Saturday April 20th 2013

US unveils major arms deal with Israel, Saudi, UAE
A quote...."Israel would be first foreign country to be allowed to buy US military's Osprey 19 Apr 2013 The United States unveiled plans Friday to sell $10 billion worth of advanced missiles and aircraft to Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia in a bid to counter the [alleged] threat posed by Iran. It was highly unusual for the Pentagon to announce an arms deal covering three countries and the move seemed to be designed to send a warning to Iran that Washington's partners in the region were beefing up their military power. The elaborate deal would provide Israel with anti-radiation missiles designed to take out enemy air defenses, radar for fighter jets, aerial refueling tankers and Osprey V-22 tilt-rotor transport aircraft, defense officials told reporters." - see related quote and essay shown below....
This is the True Axis of Evil in action, where one, vile, venom tipped, taloned hand gets to wash the other, were one member of the axis of evil's acts of mayhem and murder goes to directly support the actions, plans and objectives of the other two members.  Plans and objectives such as....
A Bleak Look at the West's Vision for Syria
A quote...."Western-backed terrorists have driven out most religious and ethnic minorities, leaving Syria's ancient churches all but abandoned. Those who remain, live a life of perpetual fear and uncertainty. While the UN grandstands, claiming the refugee crisis is the result of the Syrian government, The Atlantic reported that some 300,000 Syrian Christians have fled the country, apparently from areas held not by the Syrian government, but by Western-backed sectarian terrorists."
Hagee's Hordes must be delighted!  Of course the Syrian Christians aren't been murdered or raped to death, which is an actual turn-on for Hagee's Zio-Worshiping cultists, but still, they must be pleased (along with the Saudi Royals) that Israel's PNAC Protocols are still progressing quite nicely in Syria.
US Turns Away Thousands of Cancer Patients, but has $123 Million for Terrorists in Syria
A quote...."The US has announced that it will provide militants in Syria, now openly admitted to being Al Qaeda terrorists, with $123 million in military aid - while thousands of cancer patients at home are being turned away from clinics because of budget cuts. Compounding the criminal negligence of telling sick people to seek help elsewhere, is the fact that the military aid the US is providing terrorists in Syria will be used to perpetuate an already two-year-long, sectarian-driven humanitarian disaster."

The CIA’s “Founding” of Al Qaeda Documented
A quote...."(Veteran's Today Editor’s Note:  The following article and interview have been suppressed by Google, now a “black-ops” contractor.  The background on US backing for the Chechen rebels totally debunks attempts to assign blame for the Boston Marathon bombings to any group other than American security agencies and their domestic and foreign contractors who were very obvious at the scene, before and after the attack we believe they staged.  Without adequate background on how we got where we are, real information can easily be “shaken off” as conspiracy. -- If you want real conspiracy, read on and see who the very real conspirators are.  G Duff for VT)" - Topix ||  US Support of Terror  ||
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

Media forum condemns Israeli assaults on journalists
A quote...."GAZA, (PIC)-- The Palestinian media forum has strongly condemned the Israeli occupation forces’ assaults on journalists in the West Bank. - The forum said in a statement on Saturday that IOF soldiers attacked and manhandled two journalists while covering a peaceful march in Nabi Saleh village on Friday."

The Staggering Cost of Israel to Americans
A quote...."Israel has a population of approximately 7.7 million, or a million fewer than the state of New Jersey. It is among the world’s most affluent nations, with a per capita income similar to that of the European Union. Israel’s unemployment rate of 6.3% is much better than America’s 8.2%, and Israel’s net trade, earnings, and payments is ranked 146th in the world while the US sits at a dismal 193rd. " - You tax dollars at work folks. - mpg

Detained: Testimonies from Palestinian Children
A quote...."You could perhaps think of this as some more of those “shared values” our corrupt leaders in Washington love to talk about so much. In most countries of the world there are laws in effect that protect children, but not apparently in Israel. The boy in the photo above is Palestinian. He is one of the children discussed in the article below by Samar Hazboun. She identifies him only as “Detainee 9” and by the initials “U.D.” He and the other children whose stories are told have undergone the experience of being arrested and held in Israeli prisons."

Israel injecting dangerous viruses into Palestinian prisoners
These are Crimes Against Humanity - A quote...."A Palestinian released from Israeli jails, Rania Saqa, has brought to light that the Israeli regime injected detainees that are out of prisons with dangerous viruses. - Noting that Palestinian prisoners suffer from serious and chronic diseases such as bladder cancer and liver disorders, Rania has revealed that the Tel Aviv regime injects prisoners with dangerous viruses before releasing them. - The released prisoner  has asked the many institutions and the international community to examine them carefully. - Most former inmates die after being released from Israeli jails." - bold by website editor
All one can say is if there's even the slightest bit of truth to this story, for the sick, twisted, evil, horror, that it is, there will have to be some sort of reckoning, and it will have to be biblical in size. One can only throw up one's hands at something like this and call on the Fates, Furies, Karma and all the Gods down through the ages to deliver justice for something like this. - mpg
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More on the Domestic Situation....

The Power of Lies, Deceptions, and Disinformation as American Pay the Price of Collective Stupidity
A quote...."ED Noor: Hat tip out to Arthur Topham of Radical Press for finding this one. Before you begin this piece, allow me to prepare you with a few old quotes from or about our dear friends....." - three selected....
“Mighty little force is needed to control a man whose mind has been hoodwinked; contrariwise, no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anything – you can’t conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him.” -- *Robert Heinlein*

“I know the secret of making the average American believe anything I want him to. Just let me control television…. You put something on the television and it becomes reality. If the world outside the TV set contradicts the images, people start trying to change the world to make it like the TV set images….” -- *Hal Becker*, media  “expert” and management consultant, the Futures Group, in an interview in 1981

“The enormous gap between what US leaders do in the world and what Americans think their leaders are doing is one of the great propaganda accomplishments of the dominant political mythology.” -- *Michael Parenti*, political scientist"
Do we live in a real life Truman Show? - Stargate Studios Virtual Backlot Reel 2012
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 3min29sec - Oct 26, 2012) - Source:  stargatefilms -- Some quotes...."I just showed this quick YouTube video to my 11-year old son (who knows that most things are faked)…and he was blown away – a little sad, too."  --  "This is the life we live in. - Almost everything is faked. - Our realities are given to us. - We live in the real life version of the Truman Show. - If enough people snap out of their slumber and realize the news is faked to scare us in to submission, maybe we can put a stop to this."
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More On The Bombing In Boston....

 Boston bombing, altered images, before and after, some good questions..Google search images
Video - (YuTb - 20min16sec - Apr 19, 2013) - Source:  chaddydad1 -- A quote...."I was curious what the areas looked like before the bombs went off at the Boston marathon.what I saw only caused more questions.If you see any thing that doesent look right please let me know.There is a pattern here,one wee have seen to many times before.Share with all truthers.These things need to be looked into.It is obvious that something is amiss.Why, where, when, how, are the main questions."
Before wasting any time the altered photos "context", where they were first posted, what they were being used for, and if possible, where they came from, must first be determined to figure out their possible relevance to the bombings and why they were altered. - mpg
FBI Releases Fake Boston Bombing Surveillance Video
A quote...." Why Did FBI Release Fake Surveillance Video of the Boston Bombing Suspects? - The so-called video the FBI released that is supposed to be surveillance video is actual a digitally doctored slide show of still photos that makes it look like a real video. - The question of the hour is why? Why would they go through all of that trouble instead of just releasing clips of the real surveillance video?"

Parents of Boston Marathon bombing suspects defend their sons, and father reveals FBI interviewed Tamerlan Tsarnaev two years ago - A quote...."And the men's mother, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva said: "I am really sure. I am 100% sure that this is a set-up. My two sons are really innocent and I know that neither of them never, never, have talked about whatever they're saying about now." - She said "nobody talked about terrorism" in their house, and said she believed her sons were not involved in it."

'They were set up, FBI followed them for years'- Tsarnaevs' mother to RT
Contains Video - Alt - (YuTb - 6min33sec - Apr 19, 2013) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Zubeidat Tsarnaeva maintains her younger son is innocent and like so many of the brothers’ acquaintances, claims they were good, courteous kids and model students – especially the younger 19-year-old Dzhokhar. A US citizen who is presently in the Russian Republic of Dagestan, she revealed to RT some suspicions of her own."

What....does the statement"...FBI followed them for years" mean?  This is becoming a tedious sacrificial ritual of the FBI.  It's also disgusting, and it's borderline treasonable.  As this website editor stated long ago......
One day there will actually be a true, bona fide, terrorist, attack where the perpetrator(s) (usually a lone "nut" gunman) haven't had "years" of prior contacts with the intelligence services, or received funding, or logistical support, or training, or engaged in prior operations with such services, or participated in experiments, or received drug "therapy", or were jailed by, or watched for years by such services, or even actually worked for such services.  --  But it hasn't happened yet! - mpg - posted 03-21-12
What did the FBI do?  Dust off their files and have those Mossad operatives Israel just flew in have a go at picking the most geo-politically helpful patsies they, or the FBI, have been monitoring and perhaps even "grooming" for the last couple of years? Or did they, and these Mossad operatives select these guys years ago for an operation like this? Does the word TREASON seem familiar to those in the FBI? - mpg

So The FBI Investigated "The Marathon Bomber" ...
A quote...."Some points and questions...."
Was the Boston Bombing a “Dry-Run Disaster” Gone Live?
A quote...."The Boston Bomber suspects’ mother is claiming that the FBI was in contact with her son. She claims in an interview with Russia Today that “they were controlling every step of him…” She says, “He was controlled by FBI for like, three, five years. They knew what my son was doing.” Their father is saying something similar. “Somebody clearly framed them. I don’t know who exactly framed them, but they did.” - Source:  VictoryPost

Reality Check: Did the FBI know about Boston bombing beforehand? - Ben Swann
RCVideo - (RCYuTb - 3min45sec - Apr 16, 2013) - Source:  MHA -- A quote...."Reality Check: Did the FBI know about Boston bombing beforehand? - Ben Swann."

Boston in claws of US-friendly terrorists
A quote...."Disturbing is the habit of the FBI's posing as terrorists with ties to Al Qaeda, approaching patsies who they then provide explosives and other weapons to, and help engineer an attack which they then "foil" to make spectacular headlines. Many times real explosives are test-detonated with suspects, before inert devices are switched in for the final attack. - In one case in Portland Oregon in 2010, a van was actually parked next to a crowded Christmas tree lighting ceremony where the FBI-entrapped suspect attempted and failed to detonate an FBI-provided inert bomb. - More astounding was the fact that the FBI had actually brought this same entrapped suspect earlier to a location in Lincoln County, Oregon, where real explosives were in fact detonated."

Boston Bomber Controlled by FBI
A quote...."The FBI is notorious for recruiting and framing terrorist patsies. A report compiled by Mother Jones and the Investigative Reporting Program at the University of California-Berkley found that of the 158 prosecutions carried out on terrorism charges since 9/11, 49 defendants participated in plots that were arranged by FBI agent provocateurs. -- “They’re creating crimes to solve crimes so they can claim a victory in the war on terror,” explained Martin Stolar, a lawyer who represented a suspect involved in a New York City bombing plot contrived by FBI agents."

FBI Casting Set Stage for Boston Marathon Bombing, Shootout, Charade - Article also posted at ICH
FBI BUSTED!!! - A quote...."Update: CBS reveals in their report, "CBS News: FBI Interviewed Tamerlan Tsarnaev 2 Years Ago," that the FBI initially attempted to deny any contact prior to the Boston bombings with slain suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev. It was only after Russia's RT publicly pursued the story that the FBI finally admitted officially it had. -- The implications are that the FBI knows Russia both possesses information on the case and is prepared to go public with it. For those involved in America's terror racket, now would be a good time to divest. For those involved specifically in the Boston Marathon bombing, now would be a good time to come forward with information. Any and all involved, in whatever capacity, wittingly or unwittingly, stand to become scapegoats in order to save the FBI, DHS, TSA, and other federal agencies clearly engaged in a massive coverup." - bold by website editor

FBI Ignores Men With Backpacks At Scene of Boston Bombings
Photo Gallery - A quote...."The FBI has attempted to blacklist photos which show men working for a private military organization wearing heavy backpacks and appearing to take part in a drill at the Boston Marathon, instead focusing on two other individuals while proclaiming, “other photos will not be deemed credible.” - bold by website editor

“Contractors” at Boston Marathon Stood Near Bomb, Left Before Detonation
A quote...."What appear to be private contractors, wearing unmarked, matching uniforms and operating an unmarked SUV affixed with communication equipment near the finish line of the Boston Marathon shortly after the bomb blasts – can be seen beforehand, standing and waiting just meters away from where the first bomb was detonated."

Were The “Black and Tan” Men at the Boston Marathon National Guard Civil Support Teams?
Photo Gallery - Related Article - A quote...."Preface: This post is not meant either to support of debunk the theory that the Boston terror attack was a false flag operation.  There have been many false flag attacks throughout history, and we have no idea at this point whether or not the Boston bombings were real terror attacks, drills gone live, or false flags.   We also don’t want to discourage investigators and researchers from doing their own research and turning over stones to find what is hidden. This post is simply sharing our views on information about one aspect of the photographic evidence...."

BREAKING: Photo surfaces of 'The Craft' mobile communications van at Boston marathon
Photo - Related Article - A quote...."(NaturalNews) A detailed, hi-res photo of more "The Craft" operatives and what appears to be their mobile communications van has just surfaced. "The Craft" is a group of private military operatives who have been revealed through a fast-growing number of photos published by Natural News and Info Wars. -- The mainstream media is engaged in a total blackout and refuses to run any photos of "The Craft" operatives. This story is quickly becoming the biggest media cover-up in history." - also posted at PrisonPlanet

Israeli False-Flaggers Flown in for Boston Shoot-Out?
A quote...."Update: The  authorities now claim the Boston bombing suspects  are Chechnyan Muslims. How odd! The US and Israel are allies of the Chechnyan Muslims in their fight against Russia. In fact, the US and Israel create and fund Chechyan “al-Qaeda” cells to conduct terror attacks against Russia. - So maybe these suspects are the usual al-CIA-duh patsies. And maybe Israeli “terror experts”were flown to the US to oversee the framing of the Muslim patsies. - The father of the suspects, like Mohamed Atta’s father, understands this all too well:
Father of suspected bombers: ‘My sons were set-up’" - also posted at FromTheTrenches

Boston bombings and Israeli tentacles into US security
A quote...."As Kevin Barrett’s hugely successful Press TV article pointed out yesterday we witnessed corporate media suggesting a major domestic terror attack might have been done by our own security people. Military Intelligence agrees. -- Tony Cartalucci followed with his article focusing on how most of the terrorism in America has either been imported in the form of Intel trained sacrificial lambs such as the Chicago bomber, who without ID or luggage was just escorted onto an awaiting plane by security people. -- He further described the FBI’s involvement in home grown terrorism by grooming MK Ultra type fringe people and leading them through all the steps necessary to give them an easy terror bust. -- Many in the Intel and national security business have watched all this happen just totally aghast not only at the brazenness involved to orchestrate such sting operations, but the general acceptance by a public that seems almost brain dead to the internal threat represented. There is much blame to go around."

‘False-flag’ meme goes mainstream on Boston Marathon bombings
Special Note - A quote...."On September 11th, 2001, the US media began chanting “Bin Laden” in unison almost from the moment the attack was reported. The possibility that US government insiders had orchestrated the attack - in order to blame Muslims, launch wars on Muslim countries, and seize near-absolute power - was never mentioned. -- Bin Laden's repeated statements that he deplored the 9/11 attacks, considered them un-Islamic, and suspected that American supporters of Israel were behind them failed to penetrate the corporate media bubble. When the FBI definitively stated that Bin Laden was “not wanted” for 9/11 because there was “no hard evidence” of his involvement, the media blacked out the story. -- But after the Boston bombings of April 16th, 2013, even the corporate monopoly media could no longer ignore the possibility of a false-flag attack."

Some “hard lessons” from the Boston bombing
A quote...."In a performance that would have made the Marx Brothers proud, DHS and the FBI managed to turn themselves in an international joke with their amateurish “false flag” attack in Boston during the marathon. - The alternative media, such as Citizens for Legitimate Government (CLG)* and WhatReallyHappened.com*, were far ahead of the “official” investigation and had already turned up photos of men in military garb and distinctive baseball caps that featured a skull logo, talking on cell phones and carrying backpacks that looked just like those that had been used in the bombings." - *links added

Official Story Surrounding Manhunt for Boston Marathon Bombing Suspects Riddled with Inconsistencies
A quote...."Thus far there has been no official explanation as to why there were military types roaming around the area of the finish line. There has also been no official explanation as to why there were strange drills and exercises being run in the general area of the Boston Marathon that have been reported by eyewitness accounts. As stated in my previous article pointing the finger at government involvement in these events, these types of drills are typically used as cover for a larger government sponsored terror operation as seen with events like the 9/11 attacks and the 7/7 bombings in London."

Will No Due Process Be the Norm Using Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as an Excuse?
A quote...."On April 19, 1775, the brave men who stood against the British forces at Lexington green and later Concord stood up to stop the abuses by King George III. One was due process of law. I wonder if all the people who lived in Boston during that colonial period are rolling over in their graves seeing how Massachusetts has become the very place they tried to flee from."

Full Extent of FBI Role in Boston Bombing Will Never Be Known
A quote...."Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, brother of the dead FBI asset Tamerlan Tsarnaev, is now an enemy combatant. Due to this, the role the FBI played in the deadly bombing will never come to light." - also posted at DProgram

Chechen Terrorist Networks Trace Back to the US State Department
A quote...."With the latest developments regarding the suspects identified in the Boston Bombing, reports of the alleged perpetrators’ Chechen heritage are being used by the whole of the mainstream media to draw connections between the bombing and Islamic terrorism. Even despite the desire of mainstream magazines like Salon for the bomber(s) to have been white Americans, the narrative being paraded in front of the American collective is currently satisfied with the meme of the Chechen Muslim fundamentalist."

USA: The Creator & Sustainer of Chechen Terrorism
A quote...."Here we go again- Déjà vu. Out of the blue we have a ‘terror event,’ a couple of pop-terrorists, and a new buzz-word nation-Chechnya. There they go again: USA Media tales made-in-government: Muslims, terrorists, fanatics, freedom-haters … this time from another exotic-sounding land-Chechnya." - also posted at AlethoNews

Chechen Terrorists and the Neocons - Article also posted at ICH
A quote...."the leading group which pleads the Chechen cause is the American Committee for Peace in Chechnya (ACPC). The list of the self-styled ‘distinguished Americans’ who are its members is a roll call of the most prominent neoconservatives who so enthusiastically support the ‘war on terror.’  --  “They include Richard Perle, the notorious Pentagon adviser; Elliott Abrams of Iran-Contra fame; Kenneth Adelman, the former US ambassador to the UN who egged on the invasion of Iraq by predicting it would be ‘a cakewalk’; Midge Decter, biographer of Donald Rumsfeld and a director of the rightwing Heritage Foundation; Frank Gaffney of the militarist Centre for Security Policy; Bruce Jackson, former US military intelligence officer and one-time vice-president of Lockheed Martin, now president of the US Committee on Nato; Michael Ledeen of the American Enterprise Institute, a former admirer of Italian fascism and now a leading proponent of regime change in Iran; and R. James Woolsey, the former CIA director who is one of the leading cheerleaders behind George Bush’s plans to re-model the Muslim world along pro-US lines.” - bold by website editor - Source:  ConsortiumNews
FBI Knew Suspects Before Marathon Bombings!
AJVideo - (YuTb - 19min39sec - Apr 20, 2013) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Officials told the Associated Press, Reuters and CNN that Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who died in a shootout with police outside Boston on Friday morning, was interviewed by federal officers. The matter was closed when it did not produce any derogatory information."

NY Times: 'FBI Staged Terror Attacks'
AJVideo - (YuTb - 11min24sec - Apr 20, 2013) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."This is the latest up to the minute info on the tragic Boston marathon bombings. The FBI and other agency's have a long and well documented history of staging events to get more power. Now they tell us to only look at info they put out. This video proves that the Fed system has the motive as well as the means and history of staging terror. They are suspect number one."

For more on the Boston Bombing see....Boston Marathon Bombing Attack
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Why Should I Care That No One’s Reading Dzhokhar Tsarnaev His Miranda Rights?
A quote...."Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will not hear his Miranda rights before the FBI questions him Friday night. He will have to remember on his own that he has a right to a lawyer, and that anything he says can be used against him in court, because the government won’t tell him. This is an extension of a rule the Justice Department wrote for the FBI—without the oversight of any court—called the “public safety exception.” - also posted at FromTheTrenches

Dead "Bombers" tell No Tales. Neither do "Dead" Men! Welcome to AmeriKa!
A quote...."World history is already littered with this type of society; a society where the peasants hide from the raiders who attack the villages. History is populated with the tales of government marauders who oppress the commoners."

Boston is the Reason Why Our States and Local Governments Must Sever Ties with Washington
A quote...."Looking at Boston after the bombing at the marathon and how they behaved was a city that was federalized under orders from Homeland security. How they handled the aftermath of the bombing and the investigation was so absurd and over the top. There was no common sense. Putting the city on lock down with law enforcement dressed like storm troopers making threats to people to stay in their homes or face arrest. If we do not want what happened in Boston to happen in our home town, than count the cost. We need to get the Federal influence out of our local communities."

Waco Siege: What Really Happened and Why
AJVideo - (AJYuTb - 45min43sec - Apr 20, 2013) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."The ground breaking film Waco: A New Revelation is being re-released to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Branch Davidians massacre that happened outside of Waco, Texas. This is the film that triggered a new Special Counsel investigation of the Waco tragedy, and caused the Justice Department and the FBI to reverse their long-held position on Waco. It generated a firestorm of events unprecedented in the history of documentary film making. Learn what really happened and why."

Sen. Lindsey Graham: Boston Bombing Proves Homeland is the Battlefield
Dictatorship Alert - A quote...."In an interview with the Washington Post, Senator Lindsey Graham held up the Boston bombings as an example of “…why the homeland is the battlefield.” He further stated, “It sure would be nice to have a drone up there [to track the suspect.]”

Joe Biden: We Won’t Allow Congress To Get In Our Way On Guns
Dictatorship Alert - A quote...."According to Vice President Biden, “President Obama literally has a buttload of executive actions coming down the pike” on gun control, the phrasing of which stirs disturbing surrealist images in my mind."

Police told to choose: Gun Control or Constitution
A quote...."“This is a message to every member of law enforcement and the military,” a sizzling new YouTube video begins. “You know you have a choice to make.”" - Source: WND

US torture 'indisputable', CNN's humiliation, and Iran sanctions - Article also posted at ICH
A quote...."Two separate bipartisan reports with surprising pronouncements, and a cable news debacle, highlight similar themes."

Obama won't send witness to Senate to explain legality of drone war - Pssssst, that's because it's ILLEGAL!
A quote...."WASHINGTON — The Obama administration does not intend to send a witness to testify at a Senate hearing next week on the legality of the U.S. targeted killing program, the White House said Wednesday."

Arrest Bush, Impeach Obama - The High Crime of Torture
Special Note - A quote...."Confirmation by the Constitution Project nearly a decade late that the George W. Bush administration and the U.S. military and ‘intelligence’ services committed acts of torture in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere appears a Rorschach test for the ‘sentiments’ of the American people. However, sentiments aside, formal indictments of culpable officials on war crimes charges and the start of impeachment proceedings against current President Barack Obama are the only relevant responses to the report. Torture is a crime under laws to which the U.S. is signatory. And with his war on Iraq George W. Bush and his administration murdered, or caused the premature deaths of, more than a million people and substantially destroyed a modern nation state."

Air Force Major General Assassinated?
A quote...."Two people, including a Major General in the United States Air Force, were killed Friday afternoon when a small plane crashed in the Williamsburg area." - also posted at FromTheTrenches

Monsanto Now Owns Blackwater (Xe)
From the History File - 9/15/2010 - (Just a reminder - mpg) -- A quote...."A report by Jeremy Scahill in The Nation (Blackwater’s Black Ops, 9/15/2010) revealed that the largest mercenary army in the world, Blackwater (now called Xe Services) clandestine intelligence services was sold to the multinational Monsanto. Blackwater was renamed in 2009 after becoming famous in the world with numerous reports of abuses in Iraq, including massacres of civilians. It remains the largest private contractor of the U.S. Department of State “security services,” that practices state terrorism by giving the government the opportunity to deny it."

Michael Rivero on Justin TV -  Apr 19th, 2013
MRVideo - Related:  Republic Broadcasting Network dot Org - (JustinTV - 3.0hrs - 30min each - Apr 19th, 2013) -- Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire and many other issues. - mpg

Gerald Celente - National Intel Report - April 16, 2013
NIRVideo - (NIRYuTb - 31min01sec - Apr 19, 2013) - Source:  gcelente - Website:  TheTrendsJournal - Related:  NIR-W/JohnStadtmiller - Related: RBNetwrk -- A quote...."Gerald Celente talks about recent events in the financial industry like the gold prices dropping."

The Terrorists Have Been Identified
Must View CRVideo - (CRYuTb - 43min33sec - Apr 19, 2013) - Source:  CRYuTb - Website:  CorbettReport - Webiste:  CRBlpTV -  A quote...."The specter of terror is once again being raised to haunt the collective consciousness of the American psyche. But as the terror meme rears its ugly head, we see an understanding of false flag terrorism creeping into the mainstream discourse. Join us this week on The Corbett Report as we explore the real terror paradigm and examine who really hates you for your freedoms."
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens....

W.A.N. Radio 4-16-13 hr2 McGrath and Greg Hunter
Must Listen CMcGVideo - (CMcGYuTb - 38min27sec - Apr 16, 2013) - Source:  crabbydogtrix - Related:  WideAwakeNews - Website: GregHunterYuTb - Website:  USAWtchDog

 John Hussman: The Importance of Understanding the Tenuous Equilibria of the Markets
Must View Video - Alt - (Outstanding analysis -- The speaker establishes base-line relationships between fundamental sectors of the economy that allow good modeling and prediction, and confirm much of the criticism people have for the Fed's endless QEternity and current US fiscal policy. - mpg) - (YuTb - 48min27sec - Apr 17, 2013) - Source:  WCC -- A quote...."our financial markets actually have a natural equilibrium state that is far removed from where they are today. But interfering monetary policy (e.g. QE) and delusional fiscal policy have pulled the system away from its authentic state, to the point now where the forces to correct are placing growing strain on the status quo. As the system seeks to return to where it should naturally be, the yields that the Fed is so desperately trying to engineer are going to become less in size and number. -- Investors need to realize that much of the "growth" the Fed is trying to return to was manufactured and unnatural. We are returning to a lower-growth environment, whether we want to or not."

Americas End Predicted by Past History
JNVideo - From The History File - July 10, 2011 - (JNYuTb - 4min35sec - 07/10/11) - Source:  2setufree -- A quote...."This Video is a Mirror for the Judge Napolitano FTW channel in the Public interest. The Judge speaks of the comparisons of the Roman Empire and todays America. The wise will prepare to fools will reap their demise."

The Fed's Recipe for Disaster - Bernanke Drives Margin Debt to Pre-Crisis Highs
Chart - (click to enlarge) -- A quote...."Investors have boosted their borrowing to near-record levels to load up on stocks.   The last time that margin debt was this high was just before the bubble burst in 2007.  In January, New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) margin debt tipped $366 billion,  just shy of the 2007 peak of $380 billion. The Fed’s zero rates and $85 billion per month bond buying program (QE) have sparked the same irrational exuberance that preceded the Crash of ’08.  Investors are piling on the leverage because they feel confident that Fed chairman Ben Bernanke will not allow markets to fall too sharply. (This is called the Bernanke Put) This week’s see-sawing markets suggest that QE’s impact may be wearing off. Deflationary pressures are building in the real economy at home and abroad. As these pressures intensify, stocks will retreat forcing deeply-leveraged investors to exit their positions which will accelerate the pace of decline." -- (i.e. expect an announcement from the Bernanke in about three to five months (or after a 20% drop in the "markets") that QEternity will be increased to 120 billion a month. - mpg)

Keiser Report: Gold Theft in America (E433)
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 27min15sec - Apr 18, 2013) - Source:  RussiaToday - Producer:  MaxKeiserTV - Related:  MaxKeiserCom - Related:  MaxOnTwitter -- A quote...."In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert discuss innuendo and paper causing a virtual theft of paper gold in America and a stampede into physical gold in India. They also discuss the five wise guys of Angela Merkel who plan on 'bailing in' some property owners in Spain should Spain require a sovereign bailout. In the second half of the show, they talk to Ed Harrison of CreditWritedowns.com about confiscation and German opinion on Europe."

Keiser Report: Correlation & Causation of Gold Price (E434, ft. Paul Craig Roberts)
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 25min45sec - Apr 20, 2013) - Source:  RussiaToday - Producer:  MaxKeiserTV - Related:  MaxKeiserCom - Related:  MaxOnTwitter -- A quote...."In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert discuss Reinhart and Rogoff, Excel errors, correlation and causation and the gold selloff being a bonus for 'activist central bankers' who can now claim 'hyperinflation no longer a threat.' In the second half of the show, they talk to Dr. Paul Craig Roberts about the smack down in gold and the failure of 'laissez-faire capitalism'."

Meet the 28-Year-Old Grad Student Who Just Shook the Global Austerity Movement
Related Article - A quote...."Herndon became instantly famous in nerdy economics circles this week as the lead author of a recent paper, "Does High Public Debt Consistently Stifle Economic Growth? A Critique of Reinhart and Rogoff," that took aim at a massively influential study by two Harvard professors named Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff.  Herndon found some hidden errors in Reinhart and Rogoff's data set, then calmly took the entire study out back and slaughtered it. Herndon's takedown — which first appeared in a Mike Konczal post that crashed its host site with traffic — was an immediate sensation. It was cited by prominent anti-austerians like Paul Krugman, spoken about by incoming Bank of England governor Mark Carney, and mentioned on CNBC and several other news outlets as proof that the pro-austerity movement is based, at least in part, on bogus math."

Switzerland Revises 1934 Banking Act To Allow Bail-In Deposit Confiscations!
Financial Warning - Cyporisity is Spreading - (Of all countries in the world....Switzerland!!  Are no sacred banking traditions safe??  Say it ain't so Switzerland!!  This website editor seriously want's to break into a rendition of  "Don't cry for me Switzerland...." it was the last bastion of safety left in the financial world!! -- A quote...."The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has quietly joined the growing parade of western nations who have quietly re-written banking laws to allow depositor bail-ins upon the next banking crisis. -- If Switzerland, the once ultimate safe haven for banking deposits across the world is preparing to confiscate depositors funds, there truly is no protection anywhere other than physical gold and silver in your own possession!" - Source:  SilverDoctors

1981 Article: 7,000 Tons of Gold Bullion Removed from Fort Knox From 1973-74!
A quote...."SD has discovered the manuscript of a 1981 article by The Globe which reported that 7,000 tons of gold bullion were removed from Fort Knox from $1973-74, and the only bullion that remained was from melted down gold coins & was of such poor quality (at least 10% copper) that it would not be accepted on the open market by any nation."

The Euro Zone Crisis Has Increased I.M.F.’s Power
Oh My Gawd!  You're Kidding?  What an unexpected coincidence! Who would'av thunk it! - (extreme, over-the-top, sarcasm) -- A quote...."The I.M.F. has more say over crisis management than many euro zone members, and Ms. Lagarde has become a quasi head of state, whose views carry more weight than those of many elected leaders. Indeed, without the I.M.F.’s money and advice, the euro zone might have fallen apart by now." - Source:  NYT

EU pours millions into groups seeking state control of press
A quote...."The European Union is quietly pouring millions of pounds into initiatives and groups seeking state-backed regulation of the press, including key allies of the controversial Hacked Off campaign." - also posted at StratRisks

Fitch Downgrades United Kingdom to 'AA+'; Outlook Stable
A quote...."LONDON, April 19 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings has downgraded the United Kingdom's Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) to 'AA+' from 'AAA'." - FYI:  Guess Which Country Has [A Total] Debt Of Nearly 1000% Of GDP... - That was in 2011, by now they're probably well North of 1,200% total debt/GDP.  The UK should be given a rating of (CCC) !!  - mpg

Japan Steps Into the Void
Article posted in this section for its relevance regarding Japan's ability to participate in the EU's or US's securities markets. - mpg -- A quote...."For the better part of 20 years, successive Japanese governments and central bankers have been trying, unsuccessfully, to use quantitative easing strategies to pump up a deflated asset bubble. The economy has by and large not responded. The sustained and impressive growth that Japan delivered during the 45 years following the Second World War (which had made the country one of the most successful economic stories in world history), has never returned. For the last 20 years Japan has offered a "zombie" economy characterized by low growth, stagnation, and exploding government debt. The Japanese government now owes approximately $12 trillion, a figure representing more than 200% of GDP. The IMF expects that this figure will reach 245% by the end of this year."
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More On The International Situation....

Behind the Scenes: 4000 Militants Killed in Three Weeks
Geo-Political Alert - A quote...."4000 members of the military and Takfiri groups were killed and thousands were wounded during the last three weeks as was revealed by military reports which reached the US military command and the Pentagon circles this week."

Syria shoots down balloon carrying US-made spying devices near Idlib
A quote..."The Syrian army says it has shot down a balloon that carried US-made spying devices over the northwestern province of Idlib."

Syrian militants killed in internal dispute over booty
A quote...."Dozens of foreign-sponsored Syrian militants have been killed after a bitter dispute over the distribution of property stolen during attacks in a neighborhood on the outskirts of the capital Damascus."

[al-CIA'da] Terrorists Eliminated in Several [Syrian] Army Operations
A quote...."PROVINCES, (SANA)_ Units of the armed forces on Friday killed and wounded terrorists and destroyed their equipment in several areas in Adra and its surrounding in Damascus countryside. -- A military source told SANA reporter on Friday that our the armed forces targeted terrorists' gatherings at al-R'oneh valley, west Qara, al-Mal valley, Tel al-Malouhi in Nabek , killing and wounding a number of terrorists." - also posted at WarInIraq

Hagel, Dempsey Warn of Involvement in Syria - Isn't it a little late?? - mpg
A quote...."Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey both warned Congress on Wednesday about the unintended consequences of a U.S. military intervention in Syria.  Hagel also provided the first details of the Pentagon’s efforts in assisting Jordan’s military for the possibility of having to secure Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile, including $70 million worth of training and equipment."

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Interview with Ikhbariya - posted at ICH
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 58min28sec - Apr 19, 2013) - Source:  Arabi Souri -- A quote...."Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad had a lengthy interview with Syrian Ikhbariya News Channel on the occasion of Syria’s Independence Day 17 April, 2013. Video embedded below is with English subtitles."

Rebels battle with tribesmen over oil in Syria's east
A quote...."BEIRUT, April 20 (Reuters) - Islamist rebels are clashing with tribesmen in eastern Syria as struggles over the region's oil facilities break out in the power vacuum left by civil war, activists said on Saturday."
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Taliban attack kills 13 Afghan police
A quote...."Taliban insurgents killed 13 local policemen while they were sleeping Friday, in an attack on their checkpoint in southeast Afghanistan, officials said. - The policemen were shot dead in the Andar district of Ghazni province, said district governor Mohammad Qasim Desiwal. - “They were asleep when their checkpoint came under attack by the Taliban and were killed by AK-47 fire,” Desiwal told AFP."

Hamid Karzai seeks to curb CIA operations in Afghanistan
A quote...."President Hamid Karzai is determined to curb CIA operations in Afghanistan after the death of a US agent and 10 Afghan children in a battle he believes was fought by an illegal militia working for the US spy agency."

South Africa slams US, EU over Iran oil sanctions
A quote...."South Africa has lashed out at the United States and European Union for imposing oil sanctions on Iran over its nuclear energy program without first consulting major importers of the Iranian energy supplies. - South Africa’s Energy Minister Elizabeth Dipuo Peters, who is in India to attend the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) meeting, said that such decisions have geopolitical implications and mostly affect “the poorest of the poor” that are in dire need of energy supplies and have no alternative." - Source:  PressTV

India eager to join Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline: Iran official
A quote...."Iran Oil Ministry spokesman says New Delhi is in talks with Tehran to join the multi-billion-dollar pipeline which Iran is building to export natural gas to the neighboring Pakistan."

South Pars Output to Rise 50 mcm
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Managing-Director of Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC) Mohammad-Reza Zahiri said his company will see its gas production rise by 50 mcm in the current Iranian year (March 2013-March 2014)."

No deal reached with IAEA for new talks: Iran
A quote...."Iran has rejected reports about an agreement reached by Tehran and the the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for a new round of talks, Press TV has learned." - Topix ||  How About An Honest NPT? - 11-11-10 - mpg  ||

Is Anybody Listening? - U.S. Intel Chief Says Iran Isn't Building Nukes - Article also posted at ICH
A quote...."April 19, 2013 "Information Clearing House" -"WAIA" - In testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday March 12, 2013, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper reaffirmed what the U.S. intelligence community has been saying for years: Iran has no nuclear weapons program, is not building a nuclear weapon and has not even made a decision to do so."

Germany to grant asylum to 100 MKO terrorists
A quote...."Germany is set to offer asylum to 100 members of the anti-Iranian terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO). - The German Interior Ministry confirmed the initiation of the processes required for granting asylum to the MKO terrorists. The ministry said it is being examined whether the MKO members are qualified to receive visas." - Source: PressTV
Pervez Musharraf taken into custody on charges of terrorism
Geo-Political Alert - (WHAT is going on in Pakistan?) -- A quote...."Pervez Musharraf, the man who was once Pakistan's all-powerful military ruler, was taken into police custody on Friday following a judge's ruling that he should be tried on terrorism charges. - Any hopes the former president might have had of clinging on to some dignity by being held under house arrest were dashed when police officers came and escorted him from his luxury home on the outskirts of Islamabad to the city's police headquarters."

Russia, Turkey Seek to Boost Trade to $100 Bln
A quote...."Russia and Turkey are committed to expanding mutual investment and cooperation, aiming to bring bilateral trade to $100 billion, the Russian and Turkish energy ministers said on Saturday."

Russia to Get New ICBM Later this Year
A quote...."MOSCOW, April 18 (RIA Novosti) - The first modernized intercontinental ballistic missile, Yars-M, will enter service with Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) later this year, RVSN Commander Col. Gen. Sergei Karavayev said on Thursday." - also posted at WarInIraq

Missiles Launch TBM «Iskander-M», OTR «Tochka», MLRS «Smerch»
Video - (YuTb - 1min23sec - Oct 17, 2011) - Source:  kojiobopot

Mediterranean: Winds of Change (II) - [Part I]
A quote...."After a long period, Moscow has returned to the Mediterranean as a sea power. In 2011 it conducted a naval exercise exceeding in scope any training activity since the days of the Soviet Union. The last large-scale drill took place in January 2013 and involved over 20 combat surface ships and submarines from three operational fleets. «We are not interested in even more destabilization in the Mediterranean region, and our fleet's presence there is certainly a factor stabilizing the situation."

The US Continues to Undermine Democracy in Venezuela
A quote...."I just returned from Venezuela where I was one of 170 international election observers from around the world, including India, Guyana, Surinam, Colombia, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Scotland, England, the United States, Guatemala, Argentina, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Jamaica, Brazil, Chile, Greece, France, Panama and Mexico.   These observers included two former Presidents (of Guatemala and the Dominican Republic), judges, lawyers and numerous high ranking officials of national electoral councils.   What we found was an election system which was transparent, inherently reliable, well-run and thoroughly audited."

Venezuela’s Electoral Council Approves Audit of 100 Percent of Votes
A quote...."Maracaibo, April 18th, 2013 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) announced Thursday that it would carry out an audit of 100 percent of the votes in last Sunday’s presidential elections."

Claims of Fraud in Venezuela: The Fake Evidence of Henrique Capriles
A quote...."Immediately after Nicolas Maduro was elected to the presidency of Venezuela last Sunday, opposition candidate Henrique Capriles refused to acknowledge the results of the election, and claimed that the government had committed fraud. In what follows, I will list all of the alleged evidence of fraud cited by Capriles, and explain why every single example is either demonstrably false, or extremely implausible."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Israeli occupation forces declare village closed military zone
Sounds like Boston....heh? - mpg -- A quote...."QALQILIA, (PIC)-- The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) declared Kufr Qaddoum village, east of Qalqilia city, a closed military zone on Saturday morning and prohibited entry into it. - Eyewitnesses said that IOF troops converged on the village since the early morning hours and set up a roadblock at the sole entrance to the village."

Israel police parade cuffed teenager to protesters
A quote...."JERUSALEM (AFP) -- Israeli police paraded a cuffed Palestinian teenager to protesters in what a human rights group charged Saturday was abuse of a "human shield" but an Israeli spokesman said was a move to calm violence. - Defense for Children International-Palestine posted a 76-second video clip on YouTube showing helmeted border policemen removing a young Palestinian it identified as "Muhammad R,17," from their armored jeep and forcing him to stand beside them, cuffed hands raised above his head."

Four citizens including old lady wounded in confrontations with IOF soldiers
A quote...."RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- Four Palestinians, including an old lady in her seventies, were wounded in confrontations with Israeli occupation forces (IOF) near Ramallah afternoon Friday. -- Eyewitnesses told the PIC in a telephone contact that IOF soldiers arrested ten demonstrators, who sought refuge in a building after it was stormed by the soldiers, in Silwad village to the east of Ramallah."

Israel police parade cuffed teenager to protesters
A quote...."JERUSALEM (AFP) -- Israeli police paraded a cuffed Palestinian teenager to protesters in what a human rights group charged Saturday was abuse of a "human shield" but an Israeli spokesman said was a move to calm violence."
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Science & Tech....

NASA Discovers Three More Potentially Habitable Alien Worlds
A quote...."The mission has discovered “two new planetary systems that include three super-Earth-size planets in the ‘habitable zone,’ the range of distance from a star where the surface temperature of an orbiting planet might be suitable for liquid water."

Friday April 19th 2013

No posts. - mpg

Thursday April 18th 2013

How Empires Fall
Must Read - A quote...." Comparing the American Empire with the Roman Empire in its terminal decline is a popular intellectual parlor game. The comparison is inexact on a number of fronts, starting with the nature of empire: Rome ruled a territorial empire, while the U.S. is a hegemony that doesn't need to hold territory (other than key overseas military bases); [YET, it has 1,200 to 1,300 of those in countries that it completely leveled to install them. - mpg] its dominance is based on the global projection of hard and soft power, diplomacy, finance and the monetary regime of the reserve currency. -- Despite the apparent difference, the two empires share the key characteristic of all enduring empires: they extract the cost of maintaining the empire from client states and/or allies." - bold by website editor - also posted at ZeroHedge

Surreal: US Troops Stage in Jordan to Defend Al Qaeda in Syria - Article also posted at ICH
Must Read - A quote...."April 18, 2013 "Information Clearing House" -"LD" -   CNN reports that some 200 US troops are staging along Syria's border, this as reports reveal huge amounts of US-provided flour smuggled into Syria have formed the foundation of Al Qaeda's public relations strategy. Together with huge amounts of US-provided weapons, the aid is fueling Al Qaeda's continued operations and atrocities inside Syria.  The addition of US troops along Syria's border appears to be a response to recent and significant gains made by the Syrian government in stamping out terrorist operations nationwide." - also posted at BLN

The Rebels so Beloved of Nato Nations are Losing Their Hold of Damascus - posted at ICH  
Must Read - A quote...."April 18, 2013 "Information Clearing House" -"The Independent" - Syrians who settled down to listen to Bashar Assad’s independence day speech two nights ago were sorely disappointed. He didn’t exactly offer blood, sweat and tears. Just more war, and the assurance that he would win. Up to 7,000 prisoners would be released to celebrate Syria’s freedom from French rule 67 years ago – which goes to show how many prisoners are still held in the country’s jails – but Assad wanted to assure his people that this really was a war. As if they didn’t know. It was not sectarian. Foreign news media were portraying a lie: that “a president was holding on to his seat against a population who want him gone, but that is not the case”. France still regarded Syria as its colony. Western nations wanted the Arabs to submit to them. “We saw their humanitarian intervention in Iraq, in Libya, and now we see it in Syria.”"

Al-Qaeda Is US Irregular Infantry in Syria: Wesbter Tarpley - posted at ICH 
PRSTVideo - Alt - (PRSYuTb - 3min28sec - Apr 18, 2013) - Source:  PressTVGlobalNews -- A quote..."Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said that the West "will pay a heavy price" for pitting al-Qaeda militants against the Syrian government. He also condemned measures taken by Turkey and some of the country's Arab neighbors to support the anti-Syria terrorists, and their attempts to start a sectarian civil war in the country. -
Press TV has conducted an interview with Dr. Webster Griffin Tarpley, author and historian from Washington DC."

US Deploys Troops To Prepare For Syria Military Intervention
Obama's Wars Without End....A quote...."US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel informed congress today he has ordered the deployment of troops to Jordan to prepare for possible military operations in Syria." 

Terrorists in Syria Smuggling Human Organs - Another proud day for Amerika and her "allies".
No doubt to defray their costs. - mpg -- A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- The terrorists who kill the innocent people in Syria receive a large amount of money for any corpse and injured person whose body organs are trafficked out of the Arab country, witnesses in Aleppo said on Tuesday."

US Aid Falls into Al Qaeda's Hands in Syria by Design, Not Chance
A quote...."April 16, 2013 (IOGSD-Tony Cartalucci) - Huge amounts of US-provided flour smuggled into northern Syria have formed the foundation of Al Qaeda's public relations strategy, the Washington Post and London Telegraph reveal. Together with huge amounts of US-provided weapons, the aid is fueling Al Qaeda's continued operations and atrocities inside Syria." - also posted at BLN

Obama and Neocons Openly Back Terrorism
A quote...."The tragic comedy of the phony War on Terror is being exposed as never before for the sham that it is. Press TV reported yesterday the opening of the MKO terrorist organization office a block away from the White House. --  What a message that sends to the world…that we look out for our terrorists and take good care of them, but it just might take a little time to do it. -- This is the group who inflicted four 911′s on Iran by murdering 12,000 in terrorist attacks, much of it under Saddam, and then under US protection when we took over Iraq. Israel was involved, also…no surprise there." - Topix ||  Recent Cong Support 4 MEK  ||

America…A Cesspool Of Hypocrisy And Death
A quote...."If Americans had half as much empathy for the MILLIONS of lives we have either ended or ruined in the Middle East as we do for the victims of 9/11 or of the Boston Marathon explosions, maybe, just maybe, our government would reconsider its continual insane massacre of children and civilians." - bold by website editor - Well....since most of these "terrorist" incidents are arranged BY those in "our government", they're actually not that hypocritical or inconsistent.  Those employed by this government are willing to murder anyone, anywhere at anytime, even their own citizens. - mpg

Karl Rove Heckled Throughout Speech In Mass, Called Murderer, Terrorist - Hip Hip Hooray!! - @ ICH
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 1min06sec -  Apr 10, 2013) - Source:  randywatson -- A quote...."Karl Rove ventured into hostile territory on Tuesday night, delivering a speech repeatedly interrupted by boisterous protesters at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. - According to CBS 3, the demonstrations raged both inside the auditorium and out, and Rove had barely begun speaking before people began standing up and shouting Rove down with accusations that his guidance of former President George W. Bush on the Iraq War had led to countless American and Iraqi casualties."

Nuremberg in America
Special Note - A quote...."The United States Constitution is the highest law of the land, the Supreme law from which is derived all other laws. For years and most extremely since 2001, the Supreme law of the land has been egregiously disregarded by rank-and-file members of the united States House and Senate, high ranking members of the judiciary, the Presidents of the United States and a long list of state government “officials”, judiciary and  governors. These sworn up-holders of the Constitution have with impunity been guilty of wantonly violating the Supreme law of the land and their sworn oaths. -- I believe the time is right now to call for arrests and resignations of a laundry list of traitors in the federal and state governments.  The time has come for a Nuremberg-style trial on charges of sedition and treason for those actively supporting or calling for the end of the Constitution, the violation of the Second Amendment, the Fourth Amendment,  the Ninth and Tenth Amendments and others." - AMEN!! - mpg

Report slams UK involvement in torture
A quote...."A damning report has slammed Britain for violating human rights through colluding with the U.S. in the torture and rendition of terror suspects. - The document blamed the UK for being involved in or turning a blind eye to abuses and for co-operating in the murky U.S. practice of ‘extraordinary rendition’ – illegally transferring terror suspects to secret CIA jails in countries that allowed torture." - Source:  PressTV
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The Brit's Iron Witch is Dead....

It's Time to Bury Not Just Thatcher – but Thatcherism - posted at ICH
A quote...."April 17, 2013 "Information Clearing House" -"The Guardian" -  They have only themselves to blame. Protests were always likely at any official sendoff for the most socially destructive prime minister in modern British history. But by turning Margaret Thatcher's funeral into a state-funded Tory jamboree, puffed up with pomp and bombast, David Cameron and his acolytes have made them a certainty – and fuelled a political backlash into the bargain." - Source:  TheGuardian

Dick Cheney to attend Margaret Thatcher’s funeral
A quote...."Dick Cheney, the former US vice-president and driving force behind the country’s invasion of Iraq, is to attend Lady Thatcher’s funeral on Wednesday, Downing Street have confirmed...." - Quote of the Day.....
"Even posthumously, one can reasonably be judged by the company one keeps...." -- *Michael Rivero*
Britons celebrate death of ex-PM Thatcher during her funeral
A quote...."British protesters held a big gathering outside the House of Commons as former prime minister Margaret Thatcher's funeral procession got underway in central London on Wednesday."
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney Fights the System
Must View BtSVideo - Alt - (BtSYuTb - 18min33sec - Apr 18, 2013) - Source: BreakingTheSet - Related: BTSFcBk - Related: BTSTwttr - Related:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Abby Martin talks to former US Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, discussing her time spent confronting the establishment as a political insider, the Palestine-Israeli conflict and the never-ending War on Terror."

A Hundred Deir Yassin and Counting: Beit Daras and the Buried History of Massacres
A quote...."Few with any sense of intellectual or historical integrity would still question the bloody massacre that took place in the village of Deir Yassin 65 years ago, claiming the lives of over 100 innocent Palestinians. Attempts at covering up the massacre have been dwarfed by grim details by well-respected historians, including some of Israel’s own." - Source:  PalestineChron

Army [Israeli Goon Squad] Opens Fire At Palestinian Ambulance In Bethlehem
A quote...."Wednesday evening, April 17, 2013, Israeli soldiers [uniformed thugs] opened fire at a Palestinian Red Crescent Ambulance while trying to provide medical care to family members, including an infant, injured by gas bombs fired by the army at their home, in Al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem."

Former Israeli Intelligence Operatives Now Working For Hedge Funds
Financial Heads-Up - A quote...." A company staffed with former operatives of Israel’s top intelligence agencies and founded with the help of the former head of the Mossad is being used by hedge funds looking for an edge in the financial markets. - Kela Israeli Intelligence has increasingly become a popular service on Wall Street. The firm employs about 40 former intelligence operatives and analysts, most of them ex-members of the Israeli army’s secretive 8200 unit, which is often described as Israel’s equivalent to the National Security Agency and believed to be behind the Stuxnet computer worm that attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities. Kela also employs former agents of Israel’s Mossad spy agency and the company was founded with the help of Shabtai Shavit, the director general of the Mossad from 1989 to 1996, who sits on Kela’s advisory board." - Source: Forbes
Pentagon to allocate $400 million [of US Taxpayer Funding] to Iron Dome over next two years
A quote...."The US Defense Department plans to spend nearly 400 million dollars during the next two years on Israel’s Iron Dome missile system, despite budget cuts affecting the lives of many Americans [goyam]." - Source:  PressTV

Israel seeking nearly $3 billion in fuel from US
A quote...."Israel intends to pursue a massive multibillion-dollar deal [give-away] for military fuel from US suppliers, according to a Wednesday US Department of Defense press release." - "Deal" implies they'll pay for it, ("paying" does not include their bribes, aka "contributions" to this nation's politicians), it's the citizens of this country however that will pay for it. - mpg

US Senate [Israel's Colonial Administration] committee adopts resolution to assist Israel in war on Iran
A quote...."The US Senate [Israel's Colonial] Foreign Relations Committee has adopted a resolution to assist [give even more massive amounts of US tax-payer funding to] Israel in case of a [Israel launches an illegal] military attack [of aggression] against Iran, as the Israeli regime [constantly] repeats its military threat against the Islamic Republic [in complete violation of the UN's charter and Israel's legal responsibilities therein.]"
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More on the Domestic Situation....

Judge Napolitano On Government Faking Terror Plots
Must View JNVideo - From the History File - Oct 13, 2011 - (JNYuTb - 5min02sec - 10/13/11) - Source: PM3 -- A quote...."October 13, 2011 - The Judge explains the post-9/11 history of terror plots created and facilitated by the FBI and what it means for the alleged Iranian plot."  Topix ||  The F.B.I.'s Constant Gardening  ||

American Terror: Manufactured by the FBI
Must View GRTVideo - Alt - (GRYuTb - 14min19sec - Apr 17, 2013) - Source:  GlobalResearchTV - Website:  CRYuTb Website:  CorbettReport - Webiste:  CRBlpTV -  A quote...."The Boston Marathon bombing has provoked shock, grief and outrage from around the world. After decades of conditioning, the public automatically equates such terrorism with Muslim radicals. But the evidence shows that every major terror plot on American soil in the past 10 years has been fostered, funded and equipped by one organization: the FBI." - Topix ||  The F.B.I.'s Constant Gardening  ||

Understanding Self-Inflicted Terror
Contains Video - Alt - (BBCYuTb - 2hr25min45sec - Sep 21, 2011) - Source:  lchigi - A quote...."Witness the following from the period of the Cold War, where synthetic terror was used in Western Europe in order to convince the increasingly skeptical Western European public that the Communist threat was real – revealed ex post facto in the BBC documentary in 1992 on NATO’s Operation Gladio. Part-3 of the Gladio documentary has the following lovely statement quoted from the US Army’s Top Secret Field Manual...."
“Top Secret: There may be times when host country governments show passivity or indecision in the face of Communist subversion … US Army Intelligence must have the means of launching special operations which will convince host country governments and public opinion of the reality of the insurgent danger … US Army Intelligence should seek to penetrate the insurgency by means of agents of special assignments, with the task of forming special action groups among the most radical elements of the insurgency.”
Mainstream Media: New Information ‘No Assault Riffle Used In Sandy Hook School Shooting’
Sandy Hook Propaganda....BUSTED! - A quote...."In a crazy twist that really makes you wonder about the credibility of US law enforcement, mainstream media, and the US government alike, new information comes forth from state and federal officials on the Sandy Hook School Shooting."

The Boston Bombings in Context: How the FBI Fosters, Funds and Equips American Terrorists
A quote...."The Boston Marathon bombing has provoked shock, grief and outrage from around the world. After decades of conditioning, the public automatically equates such terrorism with Muslim radicals. But the evidence shows that every major terror plot on American soil in the past 10 years has been fostered, funded and equipped by one organization: the FBI." - Topix ||  The F.B.I.'s Constant Gardening  ||

The Orwellian Warfare State of Carnage and Doublethink
A quote...."After the bombings that killed and maimed so horribly at the Boston Marathon, our country’s politics and mass media are awash in heartfelt compassion — and reflexive “doublethink,” which George Orwell described as willingness “to forget any fact that has become inconvenient.” - also posted at ICH
Washington Perfects The Art of Illusion
A quote...."Keep America focused on Boston bombing while they strip us of rights and prepare for war" - also posted at FromTheTrenches

Who were the "Black and Tans" in Boston?
Photo Investigation - "The corporate media and FBI are waving yet more blurring photos and videos before us as suspects in the Bostom Bombing.- Certainly, by announcing they have an ID in the media before they have arrested the suspect, the suspect(s) will be alerted and likely be headed for the border! - This reads more like a scripted TV show than real life." - Topix ||  Boston Marathon Bombing  ||

Chaos engulfs Boston as mainstream media can't get its cover story straight
A quote...."(NaturalNews) Boston is now in a state of near-chaos over the Boston marathon bombing investigation. Their story keeps changing, too: first there was a "controlled explosion" planned at the Kennedy Library on the same day as the bombing (Boston Globe), but that was later explained away as a "building fire" that had nothing to do with the bombing." - also posted at FromTheTrenches

Janet Napolitano Responds to Report of Deportation for Former ‘Person of Interest‘Not Worthy of an Answer’
A quote...."A visibly irritated Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano refused to answer a Republican congressman’s questions about the possible deportation of the Saudi national questioned as a witness in the Boston Marathon bombings." - Source: 12160 - see related article....7 Responses to Janet Napolitano Responds to Report of Deportation for Former ‘Person of Interest‘Not Worthy of an Answer’

Dr. Steve Pieczenik: Boston Bombing, Fog of War on Steroids
AJVideo - (AJYuTb - 1hr04min39sec - Apr 18, 2013) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."[ The Unintended Consequences of the Boston Massacre] - THE SPECIFIC INDICTMENT of Bush Jr/Obama/CIA/US Military "Torture of 9/11 Prisoners" at GITMO—FINALLY CONFIRMED as a "WAR CRIME"-- Equivalent to Prosecuted Nazi War Crimes and the Torture/ Internship Of Japanese Americans During WWII.
Nothing beats a sensational front page news story like a Boston Marathon Massacre! Most readers would miss the incidental but far more serious implication for the moral compass of America than the NY Times story by Scott Shane, entitled, "U.S. Practiced Torture After 9/11, Non Partisan Review Concludes". (posted earlier) - In this article, both Asa Hutchinson [Republican/Bush Jr Administration] and James R. Jones [Democrat, Congress] indict the interrogation and tortures committed by Presidents Clinton [Rendition], Bush Jr [full menu of tortures], Obama [Bush Jr in Black Face]."

Journalist to FBI: "Tell Us About the Bomb Drill!" (Boston Marathon Bombing)
Video - (YuTb - 3min20sec - Apr 18, 2013) - Source:  LifeLibertyNow - Topix ||  Boston Marathon Bombing  ||
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BREAKING, AWESOME: Background Checks Bill Goes Down In Flames - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) says she will vote ‘NO’, leaving total tally at 59-41"

Senate rejects gun background checks in setback for Obama - Hip Hip Hooray!!
Related Article - A quote...."WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Wednesday rejected a bipartisan plan to expandbackground checks for gun buyers, dealing a sharp blow to President Barack Obama’s campaign to curb gun violence after the Newtown school massacre."

Detainee Report Task Force Condemns Force-Feeding Hunger Strikers At Gitmo
A quote...."A new bipartisan report released on Tuesday by the Constitution Project condemned force-feeding terror detainees that are engaged in hunger strikes."

More prisoners join Guantanamo Bay hunger strike
A quote...."Seven prisoners have joined a hunger strike at the US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, bringing the total number to 52, US military officials have said."

Judge OKs delay in Sept.11 case at Guantanamo over Pentagon data breach - And the 9/11 cover-up continues.
A quote...."GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — A military judge has agreed to postpone the next round of hearings in the Sept. 11 case at Guantanamo after thousands of defense emails were turned over to the prosecution in an apparent mistake. - Army Col. Judge James Pohl agreed to postpone next week’s hearings at the U.S. base in Cuba until June. - Defense lawyers said computer technicians may have compromised their case by mistakenly turning over more than 500,000 of their emails to prosecutors. A Pentagon computer crash also resulted in the loss of a large amount of data. - The Pentagon said prosecutors did not read the defense’s emails. The death penalty case for the five Guantanamo prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 case has been repeatedly delayed and the trial is likely at least a year away. " - Oh.....that's right, it was a "mistake". - mpg - Topix ||  9/11-Iraq-Torture Fables  ||

Morris Dees, Advisor to Army Intelligence, FBI and Homeland Security on Domestic Terror/Patriot Groups
A quote...."In recent weeks, it has come to light that the US Army, DHS and FBI are compiling lists of organizations listed as “terrorist.” -- Some are politically extremist but many are veterans groups, totally innocent historical organizations with octogenarian membership and more are legitimate and reasonable groups who oppose government censorship and spying. -- The primary organizations supplying the lists, lists that leave out real terror groups for some reasons are the ADL under Abraham Foxman and the SPLC under Morris Dees. -- Foxman is closely aligned with AIPAC, long involved in espionage and terrorism against the US."

House Passes CISPA (the Privacy-Shredding Web Spying Bill) … Call Your Senator and Demand a NO Vote
CISPA Alert - Action Alert - Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."The privacy-shredding Internet spying bill – CISPA – has passed the House. - Our only chance is to stop it in the Senate. Background here and here. - Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian also urges us to contact Google, Facebook and Twitter and demand that they stand up to defeat CISPA"

U.S. House of Rep. Shamefully Passes CISPA; Internet Freedom Advocates Prepare for a Battle in the Senate
CISPA Alert - Related Article - A quote..."Today, Internet freedom advocates everywhere turned their eyes to the U.S. House of Representatives as that legislative body considered the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. - For the second year in a row, the House voted to approve CISPA, a bill that would allow companies to bypass all existing privacy laws to spy on communications and pass sensitive user data to the government." - Source:  EFF

CISPA permits police to do warrantless database searches
CISPA Alert - Related Article - A quote...."A controversial data-sharing bill being debated today in the U.S. House of Representatives authorizes federal agencies to conduct warrantless searches of information they obtain from e-mail and Internet providers."

Michael Rivero on Justin TV -  Apr 17th, 2013
MRVideo - Related:  Republic Broadcasting Network dot Org - (JustinTV - 3.0hrs - 30min each - Apr 17th, 2013) -- Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire and many other issues. - mpg

Gerald Celente - Jeff Rense Show - April 16, 2013
JRVideo - (JRYuTb - 42min32sec - Apr 17, 2013) - Source:  gcelente - Website:  TheTrendsJournal - Website: JRenseYuTb - Website:  Rense - A quote...."Gerald talks on the Boston bombings, the gold selloff and North Korea."
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens....

Obama Quietly Passed Law Making Insider Trading Easier for US Politicians
A quote...."This is how the criminals usually work – quietly and in secret: the bill passed both House and Senate chambers on a voice vote (where lawmakers’ names are not recorded). Both chambers cleared the legislation in near record time by Washington DC standards - taking only ten seconds in the Senate and 14 seconds in the House to pass." - Source: 21stCenturyWire - bold by website editor

Child poverty in US among the highest in developed world
A quote...."A recent report by the United Nation’s Children’s Fund (UNICEF) details the growing levels of poverty facing children in the major capitalist countries. -- Compiled with information taken in the final two years of last decade (2009-2010), the report reveals a staggering level of child poverty in the “developed” world, with the standards of living in the United States, which has the highest gross domestic product, ranking near the bottom on all metrics." - also posted at GlobalRsrch

Leading Index’s Drop Points to Slower U.S. Growth: Economy
A quote...."The index of U.S. leading indicators unexpectedly declined in March, and manufacturing in the Philadelphia region slowed this month, adding to evidence the economy will cool. - The Conference Board’s gauge of the outlook for the next three to six months fell 0.1 percent last month, the first drop since August, the New York-based group said today. The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s factory index eased to 1.3 in April from 2 the prior month, another report showed."

U.S. Fed Balance Sheet Grows Again In Latest Week
Chart - (click to enlarge) -- A quote...."The Fed’s balance sheet liabilities, a broad gauge of its lending to the financial system, stood at $3.210 trillion on April 10, compared with $3.198 trillion on April 3."

[US] 10Y Treasury Yields Slump To 2013 Lows
Charts - (click to enlarge) - Related Article - A quote...."At 1.67%, 10Y Treasury yields are at their lowest since December 12th 2012. The Great Un-Rotation...."

How the Chinese currency is replacing the U.S. Dollar in global oil markets
Related Article - A quote...."With their industrial base all but gone, the housing market bubble popped, and the Federal Reserve funding the majority of the government debt with printed currency, the American economy can ill-afford a new challenge to its currency's reserve status. It is this very reserve status which has led to America being able to consume more than it produces for decades upon decades as foreign countries were willing to trade consumer products for paper IOU's. The Dollar's reserve status came about [un]naturally after WW2 as the U.S. was the world's largest trading nation, exporter, and creditor. Today, China occupies all of these slots."

Physical Bullion Demand on Fire
Gold Alert - Related Article - A quote...."Late last week and into the early part of this week, gold and silver prices experienced some of the largest daily price drops, both on a dollars and cents basis and on a percentage basis, than has been seen in years or decades. --  Normally, prices drop because of an actual or an anticipated glut of supply. But that isn’t what is happening with physical gold and silver right now. There are reports out of Japan of people trying to get rid of their yen (which the government is promising to depreciate rapidly) and into assets like precious metals that will hold their value – and having to wait in line as long as three hours to be able to buy gold and silver."

US Mint Sells Record 63,500 Ounces Of Gold In One Day
Gold Alert - Chart - (click to enlarge) - Related Article - A quote...."According to today's data from the US Mint, a record 63,500 ounces, or a whopping 2 tons, of gold were reported sold on April 17th alone, bringing the total sales for the month to a whopping 147,000 ounces or more than the previous two months combined with just half of the month gone."

10 Signs The Takedown Of Paper Gold Has Unleashed An Unprecedented Global Run On Physical Gold & Silver
Gold Alert - A quote...."....the takedown of paper gold seems to have had just the opposite effect.  People just can’t seem to get enough physical gold and silver right now.  Those that wish that they had gotten into gold when it was less than $1400 an ounce are able to do so now, and it is absolutely insane that silver is sitting at about $23 an ounce. "

Odds of COMEX Default Increasing Exponentially
Related Article - A quote...."A”default” can occur if too many longs stand for delivery.  This very well could happen and the likelihood has risen in just the last 2 trading days as open interest has increased rather than decreased.  If 10% of the longs stood for delivery in Silver, the inventory would be wiped out."
Yes, but who cares about a technical "default"?  If they really get into trouble they'll simply get a direct pipeline to the Fed, (if they don't already have one) or the Fed's Bankster buddies will tap into the over one quadrillion dollar derivatives market they've spun out of thin air to support any paper positions COMEX may have unwisely taken to suppress gold or silver prices. On the other hand if customers start demanding physical delivery, COMEX willl have to do a lot of lying and/or just give the customers  their cash back. -- Still it would be a lot of fun to watch COMEX squirm. - mpg
IMF urges more action from Bank of England on flailing economy as new governor prepares for tenure
IMF - The World's Biggest Anglophile Hypocrites! - A quote...."The Bank of England was yesterday urged to do more to bolster the economic recovery just months before the arrival of new governor Mark Carney. -- The International Monetary Fund said cutting interest rates to 0.5 per cent and pumping £375billion into the economy through quantitative easing was not enough – even with inflation stubbornly above target. It said the Bank should offer guidance over how long rates will stay at rock bottom levels and use money created through QE to buy private sector assets as well as government debt to stimulate demand."
Wait!!  Stop!! - This is the IMF right?  The same institution that never, EVER, saw an austerity program that was tough enough, mean enough, and nasty enough to pass their muster.  This is the same IMF that's ruined the economies of many countries in East Asia, Africa, South and Central America, and the Middle East through the proscription of their "tough medicine", the imposition of vicious, unrelenting, unforgiving  "austerity" programs for the poor, huddled, masses in the world's emerging economies no matter the consequences, no matter how painful they are!! 

But when it comes to England, the country that hosts the most corrupt, pernicious, damaging to the entire planet's economic system, nest of crawling, economy-sucking, Bankster leeches known as "The City"  the IMF recommends the EXACT opposite of what they've been saying to EVERYBODY else for the last thirty years!! 

Gawd dang why does ANYBODY believe what these pieces of crap at the IMF, World Bank, FED and other dens of economic vipers say?!?! - mpg
EUR Tumbles On Weidmann Comment Of Possible Rate Cut
Mind you it's a little late for the EU to BEGIN the currency wars since they've been maintaining the Euro at its preposterously high average of $1.35USD/Euro for the last four years which has resulted in half of the continent's members states going into the economic toilet.  But it will be interesting to see what happens if they do. - mpg

Egan-Jones Downgrades Germany From A+ To A, Outlook Negative
A quote...."Although Germany's credit metrics are respectable, the country has exposure to its banks and the weaker EU members. Deutche Bank has adjusted shareholders' equity to asset near 2% and might need EUR 100B of support. Via the ECB's Target 2, Germany is owed EUR700B of which perhaps 50% is collectible and then there is the banks' southern EMU exposures. Germany's debt to GDP was 80.6% as of 2011. However, increasing Germany's debt by EUR500B raises the adjusted debt to GDP to 100%...." - bold by website editor

Euroscepticism grips Germany
A quote...."The eurozone must be reformed or dissolved – that is the main idea which comes to the fore in statements of numerous experts and in political discussions. Euroscepticism is starting to define the political agenda of Europe."

UK unemployment rises to 2.56 million
A quote...."UK unemployment rose by 70,000 to 2.56 million between December and February, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said."

Portugal launches fresh round of austerity measures
The ever downward EU economic death-spiral continues....voluntarily.  Obviously European leaders are either 1)  Completely INSANE!! -- or....2)  Traitorously willing to destroy Europe on behalf of the US-NRE's Bankster Cartel. - mpg -- A quote...."Portugal has announced a fresh round of spending cuts in order to obtain the approval of international lenders and secure additional funds for the debt-ridden country."

EU, Greek government plan more mass layoffs, privatisations - The economic insanity continues....
Down, down, away they go, down the economic spiral all in a row, when they'll stop....no one can know. - mpg -- A quote...."On Monday the Greek coalition government and the “troika” of the European Union, International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank announced an agreement over the disbursement of a further loan instalment of €2.8 billion. The release of the tranche, from the overall loan package of €240 billion due at the end of last year, was delayed for months when previous talks broke down."

Cyprus Parliament To Vote On Bail-out After All: Fire And Brimstone Threats Begin
Financial Warning - WHAT!! - One guesses it ain't over till it's over, but hasn't the money still remaining in all those accounts already been stolen? - mpg -- A quote...."When the final "bailout" structure of the Cypriot deposit-confiscatory bail-in was revealed in late March, the implied victory for the Troika (which has since notched up its demands for the insolvent country to now sell its 14 tons of gold) was that instead of the deposit haircut passing as a tax, and thus needing a parliament ratification, it would come in the form of a bank resolution, with Laiki bank liquidating and being subsumed by the remaining Bank of Cyprus, and with uninsured depositors in both banks ending up crushed. However, as previously reported, in the interim period deposit outflows have continued and accelerated despite the assorted ineffective "capital controls" which has led to additional underfunding for the local banks, and to a second bailout of Cyprus, this one rising to €23 billion or a 35% increase from the original, as part of which the Troika has demanded that Cyprus sell their gold in the open market. Now, a month later, it appears that the Troika's initial victory may have been a Pyrrhic one, as [of] yesterday the Cypriot attorney general announced, and today the government's spokesman confirmed, that the parliament will have to ratify the €23 billion bailout of the tiny island nation after all, thereby refocusing the popular anger from some ephemeral technocrat in Europe to the country's own elected representatives, thereby changing the calculus of the Cypriot decision by 180 degrees." - bold by website editor

Greek healthcare, civil service workers go on strike in Athens
A quote...."Healthcare workers in Greece have staged a walkout to protest against recent government cutbacks which result from a bailout agreement that Athens has reached with its international creditors."
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More On The International Situation....

Members of ‘Free Syrian Army’ raped, killed girl in Syria, UN official says
Amerika's tax dollars at work - A quote...."A UN official says the terrorist Free Syrian Army members have raped and killed a young woman in Syria, Press TV reports."

Syria: U.S. Deploys Headquarter Elements
A quote...."According to CNN the U.S. is sending headquarter elements of the 1st Armored Division to Jordan. These could become the first elements of a full taskforce. -- For now those are only 200 soldiers. But unlike the Special Forces the U.S. already deployed to Jordon to train Syrian insurgents these are not for immediate operations. A headquarter element of a division is for planing the eventual deployment of bigger parts of that division. The 1st Armored has four fighting plus one aviation brigade. Altogether more than 15,000 soldiers."

Nearly 7 million people need humanitarian aid in Syria, UN says - "Mission Accomplished"
A quote...."The United Nations says nearly seven million people are in need of humanitarian aid in Syria as the ongoing violence continues to take its toll on the Arab state."

Families of Lebanese Abductees in Syria Escalate Actions against Turkey
A quote...."Families of the Lebanese abductees in the Syrian town of Azaz, which borders Turkey, protested on Tuesday near the Turkish embassy in Rabieh. - Protestors raised banners and pictures of their kidnapped relatives, and demanded the Lebanese and Turkish authorities to take right steps and measures to release the nine abductees." -- They should sue Erdogan personally, for his unstinting and illegal support of these terrorists. - mpg

Suicide bomber attacks Baghdad cafe: 27 killed, dozens wounded - officials
The US-NRE's & Saudi Royals' al-CIA'da Strikes Again! -- A quote...."At least 27 people were killed and 51 wounded on Thursday when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a Baghdad cafe popular with teenagers using the Internet, police and hospital officials said."

US-led forces kill tribal elder in eastern Afghanistan
A quote...."US-led forces have killed an influential tribal elder, Haji Merza Jan Mangal, and arrested four members of his family during a night raid in Afghanistan’s eastern Paktia Province Press TV reports."

Taliban suicide bomber kills 15 and leaves 45 injured after blowing up car carrying officials at Pakistan political rally
The US-NRE's & Saudi Royals' al-CIA'da Strikes Again! - (FYI: Some Taliban elements have become infected and even totally infested by foreign Saudi Royal / CIA sponsored Wahhabists and their sick, cult ideology. This is the result - mpg) - A quote...."At least 15 people were killed and about 45 wounded when a suicide bomber attacked an election rally for a party opposed to Pakistan's Taliban movement, police said. -- The blast struck a gathering called by senior politicians of the Awami National Party (ANP) in the northwestern city of Peshawar ahead of the May 11 general elections."

Former military dictator Pervez Musharraf banned from running in Pakistan election
A quote...."Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf was Tuesday disqualified from contesting Pakistani elections next month, crushing his ambition to “save” the troubled country just weeks after his return from exile."

Clapper: Iran Still Not Building a Nuclear Weapon; Purpose of Sanctions is to Foster Unrest
A quote...."Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and director of the Defense Intelligence Agency Army Lieutenant General Michael Flynn testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee today and reiterated the same assessment regarding Iran as was delivered in March 2013." - also posted at AlethoNews

Massive Protests in Argentina Now
A quote...."For the third time in less than a year in many parts of the country swells the popular marches against the government, under the pots and pans of 18A, organized through social networks. since different neighborhoods of the city are mobilizing multiple columns to the Plaza de Mayo."

Talk Nation Radio: Honduras Most Dangerous Country in World Thanks to Us
A quote...."Tom Loudon is the co-director of the Friendship Office of the Americas and former executive secretary of the Commission of Truth in Honduras.  He says that following the 2009 coup Honduras has spiraled into becoming the most dangerous country on earth, with much of the violence funded by the U.S. State Department, and with that Department clearly being less than forthcoming with the U.S. Congress or the public."

US Won’t Accept Venezuela Election Result
A quote...."The Obama Administration has announced that they won’t accept the results of Venezuela’s weekend election, in which President-elect Nicolas Maduro narrowly defeated pro-US candidate Henrique Capriles. - The US State Department says that they want a “full recount” and say it was unacceptable for the National Election Council to certify the result before granting the US the recount it wants." - One commentator stated.....
A quote...."Are you flipping kidding me?!? -- After the debacle of the 2000 election, which was a crooked as a dog's hind leg, in order to throw it to Bush, the US government has the inestimable gall to tell the Venezuelan government that it won't accept their election results?!? - Could the Obama administration possibly make it more painfully clear that, in their eyes, the wrong guy won? Apparently, NOT!!"  --  *Michael Rivero*
National Lawyers Guild Monitors: Venezuelan Elections Were Well-Organized, Fair and Transparent
A quote..."A delegation of National Lawyers Guild (NLG) election monitors visited polling sites in five Venezuelan states on April 14 and found that the Venezuelan presidential election process was fair, transparent, participatory, and well-organized. - With over 78 percent voter turnout, Nicolas Maduro Moros was declared Venezuela’s new president with a 50.66 percent share of the 99.12 percent of votes counted."

Maduro blames US for Venezuela violence
A quote...."BEIJING, April 17 (Xinhuanet) -- Venezuela’s President-elect Nicolas Maduro has accused the US of inciting the violence that occurred in the wake of Sunday’s elections."

US must accept Maduro’s victory in Venezuela: Argentinean president
A quote...."Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has called on the United States to recognize the results of the presidential election in Venezuela and not to encourage conflicts."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Israel Arrests 11 Palestinians across West Bank
A quote...."WEST BANK, April 18, 2013 (WAFA) - Israeli forces Thursday arrested 11 Palestinians from the West Bank cities of Hebron, Jenin and Tobas, according to security and local sources. - They said Israeli forces raided the city of Hebron, south of the West Bank, and arrested 8 Palestinians from different parts of it, including children aged 13, three youths; two aged 18, and one aged 20."

UC Berkeley student senate votes to divest from comp that profit from Israeli Occupation - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."After a ten hour debate that began Wednesday evening and continued through the night, the Student Senate at the University of California – Berkeley voted to divest University funds from three companies that profit from Israel’s military occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip."

Activists remove section of Israeli Wall in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners
A quote...."This Palestinian Prisoners Day, April 17th 2013, Palestinian and international activists cut down a fenced section of the Israeli apartheid wall in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli occupation jails. A section of around ten metres was torn down near Ofer prison, where Palestinian prisoners can be tried in military court or held by Israeli forces."

Israeli forces demolish store belonging to Bedouin orphans
A quote...."BEERSHEBA, Israel (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces on Thursday demolished a store belonging to orphans in Wadi al-Niam, a Bedouin village in the Negev. - "The demolition is immoral and unjustifiable. How can a state which claims to be an oasis of democracy and equality explain demolition of orphans' homes and means of living?" said Labbad Abu Affash, head of the village committee."

Israel bars Gaza runners from Bethlehem marathon
A quote...."JERUSALEM (AFP) -- Israel has refused to grant permission to 26 runners from the Gaza Strip to travel to the West Bank to run in the first Bethlehem marathon on April 21, officials said on Thursday."

Urgent concerns over death threats issued to UN Human Rights defender, Issa Amro
A quote...."There are growing concerns for the safety of non-violent Palestinian activist and organiser Issa Amro, following a recent letter to Israeli security forces from Israeli settlers of Hebron, accusing Amro of terrorism and incitement, and warning that a failure of the Israeli authorities to remove him “could be costly”, and threatening “bloodshed”. This is the latest in a long line of threats and attacks against UN human rights award winner Amro."

Salfit continues to suffer from illegal settlement [Jewish squatter camp] sewage
A quote...."The agricultural district of Salfit, about 25 miles north of Jerusalem, is facing health and environmental problems throughout its villages because of a constant stream of sewage from nearby illegal Israeli settlements [squatter camps], most notably Barkan and Ariel settlements [squatter camps] which also hold illegal factory developments. See the below video with photos and video taken on a recent visit to Salfit by solidarity activists.
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Amerika's FrankenFood Disaster, Vaccine Cover-Up & The Monsanto Monster....

Obama Approves EPA's Higher Radiation Exposure Levels for U.S. Population
A quote...."According to a statement by PEER (Public Employees For Environmental Responsibility) published on the organization’s website on April 8, 2013, Barack Obama has given final approval for the EPA’s attempt to raise radiation levels in soil and water following “radiological incidents.” - According to PEER, the new guidelines, if enacted, would “allow cleanup many times"

Wednesday April 17th 2013

No posts. - mpg

Tuesday April 16th 2013

The Islamic Emirate of Syriastan - posted at ICH
Must Read - A quote...."April 15, 2013 "Information Clearing House" -"Asia Times" -  PARIS - And now some breaking news coming from the Islamic Emirate of Syriastan. This program is brought to you by the NATOGCC corporation. Please also tune in for a word from our individual sponsors, the United States government, Britain, France, Turkey, the House of Saud and the Emir of Qatar."

The “Liberal Left” Promotes the CIA’s Covert War on Syria
Must Read - A quote...."The  “liberal left” has reacted to the publication of detailed reports on the CIA’s role in backing Islamist forces in the US proxy war in Syria by intensifying their support for the war. Forces like the International Socialist Organization (ISO) in the United States and the New Anti-capitalist Party (NPA) in France are functioning as conscious propagandists for a neo-colonial CIA operation." - also posted at WarInIraq
France’s Media Admits that the Syrian “Opposition” is Al Qaida - posted at ICH
Well....at least France admits they're Wahhabist terrorists, the US-NRE government will just keep on pretending they aren't, forever. - mpg -- A quote..." April 15, 2013 "Information Clearing House" -"GR" -  In a report published on the 11th of April French daily Le Monde admits that rebels fighting the government of the Syrian Arab Republic are dominated by Japhat Al Nosra, a terrorist group linked to Al Qaida. The admission comes after two years of non-stop disinformation trumpeted from all French mainstream media outlets from the official right to the official left, disinformation that has attempted to convince the French public that democratic revolutionaries are fighting a war for human rights and freedom against a brutal, tyrannical dictator, who is ‘’ killing his own people’’." - Source:  GlobalRsrch

The Enemy-Industrial Complex - How to Turn a World Lacking in Enemies into the Most Threatening Place in the Universe -- A quote...."The communist enemy, with the “world’s fourth largest military,” has been trundling missiles around and threatening the United States with nuclear obliteration.  Guam, Hawaii, Washington: all, it claims, are targetable.  The coverage in the media has been hair-raising.  The U.S. is rushing an untested missile defense system to Guam, deploying missile-interceptor ships off the South Korean coast, sending “nuclear capable” B-2 Stealth bombers thousands of miles on mock bombing runs, pressuring China, and conducting large-scale war games with its South Korean ally." - also posted at ICH

100 Critical Points About 9/11
A quote...."It’s time for ‘debunkers’ to showcase their years of hard work. I’m looking for a concise and agreed-upon explanation for each of the following items so that we might forever put to rest these ‘nonsense conspiracy theories’ about 9/11." - Topix ||  Reficultnias's 9/11 Central  ||

The FBI Allowed the 1993 WTC Bombing to Happen
From The History File - Database - A quote...."Tapes depict proposal to thwart bomb used in trade center blast - [which was thwarted by the FBI]" - Law-enforcement officials were told that terrorists were building a bomb that was eventually used to blow up the World Trade Center, and they planned to thwart the plotters by secretly substituting harmless powder for the explosives, an informer said after the blast. - The informer was to have helped the plotters build the bomb and supply the fake powder, but the plan was called off by an F.B.I. supervisor who had other ideas about how the informer, Emad Salem, should be used, the informer said."

Afghans’ Production of Opium Is Up Again - "Mission Accomplished!!"
A quote...."KABUL, Afghanistan — For the third year in a row, opium cultivation has increased across Afghanistan, erasing earlier drops stemming from a decade-long international and Afghan government effort to combat the drug trade, according to a United Nations report released on Monday." - Topix ||  US Support - Drug Trade  ||

O Fallujah: ode to a heroic city and a symbol of wanton US destruction
A quote...."Fallujah is known as the “city of mosques” because more than 200 mosques can be found in the city and its surrounding villages. -- Located on the banks of the Euphrates, about 70 kilometres (43 miles) west of Baghdad in the province of Al Anbar, it has 300,000 inhabitants. -- In 1941 the people of Fallujah fought against British colonialism, and in 2004 they resisted the Anglo-American occupation. -- The 2004 siege of Fallujah was sparked by a group of men and children demonstrating in front of a primary school demanding that the occupation troops vacate it. What followed was one of the most extensive human rights violations of recent times."

New report documents US war crimes over three administrations
A quote...."On Tuesday, the Constitution Project, a Washington, DC think tank, released a 600-page report by its “Task Force on Detainee Treatment” documenting decades of war crimes committed by US imperialism and its military and intelligence agencies."

Russia Bars Bush-Era Torture Lawyers
A quote...."The predictable responsefrom the U.S. news media to the Russian retaliation was to liken it to the Cold War days when the United States would catch a Soviet spy and Moscow would retaliate by grabbing an American and arranging a swap. -- But several of the Americans targeted by Moscow this time were clearly guilty of human rights crimes. John Yoo and David Addington were former legal advisers to President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, respectively. The two lawyers were famous for inventing new excuses for torture. Two other Americans on Moscow’s list – Major General Geoffrey D. Miller and Rear Admiral Jeffrey Harbeson – commanded the extralegal detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba."
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More On The North Korean Situation.....

US stages simulation of nuclear attack on North Korea
A quote...."Even as US policy makers in as much as they use that term to describe North Korea alone, it’s very difficult to describe, as you mentioned in your story, the US flying B-2 stealth bombers and dropping dummy munitions over the Korean peninsula in a simulated first nuclear strike against North Korea is anything, but very volatile and very provocative in its own right." - Source:  PressTV

New York Times v. North Korea
Quote of the Day..."The Times is America’s unofficial ministry of information and propaganda. Daily managed news misinformation is featured. - Articles, commentaries and editorials are brazenly one-sided. Readers are systematically lied to. Fiction substitutes for facts. Information is carefully filtered. Dissent is marginalized."
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

Banging the Drums of War: Christians [Zio-Worshiping Cultists] United for Israel
A quote...."Like everyone else, my email inbox is constantly plagued by waves of junk mail. Lately I seem to have a new addition — I’ve somehow ended up on the mailing list of Christians [zio-worshiping cultists] United for Israel, the most militant of Christian Zionist [worshiping] groups. CUFI’s regular newsletters are the latest debris to be washed up in my inbox. The few I’ve read are full of deliberate doublethink and startling mistruths, all the more worrying for their posing as Biblical facts."

Israeli jailers refuse to release Gazan prisoner after finishing his term
How utterly Kafkaesque (or Gitmoesque?) of them! - Isn't it just wonderful to see how the increasingly repressive policies of Israel seems to reflect, or even proceed, those imposed here in their North Amerikan Colony? - mpg -- A quote...."GAZA — The Israeli prison authority refused to release a Palestinian prisoner from Gaza after he completed his prison term. - Director of Muhjat Al-Quds foundation Yaser Saleh told Quds Press that prisoner Iyad Abu Khudair completed his eight-year jail sentence, but the Israeli prison authority refused to release him. - Saleh said that prisoner Abu Khudair is a Palestinian citizen and had lived in Jordan before he returned to Gaza in 1999 when the Israeli occupation authority declined his request for reunification with his family."

Israel arrests 14-year-old US citizen
A quote...."Mohammad Khaleq is one of more than 8,000 Palestinian children held by Israel since the year 2000."

Hunger Striking for Liberation, Justice and Dignity
A quote...." Samer Issawi's a Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine activist. In April 2004, he was wrongfully arrested. He committed no crime. - He was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment. In October 2011, he was released. He and over 1,000 other Palestinian political prisoners were freed. Israel did so in exchange for Gilad Shalit. - Harassment followed. Israel gave him no peace. He was arbitrarily detained numerous times. His sister Shireen said it was three or more times monthly. Each time he was harshly interrogated. He knew perhaps what was coming. - Months later he was rearrested. Israeli deals aren't worth the paper they're written on. Terms are violated with impunity. Samer's hunger striking in protest. He hasn't eaten for over 250 days." - bold by website editor
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More on the Domestic Situation....

Obama, Guantánamo, and the enduring national shame
A quote...."The instant Guantánamo is mentioned, the people in the faction who spent years denouncing it as a Great Evil now instead rush to exonerate President Obama for any responsibility or blame. They insist that the fault rests with Congress for preventing Obama from fulfilling his pledge to close the camp."

Guantanamo Bay - President Obama's shame: The forgotten prisoners of America's own Gulag
A quote...."For long periods we forget it, even though it is a human rights disgrace surely unequalled in recent American history. But now, 11 years after it opened, the prison for suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay is demanding our attention once again, thanks to the largest hunger strike by detainees in its infamous history. Al-Qa'ida has been decimated; America's war in Iraq is over and the one in Afghanistan soon will be. But the scandal of Guantanamo endures."

Striking Gitmo prisoners feel ‘they have nothing to lose’
A quote...."A federal judge in the United States has heard that guards in Guantanamo Bay have been forcing inmates to drink dirty water and force feeding them through a tube. Lawyers say 120 inmates are on hunger strike and some have lost dramatic amounts of weight.  Violent clashes between guards and inmates are reported to have taken place at the weekend."

34 Civil Liberties Organizations Oppose CISPA After Amendments
Action Alert -- A quote...."Today, thirty-four civil liberties organizations sent a joint letter to Congressional Representatives urging them to continue to oppose the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA). CISPA is a misguided "cybersecurity" bill that would provide a gaping new exception to privacy law. The House of Representatives is likely to vote on it on Wednesday or Thursday of this week. This means that there's little time remaining to speak out against this bill." - also posted at BLN -- Take Action HERE

Update: Lori Handrahan Fired by American University
A quote...."Professor Lori Handrahan, author of the previous article:  Child porn “epidemic” among Pentagon officials and US government employees....has just been sacked from her job at American University. An all-out attempt has been made to discredit Professor Handrahan and make out that she’s crazy."

Nationwide Terror Attacks? Boston, California, D.C.?
A quote...."This feels a lot like 2001, when the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon were followed by the anthrax attacks … creating an atmosphere of widespread fear. - These could be unconnected incidents.  Or someone might be trying to orchestrate a nationwide terror campaign to cause panic among the American people once again."
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens....

The Risk-On Recovery Rolls Over
Special Note - A quote..."Did anyone seriously believe the global economy was expanding so robustly that corporate profits would loft ever higher? Based on what data?"

US Households On Foodstamps Hit Record High [Again]
Chart - (click to enlarge) -- A quote...."What's not to like. While today's selloff may be confusing to everyone, one can scratch off some 23,087,886 US households, or the number that according to the USDA were on foodstamps in January."

Collapsing CapEx: Intel Edition
Charts - (click to enlarge) -- A quote...."By now regular readers should be aware that one of our favorite metrics on the state of not only the economy, but corporate viability in the New Normal centrally planned age, are not fudged, manipulated earnings which always find a way to "beat" downward revised expectations, not even free cash flow (which in far too many cases has ceased to exist), but capital expenditures for two reasons: i) it's a number [that] can not be fudged, adjusted, recasted or in any other way modified, and ii) it represents the managements' own view of what the growth prospects of the company are....."

Criminal Cartel Attacks
A quote...."We will have no shelter from their crimes until they have taken our pensions, our Social Security, our 401k’s, and our savings accounts”

Another Bumper Year For Hedge Fund Billionaires
A quote...."Amid mass unemployment, swelling poverty rates and falling wages, Wall Street hedge fund operators once again raked in astronomical pay packages last year. Four hedge fund managers each made over $1 billion in 2012. All told, the top 25 took in $14 billion, roughly equivalent to the gross domestic product of Jamaica, a country of three million people." - bold by website editor - Topix ||  Having Fun With Your Tax Dollars  ||

Cash bonanza anticipated for [Britain's] Goldman's workers as firm sets aside £2.75bn pay and bonus pot
A quote...."Bankers at Goldman Sachs - including its 6,000 London staff - are in line for another bumper year as results this week are forecast to show average pay packets of £85,000 for the first quarter alone. -- The figures from the high-paying investment bank are expected to show that it has set aside about $4.2billion (£2.75billion) to cover salaries, bonuses and other benefits for staff for the period." - bold by website editor - Topix ||  Having Fun With Your Tax Dollars  ||

Origin of the Banksta Species
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Foreign Demand for U.S. Financial Assets Plunged in February
A quote...."International demand for U.S. stocks, bonds and other financial assets plunged in February as investors in Japan, the U.K. and Switzerland reduced their holdings of Treasuries. -- Net selling of long-term equities, notes and bonds totaled $17.8 billion during the month, down from net purchases of $25.7 billion in January, the Treasury Department said today in Washington. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg projected net buying of $40 billion of long-term assets, according to the median estimate."

Update to the Update: The Attack on Gold — Paul Craig Roberts
Second Update -- A quote...."Tuesday, April 16. The orchestrated attack on bullion in the paper gold market took the spot prices of gold and silver down on Friday and Monday, but actual physical purchases rose during this period. The sales were of paper claims, not of real metal. - The demand for physical possession of bullion rose so strongly that large wholesalers such as www.tulving.com and large retailers such as Gainesville Coins reported sold out items. Also, dealers raised the premiums above the spot price that is charged for coins."

Gold Crashes Most in 30 Years … What Does It Really Mean?
A quote...."While most financial advisers are screaming “sell!”, there are some well-known contrarians. -- For example, Bill Gross still recommends buying gold. -- Marc Faber says....“I love the fact that gold is finally breaking down because that will offer an excellent buying opportunity” …. “The bull market in gold is not completed.” -- John Hathaway of Tocqueville Funds (with $10 billion under management) says that the selloff in gold is “a contrarian’s dream scenario”....The evidence shows strong macro fundamentals for gold, investor sentiment at a negative extreme and compelling valuations in the mining shares. It seems like a contrarian’s dream scenario to us. -- And Zero Hedge notes that – from the perspective of technical analysis – gold is the most oversold it has been in 14 years."

Gold Crash: What It's Not Telling Us
Multiple Charts -- The recent plunge in gold prices below $1500 an ounce has suddenly awoken, well, just about everyone.  The "gold bugs" are yelling that it is a conspiracy theory by the Fed while the stock market bulls say it is a sign that the Fed has achieved its goal of creating economic growth.  Unfortunately, both arguments, while great for headlines, are wrong."

What Happened The Last Time We Saw Gold Drop Like This?
Mrkt Tech Note - Charts - (click till they're enlarged) - A quote...."The rapidity of gold's drop is impressive, concerning, and disorderly. We have seen two other such instances of disorderly 'hurried' selling in the last five years." - Source:  ZeroHedge

Golden Warning ~ What Crashing Gold Meant in Recent Past #n3
CMcGVideo - (CMcGYuTb - 2min37sec - Apr 15, 2013) - Source:  crabbydogtrix - Related:  Wide Awake News

Gold & Bitcoin Crash: What’s Really Going On
SCGVideo - Alt - (SCGYuTb - 5min36sec - Apr 15, 2013) - Source:  StormCloudsGathering -- A quote...."Today gold experienced it's largest two day drop in 30 years crashing through its support at $1400 dollars an ounce, silver also dropped sharply, losing 6% in a single day and Bitcoin fell through the floor shedding 70% last Thursday, all the while the stock market is showing signs that it too is in a bubble and is is likely to face a serious correction in the coming months. What's really going on here?" - For more articles on this issue see below....
Economists predict 8 percent growth in key Chinese economic report
A quote...."China’s economic growth likely picked up slightly in the first quarter of this year, according to an AFP poll of analysts, but they say the rebound is fragile and key data unreliable." - One commentator stated....
"Look at how the writer of this article is slamming China's projected economic growth rate, using language like "... the rebound is fragile and key data unreliable." UNFLIPPING BELIEVABLE!" -- *Michael Rivero*
Europe’s Fascist Drift Will Only Benefit Bankers and the Elites
Special Note - A quote...."Europe’s anti-austerity popular revolt is not benefitting the political parties of the authentic left that should be reaping electoral support from disaffected workers, pensioners, and students. Instead, the parties of the far-right, which are in lockstep with the corporate-fascist goals of multinational banks and corporations, are gaining in strength. The parties of the far right stand to upend Europe’s bourgeois supranational infrastructures in favor of a group of nationalist governments that will continue to take their orders from the international mega-corporations and banks that have always been more favorably disposed toward fascist regimes than democratic conservative or even bourgeois socialist governments."
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More On The International Situation....

Pipelineistan Geopolitics at Work: Iran, Pakistan, Syria, Qatar.
Must Read - Oil Gas Geo-Political Analysis -- A quote...."Construction is nearing completion on a natural gas pipeline linking Iran and Pakistan, a project that portends a huge geopolitical shift. As regional powers strengthen ties in this key energy market, they’re looking to China, and away from the West. - Since the early 2000s, analysts and diplomats across Asia have been dreaming of a future Asian Energy Security Grid." - also posted at GlobalRsrch

Wave of bombings kill 20, wound 195 in Iraq
al-CIA'da & Saudi Royals Strike Again - A quote...."BAGHDAD, April 15 (Xinhua) -- A spate of bomb attacks, including 23 car bombings, struck Iraqi cities, killing at least 20 people and wounding 195 in the latest escalation of violence, just five days ahead of the country's provincial polls. - The deadliest attacks occurred in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad when seven car bombs separately ripped through the city during the morning rush hour, killing 10 people and wounding some 52 others, an Interior Ministry told Xinhua on condition of anonymity." - also posted at BLN
 Black Monday in Iraq: '55 killed while almost 300 are injured' in deadly wave of bombings
UPDATE:  al-CIA'da & Saudi Royals Strike Again - A quote...."Published: Tue, April 16, 2013 -- The shocking surge in violence comes just days ahead of Iraq hosting elections for the first time since US troops withdrew – testing security forces' ability to prevent bloodshed. - The violence, which mostly struck during yesterday morning's rush hour amid tightened security ahead of the polls, has raised further questions about the credibility of the April 20 vote, seen as a key test of Iraq's stability and its security forces' capabilities."

Iraqi forces arrest 18 al-Qaeda suspects at Syria border
A quote...."Anbar border guard forces and the Iraqi army on Wednesday (April 10th) arrested 18 al-Qaeda suspects with support from combat helicopters. - The men were al-Qaeda leaders and emirs planning to cross into Syrian territory, security officials said. - The arrests came amid increased security measures on the border with Syria to cut off all forms of contact between al-Qaeda affiliates, the "Islamic State of Iraq" and Jabhat al-Nusra (JAN) in Syria. - They also came one day after Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, head of al-Qaeda in Iraq, announced the two groups will be merged into a new organisation to be known as the "Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant"."

Australians answer the Syria jihad call
A quote...."THE number of Australians believed to be fighting in Syria has doubled in less than six months to about 200, and ASIO is concerned that at least 100 are fighting for radical al-Qa'ida offshoot, the al-Nusra Front."

Report: Syria's Nusra Front Supplies Iraqi Al-Qaeda with Chemical Weapons
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Syria's al-Nusra Front has supplied the al-Qaeda terrorists in Iraq with chemical weapons, media reports said."

US sending weapons to Syria
A quote...."Contrary to statements by United States officials who claim they do not deliver weapons to militants in Syria, but deliver only assistance in the form of “non-lethal” means, there is growing evidence of the US complicity in transfer of weapons to terrorists operating in Syria."

Assad's forces break rebel blockade in north Syria
A quote...."BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian government troops have broken through a six-month rebel blockade in northern Syria and are now fighting to recapture a vital highway, opposition and state media said on Monday."

Syria: Two Moral Boosts For the Government Forces
A quote...."The foreign supported insurgents have stretched their forces. They have tried to occupy too many areas and places. They also had heavy losses. That leaves them vulnerable to concentrated actions by Syrian government troops."

Formerly Banned Iranian Group [MKO] Opens Office Near White House
A quote...."WASHINGTON -- Until not long ago the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) was on the list of the U.S. State Department's terrorist organizations. On April 11, that seemed like a distant memory as the group celebrated the opening of its Washington office just a block away from the White House, with tea and Iranian snacks."  --  Yes, who would have thunk it, the US-NRE supporting another terrorist group....again. What does that make it?  The two hundredth terrorist group, the three hundredth, hitting the big one thousand?  - mpg

Kuwait opposition leader sentenced to 5 years
A quote...."KUWAIT CITY (AP) — A leader of Kuwait's opposition has been sentenced to five years in prison on charges of insulting the emir during a political rally last year, opposition groups said on Monday. -- The sentence against former parliament member Mussallam al-Barrack could rekindle street protests that flared during disputes over parliamentary elections in December. Al-Barrack led a boycott movement to protest changes in voting rules ordered by the emir." - bold by website editor - The Kuwaiti "Royal" (what a laugh) Family are the bosom buddies of the parasites in this country and also a supposed "ally" of our nation.  Must be more of that "Free-2-b-dumb & Da'mockery" our parasites keep spreading around the Middle East. - mpg

Russian builder says no damage to Iran nuclear plant from quake
A quote...."MOSCOW, April 16 (Reuters) - Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant was not damaged by the major earthquake that struck on Tuesday, an official at the Russian company that built the plant said."

China discloses its military structure for first time
A quote...."The white paper released yesterday by China’s Ministry of National Defense sheds light on the country’s military structure, the first time such information has been published, mass media are reporting."

China warships sail into disputed Senkaku waters
A quote...." Chinese naval ships have sailed into waters off disputed Senkaky/DIaoyu islands, Xinhua reported early Wednesday. - According to the Chinese news agency, a group of missile destroyer Lanzhou and missile frigate Hengshui from China’s southern Nanhai fleet entered the East China Sea area via the Miyako Strait on Tuesday night."

Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro wins presidential election
A quote...."Venezuela’s electoral authority has declared Nicolas Maduro the winner of the presidential election with 50.66 percent of the votes against 49.06 percent for his rival Henrique Capriles, who has refused to concede defeat."

Venezuela: Post-Election Sour Grapes
A quote...." Throughout his tenure, America's scoundrel media vilified Chavez relentlessly. They did so straightaway. - After his December 1998 election, New York Times Latin American correspondent Larry Roher, called him a "populist demagogue, an authoritarian….caudillo (strongman)." He lied saying so. - In death as in life, denunciation continued. Chavez was hemispheric villain number one. Independent leaders aren't tolerated. The threat of a good example concerns Washington and media scoundrels most. They go all-out against it. - Candidate Nicolas Maduro was treated the same way. Following his electoral victory, expect unjustifiable condemnation to follow. It's standard scoundrel media practice."

Protests, Disturbances, and Violence Continue in Venezuela, General Strike a “Failure”
A quote...."Merida, April 16th 2013 (Venezuelanalysis.com) –  This afternoon president Maduro said the opposition’s call for a general strike today had “failed”. He also blamed the losing candidate in Sunday’s elections, Henrique Capriles, for the seven deaths last night."

Venezuela: This Looks Like Another Coup Attempt
Coup Attempt Alert - A quote...."Doubting election results without evidence of fraud, demanding recounts, riots in the street are all signs of a typical "color revolution" like attempt to overthrow a legal government. As the U.S. has in the past actively supported a coup against Chavez and, even after that failed, worked hard to create an anti-Chavismo "civil society" with the aim to overthrow Chavez, we can assume that similar schemes are behind the current disturbances."

Bolivia’s president says US planning coup in Venezuela
Coup Attempt Alert - A quote...."Bolivia’s President Evo Morales says the United States is planning to stage a coup in Venezuela, condemning Washington’s questioning of the Venezuelan presidential election results as interference."

Congo army battalion accused of mass rape U.S. trained: U.N. envoy
A quote...."(Reuters) - An army battalion in the Democratic Republic of Congo, some of whose members have been accused of mass rape, was trained by the United States, a senior U.N. envoy said on Tuesday."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Israeli navy boats fire at Palestinian fishermen
A quote...."GAZA, (PIC)-- Israeli navy gunboats fired at Palestinian fishermen while working at sea before dawn Monday and forced them to retreat nearer to the shore. - Sources in the Gaza marine police told the PIC reporter that the Israeli gunboats opened machinegun fire intermittently all throughout the dawn hours."

Witnesses: Israeli forces fire at farmers in central Gaza
A quote...."GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces opened fire at farmers in the central Gaza Strip on Monday, locals said."

Israeli forces shoot and injure Palestinian man in central Gaza Strip
A quote...."Palestinian medical sources said the 32-year-old victim was hit in the chest in the al-Bureij refugee camp late on Tuesday. - Medics added that the wounded Palestinian was in moderate condition in hospital. - On April 11, a physically disabled Palestinian man was arrested by Israeli troops after being shot and wounded in the southern West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron). - Motazz Obeidu, 32, was seriously injured after Israeli forces attacked his shop, according to a prisoners' rights group and local residents."

Jewish Settlers [Vandals & Thieves] Uproot, Steal Olive Trees near Hebron
A quote...."HEBRON, April 16, 2013 (WAFA) – Jewish settlers [vandals & thieves] Tuesday uprooted and stole Olive trees that belong to a Palestinian farmer in Hebron, said the owner of the trees. - He said that settlers  [thieves] from the settlement [squatter camp] of Asfr uprooted around 20 Olive trees from his land in the town of Seir northwest of Hebron."

Study Says Israel’s water policy in West Bank is apartheid
A quote...."RAMALLAH, April 16, 2013 (WAFA) - Israel’s policies and practices in relation to water in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) amount to a system of “water-apartheid,” said a new study by the human rights group, al-Haq, published Tuesday."

IOF soldiers attack Palestinian citizens in Ramallah and Jerusalem villages
A quote...."RAMALAH, (PIC)-- Confrontation were reported in two villages in Ramallah and Jerusalem on Tuesday after Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired teargas canisters and stun grenades at civilians."
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Amerika's FrankenFood Disaster, Vaccine Cover-Up & The Monsanto Monster....

[Another] Study reveals GMO corn to be highly toxic
A quote...."A leaked study examining genetically-modified corn reveals that the lab-made alternative to organic crops contains a startling level of toxic chemicals. -- An anti-GMO website has posted the results of an education-based consulting company’s comparison of corn types, and the results reveal that genetically modified foods may be more hazardous than once thought." - Source:  RTNews

FDA Let Drugs Approved on Fraudulent Research Stay on the Market
A quote..."On the morning of May 3, 2010, three agents of the Food and Drug Administration descended upon the Houston office of Cetero Research, a firm that conducted research for drug companies worldwide."

Obama Approves Raising Permissible Levels of Nuclear Radiation in Drinking Water. Civilian Cancer Deaths Expected to Skyrocket -- A quote..."The White House has given final approval for dramatically raising permissible radioactive levels in drinking water and soil following “radiological incidents,” such as nuclear power-plant accidents and dirty bombs. The final version, slated for Federal Register publication as soon as today, is a win for the nuclear industry which seeks what its proponents call a “new normal” for radiation exposure among the U.S population, according Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)." - Source:  GlobalRsrch

Monday April 15 2013

No posts. - mpg

Sunday April 14th 2013

Syria’s Civilian Suffering – Western Imperialism Resorts to Medieval Barbarity
Must Read - A quote...." The human suffering in Syria, which has escalated from crisis to disaster over the past two years, is the nefarious work of Western governments and their regional allies. It is a simple, provable, glaringly obvious truth. Yet, the thought-control Western mainstream media manage to somehow turn reality on its head, and make a virtue out of something vile and unspeakably villainous. -- Western imperialism has created a human tsunami of suffering in Syria. And rather than making any effort to mitigate this suffering by delivering on much promised refugee aid, the Western powers seem to exploiting the massive misery for political advantage to further undermine the Syrian state and government. This tactic of enforced human deprivation is straight out of the Middle Ages, when invading armies would hold siege of cities by enforcing starvation on the occupants."

Syrian Human Rights Front is EU-Funded Fraud
EU Propaganda Busted!! -- A quote...."NYT admits fraudulent Syrian human rights group is UK-based "one-man band" funded by EU and one other "European country." - also posted at ICH - No doubt the NYT knew all the time. - mpg

US conducts false flag operation in Syria: Randy Short
Contains Video - A quote...."A political analyst tells Press TV that the Free Syrian Army is a subsidiary of the CIA and they want to destroy Syria and it is obvious they do not care for the Syrians."

Syria's War to Get Dirtier Than Ever
A quote...."April 14, 2013 "Information Clearing House" -"Sunday Herald" -  From small clandestine offices in countries as far flung as Qatar, Jordan, Turkey and Croatia, US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officers have acted as brokers and overseers of a massive arms shipment programme to Syria's opposition rebels. - With the operation shrouded in secrecy, the CIA declines to comment publicly on the arms supply. US officials instead talk of its existence in a kind of coded doublespeak referring to "a maturing of the opposition's logistical pipeline." - But exist it definitely does, and according to arms-trafficking investigators who are monitoring data on the weapons' supplies, the scale of the shipments is huge." - bold by website editor - Source:  SundayHerald

Is This Barack Obama's 2nd Term? Is it Bill Clinton's 3rd? Or Is It Ronald Reagan's 9th?
A quote...."They say that elections do matter, and that there are real differences between Republican and Democratic presidents. But backing up the view to 30 years, that difference looks a lot more like continuity, both at home and in America's global empire." -- The more the faces change, the more things....get worse, a lot worse. - mpg

Reality of A Blood Lust Government
CMcGVideo - (WARNING - Graphic Images) - (CMcGYuTb - 4min24sec - Apr 11, 2013) - Source:  crabbydogtrix - Website:  WideAwakeNews

Two Obamas, Two Classes of Children
Related Article - Terrorism by any other name would be as vicious, vile and cruel as is Obama's. - mpg -- A quote...."An Associated Press photograph brought the horror of little children lying dead outside of their home to an American Audience. At least 10 Afghan children and some of their mothers were struck down by an airstrike on their extended family household by order of President Barack Obama. He probably decided on what his aides describe as the routine weekly “Terror Tuesday” at the White House. On that day, Mr. Obama typically receives the advice about which “militants” should live or die thousands of miles away from drones or aircraft. Even if households far from war zones are often destroyed in clear violation of the laws of war, the president is not deterred."

“Al-CIA-duh” in Clash of Civilizations
A quote...."The al-Nusra front in Syria has officially announced that it is part of al-Qaeda. Even before the announcement, everyone knew it was al-Qaeda. So why is it being armed to the teeth with US-supplied weapons, and given training and strategic and diplomatic support by the US government? -- The US, after all, is officially at war with al-Qaeda, which the American government blames for the still-unsolved crimes of September 11th, 2001."

US looted thousands of Iraq’s cultural treasures: Iraqi archaeologist
A quote...."An Iraqi archaeologist and architect says the United States has stolen thousands of ‘Iraq’s cultural treasures’ during the war in the Arab nation." - Source: PressTV
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The Brit's Iron Witch is Dead....

Anti-Thatcher song 2nd in weekly hits
A quote...."The song “Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead”, which was propelled into the best-selling songs of the week after former British PM Margaret Thatcher’s death on Monday, finally settled for the second slot in the weekly best-seller singles’ chart."

Trafalgar Square Mourns Maggie Thatcher April 13 2013 - Not really!
M108Video - (M108YuTb - 13min32sec - Apr 13, 2013) - Source:  108morris108 -- A quote...."The people balance the official Eulogy ...The police walked through the crowd at one point, rather provocatively. And within the crowd there are obviously plain clothes police and agents provocateurs."

New World Order Political Puppets: How Thatcherism Paved the Way for Tony Blair and “New Labour”
A quote...."Most people are already aware that there were many similarities between Tony Blair and Margaret Thatcher. Both were conviction politicians, both had political love-ins with US presidents and both liked to talk tough. Affable Tony could always ham it up with a good dose of media-friendly mock sincerity and tough talking. Thatcher and her PR people cynically forged the template for that. And both had a tendency to ignore that damned nuisance called public opinion and to land the country into a gruesome mess not of its own choosing."

OMFG!!! Margaret Thatcher Library?? --  The infamous "Artist Taxi Driver"
ATDVideo - (Ummmm, if you don't know already, it's ADULT LANGUAGE - every - other - word. - mpg) - (ATDYuTb - 9min18sec - Apr 14, 2013)
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More On The North Korean Situation.....

The Real Reasons for the Crisis on the Korean Peninsula
A quote...."April 14, 2013 "Information Clearing House" -"SCF" -    Tensions are rising on the Korean Peninsula. Pyongyang has decided to close the industrial complex in Kaesong, which is a joint enterprise zone with South Korea, and has suggested that foreign embassies evacuate the Democratic People's Republic of Korea for reasons of safety. Most significant in this series of steps has been the decision of the Plenum of the Central Committee of the Korean Workers' Party, held in March 2013, regarding legal confirmation of North Korea's nuclear status and the decision of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea «On further strengthening the status of a country in possession of nuclear weapons for the purposes of self-defence." - Source:  SCF

Key to Peace in Korea - Remove US Presence
A quote...."April 14, 2013 (AltThaiNews-Tony Cartalucci) - On March 26, 2010, the ROKS Cheonan is hit by what appears to be a German-made torpedo, sinks while claiming the lives of 46 South Korean sailors. The world, America at the lead, was quick to point its finger at North Korea before South Korea itself ruled them out as a suspect. North Korea adamantly insisted it was not behind the attack, and despite their paranoid and isolated posture, little beyond insanity could serve as a motive."
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

Controlled Opposition – From Goldstein to Soros and Beyond
Must Read - (Outstanding Analysis!!) -- A quote...."Jewish power is the unique capacity to stop us from discussing or even contemplating Jewish power. It is the capacity to determine the boundaries of the political discourse and criticism in particular. -- In his new book, “The Invention Of The Land of Israel”, Israeli academic Shlomo Sand, manages to present conclusive evidence of the far fetched nature of the Zionist historical narrative - that the Jewish Exile is a myth as is the Jewish people and even the Land of Israel. -- Yet, Sand and many others fail to address the most important question: If Zionism is based on myth, how do the Zionists manage to get a way with their lies, and for so long?"

Six Jewish Companies Control 96% of the World’s Media
Related Article - FYI:  "Control" of the media has to be determined not only by who the major officers are of the world's corporate infotainment conglomerates, but what is the ownership structure of these conglomerates and who are the actual owners.  This sort of data is very hard to obtain, for obvious reasons. - mpg -- A quote...."You know very well, and the stupid Americans know equally well, that we control their government, irrespective of who sits in the White House. You see, I know it and you know it that no American president can be in a position to challenge us even if we do the unthinkable. What can they (Americans) do to us? We control congress, we control the media, we control show biz, and we control everything in America. In America you can criticize God, but you can’t criticize Israel…”  --  *Tzipora Menache*, Israeli spokeswoman

The Incredible Tale of Gwenyth Todd and the Naïve Neocons
PRSTVideo - (PRSTVYuTb - 26min14sec - Feb 4, 2013) - Source:  PressTVGlobalNews -- A quote...."Given the proliferation of crimes, both foreign and domestic, known to have been committed by the U.S. government in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, there is an understandable willingness among large swathes of the public to believe almost anything told them by someone claiming to be blowing the whistle on an increasingly rogue “world’s policeman.” And, as a rule, the more persecution the whistleblower appears to suffer for exposing the global cop’s transgressions, the greater the desire to believe her story—no matter how far-fetched it might be."

Earth's Alpha Predator: Zionist Mafia
Must Read -- A quote...."Actions trump lies. Evidence does not lie...so how has the American public been so brainwashed by lies, in light of so much evidence? Are Zionists that intelligent, or is the American public that unintelligent—and how did even that obvious question become a “third-rail issue”? -- Totally uncool, our tradition of being outsmarted by Zionists even to the point of “Rothschilding” our descendants’ future. -- Is it possible for the American public to think their way out of Zionist enslavement...or is Gaza a preview of our future?"

To Throw or Not to Throw a Stone
A quote...."April 12, 2013 "Information Clearing House" -  A debate rages in Israel today on the truth of Amira Hass’s words “Throwing a stone is the birthright and duty of anyone subject to foreign rule. Throwing stones is an action as well as a metaphor of resistance” (Amira Hass, Haaretz, 4/3/13). -- The day after Hass’ comment, Dr. Rosenberg offered these objections: a. throwing stones after all can result in death and Hass does not mention that consequence, b. justifying stone throwing “grants legitimacy to the activities of the government she condemns; and c. stone throwing is “a natural right of every human being is futile and invalid, certainly in ethical terms.” Conveniently, Rosenberg does not mention that the Palestinians have no army, no air-force, no navy, no comparable military ordinance of any kind to throw at the fourth largest state of the art military in the world, only stones; can the stone kill, yes, but so can $300,000 missiles and phosphorus bombs. Do we justify death by missiles and phosphorus but damn death by stoning? Does the throwing of a stone justify the carnage of the Israeli IDF against the defenseless Palestinians? Where is the argument here? Is throwing a stone a birthright as Amira states or is that “futile and invalid” as Rosenberg claims? Given the reality of the Israeli military power versus the feeble efforts of the Palestinians, children and teenagers hurling stones, the debate on birthright avoids the obvious: not to throw a stone."
Sticks and stones may break people's bones but DIME weapon munitions, White Phosphorous, Flechette Rounds and thousands of air strikes with AH-64 Apache attack helicopters and F-16 fighter jets can definitely get people killed....horribly. - mpg
Lebanon complains about new Israeli flyovers
A quote...."[Lebanon's] President asks UN and international community to put an end to repeated violations of airspace."

Settlers [Jewish thugs] assault 60-year-old Palestinian judge
A quote...."RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Israeli settlers [Jewish thugs] on Thursday assaulted a 60-year-old Palestinian judge as he worked on his land near Ramallah, sparking violent clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces. -- Judge Ahmad al-Zir sustained multiple injuries, including head wounds, and was left unconscious in the attack, a Ma'an reporter said."

AIPAC Bill Runs Into Unusual Resistance In Congress - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."In an article published in The Hill, Mike Coogan reports that some of the key legislation that emerged from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s (AIPAC) 2013 annual policy conference is running into significant difficulties in Congress. The bills, which Lara Friedman only half-jokingly called the “Israel Best Ally With Benefits” bills, have not gained close to the overwhelming support that AIPAC has come to expect from Congress. -- Indeed, more than five weeks after the United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2013 was introduced in the Senate, it has gathered only 18 co-sponsors. That’s a shockingly low total for a focal point of AIPAC lobbying. It has done better in the House of Representatives, with 171 co-sponsors, but given the more hawkish nature of the House, even that’s not a success by AIPAC’s standards." - Source:  LobeLog
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More on the Domestic Situation....

‘Less-than-lethal rounds’ shot at Gitmo inmates resisting transfer to solitary
A quote...."The US military says guards have clashed with prisoners at Guantanamo as officers were moving detainees from communal to single cells in attempt to end a hunger strike that started in February. - The detainees used self-made weapons to resist the transfer, thus forcing guards to fire, the US military said in a statement."

Hunger Strike at Gitmo: ‘We Are Dying a Slow Death Here’
A quote...."April 13, 2013 "Information Clearing House" -"MSNBC" -  I’ve just returned from Guantanamo, where my clients and a majority of the other 166 men there have been on hunger strike for over two months. Most of them have been cleared for release or will never be charged. But the Obama administration has refused to send them home."

Lawyer: New Connecticut Gun Law Not Legal
A quote...." According to this breaking story out of Connecticut, the newly passed Connecticut gun law will soon be struck down due to a ‘technicality’ that occurred due to the rush too pass this bill. According to attorney Peter Sachs, the governor of Connecticut just signed “a blank piece of paper.” - also posted at FromTheTrenches

Judge orders prosecution to prove that Bradley Manning intended to ‘aid the enemy’ - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."A US military judge says the government must prove that Army Private Bradley Manning intended to aid the enemy when he released hundreds of thousands of sensitive files to WikiLeaks. -- The official tribunal against the 25-year-old private first class is not slated to start until June, but during pretrial hearings on Wednesday morning, Col. Denise Lind ruled that the government has a burden to prove that the soldier aimed to inflect harm on the United States when he sent materials to the whistleblower site." - Source:  RT

DoD Issues Instructions on Military Support of Civilian Law Enforcement
A quote...."Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment, XVIII Fires Brigade train last December to “respond to an escalating civil-disturbance situation caused by unhappy simulated hurricane victims.” According to an article produced by the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, the training was designed to prepare the soldiers “for their upcoming assignment as a quick reaction and rapid response force for U.S. Army North Command in support of emergencies in the United States.”" -- a comment shown below.....
"Translation: posse comitatus is dead, and this government is preparing for a very nasty war against its own citizens, soon to be brought about through the same economic collapse this government is creating through its financial policies. - Please do not give this government what it is expecting! Don't panic, folks: please plan accordingly." -- *Michael Rivero*
IRS denies using emails to target taxpayers
A quote...."With less than three days to go before federal taxes are due, the Internal Revenue Service is denying claims that it wants to snoop on taxpayers by reading their emails and monitoring other forms of electronic communication without a warrant."

Austerity Economics, Democrat-Style - Obama Does Social Security and Medicare
Quote of the Day...."With Barack Obama putting his plan to cut Social Security and Medicare expenditures into writing in his Federal budget proposal the ability of those who voted for him to credibly deny his years of publicly stating he would do so disappeared. The pathetic pleas from liberals and progressives who only a few short months ago were assuring the unwashed masses Mr. Obama was on the cusp of a ‘liberal’ renaissance if only doubters would join them in granting him another term are today as empty as their assurances were then." - also posted at AlethoNews

The Janus Anus, Self Sodomizing Hiatus
Special Note - A quote...."You know who the enemies of humanity are; those with no semblance of humanity. It is those who have practiced their dark arts upon the rest of us. Their greatest victory was to make you fear and admire them... to want to be like them, to be incrementally corrupted by them because, since they appear to be successful at what they do, it must be okay somehow. It is not any kind of okay. It is despicable. They grafted their lack of values upon your lack of comprehension, of what real values are. They made you want worthless shit and then they manufactured it to sell to you.  --  They made you hate yourself for engaging in what, to them, was business as usual. They are not affected by the effects of conscience. They have no conscience. They have no souls. They traded it for the temporary gains of this sphere. It's the price of doing business here and many people pay that price. This is why the majority of them believe in nothing and the rest figure they'll be protected by the one they made the arrangement with.  --  I realize it is easy to get deceived down here and it's a short skip and a jump from that into fatalism and despair. They count on that. They work it...."
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens....

Money As Debt - Full Length Documentary
Video - (previously posted) - (YuTb - 46min57sec - Feb 15, 2012) - Source:  paagleTV -- A quote...."Essential viewing on money and the banking system. Money As Debt is a fast-paced and highly entertaining animated feature by artist & videographer, Paul Grignon. It explains today's magically perverse DEBT-MONEY SYSTEM in terms that are easy to understand"

Money As Debt 2 - The Rothschild mafia (Paul Grignon)
Must View Video - (YuTb - 1hr16min46sec - Dec 28, 2011) - Source: 911isafraud

Banking - the Greatest Scam on Earth
Video - (YuTb - 9min37sec - Sep 11, 2011) - Source:  BKE -- A quote...."The Greatest Scam on Earth - The Money Scam! The Money Scam is hidden right out in the open, yet buried in complication and confusion. A retired banker describes simply, the world's Money Scam and the reason every country is now going bankrupt. Private bankers have stolen the money creation process, and whereas once our money was created by the governments, debt-free, it is now created out of thin air and issued as debt with interest charges. In today's banker controlled world, money = debt, debt = slavery and therefore money = slavery."

How The Criminal Banking Cartel Is Destroying America
A quote...."The U.S. government openly conceded that its sovereign authority to enforce its own laws is gone when Attorney General Eric Holder testified that the Justice Department’s failure to prosecute any big banks is based on anonymous “expert” opinions that prosecutions would destabilize the financial system."

Most Homeowners Compensated for Bank Foreclosure Misdeeds will Receive just $300
Haaaa, haaaaaa, haaaaaa!  Banksters WIN again!  Courtesy of the DemoRepubs / RepubliCrats the people of this nation keep voting for. - mpg -- A quote...."Most homeowners wronged during the foreclosure fiasco will receive only a few hundred dollars in compensation from a settlement reached between the federal government and banks."

Congress Repeals Financial Disclosure Requirements For Senior U.S. Officials
A quote...."Joining the Senate, the House of Representatives approved a measure today that repeals a requirement that top government officials post financial disclosures on the Internet." - Source:  NPR

Wall Street Hides from Regulators in “Dark Pools”
A quote...."While the federal government has pushed Wall Street to make itself more transparent with trading, many high-rolling investors are avoiding more visible venues like the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and instead spending their money in so-called “dark pools.”" - Source:  AllGov

China Takes Another Stab At The Dollar, Launches Currency Swap Line With France
Dollar [Federal Reserve Note] Alert - A quote...."The Bank of France has been working on ways to develop a RMB liquidity safety net in the euro area with due consideration of a supporting currency swap agreement with the People's Bank of China," Noyer told the English-language newspaper."

Dollar Collapse In Process: 4 Big Nations Have Signed A Currency Deal With China In Less Than Two Months!!
Dollar [Federal Reserve Note] Alert -- A quote...."American power was necessary during the Cold War. Now that capital moves freely around the globe, capitalists do not require a specific national entity for any particular role. In other words, the American working class will have to pay their way in future. There are no more freebies."

Former US Treasury Official - Fed Orchestrated Smash In Gold
Gold Alert - Related Article - (Just think why it's related to the two above - mpg) -- A quote...."This is an orchestration (the smash in gold).  It’s been going on now from the beginning of April.  Brokerage houses told their individual clients the word was out that hedge funds and institutional investors were going to be dumping gold and that they should get out in advance. -- Then, a couple of days ago, Goldman Sachs announced there would be further departures from gold.  So what they are trying to do is scare the individual investor out of bullion.  Clearly there is something desperate going on...." -- *Dr. Paul Craig Roberts*, former Assistant US Treasury Secretary

Assault On Gold Update
Gold Alert Update - A quote...."Paul Craig Roberts -- I was the first to point out that the Federal Reserve was rigging all markets, not merely bond prices and interest rates, and that the Fed is rigging the bullion market in order to protect the US dollar’s exchange value, which is threatened by the Fed’s quantitative easing. With the Fed adding to the supply of dollars faster than the demand for dollars is increasing, the price or exchange value of the dollar is set up to fall." - also posted at DProgram

Crash Indicator: Mom and Pop Take the Plunge Back Into Stocks For Fear of “Being Left on the Sidelines”
Mrkt Note - If Wall Street has finally convinced the little guy to play, it's a very BAD sign. - mpg -- A quote...."Americans are scared. - Their concerns aren’t centered around the possibility of an economic collapse, another down leg in the real estate market, continued deterioration of the labor market, or a US dollar currency meltdown. - With markets at all time highs and financial experts around the world predicting a turn-around in the global economy, a lot of “Mom and Pop” investors who experienced major losses in personal investment funds and home prices during the crash of 2008 are starting to worry, but not for the reasons you might think."

Austria’s Last Stand Against EU Assault On Bank Secrecy
A quote...."Austria would fight to maintain bank secrecy, declared uppity Finance Minster Maria Fekter. She is worried. After squashing Cyprus, gutting its offshore financial and money laundering center, and destroying its main resource, the EU has now trained its big guns on Austria and Luxembourg." - Source:  TestosteronePit

German anti-euro party holds congress
A quote...." A new German political party opposed to the single European currency held its first national conference on Sunday. - Alternative for Germany wants the euro abolished, with states returning to their original currencies."
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More on the Great Cypress Bank Robbery -- Attempt.....and its aftermath....

Bail-in: The Birth of the New Financial Order
Must View CRVideo - (CRYuTb - 14min34sec - Apr 11, 2013) - Source:  CRYuTb Website:  CorbettReport - Webiste:  CRBlpTV - A quote...."The recent bail-in in Cyprus has given the world a glimpse at the future of the banking landscape. Now, as Canada gets set to hardwire the bail-in process into law, analysts like Michel Chossudovsky are warning how the big banks can use this template to further consolidate their monopoly of economic control. This is the GRTV Backgrounder on Global Research TV."

The Gloriously Ballooning Bailout Bedlam Of Cyprus
A quote...."Bailouts start out small. At first, Cyprus just had a funding crisis; the markets had gotten smart, after years of dousing the country with cheap euros. Not that the risks weren’t there before. But markets opened their eyes. So Cyprus went begging to Russia, and got €2.5 billion in November 2011. That money evaporated without a trace. Then last June, the two largest banks were deemed to need €2.3 billion – €500 million for the Bank of Cyprus and €1.8 billion for Laiki Bank – to fill a void in their regulatory capital, the story went. No big deal." - also posted at BLN

Exit Strategy: Majority of Central Bank of Cyprus board resigns - Oh Oh!!
A quote...."THREE Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) board members resigned yesterday, in what could only be interpreted as a motion of no confidence in the governor who has been under fire over his handling of the banking debacle. - Demetriades claimed the CBC’s independence was being attacked by the government while at the same time his family was being threatened by people who lost money in the crisis."
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More On The International Situation....

[Syrian] Troops break siege of key army camps
A quote...."Beirut: Syrian troops have broken a months-long rebel siege on two key military bases in the northwestern province of Idlib, killing at least 21 opposition fighters, a watchdog said on Sunday. “Regime forces managed to lift the siege on the Wadi Deif and Hamdiya military camps after the army went around the rebel fighters and attacked them from behind,” the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. At least 21 rebels were killed in the attack, which focussed on the village of Babulin, the Britain-based group said."

Syrian troops kill at least 12 rebels in ambush
A quote...."BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government troops trying to relieve a besieged military base in the country's northwest ambushed a rebel checkpoint Saturday, killing at least 12 opposition fighters, activists said."

Bishop speaks of starvation in Aleppo
A quote...."The Chaldean Catholic bishop of Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, described the devastation wrought by war as rebels advance on the city. -- “One lives day by day,” says Bishop Antoine Audo, a native of Aleppo. “I have the impression that people are more and more exhausted. They have all become poor and everyone is always looking for something to eat for himself and his family. In the streets of Aleppo you can see the people that run endlessly with bags in their hand, trying to find a bit of bread.”

Syria: Jordan to spearhead Saudi Arabian arms drive
A quote...."Fears over rising power of al-Qaida-linked groups drives move to channel weapons to moderate rebel fighters through Jordan."

Iran Owns 7% of World's Mineral Reserves
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran with roughly one percent of the world population owns more than 7 percent of the total global mineral reserves, a research report said Saturday."

Putin Hits Back And He Doesn't Miss
A quote...."In an international spat between Washington and Moscow this Russian response to U.S. measures will be widely applauded...."
"Russia on Saturday named 18 Americans banned from entering the country in response to Washington imposing sanctions on 18 Russians for alleged human rights violations. -- The list released by the Foreign Ministry includes John Yoo, a former U.S. Justice Department official who wrote legal memos authorizing harsh interrogation techniques; David Addington, the chief of staff for former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney; and two former commanders of the Guantanamo Bay detention center: retired Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller and Adm. Jeffrey Harbeson."
Red Tide Sweeps Caracas as Venezuelan Presidential Campaign Ends
Contains Photos - A quote...."Mérida, April 12th 2013 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – Venezuela’s presidential election campaign reached an emotional close yesterday as both candidates made last bid attempts to win over votes."

'Number one US target': Oliver Stone calls media coverage of Venezuela 'shameful'
Contains Video - A quote...."Venezuela is the top target for US media, not to mention the State Department, legendary director Oliver Stone said at a special screening of his film on Hugo Chavez. Sunday's vote is a choice between two very different futures for Venezuela, he said."

Attacking Venezuela's Democratic Process
A quote...."Jimmy Carter calls Venezuelan elections the world's best. He does so for good reason. They shame America's sham process. Duopoly power controls things. People have no say. --  Venezuelans get the real thing. It's constitutionally mandated. It's democracy the way it should be. It's one of many Bolivarian successes. They reflect Chavez's extraordinary legacy. Don't expect media scoundrels to explain."

‘West imposes media blackout on Mali’
Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."A political analyst tells Press TV that getting information out of Mali has been made very difficult because the French army has kept the media out and there is a media blackout there as well as in the American media." - Source:  PressTV

Africa: Imperialism’s High Mark of Conquest in the 21st Century
A quote...."The US-NATO military curtain has fallen the length and breadth of Africa. “Zimbabwe and tiny Eritrea are among the few nations on the African continent that have not yet been absorbed into the AFRICOM matrix.”  - also posted at ICH
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Jewish settlers [squatter camp vagrants] attack Palestinian property, uproot saplings
A quote...."NABLUS, (PIC)-- Heavily armed Jewish settlers [vagrants] went on the rampage in Orif village, south of Nablus, under Israeli military protection on Friday night. - Local sources said that the settlers [vagrants] guarded by Israeli occupation forces, attacked citizens’ homes and property to the east of the village and damaged olive and almond saplings that were planted by the villagers only a month ago."
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Amerika's FrankenFood Disaster, Vaccine Cover-Up & The Monsanto Monster....

Report: All 7 Fukushima in-ground storage ponds leaking radioactive water
A quote...."[...] TEPCO’s handout for the press on April 13, 2013 shows that beta nuclides are being detected in the water taken from either the drains or the leak detection pipes or both in not only the ponds Nos 1, 2, 3 but all seven of these in-the-ground storage ponds [...]"

Government Reacts to Fukushima Radiation Crisis By Raising Acceptable Radiation Standards … Instead of Fixing Anything - They raised the standards again!?!? - mpg -- A quote...."Just like the financial crisis, the Gulf oil spill, and all other crises, government covers up instead of addressing the real problems -- 2 weeks after the Fukushima accident, we reported that the government responded to the nuclear accident by trying to raise acceptable radiation levels and pretending that radiation is good for us.  -- Since then, massive radiation has been released on a daily basis from Fukushima… for years.-- And there are so many new leaks that even the mainstream press is starting to admit that Fukushima was never fixed. -- Radiation from Fukushima is slamming Tokyo, as well as the West Coast of North America. -- Fukushima radiation is showing up in fish on the West Coast of the United States.  Scientists are starting to sound the alarm as to additional human deaths and health problems on the U.S. West Coast due to Fukushima radiation, and an epidemic of injuries to sealife. -- And it’s not just Fukushima...."