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More On The Domestic Situation....

When Our Government Has Failed Us Intentionally. It is Our Duty To Correct The Injustice,or we Perish.
Special Note - A quote...."There is a perfect example of people taking back the reigns of power from a government that does not respond to the citizens. That is the people of Iceland. They experienced so much economic turmoil at the hands of the robber baron bankers, the politicians against the will of the people tried to obligate the people to a debt they did not owe or consent to bailing out. The people of Iceland fired the government, arrested the bankers or chased them out. The reestablished a new economic system that is making the country is prospering like never before. The government of Iceland sided with the bankers over the people’s wishes and demands. The people acted and did not wait for the politicians to act."

The True Cost of America's Wars
A quote...."During his speech on Afghanistan June 22, President Obama revealed that "Over the last decade, we have spent a trillion dollars on war." He knew this was a deceptive understatement, as did everyone who keeps close watch on the Bush-Obama wars all these years." - also posted at AlethoNews & ICH

Multi-Billion Dollar Terrorists and the Disappearing Middle Class
A quote...."The US government (White House and Congress) spends $10 billion dollars a month, or $120 billion a year, to fight an estimated “50 -75 ‘Al Qaeda types’ in Afghanistan”, according to the CIA and quoted in the Financial Times of London (6/25 -26/11, p. 5). During the past 30 months of the Obama presidency, Washington has spent $300 billion dollars in Afghanistan, which adds up to $4 billion dollars for each alleged ‘Al Queda type’." - also posted at AlethoNews & Hamsayeh

Avoiding Impunity: The Need to Broaden Torture Prosecutions
A quote...."President Barack Obama declared "nobody's above the law" in 2009, as Congress contemplated an investigation of torture authorized by the Bush administration. However, Obama has failed to honor those words. His Justice Department proclaimed its intention to grant a free pass to Bush officials and their lawyers who constructed a regime of torture and abuse. US Attorney General Eric Holder announced last week that his office will investigate only two instances of detainee mistreatment. He said the department "has determined that an expanded criminal investigation of the remaining matters is not warranted." Holder has granted impunity to those who authorized, provided legal cover, and carried out the "remaining matters." - also posted at ICH

ATF gunwalking: Who knew, and how high up?
Fast & Furious File: A quote...."Since our first report in which ATF agents told us they allowed thousands of weapons to cross into Mexico, one crucial question has been: Who knew -- how high up? This week for the first time, President Obama addressed the controversy. It was in an interview Tuesday evening with the Spanish language network Univision."

Whistleblower ATF Agent John Dodson Exposes Deadly "Operation Gunrunner"
Video - Fast & Furious File: (YuTb - 7min07sec - Mar 4, 2011) - Source: NevadaPaleocon -- A quote...."ATF Senior Special Agent John Dodson says what he was asked to do was beyond belief. An Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms senior agent assigned to the Phoenix office in 2010, Dodson's job is to stop gun trafficking across the border. Instead, he says he was ordered to sit by and watch it happen...."

Congressman says unlikely Holder did not know about Operation Fast and Furious
Fast & Furious File: A quote...."Mexican authorities want to prosecute officials responsible for program. [PLEASE DO SO!! - mpg] -- Lawmakers from both houses, investigating Operation Fast and Furious, fired off a terse and angry letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, accusing him of issuing "false denials" and "distorting the truth."

Holder Lied: DOJ News Release Shows Obama Admin Approved ATF Mexico Weapons Smuggling
Fast & Furious File: A quote...."Eric Holder gave false info. to a Congressional Committee last May about ATF operations tied to the deaths of two U.S. Agents; we have the proof."

Police State – 07-10-11
A round-up of todays police state news from DProgram. - mpg

Guest Post: Does The US Government Want To Prevent You From Leaving?
A quote...."Can you imagine being trapped inside your home country, unable to leave? It may be closer to a reality than you realize. I’ll tell you a quick story to explain." - also posted at ZeroHedge

Co-Chair of 9/11 Inquiry: American Government Covered Up State Assistance to Hijackers
Special Note - A quote....""It's front page news today that...."

"Journalists at Rupert Murdoch’s now-shuttered News of the World paper tried to access the mobile phones of 9/11 victims, a former New York City police officer claimed on Monday."

"It's also front page news today that the new Secretary of Defense - Leon Panetta - said that American soldiers are in Iraq because of 9/11, even though AFP notes...."

"That was one of the justifications for the 2003 US-led invasion, but the argument has since been widely dismissed. -- (see this for details)."

"But a more important story - and one which might focus on a more appropriate country -- country than Iraq - is that the co-chair of the Congressional Joint 9/11 Inquiry (Bob Graham) today alleged a cover up by the U.S. government of state assistance by Saudi Arabia to the 9/11 hijackers" - Topix || Reficultnias's 9/11 Central ||

Inside Job: More Proof of 9/11 Duplicity
Special Note - A quote....."These are the first plane crashes in its history that have not been investigated by the NTSB. An FBI official, when asked why not, replied, “It wasn’t necessary because we saw them on television.” But we did not see what happened at the Pentagon or in Shanksville “on television”—and what we have seen on TV does not look right. -- We have no videos of the crash of Flight 93 in Shanksville and only the five frames from the Pentagon of Flight 77. We have familiar footage of Flight 175 hitting the South Tower and less familiar footage of Flight 11 impacting with the North Tower. Since it was not broadcast that day, that footage raises interesting questions about George W. Bush’s public remarks that, when he watched the plane hit the North Tower, he thought to himself, “There’s one terrible pilot!” - Topix || Reficultnias's 9/11 Central ||

British Police Intelligence Analyst Tony Farrell: 9/11 And 7/7 Are Acts of Internal Tyranny
Contains Video - Part1 - Part2 - Part3 - (Note: size window for best viewing) -- A quote...."Tony Farrell served as a high-level intelligent analyst for South Yorkshire Police in Britain from 1998 to July 2010. In the days preceding the fifth anniversary of the 7/7 bombings Farrell discovered that the 9/11 attacks and the 7/7 attacks were acts of state terrorism by the secret intelligence agencies of the United States, Israel, and England, not acts of Islamic terrorism by non-state terrorist organizations." - also posted at PrisonPlanet - Topix || Reficultnias's 9/11 Central ||

Broadcasting LIVE on Justin.tv - July 11 2011
MRVideo - Note: To avoid the advertisements and the radio commentary goto - 8min20sec - into the broadcast - mpg - (JustInTV - 2hrs - July 11th, 2011) - Source: MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire and many other issues.
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More On The International Situation....

UK Torture Inquiry Boycotted by Lawyers, As David Cameron Fails Again to Demonstrate an Interest in Justice
A quote...."As a result of pandering to the Americans’ wishes, the terms of reference are "so restrictive," as the Guardian described it, that JUSTICE, the UK section of the International Commission of Jurists, warned that the inquiry "was likely to fail to comply with UK and international laws governing investigations into torture." Eric Metcalfe, JUSTICE’s director of human rights policy, said that the rules "mean that the inquiry is unlikely to get to the truth behind the allegations and, even if it does, we may never know for sure. However diligent and committed Sir Peter and his team may be, the government has given itself the final word on what can be made public."

The Mousetrap (Part I) - (Part II)
A quote...."The coming December will mark the completion of two decades of the post-Soviet era.The anniversary of the destruction of the Soviet Union – the world's second superpower – is an appropriate moment to venture an integral assessment of the tectonic geopolitical shift which left the international community sinking into chaos and facing an increasingly dim outlook…"

2nd US drone strike kills 18 in Pakistan
A quote...."At least 18 people have been killed in a second US drone attack on Tuesday in Pakistan's northwest tribal region of North Waziristan, bringing to 25 the number of fatalities in the two unauthorized strikes in a single day." - Related || New US drone attack kills 7 in Pakistan ||

Keep your money, Pakistan's military tells US
Related Article - A quote...."ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan military declared it did not need US military aid after the White House confirmed that it would withhold $US800 million ($744 million) in assistance to the country's armed forces."

[Pakistan's] Brig Imtiaz says CIA sponsored campaign against [Pakistan] Army, ISI
Related Article - A quote....."ISLAMABAD: The CIA sponsored unabated media campaign smacks of maliciousness and absurdity and is meant to target Pakistan’s state organs, particularly the leadership of the military and Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), former Chief of Intelligence Bureau Brig (R) Imtiaz Ahmed has said." -- Ouch! Obviously some people in Pakistan are gettng really pissed off. - mpg

Pakistan Moves Toward China, Rebuked Washington’s Antagonism
Related Article - A quote...."....Pakistan is slowly shifting towards China as its main high-tech weapons supplier instead of the US. While Washington has been courting India for the past few years, Pakistan in turn sees strategic advantages for enhanced relations with Beijing."

Rockets hit Baghdad Green Zone as Panetta visits
A quote...."BAGHDAD — Three rockets slammed into Baghdad's heavily-fortified Green Zone on Monday, wounding a woman and her children, officials said, as US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta began the second day of a visit to press Iraqi leaders on security."

Afghans hold anti-US demonstration
A quote...."Hundreds of people have taken to the streets of Afghanistan's eastern city of Jalalabad to protest the US occupation as well as Pakistan's cross-border attacks."

State Dept Official: No Evidence Iran Arming Iraqi Militias
Lying Shill Exposed - A quote...."Speaking today at a press conference in Irbil, US State Department official Thomas Nides reiterated claims by the Obama Administration that Iran is secretly arming Shi’ite militias, saying “the US is well aware of Tehran’s financial assistance with US foes.” -- Incredibly, however, when pressed on the matter by a journalist from Iran’s Fars News Agency (FNA), Nides conceded that the US has absolutely no evidence or proof with which to back up these allegations."

'Iraqi Kurdistan host PJAK terrorists'
A quote...."A senior Iranian military official has criticized Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) for providing shelter to the anti-Iran terrorist Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK) in northern Iraq."

Second Saboteur Strike This Month on Egypt-Israel Pipeline
A quote...."12.07.11 - 11:12 -- Cairo – PNN – For the second time this month and the fourth time in 2011 saboteurs have blown up a gas pipeline supplying gas from Egypt to Israel."

China’s ‘eye-in-the-sky’ nears par with US
A quote...."Chinese reconnaissance satellites can now monitor targets for up to six hours a day, the World Security Institute, a Washington think-tank, has concluded in a new report. The People’s Liberation Army, which could only manage three hours of daily coverage just 18 months ago, is now nearly on a par with the US military in its ability to monitor fixed targets, according to the findings."

China aims high with space program ambitions
A quote...."As the U.S. winds down its space shuttle program, and with the International Space Station set to shut down in 2020, eyes are turning to China and its ambitious yet mysterious plans for the final frontier. -- There is perhaps nowhere the country wants to challenge the world more than high above it. The first spacewalk by "taikonauts," as astronauts are known in China, marked a moment of national glory in 2008. And the country has big plans for the future: a lunar rover in 2013, a moonwalk sometime after 2020, and the first building block for a space station, to be completed next decade, will be launched later this year."
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The Assault On Libya....

France Says NATO Bombing Has Failed - WOW!!
Special Note - A quote...."On Sunday July 10, France seemingly allied itself with Russia and China in calling on NATO to immediately stop its counterproductive and counterintuitive bombing, as more countries witness public demonstrations against NATO’s actions in Libya. French Defense Minister Gerard Longuet said in Paris that military action in Libya must end and Colonel Gaddafi be welcomed around the negotiating table. Continual bombing of the country is not working, and diplomacy is the only solution - even if Gaddafi retains limited power, In an apparent U-turn in policy, Mr Longuet said Gaddafi could remain in Libya ‘in another room of the palace, with another title.’" - also posted at AlethoNews & ICH

France urges Libyan rebels to negotiate with Qaddafi
A quote....""We have asked them to speak to each other," he [Gerard Longuet] said on the French television station BFM-TV. "The position of the TNC is very far from other positions. Now, there will be a need to sit around a table."

Celebrating peace! Libyans dancing in the streets
Related Article - A quote...."Pravda.Ru sources inside Libya have confirmed that the people of Tripoli are dancing in the streets in joy, celebrating a great victory, because NATO has ceased its bombing campaign. Sources in Libya state that negotiations are ongoing with France and meanwhile there has been a cessation of hostilities."

Eye Witness Account From Libya
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 6min47sec - Jul 10, 2011) - Source: TheLibyaSOS -- A quote...."Please shre this video, download, put on your blogs, feel free to use this metrail ... send to western taxpayers....translate ... TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT LIBYA... One of the motives for the war against Libya is to stop the development of the black continent, to enable the setting up of an AfriCom military base in Cyrenaica and to begin the colonial exploitation of Africa for the benefit of the United States. In order to understand this hidden agenda, Voltaire Network interviewed Mohamed Siala, Co-operation Minister and Manager of Libya's sovereign wealth fund."

The People of Libya Are Defending Libya
Contains Video - Alt - (prev. posted) -- A quote...."Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya of Global Research is on the ground in Tripoli explaining what is actually happening there. He says that for the most part, it’s the people of Libya who are defending Libya from the so-called “rebels” and that these rebels are actually mercs mainly from other countries. He says that families and average citizens have asked for and been given weapons by the Libyan government in order to defend themselves from these NATO backed mercenaries and the eventual ground invasion that is sure to start at any time. The illusion of the “humanitarian intervention” has long since faded and what we are left with is just yet another globalist naked aggression directed against a people and their system of government; a system of government that the globalist want to see wiped out."
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More on the World Wide Revolution...

Is Goldman responsible for Greek crisis?
RTVideo - From the History File - Feb 11, 2010 - (RTYuTb - 4min48sec - 02/11/10) - Source: RussiaToday -- A quote...."Goldman Sachs tricky derivatives trades may have masked the Greek debt just long enough to hurt all of us again. Goldman Sachs made up an exchange rate that allowed the Greeks to look as though they were only engaging in a currency swap when, in effect, they were getting more than a billion more than they should have from the trades in credit. Its likely that Goldman made a killing on the commissions for the swaps, and then sold the swaps to a Greek bank for even higher profits."

Irish delegation to visit Bahrain
A quote...."An Irish delegation plans to visit the Bahraini capital Manama to attempt to determine the fate of 47 doctors and nurses arrested during the anti-government protests in the Persian Gulf state." - Source: PressTV

Moscow Confronts US-NATO on Syria. West's Unilateral Pressure On Syria is Inadmissable
A quote...."MOSCOW: Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov considers inadmissible the situation when the West puts pressure only on the Syrian authorities in order to normalise the climate in the country. -- “The position of our Western partners is that they insist on putting pressure on one side – the government and the president,” Lavrov said in an interview with Rossiya 24 Channel on Thursday."

Syrian Activists Say... Perception of Syrian conflict defined by baseless "activist" statements.
A quote...."Bangkok, Thailand July 10, 2011 - According to Fortune 500/Soros-funded Human Rights Watch whose sponsors represent a corportocracy that has been attempting to breakdown and despoil Syria for decades, anonymous Syrian soldiers who defected and are now living abroad have "claimed" that they were ordered to "shoot to kill." According to the Qatari propagandists at state-owned Al Jazeera, one of the "interviewees" told HRW that their "superiors had told them that they were fighting infiltrators, salafists, and terrorists, but were surprised to encounter unarmed protesters instead."

Mobs storm US, French embassies in Syria
A quote...."DAMASCUS (AFP) - Angry mobs stormed the American and French embassies in Syria on Monday, after the two Western envoys visited the city of Hama, a flashpoint for protests against President Bashar al-Assad's regime."
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

Ten Israeli aircraft enter Lebanon
War Provocation - A quote...."Ten Israeli military aircraft have once again penetrated Lebanese airspace and flown over parts of the country in blatant violation of a UN Security Council resolution."

Extending the House of Freedom — From the Middle East to the former Soviet Union
A quote...."Not content with having helped in no small way in bringing “freedom” to much of the Arab world during the “revolutionary” spring of 2011, Freedom House is now setting its sights on what it sees as another “Outpost of Tyranny” — the former Soviet Union. In a Foreign Policy op-ed piece, its president David J. Kramer and director of studies Christopher Walker argue:" - also posted at AlethoNews

Zionism And The Birth Of Modern Terrorism
Video - From the History File - Jan 9, 2009 - (YuTb - 8min56sec - 01/09/09) - Source: animations4you -- A quote...."This clip is from episode one of a British-made documentary from 2002 titled ‘The Age Of Terror’, and examines the bombing of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem on 22nd July 1946 by Zionists, in which the south wing of the hotel, then occupied by British civil-military authorities, was bombed killing ninety-one people. Twenty-eight of the victims were British, forty-one Arabic, while seventeen were Jewish."
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Flotilla (& Flytilla) News....

‘Flytilla’ Debacle Another PR Nightmare For Israel
A quote...."BEN GURION AIRPORT, Tel Aviv, – Confused foreign tourists arriving at Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport on Friday would be forgiven for thinking that a terrorist attack was about to take place."

Freedom Flotilla Update: Tahrir Pulls Out; Two Ships Defiantly Remain
A quote...."Athens - PNN - The Canadian ship the Tahrir pulled out of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla Two over the weekend, as only French ship the Dignity El Karameh and the Swedish-Norwegian-Greek ship Juliano remain to break the blockade of Gaza."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Iceland
Action Alert - A quote...."By now the Megaphones are mounting a massive email campaign against Ossur Skarphedinsson, the Icelandic foreign minister who visited Palestine, is supporting the call for Palestinian statehood, and had his diplomatic car blocked by large rocks placed in his way by the IDF. So, when you get a moment, send Ossur Skarphedinsson an email of support so that he does not think the entire world is made up of selfish pricks." -- *Michael Rivero*

Israeli soldiers blocked Icelandic FM’s car with rocks
Related Article - A quote...."Ossur Skarphedinsson, Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs, and his entourage had their trip to Gaza interrupted yesterday when Israeli soldiers obstructed the path of their cars with large rocks."

Settler [Deranged, Homeless, Jewish Thug] runs down boy, others vandalize farmlands in tense West Bank
A quote...."BETHLEHEM– A [deranged] Jewish [homeless thug] settler ran down and seriously injured a 6-year-old Palestinian boy on Sunday south of Bethlehem, while other [deranged Jewish homeless thugs] settlers vandalized farmland in Safa village near Beit Ummar in northern Al-Khalil province on Sunday."- also posted at PIC

Israeli Authorities Uproot, Confiscate 450 Olive Trees in Salfit
A quote...."SALFIT, July 11, 2011 (WAFA) – Israeli authorities Monday uprooted and confiscated 450 olive trees in Wadi Qana, an area west of Deir Estia near Salfit in the northern West Bank, according to Nazmi Salman, mayor of Deir Estia." - also posted at AlethoNews

Israeli Municipality of Jerusalem Hands Demolition Order to Elderly Palestinian Woman in Jerusalem
A quote...."JERUSALEM, July 10, 2011 (WAFA)- The Israeli municipality of Jerusalem Sunday handed an elderly Palestinian woman, Khadija Abdul Razeq, 67, a demolition order of her house, where she lives with 10 of her children and grandchildren, under the pretext of ‘building without a license’, according to witnesses."

Israeli court extends detention of Hamas MP for six months
A quote...."OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- An Israeli military court on Sunday extended the detention of Hamas MP and former finance minister Dr. Omar Abdel Razek for six months for the second time running."

Last witness testifies in Rachel Corrie case; family says Israel suppressed evidence
A quote...."The last witness testified Sunday in an Israeli court case seeking justice for slain peace activist Rachel Corrie. Col. Pinhas (Pinky) Zuaretz claimed that Rachel's death was her own fault for "running towards the fire"."
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More on Japan's & Amerika's Nuclear Power Plants....

High levels of radiation detected in Northwest rainwater

Radiation Alert - A quote...."In the days following the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the U.S. began monitoring radiation from Japan's leaking nuclear power plants. -- Most of the public attention went to the air monitoring which showed little or no radiation coming our way. But things were different on the rain water side. -- "The level that was detected on March 24 was 41 times the drinking water standard," said Gerry Pollet from Heart of America Northwest. He reviewed Iodine 131 numbers released by the Environmental Protection Agency last spring."

Radiation data from Seattle-area survey may be withheld by Feds for ["]national security["] purposes
And the cover-up continues....mpg - A quote...." A helicopter flying over some urban areas of King and Pierce counties will gather radiological readings July 11-28, 2011. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Remote Sensing Laboratory Aerial Measurement System will collect baseline levels of radioactive materials. [...]" --- "Some of the data may be withheld for national security purposes. [...]"

Radiation News 06-10-11 - A DProgram Round-Up - (7 articles)
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More On The Economic Situation...

The Big Banks Are Waging Warfare Against the People of the World
Contains Videos - KeiserReport(E162) (prev. posted) & GreeceDressRehearsal4US -- A quote..."Michael Hudson is a highly-regarded economist. He is a Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, who has advised the U.S., Canadian, Mexican and Latvian governments as well as the United Nations Institute for Training and Research. He is a former Wall Street economist at Chase Manhattan Bank who also helped establish the world’s first sovereign debt fund. -- Hudson says...."

The European debt crisis is really financial warfare by the banks
Indeed, the banks are in warfare against the rest of society
What's going on in Greece is exactly what's going to happen in America in a couple of weeks.
The big banks are forcing their bad debts on government
They are also forcing governments to sell off national assets so the banks can install a "neo-feudalism":

Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe
A quote...."When I expressed my opinion that the US Government ought to invoke its constitutional authority to issue money rather than go further into debt to the privately-owned Federal Reserve, I was flooded with denunciations (by the Fed's PR shills I suspect) screaming that government issuing its own money would bring doom and disaster for us all (like the IMF and Federal Reserve have not?) and holding up the terrible inflation of Wiemar, Germany and Zimbabwe as examples. But, as this article shows, Zimbabwe has a privately-owned central reserve bank issuing money as debt quite similar to the Federal Reserve, and of course, a private central bank and debt-based currency was imposed on Germany after WWI by the treaty of Versailles. It was only after Hitler started issuing a government currency based on units of value that the "German Miracle" occurred and turned the German economy around." -- *Michae Rivero*

The Biggest Fed Money Pump Since Lehman Went Under...
Financial Alert - A quote...."… happened on the week of June 27 2011. If you’re looking for a reason that stocks have been ramped so much higher in the last two weeks. This is it. -- Indeed, for the week ended June 27, the Fed flooded the financial system with $76 BILLION in liquidity. Bill King of the King Report puts that number into perspective noting that it’s BIGGEST increase since September 22, 2008 right after Lehman Brothers collapsed."

Ten Years, Ten Increases In The Debt Ceiling
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MERS and Fannie Mae sue Short Sale Seller and Buyer
Isn't MERS defunct?? - mpg -- A quote...."OMG! Just when you think you've seen it all, along comes a new horror story that makes the thought of doing short sales even more disgusting than before!! "

Obama toes Wall Street line in debt talks - Naturally, he's simply doing what he's paid to do. - mpg
A quote....."In a press conference Monday morning before a new round of bipartisan talks on raising the federal debt ceiling, President Barack Obama embraced the demand of the most powerful financial interests that domestic social spending be slashed dramatically, declaring the deficit, not mass unemployment, to be the central US economic problem."

Top Retail Analyst: "I Think What’s Going On ... Is That We Are In A Depression For 80 Percent Of Americans"
A quote...."More stores across the U.S. that offer deeply-discounted products are seeing their sales decline after years of growth amid America’s “Great Recession” — and one analyst said on Monday it’s another sign of even deeper downturn."

The ‘Jobless Recovery’ that Never Was
A quote...."During the Great Depression unemployment remained high even though GDP statistics reflected economic growth. But is it historically accurate to describe that horrific decade from 1930-40 as a “jobless recovery?” Would individuals who lived through that period agree? Any such declarations of a “jobless recovery” during the Great Depression are highly controversial and ignore that much of the nation remained mired in poverty. "

Spin This: Cisco To Fire 10,000
Related Article - A quote...."A year after the outgoing secretary of the treasury top ticked the economy and ushered in QE 2 with his abysmal NYT op-ed "Welcome to the Recovery" it is only appropriate that we get news that Cisco is preparing to fire 10,000, or 14% of its entire workforce, over and above the number of people that the company said was going to be let go in May. "

Mounting Public Debt. The Looting of Federal Pensions, Social Security and Medicare
A quote...."Government debt will be in the vicinity of $1.5 trillion this year. Ever since May 16th short-term debt has been frozen at about $14.3 trillion. Up until May 16th the year-to-debt fiscal debt was $783.135 billion. That means if no August 2nd agreement is reach, $275 billion will be needed up to August 2nd, a total of about $700 billion will be needed by 9/30/11, the end of the fiscal year. Those funds are to come from federal pensions, Social Security and Medicare. How will these funds be paid back? We do not know, but we would guess there could be legislation to commandeer private pensions, 401Ks and IRAs. On the other hand an alternative is for the Fed to create $700 billion and buy the Treasury debt. That alone, with normal funding, could reach over $2 trillion. That means they would have to create another additional $850 billion to keep the economy from slipping into a great dark pit. That means additional net funds that would have to be created out of thin air of close to $3 trillion. That means mega inflation 2 to 3 years down the line. In addition the US debt to GDP should be more than 100% by the end of the fiscal year 9/30/11."

Dow theory spurns bull market at the altar?
Mrkt Tech Note: A quote...."Last Thursday, the Dow Theory was all set to kiss the bull at the altar of a confirmed bullish signal. But, at the last minute, the Dow Theory got cold feet — with potentially ominous implications for the overall market. -- The wedding would have been consummated if both the Dow Jones Industrial Average INDU and the Dow Jones Transportation Average DJT had closed above their previous bull-market highs. The Transports succeeded in doing this on Jul. 1, and as of last Thursday’s close, the Industrials were within 1% of doing so. -- But then came Friday’s shocking jobs report, along with stocks’ continued weakness today."

The Daily Bail Round-Up - Jul 11, 2011 at 1:16 PM
A round-up of todays business news from the Daily Bail. - mpg

More Tales From the Zio-Sphere....

Stuxnet: Cyber Warfare by Israel & The U.S.
Video - (YuTb - 13min22sec - Jul 7, 2011) - Source: FederalJacktube6
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More On The Domestic Situation....

The Essential Rules Of Liberty
A quote...."July 08, 2011 "Information Clearing House" -- There is nothing worse in this world than an enslaved man who naively believes himself free, except, perhaps, trying to explain to that same man his predicament. You can lay truth after truth before his feet. You can qualify your every position with cold hard irrefutable data. You can plead and scream and raise veritable hell, but before he will ever listen, he must first become aware of his own dire circumstances. As long as he views himself as “safe and secure”, as long as he imagines his chains to be wings, he will see no reason to question the validity of the world around him, and he will certainly never invest himself into changing his own deluded destiny."

The Last Word on Independence – James Corbett
CRVideo - Alt - (CRYuTb - 9min25sec - Jul 4, 2011) - Source: corbettreport -- A quote...."In the course of human events, nothing has been more dangerous to the ruling elite than the concept of human liberty. Not the documents that have encapsulated that idea or charted its development, not the Magna Carta, not the Declaration of Independence, not the Emancipation Proclamation, nor any of the other pieces of paper upon which the idea of liberty has been set down, but the idea itself."

'Endless war policy ruined US economy'
Contains Video - A quote...."The United States' engagement in "endless wars" and unsustainable social programs are the main cause of the country's financial crisis, according to a professor at California State University."

House Overwhelmingly Approves Record $649 Billion Military Spending Bill
A quote...."America’s economy is continuing to struggle. With talk of a “double-dip recession,” massive unemployment and a budget deficit so large that financial analysts are openly talking about the US defaulting on its national debt, all spending is subjected to serious scrutiny." - Folks, you vote for Demos or Repubs, you gets what you votes for. Stop voting for DemoRepubs! - mpg

Imperial Suicide
Quote of the Day...."Why didn’t Rome pull back its troops from the Rhine or Anatolia or North Africa…in order to protect its homeland from the barbarians? Why didn’t Alexander retire to Macedonia, while he still had breath? Why didn’t the Germans retreat to the banks of the Oder when they still had the means to resist the Soviet onslaught? -- Why doesn’t the US bring home its troops, cut its spending, balance its budget and protect its future? Ha…ha…you know the answer. Because the system has been taken over by zombies…people who want to see the spending continue, no matter what the cost. Zombie wars. Zombie social spending. And zombie finance."

US government openly admits arming Mexican drug gangs with 30,000 firearms – but why? – Mike Adams
A quote...."(NaturalNews) – It is now a widely-reported fact that under the Obama administration, U.S. federal agents actively placed over 30,000 fully-functional weapons into the hands of Mexican drug gangs, then halted all surveillance and tracking activities of where those weapons were going." - also posted at DProgram

Another Mexico Drug Cartel Leader Arrested, Says Guns Supplied By U.S Government
A quote...."Another Mexico Drug Cartel Lead Has Been Arrested And He Says The Cartel’s Guns Have Been Supplied Directly By The U.S Government, And The CIA Has Infiltrated (AKA RuA leader of another Mexico Drug Cartel has been arrested and says U.S government supplied gunsnning) The Columbia Drug Cartels."

Obama Sells Machine Guns To Drug Dealers While Working Secret Backroom Deals To Steal Our Guns
A quote...."[Alexander Higgins Editor’s note: I have added additional comments and links to the authors original story to highlight more information that readers should be made aware of such as Obama’s banning of the famous WWII gun, the M1 Garande and Carbine bolt-action rifles, as well as adding links to pages containing background information on the US Governments involvement smuggling guns to drug dealers, aka Operation Fast and Furious. Specifically those pages contain corporate media reports of the operations, because many people just refuse to believe anything thing the corporate media did not report, and the information revealing the head of a Mexico Drug cartel was the feds as the point man in their gun smuggling operation."

The “War On Drugs” Is A $2.5 Trillion Racket: How Big Banks, Private Military Companies And The Prison Industry Cash In - DataBase - A quote...."Amped Status Editor’s Note: After detailing the “War on Terror” racket, many readers emailed asking us to cover the profiteering that is occurring within the “War on Drugs.” As we work hard to dig up dirt on all the major problems confronting us, we have compiled a database of thousands of the most hard-hitting and informative news reports. So ask and you shall receive. Here you go." - also posted at BLN

There's No Recovery Because the Government Made it Official Policy Not to Prosecute Fraud
Special Note - A quote....""Fraud caused the Great Depression and it has caused the current financial crisis. But fraud is not not being prosecuted, and so it will occur again and again, and prevent a sustainable economic recovery. -- Numerous economists have been saying this for years. As I pointed out in March...."

"Nobel prize winning economist George Akerlof has demonstrated that failure to punish white collar criminals - and instead bailing them out- creates incentives for more economic crimes and further destruction of the economy in the future. Indeed, William Black notes that we've known of this dynamic for "hundreds of years"

"Now mainstream journalists are starting to catch on."

Debt Contagion and the Global Economic Collapse – James Corbett
CRVideo - Alt - (YuTb - 10min40sec - Jun 26, 2011) - Source: corbettreport -- A quote...."(CorbettReport) – World markets experienced dramatic losses and rebounds last week as investors watched economic developments in Greece with growing anxiety… "

20 Really Bad Ideas That Are Almost Too Stupid To Believe
A quote...."What in the world is happening to America? It seems like all we get out of politicians at the federal, state and local levels is a steady stream of really bad ideas. Even when our government officials appear to have the best of intentions things still turn out badly. "What were they thinking" is a phrase that is being uttered by millions of Americans on a daily basis. Sadly, instead of focusing on real problems and real solutions, the mainstream media loves to focus on the latest scandal. Last month everyone wanted to talk about Anthony Weiner. This month everyone wants to talk about Casey Anthony. Next month it will be somebody else. There is a never ending stream of scandals for the mainstream media to latch on to, but what is America going to look like if we do not start addressing our real problems? The United States has become a cesspool of corruption, greed, debt and depravity. Everywhere you look there are signs of decline, and yet all our leaders come up with are more really bad ideas. Time is running out on this nation, and with each passing day there seems to be fewer reasons to be optimistic about the future." - also posted at PrisonPlanet

Phone Hacking, FBI OKC CCTV, Hemingway’s Hell – New World Next Week
Video - Alt - (YuTb - 15min02sec - Jul 7, 2011) - Source: corbettreport -- A quote...."(NewWorldNewsWeek) – Welcome back to http://NewWorldNextWeek.com – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in alternative news and open source intelligence. This week:"

Celente: Congress is made up of soccer mommy’s boys
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 5min46sec - Jul 7, 2011) - Source: RTAmerica -- A quote...."While President Obama is still discussing the issue of raising the 14.3 trillion dollar debt ceiling with lawmakers, raising the taxes of wealthy Americans seems not to be an issue. Instead, more cuts are expected for the social programs targeted to the poor. This is pretty much the case with Minnesota, where the government has been shut for more than a week now."

What Really Happened with Michael Rivero – July 8th, 2011
MRVideo - Alt - Note: To avoid the advertisements and the radio commentary goto - 8min20sec - into the broadcast - mpg - (JustInTV - 2hrs - July 8th, 2011) - Source: MichaelRiveroTV-Vids -- Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire and many other issues.
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More On The International Situation....

Former top aide to British prime minister arrested in Murdoch hacking scandal
A quote...."Yesterday morning, Andy Coulson, British Prime Minister David Cameron’s former director of communications and a former editor of Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World, was arrested. He was released on police bail later that day after being questioned over phone hacking and bribes paid to police officers by the tabloid newspaper."

NATO’S “Drang Nach Osten” (Thrust to the east)
A quote...."Since the collapse of the Warsaw Pact, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has made no secret of its goal to expand to the east, as well as into North and sub-Saharan Africa.After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the Soviet bloc, many observers believed that NATO’s raison d’etre had ceased to exist and that the collective “defensive” organization would join the Warsaw Pact in historical oblivion. However, those Americans, Canadians, and Europeans who believe in a “new world order,” led politically by the United States in concert with the European Union and Canada and militarily by NATO, re-invented NATO as an aggressive military pact with the goal of enforcing the will of a North American-European “axis” on a expanded stage far beyond Europe or the North Atlantic."

Iraqis fail to agree on whether to ask for some U.S. troops to stay beyond deadline
A quote...."Iraq’s fragile coalition government failed again Saturday to reach agreement on the formation of a cabinet or on whether to ask some U.S. forces to remain beyond December — leaving the Obama administration with an ever-shorter timetable to complete the withdrawal or manage the political fallout from staying."

NATO says Afghan air strike kills women, kids
A quote...."The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan said Thursday that its forces had inadvertently killed an unspecified number of women and children during a fight with insurgents in eastern Afghanistan this week, adding that it is also investigating a separate allegation of civilian casualties in the same region."

UAE sublets air base to US for drone attacks
Contains Video - A quote...."From where do these missiles armed US drones fly to allegedly target militants' hideouts in tribal areas at the expense of Pakistan's sovereignty?"

US Caught Off-guard by Iran Sanctions
A quote...."July 08, 2011 "Press TV" -- The decision by Iran's Parliament (Majlis) to impose sanctions on and indict 26 US officials who have perpetrated war crimes and violated human rights has come as a great surprise to the US government that has always accused independent nations such as Iran of violating human rights and supporting terrorism." - Source: PressTV

Iran to send 'Explorer 5' into space
A quote...."Head of Iran's Space Agency (ISA) Hamid Fazeli says the country will send its domestically-built Kavoshgar 5 explorer into space in the near future."

Iran Test Fires Two Long-Range Missiles Into Mouth Of Indian Ocean Where Two US Aircraft Carriers Are Situated - A quote...."Today for the first time, Iran's IRNA news agency reported that the country had fired two missiles with a range of 1,900 km, coupled with TV coverage, into the mouth of the Indian Ocean. As PressTV reports, "Commander of the Aerospace Division of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Ali Hajizadeh said that the long-range missiles were fired in the Iranian calendar month of Bahman (January 21 to February 20). He said that the missiles, fired from central Iran towards the Indian Ocean, successfully hit its designated targets, IRNA reported Saturday. Hajizadeh said that Iran's missiles have a range of up to 2,000 kilometers, adding that “Iran has the ability to produce longer-ranged ones (missiles) but presently there is no need to produce them."

The game in Syria
A quote...."A game is afoot in Syria, but it’s one that is not as clear-cut as people might think. -- The United States, European countries and the Arabs are all involved, but the most striking development arose this week, when the French and American ambassadors to Syria journeyed to the city of Hama to show solidarity with a popular uprising there."

'In next 10 years India will be a superpower'
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 3min11sec - Jul 9, 2011) - Source: RussiaToday -- A quote...."With a population of more than a billion and a growing economy, the opportunities are there for India's enterprising entrepreneurs. And it's young people who're seizing the initiative, by turning their passions into profits. As Priya Sridhar reports, they've got an eye on their culture, as much as capitalism."
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The Assault On Libya....

Huge Pro Gaddafi Rallies In Libya
Contains Videos - AMillionPrayersInTripoli - MassiveAntiNATO/RebelDemo - Gaddafi'sSpeech07/08/11 - A quote...."You saw it in Tripoli , you see it in all the cities and villages everyday: They say Gaddafi supporters, then the millions are my supporters if they like it that way. They think it is the same in their countries where they have 10 per cent support and and the rest are against them! -- Gaddafi has millions of supporters because he is not a ruler and he is not a president. Gaddafi did not come through fake elections with campaign funding from abroad."

DC protesters say no to Libya war
Contains Video - A quote...."Dozens of anti-war activists have held a demonstration in front of the White House to condemn the US role in the Libya war. -- The protesters cite reports by the Libyan health minister, who says that over 700 people have been killed and more than 4,000 wounded in the NATO attacks, the Press TV correspondent in Washington reported on Saturday. "

'NATO Kills 10 Civilians for Every Troop Targeted
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 5min57sec - Jul 9, 2011) - Source: RussiaToday -- A quote...."Rebel fighters in Libya have blamed a lack of ammunition, and a lack of NATO support, for their failure to advance towards the capital Tripoli. It comes just days after Libya reportedly intercepted two vessels with Belgian weapons intended for the rebels. For more about what's going on there, RT crosses live to Tripoli and Dr. Franklin Lamb, a Director of Americans Concerned for Middle East Peace."

Bombing must go on?! 'Human cost too high in Libya'
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 3min47sec - Jul 9, 2011) - Source: RussiaToday -- A quote...."Russia's Foreign Minister has slammed NATO for its "cynical actions" in Libya in an interview with Russian TV. Sergey Lavrov said that the Alliance's tactic of bombing the country until Colonel Gaddafi steps down has inflicted too many unjustified civilian deaths. RT's Peter Oliver has been following what Lavrov had to say."

West Funnels Illegal Weapons Into Libya
RTVideo - Alt - (RTYuTb - 5min57sec - Jul 9, 2011) - Source: GlobalResearchTV -- A quote...."France has been among the main powers behind the NATO-led air campaign, which is officially aimed at protecting civilians from assaults by Gaddafi's forces. However, many view a change of regime in Libya as the main reason for the alliance's involvement there. France's latest move has invoked extensive criticism from Russia and the African Union, while China has indirectly objected to it."

NATO forces hit Libyan oil depots
A quote...."BRUSSELS, July 8 (UPI) -- NATO forces for the first time since the conflict struck Libyan oil facilities in an effort to cut off fuel supplies to Gadhafi loyalists, a commander said."

Another U.S. War For Al-Qaeda
A quote...."July 08, 2011 "Information Clearing House" --- Now we have yet another potential reason to oppose the Libya war. According to West African governments, Obama’s war is actually empowering al-Qaeda, as the terrorist group is reportedly looting weaponry from Libyan rebels. This is in addition to the fact that U.S.-supported rebels themsleves have admitted to having ties to al-Qaeda. -- This would make the undeclared war in Libya only the latest to benefit America’s no. 1 terrorist enemy. The Iraq war, according to many experts, was a great boon for al-Qaeda, which used the massive U.S. military presence as a recruiting tool. There were practically none of these people in Iraq until after the U.S. invaded."
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More on the World Wide Revolution...

Tens of Thousands Of Protesters Back In Tahrir Square In Egypt
MOXVideo - Alt - (MOXYuTb - 4min13sec - Jul 8, 2011) - Source: MOXNEWSd0tCOM

Peaceful demo attacked in Bahrain
A quote...."Bahrain's Saudi-backed security forces have attacked a group of peaceful demonstrators demanding reforms as protests continue across the country, despite the government's crackdown on the popular uprising."

Protesters reject US, Saudi interference
A quote...."Tens of thousands rallied in Sanaa yesterday to "reject" Yemen's dependence on the United States and Saudi Arabia, saying badly burned President Ali Abdullah Saleh was "politically dead" after a TV appearance."

Syrians take to the streets as regime lashes at US
A quote...."BEIRUT: Hundreds of thousands of Syrians carrying olive branches and shouting for the downfall of President Bashar Assad's regime streamed Friday into the flashpoint city of Hama, where the U.S. and French ambassadors traveled in a strong show of support for the protest movement."

Syrian activists reject Assad's call for talks Sunday
A quote...."Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has set Sunday as a day of dialogue with opposition figures, but activists today held protests dubbed a day of "no dialogue" – saying they can't talk with a regime that is still arresting and killing its opposition, the Los Angeles Times reports."
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Flotilla News....

US Collusion In The Gaza Blockade Is An Affront To Human Rights
A quote...."By Cindy Corrie, Originally published in The Guardian July 9, 2011 -- My daughter’s death shows the cruelty of an America that won’t protect its own and is complicit in harming Palestinian civilians - When Greek authorities prevented the US ship the Audacity of Hope leaving its port in Athens this week, they dealt a blow to a group of brave and principled Americans who were trying to carry thousands of letters from US citizens to those who wait on Gaza’s shores."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Israel Marks New Path of Apartheid Wall
A quote...."BETHLEHEM – Israeli forces Saturday marked Palestinian land in al-Walaja, a village northwest of Bethlehem, to draw a new path of the Apartheid Wall, said a Palestinian official. -- Deputy Head of Walaja village council, Adel al-Atrash, said that the Israeli forces marked the land to raze the land and to uproot olive trees to complete the construction of a section of the wall. -- He added that the six-kilometer Wall will take over 500 dunums (1 dunum = 1000 square meters) and isolate another 1958 dunums, including an ancient olive tree called ‘Zytonet al-Badawi’ (Bedouin Olive Tree), which is estimated to be 1500 years old." - Source: Wafa

Palestinian Woman Wounded After Army Fired At Homes In Northern Gaza
A quote...."Palestinian medical sources reported on Saturday at night that Israeli soldiers, based near the northern Gaza border, opened automatic fire at a number of Palestinian homes wounding a young Palestinian woman and inflicting damage to property."

The tactic of arresting Palestinian children
A quote...."Dozens of Palestinian children clamoured excitedly in the East Jerusalem village of Silwan on June 26, each clutching the strings to as many helium-filled balloons as they could. Moments later, the children watched as the sky above this flashpoint Palestinian neighbourhood filled with red, green, black and white - the colours of the Palestinian flag - and the hundreds of balloons were taken away by the wind." - also posted at Uruknet

Press Release: Sheikh Raed Salah denied Bail
A quote...."After a three-hour hearing yesterday in London, Sheikh Raed Salah was denied bail by the courts and is to remain in a high security prison with dangerous criminals until his appeal against deportation is heard." - also posted at AlethoNews

Israeli Strike Destroys Palestinian Factory in Gaza
A quote...."GAZA, July 10, 2011 (WAFA) – An Israeli air strike Sunday destroyed a Palestinian concrete factory in al-Tuffah, a neighborhood east of Gaza, according to local sources." - Topix || Israel's Scorched Earth ||
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More On The Economic Situation...

Mounting Public Debt. The Looting of Federal Pensions, Social Security and Medicare
A quote...."Government debt will be in the vicinity of $1.5 trillion this year. Ever since May 16th short-term debt has been frozen at about $14.3 trillion. Up until May 16th the year-to-debt fiscal debt was $783.135 billion. That means if no August 2nd agreement is reach, $275 billion will be needed up to August 2nd, a total of about $700 billion will be needed by 9/30/11, the end of the fiscal year. Those funds are to come from federal pensions, Social Security and Medicare. How will these funds be paid back? We do not know, but we would guess there could be legislation to commandeer private pensions, 401Ks and IRAs. On the other hand an alternative is for the Fed to create $700 billion and buy the Treasury debt. That alone, with normal funding, could reach over $2 trillion. That means they would have to create another additional $850 billion to keep the economy from slipping into a great dark pit. That means additional net funds that would have to be created out of thin air of close to $3 trillion. That means mega inflation 2 to 3 years down the line. In addition the US debt to GDP should be more than 100% by the end of the fiscal year 9/30/11."

Peter Schiff: We're in Depression, Dollar Crisis Coming
PSVideo - (PSYuTb - 11min 29sec - Jul 7, 2011) - Source: NewsmaxTV -- A quote...."The phony stimulus has briefly interrupted depression but as long as the U.S. spends borrowed money the economy won't recover, contends Peter Schiff, Chief Global Strategist at Euro Pacific Capital. In a Newsmax.TV video, Schiff says the dollar could lose 50%-70% of its value. He explains how he's positioning clients as the U.S. faces possible QE3 and default through inflation." - Website editor's caution: If the world economy experiences a sudden and serious slow-down, the dollar will go up. Or, if for some reason, everyone has to reverse the carry-trade in USD's (which must exceed tens of trillions by now) the dollar will spike upward. Yes it's crazy, yes the "flight to safety" (i.e. US paper), is simply suicidal, but that's the upside-down world we live in. - mpg

Presenting The Plunge In Foreign Interest For US Treasurys
Chart - (click to enlarge) -- A quote...."Over the past 2 years, foreign demand, expressed by the final take down as a percentage of total auction size across the entire curve (2,3,5,7,10, and 30 Year) has plummeted from 55% to just below 35% as of the last auction."

Treasury Secretly Weighs Options to Avert Default [???]
A quote...."You may have noticed that I haven’t been paying much attention to the possibility of default via the legislative vector. The reason is because every time a situation like this comes up, the machine always somehow manages to lurch on to dig the hole deeper. I’m assuming that the same thing will happen this time. -- My guess is that, if the risk of default was real, the dollar and the precious metals would not be rangebound, as they are now. These will be worth watching, perhaps a bit more closely than usual, over the next few weeks." - also posted at BLN

On the Road to Government Default
A quote...."A great default is behind us. The public is unaware of this. If you read this report, you will no longer be unaware of it. -- The ease with which this default took place should serve as a warning: there will be additional, much larger defaults. Again, the public does not understand this. The main one will be Social Security. The program is now in the red: more money going out than comiomng in. But most people still cannot believe that the program really will go belly-up. That's why I produced a video on this."

Of Course Unemployment Is Rising ... Government Policy Is GUARANTEEING It
A quote...."As many writers have reported, the latest jobs report is dismal. -- In fact, as I have demonstrated, unemployment may rival the Great Depression. -- These bad numbers caught many by surprise. But as I repeatedly noted, government policy guarantees rising unemployment." - also posted at PrisonPlanet

Real Unemployment Rises to 16.2% in June -- 25.3 Million People
A quote...."(CNSNews.com) – The real unemployment rate rose to 16.2 percent in June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on Friday, marking a return to levels not seen since January 2011."

Rampant Unemployment = The Death Of The Middle Class
A quote...."Without an abundance of good jobs, the middle class in the United States is going to shrivel up and die. Right now, rampant unemployment is absolutely killing communities all over America. Hopelessness and poverty are exploding and many are now wondering if we are actually witnessing the slow death of the middle class. There simply are not nearly enough “good jobs” to go around anymore, and even many in the mainstream media are referring to this as a “long-term structural problem” with the economy."

Record one in six Americans now on food stamps as depression escalates
A quote...."(NaturalNews) While the mainstream media has all but convinced most Americans that the nation is slowly climbing out of the "recession," new statistics released by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) suggest otherwise. According to just-released participation numbers for the agency's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), known more commonly as "food stamps," nearly one in six Americans now participates in the program, which represents a new record high."

Why QE2 Failed: The Money All Went Offshore
Special Editorial Comment: Remember as you read this article folks, that the term "currency war" refers to the effort to get others, by stealth, by bribery, by force, to use your currency versus any others. In other words to be the one to solely retain the ability to print worthless pieces of paper, give these worthless pieces of crap to the wealthiest "one percent", allowing them go out and purchase the world's resources, oil, gas, minerals, water resources, securities, and other national assets enriching the "one percent" even further. All the while forcing the rest of the 99% to pay off the debt thus created and watch while the script in their own pockets becomes more worthless each and every single day. - mpg

US Taxpayers Just Paid $780 Million To Fund The Latest Greece Bailout Tranche
Related Article - A quote...."The IMF is delighted to announce that it just approved a €3.2 billion disbursement of cash for Greece, its fifth, as part of the €12 billion in money that Greece needs in order to continue operating in the months f July and August. And just for what purpose will this money be used, one may ask? Well, as explained a few weeks ago, in Greek Math: €12 Billion In, €18.2 Billion Out the entire amount will be promptly recycled by global financial institutions in the form of debt maturities and interest payments, which amount to €18.2 billion in the months of July and August. Simply said ECB, EU and IMF money in, money owed to bankers out." - also posted at PrisonPlanet - bold by website editor

European suicide rates pushed higher by financial crisis
A quote...."(Reuters) - Suicides rates rose sharply in Europe in 2007 to 2009 as the financial crisis drove unemployment up and squeezed incomes, with the worst hit countries like Greece and Ireland seeing the most dramatic increases, researchers said on Friday."