Saturday January 4th 2014

Interpretation and the Allegory of the Cave
Must Read - A quote...."Politicians and their associates in the corporate media are master manipulators of language and images. Anytime you hear them speak, think of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_Cave). Virtually everything that we see and hear, nearly everything we have been told, is an officious lie, an illusion created to deceive and control us. The purpose of deception is to promote the dogma and welfare of those in power, while implicitly disempowering those who are being deceived. Language is rarely, if ever, neutral. Coercive ideology lurks behind every sentence."

A Soulless, Digitally Concussed Western World
Must Read - A quote...."The USA and European Union (EU) continue on their downward trajectory in the 14th year of 21st Century. The perpetual state of war against terror, drugs, immigrants, the press and whistle-blowers moves on uninhibited. Another war, this time named Austerity, is being waged by USA and EU leaders against the middle and lower classes. Youth are particularly hard hit with the average unemployment rate in the EU at 23 percent. In the USA the figure is 17 percent according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But never mind that."

Wide Asleep in America's 20 Most Popular Posts of 2013
Must Read - Article List - A quote....".... in no particular order (sort of), and with full awareness of the shameless, self-promotional nature of this first post of 2014, here are some of the more popular articles I wrote last year...."
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Volgograd and the Conquest of Eurasia: Has the House of Saud seen its Stalingrad?
Must Read - A quote...."The events in Volgograd are part of a much larger body of events and a multi-faceted struggle that has been going on for decades as part of a cold war after the Cold War—the post-Cold War cold war, if you please—that was a result of two predominately Eurocentric world wars. When George Orwell wrote his book 1984 and talked about a perpetual war between the fictional entities of Oceania and Eurasia, he may have had a general idea about the current events that are going on in mind or he may have just been thinking of the struggle between the Soviet Union and, surrounded by two great oceans, the United States of America."

All In Play In The New Great Game
Must Read  - A quote...."January 03, 2014 "Information Clearing House - "Asia Times" -- The big story of 2014 will be Iran. Of course, the big story of the early 21st century will never stop being US-China, but it's in 2014 that we will know whether a comprehensive accord transcending the Iranian nuclear program is attainable; and in this case the myriad ramifications will affect all that's in play in the New Great Game in Eurasia, including US-China. -- As it stands, we have an interim deal of the P5+1 (the UN Security Council's five permanent members plus Germany) with Iran, and no deal between the US and Afghanistan. So, once again, we have Afghanistan configured as a battleground between Iran and the House of Saud, part of a geopolitical game played out in overdrive since the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 along the northern rim of the Middle East all the way to Khorasan and South Asia." - Source:  AsiaTimes

Iran, the United States, and the Middle East in 2014
Special Note - Related Article - A quote...."2013 was, for many reasons, an important year for the Islamic Republic of Iran, for U.S.-Iranian relations, and for the Middle East more generally.  Looking back, one thing which strikes us as especially important is that, during 2013, the failures of U.S. grand strategy in the Middle East (and the gradual implosion of America’s position in the region) became evident even to some who were too analytically obtuse or ideologically reluctant to notice it earlier. - President Obama’s largely self-inflicted debacle over his declared intention to attack Syria* after chemical weapons were used there in August was particularly crucial in this regard.  It is no accident that the Obama administration became at least superficially more interested in diplomacy after this episode.  For Obama’s flailing over Syria underscored that, after strategically failed military interventions in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya, the United States cannot now credibly threaten the effective use of force for hegemonic purposes in the Middle East." - *link added - Source:  Going2Tehran

Washington's 'Fashoda' Moment - The US Reversal of Alliances: Comparative Perspectives
Related Article - A quote...."It is rare that a great power in world politics, after decades of hostility with another country, turns around and suddenly seeks to embrace that country as a friend, if not an ally. Yet this is what the recent United States demarche towards Iran represents, unilaterally overturning years of carefully crafted economic sanctions laboriously conceived and implemented, and breaching numerous UN Security Council resolutions voted following Iran's."

What Iran Wants | Hassan Rouhani
Related Article - A quote...."When I campaigned to become President of Iran, I promised to balance realism and the pursuit of the Islamic Republic’s ideals—and won Iranian voters’ support by a large margin. By virtue of the popular mandate that I received, I am committed to moderation and common sense, which is now guiding all of my government’s policies. That commitment led directly to the interim international agreement reached in November in Geneva on Iran’s nuclear programme. It will continue to guide our decision-making in 2014."
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Syria: One Month Before ‘Revolution’ Al Jazeera Admits Revolution Unlikely Due To Assad’s Popularity -- Must Read - Setting The Record Straight -- A quote...."In a rare moment of candour, Qatari propaganda mill Al Jazeera admitted in February 2011 that a Syrian revolution was unlikely due to Bashar al-Assad’s popularity. - The notion that a popular revolution ever took place in Syria is as pervasive and pernicious as it is false. This myth is providing cover for a war that has threatened to destroy Syria and plunge the country into perpetual instability, disunity and violence. - Headquartered in Doha, Qatar – and founded by Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani – Al Jazeera is the mouthpiece of Qatar’s ruling family. While the Zionist regime, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the USA, and Turkey have unleashed an armed takfiri onslaught on Syria and its anti-Zionist leader, Bashar al-Assad, Al Jazeera has consistently conveyed a false ‘revolution’ narrative. Roving gangs of foreign takfirists are portrayed as Syrian citizens fighting for freedom from state repression."

Syria: Who is the west supporting?
Must Read - A quote...."After over a year of anti-Assad hype, lies, fiction peddled as truth, false flag events, manipulation of facts and photographic evidence, the west has gone suddenly silent on Syria. What is going on, and who or what is the west supporting? Those playing soccer with the heads of their victims? - Recent reports pouring out of Syria reveal Syrian government advances on all fronts, while the Syrian Opposition/terrorist forces are forced to retreat or are destroyed. Among these stories is the report just in of the final assault on Aleppo, sealed off by the Syrian armed forces, and where allegedly hundreds of foreign operationals, including CIA (USA), Mossad (Israel), MI6 (UK) and French DGSE, are trapped. If this is the case, the countries sending these elements into Syria are guilty of war crimes and a serious breach of international law. Among these reports are also shocking stories of atrocities and human rights violations by the Syrian Opposition forces, about which the western media is silent."

The Liberation of the Syrian City of Adra. Held Hostage by US Sponsored Death Squads
Must Read - A quote...."On my last day in Damascus our soldier friend Sam joined us for a late lunch. However he could not eat, as his stomach was churning from what he had just seen at the industrial satellite town of Adra. -  The Syrian Arab Army had been progressively liberating a huge civilian population held hostage for more than two weeks by thousands of foreign-backed armed fighters, most notably the al Qaeda-linked Jabhat al Nusra."

Volgograd blasts follow same template as US, Syrian, Afghan attacks – MOSSAD & CIA?
A quote...."The suicide blasts in Volgograd signal that it’s time for international players to stop dividing terrorists into “good” and “bad” ones based on geopolitical agenda, and to unite the globe in a battle against the threat, Russia’s Foreign Ministry stated."

Iran Says Saudi Intelligence Ordered Embassy Bombing in Lebanon
A quote...."Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdualaziz al Saud. Photo: Zamanalsamt - Iran insists that the deadly terrorist bombing of its embassy on November 19 was ordered by Saudi intelligence boss Prince Bandar bin Sultan. - The Iranian news channel, Alalam, made the claim on Thursday, citing unnamed sources in Lebanon. The sources said Majed al-Majed, the Saudi ringleader of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, an al-Qaeda connected terrorist group, took his orders from Prince Bandar." - Source:  InfoWars

Dahiyeh Residents Blame Saudi for Recent Bombing - The "other" bombing
A quote...."On December 2, a car bomb, possibly detonated by a suicide bomber, exploded in Dahiyeh again. On al-Arid Street of Haret Hreik, scores were killed and injured. This was not an isolated incident, but part of the same “death chain” as Bir al-Abed, Roueiss, Tripoli, and Bir Hassan."

Terrorists Torch Library in Lebanon, Burn 78,000 Books
A quote...."2014 is off to a horrible start in Lebanon. The explosion that took place in Beirut yesterday, in the year’s first few days, has been paralleled by another act of terrorism in Lebanon’s northern capital, where extremist gunmen torched the city’s biggest library, Lebanon’s second, burning it to the ground. - They accused the priest running the library, a man who has been fighting to keep that place alive against contractors who worked to dismantle the building in which it resided, of publishing an article that offends Islam."

Saudi arms shipments waiting behind Iraq’s borders with Syria
Why doesn't SOMEBODY blow up these vehicles? THIS, after all, is what a drone (or a nation's air-force) IS FOR!! - mpg -- A quote..."Tens of vehicles carrying arms shipments from Saudi Arabia failed to cross the Iraqi border into Syria due to the Iraqi army’s ongoing operations in the Western Al-Anbar province which borders Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia."

Turkish governor blocks search of Syria-bound truck: Report
Ditto! -- A quote...."The governor of Turkey’s southern province of Hatay has prevented police from investigating a Syria-bound truck which was reportedly carrying weapons."

Police officers removed after stopping truck allegedly carrying weapons to Syria
No good deed goes unpunished, especially if it's against the Trinity of Evil's al-CIA'da terrorists. - mpg -- A quote...."Police officers who followed and stopped a truck that was allegedly carrying weapons to Syria have been removed from their positions."
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

US completely infiltrated by Israeli spies
Special Note - A quote....""There is a total stand down on prosecuting Israeli espionage networks here. Such a situation could never have happened unless all of our counter-intelligence, judicial and political institutions had been compromised as primary key targets of such an assault. -- So why am I bringing this up again during the year end holidays? -- The simple answer is I am piggybacking the huge readership that Gordon Duff’s Christmas day viewpoints got, “Mossad, Bush planned, executed 9/11,” and then Kevin Barrett’s earlier piece, “9/11 truth vs. Takfiri terror.” -- Press TV also did a follow up on Gordon’s article with their “Israel suppressing report on 9/11 role: Intelligence analyst,” which also got big readership, a triple whammy week indeed.  I have been around long enough to know that is strong evidence that readers are ‘getting it,’ as they are Facebooking these important articles around." - Topix  ||  9/11 & 7/11  Israeli Connection  ||  Reficultnias's 9/11 Central  ||

Panic, Predictions and Propaganda:  Endless Empty Estimates on Iran's Nuclear Program
Special Note - For The ACTUAL Record -- A quote...."It has been three years since I published "The Phantom Menace: Fantasies, Falsehoods, and Fear-Mongering about Iran's Nuclear Program," a timeline of constant American, Israeli, and European assertions regarding the supposed inevitability and imminence of a nuclear-armed Iran - hysterical allegations that have been made repeatedly for the past three decades, none of which has ever come true. -- So far, through August 2013, 80 updates cataloging new alarmist claims and dire predictions have been added to the original piece (they can all be read here). More extensive follow-up catalogs were posted in November 2011 and October 2012." - also posted at AlethoNews - For more articles on this issue see below....

• Israeli Media 30-Year ‘Reign of Error’ Predicting Iranian Nuke
• Imminent Iran nuclear threat? A timeline of warnings since 1979

Cantor Seeks New House Resolution to Kill Iran Talks
Zio-Whore Exposed -- A quote...."A memo to House Majority Cantor: sir, for whom do you actually work these days? Is it for your "alleged" constituents? Or are you really working for the current Israeli government, in attempting to get this legislation passed?!? -- This is a fair question, at a time when negotiations with Iran seem to be working, and the implementation of the P5+1 seems to be forthcoming shortly. -- That you appear to be hell-bent on preventing this from happening is...puzzling in the extreme, except for only one reasonable explanation. -- I will grant that there are some areas where the interests of the US and Israel overlap: but destroying these negotiations, which will ultimately lead to war, is not one of them. -- And how in the world, sir, can you possibly characterize the Iranian government's willingness to negotiate concerning their nuclear energy program as "aggression" ?!?! -- What the country of Israel wants to see happen here, instead of good faith negotiations working, is for the US government and military to attack Iran, and created a regime change which will be to Israel's liking. -- Of course, this will mean that there will be yet more American blood and money sacrificed upon the altar of potential Israeli hegemony in the Middle East: and that, sir, is totally unacceptable to thinking Americans...." -- *Michael Rivero*

47 Senators Take AIPAC’s Word Over U.S. Intel Community
A List of Zio-Whore Traitors Who Service Israel - A quote...."January 04, 2014 "Information Clearing House -  The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has published the list of senators who so far have agreed to co-sponsor the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013, aka the Wag the Dog Act of 2014. You’ll recall that the initial list, which was introduced by its principal engineers, Sens. Mark Kirk and Robert Menendez, Dec 19, included 26 co-sponsors equally divided between Democrats and Republicans, to which newly elected New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker quickly added his name. Since then, 20 other senators — all Republicans, unsurprisingly — have added their names, for a grand total of 47 — still short of a majority, let alone one that could survive an Obama veto that the White House has already committed the president to cast if the bill is passed in its present form." - Topix ||  Treason Defined - 10-18-13  ||

The Evil of Israel and Zio Control of American Policy Laid Bare
A quote...."The article by former CIA agent Dennis Lamb once again shows the naked evil of the Israeli state and the policy of the Zio-controlled American position in regard to Syria. Publicly, America and the entire world proclaims the crucial need to stop the human carnage in Syria. UN officials say that over 100,000 Syrians have died, probably half of them women and children and civilians not part of this bloody war. The evidence is overwhelming that the large and vibrant Christian community in Syria supports the government of Assad, and despite ongoing media, lies, most Syrian Muslims both Sunni and Shiite support the government given the grim alternative. The most radical Muslims, such as Al Qaeda, which is constantly portrayed by both the government and the media as the biggest threat to the world and to America, is on the side of the rebels."

Another Former Senior CIA Officer Identifies Jewish Lobby as Syrian War Mongers as “Slam-Dunk” Evidence Exposed as a Lie -- A quote...."Another former senior case officer for the CIA’s Directorate of Operations has joined a growing list of intelligence community officials to publicly identify the Jewish lobby as being behind the push for an American attack on Syria—while a new report has revealed that the Zio-controlled Obama-regime’s “slam-dunk” evidence of Syrian government involvement in an infamous sarin gas attack was completely false."

Children Freezing to Death in Syria while Zionists Spread Hoaxes
A quote...."It is clear that there is an absolute reason the Zionists are spreading hoaxes. It is all so no one will realize the real nature of the events around the globe, especially the high crimes committed by the Zionist cabal, the most extreme of which is occurring in Syria and to a lesser degree, Lebanon (car bombs and more)."

Prof. William Cook: UN Has Failed to Bring Israel to Justice for 65 Years
Special Note - A quote...." Prominent American academician Prof. William Cook believes that since Israel was created in 1948, the United Nations and the international organizations have failed to bring it to justice and hold it accountable for its criminal actions and policies. - According to Prof. William A. Cook, the Israeli regime’s treatment of the Palestinian people is unjustifiable, indefensible and discriminatory. - “America’s poor suffer the consequences in Philadelphia where schools have no money to care for the deprived Americans, and that is but an example of what happens when we dedicate the tax payers’ money to slaughter and mayhem in a land we claim must defend itself when we can’t even identify the boundaries of that state because it refuses to identify its borders as they are continually growing as they inflict further genocide on the people of Palestine,” said Prof. Cook in an extensive interview with the Fars News Agency."

The Logic of Regime Change - Delegitimating Israel
A quote...."The diminution of the Iranian threat is not the only matter of concern to Israel’s leaders.  There is also the no longer deniable fact that the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement is gaining strength in the United States.  It still has a long way to go, but it has already gone far enough to cause concern. -- All is not lost, however.  Congress is still in Israel’s pocket and the President is still spineless.  The tail still wags the dog. -- Moreover, Iran’s nuclear program was frozen, not stopped.  It could always bounce back and be of service again.  Many of Israel’s most servile Congressional pawns are working diligently to make this happens. -- But the prospect is chancy, and Tel Aviv is disinclined just to wait and hope.  Without letting up on Iran, they have therefore deployed Plan B.  Predictably, it has been taken up with gusto by all who follow Israel’s lead. -- Plan B is a hybrid strategy; it joins existential threat fabrication with an even hoarier and more familiar ruse — vilifying Israel’s critics."

A Stupid Question
A quote...."Zionist Jews have, predictably, taken umbrage to the vote of American Studies Association to boycott Israeli universities. David Harris, executive director of the American Jewish Committee, contends that the vote casts a “long shadow” on the American Studies Association." - also posted at AlethoNews

Zionist Jews biggest donors to presidential bids of Obama, Romney
From the History File - October 20, 2012 - A quote..."Zionist Jews are the biggest donors that finance the US presidential election campaign of both the Democratic President Barack Obama as well as his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney. - The leading declared financier of US election campaigns in 2012 is casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson, who has so far donated $34.2 million to Republican Political Action Committees that support Romney’s publicity bid to win enough votes to move to the White House, the Associated Press reported Friday. - A staunch supporter of Israel, says the report, “he also is a contributor to the Republican Jewish Coalition, which spent $920,000 since 2002 backing bills aimed at pressuring Iran and enhancing US security cooperation with Israel.”

Media forum condemns Israeli violations against Palestinian journalists
A quote...."GAZA, (PIC)-- Palestinian media forum strongly condemned the escalation of Israeli occupation's attacks and abuses against Palestinian journalists during the last days of 2013."

Checkpoint 300
A quote...."It is 3.45 a.m. and my team-mate and I arrive for our regular monitoring duty at Israeli Checkpoint 300, which allows entry through the Separation Barrier, from Bethlehem to East Jerusalem. Nearly 200 men are already queuing for the checkpoint to open and hundreds more are swarming in to join the crush at the bottom of the main entrance lane – a huge cage, 1m wide and about 300m long, totally enclosed by iron bars." - Source:  Green#Plate

Report: Palestinian youth wounded by IDF dies of wounds in Gaza
A quote...."An 18-year-old Palestinian who was wounded on Thursday by IDF gunfire east of the Jabalya refugee camp in the eastern Gaza Strip died on Friday, according to reports from Gaza."

ASA president-elect backs Israel boycott - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."The American Studies Association’s president-elect has said she is “fully supportive” of the association’s decision to boycott Israeli academic centers."

Argentina to summon Israeli ex-envoy over AMIA comments
A quote...."Argentina is to summon former Israeli envoy to Buenos Aires to explain his recent comments that the Tel Aviv regime has killed most of the perpetrators behind the bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in the Latin American country in the 1990s. - In an interview with Buenos Aires-based Jewish News Agency (Agencia Judía de Noticias) on Thursday, Itzhak Aviran, who was the Israeli ambassador to Argentina from 1993 to 2000, said Israeli security agents operating abroad have “killed most of those who had carried out the attacks.” Aviran also accused the Argentinean government of not doing enough “to get to the bottom” of the incident." - Source:  PressTV
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More on the All Seeing - (Know Nothing) - Police State & Their Surveillance & Suppression of the Web

Orwell on the Bench
A quote...."It was easier to write the opinion by ignoring history.  And it was only one part of his opinion.  Nonetheless, he thought it was so important that it became the first thing he said right out of the box, as it were. - Judge William H. Pauley III, a District Court Judge for the Southern District of New York, dismissed a complaint filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and others.  The A.C.L.U. complaint alleged that what is known as the N.S.A.’s bulk telephony metadata collection program is unconstitutional.  Judge Pauley found it was not and, in so finding, wrote an opinion that in all important aspects arrived at the opposite conclusion from an opinion issued 11 days earlier by Judge Richard J. Leon in Washington.  Judge Leon said the N.S.A. program was “almost Orwellian” and was probably unconstitutional."

US Appeals Court Upholds Suppression of Secret Legal Memo approving Collection and Handover of Phone Records to the FBI -- A quote...."The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the second most powerful federal court, ruled Friday that the Obama administration could keep secret a Justice Department legal memorandum that approved the handover of telephone company consumer data to the Federal Bureau of Investigation."

The NSA Admits Spying on Members of the US Congress. “Using Information to Blackmail Congress”
A quote...."After Senator Bernie Sanders asked the NSA whether it spied on members of congress, the NSA responded...."

"NSA’s authorities to collect signals intelligence data include procedures that protect the privacy of US persons. Such protections are built into and cut across the entire process. Members of Congress have the same privacy protections as all US persons. NSA is fully committed to transparency with Congress. Our interaction with Congress has been extensive both before and since the media disclosures began last June."

"In other words: yes, we spy on members of Congress, just like all other Americans."

NSA Leaks Sink US Business Deals
A quote...."The United States' National Security Agency (NSA) and Central Intelligence Agency operate Special Collecting Services (SCS) "listening posts" in more than 80 cities worldwide, including Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. [1] In recent months, the NSA's extensive electronic eavesdropping programs have prompted the world to take a new look at US national security interests. With such wide access to the sensitive information of companies, governments and individuals worldwide, the NSA has emerged as the enemy of cyber-security." - bold by website editor - For more articles on this issue see below....

• Academics Against Mass Surveillance
• NSA Calls Americans Zombies - vid - Alt - (YuTb 3m41s 01/03/14) - Src
  
• When Your Phone Is Not Your Friend - Src
• Two of Your Favorite Apps Were Hacked Already This Year - [Skype and Snapchat]
• NSA Doesn’t Deny It Might Be Spying on Congress
  
• FISA Court Rubberstamps Yet Another Renewal Of NSA's Collecting All Your Phone Data
  
• Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Skype to Accuse Microsoft of Spying on User Data
• Greenwald: If Snowden Came Back To U.S. He'd 'Disappear in Prison and Not Be Allowed To Speak' 
• Backdoor in wireless DSL routers lets attacker reset router, get admin - tech alert    
• Worryingly, CryptoLocker ransomware turns from a Trojan… into a worm - tech alert   
• NSA building a ‘quantum computer’ capable of breaking all forms of encryption - NOT according to MR
  

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More International Tales From the Declining Neo-Roman ZOG Controlled Empire....

Erase That War With China 'In 2014'
A quote...."At the end of 2011, in an article on this site titled "Maybe that war with China isn't so far off after all", I drew that gloomy conclusion because the United States, thanks to the justifications, excuses, and pretexts surrounding its desire to "pivot to Asia", had created the doctrinal and public relations."

Letter to George W. Bush -- Iraqis, Including Children, Continue to Die or Suffer Terribly
A quote...."By Ralph Nader - Today, Iraq remains a country (roughly the size and population of Texas) you destroyed, a country where over a million Iraqis, including many children and infants (remember Fallujah?) lost their lives, millions more were sickened or injured, and millions more were forced to become refugees, including most of the Iraqi Christians. Iraq is a country rife with sectarian strife that your prolonged invasion provoked into what is now open warfare. Iraq is a country where al-Qaeda is spreading with explosions taking 20, 30, 40, 50 or 60 lives per day. Just this week, it was reported that the U.S. has sent Hellfire air-to-ground missiles to Iraq’s air force to be used against encampments of “the country’s branch of al-Qaeda.” There was no al-Qaeda in Iraq before your invasion. Al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein were mortal enemies."

US-led war blamed for Afghan child hunger crisis
A quote...."United Nations figures show that malnutrition among Afghan children has increased more than 50 percent since 2012, with medical sources blaming the US-led war for the crisis."

How the Washington Post Distorts Colombia
WaPo Spin Exposed - A quote..."On December 21, 2013 the Washington Post published an article titled “Covert action in Colombia” by reporter Dana Priest. Ms. Priest is a veteran reporter who has over the course of her career produced significant reports on important topics. However, in her report on the role of the United States government in supporting the Colombian state’s war on the FARC guerrillas she has overlooked or ignored some very basic aspects of this relationship. -- The most significant of these is that she ignores the nature and history of the paramilitary forces’ activities and the link of these to the United States government. As Father Javier Giraldo, S.J., correctly observed years ago, the paramilitaries in Colombia are a strategy of the Colombian state. Furthermore, this strategy was suggested to the Colombian government by a United States military mission to Colombia in February 1962, in response to fear of the spread of influence of the Castro Revolution in Cuba. The mission was led by Lieutenant General William Yarborough, the Commander of the U.S. Army Special Warfare Center." - Source:  CounterPunch
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More on the Domestic Situation....

Legislating Tyranny
Must Read - A quote...."Police state lawlessness reflects official US policy. Numerous examples explain. Congress opposes fundamental freedoms. - It terrorizes most people. So do rogue US administrations. Washington is more ruthless today than ever. - Waging war on humanity is much worse. It’s ongoing globally. It’s reflected in congressional legislation. - Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF – September 2001) approved open-ended permanent wars. They rage out-of-control. They do so at home and abroad. - The FY 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) targets freedom. It prioritizes militarism and permanent wars. It authorizes over $600 billion for global belligerence, mass killing and destruction. - It’s a portion of what America spends overall. Around $1.5 trillion or more annually goes for domestic and foreign militarism." - Source:  SteveLendman

Handcuffed at USA Border Coming Back From Canada, Treated like Terrorist
A quote...."An hour later, they came back again. The guard told me he was going to reprint me. I said, “Fine, but my prints didn’t change, and they never will, so unless the COMPUTER system has been manipulated or changed, I’m always the same US citizen I told you I was.” He said, “Well, lets print you again and see what happens.” He handcuffed me again, lead me out to the front, and printed me again. - This time, the prints came back as me. I told him, “Okay, you know I’m a US citizen, I want to be released.” He said, “You can look this up later, but we don’t have to allow it.” I told him I wanted to invoke my constitutional right and speak to an attorney; he said they don’t have to allow that either."

The Fed Is Hiring: Lots Of Cops - The "Fed" Arms Up
FYI:  The Federal Reserve is a private, for profit, predatory, banking cartel which is mostly foreign owned (owned by major Euro-Kazarian banking clans in Europe and some foreign banking corporations).  A Banking Cartel that now has its own mini-army to defend its ill-gotten gains. - mpg -- A quote...."Some may have forgotten, or not be aware, that the Federal Reserve system has its own police force. Well, it does: "The U.S. Federal Reserve Police is the law enforcement arm of the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States.... Officers are certified to carry a variety of weapons systems (depending on assignment) including semi-automatic pistols, assault rifles, submachine guns, shotguns, less-lethal weapons, pepper spray, batons and other standard police equipment. Officers also wear bullet resistant vests/body armor. On October 12, 2010 President Barack Obama signed into law S.B. 1132 the "Law Enforcement Officers' Safety Act Improvements Act", which states that law enforcement officers of the Federal Reserve are "qualified law enforcement officers" and thus are authorized to carry a firearm off-duty." "

You Don’t Own Your Home and Never Will
A quote...."January 04, 2014 "Information Clearing House -  I’m not talking about the bank holding the mortgage on your home. Even if you think you own your home free and clear, you really don’t own it at all. You lease it from the State and it sets the terms and conditions that allow you to occupy the house or sell it to another lessee. The State owns the house and land in perpetuity and you can not alter this arrangement. -- When I was a kid my dad bought a new four-bedroom house in 1964 for about $28,000. He had a good job and stuck his financial neck out by taking on a whopping monthly payment of $190 on a twenty-five year mortgage. He and my mom would talk about how when they got the house paid off they would not have to pay the $190 every month and that would basically put them on Easy Street. -- My dad never made it the twenty five years. By the time my mom paid off the mortgage the monthly property tax bill was $450 per month! There is no way to pay that off once and for all and, in fact, it is subject to constant increase by political whim. Eventually the money paid in relentless property taxes exceeds the cost of the home. What was true for her is true for all homeowners.

Gov SWAT Teams Target “Rugged Individuals” Who Grow Their Own Food, Produce Their Own Electricity
A quote...."The dream of many Americans is to get out of the hustle and bustle of the daily city grind. And what better dream to have then to move your family outside of city limits to the countryside so that you can grow your own food, produce your own electricity with solar power, and live outside the purview of an ever expanding government apparatus?"

Battle for the California Desert: Why is the Government Driving Folks off Their Land?
Related RsnTVideo - Alt - (RsnTVYuTb - 9min50sec - Aug 23, 2011) - Source:  ReasonTV -- A quote...."The Antelope Valley is a vast patch of desert on the outskirts of Los Angeles County, and a segment of the few rugged individualists who live out there increasingly are finding themselves the targets of armed raids from local code enforcement agents, who've assembled into task forces called Nuisance Abatement Teams (NATs)."

Obama Administration Issues New "Executive Actions" On Guns
2nd Amendment Alert - A quote...."On Friday January 3, the Obama administration announced two new “executive actions” which infringe even further on the rights of Americans who wish to own firearms. The new actions are “aimed at strengthening federal background checks for gun purchasers, with a particular focus on limiting firearm access for those with mental health issues.”"

MILLER: Gun re-registration begins in D.C., may lead to arrest and confiscation
2nd Amendment Alert - A quote...."For the first time in the United States, a citizen who has legally registered a gun will have to submit to a renewal process. The consequences of not knowing about this new law or missing the specific 60-day window are dire."

Connecticut is now a Slave State With Soon to be Disarmed Peasants.
2nd Amendment Alert - A quote...."Seeing that long line of people waiting to register their arms for the purpose later to confiscate them is pathetic.  Those standing in those lines are not men. They are sheep being led to the slaughter at a later date. I have no pity for them because they have been warned about the consequences of what happens if they surrender their God given right to posses arms. They are not morally or legally obligated to comply in their own destruction. - Still they go along with it...."

After 20 Years, It’s Clear NAFTA Has Failed To Deliver Promised Benefits; So Why Trust TPP, TTIP Will Be Better? - TTP & TTIP -- A quote...."Both TPP and TAFTA/TTIP are based on the premise that by boosting trade and investment, general prosperity will increase too. And yet, despite the huge scale of the plans, and their major potential knock-on effects on the lives of billions of people, precious little evidence has been offered to justify that basic assumption. To its credit, the European Commission has at least produced a report (pdf) on the possible gains. But as I’ve analyzed elsewhere, the most optimistic outcome is only tangentially about increased trade, and requires a harmonization of two fundamentally incompatible regulatory systems through massive deregulation on both sides of the Atlantic. In any case, the much-quoted figures are simply the output of econometric models, which may or may not be valid, and require extrapolation to the rather distant 2027, by which time the world could be a very different place."

American Healthcare Debate Misses the Mark
A quote...."The real healthcare debate in this country shouldn’t be focused on insurance, but on the fundamental causes of the outrageous costs of healthcare and why even basic health insurance is unaffordable for millions of Americans."

Regulation gone wild in NYC: Meet the new boss, same as the old boss
A quote...."It did not take long for the soon to be inaugurated mayor of New York City to look exactly like his predecessor when it comes to regulating the lives of citizens.  In his first intended act once he takes office, Mayor-Elect Bill de Blasio is seeking to destroy a long standing tradition for locals and tourists alike by ending horse drawn carriage rides in Central Park." - bold by website editor

Ship Sent To Rescue Global Warming Researchers Trapped In Antarctic, Gets Trapped In Antarctic
A quote...."From ironic to ironic-er... the Chinese icebreaker ship that helped rescue the 52 Australian global warming researchers from being trapped in Antarctic ice has found itself stuck in heavy ice. As Reuters reports, The Snow Dragon had ferried the passengers from the stranded Russian ship to an Australian icebreaker late on Thursday. It now had concerns about its own ability to move through heavy ice, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said."

Michael Rivero on Bambuser TV -  Jan 3rd, 2013 - RBN Donation Drive - To Donate - CLICK HERE
MRVideo - (BambuserTV - 3hrs - Jan 3rd 2013) - Source:  RiveroBBTV-Vids - Related Websites:  Republic Broadcasting Network dot Org - WhatReallyHappened - Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire, and many other issues. He also interviews...."Boujemaa Razgui, the flutist whose flutes were destroyed by Customs at JFK, and who is today's guest on the radio show, does not have an official website. But this is a list of CDs he has performed in. In addition, he sent these photos of himself performing and harvesting the bamboo from which he makes his flutes."

Glenn Greenwald Designates Tarpley as World Leader of Opposition to Snowden Limited Hangout Psyop
WTVideo - (WTYuTb - 1hr12min32sec - Jan 4, 2013) - Source:  WebsterTarpley -  WTRadio - WT@YuTb  - Webster Tarpley discusses the concept of a "limited hangout" and how that might apply to Glen Greenwald and Snowden's expose of the NSA's activities. Along with other issues. - mpg
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens....

Keiser Report: Pickpockets Rule UK? (E545)
MaxRTVideo - Alt - (MaxRTYuTb - 25min46sec - Jan 4, 2014) - Related Websites:  RussiaToday - MaxKeiserTV - MaxKeiserCom - MaxOnTwitter - StacyOnTwitter - A quote...."In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert discuss the beggar economy in which the biggest pickpockets rule. They look at the London Gold Fix, in particular, where every day for the past more than twenty years, pockets were picked every single day, according to the data. In the second half, Max interviews precious metals expert, James Turk, about his new book, "The Money Bubble," and about the dollar, gold and Bitcoin."

The Case of the Missing Recovery
A quote...."Have you seen the economic recovery? I haven’t either. But it is bound to be around here somewhere, because the National Bureau of Economic Research spotted it in June 2009, four and one-half years ago. - It is a shy and reclusive recovery, like the “New Economy” and all those promised new economy jobs. I haven’t seen them either, but we know they are here, somewhere, because the economists said so. - Congress must have seen all those jobs before they went home for Christmas, because our representatives let extended unemployment benefits expire for 1.3 million unemployed Americans, who have not yet met up with those new economy jobs, or even with an old economy job for that matter." - also posted at DissidentVoice & ICH

Fizzing Optimism For Wild Financial Engineering In 2014
A quote...."Nothing could have been a more pungent metaphor for the current investment climate than the headline, “Macau gambling revenue hits record $45 bn in 2013.” -- Revenues jumped 18.6%, after rising “just” 13.5% in 2012 – which had caused a lot of handwringing, since they’d soared 42% in 2011. Post-financial-crisis Macau – like its bigger sister, high finance – fizzes with optimism. Last year, it extracted $45 billion from the pockets of people who gambled there; this year, it’s going to set another record. -- Or maybe there was an even more pungent metaphor: Stephen Cohen’s pad in Manhattan. He personifies the smart money; his hedge fund, SAC Capital Advisors, pleaded guilty to insider trading and agreed to pay a fine of $1.2 billion and wind itself out of existence. So he is trying to sell his 9,000-square-foot duplex on the 51st and 52nd floors of Bloomberg Tower. The metaphor isn’t that he dropped his asking price by $17 million, from $115 million down to a measly $98 million, but what he’d paid for the two units in 2005, namely $25.9 million, plus whatever it took to combine and remodel them. That he thinks he can get nearly four times the amount he’d paid for it less than nine years ago – that’s the metaphor for our crazy investment climate." - Source:  TestosteronePit

Inflation is Already Here… But It’s Being Masked
A quote...."Since 2007, the world’s Central Banks have collectively put more than $10 trillion into the financial system since 2008. To put that number into perspective, it’s equal to roughly 15% of global GDP. -  This kind of money printing is literally unheard of in modern history. And it has set the stage for a roaring wave of inflation to hit the financial system. Indeed, the first signs are already showing up… not in the “official” Government data (which is bogus) but in how those who run businesses around the globe are acting."

[US] Domestic Vehicle Sales Lowest In 14 Months; Miss By Most In Over 5 Years
Charts - (click to enlarge) -- A quote...."Oops. While Phil LeBeau was proudly crowing about how great the auto industry 'was' doing, the actual data of how it 'is' doing printed with a dismal drop from Novermber's exuberance. Domestic Sales dropped to their lowest annualized level in 14 months with the biggest miss since Oct 2008! "

IMF paper warns of 'savings tax' and mass write-offs as West's debt hits 200-year high
A quote...."Much of the Western world will require defaults, a savings tax and higher inflation to clear the way for recovery as debt levels reach a 200-year high, according to a new report by the International Monetary Fund. - The IMF working paper said debt burdens in developed nations have become extreme by any historical measure and will require a wave of haircuts, either negotiated 1930s-style write-offs or the standard mix of measures used by the IMF in its “toolkit” for emerging market blow-ups."

French eco [Bankster] tax mobilises new generation of Breton red caps
A quote...."When Claudie Le Bail joined tens of thousands of Breton "red cap" demonstrators protesting in Carhaix at the end of November to oppose regional job losses and a green tax on road freight, she took her 79-year-old mother with her."

The Economic and Social Crisis in Spain. “They Want to Make Poverty Normal”
A quote...."2013 ended with the controversy over a threatened increase in electricity bills by 11%, leaving Spaniards paying well above the European average and Spain ranking the third most expensive electricity in Europe. So, Mariano Rajoy’s  Popular Party (PP) government intervened and stopped this rise by decree. As you can see, if the PP wants to, it can intervene. But overall, there is little willingness to confront the interests of multinationals. For now, the government has limited the rise to  2.3%, and we are expected to be thankful."

Physical Gold Demand Booms Despite Sharp Price Decline in 2013
A quote...."Physical Gold Demand Strong in 2013. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that sales of gold coins are booming even as the metal’s price is falling. The demand for gold coins rose 63% to 241.6 metric tons during the first three quarters of 2013, according to the World Gold Council."
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More On The World's International Situation....

75 al-Qaida militants killed in clashes in western Iraq
A quote...."Baku-APA. At least 75 al-Qaida-linked militants, including one of their top leaders, were killed on Friday in the clashes with Iraqi security forces and local tribesmen in western Iraq, police said, APA reports quoting Xinhua."

Iraq army, tribes join fight against al Qaeda forces
A quote...."BAGHDAD: Sunni Muslim tribesmen backed by Iraqi troops fought al Qaeda-linked militants for control of Iraq's western province of Anbar on Friday in a critical test of strength for the Shi'ite-led government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. - Dressed in black and waving al Qaeda flags, hundreds of Islamist insurgents using machine guns and pick-up trucks mounted with anti-aircraft guns battled tribesmen in the streets of the city of Ramadi on Friday, witnesses, security officials and tribal sources said."

Al-Qaeda-linked force captures Fallujah amid rise in violence in Iraq
FYI:  All those thousands of tons of arms shipped to Syria's Wahabbists with a wink, a nod, and a few hundred C-130 flights courtesy of the US-NRE, along with thousands of former "freedom fighters" (aka al-CIA'da terrorists) imported from Libya with all the arms they received from NATO, have now flowed across Iraq's borders from Syria and are raising their flag over Fallujah.  What do we call this one, "Another win for Amerika"? - mpg

Iraqi Army Shells Fallujah In Fight Against Al-Qaeda Rebels
A quote...."Iraqi security forces and Sunni tribesmen continue to fight Al-Qaeda militants in the central cities of Ramadi and Fallujah. - A correspondent for RFE/RL in Ramadi said on January 4 that about 60 percent of Fallujah was under the control of Al-Qaeda and antigovernment insurgents."
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The Revolution Betrayed
Special Note - A quote..."Antakya, Asharq Al-Awsat—One of the last things that Mahmoud did in Syria was to fit a new front door. It was another example of everything that was going wrong in Aleppo. A month before, he had upgraded his pistol to a submachine gun. Now he was fixing big metal barriers at the entrance to his apartment, checking the locks that clunked into place as it swung shut with a jarring slam, and peering through the peephole into the corridor outside. Three months later even the door and the gun wouldn’t be enough to protect him."

Syrians hold rally against foreign-backed militants
A quote...."People have taken to the streets in militant-held areas in northern Syria to protest against the foreign-backed militants operating inside the country. - During the Friday protest, the demonstrators chanted slogans against the terrorist groups including the al-Qaeda-affiliated so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). - AFP news agency cited Ammar, an activist on the ground, as describing the protests as "the start of the revolution against ISIL," which operates in Iraq and Syria."

Syria rebel take on jihadists in fierce fighting
A quote...."BEIRUT: Syrian rebels in opposition-held areas were engaged in fierce battles with Al-Qaeda-linked elements Friday in what activists say is growing resistance to the jihadists' brutal grip in many places."

Syrian opposition turns on al-Qaida-affiliated Isis jihadists near Aleppo
A quote...."The most serious clashes yet between the Syrian opposition and a prominent al-Qaida group erupted in the north of the country on Friday as a tribal revolt against the same organisation continued to rage in Iraq's Anbar province."

Syria rebels kill, capture dozens of Qaeda affiliates
A quote...."Rebels killed and captured dozens of jihadists loyal to an Al-Qaeda affiliate in two days of unprecedented fighting in the Syrian provinces of Aleppo and Idlib, a monitor said Saturday."
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Turkey 'coup plot': Military demands retrial
A quote...."The high command of the Turkish armed forces has demanded a retrial for dozens of military officers convicted of plotting to topple the government."

Outside Forces: Erdogan’s Rift with CIA Backed Cleric Widens
A quote...."“A memoir by a top former Turkish intelligence official claims that a worldwide moderate Islamic movement based in Pennsylvania has been providing cover for the CIA since the mid-1990s. - The memoir, roughly rendered in English as “Witness to Revolution and Near Anarchy,” by retired Turkish intelligence official Osman Nuri Gundes, says the religious-tolerance movement, led by an influential former Turkish imam by the name of Fethullah Gulen, has 600 schools and 4 million followers around the world."

Turkey slaps 36 protesters with terrorist charges
A quote...."Prosecutors in Turkey have charged 36 people with terrorism in connection with massive anti-government protests that rocked the country last year. - According to the indictment published on Friday, the suspects face a range of charges including membership in a terrorist organization, illegal possession of hazardous material, and terrorist propaganda. - “Protests that began in May went beyond a democratic reaction and turned into propaganda and demonstration outlets of terrorist organizations with the guidance of marginal groups,” read the document." - Source:  PressTV

Oil flow via pipeline starts from northern Iraq to Turkey
A quote...."ANKARA, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Crude oil flow from northern Iraq to Turkey started via a new pipeline on Thursday, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said. - The oil started to accumulate at the Turkish Mediterranean export hub of Ceyhan but will not be shipped to world markets without the consent of Iraqi government, Yildiz told reporters."
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Taliban attack kills NATO soldier in eastern Afghanistan
A quote...."KABUL, Afghanistan — Officials say a Taliban attack on a joint NATO-Afghan base in eastern Afghanistan has killed one NATO soldier. - Spokesman Ahmad Zia Abdulzai in Nangarhar province says the attack took place on Saturday morning when a suicide bomber struck outside the base in the province’s Ghani Khail district."

IG FC reveals 50 insurgent camps operating in Balochistan
A quote...."QUETTA: Inspector General Frontier Corps Balochistan Major General Ejaz Shahid on Friday revealed that more than 50 militant camps of Baloch insurgents are operating in the province."

Egypt Gone Bad
A quote...."January 03, 2014 "Information Clearing House -   This past week the confrontation between Egypt’s ruling regime and the country’s Muslim Brotherhood intensified. In an act that should make anyone familiar with this ongoing struggle sit up and shake their head, the “military-backed government” in Cairo declared Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood a “terrorist organization.” In case anyone is inclined to get the sides mixed up, it is the Muslim Brotherhood that is defending democracy in this confrontation, and the media’s use of the euphemism “military-backed government” is to be understood as whitewash for military dictatorship."

11 killed in Brotherhood clashes with police in Egypt
A quote...."Eleven people were shot dead as supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood clashed with police across Egypt on Friday, defying an ever-widening state crackdown on the movement that ruled the country until six months ago."

Pentagon Trains Proxy Libyan Army In Bulgaria
A quote...."WASHINGTON: Four US military personnel have been freed after a brief detention by the Libyan government, a US official said late on Friday. - The four were released just two hours after the US State Department announced their detention, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity."

Saudi al-Qaeda leader dies in Lebanon hospital: Sources
A quote...."Majed al-Majed, the Saudi leader of an al-Qaeda-linked group arrested in connection with recent bombings in Lebanon, has died in hospital, Lebanese sources say."
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CSTO Takes Aim At Ukraine, Color Revolutions
A quote...."Obviously spooked by developments in Ukraine, Russia's new political-military bloc, the Collective Security Treaty Organization, held a roundtable discussion discussing how the organization can better fight against the "color revolutions" that, in the mind of many in Moscow, are orchestrated by Western governments."

Gazprom Hits Record Gas Exports to Europe
A quote...."Russian state-run gas giant Gazprom is exporting record volumes of gas to Europe and Turkey, with lower prices and colder weather boosting demand. - After slumping in 2012, Gazprom Export volumes reached 161.5 billion cubic meters in 2013—with the biggest increases to Germany, Italy and the UK--beating its last record in 2008, when it exported 160 billion cubic meters."

Gazprom Edging into Soviet Sphere with Kyrgyz Gas Proposal
A quote...."A delegation from Kyrgyzstan met in Moscow with Gazprom officials to discuss future investments in the former Soviet republic. Recently, a company controlled by a Russian oil tycoon proposed redevelopment of the Manas Air Base in Kyrgyzstan, a key transit hub for the Afghan intervention, suggesting the Kremlin may be revisiting Cold War era strategies for the region."

Uzbekistan ratifies CIS free trade zone treaty
A quote...."Uzebekistan has become the ninth country to join the CIS free trade zone between former Soviet states. President Islam Karimov ratified the treaty. - The protocol was signed at a meeting of prime ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in the Belorussian capital of Minsk on May 31, 2013."

Eurasian Economic Integration in 2013: Results and Prospects
A quote...."A meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council took place in Moscow on December 24 with the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev. After the meeting of the heads of states which make up the integration nucleus, the counterparts from Armenia and Kyrgyzstan, as well as Ukrainian Prime Minister Azarov, who was there as an observer, joined the talks. According to Putin, new achievements on the way of boosting the integration process have been reached in the two months passed since the recent meeting in Minsk. The final pieces of draft treaty on the establishment of the Eurasian Economic Union were in place defining the international legal status, organizational framework, goals and mechanisms of functioning and the basic principles of the Eurasian project."

Russian Navy to Get 40 New Ships in 2014
A quote...."MOSCOW, January 3 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s Navy is expected to receive 40 new warships and auxiliary vessels in 2014, a high-ranking official said Friday. - In addition to surface ships of various classes, the navy will also commission the third Borey-class nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine, the Vladimir Monomakh, and a Varshavyanka-class diesel electric submarine, Rear Admiral Viktor Bursuk, a deputy commander of the Russian navy, said."

Russia to Test 70 New Rockets and Missiles in 2014
A quote...."MOSCOW, January 3 (RIA Novosti) – The Russian military plans to test around 70 types of rocket and missile weaponry at a major testing site this year, a Defense Ministry spokesman has said. - The testing program at the Kapustin Yar range in southern Russia will include about 300 launches of rockets, missiles, and aerial drones as part of more than 180 R&D projects, said Colonel Igor Yegorov."
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In India, a Spectre For Us All, And A Resistance Coming
A quote...."January 03, 2014 "Information Clearing House -  In five-star hotels on Mumbai's seafront, children of the rich squeal joyfully as they play hide and seek. Nearby, at the National Theatre for the Performing Arts, people arrive for the Mumbai Literary Festival: famous authors and notables drawn from India's Raj class. They step deftly over a woman lying across the pavement, her birch brooms laid out for sale, her two children silhouettes in a banyan tree that is their home."

Thailand: Regime Promises “Death Penalty” for Peaceful Protests
A quote...."    The Center for the Administration of Peace and Order (CAPO) today threatened to use combined forces to deal with protesters taking part in the shutdown of Bangkok on January 13. - Announcing the warning live on TV Pool before noon today, CAPO head Surapong Tovichakchaikul said that the threat to shut down Bangkok on January 13 could pose a serious threat to the country’s security and economy and would have widespread impact on the people as a whole."

Thailand: Civil War is Impossible
A quote...."January 4, 2014 (Tony Cartalucci) - The embattled regime of Thailand's Thaksin Shinawatra and his substantial Western backers are attempting to hold peace, stability, and the nation's future hostage in order to extort from Thailand the perpetuation of their current grip on power. Chief among their threats is the myth of an impending "civil war." - Unfortunately for them, and despite their best efforts, in order to have a "civil war," you must first have a divided nation. Thailand is by no means divided, and now more than ever what little support the regime had is slipping away - which is precisely why attempts to finally uproot Thaksin for good are being made now."

[Cambodian] Police Open Fire on Striking Garment Workers
A quote...."Five people were reportedly killed after police opened fire on striking garment workers in Cambodia’s capital on Friday. - Police used “prolonged” live ammunition against striking garment workers in Cambodia. - Workers from hundreds of the country’s garment factories demonstrated in Phnom Penh’s Canadia Industrial Park, home to dozens of factories that make clothing for well-known western brands including H&M and Puma, demanding a doubling of the minimum wage, currently set at $80 a month." - Source:  CommonDreams

Children beheaded in Central African Republic - UNICEF
A quote...."The United Nations says at least two children have been beheaded in the Central African Republic. Fighting between Christians and Muslims intensified in the country in early December. "

Who is to blame for the crisis in South Sudan?
A quote...."The nascent civil war in South Sudan is a product of kleptocratic governance, systemic corruption, and political posturing that has reignited deep ethnic divisions between the nation’s two largest tribal groups."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Israeli warplanes raid Gaza
A quote...."GAZA, (PIC)-- Israeli warplanes raided central Gaza Strip on Friday and bombed an agricultural area to the south east of Maghazi refugee camp. - Palestinian security sources told the PIC reporter that an Israeli warplane fired one missile at Wadi Abu Rashid causing only material damage."

Two Palestinians Wounded By Army Fire In Northern Gaza
A quote...."[Friday Evening, January 3, 2014] Palestinian medical sources said that two Palestinians were shot and wounded by Israeli military fire east of the Jabalia town, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip."

Protest march towards the Dead Sea
A quote...."On the 1st January, at approximately 12pm, 40 Palestinian and international activists attempted to march towards the Dead Sea in an effort to protest against the proposed Israeli bill to annex the Jordan valley. - Israeli forces prevented the demonstration from reaching the shore, in response the protesters held speeches demanding for the liberation of Palestinian prisoners and reiterating that the area is Palestinian land."

Dozens of citizens wounded during clashes with IOF in Jerusalem
A quote...."OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- Violent confrontations erupted between Palestinian citizens and Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in several areas in occupied Jerusalem on Friday during marches staged in protest against the settlement activity and the apartheid wall."

Clashes in Jenin and al-Khalil, casualties reported
A quote...."JENIN/AL-KHALIL, (PIC)-- Violent clashes erupted in Romana town in Jenin between Palestinian youths and Israeli occupation forces who intensively fired tear gas bombs. Casualties were reported among Palestinians."
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Amerika's FrankenFood Disaster, Vaccine Cover-Up, Fukushima & The Monsanto Monster....

How To Destroy the US's Ag Export Market
01-04-14
mpg

Coming to a Field Near You: ‘Agent Orange Corn’?
Red Health Warning!! - WTF?? - OMG!! - A quote...."Despite widespread opposition from food safety, environmental and watchdog groups, as well as health professionals and concerned consumers, the USDA has paved the way for the commercial use of genetically engineered crops dubbed “Agent Orange” corn and soybeans. - In its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) released Friday, the agency said that its “preferred” option for Dow AgroSciences’ “Enlist” corn and soybean, genetically engineered (GE) to be resistant to the herbicide 2,4-D, is to deregulate them. -- 2,4-D, the third most widely used herbicide in the U.S., is made by Dow Chemical, and was a component of Agent Orange. The herbicide has been linked to Parkinson's, birth defects, reproductive problems, and endocrine disruption." - also posted at RINF

In their NEVER ENDING QUEST to make sure absolutely no foreign nation would EVER want to import ANY agricultural product from this country AGAIN, the US-NRE's ChemAgro (they're one and the same now!) industries have completely jumped the shark and exceeded anyone's wildest expectations!!

Could somebody please stop these people! - This website editor has always felt this country should face justice for destroying Vietnam with Agent Orange, but spraying this nation's fertile farmland with an agent orange component while having its citizens eat this contaminated corn and soybean crop is NOT what this website editor had in mind!! -- No matter how ironic it may be! 

Keep in mind what happened with Monsanto's ready round-up resistant plants.  As the weeds  grew more and more resistant to the Ready Round-Up herbcide the farmers had to start flooding their fields with more and more of the herbicide just to stay ahead.  The exact same thing will happen with Dow's very similar scheme as the farmers will also have to flood their fields with massive quantities of 2,4-D herbicides as the weeds become more resistant. This country is stark raving mad to allow this to happen! - mpg

GMO and the “Natural” Food Fight: The Treacherous Terrain of Food Labeling
A quote..."For more than two decades, Monsanto and Big Food have poisoned and profited with impunity, thanks to the FDA’s reckless 1992 dictate that pesticide-drenched (Roundup-resistant) or insecticide-impregnated (Bt-spliced) crops and foods are “safe and substantially equivalent” to non-GE foods. Now, the Biotech Bullies and Junk Food Giants are under siege by a well-informed and passionate grassroots food movement that is determined to drastically reduce or eliminate the market share of genetically engineered and chemically-intensive foods and crops." - Source:  OrgConsumersAssoc

Fed Up (Full Version) - The Dirty History of GMO Foods [Poisons]
Video - Alt - (Vimeo - 57min59sec - 1 mo ago) - Source:  EMDesigns -- A quote..."Starting with the “green revolution” in the 1950′s this film traces the development of GM foods through interviews and public domain footage."

Oral cholera vaccine loaded with GMOs to be tested on babies worldwide
A quote...."California-based vaccine manufacturer PaxVax has reportedly submitted an application to begin international trials of a novel oral cholera vaccine that contains live, genetically modified (GM) bacteria. VacTruth.com reports that the new vaccine is set to be tested on more than 1,000 individuals, many of whom are young children, in a three-part clinical trial series to take place throughout Australia."

What’s the Scoop on Genetically-engineered and Pandemic Viruses?
A quote...."Something vaccine safety advocates have wondered about, and even questioned if it were possible, has been confirmed! It is the scientific engineering or genetic modification of viruses, especially influenza-like viruses, to make them lethal, more lethal, or transferrable between species. That Frankenstein-like quest has become public knowledge, and is being confronted by those who rightfully fear the consequences. One has to wonder if the so-called pandemic H1N1 Swine flu virus was a product of genetic engineering."

Cheerios drops genetically modified ingredients - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."Under pressure from consumers and activist groups, General Mills says it will stop using genetically modified ingredients to make its original Cheerios cereal."

How Government Allows Dangerous Additives Like MSG To Stay in Our Food
A quote...."The year was 1969, and the “flavor enhancer” monosodium glutamate (MSG) was all over the grocery store, even in baby foods. Despite a place on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s GRAS (generally recognized as safe) list, scientific evidence had been mounting against the stuff that it was anything but safe. Psychiatrist Dr. John W. Olney had published a study in Sciencemagazine (spurring even more studies) that year showing that MSG caused irreversible brain damage in infants."

Drug companies [in Britain] accused of holding back complete information on clinical trials
A quote...."Clinical trial results are being routinely withheld from doctors, undermining their ability to make informed decisions about how to treat patients, an influential parliamentary committee has claimed."

New High Tech GrowCubes Offer Indoor Gardening Solutions
Action Alert - A quote...."There is an Internet of farming taking shape that is relying on the same open source approach demonstrated in the Hackerspace community. - First, it is important to know what a Hackerspace is. The video below is a short introduction that explains the background and benefits of open source creativity."

Nuclear Engineer: Radioactive plumes always coming out of Fukushima Unit 3
A quote...."Water is not getting to hotspots… it’s because of melted core” — Fission may be taking place underneath reactor (AUDIO)"

“Extremely High Levels Of Radiation Are Consistently Being Reached On West Coast WITHOUT RADCON 5 Alerts Being Issued” -- A quote...."RADCON 5 Alerts are by no means the most important readings, in fact, RADCON 2, 3, and 4 are much more important and show that radiation levels are rising, and even spiking, in specific geographical areas. All across the West Coast now, these levels are rising, some places EXTREMELY HIGH as shown in the video and screenshots below, and even in locations across the Midwest, South and East Coast, leading our representative from the NETC to exclaim."

Fukushima News January 4th, 2014 - A DProgram Round-Up - (14 videos & articles)  
Article & Video List

Friday January 3rd 2014

No posts. - mpg

Thursday January 2nd 2014

Pushing For War - Are They Crazy Enough to Try Another False-Flag Attack?
A quote...."At the risk of sounding like the little boy who cried "wolf" I think the time has come to once again re-examine the possibility of a false flag act committed by either the US or Israeli governments, or banking interests, in order to restart the clearly stalled war agenda. - Despite the P5 +1 deal with Iran, factions in the United States Congress, encouraged by Israel and financial interests, are ramping up pressure on Iran leading to a war; a war that will likely include Russia and China. So eager are these interests that they are openly advocating the United States violate the P5+1 deal before the ink is even dry...."

Bomb Blast Tears Through Residential Beirut Neighborhood
War Provocation - A quote...."A powerful bomb blast tore through a residential and commercial area of a predominantly Shi’a neighborhood in Southern Beirut during rush hour on Thursday, killing at least four people and wounding over 70 as sectarian and political warfare threaten the country of four million." -- "The bombing comes less than a week after an explosion in downtown Beirut killed prominent Sunni politician Mohammed Chatah and at least five other people. Thursday’s bombing was the fifth such attack on Shi’a civilians in Lebanon in the past six months. Deadly attacks on Sunni civilians have also shaken Lebanon, including two blasts outside of Sunni mosques in August that killed more than 40 people."

Lebanon grilling mastermind of Iran Embassy bombing
A quote...."Lebanese intelligence officials are interrogating the Saudi leader of an al-Qaeda-linked militant group who masterminded an attack on Iran’s Embassy in Beirut last November."

Qaeda leader held in Lebanon raised funds for anti-Assad militants - experts
A quote...."WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Saudi leader of an al-Qaeda spinoff group arrested in Lebanon this week was a key fundraiser in the Gulf for militants fighting to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, official and private experts say."

Saudis send terrorists—and dollars—to Lebanon
A quote...."The Saudi regime has historically sponsored terrorists worldwide. From the Sandanistas in Nicaragua in the nineteen eighties to the terrorists it has financed and armed in Iraq, Syria, Pakistan and now in Lebanon, their true nature is becoming exposed."

Lebanon Army deploys as rebels [Saudi sponsored Wahhabist terrorists] advance near Syria border
A quote...."HERMEL, Lebanon: The Lebanese Army deployed heavily along the northeastern border Thursday as Syrian rebel groups launched an offensive to retake key Syrian towns, leading to intense clashes with Hezbollah-backed regime forces, a security source said."

Wahhabis in Syria – GRAPHIC
Special Note - Quote of the Day...."Wahhabism is an anti-Islamic ideology invented by the Brits in early days of Al Saud in Arabia and used to distort the image of Islam and to kill Muslims and all enemies of Great Britain in the name of God. - There’s no worse than impoverishing whole communities then using their uneducated youth as killing machines in the name of a religion, something the Brits were best at in each country they invaded, the US empire with the anti-US elite ruling them has inherited this technique from the Brits and played it overtly with lots of propaganda and glare against its enemies everywhere it deemed ‘rich’. Divide and Conquer is the mean, brainwashed youths are the tools in the name of G.O.D. (Gold, Oil and Drugs)."

Sources: Saudi Arabia to Buy Arms from Israel Soon
A quote...."The Saudi intelligence apparatus provides important and sensitive information to Israel, specially in relation to its surrounding environment and Saudi Arabia has signed several contracts with Israel to purchase new weapons from Tel Aviv,” informed sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the Palestine-based Arabic-language Al-Manar weekly."
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

Zionism, false flags, tyranny: The REAL weekly news!
Contains NLRVideo - Alt - (NLRYuTb - 30min46sec - Jan 2, 2014) - Source:  NLRDynamicDuo -- A quote...."The US has been designated as “the greatest threat to world peace” in a major new poll by Win/Gallop International showing strong anti-US sentiment, not just in Russia 54% and China 49%, but even Greece and Turkey 45%, Pakistan 44% (even though it is a top recipient of US aide) and also throughout Latin and South America.  Given the extent of US intervention during the past [150] years* or so, it is not that surprising, especially when compounded with NSA surveillance programs.  Brits put the US and Iran in the same category, which is simply absurd, since Iran has not attacked any other nation for over 300 years, is not pursuing nuclear weapons and has signed the NPT.  More rational assessments would place Israel high on the list of threats to peace." - *link added - bold by website editor

How Zionist Extremists Helped Create Britain’s Surveillance State
A quote...."Unfortunately for MI5, in the post-war years it faced the worst possible combination of circumstances: reduced resources, but increased responsibilities. After the war Britain had more territories under its control than at any point in its history, and MI5 was responsible for security intelligence in all British territories. -- But MI5's most urgent threat lay not in its diminished resources, nor from its new Soviet enemy. Recently declassified intelligence records reveal that at the end of the war the main priority for MI5 was the threat of terrorism emanating from the Middle East, specifically from the two main Zionist terrorist groups operating in the Mandate of Palestine, which had been placed under British control in 1921." - Source:  ForeignPolicy

Bank of Israel’s Governor Stanley Fisher Nominated Federal Reserve Vice Chairman
A quote...."Napoleon was no democrat. He had his own ideas about conquest and dominance. He knew a thing or two about money power. He said...."

“When a government is dependent for money upon the bankers, they and not the government leaders control the nation.”

“This is because the hand that gives is above the hand that takes. Financiers are without patriotism and without decency.” - He wasn’t the only world figure saying so. Jefferson, Madison and Lincoln said much the same thing. So do independent experts today." - also posted at RINF

Grant F. Smith: Ten Explosive U.S. Government Secrets about Israel
From the History File - November 03, 2013 -- A quote...."In 1968 Director of Central Intelligence Richard Helms wrote urgently to Attorney General Ramsey Clark and President Lyndon B. Johnson that some highly enriched uranium fueling Israel's Dimona nuclear reactor was stolen from America.  LBJ reportedly uttered, "Don't tell anyone else, even [Secretary of State] Dean Rusk and [Defense Secretary] Robert McNamara."  The FBI immediately launched a deep investigation into the inexplicably heavy losses at the Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation NUMEC in Pennsylvania and the highly suspicious activities and Israeli connections of the Americans running it.  The CIA was tasked to find out what was going on in Israel, and compiled thousands of documents about the incident. (PDF) Although CIA officials in a position to know unofficially went on record claiming a diversion had occurred, for decades the CIA has thwarted declassification and release of the LBJ memos.  On October 18, 2013 the only appeals panel with the power to overrule the CIA—the Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel ISCAP—sent notification that Americans are not yet ready to know the contents of the memos (ISCAP decision PDF). This denial of public release of decades-old secrets concerning U.S.-Israel relations is far from unique."

Interview: Grant F Smith and Jeff Blankfort
Ry2SPodCast- (Ry2SANCaudio - 35min - January 02, 2014) - Related Sites:  Ry2S@ANCRpt - Ry2S@YuTb  - Ry2SAntiNeocons - Ry2S@SqrSpc - Ry2S@TruTube - A quote...."Grant F.Smith compares Iran’s fuel cycle with AIPAC’s sanctions cycle; how pro-Israel WH appointees direct sanctions; of opposition to sanctions by NAM, CoC; of Saban’s buying Democrat super-delegates in ’08; how AIPAC bested Monsanto, Dow, farm bureaus over US-Israel FTA, using stolen US business secrets; of importance of AZC, AIPAC predecessor, avoiding FARA registration after laundering Israeli money for US propaganda; how US ignored arms smuggling to Israel, of nuke triggers by film producer, admitted Mossadnik Arnon Milchan; how media censors self on reporting AIPAC/lobby crimes."

The Jewish War Against [Christianity]
A quote...."Jewish covert war against Christmas started when the Roman Empire adopted Christianity. Jewish false converts to Christianity had infiltrated the Church and caused the elimination of many Christian books during the meeting of the first Council of Nicaea in 325 AD, thus determining the context of the official New Testament. They have also started the inquisition to eliminate all possible opposition and to burn all the so-called blasphemous books known as apocrypha. -- Jewish infiltration and manipulation of the Church is still going on until today."

Something’s Wrong
A quote...."The Scofield reference Bible is a zionist interpretation of bible scripture footnoted in modern English.  Written in 1909 by convicted felon Cyrus Scofield, financed by Jewish backers, with bribes, the bible was forced into bible colleges, the pupils of Christian ministers, and 20th century Christian beliefs.  This bible is a powerful zionist tool in the creation and support of illegal Israel, and the subjugation of the Christian religion into Zionism."

Pitchfork Movement: Italy is 'Slave of Wealthy Jewish Bankers Like the Rothschilds'
A quote...."The International Business Times: reports on the rise of the "Pitchfork Movement," and surge in "Right-Wing Nationalism" as a response to the banker lead Technocratic take over of Italy's democratically elected government, only to institute harsh austerity measures and plunder the Italian people."

Palestine Ambassador To Prague Killed In Bomb Explosion
A quote...."When it comes to political assassinations, 2014 is starting off with a bang, literally. Moments ago news broke that following an explosion in Prague, the Palestinian ambassador to the Czech Republic has just been killed."

‘Israel destroyed 1000s of olive trees’
A quote...."Thousands of Palestine’s olive trees have been destroyed or damaged during attacks by Israel’s illegal settlers across the occupied West Bank in 2013, an NGO says. - Al-Tadamun Foundation for Human Rights said in an annual report on Wednesday that an estimated 8,000 trees, some of them hundreds of years old, were damaged and destroyed altogether."

‘Children in Cages’: Shocking Report on Israel’s Treatment of Child Prisoners
A quote...."An Israeli human rights group has come out with a report accusing Israel of torturing Palestinian children held in its jails. The article below references allegations of sexual violence against children, as well as reports that children were kept in outdoor cages all night during the recent winter storm."

Over 20,000 violations by Israel against the Palestinians in 2013
A quote...."The Palestinian Liberation Organization has issued a press release detailing over 20,000 violations that have taken place by the Israelies against the Palestinians in 2013. According to the P-L-O press release, the Israeli army has killed 56 Palestinians this year, arrested and detained 4,533 Palestinians and erected 5,214 flying checkpoints throughout the Occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem al Quds. The press release also says that the Palestinians have suffered from a dramatic increase in violations, incursions and attacks compared to previous years."

The Story of Gaza
A quote...."For five years, the world — just like Obama — has overwhelmingly been “looking forward” when it comes to crimes committed by nations aligned with the U.S. government.  But the crimes in Gaza then and now, and in other countries, have been exposed to unprecedented “looking present” through immediate real-time blogging available to those actively looking, even in the places responsible for the far-away terrorism-too-big-to-call-by-that-name. If everyone turned off their television and searched on a computer for news about their own country as reported in other countries, injustice, rather than our natural environment, would be endangered."

BBC Comedy Sketch The Israeli Embassy's Extension
BBC3Video - Alt - How this got by BBC's censors may never be known. - (BBC3YuTb - 1min56sec - Dec 31, 2013) - Ogeezus -- A quote...."A frank portrayal of the ever creeping dispossession of Palestinians in the guise of comedy by the BBC Three."

Israel Targets Conscientious Objectors
A quote...." It does it maliciously. It does it lawlessly. In mid-November, Bar Ahronovitch was imprisoned. Natan Blanc was victimized earlier. - Omar Saad now faces Israeli injustice. On December 23, he was sentenced to 20 days in prison. For the second time, he refused to perform military service. Why in his own words below."

Israel Ready to Invade Gaza. Planned Attack Would “Exact a Heavy Toll”
A quote...."How many times do we have to see this fraud before we stand up and denounce it? Israeli agents fire some fireworks-scale rockets into Israel, none of which ever hit anything, then Israel has the excuse to go in and murder more Gazans ... and you are paying for it all!" -- *Michael Rivero*

"By way of deception, thou shalt do war." -- *Motto of the Mossad*

Raffoul - Tears Over Palestine (Official Video)
Music Video - (Rap) - (YuTb - 4min09sec - Dec 22, 2013) - Source:  RaffoulS -- A quote..."The name "Tears over Palestine" is derived from the notion of Gods bereavement over the suffering of the Palestinian people as a result of Israeli Apartheid. It is a cry for the world to wake up to the Palestinian plea for help and say NO to Israel's barbarous acts."
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More on the All Seeing - (Know Nothing) - Police State & Their Surveillance & Suppression of the Web

Washington Post Columnist Says 'Complainers' Will Be At Fault For Next Terrorist Attack
A quote...."From the shut-up-and-have-your-constitutional-rights-violated-people dept -- When last we wrote about Washington Post columnist and knee-jerk defender of the surveillance state, Walter Pincus, he was writing bizarre, factually incorrect claims about Glenn Greenwald (claiming Greenwald was associated with Wikileaks when he was not). When this massive error (on which Pincus based his entire column) was pointed out, Pincus eventually, grudgingly admitted to being wrong, but somehow couldn't figure out how to update his story."

Japan's State Secrets Law: Hailed By U.S., Denounced By Japanese
A quote...."Earlier in December, the normally sedate Japanese Parliament disintegrated into chaos. Opposition party members screamed, pounded the speaker's desk and flapped papers in his face — but all in vain. - In a shocking display of brute force, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party, railroaded into law a sweeping, vague and hastily drafted secrets protection bill."

Court Says Border Searches Of Your Computer Are Okay Because You Shouldn’t Keep Important Info On Your Computer - Considering what the NSA's been doing to ALL of us and our computers for more than a decade, the court might be right. - mpg -- A quote...."This one is hardly a surprise, given how many (though not all) courts have ruled concerning searches of computing devices at the border. The government’s general theory is that there is no 4th Amendment right at the border, and thus customs officials can search anything." - Source:  TechDirt

Necessity: The Argument of Tyrants
A quote...."Despite admitting that the National Security “vacuums up information about virtually every telephone call to, from, or within the United States,” William Pauley, a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, decreed last week that the NSA’s dragnet approach is constitutional because, well, he believes that it is necessary. - As William Pitt the Younger observed, “necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.”"

NSA Unit Intercepts Computer Shipments for Secret Access Modifications
A quote..."Sophisticated as it is with myriad forms of electronic spying at its disposal, the National Security Agency (NSA) sometimes resorts to old-fashioned, hands-on methods of breaking into someone’s computer system." - Source:  AllGov - For more on this issue see articles shown below....     

• NSA's Top Hacking Unit
• How the NSA hacks PCs, phones, routers, hard disks 'at speed of light': Spy tech catalog leaks
  
• Clues to Future Snowden Leaks Found In His Past
• NSA and Corporate Cooperation Revealed
• NSA building a ‘quantum computer’ to break all forms of encryption - They wish, now that they're blown
  
• 'Snowden should have been Time's Person of 2013' - vid - (RTYuTb 6m2s 01/01/14) - Src  RT
• Newspapers urge US government to give clemency to Snowden
  
• Feds Consider Vehicle Location Tracking in New Cars
  

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More International Tales From the Declining Neo-Roman ZOG Controlled Empire....

US Ultimatum Fails, Afghan Troop Deal Remains Unsigned
Geo-Political Alert - A quote...."The Obama Administration’s “end of the year” ultimatum for President Hamid Karzai to sign the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) has now officially come and gone, and the BSA remains unsigned."

Mideast Malaise: Arab Spring to spill into 2014?
RTVideo - (RTYuTb - 10min39sec - Jan 1, 2014) - Source:  RT -- A quote...."The Arab Spring is about to enter its fourth year, with peace in the Middle East seeming still far off. 2013 left a bloody mark on several countries in the region. In Egypt, deadly protests and clashes between supporters and opponents of the government led to a military coup in July when President Morsi was ousted and put in prison."

Afghanistan's opium crop sets new records - "Mission Accomplished"
A quote...."Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan surged to record heights in 2013, increasing for the third straight year in a row and confirming the country’s status as the world’s No. 1 exporter of the opium crop." - Topix ||  US Support - Drug Trade  ||

Washington Eyes Move by China to Gain Stronger Foothold in Oil-Rich Iran
InfoGraphic - (click to view) -- A quote...."China Seeks to Increase Iranian Oil Imports. In a move virtually guaranteed to irk Washington, a new report suggests that a Chinese state trader, Zhuhai Zhenrong Corp, is negotiating a new crude oil contract with the National Iranian Oil Company that could dramatically raise imports in 2014. Some insiders say that such a move would risk increased U.S. sanctions against the Chinese firm."

Abe calls for deeper discussions on revising Japanese Constitution -- Oh, oh! 
The US-NRE's parasites are openly encouraging Japan to become a militarized state again.  Oh what a joy this must be for all of Japan's neighbors. -- Got nukes???? - A quote...."Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Wednesday that now is the time for the Japanese people to take a major step toward creating a new nation, and that debates on revising the pacifist Constitution, enhancing security policies and reforming the education system are on the list of key objectives for his administration." - Source:  JapanTimes

Japan to rethink pacifist constitution by 2020 amid rising tensions
Related Article - A quote...."Japan will revise its constitution, which limits its military activities to self-defense by 2020, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said, as tensions in the region build, caused by long-standing territorial disputes."

Despite Promise, US Clings to Control over Afghan Prison - "Torture We Must"
A quote...."The United States is putting pressure on the Afghan government to keep 88 prisoners who have been cleared for release from Bagram prison behind bars, U.S. officials said on Wednesday. - The U.S. supposedly handed over control of the military prison, a facility that has been marked by a history of torturous conditions and other human rights abuses, to the Afghan government in March." - Source:  CommonDreams
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More on the Domestic Situation....

The Year of Living Dangerously with Mr. Apocalypse
Must View - A quote...."Let’s explore the job description of Mr. Apocalypse today. As of the arrival of The New Year, the range of his activity is going to become much wider and much more diversified. It has already been pointed out, he’s pressing on people from the inside to act out outside. More and more spontaneous rage is going to become the order of the day. Society is sick. Materialism and all the ills that attend it are in full force. People are being offered more and more and are able to acquire less and less of it. Meanwhile the indolent and pernicious rich are rubbing it in their faces as you scan the pages of this site through the months, as I did yesterday, you get a horrifying glimpse of ‘the other side’. I felt like I needed a shower soon enough but like some strange addictive compulsion, I couldn't stop watching. I felt terrible soon enough but kept going anyway."

Sandy Hook The Real Truth Documentary FULL VIDEO) 2013
Video - (YuTb - 2hr56min43sec - Sep 26, 2013) - Source:  dazTustin -- A quote...."Mark Howitt takes an investigative look into the events and controversy surrounding the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting which happened on December 14th 2012 in Newtown Connecticut. This documentary explores several aspects and claims of details surrounding the event and is an attempt to shed some light and provide logical answers to the many questions that remain as to what happened in Newtown. Using rare news and article clips, testimonies, police audio analysis and several perspectives, it is quite clear that we are not being told the truth about what really happened. Was there others involved in the crime? Why have authorities and media provided abundant amounts of misleading information, changing the official narrative on countless occasions?"

'Most Transparent' Administration Once Again Irritates A Federal Judge By Refusing To Cough Up A Requested Document - A quote...."The self-described "most transparent administration in history" is once again being chastised by the courts for burying documents demanded by the public. In November, the DOJ flat out refused a FISC court order to declassify a document pertaining to the government's interpretation of Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act. The DOJ's response was basically, "Yeah, we heard you. But we're not doing it."

Federal judge rejects part of SAFE Act
2nd Amendment Alert - A quote...."In his ruling, Skretny found the seven-round limit "tenuous, strained and unsupported" but found that the ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines "do not impermissibly infringe on Plaintiff’s Second Amendment rights" and furthers the state's "important interest in public safety." - In addition, Skretny upheld the SAFE Act's redefinition of an assault weapon to any weapon with a single military-style feature, such as a pistol grip. Gun owners with a weapon that fits the new description are required to register them with the state. - The federal judge also upheld that all ammunition sales in the state be required to be conducted in-person." - One commentator stated.....

"The judge (as become the norm of late) is wrong. The United States Supreme Court ruled in United States vs Miller that the Second Amendment reserves to the people the exact same weapons carried by the uniformed military. If the military have pistol grips, We the People are allowed to have them. If the military have high-capacity magazines, then We the People are allowed to have them. If this judge were truly interested in public safety he would disarm the police departments, which since 9-11 have killed 8 times as many innocent Americans as terrorists have! Common sense says that under the Second Amendment We The People have a right to keep and bear arms equal if not superior to those in the hands of criminals armed by Fast and Furious handing out high-powered weapons to Mexican drug cartels, which then bring them back into the United States." -- *Michael Rivero*

Voluntarily Disarming Yourself
Related Article - A quote...."If you study criminal behavior, you find that throughout history criminals routinely strive to gain an upper hand over their victims.  For the mugger, that may be waiting until the mall parking lot is mostly deserted before he victimizes someone’s grandmother.  But for criminal governments, the upper hand is gained through laws and regulations.  Some would argue that no matter how many laws are passed, or how oppressive those laws may become, as long as so many Americans have firearms we cannot be truly conquered.  I would tend to agree with that statement.  Otherwise, why would there be such a concerted effort to disarm us?"

Judge Reaffirms Constitution Free Zones 100 Miles Inside U.S. Borders
A "Null & Void" Decision -- A quote...."Neither the President nor any judge has the lawful authority to suspend the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Attempting to do so renders the federal Government illegitimate as its authority over the people rests on that Constitution and the federal Government is lawful and legitimate only so long as it complies with the restrictions in that document. - 100 miles may not seem like much until you realize what percentage of the US population live near the coastlines. That declared Constitution-free zone encompasses many of our major cities (and even Washington DC). Here in Hawaii, where everyone is within 100 miles of the shore, it attempts to make the entire state a Constitution-free zone. - 100 miles today. Will it be 200 tomorrow? Then 300?" -- *Michael Rivero*

NAFTA: 20 years of screwing North Americans
A quote...."Today, January 1, is the 20th anniversary of the day the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) came into effect. This would seem to be a good time for a moment of silence in which to grieve. It arrived stillborn, and has not recovered in the two decades since."

U.S. Population Growth Slows to Lowest Rate Since 1937
A quote...."The United States is barely growing in terms of population, falling to its lowest growth rate since the Great Depression. - In 2013, the nation expanded by less than a percentage point (0.72%), according to figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau. - That translated into a population increase of less than three million people nationwide, from 313,873,685 in 2012 to 316,128,839 this year. - The tepid growth was the lowest since 1937, with even slower expansion still to come."
    
Oregon spends $300 million to achieve 44 total signups for Obamacare
A quote...."(NaturalNews) Well, it's not much of a "win" for Obamacare, and it's certainly not a victory for Oregon taxpayers."

Revolution: An Instruction Manual for the Sheeple?... LOL!
Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."An excellent video that contains techniques that would work for a normal populace. American citizens do not constitute a normal populace. They are the most entranced, influenced, de-educated, propagandized, distracted, in debt, consumerized, selfish, indoctrinated, lethargic and mis-informed populace in the history of mankind. Can anyone disagree? Does ANYONE out there actually envision a revolution of any kind sweeping America?"

US Government Orders 14 Million Doses of Potassium Iodide
False Flag? - A quote...."(PaulWatson) – The Department of Health and Human Services has ordered 14 million doses of potassium iodide, the compound that protects the body from radioactive poisoning in the aftermath of severe nuclear accidents, to be delivered before the beginning of February. "

Duck Dynasty Launch their Own Line of Guns as Phil Hatches Plot to Move his Family to Rival TV Network
A quote...."Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson may have emerged victorious from his recent spat with A&E, but the millionaire patriarch is already plotting revenge on the TV network behind his hit show and reportedly has a plan in the works to move his family – plus millions of dollars of advertising and merchandise revenue – to another broadcaster."

Podcast: The Doomcast episode 22
DCAudio - Alt/AudioSprkr - (DCSprkr - 1hr15min34sec -  Jan 01, 2014)- Source:  DougOwen@Sprkr - Related Websites:  CMcGrath@YuTb - WideAwakeNews - DoomCast@Twtr -  Blacklisted News - BLNPodCasts -- A quote...."Happy New Year Doomers! This is the first show of the new year! We kick-start 2014 with a discussion about the U.S. State Dept. and Hollywood's involvement with the protests in Ukraine. We also look at the terrorist attack in Russia, among other big stories buried by the media's Christmas vacation!"

Webster G. Tarpley: The World and Our Tasks in 2014
WTVideo - (WTYuTb - 1hr12min32sec - Dec 31, 2013) - Source:  WTFanChnl - Guest Websites:  WebsterTarpley -  WTRadio - WT@YuTb  - A quote...."Webster G. Tarpley wishes everyone a very Happy New Year in 2014 calls for action - given our current situation in the world."

Michael Rivero on Bambuser TV -  Jan 2nd, 2013 - RBN Donation Drive - To Donate - CLICK HERE
MRVideo - (BambuserTV - 3hrs - Jan 2nd 2013) - Source:  RiveroBBTV-Vids - Related Websites:  Republic Broadcasting Network dot Org - WhatReallyHappened - Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire, and many other issues

Congressman Introduces Bill to Expose Foreign Involvement in 9/11 Attacks
AJVideo - Action Alert - (AJYuTb - 19min50sec - Jan 2, 2014) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel - A quote... "Rep. Jones and Rep Lynch introduced H. Res. 428 this month that asks President Obama to declassify the entire 2002 report, "Joint Inquiry Into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001."" - Topix || Reficultnias's 9/11 Central  ||

We're Hurtling into A Kleptocratic Controlled Police State
AJVideo - (AJYuTb - 52min40sec - Jan 2, 2014) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel - A quote..."Alex covers a move by the federal government to shore up Social Security facilities as the economy continues to unravel and millions of Americans face the prospect of losing unemployment insurance benefits. Alex also looks at reaction around the world to Obama's dismal failure as president."

Still Report #155 -- 2014 Outlook
Must View StlVideo - Alt - (StlYuTb - 5min41sec - Dec 31, 2013) - Source:  BillStill -- A quote...."2014 could be the tipping point for human freedom."
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens....

"The Biggest Redistribution Of Wealth From The Middle Class And Poor To The Rich Ever" Explained...
Special Note - Charts Galore - A quote...."While the growth of inequality in America has been heavily discussed here, it was Stan Druckenmiller's outbursts (and warnings that "from beginning to end - once markets adjust from these subsidized prices - that the wealth effect of QE will have been negative not positive") that brought it more broadly into the average American's mind. QE, taxes, income disparity, and entitlements are four major means by which wealth is transferred from the poor and the middle class to the rich. The following simple charts explains it all..."

Could the Fed Lose Control of the Frankenstein Economy It Has Created?
The Question of the Year....."A longtime correspondent emailed me last week about the apparent contradiction between a Federal Reserve that has had the power for five years to counteract any decline and my call for a market decline in 2014:   "Why would the Fed allow a market it has pushed higher for five years to ever fall?" - Source:  OfTwoMinds

It is a question this website editor, and tens of thousands of others, have been asking for years. The best most people can come up with for an answer is....."What can't continue to go on, eventually won't".  Which is not very satisfying, informative, or useful. - mpg

So This Isn’t Exactly A Rosy Outlook For 2014, Or Something
Related Article - A quote...."It all started in May when gentle taper suggestions were transmogrifying into the taper tantrum. After all hell had broken loose in the credit markets, the Fed pulled in its tail in September – only to start barking again in December. For bond investors, the writing is on the wall. But stock investors haven’t seen it yet. -- All eyes are riveted on stimulus. Nothing else matters for the markets, as we’ve seen in 2013. But the US and China are making noises about turning down that stimulus, not because they’re worried about consumer price inflation or that their economies would run too hot – that would be wishful thinking – but because of asset bubbles. When bubbles pop, and they always do, it gets ugly; and the bigger the bubble, the uglier it gets. But preemptively unwinding this massive stimulus by the two largest economies in the world has consequences."

Cracks Forming In [US] Housing Bubble II (But This Time It’s Different)
A quote...."If the world has learned anything at all since the financial crisis – other than that crimes at the highest levels of finance aren’t actually crimes – it is that heroic money printing and a relentless zero-interest-rate policy by central banks re-inflate asset prices, no matter what the assets are, until they form new bubbles ... and a whole new body of rhetoric about why, this time, it’s different."

Keiser Report: Westminster Circus (E544)
MaxRTVideo - Alt - (MaxRTYuTb - 25min46sec - Jan 2, 2014) - Related Websites:  RussiaToday - MaxKeiserTV - MaxKeiserCom - MaxOnTwitter - StacyOnTwitter - A quote...."In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert discuss the scary banking clowns, the alleged decline in bank robberies and the Times' 'Briton of the Year,' George Osborne causing a nation of a million mortgage holders in 'perilous debt.' In the second half, Max interviews Danny Blanchflower, a former external member of the Bank of England's interest rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee, about the disastrous UK economy, George Osborne's policies and the BoE decision to buy UK Gilts rather than other assets during this crisis."

Marc Faber 'Congratulates' Ben: "Well Done, Mr. Bernanke!"
Contains Video - A quote...."In a little under four minutes, Marc Faber explains to Fox Business' Dagen McDowell all that is wrong with the Central Planners 'current plan'. From a re-bubbled housing 'recovery' pricing real buyers out of the market ("homes do not offer a great opportunity today") to forced-renters paying increasing amounts of their stagnant wages, and the small percentage of ordinary Americans who actually benefit from a rising stock market, reducing their disposable income to which Faber sarcastically rants "well done, Mr. Bernanke." His advice, be diversified, don't BTFATH in stocks, and physical gold is always a good insurance."

JP Morgan bonuses for top London staff in 2012 revealed: an average of near $3 million
Banksters Win Again -- A quote...."Fresh evidence of the pay deals on offer in the City has emerged, with the biggest US bank, JPMorgan Chase & Co, revealing it gave more than 100 of its top staff in London an average of £2m each in 2012.  The disclosure comes after Goldman Sachs said its high flyers received £2.7m on average – up 50% on the year before – adding to anger about bankers' bonuses." - Source:  Guardian

€xtreme Moves: Eurozone crisis far from over amid ravaging austerity & debts
RTVideo - (RTYuTb - 4min36sec - Jan 1, 2014) - Source:  RT -- A quote...."This August, the Eurozone emerged from its longest recession since the euro was introduced - although economists aren't quite ready to pop the champagne to say goodbye to the crisis that first hit the bloc back in 2009. Top EU officials admit that growing unemployment - particularly that among young Europeans - puts the region's financial future at risk."

Right March: Anti-EU nationalist parties surge amid economic hardship fears
RTVideo - (RTYuTb - 3min15sec - Jan 2, 2014) - Source:  RT -- A quote...."Nothing seems to be able to stop Europe’s lurch to the political right. With only tentative signs of economic growth and precious little good news for deeply indebted countries like Greece and France, it’s a movement that seems difficult to reverse. RT’s Peter Oliver takes a closer look at a continent in search of new answers to hard problems."

Martin Armstrong Warns Europeans Of The Coming Expropriation Of 10% Of Everyone's Accounts
A quote...."As we have discussed in depth previously (2 years ago here as "muddle through has failed" and most recently here as the IMF discussed a "one-off" wealth tax), a confiscation (akin to Cyprus overnight debacle) is coming and Martin Armstrong believes sooner than most think."

Latvia officially adopts euro, becomes 18th member of eurozone
StlVideo - (StlYuTb - 3min45sec - Jan 1, 2014) - Source:  BillStill -- A quote...."My appearance on PressTV an New Years Eve talking about Latvia and Turkey and the EU/Euro."

Latvia joins eurozone, but half of population opposed
A quote...."Latvia has celebrated the New Year by joining the eurozone, becoming the 18th member of the Europe-wide currency bloc. However, recent opinion polls show that a majority of Latvians oppose the move, with just one-fifth strongly in favor."

EU tries to calm fears of Bulgarian, Romanian exodus
A quote...."BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union sought to calm fears in countries like Britain, France and Germany that they face a mass influx of Romanians and Bulgarians following the lifting of restrictions on Wednesday, a change that risks fuelling anti-immigrant sentiment in Europe."

Japanese Population Plunges By Record In 2013
Posted in this section because the Yen carry trade is hard to carry when there's nobody there to support the currency end. - mpg -- A quote...."Given that young people in Japan have lost interest in sex, with 45% of Japanese women 16-24 "not interested in or despise sexual contact," it is perhaps not entirely surprising that, as Japan Times reports, Japan's population fell by a record 244,000 in 2013. This further raises concerns over an ever-dwindling workforce that supports an ever-growing number of pensioners, with the proportion of people aged over 65 reaching nearly 40% by 2060."

China Gold Chief Confirms Gold Price Suppression By U.S.
A quote...."Gold price suppression is U.S. government policy to maintain the dominance of the U.S. dollar in the ongoing international currency war, the president of China’s gold mining association, Sun Zhaoxue, told a financial conference in Shanghai last June."
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More On The World's International Situation....

Over 10,000 Killed in Iraq in 2013, Worst Since 2007
A quote...."2013 in Iraq began much the way 2012 did, with violence well down from the levels of the US occupation era. Then the Maliki government attacked a peaceful protest in Hawija in mid-April, and a sectarian powderkeg just exploded. - By summer the death tolls were again rivaling the worst of the US surge-era, and 2013 ended with well over 10,000 dead, and 1,180 killed in the month of December alone."

Clashes in Iraq Intensify: 47 Killed, 60 Wounded
A quote...."Over 10,000 people were killed in Iraq during 2013, making it the worst year since 2008 by most measures. In December, this column found 1180 reported fatalities from various sources. Another 2,046 people were wounded."

Maliki Orders More Troops to Protesting Cities
A quote...."Resentment toward the Maliki government is only growing worse today, and after several police stations were burned the Iraqi PM has reversed his promise to withdraw the military from cities in the Anbar Province, and is now ordering even more troops than before."

Sunni militants storm Iraq police stations to free prisoners
A quote...."FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - Islamist militants stormed police stations in several cities of Iraq's western province of Anbar on Wednesday, seizing weapon caches and freeing prisoners after security forces dismantled a Sunni Muslim protest camp on Monday."
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Syrian Armed Forces Evacuate Hundreds of Families from Adra
A quote...."Anti-Islamic Wahhabi terrorists sponsored by western powers committed horrible crimes against humanity in Adra Workers Residential District north of Damascus city, the Syrian Armed Forces encircled the city and had to carry out surgical operations to eradicate the terrorist groups from the city and managed to open a passage that let hundreds of families out."

Turkey seizes arms in truck bound for Syria - report
A quote...."Turkish security forces have seized a truck laden with weapons bound for Syria and arrested three people including a Syrian, local media reported on Thursday. - Acting on a tipoff, security forces on Wednesday stopped the truck in the southern province of Hatay on the Syrian border, Hurriyet newspaper reported. - A significant quantity of ammunition and weapons were discovered in the truck, whose drivers claimed they were carrying aid on behalf of the pro-Islamic Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH)."
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Turkish PM calls for support against ‘plot’
A quote...."Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for national support against a foreign “plot” targeting the Turkish people. - In a televised end of year address on Wednesday, Erdogan said, "History will not forgive those who have become mixed up in this game," referring to a graft probe against his government."

Turkey sacks two police chiefs over graft probe
A quote...."Turkish authorities have removed two police chiefs from their posts following a high-profile corruption probe that has shaken the country’s political establishment."

Zarif set to visit Turkey for regional, bilateral talks
A quote...."Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is scheduled to pay a one-day official visit to neighboring Turkey to meet with his Turkish counterpart, Ahmet Davutoglu."
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Egypt orders assets of Brotherhood leaders seized
A quote...."Egypt has ordered the assets of hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood leaders to be seized as part of a tightening crackdown by the army-backed interim government on the group."

Libyan army arrests two Americans in Benghazi
A quote...."The Libyan army has arrested two Americans at its headquarters in the northeastern city of Benghazi, security sources say."

Briton, New Zealander killed in western Libya - security source
A quote...."TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A Briton and a New Zealander, both with gunshot wounds, were found dead in western Libya on Thursday, while two Americans were arrested in the eastern city of Benghazi, Libyan security sources said."

Senior Yemeni intelligence officer shot dead
A quote...."Unidentified gunmen have killed a senior intelligence officer while travelling in his car in the southwestern Yemeni city of Aden, a security official says."

1000s hold anti-government protest in central Kiev - Looks like a hundred thousand or more. - mpg
A quote...."Thousands of anti-government protesters have gathered in Ukraine's capital Kiev in a fresh show of force against the government's decision to shelve a deal with the European Union."

Russia assumes G8 presidency, lays out key agenda
A quote...."On January 1, Russia began its Group of Eight presidency for 2014 and will host the 40th G8 Summit in the Olympic city of Sochi in June. This year’s G8 agenda will focus on fighting terrorism and drug trafficking, managing conflicts and disasters."

China's first aircraft carrier completes South China Sea drills
A quote...."BEIJING (Reuters) - China's first aircraft carrier has successfully finished a series of tests during a training mission in the disputed South China Sea and has returned to port, state media reported."

China tells police to be loyal to party amid graft crackdown
A quote...."BEIJING (Reuters) - China's police chief wrote on Friday that his officers must uphold the leadership of the Communist Party and be loyal to it, as the government targets the domestic security apparatus in a crackdown on corruption. - Sources have told Reuters that China's former security tsar, Zhou Yongkang, one of the most powerful politicians of the decade, has been put under effective house arrest while the party investigates corruption allegations against him."

Thailand: CONFIRMED – “Men-in-Black” Gunmen Were Regime Police
A quote...."It is now confirmed that black-clad gunmen seen atop the Labour Ministry building on December 26, 2013 during deadly violence last month that left two dead were in fact police. Thai PBS reported in an article titled, “National police chief admits men in black are police...." - Source:  InfoWars

100s of thousands of South Koreans protest
Photo Gallery - A quote...."From noon till late at night, about 100,000 citizens and labor workers angrily demonstrated against the current government's election manipulation scandal and clampdowns on labor groups as well as moves toward privatization of the nation's railway system, though the administration denies such claims. Some observers are calling the outbreak of demonstrations proof that public anger has nearly “reached its boiling point” [ko]."

Venezuela inflation hit 56.2% in 2013: Officials
A quote...."Venezuela’s inflation soared to 56.2 percent in 2013, although, the rate slowed in the last months of the year following government imposed price cuts, officials say."

Kenya ‘grenade’ attack injures 10
A quote...."A grenade explosion in a restaurant in a coastal tourist resort town in Kenya has left ten people injured, police say."

Central America migrants flee turf wars and corrupt states for refuge in Mexico
A quote...."Extreme violence in Central America is sending a surge of refugees fleeing north to Mexico where they are caught between official indifference and yet more danger if they continue to the United States, human rights activists say."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Israel Places Cornerstone For New Settlement In Jordan Valley
A quote...."[Thursday January 2, 2014] Israeli Interior Minister, Gideon Sa’ar, placed the cornerstone for a new illegal settlement in the occupied Jordan Valley of the West Bank, Palestine TV has reported."

Israel to Demolish Homes near Nablus
A quote...."NABLUS, January 2, 2014 (WAFA) – The Israeli forces informed Palestinians in Rujeib, a village east of Nablus, to stop construction in six houses, and that they will be demolished, a local activist said Thursday."

Two Palestinians Kidnapped In Bethlehem
A quote...."[Thursday January 2, 2014] Undercover forces of the Israeli army have invaded the West Bank city of Bethlehem, kidnapping two Palestinians."

[IOF] Soldiers Kidnap Several Children Near Hebron
A quote...."[Wednesday Evening, January 1, 2014] Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the Tabaqa village, south of Doura, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, invaded local homes and kidnapped several children."

Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (26 Dec.- 01 Jan. 2014)
THIS is what the ISRAELI people, NOT their government, have done to another they have had advantage over every single day for the last sixty years without respite or pause.  This is just one week's total! -- Would you trust any group of people that remorselessly, relentlessly, sadistically, without a qualm, or a twinge of conscience, did these things to another every single day for OVER SIXTY YEARS?  Would you do "business" with them?  Would you want to associate with them? Just think about what they would do to YOU and YOUR family if they got control over your community!! - mpg

• An old Palestinian man died due to tear gas inhalation in Kofur Qaddoum village, northeast of Qalqilia.
• An old Palestinian man died as Israeli forces hindered his passage at a military checkpoint at the entrance of Ya'bad village, southwest of Jenin.
• Israeli forces have continued to use excessive force against peaceful protesters in the West Bank.
• 8 demonstrators were wounded in Bil'in, an-Nabi Saleh and Selwad weekly protests in Ramallah.
• Of the wounded were 3 children, 2 women and 2 photojournalists.
• A child was wounded in Ayda refugee camp, north of Bethlehem.
• Israeli forces launched 2 airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, but no casualties were reported.
• Israeli forces conducted 53 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank.
• At least 40 Palestinians, including 18 children, were arrested.
• Contents of a house in the old town of Hebron were completely burnt as a tear gas canister fell inside.
• Israel has continued to impose a total closure on the oPt and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.
• Israeli forces established dozens of checkpoints in the West Bank.
• At least 16 Palestinian civilians, including 4 children, were arrested at checkpoints in the West Bank.
• Israeli navy forces have continued targeting Palestinian fishermen in the sea.
• Israeli naval forces opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats in the northern Gaza Strip, but no casualties were reported.
• Israeli forces have continued to support settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.
• 3 dunums[1] of agricultural lands were levelled and 450 guava, lemon and pomegranate trees were uprooted, south of Qalqilia.
• A child from Deir Istiya village, northwest of Salfit, was run down by a settler's vehicle.

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Amerika's FrankenFood Disaster, Vaccine Cover-Up, Fukushima & The Monsanto Monster....

Aspartame Exposed – Created with Genetically Modified-Bacteria
A quote...."Aspartame is the most commonly used alternative to sugar.  It’s deceptively labeled with pleasant names like Splenda and Equal, masking the documented adverse effects it has on the body, from neurological disorders to brain lesions.  Even worse, however, most don’t know that much of the aspartame supply is genetically modified."

Broccoli sprouts have 50 times the anti-cancer properties of broccoli
Action Alert - A quote...."Sprouting seeds of various plant foods has demonstrated increased health benefits with increased nutrient capacity contained in less bulk with higher digestive absorption. In some cases, it’s been observed to transform the regular food substance of a plant and remove its negative qualities. Broccoli sprouts in particular make regular broccoli’s health benefits seem miniscule; sprouts offer nearly 1000% more nutrition than their full-grown conterparts."

Plumes of mysterious steam rise from crippled nuclear reactor at Fukushima
A quote...."Fresh plumes of most probably radioactive steam have been detected rising from the reactor 3 building at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, said the facility’s operator company." - Source:  RT

Wednesday January 1st 2014

No posts. - mpg

Tuesday December 31st 2013

2013 – Dense Fog Turns Into Toxic Smog
Special Note - Multiple Charts -- A quote...."The course of human history is determined by recurring cyclical themes based upon human frailties that have been perpetual through centuries of antiquity. The immense day to day noise of an inter-connected techno-world awash in inconsequentialities and manipulated by men of evil intent is designed to divert the attention of the masses from the criminal activities of those in power. It has always been so. There have always been arrogant, ambitious, greedy, power hungry, deceitful men, willing to take advantage of a fearful, lazy, ignorant, selfish, easily manipulated populace. The rhythms of history are unaffected by predictions of “experts” who are paid to spin yarns in order to sustain the status quo. There is no avoiding the consequences of actions taken and not taken over the last eighty years. We are in the midst of a twenty year period of Crisis that was launched in September 2008 with the worldwide financial collapse, created by the Federal Reserve, their Wall Street owners, their bought off Washington politicians, and their media and academic propaganda machines. -- I still stand by the final paragraph of my 2013 missive, and despite the fact the establishment has been able to fend off the final collapse of their man made credit boom for longer than I anticipated, they have only insured a far worse outcome when the bubble bursts...." - also posted at ZeroHedge

American Psychosis
Special Note - A quote...."The decline of American empire began long ago before the current economic meltdown or the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It began before the first Gulf War or Ronald Reagan. It began when we shifted, in the words of Harvard historian Charles Maier, from an “empire of production” to an “empire of consumption.” By the end of the Vietnam War, when the costs of the war ate away at Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society and domestic oil production began its steady, inexorable decline, we saw our country transformed from one that primarily produced to one that primarily consumed. We started borrowing to maintain a level of consumption as well as an empire we could no longer afford. We began to use force, especially in the Middle East, to feed our insatiable thirst for cheap oil. We substituted the illusion of growth and prosperity for real growth and prosperity. The bill is now due."

The US is a knuckle-dragging, low grade moronic culture – George Galloway
A quote...."The high point of the American Empire has passed and mercifully we have emerged intact from the 20 very dangerous years during which the United States was the sole superpower in the world. We must never allow ourselves to endure that trial again. Power in the world is now passing to the East, to China, to Russia and to other rising nations as the United States is an aging tiger whose teeth are falling out. This was stated in an interview which outspoken and brutally honest British MP George Galloway...."

2014 Will Bring More Social Collapse — Paul Craig Roberts
A quote...."2014 is upon us. For a person who graduated from Georgia Tech in 1961, a year in which the class ring showed the same date right side up or upside down, the 21st century was a science fiction concept associated with Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film, “2001: A Space Odyssey.” To us George Orwell’s 1984 seemed so far in the future we would never get there. Now it is 30 years in the past. "
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'Volgograd bombings terror message to Russia's position on Syria'
RTVideo - (RTYuTb - 4min42sec - Dec 30, 2013) - Source:  RT - Guest Websites:  CR@YuTb - CorbettReport  --  A quote...."Many are speculating that the terror attacks in Volgograd were specifically planned to target Russia ahead of the upcoming Winter Games in Sochi. It's not the first terror attack that's been linked to Olympic events. Back in July 2005, a series of suicide attacks hit London, a day after it won the chance to host the Olympics. For more on this I can talk to James Corbett, editor of the independent news website The Corbett Report "

Suicide Bombings Follow Saudi Threats to Attack Russia
AJVideo - (AJYuTb - 6min39sec - Dec 29, 2013) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel -- A quote...."Twin blasts targeting a train station and a trolley bus in the city of Volgograd which killed at least 31 people follow a threat by Saudi Arabia to attack Russia using Chechen terrorists if Moscow did not withdraw its support for President Assad in Syria."

Volgograd Bombings: CIA’s Chechen Assets Attack Russia Ahead of Winter Olympics
A quote...."(KurtNimmo) - Attacks likely precursor to events that will unfold during Olympic games in February. -- Responsibility for deadly attacks in the Russian city of Volgograd, formerly Stalingrad, is being placed on Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov, who was declared dead by Chechen Republic headRamzan Kadyrov on December 18. Like many other phantom terrorists, including the mercurial Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Umarov has risen from the grave numerous times."

Saudi Arabia and CIA Behind Terror Bombings in Southern Russia?
A quote....."Vladimir Markin, spokesman for Russia’s Federal Investigative Committee, told the media that the two bombs appeared nearly identical, suggesting a common source for the attacks. Referring to the trolley-bus bomb, he said: “Like the bomb at the railway station, it was packed with shrapnel. Since the strike elements are identical in the two bombs, it confirms the theory that the two attacks are linked. It is possible they were prepared in the same place.”

President Putin. It is time to Issue Letters of Marque and Reprisal With a Bounty Going After All Parties Behind the Attacks in Volgograd. - A quote...."The attacks on the Russian people should not go without retaliation against those who are responsible. in six weeks the Winter Olympics will open in Sochi Russia. President Putin is standing with Syria supporting Assad against foreign fighters trying to topple the leadership. Prince Vandar of Saudi Arabia has threatened Putin if he does not back off from Syria. The Saudi Prince made the threat saying the use of terrorism will be carried to attack the 2014 Winter Games."

Lebanon nabs man behind anti-Iran attack - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."Lebanese security forces have reportedly arrested Majed al-Majed, the Saudi commander of the al-Qaeda affiliated group Abdullah Azzam Brigades, which claimed responsibility for an attack on Iran’s Embassy in Beirut in November."

Financial Source of Recent Terrorist Attack on Iran's Beirut Embassy Identified - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian legislator said the Lebanese policy have identified those who had provided the financial backup for the recent bombings in front of Tehran’s embassy in Beirut, which left 23 dead, including cultural attaché Ebrahim Ansari."

Syrian Kurds Regain Control of 17 Villages in Hasaka Countryside - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."The Syrian Kurds’ Popular Support Committees moved towards Tal Hamis town in Hasaka countryside to push back the armed rebels and regain full control over the town. Reports from Tal Hamis said heavy clashes are underway between the two sides."

Lebanon’s $3 Billion Price Tag
A quote...."In Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz and France’s Francois Hollande – who also met Saad Hariri in Riyadh – agreed on a “royal grant” worth $3 billion paid directly to France, in return for French weapons and hardware to be delivered to the Lebanese army. But one condition for this grant is forming a cabinet in Lebanon, from which Hezbollah would be excluded." - also posted at ICH

Report: Lebanon to Receive Additional Grant from UAE to Boost Army's Capabilities
Geo-Political Alert - And another shoe drops regarding the Mohamad Chatah Assassination  - mpg -- A quote...."Lebanon is set to receive a new grant to aid the Lebanese army from the United Arab of Emirates, media reports said on Monday. - The grants aim at bolstering the Lebanese army’s capabilities amid the rising security threats as the turmoil in war-torn neighboring Syria is spilling over into the country."

Day After Saudi Arabia Gives Record $3 Billion To Lebanese Army, Lebanese Troops Fire At Syrian Warplanes
A quote...."....less than 24 hours after the announcement, what does Lebanon go ahead and do? Why it fired at Syrian warplanes (recall Syria is the archnemesis of Saudi Arabia's Prince Bandar) of course, the first time it has done so since the start of the Syrian conflict."

Lines of the Game: Price to Pay for the Shatah Assassination
A quote...."The assassination of former Lebanese Finance Minister Mohammed Shatah will open a dangerous chapter in Lebanon, a bit similar to the one that followed the assassination of late Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Shatah was no ordinary man in the region, and the attack occurred at a crucial moment in Lebanon and its neighborhood’s history. Here, escalated tensions and sedition will never let such a crime pass by without major repercussions. The killer knew it!" - Source: al-Akhbar

Saudi ‘Gift’ to Hide its Terror Hand
A quote...."December 31, 2013 "Information Clearing House - Saudi largesse is throwing money again – in a bid to cover up its bloodstained hands in violence hitting the Middle East and beyond.- The latest public relations gimmick is the “donation” of $3 billion to the Lebanese army made by Saudi King Abdullah at the weekend. - The Saudi cash – twice the national military budget of Lebanon – is being regaled in the Western media as a noble offer to secure Lebanon from recent terror attacks."

Saudi-Zionist alliance against Muslims exposed
A quote...."Two illegitimate usurper regimes, one led by Zionists in the Holy Land and the other by Najdi Bedouins in the Arabian Peninsula, have been forced by rapidly changing developments to expose their long-maintained secret ties. Not only Muslims but also many fair-minded non-Muslims recognize the illegitimacy of the Zionist pariah regime in the Holy Land. The Saudis, however, have been able to conceal their true identity by claiming to be “defenders of the Haramayn,” the two holy cities of Makkah and Madinah. If so, they have a strange way of claiming this on the one hand while being totally subservient to US imperialism and Zionist racism on the other."
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

The world’s blatant double standard – in Israel’s favor
A quote...."The American Studies Association may be singling out Israel for boycott, but if you look at the serious, painful punishments the world metes out to oppressor nations, Israel is not being singled out, it’s being let off the hook." - also posted at ICH

Israel Pulls a Rhino Out of a Hat
A quote...."On the last day of 2013, Israel released 26 Palestinian prisoners jailed before the Oslo Accords, after the High Court of Justice rejected a petition to halt the move. The semi-official claims on Israeli media that the USA will release Jonathan Pollard at the same opportunity turned out being false.+"

Fighting Zionist lobby defamation and oppression
A quote...."The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and other pro-Israeli occupation organizations have mounted a campaign to discredit the American Studies Association (ASA) for its resolution in support of the academic boycott of Israel. I recently wrote a very short response to this hysterical campaign. Here it is."

Israel boycott ‘courageous act’: Analyst
A quote...."The American Studies Association™s decision to boycott Israeli institutions for helping Tel Aviv commit crimes against Palestinians is a courageous act, a political analyst says."

Vanunu Re-sentenced to 'Life In Israel' For Whistle Blowing
A quote...."He is prohibited from leaving Israel, including travel over the Green Line, from communicating with foreigners and from conducting online communications without written permission."

The Secret Behind Communism
DDVideo - Alt - (DDYuTb - 29min43sec - Jun 23, 2013) - Source:  DD@YuTb - Related Websites:  DavidDuke - ScrtBhndCommunismBook -- A quote...."The Ethnic Origins of the Communist Revolution and The Greatest Holocaust in the History of Mankind. -- Dr. David Duke shares in an illustrated video the introduction for his new academic resource book on the ethnic motivations behind the Bolshevik Revolution and the mass genocides committed by the Soviets. -- The Secret Behind Communism uses the research of Raphael Lemkin to expose the Bolshevik purposeful genocide against the Ukrainian people that took place in what is today called the Holodomor. He also exposes the Bolshevik war against the Russian intelligentsia and nobility that was an attempt at destroying the natural leadership of the Russian people, so as to render them weaker against their new rulers – an ethnic minority harboring deep racial animosity toward the Russian people for historic anti-Semitism. -- He shows how almost all reputable historians are of the opinion that the communists killed far more human beings than alleged against Hitler, yet he points out that the genocides of the Red Terror are almost totally ignored by Hollywood and the mass media. -- This book is a massive resource, offering the reader a real understanding of Communism as an ethnic weapon that has murdered and tortured more human beings than any other ideology in history."

Mosque, Properties in Jerusalem Area To Be Demolished
A quote...."[Monday December 30, 2013] The West Jerusalem municipality has ordered Jerusalem area residents to demolish a newly-built mosque, Palestinian homes and parking garages, under the pretext of "unlicensed construction", according to witnesses."

Israeli forces shoot photographer in Bilin demonstrations
A quote...."RAMALLAH – A photographer was injured and dozens suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation as Israeli forces dispersed a demonstration in Bilin near Ramallah. - Israeli forces fired rubber-coated steel bullets, tear gas and stun grenades at demonstrators as they neared their lands close to the wall. - Photographer Mohammad Yassin, 20, was hit with a rubber coated steel bullet during the protests." - Source:  Ma'an

Number of Palestinians in the World is 11.8 Million, says Statistics Bureau
That's a lot more than the Euro-Kazar trash currently squatting by the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. - mpg -- A quote...."The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) presents situation of Palestinians at the end of 2013, as follows:"
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More on the All Seeing - (Know Nothing) - Police State & Their Surveillance & Suppression of the Web

NSA Unit “TAO” Seeks “Pervasive” Access to Internet
A quote...."The German magazine Der Spiegel revealed extraordinary details about the NSA‘s TAO program December 29, which is tasked with “pervasive” penetration of the Internet and global telephone traffic. This most aggressive division of the U.S. government’s National Security Agency directly hacks into computers and telephones and is focused upon foreign governments, perhaps differing from other NSA programs that also harvest the data of American citizens."

Is The NSA Quartering “Digital” Troops Within Our Homes?
A quote...."We have extensively documented that the U.S. government is trampling virtually every single Constitutional right set forth in the Bill of Rights. - One of the few rights which we thought the government still respects is the the 3rd Amendment, which prohibits the government forcing people to house troops...."

"No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law."

"But security expert Jacob Appelbaum notes that the NSA may be digitally violating the 3rd Amendment."

State Dept whistleblower’s emails hacked, deleted
A quote...."A US State Department whistleblower whose personal email files contained allegations of abuse and wrongdoing has had his account hacked. Four years of potential evidence has been deleted, his lawyer announced. - A computer attack of unknown origin appears to have targeted Richard Higbie, a criminal investigator with the Diplomatic Security Service who earlier this year accused the State Department of blocking his career advancement." - For more on this issue see articles shown below.....

• Snowden reveals massive National Security Agency hacking unit 
• Appelbaum: ‘Scary’ NSA will spy on you – every which way they can
• Sorry for letting them snoop? Dell apologizes for ‘inconvenience’ caused by NSA backdoor
• Ex-NSA Boss: Fourth Amendment Dispensable in Post 911 World
  
• The NSA Has Nearly Complete Backdoor Capability to Access Apple's iPhone 
• How The NSA Hacks Your iPhone (Presenting DROPOUT JEEP)
• It’s not just your phone calls – it’s YOU they are listening to
• Is the NSA changing bank accounts?
  
• Lawsuit Demands Info on Rule That Permits NSA to Spy on the Whole World - Src
  
• The NSA is Building the Foundation for a Global Police State - Src
• The Most Important Surveillance Order We Know Almost Nothing About
• The Psychological Dark Side of Gmail
  

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More International Tales From the Declining Neo-Roman ZOG Controlled Empire....

Washington Plays Russian Roulette with Missile Defense
A quote...."In his recent annual meeting with the media, Russian President Vladimir Putin replied to a question about the rumored placement of Russian Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad next to Poland. -- He stated that US missile defense remains a threat to Russian national security and that Russia has the right to place Iskander missiles in Kalingrad, but claimed that that step had not yet been taken. Putin added however that putting Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad would be a logical response to American plans to build a missile defense system in Europe. -- What few in the West outside a handful of military experts grasp however, is that the US project to install so-called Ballistic Missile Defense missiles and special radar in Poland, Czech Republic, Turkey and Bulgaria is the most provocative act of Washington to the very existence of Russia and risks putting the world on a hair-trigger to a nuclear war."

What the End of 2013 Didn’t Bring: An End to the Occupation of Afghanistan
A quote...."2013 is drawing to a close, but the war in Afghanistan—now in its 13th year—continues, with the prospect of a 23-year occupation being added to the annals of U.S. militarism. - For Afghan civilians, the year brought increased casualties. - As of the end of November 2013, 2,730 Afghan civilians had been killed in violence during the year, a 10 percent increase compared to the same period of 2012, according to United Nations figures. - NATO casualties during the year, in contrast, dropped from 394 in 2012 to 151 in 2013, according to a tally by the Associated Press." - Source:  CommonDreams

Americans ‘tired of paying for wars’
But....but....it'll help Israel establish its long sought mini-empire!!  Isn't that worth impoverishing every single Amerikan? - mpg -- A quote...."The majority of Americans are increasingly tired and opposed to the US war in Afghanistan due to the massive financial cost, not for moral reasons, an international lawyer in Indonesia tells Press TV." - Source:  PressTV

CIA waging covert war in Colombia
A quote...."The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been engaged in a covert war in Colombia for a decade including an assassination campaign against rebel forces in the country, according to a new report." - Source: PressTV
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More on the Domestic Situation....

U.S. Judge: Obama Homeland Security Aiding Criminal Conspiracies
A quote....."The Obama administration’s Department of Homeland Security is brazenly violating U.S. law and participating in criminal conspiracies to smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States, U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen said in a December ruling. He also noted that the schemes were helping to fund Mexican drug cartels and jeopardizing the lives of children. According to Hanen, the apparent Obama administration policies in question are part of a trend and represent a “dangerous course of action,” costing taxpayers huge sums while enriching criminal syndicates."

Fast and Furious: FBI Now Linked to Murder of U.S. Border Agent
Fast & Furious -- Ship up to thirty thousand automatic weapons, sniper rifles, heavy machine guns and even grenades to one Mexican drug cartel so it can wipe out all the others and the carnage continues for years.  Who would have thunk it?  It's a policy that sounds very similar to bombing countries in order to "save" them, with similar results.  Go figure? - mpg 

The FBI Appears To Be Involved In Staging Or Covering Up Active Shooter And Terror Hoax Events Every Six Weeks -- A quote...."It is a known fact that the FBI is the biggest source of domestic terrorism in America.  Since there are no legitimate domestic terrorists for these clowns to catch, they are creating them instead.  The reason they are engaging in such ridiculous behavior is because they have to justify their pointless and ridiculous jobs.  It also serves as a great way to justify different political agendas and boost cable television ratings.  For years they have been entrapping useful idiots and masterminding various terror plots.  They’ve also been involved in the investigation of various staged hoaxes so the hoax itself can be covered up properly and the official narrative propagated to the masses.  Perhaps even more insane is that many of these staged events appear to now be occurring roughly every six weeks" - Topix ||  The F.B.I.'s Constant Gardening  ||

Is Anything Left of the US Constitution or Privacy Rights? - The second amendment??? - mpg
A quote...."The answer to this question is being pondered across America in light of two seemingly contradictory federal court decisions handed down this month from two separate courts, one in Washington, the other in New York." - Source:  FigTrees&Vinyards 

TSA agents reportedly destroyed Canadian man’s 11 homemade instruments
A quote...."United States Customs and Border Patrol is under fire after a new report revealed that officials there confiscated nearly a dozen homemade instruments from a Canadian man and proceeded to destroy them. - Canadian-born flute player Boujemaa Razgui was flying from Marrakech, Morocco back home to New York when Customs officials at John F. Kennedy International Airport asked to see the instruments he had on hand. Razgui was carrying 11 instruments with him at the time, each of which was built himself and corresponded to varying sets of musical pieces. - According to the Slipped Discs blog at ArtsJournal.com, the agents then took the instruments out of the musician's luggage and “smashed” each one."

People Against the NDAA: "The Resistance is Just Getting Started"
A quote....."The number of states taking action against the indefinite detention provision contained within the National Defense Authorization Act is growing. Additionally, the strong wording of legislation, like that of New Hampshire's bill to be introduced in early 2014, is a positive sign that the federal government is being put on notice that tyranny in America will not be tolerated. In fact, supporting such tyranny will be outright banned, and the local officers that cooperate with illegal federal dictates will be subjected to possible criminal prosecution."

If Only It Were True
Cartoon - From WRH

Michael Rivero on Bambuser TV -  Dec 30th, 2013 - RBN Donation Drive - To Donate - CLICK HERE
MRVideo - (BambuserTV - 3hrs - Dec 30th 2013) - Source:  RiveroBBTV-Vids - Related Websites:  Republic Broadcasting Network dot Org - WhatReallyHappened - Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire, and many other issues

Michael Rivero on Bambuser TV -  Dec 31st, 2013 - RBN Donation Drive - To Donate - CLICK HERE
MRVideo - (BambuserTV - 3hrs - Dec 31st 2013) - Source:  RiveroBBTV-Vids - Related Websites:  Republic Broadcasting Network dot Org - WhatReallyHappened - Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire, and many other issues

Alex Jones Videos - Dec 29th 2013

• Human Awakening in 2014 - AJVideo - (AJYuTb - 11min33sec - Dec 29, 2013)
• The Most Important News of 2013 - AJVideo - (AJYuTb - 27min40sec - Dec 29, 2013)
• The Biggest Stories of 2013 - AJVideo - (AJYuTb - 23min18sec - Dec 29, 2013)
• Future Trends of 2014 - AJVideo - (AJYuTb - 23min17sec - Dec 29, 2013)

A quote...."Alex discusses the massive theft of personal information by hackers at Target over the Christmas holidays and Alex continues with callers on what they believe to be the most important real news story of 2013." - "Alex takes calls from listeners on what they think is the largest story of 2013 including: The Snowden NSA leak, The Syrian War and Benghazi as well as the revelation the Healthcare.gov website is intentionally unsecured." - "Alex takes calls from listeners on what they think is the largest story of 2013 including: The Snowden NSA leak, The Syrian War and Benghazi as well as the revelation the Healthcare.gov website is intentionally unsecured." - "Alex covers headlines in the news including drug swab checkpoints in Los Angeles, Brewing discontent with Obama and the possibilities of Impeachment as well as rashes of bombings in the Middle East during the Christmas holidays."
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The Anglo-Euro-Banks Credibility Crisis Deepens....

Keiser Report: Empire Kaput, Crypto-Currencies 2014! (E543)
MaxRTVideo - Alt - (MaxRTYuTb - 25min46sec - Dec 31, 2013) - Related Websites:  RussiaToday - MaxKeiserTV - MaxKeiserCom - MaxOnTwitter - StacyOnTwitter - A quote....."In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert discuss whether or not 2014 will be one of economic and financial fallout from the 2013 Year of Bitcoin and Snowden. They look at Paul Krugman's claim that Bitcoin is evil because it's not backed by men with guns and the latest in the financial fallout from Snowden's NSA revelations in terms of contractual demands that data never enter the US. In the second half, Max interviews Barb Jacobson of basicincome2013.eu about the European Citizens Initiative for Unconditional Basic Income. Max compares it to the basic income provided to bankers through policies like quantitative easing."

The 1% laughs last, as WS wins again
A quote...."Five years after wrecking our economy, the big banks are back. Here’s why we need real government regulations."

Why Did [Obama's] Justice Department Kill the Madoff Subpoena Against JPMorgan?
Banksters Win Again -- A quote..."Since December 16, major business media have failed to dig deeper into a potentially blockbuster story involving the Justice Department’s refusal to honor a Wall Street regulator’s request for a subpoena against JPMorgan Chase to obtain Madoff related documents the firm was refusing to turn over. JPMorgan Chase was Madoff’s banker for the last 22 years of his fraud. The Trustee in charge of recovering funds for Madoff’s victims, Irving Picard, said in a filing to the U.S. Supreme Court this Fall that JPMorgan stood “at the very center of Madoff’s fraud for over 20 years.”" - Source:  WallStOnParade

Ahead:  Dollar Collapse [Not Really] & Worst Crisis in History  | Dr. Paul Craig Roberts
F&LVideo - Alt - (F&LYuTb - 29min43sec - Dec 30, 2013) - Source:  Finance&Liberty - Related Websites:
PaulCraigRoberts - PCR@YuTb -- A quote...."In this interview...."

• The economic problems during the Reagan administration vs. the current U.S. economic problems (1:09)
• The Fed has NO CHOICE than to print money (14:21)
• The monetary system will not be reformed until we have a complete collapse (17:22)
• The end of gold manipulation and collapse of the dollar (20:03)
• How to prepare for economic collapse (26:30)

Record ECB Bond Sterilization Failure - THIS is why the USD won't "collapse" immediately. - mpg
Chart - (click to enlarge) -- A quote...."As we observed two weeks ago, Europe's year-end liquidity situation is dire and deteriorating. On December 17, the ECB failed to sterilize its cumulative €184 billion in SMP bond purchases by a whopping €32 billion, the second such failure in one month."

The Bifurcated Housing Bubble; From "Why Didn't I Buy?" To "This Is Crazy"
InfoGraphic - (click to enlarge) - A quote...."Never was 'location, location, location' more important than in the current housing 'recovery'. From the Bay Area to Pittsburgh and from Denver to Oklahoma, the divergence in price movements is incredible. As the WSJ reports, while headlines gloat of several cities enjoying full-scale rebounds, these cities are largely exceptions with prices in many part of the US still well below the peak. In some 1,500 cities, values are still at least 25% lower than their previous highs. For the 'bubble' zip-sodes, "what you've got is something other than a sensible market-deciding price. You've got it goosed by the terms of finance, which are extraordinary," warns one realist realtor...."

[US] Pending Home Sales Plunge At Fastest Pace Since April 2011
Charts - (click to enlarge) -- A quote...."For the 5th month in a row, pending home sales missed expectations (though a silver lining is a positive print MoM - breaking a 5-month streak). Year-over-year, home sales collapsed at 4% - its worst drop since April 2011...."

Cracks Forming In [US] Housing Bubble II (But This Time It’s Different)
A quote...."If the world has learned anything at all since the financial crisis – other than that crimes at the highest levels of finance aren’t actually crimes – it is that heroic money printing and a relentless zero-interest-rate policy by central banks re-inflate asset prices, no matter what the assets are, until they form new bubbles ... and a whole new body of rhetoric about why, this time, it’s different."

"What The Bubble..." Chart Of The Day: Half Of Loans Issued In 2013 Were "Covenant Lite"
Financial Alert - Charts - (click to enlarge) -- A quote...."If you ask anyone at The Fed (apart from Jeremy Stein) if there is a bubble in the credit markets, the answer is definitive "no" since bubbles are always obvious. Well, hopefully, the following chart will make it "obvious" that the Fed's policy has driven a 'reach for yield' so excessive as to explode the growth of so-called cov-lite loans. This 'riskiest of risky' loan issuance, while already at record high levels, has now massively exceeded the previous bubble in terms of percent issued, as the demand for anything with yield 'enables' the worst of the worst companies to refinance their zombie-like existence. "

How Will The Economy Improve In 2014 If Almost Everyone Has Less Money To Spend?
A quote....."Is the U.S. consumer tapped out?  If so, how in the world will the U.S. economy possibly improve in 2014?  Most Americans know that the U.S. economy is heavily dependent on consumer spending.  If average Americans are not out there spending money, the economy tends not to do very well.  Unfortunately, retail sales during the holiday season appear to be quite disappointing and the middle class continues to deeply struggle.  And for a whole bunch of reasons things are likely going to be even tougher in 2014. "

Work Until You're Dead? - Don’t Plan on Retiring
A quote...."Millions of older Americans say they will never be able to retire. They simply don’t have the savings. According to CNN, “Roughly three-quarters of Americans are living paycheck-to-paycheck, with little to no emergency savings…50% have less than a three-month cushion and 27% had no savings at all….” (“76% of Americans are living paycheck-to-paycheck“, CNN Money) -- “No savings at all”? -- That’s right. So retirement is out of the question. A sizable chunk of the adult population is going to punch a clock until they keel-over in the office parking lot and get hauled off in the company dumpster...." - also posted at ICH

Latvia joins crisis-hit eurozone
A quote...."Latvia has joined the crisis-hit eurozone against the wishes of its own people, becoming the 18 member of the single currency bloc."

So this is why we're struggling to pay the bills: [UK] Real wages slump BY HALF in some regions since recession
A quote...."Workers across the UK have seen their pay packets shrink by an average of 14 per cent in real terms in the last five years as wages fail to keep up with inflation. - But the decline is considerably higher in some parts of the country – as much as 50 per cent in some London regions, the study by the GMB union found."
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More On The World's International Situation....

Syrian victories thanks to Iran, BRICS states: Syria PM
A quote...."Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi says Damascus continues to achieve diplomatic “victories” thanks to the support of “friendly” states, particularly Iran and the BRICS group of emerging powers."

Bombs across Baghdad kill at least 15, clashes continue in Anbar: sources
A quote...."(Reuters) - Bombs exploded across the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, killing at least 15 people, police and medical sources said, a day after police broke up a Sunni Muslim protest camp in a western province."

Egypt accuses detained Al Jazeera journalists of "terrorism"
A quote....."Egypt has accused detained journalists from the Qatar-based Al Jazeera television network of belonging to a "terrorist" group, saying they had ties with the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood, the prosecution said Tuesday."

Egypt forces attack students in Cairo, Zagazig
Contains Video - Look at the beefy-pig, man-handle and hammer-lock that little woman.  Seems familiar somehow. - mpg -- A quote...."Egyptian security forces have attacked university students holding anti-government protests in the capital city of Cairo and in the northern province of al- Sharqiyah"

Turkish minister says fending off ‘mini-coup attempt’
A quote...."Turkey’s government said on Tuesday it was fending off a “mini coup attempt” by elements in the police and judiciary who served the interests of foreign and domestic forces bent on humbling the country."

The Most Radical Conservative Regime: Bolivia under Evo Morales
A quote...."From a comparative-historical perspective the Morales regime would probably be considered as the world’s most conservative radical regime or the most radical conservative regime.  This apparent contradiction is resolved by examining the policies and practices of the regime.  But what is not in question is that the Morales regime, his advisers and government, have extraordinary wide backing.  His allies include leaders of the social movements at home, as well as overseas investors and  mining executives, trade union leaders and domestic bankers; agro-business exporters and business leaders and Indian coca farmers, all enthusiastic supporters of the “First Indian President” in Latin America and the region’s leading advocate of extractive capital!"

The [Deliberate] Destabilization of Africa. A Machiavellian Intrigue of Colossal Proportions
Special Note - A quote...."South Sudan, which contains vast oil reserves, borders Ethopia, Uganda, Kenya, Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.  Spread of its crisis would further destabilize a significant part of Africa.  Clearly, Western-style “democratic elections,” the panacea touted by Western agencies such as National Endowment for Democracy, and related Western NGOs, have not only failed to provide stability and enhanced standards of living for many countries where they have been implemented  (or imposed, militarily by US-NATO intervention, such as in Iraq and Libya and Afghanistan), but are beginning to appear to be the precursor of ethnic and social violence and disintegration in many notable instances in Africa, and not only in Africa."

South Sudan rebels recapture key town of Bor
A quote...."South Sudan has dispatched thousands of troops to Bor, in an effort to wrest back control of the Jonglei state capital, less than a day after it was recaptured by rebel forces."

'103 killed' in DR Congo violence
A quote...."More than 100 people have been killed in a violent attack by rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo capital Kinshasa, the government said."

63 Boko Haram Militants Killed: Nigerian Military
A quote...."At least 63 Boko Haram fighters were killed during Nigerian army's raids following a recent pre-dawn attack on military barracks in Bama town by the militant sect in the northern state of Borno, a military spokesperson said Monday."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Israeli forces detain 9 in overnight arrest raids
A quote...."HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained nine Palestinians in the Hebron district overnight Sunday, locals and Israel's army said."

IOF cut off Jenin village from the outside world for 9th day
A quote...."JENIN, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have continued their siege of Yabad village, south of Jenin, for the 9th day running. - Local sources said that the IOF soldiers had closed all entrances to the village and barred traffic in and out of it."

Israeli warplanes launch mock raids on Gaza
A quote...."GAZA, (PIC)-- Israeli warplanes launched a series of mock raids on Gaza Strip at noon Sunday and dropped a number of bombs off its coast."

Official: 2 Palestinians injured by Israeli artillery in Gaza
A quote...."GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Two Palestinians were injured after Israeli artillery hit the central Gaza Strip on Sunday, a Palestinian official said."

’5-year high’ in number of Palestinians killed in West Bank
A quote...."BETHLEHEM – Israel killed 27 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank in 2013, making it the deadliest year for Palestinian fatalities since 2008, Israeli rights group B’Tselem said Monday. - According to data compiled by the rights group, three times as many Palestinians were killed in the West Bank in 2013 compared to 2012. - By contrast, in 2012 Israeli security forces killed eight Palestinians in the West Bank and 246 in the Gaza Strip, including at least 167 in its November war on the coastal territory." - Source:  Ma'an

At Least 3608 Palestinians Injured by Israeli Forces in 2013
A quote...."According to a new report by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), at least 3608 Palestinians were injured in by Israeli forces this year."

Jewish settlers attack local official in south Hebron hills
A quote...."BETHLEHEM – A group of settlers injured a local Palestinian official in the south Hebron hills on Saturday after attacking him with a rock, a local peace group said Monday. - “On Dec. 28, a group of settlers attacked Palestinians who were plowing a field in the South Hebron Hills village of At Tuwani. Hafez Huraini, a member of the South Hebron Hills Popular Committee, was injured in the attack,” Operation Dove said in a statement." - Source:  Ma'an

Gaza Power Plant Resumes Operations
A quote...."The main power station of Gaza came back to work on Sunday as the Israelis once again allowed the entry of fuel through the Karam Abu Salem crossing."
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Amerika's FrankenFood Disaster, Vaccine Cover-Up, Fukushima & The Monsanto Monster....

GM Freeze celebrates a GM-Free New Year in UK fields - Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."GM Freeze today offered congratulations to farmers and consumers as 2014 marks the first year since 2007 that no GM trials will be conducted in UK fields, and no new GM field trials are expected."

The Effects of Genetically Modified Foods on Animal Health
A quote....."In what is being described as the first ever and most comprehensive study of the effects of genetically modified foods on mammalian health, researchers have linked organ damage with consumption of Monsanto’s GM maize."

Soft Killing The American People Using Toxic Food, Toxic Water And Toxic Vaccines
A quote...."Have you noticed that there has been an absolute explosion in the number of people developing chronic illnesses, heart disease, diabetes and cancer? If you are like most Americans, you probably have quite a few family members and friends that are seriously ill right now. Sadly, most Americans have absolutely no idea why this is happening. Most of them just assume that all of this sickness is just “normal”. But that is not the case at all. The truth is that we are slowly killing ourselves by what we eat, by what we drink and by what we allow to be injected into our bodies."

Doctors’ Financial Rewards from Administering Flu Shots
A quote...."What would readers think if I provided an admission in writing from a medical doctor as to a reason why the medical profession should consider administering flu vaccines?"

Radiation?
A quote....."Seals, Sea Lions, Polar Bears, Bald Eagles, Sea Stars, Turtles, King and Sockeye Salmon, Herring, Anchovies and Sardines in the Western part of North America all suffering mysterious diseases at the same time."

71 U.S. Sailors Who Responded to Fukushima Have Cancer, Radiation Sickness
A quote...."EcoWatch is reporting that 71 U.S. Navy sailors, many only in their 20s, who responded to the Fukushima earthquake and destruction at TEPCO’s Daiichi nuclear power plant have come down with radiation poisoning and cancers after water from the wrecked plant contaminated the USS Ronald Reagan’s supply during disaster efforts:"

36 Signs The Media Is Lying To You About How Radiation From Fukushima Is Affecting The West Coast
A quote...."The west coast of the United States is being absolutely fried by radiation from the Fukushima nuclear disaster, and the mainstream media is not telling us the truth about this.  What you are about to see is a collection of evidence that is quite startling.  Taken collectively, this body of evidence shows that nuclear radiation from Fukushima is affecting sea life in the Pacific Ocean and animal life along the west coast of North America in some extraordinary ways.  But the mainstream media continues to insist that we don’t have a thing to worry about.  The mainstream media continues to insist that radiation levels in the Pacific and along the west coast are perfectly safe.  Are they lying to us?  Evaluate the evidence compiled below and come to your own conclusions…"

TEPCO Quietly Admits Reactor 3 Could Be Melting Down NOW
A quote...."TEPCO has confirmed that via camera surveillance, that steam has begun to pour from Reactor 3, although they have “not been identified abnormal plant conditions.” - TEPCO are reporting that “radioactive steam has suddenly begun emanating from previously exploded nuclear reactor building #3 at the Fukuishima disaster site in Japan.”"

Monday December 30th 2013

No posts. - mpg

Sunday December 29th 2013