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[Jason]

Greek 1 Year Hits 763%
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/greek-1-year-hits-763" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It's Official - Greece Unveils The Negative Salary, And A Whole New Meaning For "Pay To Play"
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/its-offic ... ive-salary" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

So almost 80 per cent of the European taxpayers' money is being channelled to the banks and financial institutions.
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opi ... epage=true" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The 24 largest independent pension systems in California, including Sacramento County's, are facing a combined $135.7 billion in long-term obligations that they won't have the assets to cover, a newStanford University report says.
http://blogs.sacbee.com/the_state_worke ... llion.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Facing troubling finances, Gov. Pat Quinn on Wednesday plans to call for widespread closures and consolidation in agencies dealing with social services, state police and prisons, including the shutdown of the controversial super-maximum prison in deep Southern Illinois, according to budget documents obtained by the Tribune.
http://www.wgnradio.com/news/top/chi-qu ... 6357.story" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Excessive regulation of financial institutions is squeezing out middle-class consumers who soon will find themselves locked out of the banking system, analyst Meredith Whitney said Wednesday
http://www.cnbc.com/id/46479059" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

A survey by Bankrate.com released Tuesday found that 25 percent of Americans have more credit card debt than they have in emergency savings, and that spells trouble if an emergency situation actually hits.
http://lifeinc.today.msnbc.msn.com/_new ... an-savings" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Gas Prices Are Going Up No Matter What Happens In Iran
http://www.businessinsider.com/crude-oi ... rst-2012-2" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

...despite a massive collapse in demand (smells of monopoly to me)...

The collapse of MF Global, which had a large group of agricultural clients, has produced one financial frustration after another for former customers who still have not been fully reimbursed for hundreds of millions of dollars that were frozen in their accounts as a result of the firm's Oct. 31 bankruptcy. A trustee overseeing the bankruptcy frustrated customers by returning portions of the frozen funds in staggered amounts during the past three months and requiring them to fill out claim forms to get their own money back.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/46468106" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Dodd-Frank Act Progress: Stress Testing for Over $10B Asset Banks Approaches
http://us1.irabankratings.com/pub/IRAMain.asp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Fed Writes Sweeping Rules From Behind Closed Doors
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... 50312.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Isn't there a violation of the law in there somewhere? I guess not, if you're one of the mainstream political candidates.... or for that matter most of the Libertarian ones, including specifically Gary Johnson.
http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?singlepost=2874457" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

UN team have no plans to inspect Iranian nuclear facilities
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 37527.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The former chief of staff to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday an Israeli strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities is “imminent.”
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/weve-go ... -imminent/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Russia Warns Attack On Iran Would Lead To Catastrophe
http://www.rferl.org/content/russia_war ... 92681.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Iran FM: We are ready to face 'worst-case scenario' in defense of nuclear program
http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east ... m-1.413447" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Iran 'will take pre-emptive action if Tehran feels threatened'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... tened.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Iran Holds Air Defense Drills As IAEA Says Iran Blocks Access To Key Nuclear Site
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/iran-hold ... clear-site" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Chemical weapons used against Syrians, says defected soldier
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/chemic ... sCatID=338" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

U.S. hints at possibility of arming Syrian rebels
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns- ... 7593.story" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Al-Qaeda’s Air Force
http://gowans.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/ ... air-force/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Reported US Military Ramp-up on the Border Follows Years of ATF-Sanctioned Gun Running
http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebo ... us-fallout" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

national security spending is much larger, nearly double the amount US citizens are told
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc ... et/253327/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The American Embassy said its staff were in “lockdown” and travel had been suspended as thousands of people expressed fury over the burning, a public relations disaster for U.S.-led NATO forces fighting Taliban militants ahead of the withdrawal of foreign combat troops by the end of 2014.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/ ... 9T20120222" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

More than 100 people killed in south Libya clashes
http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2 ... 96198.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The Balouch separatists have promised the US that "if (Pakistan's) Balouchestan is set free, we will leave the control of Guadar port to the US and will block the routes and the gas pipelines which link Iran to Pakistan", Vahid Mojdeh told FNA on Tuesday
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9010175546" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Pakistan is to create its own nuclear submarine fleet, according to media reports. Yet experts doubt the feasibility of this project. But if this decision has, indeed, officially been made, it is a response to Russia leasing the K-152 Nerpa submarine to India.
http://indrus.in/articles/2012/02/21/ru ... 14921.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

UN about to take control of the Internet. Forget SOPA - this is international control - Forget Privacy - Seems "One World Government" is coming together.
http://sherriequestioningall.blogspot.c ... ernet.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The UN To Use Appropriate and Gradual Force In Gun Confiscation
http://armedselfdefense.blogspot.com/20 ... force.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Autism – and a Different Vaccine
http://vactruth.com/2012/02/22/autism-a ... t-vaccine/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The current prediction for Sunspot Cycle 24 gives a smoothed sunspot number maximum of about 63 in early 2013. We are currently over three years into Cycle 24. The current predicted size makes this the smallest sunspot cycle in about 100 years.
http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/predict.shtml" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Jason]

fyi - deadline is today (might be surprised to see your history)...

How to Remove Your Google Search History Before Google's New Privacy Policy Takes Effect
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/02/h ... kes-effect" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

...additional information...

Six Tips to Protect Your Search Privacy
https://www.eff.org/wp/six-tips-protect ... ch-privacy" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Jason]

U.S. Talking Tougher About Iran as Netanyahu Visit Approaches
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-0 ... nears.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Israel to Begin Investing Reserves in U.S Equities Today
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-0 ... ay-1-.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Chinese Imports Invade India
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/20 ... vade-india" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

India holds military exercises close to China border
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/india ... der-181633" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has acknowledged that Al Qaeda and other organizations on the US “terror list” are supporting the Syrian opposition
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php? ... &aid=29524" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Russia under existing treaties are not obliged to provide military assistance to Syria in the event of an invasion of its territory. This is the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs , Alexander Lukashevich .
http://expert.ru/2012/03/2/vojna-nevozmozhna/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Foodstamps
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/ifoodstamps" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The reason that housing prices have dipped only 33.6 percent in the United States instead of 60 percent as they have in Ireland, is because the big banks have been keeping inventory off the market. If the millions of homes–that are presently headed for foreclosure–were suddenly dumped onto the market, prices would plunge and the biggest banks in the country would be declared insolvent. That’s why the banks have slowed the flow of foreclosures. According to Amherst Securities Group’s Laurie Goodman, “….2.8 million borrowers haven’t made a payment in over a year. Add that to the over 450,000 real estate owned (REO) units and you have approximately 3.2 million that are in the shadows.

http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/03/02/ ... oondoggle/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

UN to propose planetary regulations of water, food
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/03/ ... gle+Reader" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

From Gulf War I, fully 75% of our fighting men who were on the ground are now dead, dying, or sick from Depleted Uranium.
http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/n1843.cfm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Vets feel abandoned after secret drug experiments
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/03/01/healt ... ?hpt=hp_c2" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

September 11, 2001: Our Big Lie
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/mike-krie ... ur-big-lie" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Towns Evacuated as Floods Threaten Australia’s NSW State
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-0 ... eaten.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

A moderate solar flare reaching M3.3 took place at 17:46 UTC Friday afternoon around a new sunspot rotating into view on the northeast limb.
http://www.solarham.com/index.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Jason]

http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Why US Special forces stationed in India, CPI asks Government
http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2012/0 ... government" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

McCain Calls For US To Lead Effort To Begin Syrian Air Strikes
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/mccain-ca ... ikes-syria" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Russia Profile Weekly Experts Panel: Is Putin Preparing Russia for War?
http://russiaprofile.org/experts_panel/55297.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

North Korea halts missile launches for US food aid
http://english.ruvr.ru/2012_03_02/67318589/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Vacuuming Up the Pacific's Resources - The 11th round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations is currently taking place in Melbourne, Australia.
http://www.fpif.org/articles/vacuuming_ ... _resources" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The Deadliest Place in Mexico
http://www.theinvestigativefund.org/inv ... in_mexico/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

OBL was not buried at sea: Stratfor analysts
http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/03 ... -analysts/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Revealed: government plans for police privatisation
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/mar/0 ... irms-crime" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

....UK seems to be 6 to 12 months ahead of US...

Hitting the credit card wall – Credit card debt contracts 17 percent as the grand American household deleveraging continues. Average household with credit card debt carries $16,000 at an average rate of 15% – Real broke housewives. Orange County California witnesses a 600 percent jump in bankruptcies
http://www.mybudget360.com/credit-cards ... kruptcies/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

With food stamps at record highs, real disposable personal income growth stagnant, and real consumer spending decelerating rapidly the difference between consumer sentiment and real consumer actions seems to highlight the hope-filled 'bubble' we find ourselves in as the first quarter is off to a very weak start for spending trends.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/impoveris ... oor-dining" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

3 Charts On The US Consumption Crash Dead-Ahead
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/3-charts- ... dead-ahead" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

A blanket of snow 2 - 4 inches deep fell yesterday on the regions of Southern Indiana and Northern Kentucky pounded by deadly tornadoes on Friday, adding to the misery of survivors. The violent tornado rampage killed 39 and injured hundreds more, wreaking property damage that will likely exceed $1 billion. Hardest hit were Kentucky and Southern Indiana, which suffered 21 and 13 dead, respectively. Three were killed in Ohio, and one each in Alabama and Georgia. The scale of the outbreak was enormous, with a preliminary total of 117 tornadoes touching down in eleven states, from southern Ohio to Northern Florida. The National Weather Service issued 297 tornado warnings and 388 severe thunderstorm warnings. At one point, 31 separate tornado warnings were in effect during the outbreak, and an area larger than Nebraska--81,000 square miles--received tornado warnings. Tornado watches were posted for 300,000 square miles--an area larger than Texas.
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMa ... rynum=2045" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

A long duration and major X1.1 solar flare peaked at 04:09 UTC Monday morning around Sunspot 1429. A strong R3 Level Radio Blackout resulted. A bright Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) is now seen in the latest STEREO Behind and Lasco images. The expanding plasma cloud is mostly heading towards the north and east, however a small portion looks to be Earth directed. This is the 10th largest solar flare of the current Sunspot Cycle and it also happens to be the 10th X-Class flare as well.
http://www.solarham.com/index.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[mes5464]

Revealed: government plans for police privatisation
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/mar/0 ... irms-crime" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

....UK seems to be 6 to 12 months ahead of US...

Didn't this already happen in Salt Lake County. I remember they even created a board to assess fees for the sheriff services that only has one elected official on it, the sheriff himself!

[Jason]

Revealed: government plans for police privatisation
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/mar/0 ... irms-crime" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

....UK seems to be 6 to 12 months ahead of US...

Didn't this already happen in Salt Lake County. I remember they even created a board to assess fees for the sheriff services that only has one elected official on it, the sheriff himself!

LOL....yeah and our little start-up had to kick out $400+ a year for the past two years for that....

[mes5464]

Revealed: government plans for police privatisation
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/mar/0 ... irms-crime" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

....UK seems to be 6 to 12 months ahead of US...

Didn't this already happen in Salt Lake County. I remember they even created a board to assess fees for the sheriff services that only has one elected official on it, the sheriff himself!

LOL....yeah and our little start-up had to kick out $400+ a year for the past two years for that....

You business has had to pay +400+ per year for police protection? That is called "protection money"! Salt Lake has the mafia running the government! (

We were told that Salt Lake would become one of the most wicked cities of the world.

[Fairminded]

You business has had to pay +400+ per year for police protection? That is called "protection money"! Salt Lake has the mafia running the government! (

We were told that Salt Lake would become one of the most wicked cities of the world.

I certainly couldn't stand to live there. I was glad when I moved away.

[Jason]

Panetta: When all else fails, the U.S. will act against Iran
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-d ... bled=false" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

U.S., Israel Pull Closer on Iran
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... lenews_wsj" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

McCain calls for airstrikes on Syria
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/03/05/world ... index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

John McCain: U.S. should bomb Syria
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/03 ... z1oLcopo00" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

McCain calls for air strikes against Syria's Assad
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/03 ... ias-assad/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Eastern Libya declares autonomy
http://rt.com/news/libya-split-cyrenaica-autonomy-971/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

On China And The End Of The Commodity Super-Cycle
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/china-and ... uper-cycle" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

15 Potentially Massive Threats To The U.S. Economy Over The Next 12 Months
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/arch ... -12-months" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The brewing bubble in higher education – in 2000 student debt made up 3 percent of all household debt. Today it has doubled to 7.5 percent and has grown by 511 percent in the last decade.
http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/brew ... e+SoCal%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Student-loan delinquencies may be higher than previously thought
http://www.latimes.com/business/money/l ... 2067.story" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The crisis of solvency – peak debt, peak food stamp usage, and massive financial deception by media. The faux economy of solving a solvency issue with more debt. Job postings up but hiring flat.
http://www.mybudget360.com/crisis-of-so ... -by-media/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Greek 1-Year Bond Yield Hits 1,006%
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot. ... nalysis%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Steve Bridges. His passing comes as a shock to all of us. The cause of death is not known at this time, but we will publish more information as it becomes available.
http://www.stevebridges.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

This old clip shows CIA officials admitting the agency’s infiltration of mainstream media in order to influence public opinion and to manipulate the thoughts and values of Americans.
http://vigilantcitizen.com/latestnews/c ... 975-video/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The US Defense Department Plans for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
http://www.topsecretwriters.com/2012/03 ... -vehicles/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The Hidden Email the White House Hopes to Keep Under Wraps
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/artic ... _DNL_art_1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Patricia Finn – “I will not, under any circumstances, give up those names… I’ll go to jail first.”
http://vactruth.com/2012/03/03/interview-patricia-finn/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Australian Bill Allows for Sterilizations Without Parental Consent at Any Age
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Australi ... 0/Y/M.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Tornado outbreaks already set record for March
http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x5798 ... -for-March" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

A radiation wave kicked up by the eruption of a powerful solar flare late Sunday (March 4) will likely miss the Earth, but could catch several NASA satellites in its crosshairs, scientists say.
http://www.space.com/14791-solar-flare- ... gle+Reader" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Big and active region 1429 continues to churn out low level M-Class flares. There have been at least 8 of them detected within the past 24 hours.
http://www.solarham.com/index.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[SmallFarm]

A radiation wave kicked up by the eruption of a powerful solar flare late Sunday (March 4) will likely miss the Earth, but could catch several NASA satellites in its crosshairs, scientists say.
http://www.space.com/14791-solar-flare-" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... gle+Reader

Big and active region 1429 continues to churn out low level M-Class flares. There have been at least 8 of them detected within the past 24 hours.
http://www.solarham.com/index.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Latest about the sunspot, from http://www.spaceweather.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; :

MAJOR SOLAR FLARE: Earth-orbiting satellites have just detected an X5-class solar flare from big sunspot AR1429. The blast peaked on March 7th at 00:28 UT. Radiation storms and radio blackouts are possible.

[Jason]

Thank you for the update SmallFarm!!!

Incoming! The new WSA-Enlil Solar Wind Prediction is calling for a direct CME impact during the middle of tomorrow (March 8). The solar wind is expected to increase to over 800 km/s and Strong Geomagnetic Storming will be possible. This plasma cloud is the result of the X5.4 and X1.3 Solar Flare event very early this morning. in the new movie below, you can see that the plasma cloud is Full_Halo and heading this way.

http://www.solarham.com/index.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Extends Warning #343. Watch (43): Geomagnetic A-index of 50 or greater predicted NOAA Scale: Periods reaching the G3 (Strong) Level Likely Valid for UTC Day: 2012 Mar 08 Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 50 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude. Induced Currents - Power system voltage irregularities possible, false alarms may be triggered on some protection devices. Spacecraft - Systems may experience surface charging; increased drag on low Earth-orbit satellites and orientation problems may occur. Navigation - Intermittent satellite navigation (GPS) problems, including loss-of-lock and increased range error may occur. Radio - HF (high frequency) radio may be intermittent. Aurora - Aurora may be seen as low as Pennsylvania to Iowa to Oregon.

Comment from the SIDC (RWC Belgium): Catania sunspot group 65 (NOAA AR 1429) continues to grow and now has beta-gamma-delta configuration of its photospheric magnetic field. Another major flare from this active region is possible, most probably not earlier than tomorrow. Due to the Catania sunspot group 65 (NOAA AR 1429) approach to the solar central meridian, another Earth-directed CME and SEP release will be probable. The X5.4 flare this morning was accompanied by a full halo CME first appearing in the LASCO C2 field of view at 00:24 UT. The CME speed was around 2300 km/s. We expect the arrival of the corresponding ICME at the Earth tomorrow, most probably in the evening. At least a strong (K = 7) geomagnetic storm will be possible. The SEP flux continues to increase, with the proton flux at energies above 100 MeV crossing the SEP event threshold (10 pfu) around 10 UT today. We expect the proton flux to remain elevated at least until the arrival of the CME-driven shock tomorrow evening and possibly after that. SOHO/CELIAS and ACE confirm the detection of the interplanetary shock wave that arrived at 03:35 UT today. This shock wave was most probably associated with the halo CME erupted on March 4. The plasma measurements by ACE are now corrupted by the on-going major SEP event. The Earth is currently inside the post-shock solar wind flow with moderate speed (around 420 km/s) and elevated (around 15 nT) interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) magnitude. The north-south IMF component Bz is currently fluctuating near zero, but had extended intervals of negative values in the recent hours. A geomagnetic storm resulted despite the moderate solar wind speeds: K = 6 was reported by NOAA and K = 5 was reported by Dourbes. Another shock may arrive this evening (associated with the halo CME on March 5), possibly resulting in another geomagnetic storm.

http://prop.hfradio.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The CME that erupted late on March 4 passed ACE around 0400 UTC March 7 (11:00 p.m. EST March 6). As a result, storming reaching the G2 (Moderate) level continues at this time. Another CME, part of the recent R3 (Strong) Radio Blackout event at 0024 UTC March 7 (7:24 p.m. EST March 6) is forecast to pass ACE early morning UTC on March 8 (start of day EST March 8) . Geomagnetic storm periods reaching the G3 (Strong) level are likely from that CME. Finally, a Solar Radiation Storm is also in progress and levels are currently above the S3 (Strong) threshold. Region 1429 remains potent and subsequent activity is certainly possible. Updates here as conditions warrant.

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Although the CME is not squarely Earth-directed, it appears direct enough to deliver a glancing blow to our planet’s magnetic field on March 8-9. This would add to the magnetic unrest already underway at high latitudes. The flare also accelerated energetic protons toward Earth, triggering an S3-class solar radiation storm, in progress. Such a storm is mainly a nuisance to satellites, causing occasional reboots of onboard computers and adding noise to imaging systems. –Space Weather

http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Heavy rains from Tropical Cyclone Irina have killed 72 people on Madagascar and left 70,000 homeless, according to news reports. Irina never reached hurricane strength, but dumped heavy rains on the island over an extended period, February 29 - March 2. The area affected was remote, so the reports of the disaster only today reached the outside world. Irina is the deadliest tropical cyclone of 2012 thus far, and the second deadly storm to affect the island in recent weeks; Tropical Cyclone Giovanna hit the island two weeks ago as a Category 3 storm, killing 35 and leaving 240,000 homeless. Irina is expected to dissipate over cold waters southwest of Madagascar over the next day.

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMa ... rynum=2046" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

These people that died apparently went downhill fast and started coughing up blood and then their organs were shutting down. From my understanding it all happened in a matter of 2 days from onset of symptoms. The 5th person is a funeral director that was in contact with the bodies, but I haven’t heard anymore on his condition but after he was in contact with the bodies he soon had a tightness in his chest and trouble breathing

The above comments are anecdotal and posted in response to one of several media reports which have cited 4-5 people who were hospitalized including 3-4 who have died with flu-like symptoms, including pneumonia. The cases are under investigation by health and criminal agencies. The fatality rate in the family appears to be in the 75-100% range, raising serious concerns.

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/03061 ... _MD_5.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The top U.S. commander in the Middle East will warn Congress on Tuesday against efforts to scale back the Navy's presence in the embattled region, saying threats from Iran and elsewhere will require more ships and maritime missile defense capabilities.

Marine Gen. James Mattis, head of U.S. Central Command, also said Syria has a "substantial" chemical and biological weapons capability and thousands of shoulder-launched missiles. Until now, the U.S. military has largely declined to describe the expanse of weapons that President Bashar Assad's regime has at its disposal.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/10129034" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Mossad, CIA and Blackwater operate in Syria
http://endthelie.com/2012/03/07/mossad- ... the+Lie%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

LEAKED STRATFOR EMAILS: Source Says Several Countries Already Have Forces In Syria
http://www.businessinsider.com/bi-straf ... ria-2012-3" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

UN Syria draft: US attempts to get Russia and China aboard
http://endthelie.com/2012/03/07/un-syri ... the+Lie%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Defense Secretary Panetta Testifies On Situation In Syria, Honorable Warmonger #1 John McCain Presiding
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/defense-s ... -presiding" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

U.S. Says Iranian General Instrumental In Afghan Drug Traffic
http://www.rferl.org/content/us_says_ir ... 08321.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

...of course the US State Department notes (below) -

Adultery, sex outside marriage, and homosexual sex are all illegal under Iranian law and carry the death penalty. DVDs depicting sexual relations and magazines showing unveiled women are forbidden. Penalties for possession, use, or trafficking in illegal drugs in Iran are severe and convicted offenders can expect long jail sentences and heavy fines. Iran executes many people each year on drug-related charges.

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_t ... _1142.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Around 180 people were executed in Iran in 2010.[3] The overwhelming majority were drug traffickers, and virtually all executions are carried out for murder, aggravated rape, large scale drug trafficking, treason, and armed robbery (cases usually resulting in rape/death/attempted murder).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Iran" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Iran is one of 32 countries which apply the death penalty for drug-related crimes, including trafficking, cultivation, manufacturing and possession of illicit drugs. However, under Article 6(2) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights capital punishment should be reserved only for ‘the most serious crimes’, and the UN Human Rights Council has stated that drug offences do not fall into this category. It is estimated that Iran executed approximately 590 people for drug offences in 2010 alone(1).

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/get ... XML+V0//EN" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

According to monitoring carried out by Iran Human Rights, an NGO based in Norway which works against the death penalty in the Islamic Republic, in 2011, Iran carried out at least 676 executions, a frightening increase over preceding years, and with a sharp increase in executions in public. The IHR’s report is primarily based on the information published by the official Iranian sources and different independent sources: 416 (62%) of the 676 executions have been reported by official Iranian news agencies or high-ranking officials within the Iranian judiciary.

IHR emphasizes that the actual number of the executions in Iran is probably much higher than the figures included in its annual report.

According to the official Iranian sources, a majority of those who were executed were convicted of drug-related offences (71%), followed by rape (13%), murder (7%), Moharebeh (enemy of God) (4%), immoral acts or acts against chastity (1%), and armed robbery (1%). For 3% of the executions announced by official Iranian media no charges were mentioned.

In 2011, public executions have more than tripled with at least 65 people being executed in public. This is the highest number of public executions in more than 10 years.

The execution of child offenders continued into 2011, in open violation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child to which it is a co-signatory.

http://deathpenaltynews.blogspot.com/20 ... nalty.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

In a bizarre outburst, the Secretary General of the Iranian Supreme Council for Human Rights accused Europe of failing Iran in the war on drugs and even acknowledged in frustration that its draconian drug laws were hurting its international reputation, according to a published report.

After being challenged on Iran's skyrocketing execution rate, Secretary General of the Iranian Supreme Council for Human Rights, Mohammad Javad Larijani, told reporters in Pretoria, "The number of executions is high because 74% of those executed are of drug traffickers who traffic drugs from Afghanistan to Western European countries."

... Larijani said the death penalty would be reviewed only if the West participated in fighting the war against drug trafficking. "We cannot win this war alone. If Europe is interested in the prevention of the trafficking of drugs, then it should participate in this war."

The other option was for Iran to ignore drug trafficking.

"We can close our eyes and drug traffickers can pass through Iran and go wherever they want to go and the number of executions in Iran will drop 74%. In fact, it will be very good for our reputation then."

http://www.ihra.net/contents/1000" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

....so what is the truth??? I would suggest Googling - "cia afghanistan heroin trafficking"....for an alternate perspective...and contrasted with this -

New York: High-End Madam Provided Underage Girls for Wealthy Clients at Upper East Side Brothel
http://cryptogon.com/?p=27921" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

...anyways back to rumors of wars....

Iran 'seeking to build nuclear weapon', warns David Cameron
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/ma ... id-cameron" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Sen. Carl Levin after meeting with Netanyahu: Israeli attack likely if Iran doesn’t stand down
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ ... story.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

US bunker-busters, aerial refueling for Israel alongside diplomacy for Iran
http://www.debka.com/article/21799/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Libyan leader threatens to use ‘force’ to foil east autonomy bid
http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2 ... 99140.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

As US Contemplates Releasing Crude From The Strategic Reserve, China Resumes Building Emergency Inventory
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/us-contem ... -inventory" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Bust Reveals Government Runs Hacking Groups
http://www.infowars.com/bust-reveals-go ... ng-groups/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

So much money has gone into armoring and arming local law-enforcement since September 2001 that the federal government could have rebuilt post-Katrina New Orleans five times over and had enough money left in the kitty to provide job training and housing for every one of the record 41,000-plus homeless people in New York City.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/NC08Ak01.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Controversy after US gov’t estimate showed 40,000 microsievert thyroid dose for California infants from Fukushima — Data not released to public — “Very high doses to children”
http://enenews.com/controversy-after-go ... nfo-public" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

'People keep falling sick': How poor Indians are recruited for clinical drug trials
http://openchannel.msnbc.msn.com/_news/ ... rug-trials" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Monsanto’s Roundup Shown to be Ravaging Butterfly Population
http://www.activistpost.com/2012/03/mon ... aging.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Greeks move billions from local bank accounts to the UK
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/busin ... 37889.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

China lambasts U.S. trade bill, won't adjust yuan
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/ ... N920120307" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Recession Hits Australia; 21st Monthly Decline in Construction; Service Sector in Contraction, New Orders Plunge; Ring, Ring Goes The Bell
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot. ... nalysis%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

January Consumer Credit Surges As Government Blows Student Debt Bubble To Epic Proportions
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/january-c ... roportions" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Will 2012 begin the unclogging of 6,000,000 distressed properties? Over 40 percent of the 2 million active foreclosures stand with no payment in over two years and some with three years and more. Foreclosure starts surge 28 percent in last month of data. Mid-tier markets in Los Angeles and Orange County contract severely in 2011
http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/shad ... e+SoCal%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Obama Unveils New J.P. Morgan, Wells Fargo Bailout Plan, Disguised as Mortgage Relief
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot. ... nalysis%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Under Michigan law, an emergency manager has the authority to lay off or cut the pay of employees, outsource services, merge and reorganize departments, overturn ordinances, alter the budget, cancel vendor contracts, sell city assets and abandon labor agreements.

What Detroit desperately needs is an influx of cash.

"We need $105 million just to get through the rest of this fiscal year and be able to pay our bills and make payroll," said City Council President Pro Tem Gary Brown. The fiscal year ends June 30.

http://www.freep.com/article/20120306/N ... picks=true" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

CIA Admits Using News To Manipulate the USA (1975 video)
http://vigilantcitizen.com/latestnews/c ... 975-video/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

9/11 Questions Bubble Up in the Media
http://www.911blogger.com/news/2012-03- ... ll-bergman" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Warning: The following column contains sexually explicit language.

There’s a new form of Christianity sweeping the U.S. Its main focus: sex.

http://mobile.wnd.com/2012/03/the-church-of-sex/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

....definitely not worth reading (at least I didn't get very far before thinking it was time to ditch it) as what is here says it all.....just a water tick mark on the USSA Titanic....

[AGStacker]

"But yes can you imagine the adversary letting everyone off the debt hook after working so long to get everyone hooked? Imagine trying to pay the debt back via a gold backed global currency....slaves forever!"

This is incorrect. The dollar is dying and the Fed will print unlimited amounts of currency. You'll be able to repay your loans one day with a day's wage. Read "When Money Dies".

[Jason]

"But yes can you imagine the adversary letting everyone off the debt hook after working so long to get everyone hooked? Imagine trying to pay the debt back via a gold backed global currency....slaves forever!"

This is incorrect. The dollar is dying and the Fed will print unlimited amounts of currency. You'll be able to repay your loans one day with a day's wage. Read "When Money Dies".

Prove it!!!

Loans aren't getting any easier to pay back with job losses, wage reductions, and what is ultimately demand destruction due to declining dollars in circulation (contraction of total debt)....any idiot can figure that out pretty quick (especially if they are out of work and looking for a job).

The Fed can print what ever amount of money they want....it if never hits the street (via bank loan) then it doesn't make a hill of beans difference....are loans going up? debt increasing? extra money flowing? demand increasing?

Nah all you have is increasing commodity prices as a result of monopolies....most likely a concerted propaganda effort to open the door to a global currency that is "gold backed". You don't think that they thought they were squandering all of that investment money in libertarian philosophy do you???

Take Adam Fergusson's word for it??? The same guy who was VP of the International Paneuropean Union for 20 years under Otto von Habsburg - a member of the Mont Pelerin Society???

[Still Learning]

"Loans aren't getting any easier to pay back with job losses, wage reductions, and what is ultimately demand destruction due to declining dollars in circulation (contraction of total debt)....

The Fed can print what ever amount of money they want....it if never hits the street (via bank loan) then it doesn't make a hill of beans difference....are loans going up? debt increasing? extra money flowing? demand increasing?

Nah all you have is increasing prices as a result of monopolies....

+1 Jason

That's what people don't realize is that all of the money that has been printed hasn't actually gone into the hands of the people who spend it.

There is a reason the prophets have stated "GET OUT OF DEBT!" If mass inflation were to hit due to additional money being printed and made available to the people, then debt would be a good thing. The economy could grow. You could pay down that debt with cheaper dollars. But what you are seeing is less money in circulation and the cost of goods rising. That means less money for the people to spend on higher priced goods. It is essentially forcing poverty onto the middle class. It will become harder and harder to pay down debts. Your income will continue to decline - through unemployment adn higher priced goods. Debt owners will become even more enslaved and satan's plan will take more control over our lives than ever.

[Jason]

"Loans aren't getting any easier to pay back with job losses, wage reductions, and what is ultimately demand destruction due to declining dollars in circulation (contraction of total debt)....

The Fed can print what ever amount of money they want....it if never hits the street (via bank loan) then it doesn't make a hill of beans difference....are loans going up? debt increasing? extra money flowing? demand increasing?

Nah all you have is increasing prices as a result of monopolies....

+1 Jason

That's what people don't realize is that all of the money that has been printed hasn't actually gone into the hands of the people who spend it.

There is a reason the prophets have stated "GET OUT OF DEBT!" If mass inflation were to hit due to additional money being printed and made available to the people, then debt would be a good thing. The economy could grow. You could pay down that debt with cheaper dollars. But what you are seeing is less money in circulation and the cost of goods rising. That means less money for the people to spend on higher priced goods. It is essentially forcing poverty onto the middle class. It will become harder and harder to pay down debts. Your income will continue to decline - through unemployment adn higher priced goods. Debt owners will become even more enslaved and satan's plan will take more control over our lives than ever.

Nice summary!

Ron Paul could yet play into this scenario as well via an alternate global currency (like digital gold) that undermines the dollar. For example you have to convert your dollars to digital gold at some ridiculous rate....so your debt burden is magnified as you have to pay back debt in dollars, pay taxes in dollars, and likely will earn your wages in dollars (if you have a job in a world based on everything going to the lowest common denominator)....but everything you buy (at least the vast majority that comes from out of country) via conversion to digital gold. The exchange rate is set by "the market" (supposedly free)....of course.

Not to mention all the remaining barriers coming down to "free" trade, privatization, and globalization.

For example after Congress has allowed China to peg their currency to the US dollar for decades completely undermining our manufacturing base....they now claim to be on the job (rare achievement for divided Congress) trying to protect you (now that you are completely dependent upon cheap Chinese goods - in 2007) by raising the prices you will have to pay for essential goods that we no longer manufacture. Interesting isn't it???

Partisan gridlock still reigns on Capitol Hill, but there’s one thing lawmakers agree on — trade penalties for China.

The House easily approved legislation Tuesday to grant the Commerce Department the right to continue imposing higher tariffs on goods from China and other countries that subsidize their exports to the United States. The measure passed with broad bipartisan support on a vote of 370 to 39.

Commerce has been applying these “countervailing” duties since 2007.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/201 ... e-imports/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Passage marked a rare achievement for a divided Congress that has yielded few accomplishments since Republicans took control of the House last year.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-0 ... ts-2-.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Kind of like Ron Paul talking about turning everything over to the "free" market after they've spent centuries monopolizing it.

Disapproving the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of the People's Republic of China.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=hj105-121" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=h1998-317" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

...oh but he voted against getting rid of China's most favored nation treatment...what happened to equal "free" trade??? Or the flip-flop with his current "most favored treatment" votes???

On July 27, 1999, The U.S. House of Representatives refused to end "Most Favored Nation" status (MFN) for Communist China in spite of spying, threats, and very high Chinese taxes on many American goods.
http://www.conservativeusa.org/mfnvote.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

...and again earlier...seems like he only opposes it when its not really a threat...they've already implemented the plan....

in the speech relating to the spy plane, Congressman Paul also briefly addressed the trade imbalance. He stated that despite a trade imbalance in their favor, the US subsidizes numerous Chinese industries through the Export/Import Bank. In 2006, Congressman Paul introduced an amendment to end the $4 billion subsidy to this bank, which underwrites the purchases of goods and services by the Chinese government and others. He noted that many US businesses benefit from this arrangement. Congressman Paul has continued stating his desire to end this subsidy in related speeches.

He has argued against resolutions and other items condemning Chinese currency manipulation as antagonistic and ultimately ineffective. He states that the real problem is not China's manipulation of their currency, but the overall use of fiat currency of the world that allows for such manipulation by removing the backing of the currencies with precious metals.

http://www.thepoliticalguide.com/Profil ... ews/China/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

August 14, 2006 Each year the people of the United States write a check to subsidize China, one of the most brutal, anti-American regimes in the world. Apparently, many members of Congress are happy to bash China, but don’t mind lending her U.S. taxpayer money at sweetheart interest rates.

http://paul.house.gov/index.php?option= ... &Itemid=69" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

May 9, 2007 The fact that the Chinese keep their currency artificially weak is a benefit to American consumers and long term is inflationary for the Chinese. Neither tariffs nor forced devaluations can solve the problem.

Our current account deficit and huge foreign indebtedness is a reflection of the world monetary system of fiat money. The longer the trade imbalances last, the more difficult the adjustment will be. The market will eventually force these adjustments on us.

Eventually it will be necessary to consider commodity-based money to solve the trade imbalances that concern so many here in the Congress.

http://paul.house.gov/index.php?option= ... &Itemid=60" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Who is the "market" that will "force" these adjustments on us via commodity-based money???





China Moves To Further Marginalize Dollar: Offers CNY-Denominated BRIC Loans
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/china-mov ... bric-loans" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Rep. Paul (R-TX) has called China "one of the most brutal, anti-American regimes in the world." Still, Paul was one of only five representatives to vote against the Political Freedom in China Act of 1997.

Paul was also the only member of the House to vote against a 2006 resolution condemning religious persecution in China.

Paul voted against the U.S.-China Trade Relations Act of 2000, as well as the Taiwan Security Enhancement Act in 2001.

http://www.cfr.org/world/candidates-us- ... ina/p14759" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;




....if the president or government shouldn't have the power....who does??? private corporations???



...yet here he talks about the war in Libya being all about business....

This current wave of globalization has been driven by policies that have opened economies domestically and internationally. In the years since the Second World War, and especially during the past two decades, many governments have adopted free-market economic systems, vastly increasing their own productive potential and creating myriad new opportunities for international trade and investment. Governments also have negotiated dramatic reductions in barriers to commerce and have established international agreements to promote trade in goods, services, and investment. Taking advantage of new opportunities in foreign markets, corporations have built foreign factories and established production and marketing arrangements with foreign partners. A defining feature of globalization, therefore, is an international industrial and financial business structure.

Privatization coupled w/ globalization is simply dictatorship by foreign, phantom, unelectable boards of directors.

Privatization + globalization allows for companies like Bechtel to troll the planet, prey on poor countries, privatize their natural resources and pollute the rest while extolling the virtues of employment for a few underpaid workers.

Globalization + privatization allows for the possibility of a UAE national company to purchase America's ports... from a British company.

Rampant privatization allows for private individuals to 'own' all the natural resources. Unelectable boards of directors, particularly those w/ foreign interests, should not be allowed to control our water, energy and oil. A bunch of nouveau riche hicks shouldn't have been in such a position to tinker w/ California's energy as did those at Enron.

The Latest Hamptons' Tennant: The US Military
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/latest-ha ... s-military" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

...what happens when it shifts to private contractors??? Would we also privatize everyone running the elections???

Imagine a world where everything is owned: the land, the water, and the air.

Ownership is the right of influence. When you own something you can do what you will with it. Nobody can tell you otherwise. If you save all your money and buy a Porsche, you can drive it off a cliff for all we care. It is yours, and being yours, it escapes our influence.

In a corporation, decisions are made through ownership percentage of the company. If you and I, together, own 51% of our company, we can institute any corporate policy or bylaws we want. But I ask you, how many of us own 51% of Exxon, or Merrill Lynch, or Monsanto? How many of us have ever sat in on a board meeting for Disney, or Microsoft, or K-Mart? Chances are, you have not, and as long as you don’t own enough of the company, you will never be invited. You will never have influence. That takes ownership.

Granted, the consumer has, at best, a secondary influence. Corporations require income and income requires customers. Yet even at this level, our amount of influence is dependent on a dollar amount. If a small group of angry consumers boycotts Fox News, while Fox News rakes in millions from their advertisers, who is more in control of what Fox News does? If a corporation puts into the market a product full of harmful materials, knowing that they are harmful, keeping such knowledge from the public, knowing that the legal structure of their corporation would insulate them from personal liability, what influence does the consumer have to stop from being exposed to the harmful material? Virtually none. They can only react after they are harmed. When they rise up against the evil company, investors have already been tipped-off to the scandal. They sell their shares and the price of the stock implodes — but the investors walk away with their returns, ready to invest in the next growth-based business scheme. The workers are out of a job, but they were mechanisms of profit, and profit was made.

Imagine a world where everything is owned: not by you, but by one of these companies. Imagine that the presiding authority over the water you drink, or the air you breathe is owned by somebody else, and its use had to be commercially negotiated: that you drink because you have permission to drink, or breathe air because you have permission to breathe it.

What else is a license than merely formal arrangements of permission? When you buy a $0.99 song on iTunes, its not merely the bandwidth you are paying for, or even the royalty to the artist. You are purchasing a license — you are purchasing permission from the owner of the music, the record company, to play and store the music on your computer and iPod.

Imagine a world where the central systems of society were privatized in this fashion: they are owned, not by you, and provided through private permission.

What else is Despotism than a society where everything that is done, is done with permission of the elite? What else is Despotism than the privatization of society?

http://mylibertynow.wordpress.com/the-p ... atization/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The Privatization of Roads and Highways
http://managainstthestate.blogspot.com/ ... hways.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

...Walter Block is Adjunct Scholar at the Mises Institute and the Hoover Institute....

Have you noticed everything is getting privatized these past decades?
http://anarchadia.com/2011/12/20/privat ... -the-poor/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

There’s nothing to fear from globalism, free trade and a single worldwide currency…

— Ron Paul, Congressional Record, March 13, 2001

The Club for Growth wrote a white paper on Rep. Ron Paul back in 2007. Most of the information below is from that report, but since Paul has been outspoken on several issues since then, we’ve updated his record to reflect those positions. Paul has a lifetime Club for Growth rating of 87%. The average House Republican score during that time period was 73%. Congressman Paul’s scores for the last six years (since the Club started issuing a scorecard) are:

2010: 90%
2009: 97%
2008: 88%
2007: 80%
2006: 83%
2005: 82%

http://www.clubforgrowth.org/whitepaper ... 137&id=921" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Ron Paul – Not All Roses
http://militantlibertarian.org/2011/07/ ... all-roses/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Bilderberg steering committee member is Ron Paul’s biggest campaign donor
https://aftermathnews.wordpress.com/201 ... ign-donor/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Jason]

Obama Promises Bunker Busters To Israel If Netanyahu Delays Iran Invasion Until After US Elections
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/obama-pro ... -elections" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Initial Claims Miss Expectations, Rise For Third Consecutive Week For First Time Since August 2010
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/initial-c ... ugust-2010" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Italy seizes $6 trillion of fake US bonds
http://www.noonehastodietomorrow.com//i ... &Itemid=35" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

US will ensure Israel's "military superiority": Panetta
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/us ... English%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Would-be China Defector, Former Director of Public Security Oversaw Organ Harvesting
http://www.noonehastodietomorrow.com//i ... &Itemid=38" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

China’s communist leaders are asking the U.S. to hand over the documents left behind by would-be defector Wang Lijun at the U.S. Consulate in Chengdu on Feb. 6, according to recent reports. The “Wang documents” seem to be of a life-and-death matter for the different factions within the CCP, who all fear having their dark secrets exposed.
http://www.noonehastodietomorrow.com//i ... Itemid=122" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Afghan Air Force Probed in Drug Running
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... malertNEWS" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Southcom ‘Part of Solution’ to Drug Crime, Commander Says
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=67460" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Advanced Social Engineering: The Mind Hacks Behind Brainwashing
http://www.noonehastodietomorrow.com//i ... Itemid=124" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

In American politics, it takes an enormous amount of money to win campaigns, and the rise of the "Super PACs" is allowing the wealthy to exert even more influence over the political process than they did before. When you examine the results of federal elections over the past several decades, you quickly discover that the candidate that raises the most money almost always wins.

Wealthy individuals are limited by law as to how much money they can give directly to a political campaign, but there are no limits on how much money they can give to Super PACs. During the 2012 election season, some of these Super PACs actually have more money than the campaigns of the candidates that they support do. Buying the vote is not illegal in America, and these Super PACs are buying huge amounts of advertising in key states.

http://www.activistpost.com/2012/02/buy ... -pacs.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

...would it be fair to say that politics in the United States has been privatized????

Supreme Court OKs Corporate Campaign Contributions
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/jan- ... 01-21.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Portions of this publication may be affected by the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v. FEC. Essentially, the Court's ruling permits corporations and labor organizations to use treasury funds to make independent expenditures in connection with federal elections and to fund electioneering communications.
http://www.fec.gov/pages/brochures/fecfeca.shtml" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Super PACs are a new kind of political action committee created in July 2010 following the outcome of a federal court case known as SpeechNow.org v. Federal Election Commission.

Technically known as independent expenditure-only committees, Super PACs may raise unlimited sums of money from corporations, unions, associations and individuals, then spend unlimited sums to overtly advocate for or against political candidates. Super PACs must, however, report their donors to the Federal Election Commission on a monthly or quarterly basis -- the Super PAC's choice -- as a traditional PAC would. Unlike traditional PACs, Super PACs are prohibited from donating money directly to political candidates.

http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/superpacs.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

WASHINGTON -- In the span of a week in September, two independent political committees announced unheard-of fundraising plans for the coming campaign season. The Karl Rove-linked American Crossroads, along with its sister nonprofit, Crossroads GPS, announced a plan to raise and spend $240 million in 2012. Make Us Great Again, a group solely dedicated to electing Texas Gov. Rick Perry the 45th President of the United States, revealed a plan to spend $55 million in the Republican primary alone. Both of these multimillion dollar plans would break all reported records for spending by an independent political committee, and offer a sign of how campaign finance rules have been upended.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/2 ... 77699.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Super Tuesday? More Like Super PAC Tuesday

Of course, we don't know how many other corporations and millionaires are behind the curtain because there is no mandatory disclosure of super PAC funders. In any event, the "future" these funders have in mind is not what most people would wish for.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-john- ... 23286.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Super-PACs Ramp Up Spending on Races Where Control of Congress Is at Stake
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-0 ... stake.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

....is privatization a good thing?

How does an America with no middle class look like? Bureau of Labor and Statistics projects top two jobs for the next decade will pay roughly $20,000 a year. Approval rating of Congress at 10 percent. In comparison, Americans approved of BP’s handling of the Gulf oil crisis at a 16 percent rate
http://www.mybudget360.com/america-with ... low-wages/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

...unlike all of Ron Paul's endorsements on it.....the people sure aren't having a say in it....adios to democracy (voice/representation of the people)...

Convicted Sarasota Ponzi fraudster Art Nadel, currently holed up in a Federal prison in North Carolina, is back in the news, after a Federal bankruptcy receiver filed a lawsuit accusing Wachovia Bank of criminal complicity in Nadel’s theft of $168 million.

This is a story about financial fraud, drug money, and a global crime network that links BCCI, known as the Bank of Crooks & Criminals Incorporated, with North Carolina’s Wachovia Bank.

While Art Nadel's Ponzi scheme was at its peak, between 2003 and 2007, Wachovia Bank was engaged in more continuing criminal activity than in all six seasons of The Sopranos.

Wachovia was assisting in systematically defrauding $150 million from senior citizens on fixed incomes. While there was far more to be made laundering drug money, for the bank this was still a sweet score.

Wachovia collected millions of dollars in fees for cashing $142 million in unsigned checks.

But financial fraud was just an appetizer. The bank's biggest "earner"—by far—was laundering, according to government investigators, $375 billion (that’s ‘billion’ with a ‘b’) dollars of drug money.

It's a specialized world, and modern day drug trafficking is a specialized activity. When Mexican drug cartels needed a transportation coordinator, they bought a DC-9—as well as at least a dozen luxury jets—from two companies in St. Petersburg, Florida. Both were named SkyWay Aircraft.

They claimed to be singular entities. But both sold airplanes to traffickers.

And since these its bad form to walk into an airplane dealership in Florida with a paper bag filled with cash, the traffickers turned to Wachovia Bank to pay for the planes.

Even Ponzi fraudster Art Nadel had a specialty. He was a ‘plane mover.’

Nadel owned Tradewinds LLC, with aircraft and hangers in North Carolina and Newnan-Coweta County Airport in Georgia. And in Venice Florida Art Nadel succeeded secretive Wisconsin financier Wally Hilliard as owner of infamous Huffman Aviation, which trained terrorists like Mohamed Atta to fly.

"Both aviation entities were funded with money from Nadel's scheme,” said federal receiver Wiand in court documents.

Nadel re-named Huffman the “Venice Jet Port.”

It was lipstick on a pig. Many found it odd that— for the second time in less than a decade—the business occupying an otherwise nondescript building at the tiny Venice Airport had become a major crime scene.

The FBI, of course, did nothing to encourage this speculation.

The jig was up for Wachovia, finally, when the American-registered (N900SA) DC-9 airliner from St. Petersburg was busted in the Yucatan carrying 5.5 tons of cocaine in April 2006.

No thanks to the FBI or the DEA… It was the Mexican Attorney General who discovered that Wachovia had laundered the money used to buy the DC-9, as well as a second plane which went down 18 months later. (An archive of stories of our investigation into the DC-9's true ownership is here. )

That set off a chain of consequences which resulted in the disappearance of America’s 4th largest bank, after Wachovia was repeatedly cited by the Federal Government for “failing to maintain an anti-money laundering program.”

Once again, the bank ignored the warnings.

Charged with criminal violations in March of 2009, the bank paid a record fine of $160 million, was sold to Wells Fargo in a Fed-brokered transaction, and slunk away to lay low in Salt Lake City.

http://www.madcowprod.com/2012/02/20/am ... narcobank/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

...plenty more at the link above....Wachovia is now under the Wells Fargo banner and I highly doubt practices have changed much since the fine was in the noise level with respect to how much money they were laundering and how much they were making from such activities...and no chiefs went to jail....

....another example of privatization??? Law unto those who have the most money???

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Wells Fargo will start charging $7 a month for checking accounts in six more states, expanding on its efforts to do away with free checking accounts altogether.
http://money.cnn.com/2012/03/07/pf/well ... /index.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Japan’s Nuclear Mobsters Don’t Share Tsunami Pain: William Pesek
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-0 ... pesek.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

...another example???

Cash-strapped Greece begins its bid to raise funds… by selling off Corfu
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... Corfu.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

...and another example???





Mortgage rates flirt with record lows again
http://money.cnn.com/2012/03/08/real_es ... ?iid=HP_LN" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Consumer Credit Surges 8.6%, Mostly on Student Debt
http://www.cnbc.com/id/46657371" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Gallup Finds February US Unemployment Jumps Most Since 2010, Third Consecutive Monthly Increase
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/gallup-fi ... y-increase" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

States Facing 'Sleeping Cancer' in 96% Unfunded Retiree Benefits
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... -M0HXL.DTL" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Stockton, California, Said Poised for First Step to Bankruptcy
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... -LZVL4.DTL" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Caked On: Even More Lead and Arsenic In Your Makeup
http://www.noonehastodietomorrow.com//i ... &Itemid=38" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

New FDA analysis finds lead in all 400 lipstick products tested
http://www.naturalnews.com/035027_lipst ... d_FDA.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Common paint-stripping products containing a little-known chemical known as methylene chloride could not only be posing serious risks to the health of home improvement workers, but home owners and the general public as a whole.

Now linked to at least 13 deaths, the true negative effects of these methylene chloride-containing products are only now fully coming to light thanks to an investigation by researchers at Michigan State University.

http://www.activistpost.com/2012/02/com ... inked.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Cloud seeding can be used in as much as one-third of China, the biggest market in this industry globally, said Zheng Guoguang, head of the China Meteorological Administration and a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee
http://www.noonehastodietomorrow.com//i ... Itemid=123" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

In March, NASA will launch five such rockets in approximately five minutes to study these high-altitude winds and their intimate connection to the complicated electrical current patterns that surround Earth.

To accomplish this, the five sounding rockets will launch from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia releasing a chemical tracer into the air. The chemical – a substance called trimethyl aluminum (TMA) -- forms milky, white clouds that allow those on the ground to "see" the winds in space and track them with cameras.

The trimethyl aluminum will then be released in space out over the Atlantic Ocean at altitudes from 50 to 90 miles. The cloud tracers will last for up to 20 minutes and will be visible in the mid-Atlantic region, and along the east coast of the United States from parts of South Carolina to New Jersey.

The products of the reaction when TMA is exposed to air or water are aluminum oxide, carbon dioxide and water vapor. Aluminum oxides are used to combat heartburn and to purify drinking water. Also, all three products occur naturally in the atmosphere. The TMA poses no threat to the public during preparation on the ground or during the release in space.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunea ... light.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Herein lies a quick summary of the topic at hand. For folks still not familiar, uncontrolled, unregulated, and unconsented to Geoengineering experiments and projects are and have been underway. What kinds of experiments and programs you ask?

The kind that manipulate the weather and the climate. The kind that release massive aluminum oxide dust clouds over vast parts of the U.S. like the Navy's 2009 C.A.R.E experiment, or the kind that operate in the dark (literally speaking) like the U.S. Airforce/NASA's Trimethyl-Aluminum Night Cloud releases or NOAA's cloud seeding projects for rain enhancement, rain suppression, or snow enhancement, snow augmentation and more, over areas larger than some states. And of course HAARP cannot be left out in the cold here; run by the U.S Navy and Air Force, the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program when blasting ELF waves via its enormous antennae array dramatically alters weather.

http://www.examiner.com/conspiracy-in-n ... ngineering" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

DiamondPeel had previously sold Aluminum-Oxide (also known as Aluminium-Oxide or Al2O3) based microdermabrasion machines. We switched over to crystal-free systems because of the numerous studies published by various Health Journals and the US government about the health hazards with long-term exposure to fine Aluminum-Oxide dust.

http://diamondskin.com/aluminum-oxide.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT FOR ALUMINIUM, ALUMINIUM OXIDE, AND ALUMINIUM HYDROXIDE
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18085482" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.world-aluminium.org/cache/fl0000237.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Why Are People So Upset About Meat Glue?
http://www.activistpost.com/2012/03/why ... -glue.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

70 Percent of Ground Beef at Supermarkets Contains ‘Pink Slime’
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2 ... ink-slime/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

In Bill Gates, Monsanto also has one of the wealthiest and most influential "philanthropists" supporting their agenda and spreading misleading propaganda about their products.
http://www.noonehastodietomorrow.com//i ... &Itemid=38" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Sorry Gates: GMO Crops Proven to be Ineffective at Fighting World Hunger
http://naturalsociety.com/gmo-crops-pro ... ld-hunger/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Bill Gates, Monsanto, and eugenics: How one of the world's wealthiest men is actively promoting a corporate takeover of global agriculture
http://www.naturalnews.com/035105_Bill_ ... enics.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Judge Naomi Buchwald’s February 24 decision dismissing the case of Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association et al v. Monsanto was met with great disappointment by organic farmers, seed growers and agricultural organizations—and a renewed commitment to fight on.

Daniel Ravicher, lead attorney for the 81 plaintiffs represented in the lawsuit, said, “While I have great respect for Judge Buchwald, her decision to deny farmers the right to seek legal protection from one of the world’s foremost patent bullies is gravely disappointing.”

http://www.noonehastodietomorrow.com//i ... Itemid=115" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

This September, the 2008 Farm Bill, officially known as the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008, expires. The Farm Bill determines who sinks, who swims and what makes it to our plates, for better or for worse.
http://www.noonehastodietomorrow.com//i ... Itemid=115" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

MIT Chip May Replace Repeated Immunizations
http://www.noonehastodietomorrow.com//i ... &Itemid=39" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Study: Combination tetanus, whooping cough vaccine linked to seizures in babies
http://www.naturalnews.com/035072_Dtap_ ... abies.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

South American Drought Affecting Soybean Reserve Levels
http://www.wisconsinagconnection.com/st ... 67&yr=2012" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Two CMEs Reach Earth's Magnetosphere
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunea ... -X5-4.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The ACE Spacecraft detected a shock passage and a Geomagnetic Sudden Impulse measuring 58 nT at the Boulder Station was just recorded. The Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) caused by the X5.4 Solar Flare is now impacting Earth. A G1 Level Geomagnetic Storm is now in progress. Be on the lookout for Aurora if it is dark outside and if you are high in latitude.
http://www.solarham.com/index.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The coronal mass ejection (CME) associated with the R3 (Strong) Radio Blackout event from 0024 UTC March 7 (7:24 p.m. EST March 6) arrived at ACE at 1045 UTC today (5:45 a.m. EST March 8). So far the orientation of the magnetic field has been opposite of what is needed to cause the strongest storming. As the event progresses, that field will continue to change. Based on overall strength, the predictions for periods reaching the G3 level look justified. Additionally, the Solar Radiation Storm levels remain above the S3 (Strong) threshold at this time, with values rising momentarily with shock arrival. Region 1429 remains potent and subsequent activity is certainly possible. Updates here as conditions warrant.
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Comment from the SIDC (RWC Belgium): The photospheric magnetic field configuration of Catania sunspot group 65 (NOAA AR 1429) somewhat stabilized, although it still remains a beta-gamma-delta active region. Another X-class flare is still possible in this active region, although with a smaller probability compared to that two days ago. Due to the Catania sunspot group 65 (NOAA AR 1429) position close to the solar central meridian, another Earth-directed CME and SEP release would be probable, also in case of an M-class flare. An interplanetary shock wave was detected by ACE at 10:45 UT today. Although ACE plasma data is still corrupted due to the ongoing major SEP event and no SOHO/CELIAS data is currently available to confirm that it is indeed a shock that is detected, there is little doubt that this is the start of the interplanetary disturbance produced by the full halo CME observed on the Sun on March 7. The interplanetary magnetic field magnitude in the wake of the shock is elevated (30-40 nT), but the IMF north-south component is directed northward. Its turn to the south is not excluded, so a major (K = 7 or even higher) geomagnetic storm is expected. The major SEP event is still ongoing, with the flux of protons peaking around the shock arrival. We expect the proton event to continue further on for at least another day.
http://prop.hfradio.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

...and we are showing some signs of increased volcanic activity...
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Jason]

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Videogame sales fell sharply in February, worse than analysts’ had expected, and making for a third straight month of declines for a sector suffering from a lack of compelling new releases.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/videog ... atest_news" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

US Trade Balance Worst In 39 Months With Largest 3 Month Drop In 20 Years
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/us-trade- ... p-20-years" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Part Time Workers Celebrate The Recovery With Soaring Gun Purchases
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/part-time ... -purchases" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

12 states on path to guns with no permits
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/sto ... 53391932/1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Bank of America, one of five banks in $25 billion settlement with the government over foreclosure practices, has struck a side deal that will allow it to reduce penalties in return for bigger cuts to borrowers' mortgage balances, the Wall Street Journal said
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/ ... 8T20120309" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Banks foreclosing on churches in record numbers
http://news.yahoo.com/banks-foreclosing ... 27024.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Goldman Sachs told U.S. (when push comes to shove) they WILL BE Paid for Debt BEFORE Social Security and Medicare Recipients! Forget citizens PAY BANKS!
http://sherriequestioningall.blogspot.c ... comes.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

We and others around the world are looking for even greater leadership from China. China and the United States cannot solve all the problems of the world together. But without China and the United States, I doubt that any of our global problems can be solved,” Clinton said in a major foreign policy speech.
http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=144108" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta admitted to Senator Jeff Sessions that Congress is dust and trash, and that the decision to take the U.S. military to war rests in the hands of unelected international bureaucrats in the United Nations, NATO, and other international organizations.
http://disquietreservations.blogspot.co ... ation.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Panetta: US attack on Iran would be more effective
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340 ... 09,00.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The Pentagon has warned Iran that it will use a new bomb against it in case of a military conflict.

According to Deputy Commander of the US Air Force General Herbert Carlisle, the new 13.5 ton bomb which entered the US armed forces last year is designed to destroy underground secret facilities that allegedly exist on the territory of Iran.

Last week US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta published a magazine article in which he admits that the Pentagon is planning a military operation against Iran.

http://english.ruvr.ru/2012_03_09/67954724/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Netanyahu: Strike on Iran's nuclear facilities possible within months
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/ne ... bled=false" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It's 10 Minutes to Midnight: Introducing The Iran War Clock
http://www.theatlantic.com/internationa ... ck/254178/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Israel hasn’t signed the Nuclear Arms Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and has consistently maintained a policy of ambiguity about its nuclear arsenal by neither accepting nor denying its possession. The Jewish state had begun its quest for nuclear weapons since its inception in 1948. In 1956, France provided Israel with an 18-megawatt nuclear reactor that, after Israel's invasion of Egypt in 1956, was upgraded to 24-megawatt. The reactor France provided was erected at Dimona, in Negev desert, and has since remained functional, to which the UK, IAEA, and US are privy. France even provided Israel with heavy water it purchased from Norway thus breaching the assurances France gave to donors for not passing it on to a third country.

http://www.opinion-maker.org/2012/03/is ... stockpile/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The decision aims at promoting water security in the country and the protection of groundwater resources from depletion and its development to ensure sustainability for the current and future generations.
http://www.emirates247.com/news/emirate ... 8-1.447448" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Earlier this year, McDonald's made headlines when it said it would stop using ammonia-treated beef trimmings lovingly known as "pink slime" in its burgers. Now the former USDA scientist who coined the phrase is speaking out against the widespread use of the stuff — not because it's unsafe, but because he feels like consumers are being deceived into paying for cheap filler.

"It's economic fraud," the scientist explains, adding that you'll find pink slime in 70% of ground beef you buy at the supermarket. "It's not fresh ground beef. ... It's a cheap substitute being added in."

http://consumerist.com/2012/03/what-is- ... -beef.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Seven Million Pounds of “Pink Slime” Beef Destined for National School Lunch Program
http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/s ... 00764.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Giant pharmaceutical companies are overcharging consumers more than $3 billion a year by paying undisclosed kickbacks to induce insured people to buy brand-name drugs rather than less-expensive alternatives, according to six RICO class actions filed this week in four federal courts.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/03/09/44562.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Mitt Romney, The French Years
http://www.worldcrunch.com/mitt-romney- ... years/4838" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Solar storm lights up northern skies
http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/20 ... hern-skies" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

A Strong G3 Geomagnetic Storm (KP=7) was in progress on Friday morning with the KP index reaching very close to the Severe G4 Storm Levels. Visible Aurora has been reported in many parts of Canada and Northern USA, however a very bright moon made viewing conditions a little tricky. The Bz component of the Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF) ranged from -5nT to -15nT south for many hours and the Solar Wind speed ranged from 800 to 950 km/s. The Kp has since dropped to 6 which means a G2 Level storm remains in progress.
http://www.solarham.com/index.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The coronal mass ejection (CME) associated with the R3 (Strong) Radio Blackout event from 0024 UTC March 7 (7:24 p.m. EST March 6) continues to affect the Earth and G3 (Strong) storming levels have now been observed. The magnetic field orientation needed to cause strong geomagnetic storming finally occurred overnight, so although it got off to a slow start, levels have reached what was predicted. Solar Radiation Storm levels remain at S2 (Moderate) levels, flattening out in response to a new, R2 (Moderate) solar flare occurring at 0353 UTC March 9 (10:53 p.m. EST March 8). This R2 event had an associated coronal mass ejection and analysis is pending to determine the expected arrival time and resulting geomagnetic storm intensity.
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Blast shakes restless volcano in remote Aleutian Islands
http://www.adn.com/2012/03/08/2359467/b ... lcano.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

....lots of restless volcano's these days....

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SPECIAL REPORT-Goldman's promised land: Salt Lake City

* Salt Lake City becomes a major global hub

* Goldman lured by tax incentives and cheap labor

* Some New York workers encouraged to move out west

* Goldman finds a warm embrace in Mormon country

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/ ... 4H20120309" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Fairminded]

SPECIAL REPORT-Goldman's promised land: Salt Lake City

* Salt Lake City becomes a major global hub

* Goldman lured by tax incentives and cheap labor

* Some New York workers encouraged to move out west

* Goldman finds a warm embrace in Mormon country

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/ ... 4H20120309" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

First time I've ever used this emote, but :ymsick:

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Louisiana Makes It Illegal To Use Cash For Secondhand Sales


One of the good features of cash is the fact that it can be used anonymously. It's no surprise that the government hates that, but would you ever expect the government to actually outlaw the use of cash? Down in Louisiana, a recently passed law completely outlaws the use of cash in transactions for secondhand goods. When I read the story, I thought it was so crazy that it had to be a misunderstanding. I looked up the bill, and the original version of the bill actually does not have this clause. Instead, it requires that anyone selling secondhand goods make a detailed recording of any cash transaction. But somewhere along the way, that bill was amended, and the final version does, in fact, appear to ban cash transactions:

A secondhand dealer shall not enter into any cash transactions in payment for the purchase of junk or used or secondhand property. Payment shall be made in the form of check, electronic transfers, or money order issued to the seller of the junk or used or secondhand property and made payable to the name and address of the seller. All payments made by check, electronic transfers, or money order shall be reported separately in the daily reports required by R.S. 37:1866.

[Jason]

Thank you for the contributions Like!!!

Kissinger Defends Putin as 'Russian Patriot'
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Kissinge ... 8/Y/M.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

U.S. Funded, Trained and Equipped Afghan Air Force Running Guns and Drugs
http://cryptogon.com/?p=27977" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Aircraft Carrier Enterprise Sets Off On Final Journey - Direction Iran
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/aircraft- ... ction-iran" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Will A Sitting President Finally Be Held Accountable For High Crimes and Misdemeanors?
http://www.activistpost.com/2012/03/wil ... -held.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

In 1976, NSA Was Tasked to Help Secure Private Communications
http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2012/03 ... omsec.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

DOJ Asks Court To Keep Secret Any Partnership Between Google, NSA - The Justice Department is defending the government’s refusal to discuss—or even acknowledge the existence of—any cooperative research and development agreement between Google and the National Security Agency.
http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2012/ ... e-nsa.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Speaking at a policy debate Wednesday at The Heritage Foundation, a representative of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) warned that a bill currently being considered by the House Select Committee on Intelligence would intertwine the National Security Agency (NSA) with corporate America, exposing vast amounts of private civilian data to unprecedented levels of monitoring, all in the name of “cybersecurity.”
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/07/b ... porations/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

While Drake never disclosed classified information, he did pass on unclassified information to Gorman revealing that the NSA had wasted billions of taxpayers’ dollars on Trailblazer, a contractor-heavy intelligence software program that failed to find terrorist threats in the tsunami of digital data the agency was sucking up globally — and sometimes unconstitutionally. While Trailblazer burned through cash, in the process enriching many NSA employees turned contractors, Drake found that another software program named ThinThread had already met the core requirements of a federal acquisition regulation that governed the proposed system at a sliver of the cost, all while protecting American civil liberties at the code level.
http://www.salon.com/2012/03/07/nsa_whi ... singleton/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

PsyWarfare: "The Battle for the Mind"
http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=29689" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Hollywood movies are usually presented as a form of entertainment, but their plots often conceal a specific agenda. “Disaster movies”, films about the end of the world through various mass crises, are particularly interesting as they all follow the same basic formula and glorify the same entities. In this article, we’ll look at the disaster movie ‘Contagion’ and how it “teaches” its viewers who to trust and who not to trust during a crisis.
http://vigilantcitizen.com/moviesandtv/ ... he-masses/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

....speaking of programming and psywarfare.....

Dr. Webster Tarpley: KONY 2012 Exposed
http://www.federaljack.com/?p=173673" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

1960s: Slums of Chicago Used As “Laboratory” By Rockefeller’s Population Council
http://www.infowars.com/1960s-slums-of- ... n-council/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

...Chicago has been in their pocket for a long long time....don't have to look much further than the Chicago school of economics and libertarianism....

Reporting from Washington—Against the backdrop of gasoline prices rising in an election year, a new Obama administration report cites "significant progress" in reducing foreign oil imports and increasing domestic oil and gas production. The closing of several U.S. refineries also has pushed gas prices higher.

But independent analysts attribute much of the fall in oil imports to slack U.S. demand in a still-anemic economy.

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la ... olitics%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Gas prices are within 35 cents of the all-time record high of $4.11 per gallon set in July 2008.

Gasoline demand continues to be woeful. EIA measured last week’s demand at 8.262 million barrels per day (bpd), down 100,000 bpd from the previous week and some 930,000 bpd behind the same week last year. The four week gasoline demand figures were even more dismal, at 8.355 million bpd, down 7.8 percent. Not since the first week in March 2001 has gasoline demand been so low.

http://augustafreepress.com/2012/03/12/ ... -slightly/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Supply is up [storage inventory - middle of the page chart]....demand is down 10% from a year ago this time [chart at the bottom of the page]
http://www.eia.gov/oog/info/twip/twip_gasoline.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Another Plunge in 3-Month Rolling Average of Petroleum and Gasoline Usage - Note that petroleum usage is back to December 1995 thru February 1996 levels. Gasoline usage is back to December 2001 thru February 2002 levels.
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot. ... nalysis%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

....so much for supply and demand....which screams monopoly....so much for "free" market....

Adding Insult To Injury, Greek Gas Prices Are Now The Highest In Europe
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/adding-in ... est-europe" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Monday, March 12, 11:07 AM While gasoline prices are percolating in the States, they haven't approached the $4.11 peak of July 2008 (granted, we haven't hit high summer demand yet). The same can't be said for Europe, where prices at the pump have taken out the record levels from that summer.
http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/1 ... ource=feed" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

...collapsing demand there as well....as bankers are destroying governments via their economies....

America Is Being Transformed From A Wealthy Nation Into A Poor Nation At Breathtaking Speed
http://endoftheamericandream.com/archiv ... king-speed" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Yet Another US Debt Infographic
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/yet-anoth ... nfographic" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

....$684,330 per family....all due to bankers (Federal Reserve cartel) and countries like China/Russia....why can't we print up interest free money and pay them off? Or is the goal to get all of our possessions - gold, land, houses, etc....and we wake up homeless on the land our forefather's conquered???

As US Rakes Largest Monthly Deficit In History, 2012 Tax Revenues Net Of Refunds Trail 2011
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/us-rakes- ... trail-2011" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;





The deadly early-season tornado outbreak of March 2 - 3 that hit Indiana, Kentucky, and surrounding states, killing 41 people, may have been the 10th largest two-day tornado outbreak since record keeping began in 1950.
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMa ... rynum=2049" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

WEEKEND SOLAR FLARE: Sunspot AR1429 is still erupting this weekend. On Saturday, March 10th, it produced a powerful M8-class flare that almost crossed the threshold into X-territory.
http://spaceweather.com/archive.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

ACE detected an incoming shock this morning after 08:00 UTC. The Solar Wind jumped to near 600 km/s and a Geomagnetic Sudden Impulse measuring 96 nT was detected. A G2 Geomagnetic Storm (KP=6) is now in progress. Initially a CME impact was predicted for late tonight. The expanding cloud could have arrived much earlier than expected, or this shock may be unrelated. More information to follow.
http://www.solarham.com/index.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Geomagnetic storming reaching the G2 (Moderate) level is underway. Continued geomagnetic activity reaching the G3 (Strong) level is likely between now and the end of March 13 as the parade of recent coronal mass ejections affect Earth. Meanwhile, the Solar Radiation Storm continues its decay and is currently at the S1 (Minor) level. Region 1429 remains complex, but is showing signs of weakening. No significant Radio Blackout events have been observed in the last 24 hours, so no further significant activity is currently expected after March 13. That said, continued activity is possible and any subsequent events would change that outlook. Updates here as conditions warrant.
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

....very active sun over the past week or two....

http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[durangout]

It truly is shocking to see what is going on in the world tody.

Where do we turn for peace?!?!

[mes5464]

...Chicago has been in their pocket for a long long time....don't have to look much further than the Chicago school of economics and libertarianism....

Jason,

You have commented on other threads that you don't trust Ron Paul. This comment tells me you don't trust the libertarian movement/part. You have also said that we should be considering the third party candidates. I was wondering, who do you like to see president? Who are you supporting?

Thanks,
Marion

[Jason]

...Chicago has been in their pocket for a long long time....don't have to look much further than the Chicago school of economics and libertarianism....

Jason,

You have commented on other threads that you don't trust Ron Paul. This comment tells me you don't trust the libertarian movement/part. You have also said that we should be considering the third party candidates. I was wondering, who do you like to see president? Who are you supporting?

Thanks,
Marion

I'm leaning toward's Bill Still but trying to get more information about him. Its most likely that he won't even be a contender....but from what I can tell he is a fighter and he knows the solution to at least one of the major problems (money creation). He's not calling for repentance and moral constraint though which is solution #1. He also calls himself a libertarian....and as you have pointed out that now has a very sour taste in my mouth.