Saturday Feb 23rd 2013

West Pours Arms into Syria as Al Qaeda Mass Slaughters Civilians
Must Read - A quote...."Repeat a lie often enough, and hopefully people will begin to believe it. That is what a concerted effort by Western media houses hopes to achieve as they claim the recent flow of heavy weapons  from Western nations and their Arab-Israeli partners is boosting "moderate rebels" and "tilting" the balance of Syria's conflict against the Syrian government. -- The Washington Post in particular, sets the tempo for this coordinated propaganda campaign...." - also posted at LandDestroyerReport - Topix ||  US SoT - Al CIA'da In Syria  ||

Carnage in Syria Courtesy of US Allies
A quote...."While the US and its Western partners pretend to be engaged in a global war against terrorism, their terrorist allies in Syria have set off another car bomb, tellingly very close to the ruling Baath party offices and the Russian embassy. Initial reports are that more than 50 have been killed by the terrorists, including many children attending a nearby school. -- The Syrian rebels despise the Russians for refusing to provide them weapons and resisting US demands for regime change in Syria. The rebels have long threatened to attack Russian interests in Syria." - also posted at PrisonPlanet

US justifies terrorism by blocking Damascus bombing condemnation - Russia
Related Article - A quote...."Russia has accused the US of blocking a draft UN Security Council statement condemning the suicide bombings in the Syrian capital, which were among the deadliest in the two years of the armed conflict. The US blamed Russia in return."
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Global War on Terror, Military Interventions and Destabilizing Nations
Must Read - A quote...."Phantom Report Editors Notes: The war on terror is a myth to create conformity, manipulate public opinion and adjust the individual to government ideals. The war on terror is not the expression of  experts, individuals or a small group of advocates. War on terror propaganda comes from actors, journalists and commentators that are directed by capital interests. The war on terror is a weapon of propaganda. A totalitarian weapon directed at the public through mass media communications by promises of peace, freedom and justice. With the public snared in pop culture, the state can continue its war on terror propaganda. Perpetual deception is necessary to control citizens. It is a cynical formula." - Source:  Pambazuka - also posted at BLN

Drones not only killing ‘particular people’ but rescuers as well: LHC
A quote...."LAHORE [Pakistan] - Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Atta Bandial on Thursday said the drone attacks were not only being conducted on “particular people” but the US is also attacking those who come to rescue the victims. -- He said this during the hearing against drone attacks. The application was submitted by Jamaatud Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed. The LHC CJ said that innocent children and women were being killed in these attacks, which was a sheer violation of human rights. -- The court asked AK Dogar, the lawyer of the applicant, that it may be told to the court with reference to UN charter, international and the country’s law that the court could issue what kind of instructions to the government within the ambit of constitution and law. -- To which, Dogar said that when human rights were violated on a large scale then the court could instruct the government to protect its citizens." - When they talk about "rescuers" they're referring to the "Double-Tap". Here's a comment previously posted by this website editor on that "tactic".....
FYI:  Everybody involved in secondary drone strikes, a.k.a. the "Double Tap" is a war criminal under international law and could be legally hung by their necks until they're dead if convicted of their crimes.  Whether that will happen as a practical matter is a completely different question.  But deliberately targeting rescue workers, innocent civilians and relatives of a so-called "target" in a secondary strike is NOT "collateral damage" by definition, it's simply terrorism.**  There is no possible legal defense for this act and NONE - if you note - has been put forward so far.  Anyone in the US-NRE's military who is identified as carrying out second strike "double taps", could be placing themselves in severe (i.e. criminal) legal jeopardy and could also be subject to civil lawsuits if they should travel overseas or if this nation should ever return to policies founded upon the rules of law & order. - mpg - for more on this issue see the articles and comment shown below....posted 12-22-12
**Terrorism -- Is the deliberately random, unpredictable, unexpected and systematic use of organized violence, (which includes torture) against civilian targets (almost always to kill, hurt or maim) to induce fear or terror in, and submission by the populace to the perpetrator's goals (the perpetrator being individuals, groups or governments), or to incapacitate and break-down the society's governing structures, or in many cases, to deliberately induce a state of civil war, anarchy or sectarian conflict within a given society. -- *The Rules of Force - 09-28-12 - mpg*
State Terrorism - George Bush, Tony Blair and the Century’s Greatest Crime - posted at ICH
A quote...."February 22, 2013 "Information Clearing House" -  It’s been almost 10 years since the US and Britain unleashed ‘Shock and Awe’ on the Iraqi capital Baghdad ostensibly to punish a rogue dictator for hoarding weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in non-compliance with binding UN Security Council resolutions. In reality, Saddam Hussain had shut down his nuclear programme and destroyed Iraq’s chemical and biological weapons more than a decade earlier. -- UN weapons inspectors were almost certain of this fact and were on the point of giving Iraq a clean bill of health until they were leant-on by Uncle Sam. Indeed, the man who had supervised Iraq’s WMD programme for a decade Saddam’s son-in-law Hussain Kamal confirmed as much to CIA intelligence officers and UN officials following his defection to Jordan in 1995."

America's History of Assassinations - posted at ICH
Special Note - A quote...."February 22, 2013 "Information Clearing House" -  To understand the backstory to Reagan’s deceptive "assassination ban" in 1981, you have to know a bit about what was going on in the 70s, that brief period of American Glasnost, in the aftermath of Watergate and the military’s collapse after losing Vietnam. -- All sorts of dirty Cold War secrets were pouring out in that brief period — in late 1974, Seymour Hersh broke the story that the CIA had been illegally spying on thousands of American antiwar dissidents inside of our borders, in violation of the law and the charter that brought the CIA into existence . Later, Vice President Rockefeller’s report said the CIA spied on 300,000 Americans.

Why Isn’t the Murder of an American Boy an Impeachable Offense? - posted at ICH
A quote...."February 22, 2013 "Information Clearing House" - Article 2, Section 4, of the U.S. Constitution reads as follows: The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.”"
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The Unraveling of Africa
02-23-13
mpg

100 US forces sent to Niger to support French troops in Mali: Obama
That's right, they're being sent to Niger, a country which happens to be right smack dab in the middle of North Africa and conveniently located next to Nigeria a country with lots of oil, all to "support" the French troops in Mali.  If you've ever wondered why the US-NRE's parasites have always been so historically obsessed with the "domino theory", it's because that's EXACTLY what they practice time and time again.

This ALL started with Libya --  Russia, China, the rest of the BRICS, NAM, the OAU and even Japan should have held the line there -- but they didn't, and now all of Africa is going to pay the price for the next twenty years. 

This website editor's minimal projections for the next two decades. 1)  A decline in the standards of living for all of Africa.  2)  At least five to ten more Libya styled incursions and ten to twenty more coups, revolutions and over-throws mostly involving al-CIA'da shock troops. 3)  Ten to twenty million dead, mostly due to starvation and disease caused by these planned disruptions. 4) One hundred to one hundred and fifty million will have their homes, businesses and lives either severely disrupted or destroyed.

Africa wasn't very economically successful to begin with but it's now about to become an economic and geo-political hell-hole for the next twenty years.  An entire continent! 
This website editor, and thousands of  others, tried to warn of what was to come.

To-bad, so-sad, turn the channel and let's move on.... mpg

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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

Cynthia McKinney: Every Member of US Congress Must Sign Pledge to Israel
Contains Videos - ThePledge(ToIsrael)CynthiaMcKinney&ForcedSig -- A quote...."“Every candidate for Congress at that time had a pledge. They were given a pledge to sign … that had Jerusalem as the capital city,” McKinney said. -- “You make a commitment that you would vote to support the military superiority of Israel that the economic assistant that Israel wants that you would vote to provide that,” she added. -- McKinney said that if a candidate does not sign the pledge or perform accordingly, “then you do not get money to run your campaign.” -- The former Congresswoman said that after she made the pledge issue public “the tactic changed.”"

Top Senate Recipients Funded & Top House Recipients Funded By Pro-Israeli Groups
Related Database - "Your" bought and paid for senators and congressmen, by the numbers. - mpg -- also posted at Reficultnias

Senators Ask Obama to Withdraw Hagel Nomination
List - A list of who NOT to vote for during any upcoming elections....mpg

Documents reveal how US let Israel off the hook over ‘execution’ of American Furkan Dogan
A quote...."In May 2010, 18-year-old American citizen Furkan Dogan was shot at point-blank range by Israeli naval commandos as he was standing on the deck of a ship and filming the violent raid on the flotilla to Gaza. It took three days for the U.S. to contact his family--and that was after the U.S. made repeated inquiries to the government of Israel for information about his death."

Washington Whitewashes Israeli Murder
Related Article - A quote...." Why not. It whitewashes its own. Washington is a rogue terror state. So is Israel. It denigrates non-Jews. It's waged war on Palestine for decades. It's guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors. Its rap sheet makes serial killers look saintly. - On May 31, 2010, Israeli commandos committed premeditated murder. They killed nine humanitarian activists. They did so in cold blood. They executed them in international waters. Doing so also constituted piracy."

Stephen Harper: “thou shalt not defend Islam or Iran”
There is evidence that Stephen Harper was directly involved in the facilitation of an Israeli false-flag attempt against the 2010 winter Olympics.  He should have been arrested, tried, questioned, convicted and hung a long time ago.  It's a disgrace that he's STILL Canada's prime minister. - mpg -- A quote...."On February 21, 2013, the MSN reported that Hamilton resident and long-time anti-war activist, Ken Stone, is being harassed by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) since he attended a conference on Palestine in Iran and writing his views last year about Iran being a peace-loving country within otherwise troublesome Middle East. - Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper pro-Israel government’s problem with Ken Stone began after Ken wrote an editorial for the January 11, 2012 issue of the Hamilton Spectator, titled ‘Harper is wrong in demonizing Iran’...."

Israel to drill for oil in Syria’s Golan
Theft by any other name would still be as profitable....mpg -- A quote...."Israel has awarded its first license to drill for oil on the occupied Golan Heights to a US energy company, industry sources said on Thursday." - Source: al-Akhbar

Israel Okays Cheney-Murdoch Firm to Drill in Occupied Golan
Special Geo-Political Note - Related Article - Oh My Gawd!  It's even worse than this website editor thought. The same bad-old-pennies keep turning up over and over again. - mpg -- A quote...."Genie is well politically connected beyond Eitam, with a special Strategic Advisory Board that includes former Vice President Dick Cheney, News Corporation Head Rupert Murdoch, and several other high profile figures." - bold by website editor - They wouldn't be attempting this brazen theft if their al-CIA'da / FSA forces hadn't severely weakened the Syrian nation-state.  One wonders if Dick & Rupert are going to give al-CIA'da and the FSA a cut in the profits for their help? - mpg

Spy Agency With Blood On Its Hands
Some Quotes....."February 22, 2013 "Information Clearing House" - Ben Alon, Ben Allen and Benjamin Burroughs are dead. So is Benjamin Zygier, an Australian Zionist who moved to Israel in the 1990s and became an Israeli citizen. He then adopted the curious custom of flying back to Australia at fairly frequent intervals to change his name (Australia lets its citizens change their names once every 12 months). And every time, Zygier would take out an Australian passport in his new name. -- The reason, it turns out, was that he had been recruited by Mossad, the Israeli external intelligence agency, to supply it with Australian passports for use in its foreign operations. So far, nothing new. Israel has been compelled at various times to apologise to the New Zealand, British, Canadian and Australian governments, among others, for using the passports of Israelis with dual citizenship in its clandestine operations abroad." - Topix ||  One of the Many Irrefutable Signs of Israel's Involvement - 06-29-11 - mpg  ||

George Galloway in Anti-Israel "Storm" - posted at ICH
February 22, 2013 "Information Clearing House" - (The Guardian) - A quote...."Galloway said on his Facebook page: "I refused this evening at Oxford University to debate with an Israeli, a supporter of the apartheid state of Israel. The reason is simple: no recognition, no normalisation. Just boycott, divestment and sanctions, until the apartheid state is defeated. I never debate with Israelis nor speak to their media. If they want to speak about Palestine – the address is the PLO.""
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More on the Attempt to Destroy the Second Amendment......

FedGov Warns Vets: A Determination of Incompetency Will Prohibit You From Owning Firearms or Ammunition
A quote...."In a prelude of what’s likely to become the norm as government sponsored healthcare is implemented across the country, nameless bureaucrats in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs have begun issuing warning letters to veterans which claim that service members who are deemed by the agency to be incompetent or mentally ill will be required to surrender their rights as protected under the Second Amendment." - Damned if they do, damned if they don't.  Maybe next time they WON'T sign on the dotted line. - mpg

Federal Government Moves to Disarm Veterans
Contains Video - Alt - Related Article - A quote...."It’s no secret that the Department of Homeland Security considers returning veterans a threat to the established order. They said as much back in 2009 when they wrote in a report exposed by Alex Jones and the alternative media: “Returning veterans possess combat skills and experience that are attractive to right-wing extremists… DHS/I&A is concerned that right-wing extremists will attempt to recruit and radicalize veterans in order to boost their violent capacities.”

The Gun Grabbers Are Just Clueless About Reality and Legends in their Own Minds
A quote...."If these people were not in places of power. I would laugh at them. They live in a bubble insulated from the people. They have no grasp on human nature. They have no realization of consequence for their action cause on innocent people. The think we need them and know better how to run our lives. They deceive the people. most of all lie to themselves. They think they’re Gods on this earth. The alpha Omega, the beginning and end of all things."

Firearms Companies Restricting Sales To GOV Agencies In Areas That Restrict Gun Rights - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."A growing number of firearm and firearm-related companies have stated they will no longer sell items to states, counties, cities and municipalities that restrict their citizens’ rights to own them. - According to The Police Loophole, 34 companies have joined in publicly stating that governments who seek to restrict 2nd Amendment rights will themselves be restricted from purchasing the items they seek to limit or ban. - Extreme Firepower Inc., located in Inwood, WV has had a longstanding policythat states...." - bold by website editor - Source: CNSNews
“The Federal Government and several states have enacted gun control laws that restrict the public from owning and possessing certain types of firearms…If a product that we manufacture is not legal for a private citizen to own in a jurisdiction, we will not sell that product to a law-enforcement agency in that jurisdiction.”
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More on the Domestic Situation.....

Clear Channel Loses $424 Million in 2012, StopRush Rolls On - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."Buried on the business page of mysanantonio.com today, so brief you could easily have missed it, was the news that Clear Channel Media Holdings just reported losses for the last quarter of 2012 of $191 million, and $424 million for all of 2012. -- Clear Channel has been in trouble for a long time for a variety of reasons, but one factor that contributed to their losses in 2012 was the death spiral of their golden boy radio host Rush Limbaugh." - bold by website editor

DOJ Gives Blackwater a Whitewash On Felony Charges
A quote...."February 22, 2013 "Information Clearing House" --  Something funny happened in the Eastern District of North Carolina today. Out of the blue in an extremely significant case, and without particular notice to interested observers, much less the public, the criminal case against former Blackwater executives for weapons trafficking, and a myriad of other weapons violations, ended. Poof! Gone with an undeserved and inexplicable sweetheart misdemeanor plea."

Media Fakes War Propaganda | Weapons of Mass Distraction
BtSVideo - (BtSYuTb -  7min05sec - Feb 22, 2013) - Source:  breakingtheset  - Related: BTSFcBk - Related: BTSTwttr - Related:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Abby Martin takes a look at MSNBC's recent documentary about the lies leading up the Iraq war, and the closer look at the corporate media's complicity in selling war to the American people by highlighting multiple staged events." - Topix ||  US Fake Intel / Propaganda - Saddam's Statue ||  US Fake Intel / Propaganda - Jessica Lynch  ||  US Fake Intel / Propaganda - The Kuwaiti Incubator Baby Hoax  ||

America's False Flag Attacks | Brainwash Update
BtSVideo - (BtSYuTb -  4min59sec - Feb 15, 2013) - Source:  breakingtheset  - Related: BTSFcBk - Related: BTSTwttr - Related:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Remember the Maine? On the 115th anniversary of the Maine explosion, Abby Martin explores US False Flag Attacks as being at the heart of every major US war of aggression in history."

ACLU appeals order allowing censorship of torture testimony during Guantanamo military commission
A quote...."The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a petition with the U.S. Court of Military Commissions Review appealing a Guantánamo military judge’s order allowing the government to censor any testimony that touches on the torture and abuse of detainees in U.S. custody."

CISPA Is Back
What does it TAKE to kill this piece of @#$%&* unconstitutional legislation! - mpg -- A quote...."It shouldn’t surprise. The 2011 Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) never really went away. It ducked and covered for another day. - It’s more about destroying personal freedom than online security. It gives government and corporate supporters unlimited power to access personal/privileged information online." - Source:  SteveLendman

Pentagon grounds all F-35 warplanes on technical issues
A quote...."The Pentagon has grounded its fleet of F-35 warplanes following the discovery of a cracked blade on one of the fighter jets during a routine inspection."

Stripped of 'Country of Origin' Label, US Agrees to Sell Tear Gas to Egypt
A quote...."Egypt's Interior Ministry ordered 140,000 teargas canisters from the United States in January, which the US State Department only allowed to be exported without the company's name or any indication they were made in the U.S., the Egypt Independent reports Friday."

Papal resignation linked to inquiry into 'Vatican gay officials', says paper
A quote...."A potentially explosive report has linked the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI to the discovery of a network of gay prelates in the Vatican, some of whom – the report said – were being blackmailed by outsiders. - The pope's spokesman declined to confirm or deny the report, which was carried by the Italian daily newspaper La Repubblica."

Michael Rivero on Justin TV - Feb 21 2012 - Part I - Part II - Part III - Part IV - Part V - Part VI
MRVideo - Related:  Republic Broadcasting Network dot Org - (JustinTV - 3.0hrs - 30min each - Feb 21st, 2013) - (Note: If you click on any part it will auto-play the successor parts. - mpg) -- Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire and many other issues. - mpg

How to Defeat The Global Elite
AJVideo - (AJYuTb - 1hr05min28sec - Feb 21, 2013) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Alex will analyze ways to overcome the globalist march on American liberties and Bill of Rights. Alex also covers the backlash Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. has received stemming from his recent appearance on the Alex Jones Show where he stated that strict gun legislation could lead to a "second American revolution." Alex also hits on other major news items and takes your calls."

Immortal Technique On Fire with Alex Jones
Must Listen AJVideo - Great Interview!! - mpg -- (AJYuTb - 1hr23min57sec - Feb 23, 2013) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Immortal Technique (Felipe Coronel) is a revolutionary. Born in Peru, he immigrated to Harlem, NY and eventually ended up in prison. He left with a new focus on music. His aggressive style gained him instant notoriety as a battle rapper, and his first album was a word-of-mouth sensation. Unwilling to change his message for mainsteam, he remained completely independent. His subsequent projects have permanently found their way into the hearts and minds of truth seekers worldwide. Going behind the scenes, The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique is an exploration of one man's global journey to fight injustice through music."
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens....

Rampant Inequality – Which Hurts the Economy – Is Skyrocketing - posted at GWB
Charts - A quote...."A who’s-who’s of prominent economists in government and academia have all said that runaway inequality can cause financial crises. -- Extreme inequality helped cause the Great Depression, the current financial crisis … and the fall of the Roman Empire. -- But inequality in America today is actually twice as bad as in ancient Rome , worse than it was in in Tsarist Russia, Gilded Age America, modern Egypt, Tunisia or Yemen, many banana republics in Latin America, and worse than experienced by slaves in 1774 colonial America. -- Inequality has grown steadily worse..." - also posted at ZeroHedge

The Trigger Has Been Pulled, The Crash Has Begun. How Are Things Going To Play Out? My Take…
A quote...."We have obviously crossed the threshold folks, things are falling apart by the day and the game of Kick the Can has at long last gone as far as it can. The rest of the World no longer has a choice, the United States is no longer the big bully on the playground who won WWII and their fingers are no longer so firmly around the throat of the planet. The long lunatic nightmare of Bernanke monetary ponzi schemes cannot continue."

The Feds Want Your Retirement Accounts
A quote...."Quietly, behind the scenes, the groundwork is being laid for federal government confiscation of tax-deferred retirement accounts such as IRAs. Slowly, the cat is being let out of the bag." - Source:  AmericanThinker

Why Should Taxpayers Give Big Banks $83 Billion a Year?
A quote...."So what if we told you that, by our calculations, the largest U.S. banks aren’t really profitable at all? What if the billions of dollars they allegedly earn for their shareholders were almost entirely a gift from U.S. taxpayers? -- Granted, it’s a hard concept to swallow. It’s also crucial to understanding why the big banks present such a threat to the global economy."

More Economic Straight Talk
A quote...." There's far too little of it around. TV talking heads shun it. All's well in the world, they say. They don't dare report accurately. Their jobs depend on manipulative deception. - Financial truisms bear repeating. Money creation madness assures trouble. Irrational exuberance follows. So do bubbles. - Imploding is just a matter of time. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. It happened in 2000 and 2008. Perhaps this year or next is 3.0. The fullness of time will tell. Excess creates its own demise. - New era rhetoric doesn't wash. Market analyst Bob Farrell's Rule Number Three says "There are no new eras - excesses are never permanent." - Reality has final say. It arrives in its own due course. Often when it's least expected." - bold by website editor

Forecasting more recession and unemployment, the EU demands more austerity
A quote...."The European Commission (EC), the administrative arm of the European Union (EU), issued a grim economic report Friday. Its Winter Forecasts predicted that 2013 will mark the second straight year of negative growth in the 17-nation euro zone and a mere 0.1 percent increase in the gross domestic product (GDP) of the whole of the 27-nation EU." - Topix ||  A Quadruple Whammy - 12-16-10 - mpg  ||

Farewell Eng£AAAnd: Moody's Downgrades The UK From AAA To Aa1
A quote...."And another AAA-club member quietly exits not with a bang but a whimper:
"Someone must have clued Moody's on the fact that the UK is about to have its very own Goldman banker, which means consolidated debt/GDP will soon need four digits. In other news, every lawyer in the UK is now celebrating because come Monday Moody's will be sued to smithereens." -- WHAT?  Consolidated UK debt/GDP is already past four digits. - Guess Which Country Has Debt Of Nearly 1000% Of GDP... - That was in 2011, by now they're probably North of 1,200% debt/GDP.  The UK should have been given a rating of (Caa1) !!  - mpg

The Bank of England can’t just go on doing down the pound
A quote...." When the banking crisis erupted, it was fashionable to dismiss as alarmist suggestions that Britain and other advanced economies at the centre of the collapse could end up like Japan, condemned to decades of economic stagnation. The US and UK were structurally different, it was argued, and adaptable enough to avoid such an outcome. - Regrettably, this complacent consensus has proved incorrect. We are five years into the crisis, or halfway through the first decade of lost growth, and the UK’s performance is, if anything, slightly worse than Japan’s post-bubble experience."

Memo To Japan: It Is Going To Be A Cold, Expensive Winter
Interesting Quote....".....is Goldman Sachs, in its policy of populating every central bank with its tentacles, and pursuing - without fail - a reflationary policy which leads a wealth effect for the 0.1%, and the kind of general popular outcome that led to Pearl Harbor and the US entrance into World War 2, simply agitating behind the scenes for global war: whether it be between Japan and China, whether it is the Arab Spring of 2011 due to soaring food prices, whether it is the advent of Neo-Nazi powers in Europe due to preserving the EUR-centered status quo, and which inevitably will result in bloody civil conflict?"

Tens of thousands in Spain protest economic policy, corruption
Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."Tens of thousands of Spaniards marched through cities across the country on Saturday to protest deep austerity, the privatization of public services and political corruption. - Gathering under the banner of the "Citizen Tide", students, doctors, unionists, young families and pensioners staged rowdy but non-violent demonstrations as a near five-year economic slump shows no sign of recovery and mass unemployment rises."

Tens of thousands rally against austerity measures in Belgium
A quote...."At least 40,000 people have taken to the streets in the capital of Belgium for an anti-austerity demonstration, demanding that the government do more to boost the country’s economy. "
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More On The International Situation....

Highly Enriched Lies—About Iran’s Nuclear Program
A quote...."The 'enrichment' which Iran is involved in has nothing to do with weapons grade enrichment (which needs to reach at least 90 % or higher). Because of extremely harsh western sanctions, Iran receives no MEDICAL grade isotopes—thus they have to make their own, which is what enrichment to 20% enables them to do, i.e. manufacture "fuel plates," which are then sent to Teheran's research reactor for development. Iran remains compliant with international rules and IAEA inspection as they are signatories to the NPT treaty—something which Israel has never done. Continuous hysteria from Israel about an Iranian threat seems to be a great deal of PROJECTION on their part....Iran has always been jealously viewed by many Israelis for their size, resources & capabilities, and as their greatest ECONOMIC competition in the region, which is why there's constant sabre rattling from Netanyahu for attacking Iran. The propaganda stream has been ceaseless over the last 7 years, and Hammond nails the reality in his article below.”"

Iran will build 16 nuclear power plants: AEOI
A quote...."The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) announces that the Islamic Republic plans to construct 16 nuclear power plants."

Iran says it has brought down a foreign spy drone
A quote...."(Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards have brought down a foreign surveillance drone during a military exercise, the official Islamic Republic News Agency said on Saturday."

Brahimi says 100 killed in Damascus 'war crime' attack
A quote..."International peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said Friday that a devastating bomb blast in the Syrian capital was a "war crime" that had left about 100 people dead."

Christians, threatened by Syrian war, flee to Lebanon
A quote...."(CBS News) BEIRUT - A few of the many Syrian rebel groups are connected to Islamic radicals. Christians, who've lived in Syria for 2,000 years, are fleeing right next door. - A convent in the mountains of Lebanon is a refuge for Syrian Christians who have been forced from their homes and their country."

NATO soldier killed following blast in southern Afghanistan
A quote...."A NATO soldier was killed following roadside bomb explosion in southern Afghanistan on Friday."

US to leave troops in Afghanistan after 2014, says German official
A quote...."The US defence secretary, Leon Panetta, and his Nato counterparts are considering leaving 8,000 to 12,000 troops in Afghanistan after 2014, but a dispute arose on Friday between the US and Germany over whether the force would be international or purely American."

Afghan forces 'are just like criminals'
A quote..."Shocking revelations of murder, sexual abuse of young boys, unarmed civilians being shot at, police officers high on drugs, and routine kidnaps and extortion are exposing the true state of Afghanistan's security forces in Helmand province."

Pakistan condemns deadly bombings in India
A quote...."Pakistan has condemned the twin deadly bomb explosions in the Indian city of Hyderabad which left at least 20 people dead. - “Terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security,” Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement. - “Being itself a victim of terrorism, Pakistan fully understands and shares the pain and agony of the people of India. Our prayers and thoughts are with the families of victims of this terrorist attack,” the statement added." - Source:  PressTV

Fresh anti-regime rally held in S Arabia
A quote...."People have held fresh demonstration against the Al Saud regime in Saudi Arabia, demanding the immediate release of political prisoners. "

India’s inequality and destructive development
A quote...."The “new” India is racing towards the altar of materialism and market fundamentalism, abandoning its hallmark of spirituality, its philosophical treasures and any notion of unity, justice and service."

Ecuador: Correa Confirms Interest in Joining Mercosur
A quote...."With Rafael Correa emerging victorious for a third and final term in Sunday’s presidential elections, the leader of the Alianza País party spoke to Argentine newspaper Página 12 about Ecuador becoming part of the Mercosur agreement, their relationship with Argentina, and same-sex marriage. During the interview, he also announced that his party obtained “97 or 98 seats” in the National Assembly, though the final results of the recount are yet to be announced by the National Electoral Council." - Source:  ArgintinaIndependent

Killings Continue in Bajo Aguán as New Report Documents Abuses by US-Trained Honduran Special Forces Unit
Hideous Hillary's Happy Honduran Hit Squads still happily hitting. - mpg -- A quote...."Killings Continue in Bajo Aguán as New Report Documents Abuses by U.S.-Trained Honduran Special Forces Unit." - also posted at AlethoNews
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Farmers kicked off land in Hebron area
A quote...."HEBRON (Ma’an) -- Settlers and Israeli forces attacked a number of farmers while working in their lands in Susiya area of southern Hebron on Saturday, landowners said."

Palestinians clash with Israeli troops across the West Bank
A quote...."RAMALLAH (Ma’an) – Clashes erupted across the West Bank after the Friday prayers between Israeli troops and Palestinian protesters who rallied to show solidarity with hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners. "

Almost 100 wounded in Palestinian hunger strike clashes
A quote...."JERUSALEM: Nearly 100 Palestinians were wounded in clashes with Israeli security forces during demonstrations in the West Bank on Friday to demand the release of hunger-striking prisoners, the Palestinian Red Crescent said."

Draconian arrests of Palestinians
A quote...."There is no measure of justice or reason in jailing a man for years because he visited an adjacent neighborhood or even assumed political activity."

‘Joint Israel-West Bank’ reality is an apartheid state
A quote...."If Obama intends to ignore the looming ‘apartheid cliff’ on his visit, he’d be better off staying home, adds Alon Liel, who also served as Israel’s envoy to Pretoria."

The Palestinian Non-Violent Resistance Vs. Israeli occupation
A quote...."Palestine, (Pal Telegraph) - Non-Violence is an alternative to either armed resistance or passive acceptance of the status quo. It is both a strategy and a philosophy which rejects violence as a means to promote change, and instead aims to change power relations through assertive acts of omission (refusal to do something) or commission (actively challenging the status quo). It is a method by which to change the minds of both the oppressor and oppressed so that a new reality can be built upon different perceptions of the ‘other’."

Palestinian students "surrounded by guns" at Israeli universities
A quote...."The world tends to forget that there are Palestinians living in Israel. They are the natives of this land and since their villages, towns and cities are located within the “legal” borders of Israel, they are citizens. Citizens on paper, yes, but far be they from equality."

Palestinian youth in coma after IOF bullet hit him in the head
A quote...."RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- A Palestinian university student was hit with an Israeli bullet in the head north of Ramallah on Saturday night and went in a coma."

IOF soldiers detain lawyer Issawi for few hours
A quote...."OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained lawyer Shireen Al-Issawi for a few hours on Saturday morning near Beit Hanina, north of occupied Jerusalem."

Palestinians demand inquiry into death in an Israeli jail
A quote...."(Reuters) - Palestinian officials on Saturday demanded an international investigation into the death of a Palestinian detainee who died in an Israeli jail hours earlier."
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Amerika's FrankenFood Disaster, Vaccine Cover-Up & The Monsanto Monster....

MSG and aspartame are the two leading causes of central nervous system damage in the United States
A quote...."Excitotoxins, as they are appropriately named, are supposed to enhance flavor and excite your taste buds, but this “class” of chemicals overstimulate neuron receptors, which are what allow brain cells to communicate with each other. This causes a firing of impulses at such a rapid rate that they become completely exhausted, and several hours later, these depleted neurons die. This is true cell death, and the parts of the brain that are specifically targeted by excitotoxins are the hypothalamus and temporal lobes, which not only control behavior, emotions, and sleep cycles, but you guessed it, immunity. (http://experiencelife.com/article/excitotoxins/)" - Source: NaturalNews

Friday Feb 22nd 2013

No posts. - mpg

Thursday Feb 21st 2013

Newly-Released Memo by Donald Rumsfeld Proves Iraq War Started On False Pretenses - posted at GWB
Special Note - A quote...."Everyone knew Iraq had no WMDS … and was not behind anthrax attacks or 9/11"
Indeed, neoconservatives planned regime change . - also posted at BLN & PrisonPlanet - Topix ||  9/11 PlngGuide - SpecTrgts  ||

Thousands Must Have Died Under Torture – Or Following It
Special Note - (One of the few telling the truth. Thousands did die, and they died very badly, in the worst  possible ways.  And the people who did these very bad things could be teaching your kids right now, or working in your police department, or living next door to you.  It's something to think about. - mpg) -- A quote...."The Executive Summary  studiously avoids use of the word “death”—as if torture were a risk-free, and specifically a death-free, undertaking—when all know acute pain causes an immediate spike in blood pressure." - Topix ||  US - Murder & Mayhem  ||  US - Torture & Sex Perv.  ||

Israel’s War Criminal of the Year Award
A quote...."Imagining honoring crimes of war, against humanity and genocide. Imagine calling war on humanity honorable. - Imagine granting a nation’s highest civilian award for waging it. It shouldn’t surprise. Obama will receive Israel’s Presidential Medal of Distinction. More on him below. - On February 18, Shimon Peres announced the award. It’ll be given during Obama’s March visit. It’s his first as president. He’ll get it at Peres’ Jerusalem residence." - Good little doggie, good boy, you want another campaign contribution, yes you dooooo, oh you're such a good booyyyy....mpg

Deranging America - posted at ICH
A quote...."February 20, 2013 "Information Clearing House" - With preemptive wars, drone hits, extrajudicial killings and torture, illegal violence has become institutionalized in the USA, and as we normalize such outrages against humanity, we become more corrupt on every level, for if one can justify greed-driven, random or even recreational or therapeutic killing, what Limbaugh called “letting off steam” in regard to Abu Ghraib, then one can justify any other immorality."

Our Highest Achievement - Hollywood’s Imperial Propaganda
A quote...."Hollywood likes to pretend that things aren’t political when they are.  It’s that bi-partisan nationalist myth that if both corporate parties agree to cheer for the empire, then everyone cheers for the empire.  It’s gotten so bad now that races like the Oscars and the Writer’s Guild screenwriting award are tight contests between one CIA propaganda film and another CIA propaganda film.  The first one helps to demonize Iranians and set up the next World War scenario, while the second film fraudulently promotes the effectiveness of state-sanctioned torture crimes." - also posted at AlethoNews

We Are All Becoming Palestinians Now
M108Video - (M108YuTb - 3min41sec - Feb 20, 2013) - Source:  108morris108 -- One commentator stated....."I always used to say. You want to know what the future holds for us? Take a look at Palestine. US cops were trained by Israeli officials, and have been acting just like the IDF does for sometime now, and it is getting worse and worse. People who think they have nothing in common with the Palestinians, are sorely mistaken. We are all Palestinians in the eyes of the ruling powers." -- *NoTimeToStray* - Instead of the Protocols of Zion, which many believe to be a forgery, just read the PNAC Protocols. - mpg
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

Zionists strictly control Western media: Scott Rickard
PRSTVideo - (PRSTVYuTb - 4min56sec - Feb 20, 2013) - Source:  PressTVGlobalNews -- A quote...."A political commentator tells Press TV that the Zionist movement absolutely controls the media in the United States and Western countries. - The European satellite provider Eutelsat, owned by the Zionist Michel de Rosen, has ordered Nilesat to pull the plug on Iran's English-language news channel, Press TV, as part of his war on freedom of speech. Eutelsat's secretary Edoudardo Silverio has written a letter to Nilesat authorities, demanding them to stop broadcasting Iranian channels, including Press TV." - Topix ||  Alternate Press TV Sites  ||

The myth of the Jewish people
A quote...."The Invention of the Jewish People is a book written by Shlomo Sand, an Israeli professor of history at the University of Tel Aviv. - The author wasn’t probing a belief system but Zionist fabrications of a spurious common lineage for people of the Jewish faith. - Sand argues that the idea of Jews having a common ethnic identity is implausible because, as with Christianity and Islam, Judaism was originally a “proselytising religion”. - The notion of Judaism as a “race”, rather than a religion of various races, is without foundation."

New Video  //  Boycott Apartheid Israel
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 2min15sec - Feb 18, 2013) - Source:  BoycottDivest -- A quote...."This video was made on the land of the Gadigal people* of the Eora nation*, whose sovereignty was never ceded." - *links added

The arrest of Palestinian cartoonist Mohammad Saba‘aneh
A quote...."Mohammad Saba’aneh, 34 is the editorial cartoonist for Al Hayat al Jadeed, the official newspaper of the Palestinian Authority. He also works in Public Relations with the Arab American University of Amman. On Saturday February 18 he was arrested by the Israeli army in Jericho, near the Allenby Bridge while returning home from Amman." - Someone didn't like his cartoons, so they arrested him.  That's coming here to this country folks, in fact it already has.  See article shown below....

’5 Broken Cameras’ director detained in LAX on way to Oscars (Updated)
A quote...."Last night, on my way from Turkey to Los Angeles, CA, my family and I were held at US immigration for about an hour and questioned about the purpose of my visit to the United States. Immigration officials asked for proof that I was nominated for an Academy Award® for the documentary 5 BROKEN CAMERAS and they told me that if I couldn't prove the reason for my visit, my wife Soraya, my son Gibreel and I would be sent back to Turkey on the same day." -- *Emad Burnat*

Sharon opposed findings of Sabra, Shatilla probe
A quote...."The ‘phalangists’ mentioned in this story that were directly responsible for the deaths of almost 4,000 civilians in the Sabra/Shatilla Camps were UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ISRAEL. Israel provided them with weapons, ammo, logisitical support, air cover, etc, going so far as to keep the camps well lit at night so that the killers could go in and find women and children who were hiding for their lives. Those who seek to blame the Lebanese for this are the Jews themselves, who simply used their Gentile subjects to do the dirty work so that Israel would not get the blame."

How the Mossad Works: The Mystery of Israel’s ‘Prisoner X’
A quote...."Ben Zygier died aged 34, just four days after the birth of his second child, on December 15, 2010, in a solitary confinement cell in the Ayalon high-security prison near Tel Aviv. He was reported to have hanged himself, even though he was the country’s best-guarded prisoner, monitored by four cameras. His lawyer had met him one or two days beforehand and said Zygier had seemed normal...."

Britain’s UKIP – another Zionist lobby tool
ZOG Alert - A quote...."After 20 years and eight leader changes UKIP still has no seat in the British Parliament, but with 12 seats in the European Parliament it is now a force to be reckoned with, and the Zionists in their determination to cover all bases appear to have infiltrated the leadership core. It is no longer the likable anti-European Union protest party it used to be."

U.S. journalist says he made up Chuck Hagel’s ‘Friends of Hamas’ rumor
A quote...."Reports that the secretary of defense candidate gave a talk to a Hamas-affiliated organization created a stir in Washington. Journalist claims that he inadvertently started the rumor on Capitol Hill."
"if this much trouble can be made over a small, unsophisticated ‘rumor’, how much trouble can be made when a lot of time, planning and collusion goes into it? Can anyone say ‘War On Terror’?"  --  *Editor, Ugly Truth*
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More on the Attempt to Destroy the Second Amendment......

The Second Amendment Is Not Up For Debate
A quote...."After the president, with help from his fraternizers in the deceptive state-run media, somehow won his re-election campaign, I thought it was important to note the first thing Obama and his administration did was turn its attention to the United Nations gun treaty talks." - also posted at FromTheTrenches

Watch: The Pro Second Amendment Commercial Banned By Major Media Conglomerates
Contains Video - Alt - (YuTb - 1min12sec - Jan 25, 2013) - Source:  stevevaus -- A quote...."Steve Vaus is a musician, writer, producer and Grammy award winner who has worked with musical legends that include Willie Nelson, Billy Ray Cyrus, and Kenny Loggins. - In January, responding to the latest assaults on our Second Amendment, Vaus composed and produced “Come and Take It,” a ballad that takes aim at those who would strip Americans of their right to bear arms."
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More on the Domestic Situation.....

US Supreme Court slams door in 9/11 widow’s face - posted at ICH
A quote...."February 19, 2013 "Information Clearing House" - On Tuesday, February 19, 2013, the United States Supreme Court slammed its door in the face of the last 9/11 family member seeking justice through the American legal system. - Ellen Mariani, whose husband Neil was murdered on September 11, 2001, had turned down more than a million dollars in government hush money to pursue the real 9/11 criminals in federal court. - After eleven years, two separate lawsuits, and an unbelievable series of encounters with corrupt lawyers and Israeli-American judges, Ellen Mariani has finally heard from the United States Supreme Court. And the Supreme Court’s message is loud and clear: There will be no truth, and no justice, concerning 9/11… at least not in the US court system." - see related video shown below.....
9/11 Is the LitmusTest
Video - Sept 5, 2011 - (previously posted) - (YuTb - 8min33sec - 09/05/11) - Source:  Snordelhans -- A quote...."There is one thing that defines everyone over the course of these early years of this new century. That thing is the 9/11 attack. Everyone in government and every field of endeavor the world over is defined by their position on this event. It is not necessary to know the truth. It is only necessary to know the extent of the lies in order to define any leader in any position anywhere in the world. By what they have said and by what they have not said, one can accurately judge who is an enemy of the people's of the world. One can accurately determine who is a tool of the psychopaths or one of them."
No More Hesitation Series!
In The Believe It Or Not Category -- A quote...."This is so “beyond the pale” that I am actually left speechless.  This is from Reason.com -- The marketing team at Law Enforcement Targets, Inc. sends along this helpful explanation for the “No More Hesitation” (NMH) series -- “The subjects in NMH targets were chosen in order to give officers the experience of dealing with deadly force shooting scenarios with subjects that are not the norm during training. I found while speaking with officers and trainers in the law enforcement community that there is a hesitation on the part of cops when deadly force is required on subjects with atypical age, frailty or condition (one officer explaining that he enlarged photos of his own kids to use as targets so that he would not be caught off guard with such a drastically new experience while on duty). This hesitation time may be only seconds but that is not acceptable when officers are losing their lives in these same situations." - Source:  ReasonDotCom

Company Behind Shooting Targets of Children Received $2 Million From DHS
Related Article - A quote...."The company behind controversial shooting targets that include images of children, pregnant women and elderly gun owners received almost $2 million dollars in contracts from the Department of Homeland Security."

Brennan Refuses to Rule Out Drone Assassinations Within the US - Oh they can't WAIT to murder someone!
We're ALL Palestinians NOW....mpg -- A quote...."In written responses to questions submitted by the Senate Intelligence Committee, John Brennan, the Obama administration’s nominee for director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), refused to rule out drone assassinations of American citizens on US soil. The committee on Friday released a declassified version of Brennan’s responses." - one commentator stated.....
"As I have been warning our readers and listeners for some time now, those assassinations in places like Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and Mali will not stay in those places; they are coming to the homeland, and - most probably - sooner rather than later. - Now that Obama believes that he has the legal right to assassinate any American extrajudiciously, it is no small leap of "logic" for him to believe that those extrajudicial assassinations can be performed right here in the US." -- *Michael Rivero*
The Obama Variations - Democrats’ Complicity in Political Murder
A quote...."Today’s New York Times (Feb. 21) features an article on White House strategy for pushing through John Brennan’s appointment as CIA Director, with a photograph of him standing alongside an admiring Diane Feinstein, aka Madame Apologist for CIA-JSOC Paramilitary Operations, a truly dynamic duo, symbolizing the Executive-Congressional consensus on permanent war through means which makes the garden-variety war criminal’s hair stand on edge."

Petty Misdemeanors Would Trigger Asset Forfeiture in New Hawaii Bill
A quote...."A new bill under consideration in Hawaii’s state senate would expand asset forfeiture to include petty misdemeanors.  Under Hawaii state law, petty misdemeanors are usually punished by up to 30 days in jail and/or $1,000 in fines.  But if SB 1342 passes, petty misdemeanors would join murder and theft as offenses that are subject to property forfeiture.  It would also raise a ton of new legal questions: for disorderly conduct, could stereos and iPods be seized if someone’s music is too loud?  Could someone lose his car if he is caught speeding or driving under the influence?"

Oklahoma City activist and filmmaker, Mark Faulk, stranded in Minn. by TSA
A quote...."OKLAHOMA CITY – A local writer and filmmaker, Mark Faulk, continues to be harassed by government agents as he tries to travel home and he has informed the media today that he is presently stranded in Minnesota, waiting for the next flight to Oklahoma City. -- It was nearly one year ago that Faulk, who has been active with the leftist Occupy movement, “was surrounded by TSA agents at the United Airlines ticket counter at Will Rogers World Airport.”"

Indiana Senate Passes NDAA Nullification, 31-17 - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."INDIANAPOLIS (Feb. 21, 2013) – The Indiana Senate passed a bill that would block any attempts to detain people on Indiana soil without due process Thursday afternoon. - The Prohibition on Aiding the Enforcement of Unconstitutional Laws Act (SB400) passed 31-17. All but one Senate Democrat reportedly voted against the bill, with six Republicans joining the dissent."

A Guide for Online Privacy and Anonymity: Activist Tools and Security
Action Alert - A quote...."How can you keep your anonymity, online privacy and personal security safe? If you are an activist or whistle-blower, your security might be at stake now. If you are just a normal internet user, you are been shown advertisements and tracked every page you visit. -- Online privacy is a very important and crucial requirement for any activist. It gives you protection and anonymity from corrupt government agencies, such as the US Government, CIA, NSA, social networking sites, Twitter, Facebook, Yahoo! Mail, Google Mail (Gmail) and Skype."

The Great Purge of The American People is Here
AJVideo  - (AJYuTb - 1hr23min22sec - Feb 20, 2013) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- Alex goes OFF on the "No More Hesitation Series" of targets (as EVERYONE should).

He also has a good discussion with a caller who wanted to talk about the "Jewish" question.  Alex had some very good points about the issue but to use one of the points he himself brought up, that the "Italian Mafia got too big for their britches and was taken down"....well the same could be said of the current Criminal Kazarian Consortium.

Alex has to distinguish between the "evil" that is in all of us, between those evil individuals who inevitably rise to the top of societal institutions along with the inexorable growth of evil and corruption in most long-lived, politically or economically powerful organizations (which Alex is VERY GOOD at analyzing and modeling) -- to the PRACTICAL question of who, pound for pound, has the most power, influence and control in those institutions RIGHT NOW! 

And as to that question, as his caller so correctly pointed out, and as most people can obviously see, (the Hagel inquisition being just the most recent vivid example) is that this country's government, along with it's banking and media institutions, are now completely controlled by the AIPAC/Israeli Consortium and their bought and paid for minions in this country

A process that appears to have begun more than a hundred years ago when this nation's legislature allowed the country to be taken over by private banking institutions.  A process that since the "9/11 trigger" was initiated, has now been accelerated to its frightening and long planned conclusion.  The implementation of a complete technological totalitarian control grid along with a system of total financial fiat debt slavery for everyone. - mpg


Realize All Things Are Connected #n3
CMcGVideo - Alt - (CMcGYuTb - 7min53sec - Feb 21, 2013) - Source:  crabbydogtrix - Related:  Wide Awake News

Gerald Celente – National Intel Report
NIRVideo - Alt - (NIRYuTb - 51min04sec - February 19, 2013) - Source:  gcelente - Producer:  NationalIntelReport - Website:  TrendsResearch  -- A quote...."Gerald delivers yet another jaw dropping attack on your financial sensibilities."

Michael Rivero on Justin TV - Feb 20 2012 - Part I - Part II - Part III - Part IV - Part V - Part VI
MRVideo - Related:  Republic Broadcasting Network dot Org - (JustinTV - 3.0hrs - 30min each - Feb 20th, 2013) - (Note: If you click on any part it will auto-play the successor parts. - mpg) -- Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire and many other issues. - mpg

Michael Rivero on Justin TV - Feb 21 2012 - Part I - Part II - Part III - Part IV - Part V - Part VI
MRVideo - Related:  Republic Broadcasting Network dot Org - (JustinTV - 3.0hrs - 30min each - Feb 21st, 2013) - (Note: If you click on any part it will auto-play the successor parts. - mpg) -- Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire and many other issues. - mpg
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens....

Keiser Report: Mystery Meat - Shut Up & Eat! (E409)
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 25min46sec - Feb 21, 2013) - Source:  RussiaToday - Producer:  MaxKeiserTV - Related:  MaxKeiserCom - Related:  MaxOnTwitter - (RussiaToday) -- A quote...."In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert discuss where you go when you can't even afford mystery meat? They also wonder whether Germany's gold has already been sent out to slaughter while the men running the money abattoirs continue sending us photos of the intact gold. In the second half of the show, Max Keiser talks to HBOS whistleblower, Paul R. Moore, about the absurdity of naming the FSA twice and why eating dodgy securities is not a victimless crime."

The Fed is Now the Fifth Largest Country in the World
Title of the Day....."With QE 3 and QE 4 firmly in place and the Fed’s balance sheet over $3 trillion, I decided to go back and count the recap the Fed/Feds’ interventions since the Great Crisis began in 2007. -  Here’s a recap of some of the larger moves made during the Crisis...."

No Government Has Ever Survived a Debt Crisis !!!!!
A quote...."Question: Has any government ever survived a debt crisis? -- The answer to that is ABSOLUTELY no. This is simply how government always die and we do not speak Latin, Ancient Greek, Ancient Egyptian, Ancient Chinese, or Ancient Babylonian. They have ALWAYS, and without exception, used the same Obama Logic going on right now. They have routinely seen themselves as the exception to history. Such arrogance knows no bounds."

20 Signs That The U.S. Economy Is Heading For Big Trouble In The Months Ahead
A quote...."Is the U.S. economy about to experience a major downturn?  Unfortunately, there are a whole bunch of signs that economic activity in the United States is really slowing down right now.  Freight volumes and freight expenditures are way down, consumer confidence has declined sharply, major retail chains all over America are closing hundreds of stores, and the "sequester" threatens to give the American people their first significant opportunity to experience what "austerity" tastes like...." - also posted at PrisonPlanet

40% of Americans Now Make Less Than 1968 Minimum Wage
Chart - (click to enlarge) -- A quote...."You may have seen charts like the one to the right from the Economic Policy Institute, showing how working people’s wages stopped going up along with productivity gains. - This means the gains went…somewhere else. See if you can guess who got them? (Hint: it’s the 1 percent; this is one driver of the terrible income and wealth inequality.) This breakoff of wages from productivity growth is partly the result of trade agreements that pit Americans against exploited workers in non-democracies. This weakened the bargaining power of unions, moved factories and industries out of the country, devastated entire regions of our country — and gave the giant multinational corporations, Wall Street and the billionaires the leverage they needed."

The Wal-Mart Indicator: We’re Heading for a Stagflationary Disaster
A quote...."In the second half of 2012, the media, Federal Reserve, and various Governmental economic bean counters engaged in what we call Great Global Rigging of 2012 in an effort to make the US economy look better to help the Obama campaign re-election bid. - Now that the election is over, the ugly economic realities have begun to creep out from where they were swept under the rug. And while the official economic data is bad (a negative GDP in the fourth quarter of 2012), it’s nothing compared to what real-time indicators are showing:"

Pound tanks to €1.14 as Bank governor Sir Mervyn throws his weight behind more QE despite inflation risk
A quote...."The pound slumped against the euro and dollar as it emerged Bank of England governor Sir Mervyn King now favours more emergency money printing to save Britain from a triple-dip recession. - Sterling fell nearly 1 per cent to a 15-month low against the euro of €1.14 (87p to the euro) and hit a fresh seven-month low of $1.53 (65p) against the US dollar."

Currency wars: It’s starting to look a bit too much like 1931
A quote...."History may not repeat itself, but the parallels between the world economy in the 1930s and the world economy today are becoming hard to ignore. Then, as now, the world was in the grip of a severe economic downturn and painfully high unemployment. Then, as now, governments tried to restore growth and exports by devaluing their currencies and carving out trade blocs, risking a chain reaction around the world. Then, as now, the system was rudderless, unstable, and insecure – which persuaded countries to protect their own national interests, even at the expense of the collective good." - Source:  GlobeAndMail

Italy public transport workers strike over wage, job cuts
A quote...."Public transport workers have gone on strike across Italy to protest the government’s pay and job cuts, only days before the country’s parliamentary elections."

'Greece becoming third world country - economically and democratically'
A quote...."As Greece struggles to pay back overwhelming amounts of bailout loans, journalist and documentary maker Aris Chatzistefanou says the country is facing an even bigger issue."

In hard-hit Spain, bartering becomes means of getting by
A quote...."BARCELONA — With two small children and no income for the past two years, Antonio Delgado, 44, says things were so bad he had considered taking his life. - Then a few months ago, Delgado found out about a group that rents small parcels of farmland cheap near his town of La Rinconada in southern Spain. Now he' s bringing home boxes of tomatoes, onions, peppers, lettuce, zucchinis and pumpkins. But he is not selling them. - Delgado and others are bartering, or trading, their way through a recession that has lasted years and left more than a quarter of the workforce unemployed."
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More On The International Situation....

U.S. Diplomat: Majority of Syrians Stand Behind Bashar Assad
A quote...."A member of the UN independent panel investigating human rights violations in Syria, Karen Abuzayd, said what we have asserted here all along. -- A majority of the people of Syria stand behind their president Bashar al Assad."

Syria News 21.2.2013, Terrorist Bombing in Damascus Fifty-Three Civilians Martyred, 235 Injured
SNVideo - Alt - (SNYuTb - 9min06sec - Feb 21, 2013) - Source:  SiriaNews
Jihadists and Islamists Clash in Syria
A quote...."TRIPOLI, LIBYA — The gunmen came for Syrian Islamist rebel commander Thaer al-Waqqas riding in a battered white car.  As they arrived, he was shouting orders at a food supply depot in the town of Sermin, a few kilometers from the border with Turkey. He had no time to defend himself as the gunmen got out of the car and riddled him with bullets."

Syrian rebels threaten Hezbollah with 48-hour deadline
A quote...."A Syrian rebel commander has said on Wednesday that if the Lebanese political party Hezbollah does not cease the shelling of Free Syrian Army-controlled territories in Syria, it will face retaliation. The 48-hour deadline expires on Thursday."

Lebanon may be new front in Syria’s war
A quote...."Lebanon seems to be moving closer to becoming a major new front in Syria’s 2-year-old civil war after a series of deadly clashes in Syrian between rebel forces and Hezbollah, which backs the embattled Damascus regime." - Source:  UPI
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Your Nightly Dose of Reality
AJZVideo - Alt - (AJZYuTb - 4min30sec - Feb 21, 2013) - Source:  AlJazeeraEnglish -- A quote...."In the video ~ Hillary Mann Leverett, former senior member of the National Security Council and co-author of, "Going to Tehran: Why the United States Must Come to Terms with the Islamic Republic of Iran," speaks to Al Jazeera about upcoming talks between Iran and the P5+1 in Kazakhstan."

US sanctions on Iran seek to disrupt P5+1 talks: Russian official
Related Article - A quote...."Vice Speaker of the Russian State Duma Sergey Baburin has slammed the US unilateral sanctions against Iran as Washington’s tactic to sabotage the upcoming comprehensive talks between Tehran and the world powers."

Obama Designed Iran Negotiations To Fail
Related Article - A quote...."The U.S. is not serious in regards to negotiations with Iran. Negotiations require offers and demands from both sides that can be weighted and exhcanged against each other. But while the U.S. has skyhight demands, which would restrict Iranian sovereignty, it offers nothing substantial."

Iran to Build Oil Refinery in Pakistan
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Pakistani officials announced that Islamabad and Tehran have reached an agreement upon which Iran will help Pakistan build an oil refinery."

Iran to Conduct Military Drills Over 3 Days
A quote...."MOSCOW, February 20 (RIA Novosti) - The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) will conduct a three-day-long exercise over the weekend, IRGC Ground Forces Chief Brigadier Gen. Mohammad Pakpour said on Wednesday, Iran’s Press TV reported."
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Shias take to streets; demand protection
A quote...."QUETTA: Thousands of Shias refused for a second day Monday to bury victims of a devastating bomb attack on their community, demanding protection against record levels of sectarian violence. -- Demonstrators poured onto the streets across the country, shutting down Karachi and closing the road to Islamabad airport, in angry protest at Saturday’s bombing that killed at least 89 people in Quetta."

US Threatens Sanctions on Pakistan Over Gas Pipeline
A quote...."The IP gas pipeline, an ambitious plan initially introduced in 1989 and which would potentially be a big step in finally solving Pakistan’s long-standing energy crisis, looks to finally get underway this month. But not if the US gets its way. - The US State Department has issued a statement today insisting that building a pipeline to Iran from which to import natural gas was in and of itself a “sanctionable” offense, which the US considers wholly unacceptable." - Source:  AntiWar

Prize for Killing? UN honors Hollande for peace as war goes on in Mali
RTVideo - Oh My Gawd!  Another "Peace Prize President"! - mpg  - (RTYuTb - 4min54sec - Feb 21, 2013) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."The French President will be awarded a UNESCO Peace Prize for the operation in Mali. An official states that Francois Hollande made a "valuable contribution to peace and stability in Africa". For more on the UNESCO move RT talks to Abayomi Azikiwe, editor at Pan-African News Wire."

US uses hacking allegations to escalate threats against China
SAP Attack Warning - click here - SAPs are a strategy where the US-NRE falsely claims someone is doing what the US-NRE intends to do, is doing, or has done, all in an effort to deflect attention away from and obfuscate the US-NRE's own very similar plans or activities. - mpg -- A quote...."The Obama administration is utilizing unsubstantiated charges of Chinese government cyber-attacks to escalate its threats against China. The past two days have seen allegations of hacking into US corporate and government web sites, hyped by the US media without any examination of their validity, employed to disorient the American public and justify an expansion of the Obama administration’s drive to isolate China and prepare for an eventual military attack."

Despite Lack of Proof, US to Attack Chinese Hackers in Retaliation
SAP Attack Confirmed - Related Article - A quote...."Despite a formal denial from the Chinese government and a conspicuous lack of proof that they were behind recent hacking incidents, the Obama Administration is said to be planning an “unprecedented counter-attack” against China for them. - Retaliation in the “cyber-warfare” front would seem to normally be a covert action, and thus one would figure the US wouldn’t telegraph its plans ahead of time, but the Obama Administration has made much in recent weeks of its right to launch unilateral cyberwars, and seems eager to go public with the fact that it is doing so."  - Source:  AntiWar

North Korea: NATO War in Libya Proves Disarming Is Unwise
Well....at least the North Koreans have learned. - mpg - A quote...."Addressing their recent nuclear weapons test and international demands that they abandon the program unconditionally, North Korea has issued a new statement citing Libya as an example of why that’s a really bad idea. - Libya abandoned its nuclear program in 2003 as part of an effort to improve relations with Western nations. Though US and other officials gave lip-service to the idea of improved ties, by 2011 NATO was attacking Libya, imposing regime change in the nation. - North Korea’s statement termed that the “tragic consequences” of abandoning a nuclear program that is partially finished, insisting that keeping the program intact is the safer choice." - Source:  AntiWar

The return of German imperialism
A quote...."Germany is making intensive preparations to conduct new wars to secure resources. This was the unmistakable message of a lead article in Germany's business newspaper Handelsblatt, “Expedition Resources: Germany's new course.”"

German government decides on long-term military deployment in Mali
Related Article - A quote...."On Tuesday, February 19, the German cabinet consisting of the Christian Democratic Union, Christian Social Union and Free Democratic Party agreed to deploy 330 German soldiers for a long-term mission in Mali."

80th Priest Killed in Colombia Since 1984 - The U.S. Empire & Modern Day Christian Martyrs
A quote...."In their landmark book, Manufacturing Consent, Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman devote a chapter to the media’s unbalanced coverage of the murder of one priest in Poland in 1984 as compared to the coverage of the 72 religious killed throughout Latin America between 1964 and 1978, the killing of 23 religious in Guatemala between 1980 and 1985, the murder of Archbishop Romero of San Salvador in 1980 and the rape and murder of the 4 U.S. Church women in El Salvador in 1980.   In short, the murder of the one Polish priest — the perpetrators of which were tried, convicted and sentenced to prison — received significantly more coverage than all of the latter killings, which almost invariably remain unsolved and unpunished, combined."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Fayyad Condemns Israeli Sabotage of Property
A quote...."RAMALLAH, February 21, 2013 (WAFA) – Prime Minister Salam Fayyad condemned Thursday Israeli army sabotage of electricity poles in the Nablus area village of Qusra and arson of cars in the same village by Israeli settlers."

Collaboration between IDF [IOF], settlers [Jewish land-thieves / home-invaders] reaching point of no return
A quote...."Israeli democracy is being severely compromised by the army’s collaboration with the settlers [Jewish land-thieves / home-invaders] and the fact that more and more Israeli citizens now see the occupation as the natural order of things." - An example of what happens when you're not allowed to own a gun. - mpg

Palestinians Disqualify U.S. as Peace Broker
A quote...."The “unbreakable alliance,” which will be confirmed by the upcoming visit of President Barak Obama to Israel , will disqualify the United States as an honest broker of peace in the Arab – Israeli conflict in Palestine , a Palestinian veteran peace negotiator says."

Israeli Soldiers Clash with Protesters near Ramallah
A quote...."RAMALLAH, February 21, 2013 (WAFA) – Reinforcements of Israeli soldiers Thursday fired tear gas and rubber bullets at several hundred Palestinians who pelted them with rocks in Beitunia, on the outskirts of Ramallah."

Dozens Injured As Army Attacks Nonviolent Protesters In Hebron
A quote...."Thursday February 20; The Radio Bethlehem 2000 has reported that dozens of residents have been injured after Israeli soldiers attacked the weekly nonviolent protest demanding the army to reopen a main street it blockaded 12 years ago, in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank."

Fisherman Injured and Fishing Boat Damaged
A quote...."The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the Israeli Navy's attacks against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip and expresses its deep concern for such escalation, which resulted in injuring two fishermen and partially damaging their boat today."

Settlers [Jewish Gang-Bangers] Invade Qasra Village Near Nablus
A quote...."Thursday February 21; a group of armed extremist Israeli settlers [Jewish gang-bangers] invaded, shortly after midnight, the village of Qarsa, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, broke into several homes and torched six cars that belong to the residents, the Arabs48 News Website reported."

[IOF] Soldiers [Goons] Kidnap Two Children In Silwan
A quote...."The Wadi Hilweh Information Center, in Silwan town in occupied East Jerusalem, reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday evening and on Thursday at dawn, two Palestinian children in the town, and took [them] to interrogation facilities"

[IOF] Soldiers [Goons] Kidnapped 19 Children In Two Weeks
A quote...."Wednesday February 20; The Children’s Media Department at the Palestinian Ministry of Information reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped 19 Palestinian children, and wounded dozens of children, in the first half of February"

Israeli Settlers [Jewish Thugs] Attack Palestinian Shepherds In Nablus, Hebron
A quote...."Wednesday February 20; several extremist Israeli settlers [Jewish thugs] attacked Palestinian shepherds in Burin village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank."

Protesters demand Israel reopens Shuhada street
A quote...."HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces clashed with protesters in Hebron on Friday at a rally to demand Israel reopen Shuhada street."
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Amerika's FrankenFood Disaster, Vaccine Cover-Up & The Monsanto Monster....

U.S. farmers may stop planting GMOs after horrific crop yields
A quote...."(NaturalNews) Some farmers across the United States may stop planting genetically modified crops after poor yields are increasing costs beyond what they can absorb. - According to Farmers Weekly, those farmers are considering returning to conventional seed after increased pest resistance and crop failures have meant smaller GM crop yields over non-GM counterparts."

USDA Received Pathogen Warning BEFORE Deregulating GM Alfalfa
A quote...."Following a 6 year approval battle, the USDA fully deregulated Monsanto's Roundup Ready alfalfa in January 2011. A week later, they partially deregulated GM sugar beets. This occurred despite Secretary of Agriculture's Tom Vilsack's knowledge of a stark warning letter by Dr. Don M. Huber, Emeritus Professor of Plant Pathology, Purdue University two weeks prior, who found a link between the modified organisms and the proliferation of the new pathogen. Huber knew about its presence in Roundup Ready soy and corn and sought to hold off the GE alfalfa calling the situation an "emergency.""

FDA Ignores Skeletal Malformations, Other Dangers of GMO 'Frankenfish' Salmon
A quote...."At hearings on the GMO salmon many are referring to as “Frankenfish, the FDA noted evidence of abnormalities that had been detected in the fish, including "“increased frequency of skeletal malformations, increased prevalence of jaw erosions and multi-systemic inflammation”. While such findings would seem to be cause for alarm, the FDA instead dismissed the abnormalities as being “within the range observed in rapid growth phenotypes of non-genetically engineered Atlantic salmon.”"

Peanut oil in vaccines behind widespread peanut allergy epidemic
A quote...."More than one million children living in America today suffer from peanut allergy, and a significant percentage of these have such severe symptoms that they must carry around self-injectable epinephrine just in case they accidentally become exposed to the food. According to available records; however, virtually nobody had peanut allergy prior to 1900 despite the fact that people have been eating peanuts for ages, which begs the question, why do so many people have peanut allergy today, and from where did this potentially-deadly allergic condition emerge?" - Source: NaturalNews

Meningitis Vaccine Causes Seizures and Paralyzes 40 Kids
Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."The vaccine industry has slowly grown into a monster that primarily feeds on children in order to expand its current toxic empire. MenAfriVac is the latest concoction being peddled by the industry's inoculation police, funded primarily by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Gates' had provided a 10-year grant to create the Meningitis Vaccine Project (MVP) which quickly gained the approval from the WHO (World Health Organization) & PATH (Program for Appropriate Technology in Health) both of which are elite eugenic agencies."

Extra-caffeinated soda and chemical sweeteners for breakfast?
A quote...."Ah, there’s nothing like a heavy dose of caffeine, corn syrup and highly acidic phosphoric acid in the morning. And bringing it to you is none other than PepsiCo, the company that habitually uses aspartame, MSG and GMOs across its product line. Apparently drinking an aspartame-laced, caffeine-spiked soda for lunch and dinner isn’t enough: PepsiCo wants to own your breakfast, too. -- This new “Kickstart” soda reportedly is made with 5% juice (meaning it’s 95% corn syrup, phosphoric acid and other ingredients). But here’s where the laughter really begins: According to the FDA, a beverage containing at least 5% juice isn’t considered a “soda.” It’s actually JUICE!" - Source:  NaturalNews

Seafood Fraud Study By Oceana Reveals Widespread Mislabeling Nationwide
A quote...."Oceana, an international ocean advocacy group, has released a report on national seafood fraud [pdf], and the results are disconcerting. The report, which is one of the largest on seafood fraud to date, found that one-third of fish was mislabeled." - Source:  HuffPo

Wednesday Feb 20th 2013

No posts. - mpg

Tuesday Feb 19th 2013

The Moral Decoding of 9-11: Beyond the U.S. Criminal State, The Grand Plan for a New World Order
A quote...."I was sceptical of the 9-11 event from the first time I saw it on television. It was on every major network within minutes. All the guilty partieswere declared before any evidence was shown.The first questions of any criminal investigation were erased.  Who had the most compelling motives for the event? Who had the means to turn two central iconic buildings in New York [along with the 47 story WTC7] into a pile of steel and a cloud of dust in seconds?[i]" - Topix ||  Reficultnias's 9/11 Central  ||

Libya: The Second Anniversary of a Bloody "Coup" - posted at ICH
A quote...."February 19, 2013 "Information Clearing House" - This weekend, marking the second anniversary of the start of protests that would usher in a bloody and prolonged NATO-led coup to overthrow the Libyan Jamahiriya and Muammar Gaddafi, offers many reasons to celebrate for those whose intention was the demolition of Libyan self-determination, African integration, and a domestic system of extensive social welfare and stability. In return, Libyans have won the right to live in fear, as they have won the freedom to be ruled by countless armed despots each engaged in torture, abductions, and persecution of minorities. " -- "In spite of what seems like an unstoppable momentum towards greater strife and social disintegration, romantic imperialists in the West still insist on speaking in the most unwarranted terms of the “street revolution,” that has “brought freedom and hope to millions of people here”" - bold by website editor
ARE YOU KIDDING!! These plans to destroy these nation states were written as far back as  the 1980's and are well known!  These catastrophes weren't "accidents" or "unintended consequences"....they were premeditated acts of mass-murder.  "Romantic imperialist" is like saying "kindly and sensitive serial axe-murderers" The people who support these plans of mayhem were perfectly aware of the consequences of these policies and they desired them, they wanted  the death and destruction.....that's the whole point, that's how you destroy a nation-state. - mpg -- for more on this issue see articles and references shown below......
Orwell Rolls in His Grave (Full Version)
Video - (YuTb - 3hr1min53sec - Dec 25, 2010) - Source:  WarCrime911 -- A quote...."3 Hour Documentary explaining a portion of the information about media censorship, consolidation and propaganda. Please check links for more information."

Hubris Isn't the Half of It - posted at ICH
A quote...." February 19, 2013 "Information Clearing House" - As our government was making a fraudulent case to attack Iraq in 2002-2003, the MSNBC television network was doing everything it could to help, including booting Phil Donahue and Jeff Cohen off the air.  The Donahue Show was deemed likely to be insufficiently war-boosting and was thus removed 10 years ago next week, and 10 days after the largest antiwar (or anything else) demonstrations in the history of the world, as a preemptive strike against the voices of honest peaceful people."

The Latin American Exception - How a Washington Global Torture Gulag Was Turned Into the Only Gulag-Free Zone on Earth - posted at ICH  -- A quote...."February 19, 2013 "Information Clearing House" - The map tells the story.  To illustrate a damning new report, “Globalizing Torture: CIA Secret Detentions and Extraordinary Rendition,” recently published by the Open Society Institute, the Washington Post put together an equally damning graphic: it’s soaked in red, as if with blood, showing that in the years after 9/11, the CIA turned just about the whole world into a gulag archipelago. - Back in the early twentieth century, a similar red-hued map was used to indicate the global reach of the British Empire, on which, it was said, the sun never set.  It seems that, between 9/11 and the day George W. Bush left the White House, CIA-brokered torture never saw a sunset either."

Russia Must Beware of West Chicanery Over Bahrain, Syria - posted at ICH
A quote...."February 19, 2013 "Information Clearing House" -  Moscow should be careful not to buy into recent cosmetic efforts by the West to revamp its Persian Gulf client monarchy - and to sell the Bahraini people short for the sake of saving its ally in Syria."

The Unholy Trinity - Death Squads, Disappearances, and Torture -- from Latin America to Iraq - posted at ICH
A quote...." February 19, 2013 "Information Clearing House" - The world is made up, as Captain Segura in Graham Greene's 1958 novel Our Man in Havana put it, of two classes: the torturable and the untorturable. "There are people," Segura explained, "who expect to be tortured and others who would be outraged by the idea." -- Then -- so Greene thought -- Catholics, particularly Latin American Catholics, were more torturable than Protestants. Now, of course, Muslims hold that distinction, victims of a globalized network of offshore and outsourced imprisonment coordinated by Washington and knitted together by secret flights, concentration camps, and black-site detention centers."

US Training of Mexican Troops Has Escalated in Step With Mexico’s Murder Rate - posted at ICH
A quote..."February 19, 2013 "Information Clearing House" -  US training of Mexican military forces spiked in fiscal years 2010 and 2011, coinciding with a sharp rise in drug-war homicides in Mexico, an analysis of records made public under the Foreign Assistance Act show."

Imperial Jockeying in Africa: U.S. Intervention Sets to Deepen
A quote...."As “the peril of guerrilla war looms” for the French in Mali, the United States prepares to step-up its intervention across Africa. - Speaking in Bamako on Tuesday, U.S. Senator Christopher Coons, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, stated that direct U.S. military support of the Malian government is likely to resume after the country’s July elections." - bold by website editor - Oh you read it right folks, the "Peace Prize President" is going to escalate another war, against another innocent country and its people. - mpg
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

More than Taboo up on alternative to youtube
Must View Ry2SVideo - Alt - (Ry2STruTube - 1hr44min47sec - Feb 17th, 2013) - Source:  Ry2S@TruTube - Related:  Ry2S@Vimeo - Related: Ry2S@YuTb - Related: Rys2senseAntiNeocons -- A quote...."In cooperation with Denierbud, who made "One third of the Holocaust" I give you "More than Taboo" - Topix ||  More Evidence Would Have Been Better - 11-05-12 - mpg  ||

Hagel in the Dock: The AIPAC Dog Bites Man
Must Read - A quote...."What purportedly made Hagel controversial were his stands on three issues: (1) Israel, or at least its lobby; (2) Iraq, as in Israel's latest national victim, courtesy of the US and its so-called "coalition of the willing"; and (3) Iran, as in the notional "existential threat" Israel has contrived, and which it hopes to make its next victim — as with Iraq, largely through the use of American military power, economic coercion and diplomatic leverage, alone or in concert with whatever others Washington can entice to join it."

Bill Maher :‘The Israelis Are Controlling Our Government’
A quote...."Maher : “Based on every statement I’ve heard from every Republican in the last two years, the Israelis are controlling our government,” he said, prompting a huge applause from the audience." - comment shown below....
"I am reposting this story because the Israeli shills (aka the Megaphonies) [aka the bought & paid for Israeli hasbara internet sock-puppets, shills and assorted Kazarian trolls] are already pouring onto every website carrying this story to attack and smear Maher for stating the obvious." -- *Michael Rivero*
Members of the Conference of Presidents - Alt
Database - A list of the major Kazarian organizations that currently run Amerika. - mpg

Not White Enough to Immigrate to Israel
A quote...."Several hundred mixed-race Peruvian converts, also known as the “Jews of the Amazon,” are not being granted permission to immigrate to Israel under the Law of Return, despite meeting all the requirements for eligibility, Jewish Agency and Conservative Movement leaders charge." - Why would they want to move to that racist, xenophobic, war-mongering, hell-hole? - mpg

Eutelsat’s Zionist boss continues war on media freedom
A quote..."The European satellite provider Eutelsat, owned by the Zionist Michel de Rosen, has ordered Nilesat to pull the plug on Iran’s English-language news channel, Press TV, as part of his war on freedom of speech." - Topix ||  Alternate Press TV Sites  ||

Fourteen Palestinians released in Gilad Shalit deal back in Israeli jails
A quote...."Changes in military law allow IDF and Shin Bet to rearrest any released prisoner until the end of his or her original sentence, on the slightest pretext, and often relying on secret evidence."
Again, to repeat, ad nauseam, any treaty, truce, codicil, agreement, contract, commitment, resolution, understanding, proposal, promise, protocol, oath, affidavit or affirmation by ANY representative from the criminal conclave known as Israel, or any person or agency representing its government, is not worth the piece of paper it's written on, or the breath it's spoken on. In other words....don't even bother, IT - IS - A - COMPLETE - WASTE - OF - ANYONE'S - TIME. - mpg
Bulgarian Revelations Explode Hezbollah Bombing “Hypothesis”
Mossad Hasbara Exposed - A quote...."....European ministers who demand hard evidence of Hezbollah involvement are not likely to find it in the Bulgarian report on the investigation, which has produced no more than an “assumption” or “hypothesis” of Hezbollah complicity. - Major revelations about the investigation by the former head of the probe and by a top Bulgarian journalist have further damaged the credibility of the Bulgarian claim to have found links between the suspects and Hezbollah." - See also weblist under construction, Israeli False Flags

Zygier hanged himself with bed sheet in bathroom’
A quote...."Jailed spy was not on suicide watch, Maariv report claims; former Australian FM says agent’s offense was likely more serious than passing info to Aussie spooks."

Israeli president Shimon Peres to give Obama medal
Just think of a dog and his collar, Shimon Peres is....The more Obama murders, the more prizes and awards this fetch'n'stepping, war-mongering, little doggie continues to get.  It's just simply disgusting. -- mpg  -- A quote...."18 Feb 2013 President Barack Obama will be the first sitting American president to receive Israel's Presidential Medal of Distinction, the office of Israeli President Shimon Peres announced on Monday. "It will be the first time in history that a serving president of the United States of America will receive an award of this kind from the president of the State of Israel," the office said in a statement, according to the Israeli publication The Times of Israel. The announcement comes ahead of Obama's first presidential trip to the Jewish state next month, when he is set to receive the award."
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More on the Attempt to Destroy the Second Amendment......

Democrats in Washington Backtrack on Plan to Allow Police to Search Gun Owners Homes Without a Warrant
A quote...."A proposed law in Washington State has led to widespread uproar, with citizens decrying the provision that would allow police to search the homes of gun owners without a warrant up to once per year. - The proposed law, SB 5737, contains a startling provision that would effectively end the Fourth Amendment in the state."

Obama says shooting victims, families ‘deserve a vote’; perhaps they do
A quote...."Let’s take a look at just what ”they deserve a vote” on, according to Obama. One of these “deserved” votes is on whether or not to ban so-called “assault weapons.” Those would be the very same same firearms that the Department of Homeland Security refers to as “Personal Defense Weapons,” as they order 7,000 of them. Actually, that’s not quite true. DHS does not want “the very same firearms” that Obama wants banned–they want select-fire rifles, with a fully-automatic fire capability." - Source:  Examiner
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More on the Domestic Situation.....

DHS Supplier Provides Shooting Targets of American Gun Owners
A quote...."A provider of “realistic” shooting targets to the Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies has created a line of “non-traditional threat” targets that include pregnant women, mothers in playgrounds and elderly American gun owners." - also posted at FromTheTrenches

Is Your Local Police Department Using Pictures of Pregnant Women and Children for Target Practice?
Related Article - A quote...."What if I told you police in your town could desensitize themselves to the idea of shooting a (armed) child, pregnant woman, or young mother, for just a couple of bucks? The "No More Hesitation" series from Law Enforcement Targets Inc. offers exactly that. For less than 99 cents per target, police can shoot at real-life images "designed to give officers the experience of dealing with deadly force shooting scenarios with subjects that are not the norm during training."" - For all you folks still in denial out there....are you getting the point yet?  We're all Palestinians now! - mpg

Nancy Pelosi: Obama Can Execute Americans in Secret  - You folks woken up yet?
A quote...."House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) thinks we’d be asking too much of Obama if we demanded the President publicly acknowledge when he targets a US citizen for assassination. If President Obama wants to drop a bomb on an American with a drone in total secrecy, he should be able to do so. " - Source:  AntiWar

Feds Buy 2 Billion Rounds of Ammunition - Uh-huh, we'll just call them love-bullets. - mpg
A quote...."Something strange is going on. Federal non-military agencies have bought two billion rounds of ammunition in the last 10 months. - The Obama Administration says that federal law enforcement agents need the ammunition for “mandatory quarterly firearms qualifications and other training sessions.”"

FBI Terrorism and the False Flag War against America
A quote...." “Terrorism isn’t just bombs. It is also the pre-staging of the public through game theory warfare, a subset of chaos theory. The public is propagandized and indoctrinated, not just through media, entertainment and news, but through control of education and the internet.” -- A recent book has exposed the FBI as the world’s largest terrorist recruiting organization. However, evidence indicates that, not only is the majority of terrorism, “false flag,” but that creating and curing the “disease of terrorism,” has become one of the biggest rackets in the world."

Rampant INjustice v2
Video - (YuTb - 21min45sec - Nov 1, 2012) - Source:  Rampant Injustice - Quickly and efficiently locking down a facility is reasonable for the safety of everyone involved and to keep evidence from being tampered with.  The Gestapo tactics aren't, nor the rudeness, nor detaining people without charge, nor denial of counsel, (a blatant constitutional violation) and finally, seizing property without bringing charges or filing a case is simply theft. Expropriation of legally owned property without due process or just compensation is the tactic of a lawless state run by lawless men. - mpg

Economic Straight Talk
A quote...."Things aren’t as good as they seem. Dire economic conditions masquerade as sound. Media scoundrels twist reality. - Big Lies proliferate. Repetition convinces most people hard times are good or not as bad as their personal situations suggest. - Wall Street manipulators transformed America into an unprecedented money making racket. Business models prioritize grand theft. Money is made by stealing it."

Economic Facts That Will Make Your Head Spin
A quote...."February 19, 2013 "Information Clearing House" - How much will you need for medical expenses in retirement? What does it cost to keep 2.5 million Americans behind bars? Here are a few facts and figures that might surprise you."

Abolish The Income Tax: You Won’t Believe Who Is Getting Away With Paying Zero Taxes While The Middle Class Gets Hammered -- A quote...."Many people simply do not believe that it is possible for corporations inside the United States to make billions of dollars in profits each year and not pay a dime in income taxes. - Well, according to a report put out by Public Campaign, that is exactly what is happening. Posted below are numbers that come directly from their report. 30 large corporations are listed, and 29 of them had a tax burden for 2008 through 2010 that was less than zero even though they all made enormous profits. And all 30 of them spent more on lobbying than they did on taxes."

Meet 6 Politicians Getting Rich from America's Endless Wars
A quote...."War is a racket, and perpetual war is a money-printing machine. Though the defense industry as a whole contributes relatively little to members of Congress compared to, say, the pharmaceutical lobby, it remains an incredibly powerful and influential lobby. Below are the six members of the House whose primary industry donor in the 2012 election cycle was the defense sector. (Numbers are from the Center for Responsive Politics, unless otherwise noted.) "

Michael Rivero on Justin TV - Feb 19 2012 - Part I - Part II - Part III - Part IV - Part V - Part VI
MRVideo - Related:  Republic Broadcasting Network dot Org - (JustinTV - 3.0hrs - 30min each - Feb 19th, 2013) - (Note: If you click on any part it will auto-play the successor parts. - mpg) -- Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire and many other issues. - mpg
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens....

Money Is A Form Of Social Control And Most Americans Are Debt S
A quote...."Not that money is a bad thing in itself.  Without money, it would be really hard to have a modern society.  Unfortunately, our money is based on debt, and debt levels in the United States have exploded to absolutely unprecedented levels in recent years.  The borrower is the servant of the lender, and if you are like most Americans, nearly every major purchase that you make in your life is going to involve debt."

Our Republic WIll Recover in a Post Federal Reserve Bank Era Because America is too tough to Die
A quote...."I do not buy the notion of pandemonium and chaos will happen when the dollar collapses. There will be temporary instability in some major cities that are war zones because of gun control laws. The US government is going to collapse. The Federal Reserve is going to go belly up because the have over extended themselves with fictional digits entered in to a computer not representing actual physical money in circulation. This private central bank has been artificially keeping the price of gold down leasing other nation’s gold dumping it on the market. Now these nations that have their gold on deposit want their gold back. The Federal Reserve cannot account for the gold, nor will allow these nations to see the gold. Why? Because it is not there. It has been stolen."

Treasury's Audit of the Federal Reserve's Gold Is Pure Propaganda
The Gold's Gone Folks - A quote..."The U.S. Treasury just released a new report claiming to have performed an audit of U.S. gold held by the Federal Reserve. To be blunt, the report is a complete joke. The report says that the Treasury’s Office of Inspector General performed an audit of the U.S. Treasury’s schedule of U.S. gold reserves held by the Federal Reserve. In other words the report states that they performed an audit of a paper trail and not the actual gold itself. What good is this so-called audit if all they did was check some numbers listed on a schedule? There is little doubt that this report is part of a deliberate disinformation campaign to mislead people into believing that a real audit of U.S. gold reserves was performed."

There’s Still a Foreclosure Crisis - As Many as 90% of Foreclosed Properties Held Off the Market
A quote...." February 19, 2013 "Information Clearing House" - There’s an article on the AOL Real Estate blog that explains much of what is happening in today’s housing market although the piece was written back in July 2012. The article, which was written by journalist Teke Wiggen, was widely circulated when it first appeared, but has since been swept down the memory hole to make room for the nonsensical blabber about a “housing recovery”. Even so, it’s worth reviewing the content of Wiggin’s extraordinary piece since the facts are just as relevant today as when he first wrote them 7 months ago."

Guest Post: The Final Countdown
A quote...."Governments have refused to accept the necessity of a period of economic re-adjustment following the credit-bubble. The bubble burst about five years ago and economic progress has been effectively suspended ever since. The consequences of this refusal to accept reality are at a minimum to make this adjustment unnecessarily drawn out and needlessly painful, without offering a better eventual outcome." - Source:  GoldMoney

World's top economies shrink for first time in four years
A quote...."Economic output across the OECD's 34 member states fell by 0.2pc in the three months to the end of December, representing the first contraction in GDP since the 2.3pc decline seen in the first quarter of 2009."

Freight Shipment Volumes Plunge To Lowest In Two Years
Chart - (click to enlarge) -- A quote...."Freight shipment volumes are rather obviously seasonal, but as Bloomberg Brief notes, the Cass Freight index shows shipment volumes have slumped for four consecutive months and are back to their worst levels in two years. This is the first year-over-year contraction since the 2007-2009 Great Recession - and places the reality of the dismal Q4 GDP print in context."

Italian Bank Loans Plunge By Record....
A quote...."While Italian bank and sovereign bond markets have showed a little weakness in recent weeks, they remain largely in limbo - supported on one side by an inexorable promise by ECB's Draghi outweighing the crushing reality of economic fundamentals. The transmission mechanism, claimed to 'fixed' by Draghi, is simply not. In fact, as the ABI notes, loans to families and companies dropped by record amounts in January."

Banksters Rip Apart Spanish Health Care - posted at ICH
A quote...."February 19, 2013 "Information Clearing House" - According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s latest health care rankings of the 34 most developed nations in the world, the United States ranks dead last in male life expectancy."

Greeks begin 24-hour nationwide anti-austerity strike
A quote...."Greek trade unions have begun a 24-hour nationwide strike in protest against government austerity measures, leaving most businesses closed and causing disruptions in public services."

Bulgarian government resigns amid nationwide protests
A quote...."Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has announced the resignation of his government, amid nationwide demonstrations against high electricity prices."

Chart Of The Day: Europe's Decimated Car Market
Chart - (click to enlarge) -- A quote...."European car registrations had their worst January on record - an 8.7% year-over-year decline - as consumers hit by austerity are likely to continue to limit spending on big-ticket items."

Japan Welcomes Abenomics With Record Unadjusted Trade Deficit In January
Posted here in this section because this data-set is another confirmation that....1)  Japan will continue to debase its currency as quickly as possible, and....2)  They aren't going to participate in the Anglo-Euro-Sphere's credit markets....EVER! - mpg

Iran: Death Sentences for Fraud
Iran's response to Banksterism - mpg -- A quote...."An Iranian court on Monday confirmed the death sentences for four people convicted of participating in a $2.6 billion embezzlement scheme, the biggest fraud in Iran’s history. The four bankers and businessmen, including Mahafarid Amirkhosravi, the chief executive of the Arya Investment Group, were convicted of “disturbing the country’s economic system through collusion and corruption in the banking network.” They cannot appeal the court’s decision. Twenty-five other people, including two government officials, have been sentenced to long prison terms and large fines, the spokesman of Iran’s judiciary announced Monday."
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More On The International Situation....

'People want Assad to stay'
A quote...."Life has become difficult for the residents of Damascus, in Syria, but little is reported of the lives of those in Damascus who support the Assad regime. BBC reporter Zubeida Malik spoke on the Today programme to some of the government supporters in Syria's capital city. -- Thirty one-year-old Damascus resident Zenub, a university teacher who supports the Assad regime, explained that her quality of life has deteriorated significantly since the beginning of the uprising: "We are not free to leave our homes. We hear shooting and explosions every night. I feel in danger when the sun starts to set... we are asking for our freedom to live as we did before.""

Saudi Arabia confesses support for terrorists in Syria. Finally!
A quote...."Saudi Arabia's ambassador in Jordan, Fahad bin Abdul Mohsen al-Zaid, admitted that the Saudis residing in Syria are supporting and collaborating with armed terrorist groups in Syria, orchestrated from abroad, to fight against President Bashar al-Assad."

Syrian Rebels Threaten to Attack Lebanon Over Border Dispute - It's spreading, as foretold by EVERYONE!
A quote...."The Free Syrian Army (FSA) hasn’t even close to finished with its goal of taking over Syria, but the rebel faction is looking to move into cross-border entanglements in the next few days, threatening attacks on Lebanon if Hezbollah doesn’t back off in their border dispute." - Source: AntiWar

Iran Boosts Power Supplies to Neighboring Countries
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's electricity exports to the neighboring countries showed more than a 30 percent rise during the last 11 months compared with the corresponding period last year."

Saudi anti-regime protesters stage rally in Qatif
A quote...."Saudi demonstrators have taken to the streets in the eastern city of Qatif to condemn the recent detention of protesters in the country."

Is Nigeria, And Its Light Sweet Crude, About To Be Drawn Into The Mali "Liberation" Campaign?
A quote...."Precisely a month ago, when we last looked at the ongoing French campaign in Mali, whose diplomatic justification before the people of the "democratic" world was the eradication of "insurgents", and various other "Al Qaeda rebels", we asked readers, rhetorically, to look at a map of Mali and tell us what they see.  --  We even provided an answer.... "
"Nothing. Mali is one of the most irrelevant countries in West Africa from a resource standpoint, and what happens inside of it is certainly irrelevant from a greater geopolitical standpoint. What is more important is what this map doesn't show, specifically the name of the country located a few hundred miles to the south: Nigeria." - bold by website editor
China takes over [Pakistan's] Gwadar Port operations
A quote...."ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Monday formally handed over Gwadar Port’s operations and development of its infrastructure to China at a signing ceremony held at the Presidency in Islamabad. -- President Asif Ali Zardari, Chinese Ambassador in Pakistan Liu Jian, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, federal ministers, members of parliament and government officials were present at the occasion."

Ríos Montt and the Need for International Accountability for War Crimes in Guatemala
A quote...."In the case of Guatemala, complicity in war crimes is not limited to the United States; there are other international actors with blood on their hands. -- In December 2012 the Jubilee Debt Campaign released a report, Generating Terror, which made the case that the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) helped legitimize and subsidize Guatemala’s genocidal regimes of the late 1970’s and early 1980’s." - Source: TowardFreedom

Honduras: Murdered Lawyer’s Brother Killed in Aguán

A quote...."Unidentified assailants shot Honduran campesino José Trejo Cabrera on the evening of February 16th as he was riding on his motorbike to his home in the San Isidro section of Tocoa in the northern department of Colón. Trejo was taken to a local hospital, where he died a few minutes later. The victim’s brother, Antonio Trejo Cabrera, an attorney who defended campesino activists and fiercely opposed plans for autonomous “model cities” in Honduras, was gunned down the evening of September 22, 2012, in Tegucigalpa near the Toncontín International Airport [see Update #1145]. Both brothers were members of the Authentic Claimant Movement of Aguán Campesinos (MARCA), one of several campesino collectives seeking the return of land in the Lower Aguán Valley in northern Honduras that they say big landowners bought illegally."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Two Palestinian fishermen wounded in Israeli navy shooting
A quote...."GAZA, (PIC)-- Two Palestinian fishermen were wounded at the hands of Israeli navy gunboats on Monday evening off the coasts of northern Gaza. - Field sources told the PIC reporter that the gunboats attacked a Palestinian fishing boat with five fishermen on board while sailing three nautical miles off the coast."

PCHR Condemns the Israeli Forces' Assaults on Palestinian Fishermen in Gaza Waters
A quote...."The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the Israeli Navy's escalation of attacks against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip and expresses its deep concern for such escalation, which resulted in arresting two fishermen and confiscating their boat today."

Soldiers Kidnap Two Palestinians In Jerusalem
A quote...."Israeli soldiers and Policemen attacked, on Tuesday evening, dozens of Palestinians holding a nonviolent protest, in occupied East Jerusalem, in solidarity with hunger striking Palestinian political prisoners held by Israel, and kidnapped two. Eight more Palestinians have been kidnapped near Nablus."

Israeli Court Refuses To Release Al-Eesawy, on 210th day of hunger strike
A quote...."On Tuesday February 19, head of the Legal Unit of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), Lawyer Jawad Boulos, reported that the Israeli District Court in Jerusalem rejected an appeal for the release of hunger striking detainee, Samer Al-Eesawy."

Red Cross closes Ramallah office to "pressure" hunger strikers
A quote...."The International Committee of the Red Cross has taken a disappointing role in the struggle to free Samer Issawi and all Palestinian political prisoners, by failing to internationalize the prisoners' cause on every level."
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Amerika's FrankenFood Disaster, Vaccine Cover-Up & The Monsanto Monster....

Read more: Amish Children are Remarkably Immune to Allergies, Says Expert
A quote...."‘The Amish, it seems, place themselves at risk every day of their lives. They refuse to vaccinate their children, exposing themselves to disease. They drink raw cow’s milk, exposing themselves to salmonella. They even – and this is really disturbing – favor natural food, exposing themselves to tomatoes that contain cracks. Given these eccentric practices, isn’t it inevitable that their communities become breeding grounds for allergies and asthma? Not according to Dr. Mark Holbreich, an allergist who has been treating Amish families in Indiana for over 20 years.’"

Two vaccine study participants die during trials of the first GMO flu vaccine
A quote...."Flublok, a new vaccine for influenza, is now available and is the first vaccine ever to contain genetically-modified (GM) proteins derived from insect cells. Flublok is trivalent, which means it contains GM proteins from three different influenza strains. According to clinical data provided in the vaccine’s package insert by its manufacturer, the Protein Sciences Corporation (PSC), two study participants actually died during trials of the vaccine." - Source:  Examiner

Artificial Sweeteners Tied To Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes
A quote...."Diet pop and other artificially sweetened products may cause us to eat and drink even more calories and increase our risk for obesity and Type 2 diabetes, researchers are learning."

Man-made chemicals cited in health scourges: UN report
A quote...."Man-made chemicals in everyday products are likely to be at least the partial cause of a global surge in birth deformities, hormonal cancers and psychiatric diseases, a U.N.-sponsored research team reported on Tuesday."

Monday Feb 18th 2013

No posts. - mpg

Sunday Feb 17th 2013

US-Saudi Funded Terrorists Sowing Chaos in Pakistan
Must Read - Quote of the Day...."Quetta, the capital of Pakistan's southwest Baluchistan province, bordering both US-occupied Afghanistan as well as Iran, was the site of a grisly market bombing that has killed over 80 people. According to reports, the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi has claimed responsibility for the attack. Billed as a "Sunni extremist group," it instead fits the pattern of global terrorism sponsored by the US, Israel, and their Arab partners Saudi Arabia and Qatar." - also posted at ActivistPost & BLN & GlobalRsrch -- Topix  ||  One Vile, Venom Tipped, Taloned Hand Washes the Other - (a.k.a. The Standard Model) - 07-28-10 - mpg  ||

US Congress members meet MKO terrorists in Paris
A quote...."A bipartisan group of US congress members has met with the anti-Iran terrorist group Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) in France. - The congressional team led by Dana Rohrabacher, a California Republican, [An Israeli firster, Zionist, and a card-carrying member of the AIPAC/Israel Consortium] met the MKO terrorists in Paris on Sunday and expressed strong support for the group." - Topix  ||  US Support of Terror - MKO - MEK - Others  ||  Recent Cong Support 4 MEK  ||

Afghan History Suppressed: Part II: The Saudis, al Qaeda and Big Oil -- [For Part 1 click here]
A quote...."In the mid-1980’s the UN tried to broker a peace deal in Afghanistan involving a complete Soviet withdrawal in return for an end to US and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) support for the Afghan rebels.  The Reagan Administration refused the UN deal.  It wanted to “give the Soviets their Vietnam” as part of a grander scheme to rip apart the Soviet Union.  It also wanted the socialist Karmal government out of Kabul.  In 1986 US military aid to the mujahadeen increased dramatically to $1 billion/year."

Mali, Algeria, Libya and the New Front Line In 'Energy Diplomacy' - posted at ICH
A quote...."February 17, 2013 "Information Clearing House" -  With the start of 2013 the 'War on Terror' has burst back into the headlines. The attack on a BP gas plant in Algeria sparked declarations from David Cameron which identified North Africa as the new front line. Already the UK has backed military intervention in Mali and upgraded military support for Algeria and Libya. In Algeria, Cameron announced a strengthened 'military partnership' to combat terrorism and "improve security in the region", and in Libya he pledged more British training for security forces and support for securing the country's borders."

US Drone Killings in Waziristan. Indepth Investigation by American and Pakistani Lawyers
A quote...."Joe Lombardo is co-coordinator of the United National Anti-War Coalition (UNAC), the largest anti-war coalition in the United States. He is also a founding member of Project Salaam, a group that helps Muslims persecuted (mainly by the government) in the U.S. In October 2012, Lombardo visited Pakistan as one of the leaders of a 31-member delegation of U.S. anti-war activists. They were there to show solidarity with activists in that country who were protesting the slaughter of Pakistani civilians by U.S. drone attacks."

Medals for Murder
A quote...."Extrajudicial killing is official US policy. Drone wars normalize it. Obama decides who lives or dies. He appointed himself judge, jury and executioner." - Source: SteveLendman

Academy Awards for the Promotion of Torture?
A quote...."I’m a member of Hollywood’s Motion Picture Academy. At the risk of being expelled, for disclosing my intentions, I will not be voting for Zero Dark Thirty — in ANY Academy Awards category. - Everyone who contributes skill and energy to a motion picture — including actors — shares responsibility for the impressions the picture makes and the ideas it expresses. If I had played the role that was offered to me on Fox’s 24 (Season 7), I would have been guilty of promoting torture, and I couldn’t have evaded my own responsibility by blaming the writers and directors." - also posted at AlethoNews

Sleeping Through the Coup - posted at ICH
A quote...."February 16, 2013 "Information Clearing House" - Let’s face it, most of our fellow Americans are just that: Forgetting. How many out there have been narcotized by this previous installment of the infamous Presidential Horserace? In 2008 we had the rallying cry of ‘Hope and Change ‘from eight repressive years of the Bush gang. Military spending was at an all time high up to that point. We had false flag invasions and occupations of two sovereign nations. In Iraq alone we had over a dozen permanent military bases. Four thousand of our young soldiers, and hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians, were dead. Perhaps two or three times those numbers included the permanent disabilities or slow death caused by our depleted uranium weapons, lack of sustainable drinking water and electricity (for the Iraqis… our guys at least got the very best in accommodations) … you get my drift. We imprisoned many men and women incommunicado at Gitmo for years with no hearings and no trials. Mr. Obama came in and many out there were ready for some real viable change.  ---  It never occurred."

Barack Obama's Warfare State
A quote...."In his fifth State of the Union address, President Barack Obama hit all the main talking points that everyone expected he would. What he did not say, though, should concern many Americans. Numerous polls show that the majority of Americans want U.S. troops to out of Afghanistan "as soon as possible." Americans also say that their country does not have a responsibility to get involved in Syria and the broader Middle East, and they favor substantial cuts to record high military spending. On all three of these issues, however, Obama did not go far enough and even went in the opposite direction. Certainly, foreign policy should not always fluctuate with the prevailing political winds. But the interests of the American people undoubtedly deserve to be heard."

Interview 604 – Sibel Edmonds on Turkey, the Hood Event, Israel and Gladio B - [Part-3]
CRAudio - [For Part 1 click here] - [For Part 2 click here] -- (FlwPlyr - 1hr4min10sec - Feb 15, 2013) - Source: CorbettReport - Website:  CRYuTb - Website:  CRBlpTV -- A quote...."Sibel Edmonds of BoilingFrogsPost.com joins us for the third part of our series on Gladio B, the NATO-directed effort to radicalize, enable and protect Islamic terrorists to further their own geopolitical ends. In this edition we discuss the Hood Event, the Gladio A / B transition, Israel’s role in funding both sides of the regional conflict, and how the Kurds have been used and abused by every would-be regional power in the area. Sibel also takes questions on Ayman al-Zawahiri and begins to discuss Huseyin Baybasin (aka “Europe’s Pablo Escobar”) and the NATO-protected heroin operations in Europe."
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

America Shamed Again: A Colonized People
Must Read - A quote...."Americans have been shamed many times by their elected representatives who cravenly bow to vested interests and betray the American people. But no previous disgraceful behavior can match the public shame brought to Americans by the behavior of the Senate Republicans in the confirmation hearing of Senator Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense. -- Forty Senate Republicans made it clear that not only do they refuse to put their service to America ahead of their service to Israel, but also that they will not even put their service to America on a par with their service to Israel. To every American’s shame, the Republicans demonstrated for all the world to see that they are wholly owned subsidiaries of the Israel Lobby."

Israelis see their ownership of US government in jeopardy
Related Article - Hah! Don't be ridiculous  -- Chuck Hagel is just one guy, and a war-mongering, constitution destroying, nut job guy at that! If the Israeli's dispatch him, after sadistically making him crawl through the political muck while having every single aspect of the last thirty years of his life examined more thoroughly than any other cabinet nominee in the history of this country, he'll just be another in a long list if political casualties that showed insufficient obeisance to Israel.  If he is confirmed however, he'll just be the one time exception that proves Israel's rule, and more importantly, he'll serve as an example that even a casual (and correct) statement such as....
"The Jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here… I’m not an Israeli senator. I’m a United States senator."
....will not be tolerated by the six million Kazarians in this country and the other six million overseas in Israel.  Yes it's totally pathetic that a little over thirteen million Kazarians totally control a country of over 315 million people, but they do. Don't blame them however, blame the craven, boot-licking 309 million cowards who let them take it over. - mpg

The Mass Murder of Russian Christians and the Destruction of their Churches, by Lasha Darkmoon
A quote...."The unprecedented catastrophe of the Russian revolution required an explanation… For very many this lay in the coming to power of the Jews, and their hatred for the Russian people. For after the revolution of February, 1917, the Jews acquired full rights with the rest of the population, and the barriers set up by the Pale of Settlement were destroyed. Jews poured from the western regions into the major cities of European Russia and soon acquired prominent executive positions in all major sectors of government and the economy…. The mainly Jewish nature of the Bolshevik leadership—and of the world revolution in general—cannot be doubted…."

Australia to investigate mysterious case of 'Prisoner X' Ben Zygier
A quote...."Australia will conduct its own investigation into the arrest, detention and death of Mossad agent Ben Zygier who died in an Israeli prison two years ago – and will ask Israeli officials to provide evidence."

'Prisoner X' plot thickens: Israel 'implicates' Australia in scandal
Related Article - A quote...."Australia had detailed intelligence of a national thought to be a Mossad spy who committed suicide in an Israeli prison, media report. The man's death has given rise to a myriad of theories, some suggesting his interrogation drove him to suicide." - The term is "suicided", you know, in the same vain as poisoned while escaping, falling out of a window....the usual. - mpg

The hardest thing: Palestinian parents speak of their children killed by Israeli bombings
A quote...."During the Nov 2012 Israeli attacks on Gaza, 182 Palestinians were killed, according to the World Health Organization’s Dec 2012 report, among whom 47 were children, including 16 under 5 years old. Another 1399 Palestinians were injured, most of them with multiple injuries." - also posted at AlethoNews

Israeli Operation Cast Lead Gaza Massacre, Israeli & American War Crimes
Video - VimeoAlt - YuTbAlt - (Vimeo & YuTb - 2hrs8min41sec - Aug 12/Mar 29, 2012) - Source: ABVimeo - MKYuTb -- A quote...."The Gaza Strip is the world’s largest Israeli open air Concentration camp containing about 1.5 million Palestinians, of which 50 percent are children. Palestinians are our fellow human being. They are bottled up in the Gaza Strip like sardines by the Israeli Military. This “Video” graphically depicts in part the most vile, evil, inhuman Zionist Israeli behavior and actions against the ever suffering practically defenseless Palestinian people of Gaza who have no military or sophisticated American made weapons as Israel has, to defend and protect them from the unwarranted cowardly Israeli military attacks, mayhem and massacres. - This presentation is a Memorial and a Requiem for the Dead of Gaza, Honouring the Valiant Palestinian People and a Monument to the People of Gaza."

A climate of intimidation- Israel’s increasing crackdown on journalists in Palestine
A quote...."On February 11th, the Palestinian Centre for Development and Media freedoms (MADA) posted a press release condemning the arrest, assault and detainment of Palestinian journalists covering a peaceful protest in the Caanan tent village, Hebron on Saturday 9th February. The journalists worked for Reuters, French Agency and Associated Press."

What do Obama and Abbas have in common?
A quote...."Barack Obama and Mahmoud Abbas are, one could say, grovelling twins, but if there was the equivalent of a Nobel Prize for grovelling, it would have to be awarded to Obama."  ---  "As perceived by people today who use the terminology, a groveller is one who behaves in a demeaning and servile (slave-to-master) way, often apologizing when no apology is needed. Put another way, when an American says, “Kiss my arse” (which is more or less what the Zionist lobby says to Obama from time to time), the groveller is one who responds positively and says, “I’ll do whatever you want.”" - also posted at TheExcavator & RedressOnLine

Jimmy Savile Worked For MI5
Of course he did, as a snitch, not as an employee.  He was probably a good source of more blackmail material on Britain's so-called elites than practically any other individual or agency besides the Mossad.  No doubt Savile dealt with the Mossad too from time to time, he probably couldn't help bumping into them considering the dark circles he frequented, which is why this article is posted here in this section. - mpg
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More on the Attempt to Destroy the Second Amendment......

[South Carolina] Senate panel endorses right to own assault weapons in SC
A quote...."COLUMBIA — Congratulations, you are a member of South Carolina’s “unorganized militia.” Now that you know that, state Sen. Tom Corbin, R-Greenville, wants to make sure you have access to guns in case the governor ever calls on you to defend the state."

Ammo Manufacturers Have a Duty Under Law To Refuse to Sell Ammunition To the US Government.
A quote...."Now I call on the Ammunition companies not to sell anymore bullets to the Federal Government. They are getting ready to commit crimes against the American people with them. They are getting ready to break the law and violate the Constitution with these rounds of ammunition. The are preparing for war with the American people. Not the criminals who break into homes and attack law-abiding people."
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More on the Domestic Situation.....

Historic Case to Challenge BBC’s 9/11 Coverage - Hip Hip Hooray!!  - Article also posted at ICH
A quote...."On February 25, in the small town of Horsham in the United Kingdom, there will be a rare and potentially groundbreaking opportunity for the 9/11 truth movement. Three hours of detailed 9/11 evidence is to be presented and considered in a court of law where the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) will be challenged over the inaccurate and biased manner in which it has portrayed the events and evidence of 9/11."

Guantanamo trials face more troubles as confidence in court wanes
What confidence? This Judicial catastrophe isn't a mockery of Justice, it's a mockery of show trials!!  This ridiculous foray into totalitarian fantasy land makes mankind's long history of Kangaroo Courts and Star Chambers look like models of Judicial probity and propriety by comparison. It's a TOTAL farce, it's a farce of a farce, it would make Kafka laugh himself to death to see this clownish display of totalitarian fascism fall completely on its face.

Let this website editor make this perfectly clear....again.  This tragic, childish, opera, is a foolish, grossly incompetent, criminal and traitorous attempt to cover up the parties who were really responsible for funding, planning and facilitating the event called 9/11. 

All those participating on behalf of the prosecution in this macabre parody could be, and should be, considered as potential accessories after the fact for the attack that occurred on 9/11.

It would be best for everyone involved if this embarrassing idiocy was simply and quietly discontinued as soon as possible. - mpg -- Topix
||  9/11-Iraq-Torture Fables  ||

FBI Celebrates Duping Another Mentally Ill Man Into Fake Terror Plot
A quote...."Following a series of similar widely ridiculed so-called “sting” operations, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced last week that it had foiled yet another “terror plot” that, like virtually every supposed “terrorist” case in recent years, was created and managed from start to finish by the FBI itself. This time, the dupe was a 28-year-old California man, Matthew Aaron Llaneza, with a documented history of mental illness, who apparently believed his government handlers were helping him wage “jihad.” Critics, however, say the whole scheme smacks of entrapment and a waste of taxpayer money. " - also posted at AlethoNews - Topix  ||  The F.B.I.'s Constant Gardening  ||

FBI and false flag war against America
Book Review - Related Article - A quote...."A recent book [The Terror Factory:  Inside the FBI's Manufactured War on Terrorism] - [AddAll] - [BkFndr] - has exposed the FBI as the world’s largest terrorist recruiting organization. However, evidence indicates that, not only is the majority of terrorism, “false flag,” but that creating and curing the “disease of terrorism,” has become one of the biggest rackets in the world." - Topix  ||  The F.B.I.'s Constant Gardening  ||

Revealed: NSA Targeting Domestic Computer Systems In Secret Test
To help prevent - or - help stage "False Flags"....you decide. - mpg -- A quote...."Newly released files show a secret National Security Agency program is targeting the computerized systems that control utilities to discover security vulnerabilities, which can be used to defend the United States or disrupt the infrastructure of other nations."

Obama Regime Refuses to Investigate Alleged DEA Killing of Women and Child in Honduras
A quote...."Democrats on Capitol Hill want the Obama administration to investigate the deaths of four civilians in Honduras last year during an anti-cocaine raid involving U.S. law enforcement agents. But administration officials have balked at the request."  - Source: AllGov

How The Government Killed The Ron Paul Movement
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 25min06sec - Feb 16, 2013) - Source:  ThinkOutsideTheTV -- A quote...."This video outlines how the media, government and the whole establishment, killed the Ron Paul revolution that should have continued into 2013. Thanks to the contributing users of this video, more info coming soon."

W.A.N. Radio 2-13-13 hr1 with Michael Rivero
CMcGVideo - (CMcGYuTb - 38min42sec - Feb 14, 2013) - Source:  crabbydogtrix - Related:  Wide Awake News - More on wars for Banksters....mpg
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens....

W.A.N. Radio 2-12-13 hr2 with Greg Hunter
Must Listen CMcGVideo - (CMcGYuTb - 42min05sec - Feb 12, 2013) - Source:  crabbydogtrix - Related:  Wide Awake News - Related:  USAWatchdog

Keiser Report: Sterlageddon (E407)
RTVideo -- (RTYuTb - 25min46sec - Feb 16, 2013) - Source:  RussiaToday - Producer:  MaxKeiserTV - Related:  MaxKeiserCom - Related:  MaxOnTwitter - (RussiaToday) -- A quote...."In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert discuss ending the currency war with a gold standard. They also look at how, since going off the gold standard in 1971, productivity gains have all gone to the one percent who create and push the paper and credit. In the second half of the show, Max Keiser talks to Jan Skoyles of the Real Asset Company about gold monetisation, renminbi internationalisation and the very harsh laws against sterling devaluation."

1,728,477,000,000: Fed’s Holdings of U.S. Debt Hit Another Record
A quote...." he Federal Reserve's holdings of U.S. government debt climbed to yet another record this week, hitting $1,728,477,000,000.00 by the close of business Wednesday, Feb. 13, according to data releasedlate Thursday by the Fed. - That was an increase of $10,734,000,000.00 from the close of business on the previous Wednesday."

The Power Elite Bought the U.S. Presidential Election With Central Bank Printed Money
A quote...."It began in stealth when a small group of big bankers boarded an unlisted train in the middle of the night. They all knew each other. All were from powerful New York banking families. But they didn't even use their own names when talking to one another... so afraid were they that word of their meeting would leak out. - Then the strange little group traveled in complete secrecy to a small island compound off the coast of Georgia. There they could talk freely. But the conversation wasn't about hunting or sports... or politics... or religion. - It was about how they could change the way America – and the world – did business."

Gangster Bankers: Too Big to Jail
A quote...."The deal was announced quietly, just before the holidays, almost like the government was hoping people were too busy hanging stockings by the fireplace to notice. Flooring politicians, lawyers and investigators all over the world, the U.S. Justice Department granted a total walk to executives of the British-based bank HSBC for the largest drug-and-terrorism money-laundering case ever. Yes, they issued a fine – $1.9 billion, or about five weeks' profit – but they didn't extract so much as one dollar or one day in jail from any individual, despite a decade of stupefying abuses."

HSBC, too big to jail, is the new poster child for US two-tiered justice system
Related Article - Second Quote of the Day...."The US is the world's largest prison state, imprisoning more of its citizens than any nation on earth, both in absolute numbers and proportionally. It imprisons people for longer periods of time, more mercilessly, and for more trivial transgressions than any nation in the west. This sprawling penal state has been constructed over decades, by both political parties, and it punishes the poor and racial minorities at overwhelmingly disproportionate rates. -- But not everyone is subjected to that system of penal harshness. It all changes radically when the nation's most powerful actors are caught breaking the law. With few exceptions, they are gifted not merely with leniency, but full-scale immunity from criminal punishment."

WRIST SLAP: Justice Dept Settles Robo-Signing Fraud Case
A quote...."Mortgage servicing company Lender Processing Services agreed to pay $35 million to resolve a federal criminal investigation into foreclosure fraud, the Justice Department said on Friday. - The settlement resolves allegations over the company’s involvement in what the government called a six-year scheme to prepare and file more than 1 million fraudulently signed and notarized mortgage documents in property recorders’ offices nationwide from 2003 to 2009.  The practice became known as robo-signing."

Don’t Blink, or You’ll Miss Another Bailout
A quote...."MANY people became rightfully upset about bailouts given to big banks during the mortgage crisis. But it turns out that they are still going on, if more quietly, through the back door.  - The existence of one such secret deal, struck in July between the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Bank of America, came to light just last week in court filings."

Retail Apocalypse: Why Are Major Retail Chains All Over America Collapsing?
A quote...."If the economy is improving, then why are many of the largest retail chains in America closing hundreds of stores? When I was growing up, Sears, J.C. Penney, Best Buy and RadioShack were all considered to be unstoppable retail powerhouses. But now it is being projected that all of them will close hundreds of stores before the end of 2013. Even Wal-Mart is running into problems." - also posted at ActivistPost

Fiscal Trouble Ahead for most Future [US] Retirees - posted at ICH
A quote...."February 17, 2013 "Washington Post" -- For the first time since the New Deal, a majority of Americans are headed toward a retirement in which they will be financially worse off than their parents, jeopardizing a long era of improved living standards for the nation’s elderly, according to a growing consensus of new research." - Source: WaPo

G20 issues empty declaration against currency wars
Title of the Day...."The meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bankers held in Moscow has issued a statement against competitive currency devaluations in the wake of growing concerns about the development of a “currency war”. However, the words contained in the G20 communiqué issued on Saturday will have virtually no impact on present policies."

Greek strikes continue as unemployment, poverty hit record levels
A quote...."In the face of a deepening slump and growing government repression, workers throughout Greece have continued strikes and protests ahead of a general strike February 20. These struggles are being waged under conditions in which the austerity measures dictated by the European Union are creating unbearable conditions for masses of working people."

Bulgarians protest high electricity bills
A quote...."Tens of thousands Bulgarians have taken to the streets of the capital Sofia and over a dozen other cities to protest over high electricity bills."

Suicides Mount as Spain's Economy Crumbles
A quote...."A 46-year-old man in Alicante, Spain took his own life after he was threatened with eviction. He is the fourth person to commit suicide over eviction in Spain this week. The man was found by police who arrived to evict him after he failed to respond to several phone calls."

Now A Vast Political Espionage Scandal To Top Off The Sordid Corruption Scandal In Spain
A quote...."Spain just can’t catch a break—a horrid economy with dizzying unemployment, collapsing banks, a prime minister and ruling party tarred by corruption.... Now a political espionage scandal blew up, scattering debris and money laundering allegations far and wide. -- Unemployment in Spain was 26% in December, youth unemployment 55%. GDP last quarter dropped for the fifth month in a row (-0.7%), the steepest decline since the financial crisis. Consumer spending plunged 10% in December from prior year—following a hike in the value-added tax. And the budget deficit target of 6.3% (not counting the billions plowed into bailing out the banks) is skidding out of reach."

Crumbling Global Economy Passes Point of No Return
A quote...."As bad as the global economy is right now, it is unfortunately going to get far worse. Many central banks around the world are now racing to devalue their currencies through the implementation of debt monetization programs and low interest rates."

Norway Enters The Currency Wars
A quote...."Norges Bank is ready to cut interest rates further to counter krone gains that interfere with the inflation target, Governor Oeystein Olsen said. “If it gets too strong over time, leading to inflation that’s too low, we will act,” Olsen said yesterday in an interview at his office in Oslo."

Jeremy Grantham
BBCAudio - Must listen for Grantham's discussion (dissection) of GDP, and his idea of the "tragedy of the commons" -- absolutely spot-on!! - mpg -- (BBCAdbFlshPlyr - 26min30sec - Feb 16th 2013) - Source:  BBC -- A quote...."Peter Day hears from an investment expert called Jeremy Grantham who has spent decades thinking about some of the big issues that influence our existence and the global economy. He thinks that the assumptions which have powered the industrial revolution for two centuries are looking pretty threadbare. So, how do we manage technological progress in a world of finite resources?"
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More On The International Situation....

Russian Military Source:  Syria Already Received New Defense Missiles & New Panzer C-1 Air Defense Systems
A quote...."MOSCOW, 15/2/2013 – A Russian military source said Syria received a batch of anti-aircraft missiles and Panzer-C1 air defense systems at the beginning of the current year. - The source said that the air defense systems were delivered in accordance with signed contracts between the two countries, pointing out that these systems were shipped to Syria."

Four Turkish officers killed in Aleppo clashes: Report
A quote...."At least four Turkish officers have been killed in clashes between Syrian government troops and foreign-backed militants in Syria's northern city of Aleppo."
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Expatriate American Writer Finds Much to Like in Iran
A quote...."US writer Franklin Lamb, who has lived for many years in Lebanon and become an authoritative voice on the Middle East—and particularly the conflict between Palestine and Israel—is presently visiting Iran and finds that (surprise! surprise!) Iranians and Americans have much in common, including commonalities between Shia Islam and Christianity."

China Approves Joining Iran High-Speed Railway Project
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- China's State Council approved plans to take part in the construction of a high-speed railway line in Iran, two people familiar with the matter said."
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US/NATO occupation of Afghanistan unravelling
A quote...."The first month of 2013 revealed not only the precarious state of the US-led occupation of Afghanistan, but also its potentially catastrophic regional consequences."

30 Afghan refugees among 84 killed in Quetta blast
al-CIA'da & Saudi Royals Strike Again -- A quote...."According to Afghan consulate officials in Quetta city of Pakistan at least 30 Afghan refugees were among those killed following a deadly bomb blast in Baluchistan province."

Serial bombings leave 37 dead in Iraq
al-CIA'da & Saudi Royals Strike Again -- A quote...."BAGHDAD: Multiple car bombs exploded within minutes of each other as Iraqis were out shopping in and around Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 37 people and wounding more than 100 in mainly Shiite areas. - The explosions struck at the start of the local work week and primarily targeted outdoor markets."

‘Now What?’: As France Leaves Mali, the West’s New War Strategy Shows Peril
A quote...."Washington’s calculated support in Mali, including intelligence, drones, logistics and cash, enabled French, Malian and allied troops to quickly recapture northern territory from militant forces led by al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, a.k.a. AQIM, the terrorist organization’s North African affiliate. A coalition victory in the main assault was a foregone conclusion. It’s the phase of the conflict after major combat that should worry U.S. officials. And that phase is beginning now."

Venezuelan arms maker to continue Iran trade despite US bans
A quote...."Venezuelan officials say the state-owned weapons manufacturer, CAVIM, will keep on trading with Iran in defiance of the US sanctions imposed on the company, Press TV reports. -- “We think that it is logical for Venezuela to have trade and economic relations with all countries in the world. We are exercising our sovereignty,” Venezuelan Envoy to international rights bodies German Saltron said." - Source:  PressTV

Two Years of Bahraini State Terrorism
A quote...." February 14 marked the second anniversary of Bahrain's uprising. Earlier protests erupted sporadically. - In mid-February 2011, major ones did nonviolently. They continue virtually daily. At issue is King Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa's tyranny."

Obama reaches out to a repressive Putin
A quote...."You've just GOT to appreciate the irony of this title! -- This is particularly hysterical, in light of the fact that President Obama is the first President in history to authorize both the indefinite detention of American citizens without due process, and the extrajudicial assassinations of Americans anywhere on the planet. -- The US government has been aggressively circling Russia and China militarily, and doing its level best to cut both countries off from gaining access to other countries' natural resources. It has been covertly supporting destabilization in the Russian election process, as reported by the Guardian last fall...." -- *Michael Rivero*

Xi warns CPC of Soviet-style collapse if faced with dissent
A quote...."Beijing: China's new Communist Party leader Xi Jinping has warned cadres of a Soviet-style collapse if the party is confronted with ideological dissent, military disloyalty and corruption, the deadly mix that led to the dramatic disintegration of once mighty Soviet Union." - one commentator stated....
"What Xi Jinping misses in his assessment of the fall of the Soviet Union is the following reality; with communism, it takes living saints to make it work successfully. -- I don't know about you, but I haven't met many living saints this lifetime. -- Ultimately, corruption and dissent take the wheels off the off the road in a communist country, and that country is either consumed by wide-spread revolt...or changes its tactics in terms of really working, responsibly, for its people...." -- *Michael Rivero*
Correa reelected as Ecuador’s president
A quote...."Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has won the country’s presidential election for the third term, with thousands of supporters gathering at the presidential palace in the capital, Quito, to celebrate the victory."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Stranded in Shuhada: Hebron's Qurtuba school
A quote...."HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Children and teachers at Qurtuba school in Hebron say getting to class past Israeli soldiers and settlers is like navigating a minefield every day." - also posted at AlethoNews

Israel detains Palestinian cartoonist, family says
A quote...."JENIN (Ma'an) -- Israeli authorities on Saturday detained a Palestinian cartoonist on his way back to the West Bank from Jordan, according to his family. "

Several Injured As [IOF] Army Attacks Solidarity Protest In Al-Khader
A quote...."Morning February 18; Palestinian Medical sources in Bethlehem reported that Israeli soldiers fired gas bombs, rubber-coated metal bullets and concussion grenades at a group of Palestinians who marched at the southern entrance of the Al-Khader town, near Bethlehem."

[IOF] Soldiers Order To Bethlehem Villagers To Evict Their Lands
A quote...."Monday Feb 18; Israeli soldiers handed two Palestinians from Nahhalin village, west of Bethlehem, military warrants ordering them to leave their own lands as the Israeli army intends to take the lands away under the claim of “military considerations”."

12 year-old boy beaten by soldiers in Azzun
A quote...."Azzun is a village of 10,000 people in the West Bank, located near Route 55 and located between the Qarne Shomron, Ma’ale Shomeron and Alfe Menashe settlements. Unemployment stands at 49%. Azzun is surrounded by the Israeli military, which raids the village arresting youths almost every night. The village suffers from the Israeli Total Punishment policy, where villagers cannot access work outside Azzun and are specifically targeted for harassment by the Israeli military for detainment at check points. In 2012, there were 80 arrests, 98% of which were under 16 years of age. In the last six weeks, there have been 28 arrests. Sentences for stone throwing can range from between 8 to 14 years."

Israeli police detain 30 West Bank workers
A quote...."RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- Israeli policemen arrested 30 West Bank workers on Sunday at the pretext of not having permits to work in 1948 occupied Palestinian land. - The website of the Hebrew daily Yediot Ahronot said that the workers were detained during a police raid on a building site in Petah Tikwa city. It added that the workers would be interrogated."

[Palestinian] Fishermen fired on off Gaza coast
A quote...."An Israeli gunboat attacked some Palestinian fishing vessels off the north coast of Gaza just after 8am local time today. According to MEMO's Ibrahim Hewitt, who witnessed the attack from the Gaza shore, the Palestinian fishermen looked to be well within the Israeli-imposed 6 mile limit. International law recognises a 12-mile limit of territorial water around the world."

Two shot at Ofer prison as hunger strike demonstrations grow
A quote...."Israeli security forces responded with extreme violence to demonstrations held across the West Bank in solidarity with hunger strikers held in Israeli prisons without charge. - The largest demonstration took place outside Ofer prison in Beitunia, where Israeli soldiers shot two people with high-velocity bullets. The use of live ammunition against unarmed protesters is a common occurrence at demonstrations in Palestinian territory."

Letter from Palestinian Prisoner Samer al-Issawi: There is no going back because I’m the owner of Right
A quote...."I turn with admiration to the masses of our heroic Palestinian people, to our Palestinian leadership, to all forces, parties and national institutions. I salute them for standing by our fight to defend our right to freedom and dignity. -- I draw my strength from my people, from all the free people in the world, from friends and the families of the prisoners who continue day and night chanting for freedom and an end to the occupation."
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Amerika's FrankenFood Disaster, Vaccine Cover-Up & The Monsanto Monster....

Why Beef Is Becoming More Like Chicken - Cheap, uniform, and bland - Just buy organic. - mpg
A quote...."A new cattle drug called Zilmax is being widely used in the industrial feedlots where most of America’s beef comes from, but not because it produces a better sirloin. In fact, it has been shown to make steak less flavorful and juicy than beef from untreated cattle. Many feedlot owners, big meatpackers, and at least one prominent industry group resisted the drug, worrying that the beef industry would turn off consumers if it started churning out lower-quality steaks. - So what accounts for the sudden popularity of Zilmax? Zilmax is a highly effective growth drug, and it makes cattle swell up with muscle in the final weeks of their lives. And despite concerns within the industry, the economics of modern beef production have made the rise of Zilmax all but inevitable."