The Truth And Lies Of 911 - Michael Ruppert (2004)

http://www.fromthewilderness.com | This pioneering, groundbreaking expose of 9-11, now two years old, painted a stark and accurate picture of our world today and TOMMORROW. Mike's new introduction "connects the dots." Other search word: Conpiracy

Michael Ruppert

Some more related videos and resources:

Mike Ruppert - CIA and Drug Running (1997):

American Drug War: The Last White Hope: Pre Release Cut -

On November 15, 1996, there was a town meeting in Los Angeles on allegations of CIA involvement in drug trafficking. Former Los Angeles Police Narcotics Detective Mike Ruppert seized the opportunity to confront then CIA Director John Deutch. You can buy a recording of the town hall meeting here:
http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&...

Video clip is posted for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.

http://www.wcbs880.com/BRONX--Ex-Cop-Pleads-Guilty-in-Large-Scale-Cocaine/684...

Gary Webb is the San Jose Mercury News journalist that was run out of his job and blacklisted from the industry for daring to report what he found out.

He was then found dead; a suicide. He shot himself in the head. Twice. Wait, what?

More resources:
http://www.infowars.com
http://www.fromthewilderness.com
http://www.mikeruppert.blogspot.com
http://www.rubiconworks.com

http://www.trueworldhistory.info 

http://cms.ae911truth.org

http://www.truthaction.org 

http://www.wearechange.org

http://restoretherepublic.com

Another Apple Censorship of Podcasts

Trying to subscribe to a podcast, I find that yet another one related to Michael Ruppert has been blocked in the US. There is no valid reason for this. Apple is actively censoring content that goes against the government's views on politics. Apple is heading down the road toward becoming the Big Brother of 1984 that they campaigned against in their early years.

What Now Podcast

Extended interviews with accomplished thinkers, writers, artists, farmers and scientists addressing the global crisis.

Surviving collapse is more productive than trying to hold it at bay.



What Now

Ken Rose

Population, Conservation, Natural Resources, and Sustainability

I don't see things getting better if population continues to increase generation after generation. With those increases, development to support population also increases. Nature gets destroyed to make room for homes, businesses, and industries. Natural resources get consumed to support the population at an increased rate over the previous generation. Without conservation efforts, this population increase leads to a risk of hitting environmental resistance limitations. The issue with hitting those limits in resources is that members of the population will begin to compete for ever-increasing resources for survival. Consider the famine in East Africa.

One good way to address these issues is by working toward goals similar to those of the Permaculture movement. Permaculture is an effort to create a sustainable culture through ecological programs. These efforts include living in harmony with the environment, using only the resources necessary for survival, minimizing waste, to create sustainable communities reliant on themselves, rather than larger networks that require massive amounts of energy and resources to provide us with our needs. By conserving our resources and using only what we need to survive, we can reduce the impact our lives collectively have on the environment, thereby reducing the negative impact we create, and preserving a healthy and sustainable world for subsequent generations. Unless we work toward those type of sustainable goals, subsequent generations will have a lower quality of life.

It was not long ago that Americans also tried to have large families for the same reason. Survival chances for children in this country were much lower a century or more ago. With a large number of children, parents could ensure that their family would continue to grow larger with each passing generation, resulting in higher birth rates. They hoped for a large number of children, but were not concerned with hitting the limits of the resources that could sustain that growth. It was not an issue when the population was a small fraction of what it is today. This country was a developing nation in those times, just as we observe about other countries today. As countries around the world develop, education regarding sustainability needs must be included so that those countries can manage their use of resources and avoid hitting environmental resistance limits. Once those limits are reached, life becomes difficult and competition over resources creates a culture working merely toward survival rather than conservation. By education the population on these issues, we can avoid issues like famine, overpopulation, resource depletion, and excessive pollution.

Oil Extraction - Not in My Backyard

 

ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge) is the northeast region of Alaska, one of the most remote and undisturbed areas on the continent. The oil that is being extracted is not the "low-hanging fruit" that we have in the gulf or other areas. It is similar to shale oil in that it requires much more energy input for extraction and refinement into a form that can be readily used as a fuel source. Like hydraulic fracturing (fracking), the potential environmental damage is more significant as well. I was lucky enough to travel through NW Canada and Alaska last year and see how beautiful and untouched the region south of ANWAR is. I can not imagine a justification to do more damage to the area in an effort to feed the ever-increasing demand for petroleum.

Alaska Oil - Anwar Oil Field - ANWAR Oil Drilling Ban - Map

The numerous difficulties in extracting and transporting the crude oil from ANWAR is only the first of many issues in the face of justifying the effort. The fault is not on those willing to drill, but on those willing to consume the resource. If there is reduced demand, production will not need to increase to meet those needs. As long as consumers can avoid thinking of the damage done, creating a disconnect between the process and the end result at the fuel pump simply propagates the problem.

Study: ANWR oil would have little impact - US news - Environment ...

Or maybe we should just buy into the hype and fear? Is the damage to the environment, even one that most people will never see, worth reducing the price of fuel, just so that we don't have to kick the habit quite yet? What happens when there is no oil reserve left, but we're still addicted to the crude?

It is up to consumers to make a change, not the legislature. By allowing our representatives to continue to work for big business agendas instead of the needs of the People. As long as our government is bought and paid for by Big Oil, we can expect our natural preserved lands to be violated and sacrificed to the almighty dollar.

Transition Towards Sustainability

One thing to consider about how the usage of energy sources affects our lives is what is a necessity in life and what is an attribute of modern, unnecessary convenience? Along with working toward sustainable energy usage, there should also be some consideration of what our needs in life actually are. Do we really need to live at the point of high technology, or can we survive in harmony with our environment, but living a more simple life.

One effort around the world is the Transition Movement. The original Transition Network in the UK worked toward localizing sustainable efforts to reduce energy consumption, pollution, and waste. The Transition US movement joins localized groups around the world working independently toward common goals. I have experienced modern technology, a fast-paced life, and the rewards of working in modern industries, but find myself thinking that focusing on life's basic necessities is a higher priority in my book that buying the latest tech toy or new car. One reason that we have such issues with pollution and energy consumption is that we are taking in the ideas marketed to us that we need to have things that are not necessary in our survival.

Transition is a movement to prioritize our needs in life and reduce our impact on our environment. Together with separate movements like Zeitgeist and Collapse Network, with similar goals, more and more people are not only recognizing the need to make positive changes, but making those changes in local communities. Some groups and individuals focus on environmental impact, others focus on changing public policies and law, but movements and organizations like these are helping to bring sustainability to our world before we run the tank dry.

Step Aside BBC Trader: Head Of UniCredit Securities Predicts Imminent End Of The Eurozone And A Global Financial Apocalypse

..."the euro is “practically dead” and Europe faces a financial earthquake from a Greek default"... “The euro is beyond rescue”... “The only remaining question is how many days the hopeless rearguard action of European governments and the European Central Bank can keep up Greece’s spirits.”...."A Greek default will trigger an immediate “magnitude 10” earthquake across Europe."..."Holders of Greek government bonds will have to write off their entire investment, the southern European nation will stop paying salaries and pensions and automated teller machines in the country will empty “within minutes.”

Road Map to Orderly Default Keeping Greece in Euro
We've gone beyond worrying about death to focusing on minimizing the mess. - Jenna Orkin

Couple that announcement with this: US a Bigger Mess Than Europe: Investor Jim Rogers - Jenna Orkin
"It's just going to make the eventual collapse even worse, because they're not dealing with the problems," he said. "The solution for too much debt is not more debt - although that's what they seem to think it is."

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Patrick Timpone, Andrew Gause, Real World of Money Interview

Patrick Timpone on One Radio Network interviewing Andrew Gause on the Real World of Money. Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes. Gause is a currency historian who puts the economic issues into perspective, in terms we can understand without feeling like a git.

Americans Want Our Liberties Restored, Our Troops Brought Home and the Federal Reserve Reined In

Ron Paul is also gaining popularity because he is against the never-ending War On Terror, and wants to bring the troops home.

Americans are sick of the never-ending, ever-creeping war. See this, this and this.Americans are also becoming less tolerant of the wholesale destruction of our constitutional liberties in the name of fighting terrorism.

Top American military leaders agree, saying that the war on terror has weakened our national security.

Of course, criticizing the Fed, wanting to end the wars, liking Ron Paul, or “taking a cynical stance toward politics, mistrusting authority, endorsing democratic practices, … and displaying an inquisitive, imaginative outlook” can bring on heightened scrutiny or displeasure from the powers-that-be.

But given that the overwhelming majority of Americans fall in one or more of these categories, they can’t harass hundreds of million of us.

Note: Instead of labeling the opinions described above as “conservative” or “liberal, please read this.

Polls: Americans Want Our Liberties Restored, Our Troops Brought Home and the Federal Reserve Reined In | ZeroHedge

Occupy Wall Street - The 2nd American Revolution Spark

Are Occupy Wall Street and other similar protests against oppression and tyranny the beginning of a second American Revolution, one which pits those who seek liberty against those who seek to continue a heritage of control?



Occupy Wall Street - The 2nd American Revolution have started ? | Gerald Celente Trends Blog

Looks like the original has been taken down, but hopefully someone has a backup copy. I'd love to get a copy ;)

Accepting Failure

As I see it, there is a choice to be made: you can accept the failure of the system now and change your course accordingly, or you can decide that you must try to stay the course, and then you will probably have to accept your own individual failure later.

Dmitry Orlov

The View From North Central Idaho - Quote of the day--Dmitry Orlov

Is Social Security a Ponzi Scheme?

Arguing that Social Security isn’t a Ponzi scheme, you write: “Ponzi schemes have two salient features. First, they are criminal enterprises, which Social Security is not. Second, they work only until people get wind of what is going on, at which point they inevitably collapse. Social Security’s finances are plainly visible for all to see. (“Social Security far from a ‘Ponzi scheme’,” Sept. 12).

And as my friend Dimitri Vassilaros points out to me by e-mail, “Social Security is worse than a Ponzi scheme, because it is not voluntary, and everyone suffers, not just Ponzi’s greedy participants.”

Is Social Security a Ponzi Scheme?

Fracking, Gasland, and Disinformation

The film Gasland presents a ground-level view of the damage that results from hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to extract natural gas. The damage done is not worth the resources extracted.

After watching these, look at the other related videos on YouTube to see how significant the impact of fracking really is.

Solyndra Bankruptcy: Judge Refuses To Extend Sale Timeline

WILMINGTON, Del. -- A Delaware bankruptcy judge has refused to extend the sale timeline of failed solar-panel manufacturer Solyndra LLC, which received a half-billion-dollar federal loan and was once touted by President Barack Obama in support of his administration's economic policies.

The judge on Tuesday said the timeframe proposed by company based in Fremont, Calif., to sell its assets will remain in place. She also ordered Solyndra to have a representative at an international solar energy conference in Dallas next month to lobby potential buyers there.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/27/solyndra-bankruptcy_n_983553.html

Sea level rise due to floating ice?

It is widely believed that melting of floating sea ice does not contribute to sea level rise. Is this really true?

Let us think of a simple experiment we are all familiar with: imagine an ice cube floating in a glass of water. What happens to the water level in the glass when the ice cube melts? Right, nothing happens. The ice cube displaces its own weight in the underlying water and the water level remains constant when the ice melts, because the melting process replaces the water which has already been displaced by the ice. This effect is known as Archimedes' principle.

http://www.skepticalscience.com/news.php?n=1019

Police Taser Teenager in Face To Stop Fight With Another Teenager

A Canadian police officer is the focus of an inquiry after a citizen filmed him shooting a Taser in the face of a teenager involved in a street brawl. While the 17-year-old is recovering, he took a surgery to remove the prong from his ear.

There is no warning audible on the tape before the teenager is shot in the face. Witnesses insist that the officer made no attempt to speak with the teenagers. Obviously, the taser could have caused eye damage or even permanent damage to the face.

The video below shows no evidence of a warning or even hesitation as witnesses object to the officer's conduct:

The controversy follows another case in Toronto where police tasered a man on a balcony and caused him to fall to the concrete below. The police had been called in response to a domestic incident. The tape below does show the man was not on the edge of the balcony, but it would still seem pretty unwise to use the taser on a balcony.

We have seen equally unwise use of tasers in such circumstances in the United States (here and here and here).

Source: Daily Mail

http://jonathanturley.org/2011/09/27/police-taser-teenager-in-face-to-stop-fight-with-another-teenager/

Occupy Wall Street: Police Brutality, Media Blackout

How much coverage has anyone seen by the mainstream media of the thousands of people protesting Wall Street and being the victims of constant violence?

Occupy Wall Street: Police brutality, media blackout - YouTube

Shovel-ready Hope and Change

"Most socialists are not about economic prosperity. Oh, they'll use Keynesian theory that deficit spending stimulates economic growth to justify their demand for more government expenditures. But in the end, Obama's 'stimulus' package wasn't even fair to John Maynard Keynes. Don't get me wrong; the obscene forced federal expenditures wouldn't have succeeded in stimulating the economy even if Obama had used them for that purpose. But he didn't, and it is pretty hard to deny in hindsight that he never intended to. Before he commandeered the $868 billion, he assured us it would go to shovel-ready jobs and get people back to work again. It was only after the fact that he cynically laughed in our faces about the unavailability of such jobs. (He's doing the same thing all over again with his latest jobs bill.) Despite his promise that he would strictly account for this money and watchdog against its waste, he threw gobs of it away to locations with phantom ZIP codes, to ACORN-like political allies, to unions and to corrupt environmental wastelands, such as Solyndra. There was no private-sector economic multiplier effect for any of Obama's stimulus expenditures. The only multiplier effect in this and his other spending bills was in the public sector. Obama furtively tucked into these bills many perpetually sustaining federal programs that would remain with us, continue to grow and further choke the private sector. Thus, if you measure Obama's promise of hope and change against his true intention, he might well be succeeding. As one who believes that America's free market is unfair, he has gone a long way toward shaking up that structure -- and he's not even close to being finished." --columnist David Limbaugh <http://patriotpost.us/opinion/david-limbaugh/2011/09/23/obamas-hope-and-change-promise-reconsidered>

"As its own contribution to the end of the world as we know it, the Obama administration has just released a document called 'Living Within Our Means And Investing In The Future: The President's Plan For Economic Growth And Deficit Reduction.' If you're curious about the first part of the title -- 'Living Within Our Means' -- Veronique de Rugy pointed out at National Review that under this plan debt held by the public will grow from just over $10 trillion to $17.7 trillion by 2021. In other words, the president's definition of 'Living Within Our Means' is to burn through the equivalent of the entire German, French and British economies in new debt between now and the end of the decade. You can try this yourself next time your bank manager politely suggests you should try 'living within your means': tell him you've got an ingenious plan to get your spending under control by near doubling your present debt in the course of a mere decade. He's sure to be impressed." --columnist Mark Steyn <http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/278213/global-bust-mark-steyn>

Read more: http://patriotpost.us/edition/2011/09/26/brief/

ClubOrlov: The Five Stages of Collapse

Elizabeth Kübler-Ross defined the five stages of coming to terms with grief and tragedy as denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance, and applied it quite successfully to various forms of catastrophic personal loss, such as death of a loved one, sudden end to one's career, and so forth. Several thinkers, notably James Howard Kunstler and, more recently John Michael Greer, have pointed out that the Kübler-Ross model is also quite terrifyingly accurate in reflecting the process by which society as a whole (or at least the informed and thinking parts of it) is reconciling itself to the inevitability of a discontinuous future, with our institutions and life support systems undermined by a combination of resource depletion, catastrophic climate change, and political impotence. But so far, little has been said specifically about the finer structure of these discontinuities. Instead, there is to be found a continuum of subjective judgments, ranging from "a severe and prolonged recession" (the prediction we most often read in the financial press), to Kunstler's "Long Emergency," to the ever-popular "Collapse of Western Civilization," painted with an ever-wider brush-stroke.

ClubOrlov: The Five Stages of Collapse

The Five Stages of Collapse | Energy Bulletin

An excerpt from Dimitry Orlov's essay on collapse:

What is happening to the United States now is broadly similar, with certain polarities reversed. The US is an oil importer, burning up 25% of the world's production, and importing over two-thirds of that. Back in mid-90s, when I first started trying to guess the timing of the US collapse, the arrival of the global peak in oil production was scheduled for around the turn of the century. It turned out that the estimate was off by almost a decade, but that is actually fairly accurate as far as such big predictions go. So here it is the high price of oil that is putting the brakes on further debt expansion. As higher oil prices trigger a recession, the economy starts shrinking, and a shrinking economy cannot sustain an ever-expanding level of debt. At some point the ability to finance oil imports will be lost, and that will be the tipping point, after which nothing will ever be the same.

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Hayek on Keynes

The issue I have is that Keynesian economics undermined the ability of trade unions to maintain constant wages for workers by manipulating the currency value once the gold standard was abandoned. What puzzles me further is the support for political parties and candidates by union workers despite those politicians' support for continued Keynesian economics. If someone were attempting to steal from me, and I knew about it, I would make efforts to abate the theft.



Hayek on Keynes - YouTube

Dmitry Orlov: Peak Oil Lessons From The Soviet Union

Russia as an example of collapse for the future of America? Would our collapse be significantly worse due to a higher reliance upon the state?



Dmitry Orlov: Peak Oil Lessons From The Soviet Union - YouTube

Police arrest 80 ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protestors

At least 80 people protesting in New York against the US financial system and Wall Street practices were arrested in the first big crackdown since demonstrators began camping on city streets a week ago.

http://www.blacklistednews.com/Police_arrest_80_%E2%80%98Occupy_Wall_Street%E2%80%99_protestors/15858/0/38/38/Y/M.html

Cops Enjoying Macing Unarmed Peaceful Female Protestors

These cops are enjoying this way too much...

And the validity for maintaining a police force is...

PEACEFUL FEMALE PROTESTORS PENNED IN THE STREET AND MACED!- #OccupyWallStreet - YouTube

Spirits for the Environment, Energy from Waste

 

Whiskey in the Car-O?

OK, for the most part, the distilling process is pretty much environmentally unfriendly. The spirits industry comes in for a serious beating with Gin, tequila, and rum being the worst for the environment. The problem is that the distillation process requires loads of energy. American bourbons are aged in virgin-oak barrels that are used only once, most of those barrels end up being reused by other liquor makers. And while some of those liquor makers may produce single malts, think of the energy involved in distilling the liquor and transporting it. In terms of distillation, vodka requires more energy and water than most spirits. Now, it seems that the Speyside distilleries byproducts will fuel a local biomass energy plan.

Ironically, fuel cells are some of the more promising technologies to be used as portable power for cars.  So it may turn out one day that distilleries, breweries, and other industries which unload nutrient-rich waste water, might also produce the fuel to power your car.  The politics surrounding this will be entertaining.  Will there be restrictions for cars driven across borders powered by alcohol waste by states that already severely restrict importing alcohol across borders, like Utah and Texas? The whiskey itself can’t be used in your gas tank (yet). There appear to be no limitations to transporting E85 gasoline, which is ethanol (alcohol) based fuel produced from corn. However, why waste food in the form of corn to run your car and still generate carbon dioxide, when you can alternatively make whiskey and use the waste to power your car? And the whiskey also limits greenhouse gas emissions significantly. Seems like an obvious choice. 

Fortunately, there is no drilling required to get to the whiskey.  Therefore, a ‘spill’ at the whiskey distillery would not result in such environmental, economic, or political catastrophes that BP and the Gulf Coast are now enduring.  But imagine the social unrest should there be a leak at the distillery - the horror, the horror!

I'm thrilled to see articles supporting green energy that don't include taking swings at life's pleasures. 

The £50m Rothes project is the latest bioenergy venture from the Scotch whisky industry, but it is believed to be the first to provide electricity for public use. A bioenergy plant at Scotland’s largest distillery in Fife is close to completion. The project by Diageo will provide 98% of the thermal steam and 80% of the electrical power used at the Cameronbridge distillery. And last year, scientists at Napier University announced they had developed a method of producing biofuel from the by-products of the whisky distilling process which could power cars and even aircraft. The new fuel, they said, could be available at petrol pumps within a few years.

I'll drink to that! Biomass fuels from what was at one time wasted byproducts is a great idea.

 

Whiskey to Energy Project in Scotland Gets the Green Light for Construction

The by-products of the distilling process – called draff, are used grains and pot ale (residue from copper stills) – will power the plant. The new power plant will recycle the draff into electricity, by burning it with woodchips. Some conservationists are concerned because some of the woodchips will be trucked in, but the project calls for as many locally sourced woodchips as possible.

The £40 milllion, 7.2 megawatt plant will produce as much power as two wind turbines, and is part of Scotland’s green energy pledge to use 100% renewable energy by 2020. Studies are also being conducted to convert the distillery waste further into biofuel to power cars.

It’s good to see that the distilling industry is trying to be more environmentally conscious. It’s even better to see that waste from the distilling process is being used to offset the processes environmentally unfriendly aspects. As I said in a previous post, I strongly suggest when buying distilled spirit products from enviornmentally friendly distillers if you choose to drink spirits. It also might be a good idea to write your fav distiller and ask them what they are doing to cut their carbon footprint?

A reduction in greenhouse gas emissions might not be significant for biomass over petroleum fuels, but the thought at filling up you and your car from the same source might make you think before you drink!

• Whisky for the Environment
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• Whiskey for the Environment

Economic Collapse in Graph Form

The spending is out of control and there seems nothing congress will do to stop it. Lip service by the two political parties (Dumbo and Jackass) will not return spending to a level that is sustainable by the incomes of the American people. We are in serious financial trouble.

Oboma claims he inherited the deficit. He did, but it was smaller than it is now and instead of fixing it he is adding to it. But one must also remember he voted for the spending in 07 and 08 as senator in a congress run by Democrats that bypassed Bush with a continuing resolution in 08. He inherited his own spending and now look at what we, our children and our grandchildren are going to inherit.

Additionally it becomes apparent that the spending can not be paid based on the incomes of the American people. See the second graph below.

We are in deep trouble and only a HUGE correction in spending will fix our problem since we now have a large interest payment compounded upon this dept that will add to the spending woes.

If you were asked to produce a single chart illustrating the biggest single political issue in America today, what would it look like?

We're taking on that challenge today. Here's what we came up with:

In this chart, where we've graphed the trajectory of the total spending of the federal government with respect to the median household income in the U.S. for the years from 1967 through 2009, we see that the U.S. federal government's spending today has decoupled from the primary source of income that is required to sustain it.

Worse, it has literally "gone vertical" during the last two years.

In mathematical terms, that's the sort of thing you see when you divide any number by zero. Applied to the chart above, that means that the relationship between the change in total government spending and the typical income earned by an American household from year-to-year is now "undefined."

Undefined sounds like a serious disconnect from reality by our representatives-in-name-only. They keep pushing to increase government spending, while the taxpayer base begins to slip. At this point, the federal government is writing checks that will bounce, since the bank account balance is heading close to the zero mark. When an economy runs on debt alone, there is little to keep it afloat, or hold back a complete collapse.

In practical terms, that means government spending has become completely disconnected from the ability of the typical American household to support it. And until this skyrocketing spending growth is arrested and reversed, we suspect that government spending has become disconnected from the ability of any American household to support it.

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Government Pays Dead People

"The federal government pays out millions of dollars to dead people each year — including deceased retired federal workers, according to a new report." (Washington Post)

Stories like this are starting to get old.

http://www.thefreemanonline.org/in-brief/government-pays-dead-people/

Governments are always more dangerous than criminals

Sure a mugger might kill you but a government will kill you, your family, distant relatives and millions of other people.

It's the same with computer security.

One hacker may steal your bank account but the threats from Governments are far worse.

http://snarkybytes.com/2011/09/23/governments-are-always-more-dangerous-than-criminals/

A hacker might steal your intangible, virtual fiat currency, but a government will devalue your currency to the point that it becomes worthless. Which is worse? Knowing you've been robbed, not knowing you are being swindled, or knowing you're being robbed and choosing to do nothing?

Obama's Hope and Change Promise Reconsidered

When Obama promised "hope and change" as a candidate, I think he had in mind a new paradigm, one of restructuring America's economic system in his image rather than triggering economic growth, though he wanted the electorate to believe that growth was his focus.

The economy had turned south by the time Obama was trumpeting that platitude, but that was largely caused by liberal affordable housing policies -- the very type of program Obama would promote in office.

The dismal state of the economy played into Obama's hands, but I dare say he would have pushed for hope and change regardless of economic conditions, because he was offering more than economic solutions. He presented himself as the whole package -- a quasi-deity who would transform the entire country, slow the rise of the oceans and heal the planet.

http://patriotpost.us/opinion/david-limbaugh/2011/09/23/obamas-hope-and-change-promise-reconsidered/

A Twisted Outlook

Stocks collapsed roughly 700 points over two days after the Federal Reserve launched its "Operation Twist." The market correctly perceives that the central bank's plan to swap $400 billion of short-term notes for long-term bonds adds no new reserves to the financial system. So it wasn't QE3, that's for sure. No stimulus. In fact, with the Treasury yield curve flattening, the Fed's sterilized asset swap actually tightened financial markets.

The Fed should have listened to the GOP congressional leadership, which in a letter advocated no more stimulus and no more market-subverting interference.

But the real issue is the new FOMC forecast: "There are significant downside risks to the economic outlook, including strains in global financial markets." That was the killer statement.

So let me repeat: We are on the front end of a recession. The profits picture is very much in doubt. More Obamanomics tax hikes are in the air. Europe is unsolved. U.S. finances are a mess. All this is being discounted by slumping stocks.

And coming back home, the Obama $1.5 trillion tax-hike plan, and his veto threat for any deficit package that doesn't include big tax hikes on successful earners, investors and businesses, is another sword of Damocles hanging over the economy and the stock market.

Also, the U.S. banking system is flush with cash, as is corporate America. And for better or worse, interest rates in the Treasury market are negative (easy money). Business profits will slow significantly, but are still likely to rise a bit. And with oil dropping to about $80, a price shock that was a key slowdown factor is going away.

Housing is still in the tank, and consumer spending looks very iffy. And we had zero jobs and zero retail sales in August -- two very bad signs. On the other hand, exports and business investment are still rising.

http://patriotpost.us/opinion/lawrence-kudlow/2011/09/23/a-twisted-outlook/

US: Cops charged with murder of California man

One California cop has been charged with murder and another with manslaughter for the July 5 beating that resulted in the death of a mentally ill homeless man. Kelly Thomas was assaulted by police officers for nearly 10 minutes earlier this summer after Fullerton, CA police officers approached him about a rash of automobile break-ins occurring in the area. The Orange County District Attorney says that the officers knew that Kelly was homeless and mentally ill when they responded to the scene, but that didn't keep them from using excessive force. A 10-minute-long attack on Thomas left his thorax ravaged and he became unable to breathe regularly or deliver oxygen to his brain. Hospital records also show that Thomas choked on his own blood and was repeatedly shocked with two stun guns. DA Tony Rackauckas said in a conference yesterday that Thomas acted "in self-defense, in pain and in a state of panic" when officers unleashed on him. Audio recordings clearly contain screams and cries for help while Thomas is being attacked.

http://www.sott.net/articles/show/235322-US-Cops-charged-with-murder-of-California-man

All that I have to say is that if law enforcement continues to break the laws they are charged to uphold, the system will fail and prove that police are unnecessary and more liability than service. Expect riots if these officers retain their freedom.

Chairman of Joint Chiefs Says Doomsday Cut Would 'Break' Military

Chairman of Joint Chiefs Says Doomsday Cut Would 'Break' Military

"For the first time, Adm. Mike Mullen said this afternoon that if the Super Committee set up by the White House is forced to cut any more from national security coffers, the military simply would not survive."

It's the collapse of the Soviet Union all over again, first the economy collapses, then the military, then the republics break away ...C'est la vie

http://www.stormfront.org/forum/t833796/

Planet X / Nibiru 2012 Flyby Scenarios

Planet X / Nibiru 2012 Flyby Scenarios

The first part of this February 2009 video report focuses on the revised upwards estimates for a more violent solar maximum in 2012. It also demonstrates the methodical manner, in which mainstream media has begun dumbing down science coverage of these important trends.

The second half of the video presents a series of 2012 Planet X / Nibiru flyby scenarios developed by Jacco van der Worp, MSc. Based on core criteria called the electrical kill zone, it presents several Planet X / Nibiru flyby scenarios. These 2012 scenarios range from a best case scenario to a possible Extinction Level Event (E. L. E.) flyby, where up to 90% of all presently living species could perish.

In September 28, 2008 a Youtuber with the screen name DNIr4808n posted an SPT disclosure video. It is 1 minute and 13 seconds long.

The first 59 seconds is redacted, because it mentioned names. This is why YouTube pulled it the next day and closed DNIr4808n's account.

The original DNIr4808n was downloaded by Marshall Masters, publisher of Yowusa.com and the producer of this video.

Taken into account that the videos published in 2008 and 2009. Suppose that the (video) analysis of the existence of Nibiru and the potential impact on Earth is true, it is possible that an ELE will occur??

The Ancients knew, the Mayan knew and the Hopis knew, they call it the Red Kachina, it is written in the book of Revelation and in the Holy Quaran about such an event and even the controversial (Egyptian-Celtic)  Kolbrin Bible (Kolbrin Bible Connection) predicts and describes: 'An object in orbit around our sun sun called the "Destroyer," which the Celtic authors call the "Frightener." This object (also known as Nibiru or Planet X) is in a 3600-year orbit around our sun. The warning of the ancient Sumerians according to the translations of Zecharia Sitchin and even the same object were warned about in newly revealed  Torah Codes. 'The Bible code: (Hebrew: צפנים בתנ"ך‎), also known as the Torah code'.

Coincidence, maybe, but before Nibiru / Planet X or as told by the Hopis prophecy, the Red Kachina arrives in 2012, the coming week(s) we will be faced with the true nature of the Blue Kachina, the messenger of the Red Kachina.

Hopi Prophecy: "And this is the Ninth and Last Sign: You will hear of a dwelling-place in the heavens, above the earth, that shall fall with a great crash. It will appear as a blue star.

Source and author videos: yowbooks

http://thetruthbehindthescenes.wordpress.com/2011/09/22/planet-x-nibiru-2012-flyby-scenarios/

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Taxpayers Sunburned by Solyndra

The more we learn about bankrupt half-billion boondoggle Solyndra, the more obvious it is that their business model relied on tapping into nature's most renewable energy source: lies. TheDC's C.J. Ciaramella reports: "Just months before it declared bankruptcy, now-bankrupt and scandal-ridden solar company Solyndra painted a rosy picture of its future for members of Congress. In a June memo titled 'Exceeding Expectations: Solyndra Today' and a letter to several members of Congress, Solyndra claimed it was 'on track' and 'ramping up production' to meet revenue and job-creation goals set by the Department of Energy, which had loaned the solar start-up $535 million. A July letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee said, 'Solyndra's revenues grew from $6 million in 2008 to $100 million in 2009 to $140 million in 2010. For 2011, revenues are projected to nearly double again.'" OOPS. Another Solyndra lie: "Yes, Congressman, we'll be glad to answer your questions."

http://go.madmimi.com/redirects/d547322357f70ecbfecc50f8ce1b7dfc?pa=5384188164

Green is the new Greed

Liberals shouldn't shed any tears for executed murderer Troy Davis

A few months ago, I was invited to a "death penalty salon" in Hollywood to discuss the fate of Troy Davis. About a hundred producers, screenwriters and actors sat on picnic blankets and listened as the head of US Amnesty International protested Davis's innocence. It was one of those events that can only happen in [...]

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/timstanley/100106478/liberals-shouldnt-shed-any-tears-for-executed-murderer-troy-davis/

Operation Twist? That’s Operation Illusion

Nassim Taleb, the author of Black Swan, coined a term called "illusion of control".  I can't find the exact text in his book in a short while, but to paraphrase, here is what he meant:

In 19th century or so, a patient going to a doctor had a higher chance of dying, so for most part the best course of action if you got ill would be to, I don't know, pray?  Just anything to keep you away from the doctor.  Why?  Medical treatments in those days are often hurting people more than curing people, but a doctor would be very compelled to do something on the patient when a patient came to see the doctor because, well, he's the doctor.

Now this is what the Federal Reserve is doing: it sells short-end and buys long-end.  Even before that, the long-end is at historical low rates, so the bond market lowered the rates by themselves.  Also, the Fed is not adding more money for now (which will not help either).  With growth slowing and unemployment still high, the Fed is so compelled to do something on the economy, so it does, even though everyone knew beforehand that it isn't going to work.

http://www.businessinsider.com/operation-twist-that8217s-operation-illusion-2011-9

United States: Federal Reserve Decides To Do Operation Twist

The Federal Reserve decided to increase the duration of their securities holding by selling US$400 billion worth of the Treasuries holdings of maturities below 3 years to buy the equal amount of Treasuries of maturities between 6 years to 30 years.  So Operation Twist is official.

At the same time, to support the mortgage markets, the FOMC decided to reinvest principal payments from its holding of agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities into agency mortgage-backed securities.

There has been no change to interest rate and others. Some anticipated that the Fed might reduce interest on excess reserve (IOER), but that did not happen.

There are three dissents, voting against the decision to implement further easing: Richard W. Fisher, Narayana Kocherlakota, and Charles I. Plosser.

Now this is the curious bit: basically everyone expected that the Fed will do a twist, yet most (including myself) expected that the Operation Twist will not help the economy.  Curiously, in anticipation of today's meeting, the US market has gone ahead of itself.  After the meeting, here is the "sell on news" sell-off, and US dollar strengthens.

On the economy, the FOMC statement wrote:

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in August indicates that economic growth remains slow. Recent indicators point to continuing weakness in overall labor market conditions, and the unemployment rate remains elevated. Household spending has been increasing at only a modest pace in recent months despite some recovery in sales of motor vehicles as supply-chain disruptions eased. Investment in nonresidential structures is still weak, and the housing sector remains depressed. However, business investment in equipment and software continues to expand. Inflation appears to have moderated since earlier in the year as prices of energy and some commodities have declined from their peaks. Longer-term inflation expectations have remained stable.

Consistent with its statutory mandate, the Committee seeks to foster maximum employment and price stability. The Committee continues to expect some pickup in the pace of recovery over coming quarters but anticipates that the unemployment rate will decline only gradually toward levels that the Committee judges to be consistent with its dual mandate. Moreover, there are significant downside risks to the economic outlook, including strains in global financial markets. The Committee also anticipates that inflation will settle, over coming quarters, at levels at or below those consistent with the Committee's dual mandate as the effects of past energy and other commodity price increases dissipate further. However, the Committee will continue to pay close attention to the evolution of inflation and inflation expectations.

http://www.businessinsider.com/united-states-federal-reserve-decides-to-do-operation-twist-2011-9

F@#k The Fed (A Central Bank Love Song) - Home - The Daily Bail

It's not a profanity-laced tirade. The message is the following:

"The Federal Reserve is not a government institution. It's a group of privately-owned banks to whom Congress illegally gave away the right to print the nation's money. Now they print it, loan it to us, and we pay it back with interest."

What follows is a simplistic assumption that has several caveats, but, if we still retained the right to print our own fiat currency, we would not have a national debt, as it would all have been printed away free of charge. However, the power of the nation's printing press in the hands of Congress would not be without its own complications.

F@#k The Fed (A Central Bank Love Song) - Home - The Daily Bail

Charlie Chaplin in The Great Dictator

The world waited twenty five years for the Little Tramp, the most beloved movie character of the age and possibly of all time, to speak. What does he say: Stand up against the fascists! Perfect.
It is most American to criticize capitalism for its excesses threaten the freedom sought by all. When used in balance with human needs, it provides for all - the highest standard of living in world history. When abused, only a few can partake in it. For a better America, reign in the corporations.

Charlie Chaplin final speech in The Great Dictator

The Jewish Barber (Charlie Chaplin’s character): Hope… I’m sorry but I don’t want to be an Emperor – that’s not my business – I don’t want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone if possible, Jew, gentile, black man, white. We all want to help one another, human beings are like that.

We all want to live by each other’s happiness, not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone and the earth is rich and can provide for everyone.

The way of life can be free and beautiful.

But we have lost the way.

Greed has poisoned men’s souls – has barricaded the world with hate; has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed.

We have developed speed but we have shut ourselves in: machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical, our cleverness hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little: More than machinery we need humanity; More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost.

The aeroplane and the radio have brought us closer together. The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men, cries out for universal brotherhood for the unity of us all. Even now my voice is reaching millions throughout the world, millions of despairing men, women and little children, victims of a system that makes men torture and imprison innocent people. To those who can hear me I say “Do not despair”.

The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed, the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress: the hate of men will pass and dictators die and the power they took from the people, will return to the people and so long as men die [now] liberty will never perish…

Soldiers – don’t give yourselves to brutes, men who despise you and enslave you – who regiment your lives, tell you what to do, what to think and what to feel, who drill you, diet you, treat you as cattle, as cannon fodder.

Don’t give yourselves to these unnatural men, machine men, with machine minds and machine hearts. You are not machines. You are not cattle. You are men. You have the love of humanity in your hearts. You don’t hate – only the unloved hate. Only the unloved and the unnatural. Soldiers – don’t fight for slavery, fight for liberty.

In the seventeenth chapter of Saint Luke it is written ” the kingdom of God is within man ” – not one man, nor a group of men – but in all men – in you, the people.

You the people have the power, the power to create machines, the power to create happiness. You the people have the power to make life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure. Then in the name of democracy let’s use that power – let us all unite. Let us fight for a new world, a decent world that will give men a chance to work, that will give you the future and old age and security. By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power, but they lie. They do not fulfil their promise, they never will. Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people. Now let us fight to fulfil that promise. Let us fight to free the world, to do away with national barriers, do away with greed, with hate and intolerance. Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all men’s happiness.

Soldiers – in the name of democracy, let us all unite!

Look up! Look up! The clouds are lifting – the sun is breaking through. We are coming out of the darkness into the light. We are coming into a new world. A kind new world where men will rise above their hate and brutality.

The soul of man has been given wings – and at last he is beginning to fly. He is flying into the rainbow – into the light of hope – into the future, that glorious future that belongs to you, to me and to all of us. Look up. Look up.”

Rick Perry's Bailout Lies: TARP Hypocrisy Caught On Tape - Home - The Daily Bail

Video - Last week Perry denied supporting TARP

Listen to the Audio of this exchange (grey audio box)

Though he denies it on camera in the clip above, Rick Perry strongly supported the Wall Street bailouts, writing a letter to Congress in the Fall of 2008 urging passage of Paulson's taxpayer giveaway, which the video below clearly demonstrates.

Let's examine the 2012 choices for President:

Obama - Supported TARP, loves Wall Street

Romney - Supported TARP, loves Wall Street

Perry - Supported TARP, loves Wall Street

Ron Paul - Voted against TARP, opposes all bailouts

Perry expresses his strong support for TARP passage.

Local Texas coverage of Perry's bailout hypocrisy...

Don't even get me started about the censorship of the opposition to Perry's bid for presidency on Facebook.

Rick Perry's Bailout Lies: TARP Hypocrisy Caught On Tape - Home - The Daily Bail

Here Are A Bunch Of Depressing Statistics About Poverty

How's that Hope and Change working out for you, America?

Last month, we detailed the dismal state of the nation's economy [1].

Now that the Census Bureau has released new poverty figures [2], we wanted to give you another snapshot of how Americans are faring more than two years after the recession.

Americans below the poverty line in 2010 [3]: 46.2 million

Official U.S. poverty rate in 2007 [4], before the recession: 12.5 percent

Poverty rate in 2009 [3]: 14.3 percent

Poverty rate in 2010 [3]: 15.1 percent

Last time the poverty level was this high [5]: 1993

Poverty line in 2010 [6]: $22,314 for a family of four, or $11,139 for an individual

Rough amount the poor are living on per week [7]: $200 or less

Poverty rate in American suburbs: 11.8 percent [8], the highest since 1967 [9]

Percentage of the population making less than half the poverty line [10] in 2010: 6.7 percent

Percentage of the population making less than half the poverty line in 2007, before the recession [10]: 5.2 percent

Poverty rate for white Americans in 2010 [8]: 13 percent

Poverty rate for African-Americans in 2010 [8]: 27.4 percent

Real median household income [11] in 2010: $49,445

Decline in median household income [11] since 2009: 2.3 percent

Decline in median household income since before the recession [11]: 6.4 percent

The last time median household incomes have been this low [5]: 1996

Real median household income in 1999 [5], in 2010 dollars: $53,252

Median income for full-time male workers in 2010 [12]: $47,715

Median income for full-time male workers in 1973 [12], in 2010 dollars: $49,065

Official unemployment rate in August 2011 [13]: 9.1 percent

Total unemployed people [13] in August: 14 million

People who were employed part time for economic reasons in August 2011 [13]: 8.8 million

People not counted in the labor force who wanted work [13]: 2.6 million

Net jobs created in August 2011 [13]: 0

Long-term unemployed people [13] as of August 2011: 6 million

Unemployed workers per job opening as of July 2011: 4.34 (3.2 million openings [14] and 13.9 million unemployed people [15])

Uninsured Americans [16] in 2010: 49.9 million

Percentage of Americans without health insurance in 2010 [17]: 16.3 percent

Percentage of Americans without health insurance in 2007 [18], before the recession: 15.3 percent

Percentage of children who were uninsured in 2010 [16]: 9.8 percent

Percentage of children in poverty who were uninsured in 2010 [16]: 15.4 percent

Percentage of American households that had enough to eat throughout the year in 2007 [19]: 88.9 percent

Percentage of American households that had enough to eat throughout the year in 2010 [20]: 85.5 percent

http://www.businessinsider.com/a-bunch-of-depressing-statistics-about-poverty-2011-9

The future of Greece rests on a phone call: Make-or-break' conversation between finance minister, EU

Greece's salvation lies in their own hands, not in false EU promises. They need to abandon EU control and create independent sustainability to guarantee their future. 

Europe's debt crisis has intensified after Greece's embattled government said the country's financial future would rest on a make-or-break conference call with EU and IMF officials on Monday.

Signalling that the 20-month saga had reached crunch point, Athens' finance minister prepared the austerity-weary nation for further belt-tightening, saying the time had come for "decisive" action to avoid a Greek default.

"There is great volatility in the markets," Evangelos Venizelos said after emerging from crisis cabinet talks. "If we want to avoid default, to stabilise the situation, to remain in the eurozone ... we must take big strategic decisions.

"Measures must be specified," he added, referring to reforms outlined in a contentious budget plan passed in July. "After tomorrow's talks with the troika [of representatives from the EU, ECB and IMF] we will spell out the measures."

With the threat of bankruptcy looming, Greece was told in no uncertain terms over the weekend that a critical ¤8bn rescue loan would not be released next month unless it proved that it had bitten the bullet with reforms. more

http://thecomingcrisis.blogspot.com/2011/09/future-of-greece-rests-on-phone-call.html

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Desperation: Father and daughter burned in alleged electrical theft

Maybe try stealing power lines not, you know, transmitting high voltage electricity. We have a new winner in the Darwin Awards. 

A father and his teenage daughter were in critical condition after receiving severe burns during an alleged attempt to steal electricity from high-voltage power lines in Inglewood, a police official said Saturday.

L.A. County Fire officials and police responding to an explosion at a power transformer late Friday found the 52-year-old man and his 17-year-old daughter with extensive electric burns, Inglewood Police Lt. Neal Cochran said.

The man had used tools to tap into a live wire, resulting in a chain reaction and causing the transformer to explode, Cochran said. The father and daughter, whose names were not released, were taken to a nearby hospital pending an eventual transfer to a burn unit, he said.

Power lines connected to the transformer, near Hawthorne Boulevard and 101st Street, were temporarily shut off because of the explosion, according to Cochran. The incident occurred around 11:40 p.m. Friday.

A theft investigation was underway, Cochran said. source

http://thecomingcrisis.blogspot.com/2011/09/desperation-father-and-daughter-burned.html

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