Thursday August 11th 2011 - links page 

"A group of “less than 10” insurgents, including the fighter who allegedly shot the Chinook helicopter with a rocket-propelled grenade, were tracked down at a compound in eastern Afghanistan early Monday and killed in airstrikes by F-16 fighter planes, according to Marine Gen. John R. Allen, the top commander in Afghanistan, and other military officials." 

Agent Orange Relief For Vietnam: Rep. Filner’s Bill Offers Hope
  ---  http://www.inthemindfield.com/2011/08/02/agent-orange-relief-for-vietnam-rep-filners-bill-offers-hope/ 
This is NOT foreign aid, this is cleaning up this nation's mess and offering -- a day late and billions of dollars short -- a tiny bit of remediation for what this nation inflicted on Vietnam.  Since this is the moral thing to do, since this is the decent thing to do, since this is the Christian thing to do and since it won't make any money for anyone in congress or the parasites who "select them" every election....it will be voted down. - mpg - also posted at AlethoNews  ---  http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/agent-orange-relief-for-vietnam-rep-filner%E2%80%99s-bill-offers-hope/  ---    posted 08-03-11 

Wednesday August 10th 2011 - links page 

More On The Domestic Situation....

Indy "Newspaper" Funded by US Government  ---  http://www.activistpost.com/2011/08/exposed-indy-newspaper-funded-by-us.html 
US-NRE Propaganda Exposed - A quote...."After initially trying to downplay, obfuscate, and deny accusations that the Thai "independent, non-profit, daily web newspaper" Prachatai was in fact a US-funded propaganda front, a series of reports from Land Destroyer provided irrefutable evidence taken directly from the US government-funded National Endowment for Democracy website.  ---  http://ned.org/where-we-work/asia/thailand  ---  Additional   backpedaling, lying, and obfuscating prompted a follow-up report on Prachatai  ---  http://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2011/07/anatomy-of-globalist-funded-sedition.html  ---  featuring several unlisted funding sources the duplicitous organization most likely thought were well buried." 
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EXCLUSIVE: Analysis of Financial Terrorism in America: Over 1 Million Deaths Annually, 62 Million People With Zero Net Worth, As the Economic Elite Make Off With $46 Trillion  ---  http://ampedstatus.org/exclusive-analysis-of-financial-terrorism-in-america-over-1-million-deaths-annually-62-million-people-with-zero-net-worth-as-the-economic-elite-make-off-with-46-trillion/  ---  Quote of the Day...."Despite increasing personal financial hardship, most Americans remain unaware of the economic world war currently unfolding. An all-pervasive corporate and government propaganda campaign has effectively obscured this blatant reality. After extensive analysis, it is evident that World War III is a war between the richest one-tenth of one percent of the global population and 99.9 percent of humanity. Or, as I have called it, The Economic Elite Vs. The People. This war has been a one-sided attack thus far. However, as we have seen throughout the world in recent months, the people are beginning to fight back. The following report is a statistical analysis of the systemic economic attacks against the American people." 
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A turning point in the crisis of world capitalism  ---  http://wsws.org/articles/2011/aug2011/pers-a11.shtml 
A quote...."The downgrading of the credit rating of the United States last Friday means that August 5, 2011 will be recognised as one of the key turning points in the historic crisis of US and world capitalism along with September 15, 2008, the day Lehman Brothers collapsed, and August 15, 1971, the day President Nixon withdrew the gold backing from the US dollar." 
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The Divided Left  ---  http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/08/10/the-divided-left/ 
A quote...."More and more people are fed up. Press releases and email alerts are reaching absurd extremes. With Congress reduced to a 12-member committee that will set our budgetary priorities for years to come, organizations are politely asking that the committee include one or two humane individuals, or that the committee’s meetings be live-streamed or its decisions be posted publicly for 72 hours prior to being rammed down our throats. These absurd proposals come out of a divided left, one side of which is not ready to admit that nonviolent resistance is required or that Democrats ought to be held to the same standards as Republicans." 
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Freedom Rider: Six More Years of Obama  ---  http://www.blackagendareport.com/content/freedom-rider-six-more-years-obama 
Special Note - Second Quote of the Day...."It seems only a Republican president can free us from the downward Obama spiral of the Democratic Party. “When the ruling class who hire and fire politicians chose a black Democrat to serve as president, they pulled off what can only be thought of as stroke of genius, the perfect crime if you will.” House and Senate Democratic leaders Pelosi and Reid vow to appoint “Super Committee” members who will cut entitlements. All principle has evaporated. “If current trends continue, gay marriage will be legal but Social Security and Medicare will no longer exist.”
also posted at AlethoNews  ---  http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2011/08/10/six-more-years-of-obama/ 
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Obama Readies Citizen Spies For Action  ---  http://www.alt-market.com/articles/222-obama-readies-citizen-spies-for-action 
Third Quote of the Day...."I think at this point it is fair to say that the name “Barack Obama” has become irrevocably synonymous with the phrase “Brownshirts”, and with very good reason. Riding the euphoric wave of a Prozac addled collectivist saturated puppy-love election season, the teleprompter dependent basketball playing android immediately launched several programs designed to centralize community organization using federal oversight." 
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The Riots in England Tells Us Never Surrender Our Firearms to the State
  ---  http://lonestarwatchdog.blogspot.com/2011/08/riots-in-england-tells-us-never.html 
A quote...."The United Kingdom has become a police state on steroids. The bankers have looted the nation with no more opportunity for young people and just getting by with very little. What also has happened is over 10 years ago is the people of the UK lost their right to keep and bear arms. These riots are out of frustration because of economic frustration and political corruption. There are many contributing factors for this happening. Most of the rioters are thugs out to create mayhem. Many good people are defenseless like sitting ducks." 
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If there was ever a time to Stand up for our Country it is NOW! Super UNCONSTITUTIONAL Congress has been chosen and anointed! FLY THE AMERICAN FLAG UPSIDE DOWN - That means "Country in Distress"  ---  http://sherriequestioningall.blogspot.com/2011/08/if-there-was-ever-time-to-stand-up-for.html  ---  A quote...."Since we have a new level of UNCONSTITUTIONAL government that has not been elected by the people as a whole, but has been anointed by a few, we can all expect them to be completely bias and UNCONSTITUTIONAL in all their decisions! -- What I have not understood is two things with this "Super CON gress" is first those who voted on the debt ceiling bill, have now voted out any power or control they had with their own office.  They have made their own votes and voices mute! -- The second thing I have not understood is the fact the people of the United Broken States are sitting back and letting it happen!  The United States citizens should be going Egypt, Syria, London, Israel and many others right now!!" 
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5 Reasons Why American Riots Will Be The Worst In The World
  ---  http://theintelhub.com/2011/08/10/5-reasons-why-american-riots-will-be-the-worst-in-the-world/ 
A quote...."America is still in deep denial which is still the first stage of the Awakening. This denial will be wiped away when the dollar collapses. For now the economy is still functioning with food and fuel available. Americans still have the illusion of wealth and normalcy. -- They still are stuck in the false left right paradigm and think some other sock puppet will turn things around." 
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Martial Law In The America: Corporate Media Hints At Military Plans To Take On The American People During Domestic Civil Unrest
  ---  http://theintelhub.com/2011/08/10/martial-law-corporate-media-hints-at-military-plans-to-take-on-the-american-people-during-domestic-civil-unrest/
A quote...."As the United Kingdom continues to riot many have wondered how the United States would respond to a similar outbreak of riots whether caused by an economic collapse, widespread [false flag] terror attacks, or some other catalyzing event. -- For those that are awake to the fact that the government was long ago taken over by elitist oligarchs, this question was answered years ago." 
also posted at FederalJack  ---  http://www.federaljack.com/?p=95387  ---  & StratRisks  ---  http://stratrisks.com/geostrat/618 
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Quotes on the Right to Bear Arms  ---  http://catb.org/%7Eesr/fortunes/rkba.html
A few selected quotes.... 

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"It's Us Or Them" 
AJVideos - "It'sUsOrThem!"(1/3)  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeASWUtPE5M 
"It'sUsOrThem!"(2/3)  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds8S26DdKuM 
"It'sUsOrThem!"(3/3)  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEDT-_1-_rI  ---  (AJYuTb - 10/15min - Aug 8, 2011) - Source:  TheAlexJonesChannel  --- http://www.youtube.com/user/TheAlexJonesChannel  ---  A quote...."I want listeners to listen to me very carefully, and let this really sink in, really sink in.  When I get up here and say the "establishment" plans a really post-industrial, absolutely bankrupt, third world situation, with an extremely predatory police state class....that the only good jobs you're going to be getting in America, is being a government predator. --  They plan on cutting off the resources....they've stated it, and than having most of the major scholarships and job opportunities be in domestic arrest, torture, you name it. This is a planned conversion of our economy. This isn't just some third world dictator robbing the country, selling out to foreign banks and looting resources....that's bad enough.  This is a ruling elite, a ruling class of social engineers, who have written countless white papers that we've covered and linked to at InforWars.com and PrisonPlanet.com, who have stated their plan is to absolutely bankrupt YOU!" -- *AlexJones* 
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US Politicians For Sale?  ---  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28804.htm 
Video - Alt  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyMEfYUYkJ0  ---  (YuTb  - 3min46sec - Apr 23, 2010) - Source:  TheYoungTurks  ---  http://www.youtube.com/user/TheYoungTurks  ---  A quote...."What do politicians do when they leave office and how does that influence their behavior while they are in office?" 
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08-10-11 Broadcasting LIVE on Justin.tv  ---  http://www.justin.tv/michaelrivero/b/292297640 
MRVideo - Note:  To avoid the advertisements and the radio commentary goto - 7min50sec - into the broadcast - mpg - (JustInTV - 2hrs - August 10th, 2011) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids  ---  http://www.justin.tv/michaelrivero/videos  ---  Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire and many other issues.  
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More On The International Situation.... 

Iranian group's big-money push to get off US terrorist list
  ---  http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2011/0808/Iranian-group-s-big-money-push-to-get-off-US-terrorist-list/%28page%29/4 
Must Read - A quote...."SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: A roster of influential former US officials is speaking at rallies in support of removing the MEK, an Iranian opposition group with a violent anti-American history, from the US terrorist list. A decision is expected within weeks." 
also posted at ICH  ---  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28803.htm  ---  Topix ||  US Support of Terror - MEK - PKK - Others  ||
  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/ussupportofterror-weblist-mpg-090306#MEK-PKK-OTHERS 
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A "Humanitarian War" on Syria? Military Escalation. Towards a Broader Middle East-Central Asian War?
  ---  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=25955 
Special Note - A quote...."As I went back through the Pentagon in November 2001, one of the senior military staff officers had time for a chat. Yes, we were still on track for going against Iraq, he said. But there was more. This was being discussed as part of a five-year campaign plan, he said, and there were a total of seven countries, beginning with Iraq, then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Iran, Somalia, and Sudan."  --  *General Wesley Clark* 
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Obama Is Implementing Plans For War Throughout the Middle East Created 10 Years Ago by the Neocons
  ---  http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/08/obama-implementing-neocon-plan-for-war.html 
Must Read - Obviously!! - mpg -- A quote....""A Nato plan for a post-Gaddaffi Libya - carving up the country, and giving the richest spoils to the UAE - has been leaked.  ---  http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/iraq-haunts-plans-for-post-gaddafi-libya/story-e6frg6so-1226111211251  ---  The U.S. is already at war in Somalia. As the New York Times noted last month: "U.S. Expands Its Drone War Into Somalia".  ---  http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/02/world/africa/02somalia.html?pagewanted=all  ---  The U.S. is always trying to justify war against Iran (see this,  ---  http://www.salon.com/news/afghanistan/?story=/politics/war_room/2011/08/10/iran_afghanistan_downed_helicopter  ---  for example) and Lebanon.  ---  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=25000  ---  What explains these widespread wars throughout the Middle East? -- As American reporter Gareth Porter reported  ---  http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JE07Ak01.html  ---  in 2008:...." 
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Abstract: Welcome to World War III  ---  http://hamsayeh.net/articles/1047-abstract-welcome-to-world-war-iii.html 
A quote...."Despite increasing personal financial hardship, most Americans remain unaware of the economic world war currently unfolding. An all-pervasive corporate and government propaganda campaign has effectively obscured this blatant reality. After extensive analysis, it is evident that World War III is a war between the richest one-tenth of one percent of the global population and 99.9 percent of humanity. Or, as I have called it, The Economic Elite Vs. The People [18]. This war has been a one-sided attack thus far. However, as we have seen throughout the world in recent months, the people are beginning to fight back. The following report is a statistical analysis of the systemic economic attacks against the American people."  
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Toll of US drone raid in Pakistan at 21  ---  http://www.presstv.ir/detail/193216.html  ---  More innocents murderd. - mpg 
A quote...."The death toll from a non-UN-sanctioned US drone strike in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt has climbed to 21." 
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‘Hard and comprehensive’ – study reveals extent of US drone strikes
  ---  http://weeklyintercept.blogspot.com/2011/08/hard-and-comprehensive-study-reveals.html 
A quote...."CIA drone strikes have led to far more deaths in Pakistan than previously understood, according to extensive new research published by the Bureau. More than 160 children are among at least 2,292 people reported killed in US attacks since 2004. There are credible reports of at least 385 civilians among the dead." 
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AFGHANISTAN: Nearly nine million face food shortages  ---  http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93466 
More of the benefits of Amerikan styled "free-dumb and da'mockery", anybody else out there want some, anybody? - mpg -- A quote...."KABUL, 9 August 2011 (IRIN) - Ongoing drought in northern, northeastern and western Afghanistan is likely to push 1.5-2 million more people into food insecurity this autumn, according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP). -- This is in addition to the seven million country-wide already facing food shortages." 
also posted at AlethoNews  ---  http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2011/08/10/afghanistan-nearly-nine-million-face-food-shortages/ 
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NATO: 5 service members killed by roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan
  ---  http://www.dailyjournal.net/view/story/153ad203d5884769a79726a92fbd095b/AS--Afghanistan/ 
Full quote...."KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S.-led coalition says five NATO service members have been killed in a roadside bombing in southern Afghanistan -- In a statement, the coalition said the five died Thursday, but disclosed no other details about the deaths. -- The deaths raise to 51 the number of foreign service members killed so far this month in Afghanistan. -- So far this year, at least 374 international troops have died in the war." 
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'Iran backs efforts to end Syria crisis'  ---  http://www.presstv.ir/detail/193388.html 
A quote...."Iran endorses efforts by the Muslim world and regional countries to put an end to the crisis in Syria,” said Chairman of the Majlis Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy Alaeddin Boroujerdi to reporters in the Egyptian capital of Cairo." 
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New [Russian] submarine supermissile can pierce ABM shield  ---  http://rt.com/news/new-nuclear-submarine-missile/ 
A quote...."The new Russian liquid-fuel Liner missile is world’s most advanced submarine-based strategic weapon with range and payload capabilities surpassing every model deployed by any other country, its developer says. -- The submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) Liner can carry up to 12 low-yield MIRV nuclear warheads and has a payload/mass ratio surpassing any solid-fuel strategic missiles designed by the US, UK, France and China, the developer Makeyev State Rocket Center said in a statement. It is very flexible in terms of what its payload can be, varying and mixing warheads of different capabilities." 
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Russia’s military aircraft industry stays aloft  ---  http://en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20110811/165710365.html 
A quote...."For the first time in over twenty years, an entirely new Russian fighter aircraft will take to the skies in front of the public at the MAKS-2011 air show, where the Sukhoi T-50 prototype combat aircraft is expected to be shown. -- The fact that Russia will showcase its fifth-generation fighter for the first time is a testament to the survival of a meaningful military aerospace industry, after two decades of huge spending cuts. Russian aerospace has had to survive on what it could earn overseas, primarily in the burgeoning Asian market, particularly China and India." 
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China to outstrip US by 2016 – IMF  ---  http://rt.com/news/china-economy-leader-us/ 
Contains Video - A quote...."Many analysts are predicting a power shift in the financial arena quite soon, since according to International Monetary Fund projections, China could leapfrog the United States to become the world's largest economy by 2016." 
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The Assault On Libya.... 

Gaddafi’s “dead” son shows up on TV…again  ---  http://rt.com/news/gaddafi-khamis-alive-libya/ 
Contains Video - A quote...."Libyan state TV has broadcast what it said was footage of Colonel Gaddafi's son Khamis visiting people wounded in an air attack. Earlier rebels claimed he had been killed in a NATO air strike last week." 
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NATO Butchers Bomb Zlitan - Leonor & Ahmed In Libya  ---  http://www.youtube.com/user/108morris108#p/u/0/Vn0kbXyN7Oo 
M108Video - Alt  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn0kbXyN7Oo  ---  (M108YuTb - 15min49sec - Aug 10, 2011) - 108morris108  ---  http://www.youtube.com/user/108morris108  ---  A quote...."NATO bombing Zlitan more - There are no Military Installations there - Bernard Levy continues to champion the cause of the rebels, and the Libyans remain steadfast, they are actually going to Zlitan - which is where NATO is making a disaster." 
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Libya blasts NATO village ‘massacre’  ---  http://www.prisonplanet.com/libya-blasts-nato-village-massacre.html 
A quote...."ZLITEN, Libya — Libyan authorities on Tuesday accused NATO of a “massacre” of 85 villagers in air strikes in support of rebels, whose political leadership was in crisis with the sacking of its top officials."
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US State Department Gives Benghazi Rebels the Former Libyan Embassy: al Qaeda Terrorists Get a Privileged Sanctuary in Downtown Washington DC
  ---  http://tarpley.net/2011/08/10/us-state-department-gives-benghazi-rebels-the-former-libyan-embassy/ 
Contains Must View Video - A quote...."Press TV talks with Dr. Webster Griffin Tarpley, an author and historian in Washington, about recent developments in Libya. The following is a rush transcription of the interview:" 
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More on the World Wide Revolution.... 

The [British] police have misled once again
  ---  http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-the-police-have-misled-once-again-2334811.html 
"Misled" is a nice way of saying the police lied to cover-up another one of their murders. - mpg -- A quote...."....the Independent Police Complaints Commission reported yesterday that there exists "no evidence" that Duggan fired at the police before he was killed, and that the bullet lodged in the officer's radio came from a police-issue handgun." 
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UK Disregards “Concerns About Human Rights” And Authorizes Shooting Of London Riots Protestors
  ---  http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2011/08/10/uk-pm-shooting-london-riots-protestors-authorized-phony-concerns-human-rights-disregarded-53841/ 
A quote...."England has authorized the police to shoot protestors participating in the London riots and will ignore “phone concerns about human rights” raised by the international community." 
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The Guardian, Al-Jazeera Set Straight Corporate Media Lies About London Riots
  ---  http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2011/08/10/guardian-aljazeera-set-straight-corporate-media-lies-london-riots-53711/ 
A quote...."Must read Guardian and Al-Jazeera articles that set the record straight about the lies the corporate media is telling about the protestors participating the”riots” all across the U.K." 
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Things Fall Apart  ---  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28805.htm 
A quote...."August 10, 2011 "Information Clearing House" -- It’s fashionable to call them the ‘underclass’ that the state has buried away, out of sight–out of mind on ‘sink estates’ or trapped and invisible in the poorest neighborhoods of our cities. Demonized and/or sentimentalized by the state/corporate media (‘Shameless’ and ‘East Enders’ come to mind), exactly as in Victorian times, an entire section of the working class have been reduced to some inferior, sub-human species by the political class and its media partners-in-crime." 
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London riots: the underclass lashes out  ---  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/8630533/Riots-the-underclass-lashes-out.html 
A quote...."London's rioters are the products of a crumbling nation, and an indifferent political class that has turned its back on them. " 
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Is London a Harbinger for America? - When is a Riot a Revolt?  ---  http://www.counterpunch.org/finamore08102011.html 
A quote...."Several days of unprecedented revolt by the most impoverished minority-populated neighborhoods of London has shaken the normally staid and reserved British Estblishment. Prime Minister David Cameron cut short his Italian vacation in Tuscany to return to the red-orange glare of a burning city. The prime minister was not the only one inconvenienced." 
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Black Britain Revolts: What If It Had Been New York?  ---  http://www.blackagendareport.com/content/black-britain-revolts-what-if-it-had-been-new-york 
A quote...."Britain’s Black rebellion shocked the nation, but has not produced the kind of carnage that routinely accompanies urban unrest in the United States. “Had London’s current disturbances occurred on a similar scale in New York City, with outbreaks across the various boroughs, the police would have unleashed a bloodbath.” Which is not to say that the United Kingdom’s criminal justice system is not as thoroughly racist as its American cousin. It’s just that white Brit society is – relatively speaking – less bloodthirsty." - also posted at AlethoNews
  ---  http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2011/08/10/black-britain-revolts-what-if-it-had-been-new-york/ 
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Manchester police brutality? Cops beat suspect rioters  ---  http://www.youtube.com/user/RussiaToday#p/u/2/c7Mjxmla_9A 
video - Alt  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7Mjxmla_9A  ---  (RTYuTb 1m28s 08/11/11) Src: RT  ---  http://www.youtube.com/user/RussiaToday
UK fights wars, retreats in riots? London outraged at police fail  ---  http://www.youtube.com/user/RussiaToday#p/u/10/snIjGKTZ2t8 
video - Alt  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snIjGKTZ2t8  ---  (RTYuTb 5m36s 08/10/11) Src: RT  ---  http://www.youtube.com/user/RussiaToday
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere.... 

Does your Congressperson represent you – or Israel?
  ---  http://mondoweiss.net/2011/08/does-your-congressperson-represent-you-or-israel.html 
A quote...."In this time of economic austerity, when jobs are being slashed and Americans are fearful about their future, the Congressional recess is the time for our elected representatives to be home in their districts, reaching out to their constituents and servicing the people they are paid to represent. Instead, this August one out of every five representatives will be taking a junket to Israel, compliments of an affiliate of the Israel lobby AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) but still clocked in on the taxpayer’s dime." - also posted at AlethoNews
  ---  http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2011/08/10/does-your-congressperson-represent-you-%E2%80%93-or-israel/ 
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Obama straining every nerve against UN membership for Palestine  ---  http://www.redress.cc/americas/jruebner20110811 
Obama is a bought-&-paid for, boot-licking, butt-kissing, fetch'n'stepping, good ol'boy of the AIPAC/Israeli Consortium.  It's truly disgusting to watch him constantly genuflect to, and "service" every "need" of Israel's  lobby. - mpg -- A quote...."Josh Ruebner argues that Obama administration statements justifying the US position against Palestinian membership in the UN “are so illogical that they can be seen only as pretexts for clinging to the crumbling façade of Israeli occupation and apartheid”. 
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Israel sinking into religious-fundamentalist swamp  ---  http://www.federaljack.com/?p=95397 
A quote...."The intention of the proposed new Basic Law that would define Israel as ‘the national home for the Jewish people’ is to deny the natural rights of Israel’s Arab citizens." 
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Turkey warns of worse to come in ties with Israel
  ---  http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/en/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7NhPJKbTyrY6d%2bn4RE17K
HVUv%2fEIoCgiFeyQMVOz%2ffygHNdiZ%2f4gwFqjycYcWWg%2bDdixFFxOID3u16CyM80Q4p6QKdhtuIjlqAlu0DETjqpg%3d 
A quote...."OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- Turkey has warned of taking further diplomatic measures should Israel continue to change the demographic status of occupied East Jerusalem by building more settlements." 
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More On The Palestinian Situation.... 

India to Vote in UN for Palestinian State in September  ---  http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=16960  ---  Hip Hip Hooray!!
A quote...."NEW DELHI, August 11, 2011 (WAFA) – India will vote in favor of the Palestinian request to gain full membership of an independent Palestinian state within 1967 borders at the United Nations General Assembly when it comes up for a vote in September, said Indian External Affairs Minister E. Ahamed." 
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Hamas: No improvement at Rafah crossing  ---  http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=412142 
A quote...."GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Gaza Interior Ministry deputy Kamel Abu Madi said Wednesday there had been no improvements at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt." - also posted at AlethoNews  ---  http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2011/08/10/hamas-no-improvement-at-rafah-crossing/ 
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Six Detained as Army Clamps Down on Non-Violent Protestors in Al-Walaja
  ---  http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10580&Itemid=63 
A quote...."Bethlehem – PNN - A non-violent protest at Al-Walaja near Bethlehem today resulted in six activists being detained by the Israeli Army and many others being subjected to tear gas inhalation and sound bombs." 
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Israel to Withhold Tax Revenues to Pressure Palestinians  ---  http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=16959 
The Jews of Israel are just a bunch of tax and steal crooks....hmmmm, seems familiar somehow....mpg -- A quote...."TEL AVIV, August 11, 2011 (WAFA) – Israeli Finance Minister, Yuval Steinitz, Wednesday called for Israel to withhold tax revenues that it collects on the Palestinian Authority's behalf, to pressure President Mahmoud Abbas to back down from seeking United Nations full membership in September, said Haaretz newspaper." 
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Palestinian Prisoners Languish in Administrative Detention
  ---  http://original.antiwar.com/frykberg/2011/08/10/palestinian-prisoners-languish-in-administrative-detention/ 
A quote...."RAMALLAH — “I’m sick with worry about my daughter. I’m afraid of what they are doing to her. She has done nothing to deserve this. If they have anything against her, why don’t they bring her to trial?” Yehiya Al Shalabi asked IPS rhetorically." 
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Israel Backs Out of Apology to Turkey  ---  http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10582&Itemid=61 
A quote...."Jerusalem - PNN - Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman stated that an Israeli apology to Turkey for events that happened with the Gaza Flotilla will not improve relations between the two countries." 
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More On The Economic Situation.... 

The Elusive Abyss  ---  http://news.goldseek.com/GoldSeek/1312898940.php 
A quote...."Financial markets are currently in a panic, bonds spiked last week (this continues at the moment), cash deposit levels up sharply according to BNY Mellon, US debt downgraded by Standard and Poor’s from AAA to AA+ and equities crashing.  The Chinese rating agency Dagong Global Credit Rating Co. have now lowered their rating on the US debt from A+ to A after lowering their previous US rating from AA to A+ in November 2010.  All agencies are warning us that they are on “negative” in their forward view of their respective US ratings.  --  Here we are again back at the edge of the abyss …yet again.  This is not the first time we have not enjoyed this view of this elusive abyss and nor will it be the last unfortunately.  This debt crisis is far from over and this Gold Bull is far from over." 
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'Rating downgrade - beginning of the end, hyperinflation next'  ---  http://www.youtube.com/user/RussiaToday#p/u/7/IQkTrEoXcdw 
RTVideo - Alt  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQkTrEoXcdw  ---  (RTYuTb - Aug 10, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday  ---  http://www.youtube.com/user/RussiaToday  ---  A quote...."With the economic turmoil in the U.S. and the Eurozone sparking volatile market trading, investors are increasingly looking for a safe haven for their money. And it looks like Asia could emerge as the main contender. Many analysts believe that, with the loss of America's triple A credit score and fears of a new wave of recession, China could become the world's strongest economy earlier than expected." 
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Dollar Falls on Fed’s Pledge to Maintain Key Interest Rate at a Record Low
  ---  http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-09/dollar-falls-on-fed-pledge-to-keep-interest-rates-low-through-mid-2013.html 
A quote...."The dollar tumbled the most in at least 40 years against the Swiss franc after the Federal Reserve pledged to keep its key interest rate at a record low at least through mid-2013 to revive the flagging economic recovery." 
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Federal deficit tops $1T for 3rd straight year
  ---  http://www.blacklistednews.com/Federal_deficit_tops_%241T_for_3rd_straight_year/15147/0/38/38/Y/M.html 
A quote...."The United States' budget deficit has topped $1 trillion for a third straight year, adding pressure on Congress and the White House to make more progress on a long-term plan to shrink the growing imbalance." 
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Bank Of America's Backdoor Bailout - Dumping Mortgage Trash Onto Taxpayers Via Fannie Mae
  ---  http://dailybail.com/home/bank-of-americas-backdoor-bailout-dumping-mortgage-trash-ont.html 
A quote...."Before we get to the story from the WSJ and The Street.com, a few BofA links from today:" 

• BAC Stock Closes Down Almost 11% Today  --- http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/BAC   
  
• Conference call - CEO Moynihan calls BofA 'much stronger' than in 2007  --- http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ceo-moynihan-calls-bofa-stronger-than-in-2007-2011-08-10   
  
• Chris Whalen Says: "Seize And Restructure Bank Of America NOW!"  --- http://dailybail.com/home/chris-whalen-we-need-to-seize-and-restructure-bank-of-americ.html   
  
• CHART - Bank OF America Stock Has Fallen 50% In A Month  --- http://dailybail.com/home/chart-bank-of-america-stock-has-fallen-50-in-a-month.html   
  
• LIVE BLOG: Bank of America CEO Faces Investor Grilling  --- http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2011/08/10/live-blog-bank-of-america-ceo-faces-investor-grilling/   
  

"Details on today's taxpayer pillaging are below...." 
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Two More Years Of Backdoor Bank Bailouts  ---  http://www.declineoftheempire.com/2011/08/two-more-years-of-backdoor-bank-bailouts.html 
A quote...."The Federal Reserve's zero-interest rate policy (ZIRP) has been a resounding success. The economy is booming! Well, OK, it's not booming. Actually, the economy doesn't seem to be doing very well. In fact, the economy sucks. We appear to be on the verge of another recession. Nevertheless, the activist Fed must appear to be doing something. Yesterday the Fed governors voted (7-3) to hold short-term interest rates at their current very low levels for at least another two years, which takes us well into 2013." 
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The next massive debt bubble to crush the economy – 10 charts examining the upcoming implosion of the student loan market. $1 trillion in student loans and defaults sharply increasing.  ---  http://whatreallyhappened.com/node/129138  ---  A quote...."In the land of predatory bubbles it looks like higher education is now fully caught up in the credit market implosion. In the same debt produced vein as housing...." 
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Legendary Investor Jeremy Grantham: America is a Banana Republic
  ---  http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/08/legendary-investor-jeremy-grantham.html 
A quote...."Legendary investor Jeremy Grantham (co-founder and chief investment strategist of Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo - one of the largest fund managers in the world, having more than US $107 billion in assets under management as of December 2010) writes...." 
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2008 Redux  ---  http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2008-redux  ---  Give it two months to be sure, but you know what they say about ducks. - mpg 
Mrkt Tech Note - A quote...."Since this morning’s rant  ---  http://www.zerohedge.com/news/guess-what-it-2008-or-least-late-2007  ---  or comment, I have been informed of several other similarities...." 
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The Stock Market Crash Of 2011?  ---  http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/the-stock-market-crash-of-2011  ---  Ditto. - mpg 
Mrkt Tech Note - A quote...."Fears about the European sovereign debt crisis and the crumbling U.S. economy continue to dominate the marketplace.  With each passing day, things are looking more and more like 2008 all over again.  So what is going to happen if "The Stock Market Crash of 2011" pushes the U.S. economy into "The Recession of 2012"?" 
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Weekly Outflows From Domestic Equity Mutual Funds Surge To $13 Billion, Nearly Surpass Post-Flash Crash Record  ---  http://amvona.com/
latest-news/investing/18213-weekly-outflows-from-domestic-equity-mutual-funds-surge-to-13-billion-nearly-surpass-post-flash-crash-record.html 
Mrkt Tech Note - A quote...."More very bad news for mutual funds (which as we disclosed last week have an all time record low cash level ergo, once the liquidations begin it is game over): as of the week ended August 3, redemptions from domestic equity mutual funds surged to a near all time high $13 billion, matched only by the $13.4 billion on May 26, 2010." 
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British government begins stealing its peoples’ bank deposits ahead of the global financial collapse  ---  http://philosophers-stone.co.uk/
wordpress/2011/08/british-government-begins-stealing-its-peoples%E2%80%99-bank-deposits-ahead-of-the-global-financial-collapse/ 
A quote...."It happened before and it is starting again. Government confiscating (stealing) the people’s life savings. Just like in 1929 the British government began its theft of the people’s life savings just before the Great Depression. After an inflationary run-up in prices and asset values, the stock market crashed in 1929, and the economy soon went with the crash. This time the British government is disguising its outright theft by claiming the entire contents of safety deposit banks are owned by criminals and the contents are the proceeds of crimes." 
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The Daily Bail Round-Up - Aug 10, 2011 at 3:34 PM
  ---  http://dailybail.com/home/bernanke-scoffs-at-fed-dissent-super-congress-debt-panel-nam.html 
A round-up of todays business news from the Daily Bail. - mpg 
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Tuesday August 9th 2011 - links page 

More On The Domestic Situation.... 

The Impotence of the "Intellectual" Elite  ---  http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2011/08/impotence-of-intellectual-elite.html 
Must Read - A quote...."For a few minutes, I considered writing a detailed takedown of this piece of piss-poor analysis. Then I thought: Oh, Christ. I've been through all these issues countless times. Those who want to see the truth have far more evidence than anyone could require to reach the correct conclusions. And those who are driven by their preconceptions and self-sustaining illusions refuse to change their minds on the issues that matter, so why bother? Instead, I'll offer just a few brief notes." - also posted at Uruknet  ---  http://www.uruknet.com/?p=m80345&hd=&size=1&l=e 
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From The Fed To JFK To 9/11: A Hidden History of High Treason in America
  ---  http://disquietreservations.blogspot.com/2011/08/from-fed-to-jfk-to-911-hidden-history.html 
A quote...."I believe, as many others do, that the Grassy Knoll is where America lost its soul and where the real American government was seized by a criminal shadow government. -- But the takeover of America's soul and government was a long process. November 22, 1963 is the most important date in modern American history along with December 23, 1913, when the private Federal Reserve was created, and September 11, 2001." 
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10 Years from 9/11: Still Important Unanswered Questions
  ---  http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1108/S00114/10-years-from-911-still-important-unanswered-questions.htm 
A quote...."As we approach the 10th anniversary of this world changing event, we are finding that rather than gradually fading into the history books, this event is having an increasing impact on the world we live in and raising more and more complex questions as to what really happened and why much crucial information and evidence has apparently been held back or ignored by both the US government and the media." 
also posted at DProgram  ---  http://dprogram.net/2011/08/09/10-years-from-911-still-important-unanswered-questions/ 
Topix ||  Reficultnias's 9/11 Central  ||  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/reficultniass911central-mpg-reficultnias-weblist-100409.html 
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The Execution Of SEAL Team Six  ---  http://www.rense.com/general94/execc.htm 
A quote...."On May 5th, I had an email conversation with a retired military man with spook contacts. All were in total agreement that the Bin Laden episode was pure theater. The SEALS were sent into a compound as evidenced by the lost chopper on site. But Osama Bin Laden wasn't in that compound. Osama Bin Laden has been dead for years. Bin Laden had a genetic condition that caused renal failure (this genetic condition is common among deeply inbred Saudi arab muslims). Bin Laden had been on dialysis BEFORE 9/11. Dialysis is difficult enough for people in first world countries who can have it done in outstanding facilities. Bin Laden was having it done either in caves or in homes post 9/11. People in renal failure having dialysis done in fricking caves do NOT live for ten more years. Period. There was no dialysis equipment found in the compound the SEALS raided on May 2. Of course there wasn't. Bin Laden wasn't in that compound because Bin Laden has been dead for years." 
Topix  ||  The CH-47 Chinook & Seal Team Six  ||  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/mpgrapsheet-blogpg-mpg-012707#ST6 
||  More on Osama Bin Back From the Dead™....  ||  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/osamabinbackfromthedead-articlelist-mpg-050111.html 
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DOJ obstructs murder investigation  ---  http://weeklyintercept.blogspot.com/2011/08/doj-obstructs-murder-investigation.html 
A quote...."The Department of Justice (DOJ) has deliberately undercut investigations into the murder of Tucson District Border Patrol Agent, Brian Terry. Apparently DOJ will do anything to avoid blame for the effects of their Gunrunner/ Fast and Furious gun-smuggling operations." 
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The Story of Your Enslavement  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbp6umQT58A 
Must View Video - From the History File - Apr 17, 2010 - (YuTb - 13min10sec - 04/17/10) - Source:  stefbot  ---  http://www.youtube.com/user/stefbot  ---  A quote...."We can only be kept in the cages we do not see. A brief history of human enslavement - up to and including your own. From Freedomain Radio, the largest and most popular philosophy conversation in the world." 
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Drunken Ben Bernanke Tells Everyone At Neighborhood Bar How Screwed U.S. Economy Really Is
  ---  http://www.theonion.com/articles/drunken-ben-bernanke-tells-everyone-at-neighborhoo,21059/ 
Great Satire - A quote...."SEWARD, NE—Claiming he wasn't afraid to let everyone in attendance know about "the real mess we're in," Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke reportedly got drunk Tuesday and told everyone at Elwood's Corner Tavern about how absolutely f-cked the U.S. economy actually is." 
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Marc Faber: "The Best Thing The Fed Could Do For Markets Wold Be To Collectively Resign"
  ---  http://www.zerohedge.com/news/marc-faber-best-thing-fed-could-do-markets-wold-be-collectively-resign 
A quote...."In a Bloomberg TV interview following today's quixotic "QE3/non-QE3 announcement, which is Operation Twist 2, but not LSAP, and ushers in economic recession, even as it sends risk assets soaring, and somehow pushes the 2 Year a whopping 20 bps tighter so buy,buy, buy" and is really very much ado about nothing, the always outspoken Marc Faber had some very choice words about life, the universe and especially the residents of the Marriner Eccles building." 
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Obama's S & P speech slammed by economists
  ---  http://www.examiner.com/law-enforcement-in-national/obama-s-s-p-speech-slammed-by-economists-1?CID=examiner_alerts_article 
A quote...."As I listened to Obama, I couldn't tell whether this was a campaign speech or a press briefing about a national crisis. He seemed to be talking like a Washington outsider who's running against the current administration," said political strategist Mike Baker. -- "The fact that the news media take this man at his word says more about the state of journalism than it does the state of the union," said Baker." 
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The Emperor Wears Not Cloths! Ratigan Spells-It-Out! Pay Attention Obama!!!  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z1XOBDbIy0 
DRVideo - Alt  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z1XOBDbIy0  ---  (MOXYuTb - 8min46sec - Aug 9, 2011) - MOXNEWSd0tCOM  ---  http://www.youtube.com/user/MOXNEWSd0tCOM  ---  Dylan Ratigan LET'S ER'RIP!!! - He actually believes Obama isn't bought and paid for too, but he still gets an "A" for sincerity, effort and ANGER. mpg 
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Keiser Report: False Flag Finance (E171)  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxgBQ5IrgcA 
MKVideo - GREAT interview with Teri Buhl - mpg -- (MKRTYuTb - 25min55sec - Aug 9th, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday  ---  http://www.youtube.com/user/RussiaToday  ---  Producer:  Max Keiser TV  ---  http://www.youtube.com/user/MaxKeiserTV  ---  A quote..."This week Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, report from New York City on privatization drives, gold coins and debt deals. In the second half of the show Max talks to financial journalist, Teri Buhl, about the latest in the lawsuits against Bear Stearns." 
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Gerald Celente on Brian Sussman KSFO 560 – August 9th, 2011
  ---  http://dprogram.net/2011/08/09/gerald-celente-on-brian-sussman-ksfo-560-august-9th-2011/ 
GCVideo - GC(1/2)  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2nblZQBsoI  ---  GC(2/2)  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGQL7ZgvHS0  ---  (GCYuTb - 10/15min - Aug 9, 2011) - Source:  GeraldCelenteChannel  ---  http://www.youtube.com/user/GeraldCelenteChannel 
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What Really Happened with Michael Rivero – August 9th, 2011
  ---  http://dprogram.net/2011/08/09/what-really-happened-with-michael-rivero-august-9th-2011/ 
MRVideo - Alt  ---  http://www.justin.tv/michaelrivero/b/292219496  ---  Note:  To avoid the advertisements and the radio commentary goto - 7min50sec - into the broadcast - mpg - (JustInTV - 2hrs - August 9th, 2011) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids  ---  http://www.justin.tv/michaelrivero/videos  ---  Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire and many other issues.  
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More On The International Situation.... 

Ishaqi Again: Another Day, Another Atrocity in the Endless Iraq War
  ---  http://www.chris-floyd.com/component/content/article/1-latest-news/2156-ishaqi-again-another-day-another-atrocity-in-the-endless-iraq-war.html 
Must Read  - A quote...."There was a raid in Ishaqi last week. Armed men crept upon the sleeping houses in the dead of night. Armed men stirring in the darkness, in a land still open, like a flayed wound, to violent death and chaos from every direction, many years after the savage act of aggression that first tore the country to pieces. -- They crept toward the houses. They said nothing, gave no warning, could not be clearly seen, did not identify themselves. “Thieves!” someone shouted. Someone grabbed a rifle – one kept ready at hand to guard the sleeping family – and fired a shot to scare away the raiders." 
also posted at Uruknet  ---  http://www.uruknet.com/?p=m80341&hd=&size=1&l=e 
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BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials-August 8, 2011  ---  http://www.boilingfrogspost.com/2011/08/08/bfp-select-nightly-news-editorials-august-8-2011/ 
A Boiling Frogs Round-Up of World Events 
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Two French soldiers among four NATO troops killed in latest Afghan attacks  ---  http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-44208.html 
A quote...."KABUL : Four coalition service members were killed as a result of two separate attacks in eastern and southern Afghanistan on Sunday, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said on Monday." 
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Iran chides UK over riots  ---  http://arabnews.com/middleeast/article486237.ece 
A quote...."TEHRAN: Iran urged Britain on Tuesday to avoid using force to suppress riots that have rocked London, mischievously turning the tables on Western critics of its own human rights record." 
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'PJAK kills 5 Iranian security forces'  ---  http://www.presstv.ir/detail/193186.html 
A quote...."Five Iranian security forces have been killed when their vehicle was ambushed by members of the terrorist group of the Party for Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK) in northwest Iran, an official says." 
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'Iran likely to close British embassy'  ---  http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/254165 
A quote...."Iran's Majlis (parliament) will seriously pursue the issue of shutting down the UK embassy in Tehran in case the violent crackdown on British citizens continue, said Mahmoud Ahmadi Bighash, a member of the Majlis Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy. " 
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China's first aircraft carrier sets sail on maiden voyage  ---  http://en.rian.ru/world/20110810/165679359.html 
A quote...."China's first aircraft carrier, originally built in the Soviet Union, left its shipyard in northeastern Liaoning province early on Wednesday for its first sea trial, Xinhua said." 
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The Assault On Libya.... 

The Zliten Massacre.... 

Libya blasts NATO village 'massacre,' rebels in crisis
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iEHOMgf54GFGdViCxL-nLS3pr4og?docId=CNG.c23568239de2d2c9560efb10644f622c.651 
BREAKING:  (AFP) – posted 08:55pm PST -- US-NRE / NATO Massacre - A quote...."MAJER, Libya — Libyan authorities on Tuesday accused NATO of a "massacre" of 85 villagers in air strikes in support of rebels, whose political leadership was in crisis after the sacking of its top officials. -- Libyan strongman Moamer Kadhafi said world powers would be held responsible for the "ugly massacre committed by NATO" on the village of Majer, the official JANA news agency reported. -- Majer, 10 kilometres (six miles) south of Zliten, was attacked late on Monday to try to help rebel fighters enter the government-held city from the south, government spokesman Mussa Ibrahim said." - bold by website editor 
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Libyans under the NATO Onslaught - Aug 9  ---  http://www.youtube.com/user/108morris108#p/u/0/HyEr_kB963o 
M108Video - Alt  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyEr_kB963o  ---  (M108YuTb - 8min30sec - Aug 9, 2011) - Source:  108morris108  ---  http://www.youtube.com/user/108morris108  ---  A quote...."More children being killed - Foreign Journalists under suspicion of giving out GPS coordinates. - Nato killed 33 children, 32 women and 20 men, bombing a village near Zliten, Libya." 
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'Killing civilians part of NATO war strategy in Libya'  ---  http://www.youtube.com/user/RussiaToday#p/u/2/bfqZr4rVkxw 
RTVideo - Alt  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfqZr4rVkxw  ---  (RTYuTb - 5min03sec  - Aug 9, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday  ---  http://www.youtube.com/user/RussiaToday  ---  A quote...."The head of Libya's rebel movement has sacked the entire executive committee which functions as a cabinet. It follows the assasination of the commander of opposition forces last month. Members of the National Transitional Council, Libya's highest rebel authority, support the re-shuffle saying they hope it will stem any crisis in their ranks. Meanwhile, NATO is continues its attacks on the country. Officials in Tripoli claim 85 people have been killed in airstrikes in the west of the country. Stephen Lendman, author and blogger says it's obvious there's no agreement in the rebel government, and NATO is losing the war in the country." 
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Bloody NATO Massacre Kills 85 Civilians Incl. Children (August 08-09-2011) near Zlitan/Majer, Libya
  ---  http://www.uruknet.com/?p=m80335&hd=&size=1&l=e 
Video - Very Graphic images! - Alt  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3Zt18n_Fwo  ---  (YuTb - 10min54sec - Aug 9, 2011) -- A quote...."For English articles related to this particular NATO massacre read: - 85 villagers killed by NATO in Majer, south of Zlitan" 
- http://gulfnews.com/news/region/libya/nato-airstrikes-kill-85-villagers-in-liby
- http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/08/09/libya.zlitan/
- http://www.presstv.com/detail/193106.html
- http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iEHOMgf54GFGdViCxL-nLS3pr4...
"Who can stop the killing war machines of NATO? When don't the Main Stream Media pick this up and start to question the way NATO is fighting a terrible civil war, backing one party in a conflict against its government." 
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Strong explosions rock Libyan capital  ---  http://www.presstv.ir/detail/193173.html 
A quote...."Several massive explosions have shaken the Libyan capital, Tripoli overnight as the country's revolutionaries remain grappled with internal differences." 
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As Libyan rebels are falling apart at the seams, Gaddafi regime remains unfazed by NATO campaign
  ---  http://www.activistpost.com/2011/08/as-libyan-rebels-are-falling-apart-at.html 
A quote...."For months now the Libyan rebels have been infighting and progressively moving toward total discontinuity. Like I have been saying since the beginning, this was never as cut-and-dried as the mainstream media made it out to be." - also posted at Hamsayeh
  ---  http://hamsayeh.net/society/1042-as-libyan-rebels-are-falling-apart-at-the-seams-gaddafi-regime-remains-unfazed-by-nato-campaign.html 
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Gaddafi forces launch assault on Zlitan  ---  http://www.presstv.ir/detail/192846.html  
A quote...."The fighting broke out on Sunday in Zlitan, which is located 160 km (100 miles) east of the capital, Tripoli. -- Revolutionary fighters say they are running out of ammunition while the regime forces have outflanked them." 
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More on the World Wide Revolution.... 

Les Miserables  ---  http://whatreallyhappened.com/IMAGES/Les-Miserables.jpg 
Photo - Michael Rivero's view of the World Wide Revolution. - mpg 
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The London Riots of August 7th 2011.... 

'Banker puppet govt + police brutality + betrayed youth = London riots'  ---  http://www.youtube.com/user/RussiaToday#p/u/3/YDNDrTWrZV0 
RTVideo - Alt  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDNDrTWrZV0  ---  (RTYuTb - 4min59sec  - Aug 9, 2011) - Source:  RussiaToday  ---  http://www.youtube.com/user/RussiaToday  ---  A quote...."Officers in London have been given permission to use rubber bullets to disperse crowds. A top Metropolitan Police official said they're not afraid to use any tactic necessary. But investigative journalist Tony Gosling believes the force is in big trouble." 
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London Riots. The BBC will never replay this. Darcus Howe On Police Brutality and Corruption
  ---  http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2011/08/09/london-riots-bbc-replay-darcus-howe-police-brutality-corruption-52601/ 
Video - Alt  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neN5FiTOIJY  ---  (YuTb - 4min24sec - Aug 9, 2011) - Source:  darrenritt27  ---  http://www.youtube.com/user/darrenritt27  ---  A quote...."Darcus Howe, a West Indian Writer and Broadcaster, explains why the police brutality and corruption have led to the massive uprising and riots that have spread across London." 
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CNBC: British Riots - And Unrest Worldwide - Caused By "Economic Uncertainty"
  ---  http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/08/cnbc-british-riots-and-unrest-worldwide.html 
A quote...."While most mainstream news outlets are blaming the British riots on random thuggery, they are really an outgrowth of bad economic conditions and governments' poor response to the financial crisis. -- As I've noted for years,  ---  http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2008/12/imf-chief-warns-of-violence-if.html  ---   raging inequality  ---  http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/07/raging-inequality-may-cause-unrest-and.html  ---  and policies which help the big boys at the expense of the "little people"  ---  http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/06/handling-of-economic-crisis-may-lead-to.html  ---  are causing unrest - not just in Egypt - but worldwide."  ---  http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/02/its-not-arab-revolution-its-global.html 
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Panic on the streets of London  ---  http://pennyred.blogspot.com/2011/08/panic-on-streets-of-london.html 
A quote...."Months of conjecture will follow these riots. Already, the internet is teeming with racist vitriol and wild speculation. The truth is that very few people know why this is happening. They don’t know, because they were not watching these communities. Nobody has been watching Tottenham since the television cameras drifted away after the Broadwater Farm riots of 1985. Most of the people who will be writing, speaking and pontificating about the disorder this weekend have absolutely no idea what it is like to grow up in a community where there are no jobs, no space to live or move, and the police are on the streets stopping-and-searching you as you come home from school. The people who do will be waking up this week in the sure and certain knowledge that after decades of being ignored and marginalised and harassed by the police, after months of seeing any conceivable hope of a better future confiscated, they are finally on the news. In one NBC report, a young man in Tottenham was asked if rioting really achieved anything: -- "Yes," said the young man. "You wouldn't be talking to me now if we didn't riot, would you?" 
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Eng-a-land swings like a pendulum do -- Riots create image problems.  --  http://yayacanada.blogspot.com/2011/08/eng-land-swings-like-pendulum-do.html 
A quote...."For years I've been listening to people cluck-cluck and tsk-tsk over the "hooligans" in the ever-so-politically-correct rallies and demonstrations in Canada. The media tend to show only a broken window or a burning police car, and people sit in their comfy lazyboys, shaking their heads, decrying how they're taking the fun out of the Olympics, and asking what this world is coming to. -- But they're asking the wrong people, aren't they? Maybe they should en masse ask the government why it's come to this. If enough of them blamed the government, you'd soon hear officialdom saying rest assured, it's not as bad as the media have made it look. -- Time after time, I told those cluckers, you think this is bad, just wait until economic conditions get really bad. The demonstrations then won't be polite at all; the average poor person hasn't been trained in political correctness." 
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Guardian: The Ignored London Riots Context – 333 Deaths In Police Custody, 0 Convictions
  ---  http://theintelhub.com/2011/08/09/guardian-the-ignored-london-riots-context-%E2%80%93-333-deaths-in-police-custody-0-convictions/ 
A quote...."Since 1998 there have been 333 deaths in police custody and not one single conviction, which previously prompted a Guardian piece warning that the police are not on our side and that there is a movement by the masses to remove the media barons and the feral elite from power." 
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Anarchy in the UK – Ryan Dawson  ---  http://dprogram.net/2011/08/09/anarchy-in-the-uk-ryan-dawson/ 
For all you revolutionaries out there, here's one from Ryan Dawson.  A word to the wise however, beware of agent provocateurs within your midst, don't destroy needlessly, don't commit personal violence, and don't do it in your neighborhoods, take the protests to the wealthiest neighborhoods in your area, or as Dawson says, "go for Buckingham". - mpg -- Video - Alt  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE6UgncqJcc  ---  (YuTb - 3min31sec - Aug 8, 2011) - Source:  Rys2sense  ---  http://www.youtube.com/user/Rys2sense  ---  A quote...."(Rys2Sense) – People have had it with corrupt police. And I am sure the economic cess pool is not helping either. When will this come to America? I don’t condone the looting at all, which is why you ought to have a gun yourself. But I just had to laugh at the cop cars and police station set on fire. This general unrest is on the surface sad but in the long run a prelude to revolution. Go for Buckingham " 
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UK Riots 08-09-11 - A DProgram Round-Up
  ---  http://dprogram.net/2011/08/09/uk-riots-8-9-11/ 
16,000 police deployed in London to put down youth revolt
  ---  http://wsws.org/articles/2011/aug2011/riot-a10.shtml 
Mark Duggan did not shoot at police, says IPCC - (Independent Police Complaints Commission)
  ---  http://www.legitgov.org/Mark-Duggan-did-not-shoot-police-says-IPCC 
London Riots Investigation Confirms Police Planted Bullet and Lied, Murdered “Man Did Not Open Fire”
  ---  http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2011/08/09/london-riot-investigation-police-planted-bullet-lied-murdered-man-open-fire-52881/ 
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Chilean students stage protest  ---  http://www.presstv.ir/detail/193200.html 
A quote...."Chilean police have clashed with over 50,000 students who have taken to the streets of the capital Santiago to protest against the education policies of President Sebastian Pinera's government." 
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Bahrain's prospects for democracy look bleak, as divisions deepen
  ---  http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/07/bahrain-sectarian-tribal-democracy-out?intcmp=239 
A quote...."Midsummer nights are steamy in Manama, and sweat glistened on thousands of faces as Sheikh Abdel-Latif Al Mahmoud boomed out a warning to Bahrain's citizens to stand guard against criminals and conspiracies." 
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Syria Protests August 9, 2011 : A Video Roundup  ---  http://www.uruknet.com/?p=m80357&hd=&size=1&l=e 
Videos - Contains an extensive video collection. - mpg 
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere.... 

Postmodern Imperialism: Geopolitics And The Great Games  ---  http://mycatbirdseat.com/2011/08/might-makes-wrong/ 
Book Review - "Postmodern Imperialism"  ---  http://books.google.com/books?id=EwqVZwEACAAJ&dq=Postmodern+Imperialism&hl=en&ei=4VFCTu3cHvTYiAKvktGaBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA  ---  [PrcSrch]  ---  http://books.google.com/books?id=EwqVZwEACAAJ&sitesec=buy&source=gbs_buy_r  ---  A quote...."Walberg cites plenty of evidence that Jewish interests control the US political system, which as Walt and Mearsheimer are famous for arguing is onerous not only to the United States but to Israel itself, both of which countries are set on a path of self and mutual destruction, from within and from enemies whom they have created through their bellicose behavior." 
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It’s Still Occupied Territory  ---  http://www.amconmag.com/blog/2011/08/08/its-still-occupied-territory/  ---  The US-NRE is occupied territory!! - mpg 
A quote...."That twenty per cent of the House of Representatives will be spending its recess holiday on American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) paid tours of Israel does not seem to have made the mainstream news.  The tours, one consisting of 26 Democratic congressmen headed by House Minority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland, and two others of 55 Republicans, one led by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, are ostensibly intended to provide congress with a “deeper understanding” of the situation in the Middle East.  Sure it will, but one suspects the understanding will be in one direction only."
also posted at ICH  ---  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28790.htm 
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Unconditional Support for Israel is Profoundly Damaging to Americans
  ---  http://mycatbirdseat.com/2011/08/unconditional-support-for-israel-is-profoundly-damaging-to-americans/ 
A quote...."On April 1st I participated in a debate in San Francisco that raised the question of US aid to Israel. -- It was highly appropriate that this debate was held two weeks before tax day, since in Israel’s sixty years of existence, it has received more US tax money than any other nation on earth." 
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New York Times Opposition to Palestinian Self-Determination
  ---  http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/08/09/new-york-times-opposition-to-palestinian-self-determination/ 
A quote...."In September, when the General Assembly meets (beginning 9/13), Palestinians will seek de jure UN membership. Unless current policy changes, it will ask for official recognition as an independent sovereign state. Currently, it has Observer State Status only, denying its right to vote. -- Israel opposes recognition. So does Obama, both Houses of Congress, and The New York Times." - Source:  SteveLendman
  ---  http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2011/08/new-york-times-opposition-to.html 
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Growing Israeli Tyranny  ---  http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2011/08/growing-israeli-tyranny.html 
A quote...."For years, America and Israel followed similar paths toward full-blown tyranny, threatening all their citizens. Believing either is democratic and egalitarian is ludicrous and nonsensical, especially now under right-wing neoliberal governments, cracking down hard against challenges to their authority. " 
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A Response To The Transparent Assault Against Ken O’Keefe
  ---  http://mycatbirdseat.com/2011/08/a-response-to-the-transparent-assault-against-ken-o%E2%80%99keefe/ 
A quote...."The more effective an organization or individual is, the greater the need these detractors have for infiltrating and destroying them." 
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More On The Palestinian Situation.... 

Woman threatened with exile, children held in vendetta against Jerusalem family
  ---  http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/en/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7WqgVV1D%2bmG2a21jP8
XGiIjwmYUKC0sOJAFDS2DKyC3YbLEg34eeJZSZpE1F1hSa0qkDdTEUcmHWklD4MKL8S%2fwVGgan%2bFRd15xkG3vg%2fwqg%3d 
A quote...."OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- In an apparent vendetta against Jerusalem native Nasser Abu Sanad, the Israeli occupation authorities have arrested four of his sons and are pursuing banishing his wife to Jordan." - also posted at AlethoNews
  ---  http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/woman-threatened-with-exile-children-held-in-vendetta-against-jerusalem-family/ 
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IOF bulldozes Palestinian land east of Al-Khalil to expand settlements
  ---  http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/en/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s71IZkvr1oPI7AVvd26Q
IVHsq1uX8pVpVudD9A1q54rDHkaX9WSa44M4SvabXjx9A7q5uiExe1PQwRdj7Ip0%2fcPRZF2l4SMUc8MnwiUNj0sdQ%3d 
A quote...."AL-KHALIL, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) bulldozed 19 dunums of Palestinian land in Baka’a area to the east of Al-Khalil on Monday in preparation for annexing them to nearby Jewish settlements, local sources said." - also posted at AlethoNews
  ---  http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/israeli-occupation-forces-bulldoze-palestinian-land-east-of-al-khalil-to-expand-settlements/ 
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Australia’s repression of BDS movement coordinated with Israel
  ---  http://electronicintifada.net/content/australias-repression-bds-movement-coordinated-israel/10247 
A quote...."In the largest show of support for the Palestinian-initiated boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign so far in Australia, more than 350 persons marched on 29 July in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle — and in opposition to an attempt by Victorian Police to criminalize Palestine solidarity activism in Melbourne." 
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Palestine’s UN Observer: Israel Commits More Violations Instead of Pushing Peace Process Forward
  ---  http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=16944 
A quote...."NEWYORK, August 10, 2011 (WAFA) - Palestine’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations Riyad Mansour said Tuesday that “instead of pushing the peace process forward, Israel chooses to do the contrary by increasing its violations of the international laws.” 
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Population of Gaza fears Israeli invasion in midst of communication blackout  ---  http://www.imemc.org/article/61819 
A quote...."Late Tuesday night, residents throughout Gaza lost internet, cell phone and landline phone service, creating a communication blackout similar to one which occurred just before a massive Israeli invasion in 2008. The blackout sparked fear among Gaza residents that an Israeli invasion might be underway.." 
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More on Japan's Nuclear Power Plants.... 

Radioactive Fish: All 21 samples caught 50+ km from Fukushima plant exceeded maximum cesium level
  ---  http://enenews.com/radioactive-fish-caught-over-50-km-from-fukushima-plant-all-21-samples-exceeded-maximum-cesium-level 
Radiation Alert - A quote...."Fish caught at a port about 55 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant contained radioactive cesium at levels exceeding an allowable limit, the environmental group Greenpeace said Tuesday." 
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Unit 3 MOX likely melted through  ---  http://www.activistpost.com/2011/08/unit-3-mox-likely-melted-through.html 
A quote...."MOX fuel that was believed to have been kept cool at the bottom of one of the reactors at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant after its core melted is believed to have breached the vessel after melting again, a study said Monday." 
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Mayor: Japan gov’t lying about why it failed to publicly release radiation data
  ---  http://enenews.com/mayor-japan-govt-lying-about-failed-publicly-release-radiation-data-video 
APVideo - Alt  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70TYXGWeZhg  ---  (APYuTb - 2min15sec - Aug 9, 2011) - Source:  AssociatedPress  ---  http://www.youtube.com/user/AssociatedPress  ---  A quote...."AP IMPACT: An Associated Press investigation has found that Japanese government officials ignored radiation forecasts from their own monitoring system, failing to keep residents near a crippled nuclear plant from a predicted plume. (Aug. 9)" 
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More On The Economic Situation.... 

Why 2011 Is Not '2008'  ---  http://www.bullionbullscanada.com/index.php? 
option=com_content&view=article&id=21709:why-2011-is-not-2008&catid=45:international-commentary&Itemid=133
A quote...."With many investors now having descended back to full-fledged “panic mode”, it is obviously the perfect time to explain why 2011 could never be another event like the Crash of ’08. In distinguishing 2011 from 2008, many of the distinctions involve the degree of collapse which is possible/probable. Thus, I am not rejecting the suggestion that we are on the brink of another “crash”, but rather pointing out that the nature of any such crash would be remarkably different." 
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AIG-Bank of America, Fifth Third, Truck Emissions: Compliance  ---  http://whatreallyhappened.com/node/128928 
A quote...."The American media has been remiss (intentionally) in reporting on the mortgage-backed securities fraud, even though it is the initiating event in the economic disaster which continues to engulf the world. But while the government can pretend none of this ever happened, the civil suits will drag the scandal into the public eye, and well it should! " -- *Michael Rivero* 
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Second-quarter U.S. productivity falls 0.3%  ---  http://www.marketwatch.com/story/second-quarter-us-productivity-falls-03-2011-08-09-856360 
A quote...."WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The productivity of U.S. businesses fell in the second quarter as labor costs accelerated, the government said Tuesday, while revised first-quarter figures were slashed to show a decline." 
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Small business optimism index drops in July  ---  http://www.marketwatch.com/story/small-business-optimism-index-drops-in-july-2011-08-09 
A quote...."WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- A small-business optimism index fell in July for the fifth straight month, the National Federation of Independent Business said Tuesday as it reported that the index fell 0.9 points to 89.9." - bold by website editor 
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When Buying Gold Becomes a Life-or-Death Question  ---  http://www.activistpost.com/2011/08/when-buying-gold-becomes-life-or-death.html 
Whether the author's predictions for gold are correct or not, it's a good quote. - mpg -- A quote...."I was recently asked in an interview if I thought gold was going to $5,000 an ounce. “No,” I said bluntly. “I think it’s going higher.” -- “You’re that optimistic?”  --  “No,” I replied. “I’m that pessimistic.”" 
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July California Tax Revenues Plunge More Than 10% Below Expectations
  ---  http://www.zerohedge.com/news/july-california-tax-revenues-plunge-more-10-below-expectations 
A quote...."Tax collections in July were $538.8 million below budget forecasts, according to state Controller John Chiang."" 
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Goldman Crashes To Earth: Reports 24% Trading Day Losses In Q2, Compared to 1% In Q1
  ---  http://www.zerohedge.com/news/goldman-crashes-earth-reports-24-trading-day-losses-q2-compared-1-q1 
A quote...."What a difference a quarter makes. Back in Q1, Goldman reported one (1) day in which it had a trading loss out of 62. It also reported 32 days on which it made over $100 million. Oh how the times have changed. According to the just released 10-Q, Lloyd Blankfein's firm suffered an epic implosion, recording 15 trading day losses out of 63, or a stunning 24% loss rate. And far worse: only 4 days in which Goldman recorded profits of $100 million. And that's why the stock is floundering." 
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Economy 08-09-11 - A DProgram Round-Up  ---  http://dprogram.net/2011/08/09/economy-8-9-11/ 
A round-up of todays business news from DProgram. - mpg 
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The Daily Bail Round-Up - Aug 9, 2011 at 10:04 AM  ---  http://dailybail.com/home/moodys-considers-us-aaa-cut-mcconnell-wants-significant-enti.html 
A round-up of todays business news from the Daily Bail. - mpg 
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Bank Of England To Downgrade Growth Forecast  ---  http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2011/08/09/bank-of-england-to-downgr_n_921991.html 
A quote...."PRESS ASSOCIATION -- The UK's economic forecasts will be slashed by the Bank of England on Wednesday for the second time this year, adding to fears that the recovery is in jeopardy." 
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The Crack in the Ice  ---  http://lewrockwell.com/north/north1017.html 
A quote...."German voters have some vague understanding that they will wind up paying for the mistakes of German bankers, French bankers, and all the other bankers. This is correct. They will.  ---  What German voters do not perceive is that the bailouts were always assumed by bankers. The bankers wisely perceived that they would be bailed out. They lent money to PIIGS. It was such easy money. There was no risk. But, you say, there really was risk. Yes, yes – but not for large bankers. The ECB and the IMF and the other bailout agencies would accept the consequences for the decisions of the bankers." 
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Monday August 8th 2011 - links page 

Our Troops do NOT Protect Our Freedom and We Should Stop Thanking Them for Doing So  ---  http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php?option
=com_content&view=article&id=20246:our-troops-do-not-protect-our-freedom-and-we-should-stop-thanking-them-for-doing-so&catid=19&Itemid=77 
Must Read - Quote of the Day...."Let's make one thing crystal clear, no member of the US military contributes in any way whatsoever to protecting the freedoms of the American people. As a matter of fact, they are more likely to turn their weapons on you than they are to defend your Constitutional rights. -- The only people on this planet Earth who can affect your freedom are members of Congress, local legislators and the members of enforcement institutions who will blindly follow the rulers who sign their paychecks. And, while your beloved troops are murdering people around the globe, yes, I said murdering, your Congress and local legislators are eliminating your freedoms, en masse, without any intervention by our so-called protectors in the armed forces. -- There is no honor in volunteering to go anywhere in the world and kill anybody you are told to, without question, without historical background and without verifying the stated reasons for doing so." 
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 They Died in Vain; Deal With It  ---  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28783.htm 
A quote...."August 08, 2011 "Information Clearing House" -- Many of those preaching at American church services Sunday extolled as “heroes” the 30 American and 8 Afghan troops killed Saturday west of Kabul, when a helicopter on a night mission crashed, apparently after taking fire from Taliban forces. This week, the Fawning Corporate Media (FCM) can be expected to beat a steady drumbeat of “they shall not have died in vain.” 
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Jackie Kennedy Believed Lyndon B Johnson Killed JFK As Evidence Of Johnson’s Complicity Continues To Mount
  ---  http://theintelhub.com/2011/08/08/jackie-kennedy-believed-lyndon-johnson-killed-jfk-as-evidence-of-johnson-complicity-continues-to-mount/ 
A quote...."Former First Lady Jackie Kennedy believed Lyndon Baines Johnson and a cabal of Texas tycoons had a hand in the assassination of her husband. -- These revelations, first reported by The Daily Mail,  ---  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2023418/Jackie-O-tapes-reveal-JFKs-affairs-believed-death.html  ---  were apparently secretly recorded just months after the JFK assassination. Famed historian Arthur Schlesinger Jnr recorded the secret tapes which had been sealed in a vault at the Kennedy Library in Boston ever since." 
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Former First Lady Jackie Fingers Johnson and Texan Tycoons in JFK Assassination
  ---  http://www.infowars.com/former-first-lady-jackie-fingers-johnson-and-texan-tycoons-in-jfk-assassination/ 
Related Article - A quote...."In 2007, an ailing former CIA operative, E. Howard Hunt, said former president Lyndon Baines Johnson was directly connected to the JFK assassination and its cover-up. Others close to Johnson also indicated the Texan was complicit in the assassination of Kennedy." 
also posted at IntelHub  ---  http://theintelhub.com/2011/08/08/former-first-lady-jackie-fingers-johnson-and-texan-tycoons-in-jfk-assassination/ 
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Neglect of Medical Evidence of Torture in Guantánamo Bay: A Case Series
  ---  http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1001027 
Report - A quote...."The findings in these nine cases from GTMO indicate that medical doctors and mental health personnel assigned to the DoD neglected and/or concealed medical evidence of intentional harm." 
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Obama The Pretend Populist: Says He's Fighting For Jobs ... But His Policies Only INCREASE Unemployment
  ---  http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/08/obama-fake-jobs-populist.html 
Special Note - A quote...."Mitt Romney was properly criticized  ---  http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/16/romney-im-also-unemployed/  ---  for being a fake populist when he said:   I'm also unemployed. -- He's worth more than $200 million,  ---  http://www.google.com/search?q=romney+worth+million&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a  ---  so he doesn't need to work. -- But president Obama is no better." 
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Life Time Of Hard Work Drifting Away Before Their Eyes & President Parties & Congress Is On Vacation
  ---  http://revolutionarypolitics.tv/video/viewVideo.php?video_id=15989 
Video - Alt  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STg-TgKMtk4  ---  (YuTb - 5min36sec - Aug 8, 2011) - Source:  MOXNEWSd0tCOM  ---  http://www.youtube.com/user/MOXNEWSd0tCOM 
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Broadcasting LIVE on Justin.tv  ---  http://www.justin.tv/michaelrivero/b/292142615 
MRVideo - Note:  To avoid the advertisements and the radio commentary goto - 7min50sec - into the broadcast - mpg - (JustInTV - 2hrs - August 8th, 2011) - Source:  MichaelRiveroTV-Vids  ---  http://www.justin.tv/michaelrivero/videos  ---  Michael Rivero discusses the ongoing crimes of empire and many other issues.  
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More On The International Situation.... 

Civilian deaths spark protest against ISAF  ---  http://www.pajhwok.com/en/2011/08/08/civilian-deaths-spark-protest-against-isaf 
A quote...."GHAZNI CITY (PAN): Two civilians were killed and five others detained by foreign forces in the Khogyani district of southern Ghazni province, residents said on Monday." 
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Saudi Arabia's message to Syria, decoded  ---  http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/08/saudi-arabia-message-to-syria 
A quote...."Saudi Arabia has become the first Arab country to take a firm stand against the Syrian regime's killing of civilians. In a statement issued late on Sunday night, King Abdullah demanded an end to the bloodshed and announced that the kingdom was recalling its ambassador from Damascus."
also posted at ICH  ---  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28782.htm 
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Two warring ideologies and US hypocrisy  ---  http://www.presstv.ir/detail/193044.html 
A quote...."Some countries depict themselves as committed to the universal human values, but when those values come into conflict with their national interests, they demonstrate hypocritical behavior." 
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Iran discovers another gas field worth 133 billion dollars  ---  http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=47530 
A quote...."TEHRAN - Gas- and oil-rich Iran has discovered another gas field with reserves of 495 billion cubic metres valued at $133 billion, the oil ministry's SHANA news service quoted an oil official as saying on Monday." 
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Top US Officials Paid to Endorse Iranian Terror Group  ---  http://news.antiwar.com/2011/08/08/top-us-officials-paid-to-endorse-iranian-terror-group/ 
US Support of Terror Exposed - A quote...."The Christian Science Monitor has released an enormous new article  ---  http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2011/0808/Iranian-group-s-big-money-push-to-get-off-US-terrorist-list  ---  today detailing the results of their investigation into the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MeK), the Islamist-Marxist group currently trying to buy its way off of the US State Department’s list of international terrorist organizations." - Topix ||  US Support of Terror - MEK - PKK - Others  ||  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/ussupportofterror-weblist-mpg-090306#MEK-PKK-OTHERS 
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Bolivia's fight for sovereignty over military  ---  http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/48426 
A quote...."Speaking to CNN en Espanol on July 27, Bolivian President Evo Morales said “When presidents do not submit to the United States government, to its policies, there are coups.” - also posted at GlobalRsrch  ---  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=25931 
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The Assault On Libya.... 

UAE Would Occupy Tripoli in Post-Gadhafi Libya  ---  http://news.antiwar.com/2011/08/08/uae-would-occupy-tripoli-in-post-gadhafi-libya/ 
Special Geo-Political Note - (for the horror of it all) -- A quote...."A 70-page plan detailing Western designs for the occupation of post-Gadhafi Libya, and apparently signed off on by the political leadership of the rebel Transitional Council in East Libya has been leaked, and paints a grim picture of the new regime NATO is planning on installing after the war." 
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Oh! What a lovely war: Liam Fox and his lucky aides direct the conflict in Libya from a Spanish hotel - at the taxpayer's expense
  ---  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2023900/Libya-Liam-Fox-directs-conflict-Spanish-hotel-taxpayers-expense.html 
A quote...."Liam Fox is running the war in Libya from his sunbed in Spain, the Daily Mail can reveal. -- The Defence Secretary has flown out a team of officials from his ministry to join him on his two-week holiday so he can stay in control of the campaign against Gaddafi." 
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UN official "deplores" NATO attack on Libyan TV  ---  http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFN1E7771WD20110808 
A quote...."UNITED NATIONS Aug 8 (Reuters) - The head of the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO sharply rebuked NATO on Monday for its July 30 air strikes against Libyan state television that killed several people and wounded nearly a dozen." 
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Libyan rebel leader sacks cabinet after general’s death
  ---  http://www.france24.com/en/20110808-libya-rebel-govt-disbanded-political-shortcomings-abdeljalil 
A quote...."Libya's rebel leader Mustafa Abdeljalil (pictured) disbanded the executive committee of his de-facto government Monday, after the assassination of a top rebel general sparked a major political crisis." 
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More on the World Wide Revolution.... 

The London Riots of August 7th 2011.... 

Doubts emerge over Duggan shooting as London burns  ---  http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/07/police-attack-london-burns 
A quote...."Doubts have emerged over whether Mark Duggan, whose death at the hands of police sparked the weekend's Tottenham riots, was killed during an exchange of fire " 
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Scrubbed – Explosive London Riots BBC Interview: Violence Sparked By Police Beating 16 Year Old Girl
  ---  http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2011/08/08/scrubbed-media-live-bbc-interview-witness-claiming-police-beating-girl-sparked-london-riots-52191/ 
Contains Video - Alt  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyxRnD-DnNw  ---  A quote...."There is a lot of disinformation out there about why the people in London are rioting and most of it is being perpetrated by the corporate media who we know from the news of the world hacking scandal can not be trusted." 
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London rioters battle police  ---  http://news.yahoo.com/photos/london-rioters-battle-police-1312703679-slideshow/ 
Photo Gallery - (51 Pics) - A quote...."Rioters throwing petrol bombs battled police over the weekend, setting patrol cars, buildings and a double-decker bus on fire in some of the worst disorder seen in the British capital in recent years. (Reuters)" 
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Police arrest 100 as rioting erupts in Birmingham  ---  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-14452468 
A quote...."Rioting has erupted in Birmingham, with shop windows being smashed and stores being looted during what police described as "mindless thuggery"." 
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London's Burning Anarchy Sweeps Through the City as New Rioting Continues
  ---  http://21stcenturywire.com/2011/08/09/more-anarchy-sweeps-through-london-as-new-rioting-continues-all-over-the-city-and-the-uk/ 
A quote...."A third night of social unrest has plagued London and the UK this past Monday evening, hitting Clapham in South London, one of the city’s major transport, rail and commercial hubs." 
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London Riots Spread Across All Of England Into Liverpool And Birmingham – Live Map, Video and Photos
  ---  http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2011/08/08/london-riots-spread-england-liverpool-birmingham-live-map-video-photos-52261/ 
Continous Update page - A quote...."Note: This Page will be updated with more photos and video. I wanted to get the live map up showing the latest locations were the riots that have been confirmed in Birmingham and Liverpool. For why this is happening see this." 
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London Set To Be Under Martial Law In Next 24 Hours – Troops To Deploy Against ‘Teenage’ Population
  ---  http://theintelhub.com/2011/08/08/london-to-be-under-martial-law-in-next-24-hours-troops-to-deploy-against-population-in-london/ 
Contains Video - Alt  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd-NaHBSAZ0  ---  A quote...."The rioting and violence has now spread to multiple sectors in and around London North, east and now south. -- In a move that many fear will happen on the streets of America, there is talk of using the military to quell civil unrest on the streets of London as they continue to burn. -- Widespread looting has taken place throughout the city which does not look good in wake of the coming Olympics." 
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Further riots in London as violence spreads across England
  ---  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14450248  
London riots: live
  ---  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8687177/London-riots-live.html  
London riots escalate as police battle for control
  ---  http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/08/london-riots-escalate-police-battle 
London riots: Cars, buildings ablaze in Peckham, Croydon, Hackney  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDgxEYTQk50 
rtvideo - (2m50s Aug 8, 2011) - Src: RT  ---  http://www.youtube.com/user/RussiaToday 
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Coming Full-Circle in Tahrir Square  ---  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28788.htm 
A quote...."August 08, 2011 "Information Clearing House" -- Friday 29 July 2011 had been billed as a “Friday of Unity” demonstration in Tahrir Square uniting secular and Islamic opposition forces to come out to push for further change in Egypt. But the arrival of approximately 1 million people calling for Islamic change drew fierce criticism from secular groups within Egypt, as well as secularists outside the region." 
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Bahrain’s Shi’ites Report Worsening Crackdowns  ---  http://news.antiwar.com/2011/08/08/bahrains-shiites-report-worsening-crackdowns/ 
A quote...."Bahrain may not have large portions of its population taking part in daily marches any more, but the opposition to the monarchy and resentment at the violent, Saudi-aided crackdown against those demonstrations is lingering. Smaller rallies still break out from time to time, but those involved report that the regime’s moves against them have actually gotten worse, not better, than when Bahrain’s crackdowns were actually a major news topic in the west." 
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Crackdown in Syria shocks the Arab world  ---  http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20110809/165642138.html 
A quote...."Syria's government continues its military crackdown on opposition protesters even after Arab countries and neighboring Turkey joined Western leaders in the chorus of condemnation. The situation is veering toward a worst-case scenario. The next move by the international community should be a UN Security Council resolution denouncing the Syrian leadership's violence against its own people." 
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More Tales From the Zio-Sphere.... 

A fifth of all congressmen taking paid-for holidays to Israel this summer
  ---  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2023681/A-fifth-Congressmen-taking-paid-holidays-Israel-summer.html#ixzz1US3JAWXw 
Special Note - (For the disgusting spectacle of it all) -- "Your" Congressmen hard at work folks, for Israel! - mpg -- A quote...."A fifth of members of the House of Representatives will be taking their summer holidays in Israel this year with almost all the trips being paid for by one of America's most powerful lobby groups. -- The American Israel Education Foundation is shelling out to take around eighty congressmen to Israel during the summer recess period." - bold by website editor. - also posted at IPMsngHdlns  ---  http://www.israel-palestinenews.org/2011/08/israel-lobby-taking-81-congressional.html  ---  Vote these jerks out of office folks, let them go live in Israel and serve in Israel's Knesset. - mpg 
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Top Israeli archaeologists contest Jewish ties to Jerusalem
  ---  http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7iPBlfG0HELPl1bLBC3jE
HfEfncxWsut8Wiq59wubt82e5pc512RN%2bKKN383fDtiO1eOJ75vLXXiNrOxQRkcY4B3aPKLUEYBtns%2b7%2frwEPyY%3d 
Israeli Myths Exposed - A quote...."OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- Top Israeli archaeologist Israel Finkelstein has denied the existence of Jewish roots in the city of Jerusalem, contrary to Israel’s claims that have prompted continued Judaization of the city. -- Finkelstein, a professor at Tel Aviv University, said Jewish archaeologists have failed to unearth historic sites to support some of the stories in the Torah. Among those stories are the Jewish Exodus, the forty-year wandering in the Sinai desert, and Joshua’s victory over the Canaanites. -- He also said there was no archaeological evidence that concludes that the alleged Temple of Solomon ever existed." - also posted at AlethoNews
  ---  http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/top-israeli-archaeologists-contest-jewish-ties-to-jerusalem/ 
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Israeli soldiers cross into Lebanon  ---  http://www.presstv.ir/detail/192980.html 
A quote...."An Israeli foot patrol has crossed into Lebanon in clear violation of the country's sovereignty and a UN Security Council resolution." - also posted at AlethoNews  ---  http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/israeli-soldiers-cross-into-lebanon/ 
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S&P cuts Israeli bonds guaranteed by U.S. to 'AA+'
  ---  http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sp-cuts-israeli-bonds-guaranteed-by-us-to-aa-2011-08-08-1052370?link=MW_home_latest_news 
A quote...."SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Monday lowered the ratings on U.S.-guaranteed bonds issued by the Israeli government to AA+ from AAA." 
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The Truth About Kos (DailyKos)  31 Count Indictment  ---  http://truth-about-kos.blogspot.com/2007/08/indictment-of-markos-ca-moulitsas-ziga.html 
A quote...."Having discovered that Markos C. Alberto Moulitsas ZÚÑIGA (MAMZ) a.k.a. "Kos" of DailyKos) has a long history of activism for the Republican Party and, furthermore, he trained and worked with the US CIA between 2001 and 2003, research has revealed and established the following, and therefore justice and history now bring this thirty-one count Indictment." 
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More On The Palestinian Situation.... 

The Spirit of Rachel Corrie Mission to Gaza: Breaking the Illegal Siege  ---  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=25631 
A quote...."The following text recounts how the Gaza siege was almost broken by a lone humanitarian ship. -- What the Spirit of Rachel Corrie achieved, its crew and passengers, constitutes an outstanding act of courage and determination, taking the Israeli Navy totally by surprise." 
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The Plight of Gazan Fishermen  ---  http://www.bobtuskin.com/2011/08/08/video-the-plight-of-gazan-fishermen/ 
Contains Video - Alt  ---  http://vimeo.com/27349163  ---  A quote...."Mahfouz Kabariti sits inside his former fishing boat, which he’s converting into a tour boat. The Israeli naval blockade made it impossible for him to earn a profit. -- Dozens of Gazan fishermen went to retrieve boats this week that had been confiscated by the Israeli Navy over the last 18 months. Their excitement quickly turned to sorrow as they found empty boat shells stripped of all equipment and supplies. According to an August 4 press release from Adalah and Al-Meezan Center for Human Rights, Israel also charged the fishermen with the transportation costs of confiscation. The fishermen refused to take their boats, and returned home without them." 
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More on Japan's & Amerika's Nuclear Power Plants.... 

Food Riot Fears Strike Japan After Rice Trading Halted Due To Radiation Contamination
  ---  http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2011/08/08/food-riot-fears-strike-japan-rice-trading-halted-due-radiation-contamination-51751/ 
Radiation Alert - A quote...."Fears of food riots strike Japan after rice trading is halted due to a 40% price spike triggered by massive hoarding of the remaining radiation free rice supply. -- It is time to start paying very close attention the events unfolding in Japan as the nation teeters on the verge of food riots which may serve as an example of what other nations in a similar situation would face." 
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Experts: Lethal Levels of “Off-Scale” Radiation At Fukushima Infer Millions Dying
  ---  http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2011/08/08/experts-lethal-levels-offscale-radiation-fukushima-infer-millions-dying-51761/ 
Radiation Alert - A quote...."Fukushima nuclear power plant radiation recordings of external gamma radiation have been so high  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brTEppmhIaI  ---  this week, they went off scale said veteran nuclear expert  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brTEppmhIaI  ---  Arnie Gunderson on Thursday after the famous physicist, Dr. Chris Busby told  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSJ-7UebjGo&feature=related  ---  the Japanese people this week that radioactive air contamination there now is 300 times that of Chernobyl and 1000 times the atomic bomb peak in 1963, possibly inferring that hundreds of millions of people are now dying from Fukushima radiation, including people in the United States." 
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Dangerous Levels Of Background Radiation Recorded In Rain In Oklahoma City
  ---  http://theintelhub.com/2011/08/09/dangerous-levels-of-background-radiation-recorded-in-rain-in-oklahoma-city/ 
Radiation Alert - Contains Video - Alt  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPxCLJQ5tj0  ---  A quote...."A local citizen in Oklahoma City has recorded what the Geiger counter called dangerous levels of background radiation. -- This comes a week after the announcement that levels of radiation spewing from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant are higher then ever." 
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Japan Held Nuclear Data, Leaving Evacuees in Peril  ---  http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/09/world/asia/09japan.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all 
Radiation Cover-Up - A quote...."FUKUSHIMA, Japan — The day after a giant tsunami set off the continuing disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, thousands of residents at the nearby town of Namie gathered to evacuate. " 
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More On The Economic Situation.... 

Futures Rout Accelerates: Emergency Fed Announcement Possible
  ---  http://www.zerohedge.com/news/futures-rout-accelerates-emergency-fed-announcement-possible 
BREAKING:  08/08/2011 22:32 -0400 -- A quote...."The last time we had a modestly comparable collapse in overnight trading, a certain futures trader from SocGen whose gimmickry had been uncovered, caused the Fed to lower its Fed Funds rate in an emergency meeting first thing in the morning. Which is why we wonder, should the ongoing rout accelerate, to an extent driven by the decimation in the Korean Kospi, down -9.5% at last check, but also due to increasing worries the Fed may not announce QE3 tomorrow...." 
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Global Grand Policy Failure: Liquidity Traps and Financial Black Holes  ---  http://www.oftwominds.com/blogaug11/liquidity-trap-8-11.html 
Second Quote of the Day...."In standard Keynesian economics, the only thing holding back a tide of spending and investing is lack of faith in future growth. --- This is of course wrongheaded. Keynesianism is blind to the black hole of debt: at a certain threshold (event horizon), the ability and/or willingness to borrow more vanishes. No amount of monetary easing or shoveling new money into banks can spark new debt and spending." - Topix ||  Some Tentative Laws - last updated Aug. 15th 2008 - mpg  ||  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/sometentativelaws-blog-mpg-072008 
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Greece In Panic: Masses Race To Pull Cash From Banks Causing A Great Depression Style Bank-Run
  ---  http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2011/08/02/greece-panic-masses-race-pull-cash-banks-causing-great-depression-style-bankrun-48201/ 
Financial Alert - A quote...."The Guardian reports that while Western media has been silent on the issue Greece is in an absolute state of panic facing a Great Depression style run on the banks as people race to withdrawal their cash." 
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“Panic Selling”: Dow Drops 635 Points, Every Single Stock in S&P 500 Falls
http://blogs.barrons.com/stockstowatchtoday/2011/08/08/panic-selling-dow-falls-635-points-every-single-stock-in-sp-500-falls/?mod=google_news_blog 
Financial Alert - A quote...."The Dow dropped a frightening 635 points, or 5.55%, its largest percentage drop since December 2008 and the sixth largest point drop in the history of the index. All 30 Dow components dropped, with Bank of America (BAC) plunging 20% at the close and up to 23% intraday. -- The S&P 500 fell 6.66% to 1,119.5, its tenth loss in the past 11 sessions. Every single stock in the [S&P 500] index fell." - bold by website editor - All thirty DOW stocks falling on the same day happens from time to time, every single stock falling in the S&P on the same day is quite a rarity, perhaps a singular event. - mpg 
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Treasury Adds Another $20 Billion In Debt Overnight, Just $160 Billion Below Revised Ceiling
  ---  http://www.zerohedge.com/news/treasury-adds-another-20-billion-debt-overnight-just-160-billion-below-revised-ceiling 
Financial Alert - A quote...."Ok, someone please explain this one to us because we must be a little slow. Wasn't the whole thing with the debt ceiling hike such that no more Congressional melodramas would have to be inflicted upon the population until after Obama [won|lost] the 2012 elections? Because according to the once again exponentially increasing debt balance of the US Treasury (there is another $51 billion in debt/cash coming in next week)...." 
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'I can smell QE3, QE4 and many more,' says Marc Faber  ---  http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?id=53929&t=1&cg=4 
A quote...."I can smell QE3, QE4 and many more, Faber told Li. -- There are two conditions that will lead to QE3, according to Faber: "Either the economy shows significant weakness, which is a possibility in the second half of this year and this is what the stock market is trying to tell you, or the S&P 500 drops to around 1,100 or 1,050 and then we'll get QE3," Faber argued." 
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Rogers: "Bankrupt" U.S. Will Never Pay Back Its Bills [& Speaks Up for S&P]
  ---  http://www.moneynews.com/StreetTalk/JimRogers-S-Pdowngrade-gold/2011/08/08/id/406493?s=al&promo_code=CCB1-1 
A quote...."The U.S. government deserves the downgrade Standard and Poor's slapped on its ratings, because the country has run up so many debts it will never get out of the hole, say famed commodities investor Jim Rogers." 
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Ongoing Scalping of Americans and "Never-Ending Depression" Unless Bondholders Are Forced to Take a Haircut
  ---  http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/08/never-ending-depression-and-scalping-of.html 
A quote...."As I noted  ---  http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/07/economics-professor-well-have-never.html  ---  last month, economics professor Steve Keen says:" 


"Economist Nouriel Roubini writes  ---  http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/f443f640-c115-11e0-b8c2-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1US3rlzMb  ---  today in the Financial Times:"   

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Fannie and Freddie Downgraded, France Will Be Downgraded, Munis Getting Hammered ... States Will Be Next
  ---  http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/08/fannie-and-freddie-downgraded-france.html 
A quote...."As I noted  ---  http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/08/credit-downgrade-may-hammer-munis-and.html  ---  yesterday, munis will get hammered by the credit downgrade, and France may soon lose its AAA credit." 
also posted at GlobalRsrch  ---  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=25934 
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We’re Now Back at November 2009 Levels… Are the Bulls Listening Now?
  ---  http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/we%E2%80%99re-now-back-november-2009-levels%E2%80%A6-are-bulls-listening-now 
A quote...."Stocks are now back to November 2009 levels. In plain terms, the last year and a half may as well have not happened. The second half of QE 1, QE lite, and QE 2… literally everything the Fed has done since the end of 2009 has been wasted money." 
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Food Stamp Use Jumps To Record 46 Million Americans - 15% Of U.S. Population (1970 To 2011)
  ---  http://dailybail.com/home/chart-food-stamp-use-jumps-to-record-46-million-americans-15.html 
Chart - A quote...."Most interesting about the longer term chart (1970-2011) is the fact that the program is hard to escape.  Once a family starts on food stamps, the chance of getting off the program is slim." 
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The Daily Bail Round-Up - Aug 8, 2011 at 1:14 PM
  ---  http://dailybail.com/home/greece-bans-short-selling-sp-gets-revenge-by-downgrading-war.html 
A round-up of todays business news from the Daily Bail. - mpg 
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Netherlands joins Germany in opposing bigger EFSF --- http://www.marketwatch.com/story/netherlands-joins-germany-in-opposing-bigger-efsf-2011-08-08
A quote...."AMSTERDAM -(MarketWatch)- The Netherlands joined Germany Monday in warning against boosting the volume of the euro zone's rescue fund, saying it won't solve the problems in the currency area, and it even may hurt the solvency of guarantornations." 
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Poll shows Dutch voters 2-1 against aid for Italy  ---  http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/08/08/business-eu-netherlands-financial-crisis_8607725.html
A quote...."AMSTERDAM -- A poll published in the Netherlands says Dutch voters are against contributing additional money to Europe's proposed stabilization fund by a 2-1 margin." 
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Greece bans short selling for 2 months as stocks tank to lowest level in over 14 years
  ---  http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Greece-bans-shortselling-as-apf-3675445418.html;_ylt=Agfplzp7sLdmSo6Lh0Cx9n_eba9_;_ylu=X3oDMTE2dTRiZmNvBHBvcwMzBHNlYwN0b3Atc3RvcmllcwRzbGsDZ3JlZWNlYmFuc3No?x=0 
A quote...."ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece on Monday banned short selling on the stock market for two months...." 
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China July inflation hits 6.5%, tops estimates  ---  http://www.marketwatch.com/story/china-july-inflation-hits-65-tops-estimates-2011-08-08 
Financial Alert - Which means China may have to tighten, which at this particular moment in financial history is NOT a good thing.  China might want to hold off a little bit until the dust settles. - mpg 

Sunday August 7th 2011 - links page 

"Democracy" is something the US government likes when it suits its geopolitical interests. When a burgeoning democracy movement may be dangerous to those interests, the US government will do its level best to suppress it by any means necessary. -- But I would warn those in the bowels of power in DC to remember the following unalterable reality: when peaceful revolution is impossible, violent revolution is inevitable. -- Bahrain is no different. -- And if you don't believe me, please ask the people who overthrew the Shah in Iran; the people who overthrew Nicolaie Ceausescu in Romania; and the people who overthrew Mubarak in Egypt." -- *Michael Rivero* 

Keep in mind folks there's just five million Jews living in Israel and they're now set for life.  Womb to tomb health care (Oh, you didn't know?), subsidized education, subsidized housing, the fourth largest military in the world courtesy your tax dollars, along with all sorts of additional perks.   

As for this country....most of you Zio-supporting, Armageddon Cultists out there are gonna starve.  Nice job guys, way to go, sacrificing your kids futures and their lives in numerous illegal, immoral, murderous wars while emptying this nation's treasury so Jewish Israelis can have a cushy life and expand their little Mini Mid-East Empire.    

Hopefully as this depression deepens and continues to get worse none of you stupid jerks, nor your drooling moronic spawn, will EVER ask this website editor for a handout. If you do, you won't get one. So do the world a favor and just starve quietly and don't complain about it....OK! - mpg   

"[To the possessor of money capital] “the process of production [eventually] appears merely as an unavoidable intermediate link, as a necessary evil for the sake of money-making. All nations with a capitalist mode of production are therefore seized periodically by a feverish attempt to make money without the intervention of the process of production.”—  *Karl Marx*, Capital, Volume II, “The Circuit of Money Capital” 

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