Thursday February 9th 2012

Iran War: What Is AIPAC Planning?
Special Note - (For how this country has been TOTALLY colonized! - mpg) -- A quote...."One Member of Congress has actually described what happened when she voted no on an AIPAC "ask." Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) refused to support a bill (opposed by the State Department) that would have essentially banned all U.S. contacts with Palestinians. AIPAC was not pleased with her recalcitrance. -- In a letter to AIPAC executive director, Howard Kohr, McCollum described what happened next. In short, she was threatened by an AIPAC official from her district, called a terrorist supporter and warned that her behavior "would not be tolerated." In response, McCollum told AIPAC not to come near her office again until it apologized. -- McCollum was not, of course, the only legislator threatened that way. She is, however, the only one in memory who went public."

9/11 Blueprint for Truth (2008 Edition)
A&EVideo - (A&EGogl - 1hr59min06sec - Feb 9th 2009)

Top Pentagon General And U.S. Intelligence Head Defect To Al-Qaeda
Satire - A quote...."On Monday, senior Pentagon officials, speaking before a group of robotic journalists fresh out of the factory of journalism school, shocked the world when they confirmed Internet rumours that Gen. Warwick Shrout, a top Pentagon official, and String Nukert, the serving head of the Central Intelligence Agency, defected to Al-Qaeda. -- Shrout and Nukert have not spoken to the media, but in a joint tweet announcement earlier today they said they can control their creation better with a stronger foothold inside of the terrorist organization...."

Banished: US deports hundreds of military veterans
A quote...."Coombs, who came to the U.S. legally from Jamaica as a child and enlisted in the Marine Corps at age 20, served six years in the military. Eventually, he settled in Tustin and figured he was a U.S. citizen because he'd gone to war for his country. -- He was wrong."

Amputations Soared Among US Troops in 2011
A quote...."Once again bringing into question administration claims that the US is making progress overseas, new data from the Pentagon show a 20% increase in amputations among US troops in 2011 over the previous year. The 240 cases of deployed troops losing at least one arm or leg is the highest since the 9/11 attacks."

Fox News Removes Judge Andrew Napolitano From Lineup
He spoke to much about freedom....and on the wrong medium (commercial TV) and definitely on the wrong channel (Faux-News), not to mention "freedom" is so passé these days for many in this country. - mpg -- A quote..."Starting February 20th at 8 PM/ET, viewers will find additional airings of The Willis Report (5PM & 8PM/ET), Cavuto (6PM & 9PM/ET) and Lou Dobbs Tonight (7PM & 10PM/ET). The new lineup will replace FreedomWatch with Judge Andrew Napolitano" - Perhaps he should get on the web! Team up with Cenk Uygur! Do some interviews on WRH, PrisonPlanet, BoilingFrogs and others! - mpg

Media Whore Awards Show; The Nominees Are:
Media Whores Outed - A quote...."Here are my nominees for worst of the media whores—those who spew raw propaganda with enthusiasm and a straight face. -- The nominees are—Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O’Reilly, John Anderson, Wolf Blitzer, and Chris Matthews. -- The nominees are selected on the basis that they have convinced themselves that whatever they spew is important for the people, the country, and the world to accept as gospel in order to prosper in their image."

Silent State - The Campaign Against Whistleblowers in Washington
A quote...."On January 23rd, the Obama administration charged former CIA officer John Kiriakou under the Espionage Act for disclosing classified information to journalists about the waterboarding of al-Qaeda suspects. His is just the latest prosecution in an unprecedented assault on government whistleblowers and leakers of every sort." - also posted at Uruknet

Self-Interest and the Pathology of Power: the Corruption of America Part 2
A quote...."If we ignore the lip-service showered on "reform," we find that there is really only one strategy in America: extend and pretend. Individuals, households, communities, cities, states, enterprises and the vast sprawling Empire of the Federal government and its many proxies--all are engaged in extend and pretend. -- The closest analog is a seriously ill alcoholic who tells himself he just has a hang-over when it's abundantly clear he is suffering from potentially terminal cancer. With a hang-over, extend and pretend is the only strategy that works: you can try various "magic potions" to relieve the symptoms, but the only real cure is to give the body enough time to cleanse itself of the toxins you've created and pretend to be functioning in the meantime."

It's All Now Out in The Open!
AJVideo - OutInTheOpen(1/3) - OutInTheOpen(2/3) - OutInTheOpen(3/3) - (AJYuTb - 15min - Feb 9, 2012)  - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Technology used to hunt enemy combatants in Afghanistan will be used for "non-emergency incidents" within the U.S."

Michael Rivero Broadcasting live from Hawaii on Justin TV - February 9 2012
MRVideo - Note:  To avoid the advertisements and the radio commentary goto 8min into the broadcast - mpg - (JustinTV - 2hrs - Feb 9th, 2012) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire and many other issues.

The Way of Empires with Activist Lew Rockwell
Must View AJVideo - LewRockwell&AJ(1/3) - LewRockwell&AJ(2/3) - LewRockwell&AJ(3/3) -- (AJYuTb - 15min - Feb 9, 2012)  - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."On the Thursday, February 9 edition of the Alex Jones Show, Alex talks with libertarian political commentator and activist Lew Rockwell, who served as Ron Paul's congressional chief of staff from 1978 to 1982. Rockwell founded the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama and was its president until the summer of 2009, when he transitioned to the position of Chairman of the Board."
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens... 

10 Things That Every American Should Know About The Federal Reserve
Must Read - A quote...."What would happen if the Federal Reserve was shut down permanently?  That is a question that CNBC asked recently, but unfortunately most Americans don’t really think about the Fed much. Most Americans are content with believing that the Federal Reserve is just another stuffy government agency that sets our interest rates and that is watching out for the best interests of the American people.  But that is not the case at all.  The truth is that the Federal Reserve is a private banking cartel that has been designed to systematically destroy the value of our currency, drain the wealth of the American public and enslave the federal government to perpetually expanding debt.  During this election year, the economy is the number one issue that voters are concerned about.  But instead of endlessly blaming both political parties, the truth is that most of the blame should be placed at the feet of the Federal Reserve."

Keiser Report: Black Holes & Gold Hills (E247)
Must View RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 25min41sec - Feb 9, 2012) - Source:  RussiaToday - Producer:  Max Keiser TV - Related:  MaxKeiserCom - (RussiaToday) -- A quote...."In this episode, Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, discuss the latest discoveries of blackholes in the financial universe and the populations growing permanently poorer as a result. In the second half of the show, Max talks to Dr. Yanis Varoufakis about financial horror, a currency from which you can't escape and the Greek situation."

Bernanke-Led Economy Shows Critics Wrong About Fed? Clearly They Don’t Get It – Bob Tuskin
Contains Video - Alt - (YuTb - 46min57sec - Feb 6, 2011) - Source:  mysticdave666 -- A quote...."(IntelHub) – Caroline Salas Gage, of Bloomberg, writes a very misleading article on the Fed, in which she claims that Bernanke’s Fed has somehow proved the critics wrong. “The numbers are proving Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke’s critics wrong.” -- This assertion can be easily debunked. It also distracts the reader from the greater vulnerabilities within our fractional reserve banking system...."

The Top 12 Reasons Why You Should Hate the Mortgage Settlement
A quote...."As readers likely know by now, 49 of 50 states have agreed to join the so-called mortgage settlement, with Oklahoma the lone refusenik. Although the fine points are still being hammered out, various news outlets (New York Times, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal) have details, with Dave Dayen's overview at Firedoglake the best thus far." - also posted at BLN

Mortgage Settlement Is Just Another Stealth Bank Bailout
Related Article - A quote...."The 50-state settlement with the banks (Oklahoma didn’t sign, but supports letting the banks go scot-free) over mortgage fraud is a stealth bank bailout, according to many top observers. See this, this, this, this, this, this, this and this. -- This is par for the course … All of Obama’s previous “mortgage relief” programs have really been stealth bank bailouts which screwed the homeowner. And see this."

RECESSION: The Decimation of Bank Profits - Falling revenues, increasing losses, profits adrift...
Bernie!!  You're needed again! - mpg -- A quote...."Falling revenues, increasing losses, profits adrift: this is the Western banking background in late 2011! And yet all this is happening in a very favorable context for banking institutions’ balance sheets who continue to assign their own prices to their assets...."

Economists Surprised Again By [US] Unemployment Claims, Should Not Have Been
Chart - (click to view) -- A quote...."The mainstream media proclaimed an unexpected "beat" of the first time unemployment claims number today. The fake, seasonally fudged number dropped to 358,000 in the week ended February 4. According to Bloomberg, the consensus of economists' expectations was for 370,000. Aside from the fact that whether economists get a forecast right or not seems to be completely random, two facts stand out...."

The insiders are selling heavily
Mrkt Tech Note - War / False Flag Alert - A quote...."That’s a scary parallel indeed, since that late-July spike in selling came just days before one of the more painful two-week periods in the stock market in years. -- In early August, as you may recall, the U.S. government lost its triple-A credit rating, and the bottom dropped out of the stock market. Between the last week of July and the second week of August, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA dropped 2,000 points. -- To be sure, heavy insider selling doesn’t always lead to this much market weakness, or this immediately. And there were a lot of other things going on last summer that aren’t present today."

Pimco Borrows A Record $88 Billion To Bet On Fed's Upcoming MBS Monetization
Chart - (click to enlarge) -- A quote...."Regular readers of Zero Hedge know that in recent months tracking the portfolio and thoughts of one Bill Gross via the holdings of his flagship Total Return Fund (which just jumped by $6 billion in the past month and is just shy of its all time record north of $250 billion) has meant one thing and one thing only: betting on the Fed monetizing Mortgage Backed Securities or bust. Well, in January he just took it to a whole new level. The fund has now borrowed a record $88 billion, or -35% of its AUM, in cash (shows how much he thinks of the dollar) and used the proceeds (together with dumping European sovereign bonds from 18% to 11% of AUM) to bet on MBS which now stood at a whopping 50% of the entire portfolio."
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More On The International Situation....

Pravda! Russian Press Tells the Truth About America More Than Fox News Does
Special Note - A quote...."We can no longer demonize Russia for human rights violations anymore. We cannot lambaste them about the lack of freedom of the press. Even though Russia still has, some lingering effects left over from the old Soviet Union. Twenty years later after the iron curtain fell, Russians enduring a puppet leader like Yeltsin almost bringing Russia to ruin. I have to thank God for Prime Minister Putin when he was President of the Russian Federation.  When President Putin of Russia presided over an unstable nation on the brink of collapse. He brought stability to the nation. Listening to someone who is close to me tell me from her experience saying in Russia before Putin took power. People feared the future not knowing what kind of government they would wake up with the next day, I am glad he is running again to stand against Empire America and the European banking establishment."

How the Arab League Has Become a Tool of Western Imperialism
A quote...."It’s an intrigue befitting the machinations of classical colonialism in past centuries, such as the Sykes-Picot carve-up of the Middle Eastern Levant territories, or the betrayal of the Arabs after World War I, or the theft of Mesopotamia’s oil by British capitalists. -- Only this time, it is Arabs who are helping the neocolonial powers to deceive and subjugate other Arabs. Enter the Arab League."
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Syria Activists In Photos: Peaceful Protestors or Armed Terrorists?
Multiple Photos & Videos - A quote...."Western media has been running repeated footage of claiming to show Syria engaging in a brutal crackdown on innocent civilian protestors? These photos, videos and international observers tell a different story. You decide."

Syrian body count casualty of media spin machine
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 3min31sec - Feb 9, 2012) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."In Syria, government forces are shelling several areas, including the flashpoint city of Homs. Damascus says it's conducting an anti-terror operation there, but activists are accusing the government of a massacre, and say hundreds of civilians have been killed over the past week. Syria's under a foreign media blackout, making the reality on the ground hard to confirm. And the opposition isn't making that any easier, as it argues over just how many people are being killed. Ivor Bennett has the story."

Western Shenanigans against Syria, Iran
A quote...."The volatile situation in Syria generated by the Saudi-Qatar-funded Wahhabi armed group known as the Free Syrian Army and backed by the West is now an accident waiting to happen. -- There is certainly one ulterior motive behind the US-friendly Syrian crisis extravagantly fuelled by the presstitute media which keep distorting the facts on the grounds. A recent article published by the New York Times by Efraim Halevy, who headed Mossad from 1998 to 2002, sheds light on this motive. He states that Iran’s foothold in Syria has enabled Tehran to pursue its “reckless” regional policies, and to stop those policies, Iran’s presence in Syria must be ended. -- To this end, the events in Syria must be so choreographed that they should lead to the overthrow of Assad regime and consequently “result in a strategic debacle for the Iranian government.”

Moscow, Tehran to Provide Military Aid to Curb US-NATO Armed Insurrection in Syria – Michel Chossudovsky
A quote...."(GlobalResearch) – According to an unconfirmed statement by a senior Iranian military official, reported by the Middle East and Israeli press, the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard special forces (Quds) Kassam Salimani, was in Damascus on February 6 for top level consultations regarding military support as well as the possible dispatch of Quds Special Forces to Syria." - Source:  GlobalRsrch

Comdr. of Syria's al-Farouq rebels killed
A quote...."A major commander of Syria’s al-Farouq militant group has been killed by government forces in the western city of Homs as fighting between the two sides intensifies there."

British troops support Syrian armed groups in Homs
A quote...."An intelligence report says that British are providing logistic support to armed terrorist groups in the Syrian city of Homs in their bloody battle against civilians and the Syrian army forces."
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‘Seoul trade with Iran will continue despite sanctions’
A quote...."A top official at Korea’s banking sector says Seoul’s trade flow with Iran will not be constricted by western sanctions despite causing a halt in cooperation with Iran’s Bank Tejarat. -- “We halted wire transfers of cash to accounts of Bank Tejarat, but this doesn’t hurt exporters at all. Most of exporters take payments from the Central Bank of Iran anyway,” Korea Herald reported Jeon Gwang wook head of the foreign exchange desk at the Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) as saying." - Source:  PressTV

India Explores Economic Opportunities in Iran, Denting Western Sanctions Plan
A quote...."India emerged as a major new irritant on Thursday in Western efforts to isolate Iran, announcing that it was sending a large trade delegation there within weeks to exploit opportunities created by the American and European antinuclear sanctions that are increasingly disrupting Iran’s economy."

Mainstream Reports: The U.S. and Israel Support Terrorists
Contains Video - A quote...."I noted last month that the U.S. is as well...."


"Indeed, high-level U.S. and Israeli officials have admitted that they carry out terrorism."

Israel Is Working With Designated Terror Group (The Peoples Mujahideen) To Kill In Iran
RPVideo - Alt - (RPYuTb - 4min01sec - Feb.09, 2012) - Source:  SaveOurSovereignty3 -- A quote...."Deadly attacks on Iranian nuclear scientists are being carried out by an Iranian dissident group that is financed, trained and armed by Israel's secret service, U.S. officials tell NBC News, confirming charges leveled by Iran's leaders."

Iran adds 2 more light Ghadir submarines to naval fleet
A quote...."A senior Iranian commander says two more domestically- manufactured light Ghadir submarines have joined Iran's naval fleet as part of efforts to upgrade the country’s defense capabilities."
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NATO Air Strike Kills Eight Children in Afghanistan
A quote...."At least eight Afghan children were killed today in Kapisa Province as the result of a NATO air strike against the Nejrab District. The attack was condemned by the Karzai government."

NATO Killed Children in Afghanistan
A quote...."These days, when I watch state-run Afghan TV, which is funded by American money, I am surprised by how openly Afghan experts criticize US military tactics in Afghanistan. This is new."
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'Drone attacks illegal, fuel terror' - Pakistani FM
Must View RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 10min59sec - Feb 9, 2012) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."American drones hitting targets on Pakistani territory is illegal, and involvement of the Pakistani spy agencies with Taliban not even worthy of comment, said Hina Rabbani Khar, Pakistan's Foreign Minister, exclusively to RT."

America and its Drone Strikes
Related Article - A quote...."February 09, 2012 "Business Recorder" -- Last week US President Barack Obama publicly confirmed what we have known all along: that the US' Predator drones have been targeting Taliban and al Qaeda militants in Pakistan and Yemen. -- We also know that this has been happening under a secret understanding whereby our government supports the attacks in private and condemns them in public." - Source:  BusinessRecorder
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Libya Struggles to Curb Militias as Chaos Grows
A quote...."TRIPOLI, Libya — As the militiamen saw it, they had the best of intentions. They assaulted another militia at a seaside base here this week to rescue a woman who had been abducted. When the guns fell silent, briefly, the scene that unfolded felt as chaotic as Libya’s revolution these days — a government whose authority extends no further than its offices, militias whose swagger comes from guns far too plentiful and residents whose patience fades with every volley of gunfire that cracks at night." - also posted at Uruknet

Five killed as Turkish forces clash with PKK militants
Turkey helps the PKK and Israel to attack Syria + Israel helps the PKK to attack Turkey = Turkey is STUPID!! - mpg -- A quote...."DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Kurdish militants launched an attack on Turkish security forces near the Iraqi border in southeast Turkey early on Thursday, triggering clashes in which one soldier and four Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters were killed, security sources said. -- The PKK millitants attacked some 10 different places at 2:30 a.m. at Cukurca in Hakkari province, the sources said."

India Tests Ballistic Missile Interceptor
A quote...."India has test-fired a domestically developed interceptor missile capable of destroying ballistic missiles, the Hindustan Times reported on Friday. -- The Advanced Air Defense (AAD) interceptor missile was fired from Wheeler Island off the coast of Odisha in eastern India early on Friday and destroyed the target."

The Sino-Russian Alliance: Challenging America's Ambitions in Eurasia
Notable Quote...."Sir Isaac Newton’s Third Law of Motion states that “for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.” These precepts of physics can also be used in the social sciences, specifically with reference to social relations and geo-politics. -- America and Britain, the Anglo-American alliance, have engaged in an ambitious project to control global energy resources. Their actions have resulted in a series of complicated reactions, which have established a Eurasian-based coalition which is preparing to challenge the Anglo-American axis."

US testing 'new Malaria vaccine on infants in Africa'
Contains Video - A quote...."The United States has a long history of conducting medical experiments on African Americans and now the U.S. medical industry is on the ground in Africa experimenting on African babies, says investigative journalist, Don DeBar. --  "There is a new Malaria vaccine developed by GlaxoSmithKline or GSK that is being tested on infants in Tanzania," DeBar told Press TV's U.S. Desk in an interview on Thursday."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

IOF soldiers summon journalist, arrest his brother
A quote...."AL-KHALIL, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed Arub refugee camp to the north of Al-Khalil at dawn Thursday and served a summons to journalist Ala’a Al-Titi and arrested his brother Abdul Qader."

Netanyahu Refuses EU Demands To Release Detainees
A quote...."Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, rejected demands presented by representatives of the European Union (EU) to release a number of Palestinian political prisoners under a confidence-building measure that would also increase popular support to president Mahmoud Abbas." - also posted at AlethoNews

Israel not to accept Palestinian govt.
Well, they haven't for over sixty years....so why would they start now!?!? - mpg -- A quote...."Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has said that Tel Aviv would not accept a Palestinian government amid recent agreements towards reconciliation between Palestinian factions."

Gaza: Isolated Under Siege
A quote...."Although Oslo called Palestine one territorial unit, Israel maintains total control of people and goods movement in and out of Gaza. -- In June 1989, Israel began restricting free movement between Gaza and Israel through magnetic ID cards not given former prisoners." -- Source:  SteveLendman

Murdering Khader Adnan
A quote...."Adnan's a political prisoner hunger striker against gross Israeli repression and injustice. Two previous articles discussed his case and grave health condition after 55 days without food. -- Irish republican/British MP Bobby Sands lasted 66 before expiring at age 27. Global marches, strikes and riots followed his death."

IOF soldiers arrest two Hamas leaders
A quote...."TOBAS, (PIC)-- The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested two Hamas leaders from their homes in Tobas, to the north of the West Bank, at dawn Thursday."

Now Britain helps Israeli water thieves
A quote...."Stuart Littlewood exposes British Water’s complicity with the Israeli occupation authorities who are not only stealing Palestinian water, but also overseeing the flooding of Palestinian fields and villages with untreated sewage from hilltop Jewish settlements." - also posted at Redress

Israeli law finds new ways to keep out Palestinians
A quote...."AKKA-The Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law, conceived as temporary legislation in 2003, prevents the unification of Israeli citizens with spouses that are from the occupied Palestinian territories. It denies Palestinians from these areas, as well as nationals of Arab “enemy” countries, from ever receiving Israeli citizenship or permanent residency status." - also posted at Uruknet

BDS victory: Cat Power cancels show in Tel Aviv
Contains Video - Alt - Boycott, Divest and Sanction the ENTIRE state of Israel!  Because it's the right thing to do, and because  it's easy to do. (All you have to do is look at the label and NOT buy their products, now WHAT could be more simple than that?) -- AND, it's working!!  - mpg -- A quote...."Cat Power joins a growing list of artists, musicians and performers who have canceled their appearances for audiences in Israel, and should be commended for her action." - For more on how to Boycott, Divest and Sanction the state of Israel see the upper-left-corner of the "Front Page" of this website.

Wednesday February 8th 2012

   
Social Fractals and the Corruption of America
Special Note - A quote...."Correspondent Kathy K. recently elucidated a powerful concept: social fractals. We typically think of fractals--structures that are scale-invariant--as features of Nature or finance. For example, a coastline has the same characteristically ragged appearance from 100 feet, 1,000 feet and 10,000 feet in altitude. It is scale-invariant, i.e. its characteristics remain constant whether it is viewed on a small, medium or large scale. -- This is how Kathy described social fractals...."


Repulsive progressive hypocrisy
Special Note - A quote...."During the Bush years, Guantanamo was the core symbol of right-wing radicalism and what was back then referred to as the “assault on American values and the shredding of our Constitution”: so much so then when Barack Obama ran for President, he featured these issues not as a secondary but as a central plank in his campaign. But now that there is a Democrat in office presiding over Guantanamo and these other polices — rather than a big, bad, scary Republican — all of that has changed, as a new Washington Post/ABC News poll today demonstrates..." - also posted at Uruknet
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Reid Sneaks SOPA Back Into Senate With New Name
SOPA - It's baaaaaacckkk -- A quote...."Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is re-branding SOPA and the Protect IP act under a new name to launch a second round of attacks in an attempt to censor the Internet." - bold by website editor - Could people please NOT vote for this piece of human garbage? - mpg

The New York Times Agrees With G. W. Bush, Implies The Constitution "Is Just A Piece of Paper"
A quote...."Wolverine: Magneto's right: there is a war coming. Are you sure you're on the right side?
Storm: At least I've chosen a side." - X-Men (2000, Director Bryan Singer/Screenwriter Tom DeSanto)."

"Col. Claus von Stauffenberg: I'm a soldier, I serve my country. But this is not my country. I was lying out there bleeding to death, thinking, if I die now, I leave nothing to my children but shame." - Valkyrie (2008, Director Bryan Singer/Screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie)."

Bill Clears Path For 30,000 Surveillance Drones Over US In Next Ten Years
A quote...."A bill passed in by Congress this week paves the way for the use of surveillance drones in US skies. The FAA predicts that by 2020 there could be up to 30,000 drones in operation. -- Once signed by president Obama, the FAA Reauthorization Act allows for the FAA to permit the use of drones and develop regulations for testing and licensing by 2015."

TSA Help Wanted - hilarious satire animation about TSA perverts and the Bill of Rights
HRVideo Satire - (HRYuTb - 3min06sec - Feb 6, 2012) - Source:  TheHealthRanger - Related:  NaturalNews -- A quote...."The latest activism video from Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, hilariously depicts "TSA perverts" watching naked body scanner porn, stealing expensive electronics from the luggage of air travelers, digging for crotch gold during "enhanced pat downs" and turning into total psychopathic criminals."

States Are Rebelling Against The Indefinite Detention Of American Citizens - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."For 49 years the National Defense Authorization Act was a simple law signed off on by the President to give the Department of Defense the money it needed to get through another 12 months of spending. This year, the Senate Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich) and senior member John McCain (R.-Ariz.) crafted provisions for the bill that many said would erode the 5th Amendment. - Now Bob Unruh at WND reports state and local officials are refusing to cooperate with federal plans to detain Americans — something the NDAA expressly enforces." - For more on the illegal NDAA provisions see comment shown below....


White House, US Courts & EPA Shaft Veterans to Protect Monsanto
A quote...."American veterans and the entire country of Vietnam affected by Agent Orange have been shafted beyond imagination due to corruption within the US government and US courts. US courts have protected Monsanto and Dow Chemical from liability and criminal prosecution. The US government has shielded Monsanto and Dow from the massive cost of medical treatment for victims and environmental remediation cleanup costs that would drive these corporations into bankruptcy." - Official Translation:  "Look, it wouldn't really bankrupt us but we would lose some money, so you guys in Congress have a choice, we give you a little bit of the money and you get elected again, or, we're forced to give a little more of our money to a bunch of Slope-Eyed Gooks and some over the hill, no longer useful, Cannon-Fodder, and you DON'T get elected again. It's your choice, what are u'gonna do?" -- *Monsanto Spokesman* - Topix ||  M.I.C. Product™ - 11-10-10 - mpg  ||

[UK] Government 'may sanction nerve-agent use on rioters', scientists fear
Use of "nerve agents" can potentially cause permanent nerve damage, and may have been a causative factor in "Gulf War Syndrome".  For ANY government to even consider using such agents against their own civilian populations shows just how criminally illegitimate they have become.  - mpg -- A quote.... "Leading neuroscientists believe that the UK Government may be about to sanction the development of nerve agents for British police that would be banned in warfare under an international treaty on chemical weapons."

Mexico arrests figure in Fast and Furious gun-smuggling scandal
Fast & Furious File - A quote...."REPORTING FROM MEXICO CITY -- Mexican authorities have arrested a reputed enforcer for the country's most powerful drug cartel -- a man also alleged to have amassed weapons from the U.S. government's failed [highly successful] Fast and Furious gun-smuggling operation (link, in Spanish, includes video)."

Obama: “The Devil” Made Me Take the Super Pac Money
2012 Election Cycle - A quote...."President Obama is behaving true to form, embracing corruption only days after denouncing it. The greatest campaign fund raiser of all time has never rejected an opportunity to collect more corporate dollars. He has also never accepted responsibility for breaking a promise. This time around, he’s claiming those devilish Koch brothers made him do it." - also posted at AlethoNews

Reality Check: Hard Facts Point to Total Chaos
CMcGVideo - Alt - (CMcGYuTb 3m49s Feb 8, 2012) - Source:  crabbydogtrix  - Related: WideAwakeNews

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

The Foreclosure Fraud Fantasy
A quote...."As pressure mounts on hold-out states in the U.S. to ratify a shameful deal on Wall Street mortgage-fraud, the mainstream propaganda machine continues to circulate a Big Lie as justification for this despicable sham: that a deal would help to “fix” the U.S. housing market. Not only is this wrong, but it is entirely opposite to the truth."

US To Settle Fraudclosure For $25 Billion Even As It Channels Fake Tough Guy In Meaningless Lawsuit Against Very Same Banks -- Absolutely NO SURPRISE here! - mpg -- A quote...."Remember robosigning and the whole fraudclosure scandal? In a few days you can forget it. Because in America, the cost of contractual rights was just announced, and it is $25 billion: this is the amount of money that banks will pay to settle the fact that for years mortgages were issued and re-issued without proper title and liens on the underlying paper, courtesy of Linda Green et al. Why is this happening? Because staunch hold outs for equitable justice (at least until this point), the AGs of NY and California folded like cheap lawn chairs (we can't wait to find what corner office of Bank of America they end up in), but not before the one and only intervened."

Economic Recovery? What Recovery?
A quote...."Reporting it doesn’t make it so. In fact, it’s more illusion than fact, but that doesn’t surprise half of US households impoverished or bordering on it, according to recent US Census data. -- Nor are independent analysts and economists fooled. Last summer, economist Richard Wolff called “so-called economic ‘recovery’ since mid-2009….chiefly hype, a veneer of good news (benefitting corporations and elitists) to disguise and minimize the awful underlying economic realities.”"

Why Is Global Shipping Slowing Down So Dramatically?
War Alert - A quote...."If the global economy is not heading for a recession, then why is global shipping slowing down so dramatically?  Many economists believe that measures of global shipping such as the Baltic Dry Index are leading economic indicators.  In other words, they change before the overall economic picture changes.  For example, back in early 2008 the Baltic Dry Index began falling dramatically.  There were those that warned that such a rapid decline in the Baltic Dry Index meant that a significant recession was coming, and it turned out that they were right.  Well, the Baltic Dry Index is falling very rapidly once again.  In fact, on February 3rd the Baltic Dry Index reached a low that had not been seen since August 1986.  Some economists say that there are unique reasons for this (there are too many ships, etc.), but when you add this to all of the other indicators that Europe is heading into a recession, a very frightening picture emerges.  We appear to be staring a global economic slowdown right in the face, and we all need to start getting prepared for that."
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More On The International Situation....

'Outside meddling fuels Syria fire'
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 5min48sec - Feb 9, 2012) - Source:  RTAmerica -- A quote...."The West continues to put more pressure on Syrian leader Bashar Assad to step aside and shows its support to the opposition. But who are the opposition and could they handle Syria? - Camille Otrakji, a contributing editor with Syria Comment online magazine tells RT that many members of the opposition have little to do with Syrian people as they have been living abroad for decades."

US Will Continue to Arm Anti-government Rebels in Syria
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 9min44sec - Feb 6, 2012) - Source:  RTAmerica -- A quote...."February 08, 2012 "RT" -- For several months anti-government rebels have been protesting the government led by Basgar al-Assad. In the past few days the violence in Syria has increased radically and over the weekend the Syria resolution proposed by the UN Security Council was vetoed by China and Russia. Many have criticized the two countries for the veto but many feel Syria will share the same fate as Libya if the resolution passes. Pepe Escobar, Asia Times correspondent, joins us to look at the bigger picture."

Syria and those 'disgusting' BRICS
A quote...."A Greek choir of the "disgusted" and the "outraged" predictably greeted BRICS members Russia and China double veto to the United Nations Security Council resolution imposing regime change in Syria. The resolution was backed by that haven of democracy, the GCC League, the organization controlled by the six monarchies/emirates of the Gulf Cooperation Council formerly known as the Arab League."

Foreign Troops Already Involved In Syrian War
A quote...."We’ve repeatedly noted that the U.S. government planned regime change in Syria at least 20 years ago. -- Indeed, carrying out acts of violence and blaming it on the Syrian government as an excuse for regime change was discussed over 50 years ago by British and American leaders. -- We noted in December that foreign troops were amassing on the Syrian border. -- We noted yesterday that an independent report by the Arab League found that “rebels” were attacking government buildings and innocent civilians with armor-piercing projectiles and other heavy weaponry. -- Today, Israeli news site Debkafile reports...."


Syria: White House preaches peace, Pentagon preps for war, CIA Smuggles Arms
A quote...."As the White House is publicly saying no to arming opposition and other military involvement in the Syrian conflict the Pentagon is preparing for war as the CIA continues to arm the rebels."

Nasrallah: There is Arab, US and Israeli Decision, Represented by so-Called Moderate States to Overthrow Syria
A quote...."BEIRUT, (SANA)-Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasserallah on Tuesday said that there is an Arab, Israeli and US decision, represented by the so-called the Arab moderate states to overthrow the regime in Syria, adding that the aim is not democracy or reform, but it is the head of resistance in Lebanon and Palestine."

Macmillan backed Syria assassination plot
A Historical Note -- A quote...."Nearly 50 years before the war in Iraq, Britain and America sought a secretive "regime change" in another Arab country they accused of spreading terror and threatening the west's oil supplies, by planning the invasion of Syria and the assassination of leading figures. -- Newly discovered documents show how in 1957 Harold Macmillan and President Dwight Eisenhower approved a CIA-MI6 plan to stage fake border incidents as an excuse for an invasion by Syria's pro-western neighbours, and then to "eliminate" the most influential triumvirate in Damascus." - also posted at GlobalRsrch
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Will Iran Be Attacked? – Paul Craig Roberts
A quote...."(PCR) – Washington has made tremendous preparations for a military assault on Iran. There is speculation that Washington has called off its two longest running wars–Iraq and Afghanistan–in order to deploy forces against Iran. Two of Washington’s fleets have been assigned to the Persian Gulf along with NATO warships. Missiles have been spread amongst Washington’s Oil Emirate and Middle Eastern puppet states. US troops have been deployed in Israel and Kuwait." - Source:  PaulCraigRoberts - also posted at InfoWars & CounterPunch

Tiny fraction of Afghan forces self-sufficient, US says
A quote...."WASHINGTON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Only 1 percent of Afghan police and soldiers are capable of operating independently, a top U.S. commander said on Wednesday, raising further doubts about whether Afghan forces will be able to take on a still-potent insurgency as the West withdraws."

US-led airstrike kills 6 Afghan children
A quote...."A US-led airstrike has claimed the lives of at least six children in Nejrab district of Afghanistan’s eastern province of Kapisa , local officials report."

IRAQ: Unspoken Crimes against Humanity Committed against the People of Iraq - Detailed and Documented
For The Record -- A quote...."IRAQ: unspoken crimes against humanity committed against the people of Iraq
criminally neglected by the international community - Open letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay."

Bahrain activists accuse US of assisting Manama regime
A quote...."Bahraini activists have accused the United States of assisting the Manama regime in its violent crackdown on peaceful anti-government demonstrations, Press TV reports."

Oil war in South Atlantic: Great Britain vs. Latin America
A quote...."Buenos-Aires and other cities of Argentina have many monuments dedicated to the officers and men, who died on the Malvinas Islands. Hundreds of shields along the Argentinean roads carry a single line: Las Malvinas son Argentinas (Las Malvinas belong to Argentina). All the participants of that war of a long ago are regarded as national heroes… "
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

South Africa to step up cooperation with Palestine and increase sanctions against Israel - Hip Hip Hooray!!
Boycott, Divest and Sanction the ENTIRE state of Israel!  Because it's the right thing to do, and because  it's easy to do. (All you have to do is look at the label and NOT buy their products, now WHAT could be more simple than that?) -- AND, it's working!!  - mpg -- A quote...."The South African government is looking at plans to step up its support for Palestine. The Minister of Arts and Culture, Paul Mashatile, made the announcement during a press conference in Pretoria last week to announce that a Palestinian delegation, including Mr. Mashatile's counterpart, Siham Barghouthi, had met with representatives of the government and signed a cultural agreement between South Africa and Palestine. Plans for future cooperation include literature exchanges, exhibitions, language development programmes and heritage preservation initiatives." - also posted at AlethoNews - For more on how to Boycott, Divest and Sanction the state of Israel see the upper-left-corner of the "Front Page" of this website.

Israeli Forces Arrest Three Palestinian Minors
A quote...."HEBRON, February 9, 2012 (WAFA) – Israeli forces Thursday arrested three Palestinian minors from the old city of the northern West Bank city of Hebron, according to security sources."

Israeli Forces Raid, Vandalize Palestinian Prisoner’s House
A quote...."TULKAREM, February 9, 2012 (WAFA) – Israeli forces at dawn Thursday raided and vandalized the house of Palestinian detainee in Israeli jails, Khalil Wajeeh from Atil, a town north of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, according to witnesses."

In Photos: Settlers [Jealous Homeless Jewish Thugs] and Israeli military violently steal land in Kufr Qaddoum
Contains Video - Alt -- A quote...."On February 5 the residents of Kufr Qaddoum noticed several soldiers and illegal settlers [thugs] on their lands who were plotting how to illegally seize land from the village. Upon arrival, International Solidarity Movement received word that indeed the colonizers were planning an action to seize land today." - also posted at Uruknet

Hunger striker Khader Adnan, held by Israel, in "shocking" condition as solidarity grows
A quote...."The wife and children of Khader Adnan were allowed to visit him as the husband, father and baker completed 53 continuous days of hunger strike against his detention without charge or trial since Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank arrested him on 17 December." - also posted at Uruknet

Wars For Israel:  A Reminder of Who is Giving the Marching Orders
A quote...."As the West prepares to march off to yet another war in the Middle East, we should perhaps remind ourselves of who is giving the West their marching orders. -- In February 2003, just weeks before the US and their allies launched their attack on Iraq and her peoples, a delegation of US congressmen, together with the US Ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, a well known pro-Zionist and neoconservative war-hawk, were in Israel at the invitation of the Israeli government then led by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon." - also posted at AlethoNews

US Iran Policy in 'Lockstep' with Israel?: President Obama Risks Becoming a Major-League War Criminal
A quote...."What is truly sick about all this saber-rattling is that even sane Israeli leaders admit that they don’t think Iran, if it obtained or created a nuclear weapon, would actually launch an attack on Israel. That claim of Iran’s being a mortal danger to Israel is a red herring. The Israelis, who after all have some 300 nuclear weapons themselves and are the only nuclear power in the middle east, simply don’t want Iran with a nuke because it would limit Israel’s power in dealing with Arab states bordering it, and in dealing with Hezbollah and Hamas. That’s a far cry from an existential threat." -- (In other words the Israelis may be somewhat constrained in exterminating the Palestinians with total impunity.  Now there's a PERFECT reason to start WWIII!!  You can see it in the history books right now...."why did hundreds of millions of people die horrible deaths? Because Israel MIGHT have been constrained from brutally murdering Palestinians whenever they wanted to!! - mpg)

Infowars Issues Emergency Terror Alert
False Flag Alert - (from InfoWars) -- A quote...."Given the fact that the US and Israel are both yearning for a casus belli to launch an attack on Iran, added to recent history where a staged provocation was considered, and in addition to the innumerable examples of false flags overseen by the Obama administration alone, the threat of staged terror has never been greater." - also posted at DProgram

Alex Issues Emergency False Flag Terror Alert
AJVideo - TerrorAlert(1/3) - TerrorAlert(2/3) - TerrorAlert(3/3) - (AJYuTb - 15min - Feb 7, 2012) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Threat of a false flag event has never been greater."
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The DHS Defends Globalism, Not America
A quote...."The Department Of Homeland Security is the very epitome of unnecessary bureaucracy.  Its formation was predicated on the existence of terrorist threats, many of which the U.S. government and orbiting alphabet agencies either created through acts of war, or fabricated out of thin air.  Its policies of centralization were sold to the public as necessary to prevent systemic “miscommunications” that never actually took place.  Throughout our history, it has been a rare occasion indeed when an attack falls upon American infrastructure or interests that was not influenced, directly or indirectly, by the actions of agencies which were supposedly employed to prevent such events from ever occurring.  Whether through ‘blowback’, or through ‘false flag’, frankly, most of the harm that comes to our nation is perpetrated by the guiding hand of our inexorably corrupt government."

DHS Implementing No Work List: Citizens Must Get Government Approval to Work in Private Sector Jobs
OH, This is RIDICULOUS!! - (Hat Tip to Alex Jones, he predicted this) -- mpg -- A quote...."You’ve heard of no fly and no buy lists – get ready for no work lists. Millions of workers now must apply to the DHS and prove they are not terrorists in order to be granted permission by the government to work."

Ter·ror·ist (Noun): Anyone Who Disagrees with the Government
Keep in mind folks, there is no "Government", not anymore. What we have now is a loose collection of criminal conspirators parading around as if they are the government, but who will fold like a bunch of empty suits one day very soon, when they're finally confronted and all of them face the prospect of swift and sure justice. - mpg - also posted at ZeroHedge

New York Times Publishes Hit Piece Against US Constitution As FBI Demonizes Everyday Americans As Possible Terrorists - Ah-hah!  The Jewish, AIPAC/Israeli Consortium supporting, warmongering, propagandizing, NYT owning, Ochs-Sulzberger family strikes ANOTHER blow for tyranny! - mpg -- A quote...."In a move that has shocked many Americans, the New York Times has published a hit piece against the US Constitution and its “outdated” ways. -- The hit piece comes on the heels of a sitting justice of the Supreme Court recommending multiple other constitutions and human rights charters to Egypt over the very constitution she is tasked to protect."

How Will The American Economy Die?
A quote...."I have been writing about secession now at DumpDC.com since May of 2009. One of the constant themes of my writings is that secession is not going to happen in America until and unless the economy collapses. AFTER it collapses. A lot of what I’ve written has been perception, conjecture and prediction based in reason. But much of that conjecture and many of those predictions are now coming true. Tick. Tock. It’s not a case of “If,” like there was a possibility that America could avoid collapse. Now, it’s simply a countdown to inevitability. -- The following is a plausible and likely scenario of the death of the American economy."
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A People's Bonds Destroyed, Simply to Satisfy the Sexual Ennui of its Ruling Parasites
02-07-12
mpg

California Gay Marriage Ban Ruled Unlawful by Appeals Court
There is NOTHING in the constitution of the United State that says men and women can marry the same sex. There is not a scrap of evidence that the founding fathers meant ANY section of the constitution to allow same sex marriage.  There is NO SUCH THING as "Gay".  Homosexuality is a LEARNED behavior.  There is NO evidence, WHATSOEVER, for any form of genetic prederterminism for homosexuality. There is NOT one single scintilla of support for a "discriminated" class of people, only a discriminated class of behavior.  NO one has "standing" in this case except the community and its values.

In fact, it is quite evident that human beings are eminently adoptable and completely malleable, and if taught by their society -- or forced by poverty or circumstance -- will have sex with just about anybody at any age, with any gender, at anytime, anywhere, for any reason, in any amount.  It's why the congressional page program had to be shut down. - To quote....


And to have this court overturn yet ANOTHER vote by the people of this nation for an issue like this, an issue that is BASIC and GERMANE to the personal aspirations, dignity and social structure of the entire community as a whole, is simply disgusting. To quote....


It would be nice if the people who were pushing this hoax were honest, it would be nice if they would just come out and say they like the New Roman Empire in all it's glory and they want to replicate it all over again with something even the Spartans and Romans refused to implement, homo-sexual marriage, and  if they weren't the hypocrites they already are, they would also say it's perfectly OK to also have polygamy or polyandry in this country.  But they are hypocrites!  They are slaves to the whims, affectations and desires of their wealthy masters. 

In fact, the court made this ruling simply to satisfy the sexual ennui of this nation's ruling parasites. It really is true that empires end not with a bang, but with a whimper. -- Welcome folks, to the final decline and fall of the New Roman Empire. - mpg. 
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Chutzpah, thy name is Silverstein! Larry wants more billions for blowing up the WTC
Quote of the Day...."If you thought Andrew "assassinate Obama for Israel" Adler was the last word in chutzpah... think again. -- Larry "blow up the World Trade Center for Israel" Silverstein is light-years beyond Adler. -- Larry Silverstein, you may recall, is a reputed mobster who allegedly got his start in the sex services business and then oozed into real estate. Two months before 9/11, Silverstein finalized his 100-year-lease on the white elephant, condemned-for-asbestos World Trade Center complex - and proceeded to double the insurance and hardball his insurers into changing the policy to "cash payout." -- On 9/11/01, Silverstein skipped his usual breakfast at the top of the North Tower. He says his wife reminded him of an appointment with his dermatologist. Other family members also stayed away, with other excuses. All of those who breakfasted there died. Silverstein and family survived."

Hundreds of 9/11 cops diagnosed with cancer
A quote...."The terrorist attack on the World Trade Center took the lives of 23 NYPD officers who responded to the scene that day. -- In the decade since though, the number of cops that have died from cancer is more than double that number, and the link, experts say, is astounding." - A LOT of people in this society don't want to look at its ugly underbelly.  They act just like the three monkeys, see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.  There's a problem with that attitude, what you choose not to see, hear, or speak, can get you killed. - mpg

Obama has a change of heart about super PACs
2012 Election Cycle - A quote...."08 Feb 2012 In a(nother) reversal, President Obama is embracing the big-money fund-raising groups he assailed as a "threat to democracy" on the grounds they let money corrode elections. His shift is a pragmatic move to win reelection, and a concession that his team had no choice but to go along with today's supercharged rules. Swamped by outside Republican groups in fund-raising so far, Obama belatedly decided to give his blessing to super PACs... Both Obama's campaign and the White House maintain that the president does not support today's rules but realized he must play by them to give himself a competitive chance at a second term."

Vote Fraud and press manipulation
2012 Election Cycle - Ry2SVideo Collection - (vote fraud alert) -- A quote...."About 20 different videos going over evidence."

Michael Rivero Broadcasting live from Hawaii on Justin TV - February 7 2012
MRVideo - Note:  To avoid the advertisements and the radio commentary goto 8min into the broadcast - mpg - (JustinTV - 2hrs - Feb 7th, 2012) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire and many other issues.
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens... 

Keiser Report: It's All Legal, Folks! (E246)
Must View RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 25min44sec - Feb 4, 2012) - Source:  RussiaToday - Producer:  Max Keiser TV - Related:  MaxKeiserCom - (RussiaToday) -- A quote...."In this episode, Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, discuss the supercommittee that runs America, the perils of Draghi's "blitz" and the IMF turnaround on austerity for Greece. In the second half of the show, Max talks to Gonzalo Lira about austerity, printing and running."

Shocking Reality – Charlie McGrath
Must View CMcGVideo - Alt - (CMcGYuTb - 3miin58sec - Feb 6, 2012)

Believe In A Return To The Gold Standard? You Are Now Officially An Extremist According To The FBI
In The Believe It Or Not Category -- A quote...."....the FBI warned on Monday. These extremists, sometimes known as "sovereign citizens," believe they can live outside any type of government authority, FBI agents said at a news conference." And the most epic line ever written: "The extremists may refuse to pay taxes, defy government environmental regulations and believe the United States went bankrupt by going off the gold standard.""

It's not surprising of course, after all, this is the SAME FBI who spent tens of millions of dollars during the last decade encouraging poor, indigent, uneducated crack-heads, homeless people and mentally disturbed individuals to engage in a life of crime. Spending months, or even years, along with hundreds of thousands of tax payer dollars per individual,  brow-beating, enticing, manipulating, training, arming, facilitating and in one egregious case, deliberately getting a targeted individual fired from his job so he'd become financially desperate, all in an effort to set these individuals up for their short lived, but VERY public life, of "terrorist" crime. Not to mention helping to cover-up every single crime the parasites have ever staged in this country during the last seventy years. They are TRULY a disgusting agency. - mpg

Unadjusted [US] Consumer Credit Soars By Most Since Peak Of Credit Bubble In August 2007, Third Highest Ever -- A quote...."....many were wondering where did the already cash-strapped US consumer procure the cash to shop as much as they did, even if it was well below a record level. Now we know: it was on credit. As the chart below shows, Non Seasonally Adjusted Credit in December 2011 exploded by $33 billion sequentially In December compared to November: the third highest in the past 18 years, and only second to August 2007, which just so happens was both the peak of the market, and the peak of the credit bubble."

The Fed Resumes Printing
A quote...."The Federal Reserve recently announced important policy changes after its Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. Here are the three most important takeaways, in its own words:" - also posted at ZeroHedge

The bank settlement: Do other crooks get to ‘settle’ when caught?
A quote...."It’s like the police cornering a bank robber who says, “I’ll give some of the money back and walk away a free man. You have 5 minutes to agree to my terms, or else.”"

The ECB's Scary Carry Trade, Or How The ECB Will Forego Greek Bond... PROFITS?
Mrkt Tech Note - Chart - (click to enlarge) -- A quote...."They [the banks] have “profits” because they live in an accrual accounting world.  They buy bonds, don’t mark them, and accrue the interest.  The accrued interest counts as “profit”.  That is the carry trade.  That is what everyone is so excited about for the banks.  Banks can buy bonds, not mark them [to market], and book the interest accrual (and payments) as profit. - The problem with accrual accounting is when a sale is forced.  Whatever the reason for the sale (in this case, a restructuring/default by Greece), the accrual accounting game is over and you have real profit or loss." - bold by website editor

Austerity Champion Sarkozy Burns Taxpayer Millions On Rock Star Lifestyle
Sarkozy is a Jewish, AIPAC/Israeli Consortium lackey, an avid PNAC Protocol supporter, a shill for the Anglo-Banksters, and a traitor not only to the French people, but to the ENTIRE European union. - mpg -- A quote...."As French President Sarkozy drains hundreds of millions from taxpayers to support his rock star lifestyle while demanding strong austerity measures in France, Greece and the rest of Europe."

Greek Economy Implodes: Budget Revenues Tumble 7% In January On Expectation Of 9% Rise
A quote...."While hardly surprising to anyone who actually paid attention over the past two months to events in Greece (instead of just reacting to headlines) where among those on strike were the very tax collectors tasked with "fixing the problem", we now get a first glimpse of the sheer collapse in the Greek economy, which also confirms why Germany is now dying for Greece to pull its own Eurozone plug (predicated by a naive belief that Greece is firewalled as was discussed before. As a reminder Hank Paulson thought that Lehman, too, was firewalled on September 15, 2008)." - Topix ||  A Quadruple Whammy - 12-16-10 - mpg  ||

Latest Greek debt negotiations reach stalemate
A quote...."2012-02-08 19:53:18 -- PARIS, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- The second round of negotiations over a bailout package for Greece has become deadlocked over several key issues. - In late October last year, EU leaders agreed to provide Greece with 130 billion euros (172.4 billion U.S. dollars) if it promised to implement more austerity measures. They also urged the private sector to accept debt writedowns on a voluntary basis."

24-hour general strike under way in Greece
A quote...."The people of Greece are sending a message to the world that they will not pay for the financial mistakes of corporations and the criminality of the bankers. We need to listen to them." -- *Michael Rivero*

France Central Bank expects zero GDP growth in Q1
A quote...."PARIS, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- France is expected to see a zero GDP growth in the first quarter of the year according to a monthly report published on Wednesday by the French Central Bank, Banque de France."

Italian Recession Accelerating
A quote...."Italy's economy shrank in the fourth quarter of last year, probably more steeply than the 0.2 percent decline in gross domestic product posted in the third quarter, a govermnent source told Reuters on Wednesday."
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More On The International Situation....

This is What Imperialism Does to Men
Contains Video & Transcript - Alt - (YuTb - 6min21sec - May 25, 2011) -- A quote...."In our condition as colonial slaves, we could not observe: that “Western Civilization” disguises behind its showy facade a picture of hyenas and jackals. That is the only name that can be applied to those who have gone to fulfill such “humanitarian” tasks in the Congo. A carnivorous animal that feeds on unarmed peoples. That is what imperialism does to men. That is what distinguishes the imperial “white man.” " -- *Ernesto Che Guevara*
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From Washington this looks like Syria's 'Benghazi moment'. But not from here
Special Note - A quote...."President Bashar al-Assad is not about to go. Not yet. Not, maybe, for quite a long time. Newspapers in the Middle East are filled with stories about whether or not this is Assad's "Benghazi moment" – these reports are almost invariably written from Washington or London or Paris – but few in the region understand how we Westerners can get it so wrong. The old saw has to be repeated and repeated: Egypt was not Tunisia; Bahrain was not Egypt; Yemen was not Bahrain; Libya was not Yemen. And Syria is very definitely not Libya." - also posted at ICH

MSNBC Headlines Story Given to them by A Phony and a Liar:”Rami Abdelrahman” Does Not Exist According to the SOHR -- A quote...."MSNBC is headlining a story this morning about the Syrian government “slaughtering” families in Homs (Group: Militia ‘slaughtered’ 3 families in Syria’s Homs) Their entire story is based on information given to them by a fictitious person inside the fraudulent organization the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). According to MSNBC, the person who provided the details of this Assad government slaughter is “Rami Abdelrahman” of SOHR. The only problem is that Rami doesn’t exist. He never did exist. And the person writing under his name is a liar and a fraud and is making up bullshit stories."

Lebanese security officials seize suspicious cargo from US, Brazil
A quote...."Lebanon’s security officials say a suspicious cargo containing huge amounts of US dollars, guns, special passports and credit cards have been seized upon arrival in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, from the US and Brazil."

Syrian Signals: Assad 'ready for talks' after meeting Lavrov
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 5min27sec - Feb 7, 2012) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Members of the Syrian opposition say they would welcome Russia mediating talks with the Syrian authorities. The reaction came after Russia's Foreign Minister's talks with President Bashar Assad in Damascus. Following the meeting, Sergey Lavrov said Moscow will continue its efforts to settle the crisis in the Middle Eastern country."

Lavrov Cheered by Syrians, Holds Talks with Assad
A quote...."Russian Foreign Minister held talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad, shortly after he arrived in Damascus and received by thousands of regime supporters. -- "Every leader in every country should be aware of his share of responsibility. You are aware of yours," Lavrov said to Assad as they kicked off the talks, according to English-language reports by Russian news agencies. -- "We hope that the Arab people can live in peace and understanding," the Russian envoy added." - also posted at AlethoNews

Lavrov says Assad's fate should be decided by Syrians
A quote...."MOSCOW, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday that the fate of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should be decided only by the Syrians. - Lavrov, who just wrapped up a visit to Damascus, told a press conference that the Syrians should seek ways of national reconciliation themselves."

'Hysteria' over Russia veto after West jumps the gun at UN
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 5min27sec - Feb 7, 2012) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Members of the Syrian opposition say they would welcome Russia mediating talks with the Syrian authorities. The reaction came after Russia's Foreign Minister's talks with President Bashar Assad in Damascus. Following the meeting, Sergey Lavrov said Moscow will continue its efforts to settle the crisis in the Middle Eastern country."

Media Distortions: Ignoring Truth about Syria
A quote...."The British media was full of sound bites last weekend from politicians expressing outrage against Russia and China for blocking a UN Security Council resolution based on an Arab League proposal for the Syrian crisis. This is the same Arab League that called for the no-fly zone in Libya which precipitated events leading to a death toll five times higher than the current total in Syria. It is supported by the same United States administration which has ordered drone assassinations in Yemen and Pakistan, along with widespread human rights abuses around the world. Along with the same United Kingdom government whose shadowy spooks in MI6 helped to provoke the Libyan uprising, and train Palestinian security forces in the black arts of torture. It is the same French government which armed and trained Libyan rebels; acts which, in the opinion of the chair of the Security Council's Sanctions Committee, were in breach of UNSC resolutions 1970 and 1973."

Thwarted Peace: 'Toppling regime path to bloodshed'
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 3min50sec - Feb 7, 2012) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."In the light of recent UN Security Council fallouts, RT spoke to Russia's ambassador to the body, Vitaly Churkin. -- He says that piling pressure only on the Assad regime gives unilateral advantages to the rebels, who are also to blame for inciting violence in Syria. -- And while Russia made mediation efforts in Syria, some nations sought to further isolate the Arab country, by withdrawing their ambassadors en masse. -- President of the Arab Lawyers' Association, Sabah al-Mukhtar, they are just careless about the bloodshed."

How about an international award for hypocrisy?
A quote...."Arising out the will of Alfred Nobel, the Swedish chemist who invented dynamite, the Nobel Prize is universally recognized as the most prestigious award in the fields of peace-making, economics, chemistry, physics, medicine and literature. How about an international award – without the gold medal, the diploma and the money – for hypocrisy?" - also posted at ICH

US Says Russia/China UN Veto -- "Disgusting", "Shameful", "Deplorable", "a Travesty" . . . Really?"
Database -- A quote...."February 07, 2012 "ASI" -- A quick listing of the United States' record of veto use at the United Nations (UN): 1972–2011*
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Iraq: The University at War
For The Record - A quote...."The political scientist Mark Duffield has observed that the effect of Western intervention in Iraq has actually been to "demodernize" that country. This is ironic given that the military campaigns against Iraq and Afghanistan have been accompanied by narratives of the West’s obligation to modernize backward nations. Nowhere is the truth of Duffield’s observation clearer than in the story of what has happened to Iraq’s education system, especially its higher education system. Western [US-NRE & Britain's] intervention has ended up destroying Iraq’s universities, formerly among the best in the region, as functional institutions." - bold by website editor - That's the WHOLE POINT!!  This entire series of wars were designed to DESTROY any nation state that posed as an economic competitor to Israel.  Iran is the last one slated for destruction. - mpg - Topix ||  The Method - 05-07-07 - mpg  ||

Inquiry Into Detainee Death Early in Iraq War Reveals [UK] Secret Prison Camp
A quote...."In April 2003, days after the fall of Baghdad, British troops in a pair of RAF CH47 Chinook helicopters were on a mission to transport Iraqi detainees to a prison camp under the cover of darkness. Before the end of the night, one detainee had died on board one of the helicopters, allegedly beaten to death by RAF personnel. As the incident became shrouded in secrecy by the government, additional deaths also came to the fore. Only now are the holes in the story being filled in, with one of the revelations being a secret Iraq detention camp."

Pakistan defiant on Iran gas pipeline
A quote...."KARACHI - Pakistan on Tuesday gave an unequivocal assurance to Iran for early implementation of the US$7.6 billion Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline, a week after the toughest warning issued yet by the United States to Islamabad to shelve the project."

Former US Base Opened to Iranian Terrorist Group
A quote...."Members of the State Department-designated terrorist group known as the Mujahedeen e-Khalq (MEK) have been welcomed into a former U.S. military base in Iraq thanks to an agreement Washington pushed through with Baghdad." - Topix ||  US Support of Terror - MEK - PKK - Others  ||

Dark History in Latin America and the Struggle for Justice
A quote...."February 07, 2012 "Information Clearing House" ---  Elliott Abrams, a former high level State Department official during the 1980s, testified last week that the Reagan administration knew that Argentina's military junta was systematically stealing babies from murdered and jailed democracy activists and giving them to right-wing families friendly to the regime."

Haiti: Where Did the Money Go? - What the American Red Cross Does Not Want You to Know
A quote...."Filmmaker Michele Mitchell presented her documentary, "Haiti: Where Did the Money Go?" at a congressional briefing sponsored by Rep. Yvette Clarke, Rep. Barbara Lee, and Rep. Donald M. Payne (CEPR Co-Director Mark Weisbrot spoke at the briefing, and CEPR helped to publicize the event.) Through visits to Haiti in 2010 and 2011 in which she conducted interviews with IDP camp residents, NGO spokespersons, aid workers, and others, and through other background research, Mitchell examines why so many people (currently half-a-million) remain stuck in tent camps with few services, despite the billions of dollars pledged for relief following the earthquake. The film is currently airing on dozens of PBS stations around the U.S."

Haiti: Where Did the Money Go?
GRVideo - Alt - (GRYuTb - 10min02sec - Jan 5, 2011) - Source:  FilmAt11tv -- A quote...."In January 2010, a 7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti. The international community, including one out of two Americans, pledged billions of dollars in aid, yet the nation has seen little improvement. Three hundred thousand died, nearly two million live in ramshackle tent cities. Cholera has swept through the population, killing thousands and hospitalizing many others. Only about 2% of the rubble has been cleared."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Who says Palestinian resistance is dead?
A quote...."For decades, Palestine was the focus of nearly every protest in the Arab world. It was the acceptable outlet of frustration for almost every regime in the region, the bone they would throw their frustrated masses. But it was also the vehicle for mobilization and a training ground for political organizing that became useful for activists later on."

Israeli Forces Arrest 12 Palestinians across West Bank
A quote...."WEST BANK, February 8, 2012 (WAFA) – Israeli forces Wednesday arrested 12 Palestinian from across the West Bank, according to local and security sources. - In the southern West Bank city of Hebron, Spokesman of the National Committee against the Wall and settlement in Beit Ummar, Mohammed Awad, told WAFA that forces stormed the town of Beit Ummar and arrested two Palestinian youths, 18, 22, and took them to Atsion prison near Hebron."

[Jealous] Jewish [homeless vandals] settlers uproot olive trees in Al-Khalil, Nablus
A quote...."AL-KHALIL, (PIC)-- [Jealous] Jewish [homeless vandals] settlers damaged 25 olive trees in Beit Ummar village, to the north of Al-Khalil, at noon Tuesday only one week after Palestinian farmers planted them."

Stealing Palestine’s resources is illegal, despite Israeli court ruling
A quote...."Pillage: for some the word conjures up lawless warfare, a time before the order of nation states or the rule of international law. Indeed, in its petition to the Israeli high court, the Israeli human rights group Yesh Din argues that “pillage” belongs to “ancient times,” when justice was determined by might and the victors of war were entitled to the fruits of the conquered land."

Tubas: Israel robs the Jordan Valley dry
A quote...."Two major illegal checkpoints have been established which further hinder agriculture in the area by restricting the movement of Palestinian farmers. This, in combination with the theft of natural water resources for 10,000 settlers [illegal squatters] in the region, and the systematic demolition of Palesetinian homes by Israel, creates huge problems for the inhabitants of Tubas municipality."
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The On-Going Fukushima Meltdown Disaster....

Tepco Injects Boric Acid Into Reactor as Temperatures Rise
A quote...."07 Feb 2012 Tokyo Electric Power Co. injected boric acid into a reactor at its crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to prevent an accidental chain reaction known as re-criticality after temperatures rose in the past week. The temperature of the No. 2 reactor was 70.1 degrees Celsius (158 degrees Fahrenheit) as of 6 a.m. today, according to preliminary data, Akitsuka Kobayashi, a spokesman for the utility, said by phone. Since Feb. 1, temperatures at the bottom of the No. 2 reactor vessel have risen by more than 20 degrees Celsius, according to the company's data."

Rising temperatures at Fukushima raise questions over stability of nuclear plant
A quote...."The amount of cooling water being injected into No 2 reactor is increased after temperature soars to over 73C 07 Feb 2012 Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant say they are regaining control of a reactor after its temperature rose dramatically this week, casting doubt on government claims that the facility has been stabilised. The plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power [Tepco] was forced to increase the amount of cooling water being injected into the No 2 reactor after its temperature soared to 73.3C earlier this week. By Tuesday night, the temperature had dropped to 68.5C at the bottom of the reactor's containment vessel, where molten fuel is believed to have accumulated after three of Fukushima Daiichi's six reactors suffered meltdown."

Monday February 6th 2012

Democide Mass-Murder and the New World Order
Special Note - A quote...."Many people believe that governments are too bureaucratic, incompetent and lazy to accomplish anything substantial.  However, history has demonstrated that powerful elites have used governments to do one thing extremely efficiently: Democide. -- [It's what governments do best - mpg] -- According to Professor R.J. Rummel of the University of Hawaii, Democide is the murder of any person or people by a government, including genocide, politicide, and mass murder.  Democide does not include soldiers killed in battle.  During the 20th Century (1900s) alone, Rummel calculates that government power was used to murder approximately 262,000,000 people."

Offshore Free-Fire Zone Everywhere: The Plan to End National Sovereignty as We Know It
Special Note - A quote...."Make no mistake: We’re entering a new world of military planning.  Admittedly, the latest proposed Pentagon budget manages to preserve just about every costly toy-cum-boondoggle from the good old days when MiGs still roamed the skies, including an uncutnuclear arsenal.  Eternally over-budget items like the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, cherished by their services and well-lobbied congressional representatives, aren’t leaving the scene any time soon, though delays or cuts in purchase orders are planned.  All this should reassure us that, despite the talk of massive cuts, the U.S. military will continue to be the profligate, inefficient, andremarkably ineffective institution we’ve come to know and squander our treasure on." -- Source:  TruthDig
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Making It Clear....er
02-06-12
mpg

Israeli premier to visit US [his North American colony] to address lobby [his Jewish colonists]
Full quote - (with some minor editorial changes) -- "JERUSALEM—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office says he will visit the U.S. [his North American colony] next month for the annual conference of AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobby [Israel's department of colonial administration in North America.]

A statement by Netanyahu's office Sunday said the prime minister would speak at the conference  [regarding more effective police state policies to control the Goyum population, better tribute extraction procedures to be developed by the Fed and its Banksters, and how to further implement and  finalize Israel's PNAC Protocols] -- It was not immediately clear if Netanyahu would meet U.S. President [his loyal servant] Obama during his visit.

The visit comes at a time [after sixty years] of [deliberate, Israeli engineered] deadlock in Israel-Palestinian talks and growing international concern that Israel could soon launch an attack on Iran's nuclear program [by initiating a false-flag event similar to the one they launched so successfully on 9/11]

The U.S. has urged Israel not to attack [for public consumption only, while quietly working behind the scenes to help Israel prepare for a false flag event here in this country or in Europe and a subsequent attack against Iran], saying [again, solely for public consumption] that economic sanctions [warfare] on Iran and international diplomacy [lies and propaganda] should be given time to work [until Israel's plans for an attack are finalized] - mpg
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Yet Another War for Israel
A quote...."Has it come to this, that unnamed Israeli spokespeople, voicing AIPAC’s policies, determine what nation the U.S. should invade without consultation with the representatives of the American people?" - YES!! - mpg - also posted at PoorRichard'sBlog & ICH

Sheik Imran Hosein - Israel Takes the US to its End - Part 1
M108Video - Alt - (M108YuTb - 15min51sec - Jan 25, 2012) - Source:  108morris108 -- A quote...."The last ten years are just preparatory to the wars that are coming. The story of how the US is being drawn to its demise so that Israel can take over."

Sheik Imran Hosein - US$ Iran Syria Zionists UnNatural Disasters Arab Spring - Part 2
M108Video - Alt - (M108YuTb - 30min45sec - Jan 25, 2012) - Source:  108morris108 -- A quote...."The Zionists now have the heart of a beast. -- Some discussion on Jews and the banking system. -- Iran's partnership with Russia is a sign from the Koran which talks about an alliance between Muslims and Eastern Orthodox Christians. -- Syrian Govt unlikely to survive the Zionist onslaught that is underway, the best solution is for the opposition to align itself with Russia, and therefore allow Russia to mediate between all sides. -- An alliance needs to be formed of like minded people, under Chavez in Venezuela, to network with each other, to plan to introduce real money and more, Gold and Silver coins."

The Economics of Incarceration
A quote...."For anyone paying attention, there is no shortage of issues that fundamentally challenge the underpinning moral infrastructure of American society and the values it claims to uphold. Under the conceptual illusion of liberty, few things are more sobering than the amount of Americans who will spend the rest of their lives in an isolated correctional facility – ostensibly, being corrected. The United States of America has long held the highest incarceration rate in the world, far surpassing any other nation. For every 100,000 Americans, 743 citizens sit behind bars. Presently, the prison population in America consists of more than six million people, a number exceeding the amount of prisoners held in the gulags of the former Soviet Union at any point in its history." - also posted at Uruknet

American border officials attempt to deny exit to Danish national
For those who want to get out, you might want to get out NOW! - Reading this article sent chills up and down this website editor's spine.  Many people in this country wanted "secure" borders, they got them, but they're not to keep the Mexicans out, they're to keep YOU in. - mpg

Bush Knew Bin Laden Murdered in 2001
A quote...."Usama bin Laden has died a peaceful death due to an untreated lung  complication, the Pakistan Observer reported, citing a Taliban leader  who allegedly attended the funeral of the Al Qaeda leader." - also posted at PoorRichard'sBlog - Topix ||  Osama Back From the Dead™  ||

Czech Government Suspends ACTA Ratification -- Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."Following Poland's lead, the Czech Prime Minister, Petr Necas has announced that the government there will suspend the ACTA ratification process until the country has had more time to analyze the agreement. This follows a "wave of protests" across Europe, in which this agreement, that everyone assumed was going through with no questions asked, has suddenly generated significant public interest...."

Ron Paul: Vote Rigged Against Him In Nevada?
2012 Election Cycle - (vote fraud alert) - (YuTb - 1min34sec - Feb 6, 2012) - Source:  libertyangel500 -- A quote....."Amid reports of more ballots cast than voters, even Fox News questions dirty tricks in the Nevada Caucus vote."

Excess Ballots Were Counted In Clark County, Nevada
2012 Election Cycle - (vote fraud alert) - A quote...."More votes cast than voters. - If the government cannot prove the accuracy, honesty,and fairness of the elections by which they claim authority over the people, then the people are neither morally nor legally obligated to obey that government, pay its bills, or send their children to die in that government's wars." -- *Michael Rivero*

58% Landslide! Ron Paul Wins Adelson Late-Hour Caucus
2012 Election Cycle - Contains Video - Alt - (vote fraud alert) - A quote...."Ever notice that when the votes are counted publicly Ron Paul wins, and everywhere the votes are counted in private Romney wins!" -- *Michael Rivero*

More Voter Fraud
2012 Election Cycle - Ry2SVideo -  (vote fraud alert) - Alt - (Ry2SYuTb - 5min47sec - Feb 6, 2012) - Source:  Rys2sense -- A quote...."If you can't have a fair election you can't have a legitimate government. Since the elections are rigging, it's time to protest them. However not voting is a vote for either not for neither. Show up force them to cheat the more who do that the better chance we have at catching them." -- *Ryan Dawson*

Michael Rivero Broadcasting live from Hawaii on Justin TV - February 6 2012
MRVideo - Note:  To avoid the advertisements and the radio commentary goto 8min into the broadcast - mpg - (JustinTV - 2hrs - Feb 6th, 2012) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire and many other issues.
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens... 

Illusion of Recovery - Feelings Versus Facts
Multiple Charts - Must Read -- A quote...."There is no means of avoiding a final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner as the result of voluntary abandonment of further credit expansion, or later as the final and total catastrophe of the currency involved.” – Ludwig von Mises." - also posted at ZeroHedge & GrgWshngtnBlog

The Financial Crisis Of 2008 Was Just A Warm Up Act For The Economic Horror Show That Is Coming
A quote...."The people out there that believe that the U.S. economy is experiencing a permanent recovery and that very bright days are ahead for us should have their heads examined.  Unfortunately, what we are going through right now is simply just a period of "hopetimism" between two financial crashes.  Things may seem relatively stable right now, but it won't last long.  The truth is that the financial crisis of 2008 was just a warm up act for the economic horror show that is coming.  Nothing really got fixed after the crash of 2008...." - also posted at PoorRichard'sBlog

The Financial Crisis Of 2008 Was Just A Warm Up Act For The Economic Horror Show That Is Coming
A quote...."The people out there that believe that the U.S. economy is experiencing a permanent recovery and that very bright days are ahead for us should have their heads examined.  Unfortunately, what we are going through right now is simply just a period of “hopetimism” between two financial crashes.  Things may seem relatively stable right now, but it won’t last long.  The truth is that the financial crisis of 2008 was just a warm up act for the economic horror show that is coming.  Nothing really got fixed after the crash of 2008.  We are living in the biggest debt bubble in the history of the world, and it has gotten even bigger since then." - also posted at PoorRichard'sBlog

A "Quality Assessment" Of US Jobs Reveals The Ugliest Picture Yet
More on Jan's B(L)S Jobs Numbers -- A quote...."....the biggest flaw with all these arguments that vainly (and veinly) attempt to defend the US economy as if it is growing, is that they focus exclusively on the quantity of jobs, doctored or not, and completely ignore the quality. We have decided to step in and fill this void."

PHONY DATA: America's "January Jobs" are Statistical Artifacts
More on Jan's B(L)S Jobs Numbers -- A quote...."Last Friday the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in the first month of this new year 243,000  jobs were created and the unemployment rate (U.3) fell to 8.3 percent.  This good news is a mirage. It is due to faulty seasonal adjustments and to the BLS birth/death model. In a prolonged downturn, seasonal adjustments and the birth/death model produce nonexistent employment." - Source:  PaulCraigRoberts - also posted at ICH

Regulators collude in lawbreaking by Wall Street banks
A quote...."The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the main federal regulator of banks and financial firms, routinely grants major Wall Street banks waivers from legal penalties as part of cash settlements in securities fraud cases, the New York Times reported February 3."

Lowest Non-Holiday Market Volume In Past Decade
Mrkt Tech Note - Chart - (click to enlarge) -- A quote...."We are struggling for superlatives (or whatever the antonym for superlatives is). Today's NYSE volume is as low as we could find on Bloomberg data. It is the lowest non-holiday trading day volume in over a decade."

Romanian prime minister and cabinet resign en masse
A quote...."The Romanian prime minister and his cabinet have resigned after weeks of sometimes violent protests over widespread corruption and austerity measures." - Now why doesn't that happen here? - mpg

Mass protests bring down Romanian government
A quote...."The Romanian government resigned on Monday, in the wake of mass protests against its austerity measures over the past three weeks."
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More On The International Situation....

Iran honestly cooperating with IAEA: Britain’s former IAEA envoy
A quote...."Jenkins made the remarks in a recent interview with the BBC Persian service in reply to a question about claims that Iran has not provided answers about the alleged weapons studies. -- Jenkins, according to a translation of his comments, said that he does not think that is the case and that he believes Iran has been honestly and sincerely cooperating with the IAEA and its inspectors." - also posted at AlethoNews - Topix ||  How About An Honest NPT? - 11-11-10 - mpg  ||

U.S. Wrongly Demonizes Iran, But Ignores Nuclear Weapons Countries India, Pakistan, and Israel
A quote...."U.S. foreign policy is obsessed with demonizing Iran. It has been since the pro-American Shah was popularly overthrown in 1979. From instigating wars to military attacks and the present economic sanctions, the American government seems hell-bent on punishing a society who revolted against a pro-American despot. Our latest move — the economic sanctions — is ostensibly in direct response to Iran’s continued pursuit of nuclear technology. However, given the very low likelihood of an Iranian preemptive attack, and other countries that pose more of a potential threat to international peace, the U.S. should be focusing its nonproliferation efforts elsewhere." - also posted at ICH

Report from Iran Under the Shadow of War
WTAudio - (AdobeFlsh10 - February 5, 2012) - Source:  TarpleydotNet - Related:  Download Mp3 -- A quote...."Webster Tarpley reporting from Tehran, Iran."

'Israeli attack [against Iran] will prompt Pakistani response'
A quote...."05 Feb 2012 Is the world counting down to "D-Day"? After US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta estimated that Israel would attack Iran by June, and Prime Minister [sociopath] Benjamin Netanyahu warned government officials against "Iran chatter," a European diplomat based in Pakistan said that if Israel attacks, Islamabad will have no choice but to support any Iranian retaliation. The diplomat's statement raised the specter of putting a nuclear-armed Pakistan at odds with Israel, which is widely believed to have its own significant nuclear arsenal."
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Independent Report Contradicts Western Portrait of Syria
A quote...."While the Western media act like the Syrian government is wantonly and indiscriminately killing its own people without provocation, an independent investigation has found a different reality on the ground. -- Specifically, over 160 monitors from the Arab League – comprised of both allies and mortal enemies of Syria – toured Syria and published a report - PDF on January 27th showing that the situation has been mischaracterized."

Heading for War on Syria
A quote...."February 06, 2012 "Information Clearing House" --- Washington's longstanding policy is regime change in Iran and Syria. At issue is replacing independent regimes with client ones and securing unchallenged control of valued Middle East resources." - Source:  SteveLendman - also posted at Veteran'sToday

Libyan Salafis Killed In Syria
al-CIA'da™ Export Data -- A quote...."This is the first confirmation of what former CIA agent Philip Giraldi reported back in December...."


"Giraldi, without naming any sources, also claimed...."


Russia blasts 'Western [ZOG Govmnts US-NRE's & Britain's along with Sarkozy's] hysteria' over Syria veto
A quote...."MOSCOW: Russia Monday condemned as hysterical the angry Western reaction to its veto of a UN resolution condemning Syria's crackdown on protestors, as its top diplomat prepared for a mission to Damascus. -- After blocking the resolution on Saturday with its Security Council ally China, Moscow has been painted in Western capitals as the diplomatic villain of the crisis and blocking global action to stop the killings."
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NATO copter ["]crashes["] in Afghanistan - Uh-huh.....mpg
A quote...."06 Feb 2012 Another helicopter operated by the US-led NATO military alliance has crashed in eastern Afghanistan, with no immediate reports of casualties. Although no deaths or injuries have been reported, NATO says it has transferred the troopers to a nearby military base. It remains unclear whether the copter was attacked by militants or crashed as a result of technical problems. The Taliban say they have shot down several aircraft and NATO choppers in different parts of Afghanistan over the past few months."

US colonel: Don't believe US statements on progress in Afghanistan
A quote...."I spent five years covering the Iraq war, and at the end of it I was not inclined to believe anything official spokesmen had to say about Iraq anymore. I heard denials an insurgency was erupting in 2003, watched President Bush's "mission accomplished" moment after Saddam Hussein was captured, and was earnestly told Iraq's insurgency was on its last legs in 2005."
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Egypt to prosecute Americans, including Sam LaHood, in NGO probe
A quote...."CAIRO — Nineteen Americans will face criminal charges as part of a probe of the funding of pro-democracy groups, Egyptian officials announced Sunday, a provocative move that could deprive Egypt of crucial aid from the United States and upend one of Washington’s most important bilateral relationships."

55 Killed in Latest Round of Sectarian Clashes in Northern Yemen
A quote...."Two days of fighting in the Hajjah Province of Yemen have left at least 55 people dead and scores wounded, potentially setting the stage for a massive sectarian blow-up in the far northern regions of the country."

Russia to create own shield against NATO
A quote...."Russia will build a reliable aerospace defense system to effectively counter NATO missile threats, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said yesterday."
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

Israel's Bedouins are at the frontline of Israel's continued ethnic cleansing
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 5min54sec - Feb 2, 2012) - Source:  PalestineMonitor -- A quote...."The unrecognised Bedouin village of Al Araqib, in Israel's Negev Desert, remains steadfast in the face of ongoing demolitions at the hands of government authorities. The demolitions are strictly connected to the Jewish National Fund's (JNF) forestation activities taking place in the area. The JNF is in fact planting trees for the upcoming 'Ambassadors Forest', which would exist on the lands of Al Araqib and on the remains of this Bedouin village."

'Death to Christians' sprayed on Jerusalem monastery
A quote...."JERUSALEM (Reuters) -- A Jerusalem monastery, built on the spot where tradition holds the tree from which Jesus's cross was made, was defaced with graffiti bearing the hallmarks of Jewish extremists, police said on Tuesday."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Two Front International Struggle For Palestine
A quote...."February 06, 2012 "Information Clearing House" ---  In January 2011, I wrote an analysis in support of a one-state solution to the on-going Israeli-Palestinian struggle. It is the Israelis themselves who have made the one-state solution the only practicable approach, because their incessant and illegal colonization of the West Bank has simply eliminated all possibility of a viable and truly independent Palestinian state. Israeli behavior has not changed in the past year and so I still stand by the position." - also posted at MyCatBird'sSeat & Intifada

US Palestinians organize as government renews threats to indict solidarity activists
A quote...."The US Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) is asking supporters to sign a pledge to defend civil and human rights as it was revealed last week that the lead government prosecutor of the Holy Land Five has been assigned to the ongoing secret investigation against anti-war and international solidarity activists across the US."

Settlers [Homeless, jealous Jewish vagrants] raid Ramallah village, vandalize property
A quote...."RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Settlers [Homeless, jealous, Jewish, vagrants] attacked a Ramallah village overnight Saturday, breaking into a house and vandalizing village property. - Ismail Mazloum said that settlers [homeless, Jewish, vagrants] from the nearby settlement [squatter encampment] of Talmon raided the village, vandalized his car and wrote racist slogans on walls in al-Janiya village, official news agency Wafa reported."

Israeli Forces Arrest Six Palestinians in West Bank
A quote...."WEST BANK, February 6, 2012 (WAFA) – Israeli forces Monday arrested six Palestinians from across the West Bank, According to local sources. -- They said that Israeli forces stormed the northern West Bank city of Nablus and a number of its neighborhoods and raided several Palestinians houses, searching them, confiscating their personal computers and arresting three Palestinians, including a guy with a broken leg."

[IOF] Soldiers detain 60-year-old blocking settler tree planting
A quote...."QALQILIYA (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained a 60-year-old man obstructing Israeli settlers from digging up land in Qalqiliya village Kafr Qaddum on Monday, witnesses and security officials said." - also posted at Uruknet

In the Shadow of Bethlehem
A quote...."If only trees could talk …. Shown below are 3 – 5,000 year old specimens growing in the Bethlehem area. Can you even imagine the history these trees have witnessed? Obviously too much as far as the Israeli authorities are concerned …. slowly but surely they are being destroyed to make room for more illegal settlements. The history of Palestine must never become known, even if it comes from these precious trees, they must remain silent…"

Palestinian Factions Agree on Unity Government - Israel Loudly Condemns Agreement
A quote...."A meeting in Qatar today has ended with the top two Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah, agreeing to form a unity government in anticipation of new elections. The deal would leave PA President Mahmoud Abbas in his position."
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The Monsanto Monster....

Monsanto Declared Worst Company of 2011
A quote...."Biotech giant Monsanto has been declared the Worst Company of 2011 by NaturalSociety for threatening both human health and the environment. The leader in genetically modified seeds and crops, Monsanto is currently responsible for 90 percent of the genetically engineered seed on the United States market. Outside of GM seeds, Monsanto is also the creator of the best-selling herbicide Roundup, which has spawned over 120 million hectacres of herbicide-resistant superweeds while damaging much of the soil. Despite hard evidence warning against the amplified usage of genetically modified crops, biopesticides, and herbicides, Monsanto continues to disregard all warning signs."

Sunday February 5th 2012

Mainstream Media Questions Inaccuracies in 9/11 Story
From the History File - Feb-24-2010 15:36 -- A quote...."(SALEM, Ore.) - The mainstream press is showing interest in a taboo, however glaring subject; the inconsistencies in the Bush White House 9/11 account. -- As The Washington Times reports today, "A lingering technical question about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks still haunts some, and it has political implications: How did 200,000 tons of steel disintegrate and drop in 11 seconds? A thousand architects and engineers want to know, and are calling on Congress to order a new investigation into the destruction of the Twin Towers and Building 7 at the World Trade Center." -- The problems with the official federal stories are endless and according to some of the world's top minds, the suggested account is impossible[1]. -- When we first began to write about these seemingly pressing questions, our Web Designer Matt Lintz caught the U.S. Air Force attempting to hack into Salem-News.com."  Topix ||  9/11-WTC7 - Updated!  ||  9/11-WTC-1&2 ||

Consensus 9/11: Seeking Truth, Dispelling Lies
A quote...."Consensus 9/11 seeks “best evidence” proof to dispel official story falsehoods. It’s founded on:

1. “The opinions of respected authorities, based on professional experience, descriptive studies, and reports of expert committees.
2. Physical data in the form of photographs, videotapes, court testimony, witness reports, and FOIA releases.
3. Direct rather than circumstantial evidence.”

Determining “best evidence” depends on “integrating individual professional expertise with the best available documentary and scientific evidence.”

The Five Dancing Israelis - Arrested On 9-11
A quote...."A Mossad surveillance team made quite a public spectacle of themselves on 9-11." - Topix ||  9/11 & 7/11  Israeli Connection - Updated  ||  Michael Chertoff -Ten of Spades - New Database ||

The Coverup of Zionist Organized Crime!
Special Note - DDVideo - (DDYuTb - 32min25sec - Feb 2, 2012) - Source:  drdduke - Related:  DavidDuke -- A quote...."This documentary defends Italians from a vicious and hypocritical Zionist-dominated media constantly associates Italians and Italian culture with organized crime when actually Italians have been a tiny fraction of the worldwide underworld of White slavery, drugs, loan-sharking, protection rackets, murder for hire, money-laundering and other kinds of criminal activity. The World Champions of organized crime for hundreds of years have been not Italians but Jews and they have constituted the leading criminal element in many nations all over the world."

Mitt Romney’s Man on Iran
Special Note - AIPAC / Israeli Shills Identified - (Eliot Cohen & Mara Karlin) -- A quote...."Should Mitt Romney make it to the White House, his Middle East policy and plan for Iran may be as hawkish as that of Bush Junior, thanks to Eliot Cohen. -- In 2005, a group of graduate students at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced and International Studies (SAIS) participated in the school’s annual diplomatic simulation. The high-pressure scenario required the students to negotiate a resolution to a standoff with a nuclear-armed Republic of Pakistan. Mara Karlin, a student known for her hawkish politics on Israel and the Middle East, played President of the United States. -- Though most of the participants were confident they could head off a military conflict with diplomatic measures, Karlin jumped the gun. According to a former SAIS student, not only did Karlin order a nuclear strike on Pakistan, she also took the opportunity to nuke Iran. Her classmates were shocked. It was the first time in 45 years that a simulation concluded with the deployment of a nuclear weapon."

New York Times loses $40million in 2011
An Isreali Presstitute Shrinks - The gray, old, whoring AIPAC/Israeli presstitute loses some more money.....say it ain't so! - mpg -- A quote...."The New York Times Company suffered a net loss of almost $40million in 2011, with its fourth quarter profits falling by 12.2 per cent compared to the same period in 2010. -- The company is grappling with sinking advertising revenue and a recent change in the top management after losing CEO Janet Robinson, who received a multimillion dollar severance package. -- They said it continued to add subscribers for its digital products in the fourth quarter."
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The State of US Surveillance
Must Read - (a comprehensive review of the US-NRE's growing police state powers. - mpg) -- A quote...."One of the most ominous developments for us personally crawled out from under its rock in November. Again without any public debate, DHS unleashed its National Operations Center's Media Monitoring Initiative. Yep, it's exactly what it sounds like: The NOC's Office of Operations Coordination and Planning is going to collect information from news anchors, journalists, reporters, or anyone who may use "traditional and/or social media in real time to keep their audience situationally aware and informed." -- Thus Washington, D.C. unilaterally grants itself the right to monitor what you say. Doesn't matter if you're the New York Times, Brian Williams, a basement blogger, an online whistleblower, or known government critics like ourselves. They're gonna take note of your utterances and file them away for future use." - also posted at ZeroHedge

Homeland Security Will Use The Excuse Of A Wartime Crisis To Liquidate The Resistance To The Police State
A quote...."The threat that most unsettles the criminal U.S. ruling class is not the threat of Iran or the threat of terrorism, but the threat of a second American revolution, triggered by the political awakening of the American people."

Is America a Police State?
A quote...."You know you live in a police state when the president allows the military to continuously harass a prisoner against whom no crime has been proven by interrupting him every five minutes of the day to ask him, "Are you okay?" and forces him to stand to attention naked at roll call. What it can do to one man it can do to every man."

Tennessee begins to push back against NDAA tyranny
A quote...."Tennessee, the Volunteer State, has begun to push back against the tyranny that is the indefinite detention provisions contained in the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2012, better known simply as the NDAA."

Europe Rises Up Against ACTA - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."The widespread protests against the anti-democracy bill ACTA by the Polish people have forced Poland’s prime minister to stall – or perhaps even back out – of the treaty...." - also posted at BLN

Under Obama, the Freedom of Information Act is Still in Shackles
2012 Election Cycle - A quote...."Three years ago this past weekend, on his first full day in office, President Barack Obama issued his now infamous memo on transparency and open government, which was supposed to fulfill his campaign promise to lead the “most transparent administration in history.” Instead,  his administration has been just as secretive—if not more so—than his predecessors, and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) has become the prime example of his administration’s lack of progress." - also posted at AlethoNews

Is Obama's Peace Prize About To Be Confiscated? Nobel Peace Prize Jury Under Investigation
2012 Election Cycle - More on Obama's pending "peace" prize confiscation. If the noble committee wants to retain even a sliver of all the credibility they've lost, they should revoke and confiscate the prize not only from Obama but also Henery Kissenger.  Both are advocates of endless continuous warfare as an instrument of US-NRE foreign policy. - mpg

The Law That Never Was
Contains Video - Freedom To Fascism - (GoogleVid - 1hr51min16sec - Feb 3rd 2008) -- A quote...."The federal government rests its authority to collect income tax on the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution—the federal income tax amendment—which was allegedly ratified in 1913. -- "The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration." -- The 16th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America -- After an extensive year-long nationwide research project, William J. Benson discovered that the 16th Amendment was not ratified by the requisite three-fourths of the states and that nevertheless Secretary of State Philander Knox had fraudulently declared ratification. -- It was a shocking revelation; it reached deep to the core of our American system of government."
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens... 

Keiser Report: The Vaporized & The Deleted (E245)
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 25min44sec - Feb 4, 2012) - Source:  RussiaToday - Producer:  Max Keiser TV - Related:  MaxKeiserCom - (RussiaToday) -- A quote...."In this episode, Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, discuss the vaporized and the deleted - the new American soap opera in which the assets, wealth, jobs and economy of the 99% have been stolen. In the second half of the show, Max talks to Daniel Collins of TheChinaMoneyReport.com about China's imports of gold and their recent purchases of Germany's legendary mittelstands."

Rip-Off by the Federal Reserve - How They Stole It All!
A quote...."The present practice in the U.S. of creating book-entry money via T-securities (deficit spending) in the amount of the principal of the security, with a promise to repay the principal PLUS the interest, is impossible.  The interest is never created; the debt is perpetual and must continually be increased or the economy will collapse from de-leveraging...."

The Beginning of the End for the U.S. Dollar as the World Reserve Currency
It won't be the end of the currency, it just won't be the world's reserve currency, and it'll be a LOT smaller (devalued) relative to real assets and other currencies. - mpg -- A quote...."Dark times lie ahead for the U.S. dollar as its future as the world's reserve currency looks to be in great jeopardy. For more than 50 years the U.S. dollar has been the chief monetary instrument used by the nations of the world to facilitate trade involving commodities such as petroleum, manufactured products, and gold. But the times are changing and many of these nations, with China at the forefront, are finalizing trade agreements that utilize only their own currencies."

13 [US] States Considering Alternative Currencies
A quote...."A growing number of states are seeking shiny new currencies made of silver and gold. Worried that the Federal Reserve and the U.S. dollar are on the brink of collapse, lawmakers from 13 states, including Minnesota, Tennessee, Iowa, South Carolina and Georgia, are seeking approval from their state governments to either issue their own alternative currency or explore it as an option. Just three years ago, only three states had similar proposals in place."

I Can’t Take It Anymore! When Will The Government Quit Putting Out Fraudulent Employment Statistics?
More on Jan's B(L)S Jobs Numbers -- A quote...."A closer look at the numbers reveals just how fraudulent these employment statistics really are.  Between December 2011 and January 2012, the number of Americans "not in the labor force" increased by a whopping 1.2 million.  That was the largest increase ever in that category for a single month.  That is how the federal government is getting the unemployment rate to go down.  The government is simply pretending that huge numbers of unemployed Americans don't want to be part of the labor force anymore.  As you will see below, the employment situation in America is not improving.  Yet everyone in the mainstream media is dancing around as if the economic crisis has been cancelled.  I can't take it anymore!  It is beyond ridiculous that so many intelligent people continue to buy in to such fraudulent numbers."

Explaining Yesterday's Seasonally Adjusted Nonfarm Payroll "Beat"
More on Jan's B(L)S Jobs Numbers -- A quote...."Since there still is confusion regarding yesterday's whopping "surge" in non-farm payrolls, which represented a 243K jump in the Establishment survey (of which 490K was temp jobs, same as in the Household Survey where temp jobs soared by a record 699K), yet only to arrive at an employment number last seen ten years ago, when the US population was about 30 million lower (think about that: 30 million increase in population and no change in the total employed), here is the final explanation of what happened yesterday."

How Europe Has Evolved From A Democracy To A Bankocracy And Why Austerity Will Lead To Chaos
A quote...."In one of the clearest (and most optically pleasing) discussions of recent months, David McWiliams (of Punk Economics) succinctly explains how Europe has evolved from a democracy to a bankocracy, the implications of which lead to austerity for the people and a Franco-German imposition (the 'fiscal compact') that can only lead to social unrest and chaos. "

6 Hour Greek Meeting Ends With No Agreement, Troika Demands Answer By 11am Tomorrow, EURUSD Drifts Lower -- A quote...."The Greek endgame appears to be approaching... or not. After a "marathon" (in Greek terms) session between the Greek coalition cabinet members ended with no definitive agreement, and in fact LAOS president said that more austerity would "contribute to a recession that the country can not afford, and a revolution of misery which will then burn down Europe", while New Democracy's Samaras stated he would "not permit any more austerity", even as Papademos on the other line apparently said that the leaders have agreed on 2012 spending cuts of 1.5% of GDP, the Troika seems to have had enough of being Greek'd around, and demands an answer by 11 am tomorrow. Supposedly, "or else" no more cash. Then again, we have heard all of this before...." - Oh indeed we have, let's be honest folks, agreement or no agreement, the Banksters will keep this going for many more months and none of what they're doing will solve a thing.  In fact, per their plans, it'll make things even worse in the end for the Greek people. - mpg
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More On The International Situation....

NATO vs. Syria
Special Note - A quote...."Americans should be concerned about what is happening in Syria, if only because it threatens to become another undeclared war like Libya but much, much worse. Calls for regime change have come from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who several weeks ago predicted a civil war. That is indeed likely if the largely secular and nationalist regime of Bashar al-Assad falls, pitting Sunni against Shia against Alawite. Indigenous Christians will be caught in the meat grinder. Ironically, many of the Christians in Damascus are Iraqis who experienced the last round of liberation in their own country and had to flee for their lives." - also posted at GlobalRsrch

Armed Groups Inside Syria: Prelude to a US-NATO Intervention?
A quote...."Russia and China have vetoed the UN Security Council draft resolution on Syria pointing to the existence of armed groups involved in the killing of civilians as well as terrorist acts. -- These armed groups have been involved since the outset of the "protest movement" in Daraa, southern Syria, in March 2011. -- The statement of Russia's envoy to the UN Viktor Churkin does not mention who is behind these armed groups. -- "Churkin said that resolution's Western co-sponsors had not included key proposals such as isolating the Syrian opposition from violent extremist groups or a call to arms for other states to use their influence to prevent such alliances". (Russia Today, February 4, 2012)"

Syrian forces arrest Saudi intelligence agent in Syria's Homs
A quote...."Syria has reportedly detained a Saudi Arabian intelligence agent in the western city of Homs during clashes between the Syrian army and armed groups."

Arab league monitors find slaughter in Syria the work of foreign-backed subversives
A quote...."The report is adamant. There was no organized, lethal repression by the Syrian government against peaceful protesters. Instead, the report points to shady armed gangs as responsible for hundreds of deaths among Syrian civilians, and over one thousand among the Syrian army, using lethal tactics such as bombing of civilian buses, bombing of trains carrying diesel oil, bombing of police buses and bombing of bridges and pipelines. -- ... So the current "Arab-led drive to secure a peaceful end to the 10-month crackdown" in Syria at the UN is no less than a crude regime change drive. Usual suspects Washington, London and Paris have been forced to fall over themselves to assure the real international community this is not another mandate for NATO bombing - a la Libya. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described it as "a path for a political transition that would preserve Syria's unity and institutions". "

'Nine soldiers killed in Syria clashes'
A quote...."At least nine Syrian soldiers have been killed in clashes with armed groups in northwestern Syria, a report says."

We Object! Russia and China veto UN resolution on Syria
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 6min27sec - Feb 4, 2012) - Source:  RussiaToday - A quote...."Russia and China were the only permanent Security Council members opposing the draft, reminding others that it was not their place to intervene in another country's domestic affairs. Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin earlier said any proposals including an arms embargo or a demand for Assad's resignation would be vetoed. The Security Council meeting comes amid reports from Syria of a new crackdown in the city of Homs, with hundreds reportedly killed. RT talks to Dr Ali Mohamad, editor-in-chief of Syria Tribune website."

Russia and China Veto Syria Resolution
A quote...."Shortly before 1PM EST, Reuters headlined, “Russia, China veto UN resolution telling Assad to quit,” saying: -- The diplomatic “setback” came the day after “Syrian opposition (elements) accused Assad’s forces of killing hundreds of people (in) Homs, the bloodiest night in the 11 months of upheaval in the pivotal Arab country.” - What REMARKABLE timing, right before the UN vote, wink, wink....mpg

FM Lavrov Explains Russia’s Veto on Syria Resolution in UN
A quote...."Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday explained why Russia had vetoed a resolution on Syria in the UN Security Council, saying that without Russia's latest amendments, the draft would be unilateral and would harm Syria if adopted."
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Who Will Stop Obama’s Aggressive War on Iran?
Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."A political analyst says Western countries are manipulating the UN Security Council and the world body's nuclear watchdog to exert pressure on Iran. -- The United States and the European Union have recently slapped unilateral sanctions against Iran's oil and banking sectors based on the unsubstantiated claim that Iran is trying to acquire a military nuclear technology."

Obama Terror Drones: CIA Tactics in Pakistan Include Targeting Rescuers and Funerals
This is REAL "terrorism" by definition. - mpg -- A quote...."The CIA’s drone campaign in Pakistan has killed dozens of civilians who had gone to help rescue victims or were attending funerals, an investigation by the Bureau for the Sunday Times has revealed."

'Trojan horses of the West invade Libya'
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 4min33sec - Feb 4, 2012) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."With Libya's new government accused of abuse in the country's detention centers, it's been revealed that one former senior official could have fallen victim to torture by a militia. -- Libya's ex-ambassador to France has died in custody, 24 hours after being detained by an armed group. -- Get more on this from Sukant Chandan, Middle East expert and journalist, talking to RT from London."

Section of Egypt-Israel pipeline blown up
Some quotes...."A section of an Egyptian pipeline supplying gas to Israel has been blown up in a bomb attack in the twelfth assault on the energy route over the past 12 months."  ---  "According to the results of an opinion poll conducted by Synovate for Press TV and published on October 3, 2011, an overwhelming majority of Egyptians oppose the terms of the country's gas deal with the Israeli regime."

Battlefield Egypt: Hundreds injured, 7 dead as riots grip cities
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 1min51sec - Feb 4, 2012) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Violence is escalating once again in Egypt, where five people have been killed and reportedly 1051 injured, including both police and civilians. At least one Egyptian government building has reportedly been set ablaze."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Witnesses, video challenge Israeli army account of Nabi Saleh shooting
A quote...."In Nabi Saleh on Friday a French citizen, in the village for her first time, was struck in the back of the head by a high-velocity teargas canister fired by an Israeli soldier. The woman was part of a small group of activists that were walking down the main road out of the village, which was being closed off by a group of soldiers. -- Although some youth from the village had been previously throwing stones from the hilltop above, the activists were unarmed and merely chanting slogans. When the group was approximately 25 to 30 meters away, the soldiers immediately began firing teargas canisters and rubber bullets directly at the people without warning." - a comment shown below....


Equality for Palestinians? Israel won't have it
A quote...."The presence of a few Palestinian members in the Knesset (MKs) is often touted as a sign of Israel's robust democracy. Yet elected representatives of the Palestinian community inside Israel face growing harassment by the state, by fellow MKs and the media."

Saturday February 4th 2012

No posts. - mpg

Friday February 3rd 2012

The Answer is B – 9/11 Footage – Ryan Dawson
Ry2SVideo - Alt - (Ry2sYuTb - 2min25sec - Feb 2, 2012) - Source:  Rys2sense -- A quote...."(Rys2Sense) – February 2nd, 2012 – Look at the debris blown up and sideways in archs – then look at B7 from 3 angles, that didn’t burn down it was demolished, the top collapsed before the rest of it and the fires were on the opposite a lower corner." - Regarding Ryan Dawson's comment "Flight 93 never made it, but they blew it [WTC7] up anyway", see...."9/11 Shock Opera… Act 4 – Building 7 and Flight 93: The Grand Finale that Wasn’t" -- For additional close-ups and slow-mos of WTCs 1, 2 & 7's controlled demolition see videos shown below....

WTC 1 - Super Slow Motion - (YuTb - 1min15sec - May 15, 2009) - Source:  femr2
WTC 1 Demolition - Super Slow Motion.mp4 - (YuTb - 1min23sec - May 12, 2010) - Source:  inzidejob
WTC 7 More proof of WTC 7 lie - (YuTb - 2min22sec - Aug 3, 2009) - Source:  realjoeplummer
WTC 7 The Third Tower 1/2 - (YuTb - 8 min 56 sec - October 09, 2007) - Source: 11septembervideos
WTC 7 The Third Tower 2/2 - (YuTb - 6 min 48 sec - October 09, 2007) - Source: 11septembervideos
WTC 7 - The Evidence - Read notes - (CurrrentTV - 10 min - June 22, 2008)
WTC 7: The Smoking Gun of 9/11 - (YuTb - 9min59sec - Sep 26, 2007) - Source:  IraPopuli
WTC 7 Collaps - Previously Unreleased Footage of WTC 7 - (YuTb - 1min42sec - Nov 2, 2008) - Src roeschux
WTC 7 Slo-Mo Smoking Gun.wmv - (YuTb - 25sec - Sep 18, 2011) - Source:  TERRY72763
WTC 7 Window Shot - Slow Motion - (YuTb - 1min50sec - Jan 23, 2011) - Source:  kevin604bc
WTC 7 Close up S. Side - (YuTb - 44sec - Sep 25, 2011) - Source:  vengencefrom1979
WTC 7 South Side Enhanced - (YuTb - 46sec - Nov 7, 2010) - Source:  femr2

Interview with John Perkins, former Economic Hitman, about 2012, government corruption, and more
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 53min 23sec - Feb 2, 2012) - Source:  TheHealthRanger -- A quote...."(NaturalNewsTV) – Jonathan Landsman from NaturalHealth365.com and Mike Adams interview New York Times best selling author, John Perkins. Discussed is the state of the global economy, the changing atmosphere of world politics, and what John believes is in store for us in 2012."
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The Warmongering Post: Iran, Israel, Ignatius, and the Intended Consequences of Propaganda
A quote...."When reading reports like the one Ignatius has filed here, it should always be remembered that what is being so nonchalantly discussed as a point of perturbation for a beleaguered Leon Panetta is, without doubt, the willful and active commission of a war crime. Not only that, but - in the words of the Nuremberg Tribunal - initiating a war of aggression, as Israel would undoubtedly be doing by unilaterally and illegally bombing Iran, is "the supreme international crime." - also posted at AlethoNews

Israel Puts Global Facilities On High Alert Following Warning Of Rising Iran Strike Threat
War Warning - (This is the third "war warning" since this latest round of war-mongering against Iran started. - mpg) -- A quote...."....the confluence of real events continues to indicate that something is brewing in the middle east. Only this time it is not the US adding another aircraft carrier to the three already situated by the Straits of Hormuz. This time the smoke and fire come from Israel. ABC reports that "Israeli facilities in North America -- and around the world -- are on high alert, according to an internal security document obtained by ABC News that predicted the threat from Iran against Jewish targets will increase." -- Here's the first & second "war warnings" which are related, (one's an article, the other's a video of the article)....(#1)  US to send old warship to Persian Gulf  --  (#2)  2-minute video: USS Enterprise false flag target for US War Criminals to attack Iran? Video - Alt - (YuTb - 2min37sec - Jan 23, 2012) - Source:  TruthSeekingElf -- Watch the Oil markets, watch shorting of specific industries or sectors.  This  will usually give indications of an upcoming false-flag attack and/or attack on Iran. - mpg

US Citizens Prepped For False Flag Blamed on Iran
AJVideo - False Flag Alert - Alt - (AJYuTb - 10min57sec - Feb 2, 2012) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."...it would be far more preferable if the United States could cite an Iranian provocation as justification for the airstrikes before launching them. Clearly, the more outrageous, the more deadly, and the more unprovoked the Iranian action, the better off the United States would be. -- Of course, it would be very difficult for the United States to goad Iran into such a provocation without the rest of the world recognizing this game, which would then undermine it. (One method that would have some possibility of success would be to ratchet up covert regime change efforts in the hope that Tehran would retaliate overtly, or even semi-overtly, which could then be portrayed as an unprovoked act of Iranian aggression.) " -- *Which Path to Persia?* report, pages 84-85."- US foreign policy makers and the Fortune 500 funded Brookings Institution

A Tale of Two Translations - What Iran says versus what the American Media says Iran says.
Lost in Translation - (The Truth) -- A quote...."Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Muslim nations must not trust the US and Zionists, because they are not concerned about Muslim interests."

Iran is the root of all evil
The Same Tired Old Play-Book -- A quote...."Is there anything those Persian Monsters aren’t guilty of? The worst part of all this may be the fact that National Security officials don’t even have enough respect for the American public and media to create a new propaganda script; like some budget-strapped studio executives eager to push a worthless sequel to the market, they instead just lazily haul out the last script that was used with only the most cosmetic changes...." - also posted at ICH

Iran : Fact Checking the Media
Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."February 03, 2012 "Information Clearing House" - By Dennis Kucinich  ---  During an interview last month on CBS' Face the Nation, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta set the record straight on Iran: "Are they trying to develop a nuclear weapon? No." But if you read recent news reports lately, you'd think otherwise."

Report From Iran -- How Hollywood Spreads Propaganda
A quote...."As the psyops operations and media propaganda intensifies, you might think war is imminent and that Iran is doing what countries under threat do in these circumstances, such as mobilizing their people and preparing for a bombing onslaught. -- Think again. While I have been told that military targets have been or are being moved around, the atmosphere in Tehran is relaxed with more talk of a cultural battlefield than a military one. There’s a commemoration under way of the 33rd anniversary of the Iranian revolution and an international conference on “Hollywoodism and Cinema” as an extension of an annual Fajr film festival -- And that’s what I am doing here, as a guest participant in an event that sees Hollywood as a bigger enemy than the Pentagon."

Less than One-Fifth of All Americans Favor Military or Covert Action Against Iran
SO? -- All that matters is how much the one percent will make off this war, and will this war further the PNAC Protocols and Israel's Middle East ambitions. The opinions of the Neo-Roman, peasant-goyum slaves in this country don't count at all, nor do those of the cannon-fodder in uniform. It's that simple. - mpg
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Amnesty International Closes Online Poll, Hides Human Rights Hero Winner
A quote...."Online voting for Human Rights Hero 2011 closed one month early, and result censored, after Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi took clear lead along with Nabeel Rajab* of Bahrain and Michael Jackson. Image: Hijacked as a money-making business forgetful of western crimes and state-terrorism, true human rights defenders have re-branded Amnesty" - *link added

Congress Calls for Accelerated Use of Drones in U.S.
A quote...."A House-Senate conference report this week called on the Administration to accelerate the use of civilian unmanned aerial systems (UAS), or “drones,” in U.S. airspace. -- The pending authorization bill for the Federal Aviation Administration directs the Secretary of Transporation to develop within nine months “a comprehensive plan to safely accelerate the integration of civil unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace system.”" - Source:  SecrecyNews

'US Muslims live under Nazi-style oppression'
A quote...."The oppression of Muslims in the United States has become similar to the mistreatment Jews experienced in Nazi Germany in the 1930s, a US-based Imam tells Press TV."

Cameron (the famous movie-maker) Fleeing America To Escape Collapse?
A quote...."If you think that Hollywood director James Cameron’s decision to leave America and move his entire family to a farm in New Zealand is simply to provide his kids with a “strong work ethic,” as Cameron claims, then think again. -- “Cameron has successfully applied to buy 1,067 hectares (2,636 acres) of farmland in New Zealand. In an application filed with the New Zealand Overseas Investment Office, Cameron says he and his family “intend to reside indefinitely in New Zealand and are acquiring the property to reside on and operate as a working farm,” reports the Associated Press." - also posted at DProgram

Christians Feed Their Own To The Lions – Chuck Baldwin
2012 Election Cycle - A quote...."(BaldwinLive) – We’ve all heard about how Christians were thrown to the lions during the reign of the Caesars. But it is very doubtful that Christians were feeding one another to the lions. Alas, it appears that should this kind of Christian persecution become vogue in America, many Christians would doubtless join with these modern-day Caesars and gladly feed their own to the lions."

Diminishment of Sovereignty
AJVideo - BobChapman&AJTakeCalls(1/3) - BobChapman&AJTakeCalls(2/3) - BobChapman&AJTakeCalls(3/3) - (AJYuTb - 4/15min - Feb 3, 2012) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Alex also talks with regular Friday guest Bob Chapman, publisher of the International Forecaster, and confronts the latest news, including serious developments on the Iran front over the last 24 hours that indicate an attack against the Islamic nation is received a green light. Alex also takes your calls."

Michael Rivero Broadcasting live from Hawaii on Justin TV - February 3 2012
MRVideo - Note:  To avoid the advertisements and the radio commentary goto 8min into the broadcast - mpg - (JustinTV - 2hrs - Feb 3rd, 2012) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire and many other issues.
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens... 

[US] On Brink of Default
A quote...."Washington is facing another crisis. For the second time in the last six months, the United States has found itself on the verge of default. If the Republican majority in Congress votes against the government’s request for raising the debt limit, the state will be stripped of funds and will have to suspend many payments. Moreover, this will inflict serious damage on the US economic ratings and the dollar."

Counterfeit Value Derivatives: Follow the Bouncing Ball
A quote...."Here is how the counterfeit value derivative con works. It’s a game of “I pretend, you pretend, we all pretend, and the taxpayer will pay in the end”."

The Banks Want to Dump Millions of Risky Mortgages Onto FHA - Obama’s Refinancing Swindle
A quote...."The FHA is already leveraged at 100-to-1 and the banks want to add even more debt. And they want to do it in the most deceptive way possible, by creating an off-balance sheet investment vehicle where the red ink can be hidden from public view. -- To be eligible for Obama’s refi-program, borrowers will need a credit score (FICO) above 580,(which is extremely low), they’ll have to be employed, and they’ll have to be current on their mortgage payments. (for the last 6 months) In other words, lending standards are being eased so the banks can dump as many high-risk mortgages on the FHA as possible. Obama breezily refers to these abysmal lending standards as “cutting through the red tape.”"

Kiss The Foreclosure Settlement Goodbye: Bank of America, Wells & JP Morgan Are Sued Over Use Of MERS
A quote...."A little over a year since the day that the world first learned about robosigning and the broader problem of fraudclosure, which is merely the functional equivalent of infinite rehypothecation of an underlying asset between a daisy-chain of lien holders, we get the first legal incursion into this farce. From Bloomberg we learn that:

• Bank of America, Wells Fargo, JP Morgan, Sued ny New York Over MERS
• NY AG Suit Cites Fraudulent Foreclosure Filings

"In other words, kiss that foreclosure settlement goodbye. In the meantime, the  electronic momos keep taking BAC ever higher even as this news confirms that the bank is about to suffer a multi-billion impairment shortly."

Interview - Why Soros Bought $2 Billion In Italian bonds
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 2min55sec - Jan. 25, 2012) - Source:  ReutersTV -- He could be right, of course that means by definition the Italian market, and the EU will contract.  Since many countries in the EU can't afford to pay back what they've already borrowed and since a contraction will only make their financial situation even worse, George Soros is probably relying on even more ECB bail-out money to be pumped into the EU's member states to keep them afloat. One wonders how he knows that would, or even could, happen? What's chilling, if you listen real closely, is that he's suggesting "heck yeah, buy 10 year Italian bonds at 6% yield because if Italy defaults it's the end of the EU anyway and that means game over for everyone....so why not go all in?"  That's not a very reassuring message. - mpg

Europe Celebrates Its Latest Recession With Record High Gas Prices
Chart - (click to enlarge) -- A quote...."Just when you thought it was safe (well not really) to dip your toe back in the ocean of European equities on the back of the LTRO-enthused hope that credit contraction will cease and growth will return, we note another (perhaps more instantaneous) drag on the economic fortitude of the long-suffering people of the EU."

Euro Zone Retail Sales Decrease
A quote...."Brussels, Feb 3 (Prensa Latina) The retail sales in the euro zone fell under 0.4 percent in December 2011, mainly due to high unemployment, the Statistics Office of the European Community (EROSTAT) reported on Friday. -- That result disappointed analysts, who have predicted a rise of 0.4 percent."

Greece Draws The Line As Unity Government Leaders Refuse To Cede To Further Troika Austerity Demands
A quote...."It appears that Greece will not even have to wait until the dreaded March 20 funding D-Day. As was earlier reported, Greek PM Lucas Papademos may resign if he is unable to persuade his coalition unity government to agree to further Troika demands for additional austerity. It now appears that there will be no agreement, and thus the primary demand from the Troika for further cash disbursement will not be met." - Which means Greece defaults? - mpg
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A Special Section on the BS....'Scuse This Website Editor....The BLS January Unemployment Report....

Contrary to Govmt Claims of 243,000 Jobs Created, Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs Were Actually LOST In Jan Special Note - Multiple Charts - A quote...."While everyone is popping the champagne corks over the fact that the Bureau of Labor Statistics says that 243,000 jobs were created in January, the facts are slightly different."

Record 1.2 Million People Fall Out Of Labor Force In One Month, Labor Force Participation Rate Tumbles To Fresh 30 Year Low - Charts - (click to enlarge) -- A quote...."A month ago, we joked when we said that for Obama to get the unemployment rate to negative by election time, all he has to do is to crush the labor force participation rate to about 55%. Looks like the good folks at the BLS heard us: it appears that the people not in the labor force exploded by an unprecedented record 1.2 million. No, that’s not a typo: 1.2 million people dropped out of the labor force in one month!" - bold by website editor - Source:  ZeroHedge

TrimTabs Explains Why Today's "Very, Very Suspicious" NFP Number Is Really Down 2.9 Million In Past 2 Months -- A quote...."We have examined the nuance of the euphoric jobs data this morning from every angle and by now there should be plenty of 'information' for investors to make their own minds up on its credibility. However, the avuncular CEO of TrimTabs, who despite channeling Lewis Black lately, likely knows this data a little better than the average Jim on the street having collected tax witholdings data for the past 14 years, is modestly apoplectic at the adjustments. In one of his more colorful episodes, and rightfully so, Charles Biderman notes that "Either there is something massively changed in the income tax collection world, or there is something very, very suspicious about today’s BLS hugely positive number," adding, "Actual jobs, not seasonally adjusted, are down 2.9 million over the past two months."

Final Nail In Today's NFP Tragicomedy: Record Surge In Part-Time Workers
Chart - (click to enlarge) -- A quote...."It appears the record surge in people not in the labor force is not the only outlier in today's data. For the other one we go to the Household Data Survey (Table 9), and specifically the breakdown between Full Time and Part Time Workers (defined as those "who usually work less than 35 hours per week"). We won't spend too much time on it, as it is self-explanatory. In January, the number of Part Time workers rose by 699K, the most ever, from 27,040K to 27,739K, the third highest number in the history of this series. How about Full time jobs? They went from 113,765 to 113,845. An 80K increase."
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More On The International Situation....

New thinking in India’s Iran policy
A quote...."Finally, India is getting its act together in its Iran policy. The ‘breaking news’ that India proposes to robustly explore expanding its trade with Iran signals a new approach to stepping up oil imports from Iran while at the same time rectifying the imbalance in trade, which heavily favours Iran traditionally, and to make this happen within a paradigm that resolves the current problem over the payment mechanism." - also posted at AlethoNews

China intensifies criticism of sanctions on Iran
A quote...."BEIJING Feb 3 (Reuters) - A top Chinese newspaper stepped up Beijing's opposition to a Western push for tighter sanctions against Iran, warning on Friday that tensions over Tehran's nuclear programme are hurting energy markets and could stifle the global economic recovery."

Baghdad says US Iran sanctions a problem for Iraq
A quote...."BAGHDAD — American sanctions on Iran pose difficulties for Iraq because of its close economic ties with the Islamic republic, so Baghdad plans to seek a waiver from the US, the government spokesman told AFP."

Iran against West: Air Defense Chance of Success
Weapons Tactics Note -- A quote...."There are two possible options on the table in case Israel and the West attack Iran. One envisages a missile strike launched by Tel Aviv followed by an adequate Iranian response. Then Nato steps in playing its favorite role of a “peacekeeper”. The other presupposes a clash between the US 5th operational Fleet and Iranian Navy in the Hormuz Strait. In both cases it’s missiles and aircraft that will strike Iran. It means air defense will bare brunt of the burden repelling the attack. "

Int’l conference on ‘Divine Faiths’ kicks off in Isfahan
A quote...."Isfahan, Feb 2, IRNA – The International Conference on Divine Faiths began in this central ancient city with the participation of foreign and domestic representatives from the religions of Islam, Armenian Christianity, Judaism and Zoroastrian."
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HR Group Slams Observers' Withdrawal from Syria
A quote...."Damascus, Jan 30 (Prensa Latina) The Syrian Human Rights Network (SHRN) criticized the Arab League (AL) for suspending the mission of observers, only because it showed objectivity and neutrality." - also posted at GlobalRsrch

Exposed: The Arab [Monarchies] agenda in Syria
A quote...."Here's a crash course on the "democratic" machinations of the Arab League - rather the GCC League, as real power in this pan-Arab organization is wielded by two of the six Persian Gulf monarchies composing the Gulf Cooperation Council, also known as Gulf Counter-revolution Club; Qatar and the House of Saud."

SYRIA: Who is Behind The Protest Movement? Fabricating a Pretext for a US-NATO "Humanitarian Intervention"
A quote...."There is evidence of gross media manipulation and falsification from the outset of the protest movement in southern Syria on March 17th. -- The Western media has presented the events in Syria as part of the broader Arab pro-democracy protest movement, spreading spontaneously from Tunisia, to Egypt, and from Libya to Syria."
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Libya: Diplomat Dies in Militia Custody
Amerika's "free-dumb and da'mockery" in action. - mpg -- A quote...."(Tripoli) – A Libyan diplomat who served as ambassador to France died less than 24 hours after he was detained by a Tripoli-based militia from the town of Zintan, Human Rights Watch said today. Dr. Omar Brebesh, who was detained on January 19, 2012, appears to have died from torture. -- A preliminary autopsy report viewed by Human Rights Watch said the cause of death included multiple bodily injuries and fractured ribs. Photos of Brebesh’s body, seen by Human Rights Watch, show welts, cuts, and the apparent removal of toenails, indicating that he was tortured prior to death." -- Hillary Clinton, Samantha Power and Susan Rice are to blame for this. - mpg
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Graveyard of Empires
Special Note - A quote...."The US will continue strikes by drones, warplanes, and attacks by special forces from a small number of fortress bases. Pakistan will be cajoled or bribed by Washington to keep its forces active against Pashtun tribal fighters. Washington and London will keep issuing cheery claims about the success of the Afghan War. -- But the hard truth cannot be avoided. All the concentrated military-technological might of the United States and its allies has been defeated by fierce Pashtun tribesmen whose primary weapons are courage, patience and legendary determination to drive out foreign invaders."

Taliban eat into Afghanistan's core
A quote...."ISLAMABAD - As the United States steps up efforts to engage the Taliban and al-Qaeda in a peace process for Afghanistan, elements of the Taliban have initiated their own plan focusing on regaining the power they lost in 2001 following the US-led invasion. -- This involves hijacking the efforts and finances that the US is investing in training and equipping the Afghan National Army (ANA) and the Afghan National Police (ANP). -- Well-placed sources in the Taliban who are based in the Pakistan tribal region on the border with Afghanistan have told Asia Times Online on the condition of anonymity that massive numbers from both the ANA and the ANP will switch and join the Taliban on the eve of the scheduled withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan."
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Pro-Putin Rally Lambasts ‘Orange Trash’
A quote...."Speakers at the pro-government rally in Moscow on Saturday lambasted the opposition, which held a parallel protest event elsewhere in the city, for plotting a revolution in the interests of Western powers. -- “We say no to the destruction of Russia. We say no to Orange arrogance. We say no to the American government…let’s take out the Orange trash,” political analyst Sergei Kurginyan said at the rally by Moscow’s Poklonnaya Gora memorial, which he co-organized."

Russian Strategic Subs to Resume Routine World Patrols
A quote...."Russian strategic nuclear submarines will resume routine extended patrols in international waters around the world in June 2012, Russian Navy Commander Adm. Vladimir Vysotsky said. -- “On June 1 or a bit later we will resume constant patrolling of the world’s oceans by strategic nuclear submarines,” Vysotsky said at a meeting with naval personnel on Friday."
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

World court upholds German immunity in Nazi cases
A quote...."Which makes sense when you realize that the Nazis are dead and gone, their government is gone, and the people and government of Germany today had nothing to do with the events of the middle of the last century. Trying to sue Germany for what the Nazis did is like trying to sue Italy for what the Romans did."

Espionage gang made illegal recordings of staff at TÜBİTAK
A quote...."An espionage gang that used blackmail to extort intelligence on Turkey's security projects installed secret cameras all over a facility of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) and illegally videotaped most of the agency's employees for blackmail purposes." - a comment shown below....

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More On The Palestinian Situation....

13 hurt in Nabi Saleh demo
A quote...."BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces injured 13 people in the village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah, during a Friday demonstration against Israeli land confiscation, witnesses said." - also posted at AlethoNews

30 years after the Massacre at Sabra-Shatilla Lebanese politicians still block Palestinian rights
A quote...."We all know it is not just American and Lebanese politicians who use Palestinian refugees as political footballs during electoral campaigns. But they are currently the two most egregious apart from most Zionist politicians in temporarily occupied Palestine."

Israeli settlers [goons] beat Palestinian shepherd
A quote...."A group of Israeli settlers [goons] from the Mehola settlement [squatter camp] in the Jordan Valley, in the northeastern part of the West Bank, approached a Palestinian shepherd who was tending his sheep and beat him with sticks and clubs on Friday."

IOF soldiers [thugs] unleash hounds at Palestinian teen, beat two children
A quote...."AL-KHALIL, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested a Palestinian teen in Tabaqa village, south of Al-Khalil, after unleashing trained hounds at him, local sources said."

61 year old Palestinian woman in intensive care after settler [vicious thugs] attack
A quote...."When your land is occupied by those who harbor hatred towards you emanating from a belief that they are inherently superior to you, each day brings with it a genuine threat to the security of your life and the lives of your loved ones."

[Palestinian] Villagers foil settlers’ [jealous, Jewish, vandals] attempt to burn mosque
A quote...."RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- [Jealous] Jewish [vandals] settlers attacked Nabi Saleh village, to the north west of Ramallah, before dawn Saturday and tried to burn a mosque in it, local sources said. -- They said that the settlers [vandals] tried to reach Tamim Al-Dari mosque in the center of the village but young men spotted them and threw stones at them."

Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (26 Jan. – 01 Feb. 2012)
It never stops.  What's that famous quote, it's like being out on the highway during a Texas hail storm and there's nowhere to take shelter for as far as the eye can see....forever. - mpg

• A Palestinian civilian was wounded by IOF in Gaza City.
• IOF partially damaged a Palestinian house in Gaza City.
• IOF have continued to use force against peaceful protests in the West Bank.
• 4 Palestinian civilians, including two cameramen, were wounded.
• Dozens of demonstrators, including and Israeli media worker, sustained bruises or suffered from tear gas inhalation.
• IOF conducted 56 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and a limited one into the Gaza Strip.   
• IOF arrested 12 Palestinians, including 3 children, in the West Bank.
• IOF arrested two Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
• IOF raided Hayat Nablus Tourist Resort and confiscated equipment.
• IOF have continued to attack Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip.
• IOF arrested 4 fishermen and confiscated their boat.
• Israel has continued to impose a total closure on the OPT and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.
• Israeli soldiers arrested 4 Palestinian civilians, including two children, at various checkpoints in the West Bank.
• Israel has continued efforts to create a Jewish majority in East Jerusalem.
• IOF demolished 2 houses and displaced 13 Palestinians.
• IOF closed a charity and a sports club.
• IOF prevented Rasem Ubeidat, a writer and journalist, from having access to the West Bank.
• IOF have continued settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.
• IOF distributed demolition notices in the north and south of the West Bank.
• A Palestinian women sustained wounds in the head and hemorrhage in the brain as she was attacked by Israeli settlers.