Fed Will Purchase Almost $3 Trillion In Treasurys And Set The Stage For The Monetary Endgame

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• Fed Will Purchase Almost $3 Trillion In Treasurys And Set The Stage For The Monetary Endgame
• Analysis: a sink or swim coalition
• Comment: Pope, a close encounter
• The Agenda-License to Kill
• Poor America: How did we end up here?
• Comment: Taliban, a cold war legacy
• One of History's Greatest Crimes
• Syria-Israel negotiations are in a deep sleep
• Riz Khan - The global HIV/Aids epidemic
• Clegg Now Singing off Zionist Hymn-sheet
• The Hesder Quiz: Where is Israel?
• On Voting for Bad Democrats: the Perriello Predicament
• Dismantling the Empire – Book Review
• 'A Just Peace For Palestine' Conference in India
• Saturday: 2 US Soldiers, 3 Iraqis Killed; 16 Iraqis Wounded
• IAEA Adopts Atomic Weapons in the Middle East
• Obama at the UN: The Arrogant Voice of Imperialism
• Will Stuxnet Malware Be Used In False Flag Attack?
• Frost over the World - Bill Gates
• Rothschild and CIA Publications Attack "Constitution-worshipers"
• The Listening Post - Kashmiris left out in the cold
• Race Supremacy: Revealing Hatred
• Inside Story - France and al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
• Intelligence Report Envisions "Designing Humans With Unique Abilities" Under Global Governance Regime
• September 11: Towards a UN inquiry commission
• PressTV-Comment with George Galloway-Viva Palestina
• Policy chaos, military muscle: Why US will never win Afghan war
• 9/11 – Obama lives in 'self-denial'
• Euro Doom: Germany wants Deutschmark back
• Arabs face discrimination in Israel
• Obama speaks at the UN… Goodbye to peace
• Independent Committee of Experts on Gaza War
• US Could Be Alone as Europe Turns Inward
• One and a Half Cheers for American Decline
• The Terrorism Fraud
• After Empire
• Obama Knows the War is Dumb, but Prefers Power Over Peace
• It Is Official: The US Is A Police State
• Dissecting Obama's UN speech
• "Why aren't the Bedouins treated like Jewish citizens?"
• Press TV's Waqar Rizvi talks to Mark Dankof Ahmadinejad's Remarks
• Alex Jones Talks About The ADL Attacking Him
• Aafia Siddiqui – Victim of Zionist justice
• Feds Expand War On Terror, Raid Communist Antiwar Activists
• Why an Underwear Bomber Trial with an Entrapment Defense Would be One of the Greatest Events in U.S. History
• Friday: 1 Iraqi Killed, 13 Wounded
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• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: And now the hit pieces begin
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• From Coexistence to Conquest: the international law origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict 1891 1949
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• Where is Israel?
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Fed Will Purchase Almost $3 Trillion In Treasurys And Set The Stage For The Monetary Endgame Posted: 26 Sep 2010 07:28 AM PDT Recently the debate over when QE2 will occur has taken a back seat over the question of what the implications of the Fed's latest intervention in monetary policy will be, as it is now certain that Bernanke will attempt a fresh round of monetary stimulus to prevent the recent deceleration in the economy from transforming into outright deflation. Whether or not the Fed will decide to engage in QE2 on its November 3 meeting, or as others have suggested December 14, and maybe even as far out as January 25, the actual event is now a certainty. And while many have discussed this topic in big picture terms, most notably David Tepper, who on Friday stated that no matter what, stocks will benefit from QE2, few if any have actually considered what the impact of QE2 will be on the Fed's balance sheet, and how the change in composition in Fed assets will impact all marketable asset classes. We have conducted a rough analysis on how QE2 will reshape the Fed's balance sheet. We were stunned to realize that over the next 6 months the Fed may be the net buyer of nearly $3 trillion in Treasurys, an action which will likely set off a chain of events which could result in rates dropping all the way to zero, stocks surging, and gold (and other precious metals) going from current price levels to well in the 5 digit range.

Analysis: a sink or swim coalition Posted: 26 Sep 2010 07:06 AM PDT Many months into the coalition's reign, and yet none of the parties in Westminster seem to have found the answer to the simple yet complicated question: How does politics work in a coalition? Kenneth Clarke, the justice secretary, commented to the effect that Britain imprisons too many people. This was followed by a wide-ranging speech on foreign policy by William Hague, the foreign secretary, who refused to disparage the European Union. For many members of the Tory Party, that all sounded very Liberal Democrat.

Comment: Pope, a close encounter Posted: 26 Sep 2010 06:58 AM PDT Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Britain is the first papal visit since 1982, when Pope John Paul the second's six-day tour saw a huge turn-out. The visit comes following an extended formal invitation by the then Britain's Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, in February 2009, drawing much diverse opinion within the officially Protestant state that enjoys highly secular values. These views have been reflected by British and Irish mainstream media, and can be traced in its newspapers.

The Agenda-License to Kill Posted: 26 Sep 2010 06:47 AM PDT This program raises the question whether the US and other Western countries should be given the license to kill. Some are vocally critical of those countries for extrajudicial killing. The US had the highest rate of those kinds of killing during the past years. Some recent ones are the assassination of Hamas members and others in the Middle East. But the phenomenon is by means linked to the Twin Towers bombing and precedes the terrorist attack. In this Edition of The Agenda this Western License to Kill is discussed.

Poor America: How did we end up here? Posted: 26 Sep 2010 06:32 AM PDT Who or what is to blame for the growing level of poverty in America, which already is at its highest in over 50 years? Lori "The Resident" Harfenist has been assessing people's views on the current US economic situation.

Comment: Taliban, a cold war legacy Posted: 26 Sep 2010 06:03 AM PDT 27 September is the anniversary of fall of Kabul The capital of Afghanistan to extremist Taliban militia in 1996. Taliban forces consolidated their grip on Kabul on this day, after storming the presidential palace. Inspired by the Saudi Wahabi scholars, the Taliban wanted to make Afghanistan the world's purest Islamic state. A bloody wave of killings and amputations were introduced by the extremist group. only 3 countries recognised the hardliners as the legitimate rulers of Afghanistan Pakistan , Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates .

One of History's Greatest Crimes Posted: 26 Sep 2010 03:30 AM PDT America's hidden history is ugly and disturbing. No nation ever matched it. To Iraq alone, over the past two decades, it includes ongoing genocide, destruction, terror, occupation, and contamination - a horrendous combination of crimes, unmentioned in Western discourse. Environmental Engineering Professor Souad N. Al-Azzawi documents them, including in her report titled, "Crime of the Century: Iraq's Occupation and DU Contamination," a detailed account of US culpability.

Syria-Israel negotiations are in a deep sleep Posted: 26 Sep 2010 02:30 AM PDT As the negotiations focus is fixed firmly on what is happening between the Israelis and the Palestinians, news is filtering through of some unexpected moves by the US administration to kick-start the long stalled Israel-Syria peace talks. Senator George Mitchell's visit to Damascus to meet Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad, coinciding with shuttle visits to the region by a French envoy, suggests that something is afoot. That this is Mr. Mitchell's first trip to Damascus in 18 months, during which he has visited other capitals in the region more than twenty times adds to the speculation.

Riz Khan - The global HIV/Aids epidemic Posted: 26 Sep 2010 01:32 AM PDT Funding priorities have changed for many countries during these tough economic times and contributions to the global Aids fund have suffered as a result. At the same time, HIV infection rates are rising rapidly in many parts of the world. On this episode of the Riz Khan show we ask: Has the world turned its back on the HIV/Aids crisis?

Clegg Now Singing off Zionist Hymn-sheet Posted: 25 Sep 2010 06:52 PM PDT In the space of a few short years Nick Clegg has shot from obscurity to stardom in British politics, joining Conservative leader David "I'm-a-Zionist" Cameron at the head of Britain's new coalition government. Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, is deputy prime minister and gets to play PM from time to time, like now when Dave appears to still be enjoying a perk that's laughably called 'paternity leave'.

The Hesder Quiz: Where is Israel? Posted: 25 Sep 2010 06:40 PM PDT Here is something you're not likely to see on evening newscasts or your home town newspapers: A July 28, 2010 survey of Israeli religious school teachers, designed to gauge their level of education, was conducted by Yediot Ahronot, Israel's largest newspaper. The conclusions were shocking. One young teacher described the Jewish religious school, called a Hesder, where he works one hour per week and earns $300 monthly as follows: "We do not teach math, science, English, history or literature. After morning prayer, we teach the Torah only."

On Voting for Bad Democrats: the Perriello Predicament Posted: 25 Sep 2010 06:21 PM PDT What if you told your local congress critter you'd oppose them if they funded more war, and they funded more war, but their opponent is even worse and a Republican? Tom Perriello, first-term Democratic congress member from Virginia's Fifth district, is widely expected to lose his reelection bid, in part because he voted for a healthcare bill. Right wingers in the district hated the bill for doing anything at all. Others of us who want to eliminate the health insurance corporations, as other wealthy countries have done, thought it was a terrible bill and quite possibly worse than nothing, as it empowers and entrenches the problem even while imposing some reforms.

Dismantling the Empire – Book Review Posted: 25 Sep 2010 06:18 PM PDT That the empire has caused much trouble and is in trouble itself has been well documented and well explained by many current authors. Chalmers Johnson, who wrote Blowback - at the time an unheralded piece of research - and two more volumes, Sorrows of Empire and Nemesis that became the Blowback trilogy, has since written a series of essays that are concise, clear, hard-hitting, and undeniably for Dismantling the Empire.

'A Just Peace For Palestine' Conference in India Posted: 25 Sep 2010 05:37 PM PDT The two-day BDS Movement conference on A Just Peace For Palestine concluded on September 22-23 in Ne Delhi (India). The very country whose spiritual leader Mahtama Gandhi was against the creation of a state for the European Jews – now could be about to give birth to a second Zionist state. The Conference was conference was jointly organized by the Committee for Solidarity with Palestine, Palestine BDS National Committee, All India Peace and Solidarity Organisation and other like-minded organisations. All the speakers emphasised that until the Israeli oppression of Palestine people ends, the much sought after 'two-state solution' will never get realised. The Conference gave a united call for academic and cultural boycott of Israel.

Saturday: 2 US Soldiers, 3 Iraqis Killed; 16 Iraqis Wounded Posted: 25 Sep 2010 01:41 PM PDT At least three Iraqis were killed and 16 others were wounded in new attacks. Separately, two U.S. soldiers were killed and a third one was injured during a non-combat event. Further underscoring the ongoing U.S. presence in Iraq, a leading Sunni cleric urged Arab leaders to boycott the Arab summit next March in Baghdad, in protest of this continuing U.S. occupation. The Iraqiya party, which won the most seats in March elections, reiterated their rejection of incumbent Nouri al-Maliki's return as prime minister. Meanwhile, Iraq's vice-presidents agreed to launch "brave initiatives" they believe could hasten the formation of the new government.

IAEA Adopts Atomic Weapons in the Middle East Posted: 25 Sep 2010 01:01 PM PDT The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA's) 54th General Conference of Member States concluded yesterday, Friday September 24 2010, in Vienna. The member states of the (IAEA) voted on a draft resolution introduced by the Arab States calling for Israel to join the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The United States and its major allies, the European States and some small western countries, who called for a Middle East free from "weapons of mass destruction", allied themselves over the past three days by holding continuous meetings and gatherings outside the hall where the 54 IAEA General Conference was held at the UN headquarters in Vienna, in order to thwart the resolution introduced by the Arab States. Forty-six delegations voted in favor of the resolution, 51 against it and 23 others abstained from voting in the 151-member General Assembly of the IAEA.

Obama at the UN: The Arrogant Voice of Imperialism Posted: 25 Sep 2010 11:51 AM PDT President Barack Obama used his speech at the United Nations General Assembly Thursday to defend US wars and state terror abroad and to proclaim that the economic crisis has been resolved thanks to his Wall Street bailout. The US president received a noticeably tepid response from the assembled UN delegates. While in his first address to the body last year, he was able to pose as a fresh alternative to the crimes carried out by the Bush administration, by now it has become clear to most on the international stage that his administration's policies are largely in continuity with those of its predecessor.

Will Stuxnet Malware Be Used In False Flag Attack? Posted: 25 Sep 2010 11:09 AM PDT http://img.youtube.com/vi/S6bG8Db09sY/0.jpg Iran has admitted today that Stuxnet malware has infected its industrial computer system. "An IT official of Iran's mines and metals ministry told the Mehr news agency that 30,000 computers belonging to industrial units have already been infected by the virus," reports Deutsche Presse-Agentur today. "Mahmoud Alyaie told Mehr that the Iranian industrial control systems are made by Siemens and the Stuxnet is designed to attack exactly these systems and transfer classified data abroad."

Frost over the World - Bill Gates Posted: 25 Sep 2010 09:55 AM PDT The founder of Microsoft and the US' wealthiest man talks about faith, philanthropy and the technology that will change the future.

Rothschild and CIA Publications Attack "Constitution-worshipers" Posted: 25 Sep 2010 09:27 AM PDT The editors of the Economist have declared constitutionalists mentally ill. "Indeed, there is something infantile in the belief of the constitution-worshipers that the complex political arguments of today can be settled by simple fidelity to a document written in the 18th century," the editors wrote on September 23. "When history is turned into scripture and men into deities, truth is the victim." The Economist is owned by members of the Rothschild banking family of England. It is run by the Economist Group, a known CIA front.

The Listening Post - Kashmiris left out in the cold Posted: 25 Sep 2010 09:12 AM PDT On The Listening Post this week: Kashmiris are frozen out by mainstream media coverage after a summer of violence and the great new hope for independent press in Italy.

Race Supremacy: Revealing Hatred Posted: 25 Sep 2010 09:09 AM PDT Donning swastikas and brown shirts, or long white robes and hoods, the attendees of a white supremacist rally are without a doubt a disquieting and memorable sight. Coated with heavy symbolism that pierces deep into the darkest shadows of America's racial history, Klan members, neo-Nazis, and other right wing extremists are easily passed off by most as simply members of a "hate group". But in order to combat the existence of these organizations, we must first understand them. How do members of these groups acquire their beliefs? How does the white supremacist movement exist now, in a country where it is considered by many to be a relic of the past? And what are its goals for the future? On the other side of the coin, what is it like to be a victim of violence perpetrated by this movement? Or what is it like to attempt to infiltrate or monitor right wing extremism, despite the dangers? The film "Revealing Hate" will attempt to answer some of these questions, through telling the stories of those who have prosecuted, photographed, protested, infiltrated, and even participated in these organizations. Each individual's story, told separately in a vignette style, will shed more light on these philosophies that continue to run deep within the fringes of our society.

Inside Story - France and al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Posted: 25 Sep 2010 09:06 AM PDT France has vowed to mobilise all of its resources to free the French hostages held by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.

Intelligence Report Envisions "Designing Humans With Unique Abilities" Under Global Governance Regime Posted: 25 Sep 2010 08:59 AM PDT Recently a document was disclosed by the grace of the Freedom of Information Act entitled Global Governance 2025: At a Critical Juncture. The document, written by the American National Intelligence Council (NIC) and the European Union's Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), outlines the agenda from now to 2025 for global government. It discusses the many obstacles in the quest for achieving global government and discusses the possibility, the desirability, of "designing humans with unique physical, emotional, or cognitive abilities." "While not being policy prescriptive, the report shares a strong belief—as exemplified by multilateralist approaches of the US and EU governments to resolving global problems such as the recent financial crisis—that global challenges will require global solutions.", the document reads.

September 11: Towards a UN inquiry commission Posted: 25 Sep 2010 07:21 AM PDT On September 11, 2001 the world watched helplessly as the attacks that plunged the United States into mourning took place. Against all logic, the Bush Administration attributed them to an Islamist plot hatched by a group of fanatics inside a cave in Afghanistan. This accusation was exploited to justify a war against terrorism that was to start in Afghanistan and Iraq and extend, according to President Bush, to 60 countries.

PressTV-Comment with George Galloway-Viva Palestina Posted: 25 Sep 2010 07:14 AM PDT Viva Palestina 5 convoy is on its way. It has just landed in Greece. Press TV's Hassan al-Khatib is with the convoy. Egyptian government has made threats against the convoy and have said they will not allow him to land in Sinai. Let's watch and see what George Galloway and his viewers have to say about Viva Palestina.

Policy chaos, military muscle: Why US will never win Afghan war Posted: 25 Sep 2010 07:03 AM PDT With about 50 to 100 Al-Qaeda members in Afghanistan altogether, the US is spending over a billion dollars annually fighting each of them, estimated ex-marine officer Matthew Hoh, head of the Afghan Study Group. "One of the major problems with the US foreign policy is that we are not consistent," blamed Hoh, explaining that America is withdrawing troops from Iraq where the quantity of Al Qaeda members is many times higher than in Afghanistan.

9/11 – Obama lives in 'self-denial' Posted: 25 Sep 2010 06:46 AM PDT Ben Obama on Friday condemned as "hateful" and "excuseable" suggestions by Iranianian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that the US government may have been behind the September 11, 2001 attacks. Dr. Ahmadinejad's response to the 'self-denials' was that they should have the moral courage "to listen".

Euro Doom: Germany wants Deutschmark back Posted: 25 Sep 2010 06:11 AM PDT In spring indebted nations such as Greece, Portugal and Spain nearly dragged the Euro zone into the abyss. It was only a seven hundred and fifty billion Euro bailout package that maintained the shaky balance. But many experts still believe what we've witnessed, is the beginning of the end. Some of them have gathered in Berlin. RT's Laura Emmett talks to Jurgen Elsasser, one of the organizers of the Euro conference.

Arabs face discrimination in Israel Posted: 25 Sep 2010 04:59 AM PDT Discrimination faced by Palestinians living within Israel's borders remains one of the key sticking points in Middle East peace talks. Umm al-Fahm is a town made up almost entirely of Palestinian Israelis - those who found themselves within the new border when Israel was created in 1948. Israel's declaration of independence, the equivalent of a constitution, states that all citizens are equal but the one-fifth of the population who are Palestinian, believe they are less equal than others. Al Jazeera's Dan Nolan reports from Umm al-Fahm, Israel.

Obama speaks at the UN… Goodbye to peace Posted: 25 Sep 2010 03:52 AM PDT On marks out of ten for his speech to the UN on the subject of ending the conflict in and over Palestine that became Israel, I'd give President Obama minus five. Earlier this month (on 4 September) I wrote a piece with the headline Obama has signalled his coming complete surrender to Zionism and its lobby. That surrender, it seems to me, is now effectively a fait accompli.

Independent Committee of Experts on Gaza War Posted: 25 Sep 2010 03:02 AM PDT On September 21, the UN Human Rights Council's independent fact finding Committee issued its report titled, "No Safe Place," assessing "investigat(ions) and report(s) on violations of human rights law and international humanitarian law during" Operation Cast Lead.

US Could Be Alone as Europe Turns Inward Posted: 24 Sep 2010 11:00 PM PDT The relationship between Western Europe and the colonies that became the United States was complicated from the beginning, when the North American settlements were mere appendages of the European powers, and were drawn into their conflicts – King William III's and Queen Anne's wars, the French and Indian war involving the Iroquois, and then the American colonial revolt against England. Three decades later, the reprise of the war with England afforded the new United States an opportunity to rebuild its burned national capitol and the city of Washington. Today's relationship with Europe is again complicated, more complicated than many think because there is a slow but clear erosion, and growing distrust on both sides, produced by the American unwillingness to give up its assumption that the states of the European Union remain the respectful satellites they have been during most of the period since World War II. The situation of the colonial period is to a degree reversed, with America's European allies in reaction against America's imperial wars.

One and a Half Cheers for American Decline Posted: 24 Sep 2010 11:00 PM PDT Compare two assessments of the American future: In the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll in which 61 percent of Americans interviewed considered "things in the nation" to be "on the wrong track," 66 percent did "not feel confident that life for our children's generation will be better than it has been for us." (Seven percent were "not sure," and only 27 percent "felt confident.") But here was the polling question you're least likely to see discussed in your local newspaper or by Washington-based pundits: "Do you think America is in a state of decline, or do you feel that this is not the case?" Sixty-five percent of respondents chose as their answer: "in a state of decline."

The Terrorism Fraud Posted: 24 Sep 2010 11:00 PM PDT "Terrorism" has become the most abused word in the English language.  The fear of terrorism has driven explosive growth in the United States government, has led to two wars in the past ten years with possibly several more waiting in the wings, and has resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people.  Terrorism is a tactic, not an enemy.  It consists of attacking a largely civilian population to demoralize it and reduce its willingness to resist either an aggressor or an occupying power.  It has been used extensively in the twentieth century and so far into the twenty-first century because it is a force equalizer.  It enables a resistance movement or a group seeking a change in government to attack a much larger and more powerful opponent.  Because it has that ability to engage asymmetrically, one can expect that terror tactics will continue to be with us for the foreseeable future.

After Empire Posted: 24 Sep 2010 11:00 PM PDT The spring of 2003 may have been the high point of the American Empire. The very next year, the fiasco of the Iraq invasion prompted the self-described "neoliberal" Michael Lind to complain on the pages of Financial Times that Bush the Lesser's bumbling ways have ruined imperialism: "Neoliberalism, like neoconservatism, depended on the mystique of American power… Without US forces doing the heavy lifting in UN or Nato interventions, the ambitious neoliberal strategy of muscular internationalism becomes impossible."

Obama Knows the War is Dumb, but Prefers Power Over Peace Posted: 24 Sep 2010 11:00 PM PDT One thing that comes through clearly in Bob Woodward's new book, Obama's Wars, is the contempt felt by Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, toward President Barack Obama. One of Woodward's more telling vignettes has Petraeus, after quaffing a glass of wine during a flight in May, telling some of his staff that the administration was "[expletive] with the wrong guy."

It Is Official: The US Is A Police State Posted: 24 Sep 2010 11:00 PM PDT On September 24, Jason Ditz reported on Antiwar.com that "the FBI is confirming that this morning they began a number of raids against the homes of antiwar activists in Illinois, Minneapolis, Michigan, and North Carolina, claiming that they are 'seeking evidence relating to activities concerning the material support of terrorism.'" Now we know what Homeland Security (sic) secretary Janet Napolitano meant when she said on September 10: "The old view that 'if we fight the terrorists abroad, we won't have to fight them here'  is just that — the old view."  The new view, Napolitano said, is "to counter violent extremism right here at home."

Dissecting Obama's UN speech Posted: 24 Sep 2010 09:48 PM PDT Barack Obama, the US president, has urged countries in the United Nations to get behind Middle East peace efforts in an address at the UN General Assembly. But Ali Hasan Abunimah, a Palestinian-American journalist and co-founder of Electronic Intifada, an independent web site about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, said Obama's speech did not represent anything new. "That bodes very ill for the peace process that he's so invested in," Abunimah told Al Jazeera's Shihab Rattansi, speaking from the US state of Indiana. "Let's judge him not by what he says, but what he does."

"Why aren't the Bedouins treated like Jewish citizens?" Posted: 24 Sep 2010 08:17 PM PDT The Palestinian Bedouin village of al-Araqib was destroyed for the fifth time in two months on 13 September. Villagers and their supporters watched as it took less than an hour for three bulldozers and at least a hundred police officers to raze the entire community, located just outside of Beersheba in the Negev desert. Jillian Kestler-D'Amours interviews Ismael Abu Saad, Associate Professor at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the founder of the university's Center for Bedouin Studies and Development, about the history of Bedouin communities and Israeli policy in the region, and the strength of resistance in al-Araqib.

Press TV's Waqar Rizvi talks to Mark Dankof Ahmadinejad's Remarks Posted: 24 Sep 2010 07:58 PM PDT Press TV's Waqar Rizvi talks to Mark Dankof Ahmadinejad's Remarks

Alex Jones Talks About The ADL Attacking Him Posted: 24 Sep 2010 07:30 PM PDT Alex Jones Talks About The ADL Attacking Him

Aafia Siddiqui – Victim of Zionist justice Posted: 24 Sep 2010 05:07 PM PDT On September 23, a Zionist Jew Judge Richard Berman sentenced Pakistani citizen and mother of three Dr. Aafia Siddiqui to 86 year in prison. Dr. Aafia Siddiqui is MIT educated scientist and victim of rape at the hand of her captors, in Afghanistan and the US. After the sentencing, when her lawyer said that he will appeal against the verdict – she denounced the trail and said an appeal would be "a waste of time. I appeal to Allah". Now compare Berman's judgement with another Jew Judge Michael B. Mukasey (later promoted to become US Attorney General), who set free 140 Israelis arrested for espionage in the US (ABC News 20/20) after 9/11. How about the Jewish campaign in support of Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, the Iranian woman sentenced for adultery – proving that in American justice, being raped is a serious crime while having sex out of marriage is a 'civilized act'.

Feds Expand War On Terror, Raid Communist Antiwar Activists Posted: 24 Sep 2010 02:38 PM PDT Following the absurd hyperbole of senior Obama administration officials earlier this week warning that the CIA's Night of the Walking Dead cave dwellers will attempt small scale attacks against the United States, the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force dispatched SWAT teams to the homes of antiwar activists in Minneapolis and Chicago in order to keep alive and expand the terrorism mantra

Why an Underwear Bomber Trial with an Entrapment Defense Would be One of the Greatest Events in U.S. History Posted: 24 Sep 2010 11:15 AM PDT It has been nearly nine months since Lori and I were almost killed by the Underwear Bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. For the first few months, Lori and I were very vocal over the media blackout and corresponding cover up to the real story of the Christmas Day events. If anyone is not familiar with our experience, our story can be read here in this blog. For the past few months, we have chosen to sit back and watch as the trial, or lack thereof, plays out in the courthouse we regularly practice in. While the media blackout to the true events continues, the failed attack on our credibility has been replaced with deafening silence as to our eyewitness account. To us, this matter has never been about seeking vengeance against the Underwear Bomber. When taking our eyewitness account and adding it to the small amount of honest facts that have come out, one can only recognize the Underwear Bomber as a mere patsy. It is quite shocking that, thus far, the Underwear Bomber hasn't been forever silenced as other patsies that have come before him.

Friday: 1 Iraqi Killed, 13 Wounded Posted: 24 Sep 2010 10:13 AM PDT Updated at 7:55 p.m. EDT, Sept. 24, 2010 At least one Iraqi was killed and 13 more were wounded in light violence. Meanwhile, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari announced that full diplomatic ties with Syria will be resumed. Also, for the first time since the invasion of Iraq, more contractors have died in the country than have U.S. troops.

Even your best friends won't tell you Posted: 24 Sep 2010 10:09 AM PDT As I remember, that has been a headline for everything from bad breath to dandruff sufferers to those suffering from body odors. The headline was ideal shame-making for manufacturers of mouthwashes, dandruff shampoos, deodorants and antiperspirants. And now it applies to our purported worst enemy, the President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmedinejad. That is, he's telling us what none of our "best friends" in our government are saying, "that the American government may have been behind the 9/11 attack." After being greeted by a round of applause as he entered the U.N. General Assembly yesterday, September 23, Ahmedinejad was applauded again after his remarks. During his General Assembly address he called for a "U.N. fact finding group to investigate 9/11." I hope their findings (if a group should ever come about) won't be treated like the fact-finding results of Hans Blix, head of the UN's United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission. His claims of no WMD in Hussein's Iraq were ignored. As were the claims of orthodox Jewish Justice Richard Goldstone's report on Zionist overkill in Gaza.

Old media raises a fuss over web aggregators Posted: 24 Sep 2010 09:29 AM PDT It must sting a little bit for the "old media" to see the growing trend of news-and-information seekers going to websites like the Drudge Report, The Huffington Post, WorldNetDaily, Infowars and, dare I say it, Oklahoma Watchdog, when they seek hard-hitting news stories. Indeed that "sting" has chafed Leonard Downie Jr., the former executive editor and current vice president-at-large of The Washington Post. The Post, a paper that seems to live in the past, has a website that has been trounced by the more popular Huffington Post, a left-leaning news and entertainment website. HuffPo also blew past The New York Times website in terms of traffic earlier this year.

Clinton missing the big picture Posted: 24 Sep 2010 08:48 AM PDT In the coming week or so, the Obama administration will release its much-anticipated Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR), a new report instituted by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to benchmark and frame a new approach to managing international development budgets and objectives. Behind the scenes, a serious battle has raged between the administration's development czars – and interestingly, while Hillary Clinton ended up prevailing in most of the key contests, she has yet to put her stamp on a more effective approach to 21st century international development and hasn't yet upgraded her own department's growing but mostly ignored nation-stabilizing, smart power team.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: And now the hit pieces begin Posted: 24 Sep 2010 08:26 AM PDT Yesterday, at the annual United Nations General Assembly, the Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said in his address to the gathered world leaders that the "majority of the American people, as well as most nations and politicians around the world agree with this view" (that the attacks of September 11 2001 was an inside job). This not only causes the vast majority of the U.S. delegates to leave the hall in disgust, but it also causes the Main Stream Media to go into fits of panic as the news spreads that someone has the guts to stand up in the United Nations and say that the American Administration, under former President George W. Bush, committed the world's worst ever terrorist atrocity against their own citizens, and not only that, but that the majority of Americans know that they did it.

Who was behind the destruction of the WTC steel? Posted: 24 Sep 2010 08:11 AM PDT My forthcoming article focuses on the Mossad-run network behind the criminal destruction of the steel from the World Trade Center.  I have found that the network that arranged for the destruction of the steel - critical evidence from the crime scene - was organized by Israel's Mossad and their Zionist agents, the real culprits behind the false-flag terrorism that changed the world.

Congressional Food Fascism Legislation Posted: 24 Sep 2010 08:03 AM PDT On July 29, 2009, the House passed HR 2749: Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 "To amend the (1938 as amended) Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve the safety of food in the global market, and for other purposes." On March 3, 2009, S. 510: FDA Food Safety Modernization Act was introduced, the Senate's version of the House bill. It stalled after being assailed as anti-consumer and small farmer as well as failing to help food safety. In fact, like the House bill, it's cover for greater industry consolidation, destructive to consumer welfare.

The Mysterious Case of Iranian Nuclear Scientist Shahram Amiri. What was His Relationship to the CIA? Posted: 24 Sep 2010 08:02 AM PDT Iranian scientist Shahram Amiri disappeared in June of the last year in Saudi Arabia while on pilgrimage to Mecca. He left for Saudi Arabia on May 31st and his wife said that the last she heard from him was in a June 3 phone call.

Hamas versus Fatah: Impasse in the Peace Talks. Why Washington Says 'No': Hamas is Not Ready to be 'Engaged' Posted: 24 Sep 2010 07:34 AM PDT One key difference between Hamas and its rival, the Fatah movement in the West Bank, is that Hamas is accountable to a much more complex set of priorities and expectations. While Fatah is effortlessly co-opted, Hamas remains confined by ideological standards and the stringiest political space. Although, on one hand this represents Hamas' greatest strength, on the other it shows just how truly arduous is its political undertaking. The difference is relevant in light of the resumption of talks between Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington, followed by another round of talks in the Middle East. Both once more raised the question: can Israel and Fatah achieve peace without Hamas' involvement?

From Coexistence to Conquest: the international law origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict 1891 1949 Posted: 24 Sep 2010 07:30 AM PDT The Palestinian cause has been, and will remain the most important issue in the Arab world until it is resolved in accordance with international and humanitarian laws. Many people have approached the issue and have discussed it showing at times thought and knowledge, at times not; it has been discussed both intellectually and as an ideological anomaly. As a result many who have looked at this issue have paid the price by depriving the issue of its humanity, cutting the past from its roots and shrouding the present in a manner that does not fit its status. With all its components, the Zionist movement forms a strange ideology, fuelled by those whose feelings have united with their objectives, as the book illustrates, historically, politically and legally.

Gold Breaks Psychological Barrier Posted: 24 Sep 2010 07:15 AM PDT Gold has continued its astronomical ascent, reaching a new record-breaking high of $1,300 an ounce today. This is the fourth day of record high gold prices. Earlier in the week, the precious metal surged after Federal Reserve boss Bernanke said the banksters will provide extra "monetary stimulus" to boost the collapsing economy.

Expose Senator Schumer and Israeli Terrorism! Posted: 24 Sep 2010 07:14 AM PDT http://img.youtube.com/vi/npkCXsjQv_o/0.jpgDr. David Duke exposes Senator Chuck Schumer's support of Israeli terrorism. David Duke shows how Sen. Schumer is clearly guilty of violation of the Patriot Act and should be indicted under its provisions. The former member of the House of Representatives in Louisiana also shows how the extremist Zionists have so much power in American media and politics Israel can practically get away with anything. Murdering thousands of men, women and children, mass torture, ethnic cleansing, massacres such as Sabra and Shatilla, shooting down a civilian airliner, the peace flotilla murders, and even terrorist acts against the United States!

UN report on flotilla raid blisters Israel Posted: 24 Sep 2010 06:16 AM PDT The extensive and meticulous investigative report by the UN Human Rights Council on Israel's May 31 raid on the Free Gaza flotilla was released yesterday. Interviewing 112 survivors (but forbidden by Israel from questioning any of its commandoes), the report devastates Israel's claim of innocence—further damaging her international reputation. Here are selected passages from the UN's high-drama, fast moving account, beginning with attack on the Mavi Mamara and ending with abuse and humiliations of survivors before deportation from Israel.

Abdel Nasser Amer's "Intelligent dreams" Posted: 24 Sep 2010 05:51 AM PDT Abdel Nasser Amer is an artist who lives and works in the city of Khan Younis in the occupied Gaza Strip. During Israel's 2008-09 winter invasion of Gaza, Amer's studio and some of his art were destroyed. Amer won a competition for a six-month residency with the Swiss Visual Artists Association in Neuchatel, Switzerland where he is working on his latest project, Rehaan (intelligent dreams). The Electronic Intifada contributor Adri Nieuwhof interviews Amer to discuss his life and work.

How Sudan muzzles its media Posted: 24 Sep 2010 05:49 AM PDT Friday's special UN summit on Sudan, held three months ahead of a referendum on independence for the self-governed south of the country, is likely dominate news reports in the African nation. But as Sudanese journalists report the details of the meeting, they will have to be very careful of what they say. Authorities in Sudan have been accused of a campaign of harrassment and intimidation against the media aimed at avoiding dissenting coverage, and as political tensions rise over the possible secession of the south, rights groups are warning that an already muzzled media could be slapped with further reporting restrictions.

After the "Journey": UN Humanitarian Coordinator asks War Criminal Tony Blair: Why is Iraq in such a Mess? Posted: 24 Sep 2010 05:13 AM PDT You do not know me. Why should you? Or maybe you should have known me and the many other UN officials who struggled in Iraq when you prepared your Iraq policy. Reading the Iraq details of your "journey", as told in your memoir, has confirmed my fears. You tell a story of a leader, but not of a statesman. You could have, at least belatedly, set the record straight. Instead you repeat all the arguments we have heard before, such as why sanctions had to be the way they were; why the fear of Saddam Hussein outweighed the fear of crossing the line between concern for people and power politics; why Iraq ended up as a human garbage can. You preferred to latch on to Bill Clinton's 1998 Iraq Liberation Act and George W Bush's determination to implement it.

90% Of People To Be Removed: A Timeline Of World Population Control Posted: 24 Sep 2010 04:38 AM PDT It's just unfortunate that those in power who want the New World Order and population reduction can help prevent aspartame from being banned, but we have to keep trying and keep warning. Like Dr. Maria Alemany told me in Barcelona who did the Trocho Study, proving the formaldehyde from the free methyl alcohol embalms living tissue and damages DNA), aspartame will kill 200 million, maybe already has. '

Jones: Israel-bashers are "scum" Posted: 24 Sep 2010 04:35 AM PDT In a recent Youtube clip, talk show host Alex Jones describes himself as the most influential leader of the Patriot/Tea Party revolt, next to Rep. Ron Paul. Many would disagree. Yet he inarguably has the power to influence and mislead many. A tactic of the intellectually dishonest is to mock or defame their opponent instead of responding to their facts. On Youtube, Jones can be heard repeatedly using this strategy to oppose critics of Israel. "What I want to say is this…I support Israel. It is their land…it is the UN that has declared them terrorists. The UN supports groups that want to dissolve Israel…" (Youtube: 'Alex Jones - "I Support Israel Its Their Land" Zionism') Jones ignores the 65 years of abuse of Palestinians and violations of international law that cause the UN to criticize Israel. He vilifies other critics of the Jewish state: "I watch these Nazi and anti-Israel groups. They're a bunch of scum."(Youtube: 'Alex Jones on Israel critics: "weak minded idiots"...')

Ahmadinejad and the 9/11 attacks Posted: 24 Sep 2010 03:39 AM PDT Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, has again managed to steal the global spotlight, after levelling a series of rhetorical attacks on the US and Israel - the "Zionist entity" in his words - during an address to the UN General Assembly. Specifically, he told world leaders on Thursday that the "majority of the American people, as well as most nations and politicians around the world agree" that "some segments within the US government orchestrated" the September 11, 2001, attacks in order to "reverse the declining American economy" and to justify US military operations in the Middle East to "save the Zionist regime".

Democrats Want to Shake Down Fast Food Industry Posted: 24 Sep 2010 02:48 AM PDT http://www.davidduke.com/images/ester.jpg Obama often appoints czars for this and that, but the First "Lady" has become a rajah of restaurants, dictating to the American eating-out trade what they can serve. A recent news article reports, "First lady Michelle Obama is prodding the nation's restaurants to add more healthy options to menus, label those items more prominently and market nutritious foods to kids. Speaking to the National Restaurant Association on Monday, Mrs. Obama pleaded with restaurants small and large to take a little butter or cream out of their dishes, use low fat milk and provide apple slices or carrots as a default side dish on the kids' menu."

Guilty As Charged: UN Report on Gaza Flotilla Massacre Posted: 24 Sep 2010 02:47 AM PDT On September 22, Reuters headlined the news, saying: "UN Experts Condemn Israel Attack on Gaza Flotilla" It explained that the UN Human Rights Council's (HRC) "panel of international experts" concluded what was obvious on day one - that Israel's international water attack "was unlawful and resulted in violations of human rights and international humanitarian law...."

Equality -- or Freedom? Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT If you would understand why America has lost the dynamism she had in the 1950s and 1960s, consider the new Paycheck Fairness Act passed by the House 256 to 162. The need for such a law, writes Valerie Jarrett, the ranking woman in Barack Obama's White House, is that "working women are still paid only 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man."

Have you noticed mainstream health news getting crazier lately? Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT Mark your calendars. This week goes down in history as the most bizarre health news weeks in the history of the mainstream media. I've noticed more truly strange and illogical health stories this week from the conventional press than ever before, and I'll share a few of those with you below.

Protect yourself from Alzheimer's disease with cinnamon Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT Degenerative mental diseases like Alzheimer's and dementia continue to ravish the lives of millions around the world. And to make matters worse, the financial burden of caring for dementia patients now tops one percent of the entire world's gross domestic product (GDP). But there are ways to help prevent and treat serious mental decline, including simply eating lots of cinnamon.

Where is Israel? Posted: 23 Sep 2010 07:38 PM PDT Here is something you're not likely to see on evening newscasts or in your hometown newspapers: A July 28, 2010 survey of Israeli religious school teachers, designed to gauge their level of education, was conducted by Yediot Ahronot, Israel's largest newspaper. The conclusions were shocking. Are you ready for the results? Hold on to your seat!

Judith McGeary: Animal ID and The Government Plan to Eliminate Small Farmers & Ranchers! 1/3 Posted: 23 Sep 2010 07:15 PM PDT Alex also talks with Judith McGeary, the Executive Director of FARFA. McGeary is an attorney and small farmer. She has a BS in Biology from Stanford University and her Juris Doctor from the University of Texas at Austin. After a clerkship with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, she practiced as an attorney doing a combination of administrative law, litigation, and appeals. She and her husband live on a small farm outside of Austin. Ms. McGeary talks to Alex about animal ID and the government plan to eliminate small farmers and restrict the healthy food choices of Americans. farmandranchfreedom.org www.infowars.com www.prisonplanet.tv Under the earlier plans for NAIS, each animal would have to be identified and physically tagged, in many cases with radio frequency tags or microchips. Factory farms of chickens and swine would be able to identify whole groups of animals with one number, but most regular farmers and individuals would have to identify each animal individually. "Events" in the animal's life would have to be reported within 24 hours. All of this information will be kept in databases by the state government or private companies, while the federal government will have the right to access the databases as it deems necessary.

Abbas – 'The double agent' Posted: 23 Sep 2010 06:15 PM PDT "Mahmoud Abbas is arguably the most extraordinary the double agent in the Middle East…. Most of what he does for Israeli and the US masters he does in plain sight," Jeffrey Blankfort When Fatah President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) called Israeli President Shimon Peres to wish him 'Happy Rosh Hashana' – Peres pleaded with Abbas to trust Benji Netanyahu, calling him the best 'negotiating partner' the Palestinians living under Jewish boots ever had. " Don't abandon the talks before peace is achieved. There is no one more suited than you to achieve peace for your people, and for the entire region," Peres told Abbas on the phone.

Frank Dikötter: Social Engineering Mao Style Posted: 23 Sep 2010 05:27 PM PDT Alex welcomes to the show Frank Dikötter, the author of Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe. Dikötter is Chair Professor of Humanities at the University of Hong Kong and Professor of the Modern History of China on leave from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

Why Mitchell Said 'No': Hamas is Not Ready to be 'Engaged' Posted: 23 Sep 2010 03:38 PM PDT One key difference between Hamas and its rival, the Fatah movement in the West Bank, is that Hamas is accountable to a much more complex set of priorities and expectations. While Fatah is effortlessly co-opted, Hamas remains confined by ideological standards and the stringiest political space. Although, on one hand this represents Hamas' greatest strength, on the other it shows just how truly arduous is its political undertaking.

Is the Mideast Peace Process a Charade? Posted: 23 Sep 2010 03:29 PM PDT A debate over the seriousness of the Middle East peace process was held in London, where six analysts argued for and against the motion that the current Israeli-Palestinian negotiations were merely a charade. Shlomo Ben-Ami, historian and former Israeli minister, expressed "serious doubts" on the validity of the negotiations, where both sides were in a "sate of indifference" and not ready to make any significant commitments.

Video of Missile Hitting the Pentagon Posted: 23 Sep 2010 03:25 PM PDT Whatever it was that struck the Pentagon, it was certainly not a large American Airlines airliner, and only a missile like that seen in the video could have penetrated three complete rings of the Pentagon, piercing round holes through six thick walls of concrete and masonry. The large hole seen in the video is the missile's exit hole in the sixth wall and this hole was not made by the fragile nose of an aluminum bodied aircraft, that's for sure.

Abbas and Bibi Need Help Posted: 23 Sep 2010 03:25 PM PDT Secretary of State Hillary Clinton must have been very disappointed when she returned home last week virtually empty handed. She was not able to announce that the Israeli and Palestinian leaders with whom she had 11 sessions had agreed on a formula for maintaining the moratorium on building new Israeli colonies in the occupied West Bank.  And all this despite the pleas of President Barack Obama and herself that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu extend the 10-month ban, even for a short period, on additional construction in the occupied Palestinian territories where some 500,000 Israeli colonialists had moved since the 1967 Arab-Israel war. The ban expires on September 26.

Press TV's Kaneez Fatima talks to James Morris on War in Afghanistan Posted: 23 Sep 2010 02:42 PM PDT Press TV's Kaneez Fatima talks to James Morris on War in Afghanistan

Israel's settlement industry under boycott pressure Posted: 23 Sep 2010 02:05 PM PDT Palestinian activists in the occupied West Bank have called for the boycott of the popular Rami Levy Israeli supermarket chain which has several stores inside Israel's illegal settlements. Activists say they will call on fellow Palestinians to "avoid supporting the occupation and settlements' economy by boycotting Israeli goods and settlement stores." A vigil was to be held today outside the Rami Levy store inside the Sha'ar Binyamin settlement south of Bethlehem, along Route 60 which connects Jerusalem to settlement blocs in the southern West Bank. Activists with the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee (PSCC) said in a press release that the chain is "popular among some Palestinian shoppers, attracting its clientele through cheap pricing" ("Palestinians to Call for Boycott of Israeli Goods in front of Settlement Supermarket," 22 September 2010).

Aafia Siddiqui Sentenced: A Grievous Miscarriage of Justice Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:51 PM PDT On September 23 in federal court, US District Court Judge Richard Berman sentenced political prisoner Aafia Siddiqui to 86 years in prison. Outrage most accurately expresses this gross miscarriage of justice, compounding what she's already endured following her March 30, 2003 abduction, imprisonment, torture, prosecution, and conviction on bogus charges.

Lessons of resistance from southern Lebanon Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:24 PM PDT In May 2000, after two decades of brutal Israeli rule and stiff resistance, the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon suddenly ended. The Israeli army fled in haste and within hours the South Lebanon Army (SLA) -- its local collaborator militia -- collapsed and many of its members also fled to Israel where they still live. Joyful Lebanese, including tens of thousands of displaced southerners, streamed home to the liberated lands. Much of the equipment left behind by Israel and its collaborators is now exhibited at a museum housed in a former Hizballah command center in the village of Mlita, in the heart of southern Lebanon.

Thursday: 12 Iraqis Killed; 12 Iraqis, 1 Foreign Contractor Wounded Posted: 23 Sep 2010 11:15 AM PDT Updated at 7:11 p.m. EDT, Sept. 23, 2010 Iraq's political deadlock was high on the agenda at the 7th Interior Ministers Meeting. The ministers of several neighboring countries acknowledged that Iraq's politics are an internal matter, but they also stressed a "regional need" for Iraq to seat its new government. Meanwhile, 12 Iraqis were killed and 12 more were wounded in new violence. A foreign contractor was also wounded.

Alex Jones on Israel critics–"weak minded idiots", "mentally ill" and "FBI agents" Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:51 AM PDT If–according to AJ, I am an "FBI agent", where's my badge, gun, health insurance and pension?

Does Honey-Trap Smear Suggest WikiLeaks is for Real? Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:00 AM PDT Is WikiLeaks for real? Gordon Duff says the real purpose of its Afghanistan leak was "to spread imaginary stories about Pakistan, the only nuclear power in the Middle East capable of standing up to Israel and the enemy of India." (WikiLeaks is Israel, Like We All Didn't Know.) Then why is Wikileaks founder Julian Assange still being smeared by some intel agency with power in Sweden?

Israel makes meeting another Arab a crime Posted: 23 Sep 2010 09:33 AM PDT A vague security offense of "contact with a foreign agent" is being used by Israel's secret police, the Shin Bet, to lock up Arab political activists in Israel without evidence that a crime has been committed, human rights lawyers alleged this week. The lawyers said the Shin Bet was exploiting the law to characterize innocent or accidental meetings between members of Israel's large Palestinian Arab minority and Arab foreign nationals as criminal activity.

US Pushes Worldwide Internet Site Blocking Bill Posted: 23 Sep 2010 09:32 AM PDT US lawmakers have introduced legislation that would allow the federal government to quickly block websites anywhere in the world if they are dedicated to sharing copyrighted music or other protected content. The "Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act" would empower the US Department of Justice to shut down, or block access to, websites found to be "dedicated to infringing activities." Sites that use domain names registered by a US-based company, or a top-level-domain administered by a US-based company, would find their internet addresses frozen.

The Global Systemic Crisis: Towards a Serious Breakdown of the World Economic and Financial System, Spring 2011 Posted: 23 Sep 2010 08:36 AM PDT As anticipated by LEAP/E2020 last February in the GEAB No. 42, the second half of 2010 is really characterized by a sudden worsening of the crisis marked by the end of the illusion of recovery maintained by Western leaders (1) and the thousands of billions swallowed up by the banks and the economic « stimulation » plans of no lasting effect. The coming months will reveal a simple, yet especially painful reality: the Western economy, and in particular that of the United States (2), never really came out of recession (3). The startling statistics recorded since summer 2009 have only been the short-lived consequences of a massive injection of liquidity into a system which had essentially become insolvent just like the US consumer (4). At the heart of the global systemic crisis since its inception, the United States is, in the coming months, going to demonstrate that it is, once again, in the process of leading the economy and global finances into the « heart of darkness » (5) because it can't get out of this « Very Great US Depression (6) ». Thus, coming out of the political upheavals of the US elections next November, with growth once again negative, the world will have to face the « Very Serious Breakdown » of the global economic and financial system founded over 60 years ago on the absolute necessity of the US economy never being in a lasting recession. Now the first half of 2011 will dictate that the US economy take an unprecedented dose of austerity plunging the planet into new financial, monetary, economic and social chaos (7).

Illuminati Dajjal Commercials Posted: 23 Sep 2010 08:26 AM PDT We've always believed that advertisements had the dual functions of 1-selling a product and 2-normalize attitudes, symbols and meanings. I am posting examples of this  here called "Illuminati Commercials". Here's a rather blatant one for a phone texting service. Notice the background behind the first guy…

Bin Ali Baba Tunisia's last bey? Posted: 23 Sep 2010 07:38 AM PDT What happens when money, coercion and blood ties become the potion of power? A 'state' is born. Not 'Tunis,' that place of congeniality and conviviality as its Arabic name suggests. Rather, a different 'Tunis,' a Tunis, which is run and owned by a club of rich and powerful families. That 'Tunis' today conjures up a disturbing political triad. 'Bin Ali Baba' is partly 'Papa Doc' partly Suharto reincarnate. Presidency for life, military background and nepotism, ingredients of misrule prevail as they did once in Haiti and Indonesia. The First Lady is almost the Philippines' Imelda Marcos incarnate. But instead of shoes, Madame Leila collects villas, real estate and bank accounts. Rule of the wealthy (plutocracy) is wedded to autocracy. The country is Tunisia. But this reality replicates itself in many an Arab 'republic'. Literally, republics without genuine or abundant republicans!!!

Peace talks and war fever Posted: 23 Sep 2010 06:43 AM PDT Two days ago, MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan hosted a 14-minute segment on Iran with journalist constitutional lawyer Glenn Greenwald and Clifford May, the neocon head of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Greenwald opposes confrontation with Iran and believes the case for war is utterly phony.  May is a war hawk on Iran, as he was on Iraq.  (He also supports any and all Israeli military actions.)

'Worse than Hitler': NY Intolerance or Ignorance to Ahmadinejad? Posted: 23 Sep 2010 06:29 AM PDT As discussion over Iran's nuclear program takes the floor at a UN meeting in New York, a media blitz against it has been launched in Manhattan. The main target of the costly ad campaign is President Ahmadinejad himself.

'I Worked For Osama Bin Laden' Posted: 23 Sep 2010 06:21 AM PDT RT gets an inside look of what it's like to work for the most wanted man on earth, Osama Bin-Laden. Noman Benotman reveals what was happening behind the scenes, and why he's now encouraging extremists to give up violence.

UN report into flotilla assault places the BBC in bad light Posted: 23 Sep 2010 05:10 AM PDT A report by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has concluded that Israel committed war crimes in its "clearly unlawful" assault on the Turkish-flagged vessel the Mavi Marmara at the end of May. The report was compiled by a team of four human rights experts who, according to the Guardian newspaper, "condemned the treatment of the passengers and crew as brutal and disproportionate". The Mavi Marmara was part of the Freedom Flotilla seeking to break the Israeli-led blockade of Gaza which, the report said, "is illegal because of the scale of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza". The UNHRC report said, "There is clear evidence to support prosecutions of the following crimes within the terms of article 147 of the Fourth Geneva Convention: wilful killing; torture or inhuman treatment; wilfully causing great suffering or serious injury to body or health." The attack by Israeli commandos took place while the ship was in international waters and nine unarmed Turkish civilians were killed by the soldiers; subsequent autopsies revealed that most had been shot at close range, described by witnesses as "executions". The UNHRC team believe that the evidence they amassed suggested that the assault was "disproportionate" and "betrayed an unacceptable level of brutality". This is in stark contrast to the example of some of the passengers who were able to disarm some of the commandos and empty their guns of ammunition when they were in a position to shoot the soldiers themselves.

Palestinian Economic Dependency on Israel Posted: 23 Sep 2010 04:42 AM PDT Shortly after the 1967 Middle East War, many economic boundaries for transactions between the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) and Israel collapsed: both labor and goods could flow freely from the OPT to Israel and vice versa.

We are the fools, not Lieberman Posted: 23 Sep 2010 04:00 AM PDT The Israeli Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, is the person who expresses most truthfully the feelings of most Israelis, or those of the government coalition parties in Tel Aviv. The man makes statements and demands that sound outrageous on first hearing, but soon turn into the policies and positions adopted by Israeli governments. Many disregarded Lieberman's demands for Arab recognition of Israel as the state of the Jews, and denounced his calls for the expulsion of all non-Jewish citizens. Such calls were, though, made frequently by the leader of the supposedly moderate Kadima Party, Tzipi Livni; were adopted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; and, later, persuaded US President Barack Obama and his Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of their validity.

Killing Palestinians with Impunity Posted: 23 Sep 2010 02:54 AM PDT With peace talks underway in Washington; Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt; Jerusalem; then New York, Israel, almost daily, commits crimes of war and against humanity. Some of the latest include: -- air strikes against Gaza, killing two Palestinian civilians in another one; -- peaceful protesters attacked in Gaza and the West Bank;

Israeli Demolitions in East Jerusalem, Tubas District Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:48 AM PDT Yesterday morning (21 September) Israeli forces, composed of a large team of bulldozers, border police and personnel from the Israeli Nature and Parks Authority, demolished several Palestinian-owned structures in the Khalet Al-'Ein area of At Tur in East Jerusalem.

Google Reports Israeli Infringement of Privacy Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:02 AM PDT On 25-26 October, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) will hold a conference in Jerusalem on "The evolving role of the individual in privacy protection: 30 years after the OECD Privacy Guidelines." The conference will be held in Jerusalem, following Israel's acceptance to the organization in May this year.

Senate bill 3767 seeks to put dietary supplement makers in prison for ten years (for telling the truth) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT Beware of Senate bill 3767, the so-called Food Safety Accountability Act. This dangerous legislation, if passed, would criminalize nutritional supplement manufacturers who tell the truth about their products or link to published scientific studies describing the biological benefits of their products. Based on language in the bill, health proponents who sell supplements could be criminalized and convicted to ten years in prison.

Avandia diabetes drug placed under severe FDA restrictions in US as European regulators ban it outright Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT The diabetes drug Avandia, shown to raise heart attack risk by 40 percent in a paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine, was banned today across many European countries in a coordinated global announcement. The FDA didn't quite ban the drug but placed it under severe restrictions that will all but guarantee the drug's sales in the United States drop to almost zero.

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