<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079380424982206622</id><updated>2011-08-01T17:37:25.715-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Almost 117 Days</title><subtitle type='html'>I will be chronicling both the destruction of the dollar over the remaining 117 days of 2009 and more hopefully the People Power revolution that will end forever the systematic looting of America by Wall Street. I do not guarantee the dollar will last 117 days!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Daniel F</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17062898366141413906</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>101</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079380424982206622.post-7577272265925171033</id><published>2010-01-03T14:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-04-29T08:58:03.053-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Off The Grid</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;I have decided to reduce my Internet presence and suspend blogging for awhile. Everyone has all the information they need to change the world. As I wrote in my last post, we are facing global change and sooner rather than later. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think it is time for me to step away from the computer and to set aside more time for my personal life &lt;a href=http://vowofhappiness.blogspot.com/&gt;which I have hinted at one of my other blogs.&lt;/a&gt; I also need to get back to my regular exercise routine and to do more volunteer work. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am up to 400 pushups a day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If anyone wants either to publish a daily blog of news that has escaped the mainstream press or just to find better news sites I will give you the sources I have used for 90% of my stories.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://whatreallyhappened.com/&gt;http://whatreallyhappened.com/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;This is a great website but a lot of stories do not make it to the main page so I always start at the shared stories contributed by subscribers.&lt;a href=http://whatreallyhappened.com/shared&gt;http://whatreallyhappened.com/shared&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/&gt;http://www.zerohedge.com/&lt;/a&gt; This site is trendy and gives a lot of inside info on money. He is difficult for the novice to follow as he uses a lot of acronyms and undefined terms. But you must understand banking to understand how the elite steals your money. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://maxkeiser.com/&gt;http://maxkeiser.com/&lt;/a&gt; Max is funny and is an easier introduction to money. He has videos and audios plus links to some major news stories. He is a liberal and does not understand America. He also does not tell you how our Federal Reserve system was designed to impoverish you. For that you need the following refernce article.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://openingmind.blogspot.com/2009/03/counterfeiters-suppose-you-were.html&gt;The Counterfeiters You can find this in my March 2009 archives at http://openingmind.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt; You can use this to introduce banking as a fraud to the novice. I compare the FED to a counterfeiter who has the right to pass counterfeit money provided he only loans the money to someone. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/&gt;http://alethonews.wordpress.com/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;This website does a good job of getting out anti-Zionist news.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/&gt;http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;This is a good site for Palestinian news.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.iamthewitness.com/&gt;http://www.iamthewitness.com/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;This is a research site on Zionism. It also has news links and an audio broadcast every couple of weeks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://bobchapman.blogspot.com/&gt;http://bobchapman.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Lately I have been listening to Bob Chapman's latest radio interviews which are all posted here so you don't have to go looking for him all over the Internet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://solari.com/blog/&gt;http://solari.com/blog/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is Catherine Austin Fitts' blog. She posts some new links and articles. She is the one who has done the most research on Wall Street's divine right to steal billions of dollars every week from federal spending you peasants are not allowed to audit. That link is here. &lt;a href=http://solari.com/archive/missing_money/&gt;http://solari.com/archive/missing_money/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://kpfa.org/home&gt;Guns and Butter is here on Wednesday at 1pm California time http://kpfa.org/home&lt;/a&gt; KPFA has been acting more like a Gatekeeper for the Zionists of late so their donations are down but I respect Bonnie Faulkner even if she is a socialist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/opa/&gt;http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/opa/&lt;/a&gt; This website releases Emergency Unemployment Compensation figures once a week. Click on the press release with this title. ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report. EUC benefits are minimal and granted to those who have timed out on regular benefits. Scroll down about ten paragraphs until you see the words States reported. I used it to report that EUC claimants had grown 425% in 12 months.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.shadowstats.com/&gt;http://www.shadowstats.com/&lt;/a&gt; You need to understand how government manipulates statistics to lie to you. It is a subscription site with a lot af free information.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/&gt;http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt; This is Mish Shedlock's blog. It is a great website for news and analysis. I disagree with him. He is a deflationist. I believe we are in for a terrifying round of inflation as soon as the dollar collapses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://market-ticker.denninger.net/&gt;http://market-ticker.denninger.net/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is Karl Denninger's blog. He also is a good analyst.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.financialsense.com/&gt;http://www.financialsense.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This website has some good interviews once a week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://drudgereport.com/&gt;http://drudgereport.com/&lt;/a&gt; Matt Drudge is a Jewish Republican. His site is not as useful as it once was but I still go there daily for breaking news.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/&gt;http://www.telegraph.co.uk/&lt;/a&gt; Once a day I look at the front page of this newspaper then I click on Finance and then on Comments. Ambrose Evans-Pritchard told us about the Beijing put in his column. It is the intention of the Chinese government to buy gold if it ever drops below $1,000 an ounce. That and the recent purchases of IMF gold by India has set the gold market ablaze. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.gcnlive.com/&gt;http://www.gcnlive.com/&lt;/a&gt; This is an Internet radio broadcaster. They carry Alex Jones, Mike Rivero (WhatReallyHappened.com) and Webster Tarpley. Tarpley is on once a week on Saturday. He understand politics and economics but he does not not know how to solve problems as he is a socialist and wildly underestimates the influence of the Zionists. He is the one who first mentioned that Wall Street might want to run General David Petraeus for Presidnet in 2012. Like Eisenhower he is of Jewish descent. If he is elected, he will end democracy and sovereignty in America. I should warn you that Tarpley gets carried away sometimes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://rense.com/&gt;http://rense.com/&lt;/a&gt; This is Jeff Rense's website. It is under web attack from Zionists more than any other site on the Internet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.mybudget360.com/&gt;http://www.mybudget360.com/&lt;/a&gt;Two or three times a week this man has a great analysis of the real world that faces the average man and woman.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://europebusines.blogspot.com/&gt;http://europebusines.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;This man posts a lot of links related to war and Mideast news from a conservative anti-war point of view. He gets carried away talking about Iran and germ warfare, but he does follow the Ukrainian flu which was engineered in a laboratory and could sweep the world some time in 2010. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.wtc7.net/&gt;http://www.wtc7.net/&lt;/a&gt; Use this site to introduce new people to the controlled demolition of the World Trade Center. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/vanunu.html&gt;http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/vanunu.html&lt;/a&gt; Use this website to tell people that Mordechai Vanunu told us that Israel killed JFK.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.bollyn.com/index.php&gt;http://www.bollyn.com/index.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is Chris Bollyn's website. He is the bravest and most persecuted reporter in America.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you have a favorite news website please feel free to add it in a comment as long as it is not racist. Opposition to Zionism is not racism. It is attempt to save the world from a diseased form of thinking that has brought the world to the brink of extinction.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079380424982206622-7577272265925171033?l=almost117days.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/feeds/7577272265925171033/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2010/01/off-grid.html#comment-form' title='40 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/7577272265925171033'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/7577272265925171033'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2010/01/off-grid.html' title='Off The Grid'/><author><name>Daniel F</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17062898366141413906</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>40</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079380424982206622.post-1160420908424147262</id><published>2010-01-01T12:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-01T16:31:33.593-08:00</updated><title type='text'>New Year's Day 2010:  Year of Decision</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;In 2010 we have reached the Year of Decision. In the journey of life seven billion human beings have reached a fork in the road. We can go no further in the direction we have been taking. We must either choose between peace or global annihilation. I have spoken in the past of the two visions I had as a child that have guided my life. One was spiritual and allowed me to understand what physicists from Newton to Einstein have called the Mind of God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The other vision was of a possible future war. My intuition after I received the vision of a war that could kill 99.5% of the world's population was that if it did happen that it would not occur until I reached a certain age which I have now passed. Since we passed that date, I feel that I can share more of the details. That time limit is why I had thought four years ago that the dollar would collapse in the last few months of 2009. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Earlier this year I predicted that world War III (the attack on Iran) would not happen this year but I still felt that the dollar would die. There was no war because all military leaders outside Israel saw the insanity of a direct attack on Iran.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most economists I respect see the world going into hyperinflation as the Federal Reserve creates money to buy Treasuries which finances current spending through rising inflation. This will work only until we reach the end of what John Maynard Keynes called Monetary Illusion. When the illusion that money is wealth dies, a 5% monthly increase in the money supply could increase prices 10% over the previous month so we become poorer instantly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Second Superpower. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Those of us who were active in the anti-war movement remember the idea that there were only two Superpowers left after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The first Superpower was the United States and the second was World Public Opinion. The invasion of Iran was stopped by a combination of World Public Opinion and western military and financial leaders who saw an attack on Iran as suicidal. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I thought the Israelis would attack Lebanon in 2009 because I live in America and did not understand how much World Public Opinion had turned against Israel. However, Zbignew Brzezinski has apparently found another path to war that does not directly involve Israel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://gcnlive.com/Archives2009/dec09/AlexJones/1231093.mp3&gt;Webster Tarpley: Yemen could be Brzezinski's path to war&lt;/a&gt; In an interview with Alex Jones Webster Tarpley made the following points:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Brzezinski had Obama rev up the war in Afghanistan in order to attack Pakistan and prevent China from building a pipeline from Iran across Afghanistan and Pakistan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) The escalation of the war in Yemen is directed at drawing Iran into a conflict with the Saudis. Brzezinski knows America is too weak to attack either Iran or Pakistan directly so he is going to sacrifice our client states in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Pakistan, Iraq and Afghanistan to clear the decks for a joint US-Israeli occupation of what remains.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) As I pointed out a few days ago, the Iranians could help the Yemeni rebels retaliate against Saudi-US air strikes by teaching them how to blow up Saudi oil facilities and thus spiking the price of oil and sending the world into a Global Depression far worse than 1929-1939. Tarpley believes this is a main feature of the Brzezinski plan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the past I have heard Tarpley say Mideast wars correlated with rises in the price of oil by design in order to soak up excess dollars and prevent non-energy related price increases. If Brzezinski's plan works, we can expect sharply higher crude oil prices which will greatly enrich Goldman Sachs and their Wall Street friends whom Matt Taibbi told us bought and sold every barrel 27 times before it reached the pump in 2008.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This plan gets Israel off the hook for starting WW III and allows Americans to blames those darn Muslims in Yemen for the coming Depression. &lt;a href=http://gcnlive.com/Archives2009/dec09/AlexJones/1231094.mp3&gt;You can listen to the final segment of the interview at GCNlive.com here&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17STH_nd5HI&gt;Let Gaza live: US rally lights vigils for Palestine&lt;/a&gt; Rallies like these all over the world have made a difference. They have stopped Israel from invading Lebanon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/israel-slain-palestinians-were-supposed-to-be-arrested/&gt;Israel: Slain Palestinians were supposed to be arrested&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can make a difference. By sharing the following stories about Israel you will circumvent the Zionist media blockade.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/israeli-forces-shut-down-hebron-tree-planting/&gt;Israeli forces shut down Hebron tree planting&lt;/a&gt; Members of the group said settlers arrived in the area, interrupting the planting. Israeli soldiers on the scene declared the area a closed military zone and confiscated a number of trees, participants said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The soldiers also ordered a Palestinian photojournalist, Nasser Ash-Shyukhi, not to photograph the incident.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/gaza-sees-more-newborns-of-malformation/&gt;Gaza sees more newborns of malformation&lt;/a&gt; American supplied weapons and the Israeli blockade of food and medicine blamed for birth defects.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/israeli-settlers-uproot-trees-and-destroy-natural-water-spring-in-northern-west-bank/&gt; Israeli settlers uproot trees and destroy natural water spring in northern West Bank&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://wakeupfromyourslumber.com/blog/grim-reaper/2009/december/30/i-live-today-i-am-afraid-tomorrow&gt;"I live today, but I am afraid of tomorrow" &lt;/a&gt; "Is it not enough that you have arrested two of my sons, and killed another?" my father asked. I was placed in solitary confinement -- a room measuring one meter by one meter, with black walls and no light, under the ground. I was to stay in that room for the next two months. The soldiers had a special system which they could use to change the conditions in the room, so in the middle of the winter they would pump in cold air to make it even more unbearable. I was so cold that my hands were swollen and I couldn't feel my legs ... it felt like I was sleeping in a freezer. When they interrogated me, they told me that if I didn't speak they would arrest my father and make my children homeless. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes they brought in my brother and beat him in front of me, or beat me in front of him. They tried many things to make me speak, but it didn't work. After 60 days of living like this, I was moved to a women's prison called Timon. After six days I was taken to trial at a military court, and sentenced to two and a half years. I saw a lot of suffering in Timon. The soldiers treated the women very badly; they would beat us, spray us with gas, and throw cold water at us. It's not easy to bring up four children without a father. I am responsible for them and everything they need -- to put their food on the table, a roof over their heads, to find a school for them to go to. I have to be a mother and father to them at the same time ... you really can't imagine what this life is like.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1261364551818&amp;pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&gt;Jerusalem Post - Rattling the Cage: A taboo question for Israelis&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The question we have to ask ourselves is this: If anybody treated us like we're treating the people in Gaza, what would we do? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/houthi-leader-yemeni-civilians-targeted-by-design/&gt;Houthi Yemeni Leader: Yemeni civilians targeted by design&lt;/a&gt; He questions the deafening silence of the world to the savage crimes against humanity now being committed in Yemen by Saudi, Yemeni, and USA warplanes targeting innocent civilians, and killing women and children, as they bombard population centers far away from the battle fields: towns, market places, mosques… &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/buy-an-african-baby-bomb-some-african-villages/&gt;Buy an African baby; bomb some African villages&lt;/a&gt; When you buy . . . adopt, a baby in Ethiopia there is a good chance that the baby isn’t an orphan, though it is usually standard language in all the sale/adoption papers that such is the case. With millions of Ethiopians famine stricken, selling babies has become a way to survive for some. Though of the $30,000 as little as $1,000 makes it through the hands of the Ethiopian mafia to the babies’ families. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://ncoal.com/blog/?p=1469&gt;NATO Fuel Tankers Attacked by Gunmen in Pakistan &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://freeinternetpress.com/story.php?sid=24062&gt;Investors only could lose in Goldman's Caymans deals&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://truthjihad.blogspot.com/2009/12/will-2010-be-year-americans-finally.html&gt;"Why Aren't Americans Fighting Back?"&lt;/a&gt; "Your country is occupied by CIA-Mossad and the finance mafia that runs it," he said. "They killed the Kennedys. They killed Martin Luther King, Jr. They killed Wellstone. They killed Gary Webb. They kill everyone that gets in their way. They start wars that kill millions. They rig your elections. They listen to your telephone conversations, read your emails, and use your cell phone as a roving microphone. They blackmail everyone of note, and if they can't blackmail them, they frame them or neutralize them or kill them. Every American President since Reagan has been a CIA agent. Your Constitution is a dead letter. It was dead long before 9/11." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.examiner.com/x-18425-LA-County-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m12d31-Declare-independence-from-gambling-Wall-Street-banksters-Move-your-money-and-demand-full-reform&gt;Declare independence from gambling Wall Street banksters: Move your money and demand full reform &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091231/ap_on_go_ot/us_cia_afghan_attack&gt;AP sources: Suicide bomber who killed seven CIA employees  was invited on base&lt;/a&gt; CIA thought an Afghani was a traitor but he wasn't.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=515928&gt;Trial Lawyers Win Added Clout From Democrats In Health Bill&lt;/a&gt; The Senate health care bill includes a gift to trial lawyers: a five-year, $50 million program to encourage states to consult with them on "alternatives" to malpractice claims. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Though presented as a reform, critics say the program will simply encourage states to create an additional option for lawyers and plaintiffs to pursue claims, without requiring them to give up anything in return. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;States applying for grants will need to show that their projects will not in any way curtail existing rights to sue, even in minor ways," Olson said. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The American Association of Justice (trial lawyers) has given $16.6 million in campaign contributions the past decade, $15.4 million of which went to Democrats&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091230184221.htm&gt;No Rise of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Fraction in Past 160 Years, New Research Finds&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/company-news/the-new-homeless-aspiring-web-developer-ends-up-on-san-francisc/19290233/?icid=main|main|dl1|link3|http%3A%2F%2F%3Ca%20target=_blank%20href=&gt;The New Homeless: Aspiring Web Developer Ends Up on San Francisco's Streets&lt;/a&gt; For Mike, a 33-year-old aspiring Web developer, it happened after an emergency loan from a relative suddenly fell through, driving his family out of a motel and onto the streets of San Francisco in September &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please remember this family's plight the next time you make a point about H1-B visas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ui/eta20091574.htm &lt;br /&gt;&gt;States reported 4,448,914 persons claiming EUC (Emergency Unemployment Compensation) benefits for the week ending Dec. 12, an increase of 191,669 from the prior week&lt;/a&gt; Emergency Unemployment Compensation is for people who timed out on regular unemployment. EUC benefits are not enough to maintain an apartment, pay the utilities and buy food.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/fed-judge-gives-blackwater-huge-new-years-gift-dismisses-all-charges-in-iraq-massacre/&gt;Fed Judge Gives Blackwater Huge New Year’s Gift, Dismisses All Charges In Iraq Massacre&lt;/a&gt; If the appeal doesn't work, we could always extradite them to Iraq after we replace the Obama admin. &lt;a href=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/01/201011101136634433.html&gt; Iraq 'to appeal Blackwater verdict'&lt;/a&gt; The September 2007 shooting in Baghdad left 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians dead &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.eutimes.net/2009/12/top-10-most-hateful-quotes-of-2009-anti-white-racism-from-america/&gt;Top 10 Most Hateful Quotes of 2009 (Anti-White Racism from America)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.poten.com/NewsDetails.aspx?id=10278292&gt;New suit latest twist in kids-for-cash scandal (Kids-For-Cash Scandal Judges Immune For Bad-Faith Legal Decisions)&lt;/a&gt; The positive drug test was motivated, Clark's attorneys said, by Ciavarella's push to keep the private detention centers filled. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The probation department "switched urine samples" or "falsely reported the test findings in order to incarcerate Raul and to obtain more money" from the detention facilities and Clark's parents, the lawsuit said. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/new-226591-state-laws.html&gt;Editorial: New laws: nothing too trivial to ban, require or tax (California, of course 724 new laws)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/31/web-2-0-suicide/&gt;Wipe The Slate Clean For 2010, Commit Web 2.0 Suicide&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/117/story/81454.html?storylink=omni_popular&gt;N.Y. congressman sought Chavez's help for disgraced banker Stanford (Dem from Queens)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article6973031.ece&gt;Freed Iraq hostage Peter Moore denies Iranian involvement in kidnapping&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&amp;sid=akW2fq12ZKOA&gt;Goldman Sachs Helps Yellow-Roadway Avert Bankruptcy Following Hoffa’s Plea&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SGE60005C.htm&gt;Death toll in Pakistan volleyball bombing rises to 75 &lt;/a&gt; More Pakistani Destabilixation From Brzezinski?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079380424982206622-1160420908424147262?l=almost117days.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/feeds/1160420908424147262/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-years-day-2010-year-of-decision.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/1160420908424147262'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/1160420908424147262'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-years-day-2010-year-of-decision.html' title='New Year&apos;s Day 2010:  Year of Decision'/><author><name>Daniel F</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17062898366141413906</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079380424982206622.post-950317420707761624</id><published>2009-12-30T16:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-30T22:49:16.822-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Thursday 12-31 Congress Gives 4 Trillion Dollars To Bankers</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&amp;sid=a48c8UpUMxKQ&gt;Bankers Get $4 Trillion Gift From Barney Frank&lt;/a&gt; This automatic gift of 4 trillion dollars plus the rise in Fannie Mae subsidy to infinity further proves my point that the government is preparing us for a Crisis in January-February when we have to raise the debt limit. Maybe they are expecting another war or a plague so they can get a 2 or 3 or 4 trillion dollar debt limit increase.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2009/12/guess-who-showed-up-at-white-house.html&gt;Guess Who Showed Up At the White House? &lt;/a&gt; Goldman Sach's CEO Lloyd Blankfein pretty much spent the entire day at the White House on October 29. He met with the president twice that day (one meeting had 119 attendees the other 16).On that day he also met one-on-one with Larry Summers. He also met one-on-one with Summers on February 4.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On October 29, Jamie Dimon met with the president twice, it appears in the same meetings as Blankfein. He also met on that day with Larry Summers but with another person present. He also met one-on-one with Rahm Emanuel that day, something Blankfein did not get to do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steven Rattner,who runs the government's auto task force and is co-founder of the investment firm, Quadrangle Group, met with Larry Summers over 25 times.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/30/western-troops-accused-of-executing-10-afghan-civilians-including-children/&gt;Western troops accused of executing 10 Afghan civilians, including children&lt;/a&gt; Afghan investigators today accused US-led troops of dragging ten civilians from their beds and shooting them dead during a night raid.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Officials said that eight children and teenagers were among the dead and all but one of the victims were from the same family.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Investigators spoke to the headmaster of the local school who confirmed that all the children – aged 11 to 17 – were his students.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/30/japan-ready-for-nuclear-cooperation-with-iran/&gt;Japan ready for nuclear cooperation with Iran’&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.naturalnews.com/027822_cosmetics_chemicals.html&gt;Toxic Burden: Women Put 515 Chemicals on Their Faces Every Day&lt;/a&gt; A study published by Bionsen, a company in the United Kingdom that sells aluminum-free body products, found that the average woman applies 515 chemicals to her face a day. Makeup, perfumes, lotions, mascara, and other beauty products all contribute to the toxic brew that is causing health problems for many women.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.prisonplanet.com/savannahs-biscuit-police-arrest-dangerous-criminal-in-undercover-sting.html&gt;Video: Savannah’s Biscuit Police arrest Dangerous Criminal in Undercover Sting! &lt;/a&gt; In Savannah Georgia a snitch/competitor uses the favor of the police force to set up an undercover sting on a delivery service. More than 5 police officers detain a man for delivering biscuits and gravy. You got to hear this story! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/30/palestine-to-security-council-israel-must-stop-its-state-terrorism/&gt;Palestine to Security Council: Israel must stop its state terrorism&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/22/AR2009122203336.html?wprss=rss_business&gt;U.S. wants farmers to use coal waste on fields&lt;/a&gt; The federal government is encouraging farmers to spread a chalky waste from coal-fired power plants on their fields to loosen and fertilize soil even as it considers regulating coal wastes for the first time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The material is produced by power plant "scrubbers" that remove acid-rain-causing sulfur dioxide from plant emissions. A synthetic &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4kTseKIxZY&gt;Video: Lock-on: Pakistan&lt;/a&gt; America is killing people in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Sudan, Somalia and God only knows where else.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How many nations do we have to invade before we call it a World War?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://desertpeace.wordpress.com/2009/12/30/the-video-israel-wont-let-me-watch/&gt;I went to the What Really Happened site and clicked on the following….. &lt;/a&gt; and this is what I got…. This video is not available in your country! Video Available Below&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsUtvOW6SR0&gt;Fake Al Qaeda Actors EXPOSED! Adam Gadahn &amp; Yousef al-Khattab&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3LJXoXpAHE&gt;9/11 Commissioner slips up, says missile hit Pentagon&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://corrieredelmezzogiorno.corriere.it/salerno/notizie/cronaca/2009/29-dicembre-2009/scienziato-ucciso-c-pista-privata--1602219805457.shtml&gt;Head of European Patent Office found murdered.&lt;/a&gt; Ferrigno was found dead with his hands tied and his body lying in a pool of blood,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091230/ap_on_bi_ge/us_tavern_on_the_green&gt;NY's Tavern on the Green restaurant bites the dust&lt;/a&gt; preparing for New Year's Eve, when it will serve its last meal  ...  once America's highest-grossing restaurant&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/30/protesters-reject-egypt%E2%80%99s-gaza-offer/&gt;Protesters reject Egypt’s Gaza offer&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://uruknet.com/index.php?p=m61606&amp;hd=&amp;size=1&amp;l=e&gt;UN: Israel bombed Gaza 'back to the mud age'&lt;/a&gt; The UN relief agency UNRWA said on Tuesday that Gaza had been "bombed back, not to the Stone Age, but to the mud age," because the agency was reduced to building houses out of mud due to Israel’s ban on construction materials entering the Strip. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://knucklz.com/2009/12/29/cia-present-in-yemen-since-2008-report.aspx&gt;CIA present in Yemen since 2008: Report&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOV0qCW7nBA&amp;feature=player_embedded&gt;Video: Ben Stein Accuses Ron Paul of Anti-Semitism on Larry King&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://news.antiwar.com/2009/12/29/afghans-increasing-turning-to-talibans-shadow-govt/&gt;Afghans Increasingly Turning to Taliban’s Shadow Govt&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.debbieschlussel.com/14360/abdulmutallabs-public-defender-is-dirty-trickster-who-forged-documents/&gt;Abdulmutallab’s Lawyer is Public Defender Who Forged Documents in Detroit Terror Cell Trial&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2009/12/29/next-stop-yemen/&gt;Next Stop: Yemen&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Change? Far from reversing the policies of the Bush era, President Obama – swept into office by war-weary voters who mistook his opposition to the Iraq war as a general tendency towards non-interventionism – is not only continuing but expanding the American offensive, which is now engulfing Pakistan and spilling over into the Arabian peninsula&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://desertpeace.wordpress.com/2009/12/30/no-conjugal-visits-allowed-for-former-prisoner-vanunu/&gt;NO CONJUGAL VISITS ALLOWED FOR FORMER PRISONER VANUNU&lt;/a&gt; His lawyer said he was detained over a romance with a Norwegian woman rather than for revealing nuclear secrets.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Vanunu was arrested (for) a relationship between a man and a woman, with a Norwegian citizen,” attorney Avigdor Feldman told reporters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://desertpeace.wordpress.com/2009/12/30/updates-on-viva-palestina-convoy-to-gaza/&gt;UPDATES ON VIVA PALESTINA CONVOY TO GAZA&lt;/a&gt; More than 1,000 persons from 42 countries who have vowed to travel from Cairo to the Gaza Strip on 31 December in a bid to highlight and break the Israeli economic blockade, will be prevented from carrying out their mission, according to the Egyptian authorities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The protesters hope to bring aid to the 1.5 million residents of Gaza a year after Israel’s 23-day offensive ended on 18 January 2009.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://desertpeace.wordpress.com/2009/12/30/traveling-on-the-axis-of-evil/&gt;TRAVELING ON ‘THE AXIS OF EVIL’&lt;/a&gt; This highway has told the whole story. They pave a road, expropriate Palestinian land and the High Court of Justice approves the expropriation, in its words, “provided that it is done for the sake of the local population.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Afterwards they prevent the “local population” from using the road, and finally they build a wall with drawings of creeks and meadows so we don’t see and don’t know that we are driving on an apartheid road, that we are traveling on the axis of evil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.ictseurope.com/press-releases/Press%20Release%20ICTS%20Europe%20Supervisory%20Board%20July%202009%20English.pdf&gt;List of the new ICTS (Europe) Advisory Board&lt;/a&gt; ICTS is an Israeli security firm run by the Mossad that ran security for the Christmas bomber and the 911 airports.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.noonehastodietomorrow.com/war/afghanistan/1831&gt;Are America's Mercenary Armies Really Drug Cartels?&lt;/a&gt; In Pakistan, President Zardani is found with 60 million in a Swiss Bank and his Interior Minister is suspected of ties to American groups involved in paramilitary operations, totally illegal that could involve nothing but drugs, there is no other possibility.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Testimony in the US that our government has used "rendition" flights to transport massive amounts of narcotics to Western Europe and the United States has been taken in sworn deposition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://eclipptv.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=9215&gt;Video: Cruel Contrast: Wall St. record profits amid jobs crisis&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/gata-sues-fed-demands-disclosure-gold-market-intervention-records&gt;GATA Sues Fed, Demands Disclosure Of Gold Market Intervention Records&lt;/a&gt; JP Morgan, Chase and Citibank short gold and go to the FED to get tens of billions of dollars every time gold goes up. When options close and shorts have to be settled, the banks run gold down and then the following Monday gold rises again. Setting us up for another loss of tens of billions of dollars.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&gt;Video: Serco - The biggest company you have never heard of&lt;/a&gt; Serco was spun off from RCA. Government privatization has made SERCO a lot of money running prisons and even air traffic control.. See the Wikipedia entry&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serco_Group&gt;Wikipedia Serco&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/1805-State-Sales-Tax-Numbers-The-Truth-Appears.html&gt;State Sales Tax Numbers: The Truth Appears&lt;/a&gt; Sales taxes declined 9% to $70 billion in the third quarter compared with the year-ago period, the Census Bureau said. Income taxes plunged 12% to about $58 billion. Together, sales and income taxes make up roughly half of state and local tax revenue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.clipsyndicate.com/video/playlist/1778/1229570?title=bloomberg&gt;Howard Davidowitz Says 70% of Retailers to See Negative Sales: Video&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/6913111/Detroit-terror-attack-hesitation-over-x-ray-scanners-risking-lives.html&gt;Hesitation over x-ray scanners 'risking lives' &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/financialcrisis/6913074/Eurozone-credit-contraction-accelerates.html&gt;Eurozone credit contraction accelerates&lt;/a&gt; Bank loans and the M3 money supply in the eurozone contracted at an accelerating pace in November, raising the risk that a lending squeeze will choke the region's fragile recovery next year. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The martyred Presidents Lincoln and Kennedy were killed because they dared to create money without first creating a debt. The requirement that we create a debt before we can create money makes economic recovery extremely difficult.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&amp;aid=16682&gt;A Grand Jury May Answer the Question: Who Is Accountable for a War Started on The False Claims That Iraq Had WMD?&lt;/a&gt; Pending in Washington at the United States District Court for the District of Columbia is a report and request to the grand jury that it conduct an investigation of the Bush Administration’s false and fraudulent statements that Iraq had sought uranium for a nuclear weapon. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6969122.ece&gt;Eerie outpost unnerves US Marines with strange lights and whispers in the night&lt;/a&gt; “The local people say this is a cursed place,” he said. “You will definitely see weird-ass lights up here at night.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&amp;aid=16692&gt;Egypt Lets 100 Protesters Go to Gaza&lt;/a&gt; Egyptian authorities have given permission for 100 members of a 1,300-member protest group to enter the Gaza strip after days of demonstrations and hunger strikes. And an aid convoy has been rerouted through Jordan and Syria.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.twincities.com/ci_14095373?nclick_check=1&gt;Minnesota Judge: Governor 'crossed the line' on budget cuts, money ordered to be reinstated to food program &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/1804-Raw-Allegations-Of-Fraud-FannieFreddie.html&gt; Raw Allegations Of Fraud? (Fannie/Freddie)&lt;/a&gt; Edward Pinto, a former chief credit officer for Fannie Mae and a housing expert, has found that from the time Fannie and Freddie began buying risky loans as early as 1993, they routinely misrepresented the mortgages they were acquiring, reporting them as prime when they had characteristics that made them clearly subprime or Alt-A. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/12/union-battles-in-las-vegas-simi.html&gt;Mish Shedlock: Union Battles In Las Vegas, Simi California, Hawaii, Massachusetts &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&amp;sid=af4i5CrOFBBo&amp;pos=6&gt;Treasuries Set for Worst Year Since 1978 as U.S. Steps Up Sales&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/&gt;Arresting Peaceful Protesters in Occupied Palestine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.risk.net/asia-risk/news/1566563/renminbi-set-replace-us-dollar-trade-asia-pacific&gt;Chinese Renminbi set to replace US dollar for trade in Asia Pacific&lt;/a&gt; Hong Kong moves to position itself as clearing hub for renminbi-based transactions&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://desertpeace.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/updated-version-of-the-complete-guide-to-killing-non-jews/&gt;Settler Rabbi publishes “The complete guide to killing non-Jews”&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJo7LhSPJaY&gt;DEFAMATION - Theatrical Trailer&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/31/business/31aig.html?_r=1&gt;Another reason to hate lawyers - AIG's top lawyer protests pay cuts, may walk away with $3.8 million&lt;/a&gt; American International Group Inc. general counsel Anastasia Kelly, who resigned after a dispute over government-imposed pay limits, will reap about $3.8 million in severance, said people familiar with the matter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kelly was among leaders named in a September 2008 e-mail listing people who should be dismissed over AIG’s near-collapse,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://ncoal.com/blog/?p=1465&gt;U.S. Government Gears Up for Flight 253 Retaliatory Strike&lt;/a&gt; Yes but the perpetrator was not from Yemen. And he was let on board without a passport past the Mossad controlled ICTS security.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The south Yemenis are allies of Iran. They are capable of blowing up Saudi oil facilities and spiking the price of oil. As I pointed out yesterday, a sharp rise in the price of oil would send our country into a Depression and bring this Empire to a halt.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2009/12/glad_to_see_fox_is_on_the_case.php?ref=fpblg&gt;PROPAGANDA ALERT - FOX NEWS TRIES TO LINK IRAN TO CROTCH BOMBER!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2009/12/find-local-credit-union-and-view-its.html&gt;Find a Local Credit Union and Assess Its Safety&lt;/a&gt; Where would Jesus bank?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2009/12/have-we-learned-anything-from-bush.html&gt;Have We Learned Anything from the Bush Years?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;•Torture does NOT work to produce intelligence or prevent terrorist attacks&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;•Torture HARMS national security &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;•Most of those tortured were INNOCENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079380424982206622-950317420707761624?l=almost117days.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/feeds/950317420707761624/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/thursday-12-31-congress-gives-4.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/950317420707761624'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/950317420707761624'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/thursday-12-31-congress-gives-4.html' title='Thursday 12-31 Congress Gives 4 Trillion Dollars To Bankers'/><author><name>Daniel F</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17062898366141413906</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079380424982206622.post-8881696978668093514</id><published>2009-12-29T14:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-29T20:51:15.318-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Wednesday 12-30 Yemen Can Take Down America</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/29/obama-vows-%E2%80%98accelerated-offensive%E2%80%99-in-yemen/&gt;Obama Vows ‘Accelerated Offensive’ in Yemen&lt;/a&gt; Taking time out from his Hawaii vacation to comment on last Friday’s lap bombing on a Detroit bound airliner, President Barack Obama vowed America would continue to press its accelerated offensive against terror cells in Yemen and elsewhere in the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ym.html&gt;Yemen has twice the land area of Wyoming, nearly 24 million people and is in a state of civil war with elections suspended for the next two years.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://gcnlive.com/Archives2009/dec09/AlexJones/1229092.mp3&gt;Audio Gerald Celente: Yemen could retaliate against aerial bombings by blowing up Saudi oil facilities which he said could spike oil prices and send us into a Depression &lt;/a&gt; America is at a breaking point and even a tribal conflict 8,000 miles away can take us down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please note that we depend upon Russia, Iran and Pakistan to supply our troops in Afghanistan so our men and women would get killed in case we ramp up the war. The Russians and the Iranians know they have the upper hand even if the Neocon talking heads do not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Compare this reality to America as Superpower&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/user/MrSNOWBLAST#p/c/08AAC625367449FD/0/etJJh8g1IHU&gt;Video: Superpower-A 12 Part Documentary&lt;/a&gt; The heart of Superpower lies in the analysis produced from a re-examination of history through a series of interviews with historians, documentarians, and academians such as Bill Blum, Chalmers Johnson, Michael Chossudovsky, and Noam Chomsky, and others with expertise in this subject such as the Executive Producer of The Unit, Command Sergeant (Ret.) Eric Haney; former Chief Economist for the US Department of Labor, Morgan Reynolds; three-time Noble Peace Prize nominee, Kathy Kelly; and Lt. Col. (Ret) Karen Kwiatkowski. Examining key moments in America's history elicits a more consistent and plausible set of motives for US foreign policy actions guided by global expansion and military dominance, rather than the hyperbolic calls for democracy and totalitarian regime change that we have become so accustomed to hearing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.newkerala.com/news/fullnews-19873.html&gt;Hovering American B-52 warplanes cause panic in Pak's tribal areas&lt;/a&gt; The Nation quoted sources as saying that B-52 warplanes and US drones have been hovering over Waziristan and Kurram Agency for the last several weeks. The US Air Combat Command's B-52 is a long-range, heavy bomber that can perform a variety of missions. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/small-chinese-company-tells-goldman-take-hike-refuses-pay-80-million-derivative-losses&gt;Small Chinese Company Tells Goldman To Take A Hike, Refuses To Pay $80 Million In Derivative Losses&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/29/new-west-bank-roadblock-cripples-agriculture/&gt;New West Bank Roadblock Cripples Agriculture&lt;/a&gt; The Israeli army erected a giant earth mound across a crucial agricultural road in the northern West Bank village of Madama this week. The road block severely limits hundreds of farmers’ access to their lands, making transport by vehicle all but impossible. The intentional crippling of the village’s chief economy comes as settler violence continues unabated in the region&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/12/credit-card-delinquencies-chargeoffs.html&gt;Credit Card Delinquencies, Chargeoffs Rise Again; Bank of America Has Credit Card Headaches &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/1800-Are-Banks-Scamming-Fannie.html&gt;Are Banks Scamming Fannie?&lt;/a&gt; After the Fannie news came out this weekend, a friend called me and his brother works for Chase Mortgage. He told me that Chase is redoing stated income loans and instead of actually appraising the home, they are going back 3 years on the homes valuation in order to get the loan processed. Then they are selling these mortgages to Fannie Mae. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.prisonplanet.com/ron-paul-says-agenda-behind-bombing-incident-is-more-war-more-attacks-on-liberty.html&gt;Ron Paul Says Agenda Behind Bombing Incident Is More War, More Attacks On Liberty &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1138418.html&gt;Editorial: Netanyahu must boot Lieberman from Foreign Minister post &lt;/a&gt; Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman insists on bringing back the Israel of the bad old days of "the whole world is against us" and "there's no one to talk to." The foreign minister, the man responsible for promoting Israel's standing in the international community as a peace-loving country, presented a shamefully bullying approach. Lieberman has already become unwelcome in key countries in the Middle East and Europe. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24270.htm&gt;“Genocide in Slow Motion.”&lt;/a&gt; My friend Professor Ilan Pappe, Israel’s leading “revisionist” (meaning honest) historian and author of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, would and has put it another way. What we are witnessing is, in his words, “genocide in slow motion.” And that, really, is what the governments of the Western powers (and others) are complicit in.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The lesson of the cold-blooded attack on the Liberty was that there is nothing the Zionist state might not do, to its friends as well as its enemies, in order to get its own way. (In my book I explain, on the basis of a conversation with Dayan, the real reason for Israel’s decision to acquire a nuclear arsenal. It was to have the deterrent threat capability of saying to its friends, “Don’t push us further than we are prepared to go or we’ll use these things.”)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24271.htm&gt;The Economic Crisis Ends; the Political Crisis Begins &lt;/a&gt; First Iceland, then Ireland, now Greece.  Much of Europe is mired in inescapable debt and bankrupt nations, the result of crashing banks, bank bailouts, and soaring unemployment.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8429233.stm&gt;Secret mobile phone codes cracked &lt;/a&gt; Crackers can now eavesdrop on all cell phone conversations&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/23-activists-slam-world-water-forum-as-a-corporate-driven-fraud/&gt;Activists Slam World Water Forum as a Corporate-Driven Fraud&lt;/a&gt; However, the Forum’s main organizer, the World Water Council, is dominated by two of the world’s largest private water corporations, Suez and Veolia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Suez is a Belgian utility and has an executive named Etienne Davignon who is European head of the the Bilderberg Society. All you need to know about Veolia is that it is owned by the Rothschilds. The Bilderberg Society was founded in 1954 by David Rockefeller and Sir Evelyn de Rothschild.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The wealthy are using their political power at the IMF and the World Bank to force the poor nations to sell their water rights to Bilderberg Society members. Higher water prices can kill many of the two billion people who live on two dollars a day or less.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As my regular readers know, the IMF and the World bank are both headed by ex-Goldman Sachs employees.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://apnews.myway.com/article/20091229/D9CT6H701.html&gt;Rare New Year's Eve 'blue moon' to ring in 2010&lt;/a&gt; According to popular definition, a blue moon is the second full moon in a month. The New Year's Eve blue moon will be visible in the United States, Canada, Europe, South America and Africa. For partygoers in Australia and Asia, the full moon does not show up until New Year's Day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, the Eastern Hemisphere can celebrate with a partial lunar eclipse on New Year's Eve when part of the moon enters the Earth's shadow. The eclipse will not be visible in the Americas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/12/28/world/international-us-palestinians-israel-settlements.html?_r=1&gt;Israel Announces New Jewish Homes in West Bank &lt;/a&gt; At the time of the Oslo accords Israel had 20,000 illegal settlers on Palestinian soil. They now have 400,000 and are adding more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://desertpeace.wordpress.com/2009/12/29/vanunu-they-just-wont-leave-him-alone/&gt;VANUNU ~~ THEY JUST WON’T LEAVE HIM ALONE&lt;/a&gt; Vanunu violated the terms of his release by having a Norwegian girl friend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Israelis are angry at him because he said Israel killed JFK and that they have placed nuclear weapons in the large cities of America and Europe to blackmail our political leaders just in case peace threatens the Mideast and Israel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://seekingalpha.com/article/179841-fannie-freddie-what-does-treasury-know?source=article_sb_popular&gt;Fannie / Freddie - What Does Treasury Know?&lt;/a&gt; The two top executives at the companies, which have received $121 billion in federal aid since they were seized last year, could be paid up to $6 million each for their services this year. In total, the top 12 executives at the two firms are in line to receive up to $42 million in 2009 alone. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;911 Commissioner Jamie Gorelick got 27 million dollars in bonuses for her short stint at Fannie Mae. Her boss Howell Raines got 90 million dollars.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=114872&amp;sectionid=351020403&gt;Karzai condemns US for killing school children&lt;/a&gt; eight school students were killed in just one strike&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://smokingmirrors.blogspot.com/2009/12/curious-cancer-from-country-of.html&gt;The Curious Cancer from the Country of Rothschildlandia&lt;/a&gt; So this Nigerian without a passport gets waved through ICTS security ... One can only hope that Iran does have nuclear weapons and gets those S-300 missiles real soon because the Central Banking Nation of the Middle East is clearly at the root of just about all of the world’s problems and something has to be done sooner or later. You have to think of Rothschildlandia as Cujo in full bloom, with the rest of the world locked in the car with the foam and slobber running down the windows. There’s no cure for hydrophobia except for the obvious. It just goes on and on and no one in power says anything about the glaringly evident, so whatever stranglehold the Ashke-NAZI’s have on the world’s leaders must be pretty impressive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are enough of us to be a force to reckon with and we need to turn it on Rothschildlandia and on Mubarak; Gordon Brown, Netanyahoo and his man in the shadows. ‘seven come 9/11’ Barak. We have to become a collectively fused and focused force and we can accomplish miracles. The time is certainly at hand and there is no more critical work to which we can turn our hearts and our minds and our hands if we want to make a difference in the life on this planet. Well… there is a greater work, how could I forget? Still… this one may certainly be a necessary part of the other. Let’s pick an hour of the day that works for all of us wherever we may be and get to work. If we build it they will come. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.prisonplanet.com/bombshell-evidence-clearly-indicates-staged-attack-on-detroit-flight.html&gt;BOMBSHELL: Evidence Clearly Indicates Staged Attack on Detroit Flight &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2009/1221/More-herbicide-use-reported-on-genetically-modified-crops&gt;More herbicide use reported on genetically modified crops&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.opednews.com/articles/Obama-Nominates-Monsanto-R-by-Gustav-Wynn-091114-137.html&gt; Obama Nominated Monsanto Rep For Agricultural Trade Post&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.france24.com/en/20090418-superweed-explosion-threatens-monsanto-heartlands-genetically-modified-US-crops&gt;‘Superweed’ explosion threatens Monsanto heartlands &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joweZ6uM5iY&gt;A Great Documentary Video: The Genetic Conspiracy - about Monsanto&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/29/forests-vs-food-study-worries-agriculture-chief/&gt;Plan to turn farms into forest worries Obama official&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.sjlendman.blogspot.com/&gt;Gaza One Year Later&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2425481.html&gt;Federal appellate court limits cops' use of Tasers&lt;/a&gt; The 9th Circuit is more liberal than other courts but a few more deaths and it might be upheld by the Supreme Court. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKLDE5BS1FB20091229&gt;French constitutional body rules against carbon tax&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/29/the-%E2%80%98war%E2%80%99-for-legitimacy-is-a-war-israel-may-never-win/&gt;The ‘war’ for legitimacy is a war Israel may never win&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ui/eta20091562.htm&gt;States reported 4,368,107 persons claiming EUC (Emergency Unemployment Compensation) benefits for the week ending Dec. 5, an increase of 141,807 from the prior week.&lt;/a&gt; I have been reporting on the alarming increase of people on EUC who have timed out of regular unemployment benefits. Last week I reported we were up 425% over the last calendar year. And now we are up 141,807 over that figure. We will soon have more people on EUC than on regular unemployment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704254604574614230731506644.html&gt;Saving Mexico To weaken the cartels, some argue the U.S. should legalize marijuana, let cocaine pass through the Caribbean and take the profit motive out of the drug trade&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I say closing the border and sending the illegals home is a better solution than legalizing marijuana and decriminalizing cocaine and heroin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_lesbian_custody&gt;Vt. judge: Birth mom must give child to ex lesbian partner&lt;/a&gt; Vermont Family Court Judge William Cohen ordered Lisa Miller of Winchester, Va., to turn over daughter Isabella to Janet Jenkins of Fair Haven at 1 p.m. Friday at the Virginia home of Jenkins' parents. Miller moved to Virginia, renounced homosexuality and became an evangelical Christian. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079380424982206622-8881696978668093514?l=almost117days.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/feeds/8881696978668093514/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/wednesday-12-30-yemen-can-take-down.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/8881696978668093514'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/8881696978668093514'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/wednesday-12-30-yemen-can-take-down.html' title='Wednesday 12-30 Yemen Can Take Down America'/><author><name>Daniel F</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17062898366141413906</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079380424982206622.post-543665806334985980</id><published>2009-12-28T17:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-28T23:00:11.265-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Tuesday 12-29 Life of a Palestinian Child</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="445" height="364"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/20MTyZN5PG0&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x402061&amp;color2=0x9461ca&amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/20MTyZN5PG0&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x402061&amp;color2=0x9461ca&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://rt.com/Top_News/2009-12-28/israel-war-crimes-hague.html&gt;Israel remains “immune” to war crimes tribunal&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.gilad.co.uk/writings/a-film-review-a-serious-man-the-poetic-side-of-self-hatred-b.html&gt;A Film review: A Serious Man, the Poetic Side of Self-Hatred by Gilad Atzmon&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; A Serious Man is a cinematic allegory of Jewish cultural detachment from nature. It is a masterpiece that elaborates on the abnormalities of the Jewish tribal existence. &lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FYtprwg1As&amp;feature=fvst &gt;To watch the Trailer Click Here&lt;/a&gt; Maybe there are legitimate reasons for Jewish self-hatred.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/12/28/23144.htm&gt;Cop Went Wild With Taser, Diabetic Says&lt;/a&gt; A suburban Chicago police officer Tasered a man 11 times while he was having a diabetic seizure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/48781&gt;U.S. Intelligence Found Iran Nuke Document Was Forged&lt;/a&gt; U.S. intelligence has concluded that the document published recently by the Times of London, which purportedly describes an Iranian plan to do experiments on what the newspaper described as a "neutron initiator" for an atomic weapon, is a fabrication, according to a former Central Intelligence Agency official.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://ow.ly/QwEf&gt;al-Qaeda is Recruiting Gay Muslim Men for Terror Attacks &lt;/a&gt; Well, if they didn't believe that story about the Iranian nuclear triggers, maybe they will believe gay Muslim men want to become suicide bombers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/men-believed-northwest-airlines-plot-set-free/story?id=9434065&gt;Two al Qaeda Leaders Behind Northwest Flight 253 Terror Plot Were Released by U.S. From Guantanamo&lt;/a&gt; That Christmas day alleged bomber went through Amsterdam airport security which is controlled by an Israeli company run by Mossad and the IDF. He was put on board with the assistance of a well dressed man even though he had been placed on our No Fly List and had no passport. What good is all this security if Israelis allow men on board planes without passports?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The government will have to prove this man is a real terrorist and not a patsy. Notice how they are grasping at straws trying to justify keeping those prisoners in Guantanamo. Is that because they do not want the world to see the scars of the victims of American torture?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://cityfile.com/dailyfile/tags/blythe-masters&gt;Please Do Not Cry For Blythe Masters&lt;/a&gt; Blythe Masters, JP Morgan Chase's head of global commodities, has lowered the price of her 6,800-square-foot townhouse at 150 Reade Street, which she listed for $14 million just last month. It's now on the market for $11.9 million. Blythe Masters is the billionaire who invented Credit Default Swaps. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to this same article, for 60 million dollars you can buy a five bedroom apartment at 834 Fifth Avenue and ride in the same elevator as Rupert Murdoch. I would advise against it as when the poor folk come armed with pitchforks, shotguns and rope you don't want to be standing close to the Prince of Darkness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just thought of an idea to make money. Create a 52 card pack of cards identifying the men and women behind the current economic collapse. Blythe Masters could be the Queen of Clubs. The Ace of Clubs would have to be Alan Greenspan. Robert Rubin should be the Ace of Spades.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1261364526855&amp;pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&gt; 'Hamas building its own phone network'&lt;/a&gt; These guys could be instant billionaires in America if they built a network that did not allow either Israeli or American authorities to tap our phones and read our emails without a court order.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://eldib.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/islamic-jihad-arrested-cell-links-to-israeli-intelligence/&gt;“Islamic Jihad” arrested cell links to Israeli intelligence&lt;/a&gt; A terrorist cell busted in Yemen last month after a suicide attack on the US embassy there had links with an Israeli intelligence agency, the state-run Saba news agency reported. The report, quoting an unnamed source, said investigations and data retrieved from a computer seized from the cell, showed there was correspondence between the Islamic Jihad group’s deputy leader Bassam Abdullah Fadhel Al-Haidari and an Israeli intelligence agency. Saba quoted the source as saying that the correspondence between the two sides included a request from the Israeli side to implement terrorist attacks inside Yemen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2009/12/who-is-buying-all-these-us-treasuries.html&gt;Who Is Buying All These US Treasuries (And Can They Keep It Up in 2010)?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Foreign entities were net sellers again of $110.3 billion of Agency debt and $73.1 of US corporate debt. So who is buying our debt? Ben Bernanke of the Federal Reserve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/12/26-mile-long-glut-of-idle-oil-tankers.html&gt;26 Mile Long Glut Of Idle Oil Tankers &lt;/a&gt; A 26-mile-long line of idled oil tankers, enough to blockade the English Channel, may signal a 25 percent slump in freight rates next year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you leased a couple dozen oil tankers and bought all that oil, wouldn't you be on the phone to Netanyahu and Obama demanding WAR NOW?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.eutimes.net/2009/12/us-high-school-science-labs-now-racist/&gt;US High School Science Labs now “Racist”?&lt;/a&gt; The proposal would trade labs seen as benefiting white students for resources to help struggling students.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Berkeley High School is considering a controversial proposal to eliminate science labs and the five science teachers who teach them to free up more resources to help struggling students.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1138228.html&gt;Gaza aid convoy led by George Galloway declares hunger strike&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.mybudget360.com/top-1-percent-control-42-percent-of-financial-wealth-in-the-us-how-average-americans-are-lured-into-debt-servitude-by-promises-of-mega-wealth/&gt;Top 1 Percent Control 42 Percent of Financial Wealth in the U.S. - How Average Americans are Lured into Debt Servitude by Promises of Mega Wealth.&lt;/a&gt;  A recent study shows that over 70 percent of Americans derive their monthly income from an actual W-2 job. And 27 million Americans are unemployed and underemployed. We have 37 million Americans on food stamps and many wait until midnight of the last day of the month so checks can clear to buy food at Wal-Mart. 93 percent of all financial wealth is controlled by the top 10 percent of the country. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://ziofascism.net/blog/2009/12/top-10-zionist-control-in-canada/&gt;Top Ten Most Glaringly Blatant Instances of Zionist Control in Canada for 2009 &lt;/a&gt; 9. Canada excuses Israeli War Crimes 7. Canada Boycotts Anti-Racism Conference, then Boycotts UN Speech 2. Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Antisemitism Stealth plan to criminalize criticism of Israel 1.  Canadian government says Christian churches anti-Semitic Anglican, Catholic, and United Churches are part of KAIROS, an aid group that was shocked to hear Immigration Minister Jason Kenney say its funding was lifted as part of the effort to cut off anti-Semitic organizations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.kawther.info/wpr/2009/12/26/abortions-cancer-diseases-and-in-gaza&gt;Abortions, Cancer, Diseases and ... in Gaza&lt;/a&gt; The position paper presents the impact of the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) use to of internationally prohibited weapons against the civilians of Gaza. As a result, the number of children born with birth defects, abortion, and cancer diseases has increased dramatically since the Israeli operation “Cast Lead” on the Gaza Strip. The disastrous consequences of the three-week conflict continue to affect the lives of the people of Gaza. The illegal use of the chemical weapons in the densely-populated areas would cause a long-lasting tragedy and plague the future generation. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/28/portuguese-activists-fight-state-water-company-deal-with-israels-mekorot/&gt;Portuguese activists fight state water company deal with Israel’s Mekorot&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052748704718204574616470817688220-lMyQjAxMDA5MDIwNjEyNDYyWj.html&gt;How Overhauling Derivatives Died &lt;/a&gt; Lobbying by Wall Street has blunted efforts to step up regulation on derivatives trading by carving out exceptions or leaving the status quo in place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/three-month-flat-market-yesif-you-exclude-constant-after-hours-manipulation&gt;A Three-Month Flat Market? Yes...If You Exclude The Constant After Hours Manipulation&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/26/AR2009122601774.html?hpid=topnews&gt;Mexico weighs options as lawlessness continues to grip Ciudad Juarez after military occupation&lt;/a&gt; In a macabre daily ritual, assassins now appear to time their killings so that they get play on the afternoon and evening television news shows.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What they don't say is that the Mexican army takes bribes and allows Sinaloa hit squads through road blocks so they can assassinate men from other drug cartels.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BR01920091228&gt;Dark days at the center of Europe&lt;/a&gt; The Eurocrats demanded Lithuania shut their only nuclear power plant and raise electric rates 30% even though their GDP contracted 18% in 2009. Lithuania almost made the top ten list of nations likely to default on their national debt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.bushstole04.com/monetarysystem/fed_takedown.htm&gt;Taking Down The FED With RICO&lt;/a&gt; I wrote this one year ago. It has cycled around the Internet and was posted here in its entirety. No attribution to me but that does not matter. Our words go far on the Internet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCgTfe9o_Ec&gt;Music Video: Chris Botti - Time to Say Goodbye&lt;/a&gt; A Musical tribute to those friends and to those unknown who passed on in 2009. Would like to especially remember those who died in America's wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen or under the brutal American sponsored Israeli occupation of Palestine. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My prayer for 2010 is that no more people die from the diseases known as the American Empire and its co-conspirator Zionism.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079380424982206622-543665806334985980?l=almost117days.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/feeds/543665806334985980/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/tuesday-12-29-life-of-palestinian-child.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/543665806334985980'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/543665806334985980'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/tuesday-12-29-life-of-palestinian-child.html' title='Tuesday 12-29 Life of a Palestinian Child'/><author><name>Daniel F</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17062898366141413906</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079380424982206622.post-7714261303040783205</id><published>2009-12-27T20:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-28T07:19:21.304-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Monday 12-28 Inflation 1  Deflation 0</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt; &lt;a href=http://www.financialsense.com/&gt;The Financial Sense website organized a debate between the inflationists and the deflationists.&lt;/a&gt; Mish Shedlock represented the deflationists. Mish Shedlock said that the FED's Federal Open Market Committee had been buying up worthless mortgages or Mortgage Backed Securities from the banks and giving the banks cash reserves. He said these reserves were not lent out because the banks knew that in the future they would have to buy back these worthless MBS. Not anymore. Consider what the government did to you over the Christmas holidays. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/12/23/financial/f183220S50.DTL&gt;Treasury removes cap for Fannie and Freddie aid&lt;/a&gt; The government has handed its ATM card to beleaguered mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now the FED can return the MBS to the banks so they can sell them to the Treasury. The Treasury can sell a few trillion dollars in bonds to the FED. The only losers will be the those poor people who try to buy a loaf of bread for less than ten dollars. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The whole world knows the US government has decided to inflate the dollar to infinity and will soon act accordingly. Please note the truism of economics that in an inflation the  first person to get hold of newly printed dollars gets most of the benefit and the person with their future tied up in savings and pensions loses the most.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That means the bankers win and we lose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUnqdf09uvw&gt;Video: Foreign Troops on the Streets of America?&lt;/a&gt; This features Alex Jones. He shows video of Dutch troops in a training exercise in California kicking in doors and seizing weapons from unemployed Americans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/73651-lieberman-yemen-will-be-tomorrows-war-if-preemptive-action-not-taken&gt;Senator Joe Lieberman: Yemen will be 'tomorrow's war' if pre-emptive action not taken&lt;/a&gt; Lieberman, who helms the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said on "Fox News Sunday" that the U.S. will have to take an active approach in Yemen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://wakeupfromyourslumber.com/news/2009/december/26/us-rabbi-involved-sex-scandal-led-fight-against-israel-conversions&gt;U.S. rabbi involved in sex scandal led fight against Israel conversions &lt;/a&gt; A report in the New York Post earlier this week revealed a sensational story about "a prominent Orthodox rabbi has been caught on tape discussing his apparent love affair with a shiksa he was converting to Judaism."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The woman involved is 32-year-old Shannon Orand of Houston, who still seeks to convert from Christianity to Judaism. The bulk of the report deals with embarrassing comments that the rabbi made during a phone call, during which he was recorded demanding the woman perform a number of sexual services for himself and his friends in exchange for granting her a conversion certificate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,581232,00.html&gt;Detroit-Bound Airline Passenger Was Ill, Not a Threat, Sources Say&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=16014&gt;We're Screwed! ShadowStats.com founder John Williams explains the risk of hyperinflation. Worst-case scenario? Rioting in the streets and devolution to a bartering system.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://eclipptv.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=9187&gt;Video: Mortal motor city: Detroit on the edge&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ0DKxBpmDA&amp;feature=player_embedded&gt;Video: Jewish South African, Ronnie Kasrils, compares Israel to apartheid era South Africa&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/27/gaza-freedom-marchers-38-detained-by-egypt/&gt;Gaza Freedom Marchers: 38 detained by Egypt&lt;/a&gt; “Egyptian security forces detained a group of 30 internationals in their hotel in el-Arish and another group of 8 at the bus station. They also broke up a memorial action commemorating the Cast Lead massacre at the Kasr al Nil Bridge,” the statement asserted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etJ_A-kE4mI&gt;Video: Gaza aid held up in Jordan &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2009/12/princeton-economist-and-computer.html&gt;Princeton Economist and Computer Scientists Show that Derivatives Are Inherently Vulnerable to Fraud&lt;/a&gt; Arora noted that the problem arises from asymmetric information between buyers and sellers, and goes against conventional wisdom in economic theory, which holds that derivatives reduce the negative effects of such unequal information. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5Y9X5ggxzA&gt;Video: Shameless Sen Baucus (D) stewed on Senate floor&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article16063.html&gt; Global Food Crisis 2010 Means Financial Armageddon&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zow0W3g8ir8&gt;US testing unproven weapons in Afghanistan&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/user/webbotforum#p/a/u/2/Rl5vdyS91Zc&gt;Video: Cliff High Predicts Dollar Collapse and the Beginnings of Revolution Worldwide By July 7th&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2009/12/make-aig-emails-public.html&gt;Make AIG's Emails Public&lt;/a&gt; we gave them 180 billion dollars so the least they can do is let us read their emails.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.newschannel10.com/global/story.asp?s=11723939&gt;Tulsa-based Arrow Trucking suspends operations, lays off&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/12/michigan-forces-business-owners-into.html&gt;Michigan Forces Business Owners Into Public Sector Unions; Detroit's Aura of Hopelessness&lt;/a&gt; Not satisfied with wrecking the auto sector and most of the state itself, unions and the state of Michigan conspired to force small business owners into unions the businesses want no part of and did not even vote for.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Detroit students have a greater chance of ending up in prison than graduating high school.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hhJ_49leBw&amp;feature=player_embedded&gt;Video: Detroit in RUINS! (Crowder goes Ghetto)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://maxkeiser.com/2009/12/27/the-americans-no-longer-have-the-means-to-save-themselves/&gt;Max Keiser: “The Americans no longer have the means to save themselves.”&lt;/a&gt; Haven’t seen this posted anywhere else, but it’s Martin Wolf speaking in Singapore. This, in my opinion, is going to be one of the biggest stories over next ten years. The dollar, obviously, can no longer function as reserve currency; but it’s one thing identifying the problem, and another thing fixing it, especially while that system is still operating. It seems we prefer collapse to motivate us to change course. Anyway, your ideas for solutions? Or, do you see no problem with what we have? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.business24-7.ae/Articles/2009/12/Pages/26122009/12272009_b60d075ae8834ca981282abc0ee85802.aspx&gt;Do we need a new reserve currency?&lt;/a&gt; “Because the dollar, to my mind, given its underlying conditions, is no longer a credible long-term store of value,” said Wolf.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“The Americans no longer have the means to save themselves, this is what I think people don’t understand. There is no credible American policy,” said Wolf.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I disagree. We need to balance our trade deficit. This will require us to create a non-interest bearing currency to replace the Federal Reserve Note. We also need to reduce oil imports and solve our budget problems by kicking out 20 million plus illegal aliens and sending some H1-B visa holders home. We also need to get hold of some of the advanced scientific research now hidden from us by the secret government. We need to use these advanced energy systems and anti-gravity to build completely new industries to provide jobs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/brace-impact-2010-private-demand-us-fixed-income-has-increase-elevenfold-or-else&gt;Brace For Impact: In 2010, Demand For US Fixed Income Has To Increase Elevenfold... Or Else&lt;/a&gt; Here is the only math you need to know as we all look at 2010: in 2009 US Dollar denominated fixed income supply, net of the Fed's Quantitative Easing operations, was $190 billion. In 2010 it will be $2,060 billion, an eleven fold increase.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&amp;sid=a4oPPj5mh100&amp;pos=14&gt;Warren Buffett Eliminates 21,000 Jobs as Manufacturing, Retail Slump &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/1795-Gee,-Who-WASNT-Bribed.html&gt;Gee, Who WASN'T Bribed?&lt;/a&gt;Now things are heating up:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just hours after federal agents charged banker Allen Stanford with fleecing investors of $7 billion, the disgraced financier received a message from one of Congress' most powerful members, Pete Sessions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;``I love you and believe in you,'' said the e-mail sent on Feb. 17. ``If you want my ear/voice -- e-mail,'' it said, signed ``Pete.''&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stanford hosted New York Congressman John Sweeney's wedding dinner at his five-star restaurant in Antigua in 2004 -- toasting the couple for photographers -- and staged a cocktail fundraiser for now-disgraced Ohio congressman Bob Ney at his bayfront Miami office.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In time, the group of lawmakers, which became known as the ``Caribbean Caucus,'' would take 11 more trips -- the costs picked up by the Inter-American Economic Council, a nonprofit funded by Stanford.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.mathaba.net/news/?x=622292&gt;Yahoo Sells All Its Users Private Email Contents to U.S. Agencies for Small Price&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2009/1221/More-herbicide-use-reported-on-genetically-modified-crops&gt;More herbicide use reported on genetically modified crops&lt;/a&gt; A report has found that farmers are using more herbicides on genetically engineered soybeans, corn, and cotton because of resistant weeds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://politicallore.com/blog/?p=792&gt;Obamisms to Retire in 2010&lt;/a&gt; “Let me be clear” - Anytime The One utters this phrase you can be assured of two things. First, he is not going to be clear. He is about to say something completely contradictory to something he has already said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/27/world/asia/27commandos.html?_r=2&amp;hp&gt;Elite U.S. Force Expanding Hunt in Afghanistan &lt;/a&gt; Secretive branches of the military’s Special Operations forces have increased counterterrorism missions in Afghanistan and, because of their success, plan an even bigger expansion next year, according to American commanders. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079380424982206622-7714261303040783205?l=almost117days.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/feeds/7714261303040783205/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/monday-12-28-inflation-1-deflation-0.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/7714261303040783205'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/7714261303040783205'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/monday-12-28-inflation-1-deflation-0.html' title='Monday 12-28 Inflation 1  Deflation 0'/><author><name>Daniel F</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17062898366141413906</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079380424982206622.post-6711148805580254245</id><published>2009-12-26T16:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-27T14:28:18.857-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Weekend Edition The Easily Predictable January Crisis</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt; Max Keiser has said the next economic crisis will occur soon after Goldman Sachs pays out its employee bonuses in January. Consider the following:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) My regular readers know that I have found the dancing around the rise in the debt limit issue to be most revealing. It was first announced as 1.8 trillion dollar which was raised to 1.9 trillion but was changed to 290 billion which is barely enough to run the federal government until January 2010.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At that point the administration and the Congress can threaten to shut down the government if we do not approve an increase in the deficit that is larger than last year's 1.885 trillion dollars. The 2009 budget deficit was 1.417 trillion. If you include off budget items like the Bailouts, you arrive at the more accurate 1.885 figure which is in excess of 150 billion dollars a month.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) I also have reported that the federal government has been fudging unemployment figures by two means. One is to report a narrow definition of unemployment that does not include the 9.8 million Americans forced to work part time who want and need full time work. The narrow definition of unemployment is called U-3 and the broader definition is U-6. The narrow definition of unemployment is reported as 10% and the broader definition is reported as 17%,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In January the federal government will be eliminating the birth death model which is one of the government's favorite fudge factors they use to make the unemployment rates appear to be better than they are. The birth death model refers to the cycle of the creation and destruction of small businesses. The government assumes that there are lots of new small businesses out there hiring lots of people. In this job market we all know that this is a lie. This means the elimination of the birth death model in January will dramatically make our unemployment situation appear to be the crisis it really is. Consider this: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P1uNytJIcw&gt;Video: Depression Stories: Former Truck Driver (Interview)&lt;/a&gt; These men are in Florida and say their official unemployment rate is 13% but the real rate is 20% or more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As Rahm Emanuel said, never let a crisis go to waste. When the January unemployment rates are released with all the retail store layoffs and the fudge factors are taken out, the new unemployment rates could reach 19% and be used to stampede the public into passing a Second Stimulus bill to cure what ails us not that the original 787 billion dollar Stimulus cured anything at all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our problem is that Wall Street shipped 5,000,000 jobs overseas through NAFTA and outsourcing. We also added 28,000,000 to our population mostly through immigration in the past ten years while losing 7,000,000 jobs since 2007. We have started to adjust to the shutting down of our production lines by laying off workers in supply industries and in retail. We have millions more layoffs ahead of us. Next year we could be laying off millions of federal, state and local government workers. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These threatened state budget crises will be added onto the unemployment problem. Please note that the administration and the Congress want to pass Amnesty for Illegal Aliens which will make our current unemployment crisis far worse than it presently is. Granting citizenship to 22,000,0000 or more illegal aliens will allow them to bring their children, parents, spouses and other relatives in to this country. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Due to population increases we are supposed to be creating 150,000 jobs a month to keep our unemployment rate at its present level. I recently explained this to a rather nice looking black woman who had an eight year-old daughter. The woman was employed but I pointed out that we had to create 150,000 jobs a month for the next 120 months plus rev up our economic activity enough to lift 9.8 million men and women from part time to full time work before we could even start to make a dent in our unemployment rate sufficient to have enough jobs available for her daughter when she graduates from high school ten years from now. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) The 23.7 trillion dollar in Bailouts we have paid out to date did nothing to solve our crisis but has funded tens of billions of dollars in bonuses to the people who created this crisis when they invented mortgage backed securities and credit default swaps and repealed the Glass Steagall Act. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In January the banksters can easily bring forward a trillion dollars in bad mortgages. Please consider this: &lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/12/all-hail-grand-poobah-blank-checks-for.html&gt;All Hail The Grand Poobah; Blank Checks For Fannie and Freddie &lt;/a&gt; Current law allowed the government to spend another 300 billion dollars on bad mortgages but apparently they think that is not enough so they are going for unlimited Bailouts for mortgage loans that the banks knew were bad when they took the applications.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The bankers and their overly paid employees in Washington will likely try to scare us into a second round of Bailouts in addition to the second Stimulus plus some money for the states to grease the skids for this planned emergency spending in January.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I said earlier this year, when the Stimulus, Spending and additional war funding bills were passed, we will not be able to sell all those bonds. I was right. We have not been selling bonds to foreigners. What we have done is to make the Federal Reserve create more than a trillion dollars to buy our bonds. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When we borrow yuan from China and yen from Japan, we get to buy things from them with their money but when we create money to buy bonds all we get is higher prices and rapidly growing federal debts plus a looming rapid increase in our annual 700 billion dollar interest payments that will, as designed, reduce us to debt peonage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That is our crisis. It was created by the banks in order to reduce us to slavery. I would like to suggest that instead of another Bailout we take over the Federal Reserve bank and fire everyone in Washington with any ties to Goldman Sachs, the Bilderberg Society, the Council on Foreign Relations and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2009/12/200912883024475217.html&gt;'The US military is exhausted' &lt;/a&gt;  the 101st Airborne Division, which will be deployed to Afghanistan in early 2010, faces its fifth combat tour since 2002. Many of these troops are still suffering the mental and physical fallout from previous deployments  ...  a third of returning troops reporting mental problems and 18.5 per cent of all returning service members battling either PTSD or depression  ...  an 80 per cent increase in desertions since the invasion of Iraq in 2003  ...  Over 150 GIs have publicly refused service and spoken out against the wars, all risking prison and some serving long sentences&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig8/whitehead6.1.1.html&gt;America Under Barack Obama An Interview with Nat Hentoff "I try to avoid hyperbole, but I think Obama is possibly the most dangerous and destructive president we have ever had." &lt;/a&gt; JW: Obama is not reversing the Bush policies as he promised. But even in light of this, many on the Left are very, very quiet about Obama. Why is that? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NH: I am an atheist, although I very much admire and have been influenced by many traditionally religious people. I say this because the Left has taken what passes for their principles as an absolute religion. They don't think anymore. They just react. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1ZlAiVwZ1c&gt;Cutter Charges at Work in the North Tower of the World Trade Center&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=114674&amp;sectionid=351020103&gt;Russia: No proof of military N-plans in Iran &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/57361%2Cnews-comment%2Cnews-politics%2Cwar-crime-case-against-tony-blair-is-now-rock-solid&gt;War crime case against Tony Blair now rock-solid&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/26/un-threatens-sanctions-on-israel/&gt;UN threatens sanctions on Israel&lt;/a&gt; Richard Falk, the UN Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, has urged the Western powers to insist that Israel immediately end its blockade of the Gaza Strip, threatening to enforce economic sanctions&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.eutimes.net/2009/12/israel-recalls-all-of-its-ambassadors-worldwide/&gt;Israel Recalls all of its Ambassadors Worldwide&lt;/a&gt; Please be aware that the big Zionist push is on its way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-hYorNi0nA&gt;Video: BBC now admits al qaeda never existed&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGa3MhryFZ4&gt;Video: TRILATERAL COMMISSION MEMBERSHIP&lt;/a&gt; Please pay close attention to their business affiliations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=114669&amp;sectionid=351020&gt;Hezbollah Secretary-General Nasrallah: Americans first victims of US brutal policies&lt;/a&gt; "US authorities are anti-human," &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/1792-The-True-Intent-of-Health-Reform.html&gt;The True Intent of Health "Reform"&lt;/a&gt; The tax increases come now, Medicare cuts come after the next election but in point of fact the spending will come never. The purpose of this compulsory contract, coupled with the arbitrary price ratios and controls, is to require many people to buy artificially high-priced policies  ...  the true purpose of this so-called "reform" - a single-payer system.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-MGb-xuMj0&gt;Video: Max Keiser pokes fun at MSNBC's Ratigan grovelling to health care lobby &amp; Congress&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://politics.theatlantic.com/2009/12/death_panelsto_the_death.php&gt;Death Panels...To The Death&lt;/a&gt; regarding the section in the bill describing the Independent Medicare Advisory Board (now called the Independent Payment Advisory Board), which is a panel of bureaucrats charged with cutting health care costs on the backs of patients - also known as rationing...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In other words, Democrats are protecting this rationing "death panel" from future change with a procedural hurdle...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.davidduke.com/general/jewry%E2%80%99s-creation-of-%E2%80%98white-guilt%E2%80%99_14598.html &gt;Jewry’s Creation Of ‘White Guilt’ -Interview With Kevin MacDonald PhD &lt;/a&gt; To be more specific, the various themes of modern anti-Semitism all boil down to the Jewish role as a hostile elite whose attitudes and behavior are both self-serving and detrimental to the interests of the indigenous peoples with whom they reside.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.911blogger.com/node/22234&gt;Video: Dr. Graeme MacQueen on "9/11 Truth: the Challenge to the Peace Movement"&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://desertpeace.wordpress.com/2009/12/25/what-would-jesus-do-about-obama/&gt;WHAT WOULD JESUS DO ABOUT OBAMA? Reject the Christmas Style of a War Criminal President Who Said “Jesus Is My Lord“&lt;/a&gt; Apparently, President Obama as so many U.S. presidents before him, has no fear of God as he holds the teaching of Jesus impractical&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://rawstory.com/2009/12/break-cia-fmr-reagan-staffer/&gt;Break up the CIA, says fmr. Reagan intel staffer&lt;/a&gt; JFK had the same idea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2009/dec/24/salvation-army-major-shot-dead-front-3-children/?news&gt;Salvation Army major shot dead in front of his 3 children&lt;/a&gt; Around 4 p.m., two black men dressed in black approached Philip Wise, 40, of Maumelle outside the community center at 1505 W. 18th St., Pulaski County Coroner Garland Camper said. Wise’ children — ages 4, 6, and 8 — were walking with him when the men came up to them, police said. His wife, Cindy, also a major in the Salvation Army, was inside the center at the time and called 911. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://zippittydodah.blogspot.com/2009/12/its-howdy-doody-terror-time.html&gt;It's Howdy Doody Terror Time!!!&lt;/a&gt; Originally this Nigerian man was said to have been caught with firecrackers. Now I read he had 80 grams of explosives which works out to 2 and 2/3rds of an ounce. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;80 Grams of PETN is roughly the equivalent of ten blasting caps, or 4 Hollywood type blood pack squibs. Yes, if 80 grams of PETN were sewn into the crotch of our "terrorist's" underwear and detonated, it would blow his balls off, but with the shock wave absorbed by his legs, not much more than that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In recent cases FBI informants arrested a man so poor that when given a camera and told to rake pictures of a building he pawned the camera for $53 and bought food for his family.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BN2NE20091224&gt;Omega-3s help stave off age-related vision loss&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.redress.cc/palestine/slittlewood20091227&gt;Egypt’s President Mubarak blows his chance to behave decently&lt;/a&gt; time is running out for Egyptian President Husni Mubarak to prove that he is not an Israeli stooge and allow the Viva Palestina international humanitarian aid convoy to reach the besieged Gaza Strip in time for the first anniversary of Israel’s mass slaughter of Gazans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;”The convoy’s request for easy passage was Mubarak's big chance to show that he was not, after all, the cruel and unprincipled Zionist stooge that civilized people across the world had already consigned to the dustbin of history. It is not too late to make amends. But if he doesn’t act quickly he’ll blow it for everyone, including himself.”&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079380424982206622-6711148805580254245?l=almost117days.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/feeds/6711148805580254245/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/weekend-edition-easily-predictable.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/6711148805580254245'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/6711148805580254245'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/weekend-edition-easily-predictable.html' title='Weekend Edition The Easily Predictable January Crisis'/><author><name>Daniel F</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17062898366141413906</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079380424982206622.post-1400282060638956286</id><published>2009-12-23T20:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-24T07:15:02.920-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Thursday 12-24 ISRAELI SETTLERS AGAIN</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=http://desertpeace.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/israeli-settlers-on-the-run/ &gt;ISRAELI SETTLERS AGAIN&lt;/a&gt; “Settlers from the illegal Israeli settlement of Karmei Tsur blocked Route 60, the main highway between Jerusalem and Hebron which is used by Palestinians as well as settlers. They began attacking Palestinian cars in the road, jumping in front of them and trying to force them to stop, damaging cars and beating the Palestinians as the Israeli military and police cheered them on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.uruknet.de/index.php?p=m61302&amp;hd=&amp;size=1&amp;l=e&gt;British bill to protect Israelis from prosecution&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/Sprott%20December.pdf&gt;Sprott Calls The Fed "A Ponzi Scheme" As Half A Trillion In Treasury Purchasers Are Unaccounted For&lt;/a&gt; The FED is monetizing debt and is not even trying to hide the facts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus23-2009dec23,0,196765,print.column&gt;Tales of woe ring true in L.A. jewelry district--Some merchants are selling gold as scrap just to survive&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-budget23-2009dec23,0,7164018.story&gt;Schwarzenegger to seek federal help for California budget the governor wants $8 billion or threatens massive cuts in social services. &lt;/a&gt;  Facing a budget deficit of more than $20 billion&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/2009/12/ahmadinejad-if-we-make-a-bomb-we%e2%80%99d-be-brave-enough-to-tell-you/&gt;Ahmadinejad: If We Make a Bomb We’d Be Brave Enough to Tell You&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.eutimes.net/2009/12/controversy-erupts-over-holocaust-revisionism-in-e-europe/&gt;Controversy erupts over Holocaust revisionism in E. Europe&lt;/a&gt; Nazi collaborators and vicious anti-Semites&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2049331&amp;Language=en&gt;Iran complains about US intercepting its ships in int''l, territorial waters&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://republicbroadcasting.org/?p=5822&gt;Under the radar, Obama pushes for Patriot Act renewal&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://wakeupfromyourslumber.com/node/491&gt;How to Solve Our Zionist Problem Russia bans dual citizens from gov't&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://radioislam.org/islam/english/jewishp/internet/jews_behind_internet.htm&gt;The Jewish hand behind Internet Google, Facebook, Wikipedia, Yahoo!, MySpace, eBay...&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.gilad.co.uk/writings/there-is-no-business-like-shoah-business-by-gilad-atzmon.html&gt;Gilad Atzmon There is no Business like Shoah Business&lt;/a&gt; When is Germany going to tell these leeches to go pound sand?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.gilad.co.uk/writings/the-old-testament-and-the-war-crime-in-gaza-by-gilad-atzmon.html&gt;Gilad Atzmon 'The Old Testament and the Genocide in Gaza'&lt;/a&gt; "When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess and drives out before you many nations…then you must destroy them totally. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.”Deuteronomy 7:1-2, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/12/irs-has-70-.html&gt;IRS Has 70% Error Rate in Issuance of Taxpayer ID Numbers, Resulting in Fraudulent Tax Refunds&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34519544/ns/business-washington_post&gt;Unemployment funds going ‘absolutely broke’&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PgpHbIVA1s&gt;Video: 9/11 heroes in life-struggle as Obama signs multi-billion war bill&lt;/a&gt; WTC first responders are dying without medical assistance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://xmb.stuffucanuse.com/xmb/viewthread.php?tid=4855&gt;Pizza Hut cheese is not just cheese, its silicone!&lt;/a&gt; Silicone Based Chemical in Pizza Huts Cheese is Polymethylsiloxane &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1227990/Ice-Age-took-just-SIX-months-arrive--10-years.html&gt;Last Ice Age took just SIX months to arrive&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acc6Wn_BWlk&amp;feature=player_embedded&gt;Video: 'He Promised’: Progressive Group Slams Obama in New Health Care Ad&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126074986920489905.html&gt;For America's Santas, It's Hard to Be Jolly With the Tales They're Hearing In Hard Times, Kids Ask for Bare Essentials: Shoes, Eyeglasses and a Job for Dad&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.omaha.com/article/20091221/NEWS01/712219890&gt;Callers give Senator Nelson an earful&lt;/a&gt; The phone lines were jammed and busy signals greeted callers to Sen. Ben Nelson's offices today in Washington and throughout Nebraska.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://action.firedoglake.com/page/s/investigaterahm&gt;An Open Letter: Tell Attorney General Holder: Investigate Rahm Emanuel&lt;/a&gt; "We write to demand an immediate investigation into the activities of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.  We believe there is an abundant public record which establishes that the actions of the White House have blocked any investigation into his  activities while on the board of Freddie Mac from 2000-2001, and facilitated the coverup of potentially criminal actions until the 10 year statute of limitations has run out."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/recession/6874992/Gilts-sell-off-as-Britain-joins-Italy-in-debt-house.html&gt;Britain joins Italy in debt house--TBill rates approach 4 percent&lt;/a&gt; The cost of borrowing for the British Government has surged to within a whisker of Italian levels as global markets issue their punishing verdict on the Government’s spending plans&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/23/AR2009122302439_pf.html&gt;Mayor William M. Daley: Keep the Big Tent big&lt;/a&gt; The announcement by Alabama Rep. Parker Griffith that he is switching to the Republican Party is just the latest warning sign that the Democratic Party -- my lifelong political home -- has a critical decision to make: Either we plot a more moderate, centrist course or risk electoral disaster not just in the upcoming midterms but in many elections to come. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rep. Griffith's decision makes him the fifth centrist Democrat to either switch parties or announce plans to retire rather than stand for reelection in 2010.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30942.html&gt;McCain, GOP secretly courting another Dem to switch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/2009/12/palestinian-legislative-council-file-laws/&gt;Palestinian Legislative Council: File Lawsuit Against Egypt Wall Of Shame&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/www.alternet.org/144724/&gt;Ridiculous "Study" Supposedly Finds Widespread Anti-Semitism on Progressive Websites&lt;/a&gt; As intellectually dishonest as one could get. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Progressive blogs and news sites in the United States are a new field where Jew-hatred, in both its classic and anti-Israeli forms, manifests itself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/dec/23/israel-palestinian-peace-movement&gt;Breaking Palestine's peaceful protest&lt;/a&gt; Palestinians have a long history of nonviolent resistance but Israel has continuously deployed methods to destroy it&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.netcastdaily.com/broadcast/fsn2009-1219-3b.mp3&gt;Gerald Celente's top 10 predictions for 2010 &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.infowars.com/arizonas-coming-government-collapse/&gt;Arizona’s Coming Government Collapse &lt;/a&gt; A letter from Arizona Governor Jan Brewer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BM4FC20091223&gt;U.S. local government pension costs exceeds $530 billion&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079380424982206622-1400282060638956286?l=almost117days.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/feeds/1400282060638956286/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/thursday-12-24-israeli-settlers-again.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/1400282060638956286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/1400282060638956286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/thursday-12-24-israeli-settlers-again.html' title='Thursday 12-24 ISRAELI SETTLERS AGAIN'/><author><name>Daniel F</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17062898366141413906</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079380424982206622.post-4021020767755391655</id><published>2009-12-22T16:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-22T22:03:01.241-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Wednesday 11-23 Emergency Unemployment Compensation Up 425% In One Year</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ui/current.htm&gt;States reported 4,226,300 persons claiming EUC (Emergency Unemployment Compensation) benefits for the week ending Nov. 28, an increase of 45,922 from the prior week. There were 994,188 claimants in the comparable week in 2008. EUC claims are up 425% over last year. &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/12/reid_bill_declares_future_cong_1.asp&gt;Reid Bill Says Future Congresses Cannot Repeal Parts of Reid Bill&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.thelocal.de/society/20091220-24059.html&gt;Anger simmers in Demjanjuk's home village&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.bushstole04.com/monetarysystem/barney_sold.htm&gt;How Wall Street Bought Barney Frank&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.infowars.com/obama-extends-diplomatic-immunity-to-interpol-by-executive-order/&gt;Obama Extends Diplomatic Immunity to Interpol by Executive Order&lt;/a&gt; President Obama has issued an amendment to Executive Order 12425, designating the international law enforcement agency Interpol as a “public international organization,” thus extending diplomatic immunity to the law enforcement group. What happens if an American blogger violates a hate law in Europe?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/21/us-forces-secret-pakistan-raids&gt; US forces mounted secret Pakistan raids &lt;/a&gt; Former NATO officer reveals secret night operations in border region which America kept quiet &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.bushstole04.com/iran/iran_threatening.htm&gt;Paul Craig Roberts: Threatening Iran&lt;/a&gt; when Hitler attacked Russia, he did not preface his invasion with endless threats and a public case that blamed the war on England.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By the time the attack occurs, it will be old hat, an expected event, and, moreover, an event justified by years of propaganda asserting Iran’s perfidy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Israel intends to dominate the Middle East. Israel’s goal is to incorporate all of Palestine and southern Lebanon into “Greater Israel.” The US intends to dominate the entire world, deciding who rules which countries and controlling resource flows.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The world is so impotent that even the bankrupt US can launch a new war of aggression and have it accepted as a glorious act of liberation in behalf of women’s rights, peace, and democracy. --- I disagree. I am not convinced that the attack will happen and if it does it will not succeed in doing anything but to destroy America.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/former-head-of-cdc-lands-lucrative-job-as-president-of-merck-vaccine-division/&gt;Former head of CDC lands lucrative job as president of Merck vaccine division&lt;/a&gt; That means the former head of the CDC was very likely cultivating a relationship with Merck all these years, and now comes the big payoff: Heading up a $5 billion division that sells cervical cancer vaccines (like Gardasil), chickenpox vaccines and of course H1N1 swine flu vaccines, too. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.mybudget360.com/the-ponzi-decade-a-lost-decade-in-stocks-industrial-production-us-dollar-and-housing-how-we-managed-to-inflate-and-destroy-the-biggest-financial-bubble-of-our-generation/&gt;The Ponzi Decade: A Lost Decade in Stocks, Industrial Production, U.S. dollar, and Housing. How we Managed to Inflate and Destroy the Biggest Financial Bubble of our Generation.&lt;/a&gt; If you had $10,000 and put it in the S&amp;P 500 at the start of the decade you would have performed worse than a person who merely stuffed the money into a mattress&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HfxU66SUMo&gt;Video: U.S. Homeless Population Up 300%&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://careandwashingofthebrain.blogspot.com/2009/12/worlds-biggest-whore-uncle-sam-spreads.html&gt;NEVER AGAIN, NO MORE AMERICAN BLOOD FOR ISRAEL, NEVER AGAIN! &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_8LpICTsMc&gt;Video: No trigger to pull? Iran rejects nuclear bomb component test&lt;/a&gt; Another fake Neocon news story proven false.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/dec/22/copenhagen-climate-change-mark-lynas&gt;How do I know China wrecked the Copenhagen deal? I was in the room&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.eutimes.net/2009/12/soviet-union-to-be-restored-in-the-form-of-new-customs-union-by-2017/&gt; Soviet Union to be restored in the form of new customs union by 2017&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://nationalgunrights.org/blog/?p=353&gt;UK shows that gun control doesn’t work Culture of violence: Gun crime goes up by 89% in a decade&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://rawstory.com/2009/12/taxpayers-goldmans-office-tower/&gt;Taxpayers to help with the rent at Goldman’s new office tower&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://apnews.myway.com/article/20091222/D9COD2OG0.html&gt;Recovery not as strong as previously thought&lt;/a&gt; The economy grew at a 2.2 percent pace in the third quarter, as the recovery got off to a weaker start than previously thought. And most of that was government.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-smallbiz-bankruptcy22-2009dec22,0,3305684.story&gt;Small-business bankruptcies rise 81% in California&lt;/a&gt; About 19,000 small businesses filed for bankruptcy in California during the 12 months ended Sept. 2009, up from 10,500 the previous year. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.businessinsider.com/the-baltic-dry-index-is-collapsing-2009-12&gt;The Baltic Dry Index Is Collapsing&lt;/a&gt; This explains why China said there is no money to buy new US Treasuries. 1) The Chinese are buying commodities. 2) As trade collapses and China buys commodities, Obama will have no one but Ben Bernanke to sell his debts to.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://original.antiwar.com/paul/2009/12/21/iran-sanctions-are-precursor-to-war/&gt;Iran Sanctions Are Precursor to War&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://reason.com/archives/2009/12/14/chicagos-thick-blue-wall&gt;Chicago's Thick Blue Wall The Windy City's notoriously aggressive police department fights for less accountability&lt;/a&gt; The artist was confronted by Chicago police and arrested on December 3. Because he recorded the entire incident, on the understandable assumption that the reasons the officers gave for arresting him may prove useful to his follow-up lawsuit, Drew was also charged with "felony eavesdropping." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.rasmussenreports.com/&gt;Obama ending year on low: 56% disapprove&lt;/a&gt; 25% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-six percent (46%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -21 That’s the lowest Approval Index rating yet recorded for this President (see trends). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BL41Y20091222&gt;Senate sets Christmas eve vote on U.S. debt limit&lt;/a&gt; The U.S. Senate on Tuesday set a Christmas Eve vote on final congressional approval of a bill to provide a two-month increase in the federal debt limit.&lt;br /&gt;The measure, passed last week by the House of Representatives, would increase the debt limit, now at $12.1 trillion, by $290 billion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think they only want a 290 billion dollar debt limit increase because the previous proposal of a 1.9 trillion dollar increase would be insufficient to last until November 2010. We will face another debt Bailout crisis in January after the Goldman Sachs bonuses are paid. The 2010 total deficit will be over 2 trillion dollars provided you count the off budget items.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091222/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico&gt;Slaying of drug war hero's family shocks Mexico&lt;/a&gt; Assailants on Tuesday gunned down the mother, aunt and siblings of a marine killed in a raid that took out one of Mexico's most powerful cartel leaders — sending a chilling message to troops battling the drug war: You go after us, we wipe out your families&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/12/22/saudi.arabia.fighting/index.html&gt;Yemeni clashes kill 73 Saudi security force members&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.sphere.com/crime/article/killer-hector-quinones-plunges-to-his-death-after-his-pants-fall-down/19287498&gt;Killer Tripped Up by His Own Baggy Pants&lt;/a&gt; Police said Hector Quinones, 44, shot and killed Carlos Rodriguez Sr., 52, and his 24-year-old son, Carlos Rodriguez Jr., then stabbed to death the younger Rodriguez's grandfather, Fernando Gonzalez, 87, according to reports in the Daily News and the New York Post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He shot the mother, who was grazed on the head by a bullet but managed to run from the apartment. The killer was just about the grab the daughter when his low-slung pants fell down and he tripped, the Post said. That gave the young woman the chance to run into a back room, where she found the bodies of her brother and father  ...  The attacker followed her onto the fire escape, but once again his drooping pants fell and he tripped, plunging three stories to his death.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpP7b2lUxVE&gt;Cartoon Clip - Family Guy - Visiting Ground Zero&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/latinamerica/6783415.html&gt;Report says 225,000 Haiti children work as slaves &lt;/a&gt; almost half of 257 children interviewed in the sprawling Port-au-Prince shantytown of Cite Soleil were household slaves. Haiti has more than 9,000,000 people in an area slightly larger than Maryland. There are more than a million Haitians living in the United States.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wVEhafuF7A&gt;Karl Denninger says this is America's economic future&lt;/a&gt; Planet Vulcan Gets Owned By Black Hole&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/2009/12/punishing-al-manar-al-aqsa-another-proof-of-us-democracy/&gt;Punishing Al Manar, Al Aqsa: Another Proof of US Democracy!&lt;/a&gt; As a matter of fact, the American democracy doesn’t find it strange to punish and shut down a complete TV station just because it criticizes the American policy in the region…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thus, Al-Manar and Al-Aqsa TVs seem to be ‘threatened’ by the American prominent ‘democracy,’ a democracy that doesn’t hesitate to punish complete satellite networks because of their ‘opinions’ in a country that claims to be the protector of the ‘freedom of expression’&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/1786-Hmmm...-3Q-GDP...-Goebbels-Truth-Leaks.html&gt;Hmmm... 3Q GDP... Goebbels Truth Leaks?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079380424982206622-4021020767755391655?l=almost117days.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/feeds/4021020767755391655/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/wednesday-11-23-emergency-unemployment.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/4021020767755391655'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/4021020767755391655'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/wednesday-11-23-emergency-unemployment.html' title='Wednesday 11-23 Emergency Unemployment Compensation Up 425% In One Year'/><author><name>Daniel F</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17062898366141413906</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079380424982206622.post-3924580558559681628</id><published>2009-12-21T16:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-21T23:46:47.167-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Tuesday 12-22 Israel Jails The Palestinian Gandhi Without Trial</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt; &lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/where-is-the-palestinian-gandhi-in-israeli-prison-of-course/&gt;Where is the Palestinian Gandhi? In Israeli prison, of course!&lt;/a&gt; Jamal Juma’, the director of the Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, also known as Stop the Wall, was summoned for interrogation on the night of December 15th. Jamal has been detained by the Israeli military and has not had access to a lawyer since the 16th of December.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.kawther.info/wpr/2009/12/21/is-israel-a-state-or-an-organ-harvesting-mafia&gt;Kawther Salam: Is Israel a Nation or An Organ Harvesting Mafia?&lt;/a&gt; After Israel conceded to committing the crime of theft of human organs in a program which was aired on Israeli TV Channel 2, will the Abu Kabir butchery, the so-called “Autopsy Institute of Forensic Medicine” in Israel, be now named a strategic base for the harvesting the human beings?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How does the world look at the consequences of the organized Israeli organ theft practiced at Abu Kabir hospital? Which are the legal procedures that can be taken against the perpetrators, often IDF officers ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&amp;aid=16619&gt;Massive Hike in Military Spending Financed by Cuts in Health and Education&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://desertpeace.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/new-york-sendoff-for-gaza-marchers/&gt;NEW YORK SENDOFF FOR GAZA MARCHERS&lt;/a&gt; On the very cold evening of December 18th, Times Square was the scene of a send-off rally for the New Yorkers participating in the Gaza Freedom March. The event will take place in Gaza on the first anniversary of the brutal Israeli attack (the subject of the Goldstone Report) that killed over 1,400 people, mostly civilians, more than 400 being children.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/egypt-says-it-will-block-international-gaza-freedom-marchers/&gt;Egypt Says It Will Block International Gaza Freedom Marchers&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.kawther.info/wpr/2009/12/20/israeli-soldier-chased-a-kindergarten-girl&gt;Israeli Soldier Chased a Kindergarten Girl &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://uruknet.com/index.php?p=m61282&amp;hd=&amp;size=1&amp;l=e&gt;Letting the Beast Out of the Bottle: Obama Channels Bush on Bioweapons&lt;/a&gt; transparently delineated than by the administration's continuing efforts to derail plans to revitalize the moribund Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), rejecting binding verification protocols that would finally give the 1972 treaty teeth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/21/israeli-pathologists-harvested-organs&gt;Doctor admits Israeli pathologists harvested organs without consent&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKmb2AQXZqY&amp;feature=autoshare_twitter&gt;VIDEO - Yehuda Hiss Admits Israel Organ Harvesting&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/12/22/2778014.htm?section=justin&gt;Israel admits organ harvesting&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/6860666/If-politicians-want-to-be-trusted-again-they-must-learn-to-listen.html&gt;If politicians want to be trusted again, they must learn to listen &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2009/12/economists-are-trained-to-ignore-real.html&gt;Economists Are Trained to Ignore the Real World&lt;/a&gt; As I have repeatedly noted, mainstream economists and financial advisors have been using faulty and unrealistic models for years. And I have pointed out numerous times that economists and advisors have a financial incentive to use faulty models.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1136334.html&gt;Jerusalem mayor cuts health funds for Arab children&lt;/a&gt; cut funding for a toddler health-care center in East Jerusalem, while approving aid to a similar center in a Jewish neighborhood. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://blog.caranddriver.com/mercedes-based-10000-gallon-water-cannon/&gt;Mercedes 10,000 Gallon Water Cannon&lt;/a&gt; Police Preparing for riots.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/21/rock-vote-asks-supporters-withhold-sex-pass-health-care-reform/&gt;Rock the Vote Asks Supporters to Withhold Sex to Pass Health Care Reform&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/may/11/israel.sciencenews&gt;ORGANGATE - FLASHBACK - Israeli doctors experimented on children&lt;/a&gt; A leading Israeli doctor and medical ethicist has called for the prosecution of doctors responsible for thousands of unauthorised and often illegal experiments on small children and geriatric and psychiatric patients in Israeli hospitals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://eclipptv.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=9092&gt;Gerald Celente, Fascism In The USA in 2010 Through Terror Event&lt;/a&gt; I think the two major candidates are war with Iran and Bird flu being genetically engineered into a mix with swine flu.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=106466&amp;sectionid=351020506&gt;ORGANGATE - FLASHBACK - Algerian kids falling prey to Jewish 'organ harvest' &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1136383.html&gt;Israel to seek another one billion euros Holocaust in reparations from Germany&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.worldclimatereport.com/index.php/2009/12/21/a-christmas-story-some-facts-about-greenland/&gt;A Christmas Story: Some Facts about Greenland&lt;/a&gt; Of course there is another way to look at the same graph. Annual Greenland temperatures were higher in 1930 than today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeQD4gD-CcE&amp;feature=player_embedded&gt;Video: 5 Scary Reasons to Kill the Senate Healthcare Bill&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=105711&amp;sectionid=3510203&gt;ORGANGATE - FLASHBACK - New Jewish organ theft gang busted&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://knucklz.com/2009/12/21/priest-tells-members-to-shoplift-to-survive.aspx&gt;Priest tells members to shoplift to survive.&lt;/a&gt; A clergyman has been criticised as 'highly irresponsible' after advising his congregation to shoplift following his Nativity sermon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/study-finds-all-factors-determining-bailoutability-crappy-banks-ties-federal-reserve-are-mos&gt;Study Finds That Of All Factors Determining The "Bailoutability" Of Crappy Banks, Ties To The Federal Reserve Are Most Critical&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/us-treasuries-selling-and-more-come&gt;US Treasuries Selling Off And More To Come&lt;/a&gt; Now we have statements by Chinese officials saying that if the US does not blow its trade deficit back out to its widest levels they will stop buying treasuries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href= http://wakeupfromyourslumber.blogspot.com/2009/08/jews-threaten-to-kill-swede-donald.html&gt;ORGANGATE - FLASHBACK - Jews Threaten To Kill Swede Donald Boström For Reporting On Israeli Organ Theft Racket&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=105107&amp;sw=Romania&gt;ORGANGATE - FLASHBACK - Romania probes Israeli adoption agency link in organ trafficking &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0YUG/is_2_14/ai_n17208591/?tag=content;col1&gt;ORGANGATE - FLASHBACK - Suspect in international organ trafficking ring testifies Israeli government financed transplants&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&amp;sid=a685sXUNswAw&amp;pos=6&gt;Iceland Lawmakers Threaten to Reject Icesave Bill a Second Time &lt;/a&gt; polls show almost 70 percent of Icelanders oppose --- Iceland was given bills for billions of dollars in losses made by a few Icelandic citizens in an English banking fraud that British monetary authorities should have stopped. -Iceland's default could start a world wide bank and national debt default. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/tavakoli-time-claw-back-aig-money-paid-goldman-sachs&gt;Tavakoli: Time To Claw Back AIG Money Paid To Goldman Sachs&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/676.html&gt;Video: ORGANGATE - FLASHBACK - The big New Jersey bust - What they're not saying &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://desertpeace.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/the-worlds-betrayal-of-gaza/&gt;THE WORLD’S BETRAYAL OF GAZA&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://inflation.us/top10predictions2010.html&gt;NIA's Top 10 Predictions for 2010&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;4) The U.S. Dollar Index will see short-term bounce, then huge crash. &lt;br /&gt;5) Oil will rise back above $100 per barrel. &lt;br /&gt;8) Large 'End the Fed' Protests.&lt;br /&gt;9) Major Food Shortages&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About numbers eight and nine and those 'End the Fed' Protests and Food Riots: &lt;a href=http://www.cafepress.com/wrh_prem.419480035&gt;Mike Rivero has a tee-shirt and a mousepad that says "Save the trees. We need them to hang the politicians."&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKvQfGmK8mc&gt;Video:Arundhati Roy on the Human Costs of India's Economic Growth&lt;/a&gt; This interview reveals a lot about India's failures. Her Home Secretary was Enron's lawyer. They have armed militias that burned down 640 villages and burned crops. The Home Secretary wants to force 500,000,000 people from rural areas to the cities. This is a Bilderberg-IMF plan. He is a Harvard graduate. India also has 700,000 troops in Kashmir. Please do not tell our DHS India's court strategy. They successfully sentenced a man to death without any evidence because the national spirit demanded a conviction. She said poverty has collapsed into the war on terror.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.vbs.tv/watch/vbs-news/obama-s-war&gt;Video: British Reporter Visits Obama's Troops in Afghanistan&lt;/a&gt; This is a long video but it reveals what kind of men volunteer for their fifth combat tour. A private making $17,000 a year risking his life in 130 degree Afghan heat said he joined because there were no jobs where he lived. A young marine from Ecuador was on his fifth combat tour. The men appeared to like thir work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are paying about $400 a gallon for the gasoline to run this war. Our troops only have gas because Russia allows us them to have it. This can only mean that they know this foolish war will destroy America. The question is: Is the Bilderberger crowd inside the Obama admin also trying to destroy America?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/health/policy/18cdc.html?_r=2&amp;ref=us&gt;CDC Advisers on Vaccines Often Have Conflicts, Report Says &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://apnews.myway.com/article/20091221/D9CO04700.html&gt;Cuba's foreign minister  says Obama lied in Copenhagen&lt;/a&gt; "at this summit, there was only imperial, arrogant Obama, who does not listen, who imposes his positions and even threatens developing countries."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://palestinechronicle.com/&gt;What is the Aim of the Gaza Freedom March? - Interview&lt;/a&gt; We are calling on 1.5 million conscientious people of the world to simultaneously rally with the 1.5 million inhabitants of Gaza in front of Israeli embassies in their country. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.eutimes.net/2009/12/majour-nationalist-union-fpoe-bzoe-became-austrias-largest-political-party/&gt;Major Nationalist Union:  Austria’s Largest Political Party&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wXGrzDIcr8&gt;Video: Bisphenol A, Food Containers, Effects on Humans, Gov't Regs&lt;/a&gt; EPA was told 15 years ago to investigate plastics in our food but has done nothing yet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danielhannan/100020456/ten-reasons-to-leave-the-eu/&gt;Ten reasons to leave the EU &lt;/a&gt; 2. In 2010 our gross contribution to the EU budget will be £14 billion. To put this figure in context, all the reductions announced by George Osborne at the Conservative Party Conference would, collectively, save £7 billion a year across the whole of government spending.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;International government is expensive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.wendymcelroy.com/news.php?extend.2951#G1261466583932&gt;The police: Blackmailers R Us&lt;/a&gt; According to a trusted sister, both the New York and Los Angeles police departments maintain lists of (usually victimless) crimes committed by political figures, and have policies not to automatically charge these people, but to hold it over their heads as a way of ensuring the pols vote for more funding.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is a long history of politicians and child prostitutes in Europe and America. If this is not in mainstream media, it means that the politicians, the media and the people who own both do not want you see it anywhere but on the Internet.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079380424982206622-3924580558559681628?l=almost117days.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/feeds/3924580558559681628/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/tuesday-12-22-israel-jails-palestinian.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/3924580558559681628'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/3924580558559681628'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/tuesday-12-22-israel-jails-palestinian.html' title='Tuesday 12-22 Israel Jails The Palestinian Gandhi Without Trial'/><author><name>Daniel F</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17062898366141413906</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079380424982206622.post-5514189406529258373</id><published>2009-12-20T15:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-20T22:52:58.218-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Monday 12-21 The revolution will be won in a single day</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.johnkaminski.info/&gt;The final revolution for human freedom will be won in a single day, not by bombs, famine, mass poisonings, or electronic vaporization, but by a few well chosen phrases uttered in exactly the right time and place, which will turn on a light that will illuminate the darkness of a beast that has afflicted us for more centuries than we can sensibly count. &lt;/a&gt; BUT WHO WILL SAVE THE JEWS ONCE THE WORLD LEARNS WHAT THEY’VE DONE? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The revolution will be won the day the world gives itself permission to speak the truth it already knows about the insane Jewish desire to steal, to condemn and to destroy,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/2009/12/world-powers-must-end-gaza-blockade/&gt;Carter: World Powers Must End Gaza Blockade&lt;/a&gt; I visited Gaza after the devastating January war and observed homeless people huddling in makeshift tents, under plastic sheets, or in caves dug into the debris of their former homes,” Carter wrote.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Despite offers by Palestinian leaders and international agencies to guarantee no use of imported materials for even defensive military purposes, cement, lumber, and panes of glass are not being permitted to pass entry points into Gaza,” he continued.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.opednews.com/articles/Health-insurance-company-s-by-background-n015e-091220-88.html&gt;Health Insurance Company Stock Prices Say it All &lt;/a&gt; Dylan Rattigan on MSNBC recently gave Rep. Wassersman-Schulz (D-Fl) a hard time about the health care package. He disputed her contention the bill was a big win for consumers. He wanted to know why the stock prices for Big Insurers shot up if this was such a big loss for them. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/2009/12/knesset-member-evidence-shows-we-stripped-palestinians-of-organs/&gt;Knesset Member: Evidence Shows We Stripped Palestinians Of Organs &lt;/a&gt; An Israeli Knesset member says there is evidence showing that deceased Palestinians were stripped bare of their vital organs while in police custody in Tel Aviv&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/2009/12/israeli-video-confirms-theft-of-palestinian-organs/&gt;Israeli Video Confirms Theft Of Palestinian Organs&lt;/a&gt; The 57-minute video was filmed by Yehuda Hiss, the director and chief pathologist at the Abu Kabir Institute of Forensic Medicine, and explains how he authorized organ theft, gave instructions to doctors to do so and said he would sometimes snatch the organs himself. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://desertpeace.wordpress.com/2009/12/19/new-home-for-arbeit-macht-frei-sign/&gt;NEW HOME FOR ‘ARBEIT MACHT FREI’ SIGN&lt;/a&gt; Perhaps it will find a new home at one of the entrances to the world’s largest concentration camp….. Gaza. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/20/one-palestinian-family%E2%80%99s-story-illustrates-the-absurdity-and-intention-of-israeli-policy/&gt;One Palestinian family’s story illustrates the absurdity, and intention, of Israeli policy&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/category/two-thousand-and-ten-book/&gt;Top 25 Censored Stories for 2010&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnJG7DZ0-Fk&gt;Video: Puppet Obama, where is the change?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.wkrn.com/Global/story.asp?S=11704079&gt;White-collar jobless join FedEx, UPS for holidays&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.leap2020.eu/GEAB-N-40-is-available!-Spring-2010-A-new-tipping-point-of-the-global-systemic-crisis-When-the-slip-knot-around-public_a4093.html&gt;A new tipping point of the global systemic crisis: When the slip knot around public deficits is going to strangle Western states and their social security systems &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/Cos-may-feel-the-heat-of-high-food-inflation/articleshow/5360248.cms&gt;Companies may feel the heat of high food inflation&lt;/a&gt; In the past, whenever CPI-led inflation (consumer price index for industrial workers), which captures the effect of food inflation, has shot past the comfort zone, it has been followed by a deceleration in the industrial growth. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://blog.taragana.com/law/2009/11/11/scores-of-orthodox-jews-travel-to-sd-to-support-respected-spiritual-leader-in-bank-fraud-trial-16516/&gt;Orthodox Jews flock to SD, support leader on trial. He is the former manager of Iowa kosher slaughterhouse Agriprocessors Inc. and is accused of defrauding a St. Louis bank &lt;/a&gt; Rubashkin also will face a second federal trial on 72 immigration charges.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/12/oh-cre-holiday-parody-to-tune-of-o.html&gt;Video: OH, CRE (OH, COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE) - song parody &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/12/crushing-burden-of-debt.html&gt;Mish Shedlock: Crushing Burden of Debt &lt;/a&gt; our total debt is 557% of GDP. Add the unfunded portion of entitlement programs and we're at 840% of GDP. I do not believe the bullish theory that the U.S. situation is different than Japan's. Ours is so much worse. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/017/361jzume.asp&gt;Stealth Unionization--How 40,000 home day care providers in Michigan were forced to start paying union dues.&lt;/a&gt; Loar's story seemed outrageous. Could a private business owner--an employer--really be considered a public-union member? It turned out that not only Loar, but also thousands like her, are to have an estimated total of $3.7 million withdrawn from their pay and diverted to union coffers each year. Worse, the Michigan Department of Human Services is withholding the dues without authorization of state law. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article6962865.ece&gt;General Electric uses libel law to gag doctor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3_wxy7wHac&gt;Video: Student Suspended And Assaulted For Handing Out ANTI-VACCINE Flyers&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052748704825504574582303781275842-lMyQjAxMDA5MDIwMDEyNDAyWj.html&gt;Moody's Puts U.S., U.K. on Chopping Block &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/19/israeli-soldiers-assault-hebron-family-detain-members/&gt;Israeli soldiers assault Hebron family; detain members&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.mybudget360.com/credit-card-debt-up-to-15-percent-of-annual-household-income-average-credit-card-debt-in-1980-was-670-and-today-it-is-up-to-7800-the-slimy-world-of-credit-card-lending/&gt;Credit Card Debt up to 15 Percent of Annual Household Income. Average Credit Card Debt in 1980 was $670 and Today it is up to $7,800. The Slimy World of Credit Card Lending.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.eutimes.net/2009/12/somali-youths-are-randomly-attacking-white-people-in-lewiston-maine/&gt;Somali youths are randomly attacking White people in Lewiston, Maine&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4971298519553450233&amp;ei=rQQvS4yAMo6-rAK3gtXJBQ&amp;q=Where+all+the+money+goes.+Two+sets+of+books+&amp;hl=en#&gt;Video: Walter Burien: Where all the money goes. Two sets of books &lt;/a&gt; States are hiding trillions in assets and revenues from their voters. He found that ABC and NBC were receiving the Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports which detail state and local assets and revenues. He says the total of these off budget assets is 60 trillion dollars.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is an important video.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24225.htm&gt;US Attack Kills 120 In Yemen&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.theagitator.com/2009/12/18/report-new-york-state-crime-lab-tainted-by-incompetence-corruption-indifference/&gt;Report: New York State Crime Lab Tainted by Incompetence, Corruption, Indifference&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://freewestradio.com/2009/12/u-s-troops-try-in-vain-to-train-afghan-soldiers/&gt;U.S. troops try in vain to train Afghan soldiers&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akm3nYN8aG8&gt;VIDEO: AMAZING SPEECH BY WAR VETERAN (ON THE USES OF RACISM IN THE IRAQ WAR)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/6851932/Euro-Diktats-risk-terrorist-response-across-Southern-Europe.html&gt;Euro 'Diktats’ risk terrorist response across Southern Europe&lt;/a&gt; Greece's Revolutionary Struggle detonated a car bomb at the Athens Stock Exchange in September. Citigroup's branches have been targeted twice this year. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI) sent letter bombs earlier this decade to the heads of the Commission and the European Central Bank and to the European Parliament. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eurosceptics argued from the start that EMU would prove unworkable over time without a debt-union; that the inevitable euro crisis would be used (consciously or not) to create an EU central government; that weak states on the edges would be reduced to colonies and that far from binding Europe together, EMU would lead to acrimony and perhaps reopen Europe's can of historical worms. Were the critics wrong? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Citadel-Broadcasting-files-apf-3903617408.html?x=0&amp;sec=topStories&amp;pos=3&amp;asset=&amp;ccode=&gt;Citadel Broadcasting files Chapter 11 bankruptcy&lt;/a&gt; the nation's third-largest radio broadcasting company. Too many debts. Too many lies to the listeners.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmad2anlzmM&gt;Audio: Bob Chapman talks about job losses&lt;/a&gt; We lost 5,000,000 jobs to outsourcing overseas. In the last two years we lost 9,000,000 jobs to the recession. He says the January unemployment figures will be dreadful. The real unfudged unemployment number could be 23%.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/janetdaley/6845967/Therell-be-nowhere-to-run-from-the-new-world-government.html&gt;There'll be nowhere to run from the new world government &lt;/a&gt; The dangerous idea that the democratic accountability of national governments should simply be dispensed with in favour of "global agreements" reached after closed negotiations between world leaders never, so far as I recall, entered into the arena of public discussion. Except in the United States, where it became a very contentious talking point, the US still holding firmly to the 18th-century idea that power should lie with the will of the people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCD3_tV0LZU&gt;Video: ISRAELI MOSSAD FALSE FLAG OPERATION TO FRAME IRAN&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://refreshingnews9.blogspot.com/2009/12/wtf-7-insane-homeowners-association.html&gt;7 Insane Homeowners Association Rules&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://uruknet.com/index.php?p=m61239&amp;hd=&amp;size=1&amp;l=e&gt;‘Israel Poisons Palestinian Soil, Newborns’ - Researchers&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6962844.ece&gt;Deep South calls in Iran to cure its health blues&lt;/a&gt; In ground-breaking project, one of America’s poorest communities is turning to the Middle East to try to resolve its crisis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&amp;aid=16604&gt;"Nobel Peace Prize Winner Barack Obama, is Preparing for War in South America"; Interview with Eva Golinger&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1260930892792&amp;pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&gt;Israeli Settlers use dogs to keep Palestinians off their own farmland&lt;/a&gt; the entire settlement is built illegally on land belonging a nearby Palestinian village &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5c2bSrbXMI&gt;Duke: The War on Christmas!&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079380424982206622-5514189406529258373?l=almost117days.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/feeds/5514189406529258373/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/monday-12-21-revolution-will-be-won-in.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/5514189406529258373'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/5514189406529258373'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/monday-12-21-revolution-will-be-won-in.html' title='Monday 12-21 The revolution will be won in a single day'/><author><name>Daniel F</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17062898366141413906</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079380424982206622.post-1966116800910489679</id><published>2009-12-18T20:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-19T08:25:32.374-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Weekend Edition Losing 5.9 Billion Dollars A Day For 1,000 Days</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&amp;sid=aoD0J3e1Hdxk&gt;U.S. Homeowners Lost $5.9 Trillion Since 2006 Peak &lt;/a&gt; That loss works out to 5.9 billion dollars every business day over the last 1,000 days. I lived in Modesto when I was in second grade. California was flooded with legal and illegal aliens. They were brought here to drive up the price of real estate. But all those immigrants also needed gasoline and drove up the price of imported oil making a two and a half hour daily round trip commute from Modesto to work in San Jose or San Francisco prohibitively expensive which made all those homes unaffordable. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The last four administrations have been shipping American jobs overseas. Eleven billion dollars of Auto Bailout money was used to ship our jobs from General Motors overseas to Brazil, Europe and China to produce hybrid and electric cars no one in this country will ever be able to afford. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There will be no recovery until we get rid of Wall Street's control of America. We do not have idle auto plants and idle electronic plants. Those plants have been shipped overseas. The dollar been losing a little over of 6% a year in purchasing power since 2000. The federal government is borrowing $52.77 of every $100.00 it spends. This will not last. When it ends, we will have to cut our consumption of oil in half. We will probably raise prices rather than cut wages to solve our unemployment problem which will hit 25% as soon as we lay off the federal, state and local workers we can no longer afford to pay. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All of this was deliberately done to America by Goldman Sachs, the Bilderberg Society, the Council on Foreign Relations and the London and New York banks. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is not too late to say no to the Lords of Wall Street. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8410489.stm&gt;Cleaners 'worth more to society' than bankers - study &lt;/a&gt; The research, carried out by think tank the New Economics Foundation, says hospital cleaners create £10 of value for every £1 they are paid. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It claims bankers are a drain on the country because of the damage they caused to the global economy. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/12/police-officer-responds-to-six-figure.html&gt;Police Officer Responds To "Six-Figure Federal Salary Gravy Train" Post  &lt;/a&gt; I am 29 years old and I make about $130k a year with overtime. Most of the officers make this and some even make $185k a year. A few supervisors in Internal Affairs have made of $200k along with detective sergeants&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.redress.cc/zionism/gatzmon20091219&gt;Gilad Atzmon: Debunking anti-Semitism studies and Yehuda Bauer in particular&lt;/a&gt; Gilad Atzmon questions the foundations of Israeli Holocaustist Professor Yehuda Bauer’s pseudo-theories on the causes of anti-Semitism and his belief that Jews must always seek influence and domination. According to new research conducted by Bielefeld University, “about 37.4 per cent (Europeans) agree with the following statement: Considering Israel’s policy, I can understand why people do not like Jews.” &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2009/12/friends-of-earth-climate-negotiations.html&gt;Non-Binding "Sham Agreement" Reached At Copenhagen. “Rich Countries ... Sought to Bribe and Bully Developing Nations"&lt;/a&gt; And then there was this confrontation: &lt;a href=http://rawstory.com/2009/12/chinese-block-us-press-copenhagen/&gt;Obama Press Secretary Gibbs threatens to leave climate meeting after Chinese block US press&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://news.antiwar.com/2009/12/18/us-attacking-yemen-after-all/&gt;US Attacking Yemen After All&lt;/a&gt; Just one day after a very public denial that American forces were in the process of attacking sites in Northern Yemen, President Barack Obama ordered multiple cruise missile attacks on sites across the tiny, coastal nation. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZu3dXbemIg&gt;Farrakhan: Jews and the slave trade&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2009/12/gold-comex-and-exchange-for-physical.html&gt;Gold, the Comex and Exchange For Physical&lt;/a&gt; you can no longer get bullion via using comex contracts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1947779,00.html&gt;Sheila Murphy Cockrel Detroit's Last White City Council Member&lt;/a&gt; she is leaving the council partly because she is tired of the scandals &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://eclipptv.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=9011&gt;Video: Christmas in Afghanistan&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS9aHnhOTXU&amp;feature=player_embedded&gt;Video: Depression Stories&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Policy_Laundering&gt;Policy laundering&lt;/a&gt; From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The term policy laundering is used to describe means to disguise the origin of political decisions, laws or international treaties. The term is based on the similar money laundering. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.weatheraction.com/&gt;Piers Corbyn is an astrophysicist who studied the sun and has applied his knowledge to long range weather forecasting. This is his website.&lt;/a&gt; He says we could be in for a one hundred year period of Global Cooling.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Global Cooling reduces crop production. Genetically modified crops also reduce food production. Bio-fuels reduce food production and raises the price of food beyond the means of the poor to pay which means the poor will die in large numbers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is not the time to pass Amnesty for Illegal Aliens. We might not be able to supply all those people with food at an affordable price especially after the dollar crashes and we pay from seven to eight dollars for a gallon of gas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/the-price-of-peace-interview-with-detained-activist/&gt;The price of peace: Interview with detained activist&lt;/a&gt; Twenty-three-year-old Sami from al-Essawaya village near Nablus has always believed in peaceful coexistence with Israelis. However, he and his family have paid a dear price for his convictions  ...   Like many of the 11,000 Palestinians kept in Israeli jails, Sami was not formally charged but went through debilitating sessions of interrogation and torture. “The soldier said ‘if you don’t want to work with us we will beat your family and your father will not be allowed to work in Israel&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://eclipptv.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=9012&gt;Video: Flu shot victim Desiree Jennings: Jenny McCarthy, Jim Carrey offer support&lt;/a&gt; I remember reading that someone had claimed a novel treatment had cured her. I guess that didn't work. Note that the newscaster said experts say that the vaccine is safe. I heard a doctor say that she could not have gotten those symptoms from mercury and that her illness was caused by squalene.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.2news.tv/news/79535307.html&gt;Local girl banned from singing 'Christmas'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; his daughter's charter school has banned her from using the word "Christmas" in the school talent show. A small town Charter school near Boise Idaho? The Zionists are really using the federal government to control the goyim.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/12/pennsylvanias-nightmare-solution-for.html&gt;Pennsylvania's "Nightmare Solution" for Gov't Layoffs Guaranteed To Backfire &lt;/a&gt; Governor Rendell thinks casinos are the solution. Governor Ed Rendell has his head buried deep in the sand, or do I mean deep in the pockets of the of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the largest of the state employees' unions. Even IF casino gambling raised money (which it won't), it would not solve problems with union salaries and union pensions&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/12/china-faces-crash-scenario.html&gt;China Faces Crash Scenario &lt;/a&gt; Problems in China continue to mount. Money supply is growing rampantly out of control, property prices are in a bubble, exports are weak, commodity speculation is pervasive, and GDP growth is more of a mirage than real. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Money Supply Growing Record 29.74%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/european-aig-how-moodys-downgrade-greece-can-start-avalanche&gt;The European AIG: How Moody's Downgrade Of Greece Can Start The Avalanche&lt;/a&gt; A poor bond rating could break up the euro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://mytechnologyworld9.blogspot.com/2009/12/pakistans-interior-minister-rehman.html&gt;Pakistan's interior minister Rehman Malik faces arrest as crisis deepens&lt;/a&gt; The move followed a supreme court ruling earlier this week which overturned an amnesty introduced by former president General Musharraf to bring back the late former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and her senior aides from exile in 2007.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Under the deal, more than 8,000 cases, including corruption, were dropped and beneficiaries included President Asif Zardari and Mr Malik.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/world/story/80967.html&gt;Who's in charge in nuclear-armed U.S. ally Pakistan?&lt;/a&gt; Makes you wonder what will happen if hundreds of Pakistani politicians are either jailed or flee the country to avoid arrest. I mean who will be in charge to respond to a joint US Israel attack on Iran?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/being-human/&gt;Being Human An essay for the modern world&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703323704574602030789251824.html&gt;WSJ: What a sovereign-debt crisis could mean for you&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://apnews.myway.com/article/20091218/D9CM0SV00.html&gt;GOP threatens read-a-thon to slow health care bill&lt;/a&gt; For the past few days Democrats have been angrier than Republicans at this bill that Harry Reid locked up so nobody could read the final version. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.prisonplanet.com/final-copenhagen-text-includes-global-transaction-tax.html&gt;Final Copenhagen Text Includes Global Transaction Tax &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BH42L20091218&gt;Fake sugar may alter how the body handles real sugar&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/80867.html?storylink=omni_popular&gt;Homeowners often rejected under Obama's loan plan&lt;/a&gt; Obama mortgage plan simply gets participants to waive their rights &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079380424982206622-1966116800910489679?l=almost117days.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/feeds/1966116800910489679/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/weekend-edition-losing-59-billion.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/1966116800910489679'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/1966116800910489679'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/weekend-edition-losing-59-billion.html' title='Weekend Edition Losing 5.9 Billion Dollars A Day For 1,000 Days'/><author><name>Daniel F</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17062898366141413906</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079380424982206622.post-4278503578257628718</id><published>2009-12-17T21:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-18T07:12:01.156-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Friday 12-18 Israeli War Criminal: Only Losers Seek Justice</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.redress.cc/palestine/gatzmon20091218&gt;Israeli war crimes suspect says quest for justice is for losers &lt;/a&gt; Gilad Atzmon views Israeli Deputy Premier Moshe Yaalon’s contention that the quest for justice against Israeli war criminals is the weapon of losers and reminds Yaalon and other Israeli war crimes suspects and their stooges in the UK of the fate that awaits them in the International Criminal Court.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.uruknet.de/index.php?p=m61151&amp;hd=&amp;size=1&amp;l=e&gt;Austria: Genocide Charges against Ehud Barak&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/?p=1589&gt;Israeli Officials At Risk For Civil Lawsuits In The US?&lt;/a&gt; The brief cites at least 15 present and former Israeli officials who could face civil or criminal legal actions&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/dec/16/attorney-general-veto-warrants&gt;Outcry over plan to give attorney general veto on war crimes warrants&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/?p=1599&gt;42 Cm Squared: A Short Documentary About Gaza&lt;/a&gt; This is a short Documentary about the death of 4 year old Mohammad Abu Wardeh after the israeli government didn't permit him to leave the Gaza strip for medical care.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/?p=1618&gt;The Much Awaited Expedition to Gaza: A PoliticalTheatrics Exclusive&lt;/a&gt; In roughly five days I will be taking a much waited journey to the Gaza Strip in order to join  the Gaza Freedom March; Comprised of citizens of over 42 countries, over one-thousand men and women, and one mission: To break the Gaza siege.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/stunning-statistics-about-the-war-every-american-should-know/&gt;Stunning Statistics About the War Every American Should Know&lt;/a&gt;  contractors now comprise a whopping 69% of the Department of Defense’s total workforce, “the highest ratio of contractors to military personnel in US history.” That’s not in one war zone—that’s the Pentagon in its entirety. More change we did not need.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.newspeakdictionary.com/go-goldstein.html&gt;Emmanuel Goldstein's THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF OLIGARCHICAL COLLECTIVISM (The 'Book within a Book' from George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/12/army-again-turns-to-depleted-uranium-for-new-weaponry/&gt;Army Again Turns to Depleted Uranium for New Weaponry&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1135730.html&gt;Haaretz: Obama told China: I can't stop Israel strike on Iran indefinitely &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1135787.html&gt;New EU foreign policy chief lambastes 'Israeli occupation' &lt;/a&gt; Lady Ashton is a Leftist Labour Lord with an anti-war track record. She was chosen over the English Foreign Secretary who is Jewish and a Zionist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/israeli-forces-shut-down-jerusalem-culture-event/&gt;Israeli Forces Shut Down Jerusalem Culture Event&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGE1NdZj-hE&amp;feature=player_embedded&gt;VIDEO ESSAY ~~ GAZA IN 3D…. DESPERATION, DEPRIVATION, DEPRESSION&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.breitbart.tv/bachmann-on-the-b-cast-a-conservative-call-to-action/&gt;Video: Congresswoman Bachmann outs Barney Frank's bill to give President power to bailout w/o Congress &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/80821.html&gt;Video: Ambassador Eikenberry assures Afghans U.S. will stay beyond 2011&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/dark-gray-swan-no-more-foreign-dollars-which-buy-us-treasuries&gt;The Dark Gray Swan: No More Foreign Dollars With Which To Buy US Treasuries&lt;/a&gt; As the recession cuts back our purchases from overseas, foreigners find it more difficult to earn dollars to buy our Treasuries. Then there is this: &lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/pimco-sells-265-billion-treasuries-and-mbs-october-goes-cash&gt;PIMCO Sells $26.5 Billion In Treasuries And MBS In November, Goes To Cash&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu1zwndOiXc&gt;Video: Insurgents Hack Into U.S. Spy Drone Videos&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.thepostemail.com/2009/12/17/tea-partiers-in-nv-and-fl-make-stunning-political-inroads/&gt;Tea-partiers in NV and FL make stunning political inroads&lt;/a&gt;  JB Williams is reporting that in Nevada, the Tea-partiers have taken over the complete Republican Party through a series of well organized efforts statewide in every district, aimed and filling Republican caucuses with their own supporters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/15/rep-capuano-tells-fellow_n_392685.html&gt;Rep. Capuano Tells Fellow Dems: You're Screwed&lt;/a&gt; Everywhere Capuano went in his state, he said, he was bombarded with demands that the government do more to create jobs. He was also greeted by deep skepticism about Obama's escalation of the eight-year-old war in Afghanistan. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"If we do anything [on the war], we need to have a separate vote on it. People who can vote for it, can vote for it. But those of us who want to vote against it, [should] be given that opportunity, too," he said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/how-lose-14-less-three-days&gt;How To Lose 14% In Less Than Three Days? Listen to CNBC&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=528_1260893033&gt;Cartoon Short: Simpsons on Global Warming&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6960182.ece&gt;Mumbai terror suspect David Headley was ‘rogue US secret agent’&lt;/a&gt; David Headley, 49, who was born in Washington to a Pakistan diplomat father and an American mother, was arrested in Chicago in October. He is accused of reconnoitring targets in India and Europe for Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the Pakistan-based terror group behind the Mumbai attacks and of having links to al-Qaeda. He has denied the charges. What makes anyone think he went "rogue" as opposed to following his orders?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/12/17/lord-monckton-reports-on-pachauris-eye-opening-copenhagen-presentation/&gt;Lord Monckton reports the headline graph in the IPCC’s 2007 report, purporting to show that the rate of warming over the past 150 years had itself accelerated, was fraudulent.&lt;/a&gt;  Would he use the bogus graph in his lecture? I watched and waited. Sure enough, he used the bogus graph.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.redress.cc/&gt;Jewish Chronicle is directing their anger at this website &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://consumerist.com/2009/12/study-shows-high-high-fructose-corn-syrup-shown-to-cause-obesity-diabetes-heart-disease.html&gt;Study Shows High Fructose Corn Syrup May Cause Obesity, Diabetes, Heart Disease&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/12/unions-graft-stunning-incompetence-make.html&gt;Unions, Graft, Stunning Incompetence Make San Francisco "Worst-Run Big City in the US" &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://refreshingnews9.blogspot.com/2009/12/monica-lewinsky-says-bill-clinton-lied.html&gt;Monica Lewinsky says Bill Clinton lied, new book claims&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079380424982206622-4278503578257628718?l=almost117days.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/feeds/4278503578257628718/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/friday-12-18-israeli-war-criminal-only.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/4278503578257628718'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/4278503578257628718'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/friday-12-18-israeli-war-criminal-only.html' title='Friday 12-18 Israeli War Criminal: Only Losers Seek Justice'/><author><name>Daniel F</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17062898366141413906</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079380424982206622.post-657183675935782892</id><published>2009-12-16T16:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-17T07:01:01.717-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Thursday 12-17 Who Will Revolt Against The IMF First?</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.counterpunch.org/brown12162009.html&gt;An EU / IMF Revolt Will Greece, Ireland and Latvia Lead the Way?&lt;/a&gt; The IMF told Latvia to close half of their  hospitals and fire half of the teachers and police in addition to cutting pensions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The IMF and World Bank are respectively headed by Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Robert Zoellick. They are both former employees of Goldman Sachs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.prisonplanet.com/rothschild-rues-difficulty-of-activating-global-governance-agenda-at-copenhagen.html&gt;Baron David De Mayer Rothschild, the youngest child of Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, of the British wing of the Rothschild banking family, notes with regret that it is difficult to implement a world government&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/1746-Europe-An-Impending-Disaster.html&gt;Europe: An Impending Disaster&lt;/a&gt; their banks have less transparency and more leverage than ours, and have recognized less of their total losses. The European Central Bank is holding paper as collateral where they don't even know if the borrower is making the payments - that is, whether&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uYiyZHtqe4&gt;Video: The Still Report on the Economy&lt;/a&gt; He sums up financial news in easy to understand terms. He shows a chart revealing startling similarities between the 1931 stock and bond markets and 2009. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He created the MoneyMasters video.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/17/gaza-israel-invasion-children-traumatised&gt;Childhood in ruins&lt;/a&gt; Ghiada's father, Atta Mohammed abu Elaish, rushed into the room. "I saw bodies without heads and legs. I saw my daughter. I saw her mother screaming." He ran outside to call an ambulance. "The Israelis stopped the ambulances 250 metres from the house. Some boys from the street came to start ferrying the bodies and the injured out of the building."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The attack was one of countless assaults during Israel's 23 days of war on Gaza – Operation Cast Lead – that began on 27 December. But it was also one of the most notorious because Ghiada's uncle – Aya's father – was a doctor who worked in Israeli hospitals and was well known to Israeli viewers for advocating peace and reconciliation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9esPiCxLDZk&gt;Video: Christmas in the Holy Land - 2009&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; When celebrating Christmas, it would be a good idea to think about the birthplace of Jesus. What is like in the Holy Land under occupation, injustice and racism? How does Christmas feel when the Holy Land is under siege? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&amp;aid=16571&gt;Yemen: Pentagon's War On The Arabian Peninsula&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KL16Df01.html&gt;Trail of Afghanistan's drug money exposed&lt;/a&gt; 75% of the opium money is captured by government officials, the police, local and regional power brokers and traffickers - in short, many of the groups now supported (or tolerated) by the United States and NATO are important actors in the drug trade&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://ncoal.com/blog/?p=1280&gt;Thousands Waiting on Extended Unemployment Benefits &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/12/16/russian-iea-claims-cru-tampered-with-climate-data-cherrypicked-warmest-stations/&gt;Russian IEA claims CRU tampered with climate data – cherrypicked warmest stations&lt;/a&gt; the Hadley Center had used data submitted by only 25% of such stations in its reports&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126102247889095011.html&gt;Insurgents Hack U.S. Drones$26 Software Is Used to Breach Key Weapons in Iraq; Iranian Backing Suspected&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.businessinsider.com/almost-half-of-detroits-workers-are-unemployed-2009-12&gt; Detroit's Unemployment Nears 50%&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nasa-shows-quiet-sun-means-cooling-of-earths-upper-atmosphere-79432252.html&gt;NASA Shows Quiet Sun Means Cooling of Earth's Upper Atmosphere&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/16/israel-bans-tourists-from-key-west-bank-bus-line/&gt;Israel bans tourists from key West Bank bus line&lt;/a&gt; Bethlehem – Ma’an – Just days before Bethlehem’s busiest tourist season begins, Israeli authorities implemented a ban on foreign-passport holders traveling to Jerusalem on Palestinian buses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.prisonplanet.com/russian-federation-council-gives-president-green-light-to-deploy-troops-abroad.html&gt;Russian Federation Council gives president green light to deploy troops abroad &lt;/a&gt; The upper house of the Russian parliament on Wednesday approved a bill allowing the use of Russian military forces in foreign countries, including pre-emptive strikes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Has George Bush been hanging out in Moscow?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.military.com/news/article/female-vets-homelessness-on-the-rise.html?col=1186032310810&gt;Homelessness on the Rise for Female Vets&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/nyc/091216-mta-cuts&gt;NY Board Approves 'Doomsday' Cuts Buses, Subways, Student MetroCards Affected&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/article/391552/is-sovereign-debt-the-new-subprime&gt;Is Sovereign Debt the New Subprime?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/dec2009/suic-d15.shtml&gt;Britain: Young mother commits suicide and kills her son after months of poverty&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/12/16/another-al-gore-reality-check-“rising-tree-mortality”/&gt;Another Al Gore Reality Check: “Rising tree mortality”?&lt;/a&gt; Gore falsely claimed that increasing Carbon Dioxide is killing trees. The other day YouTube had a video of Al Gore saying the center of the earth millions of degrees. They pulled the video before I could post it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://thedustininmansociety.org/blog/?p=2789&gt;OBAMA TO AMERICAN WORKERS: DROP DEAD!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.georgewashington2.blogspot.com/2009/12/robert-reich-confirms-permanent.html&gt;Robert Reich Confirms Permanent Destruction of Jobs in America&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1260930882107&amp;pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&gt;8 Cast Lead IDF heroes get decorated&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6959579.ece&gt;Nato appeals to Russia for more help in Afghanistan&lt;/a&gt; Anders Fogh Rasmussen asked President Medvedev to supply helicopters and prepare pilots for the Afghan air force, and expand training for Afghan police&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/putting_our_economy_in_the_hands_of_chavez_fans&gt;President Chavez brought the house down at Copenhagen. &lt;/a&gt; When Chavez said the process in Copenhagen was “not democratic, it is not inclusive, but isn’t that the reality of our world, the world is really an imperial dictatorship…down with imperial dictatorships” he got a rousing round of applause.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I heard someone say Copenhagen should be called Flopenhagen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.eutimes.net/2009/12/germany-braced-for-record-debt-as-cabinet-approves-2010-budget/&gt;Germany braced for Record Debt as cabinet approves 2010 budget&lt;/a&gt; 85.8 billion euros (125 billion dollars) of new debt ... Government expenditure is also set to rise, to 325.4 billion euros &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After Switzerland, Germany is the strongest economy in Europe. The hew head of the Swiss Central bank was appointed expressly to take care of UBS and Credit Suisse bad debts which are several orders of magnitude greater than the entire Swiss GDP. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I heard a Swiss taxpayer say he couldn't pay his share of the Bailouts even if he lived to be 5,000 years-old.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.eutimes.net/2009/12/sarkozy-gives-600-million-euros-of-taxpayers-money-in-bailouts-to-french-newspapers/&gt;Sarkozy Gives 600 million Euros ($905 million) of Taxpayers’ Money in Bailouts to “French” newspapers&lt;/a&gt; In an attempt to get young people to read the printed stuff again, the Sarkozy government this fall started giving every 18-to-24-year-old a one-year subscription to a paper of their choice – free of charge. Other subsidies are planned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.eutimes.net/2009/12/8-year-old-suspended-from-school-and-forced-to-take-psychological-evaluation-over-drawing-of-jesus/&gt;8 year old Suspended from School and Forced to take Psychological Evaluation over Drawing of Jesus&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://republicbroadcasting.org/?p=5728&gt;DOD: Obama’s Afghan Surge Will Rely Heavily On Private Contractors&lt;/a&gt; Private contractors will make up at least half of the total military workforce in Afghanistan &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout5.php&amp;id=6950&amp;blz=1&gt;Felicity Arbuthnot: A tidal wave will sweep away these war criminals&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odOrzMWAgS8&gt;Video: The Host and The Parasite&lt;/a&gt; If you couldn't guess, this is about the United States and Israel. This is a good video.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.sjlendman.blogspot.com/&gt;An Open Letter to Pacific Radio's KPFA Management&lt;/a&gt; Subject: A "truth emergency" over censorship at Pacifica's flagship station KPFA's management targeted its award-winning Flashpoints Radio program. KPFA caved in to Zionist pressure to gut those critical of Israel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://mytechnologyworld9.blogspot.com/2009/12/copenhagen-climate-conference-hillary.html&gt;Copenhagen climate conference: Hillary Clinton backs idea for $100bn a year global fund&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.eutimes.net/2009/12/half-of-the-girls-studied-in-indianapolis-have-had-an-std/&gt;Half of the girls studied in Indianapolis have had an STD within two years of first having sex&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/china-business/6831187/Shaolin-Temples-kung-fu-monks-prepare-IPO.html&gt;Shaolin Temple's kung fu monks prepare IPO&lt;/a&gt; The 1,500-year-old Shaolin Temple, the birthplace of kung fu, is preparing for a 1bn yuan (£85m) initial public offering (IPO), government sources have confirmed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://hotair.com/archives/2009/12/15/white-house-using-base-closure-process-to-extort-nelsons-vote-on-obamacare/&gt;White House using base-closure process to extort Nelson’s vote on ObamaCare?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#34455431&gt;Video: Keith Olbermann jumps on his health care reform soapbox &amp; takes a few jabs at Obama:&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOf5LKEzEDw&gt;Video: Everything is OK on the Red Carpet. Weird English anti-Establishment Street Action- &lt;/a&gt; I heard a Canadian doctor say that he has flown over the English countryside and was amazed to see how much of that country is owned by large estate holders. He said 93% of the land is held by a few people and 60,000,000 live on 7% of the land. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079380424982206622-657183675935782892?l=almost117days.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/feeds/657183675935782892/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/thursday-12-17-who-will-revolt-against.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/657183675935782892'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/657183675935782892'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/thursday-12-17-who-will-revolt-against.html' title='Thursday 12-17 Who Will Revolt Against The IMF First?'/><author><name>Daniel F</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17062898366141413906</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079380424982206622.post-5831338298520114619</id><published>2009-12-15T20:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-16T07:02:58.028-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Wednesday 12-16 Dollar Goes Up As It Unravels</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Max Keiser said we have entered Phase II of the Global Crisis which can also be called Currency Wars. He said we can expect wild swings in the value of currencies which could include gold. As I have said before, we are in the final phase of a long term credit cycle. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.lewrockwell.com/sardi/sardi138.html&gt;Why Is All This Happening? It’s the War Between Bankers&lt;/a&gt; The world is run by bankers and lawyers. They do not know how to make things people would buy. They have bled us dry and now the only way they can make money is to blow up other banks and to steal their assets sending the bill to the taxpayers. As the real economy unwinds, the vultures are now circling around Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Citibank. Who knows what will happen next?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/ratigan-dissects-tarp-repayments&gt;Video: Darryl Ratigan Dissects TARP Repayments&lt;/a&gt; The bankers want to cash in at least one more bonus after which who the hell cares. That means the dollar will not crash until after the bonuses are paid in January.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/6819470/Moodys-warns-of-social-unrest-as-sovereign-debt-spirals.html&gt;Moody’s warns of 'social unrest’ as sovereign debt spirals&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Britain and other countries with fast-rising government debts must steel themselves for a year in which “social and political cohesiveness” is tested, Moody’s warned. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Compare that to Australia whose unemployment rate dropped to 5.7% due to growth in mining exports to Asia. Max Keiser said this means Peter Schiff was right and that Asia would decouple from the dollar and concentrate on new internal markets and with non- American foreign trade. That is bad news for the dollar and our paychecks and pensions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/guest-post-world-crisis-no-bailout-can-stop&gt;A World Crisis No Bailout Can Stop&lt;/a&gt; Sometimes, a bailout is not enough. Over the past year, governments around the world have printed money, and done little else, except to provide daily lip service and commentary. The contagion has been lying dormant and will become an epidemic. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/12/fannie-freddie-may-need-another-400.html&gt;Fannie Freddie May Need Another $400 Billion Taxpayer Assistance &lt;/a&gt; This might be why they only are seeking a 300 billion dollar rise in the debt limit. The addition of Fannie Mae is off budget so that previous proposed increase of 1.9 trillion would not last until November of 2010. A crisis would allow them (or so they think) to ask for a much bigger debt ceiling increase in late January.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20091215-712945.html&gt;Wells Fargo Opening Delayed On NYSE, Traders Scramble &lt;/a&gt; Warren Buffett owns Wells Fargo. He has been sucking at the Bailout trough. He also introduced Arnold Schwarzenegger to Lord Jacob Rothschild prior to Arnold's run for governor so his bank might not be a victim of a vulture attack early in 2010. Buffett has the most clout and Bank of America has the least.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091216/ap_on_bi_ge/us_congress_jobs&gt;Democrats propose $50B for jobs-boosting projects&lt;/a&gt; almost half of this money will go to the teachers union. The Dems do not care that the rest of us have a 17.2% unemployment rate. I can prove this by the following: &lt;a href=http://www.americanpatrol.com/09-FEATURES/091215-FEATURE/091215_Feature.html&gt;Obama Moves on Amnesty&lt;/a&gt; Adding 20,000,000 to 30,000,000 people to a nation with gigantic deficits and a 17.2% unemployment rate on the verge of a Second Great Depression is a recipe for disaster.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can only conclude that the persons on Wall Street who have been pushing Amnesty for Illegal Aliens want to destroy America with a race war.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8415161.stm&gt;UK ponders law change after Tzipi Livni arrest warrant. That this will legalize war crimes is of no concern to New Labour&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HknPJ20bI8c&gt;Video: Interview with Salam Kanaan in Ni'lin&lt;/a&gt; Salam Kanaan is the 17 year old who filmed the shooting of Ashraf Abu Rahma, a bound and blindfolded Palestinian prisoner, in Ni'lin in July 2008. Sad but inspiring &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/why-is-democracy-now-shielding-%E2%80%9Cwar-for-oil%E2%80%9D-against-reality/&gt;Why is Democracy Now shielding “war for oil” against reality?&lt;/a&gt; All of our wars since 1913 have been for the banks and for Israel. Democracy Now is a Gatekeeper of the Left and does not want you to know that we did not invade Iraq for oil which can only mean we killed one million Iraqis for Israel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1260447443823&amp;pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&gt;US to drill Iranian attack scenario&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=113777&amp;sectionid=3510203&gt;US joblessness cripples Americans: poll&lt;/a&gt; With unemployment driving foreclosures nationwide, a quarter of those polled said they had either lost their home or been threatened with foreclosure or eviction for not paying their mortgage or rent. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1229643/This-isnt-Britain-fought-say-unknown-warriors-WWII.html&gt;‘This isn’t the Britain we fought for,’ say the ‘unknown warriors’ of WWII&lt;/a&gt; Bankers are a world wide curse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.gregpalast.com/the-globalizer-who-came-in-from-the-cold/&gt;The Globalizer Who Came In From the Cold &lt;/a&gt; This is a classic article which describes Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz's confession that the IMF had developed books detailing a plan of attack on every undeveloped nation. When I first read this, I immediately compared it to a military plan of invasion. And then I thought that Japan, England and America were on this list too. Please consider sharing and saving this article.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/airport-security-guards-kill-literally-kill-a-macbook/&gt;Israeli Border security guards kill -- literally kill -- a MacBook&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Photo at link.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsRdn0Bz4z4&gt;Video Climategate : Lord Monckton questions Greenpeace Part 2&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/12/over-275000.html&gt;Over 275,000 Federal Workers Are Tax Deadbeats&lt;/a&gt; Over 276,000 federal workers and retirees owed more than $3 billion in back income taxes in 2008 (up from $2.7 billion owed in 2007). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/1731-To-Congress-Your-Loan-Has-Been-Called.html&gt;To Congress: Your Loan Has Been Called&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.prisonplanet.com/the-real-reason-behind-the-copenhagen-walk-out.html&gt;The Real Reason Behind The Copenhagen Walk-Out&lt;/a&gt; third world nations are already laboring under skyrocketing food prices caused by climate change policies. This has led to millions of people starving to death because the cost of even the most basic staple foods has spiraled beyond their means. In places like Haiti, people who were scraping a living on mud pies now cannot afford them and are dying in droves. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_J7gXDr3GA&gt;Video: The 12 Months Of Default (Christmas Song)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/12/is-horse-estrogen-for-women-good-idea.html&gt;Is Horse Estrogen For Women A Good Idea?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.prisonplanet.com/chuck-norris-obama-should-be-impeached-if-he-tries-to-enforce-copenhagen-agreement.html&gt;Chuck Norris: Obama Should Be Impeached If He Tries To Enforce Copenhagen Agreement &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://pakalert.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/gaza-horror-large-photo-gallery-of-gaza-massacre-by-israel/&gt;Gaza Horror: Updated Large Photo Gallery of Gaza Massacre by Israel&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Large photo gallery of Israeli atrocities. Please share.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/6819136/Gulf-petro-powers-to-launch-currency-in-latest-threat-to-dollar-hegemony.html&gt;Gulf petro-powers to launch currency in latest threat to dollar hegemony&lt;/a&gt; Note that they cannot agree on a location for the bank's headquarters. Also note that most Gulf states are opposed to attacking Iran. But Bob Chapman said last night on RBN that he was told by a Mideast subscriber that Saudi Arabia, Israel and the US have signed on to an attack on Iran in the first half of 2010. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bob Chapman also said that the value of the losses on gold shorts could be up to 300 billion dollars. He said the problem is that they have no gold to deliver so they have to make up their paper losses with paper money from the taxpayers. He said the problem is that there is a time limit on these short sales so that gold could go back up soon. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.examiner.com/x-18425-LA-County-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m12d15-Ill-say-it-Impeach-Obama-and-DOJ-for-actively-preventing-prosecution-of-obvious-US-torture&gt;American fascism: Obama, "Justice" Dept., Supreme Court prevent prosecution of US torture &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1235921/Midwives-meltdown-A-NHS-worker-reveals-understaffed-maternity-wards-sinking-chaos.html&gt;NHS maternity services in meltdown: A former midwife reveals how understaffed wards are sinking into chaos.  Mothers drugged to keep them quiet... &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/health-care/howard-dean-kill-the-senate-bill/&gt;Howard Dean: “Kill The Senate Bill”&lt;/a&gt; denouncing it as “the collapse of health care reform in the United States Senate,”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/california-gov-arnold-schwarzenegger-rethink-health-care-overhaul/story?id=9336371&gt;Schwarzenegger: Congress Must Rethink Health Care Legislation&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;The Senate bill would bankrupt half of the states and force cuts in other services on the rest of the states. It would require the states to spend billions of dollars they do not have. Dem governors of New Mexico and Tennessee also oppose this bill. Arnold objects to adding 3 billion dollars to a 20 billion dollar deficit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/12/obamas-cash-for-caulkers-yet-another.html&gt;Obama's "Cash for Caulkers" Yet Another Clunk Idea &lt;/a&gt; President Obama proposed a new program Tuesday that would reimburse homeowners for energy-efficient appliances and insulation, part of a broader plan to stimulate the economy. Fraud 100% Guaranteed Kreutzer: "Any program that is going to run through a third party and is going to distribute billions of dollars needs to have lots of checks and balances to make sure there's not abuse."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/12/pittsburgh-ponders-fair-share-tuition.html&gt;Pittsburgh Ponders "Fair Share" Tuition Tax To Fund Pensions &lt;/a&gt; The mayor of Pittsburgh calls it the “Fair Share Tax.” But to officials at the city’s 10 colleges and universities and many of their 100,000 students, it is anything but.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://jnoubiyeh.blogspot.com/2009/12/boycott-apartheid-israel-open-letter.html&gt;American trade unionists call for Israel boycott&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/6817763/Cheques-likely-to-be-abolished.html&gt;Cheques likely to be abolished [UK]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/1736-Treasury-Handed-Out-38-Billon-Tax-Exemption.html&gt;Treasury Handed Out $38 Billon Tax Exemption?&lt;/a&gt; The Internal Revenue Service on Friday issued an exception to long-standing tax rules for the benefit of Citigroup and a few other companies partially owned by the government.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://club.ino.com/join/&gt;Tools For The Trader… Learn how Market Club works with this online free video.&lt;/a&gt; Max Keiser likes this site. It helps the new trader learn how to analyze markets.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079380424982206622-5831338298520114619?l=almost117days.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/feeds/5831338298520114619/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/wednesday-12-16-dollar-goes-up-as-it.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/5831338298520114619'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/5831338298520114619'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/wednesday-12-16-dollar-goes-up-as-it.html' title='Wednesday 12-16 Dollar Goes Up As It Unravels'/><author><name>Daniel F</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17062898366141413906</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079380424982206622.post-1394453457642019673</id><published>2009-12-14T18:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-15T06:49:39.372-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Tuesday 12-15 Jail Time</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt; The first few articles deal with the concept of giving jail time to politicians for what they have done to us. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.detnews.com/article/20091212/schools/912120373/detroit-parents-want-dps-teachers--officials-jailed-over-low-test-scores&gt;Detroit parents want DPS teachers, officials jailed over low test scores&lt;/a&gt; The Detroit schools have deliberately done great harm to their students. Ben Chavis, a native American from North Carolina, has turned out students in Oakland who surpass whites in achievement. But he is not on the government payroll. The educational system has destroyed millions of lives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jail time is reasonable. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/14/livni-cancels-uk-appearance-fearing-arrest-warrant-for-war-crimes/&gt;Livni cancels UK appearance fearing arrest warrant for war crimes&lt;/a&gt; International law experts from the Israeli Foreign and Justice ministries have also advised Israeli officials to avoid Spain, Belgium and Norway, out of fear of similar “universal jurisdiction” arrest warrants for war crimes. Haaretz reports that an arrest warrant for Livni was in fact issued for her role in last winter’s Israeli attack on Gaza.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jail time seems to be reasonable in this case too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=113676&amp;sectionid=351020401&gt;US to expand drone attacks into Pakistani cities&lt;/a&gt; The Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday that top US officials were pushing to expand the air strikes beyond Pakistan's tribal region and into the major city of Quetta to allegedly target the Taliban.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Drone attacks are illegal according to the UN. Jail time is in order for attacking innocent civilians in the cities of an allied nation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/shadowstats-john-williams-prepare-hyperinflationary-great-depression&gt;Shadowstats' John Williams: Prepare For The Hyperinflationary Great Depression&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A criminal cabal has transferred all wealth from you to them. Jail time is a reasonable response.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.examiner.com/x-18425-LA-County-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m12d14-American-fascism-by-political-definition-the-US-is-now-fascist-not-a-constitutional-republic&gt;American fascism: by political definition the US is now fascist, not a constitutional republic &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The National Security State was created by design because that criminal cabal knew when they created the Federal Reserve that they would have to turn America into a prison to avoid being sent to jail themselves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&amp;sid=aBYSp0.XfXZs&gt;Fastest Food Inflation Since Riots Means Milk Up 39%&lt;/a&gt; Bloomberg selected the word riots for their headline. That was not me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/14/no-freeze-on-palestinian-suffering/&gt;No freeze on Palestinian suffering&lt;/a&gt; Brandishing his rifle in one hand and a military document in the other, he proceeded to explain that “I decide who can be here and who can’t, and anyone who isn’t a resident has to leave immediately&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/14/bilin-activist-words-are-not-enough/&gt;Bilin activist: “Words are not enough”&lt;/a&gt; My name is Iyad Burnat. I am 37 years old, married with four children. I am the head of the Bilin Popular Committee. I started my life in jail at 17. One night, the Israeli army surrounded my home, and took my father from his bed to come and knock on my door. They told him that because I was a child, they just wanted to speak to me for five minutes. Some of the soldiers were dressed in civilian clothes, and they grabbed me as soon as I opened the door. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/?p=1508&gt;US Army Installs Gaza Monitoring System&lt;/a&gt; Gaza is the world's largest prison. The Israelis are slowly starving the Palestinians to death and denying them basic medical services.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And America is helping the Zionists to tighten the noose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.mybudget360.com/pillaging-the-average-american-wall-street-paying-back-bailouts-with-bailouts-total-bailout-package-ceiling-of-14-trillion-yet-focus-only-on-tarp-repayments-in-the-tens-of-billions/&gt;Pillaging the Average American: Wall Street Paying Back Bailouts with Bailouts. Total Bailout Package Ceiling of $14 Trillion Yet Focus Only on TARP Repayments in the tens of Billions.&lt;/a&gt; The TARP repayments amount to a few hundred billion, no small amount, but a fraction of the real cost to the American taxpayer. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was easy for a bankrupt bank to pay back Bailouts. They sold the Federal Reserve worthless Mortgage Backed Securities. This will inflate our currency and cut the value of our pay checks, savings and pensions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/12/14/whats-going-on-cru-takes-down-briffa-tree-ring-data-and-more/&gt;What’s going on? CRU takes down Briffa Tree Ring Data and more&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Climategate is a fraud. Those responsible need to do jail time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.epa.gov/oamhpod1/admin_placement/0902080/index.htm&gt;The EPA is buying Glocks. They do not say why they need Glock 19s&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://economy.freedomblogging.com/2009/12/14/nearly-650000-are-long-term-jobless/&gt;Nearly 650,000 Californians are long-term jobless&lt;/a&gt; Typically the newly unemployed — those out of work less than five weeks — make up the largest pool of the jobless, but the length and depth of this recession has turned the usual experience upside down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll&gt;RASMUSSEN POLL: Obama Job Approval Falls to New Low at 44%... &lt;/a&gt; 24% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-two percent (42%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -18. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/copenhagen/article6956783.ece&gt;London Times: Inconvenient truth for Al Gore as his North Pole sums don't add up&lt;/a&gt; In his speech, Mr Gore told the conference: “These figures are fresh. Some of the models suggest to Dr [Wieslav] Maslowski that there is a 75 per cent chance that the entire north polar ice cap, during the summer months, could be completely ice-free within five to seven years.” However, the climatologist whose work Mr Gore was relying upon dropped the former Vice-President in the water with an icy blast. “It’s unclear to me how this figure was arrived at,” Dr Maslowski said&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://rawstory.com/2009/12/supreme-court-torture-suit/&gt;Supreme Court ruling means torture could return: civil rights group&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/6811239/Businessman-jailed-for-attacking-intruder---who-goes-free.html&gt;Businessman jailed for attacking intruder - who goes free&lt;/a&gt; Munir Hussain, who was threatened at knifepoint and tied up by a gang of masked men in his living room last year, was told he must go to prison for 30 months to preserve “civilised society”. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But Walid Salem, a criminal with more than 50 convictions, was handed a two-year supervision order for his role in the break-in at an earlier hearing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/copenhagen-climate-change-confe/6811881/Copenhagen-support-for-a-global-tax-on-shipping-and-aviation-grows.html&gt;Support for a tax on shipping and aviation grows &lt;/a&gt; Support for a global tax or emissions trading scheme for shipping and aviation is growing at the Copenhagen climate change talks. That will kill any chance for a recovery.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjMdsIKFPXI&amp;feature=player_embedded&gt;Video: Controlled Media Whores: Beck on Oreilly: We need a VAT tax to fix the country &lt;/a&gt; They want a dedicated tax that is given to the bankers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All government debts are fictional. These men are liars.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXYL6Ig0Jjs&gt;Video: Pasco Florida's Homeless Speak Out&lt;/a&gt; All of the people interviewed were gainfully employed until recently...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.eutimes.net/2009/12/asian-americans-file-civil-rights-complaint-against-philly-school-for-black-violence/&gt;Asian Americans File Civil Rights Complaint Against Philly School For Black Violence&lt;/a&gt; The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund said yesterday that it would file a federal civil rights complaint accusing the Philadelphia School District of failing to address violence against Asian immigrant students at South Philadelphia High School. Is there a European-American civil rights group willing to file suit to protect the rights of white people who are minorities in most American cities?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.eutimes.net/2009/12/new-swiss-referendum-to-deport-all-criminal-immigrants/&gt;New Swiss Referendum to Deport all Criminal Immigrants&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/6812031/ECB-orders-Austria-to-nationalise-Hypo-bank-fearing-domino-crisis.html&gt;ECB orders Austria to nationalise Hypo bank, fearing domino crisis&lt;/a&gt; after it ran into trouble on hidden losses in Eastern Europe ...  The state-owned BayernLB bought Hypo during an expansionist spree at the height of the bubble in 2007. Its Austrian venture has cost Bavaria €3.8bn. BayernLB was itself rescued by German authorities in a €10bn bail-out last year. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/janet-tavakoli/gossip-from-the-wall-stre_b_390984.html&gt;Janet Tavakoli Inside the Wall Street Journal's Future of Finance Initiative&lt;/a&gt; Alistair Darling, Chancellor of the Exchequer, spoke on the opening evening. I asked him why massive financial fraud remained unaddressed. Darling appeared momentarily confused &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://market-ticker.denninger.net/&gt;Oh Oh.... PPI / Empire (Both Bad)&lt;/a&gt; The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods rose 1.8 percent in November  ... Europe is in trouble this morning.  Both the pound and Euro are getting trashed &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/?hpid=topnews&gt;House Democrats scrap long-term increase in debt ceiling, jobs package&lt;/a&gt; in favor of a more politically acceptable plan to give the Treasury a two-month extension on its current limit of $12.1 trillion, which it is expected to hit by New Year's Eve. The plan calls for raising the cap by $300 billion to $12.4 trillion,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.truthout.org/1214091&gt;Veterans Group Calls On Soldiers to Refuse Orders to Deploy to Afghanistan and Iraq &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nym22WB4-kU&amp;feature=pla&gt;Video: 557 Caliber Rifle - Hilarious video of men trying to shoot a rifle that is too big for them&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079380424982206622-1394453457642019673?l=almost117days.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/feeds/1394453457642019673/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/tuesday-12-15-jail-time.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/1394453457642019673'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/1394453457642019673'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/tuesday-12-15-jail-time.html' title='Tuesday 12-15 Jail Time'/><author><name>Daniel F</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17062898366141413906</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079380424982206622.post-2934630960437063586</id><published>2009-12-13T15:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-14T08:18:56.743-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Monday 12-13 Welcome To Obamaville, Colorado</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.kjct8.com/Global/story.asp?S=11658051&gt;'Welcome to Obamaville' sign posted near homeless camp&lt;/a&gt; The sign's message 'Welcome to Obamaville, Colorado's fastest growing community." Mark Limonez, a homeless man living in "tent city", says , "I've never seen so many camps since I've been out in the streets - there's no money." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://ia341310.us.archive.org/2/items/MaxKeiserRadio-TheTruthAboutComments-13December2009/truth-comments-131209.mp3&gt;Audio: Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert. Of Obama's Nobel Peace Prize speech Stacy said she was so sickened that she had to turn it off. Max said that Obama quoted Martin Luther King in his speech. Max said that if Martin Luther King were alive he would spit in Obama's face for defending war profiteering in his Nobel speech. Stacy asked how much do you want to bet that if King were alive today he would be on the No Fly List for opposing the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. He was killed for, opposition to the Vietnam war.  &lt;/a&gt;That is Stacy's opinion. I believe Dr King was killed because the Powers That Be did not want an effective anti-war opposition as it would stop Israel from doing what it is doing today to the Palestinians. Max and Stacy also have a deep level discussion of currencies. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_51/b4160076970050.htm&gt;Still Wanted: Foreign Talent—and Visas With the U.S. jobless rate at 17.2%, continued hiring of workers from abroad may stoke a debate&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2009/dec/13/drug-money-banks-saved-un-cfief-claims&gt;Drug money saved banks during financial crisis&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/12/cities-shut-off-streetlamps-to-save.html&gt;Cities Shut Off Streetlamps to Save Money; Indianapolis Threatens $2500 Fines for Challenging Traffic Tickets &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://cryptogon.com/?p=12609&gt;Poor Children Four Times More Likely to Get Antipsychotics &lt;/a&gt; children covered by Medicaid are given powerful antipsychotic medicines at a rate four times higher than children whose parents have private insurance. And the Medicaid children are more likely to receive the drugs for less severe conditions than their middle-class counterparts, the data shows.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=877570&gt;NY Governor David Paterson says he will hold back $750 million in local aid scheduled to go out this week. &lt;/a&gt; Additionally, the governor will hold back $47 million set to go to health insurance firms that cover state employees.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/12/texas-sales-tax-plunge-persists-texas.html&gt;Pennsylvania Teachers' Pension Plan Will Blow Up In 2012 &lt;/a&gt; Grim data from numbers of states keeps pouring in. Let's take a look at the latest from Texas and Pennsylvania.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.alternet.org/story/144529/are_americans_a_broken_people_why_we%27ve_stopped_fighting_back_against_the_forces_of_oppression?page=entire&gt;Are Americans a Broken People? Why We've Stopped Fighting Back Against the Forces of Oppression&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.thedailycrux.com/content/3455/Porter_Stansberry&gt;The bankruptcy of the United States is now certain&lt;/a&gt; He says a nation needs enough gold and oil commodities to finance their short term debt for one year. 1.5 trillion is the estimated deficit for 2010. But if you add the off budget deficit of 500 billion it is 1.9 trillion which is what the Dems are requesting to add to our current debt ceiling which will takes us to election day 2010. Last year's deficit was 1.417 trillion but if you add the off budget amounts the total was 1.885 trillion. And I doubt we have all that gold. I think it was all leased out and sold several times. They ran out of gold for our 1/10th of an ounce coins at the Mint. The U.S. will sell 4 trillion dollars in debts in 2010. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://desertpeace.wordpress.com/2009/12/13/gaza-reliving-the-chanukah-massacre-2/&gt;GAZA ~~ RELIVING THE CHANUKAH MASSACRE&lt;/a&gt; Never to forget….. Never to forgive! PHOTOS OF THE CHANUKAH MASSACRE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.ewg.org/tap-water/home?inlist=Y&amp;utm_source=tapl&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=image&amp;utm_campaign=toxics&gt;Over 300 Pollutants in U.S. Tap Water&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://eclipptv.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=8912&gt;Video: Robots go to war: American insect Terminators&lt;/a&gt; US military developing robotic weapons the size of an insect.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfCJZoktVSk&gt; Video: Testimonies from Gaza - 13 year old boy, massacre committed by the israeli army&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2009/12/arctic-sea-ice-since-2007.html&gt;Arctic Sea Ice since 2007 &lt;/a&gt; Arctic sea ice has increased by 19 percent since its minimum in 2007, though they don't make it very easy to see this in the way that they report the data.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/13/award-winning-flashpoints-radio-show-under-threat-by-kpfa-management/&gt;Award Winning Flashpoints Radio Show Under Threat by KPFA Management&lt;/a&gt; Nora Barrows Friedman is Jewish but she criticizes Israel. She has played tapes of Palestinian children who were shot by Israeli snipers. The yids even threatened to kill her daughter who was about five years-old at the time. You can listen to her on the web here: www.KPFA.org M-F at 5 PM Pacific time. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/suffolk/8410453.stm&gt;Bankers 'whacked' in arcade game &lt;/a&gt; An arcade game that allows people to vent their anger at bankers has proved so popular the owner keeps having to replace worn out mallets.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/13/washington-rejects-iran-uranium-swap-offer/&gt;Washington ‘rejects Iran uranium swap offer’&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&amp;aid=16505&gt;The Media Response to the Growing Influence of the 9 /11 Truth Movement&lt;/a&gt; David Ray Griffin is number 41 on the New Statesman's The 50 People who Matter Today. They deride as a conspiracy theorist. The &lt;br /&gt;New Statesman was a strong supporter of the war criminal Tony Blair.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://eclipptv.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=8907&gt;Video: Lord Monckton adresses a Greenpeace-campaigner on global warming&lt;/a&gt; This is a great interview. I would pay to see him debate Al Gore. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://uruknet.com/index.php?p=m60994&amp;hd=&amp;size=1&amp;l=e&gt;Innocent Guantánamo Torture Victim Fouad al-Rabiah Is Released In Kuwait&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2009/12/11/spice-compounds-may-stem-tumor-growth.html&gt;Spice Compounds May Stem Tumor Growth&lt;/a&gt; curcumin (from turmeric) and piperine (from black peppers)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/6804156/Greece-defies-Europe-as-EMU-crisis-turns-deadly-serious.html&gt;Greece defies Europe as EMU crisis turns deadly serious&lt;/a&gt; Euroland's revolt has begun. Greece has become the first country on the distressed fringes of Europe's monetary union to defy Brussels and reject the Dark Age leech-cure of wage deflation. Latvia and the Ukraine also rejected IMF calls for wage and pension cuts but they do not use the euro as their national currencies. That is why the dollar has been up in value for the last few days. But the dollar's rise will not last long.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/6798052/What-links-the-Copenhagen-conference-with-the-steelworks-closing-in-Redcar.html&gt;What links the Copenhagen conference with the steelworks closing in Redcar?&lt;/a&gt; The real gain to Corus from stopping production at Redcar, however, is the saving it will make on its carbon allowances, allocated by the EU. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://romanticpoet.wordpress.com/2009/12/12/tata-group-u-n-climate-chief-cashes-in-on-carbon-and-guess-who-came-to-obamas-state-dinner/&gt;TATA Group: U.N. Climate Chief Cashes In On Carbon. YOU WILL NEVER GUESS WHO WAS A GUEST AT OBAMA’s FIRST STATE DINNER….. &lt;/a&gt; A Mumbai-based Indian multinational conglomerate with business ties to Rajendra K. Pachauri, the chairman since 2002 of the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, stands to make several hundred million dollars in European Union carbon credits simply by closing a steel production facility in Britain with the loss of 1,700 jobs. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Tata Group headquartered in Mumbai anticipates anticipates receiving windfall profits of up to nearly $2 billion from closing the Corus Redcar steelmaking plant in Britain, with about half of the savings expected to result from cashing in on carbon credits granted the steelmaker by the European Union under the EU's emissions trading scheme, or ETS. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&amp;sid=amPsYJYIG7ys&amp;pos=15&gt;Spain Says Adios to Xmas as 19% Jobless Hits Spending &lt;/a&gt; Spanish holiday spending will drop 9.1 percent this season, according to Deloitte, more than the 6.3 percent decline forecast for western Europe&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/holohoax.htm&gt;Is the Holocaust a Hoax?&lt;/a&gt; Within five minutes, any intelligent, open-minded person can be convinced that the Holocaust gassings of World War II are a profitable hoax. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/12/pakistan-arrests-3-us-embassy-employees/&gt;Pakistan arrests 3 US embassy employees&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.opednews.com/articles/History-to-Obama--Yes-we-by-Elizabeth-Ferrari-091210-969.html&gt;History to Obama: Yes, we have made war on democracies&lt;/a&gt; America has never fought a war against a democracy, and our closest friends are governments that protect the rights of their citizens." --- President Barack Obama, December 10, 2009 ... For the people of Latin America, this claim of his is a stomach punch. The window of hope and goodwill and support Barack Obama inspired among progressive Latin American leaders and even among the peoples of Latin America during his campaign just slammed shut. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/12/interview-with-commercial-real-estate.html&gt;Interview With A Commercial Real Estate Developer &lt;/a&gt; How far into the decline are we now? So far about 25%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/1724-Hmmm....-Dubai-Again-More.html&gt;Hmmm.... Dubai (Again) - More?&lt;/a&gt;  not only is there an official bond issue (with potential default) there appear to be a who scad of contractors who haven't been getting paid for their work over there....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/1723-The-Consequences-Of-The-Big-Lie.html&gt;The Consequences Of "The Big Lie"&lt;/a&gt; It may be "politics as usual" to never talk about how bad the economy really is - never talk about the budget deficit in honest terms - and never talk about how revenues are and have been cratering across the board for governments. But when you are facing a truly horrific situation in this regard, and you need everyone on board to make sacrifices - especially government positions where employees feel especially entitled - "politics as usual" is particularly dangerous. Peter McLoone, the general secretary of Impact and the chairman of the Public Services Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions said that trust had effectively broken down between unions and the Government and that there was no basis that the parties would be able to go back into discussions in the short term.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEUlbJ2av-k&gt;Video: How American News Media Works In Favor Of Israel&lt;/a&gt; Alsion Weir discovered how biased American media coverage is. She said the children brought her spent Israeli rounds the soldiers had fired at their homes. This Is A Must See! Alsion Weir founded If Americans Knew.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/3374340&gt;Bush had role in Africa's unplanned baby bonanza&lt;/a&gt; fewer than one in five married women use modern contraception ... Under President George W. Bush , the United States withdrew from its decades-long role as a global leader in supporting family planning, driven by a conservative ideology that favored abstinence and shied away from providing contraceptive devices in developing countries, even to married women. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://mytechnologyworld9.blogspot.com/2009/12/israel-grants-millions-to-jewish.html&gt;Israel grants millions to Jewish settlers on West Bank&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/blagojevich/1935445,CST-NWS-BLAGO13.article&gt;Blagojevich's lawyers seek FBI interview with Obama, Rahm Emanuel, Valerie Jarrett and others&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0890892c-e68b-11de-98b1-00144feab49a.html&gt;Bank firewalls cracked by cyberhackers &lt;/a&gt; For more than a decade the common currency among cybercriminals has been pilfered credit card numbers, but some underground hackers have learned how to drain money directly from corporate bank accounts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://judicial-inc.biz/8.l_dog_gives_hitler_salute.htm&gt;German Jews wants the dog 'Put to sleep' so it doesn't become a Nazi Icon&lt;/a&gt; The Dog's Owner - A German, who suffers from dementia, taught his dog to raise his paw when he said 'Salute Das Furhrer'. The owner is now going to jail for five months, and the dog is either to be adopted, or gets the 'Zyklon-B' treatment. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8O-E_GN0Kg&gt;Satirical Video: Hitler flips out over the CRU hacked emails&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://rawstory.com/2009/12/outraged-brits-blair-prosecuted-war-crimes/&gt;Outraged Brits want Blair prosecuted for war crimes&lt;/a&gt; crimesTony Blair's admission that Britain would have backed the Iraq war even if he knew it did not have weapons of mass destruction sparked outrage Sunday and calls for his prosecution for war crimes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.watoday.com.au/breaking-news-world/walkout-triggers-copenhagen-breakdown-20091214-kses.html&gt;Walkout triggers Copenhagen breakdown&lt;/a&gt; The poor countries left negotiations because they are concerned that the Kyoto protocol, which aims to tackle climate change, will be abandoned. Some rich countries want a brand new climate treaty out of the Copenhagen summit to replace Kyoto. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://townhall.com/columnists/PaulJacob/2009/12/13/missouris_arresting_developments&gt;Missouri's Arresting Developments&lt;/a&gt; Last week, Gustavo Rendon was arrested in broad daylight — right in front of his two boys. One St. Louis policeman threatened that his sons would be sent into foster care. What horrific crime did Rendon commit? He passed out fliers to his neighbors. He spoke out on public policy — opposing an eminent domain land grab and promoting a petition effort to put the city’s development plan to a vote. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/obama-hypocrisy-meter-charts-i-did-not-run-office-be-helping-out-bunch-fat-cat-bankers-wall-&gt;Obama Hypocrisy Meter Off The Charts: "I Did Not Run For Office To Be Helping Out A Bunch Of Fat Cat Bankers On Wall Street"&lt;/a&gt; First you bail them out, and now you bash them?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/12/thoughts-on-feds-exit-strategy-stephen.html&gt;Thoughts on Fed's Exit Strategy: Stephen Roach vs. Mish &lt;/a&gt; The Federal Reserve may cause another crisis by botching the withdrawal of liquidity from the U.S. economy, Morgan Stanley Asia Chairman Stephen Roach said&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/frb.html&gt;The Case Against the Fed and Fractional Reserve Lending is easily made.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079380424982206622-2934630960437063586?l=almost117days.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/feeds/2934630960437063586/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/monday-12-13-welcome-to-obamaville.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/2934630960437063586'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/2934630960437063586'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/monday-12-13-welcome-to-obamaville.html' title='Monday 12-13 Welcome To Obamaville, Colorado'/><author><name>Daniel F</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17062898366141413906</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079380424982206622.post-8961534140005936796</id><published>2009-12-12T13:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-12T16:10:29.105-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Weekend Edition Obamacare Stalls On Two Fronts</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.americablog.com/2009/12/2nd-bombshell-of-afternoon-white-house.html&gt;White House shuts down Senate health care debate in effort to kill drug importation amendment on behalf of Big Pharma&lt;/a&gt; The Obama Admin is running over the Republican minority which it can do and still get a bill passed. But it cannot also roll liberal Democrats who want to keep drug prices low by importing from Canada. He also is angering people on both sides on the abortion issue. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Republican senator entered an amendment to the senate bill to repeal those 500 billion dollar cuts to Medicare. The Democrats voted it down on a straight party line vote. The Medicare cuts could be offset by restricting medical malpractice lawsuits but trial lawyers are more important to Obama than 47 million elderly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091211/ap_on_go_co/us_health_overhaul_senate_loophole&gt;Health care loophole would allow coverage limits&lt;/a&gt; Obama will force you to buy an insurance policy from one of his donors and he will allow those insurers to cancel your policy if you get sick. This will anger his base as well as all voters as it will cut the value of your policy while it raises the cost.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today is a busy news day. You might want to at least glance at all of today's articles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://rawstory.com/2009/12/airstrikes-kill-30-enemies/&gt;Blogger: US air strikes kill ‘exactly 30 enemies every time&lt;/a&gt; Security Crank linked to 12 news reports of separate air strike incidents since the start of the year in which the number of Taliban or insurgent casualties was reported to be 30, in most cases citing US military officials. The problem is that we are killing 28 innocent people with each drone strike even if you accept the Pentagon claim that there was one real bad guy attending that wedding or funeral.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.indianasnewscenter.com/news/local/79004172.html&gt;Homeless Women And Children Unable To Escape Cold&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.wlns.com/global/story.asp?s=11664257&amp;ClientType=Printable&gt;Employees Working for No Pay&lt;/a&gt; Even solvent companies can't get loans. The problem is that we have to create a debt before we can create money under the Federal Reserve. What we need to do is to have the Treasury take over the FEd and issue Greenbacks as Lincoln did.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/11/AR2009121102697.html&gt;Missing more than a meal. Child hunger, called the 'silent epidemic,' is an increasingly complex problem&lt;/a&gt; In Philadelphia, researchers found that, during the first half of this year, one in five homes with a baby or toddler did not have enough food. And one of every dozen young children was outright hungry, a rate twice that of the same period the year before&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.eastangliaemails.com/emails.php?eid=544&amp;filename=1120593115.txt&gt;East Anglia Confirmed Emails from the Climate Research Unit (Jones Admits Global Cooling)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20091211/en_ynews/ynews_en1030&gt;Law and Order Defames Americans Who Oppose Unlimited Illegal Immigration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://original.antiwar.com/jamail/2009/12/11/soldiers-forced-to-go-awol-for-ptsd-care/&gt;Soldiers Forced to Go AWOL for PTSD Care&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_19777.cfm&gt;Bayer Admits GMO Contamination is Out of Control&lt;/a&gt; all outdoors field trials or commercial growing of GE crops must be stopped before our crops are irreversibly contaminated&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.inteldaily.com/news/173/ARTICLE/13025/2009-12-09.html&gt;Federal Law Shields Jailers From Legitimate Legal Claims&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2009/12/copenhagen-framework-demands-huge.html&gt;Copenhagen Framework Demands Huge Amounts of Spending, But Allows Enron-Style Accounting Tricks So That Carbon Isn't Actually Reduced&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&amp;aid=16519&gt;Bob Chapman: Review of Financial Markets: The Call from Obama is for more Leverage and more Debt.&lt;/a&gt; In a separate radio interview Bob said that the Federal Reserve will be trying to reign in the money supply starting in January. His source is a major banker who is invited to FED meetings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/11/house-chairman-brad-sherman-calls-on-uc-irvine-to-throw-out-muslim-student-union-for-raising-money-for-gaza/&gt;House chairman Brad Sherman calls on UC Irvine to throw out Muslim Student Union for raising money for Gaza&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sherman is one of half a dozen Jewish liberal Democrats in the LA area who are extreme Zionists. Both senators from California are Jewish and support Israel. That is why Gazans are on the brink of starving to death.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk2Yugp0ANQ&gt;Video: Max Keiser interviews William Black&lt;/a&gt; William Black explains how Control Fraud worked to create our MBS bubble. He was the regulator who unwound the S&amp;L crisis . He said Moodys gave AAA ratings to toxic waste. They both talked about the 1,000 S&amp;L executives who were convicted of fraud in the 1980s under a DOJ priority prosecution program. The Obama admin has failed to indict even one person from the major banks. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1134302.html&gt;IDF simulates missile attacks, war against Syria and Hezbollah &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/29/2985.asp&gt;Indiana: City Threatens $2500 Fines for Challenging Traffic Tickets&lt;/a&gt; Lawyer sues traffic and parking courts in Indianapolis, Indiana over threatened $2500 penalty for contesting a ticket in court. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.theflucase.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=2210%3Amedia-mogul-murdoch-is-director-of-glaxosmithkline&amp;catid=1%3Alatest-news&amp;Itemid=64&amp;lang=en&gt;Media Mogul James Murdoch is Director of GlaxoSmithKline&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/?p=1385&gt;US Not Opposed To Israel Pumping More Funds Into Settlements&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1235200/Steel-firm-Corus-90m-pollution-payoff-closing-plant-axing-1-700-jobs.html&gt;Steel firm Corus could get £90m 'pollution payoff' after closing plant and axing 1,700 jobs&lt;/a&gt; This is how carbon trading works. We get to pay taxes to give money to men who close our factories and send our jobs overseas&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh3jlPHZyS0&amp;feature=player_embedded&gt;Video Billions in the trash: Swine flu drug scandal in Ukraine - Ukrainians find out that Tamiflu does not work.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/?p=1388&gt;Israeli Strategy: Dispossess Palestinians Of Their Remaining Land&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2009/12/12/558149.html?title=Tougher+standards+for+IDs+go+into+effect+Jan.+1&gt;Tougher standards for IDs go into effect Jan. 1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/?p=1378&gt;The Greatest Zionist Myth: Debunked&lt;/a&gt; The Palestinians never existed before modern Israel was established is proven false.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jiEgRx9RWrsYvUNY1Fk1pO99cvVw&gt;Jewish settlers 'to increase by 10,000 within year'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBHrnQTinGY&gt;Video: Afghans' anger at Obama's Nobel peace prize win -&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUtzMBfDrpI&gt;Video: Armed Response to 'Climategate' question at UN meeting in Copenhagen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/11/new-york-city-erases-bike-lanes-to-appease-hasidic-men-who-object-to-seeing-women-in-bike-shorts/&gt;New York City Erases Bike Lanes to Appease Hasidic Men Who Object to Seeing Women in Bike Shorts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/11/president-obama-creating-torture-impunity/&gt;President Obama ‘creating torture impunity’&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4ynybVuwXQ&gt;Video: Robert Fisk - Obama is a disaster for the Middle East&lt;/a&gt; Fisk says Obama is worse than Bush for the Mideast. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.eutimes.net/2009/12/nazi-hunter-fears-eu-recognition-of-jewish-communist-crimes-worse-than-holocaust-denial/&gt;Nazi hunter fears EU recognition of Jewish Communist crimes, worse than Holocaust denial&lt;/a&gt; I have posted this article from an Israeli newspaper. &lt;a href=http://www.ynet.co.il/english/articles/0,7340,L-3342999,00.html&gt;"Stalin's Jews" &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.detnews.com/article/20091206/METRO/912060324/Detroit-teachers-balk-at-plan-to-loan-district-$10-000-each-from-pay&gt;Detroit teachers balk at plan to loan district $10,000 each from pay&lt;/a&gt; The teachers destroyed the ability of their students to get a job. They need to be fired. The median pay (fully loaded) for a public school teacher in Detroit is $79,267 per year. Note that they only work 38 weeks&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://rawstory.com/2009/12/refuses-inspectors-investigate-wmds/&gt;Sound familiar? US refuses to allow UN inspectors to investigate its WMDs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079380424982206622-8961534140005936796?l=almost117days.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/feeds/8961534140005936796/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/weekend-edition-obamacare-stalls-on-two.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/8961534140005936796'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/8961534140005936796'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/weekend-edition-obamacare-stalls-on-two.html' title='Weekend Edition Obamacare Stalls On Two Fronts'/><author><name>Daniel F</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17062898366141413906</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079380424982206622.post-7485113377079962185</id><published>2009-12-10T16:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-11T07:25:40.633-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Friday 12-11 4.2 Million Americans on Emergency Unemployment Compensation</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/emergency-jobless-claims-surge-most-ever-prior-week&gt;327,729. That is how many people shifted to Emergency Unemployment Compensation programs in the last week alone, hitting an all time record high of 4.2 million! &lt;/a&gt; So as everyone is focused on the benign picture of initial claims in the last week which was "only" 474,000, the number of people rolling off continuing benefits has exploded and is now a stunning 592,579 only in the last two week. Look for this number to keep going into the stratosphere as the 6 month continuing claims cliff keeps getting hit by more and more people who are unemployed and keep looking not only for believable change, but actual jobs to go with it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At this rate those collecting EUC will surpass those on continuing claims (5.5 million) within a month.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/david-rosenbergs-2010-outlook-recession-really-depression&gt;David Rosenberg's 2010 Outlook "The Recession Is Really A Depression"&lt;/a&gt; household net worth has contracted nearly 20% over the past year-and-a-half, or an epic $12 trillion of lost net worth, a degree of trauma we have never seen before. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/1720-Oh,-You-Think-Youre-Gonna-Crank-Out-Bonds.html&gt;Oh, You Think You're Gonna Crank Out Bonds?&lt;/a&gt; The Congress wants to increase the debt limit by 1,8 trillion dollars. So who is going to buy our IOUs? Take a Look at what A Liberal Senate opposition leader in Australia said, "there needs to be a debate about Australia's ''contingency plan'' for a sovereign debt default by the US or even by a local state government&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.redress.cc/palestine/jcook20091211&gt;Israel’s notorious Hannibal procedure: army directive behind shooting of mental patient &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7017217265&gt;Calls Mount For Resignation Of Canadian Defense Minister Over Afghan Prisoner Torture&lt;/a&gt; 23 former ambassadors urged Ottawa to remove the defense secretary from his post because of his alleged knowledge of torture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://rawstory.com/2009/12/refuses-inspectors-investigate-wmds/&gt;Sound familiar? US refuses to allow UN inspectors to investigate its WMDs&lt;/a&gt; The United States said that it remained opposed to international inspections of biological weapon sites, even though it stressed its commitment to a UN treaty covering such arms and invaded Iraq in part over its alleged stalling of -- UN weapons inspectors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2009/12/morphing-of-financial-reform-bill-into.html&gt;The Morphing of the Financial Reform Bill Into an Eternal Bailout Bill for Oligarchs&lt;/a&gt; The evil ones have added an amendment to the Bill that will allow the Fed to pump any amounts of money it so chooses to "financial holding" companies deemed TBTF, without approval from anyone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://eclipptv.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=6933&gt;Video: Greenpeace Leader Admits Arctic Ice Exaggeration&lt;/a&gt; Also consider this: &lt;a href=http://www.theresilientearth.com/?q=content/himalayan-glaciers-not-melting&gt;Himalayan Glaciers Not Melting&lt;/a&gt; The IPCC won the Nobel Prize in 2007 for saying the Himalayan glaciers were going to melt. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/31234647/obamas_big_sellout&gt; Rolling Stone: Obama's Big Sellout: The president has packed his economic team with Wall Street insiders intent on turning the bailout into an all-out giveaway &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/12/09/BA1F1B11C6.DTL&gt;People shiver, birds drop dead in San Francisco&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/12/smokin.html&gt;Hoax and Change: Climategate Evidence .. not Hacked, Inside Whistleblower&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9CGKQB02&amp;show_article=1&gt;Obama Mortgage program only helps 31,000 borrowers so far&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1209/Bush_closes_the_gap.html&gt;Bush closing the gap with Obama (50% to 44%)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.mybudget360.com/sp-500-overvalued-by-100-percent-estimated-price-earnings-inflation-adjusted-ratio-does-not-reflect-actual-earnings-vix-now-back-to-august-2007-levels-bank-of-america-pe-ratio-over-500/&gt;S&amp;P 500 Overvalued by 100 Percent: Estimated Price-Earnings Inflation Adjusted Ratio does not Reflect Actual Earnings. VIX now Back to August 2007 Levels. Bank of America P/E Ratio over 500?&lt;/a&gt; The 676 low of March, as disastrous as it may have felt, actually reflected a more accurate measure of earnings potential of the 500 S&amp;P companies.  The S&amp;P 500 is a good index because it measures 500 companies with a current collective market cap of $9.6 trillion.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.clickgreen.org.uk/news/international-news/12971-uks-richest-man-could-make-more-than-%C3%821bn-from-carbon-trading-scheme.html&gt;UK’s richest man could make more than £1bn from carbon trading scheme&lt;/a&gt; Lakshmi Mittal, CEO and major shareholder of the steel giant ArcelorMittal, could make over £1 billion between now and 2012 from his company’s participation in the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6950905.ece&gt; UN may curtail 400-year-old 'freedom of the seas'&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/6764241/Bond-jitters-as-Japan-launches-yet-another-stimulus-plan.html&gt;Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Bond jitters as Japan launches yet another stimulus plan &lt;/a&gt; The spending blitz will lift debt issuance to a record $835bn this year &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqT6uKxz_eQ&gt;Video: Norman Finkelstein on the Cost of Opposing Israel&lt;/a&gt; An outspoken critic of the exploitation of the Holocaust, we ask what is the price of free speech?   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67pPbXV0BVg&gt;Video: Jesse Ventura’s new TV show Conspiracy Theory looked at 9/11 last night&lt;/a&gt; He does not take 911 head on but he is getting 911 Truth into the mainstream.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://deathby1000papercuts.com/headlines/2009/12/berkeley-city-council-coat-hangers-to-dems-who-voted-against-federal-funded-abortions/&gt;Berkeley City Council: Coat Hangers to Dems Who Voted Against Federal Funded Abortions&lt;/a&gt; Obamacare Debate Heating Up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/12/10/worldupdates/2009-12-09T211717Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-446004-1&amp;sec=Worldupdates&gt;Obama rights record questioned&lt;/a&gt; Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International gave U.S. President Barack Obama mixed reviews on his human rights record &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052748703499404574558300500152682-lMyQjAxMDA5MDAwMjEwNDIyWj.html&gt;The Arabs Have Stopped Applauding Obama &lt;/a&gt; 'He talks too much," a Saudi academic in Jeddah, who had once been smitten with Barack Obama, recently observed to me of America's 44th president. He has wearied of Mr. Obama and now does not bother with the Obama oratory. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://news.antiwar.com/2009/12/10/officials-blackwater-participated-in-cia-snatch-and-grab-operations/&gt; Officials: Blackwater Participated in CIA ‘Snatch and Grab’ Operations&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20091211/1afedpay11_st.art.htm?loc=interstitialskip&gt;For feds, more get 6-figure salaries. Average pay $30,000 over private sector &lt;/a&gt; Federal employees making salaries of $100,000 or more jumped from 14% to 19% of civil servants during the recession's first 18 months — and that's before overtime pay and bonuses are counted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6952503.ece&gt;UK Police say nursery aged children should be monitored for signs of brainwashing and extremism.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/business/global/11ukraine.html?_r=4&amp;adxnnl=1&amp;ref=business&amp;adxnnlx=1260525935-Zw8IAGIV4jyI3U3P9KSKvw&gt;International Monetary Fund Withholds $3.5 Billion Loan to Ukraine &lt;/a&gt; Why? Yushchenko’s decision last month to enact wage and pension increases of about 20 percent -&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/case-governments-chronic-and-flawed-overrepresentation-household-net-worth&gt;Household Net Worth: A $2.1 Trillion Downward Revision In One Quarter&lt;/a&gt; the government has been chronically overrepresenting Household Net Worth &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/12/yield-curve-steepest-since-1980-hard.html&gt;Yield Curve Steepest Since 1980; Hard Times Ahead in 2010 &lt;/a&gt; The bond market is starting to show signs of concern over budget deficits and the corresponding supply of treasuries. Treasuries fell, with the gap in yields between 2- and 30-year securities reaching the widest margin since at least 1980, after a $13 billion offering of 30- year bonds drew lower-than-forecast demand. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079380424982206622-7485113377079962185?l=almost117days.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/feeds/7485113377079962185/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/friday-12-11-42-million-americans-on.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/7485113377079962185'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/7485113377079962185'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/friday-12-11-42-million-americans-on.html' title='Friday 12-11 4.2 Million Americans on Emergency Unemployment Compensation'/><author><name>Daniel F</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17062898366141413906</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079380424982206622.post-5080067085467256901</id><published>2009-12-09T17:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-10T07:13:41.849-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Thursday 12-10 Tarpley: Obama Just Declared War On Pakistan</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href= http://kpfa.org/archive/id/56841&gt;Audi: Bonnie Faulkner Interviewed Webster Tarpley. He said Obama has declared war on Pakistan.&lt;/a&gt; He said Brzezinski and his protege Gates are the architects of the Obama policy. America does not have resources to invade Pakistan so they are driving Pashtuns across the border from Afghanistan, sending drones into Waziristan to kill Pashtuns and paying the Punjabis billions to attack the Pashtuns. All this is being done to keep the Chinese away from Asia. No pipeline will be ever be allowed to supply two billion Chinese with natural gas and oil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The problem with all this is that Brzezinski and Gates are sitting on secret technology that could eliminate poverty, pollution and oil wars. All of our wars have been designed to control people who do not need to be controlled.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://mytechnologyworld9.blogspot.com/2009/12/barack-obama-to-miss-most-of-nobel.html&gt;Barack Obama missed most of Nobel Peace Prize events&lt;/a&gt; The US president has turned down an invitation to lunch with the king of Norway, will not hold a press conference nor attend the Nobel concert held in his honour the day after the prize ceremony. A survey in a newspaper showed 44 per cent of Norwegians thought it "impolite" of Mr Obama not to lunch with the king and 53 per cent thought he was wrong not to attend the Nobel concert. Mr Obama will receive the prize nine days after ordering the Pentagon to step up the military offensive in Afghanistan by sending 30,000 additional troops. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am thinking Obama should have arrived on Marine One accompanied by a squadron of Apache helicopters as a few thousand marines storm the waterfront with F-18s flying cover overhead. He could have a few drones fire off some non-lethal fireworks over Oslo. This would one up George Bush's Mission Accomplished Moment. I think that would really have impressed the Nobel Committee. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/?p=1316&gt;A Portrait of Nonviolent Resistance in One Palestinian Village&lt;/a&gt; The Gate from Hell “A state gone mad,” observed Palestinian lawyer and writer Raja Shehadeh when, a day after visiting Jayyous, I described the scene at the gate. This particular barrier of steel, these particular patient farmers, those particular soldiers enforcing Israel’s banality of evil — they offer but a taste of the insane ingenuity that is the still-developing Greater Israel. A Dutch filmmaker who had interviewed some West Bank Jewish settlers, related this little exchange to Shehadeh: “What is your dream?” she asked one of the settlers. “My dream,” he replied, “is that my grandchildren will say someday, ‘Here, they say that once upon a time there were Arabs.’”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.bushstole04.com/Obama_Presidency.htm/obama_escalate.htm&gt;Obama Far Outdoes Bush in Escalating War&lt;/a&gt; As the IMF would say, there has been a structural adjustment program in place, and the US working class is obsolete. When you understand this, you can understand how the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan are wars against the US public. Wars that weaken and drain the US working class of vital resources and social safety nets. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://apnews.myway.com/article/20091210/D9CGF8EO0.html&gt;Obama defends US wars as he accepts peace prize&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/I-have-a-way-to-unlock-climate-finance-Soros/articleshow/5323212.cms&gt; I have a way to unlock climate finance: Soros&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/?p=1306&gt;New Israeli War Doctrine Targets Civilians&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; “Dahiyah Doctrine”: Named after the residential Dahiyah district in Beirut, where Hizballah enjoyed support and also had its headquarters. The district was massively bombed by the IDF during the Second Lebanon War. The doctrine promotes targeting civilian infrastructure in order to cause widespread destruction and suffering among the civilian population so as to foment popular opposition to Israel’s opponents (namely Hamas and Hizballah). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/world/asia/09gates.html?_r=4&amp;ref=world&gt;Afghan President Hamid Karzai Says Army Will Need Help Until 2024&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8402551.stm&gt;Tough 2010 Irish budget unveiled&lt;/a&gt; The Irish deficit currently stands at 12% of GDP. European Union (EU) rules state that countries are expected to keep their budget shortfalls below 3% of GDP. "The government over the past 18 months has already made budgetary adjustments of more than 8bn euros for this year," he said. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2009/12/paterson_says_n.php&gt;Paterson Says New York's Broke, Stops Payments; Nobody Cares&lt;/a&gt; Paterson has delayed state payments to schools, local governments, and various non-profits -- which may or may not be within his constitutional authority -- and will keep doing so until someone in Albany comes up with some cash.... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/census-bureau-reports-collapse-state-tax-revenue-liquor-stores-only-bright-spot&gt;Census Bureau Reports Collapse In State Tax Revenue, Liquor Stores Only Bright Spot&lt;/a&gt; Actually, lottery tickets and liquor sales are the only revenue growth sectors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://biggovernment.com/2009/12/09/fistgate-iii-obamas-safe-schools-czars-black-book-for-kids-included-tips-on-fisting-and-piing-on-your-partner/&gt;Fistgate III: Obama’s Safe Schools Czar’s ‘Black Book’ For Kids Included Tips on Fisting and Pi$$ing on Your Partner&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/71449-obama-to-gop-stop-trying-to-frighten-the-american-people&gt;Obama to GOP: 'Stop trying to frighten the American people'&lt;/a&gt; Obama made the admonition during a bipartisan meeting at the White House on Wednesday, producing a chart to show Republicans that "things are a lot better." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/09/administration-warns-command-control-regulation-emissions/&gt;Administration Warns of 'Command-and-Control' Regulation Over Emissions&lt;/a&gt; "If you don't pass this legislation, then ... the EPA is going to have to regulate in this area," the official said. "And it is not going to be able to regulate on a market-based way, so it's going to have to regulate in a command-and-control way, which will probably generate even more uncertainty." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://truthjihad.com/ksm.htm&gt;Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Conspiracy Charges Analyzed and Debunked&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/obama-wants-suit-against-yoo-dismissed/&gt;Obama wants suit against Yoo dismissed&lt;/a&gt; The Obama administration has asked an appeals court to dismiss a lawsuit accusing former Bush administration attorney John Yoo of authorizing the torture of a terrorism suspect, saying federal law does not allow damage claims against lawyers who advise the president on national security issues.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/goldman-explains-how-it-can-be-long-dollar-and-call-2-years-no-fed-fund-tightening&gt;Goldman Explains How It Can Be Long The Dollar AND Call For 2+ Years Of No Fed Fund Tightening&lt;/a&gt; The new Japanese government has decided to inflate their currency. This means that the Dollar Carry Trade has come to an end and has been replaced by the Yen Carry Trade. This has temporarily pushed up the value of the dollar as Hedge Funds unwind their dollar loans and take out yen loans. But the dollar will still collapse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-594683847743189197&amp;ei=Y2ggS9nOL5OerAKMkLG1BA&amp;q=zeitgeist+the+movie&amp;hl=en&gt;Zeitgeist, The Movie - Remastered / Final Edition &lt;/a&gt;  What does Christianity, 911 and The Federal Reserve all have in common? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6951047.ece&gt;Britain angers poor nations with plan to switch cash from health to climate&lt;/a&gt; National aid budgets dedicated to reducing global poverty would be raided to establish a “climate fund” to help developing countries to adapt to climate change, under a British plan tabled yesterday in Copenhagen. So the fund to be run by ex-Goldman Sachs employees will take money away from the poor and give it to the wealthy all in the name of bogus science.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/12/tarp-extended-now-petty-cash-drawer-for.html&gt;Mish Shedlock: TARP Extended, Now a "Petty Cash Drawer for Politically Favored Interests" &lt;/a&gt; the Obama administration is extending its $700 billion financial-rescue program until next October, as expected, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/12/tech-tickers-bank-lending-jobs-2010.html&gt;Tech Tickers: Bank Lending, Jobs, 2010 Forecast &lt;/a&gt; "It's a Good Thing Banks Aren't Lending" "If they did lend, we'd have more defaults and more bailouts." With unemployment to remain high and mounting problems in the commercial real estate market, more lending would lead to "more defaults and more bailouts," says Shedlock, an investment advisor at SitkaPacific Capital Management.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/budget/6773721/Pre-Budget-report-Darling-does-just-enough-to-keep-creditors-sweet.html&gt;Pre-Budget report: it is not the bankers who will pay the most, but normal workers&lt;/a&gt; It ranks as the most downbeat pre-election Treasury statement in modern history. The economic forecasts were cut to the lowest level on record (-4.75pc this year, and only weak growth of 1.25pc next year). The middle classes were assaulted with a £3.5bn income tax raid in the form of higher national insurance. The public sector suffered a pension and pay cut. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/71353-mark-penn-got-6-million-from-stimulus&gt;Hillary Clinton's pollster - Mark Penn's two firms awarded millions from stimulus for PR campaign&lt;/a&gt; A contract worth nearly $6 million in stimulus funds was awarded by the Obama administration to two firms run by Mark Penn, Hillary Clinton's pollster in 2008.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://sabbah.biz/mt/archives/2009/12/08/the-deadly-embrace/&gt;Book Review: Israel's "Deadly Embrace" of America&lt;/a&gt; The political coercion, propaganda and censorship used by Organized Jewry to control American public opinion and foreign policy to have the US military fight Israel's enemies in Afghanistan and Iraq is described by James Petras in his best yet expose of Zionist subversion of the world's military super power. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/12/stimulus-checkup-100-ridiculous.html&gt;Stimulus Checkup - 100 Ridiculous Projects Funded by the American Recovery Act &lt;/a&gt; “Almost Empty” Mall Awarded Energy Grant ($5 million)&lt;br /&gt;The Department of Energy has announced an award for up to $5 million6 to install a geothermal energy system capable of heating an ―almost empty‖ mall in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/12/taxpayers-on-hook-for-ginnie-maes.html&gt;Taxpayers On The Hook For Ginnie Mae's Rampant Growth &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/1719-Another-Real-Black-Friday-Number.....html&gt;Another Real Black Friday Number....&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://mytechnologyworld9.blogspot.com/2009/12/afghanistan-uk-and-us-seek-to-cancel.html&gt;Afghanistan: UK and US seek to cancel 2010 parliamentary election&lt;/a&gt; The two allies are in dispute with European states over whether to fund and secure the elections in the spring&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.rebelnews.org/opinion/middle-east/130719-americas-terrorist-ally-a-closer-look-at-israels-role-in-terrorism?joscclean=1&amp;comment_id=2837&gt;America's Terrorist Ally: A Closer Look at Israel's Role in Terrorism &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h7V3Twb-Qk&amp;feature=player_embedded&gt;Video: China's empty city &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKanqxd5ZW4&gt;Max Keiser: Reviews News of the Week and also interviews Steve Keen About Wages, Deflation and Zombie Capitalism. &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&gt;Video: PATRIOTS PREPARE TO SEND TYRANTS A LOUD MESSAGE&lt;/a&gt; This might be an invitation to entrapment by the Feds. The Oklahoma city event of 4-19-1995 comes to mind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=Kevin Kelly -- New Rules for the New Economy (Free Online Book )&lt;br /&gt;&gt;Kevin Kelly -- New Rules for the New Economy (Free Online Book )&lt;/a&gt; This is a seminal book about the new Internet based economy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1234430/Mystery-spiral-blue-light-display-hovers-Norway.html&gt;Mystery as spiral blue light display hovers above Norway&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079380424982206622-5080067085467256901?l=almost117days.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/feeds/5080067085467256901/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/thursday-12-10-tarpley-obama-just.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/5080067085467256901'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/5080067085467256901'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/thursday-12-10-tarpley-obama-just.html' title='Thursday 12-10 Tarpley: Obama Just Declared War On Pakistan'/><author><name>Daniel F</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17062898366141413906</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079380424982206622.post-4287520254834467088</id><published>2009-12-08T18:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-09T06:20:36.791-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Wednesday 12-09 Two Paths For Goldman Sachs To Take Over The World</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/dec/08/copenhagen-climate-summit-disarray-danish-text&gt;Copenhagen climate summit in disarray after 'Danish text' leak&lt;/a&gt; "It proposes a green fund to be run by a board but the big risk is that it will run by the World Bank and the Global Environment Facility [a partnership of 10 agencies including the World Bank and the UN Environment Programme] and not the UN. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://openingmind.blogspot.com/2009/04/live-from-new-york-its-saturday-night.html&gt;I wrote satire in which &lt;/a&gt; the President announces that America is bankrupt and the government of the United States is being reorganized by a consortium of Goldman Sachs, the Federal Reserve bank and overseas investors. The new name of the country is United States Incorporated.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Robert B Zoellick is the President of the World Bank. He is a former Goldman Sachs employee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, is a former Goldman Sachs employee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mario Draghi, Chairman of the Financial Stability Board, is a former Goldman Sachs employee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Adam Storch is the COO od the SEC and a former Goldman Sachs employee. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gary Gensler is Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and a former Goldman Sachs employee. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Both Timothy Geithner the current Treasury Secretary and former Clinton Treasury Secretary Larry Summers were proteges of Robert Rubin the former CEO of Goldman Sachs who was a Clinton Treasury Secretary. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hank Paulson and Robert Rubin were both CEOs of Goldman Sachs who became Treasury Secretary. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What are the odds that any one bank regulator is a former Goldman Sachs employee?  What are the odds that all three of the men who run the world banking system are all Goldman Sachs employees?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://gcnlive.com/Archives2009/dec09/AlexJones/1208092.mp3&gt;Audio: Lord Monckton on the Copenhagen treaty. He said that Haitians can no longer afford the three cents mud pies cost &lt;/a&gt; Lord Monckton demanded a copy of the treaty. The librarians refused for 20 minutes until they relented and gave it to him. The treaty requires the US and other wealthy countries pay a tax to the UN equal to 2% of our GDP. That is $280 billion dollars a year tax increase for Americans. That works out to $2,800 a year for  every one of our 100,000,000 taxpayers. That is in addition to taxes on financial transactions. This would preclude the United States from passing a financial transactions taxes that had been proposed by House Democrats to fund Stimulus spending.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are other carbon taxes that will raise gasoline and utility prices. Of course the sale of carbon credits and derivatives will make Al Gore and his partner David Blood from Goldman Sachs billionaires. Now back to those mud pies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lord Monckton said he was telling an audience that in Haiti the people take salt, butter and mud to make pies which they sun bake and sell for three cents. A woman in the audience cried and said she has just returned from Haiti and that the people can no longer afford the three cents to buy a mud pie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He blamed bio-fuels for the rise in food prices which is starving the poor to death.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Goldman Sachs has two paths to world domination. One is the banking crisis. When the dollar collapses, all of the international financial regulatory agencies will be run by Goldman Sachs. If the Copenhagen treaty is passed, trillions of dollars in taxes plus the world energy system will be run by Goldman Sachs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/&gt;For Further Study: This is Lord Monckton's Website&lt;/a&gt; By the way, he says the treaty will create 700 newly created bureaucracies which also will require funding. Here is a PDF copy of the treaty. &lt;a href=http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2009/awglca7/eng/inf02.pdf&gt;Link to purported "Danish Text"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/monckton/goreerrors.html&gt;35 Inconvenient Truths &lt;br /&gt;The errors in Al Gore’s movie &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/12/coming-collapse-of-municipal-bonds.html&gt;Coming Collapse of Municipal Bonds; States, Cities Dig Deeper Holes &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1517724.php/Israel-tells-foreign-dignitaries-not-to-visit-Gaza&gt;Israel tells foreign dignitaries not to visit Gaza &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7OuGmXE4ww&amp;feature=player_embedded#&gt;Video: Witness - Baghdad City of Walls &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2009/12/woman-who-invented-credit-default-swaps.html&gt;Who is Blythe Masters? She is the JP Morgan employee who invented credit default swaps, and is now heading JPM's carbon trading efforts.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2009/12/its-showtime-for-mark-cuban.html&gt;It's Showtime for Mark Cuban&lt;/a&gt; Billionaire Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, who has been harassed by the SEC, will now get the chance to conduct a little harassment of his own. A federal judge has granted Cuban the right to seek some internal e-mail messages, phone records and other communications from the S.E.C. regarding its case against him. The SEC which was clueless about Bernie Madoff went after Cuban for funding 911 Loose Change which was a rather tame 911 Truth movie. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/12/surveys-show-job-openings-corporate.html&gt;Surveys Show Job Openings, Corporate Hiring Plans Anemic &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/grayson-rips-bernanke-over-latest-aig-bailout-insinuates-attempted-irs-fraud-grossly-illegal&gt;Grayson Rips Bernanke Over Latest AIG Bailout, Insinuates Attempted IRS Fraud In Grossly Illegal Deal&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/collapse-tax-withholdings-refutes-improvements-either-unemployment-or-corporate-profitabilit&gt;Collapse In Tax Withholdings Refutes Improvements In Either Unemployment Or Corporate Profitability&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://refreshingnews9.blogspot.com/2009/12/record-level-of-british-population-is.html&gt;Record level of British population is foreign-born&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.rense.com/general88/breaking.htm&gt;Gerald Celente: Breaking Point 2010 &lt;/a&gt; The 20th century belonged to America, in 2010 Empire America will be breaking apart. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://eclipptv.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=8806&gt;Video: Marc Faber on sovereign debt default : American &amp; Greek&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/?p=949&gt;Operation Cast Lead: An Eyewitness Account&lt;/a&gt; While I was walking back from school it looks like they had been bombing everywhere so I took another way home. And while I was walking I saw Apache helicopters in the sky and I saw the rockets shining out of them. All the way home they were bombing most of the villages in the Gaza Strip; they wanted to hit us like a stroke, all the places at the same time. There were two to four helicopters for every village in Gaza and sometimes more. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/?p=1284&gt;Israeli Occupation Forces Demolish Eight Homes, Tents In Negev Region&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.mybudget360.com/the-new-economic-misery-index-five-sectors-that-show-financial-pain-for-americans-food-stamps-bankruptcy-credit-access-employment-and-housing/&gt;The New Economic Misery Index: Five Sectors that Show Financial Pain for Americans. Food Stamps, Bankruptcy, Credit Access, Employment, and Housing.&lt;/a&gt; We still have 27,000,000 unemployed and underemployed Americans. 37 million Americans are on some form of food assistance&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0418093920091204&gt;CBO: U.S. already $292 bln in the red this year - CBO&lt;/a&gt; tax revenues have plunged and spending on safety-net programs like unemployment insurance have skyrocketed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&amp;sid=av16pDNNrMig&gt;U.K., U.S. Top AAA Ratings Tested by Debt Burdens, Moody’s Says&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.gilad.co.uk/writings/anti-semitism-up-islamophobia-down-a-new-academic-research-s.html#entry6020285&gt;‘Anti-Semitism up, Islamophobia down” a New Academic Research Says &lt;/a&gt; One-quarter of Europeans  believe that “Jews have too much influence“ 31% agree that “Jews in general do not care about anything or anyone but their own kind.”  45.7% of the Europeans somewhat or strongly agree that “Israel is conducting a war of extermination against the Palestinians.” &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.cnbc.com/id/34325134&gt;Meredith Whitney: Government 'Out of Bullets'; Consumers in Trouble&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5B72DS20091208&gt;Hunger, family homelessness on rise in U.S. cities&lt;/a&gt; The U.S. Conference of Mayors said cities reported a 26 percent jump in demand for hunger assistance over the past year. Looking ahead to 2010, cities said they expect it will be difficult to meet increased demands for food due to the impact of state and local budget cuts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/business/08account.html&gt;Financial Accounting Standards Board to Propose More Flexible Accounting Rules for Banks&lt;/a&gt; the chairman of the board that sets American accounting standards will call Tuesday for the “decoupling” of bank capital rules from normal accounting standards. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.sjlendman.blogspot.com/&gt;Targeting Civilians in Gaza&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2009/12/07/guantanamo/index.html&gt;A new report questions "suicides" at Guantanamo&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/dec/07/gordon-brown-eu-emissions-cuts&gt;Gordon Brown: EU cuts must go deeper to get Copenhagen climate deal&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/12/eu-ready-to-bailout-greece-debt.html&gt;EU Ready to Bailout Greece; Debt Downgrades in Baltic States; Can Euroland Even Survive? &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2009/12/in-2008-british-intelligence-said.html&gt;In 2008, British Intelligence Concluded that the Afghanistan War Is Unwinnable . . . No Matter How Many Troops Were Sent In&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079380424982206622-4287520254834467088?l=almost117days.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/feeds/4287520254834467088/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/wednesday-12-09-two-paths-for-goldman.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/4287520254834467088'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/4287520254834467088'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/wednesday-12-09-two-paths-for-goldman.html' title='Wednesday 12-09 Two Paths For Goldman Sachs To Take Over The World'/><author><name>Daniel F</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17062898366141413906</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079380424982206622.post-968363905731819790</id><published>2009-12-07T16:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-08T19:47:28.792-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Tuesday 12-08  Tell Obama &amp; Congress: "NO, YOU CAN'T!"</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.enduswars.org/&gt;Tell Obama &amp; Congress: "NO, YOU CAN'T!"&lt;/a&gt; The liberals are finally starting a campaign against Obama with a demonstration on Saturday. The problem with liberals is that they so not know Americans. I always begin by telling people that Ben Bernanke gave 237 billion dollars to Pandit the Bandit at Citibank. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://original.antiwar.com/lind/2009/12/04/o-equals-w/&gt;O=W&lt;/a&gt; "O=W" is a bumper sticker beginning to show up on liberals’ cars. After the president’s speech at West Point, I suspect it will spread rapidly. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5B63ZH20091207&gt;Obama to mention Afghan war in peace prize speech&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqxBoYJMrYA&gt;Video: Rethink Afghanistan: Join the Movement to Stop this War&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-afghanistan-cash7-2009dec07,0,6226073.story&gt;$10 million is smuggled out of Afghanistan daily, official says &lt;/a&gt; An estimated $10 million a day is smuggled out of Afghanistan, most of it through Kabul's international airport said Finance Minister Omar Zakhilwal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I reported the other day that Max Keiser said bankers in Dubai told him that US contractors were leaving with suitcases full of money since the beginning of the war.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DA6EY-iPjM&gt;Video: Matt Taibbi on How Goldman Sachs Has Been Robbing Us Blind&lt;/a&gt; Here is another video from Matt on the Obama economic team. &lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4it-Fs8RLw&gt;Video: Matt Taibbi on Obama's economic team from Robert Rubin of Goldman Sachs&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&amp;aid=16436&gt;US Elections: Supreme Court May Rule to Allow Unlimited Corporate Funding&lt;/a&gt; The U.S. Supreme Court may rule on Tuesday, December 8th, or in the coming weeks, in the case of Citizens United v. FEC, that the American people are powerless to stop corporations from using corporate funds to influence state and federal elections.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/us-mint-runs-out-tenth-ounce-gold-coin-inventory-day-after-its-release-broad-purchase&gt;US Mint Runs Out Of Tenth-Ounce Gold Coin Inventory Day After Its Release For Broad Purchase&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktQOLO4U5iQ&amp;feature=player_embedded&gt;Video: Israeli Weapons Company Rafael Makes Bollywood Musical Promo To Target Hindu Buyers&lt;/a&gt; India kicked the Israeli arms merchants out for excessive corruption so this ad didn't work. I stayed up past midnight to find this. It is a must see.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKrw6ih8Gto&gt;Video: Lord Monckton: Global Warming big scientific fad&lt;/a&gt; Lord Monckton also says Britain is no longer a democracy because 90% of its laws are actually rulings made by unelected Eurocrats.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKN0716450820091207?sp=true&gt;US EPA to move on emissions as Congress stalls&lt;/a&gt; The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will formally declare that greenhouse gases endanger human health on Monday, allowing President Barack Obama to show action as a major climate change summit opened in Copenhagen. Carbon Dioxide is not a pollutant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.examiner.com/x-431-SF-Politics-Examiner~y2009m7d1-Rolling-Stone-exposes-Goldman-Sachs-and-the-carbon-credit-scam?cid=email-this-article&gt;Rolling Stone exposes Goldman Sachs and the carbon credit scam&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/58099&gt;Pelosi Endorses ‘Global’ Tax on Stocks, Bonds, and other Financial Transactions&lt;/a&gt; This a Tobin tax. I support a Tobin tax on financial transactions but oppose it for this Congress. They would just waste it. Note that Pelosi wants more Stimulus spending to bail out congressional Democrats in their 2010 election races. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/12/feds-unemployment-projections-from-mars.html&gt;Fed's Unemployment Projections From Mars &lt;/a&gt; Using Bernanke's estimate that it takes 100,000 jobs a month to keep up with birthrate and demographics, the economy will have to create 260,000 jobs every month in 2010, 2011, and 2012 to hit an unemployment rate of 6.17% by the end of 2012. At the height of the housing bubble in 2005, the economy added 212,000 jobs a month. It is well beyond absurd to expect the economy to average even 200,000 jobs a month, let alone 260,000 jobs a month when neither the housing boom nor the commercial real estate boom could manage those numbers over a sustained period. In short, the Fed's unemployment projections must be for some other planet or for some other alternate universe somewhere because they do not reflect reality here&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I have said before, massive unemployment will lead to societal collapse if we do nothing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/most-recent-insider-selling-buying-ratio-821&gt;Most Recent Insider Selling to Buying Ratio: 82:1&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/1706-Fedspeak-Translation-1272009.html&gt;Karl Denninger's Fedspeak Translation 12/7/2009&lt;/a&gt; Denninger translates Bernanke's speech into real words. We printed up $12 trillion in "freebie" credit, manipulated the MBS market (and in doing so have fomented and created an accounting fraud for all of those entities that hold said paper) and have purchased alleged "assets" at vastly over their actual value on purpose.  This has allowed financial institutions to claim to be solvent when in fact they are bankrupt several times over.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ben Bernanke intentionally frightened the world by hinting at an increase in US interest rates. He cannot raise interest rates for two reasons. One Goldman Sachs and JP Chase are sitting on 200 trillion dollars in interest rate derivatives that would go toxic. And secondly the Treasury has to sell 4 trillion dollars in bonds in 2010. Any increase in rates would mean we would have to surrender to the Taliban. All of the tax receipts we take in are already pledged to the military and to paying interest on the debt. If we raise interest rates, we will have to stop killing people overseas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/budget/6754828/Pre-Budget-report-Foreign-banks-urged-to-lend-to-UK-businesses.html&gt;Pre-Budget report: Foreign banks urged to lend to UK businesses &lt;/a&gt; Britain will go down before America. &lt;a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/budget/6753798/Cut-1-million-public-sector-jobs-to-pay-off-Britains-debts.html&gt;Cut 1 million public sector jobs to pay off Britain's debts'&lt;/a&gt; The UK is one fifth of America's so the recommendation in American terms would be to cut 5,000,000 jobs from the federal, state and local governments. The alternative would be to end the Federal Reserve debt as money scheme.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.mathaba.net/news/?x=622292&gt;Yahoo Sells All Its Users Private Email Contents to U.S. Agencies for Small Price&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/articles/MacDonald-ADL.html#KM&gt;The ADL: Managing White Rage&lt;/a&gt; Just as the vast majority of Jews can’t bring themselves to vote Republican because of fear and loathing of all those conservative Christians  ...  Rage at the election of a president deemed to be illegitimate and threatening.  Distrust and anger toward the government fueled by paranoia and conspiracy theories.” Yikes! The peasants are getting their pitchforks. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The ADL’s campaign to set strict limits on what can be said on TV is really a campaign to manage elite-level discourse aimed at the educated classes. The effectiveness of Jewish influence stems from the veto power it has over all the high ground in American society, particularly the mass media and the academic world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eventually, all the phony implicit White issues will run out. And when that happens, these people won’t be overtly concerned about health care plans or even about Obama and his radical proclivities. All that will be ancient history. And it will have to get right down to it — that it is indeed about race.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&gt;Jobless professionals vie for holiday sales work&lt;/a&gt; "You start calling all your contacts, and you find out they're all laid off, too, so your contacts list doesn't mean anything."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/copenhagensummit/article/735124--star-joins-global-climate-crusade?bn=1&gt;The Star joins global climate crusade. 56 newspapers in 45 countries have united to demand action.&lt;/a&gt; Cancel your subscription. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&amp;sid=amXPA745zsl0&gt;Copenhagen Fools the Young Into Hoping for Jobs: Amity Shlaes&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/business/energy-environment/08water.html?_r=2&amp;pagewanted=1&amp;hp&gt;Millions in U.S. Drink Dirty Water, Records Show &lt;/a&gt; More than 20 percent of the nation’s water treatment systems have violated key provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act over the last five years, according to a New York Times analysis of federal data&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.amconmag.com/article/2010/jan/01/00006/&gt;Going South&lt;/a&gt; Militaristic, corrupt America increasingly resembles a Third World state. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=419&gt;Five Good Reasons to Avoid a War with Iran&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.lewrockwell.com/margolis/margolis172.html&gt;Surging into disaster&lt;/a&gt; President Barack Obama missed two sterling opportunities to wind down the ugly Afghan morass he inherited from George W. Bush. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,druck-665679,00.html&gt;Timebomb for the Euro--Greek Debt Poses a Danger to Common Currency&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/1209/Poll_26_think_Obama_deserves_Nobel.html&gt;Poll: 26% think Obama deserves Nobel&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/07/torture-survivor-abdullah-almalki-refused-entry-to-air-canada-flight/&gt;Torture Survivor Abdullah Almalki Refused Entry to Air Canada Flight&lt;/a&gt; Members of Stop Canadian Involvement in Torture are expressing major concerns about the fact that, after being given a boarding pass for an Ottawa-to-Windsor flight on December 2, Ottawa resident Abdullah Almalki was not allowed onto the domestic Air Canada flight. Almalki, a Canadian citizen who was found to be tortured with the complicity of his own government, was supposed to have been in Windsor the next day to deliver a talk on “two-tier citizenship” as well as the manner in which the Canadian government was complicit his torture in Syria.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://eclipptv.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=8795&gt;Video: Opposition to man-made climate change: We want proof!&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/1710-Now-Were-Talking!-Glass-Steagall.html&gt;Now We're Talking! Glass-Steagall&lt;/a&gt; Five House Democrats will call this week for a return to a Depression-era law that separated Wall Street investment banking from Main Street commercial banking.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrP9qJmjIsA&gt;Video: The Decline: The Geography of a Recession &lt;/a&gt; According to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are more than 31 million people currently unemployed -- that's including those involuntarily working parttime and those who want a job, but have given up on trying to find one. In the face of the worst economic upheaval since the Great Depression, millions of Americans are hurting. "The Decline: The Geography of a Recession," as created by labor writer LaToya Egwuekwe, serves as a vivid representation of just how much. Watch the deteriorating transformation of the U.S. economy from January 2007 -- &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/user/eckhartteachings?blend=2&amp;ob=4&gt;Video: Eckhart Tolle, "The Current Economy" A Spiritual Interpretation&lt;/a&gt; This is a short video explaining why our current financial situation is necessary to undo the ego's grip on our society. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079380424982206622-968363905731819790?l=almost117days.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/feeds/968363905731819790/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/tuesday-12-08-tell-obama-congress-no.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/968363905731819790'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/968363905731819790'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/tuesday-12-08-tell-obama-congress-no.html' title='Tuesday 12-08  Tell Obama &amp; Congress: &quot;NO, YOU CAN&apos;T!&quot;'/><author><name>Daniel F</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17062898366141413906</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079380424982206622.post-6905318894583283752</id><published>2009-12-06T19:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-07T07:16:47.933-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Monday 12-07 Kawther Salam: The UN Must End Israeli War Crimes</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.kawther.info/wpr/2009/12/06/the-un-must-end-israel-war-crimes&gt;The UN Must End Israel War Crimes &lt;/a&gt; Israel’s arrogant disregard for international law, including human rights law, is due to the protection and immunity it enjoys. This injustice has still not been remedied because in Security Council has been prevented from dealing with the situation in the occupied territories. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/?p=1225&gt;Jewish Settlers Start Fires In Palestinian Village&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://uruknet.info/index.php?p=m60780&amp;hd=&amp;size=1&amp;l=e&gt;Report: 14000 Palestinian olive trees subjected to Israeli aggression in 2009&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.rebelnews.org/opinion/editorial/8022-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-fourth-reich&gt;The Beginning of the End of the Fourth Reich &lt;/a&gt; Something has happened in recent years, a fundamental shift, a drastic change of political climate. I’m talking about the massive change of attitude towards that pesky little entity in the Middle-East which I refuse to call a state. It reminds me more of a lawless pirate island, a bit like18th century Singapore, terrorised by pirate chiefs and their murderous thugs. Why does this genocidal make-believe democracy of criminals and land robbers get away with ignoring international law and human rights like no other country? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://uruknet.info/index.php?p=m60796&amp;hd=&amp;size=1&amp;l=e&gt;Sawasiya warns of humanitarian catastrophe, asks Egypt to supply Gaza with cooking gas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/?p=1220&gt;Israeli Committee Planning More Building Projects In Occupied Jerusalem&lt;/a&gt; The committee added that Israel, for the first time, revealed its true intentions towards Jerusalem when it rejected any European attempt to declare the eastern part of Jerusalem the capital city of Palestinians and warned the European Union of taking such a step. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oszATUJ4IRE&gt;Video: CIA Torture Jet crashed with 4 Tons of COCAINE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://uruknet.info/index.php?p=m60784&amp;hd=&amp;size=1&amp;l=e&gt;Rafah under attack&lt;/a&gt; Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and Israeli gunboats fired at Rafah homes and Palestinian fishing boats south of the Gaza Strip on Saturday, local sources reported. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://cindysheehanssoapbox.blogspot.com/2009/12/say-what-peace-prize-for-war-president.html&gt;Say What? Peace Prize for a War President? Cindy Sheehan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2009/dec/06/drug-cartels-eruos-dollars-europol&gt; Euros become currency of drug cartels Smugglers and launderers use €500 notes instead of $100 bills to save space&lt;/a&gt; Back during the Clinton admin the President of the NYSE went to Colombia to meet with the FARC and asked them to invest their drug profits in New York. They refused. Plan Colombia was started six months ago. Now America cannot invade every country in the world to keep all drug deals in dollars. By the way, any rejection of dollars by foreigners will lead to repatriation of those overseas dollars and hence to a sudden and drastic inflation. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://eclipptv.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=8766&gt;Video: Cold wars: Antarctica cooling, not melting under Ozone Hole shield?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&amp;address=389x7158829&gt;From Democrat Underground: What we are witnessing with the Democratic and the Republican parties is a corporate merger.&lt;/a&gt; Ben Bernanke gave 237 billion dollar gift to Pandit the bandit at Citibank. This tells you all you need to know about your government.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/december_2009/tea_party_tops_gop_on_three_way_generic_ballot&gt;Tea Party Tops GOP on Three-Way Generic Ballot&lt;/a&gt; In a three-way congressional Generic Ballot test, the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds Democrats attracting 36% of the vote. The Tea Party candidate picks up 23%, and Republicans finish third at 18%. Another 22% are undecided. Among voters not affiliated with either major party, the Tea Party comes out on top. Thirty-three percent (33%) prefer the Tea Party candidate, and 30% are undecided. Twenty-five percent (25%) would vote for a Democrat, and just 12% prefer the GOP  ...  Data from the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll shows that just 55% of conservatives nationwide consider themselves Republicans. Recent polling shows that 73% of Republican voters believe their leaders in Washington are out of touch with the party base. Forty-one percent (41%) of all voters nationwide say Republicans and Democrats are so much alike that a new party is needed to represent the American people&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfP81stH1Lw&gt;Video: Why Switzerland Has The Lowest Crime Rate In The World - GUNS - The Big Equalizer!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/144455/Police-pounce-to-free-107-kidnapped-slaves-in-Mexico-City-&gt;POLICE POUNCE TO FREE 107 KIDNAPPED 'SLAVES' IN MEXICO CITY &lt;/a&gt; The Zetas worked with the Gulf Cartel. The Sinaloa cartel has been rising in power. They bribed the Mexican army to allow their hit squads past road blocks to execute members of the Juarez cartel. That the Zetas were shot in Juarez would indicate to me that the Juarez cartel is down and almost out as the Zetas began operating on Mexico's other coast. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.amazon.com/review/R744LFV6PFZ3E/ref=cm_cr_pr_viewpnt#R744LFV6PFZ3E&gt; David R. Griffin Review: A Deeply Flawed Book, John Farmer's "The Ground Truth"&lt;/a&gt; Griffin brings up a lot of valid points about 911 including the conflicting official versions about which plane Mohammed Atta was supposed to be on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5joOOsTVD57lFwm_InpZY_nRbg4KQD9CDRVOO0&gt;PROMISES, PROMISES: A closed meeting on openness&lt;/a&gt; A workshop on government openness is closed to the public. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/AIPAC_Lies_203.html&gt;Jim Traficant: It’s All AIPAC of Lies  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/Scientific-Link-to-Autism-Identified-61602-1/&gt;Scientific Link to Autism Identified&lt;/a&gt; If it hadn't been for so many parents insisting that vaccines were responsible for the condition, we might never have found the fact that the stabilizer in MMR and a few other vaccines is hydrolyzed gelatin &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&amp;aid=14870&gt;The US War against Iraq: The Destruction of a Civilization &lt;/a&gt; What does the United States (and Britain and Israel) gain from establishing a retrograde client regime, based on medieval ethno-clerical socio-political structures in Iraq? First and foremost, Iraq has become an outpost for empire. Secondly, it is a weak and backward regime incapable of challenging Israeli economic and military dominance &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/107xx/doc10708/11-06-mbr.htm&gt;Monthly Budget Review A Congressional Budget Office Analysis&lt;/a&gt; Martin Gross says the deficit for 2009 was 1.885 trillion dollars if you just subtract last year's debt from this year's.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://cboblog.cbo.gov/?p=437&gt;CBO November Monthly Budget Review &lt;/a&gt; In the first two months of this fiscal year, revenues were about $42 billion (or 14 percent) lower than they were in 2009. The three primary sources of receipts showed declines relative to last year: Individual income taxes decreased by $37 billion (or 26 percent), corporate income taxes fell by $10 billion, and social insurance taxes fell by about $1.5 billion (or 1 percent). Offsetting those declines was an increase of $7 billion in receipts from the Federal Reserve, primarily because of a shift in its portfolio to higher- yielding investments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/copenhagen-climate-change-confe/6736517/Copenhagen-climate-summit-1200-limos-140-private-planes-and-caviar-wedges.html&gt;Copenhagen climate summit: 1,200 limos, 140 private planes and caviar wedges&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/6744787/Its-a-return-to-the-Star-Chamber-as-Europe-finally-tramples-Magna-Carta-into-the-dust.html&gt;It's a return to the Star Chamber as Europe finally tramples Magna Carta into the dust&lt;/a&gt; If you have a spare evening, read the Magna Carta. It is a restraining document. What leaps out from the pages of Langton’s text is the intent to protect subjects from overweening authority (in this case, Norman-French despotism), by restoring ancient freedoms. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.theagitator.com/2009/12/04/cash-strapped-pds-tap-new-source-of-revenue-stealing/&gt;Cash Strapped PDs Tap New Source of Revenue: Stealing!&lt;/a&gt; The way Krista Vaughn sees it, Wayne County fined her $1,400 even though police and prosecutors admit she broke no laws. Vaughn, who has no criminal record, was required to pay for the return of her car, which was seized by police after they mistook Vaughn’s co-worker for a prostitute. Even though prosecutors later dropped the case, Vaughn still had to pay.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24128.htm&gt;A Message From The Taliban: Who Is Responsible for the Anarchy in Afghanistan?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkYlbpS-vVI&gt;Video: CBC - The Fifth Estate - The Unofficial Story - Pt 1-5&lt;/a&gt; This is what a fair and balanced mass media examination would look like. Too bad for you that this was filmed in Canada and will never be shown on American TV.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/dannywestneat/2010435946_danny06.html&gt;$10 an hour with 2 kids? IRS pounces&lt;/a&gt; "I asked the IRS lady straight upfront — 'I don't have anything, why are you auditing me?' " Porcaro recalled. "I said, 'Why me, when I don't own a home, a business, a car?' " "The auditor said, 'You made eighteen thousand, and our data show a family of three needs at least thirty-six thousand to get by in Seattle." "They thought she must have unreported income. That she was hiding something. Basically they were auditing her for not making enough money."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/sean-ogrady-uk-economy-to-drop-out-of-worlds-top-10-1835493.html&gt;Sean O'Grady: UK economy to drop out of world's top 10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since the 19yh century, there has been a battle in the UK between the industrialists in Manchester and the bankers in London. What we see now is a society where banks have won against people who make things for a living.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hjBsPCIjXsT_dtwKlzzkvHgiks7QD9CC4J500&gt;Wife: Iraq war changed soldier accused in slayings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/1702-But-Wait,-How-About-The-States.html&gt;But Wait, How About The States?&lt;/a&gt; There exists the real possibility that a future Legislature will not make an appropriation for the payment of principal or interest on one or more of the contract bonds. In such a scenario, the bondholders would be without recourse against the state or its assets." Oh really?  That's called a default, right?&lt;br /&gt;How bad is it?  Well.... "Things are probably worse than most people believe," state Sen. Mike Doherty told me the other day. "It’s questionable if we’ll even be able to meet payroll in a few weeks."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK8Z3i3aTq4&amp;feature=player_embedded&gt;Video: Rachel Corrie 5th Grade Speech I'm here because I care&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/1700-Weekend-Round-Up-For-125.html&gt;Karl Denninger Weekend Round-Up For 12/5&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/schoolboy-wins-vitamin-d-campaign-1.990218&gt;Schoolboy wins vitamin D campaign&lt;/a&gt; The NHS in Scotland is to launch an awareness campaign about the links between vitamin D deficiency and multiple sclerosis ... Ryan’s mother, Kirsten, has had MS for three years, and Ryan, 14, has shown some symptoms of the disease, but the family only discovered the link earlier this year after a family holiday. &lt;br /&gt;Ryan’s father, Alan, said: “We had been in Australia and within 48 hours of being there Kirsten, who was in a wheelchair, was up and about and doing tae kwan-do. We then looked into the research and discovered there was some evidence Vitamin D was the crucial link. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.consciousmedianetwork.com/members/gbraden.htm&gt;Video: Gregg Braden Interview- Spiritual Transformation&lt;/a&gt; I listened to this several times.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6946030.ece&gt;Colton Harris-Moore, the barefoot boy bandit, outfoxes sheriffs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079380424982206622-6905318894583283752?l=almost117days.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/feeds/6905318894583283752/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/monday-12-07-kawther-salam-un-must-end.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/6905318894583283752'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/6905318894583283752'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/monday-12-07-kawther-salam-un-must-end.html' title='Monday 12-07 Kawther Salam: The UN Must End Israeli War Crimes'/><author><name>Daniel F</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17062898366141413906</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079380424982206622.post-2901576916883348840</id><published>2009-12-05T07:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-05T10:51:30.530-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Weekend Edition - 3,859,553 Americans On Emergency Unemployment Compensation</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ui/eta20091476.htm&gt;There are 3,859,553 Americans On Emergency Unemployment Compensation. That figure grew by 265,300 in the past week. These are people who are long term unemployed and have lost regular unemployment benefits.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/12/jobs-contract-23rd-straight-month.html&gt;Jobs Contract 23rd Straight Month; Unemployment Rate Drop to 10.0% &lt;/a&gt; 9.2 million individuals were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find a full-time job. About 2.3 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force in November, an increase of 376,000 from a year earlier. These individuals were not in the labor force, wanted and were available for work, and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed. This means there are millions of workers whose hours will rise before companies start hiring more workers. It should take at least 100,000 jobs just to keep up with demographics.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moreover, those "not in the labor force dropped rose by 291,000 constituting nearly all of the decline in unemployment. So if real jobs start opening up millions pf part-timers and millions more of labor force drop outs will line up for those jobs ahead of those millions of young people who will be entering the work force over the next ten years. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are talking about societal collapse. No politician has suggested any plan to avert disaster.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This explains how the government keeps unemployment figures low. &lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ulu3SCAmeBA&amp;feature=player_embedded&gt;Cartoon Video: The Unemployment Game Show: Are You *Really* Unemployed?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/total-lunacy-mary-schapiro-made-33-million-2008-perks-also-include-car-service-and-club-fees&gt; Total Lunacy: Mary Schapiro Made $3.3 Million In 2008, Perks Also Include Car Service, Club Fees And Full Expense Comp&lt;/a&gt; So Mary Schapiro's reward for not catching Bernie Madoff and doing NOTHING about Joe Cassano, was over $3 million dollars, a chauffeur and a private trainer? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/?p=1181&gt;When Will The United States Be Held Accountable For Torture?&lt;/a&gt; Autopsy No: ME04-14; 45 year old white male detainee died while in US custody. Cause of death: Blunt Force Injuries and Asphyxia; Manner of Death: Homicide. Autopsy revealed deep bruising of the chest wall, numerous displaced rib fractures, bruising on the lungs, hemorrhage into the mesentery of the small and large intestine. Examination of the neck structures revealed hemorrhage into the strap muscles and fractures of the thyroid cartilage and hyoid bone. According to report provided by the US army CID, the detainee was shackled to the top of a doorframe with a gag in his mouth at the time he lost consciousness and became pulseless. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zionismexplained.org/&gt;"It would be my greatest sadness to see Zionists (Jews) do to Palestinian Arabs much of what Nazis did to Jews."- Albert Einstein&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.opednews.com/articles/Torture-continues-at-US-pr-by-Tom-Eley-091204-31.html&gt;Torture continues at US prisons in Afghanistan&lt;/a&gt; The US military continues to carry on torture and illegal detention in Afghanistan at a dungeon known to inmates as "the black prison." The jail, located on the Bagram Air Base next to the notorious Bagram prison north of Kabul, operates under the executive order of President Obama&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.opednews.com/articles/Pretense-of-an-Afghanistan-by-Ron-Fullwood-091203-797.html&gt;Pretense of an Afghanistan Exit Plan (Hillary: “I do not believe we have locked ourselves into leaving"&lt;/a&gt; When you strip away the gratuitous rhetoric about leaving, the Afghanistan occupation escalation plan really has no predictable end - just a wish and a prayer --- or maybe a diabolical plan for a wider war to protect the banks from bankruptcy and to keep the voters in line.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/1697-Heh,-I-Thought-Dubai-Was-a-Non-Event.html&gt;Heh, I Thought Dubai Was a Non-Event? Then what's this that the market is totally ignoring today?&lt;/a&gt; Creditors of Dubai World are expected to reject a standstill agreement proposed by the company  ...  Refusal to stand-still means there's an immediate default, which means the CDS go boom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3814959,00.html&gt;Richard Goldstone wins Swedish prize&lt;/a&gt; He won the Stockholm Human Rights Award for "an outstanding contribution to promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1232888/Roads-safer-Taliban-British-Afghan-general-admits.html&gt;Roads were safer in Afghanistan under the Taliban, British general admits&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.jbs.org/jbs-news-feed/5705-patriot-act-renewal-moving-forward&gt;Patriot Act Renewal Moving Forward &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://americansjourney.blogspot.com/2009/12/machiavelli-on-blackwater.html&gt;Machiavelli on Blackwater Chapter XII of Machiavelli's The Prince is titled: How many different Kinds of Soldiers there are, and of Mercenaries&lt;/a&gt; Here are some lessons Machiavelli has for our brilliant leaders regarding the use of mercenaries. Think of this every time you hear them tell us that they have a plan that will "work" &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.lewrockwell.com/douglas/douglas29.1.html&gt;You're Doing One Hell of a Job In Central Asia Barak&lt;/a&gt; Barak Obama et al. have apparently found the perfect model and game plan for winning in Afghanistan and the vast Eurasian massif-FEMA under Bush II in New Orleans after Katrina.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/watchdogreports/78384027.html&gt;BPA found in 90% of newborns&lt;/a&gt; Previous studies have found BPA in the urine of 93% of Americans tested. "It's alarming," Janet Gray, director of the Environmental Risks and Breast Cancer project at Vassar College&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/153801&gt;Man arrested for trespassing on his own land&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/05/us/05brfs-BLAGOJEVICHB_BRF.html?_r=2&gt;Illinois: Blagojevich Break-In &lt;/a&gt; Burglars broke into offices of two members of former Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich’s legal defense team overnight and stole eight computers and a safe, the police said&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbo5qiCYaNI&gt;Video: The Sad Slide of Keith Olbermann - calls ClimateGate a "made up" Fox News Story&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30227.html&gt;White House raises climate summit stakes&lt;/a&gt; The announcement Friday that Obama is pushing back his appearance at the Copenhagen summit to its final weekend, the critical negotiating period, signals a willingness to pour significant political capital into his climate agenda – and raises expectations that the White House will reach agreements both internationally and at home ...&lt;br /&gt; Obama is going for broke on a busted flush. But he is fickle and could change his mind over the next week if the general populace catches on to the Global Warming scam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyQnwGYmVE4&gt;Short Satirical Video: Polar bears weigh in on Climategate&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6JL_eRB36c&gt;Video: Jon P. Holdren Grilled By Congressman Sensenbrenner (ClimateGate) &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/11/27/internacional/1259338908.html&gt;Spanish paper says Honduras run by five Jewish families. American Jewish Committee freaks out.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10407224-245.html&gt;EFF sues feds for info on social-network surveillance&lt;/a&gt; The Electronic Frontier Foundation sued the CIA, the U.S. Department of Defense, Department of Justice, and three other government agencies on Tuesday for allegedly refusing to release information about how they are using social networks in surveillance and investigations. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.naturalnews.com/027651_antidepressants_prescriptions.html&gt;Number of Prescriptions Written in UK for Antidepressants Nearly Equals Entire Population&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZjkxMWI4ZDcwMjA5MTRjYmFjN2VlNDA5ZGJkNjk0MjU=&gt;Michigan’s Budget Train Wreck: A National Lesson&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://solari.com/blog/?p=3309&gt;Sir James Goldsmith’s 1994 Globalization Warning&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Catherine Austin Fitts recommends this video because he told us 15 years ago what would happen if we passed WTO, NAFTA and GATT. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20091202-BIZ-912020355&gt;2010 estate tax may go from 0 to 45 percent&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/recession/6734688/Pay-cut-for-two-million-Britons-causes-collapse-in-tax-revenue.html&gt;Pay cut for two million Britons causes collapse in tax revenue&lt;/a&gt; causing government income tax receipts to collapse by almost one fifth. That is happening here. That is why in October the federal government had to borrow 56 cents of every dollar it spent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1233330/Dr-David-Kelly-Six-doctors-demand-inquest-death-weapons-expert-prove-murdered.html&gt;Dr Kelly WAS murdered and there has to be a new inquest, say six top doctors&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.opednews.com/articles/Obama-Lied-Taliban-Did-No-by-Ralph-Lopez-091202-612.html&gt;Obama Lied: Taliban Did Not Refuse to Hand Over Bin Laden&lt;/a&gt; As I remember it, they asked for evidence which is something our politicians and news media never did ask for.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20091204/wl_csm/ogas&gt;Israel closes sole oil and gas terminal on Gaza border&lt;/a&gt; The population of the Gaza Strip is facing an acute cooking gas shortage this winter, after a unilateral Israeli decision in October to permanently close the sole oil and gas terminal between the coastal Palestinian territory and the Jewish state.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://news.antiwar.com/2009/12/04/us-pushing-for-january-sanctions-on-iran/&gt;US Pushing for January Sanctions on Iran&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://news.antiwar.com/2009/12/04/us-eyes-drone-strikes-deeper-into-pakistan/&gt;Pakistan Slams US Plans to Expand Drone Strikes&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=112894&amp;sectionid=351020202&gt;Israel refuses Irish FM permission to visit Gaza&lt;/a&gt; Israeli authorities deny Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheal Martin permission to visit the impoverished coastal sliver of Gaza which has long been under an Israeli siege.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://rawstory.com/2009/12/scahill-us-military-in-pakistan/&gt;Scahill: ‘The war is in Pakistan right now’&lt;/a&gt; "The war is in Pakistan right now. There's no question about it. The question, though, is how much it's going to expand. ... These are actions that are going to destabilize Pakistan and are going to create new enemies for the United States because of the high civilian casualties&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://eclipptv.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=8745&gt;Video: Day 13 of Network Climategate Cover-Up: The Media EXPOSED&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.bushstole04.com/911/9-11_videos_embedded.htm&gt;Video: Obama Warns Not To Challenge Official 9/11 Story&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/12/lapd_view_of_israeli_orga.php&gt;LAPD view of Israeli organized crime&lt;/a&gt; Israeli organized crime activity in Los Angeles has gotten "a little bit worse" recently, LAPD terrorism chief Michael P. Downing told the Jerusalem Post this week on a visit in Tel Aviv. He also alluded to "a little bit of convergence between terrorism and organized crime." But what was really interesting was Downing's comment about that Oct. 29 shooting of two rabbis at Adat Yeshurun Valley Sephardic synagogue in North Hollywood, initially feared to be somehow terrorist or hate-related.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/12/chicago-cannibalization-mayor-daleys.html&gt;Chicago Cannibalization: Mayor Daley's Budget Eats 75% of a 75 Year rainy Day fund in One Year &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.reuters.com/article/usDollarRpt/idUSN0310218520091203&gt;Israeli Central Banker Fischer says world must accept a weaker US &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KL05Df03.html&gt;Asia Times: The reason for the troop surge not Afghanistan, but Pakistan&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079380424982206622-2901576916883348840?l=almost117days.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/feeds/2901576916883348840/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/weekend-edition-3859553-americans-on.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/2901576916883348840'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/2901576916883348840'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/weekend-edition-3859553-americans-on.html' title='Weekend Edition - 3,859,553 Americans On Emergency Unemployment Compensation'/><author><name>Daniel F</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17062898366141413906</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079380424982206622.post-3223581674043194359</id><published>2009-12-03T20:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-04T06:14:26.062-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Friday 12-04 Mr Gore Please Return Your Oscar</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/academy-%E2%80%94-take-back-gores-oscar/&gt;Academy — Take Back Gore’s Oscar!&lt;/a&gt; Roger L. Simon and Lionel Chetwynd, both members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and Oscar nominees, called on the Academy to rescind Al Gore’s Oscar in light of the Climategate revelations. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Climategate began on November 19th, when a whistleblower released a series of documents from the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit. These documents exposed a coordinated effort among climate scientists to distort the facts regarding man-made “Global Warming.” &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Al Gore was found to have used fraudulent data in his documentary according to a British court. You Can Contact The Academy And Tell Them To Take Back Al Gore's Oscar Phone: (310) 247-3000 Fax: (310) 859-9619 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/03/al-gore-cancels-climate-lecture-copenhagen/&gt;Al Gore Cancels Climate Lecture in Copenhagen&lt;/a&gt; The former vice president, Oscar and Nobel Peace Prize winner had been scheduled to speak to more than 3,000 people at $1,209 each at a December 16th event.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/environment_energy/americans_skeptical_of_science_behind_global_warming&gt;Americans Skeptical of Science Behind Global Warming&lt;/a&gt; Fifty-nine percent (59%) of Americans say it’s at least somewhat likely that some scientists have falsified research data to support their own theories and beliefs about global warming. The MSM is still sitting on Climategate. Only the Internet and talk radio are covering this scandal. It will take awhile but the people will learn the truth and the media will go down with Al Gore and the Global Warming Scammers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Internet is leading the campaign for truth as evidenced by this new viral hit.&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFcuuErdY-A&gt;Satirical Video: Green Fakers&lt;/a&gt; I have decided to re-link this other satirical video. &lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEiLgbBGKVk&gt;Hide The Decline - Climategate &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/12/senator-bunning-to-bernanke-you-are.html&gt;Video: Senator Bunning to Bernanke "You are the definition of a moral hazard. Your Fed has become the Creature From Jekyll Island" &lt;/a&gt; This is Senator Bunning's second career. Bunning pitched in the Major Leagues for 17 seasons, most notably with the Detroit Tigers and the Philadelphia Phillies. When he retired, he had the second-highest total of career strikeouts in Major League history.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/1693-Here-It-Comes...-Sovereign-Treasury-Sales.html&gt;Here It Comes... (Sovereign Treasury Sales)&lt;/a&gt; This morning there's a nasty rumor on the wire - that Japan may be intending to sell US Treasuries. THIS IS BAD NEWS IF TRUE OR EVEN IF OTHERS BELIEVE A FALSE STORY TO BE TRUE, IT MEANS THE DOLLAR'S COLLAPSE IS NIGH.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.gilad.co.uk/writings/accessory-vs-perpetrator-by-gilad-atzmon.html&gt;Accessory vs. Perpetrator by Gilad Atzmon&lt;/a&gt; John Demjanjuk, 89, is accused of being an ‘accessory’ of the death of 27,900 Jews. Rather than pushing old Demjanjuk into court in a wheelchair, the German ministry of Justice better pursue Tony Blair, George Bush, Ehud Barak, Ehud Olmert, Tzipi Livni, and Shimon Peres. They are all free and healthy enough to stand a trial. Unlike alleged accessory Demjanjuk they are all perpetrators of colossal crimes against humanity. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/swiss-daily-israel-eavesdropped-on-un-sessions-over-hariri%E2%80%99s-assassination/&gt;Swiss Daily: Israel Eavesdropped on UN Sessions over Hariri’s Assassination&lt;/a&gt; A European diplomat supported the conclusion saying: “I’ve always been amazed at the level of good information the Israeli mission posses.” ... Did Israel assassinate Hariri? Hariri was the former Lebanese Prime Minister who was assassinated by a bomb blast.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkjWzDWCYhk&gt;Video: Non-battle scars: US military 'rape victim' shares her pain&lt;/a&gt; Women in the military are more likely to be raped in the military than on the street. &lt;a href=http://citizensagainstproobamamediabias.wordpress.com/2009/03/19/female-sexual-assault-military-1-in-3-civilian-1-in-6/&gt;Female sexual assault: Military 1 in 3 – Civilian 1 in 6&lt;/a&gt; Pentagon admits that 80% of rapes in the military are not reported. Katie Couric talked with one brave patriot, Jessica, who was one of three women in a unit with 60 men. Just weeks in she was sexually harassed by her superior and then she was raped by a soldier from another base. Interview follows.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/?p=1089&gt;Israel Trying To Sever Occupied East Jerusalem From West Bank&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/?p=1077&gt;Ukraine Academic: Israel Imported 25,000 Kids For Their Organs&lt;/a&gt; It is election time in the Ukraine. President Medvedev of Russia is Jewish so thee will be no pogrom in the immediate future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/12/so_how_many_private_contractors_are_there_in_afgha.php?ref=fpb&gt;How Many Private Contractors Are There In Afghanistan? Military Gives Us A Number&lt;/a&gt; The latest figure on DOD contractors in the country is a whopping 104,100&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-mQ9unGSIo&gt;Video Max Keiser Interviews Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone &lt;/a&gt; He explains Naked Short Selling where lots of stock is sold but never delivered. This increases the number of shares in a stock. They are counterfeiting shares to crush the value of a stock. Naked Short Selling brought down Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns. Wall Street made 260 million dollars in profit from fraud. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://rawstory.com/2009/12/taibbi-obamas-big-sellout/&gt;Taibbi: Obama’s sellout to Wall Street creates ‘permanent bailout’&lt;/a&gt; If passed as it is, the financial reform bill winding its way through Congress will create a "permanent bailout mechanism," and will give complete control over future bailouts to the White House, says columnist Matt Taibbi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20091203/NEWS/912039967/1058/RSS&gt;Poll: Isolationism soars among Americans&lt;/a&gt; 49 percent, told the polling organization that the United States should “mind its own business” internationally &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/general_business/november_2009/just_21_favor_bernanke_s_reappointment_as_fed_chairman&gt;Just 21% Favor Bernanke’s Reappointment As Fed Chairman&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elizabeth-warren/america-without-a-middle_b_377829.html&gt;America Without a Middle Class&lt;/a&gt; Can you imagine an America without a strong middle class? If you can, would it still be America as we know it? More than 120,000 families are filing for bankruptcy every month. The economic crisis has wiped more than $5 trillion from pensions and savings, has left family balance sheets upside down, and threatens to put ten million homeowners out on the street. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/?p=1098&gt;Palestinian Woman Suffers A Stroke After Settlers Invade Her Family’s House&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1232884/Arnold-Schwarzenegger-unveils-dramatic-climate-change-map-shows-flooded-San-Francisco-future.html&gt;Arnold Schwarzenegger unveils dramatic climate change map which shows flooded San Francisco of the future &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.sjlendman.blogspot.com&gt;Steve Lendman: Will Congress Criminalize Anti-Semitism and Israeli Criticism? &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1tr6JzzBro&amp;feature=player_embedded&gt;Bill Ayers dumps Obama Over Afghanistan&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwBprKRlDEw&amp;feature=player_embedded&gt;Video: DeMint Questions Zimbabwe Ben Bernanke During Renomination&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&amp;sid=a6BfRHhIWU5E&amp;pos=4&gt;European Central Bank's Trichet clears way for higher rates&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/6726409/Embarrassed-British-sailors-seized-in-Iran-arrive-back-on-British-soil.html&gt;British sailors seized in Iran arrive back in UK &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/president-obamas-secret-100-al-qaeda-now-afghanistan/story?id=9227861&gt;President Obama's Secret: Only 100 al Qaeda Now in Afghanistan&lt;/a&gt; With New Surge, One Thousand U.S. Soldiers and $300 Million for Every One al Qaeda Fighter&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://refreshingnews9.blogspot.com/2009/12/american-villages-richer-than-cities.html&gt;American villages richer than cities&lt;/a&gt; One in five rural counties in the United States is prosperous and they do better than cities on all the measures like unemployment rates, poverty rates, high school drop-out rates, and housing conditions.  Villagers live closer to the resources America sells to foreigners.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=518XP8prwZo&gt;Ukraine's got Talent: incredible sand animation--and the history&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079380424982206622-3223581674043194359?l=almost117days.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/feeds/3223581674043194359/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/friday-12-04-mr-gore-please-return-your.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/3223581674043194359'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/3223581674043194359'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/friday-12-04-mr-gore-please-return-your.html' title='Friday 12-04 Mr Gore Please Return Your Oscar'/><author><name>Daniel F</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17062898366141413906</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079380424982206622.post-863336652961530473</id><published>2009-12-02T18:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-03T06:15:39.563-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Thursday 12-03 Israel Does Not Know When To Stop</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwYR0u5-nwo&amp;feature=player_embedded&gt;Video: Israeli's demolish the only shelter (a tent) of evicted Palestinian family for the 4th time&lt;/a&gt; Israel has been successfully peddling the Holocaust since 1945. But since Israel invaded Gaza in 2008 they have lost the battle for legitimacy because Israelis do not know enough to stop when they are ahead. Lest you think this only applies tom Netanyahu I must remind you that Gaza was invaded by a coalition led by Kadima's Livni and Labor's Peres and Moffaz. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Consider this: &lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/?p=1070&gt;Israeli Court To Al-Kurd family: Settlers Will Stay In Your Home&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/?p=1052&gt;Why They Hate Us: How Many Muslims Has The U.S. Killed In 30 years?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1132170.html&gt;Israel stripped thousands of Jerusalem Arabs of residency in 2008 &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Obama-Puppet--The-wo-by-Paul-Craig-Roberts-091201-447.html&gt; Paul Craig Roberts: The Obama Puppet -- The world's least powerful man&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.thejerusalemgiftshop.com/israelnews/israel-news/83-israeli-news/2168-eu-to-recognize-east-jerusalem-as-capital-of-palestinian-state.html&gt;EU to recognize East Jerusalem as capital of Palestinian state &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am eagerly awaiting that international march on Gaza scheduled for after Christmas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE5B118U20091202&gt;Afghans unimpressed by Obama's troops surge&lt;/a&gt; "Even if they bring the whole of America, they won't be able to stabilize Afghanistan," said the young construction worker out on a Kabul street corner on Wednesday morning. "Only Afghans understand our traditions, geography and way of life." For many, the prospect of more troops meant one thing: more civilian deaths. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/02/obamas-questions-for-obam_n_376390.html&gt;Obama's Questions For Obama&lt;/a&gt; a young senator from Illinois asked the secretary of state some very good questions. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What if things don't go according to plan? What if the occupied country's government remains in shambles? What exactly are the benchmarks for success? And what are the consequences if they are not met? Is the United States really willing to walk away? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/12/01/afghanistan.soviet.lessons/index.html&gt;Soviet commander: U.S. faces similar Afghan fate [Been there...done that]&lt;/a&gt; The Kremlin's bloody nine-year campaign to support the Marxist government in Kabul cost the lives of more than 15,000 troops and brought the Soviet economy to its knees before its 100,000-strong army was forced into a humiliating withdrawal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://dprogram.net/2009/12/02/is-president-obama%E2%80%99s-surge-a-trap-cynthia-mckinney/&gt;Is President Obama’s Surge A Trap? – Cynthia McKinney&lt;/a&gt; “Two in five Democratic voters either consider themselves unlikely to vote at this point in time, or have already made the firm decision to remove themselves from the 2010 electorate pool. Indeed, Democrats were three times more likely to say that they will ‘definitely not vote’ in 2010 than are Republicans.” - Blue Dog Democrat John Tanner of Tennessee has said he will not run for re-election. He is the second incumbent Democrat in a week to quit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2009/12/01/poll-record-number-of-americans-feeling-isolationist/?blog_id=24&amp;post_id=15168&gt;Poll: Record Number of Americans Feeling Isolationist&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/12/wiretap-prices/&gt;Threat Level Privacy, Crime and Security Online Yahoo, Verizon: Our Spy Capabilities Would ‘Shock’, ‘Confuse’ Consumers&lt;/a&gt; Want to know how much phone companies and internet service providers charge to funnel your private communications or records to U.S. law enforcement and spy agencies? Yahoo writes in its 12-page objection letter (.pdf), that if its pricing information were disclosed to Soghoian, he would use it “to ’shame’ Yahoo! and other companies — and to ’shock’ their customers.” Other customers, upon seeing the types of surveillance law enforcement can do, might “become unnecessarily afraid that their lines have been tapped or call Verizon to ask if their lines are tapped (a question we cannot answer).” &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/6711241/Lord-Myners-5000-bankers-earn-more-than-1m.html&gt;5,000 British bankers earn more than £1m &lt;/a&gt; One ounce of gold is over $1,200 or slightly more than 800 euros and less than 800 pounds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/6712738/Barclays-banker-Hugh-McGee-wants-sons-teacher-fired-for-sleazeball-comment.html&gt;Barclays banker Hugh McGee wants son's teacher fired for 'sleazeball' comment&lt;/a&gt; Hugh "Skip" McGee, one of Wall Street's best-paid bankers, has launched an extraordinary attack on staff at his son's exclusive private school after a teacher allegedly claimed that all investment bankers are dishonest "sleazeballs". &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30131.html&gt;Jane Hamsher leads Left away from White House&lt;/a&gt; The year's great - and frustrating — causes on the left have been the Afghan war and the health care public option. Hamsher and Firedoglake first began to flex their muscles on the former, organizing a "whip count" of progressive members of Congress to pledge to vote against supplemental funding for the war. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpRkIW5u3bM&gt;Video: Cancer Cured in Canada, But Big Pharma Says NO WAY!&lt;/a&gt; DCA has been around for years and is not patented. It is cheap and nobody in the pro or con of the Obamacare debate has mentioned testing and proving DCA. Note that the reporter said she has seen two other good drugs that were cheap but were not tested because they were not patented. So what is government for but to get DCA into the hospitals?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.radicalpress.com/?p=1148&gt;A Mockery of Justice: The Great Sedition Trial of 1944&lt;/a&gt; This is a long read but it is an important of our history. These men and women stood up to the Zionists. - “What the people behind the trial wanted to have judicially certified to the world was that anti-Semitism is a Nazi idea and that anyone holding this idea is a Nazi, who is thereby violating the law—in this instance, by causing insubordination in the armed forces—through his belief in or advocacy of this idea.” &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/12/24-states-borrow-money-to-pay.html&gt;24 States Borrow Money To Pay Unemployment Benefits &lt;/a&gt; over 9 million people working part-time whose hours will be lengthened before new hiring begins and you can see what a mess this is --- We are still losing jobs and we have a new crop of young people entering the ranks of the unemployed each year for the next ten years. That is unless the Treasury takes over the Federal Reserve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.businessinsider.com/unemployment-climbs-in-nearly-half-of-us-metro-areas-2009-12&gt;Unemployment Worsens, Climbs In Nearly Half Of U.S. Metro Areas&lt;/a&gt; The jobless rate rose in 162 of the 372 metro areas tracked by the Labor Department. The rate was unchanged in 42 areas&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMdyfv41cvw&gt;Video: Carbon Cops THIS IS YOUR FUTURE LIFE IF THE GLOBAL WARMING CULT GETS ITS WAY!&lt;/a&gt; This is an Australian TV show. The Carbon Cops come to your house and change your life. They told them to give us the keys to your car. Then they said wee are going to limit you to 5 buckets of water. The program is voluntary for now but it tells you your future if we get a UN dictatorship. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.krages.com/phoright.htm&gt;A Downloadable Flyer Explaining Your Rights When Stopped or Confronted for Photography&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/nov/30/open-wi-fi-digital-economy-bill-government&gt;In the thick of it: how the Digital Economy bill is trying to kill open Wi-Fi networks&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39915624,00.htm&gt;European ISPs attack secret Acta copyright talks&lt;/a&gt; the document described a "repressive system" that would replace legislative debate with contractual arrangements between private parties. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/12/02/all_the_presidents_climategate_deniers&gt;All the President's Climategate Deniers&lt;/a&gt; The White House is clinging to the old eco-mantra: The science is settled. Never mind what The Atlantic's Clive Crook, after wading through the climate science e-mail files of the U.K.'s Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, called the overpowering "stink of intellectual corruption" -- combined with mafia-like suppression of dissent, suppression of evidence and methods, and "plain statistical incompetence" exposed by the document trove. The science is settled. -- Science czar John Holdren, who will testify on Capitol Hill this week at a hearing on Climategate, infamously hyped weather catastrophes and demographic disasters in the 1970s with his population control freak pals Paul and Anne Ehrlich&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/12/arizona-maxes-out-line-of-credit-in-two.html&gt;Arizona Maxes Out Line Of Credit In Two Weeks Flat &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://realclearpolitics.blogs.time.com/2009/12/02/cnn-missing-dobbs/&gt;CNN: Missing Dobbs. Could things get any worse for CNN? Apparently, the answer is 'yes.'&lt;/a&gt; The pioneering and once dominant leader in cable news has been hemorrhaging viewers for some time and earlier this year suffered the indignity of slipping to last place among cable news networks, behind even its sister network Headline News. After Dobbs announced his resignation on air on Wednesday November 11, CNN suffered a 25% decline among all viewers in Dobbs' 7pm time slot, and a 26% decline among adults 25-54. Anderson Cooper is fading in the ratings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another Reason For CNN's Decline? &lt;a href=http://www.newworldorderreport.com/Articles/tabid/266/ID/221/CNN-Spreads-Detention-Camp-Disinfo.aspx&gt;CNN Spreads Detention Camp Disinfo&lt;/a&gt; CNN’s John Acosta says that the Federal government is not building detention camps around the country and that there is absolutely no proof of these kinds of activities. However, a highly controversial documentary released a couple of months ago offers the viewers almost 90 minutes of heart-stopping proof that plans for martial law and FEMA camps are indeed very real.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/02/AR2009120204185.html?hpid=topnews&gt;Stimulus is boon for D.C. area contractors&lt;/a&gt; Federal departments are paying firms to help spend the money&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079380424982206622-863336652961530473?l=almost117days.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/feeds/863336652961530473/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/thursday-12-03-israel-does-not-know.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/863336652961530473'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/863336652961530473'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/thursday-12-03-israel-does-not-know.html' title='Thursday 12-03 Israel Does Not Know When To Stop'/><author><name>Daniel F</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17062898366141413906</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079380424982206622.post-7657572693121016211</id><published>2009-12-01T19:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-02T07:24:57.840-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Wednesday 12-02 Pres Drives Country Off Cliff</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt; I went to an anti-war rally before the Iraq invasion. A young well-dressed man had a home-made sign which read "Drunk Frat Boy Drives Country Into A Ditch." To be fair to Bush and to Obama we have to acknowledge that the Federal Reserve is responsible for our present economic distress. They systematically created fictional debts which cannot be repaid and are presently drowning us in a sea of debts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Both Bush and Obama used 911 as an excuse to wage war against Afghanistan. Yet we know that tens of tons of nanothermite were used to bring down the World Trade Center Towers 1, 2 and 7. Thermite was invented in 1893. It is a cutting agent often used by welders. It contains metal oxides and other minerals, such as, aluminum, magnesium and boron. Nanothermite was developed for military applications by the US. Israel also has a top secret thermitic research center near their nuclear works at Dimona. The point is that nanothermite cuts through molten steel at temperatures up to 5,200 degrees Fahrenheit. Nanothermite can be sprayed over steel columns and burn through them in seconds when ignited. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;40,000 tons of steel was melted at the WTC on 9-11. 424,000 cubic yards of concrete were pulverized into powder. An as yet unknown restricted access super secret military explosives must have been used to pulverize all the concrete. The Zionist and Military Industry Complex controlled press would have us believe that 40,000 tons of steel were melted and 424,000 cubic yards of concrete were pulverized by 10,000 gallons of jet fuel most of which was consumed in an explosion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Osama bin Laden could not have bought nanothermite from above top secret military research facilities in Israel and America. Nor could he get access to classified military explosives capable of pulverizing all that concrete. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday my lead story was the fact that 2009's budget deficit was 1.885 trillion dollars and that we borrowed 56 cents of every dollar we spent in October. America is being driven off a cliff by Zionism.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://patrickgrimm.typepad.com/zionist-watch/2009/11/boy-were-you-ever-wrong.html&gt;Boy, Were You Ever Wrong (About Zionism)&lt;/a&gt; Now there is only one thing for you to do, and I hope I have given you a small push in that direction. Do your homework. Do some research. Learn what motivates the Jew and his rancid activities. Does your mind still intrinsically call me an “anti-Semite” even now? It’s okay. I once was as you are. I know what you’re going through. Trust me, I do. Open your mind, think outside the box and dare to believe the unbelievable truth. It is the truth, and when you finally connect the dots you will never be fooled again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/?p=1008&gt;Massive International March To Enter Gaza By End Of December&lt;/a&gt; would start on December 27 and end on 3 January 2010 with the participation of 2,600 world figures in a massive march called the “Big Freedom”. This will be the most important march for freedom in this century.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danielhannan/100018459/at-midnight-last-night-the-united-kingdom-ceased-to-be-a-sovereign-state/&gt; At midnight last night, the United Kingdom ceased to be a sovereign state &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/1683-Wheres-The-Breaking-Point.html&gt;Where's The Breaking Point?&lt;/a&gt; I'm asking how much abuse you have to have personally served upon you by the banksters and other scam artists in this country before you have had enough, and start doing unto the other guy - because he has done you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.asia-pacific-action.org/node/215&gt;The 'good war', Obama? US bombs another wedding party, kills another 60 civilians in Afghanistan &lt;/a&gt; Nuremberg trials were implicit in finding German Generals guilty of...waging aggressive war...and crimes against humanity...when they ordained that the defense of doing what they were ordered, was not a legal defense. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/11/30/the_fp_top_100_global_thinkers?page=full&gt;Top 100 Global Thinkers According to the Council on Foreign Relations&lt;/a&gt; Ben Bernanke was chosen number one for staving off a Great Depression. Obama was selected the world's second greatest thinker for reimagining America's role in the world. Others on the list are Dick Cheney and NY Time columnist Thomas Friedman. Others listed are Robert Zoellick, Dominique Strauss-Kahn (Two Despicable Bankers), John Holdren and Steven Chu (Two certifiably crazy Greenies inside the White House.) George Soros. And Christopher Hitchens, the Jewish Leftist who supported Bush's Iraq invasion for Israel. It is worth your time to look over the this list. There are some informative entries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/57832&gt;116 U.S. Troops Died in Afghanistan While Obama Pondered Reinforcements&lt;/a&gt; Obama should have made his decision before he took office.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.startribune.com/blogs/78150302.html&gt;Ventura says MSNBC nixed his show for not supporting Iraq War&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD266809&gt;Saudi Columnist: Obama Will Be President of the 'United Collapse of America'&lt;/a&gt; Hamad Al-Majed is the founder of the Saudi National Human Rights Association and a lecturer in education&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.newsmax.com/morris/obamacare_states/2009/11/30/292251.html&gt;States Would Be Slammed Hard by Obamacare &lt;/a&gt; The "healthcare reform" bills in Congress would hit 39 states hard with new expenses by raising Medicaid eligibility above the current income cutoffs. Hardest hit would be Texas ($2,750 million a year in extra state spending under the Senate bill), Pennsylvania ($1,450 million), California ($1,428 million) and Florida ($909 million). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.independentfreepress.com/news/article/81626&gt; Special Report: Record numbers of Ontarians are being sent to the U.S. by their government for routine health care that should be available at home&lt;/a&gt; up 450 per cent since the beginning of this decade. Brokers say that for every patient sent south by the Ontario government, there may be up to 10 others who go - and pay - on their own.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/6678334/Benign-neglect-may-turn-the-dollar-from-a-safe-haven-to-a-dangerous-place-to-be.html&gt;Benign neglect may turn the dollar from a safe haven to a dangerous place to be&lt;/a&gt; As I explained before, the Carry Trade is a process where bankers borrow billions at near zero interest to invest overseas in commodities and currencies hoping that a drop in the value of the dollar will make them rich. This is bad news for the dollar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/257/story/79739.html&gt;Supreme Court rules to keep detainee abuse photos secret&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/6695364/Angela-Merkel-alarmed-by-worsening-credit-crisis.html&gt;Angela Merkel alarmed by worsening credit crisis&lt;/a&gt; The German government is rushing through a fresh package of measures to shore up ailing banks and prevent a second wave of the debt crisis suffocating large parts of manufacturing industry. The Germans are exposed to bad loans in eastern Europe. Otherwise the Germans  are in better shape than we are.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews&amp;articleid=7651867&amp;subject=economic&amp;action=article&gt;Boost US debt ceiling to cover 2010, Hoyer says&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://alethonews.blogspot.com/2009/12/jewish-progressive-endorsement-of.html&gt;Jewish Progressive Endorsement of Murder. Gutsy progressive congressman Alan Grayson leads a double life&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-tells-employees-not-to-have-christmas-parties-in-their-homes-2009-11&gt;Goldman Tells Employees Not To Have Christmas Parties In Their Homes&lt;/a&gt; Thia is from a conservative columnist at the Telegraph: Who would want to be a Vampire Squid at Christmas?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2009/12/gold-comex-and-exchange-for-physical.html&gt;Gold, the Comex and Exchange For Physical (Does Comex have enough gold?)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.bushstole04.com/Iraqwar/cia_forgery.htm&gt;Tape: Top CIA official confesses order to forge Iraq-9/11 letter came on White House stationery&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/12/gps-data/&gt;Feds ‘Pinged’ Sprint GPS Data 8 Million Times Over a Year&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/12/gold-and-silver-soar-as-bank-of-japan.html&gt;Gold and Silver Soar as Bank of Japan Commits 10 Trillion Yen ($115 Billion) to Combat Deflation &lt;/a&gt; BOJ Spawns Speculation and Carry Trades. Japan' public debt is 170 percent of GDP, the highest in the G20.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.washingtoninformer.com/wi-web/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=2691:showdown-over-joblessness-for-blacks-&amp;catid=51:national&amp;Itemid=114&gt;Showdown over Joblessness for Blacks &lt;/a&gt; Obama has said he will hold a seminar about unemployment sometime soon. Seminars produce lots of jobs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091202/ap_on_re_as/climate_australia&gt;Australia's Parliament defeats global warming bill&lt;/a&gt; The leaders of both parties had agreed on a bill that would have increased utility bills 60% but the Climategate emails undid the whole thing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,664753,00.html&gt;DER SPIEGEL: 'Never before has a speech by President Barack Obama felt as false'... &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091202/ts_afp/commoditiesgoldmarketspricerecord_20091202092121&gt;Gold price hits record high above $1,217 an ounce &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/dec/01/sanctions-iran-nuclear-ahmadinejad-war&gt;Guardian Editorial: Imposing idiot sanctions on Iran is a direct route to war&lt;/a&gt; Britain has no interest in bullying Iran over nuclear proliferation. The very trap that led to Iraq and Afghanistan looms again&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/living/article6898177.ece&gt;Psychic computer shows your thoughts on screen&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.naturalnews.com/027626_vitamin_D_diabetes.html&gt;Vitamin D3 prevents diabetes, improves insulin sensitivity, say multiple studies&lt;/a&gt; Also good for preventing flu and some cancers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079380424982206622-7657572693121016211?l=almost117days.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/feeds/7657572693121016211/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/wednesday-12-02-pres-drives-country-off.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/7657572693121016211'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/7657572693121016211'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/12/wednesday-12-02-pres-drives-country-off.html' title='Wednesday 12-02 Pres Drives Country Off Cliff'/><author><name>Daniel F</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17062898366141413906</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079380424982206622.post-1590630652446605770</id><published>2009-11-30T15:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-01T06:34:02.693-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Tuesday 12-01 Good News: The Empire Is At Risk</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.newsweek.com/id/224694/output/print&gt;Newsweek: An Empire at Risk - Niall Ferguson is a Harvard professor and represents the Rothschilds at the annual Bilderberg meeting. &lt;/a&gt; He says the American Empire is at risk for decline because we will soon be unable to pay the interest on our debt. The Bad News is that as a Bilderberger he wants to replace our Republic with a world government.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/november_2009/71_angry_at_federal_government_up_five_points_since_september&gt;71% Angry at Federal Government, Up Five Points Since September&lt;/a&gt; Take a look at the polls two weeks from today. Tonight Obama will address the nation and explain why we need to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. And next week Obama goes to Copenhagen to sign a treaty that will raise our taxes and take away our sovereignty despite Climategate revealing Global Warming is a fraud.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/30022.html&gt;Democrats 'nervous' about Afghanistan plan&lt;/a&gt; Democratic Rep. John Murtha — just back from a fact-finding trip to Afghanistan — said Monday that he never got a clear definition of what constitutes an “achievable victory” for the United States and fears that American commanders are assuming more time for the war effort than voters at home will allow  ... Murtha is one of the most corrupt politicians in America. He is the go to guy for the Military Contractors. If he sees the writing on the wall, it is Game Over. &lt;a href=http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/1109/kirk_says_no_6ebb2b17-1e48-4521-89ed-af9f13969024.html&gt;Massachusetts Sen. Paul Kirk, a Democrat appointed to fill the late Sen. Ted Kennedy's vacant seat until a January special election, announced Sunday that he opposes sending new troops and funds to the war in Afghanistan. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/6693162/Morgan-Stanley-fears-UK-sovereign-debt-crisis-in-2010.html&gt;Morgan Stanley fears UK sovereign debt crisis in 2010&lt;/a&gt; Britain risks becoming the first country in the G10 bloc of major economies to risk capital flight and a full-blown debt crisis over coming months, according to a client note by Morgan Stanley. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nassim-nicholas-taleb/good-bye-the-reappointmen_b_374576.html&gt;Nassim Nicholas Taleb Author of The Black Swan: Good Bye! The Reappointment Of Bernanke Is Too Much To Bear&lt;/a&gt; I cannot believe that we, in the 21st century, can accept living in such a society. I am not blaming Bernanke he doesn't even know he doesn't understand how things work or that the tools he uses are not empirical); it is the Senators appointing him who are totally irresponsible -- as if we promoted every doctor who caused malpractice. I need to withdraw as immediately as possible into the Platonic quiet of my library, work on my next book, find solace in science and philosophy, and mull the next step. Bye, Nassim&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.truthout.org/1127092&gt;Bailed-Out AIG Forcing Poor to Choose Between Running Water and Food &lt;/a&gt; Real unemployment hovers somewhere around 30%, and the state is so broke that half the people eligible for unemployment benefits can't receive them  ...  AIG took over their water utility and instantly raised rates to squeeze an extra $1 million in profits out of its customers, forcing some to consider choosing between running water and food.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://hamptonroads.com.nyud.net/2009/11/va-borrow-126-billion-depleted-unemployment-funds&gt;Virginia to borrow $1.26 billion for depleted unemployment funds&lt;/a&gt; Two dozen states, including North Carolina, South Carolina, New York and Texas, have already borrowed about $21 billion from the federal government to pay jobless benefits, according to the Labor Department. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/11/29/harvard_ignored_warnings_about_investments/?page=full&gt;Harvard ignored warnings about investments Advisers told Larry Summers, others not to put so much cash in market; losses hit $1.8b&lt;/a&gt; Larry Summers (Samuelson) is currently Obama's economic advisor. Peter Orszag is the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. He also is Jewish. He was an adviser to Iceland which lost even more money than Harvard. Remember that when someone tells you that Jews ought to run the economy because they are smart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m60602&amp;hd=&amp;size=1&amp;l=e&gt;Shulamit Aloni: We are a nefarious people (Jewish)&lt;/a&gt; She also lashed out at settlers who torch Palestinian olive groves in the West Bank. "It is against all morals, and even the halacha," she said. "The halacha says: Thou shalt not destroy fruit-bearing trees." The former prominent politician added, "We are a nefarious people. What we are doing in the West Bank is worse than all the pogroms done to the Jews." But she qualified her statement by saying she was "not referring to the Nazis, but the Cossacks". (Halacha — is the collective body of Jewish religious law, including biblical law (the 613 mitzvot) and later talmudic and rabbinic law, as well as customs and traditions.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF3gN4dLN18&amp;feature=player_embedded&gt;Video: Evicted Palestinians Sleep On The Streets Outside Their Homes In Jerusalem&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091130/ap_on_he_me/us_med_autism_improvement&gt;Autism treatment works in kids as young as 18 months.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/three-things-you-absolutely-must-know-about-climategate/&gt;Three Things You Absolutely Must Know About Climategate&lt;/a&gt; First, the scientists discuss manipulating data to get their preferred results. Secondly, scientists on several occasions discussed methods of subverting the scientific peer review process to ensure that skeptical papers had no access to publication. Finally, the scientists worked to circumvent the Freedom of Information process ...  The Freedom of Information Act, however, explicitly forbids deletion of any material subject to a FOI request. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/ratigan-rips-apart-bernankes-biased-and-one-sided-defense-fed-more-perspectives-sen-sanders&gt;Video: Ratigan Rips Apart Bernanke's Biased And One-sided Defense Of The Fed; More Perspectives From Sen. Sanders&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.iamthewitness.com/books/Walter.White/Who.Brought.the.Slaves.to.America.htm&gt;Walter White Jr: Who Brought the Slaves to America?&lt;/a&gt; A casual slaughter of thousands of Christians is remembered by no one in 50 years, but a disability visited upon a few Jews is preserved forever in Jewish histories. And they tell their woes not only to themselves, but to a sympathetic world as well. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/30/1009446/chelsea-clinton-to-marry-jewish-boyfriend&gt;Chelsea Clinton to wed Jewish boyfriend&lt;/a&gt; Mezvinsky, who works for Goldman Sachs, is the son of former U.S. Reps. Ed Mezvinsky (D-Iowa) and Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinksy (D-Pa.). The elder Mezvinsky recently served a prison term for swindling $10 million from investors in a series of Nigerian e-mail scams. He was released in 2008. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/69797-gibbs-despite-research-dispute-climate-change-is-happening&gt;Robert Gibbs: Despite research dispute, 'climate change is happening' &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekBj5hizQh8&gt;Video: Zionists blood Zone: Gaza - The Hidden Truth Series&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091201/bs_afp/commoditiesgoldmarketspricesrecord_20091201100809&gt;Gold price hits record high $1,199.49&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/12/goldman-senior-staff-packing-pistols-to-defend-against-peasants.html&gt;Goldman Staff Packing Pistols to Defend Against Peasants&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6670653/Leeds-University-advertises-for-lap-dance-research-officer.html&gt;Leeds University advertises for lap dance research officer&lt;/a&gt; The advertised position, in the School of Sociology and Social Policy, is for: “Research Officer - The rise and regulation of lap dancing and the place of sexual labour and consumption in the night time economy”. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Having got the post, the successful applicant would work with the school's team on a research project to examine the “rise, tolerance and integration of sexual consumption and sexual labour displayed through the erotic dance industry”, and the commercialisation of female sexuality and the female body. The researchers will interview 300 erotic dancers in two northern English towns   &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079380424982206622-1590630652446605770?l=almost117days.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/feeds/1590630652446605770/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/11/tuesday-12-01-good-news-empire-is-at.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/1590630652446605770'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/1590630652446605770'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/11/tuesday-12-01-good-news-empire-is-at.html' title='Tuesday 12-01 Good News: The Empire Is At Risk'/><author><name>Daniel F</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17062898366141413906</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079380424982206622.post-5460880494074980455</id><published>2009-11-29T16:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-30T07:02:58.654-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Monday 11-30 Obama Lied: Deficit Was 1.885 Trillion Dollars Not 1.417</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.netcastdaily.com/broadcast/fsn2009-1126-2.asx&gt;Audio: Martin Gross Author Of National Suicide: The deficit was not 1.417 trillion but 1.885 trillion dollars. Gross calculated the real deficit by subtracting from today's debt the debt of 12 months ago.&lt;/a&gt; As for Obamacare, he says 450 billion dollars in costs have to be absorbed by the states that are already bankrupt. He says we spend 700 billion dollars on welfare which is $65,000 per poor family. He says much more about the need to consolidate thousands of programs and cut costs. You might remember this story I posted on Friday the 13th: &lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/october-monthly-government-deficit-1764-billion-receipts-135-billion-seven-year-low&gt;October Monthly Government Deficit At $176.4 Billion, Receipts Of $135 Billion At Seven Year Low &lt;/a&gt; Borrowing 56 cents of every dollar you spend will not last long. Neither will this government.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And I should remind you of this: &lt;a href=http://solari.com/archive/missing_money/&gt;Bankers Steal Billions Of Dollars Each Week Because You Are Not Allowed To Audit Federal Spending&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/susan-boyle/6686332/Susan-Boyle-tops-charts-with-fastest-selling-debut-album.html&gt;Susan Boyle tops charts with fastest selling debut album of all time. &lt;/a&gt; She has nearly 71,000,000 for this one version of her debut on&lt;br /&gt;Britains Got Talent. &lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY&gt;Video: Susan Boyle - Singer - Britains Got Talent 2009 &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYxk7pnmMFw&gt;Video: Climategate - CRU Source Code Confirms AGW Fraud From Hacked Documents&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnnUHdlTkto&amp;feature=related&gt;Video: Holodomor. Ukraine, XX century (Ukrainian Holocaust By Starvation)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.iceagenow.com/Phil_Jones_has_collected_$22_million_in_grants.htm&gt;Climategate: Phil Jones has collected a staggering $22.6 &lt;/a&gt; See also &lt;a href=http://www.freedomsledder.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=25195 &gt;Alumni Letters Coming to Penn State Calling for Ouster of Michael Mann &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.321gold.com/editorials/bonner/bonner112709.html&gt;Recession is Over, Welcome Back to the Depression&lt;/a&gt; As our friend Nassim Taleb says, a turkey's life is very agreeable...until the very last day. Until then, his whole life is a bull market. Everything looks good. Good food. A roof over his head. Plenty of company. Even free health care. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://original.antiwar.com/porter/2009/11/28/tajik-grip-on-afghan-army-signals-new-ethnic-war/&gt;Tajik Grip on Afghan Army Signals New Ethnic War&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2009/11/29/Food-stamp-stigma-fading-fast/UPI-84331259497928/&gt;U.S. Food Stamp Program Expanding By 20,000 People Per Day&lt;/a&gt; growth has been swift in once-prosperous communities effected by the housing bust. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.economicnoise.com/2009/11/28/spiraling-to-bankruptcy/&gt;Spiraling to Bankruptcy &lt;/a&gt; If the Government confiscated everything, the social programs would still be $50 trillion short and the Government would still be bankrupt. Furthermore, no company or individual would be left with anything&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.climate-skeptic.com/2009/11/yet-more-stuff-we-always-suspected-but-its-nice-to-have-proof.html&gt;CLIMATEGATE - NOAA CAUGHT FUDGING THE CLIMATE DATA!&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.nowpublic.com/world/amy-goodman-apr-detained-canadian-border&gt;Amy Goodman, a critic of Afghan war detained at Canada border&lt;/a&gt; I guarantee you that tens of millions of Obama voters had Hope for at least some Change after the election.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/28/your-money/28interns.html?em&gt;Hiring Is Rising in One Area: Low-Paid Interns&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/28/business/global/28kazakh.html?_r=2&amp;ref=global-home&gt;Kazakh Bank Lost Billions in Western Investments &lt;/a&gt; Dubai yesterday. Kazakhstan today. The Ukraine, Iceland, Latvia and Greece to follow. Then England and Japan. Then the U.S. The only question is not if but when. Several states and cities in the US should go belly up sooner rather than later. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-recycling30-2009nov30,0,34531.story&gt;Recycling centers close, eliminating 'green' jobs in the wake of Sacramento's raid on bottle deposit funds. &lt;/a&gt; Operators are suing the state over its raid on deposit funds, and regional conservation groups have eliminated jobs for at-risk youths. Reporting from Sacramento - Recycling centers across California are closing, and scores of troubled youths are being tossed from "green" jobs onto unemployment rolls in the wake of Sacramento's raid on bottle deposit funds. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6936328.ece&gt;'Climate change' data dumped...&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/nov/29/ipcc-climate-change-leaked-emails&gt;Leaked emails won't harm UN climate body, says chairman&lt;/a&gt; Rajendra Pachauri says there is 'virtually no possibility' of a few scientists biasing IPCC's advice.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/1673-They-Arent-Really-This-Stupid,-Are-They.html&gt;They Aren't Really This Stupid, Are They?&lt;/a&gt; There were 50 of the most senior and smartest real estate people in the room. They ripped the Treasury spokesperson to pieces. It looked like one of the town hall meetings of August ... They said for jobs to be created you need to lower rents so the cost of occupancy was at a level to encourage more hiring. If the loan is kept at old levels and building values not reduced, then landlords can't reduce rents to where they need to be to make taking space by tenants economically viable. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/11/28/us/20091128-foodstamps.html?hp&gt;Map Food Stamp Usage Across the Country&lt;/a&gt; The number of food stamp recipients has climbed by about 10 million over the past two years. There are 239 counties in the United States where at least a quarter of the population receives food stamps, according to an analysis of local data collected by The New York Times.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/?p=899&gt;The Concentration Camp That Is Gaza&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; An internment camp is a confined establishment meant on housing individuals for punishment, and as made clear in the above definition the centre is typically crowded, exploited and the civilians are under complete restraint. The Gaza strip is a concentration camp. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/?p=970&gt;Video: West Bank Criminals Rip Construction Freeze Orders&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1231413/Gold-price-closes-1-200.html&gt;Gold price closes in on $1,200&lt;/a&gt; The gold spot price surged to $1,195 this morning as the dollar saw its biggest fall in 15 months &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://ia341305.us.archive.org/2/items/MaxKeiserRadio-TheTruthAboutMarkets-28November2009/tam-271109.mp3&gt;Audio Max Keiser: Dubai suspending payment on 80 billion dollars in debt. About 50 billion dollars is owed to British banks. Max says we have ended Phase II of the Global Crisis. &lt;/a&gt; He says we have unwound about 20 trillion dollars in bad debt. We have another 20 trillion dollars to go. Yesterday in On The Edge Max said Phase II is also the beginning of a Currency War. He mentions other Sovereign funds in Italy, Greece, Iceland, Ireland and others as being ready to collapse. Phase II will see real estate prices decline further which will put pressure on bonds and the banks. Max noted that the dollar as a Safe Haven only lasted for 3 hours during the initial scare from the Dubai crisis on Friday &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI_ztDOKKnM&gt;Video: The Collapse of America by excessive debt and hyperinflation &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://townhall.com/columnists/DougGiles/2009/11/28/what_happens_when_a_pi_dumpster_dives_behind_a_san_diego_acorn_office&gt; What Happens When a PI Dumpster Dives Behind a San Diego ACORN Office? [Funny, Giles at his best]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/11/the_five_obama_fails.html&gt;The Five Obama Fails&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://ncoal.com/blog/?p=1052&gt;Multiple Videos: Doing Electronics on a Budget&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079380424982206622-5460880494074980455?l=almost117days.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/feeds/5460880494074980455/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/11/monday-11-30-obama-lied-deficit-was.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/5460880494074980455'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/5460880494074980455'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/11/monday-11-30-obama-lied-deficit-was.html' title='Monday 11-30 Obama Lied: Deficit Was 1.885 Trillion Dollars Not 1.417'/><author><name>Daniel F</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17062898366141413906</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079380424982206622.post-1767586211136111487</id><published>2009-11-27T16:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-28T07:58:29.054-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Weekend Edition: Plastics Put In Drugs To Stop Rebellion</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.ktradionetwork.com/2009/11/17/phthalates-in-plastics-feminizing-boys-in-womb/&gt;Phthalates in Plastics (Plastics) ‘Feminizing’ Boys in Womb (To Stop Rebellions) &lt;/a&gt; Phthalates used in pharmaceutical coatings ... In it, a recipe is given for manufacturing a clear enteric coating. The ingredients are: Acetone, Purified water, Hydroxypropyl Methyl Cellulose Phthalate, Vanillin, Acetylated Monoglycerides and Alcohol. This combination of highly toxic chemicals is cooked, stirred and then used to coat pharmaceutical pills that people actually swallow! Note: enteric coating means that it is designed to be absorbed in the intestines and to survive digestive stomach acids to be absorbed through the intestinal walls. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zimbio.com/blogtopicz/articles/267/Digital+HDTV+Mind+Control&gt;Ken Adachi Digital HDTV - Mind Control!!!&lt;/a&gt; "Silent Subliminal Presentation System" The patent abstract reads: "A silent communications system in which nonaural carriers, in the very low (ELF) or very high audio-frequency (VHF) range or in the adjacent ultrasonic frequency spectrum, are amplitude- or frequency-modulated with the desired intelligence and propagated acoustically or vibrationally, for inducement into the brain, typically through the use of loudspeakers, earphones, or piezoelectric transducers" &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In layman's terms, this device. Simply allows for the unwarranted implantation of specific thoughts, emotions, and even prescribed physical actions into unsuspecting human beings. In short, it has the very real ability to turn human beings into mere puppets in the hands of certain&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNILXS7saVo &gt;Video: Max interviews Greg Hunter of www.USAWatchdog.com Greg talks about the FED's gift of 237 billion dollars to Citibank as one reason to audit the Federal Reserve. &lt;/a&gt;  My readers first read about that 237 billion dollar gift from Ben Bernanke to Pandit The Bandit of Citibank about six weeks ago.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&amp;aid=16297&gt;Medicare in Crisis: The Devastating Impacts of a Corporate Health Care Bill&lt;/a&gt; And although the final bill has yet to be crafted, there exists general agreements as to what the end version will look like.  Americans will be forced to buy shoddy corporate insurance with no limit to the cost, no guarantee of quality, with large premiums and other tricks to further gouge consumers.  If a public option emerges in the final bill — by no means a guarantee — it will be shrunken enough to insure very few people (2 percent of the U.S. population).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the Senate version of health care would cut $404 billion from Medicare and Medicaid; the house version would cut $570 billion.  The final cut could be much more.  Obama made the ridiculous claim that only “wasteful” parts of Medicare would be cut.  The truth is far different&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=27941&gt;From Their Own Mouths: Global Warming is a Fraud. "Unless we announce disasters no one will listen." - Sir John Houghton, first chairman of IPCC  &lt;/a&gt;"We've got to ride this global warming issue. Even if the theory of global warming is wrong, we will be doing the right thing in terms of economic and environmental policy." - Timothy Wirth, President of the UN Foundation. "No matter if the science of global warming is all phony... climate change provides the greatest opportunity to bring about justice and equality in the world." - Christine Stewart, fmr Canadian Minister of the Environment. "The only way to get our society to truly change is to frighten people with the possibility of a catastrophe." - emeritus professor Daniel Botki&lt;br /&gt;   "Isn't the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn't it our responsiblity to bring that about?" - Maurice Strong, founder of the UN Environment Programme &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eggrGn0V0fg&gt;Video: "Farmed Salmon Exposed" &lt;/a&gt; This is an excerpt from a new film by Canadian documentarian Damien Gillis that visually portrays the damage caused by open-net salmon farms to marine ecosystems worldwide. The film features firsthand accounts of the environmental, socioeconomic and cultural problems linked to global salmon farms. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSWSwhn-AWc&gt;Video: Max Keiser - Dubai Debt Crisis Begins Phase 2 Of The Global Crisis Which Is Also The Beginning Of A Currency War &lt;/a&gt; WW III has started as a currency war. Hopefully, it will not go military. You can expect big swings in the value of the dollar or of any currency or commodity. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/jeffrandall/6664637/If-Britains-got-talent-why-are-we-being-run-by-foreigners.html&gt;If Britain's got talent, why are we being run by foreigners?&lt;/a&gt; At a recent dinner party, the conversation turned to the few private-sector companies in Britain that represent something more than vulgar profits or embarrassing losses  ...  If, contrary to jingoistic intuition, an influx of foreign management is really a boon to Britain, why stop there? Why not clear out the muppets who are running British politics and replace them, too, with imported talent?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/11/27/2009-11-27_inmate_roman_polanski_gets_special_treatment_in_swiss_jail.html&gt;Inmate: Roman Polanski gets special treatment in Swiss jail&lt;/a&gt; Sarkozy intervened in his behalf. Both men are Jews. The 13 year-old girl Polanski raped and almost killed was a goy. Polanski was convicted. He escaped serving his sentence by fleeing the country.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.financialsense.com/fsu/editorials/willie/2009/1124.html&gt;Jim Willie On Tungsten Gold Bars&lt;/a&gt; Jim Willie has a Ph.D. in Statistics and is a respected analyst. We  are on the outside looking at a band of criminals who run our government and our economy so with limited access he makes a good case for the substitution of gold plated tungsten bars for pure gold ones. We will not know the full extent of their criminality until their government collapses. But I can absolutely guarantee you that the gold in Fort Knox has been either stolen or leased to Goldman Sachs and other bankers who have sold it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am thinking that that if the gold tungsten bars story is true they might have to seize our gold to get their hands on real yellow metal to keep themselves out of jail. You can sell your gold overseas or you can buy silver. Silver is a better investment anyway. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29929.html&gt;Barack Obama must sell base on unpopular war in Afghanistan&lt;/a&gt; No Sale On That One. &lt;a href=http://uruknet.com/index.php?p=m60529&amp;hd=&amp;size=1&amp;l=e&gt;Europe backs Afghanistan strategy aimed at “regionalization”&lt;/a&gt; According to the new German defense secretary, Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg, the United States and its allies are condemned "to success" in Afghanistan. The deployment is "a litmus test, not only for the transatlantic alliance, but for the entire west," he has said. Obama will flunk this test really soon. America has no money to pay for for this folly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2009/11/instead-of-fixing-economy-or-creating.html&gt;Instead of Fixing the U.S. Economy or Creating Jobs for AMERICANS, Obama Will Spend The Money in Afghanistan and Iraq&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/79576.html&gt;Pakistan's president facing military anger over his U.S. ties&lt;/a&gt; analysts here believe threatens the survival of the government &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.webofdebt.com/articles/lesson_japanese.php&gt;Ellen Brown LESSONS FROM THE JAPANESE: TIME TO REPLACE SOVEREIGN DEBT WITH SOVEREIGN CREDIT &lt;/a&gt; Take a look at Ellen Brown's website. Her works will play an important role in monetary reform.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://pilotsfor911truth.org/american_77_hijack_impossible.html&gt;9/11: PENTAGON AIRCRAFT HIJACK IMPOSSIBLE (FLIGHT DECK DOOR CLOSED FOR ENTIRE FLIGHT)&lt;/a&gt; Newly decoded data provided by an independent researcher and computer programmer from Australia exposes alarming evidence that the reported hijacking aboard American Airlines Flight 77 was impossible to have existed. A data parameter labeled "FLT DECK DOOR", cross checks with previously decoded data obtained by Pilots For 9/11 Truth from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) through the Freedom Of Information Act. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/11/27/more-on-the-niwa-new-zealand-data-adjustment-story/&gt;More on the NIWA New Zealand data adjustment story&lt;/a&gt; They say: Warming over New Zealand through the past century is unequivocal  ...  We ought not to not to be too impressed, especially when you see where the weather station for National Institute of Water and Atmosphere (NIWA) is, right on the rooftop next to the air conditioners. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/5067351/Rise-of-sea-levels-is-the-greatest-lie-ever-told.html&gt;Rise of sea levels is 'the greatest lie ever told'&lt;/a&gt; Despite fluctuations down as well as up, "the sea is not rising," he says. "It hasn't risen in 50 years." If there is any rise this century it will "not be more than 10cm (four inches), with an uncertainty of plus or minus 10cm". And quite apart from examining the hard evidence, he says, the elementary laws of physics (latent heat needed to melt ice) tell us that the apocalypse conjured up by Al Gore and Co could not possibly come about. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The reason why Dr Mörner, formerly a Stockholm professor, is so certain that these claims about sea level rise are 100 per cent wrong is that they are all based on computer model predictions, whereas his findings are based on "going into the field to observe what is actually happening in the real world".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.prisonplanet.com/case-shiller-still-predicts-massive-45-fall-from-today%e2%80%99s-values.html&gt;Case-Shiller Still Predicts Massive 45% Fall from Today’s Real Estate Values &lt;/a&gt; I am thinking that when foreigners dump the dollar that all prices will increase as dollars held by foreigners are repatriated which will double our domestic money supply overnight and drive up prices.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://uruknet.com/index.php?p=m60514&amp;hd=&amp;size=1&amp;l=e&gt;Gaza: one year later, young fisherman still trying to heal&lt;/a&gt; Just as his leg was healing from a gaping bullet wound in his calf, Mohammed Musleh broke it, setting his healing back. Although the re-break happened in April, now in November his leg is still in metal braces.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Musleh was initially wounded early in the morning of 5 October 2008 when Israeli soldiers shot at him from a distance of 100 metres.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Doctors told me there was an entry wound of two square centimetres and an exit wound of 10-15 square centimetres. They said the shot fractured my shinbone and severed arteries in my leg," Musleh testified to B’Tselem, the Israeli human rights group.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the time of his shooting, Musleh and Ahmad al-Bardawil were fishing 2 km off the coast of Rafah, 3 km from the Egyptian border, according to their GPS device.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/financialcrisis/6654352/Bundesbank-fears-relapse-as-German-banks-face-90bn-fresh-losses.html&gt;Bundesbank fears relapse as German banks face €90bn fresh losses&lt;/a&gt; The danger is that a long phase of stagnation and rising job loses in the West sets off "spiralling loan losses in both industry and in the residential and commercial real estate markets. In such an unfavourable scenario, negative feedback between the real economy and the financial system could gain added momentum." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbPDc5aE-LU&gt;Video: Lord Monckton is actively working to get criminal investigations into the scientific fraud committed by Global Warming fraudsters who have charged billions of dollars to the taxpayers for the world's greatest case of scientific fraud. &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://eclipptv.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=8564&gt;Video: Matt Taibbi - Wall St. Exec Tied To Top Obama's Advisers&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079380424982206622-1767586211136111487?l=almost117days.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/feeds/1767586211136111487/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/11/weekend-edition-plastics-put-in-drugs.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/1767586211136111487'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/1767586211136111487'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/11/weekend-edition-plastics-put-in-drugs.html' title='Weekend Edition: Plastics Put In Drugs To Stop Rebellion'/><author><name>Daniel F</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17062898366141413906</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079380424982206622.post-6837984140607073985</id><published>2009-11-26T11:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-27T06:55:28.498-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Friday 11-27 US Iraq Contractors Had Millions Of Dollars In Suitcases</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=http://ia341343.us.archive.org/2/items/MaxKeiserRadio-TheTruthAboutMarkets-25November2009/tamnz-251109-full.mp3&gt;Audio: Max Keiser says Dubai banking sources told him that since 2001 American Iraqi Contractors have been leaving Dubai for America with suitcases filled with millions of dollars in cash.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://original.antiwar.com/giraldi/2009/11/04/a-manifesto-for-x-street/&gt;A Manifesto for X Street&lt;/a&gt; President Barack Obama is about to approve a strategy of holding urban centers in Afghanistan while surrendering the rest of the country to the Taliban.  Someone should tell him that something like that called "strategic hamlets" was tried and failed in Vietnam. Meanwhile Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu tells Obama to go to hell on freezing settlements so Secretary of State Hillary Clinton rewards him by praising his "unprecedented concessions" and blames the Palestinians for not talking peace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would like to propose a new lobby that would also be based on a non-address, X Street.  Membership in X Street will be open to all American citizens of every race, national origin, and religious belief.  It will be guided by a unifying principle, that preservation of the liberties defined in the constitution and support of the national interest of the United States should be the sole objectives of any and all foreign policy. It would be the modern embodiment of George Washington’s warning to steer clear of foreign involvements and to be a friend to all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://desertpeace.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/the-daily-plight-of-the-palestinian-child/&gt;THE DAILY PLIGHT OF THE PALESTINIAN CHILD Palestinian schoolchildren face daily settler attacks &lt;/a&gt; “It is really scary walking to school. We never know when the settlers will attack us and beat us,” ... MacDonald and another CPT member, Laura Ciaghi from Italy, were videotaping events in case they needed to go to the police. “I decided to try and engage the settlers to try and protect the family,” Ciaghi told IPS. Ciaghi was thrown to the ground and repeatedly kicked in the ribs and back as the men stole both video cameras from the women &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/?p=765&gt;Trainee Mossad Spy Arrested By Police While Trying To Bomb A Car&lt;/a&gt; But Israeli media outlets have expressed their surprise at the incident, saying they hoped the agency’s operatives were “more effective abroad”  ...  &lt;br /&gt;“more effective abroad” ... Like in Kabul or Baghdad? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://uruknet.com/index.php?p=m60448&amp;hd=&amp;size=1&amp;l=e&gt;U.S. Starves Children in Somali War&lt;/a&gt; The Obama Administration is determined to make the Somali people scream as punishment for resisting American domination. But starving babies cannot scream. They can't even cry. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/?p=762&gt;69 Cases Of Palestinian Olive Trees Destroyed, But No Prosecutions&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/?p=827&gt;Netanyahu Deceiving World with Building Freeze&lt;/a&gt; London Times reveals the Netanyahu deception. &lt;a href=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6932449.ece&gt;Temporary Jewish settlement freeze excludes East Jerusalem&lt;/a&gt; Nabil Abu Rdainah, a spokesman for President Abbas, added: “Any return to negotiations must be on the basis of a complete settlement freeze, and in Jerusalem foremost.” &lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/?p=833&gt;Israel ‘Couldn’t Care Less’ about Palestinian Reaction to Freeze&lt;/a&gt; During an Israel Radio interview, Lieberman stated that far more important were the reactions of the settlers and what he termed “Israel’s friends around the world,” chiefly those who had spoken up against the Goldstone Commission’s report.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.boilingfrogspost.com/2009/11/24/boiling-frogs%E2%80%99-09-thanksgiving-note-to-the-president/#comments&gt;Sibel Edmonds 2009 Thanksgiving Note to the President&lt;/a&gt; Mr. President, there are many innocent human beings who have been caged for over six years, under deplorable conditions, including torture – despite being innocent and having done nothing wrong. Their last ten months of detainment and torture have taken place under your watch, per your orders, and with your instructions. Your Bagram military prison in Afghanistan currently houses over one thousand Afghan detainees who have never been charged, none of whom have ever been given the right to an attorney, and every one of whom has been kept as secret and unidentified&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OT5uw1Fb_0&gt;Video: The Hidden Cost of Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan - Three Trillion Dollars&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11Fl9ZVJ7B8&gt;Bill Hicks - JFK Assassination&lt;/a&gt; Go back to sleep America. Your government is in control again. You are free to believe what we tell you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynWjYHP91gA&amp;feature=fvw&gt;If Americans Knew What Israel Is Doing! VIDEO WAS CENSORED!&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125910998942663259.html&gt;Dobbs Reaches Out to Latinos, With Politics in Mind&lt;/a&gt; Mr. Dobbs told Spanish-language network Telemundo he now supports a plan to legalize millions of undocumented workers, a stance he long lambasted as an unfair "amnesty." One more traitor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/57617&gt;Despite Obama’s Repeated Claims That Enacting $787-Billion Stimulus Was Urgent, 78 Percent of Money Remained Unspent by End of Fiscal 2009 Says Federal Auditing Agency&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.thiscantbehappening.net/?q=node/421&gt;UK Inquiry: Blair Conspired with Bush as Early as February 2002 to Plot Iraq Invasion&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://m.wsbt.com/wsbt/db_20471/contentdetail.htm;jsessionid=44EE7E882FC8622EAFDD5959CEBC5F75?contentguid=vpXglfFL&amp;storycount=24&amp;detailindex=8&amp;pn=&amp;ps=&gt; Michigan caseworkers worry about threats from clients&lt;/a&gt; As Michigan struggles with the highest-in-the-nation jobless rate, state workers who deal with unemployment, welfare and other aid programs say they have never been so overwhelmed—or so worried about their safety.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb6z2wg0ffI&amp;feature=player_embedded&gt;Video: Russia Today Keiser Report Markets! Finance! Scandal!&lt;/a&gt; Stacy Herbert quotes this: "Thou shalt not crucify mankind upon a cross of Goldman Sachs." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.secretofoz.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=60&amp;Itemid=74&gt;Oz Economics&lt;/a&gt; Having private banks create money is the root cause of all world poverty, hunger, disease and misery. And until we fix it, we will never be able to make a dent in these other issues. This a a video trailer for a DVD  &lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cq9yEVcGIU&gt; "The Secret of Oz" trailer - How to Fix the 2010 Depression - directed by Bill Still&lt;/a&gt; The Secret of Oz" directed by award winning filmmaker, Bill Still, (1995, "The MoneyMasters). He wants to make monetary reform the new civil rights movement. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEggt0ldQUI&gt;Video: A message to the environmental movement&lt;/a&gt; We can get the financiers out of the environmental movement. We are at a crossroads of history. Which side of history do you want to be on? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1230824/Iraq-fourth-WMD-risk-list-inquiry-hears.html&gt;Tony Blair 'was told 10 days before Iraq invasion that Saddam had dismantled WMD'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/26/browner-rejects-doctored-data-claims/&gt;Climate czar rejects doctored data claims &lt;/a&gt; Obama administration climate czar Carol Browner on Wednesday rejected claims that e-mails stolen from a British university show that climate scientists trumped up global-warming numbers, saying she considers the science settled. Carol Browner is a good reason to end all White House czars who unlawfully never were approved by the Senate and are unaccountable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/26/us/politics/26climate.html?_r=2&amp;hp&gt;Obama to Go to Copenhagen With Pledge of Emissions Cuts&lt;/a&gt; At the international climate summit meeting in Copenhagen next month, Mr. Obama will tell the delegates that the United States intends to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions “in the range of” 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 and 83 percent by 2050  ...  All of these cuts will take place after he leaves office. There is no Global Warming. The taxes will be paid by the poor and the middle class and given to the uber-rich.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwWMMz5LLrk&amp;feature=autoshare_twitter&gt;Video ClimateGate - Final Cut Mashup&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://eclipptv.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=8514&gt;Video: 10 mins to Expose Global Warming Scam&lt;/a&gt; Carbon Dioxide rises after temperatures increase because higher temps increase life on earth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHATItyOsdY&amp;feature=player_embedded#&gt;Video CLIMATEGATE! Fox RIPS Global Warming Advocate! &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.prisonplanet.com/mep-reprimanded-for-exposing-eu-dictatorship.html&gt;MEP Reprimanded For Exposing EU Dictatorship &lt;/a&gt; UKIP Nigel Leader Farage chastised in Parliament for highlighting the fact that the European Union is an authoritarian tyranny, breaks crazy law that states it is illegal to criticize the EU. It seems he wants the people to have the right to vote to either accept or reject the Lisbon treaty which would make the EU a centralized dictatorship out of the control of the people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/11/obamas-science-czar-john-holdren-involved-in-greatest-fraud-in-human-history-climategate.html&gt;Obama’s Science Czar John Holdren involved in Greatest Fraud in Human History, "Climategate"&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://eclipptv.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=8499&gt;Video Al Gores LIES Exposed By Congress! &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8379566.stm&gt;Wikipedia 'loses' 49,000 editors &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE5AN5F120091124&gt;Washington Post closing remaining U.S. bureaus&lt;/a&gt; I do not think it is anti-Semitic to be overjoyed at the demise of a lying Bilderberg newspaper because I watch every Max Keiser show. Maybe I just don't like people to pee on my leg and tell me it is raining outside.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZA0qNsf4m0&amp;feature=player_embedded&gt;Video: The Dollar Bubble&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/11/dubai-defaults-deflation-in-action.html&gt;Mish Shedlock: Dubai Defaults - Deflation In Action - &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100018003/climategate-five-aussie-mps-lead-the-way-by-resigning-in-disgust-over-carbon-tax/&gt;Climategate: five Aussie MPs lead the way by resigning in disgust over carbon tax&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/11/small-businesses-fend-off-empty-holiday.html&gt;Small Businesses Fend Off Empty Holiday Shelves &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/imf-announces-sale-10-metric-tons-gold-sri-lanka-0&gt; IMF Announces Sale Of 10 Metric Tons Of Gold To Sri Lanka&lt;/a&gt; Why is it that Sri Lanka has smarter politicians than we do? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&amp;sid=at5XsdLU.68w&amp;pos=6&gt;Russia to Buy Canadian Dollars, Mulls More Currencies&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/11/24/Why-Canned-Soups-Can-Be-Dangerous-to-Your-Health.aspx&gt;Why Canned Soups Can Be Dangerous to Your Health&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfO6JpR5Ip8&amp;feature=player_embedded&gt;Musical Video-Celtic Woman - the Voice&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079380424982206622-6837984140607073985?l=almost117days.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/feeds/6837984140607073985/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/11/friday-11-27-us-iraq-contractors-had.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/6837984140607073985'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/6837984140607073985'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/11/friday-11-27-us-iraq-contractors-had.html' title='Friday 11-27 US Iraq Contractors Had Millions Of Dollars In Suitcases'/><author><name>Daniel F</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17062898366141413906</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079380424982206622.post-630887995612163358</id><published>2009-11-24T22:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-25T16:00:03.079-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Wednesday 11-25 Obama To Go Down With SS Bilderberger</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Obama has decided that in the tradition of the sea he will like captains of yore go down with his ship, the SS Bilderberger. The Climategate emails prove that Global Warming was a scientific fraud. It was designed to transfer wealth from the poor and the rich to the uber-rich. It was also designed to create an international government. Talk radio and the Internet have been hitting this point home. They see this as the key to stopping world government.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So what does Obama do? Does he demand a criminal investigation? No. Does he demand the culprits who manufactured results to get grant money resign and return their fraudulently obtained funds? No. Instead he announces this:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=TX-PAR-MWN76&amp;show_article=1&gt;Obama says 'step closer' to climate deal. &lt;/a&gt;US President Barack Obama said Tuesday the world has moved "one step closer" to a "strong operational agreement" on climate change at next month's Copenhagen summit after his talks with Indian and Chinese leaders. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Internet is already doing musical satires over Climategate&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEiLgbBGKVk&gt;Video: Hide The Decline - Climategate - A parody fo "Draggin the Line" by Tommy James and the Shondells&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I reported yesterday, Obama's popularity has hit a new low. It will soon go lower because nobody but a fool would pay higher taxes for Cap and Trade now that Global Warming has been proven to be a scientific fraud. And he will really get his base angry when his Afghan decision is finally announced. &lt;a href=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_afghanistan&gt;Obama promises to 'finish the job' in Afghanistan &lt;/a&gt; This is Obama's version of George Bush's "Mission Accomplished Moment." It is all downhill from here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you remember the story I posted the other day saying that as of October 2009 we are borrowing 56 cents of every dollar the federal government spends. 30,000 troops at a million dollars each will add another 30 billion dollars to the deficit. Some anti-war Democrats are demanding that  he raise taxes to pay for this Bilderberg Boondoggle of an occupation in Afghanistan. &lt;a href=http://news.antiwar.com/2009/11/24/house-democrats-eye-war-tax/&gt;Dems want Americans to Pay forever taxes for Afghan War&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You might remember that article from Dahr Jamail saying that some of our soldiers have served seven tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and that we have sent 43,000 soldiers over there despite having been rated unfit for active duty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Neither the dollar nor the American soldiers will last long. America will be a shambles by the time we observe Obama's first anniversary in office on January 20th, 2010.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UErR7i2onW0&gt;Video: Obama Tells 7 Lies In Under 2 Minutes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcYcw-uWqzk&gt; Ctrl Alt Shift Film Competition Winner No Way Through - Anti-Israeli Short Film Wins Competition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.naturalnews.com/027564_drug_labels_deception.html&gt;Pharmaceutical companies write their own drug information labels and leave out side effect information&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let's not forget Obama's other fiascoes - Obamacare and the H1N1 vaccination scam. Neither of these programs are popular because he sold us out to Big Pharma in both cases.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8376009.stm&gt;Climate cash for poor countries 'has not materialised'&lt;/a&gt; Poor countries were to be bribed to vote for a climate treaty at the UN but they have not been paid. Unpaid politicians are angry politicians.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Exiting-the-sinking-ship-71628877.html&gt;Are Democrats exiting the sinking ship?&lt;/a&gt; Democratic Congressman Dennis Moore of the 3rd district of Kansas is not running for reelection. Interesting. Congressman Moore was reelected by a 56%-40% margin in 2008,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/6646179/Bob-Ainsworth-criticises-Barack-Obama-over-Afghanistan.html&gt;British Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth criticises Barack Obama over Afghanistan&lt;/a&gt; Delaying big decisions does nothing but anger both your supporters and your detractors. I posted Obama's pledge to bring the troops home twice in the past week. He made that promise in 2007. The third time is the charm. Here it is again. &lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LsSppYxSHk &gt;Obama Promise To End The War, 10-27-2007 - "You Can Take That To The Bank"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20091124/mint_mystery_091124/20091124?hub=Canada&gt;Big error behind missing gold at Royal Canadian Mint&lt;/a&gt; The press release said it was a counting error. I think the error was in electing a Bilderberger Steven Harper as PM.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/11/plundering-california-how-public-sector.html&gt;Plundering California: How Public-Sector Unions Brought The State To Its Knees &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; the average pay and benefits package for firefighters was $175,000 per year. Moi. A police lieutenant in Vallejo is making $210,000 a year. A nurse in SF is making $300,000 a year with overtime. Both cities are bankrupt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/11/how-to-turn-around-michigan-tax-hikes.html&gt;How To Turn Around Michigan: Tax Hikes And Welfare &lt;/a&gt; A Washtenaw County legislator and Democratic candidate for governor unveiled her plan to turnaround Michigan today – a $6.5 billion a year tax hike. State Rep. Alma Wheeler Smith said substantial hikes in Michigan’s business, sales and income taxes are needed to make investments in education and welfare programs that will restore the state to prosperity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/business/miners-were-running-out-of-gold-20091125-jqqy.html&gt;Miners: We're running out of gold&lt;/a&gt; I heard a comment today from an analyst who said that pension funds are not buying gold. If pension funds put 5% of their money in gold, the yellow metal would be $5,000 an ounce. The big gold buyers are Central Banks, Hedge Funds and Asian housewives. Pension fund managers are noted as being the dumbest people on the block. Two years ago Max Keiser told pension fund managers that their mortgage backed securities from Goldman Sachs were worthless. They did not listen. Gold will not take off until it passes $1,200 and then $1,500 and the $2,000 an ounce. &lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/india-negotiating-purchase-remaining-imf-gold-spot-hits-1177oz&gt;India Negotiating Purchase Of Remaining IMF Gold As Spot Hits $1,177/Oz&lt;/a&gt; Wednesday Open Thread: Spot Gold: 1180.00 Silver: 19.00. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During the morning radio news business report, one man said his daughter told him that she wants her allowance in euros.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/proposal-goldman-sachs-pay-down-212-billion-tlgp-borrowings-using-your-20-billion-bonus-accr&gt;A Proposal For Goldman Sachs: Pay Down $21.2 Billion In TLGP Borrowings Using Your $20 Billion+ Bonus &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/11/goldmanaig-conspiracy-theories-theres-a-reason-they-wont-go-away.html&gt;Goldman/AIG Conspiracy Theories: There’s a Reason They Won’t Go Away&lt;/a&gt; The business that caused AIG to blow up was the same that caused the bond insurers to blow up – collateralized debt obligations backed by sub-prime mortgage bonds (ABS CDOs). This was actually one of the few business that AIG Financial Products had in common with the monolines. AIG didn’t participate in municipal insurance, MBS or other ABS deals&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://ncoal.com/blog/?p=997&gt;Video: Riz Khan with Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki&lt;/a&gt; Robert Kiyosaki outlines some of his keys to success. He also talks candidly about how the U.S. dollar is becoming worthless and how silver is the biggest investment opportunity of the last 100 years...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.bushstole04.com/Iraqwar/dying_for_a_lie.htm&gt;Dying for a Lie&lt;/a&gt; "A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it." ~ Oscar Wilde &lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4Wt-ZqNLr0&gt;Video: The Questions - Charlie Sheen's 20 minutes with the President (9/11 Questions for Obama)&lt;/a&gt; Alex Jones &amp; Charlie Sheen video competition entry&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://eclipptv.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=8462&gt;Video: Alex Jones on Climategate: Hoax of all time a global Ponzi scheme&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/24/land-mine-treaty-wont-be_n_369658.html&gt;Land Mine Treaty Won't Be Signed By Obama Administration&lt;/a&gt; State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said Tuesday that the administration recently completed a review and decided not to change the Bush-era policy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/11/marc-faber-sees-war-against-invented.html&gt;Marc Faber Sees War Against an Invented Enemy and a Big Financial Bust &lt;/a&gt; "I think eventually there will be a big bust and then the whole credit expansion will come to an end," Faber added.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Before that happens, governments will continue printing money which in time will lead to a very high inflation rate, and the economy will not respond to stimulus". In one of his Gloomiest predictions, Faber, said "the average family will be hurt by that, and then in order to distract the attention of the people, the governments will go to war".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://rawstory.com/2009/11/gonzales-evades-criminal-prosecution-misleading-congress-nsa-program/&gt;Former Bush Attorney General Alberto Gonzales evades criminal prosecution for misleading Congress on NSA spying&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/23/AR2009112304092.html?wpisrc=newsletter&gt;Blacks hit hard by economy's punch&lt;/a&gt; a few years ago of white and black male job applicants in their 20s in Milwaukee and New York. "Black men with a clean record fare no better than white men just released from prison." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE5AI3MV20091119?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&amp;rpc=22&amp;sp=true&gt;New fossils reveal a world full of crocodiles&lt;/a&gt; New fossils unearthed in what is now the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079380424982206622-630887995612163358?l=almost117days.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/feeds/630887995612163358/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/11/wednesday-11-25-obama-to-go-down-with.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/630887995612163358'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/630887995612163358'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/11/wednesday-11-25-obama-to-go-down-with.html' title='Wednesday 11-25 Obama To Go Down With SS Bilderberger'/><author><name>Daniel F</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17062898366141413906</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079380424982206622.post-4397132916299364119</id><published>2009-11-23T15:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-24T07:44:37.378-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Tuesday 11-24 Innocent Man Blinded In One Eye At Bagram</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=http://uruknet.com/index.php?p=m60364&amp;hd=&amp;size=1&amp;l=e&gt;Bagram: A living hell &lt;/a&gt; In 2002 Deghayes was arrested in Pakistan and was "sold" to the US for a bounty. He was taken first to Bagram and then Guantanamo, where he was imprisoned without trial for five years. During his time at Guantanamo he was blinded in one eye, which was already damaged since childhood, after guards repeatedly rubbed pepper spray in it. The only "evidence" against him was a clip from an Islamic propaganda film showing Chechen fighters, one of which the US authorities claimed was him. It later transpired that the image was not of Deghayes but of an Abu Walid, a Chechan rebel who had been killed some time in 2004. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://news.antiwar.com/2009/11/22/us-plans-to-copy-iraq-prison-strategy-in-afghanistan/&gt;US Plans to Copy Iraq Prison Strategy in Afghanistan Iraqi Police Describe US Prisons as 'Terrorist Factories'&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.truthout.org/1117091&gt;Lowering the Bar: Kindergarten Recruitment - How old is old enough for students to be approached by military recruiters? How about ten weeks into kindergarten? Last week at the dinner table, my five-year-old son announced blithely, "Soldiers came to school today." He then added, "They only kill bad people. They don't kill good people." &lt;/a&gt; We need equal time in public schools to explain how people are killed, maimed and tortured in our secret military prisons without trial though kindergarten should be off limits to recruiters for war or for peace. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/viscount-monckton-on-global-warminggate-they-are-criminals-pjm-exclusive/&gt;Lord Monckton on Climategate: ‘They Are Criminals’&lt;/a&gt; Contrast the truth with the following spin from the MSM: &lt;a href=http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE5AM4AH20091123?sp=true &gt;Hacked climate e-mails awkward, not game changer.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/paulhudson/2009/11/climategate-cru-hacked-into-an.shtml&gt;BBC Admits Having Sat on Climategate  Emails Since October 12th. Says They Were Authentic.&lt;/a&gt; Yeah. So why did you sit on the biggest story of the year for more than one month?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/?p=709&gt;Israel Orders Palestinians To Evacuate 25 Apartments North Of Jerusalem&lt;/a&gt; Israeli government and settlers are waging a war on the Palestinian presence in the city. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nick-turse/as-washington-talks-iraq_b_366999.html&gt;As Washington Talks Iraq Withdrawal, the Pentagon Builds Up Bases in the Region&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.infowars.com/in-afghanistan-people-hate-the-americans-from-the-bottom-of-their-hearts/&gt;In Afghanistan “people hate the Americans from the bottom of their hearts”&lt;/a&gt; “The first time they came my brother ran out and he was wounded by an airstrike. They took him to the hospital but brought back his body. Eight days later my grandfather was shot when he went out of the mosque.” Mr Shinwari added: “They should just stay in their bases. More troops won’t bring peace. We need economic development, not soldiers.” &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://theuglytruth.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/more-of-that-same-jewish-control-of-the-mainstream-media-in-america-we-are-told-does-not-exist/&gt;More Jewish Control of the Mainstream Media in America We Are Told Does Not Exist&lt;/a&gt; “Gaza: ‘I watched an Israeli soldier shoot dead my two little girls’“ “Gaza family says Israeli troops killed children waving white headscarves” “IDF soldiers ordered to shoot at Gaza rescuers” “Israel accused of executing parents in front of children in Gaza” “Israel defends killing of Gaza doctor’s daughters” “Lawyers–‘Israel Used Uranium in Gaza genocide‘” My memory isn’t what it used to be, but I don’t remember any headlines like these appearing in the New York Times during Israel’s recent feeding frenzy in Gaza, do you?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uORRgI9t8eE&amp;feature=player_embedded&gt;Video: Israeli Soldiers Admit to War Crimes in Gaza War.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.cnbc.com/id/34040009&gt;The 'Real' Jobless Rate: 17.5% Of Workers Are Unemployed&lt;/a&gt; a former U-6 gauge was in existence previously and peaked at 14.3 percent in 1982 - This article does not mention the absolute fudging of the numbers by the BLS using the Birth Death model to lower the real unemployment rate from 21.%% to 17.5%. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://mantiqaltayr.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/did-israel-kill-jfk-wouldnt-that-suck/#comments&gt;Ben Bernstein Responds To Mantiq al-Tayr's essay Did Israel Kill JFK? &lt;/a&gt;   We the Jews, RULE your asses. We print your money, then loan it to you at interest. You are totally in OUR control.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What are you going to do about it? Answer. Nothing. You’re going to sit behind your computer screen while we have our way with your entire life and family. You’re GREAT GRANDCHILDREN will be our slaves. Nothing you can do about it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You’re Congress is going to send us even MORE money. You people deserve to be our slaves, because you’re all so ignorant. What ever will you do? We CONTROL your government. We CONTROL your economy. We CONTROL your lives. What will you do? Maybe a better question is what CAN you do? Nothing. Kill jews? HA!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most Jews don’t even know half of what’s going on. And even if they did, they’d never support your efforts to kill Jews in order to free yourselves from OUR slavery we have placed you all in.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Good luck, slaves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://cliffordshack.com/rothschild-frank-link.html&gt;Obscure Polish Book Sheds Light On Elusive Rothschild Financial Link to The Militant Messiah, (And Satanist) Jacob Frank&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/1657-Whos-Lying-About-Personal-Spending.html&gt;Who's Lying About Personal Spending?&lt;/a&gt; Here are your possibilities: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;•The BEA is lying. In the third quarter they claim that PCE lead to an aggregate change of +1.2%. •Business that remit sales tax are lying. The overall sales tax collections in the 3rd quarter were down 8.2% from last year's levels, and this is the fourth quarter in a row that year-over-year declines were posted. One of these two reports is a lie. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9141105/NSA_helped_with_Windows_7_development&gt;NSA helped with Windows 7 development Privacy expert voices 'backdoor' concerns, security researchers dismiss idea&lt;/a&gt; The National Security Agency (NSA) worked with Microsoft on the development of Windows 7, an agency official acknowledged yesterday during testimony before Congress. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34067419/ns/business-businessweekcom/&gt;Cities find the fine print is costing millions Local governments fork over billions in fees on investments gone bad&lt;/a&gt; A few years ago, Detroit struck a derivatives deal with UBS and other banks that allowed it to save more than $2 million a year in interest on $800 million worth of bonds. But the fine print carried a potentially devastating condition. If the city's credit rating dropped, the banks could opt out of the deal and demand a sizable breakup fee. That's precisely what happened in January: After years of fiscal trouble, Detroit saw its credit rating slashed to junk. Suddenly the sputtering Motor City was on the hook for a $400 million tab. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/?p=715&gt;UN:Israel Has Secret Prison&lt;/a&gt; The UN has sent an official request to Israel to admit the existence of secret prison camp 1391, dubbed in the press “Israel’s Guantanamo Bay,” according to the Palestinian Authority minister of prisoners affairs  ...  Israeli officials have indirectly confirmed the facility's existence. Former Israeli Justice Minister Dan Merridor told the Haaretz newspaper that he was aware of the site but never visited it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&amp;sid=aUFExWDBKmew&amp;pos=2&gt;Bloomberg: Dollar Slump Persisting as Top Analysts See No Bottom &lt;/a&gt; The most accurate dollar forecasters predict the world’s reserve currency will continue sliding even when the Federal Reserve begins to raise interest rates, which policy makers say is an “extended period” away. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9C5HCDO0&amp;show_article=1&gt;Obama could lock in Afghanistan decision Monday&lt;/a&gt; Obama was holding the 10th meeting of his Afghanistan strategy review since mid-September on Monday it will not be announced this week, he said. On ABC This AM: 34,000 More Troops for Afghanistan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IT IS TIME WE DEMAND THE CONGRESS AND THE SENATE TELL US HOW THEY WILL PAY FOR THE WAR ESCALATION.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.thenation.com/doc/20091207/scahill&gt;Blackwater's Secret War in Pakistan&lt;/a&gt; At a covert forward operating base run by the US Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, members of an elite division of Blackwater are at the center of a secret program in which they plan targeted assassinations of suspected Taliban and Al Qaeda operatives, "snatch and grabs" of high-value targets and other sensitive action inside and outside Pakistan, an investigation by The Nation has found. The Blackwater operatives also assist in gathering intelligence and help run a secret US military drone bombing campaign that runs parallel to the well-documented CIA predator strikes, according to a well-placed source within the US military intelligence apparatus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll&gt;RASMUSSEN: Obama Poll Drops to New Low: -15, Strongly Approve 27% Strongly Disapprove 42% Total Approval  45% &lt;/a&gt; Obama's poll numbers as soon as he announces more troops for Afghanistan. If he sticks to Cap and Trade tax increases now that Global Warming has proven to be a fraud by Climategate, his numbers will drop even further.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.garynorth.com/public/5707.cfm&gt;Standard &amp; Poor's New Policy: Concealing the S&amp;P 500 P/E Ratio from the General Public&lt;/a&gt; Th P/E number went above 140 on September 30, 2009 -- the highest ever recorded. It had continued upward all year. I suggest that you forward this article to anyone you know who would like to have the P/E ratio available just as it was a month ago. You know: visible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/11/20/government/215committee112009.txt&gt; City of San Diego approaching bankruptcy: Bankruptcy an Option, Says Mayor's Fiscal Task Force&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.alternet.org/story/144109/&gt;From Alternet: 15 Signs American Society Is Coming Apart at the Seams&lt;/a&gt; That number 15 also figures prominently in this story from Market Watch: &lt;a href=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/15-signs-wall-street-pathology-is-spreading-2009-11-24&gt;Goldman's secret moral pathology 15 symptoms of a Wall Street disease destroying democracy and capitalism&lt;/a&gt; The "Goldman Conspiracy" is the perfect B-school case study of Wall Street's secret contagious pathology, with insiders like Lloyd Blankfein, Henry Paulson and others pocketing billions &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/did-someone-just-leak-gdp-number-course-not-goldman-has-some-things-say-about-it&gt;The Goldman "leak" was right all along: Q3 preliminary GDP at 2.8% (Hatzius had it at 2.7%), massive drop from previous fudged number of 3.5% &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/will-the-unemployment-dis_b_368329.html&gt;•Huffington Post: Will the unemployment disaster be Obama's Katrina&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.adl.org/special_reports/rage-grows-in-America/&gt;ADL - Rage Grows in America: Anti?Government Conspiracies&lt;/a&gt; Some of these assertions are motivated by prejudice, but more common is an intense strain of anti-government distrust and anger, colored by a streak of paranoia and belief in conspiracies&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=washingtonstory&amp;sid=a0OvxJSr7EbU&gt;Cuomo Took Cash From Lawyers With Matters Before Him&lt;/a&gt; Andrew Cuomo’s campaign fund took tens of thousands of dollars from law firms representing clients his office investigated or accused of wrongdoing, state records show. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/11/existing-home-sales-surge-on-cheap-condos/&gt;Existing Home Sales Surge on Cheap Condos&lt;/a&gt; An $8,000 tax credit helps the most with financing lower value sales.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.cnbc.com/id/34104722&gt;The United States government is financing its more than trillion-dollar-a-year borrowing with i.o.u.’s on terms that seem too good to be true. But that happy situation, aided by ultralow interest rates, may not last much longer.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.rense.com/general85/pats.htm&gt;General George S. Patton on Communism and Khazar Jews&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/september_2009/health_care_reform&gt;Support for Health Care Plan Falls to New Low Just 38% of voters now favor the health care plan 56% now oppose the plan. &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/11/reader-emails-on-birthdeath-model-and.html&gt;Mish's Reader Emails on Birth/Death Model and Unemployment Rate &lt;/a&gt; In case you missed it the BLS has admitted that its Birth/Death Model has overestimated jobs by about 800,000. I have serious doubts that 800,000 take aways is enough.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://labvirus.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/pdf-download-dr-zach-moore-md-cdc-asks-physicians-to-be-on-the-lookout-for-possible-%e2%80%9chemorrhagic-pneumonia-cases%e2%80%9d-among-influenza-patients/&gt;PDF DOWNLOAD Dr. Zach Moore MD: CDC Asks Physicians to be on the Lookout for Possible “Hemorrhagic Pneumonia Cases” Among Influenza Patients&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/jeremy-warner/6638389/Britain-has-run-out-of-money-the-CBI-is-told.html&gt;Britain has run out of money, the CBI is told&lt;/a&gt; Dominique Strauss-Khan, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (and former Goldman Sachs vice-president) was almost apocalyptic in his warnings. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1151ap_us_obama_early_departure.html&gt;Obama takes his leave a bit early, then returns&lt;/a&gt; Obama on Monday mistakenly left a White House ceremony honoring two activists' work in Zimbabwe. After finishing his remarks in the East Room, he walked with first lady Michelle Obama into the grand hallway across the main floor of the Executive Mansion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He returned a moment later, a bit sheepishly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He said with a laugh, "I'm allowed to stay." Then he added, "I never know what I'm allowed to do."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Obama left when he had finished presenting the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award. His war council met a short time later to discuss options for Afghanistan and Pakistan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/6634115/Iraq-war-files-British-colonels-scathing-attack-on-arrogant-bureaucratic-Americans.html&gt;Iraq war files: British colonel's scathing attack on 'arrogant, bureaucratic' Americans&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/24/us/24crime.html?_r=1&amp;hp&gt;Right and Left Join Forces on Criminal Justice&lt;/a&gt; In the next several months, the Supreme Court will decide at least a half-dozen cases about the rights of people  &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2009/11/15/whats_killing_the_bats/&gt;What’s killing the bats?&lt;/a&gt; White-nose syndrome gets its name from the white fungus that looks like confectioners’ sugar found around the noses -- as well as on the ears, wings, and other exposed skin -- of many infected bats, though not all show signs of the disease. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079380424982206622-4397132916299364119?l=almost117days.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/feeds/4397132916299364119/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/11/tuesday-11-24-innocent-man-blinded-in.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/4397132916299364119'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/4397132916299364119'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/11/tuesday-11-24-innocent-man-blinded-in.html' title='Tuesday 11-24 Innocent Man Blinded In One Eye At Bagram'/><author><name>Daniel F</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17062898366141413906</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079380424982206622.post-8306257655283303595</id><published>2009-11-22T15:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-23T07:32:23.071-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Monday 11-23 As the Light onto the Nations</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.gilad.co.uk/writings/as-the-light-onto-the-nations-by-gilad-atzmon.html&gt;As the Light onto the Nations by Gilad Atzmon &lt;/a&gt; the Chairman of NATO's Military Committee visited Israel to study “IDF tactics and methods that the military alliance can utilise for its war in Afghanistan.” ... I would advise both the Israeli official and Admiral Di Paola to slightly curb their enthusiasm. The IDF didn’t win a single war since 1967. Yes, it murdered many civilians, it flattened many cities, it starved millions, it has been committing war crimes on a daily basis for decades and yet, it didn’t win a war ... rather than ‘winning a war’, he should first learn to love. This is something he won’t learn in Jerusalem or Tel Aviv. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/?p=672&gt;‘Israel Beiteinu Will Staunchly Oppose Interim Palestinian State’&lt;/a&gt;  The UN created Israel 62 years ago. There was supposed to be a Palestinian state but it was stolen by the Israelis. The UN should declare Gaza, the West Bank and east Jerusalem to be a Palestinian state. More than 120 nations would give them diplomatic recognition. It is time Palestine became a free nation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/?p=677&gt;The Water Situation In Gaza Is Now At Critical&lt;/a&gt; Gaza water is no longer suitable for human consumption. Shiblak added that the water deficit in Gaza aquifers amounted to more than 80 million cubic meters last year  ...  As a result of the tight Israeli blockade, the Gaza Strip suffers from a severe shortage of the necessary resources for the maintenance of its infrastructure especially in the field of water.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/america-finally-starting-stand-wall-street&gt;Is America Finally Starting to Stand Up To Wall Street?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.the-two-malcontents.com/2009/11/22/the-louisiana-purchasesen-mary-landrieu-d-la-300-million-dollar-political-whore/&gt; The Louisiana Purchase:Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), 300 Million Dollar Political Whore&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/nov/21/nation-has-right-ask-why/&gt;US military brass "clueless" about Afghan mission purpose&lt;/a&gt; A Marine colonel, speaking at a Corps ceremony, could not explain why soldiers are being sent to Afghanistan, when asked by a Viet Nam vet whose son is being deployed next year &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article6926921.ece&gt;RBS dumping toxic assets on Ireland. Hester stirs diplomatic row by using EU rules to force Dublin into accepting £7bn bad loans&lt;/a&gt; ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND is poised to spark a diplomatic row with Ireland by attempting to dump £7 billion of toxic loans into the Irish “bad bank”. RBS is now owned by the English government.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://eclipptv.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=8422&gt;Audio: The Fed Copies Weimar Hyperinflation&lt;/a&gt;  One difference between Germany after WW I and America is that they had to lose a war before they allowed the bankers to de-industrialize their nation so any Stimulus spending would lead to inflation. We are currently in deflation mode and will remain so until foreigners dump dollars en masse and double our domestic money supply over night. Then the fun begins as the velocity or the turn over of money goes way up. If the money supply goes from circulating or turning over once a year to once a month, then the price level goes up 12 times or 1,200%. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://eclipptv.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=8418&gt;Audio: Webster Tarpley - Operation Safe Haven&lt;/a&gt; Whenever we have too many dollars out there, we always have an oil war to push up the price of oil which soaks up all those excess dollars. Tarpley does not expect an attack on Iran as that would be too costly. The term Safe Haven refers to the deliberate creation of a war so people with dollars put them in New York for safe keeping. I say Baloney. Buy Gold. I think an Israeli invasion of Lebanon and a resulting Saudi or Iranian oil boycott would achieve the goal of doubling the price of oil. A Lebanese war would also give Israel water from the Litani river. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=116664&gt;The ADL targets WND's Joseph Farah&lt;/a&gt;  The other day the ADL attacked Alex Jones. Me thinks they are just giving cover to their operatives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-builds-up-its-bases-in-oilrich-south-america-1825398.html&gt;US builds up its bases in oil-rich South America&lt;/a&gt;  From the Caribbean to Brazil, political opposition to US plans for 'full-spectrum operations' is escalating rapidly. US air force officers and Congressmen tour the Palanquero base in Puerto Salgar, Colombia, in August. The base is expected to host US air force counter-narcotics missions under the new bilateral deal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&amp;aid=16218&gt;Matthias Chang: Red Alert: The Second Wave of The Financial Tsunami The Wave Is gathering force &amp; could hit between the first &amp; second quarter of 2010 &lt;/a&gt;  Since the last quarter of 2008, unrelenting currency warfare has been waged by the key global economies and while this competition thus far has been non-antagonistic, it will soon be antagonistic because the inherent differences are irreconcilable. The consequences to the global economy will be devastating. Moi: WW III began as a currency war and hopefully will not become a military adventure. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Comment of the day: "The only thing better than a Federal Reserve audit would be a Federal Reserve autopsy." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://dahrjamailiraq.com/iraq-war-veteran-on-a-mental-health-mission&gt;Dahr Jamail: Iraq War Veteran on a Mental-Health Mission&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200912/mexico-drugs&gt;The Fall of Mexico&lt;/a&gt;  a mysterious event that occurred on February 12, 2008. Teams of gunmen, riding in SUVs and pickup trucks and described by witnesses as “dressed like soldiers,” swept through Nuevo Casas Grandes and six neighboring communities between midnight and dawn, kidnapping and executing people. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The convoys covered 170 miles altogether, rolling through military checkpoints unimpeded. In Nuevo Casas Grandes, the “armed commandos,” as they were called by the Mexican media, set fire to the house of a police subcommander and shot him to death as he ran outside. Two other people, one of them the uncle of a midlevel narcotics trafficker, were also executed. The press reported that 14 more were abducted, but the actual number was believed to be much higher. All the victims, except two who were apparently snatched by mistake and later released, vanished without a trace  ...  “It’s an open secret in Mexico,” he said, “that the army is fighting the [Juárez] cartel to weaken them and pave the way for Guzmán of the Sinaloa drug cartel.” &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/11/20/us/AP-US-Militia-Revival.html&gt;Militia Movement Resurfaces Across Nation&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/21/business/21ratings.html&gt;Ohio Sues Rating Firms for Losses in Funds&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://jacksonville.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2009/11/23/story2.html&gt; Lawyer's foreclosure defense of 'quiet title' faces tests&lt;/a&gt;  John McCampbell took out a $156,000 mortgage from the now-defunct Washington Mutual, which foreclosed on his home in 2004 after he lost his job. But when the lender was unable to produce the deed to prove it had a right to foreclose, McCampbell beat the foreclosure and remains there today. Charney is a national authority on foreclosure defense, and a driving force behind what is often called the “show me the note” movement making its way through jurisdictions across the country. The strategy is crippling lenders’ ability to foreclose on homes when they are not able to produce the note as evidence of their right to bring a foreclosure&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d8e2ec4c-d794-11de-b578-00144feabdc0.html&gt;Splits widen for Democrats over health reform&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a243c8b2-d79b-11de-b578-00144feabdc0.html&gt;Microsoft and News Corp eye web pact&lt;/a&gt;  This is all about Microsoft hurting Google’s margins,” said the web publisher who is familiar with the plan. But the biggest beneficiary of the tussle could be the newspaper industry, which has yet to construct a reliable online business model that adequately replaces declining print and advertising revenues. News Corp has been exploring online payment models for its newspapers and has taken an increasingly hard line against Google.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/KK18Ad01.html&gt;Mafias expose China's legal woes&lt;/a&gt; close to 3,000 big-time criminals have been nabbed by authorities ...  what the local media calls "dark and evil forces" have become so entrenched and prevalent in this megacity of 34 million people that it required a directive from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) politburo standing committee  ...  US$250 million of ill-gotten gains have so far been uncovered from 24 crime bosses  ...  Hong Kong papers have reported that the Chongqing "anti-triad tornado" was made possible only after President Hu Jintao had personally given approval to the unprecedented crackdown &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_state_surveys/new_york/56_in_new_york_say_state_likely_to_be_bankrupt_by_year_s_end&gt;56% in New York Say State Likely To Be Bankrupt By Year’s End&lt;/a&gt;  New York voters oppose budget cuts in a couple key areas but are against tax hikes even more. Moi. They sound like California voters. It is illegal for financial institutions to buy or sell worthless bonds. That means the banks will want another Bailout so they can dump more paper onto the taxpayers. Too bad the voters did not know that government debts are a fiction. They do not have to borrow money as they can take back the right to create money from the banks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://spectator.org/blog/2009/10/22/healthcare-bill-uses-the-term&gt;Healthcare bill uses the term "tax" 124 times, "taxable" is used 158 times, and "excise tax" is used 12 times.&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.bushstole04.com/911/30_good_reasons.htm&gt;Thirty Reasons to Doubt the Official Account of 9/11 &lt;/a&gt;  Steel girders weighing tens of tons were hurled hundreds of feet and lodged into nearby buildings. The WTC towers fell nearly as fast as the debris that they created, indicating little or no resistance from the floors below. The Twin Towers generated vastly more dust and pulverized material than can be accounted for by the total gravitational potential energy of the buildings - the only substantial source of energy available for that destruction. Mayor Giuliani has stated publicly that he was told the first tower was about to collapse. This is extraordinary considering that in the history of high-rise fires there has never been such a collapse. The second tower to be hit - the south tower - received less damage than the first yet it collapsed in approximately half the time. Judging by the black smoke, the fire was dying out at the time. The collapse of WTC 7 was reported by the BBC a half hour before it happened, suggesting that the building's destruction was planned and the news scripted. During nearly an hour-and-a-half of national crisis no fighter planes took off from Andrews Air Force Base. The passenger lists for all four flights, published by the airlines and CNN after September 11th, contained none of the hijackers' names. The flights were only about 30% full. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SLIzSCt_cg&gt;Video: 9/11: NIST engineer John Gross denies WTC molten steel (extended)&lt;/a&gt; Liar. Liar. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.mybudget360.com/fdic-broke-and-selling-real-estate-how-13-trillion-in-assets-is-protected-by-no-deposit-insurance-fund-fdic-selling-properties-to-replenish-fund-and-collecting-early-fees/&gt;FDIC Broke and Selling Real Estate: How $13 Trillion in Assets is Protected by no Deposit Insurance Fund. FDIC Selling Properties to Replenish Fund and Collecting Early Fees.&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydo2Mwnwpac&gt;Video: Climate Change Bombshell: Dr. Tim Ball on the hacked CRU emails&lt;/a&gt; Retired climatologist Dr. Tim Ball joins us to discuss the significance of the recently leaked emails and documents from the Climate Research Unit at East Anglia University which expose deceit, duplicity and collusion between climate researchers to maintain the fraud of the manmade global warming theory. These emails reveal stunning behind-the-scenes details about how this fraud has been developed and perpetuated, and Dr. Ball shares his insights on what they show.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/most-recent-recipient-obamas-middle-class-funded-generosity-key-largos-ocean-reef-club-mega-&gt;The Most Recent Recipient Of Obama's Middle Class-Funded Generosity: Key Largo's Ocean Reef Club For The Mega Wealthy&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&amp;sid=a1B7Cs1f.TO8&gt;Geithner’s Crisis Sleepwalk Is Reason He Must Go: Bloomberg's Kevin Hassett &lt;/a&gt; That's the good news. The bad news is that Rupert Murdoch has an even worse candidate. &lt;a href=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/polishing_dimon_IKfyRK8PArjjlMYflWAvDK#ixzz0XgULTN9u&gt;JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon seen as good fit for Treasury&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSTRE5A80MQ20091123?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=businessNews&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FbusinessNews+(News+%2F+US+%2F+Business+News)&gt;Gold hits record above $1,167/oz as dollar slips&lt;/a&gt; Zero Hedge is speculating how many hours it will take for gold to reach $1,200. And then there is this: &lt;a href=http://commoditytradealert.com/blog/?p=3967&gt;Kyle Bass: Gold only enough inventory for 15% to 30% open interest on futures and options, Get “while supplies last”&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://rense.com/general88/trea.htm&gt;Are Hate Crimes Legalizing Treason?&lt;/a&gt;  This ADL silencing strategy offers a microcosm of how the U.S. was induced to war in Iraq based on false intelligence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/4181&gt;Meet Herman Van Rompuy, the President of Europe&lt;/a&gt; Belgians do not like their state. They despise it. In 1957, Belgian politicians stood at the cradle of the European Union. Their aim was to turn the whole of Europe into a Greater Belgium, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZXEShSIFks&amp;feature=player_embedded&gt;Video: Saturday Night Live: China Cold Open - Warning. This skit criticizes Obama's dollar lies but I almost did not post it due to objectionable Jewish Hollywood degeneracy.&lt;/a&gt;  President Hu Jintao to Obama: "I suppose if I did want to get my 800 billion dollars back from you I could call and pretend to be a Wall Street banker in need of a Bailout."&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9079380424982206622-8306257655283303595?l=almost117days.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/feeds/8306257655283303595/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/11/monday-11-23-as-light-onto-nations.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/8306257655283303595'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9079380424982206622/posts/default/8306257655283303595'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://almost117days.blogspot.com/2009/11/monday-11-23-as-light-onto-nations.html' title='Monday 11-23 As the Light onto the Nations'/><author><name>Daniel F</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17062898366141413906</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079380424982206622.post-1880387538476230798</id><published>2009-11-21T14:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-21T18:48:04.351-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Weekend Edition The Crimes of November 22nd</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;There were two major crimes committed on November 22nd in American history. &lt;a href=http://www.google.com/search?q=jekyll+island+federal+reserve&amp;hl=en&amp;safe=off&amp;tbs=tl:1&amp;tbo=u&amp;ei=b40IS4iJMoH2sQPvy5zBCQ&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=timeline_result&amp;ct=title&amp;resnum=11&amp;ved=0CDMQ5wIwCg&gt;The first crime was the creation of the Federal Reserve in 1910&lt;/a&gt; when seven men including Nelson Aldrich and Paul Warburg met on a private rail car across the river from New York and set off to Jekyll Island in Florida to write the draft of the Federal Reserve Act which was passed illegally in 1913 two days before Christmas with insufficient members present to lawfully pass the bill.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Federal REserve Act was designed to transfer all wealth from those who work to those men on Wall Street who were granted the right to print our money. Without a Federal Reserve Act we would not have a 12 trillion dollar debt and a 23.7 trillion dollar Bailout. We also would not have been able to enter World War I. There would have been no Communism with over a hundred million deaths in Russia and China. And of course there might have never been an Israel. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The second crime to occur on November 22nd was the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. I am convinced that JFK was killed on the 53rd anniversary of the creation of the Federal Reserve because he had issued Executive Order 11110 on June 4, 1963.&lt;br /&gt; That order created silver certificates as legal tender to replace Federal Reserve Notes. To issue money under the Federal Reserve system you first have to create a debt. Under both the Kennedy and Lincoln systems the government issued debt free money. If those men had lived, we would not have had Depressions, inflations and a huge government debt. We also probably would not have had so many wars.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There were other reasons for killing President Kennedy. &lt;a href=http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/vanunu.html&gt;Mordechai Vanunu told us that Israel wanted Kennedy dead because he opposed their acquisition of nuclear weapons.&lt;/a&gt; Related to that is the death of his son JFK Jr. &lt;a href=http://gcnlive.com/Archives2009/sep09/Nutrimedical/0916093.mp3&gt;Barry Chamish said Israel killed him too.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://uruknet.info/index.php?p=m60265&amp;hd=&amp;size=1&amp;l=e&gt;Palestinian Ministry of Prisoners' affairs: Israeli army kidnapped 6200 children since 2000 &lt;/a&gt; Israeli occupation forces have kidnapped about 6,200 Palestinian children since the beginning of Al Aqsa Intifada (2000), including approximately 337 children still detained in Israeli prisons and interrogation centers. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://uruknet.com/index.php?p=m60315&amp;hd=&amp;size=1&amp;l=e&gt;Interview with Doctor Thabet El Masri&lt;/a&gt; Thabet El Masri is the Director of the Intensive Care Unit at the Shifa Hospital  ...  In July 2009, there were in Shifa Hospital 15 such cases, compared to 10 in 2008; in August 2009, there were 20 cases, compared to 10 in 2008 ; and in September 2009, 15 such babies were born, compared to 11 in 2008. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/?p=584&gt;Gaza Children Need Justice&lt;/a&gt; The Gaza Community Mental Health Programme (GCMHP) said on Thursday that the deep wound that the children of Gaza were suffering due to the Israeli brutal aggressions could be cured only if justice is brought to those children. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://uruknet.com/index.php?p=m60257&amp;hd=&amp;size=1&amp;l=e&gt;New poll: 53% of Israelis think ethnic cleansing is the solution to the conflict&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125875420517357953.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLTopStories&gt;U.S. Enlists Allies in New Surge &lt;/a&gt; I think Afghanistan is the limiting experience of the Israeli-American Empire. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOQvRkojNls&gt;Short Video: Obama to Troops: "You are a photo op".&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/19/news/economy/debt_interest/&gt;$4.8 trillion - Interest on U.S. debt&lt;/a&gt; Here's a new way to think about the U.S. government's epic borrowing: More than half of the $9 trillion in debt that Uncle Sam is expected to build up over the next decade will be interest. More than half. In fact, $4.8 trillion. Not if the Treasury takes over the Federal Reserve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=111760&amp;sectionid=351020104&gt;IAEA speaks out against fresh sanctions on Iran&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/TPV3/Voices.php/2009/11/20/zionist-control-of-britain-s-government--2009&gt;Zionist Control of Britain’s Government: 1940-2009&lt;/a&gt; “After so many years of setting the tone, bribing UK politicians and controlling the BBC they (Zionists) are used to being untouchable.” (Gilad Atzmon, “Britain Must de-Zionist Itself Immediately,” Nov. 17, 2009, MWC News). “Britain must de-Zionise itself immediately,” &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.roguegovernment.com/&gt;Military experiment seeks to predict PTSD&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/nov/20/goldman-sachs-bonus-shareholder-row&gt;Shareholders demand Goldman bonuses. Investment bank under fire again as investors protest at record bonuses of $717,000 each&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/57454&gt; CBO: By 2019, Taxpayers Will Pay $196 Billion A Year for Obamacare, But 24 Million People Will Remain Uninsured &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/20/AR2009112002618_pf.html&gt;David Broder: A budget-buster in the making&lt;/a&gt; The challenge to Congress -- and to Obama -- remains the same: Make the promised savings real, and don't pass along unfunded programs to our children and grandchildren. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17102&gt;The Death Blow to Climate Science&lt;/a&gt; A very large file (61 mb) was downloaded and posted to the web. Phil Jones Director of the CRU has acknowledged the files are theirs. They contain papers, documents letters and emails. The latter are the most damaging and contain blunt information about the degree of manipulation of climate science in general and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in particular. Climate science hijacked and corrupted by this small group of scientists &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/11/hackers-prove-global-warming-is-scam.html&gt;Mish Shedlock: Beware The Ice Age Cometh: Hackers Prove Global Warming Is A Scam &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 47 out of 91 models listed in Chapter 9 assume that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is increasing at the rate of 1% a year when the measured rate of increase, for the past 33 years, has been 0.4% a year. The assumption of false figures in models in order to boost future projections is fraudulent. What other figures are falsely exaggerated in the same way? &lt;a href=http://www.anelegantchaos.org/cru/&gt;Alleged CRU Emails - Searchable&lt;/a&gt; You can either search using the keyword search box above, or use the links below to browse them 25 emails at a time. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/20/AR2009112004052_pf.html&gt;Conflict deepens crisis in Yemen&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/demjanjuk_fights_201.html&gt;Jim Traficant: DEMJANJUK FIGHTS FOR LIFE&lt;/a&gt; Those 100 pages saved the life of John Demjanjuk at his earlier Israeli trial. They contained the testimony of 17 witnesses about Treblinka. All 17 identified “Ivan”: 1. He was taller than John Demjanjuk; 2. He had dark hair, not blond like John Demjanjuk; 3. He was nine years older than John Demjanjuk; 4. He had a long scar on his neck. There was also a photo of two SS Nazi guards who had been identified by one of the witnesses, who said: “The short guard with pistol is Tkachuk. The tall guard is the man the Jewish prisoners feared the most, ‘Ivan Grozny’—IVAN MARCHENKO.” All 17 witnesses identified a man named Ivan Marchenko as “Ivan the Terrible.” &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Demjanjuk is on trial again in Israel's client state Germany.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://oldthinkernews.com/Articles/oldthinker%20news/new_eu_president_herman_van_romp.htm&gt;New EU President Rompuy announces 2009 as "first year of global governance"&lt;/a&gt; New EU president confirms New World Order &lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXWeOa-FuyM&amp;feature=player_embedded &gt;Video Version&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/ice-cancels-dxy-trades-after-impossible-action-moves-index-9-higher-plunge-enforcement-team-&gt;This story is explained by Max Keiser in the next entry.  ICE Cancels DXY Trades After "Impossible" Action Moves Index 9% Higher, $ Plunge Enforcement Team Arrives At Crime &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://ia341327.us.archive.org/0/items/MaxKeiserRadio-TheTruthAboutMarkets-21November2009/tam-211109.mp3&gt;Mak Keiser explains what happened on Friday in the London Commodities market that forced the cancellation of dollar trades&lt;/a&gt; Max Keiser said the insiders who were shorting gold needed to knock down the price of gold. Knowing this was impossible what they did was to use program derivative trading to temporarily spike the price of the dollar and bring down gold a couple of percent so they could unload their short positions without wiping out their Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan bonuses. They over did it and sent the dollar too high. This forced the cancellation of dollar contracts. We will have to wait and see what stunts they pull the next time their gold futures contracts expire. They might have to stop shorting gold. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://seekingalpha.com/article/174528-options-trader-friday-outlook-is-goldman-sachs-stupid-or-evil?source=yahoo&gt;Options Trader Friday Outlook: Is Goldman Sachs Stupid, Or Evil?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.alternet.org/rights/143990/economic_crisis_is_getting_bloody_--_violent_deaths_are_now_following_evictions%2C_foreclosures_and_job_losses?page=entire&gt; Economic Crisis Is Getting Bloody -- Violent Deaths Are Now Following Evictions, Foreclosures and Job Losses&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCPW6EXa8-o&gt; Video: Shlomo Sand Speaks (On The Creation of The Jewish People)&lt;/a&gt; Shlomo Sand Ph.D The Leading Israeli historian evaluates the national myth of the Jewish exile from the promised land All modern nation states have a story of their origins, passed down through both official and popular culture, and yet few of these accounts have proved as divisive and influential as the Israeli national myth. The well-known tale of Jewish exile at the hands of the Romans during the first century AD, and the assertion of both cultural and racial continuity through to the Jewish people of the present day, resonates far beyond Israels borders.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/current_20091119_23321.mp3&gt;Get Out Of My Country&lt;/a&gt; Malalai Joya was 27-years-old when she became the youngest person elected to the new Afghan Parliament. She’s now suspended from Parliament for criticizing other MPs and accusing many of being warlords and criminals. She calls Afghanistan’s democracy a farce and says her country’s liberation is a lie. She has written a book called A Woman Among Warlords. Malalai Joya was in Toronto. She wants all NATO troops out of Afghanistan. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/26742/&gt;A Letter From An Angry woman Voter&lt;/a&gt; I want you to stop coddling illegal immigrants and secure our borders  ... The TARP bill, I want it repealed and I want no further funding supplied to it  ... Universal healthcare. I will not be rushed into another expensive decision. Don't you dare try to pass this in the middle of the night and then go on break. Slow down  ...  Redistribution of wealth. No, no, no. I work for my money. It is mine  ...  corporate bailouts. Knock it off. Sink or swim like the rest of us  ...  Unprecedented quick spending. Stop it now  ...  Listen to the people. Let's just slow down and get some input from some nonpoliticians  ...  From my perspective, it seems that all of you have gone insane. I also know that I am far from alone in these feelings. Stop treating us like we're morons &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJr-ZhZ7t2Q&gt;Video: Catherine Austin Fitts on Alex Jones TV &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE5AI5AP20091119&gt;State, local budget cuts a "time bomb" for jobs&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doJ9rUQt5h8&gt;CIA Secret 'Torture' Prison Found at Fancy Horseback Riding Academy&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8SB5lTF49A&gt;Video: Max Keiser and Mish Shedlock discuss unemployment&lt;/a&gt; Mish sees no unemployment fix before 2020 even using rosy scenarios. Mish says the yen will crash before the dollar. Mish says he does not know which currency will implode first but he is certain that one will implode. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://commoditytradealert.com/blog/?p=3942&gt;Russia’s Central Bank Set to Buy 965,000 oz (30 metric tons) of Gold by Year End&lt;/a&gt; The cash paid for the gold will be used by the Finance Ministry to cover next year’s state budget deficit, predicted at 6.8% of GDP. This year Russia is running a deficit of 7.7% of GDP. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/after-yesterdays-victory-paul-grayson-bernankes-confirmation-now-jeopardy&gt;After Yesterday's Victory For Paul-Grayson, Is Bernanke's Confirmation Now In Jeopardy?&lt;/a&gt; The Audit The Fed bill passed committee. Is the next step to stop the re-appointment of Ben Bernanke as FED Chairman?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.infowars.com/obama-allies-want-new-tax-to-pay-for-cost-of-protecting-afghan-opium-fields-bribing-taliban/&gt;Obama Allies Want New Tax To Pay For Cost Of Protecting Afghan Opium Fields, Bribing Taliban &lt;/a&gt; Not content with savaging American taxpayers with two huge new financial burdens during an economic recession, in the form of health care reform and cap and trade, close allies of Barack Obama have proposed a new war surtax that will force Americans to foot the bill for the cost of protecting opium fields in Afghanistan, paying off drug lords, and bribing the Taliban. Warning that the cost of occupying Afghanistan is a threat to the Democrats’ plan to overhaul health care, lawmakers have announced their plan to make Americans pay an additional war tax that will be taken directly from their income&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.usatoday.com/money/markets/2009-11-20-silver20_ST_N.htm&gt;Silver price soars on heavy demand, high hopes for gains&lt;/a&gt; Silver has soared to $18.45 an ounce from $10.79 at the start of 2009, a 71% gain&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/20/missouri-gop-billboard/&gt;New Missouri billboard tells Americans to ‘prepare for war’ against the government&lt;/a&gt; This was posted at a Leftist website. They have 395 comments so far. None support revolution which is odd for socialists. Many think the ad is racist. And many say that it is illegal to revolt against the government. One said the CIA should suicide the billboard owner. Another said the FBI should because the CIA is not allowed to operate domestically. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.prisonplanet.com/the-truth-behind-chinas-currency-peg.html&gt; Peter Schiff The Truth Behind China’s Currency Peg &lt;/a&gt; If we position ourselves to deal with the consequences, tough love from China will provide a path back to genuine economic growth. However, if our politicians continue to misread the problem and push us deeper in the red, the inevitable ‘rebalancing’ could be truly ruinous  ... My opinion: To go cold turkey from Chinese money we would need to 1) take over the FED and 2) one solution will be to send 12,000,000 to 22,000,000 illegal aliens home. And to cancel those H1-B visas. This will get Americans back to work. It will allow us to cut government spending at all levels. This will be critical as we currently borrow 56 cents of every dollar we spend. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.businessinsider.com/where-the-wild-things-are-mauldin-2009-11&gt;The Fed Is Bailing Out Every Bank In The World&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC1nJ61l-h4&gt;Video: Chimp Vs Human - Memory Test&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.rense.com/general88/school.htm&gt;Real School Absence Excuse Notes Spellings Have Been Left Intact&lt;/a&gt; 1. My son is under a doctor's care and should not take PE today. Please execute him. 2. Please exkuce lisa for being absent she was sick and i had her shot. 3. Dear school: please ecsc's john being absent on jan. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and also 33. 4. Please excuse gloria from jim today. She is administrating. 5. Please excuse roland from p.e. for a few days. 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James David Manning on Alex Jones TV: Obama Going for Broke!!&lt;/a&gt; Two videos for your consideration. &lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6OYdqFuTrs&gt;Webster Tarpley: Is Obama a Wall Street project?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are three dangers facing America. The first is what I have called the long term credit cycle. It is part of a deliberate plan to transfer all wealth from those of us who work and make things and perform services to those who have given themselves the license to print our money. As soon as I saw Obama's spending plans , I said that he will blow up the budget and the dollar before the end of his first year in office. I think he was deliberately selected to become President so he could crash the dollar and prepare us for a lifetime of slavery on the new World plantation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are close to the transition period as the dollar will not last much longer. The people who put him where he is could easily get America involved in a war with Iran. Webster Tarpley said Bush and Cheney were bullies and only attacked Iraq after 12 years of sanctions had weakened them. That is why Tarpley is thinking they will try to start a proxy war in Pakistan or in Yemen. Yemen is in a civil war with warring factions supported by the Saudis and the Iranians. This would be an ideal war because it would drive up the price of oil and soak up the 4 trillion dollars in excess reserves floating around the world. Any conflict could force overseas investors to stash their cash in New York for safe keeping.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is another danger. Obama could take the world with him if he thought he was going to lose. He lives for the adulation of the crowds. His popularity is dropping daily and we have 2 months to go to the end of his first year in office. Tarpley has been looking for the peace movement to rev up again. So am I. Tarpley said there will be an anti-war demonstration in Washington on December 12th which is a Saturday. Unfortunately, that will be after the decision to escalate the war in Afghanistan has been made. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tarpley often wonders why there is no robust peace movement in the US. I will tell you why. First: The Left in America is controlled by Jewish people whose first loyalty is to Israel. Second: Martin Luther King was murdered precisely so there would be no effective anti-war movement as that would spoil Israel's fun. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/19/AR2009111900904_pf.html&gt;White House aides: No Afghan decision before Thanksgiving. Obama to the Troops: 'You guys make a pretty good photo op'... &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.komu.com/satellite/SatelliteRender/KOMU.com/ba8a4513-c0a8-2f11-0063-9bd94c70b769/bd91d06c-80ce-0971-01c1-1e65be782951&gt;Marine Fights for His Life and Fair Compensation&lt;/a&gt; The VA won't pay for one Marine's injury. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lance Cpl. Josef Lopez deployed to Iraq in 2006 when he was 20 years-old. He enlisted in the Marine Corps fresh out of high school and was enthusiastic about serving to protect the lives of others. He never thought that he would almost lose his own life from something as routine as a vaccination. "I started having trouble walking," Lopez said. "There was a numbness that started in my feet and gradually worked it's way up." After being overseas only nine days Lopez had trouble with his legs tingling. Literally overnight he was paralyzed. The sensation worked its way up and soon he couldn't use his arms. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33UU6MKuWSE&gt;Video 32% Inflation in UCLA Tuition Causes Near Riots (14 Arrested, 1 Tasered)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Most of the rioters are white. Minorities are more likely to get scholarships paid for by white and Asian taxpayers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lalVqTXAgkk&gt;Video: Tiny Tim Geithner-I Won't Resign&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://thehill.com/homenews/house/68451-jackson-you-cant-vote-against-healthcare-and-call-yourself-a-black-man=&gt;Jesse Jackson: 'You can't vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man'&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6qfTgyoVX8&amp;feature=player_embedded#&gt;Video: Max Keiser Debut Russia Today Show&lt;/a&gt; Max says that the German Central Bank is buying gold. The Housing bill that extends tax credits to new home buyers also gives much bigger retroactive tax credits to builders. He also has a PBS clip on Brooksley Born's clash with Greenspan, Summers and Rubin over CDS. Max interviews Danny Schecter who wrote Plunder which is about Wall Street's theft of a few trillion dollars. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onNzrNEFs1E&gt;Video: Apologize to the World Mr. Wallace and Return that Emmy&lt;/a&gt; Mike Wallace caught lying about Iran in order to start a war fro Israel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://republicanleader.house.gov/blog/?p=690&gt;Sen. Reid’s Government-Run Health Plan Requires a Monthly Abortion Fee&lt;/a&gt; Beginning on line 7, p. 118, section 1303 under “Voluntary Choice of Coverage of Abortion Services” the Health and Human Services Secretary is given the authority to determine when abortion is allowed under the government-run health plan. Leader Reid’s plan also requires that at least one insurance plan offered in the Exchange covers abortions (line 13, p. 120). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is even more alarming is that a monthly abortion premium will be charged of all enrollees in the government-run health plan. It’s right there beginning on line 11, page 122, section 1303, under “Actuarial Value of Optional Service Coverage.” The premium will be paid into a U.S. Treasury account – and these federal funds will be used to pay for the abortion services. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&amp;address=102x4153770&gt;Two pedestrian bridges on Venezuela-Colombia border dynamited this AM&lt;/a&gt; CNN en Español has been running a story all afternoon that men dressed as Venezuelan troops blew up two pedestrian bridges over the Santander River on the Venezuela-Colombia border. Colombian ministers denounced the actions today in both the OAS and the UN. Cnnenespañol.com does not yet have an article on the story. The demolition took place in the early morning hours, and no one was hurt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/11/17-tax-increases.html&gt;17 Tax Increases in Senate Health Care Bill = $370.2 Billion&lt;/a&gt; 40% excise tax on health coverage in excess of $8,500/$23,000 ($149.1 billion)  ...  Conform definition of medical expenses ($5.0 billion)  ...  Increase penalty for nonqualified health savings account distributions to 20% ($1.3 billion) ...  Limit health flexible spending arrangements in cafeteria plans to $2,500 ($14.6 billion)  ...  Require information reporting on payments to corporations ($17.1 billion)  ...  Additional requirements for section 501(c)(3) hospitals (negligible revenue effects)  ... Impose annual fee on manufacturers &amp; importers of branded drugs ($22.2 billion)  ...  Impose annual fee on manufacturers &amp; importers of medical devices ($19.3 billion)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/11/the-100-million-health-care-vote.html&gt;The $100 Million Health Care Vote Of Mary Landrieu?&lt;/a&gt; On page 432 of the Reid bill, there is a section increasing federal Medicaid subsidies for “certain states recovering from a major disaster.” The section spends two pages defining which “states” would qualify, saying, among other things, that it would be states that “during the preceding 7 fiscal years” have been declared a “major disaster area.” I am told the section applies to exactly one state:  Louisiana, the home of moderate Democrat Mary Landrieu, who has been playing hard to get on the health care bill.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125866320178356259.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLTopStories&gt;Mayors Sound Alarm Over Drop in City Revenues &lt;/a&gt; they are facing a once-in-a-generation fiscal crisis and that federal stimulus funds have, so far, been largely unhelpful in helping them balance budgets hit by steep drops in nearly every source of municipal revenue  ...  because the lion's share of their receipts -- sales, income and property taxes -- are connected to the job market and real-estate prices&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://commoditytradealert.com/blog/?p=3919&gt;Dollar Down: Fed officials, Fisher and Plosser, play down impact of weak dollar&lt;/a&gt; The dollar has fallen 7 percent so far this year and likely has become a funding vehicle for bets on higher-yielding currencies in growing emerging markets. Fisher said he is concerned growth will fall short of 3 percent in 2010 and unemployment will remain high for a prolonged period. “This is not a very jobful recovery,” he said. This is also from Karl Denninger: &lt;a href=http://commoditytradealert.com/blog/?p=3912&gt;T-Bill Yields Turn Negative&lt;/a&gt; The last time Bill yields turned negative (in essence investors paying the Government to hold their money for them) was in the days after the Lehman bankruptcy, when the entire world was about to blow up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/giuliani-decides-not-run-ny-governor&gt;Giuliani Decides Not To Run For NY Governor&lt;/a&gt; Giuliani was hounded by We Are Change demonstrators when he ran for President. They wanted to know how he knew in advance WTC 7 was going to collapse. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/foreign-currency-swap-amendment-passes-house-financial-services-committee&gt;Foreign Currency Swap Amendment Passes House Financial Services Committee &lt;/a&gt; The amendment proposed by Alan Grayson and Ron Paul to require the written concurrence by the Treasury Secretary prior to engaging in any foreign currency swaps, has passed. No more will Mr. Geithner be able to wash his hands when he bails out the banks that hold trillion dollar short positions and keep crushing the dollar, until such time as the biggest groupthink trade de jour unwinds and the BOE, the ECB and SNB come crying to papa Tim asking for a few hundred billion. That, plus Mr. Bernanke will be forced to disclose and get the approval of the TurboTax expert when he feels like providing his fellow fiat money printers a helping hand as they continue to rape and pillage the dollar's purchasing power.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/19/panicked-about-jobs-house_n_364416.html&gt;White House Rebuke: Angry Black Democrats Shut Down Vote&lt;/a&gt; A bloc of African American House Democrats, angry and worried that not enough is being done about high unemployment by the administration, forced the postponement of a much-anticipated vote Thursday on comprehensive financial regulation reform. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/gold-holdings-country&gt;Gold Holdings By Country&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;America's gold holdings require an asterisk. It has never been audited and verified. There is another problem in that banks like Goldman Sachs have leased the gold so we might not have title. This is another reason to audit the Federal Reserve. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.dollarcollapse.com/iNP/view.asp?ID=115&gt;Well-Written, Well-Timed: The Dollar Meltdown&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.zerohedge.com/article/world-gold-council-provides-third-quarter-update-gold-demand-trends&gt;World Gold Council Provides Third Quarter Update 
