Thursday November 17th 2011

Remember folks, NATO represents all of Europe. Europe has a population of over 857 million people and is the largest economic union in the world generating a GDP of US$16,228.23 trillion in 2010  -- The United States, has a population of 312 million and an economy of US$14,527 trillion -- These two mighty (Hah!) Econo/Military units, which have a combined total population of  1.169 Billion people and a combined GDP output of $30.755 Trillion dollars have just spent the last [SEVEN] MONTHS bombing the sh-t [20,000 sorties and counting] out of a country that has a population of 6.4 million people with a GDP output of US$96 Billion.  And they still have not achieved their so-called "victory" yet. -- WOW, that's sooooooo impressive. Geez, the people of NATO and the United States must be soooooooo proud of themselves right now.  I'm sure the entire world is dutifully impressed at NATO & the US-NRE's "power". -- It's just disgusting. - mpg - posted 08-21-11

"Over There" is a 1917 song popular with United States soldiers in both world wars. It was written by George M. Cohan during World War I."

Wednesday November 16th 2011

This Is What Revolution Looks Like - Article also posted at ICH
Must Read - A quote...."Our decaying corporate regime has strutted in Portland, Oakland and New York with their baton-wielding cops into a fool’s paradise. They think they can clean up “the mess”—always employing the language of personal hygiene and public security—by making us disappear. They think we will all go home and accept their corporate nation, a nation where crime and government policy have become indistinguishable, where nothing in America, including the ordinary citizen, is deemed by those in power worth protecting or preserving, where corporate oligarchs awash in hundreds of millions of dollars are permitted to loot and pillage the last shreds of collective wealth, human capital and natural resources, a nation where the poor do not eat and workers do not work, a nation where the sick die and children go hungry, a nation where the consent of the governed and the voice of the people is a cruel joke." - also posted at Hamsayeh

Presidential Timber: Kindling. Sawdust. Charcoal - What the hell is the American Dream? Posted @ ICH
Must Read Satire - A quote...."November 16, 2011 "Information Clearing House" -- All indicators point downward, I tell you. On the lobotomy box the other night I stumbled on what seemed to be sock puppets standing behind rostrums and hypnotically intoning “The American People, the American People, the American People.” -- Puzzled, I speculated that it might be a convention of performing autistics, but soon understood that it it was a debate among Republican candidates for the presidency. Why use people, I wondered? We could do it as well in software. Computer graphics, small recorded vocabulary, narcotic rhythm. Easy." - also posted at LewRockwell

The Police State Makes Its Move - The Post-Modern Bull Connors
A quote...."For days now, we have endured demonstrably false propaganda that the fallen soldiers of U.S. wars sacrificed their lives for “our freedoms.” Yet, as that noxious nonsense still lingers in the air, militarized police have invaded OWS sites in numerous cities, including Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan, and, in the boilerplate description of the witless courtesans of the corporate media, with the mission to “evict the occupiers”."
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Case of slain border agent's killers sealed in court
Fast & Furious Fiasco - (The cover-up continues) -- A quote...."The case against the alleged killers of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry has disappeared from federal court records, apparently sealed by a federal judge. -- In May, federal prosecutors won an indictment against Manuel Osorio-Arellanes and others, and they announced it with a press release. Only Osorio-Arellanes’ name was visible in the indictment, but there were blacked-out words where other defendants’ names go. -- Osorio-Arellanes was charged with second-degree murder and was not considered the likely shooter. He had been wounded during the gunfight that left Terry dead. -- But in the ensuing months, the case disappeared from court records. -- Why? Nobody is saying." - No doubt it was for "national security", yuk, yuk. - mpg

From Franklin Coverup to Penn State
Special Note - The Penn-State Cover-Up - Welcome - To The New Roman Empire - A quote...."This is a post I never wanted to write.  I’ve been sitting on it for three days because the whole situation is so evil, twisted and sick.  When the Penn State story first broke it immediately reminded me of the story of The Franklin Cover-Up    written by John DeCamp, an attorney who served as Senator in the Nebraska legislature for 16 years." - Related Video - ||  Conspiracy Of Silence(Banned Discovery Channel Documentary) - (YuTb - 59min53sec - Dec 15, 2010) - Source:  mysticdave666  ||

Penn State Scandal: Judge who Freed Sandusky on Bail was Second Mile Volunteer
The Penn-State Cover-Up - Related Article - A quote...."The Penn State, Jerry Sandusky cover-up allegations continue to unravel. -- Enter Centre County District Judge Leslie Dutchcot, who, according to her attorney profile, has been a member of Sandusky's charity, the Second Mile. And, much like how former Centre County District Attorney Ray Gricar surprisingly decided not to prosecute the Penn State defensive coordinator when he was approached in 1998 with allegations of Sandusky of sexually abusing an 11-year-old boy, Dutchcot also let Sandusky slide."

Penn State Secrets Pedophile Coverup with Jason Bermas
Related AJVideo - The Penn-State Cover-Up - Alt - (AJYuTb - 15min24sec - Nov 15, 2011) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Jason Bermas Talks with Alex about the startling new details on the Penn State child sex case on Sandusky and breaks open what’s really going on behind the scenes and how they’re more people involved trying to keep the story from going further down the rabbit hole." - Topix ||  The Capacity For Good, or Evil - 11-11-11 - mpg  ||

Imminent Threat
Police State - (as seen from the eyes of an occasional visitor) -- A quote...."....I couldn’t believe my eyes when, driving down Santa Monica Boulevard last Wednesday, I saw a police urban assault vehicle modeled after a US Army mechanized infantry fighting vehicle. It’s designed for one thing: maximum destruction. -- It’s truly appalling how police forces across the country have become militarized. The concept of ‘peace officer’ no longer exists. Police are now paramilitary forces who only protect and serve the political class. -- Because I’ve been out of the country for so long, I notice these changes more acutely; it’s like diving in head first into ice-cold water as opposed to wading in slowly. And this rise of the police state is accelerating."

What Really Happened with Michael Rivero – November 16th, 2011
MRVideo - Note:  To avoid the advertisements and the radio commentary goto 8min40sec into the broadcast - mpg - (JustinTV - 2hrs - Nov 16th 2011) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire and many other issues. - mpg
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens....

Gerald Celente: MF Global Looted Customers' Accounts Via Internal Bank Run - GC is ticked off!!
Must View AJVideo - GeraldCelente(1/4) - GeraldCelente(2/4) - GeraldCelente(3/4) - GeraldCelente(4/4) - (YuTb - 7/15min - Nov 16, 2011) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel  -- A quote...."Big players got warning ahead of time that financial broker was set to collapse."

$15,OOO,OOO,OOO,OOOBAMA! - It's Official: Total US Debt Passes $15 Trillion
ALL RIGHT!!  Way to go Amerika!!  To all the men and women in uniform, keep fighting more wars, to all the Banksters, keep on creating more debt and adding interest to it!!  In just a couple of more years folks (perhaps much less than that), it'll be $20 Trillion!  We're number one!!  We're number one!!  We're number one!! - mpg

Federal Prosecution Of Financial Fraud Falls To 20-Year Low, New Report Shows
In The Believe It Or Not Category -- Yes folks, you really ARE living in the twilight zone! - mpg -- A quote...."Public mistrust for banks may be at an all-time high, but federal prosecution for certain financial crimes is down to a 20-year low."

MF Global Looted Customers’ Accounts Via Internal Bank Run
Contains Video - A quote...."Days before the doomed financial broker filed for bankruptcy, MF Global conducted “unexplained wire transfers” that led to a $900 million shortfall in client funds, leading customers like Gerald Celente to learn that their accounts had been looted and setting the precedent for internal bank runs as more big firms go bust."

'US exposure to European debt might be deeper'
Contains Video - A quote...."New evidence shows that U.S. exposure to the European debt crisis might be deeper than what Americans think, says Mary Bottari, Madison based director of the Real Economy Project at the Center for Media and Democracy."

Global Systemic Crisis: Decimation of the Western banks
A quote...."As anticipated by LEAP/E2020, the second half of 2011 is seeing the world continuing its unstoppable descent into global geopolitical dislocation characterized by the convergence of monetary, financial, economic, social, political and strategic crises. After 2010 and early 2011 which has seen the myth of a recovery and exit from the crisis shattered, it's now uncertainty that dominates the States’ decision-making processes just like businesses and individuals, inevitably generating increasing apprehension for the future. "

Italy Opts Not To Release Preliminary GDP Data As It Sets Off To Raise $600 Billion In Debt In 2012
It just keeps getting more hilarious by the minute...mpg -- A quote...."We are trying to decide what is funnier: Italy cancelling bond auctions and telling the world it does not need the cash, even as its Treasury Director tells the world the country will need to raise €440 billion... that's €440,000,000,000 in cash, next year, or that as Reuters reported earlier, the country has simply decided not to issue preliminary Q3 GDP data." - bold by website editor

European Bank's Response To Margin Calls: Just Break The Law And Make It Up
A quote...."While it will hardly come as a surprise to many, the bitter truth that bankers are to blame for much of the inexorable plunge that Europe faces (and for that matter the rest of the Western/Keynesian world) has once again been dragged front-and-center. In an interview on Australian TV, a former Unicredit senior banker, Jonathan Sugarman, discusses (along with no less than everyone's favorite roulette player - Nick Leeson) how rules are broken (not bent) and the 'rotten culture encourages excessive risk taking'."

Bank of England slashes UK economic growth forecast
A quote...."The Bank indicated that growth could stagnate until the middle of 2012 and would only reach 1% for the year as a whole – half its previous forecast – as Britain battles pressure from the eurozone debt crisis." - Try MINUS one percent, and that's assuming there isn't another financial crisis! - mpg

The Silver Bears Are Back With Part 8
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 6min07sec - Nov 14, 2011) - Source:  MrSilvergoldsilver -- A quote...."Because if we have to deal with constant and increasingly more ridiculous BS out of Europe over and over and over, it is only fair to get an update from the bears, if for no other reason than pure comedic enjoyment now that the world has been taken over by the Banana Onion."

Houston: We Have A Funding Crisis (And A Broken Libor Primer)
Dollar Alert - (USD's Needed??) - Chart - (click to enlarge) - A quote...."As the ECB remains the liquidity provider of last and only resort, we suspect the oh-so-transparent central bank is causing some banks to avoid it and look to the cross-currency basis swap market to fund themselves in USD as the 3 month EUR-USD swap reaches 126bps (-6bps more today). These levels are the lowest (widest and most USD desperate) since December 2008" -- Related article ||  Attention Passengers on Global Equity Flight 2011: Assume Crash Positions  ||  Related Chart  ||

Deepening Debt Contagion
Special Note - A quote...."With pressure building on Europe and America, something's got to give. Progressive Radio News Hour regular Bob Chapman says Germany's Angela Merkel and France's Nicolas Sarkozy search for solutions that don't exist. -- Nothing's agreed on to be implemented. Austerity weakens failing Eurozone economies. French and other banks are selling bonds. Yields are rising. So [is] economic, financial and political uncertainty."

Prepare for Another Full-Blown Meltdown - Credit Storm Batters Europe
A quote...."Germany will not permit the ECB to act as lender of last resort. As the Bundesbank’s president Jens Weidmann explained in an interview last week, unsterilized bond purchases (monetization) would violate Article 123 of the EU treaty. -- “I cannot see how you can ensure the stability of a monetary union by violating its legal provisions.” Weidman said. “I think the prohibition of monetary financing is very important in ensuring the credibility and independence of the central bank, which allow us to deliver on our primary objective of price stability. This is a very fundamental issue. If we now overstep that mandate, we call into question our own independence.” -- So, for now, the ECB’s hands are tied, but as bond prices continue to fall and credit markets freeze, German opposition will weaken and the ECB will asked to intervene."
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"Occupy Wall Street" & Other "Occupy" News...

Homeland Security Coordinated 18-City Police Crackdown on Occupy Protest
A quote...."Wonkette reports that Homeland Security likely organized the crack downs...."


Hartmann: Journalists Enter at your own Risk
Video - Alt - (RTYuTb - 6min39sec - November 11, 2011) - Source:  TheBigPictureRT -- A quote...."What last night's raid on Occupy Wall Street did to the nation's fourth estate of journalism. And what it means for our democracy in tonight's Daily Take."

Lew Rockwell on "Crazy Keynesianism" and the Police State
RTVideo - (RTYuTb - 10min30sec - Nov 15, 2011) - Source:  RTAmerica -- A quote...."As for the movement, it continues as protesters march on in New York and in Northern California on the campus of UC Berkeley. As for the response from authorities, if you were an investor, would you wish you could go long police raids? Well we're pretty sure you can't, so who stands to benefit from this? We speak to Lew Rockwell, chairman of the Ludwig von Mises Institute."

Army contract for Feinstein's husband / Blum is a director of firm that will get up to $600 million
A quote...."URS Corp., a San Francisco planning and engineering firm partially owned by California Sen. Dianne Feinstein's husband, landed an Army contract Monday worth up to $600 million."

Fannie, Freddie Execs Score $100 Million Payday
A quote...."NEW YORK - Mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac received the biggest federal bailout of the financial crisis. And nearly $100 million of those tax dollars went to lucrative pay packages for top executives, filings show. -- The top five executives at Fannie Mae received $33.3 million in 2009 and 2010, while the top five at Freddie Mac received $28.1 million. And each company has set pay targets of as much as $17 million for its top managers for 2011." - Source  CNNMoney - Topix ||  Having Fun With Your Tax Dollars  ||

Middle-Class Areas [in US] Shrink as Income Gap Grows, New Report Finds
A quote...."The portion of American families living in middle-income neighborhoods has declined significantly since 1970, according to a new study, as rising income inequality left a growing share of families in neighborhoods that are mostly low-income or mostly affluent." - also posted at PrisonPlanet

[US] Congress Less Popular than Communism, BP During Spill, Nixon During Watergate Or King George During American Revolution - Chart

OUR NEWEST T-SHIRT AND BUTTON DESIGN - graphic
Philly Police Cap Ray Lewis Joins Occupy Wall Street, Calls NYPD Conduct “Disgusting,” “Totally Uncalled For”
They're trying to get me arrested. .... And I may disappear
Occupy Wall Street 11-16-11 - A DProgram Round-Up - (7 articles & videos)
OWS protesters reclaim Zuccotti Park - vid - (RTYuTb 7m37s 111611) - Src RT
"Occupy" protesters rebuild UC Berkeley camp
Elderly and pregnant attacked at OWS - contains videos & photos
Occupy TV - live stream
Next Steps For #OWS
Occupiers Occupied: The Hijacking of the First Amendment
NYPD deliberately kept reporters and legal observers away during Zuccotti Park raid
The Occupiers Fight Back - Photos From the Scene - photos
Constitutionally Protected Symbolic Speech
Occupy Portland's letter to Mayor Adams
Judge grants Occupy Toronto temporary reprieve
The [attempted] shutdown of Occupy Wall Street
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The Assault On Libya..

Oil & blood feuds in liberated Libya
Must View RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 5min21sec - Nov 16, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."While Libya's interim government is quick to hand out contracts for the country's energy resources, questions have been raised over its ability to restore order. There've been clashes between gunmen from different tribal areas, resulting in at least 13 deaths. For more on this, RT talks to a spokesman for British Civilians For Peace in Libya, Sukant Chandan, from London."

LIBYA: Headed for Some Sort of Sharia
A quote...."TRIPOLI (IPS) - The announced introduction of Islamic law in post-Gaddafi Libya has drawn strong opposition from women, the non-religious and the Amazigh minority."

Libya: Ghadaffi - Tribute to a Fallen Hero
A quote...."Opinion will continue to differ on who Col. Muammar Ghadaffi, the fallen herro of the Jamahiriya Peoples' Arab Democratic Republic was while alive. His death at 69 recently, near sirte, his home town in the hands of his enemies truly epitomises the time-tested dictum that "every mortal lives but once", then the judgement of God. Ghadaffi, no doubt, was a hero of his time who avoided cowardice and hated double-speak. He owned up to his responsibilities as a child would own up to a toy. Only heroes abide by this principle, and they are very few amongst current leaders of our world." - also posted at Uruknet - Topix ||  Competent Leaders?  Not After This Example! - 10-27-11 - mpg  ||
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More On The International Situation....

The AIPAC/Israeli IAEA Propaganda Fiasco.....

The illogic of proving a negative to justify attacking Iran
A quote...."Paul J. Balles argues that advocates of a pre-emptive attack on Iran – America’s “Israel-firsters” and their Israeli mentors – are using the same illogic they deployed to attack Iraq in order to commit aggression against Iran: the demand that Iran must prove it has no nuclear weapons."
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Iran Keeps Velvet Glove On Its Iron Fist After Israeli Sucker Punch
A quote...."On Saturday, November 12, Israel teamed up with the MEK, a notorious terrorist cult that has killed numerous CIA agents and Iranian officials in the past, to kill nearly 17 Iranian Revolutionary Guard soldiers at an Iranian military base near Tehran. Among the dead was the founder of the country's missile defense, Maj. Gen. Hassan Moghaddam."

Kabul insists on Iran ties 'at any cost'
A quote...."It is painfully ironic, when one speaks of unintended consequences of the US's invasion and occupation of both Iraq and Afghanistan, that these actions have pushed those countries more closely into the orbit of Tehran. -- that someone, SOMEWHERE, in the Pentagon, State Department, or White House didn't see this coming, betrays a catastrophic failure of imagination on the part of the US government." -- *Michael Rivero*  -- Their planning wasn't really "a catastrophic failure of imagination" since they had planned on destroying Iran anyway, a plan which is still in progress....mpg

Two Nato Troops Killed in Blast in Southern Afghanistan
A quote...."Two Nato soldiers died on Wednesday following an improvised explosive device attack in southern Afghanistan, Isaf said in a statement. -- Isaf did not provide the nationality of the soldiers. Most of the troops based in southern Afghanistan are from the US."

[In Iraq:]  Indirect Fire Still Hitting Camp Victory
A quote...."VICTORY BASE COMPLEX, Iraq -- Some soldiers call it "rocket hour." -- It's the time of night when, in the center of American operations in Iraq, you can count on hearing sirens and a disembodied voice saying, "Incoming!" -- For the last two weeks, indirect fire -- usually rockets or mortars -- has been shot onto Victory Base Complex in Baghdad throughout the night, even as U.S. forces continue to near the deadline for removing troops from the country." -- They're called "going away" presents. - mpg

Arab League Pro-Western Despots
Special Note - Quote of the Day...."Fact Check:  Since March, anti-goverment protests began and intensified. Replicating Libya's model, Western backed insurgents stoked violence. Insurrection spread from one city to another. -- Trapped between waring sides, civilian casualties keep rising. Hundreds of security forces have been killed. Imported weapons are used against them. Syria's wrongfully blamed for confronting an armed insurgency. Unresolved conflict rages. -- At issue is destabilizing and toppling a Baath party controlled secular, anti-imperial regime, supporting Palestine, Lebanon's Hezbollah and Iran. -- Washington and Israel want it replaced with a pro-Western Islamic republic puppet state similar to other subservient Arab ones."

Arab League resolution against Syria unacceptable, Iraq Cabinet
Related Article - A quote...."On Sunday, Iraqi government regarded Arab League’s resolution to suspend Syria’s participation in its activities and meetings as unacceptable and very dangerous. This measure wasn’t taken against other countries that had bigger crises, Iraqi government declared noting that Arabs are responsible for internationalization of Syria’s issues in the United Nations (UN)."

IISS: Syria's Opposition Is Armed
Related Article - A quote...."Placard-Waving Protesters are actually Machine Gun-Wielding Terrorists. -- The "Free Syria Army" is literally an army of militant extremists, many drawn not from Syria's military ranks, but from the Muslim Brotherhood, carrying heavy weapons back and forth over the Turkish and Lebanese borders, funded, supported, and armed by the United States, Israel, and Turkey. The latest evidence confirming this comes in the form of a report out of the International Institute for Strategic Studies where Senior Fellow for Regional Security at IISS-Middle East Emile Hokayem openly admits Syria's opposition are armed and prepared to drag Syria's violence into even bloodier depths."

Justifying a "Humanitarian War" against Syria? The Sinister Role of the NGOs
Related Article - A quote...."The National Endowment for Democracy, or NED, is an organization that presents itself as an NGO officially dedicated to “the growth and strengthening of democratic institutions around the world”.  But in reality it gets 95% of its budget from the United States Congress.  It was officially created by the Reagan administration in 1982." - Source:  La Guerre Humanitaire

Wahhabis weave web of plot in Syria
Related Article - A quote...."In an unprecedented move, the Arab league decided to suspend Syria and call for sanctions on the country, an act which evidently reeks of the influence the West and others exercise on those who should be the main game players rather than being merely influenced by others. What a shame!"

Are Assad’s Enemies Expecting No Reaction?
Related Article - A quote...."As though there weren’t already enough clowns in the cast, the beloved king of Jordan took the stage to call on the Syrian president to stand down. The hawker of Jordan’s public assets – scion of a dynasty whose monthly payments from the CIA continue to this day, and whose upbringing and education is supervised by British intelligence’s finest instructors – judged that the Syrian crisis makes it necessary for Assad to go. One wonders if the man might one day face a mirror." - also posted at AlethoNews

Kuwaiti protesters storm parliament
A quote...."Thousands of Kuwaitis have stormed the parliament in the capital after security forces beat up protesters who marched towards the prime minister's home to call for his resignation."

Moroccans call for elections boycott
A quote...."Hundreds of people have held another protest rally in Morocco , calling for a boycott of the country's upcoming parliamentary elections, Press TV reports."

Bahrain, US joint war games continue
A quote...."I notice that the US government appears to be pathologically incapable of not supporting strategically situated regional thugs who oppress their people, then appears bewildered when an anti-government revolution is successful. -- John Kennedy said it most succinctly: "when peaceful revolution is impossible, violent revolution is inevitable." This is going to be absolutely true for the Al Khaifa Sunni monarchy, ruling over a country of predominantly Shiia citizenry; it's only a matter of time." -- *Michael Rivero*

Filipinos pelt Clinton car with paintballs
A quote...."Filipino demonstrators attacked US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s convoy with paint bombs to show their opposition to her visit to the Philippines. -- About 50 protesters hurled red paint at Clinton’s security detail near the presidential palace in Manila on Wednesday, forcing her convoy to detour. The demonstrators also threw their placards at the vehicles, AFP reported." - also posted at AlethoNews

Why the U.S. Can’t Do Anything Right - China’s Game
A quote...."The US and NATO used Security Council Resolution 1973, which authorized a “no fly zone to protect civilians” in Libya, to launch the Libyan war. The war was also a war against China. They had to evacuate 30,000 of their citizens who were fulfilling contracts to develop Libya’s resources. Chinese contracts will probably not be honored when the dust settles, and the Europeans hope to get those deals as their reward for installing the new government. Since it is now clear that the US will use any Security Council Resolution as a call to war, it is surprising that China does not veto all Security Council Resolutions, even ones only recommending that people brush their teeth twice a day. Since they don’t, they must think that there is some language the US will not twist to justify war, and that they can judge the limits of American language twisting? But is this the reason China does not veto any and all Security Council Resolutions?" - also posted at Hamsayeh
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

Israeli DM, FM Cancel US Speeches to Avoid Debate on Iran
SQUAWK!! - Cluck, cluck, cluck.....Squaaawwk! - mpg -- A quote...."Officials from Israel say that both Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman will be cancelling their planned speeches at the Washington DC Saban Forum, a talk on US-Israeli ties. Their speeches were expected to focus on Iran. -- The cancellations came at the behest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who expressed concern that such high profile hawkish speeches on Iran might harm efforts to impose more economic sanctions on the Iranian government."

Israel launches new missile that can reach New York & Tokyo
So!  There's lots of Jews living in New York and Miami, so those cities ain't gonna get nuked anytime soon.  As for  Germany, Japan and the rest of the European countries which don't have any nuclear weapons to defend themselves.... (and we ALL know what happens to THOSE countries).....that's a whole, completely different, story. - mpg -- A quote...."Israeli military men conducted a successful launch of Jericho-3 intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday. The test was carried out at the Palmahim air base, the Irish Times said. At the same time, officials with Israel Defense Forces said that they had conducted the tests of a new missile engine in the morning of November 2. The launch of the missile could be seen from Ashkelon to Tel Aviv, Newsru Israel said." - Topix ||  A Mortal Threat – Europe’s New Frankenstein Monster - 01-26-09 - mpg  ||

Phone Hacking [Scandal - (PHS)] Not Confined To The News of the World
Video - The Murdoch / Mossad PHS - (YuTb - 3min11sec - Nov 14, 2011) - Source:  NOTWPhoneHacking

Leveson inquiry uncovers 28 NI staff linked to phone hacking
The Murdoch / Mossad PHS - The 28 employes actual involvements has not yet been determined. - mpg -- A quote...."The full scale of phone hacking at News International, Britain's largest and most powerful newspaper group, finally began to emerge on Monday when the Leveson inquiry into press standards heard that 28 of the company's staff are named in notes seized from a private investigator who specialised in the practice."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Israeli army steps up attacks on Palestinian water
A quote...."Speaking to the American Congress in May, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remarked that Israel would maintain a long-term presence in the West Bank's Jordan Valley. In the months that followed, the Israeli army stepped up its attacks on the water wells of the Palestinians who live there." - also posted at AlethoNews

Israeli Military Chief Calls for ‘Major’ Invasion of Gaza Strip
A quote...."This time, this Israeli government will kill as many as many Gazan Palestinians as it feels it can get away with. - Genocide is simply Israel's official policy against the Palestinians, and no other national power on earth appears to want to stop it. - One would have thought that after the horrors of World War II visited upon Jews in Germany, those who founded the country of Israel would be the poster children for responsible, tolerant, just behaviour toward others. - Unfortunately, however, the country has devolved completely away from those values. And what we have now is a wretchedly apartheid, self-proclaimed theocracy with nukes." -- *Michael Rivero*

Gaza's Suffocating Siege
A quote...."In early November, the Gisha Legal Center for Freedom of Movement published a report titled, “Scale of Control: Israel’s Continued Responsibility in the Gaza Strip.” -- It explained little changed after its alleged 2005 “disengagement.” -- A 2007 Gisha report titled, “Disengaged Occupiers: The Legal Status of Gaza” argued that as an occupying power, Israel’s obligations continue. -- Its new publication updates it. Despite Israel claiming no further responsibility, it exercises full control of Gaza’s airspace, waters, borders, territory, infrastructure, power, and more. It collects customs and value added taxes for imported goods, conducts regular incursions, excludes most exports, and maintains a physical presence." - Source:  SteveLendman

[IOF] Army Arrests Seven Palestinians in Hebron and Qalqilia
A quote...."Israeli soldiers arrested three Palestinians in Hebron, at dawn, in the southern part of the West Bank, and four children in the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. Soldiers broke into and searched several homes before detaining the residents."

Palestine: what next?
Special Note - A quote...."Alan Hart argues that salvation of the Palestinian cause lies in dissolving the Palestinian Authority, which “has been more or less a quisling authority collaborating with Israel”, restructuring and reinvigorating the Palestinian National Council – the parliament for all Palestinians – and harnessing the immense but dormant potential of the Palestinian diaspora."
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More On The Economic Situation....

Citigroup may cut 3,000 or more jobs
A quote...."Citigroup Inc. is considering plans to cut 3,000 or more workers as part of an ongoing effort to control expenses. --  That would amount to about 1 percent of the New York-based bank's work force. A person with knowledge of the situation says decisions haven't been finalized, but that the job cuts could exceed 3,000 in the next year or so."

Post office near default? Losses mount to $5.1B
A quote...."WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service said Tuesday it has lost $5.1 billion in the past year, pushing it closer to imminent default on a multibillion-dollar payment and to future bankruptcy as the weak economy and increased Internet use drive down mail volume."

Tuesday November 15th 2011

War Worldwide... had enough yet?
A quote...."In reviewing the news stories of these past few weeks, it becomes clear that the Western world's addiction to war truly knows no bounds. Libya is reeling from NATO's "humanitarian" intervention which has crippled a once prosperous nation, destroyed its infrastructure, robbed it of its ample resources and devastated its population. But for Western military powers, this is not enough. Iran, Syria, Yemen... The hit list is growing exponentially, and so are the stakes. -- There is no end to greed until we stand up and say "enough is enough". In fact, it's too much. The drums of war are beating and it's up to us to choose whether we march along, or we rewrite the score."
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More on the Domestic Situation...

Why Republicans Are Acting So Crazy - (Crazier!...the term is crazi-ER! - mpg)
2012 Election Cycle - A quote...."Not every change in national policy and events is announced with a new conference or presidential speech. - A case in point is the rapid rise of apparent mental instability in the Republican Party. You used to just disagree with Republicans; now you have to worry whether your children will be safe in their proximity. - Historians may peg 2008 – with Sarah Palin chosen to run for vice president – as the beginning of the GOP breakdown. But in the past year things have moved from individually ridiculous to generally irrational. - The explanations vary. David Sirota, for example, calls it sadism, but where did it come from and why so suddenly? - The best rule of thumb is to follow the money."

Cain Talks Libya, Pulls A Perry
2012 Election Cycle - A quote...."So in the Perry aftermath, is everyone now going for the sympathy "I am just as big an idiot as Dubya" card, or are all Republican candidates seriously insane and/or raving, deranged lunatics? Will it seriously be that difficult to give Ron Paul a full body botox, cut off his frontal lobe, have him grope several women, promise to bomb someone or something, execute a few hundred illegal immigrants, and see him gain 200 extra pounds? Because if that is what it will take to make him "appeal" to the general Joe Sixpack, so be it: if America ends up with one of these other muppets it is doomed. Doomed."

Herman Cain Again Proves That He Knows Nothing About Foreign Policy
2012 Election Cycle - A quote...."Herman Cain’s cringe inducing stumble over a question concerning Libya once again goes to show that he knows absolutely nothing about foreign policy and geopolitics and is literally being told what to say by advisors."

Penn State, Child Sex Rings, Drugs, CIA
The same bad old people keep turning up, over, and over, and over again. - mpg -- A quote...."Officials at the New York-based Fresh Air Fund, a charity that sends poor New York City kids to camps and host families in the summer, are now looking into Sandusky. (Fresh Air Fund, NYC charity.) -- Joe Paterno's advisers have contacted J. Sedgwick Sollers. -- J. Sedgwick Sollers represented George H.W. Bush in the Iran-Contra affair. -- Iran-Contra was all about drugs. -- In 1985 David Headley married a Pennsylvania State University student. (David Headley - Wikipedia) -- David Headley worked for the US Drugs Enforcement Administration (DEA). - David Headley has admitted to planning the Mumbai attacks of 2008." - One big circle-jerk. - mpg

PEDI VALLEY: Infowars Nightly News
AJVideo - Alt - (AJYuTb - 6min55sec - Nov 14, 2011 ) - Source: TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Alex breaks down the pedophile rings all across America and can't believe just how far America has truly fallen." - Topix  ||  The Capacity For Good, or Evil - 11-11-11 - mpg  ||

22 Signs That The Thin Veneer Of Civilization That We All Take For Granted Is Starting To Disappear
Tales of the New Roman Empire - A quote...."In order for a society to function, there has to be a certain level of trust.  Each day when we leave our homes, we take for granted that most people are not going to attack us for no reason, that there will only be isolated incidents of theft in our community and that rioting and violence are not going to erupt in the streets.   Whether we realize it or not, we depend on the fact that the vast majority of the people around us are going to act in a civilized manner.  Unfortunately, the thin veneer of civilization that we all take for granted is starting to disappear. " - also posted at LewRockwell

DOJ Wants To Criminalize Uploading You Tube Videos
Police State - Web Censorship Alert - A quote...."The Department of Justice is attempting to criminalize uploading videos that break You Tube’s terms of service, along with any other online action that is deemed to contravene a website’s usage policy, in a shocking expansion of cybersecurity laws deemed draconian by critics." - also posted at GlobalRsrch

Crisis to Death – Charlie McGrath
CMcGVideo - Alt - (CMcGYuTb - 3min20sec - Nov 14, 2011) - Source:  crabbydogtrix

What Really Happened with Michael Rivero – November 14th, 2011
MRVideo - Note:  To avoid the advertisements and the radio commentary goto 8min20sec into the broadcast - mpg - (JustinTV - 2hrs - Nov 14th 2011) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire and many other issues. - mpg
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens....

Keiser Report: Corporations Fear OWS (E210)
Must View RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 25min57sec - Nov 15, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday - Producer:  Max Keiser TV -- (RussiaToday) -- A quote...."Every week Max Keiser looks at all the scandal behind the financial news headlines. This week, Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, discuss the Good, The Bad and the Schwing Schwing of making companies scared by putting risk back onto their balance sheet. They also discuss clients getting smoked through massive ploys in the commodity markets. In the second half of the show, Max Keiser interviews Mike Maloney of GoldSilver.com about the latest in the precious metals market and about a $15 trillion Dow."

‘Government Sachs,’ Italian Style
Must Read - A quote...."In every European crisis, through war and peace, Americans typically start out thinking it’s “over there” until they get dragged in. It happened in the two world wars of the 20th century, and it’s happening now with the eurozone crisis as the bond markets shift their punishing ways from Greece to a bigger quarry, Italy, forcing the imminent resignation of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. -- But Americans are already a lot closer to the crisis than they might have realized. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, as Italy was seeking to reduce its debt to qualify as a member of the eurozone, it engaged in a number of derivatives deals with Wall Street to disguise the depth of its fiscal hole, according to “Derivatives and Public Debt Management,” a groundbreaking 2001 study by Italian economist Gustavo Piga published by the Council on Foreign Relations." - also posted at DProgram

Occupy Liberty Street (OLS)! (The Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
A quote...."The phrase "Wall Street" is a representative of the financial community. The only sensible reason for occupying Wall Street is for symbolic purposes. You want to call the public's attention to the problem. --- What is the problem? I contend that the people occupying Wall Street do not understand the problem. If they did, they would be forming picket lines in front of the New York Federal Reserve Bank at 33 Liberty Street. That is where the problem began in 1914. That is where the problem will be solved."

Bailouts Not Over…Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Take Another $13.8 Billion
A quote...."The housing market crisis of 2007-2008 continues to bleed money from the U.S. Treasury as mortgage giant Fannie Mae (the Federal National Mortgage Association) takes another bailout from Washington."

Gerald Celente on MF Global - MF'ers 'took my money'
RTVideo - Alt1 - Alt2 - (RTYuTb - Nov 15, 2011) - Source:  Yousearxch3

Why Isn't Anyone Talking About Writing Off 3 Trillion Euros of Bad Debt?
Special Note - A quote...."We all know some 3 trillion euros of debt in Europe is uncollectible. So why isn't anyone talking about the one and only solution, which is writing off all that debt? Since nobody knows how much bad debt there actually is in the Eurozone--care to guess on the market value of all those underwater mortgages in Spain or the true size of Italy's debts?--that 3 trillion is just a guess, but it's probably a reasonable starting point. -- Let's start with the most basic fact about all this uncollectible, impaired, bad debt: every euro of debt is somebody else's asset. Wipe out the debt and you wipe out the asset. That's why there's no willingness to accept the writedown of debt: somebody somewhere has to suck up 3 trillion euros of loss."

The EUR-USD Rollercoaster Goes Down As The Goldman Stop Losses Are Triggered
Chart - (click to view) -- A quote...."Earlier we warned everyone that the Goldman stop loss triggers were if not hot then would be any minute. That just happened and the EURUSD tumbled a good 40 pips in seconds as soon as the several supporting bids just below 1.35 were finally eradicated, bringing the Euro to a 5 week low. And as a reminder, tomorrow we have some very interesting Spanish and French bond auctions (for full list see here). As another reminder, both closed at record spreads. Better set that alarm for 2:45 am: things are getting dramaminy once again." - Related Article - Goldman Stolpers Clients Again As EURUSD Breaches 1.3500, Squid Stopped Out On Friday EURUSD Trade Reco - Caution....1) Publicly telling people your stop-loss can cause a bunch of traders to gang-up on you to push the security down till your stop-loss is triggered. (and God knows, a lot of traders really don't like Goldman) - 2)  Goldman might be making their book and waiting to scoop up some cheap Euros, (or so they think). -- Trust no one!  - mpg

Presenting Europe's Remaining 2011 Bond And Bill Auctions... All 104 Of Them
Tables - (click - till - enlarged) -- A quote...."The primary reason for today's (and last week's) dramatic overnight market weakness was the fact that several auctions, either Italian, or Spanish, went off about as badly as they possibly could. But luckily that's over, right: all the auctions in the near term are over and there is nothing to worry about for at least a few more days so traders don't have to get up at 3 am Eastern to see just how abysmally bad the latest Italian Bill issuance was? Uhm, no. Below we present the balance of Europe's bond auctions for November, for December... oh, and Bills as well, because apparently issuing 3 Month paper in Europe is about as difficult as selling 30 Years. They are, give or take, 104. Good luck sleeping."

French CDS Hit Escape Velocity
Chart - (click to enlarge) -- A quote...."Remember how prohibiting the use of naked sovereign CDS was supposed to make the CDS market tame as a docile lamb? "

Greece economy shrinks 5.2% in Q3
The Greeks CANNOT work their way out of this Bankster engineered financial hole! - mpg -- A quote...."The Greek economic growth has contracted 5.2 percent in the latest three months from the year-earlier period, the country's statistics authority said on Tuesday." - Related articles: - Greek public sector workers go on strike & Greek union vows to continue protests -- Topix ||  A Quadruple Whammy - 12-16-10 - mpg  ||

European Funding Crisis Accelerating
Charts - Financial Alert - (click to enlarge) -- A quote...."We discussed the sudden and scary drop in the EUR-USD cross-currency basis swap last week and how it is perhaps a cleaner view of the funding crisis in Europe than the delinquent Libor market. Since our first discussion, the 3 Month EUR-USD basis swap has widened even further - only worse in the heart of the crisis in Q4 2008. As if that was not enough, GDP-weighted European Sovereign risk is back up to its highest levels ever as the clear message from the markets is the ring-fencing and backstopping of sovereigns and financials respectively is simply non-existent."
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"Occupy Wall Street" & Other "Occupy" News...

Defiant NYC Mayor Bloomberg To Occupy Protestors: "No Right Is Absolute"
Quote of the Day...."A right is absolute. If it isn't absolute, it is not a right, but an indulgence granted by a master to a well-behaved slave. -- Wall Street and the government are desperate to send a message to those other nations from whom they need to borrow more money that the American people have been driven back to their slave pens, and will obediently work themselves and their children and their children's children into early graves, accepting a life of poverty, in order to turn their work product over to those angry foreign investors who were cheated by the mortgage-backed securities fraud and demand that the bad paper be redeemed." -- *Michael Rivero*

Lessons from Iceland: the people can have the power
A Bona Fide Hero - A quote...."by  Birgitta Jónsdóttir -- As early progress in Iceland shows since the banking collapse, the 21st century will be the century of the common people, of us...." - also posted at ICH

Quick News: Recall effort against Wis. Gov. Scott Walker begins - Hip Hip Hooray!!
Contains Video - A quote...."Political foes hoping to recall Republican Gov. Scott Walker over his moves to significantly curb union rights in Wisconsin planned a late-night rally and early morning pajama parties to officially kick off the effort. --  More than 100 events were planned across the state Tuesday to begin collecting the more than 540,000 signatures required to get a recall election on Wisconsin's ballot next year. Supporters have until Jan. 17 to turn in signatures."

Sen. Feinstein Loaded up on Biotech Stock Just Before Company Received $24 Million Gov’t Grant
A quote...."With a new congressional insider trading scandal unfolding in Washington, another name has been added to the hit parade:  U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)."

No, It Is NOT "Legal" For Congress To Insider-Trade
A quote...."The fact that many members of Congress appear to have traded on non-public information in their personal brokerage accounts during the financial crisis is outrageous."

Disturbingly Hopeless: 41% Of Americans Say “The American Dream Has Been Lost”
And yet....they keep on voting for Demos & Repubs over, and over, and over again, no matter how bad it gets.  Now THAT's sick - and a sign of deeply masochistic behavior. - mpg -- A quote...."A new survey by Yahoo! Finance shows Americans have a disturbing lack of hope and a frightening lack of retirement planning. - Among the highlights of the poll...."

• 41% of Americans say the ‘American Dream’ has been lost.
• 37% of adults have NO retirement savings and 38% plan to live off Social Security.
• 63% of Americans believe the economy is getting worse, including 72% of those over the age of 55.

Occupy Wall Street and the Fed 11-15-11 - A DProgram Round-Up - (7 articles & videos)
Occupy Wall Street Protests - A WSWS Round-Up - (12 articles)
Seattle City Council Unanimously Supports Occupy Movement and Votes to Stand Up to Big Banks
Everyone to Liberty Square!  They are Re-Occupying!  Live Feed!
Pressure mounts to kill #NYPD Scanner Feed
It's Official Zio-Occupied White House and DHS Behind #OWS Thug Crackdowns Nationwide
Occupy Oakland: ACLU files suit against Oakland Police Department
Police clear out Oakland protest camp - contains video
Police Crackdown on Occupy Wall Street Protest: - Police State Tactics On Display Nationwide
200 protesters arrested in New York
Next Steps For #OWS
Occupy Seattle - livestream
Occupy Wall Street banned from camping at Zuccotti Park - contains video
NYPD raid video: OWS protesters arrested at Zuccotti Park - vid - (RTYuTb 1m38s Nov 15, 2011) - Src RT
Judge grants restraining order prohibiting the city from removing OWS
NYPD Assaults Man & Punches Woman in Face at OWS Lib Plaza - vid - Alt - (YuTb 2m44s 111511) - Src DF
Occupy Wall Street: police violence reveals a corrupt system - Alt
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The Assault On Libya..

Did We Overthrow Gaddafi Just to Replace Him with Al Qaeda?
A quote...."We repeatedly warned that the Libyan “rebels” were largely led by Al Qaeda. See this and this. -- Now that Gaddafi is gone, our fears have not decreased." - also posted at PrisonPlanet

LIBIA : Illustrious corpses - the truth is always revolutionary
From the History Files - September 25th 2011 -- A quote...."The colonial war against Libya has defined more sharply than ever the structures of knowledge, attitudes and behaviour that characterize progressive and radical intellectual production in Europe and North America. The war has thrown that production into crisis. It could not be clearer now that the class function of intellectual managers like Gilbert Achcar, Immanuel Wallerstein, Ignacio Ramonet and similar individuals is to neuter effective protest against corporate capitalism and imperialism." - also posted at Uruknet

Your View: No winners in NATO's brutal victory
A quote...."After Colonel Qaddafi's murder, President Obama and NATO declared victory. Bombing to create Somalia in North Africa, however, is no victory for the millions who live there. -- Libya is not stable, and the puppet regime installed by NATO's blitzkrieg has little support. Consider Misrata. According to Human Rights Watch, Libya's third-most-populous city has at least 100 armed gangs, none of which the unelected, foreign-dominated NTC seems to control." - also posted at Uruknet

Contract Killing: 'UK bombs its way to Libyan oil'
Video - (YuTb - 3min46sec - Nov 15, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Libya's got big plans for its post-war future - with hopes of being reborn as the next Dubai. On paper, it's got the qualifications - sun, beaches and rich oil reserves. Western companies are lining up for their stake - but it's the UK that is likely to come out on top. RT's Laura Smith says Libya now grants UK with oil contract for airstrikes London carried out." - Topix ||  Destroy & Build - You Pay For It Either Way - 11-10-11 - mpg  ||

Heritage Oil chief recruits former Tory candidate for access to Libya's reserves
Ahhhhhh, the dogs of war want a piece of the Libyan oil pie. - mpg -- A quote...."Tony Buckingham, the British former soldier of fortune who heads Heritage Oil, the exploration firm, appears to have sought assistance from a would-be Conservative MP to get a foothold in Libya, following the role of UK forces there in installing the new regime. - According to leaked correspondence, Buckingham – with another ex-special forces soldier, former SAS commander Major General John Holmes – is working with a would-be Tory MP, property developer Christian Sweeting."
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More On The International Situation....

The AIPAC/Israeli IAEA Propaganda Fiasco.....

No International Action Following IAEA Report
Special Note - Not because it's complete crap mind you, but because this "report" is an embarrassingly, contemptuously, and completely, idiotic, piece of crap.  Even countries who want to support the AIPAC/Israeli Consortium's plans against Iran can't vote or act on such a brazenly crafted piece of childish propaganda. As usual, the Israelis make up this ridiculous twaddle, do a really half-assed job on the whole thing,  and expect their corporate mass-media outlets in the US to spin this pile of crud into something credible.  Well, too bad, it just don't work that way anymore. - mpg

Old Lies in a New Bottle
A quote...."The UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) long awaited, much ballyhooed report on Iran’s nuclear activities has been thunderously greeted here as conclusive evidence that Iran is working on nuclear weapons. -- Both Tehran and a 2007 US combined intelligence assessment deny such claims."

The IAEA Reports on Iran - Mr. Amano and Regime Change
A quote...."In an interview with Spiegel Online on April 19, 2011, Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, former Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), was asked if he was deceived by the US and its allies when investigating their allegations against Iran’s nuclear program. He answered: “the Americans and the Europeans withheld important documents and information from us. They weren’t interested in a compromise with the government in Tehran, but regime change—by any means necessary.”" - also posted at AlethoNews

IAEA Iran Report Spins Intelligence
RNVideo - Alt - (RNYuTb - 12min14sec - Nov 12, 2011) - Source:  TheRealNews -- A quote...."Gareth Porter: Dubious intelligence used as pretext for tougher sanctions."

Iran parliament tells government to revise IAEA cooperation
A quote...."Tehran - The Iranian parliament called on the government Sunday to revise its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), state television IRIB reported."

Germany, France join opposition to attack on Iran nuclear program
A quote...."U.S., Turkey also do not seem to support military option against Iranian facilities; EU, U.S. want to impose sanctions, but China, Russia, some Gulf states have trading ties with Iran." - Source:  Haaretz
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'Ex-Iranian official says Mossad behind base blast'
#1) -- A quote...."'Guardian' cites unnamed Iranian with ties to the regime echoing allegation made by Western intel official one day earlier. -- A former head of an Iranian state-run organization with close links to the ruling regime in Tehran accused Israel of being behind the blast at a missile base near the Iranian capital Saturday that killed a top commander of the country's Revolutionary Guards, the London-basedGuardian newspaper reported on Tuesday. -- On Monday, the US-based TIME magazine quoted a Western intelligence official making similar allegations." -- The Israelis were very pleased, they were dancing around.....just like they did on 9/11. - mpg  - Topix ||  9/11 & 7/11  Israeli Connection - Dancing Israelis  ||

Virus hits Iran's defence network
#2) -- A quote...."IRAN says its defence computer systems have been infected with a ”supervirus” similar to the one believed to have been created by Israel that severely damaged Tehran’s nuclear program last year. -- Anti-virus experts have identified a virus called Duqu that they say shares properties with the Stuxnet worm apparently created by Mossad, the Israeli security service. It was thought to have targeted the nuclear program’s centrifuges, the devices that enrich uranium to create nuclear fuel."

Iran media cast doubt on reported suicide in Dubai
#3) -- A quote...."Police in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, say the death of Ahmed Rezai, son of Iranian politician Mohsen Rezai, was a suicide. News agencies in Iran say it’s suspicious. -- Iranian media are raising questions about the reported suicide in a Dubai, United Arab Emirates, hotel room of the son of a prominent Iranian politician and former Revolutionary Guard commander." - Source:  LAT

Saudi Arabia Plays Key Role in US Anti-Iranian Alliance
A quote...."Saudi Arabia’s key role in seeking to destabilise the Ba’athist regime of Bashir Assad has become the centrepiece of an attempt by Washington to cobble together an anti-Iranian alliance, aimed more generally at suppressing the Middle Eastern masses." - Topix ||  One Vile, Venom Tipped, Taloned Hand Washes the Other
(a.k.a. The Standard Model) - 07-28-10 - mpg  ||

Wahhabis, Israel Fund Al-Qaeda Rebels in Syria: Dr. Webster Tarpley Reports
AJVideo - WebsterTarpley(1/2) - WebsterTarpley(1/2) - (AJYuTb - 15min - Nov 15, 2011) -  Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."On the Tuesday edition of the Alex Jones Show, Alex talks with author and historian Webster Tarpley from Syria. The United States, EU, Turkey and neighboring states have called for Syria's president al-Assad to step down as rumors and reports of violence continue to make headlines in the corporate media." - Topix ||  An African Base of Operations for More Terror - 10-26-11 - mpg  ||

Manufacturing Consent for a New “Humanitarian Intervention”: Channel 4′s White Propaganda on Syria
Contains Videos - A quote...."Channel 4 offers up a rather obvious bit of anti-Assad propaganda looking to strengthen public support of yet another NATO backed “humanitarian intervention” blitzkrieg style bombing campaign, this one in Syria. Notice how the notion of the “rebels” and “activists” is fading away and what they are now focusing on is the armed insurgents sneaking into Syria, killing troops or whomever else they choose to target. This is chillingly reminiscent of Reagan’s and John Negroponte’s “special project” the Contra “freedom fighters” who were sneaking into Nicaragua killing civilians and police, committing a slew of human rights violations, and generally terrorizing the population in an effort to destabilize the left-wing Sandinista regime who were unfriendly to near fascist US corporations and banking interests."

Syria frees 1,180 prisoners
A quote...."Syria has released 1,180 prisoners who were arrested during the past few months of unrest in the country."

US military: American service member dies in Iraq
A quote...."BAGHDAD – The U.S. military says an American service member has been killed while conducting military operations in central Iraq. -- The military statement released Tuesday said the death occurred Monday. It gave no further details of the incident."

Afghan blast kills US-led soldier
A quote...."At least one US-led soldier serving with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has been killed in a bomb attack in southern Afghanistan."

Spokesman for Taliban Denies Report of His Arrest
A quote...."KHOST, Afghanistan — A Taliban spokesman whose provocative and taunting media reports have often infuriated Afghan and Western officials firmly denied that he had been captured Monday."

NATO tankers torched in SW Pakistan
A quote...."Unidentified gunmen have torched two NATO fuel tankers in the southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan, Press TV reports."

Pakistan and China stage war games
A quote...."The war games that began Monday follow remarks by Pakistani officials suggesting that China could step into the economic, military and diplomatic void if Pakistan’s relationship with the United States collapsed."

Permanent US Military Presence in Australia
A quote...."After months of assuring a skeptical and disgruntled Australian public that the US military would not be getting a permanent base in Australia, the Sydney Morning Herald has reported....[they are]"

[Britain's] CCTV taxi plan 'a staggering invasion of privacy'
UK-Police State -- Is ANYBODY going to try to stop this? - mpg -- A quote...."Plans to fit all taxis operating in the city of Oxford with audio recording devices have been branded a “staggering invasion of privacy” prompting calls for the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to investigate how widespread the use of microphones on public transport has become."

Soyuz docks with orbital station
A quote...."Russia's Soyuz TMA-22 piloted spacecraft docked with the International Space Station (ISS) in automatic mode on Wednesday, the Mission Control said. -- The docking took place at 9:24 Moscow time (5:24 GMT), nine minutes ahead of schedule."

NICARAGUA : The U.S. Continues to Orchestrate Efforts to Undermine Nicaragua
A quote...."In 2009, Daniel Ortega, president of Nicaragua, appealed to the Supreme Court of Nicaragua, asking it to revoke the article that prohibited his re-election, using the same arguments Arias had used in neighboring Costa Rica.  After studying the case, the Nicaraguan Supreme Court followed the example of Costa Rica and declared the article unconstitutional, thereby opening the way for Ortega to be a candidate for re-election in 2011."
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

Egyptian Arrest of Author of Eilat Terror Attack in Sinai Proves Israel Lied in Blaming Gazans
Israeli Govt's Propaganda Exposed - A quote...."Despite reams of nonsense published by the likes of Eli Lake and Avi Issacharoff in the Washington Times and Haaretz respectively, regurgitating IDF talking points that the Eilat terror attacks were planned and orchestrated by the Popular Resistance Committees in Gaza–Idan Landau, Alex Fishman and I knew otherwise.  We said the attacks were carried out by Egyptian militants based in Sinai.  We said that killing 30 Gazans merely because the Israeli government couldn’t take revenge on Egypt and needed to take revenge on someone, was criminal.  Issacharoff even sneered at my talking of this as a potential war crime.  Well, who’s sneering now? -- Egypt announced today that it had arrested the ringleader of the Eilat attack…in El Arish.  Precisely where we knew the attack originated–in the Sinai.  The alleged mastermind of the assault committed similar terror attacks in that region.  There is no mention he has any connections to Gaza...." - also posted at Uruknet
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Israeli forces demolish homes in Jericho
A quote...."JERICHO (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces on Tuesday demolished four homes west of Jericho in the central West Bank. -- Palestinian security officials said over 30 army vehicles and 100 soldiers deployed in the Ein al-Duyuk al-Tahta area early Tuesday morning and declared a closed military zone, before bulldozers started demolishing homes." - also posted at AlethoNews

7 arrested after boarding Israeli bus
A quote...."RAMALLAH (Ma’an) -- Palestinian activists boarded Israeli settler buses Tuesday in an action inspired by the American civil rights movement which resulted in several arrests." - also posted at AlethoNews

Rogue Israeli Lawlessness
A quote...."Endless examples occur daily. Overnight Sunday, Maan News said Israeli forces raided homes of seven recently released prisoners as part of the October 18 exchange."

IDF strike on Gaza wounds French consul and family
A quote...."15 Nov 2011 France's consul to the Gaza Strip, his wife and 13-year-old daughter were wounded during an Israeli air strike on Sunday night, French foreign ministry spokesman Bernard Valero said. Majdi Shakoura told the AFP on Monday that he and his daughter suffered cuts from glass and that his wife had sustained a miscarriage when the aircraft targeted a nearby Hamas base. Valero told reporters the three were hit by shrapnel at their residence in Gaza, whichwas located 200 meters from the site of an Israeli missile attack, he added."

Israeli Forces Demolish Four Palestinian Houses in Jericho
A quote...."JERICHO, November 15, 2011 (WAFA) – Israeli forces Tuesday demolished four houses belonging to Palestinians in Adyouk Al-tahta, a village in Jericho, according to governor of Jericho and the Jordon Valley, Majid Fityani."

Playground Bullying of Palestine and Iran Must Stop…
A quote...."Last Friday I had a 2-hour meeting with my MP Henry Bellingham, who is a minister in the Foreign Office. We spent much of the time discussing the Palestinian statehood question and the absurd sabre-rattling against Iran."
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More On The Economic Situation....

A Short History of Elite Responses To Political-Economic Crisis
A quote...."The performance of the US economy from the mid-1970s to the present was no match for its relatively robust performance during what  economists call the Golden Age – 1949 to 1973. This was in fact the longest period of sustained growth in US history, when most (white) working people had achieved a degree of material security unknown earlier and unattainable since."

Compound Economic Growth and Atlas
A quote...."On August 13, 1982, the Dow Jones Industrial Average bottomed at 777. It peaked in terms of purchasing power on January 14, 2000, at 11,723. Since that time, the dollar has depreciated by about a third. -- The handful of stock investors who put 100% of their money in a no-load mutual fund did fabulously, 1982-2000. They saw riches ahead. But then the stock market faltered. The dot-com bust took it down. It has never regained its high point almost a dozen years ago. -- Meanwhile, people who had great dreams for their golden years, and who got in early enough (1982), have had their hopes shattered. Why? Because of the fact that the compound rate of return ended in 2000. It reversed. But the investors got older. -- They have experienced the double whammy: (1) the end of compound growth in stocks; and (2) the perception of accelerating time. They sense that the road to easy street is over. The rate of return of over 15% per annum, 1982-2000, has never returned. The faithful have hung on, but without benefits. -- With short-term T-bill rates at approximately 0, and with 30-year T-bond rates at about 3%, high compound rates of return have disappeared. Even real estate reversed after 2006." - bold by website editor

Mark to fantasy model of real estate accounting.
A quote...."California property assessments down only 4 percent from peak but home values are down by 37 percent. FHA default rates surge."

Monday November 14th 2011

No posts. - mpg

Sunday November 13th 2011

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"The Constitution supersedes local ordinances that are being used to OBSTRUCT 1st Amendment Rights. The camping ITSELF is in order to MAKE A STATEMENT – a First Amendment Right. Protesters are not camping because it is fun to expose yourself to the elements and hardship and you want to roast wienies and marshmallows and drink beer while swapping ghost stories." - also posted at DProgram

"Any deaths that result from this particular, additional, round of US-NRE support for these sorts of groups, also known as pseudo-gangs, any "terrorism" that might result from the billions of dollars worth of arms given to the the NTC, or any use of those "missing" surface to air missiles, anywhere on the planet, or in Africa, or in Europe by these pseudo-gangs, or their off-shoots....will be the direct responsibility and fault of [the three] women who supported and initiated this operation. -- [Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice, and Samantha Power] -- These three women need to be arrested. tried, convicted and hung by their necks until they are dead."

Website Editorial Note:  From this point forward, unless this government demonstrates the tiniest necessary bit of sincerity in its bogus so-called "war on terror" by prosecuting these three women, any attacks against US or European targets, or against US or NATO personnel, by the NTC, or any of its off-shoots and affiliates, or as a result of any weapons they've transferred to third parties, even if these attacks occur many years from now, will automatically be considered by this website editor in all future editorials and essays to be part of the planned official objective of US-NRE policy .

In other words it is quite clear by now to this website editor that this government, after repeatedly supporting these types of elements for the last thirty years, and without any prosecution by prior, current, or subsequent administrations of those who support these sorts of activities, will have demonstrated beyond any legal, reasonable or moral doubt that they deliberately -- intended, sanctioned, encouraged, facilitated, financed and allowed all such future attacks to happen. - mpg -- Quoted from....*An African Base of Operations for More Terror - (By Their Actions We Shall Know Them) - 10-26-11 - mpg*

"An official [from the International Atomic Energy Agency] familiar with the matter, who asked for anonymity because he was not authorized to comment, said the release appeared to be continuing."

Saturday November 12th 2011

No posts. - mpg

Friday November 11th 2011

"Obama recognises that if the European banks fail, it will have a disastrous effect on the US economy, and send it into an absolute full-tilt meltdown. - But the Eurozone may well collapse, and in the not very distant future, either." -- *Michael  Rivero*

"Any deaths that result from this particular, additional, round of US-NRE support for these sorts of groups, also known as pseudo-gangs, any "terrorism" that might result from the billions of dollars worth of arms given to the the NTC, or any use of those "missing" surface to air missiles, anywhere on the planet, or in Africa, or in Europe by these pseudo-gangs, or their off-shoots....will be the direct responsibility and fault of [the three] women who supported and initiated this operation. -- [Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice, and Samantha Power] -- These three women need to be arrested. tried, convicted and hung by their necks until they are dead." -- Quoted from....*An African Base of Operations for More Terror - (By Their Actions We Shall Know Them) - 10-26-11 - mpg*