THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

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January 27, 2012

Jan 27 18:43

Pentagon Seeks Mightier Bomb vs. Iran

Pentagon war planners have concluded that their largest conventional bomb isn't yet capable of destroying Iran's most heavily fortified underground facilities, and are stepping up efforts to make it more powerful, according to U.S. officials briefed on the plan.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

This is a push to justify a nuclear attack because a conventional 30,000 pound bomb is the largest any Air Force airplane can actually carry.

Jan 27 18:20

Navy wants commando ‘mothership’ in Middle East

In response to requests from the U.S. Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East, the Navy is converting an aging warship it had planned to decommission into a makeshift staging base for the commandos. Unofficially dubbed a “mothership,” the floating base could accommodate smaller high-speed boats and helicopters commonly used by Navy SEALs, procurement documents show.

Jan 27 18:20

Valkyrie: movie for today’s US military to arrest US War Criminals

*hyperlinks and movie scene live at source*

Valkyrie opens with the Nazi soldier’s loyalty oath; identical in effect to the 2003-altered US Army Soldier’s Creed: "I will always place the mission first" (as dictated by the leader/fuehrer). The historical hero, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, writes in his diary that Germany has been lied-to by their political leadership, that their creed for peace was a lie to cover offensive wars, that their honorable military engaged in torture and unlawful execution of civilians, and that he could not find the military leadership to confront and end these crimes.

Jan 27 18:05

Ron Paul Villians

awesome poster and video

Jan 27 17:55

We are chaos

They had to ask? Isn't that the whole name of the liberation game - to break successful regimes down into utter chaos, first by demonizing them, then by pitting neighbour against neighbour? Ordo Ab Chao? Where is the order in Afghanistan after 10 years (Suicide bomber kills 4), Iraq after 8 years (Suicide bomber kills 29 in Baghdad)? Where will it be if Iran - "a cradle of civilization" (VIDEO) - is the next target?

Erasing history; cultural genocide; architecture turned to rubble and streets to rivers of blood; murdering the souls of the surviving children. All orchestrated by the so-called democratic, civilized countries where minds are so disconnected from current reality that outrage is reserved for those who fail to commemorate a genocide that took place 60 years ago.

The Associated Propaganda tube is admitting that there are covert "special" operations going on in these war-ravaged places, pretending it's a new kind of operation. New my foot. Nobody knows who those suicide bombers are; nobody ever did know, except for those "special" dudes. Nothing is so conducive to chaos as your everyday, average, "secret war".

Jan 27 17:54

Washington Wages War of Sanctions against Iran

The depiction of Iran as a nuclear nightmare and as a global threat is only a saga manufactured by Washington in order to smother a voice so overpoweringly critical of the myriad morbid policies of a government whose American dream is dead and gone.

Jan 27 17:32

Obama the love child?

Webmaster's Commentary: 

I am relinking this story here because the "birthers" are trying to make a big deal over the default judgement handed down in Georgia that removed Obama from the ballot. It is important to keep in mind that the judgment was based on a default by the respondents, not the evidence presented. That is important to keep in mind. The court did NOT rule that any of that evidence was accurate or true. Obama and his lawyers failed to appear and the judge ruled against them for that failure. Nothing more was decided in that court.

Jan 27 17:00

Confessions of a Lukewarmist

Rady Ananda
Activist Post

Today, the Wall Street Journal published a letter from 16 distinguished scientists addressed to political candidates entitled, "No Need to Panic About Global Warming." ...

Jan 27 16:53

U.S.Mayor Bloomberg: No NYC Parade for Iraq War Vets

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says there will be no city parade for Iraq War veterans in the foreseeable future because of objections voiced by military officials.

Jan 27 16:52

2011 GDP: A 'final, pathetic' 1.7 percent

From the just-released GDP report: "Real GDP increased 1.7 percent in 2011 (that is, from the 2010 annual level to the 2011 annual level), compared with an increase of 3.0 percent in 2010. " ...

Not exactly a barnburner.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

And that was probably from Bernanke's instant money machine.

Jan 27 16:45

Settlers who went too far - even for Netanyahu - The Independent

The Supreme Court order has raised the spectre of an evacuation even more violent than in 2006, when nine houses were evacuated in another illegal outpost, Amona, on which thousands of right-wing settlers converged. As it is, the demolition of three houses here resulted in a series of "price tag" attacks by settlers, which included vandalised and burned mosques in several Palestinian villages.

Under the Bush-era "road map" in 2003, Israel committed to dismantling outposts built after 2001. Migron was one, but efforts to move it have been blocked by right-wing opponents, and settlers have threatened to make it a key battleground if the state attempts to dismantle it.

Jan 27 16:21

Newt Gingrich: The Republican Establishment's False Flag Candidate Posing as the Phony Maverick

Newt Gingrich is no more anti establishment then being anti adultery and no more a constitutionalists then he is for family values and marital fidelity. The mudslinging between Newt and Mitt is all staged just like the neo con backlash is so phony

Jan 27 16:16

Robert Fisk: We've been here before – and it suits Israel that we never forget 'Nuclear Iran' The Independent

Let's take the Israeli version which, despite constant proof that Israel's intelligence services are about as efficient as Syria's, goes on being trumpeted by its friends in the West, none more subservient than Western journalists. The Israeli President warns us now that Iran is on the cusp of producing a nuclear weapon. Heaven preserve us. Yet we reporters do not mention that Shimon Peres, as Israeli Prime Minister, said exactly the same thing in 1996. That was 16 years ago. And we do not recall that the current Israeli PM, Benjamin Netanyahu, said in 1992 that Iran would have a nuclear bomb by 1999. That would be 13 years ago. Same old story.

Jan 27 16:13

Grape seed extract kills head and neck cancer cells, leaves healthy cells unharmed

A study published this week in the journal Carcinogenesis shows that in both cell lines and mouse models, grape seed extract (GSE) kills head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cells, while leaving healthy cells unharmed.

"It's a rather dramatic effect," says Rajesh Agarwal, PhD, investigator at the University of Colorado Cancer Center and professor at the Skaggs School of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Not surprising.

Jan 27 16:12

BREAKING: Twitter Trail Confirms “China Jon” Video as “False Flag”, Points To Huntsman Campaign

On January 4th, a video entitled “Jon Huntsman’s Values” was anonymously uploaded to YouTube. The following day, this video went “viral” on the internet. By the morning after that, it was being discussed in countless newspapers and television news studios nationwide. The anonymous creator(s) of this absurd video — which has been nicknamed the “China Jon” video based on one of the titles displayed about halfway through its 72-second runtime — presented it as though it was intended to be an “attack” against Huntsman and a promotion for Ron Paul. In reality, the intended purposes were exactly the opposite (as will be demonstrated momentarily).

Jan 27 16:05

Concern over Twitter's country-by-country censorship ability - The Independent

Twitter is facing a backlash from its users after the website said it had the technology to censor tweets on a country by country basis.

The revelation has sparked criticism that the fast-growing short messaging site is departing from its free-speech principles as its looks for ways to further its global footprint and profits.

In a statement published online the San Francisco-based company told users that it could now “reactively withhold content from users in a specific country.” Twitter defended the technology as a way of ensuring the maximum possible audience could view its content whilst adhering to specific laws in different countries.

Jan 27 16:02

The Silent Anschluss: Germany Formally Requests That Greece Hand Over Its Fiscal Independence

It was tried previously (several times) under "slightly different" circumstances, and failed. Yet when it comes to taking over a country without spilling even one drop of blood, and converting its citizens into debt slaves, Germany's Merkel may have just succeeded where so many of her predecessors failed. According to a Reuters exclusive, "Germany is pushing for Greece to relinquish control over its budget policy to European institutions [ZH: read ze Germans] as part of discussions over a second rescue package, a European source told Reuters on Friday."

Webmaster's Commentary: 

Seriously, would you take out a loan from the bank if the bank made it a condition that you let them take charge of the checkbook and decide whether or not you get to eat every night from now on?

Jan 27 16:01

'Free' Libya shamed by new torture claims - The Independent

The moral authority of Libya's new government was called into question by two international aid groups yesterday as confidence begins to falter that the National Transitional Council, backed by Western governments in last year's civil war, can deliver on its promises to deliver freedom and democracy.

Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) brought an abrupt halt to its operations in the Libyan town of Misrata after being asked by officials to treat torture victims, in some cases to allow members of the country's new leadership to abuse the prisoners again. "Our role is to provide medical care to war casualties and sick detainees, not to repeatedly treat the same patients between torture sessions."

Jan 27 15:59

Obama: All options on the table on Iran

Interview with Joshua Blakeney, Staff writer with the Veterans Today.

Obama once again renewed US threats against Iran during his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on January 24, saying that Washington will maintain pressure on the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program.

"America is determined to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, and I will take no options off the table to achieve that goal,” the US president said.

Iran has categorically refuted the US-led allegations regarding its nuclear program, insisting that the country's nuclear program is only intended for peaceful civilian purposes.

Joshua Blakeney, staff writer from Veterans Today; joins Press TV to share his opinions on the issue of the US president's State of the Union Speech.

Jan 27 15:59

UN tells Israel to halt demolition of Palestinian homes

The United Nations has demanded that Israel stops the demolition of Palestinian homes in the West Bank following a report on the “dramatic” increase in homes being knocked down.

­“The current policy and practice of demolition causes extensive human suffering and should end,” said the UN humanitarian coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territories, Maxwell Gaylard.

According to the report from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 622 Palestinian homes were demolished by Israeli forces in the West Bank in 2011, “forcibly displacing” almost 1,100 people, over half of them children, Agence France Presse (AFP) reports.

Jan 27 15:54

Obama for President of Israel?

In a week when a pro-Israel media venue, the Atlanta Jewish Times, contemplated the pros and cons of a Mossad assassination of the U.S. president, Barack Obama, the Obama election campaign has chosen to reiterate the forty-fourth president’s unambiguous allegiance to Israel in the form of a toe-curling video.

Viewers of this perplexing video would be forgiven for thinking that Obama was reliant on votes from Israeli citizens and was thus including them as potential supporters in his campaign for the upcoming November 2012 presidential election.

Jan 27 15:52

Bush & Obama? Israeli assassinations and US Presidents

There is evidence that in 1991 an Israeli undercover team planned to assassinate a U.S. President. The intended victim was George Herbert Walker Bush.

The first person to write of the plot was a former 11-term Republican Congressman from Illinois, Paul Findley. In a 1992 article in the Washington Report for Middle East Affairs.

Jan 27 15:52

Newt Gingrich Heckled, Gingrich Staffer Strikes Photographer

The 'strike' is minimal, but SPEECHLESS at the heckling.

Jan 27 15:19

CNN, surrounded by Ron Paul signs and supporters, talked about every candidate except for Ron Paul

Jan 27 14:53

Jamie Dimon Laughs About Buying Bear Stearns For $2 Bucks Per Share With Taxpayer Help

This guy's arrogance knows no limits.

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Jan 27 14:51

AWESOME VIDEO - CNN's Erin Burnett Drowned Out By 'End The Fed' Chants Outside Florida GOP Debate

Ron Paul fans drown out Erin Burnett & John King before last night's GOP debate.

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Jan 27 14:43

Israel will have to strike

Should Iran manage to produce a nuclear bomb before being attacked, it will serve as a mathematical proof that Israel merely threatens but doesn’t act on its threats. After that, we shall not be able to deter any other regional madman ever again. All the madmen will say to themselves that if Israel allowed Ahmadinejad to develop a bomb, the Jewish State will allow anything else.

What’s worse: The madmen in Tehran will be convinced that even after they drop the bomb on us, Israel will be too scared to respond by implementing the Dimona option.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

Memo to Hagai Segal: Sir, it is not the alleged "madmen" in Tehran who have me very nervous; is is certain, and certifiable, madmen in Tel Aviv, who actually believe that this is the only option possible, who make me nervous.

To date, every inspection of Iranian nuclear facilities has documented that no nuclear materials have gone missing, and that there is no evidence of an Iranian nuclear weapons program the inspectors have been able to find at all.

As you are well aware, Israel can start this militarily; but Israel cannot finish it without extensive US military involvement.

And it angers me greatly to understand, with absolute clarity, that you, and those in your ideological camp, believe that the cost in American blood and money such an action would require is simply the necessary - and quite expendable - sacrifice on the altar of Israel's goal of regional hegemony.

As you are also well aware, Ahmadinejad has never threatened to "wipe Israel off the map."

The devil is in the detail, wiping Israel off the map suggests a physical genocidal assault, a literal population relocation or elimination akin to what the Nazis did. According to numerous different translations, Ahmadinejad never used the word "map," instead his statement was in the context of time and applied to the Zionist regime occupying Jerusalem. Ahmadinejad was expressing his future hope that the Zionist regime in Israel would fall, not that Iran was going to physically annex the country and its population.

Russia and China have gone on record that should Iran be attacked, that they will come into the fray on the side of Iran.

Mr. Segal, I would caution you to be very, very careful about what you wish for here: the possibilities for unintended consequences playing out as a world thermonuclear war are horrifyingly real, sir.

Jan 27 14:24

Newt For President ... of the Moon

Hey Newt! This ones for you.
Don't you wish you had Supporters Like Dr. Paul's?
Or Any At All?
Dr. Paul will appoint you ambassador to the moon First,
then you can launch your bid to be
President of the Moon.

See ya Newt, it hasn't been Fun.

Dr. Paul will
End the Wars, End the Fed, and
Restore Individual Liberty.
Dr. Paul is the champion of the Constitution.

Another Neocon Roasted.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTFYuwH2Fhw

Jan 27 14:19

Postponed Israel-U.S. Drill to be Held in October

The largest-ever anti-missile military exercise with the United States, which Israel postponed a week and a half ago, will be held in October, the Ma’ariv newspaper reported on Thursday.

Ma’ariv also noted that in preparation for the drill, U.S. military officers will arrive in Israel next week. About 3,000 U.S. soldiers are expected to arrive in Israel to take part in the large-scale exercise, the report said, and they will be joined by about 2,000 IDF soldiers.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

Hold on, here: something isn't "kosher". (pun intended)

IF, in fact, the drill will be held in October, why are US military officers arriving in Israel next week, 8 months in advance of this drill?!?

Without much media attention, thousands of American troops are being deployed to Israel, and Iranian officials believe that this is the latest and most blatant warning that the US will soon be attacking Tehran. Tensions between nations have been high in recent months and have only worsened in the weeks since early December when Iran hijacked and recovered an American drone aircraft. Many have speculated that a back-and-forth between the two countries will soon escalate Iran and the US into an all-out war, and that event might occur sooner than thought.

Have these thousands of troops been redeployed out of Israel in light of the fact that these games have been postponed?!? I cannot find any documentation anywhere that these forces have been either redeployed or sent home.

But I do know one thing; outside our windows, here on Oahu, it is very obvious that we're hearing a much more than normal amount of military air traffic overheard.

It is very similar to what we heard on Oahu before the invasion of Iraq, and this is of very great concern to us both.

Jan 27 14:16

Cargo Ship Plows Through Kentucky Bridge

The 312-foot-long ship, the Delta Mariner, struck the Eggner Ferry Bridge in Benton, Ky., about 9 p.m. on Thursday. The ship was too tall to pass under the structure, and destroyed two sections of the bridge.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

"It's Iran's fault." -- Official White Horse Souse

Jan 27 14:08

Former IDF Chief: Israel Must Prepare for War

Former IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi warned, Thursday, that Israel could not afford to cut its defense budget and should prepare itself for war.

“In comparison to 10 years ago, the possibility of a conflict is not something that we just need to talk about," Ashkenazi said during a lecture at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv.

"We never saw it coming. It happened on my watch, so it must be said. But if it's any consolation, Egypt never saw it coming either," Ashkenazi said of the so-called Arab Spring protests that have no turned into an Islamic winter in elections throughout the Arab world.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

It is painfully apparent that the Israeli government and the Israeli military are constantly using scare tactics against their own citizens as a tool of control.

One has to wonder what would happen if a regional peace, actually, accidentally, broke out; neither the Israeli government nor military would have the slightest clue as to how to handle it, unfortunately.

Jan 27 14:03

Barak: Eventually Even an Attack Won't Stop Iran

Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Friday that the world must stop Iran quickly before it reaches the point where even a military attack would not stop it from acquiring nuclear weapons.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Barak said, “The situation is urgent, because the Iranians deliberately drifting to what we call a ‘resistant zone’ in which nothing will not block them.”

Barak called for further harsher sanctions against Iranian banks and its oil industry “so that we all know soon enough if the Iranians are willing to give up their nuclear weapons program.”

Webmaster's Commentary: 

Israeli Defense Minister Barak, I just can picture the corporate and state leadership at Davos listening to the translation of this dessicated, lying drivel, and just shaking their collective heads in disgust.

To date, absolutely no information coming out of the IAEA inspections has indicated that any of the nuclear materials with which Iran is working has gone missing, and you know that.

Of course, nuclear-armed Israel refuses to sign the NNPT (which Iran did), and will not allow any inspections of its nuclear sites.

So stop wasting your time at Davos, come clean about Israel's nuclear program,and have Israel become a signatory to the NNPT, if you really want to do something meaningful and progressive.

THEN, declare your borders, and sign a meaningful peace treaty with the Palestinians. These actions, taken together, would do wonderfully in terms of ratcheting down the tensions in the Middle East.

But of course, meaningful steps toward peace are not what Israeli leadership wants, or has ever wanted.

Israeli leadership is focused on the acquisition of territory, by any means necessary, and the destruction of all of its alleged existential enemies in the region; and that literally means all of its neighbors!

Jan 27 13:43

Things that make you say hmmmm....Army Reserve MEDEVACS deploy for first time since Gulf War

Since September 11, 2001, over two million Soldiers have been deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, with the exception of the U.S. Army Reserve’s Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC) units.

The last time a U.S. Army Reserve MEDEVAC deployed was in 1991 during the first Gulf War. Now the MEDEVACs have been deployed in Afghanistan.

Jan 27 13:33

A Generation Losing Hope: The Shattering of the American Dream

Before our very eyes, a generation of Americans is losing faith in the American dream and adopting attitudes and behaviors that emphasize living for the day, not planning to take care of their own futures. They clearly see the problems ahead and draw rational conclusions.

Most of our problems have been caused by government. The unintended consequences of poorly thought out legislation or legislation designed merely to garner votes for re-election is wreaking havoc on economic opportunity for our country.

Jan 27 13:29

Cape Town activists arrested en masse at Rondebosch

South African social activists marching for basic rights in Cape Town as part of the global occupy movement were arrested en masse today. Late on Saturday 27 January 2012, organisers were still held up in Mowbray police cells.

Kurt Orderson published a message from inside calling for public support to demand the 'immediate release & dropping of all charges against activists arrested in today’s march & occupation of Rondebosch Common. We are about 50 activist both men and women kept in police holding cells in Mowbray, Cape Town, Azania.

Jan 27 13:24

The Geopolitical Stakes in Nigeria - Part I: The Curious Role of the IMF

Ironically, despite the fact that Nigeria has abundant oil to earn dollar export revenue to build its domestic infrastructure, government policy has deliberately let its domestic oil refining capacity fall into ruin. The consequence has been that most of the gasoline and other refined petroleum products used to drive transportation and industry, has to be imported, despite the country's abundant oil. In order to shield the population from the high import costs of gasoline and other refined fuels, the central government has subsidized prices.

Jan 27 13:20

For Newt, ‘World War III’ Is Just the Beginning

Newt Gingrich doesn’t just want to lay waste to his political enemies and a large part of the news media. The former House speaker and presidential hopeful wants to bomb a significant part of the planet, too.

Gingrich is on the record favoring American military intervention from North Korea to Lebanon. He recently threatened cyberwar with China and Russia. And on Monday, he called for an all-out assault to topple the Castro regime in Cuba. With such a wide range of targets, no wonder Gingrich has consistently said that the U.S. is in the middle of “World War III.” His plans for overthrowing the Iranian government? Just the beginning. In fact, if President Gingrich encounters any little green men while building his moon base (!), they had better pray to their astral maker for mercy.

Jan 27 13:14

Militarized Drills Continue: Stadiums Prepped to Be Used as Martial Law Staging Centers

Los Angeles — By now you may have heard of the many FEMA camps located throughout the United States which will serve as holding centers for U.S. citizens during times of civil unrest.

The camps are no conspiracy theory and happen to be popping up at a rapid rate. In fact, Infowars recently reported on a new detention hub located at the Los Angeles Airport (LAX).

But what about the fact that every stadium is a FEMA camp in hiding, stagnantly awaiting its grim use one day in the near future? (Think New Orleans Super Dome)

The roots of this diabolic agenda trace back to the Reagan/Oliver North era and the REX84 Program.

Jan 27 13:07

Accelerating Great Collapse & Hyperinflation

John Williams, of Shadowstats, just issued the following warning and King World News wanted to pass it along to our global readers: “The U.S. economic and systemic-solvency crises of the last five years continue to deteriorate. Yet they remain just the precursors to the coming Great Collapse: a hyperinflationary great depression. The unfolding circumstance will encompass a complete loss in the purchasing power of the U.S. dollar; a collapse in the normal stream of U.S. commercial and economic activity; a collapse in the U.S. financial system, as we know it; and a likely realignment of the U.S. political environment.”

Jan 27 12:48

President Obama Mentions An Energy Company In His Big Speech And It Goes Bankrupt Instantly

Andrew Restuccia of The Hill is reporting that Ener1, a battery company that President Obama referenced in his State of The Union Speech on Tuesday as an example of successful energy investments, has just filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy.

That's just two days after the speech.

“In three years, our partnership with the private sector has already positioned America to be the world’s leading manufacturer of high-tech batteries,” Obama said in his speech.

Jan 27 12:27

US Constitution Under Threat As Tech Becomes More Advanced

For example, GPS tracking used to require the unauthorized tampering of the vehicle being tracked by placement of the GPS monitor on the car. This action would result in a direct violation of the fourth and fifth amendments of the Constitution, based on the argument of the majority’s ruling.

Yet with further technological advancement, GPS tracking has become a grey line based on the same ruling, with companies like OnStar opening the way to tracking systems being built into the vehicles as part of their standard sales package thus eliminating the need to violate the personal property of the suspect in order to track them via GPS and therefore supposedly not violating their Constitutional rights, again based on the majority’s ruling.

Jan 27 12:26

The Corporate Usurpation of the Internet

In the wake of a public outcry against internet regulation bills such as SOPA and PIPA, representatives of the EU have signed a new and far more threatening legislation yesterday in Tokyo. Spearheaded by the governments of the United States and Japan and constructed largely in the absence of public awareness, the measures of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) dramatically alter current international legal framework, while introducing the first substantial processes of global internet governance. With complete contempt towards the democratic process, the negotiations of the treaty were exclusively held between industry representatives and government officials, while excluding elected representatives and members of the press from their hearings.

Jan 27 12:10

TSA mistakes insulin pump for gun, causing LAX security scare

Webmaster's Commentary: 

When people have to flunk an IQ test to work for the TSA, expect this kind of idiocy.

Jan 27 12:10

The Three Biggest Lies the Government Is Telling You

Government lies are legion.

So many are its lies, that narrowing them down to three of the most important is a demanding task. But our current crisis has been chiefly enabled by monetary policy, fiscal policy, and the global military empire. So I have chosen to focus on lies about each: the Federal Reserve, the orchestrator of monetary policy; the U.S. budget, the accounting of government fiscal policy; and a few of the Empire’s war lies. I am sharing just a smattering of this astonishing record of duplicity in these areas, for life is short, or at least far too short to recount all of the state’s lies about each.

Lie #1: The Federal Reserve Is a Bank

Jan 27 12:00

Iran Turns Embargo Tables: To Pass Law Halting All Crude Exports To Europe

In what is likely a long overdue move, Iran has finally decided to give Europe a harsh lesson in game theory. Instead of letting Euro-area politicians score brownie points at its expense by threatening to halt imports and cut off the Iranian economy, the Iranian government will instead propose a bill calling for an immediate halt to oil deliveries to Europe.

Jan 27 11:36

Now here's a hard core drinker and one tough Dodge truck...(pictures)

Jan 27 11:34

DON’T CALL ME INVENTED! ~~ CALL ME A PALESTINIAN FROM PALESTINE!!

Don’t call me invented, because my roots in this land are as old as the land itself.

Jan 27 11:20

BREAKING - Obama Administration And Banks Near Deal On Mortgage Fraud Settlement

All things considered, this doesn't look like too bad of a deal, as banks are not being released from criminal liability - Details inside.

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Jan 27 11:06

Doug Casey on the Collapse of the Euro and the EU

(Interviewed by Louis James, Editor, International Speculator)

L: So Doug, a lot of readers are concerned about what's going on in Europe. Is this the beginning of the proverbial "it?" Or can the Eurozone be saved?

Doug: In brief, the answers are "yes," then "no" – and a "good riddance" to both the Eurozone and the euro. But most people think the old order should be maintained at almost any cost. That would include George Soros, who recently penned an article called Does the Euro Have a Future?

Jan 27 11:03

Libya militias prepare to retake Bani Walid from Gaddafi loyalists

A powerful sense of deja vu grips the men of Libya's national guard as they mass for battle in the freezing desert outside Bani Walid, the new frontline of a war most had thought was long over.

Last October, many of these same fighters battled their way into this desert town, one of the last pro-Gaddafi redoubts to hold out against the rebels.

Now they are back again after fighting this week resulted in the deaths of four soldiers and forced the closure of a small government garrison. Several dozen former Gaddafi administration officials arrested for war crimes in recent weeks were sprung from jail during the uprising.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

Libya's "liberation" may well lead to an all-out civil war.

Apparently, courtesy of a catastrophic failure of imagination on the part of US and NATO leadership, this potential unintended consequence of such a "liberation" was something no one saw coming.

So what are NATO and the US going to do now, go back in and re-attack anti-government forces?!?

Jan 27 10:58

We Have Every Right to Be Furious About ACTA

The EU and 22 of its 27 member states signed ACTA yesterday in Tokyo. This news is neither momentous nor surprising. This is but the latest step in more than three years of non-transparent negotiations. In December, the Council of the European Union—one of the European Union’s two legislative bodies, composed of executives from the 27 EU member states—adopted ACTA during a completely unrelated meeting on agriculture and fisheries. Of course, this is not the end of the story in the EU. For ACTA to be adopted as EU law, the European Parliament has to vote on whether to accept or reject it.

Jan 27 10:58

Obama's Failed State of the Union

It was typical Obama, taking credit for what should be condemned. He's a fraud, a crime boss, a war criminal multiple times over, a moral coward, and serial liar.

His State of the Union address was beginning-to-end doublespeak, duplicity, coverup, and denial of failed policies complicit with Wall Street crooks, war profiteers, and other corporate favorites while popular needs go begging.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

Obama has had his public persona crafted with incredible skill

He was never truly a man of the people, but a man of the corporations and the wealthy: his foreign and domestic policies have demonstrated this, time after time.

He is an abject failure as a president for We the People on every possible level.

And the hell of it is, what the Republicans are serving up as allegedly "electable" candidates (save Ron Paul, who they abhor) are just as scary,if not more so, and just as much corporate boot-lickers and warmongers as is Obama.

Jan 27 10:56

Dr. Paul Wins Fl Debate Pt 1

The Tide is Turning.
The Message is the Key.

End the Wars
End the Fed
Restore Individual Liberty
Dr. Ron Paul is the Champion of the Constitution

Great Job Dr. Paul! We Love You!

Rally America Now!!!
Ron Paul................................or Else!

The Spirit of the Revolution is Back!

Rock Em Dr. Paul!
Let's get his back now!

Part One

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZhFIjQ6rOE

Part Two

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8PWE1QYoLg&feature=youtu.be

Jan 27 10:56

100% OF SOUTH CAROLINA VOTES GO THROUGH SCYTL - By Bev Harris

As we saw in Iowa when alert public citizens captured evidence of the actual vote count BEFORE it was reported by a centralized state committee, the state Republican Party and the news media initially claimed victory for the wrong winner. They only corrected this mis-call two weeks later, buying the favored candidate half a month of fund raising prowess and prestige.

Jan 27 10:55

RECOUNT Movie Trailer

Webmaster's Commentary: 

Florida's primary is next Tuesday and I figured it was worth mentioning in a primary season that is batting zero for honesty, accuracy, and fairness that Florida has a well-deserved reputation as a haven for electoral hijinks.

Jan 27 10:48

Nigeria: Thrown into Chaos and a State of Civil War: The Role of the IMF

Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation and its largest oil producer, is from all evidence being systematically thrown into chaos and a state of civil war. The recent surprise decision by the government of Goodluck Jonathan to abruptly lift subsidies on imported gasoline and other fuel has a far more sinister background than mere corruption and the Washington-based International Monetary Fund (IMF) is playing a key role. China appears to be the likely loser along with Nigeria’s population.

Jan 27 10:46

Is Obama's 'Economic Populism' for Real?

The impending, much-discussed foreclosure settlement is the Obama administration's great bailout initiative. If it goes through with the kind of tiny numbers being discussed ($25 billion from the banks if California is in the deal, $19 billion if California AG Kamala Harris stays out), then what we're talking about is a bailout on par with TARP.

The potential liability each of the banks faces from foreclosure litigation is vastly greater than $25 billion, and uncertainty surrounding that litigation is holding the stock prices of all of the major companies (in particular struggling ones like Bank of America) down.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

Obama is continuing a policy of preserving world confidence in Wall Street even if that means propping up Wall Street on the backs of the American people, and sadly, those with the means to invest in Wall Street are perfectly comfortable with that arrangement.

Matt Taibbi is correct in saying that the recent prosecutions of Wall Street small fry are merely White House theater productions, to reassure the voters things are getting better while the real goal is to reassure investors that Wall Street remains untouchable for their greater crimes, and therefore still safe to invest money in.

However, on the day that 300 million Americans all stand up and say "I won't pay for Wall Street's losses", investors will yank their funds in a real-life replay of "Rollover" and the whole corrupted system will come tumbling down.

Jan 27 10:45

NATO’s Grisly Crimes in Libya: Extensive Evidence that NATO Deliberately Targetted Civilians

While Charles Ray - the US envoy here [Zimbabwe] - portrays himself as the face of the free world, a champion of human rights and democracy, and has been vociferous about his country's role in the Libyan invasion, it turns out that just like Vietnam and other illegal wars before it, Libya is turning into a major embarrassment for Uncle Sam.

A report released last week by human rights groups in the Middle East presents extensive evidence of war crimes carried out in Libya by the United States, NATO and their proxy "rebel" forces during last year's invasion, that culminated in the murder of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

"But hey; we got the oil flowing in the 'right direction', didn't we?!?" - Official White House Souse.

Jan 27 10:43

Jamie Dimon Says Foreclosure Settlement Threatened By Obama Decision

(Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said President Barack Obama's decision to expand investigations into home lending and sales of mortgage securities could stop settlement talks with the states over foreclosure practices.

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Jan 27 10:42

MUST SEE - Romney & Me Tax Calculator

I won't spoil the surprise...

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Jan 27 10:37

Israeli Finance Minister Pushes Naval, Aerial Blockade of Iran

In an interview today with Bloomberg Businessweek, Israeli Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz rejected the European Union’s ban on importation of Iranian crude oil, insisting it doesn’t go nearly far enough.

Instead, Steinitz called for the international community to impose a full naval and aerial blockade across all of Iran so that “no one can even go out [sic].” This is the only option with any chance of success, he said.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

Oh yes, Russia, China, India, and Japan are SURE to jump on THAT band wagon!

It is rather painfully apparent that Israeli finance Minister Steinitz hasn't quite received the memo, yet, that all these countries are going to continue to buy oil from Iran.

Of course, if Minister Steinitz would like Israel to create such a naval and aerial blockade of Iran all by its lonesome, Israel is thoroughly welcomed to do that, and just see what the consequences of such actions will be!

Jan 27 10:30

China And Japan Currency Swap: Nail In US Dollar’s Coffin

On 25 December 2011, the government of Peoples Republic of China and Japan unveiled plans to promote direct exchange of their currencies. This agreement will allow firms to convert the Chinese and Japanese currencies directly into each other, thus negating the need to buy dollars. This deal between China and Japan followed agreements between China and numerous countries to trade outside the sphere of the US dollar. A few weeks earlier, China also announced a 70 billion Yuan ($11 billion) currency swap agreement with Thailand.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

For those of you who still can, right now is not a bad time to be looking at holding physical gold, silver, and platinum.

Also, now is a good time to assess your pantry, and make sure you have lots of storable food, water, water purifying equipment, first aid equipment, and medications stockpiled. This isn't "chicken little, the sky is falling" talk: it is simply about logically planning ahead, with your family, and - if possible - with neighbors you can trust.

By the time we are seeing urban unrest in our streets, if it comes to that, it will be too late to do this.

Jan 27 10:19

Corruption scandal shakes Vatican as internal letters leaked

The Vatican was shaken by a corruption scandal Thursday after an Italian television investigation said a former top official had been transferred against his will after complaining about irregularities in awarding contracts.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

"God knows I'm sorry!"

Jan 27 10:16

EU sent 50 MEPs to Congo for eight days at cost of £850,000

The European Parliament spent over £850,000 sending 50 MEPs for an eight-day trip to the Congo in 2010, according to a list of its most expensive foreign delegations.

Jan 27 10:16

Spain's unemployment total passes five million

The National Statistics Institute said 5.3 million people were out of work at the end of December, up from 4.9 million in the third quarter.

Jan 27 10:15

Israeli Mossad agents posed as CIA spies to recruit terrorists to fight against Iran'

Israeli Mossad agents posed as CIA officers in order to recruit members of a Pakistani terror group to carry out assassinations and attacks against the regime in Iran, Foreign Policy revealed on Friday, quoting U.S. intelligence memos.

Foreign Policy's Mark Perry reported that the Mossad operation was carried out in 2007-2008, behind the back of the U.S. government, and infuriated then U.S. President George W. Bush.

Perry quotes a number of American intelligence officials and claims that the Mossad agents used American dollars and U.S. passports to pose as CIA spies to try to recruit members of Jundallah, a Pakistan-based Sunni extremist organization that has carried out a series of attacks in Iran and assassinations of government officials.

Jan 27 10:15

The Rrturn of the "When Pigs Fly" flu...

Jan 27 10:14

'Time travelling' French presidential candidate ridiculed for Normandy claims

Hervé Morin, a French presidential candidate and former defence minister, has become a national laughing stock after he claimed he witnessed the Allied landings at Normandy in 1944, which took place 17 years before he was born.

Jan 27 10:13

If The Economy Is Improving….

is the economy actually improving? Not really. At the moment things are relatively stable. Some economic statistics are improving slightly and some continue to get even worse. However, it is very important to keep in mind that one of the biggest reasons why things have stabilized is because the federal government is pumping more than a trillion dollars a year into the economy that it does not have.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

Such binge spending by the Federal government can have one outcome, and one outcome only; inevitable, total collapse, because We the People cannot possibly pay these trillions back.

Jan 27 10:10

Ex-BP worker files whistleblower suit over cleanup

A former BP employee has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the company, claiming he was fired for airing concerns about the cleanup of Mississippi's shoreline after the Gulf oil spill.

In a federal suit filed last Friday in New Orleans, August Walter claims one of his BP bosses manipulated data on shoreline cleanup and didn't give the Coast Guard "the true status" of what substances needed to be cleaned.

Walter, a Covington, La., resident who helped develop BP's cleanup plans in Mississippi after the 2010 spill began, claims in the suit that he was fired last month in retaliation for complaining that BP wasn't following environmental regulations and was "picking and choosing what oil to pick up."

Webmaster's Commentary: 

Please remember: BP was one of the most generous contributors to Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, which means its leadership believes they have purchased the right to behave with impunity after the company created an ecological catastrophe, the effects of which will not be gone for generations.

Jan 27 10:09

Moses supposes a return to the epic for Spielberg

For his next 'big film', the director is to helm a gritty reimagining of the story of Moses as a warrior hero in the style of Braveheart

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Jan 27 10:03

Will Iran Kill the PetroDollar?

If the US dollar loses its position as the global reserve currency, the consequences for America are dire. A major portion of the dollar's valuation stems from its lock on the oil industry – if that monopoly fades, so too will the value of the dollar. Such a major transition in global fiat currency relationships will bode well for some currencies and not so well for others, and the outcomes will be challenging to predict. But there is one outcome that we foresee with certainty: Gold will rise. Uncertainty around paper money always bodes well for gold, and these are uncertain days indeed.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

The sabre rattling against Iran has never really been about an alleged nuclear weapons program; this is all about the teetering insolvency of the US dollar, and what will happen if most countries on the planet decide that they can well live without it.

China, Russia, and India have decided that this will be just fine: one has to wonder who will be next in the race to dump the dollar.

Jan 27 10:03

Israel: End of a Dream

Israel is quietly losing the demographic war. The only one to blame here is the Israeli government, which has created a reality of racist ethnic enclaves and ongoing war which makes life in the State of Israel nothing but a worthy prelude to an eternity in Hell.

Jan 27 09:59

US to expand network of secret bases

The new strategy would assign specific US-based army brigades and marine expeditionary units to different regions of the world, where they would travel regularly for joint exercises and other missions, using permanent facilities and the forward-staging bases that some advisers call “lily pads”.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

If there was ever a country on the face of the planet which needed a "Department of Peace" to advise the President, Congress, State Department and Pentagon, about ways to achieve various geopolitical outcomes without firing a single shot, it is this United States of American, and right the heck now!!

Jan 27 09:56

Iranian crude for gold - Beginning of the end of dollar?

The proposed move by India, if effectuated, will dynamite the world of global finance and destabilise global economies, writes M R Venkatesh.

Jan 27 09:54

Gingrich: My Affairs Make Me ‘More Normal,’ More Electable

Webmaster's Commentary: 

Should we not demand something better than "normal" for the White House?

Jan 27 09:53

USS Enterprise False Flag

Jan 27 09:47

Are there Israeli assassination teams in the U.S.?

While most commentary has focused on questions about the vitriol towards President Obama in Jewish political circles, whether or not he is a Muslim who hates Israel and wants to see its Jewish character erased, not many are asking the central national security question about if Israeli Mossad agents are based in the United States and what they are doing.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

The answer is "Yes", they are here. As to what they are doing, you might ask people like Paul Wellstone about that.

Jan 27 09:45

America: Freedom to Fascism - Director's Authorized Version

Jan 27 09:32

Obama's top aides don't like to pay taxes

Three dozen aides working under US President Barack Obama — the same president who insisted on tougher taxes for the economic elite during Tuesday’s State of the Union — are guilty of forgetting to give the government their due share in taxes. Thirty-six members of the staff are delinquent with their federal taxes, Investor’s Business Daily reports. In all, the sum totals to a whopping $833,970.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

Maybe they know that the 16th Amendment, which is what supposedly makes the personal income tax legal, was never actually ratified.

Page 23 from the transcript from "Sullivan Vs. United States". The comments in red are by Judge James C. Fox.

Jan 27 09:30

AMA Paper Proposes Law Forcing People into Experimental Vaccine Trials

Mike Barrett
Activist Post

How would you react if I were to tell you that you or your child were forced to participate in experimental vaccine trials?

A paper published by the American Medical Association’s Virtual Mentor wants to do just that...

Jan 27 09:28

Tidbits: What is Being Held Back from You

Secrets are More Often Conspiracies and Shame and Seldom are National Security

Jan 27 09:25

Father of Detroit girl killed during police raid to face murder trial

Owens repeatedly refused to testify against Jones, despite a plea deal in which he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. In exchange for his testimony, the prosecutor would have recommended that his sentence — which would have been two years for using a firearm during a felony, followed by 28 years in prison sentence — be reduced by two years.

But because of his silence, Owens was stripped of his plea deal and faces a first-degree murder charge.

Blake was killed days before police raided a home in Detroit accompanied by a camera crew for “The First 48” TV show. During the raid, Officer Joseph Weekley fired a shot that killed Jones’ 7-year-old daughter, Aiyana Stanley-Jones.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

HBO is running a documentary all this week called "Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory" about the framing of the West Memphis 3. It broadcasts today and tomorrow, and shows how political expediency coupled with religious hysteria over presumed "Satanic" symbols worn by the suspects led to the 18 year wrongful imprisonment of three innocent boys while a very real suspect continues to live free to this very day. In the end, the courts finally released the wrongfully imprisoned boys but only on the condition they change their not guilty pleas to guilty, which the courts admitted was done purely to prevent millions of dollars in lawsuits had they been acquitted in a new trial.

This documentary shows how our so-called justice system has become corrupted and is little more than a game where points are kept track of, and prosecutors dream of transforming high scores into campaigns for mayor and governor. In the process, justice is a subordinate concern.

See also Mumia Abu-Jamal.

Jan 27 09:05

Oil Markets Seen Withstanding Iran Attack Shock in Global Investor Survey

More than 70 percent of investors said an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities would create only a short-term disruption in oil markets, according to a quarterly Bloomberg Global Poll.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

More than 70 percent of investors said Mortgage-Backed Securities were a good idea, so maybe we should stop listening to these idiots. Money-junkies habitually make bad guesses when their greed gets involved, or have you all forgotten Tulip-Mania, the Great South Seas Company, and the Nation of Poyais?

I view this sudden rush of stories assuring us all that Iran cannot really strike back, and that an attack on Iran will not really disrupt oil supplies, as further signs that the invasion is about to start as soon as they can fake an event to trick us all into going along with yet another war. Just remember these were the same people who insisted Iraq's oil would pay for that war, and that we would be welcomed with flowers as our troops pillaged, murdered, and raped their way across the middle east.

Jan 27 09:02

Torture and Abuse in Libya

Stephen Lendman, Contributing Writer
Activist Post

NATO's alleged "responsibility to protect" was subterfuge. Months of terror bombings left Libya a charnel house.

Africa's most developed country was ravaged. Tens of thousands were killed, multiples more injured, and millions left on their own to sink or swim.

When is war not war? ...

Jan 27 09:00

Israel Senses Bluffing in Iran’s Threats of Retaliation

Webmaster's Commentary: 

Iraq made the same misjudgement regarding the United States when it invaded Kuwait.

Jan 27 08:53

CNN GOP Debate Advertiser List and sample letter

RON PAUL - the voice of reason in the GOP. The champion of PEACE and PROSPERITY. The good doctor did an outstanding job in the debate last night, in spite of the best efforts of:

GOP of Florida
Hispanic Leadership Network
American Coalition for Clean Coal
Intel
HP
Rite-Aid
20th Century Fox (Red Tails movie)
Old Dominion
Chrysler
Bayer
Cisco
America's Natural Gas Alliance
Office Max
CNN - "Big Hits Broken Dreams" Show
AIG Direct (SERIOUSLY???!!!!)
Priceline
Salonpas
Jos A Bank
AT&T
Centrum
Prudential
Cadillac
CNN - Piers Morgan Seal Interview
Vote 4 Energy
Alka Seltzer
Atlantic Paradise Inn - Bahamas

Sample letter / email , to the Director of Marketing, Owner or CEO at each advertiser:

Dear Sir or Madam,

Jan 27 08:40

Business As Usual at the FDA

Karen De Coster, Contributing Writer
Activist Post

This story in the Wall Street Journal barely made a splash last week – “FDA Panelists Had Ties to Bayer.” Three advisors who had financial ties to Bayer AG were invited to serve on a “safety committee” for the FDA to assess the safety of four Bayer AG birth control drugs. All three individuals were either paid consultants, researchers, or speakers...