Saturday May 4th 2013

The Truth Tellers Lament in a Time of Darkness
Must Read - A quote...."When you survey the wreckage of the American imperium, it’s very easy to become overwhelmed by darkness of the times, submerged in the remorseless riptide of blood and official violence. But even facing methods of torture and imprisonment that would unnerve an inmate of Guantanamo, Lilburne never surrendered to defeatism. His writing remains infused with radical purpose, a radiant call from across the centuries for collective resistance”  -- *Jeffrey St. Clair*, “Intolerable Opinions in an Age of Shock and Awe,"  March 20/21, 2004.

Dawson on Adma vs the Man : Syria
AvsMVideo - (previously posted, but re-posted because it's so good) - (AvsMYuTb - 35min10sec - Dec 11, 2012) - Source:  RyDawson - A quote...."Talking about Syria." - Outstanding analysis, Ryan Dawson could have gone on for another hour. - mpg

Minions of Darkness – Danish Underground Documentary (Full Version - English Subtitles)
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 1hr7min36sec - Feb 7, 2012) - Source:  inzidejob - (NOTE: if a see-through add appears in the lower quadrant, click the "X" to close) -- Quote of the Day...."The 911 terrorist attack launched a witch hunt not seen since the medieval Inquisition. Darkness fell upon humanity and the world was suddenly whipped into a hysterical chaos, where synthetic enemies became the favorite tool used by governments, to intimidate and repress their domestic populations. -- Terror legislation was globally introduced in a panic and under US pressure. Human rights were trampled upon and ridiculed in the name of fighting terrorism. With lies about “preserving evidence of Saddam’s WMD,” the Danish Government with Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the forefront, helped to tumble Denmark and the rest of the world into the abyss. -- Our once peace-loving and respected Denmark, suddenly found itself guilty of “Participation in the conspiracy to commit crimes against peace,” defined under the Nuremberg Tribunal as the greatest crime of all. -- We, the Danish people, are now hated war criminals. Our government officials and army commanders are now guilty of the exact same crimes the Nazis were convicted and executed for."

Terror Acts in US: Who Gains? (II) - Who Gains (I)
A quote...."The more US state debt grows, the more currency collapse becomes real and the chances the country would become an authoritarian state go up. If the collapse happens, it will result in unpopular shock measures to cut public expenses, bring down consumption and reduce imports to restore, at least partially, the national industry. As experts predict, the fiscal cliff will eliminate a million of working places, a number of welfare programs, the living standards will go down. The Patriot Act of 2001 was a laying stone of a legal foundation for future dictatorial rule…"

Washington’s "Civil Society" and CIA Financing of Chechen and Other Caucasus Regional Terrorists
A quote...."Through a myriad of "civil society" organizations, the United States has been financing Chechen groups inside the autonomous republic, in Russia, and abroad. However, large portions of U.S. assistance money has "bled" over to support Chechen and other North Caucasus terrorist groups, which the U.S. State Department and U.S. intelligence agencies insist on referring to as "separatist guerrillas", "nationalists", "insurgents", and "rebels", instead of terrorists."

The Ties That Bind Washington to Chechen Terrorists
A quote...."To scan the list of major American supporters of the Chechen secessionist movement, which at some points can hardly be distinguished from Chechen terrorists financed by U.S. allies Saudi Arabia and Qatar, is to be reminded of some of the most notorious U.S. Cold War players."

U.N. Finds “Little Appreciation” for Human Rights among U.S. Businesses
But US businesses  DO appreciate dictators world wide who completely disregard "human rights", as long as they get what they consider a fair cut of that nation's earnings, profits, GDP or natural resources. Fifty to ninety percent is usual. -- Failure to provide such a generous percentage will result in that nation's government undergoing a violent change at some point in the future. -- Just how violent is up to them of course.  First come the "jackals" with their snide hints of what's expected along with higher interest rates, loan cancellations or a sudden attacks of inflation. -- If that fails some recalcitrant leaders will experience a very high accident rate.  Next are the usual coups, overthrows, and revolutions. Finally for leaders AND populations that just don't get it and continue to be resistive...they're "Iraqified" or "Libyized. - mpg
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2nd Israeli Strike On Syria......

Israel strikes Syria, targeting missiles: security source
A quote...."(Reuters) - Sun May 5, 2013 2:42am EDT -- Israel carried out its second air strike in days on Syria early on Sunday, a Western intelligence source said, in an attack that shook Damascus with a series of powerful blasts and drove columns of fire into the night sky."

Syrian report: Israel bombs outskirts of Damascus for second time in recent days
A quote...."BEIRUT —  Published: May 4 -- Israeli warplanes bombed the outskirts of Damascus early Sunday for the second time in recent days, according to Syrian state media and reports from activists, signaling a sharp escalation in tensions between the neighboring countries that had already been exacerbated by the conflict raging in Syria. - For more articles see below.....

• Syrian TV: Israeli rockets target Jamraya
• Israeli rocket attack hit Damascus by large explosions - vid - (YuTb 40sec 05/04/13) - Src: SfNws
• Israeli jet shot down over Damascus: Hezbollah TV - (no independent confirmation)
• 'Israel rockets' hit Damascus military site
• Breaking Now: Damascus under major attack! - vid - (YuTb 43sec 05/04/13) - Src: DCP
• Powerful Explosions Shake Damascus As Israel Attacks Syria For Second Time In Past Week
• New Israeli airstrike hits research center near Damascus, Syria says
• Assad in full control of chemical arsenal - Israeli official - ( 05.05.2013 | 05:59 ) - one for the odd bin  
• Iran Condemns Israeli Airstrike on Syria
  

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More On The Boston Bombing (BB) False-Flag Fiasco....

The Truthseeker: Boston Bombing - What You Aren't Told (E14)
Must View Video - (YuTb - 11min24sec - May 3, 2013) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Triggers pulled on 4th, 2nd & 1st Amendments distracted by flag waving; clunky FBI propaganda; and unleash the War on Bathtubs. Seek truth from facts with former Marine Corps officer James Fetzer, editor of Storyleak Anthony Gucciardi, the Corbett Report's James Corbett, Questioning the War on Terror author Kevin Barrett, Boston eyewitnesses, and Fmr. Rep. Ron Paul." - Topix ||  Boston Marathon Bombing Attack  ||  The F.B.I.'s Constant Gardening  ||

Al-CIA-duh exposed!
Must Read - Quote of the Day -- A quote...."In yesterday’s article Tsarnaev Brothers: 9/11 Truthers – and Obviously Innocent, I argued that pro-9/11-truth Muslims are obviously not a “terrorist threat.” The 80% of the world’s Muslims who know that 9/11 was a fraud, and “al-Qaeda” a bunch of dupes, moles, and patsies, are hardly likely to carry out “al-Qaeda” type operations on behalf of the neocon enemies of Islam! -- Unfortunately, a small minority of Muslims still accepts the official myth of 9/11. That neo-conned minority includes some who view “al-Qaeda” as the heroic freedom fighters they claim to be. And among that tiny handful of people, some might be tempted to participate in “al-Qaeda” plots – most of which are arranged by the FBI, Craft International, the Mossad, and related agencies. -- So in the interest of fighting terrorism, and saving the next gullible Muslim teenager from being set up by the FBI, I’m republishing Elias Davidsson’s terrific article pointing out that “al-Qaeda” hardly ever targets the US, and never, ever targets Israel – the real dajjal, the ultimate enemy of Islam. Instead, “al-Qaeda” specializes in killing large numbers of Muslims, while giving Islam as much negative publicity as possible and legitimizing the mass murder of Muslims in imperial and Zionist wars. -- So look out, Muslim kid – don’t follow al-Qaeda leaders, watch the parking meters."

Boston - Who did what to whom?
A quote...."The frenzy on the Internet of everyone pouring over the huge number of images and appointing themselves instant photo analysts has cooled down somewhat, too. But today we will drive the wooden stake through the heart of some of the god awful silly accusations that were made which has hurt the hunt for the truth. - We understand the public is hypersensitive about false flag attacks now. The 911 commission was considered a bad joke by a huge majority around the world, but that went nowhere. The Bush administration and virtually all of America’s institutions acted like they did not care… the proof being that there was no major push for an under oath investigation. That was a huge mistake as it invited more attacks… and they came. - It’s good for people to be skeptical, but going too far plays into the hands of the bad guys as well meaning Internet sleuths can provide good cover for the professional deception crowd." - also posted at WarInIraq

Did the CIA commandeer the Boston bombing investigation?
A quote...." It’s been more than 300 years ago since demonic possession figured as heavily in a criminal probe as it has in the investigation into the Boston Marathon bombing. - Not since the Salem Witch Trials has the search for accomplices to a major crime centered so heavily on finding a suspect who believed he could talk to demons." - That's Boston for you. - mpg

Witness says Boston bomb suspect run over and executed by police!
#1]  Contains Video - Alt -  A quote...."So who is lying? The story in the news was that the brother ran his brother over and killed him, witness says the police run him over then executed him in the street. - Plus the conflicting news about suspect 2 having gunshot wounds to the throat. - One second he is un harmed waling from the boat clearly with no weapon, then we see an image of him on the ground bleeding from the neck."

Death certificate: Boston bombing suspect died of gunshot wounds, blunt trauma to head, torso
#2]  Which would confirm the witness's account. - A quote...."BOSTON (AP) — Death certificate: Boston bombing suspect died of gunshot wounds, blunt trauma to head, torso."

Tsarnaev shouts analysed with clone ensembles "vocal trap",equalizer and audacity noise removal tool
#3]  A quote...."Dzhokhar Tsarnaev just before his arrest, while he was being shot at (unarmed), screams out: - "We give up! We didn't do it! We didn't do it!" (Both repeated several times) - Audio isolated further using clone ensembles "vocal trap", equalizer and audacity noise removal tool. Also normalized. Two clearest parts, and the "we didn't do it" is looped three times. Complete original bystander video may be found elsewhere on youtube, here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoRs72KACgU - This is only a little clearer than the source video, but its clear enough for anybody to recognize "we didn't do it" with 100% certainty (unless they have hearing issues perhaps), and also without having gunfire and police shouting to listen to etc. - Very worth checking the original for the context and all of what is said. I just did this, so the audio was clearer. Here "we didnt do it", is unmistakable." 

Regarding the three articles shown above see.....|| Boston Police & FBI -- Guilty of Murder on Behalf of Terror??- 04-21-13 - mpg?

Put Up Or Shut Up!
05-03-13
mpg

Keep in mind folks there's a lot of talk about what Dzhokhar Tsarnaev supposedly "said" in the hospital.  The police, who OBVIOUSLY would have videotaped the entire series of conversations have already released the relevant portions of these videos to support their statements of what he said....RIGHT?!?!  No? 

Than it's perfectly obvious that EVERYTHING SAID OR PRINTED BY THE MASS MEDIA REGARDING THIS ISSUE....IS TOTALLY UNSUBSTANTIATED HERESY.  No again?  Than simply prove it by releasing the relevant portions of the video-taped conservations. 

Period.  Full stop.

In other words, they've got to put up, or shut-up.

The same goes for the supposed fire fights.  The FBI and BPD stated Tsarnaev and his brother shot it out with the authorities, they were throwing grenades and they had explosive vests. Again....where's the photos? Where's the guns, grenades and the explosive vests? -  Every single day that passes without a verified chain of custody for all this supposed evidence and proof that it even exists,  places grave strains that any material items produced later are legitimate. 

As far as this website editor is concerned they've had way to much time already.  If they don't produce a video of Tsarnaev's "confession" which matches ALL of his supposed statements previously released to the corporate media, and evidence of the grenades, guns and explosive vests they supposedly used in their "shoot-out" within twenty fours hours (by tomorrow) this website editor will be required, under any reasonable interpretation of the rules of evidence, to consider anything produced later as completely fraudulent and fictional. - mpg

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Bombing suspect's wife DNA doesn't match bomb evidence; Investigators "skeptical" about Katherine Russell's story -- A quote...."(CBS News) CBS News has learned the DNA and fingerprints on bomb fragments found at the Boston bombing scene do not match those of Tamerlan Tsarnaev's widow, Katherine Russell."

Boston Bombings Suspects Go From White To Brown On Magazine Cover
Mag Cover - (artist rendering) -- A quote..."Boston terror suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had their complexions darkened [and their noses beak-a-fied] on a magazine cover, so as to make them look less European and more Arabic. - The Tsarnaev brothers are natives of Chechnya which is a republic of Russia."

US tightens student visa rules after Boston bombing
A quote...."The US is tightening its screening of international students, its first security change in response to the Boston Marathon bombings last month."

Victims Of Boston Bombing Police State Lockdown Speak Out
AJVideo - Alt - (AJYuTb - 13min57sec - May 3, 2013) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."On the heels of Prestitute Lawrence O’Donnell calling Ron Paul a lair when he called the Man-hunt and door to door searches in Watertown Mass a martial Law exercise; Infowars reporter Dan The Kracken Bidondi went to interview residents who were forced from their homes."

NY Police Chief Ray Kelly Says The Boston Bombing Takes Privacy 'Off The Table'
This website editor totally agrees!!!  From NOW ON all Boston Police and FBI employees should be monitored 24/7! Cameras should be placed in their homes, they should be forced to were GPS ankle bracelets to monitor their movements. Their phones should be tapped, along with all their computer communications.  This should help prevent any more false-flag attacks in the future.  Ray Kelly actually had a great idea!! - mpg

Questioning the Official Narrative: Support Movement for Tsarnaev Brothers as Innocent Grows
A quote..."As the probe into the Boston Marathon bombing continues, leaflets voicing support for the attack’s surviving suspect have appeared in the capital of Russia’s Republic of Chechnya, and in Kyrgyzstan, where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was born." - Source: RT

For more on the Boston Bombing see....Boston Marathon Bombing Attack
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

My Last Post - Final Thoughts on Zionism’s Success and Arab Failure
Must Read - (previously posted) -- A quote...."May 04, 2013 "Information Clearing House" -"Alan Hart" - I am withdrawing from the battlefield of the war for the truth of history as it relates to the making and sustaining of the conflict in and over Palestine that became Israel, and the following is an explanation of why. -- More than three decades ago when I made my commitment to this war effort, in the full knowledge that it would make me persona non grata in the eyes of the mainstream media I had served with some distinction, I believed that the single most amazing thing about the conflict was Zionism’s success in selling its propaganda lies – lies which were told not only to justify anything and everything the Zionist (not Jewish) State of Israel did and does, but also to establish and fix the boundaries of what could and could not be discussed in public discourse about Israel’s policies and actions. (I mean what could and could not be discussed by non-Jews, Europeans and Americans especially, if they didn’t want to be terrorized by smears and false charges of anti-Semitism which could result in them losing their positions and jobs)." - also posted at MyCatBird'sSeat

BBC pulls documentary claiming story of Jewish exodus from Jerusalem is a ‘myth’
A quote...."An Israeli-born filmmaker is slamming the British Broadcasting Corp. for pulling his documentary on the Jewish exodus from Jerusalem in 70 A.D. - Ilan Ziv said in a blog post on April 27 that the BBC exhibited “a mixture of incompetence, political naivete, conscious or subconscious political pressure and ultimately, I believe, a lack of courage of broadcasters when they are faced with the complexity of the Middle East issue and the intense emotions, fears and aggression it generates.”"

Actually many in the BBC's hierarchy are probably implicated in the MASSIVE pedophile scandal still bubbling beneath the surface of Britain's establishment.  Many of whose figures, along with their numerous crimes, are known and documented by Israel's Mossad and their many sources including Rupert Murdoch's "phone hacking scandal" .  So, to put it bluntly, the ENTIRE BBC is completely comprised and will be dancing to Israel's tune for many years to come. - mpg

Israelis Attempted to kidnap another Lebanese shepherd
War Provocation - A quote...."An Israeli five-member foot patrol breached at 14.00 pm Thursday the withdrawal line near al-Naqqar pond in Shabba region, in a fresh violation of Lebanese sovereignty, Army Command-Guidance Directorate said in a communiqué."

8 Israeli warplanes fly over Lebanon
War Provocation - A quote...."BEIRUT: Eight Israeli warplanes violated Lebanon’s airspace in a span of 14 hours, flying over large swaths of the country, Army officials announced Friday. - Although Israel sends reconnaissance jets and warplanes over Lebanon on almost a regular basis, the air traffic in the last 24 hours has been unusually high."

Israel most likely conducted an airstrike into Syria
War Provocation  - A quote...."U.S. and Western intelligence agencies are reviewing classified data showing Israel most likely conducted a strike in the Thursday-Friday time frame, according to both officials. This is the same time frame that the U.S. collected additional data showing Israel was flying a high number of warplanes over Lebanon. - One official said the United States had limited information so far and could not yet confirm those are the specific warplanes that conducted a strike. Based on initial indications, the U.S. does not believe Israeli warplanes entered Syrian airspace to conduct the strikes."

Israel, obviously wants to start a fight.  The best thing the Free Peoples Of The Middle East can do is to thoroughly prepare themselves. Arm-up more, change all their codes, change the locations of all their bunkers & command structures, stock up on food and supplies, build more bomb shelters.....and wait. - mpg

Israeli Airstrikes Signal Western Desperation in Syria
A quote...."The policy shift has brought Saudi Arabia and Israel into a new strategic embrace, largely because both countries see Iran as an existential threat. They have been involved in direct talks, and the Saudis, who believe that greater stability in Israel and Palestine will give Iran less leverage in the region, have become more involved in Arab-Israeli negotiations." - also posted at BLN - Topix ||  One Vile, Venom Tipped, Taloned Hand Washes the Other - (a.k.a. The Standard Model) - 07-28-10 - mpg  ||

Former Chief of Staff: Syrian Chemical Weapon Narrative Could Be An Israeli False Flag
Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."Former chief of staff to Colin Powell, Retired Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, told the Young Turks the early “indications” of the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime could point to “an Israeli false flag operation”. Wilkerson...."

"We don’t know what the chain of custody is. This could’ve been an Israeli false flag operation, it could’ve been [the] opposition in Syria… or it could’ve been an actual use by [Syrian President] Bashar al-Assad, but we certainly don’t know with the evidence we’ve been given.”

Israel’s ethnocentric experiment
A quote...."Israeli leaders are masters at muddling the international community with trivial issues while turning peace negotiations into a process to end all peace. - Assured by subservient US backing, and for more than 15 years prior to the current pointless and interminable process, Israel rejected peace overtures from the Palestinians by insisting on impossible and ever-changing terms to be fulfilled even before agreeing to talk with Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)."
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More on the Domestic Situation....

Did Muslims Attack America on 9/11?
Well....they were from the Middle East, participating in actual plane hijackings which they'd probably been  told would be over once they landed, gave themselves up, and were eventually traded or exchanged  somehow.  Boy, they must have been surprised as three of the planes were remoted into their targets. -- But no, based on the evidence uncovered, they don't appear to have been practicing Muslims. - mpg -- A quote...."April 309, 2013 “Information Clearing House” -”PTV” - Almost 12 years and many a million deaths later, the US and its NATO allies have made public their plan to start withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2014. The war in Afghanistan has been an abject failure, orphaned both on the military and the public relations fronts, with the loss of life, property, and infrastructure being colossal."

Operation Gladio – State Sponsored Terrorism in Europe (Full Version)
Video - Alt - (Just a reminder - previously posted) - (YuTb - 2hr25min45sec - Oct 19, 2011) - Source:  TheArjan1982 -- A quote...."Originally aired on BBC2 in 1992, Operation Gladio reveals Gladio, the secret state-sponsored terror network operating in Europe. This BBC series is about a far-right secret army, operated by the CIA and MI6 through NATO, which killed hundreds of innocent Europeans and attempted to blame the deaths on Baader Meinhof, Red Brigades and other left wing groups. -- Known as stay-behinds these armies were given access to military equipment which was supposed to be used for sabotage after a Soviet invasion. Instead it was used in massacres across mainland Europe as part of a CIA Strategy of Tension. Gladio killing sprees in Belgium and Italy were carried out for the purpose of frightening the national political classes into adopting U.S. policies."

America’s unspoken civil war
A quote...."Over the past decades, America has planned and executed civil wars across the globe, turning nation after nation into a cesspool of blood, as “tool of foreign policy.” Now the cabal that has kept the world aflame for a lifetime or longer has now turned inward, targeting America. " - Some items/incidents listed in this article are questionable. Compare to what's been published on the web. - mpg

Humans Used for Radiation Experiments: A Shameful Chapter in US History
A quote...."EXPOSE REVISITED - This year marks the 20th anniversary of the declassification of top-secret studies, the “Human Radiation Experiments,” done over a period of 30 years, in which the US conducted radiation experiments on as many as 20,000 vulnerable US citizens. --  Victims included civilians, prison inmates, federal workers, hospital patients, pregnant women, infants, developmentally disabled children and military personnel — most of them powerless, poor, sick, elderly or terminally ill. Eileen Welsome’s 1999 exposé The Plutonium Files: America’s Secret Medical Experiments in the Cold War details “the unspeakable scientific trials that reduced thousands of men, women, and even children to nameless specimens.” -- The program employed industry and academic scientists who used their hapless patients or wards to see the immediate and short-term effects of radioactive contamination — with everything from plutonium to radioactive arsenic. The human subjects were mostly poisoned without their knowledge or consent."

America Is Embracing The Secret Police Culture Of The Nazis
A quote..."Why do so many Americans want us to become more like Nazi Germany?  When I was growing up, I was taught that Nazi Germany was the antithesis of everything that America stood for.  I truly believed that we were "the land of the free" and that we were a bright, shining example for the rest of the world.  Unfortunately, over the past couple of decades America has been eagerly embracing the secret police culture of the Nazis.  In a desperate attempt to feel "safe", we have decided to become much more like our arch-enemies of the past.  In fact, in many ways we have already surpassed them."

Obama is holding people at Guantanamo for no reason and force feeding them illegally
A quote...."The men being held at the illegal Guantanamo terror prison have been in literal limbo for over 12 years. The fact that they are Muslim and kept offshore makes them an abstraction for the American people, who along with the media have forgotten about their plight. More than half of the illegally detained inmates have been deemed completely innocent, but U.S. President Obama, despite his endless “nice words” has refused to release them."

Obama can shut Guantanamo whenever he wants
A quote...."May 05, 2013 "Information Clearing House" -"The Oregonian" - CHICAGO -- In his press conference this week, President Barack Obama repeated that he wanted to shut Guantanamo Bay but blamed Congress for stopping him. "They would not let us close it," he said. But that's wrong. President Obama can lawfully release the detainees if he wants to. Congress has made it difficult, but not impossible. Whatever he's saying, the president does not want to close the detention center -- at least not yet." - Source: TheOregonian

Guantanamo Detainee Lawyer, Andy P. Hart: Suicide or Murder?
A quote...."On May 1, Truthout's Jason Leopold reported Hart's "apparent suicide." He represented a number of Guantanamo prisoners. More on that below. - Key questions remain unanswered. Why would a federal public defender kill himself? Where and when did he die?" - Source:  SteveLendman

Report: Yemeni al-Qaida members took part in Benghazi attack
The Benghazi Fiasco - Let's see....they're al-CIA'da from Yemen (bad)....BUT, they're working with al-CIA'da from Libya (good)....So, they're the US-NRE's half allies?? - mpg -- A quote...."WASHINGTON, May 2 (UPI) -- Yemeni members of an al-Qaida branch participated in the attack on a diplomatic mission in which the U.S. ambassador to Libya was killed, a U.S. official said."

Benghazi – Lies, Damn lies and Treason
The Benghazi Fiasco - Related Article - A quote...."Well, well. -- How do ya like THAT? -- Tuesday, our Dictator held an impromptu presser and right off the bat he issues THIS simple and UNDENIABLE lie regarding the Benghazi survivors and their absence at congressional hearings. -- “I’m not familiar with this notion that anybody has been blocked from testifying. So what I’ll do is I will find out what exactly you’re referring to.” -- IT’S A BALD-FACED, UNADULTERATED LIE!!!!!" - Source:  NatPatriot

Pressure Coming Down on Benghazi Witnesses from Obama Administration
The Benghazi Fiasco - Related Article - A quote...."Now that we are getting closer to finding out what really happened on that fateful night in Benghazi, Libya which left four Americans dead, upcoming witnesses are starting to feel the heat. Officials who are set to give testimony regarding the Benghazi attack have come forward and said that Barak Obama's administration has threatened them over their testimony."

US Hired al-Qaida-Linked Group to Defend Benghazi Mission
The Benghazi Fiasco - Related Article - A quote...."The Libyan militia group that the State Department hired to defend its embattled diplomatic mission in Benghazi had clear al-Qaida sympathies, and had prominently displayed the al-Qaida flag on aFacebook page some months before the deadly attack."

America’s Worst Decision Point was George W Bush
In all fairness it's probably to early to say Bush was the worst president ever. He could actually be the second worst, after all, Obama's term ain't over yet. - mpg -- A quote...."Let the opening of the George W Bush Library reflect that America’s worst decision point was the disputed election of our 43th President ~ George W Bush who in nine years was responsible for an illegal war and resultant death of approximately 300,000 Iraqi civilians and over 6600 American soldiers as well as being aware of and as such condoning the most treasonous act in America’s history, 9/11

Democrats Want People on “No Fly List” to Lose Gun Rights Without Due Process
A quote...."According to an article on NPR, several anti gun politicians and groups want people whose names appear on the “no fly” list and terrorism watch list to be banned from purchasing guns. - This sounds good on the surface, right? Keep weapons out of the hands of terrorists? - However, this becomes problematic when you realize that those lists are secret, no one knows how you get on them, there is no way to get off of them, and you can be added to them without even the slightest bit of evidence of any wrong doing." - Source:  HelpTheSheeple

Number of names on U.S. counter-terrorism database jumps
A quote...."The number of names on a highly classified U.S. central database used to track suspected terrorists has jumped to 875,000 from 540,000 only five years ago, a U.S. official familiar with the matter said." - Source:  Reuters

Red Alert! Eric Holder says Feds Will Ignore State Laws and Enforce Gun Grab!
Gun Grab Alert - A quote...."In a response to the Governor of Kansas , Attorney General Eric Holder Has stated the Feds WILL ENFORCE GUN GRAB !"

Will American Soldiers Fire on U.S. Citizens?
Related Article - A quote...."I was doing a radio interview this morning and the host asked me why the Department of Homeland Security needed 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition. The easy answer for me was, “They don’t.” Of course the follow-up question for him was, “Then why are they buying it?” - And that’s the billion-dollar question isn’t it. What is the federal government going to do with all that ammo? Why do they need it? Why are they buying it? It’s unprecedented. Are we on the cusp of physical domination by the United States Federal Government? And, if so, how will the American people react? " - bold by website editor

FBI Wants Real-time Warrantless Access to Online Communication
A quote...."The Obama administration is attacking the Fourth Amendment on every possible front. The latest assault would require Facebook, Twitter, Google, Apple, etc. to submit to real-time warrantless wiretaps on customer accounts. Tweets, Facebook posts and direct messages, email, all conversations on messenger apps, and all other online communications would be subject to real-time federal monitoring without first obtaining a warrant to conduct the surveillance, as required by the Constitution." - Source:  NewAmerican

Which Internet Companies Protect Your Data from Unwarranted Government Snooping?
Table - Action Alert - Related Article - (The two companies that score 5 out of 5, Sonic.net & Twitter. - mpg) -- A quote...."When you use the Internet, you entrust your conversations, thoughts, experiences, locations, photos, and more to companies like Google, AT&T and Facebook. But what do these companies do when the government demands your private information? Do they stand with you? Do they let you know what’s going on? - In this annual report, the Electronic Frontier Foundation examined the policies of major Internet companies...."

Corrupt Gov Officials – Many of Whom Are Atheists – Use the Most Extreme Forms of Religion to Divide and Conquer Us -- A quote...."Preface: Fundamentalist Christians, Jews and Muslims all think they are in a “holy war” against the other guy. As shown below, fundamentalists are being manipulated by the powers-that-be – many of whom are actually atheists – as part of a divide-and-conquer strategy to disempower people." - Topix ||  One Vile, Venom Tipped, Taloned Hand Washes the Other - (a.k.a. The Standard Model) - 07-28-10 - mpg  ||

Blow The Whistle And We Are Taken Out - Morris
M108Video - (M108YuTb - 9min39sec - May 4, 2013) - Source:  108morris108 -- A quote...."Blow the whistle and we are taken out in seconds. Prison Hospital or Grave. But we can be motivated to find the truth just from the motivation. - Whistleblowers Cannot Exist" - Well they exist, usually not for very long however, unless they have something highly destructive or embarrassing to the ruling parasites safely hidden away. - mpg

Guest Post 5-2-13 What pissed Scarecrow off this week
CMcGVideo - (CMcGYuTb - 17min5sec - May 2, 2013) - Source:  crabbydogtrix - Related: WideAwakeNews

Michael Rivero on Justin TV -  May 3rd, 2013
MRVideo - Related:  Republic Broadcasting Network dot Org - (JustinTV - 3.0hrs - May 3rd, 2013) -- Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire and many other issues. - mpg

Armed Revolution in America Soon? #n3
CMcGVideo - (CMcGYuTb - 5min06sec - May 2, 2013) - Source:  crabbydogtrix - Related: WideAwakeNews
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens....

50 Signs That We’re Due For A Major Crash
Must View - Charts, Graphs & Indicators Galore -- A quote...."Yes, U.S. stocks have been doing great so far this year, but the truth is that the stock market has become completely and totally divorced from economic reality.  When it does catch up with the economic fundamentals, it will probably happen very rapidly like we saw back in 2008. -- Our politicians can try to kick the can down the road for as long as they can, but at some point the consequences of our foolish decisions will hunt us down and overtake us."

Website Editor's Caution:  The parasitic Banksters and their brethren can't stop the collapse, but they can delay, or accelerate it!  In other words they can determine its timing to a very large extent, in many cases a larger extent than the pain threshold, or financial net worth, of many if not most "market" participants can either bear or afford. - mpg

The FED: Celebrating 100 Years of Stealing From You Every Day
A quote...."Yes, we were the richest and most prosperous nation on earth.  Yes, a majority of us lived a lifestyle unprecedented in human history, but does the farmer not fatten up his pigs for the slaughter??  We have been a naive and trusting population.  But it’s time to face the ‘opposite day’ world we now find ourselves in. -- Unfortunately, people who had a keen understanding of human nature designed a Madison Avenue society that kept the masses well preoccupied with ‘if you work hard enough, you can achieve the American Dream’, while they did their dirty work.  And we were preoccupied, mesmerized by a televised induced spell in fact!  But all the while, the same group we threw off our backs in the American Revolution, never gave up their rabid desire to control our country.  They merely decided to use deception, subversion and the age old power of greed and fear to conquer us this time."

The Greatest Wealth Transfer in History
A quote...."All governments engage in larceny and fraud, using their authority to transfer wealth and power from the outsiders to the insiders. But the clever government does so by deception... while the clumsy one does so with no pretense or excuses. -- In the US, for example, the feds deny savers any financial return from their economies under the pretense of "economic stimulus." Wage earners get nothing, while bankers, speculators and zombie grifters are rewarded with ultra low-cost financing, capital gains, bailouts and giveaways. -- The scale of this wealth transfer is the greatest in all history. Trillions of dollars are changing hands... But not one voter in 1,000 understands what is happening to him."

The Monarchs Of Money
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 20min47sec - Apr 29, 2013) - Source:  CBCTheNational -- A quote...."The world's central banks have printed unimaginable amounts of money in recent years - "these guys are really more powerful than the government." Neil Macdonald explores what this means for the global economy and for your financial well-being - "can you imagine if the American public knew there was this 'club' that met secretly in Switzerland and made decisions that dramatically affected their lives, but we're not going to tell you about it because it's too complicated."This brief documentary should open a few eyes to the reality behind the world's most powerful (and real) cabal." - also posted at ZeroHedge

Governor Brewer Vetoes Gold and Silver Currency Bill
An Example of the Fed's Power -- Some quotes...."The Arizona senate unanimously passed SB1439, the Constitutional Tender Act, making gold and silver legal tender by a vote of 18-0 last week. - On Thursday, Governor Jan Brewer refused to sign the bill into law and vetoed the measure claiming the law would result in lost tax revenue for the state."  ---  "It is highly unlikely that tax revenues would suffer under this proposed legislation since only a small minority of transactions would be conducted in gold and silver and businesses are required to collect taxes on those transactions as with any other. - This "lost revenue" argument seems to be an easy scapegoat for protecting the Federal Reserve's monopoly which Brewer was presumably instructed to do." - bold by website editor

Is Steven A. Cohen Buying off the U.S. Government?
A quote...."Most scandals involving the cozy relationship between Wall Street and its regulators play out behind closed doors. Others happen in plain view, and this is one of the latter. In a Manhattan courtroom Thursday, a federal judge held a hearing on whether to approve a legal settlement in which Steven A. Cohen, one of the richest and most publicity-shy men in the country, appears to be buying off the U.S. government, which for years has been investigating wrongdoing in and around his hedge fund, SAC Capital Advisers. " - Source: AmericaMilita

A Market "Based" On Monetary Surreality
Multiple Charts - A quote...."With macro data becoming worse and worse (more and more bullish for Fed free money) and stocks off to the races (despite earnings that are abysmal), we thought a litle reminder of just what is driving this un-reality in nominal price moves. As the following chart, inspired by UBS, shows, each time the S&P 500 shows any sign of weakness, US money grows dramatically (money defined as the sum of M2 and foreign custody repo-able holdings at the Fed). Simply put, this is the reaction function of the Bernanke Put and explains why any weakness in Europe causes problems for the US - as the foreign banks repatriate and impact this 'growth' support. Correlation is not causation, but it is a strong hint."

Destruction of American Small Businesses
AJVideo - (AJYuTb - 19min36sec - May 4, 2013) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."They Are Murdering Small Business: The Percentage Of Self-Employed Americans Is At A Record Low. -- http://www.asbl.com/index.html"

Wall Street Owns Obama -- The Housing Shell Game: Prices Up, Ownership Down
A quote..."Why are housing prices rising when the home ownership rate has dropped to its lowest level in 18 years? -- Actually, it’s not as confusing as it sounds. The Fed’s low interest rates have triggered a flurry of home buying by Private Equity firms and other speculators which has reduced already-tight supply and pushed up prices.  Of course, there is a downside to all this speculation, which is that real, “organic” demand from ordinary working people looking for a place to live, has dropped off sharply. That’s why the home ownership rate is in the dumps.  It’s also why existing homes sales declined 0.6 percent in March and “the volume of purchase applications is at levels last seen in 1998″,   because as prices edge higher, more people are opting to rent rather than own.  Who can blame them?" - also posted at ICH - In other words, welcome to Neo-Feudalism all you peasants and serfs out there!! - mpg

Las Vegas Housing: 8% of Single Family Homes Vacant, Yet New Construction Permits Up 50%
Related Article - A quote...."If there is any market that demonstrates the complete and total misallocation of capital that results from Banana Ben Bernanke’s money printing and artificially low interest rate policy, it the latest phony American housing bubble. With a record numbers of citizens on the food stamp electronic breadline, with unemployment stubbornly high no matter what data you use, billionaire financial oligarchs are running around bidding up “homes for rent” and pricing out the random average person that actually has the capacity or desire to bid. I just read an excellent article that demonstrates the degree of insanity that has now been unleashed upon the streets of Las Vegas." - also posted at ZeroHedge - Again, the WHOLE POINT of QE is to make the one percent richer, period!! - mpg

Worst job market recovery since WWII
Some quotes...."The job market may not be as weak as it looked just a month ago -- but it is still nowhere near as strong as it could be. -  Employers added 165,000 workers to non-farm payrolls in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Friday, and unemployment fell to 7.5 percent from 7.6 percent, the lowest since December 2008. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had expected non-farm payrolls to rise by 140,000 jobs and unemployment to hold steady at 7.6 percent."  ---  "The U-6 unemployment rate, which includes the jobless and people who are working part-time because they can't find anything better, rose to 13.9 percent."  ---  "Though the economy has added about 6 million jobs since the labor market bottomed in February 2010, the total number of non-farm payroll jobs in the U.S. is still nearly 3 million lower than at its peak in January 2008, early in the recession. That makes this easily the worst job-market recovery since the end of World War II." - bold by website editor

Anyone Who Says There's A Manufacturing Revolution In America Needs To Look At This Chart
Chart - (click to enlarge) -- A quote...."You frequently hear about the "manufacturing revolution" in America, but more and more it looks like bunk...."

Low-wage, part-time jobs dominate tepid rise in US payrolls
A quote...."The employment report for April released Friday by the US Labor Department reflects continuing economic stagnation in the midst of the deepest social crisis in America since the Great Depression. The net increase of 165,000 in US non-farm payrolls for the month continues a tepid pace of job-creation that is far slower than the consistent rate of 250,000 to 300,000 new jobs per month required to significantly impact the jobs crisis. - Moreover, the vast bulk of the new jobs being created are in low-wage service industries or in temporary or part-time positions...." - also posted at GlobalRsrch

Where Is The Recovery?
Chart - (click to view) -- Some quotes...."This is the first time in the post-World War II Era that the employment-population ratio has not Bounced back after the end of a recession."  ---  "In fact, an astounding 9.5 million Americans have “left the workforce” since Barack Obama took office."

Average Weekly Hours [& Hourly Earnings for Prod. & Non-Supv. Employees]... Decline?
Chart - (click to enlarge) -- A quote...."While everyone was focusing on the quantitative component of today's BLS number, it appears what was once again missed in all the noise was the mention of the qualitative aspects of the BLS report: those parts which actually look at the quality of new jobs, not only their earnings power (which as we showed in the breakdown of the April job gains were all toward the lower paying spectrum of available jobs) but also taking productivity and labor demand into the picture. It is here that we find this month's biggest BLS report weakness."

Non-Manufacturing ISM, Factory Orders Both Miss Expectations, Drop To 2012 Levels
Charts - (click to enlarge) -- A quote...."Following the better than expected jobs report, driven by women job additions and low-paying jobs, we got the non-manufacturing ISM and Factory Orders both of which missed expectations. The ISM dropped from 54.4 to 53.1, below expectations of 54.0, and the lowest since July 2012, with the employment number dropping from 53.3 to 52. Since this number focuses on services, one has trouble footing this with what the BLS said was a jump in jobs in Services sector but one can't have [every]thing."

MISS: [US] Factory Orders Fall -4.0%
A quote...."March factory orders fell -4.0%. - Consensus estimates were for a -2.9% decline. - Prior was revised lower to +1.9% from +3.0%."

MISS: US Services Industry Slows In April
A quote...."We just got the April reading of the ISM non-manufacturing index, a reading of America's services industry. - The headline number fell to 53.1 from 54.4 in March. - This was below the 54.0 reading economists were looking for."
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Keiser Report: Interest Rates Apartheid (E440)
Must View RTVideo - (RTYuTb - 25min46sec - May 4th, 2013) - Source:  RussiaToday - Producer:  MaxKeiserTV - Related:  MaxKeiserCom - Related:  MaxOnTwitter -- A quote...."In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert discuss the Great Leap Forward in central banks' central planning which has driven the Housewives of China to buy 300 tons of gold, an act of disloyalty to the central bank revolution. Max notices that Mrs. Wang has displaced Mrs Watanabe as the most important buyer in global financial markets. In the second half, Max talks to Alasdair MacLeod of Goldmoney.com about everything to do with the physical and paper gold markets - from open interest to naked short selling by bullion banks."

Chinese housewives buy 300 tons of gold
Gold Alert - A quote....."They are numerous and thumbing their noses at Wall Street, evidently. - And perhaps they offer some explanation for the turnaround in gold lately. - On Thursday, the Shanghai Daily reported on a “Voice of China” radio program that claimed Chinese housewives are propping up gold prices."

Dollar slips against Euro
If the EUR/USD gains, the US stock market goes up, and the EU's REAL economy continues to deteriorate.  That particular relationship has held steady for the last four years.  For more on how it works, see the essays shown below....mpg

• The Earnings Lie Explained - 07-15-12 - mpg
• The Games Banksters Play - 07-11-12 - mpg
• The Essence Of "Currency Wars" - 06-17-12 - mpg
• The Sixth Law of War Time Currency Expansion Trumps the Fifth Law - 04-01-12 - mpg
• The Piss-ant "State" and the (Formally) Mighty EU - 04-28-12 - mpg
• Attack of the Killer ZOG-Banksters - 12-16-11 - mpg
• The End-Stage Process of Mature Fiat-Currency-Capitalism - 11-30-11 - mpg
• A Quadruple Whammy - 12-16-10 - mpg
• Israel is NOT a "Nation-State", Nor Does It Plan To Be One - 01-13-12 - mpg

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More On The International Situation....

Christian Monastery Destroyed by Rebels in Syria
Another event for Hagee's Hordes to celebrate.  Just wait till the al-CIA'da & Saudi Parasitic Family's foreign Wahhabist mercenaries take over Syria.  They've already made it clear to everyone that the two million Christians living there are to be...."eliminated". One way or another. On that day another major milestone in Israel's PNAC Protocols will have been fulfilled, and of course, after Syria, comes Iran....mpg

Al-Qaeda sets up Sharia courts in key Syrian city
A quote...."Radical Islamic militant groups are consolidating their power base across northern Syria with a reformed al-Qaeda doctrine of governance that seeks to correct the mistakes made by the organization in Iraq."

FSA killed Turkish policeman - Local people reaction
Contains Video - A quote...."Local people in Akçakale react the latest attack of FSA in their town. Akçakale town at the border crossing with Syria’s Tal Abyad reported that at least one Turkish policeman killed, 2 other policemen, 2 soldiers and one civilians wounded when a group FSA opened fire to the border guards. The Turkish government is still silent on the issue and main stream Turkish media tends to shelve the issue."

Turkey tied to trafficking organs of injured Syrians: Report
A quote...."Turkish authorities are engaged in trafficking body organs of injured Syrians that are taken to Turkey for treatment, a report says."

Under Pressure Insurgents Up "Massacre" Campaign
A quote..."The Syrian opposition is currently promoting a "massacre" that allegedly happened in the village Bayda near Banias at the Mediterranean coast. The Hariri/Sunni aligned Daily Start headlines it as Images of Sabra and Shatila in Banias where up to 3,500 Palestinians were killed by rightwing Phalange hordes under Israeli supervision. - The number of those killed in Bayda is dubious and even the propagandized numbers are much smaller than the Sbara and Shatila ones...."
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Bomb 'kills five US troops in southern Afghanistan'
A quote...."KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A huge roadside bomb killed five US troops in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said, in the deadliest attack on NATO-led forces this year. - "Five American soldiers were killed at about noon when their armoured vehicle hit a powerful roadside mine in Maiwand district," General Abdul Razeq, Kandahar province's police chief, told AFP. - The troops died in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack, NATO's International Security Assistance Force confirmed in a statement without specifying the nationalities of the victims, in line with coalition policy."

6 US nationals killed in two Afghan attacks
Related Article - A quote...."Six US nationals, three army soldiers and three civilians, have been killed in two separate attacks in Afghanistan, US and Afghan officials say."

Two [more?] US troops killed in Afghanistan
A quote...."Two US soldiers serving with the International Security Assistance Force have been killed in Afghanistan, the coalition has announced."
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Pakistan election candidate shot dead
al-CIA'da & the Saudi Parasitic Family Strike Again - (Indirectly of course, this guy was murdered by religious fanatics supported by this country and the Saudis, but he probably wasn't a direct target of US/Saudi foreign policy.  Just a loyal Pakistani, on the make of course, in the wrong country with the wrong allies and paying the price as have so many of his fellow countrymen. -  mpg) -- Some quotes...."A candidate running for parliament in next week's historic Pakistani election was shot dead on Friday along with his three-year-old son after praying in a mosque in Karachi, police said."  --  "Saddiq Zaman Khattak was a businessman and a candidate for the Awami National Party (ANP), the leading secular party in Pakistan's ethnic Pastun northwest. A party leader said he had received threats." - bold by website editor

Bhutto murder: Musharraf chief prosecutor shot dead in Islamabad
A quote...."A lawyer leading the effort to prosecute Pakistan's former military dictator, Pervez Musharraf, over the murder of Benazir Bhutto has been shot dead in Islamabad as he was driving to court." - Gee, it's pretty obvious who murdered this guy. - mpg
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As US drone strikes rise in Yemen, so does anger
A quote...."SANAA, Yemen — The cleric preached in his tiny Yemeni village about the evils of al-Qaida, warning residents to stay away from the group's fighters and their hard-line ideology. The talk worried residents, who feared it would bring retaliation from the militants, and even the cleric's father wanted him to stop."

Indian FM to Discuss IP Gas Pipeline in Tehran
A quote...."Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid is slated to discuss extension of a gas pipeline project which is due to take Iran’s rich gas reserves to Pakistan and then to India, during his upcoming visit to Tehran, media reports said."

Iran Unveils Home Made Chopper Simulator
No wonder Israel and their Zionist stooges in this country keep chomping at the bit to sanction Iran's IRGC.  They're Israel's biggest competitor in the Middle East!! - mpg -- A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Army Ground Force unveiled its latest product in helicopter simulators industries on Sunday."

New Delhi Keen to Invest in Iran's Chabahar Port
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- New Delhi is ready to invest in Iran's Southern port city of Chabahar to turn it into a hub for the transit of its goods and products to the other countries, Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said."

Anti-militia protest attacked in Libya
A quote...."TRIPOLI, Libya—Hundreds of Libyan pro-democracy advocates marched in Tripoli on Friday, denouncing militias' recent blockade of government buildings and coming under attack briefly by supporters of the armed groups, in the latest sign of the turmoil that threatens the country's first elected authorities."

Militias drain Libya’s coffers
A quote..."Armed militias in Libya are not just a threat to security and the main challenge to the weak government in Tripoli, but they have also turned into a big drain on the oil-producer’s resources."

Turkey, Japan ink $22 billion nuclear power plant contract
How does one say Fukushima in Turkish?? - mpg -- A quote..."Turkey and Japan have signed a long-awaited deal worth $22 billion to build Turkey's second nuclear power plant on the coast of the Black Sea."

Hamas rejects Arab League peace initiative
A quote...."Palestinian movement says revised plan opening up for land swaps is a concession other Arabs are not authorised to make."

Why is Britain now spending millions ‘training’ Palestinian security forces?
A quote...."They were the inventors of the modern “protectorate” system of overseas colonial government. Now it seems that Britain is repositioning itself to play a more central role in the future of Middle East affairs – as the masters of ‘divide and rule’ are currently digging their heals into Israel’s occupied Palestinian territory." - Source:  21stCentWire

Nigeria clashes kills dozens at Wukari leader's funeral
It's Starting - The Liquification of Africa Has Begun - Twenty years of Saudi & US-NRE inspired murder, death and destruction have now started. - mpg -- A quote...."At least 39 people have been killed in Nigeria's Taraba state as clashes broke out between Christians and Muslims at a funeral, say reports."

Venezuela leader Maduro alleges Colombia assassination plot
A quote...."Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has accused former Colombian leader Alvaro Uribe of plotting to assassinate him. - Mr Maduro said he had evidence that right-wing Venezuelan politicians had been involved in the plot."
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Amerika's FrankenFood Disaster, Vaccine Cover-Up & The Monsanto Monster....

The Top 14 Fruits and Veggies to Buy Organic
Action Alert Data Base - A quote...."On the bright side, there is another list.  If you are on a budget and can’t get everything organic, these conventionally grown items are relatively safe choices:

1. Asparagus
2. Avocados
3. Cabbage
4. Cantaloupe
5. Sweet Corn (not to be confused with potentially GMO canned corn)
6. Eggplant
7. Grapefruit
8. Kiwi
9. Mangoes
10. Mushrooms
11. Onions
12. Papayas
13. Pineapples
14. Sweet Peas
15. Sweet Potatoes

10 Ways to Alkalize Your Body Today
Action Alert - A quote...."Acidity has been linked to pain, excess weight and many other health issues. Fortunately, making your body more alkaline (the opposite of acidic) is easy.  Here are 10 ways to alkalize your body for more energy and vitality: -- 1. Start your day with a large glass of water with the juice of a whole, freshly-squeezed lemon. While lemons may seem acidic, they have the opposite effect on your body as it metabolizes them...."

Curcumin and Cancer Prevention and Treatment
Action Alert - A quote...."There is an emerging body of data suggesting a role for curcumin in cancer prevention and as an element of cancer treatment. Curcumin, derived from the Indian spice turmeric, blocks nuclear factor-kappa B(NF-kB), and thus reduces levels of inflammatory cytokines in the body. Curcumin also interferes with the formation of advanced glycation end products, compounds which trigger inflammation and may increase the risk of cancerous mutations in cells. Curcumin regulates tumor suppressor pathways, increasing the death of cancer cells, and also interferes with several mechanisms responsible for tumor invasiveness. Cell culture data suggest that curcumin has anti-cancer effects in breast cancer, cervical cancer, prostate cancer, and colon cancer."

Under-50s with breast cancer at record high
A quote...."A record number of women under 50 are being diagnosed with breast cancer as a result of heavier drinking and later motherhood. - Doctors identified 10,068 new cases of breast cancer among under-50s in Britain in 2010, the first time the total has hit five figures, a report shows. - It represents an 11 per cent rise since 1995, when the number of diagnoses in the same age group was 7,712, or an increase from 38 to 42 cases in every 100,000 women."

Friday May 3rd 2013

No posts. - mpg

Thursday May 2nd 2013

You Are The Hope — Paul Craig Roberts -  Paul Craig Robert's Donation Drive
Must Read - A quote...."Every time I write a column that is the truth or the truth as I am able to discover it, instead of hawking the propaganda line, I move up on the list of those who are persona non grata in the Empire. -- A writer can find himself demonized and declared a kook simply by reporting findings from distinguished scientists, high-rise architects, structural engineers, first responders, and an international collection of high government officials. Not too long ago a writer or reporter for the Huffington Post discovered to his surprise that Pat Buchanan and I disagreed with all the wars that had been launched to protect us from terrorism. He asked me for an interview, and I agreed. -- An hour or so after the interview was posted on the Huffington Post, I received an emergency call or email. He had been criticized for interviewing me, “for giving you a forum when you are a 9/11 sceptic.” He was unsure that it was possible for a Reagan presidential appointee to be a 9/11 sceptic and asked if I was." - Topix ||  Reficultnias's 9/11 Central  ||

Imperial Anatomy of Al-Qaeda: The CIA’s Drug-Running Terrorists and the “Arc of Crisis” - in PDF
Must Read - A quote...."As the 9th anniversary of 9/11 nears, and the war on terror continues to be waged and grows in ferocity and geography, it seems all the more imperative to return to the events of that fateful September morning and re-examine the reasons for war and the nature of the stated culprit, Al-Qaeda. -- The events of 9/11 pervade the American and indeed the world imagination as an historical myth. The events of that day and those leading up to it remain largely unknown and little understood by the general public, apart from the disturbing images repeated ad nauseam in the media. The facts and troubled truths of that day are lost in the folklore of the 9/11 myth: that the largest attack carried out on American ground was orchestrated by 19 Muslims armed with box cutters and urged on by religious fundamentalism, all under the direction of Osama bin Laden, the leader of a global terrorist network called al-Qaeda, based out of a cave in Afghanistan....." - Topix ||  Reficultnias's 9/11 Central  ||

How I Discovered The Hidden Side of History
Must Read - A quote...."1981: I was looking through some old books that somehow ended up at my parents’ house. Among them, I found a set of history books from the 1930s. With an innate interest in the topic, I began reading them, and was absolutely shocked by what I found. - The last book of the series covered what were then modern times, and to my horror, I found lavish praise for – of all people – Benito Mussolini. - These were American books, by the way, beautifully produced by a respected publisher. And there, in authoritative tones, was the story of the great Mussolini, the savior of Italy. Given that I was taught precisely the opposite, a mere 30-odd years later, you can imagine my surprise." - also posted at FromTheTrenches

Nine Eleven IS the Litmus Test
Video - From the History File - (previously posted) - (YuTb - 8min33sec - May 1, 2013) - Source:  Snordster - Text/Transcript:  SmokingMirrors -- A quote...."There is one thing that defines everyone over the course of these early years of this new century. That thing is the 9/11 attack. Everyone in government and every field of endeavor the world over is defined by their position on this event. It is not necessary to know the truth. It is only necessary to know the extent of the lies in order to define any leader in any position anywhere in the world. By what they have said and by what they have not said, one can accurately judge who is an enemy of the peoples of the world. One can accurately determine who is a tool of the psychopaths or one of them. -- Think about what you allow yourself to know. Think about what you pass by; ignore, deny and defend ...that defines you. It defines the degree of your personal courage, your relationship to the truth, your values, your principles and what you will pass on to your children and everyone you meet. It tells you in that place where your conscience must once have lived whether you are a hypocrite and a fool or whether something greater still lives within you."

Report: U.S. Government Worked with Bin Laden and His Top Lieutenant 3 Months AFTER 9/11
Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."Former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds has been deemed credible by the Department of Justice’s Inspector General, several senators (free subscription required), and a coalition of prominent conservative and liberal groups. -- The ACLU described Edmonds as...."

"The most gagged person in the history of the United States of America."

"And famed Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg says that Edmonds possesses information “far more explosive than the Pentagon Papers”. -- Edmonds translated terror-related communications for the FBI right after 9/11. In that capacity, she read communications between terrorists and other radicals. -- Edmonds said last week that Bin Laden – and his number 2 Al Qaeda lieutenant – Ayman al-Zawahiri – worked with the U.S. government for 3 months after 9/11 to coordinate destabilization in the Caucus region...." - Source:  GrgWashBlg - also posted at FromTheTrenches

Tsarnaev Brothers: 9/11 Truthers – and Obviously Innocent
A quote....""The vast majority of the world’s Muslims understands that 9/11, Bali, Madrid, 7/7, Mumbai, and similar events have been false flag attacks conducted by the enemies of Islam. As a 2011 Pew Poll found -- “There is no Muslim public in which even 30% accept that Arabs conducted the (9/11) attacks.” -- In Pakistan, the nation that knows “Al-CIA-duh” best, only 3% believe the official story of 9/11. -- Among the vast majority of Muslims who know the truth about false-flag terror: The accused Boston Marathon bombers and their family." - bold by website editor
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What's Ahead for Syria?
Must Read - A quote...." Syria's being systematically destroyed. Washington planned doing so years ago. Sovereign independence isn't tolerated. It's longstanding US policy. -- Numerous states learned the hard way. Syria is America's latest victim. It's falsely blamed for Washington's war. The pattern by now is familiar. -- Ravaging the world one country at a time or in multiples is policy. Terrorism is what they do, not us. Reasons for imperial wars are suppressed. -- Wealth, power, privileged and unchallenged dominance alone matter. Sacrificing human lives and freedoms are small prices to pay."

More Arms For Destroying Syria
US Govt. & Presstitute Propaganda BUSTED! -- A quote...."Today "officials" are telling U.S. papers that Obama is "moving toward sending lethal arms to Syrian rebels". -- This is just political theater. These papers are conveniently forgetting their own reporting on Syria. The destruction of Syria with the help of jihadist groups has been planned since 2007. The U.S. has been sending arms to the insurgents from the very beginning. It has also run an extensive media campaign to support the insurgency. The U.S. exports grain and other food as "aid" to Syria which is then distributed by extreme radical al-Nusra cells. The first arms to Syria came from the black market, then from Libyan stockpiles, then arms were flown in from Croatia. All by or through U.S. secret services. The deliveries were made by the CIA from its large station in Benghazi, as well as through its stations in Turkey and Jordan. The groups those arms went to were vetted by the CIA and there is evidence that these weapons have also gone to takfiri jihadists like Jabhat al-Nusra. There is definitely no reluctance in official U.S. circles to arm anyone, no matter how radical there polices are, who is willing to destroy Syria." - Topix ||  US SoT - Al CIA'da In Syria  ||

US pledges to arm Syrian opposition as new terror bombing hits Damascus
A quote...."Senior Obama administration officials announced yesterday that the United States will directly arm the Islamist opposition fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. This came as another terror bombing hit the Syrian capital, Damascus, amid a wave of bombings carried out by the US-backed opposition." - also posted at ICH

Stealing Syria’s Oil: The EU Al-Qaeda Oil Consortium
A quote...."The decision of the European Union to lift the embargo on Syrian government’s energy exports by importing oil from the ‘armed opposition’ is another flagrant violation of international law. It violates the UN General Assembly declaration of 1962 on Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources and is yet another violation of the 1981 UN declaration on the Inadmissibility of Intervention and Interference in the Internal Affairs of States. But it is much more than a technical violation of the law. It marks the decent of civilization into barbarism."
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The Real Reason America Can't Make a Nuclear Deal with Iran
A quote...."Non-Western states have, in various ways, pushed back against these efforts by America and its European partners to (in effect) rewrite the NPT. The "BRICS" (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) and the Non-Aligned Movement (with 120 countries representing nearly two-thirds of UN members) -- have unequivocally recognized the right of Iran and other states to develop safeguarded indigenous fuel cycle capabilities. Since abandoning nuclear weapons programs during democratization and joining the NPT, Brazil and South Africa have used their status as nonproliferation exemplars to defend non-weapons states' right to peaceful use of nuclear technology, including enrichment. With Argentina, they resisted U.S. efforts to make transfers of fuel cycle technology contingent on accepting the Additional Protocol (which Brazil has refused to sign), forcing Washington to compromise. With Turkey, Brazil brokered the Tehran Declaration in May 2010, whereby Iran accepted U.S. terms to swap most of its then stockpile of enriched uranium for fuel for its research reactor. But the Declaration openly recognized Iran's right to enrich; for this reason, Obama rejected it." - Topix ||  How About An Honest NPT? - 11-11-10 - mpg  ||
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More On The Boston Bombing (BB) False-Flag Fiasco....

Roommates of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Arrested in Boston Bombing Case
And the Boston Witch Hunt continues. - Now Boston's brave men in uniform have bagged themselves several teenagers that (GASP - look of utter terror) actually "knew" the suspect.  Yeah!  These proto-terrorists were even (DOUBLE GASP - look of complete disgust) "friends" with the suspect! 

WHO KNOWS WHAT THOUGHT-CRIMES THEY'VE COMMITTED!!  Thankfully these inhuman fiends, these dangerous potential proto-terrorist masterminds have been apprehended!!  Everybody therefore should applaud the city of Boston for tracking down these diabolical Satan worshipers! 

After they beat these sub-humans to a pulp to get them to confess, maybe Boston's finest could take them up North to Salem....and burn them alive!  To save their souls of course!

Witches....'scuse this website editor....proto-terrorists are everywhere, tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands of Bostonians may be infected with their bad thoughts and will have to be hunted down, tortured (for there own good of course) and burned at the stake!!  

It's truly gratifying to see the old methods of crime prevention return to Boston.  - mpg

Report: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's repeated requests for a lawyer were ignored
A quote...."....Tsarnaev had repeatedly asked for a lawyer, but the FBI simply ignored those requests, instead allowing the interagency High Value Detainee Interrogation Group to continue to interrogate him alone...."

Boston Bombings: Police Fired At By Other Police, Not Suspects
A quote...." The police involved the manhunt for the alleged Boston Bombers are now under investigation for unprovoked shootings at other officers which until now have been blamed on the alleged bombing suspects. - For those who listened to the live radio transcripts this is just one of numerous scandals that occurred."

Neo-Cons Trolling for Terrorist Recruits in Caucasus — Did CIA Fund and FBI Lend Tamerlan as a Spotter?
Special Note - A quote...."Revelations and significant new details on the Boston bomber story just keep on coming. -- The latest appears in today’s Justin Raimondo’s column. It turns out there is a Georgian connection (not the state where Atlanta is located). Raimondo found that the Russian daily Izvestia and the Russian-1 television network uncovered the identity of a fund that was set up to conduct “outreach” to Chechen youth. These media report that…"

“…the contents of an intelligence dossier leaked by Col. Grigory Chanturia, of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs…claims that, in the summer of 2010, an organization calling itself the “Caucasian Fund,” or, alternately, the “Kavkazsky Fund,” co-sponsored with the Washington, D.C.-based Jamestown Foundation a series of “seminars” for North Caucasian youth – and that Tamerlan was one of the attendees. The Fund was set up after the Georgian-Ossetian war, with $2.5 million expended to do “outreach” to “North Caucasian youth.” The program brought in Chechens and others from the European diaspora, and reportedly encouraged the participants in their militance…”

Boston Bombers Uncle Aided Chechan Terrorists For CIA
A quote...."Further investigation into the Boston Bombers ties to the CIA reveal a shell company used to funnel funds to overseas terrorists was set up by Uncle Ruslan at the home of a top CIA official."

Mapping The Tsarnaev Brothers
A quote...."I lived in Boston for eight years when I was in college. I have been asked to make some comments on the Boston Marathon bombing. -- The most glaring points about this Boston Marathon bombing are that the alleged bombers were well connected to the CIA and paid by them. We were told that they accepted $100,000 from the state in welfare over ten years. But $100,000 over ten years is not a lot of money."

How the Boston Bombings May Change the World for the Worse!
A quote...."May 02, 2013 "Information Clearing House" - The FBI, at first, claimed no knowledge of the bombing suspects but later was forced to admit having received at least two sets of intelligence reports, one from Russian officials and another from the CIA, identifying one of the suspected bombers, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, as a potential security threat linked to a Chechen terrorist organization. Testimony from Tsarnaev’s mother and father indicates that the FBI was active in following, harassing and interrogating the suspect before the bombing. Despite general directives from the US Departments of Justice and Homeland Security mandating US security to aggressively pursue ‘Islamist terrorists’, the FBI claims to have made no effort to follow-up on the Russian and CIA security alerts, especially after Tamerlan Tsarnaev returned from Russian state of Dagestan last year where he allegedly met six times with a known Chechen terrorist, Gadzhimurad Dolgatov, in a fundamentalist Salafi mosque." - Source:  JamesPetras

A Wiser America
Not really, it's just a much poorer and more tired America, but give it time.  After they save up their little pennies, after the sting of being "played" for the hundredth time fades from their collective memories (the few in this country that have any). The Amerikan people will be perfectly willing to be fooled again, give up even more of their civil rights, (what little that are still left), spend even more of their treasure (giggle....snicker....if they can find any) and cheerfully go murder millions more people in countries which, as with 9/11, weren't even remotely connected with whatever false-flag event they again go to war for. Nothing has changed, nothing will change....ever. - mpg

Total Proof Boston Bombings Were A False Flag!
AJVideo - (missed this one - mpg) -- (AJYuTb - 17min56sec - Apr 26, 2013) - Source:  AJChannel -- A quote...."It took a while but the Feds finally came clean to having prior knowledge of deceased bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev. They also had his mother on a terrorist watch list."

Watch the video starting at the four minute mark.  Napolitano was being grilled on the "Saudi national" and she gave a disgusting, tawdry, infantile, although a classic, (because it was SO badly done!) performance of what is known in Washington circles as a "non-denial denial".  It is simply pathetic that the people of this nation have willingly allowed themselves to be subject to the unconstitutional, criminal, whims of this....completely grotesque, caricature of a woman. - mpg

For more on the Boston Bombing see....Boston Marathon Bombing Attack
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

Israel Gives Up White Phosphorus, Because ’It Doesn’t Photograph Well’
Must Read - A quote...."This item caught me by surprise. The IDF is giving up white phosphorus? Wait a minute; the IDF never used white phosphorus during Cast Lead. So how exactly do you give up something you never had? Chemical weapons are something the Syrians use, no? -- Okay, after a while the army did remember that it had been confused, and it did use white phosphorus, but only in open territories and not against people. -- Okay, then the IDF remembered that it got it wrong again and that it did use white phosphorus in urban areas. Two hundred bombs, actually. But this was only in order to create a “smoke screen,” and there is nothing wrong with that. And if there was something wrong, it’s insignificant and unintentional, and it would be thoroughly investigated, so that no stone is left unturned. -- That’s all well and good, except that at least 12 Gazans met their horrific death this way, burned to death by white phosphorus. Among them were three women, six children and a 15-month-old baby girl"

Israel Never Stopped Pirating in Palestinian Waters
Must Read - Photos - A quote...."Though you wouldn't know it from the lack of media coverage, for decades Israel has been committing acts of piracy in Palestinian waters: Attacking, kidnapping and stealing from Palestinian fishers, sometimes just a mile off the Gaza Strip's coast. -- Despite pledges of restraint, the Israeli navy’s attacks have continued since the November 2012 ceasefire between Israeli authorities and the Palestinian resistance. The Mezan Centre for Human Rights noted on March 24, 2013, that “Since the ceasefire agreement, Israeli occupying forces have carried out 44 attacks against fishermen in Gaza’s waters, injuring four fishermen. Israeli forces arrested 44 fishermen, confiscated nine boats, and damaged fishing equipment on five separate occasions.”"

Will Morgan Freeman Reject Lending Name for Israeli Apartheid?
BDS Action Alert - Contains Must View Video - Alt - (Great Video!!) -- A quote...."ElectronicIntifada.com  – Canadian filmmaker John Greyson has released this short video supporting the Palestinian call on actor Morgan Freeman and Canadian broadcaster and musician Jian Ghomeshi to cancel their participation in a 6 May event hosted by the Canadian Friends of Hebrew University." - For more on how to Boycott, Divest and Sanction the state of Israel see the upper-left-corner of the "Front Page" of this website.

Israel Must End Occupation, says European Parliament Delegation
Or WHAT!!  They'll glare at the Israelis??  Maybe even stamp their collective feet petulantly??  - A quote...."RAMALLAH, May 2, 2013 (WAFA) – A European Parliament (EP) delegation called on the European Union Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton and Member States to insist that Israel ends to the illegal policies preventing a resumption of negotiations to end the occupation, said an EP press release Thursday."

'West lets Israel play with nukes so Egypt quits talks'
RTVideo - (RTYuTb - 5min54sec - May 1, 2013) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Israel's alleged cache of nuclear arms is in the spotlight again. Egypt withdrew from Non-Proliferation Treaty talks in Geneva on Monday, over the failure to plan for a Middle East free of nuclear weapons - clearly referring to Israel. - Ramzy Baroud, the editor of the Palestine Chronicle, believes the international community's tacit support allows Tel-Aviv to possess a nuclear arsenal." - Ramzy Baroud is wrong, Israel didn't acquire 200 to 400 nuclear warheads to threaten just the countries in the Middle East, they got them so they could threaten everybody, but more specifically, Europe. - mpg

Palestine – Fist Full of Dollars
A quote...."Contrary to public claims, the Palestinian leadership past (Arafat) and present (Abbas) was never interested in liberation, let alone ending the Jewish Occupation. Oslo and subsequent actions since then can only confirm this. It is all about business and the windfall the continued Jewish Occupations brings to the Palestinian leadership, leaders and cadre of “Fasa’el” and of course to the Palestinian Oligarchs. -- The Palestinian leadership never put in place a popular plan (civil disobedience and popular civil uprising) that will help bring about the end of the longest occupation in modern history. Rather the Palestinian leadership is working hard to perpetuate its existence even if more and more land is taken over for Jewish settlements and security areas."

Yeah....it's sort'a hard to compete against a criminal consortium that actually owns the private central banking cartell of the worlds largest military power, a bank whose script is also the world's reserve currency.  Not to mention having this bank print as much currency as needed ($3 billion a day currently) to manipulate the ENTIRE world's financial system, as well as bribing almost the ENTIRE legislature of this consortium's North American colony, for whatever ends they choose. - mpg

Former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney on Israeli backed US foreign policy
Special Note - A quote...."My name is Cynthia McKinney and I served as a Member of the U.S. Congress for 12 years. During my time in Congress, I strove to make respect for human rights a central feature in the formulation of U.S. foreign policy.  Amid minor successes, I have to say that my efforts while, broadly appreciated by many, failed miserably. That failure stems in part from the peculiarities of U.S. politics that allow policy formulation to deviate from and in many cases become diametrically opposed to the values of the people of the U.S.  Sadly, what we in the U.S. call "special interests" [i.e. AIPAC and its affiliated organizations] are able to buy public policy by way of campaign contributions and misleading media campaigns.  These “special interests” are aided and abetted in the U.S. by a concentrated media that has no obligation according to U.S. court decisions to tell the public the truth.  In other words, U.S. media have won in U.S. court the right to knowingly lie to the people they ostensibly serve.  I will briefly delve into this unusual and anti-"democratic" state of affairs now controlling in the U.S. once again before I conclude my remarks."
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More on the Domestic Situation....

Erie-based Magpul begins making ammunition magazines outside Colorado
A quote...."ERIE — Magpul Industries, the Erie-based ammunition magazine maker that pledged to leave Colorado after gun-control legislation was signed into law in March, is for the first time manufacturing its weapons accessories out of the state." - Source:  DailyCamera

Guantanamo attorney dead in apparent suicide - Uh, huh.....sure....absolutely....mpg
A quote...."An American lawyer representing detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp has been found dead in an apparent suicide. - Shot himself in the back of the head....twice, like Gary Web?  No....wait....he hung himself....like the DC Madam? No? How bout this....he deliberately overdosed himself on Tylenol like Bruce Ivins?? - mpg

6 Horrifying Facts Every American Should Know About Guantanamo Bay and the Ongoing Hunger Strike
Related Article - A quote...."As the hunger strike grows, the U.S. is sending more medical personnel to help force-feed the prisoners. Here are some of the facts you should know about the protest and the prison camp."

SHOCKING: [Not really....] VA Hospital in Wisconsin -- Vets Left to Die!
Contains Video - A quote...."Treated worse than a horse! Broken bones left to rot, infections allowed to spread and life threatening conditions left untreated." - Topix ||  M.I.C. Product™ - 11-10-10 - mpg  ||

The Gov Is Planting Child Porn On Your Computer - Instead of watching it on theirs? How rude of them!!!
A quote...."A new virus has been cataloged, and it appears to be planting and distributing child pornography files. Hackers? No. The government is planting child porn on your computer, or so an alert published today indicates."

Kimberly Rivera, Pregnant Mom of Four, Sentenced to Military Prison for Refusing to Serve in Iraq
A quote...."Private First Class Kimberly Rivera — a conscientious objector and pregnant mother of four — has just been sentenced to military prison for refusing to serve in the Iraq War. Rivera was on a two-week leave in December 2006 when she decided she would not return to Iraq for a second tour of duty. She and her family fled to Canada in February 2007, living there until their deportation back to the United States last year. On Monday, a military court sentenced her to 10 months behind bars. Her fifth child is due in December. We’re joined by Mario Rivera, Kimberly’s husband and now the primary caretaker of their four young children, and by James Branum, a lawyer who represents Kimberly and dozens of other conscientious objectors."

George W's $250 Million Can of Whitewash
A quote...."May 02, 2013 "Information Clearing House" -  Big doings in Big D — the George W. Bush Presidential Library is open for business! - What a piece of work it is: a $250 million, 226,000-square-foot edifice on 23 acres in Dallas. His brick-and-limestone structure is certainly imposing, but once inside, you quickly see that it's a $250 million can of whitewash. Of course, all ex-presidents want libraries that show their good side, and Bush himself was organizer-in-chief of this temple to ... well, to himself. What's most striking is not what's in it, but what's not."

Surviving The Coming Financial [Societal] Collapse
Video - (YuTb - 13min56sec - Apr 27, 2013) - Source:  GEN - A quote...."This guy is off by a few years, I personally think we will make it till 2016 but, what he says will most likely happen. - When I saw the Google map of camp locations and overseas positioning of the pawns, it freaked me out! - Do yourself a favor and watch it. Good info."
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens....

22 Facts That Prove That The Bottom 90 Percent Of America Is Systematically Getting Poorer
A quote...."The mainstream media is not telling you this, but the truth is that most Americans are steadily getting poorer.  The middle class is being absolutely eviscerated, and poverty is soaring to unprecedented heights.  The fact that 90 percent of the population is constantly sliding downhill is not good for our society.  The United States is supposed to be a land of opportunity with a vibrant free market system that enables average people to make better lives for themselves.  Unfortunately, free enterprise is being strangled to death in the United States today." -- Here'sone of the "22 facts" (#4), and it's quite impressive if you think about it.....

"#4 In the United States today, the wealthiest one percent of all Americans have a greater net worth than the bottom 90 percent combined." - bold by website editor

They Are Murdering Small Business: The Percentage Of Self-Employed Americans Is At A Record Low

Penny and Nickel Debasement Bill Introduced in U.S. Congress
The crumbling Neo-Roman Empire debases it's currency, just like its utterly corrupt predecessor. - mpg -- A quote...."While this bill is still in committee, I suspect that a coinage composition change will take place before the end of 2013. The ravages of inflation made the change inevitable. The Coinflation web site presently lists the scrap value of the base metal content of the current U.S. zinc penny at $0.021192 (211.92% of face value) and the cupronickel five cent piece at $0.045671 (91.34% of face value), and their actual minting and distribution costs are actually much higher. According to Coin Update, it cost the US Mint $0.1009 to produce and distribute each nickel, as of fiscal year 2013. They can’t go on spending 10 cents producing each five cent coin much longer."

Arizona lawmakers pass bill making silver, gold legal tender
Related Article - A quote...."The Arizona Senate on Tuesday approved a measure to make gold and silver legal currency in the state, in a response to what backers said was a lack of confidence in the international monetary system." Source: Reuters

Pump! Pump! Pump!
A quote...."Foreigners now hold more than $13 trillion in American securities, payments in Chinese yuan grew by 171% from year ago and yuan hits record high vs. Dollar [the privately owned Fed's script]"

Guest Post: Nicholas Taleb Against Establishment Economists
A quote...."Nicholas Taleb is making waves again – and in a good way, as we will explain below. It began with an altercation between him and a few mainstream economists on Twitter (what is apparently called a 'Twitter brawl'). Here is a post from Taleb's Facebook page that he put up in the wake of said brawl – Taleb announced that he will go with a fine comb through the papers of one Karl Whelan, one of the countless 'monetary economists' who are writing papers for the Fed and are thereby providing justifications for its meddling with the markets....." - Source:  ActingMan

Keiser Report: Paper Jihad (E439)
RTVideo - (RTYuTb - 25min45sec - May 2nd, 2013) - Source:  RussiaToday - Producer:  MaxKeiserTV - Related:  MaxKeiserCom - Related:  MaxOnTwitter -- A quote...."In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert discuss paper addiction and the toothless, pimply faced paper pushers hooked on an ever-increasing fix of debt. There is no paper these guys won't push, no debt they won't inject into the veins of the economy and these addicts refuse to sober up despite the overwhelming evidence found in gold demand that they've reached a bottom at which no new hit can get them high. In the second half of the show Max talks to John 'J.S.' Kim of SmartknowledgeU.com about the precious metals market, traffic jams outside bullion shops in Asia and central bankers buying paper."

A day after hitting an all-time high, stocks took a beating thanks to some ugly economic news.
Related Article - Most probably not true. -- More likely the "Money Junkies" (Michael Rivero's favorite phrase) were simply disappointed that DESPITE the bad macro-economic news, which has been getting worse for over a month, Bernanke and his Bankster buddies at their FROMC meeting today stated they were going to stand pat at (only) $85 Billion a month worth of QE, and not raise it to $120 Billion or more.  THAT's just how sick this so-called "market" has become, the financial parasites were unhappy they couldn't get a more powerful dose of financial heroin to continue their four year long gangsta-banger party down on Wall Street. - mpg

ECB cuts interest rate to record-low 0.5% in desperate measure to drag Eurozone out of recession
Related Article - PUBLISHED: 07:28 EST, 2 May 2013 -- ECB's rate cut occurred one day after the comment shown above was written.....and the "market" is right back to were it was before it took its dive yesterday. The Money-Junkies are happy again, as long as the EUR/USD stays above $1.30 and US corporations can continue to bolster their collective bottom lines through a cheap dollar and more importantly, their FX transactions from the EU.  If the EUR/USD drops in a big way below $1.30, they won't be so happy anymore. - mpg

Federal Reserve suggests even more money printing if economy falters
Related Article -- A quote...."The Federal Reserve announced that it will keep on buying $85 billion dollars worth of assets per month (or more) until unemployment improves. - That is like a medieval doctor bleeding a patient with leeches until his iron deficiency goes away. - Ken Griffin – head of Citadel Capital – noted this week...."

"As we’ve all learned over the years, if you reduce the cost of capital you increase your use of fixed assets and you take out jobs. Corporate America, seeing an ever increasing cost for its employee base and extraordinarily low interest rates, is taking every step it can possibly take to reduce employment, to build factories abroad and domestically to substitute technology and automated processes for people." - Source: GrgWashBlog

QE Has Been and Will Continue to Be a Complete Failure
Related Article - NOT TRUE - QE was designed from the very beginning to help the TBTF Banksters, and the wealthiest one percent, not the rest of the population. As such it's been an incredibly successful policy. - mpg -- A quote...."The Fed is now blaming Congress for the failures of its QE policies. - This is to be expected, given that no one in the power elite ever accepts responsibility for their own failures. Congressional members blames each other (depending on which party they’re in), the Fed blames Congress, the White House blames the GOP, and on and on. - Behind this façade of bickering is the total and complete failure of the Fed’s policies to generate economic growth OR jobs. Regarding #1, the US has not had a single year of 3% GDP growth since Bernanke became Fed Chairman. End of story. - As for QE… there is not one single example in history in which QE has successfully created jobs. The UK has engaged in QE equal to over 20% of its GDP and hasn’t seen a real recovery in employment. Similarly, Japan has employed QE equal to nearly 25% of its GDP and GDP growth continues to slow while unemployment stays elevated."

Europe Has Become A Totalitarian State - The Cyprus Template
Related Article - A quote...."Cyprus is absolutely the template for Europe now. It is just that the template is far worse than what is narrowly imagined. -  It is not the small nation of Cyprus nor is it that the specifics of the criminality that was transacted in Cyprus which is any sort of template. This is not the center of the issue. It is what Cyprus means and the horrible implications of what took place." - Source:  ZeroHedge

The Fatal Disease of the Status Quo: Diminishing Returns
Special Note - Charts - (click to enlarge) - Related Article - A quote...."The costs of maintaining a sclerotic, cartel-state Status Quo infected with incurable diminishing returns eventually exceed the carrying capacity of the real economy and the Status Quo collapses in a heap."

Just Two 'Recession' Indicators
Charts - (click to enlarge) -- A quote...."Monday's income and spending (and implicitly 'saving') data provided plenty of fodder at the headline level for any and every opinion. We explained in great detail just how weak the data really was (here and here). But the following two charts suggest that any optimism of organic consumption-led exuberance is completely misplaced. Retail sales of clothing is growing at the slowest pace since 2010; but while major store sales are about to drop negative YoY for the first time in over 3 years, the utter collapse in general merchandise sales is worse that at the peak of the last recession at -5%. It seems tough to see how a nation with an economy built on 70% consumption is not in a recessionary environment."

Financial Collapse - Is Bernanke Preparing to Jump Ship?
A quote...."The US is almost assuredly back in recessionary territory. This is coming on the back of the weakest recovery (if you can call it that) in post-WWII history. - The Feds hide this economic nightmare by simply not counting those who are unemployed (lower the denominator in the fraction and your unemployment ratio falls), and by using bogus deflators in their GDP growth numbers (the current CPI is 2.1%… but the Feds calculated the first quarter GDP growth numbers use an inflationary measure of 1.2%)." - bold by website editor

Oh, this is just disgusting!  This website editor knew the GDP figures were cooked because the Fed's methods of calculating inflation have been changed over eight times in the last twenty years and are now completely bogus (see shadowstats.com). Real inflation is running around seven to eight percent.  But to also find out they're only using one half of their own bogus numbers to calculate GDP is....well....it's outrageous!  It's ludicrous!! -- And let's not forget they've recently come up the hilarious scheme of adding $500 BILLION dollars to the US's GDP figures for....hold on to your seats...."intangibles".  Talk about "mark to fantasy"! --  So just remember folks, the US-NRE's GDP figures have absolutely nothing to do with reality anymore. -  mpg

Consumer Price Index
Related FYI:  A quote...."This installment has been updated from the original 2004 version to incorporate additional research on earlier changes to the CPI. The source for most of the information in this installment is the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which generally has been very open about its methodologies and changes to same. The BLS Web site: www.bls.gov contains descriptions of the CPI and its related methodologies. Other sources include my own analyses of the CPI data and methodological changes over the last 30 years as well as interviews with individuals involved in inflation reporting."

Why The Consumer Price Index Is Controversial
Related FYI:  A quote...."Over the years, the methodology used to calculate the CPI has also undergone numerous revisions. According to the BLS, the changes removed biases that caused the CPI to overstate the inflation rate. The new methodology takes into account changes in the quality of goods and substitution." - bold by website editor - In other words substituting a can of cat food because steak is now fifty dollars a pound means there's no inflation.  Enjoy....mpg

[US] Public Spending On Construction Hits Its Lowest Levels Since 2001
Chart - (click to enlarge) -- One has heard a LOT from the Ayn Rand school of economics crowd about how this "gubermint" has been been spending ever increasing sums on worthless infrastructure projects.  Well no doubt most of the money IS going to well connected PRIVATE interest pork-barrel projects, but it sure ain't increasing! - mpg

Now He's [Obama] After Your 401(k)
A quote...."How many times have you read financial-advice stories lecturing you to max-out on your IRA, save as much as you can in your 401(k), and even pay taxes now to change your regular IRA into a Roth IRA that will be tax-free until you die? -- Well, be careful how much you save."

And For Its Next Trick, JPMorgan Takes Over The SEC
A quote..."JPM wasn't satisfied with demonstrating its implicit control over the US bond issuing authority by promoting Matt Zames to the post of COO, the same Matt Zames who courtesy of his Chairmanship of the TBAC, also effectively runs the US Treasury where he "advises" the brand new Treasury Secretary who has no idea what he is doing. Oh no. Just to cover all its bases, Jamie Dimon's firm decided to also take over the SEC as well."

The Triumph of The Manipulators
A quote...."The entire “first world” financial system is manipulated. This is no secret – the manipulators not only admit it, but are proud of it. And yes, I am referring to central banks: manipulation is what they do. I really don’t have any inside information on this, except that I’ve heard a lot of confidential stories from Comex traders. (Don’t trust Comex for a second.)"

Euro zone unemployment hits record high for 23rd consecutive month
A quote...."Unemployment in the euro zone hit another record in March, climbing for the 23rd consecutive month, with no end in sight to the economic and social catastrophe gripping Europe."

No retreat from austerity in Italy
A quote...."It took just one day and a visit to Berlin for newly installed Italian prime minister Enrico Letta’s pledges to shift from policies of austerity to economic growth to be exposed as a mixture of false promises, evasions and flat-out lies."

1.3MILLION [Britain's] with interest-only loans face losing their homes in mortgage 'timebomb'
A quote...."Around 1.3million families face losing their homes after taking out mortgages which they have little or no hope of repaying, a major report reveals today." - SO?!?!  The slaves will just have to get three jobs and work until they die prematurely in agony for their Bankster masters! - mpg

Is This A Warning Of Things To Come?
A quote...."Bank of Ireland doubles fixed rate mortgages overnight affecting 13,500 UK customers."

• Huge hike despite Bank of England base rate at historic low of 0.5%
• Consumer group Which? describes move as 'wholly unfair'
• Urges customers to complain to bank and Financial Ombudsman

Snapshots Of the World on a Day of Rage
Photo Gallery - A quote...."May 1 rioters clash with police as protests break out against austerity measures and poor working conditions."

Gold Default Has Begun?
Gold Alert - A quote...."Gold market [the REAL one] is getting tighter and tighter as people demand tangible real gold. Now gold buyers are having to wait up to six weeks for their bars and coins."
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More On The International Situation....

Fractured Syrian rebels scramble for cash as private sponsors dwindle
A quote...."GAZIANTEP, Turkey — When the Syrian uprising was in its early stages in 2011, one businessman decided to do what he could to help. Banding together with other wealthy individuals from his town, some of them based overseas, he helped a group of local fighters buy light weapons “to continue the revolution.”"

Activists: Syrian troops advance in regime's push to oust rebels from central city of Homs
A quote...."BEIRUT - Activists say Syrian government troops are advancing in a push to oust rebels from the central city of Homs. - The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says troops loyal to President Bashar Assad regained control Thursday of the Wadi Sayeh district in the center of Homs."

Officials: Taliban Capture 33 Police in Northern Afghanistan
A quote...."Several days of fighting in the northern Faryab Province have seen a major incident of apparent Taliban kidnapping, with local MPs claiming that at least 33 police are believed to have been taken prisoner."

Armed protests in Libya threatening safety in capital
A quote...."(Reuters) - Armed protests targeting Libya's ministries and media in the capital this week have alarmed international observers who say deteriorating security conditions are becoming a matter of serious concern."

Bomb Destroys Police Station in Libya's Benghazi
A quote...."An explosive device was thrown at Al-Baraka police station in Benghazi, destroying what remained of the building after the bomb attack that targeted it last weekend," the source said. - "The explosion caused no casualties," he added. - An AFP journalist at the scene confirmed that the blast destroyed the building at around 7:00 am (0500 GMT). -A wave of assassinations and bombings has swept Benghazi, the cradle of the 2011 uprising against Muammar Gaddafi, in recent months." - Source:  FNA

Somali Famine Claims 260,000 Lives
A quote...."Mogadishu – Two hundred and fifty-eight thousand people, half of them children, died in the latest food crisis in Somalia, according to a UN report."

US troops deployed in Mali - Oh, naturally....mpg
A quote...."The United States has deployed a small number of troops to Mali, but insists they will only be used to provide support to the French-led operation there and will not engage in combat."

The Predatory Global Empire in Panama: Punishing the Poor
A quote...."The war on Panama presents an interesting case to study. Taking place in 1989, it was the first war and intervention (whether covert or overt) which was not justified on the basis of a ‘Communist threat’. As such, it has been deemed as the first post-Cold War war. However, the justifications for the intervention, which was incredibly violent and destructive, especially upon the poor majority of Panama, were confused and inconsistent."

Bolivia Expels USAID: Not Why, but Why Not Sooner
A quote...."At a speech celebrating May Day in Bolivia today, President Evo Morales announced the expulsion of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from the country. According to the AP, Morales stated...."

"The United States does not lack institutions that continue to conspire, and that's why I am using this gathering to announce that we have decided to expel USAID from Bolivia.” - also posted at AlethoNews

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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Israel’s War against Palestine on Fishing Rights
A quote...."Restricted fishing impedes Palestinians’ ability to earn a livelihood. It deprives 1.7 million Gazans of enough fish. It reflects years of slow-motion genocide. -- Israel reduced fishing rights from six to three miles offshore. It did so punitively."

Settlers [Jealous Jewish Vandals] Cut Olive Trees Near Ramallah
A quote...."Thursday May 2 2013, a number of armed extremist settlers [Jewish vandals] of the Ofra illegal settlement [squatter camp] attacked Palestinian orchards in Deir Jareer village, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and cut nearly 50 olive trees."
    
Hamas arrests Salafists in Gaza - Oh, oh, the Saudis, even the Israelis, are going to be pissed. - mpg
A quote...."GAZA CITY (AFP) -- Hamas has arrested several Salafists, the Interior Ministry in Gaza said on Thursday, two days after Israel carried out an air strike on a militant in the enclave." - bold by website editor

12- and 11-year old Palestinian children arrested after attack by settler [Jewish vagrants] children....
A quote...."UPDATE 2nd May 09.30 Full video of child arrests now available from Youth Against Settlements. Swedish activist Gustav is resisting deportation to highlight the issue of child arrests in Hebron which have seriously escalated in recent months...."

Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (25 April- 01 May 2013)
A relentless record of woe.....

• Israeli forces extra-judicially executed a member of a Salafi-Jihadist group in the Gaza Strip.
• Israeli forces have continued to open fire in the border areas in the Gaza Strip.
• 1 child was wounded in the northern Gaza Strip.
• Israeli forces wounded 4 civilians, including 1 child, while offering protection to Israeli settlers as they carried out attacks.
• Israeli forces have continued to use excessive force against peaceful protestors in the West Bank.
• 3 protestors were wounded during peaceful protests against the annexation wall and settlement activities.
• Israeli forces conducted 63 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank, and 3 limited incursions in the Gaza Strip.
• 32 Palestinian civilians, including 7 children, were arrested in the West Bank.
• Israel has continued to impose a total closure on the oPt and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.
• Israeli forces closed the border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel for 3 days.
• Israeli forces established dozens of checkpoints in the West Bank.
• 8 Palestinian civilians, including 2 children, were arrested at checkpoints.
• Israeli forces have continued activities aimed at creating a Jewish majority in occupied East Jerusalem.
• 3 houses in al-Tour village and al-Thawri neighbourhood were demolished.
• Israeli forces have continued to support settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.
• Two agricultural rooms and a water well were demolished and more demolition notices were issued in the West Bank.
• Settlers conducted a series of violent attacks against Palestinian civilians and set fire to dozens of dunums of farmlands.
• Settlers set fire to dozens of vehicles in Deir Jarir village in Ramallah.
• Israeli naval forces have continued to target Palestinian fishermen at sea.
• Israeli naval forces continued to open fire on Palestinian fishing boats to force them to sail within the limit of 3 nautical miles.
• A fisherman was seriously wounded in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip.

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Amerika's FrankenFood Disaster, Vaccine Cover-Up & The Monsanto Monster....

Woman Prosecuted For Filming Slaughterhouse From The Road In UT; Public Backlash Leads To Quick Reversal
Hip Hip Hooray!! - (Goes to show folks, you let them know what you think in no uncertain terms, and sometimes they'll actually back down. - mpg) - A quote..."....as soon as this story started getting publicity, prosecutors suddenly decided that perhaps this wasn't a case to take a stand on and quickly dropped the charges. Of course, the law is still on the books (as are similar laws in a number of other states) and it's entirely possible similar cases may pop up elsewhere, when there's less publicity and press coverage."

GMO Labeling Bill Introduced by Boxer, DeFazio - Right to Know Act
Action Alert - A quote...."Last week, Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Peter DeFazio (D-OR) introduced the Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act, a bipartisan legislation that would require the FDA to clearly label all genetically engineered foods to better help consumers make informed decisions."

Heart of the Matter – Ingram Gets His Day In Court – Three Weeks Late
Contains Video - Alt -- A quote...."APRIL 27, 2012, APPLE RIVER, IL – The little town of Apple River in northeast Jo Daviess County, Illinois is the hometown of a big man – Terrence Ingram. Though not big in a physical sense, when it comes to saving the American Bald Eagle, there is hardly anyone in the United States held in higher regard than Ingram. His years of documented research and expertise regarding eagles and the work of the Eagle Nature Foundation, founded by Ingram, is in great part responsible for the bald eagle being removed from the “Threatened Species List “ in the United"

Study Connects High Fructose Corn Syrup to Bee Colony Collapse Disorder
A quote...."A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has found a possible link between the practice of feeding commercial honeybees high-fructose corn syrup and the collapse of honeybee colonies around the world. The study was published by a team of entomologists at the University of Illinois."

Food investigations: Welch’s fruit juice cocktails contain more corn than fruit: 80% water & high fructose corn syrup
A quote...."If you buy fruit juices at your local grocery store, you might notice the Welch’s brand juices sold in refrigerated cartons. Welch’s calls them “refrigerated cocktails” and offers exotic-sounding flavors like Strawberry Peach, Dragon Fruit Mango Cocktail and Orange Pineapple Apple. -- These products are aggressively marketed with pictures of splashy fruit and loud label claims like “Fruity and Refreshing!” But what Welch’s doesn’t reveal anywhere except in the fine print on its ingredients label is that these juice cocktails contain more high fructose corn syrup than fruit. -- In fat, they contain so much high fructose corn syrup that the front label should actually show chunks of corn rather than the fruit they currently depict. -- Is this corn syrup derived from GMO corn? See below for more…" - Source: NaturalNews

Wednesday May 1st 2013

No posts. - mpg

Tuesday April 30th 2013

FBI Report Implicates Saudi Government in 9/11 - Uh-huh, to little, too late - way, WAY, to late!  - mpg
Must Read - Almost every single blog site on the web screamed for years about the Saudi Parasitic Family's involvement with 9/11, and were completely ignored.  Let's be clear about this, the Saudi Parasitic Family's help was quite useful, but, the major architect, the schemers who planned the whole operation since the 1980's, weren't the Saudis, they were from the Kazarian Criminal Consortium located on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. - mpg -- A quote...."Contrary to the official narrative, 9/11 was state-sponsored terror.  The only question is which state sponsored it. -- A 9/11 Commissioner and Co-Chair of the Congressional Inquiry into 9/11 say in sworn declarations that the Saudi government is linked to the 9/11 attacks. -- This week, the Miami Herald provided more evidence of a Saudi link...."

"A Saudi family who “fled” their Sarasota area home weeks before 9/11 had “many connections” to “individuals associated with the terrorist attacks on 9/11/2001,” according to newly released FBI records - PDF."

The U.S. Is Engaged In a Muslim Religious War … On the Side of Islamic Jihadis
A quote...."Saudi Arabia is the center of the Sunni branch of Islam.  It is also the center of the most radical sect of Islam … the “Wahhabis” (also called “Salafis”), the most radical and terrorist-minded Sunni sect.   But the U.S. has long supported the Madrassa schools within Saudi Arabia which teach radical Wahabi beliefs. -- The U.S. has also supported the most radical and dangerous Sunni elements around the world. - Topix ||  One Vile, Venom Tipped, Taloned Hand Washes the Other - (a.k.a. The Standard Model) - 07-28-10 - mpg  ||

• For example, the U.S. National Security Adviser admitted that the U.S. created, organized and armed the Mujahadeen in Afghanistan to fight the Soviets.  The Mujahadeen are predominately Sunni.
• The Mujahadeen eventually morphed into Al Qaeda, which is a Sunni organization.
• During various times and places, the U.S. has also backed the Muslim Brotherhood … another Sunni group.
• We supported Al Qaeda Sunni terrorists in Libya and Mali,
• We’ve long supported Sunni terrorists in Chechnya.
• We support MEK terrorists – who are Sunnis who target Shias – in Iran.
• We support the brutal Sunni government in Bahrain as it crushes its majority Shia population whenever it pushes for democratic reform.
• We supported Al Qaeda Sunnis in Bosnia.
• The “rebels” in Syria who we’ve been supporting are Al Qaeda and Muslim Brotherhood.
  

Russia Delivers New Al-Qaida Warning To U.S
A quote...."(WND) – Russia delivered to the Obama administration a list of the names of al-Qaida members among the Syrian rebels, who are receiving arms shipments coordinated by the U.S., according to informed Middle Eastern security officials. - The list, the officials added, demonstrates the U.S. is failing to vet the rebels being supported by the West for ties to al-Qaida and other jihad groups." - Source: WND

Breakthrough: High-level conference in Germany merges discussion about NATO policy with 9/11 truth
A quote...."Among the discussed topics were...."

• "Military interventions to protect human rights?"
• "Gladio and the strategy of tension"
• "Historical fact checking regarding the debate about 9/11"
• "9/11 and the invocation of Article 5 of the NATO Charter - Legal questions"

"My own short presentation on April 27th covered the circumstances of the creation of the 9/11 Commission, the missing evidence regarding Bin Laden and the 19 alleged hijackers, and the anomalies of the air defense on 9/11. I also mentioned "Vigilant Guardian". And I informed the audience about the 9/11 Consensus Panel and their website."

West's WMD Lies Fray as Syrian Army Overruns Terrorist Proxies
Must Read - A quote...."Chemical weapons were used extensively during the 8-year Iran-Iraq War during the 1980s. Despite vast quantities of chemical agents being used, both mustard and nerve gas, these "weapons of mass destruction" would only constitute 2-3% of all of the war's casualties. Not only has the West lied about Syria using chemical weapons, but they have once again lied to the world about the threat posed by such weapons in the first place." - also posted at ActivistPost & ICH & BLN

Syria: NYT Starts Telling The Truth About Syria
A quote...."After more than two years of obfuscating the obvious the New York Times finally decided to write something truthful about the Syrian insurgency...."

Nowhere in rebel-controlled Syria is there a secular fighting force to speak of. ...
The Islamist character of the opposition reflects the main constituency of the rebellion, which has been led since its start by Syria’s Sunni Muslim majority, mostly in conservative, marginalized areas.

"From the very start in Daraa the violent protests started at mosques. In late March 2011 a weapon cache was found inside the Omari mosque in Daraa. All of the "battalions" founded by the various insurgent groups were named after venerated Sunni figures or themes. It was therefore absolutely clear that this was a sectarian insurgency, with foreign support, from the very beginning."

FLASHBACK - U.S. ‘backed plan to launch chemical weapon attack on Syria and blame it on Assad’s regime’
A quote...."Leaked emails have allegedly proved that the White House gave the green light to a chemical weapons attack in Syria that could be blamed on Assad’s regime and in turn, spur international military action in the devastated country." - one commentator stated.....

"This article appeared some months back, and has now been expunged from the Daily Mail (imagine my shock). Of course, it is the height of naivete to think that simply erasing the article from the source means it is lost to the public awareness. But the fact is that the US was considering a plan for a false-flag chemical weapon attack on Syrian civilians to be blamed on Assad to justify invasion."  --  *Michael Rivero*

“The biggest source of corruption in Afghanistan,” one American official said, “was the United States.”
A quote...."For more than a decade, wads of American dollars packed into suitcases, backpacks and, on occasion, plastic shopping bags have been dropped off every month or so at the offices of Afghanistan’s president — courtesy of the Central Intelligence Agency. -- All told, tens of millions of dollars have flowed from the C.I.A. to the office of President Hamid Karzai, according to current and former advisers to the Afghan leader. --- “We called it ‘ghost money,’ ” said Khalil Roman, who served as Mr. Karzai’s deputy chief of staff from 2002 until 2005. “It came in secret, and it left in secret.”"

British Imperial Intention to Re-Occupy Persian Gulf Arab States Exposed
The Brits very own PNAC Protocols - mpg -- A quote..."A British think tank has unveiled a plan by the UK government to return to the seat of its old imperial power by developing a strong “shadow presence” in the Persian Gulf region."
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More On The Boston Bombing (BB) False-Flag Fiasco....

Boston Bombing Was A False Flag
Website Alert - Action Alert - A quote...."Provide a helpful range of information, resources and networking to bring out the truth and call for a thorough investigation into the events of the Boston Marathon Bombing that have been snubbed by the federal government and mainstream media."

Boston Bombing Hoax Exposed
Website Alert - Action Alert - A quote...."Welcome to the Boston Bombing Hoax website.This site aims to collect and disseminate as much information about the Boston Marathon Bombing as possible. -- Within hours of the two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, truth seekers were questioning the official story. From bomb sniffing dogs present before the explosions, to the Facebook tribute page put up hours before the event there have been many holes in the story. We are collecting and recording the information we find to have one place to debunk the lies."

Bomb Suspect’s Cause Of Death Found, Not Released - And the cover-up continues....
A quote...."BOSTON (CBS/AP) — Authorities say the medical examiner has determined the cause of death for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, but the information will remain private until his remains are released and a death certificate is filed. - His cause of death was determined Monday. - But Tsarnaev’s body remains unclaimed. His father has postponed a trip from Russia because of health issues; and it’s likely that his mother would be detained for questioning if she decided to return to the U.S."-- Topix || Boston Police & FBI -- Guilty of Murder on Behalf of Terror??- 04-21-13 - mpg?

Report: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's Repeated Requests for a Lawyer Were Ignored - And continues....
A quote....".... the Los Angeles Times, almost in passing, reports something which, if true, would be a much more serious violation of core rights than delaying Miranda warnings - namely, that prior to the magistrate's visit to his hospital room, Tsarnaev had repeatedly asked for a lawyer, but the FBI simply ignored those requests, instead allowing the interagency High Value Detainee Interrogation Group to continue to interrogate him alone" - Source: TheGuardian

Boston Surveillance Videos Examined by Israeli Tech Firm?
A quote...."So an Israeli tech company examined Boston-bombing surveillance videos, thus playing a key role leading to the FBI’s identification of the Tsarnaev brothers as the culprits? Apparently so, if the story below is to be believed." - bold by website editor

Boston to Russia to Syria
A quote...."Cryptome has zip files of various materials relating to the connection of the Tsarnaev brothers through their uncle Ruslan to the CIA.  The denial.  Sibel Edmonds had previously identified Fuller as one of her "American Deep State rogues", i.e., exactly the kind of fellow who would be involved in this kind of deception.  Golden Rule of conspiracy theory:  if you are following a story and you run into one of these Lansdale types, there are no more 'coincidences'."

FBI Caught In Their Own Timeline Trap
A quote...."The following story came in to Beforeitsnews from a very concerned American, quite possibly within the law enforcement community. Do with this information what you will. This email has been copied and pasted below unedited by Beforeitsnews. The implications are profound."

Interesting Exhibits: Boston Manhunt Timeline
Photos - Videos - Timeline -- A quote...."In this article we’ll present you with Interesting Exhibits: Boston Manhunt Timeline – A manhunt, that started on Thursday, April 18th and ended Friday evening April 19th, at around 8 PM with the capture of the Boston Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and death of his brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev, after a deadly shootout with police in Boston, Watertown. There are several things that don’t add up with the official story that clarification."

Boston Bombers During Shootout: “We Didn’t Do It!”
Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."(PaulWatson) – Video footage from the scene of the shootout with the alleged Boston bombers appears to contain audio of the suspects screaming out, “We didn’t do it!” as police fire on the two brothers." - Source: InfoWars  -- Topix || Boston Police & FBI -- Guilty of Murder on Behalf of Terror??- 04-21-13 - mpg?

Down The Rabbit Hole with Popeye – The Boston Bombing & Psychological Operations
DTRHVideo - (04-19-2013) - (04-16-2013) - (DTRHYuTb - 1h30min - 04/19-16/13) - DTRHRadioArchives -- A quote...."(DTRH) – April 19th, 2013 – On this edition of DTRH Popeye covers the Boston Marathon bombing’s grand finale with the death of one of the suspects and the other clinging to life in the hospital. The father and mother of the alleged bombers have both said their sons are being set up. You will hear an interview with the mother where she says her oldest son was being controlled by the FBI for around five years. Topping off the broadcast Popeye plays the audio from a U.S. ARMY Psychological Warfare training movie from the 1950′s. Pay close attention, as the same methods are used against us to this very day with a new technological twist."

‘Uncle Ruslan’ aided terrorists from CIA official’s home
Special Note - How utterly embarrassing. - mpg -- A quote...."The uncle of the accused Boston Marathon bombers incorporated, in 1995, a company called the "Congress of Chechen International Organizations." - Even as the company was sending aid to Islamic terrorists in Chechnya, its listed address was in the home of former top CIA official Graham Fuller. - Ruslan Tsarni was listed as the company's resident agent. The company's address was 11114 Whisperwood Ln in Rockville MD., the home of Graham Fuller, the one-time Vice-Chairman of the National Intelligence Council at the CIA under President Reagan."

Russia had elder Boston suspect under surveillance
A quote...."MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — Russian agents placed the elder Boston bombing suspect under surveillance during a six-month visit to southern Russia last year, then scrambled to find him when he suddenly disappeared after police killed a Canadian jihadist, a security official told The Associated Press."

Boston Terror, CIA’s Graham Fuller & NATO-CIA Operation Gladio B-Caucasus & Central Asia
Related Article - A quote...."A major break in the Boston Terror CIA Connection took place last night when I came across a post outing CIA Operative Graham Fuller as the father of the woman married to Boston terror suspect’s infamous uncle Ruslan Tsarni. Further confirmation of this bombshell was received via mainstream reporter Laura Rozen here. Let me first provide a few excerpts from the original reporting site (a real alternative media)...."

2 U.S. Agencies Added Boston Bomb Suspect to Watch Lists
A quote..."WASHINGTON — Despite being told in 2011 that an F.B.I. review had found that a man who went on to become one of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings had no ties to extremists, the Russian government asked the Central Intelligence Agency six months later for whatever information it had on him, American officials said Wednesday."

Report: 'Misha' denies any link to Boston bomb plot
A quote...."The Armenian Ukrainian convert to Islam tells "The New York Review of Books" that he has had no contact with the bombing suspect in three years."

BOSTON MEN vs BOSTON MICE!
A quote...."

MASSACHUSETTS: APRIL 19. 1775: "THE SHOT HEARD AROUND THE WORLD"
MASSACHUSETTS: APRIL 19, 2013: "THE WHIMPER HEARD AROUND THE WORLD"

Ron Paul slams Boston bombing response
A quote...."Ron Paul compared the manhunt for the perpetrators of the Boston Marathon attack to “scenes from a military coup in a far off banana republic”. He says the response to the attack was more frightening than the bombing itself. -- The deadly blasts killed three people, injured more than 200 and caused 16 victims to undergo limb amputations. Paul says the Boston Marathon bombing was tragic, but that law enforcement’s response was even more terrifying and unprecedented"

Mississippi man in ricin case denies sending poison letters to politicians
A quote...."A Mississippi man who describes himself as a patriot with no grudges against anyone was expected to appear in court Monday on charges of making and possessing ricin, part of the investigation into poison-laced letters sent to President Barack Obama and others."

For more on the Boston Bombing see....Boston Marathon Bombing Attack
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

Cynthia McKinney: Israel Lobby shaping US policy
A quote...."My name is Cynthia McKinney and I served as a Member of the U.S. Congress for 12 years. During my time in Congress, I strove to make respect for human rights a central feature in the formulation of U.S. foreign policy. Amid minor successes, I have to say that my efforts while, broadly appreciated by many, failed miserably. That failure stems in part from the peculiarities of U.S. politics that allow policy formulation to deviate from and in many cases become diametrically opposed to the values of the people of the U.S. Sadly, what we in the U.S. call “special interests” are able to buy public policy by way of campaign contributions and misleading media campaigns. These “special interests” are aided and abetted in the U.S. by a concentrated media that has no obligation according to U.S. court decisions to tell the public the truth. In other words, U.S. media have won in U.S. court the right to knowingly lie to the people they ostensibly serve. I will briefly delve into this unusual and anti-”democratic” state of affairs now controlling in the U.S. once again before I conclude my remarks."

Historical Inaccuracies
MRVideo - (JustinTV - 12min06sec - Apr 29th, 2013) -- Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero discusses the thought crime of Holocaust questioning & investigation. - mpg - Topix  ||  More Evidence Would Have Been Better - 11-05-12 - mpg  ||

Internal documents show Canadian tax agency protected Jewish National Fund from scrutiny
A quote...."In 2010 the Canada Revenue Agency was asked whether it would “investigate or revoke” the Jewish National Fund’s charitable status, internal documents seen by The Electronic Intifada show. But this request seems to have been ignored in deference to a “charity” that has long participated in the erasure of Palestinians’ presence from their historic homeland."

Palestinian Christians Urge Pope to Oppose Wall
A quote...."Palestinian Christians near Bethlehem on Monday urged Pope Francis to speak up against an Israeli decision to build its controversial separation barrier on a route they say would cut off their community."

Israeli settler runs over Palestinian child deliberately
A quote...."AL-KHALIL, (PIC)-- An Israeli settler deliberately ran over a Palestinian child on Sunday with her car near the Ibrahimi mosque in al-Khalil, in the southern West Bank. -- Eyewitnesses confirmed that an Israeli settler ran over the Palestinian child Youssef Bassem al-Mohtassab, 5, before fleeing the scene quickly."

Israel gets 5th nuclear-capable sub, 'Arms race in Middle East ongoing'
RTVideo - (RTYuTb - 4min45sec - Apr 30, 2013) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Israel's alleged cache of nuclear arms is in spotlight again. Egypt withdrew from Non-Proliferation Treaty talks in Geneva on Monday, over a failure to plan for a Middle East free of nuclear weapons - clearly referring to Israel. It's emerged that Israel will soon get its 5th submarine, reportedly capable of carrying and launching nuclear-armed missiles. disarmament "

Israel builds up its war robot industry
A quote..."Israel, which has the most advanced defense industry in the Middle East, is in the forefront of the rapidly expanding drone business that’s changing the way wars will be fought for decades to come."
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Web Under Threat....

Google Initiates Global Censorship Policy
Google Behaving Badly - (An alternative will have to be found, and quickly) -- A quote...."It would appear from initial Google searches performed from April 25th through 28th that Google has determined that the only way to control Alternative Media researcher is to discontinue viewing cached site contents. -- One will notice that when doing a Google search, the Cached results are barely available for postings that are online for 18 hours or less. In addition to this censorship, Google has determined that providing an image is no longer in the intelligence agencies best interest. This is a policy of government influenced control, or rather, the actual power behind Google is now demanding censorship of the once available content. "

NDItech: In Bed with CISPA Sponsors, Seeks Hacktivists to Spread Corporate Fascism Worldwide
A quote...."The National Democratic Institute (NDI) is one of many tentacles descending from the US State Department and its National Endowment for Democracy (NED) front. Despite NED and NDI's lofty mission statements about "promoting democracy worldwide," the interests they represent are clearly those of the Fortune 500, including big-oil, retail, media, banking, and defense."

FBI wants to make it mandatory for websites like Google & Facebk to have backdoors installed in their software
A quote..."For two years now, the FBI has been talking about how new Internet communications technologies are stopping them from getting the bad guys. In 2011, the FBI's top lawyer called it the "going dark" problem. Last year, FBI Director Robert Mueller related similar concerns to Congress, stating it needs "wiretapping backdoors" into popular websites, or it would have to shut down more investigations. The FBI's position was reportedly that installing such "backdoors" should be mandatory, not optional."

US moves to expand Internet wiretaps
A quote...."A US government task force is seeking to force companies such as Google, Dropbox and Facebook to create backdoors for wiretapping user communications, according to a report published Wednesday in the Washington Post."

What Is TPP? It’s the Biggest Global Threat to the Internet Since ACTA
A quote...."The TPP is one of the worst global threats to the Internet since ACTA. Since the negotiations have been secretive from the beginning, we mainly know what’s in the current version of this trade agreement because of a leaked draft [PDF] from February 2011. Based upon that text, some other leaked notes, and the undemocratic nature of the entire process, we have every reason to be alarmed about the copyright enforcement provisions contained in this multinational trade deal." - Source:  EFF
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More on the Domestic Situation....

Judge sentenced to 28 years incarceration for "selling" juvenile offenders to private prison over minor infractions
Hip Hip Hooray!! -- A quote...." Accused of perpetrating a “profound evil,” former Pennsylvania judge Mark Ciavarella Jr. has been sentenced to 28 years in prison for illegally accepting money from a juvenile-prison developer while he spent years incarcerating thousands of young people. -  Prosecutors said Ciavarella sent juveniles to jail as part of a “kids for cash” scheme involving Robert Mericle, builder of the PA and Western PA Child Care juvenile detention centers. The ex-judge was convicted in February of 12 counts that included racketeering, money laundering, mail fraud and tax evasion."

John Bad Elk v. United States - 177 U.S. 529 (1900)
A quote...."Three policemen in South Dakota attempted, under verbal orders, to arrest another policeman for an alleged violation of law when no charge had been formally made against him and no warrant had issued for his arrest. Those attempting to make the arrest carried arms, and when he refused to go, they tried to oblige him to do so by force. He fired and killed one of them. He was arrested, tried for murder, and convicted." - a comment shown below.....

"The Supreme Court overturned the conviction and ruled that Bad Elk had the right to use any force, including lethal force, to prevent his false arrest, even if the policeman were only trying to arrest him and not kill him.  Basically, the Supremes of the day ruled that as a citizen, you have the right to defend against your civil rights being violated using ANY force necessary to prevent the violation, even if the offending party isn't trying to kill you." -- *Michael Rivero*

SEAL Team 4 Commanding Officer Best Known For Finding & Then Killing Osama Bin Laden Commits Suicide
It's hysterical, the WHOLE team almost wiped out.  It's like the story "Ten Little Indians".  Participate in a false flag event and it's the kiss of death. Sooner or later, you and everyone you know who was involved is going to wind up dead.  Oh yeah......"America's (expendable, accident prone, suicided) Heroes". - mpg -- A quote...."25 members of the team who allegedly killed Bin Laden are dead. No conspiracy theory there. Just the facts. You decide. -- Authorities say one of two Navy SEALs injured during parachute training in southern Arizona has diedwhile the other man remains hospitalized. -- A U.S. Special Operations Command official said Friday that the SEAL died in a Tucson hospital Thursday but didn’t have a condition update on the other man." - one commentator stated.....

"Over 20 navy seals are now dead who killed Bin Laden, coincidence?  Yeah..  right.  There STILL isn't any evidence at all that we even killed him.  My guess is that he was already dead and has been dead for years.  The Osama Bin Laden shown in the videos at the Abbottabad compound is a double.  A fake used by whomever for propaganda purposes.  It’s a complete lie and shame like 9-11 or the JFK assassination investigation.  sad….   *Mort*  -- For more on this issue see.....Osama bin  Back From the Dead™

More Evidence Of Deadly Benghazi Screw-Up Found Under Oval Office Rug
A quote...."(Forbes) – A 46-page “progress report” released by five Republican House committees of jurisdiction indicates that security cuts at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi prior to the terrorist attack that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were approved by then-Secretary of State Clinton. This contradicts her January 23, 2013 testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee declaring exactly the opposite." - Source:  Forbes

McGrath - Blow Back Nation
CMcGVideo - Alt - (CMcGYuTb - 5min20sec - Apr 29, 2013) - Source:  crabbydogtrix - Related: WideAwakeNews

Michael Rivero on Justin TV -  Apr 29th, 2013
MRVideo - Related:  Republic Broadcasting Network dot Org - (JustinTV - 3.0hrs - Apr 29th, 2013) -- Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire and many other issues. - mpg

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

Gerald Celente: It's A Bankers World
AJVideo - (AJYuTb - 46min24sec - Apr 29, 2013) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel - Website:  TrendsJournal - Website:  GCYuTb -- A quote...."Special guest host American trend forecaster and publisher of the Trends Journal Gerald Celente...."
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens....

Keiser Report: No Illuminati, just those who swap, rig & fix (E438)
RTVideo - (RTYuTb - 25min45sec - Apr 30, 2013) - Source:  RussiaToday - Producer:  MaxKeiserTV - Related:  MaxKeiserCom - Related:  MaxOnTwitter -- A quote..."In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert are off to see the price fixers, who rig and rig and rig and rig and rig - but only for Jamie, Lloyd and Blythe! They look at how amateur the Illuminati and Bilderbergers are compared to the modern day Fixers of Oz who control all prices from behind their golden kimono. In the second half of the show Max talks to Satyajit Das, author of Extreme Money, about Japan's extreme monetary policy and about extreme price fixing at the heart of the global economy."

Neil Macdonald: The 'monarchs of money' and the war on savers
A quote...."Quietly, without much public fuss or discussion, a new ruling class has risen in the richer nations. -- These men and women are unelected and tend to shun the publicity hogged by the politicians with whom they co-exist. -- They are the world's [private] central bankers. Every six weeks or so, they gather in Basel, Switzerland, for secret discussions and, to an extent at least, they act in concert. -- The decisions that emerge from those meetings affect the entire world. And yet the broad public has a dim understanding, if any, of the job they do. -- In fact, these individuals now wield at least as much influence over the lives of ordinary citizens as prime ministers and presidents."

The U.S. Monetary System is a Ponzi Scheme
A quote...."Wall St for Main St interviewed economist, editor of Follow the Money and author of Bankruptcy of our Nation, Jerry Robinson. In this podcast we discussed why financial education is important for our well being, why our current debt-based monetary system will be failure and Jerry will share his thoughts on the recent plunge in the precious metals market."

Recovery for the 7 Percent
A quote...."April 29, 2013 "Information Clearing House" -"PCR" - Since the recession was officially declared to be over in June 2009, I have assured readers that there has been no recovery. Gerald Celente, John Williams (shadowstats.com), and no doubt others have also made it clear that the alleged recovery is an artifact of an understated inflation rate that produces an image of real economic growth. -- Now comes the Pew Research Center with its conclusion that the recession ended only for the top 7 percent of households that have substantial holdings of stocks and bonds. The other 93% of the American population is still in recession." - Source:  PaulCraigRoberts

The Best Economic Analyst on the Planet Calls BS on the Recovery
Chart - (click to view) -- A quote...."For the last four years, the financial world has traded largely based on hope of more intervention from Central Banks. - That was and is the single driving factor of the markets. Good news was good news (it’s a recovery!) but bad news was even better (the Fed will have to print more money!) as far as stocks were concerned. - However, against this backdrop several issues began to develop. The single most important one was Copper, which has a great record of anticipating real economic growth...."

Will The New Housing Bubble That Bernanke Is Creating End As Badly As The Last One Did?
A quote...."Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has done it.  He has succeeded in creating a new housing bubble.  By driving mortgage rates down to the lowest level in 100 years and recklessly printing money with wild abandon, Bernanke has been able to get housing prices to rebound a bit.  In fact, in some of the more prosperous areas of the country you would be tempted to think that it is 2005 all over again.  If you can believe it, in some areas of the country builders are actually holding lotteries to see who will get the chance to buy their homes.  Wow – that sounds great, right?  Unfortunately, this “housing recovery” is not based on solid economic fundamentals.  As you will see below, this is a recovery that is being led by investors.  They are paying cash for cheap properties that they believe will appreciate rapidly in the coming years.  Meanwhile, the homeownership rate in the United States continues to decline." - also posted at GlobalRsrch & InvestBlog

A quote from ZeroHedge which seems pretty spot-on regarding the articles posted above.....

"The LLOYD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to believe in green markets: He leadeth me beside the low volatility. He restoreth my 401K. He leadeth me in the paths of bullishness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of underemployment I will fear no evil: for He is with me; His HF prop trading and leveraged bid they comfort me. He preparest a 3% gain for me in the presence of short selling perma-bears Thou anointest my head with expensive imported oil; my SUV runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Bernank forever. - Amen."  --  *buzzsaw99*, Thu, 08/16/2012 - 15:01 -- For more on this issue see....The Almighty Corporation - 03-30-08 - mpg

US Homeownership Rate Drops To 1995 Levels
Charts - (click to enlarge) -- A quote...."When it comes to the US housing market there appear to be three groups of people: those who who have either unlimited cash and/or access to credit, and like the most rabid of bubble-chasing speculators, are perfectly happy to engage in a game of Flip That House for a short-term profit pending the discovery of a greater fool (often times converting the house into rental properties as numerous hedge funds have been doing on cost-free basis courtesy of the government's REO-To-Rent program) - they are the vast minority of speculators; then there are those who currently rent and are opportunistically looking at home prices, willing to dip their toe at the right price - these too are few and far between and mostly represent a function of the natural growth of the US household offset by the availability of jobs; and then there is everyone else. Sadly, it is the "everyone else" that is the vast majority of the US population."

GIGANTIC MISS: Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index Plunges Into Negative Territory
A quote...."The Dallas Fed's monthly survey of regional manufacturing activity is out. - The headline index plunged to -15.6. Economists expected +5.0 after last month's +7.4 reading. - The index was dragged lower by the prices paid for raw materials sub-component, which fell to 2.5 from 19.1. - Elsewhere, the biggest weakness was seen in the new orders sub-component, which fell to -4.9 from 8.7, the shipments sub-component, which fell to -0.4 from 10.6, and the production sub-component, which fell to -0.5 from 9.9."

Chicago PMI slumps to 3.5-year low in April
A quote...."WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Chicago PMI slumped to a three-and-a-half year low of 49.0 in April, down from 52.4 in March and at a reading indicating contraction."

U.S. consumer spending slows in March
A quote...."WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Consumers were more cautious spenders in March and income growth also softened, reinforcing a bevy of reports that indicate the U.S. economy slowed as the spring began."

Facebook Loses Millions Of Users In It’s Biggest Market, Number Of Millions Logging Off Still Growing
A quote...."Something is wrong because the social networking platform has lost millions of users every month for the past six months. The losses are happening in Facebook‘s biggest markets and in developed countries according to analysis firm SocialBakers. Facebook lost six million US visitors, which is a four percent drop."
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At $72.8 Trillion, Presenting The Bank With The Biggest Derivative Exposure In The World (Hint: Not JPMorgan)
A quote...."....while the vast majority of readers may be left with the impression that JPMorgan's mindboggling $69.5 trillion in gross notional derivative exposure as of Q4 2012 may be the largest in the world, they would be surprised to learn that that is not the case. In fact, the bank with the single largest derivative exposure is not located in the US at all, but in the heart of Europe, and its name, as some may have guessed by now, is Deutsche Bank."

Billionaire Bill Gates was major bondholder in bailed-out Irish banks
The Irish people helped to bail out one of the richest men on earth.  It doesn't get any better than that. Simply hysterical. - mpg -- A quote..."Microsoft founder Bill Gates was a major bondholder, with €27m ($34.6) in bonds at the end of 2006, in Irish banks which were bailed out by taxpayers after the financial collapse."

20 Signs That The Next Great Economic Depression Has Already Started In Europe – It Just Hasn’t Reached The United States Yet -- A quote...."The next Great Depression is already happening – it just hasn’t reached the United States yet.  Things in Europe just continue to get worse and worse, and yet most people in the United States still don’t get it." - And why should they, after all, "the market's up". - mpg - also posted at GlobalRsch

Euro Area Savings Rate Drops To Record Low, Disposable Income Has Biggest Drop Ever
Chart - (click till they're enlarged) -- A quote...."A month [ago] it was the US which saw its savings rate plummet to the lowest since the start of the Second Great Depression...And now it is the Euro Area's turn to see its savings crumble to 12.2% in Q4 2012, from 12.8% previously, the lowest in, well, ever, since the adoption of the Euro..."

Moody's Cuts Slovenia's Gov't Bond Rating to "Junk"
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Moody's Investors Service cut Slovenia's government bond rating by two notches to Ba1 - its highest "junk" bond rating - forcing the country to abandon plans to raise money through a bonds sale."

Amid jobs collapse, French President Hollande backs austerity in Europe
A quote...."The euro region’s third-biggest economy will shrink 1.8 percent this year amid rising unemployment and low consumer and investor confidence, Mooody’s Investors Service forecast April 26."

Italy Unemployment Rate Remains Close to 20-Year-High Amid Slump
A quote...."Italy’s unemployment rate remained near a 20-year high in March as companies refrained from hiring amid political gridlock and the longest economic recession in two decades. -- Joblessness was unchanged at 11.5 percent after the February reading was revised down from an initial 11.7 percent, the Rome-based national statistics office Istat said in a preliminary report today. The March rate was lower than the 11.7 percent median of six estimates in a Bloomberg News survey. Unemployment remained above 10 percent for a 14th month."

General anti-austerity strike hits Greece on Labor Day
A quote...."A general strike against harsh austerity measures has begun in different parts of Greece, disrupting public transport and healthcare services."

Connecticut Begins Gold Dealer Shutdown
A quote...."If you don't own gold yet, you might really want to hurry up and get some. We keep saying it, but this time it's not just because physical precious metals are getting incredibly scarce. Purchasing gold may become outright illegal if what's going on in Connecticut is any indication."
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Cyprus Has Been CYPORIZED....

Bank of Cyprus Executes Depositor Bail-In
Cyporized  - They should have simply added an "s" after "Depositor" and removed "Bail-In" from the title. - mpg - A quote...."Savers in the Bank of Cyprus took a hit on Sunday as 37.5pc of their uninsured deposits were converted to equity as part of the island's €10bn (£8.4bn) rescue deal. "

Cypriot Parliament Approves Bailout
Cyprus -- Cyporized -- Itself! - A quote...."As was announced earlier today, the Cypriot parliament was set to vote on the country's deposit confiscatory bail in, a vote that was largely expected to pass. Moments ago it did."

• Cyprus lawmakers approve bailout in parliamentary vote with 29 votes in favor, 27 against.

"And with that, the resulting depression that is about to be unleashed in Cyprus is nobody else's fault but of the country itself, its politicians and ultimately, its people. So dear Cyprus, you may have a 20% GDP drop every year for the foreseeable future and triple digit unemployment, but at least you will have the EUR and your Stockholm Serf Syndrome."

Oligarchs escape as Cyprus crisis hits middle class
Related Article - A quote...."Although Russian savers of all descriptions, from private individuals and small businesses to corporations and institutions, have suffered in the Cypriot financial crisis, the effect is seen most starkly among the thousands of Russians actually living on the Mediterranean island. Here, it’s not oligarchs but middle-class entrepreneurs who have been devastated by the crisis, and the EU-imposed “haircut” on deposits of more than $130,000."
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More On The International Situation....

Syrian PM Survives Huge Suicide Blast near Damascus School
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Syrian Prime Minister Wael Halqi survived an attempted bombing assassination in central Damascus on Monday."

Missiles Fired At Russian Plane With 159 Passengers Onboard Flying Over Syria – Reports
A quote...."Two missiles were fired at a Russian passenger plane flying over Syrian territory, an informed source in Moscow told Interfax news agency. The source of the rocket attack remains unknown."

Russia Bans Commercial Flights Over Syria
Related Article - A quote...."MOSCOW, April 30 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s aviation authority issued a decree on Tuesday banning all Russian airlines from flying over Syrian territory following an incident on Monday in which a passenger plane reportedly had to make a detour to avoid military action in the war-torn country."

Syria’s Friends Won’t Let It Fall in US, Israel, Takfiri Hands
Video - Vid1 - Vid2 - Vid3 - Vid4 -- (YuTb - 15min - Apr 30, 2013) - Source:  LitleButerfli -- A quote.... "Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah delivered a televised speech on Tuesday in which he tackled topics related to the Israeli enemy, the Syrian crisis, and Hezbollah's fighters as well as martyrs. - On the ongoing Syrian crisis, Sayyed Nasrallah considered "the goal behind the events in Syria is no longer to take Syria out of the axis of resistance and the Arab-Israeli clash equation. It is no longer to gain power at any price. It could be said that the goal of anyone standing behind the war in Syria, is destroying Syria so that a strong, centralized state would not be established in it, and so that it would become too weak to take decisions related to its oil, sea, or borders.""

Another Ministry Seized as Libyan Militias Exert Influence
A quote...."Just days after launching a weekend siege on the Libyan Foreign Ministry, Tripoli’s militias are at it again, moving against the Justice Ministry today, surrounding it with armed men and forcing the employees out."

Rebel strongholds near Lebanon fall to Syrian military
A quote...."AARSAL, Lebanon -- A Syrian government offensive near the Lebanese border is being described as the fiercest fighting in months by villagers fleeing the violence, with troops loyal to President Bashar Assad seizing control of villages that had been rebel strongholds."

US says Syria has beefed up air defenses
A quote...."WASHINGTON: With technical support from Russia, Syria has bolstered its air defenses, posing a threat to US aircraft if America decides to intervene in the war, a US official said Monday."

Germany warns US: no 'red lines' in Syria
A quote...."German Defence Minister Thomas de Maizière on Monday cautioned against game-changing "red lines" in Syria's civil war, amid growing evidence that regime forces have used chemical weapons."
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American 747 Cargo Jet Crashes In Afghanistan, Killing 7
A quote...."A 747-400 cargo jet crashed this afternoon shortly after taking off from Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, killing 7, the AP reported. - The jet was operated by National Air Cargo, a shipping airline based in Orlando, according to Aviation Safety Network. - The Aviation Herald reported that the Boeing 747 may have stalled at 1,200 feet due to a shifting load." - See related....RTVideo - Dramatic Footage: Boeing 747 Crashes At Bagram Airfield - (RTYuTb - 1min09sec - Apr 30, 2013) - Source:  Alexander Higgins

Russia Assassinates 2 CIA-Linked Terrorists Tied To Boston Bombings
A quote...."A Russian death squad killed two members of a CIA-backed Russian Jihad group operating in Dagestan in a raid earlier this morning that Russian intelligence has linked to Boston Bombings suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev."

Russia reportedly detains 140 people in suspected extremism
A quote...."Russian authorities said Friday that 140 people had been detained in southern Moscow on suspicion of involvement in an Islamic extremist organization, according to the state news agency. -- The Federal Security Agency said at least 30 of the suspects were citizens of other countries and some had ties to militants in the northern Caucasus, the state news agency, RIA Novosti, reported. It did not say which countries the detainees were from."

Three Russian Nuke Subs to Be Recommissioned in 2013
A quote...."MOSCOW, May 1 (RIA Novosti) – Three nuclear submarines of the Russian Navy currently under maintenance will be recommissioned by 2014, a Navy spokesman told journalists Tuesday."

NASA Extends Russia Space Travel Deal
A quote...."WASHINGTON, April 30 (RIA Novosti) – NASA will pay an additional $424 million to extend its contract with Russia’s Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) to transport US astronauts to and from the International Space Station (ISS), NASA said Tuesday, a move that America’s space chief said underscores how diminished funding is hampering the US space program."

Iran, India set to ink economic co-op MOUs
A quote...."TEHRAN, Apr. 30 (MNA) – Iran and India will hold a joint economic meeting in Tehran in the upcoming days, during which the two sides will sign six memorandums of understanding, the Iranian ambassador to India stated. -- Iranian foreign minister Ali-Akbar Salehi and his Indian counterpart Salman Khurshid will chair the meeting, ILNA quoted Ambassador Gholamreza Ansari as saying on Monday. -- The issue of exporting Iranian gas via the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline to India will be also discussed, Ansari said." - also posted at AlethoNews

Iran Counters Saudi Diplomacy In Lebanon
A quote..."Three weeks of Lebanese developments were enough to remove the impression that a breakthrough in the relationship between Saudi Arabia and Iran was near, at least in Lebanon. The impression was formed on April 6, when the Lebanese parliament designated, with near-consensus, Beirut deputy Tammam Salam to form the next cabinet."

36 killed in Iraq
al-CIA'da & the Saudi Parasites Strike Again - A quote...." Five car bombs struck in predominantly Shia cities and districts in central and southern Iraq on Monday, killing 36 people and wounding dozens, officials said. - No one claimed responsibility but coordinated bombings in civilian areas are a favourite strategy used by al-Qaeda in Iraq."

Iraqi army losing hold on north to Sunni and Kurdish forces as troops desert
A quote...."Soldiers are deserting a beleaguered Iraqi army as it struggles to keep its hold on the northern half of Iraq in the face of escalating hostility from Sunni Arabs and Kurds who dominate in the region."

Karzai admits to being on secret US payroll
A quote...."Top Afghan officials have been on the CIA’s payroll for over a decade, receiving tens of millions of US dollars in cash. Afghan President Hamid Karzai admitted to receiving the clandestine financial support, but dismissed the sum as a “small amount.”"

Roadside bombs kill 8 in Afghanistan, including 3 NATO soldiers
A quote...."A roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan killed three International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) members Tuesday, NATO said...."

Libya aims to end fuel subsidies in 3 years: Minister
A quote...."TRIPOLI: Libya will join its neighbours in tackling sensitive fuel market reforms and plans to do away with all subsidies within three years, Oil Minister Abdelbari Al Arusi (pictured) said." - This should make Libyans really happy. - mpg

UPDATE 4-Gunmen stage protest outside Libyan justice ministry
A uqote....TRIPOLI, April 30 (Reuters) - Armed men in pick-up trucks mounted with anti-aircraft guns and rocket-launchers protested on the road outside Libya's justice ministry on Tuesday to press demands that former dictator Muammar Gaddafi's aides be barred from senior government posts."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Girl from Gaza Takes First Prize in International Math Competition - Hip Hip Horay!!
A quote...."Gaza’s children affirmed their place at the forefront of creativity and innovation last week, as a 14-year-old girl from Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza, took first place in an international math competition featuring the best young brains from all around the world. -- In recent years in Gaza, creativity and achievement has grown and flourished against extraordinary odds; a blockade and the rubble of many conflicts, the last of which was eight-day war on Gaza in November 2012."

IOA continues to close crossings
A quote...."GAZA, (PIC)-- The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) retained the closure of Gaza crossings on Monday and cancelled visits by relatives of Gaza prisoners for the same reason."

Israel Removes Dozens Of Bedouin Families In The Jordan Valley
A quote...."The Al-Maleh and the Bedouin Tribes Village Council in the Jordan Valley reported that Israeli soldiers started, on Monday evening, the eviction of dozens of Bedouin families in the area in preparation to conduct military training."

Report: "Four Killed, 259 Kidnapped In April"
A quote...."The Ahrar Center for Detainees Studies and Human Rights published its monthly report on Israeli violations against the Palestinian in April, revealing that the soldiers killed four Palestinians and kidnapped 259."

Israeli Tanks Invade Tubas, Kidnap One Resident
A quote...."Tuesday evening, April 30 2013, a number of Israeli tanks, and several armored vehicles, invaded the Al-Aqaba village, north of the central West Bank city of Tubas, and kidnapped one Palestinian. The invasion caused massive destruction to property and infrastructure."

[IOF] Army Bombards Rafah In Southern Gaza
A quote...."Tuesday evening, April 30 2013, the Israeli Air Force fired at least two missiles into an area believed to be used as a training center for Popular Resistance Committees, northwest of Rafah city, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip."

Israel navy shoots, injures Gaza fisherman
A quote...."GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Israeli naval forces shot and injured a fisherman off the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, a medical official said."
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Amerika's FrankenFood Disaster, Vaccine Cover-Up & The Monsanto Monster....

How did Barack Obama become Monsanto’s man in Washington?
A quote...."And when are anti-GMO activist groups going to stop saying they’re “shocked and disappointed” by the president? - Shocked and disappointed is polite-speak and politically correct reaction. It’s baloney. - Don’t you get it? Obama has never been on your side. He never deserved your trust. - Disappointment implies he was your buddy and then unaccountably walked away."

GE Trees May Be Even More Damaging to the Environment than GE Foods
A quote...."Genetic engineering (GE) of our food supply amounts to a massive science experiment being performed on mankind, without consent or full disclosure. Although the biotech industry continues to claim GE products are safe, the truth is that no one knows what the long-term effects will be, because no one has done the necessary studies."

First “Ag-Gag” Prosecution: This Utah Woman Filmed a Slaughterhouse from the Public Street
A quote...."Amy Meyer wanted to see the slaughterhouse for herself. She had heard that anyone passing by could view the animals, so she drove to Dale Smith Meatpacking Company in Draper City, Utah, and from the side of the road she could see through the barbed-wire fence. Piles of horns littered the property. Cows struggled with workers who tried to lead them into a building. And one scene in particular made her stop."

Monday April 29th 2013

No posts. - mpg

Sunday April 28th 2013