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10 Things That Every American Should Know About The Federal Reserve The Economic Collapse - The Federal Reserve has more power over the performance of the U.S. economy than anyone else does. The Federal Reserve controls the money supply, the Federal Reserve sets the interest rates and the Federal Reserve hands out bailouts to the big banks that absolutely dwarf anything that Congress ever did. If the American people are ever going to learn what is really going on with our economy, then it is absolutely imperative that they get educated about the Federal Reserve. As close as a civilian without access can get --- several signs say DO NOT STOP -- high security around the facility (rightfully so btw) .. so of course we did not stop at the plant and ask for a tour --- but the shots are still great from the road! The facility is still steaming from near the reactor buildings -- as well as from the normal stacks. I would NOT recommend hanging out near the direct area where this steam is venting (in my opinion). Even a drive by with the amount of steam that was released gives me slight worry. (even though the levels are reported as safe -- even though my geiger counters returned 48CPM -- still makes me nervous knowing small amounts are free floating in the air). Clearly -- NO ONE is around outside --- no workers taking tests like one might think they would be doing after a venting issue. http://www.youtube.com/user/dutchsinse?blend=1&ob=5 |
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Oil rises above $101 as Middle East tensions rise
BANGKOK (AP) -- Oil rose above $101 a barrel Wednesday in Asia as escalating tensions in the Middle East outweighed lingering concerns about Greece's ability to implement austerity measures to resolve its debt crisis.
VIDEO: (Un)friendly dictatorship puzzle: Democracy lessons in Bahrain
Washington has been arming Bahrain’s ruling dynasty against protesters, and now demanding that the “dictator must go” in Syria. Why such a difference? Right – Bahrain hosts the US' Fifth Fleet, the “free world” defender crucial in containing Iran.... They insist that the Syrian "dictator" step down from his post, while experts say the violent opposition receives not-so-humanitarian aid from the West to achieve its goals. At the same time, Bahraini demonstrators face the grenades and tear gas the al-Khalifa dynasty has been importing from the US to maintain “stability.”
Bulgaria refuses to ratify ACTA
RT - Bulgaria has become the sixth country that has refused to support the international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)... Bulgarian authorities have made the decision to halt the already signed agreement after street protests. Thousands marched through the capital Sofia and 16 other cities.
U.S. carrier crosses Hormuz amid rising Gulf tensions
(Reuters) - A U.S. aircraft carrier strike group sailed through the Strait of Hormuz Tuesday more than a month after Iran warned a different carrier -- USS John C. Stennis -- not to return to the Gulf as Iranian navy boats sailed by.... "If you listen to the (Iranian) rhetoric ... you might think that there are some tensions," Admiral Troy Shoemaker, commander of the carrier strike group nine, told Reuters.
VIDEO: Navy Seals Say False Flag to be Blamed on Iran May Happen at Anytime says Ed Asner
Kurt Nimmo - Navy Seals told Asner a military action against Iran is forthcoming and will be preceded by a false flag attack.... Asner said it is up to the American people to recognize and prevent an imminent false flag operation and stop another disastrous war before it gets started. He said the Navy Seals are now coming forward because they are worried that an Iran false flag attack “runs the danger” of creating a “world-wide conflict if it gets out of hand.”
Israeli attack on Iran would be complex operation
USA Today - If Israel attacked Iran's nuclear facilities, the strike would probably take the form of a complex air assault involving scores of planes that would have to penetrate Iranian air defenses and attack up to a couple of dozen targets simultaneously, analysts say. "This would be way more sophisticated than anything that's ever been done before," said Charles Wald, a retired Air Force general who led the coalition air campaign in Afghanistan that helped topple the Taliban.
VIDEO: Israel blames Iran for Bangkok blasts
Telegraph -Israel's defence minister has accused Iran of being behind a bombing that rocked a crowded residential area of Bangkok on Tuesday. Ehud Barak said Tuesday's explosion "proves once again that Iran and its proxies continue to perpetrate terror". He said that Iran and its Lebanese ally Hizbollah are "unrelenting terror elements endangering the stability of the region and endangering the stability of the world". "We know who carried out the terror attacks, we know who sent them, and Israel will settle the score with them," he said.
US, Europe look at fast but risky penalty on Iran
The Obama administration wants Iran evicted from SWIFT, an independent financial clearinghouse that is crucial to the country's overseas oil sales. That would leapfrog the current slow-pressure campaign of sanctions aimed at persuading Iran to drop what the U.S. and its allies contend is a drive toward developing and building nuclear weapons. It also perhaps would buy time for the U.S. to persuade Israel not to launch a pre-emptive military strike on Iran this spring.
Heightened Security in US Over Iran Threat
ABC News - With Iran allegedly striking out at Israeli citizens and Jewish targets around the world, Israeli and American security officials in the U.S. are on high alert. "We expect it and we are ready," one senior Israeli official told ABC News. Israeli officials told ABC News that the level of personal security on high-ranking Embassy officials as well as other, lower profile officials in the U.S. is at its highest in at least five years, a response to what they called "a coordinated series of attacks." When Israeli officials travel to and from events, ABC News has observed a notable increase in the security presence.
Muslim Brotherhood Warns U.S. Aid Cut May Affect Egypt’s Peace Treaty With Israel
CNS News – A top Muslim Brotherhood official has warned that any cuts in U.S. aid to Egypt could affect Cairo’s peace treaty with Israel – the latest sign that Egypt’s emerging political forces intend to call Washington’s bluff over the diplomatic dispute triggered by a crackdown on non-governmental organizations.... Any U.S. aid cut to Egypt, top MB lawmaker Essam el-Erian told the pan-Arabic al-Hayat newspaper, would violate the U.S.-brokered 1979 peace agreement with Israel.
The Bankers’ Next Meal: Portugal
Dollar Collapse - It looks like Greece will get its debt restructuring, which presumably delays its collapse by a few months. So now the spotlight shifts to the other functionally bankrupt eurozone countries which have no choice but to demand the same deal. Portugal, by general consensus, is next in line. It hasn’t blatantly lied about its problems the way Greece has. And it hasn’t accumulated quite as much debt as Greece, though at 105% of GDP its government is still deep in the danger zone.
'Lay down your arms!' Anonymous attacks US tear-gas maker
RT - Hackers have sent a sweet Valentine to an American weapons manufacturer, knocking out its website. The group says it was an act of retaliation for the company’s arming of security forces against pro-democracy protests in Egypt, Bahrain, and the US.
Pentagon wants $3 billion for the War in Iraq that we thought was over
Wired News - Thought the Iraq war was over? The Obama administration certainly wants you to think so, the better for its re-election campaign. Inconvenient fact, though: The Pentagon is asking for nearly $3 billion for a war it isn’t actually fighting. To be specific, the Pentagon’s brand-new budget request asks for $2.9 billion for what it calls “Post-Operation NEW DAWN (OND)/Iraq Activities.” That’s almost as much money as the Pentagon spends on Darpa, its mad-science arm. And there are practically no U.S. troops in Iraq.
What money? Ponzi scheme cash not too dirty for Obama & Co.
RT - A number of prominent US politicians, including President Barack Obama, are refusing to comply with a federal court order that they return donations from a known Ponzi scheme. The funds amount to $1.8 million in losses for the bilked investors.
Do TV Networks 'Practice' for War?
Alexander Cockburn's latest piece at CounterPunch (2/10/12) included this from a tipster: I was visiting ABC News the other day to see a friend who works on graphics. When I went to his room, he showed me all the graphics he was making in anticipation of the Israeli attack on Iran; not just maps, but flight patterns, trajectories and 3-D models of
U.S. aircraft carrier fleets. But what was most disturbing--was that ABC, and presumably other networks, have been rehearsing these scenarios for over two weeks...
Congress to Holder: Quit
American Free Press - Republican lawmakers on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee called on Attorney General Eric Holder to resign even as the country’s top lawyer dodged questions about his involvement in what many are calling a criminal scheme by the U.S. government to traffic weapons to Mexican drug gangs. During his testimony, Holder ranted angrily about the alleged “unfairness” of him having to answer questions about why he used bogus documents to conceal the fact that weapons sold in the government gunrunning operation were used to murder U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.
VIDEO: Susan Daniels Discloses New Evidence Orly Taitz Refused To Allow Presented At Georgia Hearing
BirtherReport.com - Dr. Manning Interviews Private Investigator Susan Daniels About Obama's Connecticut Social Security Number.
100,000 Petitions Sent To Sheriff Joe Arpaio In Support Of Obama Eligibility Investigation
BirtherReport.com - Officials with Grassfire Nation, a key coordinating group for tea-party-type activities and issues, say the Department of Justice’s investigation of Maricopa, Ariz., County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is nothing more than a political attack. And to offer encouragement to the sheriff, Darla Dawald, representing the Grassfire Nation group, has presented Arpaio with a petition of some 100,000 signatures from people who have declared their support for the law-enforcement officer.
NYPD Stops And Questions Record-Breaking 1,900 People A Day
Federal Jack - In 2010, when the NYPD broke its previousall-time-high record for stop-and-frisks with a sensational 601,055 street stops, many “frisk fans” said there was no way NYPers could top that in 2011! But Coach Ray Kelly’s dream team has just clinched another champion season, breaking the previous record by stopping and questioning an all-time-high of 684,330 people.
911 IS A JOKE: Detroit citizens no longer rely on police as self-defense killings skyrocket
The Daily - The people of Detroit are taking no prisoners. Justifiable homicide in the city shot up 79 percent in 2011 from the previous year, as citizens in the long-suffering city armed themselves and took matters into their own hands. The local rate of self-defense killings now stands 2,200 percent above the national average. Residents, unable to rely on a dwindling police force to keep them safe, are fighting back against the criminal scourge on their own. And they’re offering no apologies.
YouTube: Police Officer Caught On Tape Saying He Can "Make Up" Evidence
KOMO 4 News February 13, 2012.
VIDEO: Female Passengers Say They’re Targeted By TSA
CBS News - Women passengers complain that TSA agents are targeting them for extra screening. The Transportation Security Administration has a policy to randomly select people for extra screening, but some female passengers are complaining. They believe there is nothing “random” about the way they were picked.
Private prison company offers to buy 48 states’ prisons
Raw Story - In exchange for keeping at least a 90 percent occupancy rate, the private prison company Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) has sent a letter to 48 states offering to manage their prisons for the low price of $250 million per year, according to a letter obtained by the Huffington Post.
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YouTube: Reality Check: GOP Scrambles Under Allegations of Rampant Voter Fraud In Maine Caucus
FOX News Feb 14, 2012 - More details on the vote count fraud in Maine.
Maine objections getting serious?
Politico - As far as national political types are concerned, the Maine presidential caucus has been over and done with since Saturday; Ron Paul supporters' objections to the outcome have been treated more or less as sore-loser griping. The Bangor Daily News reports, however, that local complaints about the Maine process have been building, as communities that held their caucuses before Feb. 11 learn that their votes didn't necessarily factor into the statewide count:
YouTube: Doug Wead Interview On Maddow About Maine & Delegates
MSNBC February 14, 2012.
“No One But Ron Paul” Money Bomb Aims To Raise $3m
Steve Watson - Supporters of GOP presidential contender Ron Paul have today kicked off a money bomb and hope to raise over $3 million in an effort to bolster the campaign coffers ahead of Super Tuesday and the upcoming primaries in Arizona and Michigan.
“No one will stop the corrupt politicians. No one will repeal the Patriot Act. No one has a plan to balance the budget. No one understands the economy. No one but Ron Paul.” declares a slick promotional video for the fundraiser.
FORBES: The Empire Of Liberty: Thomas Jefferson, Ron Paul And The Sacred Fire Of Freedom
Who stands in opposition to “the [central] bank of the United States, public debt, a navy, a standing army, American manufacturing, federally funded improvement of the interior, the role of a world power, military glory, an extensive foreign ministry, loose construction of the Constitution, and subordination of the states to the federal government”? Hint, these words were not written about Rep. Ron Paul.
YouTube: Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk: The Latest Obamacare Overreach
Ron Paul's weekly report for 2/13/12. Transcript below the video, or listen by calling 888-322-1414.
Citizens Sue To Force Government To Stop Linking Votes
BlackBoxVoting.org - Public officials now admit they can see how you voted and link it to your name. This issue affects Colorado, almost all of Washington State, as well as some locations in California, Hawaii, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia and likely other states as well. If you vote by mail or at combined-precinct "vote centers" your vote may be viewable by public officials and/or vendors.
Study: 1.8 Million Dead People Still Registered To Vote
A new report by the Pew Center on the States finds that more than 1.8 million dead people are currently registered to vote. And 24 million registrations are either invalid or inaccurate.
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NYPD 'pepper-spray cop' sued by OWS protesters
RT - Anthony Bologna is back in hot-water. Bologna, the NYPD officer-turned-YouTube legend, is being sued by the two young women he infamously assaulted with blasts of pepper-spray on the streets of New York during the early days of Occupy Wall Street.
Occupy and Tea Party Join Forces to Defeat Unconstitutional NDAA
Activist Post - In what many activists have been hoping to see for quite a while, it appears that some in the Occupy movement and the Tea Party have finally found a bit of common ground
| Economy |
Obama Cites Rising Gas Prices – Up 83 Percent Under His Tenure – Among Reasons to Extend Payroll Tax Cut
CNS News - President Barack Obama listed rising gas prices as among the many reasons to extend the payroll tax cut Tuesday, flanked by individuals the White House promoted as being affected by $40 per paycheck the average American would lose if the tax cut is not extended at the end of February.
Holdren at Science Budget Briefing: “Leaner and Meaner” Despite $2.6 Billion for “Global Change Research”
Jurriaan Maessen - At the annual science budget briefing yesterday [video], white house science czar John P. Holdren took a swipe at the United States Congress for cutting the appropriated budget for the Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP) from 2011 to 2012. Holdren, who heads the Office, also expressed hope that Congress “will see fit to boost us back up to the level requested by the President for 2013.”
| Energy & Environment |
Another solar company goes under
In the latest setback for the solar energy industry, Auburn Hills-based Energy Conversion Devices said today that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and intends to sell its assets, including its main subsidiary United Solar Ovonic.
Proof electric cars DO cause more pollution than normal ones: Study shows impact is worse than petrol-powered vehicles
Daily Mail - They have been heralded as the environmentally friendly solution to getting around, especially in towns and cities. But new research in China shows that electric cars have an overall impact on pollution that could be more harmful to health than conventional vehicles. A study of pollution in 34 Chinese cities has found that the electricity generated by power stations to drive electric vehicles leads to more fine particle emissions than petrol-powered transport.
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Ron Paul reintroduces Parental Consent Act, prohibiting federal funding for psychiatric screening of children
Ron Paul reintroduces Parental Consent Act, prohibiting federal funding for psychiatric screening of children
(NaturalNews) As a practicing physician, Paul has the most insight into what is right - and wrong - with the U.S. healthcare system among all the GOP candidates. As such, when he re-introduces legislation such as the Parental Consent Act, which he first proposed in 2009 and which would keep federal funds from being used to establish or implement any universal or mandatory mental health, psychiatric, or socioemotional screening program, you should listen.
The Latest Risky Fad to Hit Your Child's Pediatrician's Office
Dr. Mercola - The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is now giving their seal of approval for physicians, particularly pediatricians, to offer vaccinations to parents and close family members of babies who are too young to receive the immunizations themselves. They also suggest giving it to parents of children who, for a number of reasons, may not be "vaccine protected." Known as "cocooning,"
Moringa plays an important role for breastfeeding mothers, in diabetes, in cancer, and more
(NaturalNews) The moringa tree is grown in southeast Asia and Africa as a source of food. Tall seed pods grow from the flowers of the moringa tree, giving moringa the nickname "drumstick tree." Moringa leaf is found in some superfood recipes because of its high calcium and potassium content. Moringa leaf tea is used specifically by midwives to increase breast milk production in lactating mothers. According to an Agriculture Business Week news article, moringa leaf has been promoted by the World Health Organization (WHO) for years as an inexpensive health booster for poor countries.
Profits over People: Johnson & Johnson hid studies showing Risperdal drug caused diabetes, says victim
(NaturalNews) For the first time, an individual user of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) antipsychotic drug Risperdal is suing the pharmaceutical giant for allegedly committing fraud and lying about the safety of the drug. According to reports, Fletch Trammell, lawyer for the individual filing the suit, told a New Jersey jury that J&J knew as early as 1999 that Risperdal caused diabetes, but lied about it to the public in order to protect billions of dollars in sales.
Dr. Andrew Wakefield takes legal action against Brian Deer, BMJ and Godlee
(NaturalNews) The scandal involving Dr. Andrew Wakefield's case study research into the link between the combination measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism may go down as one of the biggest cases of malicious fraud in history... Dr. Wakefield is seeking to recover exemplary damages for the heinous libel, slander and defamation committed against him by the British Medical Journal...
CNN Hero of the Year 'Mother Robin' warns that GMOs may cause widespread umbilical cord deformities
(NaturalNews) Ibu Robin Lim is a world-renowned gentle-birth midwife, and the creator of the Bumi Sehat Birth Clinic in Bali (www.bumisehatbali.org). There, Lim offers guidance and midwifery services that result in the birth of over 600 babies.
State Inspectors Searching Children’s Lunch Boxes: “This Isn’t China, Is It?”
A mother in Hoke County complains her daughter was forced to eat a school lunch because a government inspector determined her home-made lunch did not meet nutrition requirements.... The mother, who doesn’t wish to be identified at this time, says she made her daughter a lunch that contained a turkey and cheese sandwich, a banana, apple juice and potato chips. A state inspector assessing the pre-K program at the school said the girl also needed a vegetable, so the inspector ordered a full school lunch tray for her. While the four-year-old was still allowed to eat her home lunch, the girl was forced to take a helping of chicken nuggets, milk, a fruit and a vegetable to supplement her sack lunch.
Toxic shock: Residents fear town’s troubled environmental past caused teens’ illness
The Daily - Many hoped life in this tidy village in western New York, upended by a bizarre outbreak of Tourette’s-like symptoms since the fall, could return to normal after doctors diagnosed nearly 20 teenage girls in the town with conversion disorder — in other words, mass hysteria. But in LeRoy, where months of national scrutiny have trained a harsh light onto the town’s murky environmental past, the diagnosis has failed to quiet fears that something else may be to blame. And it has raised broader questions among neighbors about whether the town, home to one of the largest Superfund sites in New York, is safe.
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Louisiana State Medical Board Disgraces Itself (Plus an Update on Dr. Burzynzki in Neighboring Texas)
ANH - Eight integrative doctors are under attack in Louisiana. We have discussed the biases of state medical boards against integrative practitioners—the problem is systemic across the US. Now there appears to be a pattern of abuse against CAM practitioners in Louisiana.
Matrix Assessment Profile (MAP) helps reveal solutions for fibromyalgia, chronic symptoms and vicious cycle disorder - Dr. DiCenso
(NaturalNews) Whether you are suffering from depression, anxiety, stress, fibromyalgia, arthritis, osteoporosis, artificial sweetener disease, IBS, nicotine addiction, mood swings, migraine headaches, lack of energy, or you just have a long list of chronic symptoms and no definitive diagnosis from a doctor, MAP testing is the most advanced, convenient and practical way to find the source and the cure without leaving the comfort of your own home.
4 Ways The FDA Proves It Doesn't Care About Your Health
Activist Post - The stated mission of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is to protect and promote public health through the regulation of everything from food products to pharmaceutical drugs. Based on the agency’s actions (or perhaps their severe lack of real action) however, it is quite apparent that this government organization has a blatant disregard for your health and is most certainly not in the business of ‘promoting’ health.
| Gardening, Farming & Homesteading |
300k farmers hope for lawsuit against Monsanto
RT - Around 300,000 organic farmers think that Monsanto, the biotech giant known for genetically modifying Mother Nature’s handwork for profit and pushing over the little guys all the while, is pretty seedy. Now a judge in New York is debating if Monsanto’s questionable methods will go before a jury. Judge Naomi Buchwald of the Southern District Court of New York says she will have a decision on March 31 in regards to whether a lawsuit waged against the mega-corporation Monsanto should make it to trial.
Monsanto accuse US farmers of ‘evading EPA rules’ for its freak-tech corn
Washington Post -Monsanto Co. and other seedmakers reported a threefold increase last year in U.S. farmers caught violating rules intended to stop insects from developing resistance to genetically modified corn. The rules affect farmers planting seeds modified to produce a toxin derived from Bacillus thuringiensis, or Bt, a natural insecticide. The Environmental Protection Agency requires those growers to also plant an adjacent area — a so-called refuge — of non-Bt corn so that bugs feed on both types of corn and don’t become immune to the toxin.
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VIDEO: Emmanuel Kelly - Living LIFE in Peace (tissues will be needed)
From X-Factor Australia, Iraqi-born Emmanuel Kelly tells the beautiful pro-life story of his rescue and adoption. When he and his brother were found as infants, they had no birth certificates and had been severely injured. Both were eventually adopted by their Australian mother, whom Kelly speaks of during his audition. Related article here.
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