Wednesday December 8th 2010

The Chilcot Inquiry: Britain’s 9/11 Commission
Must View Video - Alt - (YuTb - 9min 57sec - November 30, 2010) - Source:  argonium79 -- A quote...."Perhaps Philip Zelikow was one of the few people who was not surprised by his appointment as executive director of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, better known as the 9/11 Commission. After all, the Professor of History at the University of Virginia had shown uncanny prescience in foreseeing an event such as 9/11 itself. In 1998, as project director of the Catastrophic Terrorism Group, Zelikow had written:


Article - (The Chilcot Inquiry: Britain’s 9/11 Commission) - From the History File - January 4, 2010
Must Read - A quote...."All too often, official inquiries are conducted by the very people who should themselves be under investigation. -- In this respect, Britain’s Chilcot Inquiry on the Iraq war bears a distressing similarity to the 9/11 Commission. -- In a remarkable symmetry, both inquiries involve a Jewish Zionist historian, who not only advised his country’s leader to go to war against Iraq, but actually provided the ideological justification for that unnecessary war." - Source:  Maidhc Ó Cathail - Topix ||  9/11-Commission  ||  Reficultnias's 9/11 Central  ||

An Interview with 9/11 Family Member Bob McIlvaine
Must Listen Audio Interview - A quote...."(Visibility911) – In this in depth interview with tireless 9/11 Truth campaigner Bob McIlvaine, we look at 9/11 in its historical context. We also hear about Bob’s detailed research into what happened to his son Bobby on 9/11 and the evidence that an explosion other than from the planes killed his son." - ||  Download the mp3  || - also posted at DProgram

9/11 Explosive Testimony Exclusive- Robert McCoy-Architect 2 Parts
Video - 9/11ExTstmny(1of2) - 9/11ExTstmny(2of2) - (YuTb - 10min - December 07, 2010) - Source:  ae911truth -- A quote...."This interview is some raw footage of one of the world class experts appearing in Architects and Engineer's upcoming hard hitting documentary."

Problem, Reaction, Solution: "Portland Patsy" serves as impetus for rejoining terrorism task force.
A quote...."What should you do when your government's Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) contacts, trains, and unleashes a "terrorist" to try to blow up your city's Christmas tree and thousands of bystanders using an FBI-made bomb? Hand over your city's security to the FBI of course. -- In 2005, Portland became the first city in the United States to withdraw from the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force, (JTTF) over concerns it would threaten civil liberties. Perhaps these concerns were well founded considering the recent case of Mohamed Osman Mohamud." - bold/underline by website editor - also posted at InfoWarIreland - Oh, so THAT's why the F.B.I. picked Portland to stage their little event.  Guess they "taught" Portland a lesson.  One truly wonders what other American cities will be next on their hit list, and for what reasons. - mpg - Topix ||  The F.B.I.'s Constant Gardening  ||

Another Phony Bomb, Another Gullible Young Man, Another FBI Arrest - OH!  It just never stops does it. - mpg
Related Article - A quote...."Authorities say a 21-year-old man has been arrested in the Baltimore area for plotting to blow up a military recruitment center. Sources tell CBS News that the man is a U.S. citizen and a convert to Islam." - bold by website editor - Topix ||  The F.B.I.'s Constant Gardening  ||

Bruce Ivins's lawyer, colleague share details FBI left out
Oh looky!!  Another famous F.B.I. screw-up. - mpg -- A quote...."Nine years have passed since five people were killed and 17 sickened by anthrax spores mailed to lawmakers and news outlets, and it's been nine months since the FBI closed its investigation into those attacks. -- But new information about the anthrax, the investigation and the suspect still continue to emerge." - Source:  WTOP - Topix ||  US-False Flag Ops - Anthrax  ||

US citizens oblivious to war
Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."While Americans struggle to answer how long the US has been in Iraq or Afghanistan, how much money has been spent, and how many lives lost, Europeans feeling the cost of US wars at home take to the streets in protest. - In the US, despite two combat missions costing thousands of lives, more than a trillion dollars, and nearly ten years, for many average Americans the realities of US wars aren't hitting home."

Celente: American Empire is collapsing
RTVideo - (RTYuTb - December 08, 2010) - Source:  RTAmerica -- A quote...."As the US economy continues to struggle, it seems Wall Street and big banks are doing better than ever. The income disparity gap in the United States is the largest of all the developed industrial nations. The Trends Research Institute Director Gerald Celente says the American Empire is collapsing and the banks have committed the greatest bank robbery in the history of the world."

Obama's Grand Betrayal
A quote...."Previously, I reported the startling news - Obama to Change Party. That was satire, at least on November 14. Just three weeks later, satire becomes reality. In the past few days, President Obama has traded away $620 billion in tax revenues in order to get a $56 billion, 13 month extension of unemployment benefits. Of course, the lost $620 billion will make any further unemployment benefits, or for that matter, any other productive social programs pipe dreams as the deficit explodes over the next two years." - bold by website editor - For more on this type of issue see....A Nation's Priorities - 11-29-10 - mpg

Selling the wars
RTVideo - (RTYuTb - 3min 49sec - December 07, 2010) - Source:  RTAmerica  -- A quote...."The Pentagon budgets half a billion dollars to market its wars in the US. Call it public relations or call it propaganda, it's meant to win the hearts and minds of Americans. But is it coming at the price of the truth?"

Jesse Ventura’s ‘FEMA CAMP’ Episode Pulled by LYING Congressman Cohen & The ADL!
AJVideo - Alt - (AJYuTb - 13min38sec - Dec. 08, 2010) - TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Well, it seems that the disgraceful congress creep from Memphis, Cohen, who was exposed as a LIAR, by Jesse, on camera, has resorted to some more dirty tricks. -- He whined to the ADL, who then leaned on Time Warner to yank that Conspiracy Theory episode from their website and any future showings on TruTV."

The Globalist Have Reached Too Far! – Alex Jones Tv
AJVideo - Globalist2Far(1/2) - Globalist2Far(1/2) - (AJYuTb - 15min - Dec. 08, 2010) - TheAlexJonesChannel -- Alex takes on the coming "Police State" (and it is coming!!)  in his usual all around angry-man way. - mpg
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More on the Wikileaks Cointelpro Fiasco....

BUSTED!! WIKILEAKS STRUCK A DEAL WITH ISRAEL OVER CABLE LEAKS
Must Read - A quote...."Assange met with Israeli officials in Geneva earlier this year and struck the secret deal. The Israel government, it seems, had somehow found out or expected that the documents to be leaked contained a large number of documents about the Israeli attacks on Lebanon and Gaza in 2006 and 2008-9 respectively. These documents, which are said to have originated mainly from the Israeli embassies in Tel Aviv and Beirut, where removed and possibly destroyed by Assange, who is the only person who knows the password that can open these documents, the sources added.” - also posted at InfoWarIreland

Israel: Using Wikileaks to Build a Straw Man
A quote...."From the day the first batch of Wikileaks appeared in the international press, the Israelis were crowing "this is good for us". Seizing on documents demonstrating that some Arab leaders bear ill-will toward Iran, the Israeli spin machine went into action. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu boasted that “Our region has been hostage to a narrative that is the result of 60 years of propaganda, which paints Israel as the greatest threat”, claiming that Iran had, in fact, eclipsed the Palestinian issue as the number one concern of the Arab World. Another prominent Israeli official gloated that "Iran was now ten times more important than Palestine" and that it was now time to shelve the "peace effort" and focus attention on Iran. -- My first reaction was "how silly, yet predictable". My second was "how dangerous"."

Wikileaks' estranged co-founder becomes a critic (Q&A)
A quote...."Young, a 74-year-old architect who lives in Manhattan, publishes a document-leaking Web site called Cryptome.org that predates Wikileaks by over a decade. He's drawn fire from Microsoft after posting leaked internal documents about police requests, irked the U.K. government for disclosing the names of possible spies, and annoyed Homeland Security by disclosing a review of Democratic National Convention security measures.  -- Cryptome's history of publicizing leaks--while not yielding to pressure to remove them--is what led Young to be invited to join Wikileaks before its launch over three years ago. He also agreed to be the public face of the organization by listing his name on the domain name registration." - also posted at AlethoNews

Wikileaks: State Secrets or Clever Tactics
A quote...."I am not one to support conspiracy theories but when you stop to analyze the content of the information that was leaked it seem that two things emerge: first, the content of the cables were not so earth shattering as to damage national security, or harm Washington’s relations with other countries. -- Second, upon further analysis, it would appear that the information revealed instead sends a strong message to America’s foes." - also posted at BLN

"Operation Payback" Crashes VISA Website In Under One Minute As It Seeks Revenge From Second Credit Card Processor - False Flag Alert?? - A quote...."After taking out MasterCard.com earlier, the hacker organization Anonymous Operation, via its WikiLeaks supporting Operation Payback has just launched its attack on visa.com. And, lo and behold, Visa.com is now down." - Many bloggers have suggested that Wikileaks was deliberately created not only to provide dis-info and distraction to the public, but also to provide pretexts to shut down the web for everybody. - mpg - See article and video shown below....

Kiss the Internet Goodbye – “Cyberwars” Over Wiki-Leaks Begin
Related Article - A quote...."There you have it. Banks, PayPal, commerce, prosecutors, victims’ lawyers, and even Joe Lieberman… all being attacked just in time to justify shutting down the internet on our behalf. All because Julian Assange decided to turn himself in to the authorities for a crime that had just been filed a few hours prior and in a nation-state that is just as corrupt as the U.S. and certainly a partner in the criminal Global War on Terror. Now there is a thousand file sharing sites that have put up his encrypted “data bomb” and a couple hundred other dissent sites that have set up mirrors for all that “truth” that he has been leaking one little bit at a time. What do you think is going to happen to those sites once the shit hits the fan? Well, they will all be shut down of course for national security reasons. And the group that is doing all this hacking? “Anonymous”? Haven’t figured that one out yet? Ever heard of Al CIAdah? Same thing."

Patriot Act for Internet ahead?
Must View Video - Related Video - (RTYuTb - 4min 50sec - December 08, 2010) - Source:  RTAmerica  -- A quote...."As a result of WikiLeaks, the Obama Administration may introduce a new bill that would allow government officials the ability to spy on Americans through the internet. Meanwhile, an army of hackers rally behind WikiLeaks by shutting down MasterCard and PayPal because they stopped all payments to WikiLeaks. Investigative journalist Wayne Madsen says we could see massive government surveillance of our personal computers, phones and surveillance of our internet activities."

For more regarding the articles shown above see....No Subtlety Whatsoever - 12-01-10 - mpg
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Pearl Harbor: A Successful War Lie
A quote...."One type of "defensive" war is one that follows a successful provocation of aggression from the desired enemy. This method was used to begin, and repeatedly to escalate, the Vietnam War, as recorded in the Pentagon Papers. Setting aside the question of whether the United States should have entered World War II, in either Europe or the Pacific or both, the fact is that our country was unlikely to enter unless attacked. In 1928 the U.S. Senate had voted 85 to 1 to ratify the Kellogg-Briand Pact, a treaty that bound — and still binds — our nation and many others never again to engage in war." - Topix ||  Effective Fed Funds Rate & The Ten Year Cycle  ||

Pentagon Lies and Afghan Civilian Deaths: The Unspoken Truth
A quote...."[Flashback]  Let me begin with the unreported news from the ground in Afghanistan exactly nine years ago, that is on November 30, 2001. -- The relentless U.S aerial bombing and strafing of the Kandahar area in late November and early December 2001 led to dozens, if not hundreds, of innocent civilians dying. People fled in every type of vehicle - trucks, minibuses, taxis, cars, tractors with trailers, etc. U.S. aircraft were hitting vehicles which dared to leave Kandahar. One resident of Kandahar said on Saturday, December 1st,"

Highlights of Geneva Talks between Iran, World Powers
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's chief negotiator and Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Secretary Saeed Jalili elaborated on the details of his two-day talks with the representatives of the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) in Geneva."

Iranian Sources Warn to Release Audio File of Talks with 5+1
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian sources warned on Wednesday that in case EU foreign policy chief Catherin Ashton insists on her unreal statement about the two-day talks between Tehran and the world powers in Geneva, they would release the audio file of the negotiations."

Parliament Vows to Pursue Case of Assassinated Scientist at UN
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian lawmaker announced on Wednesday that the parliament plans to pursue the case with the assassination of Iranian scientist Majid Shahriari through international bodies, including the United Nations." - also posted at InfoWarIreland

Fraudulent Egyptian Election
Isn't Egypt one of the US-NRE's & Israel's bestest friends ever? Most be more ol'dat dare free-dumb and da'mockery. - mpg -- A quote...."The November 28 Egyptian parliamentary elections were a farce.  The vast majority of Egyptians boycotted the charade. But even those who did try to vote witnessed massive ballot-stuffing, vote-buying, intimidation, multiple voting in pro-government precincts, interminable delays in pro-opposition precincts, and mass arrests of opposition supporters."

Egypt’s elections ‘fraudulent’, say rights groups
Related Article - A quote...."Systematic violence, bribery, vote rigging, and other election-day infringements marred Egypt’s parliamentary election, said human rights organizations on Monday."

Egyptian regime, bracing for succession, secures near lock on parliament
Related Article - A quote...."The US ally is moving in a more authoritarian direction ahead of an impending presidential succession. In recent elections marred by fraud, the ruling party captured a near monopoly on parliament."

Medvedev, Sarkozy discuss bilateral cooperation
A quote...."Russian President Dmitry Medvedev discussed issues of bilateral cooperation in a telephone conversation with his French counterpart Nicholas Sarkozy on Wednesday."

The Racist Maligning of North Korea and Asians in General
A quote...."The U.S. and its South Korean minion, over which Washington exercises deep and overlapping layers of control, hold military exercises that are, in essence, rehearsals for invading North Korea. The Americans simultaneously send a carrier task force into waters claimed by the world's number two economic power, China. Yet, U.S. media are full of wild and fanciful stories about North Korean “provocations,” “paranoia” and insanity, and the need for China to rein in its neighbor. Who are the real madmen, here?"

More Fraud, Intimidation and Illegitimacy Assured in Haiti's Electoral Runoff
Isn't Haiti one of the US-NRE's newest colonies?  Most be more ol'dat dare free-dumb and da'mockery. - mpg -- A quote...."On November 28, Haiti's first round legislative and presidential elections were so tainted, they elevated sham elections to a new level - a cruel joke, a process in name only, one fraudulent enough to make a despot blush. Now round two...."
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Lebanon's PM Saad al-Hariri:  Israel is Responsible for Failure of Peace Process
Video - From the History File - November 15, 2010 - Alt - (RTYuTb - 9min 11sec - 11/15/10) - Source:  RTAmerica -- A quote...."Israel is the main reason why the peace process in the Middle East failed, insists Lebanon's Prime Minister, Sheikh Saad Al-Hariri.

Argentina and Brazil stand up against USA and Israel
A quote...."Following Brazil, Argentina has recognized the "free and independent" Palestinian state within 1967 borders. Argentinians were not stopped by the harsh criticism from the U.S. and Israel that Brazilians were subject to earlier."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

France ‘will recognize’ Palestinian state - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."France has declared that it will recognize a free and independent Palestinian state based on borders before the 1967 war, becoming the first European nation to do " - Viva la France!!  Viva la France!!

UN: Israel obliged to freeze settlement
A quote...."United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has declared in a statement that Israel is obliged to freeze its settlement expansion in the occupied Palestinian territories."

Mavi Marmara Returns to Istanbul Ahead of Leading New Gaza Flotilla
A quote..."The Turkish ship the Mavi Marmara, on which nine activists were killed on the May 31 Flotilla Massacre, is returning to Istanbul on the anniversary of ‘Operation Cast Lead’. In a ceremony organised by the Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), politicians, activists and survivors will gather to mourn the losses on the flotilla and in Gaza, while reiterating their commitment to ending Israel’s illegal policies."

Settler [Squatters] visit closes Salit village overnight
A quote...."SALFIT (Ma'an) -- Residents of the northern West Bank town of Kilf Haris were ordered to close their shops early Wednesday as Israeli soldiers evacuated the area ahead of a visit by religious Israelis to a nearby tomb." - also posted at AlethoNews

'Israel conducts fatal tests on inmates'
A quote...."A member of the Palestinian Fatah party says Palestinian prisoners [a.k.a. Goyum cattle] have fallen victim to fatal illnesses due to experiments carried out on them in Israeli jails. -- Abbas Zaki, a member of Fatah's central committee, says 1,500 Palestinian prisoners developed cancer after being experimented on by Israeli doctors in detention centers." - also posted at PLFPakistan

Leading rabbis say Judaism inherently racist, cite Jewish scripture as rationale for institutional racism, segregation in Israel -- A quote...."A numbr of leading rabbis who signed on to a religious ruling to forbid renting homes to gentiles [a.k.a. Goyum cattle] – a move particularly aimed against Arabs – defended their decision on Tuesday with the declaration that the land of Israel belongs to the Jews. -- Dozens of Israel's municipal chief rabbis signed on to the ruling, which comes just months after the chief rabbi of Safed initiated a call urging Jews to refrain from renting or selling apartments to non-Jews."

‘US stops urging settlement freeze’
A quote...."The United States has quit asking Israel to extend a partial freeze on its settlement activities on the occupied Palestinian lands, a senior White House official says. -- “After consultations with the parties, we’ve determined that a moratorium extension will not at this time determine the best basis for resuming direct negotiations,” the official who spoke on condition of anonymity told AFP on Tuesday."
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No Economic Exit Strategy: Only the Speculators on Wall Street are having a Good Time...
Must Read - A quote...."Policy makers within the Treasury and the Fed are only interested in delaying and extending the timeline trying to find and extricate themselves from one of the most dangerous fiscal and monetary failures of all time. They know they and their controllers have no solution. QE1 and QE2 have temporally saved them financially, but have not saved any economy, especially the American economy. In addition it has added to the severity of the crisis. "

From Bad To Worse: The Economy Today And Tomorrow
Must Read - A quote...."At first, we were told the American economy was a freight train; invincible. After the derivatives and mortgage crisis began in 2007-2008, we were told the problem was a mere blip in our financial timeline; nothing to be concerned about. In 2009, we were told that the recession was over, and that “green shoots” were on the way. Later, they said we were “turning the corner”, whatever that means. In 2010, we were told it was time to get used to the “new normal”, which of course has yet to be clearly defined. Now, at the cusp of 2011, the year which many establishment economists originally claimed would bring a bright new era in U.S. employment and finance, it has become clear to much of the public that we are being deliberately herded with empty words and false promises towards a very dangerous and uncertain future." - also posted at GlobalRsrch

U.S. 10-year yields rise to highest level since June - Worst two-day selloff since just after Lehman bankruptcy
A quote...."NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Treasury prices fell on Wednesday, pushing yields on 10-year notes to the highest level since June, as investors signal worry that the U.S. is not dealing with its budget deficit."

Obama Capitulates to Republicans
A quote...."Despite campaign pledges and President Obama opposing extending tax cuts for households earning over $250,000, another promise made was broken. At the same time, while supporting them for working Americans, he said doing so permanently is unaffordable."

Secret GOP plan: Push states to declare bankruptcy and smash unions
A quote...."Congressional Republicans appear to be quietly but methodically executing a plan that would a) avoid a federal bailout of spendthrift states and b) cripple public employee unions by pushing cash-strapped states such as California and Illinois to declare bankruptcy. This may be the biggest political battle in Washington, my Capitol Hill sources tell me, of 2011." - Source:  Reuters

The era of mega banks – The growth of too big to fail. American banking system still backing over $13 trillion in assets with a negative deposit insurance fund. -- A quote...."The era of mega banks – The growth of too big to fail. American banking system still backing over $13 trillion in assets with a negative deposit insurance fund. 7,760 banks but 19 banks make up 50 percent of the asset base." - bold by website editor - also posted at BLN

The Wall Street Pentagon Papers: Biggest Scam In World History Exposed - Are The Federal Reserve’s Crimes Too Big To Comprehend? -- A quote...."What if the greatest scam ever perpetrated was blatantly exposed, and the US media didn’t cover it? Does that mean the scam could keep going? That’s what we are about to find out." - also posted at BLN

The FED Took Equities As Collateral During Crisis
A quote...."....there is now confirmation that the Fed took in equities as collateral during the market liquidity operations in 2008 and 2009.  As one of our favorite equity market observers wrote last week, the fact of the Fed financing equity positions was known in September of 2008, but as my colleague noted at the time, “you had to read between the lines.” -- As it turns out, the Fed’s primary dealer credit facility or “PDCF” was essentially able to take any paper, debt or equity, proving once and for all that the Fed had abandoned any pretense at market discipline."

Department of Justice "Crackdown" On Wall Street Is Just a P.R. Stunt Targeting Small-Time Crooks
A quote...."Alan Greenspan, William Black, James Galbraith, Joseph Stiglitz, George Akerlof, Chris Whalen and many other economists and financial experts all say that the economy cannot truly recover unless those who committed fraud are prosecuted. -- So we should be ecstatic that the Justice system is finally prosecuting fraud, right?" - also posted at ZeroHedge

US worst income disparity in world
RTVideo - (RTYuTb - 5min 11sec - December 08, 2010) - Source:  RTAmerica -- A quote...."Top Wall Street firms will once again break their own salary record this year and as the gap between the haves and have-nots worsens, could it get worse? Most of the government benefits have gone to help Wall Street get on its feet while others suffer. Mike Norman says what is happening to the United States is very disturbing and the US now ranks the lowest in income disparity in the world."

Camden - Poster child of American ruin
RTVideo - (RTYuTb - 3min 18sec - December 08, 2010) - Source:  RTAmerica -- A quote...."Camden, New Jersey is among the poorest and most dangerous cities in America. RT's Anastasia Churkina reports on the extent of the damage, and whether this ghost town - but once industrial giant - could end up disappearing off the face of the Earth."

China #1, United States #2? 25 Facts That Prove The Transition Is Really Happening
Special Note  - Multiple Links -- A quote...."On a recent episode of The Office, Michael Scott spent much of the show bemoaning the fact that China could soon become the number one economic superpower.  Of course by the end of the episode everyone had concluded that the United States would continue to be number one indefinitely, but in the real world things are not so simple.  Sadly, the cold, hard facts reveal that China is on the rise and the United States is experiencing a dramatic economic decline.  The world is changing and China is projected to become the largest economy in the world at some point during the next decade.  Americans have been taught from birth that “the U.S. is number one”, but the transition is really happening.  China is passing the United States even in quite a few high tech industries and in many areas of scientific research.  The numbers that you are going to read below are absolutely staggering.  It is getting really hard to deny that the Chinese are wiping the floor with us economically.  In fact, they are beating us so badly that it is hard to put into words."
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Economic Crisis in Europe -- General....

Czech public employees on strike
A quote...."About 150 thousand public sector employees in the Czech Republic have joined a nationwide strike against inadequate government funding of education and social services."

Sentenced to Debt: 'EU bosses, not people must pay for Euro Fail'
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 2min 55sec - December 08, 2010) - Source:  RTAmerica -- A quote...."In London, thousands of students are planning to take to the streets in a final attempt to block the raising of tuition fees, ahead of Thursday's parliamentary vote. Trade unionists are also expected to join in. It's the latest in a string of rallies against sweeping austerity measures and budget cuts across Europe. Many European Union countries have been shaken by protests against proposed cuts needed to secure EU-IMF bailouts. The latest were in Ireland - against the state's narrowly passed budget - the toughest in its history. The plan includes six billion euros of spending cuts and tax hikes. Richard Boyd Barrett, from the People Before Profit Alliance says, Ireland failed because its own government was over-enthusiastic in pursuing flawed European polices."

Lindsey German: Russia Today news interview on resistance to Europe wide austerity
Video - Alt - (RTYuTb - 5min 21sec - December 08, 2010) - Source:  RTAmerica -- A quote...."Lindsey German interviewed on international TV station Russia Today about Britain's student rebellion and the wave of resistance to austerity sweeping Europe." -- "In London, thousands of students are planning to take to the streets in a final attempt to block the raising of tuition fees, ahead of Thursday's parliamentary vote. Trade unionists are also expected to join in. It's the latest in a string of rallies against sweeping austerity measures and budget cuts across Europe. Many European Union countries have been shaken by protests against proposed cuts needed to secure EU-IMF bailouts. Public transport workers marched through crisis-hit Athens, opposing plans to re-structure state-run companies and reduce welfare payments. In Ireland, demonstrators rallied against the state's narrowly passed budget - the toughest in its history. RT talks to Lindsey German, a member of the Coalition of Resistance."

Iceland exits recession
A quote...."Decision to force bondholders to pay for banking system's collapse appears to pay off as economy grows 1.2% in third quarter."
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Secretary of the Navy Hatches Brilliant Plan to Sell More Gulf Seafood and Transport Oil to the War Zone
Title of the Day - (Yuck, yuck....) -- A quote...."An unknown quantity of Gulf seafood is tainted with oil and/or dispersant. See this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this and this. -- Some have speculated that Gulf seafood would be quietly sold to makers of cat and dog food, to avoid public scrutiny. -- But the Secretary of Navy has a different idea - force the good men and women in our armed services to eat it.  - And they should salute and say...."Thank you SIR!!  Tastes really good SIR!!  Could we have some more SIR!!"  After all, it's what they signed up for when they put their signatures on that little dotted line....mpg

Tuesday December 7th 2010

Lessons from the fall of Rome
Must Read - A quote...."In 43 BC, over 2,000 years ago, warring consuls Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian were duking it out with each other over control of Rome following Julius Caesar’s assassination the prior March. -- Each had legions at his disposal, and Rome’s terrified Senate sat on its hands waiting for the outcome. -- Ultimately, the three men chose to unite their powers and rule Rome together in what became known as the Second Triumvirate. This body was established by a law named lex Titia on this date (give or take depending on how you convert the Roman calendar) in 43 BC. -- The foundation of the Second Triumvirate is of tremendous historical importance: as the group wielded dictatorial powers, it represents the final nail in the coffin in Rome’s transition from republic to malignant autocracy."

America: Y ur Peeps B So Dum?
Must Read - A quote...."If you hang out much with thinking people, conversation eventually turns to the serious political and cultural questions of our times. Such as: How can the Americans remain so consistently brain-fucked? Much of the world, including plenty of Americans, asks that question as they watch U.S. culture go down like a thrashing mastodon giving itself up to some Pleistocene tar pit. -- Teabags One explanation might be the effect of 40 years of deep fried industrial chicken pulp, and 44 ounce Big Gulp soft drinks. Another might be pop culture, which is not culture at all of course, but marketing. Or we could blame it on digital autism: Ever watch commuter monkeys on the subway poking at digital devices, stroking the touch screen for hours on end? That wrinkled Neolithic brows above the squinting red eyes?" - also posted at DProgram

Max Keiser: The Buy Silver Campaign Round 2 [and a lot more] – Alex Jones Tv
AJVideo - Alt - (AJYuTb - 15min 05sec - December 07, 2010) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Max Keiser talks about his buy silver campaign[, along with a few other things.]"

What Really Happened with Michael Rivero – December 7th, 2010
MRVideo - Alt - (JustInTV - 2hrs - December 2nd, 2010) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV -- Michael Rivero rounds up the usual suspects and castigates them. - mpg
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More on the Wikileaks Cointelpro Fiasco....

BREAKING: WikiLeaks Being Used to Justify "Patriot Act" Legislation For Internet
Special Note - A quote...."Over the weekend, an insightful article by Zen Gardner exposed how WikiLeaks resembles an establishment creation. The article correctly pointed out that the WikiLeaks storyline was conforming nicely to the elite's problem-reaction-solution method, with the solution of more tyranny for our safety. -- WikiLeaks is being used to bring in the agenda on so many levels, but most importantly by setting the precedent of shutting down websites for politically "dangerous" content."

Wikileaks Reprised -- A Whiff of....What?
Special Note - A quote...."From what the press is reporting about this Wikileaks “dump,” perhaps 10% are Secret or Confidential, the rest Unclassified, and nothing is Top Secret or above. -- I have followed the unfolding teapot-tempest drama of the latest Wikileaks release with a certain bemusement, accompanied by a growing suspicion shared with others that all is not as it seems with these supposed revelations. But my initial impression, based of course on what I am reading in the mainstream and alternative media and not in the cables themselves, is that it is surprising how little damaging material is there about much of the world. Secretary Clinton cannot be happy at having the UN people know what she told her people there to do, of course, and there is a great deal to whet assorted salacious appetites. More substantive issues will doubtless emerge, but I expect most if not all to be embarrassing rather than destructive." - also posted at MyCatBird'sSeat

WikiLeaks, WikiDrama and WikiGossip
Special Note - A quote...."....smart people point out that - while there is pointed information challenging the actions of other countries - the information coming from Wikileaks about the U.S. is more of the nature of gossip, and doesn't actually challenge U.S. foreign or domestic policy is a direct manner. For example, the information disclosed to date doesn't challenge the narrative of the "War on Terror" itself, the government's handling of the economic crisis, or any other central American policy. -- So whether Wikileaks is a first amendment champion or an intelligence service psychological operation aiming to persuade and embarrass, so far it has mainly been a bunch of gossip in terms of leaks about America. -- If you don't believe me, read some of the actual cables which have been released." - also posted at ZeroHedge

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is 'annoyed' by 9/11 truth
Special Note - A quote...."Mr. Assange seems to have conveniently forgotten that 9/11 may be, in a very concrete sense, a 'conspiracy for war', leading directly to the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and the permanent "War on Terror"." - also posted at AlethoNews

Everything you wanted to know about Wikileaks but didn't know to ask
Special Note - Contains Video - Alt1 - Alt2 - A quote...."Julian Assange....


For more regarding the articles shown above see....No Subtlety Whatsoever - 12-01-10 - mpg
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9/11: The Dead Witnesses Who Died Mysteriously
Special Note - A quote...."[On 9/11, Barry Jennings reported that he and Michael Hess had been blown back by a big explosion inside Building 7. He later said in an interview that he had heard explosions in Building 7 before either Tower had collapsed. He reported that the entire place had been evacuated far in advance. He also reported that he was stepping over bodies, contradicting the official claim that no one died in Building 7. -- He died mysteriously on August 19, 2008 -- two days before the release of the NIST Report's first draft. The cause of death was undisclosed. A private investigator was hired to look into the death. He returned the money he had been given, referred the case to law enforcement, and did not want to be contacted about this matter again.]"

9/11 Debris: Investigation of Ground Zero
Video - 9/11Debris(1/2) - 9/11Debris(2/2) - (YuTb - November 25, 2010)  Source:  CTV911 -- A quote...."What happened to the Twin Towers? Evidence for extreme ruin: http://911conspiracy.wordpress.com/20...  At Fresh Kills Landfill, debris sorting site, NYPD Deputy Inspector and lead investigator on-site (working with FBI), James Luongo, when asked if there were one particular artifact of interest, replied:  "I think the lack of artifacts stands out to me quite a bit. I think the fact that I haven't seen a door, I haven't seen a phone, I haven't seen a computer. I haven't seen a doorknob. I think that stands out." - "Relics from the Rubble""

From The Files Of Absurdity, Volume CLVI: Now THIS Is Getting Absolutely Ridiculous: Phony Al Qaeda Putting Explosives Into Human Bodies? -- A quote...."People across the United States have been subjected to the absolutely absurd need of having themselves subjected to Cancer causing full body scanners, or the indignity of pat downs by TSA officials, just to take a flight on board an airplane.   It is so ridiculous as to the level of paranoia and fear put forward by their own government and controlled media outlets, that the public would blindly agree to this type of harassment and loss of personal freedom... All for the stupid and very false excuse of protecting them from "terrorists" that do not exist, and are in fact an invention of their own government!"

Mindset Warfare
Special Note - A quote...."The U.S. is slipping into a debt-induced recession from which we’re assured that more debt is the remedy. - Only when Americans grasp the internalized source of this subtle warfare can we prevail over this enemy within."

Chicago Police Will Taser Just About Anyone
A quote...."Over the last year, Chicago police have used tasers on people 683 times — an increase from just 197 times in 2009. That's because the police department more than doubled its taser arsenal, and stopped investigating every taser-related incident." - also posted at BLN
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One November’s Dead - The American War Dead Disappear into the Darkness
A quote...."America’s heroes?  Not so much.  Not anymore.  Not when they’re dead, anyway. -- Remember as the invasion of Iraq was about to begin, when the Bush administration decided to seriously enforce a Pentagon ban, in existence since the first Gulf War, on media coverage and images of the American dead arriving home at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware?  In fact, the Bush-era ban did more than that.  As the Washington Post’s Dana Milbank wrote then, it “ended the public dissemination of such images by banning news coverage and photography of dead soldiers' homecomings on all military bases.”

Two-third Afghans want Taliban’s return: Poll
A quote...."WASHINGTON - Almost two-third of Afghans are willing to accept deal allowing Taliban leaders to hold political office in the war-torn country, according to a new poll. -- The poll released Monday also shows that Afghan confidence in US military operations to secure the country is dropping while Afghan support for the insurgency is rising. After a big drop last year, more than a quarter of Afghans again say attacks against US and other foreign military forces are justifiable."

Cameron eyes 2011 Afghan pullout
A quote...."The UK prime minister, visiting Afghanistan on an unannounced trip, has said British troops could start withdrawing from the country as early as next year."

Iran arrests over terror attacks
A quote...."The Iranian intelligence ministry has arrested members of a terrorist team involved in the recent attacks on two university professors in Tehran."

West Tries to Divert World Public Opinion From Main Concerns
A quote...."Hamsayeh.Net - Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Saeed jalili said the West should take this opportunity to build better relationship with Iran. -- Jalili – after attending a two-day meeting with 5+1 representatives in Geneva delivered a stark reminder that the West has embarked upon some crafty affairs to divert and brainwash the world public opinion as to push their own outdated agendas against the international community."

Russia-Kazakhstan-Belarus single economic area to be formed by end of year
Full quote...."A single economic area comprising Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus may be set up by the end of this month, Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said during his cabinet’s meeting Tuesday. -- The single economic area is meant to guarantee free movement of capital, manpower and services between the states."

Confrontational U.S. Diplomacy
Special Note - A quote...."What could be more undiplomatic than confronting the other side? Accusing them? Taunting them? Threatening them? Demanding concessions? Refusing to hear their side? Acting high and mighty? Bluntly invoking "sticks" if they don’t do as demanded? Or simply rejecting what they say out of hand? -- The latest example of the confrontational diplomacy of the U.S. is that the U.S. accused China of enabling North Korea to start enriching uranium, to launch attacks on South Korea, and to behave with impunity. This follows continuous administration outbursts and accusations over strength in China’s currency, accompanied by demands that China appreciate its exchange rate against the dollar. -- China responded by terming the accusation "irresponsible."

Two Russian ASW planes interrupt U.S.-Japanese drills
A quote...."A joint U.S.-Japanese military exercise in the Sea of Japan was suspended when two Russian Il-38 May anti-submarine aircraft flew over the area, the NHK channel said on Wednesday citing the Japanese defense ministry."
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A disgrace: British ministers who legislate for war criminals to walk free in London
A quote...."Stuart Littlewood views the army of obsequious Israel grovellers within the British government and main political parties who are spearheading the efforts to change the law so that Israeli war criminals can visit the country without fear of justice."

Erdogan: Israeli siege on Gaza must end
A quote...."ISTANBUL, (PIC)-- Recep Tayyep Erdogan, the Turkish Prime Minister, has urged Tuesday the Zionist entity to lift the five-year old siege on Gaza, reiterating his governments conditions on Israel to apologize for the Freedom Flotilla massacre last may."

Helen Thomas and the Zio-Ogres From the Synagogue of Satan
A quote...."I am now very happy with Helen Thomas and I hope her recent behavior becomes a contagion. It may look like she has destroyed her legacy and trashed her reputation in her final years but the fact is, she has put an imprimatur of divine courage and integrity upon the totality of her time here, as opposed to those who possess neither and scream the loudest. She has revealed herself to be more than she was in a profession that never allows you to actually do your job, because you have to cater to the Synagogue of Satan, which owns the media, because it owns the banks, that prints the money out of thin air, which allowed them to buy anything they wanted to buy, while denying that right to anyone else besides a member of the Zio-Ogre Tribe. If Jesus Christ was the flesh embodiment of truth, his greatest enemy was the Pharisees, who were the diametrical opposite of everything he stood for. Two thousand years later, the same truth is under fire from the descendants of the same psychopathic, reptile crew."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

The Palestinian People Have Rights too
Special Note - A quote...."If there is one thing a Palestinian cannot understand, or If he did understand cannot forgive, it is the apathy and hypocrisy with which governments in the 'Free World', especially in the United States, react towards issues of right and wrong in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Indeed, questions of morals and of justice seem to have no relevance, and policy appears in most cases to be determined solely by considerations of what one party only to the conflict might agree to, or at least not protest about."

The Art of Glass-Blowing in Hebron
A quote...."Once upon a time, Hebron was a busy town for glass-blowers. In the old city’s Al-Kazazin quarter (Kazazin meaning ‘people who make glass’), three families operated 14 glass factories. Today, there are only two of them left, run by the Natsheh family. The first Intifada, combined with the affluence of cheap goods from China and the rise in oil prices forced the majority of glass shop owners out of business. Both remaining factories have relocated to the entrance of the city, because tourists are sometimes fearful to go too deep into the old city."

Notes from the Olive Harvest
A quote...."We lived in a paradise". My grandmother used to say about Jrash; her village to the west of occupied Jerusalem, her home and only home. "We had lots and lots of trees, countless trees, so many trees that stretched as far as the eyesight would reach, planted by my father, his father and his grandfather and all those before them. The olive trees, the carob trees and the fig trees stood guard at our door steps, marked our homes and our lands, were our playgrounds and our workshops. These trees gave us joy and gave us nourishment, gave us protection and were our home, our shelter and our wealth". She lived in paradise until she was expelled from it, expelled from her home and lands by the Zionists during the Nakba, and made a refugee in her own country."

Perpetrators of the Mavi Marmara attack should be punished, Gaza blockade should be lifted
A quote...."All the state and government officials being mainly esteemed President of Turkey, Abdullah Gül, esteemed Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and esteemed Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu showed a praiseworthy attitude and made great efforts in the aftermath of the Israeli attack against Mavi Marmara that was a part of an international aid flotilla on 31 May 2010 which aimed to break the blockade on Gaza. Here, we would like offer our thanks for their efforts and mention that they have proved very satisfactory for the victim families, IHH Humanitarian Relief Organization, other non-governmental organizations that supported the Freedom Flotilla as well as all the volunteers from across 36 countries of the world in the Flotilla."
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Bernanke Fibbed His Way Through '60 Minutes'
A quote...."Ben Bernanke ought to write country music songs on the side. They would all have the same theme: I cheated on you honey, but take me back one more time. -- His appearance on "60 Minutes" on Sunday, December 5, was clearly his attempt to deal with criticism of the Federal Reserve's policy of purchasing up to $600 billion of Treasury debt – or more, as he admitted."

Rosenberg On Why Fighting The Fed In Real Terms Has Been Very Successful
Special Note - A quote...."Today, David Rosenberg has some good commentary which proves that those who say to not fight the Fed, may be 100% wrong when it comes to fighting adjusted for inflation, or as the case may be - deflation (conveniently, few talk about what bothers even seasoned hedge fund managers such as David Einhorn - i.e., "corn and oil"). And Rosie is spot on: the deflation in all credit-intensive purchases is accelerating, and will accelerate because the only thing that matters, as we have claimed for over a year, is the shadow capital/credit contained in the shadow banking system. That is the number that is collapsing at a rate of more than half a trillion per quarter. No matter what Bernanke does to M2 will even remotely offset this deleveraging deluge."

Consumer Credit Reveals 26th Consecutive Decline In Revolving Credit, Ex-Student Loans Consumer Credit Drops $28 Billion -- Deflation Alert - A quote...."Today's consumer credit release tells you all you need to know about who continues to fund the economy (deficit commission be damned indeed). The all important revolving credit number declined by $5.6 billion in the month, which just happens to be the 26th consecutive drop in revolving credit, as in the stuff that Americans use to actually buy stuff with using their credit cards."

Japanese bank lending drops for 12th straight month in Nov
Deflation Alert - A quote...."TOKYO, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Bank lending in Japan fell 2.1 percent in November from a year earlier, marking the 12th successive month of decline, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) said in a report on Wednesday."

Oil price jumps to 26-month high
A quote...."The price of oil has reached a two-year high of USD 91 in Tuesday trading, as experts forecast the figure will top USD 100 next year."
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Economic Crisis in Europe -- General....

Jim Rogers: 'Britain is totally insolvent'
A quote...."US speculator Jim Rogers is known for his outspoken views but today went further than usual suggesting Britain is 'totally insolvent'. -- In an interview on business TV channel CNBC, Rogers, who made his name making millions while partnered with legendary financier George Soros, suggested Britain was the true sick man of Europe. -- He said: 'Greece is insolvent, Portugal has a liquidity problem, Spain has a liquidity problem, Belgium has been cooking the books for a long time, Italy has been cooking the books for a long time and the UK is totally insolvent.'" - also posted at BLN

Sharp divisions at European finance ministers’ meeting
A quote...."A meeting of European finance ministers on Monday and Tuesday revealed profound and deepening divisions among European governments over how to deal with the continent’s worsening economic crisis."

'Irish people owe nothing to banks & billionaires - refuse to pay now!'
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 1min 35sec - December 07, 2010) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Ireland faces the most severe welfare cuts and tax hikes in its history - the high price it has to pay for receiving an international bailout. The budget is about to face a parliamentary vote, with protesters gathered outside the Parliament building. But Socialist Party MEP, Joe Higgins believes the Irish financial system is already broken beyond repair."

Irish budget imposes savage austerity
A quote...."Ireland’s 2011 budget was passed by the Dáil (parliament) yesterday, as the Fianna Fáil-Green party government began the implementation of a four-year plan to cut spending by €15 billion. -- The government won the first vote on the budget by 82 to 78. -- The measures contained in the fourth austerity budget since 2008 fall most heavily on the poor and low-paid workers, who are to be made to pay for the reckless activities of the banks."

Monday December 6th 2010

Alex Jones & Webster Tarpley: The Hidden Agenda Behind WikiLeaks
Must View AJVideo - (Outstanding Alex and Tarpley, a must listen video - mpg) -- WT&AJ(1/5) - WT&AJ(2/5) - WT&AJ(3/5) - WT&AJ(4/5) - WT&AJ(5/5) - (AJYuTb - 15min - December 05, 2010) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Alex talks with Webster Tarpley, historian and researcher. Tarpley covers the latest in the explosive story surrounding Wikileaks. Wikileaks has recently released an encrypted file containing information regarding BP and Guantanamo and Julian Assange states it will become public should they be shut down. Alex covers the latest news and takes your calls."

Why Wikileaks Doesn't Add Up
Must Read - A quote...."One out of seven news outlets have noticed, thus far, that Wikileaks seems to have a “soft heart” when it comes to Israel and India.  Zbigniew Brzezinski caught on, finally, declaring that Wikileaks is an “intelligence operation” using “pointed” information carefully “seeded” into a combination of minor scandals and chickenfeed. -- There is absolutely no question for the press that Wikileaks is totally phony, we all know it, it is blatantly slanted, clearly not only anti-American but aimed at Islam, the easy target of all time.  Wikileaks is also trying to be more and more clever about seeming less the Mossad “game theory” construct that we all know it is.   The “clever” is fun to watch, more “ham handed” than esoteric."

Identity Politics and the Hero-Worship of Wiki-leaks
Special Note - A quote...."Hero worship is a powerful motivational tool. Take the following examples for instance; George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton. In these cases they immediately started acting in ways that were completely opposite of what their respective bases wanted them to do, but for the longest time, they were able to get away with it because that base did everything they could to justify those betrayals."

Israel supporters using Wikileaks to promote attack on Iran are ignoring Arab public opinion
Special Note - A quote...."Sever Plocker, a columnist for Yediot Aharonot, recently wrote with pride and some sadness that, “At least on the Iranian issue — and apparently on more than a few other matters — the leaders of the world, including the Arab world, think as we do [the Israelis], but are ashamed to admit it”. -- Benjamin Netanyahu has praised the Wikileaks cable dump as vindication of his government’s bellicose pronouncements over Tehran. The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg has written likewise. -- Even Wikileaks founder and Australian citizen Julian Assange, in a strange comment to Time magazine, stated that the Iran-related documents would aid Middle East peace. Assange approvingly quoted Netanyahu when making this allegation." - also posted at JF - Topix ||  Let's Call It What It Truly Is - Treason - 10-09-10 - mpg  ||  One Vile, Venom Tipped, Taloned Hand Washes the Other - (a.k.a. The Standard Model) - mpg  ||

Scott Horton Interviews Philip Giraldi
Audio Interview - Special Note - A quote...."Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses the theory that WikiLeaks is carrying out the agenda of a foreign power, the State Department engaging in CIA-style espionage, the US/Israeli 5-part plan for regime change in Iran and why Bradley Manning‘s (alleged) exposure of government-gone-wild is laudable but should be prosecuted." - ||  MP3 here. (18m:05s)  ||

For more regarding the articles shown above see....No Subtlety Whatsoever - 12-01-10 - mpg
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Wayne Madsen:  The Israeli Lobby Owns the Congress, Hollywood and the Whitehouse
Must Read - A quote...."Wayne Madsen is an American investigative journalist and columnist. He is the editor and publisher of the political blog “Wayne Madsen Report”. He has appeared on ABC News, NBC, CBS, PBS, CNN, BBC, Al-Jezeera, MSNBC and Press TV. Madsen has written the introduction to the book “Forbidden Truth: U.S.-Taliban Secret Oil Diplomacy, Saudi Arabia and the Failed Search for bin Laden”. Madsen’s articles have appeared on a number of news websites and magazines including Global Research, Pacific Free Press, Online Journal, Counter Punch, The American Conservative, Tehran Times and In These Times." - also posted at MyCatBird'sSeat & TheBaltimoreChron

“AIPAC Ordered Bush to Attack Iran" - A Look Behind the Curtain
Must Read - A quote...."(Media Appearance Note: Senior Editor Gordon Duff will appear on The Hour, the flagship Current Affairs Program of IQRA TV. 8.30 – 9.30 pm BST, on Sundays at Channel 826, on Sky.  This program offers a serious analysis of political, social and cultural issues for a mature viewership.) -- In a unique interview with an official at the highest policy levels of the Pentagon, White House and, eventually, CIA, we are offered a unique “behind the curtains” look at areas of policy making during the period between 1999 and 2007.  Extensive notes have been taken of meetings with President Bush and all his top policy advisers.  This is only a teaser. -- A highly placed source within the White House and CIA confirmed, in an interview, that the invasion of Iran was scheduled for 2006 but planned in 1999.  We have heard some of this before but not with so many pieces and, I am told, more to." - bold by website editor - also posted at MyCatBird'sSeat

9/11 Eyewitness: “Small Explosions Still Going On…We Just Heard Another Explosion”
Video - 9/11Eyewitness - Fireman - 9/11Explsns&LghtFlsh - 9/11Witness - NIST/Explosions - CBS/on9/11
 - A quote...."(NorCalTruth) – Another eyewitnes account of explosions on 9/11/01. This clip was posted by IranContraSc-m. – Just a tiny sample of the tens of thousands of videos out there demonstrating how the Government's childish conspiracy theory regarding 9/11 is nothing but a pack of lies. - mpg - Topix ||  Reficultnias's 9/11 Central  ||
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The US-NATO March to War and the 21st Century "Great Game" - Part II
Must Read - Maps Charts - A quote...."The following text is PART II of The "Great Game" and the Conquest of Eurasia. The first text [PART I] gave an overview of the global counter-alliance forming against the U.S. and NATO. In this second portion, the various fronts of the global rivalry between these two sides will be examined."

Taliban not responsible for cutting Aisha's nose, ears: AIHRC
A quote...."TIRINKOT (PAN): The Taliban were not behind the slicing off of a woman’s nose and ears in central Uruzgan province, chief of the human rights commission said on Monday. -- The story of how Aisha Bibi, 19, was mutilated as punishment for running away from her abusive husband and in-laws a year ago caused an international outcry. She was given refuge by an Afghan non-governmental organization, and sent to the US for reconstructive surgery and psychological treatment."

More Afghans say Taliban are justified: poll
A quote...."KABUL: More than a quarter of Afghans see Taliban attacks against American troops as justified, according to a poll released on Monday, an increase that comes as the US-led NATO coalition pushes to reduce civilian casualties in Afghanistan."

Afghanistan shelves plan to ban private security firms
A quote...."KABUL: Afghanistan announced on Monday that it would scrap plans to ban private security firms working across the country, announcing instead new restrictions on their operations."
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Yeah, Iraq again !
Must Read - A quote...."I am really sorry to bother you...I know you have more important things. Health insurance, tax cuts, BP spill and another flotilla to Gaza. -- Yeah it's Iraq again. And will always be. -- I will not let this GENOCIDE go by. I will not allow the Holocaust of Freedom and Democracy vanquish me...so it's Iraq again on the agenda. I put it on the agenda, top priority, top of the list. -- Iraq, a country the size of California, where by the words of a General of the US.army, (Odierno), has witnessed the BIGGEST, LARGEST movement of military equipment -- the US armada --since WORLD WAR II. -- In other words, since World War II there has not been anything similar...for a country the size of California." - Source:  AnArabWomanBlues

US warplanes bomb central Iraq
Related Article - A quote...."US fighter jets have reportedly pounded a region in Iraq's central governorate of Babil months after Washington declared an end to combat operations in Iraq late August."
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Iran, World Powers Start Third Session of Talks in Geneva
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran and the Group 5+1 started the third session of their talks in Geneva, Switzerland on Tuesday morning."

Russian General Staff chief visits India
A quote...."The chief of the Russian General Staff, Army Gen. Nikolai Makarov, will visit India on December 7-9 to discuss bilateral military cooperation, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday."

France, India sign nuclear deal
A quote...."NEW DELHI: France signed a $9.3 billion framework agreement to sell two nuclear reactors to India on Monday during a trade-centred visit by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to New Delhi."

Russia fails to get satellites into orbit
A quote...."MOSCOW: Three Russian satellites crashed into the Pacific Ocean on Sunday after a failed launch, media reported, in a setback to a Kremlin project designed as a rival to widely used US navigation technology."

The CIA and Pentagon: Enforcing the Monroe Doctrine in the modern age
Special Note - A quote...."The Central Intelligence Agency, assisted by the Pentagon through its components, the US Southern Command based in Miami and the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) based in Fort Benning, Georgia, have become the modern enforcement arms for the arcane Monroe Doctrine. The Monroe Doctrine, adopted by Presidents James Monroe and John Quincy Adams, and extended by President Theodore Roosevelt's "Roosevelt Corollary" and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles's anti-Communist crusade, continues to place the nations of Latin America under the neo-colonialist jack boot of the United States."
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US Government Systematically Spying on Citizens
A quote...."(IPS) Last week's release of 900 pages of U.S. government documents dealing with the implementation of the nation's primary surveillance law suggests that the government has been systematically violating the privacy rights of U.S. citizens."

TSA-Style Pat Downs Hit The Streets
Contains Video - Alt - (a.k.a the Palestinization of Amerika - mpg) -- A quote...."In Philadelphia, you don't have to visit the airport to have the government molest you, TSA-style "stop, question and frisk" pat downs are already being conducted by police on the streets targeting people who act suspicious, by doing things like putting their hands in their coat pocket."

Zionist SITE Intelligence Group Claims Al-Qaeda May Surgically Implant Bombs Inside Of Terrorists
Haaaaa, haaaaa, haaaaaa!  This is EXACTLY what Alex Jones and a whole bunch of other people have been predicting for months ever since this nation meekly excepted Chertoff's "Death Gates" being placed in our airports.  Now we as a nation will spend even more money for more of Chertoff's newer death machines which will kill us even faster. The people in this country are pathetic sheep!! - mpg -- A quote...."The fake terror propaganda coming from the Zionist run SITE Intelligence is now indicating that Al-Qaeda is considering the surgical implantation of bombs inside of their operatives.  According to SITE Intelligence an unnamed online forum used by supposed Al-Qaeda terrorists has been discussing this very possibility.  Like almost all other video, audio and other assorted informational releases from this group, SITE Intelligence does not provide the source of where these things were said, they just want us to believe whatever they say which means this report has no credibility." - Topix ||  Judeo-Christian C/C & US - Site Intell & Rita Katz  ||

Federal subpoenas hit more Palestine solidarity activists
AIPAC/Israeli Consortium Activity -- (Carried out by the FBI) -- A quote...."Grand-jury subpoenas Friday afternoon may signal that the federal government is expanding a probe of Midwest antiwar activists. -- Attorney Jim Fennerty said the FBI served subpoenas to at least two Chicago-area women who visited the Israeli-occupied West Bank this summer. Fennerty represents some antiwar activists who defied an order to appear before a grand jury in Chicago this October."

FBI Plants Informant in Mosque to Incite Violence; Muslims Report Him to FBI
AIPAC/Israeli Consortium Activity -- (More "Constant Gardening" activity, carried out by the FBI) -- A quote...."Before the sun rose, the informant donned a white Islamic robe. A tiny camera was sewn into a button, and a microphone was buried in a device attached to his keys. -- “This is Farouk al-Aziz, code name Oracle,” he said into the keys as he sat in his parked car in this quiet community south of Los Angeles. “It’s November 13th, 4:30 a.m. And we’re hot.” -- The undercover FBI informant – a convicted forger named Craig Monteilh – then drove off for 5 a.m. prayers at the Islamic Center of Irvine, where he says he spied on dozens of worshipers in a quest for potential terrorists." - Source:  Washington Post
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Argentina Recognizes Palestine Within its 1967 Borders - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."After Brazil's decision to recognize a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders, the President of Argentina, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, confirmed, on Sunday, that she would also recognize an independent Palestine with the same parameters." - also posted at Uruknet

Argentina, Uruguay to recognize Palestinian state - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."BUENOS AIRES (AFP) - Argentina and Uruguay said Monday they were joining Brazil in recognizing an independent Palestinian state, earning praise from Palestinian officials but an immediate sharp rebuke from Israel." - bold by website editor

Flotilla Support for Gaza
A quote...."On May 28 (three days before Israel's high seas massacre), Haaretz writers Jack Khoury and Yuval Azoulay headlined, "Hamas: Flotilla shows whole world opposes Gaza siege," saying:  --  Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said "if Israel behave(s) like pirates and attack(s) the international Freedom Flotilla carrying 10,000 tons of (humanitarian) aid for Gaza, then the Palestinians will have won. The flotilla's message is clear and it will reach the entire world."  --  Indeed so, and more are now coming from over 10 countries, including America. FreeGaza.org updates them. Angered by Israel's May 31 massacre, local initiatives plan their own missions. Their aim: highlight Gaza's siege and shame Israel by bringing aid until it ends." - also posted at Uruknet

Obama’s Policy of Appeasement in Israel
Obama is a craven, Manchurian-candidate, born and bred to be an AIPAC/Israeli butt-kisser. - mpg -- A quote...."Even those familiar with the long and shameful history of America’s appeasement of Israel were taken aback by the Obama administration’s extraordinary offer to Netanyahu."

B'Tselem: Jerusalemite children tortured by Israeli interrogators
Ahhhhh, those oh-so-brave mini-Nazis at it again. - mpg - A quote...."NAZARETH, (PIC)-- The Israeli information center for human rights in the occupied territories B'Tselem said in a report that Palestinian children in Silwan town, occupied Jerusalem, were severely tortured at the hands of Israeli interrogators." - also posted at Uruknet

IOA using prisoners as medical guinea pigs
Ditto - mpg - A quote...."ALGIERS, (PIC)-- Former prisoner and expert on prisoners' affairs Abdulnasser Farwana has said that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) was performing more than 5,000 experimental drug tests on Palestinian prisoners per annum. -- Farwana said in a research paper presented at the Algerian conference for support of Palestinian prisoners that the Israeli health ministry was granting permits to medicine companies to perform those tests on 15% of prisoners." - also posted at Uruknet
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The RICH MUST Be Saved at ALL COSTS!
Contains Videos - Special Note - RulingClassTrlr - Nickel&Dimed - CAF&LootingOfUSA(1/4) - [(2/4) - (3/4) - (4/4)] -- A quote...."PLEASE give till it hurts (and you WILL) to save these poor, unable to fend for themselves mult-millionaires and billionaires! -- One can't know the misery they go thru maintaining and staffing an Aspen ski chalet; a Caribbean island they own, along with it's 6,000 square foot mansion, that New York 5th Avenue penthouse and that old English manor in London. -- And the horrid expense of buying and staffing a private $60 million GulfStream jet and a fleet of Rolls-Royce's, Bentley's and Mercedes-Benz limos. -- So dig deep into your pocket and give, give, GIVE until it hurts.... which it will, as soon as the Rothschild flunkies running the USA, Ireland and Greece get through imposing austerity measures that will steal from the poor and give to the rich."

Obama announces deal to extend tax cuts for the rich
Related Article - A quote...."President Obama on Monday announced his support for a two-year extension of Bush-era tax cuts for the rich, capitulating to Republican demands and reversing campaign pledges to end the windfall for families making more than $250,000 a year."

No Economic Recovery in Sight: Seven Reasons Why Global Capitalism Can't Recover Anytime Soon
Special Note - A quote...."As the recession grinds on, politicians in most industrial countries have an incentive to make exaggerated claims about the supposed coming economic recovery. Some say the recession is over. Obama is in the group that claims we're on "the road to recovery,” while other nations can only spot recovery "on the horizon.” Below are seven important social phenomena that point to a more realistic economic and political outlook. "
   
My "Straight Talk" Interview on ChrisMartenson.com (Part 1)
Interview - Special Note - A quote...."[Question]:   Of the many forces at play that you write about within the economy, society, and politics - which ones do you see as the most defining for the future? How do you expect things to unfold?

CHS:   Clearly, demographics and Peak Oil are forces which cannot be massaged away by policy tweaks or financial engineering. I think the exhaustion of Global Neoliberal Capitalism and State Capitalism is apparent, as is the bankruptcy of the two ideologies that more or less define our politics. The reliance on expansion of credit and State power is a dynamic with only unhappy endings.

Nouriel Roubini Confirms Double Dip In Housing
A quote...."I noted last week that there is a double-dip in housing. -- Today, Nouriel Roubini agreed:


Max Keiser: Silver's Up - Keep It Up!
RTVideo - (a short teaser) - Alt -  (RTYuTb - 54 sec - December 06, 2010) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."Watch the full 101 Episode of the Keiser Report on Tuesday! This time, Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, challenge French finance minister, Christine Lagarde, to play football against Manchester United if she can't keep French banks from running to the U.S. Federal Reserve for emergency cash.

J.P. Morgan Getting Squeezed In Silver Market?
Related Article - A quote...."It is widely known that J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) holds a giant short position in silver. Furthermore, some observers are accusing the bank of acting as an agent for the Federal Reserve in the market - every tick higher in the price of silver undermines confidence in the U.S. Dollar. A lower silver price helps keep the relative appeal of the U.S. dollar and other fiat currencies high."

Gold settles at record high, tops $1,416 -- Silver ends at 30-year high; palladium comes off 9-year best
Related Article - A quote...."SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Gold futures closed at a record settlement Monday on uncertainty about European sovereign debt and the potential for more U.S. dollar weakness."
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Economic Crisis in Europe -- General....

Eyes on markets as EU makes no new move on debt crisis
A quote...."| 07.12.2010 | 09:20 | -- European Union finance ministers meet on Tuesday to discuss the EU economy with markets expected to react nervously to Monday's decision by euro zone ministers to take no new steps to quell the debt crisis."

Spanish air traffic controller: “We are living now like under Franco”
A quote...."A number of Spanish air traffic controllers contacted the World Socialist Web Site to describe the state terror employed against them under the emergency measures imposed by the Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) government."

Thousands Protest Irish Nightmare Economy
Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."Last weekend in Ireland, thousands of people demonstrated against austerity measures and against bearing the burden of the Irish crisis. Just how did the Irish miracle turn into the Irish nightmare? Paul Jay of The Real News Network recently interviewed Leo Panitch. Panitch is a distinguished research professor at York University, teaches political science there, and he's the author (with Greg Albo and Sam Gindin) of the book In and Out of Crisis: The Global Financial Meltdown and Left Alternatives". [Gogl-About this book] - [GoglBkPrcSrch]

Sunday December 5th 2010

"I can call a president of the United States anything in the book but I can't touch Israel, which has Jewish-only roads in the West Bank. No American would tolerate that -- white-only roads… We are owned by the propagandists against the Arabs. There’s no question about that. Congress, the White House and Hollywood, Wall Street are owned by the Zionists. No question in my opinion. They put their money where their mouth is…We’re being pushed into a wrong direction in every way." - *Helen Thomas*

Pro Publica has been maintaining a list of bailout recipients, updating the amount lent versus what was repaid. -- So far, 938 Recipients have had $607,822,512,238 dollars committed to them, with $553,918,968,267 disbursed. Of that $554b disbursed, less than half — $220,782,546,084 — has been returned. -- Whenever you hear pronunciations of how much money the TARP is making, check back and look at this list. It shows the TARP is deeply underwater.

Saturday December 4th 2010

The Establishment Is in Despair
Must Read - Some quotes...."The Council on Foreign Relations is the single most influential discussion forum in the United States. Its quarterly journal, Foreign Affairs, is therefore the most influential publication in the country and therefore the world."  ---  "The November/December issue features an article that I think will become a turning point. A decade from now, or a quarter century from now, historians will return to it and summarize its contents. It will be regarded as the first official announcement in the highest of high places that the Federal deficit is out of control, and that this in turn threatens the survival of America's position as the world's most influential political-military participant. - The article is titled, "American Profligacy and American Power: The Consequences of Fiscal Irresponsibility." I have been reading Foreign Affairs for about four decades, but I do not recall any article with a title this inflammatory."
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More on the Wikileaks Cointelpro Fiasco....

Why Some on the Internet Are Starting to Wonder—Is WikiLeaks for Real?
Must Read - A quote...."The quarter of a million American diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks reveal that American diplomats have a low opinion of the thuggish Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. They call him "feckless." Equally underwhelming are the revelations that Nikolas Sarkozy is "temperamental" and Muammar al-Gaddafi likes flamenco and blondes. What is more, some of Iran's Arab neighbors look to Tehran with fear and loathing, Afghan politicians are corrupt, and American corporations lobby the Congress. -- The global media is in a tizzy, repeating the same mundane, stale information from 251,287 cables released by WikiLeaks, a media organization that claims a loosely organized network of international contributors. Curiously, such publications as The New York Times, Der Spiegel, The Guardian, Le Monde and Spain's El País have carried the leaks dutifully, even though their well-policed pages are otherwise governed by highly divergent philosophies, policies and practices. Even more curiously, all news organizations repeat the same cherry-picked factoids that their ace reporters apparently culled from the documents." - also posted at AlethoNews

Wiki-Leaks and Plausible Lies - Where Have All The Critical Thinkers Gone?
Must Read - Quote of the Day...."The Wiki-leaks documents need to be considered in a broader context. By all means, alternative news sites should continue to expose American, British and any another government inequity that the documents reveal. But where is the criticism of the rest of the documents that confirm the standard Israeli/American narrative - that Iran poses 'an existentialist threat' to Israel and to 'moderate' Arab states? -- Does anyone care that these documents clearly support US and Israeli war-mongering? Does anyone else find that to be astonishing? Where is the critical thought? -- The problem is that, when the dust has settled (as it soon will) over all-too-familiar US government attempts to spy on UN officials and the pusillanimity of the British government assuring the Americans that their Iraq invasion inquiry would have a pro-US bias, we will be left with some core details which, far from being refuted or covered up, are being accepted as fact."

Wikileaks and the Sound of Silence
Must Read - A quote...."The scope and scale of WikiLeaks is a marvel to behold. Some praise it as the ultimate form of democracy. Others as the epitome of the most sacred of liberty’s principles: the right to know. -- Yet the real story here is not what’s revealed but what’s withheld. The marvel is not what we now know but what is already known that is left unsaid. And what is given an interpretive spin by those newspapers granted priority access. -- The facts suggest that WikiLeaks is less about the right to know than the right to deceive."

The Wiki Hoax
Must Read - A quote...."There are two opinions of Wikileaks.  The worlds intelligence services all, every single one, believes Wikileaks is simply an intelligence agency playing games.  They say this to each other, Vladimir Putin and  Zbigniew Brzezinski have announced it to the world and others are following suit. -- Nobody, at least nobody typically “answerable” will say the word “Israel” but it is what they mean when they say “intelligence agency.”  They mean Israel.  Every Wikileak does something to help Israel in a different way at a different time.  If Israel has a problem, a Wikileak is there, part of the solution.  This time, Secretary Clinton was in the way and Wikileaks showed up to gut the State Department and give Israel the usual “buff and polish” job they usually do." - also posted at MyCatBird'sSeat

Wikileaks: A Tool of Psy Warfare
Special Note - A quote...."The Wikileaks revelations confirm the obvious, more than what it informs us about the darker corners of ‘US diplomacy, cloaked in securitocracy.’ In fact, it is Cyber War, in the new game of psy-warfare, targeting individuals and countries, to cover-up the shame of defeat of war on Afghanistan, war on Iraq and 2006 Israeli war on Lebanon. The cyber war has been launched, impacting public opinion globally, and focusing on three objectives mainly...."

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has close links to the Economist, controlled by the Rothschild banking family
Special Note - A quote...."Julian Assange, the Wikileaks founder who plans to leak bank documents that will take down „one or two“ major banks according to Forbes, has won an award from the Economist, a magazine belonging to the Economist group, half of which is owned by the Financial times, a subsidiary of Pearson PLC. A group of independent shareholders, including many members of the staff and the Rothschild banking family of England. --  Kurt Nimmo writes that the Economist is owned by members of the Rothschild banking family of England. It is run by the Economist Group, a known CIA front."

WikiLeaks or WikiLies?
Special Note - A quote...."Online whistle blower WikiLeaks unveiled a new batch of compromising materials. This time correspondence of American diplomats was leaked, which clearly shows that the U.S. did not stop its subversive activities against other countries. The published papers can also adversely affect the relationship between certain countries. The main question is who benefits from it."

For more regarding the articles shown above see....No Subtlety Whatsoever - 12-01-10 - mpg
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Mental Ghettos Weaken the US:   People Who Lie to Themselves - posted at GlobalRsrch
A quote...."So many intelligent Americans believe, say and do stupid things. When a large fraction of the population is like this, a nation rots from the inside and succumbs to external forces. -- I have always searched for the simplest yet best ways to explain what I see as a multi-decade decline of every aspect of the United States , especially its political system and government. I keep coming back to the inescapable logic that a large fraction of Americans, regardless of their education, economic status and political alignment, must suffer from delusion. This delusion produces denial about hugely important subjects and issues."

The SOTT Report: Interview with Paul Craig Roberts
SottVideo - PCR(1/2) - PCR(2/2) - (SottYuTb - 13/15min - December 01, 2010) - Source:  TheSOTTReport -- A quote...."In this 2-part SOTT Report special, Paul Craig Roberts talks about why government officials can no longer tell the truth, U.S. financial hegemony, evidence that the terrorist threat doesn't exist, and more." - Topix  ||  US Fake Intel / Propaganda - Edward Bernays & The Power of Nightmares  ||  US-False Flag Ops - Detroit's Lap Bomber  ||

'Obama Is not God' -- US Drone Attack Raises Uncomfortable Questions for Germany
Special Note - Some quotes...."A US drone attack in Pakistan in October is thought to have killed a German citizen. The government of Chancellor Angela Merkel would prefer the case to simply go away, but one parliamentarian is refusing to let it be forgotten."  ---  "Such attacks are happening outside the law," says Neskovic. "International law does not provide any legal basis for the killing of suspected terrorists outside of a combat situation. … No intelligence service has the license to kill." - According to Neskovic, if other countries adopted such a strategy, the entire world would become a war zone, with "American drones over the Brandenburg Gate (in Berlin) and North Korean drones over Washington. - Neskovic reserves his strongest criticism for the American president, who he sees as being ultimately responsible for the drone attacks. "Barack Obama is not God, able to freely decide about life and death," he says. "Nevertheless he behaves like an Old Testament God who kills people as he sees fit with fire and brimstone." - Topix ||  The Almighty Corporation - 03-30-08 - mpg - satire  ||

Vietnam: The Last Battle
Special Note - A quote...."The year was 1978. Vietnam was then being punished for seeing off the last American helicopter gunship, the war’s creation, the last B52 with its ladders of bombs silhouetted against the flash of their carnage, the last C-130s that had dumped, the US Senate was told, "a quantity of toxic chemical amounting to six pounds per head of population, destroying much of the ecosystem and causing a fatal catastrophe," the last of a psychosis that made village after village a murder scene. -- And when it was all over on May Day, 1975, Hollywood began its long celebration of the invaders as victims, the standard purgative, while revenge was policy. Vietnam was classified as "Category Z" in Washington, which imposed the draconian Trading with the Enemy Act from the first world war. This ensured that even Oxfam America was barred from sending humanitarian aid. Allies pitched in. One of Margaret Thatcher’s first acts on coming to power in 1979 was to persuade the European Community to halt its regular shipments of food and milk to Vietnamese children. According to the World Health Organization, a third of all infants under five so deteriorated following the milk ban that the majority of them were stunted or likely to be. Almost none of this was news in the west." - also posted at MostlyWater

70 [Casualties, 8] killed, [69] wounded in a series of explosions
More al-CIA-duh and Saudi Royal sponsored attacks. - mpg -- A quote...."BAGHDAD, Dec 4 (KUNA) -- At least eight civilians were killed and 62 were wounded Saturday in a series of explosions that shook the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, a police source said. - The source told KUNA that a car bomb attack at Al-Shula city targeted a bus full of Iranian pilgrims who were headed to Najaf." - also posted at WarInIraq

Blow it Away...To a suicide Bomber.l
Special Note - Full quote...."I understand the need to blow up, explode...I see where you, the poor you is coming from...I understand what you've been through, how they managed to capitalize on your pain... 


Website Editor's Note:  It is a mortal sin to deliberately commit suicide, it is a sign of hopelessness, helplessness and moral weakness. It is an evil many have been taught by one state's set of "royals" and their "royal" state sponsored "religion" to further the objectives of two other states.....those known as the "Trinity of Evil".  -- For all occupied peoples everywhere, defend your honor, fight for your countries, your homes, your way of life, your culture, and your families.  Do so by organizing long term, permanent resistance, resistance that does not involve your deaths, but when need be, those of the occupiers. - mpg - Some related quotes....







Iran: ME does not need foreign forces
A quote...."Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says the presence of foreign forces in the Middle East will not contribute to the establishment of security in the region. -- “The military presence of foreigners, the establishment of military bases in the region and the increase of such forces do not meet regional security needs. The history of the region has proved it,” Mottaki said at a conference on Middle East security on Saturday. -- The Iranian top diplomat added that the presence of extra-regional forces and their interference in the region was aimed at damaging relations between regional countries." - Source:  PressTV

2m people lost lives due to US policies: Imran
A quote...."ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said that due to irrational and hostile policies of the US, more than 2 million innocent people have lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan while drone attacks in Pakistan’s tribal belt in name of terrorism were counterproductive in which thousands of civilians had so far been killed. -- Speaking to party leaders over the phone from London on Friday, he said that Pakistan needed a dynamic leader who could stand against imperialism and give preference to national interest over personal gains."

United Nations Silent as NATO Destroys Potentially Thousands of Afghan Homes
A quote...."NATO officials confirmed to this reporter that they routinely destroy Afghan homes, businesses and other structures that may be linked to the Taliban, but they refuse to provide any statistics as to how many have been destroyed. The Washington Post and The New York Times indicate that the practice is widespread and they have confirmed that whole villages have been leveled. (These field reports are referenced at the end of this article.) In June, 2010, the United Nations special rapporteur for human rights, Richard Falk publicly condemned the Israeli Government for its destruction of Palestinian homes. In contrast, the U.N.’s High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay, and the U.N.’s Special Representative in Afghanistan, Staffan de Mistura, have been deplorably silent regarding similar actions by UN-supported NATO forces in Afghanistan." - also posted at Uruknet

US-led troops abduct Afghan journalist
US-NRE Press Intimidation - Special Note - A quote...."US-led forces have abducted an Afghan journalist in the eastern province of Khost amid escalating anti-American sentiments in the war-ravaged country. -- The troops stormed into the journalist's home overnight and took him and his three brothers. Reports say they have been taken to a military base. -- The move has caused uproar among other Afghan journalists, who say he is arrested without being charge. They maintain that even if he is to face charges he should be tried at an Afghan court. -- US-led troops in Afghanistan have abducted four other journalists in recent months. -- This comes two days after Afghan President Hamid Karzai ordered an investigation into the NATO killing of a local Afghan official in the country's south."

Karzai endorses concept of Pak-Afghan-China trilateral trade relations
A quote...."KABUL (Afghanistan): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Saturday said that President Hamid Karzai has endorsed the concept of trilateral trade relations between Pakistan, Afghanistan and China."

Israel cannot have access to NATO capabilities, Turkish president says
A quote...."NATO capabilities could not be used by Israel, the Turkish president said, reaffirming a condition of the country’s support for the alliance’s United States-led missile defense project. -- “Israel is not a member of NATO and any cooperation is not a point in the issue. I explicitly say in principle this is not possible,” President Abdullah Gül told Euronews during an interview Friday."

Turkish PM urges Israeli apology during Lebanon trip
A quote...."Turkey's prime minister called on Israel to apologize for its mistakes in the region in a speech he gave in Lebanon on Wednesday, adding Turkey would do its best to avert a fresh armed flare-up in Lebanon."

IFEX members condemn fraudulent elections
A quote...."Last weekend's parliamentary elections in Egypt were not free, say the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR), the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) and Human Rights Watch - with peaceful opponents and journalists banned or beaten, votes stolen, and monitors excluded. -- Nor did the government create conditions for free and fair elections, says the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and other IFEX members, noting widespread attacks on the media prior to election day on 28 November."

Egypt opposition protests election fraud
Video - Related Video - A quote...."On the eve of the Egypt's runoff parliamentary elections, these candidates were left with no option but to protest. Muslim Brotherhood and opposition Parties candidates have demonstrated against a number of violations including vote rigging, violence and obstruction of opposition candidates. -- Following the announcement of the results of the first phase of the parliamentary elections, both liberal Al Wafd Party and Muslim Brotherhood announced their withdrawal from the elections."

Politics-Egypt: Media prevented from covering fraud during first round of parliamentary elections
Related Article - A quote...."Egypt - No one but the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) seems to dispute the fact that there was massive fraud during the first round of the parliamentary elections on 28 November. Many journalists were physically prevented from covering the widespread irregularities. Such incidents are unfortunately expected to recur during the second round on 5 December."

Russia and Belarus may agree on Common Economic Space by December 9th
A quote...."Russia and Belarus could reach agreement on a Common Economic Space by December 9th. -- This was clinched during a telephone conversation on Friday night between Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and the head of the Belarusian government Sergey Sidorsky." - also posted at SCF

EU reiterates support for Russia's WTO accession in 2011
A quote...."The European Union supports Russia's efforts to enter the World Trade Organization (WTO) by 2011, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said." - also posted at SCF

Russia and India successfully test world's fastest missile
A quote...."According to military experts, BrahMos is a new generation of cruise missiles. Some foreign analysts believe that it is a thoroughly modernized version of the Soviet P-800 Onyx missile, which was built at the end of the 1980s. A BrahMos missile is ten meters long; its starting weight varies from 2.5 to 3.9 tons depending on the basing mode. The weight of the warhead reaches 300 kilograms. One of the basic advantages of the weapon is the speed - up to 3,500 km/h. This is the only cruise missile that is capable of developing such supersonic speed."

Japan calls for stronger ties with Russia
A quote...."Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara called on Saturday for stable relations with Russia in order to solve a territorial dispute that has divided the two countries since World War II." - also posted at SCF

North Korea deploys more multiple rocket-launchers
A quote...."North Korea has recently increased the number of its multiple-launch rockets by 100 pieces to some 5,200,’ Yonhap news agency quoted a military source as saying. ‘They can mount a concentrated attack from their bases on Seoul and its neighbouring areas,’ the source said, adding the rockets have an effective range of 60 kilometres. The defence ministry and Joint Chiefs of Staff declined comment on the report. -- Seoul is some 40 kilometres from the border and its people have always lived under threat of attack from the North’s rockets and long-range artillery."
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Rosie O’Donnell Talks 9/11 Truth
Must Listen Audio Interview - A quote...."Last week Rosie O’Donnell hosted 9/11 family member Bob McIlvaine and engineer Tony Szamboti on her Sirius XM radio show to discuss the buildingwhat.org campaign. A full description of the discussion can be found here and the show can be heard here."- Topix  ||  9/11-WTC7  ||  9/11-WTC-1&2  ||

On This Day in History: NOV. 28, 2002: Bush Appoints Kissinger to Chair 9/11 Commission
From the History File - November 28th, 2002 - A quote...."The nomination of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to head the official US commission into the September 11 terrorist attacks guarantees that the inquiry will be a whitewash, not an independent investigation. Bush’s selection of Kissinger is a statement of the administration’s contempt for the public and its implacable opposition to any serious investigation into the most deadly terrorist attack in the nation’s history." - Topix ||  9/11-Commission  ||

JFK and RFK: The Plots that Killed Them - The Patsies that Didn’t
Special Note - A quote...."Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated 42 years ago in the midst of his campaign for the U.S. presidency. Largely overshadowed by the death of his brother, President John F. Kennedy, the official account of RFK’s tragic end, allegedly shot down by a lone gunman, like his brother, has received vastly less attention. In both instances, we are looking at staged events that fit into a recurrent pattern in U.S. and world history where innocent individuals (or “patsies”) are baited and framed for cover-up purposes. Professor James H. Fetzer, an expert in the scientific study of assassinations, provides a sketch of how we know what happened to them and why, where RFK’s assassination was in part intended to prevent a reinvestigation into his brother’s death."

Stop the John Boehner scam: Give Ron Paul monetary subcommittee chair
A quote...."The fact than an establishment lackey like Speaker-apparent John Boehner would fight against those in Congress attempting to challenge the power of the Federal Reserve is no surprise, but Boehner’s reported attempt to block Ron Paul from gaining the chair of a key subcommittee dealing with monetary policy is absolutely disgusting. Ron Paul has proven to be the grassroots favorite with the people, has repeatedly won GOP-straw polls for president, and no doubt played a significant role in winning tea party support for GOP candidates during the midterm elections. But he is being blocked precisely because he poses a threat to the Federal Reserve and establishment power in general." - also posted at DProgram

TSA News 12-03-10
DProgram's daily round-up regarding the TSA's groping goons and Chertoff's "Death Gates". - mpg

CNN Reporter Put On Watch List After Criticizing TSA
A quote...."In light of new reports alleging that the TSA is creating a watch list of individuals who criticized the agency as a form of collective punishment, it’s revealing to note that CNN journalist Drew Griffin was also put on a TSA watch list immediately after he filed reports critical of the organization back in 2008."

US Soldier: “What happened to OUR country while we were gone?”
A quote...."A friend of mine sent me this about his TSA experience. He, unlike most of us, was coming back into the country from Afghanistan on a military charter. -- As the Chalk Leader for my flight home from Afghanistan, I witnessed the following: When we were on our way back from Afghanistan, we flew out of Baghram Air Field. We went through customs at BAF, full body scanners (no groping), had all of our bags searched, the whole nine yards. Our first stop was Shannon, Ireland to refuel. After that, we had to stop at Indianapolis, Indiana to drop off about 100 folks from the Indiana National Guard."

Obama nominates for-profit prison consultant for US Marshals director
It's amazing, Obama doesn't let one single day go by without somehow furthering this nation's decent into the abyss of a sick, twisted and evil New Roman Empire.  It seems Obama honestly feels he hasn't done his job properly if he doesn't do something -- anything -- at least once a day, to add to this nation's woes, destroy its constitution, ruin its economy, give more tax dollars to its parasites, or start more wars. - mpg -- A quote...."In September, Obama nominated Stacia Hylton as the new director of the United States Marshals Service (USMS). Her nomination serves as an example of the anti-democratic ties between American corporations and government. Particularly troubling is Hylton’s close relationship with the two largest for-profit, private prison companies, GEO Group and Corrections Corp. of America (CCA)."

Waiting For McCarthy - Letters To The (Onion) Editor
Satire -  A quote...."It tooks us a few minutes to realize this was from The Onion. Ah, the benefits of living in a hybrid, hyperbolic, tragicomic reality."

Joe Lieberman's Campaign To Trample The First Amendment Is Proceeding Right On Schedule
Web Censorship Alert - Joe Lieberman is an AIPAC/Israeli Consortium shill and he should have moved to Israel and run for the Israeli Knesset a long, long, time ago!!  Instead he's living here, off our taxpayer dollars, doing his level best to destroy what little remains of this nation's constitution while slavishly serving the interests of a foreign power. - mpg -- A quote...."As if it wasn't enough that America's ruling oligarchs were sufficiently happy with abdicating their governing duties to the Federal Reserve, they have now decided to imitate China in every possible way, and in addition to making up economic data as they go (for actual numbers just look around you, for all the other imaginary bullshit there's the BLS), they have now proceeded to wipe their ass with the first amendment, on their way to converting the US to a complete banana republic. After Joe Lieberman made a mockery of Internet freedom of speech (and of Amazon's independence) he has now decided to step up his campaign against un-coopted journalists everywhere, precisely as we suspected would happen next in the USSA." - also posted at DProgram
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Helen Thomas: Zionists Own Congress, The WH, Hollywood & Wall St.
Special Note - A quote...."Helen Thomas, the long-time White House correspondent who was forced to apologize and retire last spring after making comments about Israel and Jews, stood by those remarks yesterday at an event in Dearborn, Michigan -- and then made even more fiery statements. -- "Congress, the White House and Hollywood, Wall Street are owned by the Zionists," Thomas said during her remarks at an Arab-American workshop, according to The Detroit News. "No question."

Defiant Helen Thomas defends remarks that led to exit
Special Note - Related Article - A quote...."Striking a defiant tone, journalist Helen Thomas, 90, said today she absolutely stands by her controversial comments about Israel made earlier this year that led to her resignation. But she stoked additional controversy with new remarks, claiming that "Zionists" control U.S. foreign policy and other American institutions. The local Jewish community strongly condemned her remarks. -- "I can call a president of the United States anything in the book but I can't touch Israel, which has Jewish-only roads in the West Bank," Thomas said. "No American would tolerate that -- white-only roads."

Odious NGO Monitor smears Electronic Intifada, tries to cut funding
Web Censorship Alert - A quote...."NGO Monitor was captured perfectly in The Forward by liberal jewish thinker Leonard Fine who said it was “an organization that believes that the best way to defend Israel is to condemn anyone who criticizes it.” But now, no longer satisfied with its McCarthyite efforts to not just condemn, but actually take down respected human rights organizations, it is seeking to stop critical funding of the Electronic Intifada, a key media source for information and analysis about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."

Stop War Criminals From Visiting the UK
A quote...."We join our friends at The Palestine Solidarity Campaign in issuing this message to all our friends and supporters to enlist their energies to stop the attempts by the UK Government to introduce delaying tactics which will ensure that suspected war criminals visiting this country and allowing them to parade themselves freely without fear of being dragged and paraded into a British court to face charges for war crimes committed elsewhere. -- It must be clear to all that the recent changes being proposed (and most likely will implemented) have been introduced ONLY as a result of the Israeli government pressure on Her Majesty’s Government when Israeli officials (implicated in the Gaza massacres) had a recent near miss of being arrested when attempting to land on British soil."

Obama’s Israel Policy: Speak softly and carry a very big carrot
A quote...."Even those familiar with the long and shameful history of America’s appeasement of Israel were taken aback by the Obama administration’s extraordinary offer to Netanyahu. -- In exchange for a paltry one-off 90 day freeze on illegal settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank (excluding East Jerusalem), Israel will get 20 F-35 stealth fighter jets worth $3 billion and a slew of other goodies. Yet Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reportedly gave up to eight hours with Netanyahu trying to persuade him to accept “one of the most generous bribes ever bestowed by the United States on any foreign power.” Praising the Israeli Prime Minister for eventually agreeing to put the offer to his security cabinet, President Obama took it as “a signal that he is serious.”  - also posted at AlethoNews
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Brazil recognizes Palestinian state on 1967 borders - Hip Hip Hooray!
Special Note - A quote...."BRASILIA — Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva recognized a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders Friday in a public letter addressed to Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas. -- The decision came in response to a personal request made by Abbas on November 24, according to the letter published on the foreign ministry's website." - Source:  AFP

Boycott roundup: French companies to drop out of Jerusalem rail project - Hip Hip Hooray!
Boycott, Divest and Sanction the ENTIRE state of Israel!  Because it's the ONLY way they'll listen. - mpg -- A quote...."In a significant victory for the global Palestinian-led boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement, French companies Veolia and Alstom have dropped out of the Jerusalem light rail project due to sustained pressure from Palestine solidarity groups. The companies were contracted by the Israeli government to construct and manage the tramway linking Jerusalem to several illegal Israeli settlement colonies in the occupied West Bank." - For more on how to Boycott, Divest and Sanction the state of Israel see the upper-left-corner of the "Front Page" of this website.

34 ships to carry aid to Gaza next April
A quote...."GAZA, (PIC)-- The international campaign for solidarity with the Palestinian people is preparing to send 34 ships loaded with humanitarian relief material to the Gaza Strip by next April, Mariam Zakut, the director general of culture and thought society, said."

Belgium Donates 600,000 Euros to Help Palestinian Refugees
A quote...."Beirut, December 2, (Pal Telegraph – Agencies)Belgium donated 600,000 euros ($786,000) to help with relief for displaced Palestinian refugees in northern Lebanon, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees said."

[Israeli] Army Shells Khan Younis
A quote...."Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported that Israeli soldiers shelled on Thursday evening a number of homes east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip."

IOF soldiers open machinegun fire at civilians in Gaza, wound three
A quote...."GAZA, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stationed north and east of Gaza Strip opened machinegun fire at Palestinian citizens at dawn Saturday wounding three of them including two workers who were collecting gravel, medical sources reported." - also posted at Uruknet

As Fires Continue To Consume More Areas in Haifa, Extremists Torch Islamic Graveyard
A quote...."The Al Aqsa Foundation told the Maan News Agency that a group of Jewish extremists torched the Al Qassam Graveyard in Haifa under the guise of the ongoing fires that started Thursday in the area and continues to spread." - also posted at Uruknet

Israel's INTENTIONAL Mass Starvation Of Gaza: Follow Up To Article In November That Alerted People Of This Atrocity - A quote...."Just last month, I put up an article,  first brought to light by a group called Media Lens, that alerted the entire world of the fact that Israel is pushing for genocide of the entire population of 1.5 Million Palestinians trapped in their Gaza Strip concentration camp by the criminal, brutal, and inhumane practice of mass starvation!"

5-year-old Palestinian boy witnessing Israeli soldiers dragging his father away
Video - From the History File - August 02, 2010 - (YuTb - 08/02/10) - Source:  Presstvupload -- A quote...."Disturbing footage has emerged showing a 5-year-old Palestinian boy witnessing Israeli soldiers dragging his father away."

88th worker shot in northern Gaza 'no go zone'
A quote...."GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- A Gaza man was shot in the foot Friday morning, medics in the coastal enclave confirmed saying the wound was inflicted by Israeli sniper fire targeting a man collecting gravel particles in the northern border area."

UN: situation in Gaza is "not improving"
A quote...."Millions of Palestinians are living in precarious conditions and need help to survive, the United Nations said Thursday, as it sought $575 million for them in 2011."
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Bob Chapman’s Friday Economic Report: Fed Wealth Grows While Others Drown In Debt
AJVideo - BC&AJ&theFed(1/2) - BC&AJ&theFed(1/2) - (AJYuTb - 15min - December 03, 2010) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."December 1 2010: The Fed grows richer at our expense, Wikileaks news links, desperate things for desperate people, the clarion call of gold, black friday unremarkable, countries drown in the debt of other countries. The Federal Reserve's balance sheet grew a 4th straight week to $2,328 trillion, up $31 billion in a week. In May the balance sheet was $2,333 trillion." - Related quote....


ALERT: Elitist Bankers and Congressional Leadership are Plotting to Stop Ron Paul
Related Article - A quote...."With Republican control of the House, Ron Paul, as senior member of the House Financial Services subcommittee that oversees monetary policy, is scheduled to become chairman of that subcommittee . -- The banking elitists that were thrown billions upon billions by Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve sure don't want the real supervision that Ron Paul would bring. And they are plotting." - Topix ||  The Federal Reserve and the Thirty Trillion  ||

The Goldman Sack Blows The Whistle On The JP Morgue Silver Manipulation Scheme
Video - Related Video - Alt - (YuTb - 7min 29sec - December 02, 2010) - Source:  MrSilvergoldsilver -- A quote...."The Xtranormal bubble is now bigger even than Netflix. And all who have been waiting to understand the JP Morgue silver manipulation scheme explained by cartoon bears, here it is. Also, The Ben Bernank makes a cameo appearance. We recommend having some blood in your alcoholstream before watching this." - It's a little overblown, a little scatological, somebody made their book big-time off this video (see related article shown below) and it's posted with the usual caution: The posting of this video on this site should not be construed as an attempt to offer investment advice or a recommendation that the information contained within the video should be used for investment purposes.....that said, it sure is a funny video. - mpg

Silvergoldsilver.com Runs Out Of All Precious Metals In Hours
Related Article - A quote...."Since Zero Hedge posted (unsolicited and uncompensated) the "Crash The JP Morgue" now-viral video late last night , it appears that among the tens of thousands of viewers who have subsequently gone to the goldsilvergold.com website, there have been quite a few conversions. So much so that as of today, the company is not taking any orders and is sold out of all products. The company goes on to say that it will not be accepting any new orders until December 6. We can only hope that the profits JPM will make in its copper market manipulation will be sufficient to offset the ever increasing pain it will experience courtesy of what is gearing up to be a massive margin call."

Gold Tops $1,400, Silver Futures Advance to 30-Year High as Dollar Tumbles
Related Article - Dec 3, 2010 3:32 PM ET -- A quote...."Gold futures topped $1,400 an ounce and silver climbed to a 30-year high as the dollar’s slump boosted the appeal of precious metals as alternative investments. Palladium had the biggest weekly gain since 2008." - also posted at RogueGov

Forget "Keynesians" Versus "Deficit Hawks" ... The Real Fight is Between Economic Policy Which WORKS and Policy Which DOESN'T WORK -- Chart - A quote...."Unemployment is rising again. - This updated chart from Calculated Risk tells the story: - Mish provides the following summary of the new job numbers: - Check out these Grim Job Details courtesy of Bloomberg."

Double Dip In Housing Largely Caused By Failure to Prosecute Mortgage Fraud
A quote...."For those who doubt that fraud is rampant in the mortgage paperwork mess, see this, this, this, this, this and this. -- There are obviously other factors responsible for the softening housing market, such as the end of government stimulus programs regarding housing, and poor employment conditions. But as I've pointed out early and often, these problems are all interrelated. See..."Another Nobel Economist Says We Have to Prosecute Fraud Or Else the Economy Won't Recover"."

Jobless Recovery?: 25 Unemployment Statistics That Are Almost Too Depressing To Read
A quote...."Guess what?  Unemployment is up again!  That’s right – even though Wall Street is swimming in cash and the Obama administration is declaring that “the recession is over”, the U.S. unemployment rate has gone even higher.  So are you enjoying the jobless recovery?  The truth is that there should not be any talk of a “recovery” as long as the “official” unemployment rate remains at around 10 percent and the “real” unemployment continues to hover around 17 percent.  There are millions and millions of American families that are living every day in deep pain because of the lack of jobs."

Rise in Foreclosures and Unemployment Across the United States
A quote...."December 04, 2010 (Hamsayeh.Net) - Despite rosy pictures being continuously painted by the Obama administration officials on the health of US economy, unemployment and foreclosures procedures have become the new standard and daily activities of a large portion of American population during the ongoing economic depression that began over two years ago."

Camden City Council approves massive layoffs
A quote...."After emotional and angry pleas from residents, business owners, firefighters, police officers and government workers, Council voted, 5-0, to eliminate nearly half the Police Department and almost a third of the Fire Department."
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Economic Crisis in Europe -- General....

Job losses trigger British student protests
A quote...."An increase in youth unemployment has widely triggered recent student protests in Britain with new figures revealing a fourfold rise in youth joblessness."

Spanish govt. to hold crisis meeting
A quote...."The Spanish government is set to hold a crisis meeting after the country's air traffic controllers strike over pay and working hours. "

Spanish government sends army to break air traffic controllers strike
A quote...."The Spanish military took control of 10 airports last night after Prime Minister José Luis Zapatero, of the Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE, Spanish Socialist Workers Party), signed a decree giving the Defence Ministry control of the Spanish airspace. Yesterday evening, a wildcat strike by Spain's air traffic controllers left 330,000 passengers stranded in airports throughout Spain and Europe."
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Friday December 3rd 2010

No posts. - mpg

Thursday December 2nd 2010

"It seems ridiculous to point this out, but sovereign debt implies sovereignty. Right? Well, if countries are sovereign, then how could they be required to be in debt to private banking institutions? How could they be so easily attacked by the likes of George Soros, JP Morgan Chase, and Goldman Sachs? Why would they be subjugated to the whims of auctions and traders?...."