Wednesday January 19th 2011

What Really Happened with Michael Rivero – 01-19-11
Must View MRVideo - Alt - (JustInTV - 2hrs - January 14th, 2011) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV

Quote of the Day...."There's a very disturbing trend in the media to try and win back their credibility and trustworthiness from the alternative media, by carrying as current news and events - "revelations" - from long ago that were common news all over the blogs. 

Over in Britain we have where the Chilcottt inquire continues to go forward and they're basically coming out and saying...."Yeah [we] guess Tony Blair did lie about the war in Iraq, and he did lie about, you know, the dodgy dossier, and the downing street minutes and he didn't really have a legal basis to take the nation into war with Iraq" 

And the British corporate media is sort'a doing a...."All my stars in heaven how shocking this could be, and we're going to tell you the truth now, we have the evidence that will bury tony Blair for his lies over Iraq".  And this comes hard on the heels of a report we saw from CNN the other day where they're talking about the lies about Iraq that came out of the Bush White House, and they're saying.... "Well by golly [we] guess they're really weren't any weapons of mass destruction over there, were there?  Isn't that tragic, what a horrible thing."

OK, well, guys, we already know that was what was going on, the blogs, the alternative media, RBN, all those places were telling you back in 2003, it's all a lie! IT IS ALL A LIE!  You're being lied into wars! -- And so now the corporate media understands they have lost their audience to the blogs, to the alternative media, they want to win it back and now they're going to say.... "Oh, Gee, we were deceived right along with the rest of everybody."  Well nobody else was  - "deceived" - except the corporate media. Because we all knew what was going on.

And I bring this up because this kind of a belated 'mia culpa maxima' is rather pointless, because now of course the wars are already done deals.  Our guys, their guys, are DEAD!  The bodies are rotting, the building are destroyed, the cultural treasures wiped out, looted, plundered.  The face of the earth has changed, history has been altered, the damage has been done, and it cannot be taken back from here in 2011. So the media LOSES NOTHING by telling you NOW, that the government lied you all into a war.

It can't be undone, We cannot give life back to all those people wrongfully killed in these wars.  W cannot bring back all those building that were destroyed, all those antiquities, all those ancient cultural sites, the remains of the city of Ur are underneath an airforce runway now.  The damage is done and cannot be undone." -- *Michael Rivero*
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Blair falsely blamed Chirac over Iraq: aide
A quote...."LONDON — Tony Blair played the "anti-French card" by falsely blaming then-president Jacques Chirac for the collapse of talks at the United Nations on the 2003 invasion of Iraq, an aide told Britain's war inquiry Wednesday. -- Stephen Wall, Blair's former EU adviser, said the ex-prime minister ordered his media chief Alastair Campbell to tell journalists that Chirac had threatened to veto any Security Council resolution -- even though they knew Chirac had not."

The public should get to see Tony Blair's Iraq papers
A quote...."We deserve to get the fullest possible account of why this country went to war on the basis of what turned out to be misleading intelligence."

Father of Soldier Killed in Iraq Says Tony Blair is War Criminal and International Terrorist
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 4min 56sec - January 18, 2011) - Source:  StopTheWarCoalition -- A quote...."(BBC) – ‘Reg Keys, who stood against Tony Blair in the 2005 general election, says in this BBC interview that the Iraq war was an act of international terrorism and Blair should be held to account as a war criminal.’"

Glaspie Memo Refutes Claims Leaked Docs Were Classified for ‘Security’
A quote...."The most sought-after State Department document of the past several decades, the infamous Glaspie Memo, was recently released by WikiLeaks. The memo details a conversation between Ambassador April Glaspie and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein on July 25, 1990, exactly one week before the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, and Glaspie’s reassurances to Hussein both of enduring American friendship and America’s disinterest in the Kuwaiti border dispute. In short, it confirmed decades of suspicion that Glaspie had, in the meeting, given Saddam Hussein the impression that the United States was giving him the green light for the invasion." - Topix ||  Effective Fed Funds Rate & The Ten Year Economic/War Cycle  ||

Scapegoating of the Masses – Charlie McGrath
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 3min 39sec - January 18, 2011) - Source:  crabbydogtrix --Highest Rated Comments - (Check out these two comments)

Countering Pentagon Propaganda About Prisoners Released from Guantánamo
Propaganda Exposed - A quote...."For several years now, one organization in the US government has persistently undermined attempts to have a grown-up debate about the perceived dangerousness of prisoners at Guantánamo, and the need to bear security concerns in mind whilst also trying to empty the prison and to bring to an end this particularly malign icon of the Bush administration's ill-conceived response to the 9/11 attacks." - also posted at DProgram

U.S. Prepares to Lift Ban on Guantánamo Cases - And the cover-up continues!!
A quote...."WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is preparing to increase the use of military commissions to prosecute Guantánamo detainees, an acknowledgment that the prison in Cuba remains open for business after Congress imposed steep new impediments to closing the facility." - bold by website editor - Topix ||  9/11-Iraq-Torture Fables  ||

David Chandler Talks About His New DVD “9/11 Analysis” and Rationalizes the Pentagon Debate on Visibility 9-11 - Audio - A quote...."David who describes himself as a “pacifist” talks in great depth about his journey on the campaign for 9/11 Truth and Justice which he is passionately dedicated. Many of you may be aware it was David who is credited with getting NIST to admit  WTC Building 7 fell at a an acceleration consistent with free-fall due to gravity; which I and many others view as the single most powerful debating tool for us as 9/11 Truth advocates! David disputes he is solely responsible for this and says that Jones, Ryan and others were central to this achievement but it was his question that drew the answer in the end so it seems.  David also talks about the highly political timing and nature of the NIST Building 7 report." - ||  Download Mp3 ||

Flight AA77 on 9/11: New FDR Analysis Supports the Official Flight Path Leading to Impact with the Pentagon - PDF - A quote...."The official narrative of the events which have become known as 9/11 includes descriptions of attacks  on the World Trade Centre towers and the Pentagon by aircraft on 11 September, 2001. The towers were  eventually destroyed and the Pentagon was severely damaged. The account of the attack on the Pentagon includes the following: A Boeing 757, operated by American Airlines, took off from Washington Dulles International Airport  at 8:20 a.m. At 8:54 it deviated from its assigned route and at 8:56 the transponder was switched off. The plane,  under the control of hijackers, headed back toward Washington and descended. As it approached the Pentagon it  performed a descending spiral to the right and finally dived toward the Pentagon while accelerating. It hit some light  poles and other objects on the ground and then penetrated the west face of the building at 9:37:44,1 or 9:37:46,2  depending on source." - Topix ||  9/11-NORAD  ||

Actual police report on the "Dancing Israelis", dated 9-11-2001
Document - A quote...."Below are copies of the actual police report on 9-11's "Dancing Israelis", dated 9-11-2001. Copies may be viewed by clicking on the images and clicking again to enlarge.  The PDF file of the same report is at this link." - Topix ||  9/11 & 7/11  Israeli Connection - Dancing Israelis  ||

Terrormania Grips US: PSYOPs Justify Bloated Budgets
Propaganda Exposed - A quote...."Around the country ‘regular people’ are coming face to face with terror! Mall invasions, chemical warfare and deadly explosives test infrastructure security and cause mass hysteria. Of course, all of these were pedestrian events overhyped to justify the bloated budgets of the terror-industrial security complex. But you don’t know that!" - also posted at DProgram

NYPD Cops’ Training Included an Anti-Muslim Horror Flick
Propaganda Exposed - A quote...."(This film also relies heavily on clips of two fake Muslims in order to build their case for pending and ongoing Violent and Cultural Jihad in America:"

Does Joe Lieberman's Resignation Signal Imminent Collapse?
A quote...."The establishment media will point to real political challenges Lieberman faces like the fact that anti-Lieberman activists have taken over his party created in 2006 called Connecticut for Lieberman. However, his resignation may have a deeper meaning, perhaps indicating that his inside job is complete and this ship is about to capsize."

The Next Big Jewish Idea: End Zionism!
A quote...."They want me to "win $100k to mobilize the Jewish community." My response:   Here's a Jewish idea that's worth a lot more than $100k: "End Zionism."  If it flies, it wins the prize - the Nobel Peace Prize, that is. -- Anybody who can mobilize world Jewry to end Zionism will go down in history with King, Gandhi and the other great peacemakers.  A successful mass Jewish movement to end Zionism would also end the last vestiges of anti-Semitism, as it would showcase the positive side of the great Jewish ethical tradition in a manner that could not be denied. -- Why should Jews want to end Zionism? The short answer is that Zionism is not what most Jews think it is. The history of the Zionist invasion and ethnic cleansing of Palestine is the complete opposite of what most Jews believe. It is a terrible, shameful history - but one that offers the chance of redemption IF the world Jewish community can rise to the occasion."

ARE WE SAFER? Are You Kidding? The post-9/11 Terrorism-Industrial Complex
A quote...."Washington Post's Dana Priest reports on the sprawling post-9/11 terrorism-industrial complex — and its growing reach into the lives of ordinary Americans."
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More on the Wikileaks Cointelpro Fiasco....

WikiWeasel III, Israel, Censorship and the Special "Wiki-Friends"
Contains Video - Alt - (previously posted) -- A quote...."The new Wikileaks “attack on Israel,” is, as was expected, not only toothless, but released through “alternative” websites that have defended the Israel/Wikileaks partnership and censorship relentlessly in face of, well, in face of the facts.  Wikileaks is trying to buy back its lost credibility and is spending the credibility of its “special friends.”  We aren’t buying." - also posted at MyCatBird'sSeat & RedactedNews

For more regarding the articles shown above see....No Subtlety Whatsoever - 12-01-10 - mpg
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More on the Hariri Assassination Attempted Frame-Up....

Jumblatt questions credibility of STL
A quote...."Lebanon's Druze leader Walid Jumblatt has cast doubt on the credibility of a US-sponsored tribunal investigating the assassination of former Lebanese Premier Rafiq Hariri amid a political crisis in the country. "
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More On The Tunisian Situation....

Night in Tunisia: Riots, Strikes and a Spreading Insurgency
A quote...."Popular upheavals always carry a distinct sonic resonance. The cascading chants that reverberate through the streets, the roar of the crowd as it drives back the riot police and seizes the city square – all this and more produces an unmistakable acoustic effect. The rhythm of revolt pulsates through society, freedom music fills the air." - also posted at GlobalRsrch

The Night in Tunisia is Fading, Slowly
A quote...."The Jasmine Revolution, as the popular and unarmed Tunisian uprising that ousted the corrupt and autocratic president, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, is known, will go down in history as the first successful attempt by Arab masses to topple a onetime senior military officer and director of national security and which may now serve as a pacesetter for confronting others, similarly inclined."

Inside Story - The military's role in Tunisia
AJZVideo - (AJZYuTb - 24min 52sec - January 17, 2011) - Source:  AlJazeeraEnglish -- A quote...."After days of rioting, Tunisia's interim leadership says the security situation is now improving. But with President Ben Ali gone, there's a power vacuum - and many are wondering what comes next. Tunisia's parliamentary speaker Fouad Mebazza was sworn-in as interim president on Saturday. He has promised elections within 60 days."

US ignored Tunisian corruption - As it ALWAYS does with ALL of its imperial vassals. - mpg
A quote...."The Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten released a series of US diplomatic cables from 2006 on massive and pervasive corruption and nepotism in Tunisia and its effect on economic development and social problems. The cables show that the United States government was fully aware of the dangerous and debilitating level of corruption in Tunisia, and its anti-democratic implications. But they raise the question of whether Washington was wise to make Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, despite his clear foibles, the pillar of its North Africa policy because of his role, as a secular strongman, in repressing Muslim movements (as William MacLean of Reuters argues)."

Thousands march against Tunisia’s “unity” government
A quote...."Thousands marched again Wednesday in the center of Tunis and in other Tunisian cities demanding the ouster of ministers who had served in the regime of deposed dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and the dissolution of his ruling Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) party."

Mussa warns Arabs of ‘unprecedented’ anger
A quote...."SHARM EL SHEIKH: Arab League chief Amr Mussa warned Arab leaders on Wednesday the grievances of ordinary Tunisians that sparked a popular uprising were linked to “unprecedented anger” in the region. -- Mussa, addressing an Arab economic summit in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, said the upheaval in Tunisia was triggered by the same frustration sweeping Arab societies. “The revolution that happened in Tunisia is not far from the subject of this summit,” Mussa said. “The Arab soul is broken by poverty, unemployment and general recession ... The political problems, the majority of which have not been fixed ... have driven the Arab citizen to a state of unprecedented anger and frustration.” - also posted at WarInIraq

Tunisian protests have caught Nicolas Sarkozy off guard, say opposition
A quote...."The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, was accused today of tacitly propping up dictatorship in north Africa and of botched diplomacy in France's ambivalent response to the tumults in Tunis."
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Report Reveals Undisclosed F-35 Problems
A quote...."The F-35 Lightning II strike fighter has previously undisclosed problems with its handling, avionics, afterburner and helmet-mounted display, according to a report by the Pentagon's Director of Operational Test and Evaluation."

Doping Up the Troops
A quote...."U.S. Central Command policy allows troops a 90- or 180-day supply of highly addictive psychotropic drugs before they deploy to combat, reports Nextgov."

National Guard, Reserve Suicides Soar
A quote...."Military officials are attempting to downplay the significance of the massive increase in suicides amongst Army National Guard and Reserve soldiers, insisting that the near doubling of the rate at which they make their lives has nothing to do with the military as such."

Oil Minister: Iran, Syria Enjoy Potentials to Develop Energy Cooperation
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Oil Minister Massoud Mir-Kazzemi stressed Tehran's enthusiasm for the further expansion of all-out ties with Damascus, and said the two Muslim countries enjoy abundant potentials to increase their economic and energy cooperation."

Iran Test-Fires Optimized Hawk Air Defense Missiles
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran announced on Wednesday that it has successfully tested an optimized version of mid-range hawk anti-aircraft missiles in an area close to a nuclear facility."

Test-Fire: Iran launches upgraded 'Hawk' missile close to nuclear facility
Related RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 5min 21sec - January 20, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Iran has successfully test-fired an upgraded surface-to-air missile authorities say is aimed at protecting the counry's most sensitive areas. The test was carried out near a nuclear facility in the central part of the country. For some insight on that let's talk to Viktor Mizin."

China Restores Soviet Aircraft Carrier: Expert
A quote...."BEIJING - China has nearly finished restoring an old Soviet aircraft carrier bought in 1998, which will be used for training and as a model for a future indigenously built ship, an expert said Jan. 19."
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Big Ears: 'Largest' secret spy hub uncovered in Israel
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 2min 54sec - January 20, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."It's been described as Israel's 'big ears'. A huge facility where it's claimed phone calls and e-mails from all across the Middle East and beyond, can be monitored for intelligence. Hidden from prying eyes for decades in the desert, it's become a focus for investigative journalists."

Citing ‘national security,’ coalition of realists and liberals (Freeman-Zogby-Beinart) call on Obama to condemn settlements - A quote...."This is big. This is the new coalition to push the neocon Project for the New American Century into the dustbin of history. Fifty public figures, including commentators and former officials, have called on Obama to stand with the majority in the U.N. Security Council against the Israeli settlement project in Israel as a matter of U.S. national security. Among the signatories, Amjad Atallah, Chas Freeman, James Zogby, Andrew Sullivan, Peter Beinart. Many realists, Nitze, Wilkerson. Paul Pillar, Bill Quandt, Mike Desch, Carla Hills former trade rep Note the absence of Israel lobbyists. I.e., they can't even condemn the settlement project. Jeffrey Goldberg was surely asked. Or they don't like references to American lives on the line in the Middle East. Notice how few Jews are on the list, and what pressure people like Beinart and Rabbi Beerman of L.A. are exposing themselves to within the monolithic American Jewish leadership. Excerpts:"
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Tzipi Livni cancels trip to SA - Hip Hip Hooray!!
Identify them, pillory them, hound them, pound them, follow them, cut off their money, boycott their industries, seize their bank accounts, sue them, arrest them, try them, convict them....and punish them.  Do so for the rest of their lives.

These people are evil, they have unleashed a new Nazism on an indigenous population that had done them no harm whatsoever.  They did so with all the unstinting military and financial support they could beg, borrow and in the end, steal from a former super-power they had colonized.

The dis-proportionality and viciousness of what they've done is almost beyond comprehension.  To take a group of people, torture them every day, shoot them down like dogs every day, prevent them from making a living, from farming, from fishing, bomb them every day, cage them in an open air prison, deliberately provoke them in every possible way and when they try to defend themselves, unleash your massive military power against them, then smile to the world, shrug, and say "oh, we're just defending ourselves" shows a sick, demented, twisted, sadism unmatched anywhere, at anytime, by anyone else, in the world...ever. - mpg
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Russia, Jordan vow to achieve an independent Palestinian state
A quote...."Medvedev in Amman: The target is the establishment of a modern, unified and sovereign Palestinian state, with East Jerusalem as its capital."

Medvedev: Russia backs independent Palestine with East Jerusalem capital
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 4min 47sec - January 20, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's Middle East tour has reached Jordan - where talks have been fuelled by potential energy deals. He also spent time in the Palestinian Automony, where he reiterated Moscow's commitment to back a Palestinian state with the capital in East Jerusalem."

The West Bank to become a prison like Gaza?
We are all begining to dicern the outlines of Israel's "Final Solution" for the Palestinians. - mpg -- A quote...."The United Nations says it is increasingly concerned that Israel is about to tighten access restrictions to the occupied West Bank. -- It has been briefing aid agencies that Israel could soon increase restrictions and strengthen its checkpoints. -- The Israeli army declined to comment but privately officials acknowledge that changes will take place in the coming months."  - Source: BBC

Arabs Keep Out! Israel lays Claim to ALL the Resources
Special Note - A quote...."For years, various companies have been exploring the hydrocarbon deposits in the Levantine Basin, but only a handful of political and economic leaders were privy to the size of the prize. On 29 December 2010, the Israeli authorities gave Noble Energy Inc. the green light to release the news. The communication, announcing that exploitation was taking off after a political freeze, has been coupled with a diplomatic campaign to allow Tel Aviv to siphon off all the reserves to the detriment of the other coastline states." - also posted at MyCatBird'sSeat

Brazil, Malaysia slam Israeli settlements
A quote...."Brazil and Malaysia have condemned Israel's illegal construction on the occupied Palestinian land following the submission of an anti-settlement draft resolution to the UN Security Council by Arab nations."

Dozens Of Palestinians Injured in East Jerusalem Clashes
A quote...."    Medical sources reported on Wednesday at night that dozens of Palestinian residents were injured in clashes that took place in Silwan neighborhood, Ras Al Amoud, and the Shu'fat Refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem."

Death and Birth in Gaza: A Story of a Shepherd
A quote...."When you do not distinguish between combatants and unarmed civilians during war, then you deserve to be named a 'terrorist.' It makes no difference what your religion is! --- That is exactly what happened thousands of miles away and two days before last Christmas, when Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian shepherd in the back and injured two others. A 14 year old suffered a serious head injury and another 19 year old was injured in his hand." - also posted at AlethoNews

Jerusalem police detain son of prisoners' rights activist
A quote...."JERUSALEM (Ma'an) – Israeli police at dawn on Tuesday raided the Jerusalem home of Nasser Qaws, head of a prisoners' center, and detained his teenage son. -- Qaws said his 16-year-old son and Fathi Esbitan, 15, were taken to a police station in the city for questioning."

Squeezing Silwan
A quote..."Recent arrests in the conflicted East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan is part of a program of political intimidation, CSilver reports."
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Bill Gross: "Ultimately Creditors And Investors Are At The Behest Of A Central Bank And Policymakers That Will Rob Them Of Their Money" - Second "Quotes" of the Day...."Bill Gross had a great sound bite at Forbes' annual investing roundtable...."


"Gross' statement came right after the following zinger from Marc Faber...."


"Of course, Gross and Faber are forecasting high inflation." If deflation or "MixedFlation" prevail instead, things might look very different."

Blatant Treasury Churn At The Fed: Entire POMO Consists Of Just Auctioned Off 3 Year As FRBNY Launches "Flip That Bond" Program -- A quote...."Ok this is it. Someone (preferably of the less than multi-millionaire Wall Street marionette variety) in Congress has to look into the blatant bond churn-cum-flip (that was happening behind the scenes a few months ago and is now so blatantly in your face it is a slap to all US taxpayers) which has the Fed paying Primary Dealers billions in commissions for a trade that has absolutely no value added. And while we have been complaining about this for months, today just takes the cake."

U.S. dollar falls to eight week low versus euro
A quote...."NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The U.S. dollar lost ground Wednesday, helping the euro touch its highest level in two months, as investors became more comfortable with Europe’s debt situation and looked forward to economic data from China."

Trade War to Lose: Jim Rogers on Hu Jintao American trip
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 3min 22sec - January 20, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."The Chinese President Hu Jintao is in the U.S. for a four-day state visit. The leaders of the world's two biggest rival economies held a private welcome dinner on Tuesday night at the White House. Among the business at hand are economics, trade and human rights policies."

[Britain's] Unemployment grows with one fifth of youngsters out of work
A quote...."The jobless total rose by 49,000 in the three months to November as redundancies increased and the number of people classed as ‘economically inactive’ reached 9.3million."

Greek default plan report rejected
A quote...."Government officials in Greece and Germany have denied a report that officials in Germany's finance ministry are working on contingency plans to handle the fall-out if Greece defaults or needs to restructure its debt." - also posted at BLN

EU finance ministers meeting - No agreement on euro crisis
A quote...."A summit of European finance ministers held on Monday and Tuesday of this week failed to arrive at any clear consensus on how to tackle the continent’s escalating economic and social crisis."

Financial Chaos and Debt Default in the European Union
A quote...."Between now and the end of the year, most likely in the fall, we’ll see major financial and economic problems in Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Belgium, Spain and Italy. Those events will sorely test Germany, France, Holland and Austria."

China banks lend more than World Bank - report
A quote...."Two Chinese state controlled banks have lent more to developing countries than the World Bank, according to a report." - Source:  BBC

Tuesday January 18th 2011

More on the Hariri Assassination Attempted Frame-Up....

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon -- Independent Investigation or US-Israeli Cat's Paw?
Must Read - A quote...."In August 2010, Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah presented "intercepted Israeli reconnaissance footage" and "the recorded confessions of Israeli spies" at news conference in Beirut to support his claim that Israel was responsible for the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri. The aerial footage, taken by Israeli unmanned drones, showed the same route taken by Hariri's motorcade on the day of the assassination, suggesting that the ex-PM was being pursued. -- Nasrallah's revelations were compelling but, unfortunately, they were ignored by the western media except for the Christian Scientist Monitor which compiled the information in an article titled "Is Hezbollah right that Israel assassinated Lebanon's Rafik Hariri?" - also posted at AlethoNews

Hariri: An Audio Tape Unveils Fabrication of False Testimonies
Must Read - A quote...."On 15 January NewTV, an independent Lebanese television network, released an audio tape of a secret meeting, held in Marbella (Spain) in 2005. It was attented by (from left to right on the still used to illustrate the audio tape): Saad el-Hariri (son of the slain former Prime Minister), Mohamed Zahair as-Siddik (the principal false witness), Commissioner Gerhard Lehmann (deputy-chief investigator of the UN Commission) and Wissam el-Hassan (Saad Hariri’s right-hand man and head of Lebanese intellegence)."

The Hariri Assassination and the Crisis in Lebanon: Selected Global Research Articles
Must Read - Article List

The Rafik Hariri Assassination: Was Israel Involved?
Special Note - A quote...."While western media have announced that indictments against Hezbollah will be issued shortly by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Russian magazine Odnako challenges the entire UN investigation. Thierry Meyssan posits that the weapon used to assassinate former Prime Minister Rafik Hairiri was supplied by Germany. Former German prosecutor and first commissioner in charge of the UN probe, Detlev Mehlis, seemingly doctored evidence to cover up his country’s involvement. These revelations embarrass the Tribunal and reverse the tide in Lebanon."

The Hariri Assassination: The Role Of Israel?
Special Note - A quote...."A crackdown on Israeli spy rings operating in Lebanon has resulted in more than 70 arrests over the past 18 months. Included among them are four high-ranking Lebanese Army and General Security officers—one having spied for the Mossad since 1984. -- A significant breakthrough in the ongoing investigation occurred in late June and culminated in the arrest of Charbel Qazzi, head of transmission and broadcasting at Alfa, one of Lebanon ’s two state-owned mobile service providers."

Lebanon's ticking timebomb
Special Note - A quote...."Since the beginning, the STL has been mired in controversy further dividing an already unstable and war-torn country where justice is as foreign as the prosecutor leading the tribunal. The "false witnesses" whose testimony the UN's investigation initially used to go after Syria and its allies later turned out to be a scam, and this past weekend Lebanon's New TV aired explosive audio recordings of a 2006 meeting between Hariri and one of the "witnesses." -- Hariri, who had previously denied meeting the "witnesses," has since confirmed the tapes' authenticity, which have caused further embarrassment to the prime minister. This, in addition to Hezbollah claims that the STL is an Israeli plot, has caused many Lebanese to be increasingly sceptical of the entire investigation."

Lebanese Speaker Dismisses Hariri Court's Ruling as Zionist Plot
A quote..."TEHRAN (FNA)- Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in a telephone conversation wit his Iranian counterpart Ali Larijani stressed that the ruling issued by the court investigating assassination of Late Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri is an Israeli plot to ruffle peace and tranquility in Lebanon."

Lebanon opposition nominates PM
A quote...."Hezbollah-led opposition parties in Lebanon have named their choice for the next Lebanese premier after the US-provoked disintegration of the country's government."
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More on the Wikileaks Cointelpro Fiasco....

Wiki”Leaks”: US Cables Claim: Iran in secret pursuit of nuclear bomb
Must Read - WikiWhoring Alert - A quote...."(Just in time to derail the upcoming Jan. 21-22 nuclear talks between Iran and major powers in the world, along comes yet another Wiki”leak” which purports to expose Iran as rushing to obtain a nuclear weapon or materials to build one. This of course is based on no factual information but instead its compiled from inter-agency gossip and rumor milling collected from hundreds of cables supposedly sent from actors inside the state department.  The nuclear talks look to be a good opportunity to disarm the tense situation in the Middle East, but just like the state department did with the tensions in Korea, they are obviously using these fake or erroneous cables to stir the pot as much as they can before peace can break out in the region.)"

For more regarding the article shown above see....No Subtlety Whatsoever - 12-01-10 - mpg
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The Big Chutzpah - 9-11's Dancing Israelis Bailed On 3+ Million Debt
A quote...."Above:  9-11's notorious Urban Moving Systems owners Dominik and Ornit Suter file for bankruptcy in the state of Florida circa 2005.  Listed are 7 company names registered by the Suters in the US. (click on image to enlarge). Not only does the US harbor Mossad terrorists, we let them skip out on paying their bills. Legally.  Wouldn't it be interesting to go through the credit card bills for this duo?  What might we find?  A charge to something like "Bob's Discount Demolition Supply"?  Note that the case was "Pro Se", in other words, without legal representation.  Would you try to discharge $3 million in debt without an attorney?  Are you kidding?"

US-backed bio-weapons lab irks Kazakh opposition
A quote...."Almaty (AFP) Jan 18, 2011 -- The Kazakh opposition voiced alarm Tuesday over comments by the US ambassador revealing that the United States intended to help the republic build a "dangerous biological pathogens" facility in its largest city Almaty." - also posted at WarInIraq

Britain refuses to make public Blair's Iraq notes - And the cover-up continues! - mpg
A quote...."LONDON, January 19 (Itar-Tass) - The British government refused to de-classify the correspondence between former Prime Minister Tony Blair and former U.S. President George Bush before the invasion into Iraq, said John Chilcot, head of an independent commission investigating the circumstances of Britain's sending its troops to Iraq in 2003." - also posed at WarInIraq

UK linked to notorious Bangladesh torture centre
A quote...."UK authorities passed information about British nationals to notorious Bangladeshi intelligence agencies and police units, then pressed for information while the men were being held at a secret interrogation centre where inmates are known to have died under torture."

White House Plans to Launch Internet ID System, Further Eroding Civil and Political Rights
A quote...."Urged by one and all to "tone down" what media pundits and political elites describe as "strident," even "violent" rhetoric that has "poisoned" our "national conversation" and "sharply polarized" the population, the shooting rampage in Tucson which claimed six lives, including that of a nine-year-old girl is, in fact, emblematic of the moral bankruptcy and utter hypocrisy of those selfsame capitalist elites." -- also posted at DProgram & GlobalRsrch & DarkPolitricks

Top Secret America: Expensive, Chaotic and Dangerous
A quote...."Last July the Washington Post published a three-part story on "the huge security buildup in the United States after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks." This week, the Post published "Monitoring America," the fourth installment of its "Top Secret America" series, describing security efforts at the local level."

Obama Uses Executive Order to Begin Neoliberal Assault on Regulation
A quote...."The following definition of deregulation comes from “John Williamson’s “Washington Consensus“, a list of policy proposals that appeared to have gained consensus approval among the Washington-based international economic organizations (like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank).”  The active definition of neoliberalism or “free trade” ideology."

[Joseph] Lieberman Will Not Run for Re-election - Hip Hip Hooray!!  Hip Hip Hooray!!
Ding Dong! The Witch is dead. Which old Witch? The Wicked Witch!
Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is dead.
Wake up - sleepy head, rub your eyes, get out of bed.
Wake up, the Wicked Witch is dead. She's gone where the goblins go,
Below - below - below. Yo-ho, let's open up and sing and ring the bells out.
Ding Dong' the merry-oh, sing it high, sing it low.
Let them know
The Wicked Witch is dead!

Shooting Todd Blair: GWOT Coming Home to America Anyway
Contains Video - (graphic) - Iraqification comes to Amerika folks, hope you like what you paid for. - mpg - A quote...."Cops equipped like they are still on the streets of Fallujah busted into a drug addict’s house and shot him dead. The video shows Todd Blair had only a golf club in his hand and the cop who shot him clearly had enough time to determine the nature and level of the threat presented, but he shot first and asked questions later."

Vatican ordered bishops to hide abuse
What the @#$%^&*  is WRONG with the Catholic church!?! - mpg -  A quote...."A newly revealed document shows that the Vatican instructed Irish bishops not to report child abuse cases in the 1990s, providing more evidence of the Roman Catholic Church's involvement in a massive cover-up of the scandal." - bold by website editor - So....as a result, we now have an additional TWENTY YEARS WORTH OF ABUSES that took place!!  Is somebody gonna do something about this!!  Or is this gonna be another (as Obama would say) "lets put it all behind us" episode (pun intended). mpg

Allen Stanford's Trial Indefinitely Delayed. Suspected CIA Banker Became "Drug Dependent" -- in Federal Custody
A quote...."The strange case of accused swindler and suspected CIA banker R. Allen Stanford became a whole lot stranger last week. -- During a preliminary hearing in Houston, U.S. District Judge David Hittner ruled that Stanford, charged with orchestrating an $8 billion dollar Ponzi scheme that defrauded thousands of investors, cannot be tried until he undergoes detoxification for a drug addiction acquired after his incarceration in a federal detention facility." - bold by website editor
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More On The Tunisian Situation....

Why Tunisia Changed the World – Shamus Cooke
A quote...."Tunisia woke up the Middle East with a thundering yawn. After years of domination by western-backed tyrants, the working people of the Arab world are rising from slumber. Once fully awake and aware of their surroundings, they'll shake off the influence of the western nations with a collective flick of the wrist. " - also posted at DProgram

Tunisia: Key players
A quote...."It is less than a week since the ousting of Tunisia's long-time president, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, in a popular uprising that has shaken up the North African country. Already, a transition government is taking shape, and fresh elections have been promised within six to seven months."

Tunisia protests continue despite new government
A quote...."Tunisian police used tear gas on Tuesday to break up a protest in the capital against an interim cabinet announced after former leader Zine bin Abidine Ben Ali was deposed last week."

Tunisia’s “unity” government fractures as protests continue
A quote...."At least five ministers and probably more have been forced to quit Tunisia’s National Unity government, less than a day after it was formed, in the face of mass hostility to its domination by the party of deposed President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali." - also posted at Uruknet

Tunisian president, PM quit RCD
A quote...."Tunisian interim President Fouad Mebazaa and Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi have resigned from the ruling party of ousted leader Zine El Abidine Ben Ali."

Tunisia's new regime in danger of collapse as ministers quit
A quote...."TUNIS // Tunisa's new government was in danger of collapsing last night, only a day after it was formed. -- Four opposition ministers walked out of the cabinet as hundreds of demonstrators protested at its domination by political allies of the ousted president Zine el Abidine Ben Ali. -- Mr Ben Ali fled the country last Friday after a wave of protests over unemployment and corruption. The prime minister Mohamed Ghannouchi formed a coalition with three opposition parties and the country's largest trade union, the General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT)."
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ElBaradei: Power change in Egypt "inevitable"
A quote...."Vienna - Egyptian opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei said in an interview published Tuesday that political change in his native country was inevitable, particularly after the overthrow of the Tunisian president. -- 'It is inevitable. Change must come,' the former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) told Austrian press agency APA in Vienna, where he lives."

Afghan drug trafficking brings US 50 billion a year
Must View RTVideo - Alt - From the History File - March 12, 2010 (RTYuTb - 9min 54sec - 03/12/10 ) - Source:  Federaljacktube2 - Producer:  RussiaToday

US-led Coalition Troops Stranded in Afghanistan’s Cold Winter Without Gasoline
A quote...."Hamsayeh.Net – Reminiscent of Hitler’s campaign against Russia during the WWII, US-led coalition troops currently occupying Afghanistan face one of the toughest winters so far as they are stranded without gasoline."

Italian govt intends to withdraw forces from Afghanistan
A quote...."ROME, Jan 19 (KUNA) -- Italian government said it intends to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan in coordination with NATO allies under the framework of increasing numbers of deaths among Italian forces.
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said in statements last night after the death of an Italian soldier during a firefight in the northwestern Afghanistan on Tuesday, the 36th to die since Italy's mission began in 2004, that this soldier was fighting for peace against terror. -- The Prime Minister questioned the necessity of Italian forces stationed in Afghanistan, assuring that the government is looking into an immediate pull-out."

Speech Pathology: Rain Puddles in Heaven, Hellfire on Earth
Must Read - A quote...."As President Barack Obama consoled the nation Wednesday with talk of "rain puddles in heaven," his agents were murdering four more people in his illegal war in Pakistan. The incongruity was excruciating; you could almost feel your neck snapping from the moral whiplash induced by the contrast between word and deed. -- But of course this contrast remained totally obscured. Instead, the media was saturated with bipartisan praise for Obama's heavenly puddles and "transcendent" rhetoric about "aligning our actions with our values" and measuring our lives by "how well we have loved and what small part we have played in making the lives of others better." Naturally, in the midst of so much self-congratulatory afflatus, there was not much room for a short story from the Associated Press noting that Wednesday saw yet another attack by American drone missiles on a remote village in Pakistan. -- Yet even this report was itself drenched in the mindset of righteous murder that lurked behind the treacly tropes that Obama was delivering to a rapturous crowd. You can see it in the language of the very first paragraph"

Ex-IAEA chief: west 'hyping' Iran nuclear threat
A quote...."VIENNA - The West is "hyping" the perceived nuclear threat from Iran, the former head of the UN atomic watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei said in an interview Tuesday. -- "There's a lot of a hype in this debate," ElBaradei told the Austrian news agency APA." - also posted at WarInIraq

Russian Nuclear Official Dismissed Stuxnet’s Threat to Bushehr
A quote...."Hamsayeh. Net - After some exaggerated Western media reports on the dangers still posed by Stuxnet virus to Iran’s Bushehr atomic power plant, top Russian nuclear officials dismissed any threat posed by the virus to the plant due to start operation soon."

President Ahmadinejad Stresses Expansion of Ties with Uruguay
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a meeting with the visiting Speaker of Uruguay's House of Representative, Ivonne Passada, here in Tehran on Tuesday called for the further boosting and bolstering of Tehran-Montevideo relations."

Saudi to produce arms domestically
Oh, oh, the US-NRE's Military Industrial Complex is going to be EXTREMELY unhappy about this, guess they'll just have to start another war. - mpg -- A quote...."Saudi Arabia is planning to manufacture a significant proportion of its own weapons and military hardware domestically thanks to imported foreign technology. -- “More than 70 percent of military equipment can be produced locally,” the English-language daily, Arab News, quoted Saudi Deputy Minister of Defense and Aviation Prince Khaled bin Sultan as saying on Tuesday."

China's Internet population rises to 457 million
A quote...."China's online population rose to 457 million in 2010 as use of mobile phones to surf the Web spread rapidly, an industry group reported Wednesday. -- China's population of Internet users — a group more than 50 percent larger than the whole U.S. population — grew 19 percent in 2010 over the previous year, said the state-sanctioned China Internet Network Information Center" - Source:  AP@Yahoo

Baby Doc Arrested in Haiti - Hip Hip Hooray
(Hillary and Bill must be gnashing their teeth! - mpg) - Some quotes...." Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, a former Haitian dictator, was taken into police custody Jan. 18, two days after his shocking return to the beleaguered country." -- "Human Rights Watch and other international groups have called for the controversial leader’s arrest, saying he and his father created a vicious dynasty that ordered the death and torture of 20,000 to 30,000 Haitians. “Duvalier's return to Haiti should be for one purpose only: to face justice,” José Miguel Vivanco, director of Human Rights Watch’s Americas division, said in a statement. “His time to be held accountable is long overdue.”

First Sukhoi Superjet 100 to be delivered to Armavia in February
A quote...."The delivery of the first Sukhoi Superjet 100 to Armenian Armavia airlines is scheduled for next month, officials in the Russian Far Eastern Khabarovsk region said on Wednesday."

Infighting backfire leaves Israel left off key Medvedev visit agenda
Must View RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 4min 11sec - January 18, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Russia reiterates its commitment to back a Palestinian state with the capital in East Jerusalem. That's according to President Dmitry Medvedev, who's been meeting with Mahmoud Abbas. The initial plan for President Medvedev's Middle East tour was to hold talks with Israel as well, but this was spoiled when its officials went on strike, leading to the visit's cancellation. Some say it is more than coincidence, as RT's Paula Slier reports."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Palestinians hoist flag in Washington - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."WASHINGTON (AFP) – The Palestinian diplomatic mission in Washington on Tuesday hoisted its national flag for the first time, a highly symbolic gesture that drew an angry response from a senior US lawmaker."

Israeli BDS Group Takes Credit for Vanessa Paradis Cancellation - Hip Hip Hooray!!
Boycott, Divest and Sanction the ENTIRE state of Israel! Because they won't change until their forced to change. - mpg -- A quote...."Boycott From Within, Israeli based Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) group, is taking credit for the recent Tel Aviv appearance cancellation of the French pop star, Vanessa Paradis." - For more on how to Boycott, Divest and Sanction the state of Israel see the upper-left-corner of the "Front Page" of this website.

US trying to stop UN resolution against West Bank settlements
A quote...."Senior Palestinian officials said on Monday they were undeterred by American appeals to abandon the resolution, which has been circulated among the 15 members of the UN Security Council and could be discussed as early as Wednesday at a meeting on the Middle East."

Palestinian Killed, Two Children Wounded In Israeli Bombardment of Northern Gaza
A quote...."    Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Tuesday evening that one resident was killed and two children were wounded , after the Israeli army bombarded an area in the northern part of the Gaza Strip."

Hamas launches Gaza rebuilding programme
A quote...."GAZA: Hamas launched a programme on Tuesday to rebuild 1,000 homes in the Gaza Strip destroyed during an Israeli offensive two years ago, a project that could boost the group’s standing in the enclave it controls. “We are announcing today the launching of the first project to rebuild what had been destroyed by the occupation in all of the Gaza Strip,” Ismail Haniyeh, prime minister of Hamas’s Gaza-based government, said at a cornerstone-laying ceremony. The Hamas-appointed minister of public works said construction would begin at several sites within a week to 10 days. Dozens of families are still living in tents and depend on aid from relief agencies after their homes were destroyed in the Dec 2008-Jan 2009 Gaza war. reuters." - also posed at WarInIraq

PA Institutions Essential to Occupation Infrastructure
Must Read - A quote...."The accomplishments of the Palestinian Authority (PA) since the signing of the Oslo Accords agreements can only be described as a national tragedy. Gaza is under Israeli and international crippling blockade; East Jerusalem and big area of the West Bank have been annexed by Israel; the West Bank has become fractured by the growth of settlement blocks; there are hundreds of checkpoints; many Jews-only roads and 'bypass roads' and the separation wall have been built in the West Bank; and the refugees are still denied the right of return."
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Keiser Report: Insane Insanity! (E113)
Must View MKVideo - Alt - (MKRTYuTb - 25min 54sec - January 18, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday - Producer:  Max Keiser TV  -- A quote...."(RussiaToday) – This week Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, talk about the insanity of monetary policy, Jamie Dimon on municipalities going bankrupt and firearm finance in America. In the second half of the show, Max talks to economist, Shir Hever, about the what the Wikileaks cables reveal about the economy of occupation."

Disinformation Fog Intensifies As Economic Turmoil Develops
Must Read - A quote...."In the past few years, the concept of economic globalism has revealed itself as quite the Trojan horse; once posing as the next step in the evolution of “free market” capitalism and the savior of third world nations striving for development status, now revealed as a fiscal plague spreading delirium and destruction wherever it touches ground. There is no denying that the economies of the world are irrevocably tied to one another, but until recently, this was always thought of as a “good thing” in mainstream financial circles. Today, the great failings of engineered interdependency are painfully apparent. The EU’s many peripheral nations are dropping one after another like flies in a fog of DDT, rising economies in Asia are bloated with investment capital escaping from debt default in the West, causing impressive levels of inflation, and the U.S. is on the verge of a currency implosion as the Federal Reserve opens the floodgates of fiat in a bid to hide our system’s extreme destabilization and maintain what little international faith is left in our ability to service our rampant liabilities. Globalism has led us to disaster… "

Most Economists Fall Back Into Neoclassical Stupor ... "If They Don't Know Anything, Then Why Should We Listen To Them?" -- A quote...."The fact that the overwhelming majority of economists in policy positions failed to see the signs of this disaster coming, and supported the policies that brought it on, did not seem to be a major concern for most of the economists at the convention. Instead, they seemed more intent on finding ways in which they could get ordinary workers to accept lower pay and reduced public benefits in the years ahead. This would lead to better outcomes in their models.  ---  The willingness of economists to so quickly embrace this darker future is striking. After all, one of the reasons that we have economists is, ostensibly, so that we don't get such unpleasant news about a "new normal". This is like a football team calmly accepting the sports writers' prediction that they would have a winless season, and deciding that their new goal was to minimise the margin of defeat."

States Warned of $2 Trillion Pensions Shortfall
A quote...."US public pensions face a shortfall of $2,500 billion that will force state and local governments to sell assets and make deep cuts to services, according to the former chairman of New Jersey’s pension fund."

US Mint Reports January Silver Sales Hit 26 Year High
Gold / Silver Bug Alert - A quote...."As of today they stood at a whopping 4,588,000, or nearly 1.2 million ounces sold in a few short days. This represents the biggest monthly total sold by the US Mint going back to 1986 when the Mint disclosed its first monthly sales record... And the month is not even over yet."

Cattle Network Warns Farmers: Big Time Inflation Is Coming and You Better Have an Explanation
A quote...."The insiders know, they see it coming. A spike in food prices is just around the corner. Here's what Drovers Cattle Network is telling farmers..."


Public backlash as UK bailed-out bank bonuses culture continues
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 3min 17sec - January 18, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Some of them may have been bailed out by the taxpayer, but Britain's biggest banks aren't letting that stop them giving their employees bumper bonuses. It's a decision in defiance of political and public pressure to curb the pay-outs, amid the severe cuts being made elsewhere across the economy. RT's Laura Emmet asked London's neediest what they think."

Monday January 17th 2011

Ike's warning resonates
Must Read - A quote...."Fifty years ago today, on Jan. 17, 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower issued his prophetic warning about the military-industrial complex, anticipating the increased political, economic, military and even cultural influence of the Pentagon and its allies. Several weeks earlier, he had privately told his senior advisers in the Oval Office of the White House, "God help this country when someone sits in this chair who doesn't know the military as well as I do." Several months after his inauguration in 1953, he warned against warfare that had "humanity hanging from a cross of iron."

From Military-Industrial Complex to Permanent War State
Must Read - A quote...."Fifty years after Dwight D. Eisenhower's January 17, 1961 speech on the "military-industrial complex", that threat has morphed into a far more powerful and sinister force than Eisenhower could have imagined.  It has become a "Permanent War State", with the power to keep the United States at war continuously for the indefinite future."

King, Ike, and 20 Years of War in Iraq
Must Read - A quote...."This year, two significant anniversaries occur on Martin Luther King Day. On January 17, 1961, President Eisenhower delivered his Farewell Address, warning about the dangers of the military-industrial complex. And on January 17, 1991, American forces unleashed the first massive air assaults against Iraq. The fact that we have been fighting with Iraq for twenty years-and in Afghanistan for nearly ten-reminds us of King's warnings about the dangers of militarism."

Martin Luther King Jr.: Stop the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and Stop the Mugging of the Middle Class and Poor by the Wealthy
Must Read - A quote...."The Defense Department’s general counsel said that he believed Martin Luther King, Jr., might have supported the current wars...."


"That is easily disproven." - also posted at ZeroHedge

Empty Suits and the Darkness that Moves Them
Must Read - A quote...."I’ve used the phrase ‘empty suit’ on occasion but I wouldn’t want the reader to think that I meant the suit was actually empty. In fact, the suit is filled with something other than what it presents itself as. Obama and Biden are empty suits, filled with the presence and intention of evil. Maybe they believe they are working for the common good (doubtful) but if so, they are so deluded that they should not be holding office. On the other hand, they are conscious ministers of the enemy of humanity. Most of these types are." - also posted at DProgram

The Wheeler Murder, Just Another Dead Veteran? - More on the Wheler assassination cover-up. - mpg
Must Read - A quote...."John Wheeler III was pulled out of the back of a garbage truck two weeks ago, maybe cut into pieces, maybe burned alive, maybe tortured, maybe shot, nobody is telling us.  However, the stories are now hitting, Wheeler suffered from demons, nightmares from his service in Vietnam.  This is bull. -- John Wheeler, a man whose Washington resume is unmatched, West Point, Yale Law, CFR (Council on Foreign Relations), SEC (Security and Exchange Commission,) expert on everything from financial crime, to cyber warfare, chemical weapons, nobody knew what this man knew, nobody had his expertise, his access.  No man in Washington had more secrets in his head than John Wheeler. -- What John Wheeler was not, however, was a Vietnam veteran suffering from PTSD or similar combat related problems.  Wheeler’s military service was administrative." - For more on this issue see the articles and Topix shown below....

Rogue America, The Quiet Mutiny - posted 01-14-11
Search warrants in John Wheeler homicide case to remain sealed - posted 01-14-11
Oh, It Was The John P. Wheeler III Who Was Involved In The Barksdale-Minot Incident... - posted 01-11-11
Topix ||  US-False Flag Ops -- Minot AFB ||

Contrived Christmas Tree Terror Plot to Stampede Portland into Accepting FBI Takeover
Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."(KurtNimmo) – Residents of Portland, Oregon, recently attended a forum on the question of whether the city should rejoin the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force. The city withdrew its task force membership five years ago after the Justice Department turned down a city request for oversight over the JTTF. -- The decision followed revelations in 2002 that the FBI and the Portland Police kept thousands of “red squad” style police files on political activists. Since 1981, Oregon law has barred police surveillance of political groups in the absence of criminal activity." - also posted at DProgram - Topix ||  The F.B.I.'s Constant Gardening  ||

British undercover agent led attack on Irish police at rally
Agent Provocateur Exposed - A quote...."An undercover British agent encouraged protesters to attack Irish police officers at an EU summit in Dublin, the Guardian newspaper has reported. -- The undercover policeman Mark Kennedy did more than just observe and was an active participant in the proceedings, according to the newspaper."

[Britain's] Blair 'misled MPs on legality of war' law chief who advised ex-PM tells Iraq inquiry
You don't say....mpg - A quote...."Tony Blair misled Parliament and the public about the legality of the Iraq War, according to explosive documents released last night."

Swiss lawmakers call for expulsions amid probe into possible US embassy surveillance program
A quote...."GENEVA - Angry Swiss lawmakers called Monday for the ouster of U.S. diplomats suspected of illegally spying on people around their diplomatic missions, in a standoff over the use of counterterrorism measures. -- The Swiss government said it has demanded a stop to any surveillance and is investigating the scale of what it calls an unauthorized spying program by the U.S. mission to the United Nations in Geneva and the U.S. embassy in Bern." - also posted at YahooNews

DoJ veteran sees ‘dangerous precedent’ in letting Bush officials walk
A quote...."In a rare blistering attack on the Department of Justice, a career veteran of the agency recently told Raw Story that the Obama administration handing Bush-era officials "a get out of jail free card” sets “a dangerous precedent" that could encourage other offenses by future leaders." - Source:  RawStory

When Zoo Animals Resist -- A Message From Tatiana
A quote...."Tatiana went directly after the men who had been taunting her and ripped one of them to pieces. The other two ran. For twenty minutes, Tatiana roamed the zoo grounds. She was presented with many opportunities to attack park employees and emergency responders. She could easily have gone after other visitors. But Tatiana was singular in her purpose. She wanted to find those two remaining teenagers, and she would do just that at the Terrace Cafe. With a dismembering taking place, police encircled the spot and shined their lights onto the tiger. Tatiana turned and approached. They shot her dead."

What Really Happened with Michael Rivero – 1-17-11
MRVideo - Alt - (JustInTV - 2hrs - January 14th, 2011) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV
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Oil for Two: Giants BP, Rosneft swap stakes, join forces to share Arctic shelf
RTVideo - Alt - (January 15, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Two of the largest oil companies in the world - Russia's Rosneft and BP- are getting together for a multi-billion dollar venture. They've sealed a stock swap, and agreed to explore and extract the untapped riches of the Arctic seabed together."

Haaaaa, haaaaa haaaaaaa!  It's hilarious, Obama covered-up for BP, lied for BP, sold himself to BP, spent tens of billions of US tax-payer dollars for BP's "mistake" and shielded them from gazillions in law suits and now Rosneft takes advantage of BP's improved financial prospects and forms a joint venture with them.  It's too funny for words.  Welcome to "capitalism" comrades!

Note:  how almost sixty percent of the video is devoted to Putin, and the chairmen of both firms describing how their companies already have a long - safe - history of exploring the arctic together, how they trust BP's expertise, how BP is "competent", how BP has reformed, how they've changed, how they've learned a lot from their disaster in the gulf and how something like that will never, ever, ever, ever, happen again -- and so on and so forth....well, we shall see. - mpg
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Iran Discovers Major Gas Field
"Hamsayeh.Net - Iran discovers yet another huge gas field adjacent to the port city of Assaluheh on the shores of the Persian Gulf.  Iranian Oil Minister Masoud Mirkazemi during a Sunday press conference in Tehran said the new field could be valued at $50 billion. It holds 260 billion cubic meters of natural gas and 220 million barrels of condensates.

Venezuela: Oil reserves surpasses Saudi Arabia's
A quote...."Venezuela has overtaken Saudi Arabia as the world leader in oil reserves with certified deposits leaping to 297 billion barrels at the end of 2010, President Hugo Chavez's government said Saturday. -- Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez told Reuters that the new reserves, which pushed the total 41 percent higher than the previous year, were booked in the South American OPEC member's vast Orinoco extra heavy crude belt. -- A jubilant Chavez told parliament that Venezuela's reserves now surpassed those of Saudi Arabia. -- "We have enough for 200 years," the former soldier said in a speech in which he denied he was a dictator, complained that he was being unfairly "demonized" and offered to give up much-critisized decree power a year ahead of schedule."

Senior [Iranian] Military Official Confirms Shooting Down of Israeli, US, British Drones
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian military official on Monday confirmed reports on the shooting down of several enemy drones over the Persian Gulf, and said Iran has targeted a large number of these pilotless planes during the last 7 years."

Iran's Auto-Industry Thriving
A quote...."The Iranian Ministry of Mines and Industries said on Monday that the country's automakers have produced 983,927 sets of cars during the first nine months of the current Iranian year (March 21-December 21, 2010) showing a 15.7% growth compared with the same period last year."

'Iran firm on N-rights of NPT states'
A quote...."Iran's top nuclear negotiator asserts the nuclear rights of all signatories to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), stressing that Tehran will not retreat one iota from its nuclear rights." - Topix ||  How About An Honest NPT? - 11-11-10 - mpg  ||
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'G77 to pursue Iran scientists killings'
A quote...."Iran's envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says Tehran will pursue the case of the assassination of its nuclear scientists with the cooperation of Group of 77." - For more on this issue see articles and related quote shown below...

Iranian nuclear scientist 'killed by Mossad or the CIA'
Malaysian professor slams silence on Iranian scientists’ murders
Iran's scientist killed in blast
44 Iranian Scientists and Engineers were on board Kyrgyz 737
Iran says it to sue Israel for scientist’s murder
Plane crash leaves 77 dead in Iran

Reiter:  "The entire foundation has to be torn down and repoured. If not, there will be at least a subsidence at the southern end of the barracks. Subsidence, and then collapse."

Goeth:  "And you are an engineer?"

Reiter:  "Yes. My name is Diana Reiter. I'm a graduate of Civil Engineering from the University of Milan."

Goeth:  "Ah, an educated Jew … like Karl Marx himself. Unterscharfuehrer!"

Hujar:  "Jawohl?"

Goeth:  "Shoot her."

Reiter:  "Herr Kommandant! I'm only trying to do my job!"

Goeth:  "Ja, I'm doing mine."

Hujar:  "Sir, she's foreman of construction."

Goeth:  "I'm not going to have arguments with these people."

[Hujar starts to drag Reiter away; Goeth stops him]

Goeth:  "No. Shoot her here, on my authority."

Reiter:  "It will take more than that …"

Goeth:  "I'm sure you're right."

[Reiter is shot]

Goeth:  "Take it down, repour it, rebuild it, like she said."

Quote from the movie "Schindler's List" - Amon Leopold Goth was "a Hauptsturmführer (Captain) of the SS, he was the commandant of the Nazi concentration camp at Płaszów, General Government (a German-occupied area of Poland)."
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Who Lost the Middle East?
Must Read - A quote...."Patrick Buchanan - Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown, especially today in the Maghreb and Middle East. -- For the ouster of Tunisia's Zine El Abidine Ben Ali has sent shock waves from Rabat to Riyadh. Autocrats, emirs and kings have to be asking themselves: If rioters can bring down Ben Ali with his ruthless security forces, what prevents this from happening here? -- Millions of militant Muslim young who have never shared in the wealth produced by the oil and gas must be asking: If Tunisians can take down a detested regime, why cannot we?"

Big Trouble in Tunisia for America’s Mideast Raj
Must Read - Related Article - A quote...."Oops! Something has gone terribly wrong with Washington’s plans for regime change in the Mideast. Wasn’t there supposed to be a US and British engineered revolution against Iran’s mullahs, followed by installation of a cooperative pro-western government and a bonanza for western oil companies? -- The revolution came, all right, but in the wrong place. The explosion of popular fury in Tunisia that ousted its dictator of 23-years is sending shock waves across the Arab world and has alarm bells ringing in Washington."

On the Neoconservative Middle East War Agenda
Special Note - A quote...."“The influence of the Likud and of its friends in Washington could be detected across the entire spectrum of American policy towards the Middle East,” writes Shlaim." - also posted at AlethoNews
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More On The Tunisian Situation....

Failure of the Globalization Model: The Arab Spring of Democracy:
A quote...."The Tunisian uprising is nothing but the natural result of the failure of the globalisation model and the impasse affecting the entire world. Indeed, as soon as an economy opens up to foreign capital and one gives the local economy and services over to market forces, the state’s role is automatically undermined and remains only to protect the model itself. By consequence, whether in Tunisia or elsewhere in the developing world, it resulted in a contradiction between the people’s interests and the class created to protect foreign capital."

Mideast rulers watch Tunisia in fear of repeat
A quote...."AMMAN (AFP) – Governments across the Middle East anxiously watched developments in Tunisia on Sunday after the ouster of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, fearing the spread to their doorsteps of violence and popular revolt." - also posted at WarInIraq

Tunisia – the people’s revolution
A quote...."Yvonne Ridley comments on the British media’s lopsided coverage of the uprising in Tunisia – devoting airtime to the inconvenience caused to UK tourists and focusing on the role of social media rather than the “revolutionaries who physically took to the streets and faced down live ammunition, baton charges and tear gas”."

Tunisian ruling elite promises national government, imposes military rule
A quote...."Tunisia’s ruling elite is seeking to secure its rule in the aftermath of the popular insurgency that forced President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to flee the country and take refuge in Saudi Arabia. Its strategy is to hold out the promise of a national unity government while imposing de facto military rule."

The brutal truth about Tunisia
A quote...."Bloodshed, tears, but no democracy. Bloody turmoil won’t necessarily presage the dawn of democracy." - It's too soon to be totally pessimistic, the dust hasn't settled yet. - mpg

PM names unity government to quell Tunisia unrest
A quote...."TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's prime minister appointed opposition figures to a new unity government on Monday in the hope of restoring stability after violent street protests brought down the president last week."

France blocks ousted [Former Tunisian President] Ben Ali's accounts
A quote...."The French government has called on the banks in the country to freeze accounts belonging to ousted Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. "

Friendless, homeless and humiliated
A quote...."He might still be living in the lap of luxury, but make no mistake Tunisia's former President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and his family are prisoners. -- Like birds in a gilded cage, they are languishing in a palace in one of the most exclusive districts of Jeddah but the truth is Ben Ali and his equally odious and corrupt family has nowhere else to hide."

Foreign journalist dies in Tunisia
A quote...."A Franco-German photojournalist wounded in a demonstration in Tunisia has died of his injuries to become the first reporter to be killed in the country's revolution."

Yemen: Students call for Arabs to rise up
A quote...."About 1,000 students marched through the streets of the Yemeni capital on Sunday urging Arabs to rise up against their leaders in the wake of Tunisian strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's ouster. -- The students headed from Sanaa University's campus to the Tunisian embassy flanked by human rights activists."
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More On The Lebanese Situation.....

Lebanese Hezbollah leader Nasrallah could be right
Special Note - A quote...."Alan Hart explains why we should not dismiss lightly Lebanese Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s assertion that the tribunal investigating the assassination of  former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri as “an American and Israeli tool”. - also posted at TruthJihad

Troubled History of the Hariri Probe - posted at ConsortiumNews
Special Note - A quote...."A United Nations-backed tribunal, which has conducted a long and troubled investigation into the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, issued a sealed indictment on Monday amid expectations that members of Hezbollah will be accused."

Hezbollah refuses to back Hariri as PM
A quote...."Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah said his movement and allies would not back the appointment of Hariri as prime minster in talks expected to begin on Monday. -- Nasrallah pointed out that leaders of several countries had intervened to demand that Hariri be nominated to form another government. -- But the Hezbollah chief said, "The opposition unanimously will not name Hariri tomorrow" as candidate for prime minister."

Lebanon summons US ambassador
A quote...."Lebanon's Foreign Ministry has summoned US Ambassador to Beirut Maura Connelly over interfering in the country's domestic affairs."
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Iraqi Police Foil Huge Terrorist Plots in Karbala
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Iraqi security forces defused the plots of several terrorist attacks on the holy city of Karbala after they discovered a large ammunition dump."

2 NATO tankers torched in [Pakistan's] Kalat
A quote...."KALAT: Unidentified gunmen set two oil tankers on fire near Sorab area of Kalat on Sunday."

Another Pakistan journalist murdered
A quote...."I reported on Thursday that Pakistan was the most murderous country for journalists in 2010. On the same day, another Pakistani journalist, Wali Khan Babar, was shot dead in Karachi. -- The 28-year-old reporter for Geo News television was shot five times while driving home in his car in what is believed to have been a targeted attack."

Turkish premier, Syrian president meet
A quote...."Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday held a tete-a-tete meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the Syria's capital, Damascus, Anadolu Agency reported."

Baby Doc’ Duvalier returns to Haiti Just One Day Before The Corrupt Government’s Hand-Picked Candidate Loses the Election - The ObamaTrolls must be so happy right now, another Obama dictatorship will be be installed, Hillary Clinton has already brought one illegal junta and its death squads to a country, Honduras, now she, Obama, and her husband intend to bring them to another.  By golly they must be thrilled at the prospect!! - mpg -- A quote...."UPDATE: At the time I am writing this update, 9:47 am Monday morning, there is not one single left-wing blog/alternative news source that I can find covering this story. Not Crooks and Liars, not Politico, not Firedoglake, not Daily Kos, not Talking Points Memo, not Think Progress, not Huffington Post, not even Salon. -- The Clintons and the other globalists won’t allow the rightful President of Haiti,  Jean Bertrand Aristide, back into the country but now when they really need a strong dictator to retake control of those pesky poor people, enter Baby Doc… as if nothing ever happened.  Don’t look to the Obama administration to do anything about this… his entire staff is nothing but Clintonista retreads… neoliberal “centrist” dems… meaning right-wing fascists. This is deplorable. Almost as deplorable as Bill Clinton sitting on all that money raised to help the people of Haiti while he plots out which corporations will get free factories that they can staff with Haiti’s starving poor. This is sickening. Even Dick Cheney wouldn’t have tried to do something like this."

Who Let 'Baby Doc' Duvalier Back into Haiti?
Related Article - A quote...."In the past 12 months, Haiti — already the western hemisphere's economic basket case -- has suffered an epic earthquake that according to latest estimates killed more than 250,000 people and leveled the country's infrastructure, a cholera epidemic that has claimed thousands more lives and a powder-keg political crisis tied to the fraud-tainted Nov. 28 presidential election. -- All the country needed now was the return of a brutal exiled dictator. -- This being Haiti, whose chronic tragedy is so often served with a helping of banana-republic bizarreness, that's what it got Sunday afternoon when Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier landed in Port-au-Prince for the first time since being thrown out of the country and packed off to France almost 25 years ago."

Prepping Minds For War Against China
Special Note - A quote...."You'd think the U.S. was already at war with China, given the immense amount of anti-China rhetoric spouting from the government and media. But selling wars takes time. The average American hasn't bought in to this false advertising yet.  So the big lie will be repeated until its roots are deeply sunk into the American psyche: China, says the U.S. government, is a threat that needs to be "dealt with.”

China's Hu upbeat, resists U.S. pressure on yuan
A quote...."Chinese President Hu Jintao urged an end to a "zero sum" Cold War relationship with the United States and proposed new cooperation, but resisted U.S. arguments about why China should let its currency strengthen." - Source:  Reuters

Armenia says Nagorny Karabakh will 'never be part of Azerbaijan'
A quote..."Nagorny Karabakh has no future as part of Azerbaijan, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said. -- "Azerbaijan's aggressive behavior supports our conviction that Nagorny Karabakh, under any circumstances, should never become part of Azerbaijan. Moreover, Azerbaijan does not have either legal, or political, or moral grounds for claiming Nagorny Karabakh," Sargsyan said during his current visit to Cyprus."

Mexico’s Interjet seeks to buy 15 [Russian & Italian] Superjet 100
A quote...."MOSCOW, January 17 (Itar-Tass) - Mexico’s airline Interjet plans to buy 15 Sukhoi Superjet 100, an official at the Russian aircraft making holding told the Prime-Tass business news agency on Monday."

ALBA Solidarity Marks Continental Geopolitics
A quote...."south-america-alba-solidarityCaracas, (Prensa Latina) The recent visit to Venezuela by Bolivian President Evo Morales reaffirmed the spirit of solidarity among the countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America, which is setting standards in the region's new geopolitics."
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Latin America Deepens Israel Isolation - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."JERUSALEM – Guyana became Thursday the seventh Latin American state to recognize an independent Palestinian state. Although the official recognitions are largely nominal, they have irked the state of Israel as they expose its growing diplomatic isolation in the face of the current peace deadlock."

Suriname to recognize Palestine - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."(De Ware Tijd)  - Suriname will soon recognize the Palestinian state. Palestinian Authority Foreign Affairs Minister Riyad al-Maliki told this to the Arab newspaper Asharq al-Awsat earlier this week."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

This Is Just Sick: Orthodox Rabbis In Israel Call For Palestinian Death Camps And Palestinians Exterminated In Ovens! - A quote...."For the last 65+ years, we have been constantly inundated by reports, videos, movies, shows, and other media, pressed forward by the Zionist Jewish controlled Mainstream media, about the Jewish Holocaust of World War II. The reports on the Holocaust have always been of Jewish victims being sent to Death Camps, where they were exterminated by being gassed in ovens!"

Israeli Banks Finance Newspaper calling for Genocide
Related Article - A quote...."Major Israeli banks, credit institutions, and communication companies are among the advertisers in an extreme right wing weekly magazine that called for building concentration camps." - also posted at Uruknet

Life and death in the buffer zone
A quote...."Death comes quickly at a place like this. On sunny winter days, when the smell of the night’s rain is still in the air, as if it would have brought some hope for the raped, barren land of Gaza, overrun hundreds of times by Israeli tanks and bulldozers. The land between the foothills of the village of Bait Hanoun and the Israeli border, guarded by watchtowers, soldiers, snipers, helicopters and drones is a land in which death is a regular guest."

Sumoud' in Palestine: To Exist is to Resist
A quote...."On Tuesday, the Israeli military demolished the dreams of a family of five in the Palestinian village of Azzoun Atma. At 8.30am, on January 11, more than 100 Israeli soldiers surrounded their home, forced them onto the street and then locked them in the neighouring house for the next three and half hours. As “the most moral army in the world” stood guard around the neighbouring house, ensuring the family could do nothing to stop what was about to happen, a heavily armoured Caterpillar bulldozer smashed down the walls of the home they had lived in for more than 8 years. The Israeli occupation forces then made their way to the other side of the village and demolished a farm house belonging to another family, along with their agricultural pens."

Bedouin Village Demolished for Ninth Time
A quote...."Israeli bulldozers demolished 11 structures in the "unrecognized" village of al-Arakib for the ninth time on Sunday."

Israel blocks entry of medical team into Ramle prison hospital
A quote...."RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- The Israeli prison services (IPS) refused to allow an independent medical team to enter the Ramle prison hospital to check on Palestinian sick detainees."

Clashes Erupt in Silwan after Police Raid a Resident's Home
A quote...."    On Sunday, violent clashes erupted in the district of Baten al-Hawa, in Silwan, East Jerusalem following an Israeli police raid on a residential home."

Israel halts construction at hotel site
A quote...."Following an emergency complaint against Israel’s illegal construction at the site of a recently demolished hotel in East al-Quds (Jerusalem), Tel Aviv says it has put a temporary halt on the project."

UN Calls for Halt to Israeli Settlement
A quote...."un-halt-israeli-settlement-palestinian-territories17 de enero de 2011, 16:30United Nations, Jan 17 (Prensa Latina) The UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian people on Monday called the international community to prove political will and action to halt the construction of Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories."

Kremlin pledges to continue supporting Palestinians
A quote...."Russia will continue to provide the Palestinians with humanitarian aid, presidential aide Sergei Prikhodko said ahead of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to the Palestinian territories on Tuesday."
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The Bankers Have Won Completely - Maybe not, see article below....
A quote...."Simon_johnson Today’s most dangerous government sponsored enterprises are the largest six bank holding companies: JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley.  They are undoubtedly too big to fail – if they were on the brink of failure, they would be rescued by the government, in the sense that their creditors would be protected 100 percent.  The market knows this and, as a result, these large institutions can borrow more cheaply than their smaller competitors.  This lets them stay big and – amazingly – get bigger."

FDL | 10,000 GMAC Foreclosures Stopped in Maryland
Related Article - A quote...."In a major ruling Friday, a coalition of nonprofit defense lawyers and consumer protection advocates in Maryland successfully got over 10,000 foreclosure cases managed by GMAC Mortgage tossed out, because affidavits in the cases were signed by Jeffrey Stephan, the infamous GMAC “robo-signer” who attested to the authenticity of foreclosure documents without any knowledge about them, as well as signing other false statements."

Fed President Charles Plosser Says Fed Is Helpless To Reverse Sharp Decline in House Prices
A quote...."Most economists now understand that in the long run, monetary policy determines only the level of prices and not the unemployment rate or other real variables.2 In this sense, it is monetary policy that has ultimate responsibility for the purchasing power of a nation's fiat currency. Employment depends on many other more important factors, such as demographics, productivity, tax policy, and labor laws. Nevertheless, monetary policy can sometimes temporarily stimulate real economic activity in the short run, albeit with considerable uncertainty as to the timing and magnitude, what economists call the “long and variable lag.” Any boost to the real economy from stimulative monetary policy will eventually fade away as prices rise and the purchasing power of money erodes in response to the policy. Even the temporary benefit can be mitigated, or completely negated, if inflation expectations rise in reaction to the monetary accommodation."

$100 a barrel likely as gas prices stay above $3
A quote...."Gas prices continued their climb above the $3.00 a gallon mark for the third straight week. The national average price of regular grade gasoline was $3.10 Friday, up 2 cents from a week ago. Prices remain 12 cents higher than a month ago, 34 cents above year-ago prices, yet $1.01 below the record of $4.11 set in July 2008."

Without aid, DPS [Detroit Public Schools] may close half of its schools
A quote...."Detroit — Detroit Public Schools would close nearly half of its schools in the next two years, and increase high school class sizes to 62 by the following year, under a deficit-reduction plan filed with the state." - also posted at BLN

BoI [Bank of Ireland] admits it paid millions in bonuses since bank guarantee
A quote...."MILLIONS of euro in bonuses have been paid to Bank of Ireland staff since the introduction of the bank guarantee. -- The Government yesterday confirmed that it has launched an investigation into the payments after bank officials admitted supplying incorrect and misleading information on staff bonuses to the Dail."

Sunday January 16th 2011

No posts. - mpg

Saturday January 15th 2011

The Banality of Killing
Must Read - A quote...."The standard explanations for the Arizona killings are now being set forth, such as widespread violence in America and right-wing extremism. I’d like to weigh in with another possible factor, one that I can’t prove but one that I think Americans ought to at least consider: the fact that killing has now become an accepted, essential, normal, and permanent part of American life." - also posted at AlethoNews

Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Tools of Freedom
Must Read - Quote of the Day - The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." -- *Martin Luther King, Jr.*
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USA Today Edits the Count of the Dead in Iraq
Presstitute Alert - (USA Today) -- A quote...."USA Today (1/12/11) continues the tradition of dishonest reporting on the number of civilian casualties in Iraq. In a front-page article, reporter Tom Vanden Brook writes...."


"So estimates vary between about 85,000 and 111,000, right? Wrong. As the Congressional Research Service report (10/7/10 - PDF) that USA Today cites makes clear, the highest estimate from a credible source is over 1 million--that's the number from ORB (9/07), a respected British polling firm. That number is in line with the Johns Hopkins researchers (Lancet, 10/11/06) whose epidemiological survey came up with a likely total of 600,000 violent deaths for an earlier phase of the war." - bold by website editor - Topix ||  US Fake Intel / Propaganda - Iraq's Death Toll  ||
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The US/Israeli Coup in Beirut
Must Read - A quote...."January 15, 2010 "Information Clearing House" -- The United States and Israel have executed a stealth coup that has precipitated the collapse of Lebanon's unity government. -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton preemptively torpedoed negotiations between Saudi Arabia and Syria by telling "Saudi King Abdullah and Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri that the U.S. would reject any settlement at the expense of the UN tribunal." (Tehran Times) Clinton knew that the Saudi-Syria team was close to a "breakthrough" that would have resolved contentious issues related to the investigation of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. She could not allow that to happen because it would derail the US/Israeli plan for regime change and another Israeli invasion of Lebanon."

Turmoil in Lebanon
Must Read - A quote...."Reportedly, 19th century Mexican dictator Porfirio Diaz once remarked: "Poor Mexico, So far from God, So close to the United States." His proximity comment applies to Lebanon. Bordering Israel, it experienced decades of belligerent interventions as early as 1954 when Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion proposed supporting the establishment of a Maronite-dominated Christian mini-state."

US Pressure Triggers Collapse of Lebanese Government
Must Read - Related Article - A quote...."Lebanon’s misnamed “national unity” government fell Wednesday after the political bloc led by Hezbollah withdrew over the failure to reach an agreement on policy toward a United Nations probe into the 2005 assassination of former prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri. --  Underlying the government’s collapse are the growing social and political tensions in Lebanon, which have been stoked by outside intervention, most powerfully from Washington. The opening up of a new period of political turmoil in the country carries with it the threat of renewed internal sectarian strife and even war in the region. --  Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, the assassinated leader’s son, was in Washington consulting with President Barack Obama and the US State Department when the bloc of 10 ministers in the opposition, known as the March 8 Alliance, announced their resignation from the coalition government." - also posted at AmericanEveryman

From Israel With Love
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Turkey tries to diffuse Lebanon crisis
A quote...."Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Turkey will play an ‘active role’ in trying to end the latest crisis in Lebanon. The pledge came after Erdogan held talks with his Lebanese counterpart Saad al Hariri in Ankara to discuss the political situation following the toppling of the coalition government by Hezbollah and its allies."

Lebanon can not be allowed to be driven back to instability - Erdogan
A quote...."Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Lebanon can not be allowed to be driven back to instability, when its people have not even fully recovered from the great pains and destruction it has suffered in 2006 [at the hands of the Israelis], reported Anadolu Agency." - also posted at WarInIraq
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Uri Averny's Not So Subtle Writings
(A Presstitute Alert)
01-15-11
mpg

Lebanon is in Crisis
Special Note - An interesting history of Lebanon by Uri Averny - A few points to note however....


Other than conclusively demonstrating he's a bought and paid for dis-information shill of the AIPAC/Israeli Consortium, this website editor really can't figure out why Uri Averny would write such an obvious and blatant piece of odiously detectable propaganda. He's a very good writer and could have written a much more subtle and convincing work of fiction than the one he actually wound up writing. 

Perhaps he was having a bad day. Perhaps his conscience got the better of him and he unconsciencely became unable to write convincing lies. Maybe the disconnect between the idea of what Israel should be and the monstrosity that the nation and its people have actually become finally got to him.  We'll probably never know why he wrote what he did as badly as he did, in any case his articles will never be posted to this website ever again. - mpg
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More on the Wikileaks Cointelpro Fiasco....

Assange Apologists Credit Wikileaks for Tunisian Revolution
(Another AIPAC/Israeli Consortium shill) -- A quote..."Unless you’re a blatant sycophant just looking for something to praise Assange for these days, you are not going to come to the conclusion that this is a coup “for Wikileaks” and it most certainly was not “triggered” by Wikileaks either.  That is, you won’t come to these conclusions unless all you read are the writings of these types of sycophantic Assange-worshipping opportunists."

For more regarding the articles shown above see....No Subtlety Whatsoever - 12-01-10 - mpg
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FBI Issues Death Threat in U.S. Citizen Interrogation
A quote...."An FBI agent reportedly issued a death threat against a U.S. citizen traveling abroad, according to the January 13 New York Times. The American, 19-year-old Gulet Mohamed, also alleges beatings and sleep deprivation in his interrogations since his arrest by Kuwaiti authorities in late December." - also posted at AlethoNews

Social Psychosis: The Legacy of 9/11
A quote...."9/11 was shoddy theatrics, long on audacity and short on credibility. It is time to put aside fear, trauma truths of convenience and insist the truth be told. -- The controversy surrounding 9/11 can be suppressed, ignored, mocked and marginalized but it will not go away. The events of that day were in themselves enough to confirm a false flag operation and the flood of information that followed in the weeks and months there after served as further confirmation." -- Topix  ||  Acting Guilty - 12-01-09 - mpg  ||

"I've Seen Lot of People, Walkin' Around With Tombstones in Their Eyes"
A quote...."Look around when you go to some public place, a lot of people seem robotic-like, wandering around in a daze with that '1,000 yard blank stare' in their eyes, oblivious to everyone and everything. -- Many are just going thru the motions of pretending to be alive, when their spirit inside died a long time ago."

FEDERALJACK Brings 9/11 Truth To The North Miami Beach, Fl City Commission
FJVideo - Alt - (FJYuTb - 4min 6sec - January 15, 2011) - Source:  Federaljack -- A quote...."While video taping a presentation by Brent about Fluoride at the North Miami Beach City Commission meeting I decided to speak about 9/11 Truth. No script, no written speech, just off the top of my head." - Good speech. - mpg

What Really Happened with Michael Rivero – January 14th, 2011
MRVideo - Alt - (JustInTV - 2hrs - January 14th, 2011) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV  - Michael Rivero discusses the Gabrielle Gifford shooting, ClimateGate and further information on the recent "wetwork" cases of John P Wheeler & Ashley Turton. - mpg

Is Rupert Murdoch preparing to throw Glenn Beck under the bus over "anti-Semitism"?
A quote...."Glenn Beck has repeatedly been accused of anti-Semitism by left-statists and left-globalists for his repeated criticism of subversive, left-wing, Judeofascist-globalist billionaire George Soros. -- Beck's "anti-Semitism" may be making Zionist-globalist media billionaire Rupert Murdoch nervous because it's causing him business problems."

Third undercover police spy unmasked as scale of [Britain's] network emerges
A quote...."The unprecedented scale of undercover operations used by police to monitor Britain's political protest movements was laid bare last night after a third police spy was identified by the Guardian."

Irish Bank Protest
Photo Gallery - Great photos - mpg
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Baghdad gets less than one hour of electricity a day
This is what....more than SEVEN YEARS after the US-NRE illegally invaded, smashed and occupied that poor country?  Anybody else out there want the US-NRE to come "help" them too? - mpg -- A quote...."Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, home to more than six million people, hardly gets one hour of non-interrupted electricity supplies every 24 hours. -- The city has plunged into darkness with the country’s national grid still unable to increase supplies despite billions of dollars in investments."

U.S. soldiers killed while training Iraqis
A quote...."BAGHDAD (AP) — Two U.S. troops were killed Saturday by an Iraqi soldier who apparently smuggled real bullets into a training exercise and opened fire, raising fresh concerns about insurgents worming into the nation's security forces as the Americans prepare to leave by the year's end."

U.S. marine kills Afghan policeman after dispute
A quote...."KABUL, Jan 15 (Reuters) - A U.S. marine shot and killed an Afghan police officer on Saturday after a dispute between the pair during a security operation in southern Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said."

A CIA purge in Pakistan
Special Note - Geo-Political Analysis - And how many, if not most, (just take a look at the polls) Pakistanis view the US-NRE's role in Pakistan - mpg -- A quote...."The United States was never, and is not, an enemy of Pakistan. But the US political, military and intelligence thrust in Afghanistan over eight years has decidedly placed the US on the side of our enemies. This is a US choice, not a compulsion. -- From day one, Washington chose to turn Kabul into the new hub of anti-Pakistanism in the region. A lot of evidence suggests a CIA role in tolerating and exacerbating anti-Pakistan insurgencies along our Afghan border. Today all anti-Pakistan terrorists take refuge in US-controlled Afghanistan. American political engineering inside Islamabad [‘Exhibit A: the crumbling coalition government’] is motivated by an overriding key objective: downsizing the Pakistani military and forcing the nation to accept Indian regional hegemony. If Pakistan does not accept this it will be punished." - All so India can be "played" by the US-NRE against China in its "great game" policy of containing China's rise as a world power. - mpg

Fire to the Fuel: More NATO tankers torched in latest Pakistan attack
RTVideo - (RTYuTb - 52sec - January 15, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."A driver was wounded in Pakistan's south-west on Saturday when gunmen set ablaze 14 tankers carrying fuel for US and NATO troops in Afghanistan, officials said. The latest attack occurred in the Dera Murad Jamali area in Baluchistan province. Islamist militants and criminals in Pakistan frequently attack trucks carrying supplies for US and NATO troops. The attacks in Pakistan have led the US to rely more on other supply routes, including through countries north of Afghanistan."

Pakistan to aid Iran's war on terror
That'll leave Pakistan's government in a really tough bind, since it's the US-NRE, Saudi Royals and Israel that are supporting most of the anti-Iranian terrorist groups out there. - mpg -- A quote...."A senior Pakistani diplomat says his country is ready to cooperate with Iran in the fight against “bandits and terrorists” that operate on the joint border. " - Topix ||  US Support of Terror - MEK-PKK-Others  ||

Pakistan seeks role for Taliban in peace talks
Some quotes...."Pakistan wants the Taliban movement to mediate in its peace talks with Afghanistan, The Express Tribune newspaper reports quoting an official spokesman for the Pakistani Foreign Ministry Abdul Basit. -- Islamabad has long been playing a significant part in the political life of Afghanistan. -- The US Administration has repeatedly accused Pakistan of supporting the Taliban." - also posted at SCF

Washington To Rearm Georgia For New Conflicts
Must Read - A quote...."Recent reports in the Russian news media have detailed plans by the U.S. to provide the Mikheil Saakashvili government in Georgia with tens of millions of dollars worth of anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapons." - also posted at BLN & GlobalRsrch & DailyPaul & WarOnYou -- Topix ||  American Selective Attention Deficit Disorder (ASADD) - 08-16-08 - mpg  ||

Iranian armed forces: U.S. drones shot down outside Iran's air space (UPDATE)
A quote...."Details added (first version published at 11 34) -- Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan. 16 -- U.S. drones were shot down by anti-aircraft guns of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps in the Gulf outside Iran's air space, Deputy Chief of the Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, General Rashid Gulamali was quoted by the Iranian Fars news agency. --  At the moment, the wreckage was found in Iran, Rashid said. -- According to the Fars news agency, fragments of drones will be showcased to media representatives in the coming days." - also posted at WarInIraq

Foreign diplomats visit [Iran's] Natanz plant
A quote...."Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan. 16 -- On Sunday, foreign diplomats visit the Natanz uranium enrichment plant, the Iranian news agency Fars reported. -- Foreign diplomats arrived in Iran on Saturday to visit the nuclear facilities of the country within a two-day visit. In particular, the heads of Non-Aligned Movement (Egypt, Jordan and Iran), "Group of 77" (G-77), the Arab League, and ambassadors of Venezuela and Syria arrived in Iran." - also posted at WarInIraq

Iran has produced 40 kg of 20% enriched uranium: local media
A quote...."TEHRAN, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) and acting Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi announced Saturday that the country has so far produced almost 40 kg of 20 percent enriched uranium to supply fuel to the Tehran research reactor, local semi-official Fars news agency reported."

Iran Unveils N. Achievement at Arak Heavy Water Plant
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran on Saturday unveiled home-made deuterated compounds in a ceremony at Arak heavy water reactor attended by senior Iranian nuclear officials and diplomats and envoys from different world countries and groupings."
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More On The Tunisian Situation....

Tonight we are all Tunisians
Special Note - A quote...."January 15, 2010 "Information Clearing House" -- Over the last few days we have seen some of the bravest people facing down some of the worst. -- Armed with nothing more than a revolutionary heart and hopes of a better future they gathered and protested as government forces aimed their weapons and fired live rounds in to the crowds. -- But the ammunition and the underlying threats of arrest and torture meant absolutely nothing to the masses – for they had simply lost their fear. -- It was the final testament to the brutality of a dictator who has had the support of European leaders and various presidents of the United States. -- And that the Tunisian President Zine El-Abedine Ben Ali fled from his country like a rat up a drainpipe after 23 brutal years spoke volumes about the character of the man himself." - also posted at CounterPunch & RI&A

Behind Tunisia Unrest, Rage Over Wealth of Ruling Family
A quote...."HAMMAMET, Tunisia — This ancient Mediterranean hamlet, advertised as the Tunisian St.-Tropez, has long been the favorite summer getaway of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali and his large extended family, many of whom have built vast beachfront mansions here with the wealth they have amassed during his years in power."

Central part of Tunis blocked by police
A quote...."TUNIS, January 15 (Itar-Tass) --The police blocked the central part of the city on Saturday morning, putting metal bars across the Habib Burgiba Street. Cars are not allowed to enter the central part of Tunis. Combat helicopters are flying over the city."

Army on streets amid Tunisia unrest
A quote...."Soldiers have been deployed on the streets of Tunisia amid chaotic scenes following the popular ousting of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the president. -- Troops were patrolling Tunis, the capital, on Saturday and a state of emergency was in force after Ben Ali, president for more than 23 years, fled the country in the wake of widespread protests."

Ben Ali gets refuge in Saudi Arabia
After all, nasty, vicious, brutal, dictatorial, murderous, families do have to stick together, not to mention since they're all supported by the World's New Roman Empire and are therefore part of its "good'ol boys club", they've got to adhere to its rules and procedures. - mpg -- A quote...."London, (Pal Telegraph) - Decision to host former Tunisian president sparks angry criticism on the internet. -- Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia's former president, has taken refuge in Saudi Arabia following a mass public uprising and weeks of deadly protests. -- Saudi Arabia confirmed on Saturday that he and his family have been welcomed into the kingdom due to "exceptional circumstances" in Tunisia."

Tunisia swears in interim leader - For less than 24 hours however - see the article shown below....
Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."Tunisia's speaker of parliament has temporarily assumed power in the country a day after president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled amid a mass uprising. - The country's constitutional court, the highest legal authority on constitutional issues, announced the transition on Saturday, saying Fouad Mebazaa had been appointed interim president. - Mebazaa took the oath in his office in parliament, swearing to respect the constitution in the presence of his senate counterpart Abdallal Kallel and representatives of both houses."

In Tunisia, Clashes Continue as Power Shifts a Second Time
A quote...."TUNIS — Tanks, police officers and gangs of newly deputized young men wielding guns held the deserted streets of Tunis Saturday night after a day of sporadic rioting and gunfire. Power changed hands for the second time in 24 hours, and the swift turnabout raised new questions about what kind of government might emerge from the chaos engulfing Tunisia. -- The interim government named Friday had hoped that the toppling of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, who fled the country, would satisfy protesters, but continued unrest Saturday made clear that they were determined to chase his allies from power as well."
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Egypt Is Not Tunisia, But…
A quote...."Egypt is feeling the ripple effect from Tunisia already. Egypt’s 85 million people constitute a third of the Arab population. Until Tunisians ousted their autocratic ruler Friday evening after his 23 years in power, Egypt, a regional trendsetter, was seen as the first candidate for regime change by popular uprising in the Arab world." - also posted at Uruknet

Russia's Importance to Italy
A quote...."....by the end of World War II Moscow [had] not develop[ed] an appreciation for Rome's potential to take a role in putting the Soviet [Union's] geopolitical designs into practice, and th[is] deficiency persisted for several decades. Yet, the view that friendship with the USSR/Russia could [offer] Italy additional independence in international politics [in] the face of Washington's pushiness – especially, in Mediterranean affairs - remained deeply entrenched among a part of the Italian ruling class."

China to send troops to N Korea: Report
A quote...."China and North Korea are reportedly discussing details of a plan allowing Chinese army forces to be deployed in the communist country for the first time in about two decades." - also posted at WarInIraq

S Korea, Japan patrol boats face off
A quote - (From WMR)...."So much for Bob Gates's new Tokyo-Seoul axis against China and North Korea."

India 'to cut Kashmir troops by a quarter'
A quote...."Home Secretary GK Pillai said the aim was to pull out 25% of troops from populated areas in the next 12 months as a confidence-building measure. -- There was a mixed reaction to the announcement from Kashmiri separatists. -- There are estimated to be between 300,000 and half a million Indian troops and police in Jammu and Kashmir, fighting a two-decade insurgency. -- India's government has never released official figures on its forces in the region."

BRIC Becomes BRICS: Changes on the Geopolitical Chessboard
A quote...."The world’s four main emerging economic powers, known by the acronym BRIC — standing for Brazil, Russia, India and China — now refer to themselves as BRICS. -- The capital “S” in BRICS stands for South Africa, which formally joined the four on December 24, bringing Africa into this important organization of rising global powers from Asia, Latin America and Europe. President Jacob Zuma is expected to attend the BRICS April meeting in Beijing as a full member." - also posted at PoorRichard'sBlog

Chavez calls for conciliation between rivals
A quote...."CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Hugo Chavez called for conciliation between Venezuela's political rivals Saturday and told recently elected lawmakers he was willing to sharply reduce the period of time he has to enact laws by decree."
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Germany orders 'Mossad agent' arrest
A quote...."Germany has reportedly issued a new arrest warrant for an Israeli suspected of involvement in the assassination of a Hamas official in Dubai."

The Privatization of War: Is Blackwater Heading for the Holy Land?
A quote...."Jerusalem: a cauldron of nationalistic and religious acrimony, a persistent flashpoint for global crisis. Exactly where you want to put the world’s most notorious private security firm." - also posted at RevoltOfTheplebs
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Jewish group files lawsuit against Livni ahead of visit to South Africa
A quote...."JOHANNESBURG, (PIC)-- A South African Jewish group has filed charges against Kadima chairwoman Tzipi Livni for involvement in the Gaza war two years ago, in an attempt to have her arrested upon her soon expected visit to South Africa."

Jewish Orthodox publication openly calls for death camps
It's what the Israelis PLANNED to do way back in 1948. - mpg -- A quote...."Rabbis for Death Camps: One of the popular genres of media generally unfamiliar to the Israeli secular public is that of synagogue pamphlets. There are quite a few of them, and they are distributed on Fridays to thousands of synagogue. Almost every sect has its own pamphlet, mostly of rather inferior quality."

Israeli rabbis call for establishment of extermination camps for Palestinians
Related Article - A quote...."OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- A Zionist magazine, apparently reflecting popular Israeli opinion, promoted the idea of extermination camps for the Palestinians. -- The weekly magazine distributed in synagogues throughout the country published an advisory opinion undersigned by major rabbis calling the establishment of those camps a "legitimate duty", the Israeli e-newspaper YNet reported Saturday."

Six Palestinians Wounded, One seriously, After Settlers [Home Invaders] Attacked Nablus Village
A quote...."Palestinian medical sources reported Thursday that six Palestinians were wounded, one seriously, after a group of armed Israeli settlers [home invaders and thugs] invaded Qasra village, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus."

Israeli government invades Muslim quarter to expand Jewish 'Western Wall' site
A quote...."    In a move that Muslim leaders in Jerusalem are calling a 'provocation', Israeli government officials on Saturday decided to expand the 'Western Wall' prayer site into the area known as Rabat al-Kurd, an alley used by 17 Palestinian families to enter their homes -- despite a recommendation against the expansion by the Israeli Ministry of Tourism."

BDS Week 15 Protest - "Seacret" steals its product from Palestinian land 14 1 11
Contains Video - Alt - Boycott, Divest and Sanction the ENTIRE state of Israel! Because "Never Happen Again" is happening all over again right in front of our eyes! - mpg -- A quote...."The Boycott of Israeli goods is part of an international movement known as the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement. The movement was initiated in 2005 by over 170 Palestinian organisations and has gained momentum internationally as the brutality of Israel has time and again been exposed to the world." - For more on how to Boycott, Divest and Sanction the state of Israel see the upper-left-corner of the "Front Page" of this website.
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Keiser Report: Schizo-Psycho-Bermudaflation! (E112)
Must View MKVideo - Alt - (MKRTYuTb - 26min 32sec - January 13, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday - Producer:  Max Keiser TV -- A quote...."This week Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, talk about the deepening crisis trapping America's poor and the trouble with maize prices in Mexico. In the second half of the show, Max talks to economist and author, Steve Keen, about the dangers of Minsky moments and neoclassical economists."

What If The Bankers Gorged On A Record $144 Billion In Bonuses And No One Noticed
Video - From the History File - November 04, 2010 - Alt - (YuTb - 11/04/2010) - Source:  NMAWorldEdition -- A quote...."Those crazy Taiwanese animators are back!...  Trust me, this is a brilliant clip.  This is how the rest of the world sees the Wall Street bailout. -- Don't forget what Bill Black has been making very clear the past few weeks - The payouts are based on fictional FASB accounting, leading to fictional profits, and billions in bonuses for bank executives running the scam." - Topix ||  Having Fun With Your Tax Dollars  ||

Jamie Dimon On Mortgage Putbacks: "It’s going to be a long ugly mess; We will be talking about this every quarter for the next three years" -- A quote...."While Dimon called the U.S. housing market still “terrible,” he said it’s better than it was a year ago.  The bank put $1.5 billion in litigation reserves to cover costs related to buying back faulty mortgages.  It also set aside $2.1 billion more against soured loans from Washington Mutual, the lender JPMorgan bought in 2008. -- Dimon said most of the new litigation reserves are intended for so-called private-label mortgages, which are not insured by the federal government or federally controlled mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.  He said it will take years to resolve those disputes and to determine the ultimate cost to JPMorgan."

Fallen dead birds eaten by America's homeless
In The Believe It Or Not Category -- A quote...."As the human right to food continues to be violated in the U.S., birds falling to their death on swanky Sunset Boulevard were stuffed into jackets of the City of Angel's poor and hungry or barbecued onsite Friday. Bird suicides have rocked the world as they have fallen in California, Arkansas, Kentucky, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Missouri as well as other countries such as Sweden, Romania, New Zealand and Italy. -- Some of the birds, such as those fallen in Italy, show signs of poisoning, a blue tinge on their beaks. Nevertheless, when excessively hungry, people eat anything they can, as witnessed in America - from the Gulf of Mexico coastal communities where people are eating recently poisoned fish - to Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles this Friday."

BullionVault.com Runs Out Of Silver In Germany
Gold / Silver Bug Alert - A quote...."With the US Mint selling silver at an unprecedented pace, it was only a matter of time before the silver shortage would be spotted across the Atlantic, where distributors ran out of both gold and silver on a daily basis during the first time Europe became insolvent some time in early May 2010.  -- Sure enough, BullionVault.com has announced that it has run out of silver in Germany "due to high demand." In the meantime, the CFTC's actions have succeeded in allowing the JPM's suppression of precious metals markets to continue indefinitely, yet all its actions have really done is to provide a short-lived lower cost basis for the precious metals as there is no indication demand is subsiding. -- At some point the margin calls will come. Then not even Gary Gensler will be able to bail out JPM (we wish we could say the same about Ben Bernanke to whom JPM's role as head of the tri-party repo clearing market is irreplaceable in maintaining an orderly shadow liquidity market)."

Do You Need a Chinese Bank Account?
Special Note - For those who want to bail out of the USD - mpg -- A quote...."We’re perfectly happy eating in a Chinese restaurant. But will we start banking in a Chinese bank? -- It’s not as crazy as it sounds. As The Wall Street Journal’s Lingling Wei reported Wednesday, the Bank of China here in the U.S. has started allowing American customers to open an account and to invest up to $4,000 per day—and a total of $20,000 a year—in Chinese yuan, or renminbi. Until now, you had few options to hold money in yuan, which is a “closed” currency managed, and protected, by Beijing."

Friday January 14th 2011

Thursday January 13th 2011