Wednesday June 15th 2011

No posts. - mpg

Tuesday June 14th 2011

More On The Domestic Situation....

'Gitmo prisoners tortured to death'
A quote...."Families of two detainees who died at Guantanamo Bay in 2006 say the prisoners were tortured to death, challenging Washington's claim that they committed suicide." - Topix ||  9/11-Iraq-Torture Fables  ||

CIA role suspected in 2003 Iraq prison homicide
A quote...."WASHINGTON — A secret US federal grand jury is looking into the role of CIA agents in several alleged "war on terror" abuse cases, including the November 2003 homicide of a prisoner at Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib prison, Time magazine reported Monday."

Special Report: Blocking Police Brutality with CopBlock.org – Gary Franchi
SPVideo - Alt - (SPYuTb - Jun 13, 2011) - Source:  lonelantern -- A quote...."(RealityReport) – In this special report Gary Franchi is joined by Nick Saorsa and Drew Phillips, contributors to the website CopBlock.org. They discuss the recent rise in police swat team usage and the practical and ways average Americans can take action to protect themselves against abuses from criminals who wear the badge." - Related:  ||  http://RTR.org  || http://CopBlock.org  ||

We’re Watching You… But Don’t You Dare Watch Us
Related Article - A quote...."We are told by cops – and the courts – that the rapidly metastasizing police state is “for our safety” (always for our safety) and that we shouldn’t worry if we’ve got nothing to hide – yet when police are on the receiving end of the same tactics they so urgently and even turgidly use against us, they tend not to like it so much. -- Video and audio recording of their doings, for example."

SWAT Team Mania: The War Against the American Citizen - Article also posted at ICH
A quote...."The militarization of American police – no doubt a blowback effect of the military empire – has become an unfortunate part of American life. In fact, it says something about our reliance on the military that federal agencies having nothing whatsoever to do with national defense now see the need for their own paramilitary units. Among those federal agencies laying claim to their own law enforcement divisions are the State Department, Department of Education, Department of Energy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Park Service, to name just a few. These agencies have secured the services of fully armed agents – often in SWAT team attire – through a typical bureaucratic sleight-of-hand...."

FBI Power to Snoop Expanded (Again)
A quote...."The Federal Bureau of Investigation is giving significant new powers to its roughly 14,000 agents — allowing them more leeway to search databases, go through household trash or use surveillance teams to scrutinize the lives of people who have attracted their attention."

Obama’s Hypocrisy – Whistleblowers Line Up to Take Back Transparency Award – James Corbett
CRVideo - Alt - (CRYuTb - 13min22sec - Jun 13, 2011) - Source:  corbettreport -- A quote...."(CorbettReport) – A group of American national security whistleblowers, civil liberty campaigners, anti-war groups, national whistleblower organizations and others are set to release a petition tomorrow asking a group of NGOs to take back the “transparency award” they bestowed on President Obama last March for his supposed attempt to fight against government secrecy."

Panetta: Obama Can Unilaterally Use Military to Protect ‘National Interests’
A quote...."(CNSNews.com) - CIA Director Leon Panetta, who President Barack Obama has nominated to be secretary of Defense, told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday that he believes the president can unilaterally use military force, without congressional authorization to “protect our national interests.”

Pentagon Ramps-Up Cyberwar Plans
Web Under Threat - A quote...."As the Obama administration expands Bush-era surveillance programs over the nation’s electronic communications’ infrastructure, recent media reports provide tantalizing hints of Pentagon plans for waging cyberwar against imperialism’s geopolitical rivals."

Remote Control Killing Like Sport
A quote...."It’s America’s newest sport. From distant command centers, far from target sights, sounds, and smells, operators dismissively ignore human carnage showing up as computer screen blips little different from video game images. The difference, of course, is people die, mostly noncombatants. More on that below." - Source:  SteveLendman

The Pentagon & slave labor in U.S. prisons
A quote...."Prisoners earning 23 cents an hour in U.S. federal prisons are manufacturing high-tech electronic components for Patriot Advanced Capability 3 missiles, launchers for TOW (Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided) anti-tank missiles, and other guided missile systems. A March article by journalist and financial researcher Justin Rohrlich of World in Review is worth a closer look at the full implications of this ominous development. (minyanville.com)" - also posted at BLN

Blackwater [a.k.a. Xe] Gets ‘Too Big To Fail,’ Hires AIG Castoff
A quote...."Nothing says, “We’re through with scandal!” quite like hiring a former executive from one of the country’s leading economic bloodsuckers."

10 Years Too Many: US and UK Must End Afghan War
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 3min12sec - Jun 13, 2011) - Source:  davidcnswanson -- A quote...."Anti-war activists David Swanson and George Galloway speak at the Stop the War Coalition's Conference on Afghanistan and calls for massive anti-war protest in Washington, DC, on October 6th, 2011."

US econ. fails due to 'military arrogance'
Contains Video - A quote...."The economic situation in the United States is "serious and getting worse" as the national debt is massively rising on a daily basis, says an economics professor."

Was The Iraq War Merely A Smokescreen For "The Largest Theft Of [Taxpayer] Funds In National History"?
A quote...."Back in 2004, following the disastrous Iraq war, started on false Weapons of Mass Destruction pretenses, and which was nothing but a backdoor subsidy to various energy contractors close to the Bush administration, the US government decided to impose a mini Marshall Plan and literally flood the country with billions in crisp $100 bills. The LA Times reports: "Pentagon officials determined that one giant C-130 Hercules cargo plane could carry $2.4 billion in shrink-wrapped bricks of $100 bills. They sent an initial full planeload of cash, followed by 20 other flights to Iraq by May 2004 in a $12-billion haul that U.S. officials believe to be the biggest international cash airlift of all time."

Pentagon Papers Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg Says that the Government Has ORDERED the Media Not to Cover 9/11 - Special Note - A quote...."It's big news that the Pentagon Papers have finally been released by the government. - But the statements from Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg about 9/11 have not been covered by the corporate media." - Topix ||  Reficultnias's 9/11 Central  ||

EXCLUSIVE: New Documents Claim Intelligence on Bin Laden, al-Qaeda [al-CIA'da] Targets Withheld From Congress' 9/11 Probe - A quote...."It was an exclusive story Truthout published May 23 in the wake of Bin Laden's death, focusing on a little-known intelligence unit that was ordered to stop tracking his movements prior to 9/11, and led Iron Man to contact Truthout to share previously undisclosed documents he recently obtained under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - PDF, which appear to cast further doubt on the official narrative and suggests high-level military and intelligence officials withheld key evidence from Congressional lawmakers probing the attacks."

Al Qaeda [Al CIA'da] Flying Planes Into the World Trade Center and Pentagon Was Foreseeable
A quote...."A whistleblower using the alias "Iron Man" was the head of a special joint military-intelligence operation called DO5, a branch of the Joint Forces Intelligence Command, alleges that his team knew that the World Trade Centers and Pentagon were likely targets of Al Qaeda, and that he ran this information up the chain of command."

The magical realism of body counts - Article also posted at ICH
A quote...."A gypsy named Melquiades who died many years ago in Singapore returned to live with the family of Colonel Aureliano Buendia in Macondo, because he could no longer bear the tedium of death. These are the kinds of characters that populate Gabriel Garcia Marquez's magnificent work One Hundred Years of Solitude. Today they also seem to occupy the tribal badlands of Pakistan's north-western frontier. -- On June 3, when Ilyas Kashmiri was killed in a US drone strike, he had already been dead for over a year. In September 2009, the CIA claimed that it killed Kashmiri along with two other senior Taliban leaders in North Waziristan. But the lure of the limelight was seemingly irresistible even in death, because on October 9, Kashmiri returned to give an interview to the late Syed Saleem Shahzad of Asia Times Online." - also posted at Uruknet

They Will Take Until You Break…..Charlie McGrath
CMcGVideo - Alt - (CMcGYuTb - 2min44sec - Jun 13, 2011) - Source:  crabbydogtrix

Keiser Report: Economic Melt-Through (E155)
MKVideo - Alt - (MKRTYuTb - 25min55sec - June 14th, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday - Producer:  Max Keiser TV-- A quote...."This week, Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, report on financial melt-through and bad actors. In the second half of the show, Max talks to David Morgan of Silver-Investor.com about Utah's new gold and silver legislation and Gresham's Law."

Broadcasting LIVE on Justin.tv - June 14 2011
MRVideo - Note:  To avoid the advertisements and the radio commentary goto - 8min 50sec - into the broadcast - mpg -- (JustInTV - 2hrs - June 14th, 2011) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero interviews Steve Lendman, discusses the ongoing crimes of empire, and many other issues. - mpg
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More On The International Situation....

U.S. needs to completely withdraw from Iraq - Article also posted at ICH
A quote..."Don’t count on the United States to withdraw its 47,000 troops from Iraq by the end of this year, as President Obama has promised. -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates, along with other Obama administration officials, has exerted tremendous pressure on the Iraqi government to “ask” the United States to keep troops in Iraq. Neither Iraqis nor Americans signed up for this kind of a deal: the permanent occupation of Iraq." - also posted at GlobalRsrch

Two US soldiers killed in southern Iraq
A quote...."Two US service members were killed yesterday while conducting operations in southern Iraq," the military said in a statement on Tuesday without giving further details. -- The casualties raised the number of American troops killed in Iraq to eight this month."

Kazakhstan's parliament rejects NATO deal on Afghanistan
A quote...."Kazakhstan's parliament has decided to abstain from joining the NATO-led international coalition in Afghanistan, a member of the lower house said on Wednesday."

UN attempts to whitewash US-NATO civilian killings in Afghanistan
A quote...."A 11 June press statement from the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan slates May 2011 as the deadliest month for Afghan civilians since at least 2007. However this big-hearted announcement conceals a grossly pernicious attempt to cover up US-NATO killings of civilians in occupied Afghanistan." - also posted at Uruknet

American held for spying on Pak N-facilities , to be deported
Special Note - War Alert - Without doubt the US-NRE is spying on Pakistan's nuclear facilities to develop target packages for an eventual sneak attack - and/or - to help "terrorists" launch an attack to steal some of Pakistan's nukes so they could be used in another false flag like 9/11!! - mpg -- A quote...."ISLAMABAD: A US national has been arrested for allegedly scouting nuclear facilities near the Pakistani capital and is expected to be deported soon as the interior ministry has already cancelled his visa. -- Matthew Craig Barrett, 27, was remanded to judicial custody for 14 days by a court in Islamabad on Saturday following his arrest from sector I-11 of Islamabad on Friday. -- He was then taken to Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi. Police said the interior ministry had ordered him to leave Pakistan by June 4 and his continued presence in the country violated the Foreigners Act."

Pakistan Arrests C.I.A. Informants in [Faux] Bin Laden Raid
A quote...."15 Jun 2011 Pakistan's top military spy agency has arrested some of the Pakistani informants who fed information to the Central Intelligence Agency in the months leading up to the raid that led to the death of 'Osama bin Laden,' according to U.S. officials. Pakistan's detention of five C.I.A. informants, including a Pakistani Army major who officials said copied the license plates of cars visiting Bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in the weeks before the raid, is the latest evidence of the fractured relationship between the United States and Pakistan."

Pakistan counts on full-scale SCO membership 'soon'
A quote...."Pakistan expects to receive full-fledged membership at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization soon, President Asif Ali Zardari said on Wednesday."

Iran: "Regime Change" or All Out War?
Must Read - A quote...."The geo-political chessboard is being lined up for a showdown with Iran and its allies in the Resistance Bloc. This is just one theatre within the broader struggle to control Eurasia. In the process there is an effort by Washington and its allies to manipulate Islam and subordinate it to capitalist interests by ushering in a new generation of Islamists amongst the Arabs." - also posted at DProgram - Topix ||  One Vile, Venom Tipped, Taloned Hand Washes the Other - (a.k.a. The Standard Model) - 07-28-10 - mpg  ||

Iran is too important for Moscow...
Special Note - Geo-Political Analysis - Related Article - A quote...."The population of Iran doubled over the three decades since the Islamic Revolution in the country, with people under 25 comprising 75% of its population. The level of mass education in Iran is exceptional when seen against the overall background of the Middle East. Iran's economy is in decent shape despite the lasting blockade. The country maintains developed systems of welfare, education, and medical care. It is no overstatement that Iran's original model of democracy is time-tested and serves as a guarantee of the country's economic health and sovereignty. -- Proponents of globalization feel challenged by the fact that the revolution they inspired in 1979 somehow resulted in the establishment of an Islamic society invulnerable to external influences." --  This article hints that Iran might be enhancing their ABILITY to develop a nuclear weapons program.  It must be understood however ANY enhancement of their ability to master the nuclear fuel cycle does that automatically, as it would for ANY of the NPT signatory countries who also wish to command the nuclear fuel cycle. But keep in mind folks, ALL of this activity is FULLY compliant with the NPT and its regulations.  For more on this issue see....How About An Honest NPT? - 11-11-10 - mpg

Iran Has Developed New Radar System Capable of Detecting Stealth Aircrafts: Military Official
A quote...."Hamsayeh.Net - Iranian military official announced Tehran has developed a new radar system capable of detecting modern stealth aircrafts. ‘The Khatam-ol-Anbiya Air Base has the capability of detecting, identifying, pursuing, and targeting any kind of stealth planes and any kind of cruise missiles of the enemy,’ Commander of Khatam-ol-Anbiya Airbase Brigadier General Farzad Ismaili told reporters."

Shanghai alliance opens summit in Kazakhstan
A quote...."The six-nation mutual security organization, Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), opened its tenth jubilee summit on Wednesday in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan."

Kazakhstan calls for regional security conference
Geo-Political Note - A quote...."Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev on Wednesday proposed the creation of a regional security group within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)."

The Assault On Libya....

"Humanitarian" Bunker Buster Bombs: NATO cranks up air campaign in Libya
A quote...."The strikes, which hit on Tuesday afternoon, continued overnight. Early Wednesday, some 10 explosions shook the Libyan capital. It was not immediately clear what was hit."

‘NATO bombs civilians!’ – Cynthia McKinney from Tripoli with truth
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 3min55sec - Jun 14, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."(RussiaToday) – Former US congresswoman and presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney told RT she went to Libya because she wanted to know the truth."

'Libya war driven by O.I.L.: Oil, Israel & Logistics' - McKinney to RT
RTVideo - (RTYuTb - 11min07sec - Jun 14, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."As NATO attacks continue in Libya, ex US Congresswoman and former presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney went to the country on a non-governmental fact-finding mission to see what exactly is going on in the war-torn country. ­Cynthia McKinney believes the bombardments of Libyan cities and other measures taken by NATO, causing civilian casualties, represent the idea of "collective punishment"."

'NATO seeking regime change in Libya'
A quote...."South African President Jacob Zuma has said that NATO is taking advantage of UN Resolution 1973 to implement a plot to effect regime change in Libya."

Qaddafi Shells Oil Refinery; Conflict Likely to Drag On
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More on the World Wide Revolution....

The Reason Why Greece Is Pissed, Or They Don't Call It The "Misery Index" For Nothing
Chart - A quote...."A day ahead of the general Greek strike coupled with major Parliament blockade protest, it is useful to remember just why it is that Greeks are so pissed. Well, besides the obvious increase in the retirement age from 61 of course. So below it is in chart format. While we previously presented the UK "misery index" which back in March hit a 20 year high for the first time, here is the same appropriately titled index for Greece."

Greek Ruling Party Members Rebel: Another MP To Vote Against Bailout So "He Can Safely Walk The Streets"
A quote...."Commenting on the public anger over the austerity measures on the Alter television channel late last year, Lianis had declared his intention to leave politics in order to be able to safely "walk the streets."

”Gay Girl” Psyop Completely Unraveling – Another “Sock Puppet” Bites the Dust
Propaganda Exposed - One wonders just how many more of these psyops will come out of the closet....ohhh ..... was that bad? - mpg -- A quote...."To believe MSNBC’s version of things these are just two normal straight guys who just happened to get caught up in a nearly full time hobby of pretending to be lesbian women… just for the challenge of it. -- Yeah right. This newly exposed member of the psyop industry called himself a “sock puppet” in an MSNBC interview… what does that tell you? -- The “Gay Girl” psyop, an attempt to marshal support for the invasion of Syria in the gay, women’s, and progressive communities has failed dismally...."

Gay Girl in Damascus: Second 'lesbian' blogger is a man - Yes....another one!! - mpg
Special Note - Related Article - A quote...."One of the owners of a lesbian website who posted comments from a hoax blogger pretending to be a gay woman in Syria has himself been outed as a straight man from the US. - Bill Graber, 58, a US Air Force veteran, admitted he was one of the editors of the LezGetReal lesbian blog." - bold by website editor - Welcome to the New Roman Empire folks is a phrase used repeatedly by this website editor....but this is getting RIDICULOUS!! - mpg

Syria’s Ruling Alawite Sect
A quote...."As my colleague Anthony Shadid reports, the uprising in Syria “is sharpening sectarian tensions along one of the country’s most explosive fault lines: relations between the Sunni Muslim majority and the minority Alawite sect to which the family of President Bashar al-Assad belongs.”

Intervention in Syria would benefit Israel
A quote...."Nobody can deny that Syria is in crisis. The sad thing is it may have been avoided if President Bashar Al Assad would have had the wisdom and foresight to implement political reform from the get-go like King Mohammad VI of Morocco is doing. Instead, the Syrian leader made empty promises before instituting a barbaric crackdown. He only needed to look at Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Yemen to know that state oppression of peaceful protesters is not only morally unacceptable, it simply doesn't work." - bold by website editor

Yet another illegal war -- now in Yemen - Article also posted at ICH
A quote...."Both The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post report today that the Obama administration is planning to exploit the disorder from the civil war in Yemen by dramatically escalating a CIA-led drone bombing campaign.  In one sense, this is nothing new.  Contrary to false denials, the U.S., under the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner, has been bombing Yemen for the last two years, including one attack using cluster bombs that killed dozens of civilians.  But what's new is that this will be a CIA drone attack program that is a massive escalation over prior bombing campaigns; as the Post put it: "The new tasking for the agency marks a major escalation of the clandestine American war in Yemen, as well as a substantial expansion of the CIA's drone war."

6 killed, tanks near Iraq as Syria faces backlash
Syrians flee military move on restive northern town
Huge Protests in Yemen Call for Transitional Government
Officials: Militants seize parts of a Yemeni city
Tunisian Ex-President to Be Tried in Absentia in a Week, Says Prime Minister
UAE Tries 5 Regime Critics
Jordan's King Says Elected Government May Take 2-3 Years; 'No Time to Waste'
Moroccan Islamists Warn They Could Reject Constitution
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

AIPAC Pushes Hard for War With Iran
A quote...."Former AIPAC staffer Keith Weissman, indicted in 2005 under the Espionage Act alongside colleague Steven J. Rosen and Defense Department employee Col. Lawrence Franklin, is desperately worried. In a lengthy, rambling monologue delivered to independent reporter Robert Dreyfuss, Weissman breaks a long silence to declare he’s “concerned that if a confrontation between the United States, Israel, and Iran leads to war, it will be a disaster—one that Weissman fears will be blamed on the American Jews.” It is telling, but unsurprising, that Weissman—through misrepresentations and false dichotomy—exhibits little concern for the broader potential consequence of war. Fortunately, his tired arguments are in a final lap toward oblivion."

Alleged 'spy' in Egypt is US citizen, IDF paratrooper
A quote...."Ilan Grapel, alleged Mossad spy who was arrested in Egypt fought in 2nd Lebanon War; Egypt claims Grapel incited youth to sectarian strife."

Israeli embassy officials meet with alleged spy
A quote...."JERUSALEM (JTA) – Diplomats from the Israeli embassy in Egypt met with a dual U.S.-Israel citizen who is being held on charges of being a spy for Israel. -- The diplomats met Tuesday in Cairo with Ilan Grapel, who was arrested at his hotel in central Cairo on Sunday. Grapel was ordered detained for 15 days while he is investigated for allegedly “spying on Egypt with the aim of damaging its economic and political interests,” Egypt’s official MENA news agency reported."

Report: Suspected Israeli spy arrested in Egypt was traveling to Libya
A quote...."Ilan Grapel, the Jewish American citizen detained in Egypt under suspicion of espionage for Israel, planned to get from Egypt to a rebel hub in Eastern Libya, Egyptian daily al-Ahram reported on Tuesday. -- The Egyptian paper reported that the Egyptian prosecution is claiming that Grapel met with a group of people, some of whom were European, in southern Egypt before traveling to Cairo on the day of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's resignation."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Israeli forces demolish 5 wells in Hebron
A quote...."HEBRON — Israeli forces demolished five water wells in the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday morning, targeting a neighborhood in the city’s south. -- The wells belonged to the Al-Jamal family, brother of the owner Samir Abdul-Hamid told Ma’an. -- Soldiers and crews from Israel’s Civil Administration arrived on the property early, Samir said, assaulting family members who attempted to prevent the demolitions and then deploying tear-gas to drive them out of the area." - Source:  Ma'anNews

Gaza Border 'Opening' is Just Rhetoric
A quote...."For most Palestinians, leaving Gaza through Egypt is as exasperating a process as entering it. -- Governed by political and cultural sensitivities, most Palestinian officials and public figures refrain from criticising the way Palestinians are treated at the Rafah border."

Israel Readies To Attack Freedom Flotilla 2
A quote...."Israeli media sources reported Wednesday that the Israeli army and the navy are intensifying their training and preparing plans to intercept and attack the Freedom Flotilla 2 should it try to reach the Gaza Coast to deliver humanitarian supplies."

Israeli troops invade Nablus area, abduct 8 Palestinians
A quote...."According to local sources, several squadrons of Israeli soldiers invaded the Nablus region at around 2:30 am Wednesday morning, abducting 8 Palestinians from their homes."

Armed settlers [Jewish homeless thugs] harass the villagers of Qusra, a village SE of Nablus in the West Bank
A quote...."On Saturday June 11, six or seven armed settlers [Jewish homeless thugs] accompanied by the Israeli military entered the Palestinian village of Qusra and harassed villagers. Before they escaped they threw stones at a village truck smashing the side glass and cracking the windscreen." - also posted at Uruknet
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More on Japan's Nuclear Power Plants....

Hot Radioactive cancer causing particles from Japan now in Seattle are double original estimates
Radiation Warning - Video - Alt - (YuTb - 6min - Jun 13, 2011) - Source:  connectingdots1 -- A quote...."Original estimates of xenon and krypton releases remain the same, but a TEPCO recalculation shows dramatic increases in the release of hot particles. This confirms the results of air filter monitoring by independent scientists. Fairewinds' Arnie Gundersen explains how hot particles may react in mammals while escaping traditional detection. Reports of a metallic taste in the mouth, such as those now being reported in Japan and on the west coast, are a telltale sign of radiation exposure." - Topix ||  Radiation vs Contamination - The Difference is Deadly - 03-19-11 - mpg  ||

5 More Companies Detect Radiation In Their Tea Above Legal Limits Over 300 KM From Fukushima
Radiation Alert - A quote...."5 more companies, over 300km from Fukushima, detect radiation in their tea above legal limits after the Governor initially refused to test the tea for radiation. 10 year-olds forced to pick raw tea leaves in the rain, make it and drink it as part of a propaganda show to assure the public everything is safe."

Radioactive whales caught 650 km from Fukushima plant
Radiation Alert - (Because it means the fish are radioactive too. - mpg) -- A quote...."Radioactive cesium was detected in two minke whales caught off the coast of Kushiro, Hokkaido, a whalers’ association said Tuesday." & Radioactive cesium detected from 2 whales & Report: Radiation found in whales in Japan

Radiation News 06-14-11 - A DProgram Round-Up - (4 articles)
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More On The Economic Situation....

The Greatest Depression Has Only Begun
A quote...."The greatest depression in human history is still in its starting stages. What the media and many officials often refer to as the "hangover" from the global financial crisis is in fact the end of the beginning. Originating in 2008, the global economic crisis took the world by storm: banks collapsed, the "too big to fail" became bigger by consolidating the rest, governments bailed out their financial industries, masses of people lost their jobs, the 'developing' world was plunged into a deep systemic crisis, food prices rose, which in time spurred social unrest; and the Western nations that took on the bad debts of the big banks are on the precipice of a great global debt crisis, originating in Europe, hitting Greece and Spain, but destined to consume the industrialized world itself. Though many claim that we are in a "recovery," things could not be further from the truth."

The First Great Depression: Blow By Blow, From The BIS, And How It Mirrors Our Ongoing Second Great Depression - A quote...."(This is a repost from a year ago. As the events over the past 12 months have progressed very much as the ongoing second great depression would have predicted, we republish this critical history lesson for all readers and remind everyone that history always rhymes. Pay particular attention to the fate of hard assets as the confidence in the entire system evaporated)"

What Are the Social Implications of Economic Collapse?
A quote...."For the last few days, we’ve been having an important discussion about the magnitude of the economic challenges in the west; if you didn’t read yesterday’s letter, I really encourage you to do so before proceeding because it’s important to understand why the west has truly passed the point of no return. -- Simply put, the United States and much of Europe are borrowing an extraordinary amount of money now just to pay interest on the money they’ve already borrowed. They cannot even self-fund their mandatory entitlement programs without going into the hole, and their options are limited:"

Judge Finds MERS Has No Right To Transfer Mortgages, Finds Entire MERS Process Illegal
Financial Alert - Quote of the Day...."Grossman wrote in a Feb. 10 opinion. “MERS did not have authority, as ‘nominee’ or agent, to assign the mortgage absent a showing that it was given specific written directions by its principal.” -- “MERS and its partners made the decision to create and operate under a business model that was designed in large part to avoid the requirements of the traditional mortgage-recording process,” Grossman wrote. “The court does not accept the argument that because MERS may be involved with 50 percent of all residential mortgages in the country, that is reason enough for this court to turn a blind eye to the fact that this process does not comply with the law." - bold by website editor - See also....Complete Memorandum Decision By Judge Grossman Finding MERS Transfers Illegal

Oops: MERS Gets Hit HARD In NY
Financial Alert - Related Article - A quote...."This is far more important than it first appears.  It would appear that the bottom line is that MERS cannot prosecute foreclosures in its own name (it has stopped attempting this in several jurisdictions after losing a number of cases.) -- This case, however, make an interesting point that may go well beyond that."

Jim Rogers says US nearing downgrade, worse recession, 'because we're printing and spending money we don't have' - A quote...."INTERNATIONAL. Legendary global investor and chairman of Singapore-based Rogers Holdings, Jim Rogers, said the US is approaching a financial crisis worse than 2008. -- As the government has already spent staggering amounts of money, when the problems arise next time, it cannot print that much more. -- Speaking in an interview with India's ET Now, Rogers said he expected a downgrade of America's credit status. "America should already be downgraded. It should have been downgraded years ago. These people, the rating agencies, have got it wrong for 10-15 years now. America is bankrupt"."

James Grant: Life Behind Bars For Bernanke
A quote...."You get the strong impression that Mr. Bernanke fails to appreciate the tenuousness of the situation—fails to understand that the pure paper dollar is a contrivance only 38 years old, brand new, really, and that the experiment may yet come to naught. Indeed, history and mathematics agree that it will certainly come to naught. Paper currencies are wasting assets. In time, they lose all their value. Persistent inflation at even seemingly trifling amounts adds up over the course of half a century. Before you know it, that bill in your wallet won't buy a pack of gum."

Mr. Bernanke's Manipulation Nation
A quote...."Manipulation is the beating heart of Federal Reserve and Central State policies. The centrally planned economy has failed to respond as expected, and so the response is to put more cocaine-laced pellets in the feedbox and encourage the poor starved rat inside the cage to press the bar labeled "debt" to get another pellet of addiction and highly profitable enslavement."

Is Gold In Fort Knox Real? Ron Paul Demands Official Audit
A quote...."Are the gold bars in Fort Knox really made of the precious metal? Or has the U.S. government secretly sold off the nation's stockpile and replaced it with metal bars that are only painted gold? -- Ron Paul wants to find out." - Source:  CNBC

Bank of America 'Significantly Hindered' Review of Foreclosures, U.S. Says
Gee....you don't say.  What about the other TBTF's hey?  Hopefully the government isn't going to just pick on BofA because WikiLeaks wants them too, are they? - mpg -- A quote...."14 Jun 2011 Bank of America Corp. (BAC), the largest U.S. lender, "significantly hindered" a federal review of its foreclosures on loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration, the U.S. said. The bank was slow in providing data and offered incomplete information, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development inspector general’s office, which conducted the review. "Our review was significantly hindered by Bank of America’s reluctance to allow us to interview employees or provide data and information in a timely manner," William Nixon, an assistant regional inspector general for the agency, said in a sworn declaration."

Monday June 13th 2011

Sunday June 12th 2011

More On The Domestic Situation....

Media Falsifiers
Presstitutes Exposed - A quote...."June 12 2011 "Information Clearing House" - Day after day, TV anchor after anchor has been boasting "News from all angles, from all points of view." -- There's never been such an open campaign to convince television viewers they aren't being brainwashed by the media's restricted point of view. -- In what appears to be an attempt to outfox the Fox News Network, which has never admitted the truth about their own political bias, the more liberal networks of NBC, MSNBC, CBS, ABC and CNN now propagandize their viewers with outright lies."

American Politics: "Lie To Me"
Prostitutes Exposed - A quote...."Here is what Americans should learn: All elected Democrats and Republicans have succeeded because they are excellent liars and, therefore, not one of them can ever be trusted to be telling the truth. --  When you vote for any of these two-party politicians all you are saying is: LIE TO ME. --  And when they get elected that is exactly what they will do, and not just about their personal behavior.  The larger lesson is that American politicians will also lie effortlessly about public policy and just about everything they have anything to do with. --  Make no mistake, President Obama has lied about many things just as presidents before him also have." - If you vote for a Demo or a Repub folks, you'll have only yourselves to blame. - mpg

US bankrolls 'shadow Internet for dissidents' abroad
If other governments do the same in the US, how will the US Government feel about it? It'll be interesting to see what happens. - mpg -- A quote...."WASHINGTON – The US government is financing the development of “shadow” Internet systems to enable dissidents abroad to get around government censors, The New York Times reported on Sunday. [...] -- Financed with a $2.0 million State Department grant, the suitcase could be secreted across a border and quickly set up to allow wireless communications over a wide area with a link to the global Internet, the paper noted."

Alleged Cyber Attacks Are Setting The Stage For More Authoritarian Internet Controls
Web Under Threat - A quote...."The number of alleged cyber attacks on high profile government, military and corporate entities is getting increasingly out of control.  Although we could question if some of these so-called cyber attacks are real or fake all day long, what we do know is that these claims are being used to justify an increasing amount of authoritarian control over the Internet." - also posted at DProgram

The Obama Doctrine: Lawless Imperial Aggression (Part II) -- (Part I)
A quote...."Previous articles discussed America's permanent war agenda, culture of violence, imperial lawlessness, daily atrocities, blood-drenched history, glorification of killing in the name of peace, and support for the world's worst despots, as well as contempt for democratic values, rule of law principles, and human and civil rights abroad and at home. -- Obama continues the odious tradition, governing repressively while waging global imperial wars, brazenly claiming humanitarian intentions he doesn't give a damn about, never did, and won't tolerate."

High-Level American Officials Admit that the United States Uses False Flag Terror ... And Warn of Future Attacks
Special Note - COntains Videos - USSoldiers - TedGunderson - A quote...."Preface: U.S. President James Madison said:


"FBI agents and CIA intelligence officials, constitutional law expert professor Jonathan Turley, Time Magazine, Keith Olbermann and the Washington Post have all said that U.S. government officials "were trying to create an atmosphere of fear in which the American people would give them more power". Indeed, the former Secretary of Homeland Security - Tom Ridge - admits that he was pressured to raise terror alerts to help Bush win reelection. -- A former National Security Adviser told the Senate that the war on terror is "a mythical historical narrative". In terms of a possible "why", remember that sychologists and sociologists have demonstrated that fear of terrorism makes people stupid and easy to manipulate and control." - also posted at GlobalRsrch - Topix ||  US-False Flag Ops  ||

Did Bush Order Dr. David Kelly Murdered?
A quote...."Dr. David Kelly, the UK scientist and war critic with connections to the BBC and the New York Times, predicted that he would be assassinated for daring to be right about the lack of Iraq WMD evidence while UK leaders chose to be wrong. His corpse, found on July 18, 2003 under mysterious circumstances, proved his prescience. At the time Tony Blair and George W. Bush were meeting in Washington to discuss their wobbly war, and to menace their critics. Coming when it did, Kelly’s murder was something right out of Macbeth or Machiavelli."

US appeals court overturns release of Guantanamo detainee
A quote...."Court: Circumstantial evidence of terrorist ties enough to keep a prisoner, even if released 10 Jun 2011 A Yemeni detainee ordered to be freed from Guantanamo Bay has to stay now that a U.S. appeals court has overturned his release. The U.S Court of Appeals in Washington says circumstantial evidence of terrorist ties can be enough to keep a prisoner like Hussain Salem Mohammad Almerfedi at the U.S. naval prison in Cuba." - Topix ||  9/11-Iraq-Torture Fables  ||

The Necessity of Resisting Financial Tyranny
Action Alert - A quote...."It's time we defended liberty and democracy against financial tyranny: take your money out of Wall Street and the "too big to fail" banks, and stop funding their fraud, churn and subversion of democracy."

Up to 20 activists in 5 vehicles armed with cameras, radios and police scanners patrol city streets to protect residents from cops - Video  - Bad cops, bad cops, what'ya going to do, when the citizens who pay your salaries are filming you. - mpg
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More On The International Situation....

Bilderberg News 06-12-11 - A DProgram Round-Up - (13 articles & videos)

IMF Financial Terrorism
A quote...."In July 1944, the IMF and Bank for Reconstruction and Development (now the World Bank) were established to integrate developing nations into the Global North-dominated world economy in ways other than initially mandated." - also posted at BLN - Source:  SteveLendman

Nottingham University films students suspected of extremism
Britain's police state expands to the nation's univeristies. - mpg -- A quote...."Confidential documents relating to a "major Islamist plot" have revealed that security staff from a leading university have been filming students on campus as a method of monitoring potential extremists. --More than 200 university documents – along with material from the Met's counter-terrorism command, Special Branch and the Crown Prosecution Service – detail the controversial techniques being deployed to monitor students."

US military base in Iraq takes hits from rockets
A quote...."12 Jun 2011 US military bases have come under concentrated rocket attacks in Iraq. In what seems to be the most serious raid on American forces since May 2009, six rockets have been fired into a base in the southern city of Nassiriya. On Friday, another US military base was attacked in the northeastern city of Baqouba."

Iraq asks US congressman to leave over 'repay' remark
A quote...."BAGHDAD - Iraqi authorities asked for a US congressman to leave the country after he called for Baghdad to repay part of the money spent by Washington since the 2003 invasion, a spokesman said on Saturday."

Twin Bombing Kills 39 in Pakistan... Taliban Denies Responsibility
Blackwater (Xe), special forces, al-CIA'da? - mpg -- A quote...."Pakistan's Taliban on Sunday denied responsibility for twin bomb blasts that ripped through a crowded market in the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing 39 people and injuring dozens."

Taliban blame foreigners for blasts
A quote...."Taliban have denied responsibility for twin massive blasts in northwestern Pakistan, blaming foreign secret agencies for the bombings that killed 39 people."

90% of Petraeus’s Captured ‘Taliban’ Were Civilians
Propaganda Exposed - A quote...."During his intensive initial round of media interviews as commander in Afghanistan in August 2010, Gen. David Petraeus released figures to the news media that claimed spectacular success for raids by Special Operations Forces: in a 90-day period from May through July, SOF units had captured 1,355 rank-and-file Taliban, killed another 1,031, and killed or captured 365 middle- or high-ranking Taliban."

Rising Anti-Americanism in Pakistan
A quote...."On May 14, after deliberations of over 10 hours, the democratically-elected Pakistan Parliament in a joint session of both houses passed a unanimous resolution to reclaim Pakistan’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, and national security against US military actions. Invoking the U.N. Charter, international law, and humanitarian norms, the resolution specifically condemns “the continued drone attacks on the territory of Pakistan,” which have increased manifold under President Obama." - bold by website editor

'Iran got no nukes and US knows that'
RTVideo - (RTYuTb - 11min04sec - Jun 11, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Washington is ignoring its own intelligence because it is hell-bent on finding nuclear weapons that do not exist, Pulitzer-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh told RT."

'US trying to take control of IAEA' - "Trying to take control"? To late....already done. - mpg
A quote...."Iran's envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asghar Soltanieh says the US is trying to deprive the UN body of its independence."

Iran urges world community to pressure Israel into joining Non-Proliferation Treaty
A quote...."Tehran says Israel should subject its nuclear programs to international oversight and that the U.S. as Israel's main sponsor has the responsibility to halt its nuclear threat to the region."

Iran test-fires air defense systems "successfully": commander
A quote...."TEHRAN, June 12 (Xinhua) -- The senior Iranian Army commander, General Farzad Esmaili, said Sunday that the country "successfully " test-fired two new home-made, Mersad and Shahin, air defense systems, the local English language satellite Press TV reported."

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation`s Impact on the Region
A quote...."On June 15th the Shanghai Cooperation organisation will have its Summit meeting in Astana marking the 10th Anniversary of its founding.This organisation that brings together the two major powers of the region - China and Russia - had its origin in a Chinese initiative to enhance cooperation between the newly independent Central Asian states of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan and China and Russia to combat the threat of “terrorism, separatism and extremism”, which, in the words of the Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, are commonly known as the "three evil forces" and are held as the archenemy threatening regional security and stability." - bold by website editor

This website editor calls them the "Trinity of Evil" - The US-NRE, Israel, and the Saudi Royal Family, or for all you Tolkien fans out there, Mordor (the US-NRE), Isengard (Israel) and the Easterlings (the Saudi Royal Family).  These are the three forces (with Britain's help) that threaten to destroy the free peoples of the Middle East.  For more on this issue see....One Vile, Venom Tipped, Taloned Hand Washes the Other - (a.k.a. The Standard Model) - 07-28-10 - mpg
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

DHS partners with Jewish organizations - Ahh yes, the "goyum cattle" must be disciplined. - mpg
A quote...."The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced its first faith-based security partnership on Friday, as it joined ranks with two major Jewish organizations" - bold by website editor - No doubt the next "faith-based security partnership" will be with the Zio-worshiping, "Armageddon Cultists".  Soon the FEMA camps will be set-up, for non-Zios only of course, managed by their partners in crime the Armageddon Cultists. One would guess turn-about is fair play for the "tribe" of Israel, but it's funny to watch drooling, moronic, utterly amoral, uncaring, Amerikans get voluntarily led to the slaughter. When the camps start going up folks, this website editor is leaving the country.  Have a nice life. - mpg
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The Assault On Libya....

Gold, Oil, Africa and Why the West Wants Gadhafi Dead
Special Note - A quote...."(FinalCall.com) - The war raging in Libya since February is getting progressively worse as NATO forces engage in regime change and worse, an objective to kill Muammar Gadhafi to eradicate his vision of a United Africa with a single currency backed by gold. -- Observers say implementing that vision would change the world power equation and threaten Western hegemony. In response, the United States and its NATO partners have determined “Gadhafi must go,” and assumed the role of judge, jury and executioner." - also posted at ICH

Deadly NATO raid hits Libyan university
A quote...."More Libyan civilians have reportedly been killed and injured after a NATO airstrike hit a university in the capital, Tripoli. -- New images have emerged showing the aftermath of an alleged NATO air raid targeting Tripoli's Nasser University. The attack reportedly left many university staff and students dead. -- Libyan state television says dozens of others were also injured."

Breaking News: PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE: NATO Bombed Libya's Nasser University
Photos - A quote...."The NATO war against Libya is not a humanitarian endeavour. It is a blatant war of aggression and a violation of international law. -- War crimes are being committed by NATO. -- Hospitals and universities have been bombed. Civilian infrastructure has been brutally destroyed. -- Recently Tripoli's Nasser University was bombed. University staff were injured and killed. There is no justification for this. -- What NATO is doing is taking advantage of internal divisions to destroy Libya as a country."

Clashes near Libyan capital kill 13
Rebels say six fighters killed in Libya's Misrata
'Libya holds secret talks with Greece'
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More on the World Wide Revolution....

The Battle against Neoliberalism: Massive Popular Uprising in Greece
A quote...."Two weeks after it started the Greek movement of ‘outraged’ people has the main squares in all cities overflowing with crowds that shout their anger, and makes the Papandreou government and its local and international supporters tremble. It is now more than just a protest movement or even a massive mobilization against austerity measures. It has turned into a genuine popular uprising that is sweeping over the country. An uprising that makes it know at large its refusal to pay for ‘their crisis’ or ‘their debt’ while vomiting the two big neoliberal parties, if not the whole political world in complete disarray."

Greeks protest new austerity measures
A quote...."Thousands of anti-government demonstrators have staged a gathering in front of the parliament in Athens, to protest the government's new austerity measures."

'Hidden agenda in Syria to show itself after Bilderberg meeting'
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 5min56sec - Jun 12, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Tensions are peaking in Syria, government troops have stormed the rebel northern border town of Jisr Al-Shugour with tanks and military helicopters. The army has entered the city in order to "cleanse it" from rebellious armed groups, which killed at least 120 police officers last week. Meanwhile, Britain and France are still pushing for a UN resolution, condemning the brutal crackdown against anti-government activists in Syria. Russia, which opposes any attempts to intervene in the Syrian conflict, said it won't back the move."

US arms sales to Bahrain surged in 2010
Special Note - Oh yes, how typical, how flagrant, how hypocritical.  All that "freedumb and da'mockery" out of the barrel of US-NRE supplied guns, from US-NRE supplied bullets and bombs, against unarmed protesters. What a "beacon on the hill" this country has become.  - mpg - A quote...."Annual report reveals $200mn authorised arms sales to Bahrain, shortly before harsh government crackdown." - bold/underline by website editor

Bahrain tries dozens at military courts
A quote...."Thirty three people in Bahrain face military court hearings, despite the lifting of martial law in the country, reports say."

10,000 return to streets of Bahrain
A quote...."Over 10,000 people rallied in the capital of Bahrain on Saturday to resume the campaign for basic civil rights in the US-allied kingdom. -- The "Bahrain, homeland for all" rally was mounted 10 days after the ruling al-Khalifa clan lifted a state of emergency that was imposed in mid-March in a bid to nip the country's nascent pro-democracy movement in the bud."

Yemen defector says terror crisis was manufactured to win western support
Special Note - More "Manufactured Terror" - A quote...."The oldest military ally of Yemen's injured President Ali Abdullah Saleh has said the al-Qaeda [al-CIA'da] terrorist crisis in the country was manufactured to win backing from outside powers." - also posted at the UglyTruth

Syrian troops accused of firing on locals trying to flee Jisr al-Shughour
A quote...."Hikmat was one of the few remaining residents in Jisr al-Shughour when the Syrian army rolled in, firing wildly and at will. "They didn't care what they were shooting at," said the 39-year-old, who was hit in the foot as soldiers finally delivered on a week-long threat to wreak havoc in the town that dared rage against the regime."

Fighting with militants in Yemen kills 40
Yemen: US continues military campaign as talks fail
Syria army storm town, 'mass grave' found
Greek government announces new cuts amid mass opposition
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More on Japan's Nuclear Power Plants....

Soil Samples From California Show Cesium 137 at Highest Level Since April
Radiation Alert - A quote...."The latest topsoil samples from the University of Berkley, California show the highest levels of cesium radiation contamination since April."

Fukushima already ten times worse than Chernobyl in ocean waters, suggests data
Radiation Alert - A quote...."(NaturalNews) Recent readings taken roughly 19 miles out to sea from the Fukushima nuclear power facility in Japan have revealed radioisotope levels ten times higher than those measured in the Baltic and Black Seas after the massive Chernobyl disaster. Because Fukushima is much closer to water than the Chernobyl plant is, the ongoing fallout there is shaping up to be far worse than Chernobyl, at least as far as the world's oceans are concerned, and time will tell just how devastating this massive disaster will be on the entire world as radiation continues to circulate around the globe." - also posted at DProgram

Fukushima Radiation Nears Chernobyl Spiking To 261,000,000 uSv/hr – Indicates Ongoing Nuclear Meltdown
A quote...."Fukushima reactor 1 radiation levels spike to 261,000,000 microsieverts per hour, so high it is 100% lethal in less than 2 minutes, and just short of Chernobyl reactor levels." - also posted at Hamsayeh

45 New Photos Of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.... - photos
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More On The Economic Situation....

Exclusive: The Fed's $600 Billion Stealth Bailout Of Foreign Banks Continues At The Expense Of The Domestic Economy, Or Explaining Where All The QE2 Money Went -- Special Note - Charts - A quote...."Below we present that not only has the Fed's bailout of foreign banks not terminated with the drop in discount window borrowings or the unwind of the Primary Dealer Credit Facility, but that the only beneficiary of the reserves generated were US-based branches of foreign banks (which in turn turned around and funnelled the cash back to their domestic branches), a shocking finding which explains not only why US banks have been unwilling and, far more importantly, unable to lend out these reserves, but that anyone retaining hopes that with the end of QE2 the reserves that hypothetically had been accumulated at US banks would be flipped to purchase Treasurys, has been dead wrong, therefore making the case for QE3 a done deal." - also posted at DProgram & BLN

Website editor's special note:  The REASON the Fed is "giving" all those dollars to the EU is....

1. To make sure the USD still remains the world's reserve currency (remember folks, the term "currency war" does NOT refer to keeping your currency more valuable relative to others, but instead means FORCING, through military occupation, by bribing a nation's leaders, or corrupting their financial system, other societies to use your currency versus any other).
2. Keep the EU firmly attached to the New Roman Empire. and....
3. As compensation for the trillions of dollars worth of toxic assets that the US-NRE's Banksters foisted on the EU's financial system to help fund the Empire on the cheap.  Many in the EU are still ticked off at buying all that crud which the US-NRE's three ratings agencies, Moodys, Fitch and S&P, knowingly and falsely rated as triple "A". - mpg

Related articles....

The First Salvos of the Currency Wars - 05-07-10 - mpg
Debt Doesn't Matter When the Rubes Pay - 02-29-08 - mpg
Some Tentative Laws - July 20th, 2008 - last updated Aug. 15th 2008 - mpg

French banks lead exodus of EU lenders from hardest-hit European economies
Special Note - Related Article - Everyone should remember Sarkozy jaw-boned and strong-armed the Germans to pony-up and participate in the first series of bail-outs and now that they've done so, the French are running out leaving the Germans to hold the bag.  Not to mention that they used all this extra time they got courtesy of Merkel's government not to help straighten out the financial situation in the EU, but instead to bomb the crap out of Libya and carve themselves a new colonial empire.  Truly disgusting.  This is exactly what happens when everyone starts running around trying to emulate the Gangster Bankster Syndicate once known as Amerika. - mpg

A Beginners Guide to Shadow Banking, Financial Crisis and Repo
A quote..."June 12 2011 "Information Clearing House"  What if I told you that the financial crisis could be explained in just two words? Would you believe me? -- It's true, and oddly enough, neither of the words is "subprime". -- So, what are the words?" - also posted at GlobalRsrch

China no longer holds our debt -- it holds spendable US cash to spend here
The Chinese can't possibly be that stupid, not after watching the exact same thing happen to the Japanese during the eighties. - mpg.  -- A quote...."....China has to be smart enough to realize this is just another manufactured bubble and once the Chinese spending spree is over, gravity will reassert itself and the value of the assets will again plummet. China does not want to be stuck with bad assets any more than anyone else. Chine could be left holding a lot of real-estate they cannot sell...." - Most likely they'll take their depreciating dollars and buy up REAL assets (you know, commodities, mines, farm land, energy resources, infrastructure development to facilitate their investments, etc.) anywhere else BUT Amerika.  Heck all they have to do is wait for the EU to run into real difficulties and snap up their assets at pennies on the dollar. - mpg

Saturday June 11th 2011

No posts. - mpg

Friday June 10th 2011

More On The Domestic Situation....

Chris Hedges Talk
Must View Video - Alt - (YuTb - 49min13sec - May 2, 2011) - Source:  baliantaksu -- A quote...."All Saints Church, Pasadena, California. April 29, 2011"

The 3 Coming False Flags
Quote of the Day...."Our system is failing and there is NO fixing it. There is so much inequity built into the system, at every level, the only answer is a complete collapse. This collapse will leave a generational scar, so that humanity never again considers fractional reserve banking and the war machine it enables. Until that collapse, the Elite will do what they have always done, create more debts and wars." - also posted at DProgram

The Bankruptcy of Corporate America
A quote...."Corporate America is not about free enterprise and competition; it's about eliminating competition and forming highly profitable cartels and quasi-monopolies protected by regulations and barriers erected and vigorously maintained by the Central State."

'US commits economic suicide'
Interview - Contains Video - PressTV interviews Paul Craig Roberts - A quote...."The biggest Federal budget shortfall in US history of 1.65 trillion dollars predicted for 2011 will pressure the US dollar as the world exchange currency."

Should Voter Fraud Be Considered An Act of High Treason? - YES!! - mpg
A quote...."We are definitely in a battle for the soul of this nation and for Texas. It is hard to win and gain any lost ground when the criminal establishment through the paid off politicians were able to secure their power being well entrenched over time with rigged elections. This high crime should not be a felony with a little jail time. It should not be a misdemeanor."

The NEW Pledge Of Allegiance: God Bless War, Killing Innocents, GE, Citigroup And Ritalin
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 1min25sec - May 27, 2011) - Source:  Arkfeller -- A quote...."This is hilarious and incredibly sad in the same breath..."

What the American Public Shouldn't Know
A quote...."June 10 2011 "Information Clearing House" -- It's a bitter reality that many of us have been defeated and overwhelmed by the propaganda of the U.S. mainstream media who incessantly attempt to make their audiences believe that democracy and freedom are originally American values and cannot be found anywhere else in the world, that all of the world nations need the United States to achieve these values and that the United States must resort to every instrument to export these home-made values to the rest of the world, including frequent military expeditions." - also posted at VeteransToday

Police State 06-10-11 - A Dprogram Round-Up - (6 articles & videos)

'The War You Don't See' - Pilger Film Banned By Lannan Foundation
Pilger Censored - A quote...."Lannan invited me and David over a year ago and welcomed my proposal that they also host the US premiere of 'The War You Don't See', in which US and British broadcasters describe the often hidden part played by the media in the promotion of war, notably in Iraq and Afghanistan. The film has been widely acclaimed in the UK and Australia; the trailer and reviews are on my website www.johnpilger.com"

Richard Gage Live on TV3 - The Masterplan Event
Video - (YuTb - 9min39sec - Jun 9, 2011) - Source: OneWorldScam - Topix ||  Reficultnias's 9/11 Central  ||

More Disinformation from CIA Honeypot Wikileaks....
DisInfo Exposed - A quote...."Peppered into the mix with information we already know, the CIA backed psyop called “Wikileaks” likes to toss out some pure disinformation which helps their various causes. In today’s case it’s nothing less than trying, once again, to connect 9/11 to Saddam Hussain in an obvious attempt to provide cover for the Bush administration’s illegal invasion of Iraq." - Topix ||  9/11-Iraq-Torture Fables  ||

Watchdog seeks bin Laden photo, says White House 'not above the law'
That's like asking for a photo of the Loch Ness Monster, or Big Foot, or the Great White Whale.  Anything this government (or S.I.T.E. Intell) produces will be a complete and total fake. - mpg - Topix ||  More on Osama Bin Back From the Dead™  ||  Amerika, You Been Busted!! - (a.k.a. an Osama-Hoax Smack-Down - or - How Amerika Went Full-Retard) - 05-14-11 - mpg  ||  The Ten Year Cycle, Traitors, Inflection-Points & The Osama Hoax - 05-13-11 - mpg  ||

Investigative Reports documentary on RFK assassination. Aired once, never seen again.
Video - RFK(1/2) - RFK(2/2) - (YuTb - Jun 5, 2011) - Source:  johnnycuba99 -- A quote...."From Blackopradio.com -- Show 530 -- Original airdate: June 9, 2011 -- Investigative Reports researched the RFK Assassaination Show was only played once... then pulled. 76 people in the pantry contradict  the official story RFK's last interview states he will withdraw from Vietnam if elected. Witness testimony differs from LA police and District Attorney Sirhan always in front of RFK wounds from behind Balistics expert lied."

It’s Falling Fast – Charlie McGrath
Must View CMcGVideo - Alt - (CMcGYuTb - 2min31sec - Jun 9, 2011) - Source:  crabbydogtrix

What Really Happened with Michael Rivero – June 10th, 2011
Must View MRVideo - Note:  To avoid the advertisements and the radio commentary goto - 9min 10sec - into the broadcast - mpg -- Alt - (JustInTV - 2hrs - June 10th, 2011) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire, and many other issues. - mpg
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

Proof The American Government and Military is Run By Israel
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 7min40sec - Jun 10, 2011) - Source:  edtheball69 -- A quote...."Israel have its tenacles across the globe they are finaced by USA citizens that like dumb animals give away billions while at the same time allowing Israel to decide who USA troops should kill next all countries around Israel are being systamaticaly destroyed by Israel run USA government and military complex along with USArun NATO."

A Tale and a Joke:  Pimping the Holocaust's Memory
Second Quote of the Day...."The stench is a poisonous one. The whole scene at the Knesset is part of the "Victimhood" national project. The project is intended to legitimize the unmitigated use of Israel's near global-projected strategic power. The Victimhood project is mainly directed towards the centers of power in the U.S. and to lesser extent Europe. As a scholar of the World System and a Strategist, I'm convinced that endowing Israel's unique -- in terms of both peril and power -- Geo-political situation with fabricated conditions of real and immediate existential threats is a world-endangering route -- absolutely. ~ abusing the memory of the Holocaust catastrophe is the heights of "Shiflut" (a Hebrew word which inimitably denotes the diametric opposite of Integrity) -- one of the most despicable moral travesties of our time."

The Bully is a Coward
A quote...."Connections between the main arm of the Israel lobby in the United States, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), and the Israeli Right are longstanding. And AIPAC's influence over Congress and the White House is legendary. But AIPAC's views hardly reflect American public opinion. Retrograde evangelical Christians are on board, and most American Jews, like most Americans, do in some sense "support" Israel. But most of that support is tepid; and support for a Greater Israel is scant. Contrary to what our political class assumes, and contrary to what our media would have us believe, AIPAC is very likely a paper tiger. But until someone in a position to do so – an American president with cojones, for example – calls their bluff, they might just as well be as omnipotent as they seem."
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More On The International Situation....

Obama’s endless wars
Special Note - A quote...."US military forces are now waging simultaneous drone missile attacks, bombings, special forces assassination raids and ground combat in five separate countries: Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya and Yemen."

New Setback for US-Pakistan Ties
A quote...."The Pakistani government’s official position is that most of the tribal areas are now under control. The US, however, sees the threats as growing, and is also growing in their accusations that elements of the Zardari government are secretly in league with militants."

Iraq Shiite insurgents claim attack on US soldiers
A quote...."A Shiite militant group that Washington alleges is sponsored by neighbouring Iran claimed responsibility Friday for this week's rocket attack that killed five American soldiers in Iraq. -- Ketaib Hezbollah said in a statement posted on its website said it was behind Monday's bombing in the Baladiyat district in eastern Baghdad."

Iraq government says Congress delegation "not welcome"
A quote...."BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq said on Friday a visiting Congress delegation was "not welcome" in the country, citing reports its leader called on Baghdad to pay compensation to Washington for years of war since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion." - also posted at Yahoo

Three Katyusha Target US Base in Basra
A quote...."Two Katyusha rockets hit the base of American occupation forces located in southern International Basra Airport. According to the government sources after seven hours later, one more Katyusha was also fired to target the base. No more casualties were reported due to strict security measures."

Iraq to Form a Committee to Pursue MKO Expulsion
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iraqi parliament and government agreed to form a committee to pursue expulsion of the anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) from the country, a senior Iraqi lawmaker declared."

2 French soldiers killed in Afghanistan
A quote...."Two French soldiers have been killed and another seriously wounded in two separate incidents in Afghanistan." - also posted at WarInIraq

Iran and the Issue of Nuclear Weapons – An Analysis by Dr. Lawrence Davidson
A quote...."On Friday 3 June 2011 the investigative reporter Seymour Hersh gave an interview to Amy Goodman for the radio program Democracy Now! The topic was Iran and whether or not it is developing nuclear weapons. Hersh answered this question definitively for Goodman as he did shortly thereafter in an comprehensive piece for the New Yorker magazine (6 June 2011 ) entitled “Iran and the Bomb: How Real is the Threat? His answer: There is no Iranian nuclear weapons program. There is no threat." - also posted at VeteransToday

Former Lebanese DM: US ‘Veto’ Blocking Government Formation
A quote...."Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati has been routinely taken to task for his inability to form a cabinet, with his rivals claiming it shows a “lack of sincerity” and proves that his faction, which aims to form a government after the previous, US-backed bloc lost its majority, is unfit to govern."

America's Next War Theater: Syria and Lebanon?
Special Note - A quote...."Washington and its allies, Israel and the Al-Sauds, are taking advantage of the upheavals in the Arab World. They are now working to dismantle the Resistance Bloc and weaken any drive for democracy in the Arab World. The geo-political chessboard is now being prepared for a broader confrontation that will target Tehran and include Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and the Palestinians." - Topix ||  One Vile, Venom Tipped, Taloned Hand Washes the Other - (a.k.a. The Standard Model) - 07-28-10 - mpg  ||
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The Bilderberg Banksters....

The Alex Jones Show – June 8th, 2011
AJVideo - Preview - Bilderberg(1/3) - Bilderberg(2/3) - Bilderberg(3/3) - BilderbergSecGoons - BilderbergsAgenda - GeraldCelente(1/3) - GeraldCelente(2/3) - GeraldCelente(3/3) - Bilderberg&Security - BilderbergSecGoonsMass - GoonsErectVeil2HideIdentOfAttendees - GC&AJEcoMartialLaw - BilderbergAgendaLeakedByMole(1/2) - BilderbergAgendaLeakedByMole(2/2) - TheFallOfBilderberg -- (AJYuTb - 5/15min - Jun 8, 2011) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Prison Planet.com editor and journalist Paul Joseph Watson and Infowars.com researcher and editor Aaron Dykes report live from the secretive Bilderberg confab in Switzerland. Alex covers the latest breaking news on the elite as they plot our demise behind closed doors. Alex also talks with trends forecaster Gerald Celente about the economy and other important topics on this Wednesday edition. Alex also takes your calls."

Paul Joseph Watson Breaks Down The Full Official Bilderberg 2011 Attendee List
AJVideo & List - Alt - (JstInTV - 2min51sec - Friday, June 10, 2011) - Source:  AJLive -- A quote...."Thanks to the fantastic work of Bilderberg activists, journalists and the Swiss media, we have now been able to obtain the full official list of 2011 Bilderberg attendees. Routinely, some members request that their names be kept off the roster so there will be additional Bilderbergers in attendance."

A Prison Planet Article List 06-10-11....

• Revolution Against Bilderberg Accelerating
• PHOTOS: Swiss Newspapers Cover Bilderberg
• Bilderberg 2011: For he’s a jolly good Rockefeller
• NATO Chief Rasmussen to Discuss Expanding Libya War at Bilderberg Summit
• Italian MEP ‘bloodied’ sneaking into Bilderberg hotel
• Luke Rudkowski Goes to Dinner at Bilderberg Meeting
• Bilderberg: A Tea Party For The Oligarchical Elite? Think Again
• RT – Bilderberg: world’s fate sealed behind closed doors
• Paul Watson’s/Aaron Dykes’ Final Bilderberg Report Day 2

Bombshell: Swiss Parliamentarians to Force Way Into Bilderberg
A quote...."Dominic Schreiber of We Are Change in Switzerland appeared on the Alex Jones Show today and said a number of Swiss MPS are moving forward with an effort to have Bilderberg member and war criminal Henry Kissinger and others arrested." - Hip Hip Hooray!!

Bilderberg News 06-10-11 - A DProgram Round-Up - (11 articles & videos)
Bilderberg News 06-09-11 - A DProgram Round-Up - (16 articles & videos)
A massive Shower Curtain Erected to hide the Bilderberg Group?
We did it! Mainstream coverage of Bilderberg 2011 – Mark Dice - contains video - Alt
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The Assault On Libya....

'West violates UN resolution on Libya'
Contains Video - A quote...."While the US and NATO and the Libyan opposition are chasing an all out win in the civil war in Libya, Russia says ceasefire and negotiation is the only way to peace."

'Air raids kill people, don't stop wars - NATO needs Libya chaos to last'
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 4min17sec - Jun 10, 2011) - Source: RussiaToday -- A quote...."RT's Anissa Naouai talks to Alexander Cockburn, American political journalist, for more analysis on the turbulent situation in Libya and the Middle East."

'Libyan gold was globalist game all along'
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 5min22sec - Jun 10, 2011) - Source: RussiaToday -- A quote...."NATO is continuing its barrage of the Libyan capital, with no sign there will be any let-up until Colonel Muammar Gaddafi goes. Western and Arab countries are showing their support for the Libyan opposition by pledging more money. The rebels say they need $3 billion over the next several months to pay salaries and buy supplies. Although the rebels have managed to get financing from their first oil exports to the US, writer and filmmaker Patrick Henningsen believes the oil business coming out of Libya is not the main driver of this NATO operation."

The Lies behind the West's War on Libya
Special Note - A quote...."Africans should think about the real reasons why western countries are waging war on Libya, writes Jean-Paul Pougala, in an analysis that traces the country’s role in shaping the African Union and the development of the continent."

Libya rape claims 'hysteria' - investigator
Propaganda Exposed - A quote...."A UN human rights investigator has cast doubts over claims by the chief ICC prosecutor of evidence that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi had ordered mass rapes."

Tinpot Bombardiers
A quote...."The alleged purpose of  UN Security Council resolution 1973, passed on March 17, was to seek to protect Libyan civilians from violent attacks by both  sides. In NATO’s eager hands, cosseted by uncritical Western press coverage, it has rapidly mutated into an overt bid to destroy Qaddafi’s regime, specifically to murder Qaddafi, by missile or bombardment with  land-based teams of Special Force assassins doubtless  deployed in the desert, assigned the same task."

McKinney human rights fact-finders show Libyan deaths, injuries not ‘propaganda’
A quote...."In the CIA kick-started war on Libya, The New York Times report Monday by John F. Burns, calling Libyan civilian casualties “propaganda,” does not square with a series of WBAIX in-hospital interviews (posted below) by Joshalyn Lawrence that show civilian victim survivors of U.S./NATO intensifying bomb raids, both witnessed by a human rights fact-finding mission including Cynthia McKinney and former members of parliament, who report it is NATO spin that mainstream media is reporting." - also posted at ICH

Gaddafi regime staked £12bn on secret deal in bid to open peace talks
A quote...."The Libyan regime has been negotiating a secret deal with Greece to use $20bn (£12bn) of its funds that are frozen abroad for humanitarian relief to benefit both sides in the civil war. Officials in Tripoli say the move is intended to pave the way for the opening of peace talks." - also posted at ICH

Norway to quit Libya operation by August
Libya state TV says NATO helicopter shot down - unconfirmed as of 2:56am PST - mpg
Gadhafi forces kill 22 rebels in daylong shelling of outskirts of port city of Misrata
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More on the World Wide Revolution....

Greek public servants strike over privatisation measures
A quote...."Workers in Greek state-owned industries demonstrated on Thursday over the government’s austerity plan. -- Public transport staff, post office, bank and port workers walked out on their jobs in protest at money saving plans that will impact on their jobs."

France 24 files complaint over its own Syria story
Propaganda Exposed - A quote...."France 24 said it "has no option but to take Ms. Shakkour's denials seriously." It said it had commissioned comparative analyses that show the voice on France 24 differs from the voice that later issued the denial broadcast on BFM TV. -- "France 24 has no doubt that Ambassador Shakkour and the Embassy of the Syrian Arab Republic in France, who were swift to report the manipulation of which they, like France 24, appear to have been the victims, will give their total support to this complaint and collaborate fully in the ensuing investigations," the network said."

Moscow says it will oppose any move by UNSC members on Syria
A quote...."Extremist calls, including from the so-called foreign-based opposition to topple the regime and avoid all-national dialogue are not helping to calm the situation" -- *Alexander Lukashevich*

100,000 protesters hit the streets in Yemen
A quote...."SANAA, Yemen — Nearly 100,000 Yemenis protested Friday in a main square of the capital, demanding the president's ouster in the biggest rally since Ali Abdullah Saleh left for Saudi Arabia after he was wounded in an attack on his palace."

Syrian Forces Storm Into Restive Town Near Turkey
Red Cross appeals for access to Syria wounded
Turkey mulls buffer zone on Syrian border
Syrian Opposition Figure Rejects Foreign Meddling in Syria's Internal Affairs
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Activists: Soldiers stop farmers working on land
A quote...."HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Israeli soldiers on Thursday prevented Palestinian farmers from working on their land near Hebron in the southern West Bank, rights activists said." - also posted at AlethoNews

[Israeli] Army Breaks Into Al Aqsa Mosque Yards, Fires Gas Bombs At Worshipers
A quote...."The Al Aqsa Foundation for Wadf and Heritage stated Friday that Israeli soldiers broke into the yards of the Al Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, attacked dozens of worshipers and fired gas bombs at them."

The Naksa Day at Qalandiya
A quote...."It started off with a demonstration. The women walked in the front line in a non-violent civil protest. -- The protesters who headed towards the checkpoint were halted by military ammunition. Gas and stun grenades. The younger demonstrators wouldn't hold back, and started throwing stones. Some of them were old acquaintances and others were new, they were residents of the camp and the nearby towns who had spent their childhoods and teenage years inside ghettos that imprisoned their bodies and souls."
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More on Japan's Nuclear Power Plants....

Is the Dramatic Increase in Baby Deaths in the US a Result of Fukushima Fallout?
Radiation Red Warning - A quote...."The recent CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report indicates that eight cities in the northwest U.S. (Boise ID, Seattle WA, Portland OR, plus the northern California cities of Santa Cruz, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Jose, and Berkeley) reported the following data on deaths among those younger than one year of age:

    4 weeks ending March 19, 2011 - 37 deaths (avg. 9.25 per week)
    10 weeks ending May 28, 2011  - 125 deaths (avg.12.50 per week)

"This amounts to an increase of 35% (the total for the entire U.S. rose about 2.3%), and is statistically significant." - bold by website editor

Japan Censors Tests Showing Radiation In Tea Above Legal Limits Over 300 Miles From Fukushima
Radiation Alert Cover-Up - A quote...."Japan orders tea manufacturer to withhold radiation test results from the public because it “may spread unnecessary fear” after nuclear radiation is detected in tea above legal limits 300 miles from Fukushima."

Nuclear Ash Cloud Of Radiation Raining On Tokyo From Burning Of Radioactive Fukushima Sewage Sludge
A quote...."Independent scientists and local Japanese Government officials reveal that the burning of radioactive sewage sludge is contaminating the city of Tokyo with an ash cloud of nuclear radiation."

Cesium detected in Shizuoka tea
Shizuoka tells tea retailer to conceal radiation info
Radiation in No. 3 reactor too high for work
CounterSpin – Harvey Wasserman on Fukushima; Andrew Fieldhouse on Bush tax cuts - Src - audio - Mp3
PM’s former adviser: Gov’t worsened radiation exposure — Says thyroid cancer expected in children....
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More On The Economic Situation....

Why cutting entitlements isn’t the answer
By The Numbers - A quote...."Number one, America isn’t broke. The problem is that the top 10 percent of Americans now earn around 50 percent of our national income. If you want a 90 percent figure, here it is. The top 1 percent owns 42.7 percent of all wealth, while the next 19 percent owns 48.4 percent of the wealth. This means the top 20 percent owns 93 percent of the wealth pie and leaves the remaining 80 percent of the population to fight over the remaining 7 percent of the crumbs."

'A Million In Bonus For A Billion In Toxic Assets': How a Handful of Merrill's Bankers Blew Up Their Own Firm
From the History File - Dec. 22, 2010, 4:37 p.m. -- A quote...."Two years before the financial crisis hit, Merrill Lynch confronted a serious problem.  No one, not even the bank's own traders, wanted to buy the supposedly safe portions of the mortgage-backed securities Merrill was creating. -- Bank executives came up with a fix that had short-term benefits and long-term consequences.  They formed a new group within Merrill, which took on the bank's money-losing securities. But how to get the group to accept deals that were otherwise unprofitable?  They paid them."  - Source:  ProPublica

US Dollar Death Spiral, Economy Hurtles Toward System Failure
A quote...."The combination of $trillion bond fraud, dependence on inflating home equity for economic development, oversized cars, oil dependence, constant market intervention, insolvent banks, insolvent homes, outsourced industry, endless war, budget deadlock amidst runaway deficits, raided US gold treasury, mammoth future benefit obligations, and handing over the keys at USDept Treasury to Goldman Sachs has left the United States to fend off systemic failure."

This Is How the Dollar Dies
Mrkt Tech Note - Related Article - A quote...."The research I've laid out in the past few days (here, here, and here) suggests interest rates are inevitably headed higher. But how much higher? -- Over the long term, the average real rate of interest on U.S. sovereign debt has been around 2% a year. The latest Producer Price Index (which we believe is more reliable than the Consumer Price Index) shows price inflation is currently 6.8% annually. Add the 2% real return we believe investors expect, and you get 10-year Treasury bonds yielding 8.8%. -- Currently, those bonds yield only about 3%. -- This implies a huge collapse of bond prices – a collapse of more than 50%. -- A collapse of that magnitude would completely wipe out the stock market. It would be a massacre." - also posted at ActivistPost

China ratings house says US defaulting: report
Related Article - A quote...."A Chinese ratings house has accused the United States of defaulting on its massive debt, state media said Friday, a day after Beijing urged Washington to put its fiscal house in order."

US Treasury Burns $90 Billion in 8 Days
Related Article - A quote...."More scary stuff from the US Treasury which has resumed living auction to auction, even as it has plundered over $80 billion in G and CSRD retirement fund money to provide cap under the debt ceiling, a number which will eventually rise to $270 billion by August 2nd at which time all bets are off ...."

Food prices climb further at grocery stores
Related Article - A quote...."SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Shoppers paid 4% more for a basket of 16 food items at the supermarket in May compared to February, the American Farm Bureau Federation said Thursday in its latest informal survey."

Death of Keynesianism?
Let's be honest, it wasn't really tried this time.  Almost all of the thirty trillion dollars in support put out by the Fed and this government was specifically designed to bail-out the Banksters, Wall Street and the parasitic class by pushing asset prices higher. Bernanke & Co. have actually publicly admitted to this.  That said, with ever increasing cycles of debt per capita, Keynesianism was a dead man walking anyway. - mpg -- A quote...."STAMFORD, Conn. (MarketWatch) — I do not subscribe to the conventional economics view of how the world works. If there are two theories that animate the Powers That Be when it comes to defining Economics, they are the Output Gap theory of inflation and Keynesianism (the idea that putting cash in consumers’ pockets will generate a huge spending response)."

10 Signs That Wall Street Is About To Go Into Panic Mode
Mrkt Tech Note - A quote...."Can you smell the fear?  Right now world financial markets are visibly nervous and many are worried that Wall Street is about to go into panic mode.  It really is eerie how 2011 is shaping up to be so similar to 2008.  Major Wall Street banks are laying off workers in droves, oil prices are at very high levels, pessimism is permeating the financial markets, debt ratings are being downgraded all over the place and consumer confidence is stunningly low.  Sadly, none of the fundamental things that were wrong with the financial markets back in 2008 have been fixed.  In fact, many believe that Wall Street is even more vulnerable now.  A ton of bad economic numbers have come pouring in lately and that has put investors in a really sour mood.  All it would probably take is for one really significant "trigger event" to take place for Wall Street to go into full-fledged panic mode." - also posted at DProgram

Default fears grip Greece as debt insurance soars
A quote...."The cost of insuring Greek sovereign debt has been pushed to a record high amid fresh fears the indebted country is moving closer to default."

More US employers to drop coverage under Obama ["]health care["] overhaul
A quote...."A new study has found that large numbers of employers will stop offering health insurance after most of the provisions of the Obama administration’s health care overhaul take effect in 2014."

Thursday June 9th 2011