ATTENTIONES: ALL THE COMMENTARY IN RED IS WRITTEN BY THE MANIFESTO,. ALL THE TEXT IN WHITE IS SOMEBODY ELSE.:
Coming out of the Monster's mouth in order to win over the people. I see you using the term "status quo" Mr. Perry... those are the words of Ron Paul. You don't have 1 ounce of Ron Paul's epicness in your system bro.
If Social Security is a ponzi scheme, than the entire Government would be a ponzi scheme. If it was wrong from the beginning why has it existed to today? If the American people cannot save money for their own retirement, they do not deserve to retire. Scare the seniors, they are the ones that brought it upon themselves, why should our generation suffer!? Cut them a deal, and lets abolish Social Security.
The worst fire in Texas state history continued to rage Tuesday morning as officials estimated 1,000 homes had already burned in the past week. And where is Governor Perry? Playing thumb war with Mitt Romney at the debate last night. Our entire country will be in the same condition as Texas is if Perry gets elected.
The worst fire in Texas state history continued to rage Tuesday morning as officials estimated 1,000 homes had already burned in the past week. And where is Governor Perry? Playing thumb war with Mitt Romney at the debate last night. Our entire country will be in the same condition as Texas is if Perry gets elected.
Liberty, Security, and the Patriot Act
Since the 9/11 attacks, Americans have been told that a choice must be made between security and liberty. Frequently, it is suggested that there is a necessary balancing act between individual liberty and security, where enhancement of one is only possible at significant cost to the other. In the search for this elusive balance, commentators often cite Benjamin Franklin’s dictum that those who “give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” Liberty (let alone “essential liberty”) is not to be traded for safety (let alone “a little temporary safety”). At its core, Franklin’s maxim is correct. Security is not an end in itself, but rather a means to the greater end of liberty.
— John D. Ashcroft is former U.S. attorney general and Viet D. Dinh is a professor of law at Georgetown University. This is excerpted from the new Encounter book, Confronting Terror: 9/11 and the Future of American National Security.
[the next bit is from Anthongy Gregor of Independent Institute]
Congress is on the verge of extending the Patriot Act for another few years. Most Republicans have always supported doing so, although President Obama wanted a longer extension than even they proposed.
Obama wasn't always a big supporter of this Bush-era legislation that guts the Fourth Amendment among other quaint niceties. In 2003, he called the Act “shoddy and dangerous” and vowed as a Senator to vote against it. In 2006 he instead voted for a “compromise” that kept most of the Act in place.
Across the board, Obama has been a disaster on civil liberties, solidifying the Bush anti-terror state on warrantless wiretapping, detention policy, and surveillance; pushing for new federal controls of the internet; attacking financial privacy at every turn; and just generally aggrandizing the national police power. Without seeing the humor of it, many conservatives boast that now theat Obama is president he realizes how right Bush was about executive supremacy and violations of due process. Lord Acton said something about power corrupting that might explain the phenomenon. But surely, this man whom the conservatives rightly critique for his megalomaniacal power plays in the domestic economy would never champion broad presidential power in the war on terrorism for its own sake.
Yet what is more interesting than a politician's predictable flip-flop is a cultural question: Where has all the opposition gone? During the Bush years, the Patriot Act was seen as a symbol of all that was wrong with a lawless and predatory administration. The left regarded it as the embodiment of the presidential overreach and big-brother tactics of the Republicans. There are still many who are somewhat critical of the Act, but where is the urgency and outrage?
Part of it can be explained in terms of pure partisanship and political priorities. Left-liberal opponents of Bush's Patriot Act are so concerned with defending Obama, especially his domestic policy, that they have no time to notice much less loudly expose Obama's many similarities to the last president on almost every war on terror issue.
There is also a more insidious cultural and ideological dynamic at play. Let us remember than in 2001 we were assured both that the Patriot Act was necessary to fight the war on terrorism -- that without its tools, our national police and intelligence forces would be impotent and uncoordinated -- and, paradoxically, that the Patriot Act did not effect any revolution in law enforcement practices and only empowered the feds to do what they were already doing in the drug war. Not only does this demonstrate the amazing capacity of common Americans to swallow discordant propaganda; it reminds us that the Patriot Act was rammed through quickly after years of desensitization to other violations of the Fourth Amendment and depredations on our civil liberties. If not for the drug war -- whose extraconstitutional measures were assumed in this line of argument to be completely acceptable -- Americans would have likely never been acclimated to nearly the degree of heavy-handed police measures that were already typical in the republic before 9/11. Matters have become much worse, but American culture had already been warped so as not to resemble its earlier, more Jeffersonian character that embraced a cynicism and reflexive distrust toward the national government.
Ten years after the Patriot Act first passed, Americans are simply used to it. It is a fixture of federal power, hardly any more controversial than Social Security, the Department of Education, or the Marines. Some of us remember how drastic a shift away from liberty and toward power it seemed a decade ago, and some of us still resent it. But it is now a thoroughly bipartisan element to the war on terror. It is accepted federal policy. It is almost as accepted as death or taxes, and certainly less feared. Americans also accept such propaganda as the line that the Patriot Act has never been abused, that no one innocent has been hurt by it. To the contrary, the very first man convicted under the Act was sentenced to eighteen months for incorrectly filing for a state business license before continuing with his money transmitting business. He was no “terrorist,” just a minor offender of a technical non-crime. The absurdities and injustices have only piled up since then. On the other hand, when has the government ever shown us how the Patriot Act protects us?
But aside from some journalists and a few odd politicians, no one notices as the federal government and country once again accept as routine what was a few years ago regarded as revolutionary. It is, after all, difficult to maintain the proper level of outrage when the government strips us of our freedom at such a dizzying speed and frequency. But the erosion of the Fourth Amendment, the national security letters, the roving wiretaps, the sneak and peak warrants, the weakening of FISA's already permissive requirements, the invasive prohibition of carrying large sums of cash outside the country without permission, the enhanced police powers at the border, the snooping on financial, gun and other records, the redefinition of financial institutions to include a ludicrously large class of businesses -- these should be as offensive now as they ever were, even with the passing of time, the cascading of new political issues, and a fresh presidential poster boy heading up the questionable efforts against “terrorists” at the expense of our liberties.
— John D. Ashcroft is former U.S. attorney general and Viet D. Dinh is a professor of law at Georgetown University. This is excerpted from the new Encounter book, Confronting Terror: 9/11 and the Future of American National Security.
[the next bit is from Anthongy Gregor of Independent Institute]
Congress is on the verge of extending the Patriot Act for another few years. Most Republicans have always supported doing so, although President Obama wanted a longer extension than even they proposed.
Obama wasn't always a big supporter of this Bush-era legislation that guts the Fourth Amendment among other quaint niceties. In 2003, he called the Act “shoddy and dangerous” and vowed as a Senator to vote against it. In 2006 he instead voted for a “compromise” that kept most of the Act in place.
Across the board, Obama has been a disaster on civil liberties, solidifying the Bush anti-terror state on warrantless wiretapping, detention policy, and surveillance; pushing for new federal controls of the internet; attacking financial privacy at every turn; and just generally aggrandizing the national police power. Without seeing the humor of it, many conservatives boast that now theat Obama is president he realizes how right Bush was about executive supremacy and violations of due process. Lord Acton said something about power corrupting that might explain the phenomenon. But surely, this man whom the conservatives rightly critique for his megalomaniacal power plays in the domestic economy would never champion broad presidential power in the war on terrorism for its own sake.
Yet what is more interesting than a politician's predictable flip-flop is a cultural question: Where has all the opposition gone? During the Bush years, the Patriot Act was seen as a symbol of all that was wrong with a lawless and predatory administration. The left regarded it as the embodiment of the presidential overreach and big-brother tactics of the Republicans. There are still many who are somewhat critical of the Act, but where is the urgency and outrage?
Part of it can be explained in terms of pure partisanship and political priorities. Left-liberal opponents of Bush's Patriot Act are so concerned with defending Obama, especially his domestic policy, that they have no time to notice much less loudly expose Obama's many similarities to the last president on almost every war on terror issue.
There is also a more insidious cultural and ideological dynamic at play. Let us remember than in 2001 we were assured both that the Patriot Act was necessary to fight the war on terrorism -- that without its tools, our national police and intelligence forces would be impotent and uncoordinated -- and, paradoxically, that the Patriot Act did not effect any revolution in law enforcement practices and only empowered the feds to do what they were already doing in the drug war. Not only does this demonstrate the amazing capacity of common Americans to swallow discordant propaganda; it reminds us that the Patriot Act was rammed through quickly after years of desensitization to other violations of the Fourth Amendment and depredations on our civil liberties. If not for the drug war -- whose extraconstitutional measures were assumed in this line of argument to be completely acceptable -- Americans would have likely never been acclimated to nearly the degree of heavy-handed police measures that were already typical in the republic before 9/11. Matters have become much worse, but American culture had already been warped so as not to resemble its earlier, more Jeffersonian character that embraced a cynicism and reflexive distrust toward the national government.
Ten years after the Patriot Act first passed, Americans are simply used to it. It is a fixture of federal power, hardly any more controversial than Social Security, the Department of Education, or the Marines. Some of us remember how drastic a shift away from liberty and toward power it seemed a decade ago, and some of us still resent it. But it is now a thoroughly bipartisan element to the war on terror. It is accepted federal policy. It is almost as accepted as death or taxes, and certainly less feared. Americans also accept such propaganda as the line that the Patriot Act has never been abused, that no one innocent has been hurt by it. To the contrary, the very first man convicted under the Act was sentenced to eighteen months for incorrectly filing for a state business license before continuing with his money transmitting business. He was no “terrorist,” just a minor offender of a technical non-crime. The absurdities and injustices have only piled up since then. On the other hand, when has the government ever shown us how the Patriot Act protects us?
But aside from some journalists and a few odd politicians, no one notices as the federal government and country once again accept as routine what was a few years ago regarded as revolutionary. It is, after all, difficult to maintain the proper level of outrage when the government strips us of our freedom at such a dizzying speed and frequency. But the erosion of the Fourth Amendment, the national security letters, the roving wiretaps, the sneak and peak warrants, the weakening of FISA's already permissive requirements, the invasive prohibition of carrying large sums of cash outside the country without permission, the enhanced police powers at the border, the snooping on financial, gun and other records, the redefinition of financial institutions to include a ludicrously large class of businesses -- these should be as offensive now as they ever were, even with the passing of time, the cascading of new political issues, and a fresh presidential poster boy heading up the questionable efforts against “terrorists” at the expense of our liberties.
I love the Victoria Secret models just as much as the next guy, but why are they having so many appearances on "Fox and Friends"? Just how do they contribute to the news?
They where on the show this morning 9/8/2011 and I think last friday? Fox is trying to get more male viewers maybe? Well its working the manifesto's a huge fan of Fox news now.
[next bit is from the Huffington Post]
Victoria's Secret models Adriana Lima, Erin Heatherton, Lily Aldridge and Candice Swanepoel swung by "Fox & Friends" on Friday morning to play "Guess The Ingredients" in their new Bombshell fragrance. Their spot was admittedly a lot less awkward than the last time they stopped by the show--when three models were forced to talk about brassieres with Steven and Brain, no Gretchen--so when we caught up with the models in the afternoon at the Victoria's Secret store in SoHo, we asked them how they thought it went this time.
Referring to the awkward bra segment, Heatherton told The Huffington Post, "I think that it was kind of strange, in general, for men to be learning about bras from three beautiful women all done up and I think that when we run the show, it's a bit more interesting because we have more of the oomph, anyways."
"It was definitely a lot different having more of us girls than there are anchormen," Heatherton said of Friday's appearance. "So it was really fun having four of us and us kind of having the power in the situation."
Heatherton did mention that she is into politics, but when we asked her for her thoughts on Christine O'Donnell she said, "No comment."
We also asked the ladies what else they love at Victoria's Secret aside from the perfume they're shilling. Lima told The Huffington Post, "I am obsessed, I mean obsessed with this Victoria's Secret eyeliner, Dark Forest. It's black and it has a glimpse of green. At home, I'm with the baby and my husband was telling me, 'You've had this makeup on for five days.' I swear to God, I wash my face and I just keep adding on more and more. I love it."
[next bit is from the Huffington Post]
Victoria's Secret models Adriana Lima, Erin Heatherton, Lily Aldridge and Candice Swanepoel swung by "Fox & Friends" on Friday morning to play "Guess The Ingredients" in their new Bombshell fragrance. Their spot was admittedly a lot less awkward than the last time they stopped by the show--when three models were forced to talk about brassieres with Steven and Brain, no Gretchen--so when we caught up with the models in the afternoon at the Victoria's Secret store in SoHo, we asked them how they thought it went this time.
Referring to the awkward bra segment, Heatherton told The Huffington Post, "I think that it was kind of strange, in general, for men to be learning about bras from three beautiful women all done up and I think that when we run the show, it's a bit more interesting because we have more of the oomph, anyways."
"It was definitely a lot different having more of us girls than there are anchormen," Heatherton said of Friday's appearance. "So it was really fun having four of us and us kind of having the power in the situation."
Heatherton did mention that she is into politics, but when we asked her for her thoughts on Christine O'Donnell she said, "No comment."
We also asked the ladies what else they love at Victoria's Secret aside from the perfume they're shilling. Lima told The Huffington Post, "I am obsessed, I mean obsessed with this Victoria's Secret eyeliner, Dark Forest. It's black and it has a glimpse of green. At home, I'm with the baby and my husband was telling me, 'You've had this makeup on for five days.' I swear to God, I wash my face and I just keep adding on more and more. I love it."
The video FOX and CNN probably didn't air before the Elite offed' Benazir Bhutto
Bhutto speaks of an assassination attempt, etc. You were a revolutionary, and so was your father.
Be aware of a Possible False Flag Event
HAARP, Hurricane Irene and DC Earthquake Connected?
Kevin Hayden – TruthisTreason.net Some material originally written by Glenn Kreisberg, Spectrum Engineer
UPDATE in middle of article -
UPDATE II, showing anomalous “tuning fork” interference patterns in Irene -
New York City and Washington, DC experienced a rather powerful, shallow earthquake this afternoon, just as a category 1 hurricane is making its way towards the Eastern seaboard. While these two events seem to be completely seperate, I have a feeling that they could be connected. Follow me down this rabbit hole, if you will, in a short exercise in conspiracy theory building.
In 1997, US Secretary of Defense William Cohen made the following statement at a well-attended conference on weapons of mass destruction, “Others (terrorists) are engaging even in an eco-type of terrorism whereby they can alter the climate, set off earthquakes, volcanoes remotely through the use of electromagnetic waves….So, there are plenty of ingenious minds out there that are at work finding ways in which they can wreak terror upon other nations…It’s real, and that’s the reason why we have to intensify our own (counterterrorism) efforts.”
If you think about it, that’s actually a pretty ominous statement coming from a sitting Secretary of Defense!
And consider that if our government believed terrorists were engaging in these pursuits back in 1997, you can sure as well assume our government, for better or worse, is currently well along in pursuing these abilities as well.
Now, there is a gentleman named Richard C. Hoagland who knows something more about all of this. Hoagland is a scientific researcher with some clout. He was technical science adviser to Walter Cronkite during the Apollo missions, worked with Carl Sagan developing the message discs placed aboard Pioneer spacecraft and has had a close working relationship with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory for many years. Hoagland’s own independent research group is called The Enterprise Mission.
Hoagland claims, among other things, that after scouring hundreds of hours of satellite radar images from a variety of sources, he has documented a phenomenon which he believes is evidence that someone or something is affecting the path and intensity of tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean. As sci-fi as that sounds, the evidence is quite compelling. – via Glenn Kreisberg at http://www.grahamhancock.com/forum/KreisbergG2.php
Radar images of Hurricanes Ophelia from the Enterprise Mission website. http://www.enterprisemission.com/weblog/weblog.htm
Images originally from the University of Wisconsin MIMIC (Morphed Integrated Microwave Imagery at CIMSS)
The satellite image loops of the storm tracks indicate some anomalous and erratic behavior in the path and intensity of Hurricane Ophelia. They show Ophelia as a well-organized, strong category 1 storm off the southeast coast of the US. Over very warm, late season open water, the US Weather Service predicted a category 4 storm within 24 to 48 hours and the westerly path of the storm track had it headed for landfall along the mid-Atlantic coast.
Instead, in less than 12 hours, the storm had change course and dissipated completely. The radar image shows something very strange occurring to the storm. As the storm tracks west towards the coast, the satellite precipitation image reveals two extremely heavy, nearly parallel bands of precipitation emanating, in waves from the east, directly toward the eye of the storm. As these heavy bands of precipitation intensify over Hurricane Ophelia, the storm begins to change course, dissipate and is quickly extinguished. The effect is quite dramatic and not at all natural looking. The fact is, intensely heavy bands of cool rainfall falling on the eye of a well organized hurricane, through which the warm waters of the ocean below rise to provide energy and circulation to the hurricane, would have the effect of interfering with that energy flow and for all practical purposes, starving the storm of its fuel.
This is extremely similar to what was currently predicted for Hurricane Irene that is currently making its way up the East Coast. Until now. Coincidentally, the time frame leading up to Virginia/DC/New York area experiencing freak seismic activity, Hurricane Irene begins to weaken and move off course, avoiding its initial path of Havanna, inland Florida, the Carolinas, and eventually, the Washington, DC area. The newly projected paths show that it may barely clip the eastern coast, if at all. Just as Ophelia did when it threatened the same region. However, we have microwave imagery of Ophelia and later discovered the anomalous bands of energy and cold rain that pulled it away from the coastline. It is still yet to be determined with any certainty whether Hurricane Irene will continue out into the ocean and subside or will it regain its strength and head back inland? The forecasted path certainly changed to a large degree around the time of the earthquake, but I’m not ready to claim that it was altered. It’s merely an interesting parallel.
UPDATE – August 25th, 2011 :
Hurricane Irene's New Path - Aug 25th
It would appear that the hurricane has taken a drastic turn for the worse, ramping up to a category 3 and 4, with an altered path directly through Washington, DC and New York City as it tears up the Carolina coasts. I would be especially interested in finding some various imagery of the hurricane 12 hours before and 12 hours after the DC and Colorado quakes, namely in the microwave spectrum. Please keep in mind that I am merely pointing out the strange coincidences involved in the quakes, potential-HAARP interference patterns and likely outcomes. The technology exists to alter storms – both to diminish them and intensify them. So, if this storm poses such a concern for the global financial markets, national politics and major metropolitan infrastructures, then it could certainly be altered for a better outcome. Since it is in fact doing the complete opposite, I can only assume that it is engineered to do exactly that. We will see.
UPDATE II – August 26th, 2011 :
A reader directed me towards CIMSS, where they offer a microwave loop of Hurricane Irene. And on August 25th, from about 3:00 AM – 11:00 AM, we can see severe “tuning fork” interference patterns from the south-east. Is this merely a satellite artifact? A glitch in the rendering? Or did the satellite truly pick up that sort of activity, representing insanely heavy rains or wildly fluctuating temperatures… perhaps something more? These tuning fork bands are extremely pronounced, much more defined than the easterly forks that emanated from Hurricane Ophelia. Is this an example of the “pulsing energy” described in Tesla technology and in several research papers regarding HAARP? But just like Ophelia, as the tuning forks fade away, the storm starts tracking in a different direction.
Tuning Fork Interference Pattern - Hurricane Irene
See complete and animated imagery here:
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/real-time/marti/2011_09L/webManager/displayGifsBy12hr_06.html
Also, by checking HAARP’s own site, which offers readings of their magnetometer, we find these interesting variations -
Click to Enlarge - Time of DC Quake
Click to Enlarge - Time of Tuning Forks
End of Update II
Hoagland describes the dual heavy rain bands in Ophelia as taking on a “tuning fork” interference pattern that moves in lock step with the eye of the storm.
It is Hoagland’s contention “…based on the physics of these images that these bizarre ‘tuning fork’ patterns — note, geometrically aimed at the precise centers of these respective storms – are actually a “rainfall side-effect” of an unseen energy technology being applied to these respective storms … in an effort to decrease both their wind velocities, and to simultaneously alter the storms’ tracks themselves.”
As a Spectrum Engineer, I see some merit in this electro-magnetic “energy technology” explanation, but I believe Hoagland’s “rainfall side effect” may actually be the main desired effect, given that enough intense cold rain from above, on the storm, could act as a blanket on the storms fire and have the effect of the storm rapidly raining itself out. As I’m no meteorologist, this is mere speculation on my part.
But could this effect possibly be attained using electromagnetic waves? Consider that research indicates, and it’s not unlikely, certain frequencies of high intensity EM fields could have the ability to separate molecules or break up molecular compounds. This could be used for such things as say separating H2O from air allowing the water to fall. It seems this would be more plausible over open water than over land as water vapor levels and atmospheric conditions over large bodies of water would seem more conducive. – via Glenn Kreisberg at http://www.grahamhancock.com/forum/KreisbergG2.php
Furthermore, as many are starting to learn about, the HAARP facilities are a prime conspiratorial suspect in this potential disturbance in both seismic activity and hurricane intensity. Perhaps in an attempt to divert the hurricane, it caused an unintended, unusual earthquake in the region? Is it possibly due to the gas and oil firms fracturing the rock layers (fracking) in their efforts to find more resources? The earthquake is highly unusual, in and of itself, but there exists no evidence that it is directly involved. Merely speculation at this point.
I suppose we might never know, but I would be interested in seeing some of the microwave imagery of Hurricane Irene if it is available from the early hours of August 23rd, 2011, and look for any similar tuning-fork bands or rain sheers in geometric patterns. Ma
High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program HAARP has been met with controversy since the mid-1990s when the State Duma of Russia issued a press release written by international affairs and defense communities on HAARP and signed by 90 deputies: “The U.S. is creating new integral geophysical weapons that may influence the near-Earth medium with high-frequency radio waves … The significance of this qualitative leap could be compared to the transition from cold steel to firearms, or from conventional weapons to nuclear weapons. This new type of weapons differs from previous types in that the near-Earth medium becomes at once an object of direct influence and its component.”
For more information on HAARP – see HAARP.net or simply look for it as a keyword in your favorite search engine. There is plenty of information out there, some more sane than others.
“HAARP can zap the upper atmosphere with a focused and steerable electromagnetic beam. It is an advanced model of an “ionospheric heater.” (The ionosphere is the electrically-charged sphere surrounding Earth’s upper atmosphere. It ranges between 40 to 60 miles above the surface of the Earth.)”
In January of 2010, Hugo Chavez claimed that the United States had used HAARP-like technology to cause the Haiti earthquake.
The Latin American leader added that the US should “stop playing God.” Chavez said these “weapon earthquakes” would eventually be used against Iran and be taken over by the US military, notes Hip Hop Wired.
Although Chavez did not reveal his source, Press TV reported the Venezuelan media had stated that the earthquake may be associated with the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP), which has been accused of generating violent and disastrous changes in climate.
And from the book, Angels Don’t Play This Haarp: Advances in Tesla Technology:
“The $30 million [Pentagon] project, euphemistically named HAARP (High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program), is made to beam more than 1.7 gigawatts (billion watts) of radiated power into the ionosphere — the electrically charged layer above Earth’s atmosphere. Put simply, the apparatus is a reversal of a radio telescope — just transmitting instead of receiving. It will ‘boil the upper atmosphere’. After [heating] and disturbing the ionosphere, the radiations will bounce back onto the earth in for form of long waves which penetrate our bodies, the ground and the oceans.” [page 8]
“… this invention provides the ability to put unprecedented amounts of power in the Earth’s atmosphere at strategic locations and to maintain the power injection level, particularly if random pulsing is employed, in a manner far more precise and better controlled than heretofore accomplished by the prior art ….” [Page 28]
“… the goal is to learn how to manipulate the ionosphere on a more grand scale than the the Soviet Union could do with its similar facilities. HAARP would be the largest ionospheric heater in the world, located in a latitude most conducive to putting Eastlund’s invention into practice.” [Page 29]
Furthermore, from this northern latitude, the energy could be aimed into the ionosphere so that it would bounce back down to the earth wherever the engineers wanted it to come down. The secret was to learn how and where to aim it into the ionosphere in order to hit the earth in a particular location.
In a nutshell, this is the nucleus of the expertise required to control the weather and by some accounts – such as Defense Secretary William Cohen and Venezeulan President Hugo Chavez – create seismic activity or “earthquake weapons.” By pouring measured energy that has been focused into certain parts of the ionosphere, scientists can create all kinds of storms, such as hurricanes, thunderstorms, floods, tornadoes and even drought. China, Malayasia and Russia all openly admit to weather modification operations, including the creation of pinpoint hurricanes and heavy rainstorms.
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UPDATE in middle of article -
UPDATE II, showing anomalous “tuning fork” interference patterns in Irene -
New York City and Washington, DC experienced a rather powerful, shallow earthquake this afternoon, just as a category 1 hurricane is making its way towards the Eastern seaboard. While these two events seem to be completely seperate, I have a feeling that they could be connected. Follow me down this rabbit hole, if you will, in a short exercise in conspiracy theory building.
In 1997, US Secretary of Defense William Cohen made the following statement at a well-attended conference on weapons of mass destruction, “Others (terrorists) are engaging even in an eco-type of terrorism whereby they can alter the climate, set off earthquakes, volcanoes remotely through the use of electromagnetic waves….So, there are plenty of ingenious minds out there that are at work finding ways in which they can wreak terror upon other nations…It’s real, and that’s the reason why we have to intensify our own (counterterrorism) efforts.”
If you think about it, that’s actually a pretty ominous statement coming from a sitting Secretary of Defense!
And consider that if our government believed terrorists were engaging in these pursuits back in 1997, you can sure as well assume our government, for better or worse, is currently well along in pursuing these abilities as well.
Now, there is a gentleman named Richard C. Hoagland who knows something more about all of this. Hoagland is a scientific researcher with some clout. He was technical science adviser to Walter Cronkite during the Apollo missions, worked with Carl Sagan developing the message discs placed aboard Pioneer spacecraft and has had a close working relationship with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory for many years. Hoagland’s own independent research group is called The Enterprise Mission.
Hoagland claims, among other things, that after scouring hundreds of hours of satellite radar images from a variety of sources, he has documented a phenomenon which he believes is evidence that someone or something is affecting the path and intensity of tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean. As sci-fi as that sounds, the evidence is quite compelling. – via Glenn Kreisberg at http://www.grahamhancock.com/forum/KreisbergG2.php
Radar images of Hurricanes Ophelia from the Enterprise Mission website. http://www.enterprisemission.com/weblog/weblog.htm
Images originally from the University of Wisconsin MIMIC (Morphed Integrated Microwave Imagery at CIMSS)
The satellite image loops of the storm tracks indicate some anomalous and erratic behavior in the path and intensity of Hurricane Ophelia. They show Ophelia as a well-organized, strong category 1 storm off the southeast coast of the US. Over very warm, late season open water, the US Weather Service predicted a category 4 storm within 24 to 48 hours and the westerly path of the storm track had it headed for landfall along the mid-Atlantic coast.
Instead, in less than 12 hours, the storm had change course and dissipated completely. The radar image shows something very strange occurring to the storm. As the storm tracks west towards the coast, the satellite precipitation image reveals two extremely heavy, nearly parallel bands of precipitation emanating, in waves from the east, directly toward the eye of the storm. As these heavy bands of precipitation intensify over Hurricane Ophelia, the storm begins to change course, dissipate and is quickly extinguished. The effect is quite dramatic and not at all natural looking. The fact is, intensely heavy bands of cool rainfall falling on the eye of a well organized hurricane, through which the warm waters of the ocean below rise to provide energy and circulation to the hurricane, would have the effect of interfering with that energy flow and for all practical purposes, starving the storm of its fuel.
This is extremely similar to what was currently predicted for Hurricane Irene that is currently making its way up the East Coast. Until now. Coincidentally, the time frame leading up to Virginia/DC/New York area experiencing freak seismic activity, Hurricane Irene begins to weaken and move off course, avoiding its initial path of Havanna, inland Florida, the Carolinas, and eventually, the Washington, DC area. The newly projected paths show that it may barely clip the eastern coast, if at all. Just as Ophelia did when it threatened the same region. However, we have microwave imagery of Ophelia and later discovered the anomalous bands of energy and cold rain that pulled it away from the coastline. It is still yet to be determined with any certainty whether Hurricane Irene will continue out into the ocean and subside or will it regain its strength and head back inland? The forecasted path certainly changed to a large degree around the time of the earthquake, but I’m not ready to claim that it was altered. It’s merely an interesting parallel.
UPDATE – August 25th, 2011 :
Hurricane Irene's New Path - Aug 25th
It would appear that the hurricane has taken a drastic turn for the worse, ramping up to a category 3 and 4, with an altered path directly through Washington, DC and New York City as it tears up the Carolina coasts. I would be especially interested in finding some various imagery of the hurricane 12 hours before and 12 hours after the DC and Colorado quakes, namely in the microwave spectrum. Please keep in mind that I am merely pointing out the strange coincidences involved in the quakes, potential-HAARP interference patterns and likely outcomes. The technology exists to alter storms – both to diminish them and intensify them. So, if this storm poses such a concern for the global financial markets, national politics and major metropolitan infrastructures, then it could certainly be altered for a better outcome. Since it is in fact doing the complete opposite, I can only assume that it is engineered to do exactly that. We will see.
UPDATE II – August 26th, 2011 :
A reader directed me towards CIMSS, where they offer a microwave loop of Hurricane Irene. And on August 25th, from about 3:00 AM – 11:00 AM, we can see severe “tuning fork” interference patterns from the south-east. Is this merely a satellite artifact? A glitch in the rendering? Or did the satellite truly pick up that sort of activity, representing insanely heavy rains or wildly fluctuating temperatures… perhaps something more? These tuning fork bands are extremely pronounced, much more defined than the easterly forks that emanated from Hurricane Ophelia. Is this an example of the “pulsing energy” described in Tesla technology and in several research papers regarding HAARP? But just like Ophelia, as the tuning forks fade away, the storm starts tracking in a different direction.
Tuning Fork Interference Pattern - Hurricane Irene
See complete and animated imagery here:
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/real-time/marti/2011_09L/webManager/displayGifsBy12hr_06.html
Also, by checking HAARP’s own site, which offers readings of their magnetometer, we find these interesting variations -
Click to Enlarge - Time of DC Quake
Click to Enlarge - Time of Tuning Forks
End of Update II
Hoagland describes the dual heavy rain bands in Ophelia as taking on a “tuning fork” interference pattern that moves in lock step with the eye of the storm.
It is Hoagland’s contention “…based on the physics of these images that these bizarre ‘tuning fork’ patterns — note, geometrically aimed at the precise centers of these respective storms – are actually a “rainfall side-effect” of an unseen energy technology being applied to these respective storms … in an effort to decrease both their wind velocities, and to simultaneously alter the storms’ tracks themselves.”
As a Spectrum Engineer, I see some merit in this electro-magnetic “energy technology” explanation, but I believe Hoagland’s “rainfall side effect” may actually be the main desired effect, given that enough intense cold rain from above, on the storm, could act as a blanket on the storms fire and have the effect of the storm rapidly raining itself out. As I’m no meteorologist, this is mere speculation on my part.
But could this effect possibly be attained using electromagnetic waves? Consider that research indicates, and it’s not unlikely, certain frequencies of high intensity EM fields could have the ability to separate molecules or break up molecular compounds. This could be used for such things as say separating H2O from air allowing the water to fall. It seems this would be more plausible over open water than over land as water vapor levels and atmospheric conditions over large bodies of water would seem more conducive. – via Glenn Kreisberg at http://www.grahamhancock.com/forum/KreisbergG2.php
Furthermore, as many are starting to learn about, the HAARP facilities are a prime conspiratorial suspect in this potential disturbance in both seismic activity and hurricane intensity. Perhaps in an attempt to divert the hurricane, it caused an unintended, unusual earthquake in the region? Is it possibly due to the gas and oil firms fracturing the rock layers (fracking) in their efforts to find more resources? The earthquake is highly unusual, in and of itself, but there exists no evidence that it is directly involved. Merely speculation at this point.
I suppose we might never know, but I would be interested in seeing some of the microwave imagery of Hurricane Irene if it is available from the early hours of August 23rd, 2011, and look for any similar tuning-fork bands or rain sheers in geometric patterns. Ma
High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program HAARP has been met with controversy since the mid-1990s when the State Duma of Russia issued a press release written by international affairs and defense communities on HAARP and signed by 90 deputies: “The U.S. is creating new integral geophysical weapons that may influence the near-Earth medium with high-frequency radio waves … The significance of this qualitative leap could be compared to the transition from cold steel to firearms, or from conventional weapons to nuclear weapons. This new type of weapons differs from previous types in that the near-Earth medium becomes at once an object of direct influence and its component.”
For more information on HAARP – see HAARP.net or simply look for it as a keyword in your favorite search engine. There is plenty of information out there, some more sane than others.
“HAARP can zap the upper atmosphere with a focused and steerable electromagnetic beam. It is an advanced model of an “ionospheric heater.” (The ionosphere is the electrically-charged sphere surrounding Earth’s upper atmosphere. It ranges between 40 to 60 miles above the surface of the Earth.)”
In January of 2010, Hugo Chavez claimed that the United States had used HAARP-like technology to cause the Haiti earthquake.
The Latin American leader added that the US should “stop playing God.” Chavez said these “weapon earthquakes” would eventually be used against Iran and be taken over by the US military, notes Hip Hop Wired.
Although Chavez did not reveal his source, Press TV reported the Venezuelan media had stated that the earthquake may be associated with the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP), which has been accused of generating violent and disastrous changes in climate.
And from the book, Angels Don’t Play This Haarp: Advances in Tesla Technology:
“The $30 million [Pentagon] project, euphemistically named HAARP (High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program), is made to beam more than 1.7 gigawatts (billion watts) of radiated power into the ionosphere — the electrically charged layer above Earth’s atmosphere. Put simply, the apparatus is a reversal of a radio telescope — just transmitting instead of receiving. It will ‘boil the upper atmosphere’. After [heating] and disturbing the ionosphere, the radiations will bounce back onto the earth in for form of long waves which penetrate our bodies, the ground and the oceans.” [page 8]
“… this invention provides the ability to put unprecedented amounts of power in the Earth’s atmosphere at strategic locations and to maintain the power injection level, particularly if random pulsing is employed, in a manner far more precise and better controlled than heretofore accomplished by the prior art ….” [Page 28]
“… the goal is to learn how to manipulate the ionosphere on a more grand scale than the the Soviet Union could do with its similar facilities. HAARP would be the largest ionospheric heater in the world, located in a latitude most conducive to putting Eastlund’s invention into practice.” [Page 29]
Furthermore, from this northern latitude, the energy could be aimed into the ionosphere so that it would bounce back down to the earth wherever the engineers wanted it to come down. The secret was to learn how and where to aim it into the ionosphere in order to hit the earth in a particular location.
In a nutshell, this is the nucleus of the expertise required to control the weather and by some accounts – such as Defense Secretary William Cohen and Venezeulan President Hugo Chavez – create seismic activity or “earthquake weapons.” By pouring measured energy that has been focused into certain parts of the ionosphere, scientists can create all kinds of storms, such as hurricanes, thunderstorms, floods, tornadoes and even drought. China, Malayasia and Russia all openly admit to weather modification operations, including the creation of pinpoint hurricanes and heavy rainstorms.
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Alex Jones on the New World Order and Censorship! | Revolution is alive and well my friends [videos below]
[infowars.com june 20th, 2011]
Introducing the speech, fellow talk radio host Lionel explains how Alex has seized every broadcast medium possible and used it as a platform for the Infowar, including the legendary Google bomb, which prompted Google to change their whole algorithm process in a bid to stop Alex from making certain topics go viral through the power of his listeners. Lionel humorously emphasizes how people like Alex are pivotal in keeping alive the format of spoken word in an environment where millions of You Tube users with minuscule attention spans have little other interest than watching clips of a “a duck playing a piano”.
Alex Jones then commences his speech by discussing the how the landscape of communications is being transformed right now as the powers that be attempt to seize control of the Internet and strangle all alternative voices as a quickening towards technological singularity advances. However, with the establishment now so discredited and untrustworthy, Alex explains how their attacks are actually having blowback and making people turn to the alternative media to an even greater extent.
Alex addresses the assault on the First Amendment, down to the level of other major talk show hosts who publicly announced their refusal to attend the Talkers conference simply because Alex would be speaking, and passionately argues how free speech – a rare commodity in much of the world – is treated like toilet paper by a lot of Americans who believe themselves to be part of the crony establishment.
Alex then unveils the basic truth behind the growing popularity of his message – talk about real issues and do so from a position of honesty and veritas – ignore temptations to join the system and just become a parroter of the controlled consensus and the managed paradigm – become a maverick, look at issues from different perspectives and never follow the herd. Most of our readers are fully cognizant of this, but for a lot of the individuals in the Talkers audience listening to Alex’s speech, this would have been something of a revelation.
Introducing the speech, fellow talk radio host Lionel explains how Alex has seized every broadcast medium possible and used it as a platform for the Infowar, including the legendary Google bomb, which prompted Google to change their whole algorithm process in a bid to stop Alex from making certain topics go viral through the power of his listeners. Lionel humorously emphasizes how people like Alex are pivotal in keeping alive the format of spoken word in an environment where millions of You Tube users with minuscule attention spans have little other interest than watching clips of a “a duck playing a piano”.
Alex Jones then commences his speech by discussing the how the landscape of communications is being transformed right now as the powers that be attempt to seize control of the Internet and strangle all alternative voices as a quickening towards technological singularity advances. However, with the establishment now so discredited and untrustworthy, Alex explains how their attacks are actually having blowback and making people turn to the alternative media to an even greater extent.
Alex addresses the assault on the First Amendment, down to the level of other major talk show hosts who publicly announced their refusal to attend the Talkers conference simply because Alex would be speaking, and passionately argues how free speech – a rare commodity in much of the world – is treated like toilet paper by a lot of Americans who believe themselves to be part of the crony establishment.
Alex then unveils the basic truth behind the growing popularity of his message – talk about real issues and do so from a position of honesty and veritas – ignore temptations to join the system and just become a parroter of the controlled consensus and the managed paradigm – become a maverick, look at issues from different perspectives and never follow the herd. Most of our readers are fully cognizant of this, but for a lot of the individuals in the Talkers audience listening to Alex’s speech, this would have been something of a revelation.
US ECONOMY created zero Job Growth in August, 2011.
[source msnbc]
First time since 1945 that government has reported net monthly job change of zero
Employment growth ground to a halt in August, as sagging consumer confidence discouraged already skittish U.S. businesses from hiring, keeping pressure on the Federal Reserve to provide more monetary stimulus to aid the struggling economy. Nonfarm payrolls were unchanged last month, the Labor Department said Friday. It was the first time since 1945 that the government has reported a net monthly job change of zero. The August payrolls report was the worst since September 2010, while nonfarm employment for June and July was revised to show 58,000 fewer jobs.
Despite the lack of employment growth, the jobless rate held steady at 9.1 percent in August. The unemployment rate is derived from a separate survey of households, which showed an increase in employment and a tick up in the labor force participation rate.
While the jobs report underscored the frail state of the economy, the hiring slowdown probably will not be seen as a recession signal as layoffs are not rising that much.
A strike by about 45,000 Verizon Communications workers helped push employment in the information services down by 48,000. Allowing for the decline from the Verizon strike, private payrolls would have risen by 62,000.
First time since 1945 that government has reported net monthly job change of zero
Employment growth ground to a halt in August, as sagging consumer confidence discouraged already skittish U.S. businesses from hiring, keeping pressure on the Federal Reserve to provide more monetary stimulus to aid the struggling economy. Nonfarm payrolls were unchanged last month, the Labor Department said Friday. It was the first time since 1945 that the government has reported a net monthly job change of zero. The August payrolls report was the worst since September 2010, while nonfarm employment for June and July was revised to show 58,000 fewer jobs.
Despite the lack of employment growth, the jobless rate held steady at 9.1 percent in August. The unemployment rate is derived from a separate survey of households, which showed an increase in employment and a tick up in the labor force participation rate.
While the jobs report underscored the frail state of the economy, the hiring slowdown probably will not be seen as a recession signal as layoffs are not rising that much.
A strike by about 45,000 Verizon Communications workers helped push employment in the information services down by 48,000. Allowing for the decline from the Verizon strike, private payrolls would have risen by 62,000.
HAARP - Are we in a human induced "Earthquake War"?
For those of you unfamiliar with the HAARP program, I quote the following from their website: "HAARP is a scientific endeavor aimed at studying the properties and behavior of the ionosphere, with particular emphasis on being able to understand and use it to enhance communications and surveillance systems for both civilian and defense purposes. The HAARP program is committed to developing a world class ionospheric research facility consisting of: * The Ionospheric Research Instrument (IRI), a high power transmitter facility operating in the High Frequency (HF) range. The IRI will be used to temporarily excite a limited area of the ionosphere for scientific study. * A sophisticated suite of scientific (or diagnostic) instruments that will be used to observe the physical processes that occur in the excited region. Observation of the processes resulting from the use of the IRI in a controlled manner will allow scientists to better understand processes that occur continuously under the natural stimulation of the sun." This is a video that explains how HAARP can cause Major Earthquakes
Why wouldn't they?
"The United States Congressional record deals with the use of HAARP for penetrating the earth with signals bounced off of the ionosphere. These signals are used to look inside the planet to a depth of many kilometers in order to locate underground munitions, minerals and tunnels. The U.S. Senate set aside $15 million dollars in 1996 to develop this ability alone -- earth-penetrating-tomography. The problem is that the frequency needed for earth-penetrating radiation is within the frequency range most cited for disruption of human mental functions. It may also have profound effects on migration patterns of fish and wild animals which rely on an undisturbed energy field to find their routes. As if electromagnetic pulses in the sky and mental disruption were not enough, T. Eastlund bragged that the super-powerful ionospheric heater could control weather. Begich and Manning brought to light government documents indicating that the military has weather-control technology. When HAARP is eventually built to its full power level, it could create weather effects over entire hemispheres. If one government experiments with the world's weather patterns, what is done in one place will impact everyone else on the planet. Angels Don't Play This HAARP explains a principle behind some of Nikola Tesla's inventions -- resonance -- which affect planetary systems." (source) What isn't mentioned above is the fact that the earth has its own magnetic field. The Illuminati know this, and try to locate their Capitals on the grid where the field is the strongest, believing that the location makes communication with the Spirit World more intense. In fact, almost every city in the world builds its street grid following the "ley lines", or lines on the grid which have the greatest electromagnetic energy. Usually, in the United States, this is Main Street and State Street. Just look for the street where many churches and fortune tellers are located. So, HAARP takes huge amounts of energy directed at our ionosphere and bounces it back to earth. This disrupts the magnetic field and can cause a massive earthquake, like we just saw today in Chile. By the way, many of the recent earthquakes were preceded by colorful disruptions in the atmosphere characteristic of HAARP.
Bring the Troops Home, Begin Operation American Freedom, Protect our Borders, Cut/End/Reform Entitlement Programs as to prevent us from becoming like Europe, nourish and give rebirth to liberty! Ron Paul 2012
In a time when incentive to work is low and the American people need a new leader. Don't fall for the status quo again, we should learn from our past mistakes!
5 Questions for Rick Perry
Why is the media leaving out Ron Paul?
thank you John Stewart
Let's talk about that guy Rick Perry...
"Rick Perry represents the status quo...he'll pick up a lot of votes but he won't pick up the Ron Paul votes...he's going to dilute the establishment.." - Ron Paul (So HE'S JUST LIKE ALL OF THE OTHER CANDIDATES).
Great...Perry is putting the Fed on blast....however...where does he stand on civil liberties, WAR, and the liquidation of our debt?
Oil companies are backing up Rick Perry's campaign...
Bachmann is funny. Elvis died on August 16th, it's not his birthday sweetheart...
Government turns off Cell Phones in San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system...Free society...civil liberties...the constitution...what the hell is going on? What is big brother up to? Is this where we're headed?
The U.S. Federal Communications Communication (FCC) reportedly intends to investigate the Bay Area Rapid Transit system (BART) over the San Francisco-area public transportation system's recent shutdown of cellphone service at four stations in the face of a public protest.
BART cut cell phone services for several hours on Aug. 11 when a public demonstration began moving from station to station. The demonstrators were protesting the shooting of homeless man Charles Hill by BART police last month.
The move cut off cellphone service, including emergency calls, and outraged civil libertarians, who pointed out that it endangered public safety and stifled free speech.
It also sparked more protests, as well as an attack by hacker community Anonymous, which targeted a BART website.
It's possible that the cellular service shutdown contravened provisions of the Communications Act of 1934, which expressly prohibits local and state law enforcement agencies from jamming transmissions to thwart criminal and terrorist acts.
FCC spokesperson Neil Grace didn't respond to requests for comment by press time.
All Your Speech Are Belong to Us BART gave different explanations as to how it shut down cellular communications.
At first, it said it had approached wireless carriers directly and asked them to turn off service, but later, BART said its staff or contractors shut down power to the nodes and alerted the cell carriers.
BART says it owns and controls the underground cellphone network, which runs from Balboa Park Station through the Transbay Tube. It indicated that it shut down the service to essentially prevent a repeat of what had happened recently in England, where mobs used mobile communications to coordinate their riots.
Further, BART claimed that the shutdown only affected its stations and that cellphone service was not disrupted outside its stations. It also stated that intercoms and courtesy phones in areas where cellular service had been shut off continued to work.
BART spokesman Linton Johnson reportedly said that riders do not have the right to free speech inside the fare gates, and he indicated that cellular service might be cut again.
"BART should focus on keeping the trains running and the passengers safe," Rebecca Jeschke, a spokesperson for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, told TechNewsWorld. "It did not need to cut out phone service in order to do this."
While the cellular service shutdown might have stopped a protest, it cut off "a lot of other communication as well," Jeschke pointed out.
BART did not respond to requests for comment by press time.
Fallout From the Shutdown BART's cellular service shutdown prompted hacker community Anonymous to threaten retaliatory action.
Earlier this week, it made good on the threat, hacking into BART's servers. However, what it did next drew a degree of backlash -- it published the personal information of about 2,000 BART users in the database.
Did Anonymous shoot itself in foot with that move?
"This is collateral damage," Todd Feinman, CEO of Identity Finder, which discovered details about the personal information shortly after the Anonymous hack, told TechNewsWorld.
"Anonymous doesn't care who they hurt, they just want to get press," Feinman said. "They would've shot themselves in the foot if they hadn't got any press."
Anonymous also called for a peaceful protest against BART on Monday.
That protest was well attended and apparently went off without any reports of serious trouble, possibly because of the heavy police presence at the site. Video of this protest has been posted here.
The Cause of the Unrest The protests and the hacking of BART's website were sparked by the July shooting of homeless man Charles Hill at the BART Civic Center station. Hill was reportedly shot while wielding a knife, though witnesses claimed he could have been subdued by less lethal means.
The ensuing protests have caused the issue to grow into one involving free speech.
"The real question is, do we want government agencies to be able to shut down wide swaths of phone service on claims of a rumor that there might be a protest?" the EFF's Jeschke asked.
"I think it's pretty clear the answer to that is no," Jeschke said.
BART cut cell phone services for several hours on Aug. 11 when a public demonstration began moving from station to station. The demonstrators were protesting the shooting of homeless man Charles Hill by BART police last month.
The move cut off cellphone service, including emergency calls, and outraged civil libertarians, who pointed out that it endangered public safety and stifled free speech.
It also sparked more protests, as well as an attack by hacker community Anonymous, which targeted a BART website.
It's possible that the cellular service shutdown contravened provisions of the Communications Act of 1934, which expressly prohibits local and state law enforcement agencies from jamming transmissions to thwart criminal and terrorist acts.
FCC spokesperson Neil Grace didn't respond to requests for comment by press time.
All Your Speech Are Belong to Us BART gave different explanations as to how it shut down cellular communications.
At first, it said it had approached wireless carriers directly and asked them to turn off service, but later, BART said its staff or contractors shut down power to the nodes and alerted the cell carriers.
BART says it owns and controls the underground cellphone network, which runs from Balboa Park Station through the Transbay Tube. It indicated that it shut down the service to essentially prevent a repeat of what had happened recently in England, where mobs used mobile communications to coordinate their riots.
Further, BART claimed that the shutdown only affected its stations and that cellphone service was not disrupted outside its stations. It also stated that intercoms and courtesy phones in areas where cellular service had been shut off continued to work.
BART spokesman Linton Johnson reportedly said that riders do not have the right to free speech inside the fare gates, and he indicated that cellular service might be cut again.
"BART should focus on keeping the trains running and the passengers safe," Rebecca Jeschke, a spokesperson for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, told TechNewsWorld. "It did not need to cut out phone service in order to do this."
While the cellular service shutdown might have stopped a protest, it cut off "a lot of other communication as well," Jeschke pointed out.
BART did not respond to requests for comment by press time.
Fallout From the Shutdown BART's cellular service shutdown prompted hacker community Anonymous to threaten retaliatory action.
Earlier this week, it made good on the threat, hacking into BART's servers. However, what it did next drew a degree of backlash -- it published the personal information of about 2,000 BART users in the database.
Did Anonymous shoot itself in foot with that move?
"This is collateral damage," Todd Feinman, CEO of Identity Finder, which discovered details about the personal information shortly after the Anonymous hack, told TechNewsWorld.
"Anonymous doesn't care who they hurt, they just want to get press," Feinman said. "They would've shot themselves in the foot if they hadn't got any press."
Anonymous also called for a peaceful protest against BART on Monday.
That protest was well attended and apparently went off without any reports of serious trouble, possibly because of the heavy police presence at the site. Video of this protest has been posted here.
The Cause of the Unrest The protests and the hacking of BART's website were sparked by the July shooting of homeless man Charles Hill at the BART Civic Center station. Hill was reportedly shot while wielding a knife, though witnesses claimed he could have been subdued by less lethal means.
The ensuing protests have caused the issue to grow into one involving free speech.
"The real question is, do we want government agencies to be able to shut down wide swaths of phone service on claims of a rumor that there might be a protest?" the EFF's Jeschke asked.
"I think it's pretty clear the answer to that is no," Jeschke said.
Establishments running scared of Ron Paul - via infowars.com
[written by Kurt Nimmo]
Even the establishment newspaper, the Washington Post, is now sheepishly admitting the obvious – Ron Paul is a front-runner in the race for the GOP nomination. The Post is still in denial, however. It says Michele Bachmann will come out on top. It predicts Bachmann, Tim Pawlenty, and Paul will tussle to become winners of both the debates and the Ames Straw Poll scheduled for later today.
The establishment is running scared of Ron Paul. In the past, it either ignored or criticized Ron Paul and his dogged insistence that the United States follow the Constitution, eliminate the Federal Reserve, return fiscal sanity to Washington, and bring home the troops. Paul’s stand on these issues resonate deeply with the American people, although you wouldn’t know it if you read the New York Times or watch CNN and Fox News.
The desperation of the establishment over the grassroots popularity of Paul became obvious when the former senator from Pennsylvania, Rick Santorum, attacked him during the so-called debate in Iowa last night. Santorum, as a clueless establishment script-reader, should have realized that attacking Paul has the effect of underscoring and strengthening his pro-liberty philosophy. During a previous debate, Rudy Giuliani learned this painful lesson when he feebly tried to challenge Paul on 9/11.
The behavior of Newt Gingrich last night revealed just how pathetic the establishment is as it frantically tries to co-opt Paul’s message. The former speaker of the House said the Federal Reserve should be audited, something he would have never dared to say if not for the fact Paul has done a remarkable job in exposing the private banker cartel and millions of Americans are now demanding it be audited, if not dismantled outright. Gingrich is not opposed to the Federal Reserve. He is merely attempting to turn the cause into another promise broken by an establishment politician.
“Gingrich spoke of the poor monetary policy of the Fed going back to the 90′s,” writes the Washington Times today. “This was quite amusing because there isn’t any evidence that Newt Gingrich has even had a position on the Fed at all before this election cycle. The Speaker’s comments on the Fed were taken almost word for word from other speeches given by Dr. Paul.”
NO MORE HIDING.
None of it will work. Unless the establishment does something catastrophically evil, Ron Paul will gain the nomination and go up against Barry Soetoro, aka Barack Obama, and will take the election. Not even rigged Diebold voting machines will stand in his way.
Even the establishment newspaper, the Washington Post, is now sheepishly admitting the obvious – Ron Paul is a front-runner in the race for the GOP nomination. The Post is still in denial, however. It says Michele Bachmann will come out on top. It predicts Bachmann, Tim Pawlenty, and Paul will tussle to become winners of both the debates and the Ames Straw Poll scheduled for later today.
The establishment is running scared of Ron Paul. In the past, it either ignored or criticized Ron Paul and his dogged insistence that the United States follow the Constitution, eliminate the Federal Reserve, return fiscal sanity to Washington, and bring home the troops. Paul’s stand on these issues resonate deeply with the American people, although you wouldn’t know it if you read the New York Times or watch CNN and Fox News.
The desperation of the establishment over the grassroots popularity of Paul became obvious when the former senator from Pennsylvania, Rick Santorum, attacked him during the so-called debate in Iowa last night. Santorum, as a clueless establishment script-reader, should have realized that attacking Paul has the effect of underscoring and strengthening his pro-liberty philosophy. During a previous debate, Rudy Giuliani learned this painful lesson when he feebly tried to challenge Paul on 9/11.
The behavior of Newt Gingrich last night revealed just how pathetic the establishment is as it frantically tries to co-opt Paul’s message. The former speaker of the House said the Federal Reserve should be audited, something he would have never dared to say if not for the fact Paul has done a remarkable job in exposing the private banker cartel and millions of Americans are now demanding it be audited, if not dismantled outright. Gingrich is not opposed to the Federal Reserve. He is merely attempting to turn the cause into another promise broken by an establishment politician.
“Gingrich spoke of the poor monetary policy of the Fed going back to the 90′s,” writes the Washington Times today. “This was quite amusing because there isn’t any evidence that Newt Gingrich has even had a position on the Fed at all before this election cycle. The Speaker’s comments on the Fed were taken almost word for word from other speeches given by Dr. Paul.”
NO MORE HIDING.
None of it will work. Unless the establishment does something catastrophically evil, Ron Paul will gain the nomination and go up against Barry Soetoro, aka Barack Obama, and will take the election. Not even rigged Diebold voting machines will stand in his way.
Stand up for the Truth
"We are living in the age of Ron Paul" - Juan Williams
Ron Paul latest Iowa Debate
Restore sound money... booms and bust come from a failed monetary system...Liquidate Debt, don't bail out the people that are bankrupt and dump the debt on the people! PLEASE OPEN YOUR EYES AND EARS - NOW IS THE TIME - RON PAUL 2012
Mitt Romney slips up [Say's "Corporations are people"]
[adopted from ATS 11-8-2011 @ 05:06 PM by mossme89]
As many of you already know, Iowa is a big battleground state for the presidency. Today, there will be a big debate on Fox between the candidates (Ron Paul included). In the meantime, candidates held makeshift town halls, answering questions and trying to campaigning.
Mitt Romney is among those who are campaigning. Yet, he had a big slip-up. Today, when asked about cutting the deficit in regards to entitlements, he said in the heat of the moment: "Corporations are people."
Here's the video. Sorry about this, but it's from CBS, and they don't allow embedding, so you have to watch it on the YouTube site.
As many of you already know, Iowa is a big battleground state for the presidency. Today, there will be a big debate on Fox between the candidates (Ron Paul included). In the meantime, candidates held makeshift town halls, answering questions and trying to campaigning.
Mitt Romney is among those who are campaigning. Yet, he had a big slip-up. Today, when asked about cutting the deficit in regards to entitlements, he said in the heat of the moment: "Corporations are people."
Here's the video. Sorry about this, but it's from CBS, and they don't allow embedding, so you have to watch it on the YouTube site.
The bit is at 2:02, but the whole video is very interesting to watch.
Here's another video from today's event, where Romney tries to dodge a question about rich paying their fair share, and just seems like an arrogant buffoon in the process:
Here's another video from today's event, where Romney tries to dodge a question about rich paying their fair share, and just seems like an arrogant buffoon in the process:
Looters are Losers
London riots: A look into the future and the now. [Arson, theft, looting, and assault are not revolutionary acts]
All this is just part of the illuminati show-soon in a country near you (and guess why they are trying to take your weapons. It”s pretty hard to cause chaos and destroy other people properties when people can defend yourself.)
When you are angry because you have no money and nothing to eat what will you do?
You will go to beat the shit out of the guys who are responsible: the elite.You will destroy the City of London ,the banks,the Politics the queen and her parasite family-but what did happen? They have attacked the middle class.They have destroyed companies and shops, and so they have destroyed jobs.
They have done exactly what the elite wants-destruction of middle class ,as the middle class is the machine that keeps a country independent and protects the people from banks and corporations. (Journalists paying other people for commiting crime is also nothing new-Zionazi Murdoch has shown them the way)
When you are angry because you have no money and nothing to eat what will you do?
You will go to beat the shit out of the guys who are responsible: the elite.You will destroy the City of London ,the banks,the Politics the queen and her parasite family-but what did happen? They have attacked the middle class.They have destroyed companies and shops, and so they have destroyed jobs.
They have done exactly what the elite wants-destruction of middle class ,as the middle class is the machine that keeps a country independent and protects the people from banks and corporations. (Journalists paying other people for commiting crime is also nothing new-Zionazi Murdoch has shown them the way)
Seal Team 6 Hoax...
Crash was an Inside Job? You connect the dots, here's the latest from Alex Jones.
Ron Paul can win in 2012!
He Can Win The Republican Nomination And Beat Barack Obama in 2012
From CNN’s Political Ticker:
Who does best against Obama? [Ron] Paul. The congressman from Texas, who also ran as a libertarian candidate for president in 1988 and who is well liked by many in the tea party movement, trails the president by only seven points (52 to 45 percent) in a hypothetical general election showdown. Huckabee trails by eight points, with Romney down 11 points to Obama. The poll indicates the president leading Gingrich by 17 points, Palin by 19, and Trump by 22 points. More…
As early as last year, Ron Paul would have gained 41% of the vote compared to Obama’s 42% – statistical dead heat. Among independents, Paul had an astonishing 47% to 28% edge over the president.
From CNN’s Political Ticker:
Who does best against Obama? [Ron] Paul. The congressman from Texas, who also ran as a libertarian candidate for president in 1988 and who is well liked by many in the tea party movement, trails the president by only seven points (52 to 45 percent) in a hypothetical general election showdown. Huckabee trails by eight points, with Romney down 11 points to Obama. The poll indicates the president leading Gingrich by 17 points, Palin by 19, and Trump by 22 points. More…
As early as last year, Ron Paul would have gained 41% of the vote compared to Obama’s 42% – statistical dead heat. Among independents, Paul had an astonishing 47% to 28% edge over the president.
Experts Speak Out [9/11 Truth]
[ AE911Truth.org ]
August 1, 2011
This is the trailer for the expert-packed feature length documentary by Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth – which premiers the week prior to September 11, 2001 around the world. Join 23 year Architect Richard Gage, AIA in this feature length documentary with cutting-edge 9/11 evidence from more than 50 top experts in their fields — high-rise architects, structural engineers, physicists, chemical engineers, firefighters, metallurgists, explosives experts, controlled demolition technicians, and more.
Help us to get out the evidence rapidly, before 9/11/11, about the destruction of the WTC high-rises on 9/11. See the AE911Truth Action Alert and share the trailer “Experts Speak Out” with family, friends, and associates.
August 1, 2011
This is the trailer for the expert-packed feature length documentary by Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth – which premiers the week prior to September 11, 2001 around the world. Join 23 year Architect Richard Gage, AIA in this feature length documentary with cutting-edge 9/11 evidence from more than 50 top experts in their fields — high-rise architects, structural engineers, physicists, chemical engineers, firefighters, metallurgists, explosives experts, controlled demolition technicians, and more.
Help us to get out the evidence rapidly, before 9/11/11, about the destruction of the WTC high-rises on 9/11. See the AE911Truth Action Alert and share the trailer “Experts Speak Out” with family, friends, and associates.
Truth about Debt
July 30, 2011
[credit to inflation.us]
NIA Exposes Debt Ceiling Truth
NIA hasn't written about the whole debt ceiling issue over the past few weeks because in our minds it is completely irrelevant. Our elected representatives in Washington along with the mainstream media have been wasting thousands of hours of time and hundreds of millions of dollars debating a topic that has no meaning at all. The President, Senate, and House of Representatives are putting on a show to make it look like they care about cutting spending and balancing the budget. Except for a select few elected representatives like Ron Paul who care about protecting the U.S. Constitution and preserving what little purchasing power the U.S. dollar still has left, every other politician in Washington is putting on a complete charade in order to trick their constituents into believing there is a difference between the proposals from the Republicans and Democrats.
While our incompetent and corrupt mainstream media has been proclaiming there are major differences between the two bills proposed by House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, NIA believes John Boehner might as well be a Democrat and Harry Reid could easily pass himself off as a Republican. There are absolutely no meaningful fundamental differences between Boehner's plan that was approved by the House of Representatives yesterday evening, before being killed by the Senate two short hours later, and Reid's bill, which was just rejected by the House today in a pre-emptive vote before the Senate even had a chance to vote on it.
Both bills are estimated to reduce the U.S. budget deficit by approximately $900 billion over the next 10 years. Of the $900 billion only about $750 billion are actual discretionary spending cuts with the rest being an expected reduction in interest payments on the national debt as a result of either bill passing. When you have an unstable fiat currency that is rapidly losing its purchasing power and could collapse at any time, it is impossible to accurately project what our budget deficits will be 5 or 6 years from now, let alone 9 or 10 years from today. As far as the next two fiscal years are concerned, both proposed bills from Boehner and Reid are estimated to only cut spending by a total of about $70 billion in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 combined.
The budget that former President Bush submitted to Congress in early-2007, projected the deficit to decline in each of the following four fiscal years. Not only did the deficit not decline the next four years in a row, but it nearly tripled in 2008 and from there more than tripled in 2009. Shockingly, Bush's budget actually projected a $61 billion surplus in fiscal year 2012, but instead we will have a budget deficit of $1.1 trillion based on President Obama's latest budget, which takes into account unrealistic GDP growth next year of 4.86%.
U.S. GDP growth for the first quarter of 2011 was just revised down yesterday by 81% from 1.91% to 0.36%. The advance estimate of second quarter GDP growth came in at 1.28%, well below the consensus estimate of 1.8%. NIA is going to really go out on a limb and predict that second quarter GDP growth will soon be revised downward as well. If this is the highest GDP growth the U.S. could muster after the Federal Reserve's $600 billion in QE2 money printing, this should prove once and for all that monetary inflation does not create real economic growth and employment.
The U.S. Treasury as of Thursday night had $51.6 billion in cash, with its cash position declining by $15.2 billion during the previous 24 hours. It expects to bring in $172.4 billion from August 3rd through August 31st in tax receipts, but is scheduled to pay out $306.7 billion during this time period for an estimated deficit of $134.3 billion. The U.S. is scheduled to make its next interest payment on the national debt on August 15th and it will equal approximately $30 billion. Over the last 9 months the U.S. has spent a total of $385.9 billion on interest payments on the national debt, which means it is on track to spend a record $514.5 billion this year on interest payments alone. Just a tiny 30 basis point increase in the interest rate on the national debt would totally wipe out the deficit reductions proposed by both Boehner and Reid.
The U.S. Treasury has been able to pay its bills in recent weeks by using many different accounting gimmicks. However, come Tuesday, there will be no more accounting tricks left to play and the U.S. won't be able to meet all of its obligations. Without a raise in the debt ceiling, the U.S. government will have to prioritize who it pays using the tax receipts coming in, which will probably include the $30 billion interest payment on the national debt (to avoid a default), $49.2 billion in Social Security payments, $50 billion in Medicare/Medicaid payments, $31.7 billion in defense payments, and $12.8 billion in unemployment benefits. With $23 billion of the $49.2 billion in Social Security payments due to be paid on August 3rd and $59 billion in t-bills due on August 4th, the U.S. Treasury's remaining cash balance could dissipate very quickly.
The 10-year bond yield reached a new 2011 low yesterday of 2.785%, its lowest level since November 30th of last year. It is approaching its record low of 2.08% from December of 2008 during the middle of the financial crisis. With threats of a U.S. debt default making headlines across the world, investors are once again rushing into U.S. bonds as a safe haven. It is almost as if the whole world has gone insane. The world is fearful of the U.S. government defaulting on its debt and not being able to pay off maturing bonds, so as a safe haven let's just all rush into the very asset that will soon be worthless due to either an honest default or default by inflation. The U.S. dollar bubble is the largest and longest running bubble in world history and U.S. bonds are currently mispriced big time.
U.S. dollar-denominated bonds should be the last asset in the world to benefit from fears of a U.S. debt default. One positive sign that NIA members are having success at spreading our message to the world is that gold reached a new all time high yesterday, rising $15 to $1,631 per ounce, with silver rising $0.31 to $40.10 per ounce. Thanks to the efforts of NIA members who worked tirelessly to spread the word about NIA's economic documentaries including 'Meltup', 'The Dollar Bubble', and 'Hyperinflation Nation', a larger percentage of the global population than ever before is educated about the global currency crisis that is ahead.
During the financial crisis of late-2008/early-2009, gold and silver prices declined along with all other assets. Today, NIA estimates that half of the world's investors seeking a safe haven are buying dollar-denominated assets like U.S. Treasuries and the other half are seeking safety in precious metals. By mid-2012, investors will most likely no longer look at U.S. bonds and other dollar-denominated assets as a safe haven. During future times of uncertainty, NIA believes that precious metals will receive nearly 100% of safe haven buying, just like the U.S. dollar received 100% of safe haven buying in late-2008/early-2009.
Once the debt ceiling is inevitably raised, the U.S. Treasury will have a lot of catching up to do in order to get its house in order, and we will likely see the largest amount of debt ever sold by the U.S. government in a single month. With QE2 having finished at the end of June, the U.S. will be relying on foreigners in these upcoming record Treasury auctions. In our opinion, we are likely going to see interest rates rise at an unprecedented rate that will shock the world.
Don't believe the mainstream media's laughable claim that there is a shortage of U.S. Treasuries. It was just reported yesterday that Cambodia, one of the most rapidly growing emerging market economies with GDP growth this year of 6.5%, is moving away from the U.S. dollar, which currently accounts for 90% of their currency in circulation, in favor of its own currency the riel. NIA believes it is only a matter of time until China ends its currency peg with the U.S. dollar. The world is flooded with trillions of dollars in U.S. Treasuries that will soon have no buyers except the Federal Reserve. There is no chance of yields falling below record lows from December of 2008.
The mainstream media has been reporting all week that if the U.S. defaults on its debt as a result of a failure to raise the debt ceiling, it will be the first time that our nation has defaulted on its debt obligations. Most NIA members know that the real U.S. debt default already occurred in 1971 when President Nixon closed the gold window and stopped allowing foreign governments to convert their U.S. dollar holdings into gold. Since then, the U.S. currency system has been completely fiat and the national debt has increased by 3,400%.
For the past 40 years, the U.S. government has been running on fumes left over from when countries were able to convert their paper U.S. dollars into gold. The price of gold has increased by 3,900% during this time period, meaning the U.S. dollar has lost 97.5% of its purchasing power. Meanwhile, the median household income has only increased by 384%. In terms of gold, the median U.S. household is earning 87.9% less income today than they did in 1971. The U.S. debt default of 1971 was many times more significant than the pending debt default, because back then our foreign creditors expected to receive real money and not a piece of paper with no real value that we print. The average American family has experienced a dramatic decline in its standard of living since 1971. The U.S. dollar and its reserve currency status is currently serving as the last thread that is keeping our "house of cards" economy propped up.
The U.S. debt ceiling is very similar to a publicly traded company's authorized shares. When a public company consistently loses money like the U.S. government does, they print new shares just like the Federal Reserve prints dollars and when its total outstanding shares reach the shares authorized, the company's Board of Directors simply raises the shares authorized, which allows it to continue issuing shares and diluting shareholders. Since 1962, the U.S. has raised its debt ceiling 74 times. Any public company that needed to raise its authorized shares 74 times would likely have seen its stock price decline by 99.99% from above $10 to below 1 penny.
NIA is strongly against an increase in the debt ceiling because there are ways for our country to stay afloat and continue operating without getting deeper into debt. The U.S. is currently supposed to have 8,133.5 tonnes of gold reserves at Fort Knox. We don't know for sure if these gold reserves still exist because the last audit of our gold reserves took place in 1954 and we had the little minor issue of our real debt default in 1971. Assuming that all of our gold is still there, this gold is worth $426.5 billion at the present time, enough to cover our U.S. government's deficit spending for almost four whole months. The U.S. government also owns valuable land, buildings, monuments, and other types of Real Estate, that could also be worth hundreds of billions of dollars. Although we don't support selling all of our gold and Real Estate, if the U.S. government isn't going to implement real spending cuts that will lead to a balanced budget, we rather sell our assets than see the dollar-denominated savings and incomes of all Americans lose its purchasing power.
If we continue raising the debt ceiling and getting deeper into debt in order to pay back the debts we already have, we are defaulting on our debts through inflation. With gold at a record high of $1,631 per ounce, the market is clearly telling us that a default through inflation is coming. As the Chinese, Japanese, and our other creditors are paid back in U.S. dollars that are rapidly losing their purchasing power, they will be reluctant to increase their purchases of U.S. Treasuries in the future, which we desperately need them to do in order to fund our spending increases. With the Federal Reserve likely to become the Treasury buyer of last resort, the world will lose their confidence in the U.S. dollar and hyperinflation could potentially break out as soon as 2013.
NIA believes it is very likely that U.S. GDP will begin declining again in late-2011, which will officially put the U.S. in double-dip recession territory. In our opinion, the U.S. is still in the early stages of a hyperinflationary depression and the so-called economic recovery reported by the government and mainstream media has been completely phony and only due to misleading and manipulated economic statistics that don't factor in the real rate of U.S. price inflation. We expect Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to do everything in his power to avoid a double-dip recession at all costs.
By the end of 2011, we are confident that not only will we see QE3 under a new name, but the Fed will act to force banks to lend their $1.6 trillion in excess reserves. It is a joke that we are debating spending cuts of $70 billion over the next two years, when only very dramatic across the board spending cuts of 50% or more of the total budget will give the U.S. any hope of balancing the budget and avoiding hyperinflation. Best case scenario, if the U.S. government cuts spending by 50% or more in all areas of the budget including entitlement programs and is able to prevent hyperinflation, NIA still believes we will see the U.S. dollar lose 90% of its purchasing power this decade with the price of gold rising to above $16,000 per ounce.
[credit to inflation.us]
NIA Exposes Debt Ceiling Truth
NIA hasn't written about the whole debt ceiling issue over the past few weeks because in our minds it is completely irrelevant. Our elected representatives in Washington along with the mainstream media have been wasting thousands of hours of time and hundreds of millions of dollars debating a topic that has no meaning at all. The President, Senate, and House of Representatives are putting on a show to make it look like they care about cutting spending and balancing the budget. Except for a select few elected representatives like Ron Paul who care about protecting the U.S. Constitution and preserving what little purchasing power the U.S. dollar still has left, every other politician in Washington is putting on a complete charade in order to trick their constituents into believing there is a difference between the proposals from the Republicans and Democrats.
While our incompetent and corrupt mainstream media has been proclaiming there are major differences between the two bills proposed by House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, NIA believes John Boehner might as well be a Democrat and Harry Reid could easily pass himself off as a Republican. There are absolutely no meaningful fundamental differences between Boehner's plan that was approved by the House of Representatives yesterday evening, before being killed by the Senate two short hours later, and Reid's bill, which was just rejected by the House today in a pre-emptive vote before the Senate even had a chance to vote on it.
Both bills are estimated to reduce the U.S. budget deficit by approximately $900 billion over the next 10 years. Of the $900 billion only about $750 billion are actual discretionary spending cuts with the rest being an expected reduction in interest payments on the national debt as a result of either bill passing. When you have an unstable fiat currency that is rapidly losing its purchasing power and could collapse at any time, it is impossible to accurately project what our budget deficits will be 5 or 6 years from now, let alone 9 or 10 years from today. As far as the next two fiscal years are concerned, both proposed bills from Boehner and Reid are estimated to only cut spending by a total of about $70 billion in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 combined.
The budget that former President Bush submitted to Congress in early-2007, projected the deficit to decline in each of the following four fiscal years. Not only did the deficit not decline the next four years in a row, but it nearly tripled in 2008 and from there more than tripled in 2009. Shockingly, Bush's budget actually projected a $61 billion surplus in fiscal year 2012, but instead we will have a budget deficit of $1.1 trillion based on President Obama's latest budget, which takes into account unrealistic GDP growth next year of 4.86%.
U.S. GDP growth for the first quarter of 2011 was just revised down yesterday by 81% from 1.91% to 0.36%. The advance estimate of second quarter GDP growth came in at 1.28%, well below the consensus estimate of 1.8%. NIA is going to really go out on a limb and predict that second quarter GDP growth will soon be revised downward as well. If this is the highest GDP growth the U.S. could muster after the Federal Reserve's $600 billion in QE2 money printing, this should prove once and for all that monetary inflation does not create real economic growth and employment.
The U.S. Treasury as of Thursday night had $51.6 billion in cash, with its cash position declining by $15.2 billion during the previous 24 hours. It expects to bring in $172.4 billion from August 3rd through August 31st in tax receipts, but is scheduled to pay out $306.7 billion during this time period for an estimated deficit of $134.3 billion. The U.S. is scheduled to make its next interest payment on the national debt on August 15th and it will equal approximately $30 billion. Over the last 9 months the U.S. has spent a total of $385.9 billion on interest payments on the national debt, which means it is on track to spend a record $514.5 billion this year on interest payments alone. Just a tiny 30 basis point increase in the interest rate on the national debt would totally wipe out the deficit reductions proposed by both Boehner and Reid.
The U.S. Treasury has been able to pay its bills in recent weeks by using many different accounting gimmicks. However, come Tuesday, there will be no more accounting tricks left to play and the U.S. won't be able to meet all of its obligations. Without a raise in the debt ceiling, the U.S. government will have to prioritize who it pays using the tax receipts coming in, which will probably include the $30 billion interest payment on the national debt (to avoid a default), $49.2 billion in Social Security payments, $50 billion in Medicare/Medicaid payments, $31.7 billion in defense payments, and $12.8 billion in unemployment benefits. With $23 billion of the $49.2 billion in Social Security payments due to be paid on August 3rd and $59 billion in t-bills due on August 4th, the U.S. Treasury's remaining cash balance could dissipate very quickly.
The 10-year bond yield reached a new 2011 low yesterday of 2.785%, its lowest level since November 30th of last year. It is approaching its record low of 2.08% from December of 2008 during the middle of the financial crisis. With threats of a U.S. debt default making headlines across the world, investors are once again rushing into U.S. bonds as a safe haven. It is almost as if the whole world has gone insane. The world is fearful of the U.S. government defaulting on its debt and not being able to pay off maturing bonds, so as a safe haven let's just all rush into the very asset that will soon be worthless due to either an honest default or default by inflation. The U.S. dollar bubble is the largest and longest running bubble in world history and U.S. bonds are currently mispriced big time.
U.S. dollar-denominated bonds should be the last asset in the world to benefit from fears of a U.S. debt default. One positive sign that NIA members are having success at spreading our message to the world is that gold reached a new all time high yesterday, rising $15 to $1,631 per ounce, with silver rising $0.31 to $40.10 per ounce. Thanks to the efforts of NIA members who worked tirelessly to spread the word about NIA's economic documentaries including 'Meltup', 'The Dollar Bubble', and 'Hyperinflation Nation', a larger percentage of the global population than ever before is educated about the global currency crisis that is ahead.
During the financial crisis of late-2008/early-2009, gold and silver prices declined along with all other assets. Today, NIA estimates that half of the world's investors seeking a safe haven are buying dollar-denominated assets like U.S. Treasuries and the other half are seeking safety in precious metals. By mid-2012, investors will most likely no longer look at U.S. bonds and other dollar-denominated assets as a safe haven. During future times of uncertainty, NIA believes that precious metals will receive nearly 100% of safe haven buying, just like the U.S. dollar received 100% of safe haven buying in late-2008/early-2009.
Once the debt ceiling is inevitably raised, the U.S. Treasury will have a lot of catching up to do in order to get its house in order, and we will likely see the largest amount of debt ever sold by the U.S. government in a single month. With QE2 having finished at the end of June, the U.S. will be relying on foreigners in these upcoming record Treasury auctions. In our opinion, we are likely going to see interest rates rise at an unprecedented rate that will shock the world.
Don't believe the mainstream media's laughable claim that there is a shortage of U.S. Treasuries. It was just reported yesterday that Cambodia, one of the most rapidly growing emerging market economies with GDP growth this year of 6.5%, is moving away from the U.S. dollar, which currently accounts for 90% of their currency in circulation, in favor of its own currency the riel. NIA believes it is only a matter of time until China ends its currency peg with the U.S. dollar. The world is flooded with trillions of dollars in U.S. Treasuries that will soon have no buyers except the Federal Reserve. There is no chance of yields falling below record lows from December of 2008.
The mainstream media has been reporting all week that if the U.S. defaults on its debt as a result of a failure to raise the debt ceiling, it will be the first time that our nation has defaulted on its debt obligations. Most NIA members know that the real U.S. debt default already occurred in 1971 when President Nixon closed the gold window and stopped allowing foreign governments to convert their U.S. dollar holdings into gold. Since then, the U.S. currency system has been completely fiat and the national debt has increased by 3,400%.
For the past 40 years, the U.S. government has been running on fumes left over from when countries were able to convert their paper U.S. dollars into gold. The price of gold has increased by 3,900% during this time period, meaning the U.S. dollar has lost 97.5% of its purchasing power. Meanwhile, the median household income has only increased by 384%. In terms of gold, the median U.S. household is earning 87.9% less income today than they did in 1971. The U.S. debt default of 1971 was many times more significant than the pending debt default, because back then our foreign creditors expected to receive real money and not a piece of paper with no real value that we print. The average American family has experienced a dramatic decline in its standard of living since 1971. The U.S. dollar and its reserve currency status is currently serving as the last thread that is keeping our "house of cards" economy propped up.
The U.S. debt ceiling is very similar to a publicly traded company's authorized shares. When a public company consistently loses money like the U.S. government does, they print new shares just like the Federal Reserve prints dollars and when its total outstanding shares reach the shares authorized, the company's Board of Directors simply raises the shares authorized, which allows it to continue issuing shares and diluting shareholders. Since 1962, the U.S. has raised its debt ceiling 74 times. Any public company that needed to raise its authorized shares 74 times would likely have seen its stock price decline by 99.99% from above $10 to below 1 penny.
NIA is strongly against an increase in the debt ceiling because there are ways for our country to stay afloat and continue operating without getting deeper into debt. The U.S. is currently supposed to have 8,133.5 tonnes of gold reserves at Fort Knox. We don't know for sure if these gold reserves still exist because the last audit of our gold reserves took place in 1954 and we had the little minor issue of our real debt default in 1971. Assuming that all of our gold is still there, this gold is worth $426.5 billion at the present time, enough to cover our U.S. government's deficit spending for almost four whole months. The U.S. government also owns valuable land, buildings, monuments, and other types of Real Estate, that could also be worth hundreds of billions of dollars. Although we don't support selling all of our gold and Real Estate, if the U.S. government isn't going to implement real spending cuts that will lead to a balanced budget, we rather sell our assets than see the dollar-denominated savings and incomes of all Americans lose its purchasing power.
If we continue raising the debt ceiling and getting deeper into debt in order to pay back the debts we already have, we are defaulting on our debts through inflation. With gold at a record high of $1,631 per ounce, the market is clearly telling us that a default through inflation is coming. As the Chinese, Japanese, and our other creditors are paid back in U.S. dollars that are rapidly losing their purchasing power, they will be reluctant to increase their purchases of U.S. Treasuries in the future, which we desperately need them to do in order to fund our spending increases. With the Federal Reserve likely to become the Treasury buyer of last resort, the world will lose their confidence in the U.S. dollar and hyperinflation could potentially break out as soon as 2013.
NIA believes it is very likely that U.S. GDP will begin declining again in late-2011, which will officially put the U.S. in double-dip recession territory. In our opinion, the U.S. is still in the early stages of a hyperinflationary depression and the so-called economic recovery reported by the government and mainstream media has been completely phony and only due to misleading and manipulated economic statistics that don't factor in the real rate of U.S. price inflation. We expect Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to do everything in his power to avoid a double-dip recession at all costs.
By the end of 2011, we are confident that not only will we see QE3 under a new name, but the Fed will act to force banks to lend their $1.6 trillion in excess reserves. It is a joke that we are debating spending cuts of $70 billion over the next two years, when only very dramatic across the board spending cuts of 50% or more of the total budget will give the U.S. any hope of balancing the budget and avoiding hyperinflation. Best case scenario, if the U.S. government cuts spending by 50% or more in all areas of the budget including entitlement programs and is able to prevent hyperinflation, NIA still believes we will see the U.S. dollar lose 90% of its purchasing power this decade with the price of gold rising to above $16,000 per ounce.
House Panel Approves a Bill Forcing Internet Service Providers to log your web history...
[Written by Eric W. Dolan]
CNET reported the bill would require ISPs to retain customers' names, addresses, phone numbers, credit card numbers, bank account numbers, and temporarily-assigned IP addresses for 12 months.
The bill passed by a vote of 19 to 10, and is aimed at helping law enforcement track down pedophiles.
"The bill is mislabeled," Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), a senior member of the panel told CNET. "This is not protecting children from Internet pornography. It's creating a database for everybody in this country for a lot of other purposes."
The Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 (H.R. 1981) was sponsored by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) and Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
“When investigators develop leads that might result in saving a child or apprehending a pedophile, their efforts should not be frustrated because vital records were destroyed simply because there was no requirement to retain them," Smith said Thursday.
"This bill requires ISPs to retain subscriber records, similar to records retained by telephone companies, to aid law enforcement officials in their fight against child sexual exploitation."
The American Civil Liberties Union and 29 other organizations sent a letter (PDF) to Rep. Smith on July 27, claiming that "any data retention mandate is a direct assault on bedrock privacy principles."
"The data retention mandate in this bill would treat every Internet user like a criminal and threaten the online privacy and free speech rights of every American, as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have recognized," Senior Staff Attorney Kevin Bankston of the Electronic Frontier Foundation said.
"Requiring Internet companies to redesign and reconfigure their systems to facilitate government surveillance of Americans' expressive activities is simply un-American. Such a scheme would be as objectionable to our Founders as the requiring of licenses for printing presses or the banning of anonymous pamphlets."
The bill is supported by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the National Center for Victims of Crime, the National Sheriff’s Association, the Major County Sheriff’s Association, the International Union of Police Associations and the Fraternal Order of Police.
CNET reported the bill would require ISPs to retain customers' names, addresses, phone numbers, credit card numbers, bank account numbers, and temporarily-assigned IP addresses for 12 months.
The bill passed by a vote of 19 to 10, and is aimed at helping law enforcement track down pedophiles.
"The bill is mislabeled," Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), a senior member of the panel told CNET. "This is not protecting children from Internet pornography. It's creating a database for everybody in this country for a lot of other purposes."
The Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 (H.R. 1981) was sponsored by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) and Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
“When investigators develop leads that might result in saving a child or apprehending a pedophile, their efforts should not be frustrated because vital records were destroyed simply because there was no requirement to retain them," Smith said Thursday.
"This bill requires ISPs to retain subscriber records, similar to records retained by telephone companies, to aid law enforcement officials in their fight against child sexual exploitation."
The American Civil Liberties Union and 29 other organizations sent a letter (PDF) to Rep. Smith on July 27, claiming that "any data retention mandate is a direct assault on bedrock privacy principles."
"The data retention mandate in this bill would treat every Internet user like a criminal and threaten the online privacy and free speech rights of every American, as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have recognized," Senior Staff Attorney Kevin Bankston of the Electronic Frontier Foundation said.
"Requiring Internet companies to redesign and reconfigure their systems to facilitate government surveillance of Americans' expressive activities is simply un-American. Such a scheme would be as objectionable to our Founders as the requiring of licenses for printing presses or the banning of anonymous pamphlets."
The bill is supported by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the National Center for Victims of Crime, the National Sheriff’s Association, the Major County Sheriff’s Association, the International Union of Police Associations and the Fraternal Order of Police.
Oh really?
Old news is news
End the Fed since 88'
Is Norway being punished by the Powers that Be?
[Written by ATS.com user James Hawking]
NOTE: Norway bailed from the NATO affairs in Libya--
On the front page of BBC there's breaking news of a large explosion in Olso, Norway, near the government headquarters
Norway: Blast near prime minister's office in Oslo
www.bbc.co.uk...
What is Norway being punished for by The Powers That Be? (NWO/Bankers etc)
The first thing that comes to mind is this story from May
Norway block Bailout Aid To Greece, More Countries Like Finland May Follow
currency-blog.com...
Norway suspends payment to Greece
business.financialpost.com...
On BBC News yesterday there was a story warning against giving the Swine Flu Vaccine to children as it has been shown to cause Narcolepsy. In the article it says the research was carried out in Finland and Sweden, if anyone has any information which also links this to Norway please reply with it. A lot of very powerful people will be fuming that such an article was published on BBC News. The key reason for the Swine Flu vaccine was to damage developing ovaries using Polysorbate 80, so the whole idea is that children need to be receiving this vaccine to reduce the population on the long term. So far though, it would appear that the blast is most likely linked to the blocked bailout
NOTE: Norway bailed from the NATO affairs in Libya--
On the front page of BBC there's breaking news of a large explosion in Olso, Norway, near the government headquarters
Norway: Blast near prime minister's office in Oslo
www.bbc.co.uk...
What is Norway being punished for by The Powers That Be? (NWO/Bankers etc)
The first thing that comes to mind is this story from May
Norway block Bailout Aid To Greece, More Countries Like Finland May Follow
currency-blog.com...
Norway suspends payment to Greece
business.financialpost.com...
On BBC News yesterday there was a story warning against giving the Swine Flu Vaccine to children as it has been shown to cause Narcolepsy. In the article it says the research was carried out in Finland and Sweden, if anyone has any information which also links this to Norway please reply with it. A lot of very powerful people will be fuming that such an article was published on BBC News. The key reason for the Swine Flu vaccine was to damage developing ovaries using Polysorbate 80, so the whole idea is that children need to be receiving this vaccine to reduce the population on the long term. So far though, it would appear that the blast is most likely linked to the blocked bailout
China and Electromagnetic Pulse Weaponry
[Written by Bill Gertz]
China’s military is developing electromagnetic pulse weapons that Beijing plans to use against U.S. aircraft carriers in any future conflict over Taiwan, according to an intelligence report made public on Thursday.
Portions of a National Ground Intelligence Center study on the lethal effects of electromagnetic pulse (EMP) and high-powered microwave (HPM) weapons revealed that the arms are part of China’s so-called “assassin’s mace” arsenal – weapons that allow a technologically inferior China to defeat U.S. military forces.
EMP weapons mimic the gamma-ray pulse caused by a nuclear blast that knocks out all electronics, including computers and automobiles, over wide areas. The phenomenon was discovered in 1962 after an aboveground nuclear test in the Pacific disabled electronics in Hawaii.
The declassified intelligence report, obtained by the private National Security Archive, provides details on China’s EMP weapons and plans for their use. Annual Pentagon reports on China’s military in the past made only passing references to the arms.
Reports from organizations like the Center for Security Policy have confirmed that Electromagnetic Pulse, or EMP, weapons could potentially wipe out the entire infrastructure of the United States in a matter of seconds, the consequences of which may be the death of 9 out of 10 Americans within a period of one year after the blast. Many Senators, Congressman, and terrorism experts have said that EMP is the single biggest security threat the United States faces from foreign powers and terrorist organizations.
Research by EMPact America indicates that a properly deployed EM pulse weapon, or weapons, has the capability of wiping out and disabling the power grid across the lower 48 states.
The threat is serious, and it just got a whole lot worse.
SIDENOTE: DC treasonously sabotaged our economy with NAFTA to build up China with all the technology and production, leaving US unemployed. not getting as much in taxes they borrowed from China for BS foreign aggressions and a police state at home to protect themselves from the wrath of the people.
China’s military is developing electromagnetic pulse weapons that Beijing plans to use against U.S. aircraft carriers in any future conflict over Taiwan, according to an intelligence report made public on Thursday.
Portions of a National Ground Intelligence Center study on the lethal effects of electromagnetic pulse (EMP) and high-powered microwave (HPM) weapons revealed that the arms are part of China’s so-called “assassin’s mace” arsenal – weapons that allow a technologically inferior China to defeat U.S. military forces.
EMP weapons mimic the gamma-ray pulse caused by a nuclear blast that knocks out all electronics, including computers and automobiles, over wide areas. The phenomenon was discovered in 1962 after an aboveground nuclear test in the Pacific disabled electronics in Hawaii.
The declassified intelligence report, obtained by the private National Security Archive, provides details on China’s EMP weapons and plans for their use. Annual Pentagon reports on China’s military in the past made only passing references to the arms.
Reports from organizations like the Center for Security Policy have confirmed that Electromagnetic Pulse, or EMP, weapons could potentially wipe out the entire infrastructure of the United States in a matter of seconds, the consequences of which may be the death of 9 out of 10 Americans within a period of one year after the blast. Many Senators, Congressman, and terrorism experts have said that EMP is the single biggest security threat the United States faces from foreign powers and terrorist organizations.
Research by EMPact America indicates that a properly deployed EM pulse weapon, or weapons, has the capability of wiping out and disabling the power grid across the lower 48 states.
The threat is serious, and it just got a whole lot worse.
SIDENOTE: DC treasonously sabotaged our economy with NAFTA to build up China with all the technology and production, leaving US unemployed. not getting as much in taxes they borrowed from China for BS foreign aggressions and a police state at home to protect themselves from the wrath of the people.
Ex Astronaut varifies that ET's exist...
[Written by Lee Spiegel]
When former astronaut Story Musgrave addresses an expected huge throng of UFO believers in California next week, he'll delight the crowd when he tells them he believes we're not alone in the universe.
But then he's going to tell members of the Mutual UFO Network -- the largest UFO research organization in the world -- just what they don't want to hear: Earth has probably not been visited by extraterrestrials.
And that's bound to disappoint many of the paying crowd at the 42nd annual MUFON Symposium in Irvine, Calif. The gathering will feature nuclear physicist Stanton Friedman, former Air Force intelligence officer George Filer and other prominent UFO researchers.
"I'm going to tell them that, for me, and my interpretation of everything that's come my way, I cannot arrive at the idea that we have been visited -- either in the past or now," Musgrave told The Huffington Post.
When former astronaut Story Musgrave addresses an expected huge throng of UFO believers in California next week, he'll delight the crowd when he tells them he believes we're not alone in the universe.
But then he's going to tell members of the Mutual UFO Network -- the largest UFO research organization in the world -- just what they don't want to hear: Earth has probably not been visited by extraterrestrials.
And that's bound to disappoint many of the paying crowd at the 42nd annual MUFON Symposium in Irvine, Calif. The gathering will feature nuclear physicist Stanton Friedman, former Air Force intelligence officer George Filer and other prominent UFO researchers.
"I'm going to tell them that, for me, and my interpretation of everything that's come my way, I cannot arrive at the idea that we have been visited -- either in the past or now," Musgrave told The Huffington Post.
http://rt.com/usa/news/google-11-million-cocc/
UFO's may have caused power failure at Wyoming nuclear base...
[written by Daily Mail Reporter]
'They said the object was seen in the sky above the field, throughout the weekend, both during the (missile) disruption and the following day.' His witnesses claim the power outage lasted several hours longer than officials reported.
'I have detailed information about the events. The Air Force said this (missile) disruption lasted 59 minutes. It actually lasted the better part of 26 hours,' he said.
'It was intermittent and involved a very specific sequence of these five missile alert facilities going on and offline. I have all of that down to the most minute detail.'
They claim that since 1948, aliens have been hovering over UK and U.S. nuclear missile sites and deactivating the weapons - once even landing in a British base.
The men said they were encouraged not to speak to the media about their sightings.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2012406/UFO-cause-power-failure-Wyoming-nuclear-missile-base-say-technicians.html#ixzz1RYPUVJvP
'They said the object was seen in the sky above the field, throughout the weekend, both during the (missile) disruption and the following day.' His witnesses claim the power outage lasted several hours longer than officials reported.
'I have detailed information about the events. The Air Force said this (missile) disruption lasted 59 minutes. It actually lasted the better part of 26 hours,' he said.
'It was intermittent and involved a very specific sequence of these five missile alert facilities going on and offline. I have all of that down to the most minute detail.'
They claim that since 1948, aliens have been hovering over UK and U.S. nuclear missile sites and deactivating the weapons - once even landing in a British base.
The men said they were encouraged not to speak to the media about their sightings.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2012406/UFO-cause-power-failure-Wyoming-nuclear-missile-base-say-technicians.html#ixzz1RYPUVJvP
"How much did we invest in Egypt...$70 Billion dollars in 30 years...where'd that money go? ...into swiss bank accounts... Foreign aid is taking money from the poor people of a rich country, and giving that money to the rich people of a poor country..."
"Liberty comes from our Creator, it doesn't come from our government"
"He should get to the constitution, he doesn't have to be a constitutional lawyer, you take an oath to office to obey the constitution... you don't go to war without a declaration..." - Ron Paul
"He can do what he wants, he doesn't have to tell the congress..."
Ron Paul in 6/13/2011 Presidential Debate
"we should think about protecting our borders instead of the borders of Iraq and Afghanistan (on illegal immigrants/healthcare)...government does not have right to take land from individuals (on imminent domain)...I served 5 years in the military,
I've spent time over in Pakistan
Afghanistan and Iran, but
i wouldn't wait for my generals-
I'm the commander in chief,
i tell the generals what to do...
ill bring them home quickly as possible and I'd
get them out of Iraq as well and I
wouldn't start a war in Libya
I'd quit bombing Yemen, and Pakistan. id start
taking care of people here at home because
we could save hundreds of billions of dollars...
our national security is not enhanced with our
presence over there
we have no purpose there, we should
learn the lessons of history
..the longer we're there, the worse things are and
the more danger we are in, because our presence there is not making us any friends. (foreign policy)" - Ron Paul in 6/13/2011 Presidential Debate
I've spent time over in Pakistan
Afghanistan and Iran, but
i wouldn't wait for my generals-
I'm the commander in chief,
i tell the generals what to do...
ill bring them home quickly as possible and I'd
get them out of Iraq as well and I
wouldn't start a war in Libya
I'd quit bombing Yemen, and Pakistan. id start
taking care of people here at home because
we could save hundreds of billions of dollars...
our national security is not enhanced with our
presence over there
we have no purpose there, we should
learn the lessons of history
..the longer we're there, the worse things are and
the more danger we are in, because our presence there is not making us any friends. (foreign policy)" - Ron Paul in 6/13/2011 Presidential Debate
We must protect them, their forests, and leave them be...[sign the petition on the video object below - link is there]
[Written by Mark Johanson | June 23, 2011 11:45 AM EDT]
Just when you thought every nook and cranny of the globe was explored, news out of Brazil on Monday revealed a previously unknown tribe hidden deep in the jungle.
Brazilian authorities claim to have pinpointed the location of a community of ancient and uncontacted tribespeople in one of the most remote corners of the world's largest rainforest.
This indigenous Amazonian community was discovered after three small forest clearings were detected on satellite images, according to Fabricio Amorim, a regional coordinator for Brazil's indigenous foundation, Funai. Flyover expeditions commenced in April, confirming the community's existence.
The government agency, known by its Portuguese acronym Funai, uses airplanes to avoid disrupting isolated groups. Brazil has a policy of not contacting such tribes but working to prevent the invasion of their land to preserve their autonomy. Funai estimates 68 isolated populations live in the Amazon.
Four straw-roofed huts, flanked by banana trees and encircled in thick jungle are seen in photographs taken in the flyovers. The recently identified tribe, estimated at around 200 individuals, lives in these four structures and grows corn, bananas, peanuts, and other crops. According to Funai, preliminary observation indicates the population likely belongs to the pano language group, which extends from the Brazilian Amazon into the Peruvian and Bolivian jungle.
The community is near the border with Peru in the massive Vale do Javari reservation, which is nearly the size of Portugal and is home to at least 14 uncontacted tribes or around 2000 individuals. It is believed that this region is home to the greatest concentration of isolated groups not just in the Amazon, but the world.
Government officials seek to avoid direct contact with these groups, instead working to protect their lands from afar. However, some contact may become necessary. José Carlos Meirelles, a veteran Funai official who has spent more than two decades working in the Javari region, explained to the Guardian in 2009: "If this situation continues, contact will become inevitable, and it is better that it happens with us than with loggers or goldpanners."
Their culture and even their survival is threatened by illegal fishing, hunting, and mining in the area along with deforestation by farmers, missionary activity and drug trafficking along Brazil's borders. Yet, despite the threats, most of these groups maintain their distinct languages and traditions.
Check out this extraordinary film footage, narrated by movie star Gillian Anderson, that has launched Survival International's new campaign to protect some of the world's last uncontacted tribes.
Just when you thought every nook and cranny of the globe was explored, news out of Brazil on Monday revealed a previously unknown tribe hidden deep in the jungle.
Brazilian authorities claim to have pinpointed the location of a community of ancient and uncontacted tribespeople in one of the most remote corners of the world's largest rainforest.
This indigenous Amazonian community was discovered after three small forest clearings were detected on satellite images, according to Fabricio Amorim, a regional coordinator for Brazil's indigenous foundation, Funai. Flyover expeditions commenced in April, confirming the community's existence.
The government agency, known by its Portuguese acronym Funai, uses airplanes to avoid disrupting isolated groups. Brazil has a policy of not contacting such tribes but working to prevent the invasion of their land to preserve their autonomy. Funai estimates 68 isolated populations live in the Amazon.
Four straw-roofed huts, flanked by banana trees and encircled in thick jungle are seen in photographs taken in the flyovers. The recently identified tribe, estimated at around 200 individuals, lives in these four structures and grows corn, bananas, peanuts, and other crops. According to Funai, preliminary observation indicates the population likely belongs to the pano language group, which extends from the Brazilian Amazon into the Peruvian and Bolivian jungle.
The community is near the border with Peru in the massive Vale do Javari reservation, which is nearly the size of Portugal and is home to at least 14 uncontacted tribes or around 2000 individuals. It is believed that this region is home to the greatest concentration of isolated groups not just in the Amazon, but the world.
Government officials seek to avoid direct contact with these groups, instead working to protect their lands from afar. However, some contact may become necessary. José Carlos Meirelles, a veteran Funai official who has spent more than two decades working in the Javari region, explained to the Guardian in 2009: "If this situation continues, contact will become inevitable, and it is better that it happens with us than with loggers or goldpanners."
Their culture and even their survival is threatened by illegal fishing, hunting, and mining in the area along with deforestation by farmers, missionary activity and drug trafficking along Brazil's borders. Yet, despite the threats, most of these groups maintain their distinct languages and traditions.
Check out this extraordinary film footage, narrated by movie star Gillian Anderson, that has launched Survival International's new campaign to protect some of the world's last uncontacted tribes.
The Power Elite is Scared and Won't Go away quietly...
Happy Birthday Dalai Lama! 76 Years old, you rascal!
The Dalai Lama sat center stage with Martin Luther King III, son of the 1960’s civil rights advocate, and Arun Gandhi, grandson of the leader who helped gain Indian independence decades ago. All gave speeches praising the benefits of nonviolence, compassion, and world peace.
Both Gandhi and King talked about the roots of physical violence and the importance of rising above feelings such as intolerance, prejudice and anger.
“We have to become the change we wish to see in the world,” Gandi said, citing a famous quote belonging to his grandfather. “We have to transform ourselves,” Gandhi added.
The Dalai Lama then took the stage to talk about the importance of self-confidence, optimism and the triviality of material possessions, which he said are “shameful.” He also commented on his recent retirement from political leadership, saying that he had come to recognize the “hypocrisy” of his advocating for the separation of church and state while claiming leadership in both realms.
“Now I can tell people religious institutions and political institutions must be separate. My statement is now honest,” he declared.
The Dalai Lama finished the last half of his speech in Tibetan. The crowd was able to get in a quick happy birthday song before he departed the center at 12 p.m.
Meanwhile, outside the center, a group of hundreds took over Seventh Street Northwest and paraded from the center to the intersection of Seventh and Fourth.
“Every time when we get a chance, we’re really excited and happy to see him,” said Sonam Yangzom, a director for the Tibetan Association of Connecticut who traveled with about 100 others to celebrate the Dalai Lama’s birthday. Yangzom helped to hold up a large, light green banner that wished the Dalai Lama a happy birthday.
Many waved Tibetan and American flags as they paraded down the street.
Both Gandhi and King talked about the roots of physical violence and the importance of rising above feelings such as intolerance, prejudice and anger.
“We have to become the change we wish to see in the world,” Gandi said, citing a famous quote belonging to his grandfather. “We have to transform ourselves,” Gandhi added.
The Dalai Lama then took the stage to talk about the importance of self-confidence, optimism and the triviality of material possessions, which he said are “shameful.” He also commented on his recent retirement from political leadership, saying that he had come to recognize the “hypocrisy” of his advocating for the separation of church and state while claiming leadership in both realms.
“Now I can tell people religious institutions and political institutions must be separate. My statement is now honest,” he declared.
The Dalai Lama finished the last half of his speech in Tibetan. The crowd was able to get in a quick happy birthday song before he departed the center at 12 p.m.
Meanwhile, outside the center, a group of hundreds took over Seventh Street Northwest and paraded from the center to the intersection of Seventh and Fourth.
“Every time when we get a chance, we’re really excited and happy to see him,” said Sonam Yangzom, a director for the Tibetan Association of Connecticut who traveled with about 100 others to celebrate the Dalai Lama’s birthday. Yangzom helped to hold up a large, light green banner that wished the Dalai Lama a happy birthday.
Many waved Tibetan and American flags as they paraded down the street.
Minnesota Government Shutdown - hm..
By Rachel Weiner, Published: July 5 Talks between Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton (D) and Republican lawmakers Tuesday failed to reopen the state government, shut down five days ago because of wrangling over how to close a $5 billion budget gap.
Just another distraction...?
[written By Eryn Sun | Christian Post Reporter]
Casey Anthony’s defense team made a statement on Tuesday after their victory in court, where Anthony was found not guilty for first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, and aggravated manslaughter of child.
Defense attorney Cheney Mason harshly criticized the media and other lawyers for giving their baseless opinions on television and other outlets.
“Well I hope this is a lesson to those of you who have indulged in media assassination for three years, bias, prejudice, incompetent talking heads saying what would be and how be,” Mason angrily shared.
“I’m disgusted by lawyers who have done this. And my colleagues have condemned this whole process of lawyers getting on cases that they don’t know a damn thing about.”
Changing the tone dramatically, lead defense attorney Jose Baez took a rather somber approach and stated that there were no winners in this case, though he was ecstatic and happy for his defendant.
“What my driving force has been for the last three years has been always to make sure there has been justice for Casey and Caylee because Casey did not murder Caylee. It’s that simple,” Baez expressed.
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“Today, our system of justice has not dishonored her memory by a false conviction.”
Also stating that the case had been a lesson for everyone including the media and the criminal justice system, Baez pressed, “You cannot convict someone until they’ve had their day in court.”
All throughout the case, defense attorneys were trying to provide doubt to the state’s claims that Casey suffocated her daughter and dumped her body in the nearby woods in order to enjoy freedom from motherhood.
They brought in forensic experts who sought to oppose the state’s own witnesses who purported that the remains of 2-year-old Caylee Anthony indicated homicide and that the smell of human decomposition was present in Casey’s car.
Jurors were evidently convinced by the defense’s presentation that the defendant did not murder her child beyond a reasonable doubt, acquitting her of murder.
“We have the greatest constitution in the world and if the media and other members of the public do not respect it, it will become meaningless and today and yesterday on the 4th of July there was a breath of life in it.”
Baez also acknowledged the hard and commendable work of the prosecutors, praising Linda Drane Burdick as one of the best lawyers he had ever seen.
Even praising Jeff Ashton, whom he had on more than one occasion openly fought with in court, Baez stated, “Mr. Ashton is a fierce opponent.”
“I think the three of them have served the state of Florida very well.”
Taking advantage of his time, he also sought to express his opinion on the death penalty. Baez hoped that the case would serve as an example of why the death penalty does not work.
“We all need to stop and look and think twice about a country who decides to kill its own citizens. Murder’s not right no matter who does it whether it’s a ritual killing or someone becoming a victim in a drive-by shooting,” he added. “It’s disgusting and if this case gets any attention it should focus on that issue – that we need to stop trying to kill our own people.”
Concluding his long speech by giving thanks in Spanish to his family members and supporters, Baez said, “The best feeling I have today is when I go home and my daughter asks me, ‘What did you do today?’ I can say ‘I saved a life.’”
Defense attorney Dorothy Sims also expressed her thanks for the verdict on behalf of Casey.
Though given an opportunity to speak before the public, each member of the jury decided not to comment presently.
Casey, 25, was found guilty on four counts of lying to law enforcement and will receive her sentence Thursday morning. She may potentially face four years in jail.
Casey Anthony’s defense team made a statement on Tuesday after their victory in court, where Anthony was found not guilty for first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, and aggravated manslaughter of child.
Defense attorney Cheney Mason harshly criticized the media and other lawyers for giving their baseless opinions on television and other outlets.
“Well I hope this is a lesson to those of you who have indulged in media assassination for three years, bias, prejudice, incompetent talking heads saying what would be and how be,” Mason angrily shared.
“I’m disgusted by lawyers who have done this. And my colleagues have condemned this whole process of lawyers getting on cases that they don’t know a damn thing about.”
Changing the tone dramatically, lead defense attorney Jose Baez took a rather somber approach and stated that there were no winners in this case, though he was ecstatic and happy for his defendant.
“What my driving force has been for the last three years has been always to make sure there has been justice for Casey and Caylee because Casey did not murder Caylee. It’s that simple,” Baez expressed.
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“Today, our system of justice has not dishonored her memory by a false conviction.”
Also stating that the case had been a lesson for everyone including the media and the criminal justice system, Baez pressed, “You cannot convict someone until they’ve had their day in court.”
All throughout the case, defense attorneys were trying to provide doubt to the state’s claims that Casey suffocated her daughter and dumped her body in the nearby woods in order to enjoy freedom from motherhood.
They brought in forensic experts who sought to oppose the state’s own witnesses who purported that the remains of 2-year-old Caylee Anthony indicated homicide and that the smell of human decomposition was present in Casey’s car.
Jurors were evidently convinced by the defense’s presentation that the defendant did not murder her child beyond a reasonable doubt, acquitting her of murder.
“We have the greatest constitution in the world and if the media and other members of the public do not respect it, it will become meaningless and today and yesterday on the 4th of July there was a breath of life in it.”
Baez also acknowledged the hard and commendable work of the prosecutors, praising Linda Drane Burdick as one of the best lawyers he had ever seen.
Even praising Jeff Ashton, whom he had on more than one occasion openly fought with in court, Baez stated, “Mr. Ashton is a fierce opponent.”
“I think the three of them have served the state of Florida very well.”
Taking advantage of his time, he also sought to express his opinion on the death penalty. Baez hoped that the case would serve as an example of why the death penalty does not work.
“We all need to stop and look and think twice about a country who decides to kill its own citizens. Murder’s not right no matter who does it whether it’s a ritual killing or someone becoming a victim in a drive-by shooting,” he added. “It’s disgusting and if this case gets any attention it should focus on that issue – that we need to stop trying to kill our own people.”
Concluding his long speech by giving thanks in Spanish to his family members and supporters, Baez said, “The best feeling I have today is when I go home and my daughter asks me, ‘What did you do today?’ I can say ‘I saved a life.’”
Defense attorney Dorothy Sims also expressed her thanks for the verdict on behalf of Casey.
Though given an opportunity to speak before the public, each member of the jury decided not to comment presently.
Casey, 25, was found guilty on four counts of lying to law enforcement and will receive her sentence Thursday morning. She may potentially face four years in jail.
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you my friend owe $130,000.00 http://www.usdebtclock.org/
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7/4/2011
Happy 4th of July my fellow Americans!
[written by Mike Adams]
It’s the Independence Day weekend! Independence from what, you might ask? As even the somewhat revisionist history taught in public schools readily admits, July 4th is a celebration of independence from government tyranny under British rule.
And what kind of government tyranny, specifically? Well, the kind that involves warrantless searches of peoples’ homes, where government agents could just waltz right into your private home for no reason and conduct a search without even getting a court-issued warrant. That was a form of government terrorism waged against the people, and when the USA declared its independence from British rule, it adopted a new rule at home that specifically forbade such tyrannical government actions.
That rule is called The Fourth Amendment. It protects citizens from illegal searches and seizures undertaken by a tyrannical lawless government.
Yet, sadly, in just the last decade, the U.S. government has now thrown out the Fourth Amendment and is back to operating exactly like the British tyrants we defeated to earn our independence in the first place! Now in the United States, TSA agents at the airport conduct illegal searches of travelers on a routine basis, with no search warrants issued, no just cause and no legal justification whatsoever. The TSA has become to modern-day America what the British tyrants were to the colonials in the 18th century.
But it gets even better. Today, police in Indiana now have the court-affirmed “right” to conduct warrantless house-to-house searches without any just cause whatsoever. The state supreme court there has ruled that police no longer need warrants to break into private homes and search them for anything they want, at any hour, for any reason!
It’s the Independence Day weekend! Independence from what, you might ask? As even the somewhat revisionist history taught in public schools readily admits, July 4th is a celebration of independence from government tyranny under British rule.
And what kind of government tyranny, specifically? Well, the kind that involves warrantless searches of peoples’ homes, where government agents could just waltz right into your private home for no reason and conduct a search without even getting a court-issued warrant. That was a form of government terrorism waged against the people, and when the USA declared its independence from British rule, it adopted a new rule at home that specifically forbade such tyrannical government actions.
That rule is called The Fourth Amendment. It protects citizens from illegal searches and seizures undertaken by a tyrannical lawless government.
Yet, sadly, in just the last decade, the U.S. government has now thrown out the Fourth Amendment and is back to operating exactly like the British tyrants we defeated to earn our independence in the first place! Now in the United States, TSA agents at the airport conduct illegal searches of travelers on a routine basis, with no search warrants issued, no just cause and no legal justification whatsoever. The TSA has become to modern-day America what the British tyrants were to the colonials in the 18th century.
But it gets even better. Today, police in Indiana now have the court-affirmed “right” to conduct warrantless house-to-house searches without any just cause whatsoever. The state supreme court there has ruled that police no longer need warrants to break into private homes and search them for anything they want, at any hour, for any reason!
Operation Endgame - Blueprint for Global Enslavement [Old news never dies...]
[written by William Walbut]
This film was created in 2007 by Alex Jones, and in my opinion it is his best work. It focuses on the global elite, in particular the Bilderberg Group and their plans to eliminate ninety percent of the earth’s population. The documentary presents a huge amount of information regarding the global elite, and shows how the same global banking syndicates have financed both sides of every major war, going back to the late eighteenth century. The film points out how on the eighteenth of June 1815 Nathan Rothschild was able to steal control of the majority of wealth in Britain, through lies and fraud. Jones continues by showing how the Rothschild Family and other global financiers used World War I to turn the death of millions of people into a huge profit.
The information put forth in this film regarding World War II brings greater understanding to why this war was fought. Jones points out that the reason this conflict took place was that two separate factions of the New World Order were in disagreement on how their goal should be accomplished. The Fascists believed that a one world government should be achieved through a swift military conquest, and the socialist believed that this goal should be accomplished through slow incrementalism. At the end of the war the Fascists military conquest had been squashed, and the socialists plan was put into work.
In his film, Jones shows the effects of this incremental plan from the formation of the European Union to the attempted formation of an American Union in which Canada, the United States and Mexico would be combined into one super-state. As in his other films, Jones does an excellent job of showing official documents which prove that plans for this union are being put into motion.
The final portion of the film is dedicated to the eugenics programs that are prevalent in the U.S. and throughout the world today. The documentary points out how following World War II Joseph Mengele, who murdered thousands of Jews in the name of eugenics, was alleviated from prosecution and aloud to continue his work in Germany.
Jones also shows how eugenicists in many countries, including the United States, have been performing murderess experiments upon its unknowing citizens throughout recent history. Using direct quotes from members of the elite and prominent supporters of eugenics, Jones is able to bring to light the very disturbing fact that the people who control the world want to kill off ninety percent of us.
This is why it is so important that we as a nation stop pretending that we control our country and our government. We must face the fact that our entire society has been taken over by our mortal enemies. We must never give up our right to bear arms; instead every American needs to stock pile as many guns as possible, because we are not only in a battle for our wealth and freedom. The horrible truth is, unless you are in the chosen ten percent of the world’s population (destined to serve the Elite), you are in a battle for your life and the lives of your children.
Remember, there's a war going on for your minds!
This film was created in 2007 by Alex Jones, and in my opinion it is his best work. It focuses on the global elite, in particular the Bilderberg Group and their plans to eliminate ninety percent of the earth’s population. The documentary presents a huge amount of information regarding the global elite, and shows how the same global banking syndicates have financed both sides of every major war, going back to the late eighteenth century. The film points out how on the eighteenth of June 1815 Nathan Rothschild was able to steal control of the majority of wealth in Britain, through lies and fraud. Jones continues by showing how the Rothschild Family and other global financiers used World War I to turn the death of millions of people into a huge profit.
The information put forth in this film regarding World War II brings greater understanding to why this war was fought. Jones points out that the reason this conflict took place was that two separate factions of the New World Order were in disagreement on how their goal should be accomplished. The Fascists believed that a one world government should be achieved through a swift military conquest, and the socialist believed that this goal should be accomplished through slow incrementalism. At the end of the war the Fascists military conquest had been squashed, and the socialists plan was put into work.
In his film, Jones shows the effects of this incremental plan from the formation of the European Union to the attempted formation of an American Union in which Canada, the United States and Mexico would be combined into one super-state. As in his other films, Jones does an excellent job of showing official documents which prove that plans for this union are being put into motion.
The final portion of the film is dedicated to the eugenics programs that are prevalent in the U.S. and throughout the world today. The documentary points out how following World War II Joseph Mengele, who murdered thousands of Jews in the name of eugenics, was alleviated from prosecution and aloud to continue his work in Germany.
Jones also shows how eugenicists in many countries, including the United States, have been performing murderess experiments upon its unknowing citizens throughout recent history. Using direct quotes from members of the elite and prominent supporters of eugenics, Jones is able to bring to light the very disturbing fact that the people who control the world want to kill off ninety percent of us.
This is why it is so important that we as a nation stop pretending that we control our country and our government. We must face the fact that our entire society has been taken over by our mortal enemies. We must never give up our right to bear arms; instead every American needs to stock pile as many guns as possible, because we are not only in a battle for our wealth and freedom. The horrible truth is, unless you are in the chosen ten percent of the world’s population (destined to serve the Elite), you are in a battle for your life and the lives of your children.
Remember, there's a war going on for your minds!
Novak Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal in the 125th Wimbledon Championship!
[credit to ESPN and FOXsprots]
Novak Djokovic won his first Wimbledon title on Sunday, beating Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3.
In the fourth set, Djokovic broke Nadal's serve to go up 2-0 and had a chance to go up 3-0 on his own serve. Nadal broke back to make it 2-1 and evened the set at 3-3. But Djokovic got another key service break to go up 5-3 and won the championship with a Nadal return sailed long.
After breaking Nadal's serve at 5-4 to win the first set, Djokovic dominated the second, taking the first three games and breaking the defending champion twice more for a commanding two sets to none lead.
Nadal misses a last-ditch shot long and it's all over! Novak Djokovic is your 2011 Wimbledon champion!
Novak Djokovic won his first Wimbledon title on Sunday, beating Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3.
In the fourth set, Djokovic broke Nadal's serve to go up 2-0 and had a chance to go up 3-0 on his own serve. Nadal broke back to make it 2-1 and evened the set at 3-3. But Djokovic got another key service break to go up 5-3 and won the championship with a Nadal return sailed long.
After breaking Nadal's serve at 5-4 to win the first set, Djokovic dominated the second, taking the first three games and breaking the defending champion twice more for a commanding two sets to none lead.
Nadal misses a last-ditch shot long and it's all over! Novak Djokovic is your 2011 Wimbledon champion!
Follow the white rabbit...
Gibson knows, Clooney knows, Afflek knows... - Tupac knew, MJ knew, Lennon knew...Gotta' be careful - anyway here's a random video with 0 significance whatsoever...ask yourself why the gov't spent only $12 million on the nine11 commision report and $42 million to investigate if Clinton really got a presidential blowie?
"NATO rebels are the same Al-Qaeda fighters that we have been dealing with in Iraq and Afghanistan who have come home to Libya" - Susan Lindauer
With bin Laden's elimination, the US announced a withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. Now President Obama has revealed a new national strategy for counterterrorism.
This year alone, we will add more to the national debt than we did from the presidency of George Washington to the beginning of the presidency of Ronald Reagan.
In the beginning, they would befriend them and learn of their ways. Next, they would kill or displace them all. Oh, and not to mention steal their land and natural resources. Always remember that every American is a Legal Alien by part of a mass genocide.
On June 28, 2011 Six Young illegal Immigrants Were Arrested in Georgia...
Before Georgia begins to forcefully deport students, farm workers, and other "illegal aliens" - they should think back to the 15th century and ask themselves who the real Aliens were. For the Native American's the sea ships which sailed from England and onto their shores would have been the equivalent of giant UFO's hovering over our cities, churches, schools, shopping malls, banks, and grocery stores today. Ask yourselves, what the fuck would you do?
What Georgia Stands to Lose Through Enactment Today of HB 87 July 1, 2011 by Jason Marczak
Three years ago, I led efforts to bring together leaders from civil society and the public and private sectors to identify ways in which to expand the integration of immigrants and Latinos overall in the Atlanta metropolitan area. Today, July 1, marks a rather unceremonious change in how Georgia’s politicians have caved into anti-immigrant sentiment.
The Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act of 2011—HB 87—is likely to not only drive out immigrants, but also restrain current and new investment and jobs. Bear and mind there's a not a single American that I know of who would work long hours on farms as the "illegal immigrant's do", not even convicts - I know this because even criminals were sent to farms when the law was recently passed, and you know what they said - "Hell naw!"
Back in 2008, the working group—comprised of both leaders from Atlanta and beyond— recognized the importance of the fast-growing Hispanic market and noted how integration of this constituency into the workforce is good for business. Michael Thurmond, the then-Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Labor, opened our meeting with a discussion of the contributions of Hispanics to Georgia’s economy both as laborers and as consumers. Hispanics, he said, represented $1.8 billion in buying power in Georgia.
Beginning with the construction boom around the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, immigrants have increasingly become a source for Georgian economic prosperity. These new laborers helped to build Centennial Olympic Park and other critical infrastructure for Georgia to host the Olympics and leap onto the world stage. Following the Olympics, between 1996 and 2004, an average of 71,414 homes were built in Georgia, as the Atlanta metropolitan area became a hub for real estate and construction.
And, as Americas Society documented a few years ago in our white paper on Atlanta, although immigrants’ contributions are generally recognized, “a slowdown in economic growth and rising unemployment can shift public attitudes toward immigrants and generate concerns about their costs and the transformation of communities. This leads to social division and an unwelcome environment for Hispanics, including those who are legal residents or citizens.” Regrettably, this is exactly what has happened with today’s enactment of the anti-immigrant HB 87.
The courts have thankfully stepped in to block two of its more draconian provisions. One would allow police to investigate the immigration status of suspects, and another would punish people who knowingly transport or harbor undocumented immigrants. But still, as of today, four provisions go into effect that focus on prison terms and oversight of government hiring practices.
Yes, the bill is aimed at undocumented immigrants, but the plain truth is: bills like this and the political climate they represent affect U.S. citizens of Hispanic ancestry. In fact, a 2010 Pew Hispanic Center survey reports that 61 percent of Latinos say discrimination is a “major problem” that affects their socioeconomic mobility.
That’s tough news for Georgia’s short-sighted political leaders. In 2007, Georgia was among the ten states with the largest Hispanic media markets, totaling about $14 billion. It was also among the ten states with the highest rate of Hispanic buying power growth over a period of 17 years (1990 to 2007), with a growth of 924 percent. And just a few years ago, most Georgians recognized this. In 2006, the Peach State Poll reported that 52 percent of Georgians believed that immigrants take jobs that nobody else wants, compared with 29 percent who believed that immigrants take jobs from native workers.
I spoke with Norberto Sanchez, the CEO of Norsan Group, and Alfonso Villarreal, its COO, to get their reaction to today’s enactment of HB 87. Both have been long-standing partners in our Hispanic Integration and Immigration work, and are business leaders in the Atlanta area. Their reaction: “Our southeast region is still suffering through a difficult economic time right now, and I am concerned that recent moves by the state government with respect to immigration may only make things worse in terms of economics as well as community relations. Especially, given the large Hispanic population and business community in this state, I worry that local immigration enforcement will give the state a reputation as being unwelcoming to Hispanics and create divisions in the community. Such developments may make it more difficult to attract headquarters and operations of large multinational companies to Georgia, reversing the state’s significant progress as a business hub.”
I couldn’t agree more. As guitarist Carlos Santana told a national television audience at Turner Field for the mid-May MLB Civil Rights Game: “Georgia, you should be ashamed of yourselves.”
*Jason Marczak is a contributing blogger to AQ Online. He is senior editor of Americas Quarterly, managing editor of AQ Online and director of policy at the Americas Society and Council of the Americas.
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RT News: Webster Tarpley reports from Tripoli
"Coalition is preparing a land operation in Libya..."
War in Libya cost American Tax-payers about $10 Million a day...
[Washington Post- Written by Lolita C. Baldor]
WASHINGTON -- The Air Force secretary says the service has been spending about $4 million a day to keep 50 fighter jets and nearly 40 support aircraft in the Libya conflict, including the cost of munitions.
Secretary Michael Donley tells reporters that the Air Force has spent $75 million as of Tuesday morning on the war. He says the U.S. decision to end its combat strike role in the conflict will cut costs, but he could not say by how much.
He says the Air Force has spent close to $50 million on the relief effort for the Japan earthquake, including $40 million to evacuate between 5,000-6,000 U.S. personnel.
The total U.S. costs for the Libya air campaign as of March 28 were $550 million, not counting normal deployment spending.
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WASHINGTON -- The Air Force secretary says the service has been spending about $4 million a day to keep 50 fighter jets and nearly 40 support aircraft in the Libya conflict, including the cost of munitions.
Secretary Michael Donley tells reporters that the Air Force has spent $75 million as of Tuesday morning on the war. He says the U.S. decision to end its combat strike role in the conflict will cut costs, but he could not say by how much.
He says the Air Force has spent close to $50 million on the relief effort for the Japan earthquake, including $40 million to evacuate between 5,000-6,000 U.S. personnel.
The total U.S. costs for the Libya air campaign as of March 28 were $550 million, not counting normal deployment spending.
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July 1, 2011 Interview with Lyndon LaRouche on 9/11
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More Plastic Than Plankton: Plastic Found In Nine Percent of "Garbage Patch" Fishes: Tens of Thousands of Tons of Debris Annually Ingested
ScienceDaily (July 1, 2011) — The first scientific results from an ambitious voyage led by a group of graduate students from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego offer a stark view of human pollution and its infiltration of an area of the ocean that has been labeled as the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch."
Two graduate students with the Scripps Environmental Accumulation of Plastic Expedition, or SEAPLEX, found evidence of plastic waste in more than nine percent of the stomachs of fish collected during their voyage to the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Based on their evidence, authors Peter Davison and Rebecca Asch estimate that fish in the intermediate ocean depths of the North Pacific ingest plastic at a rate of roughly 12,000- to 24,000 tons per year
Their results were published June 27 in the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series.
During the SEAPLEX voyage in August 2009, a team of Scripps graduate students traveled more than 1,000 miles west of California to the eastern sector of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre aboard the Scripps research vessel New Horizon. Over 20 days the students, New Horizon crew and expedition volunteers conducted comprehensive and rigorous scientific sampling at numerous locations. They collected fish specimens, water samples and marine debris at depths ranging from the sea surface to thousands of feet depth.
Of the 141 fishes spanning 27 species dissected in the study, Davison and Asch found that 9.2 percent of the stomach contents of mid-water fishes contained plastic debris, primarily broken-down bits smaller than a human fingernail. The researchers say the majority of the stomach plastic pieces were so small their origin could not be determined.
"About nine percent of examined fishes contained plastic in their stomach. That is an underestimate of the true ingestion rate because a fish may regurgitate or pass a plastic item, or even die from eating it. We didn't measure those rates, so our nine percent figure is too low by an unknown amount," said Davison.
The authors say previous studies on fish and plastic ingestion may have included so-called "net-feeding" biases. Net feeding can lead to artificially high cases of plastic ingestion by fishes while they are confined in a net with a high concentration of plastic debris. The Scripps study's results were designed to avoid such bias. The highest concentrations of plastic were retrieved by a surface collecting device called a "manta net," which sampled for only 15 minutes at a time. The short sampling time minimizes the risk of net feeding by preventing large concentrations of plastic from building up, and also by reducing the amount of time that a captured fish spends in the net. In addition to the manta net, the fishes were also collected with other nets that sample deeper in the water column where there is less plastic to be ingested through net feeding.
The new study focused on the prevalence of plastic ingestion, but effects such as toxicological impacts on fish and composition of the plastic were outside of the study's goals.
The majority of fish examined in the study were myctophids, commonly called lanternfish because of their luminescent tissue. Lanternfishes are hypothesized to use luminescence for several purposes, including counter-illumination (thwarts predators attempting to silhouette the lanternfish against sunlight), mate attraction and identification and illumination of prey. Such fish generally inhabit the 200- to 1,000-meter (650- to 3,280-foot) depth during the day and swim to the surface at night.
"These fish have an important role in the food chain because they connect plankton at the base of the food chain with higher levels. We have estimated the incidence at which plastic is entering the food chain and I think there are potential impacts, but what those impacts are will take more research," said Asch.
Rather than a visible "patch" or "island" of trash, marine debris is highly dispersed across thousands of miles of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. The debris area cannot be mapped from air or space, so SEAPLEX researchers collected samples in 132 net tows (130 of which contained plastic) across a distance of more than 2,375 kilometers (1,700 miles) in an attempt to find the boundaries of the patch. The region, a "convergence zone" where floating debris in water congregates, is generally avoided by mariners due to its calm winds and mild currents. The North Pacific Subtropical Gyre has been understudied by scientists, leaving many open questions about marine debris in the area and its long-term effects on the marine environment.
"This study clearly emphasizes the importance of directly sampling in the environment where the impacts may be occurring," said James Leichter, a Scripps associate professor of biological oceanography who participated in the SEAPLEX expedition but was not an author of the new paper. "We are seeing that most of our prior predictions and expectations about potential impacts have been based on speculation rather than evidence and in many cases we have in fact underestimated the magnitude of effects. SEAPLEX also clearly illustrates how relatively small amounts of funding directed for novel field sampling and work in remote places can vastly increase our knowledge and understanding of environmental problems."
SEAPLEX was supported by the UC Ship Funds program, Project Kaisei/Ocean Voyages Institute and the National Science Foundation.
Works Cited:
University of California - San Diego. "Plastic found in nine percent of 'garbage patch' fishes: Tens of thousands of tons of debris annually ingested." ScienceDaily, 1 Jul. 2011. Web. 1 Jul. 2011.
Journal Reference:
Two graduate students with the Scripps Environmental Accumulation of Plastic Expedition, or SEAPLEX, found evidence of plastic waste in more than nine percent of the stomachs of fish collected during their voyage to the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Based on their evidence, authors Peter Davison and Rebecca Asch estimate that fish in the intermediate ocean depths of the North Pacific ingest plastic at a rate of roughly 12,000- to 24,000 tons per year
Their results were published June 27 in the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series.
During the SEAPLEX voyage in August 2009, a team of Scripps graduate students traveled more than 1,000 miles west of California to the eastern sector of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre aboard the Scripps research vessel New Horizon. Over 20 days the students, New Horizon crew and expedition volunteers conducted comprehensive and rigorous scientific sampling at numerous locations. They collected fish specimens, water samples and marine debris at depths ranging from the sea surface to thousands of feet depth.
Of the 141 fishes spanning 27 species dissected in the study, Davison and Asch found that 9.2 percent of the stomach contents of mid-water fishes contained plastic debris, primarily broken-down bits smaller than a human fingernail. The researchers say the majority of the stomach plastic pieces were so small their origin could not be determined.
"About nine percent of examined fishes contained plastic in their stomach. That is an underestimate of the true ingestion rate because a fish may regurgitate or pass a plastic item, or even die from eating it. We didn't measure those rates, so our nine percent figure is too low by an unknown amount," said Davison.
The authors say previous studies on fish and plastic ingestion may have included so-called "net-feeding" biases. Net feeding can lead to artificially high cases of plastic ingestion by fishes while they are confined in a net with a high concentration of plastic debris. The Scripps study's results were designed to avoid such bias. The highest concentrations of plastic were retrieved by a surface collecting device called a "manta net," which sampled for only 15 minutes at a time. The short sampling time minimizes the risk of net feeding by preventing large concentrations of plastic from building up, and also by reducing the amount of time that a captured fish spends in the net. In addition to the manta net, the fishes were also collected with other nets that sample deeper in the water column where there is less plastic to be ingested through net feeding.
The new study focused on the prevalence of plastic ingestion, but effects such as toxicological impacts on fish and composition of the plastic were outside of the study's goals.
The majority of fish examined in the study were myctophids, commonly called lanternfish because of their luminescent tissue. Lanternfishes are hypothesized to use luminescence for several purposes, including counter-illumination (thwarts predators attempting to silhouette the lanternfish against sunlight), mate attraction and identification and illumination of prey. Such fish generally inhabit the 200- to 1,000-meter (650- to 3,280-foot) depth during the day and swim to the surface at night.
"These fish have an important role in the food chain because they connect plankton at the base of the food chain with higher levels. We have estimated the incidence at which plastic is entering the food chain and I think there are potential impacts, but what those impacts are will take more research," said Asch.
Rather than a visible "patch" or "island" of trash, marine debris is highly dispersed across thousands of miles of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. The debris area cannot be mapped from air or space, so SEAPLEX researchers collected samples in 132 net tows (130 of which contained plastic) across a distance of more than 2,375 kilometers (1,700 miles) in an attempt to find the boundaries of the patch. The region, a "convergence zone" where floating debris in water congregates, is generally avoided by mariners due to its calm winds and mild currents. The North Pacific Subtropical Gyre has been understudied by scientists, leaving many open questions about marine debris in the area and its long-term effects on the marine environment.
"This study clearly emphasizes the importance of directly sampling in the environment where the impacts may be occurring," said James Leichter, a Scripps associate professor of biological oceanography who participated in the SEAPLEX expedition but was not an author of the new paper. "We are seeing that most of our prior predictions and expectations about potential impacts have been based on speculation rather than evidence and in many cases we have in fact underestimated the magnitude of effects. SEAPLEX also clearly illustrates how relatively small amounts of funding directed for novel field sampling and work in remote places can vastly increase our knowledge and understanding of environmental problems."
SEAPLEX was supported by the UC Ship Funds program, Project Kaisei/Ocean Voyages Institute and the National Science Foundation.
Works Cited:
University of California - San Diego. "Plastic found in nine percent of 'garbage patch' fishes: Tens of thousands of tons of debris annually ingested." ScienceDaily, 1 Jul. 2011. Web. 1 Jul. 2011.
Journal Reference:
- P Davison, RG Asch. Plastic ingestion by mesopelagic fishes in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2011; DOI: 10.3354/meps09142