Saturday August 11th 2007

Goodbye Uncle Sam
Must Read - A quote...."What does it feel like to turn your back on your country? As increasing numbers of US military personnel head for Canada to escape service in Iraq and Afghanistan, three deserters explain what drove them to such drastic action"

Actually they're NOT turning their backs on their country; they're Americans leaving the New Roman Empire, adamantly refusing to become a Neo-Romans themselves.

It's a choice everyone now living in what was once formally known as the United States of America will have to make.

Become a Neo-Roman - as roughly thirty percent of this population has already chosen to do; to become an idolater, a money worshiper, to abase yourselves before the wealthy, to violate, defile and make a mockery of your "professed" religious beliefs while avidly supporting the destruction of everything those beliefs represented, to desecrate and ignore the constitution, the bill of rights and other "quaint" documents, to desire power above all else, to countenance torture, murder and other abominations against millions who have done you no harm, to actually enjoy the degradation and humiliation of others, to spit on the good opinion of mankind, to secretly revel in what has been done in your name so you can have a more comfortable life, to pretend you didn't know what truly happened on that day called 9/11, to engage in the art of plausible deniability, to live the lie while others who naively and foolishly believe, die for ideas you publicly declare but gave up long ago.

Or remain an American – To remain true to the often stated principals of this nation, to become a stranger in a strange land, to gaze in horror upon a culture and a people where more than a third of the population and all of it's elites are no longer recognizable for having forsaken the ideas they once professed to believe, a place where these Neo-Romans no longer even attempt to live up to their sacred principals, moral obligations, covenants, bonds or the oaths they swore to uphold....a people and a country  where one third of it's former citizenry and all of it's elites have renounced their citizenship and have voluntarily endeavored to make this formally imperfect union into a sick, twisted, vicious, sadistic, perverted, blasphemous, vile, nightmarish version of the Roman Empire….into a land of the living dead

The choice is still your's, you can choose to remain true to yourself, to America's stated values and ideas - or you can choose to join the New Roman Empire and become a Neo-Roman.

It's your choice. - mpg
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BAE profits soar on Iraq conflict
A quote...."The UK's largest defence firm, BAE made a pre-tax profit of £657m ($1.4bn), compared with £378m a year earlier.  -  BAE said the "high tempo" of UK and US military operations was increasing demand for land systems to support armed forces overseas."

To all the men and women in the US and UK armed forces, thank you for the sacrifice of your lives, your bodies, your morals, your ethics and your very humanity to promote BAE's bottom line.

The wealthy elites of both nations wish to express their gratitude for what you have done....keep up the good work. - mpg
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White Elephants
Must Read - Some quotes...."Ostensibly, the arms are needed to strengthen Saudi Arabia against the Great Satan: Iran. In Saudi eyes, this is now the great danger."  -  "Allah, in his infinite wisdom, has seen to it that almost all the huge Middle East oil reserves are located in Shiite areas: in Iran, in the South of Iraq and the Shiite areas of Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf principalities. If these reserves slip away from US control, it will cause a drastic change in the balance of power, not only in the region but in the entire world.  -  Therefore, the strengthening of Saudi Arabia—ruled by conservative Sunnis—makes a lot of sense from the American point of view....."

For more on this quote see....The CONversation - 09-04-06 - MPG
See also....Ghawar is Dead - Long Live PNAC - 03-07-07 - MPG
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Fatigue cripples US army in Iraq
Must Read - A quote...."Exhaustion and combat stress are besieging US troops in Iraq as they battle with a new type of warfare. Some even rely on Red Bull to get through the day. As desertions and absences increase, the military is struggling to cope with the crisis."

A Horrible Milestone  -  Group's Estimate of Iraqi Deaths to Cross One Million
A quote...."For the past month, the non-profit group JustForeignPolicy.org has provided an ongoing estimate of the number of violent Iraqi deaths attributable to the 2003 invasion. Sometime within the next week, their tally is expected to cross one million Iraqi deaths. (The group will issue a press release when this occurs.)"

Continuing violence boosts funeral industry in Baghdad
Related article - A quote...."BAGHDAD - The continuing violence in Baghdad is fuelling a boom in the funeral industry.  -  Back in Saddam Hussein's time, coffin maker Abdul-Wahab Khalil Mohammed used to sell one or two coffins a day at US$5-US$10 each. Now he produces an average of 15 to 20 coffins a day and charges $50-$75 for each one."

The Iraqis are losing their water, their electricity is failing, their infrastructure is crumbling but the funeral business is booming.  Bush must be so pleased with himself, he's finally discovered the one task he's really good at....killing lots of innocent people in truly horrible ways, his mom and dad must be so proud of him. - mpg
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Clouds of war are looming
War Warning - A quote...."Recent diplomatic activity in the region, involving international powers with vested interests, doesn't look like a good omen. For the past two decades, such hype has always led to disastrous developments."

Kucinich Calls Out Clinton’s Nuclear Blunder
A quote...."Once again, as with her stance on the Iraq war, Clinton’s record has been inconsistent when it comes to how, when and against whom she would take military action were she to become the U.S. commander in chief.  Perhaps she has decided, or been urged by her advisers, to strike an aggressive pose in order to compensate for being a woman in a race for the presidency, a situation that some voters might view as virtually irreconcilable.  But balancing “I’m your girl” wink-wink affability with “I can play with the big boys and their big guns” credibility is one thing, and going so far as to introduce even the dim possibility of pre-emptive use of nuclear weapons in a notoriously volatile region is entirely another."

Ahhhh....people are beginning to discover the true nature of Hideous "the mad rabbit" Hillary
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FISA Revised: A Blank Check for Domestic Spying
A quote...."Responding to fear-mongering by the Bush administration, the Democrat-led Congress put its stamp of approval on the unconstitutional wiretapping of Americans.  -  George W. Bush has perfected the art of ramming ill-considered legislation through Congress by hyping emergencies that don’t exist. He did it with the USA Patriot Act, the authorization for the Iraq war, the Military Commissions Act, and now the “Protect America Act of 2007″ which amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)."

First They Came For The Cows - Are The Sheeple Next?
A quote...."As the smell of burnt cow meat once again wafts across the southern English countryside, the stench is not only casting a pallor across the faces of Surrey farmers, but also threatening to expose the sordid relationship between the UK government, U.S. big business and the little-known world of "bio-terrorism".

Call to oust foreign troops at Kabul jirga
A quote...."KABUL, Aug 10: A Pakistan-Afghanistan Peace Jirga debating ways to end Al Qaeda-backed terrorism in the region heard calls on Friday for Western forces to be thrown out of Afghanistan in favour of troops from Muslim countries."

2 Somali Radio Journalists Killed
A quote...."MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Two prominent Somali journalists were assassinated Saturday, one outside his office and the other as he returned from his fallen colleague's funeral, authorities said.  -  The victims were Ali Iman Sharmarke, owner of the HornAfrik Media Company, and Mahad Ahmed Elmi, who hosts a popular radio talk show for the same company. HornAfrik's broadcasts have criticized both the government and the Islamic militants who have been trying to topple the administration through a bloody insurgency."

Gangs clash in Nigerian oil city
A quote...."Four people have been killed in gun battles between rival gangs in Port Harcourt, the main city in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta region.  -  A large fuel-pumping station in the city was also attacked.  -  The latest violence brings the number killed in nearly a week of fighting between gangs to at least 10 people.  -  Violence around Port Harcourt has increased since militants launched a campaign last year for a greater share of oil revenue for the poor region."

Russia launching new air defence program
A quote...."RUSSIA'S President Vladimir Putin said a new radar station near St Petersburg was the first stage in a large-scale air defence program, Russian agencies reported."

France: Sarkozy government introduces law restricting right to strike
A quote...."On August 2, the French National Assembly passed a new law requiring public transport workers to maintain a minimum level of service. The new measure represents a historic restriction of the right to strike and is directed in particular against rail, bus and urban transport workers. At the same time, the new law gives trade unions the responsibility of organising and policing, in collaboration with the employers, minimum service levels in the event of a strike."

Arafat's doctor: There was HIV in his blood, but poison killed him
A quote...."Late Palestinian Authority chairman Yasser Arafat's blood contained the deadly HIV virus, Arafat's personal physician told Jordanian media over the weekend. Dr. Ashraf al-Kurdi stressed, however, that Arafat did not die of AIDS - which is caused by the virus.  -  Jordanian news site Amman quoted al-Kurdi - a former Jordanian health ministry official - as saying that the virus had been injected into Arafat's bloodstream close to his death, and that the real cause of the chairman's death was poison."

Sort of like what happened to poor old Sharon, he'd...."been permanently incapacitated by a stroke which in the opinion of some may have been caused by the use of an overly strong blood thinner proscribed by two American doctors."  -  Quoted from... Israel Marches to the Drums of PNAC - Posted 07-16-2006 - MPG
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Chavez Meets with Kirchner and Morales in Bolivia for Closer Cooperation
A quote...."Mérida, August 11, 2007 (venezuelanalysis.com)— In the final leg of his South American tour this week, Venezuela President Hugo Chavez arrived to Bolivia last night to sign several economic agreements with Bolivian President Evo Morales as well as with Argentinean President Nestor Kirchner who was also present. The new regional agreements, according to Chavez, are part of a project to unite and integrate the region into a South American block of nations."
    
Venezuela’s Chavez Visits Uruguay and Ecuador on South American Tour
A quote...."Mérida, August 9, 2007 (venezuelanalysis.com)— Continuing his South American tour, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez departed from Uruguay yesterday where he signed energy agreements with President Tabaré Vazquez, and headed on to Ecuador where he met with his friend and colleague President Rafael Correa. In Quito, the two leaders signed energy agreements including an agreement to build a joint oil refinery in Ecuador."

The Existence of the PKK Terrorism in Iraq and the US
A quote...."Against Turkey’s complaints and suggestions, Americans affirm that they can not destroy these camps alone and list the reasons as; insufficient forces and also absence of legal arrangement to do it etc. The US says that the Baghdad Government is competent about this subject and they ask Turkey to negotiate the subject with the Baghdad Government, not the US. And when Turkey turns to Baghdad and warns the Baghdad Government, makes proposal to the Iraqis, yet Iraqi officials reply as they aren’t able to destroy the camps; and add that only American army, Barzani and Talabani could destroy PKK terrorism, not the Bahgdad Government forces. And the Baghdad Government affirms that Kurdish local administration of Iraq is in charge of combating terrorist camps. In response, Turkey turns to Arbil and has talks with Barzani and Talabani, offers the same options to them. The answer that Turkey gets is same as the Washington’s and Baghdad Government’s answer: Not having the authority to act to destroy the camps and insufficient forces."

When Will America Awaken from "The Bush Ultimatum"?
Movie Review - BuzzFlash Editorial - A quote...."If you don’t like a thinking-person’s action film or don’t want to know some of the details of the just-released "The Bourne Ultimatum," then stop reading here.  -  Of course, being BuzzFlash, this is not a movie review of a hot box office seller, but rather a reflection on its political "message" – and its larger symbolism as representing the difference between a fictional narrative and reality.  -  If you are out of the loop with Hollywood box-office hits, the third sequel in the red-hot "Bourne" series, starring Matt Damon, is drawing in record crowds to the theaters this past week."

The Bushies turn on each other
A quote...."One former Bush speech writer is accusing another former Bush speech writer of being a jerk who steals credit for other people’s work.  Imagine — somebody actually wants MORE than his fair share of the credit for Bush’s words.  Who’d of thunk it?! "

U.S. life span shorter
A quote...."WASHINGTON --Americans are living longer than ever, but not as long as people in 41 other countries.  -  For decades, the United States has been slipping in international rankings of life expectancy, as other countries improve health care, nutrition and lifestyles.  -  Countries that surpass the U.S. include Japan and most of Europe, as well as Jordan, Guam and the Cayman Islands.  -  "Something's wrong here when one of the richest countries in the world, the one that spends the most on health care, is not able to keep up with other countries," said Dr. Christopher Murray, head of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington."

Friday August 10th 2007

Editors note:  Most probablyTuesday's 07-24-07 market action is part of a correction down to the 200 day moving average on all indices with a rebound thereafter, IF however it is not, and this activity really is the start of a premature and early end to the ten year "credit/contraction" cycle  (this editor thought it would end in 2008) you can expect a major "fortuitous" attack on the US within the next 30 to 90 days given the current up-tempo in War Warnings and War Alerts during the last three weeks..

Therefore if Tuesday's 07-24-07 activity is any indication that this current "ten year cycle" is coming to an end, it should be considered a Red War Warning - mpg  - posted 07-24-07

See also....Standard Disclaimer