Friday May 25th 2012

No posts. - mpg

Thursday May 24th 2012

Exposing the Death Lust…. – Charlie McGrath
Must View CMcGVideo - Alt - (CMcGYuTb - 3min45sec - May 23, 2012) - Source:  crabbydogtrix - Website:  Wide Awake News - A quote...."of the Military/Security complex."

14 Signposts to Slavery - posted at ICH
Related Article - A quote...."May 23, 2012 "Information Clearing House" --  In 1972 a wonderful little book was published. It arrived with little fanfare yet somehow it has managed to survive for 25 years. Most people have never read it. These are the same people who today are asking questions about what went wrong with America. These are the same people who today find that their plans for the future, no matter how hard they have worked to make those plans a reality, have vanished into thin air. These are the same people who are working 3 jobs to keep what one job secured for them 20 years ago.......These people are you and I, the working middle class, the "We the People."

The last nail is being driven into the nail of the coffin of American republic
A quote...."The three major reasons for our Constitutional Convention were to..."

1. Guarantee free trade and travel among the states.
2. Make gold and silver legal tender and abolish paper money.
3. Strictly limit the Executive Branch’s authority to pursue war without Congressional approval.

But today:

1. Federal Reserve notes are legal tender, gold and silver are illegal.
2. The Interstate Commerce Clause is used to regulate all commerce at the expense of free trade among the states.
3. And now the final nail is placed in the coffin of Congressional responsibility for the war power, delivering this power completely to the President—a sharp and huge blow to the concept of our Republic.

"In my view, it appears that the fate of the American Republic is now sealed—unless these recent trends are quickly reversed."

Patriot Act documents to remain government secrets, rules federal judge
A quote...."In an effort to shed some light on how the government interprets its own PATRIOT Act, New York Times reporter Charlie Savage filed suit against the federal government last fall to get some answers after a Freedom of Information request was shot down by the Justice Department, which said the interpretation was "classified.""


Judge Napolitano At His Best
Related Video - (YuTb - 5min32sec - 5min32sec - May 24, 2012)  - Source:  rtxyz1 -- A quote...."Andrew Napolitano Nails it. The Spirit of the Revolution Lives in this Man...."
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We’re Killing Civilians While Al Qaeda Is Trying To Turn On The Electricity
Special Note - A quote...."On Democracy Now! investigative blogger Marcy Wheeler who has been covering the so-called “War on Terror” over at Empty Wheel discusses so key points about the US assassination program that the corporate media does not dare inform the public about. -- The interview discusses several things Americans should be made aware of including the shady background and history of lies of Obama’s newly appointed Assassination Czar and some shocking details about the secret war the U.S. is waging in across the middle east."

Afghan Heroin Myths and Facts Recapped & Simplified for Mainstream Followers
Must Read - A quote...."Yesterday I wrote a piece on the real lords of Afghan poppies and heroin operations. I am thankful to all your supportive feedback. Of course not all feedbacks were positive, and I truly understand and accept that. Many of the critics came from mainstream media and establishment’s loyal believers and followers. They found my article complicated and not rational. In various ways and using many different words-some not very pleasant,  they were asking if I was accusing the United Nations, NATO, the US Government, and mainstream media outlets such as the New York Times and Newsweek Magazine of selling lies?! All that made me recall a famous quote from a ruthless despot. Actually, I ended up using that quote in my nightly news roundup...." - Topix ||  US Support - Drug Trade  ||
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

Deal or no deal, Iran may be bombed – Israeli minister
They must attack and kill all those who stand in the way of their empire.  It's simply the Israeli way. - mpg -- A quote...."A military strike against Iranian facilities is not out of the question, even though Tehran has reached agreement on a probe with the UN’s nuclear watchdog, says Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak. --- ­The official was referring to a deal announced on Tuesday by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Barak called it an Iranian ploy to fend off international pressure." - also posted at AlethoNews

Only Bombing Iran Into Submission Will Satisfy Israel
A quote...."In the eyes of Israel's warmongering ruling elite, Iran is damned if they do and damned if they don't. If Iran refuses to cooperate by denying inspectors access to nuclear facilities, they are lambasted for their secrecy and accused of trying to conceal dangerous weapons programmes - but when they do allow inspectors into the country, they are accused of being manipulative and deceptive! -- The Catch-22 situation forced upon Iran exposes Israel's commitment to ruthless hostility towards their regional enemy, no matter how illogical the justification for such an aggressive and dangerous policy." - Topix  ||  The Free Peoples of Middle Earth - 05-19-12 - mpg  ||

US Congress held on leash by Israel
Contains Video - A quote...."The US Congress has approved new unilateral sanctions on Iran hours before P5+1 talks are to be held to affect the ability of the White House to build cooperation in talks."

Report: Turkey set to indict IDF officers over killing of Gaza flotilla activists - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."Turkish daily says Ankara's prosecutor readies 144-page document that accuses top Israeli officers, including former army chief Gabi Ashkenazi, of ordering intentional killing, wounding of Turkish nationals on Mavi Marmara; charges still need to be approved by Istanbul district prosecutor."

Turkey issues arrest warrants for ex-IDF officers - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."Turkey has issued arrest warrants for four former senior Israel Defense Forces officers and plans to indict them over the deaths of nine Turkish nationals during a botched raid on a Turkish-sponsored flotilla to Gaza in 2010."

Israelis run organ trafficking network
A quote...."An illegal network of organ harvesters and traffickers, which exploits both the organ donors and recipients, has been uncovered in Israel." - Topix ||  Israeli Organ Thefts  ||  - If Israel wishes to continue murdering people to steal their organs this website editor would please ask that they use their Goy-cattle, faux-Christian, Zio-Worshiping, Armageddon Cultists as their meat/organ supply.  Thank you very much.  - mpg

Time Profiles a World Class Thug
A quote...."Netanyahu heads Israel’s worst ever government. Bipartisan MKs are racist, hardline rogues. What little opposition exists is weak-kneed. Most go along to get along. -- Netanyahu exceeds the worst of Ariel Sharon and previous hardline leaders. He’s an embarrassment to democratic governance. -- Israel is more hypocrisy than democracy. Few benefit. Most don’t. Arab citizens are entirely denied...."

Majority of Germans view Israel as 'aggressive': poll
A quote...."Most Germans view Israel as "aggressive", according to an opinion poll released Wednesday ahead of a state visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories by Germany's president."

Day after pogroms, Likud MK calls for internment camp for African refugees
A quote...."Following Wednesday's violent protest against African migrants in Tel Aviv, Likud MK Danny Dannon called to remove African asylum seekers from population centers in Israel."

The Academic Boycott of Israel
A quote...."From South Africa, the African continent and everywhere else, it is a critical time to step up pressure against the rogue regime in Tel Aviv. Israel’s hard-right leader, Benyamin Netanyahu, is in a dangerous career phase, preparing to bomb Iran; illegitimately holding thousands of Palestinian prisoners in worsening conditions; expanding settlements on Palestinian land in the West Bank; terrorizing Gaza; and tightening his militaristic hold over the region."

Hamas-Run Schools Set Out to Teach ‘the Language of the Enemy’
A quote...."It is Israel that murders Palestinians with religiously/racially-inspired fury, and whose citizens cheer as white phosphorous is dropped on civilian areas. It is Israel that shoots young Palestinian boys in Gaza who are merely trying to collect pieces of busted up concrete (the remains of some school, church, mosque or hospital deliberately destroyed by an Israeli missile) in the interest of gathering material so that some kind of rebuilding can take place. It is Israel that maintains a blockade of Gaza so that food, medicine and other necessary materials cannot enter."

Three-quarters of Palestinians in Jerusalem live in poverty
As will happen to ANY people who allow their economic-financial-media-political systems to be dominated by members of the Jewish community.  Just take a look at the US-NRE if you desire a chilling and salutary example. To be fair of course, this would happen to any people who allow themselves to be dominated by another.  But the Jewish community spends an inordinate amount of time, and a tremendous amount of energy, making sure people in communities they live in, do not obtain access to statistical or financial data showing how much of that community's economic-financial-media-political systems the Jewish community   actually controls.  This is NOT an accident!! And this iron-clad policy of secrecy, one which NO member of the Jewish community appears to be willing to violate (which makes them culpable) enables them to be even more successful than they would otherwise be....as a community. - mpg - for more essays on this issue see below....

• Four Criteria - 01-18-10 - mpg
• Minority Control - 01-08-10 - mpg
• It's Pronounced "The Jewish Community" - 03-15-10 - mpg
• A Fist Full of Dollars - 10-02-09 - mpg

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More on the Domestic Situation.....

Chicago NATO Summit: Obama Showcases American Fascism
A quote...."President Obama wanted to showcase his adopted hometown of Chicago to the leaders of 60 NATO members and partnership countries. Instead, with his former chief of staff Rahm Emanuel holding the political reins as mayor of Chicago, Obama showed the foreign heads of state and the international media a city in total police state lockdown."

Planting Evidence to Sow Fear: Chicago Cops are the Terrorists
Police Behaving Badly - A quote...."May 24, 2012 "Information Clearing House" It seems pretty clear by now that the three young “domestic terrorists” arrested by Chicago police in a warrantless house invasion reminiscent of what US military forces are doing on a daily basis in Afghanistan, are the victims of planted evidence -- part of the police-state-style crackdown on anti-NATO protesters in Chicago last week." - also posted at CounterPunch

Compilation Of Horrific Unpunished Police Brutality Against Innocent People
Police Behaving VERY Badly - A quote...."Presenting a compilation of some of the most horrific incidents of police brutality all of which were committed against innocent people and all were covered up."

Police Captain Ray Lewis punished for supporting OWS?
RTVideo - Police Behaving Honorably - (And getting punished for it) - Alt -  (RTYuTb - 8min38sec - May 23, 2012) - Source:  RTAmerica -- A quote...."(RussiaToday) – The Occupy Wall Street movement was created to combat corporate power but has since evolved. Police brutality took center stage when New York City police officers pepper-sprayed peaceful protesters, and since then a retired Philadelphia police captain has come forth to bridge the gap between protesters and law enforcement. Ray Lewis is in the process of potentially being stripped of his union benefits for protesting in his uniform, and he joins us with more on why he feels that it is necessary for him to speak out."

Low-Tech Solutions To High-Tech Tyranny
Anti-Tyranny Tips - A quote...."Disclaimer:  The following is a series of fictional accounts of theoretical situations.  However, the information contained within was taken from established scientific journals on covered technology and military studies of real life combat scenarios.  Alt-Market does not condone the use of any of the tactics described within for “illegal” purposes.  Obviously, the totalitarian subject matter portrayed here is “pure fantasy”, and would never be encountered in the U.S. where politicians and corporate bankers are forthright, honest, and honorable, wishing only the sweetest sugar coated chili-dog best for all of mankind…" - also posted at DProgram

Michael Rivero Broadcasting on Justin TV - May 23rd 2012 - Part II
MRVideo - Related:  Republic Broadcasting dot Org - Donate:  click here -- (JustinTV - 2hrs - May 23rd, 2012) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire and many other issues.

Obama or Romney, the Lesser of Two Evils?
2012 Election Cycle - (election fraud) - Great graphic - A quote...."The mainstream propaganda machine is boldly marching forward with its production of the 2012 general election contest featuring Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.  These sleazing slithering traitors in the mainstream media have completely divorced themselves from the reality that the majority of Americans are looking directly in the eye."
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens....

The Next Crisis – Charlie McGrath
CMcGVideo - Alt - (CMcGYuTb - 3min45sec - May 23, 2012) - Source:  crabbydogtrix - Website:  Wide Awake News -- A quote...."(WideAwakeNews) – we must focus on whats planned, not what has happened. – May 23rd, 2012"

Wall Street Crime Scene As Usual - Gerald Celente with Uma Pemmaraju - May 23, 2012
FoxVideo - Alt - (FoxYuTb - 8min12sec - May 24, 2012) - Source:  trendsjournal -- A quote...."Gerald Celente - Live FoxNews.com with Uma Pemmaraju - May 23, 2012"

Keiser Report: Stripped To Teeth (E292)
RTVideo - (RTYuTb - 25min53sec - May 22, 2012) - Source:  RussiaToday - Producer:  MaxKeiserTV - Related:  MaxKeiserCom - Related:  MaxOnTwitter - (RussiaToday) -- A quote...."In this episode, Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, discuss self-reporting financial crimes and private equity ripping teeth out of four year olds for profit. In the second half of the show Max talks to Teri Buhl about JP Morgan's Wells Notice and what bad news that could mean to the troubled bank's fortunes."

Facebook…I Can’t Believe You Fell for It…Again
A quote...."I can’t believe you people fell for it again, but you can’t say we didn’t warn you.  Now to those of you who still have something left, a little free advice, from someone who will tell you right out the gate, I don’t like you as I am sick of living with the consequences of your stupidity....." - In this website editor's opinion, the author is being way too....kind. - mpg

William [K] Black on JP Morgan and the Failure to Regulate Wall Street Fraud
While you read this article it should be noted that during the S&L crisis there were almost one thousand three hundred bank officers convicted for their fraudulent and criminal activity.  William K Black was the person that convicted them.  So far during this crisis, a crisis that depending on the numbers, and what you include (like the 800 trillion to 1.2 quadrillion in derivatives), is at least a hundred times worse that the S&L crisis -- only a handful of people have even been prosecuted, much less convicted for their crimes. - mpg -- A quote...."JPMorgan’s flacks and apologists have, unintentionally, exposed the fact that their cover story – hedging gone bad – is false. JPMorgan runs the world’s largest gambling operation in financial derivatives. The New York Times reported the key facts, but not the analytics, in an article entitled “Discord at Key JPMorgan Unit is Faulted in Loss.” The analytics suggest that the latest JPMorgan cover story – it was JPMorgan’s “Achilles the heel” (based in the UK) who caused the loss – is misleading." - also posted at ZeroHedge

Retail Pulls Money Out Of Stocks For 13th Consecutive Week
Mrkt Tech Note - Chart - (click to enlarge) -- A quote...."Not like this will come as a surprise to anyone in the aftermath of last week's abysmal FaceBook IPO which pretty much killed all retail interest in equity markets, but in the last week, the "dumb" money pulled another $3.5 billion out of domestic stocks per ICI, bringing the total tally to 13 consecutive weeks of outflows, and 52 weeks of outflows in the past 56 weeks, with redemptions amounting to $46 billion in 2012, compared to just $6.5 billion for the same period in 2011."

The E.U., Neofeudalism and the Neocolonial-Financialization Model
Must Read - Quote of the Day...."To fully understand the Eurozone's financial-debt crisis, we must dig through the artifice, obfuscation and propaganda to the real dynamics of Europe's "new feudalism," the Neocolonial-Financialization Model...."

• In the old model of Colonialism, the colonizing power conquered or co-opted the Power Elites of the region, and proceeded to exploit the new colony's resources and labor to enrich the "center," i.e. the home empire.

• In Neocolonialism, the forces of financialization (debt and leverage controlled by State-approved banking cartels) are used to indenture the local Elites and populace to the banking center: the peripheral "colonials" borrow money to buy the finished goods sold by the "core," doubly enriching the center with 1) interest and the transactional "skim" of financializing assets such as real estate, and 2) the profits made selling goods to the debtors. - Topix ||  Currency Spheres - 10-29-09 - mpg  ||
  

Here’s the REAL DEAL NO BS Situation with Europe (Warning What Follows is EXTREMELY BAD).
Special Note -- A quote...."The media is rife with misrepresentations and analysis of the EU. Here’s the real deal. --  The ECB is tapped out. Having provided over €1 trillion in funding via LTRO 1 and LTRO 2, taking on over €700 billion in PIIGS debt putting its own solvency at risk, it simply cannot launch another LTRO scheme for the following reasons...."

Europe’s leaders at loggerheads at EU summit as markets tumble
A quote...."European leaders in Brussels failed to agree on any concrete measures to deal with the continent’s rapidly worsening economic crisis. -- Following last night’s six-hour summit, leaders of the major economies were unable to paper over sharpening disagreements on economic policy, particularly the proposal backed by France’s new Socialist Party President Francois Hollande and reportedly the majority of those present for the issuance of euro bonds, pooling state-backed European debt, and the closely related question of propping up the continent’s crisis ridden banks."

Fearing Eurozone Exit, More Greeks Stop Paying Taxes
And why should they pay any taxes?!?  If they did, they would just get to watch them be embezzled by their corrupt, soon to be gone, politicians or watch while every euro they manage to painfully scrap together get shipped off to a bunch of foreign Banksters! - mpg -- A quote...."ATHENS – With anxiety mounting that Greece might vote for anti-austerity parties in the June 17 elections and be forced to leave the Eurozone of 17 countries using the euro as a currency, more Greeks – already legendary tax evaders – have stopped paying taxes. A senior Finance Ministry official on May 23 said that tax revenues have fallen 10 percent while two tax officials who declined to be named told Reuters that May revenues fell by 15-30 percent in tax offices away from the major cities and relative wealth centers of Athens and Thessaloniki."

Spain 'Discovers' 28 Billion In Debt
A quote...."Back in late March, we pointed out - much to the chagrin of the LTRO-funded Spanish-sovereign-debt-stuffing banks of the tapas-nation - that, in a similarly misleading manner to Greece's 'leverage' the debt-to-GDP data for Spain was significantly higher than official estimates. Once sovereign guarantees, contingent liabilities and their responsibilities to the EU and the ECB were included things got a whole lot uglier. Now, slowly but surely, as reported by Reuters this evening, some of these bilateral guarantees/loans are coming to light."

Back to the Drachma? -- Failing Greece
A quote...."Austerity has failed because Greek society has been destroyed, the production base has been dissolved. Our country has been in a deep recession for five consecutive years. This has never happened in Europe in peacetime.”  --  *Alexis Tsipras*, leader of Greece’s Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA)
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The NATO Summit.....

Police “As Far As the Eye Can See”
A quote...."“Summit ends without giving Chicago a black eye,” the May 22 Chicago Tribune proclaimed, but I had one. On Sunday, I was shooting in the midst of a crowd on Michigan Avenue when my camera got smashed against my face as police pushed protestors back, batons swinging. The bruises didn’t surface until 48 hours later as I drove away from Chicago. And much of the story of what happened in Chicago is surfacing after the fact too."
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More On The International Situation....

Mojtaba in Iran - Nuclear Talks - And Even War Talk Too
M108Video - (M108YuTb - 14min28sec - May 20, 2012)  - Source:  108morris108 -- A quote...."A native of Iran explains the Nuclear negotiation developments and de-facto reveals the confident Iranian psyche."

Iran, P5+1 agree to hold another round of talks in Moscow in June
A quote...."Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (the P5+1) have agreed to hold another round of talks in Moscow on June 18-19, Press TV reports."

Most of what US says about Iran wrong: Ecuador foreign minister
A quote...."Ecuador’s Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino says most of what the United States says about Iran is mere propaganda and is bogus."

U.S. Still Not Serious In Talks With Iran
A quote...."Back in January Laura Rozen reported on the U.S. negotiation position towards Iran's nuclear program...."


"I characterized that position as ludicrous. Iran would have to give up all the progress it has made while enduring sanctions for ... NOTHING. It showed that the U.S. was not interested in serious negotiations."

WAR ON IRAN? Baghdad talks on Iran’s nuclear program unresolved
A quote...."Talks in Baghdad yesterday between Iran and the P5+1—the US, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany—over Tehran’s nuclear programs reportedly ended late last night without any agreement or statement. The discussion is likely to be extended into today. -- Unofficial comments to the media indicate that sharp differences emerged after the US and its allies unveiled proposals requiring major concessions by Iran, but offering little in return. Virtually all of the existing sanctions will remain in place and harsh new US and European Union (EU) measures, aimed at crippling Iran’s banking system and oil exports, will still come into force on July 1."

Iran invites Assad to attend Non-Aligned Movement summit
A quote...."DAMASCUS, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad received Thursday an invitation from his Iranian counterpart to attend the coming summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Iran, state-run SANA news agency reported. -- The invitation was delivered by visiting Iranian Minister of Communications and Information Technology Reza Taqipour during a meeting with Assad in Damascus."
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Violence Erupts in N. Lebanon As Feltman of State Dept, Lieberman-Graham-McCain Amigos Clique..
Must View PRSTVideo - Alt - (Tarpley is GREAT!!!  Way-to-go, he's da'man!! - mpg) -- (PRSTVYuTb - 24min44sec - May 23, 2012) - Source:  PressTVGlobalNews - Website:  TarpleyDotNet - Related:  DwnldVidMp4 - Related:  DwnldAudMp3 -- A quote...."More bombing in Damascus; Is Syria headed to a civil war in spite of the UN ceasefire. Clashes have erupted between pro and anti Assad groups in northern Lebanon and news of a group of Lebanese pilgrims abducted by anti-government armed groups in Syria. Is Syrian violence spreading into the neighboring country and is the a deliberate attempt to do just that?"

'US backed off Libya-style regime change in Syria'
RTVideo - (RTYuTb - 5min59sec - May 24, 2012) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."The Syrian regime has come under fire from a new UN report claiming both the government and opposition are committing gross human rights violations. It claims Damascus is responsible for the largest share of the violence, while rebels are accused of kidnapping civilians and torturing captured soldiers. Meanwhile, Amnesty International has slammed the UN Security Council as 'increasingly unfit for purpose' and too slow to act on Syria. The world body dispatched an observer mission to the country, where it's estimated around ten thousand people have been killed since March last year."

Sheik Imran Hosein Full May 17 Interview
M108Video - (M108YuTb - 49min43sec - May 20, 2012)  - Source:  108morris108 -- A quote...."The last six videos are in here:  "Terrorists Turkey and Prophesies""

Venezuela delivers oil to Syria
A quote...."Syrian oil minister Sufian Alao said on Wednesday a Venezuelan oil tanker with 35,000 tonnes of diesel had docked in Syria a day earlier and another was being prepared."

‘Qatari ammo found in Syria-bound arms’
A quote...."Ammunition boxes labeled “Qatari Army” have been found among other Syria-bound arms on the Lutfullah II ship, which was intercepted in the Mediterranean by the Lebanese Army last month, Lebanese sources say."

US prepares multi-front proxy war against Syria
A quote...."Since the Washington Post’s May 16 report on an influx of arms to Syrian opposition forces, the Obama administration’s plans for a proxy war against Syria have become clearer still."

Syria: The Road to War Continues
A quote...."It has been revealed in recent days that the US and Turkey are in fact aiding the Syrian rebels and that the push for intervention is growing. It is important to realize the affects of this not only in Syria, but also for that of Iran and Russia, two of the most prominent and vocal backers of the Assad regime."
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Another US-led soldier killed in southern Afghanistan
A quote...."A US-led soldier has been killed in a roadside bomb explosion in southern Afghanistan, NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) says."
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Explaining the Iraqi Resistance - Syrian Partisan Girl
M108Video - (M108YuTb - 16min26sec - May 20, 2012)  - Source:  108morris108 -- A quote...."From someone who grew up with the Iraqi invasion and followed the resistance through their defiance."

Drone Kills 4 in Pakistan Amid Tension With US
A quote...."23 May 2012 A U.S. drone fired two missiles at a compound in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, killing four 'suspected militants' in an attack that comes as Washington is running out of patience with Islamabad's refusal to reopen supply routes for NATO troops in Afghanistan. U.S. drone strikes have complicated negotiations over the routes, which Pakistan closed six months ago in retaliation for U.S. airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers along the Afghan border. Pakistan's parliament demanded the strikes stop in the wake of the attack, but the U.S. has refused." - bold by website editor - Well....perhaps the US-NRE should STOP it's drone attacks?  Just a suggestion. - mpg

10 killed in drone attack on NWA mosque
A quote...."MIRANSHAH/ PESHAWAR: Ten people were killed and three others seriously injured in yet another US drone attack, this time on a mosque in Hasukhel village in the Mir Ali subdivision of North Waziristan Agency early Thursday."

Low turnout in Egyptian presidential elections
A quote...."The initial round of the first presidential elections in Egypt after the revolutionary ouster of long-time US-stooge Hosni Mubarak, on May 23-24, was marked by low turnout and numerous electoral violations."

New missile to penetrate euro shield
A quote...."Russia tested a new long-range missile on Wednesday that should improve its ability to penetrate missile defence systems, the military said. -- This is Moscow's latest warning to Washington over deployment of a missile shield in Europe."

Red Square, Everywhere: With Quebec Student Strikers, Against Repression
A quote...."The Charest government has turned to repression to try to break the largest and longest student strike in Quebec history. Students had already endured heavy-handed policing, including hundreds of arrests and brutal attacks by riot cops on campuses and in the streets. The new strikebreaking legislation, Bill 78, is a brutal clampdown on the right to organize collectively and on freedom of expression. The protest plans for any demonstrations of more than 50 people must be cleared with the police in advance of any gathering, or the action will be considered illegal. Individual students, staff or faculty members who advocate the ongoing strike action risk harsh penalties, and student unions or university employees unions who organize or support ongoing strike activity will face heavy fines."

Quebec police mount mass arrests in bid to break student strike
Related Article - A quote...."After Tuesday’s 150,000-strong demonstration supporting Quebec’s striking students and opposing the provincial Liberal government’s draconian Bill 78, the state has intensified its campaign of repression."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Teen stabbed by [IOF] soldiers in 'stable condition'
A quote...."HEBRON (Ma'an) -- An 18-year-old stabbed by Israeli soldiers near Bethlehem on Sunday is in a stable condition after surgery, the Palestinian prisoners society said Wednesday."

IOF incursion in central Gaza
A quote...."GAZA, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided eastern Deir Al-Balah town in central Gaza Strip on Wednesday morning, local sources told the PIC reporter. -- They said that the IOF soldiers in five tanks escorted seven bulldozers that entered from eastern Khan Younis and headed north to the eastern area of Deir Al-Balah."

Amnesty International: Israel Often Uses Excessive Force, Killed 55 Palestinians in 2011
A quote...."Haaretz reported today that the Amnesty International 2012 Annual Report for 2011 was released on Wednesday, and detailed violations of human rights worldwide. Among other things, the report is highly critical of Israeli policies toward the Palestinians, charging that the Israel Defense Forces frequently use excessive, sometimes lethal, force against demonstrators. In 2011, the IDF killed 55 Palestinian civilians in the West Bank and Gaza, including 11 children, the report said."

PA: Settlers [homeless Jewish goons] torch farmland near Nablus
A quote...."NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Israeli settlers [goons] on Thursday torched farmland near Nablus in the northern West Bank, a PA official said. -- Ghassan Doughlas told Ma'an that residents of Yitzhar settlement [squatter camp] set fire to large swathes of agricultural land in Madma village."

"Every day I dream of returning home": a Nakba survivor speaks
A quote...."Maryam al-Hout (known as Um Hasan) is in her late eighties but she still welcomes customers to a furniture store run by her grandson Mohammad. Selling mattresses, cushions and carpets, the store is located in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah."

Separate and Unequal in Israel
A quote...."On May 23, Yousef Munayyer headlined his New York Times op-ed "Not All Israeli Citizens are Equal," saying: -- Residing in Lod, Israel, he's an Arab citizen. His Palestinian wife lives in Nablus in the West Bank. -- Israel separates them 30 miles apart. Discriminatory laws, "walls, checkpoints, settlements and soldiers" enforce it. Normal life is impossible. More on that below."

Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (17– 23 May 2012)
It never stops....ever.  What would you do? - mpg

• IOF use force to disperse peaceful protest organized by Palestinian civilians in the West Bank.
• 4 demonstrators, including two children and an international human rights defender, were wounded.
• A Palestinian civilian was seriously injured at Etzion intersection, south of Bethlehem.
• IOF conducted 90 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and two limited ones into the Gaza Strip.   
• IOF arrested 28 Palestinian civilians, including 12 children, an old man, the director of a television channel and an ex-prisoner.
• IOF continued to attack Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip.
• Israel has continued to impose a total closure on the OPT and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.
• IOF arrested two Palestinian civilians at various checkpoints in the West Bank.
• IOF have continued efforts to create a Jewish demographic majority in East Jerusalem.
• The Israeli government allocated new budget to enhance settlement activities in Jerusalem.
• A house was demolished in al-Tour neighborhood in East Jerusalem.
• IOF have continued settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.
• A Palestinian civilian was seriously wounded by Israeli settlers south of Nablus.
• IOF razed 14 dunums[1] of agricultural land in the east of Hebron and confiscated a bulldozer and a truck in Jerusalem.  
• IOF tore down 6 tents south of Hebron and demolished a bird farm southwest of Ramallah.
• Israeli settlers stormed Taqqou’ village, southeast of Bethlehem, in the presence of IOF.

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

Here Are the 15 Senators Who Voted to Stop Armed FDA Agents From Conducting Warrantless Raids on America's Farmers (Not One of Them is a Democrat) -- A quote...."Earlier today an amendment proposed by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) that would have prevented Food and Drug Administration agents from carrying guns and from raiding farms without warrants, was voted down on the Senate floor by 78 senators. These 15 senators, meanwhile, supported the amendment. Not a single one is a Democrat...."

Blatant Corruption Exposed as EU Blocks France’s Ban on Monsanto’s GMO Maize
A quote...."Just after France legislators and officials moved to ban Monsanto’s genetically modified strain of GMO maize over environmental and health concerns, the European Union has decided to step in and re-secure Monsanto’s presence in the country — against the very will of the nation itself."

Long-predicted GM crop’ superweeds’ have arrived
A quote...."(NaturalNews) It has been nearly two decades since widespread plantings of genetically-modified (GM) crops in the U.S. first began, and the prevalence of chemical-resistant “superweeds” has skyrocketed as a result. And according to a recent writeup by Marion Nestle, professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University (NYU), the industry’s answer to the problem is actually the cause of it."

Revolt Against Vaccines Leads to Mass Exodus From Texas Colleges - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."Infowars has talked to a whistleblower in a senior position at Austin Community College who has divulged that enrollment numbers are collapsing due to students refusing to comply with vaccinations they are told are mandatory in order to take classes."

FDA accused of mass homicide of one million Americans each decade
A quote...."If al-Qaeda operatives were caught dispensing toxic chemicals disguised as medicine to innocent civilians, they would be sent off to Guantanamo Bay without trial, and locked away indefinitely. But when the FDA does the very same thing on a much more massive scale, nobody bats an eye. And yet the number of people that the FDA has killed with its drugs is far more than the number killed during 9/11 or the Oklahoma City bombing."

Wednesday May 23rd 2012

No posts. - mpg

Tuesday May 22nd 2012

Chris Hedges - Brace Yourself! The American Empire Is Over & The Descent Is Going To Be Horrifying! -- Must View Video - Alt - (YuTb - 2hrs54min27sec - Jan 2, 2012) - Source:  MoxNews - Turn it on, relax, kick back, and listen to the truth told well. - mpg

War and Cheeseburgers
Must Read - A quote...."A specter haunts Europe. No, it's not communism; it's US rating agencies. Greece is bankrupt; the eurozone is about to crack; JP Morgan makes billion-dollar "mistakes"; there's no (jobs) future for the new generations. And yet the weaponized arm of the Western 0.1% elites occupies Chicago - turned into an Orwellian police city-state - to discuss "smart defense". -- In Afghanistan, the "smart" North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is in fact bound for a humiliating escape. "Smart defense" is code for "there's no money". Only five among 28 NATO member states spend 2% of their gross domestic product on the military - as NATO would have it. One of them was - surprise! - Greece. Here's yet another crash course on weaponized neo-liberalism. First Greece was more or less forced to buy expensive submarines from the French and the Germans; then it was forced to make budget cuts. Call it the "food for subs" NATO relief plan." - also posted at BLN

War Pay - The Nearly $1 Trillion [US] National Security Budget - Article also posted at ICH
Related Article - A quote...."Here, then, is a simple question that, for some curious reason, no one bothers to ask, no less answer: How much are we spending on national security these days? With major wars winding down, has Washington already cut such spending so close to the bone that further reductions would be perilous to our safety?" - also posted at AlethoNews

The End in Afghanistan is Totally Predictable
Special Note - A quote...."John Kerry, back before he was a pompous windsurfing Senate apologist for American empire, back when he wore his hair long and was part of a movement of returned US military veterans speaking out against the continuation of the Vietnam War, famously asked the members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at a hearing, “How do you ask a man to be the last one to die for a mistake?”"

After the NATO summit: Afghanistan Slaughter to Continue
Special Note - Related Article - Some quotes...."The claims about Afghanistan emerging as a “prosperous” and “stable” nation are as preposterous as the pretense that the Afghan government is providing improved security, governance and development. - This is a country where over half the population lives below the official poverty line, and 30,000 children die every year from the ravages of malnutrition. Surveys continue to rank Afghanistan as one of the world’s ten poorest countries and the worst country on the planet...."  ---  "As for attributing “improved governance’ to the US-backed puppet Hamid Karzai, his government is universally recognized as one of the most corrupt on the planet, with a thin layer of warlords, crooks and crony capitalists pocketing billions of dollars in aid money. This wholesale and shameless graft has earned Krazai’s regime the hatred of the Afghan people while generating popular support for resistance to the foreign occupation that keeps him in office."

Kucinich: “NATO Talks a Sham: War in Afghanistan is Not Ending” - posted at ICH
Related Article - A quote...."May 22, 2012 "Information Clearing House" -- Washington, May 21 - Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today released the following statement as world leaders meet in Chicago for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit. - “The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is not a benevolent organization. NATO is not about the North Atlantic and it’s not about our collective defense."

Bloody Pattern of New ‘Operation Gladio’ Clearly Seen as Elites Claim ‘Anarchy?’
False Flag Warning - Fascism Alert -- A quote...."Italy bombing revives memories of dark era … A bomb blast outside a high school in southern Italy that killed a 16-year-old student has revived dark memories of the 70s and 80s, when terrorists, anarchists and organized crime carried out dozens of bloody attacks across the country … The bombing follows a spate of recent attacks against Italian officials and government or public buildings by a group of anarchists, including the shooting and wounding of an official from a nuclear engineering firm, which is part of a state-controlled company. An anti-nuclear anarchist group that previously had targeted Italy’s tax collection agency claimed responsibility for the shooting. – AP (5/21/12)"

Fake Terror - The Road to War and Dictatorship
Related Article - A quote...."It's the oldest trick in the book, dating back to Roman times; creating the enemies you need.  -- In 70 BC, an ambitious minor politician and extremely wealthy man, Marcus Licinius Crassus, wanted to rule Rome. Just to give you an idea of what sort of man Crassus really was, he is credited with invention of the fire brigade. But in Crassus' version, his fire-fighting slaves would race to the scene of a burning building whereupon Crassus would offer to buy it on the spot for a tiny fraction of its worth. If the owner sold, Crassus' slaves would put out the fire. If the owner refused to sell, Crassus allowed the building to burn to the ground. By means of this device, Crassus eventually came to be the largest single private land holder in Rome, and used some of his wealth to help back Julius Caesar against Cicero."
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

The Ongoing Kosher Jihad
A quote...."As we approach the second anniversary of the attack on the Mavi Marmara, we can see that Israel’s attitudes towards its own terrorism has not changed one iota. We can see this in the events just over the past few days."

Mother of 4 jailed sons: Christians suffer for homeland
A quote...."BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- "Since 2004, the whole family did not gather, not even once. Someone is always missing," recounted Alexandra Halabi, a Christian mother of four sons imprisoned by Israeli forces."

US Congressman Introduces Visa Waiver for Israelis
ENOUGH OF THIS!!!  - Enough of this dual-citizenship, dual-loyalty, bribery, kick-backs, billions every year in foreign aid, spying, false-flag attacks, unethical political influence, and relentless treason on behalf of a foreign state of less than seven million people and it's policies of endless war and ethnic cleansing!!  Enough already. - mpg

University in South Africa cancels Israeli deputy ambassador's lecture - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."NAZERTH,(PIC)-- The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in South Africa has cancelled a lecture which was to be given by Israel's deputy ambassador to the country, Yaakov Finkelstein. -- The decision was made by UKZN’s deputy vice-chancellor, Professor Joseph Ayee, on Sunday afternoon after coming under pressure from student organisations and academic staff to cancel Finkelstein’s lecture."
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More on the Domestic Situation.....

Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal:  Assessment and Perspectives
A quote...."The historic verdict recently reached by Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal substantiates long-held accusations that the treatment of detainees held by the US military in Bagram, Guantanamo and Abu Gharib constitutes torture as understood and accepted by international law."

CIA Can Withhold Detainee Photo, Waterboarding Cables - And the 9/11 cover-up continues.....
Related Article - A quote...."The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Monday that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) doesn't have to release a photo of an alleged al-Qaida operative following a session of enhanced interrogation techniques (EIT), reports The Associated Press. -- The decision is the latest development in an eight-year-old dispute between the CIA and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) over EIT records." - Topix ||  9/11-Iraq-Torture Fables  ||

MSM: How the Top News Story Never Happened and the Real Top Story Was Never Reported
A quote...."News is a product concocted not to inform, but conform. News is perception management lorded over by a few monster corporations, in conjunction with the Federal Government, Inc. - Fox News is a leader in nano credibility, but their record is not clean. They actually broadcast some dirty truth back in 2001, day after Christmas. The headline on their website offered, Report: Bin Laden Already Dead. - Fox references a source who said, after claiming to have seen bin Laden’s face before burial, “He looked pale…but calm, relaxed and confident.” - Other sources essentially said, in a variety of other ways, that bin Laden looked dead. - Indeed, in his final months, closing out 2001, he looked increasingly like a patient requiring frequent dialysis; medical professionals refer to it as looking “frosted”." - Topix  ||  Osama Back From the Dead™  ||

The Framework for Suppressing Information: Public Opinion in America's 21st Century Police State
A quote...."The police state’s framework for suppressing information and opinion arguably threatens all forms of independent thought and appears poised to intensify as the “war on terror” continues. As the recent emergence of US plans for indoctrination in reeducation camps reveals, Western governments’ actual enemy is the capacity for a people to exercise critical thought en route to intervening in and altering political-economic processes."

Senior Senator Warns CISPA Will Create A Cyber Industrial Complex
CISPA - A quote...."A senior US lawmaker with 30 years experience in Congress came out hard against CISPA this week, attacking the legislation’s creators for drafting a bill that erodes Internet privacy for Americans."

How To Communicate If The US Govt Shuts Down The Internet
Web Tech Note - Related Article - A quote...."A list of ways to stay connected to the outside world, which could become a life and death issue, in the event access to the internet is shut down."

CNN Hits 20-Year Weekday Primetime Low - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."This ratings news comes less than a week after the network hit its lowest primetime among adults 25-54 in 15 years on May 15 with Piers Morgan Tonight. That followed a terrible April where CNN had its lowest-rated month in a decade." - Source:  DeadlineHollywood

Man Loses $22,000 In New 'Policing For Profit' Case - posted at ICH
A quote...."May 22, 2012 "Channel 5 News" -- MONTEREY, Tenn. -- "If somebody told me this happened to them, I absolutely would not believe this could happen in America." - That was the reaction of a New Jersey man who found out just how risky it can be to carry cash through Tennessee."

Senate Dems back increase in air travel fee to close funding shortfall at TSA
So now people will pay more in taxes for the privilege of being molested and groped by the TSA?  Folks, if you keep voting for these people it will only get worse.  Stop voting for DemoRepubs, you'll feel so much better. - mpg

Alleged Voter Fraud, Corruption, and Assault Against Ron Paul Supporters at Arizona GOP Convention
2012 Election Cycle - (vote fraud) -- A quote...."On May 12, 2012, after being elected as an alternate delegate in Mohave County Arizona, I attended the GOP Convention in Phoenix Arizona."

Karen Kwiatkowski Winning so far
2012 Election Cycle - Not an endorsement, just an alternative to the typical RepubliCrat. - mpg -- A quote...."We've got three weeks until June 12th. Our grassroots campaign is all over the place, the 6th District GOP leadership and membership is trending for constitutional conservatives, Bob Goodlatte is concerned and he continues to assume a political fetal position. If the GOP congressional nominee had been decided at the 6th District GOP convention on May 5th, I'd have won that vote two to one. It's actually kind of scary! At least for Bob." -- *Karen Kwiatkowski* - Related: Four Karen Kwiatkowski clips - Related:  Karen Kwiatkowski articles at Lew Rockwell - Related:  Karen Kwiatkowski Donations - Website:  Karen Kwiatkowski

Bilderberg Meeting in Virginia to Reveal Whether Financier Elite Backs Obama or Romney....
2012 Election Cycle - AJVideo - (AJYuTb - 18min08sec - May 21, 2012) - Source:  LudwigNosen - Website:  TheAlexJonesChannel - Website:  WebsterTarpley - Related:  DwnLdVideo - Related:  DwnLdAudio -- A quote...."Webster Tarpley on Alex Jones Show Sunday May 20, 2012 - Bilderberg Meeting in Virginia to Reveal Whether Financier Elite Backs Obama or Romney; Romney-Netanyahu Axis Gives GOP Upper Hand to Carry out Sinister "White Horse Prophecy"; Support Alexis Tsipras and Syriza Bloc in Greek Elections"

A Philosophy of Liberty
AJVideo - (AJYuTb - 42min58sec - May 22, 2012) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."On the Tuesday, May 22 edition of the Alex Jones Show, Alex talks about the continued outrages of the TSA as its goonish Gestapo gropers and sexual molesters are now trained to feel up crotches for terrorist bombs following yet another zany al-Qaeda bomb plot. He also takes a look at the video of a school teacher who launches into an irrational tirade after a student dares to make a mild criticism of Obama. Alex updates the latest on Obama's Kenyan birth and covers cops gone wild as they confiscate money from motorists and other shakedown operations."
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens....

Obama’s Five Trillion Dollar Lie
Just remember folks as you read this article, what can't continue eventually doesn't, and when it doesn't, the Amerikan people will blame absolutely everyone else on the planet for their plight but themselves.  All they have to do is stop voting for the RepubliCratic-DemoRepub party, the bought and paid for minions of the AIPAC/Israeli Consortium & the Bankster Complex, and we as a nation MIGHT have a chance!  --  But they won't even do that.  Many, if not most of them enjoy the lie we're all living.  If they think about the situation at all, which almost none of them ever do, they believe as people in combat do, that they won't be the ones to get mowed down by the coming economic, political and social catastrophe.  Statistically and historically speaking, almost all of them will be wrong....dead wrong. - mpg. - also posted at BLN & PrisonPlanet -- Related PhotoGallery - Something Amerika's children can look forward too....

The FED? A Garbage Dump For Crooked And Inept Banks – Here’s the Math
Related Video - Alt - (YuTb - 1min50sec - May 12, 2012) - Source:  CommonSenseCap

"Retroactive Market Conditions": Nasdaq Says Would Have Called Off FaceBook IPO If It Knew Then What It Knows Now -- Quote of the Day...."First of all, let's get one thing straight: if instead of about to breach a 20-handle, the Facebook stock price was in the $60, nobody would care about anything that happened in the past 3 days, everyone would be happy and delighted, and increasing the velocity of money with the comfort that some greater fool would be willing to pay even more for ridiculous overvalued ponzi, pardon, portfolio holdings. Alas, we are not there, and as a result, the fingerpointing phase has come and gone. Now come the lawsuits, because people, led to believe in huge short-term profits, are now faced to face with a grim sur-reality in which the tooth fairy was just exposed as the cookie monster...."

Facebook IPO: CIA and Goldman Sachs Take the Suckers for a Stroll
Related Article - A quote...."(KurtNimmo) – The fact Morgan Stanley was the lead banker on the Facebook IPO should have set off alarm bells for investors in the NASDAQ casino. The deal had SUCKER’S BET spray-painted all over it. But like the infamous dot-com bubble and any other number of pump and dump schemes rolled out by the banksters, the Facebook IPO was designed to enrich a small number of insiders like Goldman Sachs and take the clueless horde on the outside to the cleaners." - Source:  PrisonPlanet

In-depth analysis puts proper value of Facebook stock lower than $10 a share
Related Article - A quote...."NEW YORK -- In its three days of trading, Facebook's stock has dropped 18 percent from its $38 issue price. For the thousands of investors that bought at the IPO, that's bad enough, but one analysis of its earnings prospects suggests it could get a lot worse - more like $10 a share."

Keiser Report: Scatological Finance (E291)
RTVideo - (Be warned - it's an accurate headline.  - However it's a lot of fun to see Mad Max Keiser totally wail-on Jamie Dimon and JPMorgan Chase & Co - mpg) - (RTYuTb - 25min53sec - May 22, 2012) - Source:  RussiaToday - Producer:  MaxKeiserTV - Related:  MaxKeiserCom - Related:  MaxOnTwitter - (RussiaToday) -- A quote...."In this episode, Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, discuss naked short selling by Goldman Sachs and piling on JP Morgan all while being hounded by a Fox News helicopter. In the second half of the show Max talks to Francine McKenna of reTheAuditors.com about Jamie Dimon, London whales and MF Global."

Accidentally Released - and Incredibly Embarrassing - Documents Show How Goldman et al Engaged in 'Naked Short Selling' - Related Article - A quote...."It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes God smiles on us. Last week, he smiled on investigative reporters everywhere, when the lawyers for Goldman, Sachs slipped on one whopper of a legal banana peel, inadvertently delivering some of the bank’s darker secrets into the hands of the public."

Conflict of Interest: Dimon is CEO of JPMorgan and Fed Board Member
Related Article - A quote...."Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co. is a serving member of the board of the Federal Reserve Bank. -- Dimon was given his seat on the Fed’s board in 2007. He has enjoyed his position throughout the financial crisis that his and several other mega-banks have caused through irresponsible behavior on the global stock market." - also posted at BLN

An $8bn Loss Or Was JPMorgan 'Unhedged, Long-And-Wrong' Post-LTRO2?
Multiple Charts - Related Article - (A financial forensic analysis) -- A quote...."The full set of DTCC data is in (that is the repository for reporting CDS data) and reading between the lines provides us with some significant color on what was occurring at JPM's CIO office. For the Cliff Notes' version - see the summary at the bottom..."

'Vicious spiral of decline: Germany leads Europe into a worse crisis'
RTVideo - (RTYuTb - 5min17sec - May 21, 2012) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Germany's relentless push for Eurozone-wide austerity is driving the global economy towards catastrophe. So says the British Shadow Chancellor or opposition finance spokesman Ed Balls, who argues that someone's got to persuade Berlin to change course. To discuss this in more detail, RT talks to James Meadway, senior economist at the New Economics Foundation think-tank in London."

Piraeus bank sues Reuters over investigative report
Press Censorship - A quote...."One of Greece's biggest banks has filed a lawsuit against Reuters claiming 50 million euros in damages over a story that exposed a series of property deals between the bank and companies run by the family of its executive chairman."

IIF: Spain's bank losses could hit €260bn
A quote...."Spanish bank loan losses could hit €260bn (£210bn), with the industry likely to need some €60bn euros in outside help to stay afloat, the International Institute of Finance said Monday. " - "€60bn euros"??  HAH!  Add a zero to that figure....to start! - mpg

Egan Jones Cuts Spain To BB- From BB+
A quote...."Love them or hate them, Egan Jones is always about 1 month ahead of the other rating agencies...."


Sharp divisions on eve of EU summit
A quote...."European leaders meet on Wednesday to discuss the deepening European crisis. On the eve of the summit, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) issued a report that confirms the intensification of recessionary trends."

Eurobonds - Nationalism Meets Federalism
Despite what many idiots say, many on the comment board of ZeroHedge itself, Euro bonds would have been the way to go.  They should have been issued three years ago, to help tide over the indebted peripheral EU nations at zero percent while they abided by a debt work-out plan with well marked goal-posts and mile-stones.  And the EU should have reorganized the insolvent banks, fired their management and told the stockholders and bondholders to take a hike. Instead they did the exact opposite and gave all their money to the Banksters, as a consequence the EU is going down in flames. - mpg -- Topix....

• The Unholy Progeny of Blood Sucking Ticks and Leeches  -05-13-12 - mpg
• The Piss-ant "State" and the (Formally) Mighty EU - 04-28-12 - mpg
• The Sixth Law of War Time Currency Expansion Trumps the Fifth Law - 04-01-12 - mpg
• Attack of the Killer ZOG-Banksters - 12-16-11 - mpg
• The End-Stage Process of Mature Fiat-Currency-Capitalism - 11-30-11 - mpg
• A Quadruple Whammy - 12-16-10 - mpg

On Growing Tensions, Spreading Global Downturn And A Dead-End Greek Resolution
Financial Alert - A quote...."Just when one thought it was safe to come out of hiding from under the school desk after the latest nuclear bomb drill (because Europe once again plans on recycling the Euro bond gambit - just like it did in 2011 - so all shall be well), here comes David Rosenberg carrying the launch codes, and setting off the mushroom cloud."
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The NATO Summit.....

Bringing It All Back Home: Occupied Chicago is America's New Normal
A quote...."Gary Younge and Bernard Harcourt have good pieces in the Guardian about the "new normal" of America's militarized society, as exemplified by armed occupation of Chicago by a staggering array of "security" forces. - Younge notes the bitter irony of the word "security" in a city where the poor are being subjected to ever-increasing levels of violence both from private predators and public "protectors"" - also posted at BLN

'NATO war machine responsible for global violence'  - vid - (RTYuTb 2m57s 05/21/12) - Src: RT
Journalists Arrested, Beaten, Raided, and Held At Gunpoint By Police During NATO Protests
‘US terrorizes anti-NATO, Occupy protesters’ - contains vid
CNN Anchor on NATO protest to police: The whole world is watching, does anybody deserve this?
Chicago Police Beat NATO Protesters with Batons, Arrest Other Protesters Who Were in Possession of …
Obama hails police state methods in Chicago
Thousands March in Chicago Despite State Repression
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More On The International Situation....

Second round of Iran-P5+1 talks in Baghdad
PRSTVideo - Alt - (PRSYuTb - 23min38sec - May 22, 2012) - Source:  PressTVGlobalNews -- A quote.... "Iran may be working on a secret nuclear weapons program, some western countries claim. We are making peaceful use of nuclear energy as a committed member of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Iran insists. Since 20 years ago, Israel and the US have been talking about an imminent Iranian nuclear weapon. This, while the US National Intelligence Estimates since 2007 do not give credence to the allegations American leaders are making against Tehran."

IAEA to pen nuclear agreement with Iran: Amano
Related Article - A quote...."The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief says Iran and the UN nuclear agency have made a decision to reach an agreement aimed at resolving issues related to the country’s nuclear energy program."

Japan set to offer liability coverage for Iranian fuel tankers
A quote...."Japan is considering taking on the liability exposure for tankers that bring Iranian oil to the East Asian country to continue importing crude even after the full enforcement of the European Union’s oil sanctions."

Indian refiner MRPL secures Iranian insurance for oil shipment
A quote...."India’s refiner MRPL has received a crude cargo under the coverage of an Iranian insurance company to become the first Indian firm taking such an action in the face of oil embargoes against the Islamic Republic, sources say." - Source:  PressTV

Turkey's gas imports from Iran unaffected by deals with Iraq: Minister
A quote...."Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yildiz says Turkey’s imports of natural gas from Iraq will in no way affect the country’s imports of the energy source from Iran."
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NATO Using Al-Qaeda to Destabilize Syria
Must View AJVideo - Alt - (AJYuTb - 16min40sec - May 22, 2012) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."(AJC) – Infowars’ Infowars' Paul Joseph Watson is joined by Syrian Girl, an outspoken activist against NATO's campaign to use Al-Qaeda terrorists as a means of destabilizing the Assad regime. In this interview, Syrian Girl reveals the true intentions behind NATO's agenda in Syria as well as discussing other topics such as the charge that she is a pro-Assad mouthpiece, women in the truth movement, the Arab Spring and more."

Deadly blast rocks Syrian capital
al-CIA'da strikes again -A quote...."The blast is the latest in a series of explosions that have rocked the embattled country over the last couple of weeks. On Saturday a suicide bomb ripped through the parking lot of a security compound in the eastern city of Deir el-Zour, killing nine people and injuring 100. "

Syria Opposition Must Adhere to Annan Plan - Lavrov
A quote...."Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday again urged Syria's opposition disparate groups to comply with a UN-brokered ceasefire and end all violence."

UN Monitors Dispute Syrian Rebel Claims of Police Killings
A quote...."Violence in Syria is continuing today, with rebels from an unknown faction kidnapping a number of Shi’ite Lebanese pilgrims (either 11 or 13 depending on the source). The Free Syrian Army denied any role in the kidnapping, while speculating that the regime probably did it. -- Sunni militant factions linked with the rebels have repeatedly attacked Shi’ite targets across the nation, accusing them of being in league with the Assad regime. President Assad is a member of the Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shi’ism."

Forces unable to destabilize Syria turn to Lebanon - ministry
Special Note - Related Article - A quote...."MOSCOW. May 21 (Interfax) - Forces which have failed to implement their plans to destabilize Syria have turned to Lebanon, which is trying to prevent foreign intervention in Syria, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. - "Moscow is seriously concerned by growing internal tensions in Lebanon. It appears that the forces that have failed to realize their plans to destabilize Syria have turned to the neighboring Lebanon," the ministry said on its website on Monday."

Syria's War Comes to Beirut
Related Article - A quote...."BEIRUT — The streets of Beirut's working-class Sunni neighborhoods started filling up with all the signs of trouble by about 9 p.m. on Sunday night. Young men on scooters clustered together, barricading their neighborhoods with burning tires and overturned dumpsters. But even cynical observers of Lebanon's descent into chaos couldn't predict how bad it would get."

Nasrallah calls for restraint after Syria kidnapping
Related Article - A quote...."Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah has denounced the abduction of 13 Lebanese citizens by Syrian armed militants but also called for restraint and a measured response."
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New Zealand to pull Afghanistan troops next year
A quote...."WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- New Zealand says it will withdraw its small contingent of troops from Afghanistan a year earlier than planned."

Has Amnesty International Gone Mad? It Cheers NATO
A quote...."Where is Amnesty International's head? Karzai represenents the other faction of Afghan women despisers, the Warloards who were so disgusting in the early '90's that the Taliban women despisers looked good by comparison. And the US government stands by Karzai 100%. -- For a different point of view see what Afghan women in RAWA are saying."
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Bombings in Iraq kill six people, including four children
al-CIA'da strikes again - A quote...."Bombings in the center of the ethnically-mixed city of Baquba, north of Baghdad, killed six people including four children on Tuesday, an army officer and a doctor said. -- The attacks struck the homes of a Sunni anti-Qaeda militiaman and a formerly internally-displaced Shiite family, both of which are in a neighborhood that was an insurgent stronghold during the worst of Iraq's sectarian bloodshed."

Kids of "the Iraqi Hiroshima"
Photo-Gallery - (Very Grim) -- One wonders if all those faux-Christian, Zio-Worshiping, "Armageddon Cultists" are proud of what their tax dollars have done to the people of Fallujah.  DO they REALLY, HONESTLY, BELIEVE, that Jesus is going to take THEM to heaven for doing THIS or THIS or THIS? - mpg
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NATO air strike: Turkey backs Pakistan’s demand for US apology
A quote...."ISLAMABAD: Turkey, a member of the North-Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato), has thrown its weight behind Pakistan’s demand for an unconditional US apology over last year’s deadly Nato air strike."

Egyptians elect new President
A quote...."On May 23-24, Egyptians will cast their ballots in the first presidential election since the ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak. -- There are 11 candidates running for the country’s top job with the top five favorites including former Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa, former PM Ahmed Shafik, Abdel-Monem Abul Futuh, an Independent IsIamist, Mohamed Moursi, a senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood, and Hamdim Sabbah, a Socialist."

Neoliberalism vs. [Traditional?] Keynesianism in Mexico: Populist Lopez Obrador Moves Up in Polls
One assumes it's "traditional Keynesianism" that the Mexican people approve of, where the goverment tries to stimulate the economy by giving the money to the poor and not to the Banksters. - mpg

"I want to live in a state that’s not racist;" a Bedouin keeps fighting for his people’s rights
A quote...."After more than three years of expert testimony, evidence and deliberations, an Israeli court recently rejected an appeal filed by Bedouin activist Nuri al-Okbi demanding that his land ownership claim to his family’s ancestral land in the village of al-Araqib be officially recognized."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

EU Defends Right of Palestinians to Peaceful Protest
A quote...."The WAFA News Agency reported a statement issued by the spokesperson of the EU’s High Representative Catherine Ashton yesterday that the European Union defended the right of Palestinians to hold peaceful protests against illegal Israeli settlement construction on their land."

Israeli Forces Kidnap Three Palestinians, Take Them to Unknown Destinations
A quote...."The Palestinian News Network, PNN, and Israeli Newspaper, "Yediot Ahronot", reported that Israeli forces invaded several areas of the West Bank yesterday, and kidnapped nine Palestinians. The Israeli Army transferred the detainees to unknown destinations to investigate allegations that they are wanted by the army."

Israeli Military Probing 15 Cases of Soldiers Ignoring Settler Attacks on Palestinians
A quote...."Haaretz reported today that from the start of the second intifada in September 2000 through December 2011, the human rights group B'Tselem filed 57 complaints over soldiers who allegedly did not stop such violent attacks on Palestinians. Few appear to have been followed up. The latest was filed after a filmed incident on Saturday."

Israel urged to release satellite TV director
A quote...."BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli authorities should release the director of a new Palestinian satellite broadcaster who has been detained since Thursday, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday."

Citizen journalism focuses on Israeli occupation
A quote...."ASEERA AL-QIBLIYA (Reuters) -- Amateur video of Israeli soldiers appearing to watch idly as settlers opened fire on Palestinians throwing stones has emphasized the growing power of citizen journalism in the occupied West Bank."

Settler [Gang-Banger] Attack: Palestinian man shot in head in Asira al-Qibliya
A quote...."Asira al-Qibliya, a village located south-west of Nablus, was attacked by illegal Israeli settlers [gang-bangers] yesterday. The attack lasted all afternoon leaving 7 Palestinians injured, of which 5 required hospitalization. Settlers [Gang-bangers] fired live ammunition at the Palestinians, and one man was in critical condition after being shot in the head." - This is what happens when you don't have your own guns to defend yourself. - mpg

Jewish settlers [thugs] attack Bethlehem village
A quote...."BETHLEHEM, (PIC)-- Dozens of Jewish settlers attacked Taku village to the south east of Bethlehem on Tuesday night, local sources said. -- They said that the settlers came in around 20 vehicles under protection of the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and tried to assault citizens and shop owners."

IOF soldiers round up nine Palestinians
A quote...."WEST BANK, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up nine Palestinian citizens in various West Bank areas at dawn Wednesday, Hebrew media reported. -- Yediot Ahronot said on its website that IOF soldiers launched an early search and arrest campaign in a number of West Bank areas on Wednesday. -- It said that the detainees were taken to interrogation centers for questioning."

Farmland exploited for Israeli military exercises
A quote...."Monday the 21 of May is the third day in a row of Israeli military exercises in and around the small Palestinian village of Khirbet Atwayel outside Nablus. These exercises prevent the farmers from working on their lands and force the villagers to sleep under the sound of heavy shelling with the constant presence of soldiers."

HASS: In remote Palestinian villages, catastrophe becomes routine 22May12
A quote...."Jinba’s simple stone homes were demolished by the IDF for the first time in 1954, and then again in the 1980s; there was an evacuation justified on the grounds that this is “a training firing zone.” There was to be a (conditional ) return to the village following a yet-to-be-concluded legal fight. There have been military exercises in the village’s fields, and these have recently resumed ahead of High Court hearings. In a kind of tango with bans imposed by the government come reprisals and attacks launched by settlers. All this is routine."

The ‘Black Sunday’ of Palestine: Oyoun Qarra Massacre, 20.05.1990
Special Note - A quote...."Abdil Rahim, Ziyad, Zayid, Sleiman, Omar, Zaky and Yousif carried their small lunch bags with a few bread loaves, a tomato and a sardine can, and said goodbye to their families in the early hours of Sunday 20.05.1990. It was very early in the morning, the sun hadn’t risen yet, and the refugee camps were engulfed in total darkness. The usually busy and noisy narrow roads and alleys were empty and quiet. The children were still asleep and dreaming of the toy and the colouring book their fathers will bring them back from work...."
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The On-Going Fukushima Meltdown Disaster....

The Australian: Catastrophic radiation contamination at rice fields 60km from Fukushima Daiichi — No crop for at least 300 years — Farmer now living in Queensland -- A quote...."JAPANESE farmer Takemi Shirado still sounds grief-stricken and shell-shocked when talking about last year’s Fukushima nuclear disaster that so devastated his rural community. -- Catastrophic radiation contamination of the soil means his family won’t be able to sow rice on their Iwaki rice paddies, about 60km from the crippled defunct power plant, for at least 300 years."
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Amerika's FrankenFood Disaster, Vaccine Cover-Up & The Monsanto Monster....

The War on Nutrition with Dr. Joel Wallach
AJVideo - (AJYuTb - 43min50sec - May 22, 2012) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."A biomedical research pioneer, Dr. Joel D. Wallach, DVM, ND spent more than 40 years in the field of Veterinary Medicine, observing and researching the effects of individual nutrients on animal health, before becoming a Naturopathic Physician in 1982. Today, Dr. Wallach is renowned for his groundbreaking research on the health benefits of selenium and other minerals. He currently dedicates his time to lecturing throughout the world on the therapeutic benefits of vitamins and minerals, and on lobbying the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on behalf of the dietary supplement industry."

Colony Collapse Disorder: I Keep Finding Dead Bees Everywhere!
Video - (YuTb - 1min58sec - May 22, 2012) - PrisonPlanetLive -- A quote...."(AJC) – I was outside all the time when I was a kid but never found dead bees. Now I find them almost every time I step out into the garden. Colony Collapse Disorder is a real environmental threat and now Monsanto is hunting down whistleblowers who expose the fact that their herbicides are causing it."

Not so organic - USDA accused of conspiracy with agribusiness insiders
A quote...."A watchdog group that handles issues dealing with the American agriculture industry is lashing out at the federal government for allegedly corrupting the advisory board that oversees organic food stuffs in the United States."

Monday May 21st 2012

AIPAC Congress -- Who Owns Your Congressperson? - posted at ICH
Must Read - A quote...."May 21, 2012 "Information Clearing House" --   This is the internal AIPAC memo shown on 60 Minutes in which the money to different candidates was mentioned with figures. It must have been just one day’s assignment because the numbers are small. -- POSTSCRIPT: 11 House members voted against AIPAC’s “Bomb Iran” resolution as described here.  The transcript below explains the other votes. -- Here is the full rollcall...."


No cash for NATO adventures in Afghanistan, but Pentagon stays'
Must View RTVideo - (RTYuTb - 7min37sec - May 21, 2012) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."And, as protests unfolded in the streets outside the NATO summit - some big announcements have been made inside. The talks mainly focused on Afghanistan and missile defense in Europe - with the bloc's chief saying the shield is up and running with 'interim capability'. RT's Gayane Chichakyan reports. And also to discuss the implications of what's been achieved at the NATO summit so far RT talks to Asia Times roving correspondent Pepe Escobar"

New Zealand troopers to leave Afghanistan earlier than planned: FM
A quote...."New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Murray McCully says his country plans to take its troops out of Afghanistan one year ahead of schedule. -- McCully said on Tuesday that about 145 troops stationed in the central Afghan province of Bamiyan will come home in late 2013 instead of 2014."

'Crushing Bahrain revolution crucial to war plans against Iran'
RTVideo - (RTYuTb - 5min32sec - May 19, 2012) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Annexation - that's what tens of thousands of protesters in the Middle East are calling new Arab union plans. It comes after Saudi Arabia said it wants to form an alliance with Bahrain, paving the way for an EU-style of integration. Independent political analyst Dan Glazebrook explains why he thinks the Bahraini government is so supportive of the plan."

Saad Hariri Aides Western Syria Destabilization from Lebanon
A quote...."May 21, 2012 -The United Nations has been inexplicably silent over revelations that the United States, Saudi Arabia, and other "Gulf States," are arming militants in Syria in direct violation of a UN brokered ceasefire. Additionally, the US has openly threatened to arm Kurd militants in Syria to "rise up" against the government. While in reality this constitutes a greater threat to neighboring Turkey, and perhaps an attempt to motivate Ankara to take a more aggressive stance against Syria, the threat of purposefully inciting more violence in a conflict that has allegedly claimed "10,000" lives, seems not only grossly irresponsible, but a violation of international peace."

Regarding the articles shown above, see.....The Free Peoples of Middle Earth - 05-19-12 - mpg
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More on the Domestic Situation.....

Bipartisan Congressional Bill Would Authorize the Use of Propaganda On Americans Living Inside America
A quote...."An amendment that would legalize the use of propaganda on American audiences is being inserted into the latest defense authorization bill….  The amendment would “strike the current ban on domestic dissemination” of propaganda material produced by the State Department and the Pentagon, according to the summary of the law at the House Rules Committee’s official website." - see comment shown below.....


Tony Blair and George Bush's phone conversation a week before Iraq invasion 'must be released'
A quote...."Words that Tony Blair spoke over the phone to George Bush on the eve of the Iraq war are to be made public, a tribunal ordered today. - The Foreign Office has been ordered to release parts of the note detailing the conversation on 12 March 2003, a week before the invasion of Iraq began."

Recovery or Collapse? Bet on Collapse - posted at ICH
A quote...."May 21, 2012 "Information Clearing House" -- The US financial system and, probably, the financial system of Europe, like the police, no longer serves a useful social purpose. -- In the US the police have proven themselves to be a greater threat to public safety than private sector criminals. I just googled “police brutality” and up came 183,000,000 results. (Here are two recent brutal assaults, one deadly, by police on hapless individuals...." - Source:  PaulCraigRoberts
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The NATO Summit.....

Chicago Police Raid on Luke Rudkowski Goes Viral!
AJVideo - (AJYuTb - 18min07sec - May 21, 2012) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Luke Rudkowksi, Tim Pool, Jeoff Shively, Dustin & Jess were driving home after covering a NATO protest in Chicago only to have their car raided by police."

Veterans symbolically discard service medals at anti-NATO rally
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens....

Will China Make the Yuan a Gold-Backed Currency?
A quote...."Larry Edelson – - writes today...."


"Edelson is a financial adviser who travels frequently to Asia, a former high-volume gold trader who is interviewed a lot in the mainstream  financial media. - I have no idea whether Edelson is right or not.  But he’s not the first to make the claim."

Did The Fed Just Give Us A Very Big Clue Just How Big JPM's CIO Loss May Be?
A quote...."Well, in addition to some well justified egg in Dimon's face, today's results actually have some far more troubling implications. Because while we now know that the buyback is over, what we still don't know, because Jamie Dimon refuses to tell us, is just how big the CIO P&L loss as of close today."

The Elephant In The Room: European Capital (Out)flows And Another €215 Billion In Spanish Deposit Flight
Chart -- A quote...."Frequent readers know that Citi's Matt King is our favorite analyst from the bailed out firm. Which is why we read his latest just released piece with great interest. And unfortunately for our European readers, if King is right, things in Europe are going to get far worse, before they get better, if at all."

Four Reasons Why The Euro Is Not Crashing
Special Note - Charts - (click to enlarge) -- A quote...."Based on a swap-spread-based model, EURUSD should trade around 1.30, but based on GDP-weighted sovereign credit risk EURUSD should trade around 1.00; so who is right and what are the factors that supporting the Euro at higher levels than many would assume (given the rising probability of a Euro-zone #fail and the 0.82 lows from 2000)." - Topix ||  The Piss-ant "State" and the (Formally) Mighty EU - 04-28-12 - mpg  ||
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More On The International Situation....

U.S. Has Spent $642 Billion on Afghan War, Including almost $200 Billion for This Year and Next
A quote..."While Washington’s rhetoric has focused recently on the coming end to the war in Afghanistan, its spending on the conflict is not at all waning. -  Between this year and next, the federal government plans to spend nearly $200 billion on the war. If it does so, the U.S. will have spent about $642 billion since 2001 on fighting the Taliban, al-Qaeda and allied groups, local militias and warlords in Afghanistan."

US sub infuriates Filipino nationalists
A quote...."The appearance of a United States nuclear-powered submarine near the Philippines violates a Philippine law banning nuclear weapons and is escalating the country's territorial row with China, Filipino citizens and analysts said."

United States Sends Combat Commanders to Colombia - And the Empire expands....again - mpg
A quote...."U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff commander General Martin Dempsey visited Colombia on March 29 to announce that within weeks U.S. military personnel will operate from a military base there with the newly formed Vulcan Task Force." - also posted at AlethoNews
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Israeli "Settler" Shoots at Palestinians While IDF Soldiers Stand By - posted at ICH
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 2min36sec - May 20, 2012) - Source:  btselem -- A quote...."May 21, 2012  --- B'Tselem releases video of clashes between settlers and Palestinians near Itzhar on Saturday; 24-year-old Palestinian wounded as a result of the shooting. -- A new video released by B'Tselem on Sunday shows a settler allegedly firing live ammunition at Palestinians in Asira al-Qibliya, near Nablus, while soldiers stand idly by."

Sunday May 20th 2012

No posts. - mpg

Saturday May 19th 2012

Medvedev Warns of ‘Full-Blown Wars’
Quote of the Day...."Military intervention in the sovereign affairs of other states may lead to outright war, including nuclear war, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday. -- “The introduction of all sorts of collective sanctions bypassing international institutions does not improve the situation in the world while reckless military operations in foreign states usually end up with radicals coming to power,” he told an international legal forum in St. Petersburg. -- “At some point such actions, which undermine state sovereignty, may well end in a full-blown regional war and even - I’m not trying to spook anyone - the use of nuclear weapons,” he said. -- The right of nations to choose their own path of development is a universal value...."

Congressmen Seek To Lift Propaganda Ban - Article also posted at ICH
Propaganda Alert - also posted at AlethoNews -- Obviously getting tired of the many complaints they've received about the DoD's, CIA's and others of their ilk openly violating the laws against force feeding American citizens government propaganda, Congress has simply decided to remove the laws instead of enforcing them.  Since the mass-infotainment complex -- stenographers of the Bankster/War Machine -- were the only ones to even broadcast this garbage, and since they're going down in flames anyway as everyone tunes them out and turns them off, it's doubtful this will have any real impact.  Except of course to show just how little concern our representitutes give for this nation's constitution. - mpg

Are Americans Catching On, Waking Up, Unplugging? - posted at ICH
A quote...."May 19, 2012 "Information Clearing House" -- In response to the question in the title I can report that most of my readers are. Almost everyone got the point of the last column. They see the absurdity of the government’s claim that the identity of the tough, macho Navy Seals, who allegedly murdered Osama bin Laden, has to be kept secret in order to protect our fierce warriors from reprisals from Muslim terrorists, while those government officials responsible for the torture and deaths of large numbers of Muslims can walk around, identity known, unprotected and safe." - Source: PaulCraigRoberts - also posted at 9/11InsdJob

Beware false flag attack on Chicago NATO Summit by US War Criminals
False Flag Update - A quote...."Imagine that you are an evil advisor to the criminal 1%, and faced with this problem: the 99% are developing geometrically-increasing recognition of the 1%’s “emperor has no clothes” obvious War Crimes and economic looting, despite corporate media’s propaganda to lie and distract from those crimes (full documentation here, PuppetGov video to see it here)."
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It's Time to "Kill the Bank" and Get Rid of the Banksters
05-19-12
mpg

The Politics of Language and the Language of Political Regression
A quote...."May 18, 2012 "Information Clearing House" -- Capitalism and its defenders maintain dominance through the ‘material resources’ at their command, especially the state apparatus, and their productive, financial and commercial enterprises, as well as through the manipulation of popular consciousness via ideologues, journalists, academics and publicists who fabricate the arguments and the language to frame the issues of the day."

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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

Barack 'Obamastein' is 'da Man
A quote...."Notice that fuel prices have been dropping the last few weeks? This is the time of year when they usually rise, since Wall Street knows they can put the screws to us peons who can afford to take a vacation. -- Why is that? Why are fuel prices dropping instead of rising? -- Because the Zionist owned Fed, their Wall Street banks and their control over most of our government is letting us 'little people' think our hijacked government is watching out for our needs. -- But don't be fooled. Apartheid Israel and their cronies in NY and DC are more than happy with 'Barack Obamastein' and want him back as president...."

Kristol: Lieberman will be Secretary of State in Romney Administration - posted at ICH
A quote...."May 19, 2012 "Information Clearing House" -- On Tuesday at Manhattan’s B’nai Jeshurun Synagogue during a debate with J Street founder and President Jeremy Ben-Ami, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol predicted that the next U.S. Secretary of State in a Romney administration would be Senator Joe Lieberman." - Source:  PassionateAttchmnt

House Passes Stealth Legislation
HR 4133 -- A quote...."Go to Google and type in “H.R. 4133.” You will discover that, apart from a handful of blogs and alternative news sites, not a single mainstream medium has reported the story of a congressional bill that might well have major impact on the conduct of United States foreign policy. H.R. 4133, the United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012, was introduced into the House of Representatives of the 112th Congress on March 5 “to express the sense of Congress regarding the United States-Israel strategic relationship, to direct the president to submit to Congress reports on United States actions to enhance this relationship and to assist in the defense of Israel, and for other purposes.” The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) reportedly helped draft the bill, and its co-sponsors include Republicans Eric Cantor and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Democrats Howard Berman and Steny Hoyer. Hoyer is the Democratic whip in the House of Representatives, where Cantor is majority leader. Ros-Lehtinen heads the Foreign Affairs Committee. "

Madeleine Albright and Iraq Genocide Memorial Day
A quote...."In this sixteenth anniversary year of Madeleine Albright stating her endorsement of half a million child sacrifices at the altar of the UN Embargo on Iraq as a “price worth it”, this silent holocaust is to be commemorated annually. -- In New Haven, Ct., On 12th May, marking the day of Albright’s infamous broadcast, a banner was unfurled and a minute’s silence held as the Middle East Crisis Committee, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CT), the Tree of Life Education Fund and We Refuse to be Enemies, inaugurated the first Iraq Genocide Memorial Day." - also posted at AlethoNews
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The Free Peoples of Middle Earth
05-19-12 - revised 05-21-12 & 06-21-12
mpg

Fajr satellite launch shows Iran scientific prowess: Defense minister
And this is WHY Israel must destroy Iran, they're one of Israel's only major geo-economic, technological, nation-state, competitors left in the Middle East, besides Turkey. 

After the AIPAC/Israeli Consortium gets done with Syria and Iran, Turkey, which has several competing economic interests in the Middle East versus Israel, will probably be next.  Most likely Israel will use the Kurds to disrupt Turkey and as the Turkish government is provoked into responding harshly, Israel and their minions will call for another M2P (mission to protect) against the nation-state that was once called Turkey, but as with Iraq and Libya, will soon be no more. 

Again, to understand what's happening in the Middle East, one should think of the AIPAC/Israeli Consortium and their minions in Washington DC, Britain and the Gulf Monarchies as flesh eating bacteria. 


They intend to use their al-CIA'da shock troops to dissolve and destroy the connective nationalistic tissues that bind these newly formed entities into one national whole.  They intend to destroy and disrupt the cultural, political, and economic institutions, that were laboriously built by the indigenous natives to hold their nation states together since the last set of colonial incursions that occurred more than a century ago.

A process they've become highly adept at under the tutelage of their new masters in Tel Aviv.

Or if you prefer a movie analogy, think...."Lord of the Rings".
 
Mordor a.k.a. the Black Land, the Land of Shadow (the US-NRE) the psychotic Golem, monstrous in its evil, laying waste to whole nations with its Winged Nazgûl and its inhuman demonic slayers, which it constantly issues forth from Minas Morgul (the Pentagon).  Like a dark plague they ceaselessly prowl the earth, murdering all those who stand in the way of the Great Plan (The PNAC Protocols). Mordor is a terrible land, a hideous land, a land where the very food and water are poisoned and befouled by the dark lords who rule there. 


It is a land where the Great Eye of Sauron, lidless, ever watchful (TIA, NSA, DHS, TSA) sees all those who reside in Mordor and everything they do, nothing escapes its baleful gaze, a gaze that pierces clothing and even flesh . Mordor is the muscle for this enterprise of worldwide enslavement, however, for the brains behind it all, the hidden schemers who planned and willed it into fruition through their dark hidden influences, we must seek elsewhere....

Isengard, a.k.a. the Iron Fortress, currently in the midst of constructing its "Iron Dome" (Israel) is where you will find the fiendish plotters who set all this terrible destruction in motion, the people who have a history of staging attacks while blaming others, this is where they've constructed their lair, by the shores of the inland sea (Mediterranean), on the bones and lives of the people who formally lived their.  Using the wealth of Mordor, and their almost complete control over Mordor's vast resources, including their banks, they not only provide themselves with a rich lifestyle, they also intend to bring death and destruction to all who live in Middle Earth (the Middle East) and any who dare appose their plans for a new empire.

The Sea Pirates (Britain). Masters of the black arts and inventors of the psedu-gangs. (Groups of people selected for their madness and insanity and who are brought together, armed by the Sea Pirates, to inflict terrible atrocities on innocents and whose vile acts can thus be blamed on all those who appose Mordor's merciless armies and Isengard's plans)  The Sea Pirates were once a formidable sea empire in their own right.  Having fallen on hard times they now tag along in the shadow of Mordor, and in the service of Isengard's plans, to wrest what few scraps, booty and bits of bling they can glean from the carnage they've helped inflict on the world's innocent peoples.

The Barbarous, Wicked, Cruel, Hoards from the Kingdoms South and East of Mordor (the Gulf Monarchies) Composed of Mannish allies such as the Easterlings and Southrons (Haradrim), they are used as shock troops by Mordor and Isengard to further their plans of conquest These cruel hoards from the despotic and degenerate kingdoms of the South and East intend to foist a false, state controlled religion, on the pious Muslim believers in the rest of Middle Earth.  They believe this will allow them to control their populations, to enslave them for their dark masters in Isengard and Mordor. They will be proven wrong. These wicked allies, and their endless acts of mayhem and murder, are constantly being used as an excuse by Isengard's minions in Mordor to bring a second darkness not only to all those who live in Middle Earth....but to all the other peoples living elsewhere in the world. - mpg

** Quote from the The Mythos of J. R. R. Tolkien

• Viral-Neocons : A clinical medical diagnosis - 05-25-06 - mpg
• The PNAC Protocols - A Strategy For Israel in the 1980s
• The US's New Map of the Middle East
• The US's New Map Of Iraq (Alt)
• US Sponsored Civil Wars - Iraq
  
• The US's New Map Of Libya (Alt)
• US Support of Terror - AL-CIA'da In Libya - New Section!!
• The US's New Map Of Syria (Alt)
  
• US Support of Terror - MEK - PKK - Others
• Recent Congressional Support for the MEK, MKO and Other Terrorist Organizations - New Section!!

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The Incompatibility of Nakba and Neutrality
Great photo - A quote...."For the religious establishment there can be no such thing as neutrality in dealing with how humans treat one another.  It is immoral under any religious system to remain neutral in the face of evil. “Little children, love one another” is not just a bumper sticker; it is a divine command."

Congressman Endorses Apartheid, Ethnic Cleansing for Palestinians
A quote...."As for whether this plan would also constitute ethnic cleansing: Well, when you (1) tell members of an ethnic group that the land they live on is being given to another nation; (2) tell them that neither they nor their descendants will be allowed to vote in that nation's elections, even though next-door neighbors of a different ethnicity can; (3) tell them that the only way to avoid this fate is to go to another country--yeah, I'd call that ethnic cleansing, at least of a "soft" variety."

Intel Dump, May 18, 2012
All the dirt you probably don't want to know about....but should. One particular section caught this website editor's eye - mpg -- A quote...."This is the curious issue here.  4000 Murdoch “hacking” texts, audio files and documents are being withheld from the public.  High ranking and very knowledgeable sources have confirmed that what has been made public thus far in the British investigations of the Murdoch hacking/blackmail scandal has been the “mildest” material.  ---  Evidence not release tells a story of child abductions for sexual purposes and members of nearly every major European organization having some involvement with child sex trafficking with simple “child pornography” the least of the crimes.  Involvement is at every  level of government in Britain, the European Union, NATO and members states.  ---  Originally some assumed Murdoch to be an Australian “yellow journalist.”  Then his strong ties to Israel became known, his Zionist views and practice of the Jewish religion.  It was assumed that the blackmail ring misrepresented as a collection of “scandal rags” were operating only as a front for Israeli intelligence in order to “stir the pot” and continue the series of Middle Eastern wars that have been raging for over a decade, wars now generally considered both illegal and unpopular in every western nation."
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More on the Domestic Situation.....

Patriot Act Memo Will Stay Under Wraps - And the cover-up continues....
A quote...."MANHATTAN (CN) - New York Times reporter Charlie Savage has lost his effort to expose the U.S. government's secret interpretation of a section of the Patriot Act, a federal judge ruled."

Michael Rivero Broadcasting on Justin TV - May 18th 2012
MRVideo - Related:  Republic Broadcasting dot Org - Donate:  click here -- (JustinTV - 2hrs - May 18th, 2012) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire and many other issues.

The Government Is Raping You: Sibel Edmonds
Must View AJVideo - (AJYuTb - 1hr1min55sec - May 19, 2012) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel - Website:  BoilingFrogs - Alex Jones interviews Sibel Edmonds about her new book "Classified Woman", [BkFndr] -- A quote...."In this startling new memoir, Sibel Edmonds—the most classified woman in U.S. history—takes us on a surreal journey that begins with the secretive FBI and down the dark halls of a feckless Congress to a stonewalling judiciary and finally, to the national security whistleblowers movement she spearheaded. Having lived under Middle East dictatorships, Edmonds knows firsthand what can happen when government is allowed to operate in secret. Hers is a sobering perspective that combines painful experience with a rallying cry for the public's right to know and to hold the lawbreakers accountable. With U.S. citizens increasingly stripped of their rights in a calibrated media blackout, Edmonds' story is a wake-up call for all Americans who, willingly or unwillingly, traded liberty for illusive security in the wake of 9/11."
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The NATO Summit.....

The Empire Holds Its War Council in Chicago
A quote...."The administration imposed the most draconian police state legal structures in U.S. history before summoning the heads of NATO to Chicago. NATO accounts for 70 percent of military spending on the planet – combining the capacities of yesterday’s imperialists and the current superpower. “The Black man in the White House is seen, ironically, as the last best hope of the old colonial racial order and the rule of capital.”" - That's pronounced "faux-capital", it ain't real! - mpg

NATO occupies sweet home Chicago
A quote...."So the anthem now goes something like this: C'mon, baby don't you wanna go/back to that same old place/sweet home ring of steel Chicago. -- Robert Johnson must be spitting fire in his bluesy grave because the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), for its 25th summit, is occupying Chicago like it was Kabul - with Americans treated as concentric circles of Taliban. The Department of Homeland Security has branded the summit a "National Special Security Event"; that means the Secret Service, in practice, has taken over Chicago. -- It's lockdown time - complete with Iraq-style concrete barriers; battalions sporting upgraded riot gear; "extraction teams" to snatch and grab pinpointed protesters in a "low intensity conflict" environment; and an Orwellian guest star, the LRAD (long-range acoustic device) - a sound cannon bound to "ensure a consistent message is delivered to large crowds", according to the Chicago Police Department. -- It sounds like a zany remake of John Landis's immortal The Blues Brothers...."

Protester Tears Down NATO Banner
Protesters rally in Loop, police presence enormous
NATO protesters released from jail
Impromptu Protest March Slows Traffic In Loop, 2 Arrested
Martial Law In Effect - Preemptive NATO Raids Jailing Activists Without Charge
Chicago cops start preemptive arrests on the eve of NATO Summit
Lawyers Guild claims NATO activists “disappeared” without warrant or charges
Army Convoy Heading Towards NATO Summit As Chicago Law Enforcement Prepares For War With Protesters
Iraq, Afghanistan vets to hand back medals at NATO summit
Chicago Militarized for NATO - Src - Alt
Life in Occupied Chicago
3 protesters charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism
Friday's NATO rally: Sights and sounds  - vids
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens....

Big Risk: $1.2 Quadrillion Derivatives Market Dwarfs World GDP
A quote...."One of the biggest risks to the world's financial health is the $1.2 quadrillion derivatives market. It's complex, it's unregulated, and it ought to be of concern to world leaders that its notional value is 20 times the size of the world economy. But traders rule the roost -- and as much as risk managers and regulators might want to limit that risk, they lack the power or knowledge to do so."

JPMorgan shares lurch down again as trading losses hit $3bn
Was that three billion or thirty billion?  Oh, that's right, this is the "early phase" of the "disclosure process". - mpg -- A quote...."Jamie Dimon's worst fears [Now that's just silly, Jamie has no "fears", he knows Bernie, his best Bankster Buddie ever, will bail him out with as many bogus buco bucks as they can possibly beg, borrow or print. - mpg] for the scale of losses on the "London Whale" derivatives disaster could be coming true in double-quick time."

JPM’s CIO Loss Widens to $5 Billion - Well....that was quick! - mpg
A quote...."Last weekend we advised SD readers that our sources had informed us that JPMorgan’s derivatives losses sustained by their CIO desk were actually $100 Billion, not the $2 Billion admitted by Jamie Dimon to investors. -- Well, one week later, the MSM (WSJ) is now reporting that JPM’s CIO has now lost $5 billion."

Alasdair Macleod: All Roads In Europe Lead To Gold
A quote...."This week we bring back Alasdair Macleod, publisher of Finance and economics.org, because, as he puts it "every horror that we discussed last time we spoke is coming about". Especially scary since our previous conversation with him was less than three weeks ago..."

18 Signs That The Banking Crisis In Europe Has Just Gone From Bad To Worse
A quote...."With each passing day, the banking crisis in Europe escalates.  European banks are having their credit ratings downgraded in waves, bond yields are soaring and billions of euros are being pulled out of banks all across the eurozone.  The situation in Europe is rapidly going from bad to worse.  It is almost like watching air being let out of a balloon.  The key to any financial system is confidence, and right now confidence in banks in Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal is declining at an alarming rate." - also posted at BLN & PrisonPlanet

Greek euro exit could throw UK 'into long-term recession' [says Robert Chote]
Yes....but....the UK already IS in a long-term recession.  Maybe he meant "long-term depression"? - mpg -- A quote...."Greece leaving the euro could plunge Britain into a recession that would cause lasting damage to the economy, the chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility, Robert Chote, has said. - It could be as bad as the recession caused by the credit crunch [which never ended. - mpg] and there would be a possibility that "you go down and you never quite get back up to where you started", he said."

Friday Night Tape Bomb: Spain Hikes Budget Deficit From 8.5% to 8.9%
A quote...."Just when we though that nobody would take advantage of the cover provided by the epic flame out of the FaceBomb IPO and the ongoing market crash, here comes Spain. Because there is nothing quite like a little Friday night action following a market drubbing and an "IPO for the people" shock in which to sneak the news that, oops, sorry, we were lying about all that austerity."

Iceland, a country that wants to punish the bankers responsible for the crisis
A quote...."Since 2008 the vast majority of the Western population dream about saying "no" to the banks, but no one has dared to do so. No one except the Icelanders, who have carried out a peaceful revolution that has managed not only to overthrow a government and draft a new constitution, but also seeks to jail those responsible for the country's economic debacle." - bold by website editor

Argentina's Economic Collapse (FULL VERSION)
Video - Historical Note - (YuTb - 59min06sec - Apr 17, 2011) - Source:  TheLeftSpace
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More On The International Situation....

Press TV signals jammed on Hotbird
War Alert - (This is a test.  This is a test of the broadcast interruption to be carried out during a possible attack against Iran - mpg) -- A quote...."Interruption of the broadcast of Press TV programs on Hotbird satellite on frequency 12437 MHz began at 11:00 GMT on Saturday and is still ongoing."

Target Iran: America and Israel to Officially Unleash MEK Terrorist Cult
A quote...."Specifically, the US officials stated that Israel’s Mossad was financing, training and arming an Iranian dissident group that goes by many names, but which we’ll call the People’s Mujahedin of Iran (MEK) for now. In return, the MEK is “providing Israel with information.” Speaking through NBC, these unknown officials confirmed what Larijani and the Iranian government have been saying for years: that Israel, through the MEK, carried out the attacks in which motorcycle-borne assailants attached sophisticated magnetic bombs to the exterior of the victims’ cars. The US officials further stated that the Obama administration is aware of the assassination campaign but has no direct involvement." - Topix ||  Recent Congressional Support for the MEK, MKO and Other Terrorist Organizations - New Section!!  ||
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US-Backed Syrian Rebels Now Trained by Kosovo’s KLA Terrorists
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 4min27sec - May 16, 2012) - Source:  GlobalResearchTV -- A quote...."(RussiaToday) – The same horrors that were witnessed during the war in Kosovo are now apparently being prepared for the multi-confessional Syrian population by Islamist Syrian Liberation Army trained in Muslim Kosovo in the middle of Europe."

Lebanese army seizes weapons, explosives near Syria border
A quote...."The Lebanese army has seized a consignment of weapons and explosives near the Syrian border, apparently destined for armed gangs fighting against the Damascus government." - also posted at AlethoNews
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French troops will leave Afghanistan in 2012: Hollande
A quote...."French President Francois Hollande has met with US President Barack Obama in Washington and announced that he will withdraw all French combat troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year, as originally scheduled."

2 NATO Troops Killed in Afghanistan Rocket Attack
A quote...."NATO says a rocket attack in eastern Afghanistan has killed two of its service members."

In Afghanistan, New Group Begins Campaign of Terror
Pseudo-Gang Warning - A quote...."KABUL, Afghanistan — A new, more radical insurgent group has begun a campaign aimed at terrorizing both Afghan officials and moderate insurgents, according to Afghan officials."

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Panetta refuses paying $5k per container
So far, under the new deal, only five containers have been shipped.  If Panetta doesn't pay up, most of the  additional containers that are shipped, assuming that any are shipped at all, will wind up in the Taliban's hands....it's that simple. - mpg -- A quote...."WASHINGTON: US Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta ruled out paying Pakistan $5,000 for each truck carrying supplies across its territory for Nato troops waging the Afghanistan War."

Blasts in Baghdad bird market kill 5
al-CIA'da & The Saudi Royals Strike Again - A quote...."Three bombs struck near simultaneously at a busy bird market in eastern Baghdad on Friday morning, killing five people and wounding dozens, police and health officials said. -- Two police officials said the bird market in the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City was crowded with shoppers when the bombs exploded at around 7:00 a.m. The officials added that 37 people were wounded in the blasts. A hospital official confirmed the casualty toll." - articles shown below regarding a similar attack in 2007.....

• Bonus Material: 1,000 Year Old Baghdad Book Market Survives Bombing
• Many dead in Baghdad market bomb
• Car Bomb Explodes In Crowded Baghdad Book Market
• Baghdad Car Bomb Kills 20 on Booksellers’ Row