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Military Donations: A visual aid.
Scott Barber
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then what does this picture say to you?
http://www.dailypaul.com/179080/if-a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words
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Lloyd's insurer sues Saudi Arabia for 'funding 9/11 attacks'
By Cahal Milmo, Chief Reporter
A Lloyd's insurance syndicate has begun a landmark legal case against Saudi Arabia, accusing the kingdom of indirectly funding al-Qa'ida and demanding the repayment of £136m it paid out to victims of the 9/11 attacks.
The Brighton-based Lloyd's 3500 syndicate, which paid $215m compensation to companies and individuals involved, alleges that the oil-rich Middle Eastern superpower bears primary responsibility for the atrocity because al-Qa'ida was supported by banks and charities acting as "agents and alter egos" for the Saudi state.
The detailed case, which names a number of prominent Saudi charities and banks as well as a leading member of the al-Saud royal family, will cause embarrassment to the Saudi government, which has long denied claims that Osama bin Laden's organisation received official financial and practical support from his native country.
Outlined in a 156-page document filed in western Pennsylvania, where United Airlines flight 93 crashed on 9/11, the claim suggests that the nine defendants "knowingly" provided resources, including funding, to al-Qa'ida in the years before the attack and encouraged anti-Western sentiment which increased support for the terror group.
The legal claim states: "Absent the sponsorship of al-Qa'ida's material sponsors and supporters, including the defendants named therein, al-Qa'ida would not have possessed the capacity to conceive, plan and execute the 11 September attacks. The success of al-Qa'ida's agenda, including the 11 September attacks themselves, has been made possible by the lavish sponsorship al-Qa'ida has received from its material sponsors and supporters over more than a decade leading up to 11 September 2001."
The Lloyd's syndicate is known as a "run-off", meaning that it does not accept new premiums on the Lloyd's of London insurance market and instead deals with historic claims. In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, its members settled a raft of multimillion-pound claims from affected businesses, including airlines, airports and security companies, as well as injured individuals and relatives of those killed.
Its complaint, which quotes heavily from US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks detailing investigations by the US authorities into al-Qa'ida, attempts to establish funding links between some Saudi charities, and the terror group, and implicate the Saudi government in that funding through its support of the charities.
The case singles out the activities of a charity, the Saudi Joint Relief Committee for Kosovo and Chechnya (SJRC), which was alleged by UN officials to have been used as a cover by several al-Qa'ida operatives, including two men who acted as directors of the charity. It is alleged that at the time the SJRC was under the control of Prince Naif bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud, half-brother of King Abdullah and the long-standing Saudi Interior minister. The claim states: "Between 1998 and 2000, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, through the SJRC, diverted more than $74m to al-Qa'ida members and loyalists affiliated with SJRC bureaus. Throughout this time, the Committee was under the supervision and control of Saudi Interior Minister Prince Naif bin Abdul Aziz."
The Saudi embassies in London and Washington did not respond to requests from The Independent for a response to the allegations in the claim. The 9/11 Commission, America's official report on the attacks, found that there was no evidence that the Saudi government or senior Saudi officials individually funded al-Qa'ida.
Diplomatic cables obtained by WikiLeaks showed that American officials remained concerned that the Saudi authorities were not doing enough to stop money being passed to the terror group by Saudi citizens.
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Libya: Gaddafi forces claim to have captured British 'mercenaries'
A spokesman for Muammar Gaddafi has claimed that 17 "mercenaries", including what he called French and British "technical experts" had been captured in the Gaddafi bastion of Bani Walid in Libya.
"A group was captured in Bani Walid consisting of 17 mercenaries. They are technical experts and they include consultative officers," Moussa Ibrahim told Syrian-based Arrai TV.
"Most of them are French, one of them is from an Asian country that has not been identified, two English people and one Qatari," he added.
He said the 17 would be shown on television at a later time, but did not give more details.
It was not immediately possible to verify the claims. The French foreign ministry said it had no information regarding the report.
NATO, French and British officials had on Saturday denied a report by Arrai TV that some NATO troops had been captured by Gaddafi loyalists.
Western special forces are known to have been in Libya and to have liaised with anti-Gaddafi officials during the conflict. Private security firms have also been helping anti-Gaddafi forces, according to Western media reports.
Meanwhile, interim government forces have fled in chaos from the town of Bani Walid and pulled back from Sirte after yet more failed attempts to storm Gaddafi's final bastions and take control of the entire country.
Since taking Tripoli last month, National Transitional Council (NTC) fighters have tried several times to storm Bani Walid, 150 km (90 miles) southeast of the capital, only to retreat under heavy fire and in disorder.
NTC fighters said they had planned for tanks and pickup trucks with anti-aircraft guns and rocket launchers to lead Sunday's attack, but foot soldiers had piled in first.
"There is a lack of organisation so far. Infantry men are running in all directions," said Zakaria Tuham, a senior fighter with a Tripoli-based unit.
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Central Banks Net Buyers of Gold for First Time in 20 Years
by Jack Farchy
European central banks have become net buyers of gold for the first time in more than two decades, the latest sign of how the turbulence in the currency and debt markets has revolutionized the bullion market.
The purchases are minuscule compared with the size of the global gold market, but highlight a remarkable turnaround from a wave of heavy selling by European central banks.
The role of central banks in the gold market will be a central topic of debate at the annual London Bullion Market Association conference, the largest gathering of the gold industry, in Montreal this week.
The switch from large selling to buying has helped propel the gold price more than 25 percent higher so far this year, hitting a nominal record of $1,920 a troy ounce this month. The shift in Europe comes as central banks in emerging markets are also loading up on gold.
Mexico, Russia, South Korea and Thailand have all made large purchases this year, in a move to reduce their exposure to the dollar. Globally, central banks are set to buy more gold this year than at any time since the collapse of the Bretton Woods system 40 years ago – the last time the value of the dollar was linked to gold.
“We’re going back to a time when gold is seen very much as money,” Jonathan Spall, director of precious metals sales at Barclays Capital, told FT.com in a video interview. “It has been a complete reversal of the attitudes we saw during the 1990s.”
European central banks have added about 25,000 ounces, or 0.8 tonnes, of gold to their reserves in the year to date, according to data from the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
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I think this is the key. Lets assume for the sake of argument that the CBI has 58T in dinar stashed away in addition to the 60T or so in M2. How does that help a huge RV to occur? Iraq can print all the dinars it wants (this is how they got into this mess in the first place).
One thing to ponder, it is the CBI which is not part of Iraq, who prints the money like the Federal Reserve in the US.
The Fed just put out 16 Trillion US dollars for bailouts in 2008 so when people say the US only has X amount of
dollars in circulation it is not accurate at all, due to the electronic banking being used..
This how these Central Banks get the countries into a debt they can never repay. So this would be tough to figure out.
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Congressman Ron Paul Wins 2011 California Straw Poll
LOS ANGELES – Minutes ago in front of the California Republican Party convention delegation at the JW Marriott at L.A. Live, CRP Chairman Tom Del Beccaro announced Congressman Ron Paul as the winner of the 2011 California Straw Poll.
A full breakdown of the results is copied below. A total of 833 ballots were cast during the 2011 Straw Poll which included a write-in opportunity for the first time.
The 2011 California Straw Poll was held on Saturday, September 17th between 9:00AM – 5:00PM, where CRP members, associate members, and registered guests were allowed to choose their favorite from among the 11 official Republican presidential candidates.
2011 Straw Poll Full Results (Votes, %)
Congressman Ron Paul (374, 44.9%)
Governor Rick Perry (244, 29.3%)?
Mitt Romney (74, 8.8%)
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (64, 7.7%)
Jon Huntsman (17, 2.0%)
Herman Cain (15, 1.8%)
Newt Gingrich (14, 1.7%)
Thad McCotter (7, 0.8%)
Rick Santorum (7, 0.8%)
Gary Johnson (2, 0.2%)
Fred Karger (1, 0.1%)
Write-ins (15, 1.8%)
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You ever hear of the Patriot Act?
No, he hasn't heard of much as he is still asleep to reality.
But maybe he can still wake up if he keeps looking into reality instead of watching TV.
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I can say I was one who believed all the crap the media put out about MJ, and never being a fan of his just thought he was what they portrayed him to be,
but knowing now what the media is all about and knowing who controls all media and what their agenda is, he was bang on and awake before many.
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Mayor Bloomberg predicts riots in the streets if economy doesn't create more jobs.
This is exactly what the NWO puppet wants.. Riots in the street..
Then they can use this excuse to impose marshal law.
We must all be very weary of their intent, and demonstrate in a peaceful manner.
Best Regards..
Like Gerald Celente says...once people loose everything, and they have nothing left to loose..........they loose it !
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Sirius...I had a really snappy reply set to go and decided it would be counter productive and not what I would like to represent...so I apologize for my previous post that was made with less than honorable intent....we are obviously a collection of very different experiences and I'm pretty sure we could spend a considerable amount of time on here trying to prove the other less than competent for not believing in what amounts to our own well ingrained perspectives....I will leave it that it is best for us to agree to disagree...
I do have a sincere question for you as it pertains to the Dinar and would appreciate it if you could help me understand your rational....you have not been the first person I have seen state this position and I'm curious how you would see this work...
In a previous post you said you thought it would RV 1 to 1 at which time the lower denoms would be released then they would redenominate.
Here is how I perceive you comments:
If they RV 1 to 1...a 25k dinar note would be the equivalent of $25K US dollars...
Next they would need to release the lower denoms as prices would need to be adjusted based on this new value...
Next they would redenominate deleting the the 0's which would make a 25K IQD equal to a new 25 IQD note.
I can only assume that you don't think they will delete the zeros when they redenominate....because if they did that new 25 Dinar note would be worth the equivalent of $25K US...which would give them an exchange rate of $1,000 US to one Dinar.
So is your belief that the redenomination will only be done to add they required languages and not to remove the 0's?
My take on everything we have been seeing released in these repetitive articles is that we know they will bring out a whole new currency,
that was decided long ago to please the Kurdish people which has their language included on the future new notes.
But they have said it will take about 6 months to accomplish this and that they will both co-exist with each other, new and old notes for a time.
So IMO they want to please the Iraqi citizens and not cause any confusion with this procedure and also they want them to give up using the US dollar.
Why not bring out the older lower denominations that were printed already and RV the currency at 1:1 to build the confidence in the Dinar for the people.
Now I am aware of the amount of Dinar that has been in circulation but I am going on the hype that they have been slowly bringing in a large number of
the large denominations to bring down the total to something that is possible to cover. This could be where the Central Bank comes into play, and they
can loan Iraq enough to cover the rest which will in turn put them in debt to them forever..kind of like what the Fed does, and it works.
Now I believe that most of the large denominations will have been cashed in by the time they want to RD the currency so they remaining old notes, which
would be the smaller ones...1000 and less could now co-exist with the new currency as they are drawn out of circulation for good.
When they do RD the currency I can see them doing another RV or maybe an RI if they can, to bring the Dinar up nearer to the Kuwait dinar.
and then it will be closer to the strongest ME currency which they have stated they want.
What are the chance of this happening....I'm not sure but I can say I used to be about 80/20 (RV/RD) but I am moving closer to 50/50 chance lately as time
passes by, and I can see them just RV'ing our notes to a smaller amount like 10 cents with a time limit to cash in out of country to draw them all in cheaper.
Bottom line is I only invested this spring and only invested an amount I can say I threw away on a gamble if I lose it all, but really the knowledge gained on
currency trading and even on Iraq and the middle east has been well worth the money if you ask me.
I do think we will at least see small return, maybe triple and whatever I get in return I will look to invest it back into one or two companies inside Iraq,
like Oil or Communications and move on from there.
I just hope many invested aren't banking on it to change their lives because that can lead to some serious letdowns or even worse.
If somehow it does come out to a huge profit for all then I can't see the harm in that, people could use a pick-me up with all that is going on around us now.
I know you probably disagree and that is ok, I know what your thoughts are on the Dinar and if everyone agreed on everything the world would be too boring.
Let's just hope this can bring out some hope and help those who could really use it, if I make a ton off it I will be making family and friends happy I invested.
Peace for now...I hope that made some sense.
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I am very very sorry sirus I did not fully understand until this post of yours that you are that bad off; mentally I mean... and no pill will fix what you have. I am sorry. chas32
You are sorry, that is a fact. Don't come back until you have matured and done your homework.
It gets tiresome debunking someone so easily. Never done pills, but I will give you a hint, that water you drink
has the same main ingredient as Prozac. Yes, Sodium Fluoride. Your last post you claimed was 5 posts ago. Adios.
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Whatever others may think of President George W. Bush, he was our president, and he represented Americans and the entire world extremely well in a time of national horror and grief.
Read more:
Francie.. I can understand how you feel..
BUT, I do not wish for MY president to carry out the order for torture, and killing and maiming in MY name.
That is why Canada does not want him there, that is why they have a warrant out for his arrest.
Just as any other leader in the past who went against the Geneva convention.
Even now, Hosni Mubarak is on trial for corruption and complicity in the killing of protesters who toppled his government.
We must all of us answer for our sins, and when we deliberately kill and torture another human being, then there is the rest of the world to answer to.
G. B knew that, he knew that torture does not work, and he continued to allow it. He even allowed this procedure on innocent people.
remember? People were disappeared overnight and never heard from again. Even American citizens. Are we forgetting that?
To accept this, and not make him accountable, it would be as if we were rewarding a murderer for his transgressions.
BTW, Canada is not the only country to do order his arrest. You can look it up on Google ...
Best Regards
Well explained Chape.
And I was going to respond to that previous post that the 9/11 people murdered
were not only American but from about 80 different countries including Canada.
And to reference that Palestinian woman, why not mention the 5 dancing Israeli agents who were
sent there to film the event while they high 5'ed each other and celebrated each plane hitting the towers.
I don't think Bush or Cheney represent Americans as a people, and they don't deserve to. Peace.
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No what takes Gonads is to call 75% of Americans delusional and per your own post: a quater of all Americans INCORRECTLY thinks he was not born in America :
A quarter of all Americans incorrectly think President Obama was not born in the United States, according to a new CBS News/ New York Times poll.
Here is the rest of the article, which clearly shows most rational thinking people have moved on from this because of OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE of his US citizenship:
Since the start of Mr. Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, rumors have existed that he was born outside of the United States. The "birther" myth has steadily persisted through Mr. Obama's presidency, in spite of overwhelming evidence he was born in the United States -- including his 1961 birth announcement, printed in two Hawaii newspapers.
Businessman and television personality Donald Trump has pushed the issue into the spotlight in recent weeks, insisting that he is unconvinced of Mr. Obama's origins. While Trump has used the issue to bring more attention to his possible Republican presidential bid, other Republicans are trying to tamp down the "birther" talk.
House Tea Party Caucus Chairwoman Michele Bachmann said recently that it's time to "move on" from the issue. Additionally, Arizona's Republican Gov. Jan Brewer recently vetoed a bill, penned in response to questions about Mr. Obama's origins, that would have made Arizona the first state to require presidential candidates to provide proof of their birth before getting on the state ballot.
The myth seems fated to live on, however, as a new book will come out next month entitled, "Where's the Birth Certificate?: The Case that Barack Obama is not Eligible to be President."
While 25 percent of all Americans in this new poll say Mr. Obama was born outside the U.S., 57 percent correctly said he was born in the United States. Another 18 percent said they did not know where he was born. Among Republicans, 33 percent said Mr. Obama was born in the U.S., and 22 percent said they did not know. Thirty-four percent of Tea Party supporters said the president was born in the U.S., while 21 percent said they didn't know.
More from the poll: GOP's 2012 contenders unknown, unloved
PDF: Read the complete poll results
Speaking of delusional (your adjective) where do you see me calling anyone anything?
I didn't do the poll so go sue CBS and see where it gets you since you know all the facts,
why aren't you out there schooling everyone who isn't sure where Barry was born, after
all you're the only one calling them delusional.
Bottom line is I don't care if he is from Niburu, he hasn't accomplished one thing that he promised.
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So we are to assume then that you guys have all figured this out about President Obama, but NO one in the entire US government, prior to him be elected president could figure this out, and not to mention now that it is figured out he isnt immedieatly impeached or thrown out of office, you know i've heard of dilusional before but this takes the cake, do you people realize how stupid you sound to keep carrying on with this. As bad as the republicans and tea partiers want Obama out of office you don't think one of them especially seeing that they now control the House would do maybe something to get him out, I can't believe someone would even have the nerve to even post this la la land crap, man why don't you people give it a rest accept it already you lost at the polls you will loose again so I guess you will have 4 more years to try an get him thrown out of the country I can just see it now in the 4th year of his second term you will all still be saying he's a communist, non-american liberal, his birth certificate is fake he went to China so he must be Chinese now how much sense does that make, people HIS MOTHER IS A WHITE UNITED STATES citizen HE WAS BORN IN HAWAII, USA to A WHITE WOMAN that is AMERICAN give it a rest already......... Man I can imagine I bet you people get no sleep at night, must be a very horrible and non-existent life well good luck to you all I hope you find peace some how but this is hillarious and very sad at the same time, people drink a coke and calm your nerves dont worry the boogey man is not coming to get you you know if you tried praying a little more you wouldnt have to live in so much fear.
I don't have any idea where he was born because I don't hold any proof, but to call 25% of Americans delusional takes some gonads.
Common sense would make one think why not just put it to rest and debunk everyone by showing what they are asking for, which he hasn't
or there wouldn't be all this disbelief among the citizens. But there is still some freedom left and I would think they have a right to voice their opinion.
A quarter of all Americans incorrectly think President Obama was not born in the United States, according to a new CBS News/ New York Times poll.
Among all Republicans, 45 percent believe he was born in another country, as do 45 percent of Tea Party supporters, the poll shows.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20056061-503544.html
There is zero chance he will be in for another 4 years...
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Unelected, Unaccountable, Unrepentant: The Federal Reserve Is Using Your Money To Bail Out European Commercial Banks Once Again
For a moment, imagine that there is a privately-owned organization in the United States that can create U.S. dollars out of thin air whenever it wants and can loan that money to whoever it wants to. Imagine that this organization is able to act with the full power of the U.S. government behind it, but that nobody in the organization is ever elected by the American people, and that for all practical purposes the organization is not accountable to the president or to Congress. Imagine that the organization is able to make trillions of dollars of secret loans to banks, to foreign governments and even to their close friends without ever having to face a comprehensive audit. Does that sound preposterous? Well, such an organization actually exists. It is called the Federal Reserve, and today we found out that once again the Fed is going to be taking huge piles of your money and loaning it to commercial banks in Europe. The Congress cannot overrule this decision. Neither can Barack Obama. Because it has so much power, many refer to the Federal Reserve as "the fourth branch of government", but unlike the other three branches of government, there are basically no significant "checks and balances" on the Federal Reserve. If you don't like the fact that the Federal Reserve is racing in to help big foreign banks survive the European debt crisis that is just too bad. The Federal Reserve pretty much gets to do whatever it wants to do, and the folks over at the Fed simply do not care whether you like that or not.
So what in the world just happened today? The following is how an article on CNBC explained it....
Just ahead of the Wall Street open Thursday, the European Central Bank, along with the U.S. Federal Reserve, Bank of England, Bank of Japan and Swiss National Bank announced they would offer three-month dollar loans to Europe's commercial banks, easing dollar funding constraints.
It must be nice to do whatever you want without having to get the approval of anyone else.
What do you think Barack Obama would give for such power right about now?
The Federal Reserve and other major central banks around the world decided that lending big European banks gigantic piles of dollars would be a good idea, so they are just doing it.
No debate, no votes and no democracy - they just tell us how things are going to be and that is that.
It is a bit ironic that all of this happened on the third anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers. It is almost as if the central bankers of the world are trying to send some sort of a message.
So how much money is going to be loaned out?
Well, according to an article in The Daily Mail, big European banks are going to be able to borrow an "unlimited" amount of money....
The deal announced yesterday means banks will be able to borrow ‘any amount’ of money in three separate auctions in October, November and December. Banks will have to put up collateral, or security, to tap the emergency funds.
Wow - I wish someone would offer to lend me an "unlimited" amount of money.
But of course this really is not going to solve anything in the long run. You can't solve a raging debt problem with more debt.
Yes, it will help the big European banks with their short-term liquidity problems, but it will do nothing to fix the long-term structural problems that are tearing Europe to pieces.
Win Thin, a senior currency strategist at Brown Brothers Harriman, said essentially the same thing to CNBC today....
"They're taking care of the symptoms, but the underlying illness is still out there. On the margin, it's positive. Until Greece defaults and we clear this whole thing up, they're still treading water"
So, no, the financial problems of Europe have not been solved.
Just think of this latest move as a temporary band-aid.
So why get upset about it?
Well, what all of this shows is just how arrogant the Federal Reserve is.
The Federal Reserve gets to throw around trillions of dollars without any accountability to the American people.
As I have written about previously, the Federal Reserve made $16.1 trillion in secret loans to their friends during the last financial crisis.
This was revealed in a GAO report, and members of Congress such as Ron Paul and Bernie Sanders tried to get people to pay attention to this. The following is a statement about this report that was taken from the official website of Senator Sanders....
"As a result of this audit, we now know that the Federal Reserve provided more than $16 trillion in total financial assistance to some of the largest financial institutions and corporations in the United States and throughout the world"
So how much of that money went overseas? Well, it turns out that approximately $3.08 trillion of that money was loaned to big banks and major financial institutions in Europe and Asia.
Barack Obama can't lend trillions of dollars to foreign banks.
So why does the Federal Reserve get to do it?
Sadly, most Americans know very little about the Federal Reserve. In the United States today, most Americans graduate from high school without ever learning much of anything about the Fed.
But if you really want to understand what is going on with our economy, it is absolutely critical that you understand the Federal Reserve.
The following are some more reasons why you should be upset about what the Federal Reserve has been doing....
*The Federal Reserve is a perpetual debt machine. Today, the U.S. national debt is 4700 times larger than it was when the Federal Reserve was created back in 1913.
*The Federal Reserve has recently been actually paying banks not to make loans. Right now banks can park money at the Federal Reserve and make risk-free income without having to make loans to the American people.
*Current Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has a track record of failure that is legendary, and yet George W. Bush and Barack Obama both backed him 100%.
*The Federal Reserve system is designed to create inflation. The truth is that the United States has only had a persistent, ongoing problem with inflation since the Federal Reserve was created back in 1913.
*Since 2008, what the Federal Reserve has been doing to our money supply has been absolutely insane. Eventually this is going to have very serious consequences for us.
*The U.S. government has handed over the task of "centrally planning" our economy to the Federal Reserve. The Fed decides what the target rate of inflation should be, what the target rate of unemployment should be, what interest rates are going to be and what the size of the money supply is going to be. This is quite similar to the "central planning" that goes on in communist nations, but very few people in our government seem upset by this.
*The Federal Reserve picks "winners" and "losers" in the financial system. For example, when the last financial crisis hit, the Fed bent over backwards to help out the big Wall Street banks, but hordes of small banks were left out in the cold.
*As mentioned above, the Federal Reserve has become way, way too powerful. The Fed is able to do a lot of things that the three branches of government are simply not able to do. Fortunately, there are a few of our leaders that are alarmed by this. For example, Ron Paul once told MSNBC that he believes that the Federal Reserve is now more powerful than Congress.....
"The regulations should be on the Federal Reserve. We should have transparency of the Federal Reserve. They can create trillions of dollars to bail out their friends, and we don’t even have any transparency of this. They’re more powerful than the Congress."
As long as we continue to use a debt-based currency that is controlled by a privately-owned central bank, we are going to continue to have permanent inflation and government debt that expands at an exponential pace.
The "central planning" done by the Federal Reserve has created bubble after bubble after bubble. Our dollars is on the verge of dying and our financial system is about to collapse.
The Federal Reserve system simply does not work.
Hopefully we can start sending more politicians to Washington D.C. that will be willing to stand up to the Federal Reserve.
But for now, the Federal Reserve is going to keep running around doing whatever it wants to do whether we like it or not.
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This reminds me of a vid from last year we all posted on our sites....this is what should be going on every day!!!
It wasn't this California boy's usual ride to school this morning!
Hundreds of other bike riders came along---
Many of them veterans, and some from out of state, all wanting to show support to 13-year-old Cody Alicea.
School officials had told Cody he shouldn't ride his American flag-decorated bike to school because some students were offended.
That kicked up a firestorm of protest.
The school superintendent has since apologized, and promised that something like that will not happen again.
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Hey what's it like in canada would not mind moving?
Well being such a huge country I can only speak of Ontario where I am, it isn't much different than the northern states unless you go north here
a few hundred miles and then you will have very cold winters and deep snow, but most of southern Ontario is 4 seasons at it's best.
We have more fresh water lakes than most can count, estimates are over 200,000 just in Ontario alone and some remain untouched and we border
all the Great Lakes except Lake Michigan. Fishing is amazing with over 140 species and huge Muskie and Pickerel as well as many kinds of Trout.
Endless fresh water supplies and if you're into hunting that is huge here to.
But if you are wondering about the living conditions for jobs and such, we are going through the same as you guys only it is happening slower here so far,
they seem to be going after the States first. Jobs are still possible here and minimum wage is just over $10/hr which makes it easier to live with some comfort for
people starting out and of course we have our health care which for the majority is great.
But we still have that Food Safety act going through and a mild police state starting to appear since the G20 in Toronto but if you keep to yourself and
don't get into big crimes it is very peaceful for the most part.
Now the east coast is a different life and much cheaper to live if you have work there where BC is amazing for scenery but a bit more expensive to live, so it
depends on what type of lifestyle you want I guess. If I had my choice I would live in the Yukon but family is here so for now I will remain here.
Overall people are cool and friendly, like their beers and just enjoying life to the fullest and I would say for now the positives outweigh the negatives.
Oh and yes we can have guns, just can't carry them around like most are used to in the States. If I left anything out someone can chime in from other parts....
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Wow, never thought it would happen but it shows that people do have power.
Now BC wants Cheney arrested if he shows up there Sept. 26th to promote his book.
Vancouver lawyer Gail Davidson seeks **** Cheney's arrest
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The US Government is Going After Your Retirement Funds...
by Bob Chapman
We have warned subscribers and listeners and those on the Internet over and over again that government was going to come after your private retirement funds including 401K’s and IRA’s that hold $6.6 trillion in investments.
This past week in a grand deficit cutting bargain the Senate Finance Committee explored “Tax Reform Options Promoting Retirement Security.” The excuse is to make 401K plans more efficient; to keep Social Security afloat and to switch funds from these retirement plans to be used elsewhere by government. It is called a looting procedure.
The idea is to replace the 401K with a tax break that would allow government to offer bigger benefits to low earners and changes in withdrawal choices at retirement. It would include a change in the way Social Security benefits are calculated to reduce eventual payout and subsidize the poor via a government guaranteed annuity. There would also be an increase in the retirement age. This approach is similar to something you would find in the communist manifesto. Take from the bigger producers to subsidize the lesser producers. Each according to his ability and each according to his means.
We are told Social Security will be out of funds in 2036, which is untrue and the Congress does not mention that the trust fund has been looted since June of 1935. All that is left are worthless bonds.
Those that read the Act will find that if government does not have the funds for Social Security they must sell bonds to fund any shortfalls. This fact is, of course, ignored by the Congress and the person who calls himself president. They are more interested in loophole-closing rate-lowering tax reform, which are code words to cut current Social Security income and transfer those funds to other pet socialist projects, that government deems more important. The Congress could care less that you paid taxes for a lifetime for this payout, and it is not a benefit, because you paid for it, and have your benefits shifted to those on lower income brackets or to pet socialist projects. What upsets the government is that the tax break for defined contribution retirement plans is that it will cost the Treasury $212.2 billion between 2010 and 2014. What really galls them is that 80% of the payout goes to the top 20% of earners and they want those funds to be redistributed to the less fortunate, to offset debt or to be applied in other socialized areas. One of the proposals is to roll back the current $16,500 annual 401K tax deferred contribution to a level of $10,500. If this is followed government would capture $450 billion in additional tax revenue, and low-income workers would not be affected. We suggest congress change the law and tax the $2.2 trillion parked offshore in tax havens at 35% and bring in revenue of $800 billion or more and to keep that revenue stream going. That means only $1 trillion would have to be cut from military spending and we’d have a balanced budget. That would be just too simple and it might upset the transnational conglomerates and the military industrial complex.
Needless to say, Americans would stop saving conventionally and purchase gold and silver related assets that have appreciated more than 20% annually for the past 11-1/2 years. These changes would render 401Ks and IRAs redundant. The incentive would be gone and all those funds might not be available to the government for redistribution to low-income citizens.
The bottom line is the government wants your retirement and more taxes. Private annuities could face insurance company collapse if the Dow went to 3 or 4,000 and of course the government is insolvent. For current retirees there has been no COLA increase as inflation has ranged from 5% to 11.2% and by the looks of it the CPI will be rigged lower again, so there never will be an adjustment in payout. The latest is a chained CPI, which would further lower benefits.
This is the brave new world planned by your masters. You people should smarten up and dump your retirement plans now. Stop being seduced by the tax breaks or shelter and run your own savings away from the clutches of government. If you don’t you could end up losing it all.
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Great post Heavy and a good message for all to see.
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Thanks Dive, excellent links and you saved me some time as there are so many links to the coming police state but those two are great.
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OIL,OIL,OIL,OIL,OIL,OIL,OIL,OIL,OIL,OIL,OIL,OIL,OIL; AM I GETTING MY MESSAGE ACROSS? It's ALL about OIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
True but also about the control of the monetary system through Rothschild Central Banks.
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Ngod, I am not American, but by God, I feel for Americans. From the outside it is crystal clear the American people are purposely disinformed, (dumbed down - their education system has been eroded to the level where kids who don't know how to spell are allowed to coin words that sound like the word), the water is needlessly fluoridated, their food is poisoned by GMOs, they are constantly stimulated via the TV to fear and loathe the muslim, they are sexually assaulted every time they fly, and most of all they have no idea what is being done in their name.
All that hatred you saw overseas, I presume it was in the middle east. Do you know that there was once greatness and peace in the middle-east. Even Iran had Mossdeq, a peaceful man who wanted to keep oil profits for his people. As it should be. But the bankers thought otherwise, the CIA intervened, and forced the Shah of Iran into power. For while all was good while he was buying weapons by the many millions, but he like Mubarak eventually outlived his use, and Khomeini swept into power. The same pattern can be seen all over - dictators who are willing to surpress and exploit their people so that huge multi-national corporation can come and rape and plunder the wealth and cheap labour of that country are applauded. Telling isn't it, that it was always President Mubarak and that dictator Ghaddafi!
When you went to war you thought you were fighting for America, but think about it - you were fighting to secure the interests of Halliburton, Exxon Mobile, and all the other parasite corporations that want something for nothing. And the ordinary American ends up with the bill of trillions.
Nice one Tyron, you nailed it.
One day the masses will see it also and this world will change forever, well we hope they will before it is too late.
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Sirius, this is nothing personal against you, it says that you are from Canada is that correct?
Funny how you post items against America without having the complete story
There are always 2 sides to every story, always but yours always seemed to be slanted towards what the Americans did wrong...
Randalin is correct you really don't have a clue as to what is really happening.
It is ok to push your Canadian point of view but let me ask you this question, when was the last time someone attacked your country?
Better yet, when was the last time you personally contributed to an American cause?
Disabled vets ? Hmmm I doubt it...
You see Randlin is a lot more easy going than I am, I have been to war, I have seem the damage it does both mentally and physically...and I have seen the utter hatred that exists in the Middle East...
You call it hidden agenda...maybe but some people also call it freedom at a price..
There are a lot of things wrong with America but there are also a lot of things right, when was the last time Canada was in Haiti or any other less fortunate country..
Just Curious ..
:blink: :blink:Show me the posts that are just against America you talk about, any I post come from American people or articles so there is nothing I post that is against the country or the American people themselves and if you step back and look again most of my posts are against the foreign people who control your government.
The Elites control your Military (Military Industrial Complex) and the people were warned in 1961 with President Eisenhower's farewell speech, but I guess nobody listened.
So as Randalin, you are so far off you have no idea.
The only reasons we haven't been attacked is our proximity to the US and we used to be known as peacekeepers worldwide, that is until recently, we may have said no to attacking Iraq and rightly so, but we are in Afghanistan and have lost many people there as well, now we are in Libya doing airstrikes killing innocent people there, so is that attacking the people here, of course not, it is the ones pulling the strings here that are the same international banksters that control your country.
I will point out your ignorance on our country though, we have thousands of troops in Haiti so does that make you feel better? You say you see the hatred of the people in the ME, so tell me what would you do if Russia came into your country and started slaughtering your family in front of your eyes...would you hug them for doing that? No you would have hatred and want to defend your country so why are you surprised there is hatred over there? Think about it. This all part of their plan to incite hatred and divide Christians and Islam and it is working.
As for when have I personally contributed to an American cause, I have been waking people up for years now, Americans and all humans, as we are all one and should be treating each other that way, if you took the money from these last wars back, every person would own property in the US and have free health care like most countries do.
I have many vids put out exposing the inhumane treatment of the Veterans coming back from ME, from them coming home and finding themselves homeless or sick and dying from the DU weapons they were using over there to the highest suicide rate ever among returning Veterans. We also exposed the vaccines used on the troops for the first Gulf war under Papa CIA Bush which contained squalene which caused gulf war syndrome, so anything else you would like me to do? I'm not sure what you want.
As for freedom at a price as you put it, your freedom is eroding fast by design and I am stunned you can't see that, so you are actually fighting a war to advance a police state on your own people and the terrorists that your Government are gearing up for are YOU and the other returning Veterans as well as all gun owners. I can show you the Government documents that state those facts if you need them.
Now as for Libya, we are not saying Gadaffi is an angel but how can you deny over 2 million people taking the streets to defend him and again why is it your business to go in and slaughter tens of thousands of their women and children by bombing them and destroying the fresh water supply and food supply? And how can you be satisfied that the same "rebels" that were in Iraq or Afghanistan killing your fellow Americans are now funded and weaponized by your Government to go in and destroy Libya? Just curious. Peace.
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Japan's Fukushima...History's Worst Human Disaster - Vid
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Japan's Fukushima...History's Worst Human Disaster
At least one billion becquerels a day of radiation continue to leak from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant after the March earthquake and tsunami.
Experts say that the total amount of radiation leaked will exceed amounts released from Chernobyl, making Fukushima the worst nuclear disaster in history.
Al Jazeera’s Steve Chao reports from the Japanese capital of Tokyo.
We have a 10 year old girl displaying signs of radiation sickness. We have independent experts saying the levels are harmful and comparable to Chernobyl and anybody who has been following this would already be aware of radiation “hotspots” in Tokyo that are accepted as a fact by radiation monitoring teams and even the media.
But rest assured even with Chernobyl levels in “some” areas of Tokyo the experts employed by the Japanese government tell us on camera we are just paranoid and radiation levels have not changed significantly. I’m not sure which radiation maps they are looking at?
I’ve got a few they can look at here:
http://australiancannonball.com/radiation-monitoring/
When will they start telling the truth?
I accept Tokyo is a large place with roughly 35 million if you include the metropolitan area. Is that fact larger than the truth?
If people want to live there fine but tell them the truth. It will at least give families with children the option to sell their properties to the people who will stay in Tokyo despite the radiation.
LINK :
9 Responses to Japan’s Fukushima ‘worst in history’
Adam Evenson says:
September 19, 2011 at 07:57
I am glad somebody has been able to say it, “The worst disaster in human history.” And that would not be in Japan’s human history, but the world’s. Which of you will survive it?
wray edwards says:
September 19, 2011 at 11:29
Finally….maybe, at last, we don’t have to read and hear that it is “the worst since Chernobyl.” It could be a planet killer. No telling what kind of mutations on land and at sea might produce some Andromeda Strain or just burn such a large hole in the chain of species that natural balances will fail.
Katie Caliente says:
September 19, 2011 at 12:17
It so happens i was watching Chernobyl videos when this occured.
That was a very horrific event.
Id say we are all dead
That’s just my opinion.
I wouldnt write it if it were just an opinion…id say humanity is finished.
live in usa
mike says:
September 19, 2011 at 13:20
Pardon if I am wrong here but, as bad as it is, how can it be worse than dropping A Bombs on Hirashima, and Nagasaki?
aVoice says:
September 19, 2011 at 15:45
@Mike
Well, for starters, Little Boy, the Hiroshima bomb had about 150 lbs of U235 and Fat Man, the Nagasaki bomb had 13.6 lbs of PU239 which makes for less than 170 lbs of nuclear material. Each one of the reactors at Fukushima have 20+ tons of nuclear material. That’s 40,000 lbs per reactor.That is a huge scale up.
In addition, there is the spent fuel which is highly radio active.
• Reactor No. 1: 50 tons of spent nuclear fuel
• Reactor No. 2: 81 tons
• Reactor No. 3: 88 tons
• Reactor No. 4: 135 tons
• Reactor No. 5: 142 tons
• Reactor No. 6: 151 tons
• Also, a separate ground-level fuel pool contains 1,097 tons of fuel; and some 70 tons of nuclear materials are kept on the grounds in dry storage.
What we’re talking about here is thousands of times more nuclear material than the two bombs put together.
The scale is mind boggling greater.
Michael Henry says:
September 19, 2011 at 16:31
Anybody wonder why no main stream media,be it T.V. or newspapers talk about this ongoing and spreading danger to our world .Who’s running this planet ? I could suggest a name or three but I would only be considered a loony conspiracy theorist.
AustralianCannonball says:
September 19, 2011 at 18:19
@Michael Henry – All views are respected on here so feel free to give your opinion. Some will agree and some won’t. If it makes you feel any better some people think I’m a conspiracy theorist for even putting this stuff on the site. Actually the whole site is devoted to it. I think alternative theory is the better word. And conspiracies(Such as people saying no meltdown when there was) do happen. And if they can do that you never know how far the lies and corruption go.
tawny says:
September 20, 2011 at 04:29
The Fukushima Daiichi melt-down(s) IS the biggest nuclear, environmental, AND industrial accident in the history of the planet. That is just a fact. Enough plutonium has been released from the Daiichi plants to poison (if inhaled) every person on the planet. Inhaled, a speck is a lethal dose. And it remains this toxic for 250,000 years. There is a very good interview with Ann Harris on You Tube. She worked at TVA nuke plants for 14 years. She is very frank, says that the industry is extremely corrupt, no one is in charge, the industry lies all the time, the regulatory agencies are totally controlled by the money men, and there is NOTHING that can be done with the radioactive waste but ‘move it around’ – it is here forever – the contaminated soil, water, materials. This is what has been a shock to me, is to discover just what a reckless, wide-open game nuclear power is and has been all along. This is what has made me believe, as Katie above says, that we are doomed.
Adam says:
September 20, 2011 at 06:57
It was all nice knowing you all, sorry that some humans had to f*** everything up