Wednesday October 14th 2009

Guardian gagged from reporting parliament
Press Censorship Alert - A quote...."The Guardian has been prevented from reporting parliamentary proceedings on legal grounds which appear to call into question privileges guaranteeing free speech established under the 1688 Bill of Rights. -- Today's published Commons order papers contain a question to be answered by a minister later this week. The Guardian is prevented from identifying the MP who has asked the question, what the question is, which minister might answer it, or where the question is to be found. -- The Guardian is also forbidden from telling its readers why the paper is prevented – for the first time in memory – from reporting parliament. Legal obstacles, which cannot be identified, involve proceedings, which cannot be mentioned, on behalf of a client who must remain secret." -- posted 10-13-09

Tuesday October 13th 2009

New 9/11 inquiry squashed: Truth Quest stopped by City Hall - (RT-YuTb - 3m7s - Oct. 13, 2009)
Must View Video - A complete and total cover-up.  It's always been an axiom that "it's not the crime that gets you, but the cover-up" because when people in power try to cover-up their crimes it becomes pretty obvious what they've done.  But to make it this blatant is just sick and twisted arrogance at it's worst. The Supreme Court of New York is literally rubbing everyone's noses in this mess and spitting on the victims of 9/11 and their families while giving the finger to all New Yorkers. - mpg -- A quote...."More than eight years after the 9/11 attacks some in the U.S are not convinced they've been told the whole truth about that day. - Around eighty thousand campaigners have called for a referendum on a new investigation into the tragedy, but America's Supreme Court has ruled it out." -- For more on this issue see....Reficultnias's 9/11 Central

An open letter to Justice Edward Lehner on denying 9/11 justice - posted at Online Journal
Must Read - A quote...."Justice Lehner of the New York State Supreme Court: When did the call come to decide against this ballot initiative, or was it simply your own thought to rubberstamp Referee Louis Crespo’s recommendation that the decision to establish a local commission to investigate the events of September 11, 2001, not be put before the voters? This is despite the fact that 80,000 New Yorkers have already signed and submitted a petition to do so via NYC CAN. Obviously, now it can’t, at least not for a while."

Ask Awal Khan About Obama's Prize
Must Read - A quote...."Giving Obama the Nobel Peace Prize is like giving someone the literature prize because you hope he writes some good books. -- He doesn’t even have to be an aspiring writer. To say Obama aspires to peace is to ignore his escalation of the occupation of Afghanistan. -- It may be a joke, but the Norwegians have told more morbid ones: Roosevelt in 1906 and Kissinger in 1973 both had records far more blood-soaked than anything Obama has had time for. -- But he has had time to make an impact on people such as Awal Khan, who might want to weigh in on Obama’s prize." -- also posted at OhBummer

Formal Complaint about the Awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Barack Obama
A quote...."while the Norwegian Nobel Committee emphasizes the Nominee’s vision of a world free from nuclear arms as its main motivation for awarding the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize to US President Barack Hussein Obama, and cites his appeal that «Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges, it seems to me that these arguments are in clear breach of the very first paragraph in the Statutes for the Nobel Foundation – §1 – and its very first sentence, which reads:"

U.S.:  Pro-War Officials Play Up Taliban-al Qaeda Ties
Special Note - A quote...."WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (IPS) - U.S. national security officials, concerned that President Barack Obama might be abandoning the strategy of full-fledged counterinsurgency war in Afghanistan, are claiming new intelligence assessments suggesting that al Qaeda would be allowed to return to Afghanistan in the event of a Taliban victory. -- But two former senior intelligence analysts who have long followed the issue of al Qaeda's involvement in Afghanistan question the alleged new intelligence assessments. They say that the Taliban leadership still blames Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda for their loss of power after 9/11 and that the Taliban-al Qaeda cooperation is much narrower today than it was during the period of Taliban rule." -- also posted at CommonDreams

Obama 'approved 13,000 more troops' to Afghanistan
A quote...."WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama has approved the deployment of an additional 13,000 US troops to Afghanistan beyond the 21,000 he announced publicly in March, The Washington Post reported Tuesday." - also posted at Google

Russia must prepare for NATO defeat in Afghanistan, ambassador says
A quote...."Brussels/Paris - NATO is facing defeat in Afghanistan, and Russia and the states of Central Asia must be ready to pick up the pieces, Russia's ambassador to NATO said Tuesday."

British military supplies to Iraq, Afghanistan inadequate: report
A quote...."Britain's Ministry of Defense (MOD)has failed to adequately supply its troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, said a report published Tuesday by the Public Accounts Committee. -- Since July 2007, only 57 percent of the demands made in Afghanistan and 71 percent of the demands made in Iraq were met by the supply chain, the report said." -- also posted at WarInIraq

British people 'lied to' over Iraq invasion
A quote...."LONDON - A retired senior Army officer whose son was killed in Iraq said that Britain was "lied to" and "badly let down" before the start of the conflict. -- Former Lieutenant Colonel Colin Mildinhall attacked the legality of the war and argued that the UK was "misled" over the claim that Saddam Hussein could deploy weapons of mass destruction within 45 minutes." -- also posted at WarInIraq

Blair should be tried for war crimes, say families of soldiers killed in Iraq
A quote...."ANGRY families of British servicemen killed in Iraq told members of the official inquiry into the conflict that Tony Blair must be held accountable for taking the nation to war. -- Many blamed the former prime minister for the deaths of their loved ones in an "illegal" conflict, and some even called for him to be prosecuted for war crimes."

For the sake of my son, why I refused to shake Blair's blood-covered hands
A quote...."PETER Brierley says he's not known as a man who enjoys confrontation. His family and friends were quite shocked to think of him marching up to the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, refusing to shake his hand, tearing a couple of strips off him, then turning on his heel and stalking away."

Former world court chief joins UK Iraq inquiry
A quote...."LONDON (AP) - Britain's official inquiry into the war in Iraq has appointed a former president of the International Court of Justice to help advise it on legal issues. -- The Iraq inquiry committee said Wednesday it had appointed former judge Rosalyn Higgins to assist its investigation."

Post Peace Prize, Obama Speeds Shipment Of Bunker-Busters To Hit Iran
War Alert - A quote...."US, October 14, 2009, (Pal Telegraph) -The Pentagon is speeding up delivery of a colossal bomb designed to destroy hidden weapons bunkers buried underground and shielded by 10,000 pounds of reinforced concrete. Call it Plan B for dealing with Iran, which recently revealed a long-suspected nuclear site deep inside a mountain near the holy city of Qom."

Guardian gagged from reporting parliament
Press Censorship Alert - A quote...."The Guardian has been prevented from reporting parliamentary proceedings on legal grounds which appear to call into question privileges guaranteeing free speech established under the 1688 Bill of Rights. -- Today's published Commons order papers contain a question to be answered by a minister later this week. The Guardian is prevented from identifying the MP who has asked the question, what the question is, which minister might answer it, or where the question is to be found. -- The Guardian is also forbidden from telling its readers why the paper is prevented – for the first time in memory – from reporting parliament. Legal obstacles, which cannot be identified, involve proceedings, which cannot be mentioned, on behalf of a client who must remain secret."

Russian FM: Threats of Iran sanctions won't work
A quote...."MOSCOW (AP) - Threatening Iran with more sanctions would be counterproductive, Russia's foreign minister declared Tuesday, resisting efforts by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to win agreement for tougher measures if Iran fails to prove its nuclear program is peaceful." - also posted at BeaverCntyTms (contains photo gallery) & Yahoo

Putin pushes SCO countries to form energy forum
A quote...."BEIJING, October 14 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin reiterated on Wednesday a proposal that Shanghai Cooperation Organization member states form an energy forum. -- Putin was speaking at a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Beijing."

Russia's new military doctrine allows preventive nuclear strikes
Yeah....well.....considering what the US-NRE has done so far you can understand Russia's  position on the issue.  Still a first strike posture is not exactly conducive for international stability. On the other hand with the US-NRE creating and than vociferously promoting the "pre-emptive" doctrine while running around the world slavering at the mouth fulminating about Chaney's "if there's a one percent chance" scenarios, maybe it's the safest policy for Russia to have. – mpg -- A quote...."MOSCOW, October 14 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's new military doctrine does not rule out preventive nuclear strikes against potential aggressors, the head of its Security Council said on Wednesday. - "An option is stipulated for the possibility of using nuclear weapons depending on the situation and the intentions of a potential enemy," Nikolai Patrushev said in an interview in the Wednesday edition of the Izvestia newspaper."

In Recession, China Solidifies Its Lead in Global Trade
Special Note - A quote...."SHANGHAI — With the global recession making consumers and businesses more price-conscious, China is grabbing market share from its export competitors, solidifying a dominance in world trade that many economists say could last long after any economic recovery."

Cuba solicits worldwide support against U.S. embargo
A quote...."HAVANA, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- The National Assembly of People's Power, Cuba's parliament, called for worldwide support on Tuesday to pressure the United States into lifting its economic, commercial and financial embargo against the country."

IT WASN'T MUSLIMS
A quote...."It wasn't Muslims who trained their cameras on the World Trade Center Towers prior to the first aircraft impact, who danced and celebrated with high fives prior to the second impact as most onlookers still believed it had been a terrible accident rather than terrorism, and who were caught with foreign passports, $4,700 in cash hidden in a sock, maps highlighting certain places in the city, and a van that tested positive for traces of explosives; it was Israelis Sivan Kurzberg, Paul Kurzberg, Yaron Shmuel, Oded Ellner, and Omer Marmari, several of whom have been confirmed as Mossad agents, as part of their job in "documenting the event".
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

ATTENTION PLEASE READ THIS
A quote...."Please, I am asking all my readers to post this on your blog, pass it to other blogs and keep reminding people. Put a link on your sidebar as well pease? -- The Zionist Federation in England are attempting to lobby Gordon Brown to condemn and help quash the Goldstone report at the UN. The European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza have now created a petition today calling on Brown to “support” the report and not to condemn it. PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD ON ANY AND ALL BLOGS."

'Hear the voice of the oppressed'
A quote...."The Turkish prime minister has criticized the international community for seeking to incriminate Islam while Israel was committing war crimes in Gaza. -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was addressing a meeting held by the country's Presidency of Religious Affairs, said, "We have to hear the voice of the oppressed," -- also posted at AlethoNews

Israel Feels the Heat Over UN Meeting on Gaza War - posted at The Palestine Chronicle
A quote...."On the eve of a UN meeting on the atrocities Israel carried out during the Gaza war, the Israeli prime minister has declared that Israeli officials will not submit to prosecution for war crimes."

George Mitchell opposes Palestinian unity
A quote...."The United States has expressed opposition to an Egyptian-proposed initiative to heal rifts among Palestinian factions. -- US special envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell, told head of Egyptian Intelligence, Omar Suleiman on Saturday that the proposed plan to settle differences between Fatah and Hamas undermines Palestinian negotiations with Israel and must be stopped, reported Tuesday." - also posted at OhBummer - “Divide & Conquer”....it's the Anglo-American way. – mpg -- For more on this issue see....US Sponsored Civil Wars - Palestine

Fatah unilaterally signs reconciliation deal with Hamas
Related Article - Oh, oh!  Guess that "Divide & Conquer" strategy didn't work out so well.  Poor old George Mitchell is now going to have get on his knees (again) to kiss some more ol'dat AIPAC butt and offer his profuse apologies.  For an old man like George to have to do these sorts of disgusting and degrading things, well, it's just.....disgusting. - mpg -- A quote...."Ramallah – Ma’an – Fatah unilaterally signed an Egyptian backed deal for reconciliation with its archrival, the Hamas movement, on Wednesday, a senior official said."

Benjamin Netanyahu refuses to let soldiers speak to tribunal
A quote...."Netanyahu has insisted Israel will not cooperate with an international war-crimes tribunal, set up to investigate the army assault on militants in the Gaza Strip ten months ago."

Report: Israel planning wave of Jerusalem house demolitions
A quote...."Jerusalem – Ma’an – Israeli authorities are planning to demolish 150 Palestinian houses, home to about 1,000 people in East Jerusalem, according to a new report from the Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights." -- also posted at AlethoNews & WarInIraq

FIFA urged to give the red card to Israel
Action Alert - A quote...."FIFA's declared mission to use football to bring about "a better world" requires that clear signals be given to the apartheid state, Israel. The undersigned organizations call on FIFA to tell Israel it is off-side and to show it a red card for the World Cup."

Egypt media group agrees on massive Israel boycott
Action Update -- Boycott Divest Sanction....it's the only way. - mpg -- A quote...."The London-based Arabic-language daily A Sharq al Awsat reported Monday that the board of directors of the powerful Egyptian media group Al-Ahram had decided to boycott Israel and Israelis of all positions." - also posted at AlethoNews - For more on how to boycott Israel see the upper-left-corner of the "Front Page" of this website. - mpg
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More on the US-NRE's Honduran Coup....

Honduran abuses rampant after coup: rights groups
A quote...."TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Suspicious deaths. Beatings. Random police shootings. Life under the de facto government of Honduras at times feels uncannily like Latin America's dark past of military rule. -- In the three months since soldiers overthrew leftist President Manuel Zelaya and marched him out of the country in his pajamas, international and Honduran human rights groups say security forces have committed a litany of abuses." -- From Reuters

Honduran negotiators broach Zelaya's restitution, progress achieved
A quote...."TEGUCIGALPA, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Honduras' negotiators have begun to discuss the restitution of ousted president Manuel Zelaya and made considerable progress, a negotiator of interim government said Tuesday."
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The End of Money and the Future of Civilization
Must Read - A quote...."It’s too late for anyone to pretend that the U.S. government, whether under President Barack Obama or anyone else, can divert our nation from long-term economic decline. The U.S. is increasingly in a state of political, economic, and moral paralysis, caught as it were between the “rock” of protracted recession and the “hard place” of terminal government debt. -- Even if the stock market can be shored up by more government borrowing for “stimulus” spending, it’s a temporary reprieve, because nothing can bring back the consumer purchasing power that was lost when the banks stopped pumping money into the economy through out-of-control mortgage lending. We simply no longer have the job base for people to earn the income they need to live."

The Consequences of a Cheaper Dollar -- What Obama Isn't Telling American Workers
Must Read - A quote...."A lot is happening in the tumultuous realm of global economics.  The “Great Recession” has caused shifts internationally, with outcomes that will dramatically change the lives of millions of people in the U.S. and beyond. And while Obama is acknowledging this fact with repeated references to “a new world order,” he isn’t explaining how this adversely affects working-class Americans. -- The first unmentionable fact is the long-term decline of the dollar, a phenomenon that can now be considered government policy.  The business magazine Forbes comments: “The Treasury Department would never admit this, but for the time being it's in the country's interest to keep its currency low because it stimulates exports for the economy's manufacturing base and lowers the value of the debt that the Treasury is piling up.” -- These policies are essentially economic attacks on foreign corporations and governments, and U.S. workers."

Iceland Shrinks 8% as Prices Increase 11% in Deepest Recession
A quote...."A year after the banking crisis brought Iceland to the brink of bankruptcy, the island nation is mired in the deepest recession among advanced economies. The stock market has lost 97 percent of its value, and more than 780 companies have buckled under the weight of foreign currency loans as the krona plunged. Consumers refuse to borrow at Europe’s highest interest rates, and international banks reject requests for new financing." -- This is what's going to happen to the US-NRE, a lot sooner than many people think. - mpg

Fed Governors Invoke Dreaded D-Word (Deflation)
A quote...."This can be seen in declining retail sales numbers and the dramatic increase in the personal savings rate over the last 2 quarters. What does this really mean? -- The Fed is warning the markets. It doesn't talk to The People because it understands The People don't know what they're talking about. The Fed is saying that it will not withdraw fiscal stimulus until such time as a "synthetic" economic recovery has taken hold."

A "Stronger" IMF and World Bank Contributes to exacerbating the Global Economic Crisis
A quote...."The annual meetings of the IMF and of the World Bank in Istanbul ended in a climate of repression. For the second consecutive day, the 10,000 policemen who had been called upon for the occasion used water cannons, tear gas and tanks against demonstrators. The same scenario had been played out at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh, where demonstrations against this G8 substitute were also violently repressed by police forces. The IMF and the WB held these controversial meetings only days after the G20’s decision to change the voting rights within these two institutions: 5% of the IMF quotas and 3% of the voting rights at the WB assembly are to be transferred to emerging and developing countries by January 2011. The current voting system was challenged both by countries of the South and by social movements: it relies on the “1 dollar = one vote” rule, contrary to the UN General Assembly where each country has only one vote."

Shooting of Prominent IMF Economist Baffles Police
He discovered something unpleasent, ticked off the wrong people or wasn't part of the new "game plan"?  We'll probably never know. - mpg -- A quote...."Police are still looking for clues after a prominent economist was shot in the garage of his upscale home. -- Ashoka Mody has been identified in an email to his fellow employees at the International Monetary Fund as the man shot Thursday night around 7:30 in his Bethesda garage in the 6800 block of Millwood Road.

The Untenable Position of Treasury
A quote...."What did Turbo Timmy and Bendover Bernanke think they were trying to pull? -- The Fed's "Quantitative Easing" is now basically defunct, with about $6 billion left out of the original $300.  Of course the scam of buying Fannie and Freddie Paper (even though it is not full-faith-and-credit, as I have noted repeatedly) will continue through the first quarter of next year."

The REAL Battle Over America's Banking System
Special Note - A quote...."The battle to reform the American banking system needs to include reimposing the barrier between investment banking and depository banking (Glass-Steagall), pay incentives based on what is best for Americans and not just the top executives, the end of too big to fail, and other changes which are frequently discussed by financial writers. These are vital issues." -- also posted at BLN

Goldman Sachs 2009 bonuses to double 2008’s; $23 billion....
Haaaa haaaaaa haaaaa!  All you poor peons out there.  One wonders what the ObamaTrolls think of this. - mpg -- A quote...."Yesterday, we brought you the insurance company that wouldn't insure a 17-pound infant because he was too heavy. Today, we bring you the investment bank that manages to double its bonuses during the worst recession since the Great Depression." - also posted at BLN & OhBummer - Look at the photo of all those newly minted green backs folks.  That's the utter debasement of the currency in YOUR bank accounts, the dollars in YOUR pockets and the reason the entire world is dumping the dollar like a hot potato. - mpg -- For more on this issue see....Having Fun With Your Tax Dollars

Citigroup spins off subsidiary to pay trader $100 million
It will never stop until the "people" stop voting for DemoRepubs. - mpg  -- A quote...."Citigroup announced Friday plans to sell its energy-trading subsidiary Phibro to Occidental Petroleum, the fourth largest US energy company, by the end of 2009. The $250 million sale appears largely designed to fulfill Citigroup’s obligation to pay one energy trader, Andrew Hall, a promised $100 million bonus."

After Bank Run, Dutch Seize Troubled Lender DSB
A quote...."The Dutch central bank on Monday seized control of troubled DSB Bank and placed a virtual freeze on up to 400,000 account holders, installing administrators to oversee the likely liquidation of the discount lender. -- Other banks which partly fund the state’s deposit guarantee scheme face payouts of as much as 3.5 billion euros ($5 billion). -- The central bank moved in after it failed to overcome a liquidity crunch at privately-held DSB through a consortium of ING Groep, SNS Reaal, Rabobank and the nationalized ABN Amro and Fortis Bank Nederland."

Monday October 12th 2009

Obama and the Nobel Prize: When War becomes Peace, When the Lie becomes the Truth
Must Read - A quote...."We are the crossroads of the most serious crisis in modern history. The US in partnership with NATO and Israel has launched a global military adventure which, in a very real sense, threatens the future of humanity. -- At this critical juncture in our history, the Norwegian Nobel Committee's decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to President and Commander in Chief Barack Obama constitutes an unmitigated tool of propaganda and distortion, which unreservedly supports the Pentagon's "Long War":  "A War without Borders" in the true sense of the word, characterised by the Worlwide deployment of US military might." -- also posted at LewRockewll

No Change in the Middle East - Obama's Betrayed Mission
Special Note - A quote...."Oslo decided to change its ways and begin giving out deferred Nobel Prizes: Win now, pay tomorrow. There's no other way to explain the bewildering, not to say bizarre, decision to grant the Nobel Prize for Peace to Barack Obama. Just like the reserved, esteemed Norwegians on the prize committee, we here, sweating and bleeding, were overjoyed with Barack Obama's election as U.S. president - black, eloquent, enchanting, striking and promising. Many an eye welled with tears, from Jerusalem to Rafah, at his unforgettable inauguration address, and even as late as his Cairo speech we still clung to his beautiful words."

After Nobel nod, Obama convenes war council
A quote...."Hours after being named a Nobel peace laureate, US President Barack Obama shouldered his duties as commander in chief and convened a war council for crucial talks on Afghan strategy."

Obama’s Nobel Prize Statement -- At Odds With Reality
A quote...."Can President Obama be serious when he says he accepts the Nobel Peace Prize as “an affirmation of American leadership on behalf of aspirations held by people of all nations”?"

Now that President Obama has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, what should he do?
To vote on the issue please click on the link shown above....mpg

• Refuse it, like Vietnam's Le Duc Tho did in 1973, because nothing like peace is even on the horizon
• Take it and laugh, like Henry Kissinger also in 1973, less than a year after his Christmas bombing of Hanoi
• Donate the money to Palestinian children maimed by US ordnance in Gaza last year
• Convene another beer summit with Bibi Netenyahu and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (he can drink O'Douls)

Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize! Hell freezes over!
Some Quotes...."Obama has won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, having been nominated for it just two weeks into his Presidency." -- "Well, this award is largely for what Obama might do. Let's take a look at what he has done...." -- also posted at BLN  -- This is  quite an extensive list, impressive one might say. - mpg

Obama Awarded the Nobel Prize for Making War With Muslims
A quote...."No sooner had Obama received the prize for peace he convened his war council to discuss how best to wage war in Afghanistan. “The president had a robust conversation about the security and political challenges in Afghanistan and the options for building a strategic approach going forward,” an administration official told AFP. One of the measures Obama will endorse is to increase the number of US soldiers deployed in Afghanistan. This will be on top of the huge number of private security contractors that already work for the Pentagon and are responsible for much of the mayhem and the slaughter of innocent Afghan civilians." -- also posted at AlethoNews

And the other Nobel Peace Prize nominees were...
A quote...."When President Obama unexpectedly won, he defeated more than 200 proposed candidates. These six are among the most inspirational on that list."

President Obama’s PATRIOT ACT Advocacy
A quote...."Is there a Surprise Factor here? -- Last month, in a letter from the Justice Department to the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Obama administration went on record supporting the extension of key provisions of the USA Patriot Act, including the provision that gives the government the power to subpoena library records of any individual. -- The sections that our president is so keen to keep alive and take even further; allow roving wire taps on multiple phones, access to business records, and a never-used provision to conduct surveillance of a non-U.S. citizen who may not be part of a recognized terrorist group. -- Last week the Committee obliged and passed a bill to renew all of the PATRIOT powers that were set to expire at the end of the year."

Obama Pledges to Let Homosexuals Serve Openly in US Military
Special Note - Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "Be all that you can be, join the Army"  Maybe the DoD should show their recruitment advertisements while playing those catchy old tunes YMCA or Macho Macho Man, heh? There's no such thing as "gay" or "gays" by the way folks, but it does appear the New Roman Empire has finally arrived. Obama hasn't kept a single promise he's made so far except for this one, told you folks this would happen.  To all you so-called, pretend "Christians" in the Southern part of the country.....nice work, really well done, a perfect job, yu'all must be really proud ol'yourselves. -- A quote...."U.S. President Barack Obama has pledged to a gay rights group that he will repeal the law that keeps homosexuals from serving openly in the U.S. military. The president admits that he has not made promised policy changes as quickly as advocates would like."
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Afghanistan: A War of Lies
Must Read - A quote...."President Barack Obama and Congress are wrestling with widening the war in Afghanistan. After eight years of military operations costing US $236 billion, the US commander in Afghanistan just warned of the threat of "failure," aka defeat."

9/11: Mohamed Atta loved pork chops, cocaine, hookers and 49 other things you may not know
Special Note - A quote...."The whole rotten 'official' 9/11 story is coming apart. Which means that either the truth is going to come out completely or the same bunch of sadistic bastards who were actually behind those attacks will launch another 'false-flag' against America to get us back in the proper frame of mind so we'll keep fighting those "Wars for Wall Street and Israel." -- For more on this issue see....9/11 - NORAD - The Party Hearty Terrorists

Architects and Engineers Explore 9/11 Tower Collapses nbcactionnews.com
A quote...."OVERLAND PARK, Kan.–Architect Richard Gage, AIA, will present his finding regarding the destruction of the World Trade Center skyscrapers on 9/11." -- For more on this issue see....9/11 - WTC7 & 9/11 - WTC-1&2

Charlie Sheen on Alex Jones Tv 2/5:Charlie Sheen Issues 9/11 Challenge to Critics!
Must View Videos -- Vid#1 - Vid#2 - Vid#3 - Vid#4 - Vid#5 - (Alex Jones YuTb - aprox 10 min each - Sept. 11, 2009) -- A quote...."On this eighth anniversary of the false flag attacks on the United States, Alex talks with Charlie Sheen about his widely covered article "20 Minutes with the President" and his call for a new investigation. Charlie will issue a special challenge during the show. -- http://prisonplanet.tv/" -- For more on this issue see....Reficultnias's 9/11 Central

4 Suspects in World Trade Center Before 9/11 Doing Construction
A quote...."Jonathan Elinoff calls into Kevin Barrett’s radio program to reveal a story he is breaking about art students who lived in tents on the 90th floor of the World Trade Center. He claims they lived there illegally for months before the attack and that they were later arrested after 9/11 and detained as part of an Israel spy ring although they are Austrian and German. Elinoff claims that he has photos and that the “art students” had 3 or 4 tons of boxes, blue prints and maps of security check points."

Schwarzenegger signs ammunition sales bill
A quote...."Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today signed into law a bill that requires buyers of handgun ammunition to leave thumbprints and detailed personal information with registered ammo sellers, as well as put restrictions on online bullet sales."

Schwarzenegger gets mixed reception after signing gay rights bills
Welcome to the New Roman Empire - mpg -- A quote...."LOS ANGELES, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- U.S. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger met with criticism as well as praise on Monday after signing controversial state bills affirming gay rights."
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If we want Policy instead of Speeches -- Vers La Verité Speech in Paris
Special Note - A quote...."by Cynthia McKinney -- President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize was not the only news yesterday. And in my opinion, it’s not even the biggest news. It’s not even the saddest news. But it does provide us with some critical information as we move forward. The three-part question for us, tonight however, is “What are we moving forward TO; is that the place we want to go; and if not, what do we do about it?" -- also posted at WarInIraq & OhBummer & DProgram

Is McChrystal Reading LewRockwell.com?
Special Note - A quote...."Not likely. -- But I was heartened to see that when we abandoned the military outpost in Kamdesh, Afghanistan, we destroyed the base, lighting afterburners, the smoldering waste of one more failed experiment in colonialism in our rear-view mirrors. -- We departed this small base days after one of the deadliest Taliban strikes against our occupation forces there. Officially, our departure had been planned for months. Any bets that the leadership will take a hit for that bit of poor planning? -- Not likely."

At What Cost the Israel Lobby?
Special Note - A quote...."More than 46 years ago, President John F. Kennedy sought to preclude a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. In June 1963, he wrote the last in a series of insistent letters to Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion. Those letters sought what Israel now demands of Iran: international inspections of its nuclear facilities. The key difference: Kennedy knew for certain that Israel, while portraying itself a friend and ally, repeatedly lied to Kennedy about its nuclear weapons development at the Dimona reactor in the Negev Desert." -- also posted at Uruknet

US Still Not Planning Major Iraq Troop Cuts Until Next Year
Special Note - A quote...."Updating the lack of progress on President Obama’s promised US pullout from Iraq, Brigadier General Stephen Lanza laid out again what officials are presenting as a “responsible drawdown,” which is to say a continued delay. -- The comments were largely in keeping with what Brigadier General Heidi Brown laid out in August, noting that the military isn’t planning for any major troop cuts until well after the January 2010 Iraqi election."

British have covered up hundreds of Iraqi casualties, ex-officer says
Special Note - A quote...."The British military's chain of command has instructed the country's top investigators not to examine hundreds of incidents involving Iraqi deaths and serious injury, a former British military police officer told the BBC Sunday." -- also posted at BLN & Uruknet

Deadly Blasts Target Police, Government Buildings in Iraq
A quote...."RAMADI, Iraq — Three car bombings targeted a police station and a government headquarters in Ramadi in western Iraq on Sunday, killing at least 25 people and underlining the precarious situation in Anbar province. -- The first bombing occurred in a parking lot when a 1991 Opel vehicle rigged with explosives detonated at 12:30 p.m. killing the parking lot's attendant and another civilian."

UN: Afghan vote fraud widespread
A quote....""Widespread fraud" took place in Afghanistan's presidential election in August, the UN special representative to the country has said."

The Deceit of Depleted Uranium use in Afghanistan - Part 1
A quote...."Afghanistan, October 13, 2009, (Pal Telegraph) - We have heard so many times the lies associated with what weapons have or have not been used in all the theatres of war. It is only when independent experts reveal the evidence that the respective authorities back down and admit to their usage."

Insurgents Taking Charge in Kunduz
A quote...."The vehicle is marked Kunduz provincial police headquarters, but the occupants are not necessarily servants of the state. -- The Taleban in Kunduz recently captured eight police Ford Ranger pickups in Chahr Dara district, and they use them to move around." -- also posted at ICH

Iran to enrich uranium itself if third-party deal fails: official
A quote...."TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Atomic Energy Organization spokesman Ali Shirzadian said on Saturday that Iran will manage to enrich uranium of 20-percent purity if third-party deal fails, local ISNA news agency reported." -- also posted at WarInIraq

China joins Iran, France on gas projects
A quote...."China's state oil company will join the talks between Iran and France's Total on the development of Iran's giant South Pars gas field." -- also posted at WarInIraq

Iran's gas deal crucial for Switzerland: report
A quote...."TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- A Swiss official said here on Monday that Iran's gas deal is crucial for Switzerland and his country attaches much importance to the deal with Iran."

Iran inks €1.2b gas deal with South Korean company
A quote...."TEHRAN - Iran’s Pars Oil and Gas Company signed a deal worth 1.24 billion euros ($1.83 billion) with a South Korean company in Tehran on Monday."

Israel fears Gaza war damaged Turkey ties
A quote...."Officials called an emergency meeting at the Foreign Ministry yesterday to discuss the crisis between Israel and Turkey, marked by the cancellation of a joint military exercise that was to include the Israel Air Force. -- A senior source at the ministry told Haaretz about concerns that strategic ties with Turkey are in jeopardy after Operation Lead Cast in the Gaza Strip earlier this year."

US scraps military drill after Turkey withdrawal
Related Article -- A quote...."A joint military maneuver by the US, NATO, Italy, Israel and Turkey has been canceled after Ankara withdraws from the exercise over Tel Aviv's participation in the drill."

MIDEAST:  Muslims See Victory at Al-Aqsa
A quote...."EAST JERUSALEM, Oct 11 (IPS) - Clashes between Israeli security forces and protesting Palestinians have subsided as several hundred Muslims agreed to evacuate Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque following a deal brokered by the Jordanian Embassy in Tel Aviv Saturday." -- also posted at AntiWar

Japan to end refueling mission in Indian Ocean in January: DM
A quote...."TOKYO, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa reaffirmed Tuesday that Japan will bring to an end to its refueling mission in the Indian Ocean in January when a temporary law backing it expires."

Pro-Kremlin party sweeps Moscow elections
A quote...."MOSCOW — The pro-Kremlin party dominated an election for Moscow city council and other local votes across Russia, results released Monday showed. -- With 99 percent of the Moscow vote counted, United Russia won 66 percent and the Communist Party 13 percent. No other party cleared the 7 percent threshold to win seats on the city council."

Russia to test-fire 5 ICBMs by end of year
A quote...."VLASIKHA (Moscow Region), October 12 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Strategic Missile Forces will launch five intercontinental ballistic missiles by the end of 2009, the SMF commander said Monday."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

BREAKING~HAMAS Captures Al Qaeda Leader
Must Read - Knock, knock, anyone out there? - mpg - And THIS followed by a resounding "silence" from America and Israel. Never mind this is the 2nd time HAMAS has thwarted Al Qaeda inside Gaza. No doubt the US and Israel have "helped" get them into Gaza in the first place. Anything to overthrow the elected government. Not only that, imagine if Al Qaeda managed to "get one off" and then of course we'd see the US and Israel blaming it on HAMAS. Here's the breaking news: - bold by website editor - For more on this issue see the following weblists and the article shown below.....US Support of Terror & US Sponsored Civil Wars - Palestine


Goldstone Report Really *IS* Biased
Special Note - A quote...."Let’s talk about the flawed Goldstone Report. Israel claims it is biased, and upon reflection I find I now have to agree with Israel. Yeah, you’re thinking I’ve been converted by Zionist hasbara, but rest assured I have not. However, it is “biased”, but the bias is not against Israel, but instead it is biased against FATAH. Here’s why:"

Israeli cabinet minister cancels visit to Britain
Hip Hip Hooray!!  It's working folks, identify them, protest them, sue them, follow them, hound them, boycott their businesses.....than arrest them, try them, convict them and imprison them - mpg -- A quote...."Last week, Israel’s vice-prime minister and minister for strategic affairs, Moshe Yaalon, cancelled a visit to Britain after being warned that he could face arrest for war crimes."

UN backs debate on Goldstone's Gaza report
A quote...."United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon backs a Palestinian bid to re-launch the debate on the Goldstone report, which accuses Israel of war crimes as well as crimes against humanity during its weeks-long onslaught on the Gaza Strip."

War Criminals Are Becoming The Arbiters Of Law
A quote...."October 12, 2009 "Information Clearing House" -- The double standard under which the Israeli government operates is too much for everyone except the brainwashed Americans. Even the very Israeli Jerusalem Post can see the double standard displayed by “all of Israel now speaking in one voice against the Goldstone report”: -- “This is the Israeli notion of a fair deal: We’re entitled to do whatever the hell we want to the Palestinians because, by definition, whatever we do to them is self-defense. They, however, are not entitled to lift a finger against us because, by definition, whatever they do to us is terrorism."

Israelis flatten Palestinian home
A quote...."Israeli authorities have demolished two Palestinian-owned structures in East Jerusalem, in defiance of international calls to stop such actions." -- also posted at Uruknet

Israel: Stop Blocking School Supplies From Entering Gaza Blockade Deprives Students of Paper, Pens, Textbooks
A quote...."(Jerusalem) - Israeli authorities should immediately lift restrictions that have left students in Gaza's public schools without textbooks and the most basic school supplies, such as notebooks and pens, Human Rights Watch said today. Israel severely limits imports into Gaza of a wide variety of basic goods, from food to construction materials."

Swedish journalist: The PA was aware of Israel’s theft of human organs
A quote...."[ 12/10/2009 - 09:21 PM ] -- DAMASCUS, (PIC)-- Swedish journalist Donald Bostrom revealed Sunday in Damascus that the Palestinian Authority (PA) and its media outlets were aware of Israel’s theft of human organs from Palestinians, noting that the PA deliberately ignored this issue." -- For more on this issue see....Israeli Organ Thefts

International probe into Israel organ theft called for
Related Article - A quote...."Freelance Swedish journalist Donald Bostrom has reportedly demanded an international war crimes investigation into claims that Israeli soldiers harvest organs of dead Palestinians."

Israel Organ Theft Article, Source of 'Death Threats' - posted at The Palestine Chronicle
Related Article - A quote...."The Swedish journalist who caused a controversy by accusing Israeli forces of stealing and selling Palestinian organs says he has been receiving death threats."
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More on the US-NRE's Honduran Coup....

Honduras imposes media restrictions
A quote...."Honduras's government has imposed a new law limiting media freedoms in the country, amid a political standoff between Roberto Micheletti, the de facto leader, and Manuel Zelaya, the deposed president."

Mercenaries and paramilitaries arrive in Honduras
A quote...."By Honduras Delegation - Press Release - Saturday, Oct 10, 2009 -- The situation is grave in Tegucigalpa. According to a message from the organization, Pastors for Peace, Radio Globo from Honduras is reporting that snipers are shooting into the Brazilian Embassy where President Zelaya and hundreds of supporters have taken refuge. There is no word yet on injuries." -- This is what the elites of the US-NRE intend to do to dozens of countries in the world, hire mercenaries to occupy them using the US-NRE's faux-currency. - mpg

Honduras "importing" Colombian paras as mercenaries?
Related Article - A quote...."A group of independent UN experts expressed concern Oct. 9 over the increased use of mercenaries in Honduras since the June coup d'etat. The panel said it received reports that 40 former Colombian paramilitary veterans had been hired to protect properties and individuals in Honduras since the June 28 ouster of President Jose Manuel Zelaya. The panel also heard reports that 120 mercenaries from various Latin American countries had been contracted to support the de facto regime." -- also posted at OhBummer

Zelaya supporters blast Honduras media crackdown
A quote...."TEGUCIGALPA — Supporters of deposed Honduran president Manuel Zelaya have warned an interim government crackdown on opposition media could derail talks scheduled to resume on Tuesday and aimed at resolving the months-old political crisis."

Zero Confidence in Putschists, Says Zelaya
A quote...."Tegucigalpa, Oct 12 (Prensa Latina) Constitutional President of Honduras Manuel Zelaya said on Monday he will continue talking with the de facto regime, but he has no confidence in solutions to the crisis through this path."

Celeo Alvarez Casildo: The Moment Has Come for a New Constitution in Honduras
A quote...."We reiterate our condemnation of the coup d’etat… and call for convening a referendum so that the citizenry can vote on a new Constitution”
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A Secret Deal Between Wall Street and Washington Shines a Harsh Light on Federal Housing Agency
A CounterPunch Special Investigation -- A quote...."While the Federal Trade Commission was receiving gut-wrenching documentation of predatory lending abuses at a unit of Citigroup, the Federal agency mandated to level the playing field for low income homeowners, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, was quietly awarding 19,968 mortgages of homeowners in distress to Citigroup to dispose of as it saw fit.  HUD legally became Citigroup’s joint venture partner in at least two of the deals, retaining a minority interest."

A Second Great Depression Is Still Possible
Special Note - A quote...."Over the past year the global economy has experienced a massive contraction, the deepest since the Great Depression of the 1930s. But this spring, economists started talking of “green shoots” of recovery and that optimistic assessment quickly spread to Wall Street. More recently, on the anniversary of the Lehman Brothers crash, Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve chairman, officially blessed this consensus by declaring the recession is “very likely over”."

Level of Disagreement Among Economists About Inflation Highest in a Decade
Chart - A quote...."As the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco notes in a letter published October 5, the disagreement among economists about the possibility of inflation in the long-term is higher than it has been in the past decade...."

Simon Johnson Confirms William K. Black's Explanation of Fraud, Boom and Bust
A quote...."In a new interview with Bill Moyers, Simon Johnson confirmed what William K. Black has said about fraud by the financial sector, booms and busts. As I previously wrote:    Black explained that fraud by a financial company usually involves the company...."

1. Growing like crazy
2. Making loans to people who are uncreditworthy, because they’ll agree they’ll pay you more, and that’s how you grow rapidly. You can grow really fast if you loan to people who can’t you pay you back....and
3. The use of extreme leverage.

No posts. - mpg

Saturday October 10th 2009

Italian court rules Berlusconi's immunity law unconstitutional - Oh Oh! - mpg
A quote...."Italy was cast back into political turmoil tonight when the country's constitutional court threw out a law passed by Silvio Berlusconi's government that gave him immunity from prosecution for as long as he remained prime minister. -- The majority decision represented a severe blow for Berlusconi, who was already struggling to contain the damage from a lurid sex and drugs scandal in which he is accused of using the services of prostitutes." - also posted at WarInIraq - Hey, Berlusconi!  Ever hear of the word "discretion"?  You might want to try it some time.  - mpg - posted 10-07-09

Friday October 9th 2009

War and Peace
Must Read - A quote...."I suppose we should not  begrudge Barack Obama his Nobel Peace Prize, though it represents a  radical break in tradition, since he's only had slightly less than nine months to discharge his imperial duties, most concretely  through the agency of high explosives in the Hindu Kush whereas laureates like Henry Kissinger had been diligently slaughtering people across the world for years. -- Woodrow Wilson, the liberal imperialist with whom Obama bears some marked affinities, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919, having brought America into the carnage of the First World War. The peace laureate president who preceded him was Teddy Roosevelt, who got the prize in 1906  as reward for sponsorship of the Spanish-American war and ardent bloodletting in the Philippines.  Senator George Hoar’s famous denunciation of Roosevelt on the floor of the US Senate in May of 1902 was probably what alerted the Nobel Committee to Roosevelt’s eligibility for the Peace Prize:"

Peace Prize Laureate Obama Humbly Takes his Place Next to Terrorists (Begin) and War Criminals (Kissinger) -- Must Read - A quote...."For only the third time in history, a seated U.S. President has won the Nobel Peace Prize.  Barack Obama has been named the recipient of this years award.  According to the chairman of the Nobel committee, President Obama was given the award not so much for what he has done, but for what he represents: “Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world’s attention and given its people hope for a better future,” -- Well if that is the case it seems to me that they should have given the prize to Obama’s PR team because he is just a pitchman and “HOPE” was just his empty slogan given to him by the advertising executives that ran his campaign.  And besides, it was a cruel empty slogan at that."

Well, Nobel Was the Inventor of Dynamite, After All
Must Read - A quote...."Sometimes you run across a story that defies all comment, rational analysis -- even parody. This is one of those times: -- In Surprise, Nobel Peace Prize to Obama for Diplomacy (NYT). -- To give a peace prize to the commander-in-chief of a war machine now churning its way through the populations of three countries (Iraq/Af-Pak), with innumerable black ops, lightning raids and drone shots on the side .... to a man who even as we speak is deciding just how he wants to kill even more civilians in Afghanistan and Pakistan ...  a man who has enthusiastically embraced as "an extraordinary achievement" one of the most heinous and barbaric acts of military aggression since Hitler rolled across the border into Poland ... a man who blusters about leaving "all options on the table," including the use of mass-murdering nuclear weapons, to bully other nations into compliance with American wishes ... to give a peace prize to such a man, while all over the world, there are men and women who have devoted their entire lives to non-violence and reconciliation, many of them suffering imprisonment, torture and ruin for their efforts ... well, like I said, it's beyond words. -- But it's good to see that the spirit of arms merchant Alfred Nobel -- purveyor and profiteer of death and destruction -- is being honored so perfectly with today's award."

Warmonger Wins Peace Prize
Must Read - October 09, 2009 "Information Clearing House" -- It took 25 years longer than George Orwell thought for the slogans of 1984 to become reality. -- “War is Peace,” “Freedom is Slavery,” “Ignorance is Strength.” -- I would add, “Lie is Truth.” -- The Nobel Committee has awarded the 2009 Peace Prize to President Obama, the person who started a new war in Pakistan, upped the war in Afghanistan, and continues to threaten Iran with attack unless Iran does what the US government demands and relinquishes its rights as a signatory to the non-proliferation treaty." - also posted at AlethoNews & CounterPunch & LewRockwell

Bizarro Peace Prize Awarded to Obama
Must Read - A quote...."....as a reward for all your strenuous efforts on behalf of keeping the world a place that is less safe, less stable, and less worth living in than at any time since the outbreak of World War II, you are bestowed with – yes, that’s right, the Nobel Peace Prize. This, however, isn’t just any Nobel Peace Prize – oh no It’s a Bizarro Peace Prize – the natural result of us having slipped through a crack in the space-time continuum, and landed in a world where up is down, right is left, and war is peace – Bizarro World!"

Why does Obama get a prize whilst Bush gets shoes
Must Read - A quote...."Today, when I came home from our nonviolent demonstration in Bil'in, after the soldiers shot tear gas and after seeing the violence of the Israeli soldiers, I heard that President Obama got the Nobel Peace Prize. When I heard this from the media I started to go crazy. I asked myself why. The Americans are still in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Palestine is still occupied. In the recent news I saw that the Israeli soldiers closed Jerusalem, and I heard that many people were injured. We haven't seen anything changed. Why didn't the committee give the prize to Bush? I remember nine years ago Bush had a good speech about the establishment of a Palestinian state in the year of 2005. We saw after the speech that Sharon invaded Al Aqsa mosque, and the American army invaded Iraq." -- also posted at OhBummer

Code Yellow
Must Read - Related Article - A quote...."Right on time  for the somber eighth anniversary of the Afghanistan war and occupation, Code Pink founder and primary spokeswoman Medea Benjamin has announced that her organization – which made so many headlines and newscasts protesting "Bush’s war" – is now "rethinking" their position on Afghanistan. A piece in the Christian Science Monitor, which Code Pink is now strenuously trying to spin, reports that the famous antiwar group is seriously amending their position after listening to the views of Afghan women. On a recent trip to Afghanistan, the leaders of Code Pink met Afghan women who opposed the idea of a US withdrawal, and this somehow forced them into a reevaluation of their views. As the Monitor reports: " -- also posted at OhBummer -- For more on this issue see....A Fist Full of Dollars - 10-02-09 - mpg

CODE PINK: Women FOR the Occupation of Afghanistan
Related Article - A quote...."The Obama administration has ruled out any troop reduction in Afghanistan after a Tuesday meeting with 30 lawmakers from congress.-- That should suit Medea Benjamin of CODE PINK just fine.  Apparently she has returned from a trip to the Green Zone of Afghanistan with a slightly less than “antiwar” message for the people of America. -- Yet another example of how infectious Obama’s fraudulent “compromise” propaganda really is."

Osama Bin Laden: Dead or Alive?
Must Read -- A quote...."Is Osama bin Laden still alive? I have dealt with this question in a recent little book entitled Osama bin Laden: Dead or Alive?  The present essay summarizes the main points of this book. -- Since the transference of power from the Bush administration to that of Barack Obama administration, the question of whether bin Laden is dead or alive has become more important. --  Although George W. Bush famously said that he wanted Osama bin Laden “dead or alive,” he made clear that he was not serious about this. Besides stating that he was not concerned about bin Laden, he demonstrated this by diverting most of America’s military resources to Iraq. Bush could, of course, be unconcerned about bin Laden because he knew that, besides the fact that bin Laden had nothing to do with 9/11,  he was probably dead anyway."

Blair Snubbed After Memorial for Iraq Dead
A quote...."October 09, 2009 "AFP" --Former British prime minister Tony Blair was told he had "blood on his hands" by the father of a dead soldier Friday, after a memorial for the fallen of the Iraq war in London. -- The ex-premier joined Queen Elizabeth II, Iraq's President Jalal Talabani, current Prime Minister Gordon Brown as well as soldiers and families at a service paying tribute to the 179 troops who died as a result of the 2003 war."

War, What Is it Good for? Iraq to Deal Oil in Euros
A quote...."You may remember that among the million and one reasons why we may have "really" gone into Iraq was this one, embraced mostly by alleged conspiracy theorists and silly leftists who thought that the invasion might have something to do with oil and the dollar...." -- also posted at ICH

What Not Being Able To Buy Oil In Dollars Means
A quote...."The big news this week on the financial front was the Independent’s claim that Gulf Arabs and France, Japan, Russia and Japan were planning to move from buying oil in dollars to buying it in a basket of currencies, including gold and a new universal currency shared by the Gulf nations. -- Buying oil in dollars is one of the foundations of the dollar’s role as the world’s primary reserve currency. Because the the dollar is the world’s primary reserve currency Americans have been able to borrow money for significantly less than other countries are able to. This has both made America more prosperous, and through the perverse incentives of cheap money, helped lead to the high indebtedness of American citizens and the financial crisis." -- also posted at ICH

Marines see sharp increase in suicides
A quote...."Recently released figures show Marines are taking their own lives at alarmingly high rates, and deployments appear to be taking a toll. -- Through September, the Marines have recorded 38 confirmed or suspected suicides in 2009. Should the pace continue through the end of the year, the Marines would be facing a 20 percent increase from 2008 figures."

US Afghanistan commander requested as many as 60,000 more soldiers
A quote...."The top-end request for an increase in US troop levels presented to President Barack Obama by Gen. Stanley McChrystal, US and NATO commander in Afghanistan, is substantially larger than the 40,000 previously reported, according to anonymous government sources." -- also posted at Uruknet

Where Truth is the Target - Eight Years of Big Lies on Afghanistan
Special Note - A quote...."It seems like only yesterday that President George W. Bush was bragging about having given “freedom and democracy” to 25 million Afghans.  This was a key theme of his second inaugural address, and it  helped Bush preen as the conqueror of the world. -- For 8 years, the American people have been fed one big lie after another regarding Afghanistan.   Now, when the Pentagon is saber-rattling to vastly increase the number of U.S. troops sent there,   a refresher course on the Biggest Lies is in order." -- also posted at Uruknet

Karachi student flings shoe at American journalist
A quote...."ISLAMABAD: Pakistan opened its account in "shoe-gaming" with a Karachi student flinging his shoe at a US journalist. The shoe was flung at Clifford D May, a US journalist visiting Karachi University on Thursday, local media reported."

US and Europe left out as Iran's gas output soars
One would hope Iran knows the US-NRE and Israel will do absolutely everything they can to sabotage Iran's gasoline production? - mpg -- A quote...."In less than two years, Iran's domestic gasoline production will jump by 20 million liters (5.28 million US gallons) per day, thereby overtaking the current daily consumption."

Jeff Gates Agrees With Me On Iran
A quote...."Damn, Jeff Gates and I think exactly alike. He comes to the very same assessment of this Iran-CIA-Israel thing as I did. On October 8th I wrote my thoughts regarding this and said the following: -- Remember those “weapons of mass destruction” Saddam had? Remember the people who brought you that false information, then ramped it up to invade Iraq? Well, it worked so well the first time they’re trying it again, only THIS time with Iran. Yet even more troubling it confirms beyond ANY doubt, that Israel controls American foreign policy, don’t believe me? Keep reading as I have two points to make here: Israeli intelligence was involved in editing and creating the sanitized version of information about Iran's recently revealed secret uranium enrichment facility near Qom."

Israel's export of occupation police tactics
It's absolutely true.  You can see all that fascist crap happening over here in this nation.  By the way, on that particular subject this website editor has some news for the criminal thugocracy of this country.  There are a lot of true Americans (as apposed to Neo-Romans)  that really don't appreciate being treated like occupied Palestinians in their own country, and they REALLY don't appreciate AIPAC running this nation's external and even internal security policy, but taking trillions of dollars out of the American people's pockets so you guys can party on is COMPLETELY INTOLERABLE! - mpg -- A quote...."Israel's specialized policing and fighting capacity, which it is currently exporting to other countries, including the US, began to take shape after the June 1967 Arab-Israeli war. In the territories it occupied during the conflict, especially the Palestinian West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip, the Israeli government wanted to lay claim, permanently, to specific parts of the occupied area. This desire ran into Zionism's longest-running problem, the presence of Palestinians." -- also posted at AlethoNews & WarInIraq
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Embarrassed and denounced
Must Read  - A quote...." The Palestinian Authority (PA) is facing an extremely embarrassing situation following its decision earlier this week to endorse deferring the ratification of the Goldstone Report at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva. -- The report, compiled by South African judge Richard Goldstone, accused Israel of committing, knowingly and deliberately, war crimes and crimes against humanity during its winter onslaught on the Gaza Strip in which more than 1,400 Palestinians were killed, most of whom were innocent civilians, including more than 300 children, with thousands others injured or badly incinerated by phosphoric bombs. Thousands of homes, mosques and public buildings were destroyed in the 22-day blitz." -- also posted at Uruknet

Abbas's Loss is Palestinians' Gain - posted at The Palestine Chronicle
Must Read - A quote...."There is a famous Arabic expression: 'he who doesn't respect himself shall not be respected.' Apparently, Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas doesn't believe in this.  At least, he didn't until now. -- The decision to defer the Goldstone Report, the UN report alleging that both Israel and Hamas had committed war crimes during Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip last winter, was nothing short of betrayal.  UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Richard Falk even described the decision as "perverse." -- also posted at Uruknet

US Strategy in Doubt as Abbas Loses Popular Support
A quote...."A quote...."Just two months ago, many western commentators were jubilant that Mahmoud Abbas, the U.S.-supported head of both the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the interim Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority (PA), was making a comeback and reducing the influence in Palestinian society of the Islamist movement Hamas."

EU backs UN Gaza report, disappointing Israel
Special Note - A quote...."STOCKHOLM (AFP) – The European Union backed on Thursday a contentious UN report blasting Israel's military offensive in Gaza, praising its chief author and saying the document is "worthy of consideration."

Al-Walajah, a symbol of Israeli ethnic cleansing
A quote...."While American officials continue to claim that the mission of US Middle East Envoy George Mitchell is by no means over, and that he will still pursue his efforts to convince the Israeli government to agree to some sort of settlement freeze, Israeli plans for further colonization of Palestinian land continue undisturbed. The latest Israeli plans call for the destruction of the West Bank village of al-Walajah for the second time in six decades."

Christians gather in support of Muslims trapped in Al-Aqsa
A quote...."Jerusalem – Ma’an – Christians of several denominations gathered in Jerusalem Friday for a silent vigil in solidarity with besieged Islamic holy sites at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City." -- also posted at Uruknet
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More on the US-NRE's Honduran Coup....

Honduran Coup Regime in Crisis
A quote...."How long can the Honduran crisis drag on, with President Manuel Zelaya, ousted in a military coup more than three months ago, trapped in Tegucigalpa's Brazilian Embassy? Well, in early 1949 in Peru, Víctor Haya de la Torre--one of last century's most important Latin American politicians--sought asylum in the Colombian Embassy in Lima, also following a military coup. There he remained for nearly six years, playing chess, baking cakes for the embassy staff's children and writing books. Soldiers surrounded the building for the duration, with Peru's authoritarian regime ignoring calls from the international community to end the siege, which was condemned by the Washington Post as a "canker in hemisphere relations."  -- also posted at CommonDreams

Brazil seeks more U.S. pressure on Honduran de facto gov't - They're not gonna get it. - mpg
A quote...."BRASILIA, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- Brazil on Friday called on the U.S. to increase its pressure on the de facto Honduran government to help solve the political crisis in the Central American country."

Surveillance Camera Footage of Honduras Coup Invasion of Channel 36
A quote...."The coup that can't shoot straight has done it again, as journalist Belén Fernández reports today on Narco News: when military and police troops invaded the studios of Channel 36 on September 28, stealing its transmitters, antennas and other equipment, they forgot to remove the surveillance cameras."
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What Is Money? - Part 5: Fractional Reserve Banking
Must Read - A quote...."The heart of the modern monetary system is fractional reserve banking. This system is based on fraud. At the very heart of the modern economy is fraud – fraud on a gigantic scale. -- What is the nature of this fraud? Counterfeiting. Banks are government-licensed institutions that issue bogus IOUs. Because these IOUs function as money, they are counterfeit money. This is the heart, mind, and soul of all modern banking."

The Securitization Boondoggle
Must Read - A quote...."October 09, 2009 "Information Clearing House" --- The relentless financialization of the economy has resulted in a hybrid-system of credit expansion which depends on pools of loans sliced-and-diced into tranches and sold into the secondary market to yield-seeking investors. The process is called securitization and it lies at the heart of the current financial crisis. Securitization markets have grown exponentially over the last decade as foreign capital has flooded Wall Street due to the ballooning current account deficit. A significant amount of the money ended up in complex debt-instruments like mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and asset-backed securities (ABS) which provided trillions in funding for consumer and business loans. Securitization imploded after two Bear Stearns hedge funds defaulted in July 2007 and the secondary market collapsed. Now the Federal Reserve and the Treasury are working furiously to restore securitization, a system they feel is crucial to any meaningful recovery." -- also posted at CounterPunch

Bought and Paid For
Special Note - A quote...."Lobbyists from the financial industry have paid hundreds of millions to Congress and the Obama administration. They have bought virtually all of the key congress members and senators on committees overseeing finances and banking. --This is easy to confirm in black-and-white. See for yourself: here, here, here, here, here and here."

“Death Bonds”: Wall Street’s Shocking New Plan To Reap Billions Off Dying Americans
Related Article - More on Wall Street's Brand New Securitization plan for DEATH. And all you idiots out there thought it was the Muslims who wanted "death to America" when it turns out it's your own broker that wants to see YOU dead.  It's all so hilarious. - mpg – A quote...."Now we know why America’s oligarchs are fighting to keep the rest of us stuck in the world’s worst health care system: the more we die, the more billions Wall Street will earn. A recent article in The New York Times exposed how Wall Street is licking its lips over a new scheme to make hundreds of billions in profits by creating financial instruments that will profit off of millions of terminally-ill Americans’ agony, desperation, and death. The only thing standing in the way of this massive new Wall Street scheme is the kind of health care reform that might allow Americans to live longer lives. Yep, this is what we spent trillions of dollars bailing out Wall Street for: so that they can kill us for profit." -- also posted at DProgram

Fed's Prompt Agency Monetization Makes Headline News - More on the Fed's securitization scheme. - mpg
A quote...."The story first presented on Zero Hedge yesterday as "The Fed's 30's Minute Agency Monetization Window" is now mainstream, after making headline news on Bloomberg."

The Truth on The Dollar Demise - (RT YouTube - 2 min 40 sec - October 09, 2009)
Video - Interview - More on Robert Fisk's story which sent the dollar plunging and gold soaring. - mpg

Dollar advances on Fed's interest rate comments - (and gold went down four bucks - mpg)
Bernanke's reply to Fisk. - mpg -- A quote...."NEW YORK -- The dollar rose against most major currencies Friday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke reassured markets that the U.S. central bank will wind down its extraordinary stimulus measures when the time is right. - Some investors interpreted Bernanke's comments as a sign the Fed might raise interest rates sooner than expected, which would boost the dollar versus other currencies as better yields make it more attractive to investors."

Bond Steepeners On Fire: 14 bps In 24 Hours - (and this is how investors in long bonds took the news. - mpg)
A quote...."Whether or not the rapid move in curve steepening is driven by a flight from long-dated bonds (and yesterday someone very demonstratively puked on the 30 year, both before and especially after the auction), or inflation is starting to finally be a concern for the bond community (unlikely, as it would be a first: every previous time equity and credit have disagreed about inflation, it was always credit which was proven right), the 2s10s has steepened by a whopping 14 bps in less than 24 hours." -- (FYI, if interest rates go up, bond prices go down....and vice versa. - mpg)

Thursday October 8th 2009

"While everyone seems to be all abuzz over Gold’s new highs, you should be aware that these are nominal, not real highs. Adjusted for Inflation, Gold is nowhere near its all time peak — in real terms, its only about half its prior highs:

"Gold's performance in the euro, British pound and other currencies has been lackluster compared to its rise in U.S. dollars, a trend suggesting investors are more interested in bullion as a hedge against the greenback than global inflation."