Wednesday May 18th 2011

More on Osama Bin Back From the Dead™....

'US killed Bin Laden clone in Pakistan'
Special Note - A quote...."The US operation that allegedly killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan has actually led to the death of a clone of the al-Qaeda leader, working under CIA operative Raymond Davis, an American editor says. -- "The real bin Laden died years ago after receiving treatment in American hospitals for his various illnesses," said Gordon Duff, senior editor of Ohio-based Veterans Today, in an interview with Press TV's US Desk."

"Not only does this explain all the faked photoshop "Osamas" and the staged crisis room photo, but why all the corporate media were using a known fake Osama as the illustration for their stories about the raid!" -- *Michael Rivero* - Topix ||  Amerika, You Been Busted!! - 05-14-11 - mpg  ||

Does a CIA “Asset” Own the Bin Laden Compound?
A quote...."The account related in that report draws lines connecting Hizbul Mujahedeen (and several other supposed al-Qaeda affiliates) to the CIA. From the report: -- These various "terrorist" organizations were created as a result of CIA support. They are not the product of religion. The project to establish "a pan-Islamic Caliphate" is part of a carefully devised intelligence operation. -- CIA support to Al Qaeda was not in any way curtailed at the end of the Cold War. In fact quite the opposite. The earlier pattern of covert support took on a global thrust and became increasingly sophisticated."

Gates Concedes ‘No Evidence’ But Keeps Accusing Pakistani Govt of Hiding bin Laden
Osama bin Laden died in 2001 -- The US-NRE, in collusion with either the Saudi Royals, Israel, or both, set up some poor actor in that CIA safe house and paid SITE Intel $500,000.00 a year to fob off his pathetic attempts at portraying Osama to the five corporate conglomerates that control 90% of this nation's media outlets. - mpg - A quote...."With US-Pakistani relations already at a near-term low in the wake of yesterday’s cross border attack by US helicopters on a Pakistani military border post, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates addressed a news conference where he made matters even worse." - Topix ||  Amerika, You Been Busted!! - 05-14-11 - mpg  ||

Satellite Dish ‘Added’ To Bin Laden Compound After Dubious Videos Released by White House?
Must Read - Propganda Exposed - A quote...." "Osama Bin Laden’s squalid hideaway in pictures Mail Online -- Allegedly, this photo shows Osama bin Laden, in Abbottabad in Pakistan, using a remote control to flick between satellite video coverage of himself on a television screen.” -- On the right there is a modern computer. -- YET, The Guardian reported that “the residence had no phone or internet connection.” (Osama bin Pakistan hideout.) -- The Telegraph reported that “there were no telephones in the house, and no internet… -- “As well as lacking phone or internet connections, the house did not even have satellite TV.” -- The satellite dish only appeared at Bin Laden’s alleged compound after the White House released dubious video showing “Osama” flicking through satellite TV channels. Before this time, media reports stated that the compound did not have satellite TV. -- (Osama bin Laden dead.)" - also posted at PrisonPlanet & NewWorldLiberty - For more on this type of activity by the Obama administration see article shown below....

Bin Laden Buried at Sea Conspiracy, and Wikipedia Edits. - More on the White House's Wikipedia edits.
A quote...."If conspiracy theorists bring up the issue about multiple edits being made on Wikipedia on the same day that Bin Laden was killed, here is some pertinent info for archival purposes." - posted 05-10-11

Ron Paul Questions Official Bin Laden Story "I've Heard So Many Stories"
Video - (YouTube - 9min20sec - May 18, 2011) - Source:  IntelNewsNetwork

'US plans to occupy Pakistan'
Related Article - A quote...."A Republican congressman says he fears the US could invade Pakistan, as the controversy over the alleged killing of Osama bin Laden frays ties between the two countries." - Topix ||  The US's New Map of the Middle East  ||  Divide and rule  ||  The Plan -- according to U.S. General Wesley Clark (Ret.) - (YuTub - 1m37s - March 17, 2007)  ||

EXCLUSIVE: Al Qaeda Leader Dined at the Pentagon Just Months After 9/11
From the History File - October 20, 2010 -- A quote...."Anwar Al-Awlaki may be the first American on the CIA's kill or capture list, but he was also a lunch guest of military brass at the Pentagon within months of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, Fox News has learned." - For more on this issue see.....

Latest Al Qaeda Boogie Man Was “Killed” 11 Months Ago
Also known as "Osama Lite" the man that was once invited to a Pentagon dinner after 9/11, the Neocons designated replacement for the retired image of Osama bin Laden....has been dead for almost a year.  Whoops, guess they can't use him as a replacement, awwwwww....mpg -- A quote...."Anwar al-Awlaki may be dead, but that won’t stop him bombing planes and carrying out mass shootings." - posted 05-14-11

New Al Qaeda Leader Claims He Has Nothing To Do With Al Qaeda, Calls 9/11 A “Fabrication”
A quote...."Evidence suggests al-Adel figure is another intelligence ghost  --  Amidst reports that Saif al-Adel, otherwise known as Muhammad Ibrahim Makkawi, has been appointed the new al Qaeda leader, a man claiming to be the real Makkawi insists that he has nothing to do with al Qaeda and describes 9/11 as a “fabrication”. -- The source for the reports that al-Adel has become the al Qaeda number one, in the wake of the demise of Osama Bin Laden, is one time Libyan militant Noman Benotman, a former jihadi who renounced the ideology in 2002 and has since often been cited as a reliable source on al Qaeda activity by Western media and governments. -- The case of al-Adel/Makkawi, however, raises significant questions and will only serve to create more mythology and suspicion concerning the real origins and objectives of the terror group."
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More On The Domestic Situation....

PETER SCHIFF: "You are going to see riots in the streets"
Must View Video - Alt - (YouTube - 12min19sec - May 17, 2011) - Source:  lonelantern -- A quote...."Peter Schiff joins Gary Franchi to discuss Geitner's recent remarks to maintain Debt Spending and the 2012 Presidential Elections " - Topix  ||  The Ten Year Cycle, Traitors, Inflection-Points & The Osama Hoax - 05-13-11 - mpg  ||

Veteran U.S. Diplomat: We Are Becoming the USSR - [Under Stalin!!]
A quote...."The balance of prestige, if not yet the balance of power, between the United States and China has shifted...In some disturbing ways, Sino-American competition is beginning to parallel the contest between us and the Soviet Union in the Cold War. This time, however, the United States is in the fiscally precarious position of the USSR, while China plays the economically robust role we once did." - also posted at BLN

Warrants Let Agents Enter Homes Without Owner Knowing
A quote...."ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A special type of government search warrant that allows authorities to search homes without informing the owner for months is becoming more common, Target 7 has learned."

War's necessary! US defense contractors 'raking in the dough'
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 3min21sec - May 18, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday  -- A quote...."(RussiaToday) – America may be being dragged down by record debt and unemployment filtering throughout the economy - but there's one industry that's bucking the trend. It's a boom time for arms manufacturers right now, and they're branding themselves as saviours of the job market. RT's Kaelyn Forde reports on how Americans have little choice but to go gunning for work."

Unstoppable Freight Train to Collapse – Charlie McGrath
CMcGVideo - Alt - (McGYuTb - 4min19sec - May 16, 2011) - Source:  crabbydogtrix

Broadcasting LIVE on Justin.tv - May 18 2011 - Part 2
MRVideo - (JustInTV - 2hrs - May 18th, 2011) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero extensively covers the "Osama bin Photo-Shopped" extravaganza, the on-going lies from the White House about the whole issue, along with many other topics. - mpg

The Alex Jones Show – May 17th, 2011
AJVideo - Intro - PakiesAttacked(1/2) - PakiesAttacked(2/2) - GenHamidGul(1/2) - GenHamidGul(2/2) - PoliceState(1/2) - PoliceState(2/2) - Floride - AuthorNomiPrins(1/2) - AuthorNomiPrins(2/2)  - AlfredAdask(1/3) - AlfredAdask(2/3) - AlfredAdask(3/3) - DrPaulConnett(1/2) - DrPaulConnett(2/2) - (AJYuTb - 15min - May 17, 2011) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Alex welcomes back to the show author, journalist, and former managing director at Goldman Sachs, Nomi Prins. Ms. Prins will talk about the arrest of IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn on rape charges and the latest article by Matt Taibbi on prosecuting Goldman Sachs and Lloyd Blankfein. Alex also talks with constitutionalist Alfred Adask about a 60 Minutes hit piece demonizing patriots as domestic terrorists. Mr. Adask was interviewed by CBS for the piece. On Sunday, Adask wrote Am I About To Be Labeled a “Domestic Terrorist”? Alex also covers the latest breaking news and takes your calls "
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More On The International Situation....

Strauss-Kahn steps down as IMF chief
BREAKING:  Thu May 19, 2011 4:41AM - A quote...."France's Dominique Strauss-Kahn has resigned as managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under pressures over his alleged sexual assault charges."

Strauss-Kahn Simply Had to be Eliminated - posted at ICH
A quote...."Strauss-Kahn was the first IMF director in my lifetime, if memory serves, who disavowed the traditional IMF policy of imposing on the poor and ordinary people the cost of bailing out Wall Street and the Western banks. Strauss-Kahn said that regulation had to be reimposed on the greed-driven, fraud-prone financial sector, which, unregulated, destroyed the lives of ordinary people.  Strauss-Kahn listened to Nobel economist Joseph Stiglitz, one of a handful of economists who has a social conscience. --  Perhaps the most dangerous black mark in Strauss-Kahn’s book is that he was far ahead of America’s French puppet, President Sarkozy, in the upcoming French elections.  Strauss-Kahn simply had to be eliminated." - also posted at GlobalRsrch

Obama extends national emergency order on Iraq - You ObamaTrolls happy yet?
A quote...."WASHINGTON, May 18 (KUNA) -- US President Barack Obama late Tuesday offered a one-year extension on the national emergency with respect to the stabilization of Iraq, according to a White House statement."

Iraqi Tribes Warn against Extended US Mission
Related Article - A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- A ranking member of the Tribal Coordination Committee warned that Iraqi tribes will start an armed struggle against the US forces in case Pentagon extends the mission of its troops in the war-ravaged country beyond 2011."

Mahdi Army plans show of strength in Baghdad
Related Article - A quote...."BAGHDAD // Thousands of Shiite militia loyalists will take to the streets of Baghdad next week in a show of strength aimed at reminding Washington that war will resume if US forces remain beyond the end of the year." - bold by website editor

UK's eight-year military presence in Iraq to end on Sunday - The UK is bailing....Hip Hip Hooray!!
Related Article - A quote...."Britain's eight years of military commitment in Iraq will finally and formally come to an end on Sunday, when the remaining forces in the south of the country will withdraw."

Taliban condemns deaths following Afghan protest
A quote...."The Taliban on Thursday condemned violence that killed 12 people the day before during an Afghan protest against NATO that turned into a riot with the demonstrators attempting to overrun a small German military base nearby."

What Pakistan Prime Minister Gilani wants from China
A quote...."Kabul, Afghanistan – As Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani meets his counterpart in China this week one country will likely be hidden somewhere on the agenda: Afghanistan. - By traveling to China, Pakistan may be trying to underscore China's value as a counterweight to the US. Mr. Gilani has reportedly also tried to bring Afghanistan into China’s camp to form a de facto alliance between the three countries."

Iran to Unveil New Home-Made Ballistic Missiles Next Week
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran announced on Wednesday that it plans to unveil a number of newly-manufactured home-made ballistic missiles on May 24."

Ahmadinejad Most Likely to Preside over Next OPEC Meeting
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has taken the responsibility to oversee the country's oil ministry after its merger with the energy ministry, will most likely represent Iran in the next OPEC meeting scheduled for June 8 in Vienna, his senior aide announced on Wednesday."

European MPs Urge Trial of MKO Members for Crimes against Humanity
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- European lawmakers called for the trial of 50 members of the anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), media reports said on Wednesday. "

Russia expels Israel's military attaché
A quote...."Russia has expelled Israel's military attaché to Moscow over alleged espionage charges, saying he has passed sensitive information to Tel Aviv."

Medvedev warns of Cold War over missile defence
Special Geo-Political Note - A quote...."SKOLKOVO, Russia — President Dmitry Medvedev Wednesday warned of a new Cold War era if Russia and the West failed to agree on missile defence, in the first major news conference of his presidency." - Source:  AFP@Google

The Serious Situation in Syria.....

Uprisings in Syria Appear to Be The Work of Foreign Agitators
Special Note - A quote...."On April 29, this writer interviewed Jonathan Azaziah, a prolific journalist and researcher specializing in international Zionism. Azaziah is also a staff writer for Pakistan’s Opinion Maker and editor for Mask of Zion. --  AFP asked Azaziah about the Salafi groups triggering Syria’s unrest. By all credible accounts they appear to be proxies of a more nefarious hidden hand manipulating this so-called peaceful revolution." - Topix ||  One Vile, Venom Tipped, Taloned Hand Washes the Other - (a.k.a. The Standard Model) - 07-28-10 - mpg  ||

Call for general strike falls on deaf ears in Syria
A quote...."The Syrian opposition's calls to hold a general day long strike on Wednesday have been largely ignored, Aljazeera reported. -- The Syrian opposition called for a general strike as the government denied reports that it has been burying anti-government protesters in mass graves."

Syrian president says political crisis over
Related Article - A quote...."Syrian President Bashar Assad believes that his country has overcome its two-month-long political crisis, the Al Watan daily said in a special edition on Wednesday."

Russia will not back U.N. resolution on Syria: Medvedev
A quote...."SKOLKOVO, Russia (Reuters) – President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday that Russia would not support a U.N. Security Council resolution on Syria if it were similar to the resolution authorizing military intervention in Libya."

The Assault On Libya....

Libya: enough is enough
Must Read - A quote...."It is clear that we have started something in Libya which will be very difficult to finish. Poor intelligence and wishful thinking embroiled us in wars in both Afghanistan and Iraq. We seem to be repeating this in Libya at an accelerated rate. We have gone from a "no-fly" zone, through regime change, to killing members of the Gaddafi family within a matter of days. -- At the same time it has become painfully obvious that virtually every assumption upon which the French and British-led Nato action is predicated has been false." - also posted at Uruknet

Targeting Infrastructure -- War Crimes and the Bombing of Libya
A quote...."Gen. Sir David Richards, "Britain's top military commander," is proposing that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)ganization (NATO) target Libyan "infrastructure," including electrical power grids and fuel dumps, in government held areas." - also posted at WarInIraq

Bombing a Peace Conference -- Did NATO Massacre Libyan Religious Leaders?
A quote...."n Saturday morning, May 14, in a press conference broadcast on a Libyan satellite t.v. channel, government spokesperson Moussa Ibrahim presented strong evidence that a massacre of Libyan religious leaders by NATO was carried out in the oil port of Brega. The press conference was attended by Libyan religious leaders, mainly Muslim but including both Orthodox and Catholic representatives." - also posted at AlethoNews

West Has Taken Sides in Libyan 'Civil War,' Says Annan
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More on the World Wide Revolution....

Saudi Arabia Defies Mideast Upheaval as Guardian of Status Quo
Must Read - A quote...."Saudi Arabia is leading a counter- revolution against the sweeping political changes in the Middle East by using money, force and religion. -- As popular movements for democracy toppled leaders in Egypt and Tunisia and began threatening neighboring Bahrain and Yemen, Saudi Arabia’s Al Saud royal family strengthened control over the Arab world’s biggest economy. Once restrictive of the Muslim clerics, King Abdullah offered money and new censorship powers for their loyalty as he doled out 500 billion riyals ($130 billion) nationally in housing grants and other sweeteners." - Topix ||  One Vile, Venom Tipped, Taloned Hand Washes the Other - (a.k.a. The Standard Model) - 07-28-10 - mpg  ||

Dictator Toppled: Long Live the Dictator!
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 3min31sec - May 18, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday  -- A quote...."(RussiaToday) – For more on post-revolution Egypt, RT joined by Professor Mark Almond, who's an historian and expert on international relations at Oxford University."

Spanish youth rally in Madrid echoes Egypt protests
A quote...."About 2,000 young people angry over high unemployment have spent the night camping in a famous square in Madrid as a political protest there grows."

Spain protests persist ahead of polls
A quote...."Outraged by Spain’s economic crisis and soaring jobless rate, demonstrators defied a ban by authorities and poured onto Madrid’s central Puerta del Sol square and in several cities, including Granada, Seville, Barcelona, Valencia, Zaragoza and Palma de Majorca, AFP reported on Wednesday." - Source:  PressTV

First Egypt ... Now Spain?
Yemeni opposition, Saleh near deal
Yemen transition deal falls through at last minute
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More on Japan's Nuclear Power Plants....

"Fuel Rods Most Likely Melt[ed] COMPLETELY at Reactors 1, 2 AND 3 in the Early Hours of the Crisis, Raising the Danger of More Catastrophic Releases" -- A quote...."The situation is not stable at all. So, you’re looking at basically a ticking time bomb. It appears stable, but the slightest disturbance—a secondary earthquake, a pipe break, evacuation of the crew at Fukushima—could set off a full-scale meltdown at three nuclear power stations, far beyond what we saw at Chernobyl." -- *Michio Kaku*

Japan: Radioactive Water Dumped Into Pacific Due To “STRONG REQUEST” From The US
A quote...."Japan Says US made a “strong request” to dump millions of gallons of highly radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. -- I recently reported that TEPCO dumped millions of gallons of Radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean."

Poor estimates force timetable revision
A quote...."Having failed to accurately grasp the extent of actual damage to nuclear reactors and the amount of water contaminated with radioactive substances, Tokyo Electric Power Co. has been forced to revise its timetable for resolving the nuclear crisis at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

A Taste of the Future? -- Israel in a Strategic Dead End
Must Read - A quote...."They are extraordinary scenes. Film shot on mobile phones captured the moment on Sunday when at least 1,000 Palestinian refugees marched across no-man's land to one of the most heavily protected borders in the world, the one separating Syria from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. -- Waving Palestinian flags, the marchers braved a minefield, then tore down a series of fences, allowing more than 100 to run into Israeli-controlled territory. As they embraced Druze villagers on the other side, voices could be heard saying: "This is what liberation looks like."

Obama’s Thursday Israel Speech a Major Retreat - No surprise whatsoever. - mpg
A quote...."In May of 2009 reports were coming out of President Obama’s support for Palestinian statehood. There were restrictions, to be sure, but the call for a contiguous Palestinian state was seen as a major move, unheard of for a US President. -- Two years later, President Obama is planning to give another speech Thursday night, on the eve of a state visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The new speech is said to be a significant retreat, with the president openly condemning the Palestinian bid for statehood and issuing new demands to the Palestinian Authority."

‘NYT’ won’t say Nakba, just ‘anniversary of Israel’s creation’
The New York Times, just a mouthpiece for the AIPAC/Israeli Consortium. - mpg -- A quote...."Today's Times has an editorial about trying to revive the peace process that begins with an account of the skirmishes on Nakba Day. But they don't say Nakba Day:" - bold by website editor

On the anniversary of the Nakba, demands for the right of return grow louder
A quote...."The sixty-third anniversary of the Nakba witnessed a number of important events set up by Palestinian refugees in Arab countries surrounding Palestine, in the Diaspora, and inside the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, including Jerusalem. Even Israel - that part of Palestine occupied in 1948 - witnessed marches to a number of Palestinian towns and villages in the Galilee region which were destroyed and had their population displaced in what has been described as ethnic cleansing."

Largest student union in Europe joins boycott of Israel - Hip Hip Hooray!!
Boycott, Divest and Sanction the ENTIRE state of Israel!  Because it's a clear moral obligation for EVERYONE who cares about justice and the rule of law to do so!!!  Besides, it's so easy!! - mpg -- A quote...."The University of London Union (ULU)  has voted 10-1 to institute and campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) in support of Palestine. The motion called for “thorough research into ULU investments and contracts” with companies guilty of “violating Palestinian human rights” as set out by the Palestinian Boycott National Committee (BNC). Ashok Kumar, Senate member for LSE, speaking in favour of the motion, argued, “We have precedents for boycotting campaigns at ULU, especially with South Africa and the boycott campaign over  Barclays bank, that supported the Apartheid regime. We are now responding to the Palestinian call for civil action in support of their fight against racism.” - also posted at AlethoNews - For more on how to Boycott, Divest and Sanction the state of Israel see the upper-left-corner of the "Front Page" of this website.

New book shows how aid to PA ended up in Israel’s pockets
A quote...."About a decade ago, a record was broken in Palestine. Responding to the outbreak of a new intifada, outside governments dramatically increased their financial contributions to the West Bank and Gaza. By 2002, the occupied Palestinian territories had become the largest recipients of development and humanitarian aid on a sustained per capita basis since the Second World War." - also posted at AlethoNews

Israeli Military Abducts 11 Palestinians, including Journalist, On Tuesday
A quote...."The Israeli military carried out incursions into the West Bank Tuesday and arrested 11 as part of the crackdown in the aftermath of Nakba commemorations held throughout Palestine and bordering states on Sunday." - also posted at Uruknet
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More On The Economic Situation....

The People vs. Goldman Sachs - posted at ICH
Contains Video - A quote...."May 18, 2011 "Rolling Stone" - May 11, 2011  -- They weren't murderers or anything; they had merely stolen more money than most people can rationally conceive of, from their own customers, in a few blinks of an eye. But then they went one step further. They came to Washington, took an oath before Congress, and lied about it."

The History Of The World's "Reserve" Currency: From Ancient Greece To Today
A quote...."Probably the most interesting part of the previously discussed 174-page World Bank report on the future of world currencies, is, ironically, the part that deals with the past. In its discussion of why "Historically, one national currency has played a global role—or at most, a few national currencies", the WB analyzes the history of the "reserve" or dominant currency from ancient times, through today. It is an engrossing narrative which ebbs and flows with the rise and flow of the dominant superpower (no surprise there). The bottom line of course is whether or not the US will retain its superpower status in an increasingly multipolar (and developing-led) world. And whether it will be replaced by China...or nobody. The implications for the next reserve currency of choice are substantial." - also posted at BLN

Author Nomi Prins: The Fed Reserve Holding America Hostage
AJVideo - NP&AJ(1/2) - NP&AJ(2/2) - (AJYuTb - 15min - May 17, 2011) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Alex welcomes back to the show author, journalist, and former managing director at Goldman Sachs, Nomi Prins. Ms. Prins will talk about the arrest of IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn on rape charges and the latest article by Matt Taibbi on prosecuting Goldman Sachs and Lloyd Blankfein."

Tuesday May 17th 2011

More on Osama Bin Back From the Dead™....

The Death Of Obi-Wan Kenobi
A quote...."It has now been two weeks since the US President, Barry Soetoro or Barack Obama or whatever his birth certificate says, claimed that US Special Forces had stormed and then killed US CIA agent Tim Osman, better known as Osama Bin Laden in a compound in Pakistan.  It is still amazing how most of the American public is still gullible enough to believe this total and utter BS!"

Selective Memri
From the History File - Monday 12 August 2002 11.29 BST - A quote...."Memri's purpose, according to its website, is to bridge the language gap between the west - where few speak Arabic - and the Middle East, by "providing timely translations of Arabic, Farsi, and Hebrew media". -- Despite these high-minded statements, several things make me uneasy whenever I'm asked to look at a story circulated by Memri. First of all, it's a rather mysterious organisation. Its website does not give the names of any people to contact, not even an office address."
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More On The Domestic Situation....

US government seizes pension funds, invades Pakistan
Special Note - A quote...."There are certain times in life when a man is faced with overwhelming adversity… times when he has no reason to adhere to society’s norms anymore.  It is in these instances that the true quality of his character comes shining through. -- One of these situations is when he’s broke. Dead, flat broke. Some people, even when staring deep into their own financial abyss, still hold to their moral principles, honor their obligations, and keep their word. -- For others, the boundaries of morality are quickly blurred into shades of gray, and things like fraud, thievery, and deception become perfectly legitimate tactics in their minds."

Guest Post: Indiana Supreme Court Dispenses With Magna Carta, Constitution
Special Note - A quote...."On June 10, 1215 AD, after prolonged rebellion and frustrating negotiation, a group of England’s most influential barons entered London to force the disastrous King John Softsword into accepting a revolutionary charter of individual freedoms. -- Five days later in the Runnymede meadow of Surrey County, John affixed his royal seal onto what became known as the Magna Carta. It still exists on the books today in England and Wales." - also posted at DProgram

While You Were Sleeping, They Abolished the Fourth Amendment
Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."Two recent Supreme Court cases have served to virtually abolish the Fourth Amendment in the United States of America, with citizens no longer being “secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures.” - also posted at DProgram

Jane Mayer on the Obama war on whistle-blowers
Special Note - A quote...."In a just released, lengthy New Yorker article, Jane Mayer -- with the diligence and thoroughness she used to expose the Bush torture regime -- examines a topic I've written about many times here:  the Obama administration's unprecedented war on whistleblowers generally, and its persecution of NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake in particular (Drake exposed massive waste, excess and perhaps illegality in numerous NSA programs).  Mayer's article is what I'd describe as the must-read magazine article of the month, and I encourage everyone to read it in its entirety, but I just want to highlight a few passages.  First, we have this...." - also posted at Uruknet - You ObamaTrolls out there happy yet? - mpg

And So It Begins: The Globalization of the Internet and the Coming War on the “Malevolent Actors of Cyberspace” - Web Under Threat - A quote...."On Monday, the Obama White House offered up their new plan for what they call “open and secure” global cyberspace policies.  I don’t think I need to translate that Obama administration doublespeak for most of you. Unfortunately, we’ve all come to understand that language quite well these past few years." - bold by website editor - You ObamaTrolls out there happy yet? - mpg

Rise of the Obamabots -- Stifling Liberal Dissent Under Obama - posted at ICH
Must Read - A cautionary on what happens to those who resist the Matrix. - mpg -- A quote...."In the late 1990s my cartoons ran in Time, Fortune and Bloomberg Personal magazines and over 100 daily and alternative weekly newspapers. I was a staff writer for two major magazines. -- Then Bush came in. And 9/11 happened. -- The media gorged on an orgy of psychotic right-wing rhetoric. Flags everywhere. Torture suddenly OK. In a nation where mainstream political discourse was redefined between Dick Cheney on the right and libertarian Bill Maher on the not-as-right, there wasn’t any room in the paper for a left-of-center cartoonist. My business was savaged. Income plunged." - You ObamaTrolls out there happy yet? - mpg

Congress Proposes Bill to Allow Worldwide War ... Including INSIDE the U.S.
A quote...."Americans who have been paying attention are outraged that Bush lied us into Iraq by making up false claims about weapons of mass destruction and pretending that Saddam Hussein had a hand in 9/11. -- Many are disgusted that Obama got us into a war in Libya without Congressional authorization. -- But as the ACLU noted yesterday, Congress is going even further ... proposing handing permanent, world-wide war-making powers to the president - including the ability to make war within the United States...."

Financial Repression Coming to America: El-Erian
A quote...."Memo to anyone in the US government who actually has swallowed the Koolaid that Americans are going to put up with this for very long. -- We didn't put this country in the financial mess it's in; you did, with funding these immoral and illegal, publicly funded wars, ultimately for private profit. We said no to TARP, but you voted for it anyway. -- Government with consent of the governed, at this point in the Republic's history?!? I think not." - *Michael Rivero*, owner of WhatReallyHappened.Com

Philly Police Harass, Threaten to Shoot Man Legally Carrying Gun
A quote...."A story in today's Philadelphia Daily News shows why it's so important that citizens be allowed to videotape cops - it can be citizens' only way to fight back against police abuse of power. -- This incident happened several weeks ago in Philadelphia to Mark Fiorino, a 25-year-old IT worker who carries a gun on his hip at all times for self defense. He got the gun after several friends were mugged. -- But he didn't count on attacks by police:"

9/11 Special on KPFA Radio, Thursday, May 19
Program Note - A quote...."KPFA is having a three & half hour 9/11 special this Thursday from Noon to 3:30 PST -- Hosts for the Program are: Dennis Bernstein, Bonnie Faulkner, Mickey Huff, and Peter Phillips -- Guests During the day are: 12:15 David Ray Griffin, 12:45 Frank Morales, 1:00 PM Bob Bowman, 1:30 Paul Rea, 2:00 Mike Gravel, 2:30 Carol Brouillet, 2:45 Richard Gage and Kathy McGrade, and more. Clips from Press for Truth, Zero, Griffins bset DVDs will be played on the air. -- Program will be on-line live from KPFA.org, and archived on line from Noliesradio.org. -- This is a fund raiser for KPFA Radio."

TSA backscatter radiation safety tests were rigged – Mike Adams
A quote...."(NaturalNews) It can now be revealed by NaturalNews that the TSA faked its safety data on its X-ray airport scanners in order to deceive the public about the safety of such devices." - also posted at DProgram & PrisonPlanet & LewRockwell

"Osama False Flag Like Sadam Hussain & Golf Of Tonkin"
GCVideo - Alt - (YouTube - 14min 17sec - May 17, 2011) - Source:  GeraldCelenteChannel

Broadcasting LIVE on Justin.tv - May 17 2011 - Part 2
MRVideo - (JustInTV - 2hrs - May 17th, 2011) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero extensively covers the "Osama bin Photo-Shopped" extravaganza, the on-going lies from the White House about the whole issue, along with many other topics. - mpg
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More On The International Situation....

Gen. Hamid Gul: U.S. Generals Provoking War with Pakistan
AJVideo - HG&AJ(1/2) - HG&AJ(2/2) - (AJYuTb - 15min - May 17, 2011) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Hamid Gul, former ISI chief, talks about NATO firing on Pakistani troops and the prospect of World War III."

Pakistan Protests After Clash With NATO Helicopters
A quote...."Pakistan's military has filed a strong protest after an exchange of fire between its ground forces and NATO helicopters along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. -- Pakistan says troops at a border post opened fire early Tuesday when the helicopters violated Pakistani airspace. It says two soldiers were wounded in the exchange of fire."

An Empire of Terror
A Global Research article list.....

Pakistan turns to China for support
A quote...."BEIJING — The Pakistani prime minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani, arrived in China on Tuesday for a four-day visit, picking up some welcome diplomatic support at a critical moment in Pakistan's relations with the U.S."

US troops face increasing dangers in southern Iraq
Propaganda Alert - A quote...."Michael Knights, of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said the attacks indicate an increased confidence by militias to engage U.S. forces. He noted that the militants have been targeting vulnerable U.S. supply lines. The vast majority of supplies for U.S. forces are shuttled on roads from Kuwait into southern Iraq. -- Knights, who writes extensively about security issues in Iraq, said April saw a major jump in the use of armor-piercing explosives — known as explosively formed penetrators, or EFPs. -- "The increase in attacks shows that Iranian-backed cells enjoy greater freedom of movement than they have in the past. They have increased confidence in their ability to engage U.S. forces in stand-up firefights in broad daylight," he said." - bold by website editor - What?  They're going to try to blame Iran -- again -- for locally made EFP's.  After they were so completely embarrassed the last time they tried.- This piece of bought and paid for human garbage is lying.  EFP's don't have to be imported, they can be made by YOUR own grandmother!!  They take about five minutes to assemble!! All you need is ANY sort of moldable high explosive, a steel pipe, a concave copper plate, and a way to detonate the device  When, exactly, is the DoD going to give up with this sort of stupid crap? - mpg - Topix ||  US Fake Intel / Propaganda - EFP's & IED's  ||

Wildcat strikes spread in Iraq as BP lifts first oil cargo
A quote...."The threat of wildcat strikes engulfing Iraq's oil industry spread to BP's Rumaila field on Tuesday – on the day that the British energy major got its first payment for boosting production at the site.

Iran Starts Up its First Nuclear Power Plant
A quote...."Hamsayeh.Net - Iran officially starts up its first nuclear power plant in the southern city of Bushehr, confirmed Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi in a report by ISNA."

The Assault On Libya....

The truth about ‘civilized transitions’ By William Bowles
A quote...."This is what it comes down to: A TV ‘news’ presenter reveals in all its starkness, how the Empire corrupts totally. Here we have an apparently intelligent and educated person dismissing the leader of a country as if he’s just another expendable piece of the Empire’s junk. ‘Yeah, why you don’t just get rid of him, make him go away’. It’s absolutely outrageous that we accept this kind of rubbish and it’s echoed right across the MSM (see below)." - also posted at GlobalRsrch

The International Criminal Court and Gaddafi
A quote...."The request by chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo that arrest warrants for war crimes be issued against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam, and the head of Libya’s intelligence service, Abdullah al-Senussi, only confirms the role of the International Criminal Court as a tool of the imperialist powers."

NATO warplanes step up attacks on Libya
A quote...."NATO has escalated its war against Libya, widening air strikes to hit civilian government buildings and economic infrastructure. -- Early Tuesday, bombs and missiles once again pounded the capital of Tripoli, destroying buildings near the compound of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. The repeated attacks on the area have all the earmarks of an attempt to bring about “regime change” by assassinating the Libyan leader."

The Middle East Revolution (Part II): The Empire Strikes Back:  Libya Attacked by the US & NATO
A quote...."No sooner had the popular revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia overthrown corrupt and repressive U.S.-backed dictatorships than Washington and NATO (led by a Canadian general) attacked Libya on March 19 with jet fighters and hundreds of missiles and bombs. The reason given by this coalition of the U.S., Britain, France, Italy and Canada (among others) for the attack was that they were protecting civilians from Libya's leader, Muammar Gaddafi. Considering that the U.S. has killed two million civilians in Iraq, 70,000 in Afghanistan, and about 2,000 in Pakistan, it strains credulity to believe that this was the real reason for its intervention in Libya."
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More on Japan's Nuclear Power Plants....

Is It Safe to Eat Salmon from the West Coast?
A quote...."I've been asked whether it is safe to eat salmon from Alaska and other West Coast locals. -- I'm copying below my article on this issue from last month. As journalist Harvey Wasserman noted on a radio program today, it is "criminal" that the government is not testing fish. The bottom line - as nuclear expert Arnie Gundersen notes - is that we must demand that our elected representatives require testing."

Busby: Fukushima reactors a raging radioactive inferno
RTVideo - (RTYuTb - 4min24sec - May 17, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday  -- A quote...."(RussiaToday) – There are signs that two further reactors at Japan's troubled Fukushima plant may have gone into meltdown. Similar problems were earlier confirmed at the number one reactor. Its operators are suspected of failing to properly cool them after the earthquake. RT gets some insight on this from Professor Christopher Busby, who's from the European Committee on Radiation Risks."

Melted fuel in Reactor No. 3 appears to have burned through pressure vessel
A quote...."And like the No. 1 reactor, the melted fuel appears to have created holes in the pressure vessel of the No. 3 reactor, according to the data of Tokyo Electric Power Co. released May 16. [...] -- At the No. 3 reactor, the melted fuel may have burned through the pressure vessel to the containment vessel, the data showed. [...] -- According to the data, the pressure in the pressure vessel of the No. 2 reactor dropped at 6:43 p.m. on March 15. A similar drop in pressure also took place at the No. 3 reactor at 11:50 p.m. on March 16. -- Those declines were apparently the result of holes made in the pressure vessels. [...] it appears that melted nuclear fuel formed new holes in the pressure vessels."

Radiation News 05-17-11 - A DProgram Round-Up - (6 articles)
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Gilad Atzmon: Israel’s Doomed Fate
Must Read - A quote...."“There will be no return-- time has come to tell Palestinian refugees they will not be returning to the State of Israel,” writes Nahum Barnea, a prominent Israeli ‘liberal’ columnist. -- It is becoming clear that Israel lacks the means to cope with Palestinian resilience. Despite Israeli barbarism; despite sixty-three years of oppression, racial discrimination and mass murderous tactics-- including the usage of WMD-- the Palestinian people have remained determined to return to their land." - also posted at VeteransToday

Emotional Palestinians bury Lebanon Nakba Day victims
Must View Photos - A quote...."SIDON, Lebanon: Grief-stricken Palestinians in Ain el-Helwi refugee camp held funerals for their loved ones Monday, a day after Israeli troops shot dead 11 protesters on the Lebanese border with the Jewish state."

50 new boats to be delivered to Gaza fishermen - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."The Minister of Agriculture in the Gaza Strip, Dr Mohammad Ramadan al-Agha, has announced government plans to supply 50 fishermen with fishing boats free of charge. Forty of these boats will be given to fishermen who have lost their own boats over the last year as a consequence of Israeli attacks, while 10 others will be given to the poorest Palestinians in need. The fishing boat project is being launched within the context of a wider programme to help fishermen funded by the Islamic Bank."

Israel to hand over Palestinian tax revenues - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma'an) -- The Civil Servants' union said the Palestinian Authority would pay government employees' salaries on Monday, following confirmation that Israel would resume transfers of Palestinian tax revenues." - also posted at Uruknet

Palestinians test tactic of unarmed mass marches
A quote...."RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian activists are calling it a preview of new tactics to pressure Israel and win world support for statehood: Masses of marchers, galvanized by the Arab Spring and brought together by Facebook, descending on borders and military posts — and daring Israeli soldiers to shoot. -- It could prove more problematic for Israel than the suicide bombings and other deadly violence of the past — which the current Palestinian Authority leadership feels only tainted their cause."

Lebanon files complaint against Israel
A quote...."Lebanon has submitted a complaint to the United Nations Security Council against Israel over the killing of 10 civilians in the Lebanese border town of Maroun al-Ras. -- At least 10 people were killed and over 110 others wounded after Israeli soldiers opened fire on thousands of Palestinian refugees who were holding a symbolic march toward their homeland on the Lebanese side of the border on Sunday." - Source: PressTV

Israeli soldier shoots photographer
Attempts to Kill The Messenger - A quote...."An Israeli soldier has deliberately shot Palestinian photographer Mohammad Othman as he was covering protests in the Gaza Strip, says Reporters Without Borders. -- The group said on Tuesday that Othman was clearly identifiable as a journalist at the time of the shooting and was deliberately targeted on Sunday." - Source:  PressTV

IOF soldiers storm home of MP
A quote...."AL-KHALIL, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed the house of MP Mohammed Abu Juhaisha in Al-Khalil at dawn Tuesday and handed his son Musab a summons to the intelligence office in Etzion."

Israelis Troops Arrest 11 Civilians from the West Bank; Tanks Open Fire at Gaza Farmers
A quote..."Bethlehem/Gaza – PNN – Israeli troops arrested on Tuesday 11 Palestinian civilians during raids targeting West Bank communities. -- ImageSix of those arrested were taken from the village of al-Khader, near Bethlehem in southern West Bank. Israeli troops invaded the village and searched homes, later soldiers arrested Ma’mon Issa, 20, and his brother Ahmad, 19, as well as Nadiem Issa, and Maher, Mazin, and Naser  Subeh."

Israeli Demolitions More Than Double Since Last Year
A quote...."The UN Agency for Palestinian refugees has stated that Israel has displaced 149 children, through housing demolitions, in the West Bank so far this year. The figures show a stark increase on numbers displaced and housing units demolished for the same period last year."

Stop the suffering in Gaza: UN official
A quote...."UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos has censured Israel for causing "unnecessary suffering" in the Gaza Strip and called for an end to blockade."
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More On The Economic Situation....

Keiser Report: Snow Globe of Denial (E147)
MKVideo - Alt - (MKRTYuTb - (MKRTYuTb - 25min55sec - May 17th, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday - Producer:  Max Keiser TV -- A quote...."(RussiaToday) -- A quote...."This time Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, report on coffee speculators and crude plunges. In the second half of the show, Max talks to Reggie Middleton of BoomBustBlog.com about banking industry as the new tobacco industry and about the price of the bailout as the economic future of the United States. KR on FB: www.facebook.com/KeiserReport."

Richard Koo Explains Why An Unwind Of QE2, With Nothing To Replace It, Could Lead To The Biggest Depression Yet - Quote of the Day...."....I cannot help but feel that the portfolio rebalancing argument [as implemented by Bernanke with his program of QE2] was putting the cart before the horse, in the sense that it is ordinarily a stronger real economy that leads to higher asset prices, and not the other way around." - bold/underline by website editor

Matt Taibbi Vs. Wall Street Apologist Megan McArdle On Goldman Sachs Criminal Behavior
Video - A quote...."Corrupt enterprise nirvana.  You're guilty, everyone knows it, and no prosecution. Geithner took care of that with Cuomo, secretly, in 2008, in the name of system stability.  Bill Black is writhing in the throes of a wretched death spiral. -- What about Anton Valukas - you remember the Chicago lawyer handling the $600 billion Lehman bankruptcy - 2 years within the bowels of Dick Fuld's Repo 105 nut sack ought to qualify him for special financial prosecutor.  Eric Holder is a dipsh-t, have we mentioned that lately. -- Obankster, listen up.  Wanna get reelected... Then tell Holder to name a Special Wall Street Prosecutor.  Now." - ||  Transcript  ||

It's Official: DTS Discloses Total Debt Hit Ceiling Yesterday; Government Draws On $14.3 Billion From Retirement Funds - A quote...."Tim Geithner reported a total of $14,293,975 MM, $25 million away from the ceiling. What was the plug? Why "Intragovernment Holdings" of course, which declined by $14.3 billion."

Meredith Doubles Down: Move Over Munis, Here Comes The "Hidden State Financial Crisis"
A quote...."Defaults in a variety of forms by states and municipalities are already happening and more are inevitable. Taxpayers have borne the initial brunt of these defaults by paying higher taxes in exchange for lower social services. And state and local government employees are having to renegotiate labor contracts that they once believed were sacrosanct."  -- *Meredith Whitney*

1 Kilo Gold Futures Start Trading On Hong Kong Merc
Gold Bug Alert - A quote...."As of 8 pm Eastern, the Comex' monopoly to the precious metals futures is over." - As we reported previously, today, at 8 am local time, is when the Hong Kong Mercantile exchange would start trading the inaugural Asian precious metal futures contract: the 32 ounce /1 kilo/ gold futures." - bold by website editor - Hip Hip Hooray!! - Hip Hip Hooray!!

European financial leaders postpone a new bailout for Greece
A quote...."The two-day summit of European finance ministers in Brussels failed to arrive at a consensus yesterday on how to deal with the main issue they faced: the crisis of the Greek economy, which is increasingly spiralling out of control."

Mystery Science: More Details on the Strange Organism That Could Destroy Monsanto
A quote...."Back in January, a noted plant scientist who spent much of his career at Purdue University sent a letter to the USDA informing the agency that he’d discovered a mysterious new disease-causing organism in Monsanto’s (MON) genetically engineered Roundup Ready corn and soybeans. Now, that scientist — Don Huber — has written a follow-up letter to the USDA and appears in a videotaped interview where he presents an even scarier picture of the damage he claims Monsanto’s herbicide chemical glyphosate (the main ingredient in Roundup) is doing to both plants and the animals who eat them."

Processed Meats Declared Too Dangerous for Human Consumption
A quote...."The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) has just completed a detailed review of more than 7,000 clinical studies covering links between diet and cancer. Its conclusion is rocking the health world with startling bluntness: Processed meats are too dangerous for human consumption. Consumers should stop buying and eating all processed meat products for the rest of their lives." - bold by website editor

Monday May 16th 2011

More on Osama Bin Back From the Dead™....

The Ongoing bin Laden Saga: Can Americans Be Unplugged?
Special Note  - A quote...."The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. But when you're inside, you look around, what do you see? Businessmen, teachers, lawyers, carpenters. The very minds of the people we are trying to save. But until we do, these people are still a part of that system, and that makes them our enemy. You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it."  -- *Morpheus*, a charecter from the movie "The Matrix"

Translation Of Pakistani Video - This Is The Truth - Osama Died In 2001
Contains Video - A quote...."This is a translation of the video linked at the bottom and was translated by my friend Khan Taashk. THANK YOU my dear friend. I wish there were a way for ALL Americans to read this translation....

"Anchor: Welcome back, Mohammad Bashir is a resident of Abboottabad's Bilal Town. Muhammad Bashir might seem an ordinary guy but he is no ordinary guy. Muhammad Bashir lives in front of Osama Ben Laden's house in Bilal Town Abbottabad. On 2nd of May, Muhammad Bashir was present on his rooftop from where he saw the whole American operation against Osama Ben Laden with his own eyes. Yesterday when our team was present In Bilal Town, Abbottabad, near Osama Ben Laden's hose, Muhammad Bashir came to us and said, "Sister, I need to tell you something, something that is a burden on my heart and soul", just listen to what he said...."

Pakistan to return remains of U.S. stealth helicopter
A quote...."Pakistan is to return to the United States on Tuesday the remains of a stealth helicopter used in a special forces raid to kill al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, Pakistani television said, quoting army sources."

Gallup: Obama approval not helped by No-Sama-gate
A quote...."Obama bet the big bad boogie man on his re-election, raised on a busted blush, and lost. It's Gambler's Ruin; Obama has run out of propaganda chips to play with."
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More On The Domestic Situation....

The Good, The Bad and the Ugly - Part Three
Must Read - A quote...."The economic peril that we find ourselves confronted with, has been ninety-eight years in the making. The confluence of debt, demographics, delusion, and denial has left the country at the precipice of annihilation. There are two kinds of people in the world, those who control the money and those that are controlled by those who control the money. The last century has been marked by a methodical looting of the good (working middle class) by the bad (Federal Reserve & bankers) and supported by the ugly (Washington D.C. politicians). When historians pinpoint the year in which the Great American Empire began its downward spiral they will conclude that year to be 1913. In this dark year for the Republic, slimy politicians, at the behest of the biggest bankers in the country, created a private central bank that has since controlled the currency of the United States. This same Congress staked their claim as the most damaging group of politicians in US history by passing the personal income tax in the same year. These two acts unleashed the two headed monster of inflation and taxation on the American people." - also posted at Hamsayeh

10 Indications The United States Is A Dictatorship
A quote...."For a people to be free, they must first be honest with themselves, their government, and the world at large.  History is filled with stories of free nations that fell under the spell cast by their governments who exploited the threat of terror. -- In fact, numerous presidents in American history already have used various specific threats to sidestep their Constitutional restraints.  Today we are entering a nebulous world where our "enemy" cannot be defined, has no particular allegiance to one country, and is able to adopt new leaders at will.  Rather than encourage a sense of resilience and independence in its citizens, America has chosen to amplify the terror threat in order to concentrate power in the hands of the State.  The very first signpost on this historically familiar road to tyranny is an atmosphere of hate, suspicion, and vindictiveness.  It first begins as an outwardly directed aggression and then rather abruptly turns inward upon itself."

US Government Spying on Americans, Lawsuits Against Telecom Partners
A quote...."With Obama's Justice Department threatening to classify previously unclassified material during the upcoming trial of accused NSA whistleblower Thomas A. Drake, Secrecy News reports that prosecutors claim they can do so because "NSA possesses a statutory privilege that protects against the disclosure of information relating to its activities."

US studies legality of American-led private army
A quote...."The US state department said on Sunday that it was examining the legality of an American-led private army that is being established in the United Arab Emirates. -- Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater private security company, is establishing a counter-terrorism force of up to 800 foreign mercenaries in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates, The New York Times reported on Sunday."

What Really Happened with Michael Rivero – May 16th, 2011 - Part2
MRVideo - Part1 - Part2 - (JustInTV - 2hrs - May 16th, 2011) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero extensively covers the "Osama bin Photo-Shopped" extravaganza, the on-going lies from the White House about the whole issue, along with many other topics. - mpg

The Alex Jones Show – May 16th, 2011
AJVideo - Intro - Globalists(1/3) - Globalists(2/3) - Globalists(3/3) - BrthhdOfEvil(1/2) - BrthhdOfEvil(2/2) - JoelSkousen(1/3) - JoelSkousen(2/3) - JoelSkousen(3/3) - CBS60Min - GlobScrtWeapon -- (YuTb - 10/15min - May 16, 2011) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."A quote...."Alex welcomes back to the show Joel Skousen, author, retreat consultant, and founder and editor of World Affairs Brief, a weekly news-analysis service dedicated to providing an understanding of the hidden agendas behind the actions of world leaders and other powerful individuals who influence government from behind the scenes. Mr. Skousen talks with Alex about the Osama bin Laden death farce and other important news events. He is the author of Strategic Relocation: North American Guide To Safe Places, available at the Infowars Store. Alex also covers the latest breaking news and takes your calls."
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More On The International Situation....

Why Mainstream Media Refuses to Report the West's Shocking New Colonialism
A quote...."May 16, 2011 "The Daily Bell" --  To ask the question is to answer it. The Western mainstream media seems entirely controlled and beholden to globalist interests emanating in part from the City of London. Reports and exposes of neo-colonialism are not likely to find a place on the front pages of the great dailies and weeklies of the old-line press – nor even on websites controlled by it."

Gerald Celente: Raping – Part of IMF Business
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 4min13sec - May 16, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday  -- A quote...."(RussiaToday) – The head of the International Monetary Fund has been charged with sexual attack, attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment. New York police pulled Dominique Strauss-Kahn from a plane minutes before he was due to fly to Paris, and questioned him on suspicion of assaulting a hotel maid. RT talks to Gerald Celente, the director of the Trends Research Institute in New York."

The Dirty Old Man and the IMF
A quote...."by Patrick J. Buchanan:  Saturday was a bad day for the New World Order.  --  New York police boarded the first-class cabin of an Air France jet bound for Paris to collar Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund, a Grand Master of the Universe and the Socialist Party's hope to defeat President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2012."

The Taliban Is Not Al Qaeda
A quote...."For the past several years, Felix Kuehn has lived in Kandahar, Afghanistan, one of the few non-Afghans living as civilians in that war-plagued city, the country’s second largest and the city in which the Taliban was founded. Only about a hundred foreigners live in Kandahar, including a handful of diplomats from the Iranian and Pakistani consulates and a small number of workers with NGOs. But last week, Kuehn came to Washington to talk about the complicated relationship between Al Qaeda and the Taliban." - also posted at Uruknet

White phosphorus used in Afghan war: Report
Special Note - A quote...."Leaked documents have revealed that US-led forces in Afghanistan have made extensive use of white phosphorus bombs in densely-populated areas. -- A review of the Afghan military documents revealed more than 1,100 instances of US-led forces -- including Danish troops -- having used white phosphorus (WP) grenades, rockets and bombs, the Danish daily Information reported. -- According to one document, US-led forces fired 20 to 50 WP rockets at a single target. Many of the WP [a.k.a. Willie-Pete] munitions have often been used in residential areas, the Press TV quoted the report as saying."

New Zealand SAS troops implicated in Afghan war crimes
A quote...."New evidence has emerged that New Zealand’s Special Air Service (SAS) troops detained prisoners during operations in Afghanistan and then handed them over to US and Afghan forces who tortured them. An investigation published in the May issue of Metro magazine provided damning evidence that the elite force is complicit in human rights abuses, with successive New Zealand governments covering them up." - also posted at Uruknet

Four U.S. troops killed in blast in Afghanistan
A quote...."KABUL, Afghanistan - Four American soldiers serving with NATO forces in Afghanistan died Monday in an explosion in the country's south, NATO and a defense department official said, bringing home the human cost of the U.S.-led push into Taliban strongholds."

'Iraq to expand military ties with Iran'
A quote...."Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says the Baghdad government plans to expand its military ties with Tehran, stressing that such relations will ensure regional stability."

Afghanistan will join SCO - eventually
A quote...."The documents approved at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's foreign ministers' meeting in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Saturday all highlight Afghanistan. The regional organization believes its development will heavily depend on that country, where a drawdown of U.S. and NATO troops is in the offing. -- Their leaving will change the region, but it will not necessarily become safer or more understandable." - also posted at BLN

Response Time: Russia tires of US Missile Defense flip-flop
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 5min56sec - May 16, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday  -- A quote...."(RussiaToday) – Russia's has reaffirmed it'll take measures if the U.S. and NATO continues with their European missile defence plan, without taking Moscow's view on board. The foreign ministry says it'll be forced into 'an appropriate response'. Moscow's been concerned over the alliance's failure to guarantee the project will not threaten Russia's security. Washington has been leading efforts for the missile shield in Europe, saying it'll help protect the continent from countries like Iran and North Korea. Russia wants an equal part in the project - but there's been little progress so far in reaching a compromise. RT talks to Russia's envoy to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin."

Israel panics and cranks up ridiculous propaganda
A quote...."Since the 1979 Iranian revolution and the downfall of the US Puppet Ruler the Shah, Iran has been an Islamic state. In that interval of time, 1979 to the present, Iran has not invaded anyone. Not once. People of all religions live in peace in Iran, even Jews, who find life so comfortable in Iran they refused an offer by the government of Israel to emigrate! "

The Assault On Libya....

‘Depleted uranium in Libya will kill, not protect’
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 12min07sec - May 15, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday  -- A quote...."(RussiaToday) – NATO is now deeply entrenched in Libya in what looks like a civil war and there is no visible end to the illegal intervention, insists British anti-nuclear activist Kate Hudson from the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament."

NATO's Secret Ground War in Libya
A quote...."From the outset, the conflict in North Africa was intended to lead into an all out NATO war. The Pentagon and NATO are not only arming the Transitional Council in violation of international law, they also had forces on the ground from the start."

NATO Bombs Libyan Oil Center, Rejects Truce Offer
A quote..."Tripoli, May 16, 2011 - NATO plans to extend its bombings of Libya on Monday, after attacking an oil facility in Ras Lanuf and other areas of the capital, as it rejected a truce offer from the Muammar Gaddafi government."
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More on Japan's Nuclear Power Plants....

Cesium-137 rising in samples of strawberries, kale, and grass from Northern California
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/cachedfiles/photofiles/radiation-image.jpgRadiation Alert - A quote.."Grass: Cs-137 @ 45.4 pCi/kg
   Strawberries: Cs-137 @ 11.9 pCi/kg
   Kale: Cs-137 @ 14.1 pCi/kg

Japan nuclear: Tepco halts Fukushima cooling plan
A quote...."Japanese engineers have abandoned their latest attempt to stabilise a stricken reactor at the Fukushima nuclear plant. The plant's operator, Tepco, had intended to cool reactor 1 by filling the containment chamber with water. - But Tepco said melting fuel rods had created a hole in the chamber, allowing 3,000 tonnes of contaminated water to leak into the basement of the reactor building."

Fukushima Effect: Japan nuclear zone expands
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 28sec - May 16, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday  -- A quote...."(RussiaToday) – Residents from two towns near Japan's crippled nuclear plant have left their homes, after the exclusion zone was extended. About 5-thousand people were moved into housing and hotels in nearby cities. The latest evacuations began after melting fuel rods created a hole in a reactor chamber. Japanese engineers are now trying to come up with new ways to stabilize the stricken reactor, as radioactive material continues to leak."

Tepco: Meltdown at Reactor 1 HOURS After Earthquake ... Reactors 2 and 3 Have Likely Melted Down As Well
A quote...."Tepco - the operator of the stricken Japanese nuclear complex - is finally admitting what independent experts have been saying for months. - Initially, Tepco now admits that reactor number 1 melted down hours after the earthquake. As NHK notes...."

Radiation News 05-16-11 - A DProgram Round-Up - (12 articles & videos)
Moody’s cuts TEPCO credit rating after today’s news about Reactors No. 2 and 3, saying damage at plant “appears worse than previously indicated”
Plutonium Discovered Over 50 km From the Crippled Fukushima Plant
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

BREAKING NEWS: Israel's Attack on Humanitarian Ship to Gaza
A quote...."The Spirit of Rachel Corrie (officially known as FINCH) carrying a humanitarian cargo to Gaza was attacked by an Israeli naval patrol within the so-called Palestinian Security Zone on May 15, at 10.54pm EDT. -- In the course of the last few hours, Global Research has communicated several times with the Rachel Corrie vessel en route to Gaza. What is provided below is a detailed update. An earlier article was posted at 12.30am EDT " - bold by website editor

Reports: 20 ‘Nakba’ Protesters Killed as Israeli Troops Attack
A quote...."Israeli soldiers shot and killed at least 20 Palestinian protesters today, and wounded several hundred others, during Nakba rallies around the region. Nakba commemorates the expulsion of Palestinians from Israeli territory during the founding of the Israeli state, and is officially illegal to commemorate inside Israel."

From ‘Right of Return’ to ‘Return in Practice’
A quote...."The Jewish state is under seige. The IDF forces reportedly fired at Syrian, Lebanese and Gazan  ‘Nakba Day’ protesters who breached border fences."

'Naqba Day' clashes: Israeli troops fire at Palestinians
RTVideo - (RTYuTb - 2min16sec - May 15, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday  -- A quote...."(RussiaToday) – Over a dozen people have been injured after clashes erupted in East Jerusalem neighbourhoods during so-called 'Naqba Day' demonstrations. Israeli troops fired two tank shells and several machine gun rounds as Palestinian youths approached the border with the Jewish state. Demonstrators hurled stones at border policemen who responded with tear gas. Sunday's march commemorates the uprooting of Palestinians during the war over Israel's creation in 1948. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled or were driven out during the fighting more than six decades ago."

Border Disorder: IDF shoots at 16 'non-violent' protesters
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 4min47sec - May 16, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday  -- A quote...."(RussiaToday) – Israeli troops have killed at least 16 people, after opening fire on protesters marking the day Palestinians were displaced by the creation of the Jewish state. Thousands of demonstrators tried to get into the country from Syria, Lebanon and Gaza. RT talks to Jafar Farah from the Mossawa Centre for Arabs in Israel."

Israel’s border massacre and human rights hypocrisy
A quote...."The Obama administration’s reaction to Israel’s massacre Sunday of unarmed Palestinian protesters on its borders underscores the hypocrisy of those ascribing “humanitarian” motives to Washington’s predatory policy in the region."

SOUTH HEBRON HILLS: Israeli settlers [homeless Jewish vagrants] invade Palestinian village of Tuba
A quote...."Israeli settlers [homeless Jewish vagrants] invaded the village of Tuba in the South Hebron Hills late Sunday night, 15 May.  They damaged property and killed and stole livestock belonging to the Ali Awad family. Palestinians of Tuba reported that they counted seven masked [were they wearing white sheets?] settlers, [homeless Jewish vagrants] who entered and left the village on foot, and saw two cars at the outskirts of Tuba, near the chicken barns of Ma'on settlement." - also posted at AlethoNews

Jewish settlers [homeless vagrants] throw firebombs into Palestinian home
A quote...."AL-KHALIL, (PIC)-- Armed Jewish settlers [homeless vagrants] tossed a number of Molotov cocktails into the house of a Palestinian citizen in the Old City of Al-Khalil on Sunday night after encircling it." - also posted at AlethoNews - Were they also wearing white sheets? - mpg
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More On The Economic Situation....

Our Peculiar State of Suspended Animation
Special Note - A quote...."The U.S. is in a peculiar state of suspended animation: nothing is actually moving, we're all frozen in an extended moment of disbelief, denial and crisis, waiting for something to finally break loose. -- We know the present isn't sustainable, but we go through the motions of phony "reforms" and "trimming the deficit" as if another 1,000 pages of "reforms" will fix what's broken in the economy or that trimming $50 billion from $1.7 trillion annual deficits will actually matter."

Treasury Confirms Debt Ceiling To Be Breached Today; Will Tap Pension Funds
A quote...."It's official: the US credit card has officially been maxed out, just as we predicted on Wednesday, and througout Q1 and Q2. The United States is expected to reach the legal limit on its debt later on Monday and will start dipping into federal retirement funds to give the country more room to borrow, a Treasury official said."

Savers may flee U.S. banks
A quote...."Eric Sprott, the Canadian money manager who in 2008 predicted banking stocks would collapse, says U.S. savers will eventually pull their money out of banks that are carrying too much leverage on their balance sheets. -- Banks are leveraged 20 to one and their portfolios are mainly composed of government bonds and mortgages, the founder of Sprott Asset Management Inc., said Friday at the SALT, or SkyBridge Alternatives, conference here."

Zimbabwe Says Days Of The US Dollar Are Numbered, Pushes For Gold-Backed Local Currency
Editor's Caution, If Bernanke really intends not to launch QE3, there could by a vicious unwind of the dollar carry trade and a bizarre resurgence in the USD and US bonds as the ENTIRE US economy collapses, yes it's weird, it's whacko, but that's the way things work in this up is down, black is white, debt is good, mark to fantasy, economy.  On the other hand when even Zimbabwe doesn't want to use the USD, that's not a good sign. - mpg

Double Digit Inflation has Arrived
A quote...."New inflation figures were released by the government last week, and the news was not good.  The headline inflation number was 3.2% in the 12 months that ended in April.  That is more than a percent above the Federal Reserve’s “target” rate of 2% and the first time it has been more than 3% in over 2 ½ years.  Of course, the accounting gimmicks used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) understate true inflation, so things look better than reality. Nonetheless, in the latest report from economist John Williams of Shadowstats.com, even the government’s own “official” numbers will likely show double digit inflation in the next three months or so."

Monday May 15th 2011

No posts. - mpg

Saturday May 14th 2011

More on Osama Bin Back From the Dead™....

Amerika, You Been Busted!!
(a.k.a. an Osama-Hoax Smack-Down - or - How Amerika Went Full-Retard)
05-14-11
mpg

Well Amerika you must be really smug right about now, heh?  You got'em is that correct?  You're thrilled that you killed and Osama got drilled, does that about sum it up?  You're all soooooooooo smart, a bunch of gawd-dang, freaking, geniuses ain't that right?  Sure there are those conspiracy nuts out there who are demanding Obama show us the photos of the "dead" Osama, but all you true Amerikans believe our glorious president when he says, tearfully, with a choked voice, that he can't release the photos of the "dead" Osama because "it would offend Muslim sensibilities". After dumping his body into the sea of course.

Why Obama's just so sensitive, isn't he.....(wag your little pinkie in the air).

Remember it's all about the photos of the "dead" Osama, you know the guy that was so vain he liked to watch videos of himself on TV.  But we can't show any photos of the "dead" Osama, because they're bad photos, they're gross photos, they're nasty photos. 

Remember that, just keep saying that to yourselves, keep saying it's a contest between those who want to see the photos of the "dead" Osama, versus, those reasonable, kind-hearted people who just want to protect "Muslim sensibilities" and not release the photos of the "dead" Osama.  Just keep repeating that "fact", that "frame" of reference over, and over and over and over to yourselves, like some sort of sick mantra, just as the mass media has been doing EVERY SINGLE DAY for the last
TWO WEEKS!!

Don't you want to support your fearless leader during this controversy, don't you want to say it doesn't matter HIS decision not to release any photos of the "dead" Osama is causing all kinds of doubts about the official narrative, about HIS veracity, about HIS leadership, about HIS word. After all, if HE'S willing to incur all this controversy, if HE - your divine Emperor - is willing to stand up for what HE believes to be right and protect us all from those ghastly, ugly, grisly, photos of the "dead" Osama, if HE, The Anointed One, The Pope of Hope, The Chanter of Change, The Man From Planet Krypton, and HIS nation, and HIS minions, and HIS people, are willing to endure all the doubts, all the naysayers, all the slanders, all the questions, all the speculations HIS "principled stand" raises....than you should support him, ain't that right?

Sure, they say they captured over a MILLION documents, that they have thousands of CDs, photos, videos, (even porno videos), and sure, no doubt Osama, who was supposedly so vain he liked to watch himself on TV, had hundreds of photos, perhaps thousands of photos, of himself in that compound, with his "son", and his "wives", running around.....alive. 

And lets not forget the 25 SEAL cameras video taping him....running around the compound....alive....before he wasn't.

Ain't that right?

Oh, oh.....you know what's coming don't you?  You're beginning to get that sinking feeling in the pit of you stomach ain't that right Amerika?

If not, think about it for awhile....

Do you need some more time?

Tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock......

Well time's up and you know what Amerika.....you're stupid, not just the regular "Aw shucks I left my keys in the car for the fifth time" stupid, or the " I don't know who this country declared independence from", really stupid, or the abysmal "I can't remember if Obama broke every single promise, so I'll vote for him again anyway." stupendously stupid.  Nope, not for you Amerika, no, what you are is the totally thick as a brick, cross eyed, drooling, ape-like, moronic, lip smacking, depends wearing, pork rind munching, butt scratching "I banged my head against the wall fifty times and I still don't know why it's hurting." stupid, or the even worse "My community just handed thirty trillion dollars to a bunch of filthy rich Banksters and we don't know why we're suddenly so incredibly poor." stupid.....Yeah Amerika --- you're that kind of stupid!

Not one photo.....NOT ONE!!!!  Released of him alive in the compound.  After fourteen days of unnecessary controversy -- not ONE photo released of him alive in that compound!!  A compound he supposedly lived in for YEARS!!

Ahhhh-ahhhhhh!!!   TOO LATE TO DO SO NOW!!!  DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT TRYING IT!!!

Uh-uh, no way folks, you and your little greasy Emperor don't get to just go run down to the photo lab and cook up a batch of  photos after the fact!! 

It's way too late for that and it don't matter if you release a million photos now, you had your chance.....and you, and your Emperor, BLEW IT! -- You and your Emperor just spent two whole weeks jerking the ENTIRE world around with that lame-brain, flimsy excuse of "Muslim sensibilities" and all that spin about "dead" Osama photos, and YOU ain't getting away with it anymore!

What a pathetically lousy psyop this was, only the CIA could've been stupid enough to think this little scheme up.  What was the idea, release a few badly doctored images to get everyone looking for the "dead" Osama photos when they should have been looking for the last ENTIRE DECADE'S worth of "live" Osama photos, of which their are none to be found!!! How childish, how infantile and how typically arrogant.

The plan of course was when the expertly done photos of the "dead" Osama were finally released, everyone would've breathed a sigh of relief and forgotten all about the last entire decade's worth of "live" Osama photos that went missing, ain't that right?  Out of sight, out of mind, was that the idea?


Or was it your Emperor's favorite phrase of "lets put it all behind us" that made you think you could get away with this stupid little scam?

Amerika is like some sort of skanky, diseased, degenerate, low-life, crack-whore.  She'll swallow anything, all the time, anywhere, no matter how disgusting it is, on behalf of the uber-parasites.  Than she'll look up at them, out of her disheveled aged lined face, matted greasy hair, wearing her toothless drooling grin and her tattered thread-bare clothing....with gratitude. 

What a disgusting sight it is to see.


So lets do a little speculating in these next three paragraphs shall we?  Using all the known facts of course.  Osama regrettably died in 2001, missing him desperately for their wars of conquest Amerika went out and found a look alike in Pakistan. Perhaps Amerika even found him a nice safe house right next to one of Pakistan's military establishments  Although the few, poor, grainy, videos this look alike produced were idiotic, even with the help he got from watching Osama on TV, (as shown in the video that was released of him), SITE Intel was perfectly willing to pass them along to the presstitutes of this nation who were perfectly willing to trumpet them everywhere to everyone. 

The look alike would have been told to maintain his cover for plausibility, perhaps to even tell the "wives" he acquired after he was hired to play Osama the deep dark secret that he was the dreaded Osama bin Laden, which would explain why he was living as a recluse, receiving secret support, cash payments, infrequent visits from foreign strangers and occasional acting work.


Until one day something went wrong.  Was it Raymond Davis, his last contact that screwed up.  Did the Pakies find out about this little scheme from Davis.  Realizing what a delicious opportunity this would be to get oodles of dough from Amerika they went to confront our little Osama look alike?  Perhaps in a helicopter that got shot down?  Whereupon in a panic, Obama sent the SEALS in with the express order, which has already been publicly acknowledged, to shoot to kill this poor little actor and not to take him prisoner.  After which they dumped his body into the sea, demolished his house, and tried to turn this total fiasco to their advantage by claiming they "found millions of documents"?

The best you Amerikans can do now is hang your heads in collective shame, and say with that typically dumb-ass grin you always wear plastered on your collective faces, that the videos the SEALS took of this guy, while he was still alive, got eaten by the White House dog, and somehow, in all those millions of files, and thousands of CDs, and hundreds of videos, and pictures, and photos scattered throughout the entire house (which you and your Emperor ordered demolished)....there wasn't one single photo of Osama alive in that compound. Or alive anywhere else for that matter.

Of course everybody throughout the entire world will know you're a bunch of stupid-ass liars.  But that's just too fucking bad for all of you.

You been BUSTED!!

So get it straight folks, Osama bin Laden died in 2001 and as a community, a country, and a people, you been made to look like the world's biggest bunch of fools for believing this silly hoax. - mpg

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Creating the Bin Laden "Reality"
Must Read - A quote...."I have heard one dozen times today (May 13) from media that the US killed Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan. I heard it three times from National Public Radio, twice from the BBC, and from every TV and radio station I encountered, even those stations that play the rock and roll music of the 1950s and 1960s. The killing of bin Laden has now entered the legends of our time and, no doubt, the history books. -- The US government that told us that Saddam Hussein had “weapons of mass destruction” and “al Qaeda connections” and that Iran has nuclear missiles that require the US to ring Russia with anti-ballistic missile systems, finally told us the truth for once. Obama found Osama and had him murdered, apparently unarmed in his underwear, defended not by al Qaeda, “the best trained, most dangerous vicious killers on the planet,” but by two unarmed women. -- As I offered previously, if you believe this, I have a bridge in Brooklyn that I can let you have for a cheap price. -- The government has created another reality for us proles. We won again. Us white hats got the black hat, just like in the western movie. Fantasy is better than fact, and us good guys are on a roll. It makes everybody happy, even those who have lost their jobs, their houses, their pensions."
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More On The Domestic Situation....

Bin Laden & The 911 Illusion: Secret Societies & Masterminds
Excerpt - A quote...."The Eight Families banking cartel and their Four Horsemen progeny find Islamic fundamentalism quite compatible with the global monopoly capitalism from which they derive their immense wealth.  Both ideologies advocate centralized control, intolerance of opposition, rule by decree and a return to feudalistic rule by monarchy.  They share common enemies in nationalism and socialism, which seek to redistribute ill-gotten wealth and power. --  Throughout history the "Illuminati bankers" have created Islamist provocateurs to terrorize popular nationalist movements that aimed to wrest control over their nations from the bankers’ IMF/World Bank program of global domination.  The most recent examples of this are playing out in both Libya and Syria.  But this is an ancient alliance."

Former Blackwater officials form corporate spying group
Private Spooks Alert - A quote...."The people that operated Blackwater and the military's pre-9/11 data mining operation Able Danger have a new project: corporate spying services for Fortune 500 companies. -- Their new company is called Jellyfish Intelligence." - also posted at BLN

Update: DSK Now In Police Custody; IMF Head Dragged Off A Plane, Arrested Following Hotel Maid Allegations Of Forced Head - Tales From Bankster World -- A quote...."If there was any threat that the IMF would launch an SDR alternative to the USD, it is all over now. According to the NYPost, IMF head Dominique Strauss-Khan (no Bob Pisani, it is not a she) was just arrested on board the first class cabin (thank you taxpayers) of a New York-Paris flight as it was about to take off."

Worse Than China? U.S. Government Wants To Censor Search Engines And Browsers
Web Under Threat Alert - A quote...."We knew that members of Congress and their business allies were gearing up to pass a revised Internet Blacklist Bill -- which more than 325,000 Demand Progress members helped block last winter -- but we never expected it to be this atrocious.  Last year's bill has been renamed the "PROTECT IP" Act and it is far worse than its predecessor.  A summary of it is posted below."

Indiana: Full Frontal Fascism
A quote...."Something huge–huge and not good–just happened in Indiana, which will be little more than a blip in the propaganda that passes for national news. The Supreme Court of Indiana just ruled that in Indiana, if a police officer decides to illegally come into your house, you’re not allowed to do anything to stop him. According to “Justice” Steven David, resisting an admittedly “unlawful police entry into a home” is against “public policy.” Got that? If you live in Indiana, and a cop decides to invade your home without a shred of legal justification, it is considered a crime for you to do anything to stop him."

The Alex Jones Show – May 13th, 2011
AJVideo - Intro - PowerGrab(1/2) - PowerGrab(2/2) - GovtClaims(1/2) - GovtClaims(2/2) - TSAGoons - AJTakesCalls - BobChapman(1/2) - BobChapman(2/2) - JimMarrs(1/2) - JimMarrs(2/2) - (YuTb - 10/15min - May 13, 2011) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Alex welcomes to the show Texas Republican Rep. David Simpson, who is the sponsor of a bill passed in the Texas House that will make it a criminal offense for the TSA to inappropriately touch travelers during airport intrusive pat-downs. Simpson says the legislation will prevent TSA officials from treating travelers like criminals. Former newspaper journalist and New York Times best-selling author Jim Marrs also makes an appearance. Alex also talks with regular Friday guest Bob Chapman of the International Forecaster about the economy and other subjects. Alex covers the latest news and takes your calls."
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More On The International Situation....

Four Afghans killed in anti-US protests
A quote...."Security forces in troubled eastern Afghanistan open fire on anti-US protesters, killing at least four people and wounding several others. -- The deaths come after hundreds of angry Afghans staged a protest against the killing of innocent civilians at the hands of foreign forces, a Press TV correspondent reported. -- The protest took place in Afghanistan's Nangarhar Province on Saturday."

Mystery of the helicopter that landed at scene of Dr Kelly's death after his body was found
Another cover-up comes apart -- A quote...."A helicopter mysteriously landed at the scene of Dr David Kelly’s death shortly after the body was found. -- The aircraft only remained on the ground for five minutes before leaving, suggesting it either deposited or collected somebody or something. -- Details from its flight log, released under the Freedom of Information Act, show that the helicopter – hired by Thames Valley police – landed at Harrowdown Hill in Oxfordshire at 10.55am on July 18, 2003, 90 minutes after the body was discovered by volunteer search teams. -- Significantly, the flight log has been heavily redacted, making it impossible to know who was on board or what its exact purpose was."

Globalists’ Pakistan War Plan
A quote...."In a 2007 article from the London Guardian titled, “Bush handed blueprint to seize Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal,” it is stated that fears of destabilization inside Pakistan might prompt the United States to occupy Islamabad and the provinces of Punjab, Sindh, and Baluchistan in an attempt to secure Pakistan’s nuclear warheads. Behind this report is Fredrick Kagan, brother of the equally sloven Robert Kagan of the Foreign Policy Initiative, yet another contrived, corporate fueled warmongering think-tank."

Twelve PKK militants killed in Turkey
A quote...."Turkish troops have killed 12 members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) after the militants attempted to infiltrate into the country."

The Assault On Libya....

In the Theater of the Absurd: US-NATO Support "Al Qaeda in Libya"
Special Note - A quote...."In the Theatre of the Absurd, anything is possible. However, this latest scenario in Libya has taken absurdity to a whole new dimension. A rag-tag bunch of armed, al-Qaeda affiliated tribesmen, being referred to as a ‘pro-democracy movement’ by British State TV (BBC) and other mainstream media outlets, are now being openly armed and trained by the French, British and American governments. This same Coalition of Crusaders, with the support of the Arab League, is fighting alongside the rebels, launching continual bombing raids on targets in Tripoli and beyond, including Muammar Qadhafi’s compound, in a brazen attempt to assassinate the man and re-colonise Libya."
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More on the World Wide Revolution....

Robert Fisk: Why no outcry over these torturing tyrants?
Special Note - A quote...."Christopher Hill, a former US secretary of state for east Asia who was ambassador to Iraq – and usually a very obedient and un-eloquent American diplomat – wrote the other day that "the notion that a dictator can claim the sovereign right to abuse his people has become unacceptable". -- Unless, of course – and Mr Hill did not mention this – you happen to live in Bahrain. On this tiny island, a Sunni monarchy, the al-Khalifas, rule a majority Shia population and have responded to democratic protests with death sentences, mass arrests, the imprisonment of doctors for [not] letting patients die after protests and an "invitation" to Saudi forces to enter the country. They have also destroyed dozens of Shia mosques with all the thoroughness of a 9/11 pilot. But then, let's remember that most of the 9/11 killers were indeed Saudis." - also posted at CommonDreams

Saudi bid to save monarchies
A quote...."Saudi King Abdullah's sudden and hasty decision to invite Jordan and Morocco to join the [Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council ([P]GCC) signals his extreme concern about the potential collapse of the Arab world's backward monarchical or semi-monarchical regimes."

Saudi tanks roll into Sitra
A quote...."Saudi armored vehicles have entered the Bahraini city of Sitra, shortly after new videos surfaced of atrocities committed by Saudi-backed Bahraini forces in the Persian Gulf island nation."

35 Yemeni protesters injured in Taizz
A quote..."Forces loyal to Yemen's unpopular President Ali Abdullah Saleh have reportedly wounded at least 35 anti-government protesters in the southwestern city of in Taizz."

'Nothing can stop Bahraini protesters'
A quote...."The president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights says Bahrainis are still protesting and say that nothing, even guns, attack helicopters and tanks, can stop them."
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More on Japan's Nuclear Power Plants....

California Plutonium 43 Times, Hawaii 11 Times Highest Levels In 20 Years In Wake Of Fukushima Nuc Disaster http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/cachedfiles/photofiles/radiation-image.jpgRadiation Alert - A quote...."An absolutely viral post is circulating Japanese websites right now expanding on my post about plutonium and strontium being detected in the US from the Fukushima nuclear reactor. -- The author says new EPA radiation data shows the levels of plutonium detected in California are 43 times higher in California and 11 Times higher in Hawaii that the highest levels detected in over 20 years."

Fukushima Reactor 1 Radiation Levels Max Out Instruments, Hit Over 1,000,000 uSv per hour
A quote...."Radiation levels detected at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan rise to the highest levels yet hitting 1.2 sieverts per hour as TEPCO announced that it may not be able to follow through with the 9 month plan to stop the radiation leaking from the Fukushima nuclear reactor in Japan.  A nuclear engineering professor from Kyoto adds that depending on the source of the high levels the plan to entomb the reactor to permanently end the radiation leak may not work at all. That statement echoes similar sentiments from nuclear expert Arnie Gunderson." - bold by website editor
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Defying Israeli Restrictions; Thousands Mark The Nakba Day in Jaffa
A quote...."Despite Israeli “laws” criminalizing the commemoration of the “Nabka Day”, that marks the creation of Israel on Palestinian lands and the displacement of millions of Palestinians, thousands of residents, including Jewish peace activists, marched on Saturday evening in Jaffa, and held an art festival affirming the Palestinian historic rights and their legitimate struggle against oppression and occupation."

The On-Going Nakba of Palestine ... 63 Years Later
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 4min53sec -May 13, 2011) - Source:  aVoiceFromPalestine

PLO: 23 Palestinian were killed by Israeli attacks during April
A quote...."Ramallah – PNN –The Palestine Liberation Organization’s Department of International Relations released on Saturday its monthly report documenting Israeli violations against Palestinians during April."
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More On The Economic Situation....

Capital Accumulation and Opting Out of the Consumerist Machine
A quote...."In broad brush, frugality is mocked and scorned in American culture because it is extremely subversive to the dominant consumerist machine. Frugality and the work ethic have deep roots in the Northern-European-Protestant (key root:"protest") ethos: a penny saved is a penny earned, the Lord helps those who help themselves, etc. Many other cultures from around the world share these same values."

Tim Geithner Responds To Druckenmiller With More Fearmongering And "Assured Destruction"
A quote...."Not even 24 hours after Stanley Druckenmiller said to ignore all threats by the kleptocratic kartel [sic] of a world collapse should the debt ceiling not be hiked, as if on cue the tax-troubled treasury secretary has released another letter, this time to Michael Bennet, D-Colo, in which he rehashes all the usual threats that Hank Paulson pulled out of his sleeve when he presented his 3 page term sheet demanding congress give him unlimited powers to do anything Goldman, er, he saw fit to preserve the banker status quo. Nothing new in the letter, just more of the same...."

Friday May 13th 2011

More on Osama Bin Back From the Dead™....

A GALLERY OF FAKE DEAD BIN LADENS - [A Recap of All Those Fake Photos by Michael Rivero]
Must View Photo Analysis - A quote...."Even Fox News reported Bin Laden was dead in 2001 ... until it was decided that a live Bon Laden was more useful to the war hawks than a dead one!"

Pakistan Army Chief Balks at U.S. Demands to Cooperate
A quote....Michael Rivero -- "Memo to Pakistani President Zardari, the Pakistani Parliament, Pakistani security and the Pakistani military: you are being played here. -- You understand that the alleged "assassination" of Bin Laden was simply an elaborate hoax. -- You also understand that this alleged "assassination" theoretically on Pakistani soil, was to convince unthinking Americans that Pakistan was, indeed, the next country the US had to go after in yet another pre-emptive war. -- Senator Kerry is headed your way, after a brief stop to review the carnage in Afghanistan, which he will characterize as "progress". -- However, his trip to Islamabad is merely theatre for domestic US consumption. He is very likely to come home, and report that his mission has failed. -- In the end, you may well see the US government turn on Pakistan very quickly, if those in power in the US believe that such a move will accomplish its geopolitical agenda. -- And please remember: the US has said that the drone raids, killing innocent Pakistani civilians, will continue, unabated. -- Also, please remember; as of 3 May,2011, the US Embassy was closed indefinitely." -- *Michael Rivero*, owner of WhatReallyHappened.Com

It Begins: US Starting the Baluchi Insurrection
Special Note - Osama-Hoax Fall-Out - A quote...."In the shadow of the “Bin Laden” media circus and increasingly aggressive rhetoric between Washington and Islamabad, the corporate-financier funded NGOs that fomented the “Arab Spring” are now cultivating a united Baluchi front ahead of a proposed US-funded Baluchistan insurrection. As early as 2006, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace identified Pakistan’s Baluchistan province as a potential point of leverage against Islamabad and an opportunity to assert foreign intervention."

Bin Laden’s “One Million Page Cache” Will Be Used To Legitimize Official 9/11 Fable
Special Note - Osama-Hoax Fall-Out - A quote...."The White House claims it has recovered one million pages of data from the Bin Laden compound. This is already being used to legitimize the phony narrative of the war on terror and will most likely be cited as a casus belli with which to fortify the official story behind 9/11, while neutralizing a plethora of other inconvenient questions and cover-ups."

Even MSNBC’s Chris Matthews Admits the CIA is Engaging in “Psy-Ops” With The Bin Laden Raid
A quote...."Matthews says that the CIA is using “psy-ops” to put out “little colonels of information” to humiliate Bin Laden, with particular reference to the ludicrous story of the porno stash allegedly found in his compound."

Remember how the White House claimed to watch the killing in Live TV?
A quote...."The White House even released a photo showing Obama, Clinton, etc, all watching the love feed of the raid. -- Of course, the most obvious clue that this was a staged photo is that the laptops are not turned on. -- And sure enough, the head of the CIA admitted there had been no live feed after all! -- The reason for the change is obvious. The foreign media has been reporting that it was Pakistani troops who raided the home and shot the old man, while looking for those who had shot down a Pakistani helicopter."

Osama died in 2001: MSNBC hit piece unwittingly reveals corroboration for Dr. Steve R. Pieczenik’s assertion
A quote...."An MSNBC hit piece that attempts to debunk Dr. Steve R. Pieczenik’s assertion that Osama Bin Laden died from Marfan syndrome in 2001 unwittingly provides corroboration from a top Cornell doctor who first made similar statements in an interview with Salon magazine two months after 9/11."

25 SEAL helmet cams show Osama running for his life
This just keeps getting dumber and dumberer. - mpg -- A quote...."The raid that killed Osama bin Laden was recorded on the helmet cams of all the 25 Navy SEALs that took part in the daring mission, it was reported yesterday." - That's right, 25 Navy SEALS chased this unidentified male around the "compound".  No more "he was shot in is home", nope, instead he was pulling a Jason Bourne or Jackie Chan and was leaping, back-flipping, somersaulting, and bouncing all over the place.  It's a miracle this unknown geriatric case didn't karate chop all 25 Navy SEALS to death. - mpg

Latest Al Qaeda Boogie Man Was “Killed” 11 Months Ago
Also known as "Osama Lite" the man that was once invited to a Pentagon dinner after 9/11, the Neocons designated replacement for the retired image of Osama bin Laden....has been dead for almost a year.  Whoops, guess they can't use him as a replacement, awwwwww....mpg -- A quote...."Anwar al-Awlaki may be dead, but that won’t stop him bombing planes and carrying out mass shootings."

Resolution condemning Abbottabad raid passed
A quote...."ISLAMABAD: Parliament adopted a 12-point unanimous resolution calling upon the government to appoint an independent commission on the Abbottabad operation, fix responsibility and recommend necessary measures, including blocking of Nato supplies, to ensure that such an incident does not recur in the future." - also posted at Uruknet

Topix ||  US Fake Intel / Propaganda - Osama bin Long Gone  ||  Judeo-Christian C/C & US - Rita Katz  ||
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More On The Domestic Situation....

Arrest That Woman!
Must View Video - Alt - (YuTb - May 9, 2011) - Source:  codepinkaction -- Some people are brave enough to stand up and speak out, this is one of them.  Outstanding!! - mpg

Viva la Muerte: Mobs and Power in the US of A
A quote...."Fascism is, essentially, the modern nation state as mob rule, with a national mob mentality constantly stirred up by the state with inflammatory rhetorical attacks directed against  scapegoats – Jews, Blacks, immigrants, homosexuals, socialists, Muslims or whichever other group happens to bears the brand of The Other in a given culture. -- Fascism’s intentional harnessing of the defense mechanism that drives the formation of crowds explains fascism’s allure, at least to some, which is the opportunity to unburden one’s isolated, individual sense of self by identifying completely with the exhilarating collective energy of the “Volk.” It is this dynamic that renders fascism, by whatever name, irredeemably irrational and  destructive." - also posted at ICH

Court: No right to resist illegal cop entry into home
A quote...."INDIANAPOLIS | Overturning a common law dating back to the English Magna Carta of 1215, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Hoosiers have no right to resist unlawful police entry into their homes.-- In a 3-2 decision, Justice Steven David writing for the court said if a police officer wants to enter a home for any reason or no reason at all, a homeowner cannot do anything to block the officer's entry." - bold by website editor - So if some police officer goes and enters this Judge's home, with the announced intent to illegally shoot the Judge dead, it's still "illegal" to resist this officer?  Is THAT what this Judge is saying?  - mpg

Into The Fire – Dan Dicks on The Corbett Report – James Corbett
CRVideo - Alt - (YuTb - 12min34sec - May 13, 2011) - Source:  corbettreport -- About the Toronto G20 summit, and what occurred there as depicted in the documentary "Into The Fire". - mpg - Related:  ||  Watch "Into The Fire" for free online  ||  Buy the DVD and support the filmmakers  ||

Jury Rejects State Charges against 7/7 Ripple Effect’s Muad’Dib
A quote...."At 4pm on Thursday 12th May at Southwark Crown Court the jury returned and declared Muad’Dib (Anthony John Hill) innocent of attempting to ‘pervert the course of justice’. -- Mr. Hill has spent 151 days incarcerated in Wandsworth prison over the past few months and this verdict spared him, mercifully, a sentence of up to 20 years in jail. -- His offence? He had sent six DVD copies of his film ‘7/7: The Ripple Effect’ to various persons at the time (in 2008) of the trial in Kingston of three ‘terror’ suspects, alleged co-conspirators with the London ‘suicide bombers’. The DVD’s were intercepted and never reached their targets. The Kingston suspects were found innocent (only to later be retried for the same offences, but that’s another story). " - bold by website editor

Steven Jones Continues to Demo Truth Movement
Special Note - A quote...."Back in 2003 the RJ Lee Group was contracted by Deutsche Bank to do a study to identify signature markers of the dust created by the destruction of the World Trade Centers on Sept. 11th 2001. Apparently the new owners of the Trade Centers or their insurance company didn’t want to pay for the cleaning of the dust and the damage to the Deutsche Bank building at 130 Liberty Street, New York. So Deutsche Bank paid the RJ Lee Group to prove that the dust and damage to their building did indeed come from the event at the World Trade Center that day. The report was titled WTC Dust Signature Report Composition and Morphology. Who was to know that the key evidence of the demolition of the Trade Centers would turn up in that report."

Broadcasting LIVE on Justin.tv - May 13 2011 - Part2
MRVideo - MR(1/2) - MR(2/2) - (JustInTV - 2hrs - May 13th, 2011) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero extensively covers the "Osama bin Photo-Shopped" extravaganza, the on-going lies from the White House about the whole issue, along with many other topics. - mpg
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

AIPAC 101 — What Every American Should Know
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 9min39sec - May 13, 2011) - Source:  alawson911 -- Regarding the AIPAC/Israeli Consortium and its control over this country's political institutions. - mpg

Challenging AIPAC’s Abuse of Taxpayers Money
A quote...."The Arab democratic spring, striving to end authoritarian rule and establish freedoms and social justice, has not been welcome by all. Israel and its main lobby in the U.S., the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), for instance, appear to have been caught off guard and visibly disturbed by the seemingly irreversible transformations that these uprisings promise to bring about in the Arab world and, to an extent, the world at large." - also posted at ICH
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More On The International Situation....

The Falling Bottom Line
Special Note - A quote...."It was neither God nor Allah that would take the world into “The 1st Great War of the 21st Century.”  It was the falling bottom line. -- In 2011, all across Europe, the bottom continued to fall out of the bottom line. Like Greece and Ireland before it, the Portuguese government, after religiously vowing never to ask for a bailout, asked for a $118 billion bailout from the European Union. -- Bailouts were not gifts, but debt traps – loans at interest rates lower than the private sector but still unmanageably high. Endlessly piling new un-repayable debt on top of old un-repayable debt would not solve the underlying problem, If fact, it would worsen it. By imposing forced austerity measures and draconian spending cuts in order to service the debt, the bailed-out nation would reduce its productive capacity and its ability to compete in the global market." - also posted at LewRockwell

Globalists’ Pakistan War Plan
A quote...."In a 2007 article from the London Guardian titled, “Bush handed blueprint to seize Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal,” it is stated that fears of destabilization inside Pakistan might prompt the United States to occupy Islamabad and the provinces of Punjab, Sindh, and Baluchistan in an attempt to secure Pakistan’s nuclear warheads. Behind this report is Fredrick Kagan, brother of the equally sloven Robert Kagan of the Foreign Policy Initiative, yet another contrived, corporate fueled warmongering think-tank."

Drone to be struck down on orders: Air Chief
A quote...."ISLAMABAD: Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman Friday said that drones entering Pakistani air space would be struck down if such orders were issued (to the Pakistan Air Force), Geo News reported."

US Military Base in Iraq Hit by Rocket Attack
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- A US military base in Iraq's Southern province of Qadisiyah came under rocket attack by unknown armed men Saturday morning, Iraqi sources announced."

Afghan policeman kills American soldier
One would guess when you call them "sand lice", "towel heads" and "camel jockeys" often enough for long enough, you can get some of them really pissed off. - mpg -- A quote...."LASHKARGAH (PAN): An Afghan policeman shot dead an American soldier and wounded three others before he was killed by the troops in southern Helmand province on Thursday, an official said. -- The shootout happened after a scuffle between the policeman and the US soldiers, an official, who did not want to be named, told Pajhwok Afghan News. -- A US advisor of police chief in Lashkergha, Demoson, also confirmed the shooting. He said the policeman was killed in retaliation by Americans." - bold by ebsite editor - also posted at Uruknet - Note: the "killed in retaliation", this is what most people commonly call murder. - mpg

UK generals admit troops underestimated scale of Afghan Taliban resistance - Duh, drool, drool, slobber....
A quote...."London, May 12 : The head of Britain's armed forces, General Sir David Richards, has said that the country has failed to accurately gauge the resistance of the Taliban to UK troops in Afghanistan''s Helmand province." - also posted at Uruknet

'Bushehr plant reactor functioning well'
A quote...."A spokesperson for the Atomstroyexport company, the Russian contractor of Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant, says the activities at the plant is progressing well and on schedule."

New Russian radar to be tested near Kaliningrad by end of 2011
A quote...."The westernmost radar Voronezh DM in the Kaliningrad Region may be tested by the end of this year," Gen. Oleg Ostapenko told a military council of the Space Forces in Krasnoznamensk outside Moscow. -- Ostapenko said three more radars would also soon be completed near the cities of Irkutsk in Siberia, St. Petersburg and Krasnodar in the south. -- He said the first two Voronezh class radars were already being tested near St. Petersburg and near Krasnodar."

Afghanistan wants to join 6-nation Shanghai alliance as observer
A quote...."Afghanistan has applied for an observer status in the six-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which will consider the application at its summit in June, Russia's foreign minister said on Saturday. -- The security alliance, which includes Russia, China and former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, is gathering for its annual 15th summit in Astana, Kazakhstan's capital, on June 15. -- "Afghanistan has recently asked for an observer status, and this issue will be considered at the upcoming summit," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. -- Observer countries in the organization are India, Pakistan, Mongolia and Iran."

Bolivian President Blames US for Global Instability
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Bolivian President Evo Morales blasted the West's double-standard policies on different international conflicts, and took Washington responsible for aggravated instability in the world."

The Assault On Libya....

'Libyans die as Obama mocks laws, makes pals with rebels'
Must View RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 5min55sec - May 13, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."In Libya, rebels have reportedly recaptured the city of Misrata, with help from NATO warships and airstrikes. The city has been under siege from Colonel Gaddafi's forces for nearly three months, with hundreds of reported casualties. NATO bombs have targetted Gaddafi's compound in the capital Tripoli, allegedly killing several people. This follows an April coalition attack which killed some of his close family members."

NATO shells Red Crescent centres - Libya state TV
A quote...."CAIRO May 13 (Reuters) - Libyan state television said NATO warships hit a Red Crescent Society building when they shelled the rebel-controlled city of Misrata on Friday. -- "Barbaric naval NATO shelling targets Red Crescent centres in Misrata," al-Libiya television said in a caption." - Source:  Reuters

NATO airstrikes kill 16 civilians in Libya
A quote...."NATO warplanes have dropped bombs on a civilian center in the key Libyan city of Brega, killing at least 16 people and wounding 40 others. -- Libyan state television announced on Friday that the air raid targeted a guest house in the city. -- Residents say most of the victims were Muslim clerics who had gathered there for a religious ceremony. -- "They were a group of Muslim sheikhs (religious leaders) were holding a religious ceremony in the area of a Brega," witnesses said. -- Medics say the death toll is expected to rise as some of the seriously injured are said to be in critical condition. -- NATO has not confirmed the report yet."

11 clerics killed in NATO airstrike in Libya
A quote...."TRIPOLI: Eleven Muslim clerics were killed in their sleep by a NATO airstrike Friday on the eastern oil town of Brega, a Libyan government spokesman said. The spokesman, Moussa Ibrahim, says the clerics were among a large group of imams who had gathered in Brega to pray for peace in conflict-ridden Libya." - also posted at Uruknet - bold/underline by website editor - Too funny for words. - mpg

Balkanisation of Libya
A quote...."CAIRO, May 13, 2011 (IPS) - As the battle for Libya rages on - with the country’s economic heartland, Misurata, being the scene of some of the uprising’s fiercest fighting - experts are warning that a ‘Balkanisation’ of Libya is possible if the U.S. and NATO opt to exploit loopholes in U.N. Resolution 1973 by arming the opposition." - also posted at Uruknet

NATO expected to begin ground operations in Libya
A quote...."Baku – APA. Libyan leader Muammar Kaddafi declared a large-scale conscription in the country due to probability of NATO ground operations, Al-Sharg al-Awsat newspapers said referring to a Libyan high-ranking official. The Libyan official said his government expected that NATO will begin ground operations in Libya and they are ready to meet any scenario of the developments. The Libyan government takes measures to conscript women and children as well”." - also posted at GlobalRsrch

Italy’s role in the war on Libya
U.S. views Libyan rebel government as 'legitimate' - security advisor
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More on the World Wide Revolution....

'Syria regime marked for death as US, UK move swiftly to split Libya'
Must View RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 4min49sec - May 13, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Eric Margolis, a columnist, author and war correspondent, says he got the impression that Gaddafi had the strength of character to survive challenges back in the 1980s, when he interviewed the Libyan leader in person. Margolis also stated the US has been behind the assault on Libya all along."

World Has Simplistic View Of Events In Syria, Says Reporter Who Sneaked In
Contains Audio - A quote...."May 13, 2011 "NPR" --  One of the few Western journalists who has been able to get in to Syria to see the protests there and the crackdown by the regime of President Bashar Assad says he was "surprised at how much support President Assad himself still has." -- Martin Fletcher, associate editor at The Times of London, spoke with All Things Considered host Robert Siegel earlier today. -- Fletcher just left Syria after six days there (during which he posed as a tourist; more on that below) and says that while the outside world has gotten the impression that most Syrians are rising up against Assad, he came away thinking things are more complicated."

Third Intifada Launched in Tahrir Square While US Peace Envoy Quits
Special Note - A quote...."It is hard to believe that those are the same people who were on the verge of being torn apart by the deadly sectarian violence just a few days ago. -- It is hard to imagine those are the same people who are yet struggling out of a revolution that weighed down heavily on their economy and security. -- How could they, in just few days, grow out of their grief and overcome the dreadful shadow of civil war. -- How could they easily wipe the tears, put out the fire that meant to engulf the whole country and instead put on a smile, hold hands and head for Tahrir square once again. -- How could the people of Egypt, while preoccupied and deeply engaged in sorting out the post-Mubarak mess, find the time, or better yet the drive to show solidarity to their Palestinian brethren?"

Yemen Civil War Looms: Tribal Forces Head to Sanaa to Protect Protesters
A quote..."After a violent Wednesday that saw 17 protesters killed, soldiers loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh and defectors clashed in the streets of Sanaa, leaving a number wounded. It may have been the first shots in a much bigger battle."

Saudis denounce Bahrain occupation
A quote...."Hundreds of protesters have poured into the streets in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province to condemn the kingdom's occupation of Bahrain."
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More on Japan's Nuclear Power Plants....

Radiation Levels Higher Than Chernobyl Evacuation Limits Span Over 800 KM in Japan
Maps - A quote...."The latest joint US and Japan survey shows extremely high levels of nuclear radioactive contamination, with radiation levels higher than Chernobyl evacuation limits, now span over 800 kilometers in Japan. -- Meanwhile US Media outlets continue to ignore the situation and run stories that the situation is under control."

TEPCO: New Holes In Fukushima Nuclear Reactor 1 and 3 Discovered, Radiation Leaking Into Ocean
A quote...."In wake of the news that Japan has confirmed a nuclear meltdown at Fukushima nuclear reactor #1, TEPCO is now reporting the discovery of holes in the containment vessels at reactor 1 and reactor 3, which contains the plutonium mox fuel, both of which are leaking radiation into the ocean. The holes have reportedly been caused by molten lava from the nuclear meltdown at the power plant burning through the reactor walls."

Plan to flood Fukushima reactor could cause new blast, experts warn
A quote...."Experts have warned of a potentially dangerous radiation leak if Japan proceeds with plans to flood a damaged reactor containment vessel at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The facility's operator has admitted uranium fuel rods in the No 1 reactor partially melted after being fully exposed because of the 11 March tsunami."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

63 Nakba: Protests Erupt throughout Palestine
A quote...."Today protests ignited throughout the West Bank and Jerusalem, jumpstarting the anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba on 15 May. 63 years ago, approximately 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly expelled from their homes to make way for the creation of the state of Israel with a Jewish majority." - also posted at Uruknet

Israel Has To Choose: Mideast Peace Or Apartheid - It'll be Apartheid, after all, they're already there. - mpg
A quote...."The choice is not between Hamas and Israel; the choice is between settlement-colonies or states: between accepting two states with the 1967 border or maintaining an apartheid regime." - Source:  Haaretz

22 Wounded One Critically in The Weekly Nonviolent Protest in Nabi Saleh
A quote...."A large march started after the Friday prayers midday towards the construction site of the new settlement Israel is building on the land of the villagers of Nabi Saleh near the central West Bank city of Ramallah."

Jerusalem: Teenager Dies of Wounds After soldiers Attacked Nakba Protests
A quote...."Jerusalem – PNN – Palestinian teenager died on Saturday morning after succumbing to wounds he sustained during clashed between local youth and Israeli soldiers that used live rounds to attack Nakba commemoration protests."

34 Palestinians abducted, teen shot in East Jerusalem protest
A quote...."In protests against Israeli settlement expansion in the Silwan and Ras al-Amud neighborhoods of East Jerusalem Friday, Israeli police assaulted demonstrators with rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas, abducting 34 and shooting a 17-year old with live ammunition."

Hamas Official: US Not Entitled to Set Preconditions for Palestinians
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior advisor to Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh condemned Washington's preconditions for recognizing the Palestinians' transitional government, and called on Fatah and Hamas movements' officials not to pay attention to the US demands."
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More On The Economic Situation....

The Ten Year Cycle, Traitors, Inflection-Points & The Osama Hoax
05-13-11
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John Taylor: "The Nice Risk Rally Since The First Half Of 2009 Is Ending" And Will Be Replaced By A "Scary Descent" - Mrkt Tech Note - A quote...."In the last two years, one of the most accurate predictors of both long and short-term trends has been FX Concepts' John Taylor, whose April call for a EURUSD peak of 1.4925 was almost to the dot. Which is why he is either about to cheapen his predictive record by being wrong, or the days of the rally are ending. In a statement very comparable to that from Jeremy Grantham released a few days ago, Taylor tells Bloomberg that: "the rally in higher-yielding assets is coming to an end with Europe’s sovereign debt crisis resurfacing, growth sluggish and banking systems unsteady. “This is the end of the nice slow moving risk rally that has lulled us pleasantly to sleep since the first half of 2009,” Taylor, chairman of New York-based FX Concepts LLC, said in an interview."

Never fight the Fed they say.  If Bernanke is serious about no more QE3, and with inventories full, the market having experienced a two and a half year rally, PE's at all time highs, leverage at all time highs, profit margins now undergoing a significant squeeze due to prices paid vs received, a second housing dip, more tightening in state and federal budgets, and other indications that all this loose money for the last two and a half years has not only run its course, but has actually substantially worsened the economic foundations of this nation's economy, than things indeed could go South in a hurry.

Such an outcome may negatively effect commodities, specifically gold and silver.  Such a contraction may also affect the world's economy, driving people back to the supposed "safety" (hah!) of the USD and US bonds, in which case Bill Gross of Pimco may want to rethink his recently established market positions.

On the other hand people are rapidly losing any faith they may have had in the rationality of this government, or the people that run it. Making them more likely to find alternative places to keep their capital "safe", such as gold, silver and anything that is NOT a USD based financial instrument.

It all comes down to Bernie and his boys. 


If Bernie and his boys, for whatever insane reasons, are continuing to follow the ten year economic / war cycle (which is just a market timing mechanism for the uber-parasites), and that all their loose money policies, including the nine trillion dollars they loaned out to their fellow uber-parasites overseas, was solely to get them out of their unexpectedly awkward positions because the markets tanked two years earlier than they thought, (or were PLANNED for), because they were.....

"running out of maneuvering room at the end of this abbreviated ten year cycle of military Keynesianism, with the resultant increased strains on the US's financial system.  As such, a sudden "shift" or "adjustment" could occur at any time as this shortened "ten year cycle" winds down to its inevitable close." - From "Standard Disclaimer" - posted 04-28-07

That all this activity....ALL OF IT, from high frequency trading, to the sweet heart loan deals, to mark to fantasy, to the passing of faux-financial-regulations, to the thirty trillion in back-stops, guarantees, toxic asset swaps, no interest loans, ZIRP4'eva policies and other assorted hand-outs was solely designed to artificially pump up financial instruments so the uber-parasites could get out and dump their holdings, or to put it another way....

"This of course may very well be just a scheme by Bernanke to get his rich Bankster friends out of their positions in derivatives and other markets.  It seems they may have been caught a little short (or in their case, a little long) by the "premature" collapse of what was supposed to be a ten year cycle but instead turned out  to be an eight year cycle." - From "Why Invest in the "Real Economy"?" - posted 09-16-09

That Bernie never intended his actions to save anything, much less the "little people's" livelihoods.  That all this talk of releasing "animal spirits" and convincing people, and the markets, that Bernie and his boys "could make their own reality" was just complete bull-shit.  That ALL ALONG they intended to do this, to crash the economy again now that their friends are covered, to start more wars again in 2011 and 2012, to perhaps even arrange another false flag event as elements within this nation, and one particular foreign state which actually runs this nation, did on 9/11....

That all the fear mongering by this government, all the attempts to impose a police-state grid on this nation, all the stripping of everyone's individual rights and the trashing of this nation's constitution is just preparation for another phase in the ten year economic / war cycle, to impose economic enslavement on the goy-cattle of this country, than.....

This nation and its people are about to experience a lot more pain than that caused by a simple tumble in the financial markets.

And so are many people through-out the rest of the world.

But that of course can't be true, because it would make Bernie and his boys and the uber-parasites they work for, traitors to this nation and all of its people.

And that can't be right....can it?

And of course, doubling down AGAIN for the US-NRE's Empire, with all its attendant wars, additional vast expenditures, false flags, and financial uncertainties, would make precious metals and non-USD assets the safest play around.

It is even possible, in fact quite probable if you think about it, that the Osama-Hoax was the trigger event for this next ten year economic / war cycle, the next decadal "inflection-point" and the pre-arranged signal for the uber-parasites to re-adjust their portfolios.  Perhaps they now believe the sheeple have become so dumbed down, so fearful, so "conditioned" and infantalized, that there is no need to stage another mass-killing event.  That something as obviously transparent, and as poorly staged as the Osama-Hoax, was sufficient this time around to be used as a pretext for more police-state repression at home and more wars abroad.

Than again perhaps not, the Osama-Hoax is already falling apart and to do what the uber-parasites really want to do, impose a Bankster run empire on the entire world, it may become necessary to carry out another 9/11.  Judging by all the screaming headlines about retaliation for the faux-assassination of Osama, all the chatter that we to be on our guard, that al-CIA'da has "dozens" of nukes and is going to use them, one couldn't be blamed for speculating the uber-parasites intend to carry out a false-flag event even more destructive than 9/11.  Only time will tell.


It's your money folks and it's your call.  - mpg

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Gold Bet Pays Off as Dollar Tumbles
Gold Bug Alert - A quote...."With gold prices hovering around record highs of $1,515 an ounce and the U.S. dollar tumbling against the ruble, a recommendation by Vladimir Putin five years ago to buy more gold looks extraordinarily farsighted. -- Putin, then the president, suggested in November 2005 that the Central Bank increase the share of gold in its reserves, just as gold prices hit an 18-year peak of $493 an ounce. -- "In gold," Putin added, speaking during a tour of the Magadan region, "the Russian population could find an investment alternative to the dollar and euro."

[Mexico's] Central Banks Purchase 127 Tons Of Gold In Q1
Gold Bug Alert - A quote...."Most have heard by now that Mexico disclosed that back in Q1 it bought 93.1 tonnes of gold, increasing its total gold holdings from 7.1 tons to a whopping 100.2 total tons, a stunning move which was disclosed to have been done “in line with prudent diversification principles of reserves management.” However, what is less known is that many other central banks, chief among them Russia and Thailand were also waving the shiny yellow metal in between January and March. And just as importantly, from the World Gold Council, from where this update comes: “The latest statistics show no significant selling by the signatory central banks in Year 2 of the third Central Bank Gold Agreement (CBGA3).” So no central banks sell, yet the daytrading retail public knows better. As for the key question of whether China is adding to its meager holdings of 1,054 tons, which put it behind the GLD, not to mention France and Italy, there is no update. Recall, however, that when China announced an addition of +454 tonnes of gold in April of 2009, this indicated stealthy purchases of the metal in the 2003-2009 period. In other words, China is very likely accumulating gold and the next update will likely come some time in 2015."

50 Things Every American Should Know About The Collapse Of The Economy
By The Numbers - A quote...."Right now, we are witnessing a truly historic collapse of the economy, and yet most Americans do not understand what is going on.  One of the biggest reasons why the American people do not understand what is happening to the economy is because our politicians and the mainstream media are not telling the truth.  Barack Obama and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke keep repeating the phrase “economic recovery” over and over, and this is really confusing for most Americans because things sure don’t seem to be getting much better where they live.  There are millions upon millions of Americans that are sitting at home on their couches right now wondering why they lost their jobs and why nobody will hire them." - Source: EconomicCollapseBlog

Housing Losses Are a Financial Disaster
A quote...."Correspondent E.M. responded to $6.5 Trillion Lost, One House at a Time with this succinct account of housing's role in declining household wealth. E.M. is not a realtor or in a housing-related profession; his report on housing valuations in the Atlanta area is that of a knowledgeable observer and does not claim to be a complete statistical survey."

Financial chaos sounds a warning
A quote...."Last week commodity prices fell on world markets in what the Financial Times described as an “epic rout”—the worst sell-off since the collapse of Lehman Brothers. This week markets were again on the rise. Next week, who knows? Another sell-off, a banking collapse, a sovereign debt default, a repeat of the still unexplained “flash crash” on Wall Street a year ago when the market plunged nearly 10 percent in minutes, or something completely unexpected?"

White House, Republicans use debt deadline to prepare historic cuts in Medicare and Medicaid
SO!! - People keep voting for DemoRepubs than this is what they're gonna get.  They deserve it. - mpg -- A quote...."President Barack Obama met Thursday with Senate Republicans as part of a stage-managed “debate” on raising the legal limit on the national debt, behind which the Democrats and Republicans are working out a bipartisan plan to slash trillions of dollars from Medicare and Medicaid, the federal health care programs for the elderly and the poor." - bold by website editor

Gerald Celente on Russia Today – May 12th, 2011
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 7min38sec - May 12, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday - Producer: GeraldCelenteChannel

IMF warns EU debt crisis may still spread to core
A quote...."FRANKFURT/ATHENS (Reuters) – Despite bailouts for Greece, Ireland and Portugal, Europe's debt crisis may yet spread to core euro zone countries and emerging Eastern Europe, the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday." - Source: Reuters@Yahoo

Thursday May 12th 2011

More on Osama Bin Back From the Dead™....

Bin Laden out, Gaddafi next - [With Syria and Pakistan to follow....and then, Iran - mpg]
Must Read - A quote...."THE ROVING EYE Let's start by invoking a Western cultural icon, Dante; "Abandon all hope ye who enter here" - because international law as we know it has just been delivered a stake through its heart. The "new" sociopolitical Darwinism entails humanitarian neo-colonialism, targeted assassinations - extrajudicial executions - and drone wars, all carried out in the name of a revamped white man's burden. -- In the whirlwind of lies and hypocrisy engulfing the Osama bin Laden hit job, the key justice-related fact is how an unarmed man, codename "Geronimo", was captured live then summarily executed in front of one of his daughters - after a lightning-quick invasion of a theoretically "sovereign" country. -- As for the quagmire war waged by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) against Libya, the fact is that Western public opinion was fed a military attack against a sovereign country that has committed no violation of the United Nations charter. Talk about a wolf - neo-colonialism - in sheep's clothing - "humanitarian war" - also posted at ICH

Bin Laden Reality TV a Mass Brainwashing PsyOp
Related Audio - Special Note - A quote...."[The US-NRE is] seeking to establish [a] fake treasure trove of terabytes that will be used to target US adversaries worldwide; growing momentum towards false flag attack to be blamed on Pakistan via al Qaeda" - ||  Mp3 Download  ||

Dr. Steve Pieczenik: Alex & Steve Take Final Calls on The Bin Laden Govt Fairytale Part1/2 - Part2/2
AJVideo - (AJYuTb - 15/6min - Thursday, May 12, 2011) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Alex talks with American psychiatrist, author and publisher Dr. Steve Pieczenik, who is best known as a co-creator of several of Tom Clancy's bestselling series of novels. Recent developments have provided additional proof that bin Laden suffered from Marfan syndrome about a decade ago."

Dr. Steve Pieczenik: Top Doctor Confirms Bin Laden Had Marfan Syndrome Part1/3 - Part2/3 - Part3/3
AJVideo - (AJYuTb - 15min - Thursday, May 12, 2011) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."An MSNBC hit piece that attempts to debunk Dr. Steve R. Pieczenik's assertion that Osama Bin Laden died from Marfan syndrome in 2001 unwittingly provides corroboration from a top Cornell doctor who first made similar statements in an interview with Salon magazine two months after 9/11"

Top Doctor Confirms Bin Laden Had Marfan Syndrome
A quote...."An MSNBC hit piece that attempts to debunk Dr. Steve R. Pieczenik’s assertion that Osama Bin Laden died from Marfan syndrome in 2001 unwittingly provides corroboration from a top Cornell doctor who first made similar statements in an interview with Salon magazine two months after 9/11."

Brown admits he was fooled by fake pictures of bin Laden body
A quote...."US Senator Scott Brown said in several televised interviews today that he had seen perhaps the most controversial and closely guarded photos in the world: those showing Osama bin Laden’s dead body. -- Brown, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, suggested he had viewed them as part of an official briefing, and he argued that they were too graphic to be released to the public and could enflame terrorists. -- Oops. -- Brown later acknowledged that he had fallen victim to a hoax, apparently the same doctored images that were making the rounds on the Internet. -- ‘‘The photo that I saw and that a lot of other people saw is not authentic,’’ the senator said in a one-sentence statement issued hours after the interviews aired. -- Brown’s aides declined to explain who showed him the fake photos, why he believed the photos were real, and why he had suggested he had seen them as part of an official briefing. At least two other members of the Armed Services Committee, Kelly Ayotte, a New Hampshire Republican, and Saxby Chambliss, a Georgia Republican, also claimed to have seen photos of the body."

Pentagon editing reveals Bin Laden fraud
A quote...."Like the dog which did not bark in the Sherlock Holmes story the missing audio from the tape of "Bin Laden" watching himself on TV tells us all we need to know. -- At least once "Bin Laden" speaks to someone in the room, possibly the videographer. What does he say? It is highly probable he reacts to the scenes on TV. -- He could say: "See how young I looked!" Or maybe: "I surely hated climbing that path every day." Or: "The man in the background is so and so. I am sorry he is dead." -- But maybe the watcher says something shocking like: "There is Bin Laden. I wonder if he is still alive." -- According to the BBC the "footage was edited by the Pentagon and released without sound." The public needs to see and listen to the whole tape. What excuse can the authorities have for withholding it? -- I suspect our leaders will refuse to release the original tape in which case we have the dog which did not bark."

Pakistan to demolish Osama's Abbottabad compound
Destruction of Evidence - A quote...."The land for the compound was bought by Arshad Khan, one of two al-Qaeda [al-CIA'da] couriers killed along with bin Laden [the unidentified male] The gas and electricity connections to the house were in his name." - So the "courier" that bought the house, and paid for the utilities, was also killed....how neat.  Guess that doesn't leave very many loose ends to follow up, now does it?   The other "courier" who supposedly led the US to the man they targeted....was also killed.  Not one single loose end left, all they have to do now is throw the "body" into the sea, demolish the house, gag the witnesses (one way or another) and cook up some decent photo-shopped photos (unlike their last bad batch) that will actually pass the public's examination. - mpg

Statement From the Family of Osama bin Laden
A quote...."I Omar Ossama Binladin and my brothers the lawful children and heirs of the Ossama Binladin (OBL) have noted wide coverage of the news of the death of our father, but we are not convinced on the available evidence in the absence of dead body, photographs, and video evidence that our natural father is dead. Therefore, with this press statement, we seek such conclusive evidence to believe the stories published in relation to 2 May 2011 operation Geronimo as declared by the President of United States Barrack Hussein Obama in his speech that he authorized the said operation and killing of OBL and later confirmed his death." - bold by website editor
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More On The Domestic Situation....

An Empire of Evil Fantasies: The Hollywoodification of Washington
Must Read - Quote of the Day...."It is tragic that too many people in America and other countries have learned to accept everything that the President tells them as the truth of history. Anyone who deviates from the President's official account of history is judged as crazy and paranoid. People are unnerved because by questioning what the President says you question the history and reality of our times, and that is a scary thought to contemplate. It leads to the conclusion that the Matrix is real, and that we all live in a fake and manufactured reality, the construction of which benefits the killers and corrupt liars who have acquired absolute political power Washington. -- Once a government lies to the people on a grand scale it cannot stop lying until a state of cultural and political crisis is reached when the lies stop working and the people demand heads to roll. Whether this epoch in history ends in catastrophe or redemption is anyone's guess. If people accept the fact that they have been lied to by President Bush, President Obama and the entire U.S. National Security Regime about the 9/11 attacks, the war on terror, the official death of Osama Bin Laden, and countless other media-generated events, then the path to redemption and renewal may be a little easier to walk, but constant public denial of the truth about 9/11 and the fake struggle against terrorism will guarantee destruction and catastrophe for America, the Middle East and the whole world." - also posted at PrisonPlanet

The West Is Trapped In Its Own Propaganda
A quote...."One of the wishes that readers often express to me came true today (May 11).  I was on the mainstream media.  It was a program with a worldwide reach--the BBC World Service.  There were others on the program as well, and the topic was Hillary Clinton’s remarks (May 10) about the lack of democracy and human rights in China. -- I startled the program’s host when I compared Hillary’s remarks to the pot calling the kettle black.  I was somewhat taken aback myself by the British BBC program host’s rush to America’s defense and wondered about it as the program continued.  Surely, he had heard about Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo detainees, CIA secret torture prisons sprinkled around the world, invasion and destruction of Iraq on the basis of lies and deceptions, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, Libya.  Surely, he was aware of Hillary’s hypocrisy as she demonized China but turned a blind eye to Israel, Mubarak, Bahrain and the Saudis.  China’s record is not perfect, but is it this bad?  Why wasn’t the Chinese Minister for Foreign Affairs criticizing America’s human rights abuses and rigged elections?  How come China minds its own business and we don’t?" - also posted at AlethoNews &
CounterPunch
     
The Fatal Timidity of the Corporate Media
Special Note - (On the presstitution of the press. - mpg) -- A quote...."Lost in all the hand-wringing over the corporate (mainstream) media's decline is a key cause of the decline: the MSM no longer publishes or airs anything that challenges the Status Quo. The timidity of the corporate media knows no bounds. The iconic Washington Post now makes its corporate bread off its ownership of a diploma mill of the sort that it should deplore. -- Choose the phrase your prefer to describe this: bought off, sold out, compromised."

How the Murdoch Press Keeps Australia’s Dirty Secret
(More on the King of presstitutes, the man most responsible for creating so many presstitutes world wide. - mpg) -- A quote...."May 12, 2011 -- The illegal eavesdropping on famous people by the News of the World is said to be Rupert Murdoch’s Watergate. But is it the crime by which Murdoch ought to be known? In his native land, Australia, Murdoch controls 70 per cent of the capital city press. Australia is the world’s first murdochracy, in which smear by media is power." - also posted at Uruknet

America: A State of Terror
A quote...."Yesterday, New York City officials introduced a new national alert system called the Personal Localized Alert Network (PLAN) that will transmit government messages and terror alerts directly to people's cell phones during a state of emergency. CBS reported that, "By the end of the year, the new system will be in place in New York City and Washington and in cities around the country by the end of 2012." - also posted at DProgram

Government Emergency Messages On Your Cellphone: Valuable Information, or an Attempt to Scare You Into Submission? -- A quote...."As I explained Monday, the Neoconservatives used fear to scare people into submission. Obama used the emotions of "hope" and "change" to rally his base, but has now largely abandoned those themes in favor of fear. -- Indeed, as the Boston Herald notes, President Obama will soon be able to reach out and scare the dickens out of you wherever you are...."

Federal Spychips To Hijack Your Phone
Related Article - A quote...."The announcement that Americans are set to be bombarded with mandatory government propaganda via their cellphones represents a shocking lurch forward in the Obama administration’s bid to launch a total takeover of all communications as part of a wider move towards controlling the Internet, developing an omnipresent wiretap system, and creating a constant environment of suspicion and distrust by enlisting citizens to spy on each other." - also posted at ActivistPost

TSA Agents Search BABY As Possible Terrorist
Video - (YuTb  - 1min32sec - May 10, 2011) - Source:  NotForSale2NWO

Senate Seeks to Create Caesar
New Roman Empire Alert - A quote...."While all of America is distracted and focused on the [staged] death of Osama bin Laden, our President and his minions have been fast at work laying the groundwork for S. 679: Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011 to speed through the Senate and then make its way into the House and then to the President to sign. Yes, the other hand is quickly forming into a dictatorial fist that is about to smash our Constitution." - also posted at DProgram - Well, it's pretty well smashed by now, he's just codifying it.  Sort of like picking up the pieces of our torn and bleeding constitution....and burning them. - mpg

House panel authorizes nearly $700 billion in Defense [War & Terror] spending
A quote...."The House Armed Services Committee early Thursday approved a spending measure that clears the Pentagon and Energy Department to spend nearly $700 billion next fiscal year."

[Zio] -WikiLeaks Will Fine You $20 Million If You Leak What You Leak
A quote...."(BusinessInsider) – WikiLeaks is making leakers sign an agreement that says that what they’re leaking belongs to WikiLeaks and if they leak it elsewhere they may get fined up to $20 million, Wired reports after having seen a copy of the contract."

9/11 Truth and the Collapse of Steel Framed Buildings
A quote...."....it turns out, according to reputable sources, that no hydrocarbon fire has ever burned hot enough to cause the steel in a steel framed building to weaken and collapse either.  The 1992 edition of the National Fire Protection Association's Fire Protection Handbook(1) says that structural steel does not even BEGIN to soften until it reaches a temperature of 425 degrees centigrade, or 837 degrees fahrenheit, and doesn't loose half its strength until 650 degrees centigrade, or 1202 degrees fahrenheit.  And W. I. Edgar and C. Musse in their 2001 article "Why Did the World Trade Center Collapse? Science, Engineering and Speculation," in the JOURNAL OF THE MINERALS, METALS AND MATERIALS SOCIETY (53/12:8-11) state that even with its strength halved, the steel in the World Trade Center could still support two or three times the stresses imposed by a 650 degrees centigrade or 1250 degrees fahrenheit fire."

Cocaine Economy - How a big US bank laundered billions from Mexico's murderous drug gangs
Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."On 10 April 2006, a DC-9 jet landed in the port city of Ciudad del Carmen, on the Gulf of Mexico, as the sun was setting. Mexican soldiers, waiting to intercept it, found 128 cases packed with 5.7 tons of cocaine, valued at $100m. But something else – more important and far-reaching – was discovered in the paper trail behind the purchase of the plane by the Sinaloa narco-trafficking cartel."

The Real CRISIS…. – Charlie McGrath
CMcGVideo - Alt - (CMcGYuTb - 5min37sec - May 9, 2011) - Source:  crabbydogtrix -- A quote...."....and the real TERROR"

What Really Happened with Michael Rivero – May 11th, 2011
MRVideo - Alt/Vid - (JustInTV - 2hrs - May 11th, 2011) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero extensively covers the "Osama bin Photo-Shopped" extravaganza, the on-going lies from the White House about the whole issue, along with many other topics. - mpg

Special Operations Elite and The Osama Death Op - Alex Jones Tv Part1/2 - Part2/2
AJVideo - (AJYuTb - 15min - Thursday, May 12, 2011) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote.... "Obama's raid inside Pakistan that reportedly killed Osama bin Laden and members of his family was conducted by the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) who dispatched special operations elite hunter-killer commandos. It was likely run out of a new JSOC fusion center staffed by elite military and selected members of the government." - This is not just about Osama, as in the video below, Alex is on a roll again about the coming Amerikan police state. - mpg

10 Facts That Prove The Bin Laden Fable Is a Contrived Hoax - Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3
Must View AJVideos - (AJYuTb - May 11, 2011) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Merely a week after President Obama announced the death of Osama Bin Laden, there is literally a deluge of evidence that clearly indicates the whole episode has been manufactured for political gain and to return Americans to a state of post-9/11 intellectual castration so that they can be easily manipulated in the run up to the 2012 election. Here are ten facts that prove the Bin Laden fable is a contrived hoax...." - This is more than just about Osama, Alex is on a tear again.....mpg
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More On The International Situation....

Iraq dossier drawn up to make case for war – intelligence officer
For The Record - Really old news and no surprise at all of course. - mpg -- A quote...."A top military intelligence official has said the discredited dossier on Iraq's weapons programme was drawn up "to make the case for war", flatly contradicting persistent claims to the contrary by the Blair government, and in particular by Alastair Campbell, the former prime minister's chief spin doctor."

Yes, They Lied; Yes, a Million Died; and Yes, They Want It To Go On
Related Article - - A quote...."Why have a million innocent people been killed in Iraq by the cataclysm unleashed by the Anglo-American invasion and occupation? Here's why...."

"A top military intelligence official has said the discredited dossier on Iraq's weapons programme was drawn up "to make the case for war", flatly contradicting persistent claims to the contrary by the Blair government, and in particular by Alastair Campbell, the former prime minister's chief spin doctor. In hitherto secret evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Major General Michael Laurie said: "We knew at the time that the purpose of the dossier was precisely to make a case for war, rather than setting out the available intelligence, and that to make the best out of sparse and inconclusive intelligence the wording was developed with care." - also posted at Uruknet & DProgram

Dedicated to Madeleine Albright, on Behalf of the Children of Iraq, whose Lives were a "Price Worth It."
For The Record - A quote...."It was Kathy Kelly - relentlessly, lovingly, committed to the people of Iraq, constantly risking the draconian wrath, jail terms, and impossible fines of the US., government for her compassion - who alerted me. The 'phone rang, it was 12th May 1996, and Kathy was calling from Chicago, stunned. Madeleine Albright, then US., Ambassador the the UN., had just appeared on "Sixty Minutes." - also posted at Uruknet

'Iran N reactor operational in weeks' - Without the Stuxnet worm, or any of its siblings, one would hope. mpg
A quote...."Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov says Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant will become fully operational within the “coming weeks.”

Iran's agricultural imports down 30%
A quote...."Iran's imports of agricultural products dropped by 30 percent in the previous Persian calendar year, which ended on March 20, 2011, Agricultural Jihad Minister Sadeq Khalilian says." - bold by website editor

Noam Chomsky: "The U.S. and Its Allies Will Do Anything to Prevent Democracy in the Arab World"
A quote...."Speaking at the 25th anniversary celebration of the national media watch group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, world-renowned political dissident and linguist Noam Chomsky analyzes the U.S. response to the popular uprisings sweeping the Middle East and North Africa. "Across the [Middle East], an overwhelming majority of the population regards the United States as the main threat to their interests," Chomsky says. "The reason is very simple... Plainly, the U.S. and its allies are not going to want governments which are responsive to the will of the people. If that happens, not only will the U.S. not control the region, but it will be thrown out." [includes rush transcript] -- ||  Real Video Stream  ||  Real Audio Stream  ||  MP3 Download  ||  More…  || - also posted at Intifada & Hamsayeh

10 Jordan Valley families given 24 hours to leave
A quote...."Bethlehem - Ma'an - Ten families in the Jordan Valley were handed home demolition orders on Sunday and given 24 hours to evacuate their lands."

Dispossession and Exploitation: Israel's Policy in the Jordan Valley & Northern Dead Sea
A quote...."The Jordan Valley and the northern Dead Sea area contains the largest land reserves in the West Bank. The area covers 1.6 million dunams, which constitute 28.8 percent of the West Bank. Sixty-five thousand Palestinians, live in 29 communities, and an estimated additional 15,000 Palestinians reside in dozens of small Beduin communities. Some 9,400 settlers live in the 37 settlements (including seven outposts) in the area." - also posted at Uruknet

The Assault On Libya....

'Arab Spring false flag from start, Libya ultimate goal all along'
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 12min08sec - May 12, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."The wave of Middle East revolutions was a false flag from the start and the ultimate target for the US was indeed Libya all along, insists Ian R. Crane, an independent researcher and campaigner for political truth and integrity."

Love, wine & bombs: Sarkozy going down over war hunger?
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 3min35sec - May 12, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."The Libyan capital Tripoli has been hit by another heavy bombardment. Reports suggest at least eight air strikes were carried out by NATO fighter jets. Witnesses say the strikes targeted areas not far from Muammar Gaddafi's compound. Coalition forces also bombed a government building, which was said to house an organization dedicated to children's welfare. Tripoli says it was the second NATO strike in just over a week on these headquarters. And with violence escalating, some active members of the coalition are facing a growing backlash at home and abroad. Not least in France, from where RT's Daniel Bushell reports on a President fast losing popularity."

Gaddafi Offers Oil and Power to People
From the History File - February 21, 2009 - A quote...."February 21, 2009 "The Times" -- Forty years into the revolution he unleashed on Libya Muammar Gaddafi has announced plans to dismantle the Government, hand the riches from Africa's biggest oil reserves to the people and nationalise foreign oil operations that have recently been allowed back into the country." - Source:  TheTimes

Libya: state TV airs footage of Col Gaddafi
A quote..."Colonel Muammar Gaddafi moved to quash intense speculation that he had been injured or killed by Nato bombs on Wednesday as rebels celebrated their first significant advance in weeks of fighting."

NATO hits Gathafi compound after TV appearance
A quote...."TRIPOLI - NATO air strikes hit Moamer Gathafi's compound Thursday, killing three people, a government spokesman said, hours after the Libyan leader appeared on TV for the first time since a strike killed his son."

3 killed, including 2 journalists, during NATO raid: official
A quote...."TRIPOLI, May 12 (Xinhua) -- At least three civilians were killed Thursday including two local journalists during a NATO raid early in the day that targeted the capital Tripoli, said spokesman of the General People's Committee Moussa Ibrahim." - also posted at Uruknet

Libyan Rebels Killing Civilians in Benghazi
A quote...."Today, Obama doesn't give a damn about Libyans, any more than about Iraqis, Afghans or working Americans. At issue only is Washington wanting unchallenged dominance everywhere, including over the Mediterranean Basin, using two missiles - NATO and so-called rebels, enlisted, funded, trained and armed well before bombing began on March 19. -- Besides civilians and former regime soldiers, Libya Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) paramilitaries comprise their hardcore - Al Qaeda-linked insurgents, cutthroat killers, showing no mercy for suspected pro-Gaddafi sympathizers."

Death squads reportedly assassinating Libyan regime figures in Benghazi
A quote...."The New York Times yesterday reported on a wave of execution-style murders of former Libyan government internal security personnel in Benghazi. The killings, the Times noted, “have raised the specter of a death squad stalking former Gadhafi officials in Benghazi, the opposition stronghold.” - also posted at Uruknet

Qatari military advisers on the ground, helping Libyan rebels get into shape
A quote...."AJDABIYA, LIBYA — The United States, European allies and other nations have dispatched representatives to the Libyan opposition’s ruling council. But on the ground here, credit for helping to get the rebel army into shape goes to military advisers from the tiny Arabian Peninsula emirate of Qatar." - We now know the Qataris are the Saudi Royals' attack dog of the Middle East, as Israel is America's - mpg - Topix ||  One Vile, Venom Tipped, Taloned Hand Washes the Other - (a.k.a. The Standard Model) - 07-28-10 - mpg  || - Related Article - Qatar's PM holds secret meeting with Netanyahu: Israel Radio

NATO chief envisions role in reconstruction of Libya - Naturally, just think of all those lucrative contracts.
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More on the World Wide Revolution....

Deja Vu? US fires 1st salvo in word war with Syria
Special Note - RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 3min31sec - May 12, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."The U.S. is ramping up the pressure on Syria - with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton vowing Bashar Al-Assad's government will be held accountable for the violence. This comes on top of economic sanctions from the European Union. Many say the situation's mirroring the build up to the military intervention in Libya."

'What do you call radical? Democracy!'
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 4min14sec - May 12, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."To discuss the situation in the Middle East RT is joined by Azzam Tamimi, director of the Institute of Islamic Political Thought."

Fascism in the Gulf: Bahrain and the Israeli connection
Special Note - A quote...."If you want to see how an ostensive religious regime can be corrupted into something close to fascism, just take a look at contemporary Bahrain. -- In February 2011 there were a series of non-violent demonstrations staged mostly by the small kingdom’s Shi’i majority (approximately 70 per cent  of the country’s Muslim citizens). These were held to protest against the discriminatory practices of the country’s Sunni monarchy. -- The protests were soon violently suppressed by the Bahraini army and police, with the help of troops from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. -- However, it was what followed the crushing of the demonstrations that smacks of fascism. Here is how a report, dated 6 May 2011, by Roy Gutman of the McClatchy Newspapers, puts it...."

Yemen security forces kill dozens more protesters
A quote...."Yemeni security forces killed dozens more anti-government demonstrators Wednesday and Thursday in numerous cities around the impoverished Middle Eastern country, in the worst violence in months."

Greek Police Brutality Caught On Tape
Video - (YuTb 42sec) -- A quote...."This won’t sit too well with the GCLU. We are, in fact hearing, that there is already a protest organized to protest police brutality, which will culminate with more cops beating the austerty out of more protesters, and so forth at an exponential pace."

'Bahrain to try over 1,000 detainees'
Yemen unrest escalates
Tunisia gripped by unrest - Alt
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More on Japan's Nuclear Power Plants....

Simulation Shows High Levels of Radiation Hitting the West in May
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/cachedfiles/photofiles/radiation-image.jpgRadiation Alert - Map - A quote...."The Norwegian Institute for Air Research (Nilo) ran models and forecasts of the radioactive fallout from the Japanese nuclear accident for some time. Nilo has stopped providing such forecasts to the public."

NHK Reports Fukushima Reactor 1 Is Melting Down
A quote...."The utility company said on Thursday that most of the fuel rods are likely to have melted and fallen to the bottom of the reactor. Earlier in the day, it found that the coolant water in the reactor is at a level which would completely expose nuclear fuel rods if they were in their normal position."

Molten radioactive fuel caused new water leakage at Fukushima
RTVideo - Alt - (RTVid - 1min36sec - 12 May, 2011, 20:22) - Source:  RT -- A quote...."The operator of the troubled Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan revealed the damage to one of the reactors is worse than had previously been thought. -- ­Tokyo Electric Power Co., which operates the Fukushima-1 power plant, said it discovered that molten nuclear fuel burned through the walls of reactor No. 1 early on in the crisis."

Operator of Japan's Stricken Nuclear Plant Has Been "Going Round and Round in Circles" Using the Wrong Approach - A quote...."Tepco says that the fuel rods at Fukushima reactor 1 are exposed. As Bloomberg notes...."Tokyo Electric Power Co. said fuel rods are fully exposed in the No. 1 reactor at its stricken Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant, setting back the utility’s plan to resolve the crisis.""

Radiation News 05-12-11 - A DProgram Round-Up - (17 articles & videos)
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Scottish First Minister Supports Sanctions Against Israel - Hip Hip Hooray!
A quote...."London, (Pal Telegraph) – First Minister Alex Salmond supported economic sanctions against Israel. He described Israel’s massacre of nine Mavi Marmara passengers as an “atrocity on the high seas” and put Israel firmly beyond the pale. “This has implications for example in trading relationships—you can’t have normal relationships if you believe another country has been involved in what Israel has been involved in.”

Egyptian Embassy To Reopen In Gaza Soon - Hip Hip Hooray!
A quote...."Egyptian sources stated Thursday that the Egyptian embassy in Gaza will soon reopen and to start usual operations, the Quds Press reported."

Stay Human convoy enters Gaza - Hip Hip Hooray!
A quote...."After leaving Cairo this morning at dawn, the 80 activists of the ‘Restiamo Umani’ convoy have entered Gaza at 4pm after crossing five Egyptian check-points."

O’Keefe and survivors of Cast Lead "massacre" join forces in safe-trade project to rebuild Gaza
A quote...."The economic strangulation of the tiny coastal enclave by Israel's five-year blockade and the devastation to homes, factories, infrastructure and livelihoods caused by the blitzkrieg of 2008-09 (Operation Cast Lead) and the daily air-strikes ever since, not to mention US and EU sanctions, have caused chronic suffering and despair. -- As O'Keefe puts it...."

"Parents are not only unable to protect their children from Israeli aggression but also incapable of providing even the bare essentials without the aid. Children become both witness and victim of this reality. Many begin to lose respect for their parents, and that in turn causes parents to suffer from diminishing self-respect and depression."

Israel revokes 140k Palestinian ID cards
A quote...."Thousands of Palestinians traveling abroad have reportedly been stripped of residency status after the Tel Aviv regime executed the plan without warning. "

Extensive Human Rights Abuses noted in B'Tselem report
A quote...."A report from Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem was released Thursday documenting the extensive abuse of power by the occupying Israeli military in the Jordan Valley and Dead Sea area of the West Bank. The area is the most natural resource dense part of the West Bank and is the main source of Palestinian water supply."

'If you choose unity with Hamas, we'll choke you'
A quote...."The extreme rightwing government of Israel is carrying out threats to financially scuttle the Palestinian Authority (PA) for daring to restore national unity with Hamas." - also posted at Uruknet

They Call it “Independence” … We Call it Nakba
A quote...."They celebrate the hundreds of massacres their Zionist terror gangs committed against unarmed Palestinian civilians. They celebrate the murder of thousands of Palestinian children and women. They celebrate their Zionist colonies built on the corpses of Palestinians. They celebrate war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. They celebrate the massacres they committed...." - also posted at Uruknet

Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (05– 11 May 2011)
Every single week, and most Amerikans could care absolutely less....
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More On The Economic Situation....

Shock: Paul Krugman Turns on ‘Elites’
Must Read - A quote...."This is a fairly remarkable article that uber-liberal New York Times media star Paul Krugman (left) has written. Imagine even a few years ago that an article by one of the Times' most prestigious analysts would frankly castigate America's ruling class and one begins to get a sense of the growing panic that must be circulating at the top of the proverbial heap. Krugman, who evidently and obviously rubs shoulders with these people, tells us that fingers are starting to be pointed – not at others in the US ruling class but at the larger civilian population. He wants to make clear he disapproves." - also posted at MyCatBird'sSeat

Keiser Report: Top Down Tyranny (E146)
MKVideo - Alt - (MKRTYuTb - (MKRTYuTb - 25min55sec - May 12th, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday - Producer:  Max Keiser TV -- A quote...."(RussiaToday) -- This week Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, report on collectivist top down tyranny running our monetary system. In the second half of the show, Max talks to Eric Sprott about precious metals, the ever increasing margin requirements and the ever decreasing dollar."

Fed Securities Holdings Pass $2.5 Trillion As MBS Prepays Grind To Halt, "Other Assets" Hit Record
Chart - A quote...."For the first time (and when it comes to the Fed's balance sheet that phrase will be heard many times) the total notional value of Treasurys, MBS and agencies held by the Fed surpasses $2.5 trillion. $2.518 trillion as of May 11 to be precise, of which Treasurys amounted to $1.466 trillion (excluding today's POMO), $927 billion in MBS (unchanged for the third week in a row), and $125 billion in Agency paper. The total is an increase of $24.4 billion from a week prior. Following the last schedule and a half of POMO, it appears the Fed will hold approximately $1.6 trillion in total debt."

Treasury Auctions To Take US Over Debt Ceiling On Monday
A quote...."WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The Treasury Department auctioned $56 billion in new debt Tuesday and Wednesday, enough to take the U.S. over its federal debt ceiling when the three- and 10-year notes settle on Monday."

Dollar in graver danger than the euro
A quote...."Imagine a country that spends and prints trillions to patch up any problem. -- Now imagine another country where there is no central Treasury, meaning that bail-outs are less easy, and which has a central bank that has mopped up liquidity over the past year, rather than engage in quantitative easing."

Great Wall St.: Goldman Sachs & Co betting on yuan?
Must View RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 4min02sec - May 12, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."The two biggest boys on the Wall Street Block are reportedly planning to set up yuan-dominated private equity funds in China. Goldman Sachs wants to raise up to 5 billion yuan - which equals almost 800 million U.S. dollars, and Morgan Stanely's to follow suit next week. To discuss the matter and its implications for the American economy, RT talks to economic researcher and author William Engdahl."

How the COMEX Crashed the Silver Market
A quote...."By the close of trading on Wednesday, May 4th, the silver market had experienced significant selling pressure that drove prices down by 17.3% from Thursday, April 28th.  This sell off corresponded exactly to a series of increased margin requirements by the COMEX  for trading silver futures contracts."

And For Today's Margin Hike..  More "'ol dat dare free market" from the people at COMEX - (CME Group)
Related Article - A quote...."CME goes full retard, and is now seriously threatening to destabilize the clearing structure of the market with what appears a panicked margin hike every single day in one or more commodities. Among today's products impacted RBOB and RBOB crack spreads, up by 21% and 50%, respectively, as the CME makes it all too clear which products the Obama memo said need to be killed post haste."

Trifecta Of Bad Data: Initial Claims Bad (New York Layoffs Surge), PPI Ugly, Retail Sales Miss
A quote...."While last month's upward revised 478K number was not repeated, just released initial claims still continued at the NFP busting 434K, worse than consensus of 430K. At this level of initial ciams, the economy is losing about 50K jobs per month."

US post has $2.2 bln loss, warns of Sept insolvency
Bernanke prints that about every two to three hours during a normal business day - mpg  - A quote.... "WASHINGTON, May 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. Postal Service posted a $2.2 billion net loss in its second quarter and said it might be unable to pay its debts by September."

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