Wednesday March 3rd 2010 - links page

Is The Recovery Real?  ---  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24908.htm
Must Read - A quote...."March 03, 2010 "Information Clearing House" -- Happy news! The government has come up with a 5.9 percent GDP growth rate in the fourth quarter of 2009. The recession is over. -- Or is it? Statistician John Williams has informed us that 69 percent of this growth, or 4.1 percentage points, is the result of inventory accumulation. That leaves a 1.8 percent growth rate, and the 1.8 percent is likely due to the underestimate of inflation and other statistical problems." -- also posted at DProgram  ---  http://dprogram.net/2010/03/03/is-the-recovery-real-paul-craig-roberts/
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Evolving Economic Catastrophe: Greek Tragedy Comes to America  ---  http://www.theinternationalforecaster.com/
Must Read - A quote...."We are not going to go into the lured details regarding residential and commercial real estate, but we are going to give you some highlights. We began telling subscribers to sell real estate in June of 2005, long before anyone else. We picked the top just as we did in September 1988 at the top. --  Residential real estate won’t hit bottom until 2013 and who knows how long it will bump along the bottom. At the end of the year we have a whole new generation of sub prime and ALT-A mortgages coming due for reset. In addition there are the pick and pay loans that are in trouble, and 52% of problems lie, if you can believe it, in prime loans. Residential real estate countrywide is off 32% with a number of areas off 50% or more. In the next two years that national figure will show losses of 45% to 50%, and the former 30 hot city markets will be off 50% to 70%. We predicted this in November of 2004. All the savings of America for three generations of Americans will be lost, and these same Americans will be saddled with horrendous amounts of debt spawned by our Wall Street controlled Treasury and the Federal Reserve. These are the bankers who have robbed you and will continue to rob you until you are destitute and enslaved."
also posted at GlobalRsrch  ---  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=17910
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Central Banks Can't Stop Global Unraveling  ---  http://www.thedailybell.com/860/Central-Banks-Can-not-Stop-Global-Unraveling.html
Must Read - A quote...."This article by the Telegraph's best financial writer, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, is a stunner because it shows us the fallacies of Keynesian economics in real time. The article, when we picked it up initially and decided to analyze it, wasn't getting a lot of play, but then the Drudge Report posted a link as well. But even though we try not to cover articles that are too well disseminated, we can't resist with this one. Does Evans-Pritchard believe what he writes in this article? We suppose it is obligatory if he wishes to keep his job. Mainstream media does not take kindly to free-market Austrian monetary analysis."
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Looming Crisis: America's Credit Card Debt Bubble-Burst  ---  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=17903
Special Note - Related Article - A quote...."If you are one of the millions of Americans locked into long term debt service, your road to debt serfdom was likely paved by a mortgage, home equity loan, credit cards, or a combination of all three. -- When the U.S. economy began to melt down in 2007 and entered a rapid period of decline in 2008, all eyes were fixed on the subprime mortgage crisis. Though the mortgage crisis, triggered by spurious lending practices and unprecedented risky investment bank practices, was undoubtedly the dominant factor affecting the American consumer in 2008, credit card debt and default was also making a contribution to the deteriorating economy and collapsing standard of living. As the subprime mortgage crisis accelerated, the increasing number of people falling behind on payments or defaulting on credit card debt was largely ignored by the media, with only a sporadic story or two being aired or printed by the major news outlets. Stories finally started receiving vastly more media attention in 2009 as the problem became too large to ignore. Credit cards, once a status symbol and the prized possession of the American consumer, had quickly become the bane of the American consumer."
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Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher Joins the Long List of Those Calling for Giant Banks to Be Broken Up
  ---  http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2010/03/federal-reserve-bank-of-dallas.html
Special Note - A quote...."As Bloomberg notes...."


"While the international aspect of Fisher's proposal may be unusual, other Fed officials have also called for breaking up the TBTFs, including:"
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Economists: Another Financial Crisis on the Way  ---  http://abcnews.go.com/Business/economists-warn-financial-us-economy/story?id=9990828&page=1
Special Note - Related Article -- A quote...."Even as many Americans still struggle to recover from the country's worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, another crisis – one that will be even worse than the current one – is looming, according to a new report from a group of leading economists, financiers, and former federal regulators." -- also posted at ICH  ---  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24903.htm
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The Road to Dictatorship  ---  http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2010/02/28/the-road-to-dictatorship/
Must Read - A quote...."That 56 percent   ---  http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/02/26/cnn-poll-majority-says-government-a-threat-to-citizens-rights
/?fbid=Aqk4YSh5pZj  ---  of all Americans "think the federal government’s become so large and powerful that it poses an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens" isn’t really all that surprising. After all, ever since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the government’s "right" to read our e-mails,  --- 
http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Factory-Ultra-Secret-Eavesdropping-America/dp/0385521324/antiwarbookstore  ---  seize our property,  ---
http://www.charityandsecurity.org/news/Asset_Forfeiture_Alavi_Grantees  ---  hold us  ---  http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig7/greenwald1.html  ---  as "enemy combatants," and otherwise  ---  http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/16/politics/16program.html  ---  trample  ---  http://www.amconmag.com/article/2003/dec
/15/00012/  ---  on the Constitution has been expanding at an exponential pace. What’s really shocking, however, is that, according to this CNN-Opinion Research Corporation poll,  ---  http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/02/26/cnn-poll-majority-says-government-a-threat-to-citizens-rights/?fbid=Aqk4YSh5pZj  ---  released on Feb. 28,  ---  http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=9573225  ---  most of the people who believe this are overwhelmingly … Republicans. That is, they are self-described supporters of the very same  ---  http://archives.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/11/25/homeland.security/index.html  ---  party which impaled the Constitution  ---  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Commissions_Act_of_2006  ---  on the sword  --- 
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/04/administration-asserts-no-fourth-amendment-domestic-military-operations   ---  of the "war on terrorism."  --- 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/oct/07/usa.iraq  ---  According to the poll, "only 37 percent of Democrats" believe this, as opposed to "63 percent of Independents and nearly 7 in 10 Republicans." --Is it just me, or was it only yesterday  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG72_ATSTN4  ---  that the Democratic base was outraged by "Bushitler,"  ---  http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1B3GGLL_enUS359US359&q=Bushitler&btnG=Search&
aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=  ---  and the "Cheney-PNAC"  ---  http://www.democrats.com/node/9116  ---  alleged neo-fascists who were taking over the country and driving dissent underground? How quickly they turn!" -- also posted at SOTT
  ---  http://www.sott.net/articles/show/203986-The-Road-to-Dictatorship-in-the-USA-Next-stop-martial-law-
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Congressman Ron Paul : The Assassinations of Americans  ---  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24911.htm
Alt  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGktTws2bK0  ---  (YouTube - 5 min 10 sec - Feb. 24, 2010)
Must View Video - A quote...." Congressman Paul speaks on the floor about assassinations of Americans by their own government "
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The Pentagon’s Runaway Budget  ---  http://www.fpif.org/articles/the_pentagons_runaway_budget
A quote...."With his decision to boost defense spending, President Obama is continuing the process of re-inflating the Pentagon that began in late 1998 — fully three years before the 9/11 attacks on America. The FY 2011 budget marks a milestone, however: The inflation-adjusted rise in spending since 1998 will probably exceed 100 percent in real terms by the end of the fiscal year. Taking the new budget into account, the Defense Department has been granted about $7.2 trillion since 1998, when the post-Cold War decline in defense spending ended." - also posted at AlethoNews
  ---  http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/the-pentagons-runaway-budget/
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The Bases Are Loaded: US Permanent Military Presence in Iraq
  ---  http://americansjourney.blogspot.com/2010/03/bases-are-loaded-us-permanent-military.html
Alt  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQHeo-CMQyc  ---  (AFYuTb 28m 28s June 20, 2007)
Must View AFVideo - From the History File - (And a good call) - June 20, 2007 -- A quote...."Will the U.S. ever leave Iraq? Official policy promises an eventual departure, while warning of the dire consequences of a "premature" withdrawal. But while Washington equivocates, facts on the ground tell another story. Independent journalist Dahr Jamail, and author Chalmers Johnson, are discovering that military bases in Iraq are being consolidated from over a hundred to a handful of "megabases" with lavish amenities. Much of what is taking place is obscured by denials and quibbles over the definition of "permanent." The Bases Are Loaded covers a wide range of topics. Gary Hart, James Goldsborough, Nadia Keilani, Raed Jarrar, Bruce Finley Kam Zarrabi and Mark Rudd all add their observations about the extent and purpose of the bases in Iraq."
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U.S. Casualties in Afghan War Soar Toward 15,000 Dead and Injured
  ---  http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/03/03/u-s-casualties-in-afghan-war-soar-toward-15-000-dead-and-injure/
Well, it appears some more / Bio-Weapons-Components / Cannon-Fodder / Killer-Unit-Flesh-Packets / are being degraded or permanently disabled.  Guess the government will have to go ahead and purchase some more of them...yawn.  What's the big deal anyway, they're highly inexpensive to maintain, cheap to acquire and incredibly easy to manufacture (although they do take up to eighteen years to assemble).  Besides....all of these BWCs were actually un-educated enough to let the government inject them with all kinds of unknown, untested and highly dangerous vaccines, drugs and other chemicals for years.  Or let themselves be exposed to deadly depleted uranium.  So what the heck, since they don't appear to have any built-in self-preservation instincts whatsoever and since as a result they're probably going to wear-out or cease functioning anyway, instead of letting them be a burden to society while they continue to uselessly use their VA benefits, or try to rehabilitate themselves while they all slowly and inevitably deteriorate, why not just use them up in the US-NRE's various occupations?  After all, it would be the "capitalist" thing to do. - mpg -- For more on this issue see....The Bidding War - 10-14-09 - mpg  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/thebiddingwar-mpg-reficultnias-101409
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Army sees sharp rise in unfit soldiers  ---  http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/03/ap_army_unfitsoldiers_030310/
These BWC's are becoming more undependable every day.  Don't they know that the profits of many of this nation's corporations are dependent on them performing their duties, that they owe it to the share holders of this nation to kill as many brown, black, yellow and even white people as possible? - mpg -- A quote.... "WASHINGTON — The percentage of soldiers who are unavailable for combat has risen sharply during the past two years from 11 percent of each brigade in 2007 to 16 percent last year, Army records show."
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General Hamid Gol Blames US for Provoking Unrests in Iran  ---  http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8812120821
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Former Director of Pakistan's Military Intelligence Organization General Hamid Gol blamed the US for creating and training different extremist and terrorist groups in the region, saying Washington is seeking to destabilize the region, specially Iran, through the measure."
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Brazil rebuffs US, says it will go own way on Iran  ---  http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_CLINTON_BRAZIL_IRAN?SITE
=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2010-03-03-11-25-12
- Hip Hip Hooray for Brazil. - mpg -- A quote...."BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -- Brazil rebuffed a U.S. appeal for new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, vowing during a visit from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton not to "bow down" to gathering international pressure."
also posted at WarInIraq  ---  http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/219205
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Iran, Seven faces of civilization  ---  http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5356229498218843348&hl=en#  ---  (GoglVid - 1h3m32s - 1 year ago)
Video - A quote...."More info: http://www.parstimes.com/film/director/farzin_rezaeian/ A documentary revealing the gems of Iranian Civilizations."
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Why Iran? Give Iran a break!  ---  http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_5636.shtml
Special Note - A quote...."MELBOURNE, Aust. -- Iran has not attacked another country militarily. The track records of the US, Israel, the UK and France are very different. - These so-called “democracies” have a bloody history of invading other countries on flimsy excuses. - There are parallels, between the Western media rhetoric about Iraq’s nuclear threat prior to the US invasion and the rhetoric about Iran’s nuclear programme today. In repeatedly misinterpreting the statements of Iran’s Ahmadinejad, the US-Israel media paints him as the Hitler of the Middle East. There was no reality check before Iraq and there is no reality check now. - Iran has been a consistent supporter of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and called for a nuclear weapons free Middle East."
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Muslim woman barred from flight for refusing ‘naked’ scan
  ---  http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1194410_muslim_woman_barred_from_flight_for_refusing_naked_scan
Just WAIT till the US-NRE's perverted goons start cavity searching everyone....Welcome to the New Roman Empire folks.  Next time, don't vote for a DemoRepub, the privacy and dignity you'll save someday might very well be your own.  - mpg -- A quote...."A MUSLIM woman was barred from boarding a flight to Pakistan after refusing to go through a new ‘naked’ full-body scanner at Manchester Airport on religious grounds." - also posted at PrisonPlanet
  ---  http://www.prisonplanet.com/muslim-women-who-refused-to-take-naked-full-body-scan-are-barred-from-manchester-to-pakistan-flight.html
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Gordon Brown to stop courts issuing arrest warrants for foreign officials
  ---  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/gordon-brown/7362228/Gordon-Brown-to-stop-courts-issuing-arrest-warrants-for-foreign-officials.html
Well, there they go, Britain's finally giving up on their treaty obligations along with that "quaint" old "rule of law" thing, just as the US-NRE did almost a decade ago....and for the very same reasons. Both countries did so at the behest of five million Jews living in the state of Israel, in order that these Jews can continue murdering Palestinians and stealing their lands with impunity.  What a proud day for the Brits, using their own Magna Carta (originally issued in the year of our Lord 1215)   ---  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta  ---  for toilet paper.  They say sometimes Empires end with a whimper instead of a bang.....but with the sound of a toilet flushing? To watch a once proud people casually throw aside centuries of sacred judicial and civil traditions and obsequiously prostrate themselves before a bunch of murderous, racist, thugs from a foreign country is simply to painful to witness. It's degrading and it's disgusting. - mpg
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Families of dead troops ask Chilcot to confront Brown  ---  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article7048935.ece
A quote...."The families of troops who were killed in poorly protected Land Rovers have urged the Iraq inquiry to challenge Gordon Brown tomorrow on his funding of frontline forces. - They want answers because no one in Government has ever explained why the Snatch Land Rover was not replaced in Iraq and Afghanistan once it became clear that it was vulnerable to roadside bombs."
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Violence on Eve of Iraq Vote  ---  http://www.thenation.com/blogs/dreyfuss/536842/violence_on_eve_of_iraq_vote
A quote...."Iraqis go to the polls this Sunday, March 7, and it's not looking good. -- A rumble of violence is spreading across Iraq, and while it's nothing like the generalized warfare that plagued the country three years ago, it's a worrying sign that a wrong turn after the elections could lead to an explosion -- especially if the vote is rigged, or if the politically disenfranchised outsiders, such as the many Sunnis, secularists, and nationalists, feel that the deck was stacked against them."
also posted at Uruknet  ---  http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m63853&hd=&size=1&l=e
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Iraq tensions rise after Kurds threaten to arrest Arab governor  ---  http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/03/01/89626/iraq-tensions-rise-after-kurds.html
A quote...."SALAHADIN, Iraq — In a sign of heightened Arab-Kurd tension along a disputed boundary just days from Iraq elections, the president of Iraqi Kurdistan says the governor of the adjoining Arab-majority province will be arrested if he enters Kurdish-controlled areas."
also posted at Uruknet   ---  http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m63824&hd=&size=1&l=e
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Sliding Backwards on Iraq?  ---  http://original.antiwar.com/erik-leaver/2010/03/03/sliding-backwards-on-iraq/
A quote...."Last week, President Obama’s out-of-control military brass once again leaked a statement contrary to the president’s position. This time the statement came from Army Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, who officially requested to keep a combat brigade in the northern part of the country beyond the August 2010 deadline."
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Houthis can form political party: Sana'a  ---  http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=119944&sectionid=351020206
A quote...."Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh has called on the country's Houthi fighters to enter into the county's political arena by forming a party. - Hailing an early February ceasefire reached with the Shia fighters based in the beleaguered north, Saleh said the group could play a role in the country's politics as a political party."
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Stalemate in China-US Relations - Collapse of the G-2 Myth  ---  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=17893
Special Note - Geo-Politicla Analysis -- A quote...."This winter has been a cold one for China-US relations. So many serious disagreements between the two countries have not surfaced simultaneously for decades: the US is exerting unprecedented pressure on China to revalue the Yuan, a cyber war erupted between Google and the Chinese administration, Washington intends to sell weapons worth $6.4 bn to Taiwan, China dumped US bonds worth $34.2 bn, both sides threaten to introduce punitive import tariffs, and US President B. Obama received 14thDalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso in the White House. In the past China and the US avoided taking harsh measures against each other serially, but evidently things have changed beyond recognition over the past several months."
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Tymoshenko's government ousted in Ukraine  ---  http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iOAtVWc4V9RgBTgzKzYH3R4q0L7gD9E7606G1
A quote...."KIEV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian parliament ousted the government of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in a no-confidence vote on Wednesday, dealing a final blow to the leadership of the pro-Western Orange Revolution and leaving her to lead the opposition in parliament."
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Germany's Fear of Finkelstein  ---  http://www.palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=15771
A quote...."Norman Finkelstein, an internationally renowned scholar of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, was due to talk about the state of the decades-old conflict and the situation in Gaza one year after the Israeli assault last week in Munich and Berlin. As part of a European speaking tour which would have led him to Germany for the first time since 2002, Finkelstein has been invited to speak in Prague at a number of prestigious institutions, such as the Institute of International Relations Prague, the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, and the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts at Charles University in Prague."
also posted at ICH  ---  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24906.htm
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Turkmenistan: We don’t want ex-Mossad man as ambassador
  ---  http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/turkmenistan-we-dont-want-ex-mossad-man-as-ambassador/
A quote...."For four months now Turkmenistan has been delaying the ratification of the appointment of Reuven Dinel, a close associate of Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, as Israel’s first ambassador to that country. Sources at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have said this is an unusual diplomatic hint to the effect that Turkmenistan is not interested in the appointment, because Dinel formerly worked at the Mossad. “They are hoping we will get the hint and appoint someone else to the position,” said a top person at the ministry." -- also posted at WarInIraq  ---  http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/219196
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Did they know? Israel-U.S. startup linked to Dubai hit  ---  http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1153564.html
Special Note - It's funny how Israeli companies ALWAYS seem to be involved in "terrorist" incidents like 9/11, 7/7 and the recent "fizzle-pants" episode, where they provided "security" or other sorts of services, along with assassinations and other forms of mayhem and murder world wide. Most governments would investigate why Israeli firms always seem to be involved with these sorts of incidents and in cases such as providing "security", why they "just" "somehow" always seem to be falling down on the job (pun intended).  Amazing ain't it folks?  Must be another one of "dem dare coincidences", ain't that right folks?- mpg -- A quote...."Employees at the Payoneer are still trying to understand what hit them: the Israeli startup company has faced a wave of unwanted publicity after Dubai police claimed that suspects in the assassination of Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh used its credit card technology. "
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Dubai seeks Netanyahu's arrest over killing of Hamas man  ---  http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1153584.html
A quote....."Dubai's police chief plans to seek the arrest of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the head of the Mossad over the killing of a Hamas leader in the emirate, Al Jazeera television reported on Wednesday. - Dahi Khalfan Tamim "said he would ask the Dubai prosecutor to issue arrest warrants for ... Netanyahu and the head of Mossad," the television said. It did not give details." -- also posted at ICH  ---  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24901.htm
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Mossad Comes to America:  Death Squads by Invitation  ---  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24910.htm
A quote...."March 03, 2010 "Information Clearing House" -- The principle propaganda mouthpiece of the Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (PMAJO), the Daily Alert (DA), has come out in full support for Israel’s practice of extra-judicial, extra-territorial assassination. -- In the face of world-wide governmental condemnation (except from the Zionist-occupied White House and US Congress), the PMAJO slavishly backs any brutal murder committed by the Israeli secret police anywhere in the world and at anytime. The recent assassination of Hamas leader, Mahmoud Mabhouh, in Dubai is a case in point. The PMAJO has defended all of Mossad’s criminal actions leading up to the murder, including extensive identity theft and the stealing or falsification of passports and official documents from several European countries, presumably allied to the Zionist state. Among the Mossad agents who entered Dubai to kill Mabhouh, twelve agents used stolen or forged British passports, three Australian, three French, one German and six Irish. These agents assumed the identity of European citizens in order to commit murder in a sovereign nation." -- also posted at DProgram
  ---  http://dprogram.net/2010/03/03/mossad-comes-to-america-death-squads-by-invitation-james-petras/
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Mordechai Vanunu’s Nobel Stand  ---  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=17923
Special Note - Some quotes...."It was revealed last week that in a letter to the Committee, Mordechai Vanunu had asked for his candidacy to be rescinded. It was unusual enough for Geir Lundestad to acknowledge that a nomination had even been received, let alone publicly disclose Vanunu’s request. But for Vanunu—a man who should have been awarded the Peace Prize long ago—it was in full keeping with the dignity, integrity and uncompromising nature of one to whom the world owes a great debt."


Well, if Simon Peres had injured the Nobel Peace Prize, and Kissinger had killed it, Obama buried its stinking, rotting, corpse and gave it its last rites during his speech in Stockholm last December.  All this website editor can say is the Noble Committee did irreparable damage to the Noble Peace Prize by awarding it to Obama, Kissinger and Perez, they've made a mockery of the prize along with their own reputations and the entire concept of peace.  The ONLY way they can restore even a part of the prize's faded glory, along with what little remains of their sullied reputations, is to revoke the prize for the individuals who have so besmirched it and the ideas it was supposed to represent.  It's their choice. - mpg
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From South Africa to Israel: personal stories of apartheid  ---  http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100303/OPINION/703029942/1080
A quote...."I grew up in an anti-apartheid household in Toronto. My parents met while my father was touring southern Africa as part of a Canadian anti-apartheid organisation, building links with postcolonial African socialist states and the South African liberation movement. On long car journeys, our family would mix Nelson Mandela’s autobiography with Just William children’s story tapes, and my parents would occasionally hire a babysitter so they could attend organising meetings for the international boycott campaign against South Africa." - also posted at AlethoNews
  ---  http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/from-south-africa-to-israel-personal-stories-of-apartheid/
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What it means to go to Ben Gurion airport with an Arab friend
  ---  http://mondoweiss.net/2010/03/what-it-means-to-go-to-ben-gurion-airport-with-an-arab-friend.html
A quote...."I’m too distracted to fall asleep. Everyone is quietly snoring. The sun rises ever so slowly and the wings of the plane rudely cut through the calmness of the clouds. It’s hard to believe that the intensity of the sun repeats itself with this beauty every day. That it’s not for this special day that led me to be on this flight, on my way to Barcelona. I guess my mind makes it negligible just to maintain every-day continuity. Can’t comprehend all of chaos theory at once."
also posted at AlethoNews  ---  http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/what-it-means-to-go-to-ben-gurion-airport-with-an-arab-friend/
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Why all this media manipulation being directed against Hugo Chavez?  ---  http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=89025
A quote...."VHeadline commentarist Carlos M. Pietri writes: Yesterday's news headlined Spanish judge accuses Venezuela of supporting ETA and FARC -- published in the vast majority of the Venezuelan and Spanish neo-liberal media -- is nothing more than an impressive though well-planned media drive against Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.." - also posted at AlethoNews
  ---  http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/why-all-this-media-manipulation-being-directed-against-hugo-chavez/
& WarInIraq  ---  http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/219195
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Architects for 9/11 inquiry: Fire couldn’t demolish WTC in 11 seconds
  ---  http://www.prisonplanet.com/architects-for-911-inquiry-fire-couldnt-demolish-wtc-in-11-seconds.html
Alt  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUmGvyUIU_E  ---  (RTYuTb - 4m36s - March 02, 2010)
RTVideo - A quote...."The question isn’t who or why anymore so much as how. How could 200 thousand tonnes of steel have dropped to the ground in under 11 seconds because of a fire? Over a thousand engineers and architects say it simlpy couldn’t, not the way it happened on September 11, and now they want a new investigation. Tim King has been following this issue in quite some time."
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NSA threatened Qwest CEO with repercussions if he didn’t cut a surveillance deal  ---  http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_5637.shtml
Police State Alert - A quote...."(WMR)  ---  http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/  ---  WMR has learned from sources who worked in senior positions for the telecommunications company Qwest that its former chairman and CEO, Joseph Nacchio, was threatened with retaliation after he refused to participate in an unconstitutional and illegal National Security Agency (NSA) wiretapping program after he met with NSA officials on February 27, 2001, some six months before the 9/11 attacks. Nacchio refused to turn over customer records without a court order -- something NSA did not possess at the time it made its request."
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Senate Burglary:  CIA Domestic Black-Op Team Arested
  ---  http://www.veteranstoday.com/2010/01/30/senate-burglary-cia-domestic-black-op-team-arrested/
Police State Alert - A quote...."Last week’s breakin at Senator Mary Landrieu’s office in the New Orleans Federal Building was more than it seemed, much more.  All of the 4 arrested had been trained by the CIA and, possibly, Israel.  One arrested, Stan Dai, is listed as an Operations Officer of the Department of Defense Irregular Warfare Program and  a known expert and lecturer on, not only surveillance but explosives training, assassinations and “false flag operations.”  If you wanted a plane to crash, an enemy to get sick and die or a building to blow up, Dai would be the man to know how to make it happen.  Problem is, his skills were being used as part of a criminal conspiracy inside the United States against members of our own government."
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What the cyberecurity bill is really about  ---  http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_5648.shtml
Web Censorship Alert - A quote...."....the Wizards of Oz had an epiphany. -- It dawned on them that to further their agenda -- controlling the globe’s food, fiber, water, minerals, money, land, information, people, jobs, hope, and their planned world government they’d been maneuvering towards -- in the secret manner they’ve been accustomed to lo these many decades, they were going to have to somehow take control of what was being fed onto the Internet and failing that, the Internet itself." - For more on this issue see..... Attempts to Control the Internet
  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/attempttocontroltheinternet-weblist-mpg-053006.html
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Truth and Consequences in the Gaza Invasion  ---  http://www.counterpunch.com/finkelstein03032010.html
Must Read - A quote...."Public outrage at the Gaza invasion did not come out of the blue but rather marked the nadir of a curve plotting a steady decline in support for Israel. As polling data of Americans and Europeans, both Gentiles and Jews, suggest, the public has become increasingly critical of Israeli policy over the past decade. The horrific images of death and destruction broadcast around the world during and after the invasion accelerated this development. “The increased and brutal frequency of war in this volatile region has shifted international opinion,” the British Financial Times editorialized one year later, “reminding Israel it is not above the law. Israel can no longer dictate the terms of debate." - also posted at Uruknet  ---  http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m63837&hd=&size=1&l=e  ---  This is an extract from Norman Finkelstein’s new book about the Gaza conflict, “This Time We Went Too Far” published by OR Books."  ---  http://www.orbooks.com/  ---  (only available at OR Books) - mpg
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RACHEL CORRIE THE TERRORIST  ---  http://irish4palestine.blogspot.com/2010/03/rachel-corrie-terrorist.html
Special Note - A quote...."Israel never ceases to amaze. I have just read the most delusional piece of Israeli fantasy ever printed, and that’s saying something! The upcoming trail regarding the murder of Rachel Corrie has the Zionist Religious Fanatic Nut jobs in a dither, they are dragging out the smear brush to demonize Rachel and her Family, whilst polishing the “Chosen Ones Halo” (or should I say Horns!) of the IDF killer who ruthlessly murdered her."
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House Demolitions in the Occupied City of Jerusalem during the month of January 2010  ---  http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m63819&hd=&size=1&l=e
Related Article - Month in and month out.  Think if it was your neighborhood and your neighbors folks, what would YOU do? - mpg -- A quote...."'No-permit', the Justification used whenever the Israeli Occupation Authorities conduct a certain structure demolition process through the Jerusalem Municipality. During the first month of the current year, the Israeli Occupation Authorities demolished 6 Palestinian houses (3 in Jaba', 1 in Silwan, 1 in At Tur, and another one in the Old City)."
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IOF soldiers raid southern Gaza, cut trees and round up 19 in WB
  ---  http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/en/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7K17%2b%2b%2b42bePo6x
WHCTDFk%2bNxwvQhWVSuxrIenx%2bwaeBtySrhkaKiUXazQ4NI%2fC1KgcJC5%2fKv7NfWclTDn9BzqLgFKDxFTymHXyoL9%2fGnZnI%3d
A quote...."KHAN YOUNIS, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided agricultural areas east of Khan Younis to the south of the Gaza Strip at an early hour on Tuesday, local sources said. -- They told the PIC reporter that a number of IOF tanks escorted huge bulldozers that advanced 200 meters into the area east of Qarara and damaged Palestinian land and property." - also posted at Uruknet  ---  http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m63817&hd=&size=1&l=e
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[Israeli] Judge tries to hide his shame while extending child's detention pending trial
  ---  http://www.middleeastmonitor.org.uk/news/middle-east/741-judge-tries-to-hide-his-shame-while-extending-childs-detention-pending-trial
A quote...."The trial of a child turned into a farce when, to laughter from those assembled in the courtroom, the lawyer Leah Tsiml took a balloon out of her purse and gave it to Hassan, aged 12, to play with during his trial. This move prompted the judge to lower his head and hide his shame behind a computer screen." - also posted at Uruknet  ---  http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m63841&hd=&size=1&l=e
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Native Indian Genocide: Parallels in Palestine  ---  http://www.palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=15776
A quote...."The United States of America, of course, voted against the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Only a country that denies the rights of its own Native Indians could object to the right of self-determination for other indigenous peoples. - Likewise, only a country that had itself executed genocide on its own native peoples on a massive scale could be such an ardent supporter of the Zionist regime, which is currently engaged in a native Palestinian genocide." - also posted at Uruknet  ---  http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m63854&hd=&size=1&l=e
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Picking pebbles to live somehow  ---  http://palsolidarity.org/2010/03/11612?utm_source=
feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+palsolidarity+%28International+Solidarity+Movement%29
Special Note - A quote...."They come by the hundreds every day to sand dunes and rubble sites to sift for pebbles, stones and sand that can be used in making concrete blocks. They lean into trash bins across the Strip, and wade through piles of rubbish scavenging for plastics, metals, and any bits worth reselling."
also posted at Uruknet  ---  http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m63851&hd=&size=1&l=e
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Episode 2 of Sleepless in Gaza and Jerusalem  ---  http://desertpeace.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/episode-2-of-sleepless-in-gaza-and-jerusalem/
Alt  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCDep_CdUwM  ---  (YouTube - 24min 50sec - March 02, 2010)
Click here - For episode 1  ---  http://desertpeace.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/new-movie-sleepless-in-gaza-and-jerusalem/
Alt  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdk_hcx1TyA&feature=player_embedded  ---  (YouTube - 25min 32sec - March 01, 2010)
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Refusal to surrender: "My Father was a Freedom Fighter" reviewed  ---  http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11113.shtml?utm_source=
feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+electronicIntifada+%28Electronic+Intifada%29
Book Review - A quote...."Palestinian-American author, journalist and editor of the Palestine Chronicle, Ramzy Baroud's latest book "My Father was a Freedom Fighter"  ---  http://books.google.com/books?id=V-VlPgAACAAJ&dq=My+Father+was+a+Freedom+Fighter+baroud&cd=1  ---  [GoglBkSrch]*  --- 
http://books.google.com/books?id=V-VlPgAACAAJ&sitesec=buy&source=gbs_buy_s&cad=0  ---  is an antidote to the US, European and Israeli media's decontextualization and dehumanization of Palestinians. It's also an instant classic, one of the very best books to have examined the Palestinian tragedy." - *links added
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Mass Layoffs Increase in January  ---  http://www.riskyinvestor.com/?p=3780
A quote...."The number of people let go in mass layoffs rose in January after four straight months of declines. -- Employers laid-off 182,261 workers, seasonally adjusted, in 1,761 mass layoff events last month, the Labor Department said Tuesday. A mass layoff is when a single employer terminates at least 50 people."
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More consumers file for bankruptcy protection  ---  http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2010-03-03-bankruptcy03_ST_N.htm
A quote...."The economic recovery effort has not slowed consumer bankruptcy filings. They surged 14% in February compared with a year earlier, according to the American Bankruptcy Institute. -- The 111,693 cases filed last month also represented a 9% increase from January, the report said."
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Tuesday March 2nd 2010 - links page

War Powers Resolution of 1973: Derailing the Gravy Train for the Dogs of War
  ---  http://americansjourney.blogspot.com/2010/03/video-consolidated-america-number-one.html
Must Read - Contains Videos - Alt/Kucinich  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PToBWmczmU  ---  AltCnsldtdAmr  ---
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJgW_wQp744  ---  A quote...."Perpetual war for perpetual peace for perpetual war. Who benefits from this cycle of violence? The video at the bottom of this post provides an artistic perspective - an opportunity for us to reflect upon what we've become here in Amerika. -- I ask "who benefits?" because I personally do not. In fact I'm losing liberty which means no pursuit of happiness and it is now American policy to deprive American citizens deemed "terrorists" of their life. (Yes - this means U.S. government assassinations of its own citizens) I'm also losing property in the form of tax money required to continue the undefinable and therefore unwinnable and therefore endless "War on Terror." But how is it possible for a war to continue indefinitely - are there not checks and balances in place to stop the madness?" - also posted at DProgram
  ---  http://dprogram.net/2010/03/02/video-war-powers-resolution-of-1973-derailing-the-gravy-train-for-the-dogs-of-war/
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Victor's Justice: From Nuremberg to Baghdad  ---  http://mises.org/misesreview_detail.aspx?control=367
Must Read - A quote...."In Zolo's view, international courts have not become, as Kelsen wished, an instrument to promote peace and justice. Quite the contrary, they have served to ensure American dominance of post–World War II politics. Nations unfortunate enough to lose a military struggle with the United States become subject to "victor's justice." The result is a "two-tier" structure of justice in which opponents of America face strict scrutiny while America and her allies are immune."

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Webster Tarpley On Russia Today – Soviet Amerika
  ---  http://dprogram.net/2010/03/01/video-webster-tarpley-on-russia-today-soviet-amerika/#more-31718
Alt  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usiu_EefUow  ---  (RTYuTb - 25min 35sec - March 01, 2010)
Must View RTVideo - A quote...."(RussiaToday) – On Peter Lavelle’s CrossTalk his guests are asked whether the US is following the historic path that led the the collapse of the Soviet Union."
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What Goes Around Comes Around - IMF-Style Austerity Comes to America  ---  http://www.counterpunch.org/brown03022010.html
Must Read - Amen....a.k.a., Karma is a b-tch. - mpg -- A quote...."When billionaires pledge a billion dollars to educate people to the evils of something, it is always good to peer closely at what they are up to.  Hedge fund magnate Peter G. Peterson was formerly Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations and head of the New York Federal Reserve.  He is now senior chairman of Blackstone Group, which is in charge of dispersing government funds in the controversial AIG bailout, widely criticized as a government giveaway to banks.  Peterson is also founder of the Peter Peterson Foundation, which has adopted the cause of imposing “fiscal responsibility” on Congress.  He hired David M. Walker, former head of the Government Accounting Office, to spearhead a massive campaign to reduce the runaway federal debt, which the Peterson/Walker team blames on reckless government and consumer spending.  The Foundation funded the movie “I.O.U.S.A.” to amass popular support for their cause, which largely revolves around dismantling Social Security and Medicare benefits as a way to cut costs and return to “fiscal responsibility.”  -- also posted at GlobalRsrch  ---  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=17881
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Israel Suddenly Needs US  ---  http://irish4palestine.blogspot.com/2010/03/israel-suddenly-needs-us.html
Must Read - A quote...."Israel never needed us. They never “really” cared what the world thought of Israel’s actions, never "really" felt threatened by critics of Israel. I find it personally stunning that Israel has the ability to be so blinded by their racist Zionist agenda that they have totally and unequivocally lost touch with the real world living outside the walled Prison they call “Israel.” That is changing:"
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America's 30 Year War On Afghanistan  ---  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24897.htm
Must Read - A quote...."In August 1979, four months before the Soviet attack, a classified State Department Report stated: “the United States larger interests …would be served by the demise of the Taraki-Amin regime, despite whatever setbacks this might mean for future social and economic reforms in Afghanistan.”6 -- According to one senior official, "The question here was whether it was morally acceptable that, in order to keep the Soviets off balance, which was the reason for the operation, it was permissible to use other lives for our geopolitical interests." Carter’s CIA director Stansfield Turner answered the question: "I decided I could live with that."7"
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'Rigi planned to meet Holbrooke in Kyrgyzstan'  ---  http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=119672&sectionid=351020101
Special Note - Related Article -- A quote...."The captured ringleader of the Jundallah terrorist group, Abdolmalek Rigi, was scheduled to meet US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke at the Manas Air Base for talks on waging an insurgency against the Islamic Republic of Iran, a journalist says. -- Rigi had planned to meet a high-profile US official at the Manas Air Base near Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek." - bold by website editor
also posted at ABNA  ---  http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=180088
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Iran rebel, on death row, says US supported group  ---  http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLP446118
A quote...."ZAHEDAN, Iran, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Iranian authorities presented a condemned Sunni rebel to reporters on Tuesday who said his group had received support from both the United States and al Qaeda to attack targets inside Iran."
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Former US spy confirms Rigi's CIA link, rejects ties  ---  http://presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=119860&sectionid=351020101
Related Article - A quote...."A former US intelligence official has admitted that CIA operatives in Pakistan had held talks with the Jundallah terrorist group led by Abdolmalek Rigi. -- Soon after the 9/11 attacks, a senior Jundallah member, acting on Rigi's behalf, approached CIA agents in Pakistan and told them the group would help the US against both Iran and al-Qaeda, prominent US weekly magazine Newsweek reveals in its March 1 issue."
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US sponsors terrorists to overthrow Iran’s government again? Evidence suggests it’s true  ---  http://www.examiner.com/x-18425-LA-County-Nonpartisan-
Examiner%7Ey2010m2d27-US-sponsors-terrorists-to-overthrow-Irans-government-again-Evidence-suggests-its-true
A quote...."Abdolmalek Rigi, leader of the assassination/terrorist group, Jundallah, was announced as captured by Iran’s government on February 23, 2010. Iran televised Mr. Rigi making a statement that the US government funds Jundallah, provides weapons, and assists with logistical management."

For more on the four articles shown above see....US Support of Terror - The Capture of Rigi -- Updated
  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/ussupportofterror-weblist-mpg-090306#RIGIS_CAPTURE
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Russia says still room for diplomacy with Iran  ---  http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6211H820100302
A quote...."PARIS (Reuters) - Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday there was still room for diplomacy rather than sanctions to produce a solution to the dispute with Iran over its nuclear program."
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War Council Convened In Damascus Past Friday To Prepare For Israeli Strike, Iran President Expects War "Between Spring And Summer
  ---  http://www.zerohedge.com/article/war-council-convened-damsacus-past-friday-prepare-israeli-strike-iran-president-expects-war-
War Alert - A quote...."Abu Dhabi Media website The National has disclosed some rather disturbing news about peace "prospects" in the middle east. It appears this past Friday saw a war council convene in Damascus, between Syrian president Bashar al Assad, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Hizbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah to "devise counterattack plans and assign tasks in the event of an Israeli offensive on one or all parties, wrote Abdelbari Atwan, the editor-in-chief of the pan-Arab newspaper Al Quds al Arabi." And more troublingly, "the Iranian president said he expects war to break out somewhere between spring and summer of this year. Meanwhile, the Hizbollah chief vowed to strike the Israeli capital, its airports and power stations if Israel dared to attack Beirut’s critical infrastructure."Let's recall that Goldman's most recent 2010 and 2011 WTI estimates call for prices to rise to $90 and $110/bbl, respectively."
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That was a war council in Damascus  ---  http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100301/OPINION/702289930/1006
War Alert - A quote...."The three-party meeting that took place in Damascus on Friday gathering the Syrian president Bashar al Assad, the Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the Hizbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was a war council to devise counterattack plans and assign tasks in the event of an Israeli offensive on one or all parties, wrote Abdelbari Atwan, the editor-in-chief of the pan-Arab newspaper Al Quds al Arabi."
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Read the IAEA Reports on Iran  ---  http://original.antiwar.com/peter-casey/2010/02/28/read-the-iaea-reports-on-iran/
WARNING! - Presstitute Alert - (The New York Times wants to start another war again, this time with Iran. - mpg ) -- A quote...."The Times imputes to the IAEA report statements, declarations, and conclusions that just are not there. One can see this easily, just by reading the report and comparing it to the story. You do not need a degree in nuclear physics or chemical engineering to see that the New York Times story is, quite simply, false. -- The Times was not alone in fabricating content for the IAEA report. The overwhelming response of American media grossly overstated its significance and rewrote it beyond recognition. The Times‘ story, however, is transparently dishonest, and it raises the legitimate question: Is America’s "paper of record" consciously misrepresenting facts to "accelerate confrontation" between Iran and the West?" -- For more on this issue see quote shown below....

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Blair warned in 2000 Iraq war was illegal - Which is why "they" needed 9/11 & 7/7 to start the war. - mpg
  ---  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/blair-warned-in-2000-iraq-war-was-illegal-1914293.html
A quote...."An invasion of Iraq was discussed within the Government more than two years before military action was taken – with Foreign Office mandarins warning that an invasion would be illegal, that it would claim "considerable casualties" and could lead to the breakdown of Iraq, The Independent can reveal."
also posted at ICH   ---  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24898.htm
& Uruknet  ---  http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m63804&hd=&size=1&l=e
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U.S. to train Iraq’s Kurdish Peshmerga forces  ---  http://www.infowars.com/u-s-to-train-iraqs-kurdish-peshmerga-forces/
OH GOODY!  Isn't this wonderful news!?!?1  This will get Maliki, the Shias AND the Sunni resistance really angry and even make Turkey hopping mad.  It will of course make Israel happy.  Is there ANY particular reason the US-NRE is sacrificing it's entire national economy and the lives of millions of people for the five million Jews living in Israel?  Any reason at all?  Most of the Neo-Romans living in this country are stupid BEYOND belief. - mpg -- A quote...."A team from the US army logistics have entered Iraq’s semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan to train the Kurdish regional military, known as Peshmerga."
also posted at BLN  ---  http://blacklistednews.com/?news_id=7629
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Droning On and On  ---  http://www.truthdig.com/cartoon/item/droning_on_and_on_20100228/
Cartoon  - also posted at AmericanEveryman  ---  http://willyloman.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/droning-on-and-on/
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"Officials puzzle over millions of dollars leaving Afghanistan by plane for Dubai   ---  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02
/24/AR2010022404914.html  ---  'The cash flown out of Kabul includes a wide range of foreign currencies. Most is in U.S. dollars, euros and -- to the bafflement of officials -- Saudi Arabian riyals.' - 25 Feb 2010 A blizzard of bank notes is flying out of Afghanistan -- often in full view of customs officers at the Kabul airport -- as part of a cash exodus that is confounding U.S. officials and raising concerns about the money's origin. But at a time when the United States and its allies are spending billions of dollars to prop up the fragile government puppet regime of President Hamid Karzai, the volume of the outflow has stirred concerns that funds have been diverted from aid. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, for its part, is trying to figure out whether some of the money comes from Afghanistan's thriving opium trade. [Oh, yes! It's a 'puzzle' and a 'bafflement' and lions and tigers and bears oh my! This is money the CIA is laundering for the Afghan opium and gas pipelines. Anyone with an IQ above that of Sarah Palin/80 gets it. --LRP] "
Paragraph quoted from CLG  ---  http://www.legitgov.org/
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Two Thirds of Afghan Police Drop Out Before Training Completed
  ---  http://news.antiwar.com/2010/03/02/two-thirds-of-afghan-police-drop-out-before-training-completed/
A quote...."The NATO goal to dramatic grow the Afghan police force continues to flounder, fueled in no small part by the massive attrition rate, according to training commander Lieutenant General William Caldwell."
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Hotel hit squad 'hiding out in Israel'  ---  http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/hotel-hit-squad-hiding-out-in-israel/story-e6frf7jx-1225835829342
A quote...."THE hit squad that assassinated a Hamas chief in a luxury hotel in Dubia are hiding in Israel to avoid arrest, Dubai's police chief claims."
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Putin to hold meeting on AF, air defence troops equipping  ---  http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=14872952&PageNum=0
A quote...."MOSCOW, March 1 (Itar-Tass) - Equipping of the Air Force and air defence troops of Russia with state-of-the-art samples of armaments and military hardware will be the main issue of a regular meeting on issues related to the development of the national defence industry complex that will be held by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday."
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The Spectre of Military Conflict. Georgia versus Russia: Fanning the Flames  ---  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=17891
Geo-Political Analysis - A quote...."Will there be another war in the Caucasus? This is a smoldering issue on more than one front in the first of a two-part analysis of the spectre of conflict in this crucial crossroads --  With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the world expected a new era of peace and disarmament. But what happened? Instead of diminishing, US and NATO presence throughout Europe, thePersian Gulf, Afghanistan and Central Asia rapidly increased, and the world experienced one war after another -- in the Caucasus, Yugoslavia , Iraq and Afghanistan , each one hotter and more horrible than the last. And we are far from seeing the end to the savagery now unleashed by the anti-communist jinni."
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The Ukrainian election and the demise of the “Orange Revolution”  ---  http://wsws.org/articles/2010/mar2010/pers-m03.shtml
Geo-Political Analysis - A quote...."The crushing defeat of Viktor Yushchenko in Ukraine’s presidential poll in January and the election of Viktor Yanukovich in the second round vote held February 7 mark the ignominious end of the 2004 “Orange Revolution.” -- After five years of “Orange” rule, the majority of the people are worse off, while the oligarchic clans and politicians continue to go about their business with the same level of corruption and criminality as before. The debacle for the Western-backed leaders who came to power in 2004 continued this week with the collapse of the coalition in the Ukrainian parliament led by Yulia Timoshenko, the current prime minister and former co-leader of the “Orange Revolution."
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China Says U.S. ‘Entirely’ to Blame for Strained Ties  ---  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=17884
A quote...."The responsibility for the current difficulties in China- U.S. relations goes completely to the U.S. side,” Foreign Ministry Spokesman Qin Gang said today in Beijing. The U.S. should respect China’s interests to get relations “back on the track of sound and healthy development.”
From Bloomberg  ---  http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601089&sid=az4Lw3yZEuKg
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China PLA officer urges challenging U.S. dominance  ---  http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6201CC20100301
A quote...."BEIJING (Reuters) - China should build the world's strongest military and move swiftly to displace the United States as the global "champion," a Chinese PLA officer says in a new book reflecting swelling nationalist ambitions."
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Germany’s Top Court Overturns Anti-Terrorism Data Law (Update1)
  ---  http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-02/german-court-overturns-anti-terror-data-law-citing-privacy.html
A quote...."March 2 (Bloomberg) -- Germany’s highest court overturned a two-year-old anti-terrorism law that requires telecommunications providers such as Deutsche Telekom AG to store Internet and phone data for six months, saying the rules violate privacy."
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Bailout 'would spark [an Irish] revolution'  ---  http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/national-news/revolution-warning-over-bailout-2086026.html
A quote...."A revolution will erupt if billions of euro more in taxpayers' money is handed over to Anglo Irish Bank, Enda Kenny has warned. -- The Fine Gael leader said people can no longer tolerate massive public funding of the nationalised bank as it stands."
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EU Drama: The Fall of Greece  ---  http://mathaba.net/news/?x=622945
Special Note - A quote...."What the EU leaders meant by `solidarity` ... was not that they were going to pour public money into Greece, as they poured it into their troubled banks, but that they intended to squeeze the money owed the banks out of the Greek people."
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New strikes called as more social cuts are prepared in Greece  ---  http://wsws.org/articles/2010/mar2010/gree-m03.shtml
Related Article - A quote...."The Greek trade unions announced new strikes yesterday against further budget cuts demanded by banks and European institutions, amid the ongoing Greek debt crisis. This comes less than one week after a one-day national strike against budget cuts on February 24, in which an estimated 2 million workers participated."
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Greece to cut state salary bonuses by 30%  ---  http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/business/2010-03/03/c_13195817.htm
Related Article - A quote...."ATHENS, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Greece is to cut state salary bonuses by 30 percent and raise VAT from 19 to 21 percent, agencies reported on Wednesday."
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Spain: Investigating the Crimes of Franco Dictatorship  ---  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=17877
Something we "Americans" (as apposed to the Neo-Romans who live here) will one day be able to look forward to in this country once the DemoRepubs have been removed from power....however long that may take and however hard it may be....on them. - mpg -- A quote...."The Spanish Supreme Court has allowed the fascist party, the Falange, to join a private prosecution brought against Judge Baltazar Garzón because of his attempts to investigate the crimes of the Franco dictatorship. The Falange, which was the sole political organisation allowed under the regime, carried out countless crimes against the Spanish working class during the civil war (1936-1939) and the dictatorship afterwards. Today it has a tiny membership."
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US SPECIAL FORCES IN THE CONGO; COUP IN NIGER  ---  http://www.blacklistednews.com/news-7630-0-20-20--.html
Alt  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7TzsxyoHHA  ---  (YouTube - 2min 7sec - February 26, 2010)
Video - A quote...."In February 2010 we learned that U.S. special forces have begun training Congolese troops. - These same Congolese troops have been accused of attacking civilians and committing extreme abuses. - "The government army came to the village... They raped and killed people and burned them in their houses." (Congo: 'The soldiers meant to protect us are the same ones killing people')"
  ---  http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/05/congo-woman-recalls-war-crimes
For more on this issue see....Africa - the Next Target - 02-28-08 - mpg
  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/africathenexttarget-blog-mpg-022808
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Meddling Where We Oughtn't  ---  http://www.lewrockwell.com/reed/reed174.html
A quote...."Untoward consequences are quite available. The narcotraficantes that Mexico is supposed to fight for Washington are a formidable armed force. They have unlimited money, which they use to buy heavy weapons. They have unlimited money, which they use to corrupt the government of a comparatively poor country. Mexico does not have the wherewithal to fight them. The army here is small and poorly armed. This is reasonable since Mexico has neither territorial ambitions nor enemies. Except, certainly in effect, the United States."
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GM Recalling 1.3 Million Vehicles; InTrade Odds Of Toyota Cong. Witchhunts Repeating At Zero To Quite Zero
  ---  http://www.zerohedge.com/article/gm-recalling-13-milion-vehicles-intrade-odds-toyota-congressional-witchhunts-repeating-zero-
A quote...."This is one of those poetic justice moments. After Toyota was dragged through hell and back (aka Congress) over a sticky accelerator issue, now it is the turn of the automotive division of the US government, better known as General Motors. The reason: the company "is recalling 1.3 million compact cars in North America to address a power steering problem that has been linked to 14 crashes and one injury, the company said on Tuesday." We can't wait to see GM's brand new consultant Fritz Henderson (paid the miserly stipend of $3,000/hour) sweat tungsten-filled bullets before Congressional grillings because after all in America justice is blind, especially when it comes to such things as past and potential car accidents...."
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FireFighter Eric Lawyer Slams NIST And The 9/11 "Investigation"  ---  http://www.wearechange.org/2010/03/firefighter-eric-lawyer-slams-nist-and.html
Alt  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uor8NhUr_90  ---  (YuTb - 8m02s - Feb. 28, 2010)
Must View Video - A quote...."Ok, I am really pissed the World media ignored the AE911Truth press conference, not suprised, but pissed. This is a pissed off patriotic firefighter trying to honour his fallen brothers. -- Please share this video or the press conference videos to all your contacts. Embed or link it to forums or websites. We need to be our own media and help courageous people like Eric Lawyer get heard. 9/11 Truth Now!!" -- For more on this issue see.....Reficultnias's 9/11 Central  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/reficultniass911central-mpg-reficultnias-weblist-100409.html
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“The Jersey Girls” support AE911Truth efforts!  ---  http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/the-jersey-girls-support-ae911truth-efforts/
A quote...."We’re proud to have the endorsement of The Jersey Girls,  --- http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=alethonews.wordpress.com&url=http
%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FJersey_Girls  ---   who single handedly forced the Bush Administration to convene the 9/11 Commission after one year of inaction following the attacks of September 11 -- Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth is proud to be working for and on behalf of the 9/11 victims’ family members, in particular The Jersey Girls. We recommend “9/11 Press for Truth”,  ---  http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=alethonews.wordpress.com&
url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.911pressfortruth.com%2F  ---  which is the story of the Jersey Girls and their struggle for the truth."
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Genuine American exceptionalism on due process  ---  http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/
Special Note - A quote...."The Obama administration has made explicitly clear its intention to deny civilian trials to scores of detainees, by sending some to military commissions  ---  http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2009/05/obama-military-commissions-appropriate-legitimate/17623/  ---  and imprisoning others indefinitely without any charges.  ---  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/21/AR2010012104936.html  ---  And for those cases where it has deigned to provide real due process -- such as its decision to try the 9/11 defendants in a criminal court -- it is moving in the wrong direction.  Obama officials are clearly signaling their intention  ---  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/11/AR2010021105011.html  ---  to reverse that decision and instead place those defendants before military commissions, and yesterday, yet another   ---  http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2010/02/15/rahm
/index.html  ---  piece appeared -- this time in Politico  ---  http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/33671.html  ---  describing the beautiful, loving, cooperative relationship between Rahm Emanuel and Lindsey Graham, which is now "embracing a wide-ranging deal pitched by Graham that would shut down the prison [at Guantanamo]; provide funding to move detainees to Thomson, Ill.; keep the Sept. 11 trials out of civilian courts; and create broad new powers to hold terror suspects indefinitely."  And the endless cavalcade of Rahm-planted, Rahm-Was-Right articles  --- 
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/02/21/bush_nostalgia  ---  (see the latest from the Post today)  ---  
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/01/AR2010030103934.html?hpid=topnews  ---  invariably features his opposition to civilian trials for accused Terrorists as proof of his Centrist though mistakenly rejected wisdom." -- For more on this issue see....9/11-Iraq-Torture Fables
  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/911&iraqtotturefables-weblist-mpg-052909
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Cyberwar Scam Designed to Destroy Open Internet  ---  http://www.infowars.com/cyberwar-scam-designed-to-destroy-open-internet/
Contains Videos - Alt/CybrShk  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjRweOrWdxs 
& ALt/RTAJ  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRyo3OVpC90  ---  A quote....."On March 1, Ryan Singel, writing for Wired, accused the government of plotting to destroy the open and freedom-loving internet. Readers of Infowars and Prison Planet have known this for some time, but it is nice to know a quasi-establishment publication is now telling the truth and warning its readers about the threat to liberty posed by the government." - also posted at DProgram  --- 
http://dprogram.net/2010/03/02/cyberwar-scam-designed-to-destroy-open-internet/  ---  For more on this issue see..... Attempts to Control the Internet
  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/attempttocontroltheinternet-weblist-mpg-053006.html
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Funding Israeli Militarism, Belligerence and Occupation  ---  http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m63789&hd=&size=1&l=e
Must Read - A quote...."From birth, Israel was a regional menace until America became its benefactor in the late 1960s. Now it’s a global one, powerful with a large standing army and the latest weapons and technology, nuclear armed and ready to use them. It’s belligerent on the slightest pretext or none at all, and a threat to world peace and security because US administrations since Lyndon Johnson supported a nation of 5.6 million Jews in an area the size of New Jersey, partnering in its worst crimes and abuses." - bold by website editor - also posted at Mathaba  ---  http://mathaba.net/news/?x=622946
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Palestinian Political Prisoners and Popular Resistance  ---  http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m63799&hd=&size=1&l=e
Alt  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g297Q0GBjkU  ---  (STWYuTb - 8min 29sec - February 28, 2010)
Must View STW-Video - A quote...."Interviews with Jamal Juma' and Mohammad Othman of the Stop the Wall campaign: http://www.stopthewall.org"
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12-year-old Child To Be Prosecuted As An Adult By An Israeli Military Court  ---  http://desertpeace.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/stolen-palestinian-childhoods/
A quote...."The Israeli Authorities decided to file charges against a 12-year-old Palestinian child from the southern West Bank city of Hebron after arresting him and charging him with throwing stones at the Israeli military."
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NY Times’ Jerusalem property makes it protagonist in Palestine conflict  ---  http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11109.shtml?utm_source=
feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+electronicIntifada+%28Electronic+Intifada%29
A quote...."During an appearance at Vassar College in early February, controversial New York Times Jerusalem bureau chief Ethan Bronner was asked about the ongoing evictions of Palestinian families from homes in East Jerusalem which Israel occupied in 1967. Israeli courts have ruled that Jewish settlers could take over some Palestinian homes on the grounds that Jews held title to the properties before Israel was established in 1948." - also posted at AlethoNews
  ---  http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/ny-times-jerusalem-property-makes-it-protagonist-in-palestine-conflict/
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The New Canadian Paradigm: Embracing Apartheid - Yves Engler on Canada's Complicity in Israeli Apartheid
  ---  http://dissidentvoice.org/2010/03/supporting-apartheid/
A quote...."A recent headline for the Toronto Star reads: “New face of Canada isn’t pretty.” The national affairs columnist, James Travers, writes, “The confluence of domestic politics, Christian fundamentalism and foreign policy is now so strong that Israel’s tail is wagging Canada’s dog.” Yves Engler’s latest book, Canada and Israel: Building Apartheid, reveals that Canada’s stance vis-à-vis Israel is hardly new. Engler also claims that another country is wagging Canada."
also posted at Uruknet  ---  http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m63815&hd=&size=1&l=e
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Debunking Israeli Hasbara  ---  http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m63814&hd=&size=1&l=e
A quote...."In a much-appreciated effort aimed at highlighting and exposing Israeli racism and terrorism against the Palestinian people, many university campuses around the world are marking Israel’s apartheid week."
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Israeli Military Starts To Install A New Wall Section Near Bethlehem  ---  http://www.imemc.org/index.php?obj_id=53&story_id=58099
A quote...."Israeli troops started, on Tuesday, to build a new section of the Wall at the town of Beit Jala located in southern West Bank near Bethlehem city."
also posted at Uruknet  ---  http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m63805&hd=&size=1&l=e
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Nazzal: Israel to approve 30,000 housing units on occupied land  ---  http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=265474
A quote...."Ramallah - Ma'an - Israeli authorities aim to approve the construction of a 30,000 housing unit for religious Israelis in the industrial area of Atarot and Qalandiya, after excavating the site, follow-up director of the popular committee against the wall and settlements said Tuesday."
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Under blockade, coastal Gaza now a fish importer  ---  http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m63800&hd=&size=1&l=e
Alt  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBoiUh5jhwA  ---  (APYuTb - 1min 56sec - March 02, 2010)
APVideo - A quote...."GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Under a sea blockade, the coastal Gaza Strip has now become a seafood importer. Its desperate fishermen — cut off from plentiful fishing grounds by Israeli patrol boats — have turned to sneaking into Egyptian waters in tiny motorboats to buy their catch and bring it home." - For more on this issue see....Israel's Scorched Earth  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/israelsscorchedearth-weblist-mpg-022510
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Rights group: Israeli forces responsible for settlers' provocation at al-Aqsa  ---  http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11110.shtml?utm_source=
feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+electronicIntifada+%28Electronic+Intifada%29
A quote...."The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns with the strongest terms storming the yard of the al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem by hundreds of Israeli settlers and their supporters, escorted by Israeli security forces. PCHR further condemns the use of excessive force by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) against Palestinian civilians who gathered inside the mosque and/or attempted to prevent the provocative entry of settlers into the mosque. PCHR recalls that the storming of the mosque took place one week after a decision taken by the Israeli government to include the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron and Bilal Ben Rabah Mosque in Bethlehem on the list of Israeli archaeological heritage sites." -- Everybody out there understands that Israel is trying to provoke a war....right? - mpg
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Bernanke on a Bailout of the Treasury  ---  http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north819.html
Must Read - A quote...." The FED is trapped. All policies of unwinding will shrink the monetary base. The recovery is being sustained by a zero percent Federal Funds rate. It will not survive an increase in this rate, which is why Bernanke keeps repeating his mantra about a zero-percent rate for an indefinite time period. -- Yet Bernanke insisted that the day of balance sheet contraction will come.


"To which I reply: "Go ahead, make my day." The FED has vastly expanded the monetary base to produce the anemic recovery we now see. Yet Bernanke expects Congress to believe this threat."
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Bonuses for Wall Street And Unemployment Elsewhere Continue To Grow
  ---  http://www.theinternationalforecaster.com/International_Forecaster_Weekly/Bonuses_for_Wall_Street_And_Unemployment_Elsewhere_Continue_To_Grow
Special Note - A quote...."The motivations of men in high places, Goldman and Greece, dollar rally will soon end, trillions in debt while Wall Street makes record profits, shareholders pay for fraud proposed market reforms do not go very far, Bonuses greater than ever before on Wall Street, more problem lenders."
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15 Doctors for Every 1,000 Medicare Patients in Florida and it’s Going to Get Worse
  ---  http://willyloman.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/15-doctors-for-every-1000-medicare-patients-in-florida-and-its-going-to-get-worse/
Special Note - A quote...."A 21% Medicare reimbursement reduction is set to take effect this month in Florida and elsewhere I suppose. This is part of the neoliberal IMF type structural adjustments being levied on the American people. Like they are doing to the public school systems all across America, they deliberately undermine useful programs to the point where they can claim they are not working. Then they will hand that program over to the private sector, and increase the funding at the same time."
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15 Years Ago, the Combined Assets of the 6 Biggest Banks Totaled 17% of GDP....
  ---  http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2010/03/15-years-ago-combined-assets-of-6.html
Special Note - Chart - A quote....".... Simon Johnson gives an even broader perspective on how big the too big to fails have gotten:"
also posted at ZeroHedge  ---  http://www.zerohedge.com/article/15-years-ago-combined-assets-6-biggest-banks-totaled-17-gdp-2006-55-now-63

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February 2010 Federal Tax Withholdings Plunge To Multiyear Low
  ---  http://www.zerohedge.com/article/february-2010-federal-tax-withholdings-plunge-multiyear-low
Special Note - Chart - A quote..."February was not an auspicious start to Obama's record budget deficit-busting plans. The Daily Treasury Statement for the full month of February was just released, and it disclosed that while corporate tax withholdings, net of refunds, actually climbed marginally to $3.4 billion from $(3.4) billion in February 2009, individual tax withholdings plunged to a multi-year low of $30.7 billion. Combined, the two items also posted a multi low of $34 billion, less than the previous recent low from February 2009 when the first leg of the Greater Depression was allegedly at its zenith (see chart below). We can't wait to hear how the "recession is over" brigade will paint this particular data point."
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Guest Post: U.S. Dollar Money Supply Is Underreported  ---  http://www.zerohedge.com/article/guest-post-us-dollar-money-supply-underreported
A quote...."March 1, 2010 – As the financial crisis has unfolded over the last two years, the Federal Reserve has been responding in a variety of unprecedented ways.  Therefore, it is logical to assume that these never-before-used actions have altered long-established ways of viewing things.  One area that has been impacted is the US dollar money supply."
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$31 Billion 4 Week Bill Prices At 0.08%, Primary Dealer Participation At 2010 Record, As Indirects Flee
  ---  http://www.zerohedge.com/article/31-billion-4-week-bill-prices-008-primary-dealer-participation-2010-record-indirects-flee
A quote...."Comparing the Primary Dealer and Indirect Participation demonstrates that PDs now singlehandedly control the 1 month Bill auction. Indirect take down has dropped to a 2010 low level at 17.9%, while PD take down has surged to a high of 73.4%."
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Freddie Mac Home Price Index Declines 0.4% In Q4 Despite All-Time Low Mortgage Rates And Home Tax Credit
  ---  http://www.zerohedge.com/article/freddie-mac-home-price-index-declines-04-q4-despite-all-time-low-mortgage-rates-and-homebuye
A quote...."The latest from Government Sponsored Zombie #1: Freddie's Home Price Index declined by 0.4% year over year. Even the government, with all its subsidy bells and whistles, can merely drag the horse to the water."
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US Postal Service moves to cut 50,000 jobs  ---  http://wsws.org/articles/2010/mar2010/post-m03.shtml
A quote...."The US Postal Service (USPS), moving to stem large operating losses, has demanded greater “flexibility” to control labor costs and has proposed ending delivery of most mail on Saturdays. US Postmaster General John Potter and other officials outlined the cuts at a Tuesday news conference."
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Sweden unexpectedly slides back into recession in Q4
  ---  http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/UPDATE-1-Sweden-unexpectedly-slides-back-into-rece-35D8L?opendocument&src=rss
A quote...."STOCKHOLM - Sweden's economy unexpectedly slid back into recession in the fourth quarter, figures showed, sending the crown lower and raising questions about how soon interest rates will rise."
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Consumer Protection: GMO Contamination of Organic Food - Don't Let Obama's USDA Approve Monsanto's RoundUp Ready Alfalfa!
  ---  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=17870
A quote...."Don't believe Monsanto's greenwashing.  ---  http://capwiz.com/grassrootsnetroots/issues/alert/?alertid=13418576  ---  Genetically modified organisms (GMOs), aren't meant to feed the world  ---  http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_6657.cfm  ---  or be resilient  --- 
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_18833.cfm  ---  when there are droughts and floods - they're designed to sell pesticides, especially Monsanto's weed killer RoundUp,  --- http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_19868.cfm  ---  which the "Roundup Ready" crops, corn,  ---  http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_20045.cfm  ---  cotton,  http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_14370.cfm  ---  soy,  ---
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_19024.cfm  ---  canola,  ---  http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_18084.cfm  ---  and now sugar beets  ---  http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/642/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=12700  ---  and alfalfa,  --- 
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_20038.cfm  ---  are genetically engineered to withstand."
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Disrupter Unleashed
Must Read - Quote of the Day...."[W]e suggest a distinctive tactic for breaking up the hard core of extremists who supply conspiracy theories: cognitive infiltration of extremist groups, whereby government agents or their allies (acting either virtually or in real space, and either openly or anonymously) will undermine the crippled epistemology of believers by planting doubts about the theories and stylized facts that circulate within such groups, thereby introducing beneficial cognitive diversity." -- *Cass Sunstein*,  (Page 219.) Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

Muslims Are Their Own Worst Enemy - Just go ask the Saudi Royals....mpg
Must Read - Geo-Political Analysis -- A quote...."Muslims are numerous but powerless. Divisions among Muslims, especially between Sunni and Shi’ites, have consigned the Muslim Middle East to almost a century of Western control. Muslims cannot even play together. The Islamic Solidarity Games, a regional version of the Olympics, which were to be held in April in Iran, have been cancelled, because the Iranians and the Arabs cannot agree on whether to call the body of water that separates Iran from the Arabian Peninsula the Persian Gulf or the Arabian Gulf." - also posted at ICH - For more on this sort of issue see....The True Axis of Evil - 10-10-08 - mpg & The Kingdom of Leprosy - 10-07-08 - mpg

America and world Economic Meltdown
Must Read - Geo-Political Analysis -- A quote...."Christopher King argues that “a situation exists in which it may be in the interests of the United States to seek a ‘cold war’ situation with Russia and China as a pretext for defaulting on its external debt, attacking Iran, taking direct control of all Middle Eastern oilfields and effective control of Europe”. -- also posted at WarInIraq

Ralph Nader Was Right About Barack Obama
Must Read - A quote...."We owe Ralph Nader and  Cynthia McKinney an apology. They were right about Barack Obama. They were right about the corporate state. They had the courage of their convictions and they stood fast despite wholesale defections and ridicule by liberals and progressives. -- Obama lies as cravenly, if not as crudely, as George W. Bush. He promised us that the transfer of $12.8 trillion in taxpayer money to Wall Street would open up credit and lending to the average consumer. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC), however, admitted last week that banks have reduced lending at the sharpest pace since 1942. As a senator, Obama promised he would filibuster amendments to the FISA Reform Act that retroactively made legal the wiretapping and monitoring of millions of American citizens without warrant; instead he supported passage of the loathsome legislation. He told us he would withdraw American troops from Iraq, close the detention facility at Guantánamo, end torture, restore civil liberties such as habeas corpus and create new jobs. None of this has happened." - also posted at ICH

The War on Terror Is Anti-Conservative
Must Read - A quote...."Benjamin Franklin once observed that those who would trade their liberties for security will wind up losing both. James Madison stated that no nation can preserve freedom in the midst of perpetual warfare. Few can question that America's Founding Fathers epitomize true conservatism. There is something seriously wrong in America today precisely because the elites from both political parties have forgotten about Franklin and Madison and ignored their wise counsel."

Obama’s Problems — and Ours
Must Read - A quote...."We inherited the worst situation since the Great Depression. -- That is the reflexive response of President Obama to the troubles from which he has been unable to extract his country. -- Even before the inauguration, he says, there were projections of a $1.2 trillion deficit for 2009. That deficit is not my deficit. -- Presidents are usually blamed for deficits run while they are in office. But, in fact, presidents do not write budgets. Congress does. Presidents sign them. And the mammoth deficits of 2008 and 2009 came from budgets approved by a Congress run by Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. Did Sen. Barack Obama vote against those budgets?"

We Murdered Our Children
Must Read - A quote...."March 01, 20101 "Information Clearing House" -- Dear Our General McCrystal and Dear Our President Obama, We ask you both to forgive us for not stopping you from committing yet another series of immeasurably costly acts of insanity. We who are so many millions of men and women stronger than the two of you in our employ are a million times more responsible and stand as first accused before the thousands of our Afghani brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, fathers and mothers grieving the loss of so many of their dearest children and countrymen and women of all ages."

War is Peace: Robert Gates edition
A quote...."For Orwellian Government Statement of the Month, allow me to nominate this gem from Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who warned that "the demilitarization of Europe -- where large swaths of the general public and political class are averse to military force and the risks that go with it [is] . . . an impediment to achieving real security and lasting peace in the 21st." So according to our Secretary of Defense -- itself an Orwellian title at this point -- the greatest danger to peace (not to mention America's ability to rule the world through mass invasions and occupations) is a desire on the part of Europeans to avoid war."

Extradition of Taliban From Pakistan Blocked
Special Note - A quote...."Following today's decision, Khalid Khawaja, a campaigner who has opposed Pakistan's support of the U.S. in hunting down Islamic militants and who filed the petition to the Lahore high court, told CBS News, "This is a great day for me. The government has finally been told in categorical terms that these people cannot be sent outside Pakistan for now." -- In addition to Baradar, other prominent Taliban militants in custody named in the petition were Mullah Abdul Salam, Mullah Kabir, Mullah Mohammad, and Mullah Amir Muawiya. -- Western diplomats said the court's intervention also highlighted the increasingly robust character of Pakistan's civil society and the country's judicial system. Last year, Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhary, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, was restored to his position following significant public protests, two years after he was dismissed by former President Pervez Musharraf, a staunch ally of former U.S. President George W. Bush."

Germany's Left Party expelled from Bundestag
A quote...."GERMANY’S LEFT Party was expelled from the Bundestag yesterday after its members held up signs bearing the names of Afghan civilians killed in a German-ordered airstrike last September. -- The protest came in the middle of a parliamentary debate on extending Germany’s nine-year military mission to Afghanistan by a further year."

Ahmadinejad once again fails to call for the annihilation of Israel  - Despite what other people say he said....mpg
A quote...."I saw Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren interviewed by Wolf Blitzer on CNN Friday afternoon. Oren said that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had called for the annihilation of Israel, and was therefore speaking of genocide. -- It is dreary to see this constant drumbeat of dishonest propaganda. Whatever one thinks of Ahmadinejad or the Iranian regime, one should not misrepresent their statements, since that will lead to bad policy-making."

Iran reminds IAEA of West's broken promises
A quote...."Iran has called on the UN nuclear watchdog to bear in mind the West's past breaches of atomic fuel exchange deals with Tehran while reviewing Iran's nuclear program -- In a letter to the UN body, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), cited three instances on which Western countries failed to meet their commitments and provide Iran with nuclear fuel." - bold by website editor - also psoted at AlethoNews & WarInIraq -- For more on this issue see the quote shown below....


Protests Sweep Southern Yemen
A quote...."As international donors were meeting in Riyadh this weekend to decide how to spend the nearly $6-billion recently pledged to Yemen for development and counter-terrorism, protesters staged rallies in every province of southern Yemen, according to separatist leaders.  The protests are intended to convince donors not to sink international aid into what they call a corrupt and inefficient regime."

Russia launches Proton-M carrier rocket with 3 Glonass satellites
A quote....""A Proton-M carrier rocket with three Glonass satellites was successfully launched from a launching pad at the Baikonur space center on March 2 at 0:19 Moscow time [22:19 GMT, March 1], Alexei Zolotukhin said. -- Glonass - the Global Navigation Satellite System - is the Russian equivalent of the U.S. Global Positioning System, or GPS, and is designed for both military and civilian use. Both systems allow users to determine their positions to within a few meters." - also posted at WarInIraq
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Obama and the Patriot Act: “Yes We Can” Kill the Bill of Rights
Police State Alert - A quote...."Obama waited until Saturday night to renew the Bill of Rights busting Patriot Act. It was set to expire today. Both the Senate and the House signed off on the extension last week. So called “privacy protections” were dumped when Senate Democrats failed to raise a 60-vote supermajority to pass them. Cast aside were restrictions and greater scrutiny on the government’s authority to spy on Americans and seize their records, the Associated Press reports." -- also posted at DProgram

Cryptome’s John Young on Alex Jones TV – The Internet is a Police State Surveillance Grid
Police State Alert - Videos - Alt(1/3) - Alt(2/3) - Alt(3/3) - A quote...."Alex talks with John Young, webmaster of Cryptome, a website that covers news on freedom of speech, cryptography, spying, and surveillance. The ISP Network Solutions shuttered Young’s site earlier in the week after he posted a document summarizing Microsoft’s dealings with law enforcement agencies."

U.S.:  Senate Torture Probe Uncovers Missing Emails
A quote...."NEW YORK, Feb 27, 2010 (IPS) - The Justice Department investigation into whether the authors of the George W. Bush-era "torture memos" were guilty of professional misconduct did not have full access to the emails used by those lawyers and by other key figures in the investigation, including former Attorney General John Ashcroft and former counsel to the Vice President David Addington."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

A few selected videos that have been removed from YouTube, at one time or another....

Palestinian Children Cry to The World (Banned from.. - (DailyMotion - 12/05/08) - Removed by YouTube
Must View Video - A quote...."Hi, I made this short movie to show how much Palestinian Children Suffer :
However, the JDIF removed the video form YouTube "

Rain of Fire: Israel's Unlawful Use of White Phosphorous in Gaza - (6m11s - 03/26/09) - Still up on YouTube
Must View Video - A quote...."During Israel's 22-day military operations in Gaza, from December 27, 2008 to January 18, 2009, the IDF repeatedly exploded white phosphorus munitions in the air over populated areas, killing and injuring civilians, and damaging civilian structures, including a school, a market, a humanitarian aid warehouse and a hospital. Senior Military Analyst Marc Garlasco discusses Human Rights Watch's on the ground investigation and findings. For more"

Sami Yusuf - Forever Palestine - (VodPod - 3 min 52 sec - Sep 17, 2009) -- Removed by YouTube
Video - A quote...."First collected by manaf_ghani  Sep 17, 2009  from youtube.com"

Gaza Massacre Feb 2008 - (Daily Motion - 1 min 40 sec - Uploaded 02/28/08) -- Removed by YouTube
Video - A quote...."By sabbahblog -- In less than 24 hours between Feb 27 & 28, 2008, Israel killed 30 Palestinians, 10 of them are babies and children."

Dispatches: The Killing Zone - (Google Vid - 49:22 - 3 years ago) - Removed by YouTube
Video - British report on Israeli violence in Gaza against not only Palestinian civilians, but international aid volunteers and foreign reporters as well.

If Americans Knew What Israel Is Doing! VIDEO WAS CENSORED! - (3m23s  062407) - Still up on YouTube
Video - A quote...."Posted by representativepress - Those who want to suppress the facts have dishonestly contacted YouTube and claimed that the video "If Americans Knew What Israel Is Doing!" was a Terms of Service Violation. The video is clearly NOT a TOS violation. You can see why they don't want you to see it."

YouTube WIPES "Gaza Massacre" video from records!
Related Article - A quote...."The reasons are obvious. This video got enormous number of visits within no time and the effect of it reflected on the supportive comments received by almost everyone watched it there. Zionist didn't like what they saw and decided to complain. They must have invented some reasons and asked YouTube to remove it, and because YouTube are so nice people, they removed it without hesitation!"

END: 0f a few selected videos that have been removed from YouTube, at one time or another....

Zionist "Fail" [in] Mission to Ireland
Special Note - Action Update - A quote...."The [Israeli] ambassador was met by a protest of over thirty locals and was confronted by local representatives including Sinn Fein Cllr. Carthy and his colleague, Noel Keelan who is the Deputy Mayor of Carrickmacross. Also in attendance was the Mayor of Monaghan Town Council, Seán Conlon and the former Workers Party Mayor of Carrickmacross, Francie O’Donoghue.

Land Day to be marked with Global BDS Day of Action
Action Alert -- Boycott, Divest and Sanction - Because everytime anyone buys something from the state of Israel, or from any of the companies that do business with Israel, they're killing innocent men, women, and children.  please help stop the killing....Boycott, divest and sanction the state of Israel. - mpg - A quote...."The BDS National Committee (BNC) is calling on you to unite in your different capacities and struggles for a Global BDS Day of Action on 30 March 2010 in solidarity with the Palestinian people and for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel." -- For more on how to Boycott, Divest and Sanction the state of Israel see the upper-left-corner of the "Front Page" of this website. - mpg

Protest Continues In Beit Sahour
Action Update - A quote...."Once again, a peaceful demonstration in Beit Sahour, near Bethlehem, ended with army brutality. Around 80 people marched on Sunday in Oush Grab, in protest of the re-opening of a former military base. Israeli Army fired sound grenades, tear-gas canisters and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd. All photos were taken by FLV."

The Musa’ab Yousuf Story: a classic example of Israeli disinformation
A quote...."In addition to its protracted war of terror against the Palestinian people, Israel has long waged an unrelenting campaign of psychological warfare against the Palestinian will, aimed at debilitating the domestic front across the occupied territories. The Israeli media, which often operates in sync with the Israeli occupation army and intelligence agencies, readily and routinely parrot the carefully concocted lies coming out of the Disinformation Department at the Israeli Defence Ministry headquarters at Hakirya in Tel Aviv."

We Must Never Forget Gaza
A quote...."Despite a slight improvement in the general humanitarian situation, the Gaza Strip remains a disaster area. In fact, in terms of the sheer destruction of homes and infrastructure, the coastal enclave can be compared to quake-stricken Haiti, with the main difference lying in the fact that while the Caribbean island’s calamity was a natural disaster, the Gaza disaster was inflicted by the criminal Israeli regime." -- also posted at BLN

39 army raids, 28 arrests: Just another day in the West Bank
A quote...."The year 2009 was the quietest for Israelis from the security point of view and the most violent for the Palestinians from the point of view of attacks by settlers in the West Bank.” Just as he was saying this – as an example of one of the absurdities that characterize the political situation – Palestinian Agriculture Minister Ismail Daiq received a phone call from the Jenin district to inform him that five artesian wells in the village of Daan had been destroyed that morning. One person was shot and wounded in the abdomen when he tried to lift the pump to save it from damage. This was not an attack by settlers but a raid by the army." -- also posted at WarInIraq

Israeli army tanks open fire on Gazans
A quote...."Israeli army tanks opened fire on northern Gaza Strip, killing a Palestinian and wounding another near the town of Beit Lahia, Palestinian sources say."

Stop murdering Palestinians, Spanish kids say
A quote...."The Israeli Embassy in Madrid has recently received hundreds of schoolchildren's letters protesting against Tel Aviv's conduct toward the Palestinians. -- One letter directed at Israel's ambassador in Madrid, Rafael Shotz, asked, "How many Palestinians have you murdered today?" -- also posted at WarInIraq

Tariq Shadid – Palestine is full of heroes - Yes, but they all keep getting assassinated by Israel. - mpg
A quote...."Although people in our modern times have been educated to believe that having the 'right' ideas, methods or ideologies is what causes revolutions, history teaches us that drastic changes usually happen when the majority of the people rally behind a certain leader, more than behind an ideology. While Palestinian society continues to be torn apart by factional strife, and people increasingly see each other as adversaries based on differences of opinion or conviction, what they really need is not a new philosophy, but simply a truly charismatic leader." - also posted at Uruknet -- Perhaps, but if one is found, he, or she, better have A LOT of body guards. - mpg

SMH: Australia abandons Israel in UN vote
A quote...."Canberra.  Australia has softened its traditionally staunch support for Israel in the United Nations but denied it was linked to tensions over the country's apparent use of forged Australian passports in an assassination in Dubai, The Sydney Morning Herald reads. At a vote in the UN General Assembly - where Australia has been one of Israel's strongest supporters - the government abstained from a resolution demanding that Israel and the Palestinians investigate possible war crimes during the assault on Gaza that Israel began in December 2008.Three months ago, Australia voted against a similar resolution which sought to endorse the Goldstone report."

Palestinian Authority ignores court, jails journalist
Press Imprisonment Alert  - A quote...."A four-person special military court in Nablus sentenced Abu Zaid, a correspondent who reported on camera for Hamas-run Al-Aqsa TV, to 18 months in prison on February 16 on charges of "undermining the status of the authority, and resisting the public policy of the Palestinian Authority," his lawyer, Bassam Karajeh, told CPJ. Karajeh said authorities have not responded to demands that they explain why the journalist was tried in a military court. Abu Zaid has been held at Al-Junied prison in Nablus since he was first arrested in August 2009."

Growth that Palestine can believe in
A quote...."A serious misconception is being propagated by the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah. Media, international organisations, foreign governments and Palestinians-at-large are being coaxed into believing that the flurry of economic activity in the West Bank is economic development towards statehood. The facts on the ground rip this argument to pieces, just as Israel continues to micromanage the economic pieces of the intended future state of Palestine towards systemic stagnation."
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On the Edge with Max Keiser – Ellen Brown - Vid(1/3) - Vid(2/3) - Vid(3/3) - (MKYuTb - 5-9m - 02/26/10)
Must View Videos - A quote...."Max Keiser talks to Stacy Herbert [and Ellen Brown] about the financial headlines."

Face-to-Face With Marc Faber
Must View Videos - Alt - (Note: the videos auto-load) -- A quote...."Marc Faber, editor of the Gloom, Boom and Doom Report, sits down with Ben McLannahan, Asia Lex Writer of the Financial Times, to discuss a variety of pertinent economic and investment topics. In short, he suggests investors should make 2010 the year of “capital preservation."

Naked Credit Default Swaps Are "Like Buying Fire Insurance On Your Neighbor’s House — You Create An Incentive To Burn Down The House” -- A quote....""I have repeatedly argued that naked credit default swaps should be banned. See this and this. -- Savvy commentators like Wolfgang Munchau and Yves Smith are saying the same thing.  -- As I wrote last July...."


A Titanic Budget in an Ocean of Icebergs
A quote...."A serious look at this budget document reveals some “leaks” -- two in actual spending practices and two in the basic assumptions that undergird the budget itself. Ship-shape as it may look on the surface, this is a budget perilously close to an iceberg, and it’s not clear whether the captain of the ship will heed the obvious warning signs." -- also posted at Uruknet

True Fiscal Insanity: Creating Money to Buy Government Debt
A quote...."02/26/10 Tampa Bay, Florida – I knew that something was amiss when I woke up and the house was quiet. Having the benefit of seeing a lot of movies where things were “too quiet”, I instantly knew that things being “too quiet!” meant that Indians were going to be attacking, or the Japanese attacking, or the Germans attacking, sometimes government goons rushing the place, or zombies, or the police. I dunno who, but you get the point." - also posted at BLN

Economic Recovery? Not So Fast - Alt - (RTYuTb - 4 min 38 sec - February 26, 2010)
Video - A quote...."While United States President Barack Obama and members of his cabinet are talking about the first signs of economic recovery, not all economists are sure that the world economy is on the way back up. -- Andrew Gavin Marshall of the Center for Research on Globalization (CRG) says the debit crisis will be coming to the United States soon, and that we have a financial crisis coupled with a fiscal crisis."

Want to Fix Housing? Listen to the Gipper
Special Note - A quote...."February 26, 2010 "Information Clearing House" -- There is a remedy for the housing crisis. And it doesn't involve an agonizing decade of uncertainty while supply adjusts to demand. All Obama needs to do is to stop artificially propping up the market and let the chips fall where they may. That means the Fed should stop buying mortgage-backed securities to keep long-term interest rates low. That means the congress should not renew the $8,000 first-time homebuyers subsidy. That means the FHA should modify its lending standards so that mortgage applicants have to meet normal criteria for securing a mortgage. -- When government stops meddling in the market, housing prices will return to long-term trend and sales will resume."

Short Selling Restrictions "A Great Indicator of Imminent Market Crashes"
A quote...."Inquiring minds are investigating Fannie Mae's stunning $72 billion loss for 2009 as well as new short selling curbs. The two are actually related. Let's take a look." - bold by website editor

Grading Free Market Capitalism and "The Invisible Hand"
A quote...."Free market capitalism is based on the idea that "the invisible hand" of the market will create the best possible outcome for the most people. -- But as I noted a couple of weeks ago, the man who came up with idea of the invisible hand did not believe in unrestrained free market capitalism...."


Big Players Get Out Of Risk And In To Gold
A quote...."A quote...."We ask, who on earth will now buy our bonds as our multi-trillion dollar Obama-ordained deficits run America into a state of bankruptcy?  Certainly not the Chinese, who are no longer buying our "worthless paper."  They are now buying Canadian bonds and gold.  Certainly not the Russians, because they know exactly where the dollar and America are headed (i.e. where Russia was not too long ago - in total collapse).  Certainly not the US lapdog Japan, at least not since the Obama administration and the largely US government-owned car companies orchestrated a wildly exaggerated attack on Japanese auto quality.  And certainly not the Middle East, who are already swimming in treasuries and who want to start their own currency so they can finally break the dollar pegs that are driving them into inflationary hell.  Who does that leave then, you might ask?"

U.S. construction outlays down 0.6% in January
A quote...."WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - Spending on U.S. construction projects fell at a seasonally adjusted rate of 0.6% in January, the Commerce Department estimated Monday."

Consumer spending rises 0.3% in January - Savings rate falls to 15-month low of 3.3%; modest reading for inflation
A quote...."WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Real consumer spending increased a seasonally adjusted 0.3% in January to the highest level since May 2008 while after-tax incomes fell, the government reported Monday, a further sign that the economic recovery remains timid."

Jobless benefits cut off for a million US workers
A quote...."Inaction by the US Senate last week will result in the cutoff of extended unemployment benefits and COBRA health care coverage to more than one million workers. The cutoff, which began to take effect Sunday night, demonstrates the unbridgeable social gulf between the working class and the denizens of Capitol Hill, both Democrats and Republicans." -- also posted at AmericanEveryman

HSBC hands top banker £9 million bonus
A quote...."One of the biggest bonuses seen this year for any London-based banker was revealed today as HSBC announced it had given Stuart Gulliver, its head of investment banking, a £9.8 million package."

Goldman's Rehab - Cranks Up P.R. Engine to Turn Sinners Into Saints
A quote...."Turning to outside consultants to gauge a firm's "perception in the marketplace" is unusual for the 140-year-old firm. But that's what you do, even if you are Masters of the Universe, when the national and international media accuse you of engineering and profiting from a back-door rescue of AIG, of using cash from a taxpayer bailout and cheap Federal Reserve financing to help finance lavish bonuses, and taking down the entire Greek economy."
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No posts. - mpg

Friday February 26th 2010 - links page

New-home sales fall to record-low level  ---  http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-new-home-sales-fall-to-record-low-level-2010-02-24
Special Note - Related Article -- A quote...."WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Sales of new U.S. homes plunged 11.2% in January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 309,000, the lowest rate on record dating back to 1963, the Commerce Department estimated Wednesday." - bold by website editor -- This is not good news folks.  The reason it's not good news is because of the Banks already swollen hidden inventory of unsold homes, the hidden inventory of sellers who can't or won't place their homes on the market and rising rates of mortgage delinquencies leading to more home foreclosures and distress sales.  And that means there's an awful lot of inventory build-up out there.  Which will mean falling prices and more underwater homes, which of course leads to more walk-aways and more foreclosures, which leads to even more falling prices and underwater homes, which leads too....well you get the idea.  On top of all this bad news is the second, slightly larger, tidal wave of mortgage resets  ---http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2010/01/second-wave-of-mortgage-defaults.html  ---  that will be occuring for the next two years. – mpg -- posted 02-24-10

Thursday February 25th 2010 - links page