Thursday January 26th 2012

Israel’s By-Pass Foreign Policy
A quote...."The right-wing government of Israel has embarked on a novel foreign policy, one that seeks to develop close relations with sub-national state and provincial governments, thus by-passing national governments and avoiding the increasing hostility of national foreign ministries and local grass roots movements to Israel’s policies toward the Palestinians. -- The establishment of state-to-state relations between Israel and such sub-national governments as American states, Canadian provinces, and even Native American tribal nations has increased under the ultra-nationalist Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. The new aggressive policy by Israel to seek allies at sub-national levels results in internal pressure on national governments to take a less critical approach to Israeli policies on the West Bank and Gaza." - bold by website editor - For more on this sort of issue see quote and comment shown below....


[Palestinian resistance activist] Barghouti sent to isolation after [anti-]Israel comments
This is what many in the "Jewish Community" in Amerika and most of the "Jewish Community" residing in Israel salivate over every single day.  The prospect that they can soon do this sort of thing to true Americans in their own country under the NDAA act.  We are ALL Palestinians now. - mpg -- A quote...."RAMALLAH (Ma’an) -- Jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti was sent to solitary confinement on Wednesday after making critical comments about Israel to journalists."
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Patriots: We Need A Real Victory to be a Gamechanger
Special Note - A quote...."Most us have seen a boxing match, the fighter usually peppers his opponent with jabs to the face wearing him down to the point he throws [a] blow knocking the fighter out or stunning him where he cannot gain his footing or momentum. -- For a long time we been peppered by the globalist, We have been worn down fighting this bill or blocking this legislation. Many of us are getting fatigued fighting attacks on every angle coming at us at once. The other side has the momentum where they are positioning themselves to strike the blow to all of us to stun us or knock us out. -- For a long time, our victories and successes have been blocking bad proposals becoming law. I do not see it as a victory at all. All we did was slow them down. But they keep advancing forward. Maybe not as fast as they want. But they keep moving forward."

What Does NDAA, The Enemy Expatriation Act, SOPA, PIPA and Diebold Voting Machines Have in Common?
A quote...."You are all thinking what does all these laws and proposed pieces of legislation have in common. I can tell you, The US goverment is corrupt from inside and out. They want to run our lives so they can rob and pillage our lives. Send  us to wars and under constant surveillance. The truth is the goverment cannot lie with impunity anymore. They cannot get away with thier game with us anymore. They cannot afford to lose, they are scared of defeat and a victory of the people. -- The reason why they are passing these laws like the NDAA and proposing bills of SOPA, PIPA, The Enemy Expatriation act is saying they cannot win by the rules. They have to change the rules to win and have to the upper advantage over the opposition. They see the need to try to change the rules because the Constitution is a stumbling block before them. So they are looking for ways around the Bill of Rights just to win. To them, the rules of the game only applies to us the peasants, not to them." - Source: LoneStarState

NDAA USA Vs. Spanish Inquisition
NDAA - InfoGraphic - (click to view)

The Caging of America
A quote...."The accelerating rate of incarceration over the past few decades is just as startling as the number of people jailed: in 1980, there were about two hundred and twenty people incarcerated for every hundred thousand Americans; by 2010, the number had more than tripled, to seven hundred and thirty-one. No other country even approaches that. In the past two decades, the money that states spend on prisons has risen at six times the rate of spending on higher education. Ours is, bottom to top, a “carceral state,” in the flat verdict of Conrad Black, the former conservative press lord and newly minted reformer, who right now finds himself imprisoned in Florida...."

US judges tragic kickback greed exposes prison system profiteering
RTVideo - From the History File - May 26, 2011 - (RTYuTb - 4min19sec - 05/26/11) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."With well over 2 million people in jail - the U.S. has the world's biggest prison population. But some are seeing the inside of a cell because dodgy judges are getting payback from the private sector. RT's Gayane Chichakyan reports on those dishing out justice for a fee." - Related videos....

Pennsylvania Kids-for-Cash Scheme - Democracy NOW! - (YuTb - 8m32s - Feb 22, 2011) - Src TBTV
Victims of Judicial Corruption Kids For Cash Prison Slavery Ring, Penn - (YuTb - Feb 9, 2011 - 10m37s) - MM

Security video shows police lied about Rand Paul’s behavior
Police Caught Lying - (So what else is new....mpg) -- A quote...."If Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) was acting “irate” during a recent visit to Nashville International Airport, it certainly hid it very well. -- After being briefly detained by police officers on Monday, Paul appears to be getting some vindication in the form of a security camera’s video. Although police described him as “being irate” in an incident report, footage published Thursday shows Paul sitting calmly inside an airport checkpoint, and occasionally picking up his phone."

LAPD and Special Forces Conduct Military Maneuvers In the Skies Above Downtown LA
Posse Comitatus Violation - A quote...."The LAPD said the purpose of the training was in part to ensure the military's ability to operate in urban environments." -- *CLG*

State of Emergency Communique #2: The Armies of Night Descend On America
Posse Comitatus Violation - Related Article - A quote...."In the 1990s, the thought of Black Hawk helicopters flying over American cities was treated as a joke and dismissed as a fringe conspiracy theory that boiled the blood of paranoid militia members and anti-NWO nuts. - But as we enter the second decade of the 21st century it turns out that paranoid militia members in the American South and Midwest and anti-NWO conspiracy theorists were right all along. In 2012, there are even military drones circling American skies."

Under NDAA, Obama Can Release Death Sqauds on Americans
AJVideo - NDAA - FrancisBoyle(1/3) - FrancisBoyle(2/3) - FrancisBoyle(3/3) - (AJYuTb - 10/15min - Jan 26, 2012) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Alex also talks with Francis Boyle, a professor of international law at the University of Illinois College of Law, about the NDAA and the impending war to be waged against Iran."

CIA to pull officer from NYPD after internal probe
A quote...."26 Jan 2012 A CIA operative's unusual [and illegal] assignment inside the New York Police Department is being cut short after an internal investigation that criticized how the agency established its unprecedented collaboration with city police, The Associated Press has learned."
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Star Wars: false flag story; US-Iran (1953-1988): false flag reality
A quote...."A false flag attack is when a nation attacks in disguise. The purpose is to fool the public who otherwise wouldn’t support a criminal War of Aggression. The desired outcome for false flag attacks is control over other governments and their resources. - The brilliant 10-minute video from CameronFanSite walks you through the plot of Star Wars episodes one, two, and three to see the false flag attacks that changed a republic into unlimited and evil dictatorship." - also posted at GrgWashBlog

JFK Special: Oswald was in the Doorway, after all!
A quote...."The release of the notes taken by Dallas Police Department Homicide Detective Will Fritz during his interrogation of Lee Harvey Oswald, the suspected assassin of President John F. Kennedy, in which Lee told Fritz that he was “out front with Bill Shelly” has resurrected a debate of long-standing over whether Oswald was the “Doorway Man” in the famous photograph taken during the assassination by Associated Press photographer James “Ike” Altgens."
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Keiser Report: Kill Hollywood! (E241)
SOPA & NDAA - RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 25min40sec - Jan 21, 2012) - Source:  RussiaToday - Producer:  Max Keiser TV - Related:  MaxKeiserCom - (RussiaToday) -- A quote...."In this episode, Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, discuss killing Hollywood, poor Chris Dodd and how Mubarak's fall brought about the assault on the internet. In the second half of the show, Max interviews Mike Ruppert about SOPA, the NDAA and Iranian oil."

ACTA of War: Cyber attacks & street protests over 'censorship' bill
ACTA - RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 3min52sec - Jan 26, 2012) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."There's swelling anger in Poland over the country signing up with others to a global anti-piracy pact. Critics say the deal is as bad, if not worse, than America's planned laws, which were shelved when web giants like Wikipedia and Google went on a protest blackout. RT's Alexey Yaroshevsky is in Warsaw where the fear is that big corporations now have the power to take individual internet users offline at a whim."

Obama Signs Global Internet Treaty Worse Than SOPA
2012 Election Cycle - ACTA - A quote...."Months before the debate about Internet censorship raged as SOPA and PIPA dominated the concerns of web users, President Obama signed an international treaty that would allow companies in China or any other country in the world to demand ISPs remove web content in the US with no legal oversight whatsoever."
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US electoral system, or Freedom House up to its usual tricks
2012 Election Cycle - A quote....."What is the difference between a good teacher and a bad teacher? A good teacher is at least the one who is able to solve the task he gives to his students. That is why I have always been puzzled by the fact that while “introducing democracy” all over the world Americans are evading this natural teaching “do as I do” method. They say what is right and what is wrong in the electoral systems of other countries, what is democratic and what is not democratic and even who is the right and who is the wrong candidate, according to Washington. It would be much easier to say “Hey, guys! You see how perfectly it works in our country. Do as we do and you will be happy!” But they don’t say it. Thequestionis: why?"

Newt Gingrich? Really?
2012 Election Cycle - A quote...."In all candor, understanding the power and influence of evangelical Christianity in South Carolina Republican politics, Newt Gingrich’s victory in that State last week is extremely difficult for this writer to digest. I cannot think of a candidate that is more reprehensible to the values and principles that born-again Christians claim to embrace than Newt Gingrich!"

Conservative backlash grows against Gingrich
2012 Election Cycle - A quote...."Translation: Gingrich had his thrill in South Carolina and now it's someone else's turn to get the votes stolen from Ron Paul." -- *Michael Rivero*

Romney Failed to Disclose Swiss Bank Account Income
2012 Election Cycle - A quote...."Hey, it was just an oversight. Really. Anyone can forget about $3 million they left in Switzerland! Honest!" - Mitty the Kid." -- *Michael Rivero*

Michael Rivero Broadcasting live from Hawaii on Justin TV - January 26 2012
Must Listen MRVideo - Note:  To avoid the advertisements and the radio commentary goto 8min into the broadcast - mpg - (JustinTV - 2hrs - Jan 26th, 2012) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire and many other issues.
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens...

Guest Post: Gold Bonds: Averting Financial Armageddon
Special Note - A quote...."The paper currencies will not survive too much longer.  Most governments now owe as much or more than the annual GDPs of their nations (typically far more, under GAAP accounting).  But the total liabilities in the system are much larger."

The Real State of the Union - (On Obama's SOTU & the Fed)
PSVideo - Alt - (PSYuTb - 13min51sec - Jan 25, 2012) - Source:  SchiffReport -- A quote...."Jan 25th 2012 - I covered Obama's SOTU address in more depth on my radio show at http://www.schiffradio.com" - Peter Schiff is good at expounding the positive benefits  of the "free market" and the "individualist credo", however "capitalism" needs rules to work efficiently, for more on that see the quotes and essays shown below....



Also attacking Obama's straw-man "collectivist" proposals is ridiculous, Obama has NEVER been a collectivist.  He's probably given a hundred and fifty billion to prop-up various failing industries in this country since he was selected to office, the rest of the thirty to fifty trillion in support, guarantees and pay-outs the government has created has gone straight to help the Banksters. - mpg

Bernanke has "finger on trigger" for new bond buys
A quote...."(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve has moved closer to embarking on a new round of its controversial money-pumping after the central bank and its chairman Ben Bernanke highlighted a grim outlook for the U.S. economy."

The Fed Cannot Move Without a Crisis… And One is Coming
Special Note - A quote...."Well the Fed disappointed as I stated it would. How anyone could be surprised by this is beyond me. The Fed was admitting that the consequences of QE rendered it less “attractive” as an option as far back as May 2011."

The Bubble Bubble
A quote...."I’ve identified eight still-expanding bubbles and have developed an acronym to help easily remember them: “CCC Aches,” which I will refer to as the “CCC Aches” Bubbles. “CCC Aches” stands for China, Commodities, Canada, Australia, College, Healthcare, Emerging markets and Social media."

Striking truckers, fishermen clash with Italian government
A quote...."Yesterday the newly-installed government of Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti moved to crush continuing protests by truckers, fishermen, and other professions affected by Monti’s unpopular deregulation measures and social attacks."

Italy On the Verge of a Full Revolt
A quote...."This past week has been a very turbulent time for Italy.  And it wasn't just the grounding of the Concordia cruise ship by a playboy captain; but the grounding of the country by Euro-technocrat usurper Darth Monti, trying to impress his Keynesian buddies with his latest attempts to ‘Save Italy’!"

Social protests spread in Eastern Europe
A quote...."The wave of social revolts that rocked the Middle East, the US, Greece, Spain and other countries last year has now reached Eastern Europe. The large demonstrations against the Orban regime in Hungary, strikes of railway workers and miners in Bulgaria, and two weeks of angry protests in Romania testify to this."

Merkel Refuses Role of Rescuer in Euro Crisis - For the hundredth time!!! - mpg
A quote...."As fears mount that the euro crisis could trigger a global recession, all eyes are on Germany to take an even stronger lead in the rescue efforts. But Chancellor Angela Merkel has disappointed these expectations, warning against placing too many burdens on Germany. "
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"Occupy Wall Street" & Other "Occupy" News....

24 Facts That Show How Ridiculously Unfair Our Economy Is For Americans Under The Age Of 30
A quote...."If you are an American under the age of 30, you have probably figured out by now that the entire economic system is stacked against you.  The way that our economy is structured today is ridiculously unfair to younger Americans."

Davos shocked to hear that poor people exist
Table - (Click for a larger size) -- A quote...."Ok, I exaggerate. But that’s my cynical first impression after finding the following diagram in the briefing book for the gathering of the good and the great [the evil and the vile - mpg] at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. - As you can see “Severe income disparity” is #1 on the Top 5 risks list this year, after having failed to make the short list for the preceding 5 years. - Now it’s not as though the attendees of Davos were completely inattentive to the economic plight of the less fortunate all this time. “Economic disparities” was on last year’s laundry list of risks and was featured prominently in the executive summary of 2011′s report. But the urgency has been ratcheted up quite a bit this year: " - One wonders why?  One guesses they've heard of the Guillotine and the Reign of Terror. - mpg

Supreme Court Building Covered in Giant Dollar Signs
Video - (YuTb - 1min28sec - Jan 26, 2012) - Source:  other98 -- A quote...."To mark the second Citizens United anniversary, we lit up the Supreme Court with giant dollar signs to send a message: rights are for PEOPLE, not corporate "persons.""

Tactical Briefing #25 -- Showdown in Chicago
Action Alert - A quote...."Against the backdrop of a global uprising that is simmering in dozens of countries and thousands of cities and towns, the G8 and NATO will hold a rare simultaneous summit in Chicago this May. The world’s military and political elites, heads of state, 7,500 officials from 80 nations, and more than 2,500 journalists will be there.  ---  And so will we.  ---  On May 1, 2012 - 50,000 people from all over the world will flock to Chicago, set up tents, kitchens, peaceful barricades and #OCCUPYCHICAGO for a month. With a bit of luck, we’ll pull off the biggest multinational occupation of a summit meeting the world has ever seen."

Can Occupy Save Labor? The People United Will Never Be Defeated
A quote...."The labor movement has been in decline for decades, while more than one-third of employed people belonged to unions in 1945, union membership fell to 24.1% of the U.S. work force in 1979 and to 13.9% in 1998.  Today, including all workers public and private, 11.4% are union members, for workers outside of government it is only 6.5%.  Restrictive laws make organizing workers very difficult so a new strategy is needed to increase worker power.  That strategy needs to include uniting unions, non-union workers and the people. The 99% needs to see that it is everyone’s interest to have a strong labor movement."

Smedley Butler speaks to the Bonus Army
Short Vid Clip - A quote...."America’s most colorful military figure, Major General Smedley Butler, is “off to war” again! He is responding to the V. F. W. “call to arms” by going on a speaking tour under the auspices of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U. S. Starting in Cincinnati on December 1st, he will visit ten different cities in as many states prepared to tell the truth about the vicious anti-veteran effects of the Economy Act. He will tell the public—in his own inimitable way—just what he thinks of those who would make the veteran bear the brunt of the depression. And he will preach the gospel of the V. F. W. to those overseas veterans who have not yet become members."
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More On The International Situation....

Iran Set to Turn Off Oil Supply to Europe
So....hundreds of millions of Europeans are going to suffer higher gas prices in the midst of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, so that six million little Mini-Nazis on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea can continue to murder innocent Palestinians with impunity while expanding their vicious,  racist, criminal, mini-empire. Just how STUPID can the Europeans be!! - mpg - Topix ||  The US is After Europe Too! - 03-23-08 - mpg  ||

Algeria defies EU oil embargo on Iran
The other countries who are NOT participating in the AIPAC/Israeli COnsortium inspired embargo against Iran includes India, China, Russia, South Korea, Japan, Iraq, Turkey, Syria, most of the Non-Aligned Movement and surprisingly, several European companies like BP (of all companies) that have obtained exceptions from the EU.  In other words the "embargo" is already dead as a doornail. - mpg

Iranophobia: 'Why negotiate when West can cash in on chaos?'
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 5min10sec - May 26, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Iran's threatening to switch off its oil supplies to Europe before the EU embargo comes into force in July. Parliament will discuss whether to make the move next week. The EU decided to stop buying Iranian oil hoping to force Tehran back into talks over its nuclear programme. Shirin Shafaie, from the Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran, says the West is obsessed with iranophobia."

Iran rejects [the AIPAC/Israeli Consortium's] Azerbaijan terror plot
A quote...."Iran's embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan, has categorically rejected any links between Iranian security bodies and a terrorist group recently arrested in Azerbaijan, saying the US and Israel are behind such a scenario."

Libya: Detainees tortured and denied medical care
A quote...."TRIPOLI/BRUSSELS – Detainees in the Libyan city of Misrata are being tortured and denied urgent medical care, leading the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to suspend its operations in detention centres in Misrata, MSF announced today." - Source:  Médecins Sans Frontières

Libyan detainees die after torture, says Amnesty International
Related Article - A quote...."Several people have died after being tortured by militias in Libyan detention centres, human rights group Amnesty International has said. -- It claimed to have seen patients in Tripoli, Misrata and Gheryan with open wounds to their head, limbs and back. -- Meanwhile, charity Medecins Sans Frontieres has suspended operations in Misrata after treating 115 patients with torture-related wounds." - bold by website editor

Thousands of Nato trucks in Pakistan backlog
A quote...."Two months into Pakistan’s blockade on Nato supplies crossing into Afghanistan, thousands of trucks are crowding the port in Karachi where drivers, fed up with waiting, are starting to desert."

Germany trims back authorization for troops in Afghanistan
A quote...."Berlin - Germany has formally trimmed the size of its troop contingent in Afghanistan from 5,350 to 4,900 personnel. -- Germany's parliament, or Bundestag, Thursday backed the decision with a large majority: 74.5 per cent of legislators approved it. Cross-party negotiations between the government and the bulk of the opposition led to a consensus ahead of debate."

IED attacks in Afghanistan set record
A quote...."Attacks with makeshift bombs hit a record high of more than 16,000 in Afghanistan in the past year, and the increasing harm they cause to Afghan civilians indicates insurgents may lack strong leadership, military officials say. -- The number of improvised explosive devices that were cleared or detonated rose to 16,554 from 15,225, an increase of 9%, according to data obtained by USA TODAY. In 2009, total IED "events," as they are known, came to 9,304."

Opinion: NATO’s lost cause in Afghanistan
A quote...."NATO’s war in Afghanistan will go down in history as a big flop — one that the politicians had failed to end and the generals were unable to win. On the other hand, commentators and historians will ponder the fact that this backward tribal country was able to repulse the Soviets and an international coalition of no less than 50 Western countries led by the United States within a period of 30 years or so." - also posted at GlobalRsrch

Iraq Will Take Legal Action Against US Soldiers Involved in Haditha Massacre
A quote...."Iraqi authorities plan to prosecute U.S. troops for massacring several Iraqi civilians after the last soldier involved was spared jail time through a guilty plea. -- U.S. soldiers murdered 24 Iraqis in 2005 in what came to be called the Haditha massacre. In the years since, all of the soldiers involved have been tried and gone without due punishment, having their cases dismissed or their charges cleared."

NATO’s favorite despot
Interview - VOA interviews Rick Rozoff, the manager of the Stop NATO website and a contributing writer to GlobalResearch.ca, and a regular contributor to the Voice of Russia. -- A quote....


US seeks vassals not allies: Putin
Well....you can make A LOT more money from vassal states. - mpg -- A quote...."Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has once again accused the United States of seeking “vassals” rather than allies as his campaign for the March 4 presidential election intensifies."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Can foreign gangsters bulldoze your family home without warning and get away with it?
A quote...."There can be few things more despicable than robbing a family of their home then destroying it in front of their eyes. But this is Israeli policy. -- When the following news item arrived in my inbox I was more than usually interested. The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) took me to see Beit Arabiya, the much demolished and rebuilt Bedouin home, nearly six years ago. Of course, it has been bulldozed and rebuilt a few times since then. -- I’m reproducing the whole thing so that you get the full flavour of Israel’s evil. And it’s from an impeccable Israeli source too." - also posted at Redress

Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (19- 25 January 2012)
Every week of the year, without let-up....

• Israeli warplanes fired 9 missiles at a Palestinian resistance group and civilian targets, but no injuries were reported.
• Two camels died and a greenhouse was destroyed.
• A Palestinian civilian died out of his wounds in Khan Yunis, north of the Gaza Strip.  He was wounded in the beginning of al-Aqsa Intifada.
• A Palestinian was wounded and arrested by IOF at Qalandya checkpoint, north of Jerusalem.
• IOF have continued to use force against peaceful protests in the West Bank.
• Three civilians, including a paramedic, were wounded during al-Nabi Saleh weekly demonstration.
• IOF conducted 60 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank.  
• IOF arrested 25 Palestinians, including a child and 2 women.
• Among those arrested by IOF, there were PLC Members Khaled Tafish and Abdul Jabbar Foqaha
• Israel has continued to impose a total closure on the OPT and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.
• IOF arrested at least 3 Palestinians at military checkpoints in the West Bank.
• Dr. Aziz Dweik, PLC Speaker, was among those arrested at military checkpoints, and he was placed under administrative detention.
• A patient from the northern Gaza Strip was arrested at Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing while he was going to the West Bank for treatment.
• Israel has continued efforts to create a Jewish majority in East Jerusalem.
• IOF stormed ICRC's head office in Jerusalem and arrested PLC Member Toutah and former Minister Abu 'Arafa.
• IOF demolished a house and leaving 20 individuals homeless, and ordered the demolishing of another house.  
• IOF have continued settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.
• Nine stores were demolished in Jericho.
• IOF demolished a house and ordered the demolition of an under construction school and another three houses in Hebron.
• Hundreds of settlers stormed Joseph Tomb in Nablus.

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The On-Going Fukushima Meltdown Disaster....

Fukushima Radiation News 1-26-12
A DProgram round-up....

Fukushima: A Nuclear War without a War: The Unspoken Crisis of Worldwide Nuclear Radiation
Charts - Maps - Photos - A quote...."The World is at a critical crossroads. The Fukushima disaster in Japan has brought to the forefront the dangers of Worldwide nuclear radiation. - The crisis in Japan has been described as "a nuclear war without a war". In the words of renowned novelist Haruki Murakami...."


"Nuclear radiation --which threatens life on planet earth-- is not front page news in comparison to the most insignificant issues of public concern, including the local level crime scene or the tabloid gossip reports on Hollywood celebrities." - also posted at PoorRichard'sBlog

Wednesday January 25th 2012

The War on Truth: Defending Palestinian Rights Can End Your Career
Special Note - A quote...."Since 9/11, a false-flag event which Israel was heavily involved in, we have not only witnessed the use of military force to shatter Arab states into smaller statelets at enormous cost to many a nation’s treasury but we have also seen our academic institutions forced to comply with the mythology that underlies the “war on terror”, which has resulted in the degradation of our public educational capacity."

Israeli Assassinations and American Presidents
A quote...."In reality, however, Adler’s expectation that Israel’s inner circles have explored such a course of action, and would be willing to undertake it, may be entirely accurate. The fact is that Israel has killed and plotted to assassinate people throughout the world; a number have been Americans. One alleged plot was chillingly similar to Adler’s suggestion." - a comment shown below....


U.S. Government Pledges $3.8 Billion In Loan Guarantees To Israel
A quote...."In a meeting on Monday between U.S. State Department and Israeli officials, the U.S. officials promised to extend loan guarantees to Israel for the next three years. The $3.8 billion in loan backing is in addition to the $3 billion a year in aid given to Israel by the U.S. government." - also posted at AlethoNews

BFP Developing Story: War on Iran Propaganda’s New Azeri Plot Thickens
Propaganda Alert - A quote...."For the last few months the empire’s nuclear weapons allegations against Iran have produced very little results; they haven’t really stuck. Most likely the Saudi Prince-Ambassador Assassination Plot-Scenario was outsourced to a not very competent or bright Hollywood producer-director; it failed big time and it certainly was embarrassing to all secondary actors such as the FBI. The empire still hasn’t invaded Iran. The Caspian Sea is waiting, and so many are drooling. It must be time for a new scenario. A new script. A brand new actor. Welcome Azerbaijan, a thickening new assassination plot, an alleged scary terror cell in Baku, and alleged Israeli targets. The powers up there seem desperate, and desperation can do stupid things with irreversible damage."

Stop the Pro-Israel Lobby
A quote...."Our watchdogs ought to have booted them out for violating the sacred principles of conduct in public life, but these leeches are now permanently attached while the dogs are de-fanged and petted. -- I can imagine just how robustly the criminal regime in Israel is reprimanded by prime minister David Cameron, a self-declared Zionist, by foreign secretary William Hague, an avid fan of Israel since his teenage years, by Alistair Burt a former officer of the Conservative Friends of Israel and now minister for Middle East affairs, and by Ambassador Gould in Tel Aviv who I’m told is the first Jew appointed to that post."
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The Crisis of Education in America: "How to Become a Serf"
A quote...."For many years, I have been troubled by what I saw as the results of what passes for education in America and perhaps elsewhere too. Why is it, do you suppose, that one generation does not seem to get any smarter than the previous one? Oh, it may know more of this or that, but what it "knows" does not translate into smarts. In other words, why don't people ever seem to get wiser? Why do they repeat the same mistakes over and over? - For centuries, an education was thought to be comprised of considerably more than one providing the skills and requirements needed to carry on a trade or profession. For instance, consider this passage...."


What Kind of Christianity Is This? - Article also posted at ICH
Some Quotes...."Altogether too many religions sects of both major and minor religions, despite verbally professing a desire for peace and justice in the world, are actually pro-war, pro-homicide and pro-violence in practice (or they may be silent on the subject, which is, according to moral theology, the same as being pro-violence). - Obvious examples include those portions of the three major war-justifying religions of the world: fundamentalist Islam, fundamentalist Judaism and fundamentalist Christianity."  ---  "Behind the scenes, of course, there are hidden elites — amoral, politically and financially motivated operatives who are embedded in these religious organizations — who, through the strength of their political power, can easily manipulate the followers into clamoring for war, not against their enemies, but rather against the enemies of the ruling elites: the politicians, the financiers and the other exploiters of natural resources." - For more on this issue see the quote and essay shown below....

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The State of the Union.....

Obama’s "State of Delusion Address": Rebuilding America With War Crimes
2012 Election Cycle - A quote...."From beginning to end, Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech was replete with delusion and falsifications. His promise of building an “America that lasts” was predicated on a sentimental, but utterly disingenuous notion of selfless teamwork. The invocation of American military “heroes” and their “achievements” during nine years of waging war on Iraq as an exemplar of how to salvage his nation from economic and social catastrophe was both sickening and laughable." - also posted at DandelionSalad

The State of the Union address
2012 Election Cycle - A quote...."Even by debased standards of the annual State of the Union address by the US president, Obama’s speech on Tuesday night was a remarkable collection of pro-business nostrums, militarist saber-rattling, and outright lies. -- The media, both right-wing and “left,” has sought to present the speech as a populist appeal to working people, and a sharp shift in the tone of the administration. It was nothing of the sort."

Obama's Grim Fairytale: Peace & prosperity for war-bent US?
2012 Election Cycle - RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 4min08sec - Jan 25, 2012) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."As the U.S. Presidential race picks up pace ahead of November's vote, Barack Obama is trying to ratchet-up support for re-election. He's delivered his annual State of the Union address, making new promises of change ahead. RT's Gayane Chichakyan was listening in."

Obama's Failed State of the Union
2012 Election Cycle - A quote...."It was typical Obama, taking credit for what should be condemned. He's a fraud, a crime boss, a war criminal multiple times over, a moral coward, and serial liar."

OBOMBA Delivers a BIG Load of Horse Manure at the SOTU Address
2012 Election Cycle - A quote...."When OBOMBA was catching flack last year for his birth certificate, 'Presto, Chango,' the SEAL's came to the rescue, killing some poor Pakistani dupe and then having OBOMBA going live around midnight claiming 'Joy to the World,' the head 'al CIA Duh' boogieman was killed in the course of trying to capture that dastardly villain. - The sheeple were so joyful celebrating the murder of someone who's never been put on trial, since the FBI DIDN'T HAVE THE evidence that BL was actually behind 9/11, that they forgot all about birth certificates and 'Trump the Chump,' who had been gaining popularity in the Republican presidential primary's, became 'Donald Who?'"
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Gitmo, clear breach of intl. law: Pillay
A quote...."The UN human rights chief Navy Pillay describes US failure to shut down the Guantanamo Bay detention camp as a “clear breach of international law”, Press TV reported."

SOPA, PIPA, H.R. 1981 and Megaupload: Legislating and Enforcing the Fascist State
SOPA & PIPA - A quote...."SOPA and PIPA are two of the most widely misunderstood pieces of legislation to recently come down the D.C. corporatist pipeline as of late (later I will write about that and the new pending legislation submitted by the same senator). Meanwhile, the recent shuttering of Megaupload and the subsequent arrest of Kim Dotcom is being portrayed as something that it clearly isn’t. -- But what it is, is much worse."

Proof that Iowa caucuses were rigged
2012 Election Cycle - Video - (vote fraud) - Alt - (YuTb - 2min11sec - Jan 4, 2012) - Source:  docdelusion -- A quote...."Google trends proves that the iowa caucuses must have been rigged. In every city in Iowa it shows Ron Paul as the front runner!"

More On Ron Paul – Paul Craig Roberts
2012 Election Cycle -  A quote...."Instead of hitting hard on the serious threat to Social Security and Medicare posed by Obama and Republican candidates for the nomination, all of whom serve Wall Street, the military/security complex, and the Israel Lobby, Ron Paul has been positioned both by his supporters and his opponents as the danger to Social Security and Medicare. This is an amazing strategic mistake by the Ron Paul campaign. -- The mistake is somewhat understandable. Ron Paul’s supporters are mainly among the young. The importance to them of Social Security and Medicare will not register for many years, but for the vast majority of the population Social Security and Medicare are essential for survival." - also posted at DProgram - This website editor wholeheartedly agrees. - mpg

Lying About the Harlem Protest Against Obama
2012 Election Cycle -  A quote...."It’s not enough that President Obama has Wall Street in his back pocket – or, is it the reverse? – but he also has loyal operatives among what passes for the Left. Daily Kos, In These Times and Democracy Now! misrepresented, and miscounted, last week’s Occupy Harlem-led protest at the Apollo Theater. In These Times writer Allison Kilkenny took a step backward in time, treating white Occupy Wall Street demonstrators like “outside agitators” for protesting Obama in Harlem. “Kilkenny doesn’t think Black progressives have the right to ask white and Latino progressives to attend Black-led demonstrations in Black neighborhoods.” - also posted at AlethoNews

Michael Rivero Broadcasting live from Hawaii on Justin TV - January 25 2012
MRVideo - Note:  To avoid the advertisements and the radio commentary goto 8min into the broadcast - mpg - (JustinTV - 2hrs - Jan 25th, 2012) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire and many other issues.

The Rise of the Praetorian Class
Must View AJVideo - PeteKofod(1/2) - PeteKofod(2/2) - (AJYuTb - 15min - Jan 23, 2012) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."On this Monday January 23, 2012 broadcast of the Nightly News Alex Jones Interviews Pete Kofod about The Rise of the Praetorian Class."* - *link added

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Sues Obama Over NDAA
Must View AJVideo - ChrisHedges(1/2) - ChrisHedges(2/2) - (AJYuTb - 15min - Jan 24, 2012) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."On the Tuesday, January 24th edition of the Alex Jones Show, Alex talks with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, author and Middle East expert Chris Hedges about his lawsuit challenging the legality of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which Obama signed at the end of 2011. Hedges is the author of "The World As It Is: Dispatches on the Myth of Human Progress", [GoglPrcSrch] - "Death of the Liberal Class", [GoglPrcSrch] - "Collateral Damage", [GoglPrcSrch] - "American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America", [GoglPrcSrch]* - and other titles." - *links added
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens...

Why All the Robo-Signing? Shining a Light on the Shadow Banking System
A quote...."The Wall Street Journal reported on January 19 that the Obama administration was pushing heavily to get the 50 state attorneys general to agree to a settlement with five major banks in the "robo-signing" scandal. The scandal involves employees signing names not their own, under titles they did not really have, attesting to the veracity of documents they had not really reviewed." - also posted at BLN

CRIMINALLY CORRUPT - Eric Holder, Top DOJ Lawyers Were Partners With Big Banks (Reuters Investigation) -- A quote...."Any questions?  What?  You want the Department of Justice to prosecute financial fraud? Does anyone really expect the Attorney General to turn on his former clients. - Meanwhile, did you happen to notice how uncomfortable Holder and Geithner looked last night when the cameras focused on them, as Obama announced a new financial crimes task force during the SOTU speech?  Suffice it to say that we don't expect much from this initiative. - Here are the details of the Reuters investigation revealed late last week."

Citigroup sued for fraud over $1 billion of CDOs
A quote...."(Reuters) - Citigroup Inc (C.N) was sued for fraud by Loreley Financing over nearly $1 billion worth of collateralized debt obligations purchased in 2006 and 2007."

Bernanke Goes All In
A quote...."Well, we got an inflation target from the Fed. Basically, thinking at the Fed has been eliminated. The process has been automated. Bernanke has convinced the Fed board to adopt Core PCE as a determinate of monetary policy. So long as CPCE stays below 2%, Ben is going to have his foot planted on the monetary metal. It’s “full speed ahead” according to the Chairman. He's pushed things off until 2014 - a very long time from now."

Fed Slashes Growth Outlook, Six Fed Officials Do Not See Rate Hike Until 2015
A quote...."This is just getting better and better...."

• FOMC: 2012 Growth at 2.2%-2.7% VS 2.5%-2.9% in Nov. Forecast
• Eleven of 17 Fed officials see main rate above 0.25% in 2014
• Six of 17 Fed officials see no rate increase before 2015
• FOMC Doesn't set specific long-run goal for employment level

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More On The International Situation....

Persian Gulf Option One: A False Flag
A quote...."“Remember the Maine!”, was the cry back in 1898 from William Randolph Heart’s New York Journal – a forerunner the modern Murdoch press. Then, some 274 men lost their lives as a result of the explosion which sunk the USS Maine in Havana Harbor. Hearst even told a story of how the enemy had planted a torpedo beneath the Maine and detonated it from shore. The only problem was – it never happened. Nonetheless, the event used as the popular pretext for the United State’s entry into the Spanish-American War, and ultimately, the acquisition of Cuba itself by the US. This was now the modern blueprint for using propaganda in conjunction with, what is accepted by many historians, a type of false-flag event."

2-minute video: USS Enterprise false flag target for US War Criminals to attack Iran?
False Flag Warning - War Warning - Video - Alt - (YuTb - 2min37sec - Jan 23, 2012) - Source:  TruthSeekingElf -- A quote...."Iran’s nuclear energy and medical isotopes are all legally accounted for in IAEA inspections with zero evidence of unlawful use of nuclear material or technology; President Obama leads the lies of “Iran’s weapons” for another criminal war. Mr. Obama also leads the lies that Iran’s president threatened Israel when the speech is absolutely clear he said Israel’s government will fall from within if they don’t respect democracy for Palestine. A third lie is of omission to never mention that the US overthrew Iran’s democracy from 1953-1979, and then supported an unlawful invasion via Iraq from 1980-1988 that mass-murdered about one million Iranians. -- We also know that all “reasons” for US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were known to be lies as they were told. Anyone who understands the crystal-clear letter and spirit of US war law can verify that US wars are not even close to lawful. -- The two-minute video explains the possible false flag attack target of the  aircraft carrier USS Enterprise to start war on Iran."
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US/Israel: Iran NOT Building Nukes - posted at ICH
A quote...."January 25, 2012 "Information Clearing House" --- By Ray McGovern -- Has Iran decided to build a nuclear bomb? That would seem to be the central question in the current bellicose debate over whether the world should simply cripple Iran’s economy and inflict severe pain on its civilian population or launch a preemptive war to destroy its nuclear capability while possibly achieving “regime change.”

Contrary to Widespread Claims, There Is NO EVIDENCE that Iran Is Building a Nuclear Weapon
A quote...."Earlier this month, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said...."


Director of National Intelligence James Clapper confirmed - PDF in a Senate hearing – following the release of the classified National Intelligence Estimate in 2011 – that he has a “high level of confidence” that Iran “has not made a decision as of this point to restart its nuclear weapons program.” -- Mohamed ElBaradei – who spent more than a decade as the director of the IAEA – said-PDF that he had not “seen a shred of evidence” that Iran was pursuing the bomb. -- Six former ambassadors to Iran within the last decade say that there is no evidence that Iran is building nuclear weapons, and that Iran is complying with international law"

Even Israel Admits that Iran Has Not Decided to Build a Nuclear Bomb
A quote...."American and European leaders say that there is no evidence that Iran is building a nuclear weapon. - Even Israel – which has threatened to attack Iran on its own – now admits the same thing."

Pups on Parade: EU Obediently Pushes Toward War with Iran
A quote...."The embargo will have serious, perhaps disastrous effects on many of Europe's sinking economies, which are heavy users of Iranian oil. This is particularly true in Greece, the poster boy for our modern "Shock Doctrine über alles" global economic system. For even as Greece writhes beneath the blows of European bankers determined to bleed the country dry to avoid the consequences of their own knowingly corrupt loan policies, the Iranians have been giving the Greeks substantial discounts on oil, which has helped ease -- at least in some measure -- the economic ruin being imposed on the "birthplace of democracy." - bold by website editor - also posted at PoorRichard'sBlog & ICH - This is NOT an accident, the AIPAC/Israeli Consortium is deliberately pushing Greece, "the first domino" that is supposed to set off the EU's long anticipated collapse, over the edge.  For more on this issue see the quote and essay shown below....


Iran oil ban will up oil prices by 30%: IMF
Related Article - A quote...."The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says sanctions imposed by the US and European Union on Iran's oil and financial sectors will cause the global oil price to rise by 20-30 percent."

‘Iranian parliament mulling a plan to cut oil exports to Europe’
A quote...."TEHRAN – In a preemptive move, Iranian MPs are mulling over a plan to cut oil exports to countries member to the European Union, an MP sitting on the Majlis Energy Committee has announced. "

Iran foreign trade rises despite sanctions
A quote...."Figures released by Iranian officials show the country's foreign trade has been developing in recent years despite tougher sanctions imposed on Iran's oil and financial sectors by the US and European Union."

Ukraine sees enhanced ties with Iran
A quote...."Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostyantyn Gryshchenko has hailed the “growing” relations with Iran over the past two decades, calling on the two countries to strengthen cooperation in more effective ways."

Will Iran Kill the Petrodollar?
A quote...."That matter is the American dollar and its role as the global reserve currency. -- The short version of the story is that a 1970s deal cemented the US dollar as the only currency to buy and sell crude oil, and from that monopoly on the all-important oil trade the US dollar slowly but surely became the reserve currency for global trades in most commodities and goods. Massive demand for US dollars ensued, pushing the dollar's value up, up, and away. In addition, countries stored their excess US dollars savings in US Treasuries, giving the US government a vast pool of credit from which to draw."

Frustrated US rambles on Iran: Gary Sick
A quote...."Former chief White House adviser on Iran, Gary Sick, says the failure of the US-engineered sanctions against Iran has contributed to Washington's vague tone regarding the Islamic Republic."

US war law explained: Arrest US War Criminals before they do Iran
A quote...."The laws of war are essential for citizens and legislators to master if humanity is to evolve beyond a violent history of war to enjoy civil communities. To bring these basic laws to life, we’ll review the destruction of war’s history, explain the letter of US war laws, explain the philosophy/spirit of US war laws, and make the obvious conclusion once the laws are clearly understood that current US wars are unlawful orders that our military must refuse."
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Gaddafi's green flag raised in Libyan town after bloody uprising... as civil war fears rise
Special Note - A quote...."Libya's ramshackle government lost control of a former Gaddafi stronghold today after locals staged an armed uprising. -- Forces loyal to ousted, and now dead, leader Muammar Gaddafi seized control of Bani Walid and then raised in celebration the deposed regime's green flag on hundreds of buildings. -- The re-taking of the town, which saw elders driven out in a lengthy bloody gunbattle which killed four people and left 25 others wounded, raises the spectre that the country will descend into civil war."

Rebellion vs Rebels: 'Libyans kick NTC out of Bani Walid'
Related RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 5min01sec - Jan 25, 2012) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Fighting has broken out in Libya between supporters of former leader Muammar Gaddafi and forces loyal to the new government. The head of the National Transitional Council has warned that the country is on the verge of returning to a state of civil war. Last week, human rights groups in the Middle East presented extensive evidence of war crimes carried out in Libya by allied forces during last year's war. Investigative journalist Simon Assaf says many Libyans feel the revolution was hijacked and are disappointed with its outcome."

Libya’s NTC Recognizes ‘Tribal Council’ as Government of Bani Walid
Related Article - A quote...."Libya’s National Transitional Council has reportedly recognized the “Warfallah Elders Council,” (WEC) a tribal faction, as the rightful government of the town of Bani Walid, following meetings between the WEC leadership and the Defense Minister."

LIBYA: Mounting Resistance against NATO Occupation and NTC Proxy Regime
Related Article - A quote...."Occupied Libya isn't pretty. Libya SOS said its government "recognize(d) the presence of the forces belonging to 14 different nationalities in the country under the umbrella of the training, assistance and advice." -- In mid-January, 12,000 US troops sent to Malta readied to occupy Libya. Around 6,000 or more now guard oil facilities. Perhaps contingents from other nations guard other strategic locations. People needs aren't addressed. Exploiting, not helping, them is planned." - bold by website editor - Source:  SteveLendman

Independent Libyan Fact-Finding Mission
A quote...."A joint report was released by the Arab Organization for Human Rights (AOHR), Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), and International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC)."

Detainees held by Libya rebels still tortured-UN
A quote...."UNITED NATIONS, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Detainees from Libya's civil war held by revolutionary brigades continue to be subjected to torture despite efforts by the provisional government to address the issue, the U.N. human rights chief said on Wednesday." - Source:  Reuters

• U.N. rights chief cites lack of oversight
• 8,000 prisoners in Tripoli alone - ambassador
• Unauthorized detention centers condemned

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Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians cram into the iconic Tahrir Square on the one year anniversary of the January 25th uprising that sent shockwaves throughout the globe -- Contains Videos - TahrirSquare - Egypt'sSOE -- A quote...."Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians cram into the iconic Tahrir Square on the one year anniversary of the January 25th uprising that sent shockwaves throughout the globe."

Reviving Revolt: Crowds back on Tahrir after year of yearning
Related RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 4min28sec - Jan 25, 2012) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...." Thousands of Egyptians are in Cairo's now-iconic Tahrir Square to mark a year since the uprising that toppled President Mubarak. But there's another reason it's a landmark day - as almost 30 years of emergency rule is partially-lifted, although some key police powers will remain."
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In Iraqi town of Haditha, disbelief at light sentence for Marine who led raid that killed 24
A quote...."HADITHA, Iraq — In this town which saw 24 unarmed civilians die in a U.S. raid seven years ago, residents expressed disbelief and sadness that the Marine sergeant who told his troops to “shoot first, ask questions later” reached a deal with prosecutors to avoid jail time."

US Media Iraq Reporting: See No Evil
A quote...."The Iraq war may be over, at least for US troops, but the cover-up of the atrocities committed there by American forces goes on, even in retrospectives about the war. A prime example is reporting on the destroyed city of Fallujah, where some of the heaviest fighting of the war took place."

Disturbing Pics (Beyond Belief) Fallujah babies: Under a new kind of siege
Warning - Grim Photos - A quote...."In July 2010, Busby released a study that showed a 12-fold increase in childhood cancer in Fallujah since the 2004 attacks. The report also showed the sex ratio had declined from normal to 86 boys to 100 girls, together with a spread of diseases indicative of genetic damage similar to but of far greater incidence than Hiroshima."

[Sunni] Anti-Qaida senior leader gunned down in Baghdad
A quote...."BAGHDAD, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- A senior leader of Awakening Council group in Iraq was shot dead in western Baghdad by unidentified gunmen, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua on Wednesday."

14 killed in series of blasts in Baghdad
al-CIA'da & the Saudi Royals strike again....mpg -- A quote...."24 Jan 2012 At least 14 people were killed and around 70 wounded Tuesday in the latest of a series of blasts that have rocked Shia districts of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. Eight died when a bomb blew up close to a group of labourers waiting for jobs in Sadr City. Minutes later, a blast about 3 km away killed another three. In another car bomb blast in Shula and Hurriya, three more people were killed."
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The Reality Behind the Coming "Regime Change" in Syria - posted at ICH
A quote...."January 25, 2012 "Information Clearing House" ---  After meeting again to decide Syria's fate, the Arab League again decided to extend its "monitoring mission" in Syria. However, some Arab League nations under U.S. diplomatic control are clamoring for blood. These countries — virtual sock puppets of U.S. foreign policy — want to declare the Arab League monitoring mission "a failure,” so that military intervention — in the form of a no fly zone — can be used for regime change."

The Jirga Medal of Honor
A quote...."By Ralph Nader -- The U.S. war in Afghanistan is testing so much futuristic detect and destroy weaponry that it can be called the most advanced all-seeing invasion in military history. From blanket satellite surveillance to soldiers’ infra-red vision to the remotely guided photographing, killer drones to the latest fused ground-based imagery and electronic signal intercepts, the age of robotic land, sea, and air weaponry is at hand.
U.S. and NATO soldiers and contractors greatly outnumber the Taliban, whose sandals and weapons are from the past century. Still, with the most sophisticated arsenals ever deployed, why are U.S. generals saying that less than 30,000 Taliban fighters, for almost a decade, have fought the U.S. led forces to a draw?" - Source:  RalphNader

[Pakistan] Senate session: Shoot down US drones, urge lawmakers
A quote...."Don’t make tall claims if you (the government) don’t have the courage to stop drone strikes,” said Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri. Speaking on a point of order he said, “If the civilian government and military leadership army had no courage to stop drone strikes then they should at least lodge a case against US-led forces in an international court for violating Pakistan’s sovereignty.”

U.S. Fueling Human Rights Abuses in Colombia in Violation of Its Own Laws
A quote...."January 25, 2012 "Information Clearing House" ---  As Noam Chomsky has often cautioned, when considering foreign relations, and especially military intervention, states should always heed the primary Hippocratic oath -- "First, do no harm." The U.S. has certainly disregarded this admonition with reckless abandon in Latin America, and Colombia is the foremost example of this, at least at the present time. Human Rights Watch appears to concur with this judgment."

Argentina raps British PM over Malvinas
A quote...."Argentina's President Cristina Kirchner has criticized British Prime Minister David Cameron for what she called Britain's efforts to portray her country as "violent" over the occupied Falkland Islands."

“Chakra” has joined the Indian Navy
A quote...."The Russian nuclear submarine “Nerpa” re-baptized “Chakra” has joined the Indian Naval Forces. According to the contract, India takes the submarine on a 10 year lease for $ 900 million."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

IOF soldiers arrest Palestinian teacher from her home, four others
A quote...."RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested an Arabic language teacher from her home in Arura village, Ramallah province, on Tuesday, the Mandela foundation said."

Extremist Jews Destroy Graves in Islamic Cemetery, Says Group
A quote...."BISAN, January 25, 2012 (WAFA) -  Al -Aqsa Institute for Waqf and Heritage revealed Wednesday that several  extremist Jews destroyed  a large number of tombstones in Bisan Cemetery, north of Israel, according to a press release by the institute."

Army Bulldozers Destroy Six Sheds Near Jerusalem
A quote...."Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the Wa’r ad-Beik area of Anata town, north east of occupied East Jerusalem, and demolished six sheds. These sheds were home to six families, including five brothers and their families."

Activists resisting home demolitions face ‘IDF Price Tag’ attack
A quote...."On Monday night, the IDF demolished Palestinian homes closely identified with the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions. Resistance and acts of solidarity will continue, but even resistance cannot keep pace with the massive Price Tag assault that is the Israeli Occupation." - also posted at Uruknet

Israel confiscates 350 acres in occupied Jerusalem in just three weeks
A quote...."The Israeli occupation authorities have confiscated 350 acres of land in the occupied city of Jerusalem and the surrounding area in the past three weeks. Details of the land grab have been given in a report prepared by the Department of International Relations at the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO), which described the illegal settlement operations in East Jerusalem as a "war crime" and "state terrorism". The ongoing theft of Palestinian land is, claims the PLO, "undertaken by the right-wing extremist government in Israel for the purpose of the Judaisation of the city and its annexation, so as to make the implementation of any political solution possible."

PCHR Condemns Storming ICRC Head Off & Detention of PLC Member Toutah & Former Minister Abu 'Arafa
A quote...."The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the detention of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) Member from the Change and Reform Bloc affiliated to Hamas, Mohammed Toutah, and the former Minister of Jerusalem Affairs, Khaled Abu 'Arafa, by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) that had stormed the head office of the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem yesterday."

IOF Arrest Patient at Beit Hanoun (Erez) Crossing in the N. Gaza Strip; PCHR Fears he is Subjected to Torture,
A quote...."The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns arresting a Palestinian patient from the Gaza Strip by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) at Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing.  The patient was heading to a hospital in the West Bank for medical treatment.  PCHR is concerned that he may be subjected to torture, especially as he was supposed to undergo a surgery."

Ashrawi: Israel 'thwarting' all efforts to resume peace talks
A quote...."BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- PLO official Hanan Ashrawi said Wednesday that peace talks with Israel are 'futile' as long as it continues its illegal policies against Palestinians."

Israel’s refusal to present borders with Palestinian state marks end of talks
A quote...."The recent talks between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators have reached a standstill, with the Israeli negotiators refusing to present borders between Israel and a future Palestinian state. With the deadline set for Thursday January 26th by Palestinian negotiators, and no progress having been made, the talks have been declared a failure." - bold/underline by website editor - For more on this issue see the quote and essay shown below....

Tuesday January 24th 2012

"Very difficult to win back your audience after a ridiculous statement like that.  What?  Does that belief help them cling on to their day-to-day reality?  Does it give them purpose or hope?  Basically, it sounds to me like making excuses for why we shouldn't get rid of the Fed!  Because their intentions were good, honest! --  Ridiculous.  It is a cartel, and they care only to maintain or increase their power and control, so as to benefit and perpetuate the cartel....."  -- *Herd Redirectio...", Tue, 01/24/2012 - 13:34

"Yeah let's check our assumptions here. What if the Fed was simply trying to (a) devalue the dollar in order to devalue the debt [At a 20% real inflation rate, the real value of the federal debt can be chopped roughly in half over 3.5 years] and (b) transfer real wealth from savers to the insolvent [aka banks] via a siphon that has a 20% inflation rate on one side of the hose, and a 0% savings account interest rate and 1% bond interest rate on the other side of the hose, and (c) transfer wealth from the working poor to the insolvent [aka banks] via a 30% credit card interest rate. - Seems like their plan is working just fine to me." -- *Buckaroo Banzai* , Tue, 01/24/2012

"How long, oh Lord, must we toil in the vineyard of a Fed with “good intentions”? - By now, those individuals who decline to identify the private central bankers’ intentions to spearhead policies to enrich themselves are part of our problem. - Those who exist in an occupied country fight either on our side or on the other. “Inaction and neutral thoughts fight for the other side.”  Count the facts and avoid imagination. -  Conclusion: the Fed is just another gang of tyrants." -- *JR*, Tue, 01/24/2012 - 13:45

"All due respect Mr Tchir, but the Fed couldn't give a flying f@@k about anyone apart from somebody with access to the odd billion or two. Give it up, they are not here for our benefit. They are indeed for the banks and owned by the banks, end of story, no amount of clever analysis will change this, you cannot over analyze the damn right obvious!" -- *Ezyjet Pilot*, Tue, 01/24/2012 - 13:29

Reasons for abolishing the Federal Reserve:

1. It is incapable of accomplishing its stated objectives.
2. It is a cartel operating against the public interest.
3. It is the supreme instrument of usury.
4. It generates our most unfair tax.
5. It encourages war.
6. It destabilizes the economy.
7. It is an instrument of totalitarianism.

(from "The Creature from Jekyll Island" by G. Edward Griffin) -- *moroots*, Tue, 01/24/2012 - 13:42

"To maintain power, Mikheil Saakashvili may involved in a war against Iran, says ex-Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze. -- "I do not rule out that Saakashvili to keep his seat can turn to a military campaign against Iran that would be a disaster for our country," he said, stressing that the issue could be the subject of future negotiations between Saakashvili and U.S. President Barack Obama in the Oval Office on January 30. -- "An anti-Iranian campaign should not be conducted on the territory of Georgia," said Shevardnadze."

Monday January 23rd 2012

No posts. - mpg

Sunday January 22nd 2012

US to send old warship to Persian Gulf
False Flag Warning - War Warning - (These are the first "Warnings" in a very long time. - mpg) -- A quote...."With the collapse of the oil embargo to force Iran into a confrontation over the Straight of Hormuz, the US and Israel are looking for another way to get the long-sought war with Iran started, and more to the point, need to make it look like Iran is starting hostilities in order to make it politically more difficult for Russia and China to support Iran. -- Now, recall that Israel has a past history of attacking US warships and framing others to trick the US into attacks on Israel's enemies, with the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty (initially blamed on Egypt) as the most well-known example. -- So here we have the USS Enterprise, the oldest carrier in the fleet, on her last legs, scheduled to be decommissioned next year ...." -- *Michael Rivero*  - Related Article - "Is Israel Planning ‘Pearl Harbor’ False Flag Attack in the Persian Gulf?" - Alt

'Zionists buying out US politicians'‎
2012 Election Cycle - A quote...."Press TV has conducted an interview with Jeff Gates, author of "Guilt By Association," from Los Angeles, to further discuss the issue. The following is a transcription of the interview."

Gingrich’s Major Backer Arch-Zionist Sheldon Adelson
2012 Election Cycle - A quote...."Gingrich’s faltering presidential campaign was completely resuscitated by a 5 million donation from Las Vegas casino king and super-Zionist  Sheldon Adelson.  (According to Wikipedia, Adelson is currently the 8th wealthiest American and 16th wealthiest person in the world, with a net worth of $23.3 billion.) Rising from the ashes, Gingrich now has won the South Carolina primary and has a  decent  chance of becoming the Republican presidential nominee." - Related Article ||  The Main Purveyors of Islamophobia  ||

Obama for President of Israel?
2012 Election Cycle - A quote...."In a week when a pro-Israel media venue, the Atlanta Jewish Times, contemplated the pros and cons of a Mossad assassination of the U.S. president, Barack Obama, the Obama election campaign has chosen to reiterate the forty-fourth president’s unambiguous allegiance to Israel in the form of a toe-curling video. - Viewers of this perplexing video would be forgiven for thinking that Obama was reliant on votes from Israeli citizens and was thus including them as potential supporters in his campaign for the upcoming November 2012 presidential election."

Iowa vote fraud official
2012 Election Cycle - (vote fraud) -- A quote...."It’s official, or is it? Once again the establishment is showing it’s cards in an obvious attempt to defraud Ron Paul from the nomination, as Iowa GOP ‘officials’ purposely disrupt and permanently invalidate the 2012 Iowa Caucus."

Witnesses Document Potential Vote Fraud in S.C. Primaries
2012 Election Cycle - (vote fraud) -- A quote...."After Newt Gingrich’s stunning victory in the South Carolina Republican primaries on Saturday, there are now questions surrounding the vote counting process that took place Saturday night."

Giffords to Quit Congress a Year After Being Shot
A quote...."22 Jan 2012 U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, shot in the head more than a year ago at a constituent event, said she will resign from Congress this week. Giffords, a Democrat, said today in a statement that she needs time to focus on her recovery from the injuries and leaving now "is best for Arizona." Giffords, 41, was among 19 people shot on Jan. 8, 2011, during a meeting in Tucson, Arizona. Six people died. She was elected in 2006 and would have stood for election to a fourth term in November."

Doing a Background Check on CNN
Special Note - Presstitutes Exposed - A quote...."Since CNN broadcasters seem so intent on looking back decades into promo letters and newletters put out by one of Ron Paul’s organizations,when everyone admits Ron Paul did not write the letters, lets take a look at the background of some of those affiliated with CNN. It’s as elitist as you can get, with strong ties to the CIA recruiting ground, Yale University. -- CNN is owned by Times Warner,  CEO Jeffery L. Bewkes is a director of the Council on Foreign Relations and also serves on the board of Yale University."

Gerald Celente on Trend Forecasting and the Crisis of Western Civilization
Interview - A quote...."I have a line: "Conservatives believe and liberals lie." - Arch rightwing conservatives, they actually believe their line of baloney. They say things like, "The only way we are going to make this country safe is to kill all them Muslims around the world." They actually believe that. - The liberals, on the other hand, you point out one transgression of freedom after another that Obama has committed and they will come up with a line of excuses a mile long. They're intellectually intelligent enough to know that they are lying but they don't have the courage or the self-respect to admit it." -- *Gerald Celente* - Topix ||  AViDD "believer" Type-1 and Type-2 Syndromes - 11-04-08 - mpg  ||

The Infowar is Over! Now It is Time to Take Back the Republic
A quote...."I just had to shut off another Patriot Talk Show Host. He is just like Beck, Limbaugh, Hannidy and Savage. He is a check valve diverted back to the left. An election has been stolen in South Carolina. Instead of talking about the fraud committed in the Palmetto State. He talks about useless things we have no control over unless we take control of the system by peaceful means or by force. The infowar only goes so far until real action must be taken. Even the other side gets inoculated to being exposed were people get numb of all the corruption. The infowar is over, now is the time for action. Not useless rhetoric that is a waste of airtime." -- A direct appeal to Alex Jones.  It should be remembered Alex was down there at the Texas capitol screaming at the top of his voice (till he lost it) that the entire Texas legislature were traitors to the state of Texas and to this nation, for caving in on the TSA issue. - mpg

The Formula: Inform, Organize, Action
Related Article - A quote...."Those of you who’ve been listening to our podcast series know how impatient I sometimes get when the question boils down to ‘what do we do? Where do we go from here?’ Look, I understand and agree with the general consensus out there among the intellectuals and activists: We must educate the people- We must inform. After all, isn’t it what we’ve been doing with our podcast series, investigative video reports, hard-hitting editorials, bold and eye-opening editorial cartoons, and propaganda-free real news? Right. But that doesn’t make me any less impatient and restless. I simply can’t stand the idea of spending decades to just  keep informing, meanwhile have no idea or even a certain degree of consensus on the next two important steps: organize & action. "

Disappearing Dialog, Why America Has Stopped Asking
A quote...."This week, we are trying a bit of a social experiment.  We will be listing items, most of which should appear on weekly opinion polls.  However, over the past 2 decades, such polls as we once regularly enjoyed, have disappeared...." - also posted at PoorRichard'sBlog - The first five out of twenty eight questions....

• Do you feel the two party system is part of an international conspiracy that controls the world.   (good luck with that question)
• Have you learned something about 9/11 that makes you suspect our government has lied to you?
• Does Newt Gingrich scare you, does he give you the creeps, as though he were a sociopath of malignant narcissist?
• Are you aware that the GOP platform requires the elimination of both Social Security or Medicare?  Can you retire without either of these and survive?
• Why do you think food prices have nearly doubled in the past two years?
• All that talk about debt, now thousands of trillions of dollars, if we ignore it, will it just go away?

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

Economic Collapse amidst a Mini-Recovery – Bob Chapman
A quote...."(InternationalForecaster) – If the entire financial system does not come down upon our heads and if we do not have another war, global growth is going nowhere in the year’s ahead. We had a mini-recovery, but it cost $1.8 trillion. We had a second recovery and that cost $1.5 trillion. We are entering a third of what is becoming yearly recoveries that will probably cost $1.3 trillion. In other worlds without these massive injections of money and credit we would probably be in a deflationary depression." - also posted at GlobalRsrch

Banks and EU leaders pressure Greece for more austerity
A quote...."Over the last week, finance organisations, the banks, European heads of state and leading European Union (EU) officials applied intense pressure on Greece for more punitive austerity measures, including public sector lay-offs and privatisations. They are demanding more of the same budgetary blood-letting which has had catastrophic consequences for Greek workers over the past three years."

Hours Ahead Of Monday's Euro FinMin Meeting There Is No Greek Deal; IIF "Remains Hopeful"
Oh they'll announce a "deal", and after the markets go up, everyone will take a look at the "deal" and discover, to absolutely no one's surprise, that there's nothing there.  Wash, rinse, repeat.....forever. - mpg
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More On The International Situation....

Iran to survive US oil embargo
A quote...."Some experts regard all this as an attempt by Washington to play the Iranian oil card to economically undermine the EU which, unlike America, imports up to 40 percent of its crude oil from Iran. Vladislav Belov from the Institute of European Studies in Moscow disagrees." - bold by website editor - Topix ||  Israel is NOT a "Nation-State", Nor Does It Plan To Be One - 01-13-12 - mpg  ||

BFP Breaking News: The New Desperate Concoction for War on Iran
A quote...."The imperial establishment’s desperation to militarily go after and take over the last ‘real’ domino – Iran, has truly reached a peak, and with that desperation comes a new farfetched and fantastical scenario. Last time the script of their scenario was written based on a Saudi Diplomat actor. It was only three months ago when the puppet mainstream media jumped in with a made-up, dubious, far-reaching, murkily and vaguely-sourced story of the thwarted Iranian plot to kill the Saudi Ambassador in US. Here are a few excerpts from CNN’s fabulous-ized headline story that played around the clock for days, beating the war drums for its masters...." - also posted DProgram

The Eurasian Triple Entente: Touch Iran in a War, You Will Hear Russia and China
A quote...."Despite the areas of difference and the rivalries between Moscow and Tehran, Russian and Iranian ties are increasing. Both Russia and Iran share many commonalities. They are both major energy exporters, have deeply seated interests in the South Caucasus, oppose NATO’s missile shield, and want to keep the U.S. and E.U. from controlling the energy corridors around the Caspian Sea Basin. Moscow and Tehran also share many of the same allies, from Armenia, Tajikistan, and Belarus to Syria and Venezuela. Yet, above all things, both republics are also two of Washington’s main geo-strategic targets." - also posted at GlobalRsrch

Iran says scientist's killer may have used U.N. info
A quote...."(Reuters) - Iran charged on Thursday that assassins who killed an Iranian nuclear scientist in Tehran last week may have used information obtained from the United Nations."

UK Government Suppresses Truth
Action Alert - (Alternative PressTV online options) -- A quote...."Press TV broke the news headlining, “Ofcom revokes Press TV’s UK license,” saying:


"After threatening it for months, it “removed the channel from the Sky platform.”" - Source:  SteveLandman

'Zionist Bicom behind UK Press TV ban'
The Brits have sold themselves for a few shekels, simply disgusting. - mpg -- Related Article - A quote...."The Zionist Britain Israel Communications & Research Centre (Bicom) has collaborated with the state-controlled British Office of Communications (Ofcom) to ban the alternative English-language channel Press TV in the UK, a political analyst says."

US aircraft carrier sails through Strait of Hormuz
A quote...."U.S. warships frequently operate in the Gulf. But when the carrier USS John Stennis departed the Gulf in late December, Iranian officials warned the U.S. not to return. On Saturday, however, Iran indicated that it viewed U.S. naval operations in the Gulf as normal."
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'It's all about pumping oil, not helping Libyans'
Must View RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 2min21sec - Jan 22, 2012) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Libya could be on the brink of civil war, according to the head of the National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, following a weekend of political turmoil. That's after his deputy stepped down when Jalil suspended six high-ranking council delegates from Benghazi."

'Qatar isolated, not Assad': Arab League extends Syria mission
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 7min26sec - Jan 22, 2012) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Arab League officials have decided their team of monitors will continue to work inside Syria for another month. The group also intends to increase the number of observers and they'll receive training by the UN. The mission expired this week, but violence is still flaring up in the country. In one of the latest outbreaks, 14 people were killed when a police car, transporting prisoners, was ambushed in the north-west. And RT's Sara Firth's been to the town of Zabadani, which has seen some of the fiercest battles between security forces and armed opposition groups."

Corruption in Iraq: 'Your son is being tortured. He will die if you don't pay'
Special Note - A quote...."The walls of Um Hussein's living room in Baghdad are hung with the portraits of her missing sons. There are four of them, and each picture frame is decorated with plastic roses and green ribbons as an improvised wreath for the dead."

Afghan soldier 'killed French troops over US video'
A quote...."An Afghan soldier who shot dead four French troops has said he did it because of a recent video showing US Marines urinating on the dead bodies of Taliban insurgents, security sources told AFP."

Bahraini child killed in crackdown
A quote...."An 11-year-old Bahraini boy has died from asphyxia after regime forces fired toxic tear gas to disperse an anti-government protest."

Egypt’s New Parliament to Hold First Session Monday - Junta to Retain Power Until at Least June
A quote...."Egypt’s new parliament is preparing for its first session on Monday, just two days after the final results of the multi-stage elections were released, marking the first tentative step toward civilian rule since the ouster of long-time dictator Hosni Mubarak."

Turkey Promises To Boost Military Aid To Kyrgyzstan
A quote...."Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev has made his first foreign trip since becoming president, to Turkey. And while trade and aid seemed to top the agenda, the two sides also agreed to increase military cooperation, reports 24.kg:"
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The Monsanto Monstrosity....

Monsanto’s Best-Selling Herbicide Roundup Linked to Infertility
A quote...."A recent study has found that Monsanto’s Roundup pesticide may be responsible for causing infertility. After reviewing the many already well-documented negative impacts Roundup has on the environment and living creatures, it is no surprise to add yet another item to the list."

Why GMO And Organic Can Not Co-Exist: Lateral Gene Transfer
A quote...."One of the most disturbing, though commonly overlooked properties of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is their documented ability to transfer genetic information horizontally into those who consume them. -- This process actually occurs quite commonly in nature, especially among bacteria, which do not reproduce sexually and therefore have evolved a number of mechanisms through which to transfer genetic information directly between one another directly."

Saturday January 21st 2012

The Main Purveyors of Islamophobia
Must Read - (because names are named and organizations are identified) -- A quote...."The roots of Islamophobia in America can be traced to a small, well-funded and well-connected network of “misinformation experts” who use Islamophobia as a tool to promote the Israeli agenda here within the United States. -- According to a research study conducted by the Center for American Progress entitled Fear, Inc., there are five key purveyors who manipulate Islamophobia to further the US’s support of Israel...."

• Frank Gaffney of the Center for Security Policy
• David Yerushalmi of the Society of Americans for National Existence
• Daniel Pipes of the Middle East Forum
• Robert Spencer of both Jihad Watch and Stop Islamization of America
• Steven Emerson of the Investigative Project on Terrorism - along with....
  
• American billionaire Sheldon Gary Adelson
• Terrorism “expert” Evan Kohlmann
• Journalist Jennifer Rubin
• Emergency Committee for Israel’s founding member, Rachel Abrams.... - format changed by website editor - also posted at AlethoNews
  

Creating American Terrorists
A quote...."The track record of the Obama administration on civil liberties is particularly bad, as it has broadened its definition of war powers, reneged on its promise to close Guantanamo Prison, and supported numerous dubious terrorism prosecutions. It has also become adept at silencing critics through the repeated exploitation of the state-secrets privilege, which effectively dismisses any case accusing the government of abuse or malfeasance." - also posted at AlethoNews

U.N. asked to investigate U.S. efforts to squelch Spain torture probe - And the attempted cover-up unravels....
A quote...."19 Jan 2012 Two legal rights groups on Thursday asked the United Nations to investigate allegations that Spanish and U.S. officials collaborated to quash criminal probes into whether the Bush administration authorized illegal killings and torture of terrorism suspects. The request, made to the U.N.'s special rapporteur for judicial independence, accused the United States of interfering with Spain's justice system in three different criminal cases. The New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights and the Berlin-based European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights asked that the U.N. demand that both governments refrain from meddling in court cases."

A Disgrace to the USA
A quote...."Hey, hey. Ho, ho. Guantanamo has got to go!” chanted protestors marking the tenth anniversary of the American detention camp. -- Writing in Truthout, Mark Engler cited a “recent New York Times op-ed by former detainee Murat Kurnaz, who had been rounded up on spurious charges in 2001, taken to Guantanamo, nearly drowned by interrogators, hung by his hands for days, exposed to prolonged abuse, and held for years before being released, still without trial, in 2006.” - Topix ||  9/11-Iraq-Torture Fables  ||

N.C. air transport company Aero has role in extraordinary rendition, report says
A quote...."19 Jan 2012 With fresh ammunition from a University of North Carolina law school report, activists renewed their call Thursday for state officials to take legal action against Aero Contractors Ltd. For years the Johnston County, N.C., air transport company, which has links to the CIA, has been accused of being a taxi service for paramilitary teams that pick up terrorism suspects in one country and fly them to another where it's easier to interrogate and, perhaps, torture them. The process is known as extraordinary rendition."

Arizona strikes back: State investigates feds over gun-running
Fast & Furious - A quote...."Arizona's state legislature will open its own investigation into the Obama administration's disgraced gun-running program, known as "Fast and Furious," the speaker of the state House said Friday."

PIPA vote stalled while US censorship still grows
PIPA - A quote...."After the world’s most massive online protest on Jan. 18 against two internet censorship bills, which generated over 7 million petition signatures, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid postponed the PIPA vote set for the 24th, so that lawmakers could rework the bill."

Victory (for now): Lamar Smith kills SOPA
SOPA - A quote...."The chief cosponsor of SOPA, and anti-Internet freedom crusader, Representative Lamar Smith, announced that he is pulling the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)."

Free Software Creator Speaks Out Against SOPA
SOPA - AJVideo - RichardStallman(1/2) - RichardStallman(2/2) - (AJYuTb - 15min - Jan 20, 2012) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Alex talks with software freedom activist and computer programmer Richard Stallman, founder of the GNU Project to create a free computer operating system, about SOPA, PIPA and copyright issues."

Wayne Paul Talks About Voting Fraud in Iowa
2012 Election Cycle - AJVideo - WaynePaul(1/2) - WaynePaul(2/2) - (AJYuTb - 15min - Jan 20, 2012) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Wayne Paul speaks out on voting fraud in Iowa and the rest of the primaries."

Israel Firster Casino Mogul Super-Pacs Against U.S. Taxpayers
2012 Election Cycle - A quote...."16th richest man in the world destabilizes U.S. politicians who shun Israel first policies."

Israeli Lobby launch new Super PAC effort to bring down Ron Paul
2012 Election Cycle - A quote...."For decades, lobbies and special interests have ruled Capitol Hill, with PACs effectively steering the outcome of every major political campaign by injecting money and buying influence. Now we find out that Texas Congressman and GOP candidate Ron Paul has been targeted by a new breed of PAC, this time with foreign backing." - also posted at GlobalRsrch

There's something very odd about GOP primary pre-polling and vote
2012 Election Cycle - (vote fraud) -- A quote..."Okay.  It's time somebody says it. Something seems very strange about the GOP primary pre-polling and vote thus far. - As a Ron Paul fan, I didn't want to seem like a sore loser after the odd Iowa result where the failed no-name Senator, Rick Santorum, was catapulted to victory with very little tangible support. - But now, how on earth could Newt Gingrich win the South Carolina primary when the day before the vote he had to cancel a major campaign stop because of lack of attendance?"

Anger Over Debt And Poor Governance
AJVideo - BobChapman(1/2) - BobChapman(2/2) - (AJYuTb - 8/15min - Jan 20, 2012) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Mike talks with regular Friday guest Bob Chapman of the International Forecaster about Ron Paul, Economy, NDAA & more."

Michael Rivero - Broadcasting live from Hawaii on Justin TV - January 20 2012
MRVideo - Note:  To avoid the advertisements and the radio commentary goto 8min into the broadcast - mpg - (JustinTV - 2hrs - Jan 20th, 2012) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire and many other issues.
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens...

Keiser Report: Sinking Ship In Credit Sea (E239)
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 25min45sec - Jan 21, 2012) - Source:  RussiaToday - Producer:  Max Keiser TV -- (RussiaToday) -- A quote...."In this episode, Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, discuss captains of the financial industry abandoning ship while tripping into TARP. In the second half of the show, Max talks to former oil market regulator, Chris Cook, about the imminent collapse of the oil market and about the role of Goldman Sachs, BP and passive investors in driving the price of oil."

Sheep to the Slaughter: Americans Raid Savings Accounts To Stay Afloat and Maintain the Dream
A quote...."Retail parking lots may be full and Americans may be buying must-have electronics, home decor products and new cars, but where’s all the money coming from? -- As we’ve suggested previously, the economic destruction following the collapse of 2008 is slowly, but surely taking its toll, forcing many people still holding on to a paradigm of consumption to dip into cash savings, retirement accounts and personal credit lines...."

Moyers & Company Show 102: On Crony Capitalism
BMVideo - (Tech Note: If it loads slow, turn volume off and minimize window till sufficiently loaded for play - mpg) - (BMViemo - 56min47sec - January 20, 2012) - Source:  BillMoyers.com -- A quote...."Bill Moyers and former White House budget director David Stockman on the all-too-cozy relationship between Washington and Wall Street."

Eric Holder and Head of DOJ’s Criminal Division Were Partners for a Firm Which Used to Represent the Big Banks, Fannie, Freddie and MERS -- A quote...."Obama’s Department of Justice isn’t prosecuting any big fish. -- Indeed, the Obama administration is prosecuting fewer financial crimes than Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush or Bill Clinton. -- This is true even though the big banks – such as Bank of America, Citigroup, JP Morgan and Wells Fargo – committed some fraud, but their entire business model is fraudulent. See this, this, this, this and this. -- The same is true of Fannie, Freddie. And even more so with Mers, where its entire purpose – from day one – was fraudulent. Here, here, here, here and here. -- So why haven’t the fraudsters running these chop shops been prosecuted by Attorney General Eric Holder, and the head of the DOJ’s criminal division Lanny Breuer?"

India Joins Asian Dollar Exclusion Zone, Will Transact With Iran In Rupees
A quote...."Two weeks ago we wrote a post that should have made it all too clear that while the US and Europe continue to pretend that all is well, and they are, somehow, solvent, Asia [however] has been smelling the coffee. "

Greek Bondholder Talks Stalled, Agreement Unlikely By Monday Deadline
A quote...."....we were not at all surprised to learn this morning that not only has an agreement not been met ahead of Monday's critical Eurozone FinMin meeting (the first of many for 2012) in Brussels, but talks have "stalled"."
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"Occupy Wall Street" & Other "Occupy" News....

Occupy protesters chained themselves to doors at Wells Fargo bank headquarters in San Francisco on Friday, while across the United States hundreds more demonstrators -- A quote...."(Reuters) - Dozens of Occupy protesters chained themselves to doors at Wells Fargo bank headquarters in San Francisco on Friday, while across the United States hundreds more demonstrators rallied at federal courthouses against corporate campaign donations. -- Activists in San Francisco aimed to disrupt the city's financial district as part of "Occupy Wall Street West" by targeting 22 bank branches and other financial industry offices."
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More On The International Situation....

Iran Crisis – Follow The money, It’s All About Petrodollars
Must Read - A quote...."As Obama refuses to acknowledge that Obamanomics is rapidly sinking ~ a closer look at the Iran crisis reveals, if you follow the money, that the real issue is petrodollars in that Iran is dumping the dollar in its trade with Russia as it has already done with China and Japan. As such, Regime Change is now the goal of the Obama administration as it was in 2000 when Iraq’s late Saddam Hussein abandoned the petrodollar and recently when Libya’s late Muammar Gaddafi proposed a gold dinar as currency for his energy resources." - Topix ||  Israel is NOT a "Nation-State", Nor Does It Plan To Be One - 01-13-12 - mpg  ||

On Iran NYT Introduces New False Propaganda Line
Propaganda Exposed - (That old Gray Whore just keeps whoring away for Israel.  Why don't the owners of the NYT, the Jewish, AIPAC / Israel Consortium supporting, Och-Sulzberger family, register as foreign agents for Israel?  It would be the truth, not that that matters anymore. - mpg) -- A quote...."Isabel Kershner, (An up-and-coming Judith Miller....how nice - mpg) an Israeli reporter working for the New York Times, is introducing a new propaganda term about Iran's nuclear program...."

Target Iran: The morality of killing nuclear scientists
A quote...."Physics is an unhealthy line of work in today's Iran,” begins an editorial in the Australian newspaper “The Age”. The jibe follows the murder of an Iranian nuclear scientist by a motorcycle riding assassin. “I shall not shed any tears whenever one of these scientists encounters the unforgiving men on motorbikes, men who live in the real world rather than a laboratory or philosophy seminar,” the morally challenged writer continues."

'Lifting Iran sanctions, condition for talks'
A quote...."The UN Security Council [has] adopted anti-Iran resolutions based on illegal preconditions; therefore, it is expected that the West put an end to the sanctions in order to hold constructive and bilateral talks [with Tehran],” Alaeddin Boroujerdi said on Saturday. -- Boroujerdi, who is Chairman of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, went on to say that since Iran acts within the framework of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Western states must create an atmosphere for “mutual cooperation.” - a comment shown below.....


The US-GCC Fatal Attraction with Pepe Escobar: Infowars Nightly News
AJVideo - PepeEscobar(1/2) - PepeEscobar(2/2) - (AJYuTb - 4/15min - Jan 20, 2012) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Asia Times reporter and geopolitical expert Pepe Escobar also joins the program to discuss the latest on the brewing war against Iran, and other tension in the Mid East region."
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Iraq’s Maliki Accused of Detaining, Torturing Hundreds of Political Opponents
A quote...."Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki’s security forces have detained and brutally tortured more than 1,000 political opponents in secret prisons and denied them access to legal counsel, according to allegations by Iraq’s former prime minister." - a comment shown below....


35 of Iraqi Vice President’s Staff Arrested As Attacks Continue
A quote...."At least 20 Iraqis were killed and seven more were wounded in a series of small but deadly attacks. Politicians, meanwhile, continued to stoke political tension by engaging in mass arrests."
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Afghan Farce
A quote...."The French government has suspended training for Afghan forces after four of their troops were killed by an Afghan soldier under training. Extraordinarily, that makes eight NATO troops killed by their trainees in 2012 already. It is the most extreme example of the complete failure of the occupation to achieve any of its ostensible aims. It is not even achieving any of its hidden aims, other than the channelling of huge amounts of our money to the arms industry."

Ten NATO troops killed in Afghanistan
A quote...."At least ten NATO soldiers were killed in two separate incidents in Afghanistan, when a transport helicopter carrying six US Marines crashed in Helmand province late Thursday, and an Afghan army soldier killed four French soldiers Friday at the Gwam training base in Kapisa province. Fifteen French soldiers were wounded in the attack, eight seriously."

NATO soldier killed in insurgent attack in Afghanistan
A quote...."KABUL, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- 2012-01-21 19:28:06 -- A NATO soldier was killed Saturday in an insurgent attack in the restive Afghanistan's southern region. - "An International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) service member died following an insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan today," the NATO-led ISAF said in a press release."
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Press TV: US deploys 12,000 troops in Libya - Further confirmation needed....
Remember when they said they'd NEVER deploy US troops in Libya? - mpg -- A quote...."The United States has sent some 12,000 soldiers to Libya, in the first phase of deployments to the oil-rich North African nation. - According to Asharq Alawsat, the troops landed in the eastern oil port city of Brega." - Additional Cite

Grenades thrown at Libya's NTC Benghazi office
A quote...."21 Jan 2012 Angry protesters stormed the offices of Libya's National Transitional Council in the eastern city of Benghazi on Saturday after besieging the building for hours, an NTC member told AFP. "The demonstrators attacked the building and turned NTC offices upside down," the official said on condition of anonymity. Witnesses said protesters, armed with stones and iron bars, stormed and ransacked the offices as they occupied them."

Libya power struggle tears apart Assabia
A quote...."An increasingly tense stand-off in the Libyan town of Assabia appears to have its roots in a struggle for control between rival militias." - also posted at Uruknet
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Pakistan keeps border shut on NATO
A quote...."Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani have agreed to keep NATO supplies to Afghanistan blocked until the parliament takes a decision."

Islamists Demand Sharia-Based Laws in Libya
A quote...."Over 3,000 Libyans in Benghazi rallied on Saturday to demand that Sharia law be the main source of the country’s legislation, Al Arabiya reported."

FOX News Caught Using Fake Video Of Riots HA, HA!
RTVideo - From the History File - Dec 8, 2011 - (Just a reminder - mpg) - Alt - (RTYuTb - 3min44sec - 12/08/11) - Source:  MrGlasgowTruther4U -- A quote...."News bulletins around the world have been following Russia's election rallies. But one channel stands out - America's Fox News has been showing streets ablaze, violent clashes and firebombs thrown at security officers, but with one major problem - the images are not from Russia, they're from Greece!"

Final results: Muslim Brotherhood wins sweeping victory in Egyptian elections
A quote...."Brotherhood's coalition wins 38 percent of seats, hardline Islamist Nour Party wins 29 percent of list seats and the secular New Wafd and the Egyptian Bloc coalition came third and fourth respectively."

Yemen officials: Saleh to depart for Oman
He's FINALLY, ACTUALLY, POSITIVELY....leaving?!?! - This website editor will only believe he's physically, corporeally, present in the United States when it's confirmed, in triplicate, with videos and photos! - mpg -- A quote...."Outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh will leave soon to Oman, en route to medical treatment in the United States, Yemeni officials said on Saturday, part of an American effort to get the embattled strongman out of the country to allow a peaceful transition from his rule."

Millions [in Britain] were in germ war tests
Oh there's no such thing as conspiracies! - (Roll the eyes in complete disgust....) -- A quote...."The Ministry of Defence turned large parts of the country into a giant laboratory to conduct a series of secret germ warfare tests on the public. -- A government report just released provides for the first time a comprehensive official history of Britain's biological weapons trials between 1940 and 1979. -- Many of these tests involved releasing potentially dangerous chemicals and micro-organisms over vast swaths of the population without the public being told." - bold by website editor

Russia Keeps 30 MiG-31 Interceptors on High-Alert Duty
A quote...."More than 30 MiG-31 Foxhound supersonic interceptor aircraft are on round-the-clock high-alert duty every day protecting the Russian airspace from airborne threats, Air Force spokesman Col. Vladimir Drik said."
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

Paper Owner Apologizes for Obama 'Hit' Column
A quote...."The owner of an Atlanta Jewish newspaper has apologized for a column in which he discusses the possibility of Israel ordering the assassination of President Obama." - a comment shown below....

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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Director of Jerusalem community center arrested
A quote...."JERUSALEM (Ma’an) -- Israeli forces detained the director and several employees of Wadi Hilweh information center in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan on Friday."

"Talk to us," says Hamas in rare visit to Europe
A quote...."Three Hamas politicians made a rare visit to Europe this week. -- A delegation of members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) travelled to Switzerland to attend a meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). It was the first time since the 2006 PLC elections that Hamas members undertook an official visit to a European country." - also posted at AlethoNews

Dweik: I was arrested to prevent the PLC from convening
A quote...."AL-KHALIL, (PIC)-- Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), Dr. Aziz Dweik, said on Friday that his arrest by the IOF aimed at stopping Palestinian reconciliation and to continue to disable the PLC." - also posted at AlethoNews

Incitement intensifies against Arab MKs - are threats encouraging physical attacks?
A quote...."Open incitement against Arab Members of Knesset has reached new heights, following the publication of a photograph showing MK Haneen Zoabi meeting with Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) speaker Aziz Dweik in the West Bank (the latter was detained by Israeli occupation forces yesterday)." - also posted at AlethoNews

Israel crushing middle-class Palestinians
A quote...."With high consumer prices, static or dwindling salaries, rising unemployment and over-taxation, many ordinary Palestinians are no longer able to make ends meet." - also posted at Uruknet

The Never Ending Peace Negotiation…Peace is not on Israeli Agenda
A quote...."On September 23, 2011, and likely as a lure to derail Palestinian efforts seeking formal UN recognition, the Peace Quartet called on the Palestinians and Israelis to submit within 90 days detailed position paper on borders and security issues." - also posted at Uruknet

Palestinians protest against negotiations in Ramallah
A quote...."BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Over 100 Palestinians demonstrated Saturday in the occupied West Bank urging their leaders to cease negotiations with Israel, in a second week of protests."

Friday January 20th 2012

"French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday that France is suspending its training programs for Afghan troops after the killings, which he announced in a speech after the U.S.-led coalition said an Afghan soldier shot and killed four NATO troops. -- Sarkozy said it was "unacceptable" that Afghan troops would attack French soldiers."