Wednesday February 2nd 2011

The Modern American Political Plague: 6 ways to protect against its destructive toll
A quote...."There is a great illness infecting America today.  This plague has the name: Ineptum Inesse Privatio and it is not only robbing our society of purpose, of intelligence, and of the quality of Nationalism that once held this country together during its greatest trials and tribulation, it is undermining the very fabric of this once Great Nation.  The main symptoms of this illness are ignorance, delusions of righteousness, and a tendency toward anger when approached by a person possessing the all important and increasingly difficult to cultivate Cure: Proven Fact."

Egypt’s Revolution: US Imperialism Brought to Heel
A quote...."With up to eight million Egyptian people defying nearly a week of military curfew in that country to insist implacably on the overthrow of the US-backed Mubarak regime, there can be little doubt that this is a people’s revolution. --  In this way alone, the people have succeeded already in defying bravely – over 300 have been killed by the regime in the past week – a brutal dictatorship that has ruled their country with an iron fist."

What other dictators does the U.S. support?
A quote...."Aside from Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, here are the other most controversial leaders propped up by the U.S."

What Really Happened with Michael Rivero – February 2nd, 2011
MRVideo - Alt - (JustInTV - 2hrs - February 2nd, 2011) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV - More coverage of the Middle East's spreading revolutions and more ferocious evisceration of Israel and its many lies. - mpg
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More on the Middle East's Revolutions.

The “Honorable” John Negroponte at the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt – Jan 18th 2011
Special Note - A quote...."The American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt? I didn’t know there was such a thing.  But here is a link to Iran-Contra scum and death-squad organizer, the “Honorable” John Negroponte, giving a breakfast speech to this illustrious group of businessmen on Jan. 18th 2011."

Digital Darkness: U.S., U.K. Companies Help Egyptian Regime Shut Down Telecommunications and Identify Dissident Voices - Special Note - A quote...."Doing the regime’s bidding, British-based Vodafone shut down Egypt’s phone and internet service. The American company called Narus — owned by Boeing — sold Egypt the surveillance technology that helped identify dissident voices. We are joined by Tim Karr of Free Press and CUNY Professor C.W. Anderson. Karr outlines how communications was shut down in Egypt and discusses the Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act, a proposed Senate bill that could lay the foundation for blocking communications in the United States in the case of a "national threat." Anderson traces the activist roots of Twitter to U.S. protests at the 2004 Republican and Democratic conventions. [includes rush transcript] - ||  Real Video Stream  ||  Real Audio Stream  ||  MP3 Download  ||  More…  ||

Egypt: Retrofitting "Operation Ajax" to Support the Pharaoh against the People
Special Note - A quote....""As soon as I saw the defiant tone and substance of Mubarak's speech, I realized that he is not speaking for himself but for the US/Israeli sponsors. . . .  I just read the speech by Obama: it confirmed my suspicion, that basically Mubarak was permitted by the US to do with the Egyptian people as he would like.  Every drop of blood that is spilled in Egypt from this day onwards should be blamed on Obama because he has embraced this new strategy of letting Mubarak defy the popular will of the Egyptian people.  I don't trust the Egyptian army: the top brass is handpicked by the US/Israel and can be easily bought off by a combination of bribes, gadgets, and perks...."

White House lost on Egypt violence
RTVideo - (RTYuTb - 8min 29sec - February 02, 2011) - Source:  RTAmerica -- A quote...."Peaceful protests in Egypt have become violent; protestors have been clashing with Mubarak supporters. It has become clear that the United States cannot deliver a definitive decision about whether or not they support the events in Egypt. RT's Kristine Frazao is joined by a panel of Author and Activist David Swanson and RT producer Lucy Kafanov to discuss the US position on Egypt."

Loosing the Goons: The Mubarak-Obama Move to Crush Egypt’s Uprising
Special Note - A quote...."I must agree with As’ad AbuKhalil: The violence we are seeing in Egypt today (Wednesday) is a direct result of a green-light from Washington to “do what it takes” to preserve the Cairo regime. Today we have suddenly seen hundreds of “pro-Mubarak” goons pouring into the public squares to attack the non-violent demonstrators. The Egyptian Army – whom most of the demonstrators had lauded and looked to for protection from the police – is now apparently refusing to interfere with the attacks by the goon squads against the unarmed protestors. The UN reports that at least 300 people have already been killed in violence against the demonstrators since the uprising began: this number will now rise, perhaps sharply." - also posted at Uruknet

Obama backs bloodbath in Egypt
Special Note - A quote...."The Obama administration bears full political and moral responsibility for the state terror and bloody violence that have left scores dead and thousands wounded in Cairo’s Tahrir (Liberation) Square and elsewhere in Egypt."

‘Egypt eliminates witnesses to violence’
Press Intimidation Alert - A quote...."Supporters of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak have attacked journalists in Cairo in an effort to disrupt the coverage of the violence used against anti-government protesters. -- A Belgian reporter was arrested and beaten after he was accused of espionage in Cairo while al-Arabiya correspondent Ahmed Abdullah and journalists from the BBC, ABC News and CNN were attacked, CNN reported." - Source:  PressTV

Egypt – America’s favourite torture destination
A quote...."Christopher King argues that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s decision to use extreme violence by paid thugs and plain-clothes policemen against pro-democracy protesters must have been given the green light by Barack Obama, or at least the US president’s vague pronouncements could have led Mubarak to believe that Washington endorsed his violent clampdown on the protesters."

Dead men walking, with license to kill
Special Note - A quote...."So Pharaoh Mubarak had to prove once again he's a real superstar of the "war on terror". Old habits die hard. He's now unleashing terror against his own people. -- It was just a matter of time before Mubarakism unleashed its thugs and goon squads to try to smash people power."

Busted: Pro-Mubarak Thugs Are Police Officers
Agents Provocateurs Exposed (again!) - Related Article - A quote...."Some of the attackers were caught. Their IDs showed them to be policemen dressed in civilians clothes. Others appeared to be state sponsored "baltagiya" (gangs) and government employees. "Instead of uniformed guys trying to stop you from protesting. You've got non-uniformed guys trying to stop you from protesting," Naguib said." - also posted at ZeroHedge

Pro-Mubarak Thugs Exposed
Agents Provocateurs Exposed (by CNN!)  - Related Article - A quote...."(from CNN)…Several CNN journalists heard from pro-Mubarak demonstrators that they worked for the government. Staff from the national petrochemical company said they had been ordered to come and protest. - Amnesty International researchers said witnesses told them of “lorry loads” of pro-Mubarak supporters leaving Wednesday morning from Mahalla, north of Cairo. - “These (pro-Mubarak) protests were organized by the government and the ruling National Democratic Party,” analyst Kamal Zakher told CNN. The government mustered government workers and lawmakers whose seats are threatened, he said."

Anderson Cooper & Crew Attacked by Mubarak Crowd in Egypt
Video - Press Intimadation Alert - Related Video - (YuTb - 1min 24sec - February 02, 2011) - Source:  MidweekPolitics -- A quote...."Anderson Cooper describes being attacked in Cairo Egypt."

Obama’s Pathetic Pro-Mubarak Propaganda
Related Article - A quote...."The rent-a-mobs are out in force in Egypt with the largest “gathering” right in front of the State television station building in Cairo.  They always show up to support neoliberal dictators or fake color revolutions all across the world.  A for-profit popular movement with traditional ties that go all the way back to the young republicans rallying in Florida to stop the recount in 2000.  It’s a lie.  It’s marketing.  And only in a country as sick as ours, is it possible for these frauds to continue without being exposed in the press.  But this is the world we live in."

Undaunted in Cairo's Tahrir Square
A quote...."Yesterday I stood among more than a million people in Cairo. They came to Tahrir Square in the morning, some even came days ago and haven't left since, and all day long they energetically called for the ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. "Leave!" they cried. An effigy of Mubarak hung from a lamp post and someone carried a sign shaped like a donkey with the president's face glued to the animal's head." - also posted at Uruknet

Violence escalates in Cairo square
BREAKING: - Last Modified: 03 Feb 2011 05:53 GMT - Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."Five people killed and more than 800 injured as Mubarak loyalists attack pro-democracy protesters in Tahrir Square. - Bursts of heavy gunfire aimed at anti-government demonstrators in Cairo's Tahrir [Liberation] Square, left at least five people dead and more than 800 wounded, according to reports from Egyptian television on Thursday." - also posted at Uruknet

Secret police blamed as peace protesters are gunned down in the siege of Cairo
A quote...."At least three anti-government protesters in Egypt were shot dead after gunfire rained down on Cairo's Tahrir Square in violent overnight clashes. -- Protest organiser Mustafa el-Naggar said he saw the bodies of three dead protesters being carried towards an ambulance. -- More than 1,500 people were injured in the latest violence, which came before dawn, as protesters remained in the street through the night following a day of clashes between supporters of President Hosni Mubarak and dissidents."

Egypt protesters stick to demands as Cairo battle rages
Over 20,000 protesters in Yemen capital to oust president
America loses another ally as Yemen's President quits
The Blood of Those Demanding Democracy Is Being Shed in the Streets of Cairo - Alt
Violence flares in Cairo square
Exclusive: The bloodbath in Tahrir Square - Alt
Pro-Mubarak Protesters Vow to ‘Liberate Tahrir Square With Blood’
Egypt Promptly Turns Ugly 4 Protesters Killed: Al Jazeera, Al Masriya And CNN Live Feeds
Anderson Cooper ‘punched in the head’ 10 times by pro-Mubarak thugs
Why the Egyptian Army Won’t Shoot Protesters
ElBaradei calls on Egypt's army to intervene
Voices of the Egyptian Revolution: Dem Now!’s Sharif Abdel Kouddous Speaks with Demonstrators in Tahrir Square at "March of Millions" - ||  Real Video Stream  ||  Real Audio Stream  ||  MP3 Download  ||  More…  || 
Comrade Jamal: The Front stands beside the Egyptian and Tunisian revolutions....
Protest News 02/02/11 - A DProgram Round-Up - weblist - (40 articles and videos)
Tunisian PM sacks more Ben Ali allies
February 3: Yemen’s Nationwide ‘Day of Anger’
Tunisia's new government purges police leadership
Mubarak vigilantes attack people, press
Timely Toon - Group Rate For Dictators - cartoon
Egypt suspends parliment amid protests
Watch live feed from al Jazeera…
MUBARAK'S FATE IS SEALED: Reflections by Comrade Fidel
Egytptian Revolution In Photos - photo slide show - (27 piks, some grim)
More Photos of Egypt's Revolution - photos - (25 piks)
Mubarek Is High - Part 1 - video - Alt - (YuTb - 1m15s - 01/30/11)
Mubarak Is High - Part 2 - video - Alt - (YuTb - 1m33s - 02/01/11)
Mubarak Estimated to be Worth $70 Billion
Moroccan government fears outbreak of mass protests
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More On The Domestic Situation....

Film: War by Deception
Must View Video - YuTbVid or VeohVid  - (3hrs - December 27, 2010) - (previously posted) -- A quote...."Iraq, 911, PNAC, Anthrax, what the media won’t report" -- "Taking the direction of the 911 kook movement and pulling it back to reality naming who actually did what, not in vague terms like Illuminati but real people with real names and documents. A Neocon Cabal with its roots in ISRAEL created a false flag attack, a cover up of the anthrax attacks and 911 van bombs, followed by war propaganda, known forgeries, pre-written lies about WMDs, etc which led to a war in Iraq that has now killed over a million people." - Topix ||  Reficultnias's 9/11 Central  ||

Kurt Haskell Exclusive: Christmas Day Bomber Assisted by U.S. State Dept. Official!!
Contains Video - KurtHaskell(1/2) - KurtHaskell(2/2) -- A quote...."Kurt and I went to Umar’s status conference this week. Being in a court room, not being the “attorney” for one of the parties, is weird in itself. Sitting in the back watching the proceedings is odd to me. Kurt and I got there early and sat in the hallway until the doors opened. Once the doors opened, we went in and took a seat. From what I could tell, the only other people there besides us were the media, attorneys for the other side, and I believe, some CIA agents. Kurt was asked by a reporter who he was with (I think they thought we were reporters) and he told her that we were passengers, which sparked her interest. She was from The Free Press and talked to us a lot before the hearing, during it, and in the hall afterwards. nothing we said to her was reported in the Free Press, which did not surprise us since mainstream media seems to steer clear of reporting our story. " - Topix ||  US-False Flag Ops - Detroit's Lap Bomber  ||

Killing the Internet Not Just a Problem in Egypt
A quote...."As we speak, Egypt is struggling with a near-total Internet and communications shut-off, and not just Egyptians are grappling with the implications. Can the flow of social media information to an entire country simply be cut? Apparently, yes. And that’s not just an Egyptian concern."

Wikileaks: CoIntelPro Psyop
Special Note - A quote...."I have had it with Wikileaks. I am fully convinced that Wikileaks is a Counter Intelligence Program and a Psychological Operation by either CIA, MI6 or Mossad. -- The CIA/MI6/Mossad have trashed their reputation, which has caused their scare tactics to wear off.  They have created a new “credible” source like Wikileaks to dump their same old tired lies through them. Seriously, how difficult would it have been for the CIA to grab some hacker and play good cop, bad cop with him.  They could say, “we got you good and we are going to throw you in jail for the rest of your life. Or you can work with us and we will wipe away all of your charges.”   It works with low level mafia thugs, why not on a global scale where the stakes are that much higher...." - Topix ||  WikiLeaks Cointelpro Fiasco  ||
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More On The International Situation....

More Evidence of Police Infiltration of UK Political Groups
A quote...."Pricture: Mark "Stone" Kennedy then and now -- In a move intended to draw a line under the exposure of a network of undercover police officers that have been working in political and protest groups for a number of years, the UK government has announced that the Metropolitan Police will now oversee operation of the National Public Order Intelligence Unit (NPOIU). The action, which shifts the NPOIU from under the purview of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), represents a further assault on democratic rights."

Afghan elite 'plundered $900m' from leading bank
A quote...."A coterie of well-connected Afghan businessmen and politicians may have plundered as much as $900m from the country's biggest commercial bank, three times the amount of earlier estimates, and the equivalent of about 7 per cent of Afghanistan's total gross domestic product."

Aide: Karzai Won’t Offer Taliban ‘Power-Sharing’ Deal
A quote...."Speaking today to McClatchy, Afghanistan’s National Security Adviser Rangeen Dadfar Spanta, a close ally of President Hamid Karzai, ruled out offering any sort of “power-sharing” to the Taliban or making any changes to the Constitution as part of a negotiated settlement."

An Unsurpressable Truth
A quote...."Only a few years ago the media was full of discussion about the so-called "Gulf war syndrome," the mysterious illness affecting British and US troops who took part in the Iraq invasion of 1991. -- Then it dropped off the radar. -- But in Iraq the civilian population was subject to even more alarming incidences of unexplained illnesses." - also posted at Uruknet

Iran 'upgrading smart bomb Qassed'
A quote...."A top Iranian Air Force commander has announced that the Islamic Republic of Iran has upgraded its smart bomb, named Qassed-3 (messenger), with a longer range."

New Sino-Russian pipeline delivers 1.3 mln tonnes of crude oil in 1st month
A quote...."MOHE, Heilongjiang, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Some 1.318 million tonnes of crude oil had flowed through an oil pipeline from Russia's far-east to China by Jan. 31, a month after the pipeline began operating, an officer of the Chinese operator of the pipeline said."

GERMANY 1940 ISRAEL 2009 - Alt
Must View Photos - (previously posted) - A quote....."Israel is screaming that Mubarak must be keep in power no matter what the people of Egypt want, because with Mubarak gone, the Palestinians might acquire arms with which to hold off Israel, and Israelis can only act manly and brave when they have the very best US-supplied weapons aimed at unarmed civilians. But if Israel is worried that the Palestinians (or for that matter everyone else in the region) doesn't like Israel, Israel only has themselves to blame. If Israel wants to be liked they should start acting likable, which means dropping this arrogant attitude that God intends for the Israelis to have a larger share of life's blessings than anyone else. This photo essay shows why Israel creates so many enemies, as does the following [photo montage]. -- *Michael Rivero*, owner of What Really Happend website.
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Suriname recognizes Palestinian state - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."The Republic of Suriname has recognized a free and independent Palestinian state on the lands occupied by Israel in the Six Day War. "

Seven Palestinians Killed By Army Fire In Gaza In January
A quote...."    The Higher Committee for Emergency Services in the Gaza Strip reported that seven Palestinians were killed by during Israeli military attacks against the coastal region in January. At least twenty residents were wounded."

Report: “15 Palestinian Killed, 200 Kidnapped By The Army In January”
A quote...."    The International Solidarity Institution For Human Rights issued a report revealing that Israeli soldiers shot and killed 15 Palestinians, including three children, and kidnapped more than 200 others during the month of January."

Army Kidnaps Three Children in Bil’in
A quote...."    Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Wednesday three Palestinian children in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, after claiming that they were standing near the annexation wall."

Group: Harsh treatment of child detainee
A quote...."RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces psychologically tortured a 14-year-old Palestinian detained in a night raid on his Ramallah village, a local rights group said." - also posted at AlethoNews
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12 Reasons The Worst Housing Collapse In U.S. History Is Getting Worse
A quote...."“Already, U.S. housing prices have fallen further during this economic downturn (26 percent), then they did during the Great Depression (25.9 percent).”

Treasury Expects To Hit Debt Ceiling By End Of May, Discloses Plans For "Century" Bonds
A quote...."As part of its quarterly refunding statement issued earlier, the Treasury announced that it now expected to breach the debt ceiling "sometime between April 5, 2011 and May 31, 2011."

Iceland Shows Ireland Did ‘Wrong Things’ Saving Banks
A quote...."Unlike other nations, including the U.S. and Ireland, which injected billions of dollars of capital into their financial institutions to keep them afloat, Iceland placed its biggest lenders in receivership. It chose not to protect creditors of the country’s banks, whose assets had ballooned to $209 billion, 11 times gross domestic product." - also posted at ICH

ObamaCare (NOT!) Ruled Un-Constitutional! - Again!
Some quotes...."Strike number two for Obamacare.  And it wasn't pretty.  Some brilliant and blistering quotes from the ruling Federal judge are inside. This is our favorite quote from Judge Vinson's 78-page ruling...

Tuesday February 1st 2011

The great unravelling: Tunisia, Egypt and the protracted collapse of the American empire
Special Note - A quote...."The toppling of dictator Ben Ali in Tunisia in the wake of mass protests and bloody street clashes has been widely recognized as signifying a major transformation in the future of politics and geopolitics for the major countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). There is little doubt that the Tunisian experience triggered the escalation of unprecedented protests in Egypt against the Mubarak regime. The question on every media pundit’s lips is, ‘Will events in Tunisia and Egypt have a domino effect throughout the Arab world?’"

The triviality of US Mideast policy
Quote of the Day...."Events in the Middle East have slipped away from us. Having long since opted in favour of political stability over the risks and uncertainties of democracy, having told ourselves that the people of the region are not ready to shoulder the burdens of freedom, having stressed that the necessary underpinnings of self-government go well beyond mere elections, suddenly the US has nothing it can credibly say as people take to the streets to try to seize control of their collective destiny." - also posted at ICH

What Really Happened with Michael Rivero – February 1st, 2011
MRVideo - Alt - (JustInTV - 2hrs - February 1st, 2011) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV - He extensively covers the on-going Middle East revolutions and - again - ferociously roasts, slices, dices and rips Israel apart into bite sized shish-kabob shreds.  - mpg

Cong. Ron Paul: Middle Eastern Revolt Stems From US Upholding Authoritarian Regimes
A quote...."Congressman Ron Paul outlined his feelings on the uprising in Egypt, noting that violent revolts will continue throughout the middle east so long as there is an unfettered globalist agenda to dominate the region through propping up tinpot dictators and tyrants."

REVOLT ON THE NILE: Gordon Duff discusses Egypt, Palestine, and Israel
GDVideo - Alt - (GDYuTb - 8min 34sec - February 01, 2011) -- A quote...."Senior Editor Gordon Duff interviews Veterans Today Staff Writer Ken O’Keefe on the ground in Gaza and Staff Writer Raja Mujtaba curently in Pakistan on the crisis in Egypt, Gaza, Israel, and Pakistan."

Revolutionary Fervor to Spread Beyond Arab States; Europe Next
A quote...."KINGSTON, NY, 1 February 2011 - When the Tunisian government toppled, the mass media and their stable of experts ­ who were blindsided by these events ­ quickly stepped in to proclaim the obvious: that citizens of other Arab nations would be emboldened to challenge autocratic and corrupt governments."

A worms eye view of revolution
A quote...."The worms of the earth are finally turning across the Middle East and while the outcome of events within Tunisia, Jordan and Egypt have yet to be determined, the roots of these protests and revolutions lie in one common factor, which is the shared experiences of millions of people in an already turbulent region."
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More on the Middle East's Revolutions.....

Who's to cut off the head of the snake?
Special Note - A quote...."Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's defiant dismissal of the will of the people came after an about-turn on three decades of support by Washington that amounted to a mealy-mouthed call for "orderly transition". The military elite is the only weapon available to hasten Mubarak's understanding of the word "now"."

Washington Post Confirms that Egyptian Looters Were Agents Provocateur
Agents Provocateurs Confirmed! - (By WaPo of all things, now that's a head-scratcher. - mpg) - A quote...."Human Rights Watch confirmed several cases of undercover police loyal to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's regime committing acts of violence and looting in an attempt to stoke fear of instability as demonstrations grew stronger Tuesday against the autocratic leader."

Israel Rushing to Aid of Mubarak
A quote...."Rights NGO claims that Israeli planes carrying crowd dispersal weapons have arrived in Egypt."

Egypt protesters react angrily to Mubarak's televised address
Second Quote of the Day...."'How dare he talk to us like children?' say demonstrators. 'If he's here until September then so are we'"

ElBaradei rejects Mubarak speech and says he must go
A quote...."WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Egyptian opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei said on Tuesday that President Hosni Mubarak had failed to meet the demands of protesters and his pledge not to stand again for the presidency was an act of deception."

Mohamed ElBaradei: The man who would be President
A quote...."Exclusive intervew: Robert Fisk meets Mohamed ElBaradei, Egypt's saviour-in-waiting."

Israel’s Fears Over Egyptian Uprising a Very Good Sign for People of the Middle East
A quote...."Anyone who knows anything about the regime of Egyptian dictator, Hosni Mubarak, knows that one of the main roles of his government has been to protect and buffer Israel (and its illegal and genocidal crimes against the Palestinians). So, recent reports that Israel is afraid and worried about the Egyptian revolution [1] is a cause for celebration for all Arabs everywhere and for all those who stand against injustice, colonial apartheid, and Israel’s illegal and brutal occupation of the Palestinians."

In Addition to Being Geographically Challenged, U.S. Press Struggles with Head Counts
Presstitute Alert - A quote...."Funny how, U.S. MSM saying about 100,000 in Tahrir Square Egypt - but Al Jazeera saying 2 million in and around square."

Corporate US Media’s Woeful, Sanitized Egypt Coverage Amounts To Censorship
Presstitute Alert - A quote...."While the ailing dictatorship government in Egypt is busy rounding up and arresting Al Jazeera journalists in an attempt to control the release of footage and accounts of the mass uprising going on throughout the entirety of the country, the disgraceful corporate American media has once again shown itself to be just as strictly regulated in terms of the content it provides to viewers."

Obama backs Mubarak’s bid to retain power
A quote...."The battle lines in Egypt are being drawn. On the one side, huge protests in Cairo and other cities, estimated at more than a million, demanded that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his regime immediately go. On the other, Mubarak thumbed his nose at the demonstrators and announced his intention to serve out his term of office until presidential elections due in September."

Opposition dismisses Mubarak speech
A quote...."Egyptian opposition groups and figures have dismissed President Hosni Mubarak's latest speech, saying it fails to meet the demands of the anti-government protesters."

'Egyptian people will not let US pick leaders for them'
RTVideo  - Alt - (RTYuTb  - 5m02s - 02/02/11) - Source: RussiaToday  -- A quote...."Egypt's president Hosni Mubarak has announced he won't seek re-election in September's vote - after more than a week of violent protests across the country urging him to step down. But the U.S. President has called for him to begin transition immediately - a shift in rhetoric towards the leader it backed for nearly 30 years of his rule. British journalist Yvonne Ridley told RT that Egyptian people will no longer let the U.S. pick the leaders for them."

The Egyptian masses won't play ally to Israel
Tunisian uprising continues
Protesters flood Egypt streets - More than a million rally in Cairo....
Egypt State TV Anchor Soha el-Nakash Resigns Over Protest Coverage
Emergency Parliament Meeting as Yemen Protests Grow
Yemen's Saleh says won't extend his term as opposition threatens with protests
UN mission says 219 killed in Tunisia uprising
Egypt's ElBaradei says talks only after Mubarak goes
'Egypt On Verge of Revolution’ - photo gallery
Jordan's King Abdullah appoints new prime minister as Egypt unrest spreads
Turkish PM backs Egypt protesters
Egypt revolution protests enter 9th day
Two Million March in Cairo, Egypt - photos
MB urges US to abandon Mubarak
UN human rights chief: 300 reported dead in Egypt protests
Tunisia police arrest Ben Ali henchman
Jordan appoints new PM amid protests
Revolution spreads to Egypt's deprived Sinai
Egypt's revolution inspires Gaza's youth - Alt
The Popular Front salutes the Egyptian people's intifada for dignity, freedom and social justice - Alt
Absolute Insanity: Former Amb To UN, John Bolton, Says That If Mubarak Falls, Israel Should Bomb Iran (!)
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More On The Domestic Situation....

America Might Be a More Gilded Cage than Egypt ... But It Is Still a Cage
Special Note - A quote...."America is obviously very different from Egypt. Or is it? -- Let's honestly compare and contrast the situation in the United States...."

Braking Gnus: U.S. Federal Government Preemptively Quits
Satire - A quote...."Washington, D.C. — Early Wednesday morning, in a startling turn of events, the entire United States Legislative Branch, Executive Branch, and Judicial Branch resigned at the same time. The announcement was made via a public letter and a televised speech by President Barack Obama, both of which were very brief.  The tenure of every elected and appointed official in the federal government is being voluntarily terminated at the end of the business day, February 2, 2011."

Watchdog Group questions Google's relationship with NSA
A quote...."Google is in hot water again -- or it will be if Consumer Watchdog can persuade the public to ask Congress to take action over the Google "Wi-Spy scandal." Additionally, Consumer Watchdog published a report, Lost in the Cloud: Google and the US Government [PDF], that highlights Google's relationship with NSA and claims the search giant has also "inappropriately benefited" from close and secretive relationships with other government agencies."

6 Ideas For Those Needing Defensive Technology to Protect Free Speech from Authoritarian Regimes and 4 Ways the Rest of Us Can Help - Web Tech Note:  (To combat the "kill switch" and other means of web supression) - A quote...."The Internet remains one of the most powerful means ever created to give voice to repressed people around the world. Unfortunately, new technologies have also given authoritarian regimes new means to identify and retaliate against those who speak out despite censorship and surveillance. Below are six basic ideas for those attempting to speak without falling victim to authoritarian surveillance and censorship, and four ideas for the rest of us who want to help support them."

Public Says Cut Pentagon, Obama Says Increase It
A quote...."Did you know that the U.S. public wants military spending cut? Did you know that President Barack Obama wants to increase it for his third year in a row? Actually I already know that most of you didn't know either of these things." - also posted at GlobalRsrch

Why is Vice President Biden's Son Helping Cover-up the Murder of a White House Insider?
A quote...."Attorney General Beau Biden's office, along with police investigators, have sought to keep information about the case from the public. Biden's office asked a judge to seal a search warrant for Wheeler's home, and three search warrants for Wheeler's cell phone and his 1993 Oldsmobile were sealed at the request of Newark police."

Family of slain ex-Pentagon official wants info
A quote...."WILMINGTON, Del. — The family of a slain ex-Pentagon official whose body was found in a Delaware landfill still doesn't know what happened to him, and their attempts to get more information from law enforcement have been rebuffed, their attorney said Monday."

US fury over UN expert’s 9/11 ‘cover-up’ claims
A quote...."UNITED NATIONS — The United States on Tuesday demanded the sacking of a UN human rights expert for “noxious” comments claiming there had been a US cover-up over the September 11 attacks." - Topix ||  Acting Guilty - 12-01-09 - mpg  ||

Why the Zionists Want to Silence Richard Falk on 9/11
A quote...."Why did the Zionist group U.N. Watch engineer a witch-hunt targeting Special Rapporteur Richard Falk? Why would Zionists, whose prime concern is maintaining and expanding their apartheid state in Occupied Palestine, care about Falk's mild allusions to unanswered questions about 9/11? Why the fuss?" - Topix ||  9/11 & 7/11  Israeli Connection  ||  Reficultnias's 9/11 Central  ||

Why is Former Congressman/CIA Bob Barr Advising Baby Doc Duvalier?
A quote...."It is unclear why former U.S. congressman Bob Barr would be interested in assisting a monstrous individual like Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier but, his actions certainly warrant an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice. Oh,  "former" CIA - that might answer it. "
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More On The International Situation....

Tony Blair's Unapologetic Policy of Wretchedness
A quote...."Former British Prime Minister and current unpunished war criminal Tony Blair has been on a roll lately. On January 21, 2011, Blair revealed to the Iraq Inquiry, led by Sir John Chilcot, that he felt no personal responsibility for the millions of lives affected and destroyed by the 2003 invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq. "I regret deeply and profoundly the loss of life, whether from our own armed forces, those of other nations, the civilians who helped people in Iraq or the Iraqis themselves," Blair told the panel, as if the majority of the dead had lost their lives due to a smallpox outbreak or polar bear attack rather than an unprovoked, illegal, calculated, and devastating military assault."

Iraq operating 'secret prison': Human Rights Watch
A quote...."Baghdad (AFP) Feb 1, 2011 - Security forces linked to Iraqi premier Nuri al-Maliki are operating a "secret detention site" and elite teams are torturing detainees at a separate facility, Human Rights Watch charged on Tuesday." - also posted at WarInIraq

Report: Elite Iraqi Troops Torturing Prisoners
A quote...."(AP)  BAGHDAD - Elite Iraqi troops controlled by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's office are holding prisoners at a secret jail and torturing inmates at another facility, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday."

Katyusha Missiles Hit the Green Zone
A quote...."Mujahideen of the Iraqi resistance factions hit so-called Green Zone, the heavily fortified region, with two Katyusha missiles in the late evening yesterday. Government security sources confirmed the attack telling media sources that: “Two Katyusha missiles landed inside the Green Zone where a big boom was heard from distances.” The source did not mention casualties due to explosions." -  also posted at WarInIraq

Prime Minister Brian Cowen quits politics
He's the guy that allowed Ireland to be ripped-off by the Bankster cartell. - mpg - A quote...."Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen has announced he is quitting politics and will not contest the next election. -- He made the announcement before a selection convention for his party’s election candidates in County Offaly. His brother Barry will replace him on the ticket."

Raymond Davis incident: What sort of diplomat carries a loaded gun?
A quote...."What sort of "diplomat" carries a weapon? What was he doing driving alone through Lahore? Was he actually working for a private military contractor, Hyperion? Was he meeting an informer? Such is the panic, that last week the State Department spokesman denied his name was even "Raymond Davis"."

Russia's budget deficit to fall below 3% in 2011 - Finance Ministry
A quote....""According to our prognosis, the federal budget deficit in 2011 will be 3.6% of GDP if the oil price stands at $75 per barrel. But given the trends on the global market, including those related to extra liquidity and political risks in a number of oil producing countries, the oil price will remain quite high this year, and Russia's budget deficit will be less than 3 percent," Kudrin said during an economic forum in Moscow."

Israel Demolishes Bedouin Village for Eleventh Time
A quote...."The ILA along with Israeli police entered the village this morning with bulldozers and destroyed the tents and makeshift structures the villagers had erected since the last demolition, less than two weeks ago on 19 January. -- During the demolition, the villagers moved from their land to the neighboring cemetery, where the women and children waited inside the mosque and the men were forced to stand outside in the rain." - also posted at AlethoNews
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Somebody please hand Abbas the revolver on the silver tray
Special Note - A quote...."May God zap him with a thunderbolt! He rode roughshod over the Basic Law, hijacked the presidency and turned the peace pantomime into a bloody farce." -- "In all our joy and excitement for Egypt let us not lose sight of the grey and sinister blob that is Mahmoud Abbas. He must be asking himself – fearfully – why he has so far escaped the purge while his bosom-buddies Hosni and Zine are sent packing in disgrace. Some say Abbas isn’t a bad guy, he just lost his way. Actually there’s a long crime-sheet against him, too tiresome to catalogue in detail here."

PWA Minister Condemns Ongoing Destruction of West Bank Water Cisterns
A quote...."Ramallah – PNN – Dr. Shaddad Attili, Minister of the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA), issued on Monday a press statement condemning Israel’s ongoing destruction of Palestinian water cisterns in the West Bank, saying they are vital to the survival of Palestinian communities with little access to water." - also posted at AlethoNews

Israel announces new land seizure near Bethlehem
A quote...."HEBRON (Ma’an) -- Israel's Civil Administration announced in the newspapers on Tuesday plans to seize some 600 dunums of lands southwest of Bethlehem, in the southern West Bank." - also posted at AlethoNews

Hamas condemns Israeli repeated detention of MPs
A quote...."DAMASCUS, (PIC)-- Hamas strongly condemned the Israeli occupation forces for re-arresting MP Sheikh Mohammed Jamal Al-Natshe, who was only released four months ago from Israeli jails after nine years imprisonment six of which were in solitary confinement."

Report: Fatah security agencies detained 289 of Hamas's people in January
A quote...."WEST BANK, (PIC)-- Fatah security agencies operating in the West Bank arrested hundreds of Hamas supporters last month, a Hamas report says. -- The escalation was an apparent reflection of security cooperation with Israel."
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Keiser Report: Dope Economy! Fecal Finance! (E117)
MKVideo - Alt - (MKRTYuTb - 25min 56sec - February 01, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday - Producer:  Max Keiser TV -- A quote...."(RussiaToday) -- A quote...."This time, Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, talk about emails showing Bear Stearns cheated clients out of billions. In the second half of the show, Max talks to Nomi Prins, author of It Takes a Pillage, about Goldman Sachs' Facebook deal and more." - A bit too much scatological content during the intro, however a Great interview with Nomi Prins. - mpg

Today's ISM Prices Paid Number Predicts A 6.2% CPI In 12 Months
A quote...."For all those who looked at today's Priced Paid component of the ISM, and had a very bad feeling about what this signifies for not only corporate margins (one word: shrinkage), but broader inflation, we good news for you: you are absolutely right. A simple regression analysis of Prices Paid to CPI data indicates that the median CPI 12 months following a PP greater than 80 (such as this morning's 81.2) is over 6%!"

US Mint Sells Absolute Record 6.4 Million Ounces Of Silver In January, 50% More Than Previous Highest Month
Gold / Silver Bug Alert - A quote...."As the topic of US Mint silver sales is not new to our readers, after we first brought attention to the record January sales by the Mint, we will not dwell much on it, suffice to say that the final January tally is in. And at 6,472,000 ounces, this is nearly 50% higher than any prior month in the Mint's 26 years of published sales history."

Bernanke's Poverty Effect: Foodstamp Recipients Jump by 400K In November, Hit New Record Of 43.6 Million
A quote...."....as of November, the SNAP program had 43.6 million participants, an increase of 400k from October, and a 14% increase, or 5.3 million from a year prior."

Monday January 31st 2011

Rage, rage against counter-revolution
Must Read - A quote...."Islamophobes of the world, shut up and listen to the sound of people power. Your artificial Middle East dichotomy - it's either "our" dictators or jihadism - was never more than a cheap trick. Political repression, mass unemployment and rising food prices are more lethal than an army of suicide bombers. This is the actual way history is written; a country of 80 million - two-thirds of which born after their dictator came to power in 1981, and no less than the heart of the Arab world - finally shatters the Wall of Fear and crosses to the side of self-respect." - also posted at Uruknet

1-31-11 Broadcasting LIVE on Justin.tv
MRVideo - (JustInTV - 2hrs - January 31st, 2011) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV - He extensively covers the on-going Middle East revolutions and ferociously roasts, slices and rips Israel apart into bite sized shish-kabob shreds.  - mpg

Israel: We Destroyed Iraq.. Iraq must Stay Divided and Isolated… The Oil of Northern Iraq will Flow into Israel!
Special Note - A quote...."Avi Dichter, the Israeli Internal Security Minister, said in a lecture at the ‘Israeli National Security Research Center’ “about the Israeli role in destroying Iraq after it was occupied in 2003 “we achieved in Iraq more than we expected and plan!” Dichter confirmed that keeping Iraq weak and isolated is an Israeli national interest. -- “Weakening and isolating Iraq is no less important than weakening and isolating Egypt,”  he said. Weakening and isolating Egypt done by diplomatic methods while everything is done to do achieve a complete and comprehensive isolation to Iraq”, Dachter added." - Topix ||  US Sponsored Civil Wars - Iraq  ||  The Method - 05-07-07 - mpg  ||

Israel sends SOS to world leaders to "save" Mubarak
A quote...."Hebrew newspaper sources have revealed the existence of an "urgent" message [order?] sent by the Israeli government at the end of last week to a number of world leaders [AIPAC/Israeli butt-kissers?]. Aimed particularly at the US [a.k.a. Israel's North American colony] and the EU [not a colony....yet], Israel is appealing to the leaders to "save" Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's regime. [a.k.a. Israel's client state (paid for by their American colony)]" - also posted at Uruknet

Saudi king vows support for Mubarak
Ahhhhhh yes, one of the members of the TRUE "Axis of Evil" reveals itself yet again. - mpg - Topix ||  One Vile, Venom Tipped, Taloned Hand Washes the Other - (a.k.a. The Standard Model) - 07-28-10 - mpg  || - A quote...."Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah ensures Mohamed Hosni Mubarak of his support amid nationwide protests against the Egyptian president's three-decade-long rule."

US behind Egypt internet crackdown
Special Note - A quote...."U.S. companies are involved in providing technology that helps the Egyptian government to crack down on communications and monitor protestors on the Internet and mobile phones."

Things Have To Change In Order To Remain The Same
A quote...."Feburary 01, 2011 "Information Clearing House" -- The hypocrisy of the US government is yet again demonstrated in full bore force. The US government invaded Iraq and Afghanistan, laid waste to much of the countries including entire villages and towns, and massacred untold numbers of civilians in order “to bring democracy” to Iraq and Afghanistan.  Now after days of Egyptians in the streets demanding “Mubarak must go,” the US government remains aligned with its puppet Egyptian ruler, even suggesting that Mubarak, after running a police state for three decades, is the appropriate person to implement democracy in Egypt."

"Face Value," They Are In The Streets For All Of Us
A quote...."Egypt is a lesson for America, teaching us to look at ourselves, at how free we really are.  We are not so different, Egypt under Mubarak and America under what ever gang of financial criminals and foreign thugs is controlling the government today.  Egyptians have known thousands of years of slavery.  They recognize it when they see it.  Slavery, for most Americans, is something new.  Americans woke up one day and weren’t so free anymore, maybe not at all.  Some didn’t see it coming.  Others screamed a warning and were pounded into the ground for it." - also posted at RedactedNews

More on the Middle East's Revolutions.....

Torturers, Jailers, Spies Lead Egypt’s ‘New’ Government
A quote...."Dissidents demanding the end of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s regime had better hope they don’t end up under arrest. The first members of Mubarak’s new cabinet — a face-lift so he can stay in power — are heavily involved in the apparatus of state repression, including a spymaster who worked with the U.S. to torture terrorist suspects."

Mubarak’s “New” Cabinet
A quote...."The “more open and democratic society” – peaceful political reform? Peaceful?"

Live blog 31/1 - Egypt protests
Tech Solution - (against Egypt's web censorship) -- A quote...."My feeling is that we are witnessing a second wave of the Arab liberation movement ... In the first wave, the Arabs liberated themselves from colonial powers and foreign domiantion. I think now, the very heart of the Arab world, the backbone of the Arab world, is leading the move towards freedom and democracy and human rights." -- *Basheer Nafi*, a historian, tells Al Jazeera: 11:37pm

Without broadband, the Internet in Egypt
Tech Solution - (against Egypt's web censorship) -- A quote...."When Egypt cut the Internet off for the vast majority of its citizens, the Egyptian government did a frighteningly good job of turning off the Internet. But, despite the government’s efforts, in the days that have followed Egyptians are reaching out to each other and the world with a mix of old-fashioned dial-up modems and satellite Internet."

March to start from downtown Cairo to Egypt's presidential palace
Mubarak Regime Totters as Million Man Marches Planned
Army vows restraint as Egypt set for biggest protest yet
Egyptian Military Rules Out Attacking Protesters
Egypt's banks remain closed for third day
Protest News 01-31-11 - A DProgram round-up - (39 articles & videos)
Thousands on Cairo's Tahrir Square demanding Mubarak goes - rtvideo - (RTYuTb 1m40s 01/31/11) - Src:  RT
Egypt protesters increase pressure - ajzvideo - (AJZYuTb - 4m51s - Jan 31, 2011) - Source: AlJazeera
Al-Jazeera journalists arrested in Egypt - press censorship alert
Mubarak Sends Out Warplanes
8 Year-Old Saudi Girl Schools Mubarek - video - AltVid
The Egyptian Revolution
Egyptian uprising grows despite regime’s reform gestures
'Army must choose Egypt or Mubarak'
Protests Continue In Egypt, Million-man March Anticipated Tuesday
Jimmy Carter: Hosni Mubarak 'will have to leave'
Listen to the People
Did Egypt’s Army Just Throw Mubarak Under The Bus? - Alt - contains video - AltVid
UPDATE 1-Egypt army: will not use violence against citizens
Egyptian financial crisis looms
EU freezes assets of Tunisia's ousted President Ben Ali
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More On The Domestic Situation....

Why Do We Just Accept Things?
Special Note - A quote...."The things that we human beings will accept are absolutely amazing. On many occasions, large groups of people have managed to accept things that make people today think they must have been stupid or cowards. And people today accept things that, in the future, our descendants will probably regard the same way."

Thomas Jefferson's Top 10 Quotes on Money and Banking
Some quotes..."(#1) - If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs." -- *Thomas Jefferson*

Selling The People Short
A quote...."By diverting social capital from productive to destructive purposes, war and the preparation for war deplete, rather than enhance, a nation’s strength." -- *Andrew J. Bacevich* - also posted at MyCatBird'sSeat

Alex Jones: Corporations, US Government Run News Media
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 6min 28sec - January 30, 2011) - Source:  RTAmerica -- A quote...."(RussiaToday) – Several huge corporations own networks and newspapers in the US. How much of the content do they control? Radio Host Alex Jones says the old media is too close to not only corporations, but the government too. Many Americans are turning to alternative online sources for the truth, but Google, which Jones alleges was created by the NSA, will soon start to censor alternative news outlets."

Rahm Emanuel's Father Specialized in Bus Bombings in Palestine
A quote...."A well-placed British source informed (WMR) that Rahm Emanuel's father, Benjamin Emanuel, specialized in the terrorist bombings of buses carrying British troops and policemen during the British Mandate in Palestine. -- British MI-6 files contain information on the elder Emanuel's participation in the terrorist activities of Irgun Zvai Leumi, a Jewish terrorist organization that targeted British forces, UN officials, and Palestinian Arabs in the lead up to Israeli independence in 1948." - also posted at WarInIraq

9/11 Family Members Demand Answers: The Censored Testimony of FBI's Behrooz Sarshar
Special Note - A quote...."In a public statement issued today (see below), members of the 9/11 Family Steering Committee demanded a prompt response from the former Chairman and Executive Director of the 9/11 Commission regarding Former FBI Language Specialist Behrooz Sarshar's censored testimony to the Commission. The press release was prompted by recently released documents related to the interviews conducted by the 9/11 Commission published at Cryptome.org, in particular the "Memorandum for the Record - PDF" containing the Commission's interview with Mr. Sarshar. The memorandum, after establishing Mr. Sarshar's credibility and  vaguely referring to his documented and witnessed testimony regarding specific tip(s) provided to the FBI in April and June 2001 regarding planned imminent "Kamikaze Pilots" attacks targeting major cities in the United States, leaves out the entire testimony. This testimony was also entirely left out of the Commission's final report released in July 2004." - Topix ||  9/11-Commission  ||

John P. Wheeler III death cause announcement: ME and police at odds?
Special Note - A quote...."The Delaware medical examiner's office announced on Friday that John P. Wheeler III died on Dec. 31, 2010 due to blunt force trauma, but the announcement appeared to be a surprise to the Newark Police Department tasked with investigating the former Pentagon official's murder. -- According to Delaware Online--in their first article put forth on the medical examiner's announcement of Wheeler's cause of death (and later updated to remove the LE statement altogether), the spokesman Lt. Mark Farrall expressed surprise that an announcement had been made." - and the cover-up continues. - mpg


John Wheeler's family offers $25,000 reward for tips in his death
Related Article - Since it appears they can't rely on the law enforcement authorities to do their job. - mpg --  A quote...."WILMINGTON — Expressing gratitude to law enforcement but also frustration with a lack of information, the family of John P. Wheeler III on Sunday offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Wheeler’s killer." - Topix ||  US-False Flag Ops -- Minot AFB ||

Gold chains himself to White House fence for 9/11 Truth
Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."9/11 Truth activist Jon Gold talks the talk and walks the walk. Last month, he vowed to chain himself to the fence of the White House in support of an independent investigation and this morning just after 10:00 AM Eastern, that is exactly what he did." - Topix ||  Reficultnias's 9/11 Central  ||

As Egypt goes offline US gets internet 'kill switch' bill ready
Web Censorship Alert - A quote...."As Egypt's government attempts to crackdown on street protests by shutting down internet and mobile phone services, the US is preparing to reintroduce a bill that could be used to shut down the internet. -- The legislation, which would grant US President Barack Obama powers to seize control of and even shut down the internet, would soon be reintroduced to a senate committee, Wired.com reported."

The Internet Kill Switch – One Of The Favorite New Tools Of Tyrannical Governments All Over The Globe
Related Article - A quote...."This past week was a perfect example of how the “Internet kill switch” is rapidly becoming one of the favorite new tools of tyrannical governments all over the globe. Once upon a time, the Internet was a bastion of liberty and freedom, but now nation after nation is cracking down on it. In fact, legislation has been introduced once again in Congress that would give the president of the United States an “Internet kill switch” that he would be able to use in the event of war or emergency. Of course there would be a whole lot of wiggle room in determining what actually constitutes a true “emergency”. The members of Congress that are pushing this “Internet kill switch” bill want the U.S. to become more like China in this regard. In China, the Internet is highly controlled, highly regulated and highly censored."

EFF Uncovers Widespread FBI Intelligence Violations
A quote...."EFF has uncovered widespread violations stemming from FBI intelligence investigations from 2001 - 2008. In a report released today, EFF documents alarming trends in the Bureau’s intelligence investigation practices, suggesting that FBI intelligence investigations have compromised the civil liberties of American citizens far more frequently, and to a greater extent, than was previously assumed."

So What Happened to that Wikileak™ About a Major Bank? How About the Swiss Bank Documents?
A quote...."Just asking. What happened to those big ground breaking “revelations” from the latest hero product, Julian Assange? Guess Rudolf Elmer should have given his stuff to Cryptome, huh?"

Hundreds march outside Koch brothers' retreat - [25 are arrested]
A quote...."Reporting from Rancho Mirage and Washington, D.C. — Hundreds of environmentalists, union members and liberal activists converged on Rancho Mirage on Sunday to rally against what they see as the influence of two of the nation's leading financial backers of conservative causes."
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More On The International Situation....

Double murder-accused US ["]diplomat["] was on a 'task' in Pakistan
The Assassin / Agent Provocateur Confesses - (or so they say....) -- A quote...."Lahore, Jan 30: The US diplomat charged with double murder in Lahore has told the Pakistani investigators that he was on a 'task' assigned to him."

Pakistani judge bans US Davis handover
Related Article - A quote...."A Pakistani judge has banned any move to hand over to US authorities an American government employee, who is under investigation for double murder."

New estimates put Pakistan's nuclear arsenal at more than 100
A quote...."Pakistan's nuclear arsenal now totals more than 100 deployed weapons, a doubling of its stockpile over the past several years in one of the world's most unstable regions, according to estimates by nongovernment analysts. -- The Pakistanis have significantly accelerated productionof uranium and plutonium for bombs and developed new weapons to deliver them. After years of approximate weapons parity, experts said, Pakistan has now edged ahead of India, its nuclear-armed rival."

3 NATO oil tankers torched in Pakistan
A quote...."Unidentified Pakistani gunmen have destroyed at least three NATO oil tankers carrying supplies to the US-led troops stationed in war-wrecked Afghanistan, security officials say."

S Korea, DPRK to hold working-level military talks on Feb. 8
A quote...."SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- South Korea and the Democratic People 's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will hold working-level military talks on Feb. 8, Seoul's Ministry of National Defense said Tuesday."

Israel's human rights abuses in the name of security
Related Article - A quote....""Israeli security" is the sacred cow of the Israeli street and ruling establishment. Practically all the manifestations of Israeli racism directed at the state's Palestinian citizens, as well as those living under occupation in the West Bank and Gaza, fall within this elastic slogan. In the name of this slogan, too, Israeli human rights organisations working to expose the practices of the state and army have recently had restrictions placed upon them." - also posted at AlethoNews
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Palestinians jailed in Egypt return home
Contains Video - A quote...."Palestinian activists jailed in Egypt have been reunited with their families after liberation from a prison, amid anti-government protests across the North African country."

Cyprus Recognizes Independent Palestinian State - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."Cyprus announced Sunday that it recognizes a Palestinian State in the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital. Cyprus is the first European Union member country that officially recognizes the Palestinian right to statehood."

Can the Palestinian Authority Survive?
A quote...."With the 18-year-long Middle East peace process finally pronounced dead, is the Palestinian Authority finished too? -- That is the question being asked by Palestinians in the wake of a week of damaging revelations that Palestinian negotiators secretly made major concessions to Israel in talks on Jerusalem, refugees and borders." - also posted at AlethoNews

PA cracks down on anti-Mubarak rally
A quote....."An international human rights group has criticized the Palestinian Authority (PA) for dispersing a demonstration in support of anti-government protests in Egypt." - For more on this issue see article and comments shown below.....


Officials lay cornerstone for new Jewish East Jerusalem neighborhood
A quote...."Preliminary plans for the Beit Orot neighborhood on Mount Scopus call for the construction of 24 homes; former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee attends ceremony." - bold by website ediotr

Israeli Forces Raid Silwan, Attempt to Arrest Adnan Ghaith’s Son
A quote...."Israeli special forces raided homes in Silwan today at dawn, including that of banished al-Bustan Popular Committee member Adnan Ghaith, and attempted to arrest his son." - also posted at AlethoNews

Hope ends here: The children’s court at Ofer Military Prison
A quote...."“Courtroom number 2. The military court for Palestinian children. Every Monday. On the podium, Judge Sharon Rivlin Ahai. From 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. Boy follows boy. One child and then another child. Wearing brown prison garb. Chained feet. Shackled hands, one hand shackled to that of another boy. Some of them are so small that their feet wave in the air when they are seated on the bench.”

Film shows Jewish settler [gang-banger] shooting dead Palestinian
A quote...."NAZARETH, (PIC)-- A Jewish settler [gang-banger] was captured on video shooting dead a Palestinian man in plain view of Israeli soldiers. -- The Israeli Ynet newspaper posted the clip caught on a surveillance camera on a nearby Israeli watchtower in the Nablus village of Iraq Burin."
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More On The Economy....
   
Treasury Yields are Blinking Red
Special Note - A quote...."Treasury yields are "blinking red", but the Fed keeps acting like nothing's wrong. What's the deal? -- Let's explain: Fed chairman Ben Bernanke's bond purchasing program (QE2) has sent the yield on the 30-year Treasury skyrocketing. At the same time, the the 2-year Treasury is stuck at a lowly 0.61. That means, the "yield curve" between the two bonds has grown steeper, which normally happens at the beginning of a recovery because investors are moving out of "risk free" bonds to riskier assets like stocks. Typically, the yield on the long-term bond will start to go down on its own because investors expect the Fed to raise short-term rates to curb potential inflation. But that's not happening this time. Why? And why should we care?" - also posted at ZeroHedge

Another "Whitewash" for Wall Street
A quote...."January 31, 2011 "ICH" - January 31, 2010 "Information Clearing House" --- Maybe "whitewash" is too harsh of a term to apply to the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission's (FCIC) report, but it certainly doesn't break any new ground. Nor does it achieve its real purpose, which is to figure out what triggered the financial meltdown and (hopefully) restore confidence in the system. It fails on both counts, and it's not hard to see why. The investigative panel was clearly instructed to point out the dangers of insufficient regulation rather than focus on the massive incidents of fraud that were perpetrated by the bankers and other financial kingpins. It's a clever way of blaming the system instead of the people who were responsible."

Presenting The Treasury's Options To Continue Pretending The US Is Solvent
A quote...."Long-time readers will excuse us as this post is almost identical to one we put up in December 2009 when the debt ceiling was last about to be breached. And future readers will likewise have to excuse us as this post will be put up again some time in November 2011, when the next deadline for raising the debt ceiling approaches. But for now, for those who still are confused by the extend and pretend options available to the US treasury, here is Goldman's now-annual (soon semi-annual, then quarterly, etc) analysis of what Tim Jeethner's can do to avoid bankrupting the United States of America, if only for the time being."

IMF Board To Discuss Expanded SDR
Oh great, more fake-fiat-crap-paper being pumped into the world's zombified financial system. - mpg -- A quote.... "DAVOS, Switzerland (Dow Jones)--The board of the International Monetary Fund will discuss a possible expansion of the role of the Special Drawing Right, IMF Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky said Friday." - Source:  WSJ

Fla. Judge Strikes Down Obama Health Care Overhaul, Unconstitutional - Hip Hip Hooray!
A quote...."A federal judge declared the Obama administration’s health care overhaul unconstitutional Monday, siding with 26 states that argued people cannot be required to buy health insurance."

Second Judge Rules ObamaCare Unconstitutional, 'entire Act must be declared void' - Hip Hip Hooray!
A quote...."A judge in Florida on Monday became the second judge to declare President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law unconstitutional, in the biggest legal challenge yet to federal authority to enact the law."

Sunday January 30th 2011

The Middle East In Crisis - Sole Coverage of These Events This Day: Sunday January 30th 2011....

Israeli, Saudi and American Leaders Say Arabs Are Not Ready for Democracy
Special Note - The TRUE "Axis of Evil" marching in lock step to promote their thirty year plan to carve up and Balkinize the entire Middle East region. - mpg - Topix ||  One Vile, Venom Tipped, Taloned Hand Washes the Other - (a.k.a. The Standard Model) - 07-28-10 - mpg  || - A quote...."Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday:     I'm not sure the time is right for the Arab region to go through the democratic process."  -- "Also on Friday, Saudi King Abdullah said he support Egyptian president Mubarak and called the protesters troublemakers for calling for freedom of expression:   Saudi King Abdullah has expressed his support for embattled President Hosni Mubarak and slammed those "tampering" with Egypt's security and stability, state news agency SPA reported on Saturday." - also posted at ZeroHedge

'Israel provides weapons for Egypt'
Related Article - A quote...."Israel has provided the Egyptian government with weapons amid the country's popular uprising demanding the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak, reports say."

“Shoot Demonstrators!” Israeli Media and the Egyptian Revolution
Related Article - A quote...."Fuad Ben Eliezer (Labour) does not understand what happened, and on all the radio stations he lays out his embarrassment: What happened to his friend Hosni Mubarak? Why didn’t he order the military to shoot the masses and thus end the “riots”, in his words?" - also posted at AlethoNews

As Egyptian Anger Swells, Will America (And Its Regional Interests) Be Targeted Next: "They Are Attacking Us With American Weapons" - Related Article - A quote...."So far all attempts by the flailing Mubarak regime to stem the revolution and return life to normal in Egypt have failed, and at this point the fate of the president appears to be sealed, with its final resolution just a matter of time. The one key trade off to delaying the inevitable, however, is that the US, and specifically its Egypt-centered policies, which has [so] far has been largely absent from the rioters' rhetoric, is starting to appear more and more often as a subject of discussion.... and not in a flattering way."

U.S. role in Egypt crisis "shameful" - Chavez
A quote...."CARACAS, Jan 30, 2011 (Reuters) - Venezuela's firebrand leader Hugo Chavez accused the United States on Sunday of a "shameful" role in the Egyptian crisis and of hypocrisy for supporting, then abandoning strongmen round the world." - bold by website editor - Ain't it the truth though?!? - mpg

Prominent Former Egyptian MP and Presidential Candidate: The Looting of the Cairo Museum Was Carried Out by Government Employees - Agent Provocateurs Exposed - A quote...."As I noted earlier, there have been many reports that the looting in Egypt has been carried out by agents provocateur. -- There have also been widespread rumors that the looting of the Cairo Museum, and the damage to several mummies, was carried out by government agents. --On Friday, Al Jazeera reported:"

The World is Watching - Egypt and Beyond
A quote...."I don't know the words to use but the Egyptian protests are exciting to put it mildly. The question remains will this be a revolution where the will of the masses prevail or end up as just a continuation of  the U.S. and Israel's desire to divide the middle east and northern Africa into more easily manageable parts."

Meet the Al Jazeera Correspondents Who Are Putting American Coverage Of The Egypt Crisis To Shame
A quote...."The Arabic news channel Al Jazeera is owning the coverage of the unprecedented uprising happening right now in Egypt."

Muslim Brotherhood and ElBaradei Unite as Military Takes Charge in Power Vacum (Live Video Reports)
A quote...."What is occuring in Egypt is nothing short of a template for all future revolutions against the ruling elites in the region. -- Protesters have accomplished a quantum leap in thinking and perception that has put the staid ideas on state repression and political stability of the think tanks and Western intelligence analyses to shame."

ElBaradei, Muslim Brotherhood Offer Political Path Out of Egyptian Confrontation
A quote...."Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood leader Essam el-Eryan said today that Egyptian opposition groups have agreed to back former IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei to negotiate with the government, Al Jazeera reports:" - also posted at Uruknet

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More On The Tunisian Situation and its fall-out....ALL countries - Sunday January 30th 2011

Anti-government protests continue in Egypt - video - (AJZVid - 53s - 01/30/11) - AlJazeera
Egypt unrest toll touches 150; thousands of prisoners flee - Alt
Cairo protesters stand their ground - Alt
Mass protests continue in defiance of Egypt’s government and militar
'Million man march' called in Cairo
Tunisian leader: Release polit. prisoners
'Tunisia Revolution not far from Arabs'
Video of fighter jets & choppers over Cairo as military tries to take control - video - (RT 1m36s 013011) -:Src: RT
News Analysis-Egypt Uprising-01-28-2011- (Part 2) - (Part 3) - video - (YuTb 10m 012911) - Src:  PressTV
George Galloway slams Hosni Mubarak - video -  from the history file - (RPVid - 1m33sec) - Src:  RvPltcsVids
Hillary Clinton Claims the Appointment of CIA Linked Suleiman is a “Beginning” of Democratic Reforms in Egypt
Want to Know Why Israel and U.S. Don’t Support ElBaradei Taking Over in Egypt?
ElBaradei Enters Tahir Square With Protesters - photo
ElBaradei says Mubarak must leave office “today”
ElBaradei urges US to abandon Mubarak
Egyptian protesters push back armed police - video - (YuTb - 1m 30s - 01/29/11) - Source:  Federaljacktube3
Fighter jets swoop over Cairo in show of force...
Mubarak meets with military commanders...
REPORT: Muslim Brotherhood and ElBaradei to form unity gov't...
ElBaradei joins protesters in square...
Says US 'losing credibility by the day'...
Clinton calls for 'orderly transition'...
'We're not advocating any specific outcome'...
Convicts pour out of prisons...
UPDATE: 100+ dead; 2,000 injured...
Flights out halted, tourists trapped...
But 19 private jets get out...
Egypt shuts down Al Jazeera bureau...
LIVE STREAM...
Anti-government protests continue in Egypt - video - (AJZYuTb - 53sec - 01/30/11) - Source:  AlJazeeraEnglish
Photos From Egypt - photo gallery
US ammunition tells its own story in Egypt
What's Happening in Egypt? - [Army protects protesters]
Israeli embassy staff evacuate Egypt
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Saturday January 29th 2011

Egypt Rising: Potomac Power Plays and Progressive Anxieties
Must Read - A quote...."Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak has bowed to pressure and appointed a vice-president; in reality, a successor to take his place after his departure, which may come within a matter of days, if not hours. -- But the pressure that led to Mubarak's decision came not from the revolution erupting in Egypt -- at least, not directly. No, it almost certainly came from his imperial patrons and paymasters in Washington. Even the third-rate poltroons on the Potomac can see that Mubarak is a now a decidedly dead duck, destined to end his days in luxurious exile in Saudi Arabia or some other friendly tyranny. So they are now scrambling to put Egypt under the control of the proverbial "safe pair of hands" -- someone whose main concern will be "continuity" in advancing the interests of the American power structure."

Robert Fisk: A people defies its dictator, and a nation's future is in the balance
Special Note - A quote...."It might be the end. It is certainly the beginning of the end. Across Egypt, tens of thousands of Arabs braved tear gas, water cannons, stun grenades and live fire yesterday to demand the removal of Hosni Mubarak after more than 30 years of dictatorship." - also posted at ICH

Egypt: US-Backed Repression is Insight for American Public
A quote...."As thousands more Egyptian citizens take to the streets in anti-government protests, the country is in danger of witnessing a bloodbath – at the behest of Washington. --  Defying a ban on public demonstrations by the government of President Hosni Mubarak, tens of thousands of Egyptians have for the fourth consecutive day rallied on the streets of the capital Cairo and other major cities calling for his abdication. Inspired by the mass uprising in neigbouring Tunisia earlier this month, which forced its president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali into exile, the protesters in Egypt are likewise demanding Mubarak and his government to quit. --  Mubarak’s military apparatus has so far shown brutal determination to suppress the uprising."

Police alone can't keep rulers in power. Egypt's battle is on
A quote...."It was an unforgettable day for me. I joined the demonstrators in Cairo, along with the hundreds of thousands across Egypt who went on to the streets on Tuesday demanding freedom and bravely facing off the fearsome violence of the police. The regime has a million and a half soldiers in its security apparatus, upon which its spends millions in order to train them for one task: to keep the Egyptian people down."

America Has Long Supported Egypt's Dictatorial Leadership
A quote...."As I wrote Tuesday:


Indeed, Egypt was for many years the second-biggest recipient - PDF of American aid in the Middle East, behind Israel). As leading military publication Janes notes:


America has also long provided training to Egypt's army. See this and this. -- And as Free Press notes, American companies have helped to maintain Egyptian leaders' dictatorial powers:...." - also posted at DProgram

Egypt: Washington Has Finger on the Trigger for More Bloodshed
A quote...."Egypt’s capital Cairo and other major cities across the country are increasingly looking like battlefields as president Hosni Mubarak tries to tighten his grip on power in the face of nationwide protests calling for his abdication. --  Reports of more than 50 civilians killed and more than 1,000 injured over night in police and army violence did not deter ten of thousands of people defying the now nightly curfew and secret arrests. Nor did that deter huge crowds from amassing on central streets of Cairo and Alexandria the following the day, which revealed the charred remains of government buildings, armoured cars and other debris, evidencing fierce clashes between armed forces and demonstrators."

Uprising in Egypt: "This is the Biggest Political Challenge the Regime Has Yet to See from the Streets"
A quote...."Protests have erupted across Egypt again today with the largest and most widespread anti-government demonstrations seen so far. In an unprecedented display of popular protest, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators are gathering in Cairo, Alexandria, Suez, Mansoura, Sharqiya and elsewhere. Intense confrontations are taking place with state security forces. The protests come amid a vast security clampdown. Earlier, the government blocked the internet, mobile phone and SMS services, with the hope of disrupting demonstration planning. We go to Cairo to speak with Ahmad Shokr, an editor at the Egyptian daily newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm. [includes rush transcript]" -- ||  Real Video Stream  ||  Real Audio Stream  ||  MP3 Download  ||  More…  || 

More On The Tunisian Situation and its fall-out....

Tunisia: Mass protests to deepen revolution
A quote...."“This is a message to the people and the whole world that what you see is a revolution, not an uprising or a coup,” a woman told Al Jazeera on January 23. She was mong people from across Tunisia who descended on the capital and surrounded the Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi’s residence."

Tunisia minister reshuffle fails to stop clashes
A quote...."TUNIS // Police in the Tunisian capital clashed with anti-government protestors late last night, a day after a cabinet reshuffle to replace political allies of the ousted president, Zine el Abidine Ben Ali."

Tunisian Islamist leader returns from exile
A quote...."TUNIS — Tunisian Islamist leader Rached Ghannouchi is set to return to his homeland on Sunday from London after more than 20 years in exile, following the ousting of authoritarian ruler Zine El Abidine Ben Ali."

Tunisia asks Interpol to arrest Ben Ali, wife
A quote...."Tunisia wants to have ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and his family arrested and put on trial for theft and currency offences, the justice minister said on Wednesday."

Interpol issues global alert for Ben Ali
A quote...."The international police organisation Interpol said it has issued a global alert for the arrest of Tunisia's ousted President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and his six relatives."

More On The Tunisian Situation and its fall-out....in Egypt

The Most AMAZING video on the internet #Egypt #jan25
Must View Video - Alt - (YuTb - January 27, 2011)  - Source:  hadi15 -- A quote...."Credits to Tamer Shaaban who made this video - Important message to youtube and people who flag this video : If it gets flagged or removed , it will be uploaded 10 more times"

Breaking: Al Jazeera Reports Mubarak’s planning exile to Tel Aviv—The Writing on the Wall
A quote...."Update: Al Jazeera reports Mubarak’s planning exile to Tel Aviv. [Oh, well THAT figures!! - mpg] According to sources in the Egyptian Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel is making preparations to welcome Hosni Mubarak into exile after Saudi Arabia rejected overtures.  Al Jazeera also reports Israeli diplomats have fled Egypt amid the unrest. CNN reports widespread rumors that Mubarak’s wife and other family members have already fled Egypt."

Egypt bans Al-Jazeera TV channel
Press Censorship Alert - A quote...."The Egyptian authorities have imposed a full ban on the work of the popular Arabic TV channel Al-Jazeera in Egypt amid escalating anti-government protests in the North African country, Egypt's state television announced on Sunday."

Egyptian protesters return to the streets
Photo Gallery - A quote...."Anti-government protesters defy a curfew as President Mubarak prepares to announce a new government."

Egyptians Promised to Continue Protests Until Mubarak and His Newly Appointed Cronies Leave
A quote...."Hamsayeh.Net - Tens of thousands of angry Egyptians continue their protests in major cities including Cairo, Suez and Alexandria into sixth day demanding Hosni Mubarak and his newly appointed cronies to step down." - bold by website editor

Egyptian troops let protests proceed as Mubarak names vice president
A quote...."Tens of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators swarmed central Cairo on Saturday in the largest demonstration yet against the rule of the country's longtime autocratic leader, President Hosni Mubarak. The crowd went unchallenged by troops, who, in extraordinary scenes unfolding around the capital's central Tahrir Square, smiled and shook hands with protesters and invited them up onto their tanks." - Source: WaPo

Egypt erupts as army joins protest crackdown
Contains Video - A quote...."The headquarters of Egypt’s ruling party have been set ablaze after a curfew was announced to try and quell unrest, the likes of which has not been seen in the country for decades."

The Torture Career of Egypt's New Vice President: Omar Suleiman and the Rendition to Torture Program
Special Note - (for the horor of it all, and this nation's active complicity) - A quote...."In response to the mass protests of recent days, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has appointed his first Vice President in his over 30 years rule, intelligence chief Omar Suleiman. When Suleiman was first announced, Aljazeera commentators were describing him as a "distinguished" and "respected " man. It turns out, however, that he is distinguished for, among other things, his central role in Egyptian torture and in the US rendition to torture program. Further, he is "respected" by US officials for his cooperation with their torture plans, among other initiatives."

Protesters in Cairo say government orchestrating chaos
Agent Provocateur Alert - A quote...."Cairo - Protesters in the Egyptian capital on Saturday accused the government of orchestrated the destruction and looting taking place across the country. -- 'The government let out prisoners to torch cars and stores and blame it on us,' one protester told the German Press Agency dpa in Cairo. -- Some of the protesters said 'government thugs' had set cars alight, robbed ATMs and raided mobile phone shops in the city."

As looting engulfs Egypt's capital, residents set up neighbourhood guards to protect property
Related Article - A quote...."CAIRO — Cairo residents boarded up homes and set up neighbourhood watches of citizens armed with guns, clubs and knives as looting and violence engulfed the capital."

Egyptian Police Have Opened Fire On Thousands Of Egyptians Outside The Interior Ministry
A quote...."It is nighttime in Egypt and the riots continue for the fifth day. -- More than 100 people have been killed in the protests, according to Al-Jazeera. There is also extensive looting and destruction. -- President Hosni Mubarak has announced some changes to his cabinet, but no one is impressed."

Protests against Egyptian president spread
A quote...."CAIRO (Reuters) - Web activists called for mass protests across Egypt on Friday to end President Hosni Mubarak's three-decade rule after protesters clashed with security forces late into the night in the eastern city of Suez."

Cairo braces for sixth day of anger
A quote...."CAIRO (AFP) -- Crowds of protesters began massing in central Egypt for a sixth day of angry revolt against Hosni Mubarak's regime Sunday, with over 100 already dead in protests demanding the veteran president quit."

Cairo protesters: 'We’re staying here until Mubarak leaves.'
A quote...."In Cairo's Tahrir Square Saturday, protesters said President Mubarak's appointment of a vice president and prime minister wasn't enough, and expressed confidence that momentum was on their side."

Protesters in Egypt Flash ‘V For Victory’ Sign As Dictatorial Regime Nears End
A quote...."The V for Victory sign has become symbolic of the anti-government protests in Egypt, where Egyptians are demonstrating for the end of the 30-year dictatorial Mubarak regime and the institution of political representation, freedom of speech and the right to dissent without being tortured by secret police. Egyptians have also seen their quality of life eviscerated by soaring food inflation as a result of acts of financial terrorism launched by the global banking elite."

5,000 escape in Egypt prison break
A quote...."Some 5,000 Egyptian prisoners broke out of a penitentiary in Faiyum Governorate, located about 130 kilometers (81 miles) southwest of Cairo, early on Sunday, DPA reported. -- A top official holding the rank of general was killed in the incident. -- There are also reports that angry crowds kidnapped another senior defense official, who also holds the rank of general. -- Meanwhile, a massive crowd of Egyptians staged a rally outside UN headquarters in New York on Saturday to show their support for the anti-government demonstrations in their homeland."

Protests in Egypt Spread to New York
A quote...."NEW YORK -- The protests that have engulfed much of Egypt arrived in New York today when more than 2,000 people gathered near the United Nations building to support those demonstrating on the streets of Cairo to bring down President Hosni Mubarak."

Hundreds rally in Seattle in support of Egyptians
Contains Video - A quote...."SEATTLE - A crowd of about 300 gathered at Seattle's West Lake plaza Saturday afternoon in a show of solidarity with Egyptian protesters."

Egyptians using Vancouver company's website to bypass internet blocks
Tech Note - A quote...."VANCOUVER -- HootSuite, a Vancouver-based website that allows users to manage their social networking accounts, is reporting a seven-fold spike in new users from Egypt in the past two days after Egyptian authorities shut down Internet access and text messaging late Thursday amid mass political unrest."

More On The Tunisian Situation and its fall-out....in Yemen

Ruling party urges talks in Yemen to halt protests
A quote...."SANAA, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Yemen's ruling party has called for dialogue with the opposition, the country's state news agency said late on Friday, in a bid to stem anti-government protests fuelled by popular unrest in its neighbours."

New protests erupt in Yemen
A quote...."Dozens of activists calling for the ouster of Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemen's president, have clashed with government supporters in Sanaa, the country's capital."

More On The Tunisian Situation and its fall-out....in Jordan

Jordan's opposition: Arabs will topple tyrants
A quote...."The leader of Jordan's powerful Muslim Brotherhood warned Saturday that unrest in Egypt will spread across the Mideast and Arabs will topple leaders allied with the United States." - Source:  AP@Yahoo
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More On The Domestic Situation....

The United States of America Violates International Bioweapons Treaty
A quote...."(LOS ANGELES) - While the country responds with growing alarm over  torture policies first instigated against prisoners in Guantánamo, policies  which now appear to be levied against at least one American citizen, Bradley Manning, [Oh no, there's been a lot of others. - mpg] another policy violation has been overlooked by the guardians of our freedom. The U.S. press has been mum, at least up until now, on the violation of the Biological Weapons Convention by none other than the United States government." - also posted at ActivistPost

1-29-11 Broadcasting LIVE on Justin.tv
MRVideo - (JustInTV - 2hrs - January 29th, 2011) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV - He extensively covers the on-going Middle East rebellions, the SCIC report (on Bankster crimes) and other issues. - mpg

Judge Napolitano : Revolution is Duty of the People
Video - (YuTb - 1min 05sec - September 04, 2009) -- A little bit of legal history on the power of the Declaration of Independence....."It's the LAW of the land." - mpg

Panel: Guantanamo prisoners still tortured
Ahhhhhh yes, more of that "change we can believe in" one would guess. - mpg -- A quote...."BERKELEY -- All prisoners should be released from the United States' Guantanamo Bay facility, a former detainee and experts said Wednesday night at a UC Berkeley panel discussion. -- The three panelists criticized President Barack Obama for failing to follow through on a 2009 promise to close the prison, which opened in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks to hold people captured in Afghanistan and other countries with terrorist ties. Torture has made it impossible to give detainees a fair trial, they said, making their imprisonment unjust."

Guantanamo detainees stage peaceful protests daily
More "oh'dat dare change". - mpg -- A quote...."gitmodetainees1 Guantanamo detainees stage peaceful protests dailyWASHINGTON – Guantanamo detainees have been holding daily peaceful protests against the jail's continued existence, despite pledges from US President Barack Obama to shut it down, a lawyer said Friday."

US Ambassador’s bid to get Falk sacked from UN opens a can of worms
YES, YES, YES!!!  Before Falk is "sacked" there MUST be a through, impartial, independent investigation into his claims regarding 9/11. There are tens of thousands of people and organizations currently investigating 9/11 that would love to shed more light on Mr. Falk's statements. This website editor STRONGLY encourages the UN to fund these groups for as long as it will take to find out what really happened on that fateful day. - mpg -- A quote...."What’s remarkable is how twitchy these people get at the slightest possibility that someone will lift the lid on 9/11, their hysterical protests serving only to deepen already serious suspicions."  - also posted at RI&A - Topix  ||  Acting Guilty - 12-01-09 - mpg  ||

Medical examiner: Homicide victim John Wheeler died of 'blunt force trauma'
A quote...."Homicide victim John P. Wheeler III, a former Pentagon official and presidential aide whose body was discovered Dec. 31 in a Wilmington landfill, was beaten to death in an assault, the Delaware medical examiner’s office announced today."

Minot police: 'Multiple homicides' at 2 residences
Related Article? - Possibly related to the "Minot Loose Nukes Incident"....possibly not.  Will be monitored for future  developments. - mpg -- A quote...."MINOT, N.D. (AP) - Police say they're investigating "multiple homicides" at two Minot residences in north central North Dakota. -- A Friday statement from police says the homicides appear to be related and that a "person of interest" is being questioned. A news conference is planned for later Friday night."
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Web Tech News - (How to Fight The "Kill Switch" and Other Attempts to Control the Web).....

Communicate if Your Government Shuts Off Your Internet
A quote...."Scenario: Your government is displeased with the communication going on in your location and pulls the plug on your internet access, most likely by telling the major ISPs to turn off service."

Get Internet Access When Your Government Shuts It Down
A qutoe...."Does your government have an Internet kill-switch? Read our guide to Guerrilla Networking and be prepared for when the lines get cut."

Telecommunications for nonviolent struggle
A quote...."Telecommunications can play a vital role in nonviolent resistance to aggression or repression, as shown by numerous historical examples. Yet there has been no systematic development of telecommunications research, policy or training for this purpose."

How to Foil a Nationwide Internet Shutdown
A quote...."How to Foil a Nationwide Internet ShutdownThe Egyptian government cut internet connections across their country to silence protests, leaving nearly all of its citizens without online access. But they weren't entirely successful. When governments shut down broadband and mobile connections, here's what to do."

Egypt Cuts the Net, Net Fights Back
A quote....""Egypt's cutoff of the Net enrages the Netizenry, who are finding a bunch of ways — high tech and low tech — to fight back, from dial-up to ham radio, from mesh networks to Twitter. Robert X. Cringely shows how the Net war is being waged, and asks, Could it happen at home, too?"
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More on the International Situation....

Taliban claims deputy governor's assassination
War Tactics Alert - Looks like the Taliban are starting to employ tactics similar to those used by Michael Collins and his "Squad" during the Irish struggle against British occupation. -mpg -- A quote...."The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the assassination of the deputy governor of Afghanistan's Kandahar province."

ISAF drone goes down in Afghanistan
A quote...."Taliban militants say they have shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle operated by the US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in western Afghanistan."

Shooting that has Lahore taking aim at America
A quote...."US embassy official's killing of two locals has whipped up diplomatic tensions – and put Pakistan in no mood for leniency. -- The US has demanded the immediate release of an American ["]diplomat["] [Who appears to be a Blackwater (now known as Xe) employee] arrested over the shooting deaths of two Pakistani men, saying he has immunity from prosecution and was illegally detained." - Ahhhhh yes, vassal states of the New Roman Empire are supposed to allow their peons and peasants to be routinely slaughtered with impunity by the Empire's Neo-Roman citizens.  Didn't the Pakies get the memo? - mpg

Pakistan rebuffs call for US gunman's quick release
Related Article - A quote...."ISLAMABAD (AFP) – Pakistan on Sunday rebuffed a call from the United States for the immediate release of an American man who shot dead two men in a Lahore street, saying its legal process must be respected."

Yemen al-Qaida commander declares war against Shiites
You know, those people the US-NRE's parasites and Israel love to hate. - mpg -- A quote...."SANAA, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- Leader of al-Qaida militants in Yemen declared "holy war" against the Houthi-led northern Shiite rebels, in an audio message posted on the internet by al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) on Friday."

Ukraine to boost military cooperation with Russia in 2011
A quote...."Ukraine plans to expand its cooperation with Russia in the military sphere, Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Hryhoriy Pedchenko said on Saturday. -- He said the agreement was reached at the meeting with his Russian counterpart, Army Gen. Nikolai Makarov, in Brussels on January 27. -- Pedchenko said Ukraine and Russia will hold a series of command-staff exercises and tactical maneuvers in 2011." - also posted at SCF

Russian space freighter Progress M-09M docks with ISS
A quote...."A Russian cargo spacecraft, Progress M-09M, docked on Sunday with the International Space Station (ISS)."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

17-year-old Boy Killed In Beit Ummar, Hundreds Protest After Funeral
A quote...."    Hundreds of residents of the town of Beit Ummar, near Hebron took to the streets in the funeral of 17-year-old Yousef Ikhlayyil who was shot dead by Israeli settlers on Friday."

Gaza protests accuse Palestinian Authority of betrayal in talks with Israel
A quote...."Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Gaza venting their anger at Palestinian negotiators for offering big concessions in peace talks. Meanwhile, Tony Blair accused those behind this week's leak of documents of wanting to inflict serious damage on the peace process."

Abbas phones Mubarak to express solidarity
Oh this is just DISGUSTING!  One AIPAC/Israeli-US-NRE Consortium butt-kisser calling another AIPAC/Israeli-US-NRE Consortium butt-kisser to commiserate over the fact their lucrative butt-kissing days will soon be over!! - mpg -- A quote...."RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- De facto Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas phoned Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak on Saturday to affirm his "solidarity" with him in face of the growing popular unrest in his country demanding his removal."
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Step Aside The Bernank Here Comes Timothy Jeethner: The Bears Explain Banker Bailouts And The Screwing Of The American People - Must View Video - Alt - (YuTb - 6min 50sec - January 28, 2011) - Source:  malekanoms -- A quote...."The same two bears who explained Quantitative Easing so that even the ADHD afflicted could understand Bernanke's indirect subsidies to the PDs, once again simply finance and in 6 minutes explain the core issues behind the bank bailouts."

Escalating Reaganomics - Inside Obamanomics
A quote...."President Reagan did not make any bones about his intention to reverse the New Deal economics when he set out to promote the Neoliberal economics. Likewise, President George W. Bush did not conceal his agenda of aggressive, unilateral militarism abroad and curtailment of civil liberties at home." - also posted at AlethoNews

Economist: United States Worse Off than Greece
A quote...."Dr. Laurence Kotlikoff is an economics professor at Boston University. He says the Treasury and the government are fudging the national debt numbers. Kotlikoff says the United States is bankrupt and we don’t even know it."

Friday January 28th 2011

No More!
Special Note - A quote...."Civil unrest has been spreading like wildfire all over the globe in the past couple years, and accelerating in the past few months—not just in African dictatorships, but in England, Greece, Russia, Italy, and many other places. The mainstream news outlets, in their unyielding support of the ruling order and the status quo, would like to have us all believe that these are isolated incidents, and the actions of violent, uncivilized miscreants. -- The one angle they won’t cover—the one editorial you won’t ever see on MSNBBCNN—is that the whole world is just waiting for its turn. Revolution is the word on the tips of our tongues, and we can smell the blood from thousands of miles away. Even the police and military are starting to join the fight for freedom and justice. We have all had quite enough of wanton abuse at the hands of corrupt governments, greedy economic swindlers, and other unscrupulous institutions."

Liberating the American People
Special Note - A quote...."Burning rage ... protester stands on blazing Cairo streetIn his latest Newsweek article Stephen Kinzer  wonders who  America is betting on to counter the popular  rising forces in the Middle East : “The same friends it has been betting on for decades” he answers.   “Mubarak’s pharaonic regime in Egypt, Mahmoud Abbas and his Palestinian Authority, the Saudi monarchy, and increasingly radical politicians in Israel. It is no wonder that Iran’s power is rising as the American-imposed order begins to crumble,” he concludes." - also posted at VeteransToday

Ken O’Keefe: Rise People Rise – The Global Revolution is Upon Us!
Contains Video - Alt - (Great Video!!) - A quote...."I have for many years lived with the knowledge that we, the masses, the working class, the poor, the white, the black, the brown, the immigrants, the Christians, the Muslims, the atheists, the soldiers/ex-soldiers, the peaceniks, the communists, the anarchists, the students, the people, across the spectrum, we all have a common cause.  And yet, we have so tragically allowed ourselves to be duped, to be pitted against each other, fighting each other, finding a million ways to divide ourselves, or simply to be indifferent to each other.  In this the tyrant’s smile, they laugh and they joke, about how complete their control over us is.  They have been laughing for far too long."

Egypt Rising: Washington Dithers as its Factotum Faces Downfall
Special Note - A quote...."Astounding things are happening in Egypt. Tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands, are on the streets. As I write, there are reports that protestors have taken over police stations and attacked headquarters of the ruling party in several cities. Activists are now reporting that police in Alexandria have downed their weapons and are mingling peacefully with the crowds. And some police officers in Cairo are apparently now siding with the protestors. As the Guardian notes in its continuous live-blogging of the events:"

Egypt, Tunisia, and the fight against US imperialism
A quote...."Two weeks after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Arab leaders that their region’s “foundations are sinking into the sand”, the growing revolutionary upsurge of the masses has revealed that the pillars of Washington’s own policy in the Middle East are rotten and crumbling."

The Protest Movement in Egypt: "Dictators" do not Dictate, They Obey Orders
A quote...." "Dictators" do not dictate, they obey orders. This is true in Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria. - Dictators are invariably political puppets. Dictators do not decide. - President Hosni Mubarak was a faithful servant of Western economic interests and so was Ben Ali. - The national government is the object of the protest movement. - The objective is to unseat the puppet rather than the puppet-master."

Wayne Madsen Report Situation in Egypt, Gold, Oil Price Outlook - Alex Jones Tv 1/2 - (2of2)
Must View AJVideo - (AJYuTb - 15min - January 28, 2011 ) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Investigative journalist Wayne Madsen discusses the rapidly evolving situation in Egypt. Madsen is a Washington, D.C.-based investigative journalist, author and columnist specializing in intelligence and international affairs. He is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists, Investigative Reporters and Editors, Association of Former Intelligence Officers, and the National Press Club."

Al Jazeera English: Live Stream - Watch Now
Live Stream Video - Multiple live stream audio and video resources.....mpg

More On The Tunisian Situation and its fall-out....

In Tunisia, luxurious lifestyles of a corrupt government
A quote...."HAMMAMET, TUNISIA - They arrive every day at this white mansion overlooking the Mediterranean, parents with their children, old men with canes, young men in leather jackets, among the many Tunisians on a pilgrimage to vent their anger at a corrupt government. "

Clashes in Tunisia as new cabinet sworn in
A quote...."TUNIS: Clashes broke out in the Tunisian capital on Friday between riot police and hundreds of demonstrators, as a new cabinet aimed at putting an end to mass protests was sworn into office."

Five injured in new Tunisia clashes as police demolish demo camp
A quote...."Tunis - Police in Tunisia Friday clashed with a few hundred demonstrators who had been staging a sit-in since Sunday outside the offices of Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi, tearing down the camp."

Tunisia envoy quits in support of antigovernment rallies
A quote...."Noureddine Hached has stepped down as Tunisia's ambassador to Japan in an act of solidarity with the protesters who toppled Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's government earlier this month, Arab diplomatic sources said Thursday."

More On The Tunisian Situation and its fall-out....in Egypt

Mohamed ElBaradei: "If Not Now, When?"
Special Note - Quote of the Day - A quote...."If Western leaders, who have backed the dictator Mubarak for 30 years, cannot stand before the Egyptian people today and say unequivocally, "we support your right of national self-determination," when can they do it?"

Dr. Ashraf Ezzat:The Downfall of Mubarak of Egypt
Special Note - Second Quote of the Day...."Without beating around the bush or postponing or playing us for fools and without more false promises, we, the people of Egypt, demand all of our long forgotten rights to be granted and this time there is no turning back … we have learned our lesson …we have finally broken free of all fears”

ElBaradei willing to lead an interim government in Egypt
A quote...."Prominent opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei said he is willing to head a transitional government in Egypt if the public asked him to do so, regional news network al-Arabiya reported on Thursday."

Mubarak's party HQ on fire, protesters storm foreign ministry
Contains Video - A quote...."Update at 12:36 p.m. ET: Protesters on the streets of Cairo are trying to storm the Egyptian Foreign Ministry and the state TV building, the Associated Press reports. The headquarters of the President Hosni Mubarak's ruling National Democratic Party has been set afire."

Mubarak: I'm Firing My Cabinet and - As Dictator - Unilaterally Appointing New Lackeys
Probably because his cabinet told him the best course of action for Egypt and its people would be for him to leave as soon as possible. But no, like all dictator lackeys employed by the AIPAC/Israeli-US-NRE Consortium he's going to drag it out as long as possible while getting a whole bunch of people killed.  One can only hope he'll be among them. - mpg -- A quote..."If Mussolini or Stalin or Mao had faced public protests for being a tyrant, and had said he was firing his cabinet and unilaterally naming new lackeys, would that have reassured anyone? - Of course not."

Analysis: Upheaval in Egypt
AJZVideo - (YuTb - 6min 23sec - January 28, 2011) - Source:  AlJazeeraEnglish -- A quote...."Experts speak to Al Jazeera about the situation in Egypt on Friday's "day of wrath" that saw protesters face rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons from the police." - By the way, this website editor is sure the analysts are nice people, but the phrase "we're deeply concerned" spouted lately by the Obama administration isn't a sign they're worried about the Egyptian people, it's just a message to Mubarak stating "stay in power any way you want to, just don't embarrass us with a parade of dead bodies on the TV", that's all. -- Remember folks, ACTIONS speak louder than insincere, pusillanimous, platitudes. - mpg

Israeli Minister urges Egypt to use force
A quote...."An Israeli minister says Egyptian government forces will have to exercise force to rein in public protests as the African country is teetering on the brink of a Tunisia-style revolution. " - OH MY GAWD, heaven forbid the darkies get the right to have their votes actually change the government.....quick, shoot them down, or so says an Israeli.  Oh yeah, the AIPAC/Israeli-US-NRE Consortium is bringing "freedom and democracy" to the Middle East.  What a crock of sh-t and outright lies this empire is made of. - mpg

Hundreds of thousands across Egypt defy police attacks to demand ouster of Mubarak
A quote...."Anti-government demonstrators in Cairo, Suez, Alexandria and other cities across Egypt overwhelmed huge contingents of riot police on Friday, seizing police stations, surrounding government offices and burning down headquarters of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) in an explosive movement that rocked the 30-year-old US-backed dictatorship of President Hosni Mubarak."

Egyptian army attacks demonstrators
A quote...."No doubt the Israeli government is pleased the Egyptian army is following Israel's.....'scuse this website editor.... Mubarak's orders to gun down the Egyptian people. - mpg - A quote...."Tens of thousands of Egyptians calling for the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak have been attacked by Republican Guards firing tear gas and rubber bullets."

Mubarak Ordered Military on Streets to Enforce Curfew – People Fighting Back – Cairo is a War Zone
Photo Gallery - A quote...."Mubarak’s ruling party headquarters is burning… this is the same party that stole the last election…"

Curfew fails to stop Egypt protests
A quote...."Egypt, (Pal Telegraph) - Thousands of protesters in the Egyptian cities of Cairo, Alexandria and Suez have defied a nighttime curfew and continued with demonstrations demanding an end to Hosni Mubarak's 30-year presidency."

Egypt Protests Continue, 24 killed
A quote...."Despite the excessive use of force by the Egyptian Police and security forces, Egyptian protesters continued their activities demanding the regime of Hosni Mubarak to be removed, and calling for fair and democratic elections in the country."

Intifada in Egypt as U.S. Looks On
A quote...."Twenty Egyptian Brotherhood activists arrested as unrest rages on; Communications down as Egypt braces for protests as though human beings demonstrating were a dangerous and evil action in itself."

Egypt supporters rally worldwide
A quote...."Demonstrations are taking place around the world in a show of unity with protesters fighting for political change in Egypt."

Solidarity Protest in Dublin for the Egyptian people 28-01-2011
Video - (YuTb - 7min 13 sec - January 28, 2011) - Source:  planxtysumoud -- A quote...."On the fourth and most violent day of protests in Egypt against Mubarak's 30-year iron fist rule in which at least 20 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured, Ireland's Egyptian community along with people with live conscience from other Muslim countries and activists from the Irish group Act for Palestine and the Irish Anti-War Movement vented their outrage at the ongoing murderous repression of their countrymen outside the Egyptian Embassy in Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, today. No room in the inn for democracy, concern or empathy for what was happening outside this establishment as the embassy staff sought refuge behind closed doors and window curtains filming the protest from a chink between the curtains for its duration. Cheered and dismayed in turn at the latest updates coming in via Twitter and Al Jazeera the mood of the protesters swung wildly but what was not in doubt was their rock solid solidarity with their fellow countrymen and their desire to see Mubarak join another tyrant in Saudi Arabia exile, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali."

More On The Tunisian Situation and its fall-out....in Jordan

Jordan sees antigovernment rallies, marches
A quote...."On Friday Jordan, just as Egypt, saw antigovernment rallies and marches. -- Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Amman and other cities to demand that the Samir ar-Rifai Government should resign. -- “No to reprisals, yes to change” is the demonstrators’ main slogan."

More On The Tunisian Situation and its fall-out....in Saudi Aribia

Dozens of protesters arrested in Jeddah
A quote...."Dozens of protesters have been arrested in Saudi Arabia's second biggest city after they protested against the weaknesses of infrastructure of Jeddah." - also posted at WarInIraq
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More on the Domestic Situation....

Medical examiner: Pentagon official died after assault
A quote...."(CNN) -- John P. Wheeler III, a former Pentagon official and the first chairman of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, "died as a result of blunt force trauma after being assaulted," the Delaware medical examiner's office said Friday. - A toxicology analysis also was done during the autopsy, but the results were not released. - Police are still trying to determine who committed the crime." - Topix ||  US-False Flag Ops -- Minot AFB ||

Haskell Blows Whistle on Underwear Bomber, Government Op
Video - (YuTb - 2min 23sec - January 26, 2011) - Source:   P0LICEstateWATCH -- A quote...."I contend that this story is just the tip of the iceberg into the US government's black operations to further the Patriot Act, funding for Homeland Security and the TSA, and to keep intensity up for the so called War on Terror. Respected lawyer and community leader, Kurt Haskell, has nothing to gain from pointing his finger at the federal government. He witnessed the underwear bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, being whisked past security and led onto NorthWest Airlines flight 253, by a well-dressed man with an American accent- all without the passenger's proper visa and passport documentation. What the news piece doesn't mention is that the State Dept did indeed put Mutallab on the plane, at the behest of "an unnamed US intelligence agency." Undersecretary Patrick F. Kennedy (Detroit news article was removed from web!)." -- Topix ||  US-False Flag Ops - Detroit's lap-Bomber  ||

British Intelligence Reports....
Special Note - A quote...."British intelligence reported in February 2002 that the Israeli Mossad ran the Arab hijacker cells that were later blamed by the U.S. government's 9/11 Commission for carrying out the aerial attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. WMR has received details of the British intelligence report which was suppressed by the government of then-Prime Minister Tony Blair." - Topix  ||  9/11 & 7/11  Israeli Connection  ||

“Excuse Me, Rep. King, But This is MY America Too”
A quote...."The newly elected House Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee Peter King [R-N.Y.] is on a crusade. This law maker is fixated on Muslims in America, like a addict hooked on drugs. He will go through all imaginable pain to defame, smear and insult Muslims in our country. First thing on his agenda–holding congressional hearings, on alleged “hidden radicalism” amongst American Muslims and in mosques. In other words, putting Muslims on trial and in the crosshairs."

Enumerated Rights are Hanging by a Thread -- The Dissolving Constitution
A quote...."While people in Tunisia and Egypt have taken to the streets in attempts to gain their liberty, Americans are losing their liberty with minimal protest.  Even the American Civil Liberties Union seems unfocused.  At a time when we are being surrounded by a police state and the federal judiciary is being taken over by the Federalist Society and unitary executive theory that places the president above the law, we need a heightened appreciation of civil liberty and the Constitution on the part of the American people. The American people need to come together and to take a united stand against the police state and unaccountable executive branch power."

Egypt’s Internet Kill Switch: Coming To America
Yep, when the parasites make their power grab, they're gonna pull the plug on the Internet. - mpg -- A quote..."In response to widespread protests and mass unrest, the authoritarian Egyptian government has completely shut down the country’s access to the internet, eliminating the use of social networking websites, other effective tools of communication and organisation, and effectively sealing Egypt off from the rest of the world."

President Gasbag - Sort'a like the Hindenburg. - mpg
A quote...."After watching President Obama’s state of the union, plus the first Republican response to it by Rep Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, and the second response by Rep Michelle Bachmann of Minnesota, chair of the Tea Party caucus in Congress, it‘s  hard to avoid the conclusion that if nations survive and prosper by realistic assessment of their problems,  America really is finished."
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More on the International Situation....

U.S. citizen who killed 2 Pakistanis is spy: media
A quote...."Pakistani media reported Friday that a U.S. official, who shot dead two Pakistani citizens in the city of Lahore on Thursday, is a spy or working for the Blackwater. -- The American employee at the U.S. consulate in Lahore, Raymond Davis, previously reported as Steve David, shot dead two Pakistani motorcyclists, city police chief Aslam Tarin said."

Hezbollah is the New Government of Lebanon. Now What?
A quote...."Hezbollah’s 12-member bloc told the new Prime Minster that it favored a government of “national partnership,” according to its head MP Mohammad Raad who advised the media:  “Hezbollah did not set pre-conditions [on Mikati] and we won’t accept such a thing. We did not ask for specific portfolios and we await the formation process.”

Press TV Ltd. accounts blocked in UK
Press Censorship Alert - A quote...."The UK's National Westminster (NatWest) Bank has frozen the accounts of Press TV Ltd, a London-based independent television production company."

Al Jazeera Covers Protests Despite Hurdles
Press Censorship Alert - A quote...."WASHINGTON — As street protests raged across Egypt on Friday, with the future of the Arab world seeming to hang in the balance, rapt viewers across the region — and the globe — watched it unfold on Al Jazeera, which kept up an almost continuous live feed despite the Egyptian government’s repeated efforts to block broadcasts."

Investigators say know identity of Moscow airport terrorists
A quote...."Investigators said on Saturday they had discovered the identities of those responsible for the January 24 bomb at Moscow's Domodedovo airport that killed 35 and injured dozens."

Human Rights Abuses Soar a Year After [The US-NRE Supported] Coup -- Seems Like Old Times in Honduras
A quote...."In recent  remarks on U.S.-Latin American relations made at the Brookings Institute, Arturo Valenzuela, a State Department official with responsibility for the region, commented that  Honduras, two years removed from a coup that U.S. officials on the ground called illegal, had “made significant progress in strengthening democratic governance…[and] promoting national reconciliation...”  - Topix  ||  Hideous Hillary's Happy Honduran Hit Squads  ||

Time to end foreign aid to Israel: ‘We just can’t do it anymore,’ Sen. Paul warns
A quote...."One of the Senate's newest members has settled upon an idea to reduce American debt that's likely to come off as highly controversial in the halls of power: ending all foreign aid, including the tens of billions dedicated to Israel. -- Israel has been, by far, the largest recipient of US foreign aid anywhere in the world. Since the inception of Israel's close diplomatic relationship with the US all the way through 2008, Americans gave Israel over $103 billion, according to the American Educational Trust."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Paraguay Recognizes Independent Palestinian State - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."    Paraguayan Foreign Minister, Hector Lacognata, stated Friday that his country recognizes a Palestinian state, free and independent in the 1967 territories."

Britain’s MI6 trained Abbas in suppression of Palestinian opposition
A quote...."Secret documents show that Britain’s intelligence service, MI6, and civil servants played a key role in crushing all opposition by militant groups, including Hamas and other Islamist factions, to Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine by developing a “security” blueprint for President Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority (PA)."

Demands For The Resignation Of The Un-elected Palestinian leadership
Special Note - A quote...."Palestinians around the world and all their supporters watched in shock, but not total surprise as secret documents, “The Palestine Papers”, detailing carefully the years of so called peace negotiations were released by the news network Al-Jazeera during the last few days. While Palestinians are struggling to win back their rights to their homes and lands, some in the un-elected leadership of the Palestinian Authority (PA) were making offers to give away these rights." - also posted at PoorRichardsBlog

Amnesty [International]: Israel's flotilla probe a 'whitewash' - As EVERYONE expected. - mpg
A quote...."LONDON (Ma'an) -- London-based rights group Amnesty International condemned on Friday the findings of an Israeli inquiry into last year’s raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla as a “whitewash,” saying the Israeli investigating panel failed to account for the deaths of nine Turkish nationals at the hands of Israeli commando forces."

Movie based on Gaza flotilla raid opens in Turkey
A quote...."'Valley of the Wolves - Palestine' shows Turkish agents hunting down IDF commandos responsible for killing 9 activists when they raided the Mavi Marmara aid ship."
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More on the Economic Situation....

Less than a 3 percent drop in asset values could wipe out Wall Street" - Crisis Panel Says In Final Report
Must Read - A quote...."It's all about leverage.  I've been waiting for this public quote for 2 1/2 years.  It's very simple math.  And it's also the key to understanding the crisis and why all of the banks are insolvent. You've heard it several times here before.  Henry Paulson, when he was still CEO of Goldman in 2004, successfully lobbied the SEC to change the rules on capital ratios.  Leverage exploded from a previous limit of 12:1 to beyond 40:1 for all 5 firms, and when you consider that a substantial portion of the assets were synthetics then the real leverage numbers were much higher."

The End of Borrowed Time
Special Note - A quote...."We, as human beings, have often mightily opposed efforts to consolidate power. That’s why the U.S. government was split into co-dependent branches by the founders, and why so many other countries have parliaments and other forms of division of power. When institutions of restricted power are taken over by power-hungry individuals, we know that it is wrong and will likely have bad results. -- What we see today with the spread of debt-power is nothing more or less than a financial coup that has been slowly absorbing power for the better part of the 20th and 21st centuries. The financial institutions have become those power-hungry individuals, positioning themselves behind every transaction in such a way that their blessing must be sought in order for any change to happen."

Federal Reserve Balance Sheet Update: Week Of January 26 - $1.129 Trillion In UST Holdings
A quote...."The steady climb in Fed assets continues, with the left side of Bernanke's balance sheet swelling to just under $2.5 trillion, as US Treasury holdings hit $1.13 trillion, implying that the Fed's DV01 continues to increase on a daily basis with every single POMO, as we have been pointing out since last summer, and which the Fed decided to address last week by changing its "accounting" rules and guaranteeing its assets can never decline. The differential between the US and China is now $233 billion and rising."

Bombshell Report
A quote...."Goldman Sachs got billions from taxpayers thru AIG For Its OWN account, crisis panel finds; contradicting SWORN testimony from execs."

Money For Nothing - [0.0078 percent] - This is what THEY pay! - mpg
A quote...."Goldman Sachs borrowed $24 billion from fed at 0.0078 percent." - That's what friends are for isn't that right? It's time to abolish the Fed folks, the Federal Reserve and the Banksters are directly costing this nation and its taxpayers billions of dollars a week and currently putting at risk tens of trillions more. - mpg

Credit card rates at record highs near 15% - This is what YOU pay! - mpg
Chart - A quote...."NEW YORK -- Interest rates are now hovering near record highs, at an average rate of 14.72%. And if your credit is bad enough, you could even end up with a rate as high as 59.9% APR."

Second-lowest US wage gain in three decades
A quote...."The US Labor Department reported Friday that American workers' wages and benefits increased last year by 2 percent, the second lowest increase since Labor Department records began 28 years ago. The figure was slightly higher than the 1.4 percent increase in 2009, the lowest yearly gain."

A Frightening Satellite Tour Of America's Foreclosure Wastelands
Map Photo Gallery - A quote...."RealtyTrac is out with the total foreclosure numbers for 2010. On the whole things are getting worse. -- 72 percent of major metro areas saw an increase in foreclosure volume. Although some of the worst hit areas in Nevada, California and Florida improved from 2009, the foreclosure rate in these areas remains shockingly high. If not for some foreclosure suspensions due to the robosigning scandal, these numbers would have been higher. -- For a frightening way to visualize the foreclosure crisis, we're borrowing a Google maps technique described by Barry Ritholtz."

UK consumer confidence suffers 'astonishing collapse'
A quote...."Britons' confidence in the economy and their finances has suffered its biggest drop in close to 20 years, raising fears that the Government's austerity onslaught will set off a self-feeding downward spiral."

Thursday January 27th 2011