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Keiser Report: Curse on Taxes (E111) --- http://www.youtube.com/user/RussiaToday#p/u/12/Y8JpkXuM_E4
Must View MKVideo - Alt --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8JpkXuM_E4 --- (MKRTYuTb - 26min 57sec - January 11, 2011) - Source: RussiaToday --- http://www.youtube.com/user/RussiaToday --- Producer: Max Keiser TV --- http://www.youtube.com/user/MaxKeiserTV --- A quote...."This time Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, talk about Romanias witches hexing their politicians for making them pay for the financial disaster wrought by Wall Streets witches. They also talk about bank runs, sovereign defaults and Goldmans taxpayer subsidized speculation in Facebook. In the second half of the show, Max talks to filmmaker and blogger, Gonzalo Lira about Chiles foray into monetary insanity as Central Banks race to the currency bottom."
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Obama’s Comfort Zone: King of Collaboration --- http://www.blackagendareport.com/?q=content/obama%E2%80%99s-comfort-zone-king-collaboration
Related Article - A quote...."No matter what Barack Obama says in his State of the Union Address later this month, it is clear where he is headed: ever rightward. His appointments tell the tale. Obama also gave the game away – that he would govern from the center-right and attempt a grand consensus with the GOP – in the weeks before he was first sworn into office, January 20, 2009. That is, his appointments of Bill Clinton’s Wall Street deregulation crowd to head economic policy and his retention of George Bush’s Secretary of Defense to guard and expand the empire, should have signaled to every sober observer that Obama’s political orientation might differ dramatically from his predecessor’s in tone, but not in substance. The problem was, there were very few sober Left political observers around two years ago, and nearly all Black folks were falling down drunk on ObamaL’aid – a brain-softening condition that persists among many, to this day."
also posted at AlethoNews --- http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2011/01/12/obama%E2%80%99s-comfort-zone-king-of-collaboration/
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China Frets About U.S. Holdings Ahead Of Hu Trip --- http://dailybail.com/home/china-frets-about-us-holdings-ahead-of-hu-trip.html
Charts - Contains Video - Alt --- http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/china-cold-open/1178451 --- (Great video, previously posted) - Related Article - A quote...."(Reuters) - China would welcome assurances its financial assets in the United States are safe, a senior diplomat said on Wednesday, ahead of President Hu Jintao's visit next week, but played down rifts between the two powers. -- Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai said North Korea and other issues that need the two global giants to work together would also come up during Hu's January 18-21 trip. Hu will hold talks with President Barack Obama on January 19." - Topix || Having Fun With Your Tax Dollars || --- http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/havingfunwithyourtaxdollars-weblist-mpg-reficultnias-110808.html
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Sarkozy urges less international reliance on US dollar --- http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14760921,00.html --- DUH!!! - mpg
The French version of Homer Simpson speaks after the horses have long left the barn and were last spotted on the other side of the planet. - mpg -- A quote...."France is hosting this year's G8 and G20 summits, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy has started to campaign for a change to the way the US dollar plays a central role in the global economy."
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Merkel Says Germany Ready to Do `Whatever Needed’ to Save Euro
--- http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-12/merkel-says-germany-is-ready-to-do-whatever-is-needed-to-save-the-euro.html
By bailing out the EU's filthy rich Banksters?!?!?! - mpg -- A quote...."Chancellor Angela Merkel indicated that Germany is ready to revise the terms of Europe’s rescue fund for indebted states, underscoring her willingness to take whatever steps are necessary to blunt the sovereign debt crisis." - Topix || A Quadruple Whammy - 12-16-10 - mpg || --- http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/aquadruplewhammy-mpg-reficultnias-121610
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How The Fed Spent $2 Trillion And In Exchange We Got 650,000 Temp, Leisure And Retail "Jobs"
--- http://www.zerohedge.com/article/how-fed-spent-2-trillion-and-exchange-we-got-650000-temp-leisure-and-retail-jobs
Chart - (click to enlarge) - Related Article - A quote...."When we looked at the changing composition in the US work force one month ago, we discovered, to our dismay, that since the start of the Depression, the US labor pool has transformed substantially from a full-time time to an increasingly more part-time dominated one. Specifically we found that "America has lost 10.5 million full time jobs, offset by a 2.8 million increase in part time jobs" and that "the US not only lost 478k seasonally adjusted full time workers in November but has lost full time jobs for 6 months in a row, for a total of 1.6 million job losses!"
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The Fed Is Gifting Primary Dealers With A Monthly Commission Fee Of Over $5 Billion
--- http://www.zerohedge.com/article/fed-gifting-primary-dealers-monthly-commission-fee-over-5-billion
Related Article - A quote...."The topic of how much money the Fed is gifting to the Primary Dealers via POMO commissions has to become front and center right now. While we appreciate fluff "profile" pieces in the NYT addressing the issue tangentially, and assuring us via worthless promises by people whose one purpose in life is to pad the pockets of their future employers in preparation for that inevitable day when said parasites move from faux public service to doing the hard core biddings of a vampire squid, the truth is that this is daylight robbery and it is happening in front of everyone's eyes." - Topix || A Nation's Priorities - 11-29-10 - mpg || --- http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/anationspriorities-mpg-reficultnias-112910
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Fed Releases New POMO Schedule, To Monetize $112 Billion In Bonds And Prop Up Stocks On 18 Out Of 19 Trading Days
--- http://www.zerohedge.com/article/fed-releases-new-pomo-schedule-monetize-112-billion-bonds-and-prop-stocks-18-out-19-trading-
Table - Related Article - A quote...."The New York Fed's equity crash prevention team of Sack-Frost has just released its most recent POMO schedule. Over the next month, ending on February 9, the Fed will purchase about $112 billion in debt in 18 discrete operations. And for the first time unlike the prior two QE2 monthly schedules, there is not one dual POMO day. "
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The US-NRE's Gangster-Banksters and the fall-out from their world wide program of looting.....

Food Prices Rise Higher Than Ever As Globalists Predict Food Riot
--- http://theintelhub.com/2011/01/11/food-prices-rise-higher-than-ever-as-globalists-predict-food-riots/
A quote...."We have worked extensively to document rising food prices and possible coming food shortages. Now the Food and Agriculture Organization of 55 food commodities has recorded that global food prices hit an all time record in December."
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Riots rage in Chile as gas price hike fuels flames of anger --- http://www.youtube.com/user/RussiaToday#p/u/3/c4AHA3F5Z80
RTVideo - Alt --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4AHA3F5Z80 --- (RTYuTb - 25sec - January 12, 2011) - Source: RussiaToday --- http://www.youtube.com/user/RussiaToday --- A quote...."Riots are raging in southern Chile with two women killed and four others injured. Protesters are out in anger at gas price increases, which are reportedly due to troubles experienced by the state-owned petroleum company. 21 people have been arrested. With gas one of the country's main imports, the price rise counters promises made by the country's President Pinera."
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Tunisia Rioting Escalates, Hits Capital As More Are Killed While Protesting Surging Unemployment & Food Prices
--- http://www.zerohedge.com/article/tunisia-rioting-escalates-hits-capital-more-are-killed-while-protesting-surging-unemployment
A quote...."Virtually every US media continues to ignore the situation in Algeria and now Tunisia, where rioting predicated by high unemployment (read massive economic slack) and surging cost of living (but, but, didn't you just say massive slack??? how the hell can cost of living be up if you have "massive" slack? that's unpossible - the San Fran Fed has said so repeatedly), especially food prices, has just escalated once again."
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Curfew ordered in Tunisian capital --- http://wsws.org/articles/2011/jan2011/tuni-j13.shtml
A quote...."The Tunisian government ordered a total curfew over Tunis and its suburbs to last from 8 p.m. Wednesday until 6 a.m. on Thursday morning, after riots and demonstrations against high unemployment, government corruption, and spiraling prices hit the capital city. The wave of protests began weeks ago in regional towns and cities."
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'Burst banks flood world as banksters sell water to people' --- http://www.youtube.com/user/RussiaToday#p/u/6/ufQWd23R-dA
RTVideo - Alt --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufQWd23R-dA --- (RTYuTb - 1min 36sec - January 12, 2011) - Source: RussiaToday --- http://www.youtube.com/user/RussiaToday --- A quote...."Every week, Max Keiser looks at all the scandal behind the financial news headlines. Watch the full Episode 112 of the Keiser Report on Thursday."
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Bailout Knock-Out: 'Someone's gotta fail --- http://www.youtube.com/user/RussiaToday#p/u/4/_BI9hEWASNw
RTVideo - Alt --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BI9hEWASNw --- (RTYuTb - 5min 02sec - January 12, 2011) - Source: RussiaToday --- http://www.youtube.com/user/RussiaToday --- A quote...."Portugal is being forced to refute claims that it is next in line for an EU bailout, as its economy wavers on the brink. The country's borrowing rates jumped to record levels amid reports that Germany and France are pushing it to accept outside help to prevent the crisis from spreading further, literally pushing Portugal into debt. Financial adviser Marco Pietropoli understands that Germany and France are pushing Portugal in order to stabilize economic markets, however in the case of accepting outside help the Portuguese will be admitting defeat to their own electorate. But that is not the only problem."
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Job cuts plunge [Britain's] NHS into crisis --- http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/99751
A quote...."Hospitals across the country are putting thousands of jobs in the firing line as the NHS struggles to make £20 billion "efficiency savings" by 2015."
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The Cult of Sanctified Violence --- http://www.lewrockwell.com/grigg/grigg-w190.html
Special Note - A quote....""What is government if words have no meaning?" -- Jared Loughner reportedly posed that question to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords at a forum two years ago. Perhaps unwittingly, Loughner answered that question himself by murdering six people and attempting to murder fourteen others, including Giffords. In doing so, the young nihilist effectively privatized government's central function."
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The American Way of Torture --- http://www.counterpunch.org/cockburn01072011.html
Special Note - Some quotes...."Torture is now solidly installed in America’s repressive arsenal, not in the shadows where it has always lurked, but up front and central, vigorously applauded by prominent politicians. Rituals of coercion and humiliation seep through the culture, to the extent that before Christmas American travelers began to rebel at the invasive pat-down searches, conducted by the TSA’s airport security teams, groping around bosoms and crotches." --- "One famous case was that of Dan Mitrione, working for the US Agency for International Development, teaching refinements in torture techniques to Brazilian and Uruguayan interrogators. Mitrione was ultimately kidnapped by the Tupamaro guerillas and executed, becoming the subject of Costa Gavras’ movie State of Siege. The CIA mounted major cover-up operations to try to discredit the accusations against Mitrione, quoted as having said to his students: "The precise pain, in the precise place, in the precise amount, for the desired effect."
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Law and Disorder --- http://mycatbirdseat.com/2011/01/philip-giraldi-law-and-disorder/
Special Note - A quote...."The record of the America’s law making body Congress and its judiciary since 9/11 has been nothing short of pathetic. The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 might well be described as one of history’s more spectacular euphemisms employed to gut a constitution, somewhat akin to Hitler’s “emergency act” in the wake of the Reichstag fire of 1933. It is better known as the Patriot Act I."
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Average of two journalists killed each week in 2010 - report --- http://en.rian.ru/world/20110112/162120167.html
Killing the Messenger - A quote...."A total of 97 journalists died in 30 countries in 2010, with about two journalist killed each week, the International News Safety Institute (INSI) report said on Wednesday. -- A total of 85 journalists were murdered, with most of them killed while working in their home countries on criminal and corruption stories."
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Stave off Globalism: Reinvigorate Constitutional Principles --- http://www.activistpost.com/2011/01/stave-off-globalism-reinvigorate.html
Special Note - A quote...."America was founded on certain principles: those of individual liberty and responsibility, a small federal government, and sovereign states that would protect their citizens’ unalienable rights. Over time many Americans got so involved in living their seemingly free lives they neglected oversight of what was happening to their country. Those who loved American ideals lived them and those who did not were busy working both from within and without the government to eradicate these principles from the American consciousness."
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European politicos protest DOJ WikiLeaks-Twitter probe --- http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20028239-281.html
A quote...."An influential group of European politicians is protesting the U.S. government's attempt to pry WikiLeaks-related information out of Twitter, saying that EU privacy rules may have been violated. -- The parliamentary maneuver expected tomorrow comes as London-based lawyers for WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange warned that their client could face illegal rendition to the United States, execution, or indefinite detention "at Guantanamo Bay or elsewhere," and a U.K. judge set a two-day extradition hearing to start on February.
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A Warning to Enemies of the 1st and 2nd Amendments
--- http://dprogram.net/2011/01/11/alex-jones-a-warning-to-enemies-of-the-1st-and-2nd-amendments/
AJVideo - Alt --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDuss7e1GzY --- (AJYuTb - 13min 37sec - January 11, 2011) - Source: TheInfoWarrior --- http://www.youtube.com/user/THElNFOWARRlOR --- A quote...."A full scale demonization campaign against conservatives, free speech and the Second Amendment on behalf of Democrats and the establishment media in the wake of Saturday's shootings has sensationally backfired after it emerged that gunman Jared Lee Loughner was a left-wing, pot-smoking liberal who was into dressing like the grim reaper and dabbling in the occult."
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Guns and Butter - "Demolition Access To the World Trade Center Towers" with Kevin Ryan
--- http://weeklyintercept.blogspot.com/2011/01/guns-and-butter-demolition-access-to.html
Must Listen Audio - [Mp3 download] --- http://www.theintercept.com/media/ryandemolition.mp3 --- A quote...."First, Project Censored censored over 9/11 Truth:" - Topix || Reficultnias's 9/11 Central || --- http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/reficultniass911central-mpg-reficultnias-weblist-100409.html
|| US Fake Intel / Propaganda - Osama bin long gone Laden || --- http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/fakeintell-weblist-mpg-090206#OSAMABINGONE
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Despite Denials, Blackwater Still Working for U.S. --- http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/01/despite-denials-blackwater-still-working-for-u-s
A quote...."Reports that Blackwater is out of the government’s private-security game have been greatly exaggerated. A consigliere to the company’s new owners tells Danger Room that not only does the controversial firm still hold security contracts with the State Department, it has every intention of seeking more."
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BMW Explodes in Arlington --- http://cryptogon.com/?p=19827
Related Article? -- A quote...."Two exploding BMWs in two days, within about six miles of each other… Move along, citizen, nothing to see here? Perhaps. That’s why we have the Coincidence category."
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More on the Wikileaks Cointelpro Fiasco....

Wikileaks Is A Massive Fraud, And Disinformation: Absolutely No Doubt Any More After You Read This!
--- http://northerntruthseeker.blogspot.com/2011/01/wikileaks-is-massive-fraud-and.html
A quote...."I have said it from the very beginning, and I will say it again: WikiLeaks is a massive fraud, and nothing more than disinformation. I have long suspected that it was created as an Israeli Mossad operation to deflect criticism of Israel and to vilify Israel's enemies... I stand behind those convictions absolutely 100%!"
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Silent Surge: A Shocking Act of Political Violence
--- http://www.chris-floyd.com/component/content/article/1-latest-news/2074-silent-surge-a-shocking-act-of-political-violence.html
Must Read - A quote...."Americans showed their remarkable collective wisdom once again last week, when a shocking act of violence was met with a steady calm across the political spectrum. Indeed, it seemed the entire country was united in a steadfast effort to downplay any disturbing implications of the despicable act and to keep doggedly to business as usual. -- We speak of course of Barack Obama's latest "surge" in Afghanistan: his third such escalation of the murderous militarist misadventure in that ravaged land, now heading toward its 10th year of American occupation. Yes, while everyone -- including our leading progressives -- were occupied first with the sight of the orange vulgarian John Boehner waggling the sacred Speaker's gavel then with the latest mass shooting by an American following what George Bush called "the path of action" (i.e., the pursuit of politics by deadly violence) -- the Nobel Peace Laureate was sending 1,400 more troops into the killing fields of Afghanistan."
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Four Nato troops and six Afghan intelligence officers killed in bloody Taliban attacks
--- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1346487/4-Nato-troops-6-Afghan-intelligence-officers-killed-Taliban-attacks.html
Special Note - A quote...."Four Nato troops were killed in two roadside bombings in Afghanistan today, bringing to 15 the number of international troops killed this year already. -- Three of them died in an attack in eastern Afghanistan and the other was killed in the south of the country. -- Elsewhere in the country, six members of the Afghan intelligence services were also assassinated in two separate attacks that left 30 wounded. -- The violence follows a surprise visit to Kabul a day earlier by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden...."
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More Conservatives Are Questioning the Afghanistan War --- http://www.politicsdaily.com/2011/01/12/the-list-of-anti-afghanistan-war-conservatives-is-growing/
A quote...."The list of conservatives who are questioning our involvement in Afghanistan is growing. - As Josh Rogin at Foreign Policy magazine reported: "Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist said he wants to build a center-right coalition to advocate for considering pulling out of Afghanistan in order to save the hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars being spent there."
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The Iraq War - When Destruction Sickens --- http://www.counterpunch.org/jacobs01072011.html
A quote...."Millions of people around the world took to the streets to oppose the drive towards war. From Washington, DC to London; Berlin to Tokyo; Bangladesh to Gaza, massive protests were held in the months leading up to the January 16, 1991 attack. I myself attended one of the most emotionally powerful antiwar protests I had ever attended the day before the war began."
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Pak won’t tolerate US ‘Great Game’ in region --- http://www.geo.tv/1-12-2011/77160.htm
Special Note - A quote...."Pak won’t tolerate US ‘great game’ in region ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday made it clear to the US that it will not tolerate the latter’s ‘great game’ in the region, Geo News reported."
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Arab regimes on edge --- http://www.uruknet.com/?p=m73845&hd=&size=1&l=e
A quote...."It's very clear that most Arab regimes are on edge over the possibility of the spread of the protests in Tunisia and Algeria. Arab columnists and TV shows have been excitedly debating the real causes of the protests and what they might mean, while in country after country warnings are being sounded of a repeat of the "Tunisia scenario." It's not at all clear whether these protests actually will spread yet, as regimes on high alert will not be taken by surprise and local conditions vary dramatically."
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IAEA has an Iran headache --- http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MA14Ak01.html
A quote...."Missing in the list of questions by the interviewer for German magazine Der Spiegel was any reference to WikiLeaks revelations that on returning from Iran, IAEA inspectors gave a private presentation to US diplomats. Another WikiLeaks disclosure featured Amano's self-description as being in the same boat as the US on all key strategic issues. The hawkishly pro-US Amano may not realize it, but such disclosures put a dent in the reputation of both the IAEA and its leadership. -- Instead of confronting this head-on with even limited criticism of the agency's inspectors - some of whom have been accused of spying for the West - Amano has been unapologetic...." - Topix || How About An Honest NPT? - 11-11-10 - mpg || --- http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/howaboutanhonestnpt-mpg-reficultnias-111110
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Nuclear Experts Can Accompany Invited Members to Visit Iran’s Nuclear Sites
--- http://hamsayeh.net/world/226-nuclear-experts-can-accompany-invited-members-to-visit-irans-nuclear-sites.html
Related Article - A quote...."Hamsayeh.Net - In the upcoming tour of Iran’s nuclear sites, nuclear experts will be allowed to accompany those invited IAEA member countries, announced Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mihmanparast during a press conference on Wednesday."
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MAK video reconstruction of Polish president’s T-154 crash --- http://en.rian.ru/video/20110112/162117872.html
Must View Video - (RAINoviostiVid - 36min 26sec) -- A quote...."Russia's Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK) released a video flight reconstruction of late Polish President Lech Kaczynski’s Tu-154 aircraft that crashed last year in Russia. It is a 3D reconstruction with recorded voices of the crew."
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IMF allocates Georgia another credit tranche of USD 153 mln --- http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=15852094&PageNum=0
Georgia and Mikheil Saakashvili, bought and paid for. - mpg -- A quote...."WASHINGTON, January 13 (Itar-Tass) -- The Board of Directors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded on Wednesday its seventh and eighth reviews of its current programme of cooperation with Georgia which makes it possible to immediately give it a credit tranche of 153 million dollars, an IMF press release says."
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South Africa becomes full member of BRIC --- http://blacklistednews.com/South-Africa-becomes-full-member-of-BRIC/12285/0/9/9/Y/M.html
A quote...."Brazil, Russian Federation, India and China (BRIC) has invited South Africa to join them as a full member. This is seen as an affirmation of the country's status as part of the dynamic evolving world economy and it is expected to boost investment and trade opportunities for the country, as it has done for the other four states comprising the informal grouping. According to the International Monetary Fund, in three year's time the BRICS will account for 61% of global growth." - Source: AfResNet --- http://afresnet.mbendi.com/a_sndmsg/news_view.asp?I=112858
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China high-speed rail zooms past old record at 487 km per hour --- http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/7260181.html
A quote...."The newly developed CRH380BL high-speed train hit a record high speed at 487 kilometers per hour during the test run at the Shanghai-Beijing high-speed railway pilot section on Jan. 9."
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Latin American Disappointment With Obama May Yield to Distrust
--- http://original.antiwar.com/lobe/2011/01/12/latin-american-disappointment-with-obama-may-yield-to-distrust/
A quote...."On key issues, Obama fell far short of his early pledge at the Trinidad Summit of the Americas in April 2009 to pursue "engagement based on mutual respect" with Washington’s southern neighbors. -- These notably include the administration’s failure to move more forcefully toward normalizing ties with Cuba [that'll never happen] and to close the Guantánamo detention facility [another Obama promise broken]; its clumsy handling [a.k.a. its support....] --- http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/usdeathsquads-weblist-mpg-111406.html#HHHHHS --- of the 2009 coup d’etat against Honduran President; its failure to consult with allies [it deceived them] on the since-aborted agreement with Colombia over access to military bases; [Hip Hip Hooray] and its harsh rejection [a complete and utter betrayal] --- http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/theroadtowarispavedwithactsofcowardice-mpg-reficultnias-080410 --- of Brazil’s efforts to defuse growing tensions between the U.S. and Iran."
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Lebanese Government Collapses --- http://www.intifada-palestine.com/2011/01/lebanese-government-collapses/
A quote...."Lebanon’s unity government has collapsed after the Hezbollah movement and its political allies resigned from the cabinet over arguments stemming from a UN investigation into the assassination of Rafiq al-Hariri, the former Lebanese prime minister, in 2005."
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'US behind instability in Lebanon' --- http://www.presstv.ir/detail/159877.html
A quote...."Iran's ambassador to Beirut says Washington's interferences resulted in the failure of Saudi Arabian and Syrian efforts to stabilize Lebanon."
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Israeli troops cross into Lebanon --- http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2011/01/12/israeli-troops-cross-into-lebanon/
War Provocation - A quote...."Lebanon’s army say Israeli troops have once again breached the country’s sovereignty, crossing into the Lebanese territory and kidnapping a civilian. -- A statement released by the Lebanese army on Wednesday said that an Israeli patrol has crossed into the southern village of Rmeish and abducted a Lebanese shepherd." - Source: PressTV --- http://www.presstv.ir/detail/159886.html
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Israel's assault on human rights --- http://www.redress.cc/palestine/ngordon20110113
A quote...."Neve Gordon considers the ongoing delegitimization of human rights watchdogs in Israel. He cites the blocking of human rights websites at Ben-Gurion airport and fears that the next step might be the shutting down of these groups altogether."
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Why APARTHEID Israel HIDES Behind SIX MILLION LIES
--- http://careandwashingofthebrain.blogspot.com/2011/01/why-apartheid-israel-hides-behind-six.html
Special Note - Contains Video - Alt --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic-gBmGpk_o --- Database -- A quote...."Israel is an out of control terrorist state, armed with nukes that they have threatened to use against the entire world, if their Zionist experiment in land theft, mass murder, false flags, back-stabbing and using their "Too Big to JAIL" Wall Street banks and their Zionist front for money laundering, the Fed to rob 'We the People' blind ever becomes exposed."
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Israel Begrudges Palestine Its Fragile Tourism --- http://mycatbirdseat.com/2011/01/israel-begrudges-palestine-its-fragile-tourism/
A quote...."The Palestinians’ modest attempt to attract tourists to their country was promptly met by the Israel lobby’s ‘usual suspects’ squealing their indignation and making fatuous territorial claims."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Palestinians discuss Israeli war threats --- http://www.plfpakistan.com/?p=26242
A quote...."Hamas and a number of other Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip have met to discuss recent Israeli threats to wage a new war on the coastal enclave. -- The meeting held on Wednesday was attended by members of Hamas, the Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and came a few days after Hamas said it would ensure Palestinian factions observe a truce."
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Hundreds displaced in village demolition --- http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2011/01/12/hundreds-displaced-in-village-demolition/
A quote...."HEBRON — Three-hundred Palestinians were displaced Wednesday afternoon when their homes outside a village were torn down by Israeli military order, and witnesses said parts of a schoolhouse were also destroyed." - Source: Ma'an --- http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=350432
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Army Kidnaps Eight Palestinians In the West Bank --- http://www.imemc.org/article/60405
A quote...."    The Israeli army conducted on Thursday at dawn an arrest campaign in the occupied West Bank, and kidnapped eight Palestinians Israel claims to be wanted by its security forces."
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In Israel They Shackle (Plaestinian) Children --- http://www.shoah.org.uk/2011/01/11/in-israel-they-shackle-palestinian-children/
A quote...."Perhaps the most shocking of all things in Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians is the way that children are treated. It is unimaginable that a Jewish Israeli child would be brought to court in shackles or even be placed in a court of law."
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Israeli FM’s visit protested in Greece --- http://www.plfpakistan.com/?p=26245
A quote...."Dozens of Palestinians in Greece have taken to streets to protest a visit by Israel’s hawkish Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. -- The Palestinians and pro-Palestinian supporters gathered on Wednesday in front of the Greek parliament in the capital, Athens, and denounced Lieberman’s visit to the country, the Greek news agency ANA reported."
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Predictions 2011: Jim Rogers, Marc Faber and Richard Russell Agree --- http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl3/predictions2011.html
A quote...."What do Jim Rogers, Marc Faber and Richard Russell have in common? All three men possess a gift for analyzing financial markets independently and cautiously, and do so with decades of experience. Each man sells nothing but what’s on his mind – the best kind of advice to cautious investors. -- All three expect 2011 to be a troublesome year, with the growing possibility of unpleasant surprises, turmoil and wealth destruction."
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Global Wealth Shifts as Asians Stock Up On Bad Debt --- http://www.lewrockwell.com/bonner/bonner450.html
A quote...."The subject yesterday was European debt. The bond vigilantes came ashore in Portugal, attacking Portuguese government bonds. They seemed to be heading for the Spanish border. -- All over Europe, the cry went up: “Can anyone stop them?” -- It was as if the Huns were at the doors of Vienna…or the Moors were massed at the walls of Poitiers. Where is Charles Martel when you need him? -- The funny thing about yesterday’s news was that Japan had come to Europe’s aid. Following China’s lead, Japan said it would lend the poor Europeans some money. -- What are these strange benefactors up to? Why would Japan – with the highest debt load in the world…and barely able to finance its own deficits – lend to Europeans?"
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Could the U.S. Dollar Rise 50%? --- http://www.oftwominds.com/blogjan11/dollar-rises01-11.html
Special Note - A quote...."Conventional wisdom is that the Fed wants the U.S. dollar lower, so it must drop. But the dollar seems to be lacking proper obedience to the Fed's grand commands. -- Before you shout that all fiat currencies go to zero, let's stipulate that the U.S. dollar has already proceeded 95% of the way to zero. According to the handy BLS inflation calculator, the 2010 dollar is roughly worth 4.5 cents of the 1913 dollar. Put another way, it now takes $22.10 to buy what $1 purchased in 1913."
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Failing to Prosecute Financial Fraud - On Either Side of the Atlantic - Is Extending Our Economic Crisis
--- http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/01/failing-to-prosecute-financial-fraud-on.html
Special Note - A quote...."As numerous experts have pointed out for years, failing to prosecute financial fraud is extending our economic crisis. -- This continues to be a key, ongoing story."
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The Global Commodity Equity Index Hits 27 Month High - Hat Tip to Bernie & his Boys!! - mpg
--- http://www.zerohedge.com/article/global-commodity-equity-index-hits-27-month-high
Chart - A quote...."Presenting the Jefferies global commodity index (CRB) which just hit a 27 month high."
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Oil prices hike in Asian markets --- http://www.presstv.ir/detail/159928.html --- Yeah Bernie!! - mpg
A quote...."Oil prices have climbed in Asian trade markets for a fourth consecutive day with the Brent crude oil reaching its highest level in 27 months."
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US Banks Reporting Phantom Income on $1.4 Trillion Delinquent Mortgages
--- http://blogs.forbes.com/robertlenzner/2011/01/12/us-banks-reporting-phantom-income-on-1-4-trillion-delinquent-mortgages/?boxes=Homepagechannels
A quote...."The giant US banks have been bailed out again from huge potential writeoffs by loosey-goosey accounting accepted by the accounting profession and the regulators. -- They are allowed to accrue interest on non-performing mortgages ” until the actual foreclosure takes place, which on average takes about 16 months."
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After Brief Sabbatical, Muni Massacre Is Back --- http://www.zerohedge.com/article/after-brief-sabbatical-muni-massacre-back
Many people will say "so-what", Bernie and his boys will just print another couple of trillion, take their cut, and bail out the Municipalities. Probably not, Bernie's multiple programs of federal tax-payer supported largess were first designed solely to save the TBTFs and the Wall Street crooks, and second, the Gangster-Bankster monopoly of Fed control of the money supply. As such, the Munis, by going out and trying to raise their own money, (even if they use Bernie's script) could actually be considered as competitors to Bernie and his boys. Therefore they'll probably be allowed to go bankrupt unless Bernie's buddies can find some way to make even more money by bailing them out. - mpg - See article shown below.....
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US Federal Reserve chief rules out loans to the states --- http://wsws.org/articles/2011/jan2011/pers-j13.shtml
Related Article - A quote...."Testifying last Friday before the Senate Budget Committee, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke rejected any aid to state or local governments across the country that are facing massive budget deficits. “We have no expectation or intention to get involved in state and local finances,” Bernanke said, adding later that the states “should not expect loans from the Fed.” - bold/underline by website editor
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Bernanke Vs. Trichet as Obama Defies Cameron-Merkel Splits G-20
--- http://blacklistednews.com/Bernanke-Vs.-Trichet-as-Obama-Defies-Cameron-Merkel-Splits-G-20/12282/0/9/9/Y/M.html
A quote,...."For a brief period starting in the autumn of 2008, leaders of the world’s richest nations moved in lockstep to slash interest rates, rescue banks and pump billions of dollars of stimulus into their ailing economies. That was followed by a declaration by the Group of 20 nations in April 2009 that financial firms needed more regulation to prevent another global meltdown. -- As 2011 dawns, there are arguments between nations -- and even among domestic policy makers -- about how to prevent further market turmoil while at the same time spur stronger growth, Bloomberg Markets magazine reports in its February issue."
Source: Bloomberg   --- http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-12/bernanke-vs-trichet-as-obama-defies-cameron-merkel-splits-g-20.html
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World Bank sees 2011 economic decline --- http://www.presstv.ir/detail/159934.html
A quote...."The World Bank has warned that the rate of global economic growth will slow down in 2011 with emerging markets growing much faster than developed economies."
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Manifestations of Zionist Power: From 9/11 to Gaza to a New War on Lebanon
--- http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/01/09/joshua-blakeney-manifestations-of-zionist-power-from-911-to-gaza-to-a-new-war-on-lebanon/
Must View Video - Alt --- http://www.ratedesi.com/video/v/gA6VXOR5ogo/Manifestations-of-Zionist-Power:-From-9/11-to-Gaza-to-a-New-War-on-Lebanon --- (www.ratedesi.com --- http://www.ratedesi.com/video/tag/zionism? --- Duration: 14:59 - Uploaded 2011-01-09) - Source: Globalization1492 --- http://www.ratedesi.com/video/author/Globalization1492 --- A quote...."Joshua Blakeney draws together various analyses of Zionism." - Some relevent quotes.....

"We have no solution, you (the Palestinians) shall continue to live like dogs, and whoever wishes may leave, and we will see where this process leads... " -- *Moshe Dayan*, (1915-1981), who served as Chief of Staff of the IDF, defense minister, and leader of the Labor party in Israel

"When we have settled the land, all the Arabs will be able to do about it will be to scurry around like drugged roaches in a bottle. " -- *Rafael Eitan*, (1929-2004), who served as Chief of Staff of the IDF, and later as Knesset member and minister.
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Remove 'The Israeli Shackles' and Wrest Back America
--- http://mycatbirdseat.com/2011/01/remove-%E2%80%98the-israeli-shackles%E2%80%99-and-wrest-back-america/
Contains Videos - JFK-ScrtSocty(1/2) --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E58u3_8oHsY --- JFK-ScrtSocty(2/2) --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhZk8ronces --- A quote...."Kennedy warned us that secrecy would bring us tyranny”quoted Gordon Duff. And we have seen a lot of that lately. President Kennedy also told the Newspaper Publishers Association that “it is to the printing press, the recorder of man’s deeds, the keeper of his conscience, the courier of his news, that we look for strength and assistance, confident that with your help man will be what he was born to be: Free and Independent.”
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Additional Omitted Points in CIA-Gulen coverage & A Note from ‘The Insider’
--- http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/01/11/additional-omitted-points-in-cia-gulen-coverage-a-note-from-%E2%80%98the-insider%E2%80%99/
Special Note- A quote...."Last week I wrote about the Washington Post’s incomplete and one-sided coverage of the recently published memoir by former Turkish Intelligence Chief Osman Nuri Gundes exposing CIA Operations via an Islamic Group in Central Asia. Since then I have gone over the same book’s review and coverage by the Turkish mainstream media, and I have interviewed reporters and sources in Turkey who have read the book, followed the coverage, and or are intimately familiar with the topic. With that I now have several additional points on this exposé which further illustrate the journalistically mind-boggling piece marketed by the Post."
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The Ugly Truth Podcast Jan 10, 2011 --- http://theuglytruth.podbean.com/2011/01/10/the-ugly-truth-podcast-jan-10-2011/
AltYuTbAudio --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZtl2bm17yI#%21 --- (some tech problems - beeps)
Audio - A quote...."We are honored and priveldged to have with us Susan Lindauer, former CIA/DIA Intelligence Asset who joins the program to discuss her personal, 1st hand information concerning the attacks of 9/11 and the fact that elements within the US government going all the way to the top had foreknowledge of the attacks, as well as Israel direct, immediate and irrefutable role in it all. Her book Extreme Prejudice–The Terrifying Story of the Patriot Act and the Cover Ups of 9/11 and Iraq --- http://www.amazon.com/Extreme-Prejudice-Terrifying-Story-Patriot/dp/1453642757 --- is probably the most important book that Americans who understand the dangers that their country faces can read right now."
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9-11 WTC Attacks Israel Mossad - Susan Lindauer Ex-CIA/DIA - Kevin Barret Show
--- http://fightingforliberty.ning.com/video/911-wtc-attacks-israel-mossad
YouTube/Audio - Alt --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MieyIDrkJU#%21 --- (YuTb - 52min 41sec - January 11, 2011) - Source: o2optimus2o
--- http://www.youtube.com/user/o2optimus2o
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Oh, It Was The John P. Wheeler III Who Was Involved In The Barksdale-Minot Incident Who Was Found In A Landfill!
--- http://femalefaust.blogspot.com/2011/01/oh-it-was-john-p-wheeler-iii-who-was.html
Quote of the Day...."What the "news" is not telling you is -- Wheeler was the assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force in the George W. Bush Administration. It was the Secretary of the Air Force who discovered that Richard Cheney had set up an alternative chain of command to the nuclear weapons wing of the AF. In the process, six minutemen missiles armed with nuclear warheads were secretly transported from Minot AFB to Barksdale AFB. The later is the chief staging base for the Middle East war. The alarm system for the weapons was deactivated for the transport, something that not even the base commander could authorize. The orders had to have come from above. Many point to Cheney. Before the warheads could be flown via B-52 to the Iraq/Iran theater, the Secretary of the Air Force ordered the stand-down of all B-52 flights. When he discovered the alternative chain of command to Cheney, he fired all military personnel who were involved. Cheney was said to have been livid. The Secretary ordered an investigation of what the AF press release called an oversight, and 70 enlisted men and 5 officers were removed from the Minot nuclear system. -- At the same time, people involved began to die mysteriously. Wheeler is only the latest casualty." - Topix || US-False Flag Ops -- Minot AFB || --- http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/falseflagops-weblist-mpg-082006#BARKSDALE
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Patriot Act, a Nazi Law: Ex-CIA Officer --- http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27229.htm
Contains Video - USWarOnRights(1/2) --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO1i-xnKuno --- USWarOnRights(2/2) --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuTEmOtwEiQ --- A quote...."January 10, 2010 "Press TV " --- “The Patriot Act was similar to legislation carried out by the Nazis because essentially it was using terrorism in both cases as an excuse to strip civil liberties that were enjoyed in both countries; in the United States and Germany,” Phillip Giraldi said in an interview with Press TV. -- “Governments have been willing to use fear, such as fear of terrorism, and fear of the enemy, as a way to get the people lined up in support of government policies. Very often these policies are essentially bad for the people because they take away many of their rights,” the former CIA officer said." - Topix || US-False Flag Ops -- Detroit's Lap Bomber || --- http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/falseflagops-weblist-mpg-082006#LAPBOMBER
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What Really Happened with Michael Rivero – January 11th, 2011
--- http://dprogram.net/2011/01/12/what-really-happened-with-michael-rivero-january-11th-2011/
Video - Alt --- http://www.justin.tv/michaelrivero#r=-rid-&s=em --- (JustInTV - 2hrs - January 11th, 2011) - Source: MichaelRiveroTV --- http://www.justin.tv/michaelrivero/ --- Michael Rivero discusses the Gabrielle Gifford shooting and the inevitable and expected fall-out; an attempt to ban guns. Also covered; the recent John P Wheeler & Ashley Turton "wetwork", ClimateGate, the TSA's goons, ForeclosureGate and other foibles of the New Roman Empire. - mpg
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The USA: Being Destroyed by Blind Fools and Back-Stabbing Traitors
--- http://careandwashingofthebrain.blogspot.com/2011/01/usa-being-destroyed-by-blind-fools-and.html
A quote...."Michael Prysner, a veteran of the Iraq War and one of the co-founders of March Forward!, gets it. His group is one of those organizing the March 19 protests. Prysner joined the Army out of high school in June 2001. He was part of the Iraq invasion force. He worked during the war in Iraq tracking targets and calling in airstrikes and artillery barrages. He took part in nighttime raids on Iraqi homes. He worked as an interrogator. He did ground surveillance missions and protected convoys. He left the Army in 2005, disgusted by the war and the lies told to sustain it."
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If You Thought The Second Amendment... --- http://market-ticker.org/post=177046
A quote...."Rep. Brady (D – PA) has promised to introduce new legislation to criminalize any political speech which could be perceived as incendiary, and other Democrats suggested that there should be a blanket ban on all speech and symbols which might be conceivably interpreted as incendiary against members of Congress."
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Wikileaks 1-11-11 --- http://dprogram.net/2011/01/11/wikileaks-1-11-11/
A DProgram round-up on attempts to censor Wikileaks (attempts which will affect us all). - mpg
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Tucson Community Event Shooting 1-11-11 --- http://dprogram.net/2011/01/11/tucson-community-event-shooting-1-11-11/
A DProgram round-up on the Gabrielle Gifford shooting. - mpg
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Gordon Duff: Murder in Arizona - Moral Flexibility and Relativism
--- http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/01/10/gordon-duff-murder-in-arizona-moral-flexibility-and-relativism/
Special Note - A quote...."What is the story here?   Politics gone bad, gun nuts or another of the seemingly endless string of “Manchurian Candidates,” another “three name killer” to add to the string of equally artificial “just add water” terrorists. -- Imagine what our government has in store for us now."
also posted at MyCatBird'sSeat --- http://mycatbirdseat.com/2011/01/gordon-duff-murder-in-arizona-moral-flexibility-and-relativism/
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Shamocracy rules America --- http://mycatbirdseat.com/2011/01/shamocracy-rules-america-anthony-lawson/
A quote....“Although the United States goes through the formalities of trying to demonstrate to the rest of the world that it is a democracy, every four years (with intermediate elections every two years), it is not a democracy, it is closer to a plutocracy or an oligarchy, but maybe a newer word should be used: Shamocracy"
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Grains of sand: highlights from the alternative media --- http://www.redress.cc/global/pjballes20110112
A quote...."Paul J. Balles highlights “the brilliance and integrity of the alternative press” – characteristics that are often lacking in the mainstream media – with selected quotes on current events from active writers in the alternative media."
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Waste Effort: US ghost cash flushed down Afghan drain --- http://www.youtube.com/user/RussiaToday#p/u/26/AGK-1F99yX4
Must View RTVideo - Alt --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGK-1F99yX4 --- (RTYuTb - 4min 07sec - January 09, 2011) - Source: RussiaToday --- http://www.youtube.com/user/RussiaToday --- A quote...."After having wasted billions in Iraq, Washington has been washing billions more in Afghanistan -- in a war that has lasted longer than American involvement in WWII. "About 375 billion dollars has already been spent on the afghan war. this doesn't include basic things like care for soldiers in the future," said Tom Engelhardt, author of "The American Way of War: How Bush's became Obama's" and of Tomdispatch.com. What this amount doesn't include is the cash that goes missing into the abyss. From ghost construction projects which remain incomplete to arms that end up in the wrong hands, billions of dollars pumped by the US into Afghanistan do not end up where intended."
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Afghan campaign caused $100 million damage: inquiry --- http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70A3B620110111
A quote...."KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan and foreign forces have caused more than $100 million damage to fruit crops and homes during security operations in southern Kandahar province, a government delegation said on Tuesday."
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Israel ship prompts high alert in Lebanon --- http://www.presstv.ir/detail/159763.html
War Alert - A quote...."Israel has deployed a naval vessel dangerously close to the Lebanese coast, prompting Beirut to put the Armed Forces on high alert."
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'Hit men kill 240 Iraqi officials' --- http://www.presstv.ir/detail/159631.html
A quote...."Iraqi Interior Ministry's Under-Secretary for Security Major General Hussein Kamal says nearly 240 security men and intelligence officials have recently been killed by hit men."
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Iran Blasts West's Double-Standard Policy on N. Non-Proliferation --- http://english.farsnews.net/newstext.php?nn=8910211518
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Foreign Ministry lashed out at the West for its double-standard policy on nuclear progress and disarmament, questioning why the western countries upgrade their own nuclear warheads and weapons, while pressurizing the other countries to suspend their peaceful nuclear programs."
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Azerbaijan to sign gas export deal with Iran --- http://en.rian.ru/business/20110112/162111942.html
A quote...."Iran's oil minister and OPEC President Seyed Masoud Mirkazemi arrived in Azerbaijan on Wednesday to sign a long-term contract for import of up to 5 billion cubic meters of Azerbaijani gas to Iran annually. -- The two sides will also discuss joint energy projects and oil and gas deals, and the exchange of electric energy, a spokesman for the Iranian embassy in Azerbaijan said."
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[Iranian] Army to Develop New Generation of Smart Bombs --- http://english.farsnews.net/newstext.php?nn=8910211388
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian Army official said that the country is working on a new generation of 2,000-pound (900 kg) smart bombs to boost their range."
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[Iranian] Minister: Israeli Intelligence Apparatus Infiltrated by Iran --- http://english.farsnews.net/newstext.php?nn=8910211458
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi announced on Tuesday that the country could arrest 10 Israeli spies and disband several spying networks after it infiltrated the Zionist regime's intelligence system and IT networks."
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Tunisian protesters to hold more rallies --- http://www.presstv.ir/detail/159770.html
A quote...."Tunisian protesters say they will continue demonstrating over unemployment and high costs of living in the North African country despite the government's deadly crackdown on them."
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Militarization Of Energy Policy: U.S. Africa Command And the Gulf Of Guinea
--- http://blacklistednews.com/Militarization-Of-Energy-Policy%3A-U.S.-Africa-Command-And-the-Gulf-Of-Guinea/12262/0/25/25/Y/M.html
A quote...."At the beginning of the century, while the United States was still embroiled in military interventions in the Balkans and had launched what would become the longest war in its history in Afghanistan with the invasion of Iraq to follow, it was also laying the groundwork for subordinating the African continent to a new military command." - Topix || Africa - the Next Target - 02-28-08 - mpg || --- http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/africathenexttarget-blog-mpg-022808
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Russia to supply LNG to India --- http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/01/11/39325201.html
Full quote...."Russia’s Gazprom oil and gas concern is to supply 300 000 tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to India over two years, ITAR-TASS reports. -- The agreement to that effect has been signed by Gazprom’s subsidiary Gazprom Marketing & Trading and India’s Gurjat State Petroleum Corporation." - also posted at SCF --- http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2011/01/11/russia-to-supply-lng-to-india.html
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Kazakhstan to Join Russian Air-Defense Shield --- http://gsn.nti.org/gsn/nw_20110111_3295.php
A quote...."Kazakhstan's anticipated acquisition of Russian S-300 air-defense systems from Russia is indicative of the two nations' efforts to strengthen protection in the region against airstrikes, the Georgian Daily reported today (see GSN, Dec. 8, 2010)."
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Explosion at Georgian military base kills 3 --- http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/01/11/39294776.html
Full quote...."Three people died and at least 20 were injured when an explosion ripped thought a military base in Georgia on Tuesday. -- The explosion occurred at the Krtsanisi Training Center between the cities of Tbilisi and Rustavi where U.S. instructors train Georgian military personnel before deployment to Afghanistan."
also posted at SCF   --- http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2011/01/11/explosion-at-georgian-military-base-kills-3.html
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Stealth Race: China test flies Chengdu J-20 'Black Eagle' --- http://www.youtube.com/user/RussiaToday#p/u/4/gpifTCL7D7A
RTVideo - Alt --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpifTCL7D7A --- (RTYuTb - 4min 11sec - January 11, 2011) - Source: RussiaToday --- http://www.youtube.com/user/RussiaToday --- A quote...."China's confirmed it's conducted a successful test flight of its new stealth fighter. Following on the heels of the U.S. and Russia, it is now the third country to put a stealth prototype into the air."
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China spurns strategic security talks with U.S. --- http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jan/10/china-spurns-strategic-security-talks-with-us/
A quote...."China's defense minister on Monday rebuffed an offer from Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates to hold strategic nuclear talks, saying military dialogue will be limited to counterpiracy, counterterrorism and peacekeeping cooperation."
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White Plague Back: London TB Capital of Europe? --- http://www.youtube.com/user/RussiaToday#p/u/2/0cNcycUxnkY
RTVideo - Alt --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cNcycUxnkY --- (RTYuTb - 3min 51sec - January 12, 2011) - Source: RussiaToday --- http://www.youtube.com/user/RussiaToday --- A quote...."Known as the 'white plague' in 19th Century England, tuberculosis is now increasingly a modern-day menace for those living in the UK. Viewed as the TB capital of Western Europe, the illness outbreak in Britain has been connected to both poverty and immigration. But as RT's Laura Emmet discovered, the infection is now spreading beyond those high risk groups."
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What to do with Israel? --- http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/11-01-2011/116484-do_israel-0/ --- Boycott!! Boycott!! Boycott!! - mpg
A quote...."With Israel's arrogance and lawlessness growing by the day, with its illegal policies now being openly branded as such by the United Nations Organization, as Tel Aviv continues its illegal practice of building colonies on lands it does not possess under international law, could the solution be Israel out of the UNO?" - For more on how to Boycott, Divest and Sanction the state of Israel see the upper-left-corner of the "Front Page" --- http://www.reficultnias.org/ --- of this website.
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'Israel threatens Mideast stability' --- http://www.presstv.ir/detail/159785.html
A quote...."Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says policies pursued by the Israeli regime greatly undermine peace and stability in the Middle East."
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EU envoys in 'East Jerusalem call' --- http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/01/201111017121774419.html
A quote...."European Union envoys in the Middle East have urged Brussels to treat East Jerusalem as the future capital of a Palestinian state and severely criticised Israeli polices there, according to a leaked report. - In the document, the heads of 25 European missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah recommend a range of actions to be taken in order to discourage Israel from continuing to "undermine" the status of the disputed part of the city."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Hamas tells other Gaza militants to stop attacks --- http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110111/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians
Special Note - Hamas should call Riyadh, Washington DC and Tel Aviv and tell them to call off their "pseudo-gangs". --- http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/theaxisofevilandtheirpseudogangs-mpg-reficultnias-052210 --- They'd probably get a better response. - mpg -- A quote...."GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – The militant Hamas rulers of Gaza appealed to other armed Palestinian groups in the territory Tuesday to halt a recent spike in violence, fearing an all-out Israeli invasion in response."
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Gaza Health Ministry says medicine running out --- http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=349670
A quote...."GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Gaza's Ministry of Health warned Sunday that it was at risk of running out of insulin and kidney dialysis fluid within days." - also posted at Uruknet --- http://www.uruknet.de/?p=m73743&hd=&size=1&l=e
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Israel makes too many mistakes for them to be mistakes --- http://www.uruknet.de/?p=m73738&hd=&size=1&l=e
A quote...."Israel makes too many mistakes for them to be mistakesThe brutal killing of an unarmed Palestinian as he lay asleep in his own bed has been "regretted" by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF). I am sure that the IDF's statement gives the victim's widow and family some consolation in their period of mourning."
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Mizan: IOF killed 14 Palestinians, wounded 38 last month
--- http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/en/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7Sfe3VT
rvVcXOgg6lOgT9Vw1vEy3aly%2b3NUK%2bIEJRqUlJOGfOupSLMVXSp3LhyMra%2f55wSGNe%2f%2f0slh9pal2UjXydiheF1oLpep4n7HzhVk4%3d
A quote...."GAZA, (PIC)-- The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) killed 14 Palestinians including two children and wounded 38 citizens including eight children during the past month of December, the Mizan center for human rights said in a report. -- The report published on Monday said that the IOF troops launched five major incursions into the Gaza Strip during which dozens of cultivated dunums were bulldozed. -- It highlighted the IOF navy forces escalated targeting of Palestinian fishermen in the final month of 2010, wounding one and arresting six while fishing. -- Mizan said that the IOF opened artillery and rocket fire at the Strip 17 times during December inflicting casualties and material damage to civilian property."
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Israel bulldozes 2 houses in Qalqilya --- http://www.paltelegraph.com/palestine/west-bank/8167-israel-bulldozes-2-houses-in-qalqilya.html
A quote...."Qalqilya, (Pal Telegraph) - Israeli occupation bulldozers started Tuesday morning demolishing two houses in the southern of Qalqilya,in the occupied West Bank, claiming their built without a permit."
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Demolishing another Jerusalem Landmark --- http://www.palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=16540
A quote...."Once again Israel demonstrates its contempt for the world. This time the location is the Jerusalem quarter of Sheikh Jarrah and this time the occasion is the demolition of the Shepherd Hotel, the latest target in a process of demolition and rebuilding in the Zionist image that has been going on for the past six decades in all of Palestine. -- The first actions of the occupying regime in East Jerusalem in 1967 was the destruction of the medieval Magharibah quarter, founded in the 12th century by a son of the great warrior Salah al Din al Ayyubi (Saladin), to make way for a 'plaza' in front of the western wall of the Haram al Sharif. -- Soon after it was the turn of the Fakhriya compound, the home of the sheikh of the Shafi'i school of Islamic law. A section of the Mamilla century, where the remains include the bones of the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad, was bulldozed to make way for a garden, a car park and lavatories. -- The rest has since been built over to make way for a 'Museum of Tolerance'. The destroyed buildings were part of Jerusalem's architectural and historical heritage." - also posted at AlethoNews --- http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2011/01/11/demolishing-another-jerusalem-landmark/ --- For more on this sort of issue see previously posted quote shown below....

"Today is history. Today will be remembered. Years from now, the young will ask with wonder about this day. Today is history, and you are part of it. Six hundred years ago, when elsewhere they were footing the blame for the Black Plague, Kasmierz the Great, so called, told the Jews they could come to Krakow. They came. They trundled their belongings into the city. They settled; they took hold; they prospered in business, science, education, the arts. They came here with nothing. Nothing. And they flourished. For six centuries, there has been a Jewish Krakow. Think about that. By this evening, those six centuries are a rumor. They never happened. Today is history." -- *Amon Göth *, SS Captain of the Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp --- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w-P%C5%82asz%C3%B3w_concentration_camp --- as portrayed in the movie Schindler's List --- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schindler%27s_List

"The Płaszów camp, originally intended as a forced labour camp, was constructed on the grounds of two former Jewish cemeteries in the summer of 1942 during [the] Nazi German occupation of Poland.[3]" --- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w-P%C5%82asz%C3%B3w_concentration_camp#cite_note-fgj-2 --- posted 08-05-10

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The Mechanics of Hyperinflation: Bankers vs. Politicos --- http://www.oftwominds.com/blogjan11/bankers-vs-politcos01-11.html
Special Note - Second Quote of the Day...."Without a systemic understanding, history and the present both devolve to Toynbee's "one damned thing after another." If we are to make sense of history--and with the aid of history, to make sense of the present--we need what I call an integrated understanding. -- Schools of thought develop around key insights, and then they attempt to project these core insights onto the entire world. This over-extends the original context of the insights, and so the school becomes discredited. -- I am a pragmatist rather than an ideologist, and so I have no patience for ideological purity. As a result, I don't claim any "school of thought" or economic camp as my own; I try to incorporate the core insights from all schools of thought into my own understanding." - bold by website editor
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[US] Wage Drop Has Been Worst In Decades --- http://blacklistednews.com/Wage-Drop-Has-Been-Worst-In-Decades/12266/0/13/13/Y/M.html
A quote...."Wages for American workers have fallen dramatically since the financial crisis, in what will likely turn out to be the worst such plunge since the Great Depression, the Wall Street Journal reports. -- When hard times hit, employers typically are reluctant to reduce wages. But this downturn has been different: More than half the workers who found new work by early 2010 after losing jobs between 2007 and 2009 said their pay had dropped, according to Labor Department data cited in the WSJ. A full 36 percent said the new job paid 20 percent less than their former one."
also posted at ICH --- http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27241.htm
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Job Openings in U.S. Fall by 80,000 to 3.25 Million, Labor Department Says
--- http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-11/job-openings-in-u-s-fall-by-80-000-to-3-25-million-labor-department-says.html
A quote...."Job openings in the U.S. fell in November from the highest level in two years, signaling a sustained labor market recovery will take time to develop. -- The number of positions waiting to be filled decreased by 80,000 to 3.25 million, the Labor Department said today in Washington. The number of people hired dropped from the prior month and separations climbed."
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Wholesale Inventories Miss Expectations Of 1%, Print -0.2%, First Decline Since November 2009
--- http://www.zerohedge.com/article/wholesale-inventories-miss-expectations-1-print-02-first-decline-november-2009
A quote...."Is the biggest driver to GDP growth (aside from the government's transfer payments of course) starting to ebb? November wholesale inventories printed at -0.2%, the first decline since 2009, a miss of expectations of 1.0%, and a drop from October's revised 1.7%."
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'US economy to decline for ten years' --- http://www.presstv.ir/detail/159420.html
A quote...."Several prominent economists have portrayed a grim outlook for the ailing economy in the US, saying the recovery remains a long way off even more than a decade."
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A Round-Up of Science Articles....

An Overwhelming Number of Scientific Studies Conclude That Cavity Levels are Falling Worldwide ... Even In Countries Which Don't Fluoridate Water
--- http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/01/overwhelming-number-of-scientific.html
A quote...."Everyone agrees that the number of cavities have plummeted in the U.S. over the last couple of decades, after water fluoridation was introduced (that is why health officials call water fluoridation "one of the ten greatest public health accomplishments of the last century"). -- That proves that water fluoridation fights cavities, right? -- It would, of course, if the cavity levels have not also plummeted in countries which do not fluoridate their water. -- Let's take a look at the scientific literature to get an unvarnished picture on the trends."
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Amazing Science Discoveries --- http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/01/amazing-science-discoveries.html
A quote...."Three amazing science discoveries which caught my eye today ...

Thunderstorms Make Anti-Matter
Scientists Store Data in E. Coli Bacteria
Half Animal, Half Plant

V for Vendetta - 2011 --- http://www.theburningplatform.com/?p=9398
Must Read - A quote...."(BurningPlatform) – After the horrific mass murder in Tucson yesterday I had trouble sleeping last night. When my mind gets overloaded, I can’t sleep. I came downstairs at 3:30 am and for some reason decided now was the time to watch the movie V For Vendetta. Many people had recommended this movie over the years, but I had never gotten around to it. Well, on the day after the attempted assassination of a Congresswoman and murder of six others, including a Federal Judge, this movie provided a vision into what could happen next in this country."
also posted at DProgram --- http://dprogram.net/2011/01/10/v-for-vendetta-2011/#more-65989
& ZeroHedge --- http://www.zerohedge.com/article/guest-post-v-vendetta-2011
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Outlaw that speech because it MIGHT be a threat... --- http://poorrichards-blog.blogspot.com/2011/01/outlaw-that-speech-because-it-might-be.html
Related Article - A quote...."It was only a matter of time before the Gabrielle Giffords tragedy was turned into a rationale for the government to take more of our freedoms. This is how our government always responds to tragedy--it's almost formulaic:"
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Regarding "Elections" & "Elected" Officials
01-10-11
mpg

Climate of Hate --- http://readersupportednews.org/off-site-opinion-section/72-72/4555-climate-of-hate
Regarding this article and the comments posted to it.

What everyone should remember is that Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party achieved much of their power through legal elections and instituted many of their programs and policies through legal mandates. Although Hitler did not achieve the office of Chancellor through elections, --- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler%27s_rise_to_power --- (he'd been appointed to the office by President Paul von Hindenburg and a consortium of business interests who were worried about Communism's growing influence in Germany), he was able to achieve that office and later take over Germany because the "Nazi party gathered enough electoral support to become the largest political party in the Reichstag."

This website editor has repeatedly stated for years that it is the people's obligation to vote responsibly. Mindlessly watching corporate sponsored and financed political TV advertisements while endlessly voting for the candidates promoted by these advertisements, candidates who repeatedly betray their promises and who openly service the agendas of corporations and even foreign nations who sponsor their campaigns is not voting responsibly.

Voting for Demos & Repubs when there is not one whit of difference between the two parties and their respective policies is not voting responsibly. Still, up till now, most of the votes cast in this nation's elections have usually been counted with a fair degree of accuracy to the point where if the difference in any given election was greater than three to five percentage points, it was usually very difficult, if not impossible, for either party to steal it.

And while we as a nation still possess such a semi-effective electoral system, and whereas the voters of this nation keep voluntarily voting for the same identical bastards over and over and over again, it will be the voters responsibility for the tragedies and betrayals that will be repeatedly inflicted upon them.

As such this website editor would never advocate violence to alter or abolish this or any other government while votes are still being openly garnered, freely cast and fairly (relatively speaking) counted. With one grave exception....

The voters of this nation are not allowed to vote its citizens constitutional rights away, nor allow their constitutional rights to be abolished or abrogated by the representatives they vote into office. What constitutes a sufficiently grave violation of a people's, or an individual's, constitutional rights as to warrant a violent response against governmental tyranny comes down to current facts and circumstances as compared to the historical record.

But here are the major recent highlights so far....

In the year 2001 elements within this government, in collusion (an act of high treason) with two foreign powers --- http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/onevilevenomtippedtalonedhand-thestandardmodel-mpg-reficultnias-072810 --- (Israel and the Saudi Royals) deliberately arranged the murder of almost three thousand of its own citizens --- http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/reficultniass911central-mpg-reficultnias-weblist-100409.html --- to implement a long planned hegemonic foreign policy of military conquest abroad --- http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/911-planningguidance-weblist-mpg-040409 --- and the imposition of a draconian police state at home. Acts and plans deliberately designed to implement the following openly avowed policies.....

Wars by imperial presidential decree
Laws by imperial presidential decree
Unlawful imprisonment
Denial of Habeas Corpus --- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_corpus
Secret trials
Assassinations
Kidnappings
Warrantless search and seizure
Warrantless surveillance
Torture
Indefinate imprisonment without charge or trial
Forced confessions
Forfeiture of property without due process
Denial of the peoples right to peaceably assemble

These acts by this government against US citizens violate many articles of the United States Constitution and certainly meet the definition of being "destructive" to the peoples' "unalienable rights" of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" as stated in the Declaration of Independence shown below.....

"We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness—-That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute a new Government, laying its Foundation on such Principles, and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."

And therefore "it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it [the government]" even if these policies are implemented by "elected" officials. Hopefully peacefully, hopefully without violence, but in the end, it has always been the right of the people to resist oppression and tyranny any way they can when it rises to the levels shown above. - mpg
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“We Are Now at a Historical Inflection Point at Which the Time Has Arrived for a Classic Post-War Demobilization of the Entire Military
Establishment" --- http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/01/we-are-now-at-historical-inflection.html --- Must Read - A quote...."Ronald Reagan's budget director - David Stockman - pulls no punches in a must-read interview with Raw Story:...."
--- http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/01/america-has-reached-the-point-of-no-return-reagan-budget-director-warns/

"We are now at a historical inflection point at which the time has arrived for a classic post-war demobilization of the entire military establishment," David Stockman said in an exclusive interview. -- "The Cold War is long over," he continued. "The wars of occupation are almost over and were complete failures -- Afghanistan and Iraq. The American empire is done. There are no real seriously armed enemies left in the world that can possibly justify an $800 billion national defense and security establishment, including Homeland Security." -- Short of that, he suggested, the United States has "reached the point of no return" with its artificial creation of wealth, and will eventually face a sharp economic decline."

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[However] Even Lost Wars Make Corporations Rich --- http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/even_lost_wars_make_corporations_rich_20110110/
Must Read - A quote...."The moratorium on anti-war protests in 2004 was designed to help elect the Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. John Kerry. It was a foolish and humiliating concession. Kerry snapped to salute like a windup doll when he was nominated. He talked endlessly about victory in Iraq. He assured the country that he would not have withdrawn from Fallujah. And by the time George W. Bush was elected for another term the anti-war movement had lost its momentum. The effort to return Congress to Democratic control in 2006 and end the war in Iraq became another sad lesson in incredulity. The Democratic Party, once in the majority, funded and expanded the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. And Barack Obama in 2008 proved to be yet another advertising gimmick for the corporate and military elite. All our efforts to work within the political process to stop these wars have been abject and miserable failures. And while we wasted our time, tens of thousands of Iraqi, Afghan and Pakistani civilians, as well as U.S. soldiers and Marines, were traumatized, maimed and killed. " - The solution is easy folks, stop voting for Demos & Repubs. If you keep voting for them and you keep getting the exact same result over, and over, and over again....and yet you still keep voting for them - you have only yourselves to blame. - mpg
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Spinning Unemployment in a Collapsing Empire --- http://www.infowars.com/spinning-unemployment-in-a-collapsing-empire/
Must Read - A quote...."The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported Friday that the economy gained only 103,000 new jobs in December—not enough to keep up with population growth—but the rate of unemployment (U.3) fell from 9.8% to 9.4%. If you are confused by the report, you are among the many." - also posted at DProgram --- http://dprogram.net/2011/01/10/spinning-unemployment-in-a-collapsing-empire-paul-craig-roberts/
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Interview with John Perkins, author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
--- http://www.naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=83B1AF93091799E7CEB88C5C459A530B
Must Listen Video - (NaturalNewsTV - 37min 27sec - Uploaded 1/9/2011) - Source: HealthRanger --- http://www.naturalnews.tv/Browse.asp?memberid=20 --- More on the how this Empire was built, on theft, lies, and murder.....mpg -- A quote...."In this video, the Health Ranger [Mike Adams] interviews John Perkins, [here's his discription] --- http://www.naturalnews.com/030963_John_Perkins_economic_hit_man.html --- author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, Hoodwinked and The Secret History of the American Empire. Here, Perkins discusses his history as an economic hit man, how the U.S. controls and manipulates the economics of developing nations, how U.S. agents organize revolutions or assassinations of world leaders, and how U.S. corporations actually run the whole show." -- Related: || John Perkins Website || --- http://www.johnperkins.org/
|| Confesns of an Eco Hit Man || --- http://books.google.com/books?id=nJFFrLX-924C&dq=confessions+of+an+economic+hitman&source=gbs_navlinks_s
|| GoglBkPrcSrch || --- http://books.google.com/books?id=nJFFrLX-924C&sitesec=buy&source=gbs_buy_r
|| Hoodwinked || --- http://books.google.com/books?id=iQf7kUSS5rcC&dq=confessions+of+an+economic+hitman&source=gbs_navlinks_s
|| GoglBkPrcSrch || --- http://books.google.com/books?id=iQf7kUSS5rcC&sitesec=buy&source=gbs_buy_r
|| Scrt His US Empire || --- http://books.google.com/books?id=ncd7DWeNN9UC&dq=the+secret+history+of+the+american+empire&source=gbs_navlinks_s
|| GoglBkPrcSrch || --- http://books.google.com/books?id=ncd7DWeNN9UC&sitesec=buy&source=gbs_buy_r
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Gerald Celente – Internet nuke bomb waiting to go off --- http://dprogram.net/2011/01/10/gerald-celente-internet-nuke-bomb-waiting-to-go-off/
RTVideo - Alt --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC7YE3KBxMo --- (RTYuTb - 11min 30sec - January 10, 2011) - Source: GeraldCelenteChannel --- http://www.youtube.com/user/GeraldCelenteChannel --- A quote...."(RussiaToday) – Gerald Celente, the founder of the Trends Research Institute, believes that the Internet will empower the youth of the world to unite to start a revolution that will overthrow the existing deadlocked elitist establishment. He predicts that in 2011 every citizen is going to realize that the Great Recession the world has been living through is actually a Great Depression, because the American establishment is “running out of schemes.”
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Senior White House Official's Wife's Body Found in Burning Car --- http://redactednews.blogspot.com/2011/01/senior-white-house-officials-wifes-body.html
A quote...."Now this gets interesting, because Rosa DeLauro owned the house in which Rahm Emanuel lived rent-free during House sessions for five years. Word from here in Washington, DeCeit is that the place was wired for audio and video. Ashley Turton, as DeLauro's chief of staff, probably wrote the checks to pay bills on that condo and would be privy to "extra" expenses."
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Body of Wife of Senior White House Official Found in Burning Car
--- http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2011/01/body-of-wife-of-senior-white-house.html
Related Article - A quote...."Car was in a Capitol Hill garage. DC, Capitol police on the scene. - Deceased identified as Ashley Turton, wife of White House liaison to the House of Representatives Dan Turton. - Turton worked as a lobbyist for the Raleigh, N.C.-based utility giant Progress Energy. - She was the former chief of staff to Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)"
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Backup Communications System Was 'Miraculously' Switched on for 'Exercise Mode' and Ready for Use on 9/11
--- http://911blogger.com/news/2011-01-10/backup-communications-system-was-miraculously-switched-exercise-mode-and-ready-use-911
A quote...."A special backup network that allows communications between government and military agencies to continue during emergencies was "miraculously" switched on the day before 9/11, and so was already operational when the terrorist attacks in New York and at the Pentagon took place. The Special Routing Arrangement Service (SRAS) was, for reasons unknown, turned on for "exercise mode" on September 10, 2001, and was therefore ready to be utilized the following day, when there was a national emergency like that for which it was intended."
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Mossad Terrorizes Mumbai-Part II --- http://www.revoltoftheplebs.com/categories/news-analysis/mossad-terrorizes-mumbai-part-ii/
A quote...."On March 12th, 1993, a series of 13 bombings rocked the city of Mumbai (known then as Bombay). These dastardly, murderous attacks took the lives of more than 250 innocents and injured over 700 others. The Hindutva regime blamed billionaire gangster Dawood Ibrahim for the attack, an Al-Qaeda linked terrorist according to the Zionist-occupied United States government (29). Why did Ibrahim and his associates terrorize Bombay on that fateful day? Retaliation for the demolition of the Babri Masjid of course. This is a classic example of the Hegelian Dialectic: Problem, Reaction, Solution. The Hegelian Dialectic is a common tactic used by the Zionist entity to spread division and deception (30). The very fact that the Babri Masjid demolition was used as a pretext by a ‘terrorist’ organization to wage ‘holy war’ against the Hindutva entity should be enough to raise red flags and expose the fraudulent mainstream account."
Part I --- http://www.opinion-maker.org/2011/01/mossad-terrorizes-mumbai-part-i/
Part III --- http://www.opinion-maker.org/2011/01/raw-played-a-pivotal-role-in-the-26-11-false-flag-part-iii/ --- (previously posted)
Part II also posted at RevoltOfThePlebs --- http://www.revoltoftheplebs.com/categories/news-analysis/mossad-terrorizes-mumbai-part-ii/
Topix || Just Give it a Rest OK!! - 11-27-09 - mpg || --- http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/justgiveitarestok-mpg-reficultnias-112709
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Saudi Arabia bans blogging without a license --- http://www.tgdaily.com/business-and-law-features/53403-saudi-arabia-bans-blogging-without-a-licence?
utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+tgdaily_all_sections+%28TG+Daily+-+All+News%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
A quote...."Freedom of speech organizations are condemning a decision by the Saudi Arabian government to force all online newspapers and bloggers to register with...."the Ministry of Truth....whoops, my bad.....the Ministry of Homeland Security....whoops, did it again....the Ministry of Culture and Information....ahhhhh, got it right finally. For more on this type of issue see...Obama Eying Internet ID for Americans --- http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20027837-501465.html --- posted 01-08-11. Gee whiz, the Saudi Royals and Emperor Obama, like two peas in a pod. - mpg
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Lebanon’s Hariri urges more U.N. pressure on Israel
--- http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2011/01/10/lebanon-hariri-urges-more-un-pressure-on-israel.html
A quote...."NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lebanon’s prime minister urged the U.N. chief on Sunday to increase pressure on Israel to end all violations of Lebanese borders, and to help prevent it from exploiting Lebanese oil and gas, a Lebanese official said." - Source: Euronews
--- http://www.euronews.net/newswires/678161-lebanons-hariri-urges-more-un-pressure-on-israel/
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The Tea party's Emerging Zionist Face --- http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/01/07/richard-edmondson-the-tea-partys-emerging-zionist-face/
Special Note - A quote...."When the Tea Party appeared as a national phenomenon early in 2009, the chief preoccupation was with domestic matters, its disparate groups and members rallying around such traditionally conservative concerns as big government, “socialized medicine,” and the like. There was a strong populist streak (or at least that’s how the media portrayed it), and outrage was expressed over Obama’s multi-billion dollar stimulus package, along with genuinely-felt sentiments, put forth here and there, that Washington was “bailing out Wall Street at the expense of Main Street.” Concerns over foreign policy, the nation’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, seemed to take a backseat, and certainly there were few, if any, calls for a new war in Iran or solidifying relations with the state of Israel." - also posted at RevoltOfThePlebs --- http://www.revoltoftheplebs.com/categories/news-analysis/richard-edmondson-the-tea-party%E2%80%99s-emerging-zionist-face/ --- Topix || The Tea Party - Another False Front || --- http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists /theteapartyanotherfalsefront-weblist-mpg-042310.html
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Waqar Rizvi reports on Israeli Spy Agency “Mossad” operating freely in Iraq
--- http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/01/10/press-tv-interviews-james-morris-on-mossad-in-iraq/
Special Note - Contains Video - Alt --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4k4RGpP7-E --- A quote...."According to the report, 70 Israeli firms operate freely in the war torn country, using proxy Arab and European companies. -- According to Harith Al- Dari, Head of Iraqi Clerical Associations in Iraq, Companies associated with the Israeli Spy Agency Mossad are freely operating all over Iraq. He also says, the Israeli firms infiltrate Iraq under Arabic, English and Turkish names and concentrate mainly in the Kurdistan region. -- Syrian customs officials seized trucks loaded with Israeli goods, headed for Iraq."
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Intelligence Ministry Confirms Capture of Terrorists behind N. Scientist's Assassination --- http://english.farsnews.net/newstext.php?nn=8910201278
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's Intelligence Ministry in a statement on Monday confirmed earlier reports on the capture of the terrorists who assassinated Iran's nuclear scientist Masoud Ali Mohammadi last year, revealing that the terrorist cell was an affiliate of the Israeli Mossad agency."
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Arrested Terrorists Confess Affiliation to Mossad --- http://english.farsnews.net/newstext.php?nn=8910201533
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- The terrorists who assassinated Iran's nuclear scientist Masoud Ali Mohammadi last year have confessed to their direct links with the Israeli Mossad after they were arrested, a senior Iranian lawmaker said on Monday, adding that the assassins have been trained and equipped by the Israeli agency."
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US forced to import bullets from Israel as troops use 250,000 for every rebel killed
--- http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/us-forced-to-import-bullets-from-israel-as-troops-use-250000-for-every-rebel-killed-15050027.html
My Goodness, the poor little Israelis, how can they keep murdering Palestinians if they're selling their bullets to the US-NRE so it can continue to murder Afghans, Iraqis, Pakistanis and others? - mpg -- A quote...."US forces have fired so many bullets in Iraq and Afghanistan - an estimated 250,000 for every insurgent killed - that American ammunition-makers cannot keep up with demand. As a result the US is having to import supplies from Israel."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

IOF soldiers kill Palestinian farmer in northern Gaza
--- http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/en/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7hMgc1Elmf3E55nzs90sh0
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A quote...."BEIT HANUN, (PIC)-- An elderly Palestinian farmer was shot dead at the hands of the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) near the northern Gaza Strip city of Beit Hanun on Monday, medical sources reported."
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Palestinian mother tells of a family tragedy during protest against separation barrier
--- http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/09/palestinians-ramallah-israeli-barrier
A quote...."Sitting on a bed in the family house, surrounded by posters that commemorate the death of her son, Subhaia Musa Abu Rahme laments her latest loss. Jawaher, her 35-year-old daughter, died on New Year's Day after collapsing in her home village of Bil'in during a demonstration against the Israeli separation barrier. Despite assurances to the contrary from the Israeli army, her family insist that she died after inhaling massive quantities of tear gas."
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Israeli Authorities Demolish Shepherd Hotel In Sheikh Jarrah --- http://www.imemc.org/article/60369
A quote...."    The Israeli Authorities and the Jerusalem Municipality demolished on Sunday morning the old building of the Shepherd Hotel in Sheikh Jarrah, in occupied East Jerusalem." - also posted at AlethoNews
--- http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/israeli-authorities-demolish-shepherd-hotel-in-sheikh-jarrah/
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FALK: Israel’s violence against Separation Wall protests – along the road of state terrorism
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/01/10/falk-israel%E2%80%99s-violence-against-separation-wall-protests-%E2%80%93-along-the-road-of-state-terrorism/
A quote...."One of the flashpoints in Occupied Palestine in recent years has involved peaceful weekly protests against continued Israeli construction of a separation wall extending throughout the whole of the West Bank. A particularly active site for these protests has been the village of Bil’in near the city of Ramallah, and it is here where the Israeli penchant to use deadly force to disrupt nonviolent demonstrations raises deep legal and moral concerns."
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British Zionists’ hypocritical view of suffering and the Holocaust --- http://www.redress.cc/zionism/gatzmon20110111
A quote...."We know that a real Shoah is taking place in front of our eyes in Palestine, where the Jewish state locks millions of Palestinians behind bars, starving them and stopping medical supplies, food, cement and educational materials from reaching them. But it does not stop there. When the Jewish state feels like it, it also kills Palestinians indiscriminately. It blitzes them with white phosphorous and it sends in its tank battalions into Gaza." - also posted at AlethoNews
--- http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2011/01/10/british-zionists%E2%80%99-hypocritical-view-of-suffering-and-the-holocaust/
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The Revolt Against The Banksters Has Begun.....

Fear and Loathing on Wall Street - Catastrophic Implications For Banks Of The Ibanez Case Ruling
--- http://agonist.org/numerian/20110107/implications_of_the_ibanez_case_ruling
A quote...."The Too Big To Fail banks have been waiting with trepidation for a ruling from the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Massachusetts on the case titledUS Bank National Association (as trustee) vs. Antonio Ibanez. They were right to be fearful. The state supreme court has ruled against the banks and upheld a lower court order that nullified foreclosures by US Bancorp and Wells Fargo, on the grounds that neither bank had the legal right under Massachusetts law to foreclose. Today’s ruling has far-reaching consequences for the banks and the housing market in general, as it throws into serious question the legal soundness of millions of mortgages in the US if, as expected, courts in other states come to similar conclusions as the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.
also posted at DailyBail --- http://dailybail.com/home/fear-and-loathing-on-wall-street-catastrophic-implications-f.html
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NYC Comptroller John Liu: $432 Billion Pension Fund Coalition Demands Bank Directors IMMEDIATELY Examine Foreclosure Practices
--- http://dailybail.com/home/nyc-comptroller-john-liu-432-billion-pension-fund-coalition.html
A quote...."NEW YORK, NY – A coalition of seven major public pension systems called on the boards of directors of Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Citigroup (NYSE: C), JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) to immediately undertake independent examinations of the banks’ mortgage and foreclosure practices. -- Led by New York City Comptroller John C. Liu on behalf of the five NYC Pension Funds, the coalition also includes the Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, the Illinois State Board of Investment, the Illinois State Universities Retirement System, the New York State Common Retirement Fund, the North Carolina Retirement Systems, and the Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund."
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Bernanke, Goldilocks and The Red Queen --- http://www.oftwominds.com/blogjan11/goldilocks-red-queen01-11.html
Must Read - A quote...."The problem with Ben's strategy is the Red Queen trumps Goldilocks. Real estate assets are falling faster than debt is being written off, so the equity of homeowners and lenders remains unchanged--in many cases, less than zero. -- Mortgages have declined a meager $350 billion from the bubble top in 2007: mortgages totalled $10.5 trillion then and $10.15 trillion now. Meanwhile real estate has lost $8 trillion in value and homeowner's equity is hovering below 40%. -- Bernanke is trying to maintain a Goldilocks economy, but the conditions are different from the 1980s."
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Peter Schiff on Why the American Economy Is Broken – and What to Do About It
--- http://thedailybell.com/1667/Peter-Schiff-on-Why-the-American-Economy-Is-Broken-and-What-to-Do-about-It.html
Interview - A quote...."Peter Schiff is CEO of Euro Pacific Capital, a full-service registered broker/dealer, member FINRA/SIPC, which specializes in foreign securities. He is recognized for his knowledge of the foreign securities markets as well as the currency and gold markets. Mr. Schiff delivers lectures at major economic and investment conferences, and is quoted often in the print media, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, L.A. Times, Barron's, BusinessWeek, Time, and Fortune. His broadcast credits include regular guest appearances on CNBC, Fox Business, CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News Channel, as well as hosting the daily Peter Schiff Show on radio. As an author, he has written five bestselling books, including the recent: "Crash Proof 2.0: How to Profit from the Economic Collapse" and "How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes."
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Food skyrockets to highest prices ever --- http://www.naturalnews.com/030961_food_prices_inflation.html
A quote...."(NaturalNews) Figures recently released by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) index of 55 food commodities indicates that worldwide food prices hit a record high in December. Though the costs of some food commodities like rice, corn and soy actually decreased, oil seeds and sugar jumped significantly due to various factors including erratic weather and droughts, according to reports." - also posted at BLN
--- http://blacklistednews.com/Food-skyrockets-to-highest-prices-ever-/12251/0/6/6/Y/M.html
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Economists see US decline, China's ascension --- http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90778/98506/7254686.html
A quote...."To hear a number of prominent economists tell it, it doesn't look good for the U.S. economy, not this year, not in 10 years. -- Leading thinkers in the dismal science speaking at an annual convention offered varying visions of U.S. economic decline, in the short, medium and long term. This year, the recovery may bog down as government stimulus measures dry up. -- In the long run, the United States must face up to inevitably being overtaken by China as the world's largest economy. And it may have missed a chance to rein in its largest financial institutions, many of whom remain too big to fail and are getting bigger."
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China's foreign trade reaches $2.97 trln in 2010, up by one third from 2009
--- http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2011/01/10/chinas-foreign-trade-reaches-2.97-trln-in-2010-up-by-one-third-from-2009.html
Related Article - A quote...."China's foreign trade accounted for $2.97 trillion in 2010, which is one third more than in 2009, the country's main customs directorate said on Monday. -- Chinese exports grew by 31.1 percent, while imports increased by 38.7 percent, the directorate said. The overall growth is estimated as 34.7 percent."
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[Economic] Unrest Spreads to Algeria --- http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=54067
A quote...."CAIRO, Jan 9, 2011 (IPS) - At least three Algerians have died and hundreds have been injured in four days of protests over housing shortages, rising food prices and failing economic policies that only three months ago won praise by the International Monetary Fund and other Western financial institutions."
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8 Conspiracy Theories About Health That The Mainstream Media Has Been Forced To Admit Are Actually True
--- http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/8-conspiracy-theories-about-health-that-the-mainstream-media-has-been-forced-to-admit-are-actually-true
A quote...."Who knows more about health - the mainstream media or those that believe in "conspiracy theories"? Well, the truth is that time after time after time those in the "alternative media" and those who believe in "conspiracy theories" have been proven to be far ahead of those in the mainstream media when it comes to matters of health. Sadly, the mainstream media receives so much funding and so many advertising dollars from the pharmaceutical industry, the medical industry, the big chemical companies and the health insurance industry that they are extremely cautious to report any information that would be harmful to any of them. So for years, the mainstream media generally refused to talk about the dangers posed by things such as fluoride, aspartame, prescription drugs, genetically modified crops and cell phones. But now the alternative media has been making so much noise about many of these health issues for so long that the mainstream media has been forced to acknowledge that some of these "conspiracy theories" about health are actually true." - also posted at BLN
--- http://blacklistednews.com/Unfortunately%2C-Obamacare-Is-Not-Going-To-Be-Repealed-In-2010%2C-It-Is-Not-Going-To-Be-Repealed-In-2011-And-There-Is-A-Good-Chance-That-It-May-Never-Be-Repealed-/12239/0/6/6/Y/M.html
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Where We're Headed... --- http://www.lewrockwell.com/peters-e/peters-e9.1.1.html
Must Read - A quote...."I have a feeling that Refusenik types like me will be the next crop to be harvested. (The first being overt "threats" to the government.) -- Everything's already in place; the circle is closing. Soon it will be impossible to pretend we still live in an even semi-free country. -- I try to practice avoidance – for example, not flying anymore to avoid being scanned/felt up. But I know that eventually, it will be impossible – illegal – to avoid being scanned (and much else, besides). For example, they are going to require us all to carry a biometric National ID card – not merely a driver's license. Without it, you will be unable to function (legally) and be subject to arrest merely for going about your peaceful, harming no one else business without it. Just wait. -- The choice will be: Become an outlaw – or submit." - also posted at ICH --- http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27225.htm
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US Police Wage War on Cameras --- http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27224.htm
Must View RTVideo - Alt --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpCSfPUyfeU --- (RTYuTb - 3min 33sec - January 07, 2011) - Source: RTAmerica --- http://www.youtube.com/user/RTAmerica --- A quote...."Today's high tech world has made it a lot easier to videotape police, but it may have also made it more dangerous. RT's Ramon Galindo shows us how a high school student has become the latest target in the war on cameras."
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So congress read the Constitution: Well, isn’t that special
--- http://dprogram.net/2011/01/08/so-congress-read-the-constitution-well-isn%E2%80%99t-that-special/
A quote...."(ActivistPost) – I tried watching the swearing in of the new House for the 112th Congress. I couldn’t stand it. Standing on the steps outside the House, was one of the greatest collections of career liars, thieves and thugs ever publicly assembled, sprinkled with a few new-comers who probably believe they are actually going to affect a change in the District of Criminals."
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DOJ subpoenas Twitter records of several WikiLeaks volunteers --- http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/01/07/twitter
Web Censorship Alert - A quote...."Last night, Birgitta Jónsdóttir -- a former WikiLeaks volunteer and current member of the Icelandic Parliament -- announced (on Twitter) that she had been notified by Twitter that the DOJ had served a Subpoena demanding information "about all my tweets and more since November 1st 2009." Several news outlets, including The Guardian, wrote about Jónsdóttir's announcement."
also posted at ICH --- http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27221.htm
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Obama Eyeing Internet ID for Americans --- http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20027837-501465.html
Web Censorship Red Warning - (the first ever) - A quote...."STANFORD, Calif. - President Obama is planning to hand the U.S. Commerce Department authority over a forthcoming cybersecurity effort to create an Internet ID for Americans, a White House official said here today. -- It's "the absolute perfect spot in the U.S. government" to centralize efforts toward creating an "identity ecosystem" for the Internet, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt said." - also posted at PoorRichardsBlog --- http://poorrichards-blog.blogspot.com/2011/01/obama-eyeing-internet-id-for-americans.html
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Main Street Must Revolt / Replace Obama in 2012
--- http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/TPV3/Voices.php/2011/01/09/main-street-must-revolt-replace-obama-in-2012
A quote...."The long engagement is over and the marriage has finally been consummated between President Obama and the financial elite ~ with the appointment of William Daly as chief of staff and former Goldman executive Gene Sterling as his economic council chief. The stage is set for economic welfare you can believe in and Main Street be damned ~ unless Obama is replaced in 2012."
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Provocative RT ads rejected in US airports --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2il2V_l-GU
RTVideo - (RTYuTb - 45sec - December 30, 2010) - Source: RussiaToday --- http://www.youtube.com/user/RussiaToday --- A quote...."Major US airports refused to display images intended for use in the RT's December'09 US advertising campaign. An alternative version (the one saying 'Our Ad. Politically correct.) was accepted though, and can be seen on display in airports of New York NY, Washington DC, Baltimore MD and Newark NJ. RT advertisements, which are turning heads in the UK, juxtapose provocative images which show different sides of a story. RT asks questions and encourage viewers to question more, since you can only reach a balanced judgment by being better informed. By challenging the accepted view, RT reveals a side of the news that you wouldn't normally see. After all, the more you question, the more you know."
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Where Is the Tea Party Revolution on Foreign Policy? --- http://www.fff.org/freedom/fd1101e.asp
Special Note - A quote...."America’s latest populist movement, which reaches back to revolutionary history by calling itself the “Tea Party,” helped shape the remarkable results of last November’s midterm election. Some dare to hope that candidates elected in that political uprising might help arrest America’s alarming decline. Others see the uprising as no more than a cover for the corporate power that lay behind many so-called insurgent campaigns of that extraordinary political season." - also posted at LewRockwell --- http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig10/kinzer2.1.1.html
Topix || The Tea Party - Another False Front || --- http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/theteapartyanotherfalsefront-weblist-mpg-042310.html
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CIA Delayed Breakup of Khan Network for Decades, Journalists Assert --- http://gsn.nti.org/gsn/nw_20110105_6508.php
Special Note - A quote...."The CIA for more than three decades monitored the nuclear smuggling ring once headed by former top Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, allowing the network to proliferate sensitive atomic technology for years in order to gather intelligence, two journalists state in a new book (see GSN, Nov. 15, 2010)."
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Former CIA Asset Luis Posada Goes to Trial --- http://www.thenation.com/article/157510/former-cia-asset-luis-posada-goes-trial?page=full
A quote...."On January 10 one of the most dangerous terrorists in recent history will go on trial in a small courtroom in El Paso, Texas. This is not the venue the Obama administration has finally selected to prosecute the perpetrators of 9/11; it is where the reputed godfather of Cuban exile violence, Luis Posada Carriles, may finally face a modicum of accountability for his many crimes." - also posted at ICH --- http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27220.htm
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Pentagon to Seek $120 Billion in War Funding in 2012 - On top of the Pentagon's regular budget. - mpg
--- http://news.antiwar.com/2011/01/07/pentagon-to-seek-120-billion-in-war-funding-in-2012/
A quote...."According to comments from administration officials, the Obama Administration’s $50 billion projection for 2012 war funding is going to be blown apart, with a closed-door meeting putting the actual funding request closer to the $120 billion range." - bold by website editor
also posted at WarInIraq --- http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/240799
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U.S. wounded rate in Afghanistan soars --- http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/01/08/US-wounded-rate-in-Afghanistan-soars/UPI-41581294489917/
A quote...."WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- The number of U.S. troops wounded in battle in Afghanistan in 2010 more than doubled from the previous year, The New York Times reported Saturday." - bold by website editor
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'Afghan war getting uglier in 2011' --- http://www.presstv.ir/usdetail/159121.html
PRSTVVideo - A quote...."The Obama administration's strategy of "escalation" in Afghanistan has failed to curb the Taliban, says Antiwar News editor, adding that the outlook for 2011 is even bleaker than 2010, the bloodiest year of the war."
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Army's 101st has deadliest year since Vietnam --- http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110108/ap_on_re_us/us101st_s_hard_year
A quote...."FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. – The Army's famed 101st Airborne Division has suffered its deadliest year in combat since Vietnam, with the deaths of 106 soldiers since March. -- The military announced the most recent death on Saturday. Spc. Christian Joseph Romig, of Kenner, La., died on Wednesday after being struck by an improvised explosive device in eastern Afghanistan."
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Germany to begin Afghan pullout by end of 2011
--- http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/europe/germany-to-begin-afghan-pullout-by-end-of-2011/article1862793/
A quote...."The German government will ask parliament this month for approval to start withdrawing troops from Afghanistan at the end of the year, excerpts of the proposal obtained by Reuters showed on Saturday."
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FM to be summoned over Arabia’s execution of 40 Iraqis – Nujaifi --- http://en.aswataliraq.info/?p=140416
A quote...."KARBALA / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari will be summoned to explain reports that spoke of Saudi Arabia’s decapitation of 40 Iraqis, parliament speaker Osama al-Nujaifi said on Saturday. -- “The Council of Representatives (parliament) will summon the foreign minister to explain these reports. The Foreign Ministry and other organizations concerned will clarify this issue so that we may take the proper measures,” Nujaifi said during a symposium he held with officials in Karbala province today (Jan. 8)."
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Al-Sadr calls on Iraqis 'to resist' --- http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/01/20111872647305497.html
A quote...."Muqtada al-Sadr, the Iraqi Shia Muslim religious leader, has called on his followers to resist the "occupiers" of Iraq. -- In his first public address since returning from self-imposed exile, he called on the newly formed government to make sure all US forces left Iraq by the end of the year as planned. -- "We are still resisting the occupation through armed, cultural and all kinds of resistance, so repeat after me: no, no to occupiers," al-Sadr told a crowd of thousands outside his ancestral home in Najaf on Saturday."
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Iraq cleric's clout does not bode well for US presence
--- http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-54021620110108?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&rpc=401
A quote...."(Reuters) - The political power of anti-U.S. Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr increases the pressure on Iraq's new government to reject any effort to extend a U.S. military presence after the last U.S. soldier leaves this year. -- Sadr, a firebrand still capable of rousing millions of Shi'ite supporters, told a rapturous audience on Saturday to oppose the United States, using his first speech since returning from self-imposed exile in Iran to reaffirm his anti-U.S. credentials."
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'Iran-P5+1 talks to be held Jan. 21-22' --- http://www.presstv.ir/detail/159271.html
A quote...."Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says the next round of comprehensive talks between Iran and the P5+1 group will be held in Istanbul on January 21 and 22."
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Iran, Turkey Mulling Roadmap for Energy Cooperation --- http://english.farsnews.net/newstext.php?nn=8910181529
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's Energy Minister Majid Namjou said Saturday that Tehran and Ankara are working out a roadmap to illuminate the proper path for the two sides' future cooperation in the energy sector."
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Iran says can make own nuclear fuel plates, rods --- http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110108/wl_afp/irannuclearpolitics
A quote...."TEHRAN (AFP) – Atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi declared in a report on Saturday that Iran is now capable of making its own nuclear fuel plates and rods, technology the West says the Islamic republic does not possess."
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Iran-Khodro Plans to Produce 30,000 Samand SEs Next Year --- http://english.farsnews.net/newstext.php?nn=8910181465
A quote...."Iran-Khodro is the largest carmaker in the Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa, with an annual production of more than one million vehicles of various models, including cars, trucks, minibuses and buses."
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Late general's son has no faith in Tribunal --- http://dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=123387#axzz1ATyv5LKQ
Must Read - A quote...."BEIRUT: The son of an assassinated army general said Friday he does not trust the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (S.T.L.) and blasted international and local investigators for neglecting his father’s case. -- “I do not trust the international tribunal … the course of the international investigations over four years does not assure the family of any martyr,” Elie Hajj, the son of late Gen. Francois Hajj, said in an interview with The Daily Star. -- “This international tribunal, which is supposed not to take any side, arrested four officers for four years and then released them; it relied on witnesses who turned out to be false, and while conducting investigations, it tried to implicate Syria for four years and now it is accusing Hizbullah,” Hajj said. -- “Is it the regional situation that determines who shall be accused?”he asked. “How can I trust a tribunal which has adopted such a course? This tribunal is supposed to rely on real facts.”
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UN fails to protect Lebanon resources --- http://www.presstv.ir/detail/158867.html
A quote...."The United Nations has declined Lebanon's request to protect the country's natural gas reserves along its maritime border with Israel."
also posted at WarInIraq --- http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/240811
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Four killed in fresh clashes in Tunisia --- http://www.presstv.ir/detail/159282.html
A quote...."At least four people have lost their lives and six others seriously injured in fresh clashes between security forces and demonstrators in central Tunisia, witnesses say."
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Egypt's Muslims attend Coptic Christmas mass, serving as "human shields" --- http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/3365.aspx
Special Note - A quote...."Egypt’s majority Muslim population stuck to its word Thursday night. What had been a promise of solidarity to the weary Coptic community, was honoured, when thousands of Muslims showed up at Coptic Christmas eve mass services in churches around the country and at candle light vigils held outside." - also posted at TheUglyTruth
--- http://theuglytruth.wordpress.com/2011/01/08/egypts-muslims-attend-coptic-christmas-mass-serving-as-human-shields/
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Turkey, Greece move to solve Aegean dispute --- http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-01/08/c_13681101.htm
A quote...."ANKARA, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday both Turkey and Greece were exerting efforts to end disputes over the Aegean sea, local media reported. -- "We are exerting intense efforts to make the Aegean a sea of peace and friendship. And we are making progress," Erdogan was quoted by the semi-official Anatolia news agency as saying at an inauguration ceremony of facilities for the 25th World University Winter Games slated for late this month in east Turkey's Erzurum Province."
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Israeli parliament launches McCarthyist witch-hunt against human rights groups --- http://www.redress.cc/palestine/uavnery20110108
A quote...."Uri Avnery views the alliance of racists and fascists behind a bill, recently adopted by the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, to investigate the funding sources of human rights and civil liberties groups but not the settler organizations that are financed by US evangelical sects and Russian mafiosi." - also posted at AlethoNews --- http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2011/01/08/israeli-parliament-launches-mccarthyist-witch-hunt-against-human-rights-groups/
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Russia ratifies nuclear cooperation agreement with Japan --- http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/01/08/39053076.html
A quote...."Russia has ratified the agreement on cooperation in the field of nuclear energy with Japan. -- The bill was adopted by the Russian Parliament in December and signed into law by President Dmitry Medvedev earlier today." - also posted at SCF
--- http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2011/01/08/russia-ratifies-nuclear-cooperation-agreement-with-japan.html
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China Is Loving America’s Stealth Jet Freakout --- http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/01/china-is-loving-u-s-s-stealth-jet-missile-freakouts/
Contains Video - Alt --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDV0b5ODlHM --- A quote...."As the U.S. defense chief leaves for Beijing this weekend, some in China are busting a gut over how panicked American commentators appear over new Chinese stealth planes and anti-ship missiles."
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North Korea renews call for resumption of talks with South --- http://en.rian.ru/world/20110108/162071562.html
A quote...."North Korea on Saturday called for an early resumption of dialogue between the two Koreas, proposing to hold talks within a month, the Yonhap news agency reported." also posted at SCF http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2011/01/08/north-korea-renews-call-for-resumption-of-talks-with-south.html
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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff: From Imprisoned Guerrilla Fighter to "The Most Powerful Woman in the World"
--- http://www.democracynow.org/2011/1/3/brazilian_president_dilma_rousseff_from_imprisoned
A quote...."Brazil has made history with the swearing-in of its first female president. On Saturday, Dilma Rousseff received the presidential sash from outgoing President Lula da Silva at a ceremony in the capital Brasília. In the 1960s, Rousseff was a guerrilla resisting Brazil’s military dictatorship. She was imprisoned and tortured for three years. We speak with Greg Grandin, professor of Latin American history at New York University. [includes rush transcript]"
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Pope’s child porn 'normal' claim sparks outrage among victims
--- http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/popersquos-child-porn-normal-claim-sparks-outrage-among-victims-15035449.html#ixzz18xTjlsgq
A quote...."Victims of clerical sex abuse have reacted furiously to Pope Benedict's claim yesterday that paedophilia wasn't considered an “absolute evil” as recently as the 1970s." - To all TRUE Catholics out there. For the good of your church, for the good of your children, you have got to stop this! - mpg
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Irish Protesters Demand End to Government Collusion with Catholic Church Child Rapists
--- http://theintelhub.com/2011/01/08/irish-protesters-demand-end-to-government-collusion-with-catholic-church-child-rapists/
Related Article - A quote...."Protesters rallied yesterday outside government offices in Dublin to demand that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) stop shielding child rapists in the Catholic church, and threatening citizens who demand action."
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US CDC To Reduce Poisonous Fluoride Level In America's Water Supply (Why Not Remove It All Together?)
--- http://northerntruthseeker.blogspot.com/2011/01/us-cdc-to-reduce-poisonous-fluoride.html
A quote...."Fluoride is a poison and should be absolutely avoided at all cost. People in most industrialized nations for at least the last 1/2 century have sat back while their government has allowed criminals to dump this dangerous neurotoxin into their water supplies including their drinking water!"
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Three injured at Bil'in protest commemorating woman killed by tear gas last week --- http://www.imemc.org/article/60367
A quote...."Dozens of people suffered from inhalation of tear gas fired by Israeli troops at a protest commemorating the death of Jawaher Abu Rahma last week by tear gas inhalation. Two of the protesters were rendered unconscious by the experimental gas, and one protest organizer was hit by a canister."
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Israeli Navy confiscates two boats of abducted fisherman --- http://palsolidarity.org/2011/01/16392/
A quote...."In one week’s time, the Israeli Navy has twice abducted fishermen from Gazan waters; they were released the same day, but their boats remain confiscated."
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Israeli Military Cracking Down On Crime --- http://irish4palestine.blogspot.com/2010/12/israeli-military-cracking-down-on-crime.html
It’s an approved crime to murder a 10 year old Palestinian child in cold blood….. Abir Aramin, murdered by Israeli forces four years ago as she was heading home from school…. one of over 100 Palestinian children killed by Israelis in 2007."
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Demand To See Your Mortgage Note! -- Brand New Website Makes It Simple
--- http://dailybail.com/home/demand-to-see-your-mortgage-note-brand-new-website-makes-it.html
Action Alert - Tool - A quote...."Where's your note? Has it been lost somewhere along the way?"

Make the bank prove it owns your mortgage --- http://action.seiu.org/page/speakout/wheresthenote?js=true#

"You can also verify your loan servicer with MERS online -- takes about 45 seconds:"

Look Up Your Mortgage at MERS --- http://www.mers-servicerid.org/sis/

2010: Year of the Economic Crumble --- http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=22657
Must Read - A quote...."The tenth year of the 21st Century has left us behind, and it can’t be too soon. -- It was a year of the crumble. -- The economy continued to crumble for ordinary people with little hope for a quick turnaround even as some markets surged. The hopes of the jobless for employment crumbled. The faith of the so many homeowners that they will find a way to stay in their homes facing foreclosure crumbled. -- And so have the hopes of so many of us that our new Change Is Coming president would fight for us, would end the wars, would close Gitmo, would abandon torture, would make healthcare more affordable, would give us a government we could believe in; that, too, has crumbled."
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What the [expletive deleted] is WRONG With You CHRISTians [Armageddon Cultists]?
--- http://careandwashingofthebrain.blogspot.com/2011/01/what-fuck-is-wrong-with-you-christians.html
A quote...."Why have you let 'wolves in sheep's clothing,' like the rabid John Hagee, bamboozle you into worshiping Israel and hating Muslims? -- If you're a REAL CHRISTian, that means you're a follower of Christ, who came to Earth to bring a new message of peace, love and understanding of thy neighbors, which is why JC's teachngs are called the NEW Testament. -- I'm not talking about ALL Christians, just the ones who worship Israel and pray for the "End of Times,' that the loony Tim LaHaye shouts about like some carnival barker drawing in the 'marks' so that his inside crew can pick their pockets." - Topix || What Would Jesus Think - 10-19-10 - mpg ||
--- http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/whatwouldjesusthink-mpg-reficultnias-101910
|| A Fist Full of Dollars - 10-02-09 - mpg || ---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/afistfullofdollars-mpg-reficultnias-100209
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Egypt Church Bombing & Another Lavon Affair --- http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/01/06/egypt-church-bombing-another-lavon-affair/
Special Note - A quote...."The similarity the Alexandria church operation showed to “Lavon Affair” the Israeli false flag operation in 1954 is not easy to overlook."
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Turkish Intel Chief Exposes CIA Operations via Islamic Group in Central Asia
--- http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/01/06/turkish-intel-chief-exposes-cia-operations-via-islamic-group-in-central-asia/
Special Note - A quote...."Yesterday Washington Post’s Jeff Stein published a very interesting but incomplete story regarding a recently published memoir by former Turkish Intelligence Chief Osman Nuri Gundes. Here is the title of his post: Islamic group is CIA front, ex-Turkish Intel chief says. For those of you familiar with my case and what I’ve been covering here at Boiling Frogs Post this exposé is ‘old news’ but nonetheless a vindication. As for those who are first-timers here or not that familiar with my case, this is an opportunity for a bit of background and to learn a few important points and facts that you won’t be getting from this ‘half-picture’ presented by the Washington Post. -- In his memoir Gundes claims that Fethullah Gulen’s worldwide Islamic movement based in Pennsylvania has been providing cover for the CIA since the mid-1990s, and that in the 90s, the movement “sheltered 130 CIA agents” at its schools in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan alone."
Topix || US Support of Terror || --- http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/ussupportofterror-weblist-mpg-090306
|| One Vile, Venom Tipped, Taloned Hand Washes the Other - (a.k.a. The Standard Model) - 07-28-10 - mpg ||
--- http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/onevilevenomtippedtalonedhand-thestandardmodel-mpg-reficultnias-072810
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Bill Engdhl: New World Order "Poster Boy" Julian Assange
--- http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/01/06/bill-engdahl-new-world-order-poster-boy-julian-assange-video_/
Audio/Video - Alt --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MozbXQ_U3r0 --- (YuTb - 45min 37sec - January 05, 2011) - Source: NotForSale2NWO --- http://www.youtube.com/user/NotForSale2NWO --- A quote...."F William Engdahl joins Deadline LIVE to discuss the state of America, the world, Wikileaks and more."
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Sado-Justice in America: The Treatment of High Security Prisoners and the Bill of Rights - The Return of the Oubliette
--- http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=22671
A quote...."Most of us remember reading as children the tales of men in iron masks, dungeons deep or, as in the Prisoner of Chillon, chain'd to a column of stone where all was “blank, and bleak, and grey; and never night, nor ever day.” And with a shudder, we would wonder, how any king could do a thing so terrible and cruel. Thank goodness there had been a revolution! -- Thank goodness too, the Oubliette, the dungeon’s dungeon, the cavernous hole into which men were dropped and forgotten, was mostly a thing of gothic tales meant to instill in us a horror of what we ought not to be. Alas, gothic horrors have become a standard feature in America’s criminal justice/national security complex."
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US military budget's plummets down [phenomenal rate of growth is "projected" to decrease (ever so) slightly] --- http://www.presstv.ir/detail/159009.html
A quote...."US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has declared cuts of 78 billion dollars in US military programs, adding that the country faces a "dire" financial situation."
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The 10 Leading Theories For Dead Birds And Fish --- http://www.activistpost.com/2011/01/10-leading-theories-for-dead-birds-and.html
A quote...."As the mainstream media attempts to downplay the latest die-off event, which has now gone global, it is worthwhile to keep track of the story lines. Feel free to add your own to the comments section, and we will update accordingly."
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Bird and Fish Death News 1-06-11 --- http://dprogram.net/2011/01/06/bird-and-fish-death-news-1-06-11/
Related Post - A DProgram round-up on the inexplicable. - mpg
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Taliban strength unaffected by allied surge --- http://www.uruknet.com/?p=m73652&hd=&size=1&l=e
A quote...."BRUSSELS -- A massive effort by U.S. and NATO forces - including offensives in the insurgent heartland and targeted assassinations of rebel leaders - has failed to dent Taliban numerical strength over the past year, according to military and diplomatic officials."
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'US step up spying on Turkey, Brazil' --- http://www.presstv.ir/detail/159027.html
A quote...."The US spy agencies have cranked up their intelligence operations against Turkey and Brazil after the two countries adopted independent policies towards Iran's nuclear standoff with the West."
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Seoul rejects North Korea talks offer --- http://en.rian.ru/world/20110106/162057302.html
A quote...."South Korea dismissed on Thursday an offer from the North of talks to ease rising tensions as "propaganda." -- An official at the Unification Ministry in Seoul said Pyongyang's proposal was not serious." - also posted at SCF
--- http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2011/01/06/seoul-rejects-north-korea-talks-offer.html
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Africom Unmasked, Unwanted and Vulnerable --- http://blackagendareport.com/?q=content/africom-unmasked-unwanted-and-vulnerable
Special Note - A quote...."All African nations except Liberia have so far refused U.S. requests to establish a U.S. Africa Command headquarters on African soil. But “AFRICOM is likely to continue nibbling away at Africa’s resistance through projects like the National Guard partnership program” with African militaries. “Mass resistance must take place in the U.S. as well,” if Africa is to be spared further U.S. penetration and militarization." -- "Africa’s continuing commitment to stand firm against an AFRICOM headquarters on the continent is an under-appreciated victory.” - Topix || Africa - the Next Target - 02-28-08 - mpg || --- http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/africathenexttarget-blog-mpg-022808
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Cables reveal how US and UK sought to plunder Zimbabwe’s resources --- http://wsws.org/articles/2011/jan2011/zimb-j06.shtml
Related Article - A quote...."The US diplomatic cables published by WikiLeaks contain revealing details of how the United States and Britain sought to further their commercial interests in Zimbabwe."
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Helen Thomas Joins Falls Church News-Press - Hip Hip Hooray!!
--- http://www.revoltoftheplebs.com/categories/news-analysis/helen-thomas-joins-falls-church-news-press/
A quote...."Former White House correspondent Helen Thomas has come out of a seven-month retirement to write a column for the Falls Church News-Press. -- Thomas was a long-time fixture in the front row of the White House briefing room, having begun her daily White House coverage in 1960. She resigned as a columnist for Hearst Newspapers last year after making controversial remarks about Jews and Israel. When asked by a video camera-wielding rabbi what she thought of Israel, Thomas said that Jews should “get the hell out of Palestine” and “go home” to Germany, Poland and the U.S. -- Thomas, 90, will now be writing a weekly political affairs column exclusively for the News-Press." -- See article below in the economic section....
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Woman throws pie at senator [for supporting Israel] --- http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/240664
And no....it wasn't Helen Thomas, she only hurls the truth, it hurts a lot more. - mpg - A quote...."GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Dec. 31 (UPI) — A young Michigan woman has been charged with assaulting a member of Congress for throwing an apple pie at U.S. Sen. Carl Levin. -- An indictment handed up Thursday by a federal grand jury also charged Ahlam Mohsen, 23, of Coldwater with assaulting a federal officer, The Grand Rapids Press reported. Max Kantar, 23, who was with Mohsen during the incident Aug. 16 in a Big Rapids, Mich., restaurant, faces the same charges." - Source: UPI
--- http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/12/31/Woman-charged-with-throwing-pie-at-senator/UPI-70861293824241/
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Lebanon protests Israel's drilling --- http://www.presstv.ir/detail/158811.html
A quote...."Lebanese Foreign Minister Ali Shami has sent a letter to the UN secretary general, protesting Israel's exploitation of Lebanon's energy resources."
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Israel Announces Probe of Antiwar NGOs: Yisrael Beiteinu Insists Groups Be Probed for ‘Terror’ Links
--- http://willyloman.wordpress.com/2011/01/06/israel-announces-probe-of-antiwar-ngos-yisrael-beiteinu-insists-groups-be-probed-for-terror-links/
A quote...."(The War on Terror is now expanding – the War on The Left has begun. Yes, the likes of both Glenn Beck and Robert Gibbs have already been planting the seeds for some time now, demonizing those of us still clinging to out-dated and unprofitable notions of social justice and empathy toward our fellow-man. Unions are being blamed for just about everything, no logic or evidence required. In Israel, in a truly Orwellian move, their coalition government is trying to hold antiwar NGOs accountable for Israel’s failing public opinion polls. I guess there, killing innocent people and stealing their land doesn’t make one unpopular, refusing to disseminate the party line does. Guess its the same thing that got Phil Donahue fired here in the states right before the invasion of Iraq and the same thing that keeps so many “progressive” journalists silent with regard to certain unmentionable topics. The difference is now they are actively looking to make connections between dissent and “terror” and that, for those of you who know a little something about what happens to countries when they are neoliberalized, is a very bad sign indeed.)"
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Soldiers Shot and Killed An Elderly Man While Sleeping In His Bed --- http://www.imemc.org/article/60363
A quote...."Israeli soldiers broke, on Friday at dawn, into the house of Omar Al Qawasmy, 66, in Al Sheikh neighborhood in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and shot him dead as he slept in his bed, local sources reported."
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Rawabi developer Masri helps deepen Israel's grip on West Bank --- http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11717.shtml?
utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+electronicIntifada+%28Electronic+Intifada%29
posted at Electronic Intifada --- http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article2162.shtml
A quote..."Bashar Masri, the Palestinian businessman and CEO of the company that is developing the Rawabi luxury real estate project in the occupied West Bank, appears to be actively helping Israel deepen its hold on the Palestinian economy despite his earlier claims that he is trying to help end this relationship."
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Israel slates 15 Jericho homes for demolition --- http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=348697
posted at Electronic Intifada --- http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article2162.shtml
A quote...."JERICHO (Ma’an) -- Israeli authorities delivered 15 demolition orders to farmers in the Ad-Dweik Al-Foqa area north of Jericho on Thursday, marking the second day such orders were handed out in the West Bank."
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Photostory: home demolitions in Lydd --- http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11716.shtml
Photo Gallery - A quote...."On 13 December 2010, Israeli bulldozers, flanked by hundreds of municipal, riot squad and border police forces, demolished seven homes belonging to the Abu Eid family in Lydd, a city a few miles east of Tel Aviv. -- The demolition, which took several hours, subsequently displaced 67 members of the entire family, including dozens of children, during one of the worst rainstorms of the season. Dozens of other Palestinian homes have been demolished over the years in Lydd."
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Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory -- (12/30/10-01/05/11)
--- http://www.pchrgaza.org/portal/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7200:weekly-report-on-israeli-human-rights-violations-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory-30-dec-2010--05-jan-2011&catid=84:weekly-2009&Itemid=183
Week in and week out with no let-up....ever. - mpg - also posted at Uruknet --- http://www.uruknet.com/?p=m73632&hd=&size=1&l=e

IOF killed a Palestinian civilian at a military checkpoint in the West Bank.

3 Palestinian civilians were wounded by Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip.

IOF continued to fire at Palestinian workers, farmers and fishermen in border areas in the Gaza Strip.

IOF arrested 4 Palestinian fishermen and confiscated their boat.

Israeli warplanes attacked a number of targets in the Gaza Strip.

A number of training sites were bombarded and 6 houses were damaged.

IOF continued to use force against peaceful protests in the West Bank.

A Palestinian woman was killed in Bil'ein village.
5 Palestinian civilians, including a child and a paramedic, were wounded.
IOF arrested an Israeli journalist.

IOF conducted 30 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and a limited one into the Gaza Strip.

IOF arrested 28 Palestinian civilians, including a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council and 9 children.

Israel has continued to impose a total siege on the OPT and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.
Israel has continued to take measures aimed at creating a Jewish demographic majority in Jerusalem.

IOF demolished two houses in East Jerusalem.

IOF have continued settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.

IOF ordered the demolition of more Palestinian houses.

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Not Just "Inflation Versus Deflation" ... We've Got "MixedFlation" and "ExportFlation"
--- http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2010/12/not-just-inflation-versus-deflation-but.html
Special Note - A quote...."Many people have made persuasive arguments for inflation. -- See, for example, my roundup from 2009, --- http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2009/09/case-for-inflation.html --- and Gonzolo Lira's recent essay arguing that there is no political will to raise interest rates, and so commodities have become the safe haven investment (replacing bonds). -- Many others have made persuasive arguments for deflation. -- See, for example, my post from 2009, and Charles Hugh Smith's recent essay arguing that mild deflation is good for the powers-that-be, and so they will make it happen (part II). -- But perhaps debates about inflation and deflation paint with too broad a brush, or too narrow a focus ..."
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Why the World Is Financially Doomed in Four Charts --- http://www.oftwominds.com/blogjan11/why-financial-doom01-11.html
Special Note - Charts - A quote...."Though the complexities may appear endless, the global economy's coming implosion is really fairly easy to understand: here are four charts which do the heavy lifting. It boils down to these basics:"
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U.S. jobless claims rise 18,000 to 409,000 --- http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-jobless-claims-rise-18000-to-409000-2011-01-06
A quote...."WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The number of U.S. workers filing new applications for jobless benefits rose last week by 18,000 to 409,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday."
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December Retail Sales Post-Mortem --- http://www.zerohedge.com/article/december-retail-sales-post-mortem
A quote...."Following today's sudden realization that the much vaunted December retail sales data, which if one had listened to CNBC in December, would have been left with the "consensus view" that it would be one of the greatest shopping periods in the history of the world, was a dud, here is a complete post-mortem of the various individual retailers and how they fared versus expectations from Goldman's Greg "Chewbacca" Chwatko."
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How Many Economists Does It Take to See an $8 Trillion Housing Bubble?
--- http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2011/01/06/how-many-economists-does-it-take-to-see-an-8-trillion-housing-bubble/
A quote...."The answer to that question has to be many more economists than we have in the United States. Very few economists saw or understood the growth of the $8 trillion housing bubble whose collapse wrecked the economy. This involved a degree of inexcusable incompetence from the economists at the Treasury, the Fed and other regulatory institutions who had the responsibility for managing the economy and the financial system."
Source: CounterPunch --- http://www.counterpunch.org/baker01062011.html
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Trepp: CMBS Delinquencies Hit Record High Despite Market Optimism
--- http://www.dsnews.com/articles/trepp-cmbs-delinquencies-hit-record-high-despite-market-optimism-2011-01-06
A quote...."The delinquency rate for loans held in commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) rose again in December with the percentage of loans 30 or more days delinquent, in foreclosure, or REO climbing 27 basis points to 9.20 percent, according to data released this week by Trepp LLC."
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LPS: Foreclosure Inventory Rises for Fifth Straight Month
--- http://www.dsnews.com/articles/lps-foreclosure-inventory-rises-for-fifth-straight-month-2011-01-04
A quote...."LPS says the nation’s foreclosure inventory (defined as loans that have been passed on to an attorney but not yet at the final stage of foreclosure sale) continued to rise for the fifth straight month as sales of foreclosure properties dropped again."
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More Bad News For States: State Revenue Plunges By 31% In 2009 To $1.1 Trillion As Spending Increases
--- http://www.zerohedge.com/article/more-bad-news-states-state-revenue-plunges-31-2009-11-trillion-spending-increases
A quote...."The Meredith Whitney "ubiquitous state default" case may have just gotten another leg up. According to just released Census Bureau data, in 2009 total state revenue plunged by 31%, from $1.6 trillion to $1.1 trillion. "The large decrease in total revenue was mainly caused by the substantial decrease in social insurance trust revenue. Social insurance trust revenue is made up of four categories — public employee retirement, unemployment compensation, workers compensation and other insurance trusts (i.e., Social Security, Medicare, veteran's life insurance)." But the drop in the top line did not stop states from spending more:"
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Privatizing Social Security Again? --- http://www.fcnp.com/commentary/national/8197-privatizing-social-security-again.html
A quote...."By Helen Thomas -- Thursday, January 06 2011 08:00:00 AM -- This year, 2011, marks the beginning of baby boomers receiving Social Security checks and they should be alerted of past perennial Republican attempts to partially privatize the program. - Heaven forbid that plans prevail to invest a certain amount of those checks in the stock market, as many pension plans have taken a bath in the current meltdown. While there have been past GOP plans to partially privatize the program, fortunately they have all failed. So far the Social Security trust fund remains tempting for the gamblers and other risk takers on the market." - also posted at ICH --- http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27208.htm
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1 in 6 Americans Struggles in Poverty --- http://weeklyintercept.blogspot.com/2011/01/1-in-6-americans-struggles-in-poverty.html
No Sympathy!!! - They should STOP VOTING FOR DEMOS & REPUBS!! - mpg -- A quote...."The number of poor people in the U.S. is millions higher than previously known. Preliminary census figures released Wednesday show 1 in 6 Americans, many 65 and older, are struggling with poverty due to rising medical and other costs. Under a new census formula, poverty in 2009 stood at 15.7 percent, or 47.8 million people. 4.2 million more people than the official 2009 rate of 14.3 percent."
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Is 2011 the Year of the Bank Run? --- http://real-agenda.com/2011/01/05/is-2011-the-year-of-the-bank-run/
A quote...."Some market watchers say yes, pointing ominously to the torrents of money pouring out of Ireland. -- Irish bank deposits declined in November for the fourth straight month, the central bank said last week. Overseas deposits fled the country at their fastest pace in more than a year."
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When will the renminbi overtake the dollar? --- http://www.sovereignman.com/expat/when-will-the-renminbi-overtake-the-dollar/
Special Note - A quote...."Without a doubt, the existing global financial system depends on the widespread use of fiat currencies issued by insolvent governments. The wealth of the world’s large financial institutions requires that there be currencies with sufficient size and circulation to absorb massive capital flows."
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