiichi [...] is not the cause of abnormally high radiation levels discovered recently along Surfer’s Beach, according to an analysis by independent experts. But exactly why a swath of the local coastline is showing about 14 times the baseline radiation level remains a curious mystery. [...] El Granada electrical engineer Steven Weiss grabbed his own radiation measurement equipment [...] He tested various spots: the side of the bluffs and the white sand closest to the waterline, both registering levels that were high [...] a line of black silt along the back of the beach [...] registered about 415 counts per minute. A cpm of 30 is considered the baseline for radioactivity typically found in the air. [...] he took a sample of the dark sediment and sent it to his company’s main offices in Sebastopol for analysis [which found] radium and thorium [...]"

California County Officials Confirm Fukushima Radiation Has Reached California!
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The Effects of Nuclear Testing Since 1945 Shows Us What We Can Expect From Fukushima
A quote...."Worldwide there has been a massive increase in cancers of all kinds since 1945. - On Monday July 16th 1945 in Alamogordo, Mexico the first ever atomic bomb was tested. The bomb was called Trinity, which by definition means three things that are closely conjoined to form one new unit. It’s also the name given to the Christian Godhead: The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit, but there was nothing holy about this alliance."

Tuesday January 7th 2014

No posts. - mpg

Monday January 6th 2014

Iraq: The ‘Liberation’ Neocons Would Rather Forget
Must Read - A quote...."Remember Fallujah? Shortly after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the US military fired on unarmed protestors, killing as many as 20 and wounding dozens. In retaliation, local Iraqis attacked a convoy of US military contractors, killing four. The US then launched a full attack on Fallujah to regain control, which left perhaps 700 Iraqis dead and the city virtually destroyed. - According to press reports last weekend, Fallujah is now under the control of al-Qaeda affiliates. The Anbar province, where Fallujah is located, is under siege by al-Qaeda. During the 2007 “surge,” more than 1,000 US troops were killed “pacifying” the Anbar province. Although al-Qaeda was not in Iraq before the US invasion, it is now conducting its own surge in Anbar. - For Iraq, the US “liberation” is proving far worse than the authoritarianism of Saddam Hussein, and it keeps getting worse. Last year was Iraq’s deadliest in five years. In 2013, fighting and bomb blasts claimed the lives of 7,818 civilians and 1,050 members of the security forces. In December alone nearly a thousand people were killed." - Source:  RPI

The Fall of Fallujah
A quote...."The irony is thick as Americans who fought in Fallujah watch as al Qaeda makes a comeback. The power vacuum — that is now being filled to the brim with radical Jihadists — was handcrafted by the Bush administration, and it received its finishing touch and spit shine from the Obama administration. What else can we say about Iraq? We should have never gone in, and we should have never left. Talk about an unwinnable war…"

Bombs, Blood, Brutality: Iraq endless warzone as militants capture Fallujah
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 3min54sec - Jan 6, 2014) - Source:  RT -- A quote...."A new wave of bombings has ripped through commercial districts of the Iraqi capital, killing at least 20 people. That’s as the country’s army could be preparing to attack and recapture Fallujah after an Al-Qaeda-linked group gained foothold there."

US Occupation of Iraq is the Cause of Sectarian Strife and Al Qaeda Attacks
A quote...."The recent fighting in Fallujah, Ramadi and other towns is a clear result of the American invasion and occupation of Iraq,” Denis Halliday told Press TV on Sunday. - Halliday said the United States has created sectarian divisions in Iraq since it invaded the country in 2003. - “During that period they encouraged division between Sunni and Shia in Iraq, which had not been the case generally speaking prior to the American invasion.” - He went on to say that “the tragedy now is that the strife between religious interests in Iraq as in other parts of the region has become dangerous and life-threatening calamitous to Iraq, to Syria, to Lebanon as well.”" - Source:  PressTV

On Location Video: Exiled from Syria's Revolution
Must View GPVideo - (GPFlshPlyr - 12min51sec - January 3, 2014 - 1:53am) - Source: GPVideos - Global Post - A quote...."Three friends [thought they] fought for democracy in Syria until they faced death threats from people they thought were on their side."

Syria’s Hospitals targeted by NATO-backed Armed Groups
A quote...."The most recent example of this was the destruction of Aleppo’s specialist Al-Kindi hospital. - Syria’s Health Minister Dr Sa’ad al Nayef told a visiting Australian solidarity delegation on 22 December that foreign backed terrorists had detonated two truck bombs, completely destroying the hospital. All health workers inside were killed in the blast. Dr Malek Ali, Syria’s Minister for Higher Education told Syria’s SANA news agency that Al-Kindi, was a functioning educational hospital co-managed by his ministry."

Syrian Army, FSA Come into Terms to Open Joint Front against Al-Nusra, Foreign Militants
Geo-Political Alert - Is The End Near? -- A quote...."The (FSA's) armed rebel groups and the Syrian army signed an agreement through the mediation of the National Reconciliation Committees and tribal leaders after a number of armed rebels from the FSA and the Al-Nusra Front surrendered themselves to the army with all their weapons,” a Syrian army source told FNA on Monday. - “According to this agreement, the armed groups affiliated to the FSA will fight against the Al-Nusra Front terrorists and the western-backed militants in Barzeh region,” the source said."

250 Armed Rebels Surrender to Syrian Army in Damascus Countryside
A quote...."A sum of 250 Syrian opposition forces admitted defeat and surrendered themselves in Barzeh in Damascus countryside after being under the siege of the army and the national defense forces for more than a year, Russia Today satellite television channel reported."

West, Saudi Arabia relieved at death of al-Majed
Must Read - A quote...."Dead men don’t talk, as they say, and that fact may spare the United States, Britain and Saudi Arabia from incriminating disclosures that could have surfaced if he had stayed alive – disclosures that would expose their collusion in terrorist violence raging across the Middle East. - Inevitably, there will be suspicions that al-Majed – a Saudi national – was killed while in Lebanese custody. He was arrested by Lebanese intelligence personnel reportedly in the southern port city of Sidon only days before his death was announced on Saturday. During his brief period in custody he was undergoing questioning while suffering from chronic kidney disease."

UAE Rulers Hire Blackwater to Protect Palaces from Popular Uprisings
Geo-Political Alert - Thug Alert - A quote...."Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, and a number of his brothers and UAE Sheikhs have assigned Blackwater to protect their palaces,” a source close to the ruling family in the UAE told FNA on Monday."

The Russian-Saudi Showdown at Sochi
A quote...."Monday’s terrorist bombings only 400 miles away from the site of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, have a geopolitical back story involving implied threats from Saudi Arabia’s intelligence chief Prince Bandar bin Sultan to Russian President Vladimir Putin last summer when Bandar was pressing Putin to withdraw his backing for the Syrian government."

Petrodollar Scam Breaking Down
Must View BNVideo - Alt - (BNYuTb - 5min44sec - Jan 3, 2014) - Source:  BrotherNathanael -- A quote...."China: “Why do great nations fail? They all make the same mistakes. America tried to spend and tax itself out of a great recession. Massive changes to health care. Enormous so-called ’stimulus spending,’ government takeovers of private industries, and crushing debt. Of course, we owned most of the debt…ha ha ha, so now they work for us.”

The "Petrol Dollar" was one reason for all those deaths and destruction in the Middle East, Oded Yinon's plan to destroy every nation state in the Middle East & North Africa that could possibly compete with Israel, and the Saudi Parasitic Family's desire to occupy what was left of these former nation state structures with their bastardized, anti-Islamic, Wahhabist, terrorist apostasy were the others. - All mutually self-reinforcing objectives on behalf of the members of the Trinity of Evil" - mpg - Topix....

• Two Simple Equations - 05-12-13 - mpg
• Au Contraire - It's Always Been About the Currency! - 03-21-13 - mpg
• Global Economic Model of War – Understanding Syria
• The Ten Year Economic / Warfare Cycle

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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

Tel Aviv, Riyadh Form Bizarre Alliance
Video Interview - Alt - A quote...."Kevin Barrett: I think it has been pretty clear now for a number of years that al-Qaeda is a brand that was created by a certain segment of the imperialist and colonialist forces in the West to undermine the Islamic Awakening and to prevent the countries of the Middle East from reclaiming their freedom and independence. -- Just to give you a couple of examples of what I am talking about: We heard just two weeks ago that two American Congressmen asked Congress to pass a resolution, demanding President Obama declassify the 2002 joint intelligence report that apparently, according to many leaks, shows that 9/11 was not perpetrated by nineteen al-Qaeda militants under control of a guy on dialysis in a cave in Afghanistan but rather it was attributed to one or more foreign intelligence agencies. -- The leaks have generally pointed towards Saudi intelligence, which is really just a wing of US intelligence, and they have also to a lesser extent pointed towards Israeli intelligence. -- We have US Senator Bob Graham on the record, saying that this is true, that these thirty-plus pages that have been classified and withheld from scrutiny by President Bush ever since they were published in 2002 do show that 9/11 was not what we were told, that it was an intelligence agency operation."- Topix ||  One Vile, Venom Tipped, Taloned Hand Washes the Other - (a.k.a. The Standard Model) - 07-28-10 - mpg  ||  9/11 & 7/11  Israeli Connection  ||  Reficultnias's 9/11 Central  ||

Forty-Seven Treasonous Senators Take Israel’s Word Over U.S. Intel Community
More On The Zio-Whore Traitors Who Service Israel -- A quote...."If Americans ever assert their real national security and geopolitical interests by “shaking off” the longstanding occupation of Washington — “Israel’s most important occupied territory” — in a long overdue “American Intifada,” those who have engaged “in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort” are helpfully leaving behind an extensive documentary record of their treason:" - also posted at AlethoNews

The Courage of the Quenelle
A quote...."There is a strange gesture sweeping Europe called the “Quenelle.”  Dieudonné M’bala M’bala, the vastly popular French comedian and activist for social justice is credited with creating it. - What is it? - Haaretz calls it a “reverse Nazi salute.  When I see it, it is someone brushing lint off their sleeve. - Are the Zionists of Europe, the extremist political group that masses are rising against to be considered “lint” to be brushed away? - Perhaps that is the message that the decades of hatred spewed at Germans, the robotic indoctrination of Europeans in questionable history, self-hatred and slavish obedience to a “bankster” elite is the real heart of Zionism. - This is the real message of the Quenelle...."

Friends of yours, Mr Cameron?
Graphs - Tables - A quote...."Israel's appalling crime­sheet for 2013…Killed 56, injured 1385, carried out 8636 raids and attacks, demolished 172 homes…Of course, these statistics for 2013 barely scratch the surface. The stomach churning story of the rogue regime's inhuman conduct stretches back to World War 2, before its founding, when Jewish terrorists were attacking and murdering British soldiers of the mandated government right up to their departure in 1948. Subsequently the terror gangs and militia massacred or put to flight hundreds of thousands of Palestinian villagers and townspeople in order to hugely enlarge the territory allocated for a Jewish state in the UN Partition Plan."

Report: 230 Israeli violations against journalists in 2013
A quote...."GAZA, (PIC)-- The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) carried out more than 230 violations against Palestinian journalists in 2013, the information center of the Palestinian government in Gaza stated in a report."

Peres praises the ‘Egyptian war’ against Hamas
A quote..."Israeli President Shimon Peres has praised what he describes as “the war” being waged by the Egyptian authorities against the Islamic resistance movement Hamas." - Source:  MEMO

Tens of Thousands of Migrants Rally in Israel for Rights
A quote...."Tens of thousands of African migrants held their biggest rally to date in Tel Aviv on Sunday to protest Israel‘s refusal to grant them refugee status and new law that allows them to be detained without trial." - Source:  CommonDreams

Jewish settlers rejoice at death of 4 Palestinian children
A quote...."TEHRAN, Oct. 21 (MNA) –Airing of the news about death of 4 Palestinian children by Israel’s Channel 2 has caused Jewish settlers to rejoice at the event in social networks. - Mehr News reported that Jewish social network activists called these children as ‘terrorists,’ emphasizing that these children should have died or been killed."

Lieberman: 'Not one' Palestinian can return to Israel in any peace deal
A quote...."The Palestinians have refused to drop the demand for the right of refugees from 1948 and their descendants, now numbering some five million people, to return to their former homes inside what is now Israel."

Academic Zionist agents in US go public
A quote...."It seems that the American Studies Association’s (ASA) boycott resolution vote has rattled the Zionist cages. - They have proved that Veterans Today was right with our claim that academic espionage was one of the key areas where Israeli intelligence has invested major resources for a long time. - The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (CoP), commonly Presidents’ Conference, has been chosen by the Israeli lobby to lead the counterattack against the ASA historic resolution reported by Press TV last week. - World media described the resolution breakthrough as a sign that the tipping point toward a full Israel boycott was getting closer."

Shady Companies With Ties to Israel Wiretap the U.S. for the NSA
A quote...."Narus was formed in Israel in November 1997 by six Israelis with much of its money coming from Walden Israel, an Israeli venture capital company. Its founder and former chairman, Ori Cohen, once told Israel’s Fortune Magazine that his partners have done technology work for Israeli intelligence. And among the five founders was Stanislav Khirman, a husky, bearded Russian who had previously worked for Elta Systems, Inc. A division of Israel Aerospace Industries, Ltd., Elta specializes in developing advanced eavesdropping systems for Israeli defense and intelligence organizations. At Narus, Khirman became the chief technology officer. --  few years ago, Narus boasted that it is “known for its ability to capture and collect data from the largest networks around the world.” The company says its equipment is capable of “providing unparalleled monitoring and intercept capabilities to service providers and government organizations around the world” and that “Anything that comes through [an Internet protocol network], we can record. We can reconstruct all of their e-mails, along with attachments, see what Web pages they clicked on, we can reconstruct their [Voice over Internet Protocol] calls.” - Topix ||  Israel's Net Control  ||
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More on the All Seeing - (Know Nothing) - Police State & Their Surveillance & Suppression of the Web

US BACKDOORED our satellites, claim UAE
A quote...."A United Arab Emirates (UAE) deal to purchase two intelligence satellites from France worth almost 3.4 billion dirhams (US $930 million) is in jeopardy after the discovery of what was described as “security compromising components.”"

France-UAE satellite deal shaky after US spy tech discovered onboard – report
Related Article - A quote...."The sale of two intelligence satellites to the UAE by France for nearly a billion dollars could go south after they were found to contain American technology designed to intercept data transmitted to the ground station." - Source:  RT

NSA builds “back doors” in computers before they reach consumers.
A quote...."Just how much are Americans willing to tolerate? - It’s not enough that President Lucifer’s NSA (National Security Agency) intercepts and spies on our every email, phonecall, bank and credit card transaction, and other communications, the NSA actually intercepts, i.e., hijacks, computers before they reach the consumers. - Why? - So as to build a “back door” in the computers which enables the NSA to spy on us."

The Unsung Refrain Of The NSA And The Snowden Revelations
A quote...."For untold years, NSA has been monitoring the worlds' commodity trading, going as far back as Echelon, which used 5 worldwide sites monitoring intelsat channels for targeted trading activity.
Not just ANY trading activity, but specific activity requested by their client banks, such as JPM, BOA, and many others. As A matter of fact the "failure" of Lehman Brothers was rumored to be caused by false data fed to them by the NSA, at the request of some of the "moneymasters", who were interested in purchasing the solvent assets of Lehman at a steep discount. -- This incestuous, consensual affair of NSA inserting itself between the world's major banks and the commodity traders on the worlds' markets has made trillions for the banks and considerable vigorish for high government officials. It has been the source of billions in graft in the form of donations to politicians. -- It would be foolish to assume that donations by the world's wealthy would stem from their business "profits". No, it stemmed from payment for a few seconds advanced market knowledge, courtesy of NSA."

• German Government Warns Key Entities Not To Use Windows 8 – Links The NSA
• It’s not just your phone calls – it’s YOU they are listening to
  
• NSA More Or Less Admits To Spying On Congress - Src  - That means Israel was spying too.
  
• NSA Admits to Spying On Congress - That means Israel was spying too.   
• The NSA Admits Spying on Members of the US Cong. “Using Information to Blackmail Congress” - Ditto
  
• NSA spying ‘hallmark of a police state’: Journalist - contains video   
• US spy czar should be ‘prosecuted’ - Src  
• AT&T Thumbs Nose at Net Neutrality With ‘Sponsored’ Bandwidth Scheme - Src 
  

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More Tales From the Declining Neo-Roman ZOG Controlled Empire....

Terrorism Scaremongers Are The Ones Promoting Terrorism
Special Note - A quote...."In response to the revelation that the NSA spies on Congress, Congressman Peter King says that the NSA should spy on Congress, to make sure congress members don’t call Al Qaeda.
King is a fine one to talk …"  ---  "Feinstein and Rogers both support Al Qaeda terrorists in Syria.  Rogers supports torture, which has been recognized for thousands of years as a form of terrorism (torture also creates new terrorists.)  And Rogers supports the widespread drone war, even though indiscriminate drone strikes are war crimes – more here and here – oh, and they create more terrorists. - Another leading scaremonger is former NSA and CIA director Michael Hayden, who has compared privacy advocates with terrorists. Hayden was one of the main supporters of the torture program, and of the “signature strike” drone assassination program, where strikes are launched purely on the behavior of ground vehicles, with no further evidence of connection to terrorism. Hayden also supported the MEK terrorist group (more on MEK below) - This type of hypocrisy has been going on for some time." - Source:  WashBlog

The Bombing of Pearl Harbor: What FDR Knew - The Good War, Revisited
Special Note - A quote...."Each Pearl Harbor day offers a fresh opportunity for those who correctly believe
that Franklin Roosevelt knew of an impending attack by the Japanese and welcomed it as
a way of snookering the isolationists and getting America into the war. And year by year the evidence continues to mount. The Naval
Institute’s website  featured a detailed article by Daryl Borgquist to
the effect that high Red Cross officials with close contacts to Roosevelt quietly
ordered large quantities of medical supplies and experienced medical personnel
shipped to Hawaii well before Dec. 7, 1941." - Topix ||  The Ten Year Economic / Warfare Cycle  ||

9 Huge [US] Government Conspiracies That Actually Happened
A quote...." We all know the conspiracy theories - the government's plan for 911, the second gunman who shot JFK, the evolution of the elite from a race of blood-drinking, shape-shifting lizards. - But the people who spread these ideas usually can't prove them. - As the years pass, however, secrets surface. Government documents become declassified. We now have evidence of certain elaborate government schemes right here in the U.S. of A."

FBI Admits It's Not Really About Law Enforcement Any More; Ignores Lots Of Crimes To Focus On Creating Fake Terror Plots -- A quote...."From the how-is-that-making-us-safer? dept. -- A couple years ago, it was revealed that the FBI noted in one of its "counterterrorism training manuals" that FBI agents could "bend or suspend the law and impinge upon the freedoms of others," which seemed kind of odd for a government agency who claimed its "primary function" was "law enforcement." You'd think that playing by the rules would be kind of important. However, as John Hudson at Foreign Policy has noted, at some point last summer, the FBI quietly changed its fact sheet, so that it no longer says that "law enforcement" is its primary function, replacing it with "national security." " - also posted at AlethoNews - Topix ||  The F.B.I.'s Constant Gardening  ||

Father of Slain Boston Bombing Witness, Ibragim Todashev, Accuses FBI of Murder
A quote...."Abdulbaki Todashev, the father of slain Boston Marathon bombing witness Ibragim Todashev, released an open letter to President Obama last week pleading for justice and asking the president to ensure that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) not interfere with his investigation into the killing." - Source:  WSWS - Topix ||  Boston Bombing  ||
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More on the Domestic Situation....

Letter to U.S. Department of Commerce Inspector General concerning structural feature omissions in the NIST WTC 7 Report - A quote...."In the last two months there has been a post here and there mentioning the structural feature omissions in the NIST WTC 7 Report that were found in early 2012, shortly after the drawings for WTC 7 were released. Subsequent analyses show that when these features are included the collapse initiation hypothesis of the Report becomes impossible."

The Left after the Failure of Obamacare
Like the so-called "right" they don't care what happens to the people, and also like the so-called "right", they'll put the blame on everyone but themselves. - mpg -- A quote...."It’s satisfying to watch rats flee a sinking ship. This is because onlookers knew the ship was doomed long ago, and swimming rats signify that the drawn-out tragedy is nearing an end. A collective sense of relief is a natural response. - The rats who propped up the broken boat of Obamacare are a collection of liberal and labor groups who frittered away their group’s resources—and integrity— to sell a crappy product to the American people. - Those in the deepest denial went “all in” for Obamacare— such as some unions and groups like Moveon.org— while the more conniving groups and individuals—like Michael Moore— playacted “critical” of Obamacare, while nevertheless declaring it “progressive”, in effect adding crucial political support to a project that deserved none." - Source: WorkersCompass - also posted at ICH

ObamaCare’s four biggest lies
A quote....."US President Barack Obama's famous vow ”If you like your health plan, you will be able to keep your health plan. Period.” Isn't the only broken promise of ObamaCare." - Source:  PressTV

How to Avoid being an Extra in Lifestyles of the Rich Man's [expletive deleted]
(Note: Article contains scatological profanity) -- A quote...."Then there’s the phony terror shit to distract the public’s mind away from the fact that the biggest terrorists on the planet are the governments of Israel, the U.S., Saudi Arabia and England; all of them caught up in Central Banker Thrall. For that we get “Homeland”, “24 Hours”, “Zero Dark Thirty”, “Argo” and many, many more, including one bull[expletive deleted] SEAL flick after another. Of course, there’s the humanizing of Vampires and other parasite life forms and the massive output of Zombie dreck. Last but not least are all the [expletive deleted]coms, which are literally that and in which one fecal freak reference follows another. I won’t even list these, there are too many. - Yes, for some time there has been a massive effort underway to turn verifiable [expletive deleted]holes into heroes. I guess this helps in real life (if that’s what you call it) because there are so many of them."

It’s Zero Hour In The USA - The Fight of Our Lives
A quote...."January 06, 2014 "Information Clearing House - "Antiwar" --- The idea that this country is on a fast track to fascism was never taken very seriously by Americans, and for a very good reason: we have a Constitution that, whatever problems we’ve had living up to it, has generally been a bulwark against the imposition of anything resembling authoritarianism in these United States. Although at certain points in our history we’ve come awfully close to losing it, the constitutional order seemed to survive the many attempts to subvert and even overthrow it since the Founders put it in place as the centerpiece of our system. That is, until the dawn of September 11, 2001…."

The Last Gasp of American Democracy
A quote...."This is our last gasp as a democracy. The state’s wholesale intrusion into our lives and obliteration of privacy are now facts. And the challenge to us—one of the final ones, I suspect—is to rise up in outrage and halt this seizure of our rights to liberty and free expression. If we do not do so we will see ourselves become a nation of captives. -- The public debates about the government’s measures to prevent terrorism, the character assassination of Edward Snowden and his supporters, the assurances by the powerful that no one is abusing the massive collection and storage of our electronic communications miss the point. Any state that has the capacity to monitor all its citizenry, any state that has the ability to snuff out factual public debate through control of information, any state that has the tools to instantly shut down all dissent is totalitarian." - bold by website editor - also posted at ICH & CommonDreams

Land of the Free? Half of Black Males, 38% of White Males Arrested by Age 23
A quote...."Nearly half of black males and almost 40 percent of white males in the U.S. are arrested by age 23, which can hurt their ability to find work, go to school and participate fully in their communities."

Have Americans Lost ALL of Our Constitutional Rights?
Special Note - For The Record -- A quote...."This post explains the liberties guaranteed in the Bill of Rights – the first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution – and provides a scorecard on the extent of the loss of each right. (This is an updated version of an essay we wrote in February.  Since then, it has become apparent that the few rights we thought we had left are largely illusory.) - Source:  WashBlog

Revolving Door 2014: Former Head Of The FCC Joins Carlyle
A quote...."What better way to kick off 2014 than with the first (and most certainly not last) egregious example of USA banana republic revolving door crony capitalism. In this case, the crony in question is former head of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Julius Genachowski, who was earlier today named Managing Director and partner in the U.S. Buyout team for private equity giant Carlyle Group. Carlyle is so giddy about its latest example of regulatory capture, they issued a glowing press release on the matter....."

Judge rules Chicago gun ban is unconstitutional
2nd Amendment Alert - (A rare victory!) -- A quote...."The stark reality facing the City each year is thousands of shooting victims and hundreds of murders committed with a gun. But on the other side of this case is another feature of government: certain fundamental rights are protected by the Constitution, put outside government's reach, including the right to keep and bear arms for self-defense under the Second Amendment," wrote U.S. District Judge Edmond Chang."

Gerald Celente - Trends In The News - "The New Year: 2014!" - (12/31/13)
GCVideo - (Note:  Appropriate adult language used.) - (GCYuTb - 16min54sec - Published on Dec 31, 2013) - Source: GrldCelYuTb - Related:  TrendsJournal - A quote...."Former CIA Head: Snowden "should be hanged by the neck until he is dead", CNN anchor says: "I think the American people, honestly, want security over freedom" & the upcoming disasters to look out for during the year of 2014!"

Alex Jones Videos - Recent Uploads

• West Coast Radiation Scare Witnesses  -- (AJYuTb - 27min36sec - Jan 6, 2014)
• Government Says Radiation Not Harmful -- (AJYuTb - 23min44sec - Jan 6, 2014)
• Fukushima Radiation Hits U.S. Coastline -- (AJYuTb - 24min14sec - Jan 6, 2014)
• Corporate Occupation of America Uncovered -- (AJYuTb - 16min37sec - Jan 6, 2014)
• The Beginning of The End?  -- (AJYuTb - 24min56sec - Jan 6, 2014)

A quote...."Alex takes callers from the West Coast of the US to discuss localized effects witnessed from higher radiation levels. - Alex continues with the news that Fukushima radiation has arrived on US shores while the Government increases allowable radiation and says there is no threat. - Alex breaks the bombshell news that the radiation wave from the Fukushima disaster has already arrived. - Alex breaks down the Corporate plan to control America and Her Citizens and the Governments collusion to help. - Alex opens the phones to listeners discussing everything form martial all law, wire tapping, and planned economic fall. Stay in the know"

Why We Must Fight Tyranny
SGTRVideo - Alt - (SGTRYuTb - 4min28sec - Jan 5, 2014)  - Source:  SGTreport -- A quote...."Dan Johnson, Founder of PANDAA – People Against the NDAA (and indefinite detention of American citizens) on WHY we must fight & defeat tyranny in all its forms…"

Michael Rivero on Bambuser TV -  Jan 6th, 2013 - RBN Donation Drive - To Donate - CLICK HERE
MRVideo - (BambuserTV - 3hrs - Jan 6th 2013) - Source:  RiveroBBTV-Vids - Related Websites:  Republic Broadcasting Network dot Org - WhatReallyHappened - Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire, and many other issues.

Death of The Second Amendment [and Many Other Issues RE: the NWO]  - [Part II]
Must View AJVideo - (AJYuTb - 23min18sec - Jan 5, 2014) - A quote...."Alex covers the continued destruction of the second amendment and the loss of individual rights."
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens....

Jim Kunstler's 2014 Forecast - Burning Down The House
Must Read Analysis - Quote of the Day...."Many of us in the Long Emergency crowd and like-minded brother-and-sisterhoods remain perplexed by the amazing stasis in our national life, despite the gathering tsunami of forces arrayed to rock our economy, our culture, and our politics. Nothing has yielded to these forces already in motion, so far. Nothing changes, nothing gives, yet. It’s like being buried alive in Jell-O. It’s embarrassing to appear so out-of-tune with the consensus, but we persevere like good soldiers in a just war. --- Paper and digital markets levitate, central banks pull out all the stops of their magical reality-tweaking machine to manipulate everything, accounting fraud pervades public and private enterprise, everything is mis-priced, all official statistics are lies of one kind or another, the regulating authorities sit on their hands, lost in raptures of online pornography (or dreams of future employment at Goldman Sachs), the news media sprinkles wishful-thinking propaganda about a mythical “recovery” and the “shale gas miracle” on a credulous public desperate to believe, the routine swindles of medicine get more cruel and blatant each month, a tiny cohort of financial vampire squids suck in all the nominal wealth of society, and everybody else is left whirling down the drain of posterity in a vortex of diminishing returns and scuttled expectations. ---  Life in the USA is like living in a broken-down, cob-jobbed, vermin-infested house that needs to be gutted, disinfected, and rebuilt — with the hope that it might come out of the restoration process retaining the better qualities of our heritage...." - also posted at ZeroHedge

The Year of the Great Redistribution
A quote...."One of the worst epithets that can be leveled at a politician these days is to call him a “redistributionist.” Yet 2013 marked one of the biggest redistributions in recent American history. It was a redistribution upward, from average working people to the owners of America. - The stock market ended 2013 at an all-time high — giving stockholders their biggest annual gain in almost two decades. Most Americans didn’t share in those gains, however, because most people haven’t been able to save enough to invest in the stock market. More than two-thirds of Americans live from paycheck to paycheck."

JP Morgan Pays $2 Billion to Avoid Prosecution for Its Involvement In Madoff Ponzi Scheme
A Bankster's Litany Of Crime -- A quote...."Bernie Madoff has said all along that JP Morgan knew about – and knowingly profited from – his Ponzi schemes. - So JP Morgan has agreed to pay the government $2 billion to avoid investigation and prosecution. -While this may sound like a lot of money, it is spare sofa change for a big bank like JP Morgan. - It’s not just the Madoff scheme. - As shown below, the big banks – including JP Morgan – are  manipulating virtually every market – both in the financial sector and the real economy – and breaking virtually every law on the books. - Here are just some of the recent improprieties by big banks...."

Attorney For Goldman Sachs CEO Is Eric Holder's 'Best Friend'
Full quote...."    The crony connections just keep on coming over at Eric Holder’s Department of Justice. -     Last week, the Justice Department announced that it will not prosecute Goldman Sachs or any of its employees in a financial probe. - Could that be because the attorney for Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein was none other than Attorney General Eric Holder’s “best friend” and former personal attorney, Reid Weingarten? - Or because in 2008, Goldman Sachs employees donated  $1,013,091 to Barack Obama? - Or because Goldman Sachs is the former client of Eric Holder’s and Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer’s law firm, Covington & Burling?"

Emergency manager acknowledges bank deals pushed on Detroit [by the banks] were likely illegal
A quote...."During testimony last Friday in US bankruptcy court in Detroit, the city’s emergency manager acknowledged that financial schemes Wall Street banks foisted on the city in the mid-2000s were probably illegal. The swaps deals with Bank of America-Merrill Lynch and Swiss-based UBS cost the city hundreds of millions of dollars and have been cited as a major cause of the city’s financial crisis." - Source:  RINF

Retirement Theft in 4 Despicable Steps
A quote...."January 06, 2014 "Information Clearing House - The fear of running out of money in retirement is America's  greatest financial concern. It's a fear greater than death. - But the American workers who have paid all their lives for retirement security are being cheated by wealthy individuals and corporations who refuse to meet their tax obligations, and who have found other ways to keep expanding their wealth at the expense of the middle class."

Boeing Union Workers Forced Into Massive Concessions
A quote...."This past weekend, more than 30,000 union workers at Boeing Corp. in Seattle, were forced to accept deep concessions in their union contract, gutting their pensions, future healthcare benefits, wages, and other benefits. Their contract with Boeing had not even expired but they were forced into concessions nonetheless. Nor was the company, Boeing, in any financial distress. It had registered record profits in consecutive years, and had in November 2013 bought back $10 billion in stock from its shareholders and paid another $2 billion in dividends to the same."

Western economies: A tale of thieves and tapers
A quote...."2013 was the year where the threat of removing the QE punchbowl provoked market panic, while the EU was instrumental in sinister programs of theft above and beyond even the rapacious 'Central Bankers’ party'...We began 2013 with the euro crisis yet to be cured, and indeed as we end the year it remains the fiscal elephant in the room. A volcano apparently dormant but clearly still active beneath the crater. Quite when it will next erupt nobody knows, but even Christine Lagarde of the IMF was keen during December to remind us that the crisis was far from resolved. -- However, 2013 was the year where certain governments continued to be immolated on a symbolic funeral pyre as euro authorities sought to keep the flawed single currency alive at any price...."

Death By A Thousand Cuts: The Silent Assassination Of European Democracy
A quote...."As is gradually dawning on more and more people across the old continent, the European Union is riddled with fatal flaws and defects. Chief among them is the single currency which, rather than serving as the Union’s springboard to global dominance, could well be its ultimate undoing." - Source:  TestosteronePit

Poverty in Germany hits new high
A quote...."A few days before the Christmas holidays, the Joint Welfare Association published a report on the regional development of poverty in Germany in 2013 titled “Between prosperity and poverty—a test to breaking point”. The report refutes the official propaganda that Germany has remained largely unaffected by the crisis and is a haven of prosperity in Europe." - Source:  WSWS

Chart Of The Day: Greek Poverty
Chart - (click to enlarge) - A quote...."And now, the saddest chart of the day: Greek poverty since the crisis, and in 2013, when the so-called "Grecovery" arrived."

China to dislodge US as world’s top trader
A quote..."Judging from the current statistics, there is a very high possibility that the value of China’s goods trade will have exceeded the US in 2013,” said Wang Haifeng, a researcher with the Institute for International Economic Research at the National Development and Reform Commission."
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More On The World's International Situation....

Iraq’s Anbar struggle could become a rebellion
Geo-Political Alert - A quote...."The situation in Iraq’s western Sunni-majority Anbar province is both confused and confusing but could lead to an all-out Sunni rebellion against the Shia-dominated government headed by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. -- The latest trouble between Baghdad and Anbar began with the arrest of Ahmed al-Alwani, an opposition parliamentarian on December 28.  Security men stormed his home in Anbar’s capital, Ramadi, wounding Alwani and killing his brother and five body guards. On December 30, army and special operations units moved into Ramadi to dismantle a year-old protest camp located on the outskirts of the restive city. Tribesmen countered the action and 17 people were killed. -- Forty-four Sunni deputies resigned from parliament, demanding the withdrawal of troops from Ramadi, an end to operations in Anbar, and the release of Alwani...." - Source:  DeccanHerald

As Iraq spirals, the Kurds take advantage
A quote...."After a long history of subjugation at the hands of others, many of the Middle East’s 30 million or so Kurds spread across Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria dream of an independent state. In Iraq, where the Kurds have established the greatest level of freedom so far, the Kurdistan Regional Government is taking steps to lessen dependence on Iraq's central government. While pushing for greater autonomy, this does not necessarily mean agitating for independence, at least not now. - If the situation in the rest of Iraq decays further, the weakening of the central government could help the country’s Kurds gain the edge in longstanding territorial disputes and curtail Baghdad’s ability to counter pushes for greater autonomy."

FSA Pushes Back ISIL Militants from Border City in Northwestern Syria
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- The militants affiliated to the Free Syrian Army (FSA) took control of all concentration camps of an Al-Qaeda-linked armed rebel group in Idlib countryside in Northwestern Syria."

59 Rebel Troops Killed in Clashes With Syrian Forces
A quote...."At least 59 rebel combatants died on the weekend in clashes between several Syrian opposition Islamist groups and the extremist Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant organisation in northern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported."

Al Qaeda affiliate pull out of northern Syria strongholds
A quote...."Jan 5 (Reuters) - An al Qaeda affiliate rebel group pulled out from strategic areas of northern Syria near the Turkish border on Sunday after coming under heavy fire from other Islamist brigades, opposition activists said."

Syria rebels free al-Qaida captives as 'war within a war' deepens
A quote...."Syrian rebel fighters have freed at least 50 people held captive by an al-Qaida-linked faction after clashes between rival sides deepened within the country's opposition-held areas in the north, activists said."

Chinese warship in Cyprus to aid Syrian mission
A quote...."Beijing has confirmed the arrival of a Chinese navy frigate in the Cypriot port of Limassol on Saturday to aid in the process of dismantling Syria’s chemical weapons."

British MPs attempt to open up diplomatic relations with Iran
A quote...."An influential group of British MPs, including ex-Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, ex-Chancellor Norman Lamont, Ben Wallace MP and Jeremy Corbyn MP, are travelling to Iran on Monday in an effort to re-open diplomatic relations between the two countries, which were broken off after activists stormed the British embassy in Tehran in 2011. It follows agreement over Iran's nuclear weapons programme, part-brokered by Russia."

Irish parliamentary delegation due in Iran
A quote...."A parliamentary delegation from the Republic of Ireland is set to pay an official visit to Iran next week to discuss with Iranian officials grounds for the enhancement of cooperation between Dublin and Tehran. "

Egyptian junta launches deadliest crackdown in months
A quote...."Approaching the third anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution on January 25 and a referendum on Egypt’s new constitution in for mid-January, Egypt’s military junta is intensifying its crackdown on all opposition to its rule."

Libyan navy opens fire after tanker approaches mutinous port
A quote...."(Reuters) - Libya's navy opened fire after a Maltese-flagged oil tanker approached to illegally load crude at a port that has been controlled for months by armed protesters demanding more autonomy from Tripoli, officials said on Monday."

Erdogan family drawn into corruption probe
A quote...."In the wake of a sweeping corruption probe, the Turkish opposition has requested a parliamentary inquiry into the relationship between Prime Minister Erdogan’s son Bilal and a Saudi Arabian businessman." - Source:  DW

In India, a Spectre for Us All, and a Resistance Coming
A quote...."In five-star hotels on Mumbai’s seafront, children of the rich squeal joyfully as they play hide and seek. Nearby, at the National Theatre for the Performing Arts, people arrive for the Mumbai Literary Festival: famous authors and notables drawn from India’s Raj class. They step deftly over a woman lying across the pavement, her birch brooms laid out for sale, her two children silhouettes in a banyan tree that is their home."

India launches advanced communication satellite
A quote...."India’s space agency on Sunday successfully launched its first rocket using domestically produced booster technology from a spaceport in southern India. - The 415-tonne rocket deployed a two-tonne advanced communications satellite some 17 minutes after blast-off, said Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman Dr K. Radhakrishnan."

Mexican vigilante gunmen disarm local POLICE so they can rid town of feared Knights Templar drug cartel
A quote...."Hundreds of armed vigilantes stormed a Mexican town and arrested federal police in the latest bloody battle between residents, criminal gangs, and the police locals say are in league with the gang members. - Around 600 members of local 'autodefensas', or self-defence groups, stormed Paracuaro in the troubled Michoacan state yesterday in an attempt to seize control of the town back from the feared Caballeros Templarios (Knights Templar) drug cartel."

AFRICAP Program Re-Compete
A quote...."The U.S. Department of State, Office of Acquisition Management (AQM), is issuing this Sources Sought Synopsis, as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support this requirement for Africa's Multifunctional Peacekeeping Support Program, AFRICAP." - One commentator stated....

"US Dept. of State seeking mercenaries for service in Africa." -- *Michael Rivero*

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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Report: Israeli occupation authorities seized 14,204 dunums of Palestinian land in 2013
A quote...."RAMALLAH — The land research center in Bethlehem said that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) had seized 14,204 dunums of Palestinian lands in 2013 in the occupied territories of Jerusalem and the West Bank and registered them in the names of Jewish settlers, settlement groups and companies." - Source:  PIC

Settlers [Jewish Vagrants & Squatters] Attack [Palestinian] School Near Nablus
A quote...."[Monday Morning, January 6, 2014] A number of Israeli settlers [Jewish vagrants & squatters] attacked a Palestinian school and a water tank in Orif village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus."

Teen killed by Israeli sniper posed 'no threat' to soldiers
A quote...."BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli authorities have provided no evidence that a Palestinian teenager fatally shot in the back in December by Israeli forces posed "any threat to life that would justify such a killing," Human Rights Watch said Sunday."

Israeli demolition orders in Nablus
A quote...."NABLUS, (PIC)-- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) and settlers stormed on Monday morning several towns in Nablus, where they handed over a number of demolition orders, while the settlers performed Talmudic rituals."

Soldiers Kidnap Palestinian Journalist Near Ramallah
A quote...."[Monday at Dawn, January 6, 2014] Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the Kufur Ni’ma village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and kidnapped a Palestinian journalist."

Israeli forces raid Hebron village, attempt to demolish local oven
A quote...."HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Israeli troops stormed a village south of Hebron and assaulted three Palestinians on Saturday evening, locals said. - During the raid, Israeli forces tried to demolish the village's traditional oven, which produces bread for more than 50 residents."

Israel OKs nearly 300 new settler units in West Bank
A quote...."The Israeli regime has approved the construction of nearly 300 new settler units in the occupied West Bank."
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Amerika's FrankenFood Disaster, Vaccine Cover-Up, Fukushima & The Monsanto Monster....

Why Will Everyone in North America Get Cancer?
A quote...."Reading that New York Times article, this writer found many areas and issues that she could challenge or debate, but probably none is more prominent than the role of radioactive particulates in the atmosphere since the Manhattan Project, when the atomic bomb was ‘invented’ and whose radiation levels deliberately had been under-reported, as is happening now with Fukushima. Very few seem to give any credence to radiation being the cause of cancer. However, radiation in any form IS a cause of cancer."

Coming to a Field Near You: ‘Agent Orange Corn’?
A quote...."Despite widespread opposition from food safety, environmental and watchdog groups, as well as health professionals and concerned consumers, the USDA has paved the way for the commercial use of genetically engineered crops dubbed “Agent Orange” corn and soybeans." - Topix ||  How To Destroy the US's Ag Export Market - 01-04-14 - mpg  ||

China Rejecting U.S. Corn as First Shipment From Ukraine Arrives
Related Article - A quote...."China continued to reject corn cargoes from the U.S. that contained an unapproved genetically modified variety while accepting a first bulk-carrier shipment of the grain from Ukraine. - Genetically modified corn and corn-derived products totaling 601,000 metric tons were rejected in 2013, the official Xinhua News Agency reported today, citing the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine. A Panamax-sized shipment of non-genetically modified corn from Ukraine entered the country on Dec. 6, according to a statement dated Dec. 25 on the website of state-owned China National Complete Engineering Corp."

Battle over GMOs percolating in U.S., with 93 percent of Americans in favor of labeling
A quote...."A GMO labeling battle is rumbling in the United States, with those demanding full disclosure of genetically modified organisms in food products pitted against big companies."

UK Enters GMO Free 2014 Despite Paterson’s Support for Biotech - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."British organisation GM Freeze has offered congratulations to farmers and consumers as 2014 marks the first year since 2007 that no GM trials will be conducted in UK fields, and no new GM field trials are expected." - Source:  SustainablePulse

UN Report Says Small-Scale Organic Farming Only Way to Feed the World
Why not large scale organic farming too?  Near large cities it wouldn't be that energy intensive. - mpg -- A quote..."Even as the United States government continues to push for the use of more chemically-intensive and corporate-dominated farming methods such as GMOs and monoculture-based crops, the United Nations is once against sounding the alarm about the urgent need to return to (and develop) a more sustainable, natural and organic system."

Big Pharma Gives Another Child Narcolepsy via the Swine Flu Vax, Then Cures It with a New Miracle Drug That Costs Over $20K per Year -- A quote...."Before you line your kids up to have this year's flu vaccine sprayed up their noses or injected into their arms, consider the fact that in Europe, children developed incurable debilitating narcolepsy after receiving injections from a drug developed by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). But it's okay - they have created a miracle treatment that costs the child's family only a bit over $20,000 per year...forever. - More than 800 children across Europe have been diagnosed with this lifelong neurological disorder and the evidence is overwhelming in the implication of the vaccine. (source)"

Gulf War Illness Tied to Cipro Antibiotics
A quote...."A U.S. military publication, The Air Force Times, made the connection that victims of Fluoroquinolone Toxicity Syndrome (“Floxies”) have been screaming about for years – that Gulf War Illness is tied to Cipro. In an article entitled, “New FDA warnings on Cipro may tie into Gulf War Illness,” it was noted that the August, 2013 update to the warning labels of all fluoroquinolone antibiotics stating that PERMANENT peripheral neuropathy is a possible adverse effect, prompted The Air Force Times to make the connection."

You Are What You Eat: Industrial Food Poison
A quote...."Whether you’re munching on spongy chicken Mcnuggets, woofing down a Whopper, or pounding down a hot dog, if you don’t want to lose your lunch, don’t investigate behind the scenes into what actually goes into the foods that you line up in your gasoline powered cars and spend your hard earned Federal Reserve Notes to chow on. I know you have heard it before, but we are saying it again. Fast food is gross! Don’t eat it!"

Sales of diet sodas are going flat
A quote...."NEW YORK – After surging in popularity for decades, diet sodas are beginning to lose their fizz. - Concerns over chemicals they contain as well as doubts that they actually aid in weight loss are giving drinkers a new taste for water. - At the Mid City Gym in Manhattan, Ben Roman is closing in on his fourth mile on the treadmill. And he's ready for a drink, but not the kind he used to crave. - "I don't drink soda at all now. More water now," Roman says."

Fracking caused hundreds of complaints about contaminated water in 4 states
A quote...."Fracking and other drilling procedures have revitalized the US energy industry, but hundreds of complaints regarding pollution and water contamination have been filed in at least four states, with numerous cases confirmed. - Of the four states reviewed by the Associated Press – Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, and West Virginia – Pennsylvania was found to have confirmed the most cases of contamination, with more than 100 instances certified over the last five years."

Ban Welcome, But Scientists Warn of Flame-Retardant’s Toxic Legacy
A quote...."A newly revised California law banning the use of toxic and cancer-causing flame retardants in furniture, effective January 1, is likely to usher in a “new era” for households nationwide. - However, scientists are cautious that discarded sofas, armchairs and Lazy-boys will leave a toxic legacy for years to come." - Source:  CommonDreams

Nuclear Journal on ‘Fukushima Plutonium Effect’:
A quote...."Melting MOX fuel may lead to neutron flux blow-up — ‘Surprisingly’ there’s absolutely no reference data in any scientific literature."

“We see radiation from Fukushima in soils in Southern California, especially our desert regions”
A quote...."High concentrations in seaweed prevented harvest this year — Also found in cattle and chicken feed (AUDIO)"

Health officials say San Francisco beach safe despite ultra-high radiation readings over 135 CPM
A quote...."SAN FRANCISCO (INTELLIHUB) — According to a recent report, health officials in California have denounced a YouTube video released on Dec. 23, which clearly shows a Geiger counter reaching alarm levels of up to 128 CPM on the beach. - Considering that the readings are 5 times higher than normal background levels, it only stands to reason that the accumulative radiation is indeed causing harm to living things including humans who wish to lollygag around at “surfers beach”. - A study released last year shows that 15 of 15 Bluefin tuna were indeed contaminated with radiation giving credence to the newly released video, showing us the devious nature of California health officials."

Health Officials: ‘No Concern’ Over 500% Increase In Radiation Levels On Cali. Beach
A quote...."Health officials in California are attempting to brush off public concern after a viral Youtube video showed a large increase in radiation levels on a Coastside beach last week. - The video, which has garnered nearly half a million views, shows radiation levels over five times above the normal background level, prompting fears over the ongoing Fukushima disaster."

L.A. Times: Alarming West Coast sardine crash likely radiating through ecosystem
A quote...."Experts warn marine mammals and seabirds are starving, may suffer for years to come — Boats return without a single fish — Monterey Bay: Hard to resist idea that humpback whales are trying to tell us something."

Fukushima Meltdowns: A Global Conspiracy of Denial
Special Note - A quote...."If there is any government or non-government authority in the world that is addressing the disaster at Fukushima openly, directly, honestly, and effectively, it's not apparent to the outside observer what entity that might be. - There is instead an apparent global conspiracy of authorities of all sorts to deny to the public reliably accurate, comprehensible, independently verifiable (where possible), and comprehensive information about not only the condition of the Fukushima power plant itself and its surrounding communities, but about the unceasing, uncontrolled release of radioactive debris into the air and water, creating a constantly increasing risk of growing harm to the global community."

Sunday January 5th 2014