More Tales
From The
Zio-Sphere.....
Was Stuxnet Designed to Cause A
Melt-Down On Que
03-23-11
mpg
Stuxnet - Wikipedia
Must Read - A
quote...."Stuxnet is a Windows
computer worm
discovered in July 2010 that targets
industrial software and equipment.
[1] While
it
is
not
the
first
time
that
hackers
have
targeted
industrial
systems,
[2]
it is the first discovered
malware that spies on
and subverts industrial systems,
[3]
and
the
first
to
include
a
programmable
logic
controller (PLC)
rootkit.
[4] [5]
-- The worm initially spreads indiscriminately, but includes a highly
specialized malware payload that is designed to target only
Siemens Supervisory
Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems that are configured to
control and monitor specific industrial processes.
[6] [7]Stuxnet
infects
PLCs
by
subverting
the
Step-7
software application that is used to reprogram these devices.
[8]"
---
"Unlike
most
malware,
Stuxnet
does
little
harm
to
computers
and
networks
that
do
not
meet
specific
configuration
requirements;
"The
attackers
took
great care to make sure that only their designated
targets were hit...It was a marksman’s job."
[27]
While the worm is promiscuous, it makes itself inert if Siemens
software is not found on infected computers, contains safeguards to
prevent each infected computer from spreading the worm to more than
three others, and to erase itself on 24 June 2012.
[21]
-- For its targets, Stuxnet contains, among other things, code for a
man-in-the-middle
attack that fakes industrial process control sensor signals so an
infected system does not shut down due to abnormal behavior.
[21]
[27]
Such
complexity
is
very
unusual
for
malware.
The
worm
consists
of a layered attack against three different systems:"
Japan's
Nuclear
Crisis,
Stuxnet
and
SCADA
Defenses
A quote...."Stuxnet is a highly sophisticated designer-virus that
wreaks havoc with SCADA systems which provide operational control for
critical infrastructure and production networks, such as those used to
operate a nuclear power plant. -- Stuxnet-type viruses are uniquely
dangerous because they are capable not only of affecting network
computer systems, they can also cause actual physical damage to the
equipment the networks control."
Stuxnet
is
World's
First
Cyber
Super
Weapon
A quote...."Wired reports that Stuxnet is designed to attack the
Siemens Simatic WinCC SCADA system. These SCADA systems are installed
in big facilities (like nuclear plants and utility companies) to manage
operations. It's taken researchers three months to come to a conclusion
as to what Stuxnet's creator had in mind when it was written. Experts
now say that the worm is designed for sabotage and that the level of
sophistication behind it suggests it may have had the support of a
government or state-run organization. -- Frank Rieger, chief technology
officer at GSMK, told Bloomberg that the building of
Stuxnet would have cost at least $3 million
and taken a team of 10 programmers six months to complete. --
"All the details so far to me scream that this was created by a
nation-state," Rieger told Bloomberg in an interview." - bold by
website editor
Iran's
Top
Stuxnet
Expert
Killed
A quote...."News-worthy.info — Prof. Majid Shahriari, who died when his
car was attacked in North Tehran Monday, Nov. 29, headed the team Iran
established for combating the Stuxnet virus rampaging through its
nuclear and military networks. His wife was injured."
Israel
used
Stuxnet
against
Iran
with
US
help
Russia
claims
Stuxnet
could
have
triggered
second
Chernobyl
Israel, with U.S.
help, tested Stuxnet at Dimona before attacking Iran
Stuxnet
Autopsy
Fascinates
And
Frightens
Israel:
smart
enough
to
create
Stuxnet
and
stupid
enough
to
use
it
Stuxnet:
Another
“Conspiracy
Theory”
Turns
Out
To
Be
True
If Stuxnet was designed solely
to attack centrifuges and electronic
turbines that's one thing. If however it was designed to
interfere
with the emergency shut-down procedures of any process, specifically
those in nuclear power plants, that's a completely different matter
altogether.
Israel has faked attacks or
transmitted fake information to trigger
attacks several times in the past. If their goal was the complete
destruction of Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant using the Stuxnet worm --
instead of
just slowing its construction -- what's outlined below would've been
the most likely
scenario.
The Stuxnet worm was actually
intended not to be discovered until AFTER
the Bushehr plant had been loaded with fuel and gone online. Nuclear
plants and their
systems are at their most vulnerable during emergency shut-downs. The
OBVIOUS policy of the Iranians to any perceived attack, no matter how
tenuous or uncorroborated, would be to scram the reactor and shut-down
the plant as fast as possible at the first sign of trouble.
The possible sequence is as
follows.....
- Stuxnet, now resident and still undetected in Bushehr's
computers, receives its final set of instructions....
- Israel fakes an attack, through the web, by spoofing Iran's
radar, by an internet hack, by a simple phone call, whatever -- all
perfectly deniable and
untraceable....
- Iran scrams their reactor.....
- Stuxnet, designed to act during this specific set of
circumstances follows its pre-programed path....
- Stuxnet deliberately causes over pressures in the coolant
system by shutting valves and....
- running all pumps to max power in a specified sequence to
destroy the entire coolant system....
- Stuxnet at the same time causes the control rods to
malfunction.....
- along with multiple instrument and alarm failures....
- Bushehr melts down....
- Iran is radioactively contaminated, politically paralyzed
and economically
devastated....
- Iran is condemned by the entire world....
- Israel says it's just a bunch of paranoid Iranian
fantasies, that "there was no attack". Nor, in fact, would there
be any
proof of one....
- Israel states the Iranians, being primitive Muslims and
technical incompetents, destroyed their own reactor by employing
faulty
shut-down procedures....
- Israel
states the Iranian charges of sabotage are
utterly groundless, that there is no proof, that it's all just another
case of paranoid antisemitism by Iran and the rest of the world
community....
- Even if Stuxnet is later detected, the versions found will
prove not to have the capability to cause a melt-down or the sort of
damage that occurred at Bushehr....
- Iran never attempts to command or control the nuclear fuel
cycle again....
- The Ahmadinejad administration is destroyed, a successful
"velvet" revolution succeeds in taking power soon thereafter....
- Iran meekly submits to the PNAC Protocols....
- Israel has successfully eliminated another Mid-East
geo-political and economic competitor....
- Stuxnet's job is now done....
Thankfully the Stuxnet worm was
discovered before the fuel was loaded and the plant went operational.
Of course in this scenario
Israel could just as easily have scrammed the Bushehr reactor through
the Stuxnet worm itself, but
a "triple play" like this, were "incompetent" Iranians scram their own
brand new reactor full of "bugs" because of their paranoid delusions
about a non-existent attack
thus causing a catastrophic melt-down damaging the whole Middle East
would play out a lot better....after all, they'd
be "doing it" to themselves.
Besides, it's just the sort of "triple play" operation Israel loves to
carry out. They've done others before....
Just think -- four remoted planes, three controlled demolitions and one
completely incapacitated air defense system....another brilliant
"triple
play".
It would be sad if this is what
unintentionally happened to Japan's nuclear reactors, if their safe
shut-down was
impeded -- in
any
way -- by
the presence of the Stuxnet worm in their control systems (obviously it
wouldn't have been deliberate and
Stuxnet wouldn't have been "activated" with its final instruction-set
according to the
speculative scenario shown above).
Still,
it is strongly recommended that all of Japan's reactor control systems
be examined to see if they've been penetrated and possibly compromised
by the Stuxnet worm. Perhaps Stuxnet should also be analyzed to
see if
it has been designed to
have specific affects on systems as they undergo emergency shut-down
procedures or how it affects the operation of
water pumps, or if Stuxnet has any tell tale signatures of being
designed to receive updates or additional code to implement such
destructive
actions.
Obviously if Stuxnet is found
to have contributed to Japan's disaster, than steps will have to be
immediately taken by the
entire international community to permanently
sanction and isolate
Israel and the United States. - mpg
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Israel’s
Fingerprints
Are
All
Over
9/11
(And
I’m
Not
Afraid
to
Say
It!)
Special Note - A
quote...."I agree that attempting to discuss politics based on ethnic
or religious distinctions is usually misguided (although the various
groups which constitute the ‘Israel Lobby’ are almost totally motivated
by ethnic and religious based ideologies and imperatives). But it gets
more tricky when it comes to analyzing the interface between states. I
think we do need to recognize that the U.S. and Israel are two
different, autonomous, sovereign states whose interests often differ
markedly in the Middle East. It is commonly held in international
relations theory that states act in their own interests."
American
Reality
Check,
Dr.
Alan
Sabrosky
On
9/11
Special Note - A
quote...."Most Americans are aware that 9/11 was covered up. Some
know much. Some are very uninformed. What is more important
is that few Americans are aware that many within our military know
about 9/11, who planned and executed it and absurd the claim that
terrorists were involved is. For the past decade, many of these,
soldiers, military leaders, have fought in wars they know were rigged
by a massive act of treason with very provable foreign elements. --
Some, now many, have died. Most have suffered, some
catastrophically. All have seen America torn apart and
humiliated. Those who know the truth about 9/11 know how serious
the humiliation really is, how the American people were duped and then
bled to death by, well, let Dr. Sabrosky explain."
[Israeli] Knesset
Passes "Nakba" and
"Segregation" Laws
A quote...."The Knesset (the Israeli Parliament) passed, on Tuesday at
night, two bills into law. The so-called “Nakba law”, and a bill,
deemed “segregation law”, by opponents in Israel and the Occupied
Palestinian Territories."
Jerusalem
Bombing
Likely
To
Be
A
Mossad
False
Flag
A quote...."A bomb has struck a crowded bus stop in West Jerusalem,
killing at least one person and wounding 30 in what authorities said
was the first major attack in the city in several years. At least eight
Palestinians, including children, were killed in Israeli mortar attacks
and airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday. - Al Jazeera -- The terror
attack in Jerusalem, follows a set pattern. Israeli’s attack Gaza with
airstrikes & tanks, kill civilians so as to provoke & incite
counter violence & then Mossad cells engineer a false-flag terror
attack. This has been recorded & observed by various analysts."
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More On The
Domestic Situation....
The
Failure
to
Stand
Up
to
Evil
Leads
to
Insanity,
Poverty
and
the
Loss
of
All
Our
Rights
Must Read -
(Outstanding!!) -- A
quote...."....the evil are aware of their evil and desperately trying
to avoid the awareness. Rather than blissfully lacking a sense of
morality like the psychopath, they are continually engaged in sweeping
the evidence of their evil under the rug of their own consciousness (or
attempting to redefine their evil as good).
The problem is not a defect of conscience,
but the effort to deny the conscience its due. We become evil by
attempting to hide from ourselves. The wickedness of the evil is not
committed directly, but indirectly as a part of this cover-up process.
Evil originates not in the absence of guilt but in the effort to escape
it. Since they will do almost anything to avoid the particular pain
that comes from self-examination, under ordinary circumstances, the
evil are the last people who would ever come to psychotherapy. The evil
hate the light – the light of goodness that shows them up, the light of
scrutiny that exposes them, the light of the truth that penetrates
their deception." -
also posted at
DProgram
& ZeroHedge
& PrisonPlanet
What
Really
Happened
with
Michael
Rivero
–
March
23rd,
2011
MRVideo -
Alt
- (JustInTV - 2hrs - March 23nd, 2011) -
Source: MichaelRiveroTV-Vids
--
Michael
Rivero extensively covers the on-going disaster in Japan, the parasitic
class's attack on Libya, the Fed's on going stupidity (light bulbs were
mentioned a lot), the Banksters (a.k.a. "money junkies") and many other
issues....mpg
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More
on
Japan's
Nuclear
Power
Plants....
Smoke stalls
work at Japan reactors
A quote...."Smoke rising from Japan's damaged nuclear power plant has
once again stalled efforts to reconnect power lines to the reactors and
restore cooling systems."
Global
food
scare
widens
from
Japan
nuclear
plant
A quote...."Russia, Australia, Canada and Singapore joined a list of
countries shunning Japanese food imports Thursday as radioactive steam
wafted anew from a disaster-struck nuclear plant, straining nerves in
Tokyo."
Workers
pulled
at
Japan
nuke
plant
as
smoke
rises
Radiation
News
03-23-11
-
A
DProgram
Round-Up -
(7
articles & videos)
3 nuke workers
hospitalized in Japan
Russia
bans food imports from Japan following nuclear incidents
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More
On The
International Situation....
The Assault
On Libya....
Libya:
Murder
and
Plunder
Masquerading
as
“Humanitarian
Intervention
A quote...."March 23, 2011 "Information Clearing House" -- On March
20th 2003 Western forces launched their “Shock and Awe” attack on Iraq,
heavily bombarding Baghdad and elsewhere, massacring hundreds if not
thousands of innocent men, women and children. On March 20th 2011 the
very same forces attacked Libya, beginning what many believe will be
yet another mass slaughter."
Frustration
Mounts
on
the
Streets
of
Benghaz
A quote...."In the Libyan rebel stronghold of Benghazi, tensions are
mounting between conservative reformers, trigger-happy youths and
Gadhafi loyalists. There is growing frustration at the lack of jobs as
companies pulled out of the city. The absence of progress is putting
the revolution at risk." -
also
posted at ICH
Note
To
Progressives
Who Back a No Fly Zone on Libya
A quote...."March 23, 2011 "Information Clearing House" -- Iraq alone
should have made any progressive support for Western military
intervention in Libya negligible. It is very sad to see that didn't
happen. The corporate media has, again, succeeded in getting many well
intentioned progressives to think within its box."
Libya
war
divides
NATO
A quote...."The war against Libya has ignited a heated conflict within
NATO. After several days of negotiations, the 28 members of the
military alliance were unable to agree on the command structure for the
action against Libya. On Monday, the conflict escalated to the point
where the German and French delegations walked out of a NATO Council
meeting on the war."
NATO is
the enemy of the peoples of the world and peace - Unhand the Middle
East!
Gates hints at
open-ended war in Libya
Russia
condemns
civilian
deaths
in
Libya
Airstrikes
fail
to
deter
Gaddafi
forces -
contains
video
Western
warplanes
bomb
army
base
in
Tripoli
Libyan
rebels
form
'interim
government' -
contains
video
China
intensifies condemnation of Libya air strikes
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Stop
Arming
Dictators
A quote...."March 23, 2011 "Information Clearing House" -- Instead of
forking over $150 million a day to the weapons industry to attack Libya
or selling $67 billion in weapons to the Saudis so they can repress not
just their own people, but those of Bahrain, we -- the ones being asked
to forgo Social Security to help pay for empire -- should demand those
who purport to represent us in Washington stop arming dictators in our
name. That might drain some bucks from the merchants of death, but it
would give nonviolent protesters throughout the Middle East a fighting
chance to liberate themselves."
Afghan
strongman
‘raped,
killed
and
tortured’
A quote...."The head of Afghanistan's Independent Human Rights
Commission has urged Hamid Karzai's government and Nato to investigate
allegations that an Afghan strongman employed by United States Army
Special Forces embarked on a spate of war crimes, including rape, the
summary execution of children, and torture."
Child
among
4
dead
as
[US-NRE]
airstrike
hits
cars
in
Khost
A quote...."KHOST CITY (PAN): An airstrike by NATO-led forces killed
four people, including a child, in southeastern Afghanistan, officials
said on Wednesday." -
also posted at
Uruknet
NATO trucks
attacked in Pakistan
A quote...."Militants have destroyed at least three supply trucks
belonging to US-led forces in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan
Province."
Canada’s
Conservative
government
almost
certain
to
fall,
triggering
May
election -
Hip
Hip
Horray!!
May Harper and all his ilk
never be seen again in the light of day, like the night-crawlers they
are, may they skulk in darkness for the rest of their unatural lives. -
mpg --
A
quote...."After delivering an austerity budget Tuesday that was
quickly rejected by all three opposition parties, Canada’s minority
Conservative government faces all but certain defeat in parliament,
possibly as early as today."
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More on the
World Wide Revolution.....
Egypt
passes law criminalizing protests -
Oh, oh. Looks like more "freedumb
& da'mockery" US-NRE style.
A quote...."The Egyptian government on Wednesday passed a
law criminalizing protests and strikes. Under the new law, anyone
organizing or calling for a protest will be sentenced to jail and/or a
fine of LE500,000." -
also posted at
Uruknet
Yemen
parliament
imposes
state
of
emergency
A quote...."Yemen's parliament has passed sweeping emergency laws
following escalating street protests against the 32-year rule of
President Ali Abdullah Saleh."
Yemen's
opposition
rejects
Saleh's
offer
of
early
elections
A quote...."Sana'a - Yemeni opposition groups on Wednesday rejected
president Ali Abdullah Saleh's offer to hold early elections and said
they would continue to protest against his rule and the emergency law
imposed on the country."
Yemeni
protesters
call
for
march
on
palace
A quote...."Opposition groups vow to oust Ali Abdullah Saleh from power
as parliament approves emergency laws after weeks of unrest."
Syria
security
forces
kill
12
in
attack
on
Daraa
mosque,
witnesses
say
Death
toll
hits
15
in
Syria
uprising -
contains
video
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More On The
Palestinian Situation....
Gaza,
Déjà
vu:
Context
Matters
A quote...."Over the past 24 hours I couldn't help but feel I have
lived these moments before. I suppose that is because recent events are
so similar to events which lead to the beginning of Israel's 23-day
campaign in Gaza which left over 1,400 dead, most of whom where
civilians."
Clashes
with
Israeli
Army
in
Beit
Omar;
One
Injured,
5
Arrested
A quote...."Hebron - PNN The Israeli army seized several shared taxis
at the entrance to Beit Omar, confiscating the keys of four of them and
arresting two of the occupants."
IOF
Kills
Four
Palestinian
Civilians,
Including
Two
Children,
in
Artillery
Shelling
and
Four
Members
of
the
Palestinian
Resistance
in
Aerial
Bombardment
in
Gaza
City - A quote...."The Israeli Occupation
Forces (IOF) has continued to commit war crimes in the Gaza Strip and
intensified its artillery and aerial bombardment in populated areas.
These bombing missions are clearly targeting Palestinian civilians.
Yesterday, 22 March 2011, IOF killed four Palestinian civilians. Two
children were killed. A man, his grandchild, his cousin and neighbor
were also killed. Another eleven civilians, including eight children,
were wounded, three seriously. These civilians were targeted while
playing football near their houses in al-Shejaeya neighborhood in the
east of Gaza city." -
also posted at
Uruknet
Israeli
army
imposes
another
curfew
on
village
near
Nablus
A quote...."The Israeli army has imposed another curfew on the village
of Awarta, south-east of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. This
comes six days after a previous curfew was lifted in the wake of the
murder of five settlers in the illegal Itamar settlement adjacent to
the village."
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More On The
Economic Situation....
New-home
sales collapse in Feb. - Sales hit a new record low
A quote...."
Housing
prices
fade,
says
FHFA --
Existing-home
sales
drop
9.6% -- Sales of new single-family homes tumbled 16.9%
in February, as high unemployment, tumbling prices and a glut of
cheaper alternatives brought activity in the housing market to a
near-standstill."
More On The
Zio-Sphere.....
The
Things
Israel
Does
A quote...."As I and others have always said... If you dig deep enough
into any evil that the World is facing today, you usually find the
criminal state of Israel's involvement in some shape or form. But
if you ever attempt to bring this to public attention, you have to
suffer their usual false cries of "antisemitism", and in most cases
they are allowed to get away with their evil actions!" -
Source: ThisIsZionism
One
of
The
Darkest
Evils
the
World
has
ever
Known
A quote...."Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. Wasn't it Israel
that sent 50,000 African mercenaries into Libya? So... aren’t the NATO
coalition now bombing, strafing and tomahawking Israel’s mercenaries?
Meanwhile, isn’t the reason that the assaults didn't stop (possibly
Gadhafi doesn't have control) is because Israel is in control of them?
There's a whole lot of irony here. Someday, lambs will suck in
vengeance at the teats of irony. -- Now... it's been acknowledged that
Israeli security was in charge of the Fukushima nuclear plant. The
plant didn't automatically shut down as it should have. The Stuxnet was
confirmed in the computer systems near Fukushima and the US and
Israel have publicly taken credit for inventing it? Please correct me
if I am wrong." -
also posted at
DProgram
Report:
Palestinian
anti-wall
activist
tortured,
threatened
with
rape
and
execution
by
Shin
Bet
because
of
BDS
activities -
Boycott, Divest and Sanction the ENTIRE state of Israel! Because it has Israel
running scared. - mpg --A quote...."The Israeli government’s
repression of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement is
growing ever more harsh. Domestically, earlier this month, “the Knesset
plenum…approved in its first reading a ‘boycott law,’ which would levy
harsh punitive fines on Israelis who call for academic or economic
boycotts against Israeli institutions,” according to Ha’aretz."
-
also posted at Uruknet - For
more
on
how
to
Boycott,
Divest
and
Sanction
the
state
of
Israel
see
the
upper-left-corner
of
the
"Front Page" of this website.
Neo-Con
Israel
Firster
Bill
Kristol
calls
for
U.S.
ground
forces
in
Libya
A quote...."The operation to create a no-fly zone in Libya has just
begun, but already conservative Fox News pundit Bill Kristol is wishing
the U.S. would send in ground troops “sooner rather than later.”
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More On The
Domestic Situation....
"Silver
Coins
A
Unique
Form
Of
Domestic
Terrorism":
Liberty
Dollar
Founder
Convicted
of
Counterfeiting
Contains Video -
Alt - A
quote...."Bernard von NotHaus, the man behind the Liberty Dollar and
the Ron Paul Liberty Dollar, was convicted in federal court Friday of
coining and circulating counterfeit money. What fascinates us
about this case is the language used by the US Attorney who prosecuted
the case. Working for the Western District of North Carolina,
Anne Tompkins issued a statement that, among other things, accuses von
NotHaus of committing "a unique form of domestic terrorism":
The
Lies
Reach
Critical
Mass
A quote...."The Empire that rules over us like all others before it has
resorted to lies to keep the society together. In a small community
trust is like the mortar that holds separate bricks together to form
one cohesive and enduring building. Yet even the dimmest bulb can
clearly see that America is failing to function and is near collapse.
-- We have reached a point where the lies are no longer believed by the
majority. In the preceding sentence I left out the word citizens
because Empires do not have citizens with rights. Everyone below the
rank of Emperor is a slave."
Evo
Wants
“Gangster”
Obama
Stripped
of
Nobel
Prize
and
UN
Re-Named
A quote...."As US President Obama visits neighboring Chile, Bolivian
president Morales has called on the Nobel committee to strip him of his
peace prize and has called for the United Nations (ONU in Spanish) to
be renamed “ONI,” The United Nations of Invaders. “If the Nobel Peace
Prize committee was to dignify this prize, they should revoke it from
the US President,” said Morales at a press conference. Morales himself
received the $50,000 “Gaddadi Human Rights Prize” before becoming the
Bolivian president and said that the world should ask itself if Obama
is defending peace or provoking massacres. Morales said that the United
Nations was bombing hospitals and schools on the pretext of savings
lives. He said that the Libya invasion was just a pretext to invade and
take Libya’s natural resources. "
03-21-11
Broadcasting LIVE on Justin.tv
Must View Video -
(JustInTV - 2hrs - March 21st, 2011) - Source:
MichaelRiveroTV-Vids --
Michael
Rivero extensively covers the on-going disaster in Japan, the parasitic
class's attack on Libya, Israel's criminal endeavors, the shenanigans
in Wisconsin, the rail-roading of Bernard von NotHaus, and many other
issues....mpg
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More
on
Japan's
Nuclear
Power
Plants....
West coast
rain is dumping the Japanese meltdown radioactive byproducts of
Iodine,Tellurium & Cesium onto CA
Radiation Alert -
A quote...."3/20 (4:15pm): Rain water results show trace levels of
radioactive iodine (I131,I132), cesium (Cs134, Cs137), and tellurium
(Te132). The amounts show that the activity we are observing originated
from any of the three operating reactors that was shut down since I-131
and Te132 half-lives are less than 10 days...."
Extreme
Exposure
-
The
Danger
of
Spent
Nuclear
Fuel
A quote...."The spent fuel pools at Units 3 and 4 at the
crippled
Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex are exposed to the open sky and
might be draining. The radioactive dose rates coming off the pools
appear to be life-threatening. Lead-shielded helicopters trying to dump
water over the pools/reactors could not get close enough to make much
difference because of the dangerous levels of radiation." -
also posted at AlethoNews
Radiation
poisoning
of
food
supply
in
Japan
'is
a
lot
more
serious'
than
first
feared,
as
eggs
and
milk
go
on
'danger
list' - A quote...."Tap
water, leafy vegetables, eggs, meat and milk in a 50-mile radius of the
damaged Fukushima nuclear plant were placed on its ‘danger list’."
- Thick black smoke continues to pour from Fukushima nuclear
plant
- Taiwan reports radioactive contamination of Japanese imports
- Japanese restaurant in Taipei offers customers use of
radiation gauge
- Death [toll] now thought to be as high as 18,000
Work
To
Restore
Power
Delayed
As
Smoke
Seen
at
Fukushima
Reactors
A quote...."Work to restore power and key cooling functions to the
troubled reactors at the quake-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power
plant was marred Monday by smoke that rose from the buildings housing
the No. 2 and No. 3 reactors, the plant operator said."
No
Quick
Fix
Seen
at
Japan’s
Nuclear
Plant,
Pic
Shows
Reactor
3
Destroyed?
A quote...."FUKUSHIMA, Japan – Officials raced Monday to restore
electricity to Japan’s leaking nuclear plant, but getting the power
flowing will hardly be the end of their battle: With its mangled
machinery and partly melted reactor cores, bringing the complex under
control is a monstrous job."
Radiation
News
03-21-11
-
A
DProgram
Round-Up -
(19
articles)
Smoke, steam
rise from Japan N-plant
WHO
spokesman:
Japan
food
safety
situation
"serious"
Gov't
orders
4
prefectures
to
suspend
some
food
shipments
Taiwan
finds
radiation
on
imported
Japanese
beans
Radioactivity
found in Japan seawater
27
Signs
That
The
Nuclear
Crisis
In
Japan
Is
Much
Worse....
Radiation
near
Japanese
nuclear
plant
1,600
times
normal
level
Radiation
Protection,
Now
and
Long
Term
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More on the
World Wide Revolution.....
Saudi
Arabian invasion of Bahrain
Video -
Alt1
-
Alt2 -
(YuTb - 12m45s - Mar 18, 2011) -
Source:
PressTVGlobalNews
-- A quote...."Topics talked over in this edition of Press TV's Comment
are as follows: Saudi Arabia's invasion of Bahrain -- UNSC draft
resolution for intervention in Libya. This allows far greater
involvement than the mere no-fly zone. -- Galloway suggests that a deal
was done between the US and Arab rulers, whereby the Arab League would
back the no-fly rule over Libya and in return the US would acquiesce to
the Saudi invasion of Bahrain."
Defections
plague
Yemeni
leader
Contains Video - A
quote...."Military leaders, ambassadors and tribal chiefs in Yemen have
made clear their support for pro-democracy protesters, ramping up
pressure on Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemen's president, to step down. --
Following a wave of defections, Mohammad Nasser Ali, Yemen's defence
minister, appeared on state television on Monday maintaining that the
army still backed Saleh."
Yemen
President
Fires
Entire
Cabinet
A quote...."Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s ability to maintain
his rule is in growing doubt Sunday, following the announcement that he
is firing his entire cabinet. He has promised to form a new one."
Top
army
commanders
defect
in
Yemen -
contains
video
Things
fall
apart
for
Yemen's
regime
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More
On The
International Situation....
The Assault
On Libya....
The
Libyan
Air
Defense System. Libya's Surface to Air Missile (SAM) Network
Weapons Tech Analysis - A
quote...."Libyan strategic SAM assets are subordinate to the Air
Defense Forces, which in turn are subordinate to the Libyan Air Force.
Currently believed to be divided into five separate regional commands,
the Air Defense Force operates a variety of Soviet-era equipment. The
following strategic SAM systems are currently serving within the Libyan
Air Defense Force: S-75 (SA-2 GUIDELINE), S-125 (SA-3 GOA), and S-200
(SA-5 GAMMON)."
Arab
League
Slams
Libya
Attacks
Amid
Reports
of
Growing
Civilian
Toll
A quote...."Having been instrumental in pushing the UN to approve the
resolution authorizing the no-fly zone over Libya, the Arab League has
found itself quickly regretting its Faustian bargain. Now, with reports
of civilian casualties on the rise, they are condemning the massive air
strikes by the US, France and Britain."
West
in
"Mediaeval
Crusade" on Gaddafi, Putin Says
Contains Video - A
quote...."March 21, 2011 -- (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir
Putin said on Monday a U.N. resolution authorizing military action in
Libya resembled "mediaeval calls for crusades" after Western forces
launched a second wave of air strikes."
Congressman:
"We're
In
Libya
Because
Of
Oil"
A quote...."Well, we're in Libya because of oil. And I think both Japan
and the nuclear technology and Libya and this dependence that we have
upon imported oil have both once again highlighted the need for the
United States to have a renewable energy agenda going forward." -- *
Congressman Ed Markey*
Gates
Says
Targeting
Qaddafi
Goes
Beyond
UN
Resolution
on
Libya
A quote...."Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the U.S. military
campaign against Libya’s Muammar Qaddafi should be limited to the terms
of a United Nations resolution rather than being broadened to target
the leader directly."
Libya
hands
out
1m
weapons
to
citizens -
Oh
oh....
A quote...."LIBYAN officials have begun handing out weapons to more
than a million of its citizens and will complete the operation "within
hours," state news agencies reported today."
UPDATE:
The
American
Dilemma
in
Libya:
To
Bomb,
Invade,
Partition,
Or
All
of
the
Above
A quote...."UPDATED: As Khadafi’s forces prepare to encircle the rebel
stronghold at Benghazi, western media remain curiously unable to
“provide a coherent overview of rebel politics, beyond an incandescent
hatred of Khadafi.” However, the corporate press seem to have suddenly
“undergone a crash course in the intractable nature of Libyan tribal
politics,” an indication the U.S. is considering drawing a line in the
sand to effectively partition Libya."
World
War 03-21-11 - A DProgram Round-Up -
(21 articles & videos)
Explosions
rock
Libyan
capital -
contains
video
Live
Blog
Libya
-
March
22 -
al
Jazeera live blog
Tripoli
under
new
round
of
airstrikes -
Alt
UK
Government
refuses
publicly
to
rule
out
ground
troops
in
Libya
Britain
deploys SAS troops in Libya
African
Union demands 'immediate' halt to Libya attacks
Medveded
calls
to
stop
Libya
conflict
started
by
'shameful'
govt
actions -
video
-
Alt -
(2m31s
03/21/11) Src
RT
Libya
Bombing:
'Interventions
never end!' -
video
-
Alt -
(RTYuTb
5m38s 03/21/11) Src
RT
UN
rejects emergency meeting sought by Libya
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US
Army
'kill
team'
in
Afghanistan
posed
for
photos
of
murdered
civilians
A quote...."Commanders brace for backlash of anti-US sentiment that
could be more damaging than after the Abu Ghraib scandal."
Africa
Must
Unite
Against
Neocolonialism
And
Imperialism
A quote...."Over half a century ago, one of Africa’s most illustrious
sons, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah fearlessly fought for and led the
present day Ghana to achieve independence from British colonial rule.
At the time, Nkrumah did not only believe that the Blackman was capable
of managing or worse still, mismanaging his own affairs, but he also
foresaw and exposed the subtle machinations and exploitations by the
Western powers to perpetually maintain the status quo by ensuring that
the African continent and indeed most part of the world remained
divided and for that matter incapacitated economically, politically,
and most importantly militarily." -
also
posted
at Uruknet
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More On The
Palestinian Situation....
Palestinians
call
on
world
to
intervene
as
Israel
escalates
Gaza
attacks
A quote...."GAZA, (PIC)-- The Palestinian government in Gaza has called
upon international organizations to intervene as Israel increases
aggression on the Gaza Strip. -- ”The government has sent urgent
messages to the UN and Arab League Secretary-Generals and to a few
European Union nations revealing serious Israeli escalation plans
against the Gaza Strip, asking them for immediate intervention to stop
the current escalation,” said Dr. Yousef Rizqa, political advisor to
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haneyya."
Israeli
airstrikes injure 17 Palestinians
A quote...."Witnesses said the target of the raid was a car repair
workshop, AFP reported. -- Earlier on Monday, Israeli Deputy Foreign
Minister Danny Ayalon issued a death threat against Hamas leaders. --
Israel regularly carries out attacks on Gaza, killing and injuring
Palestinians. Tel Aviv launched a deadly war on the strip at the turn
of 2009."
Israel
engaged
in
ethnic
cleansing:
UN
investigator
A quote...."Israel's expansion of Jewish settlements in east Jerusalem
and eviction of Palestinians from their homes there is a form of ethnic
cleansing, a United Nations investigator said on Monday. -- U.S.
academic Richard Falk was speaking to the U.N. Human Rights Council as
it prepared to pass resolutions condemning Israeli behavior on
territory it has occupied since 1967."
In
a
New
Crime,
IOF
Kills
Two
Children
in
Central
Gaza
A quote...."On Saturday evening, 19 March 2011, the Israeli Occupation
Forces (IOF) used excessive and lethal force which resulted in the
death of two Palestinian children who were nearly 300 meters from the
border east of Juhr Addik village in the central Gaza Strip. It should
be noted that on Thursday morning, 17 March 2011, IOF warplanes dropped
leaflets on border areas in the different parts of the Gaza Strip
warning Palestinians to avoid coming within 300 meters of the border
fence with Israel."
Settler [crazed homeless
illegal alien] opens fire on funeral procession
A quote...."HEBRON (Ma’an) -- Two Palestinians were shot Monday
afternoon when a
settler
[crazed homeless illegal alien]
disembarked from his car on the Jerusalem-Hebron road and opened fire
on a funeral procession heading to the Beit Ummar cemetery. -
also posted at Uruknet
UN:
Massive
increase
in
home
demolitions
A quote...."BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- The latest numbers from the United
Nations show a two-fold increase in the number of Palestinian homes and
agricultural buildings destroyed by Israel order this year, causing
concern among officials." -
also
posted at Uruknet
17 Palestinians
Injured In A Series Of Air Strikes In Gaza
A quote...."Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that
the Israeli Air Force carried out a series of air strikes on Monday
night after midnight and on Tuesday at dawn, wounding seventeen
residents, including two women and seven children."
Weekly
Report
On
Israeli
Human
Rights
Violations
in
the
Occupied
Palestinian
Territory
(10-16
March
2011)
Every week of the year, and
those living in the US-NRE do absolutely nothing about it. - mpg
- Two Palestinians were killed by an IOF air strike in the
Gaza Strip.
- Two Palestinian workers were wounded in the same attack.
- Three buildings on the targeted site were destroyed.
- Israeli settlers escalated attacks on Palestinian civilians
and their property in the West Bank.
- PCHR documented 40 attacks by Israeli settlers in the
West Bank.
- The settlers burnt 4 cars and a tractor, and damaged 7
cars.
- A number of Palestinian civilians suffered from tear gas
inhalation fired by IOF that escorted Israeli settlers.
- IOF uprooted 400 olives trees in Beit Dajan village, east
of Nablus.
- IOF continued to target Palestinian workers, farmers and
fishermen in border areas in the Gaza Strip.
- A Palestinian fisherman was wounded.
- IOF continued to use force against peaceful protests in the
West Bank.
- A number of demonstrators suffered from tear gas
inhalation.
- IOF arrested two international human rights defenders.
- IOF conducted 47 incursions into Palestinian communities in
the West Bank.
- IOF arrested 66 Palestinian civilians, including 6
children.
- 52 of the detainees are from 'Awarta village, southeast
of Nablus.
- Israel has continued to impose a total siege on the OPT and
has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.
- Israeli soldiers positioned at military checkpoints in
the West Bank arrested one Palestinian civilian.
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More On The
Economic Situation....
[US]
Existing-home
sales
fall
9.6%
in
February
-
Prices
drop
to
lowest
level
since
2002
A quote...."WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Sales of previously owned homes
dropped 9.6% in February and prices fell to their lowest level since
2002, reflecting a continued slump in the U.S. real estate market."
[US]
Unemployment
rises
in
nearly
all
metro
areas
A quote...."Unemployment rose in nearly all of the 372 largest U.S.
cities in January compared to the previous month."
PIMCO
Buys
Government
Debt
Outside
the
U.S.,
Citing
Inflation
A quote...."PIMCO, the world's biggest bond fund, who recently
announced it was dumping their U.S. Treasury holdings, now says it is
buying foreign debt in 'Rising Star' nations. Stating that the
"pipeline of inflation is starting to hit globally," PIMCO said
emerging markets can best weather the inflation storm."
Volume
Is
Back...To
Abysmal
Mrkt Tech Note - A
quote...."To all the sophisticated technical and fundamental analysts
out there, we have some simple time and money saving tips. When the
volume in the market plunges like today, the market will surge. End of
story, no more 'sophisticated' analysis needed. As the charts below
show, after exploding in the beginning of last week, purely due to
various mutual and hedge funds succumbing to the dreaded affliction
known as "selling", volume has since plummeted allowing the HFTs to
step right back in with the vapor melt up program on full tilt."
'Portugal on
brink of demanding bailout'
A quote...."Portugal Finance Minister Fernando Teixeira dos Santos says
the country's political crisis looks increasingly likely to give it a
"big push" towards an international bailout."
More On The
Zio-Sphere.....
Iranian
Arms
to
Syria?
The
Israeli
Media
Can't
Get
Their
Stories
To
Line
Up
Israeli Propaganda Exposed
- A quote...."Yesterday the Jerusalem Post ran a story about an Iranian
aircraft that was commanded to land in Turkey by Turkish authorities as
it was en route to Syria. The photo accompanying the story showed an
Iran Air Boeing 747 ‘short’ version Jumbo jet with a collapsed nose
wheel with the story claiming explicitly that the aircraft was carrying
‘military equipment and weapons’ which the Turkish police had found.
The same story in Ha’aretz went further by reporting that the aircraft
was allegedly transporting “weapons connected to Iran's nuclear
program”, (though they were not able explain how or what sort of
‘weapons’ could possibly be connected in any way to Iran’s nuclear
program). -- Today ‘Ha’aretz’ is running a story about the aircraft
being released after nothing was found on the aircraft that was
illegal. Not only was the Jerusalem Post story totally fabricated but
the accompanying photo to the Ha’aretz story shows an Ilyushin-76, (a
Russian version of America’s C-141 Starlifter), heavy lift aircraft now
looking as though its ready to fly with the caption claiming that this
is the Iranian aircraft that was forced to land in Turkey."
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The Itamar Massacre: A Covert
Operation?
03-18-11
mpg
US trained forces
arrested for Itamar massacre
The Itamar
Massacre Mystery - A quote...."Two members of Palestinian
Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' official security forces were
arrested in conjunction with this past weekend's bloody massacre in
which five family members were brutally stabbed to death inside their
home in the Jewish village of Itamar, WND has learned. -- The names of
the apprehended suspects will be released to the Israeli media within
hours but were revealed to WND by security officials working on the
murder. -- Two cousins are now in Israeli custody and are suspected in
the slayings. Ahmed Awad is an officer in Abbas' Preventative Security
Services in the northern West Bank city of Nablis. Iyad Awad is an
officer in Abbas' General Intelligence services in Ramallah. -- Both
the Preventative and General Intelligence services of Fatah are armed,
trained and funded by the U.S."
Now what would two bona fide
"made" men of the US-NRE/AIPAC/Israeli Consortium be doing contracting
out the whacking of an Israeli family in the middle of the night by
having them stabbed to death? Most perplexing? This family
was probably not chosen at random, whoever is investigating this should
look at who this family knew and what they were involved in.
This smells suspiciously like a contract killing or covert operation to
be blamed on Palestinian "radicals" as the article's author tries to do
by linking the PA's General Intell to the Fatah party thence to the Al
Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and finally Hamas. A stretch by anyone's
imagination, even an Israeli's imagination, especially considering BOTH
the US-NRE and Israel (which the article conspicuously fails to
mention) along with the Saudi Royals (ditto) have been paying billions
to the Fatah and the PA for years to attack Hamas since their election
in 2006.
Now we're supposed to believe Hamas is going to carry out this act on
behalf of their bitterest enemy? An act that will discredit them
in the eyes of the international community, strengthen Israel's siege
against Gaza and lead to massive military attacks against them?
Who's kidding who?
Instead this looks more like somebody got caught carrying out some sort
of unsanctioned operation, and this article looks like somebody's
desperately trying to get ahead of the facts in a clumsy and obvious
attempt to obfuscate this investigation and spin it toward the "usual
suspects", Israels current enemy dejour.
The real question of course is what party or parties would hire the PA
to carry out this operation, and why? Since Israel is conducting
the investigation we can all rest assured that any trails which would
lead to Israeli involvement will be carefully erased. - mpg
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More
On The
International Situation....
Just How Many More Times?
03-18-11
mpg
The
Peacenik's
Payback:
Obama
Slaughters
Pakistani
Civilians
to
Revenge
CIA
Embarrassment
Must Read - A
quote...."Another day, another two dozen human beings
[now
estimated at 80]
blown to bits in a marketplace by the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. What
was the occasion for this new bonanza of carnage? It was a release of
pent-up fury at Pakistan for embarrassing the Potomac Poobah by
actually arresting one of his hired guns for shooting people in the
back in the street in broad daylight. -- For weeks, Washington wiggled
around in twisted knickers as the Pakistanis put CIA goon-squader
Raymond Davis through the horrible, evil process of ... er ... Western
jurisprudence, which Pakistan inherited from colonial times. They
arrested Davis, charged him with a crime, allowed him to procure
defense counsel and then instigated a series of open court proceedings
leading to a trial. This was simply unbearable, insupportable, to the
Universal Defenders of Human Rights and the Rule of Law who hold such
benevolent sway in the American capital." -
also posted at Uruknet
At
Least
41
Killed
as
US
Drones
Attack
Tribal
Jirga
in
North
Waziristan
A quote...."The latest US drone strike against North Waziristan Agency,
Pakistan is amongst the deadliest in recent memory, with at least 41
[now
estimated at 80]
people killed and other, unconfirmed sources speculating the toll may
be upwards of 80. -- Making matters worse, this strike isn’t coming
with the usual pretense of everyone slain being a “suspected militant.”
Rather,
the attack struck a tribal
jirga (official meeting) for the Madda Khel tribe, in the town of Datta
Khel. --
The casualties from
the attack included six tribal elders who were overseeing the
jirga, which was apparently to discuss the ownership of mineral rights,
a number of children who were
brought by their families to the gathering, and several members of a
pro-government militia the tribe helped organize. - bold by
website editor
The article speaks for
itself. This website editor is truly at a loss to properly
express the disgust and anger felt regarding this incident. (Although
Chris Floyd does a good job in the article shown above)
Just how many town hall
meetings, wedding parties, sporting events, hunting expeditions, and
wood
gathering groups are the murderous forces of the US-NRE going to
incinerate? Every single person in uniform is responsible for
this non-stop, endless, continuous, series of tragedies, every single
one! They're all just a bunch of gang-banging, drolling, morons
working for the Bankster Complex and the AIPAC/Israeli Consortium.
And everyone, ABSOLUTELY EVERYONE on the entire planet knows they don't
give a sh-t about this
incident or for that matter, any of the other hundreds of murder-fests
they seem to
enjoy so much. In fact everyone knows they don't give a sh-t
about anything at all, including themselves. It's high time to
cut their pensions, their pay and their VA benefits....to zero!!
This website editor's patience, sympathy, and tolerance has all run
out.
From now on -- and that means
FOREVER -- it will be the policy of this website editor to oppose
giving benefits, of any kind, at anytime, for any reason, to anyone,
who has EVER served in the
US-NRE's insecurity/murder/theft industry.
The morons in the military are
on their own! While this nation continues its long painful decent
into its
self-inflicted Great Depression, if the morons in the military want any
more money, they can just get off their collective butts and go get it
from the Banksters, you know, the guys
who
got roughly thirty
trillion in guarantees, zero
interest loans, asset swaps, toxic buy-backs and pay-outs from the
American tax payer?
After all, the Banksters are
the people
everyone in the military has been murdering for all these years so if
those in the military/insecurity/murder/theft industry want any more
money,
they can damn well go get it from them!
In the meantime they can just
stay
the
f-ck
away
from
the
rest
of
the
law
abiding,
decent,
hard
working,
non-murdering,
people
in
this
country!
-
mpg
Updates:
80
people
reportedly
killed
in
U.S. drone strike in Pakistan -
Alt
-
Alt
Pakistan
Cancels
US-Afghan
Talks
After
Drone
Strike
Pakistan
to
boycott
Afghan
meeting
over
deadly
US
strike
Thousands
of
Pakistanis
rally
against
US
NWA
elders
vow
to
take
revenge
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========== ====
Investment
bankers
salivate
over
North
Africa
A quote...."Investment banking is usually thought of as a field that
values stability. Yet the greatest rewards are often attained through
destabilization. -- North African regimes and leaders have their
obvious faults and flaws. Autocracies have an inherent weakness in
their tendency to ossification. This basic reality is reflected not
just in the obvious lack of democratic institutions, but also in the
economic structures of the North African states. Regimes which have
persisted for many decades tend to retain many of the economic
characteristics of the era in which they were formed." -
Topix ||
The
International
:
Scene
with
Umberto
Calvini
-
Transcript
-
02-20-10
-
mpg ||
The
Rogue
CIA
Secretly
Hearts
Islamic
Fundamentalists
Related Article - A quote...."The U.S. military-industrial complex has
consistently used Islamic fundamentalists for their own nefarious ends
in the global geopolitical game, who have proved their usefulness
whether as a militant religious force in Afghanistan's war against the
Soviet Union in the 1980s, or as the ideal boogeyman in the global war
on terrorism in the 21st century. Say what you will about the globalist
securocrats who influence U.S. foreign policy, they are not stupid. You
have to give them a lot of credit for designing a grand mythology and
suckering the American people and the West into destructive,
unwinnable, and criminal wars. Why look to Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan,
and Iran for villains when there are already plenty in Washington and
New York?"
The
Middle Class In Iraq Destroyed. What Can Be Done?
Special Note - A
quote...."In the past eight years hundreds of academics have been
killed in Iraq.
They were not
accidental victims of the violence prevailing in the country, but the
target of a focused and systematic campaign to destroy the Iraqi state,
researchers
say.
In
Ghent
specialists
from
all
over
the
world
gathered
to
investigate
the
humanitarian
catastrophe."
-
bold
by
website
editor
-
also posted at AlethoNews
-
Topix ||
The
Method
-
05-07-07
-
mpg ||
Afghan
warlord
on
US
payroll
accused
of
terror
campaign
Special Note - A
quote...."Kabul, Mar 18 : An Afghan warlord backed by US special forces
is facing persistent allegations that he launched a two-year spate of
violence involving burglary, rape and murder of civilians, desecration
of mosques and mutilation of corpses."
-
Topix ||
The
Method
-
05-07-07
-
mpg ||
`Blood
money
was
paid
by
Saudi
Arabia'
-
[a.k.a
the
Saudi
Royals]
The Raymond
Davis File - A quote...."WASHINGTON: Saudi Arabia is believed to
have arranged the blood money that allowed CIA contractor Raymond Davis
to go home after nearly two months in a Lahore jail, diplomatic sources
told Dawn." -
Topix ||
One
Vile,
Venom
Tipped,
Taloned
Hand
Washes
the
Other
--
(a.k.a.
The
Standard
Model)
--
07-28-10
-
mpg ||
US
Fleet
Commander
Met
Head
of
Bahrain
Defense
Forces
Before
Crackdown;
Opposition
Leaders
Arrested
Special Note - Connect the Dots
- A quote...."After the Bahraini attack on the Pearl Roundabout and
residents of local villages, and the siege of the Salmaniya Hospital,
the next phase of the crackdown took place overnight with a roundup of
leading activists and opposition leaders. I’ll have more on that in a
minute, but first, I continue to be surprised by the claims coming from
Washington that the White House and Pentagon had no idea the Saudis
were heading into Bahrain or that the crackdown was prepared for this
week. -- This claim continues to ring ever-so-hollow given the visit
from Sec. Defense Gates just two days beforehand, but there was another
visit which has gone unnoticed in the American press that appears to
make it even more unlikely. If you follow the Bahrain News Service (a
state run operation), you would have read on Monday–the same day the
Saudis crossed the causeway–that:...."
"Manama – Mar 14 (BNA) — BDF
Commander-in-Chief Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa has
today received US 5th Fleet Commander General Mark Fox, who arrived on
visit to Bahrain, and discussed bilateral ties and growing relations,
particularly military coordination and defence cooperation. Issues of
joint interest also came under the spotlight. BDF General Command Court
director Major General Yusuf Ahmed Al Jalahma attended the audience.
(emph. added)" -
also posted at
BLN
-
For more on this issue see article
and comment shown below....
Saudi-backed
crackdown
in
Bahrain
exposes
more
U.S.
hypocrisy -
Article
also posted at ICH
Related Article - A quote...."Although U.S. officials condemned
Bahrain’s use of deadly force against unarmed protestors on Wednesday,
experts say the Obama administration is reticent to support the people
because the Bahraini monarchy best serves U.S. regional interests.
Critics accuse the U.S. of employing a double-standard – reluctant to
oust the monarchy in Bahrain but more than willing to encourage Libyans
to topple Moammar Gaddafi."
US
House
rejects
Afghan
withdrawal
Bill
A quote...."The US House of Representatives failed to pass a resolution
by Democratic Congressman Dennis Kucinich that would have removed all
US troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2011 – even though most
Americans want out."
U.N.
Reported Only a Fraction of Civilian Deaths from U.S. Raids
A quote...."WASHINGTON/KABUL, Mar 17, 2011 (IPS) - The number of
civilians killed in U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) raids last
year was probably several times higher than the figure of 80 people
cited in the U.N. report on civilian casualties in Afghanistan
published last week, an IPS investigation has revealed." -
also posted at Uruknet
Criminal
war
in
Iraq
enters
9th
year
A quote...."On March 19, 2003, U.S.-led forces invaded Iraq in an
attempt to force the oil-rich country to accept imperialist rule.
“National defense” and “building democracy” were simply lies to mask
the real aim of the war: the de-nationalization of Iraq’s oil. Eight
years later, over 1 million Iraqis are dead, millions are refugees and
living conditions have deteriorated to the point that last year Baghdad
was rated the least livable city in the world." -
also posted at Uruknet
The 8th
Anniversary of a Genocide (a rant)
A quote...."20th March 2003, under the guise of the 'War Against
Terror' and democracy; the decimation of the cradle of civilisation,
Iraq/ Mesopotamia began. It is more than the over 1 million dead or the
over 2 million displaced. This was and still is, a deliberate
destruction of a nation. It is after all STILL occupied. And what has
happened in those 8 years?"
Iran
Dispatches
13th
Fleet
of
Warships
to
Gulf
of
Aden
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Navy dispatched its 13th flotilla
of warships to the Gulf of Aden to defend the country's cargo ships and
oil tankers against the continued threat of attack by Somali pirates."
Georgia
braces
itself
for
revolution
A quote...."The protests are due to start during the first week in May.
It will be interesting to see if the "entire world" stands beside the
Georgian people the same way they stand by the Libyan people, or the
way they stand by the people of Bahrain."
Single
system
for
air,
space,
missile
defence
monitoring:
Medvedev
A quote...."Moscow, Mar 18 : Russian President Dmitry Medvedev today
said a single system of air and space defence must be created in the
context of problems pertaining to the formation of the European missile
shield."
Russia
says
it
has
no
plan
to
deploy
missiles
on
disputed
islands
A quote...."MOSCOW, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Russia was not planning to
deploy anti-aircraft missiles on the four disputed Pacific islands,
which are called the Northern Territories in Japan and the South Kurils
Islands in Russia, said a high-ranking Russian official on Friday."
Russian
5G
subs
to
be
equipped
with
ballistic,
cruise
missiles
-
source
A quote...."Russia's proposed fifth-generation nuclear submarines will
be armed with both ballistic and cruise missiles, a senior Navy source
told RIA Novosti on Saturday."
US against
return of Haiti's ex-leader
Of course.....BECAUSE HE WAS
ONCE ACTUALLY ELECTED!!! - mpg - A quote...."Jean Bertrand
Aristide told
reporters he was returning to Haiti on Friday, despite pressures
exerted on him by the US to avoid going home before the nation's second
round of presidential election, scheduled for Sunday. - US President
Barack Obama has voiced concern over Aristide's return to Haiti. He
claims the move “could be destabilizing in the closing days of the
election.” - Aristide had formally announced his desire to return to
Haiti after the country's massive earthquake, last year." -
Yeah, guess the US-NRE will have to ramp
up the Haitian death squads again.....sigh, Murder Inc.'s work is never
done, there are just so many people to kill. - mpg
Obama
cancels
public
speech
in
Rio
square:
embassy -
Cluck,
cluck, cluck, Squawk! - mpg
A quote...."On Thursday, members of an advance US security team were
seen inspecting the surroundings of Cinelandia, where anti-US banners
could be seen hanging from a road-side fence. -- Some social and union
groups have declared Obama a "persona non grata" and called for a
protest, accusing him of a "bellicose policy of occupation" in foreign
countries, and of attacking people "in the name of the war on terror."
-
Oh, by the way, you notice how the
little chicken-[expletive] we have as this nation's "leader" is
skedaddling out of the country right before it's about to be covered in
radioactive by-products? What remarkable timing he has. - mpg
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More On The
Domestic Situation....
Revealed:
US
spy
operation
that
manipulates
social
media -
Article also posted at ICH
Web Under Threat -
More on the US-NRE's plans for a "Virtual
Web Army" - your tax dollars at work folks. - mpg -- A
quote...."The US military is developing software that will let it
secretly manipulate social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter by
using fake online personas to influence internet conversations and
spread pro-American propaganda. -- A Californian corporation has been
awarded a contract with United States Central Command (Centcom), which
oversees US armed operations in the Middle East and Central Asia, to
develop what is described as an "online persona management service"
that will allow one US serviceman or woman to control up to 10 separate
identities based all over the world."
While
The
World
Burns
–
Charlie
McGrath
CMcGVideo -
Alt - (CMcGYuTb
- 4min3sec - Mar 17, 2011) -
Source:
crabbydogtrix
Keiser
Report:
Mad
Mob
vs
Midwest
Mubaraks
(E130)
Must View MKVideo -
Alt -
(MKRTYuTb
-
25min
54sec
-
March
17,
2011)
-
Source: RussiaToday
-
Producer: Max Keiser TV--
A
quote...."(RussiaToday)
–
A
quote...."(RussiaToday) – This week Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy
Herbert, report on the rathole to the Walker palace and a secret silver
investor. In the second half of the show, Max talks to media historian
and critical theorist, Michael Betancourt, about agnotologic capitalism
and the aura of the digital."
What
Really
Happened
with
Michael
Rivero
–
March
17th,
2011
Must View MRVideo -
Part1 - Part2 -
(JustInTV - 2hrs - March 17th, 2011)
-
Source: MichaelRiveroTV-Vids
--
Michael Rivero extensively covers
the on-going disaster in Japan and other issues....
What
Really
Happened
with
Michael
Rivero
–
March
18th,
2011
Must View MRVideo -
Part1 - Part2 -
(JustInTV - 2hrs - March 18th, 2011)
-
Source: MichaelRiveroTV-Vids
--
Michael Rivero extensively covers
the on-going disaster in Japan and other issues....
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More
on
Japan's
Nuclear
Power
Plants....
Top
US
Nuclear
Official:
Japan
Radiation
May
Already
Be
Over
US
Radiation Alert
- A quote...."Another well written piece from the Daily Mail outlines
the highlights of the latest developments in the Japan Nuclear Crisis."
Radiation
Set
to
Make
Land
Fall
in
T-Minus
24
Hours,
Southern
California
–
Alex
Jones
Tv
Radiation Alert - AJVideo
-
AJTV(1/3) -
AJTV(2/3)
-
AJTV(3/3)
- (AJYuTb - 10/15m - Mar 18, 2011) -
Source:
TheAlexJonesChannel
-- A quote...."Alex alerts the public of the impending dangers of what
is to come to Southern California and the rest of the west coast in the
form of a radioactive plume from Japan."
UC
Berkley:
Japan
Nuclear
Fallout
Radiation
Detected
In
California
Radiation Alert -
A quote...."Coup Media Group reports the UC Berkley experts have
detected the first Radioactive particles from the MOX Japanese
Fukoshima reactors has begun to fall in California. Experts at UC
Berkley have confirmed that radioactive particles are being detected."
Reports
Of
“Harmless”
Radiation
Reaching
California
Are
a
Whitewash
Radiation Alert -
Contains Video -
Alt - A
quote...."Exactly as we predicted would happen, authorities have cited
“miniscule” levels of radiation reaching California as an excuse with
which to downplay the threat to Americans of fallout crossing the
Pacific from Japan, completely ignoring the fact that the bulk of the
radiation from the two blasts at the Fukushima power plant will not
reach the west coast until Monday."
How
to
Protect
Yourself
from
Radiation
Related Article - A quote...."Preface: This is written for the millions
of people around the world who are worried about radiation from the
Japanese nuclear reactors. For those who are not worried about
radiation from Japan, you can ignore this post, or save it for any
future radiation scares closer to home."
'Water used
to cool Fukushima flowing back to sea - effects hard to predict'
RTVideo - (RTYuTb - 11min
42sec - Mar 17, 2011) -
Source:
RussiaToday
-- A quote...."In an exclusive interview with RT, Sergey Shoigu,
Russia's Emergencies Minister, discussed the work of emergency services
and international rescue amid the growing threat of a nuclear reactor
meltdown in Japan following the quake and tsunami." -
It's
"effects [are] hard to predict"? Not really, try radioactive
contamination of the entire Pacific food chain for many years, if not
many decades. - mpg
The
moment
nuclear
plant
chief
WEPT
as
Japanese
finally
admit
that
radiation
leak
is
serious
enough
to
kill
people
- Officials admit they may have to bury reactors under
concrete - as happened at Chernobyl
- Government says it was overwhelmed by the scale of twin
disasters
- Japanese upgrade accident from level four to five - [it should be eight] the same as
Three Mile Island
- We will rebuild from scratch says Japanese prime minister
- Particles spewed from wrecked Fukushima power station
arrive in California
- Military trucks tackle reactors with tons of water for
second day
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mpg
The
New
Hiroshima
(Part
2,
Nasa
Nato
Nozi
Nuke)
Special Note - A
quote...."HOUSTON, 3/18/11 — One week after the earthquake, tsunami and
nuclear disaster of 3/11/11, the pieces on the global chessboard have
become clearer, and it’s apparent that the sane world is in check. We
witness a shattered Japan, a ruined nuclear power industry and highly
fortunate Big Oil. -- The worldwide economic impact of the triple-evil
event could reach a trillion dollars, with countless fortunes to be
lost or won, depending ln whether you’re ignorant or informed. There’s
no doubting that the disaster capitalists will turn this carnage into
cash. That’s how all war cabals have prospered, from the Carpetbaggers
to the Carthagenians."
Nuclear
Apocalypse
in
Japan
Special Note - A
quote...."As the sun set over quake-stricken Japan on Thursday 17 March
2011, we learned that four of six Fukushima nuclear reactor sites are
irradiating the earth, that the fire is burning out of control at
Reactor No. 4's pool of spent nuclear fuel, that there are six spent
fuel pools at risk all told, and that the sites are too hot to deal
with. On March 16 Plumes of White Vapor began pouring from crippled
Reactor No. 3 where the spent fuel pool may already be lost. Over the
previous days we were told: nothing to worry about. Earthquakes and
after shocks, tidal wave, explosions, chemical pollution, the pox of
plutonium, contradicting information too obvious to ignore, racism,
greed -- add these to the original Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse:
Conquest, War, Famine and Death. The situation is apocalyptic and
getting worse. This is one of the most serious challenges humanity has
ever faced."
The
Fukushima
Nuclear
Disaster:
Japan's
Deadly
Game
Of
Russian
Roulette
Radiation
News
03-18-11
-
A
DProgram
Round-Up -
(15
articles
&
videos)
Damage
levels
at
the
Fukushima
I
nuclear
power
plant -
photo
gallery -
(12
photos)
Tokyo
Passengers
Trigger
U.S.
Airport
Detectors,
N.Y.
Post
Says -
Src
'We
have
been
betrayed':
Mayor
of
town
near
stricken
Japanese
nuclear
plant....
Saltwater
May
Further
Damage
Nuclear
Reactors
An
interview with Linda Gunter of Beyond Nuclear: “This was a preventable
catastrophe”
Japan
Tsunami
-
Yahoo
Video
Collection -
videos
-
(hundreds?)
Japan
hit
by
huge
earthquake,
tsunami
-
Yahoo
Photo
collection -
(496
photos)
Disaster
in
Japan
Live
Blog:
March
19 -
Mar18
-
Mar17
-
Mar16 -
Mar15 -
al
Jazeera live blogs
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More on the
World Wide Revolution.....
Tunisians
protest
Hillary’s
visit
A quote...."TUNIS: Hundreds of Tunisians marched through central Tunis
on Thursday to protest the visit of US Secretary Of State Hillary
Clinton. -- It was the third such demonstration in three days against
Clinton, who earlier Thursday opened talks here with interim President
Foued Mebazaa, who replaced ousted Zine El Abidine Ben Ali."
Bahrain
bleeds from US bullets
RTVideo - (RTYuTb - 3min
36sec - Mar 17, 2011) -
Source:
RussiaToday
-- A quote...."In Bahrain the monarchy now with the help of its
neighbors in Saudi Arabia and the UAE continues to violently crackdown
on protesters. The government has also arrested top political
opposition figures. Meanwhile, the US has imposed economic sanctions
against Libya and pushed for military options in response to reported
violence at the hand of the government against the opposition there. So
why do we here so little from the US President in response to the
unrest in Bahrain?"
A
Reign
of
Terror
Unleashed
in
Bahrain
Special Note - A
quote...."A three-month State of Emergency declared yesterday in
Bahrain by the government of King Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa saw state
security forces remove all restraint in a ruthless campaign of carnage
directed against the mass of the Bahraini people. Repressive forces of
the isolated monarchy were emboldened by thousands of invading Saudi
troops, tanks and helicopter gunships, joined swiftly by special forces
of the emirates and feudal sheikdoms of the region. "
Snipers
shooting Yemeni civilians -
Keep in mind folks,
this is being done under US-NRE orders. - mpg
Special Note - Related
Article - A quote...."With a state of emergency already in place,
snipers deployed by the Yemeni government are still targeting civilians
from rooftops. -- At least 50 people were killed on Friday alone, when
protesters took to the streets to call for an end to the three-decade
rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, a Press TV correspondent
reported. -- Following the peaceful protests, the Saleh regime launched
a massive crackdown on Yemeni people before ordering a state of
emergency. -- However, the state of emergency did not stop snipers from
targeting the protesters."
UAE troops
arrive in Bahrain
BREAKING:
Sat Mar 19,
2011 12:0AM -- A quote...."Troops of the United Arab Emirates
have arrived in Bahrain to join the Saudi Arabian troops which have
been there since earlier this week. -- On Friday, Bahrain TV showed
footage of a convoy of troops from the UAE arriving in the capital
Manama. -- Earlier, Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed
al-Khalifa announced that three or four Persian Gulf countries would be
sending troops to help quell the anti-government demonstrations that
have rocked the country."
Indians slam
Saudi presence in Bahrain
A quote...."Led by the city's Friday Prayers Leader Syed Kalbe Jawad,
demonstrators rallied in the Indian city of Lucknow -- the capital of
Uttar Pradesh. -- Jawad said that “Saudi forces are killing innocent
civilians in Bahrain only for holding anti-government demonstrations.”
-- “I appeal for holding such protest in other parts of the country,”
Jawad added."
U.N.
Authorizes
Military
Strikes
on
Libya
A quote...."The United Nations Security Council authorized military
force Thursday against Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi’s security
forces, opening the way for airstrikes within days. -- The U.N. action,
pushed aggressively by France and the U.K., came as Col. Gadhafi’s
security forces continued their assault toward Benghazi, the de-facto
capital of rebels trying to end his 42-year rule."
Shame,
Shame, Shame Once Again on the US and the UN.
A quote...."By Cindy Sheehan - March 18, 2011 --Just hours ago, the UN
Security Council led by the US has backed the use of "all necessary
measures" against the oil rich country of Libya--including no fly
zones."
Libya,
Hypocrisy and Betrayal by the United Nations
A quote...."The bombing of Libya will begin on or nearly to the day, of
the eighth anniversary of the beginning of the destruction of Iraq,
20th March, in Europe. Libya too will be destroyed - its schools,
education system, water, infrastructure, hospitals, municipal
buildings. There will be numerous "tragic mistakes", "collateral
damage", mothers, fathers, children, babies, grandparents, blind and
deaf schools and on and on. And the wonders of the Roman remains and
earlier, largely enduring and revered in all history's turmoils as
Iraq, the nation's history - and humanity's, again as Iraq and
Afghanistan, will be gone, for ever." -
also posted at DandySalad
& Creative-i
Ron
Paul:
Libya
Airstrikes
Unconstitutional
–
Only
Congress
Can
Declare
War
A quote...."Mr. Speaker: I rise to introduce a resolution expressing
the sense of the Congress that the President is required to obtain in
advance specific statutory authorization for the use of United States
Armed Forces in response to civil unrest in Libya. As many in the
administration, Congress, and elsewhere clamor for the president to
initiate military action to support those seeking to overthrow the
Libyan regime, Congress sits by, as usual, pretending that Article I,
Section 8 of the US Constitution does not exist. According to this
long-ignored section, ‘‘The Congress shall have Power To declare War,
grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning
Captures on Land and Water.”"
Libya
declares
ceasefire
after
West
threatens
attack
BREAKING: 03/18/2011 | 08:45 PM -- A
quote....."(Update 1 - 10:18 p.m.) TRIPOLI/UNITED NATIONS, March 18 –
Muammar Gaddafi's government said it was declaring a unilateral
ceasefire in its offensive to crush Libya's revolt, as Western
warplanes prepared to attack his forces."
A
Contrarian View on Libya -
posted
at ICH
Special Note - A
quote....."March 18, 2011 "Information Clearing House" -- It’s clear
now, since the black ops and US and UK military advisors failed to
defeat Qaddafi, they now want to bomb him and his troops; this is a
violation of the UN Charter, and the Arab League is foolish for taking
part in it. Paksitani news services last week reported the presence of
hundreds of "military advisors" from the UK and US, and new uniforms,
weapons, tanks and planes with the "rebels." Also, since the "rebels"
had no air force, how is it that they could bomb two Libyan warships?
Ah, too many odd things about this sudden, and well supplied
"rebellion."
UN
Resolution
in
Libya
is
about
Oil
and
their
Central
Banking
System
Special Note - A
quote...."The UN Security Council passed the “no fly” resolution
pertaining to Libya at around 6 pm this evening. Five countries
abstained from voting. -- But in the resolution, we can see what this
is all about; getting the oil and getting our network of privately
owned central banks into Libya. They will chop up the nationalized oil
company of Libya and hand over their central banking system as well."
The
Club
Med
War
Special Note - Geo-Political
Analysis - A quote...."History may register that the real
tipping point was this past Tuesday when, in an interview to German TV,
the African king of kings made sure that Western corporations - unless
they are German. (because the country was against a no-fly zone) - can
kiss goodbye to Libya's energy bonanza.
Gaddafi explicitly said, "We do not trust
their firms, they have conspired against us ... Our oil contracts are
going to Russian, Chinese and Indian firms." In other words: BRIC
member countries. -- It's quite interesting that UN resolution
1973 had 10 votes in favor, zero against it, and five abstentions.
These came exactly from the four BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India,
China), plus Germany. Brazil and Germany had voiced their deep
skepticism over military action for days, preferring a diplomatic
solution; but in the case of Russia, India and China, other (energy)
motivations may have been at play. The top four BRICS members (the
other is South Africa, which voted for resolution and formally joins
the expanded group in April) tend to coordinate their voting in every
major decision." - bold by websit editor
Egypt seeks to
end gas exports to Israel -
Oh
oh!!
A quote...."A popular campaign by a group of Egyptian activists against
gas exports to Israel has won a court case on the terms of the
country's gas deal with Tel Aviv. -- The court ruled on the ministry of
petroleum “not to export one single unit of gas before satisfying the
local needs,” head of the Campaign against Gas Export to Israel Ibrahim
Yousri told Press TV on Wednesday. -- For Egyptians, the issue of
supplying the Israeli regime with gas has always been a contentious
one. Egyptians view Israel as an enemy and oppose engaging in any kind
of business with the regime. -- Egypt's gas supply to Israel has been
one of the main economic conditions of the US-sponsored 1979 peace
treaty between the two sides."
Yemen’s
Tyrant
and
a
Bloody
Friday
Special Note - A
quote...."“Democracy in Yemen did not stop, instead it is in a
continuous development, there is no other way to follow rather than
democracy, it is our national way for building up our country, it was
not imposed on us by others i.e. the U.S.” –The Tyrant, President Ali
Abdullah Saleh of Yemen."
It’s
sure
to
burst
Libya
violence
continues
amid
ceasefire -
contains
video
Libya
Live
Blog
-
March
18 -
Mar17
-
Mar16
-
Mar15
-
Mar14
-
Mar13
-
al Jazeera Live Blogs
Libya:
11th
hour
bid
to
stop
Gaddafi
as
US
finally
backs
intervention
West
Spurns
Libyan
Call
for
Ceasefire
---
Monitors,
Threatens
Attacks -
war monger alert
Libya:
Col
Gaddafi
told
to
leave
now
or
face
the
bombers
Libya
says
it
is
adhering
to
cease-fire
No
to imperialist intervention in Libya!
Russia
Opposes
Military
Intervention
in
Libya
Russia rules out
taking part as West mobilises for Libya attacks
Libya
Threatens
Counerstrikes
Against
Civilians,
Mediterranean
Traffic
If
Attacked
Bahrainis
gather for activist's funeral
Bahrain
tears
down
protest
symbol
Amnesty
International Calls on Yemeni Authorities to Act on Sniper Killings of
Protesters -
Alt
Yemen
imposes
state
of
emergency
as
46
shot
dead
Yemeni
forces
massacre
dozens
of
protesters
Yemen
declares
'state
of
emergency'
-
contains
video
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More on
America's Revolution....
Angry
pro-union protesters storm DC
RTVideo - (RTYuTb - 2min
44sec - Mar 17, 2011) -
Source:
RussiaToday
-- A quote...."Take a look at this intense pro-union protest that took
place in Washington DC, the protesters stormed one of the most powerful
lobbying firms where Republicans held an expensive fundraising dinner."
Michigan
passes
'financial
martial
law'
bill
A quote...."Activist Post Editor's Note: Finally, they're sending in
the troops to arrest the banksters. Oh wait, the tyranny is
actually directed at the little people and coordinated by the
banksters. My bad! -- Michigan legislators have approved a bill
authorizing state-appointed emergency financial managers to break union
contracts that struggling cities and school districts have with their
workers."
Judge
temporarily
blocks
Wisconsin
anti-union
law
A quote...."(Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday temporarily blocked a
controversial new law in Wisconsin that strips public employee unions
of key collective bargaining rights."
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More On The
Palestinian Situation....
Hamas
and
Democracy:
The
Hypocrisy
of
British
Foreign
Secretary
William
Hague
A quote...."At a press conference in London yesterday with PA President
Mahmoud Abbas, William Hague, Britains Foreign Secretary, told his
audience that “Hamas should not be allowed to stifle the democratic
expression of Palestinian opinion”. -- While it is true that Hague was
not Foreign Secretary at the time when Hamas won 72 out of 132 seats in
the Palestinian elections of January 2006, he did support Tony Blair’s
Labour government decision, along with the US and Israel, to not
recognise Hamas’s historic electoral victory. That is to say, Hague had
no problem at all in ‘stifling the democratic expression of Palestinian
opinion’ back in 2006. - Hague’s stance typifies Western right-wing
arrogance and hypocrisy over the Palestine debate."
Palestinian
Protests
Mark
'March
15
Day
of
Rage'
A quote...."RAMALLAH, Mar 17, 2011 (IPS) - Tens of thousands of
Palestinians from across the political spectrum took to the streets
throughout the West Bank and Gaza on Tuesday to mark 'March 15, the day
of rage' to protest the political division between Hamas and Fatah." -
also posted at Uruknet
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========== ====
More On The
Economic Situation....
Currency
Wars:
RIP
Shadow
Banking
System,
Long
Live
QEx!
Must Read - Multiple Charts -
Scribd -
(click "full screen"
to view) -- A quote....."We have unwittingly become trapped in
the snarled net of years of bad Public Policy. Like corporations that
look no further than this quarter's results, our politicos never stop
campaigning to start the tough task of ruling responsibly. A winning
election simply represents 'rewards' and 'spoils' to all before quickly
resuming the next campaign. - Image has become reality! - As a result
the never ending political pandering has led to false expectations,
undeliverable entitlements and false optimism in the electorate that
rejects the immediate and obvious realities. - The result of a
degenerated political leadership process is we are on the brink of a
massive and sudden reduction in the US standard of living." -
also posted at ZeroHedge
-
(seperate charts, graphs -- click
to enlarge)
Drunk
With
Debt
-
St.
Patrick's
Day
Special
Related Video -
Alt - (YuTb -
2min 15sec - Mar 15, 2011) -
Source:
BankruptingAmerica
-- A quote...."Drinking our way through $14 trillion. -- As Seamus
eagerly displays, years of overspending have left us drunk with debt.
The US gross debt has reached $14 trillion — the size of the US
economy. This has only happened once before in American history:
World War II."
Saving
Money?
Not
In
This
Economy
–
22
Facts
That
Prove
Middle
Class
Families
Are
Being
Savagely
Crushed
A quote...."The 22 facts that you are about to read are all real,
although admittedly they are hard to believe. The sad truth is
that millions of middle class families in the United States today are
being savagely crushed by this economy."
US Cost of Living Hits
Record, Passing Pre-Crisis High
Stagflation Alert -
(And we all know who's to blame for this,
his name starts with a "B". - mpg) -- A quote...."One would
think that after the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression,
Americans could at least catch a break for a while with deflationary
forces keeping the cost of living relatively low. That’s not the case.
-- A special index created by the Labor Department to measure the
actual cost of living for Americans hit a record high in February,
according to data released Thursday, surpassing the old high in July
2008. The Chained Consumer Price Index, released along with the more
widely-watched CPI, increased 0.5 percent to 127.4, from 126.8 in
January. In July 2008, just as the housing crisis was tightening its
grip, the Chained Consumer Price Index hit its previous record of
126.9."
I
Think
Today
Is
The
Day
The
Dollar
Breaks
Down
A quote...."Bernanke and The Tools need to keep interest rates
artificially, sickeningly low. Their rationale is that their Zero
Interest Rate Policy (ZIRP) and Quantitative Easing 2 (QE-2) are
necessary so as to kickstart the economy. But they also recognize that
if they raise interest rates, the Federal government would not be able
to finance itself -- in other words, the Federal government will go
broke if the Fed raises rates. This is really the crux of the matter:
The Federal Reserve is in a position where they realize that if they
raise rates, they bankrupt the Federal government. So they have to
stand pat, and pretend to the public and to themselves that there is no
inflation, it’s all just a mirage."
Big
Drop
In
Industrial
Production,
Consumer
Energy
Products
Blamed;
Capacity
Utilization
In
Line
A quote...."The Fed reported February Industrial Production of -0.1%, a
big drop from January's 0.3% increase, and a major miss from
expectations of 0.6%. The primary reason for the drop was a decline in
consumer goods final products which declined by 0.5%. Commentary from
the Fed for the reason on this surprising decline: "The production of
consumer goods fell 0.5 percent in February, largely because of
weakness in consumer energy products."
PBOC
Hikes
Reserve
Ratio
For
Third
Time
In
2011
By
50
bps
BREAKING: 03/18/2011 07:16 -0400 -- A
quote...."As if yesterday's revised Plaza accords was not enough, the
complete domination of markets by central planners, er, banks continues
as the PBOC has just announced another 50 bps hike in its RRR. Per RTT:
"The People's Bank of China on Friday lifted commercial banks' reserve
ratio for the third time this year to absorb excess liquidity in the
system. The reserve requirement ratio (RRR) of commercial banks was
raised by 50 basis points. New rate will be effective from March 25,
the central bank said in a statement. Last year, the bank had raised
reserve ratio six times. With the latest hike, larger banks will have
to set aside 20 percent as reserves." And who can blame them:"
Royal Bank
of Scotland pays £375m to 323 key staff
A quote...."Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has given details of the
amount that it paid its top people in 2010. -- The bank announced that
it paid a total of £375m to 323 people designated as "code" or
key staff."