Wednesday December 15th 2010

No posts. - mpg

Tuesday December 14th 2010

New David Duke Video: Who Taught America To Torture? (One Guess!)
Must View Video - Alt - (YuTb - 15min 32sec - December 09, 2010) - Source:  drdduke -- Editor's note:  To blame "Jews" or Zionists historically for torture would seem be missing the mark, after all, the Fascists down throughout history have committed much more torture and seem to enjoy torturing even more than their mirror image "left-wing" communist counterparts.  On the other hand blaming Zionists, their control of finance and media in this country and the creeping Israelifacation of this nation's entire security apparatus during the last thirty years on behalf of Israel's goals and heinous methods (as in torture), seems MUCH closer to the mark, in fact it seem to be spot-on. - mpg -- A quote...."America is a failing empire that is continuing its wars around the planet for very evil reasons.  The war in Iraq is for the criminal state of Israel, while the war in Afghanistan is for the Rothschild Heroin/Opium drug lords in Europe.    The actions of American soldiers during these wars has become a severe question of morality, due to the sharp increase of American soldiers committing acts of torture against civilians, and their captured enemy combatants.   It is astonishing that America used to pride itself on having one of the most "civilized" armies on the face of the Earth, and torture was almost totally unheard of.   The question then becomes.... What the hell has happened?"

Anti-Semitic Musing 005: Virtually All Jews Are Indeed Zionists
A quote...."It's not all jews.” That's the inevitable refrain that will be heard from jewish sycophants in discussions of the latest zionist crimes against humanity that are so horrific that they get peoples' attention despite the best efforts of our jewish mainstream media. What jewish sycophants mean when they utter this well worn refrain is that the majority of jews are not zionists. But this is a conditioned notion not based on empirical evidence. -- Those that utter this refrain just assume that it's true without the least thought that it may not be. In fact it isn't true. In fact the very opposite is true. Most [therefore not "all" - mpg] jews  are zionists, i.e., they believe in the need for and support the concept of a jewish [apartheid] state." - Topix ||  It's Pronounced "The Jewish Community" - 03-15-10 - mpg  ||

CHRISTMAS STORY- MARY AND JOSEPH IN PALESTINE 2010
A quote...."Times were tough for Joseph and Mary.  The real estate bubble crashed.  Unemployment soared among construction workers.  There was no work, not even for a skilled carpenter. -- The settlements were still being built, financed mostly by Jewish money from America, contributions from Wall Street speculators and owners of gambling dens. -- “Good thing”, Joseph thought, “we have a few sheep and olive trees and Mary keeps some chickens.   But Joseph worried, “cheese and olives are not enough to feed a growing boy.  Mary is due to deliver our son any day”. His dreams foretold of a sturdy son working alongside of him…multiplying loaves and fish."

Church leaders from Palestine tell the Irish…  No such thing as justice in the Holy Land
A quote...."We are not here as politicians, they said. We come as representatives of the various churches in Jerusalem. - But the trio from the Holy Land showed they were more than a match for western politicians who fancy they know all about the Middle East. - Archbishop Theodosius Hanna (Greek Orthodox Church), Monsignor Manuel Musallam (Latin Catholic) and Mr Constantine Dabbagh (Executive Director of the Middle East Council of Churches) are courageous human rights defenders and spiritual leaders from Palestine. They have just completed a tour of Ireland to raise awareness of the situation in their homeland under Israeli military occupation and the plight of the dwindling Christian community there. - "We need only one thing, to be protected by the world against the crimes of Israel," was their central message" - bold by website editor - also posted at MyCatBird'sSeat

Obama ‘Pleased’ With Afghan War
A quote...."Reiterating comments from yesterday, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs insisted that no policy changes will be announced on Thursday and that the public version of the Afghan War report won’t include any surprises."

Hersh: Children sodomized at Abu Ghraib.... - Obama's pleased with this too no doubt. - mpg
A quote...."Donald Rumsfeld testified on the Hill about Abu Ghraib in May, there was talk of more photos and video in the Pentagon’s custody more horrific than anything made public so far. “If these are released to the public, obviously it’s going to make matters worse,” Rumsfeld said. Since then, the Washington Post has disclosed some new details and images of abuse at the prison. But if Seymour Hersh is right, it all gets much worse." - Topix ||  US - Torture & Sex Perv.  ||
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Birth of the Official Neoliberal Party of America
Special Note - A quote...."For years now I have been writing about how the neoliberals have been hijacking one party or the other, turning the United States into a Milton Friedman economic experiment like Chile in 1973. Reagan and the Bush clan hijacked the republican party and perverted the conservative movement while Obama and the Clintons did the same to the democrats and the liberals with their “New Dems” and DLC."

Newt Gringo Wants Your Brown Babies
Related Article - A quote...."The war-profiteering plutocratic elites want to be assured that—in the face of growing opposition from Americans on both the “left” and the “right”—budgetbusting internationalist policies promoting U.S. military adventurism in the Middle East and across the globe—in the name of what is now being touted as American “national greatness”—will be preserved. -- In fact, the “national greatness” concept is just a patriotic-sounding cover name for what many call the New World Order.” - also posted at DProgram - Don't be fooled folks, hold onto your wallets real tight and don't vote for these turkeys....mpg
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More on the Wikileaks Cointelpro Fiasco....

You Ain’t Gonna Stop What’s Comin. That’s Vanity
A quote...."Personally, I think we would have been just fine without Wikileaks trying to tell us that North Korea has been shipping nukes to Iran, Pakistan is killing soldiers in Afghanistan, Iran was shipping arms to Iraq insurgents, all the Muslim countries in the Middle East want us to invade Iran, and only 115,000 people were killed in the Iraq war (mainly by other Iraqis). -- That’s just me though. If this is the stand Glenn wants to take, so be it."

Who is Behind Wikileaks?
Special Note - (An EXTENSIVE analysis by Michel Chossudovsky at Global Research) -- A quote...."World bankers, by pulling a few simple levers that control the flow of money, can make or break entire economies. By controlling press releases of economic strategies that shape national trends, the power elite are able to not only tighten their stranglehold on this nation's economic structure, but can extend that control world wide. Those possessing such power would logically want to remain in the background, invisible to the average citizen." -- *Aldous Huxley* - also posted at AlethoNews

On Wikileaks Strategy: Too Many Hors D’oeuvres?
A quote...."As I have said before I am not ready to analyze or talk about Wikileaks’ recent exposé. It’s still too early, and so far too little with too insignificant implications has been released. I am still waiting for the highly revealing, explosive, and or severely implicating cables; if any. What I want to do, however, is to briefly discuss Wikileaks’ strategy in releasing the documents, so far, and to get your two cents on it. In fact, I want to briefly discuss the exact reason why I haven’t even begun delving into this so far released material. My major concerns and questions regarding Wikileaks’ strategy are as follows:"

Cass Sunstein, Wikileaks And The Public Right To Know
A quote...."Is it a conspiracy too far to suggest that Wikileaks, through no fault of Assange, [Not true, he was bought and paid for by Israel] has been the victim of Cass Sunstein and the Obama administration's plot to 'cognitively infiltrate online social networks' to 'bolster the Government's messaging (on the grounds that those who don't believe government sources will be more inclined to listen to 'those who appear independent while secretly acting on behalf of the Government')? Am I being a wild-eyed conspiracy theorist to ponder (publicly) whether or not the leaking of documents that expose US government spying at the UN etc. is, to the US government, worth the price in embarrassment if it directs public awareness to relatively safe conspiracies and thereby prevents a real grass-roots and therefore out of control (from the elite's perspective) rebellion based on the public's awareness of much more serious government crimes? -- Maybe it is, and time will tell. But I can still ponder such things and still support and even expand on the principle on which Wikileaks (for example) was founded: the fundamental right of we the people to know everything that our leaders do 'in our name'. After all, time and time again the best laid plans of the Devil turn to dust when those who are pure in heart grow stronger and wiser as a consequence. If Wikileaks inspires others to step forward with truth, then it will be as in Faust, where the Devil's evil has once again caused a good he did not intend." - also posted at WikiHoax

For more regarding the articles shown above see....No Subtlety Whatsoever - 12-01-10 - mpg
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FBI Entraps Another Useful “Homegrown” Idiot to Push the Fake War On Terror
A quote...."Scary Muslims donning turbans and satellite phones have not attacked the United States since September 11, 2001, when a gaggle of cave dwellers magically commandeered the laws of physics and made NORAD stand down. -- Instead, the government and the military-industrial-intelligence complex has engaged in a series of small attacks and would-be attacks in order to keep the global war on manufactured terror chugging along. -- Last week we were subjected to yet another phony baloney FBI orchestrated entrapment of a clueless Muslim." - Topix ||  The F.B.I.'s Constant Gardening  ||

Iceland may ban MasterCard, Visa over WikiLeaks censorship
Despite the fact Jullian Assange is a blatant Zionist stooge, this website editor fully supports this move.  What Visa and MasterCard did without the due process of law, was political retaliation on behalf of a corrupt political class of parasites running a vicious pseudo-empire, and if allowed to stand....would set a very bad precedent for everyone, everywhere. - mpg -- A quote...."Credit card companies that prevented card-holders from donating money to the secrets outlet WikiLeaks could have their operating licenses taken away in Iceland, according to members of the Icelandic Parliamentary General Committee."

IF AMERICANS KNEW: Standing Up for Helen Thomas
A quote...."Veteran journalist Helen Thomas is under attack again. The ADL took away her job; now it wants to take away her honorary degrees. Let’s turn the tables on them!" - also posted at MyCatBird'sSeat

Exclusive: I ‘wined and dined’ NYT and WSJ for favorable coverage, health insurance whistleblower says
Presstitutes Exposed - The NYT (again) & WSJ, no surprise of course. - mpg -- A quote...."A former health insurance insider turned whistleblower says that he was not only surprised at how “easy” it was to manipulate members of the news media over the years, but also reveals that he routinely “wined and dined” reporters from major news outlets – including the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal – in return for favorable coverage."
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Apple’s Success and Peak Empire
Must Read - A quote...."Even before Edward Gibbon published his famous treatise in the late 1700s, historians have frequently debated the causes of the fall of the Roman Empire. -- Some, like Gibbon, argued that Roman society’s moral decline was the root cause, while others such as Toynbee suggested that the mere concept of the empire was doomed from its inception due to institutional decay. -- Whatever the reason, one thing is certain: it happened gradually, with each successive generation of Romans becoming accustomed (willingly or forcibly) to the new normal of their inflationary police state."

Richard Holbrooke: Long-time operative for US imperialism
Special Note - A quote...."There is no reason to pull any punches in regard to Richard C. Holbrooke, the long-time US diplomat who died Monday night in Washington. He was a bully and a liar for the most rapacious and militaristic power in the world, a man steeped in the commission and cover-up of bloody crimes. He devoted his life to defending the worldwide interests of American corporations and banks, and became personally wealthy as a consequence."

On Deathbed, Globalist Holbrooke Called for End of Afghan War
Contains Video - Alt - Related Article - A quote...."Richard Holbrooke, Obama’s point man on Pakistan and Afghanistan, has died following a second round of surgery to treat a heart condition. Officialdom and the corporate media are in mourning. Praise for the one-worlder gluts the media."

Afghanistan / Graveyard of Imperial Empires Will Soon Include U.S.
A quote...."Like a moth to the flame, the United states continues to defy the first law of holes in Afghanistan ~ stop digging. Obama’s war, or better said occupation, continues to take America down the road of moral and financial disintegration and eventually  to the graveyard of Imperial Empires" -- *Allen L Roland*

USA lures another country into Afghan trap
A quote...."Kazakhstan, a former Soviet republic, will now send its military men to Afghanistan. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said at USA's Manas airbase on the outskirts of Bishkek that Kazakhstan had agreed to add its military advisers and field engineers to the international forces in Afghanistan."
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Bomb Attack Kills Dozens in Southeastern Iran
Another Saudi-Royal-CIA sponsored Baluchistan separatist attack - mpg - A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- A relatively strong bomb rocked an area near Imam Hossein Mosque in the Southeastern city of Chabahar, in Sistan and Balouchestan province on Wednesday, killing dozens of people mourning the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hossein (PBUH), the grandson of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH)."

Minister's Sacking Shores Up Ahmadinejad's Power Base
A quote...."    While Iran gears up for a second round of nuclear talks with Western countries next month, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's abrupt dismissal of his foreign minister on Monday indicates a new power struggle with moderate conservatives that could alter the tone and face of Iran's foreign policy machinery in the years to come."
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More on the Egyptian election sham.....

Egypt – Pawn in a Losing Game?
Special Note - A quote...."The Middle East is turbulent. In the midst of war, threats of war and oppression, the Egyptian election took place and it was marred by voter intimidation, fraud, and a series of violent incidents. At any other time, the US would step in, invade, takeover, dictate, and impose freedom and democracy, except this time, the country was not an enemy of the state (the US ) but its closest ally in the region, Egypt . -- Mubarak, along with his nation, is spiraling downwards towards collapse with a 9.4 percent unemployment rate, high inflation, and a stagnant government pretending to be democratic. If this happens it would be dangerous for both Egypt and US interests."

Egypt Election Dispute
PRSTVVideo - (PRSTVYuTb - 2min 33sec - December 14, 2010) - PressTVGlobalNews -- A quote...."Opposition groups and international monitors continue to dispute the results of Egypt's recent parliamentary elections. -- Press TV's May Kamel reports from Cairo."

Opposition Unites To Protest Egypt's New Parliament
A quote...."Egypt's controversial new parliament convened Monday, and it was filled almost entirely with members of the ruling party. Many in the Arab nation expect the parliament to rubber stamp anything President Mubarak and his party want. But it is also prompting opponents of his regime to join forces as they rarely have before."
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Russian Armed Forces on High Alert Over North Korea
A quote...."(MOSCOW) -- Russia announced Tuesday that its armed forces in the east are on high alert.  This comes in light of what it calls an "inadequate situation" on the Korean peninsula as tensions have increased in recent weeks between the North and South."

Putin, Pahor discuss cooperation, South Stream
A quote...."Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with his Slovenian counterpart Borut Pahor on Tuesday to discuss a raft of economic cooperation issues , including the successful implementation of the mutual agreements as part of the South Stream project. -- The 900 km South Stream pipeline is being built with an eye to diversifying routes of Russian gas supplies to Europe."

Russia to supply 80 Mi-17V-5 helicopters to India
A quote...."A contract for the supply to India of 80 Russian Mi-17V-5 military transport helicopters and spare parts to them will exceed $1.345 billion."

Russia's Soyuz soon to be only lifeline to space
A quote...."BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan – As a Soyuz spacecraft slowly rolls to its launchpad on the icy cold steppes of Kazakhstan, even the most seasoned space fan cannot help but be spellbound by the sight." -- Source:  AP

Chinese premier arrives in India for visit
A quote...."NEW DELHI, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao started his official visit to India here Wednesday in a bid to boost political mutual trust and understanding while cementing cooperation in economy and trade between the two neighboring countries."

China has high expectations for Premier Wen's upcoming visit to India
A quote...."BEIJING, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- China voiced its high expectations for Premier Wen Jiabao's upcoming visit to India Monday, saying the visit will be a "significant event" that boosts bilateral relations."

Riots break out in Rome
A quote...."Protesters set fire to cars, threw paint and smoke bombs at the Italian parliament and clashed with riot police today in Rome's worst violence for years after prime minister Silvio Berlusconi survived a confidence vote. -- Via del Corso, the main street stretching through the historic centre, near Mr Berlusconi's office and home to some of the capital's smartest shops, was a battle scene of smoke, teargas and bloodied faces." - also posted at BLN

S Korea to resume live artillery drills
A quote...."South Korea is holding live artillery exercises for a second week, despite warnings from North Korea that the military drills could spark a “nuclear war.”

Japan to continue paying $2 billion for US troops
Unbelievable, and here this website editor thought the Japanese people were smart. - mpg -- A quote...."TOKYO: Japan’s government agreed on Tuesday to continue contributing $2.2 billion a year toward the cost of stationing American troops in the country. -- Under the agreement with the US, Japan’s share will remain at the current 188 billion yen ($2.2 billion) through March 2016. The current pact expires next March. Japan had sought a cut in its payment during months of negotiations on the renewal because of economic woes. But officials agreed on no reduction after tensions on the Korean peninsula [WOW, what a coincidence!] and worries over China’s growing military [as outlined in all those recent articles, ditto] might [have] highlighted the US military’s role as a deterrent for security threats." [Even if the US-NRE helped to create them!] - also posted at WarInIraq
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Rabbis' Decree Reveals Anti-Arab Bias
A quote...."On Dec. 7, some 50 Israeli rabbis issued a "decree" forbidding their Jewish fellow citizens from "renting or selling homes or land to Arabs and other non-Jews." The "decree" was soon endorsed by an additional 250 Israeli rabbis."

Bedouin Community Wells Destroyed Near Hebron
A quote...."The Israeli Civil Administration officials destroyed five wells and several sheds, on Tuesday, in a small Bedouin community in the south Hebron hills, locals reported." - For more on this type of issue see....Israel's Scorched Earth
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Palestine Campaigners Claim BDS Success as Edinburgh Council Rejects Veolia
Boycott, Divest and Sanction the ENTIRE state of Israel! Because if the world can't get together to boycott and attempt to halt one tiny, little, state, occupied by just five million Jews, from openly flouting international law and engaging in policies of ethnic cleansing....when WILL the world act?!?! - mpg -- A quote...."A pro-Palestinian pressure group claimed success last week after Edinburgh Council rejected an attempt by a controversial firm to take over a range of public services in the city." -- 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. - also posted at AlethoNews

Japanese Retailer MUJI Cancels Planed Israel Branch Opening
Boycott, Divest and Sanction the ENTIRE state of Israel! Because eventually, painfully, Israel WILL be MADE to comply with internationl law. - mpg -- A quote...."The ultra hip international Japanese retailer MUJI has cancelled its planed Israel store amidst growing criticism and protests in Japan. This is the first major Japanese BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanction) victory. According to the Japanese daily, The Mainichi Daily News:" - also posted at Uruknet -- 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. - also posted at AlethoNews

Tears of Gaza
Contains Must View Videos - TOGTrailer - TOGTrailer#2 -- A quote...."While the rest of the world is ready to recognize Palestine and set her borders, again, officially, the U.S. and Israel grab as much land as possible hoping that they can steal as much of the water and land as they can before the humanity of the rest of the world catches up with them."

Two more leftwing activists summoned to a meeting with Israel’s General Security Service
A quote...."Two Israeli activists that take part in protests in the West Bank have been summoned to informal investigations by Israel’s General Security Service, the Shabak (formally Shin Beit). According to the two, they received phone calls inviting them for what was described as “a talk” with a GSS investigator named Rona." - also posted at AlethoNews

Two Palestinians Injured Near Gaza Border
A quote...."Two men were injured on Tuesday by Israeli firing in the northern Gaza strip, local medical sources said."

Israeli Forces Arrest 31 in West Bank and Demolish 2 Houses in Jerusalem
A quote...."Israeli troops arrested 31 people in overnight raids across the West Bank. Meanwhile, troops demolished two Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem, on Tuesday morning, local sources announced."

Haniyeh: Hamas will win elections
OH GAWD, those dumb Palestinians actually still believe in true democracy, despite all that's been done to them!!  When will they ever learn?!?  Guess Israel and the US-NRE will just have to bomb them all over again. - mpg -- A quote...."GAZA CITY (Ma’an) -- Given fair conditions, Hamas would win another landslide victory in all Palestinian areas Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said Tuesday, "Hamas will get the West Bank and Gaza with more votes than before." -- Speaking during a celebration marking the 23rd anniversary of the founding of Hamas, Haniyeh referenced a decision by the Supreme Court in Ramallah, which found that the PA decision to cancel local elections in the West Bank was illegal. The court said a new date for elections must be set immanently."
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Keiser Report №103: Markets, Finance FUBAR!
MKVideo - Alt - (MKRTYuTb - 25min 49sec - December 14, 2010)  - Source:  Russia Today -- A quote...."This time, Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, examine Jamie Dimon's sore spots and the Department of Justice's PR stunts and ask whether or not Americans are plunging deeper into debt. In the second half of the show, Max Keiser talks to Michael W. Hudson, author of The Monster: How a Gang of Predatory Lenders and Wall Street Bankers Fleeced America -- and Spawned a Global Crisis."

Water, Meet Blood - JP Morgan Admits To, Reduces Massive Silver Short Position, Proves Millions Of Conspiracy Theorists Correct -- Related Article - A quote...."In the latest example that virtually every conspiracy theory is almost always inevitably proven to be fact, the Financial Times reports that JP Morgan, the firm targeted by thousands of "tin foil hat" wearing, conspiratorially-oriented "gold bugs", has cut back on its US silver futures. "JPMorgan has quietly reduced a large position in the US silver futures market which had been at the centre of a controversy about its impact on global prices for the precious metal." And in what can only be considered an unprecedented victory for all those who have over the past year agitated to putting JP Morgan out of business, most recently spearheded by the likes of Mike Krieger and Max Keiser, by forcing a massive short squeeze on its commodities trading desk...." - also posted at RogueGov

Lies, Lies, Lies: The New Foundation of the Financial System
Special Note - A quote...."Lies, lies, lies…  The first lie was the biggest whopper of all – that you could get rich by spending money rather than saving it. -- The second was that the stock market would make you rich. All you had to do was to buy a well-balanced portfolio and hold for the long run. -- When that one ran into a wall, along came the lie that you couldn’t lose money in real estate."

Ron Paul, America’s unlikely hero
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 5min 31sec - December 14, 2010) - Source:  RTAmerica -- A quote...."(RussiaToday) – Ron Paul, the greatest critic of the fed is about to take control of House panel that oversees the Fed. What changes, if any, will he be able to bring about? Will the Fed finally get the oversight it so badly needs? Radio host Adam Kokesh believes this is just the beginning for Ron Paul and that he will make a run for President in 2012."

Doomsday for the US Dollar: Post Mortem for the World's "Reserve Currency"
A quote...."Paul Volcker is worried about the future of the dollar and for good reason. The Fed has initiated a program (Quantitative Easing) that presages an end to Bretton Woods 2 and replaces it with different system altogether. Naturally, that's made trading partners pretty nervous. Despite the unfairness of the present system--where export-dependent countries recycle capital to US markets to sustain demand---most nations would rather stick with the "devil they know", then venture into the unknown.  But US allies weren't consulted on the matter.  The Fed unilaterally decided that the only way to fight deflation and high unemployment in the US, was by weakening the dollar and making US exports more competitive. Hence--QE2.  -- But that means that the US will be battling for the same export market as everyone else, which will inevitably shrink global demand for goods and services.  This is a major change in the Fed's policy and there's a good chance it will backfire."

10 Signs That Confidence In U.S. Treasuries Is Dying And That Financial Armageddon May Be Approaching
A quote...."Selling government debt is a gigantic confidence game.  For decades, investors all over the globe have gobbled up massive amounts of U.S. debt at incredibly low interest rates because they believed that it was a certainly that they would be paid back and be able to make a little bit of profit on top of it.  Unfortunately, things have changed.  Confidence is U.S. Treasuries is dying, and if confidence in U.S. government debt completely collapses at some point we could literally be looking at financial Armageddon." - also posted at TheIntelHub

US Treasury Bloodbath Is Back: 30 Year Passes 4.50%, As 10 Year Prepares To Take Out 3.40%
Related Article - Chart - A quote...."Not much to say here: QE3 is in the works, as once the equity rally fizzles, mortgages are at 5.5%, and Americans realize that home prices just dropped by 15%, there will be a lot of very confused stares."

Renminbi: The People's Global Reserve Currency
A quote...."So new is the trade in offshore Chinese currency bonds that it has yet to gain a proper name. For want of anything else, it is often dubbed the “dim sum” market, in culinary recognition of its Hong Kong home base. -- In spite of its infancy, interest in the market is growing quickly."

Moody's may shift U.S. rating outlook on tax package
A quote...."NEW YORK (Reuters) - Moody's warned on Monday that it could move a step closer to cutting the U.S. Aaa rating if President Barack Obama's tax and unemployment benefit package becomes law."

California lists 99,000 foreclosures for sale on the MLS but 372,000 homes are active in the foreclosure process.
A quote...."Getting lost in the numbers is an easy thing especially with the magnitude of numbers being tossed out by Wall Street and our government.  I think many in the country have just become apathetic to “billions” or “trillions” of dollars being thrown around as if this was a common part of daily dialogue.  When California had its first budget fiasco with the housing market imploding a few years back a few billion dollars captivated the attention of the state for months on end.  Today, even the prospect of a $28 billion deficit hardly seems to garner any attention."

U.S. retail sales in November rise 0.8%
Good news, BUT....A quote...."The biggest increase in sales last month for U.S. retailers occurred at gas stations as fuel prices rose and Americans began to drive more during the holiday season. Gas sales jumped 4% in November, marking the biggest increase in one year." - bold by website editor  - Now don't you feel better? - mpg

British household debts reach a record high
A quote...."More than half of households are struggling to repay credit cards and loans, a Bank of England survey suggested today. -- A total of 51% of respondents reported that their unsecured debts were a "burden" - a record high for the annual study. -- Illustrating the financial pressures faced by millions, one in two households also said they had seen their disposable income fall over the past year. -- More than a quarter - or 28% - said their monthly earnings had fallen by more than £100 during that time, with just 14% saying it had gone up."

Monday December 13th 2010

No Act of Rebellion Is Wasted
Must Read - Quote of the Day...."We may feel, in the face of the ruthless corporate destruction of our nation, our culture, and our ecosystem, powerless and weak. But we are not. We have a power that terrifies the corporate state. Any act of rebellion, no matter how few people show up or how heavily it is censored by a media that caters to the needs and profits of corporations, chips away at corporate power. Any act of rebellion keeps alive the embers for larger movements that follow us. It passes on another narrative. It will, as the rot of the state consumes itself, attract wider and wider numbers. Perhaps this will not happen in our lifetimes. But if we persist, we will keep this possibility alive. If we do not, it will die.  -- All energy directed toward reforming political and state structures is useless. All efforts to push through a “progressive” agenda within the corridors of power are naïve. Trust in the reformation of our corporate state reflects a failure to recognize that those who govern, including Barack Obama, are as deaf to public demands and suffering as those in the old Communist regimes. We cannot rely on any systems of power, including the pillars of the liberal establishment—the press, liberal religious institutions, universities, labor, culture and the Democratic Party. They have been weakened to the point of anemia or work directly for the corporations that dominate our existence. We can rely now on only ourselves, on each other." - also posted at TruthOut & TheUglyTruth

Moving the goal posts for Israel
Must Read - A quote...."MPs will vote today on the Police Reform Bill, which contains a plethora of proposals concerning election of police commissioners, setting up a police reserve force, alcohol licensing, drugs enforcement and banning permanent protests in Parliament Square. -- But this massive Bill also contains one clause which has been inserted at the request of a foreign government. -- Clause 151 would give the Director of Public Prosecutions a veto over whether an arrest warrant could be issued for war crime suspects. -- This would essentially allow the government of the day a political veto over what is a legal question. -- War crimes are closely defined under international law and all legal administrations have a responsibility to apply the law strictly and impartially. -- Yet Israel believes that different rules should apply to itself or that conduct which would be a war crime in any other circumstance should not be viewed as such when committed by the zionist state. " - also posted at AlethoNews - For more on this issue see article and comment shown below....


Manufactured Fear – 15 minutes that will change your life
Video - (YuTb - 15min 01sec - December 10, 2010) - Source:  killuminatiAFF -- A quote...."A history of false flag attacks used to manipulate the minds of the people!" - Topix ||  US-False Flag Ops  ||  US Fake Intel / Propaganda  ||

[Swedish] Military staffer knew about attacks: report
A quote...."A Swedish Armed Forces (Försvarsmakten) employee warned an acquaintance to stay clear of an area in central Stockholm on Saturday where, several hours later, two explosions went off in what is being called a terrorist attack."

Swedish Military Had Prior Knowledge Of Suicide Blast
Related Article - A quote...."The Swedish military had prior knowledge of the suicide blast which hit a busy shopping street in central Stockholm on Saturday, suggesting the attack was allowed to go ahead in order to bolster the flagging global war on terror."

UK mosque denounced Stockholm bomber for militancy
Related Article - A quote...."A man linked to two bomb blasts in the Swedish capital at the weekend had stormed out of a mosque in England several years ago and never returned after its leader challenged him over his radical ideas. --  Taymour Abdulwahab, a Swedish national of Middle Eastern origin who died in one of the blasts he is believed to have triggered, attended an Islamic Center in the town of Luton, southern England, and also studied at the local university. --  British police were searching a house in the town where he lived with his wife and children as part of an investigation into the bombings that injured two people in a busy shopping district in Stockholm on Saturday."

The Feds Are Cultivating Their Own “Homegrown Terrorists”
A quote...."The FBI caught another homegrown terrorist this week, except like many recent plots the agency has “uncovered,” the attack was a plant, a plan concocted by the FBI itself. It’s the latest in a growing number of terrorism plots that the FBI stirs up by infiltrating communities and helping to devise attack plans. The practice raises serious questions about the government’s implementation of it’s ongoing war on terror." - also posted at AlethoNews - Topix ||  The F.B.I.'s Constant Gardening  || 

TSA News 12-13-10 & TSA News 12-11-10 & TSA News 12-10-10
DProgram's daily round-up on the TSA's goon squads.
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More on the Wikileaks Cointelpro Fiasco....

BUSTED! LATEST WIKILEAKS – ISRAEL – “PRESS” TALKINGPOINT
Special Note - A quote...."The current Wikileak “dump” has had a number of talkingpoint “dumps” in order to properly exploit pro-Israel press assets in the blogger world.  These talkingpoints expose “seeded” intelligence meant to support an attack on Iran, the primary purpose of the current Assange/Murdoch/Israel output.  Not only do members of the mainstream press receive these talking points but dozens of “alternative” or internet media sources as well.  It has become increasingly obvious that many internet news sources that describe themselves as “alternative” or even anti-Zionist are totally controlled."

“Trying to Explain the World” – How the Globalist’s PR Agents Use the Wikileaks Psyops Program
A quote...."Michel Chossudovsky over at Global Research has put up an interesting NPR transcript with some rather revealing statements about Wikileaks that were made by the New York Times chief Washington correspondent, David Sanger. Sanger is one of the New York Times reporters who have been reading and writing about the different state department memos “leaked” by Wikileaks. He was also involved in meetings with the Obama administration and others which selected and redacted the cables that would be published."

For more regarding the articles shown above see....No Subtlety Whatsoever - 12-01-10 - mpg
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UK Govt Moves Against 12-Year-Old Dissident
In the Believe It Or Not Category - (More Palestinization) -- A quote...."Pointing to the Cameron government’s growing impatience over student protests, British officials have reportedly moved against 12-year-old Nicky Wishart, henceforth known as the Notorious Nicky of Oxfordshire, threatening him with arrest for threatening the public peace. - Nicky’s crime was to complain on Facebook about an upcoming plan to close his local youth centre, because “it’s a fantastic place to go and there isn’t much else for us to do round here,” and a plan to protest in front of his local MP’s office, which in this case is Prime Minister David Cameron’s office, sparked harsh police action." - also posted at InfoWarIreland

Police-state tactics against protesters in Britain
Related Article - A quote...."The repression of students, lecturers, school pupils and others protesting against the British Conservative-Liberal Democrat government is the worst seen in decades. -- Since the first protest of more than 50,000 students in London on November 10, ever larger squads of riot police have carried out increasingly violent assaults. Beatings and mass arrests of hundreds of students have taken place. These arrests have been made during and after demonstrations held in London and in towns and cities nationwide—many resulting from intelligence operations carried out by specialised units dedicated to counter-insurgency operations."

Published for the first time, the papers which could finally force full inquest into the death of Dr David Kelly
A quote...."EXCLUSIVE:  Today, the Daily Mail publishes for the first time the legal document which could trigger a full coroner's inquest into the death of Dr David Kelly. -- The document, formally known as a memorial was written by group of campaigning doctors who have been trying to secure an inquest since 2004." - also posted at GlobalRsrch

It was never suicide, says Dr Kelly's cousin as family finally breaks silence
Related Article - A quote...."A close relative of Dr David Kelly broke the family's silence yesterday to voice fears that he was murdered. -- Wendy Wearmouth said she found it 'incredibly unlikely' that he committed suicide and suggested he was assassinated. -- She said that committing suicide would have been 'totally against his whole way of being'."

In the Matter of the Death of Dr. David Kelly. DEMANDING A NEW INQUEST
Document / Declaration - Related Doc. - A quote...."It is consequently submitted that it is necessary and desirable in the interests of justice for there to be a fresh, full inquest into Dr. Kelly's death before a different Coroner.  The mernorialists therefore humbly requests that the Attorney-General exercise his power under s13 Coroners Act 1988 to apply to the High Court to seek an order to quash the inquest held by Coroner Nicholas Gardiner in 2003-4 and to order a new inquest into Dr. Kelly's death."

'US masterminded Hariri hit'
A quote...."The leader of a Lebanese political party has accused the United States of orchestrating the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri."

U.S. Threatens "War on Terror" Allies Over CIA Kidnapping and Torture Programs
A quote...."As revelations of U.S. government coercive "diplomacy" continue flowing from the whistleblowing web site WikiLeaks, much to the consternation of official Washington, ruling class circles are working feverishly to downplay the seriousness of the leaks."

Europeans Accused of "Paranoia" Over Fears of U.S. Economic Espionage, Documents Reveal
A quote...."Distrust of the Swift program runs deep and its "War on Terror" pedigree is considered little more than a pretext for American spies to carry out economic espionage on behalf of U.S. multinationals. -- Alarmed over privacy breaches by American firms and criminal acts, such as the illegal U.S. transfer of prisoners on CIA "black flights," aided and abetted by European intelligence agencies, outraged public opinion forced the hand of parliamentarians, who voted overwhelmingly to suspend the program." - bold by website editor

Book review: "Spy Trade" details history of Israel lobby in the US - posted at Electronic Intifada
Book Review - A quote...."Grant F. Smith, author of the new book "Spy Trade: How Israel's Lobby Undermines America's Economy", [GoglBkprcSrch]* is staggeringly knowledgeable about the Israel lobby. Spy Trade is the latest in a series of books on the lobby published by his organization, the Institute for Research: Middle East Policy. In this volume, Smith offers a richly detailed narrative discussing the how and who of lobby activities in the United States from 1948-2009, uncovered through insistent Freedom of Information Act requests." - *links added
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Israel’s War on Children - posted at CounterPunch
A quote...."In the past year, criminal investigations have been opened against more than 1,200 Palestinian minors in Jerusalem on stone-throwing charges, according to police statistics gathered by the Association of Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI). That was nearly twice the number of children arrested last year in the much larger Palestinian territory of the West Bank. - Most of the arrests have occurred in the Silwan district, close to Jerusalem’s Old City, where 350 extremist Jewish settlers have set up several heavily guarded illegal enclaves among 50,000 Palestinian residents." - also posted at AlethoNews

Knesset Approves New Law Preventing Detainees From Meeting Lawyers For Six Month
A quote...."The Legal Committee of the Israeli Knesset decided on Monday to approve a new draft submitted by the Israeli Interior Minister, Yitzhak Aharanovitch, in which he demanded that Palestinian detainees, imprisoned on nationalistic/political grounds, should not be allowed to meet their lawyers up to six months after their arrest, the Maan News Agency reported."

Governor: Israeli factories dump waste in Tulkarem
A quote...."BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- A Palestinian contractor was hired to dump chemical waste from Israeli factories in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, the governor said Sunday."

The Palestinian Journalist Block declares solidarity with the captain of Italian journalists
Israeli / Press Censorship Attempt - A quote...."Gaza,December 13, (Pal Telegraph) - The captain of Italian journalists, Anzo Ekibno, was attacked by media and pressure by the Zionist lobby and its supporters in Italy as he intended to host a press conference of “Freedom flotilla 2” as it will declare its latest preparations about its expected sailing to the Gaza Strip in spring of the next year."

Book by Gaza victim being published
A quote...."A UK publisher has started a campaign to attract funds for the publication of the photos and writings of a UK journalist who died at the hands of the Israeli military."

Dissolve the Palestinian Authority
A quote...."On September 9, 1993, Yasser Arafat, the PLO chief, signed a letter addressed to Yitzhak Rabin accepting UN Security Council resolutions 242 and 338 and recognizing the right of Israel to exist in peace and security. It promised to assume responsibility over all PLO elements and personnel in order to assure their compliance with Oslo agreement, prevent violations and discipline violators and declared inoperative all the articles in the Palestinian Covenant which denied Israel’s right to exist. UN Council resolution 242 that was drafted by the British ambassador to the UN was intended to have the Arab states recognize Israel and had nothing to do with the Palestinians."
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Failing to Prosecute Wall Street Fraud Is Extending Our Economic Problems
Must Read - A quote...."Bill Gross, Nouriel Roubini, Laurence Kotlikoff, Steve Keen, Michel Chossudovsky and the Wall Street Journal all say that the U.S. economy is a giant Ponzi scheme. -- Virtually all independent economists and financial experts say that rampant fraud was largely responsible for the financial crisis. See this and this. --
But many on Wall Street and in D.C. - and many investors - believe that we should just "go with the flow". They hope that we can restart our economy and make some more money if we just let things continue the way they are. -- But the assumption that a system built on fraud can continue without crashing is false. -- In fact, top economists and financial experts agree that - unless fraud is prosecuted - the economy cannot recover"

[US-NRE] Regulators exist to ‘serve the banks,’ next House finance chairman declares
A quote...."Alabama Republican Spencer Bachus, the incoming chairman of the House banking committee, suggested Congress and federal regulators should play a subservient role with banks. -- "In Washington, the view is that the banks are to be regulated, and my view is that Washington and the regulators are there to serve the banks," Bachus told The Birmingham News in an interview." - also posted at BLN

On the Chopping Block: Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid
A quote...."Planned is death by a thousand cuts - aka "creeping normalcy," defined as a way to make major changes seem normal if happen slowly, incrementally like boiling a frog unaware it's dinner until cooked. -- Social Security and Medicare are dinner. Yet both are insurance, not welfare, programs funded by (worker-employer) payroll tax deductions. They're contractual federal obligations to eligible recipients who qualify. You'd never know it the way both programs are publicly discussed, explaining everything but the truth. More on that below."

Charting America's Transformation To A Part-Time Worker Society, Following 6 Straight Months Of Full Time Job Declines - Chart - A quote...."It is surprising that over the past several years very little has been said in the popular media about the fact that America is slowly (but surely) transforming from a full-time to part-time employed society. And while much has been said about the temporary and now past impact of census hiring, and government jobs on the workforce, there are still few mentions in mainstream media that since the depression started in December 2007, America has lost 10.5 million full time jobs, offset by a 2.8 million increase in part time jobs."

INSTITUTE INDEX: Debtors' prisons rise again in the South
A quote...."The Brennan Center for Justice and the American Civil Liberties Union released reports this week documenting the growing problem of criminal justice debt and the considerable costs it's imposing on communities, taxpayers and indigent people convicted of crimes. The following figures come from those reports, titled respectively "Criminal Justice Debt: A Barrier to Reentry" and "In for a Penny: The Rise of America's New Debtor Prisons." Click on the figure to go the specific source." - also posted at AlethoNews

FLASH: Requiem For Health Care Law - Thank God!! - mpg
A quote...."In a stunning decision it appears that the individual mandate has been ruled against by a Virginia Federal Judge. -- The entirety of Obamacare has not been struck, but the mandate was ruled unconstitutional. -- Without it, the entire centroid of the plan goes down and things get extremely ugly with the remaining provisions. -- Given the diversity of opinions thus far (there are two other decisions that it is constitutional) this is now certainly headed to the Supreme Court, but with this decision it appears that enforcement of the individual mandate will be impossible until that review takes place. -- I said at the time this was under debate that the only two workable solutions were a clear free-market mandate (you can read back through my missives on this topic from the navigation functions - click the topic header top right) that prevented differential pricing and cost shifting or a pure public/government system such as what is operated in Canada." - (i.e. "single payer".  Instead what we got from that corporate shill Obama was the Insurance-Pharma Bail Out Bill. - mpg) - Topix ||  Double Indemnity - 12-21-09 - mpg  ||  The Day ObamaCare Died - American Pie Parody - video  ||

Easter Egg Out Of The BIS: US Banks Are On The Hook To The PIIGS By Over $350 Billion
A quote...."Last night, the BIS released its latest quarterly review, as always chock full of useful information. The one major item that caught our eye was the updated exposure toward the PIIGS countries by various foreign banks. And specifically the brand new category that had never been disclosed before by the BIS, namely the "other exposures" category, which per a rather closeted footnote is defined as: "other exposures consist of the positive market value of derivative contracts, guarantees extended and credit commitments." This is exposure that appears for the first time in an official BIS document. And it is sizable:"

Asia: currency union on the agenda?
A quote...."The ADB’s [Asian Development Bank's] economists accept that if there was ever any chance of the latter [a currency regime of some sort], given Asia’s widely differing political and cultural arrangements, it has probably disappeared in the wake of the European sovereign bond problem. That crisis has exposed the need for fiscal mechanisms to mirror monetary union, adding to the loss of sovereignty involved. -- However, the bank says the benefits of currency cooperation in Asia would be so large that it is worth exploring whether countries will agree to a minimalist regime of informal reference rates for the region’s exchange rates, which might help to reduce intra-regional volatility over time."

Sunday December 12th 2010

"... any property, tangible or intangible, or service, including currency or monetary instruments or financial services, lodging, training, expert advice or assistance, safe houses, false documentation or identification, communications equipment, facilities, weapons, lethal substances, explosives, personnel and transportation except medicine or religious materials." - also posted at AlethoNews - Topix ||  US Support of Terror  ||

Saturday December 11th 2010

No posts. - mpg

Friday December 10th 2010

Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: White House Cabinet Member Suggested Killing an American Service Man to Justify War -- Must Read - Contains Video - A quote...."On Monday, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Hugh Shelton told told Jon Stewart that a Clinton cabinet member proposed letting Saddam kill an American pilot as a pretext for war in Iraq:"  -- (And see this; and this excerpt from General Shelton's book). -- This might seem, at first glance, like just an odd, one-off suggestion. -- However, as reported by the New York Times and other newspapers, George W. Bush also suggested to Tony Blair that a U.S. plane be painted in United Nations colors so that - if Saddam shot it down - it would create a casus belli. As the Times wrote in 2006:


And it's not just the current war in Iraq. As I've previously pointed out, war is always sold to it's people by artificially demonizing the enemy:" - also posted at ZeroHedge

11 Reasons Why The Threat From Al-Qaeda is Not Real
Must Read  - A quote...."The United States government has repeatedly stated that the threat from Al-Qaeda against America is very real, and that all action is being taken to eliminate that threat. Nobody in their right mind would question such a serious assessment about a sensitive national security matter from the world's leading democracy. But the truth is that over the past fifty years America's democratic institutions like the press have been weakened, and an elitist National Security State has risen, and taken control over all aspects of government. -- Since World War II U.S. leaders have consistently lied to the American people about foreign threats in order to feed the military machine's appetite for war." - also posted at DProgram & BLN & RogueGov

9/11: Explosive Evidence – Experts Speak Out
A quote...."9/11 is definitely a turning point in the modern history of East and West and stands as a landmark at the beginning of the third millennium.  - The world has noticeably changed since 9/11...."

• New enemies have emerged, new coalitions have been formed, and new wars have been waged.
• New thinking has been embraced, namely the conflict between civilizations.
• New policy has been adopted, namely creating a new world order.
• New war has been launched, namely the war on terrorism

The Red Flags of September 11th, 2001
A quote...."Why do we question 9/11? We do because, despite having shaped both foreign and domestic policy in countries all over the world.  There are literally hundreds of contradictions of the official version of what happened on that tragic day.  These are "The Red Flags of September 11th, 2001." - Topix ||  Reficultnias's 9/11 Central  ||

Gravel considering Obama primary challenge, calls for new 9/11 investigation
A quote...."Former Alaska Senator and 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Mike Gravel told The Daily Caller in an exclusive interview that he is mulling a primary challenge to President Barack Obama in 2012."

Isreal DID 9-11: US Military Knows Israel And Its Mossad Did 9-11 Attacks!
Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."Back in March, Dr. Alan Sabrosky of the US Army War College was interviewed by Mark Glenn, of the Ugly Truth at www.theuglytruth.wordpress.com on air.   His revelations into the truth about the September 11th, 2001 attacks on America still echo to this day."
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More on the Wikileaks Cointelpro Fiasco....

Wikileaks: A Big Dangerous US Government Con Job
Must Read - A quote...."The story on the surface makes for a script for a new Oliver Stone Hollywood thriller. A 39-year old Australian hacker holds the President of the United States and his State Department hostage to a gigantic cyber “leak,” unless the President leaves Julian Assange and his Wikileaks free to release hundreds of thousands of pages of sensitive US Government memos. A closer look at the details, so far carefully leaked by the most ultra-establishment of international media such as the New York Times, reveals a clear agenda. That agenda coincidentally serves to buttress the agenda of US geopolitics around the world from Iran to Russia to North Korea. The Wikileaks is a big and dangerous US intelligence Con Job which will likely be used to police the Internet." - also posted at AlethoNews & MyCatBird'sSeat

Architect John Young: WikiLeaks Fog of Infowar and its Ties to The Elite – Alex Jones Tv - @ DProgram
Must View AJVideo - JY&AJ/Wikileaks(1/3) - JY&AJ/Wikileaks(2/3) - JY&AJ/Wikileaks(3/3) - (AJYuTb - 12/15min - December 09, 2010) -  Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Alex talks with architect John Young, who runs the website Cryptome. The site is a repository for information about freedom of speech, cryptography, spying, and surveillance. In February 2010, Cryptome was briefly shut down by Network Solutions for alleged DMCA violations after it posted a “Microsoft legal spy manual.” - Topix ||  http://cryptome.org/  ||  http://www.infowars.com/  ||  http://www.prisonplanet.tv/  ||  CypherPunk - wikipedia  ||

The Wiki-Weasel, We Thought We Had Seen It All…
Must Read - A quote...."I can only say one word, flabbergasted.  When I got the article by Larry Elder, a journalist who is known for finding the real story behind the story, I nearly dropped.  The recent release of diplomatic cables, described by former National Security Advisor Zbiegnew Brzezinski as “seeded” with “pointed” facts to “favor an agenda” by an “intelligence agency” clearly restores long discredited George “W” Bush to a place of honor."

If We Lose our Internet Freedoms Because of Wikileaks, You Should At Least Know Why
Must Read - A quote...."Just a little more background on the “hero” Jullian Assange and Wikileaks…  Wikileaks was started up in Dec. of 2006. Oddly enough, as a supposed “leak” site, a dissident site, it was given a great deal of immediate mainstream attention from the likes of the Washington Post, TIME magazine, and even Cass Sunstein the now infamous Obama administration who wrote a paper on how to “cognitively infiltrate” dissident groups in order to steer them in a direction that is useful to the powers that be. - The TIME magazine article is curious because it seems that right off the bat they were telling us how to interpret Wikileaks in such a way that sounded strangely familiar to George W. Bush back just after 9/11…"

The Wikileaks Fraud Exposed: Wikileaks Used To Justify Internet Control Legislation
Special Note - A quote...."The last bastion of freedom, the Internet, has been under constant fire by the Zionist Jewish elite, and those in their controlled media for years.   People everywhere are now fully aware as to how much the controlled media promotes and spews only lies and pure garbage.   Only over the Internet and through sites, such as this one, can people get the real truth about what is happening in the world around them.  It is no wonder that the criminals are desperately trying to find any excuse possible for shutting down the Internet!"

Wikileaks: Corrupted Oracle or a Cointelpro Asset of the Establishment?
Special Note - Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."There is only one thing more dangerous than a fundamentalist Neo-conservative, and that’s a naive liberal. In the wake of the demolition of the modern, somewhat mythological illusory icon Barrack Obama, people who identify themselves as liberal watchdogs have been left wanting for a new hero. -- Enter the Messiah 2.0, the silver haired saviour, one Julian Assange. The ascent and timing of the Wikileaks phenomenon could not be more scripted and perfect. This magnificent digital cloud has literally captured the minds of eternally frustrated people the world over- frustrated by war, corruption and the endless cloak and dagger exploits of our leaders. The uploading of 250,000 “secret cables” threatened to bring down the corrupt Washington Establishment. In reality however, it has done nothing of the sort, bizarrely bolstering the status quo."

Key People From Wikileaks Are Ditching “Emperor” Assange To Form A New Site
Special Note - A quote...."Key people from Wikileaks, including Julian Assange’s former right hand man, are ditching the notorious site to start “Openleaks,” according to Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter via Sydney Morning Herald. -- Defectors accused Assange of behaving like “”some kind of emperor or slave trader.” -- The new site, Openleaks, has been in development for awhile and will launch on Monday. Defectors said the new site will be less political: “Our long term goal is to build a strong, transparent platform to support whistleblowers – both in terms of technology and politics – while at the same time encouraging others to start similar projects. As a short-term goal, this is about completing the technical infrastructure and ensuring that the organization continues to be democratically governed by all its members, rather than limited to one group or individual.” - bold by website editor

WikiLeaks: “al-Qaeda Narrative” Feeds War in Yemen, Africa
Special Note - A quote...."The Maimi Herald reports the United States is deeply enmeshed in the Muslim world. “From the Saudi-Yemen border to lawless Somalia and the north-central African desert, the U.S. military is more engaged in armed conflicts in the Muslim world than the U.S. government openly acknowledges,” the Florida newspaper reported on December 9 after reading the latest batch of Wikileaks cables." - Not ONLY is Julian Assange directly working with, or should one say for, the Israelis, he's also working for the Saudi Royals. - For more on this sort of issue, and on the "Trinity of Evil" also known as the "True Axis of Evil" see....One Vile, Venom Tipped, Taloned Hand Washes the Other - (a.k.a. The Standard Model) - 07-28-10 - mpg

For more regarding the articles shown above see....No Subtlety Whatsoever - 12-01-10 - mpg
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Economic Crisis in Europe -- General....

Jim Rogers: Britain is Bankrupt!
Video - Alt - (RTYuTb - 3min 35sec - December 10, 2010) - Source:  RussiaToday -- A quote...."RT discusses UK's economic and political situation with author, financial commentator and investor Jim Rogers."

Witnesses account of London protest
A quote...."More than thirty-eight protesters have been injured and twenty-six have been arrested as windows of buildings were broken and Prince Charles's car was attacked."

UK revolt: Students smash Treasury, Supreme Court buildings as parliament triples tuition fees
Contains Video - RiotPolc - StudentFury - A quote...."Tens of thousands of angry students rampaged through the streets of London on Thursday, smashing windows of the Supreme Court, pelting police at the Treasury with rocks, and setting fire to a Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square after parliament voted to triple university tuition fees." - Source:  RawStory

British student left with brain injury after police attacks on fees protest
A quote...."Alfie Meadows, 20, a student at Middlesex University, has suffered bleeding to the brain after being batoned by police during the December 9 tuition fees protest in London."

Fianna Fáil agrees to hold Dáil vote on EU-IMF deal
A quote...."The Government is to hold a Dáil debate on the issue of the €85 billion EU-IMF bailout next Wednesday. -- The decision was made following a meeting of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party in Dublin today. -- The motion, put forward by TDs Michael McGrath and Thomas Byrne, was unanimously passed."

IMF Postpones its Decision on Ireland Loan Package Until Dec. 16 or Later
A quote...."The International Monetary Fund today postponed consideration of a proposed 22.5 billion euro loan to Ireland ($30 billion) until after the Irish government’s debate on the rescue package, IMF spokesman William Murray said in a statement today."

Spanish Bonds Fall for a Fifth Straight Day Amid Auction, Bank Speculation
A quote...."Spanish bonds fell for a fifth straight day after European Union leaders disagreed on extra funding to ease the region’s sovereign debt crisis and before auctions next week that may push the cost of borrowing higher."

Spain’s air traffic controllers targeted for escalating state repression
A quote...."The Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) governments’ top law official, Attorney General Cándido Conde-Pumpido, is demanding prison sentences of up to eight years for hundreds of air traffic controllers who organised a strike last weekend. The controllers face charges of sedition under the Criminal Law Procedure of Air Navigation."
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Why Are Wars Not Being Reported Honestly?
Special Note - A quote...."Never has so much official energy been expended in ensuring journalists collude with the makers of rapacious wars which, say the media-friendly generals, are now "perpetual". In echoing the west's more verbose warlords, such as the waterboarding former US vice-president Dick Cheney, who predicated "50 years of war", they plan a state of permanent conflict wholly dependent on keeping at bay an enemy whose name they dare not speak: the public."

What lies behind the liberals’ lamentations over Obama?
Special Note - Quotes of the Day...."President Barack Obama’s groveling before the Republicans and his lurch to the right, highlighted by his deal to extend tax cuts for the rich, have evoked a new outpouring of hand-wringing commentary by his supporters on the liberal left. -- Reading the various articles, one does not know which is more repugnant, their stupidity or their cynicism."  ---  "They all proceed from the premise that Obama is a “progressive.” Why? On what basis? There is nothing in his political career either before or after his election that suggests anything other than a conventional—i.e., right-wing—American bourgeois politician. - In the end, they brand Obama a progressive on the grounds that he is Democrat and an African-American. Here on full display is the political bankruptcy of the rejection of social class as the basic criterion in politics and its replacement by race and other forms of personal identity." - bold by website editor
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US-led airstrike kills 7 Afghan civilians
A quote...."At least seven Afghan civilians have been killed during the latest spate of US-led air strike in Afghanistan amid the rise in civilian casualties in the war-torn country."

US to ship sniper rifles to Afghanistan
Weapons Tech Alert - A quote...."As the violence against US-led soldiers in Afghanistan peaks, the US Army is shipping a new batch of rifles to the country in an effort to enable snipers to hit targets at long distances. -- The XM2010 rifle can hit a target at a distance of approximately 1,200 meters, which is some 400 meters (a quarter mile) farther than the weapon currently used by the United States Army since 1988, USA Today reported on Saturday." - And what happens when the Taliban get their hands on these rifles?  Hmmmmmm?? - mpg

[Pakistani] MPs demand Nato supplies cut-off
A quote...."ISLAMABAD: Former federal law minister and PML-Q Senator S M Zafar has demanded that the government must cut off the Nato supply line to stop the killings of innocent Pakistani citizens in US drone attacks. -- He said that Pakistani courts not only hold the legal right to issue the notices to CIA officials responsible for killing the innocent Pakistanis but they can also demand compensation for the victims."

Iraq should ensure fair trials for detainees - U.N.
A quote...."The United Nations criticised an Iraqi official on Friday for calling for a group of prisoners to be executed before they have gone to trial, saying that such remarks undermined Iraq's judicial process."

Medvedev deems 2010 successful for CIS
A quote...."The outgoing year of 2010 was successful for the post-soviet Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday."
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More on the Egyptian election sham.....

Fraudulent Egyptian Election
Special Note - 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." - also posted at PDA

Egypt parliamentary elections marked by violence and fraud in second round
A quote...."As was the case in the first round a week ago, the second round of parliamentary elections in Egypt on Sunday was marked by violence and electoral fraud. Human rights groups and independent election observers reported significant irregularities in all parts of the country. Their verdict on the elections is devastating."

Egypt’s Black Sunday: Violent attacks on media
A quote...."Reporters Without Borders said on Thursday it had recorded numerous cases of deliberate obstruction of journalists trying to cover the second round of legislative elections on 5 December, just as it had in the first round on 28 November"
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Jim Crow journalism, now in the LA Times
A quote...."This is my new hobby horse, Jim Crow journalism. Journalists never call American Palestinians or Arabs for comment, they call Jews. Paul Richter in the LA Times does a piece on the collapse of the Obama initiative in the Middle East and quotes:   Jeremy Ben-Ami [and] David Makovsky -- No Palestinians or Arab-Americans or maybe even non-Zionist Jews." - The really funny thing is there never was an "Obama initiative in the Middle East" for solving the Israeli problem.  He's been the AIPAC/Israeli Consortium's little craven, butt-kissing, lickspittle, lackey since way before he was even elected. - mpg - Topix ||  No Leadership From Obama. - Oh Contraire! - 12-28-08 - mpg  ||

Syria: Israel is no peace partner
A quote...."Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has censured Israel for the failure of direct talks with Palestinians, saying Tel Aviv seeks no peace with its expansionist policies. -- Assad referred to Arab nations’ inclination for security in the Middle East and said, “[the] Arab sides have been willing to make peace, but on the Israeli side this is non-existent,” a Press TV correspondent reported on Thursday."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

'Peace of the Slave': a dead end street on a journey to independence
Must Read - A quote...."Albert Einstein, a man recognized as one of the greatest geniuses in the history of mankind, once said: "No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it." It seems blatantly clear that those who are in power in the Palestinian 'National' Authority have either never read this wisdom, or are stubbornly refusing to understand its meaning, let alone put it into practice."

Palestine marks anniversary of Intifada
A quote...."On Friday, which was International Human Rights Day, Palestinians marched through many towns and villages across the occupied West Bank to condemn illegal settlements and the apartheid wall built on occupied land, the Ma'an news agency reported."

Asia aid convoy reaches Iran en route to Gaza, 2nd Freedom Flotilla gears up
A quote...."Tehran, (PIC)-- The aid convoy Asia left on Thursday Zahedan city, southeast of Iran, on its way to the besieged Gaza Strip, while the second Freedom Flotilla aid campaign is getting prepared to sail for the Strip in the coming months."

Latest Israeli bombing plunges Gaza into darkness
A quote...."Air strikes by Israeli warplanes at dawn on Thursday caused serious damage to the Gaza Strip's only power plant, plunging the territory -- which already suffers from frequent outages -- into darkness." - also posted at AlethoNews

Israeli army demolishes school, houses in Nablus
A quote...."Nablus, December 8, (Pal Telegraph) – Israeli bulldozers demolished Wednesday school and twelve houses belonging to Palestinians in Tana area, in east of Fourk in Nablus."

Israeli Forces Kidnap 5 Palestinians Near Hebron, 2 in Jenin
A quote...."Israeli troops kidnapped, during a number of overnight invasions, five Palestinians, including three students from the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and two boys in a village near Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank."

Israeli troops injure Palestinians, sympathizers during peaceful march in Bil'in
A quote...."RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- A handful of Palestinians and foreign sympathizers were injured while tens were treated for gas inhalation and one journalist from Germany was arrested Friday after Israeli troops suppressed walks in the West Bank villages of Bil'in and Ma'sara to protest Jewish settlement activity in the region and the apartheid wall."

Arab Store Owners In East Jerusalem Forced To Write Store Names In Hebrew
A quote...."The Jerusalem Municipality is trying to oblige store owners in Arab East Jerusalem neighborhoods to change the language of their store signs into Hebrew, and informed the owners that, unless they do so, their stores will not be licensed and they will have to be shut down."
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Record Social Inequality And Its Violent Aftermath, Explained By A Three Minute Cartoon
Must View Video Trends in Income Inequality -- (YuTb - 2min 41sec - December 10, 2010) - Source:  foc1183 - & Scribd - Demographics and the lost Decade Ahead - A quote...."With the new medium of mass communication in all matters financial and economic having been recently discovered to be cartoons (as the penetration of written text discussing such arcane topics as the Fed, debt and addition ends up being trapped within a very narrow echo chamber), we present the latest and greatest 3 minute summary, which even a third grader will understand, of what is gradually becoming accepted as the most troubling social, economic and political development in America - record social, income and wealth inequality... and its very disturbing consequences, which at last check have resulted in some form of social upheaval in almost every situation."

November Budget Deficit $150.4 Billion, Worse Than $138 Billion Consensus, Biggest November Deficit On Record - Chart - (click to enlarge) - A quote...."The Treasury has released the November deficit, which at $150.4 billion was about $12 billion worse than expected."

US Trade Deficit At $38.7 Billion, Better Than Expectations Of $43.8 Billion
Charts - (click to enlarge) - A quote..."Following the stronger than expected net exports by China, we now get a better than expected trade deficit from the US, which comes at $38.7 billion, compared to expectations of $43.8 billion, from a prior upward revised -$44.6 billion."

Treasury Blocks Legal Aid for Homeowners Facing Foreclosure
A quote...."With the media's laser-like focus on the Obama-Republican tax deal, here's a story that's underreported: the Obama Administration's coddling of the Big Banks and simultaneous neglect of homeowners facing foreclosure."

Thursday December 9th 2010

"Individuals in and out of government may certainly have participated with the obviously known perpetrators of this dastardly act. Suspicions abound over the analysis presented by government. Obviously an act that has triggered three wars, Afghan, Iraqi and the continuing War on Terror, should be extensively investigated which was not done and which the government avoids addressing."

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 - posted 12-08-10