Bruecke Notes: As Vatic's bridge partner in this project, I fulfill that role today on Wednesday, hump day.
3/9/10 Jesse Ventura on NBC's "Today Show": AMERICAN CONSPIRACIES
3/8/10 Jesse Ventura on CNN's "Larry King": AMERICAN CONSPIRACIES
"Conspiracy Theory" with Jesse Ventura on 9/11
A brief summary of presidential directives, executive orders, and congressionaly approved bills that where signed into law over the last 40ish years. And no, this isn't a bunch of conspiracy nonsense. They are simply facts.
Secrets of the CIA
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2010-03-24
Dick Cheney and Liz Cheney Fearmonger in a Desperate Neocon Plot to Take Over Washington
Dick Cheney and Liz Cheney Fearmonger in a Desperate Neocon Plot to Take Over Washington
By Matthew Duss, The Nation
Posted on March 21, 2010
I'm sure not many fathers think about whether their children will defend them one day from accusations that they ordered torture. Dick Cheney would probably be one of the few who has--and how nice that he got that lucky. Since her father left office, Liz Cheney has been his most visible and effective advocate. She's given speeches at conservative gatherings, written op-eds for publications like the Wall Street Journal and made dozens of television appearances, all aimed at defending her father's record and carrying his standard. And occasionally she finds herself having to claim that a technique developed by torturers as a method of torture (waterboarding) was not really torture when her father approved it.
To a lesser extent than his daughter, but still at an unprecedented level for a former vice president, Dick Cheney has also taken a highly public role, popping up regularly to attack the Obama administration's national security decisions. This past May, explaining her father's inordinately high profile, Liz said on MSNBC, "I don't think he planned to be doing this, you know, when they left office in January," but the administration's policy shifts, as well as the concern that "perhaps [Obama] would even be prosecuting former members of the Bush administration," had necessitated the former VP's re-emergence. During this period, the Washington Monthly's Steve Benen counted "12 appearances, in nine and a half days, spanning four networks" for the younger Cheney.
The right's most famous father-daughter act has also been active behind the scenes. Liz has allied with neoconservative mover Bill Kristol to found Keep America Safe, infamous of late for its ads attacking as traitorous Justice Department lawyers who once "represented or advocated for terrorist detainees." The ad was so scurrilous that even Republican lawyers and Bush administration officials like former Attorney General Michael Mukasey and former Solicitor General Ted Olson condemned it. But whatever blowback the neocon attack machine may suffer for this particular overreach, the "Department of Jihad" smear is nonetheless a startling declaration that they just don't give a damn. (After all, what's a bit of rank dishonesty in an effort to head off almost certain Islamofascist doom?) With the Cheneys on board, neocons have become increasingly brazen in their accusations that President Obama is "inviting the next attack" by not sufficiently embracing the fact that "we are at war."
By Matthew Duss, The Nation
Posted on March 21, 2010
I'm sure not many fathers think about whether their children will defend them one day from accusations that they ordered torture. Dick Cheney would probably be one of the few who has--and how nice that he got that lucky. Since her father left office, Liz Cheney has been his most visible and effective advocate. She's given speeches at conservative gatherings, written op-eds for publications like the Wall Street Journal and made dozens of television appearances, all aimed at defending her father's record and carrying his standard. And occasionally she finds herself having to claim that a technique developed by torturers as a method of torture (waterboarding) was not really torture when her father approved it.
To a lesser extent than his daughter, but still at an unprecedented level for a former vice president, Dick Cheney has also taken a highly public role, popping up regularly to attack the Obama administration's national security decisions. This past May, explaining her father's inordinately high profile, Liz said on MSNBC, "I don't think he planned to be doing this, you know, when they left office in January," but the administration's policy shifts, as well as the concern that "perhaps [Obama] would even be prosecuting former members of the Bush administration," had necessitated the former VP's re-emergence. During this period, the Washington Monthly's Steve Benen counted "12 appearances, in nine and a half days, spanning four networks" for the younger Cheney.
The right's most famous father-daughter act has also been active behind the scenes. Liz has allied with neoconservative mover Bill Kristol to found Keep America Safe, infamous of late for its ads attacking as traitorous Justice Department lawyers who once "represented or advocated for terrorist detainees." The ad was so scurrilous that even Republican lawyers and Bush administration officials like former Attorney General Michael Mukasey and former Solicitor General Ted Olson condemned it. But whatever blowback the neocon attack machine may suffer for this particular overreach, the "Department of Jihad" smear is nonetheless a startling declaration that they just don't give a damn. (After all, what's a bit of rank dishonesty in an effort to head off almost certain Islamofascist doom?) With the Cheneys on board, neocons have become increasingly brazen in their accusations that President Obama is "inviting the next attack" by not sufficiently embracing the fact that "we are at war."
$6 Billion Later, Afghan Cops Aren't Ready to Serve
$6 Billion Later, Afghan Cops Aren't Ready to Serve
Saturday 20 March 2010
by: T. Christian Miller, Mark Hosenball and Ron Moreau | ProPublica and Newsweek
Mohammad Moqim watches in despair as his men struggle with their AK-47 automatic rifles, doing their best to hit man-size targets 50 meters away. A few of the police trainees lying prone in the mud are decent shots, but the rest shoot clumsily, and fumble as they try to reload their weapons. The Afghan National Police (ANP) captain sighs as he dismisses one group of trainees and orders 25 more to take their places on the firing line. "We are still at zero," says Captain Moqim, 35, an eight-year veteran of the force. "They don't listen, are undisciplined, and will never be real policemen."
Poor marksmanship is the least of it. Worse, crooked Afghan cops supply much of the ammunition used by the Taliban, according to Saleh Mohammed, an insurgent commander in Helmand province. The bullets and rocket-propelled grenades sold by the cops are cheaper and of better quality than the ammo at local markets, he says. It's easy for local cops to concoct credible excuses for using so much ammunition, especially because their supervisors try to avoid areas where the Taliban are active. Mohammed says local police sometimes even stage fake firefights so that if higher-ups question their outsize orders for ammo, villagers will say they've heard fighting.
America has spent more than $6 billion since 2002 in an effort to create an effective Afghan police force, buying weapons, building police academies, and hiring defense contractors to train the recruits—but the program has been a disaster. More than $322 million worth of invoices for police training were approved even though the funds were poorly accounted for, according to a government audit, and fewer than 12 percent of the country's police units are capable of operating on their own. Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, the State Department's top representative in the region, has publicly called the Afghan police "an inadequate organization, riddled with corruption." During the Obama administration's review of Afghanistan policy last year, "this issue received more attention than any other except for the question of U.S. troop levels," Holbrooke later told NEWSWEEK. "We drilled down deep into this."
Saturday 20 March 2010
by: T. Christian Miller, Mark Hosenball and Ron Moreau | ProPublica and Newsweek
Mohammad Moqim watches in despair as his men struggle with their AK-47 automatic rifles, doing their best to hit man-size targets 50 meters away. A few of the police trainees lying prone in the mud are decent shots, but the rest shoot clumsily, and fumble as they try to reload their weapons. The Afghan National Police (ANP) captain sighs as he dismisses one group of trainees and orders 25 more to take their places on the firing line. "We are still at zero," says Captain Moqim, 35, an eight-year veteran of the force. "They don't listen, are undisciplined, and will never be real policemen."
Poor marksmanship is the least of it. Worse, crooked Afghan cops supply much of the ammunition used by the Taliban, according to Saleh Mohammed, an insurgent commander in Helmand province. The bullets and rocket-propelled grenades sold by the cops are cheaper and of better quality than the ammo at local markets, he says. It's easy for local cops to concoct credible excuses for using so much ammunition, especially because their supervisors try to avoid areas where the Taliban are active. Mohammed says local police sometimes even stage fake firefights so that if higher-ups question their outsize orders for ammo, villagers will say they've heard fighting.
America has spent more than $6 billion since 2002 in an effort to create an effective Afghan police force, buying weapons, building police academies, and hiring defense contractors to train the recruits—but the program has been a disaster. More than $322 million worth of invoices for police training were approved even though the funds were poorly accounted for, according to a government audit, and fewer than 12 percent of the country's police units are capable of operating on their own. Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, the State Department's top representative in the region, has publicly called the Afghan police "an inadequate organization, riddled with corruption." During the Obama administration's review of Afghanistan policy last year, "this issue received more attention than any other except for the question of U.S. troop levels," Holbrooke later told NEWSWEEK. "We drilled down deep into this."
Netanyahu: Non-Negotiator or Pragmatist?
Netanyahu: Non-Negotiator or Pragmatist?
Tuesday 23 March 2010
by: Allen McDuffee, t r u t h o u t | Report
As President Obama prepares for his meeting today with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a look at Netanyahu's track record on Jerusalem leaves one wondering whether Obama is dealing with a non-negotiator or a pragmatist.
President Obama will meet privately today with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office dining room. This is Netanyahu's second closed meeting in a row, after his meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was moved at the last minute from the State Department with press availability to Netanyahu's hotel suite. The prime minister appears to be showing some distance from the United States, if only in photo-ops.
Netanyahu's meetings come on the heels of the annual American Israel Political Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference, where both Netanyahu and Clinton spoke. AIPAC, with more than 100,000 members, refers to itself as "America's Pro-Israel Lobby" and is often considered to be one of the most powerful lobbying organizations in the United States.
The meetings are ostensibly taking place in an attempt to repair the damage done when the Israeli government announced that another 1,600 Israeli settlements would be built in East Jerusalem on the same day Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Israel with US Middle East peace envoy George Mitchell in an attempt to get both Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiating table.
Tuesday 23 March 2010
by: Allen McDuffee, t r u t h o u t | Report
As President Obama prepares for his meeting today with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a look at Netanyahu's track record on Jerusalem leaves one wondering whether Obama is dealing with a non-negotiator or a pragmatist.
President Obama will meet privately today with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office dining room. This is Netanyahu's second closed meeting in a row, after his meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was moved at the last minute from the State Department with press availability to Netanyahu's hotel suite. The prime minister appears to be showing some distance from the United States, if only in photo-ops.
Netanyahu's meetings come on the heels of the annual American Israel Political Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference, where both Netanyahu and Clinton spoke. AIPAC, with more than 100,000 members, refers to itself as "America's Pro-Israel Lobby" and is often considered to be one of the most powerful lobbying organizations in the United States.
The meetings are ostensibly taking place in an attempt to repair the damage done when the Israeli government announced that another 1,600 Israeli settlements would be built in East Jerusalem on the same day Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Israel with US Middle East peace envoy George Mitchell in an attempt to get both Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiating table.
Israel Won't Change Unless the Status Quo Has a Downside
Israel Won't Change Unless the Status Quo Has a Downside
Tuesday 23 March 2010
by: Tony Karon
Uncomfortable at the spectacle of the Obama administration in an open confrontation with the Israeli government, Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman -- who represents the interests of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party on Capitol Hill as faithfully as he does those of the health insurance industry -- called for a halt. "Let's cut the family fighting, the family feud," he said. "It's unnecessary; it's destructive of our shared national interest. It's time to lower voices, to get over the family feud between the U.S. and Israel. It just doesn't serve anybody's interests but our enemies."
The idea that the U.S. and Israel are "family" with identical national interests is a convenient fiction that Lieberman and his fellow Israel partisans have worked relentlessly to promote -- and enforce -- in Washington over the past two decades. If the bonds are indeed familial, however, last week's showdown between Washington and the Netanyahu government may be counted as one of those feuds in which truths are uttered in the heat of the moment that call into question the fundamental terms of the relationship. Such truths are never easily swept under the rug once the dispute is settled. The immediate rupture, that is, precludes a simple return to the status quo ante; instead, a renegotiation of the terms of the relationship somehow ends up on the agenda.
Tuesday 23 March 2010
by: Tony Karon
Uncomfortable at the spectacle of the Obama administration in an open confrontation with the Israeli government, Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman -- who represents the interests of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party on Capitol Hill as faithfully as he does those of the health insurance industry -- called for a halt. "Let's cut the family fighting, the family feud," he said. "It's unnecessary; it's destructive of our shared national interest. It's time to lower voices, to get over the family feud between the U.S. and Israel. It just doesn't serve anybody's interests but our enemies."
The idea that the U.S. and Israel are "family" with identical national interests is a convenient fiction that Lieberman and his fellow Israel partisans have worked relentlessly to promote -- and enforce -- in Washington over the past two decades. If the bonds are indeed familial, however, last week's showdown between Washington and the Netanyahu government may be counted as one of those feuds in which truths are uttered in the heat of the moment that call into question the fundamental terms of the relationship. Such truths are never easily swept under the rug once the dispute is settled. The immediate rupture, that is, precludes a simple return to the status quo ante; instead, a renegotiation of the terms of the relationship somehow ends up on the agenda.
2010-03-23
Is the United States of American now a colony/territory of the Israeli Empire?
Vatic Note: We are a colony of Israel, they use our wealth and blood of our children for their empire building. Treason is the tool, and occupation and coup has been the game. Yes, the model that was in place at the amsterdam Airport security handled by Israel, where that panty bomber got through "SECURITY" with no luggage on a transatlantic flight, paid cash for the ticket through a "handler" who now turns out to be a CIA/mossad operative, and where the bombers name was not on the terrorist watch list, yet he had been released from GITMO personally by Dick Cheney and whose father in Nigeria worked with and for Mossad of Israel. Yup, you can tell what kind of security they want and need here, can't ya? They control just about everything else in the country now, so why not the airports and ultimately transportion, we will soon be locked down. We now are an after thought of Israel. However, they should know something important..... the people here are not Palestinians. Its obvious our leaders are, but we, the people are not. That is going to be their biggest problem. That and their arrogance.
Title: US aviation security to adopt Israeli model
http://www.ynetnews.com/Ext/Comp/ArticleLayout/CdaArticlePrintPreview/1,2506,L-3867288,00.html
By: Reuters, article provided by CLG newsletter, Lori Price, editor
Date: 03/24/2010
US official says Israel's security protocols 'offer blueprint for trying to thwart terrorism plots in aviation system'
Reuters
President Barack Obama's nominee to oversee security at US airports said on Tuesday he wants to shift screening closer to the Israeli model to include more behavior detection in a bid to thwart terrorism plots.
Retired Major General Robert Harding was nominated earlier this month to head the Transportation Security Administration after serving more than three decades in the military, including a stint as deputy to the Army's chief of intelligence and director for operations in the Defense Intelligence Agency.
Aviation security has received heightened attention in recent months after a Nigerian man tried to blow up a US commercial airliner flying from Amsterdam to Detroit last Christmas with a bomb hidden in his underwear.
Harding said that while the Israeli security system was smaller, it offered a blueprint for trying to thwart terrorism plots in the aviation system, which has remained a target for militant groups like al-Qaeda.
"We should move even closer to an Israeli model where there's more engagement with passengers," Harding told the Senate Commerce Committee that is considering his nomination. "I think that increases the layers and pushes the layers out."
He said the TSA had about 2,000 behavioral detection officers (?) and that expanded training was needed.
The top TSA position has been filled by an acting administrator since Obama took office in January 2009. His first pick for the job, Erroll Southers, withdrew from consideration when Republicans questioned whether he would try to unionize the workforce that screens travelers and luggage at U.S. airports.
Title: US aviation security to adopt Israeli model
http://www.ynetnews.com/Ext/Comp/ArticleLayout/CdaArticlePrintPreview/1,2506,L-3867288,00.html
By: Reuters, article provided by CLG newsletter, Lori Price, editor
Date: 03/24/2010
US official says Israel's security protocols 'offer blueprint for trying to thwart terrorism plots in aviation system'
Reuters
President Barack Obama's nominee to oversee security at US airports said on Tuesday he wants to shift screening closer to the Israeli model to include more behavior detection in a bid to thwart terrorism plots.
Retired Major General Robert Harding was nominated earlier this month to head the Transportation Security Administration after serving more than three decades in the military, including a stint as deputy to the Army's chief of intelligence and director for operations in the Defense Intelligence Agency.
Aviation security has received heightened attention in recent months after a Nigerian man tried to blow up a US commercial airliner flying from Amsterdam to Detroit last Christmas with a bomb hidden in his underwear.
Harding said that while the Israeli security system was smaller, it offered a blueprint for trying to thwart terrorism plots in the aviation system, which has remained a target for militant groups like al-Qaeda.
"We should move even closer to an Israeli model where there's more engagement with passengers," Harding told the Senate Commerce Committee that is considering his nomination. "I think that increases the layers and pushes the layers out."
He said the TSA had about 2,000 behavioral detection officers (?) and that expanded training was needed.
The top TSA position has been filled by an acting administrator since Obama took office in January 2009. His first pick for the job, Erroll Southers, withdrew from consideration when Republicans questioned whether he would try to unionize the workforce that screens travelers and luggage at U.S. airports.
Obamacare To Be Enforced By Armed Thugs
Title: Obamacare To Be Enforced By Armed Thugs
http://www.prisonplanet.com/obamacare-to-be-enforced-by-armed-thugs.html/print/
Posted By admin On March 23, 2010 @ 5:42 am
Ron Paul: “If it was a good program and everybody liked it, you wouldn’t need 16,500 thugs coming with their guns and putting you in jail if you didn’t follow all the rules”
Paul Joseph Watson
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
If the health care bill was such a positive act of reform, as establishment Democrats and the corporate media are pitching it, then how come it needs to be enforced by means of coercion at the hands of thousands of armed IRS thugs?
That was the context of the discussion during Ron Paul’s appearance on Fox Business’ America’s Nightly Scoreboard last night, as the Congressman continued to speak out against the tyrannical nature of Obamacare.
Paul emphasized the need to protect the private option in health care as a fundamental right for all Americans not to be reliant on the government for their services.
“During this debate they talked a whole lot about the public option, I just wish they would protect the private option, give us a chance to have it private, just like you should have a chance to have private education, home schooling, you should always protect that….if you always had a private option in medicine some of us could survive and at least we could set an example for the type of medicine that the people should be getting,” said the Congressman.
Host David Asman pointed out that it would now be illegal to have private health care and that people would be forced to buy insurance under the constant glare of the 16,000 plus new IRS agents being hired to harass people into compliance [2] to the new program.
Under Obamacare, $10 billion dollars is allocated to pay for 16,500 IRS agents who will collect and enforce mandatory “premiums.”
(ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW)
[3]
Paul said that the people who previously needed to carry the least insurance would now be forced to carry the maximum, and be hounded by the IRS as a result.
“This is a command society now and medicine is right at the forefront of this….16,500 armed bureaucrats coming to make this program work – if it was a good program and everybody liked it, you wouldn’t need 16,500 thugs coming with their guns and putting you in jail if you didn’t follow all the rules,” said Paul.
The Congressman highlighted the fact that people don’t trust the government’s record on social programs, pointing out that Medicare, Medicaid and the Post Office are all bankrupt, and that the majority of Americans have little confidence in Obamacare being any different.
Paul said there was a chance parts of the bill would be overturned if Republicans were victorious in November, but that the biggest threat to the legislation was the probability that the entire system would collapse, labeling Obamacare a “Horrendous new burden that we have placed on the economy.”
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Posted By admin On March 23, 2010 @ 5:42 am
Ron Paul: “If it was a good program and everybody liked it, you wouldn’t need 16,500 thugs coming with their guns and putting you in jail if you didn’t follow all the rules”
Paul Joseph Watson
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
If the health care bill was such a positive act of reform, as establishment Democrats and the corporate media are pitching it, then how come it needs to be enforced by means of coercion at the hands of thousands of armed IRS thugs?
That was the context of the discussion during Ron Paul’s appearance on Fox Business’ America’s Nightly Scoreboard last night, as the Congressman continued to speak out against the tyrannical nature of Obamacare.
Paul emphasized the need to protect the private option in health care as a fundamental right for all Americans not to be reliant on the government for their services.
“During this debate they talked a whole lot about the public option, I just wish they would protect the private option, give us a chance to have it private, just like you should have a chance to have private education, home schooling, you should always protect that….if you always had a private option in medicine some of us could survive and at least we could set an example for the type of medicine that the people should be getting,” said the Congressman.
Host David Asman pointed out that it would now be illegal to have private health care and that people would be forced to buy insurance under the constant glare of the 16,000 plus new IRS agents being hired to harass people into compliance [2] to the new program.
Under Obamacare, $10 billion dollars is allocated to pay for 16,500 IRS agents who will collect and enforce mandatory “premiums.”
(ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW)
[3]
Paul said that the people who previously needed to carry the least insurance would now be forced to carry the maximum, and be hounded by the IRS as a result.
“This is a command society now and medicine is right at the forefront of this….16,500 armed bureaucrats coming to make this program work – if it was a good program and everybody liked it, you wouldn’t need 16,500 thugs coming with their guns and putting you in jail if you didn’t follow all the rules,” said Paul.
The Congressman highlighted the fact that people don’t trust the government’s record on social programs, pointing out that Medicare, Medicaid and the Post Office are all bankrupt, and that the majority of Americans have little confidence in Obamacare being any different.
Paul said there was a chance parts of the bill would be overturned if Republicans were victorious in November, but that the biggest threat to the legislation was the probability that the entire system would collapse, labeling Obamacare a “Horrendous new burden that we have placed on the economy.”
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Vatic Opinion Piece - by Jim Kirwan
Vatic Opinion Piece
By Jim Kirwan
The Zionist Face
Of American Government
An Interview with Norm Finklestein
Jim Kirwan
3-23-10
Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State: speaking yesterday at AIPAC:
“For president Obama and for me and for our entire administration: Our commitment to Israel’s security and Israel’s future is rock-solid unwavering and enduring FOREVER!
Benjamin Netanyahu: At the same AIPAC CONFERENCE:
“The Jewish people were building Jerusalem 3,000 years ago and the Jewish people are building Jerusalem today! Jerusalem is NOT a settlement it’s our Capital. Everyone knows – everyone – Americans, Europeans; Israeli’s certainly, Palestinians: EVERYONE knows that these neighborhoods will be part of Israel in any peace settlement. And therefore ‘building in them’ in no way precludes the possibility of a two-state solution.”
By Jim Kirwan
The Zionist Face
Of American Government
An Interview with Norm Finklestein
Jim Kirwan
3-23-10
Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State: speaking yesterday at AIPAC:
“For president Obama and for me and for our entire administration: Our commitment to Israel’s security and Israel’s future is rock-solid unwavering and enduring FOREVER!
Benjamin Netanyahu: At the same AIPAC CONFERENCE:
“The Jewish people were building Jerusalem 3,000 years ago and the Jewish people are building Jerusalem today! Jerusalem is NOT a settlement it’s our Capital. Everyone knows – everyone – Americans, Europeans; Israeli’s certainly, Palestinians: EVERYONE knows that these neighborhoods will be part of Israel in any peace settlement. And therefore ‘building in them’ in no way precludes the possibility of a two-state solution.”
Letter to Vatic Project: by Linda LoCastro in New York City
Vatic Note: We usually don't do this, and instead request these be posted in the comments section, however, this letter is very indicative of average Americans sentiments right now, that it fits with the global mood that is prevailing everywhere around the world, so that qualified it for a separate posting. Thanks Linda for sharing your feelings and allowing those feelings to be aired in a public forum.
Title: Letter to Vatic Project: by Linda LoCastro in New York City
By: Linda LoCastro
Date: 03-22-2010
Dear Vatic...I wrote this last night; perhaps you can post it.
After watching the Health Care Reform bill vote, I am convinced we, the people, have got to raise the bar regarding our government, whether they be Democrats or Republicans or Independents.
I've always thought leaders were supposed to show diplomacy and emotional restraint under pressure. Our Congress's behavior was embarrassing and degrading to us, the American people.
Both Republicans and Democrats have misled us over time. Bush & Cheney were in office when 911 happened; yet, claim to have kept us safe during their administration. They "erased" the surplus of cash raised during the Clinton administration and led us into the huge deficit we now face; yet, claim no responsibility for that and have led the charge to blame Obama.
The Republicans may not have voted for the Health Care Reform bill; however, they sure were in office and involved during 911 and responsible for backing our involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan along with the Democrats. The Republicans are saying the American taxpayers do not want their tax money spent on abortion....we, the American taxpayers do not want our money spent on the two wars and on the corporate bailouts...did they listen then and are they listening now...the hypocrisy of both parties is incredible!
I've zeroed in on the Republicans because right now they are "leading" a very ugly campaign regarding the Health Reform bill that is creating violence in our streets....this is a very serious matter. But democrats are no different, making this all seem like just a game for our benefit.
Both parties flip-flop often, break their campaign promises, ignore representing us, the people; and, instead, do what is best for their own political careers. Let us, the people, put ourselves first, by voting for the best person, regardless of Republican or Democrat, or Independent, for that matter - stopping our own "flip-flopping" every time we allow ourselves to be drawn into the ugly politics and campaign smears of our representatives.
Our behavior, as Americans, is at a very low point, to say the least! Our politicians certainly are not upholding the values of a leadership nation. If anything, they are and have made a mockery of what democracy was meant to stand for in the eyes of ourselves and the world. Let us rise above their examples and become the leaders of what our country was meant to be...let us rise above and become a people united for what is good, and right, and just, kind and compassionate in the world! submitted by Linda LoCastro
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Title: Letter to Vatic Project: by Linda LoCastro in New York City
By: Linda LoCastro
Date: 03-22-2010
Dear Vatic...I wrote this last night; perhaps you can post it.
After watching the Health Care Reform bill vote, I am convinced we, the people, have got to raise the bar regarding our government, whether they be Democrats or Republicans or Independents.
I've always thought leaders were supposed to show diplomacy and emotional restraint under pressure. Our Congress's behavior was embarrassing and degrading to us, the American people.
Both Republicans and Democrats have misled us over time. Bush & Cheney were in office when 911 happened; yet, claim to have kept us safe during their administration. They "erased" the surplus of cash raised during the Clinton administration and led us into the huge deficit we now face; yet, claim no responsibility for that and have led the charge to blame Obama.
The Republicans may not have voted for the Health Care Reform bill; however, they sure were in office and involved during 911 and responsible for backing our involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan along with the Democrats. The Republicans are saying the American taxpayers do not want their tax money spent on abortion....we, the American taxpayers do not want our money spent on the two wars and on the corporate bailouts...did they listen then and are they listening now...the hypocrisy of both parties is incredible!
I've zeroed in on the Republicans because right now they are "leading" a very ugly campaign regarding the Health Reform bill that is creating violence in our streets....this is a very serious matter. But democrats are no different, making this all seem like just a game for our benefit.
Both parties flip-flop often, break their campaign promises, ignore representing us, the people; and, instead, do what is best for their own political careers. Let us, the people, put ourselves first, by voting for the best person, regardless of Republican or Democrat, or Independent, for that matter - stopping our own "flip-flopping" every time we allow ourselves to be drawn into the ugly politics and campaign smears of our representatives.
Our behavior, as Americans, is at a very low point, to say the least! Our politicians certainly are not upholding the values of a leadership nation. If anything, they are and have made a mockery of what democracy was meant to stand for in the eyes of ourselves and the world. Let us rise above their examples and become the leaders of what our country was meant to be...let us rise above and become a people united for what is good, and right, and just, kind and compassionate in the world! submitted by Linda LoCastro
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Rotarix rotavirus vaccine contaminated, officials say - PART II
Rotarix rotavirus vaccine contaminated, officials say - PART II
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/03/22/rotavirus.vaccine/?hpt=T2
By: Tom Watkins, CNN
Date: 03-22-2010
About 1 million children in the United States and about 30 million worldwide have gotten Rotarix vaccine, the FDA says.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Doctors have been advised to suspend use of Rotarix rotavirus vaccine
Another vaccine, RotaTeq, is still OK to use, officials say
GlaxoSmithKline, maker of Rotarix, says the contamination is not harmful
(CNN) -- Federal health authorities recommended Monday that doctors suspend using Rotarix, one of two vaccines licensed in the United States against rotavirus, saying the vaccine is contaminated with material from a pig virus.
"There is no evidence at this time that this material poses a safety risk," Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg told reporters in a conference call.
Rotarix, made by GlaxoSmithKline, was approved by the FDA in 2008. The contaminant material is DNA from porcine circovirus 1, a virus from pigs that is not known to cause disease in humans or animals, Hamburg said.
About 1 million children in the United States and about 30 million worldwide have gotten Rotarix vaccine, she said.
Rotavirus disease kills more than 500,000 infants around the world each year, primarily in low- and middle-income countries, she said. Before rotavirus vaccine became available, the disease was blamed for more than 50,000 hospitalizations and several dozen deaths per year in the United States, she said.
The FDA learned about the contamination after an academic research team using a novel technique to look for viruses in a range of vaccines found the material in GlaxoSmithKline's product and told the company, Hamburg said. The drug maker confirmed its presence in both the cell bank and the seed from which the vaccine is derived, suggesting its presence from the early stages of vaccine development, she said. The FDA then confirmed the drug maker's findings.
GlaxoSmithKline emphasized Monday that the pig virus is not known to cause illness in humans, saying "it is found in everyday meat products and is frequently eaten with no resulting disease or illness."
"No safety issue has been identified by external agencies or GSK," Thomas Breuer, the drug maker's chief medical officer, said in a written statement. "GSK is committed to patient safety and to the highest manufacturing standards for all our vaccines and medicines. We are already working closely and discussing this finding with regulatory agencies around the world."
Another vaccine, RotaTeq, is made by Merck and was approved in 2006. There is no evidence that the Merck product is affected, Hamburg said. Both vaccines are given by mouth to infants to prevent rotavirus disease, which is marked by severe diarrhea and dehydration.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/03/22/rotavirus.vaccine/?hpt=T2
By: Tom Watkins, CNN
Date: 03-22-2010
About 1 million children in the United States and about 30 million worldwide have gotten Rotarix vaccine, the FDA says.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Doctors have been advised to suspend use of Rotarix rotavirus vaccine
Another vaccine, RotaTeq, is still OK to use, officials say
GlaxoSmithKline, maker of Rotarix, says the contamination is not harmful
(CNN) -- Federal health authorities recommended Monday that doctors suspend using Rotarix, one of two vaccines licensed in the United States against rotavirus, saying the vaccine is contaminated with material from a pig virus.
"There is no evidence at this time that this material poses a safety risk," Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg told reporters in a conference call.
Rotarix, made by GlaxoSmithKline, was approved by the FDA in 2008. The contaminant material is DNA from porcine circovirus 1, a virus from pigs that is not known to cause disease in humans or animals, Hamburg said.
About 1 million children in the United States and about 30 million worldwide have gotten Rotarix vaccine, she said.
Rotavirus disease kills more than 500,000 infants around the world each year, primarily in low- and middle-income countries, she said. Before rotavirus vaccine became available, the disease was blamed for more than 50,000 hospitalizations and several dozen deaths per year in the United States, she said.
The FDA learned about the contamination after an academic research team using a novel technique to look for viruses in a range of vaccines found the material in GlaxoSmithKline's product and told the company, Hamburg said. The drug maker confirmed its presence in both the cell bank and the seed from which the vaccine is derived, suggesting its presence from the early stages of vaccine development, she said. The FDA then confirmed the drug maker's findings.
GlaxoSmithKline emphasized Monday that the pig virus is not known to cause illness in humans, saying "it is found in everyday meat products and is frequently eaten with no resulting disease or illness."
"No safety issue has been identified by external agencies or GSK," Thomas Breuer, the drug maker's chief medical officer, said in a written statement. "GSK is committed to patient safety and to the highest manufacturing standards for all our vaccines and medicines. We are already working closely and discussing this finding with regulatory agencies around the world."
Another vaccine, RotaTeq, is made by Merck and was approved in 2006. There is no evidence that the Merck product is affected, Hamburg said. Both vaccines are given by mouth to infants to prevent rotavirus disease, which is marked by severe diarrhea and dehydration.
Rotarix rotavirus vaccine contaminated, officials say - PART I
Vatic Note: These are the members of the board of GlaxoSmithKline, and placed up here first for a purpose, to show you that since 2005 a major change in board composition took place in this international drug company and most of these appointed look suspiciously familiar in their backgrounds as other neocon owned and controlled companies, AIG insurance comes to mind. We have a chemcial company expert, a mining and gas energy expert, Huh? and we have our usual slew of bankers and private equity reps from wall street. Keep these in mind when you read the article about the contamination and check out the board member brought on to accelerate and facilitate the quicker entrance to market of these drugs. Not about the quality control, or the preservation of their reputation etc, rather the speedy to market drug process, with a news group rep on board to cover that eventuality should something go wrong. So is this just simple greed or intentional for planned depopulation & eugenics issues. These questions must be asked regardless of where it leads us as long as its to "truth". .
Title: Rotarix rotavirus vaccine contaminated, officials say
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/03/22/rotavirus.vaccine/?hpt=T2
By: Tom Watkins, CNN
Date: 03-22-2010
Before putting the article up in the next post, we decided to first let you see who the board members are and to remember them. Then read the article keeping these board members in mind.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR GlaxoSmithKline
Sir Christopher Gent - Non-Executive Chairman
Sir Christopher Gent is Non-Executive Chairman of GlaxoSmithKline plc. He also serves as Chairman of the Nominations and Corporate Responsibility Committees. (He is a non-executive director of Ferrari SpA and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc) banking and brits, get it?)
Andrew Witty - Chief Executive Officer
Andrew Witty is Chief Executive Officer of GlaxoSmithKline. He assumed this role in May 2008 after being appointed to the the Board in January 2008. (He has worked in the Company’s International New Products groups, both in the Respiratory and HIV/Infectious disease fields, he was also head of Africa for the co. where HIV infect started, determined now to be a bioweapon, another brit)
Title: Rotarix rotavirus vaccine contaminated, officials say
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/03/22/rotavirus.vaccine/?hpt=T2
By: Tom Watkins, CNN
Date: 03-22-2010
Before putting the article up in the next post, we decided to first let you see who the board members are and to remember them. Then read the article keeping these board members in mind.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR GlaxoSmithKline
Sir Christopher Gent - Non-Executive Chairman
Sir Christopher Gent is Non-Executive Chairman of GlaxoSmithKline plc. He also serves as Chairman of the Nominations and Corporate Responsibility Committees. (He is a non-executive director of Ferrari SpA and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc) banking and brits, get it?)
Andrew Witty - Chief Executive Officer
Andrew Witty is Chief Executive Officer of GlaxoSmithKline. He assumed this role in May 2008 after being appointed to the the Board in January 2008. (He has worked in the Company’s International New Products groups, both in the Respiratory and HIV/Infectious disease fields, he was also head of Africa for the co. where HIV infect started, determined now to be a bioweapon, another brit)
2010-03-22
Medicating the military
Vatic Note: 5th time trying to put this up. LOL No one is as stubborn as I am. Why is this story not in the MSM? Why is the military causing a spike in these medications along with a dangerous mix of other meds??? It affects the efficiency and functionality of our military, so why? Is it for domestic considerations? Is it for GITMO type building of assassins? What is the reason. Whatever it is, its nefarious given the 10 year history of the horrors visited upon our country by these cretins who occupy our gov.
Title: Medicating the military - Use of psychiatric drugs has spiked; concerns surface about suicide, other dangers
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/03/military_psychiatric_drugs_031710w/
By: Andrew Tilghman and Brendan McGarry - Staff writers
Contributed to Vatic by Gypsy, Australia, we thank you for this information
Date: 03/17/2010
Before we begin the article, this is for those who need to know it won't work. So quit harming our children since it will do you no good.
http://current.com/items/86663101_a-gun-and-a-girl.htm
Now, on with the article.
At least one in six service members is on some form of psychiatric drug.
And many troops are taking more than one kind, mixing several pills in daily “cocktails” — for example, an antidepressant with an antipsychotic to prevent nightmares, plus an anti-epileptic to reduce headaches — despite minimal clinical research testing such combinations.
The drugs come with serious side effects: They can impair motor skills, reduce reaction times and generally make a war fighter less effective. Some double the risk for suicide, prompting doctors — and Congress — to question whether these drugs are connected to the rising rate of military suicides.
“It’s really a large-scale experiment. We are experimenting with changing people’s cognition and behavior,” said Dr. Grace Jackson, a former Navy psychiatrist.
Title: Medicating the military - Use of psychiatric drugs has spiked; concerns surface about suicide, other dangers
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/03/military_psychiatric_drugs_031710w/
By: Andrew Tilghman and Brendan McGarry - Staff writers
Contributed to Vatic by Gypsy, Australia, we thank you for this information
Date: 03/17/2010
Before we begin the article, this is for those who need to know it won't work. So quit harming our children since it will do you no good.
http://current.com/items/86663101_a-gun-and-a-girl.htm
Now, on with the article.
At least one in six service members is on some form of psychiatric drug.
And many troops are taking more than one kind, mixing several pills in daily “cocktails” — for example, an antidepressant with an antipsychotic to prevent nightmares, plus an anti-epileptic to reduce headaches — despite minimal clinical research testing such combinations.
The drugs come with serious side effects: They can impair motor skills, reduce reaction times and generally make a war fighter less effective. Some double the risk for suicide, prompting doctors — and Congress — to question whether these drugs are connected to the rising rate of military suicides.
“It’s really a large-scale experiment. We are experimenting with changing people’s cognition and behavior,” said Dr. Grace Jackson, a former Navy psychiatrist.
Trans Texas Corridor racing ahead
Vatic Note: Remember the two Drones to be used in Texas to "so called protect the ignored border" all of a sudden? See http://vaticproject.blogspot.com/2010/03/drones-may-be-sent-soon-to-help-with.html and read my Vatic note about what I believed it might be all about since it did not make sense. Well, this article fell right into that theory and now moves the issue closer to it being a more nefarious and treasonous purpose, and that is the superhighway they need militarily to protect their supply lines when they attempt to regionalize us. I still could be wrong, but as more and more comes out, its looking more and more likely this is the reasons for the ILLEGAL USE OF DRONES militarily on American soil. Our occupation is getting closer and closer at hand.
Title: Trans Texas Corridor racing ahead
http://www.augustreview.com/news_commentary/north_american_union/trans_texas_corridor_racing_ahead_20100322157/print/
By: Terri Hall
Date: 03/22/2010
Editor's note: The Free Trade corridor network that tie Mexico, Canada and the U.S. together are a critical component of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that was negotiated by George W. Bush and signed into law by Bill Clinton. Both Bush and Clinton were members of the Trilateral Commission. Furthermore, NAFTA's chief architect was U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills, also a Trilateral. The Trans Texas Corridor is the first major link of this super-corridor system; if successfully completed (e.g., if Texans lose the fight to stop it again), America will be opened up like a can of sardines. Please see additional links below for other August Review articles on this topic.]
After Rick Perry's highway department announced the Trans Texas Corridor (TTC) route known as TTC-35 was "dead" in 2009, we find out post-election in 2010 that it, along with free trade, is very much alive and well. Canadian officials have shown renewed interest in a multi-modal trade corridor along I-35. Winnipeg recently announced its intention to build an inland port similar to those in San Antonio and Dallas. One such inland port in Kansas City has ceded sovereign United States territory to Canada and Mexico with the flags of all three countries flying over it. Officials in Winnipeg said it also intends to run a logistics and trade corridor to include rail and high speed highways all the way to Mexico as an Asia-Pacific gateway connecting to Toronto and Montreal.
It should surprise no one that former San Antonio Mayor Phil Hardberger and tolling authority (Alamo RMA) Chairman Bill Thornton took a trip to Toronto in 2006, partially at taxpayer expense, to promote Trans Texas Corridor-style trade connections and to be certain it includes the Port of San Antonio.
Norris Pettis, Canadian Consul General in Dallas, notes in the latest San Antonio Business Journal that "of all the urban centers I deal with, San Antonio is right up there in preaching free trade." The article also said Canadian officials observe an anti-trade sentiment in the U.S. as a whole, but see an open door in Texas, which they say doesn't share "protectionist policies."
Title: Trans Texas Corridor racing ahead
http://www.augustreview.com/news_commentary/north_american_union/trans_texas_corridor_racing_ahead_20100322157/print/
By: Terri Hall
Date: 03/22/2010
Editor's note: The Free Trade corridor network that tie Mexico, Canada and the U.S. together are a critical component of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that was negotiated by George W. Bush and signed into law by Bill Clinton. Both Bush and Clinton were members of the Trilateral Commission. Furthermore, NAFTA's chief architect was U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills, also a Trilateral. The Trans Texas Corridor is the first major link of this super-corridor system; if successfully completed (e.g., if Texans lose the fight to stop it again), America will be opened up like a can of sardines. Please see additional links below for other August Review articles on this topic.]
After Rick Perry's highway department announced the Trans Texas Corridor (TTC) route known as TTC-35 was "dead" in 2009, we find out post-election in 2010 that it, along with free trade, is very much alive and well. Canadian officials have shown renewed interest in a multi-modal trade corridor along I-35. Winnipeg recently announced its intention to build an inland port similar to those in San Antonio and Dallas. One such inland port in Kansas City has ceded sovereign United States territory to Canada and Mexico with the flags of all three countries flying over it. Officials in Winnipeg said it also intends to run a logistics and trade corridor to include rail and high speed highways all the way to Mexico as an Asia-Pacific gateway connecting to Toronto and Montreal.
It should surprise no one that former San Antonio Mayor Phil Hardberger and tolling authority (Alamo RMA) Chairman Bill Thornton took a trip to Toronto in 2006, partially at taxpayer expense, to promote Trans Texas Corridor-style trade connections and to be certain it includes the Port of San Antonio.
Norris Pettis, Canadian Consul General in Dallas, notes in the latest San Antonio Business Journal that "of all the urban centers I deal with, San Antonio is right up there in preaching free trade." The article also said Canadian officials observe an anti-trade sentiment in the U.S. as a whole, but see an open door in Texas, which they say doesn't share "protectionist policies."
Genetically modified mosquitos could be used to spread vaccine for malaria
Vatic Note: On this surface, this could be nothing, but the minute I hear "Genetically Engineered" I think of Mansanto and its GMO that was anything but for the good of the people on this planet. Those are killer seeds. Then the next question becomes, "what is a vaccine?" Its the inserting of the virus, although weakened, of the very virus you are trying to kill. Then I ask myself, well, then does that mean these mosquitos that might not have had the virus and bitten someone, will now have the virus and pass on that malaria to others when it might not have happened before inserting the weakened virus? Not enough answers to these questions. Worse, we have a history of bioengineering for the purposes of eugenics and depopulation as we have shown numberous times on this blog. Now it becomes important to stop all this engineering before it gets completely out of control. The last consideration is "DO WE TRUST THOSE DOING THIS?" Not anymore. Who has the most advanced bioweapons facility in the world? Israel.
Title: Genetically modified mosquitos could be used to spread vaccine for malaria (A genetically engineered mosquito that vaccinates as it bites has been developed by scientists.)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7473887/Genetically-modified-mosquitos-could-be-used-to-spread-vaccine-for-malaria.html
By: Richard Alleyne, Science Correspondent
Date: 7:30AM GMT 19 Mar 2010
Experts believe "flying vaccinators" could eventually be a radical new way of tackling malaria. The new approach targets the salivary gland of the Anopheles mosquito.
Scientists in Japan have engineered an insect producing a natural vaccine protein in its saliva which is injected into the bloodstream when it bites.
The "prototype" mosquito carries a vaccine against Leishmania, another potentially fatal parasite disease spread by sand flies.
Leishmania infection can cause painful sores, fever and weight loss and if untreated may destroy the liver and spleen. Mice bitten by the vaccinating insect generated antibodies against the Leishmania organism, indicating immunisation.
"Following bites, protective immune responses are induced, just like a conventional vaccination but with no pain and no cost," said study leader Professor Shigeto Yoshida, from Jichi Medical University in Shimotsuki, Japan.
Title: Genetically modified mosquitos could be used to spread vaccine for malaria (A genetically engineered mosquito that vaccinates as it bites has been developed by scientists.)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7473887/Genetically-modified-mosquitos-could-be-used-to-spread-vaccine-for-malaria.html
By: Richard Alleyne, Science Correspondent
Date: 7:30AM GMT 19 Mar 2010
Experts believe "flying vaccinators" could eventually be a radical new way of tackling malaria. The new approach targets the salivary gland of the Anopheles mosquito.
Scientists in Japan have engineered an insect producing a natural vaccine protein in its saliva which is injected into the bloodstream when it bites.
The "prototype" mosquito carries a vaccine against Leishmania, another potentially fatal parasite disease spread by sand flies.
Leishmania infection can cause painful sores, fever and weight loss and if untreated may destroy the liver and spleen. Mice bitten by the vaccinating insect generated antibodies against the Leishmania organism, indicating immunisation.
"Following bites, protective immune responses are induced, just like a conventional vaccination but with no pain and no cost," said study leader Professor Shigeto Yoshida, from Jichi Medical University in Shimotsuki, Japan.
2010-03-21
Iceland, the Mouse that Roared (Bankers biggest nightmare) Part I
Title: Iceland, the Mouse that Roared, Part I
http://www.silverbearcafe.com/private/03.10/roared.html
By: Szandor Blestman
Date: 03/2010
I thought I heard something the other night. It was a distant sound, a low rumbling, a roar from some far off beast that had finally pronounced its presence. It woke me for a second, but it was so distant I felt no threat and simply rolled over and went back to sleep. The next morning I learned that Iceland was taking a stand. It was refusing to pay its British and Dutch debts. It is claiming the debts are a result of fraud, and it's right. They have made the offer to pay some years from now, if they can afford it at that time, and only as a percentage of their GDP. This offer has been, of course, declined by Iceland's creditor banks as they demand payment in the form of real assets.
The Icelanders have grown a pair, so to speak. They are doing something I wish Americans would have done, or will do in the future. They are standing up to the privately owned banks that seem to think they are above the law, that they can change the rules at their whim, and that they alone know what's best for the world, which of course happens to empower them and help their profits. I may not agree with all the politics of Iceland. It might not be the bastion of freedom one looking to get away from intrusive government might run to, but I do admire their stance against the banksters.
Let's examine the situation a little closer. The Icelanders claim that private banks owe the money to other private banks, not taxpayers. The people who own the private banks should be responsible for paying back the creditor banks, not the people of Iceland. I agree wholeheartedly with that assessment. Furthermore, I would take it a step further and make the assertion that any government official voting for any public borrowing that requires payment of public funds for interest be held responsible, or their family be held responsible, should the loans go into default. In other words, these public officials should not be allowed to maintain their fortunes while the common folk are expected to pay for the mistakes they made. Perhaps that would help stop the corruption.
It seems that Iceland was fooled into the same ponzi scheme the rest of the world finds itself in. This all revolves around the fact that money in and of itself has no intrinsic value. It is just paper, for the most part, and in the modern world it is just data floating around in cyberspace. Even metal coins are made from cheap and common metals anymore. The fiat system devised by the central banks are designed to collapse at some point, and it's designed to collapse in such a way that the very few, very rich, very powerful end up with all the marbles. It's not enough to them, it seems, to be at the top of the heap, they have to be so high up and keep the common folk down so low as to be untouchable.
http://www.silverbearcafe.com/private/03.10/roared.html
By: Szandor Blestman
Date: 03/2010
The Icelanders have grown a pair, so to speak. They are doing something I wish Americans would have done, or will do in the future. They are standing up to the privately owned banks that seem to think they are above the law, that they can change the rules at their whim, and that they alone know what's best for the world, which of course happens to empower them and help their profits. I may not agree with all the politics of Iceland. It might not be the bastion of freedom one looking to get away from intrusive government might run to, but I do admire their stance against the banksters.
Let's examine the situation a little closer. The Icelanders claim that private banks owe the money to other private banks, not taxpayers. The people who own the private banks should be responsible for paying back the creditor banks, not the people of Iceland. I agree wholeheartedly with that assessment. Furthermore, I would take it a step further and make the assertion that any government official voting for any public borrowing that requires payment of public funds for interest be held responsible, or their family be held responsible, should the loans go into default. In other words, these public officials should not be allowed to maintain their fortunes while the common folk are expected to pay for the mistakes they made. Perhaps that would help stop the corruption.
It seems that Iceland was fooled into the same ponzi scheme the rest of the world finds itself in. This all revolves around the fact that money in and of itself has no intrinsic value. It is just paper, for the most part, and in the modern world it is just data floating around in cyberspace. Even metal coins are made from cheap and common metals anymore. The fiat system devised by the central banks are designed to collapse at some point, and it's designed to collapse in such a way that the very few, very rich, very powerful end up with all the marbles. It's not enough to them, it seems, to be at the top of the heap, they have to be so high up and keep the common folk down so low as to be untouchable.
Federal Reserve Must Disclose Bank Bailout Records (Update5)
Title: Federal Reserve Must Disclose Bank Bailout Records (Update5)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a2rzjENZQV5k#
By: David Glovin and Bob Van Voris, Bloomberg publication, contributed by Michael Strachner
Date: March 19, 2010
The Federal Reserve Board must disclose documents identifying financial firms that might have collapsed without the largest U.S. government bailout ever, a federal appeals court said.
The U.S. Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled today that the Fed must release records of the unprecedented $2 trillion U.S. loan program launched primarily after the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. The ruling upholds a decision of a lower-court judge, who in August ordered that the information be released.
The Fed had argued that disclosure of the documents threatens to stigmatize borrowers and cause them “severe and irreparable competitive injury,” discouraging banks in distress from seeking help. A three-judge panel of the appeals court rejected that argument in a unanimous decision.
The U.S. Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, “sets forth no basis for the exemption the Board asks us to read into it,” U.S. Circuit Chief Judge Dennis Jacobs wrote in the opinion. “If the Board believes such an exemption would better serve the national interest, it should ask Congress to amend the statute.”
The opinion may not be the final word in the bid for the documents, which was launched by Bloomberg LP, the parent of Bloomberg News, with a November 2008 lawsuit. The Fed may seek a rehearing or appeal to the full appeals court and eventually petition the U.S. Supreme Court.
Right to Know
If today’s ruling is upheld or not appealed by the Fed, it will have to disclose the requested records. That may lead to “catastrophic” results, including demands for the instant disclosure of banks seeking help from the Fed, resulting in a “death sentence” for such financial institutions, said Chris Kotowski, a bank analyst at Oppenheimer & Co. in New York.
“Whenever the Fed extends funds to a bank, it should be disclosed in private to the Congressional oversight committees, but to release it to the public I think would be a horrific mistake,” Kotowski said in an interview.
“It would stigmatize the banks, it would lead to all kinds of second-guessing of the Fed, and I don’t see what public purpose is served by it.”
Senator Bernie Sanders, an Independent from Vermont, said the decision was a “major victory” for U.S. taxpayers.
“This money does not belong to the Federal Reserve,” Sanders said in a statement. “It belongs to the American people, and the American people have a right to know where more than $2 trillion of their money has gone.”
Fed Review
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a2rzjENZQV5k#
By: David Glovin and Bob Van Voris, Bloomberg publication, contributed by Michael Strachner
Date: March 19, 2010
The Federal Reserve Board must disclose documents identifying financial firms that might have collapsed without the largest U.S. government bailout ever, a federal appeals court said.
The U.S. Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled today that the Fed must release records of the unprecedented $2 trillion U.S. loan program launched primarily after the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. The ruling upholds a decision of a lower-court judge, who in August ordered that the information be released.
The Fed had argued that disclosure of the documents threatens to stigmatize borrowers and cause them “severe and irreparable competitive injury,” discouraging banks in distress from seeking help. A three-judge panel of the appeals court rejected that argument in a unanimous decision.
The U.S. Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, “sets forth no basis for the exemption the Board asks us to read into it,” U.S. Circuit Chief Judge Dennis Jacobs wrote in the opinion. “If the Board believes such an exemption would better serve the national interest, it should ask Congress to amend the statute.”
The opinion may not be the final word in the bid for the documents, which was launched by Bloomberg LP, the parent of Bloomberg News, with a November 2008 lawsuit. The Fed may seek a rehearing or appeal to the full appeals court and eventually petition the U.S. Supreme Court.
Right to Know
If today’s ruling is upheld or not appealed by the Fed, it will have to disclose the requested records. That may lead to “catastrophic” results, including demands for the instant disclosure of banks seeking help from the Fed, resulting in a “death sentence” for such financial institutions, said Chris Kotowski, a bank analyst at Oppenheimer & Co. in New York.
“Whenever the Fed extends funds to a bank, it should be disclosed in private to the Congressional oversight committees, but to release it to the public I think would be a horrific mistake,” Kotowski said in an interview.
“It would stigmatize the banks, it would lead to all kinds of second-guessing of the Fed, and I don’t see what public purpose is served by it.”
Senator Bernie Sanders, an Independent from Vermont, said the decision was a “major victory” for U.S. taxpayers.
“This money does not belong to the Federal Reserve,” Sanders said in a statement. “It belongs to the American people, and the American people have a right to know where more than $2 trillion of their money has gone.”
Fed Review
BREAKING NEWS: Volcano erupts in Iceland, hundreds evacuated (HAARP?)
Vatic Note: Another HAARP? Iceland won't play with the big boys, is this the punishment? Or a warning to get back in line. Remember, we have three haarps, Puerto Rico (near Haiti), Norway (close, yes?), and Alaska.
Title: Volcano erupts in Iceland, hundreds evacuated
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_iceland_volcano/print
By: GUDJON HELGASON and PAISLEY DODDS, Associated Press Writers Gudjon Helgason And Paisley Dodds, Associated Press Writers 1 hr 21 mins ago - Provided by Michael Strachner a vadic contributor
Date: 03-21-2010
REYKJAVIK, Iceland – A volcano erupted near a glacier in southern Iceland, shooting ash and molten lava into the air and forcing the evacuation Sunday of hundreds of people from a nearby village.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage from the volcano but a state of emergency was declared in communities near the Eyjafjallajokull glacier and scientists feared the eruption could trigger a larger and potentially more dangerous eruption at the nearby Katla volcano.
Saturday's eruption, which occurred just before midnight (2000 EDT, 8 p.m.), came weeks after a series of small earthquakes. Television footage showed lava flows along the fissure.
"This was a rather small and peaceful eruption but we are concerned that it could trigger an eruption at the nearby Katla volcano, a vicious volcano that could cause both local and global damage," said Pall Einarsson, a geophysicist at the University of Iceland's Institute of Earth Science. (vatic comment: just enough for a warning, lets see if they capitulate.)
Authorities evacuated 450 people in the area 160 kilometers (100 miles) southeast of the capital, Reykjavik, said Vidir Reynisson of the Icelandic Civil Protection Department. Evacuation centers were set up near the village of Hella.
The most immediate threat was to livestock because of the caustic gases.
"We had to leave all our animals behind," Elin Ragnarsdottir, a 47-year-old farmer, told RUV, Iceland's national broadcaster from one of the evacuation centers. "We got a call and a text message ... and we just went."
Title: Volcano erupts in Iceland, hundreds evacuated
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_iceland_volcano/print
By: GUDJON HELGASON and PAISLEY DODDS, Associated Press Writers Gudjon Helgason And Paisley Dodds, Associated Press Writers 1 hr 21 mins ago - Provided by Michael Strachner a vadic contributor
Date: 03-21-2010
REYKJAVIK, Iceland – A volcano erupted near a glacier in southern Iceland, shooting ash and molten lava into the air and forcing the evacuation Sunday of hundreds of people from a nearby village.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage from the volcano but a state of emergency was declared in communities near the Eyjafjallajokull glacier and scientists feared the eruption could trigger a larger and potentially more dangerous eruption at the nearby Katla volcano.
Saturday's eruption, which occurred just before midnight (2000 EDT, 8 p.m.), came weeks after a series of small earthquakes. Television footage showed lava flows along the fissure.
"This was a rather small and peaceful eruption but we are concerned that it could trigger an eruption at the nearby Katla volcano, a vicious volcano that could cause both local and global damage," said Pall Einarsson, a geophysicist at the University of Iceland's Institute of Earth Science. (vatic comment: just enough for a warning, lets see if they capitulate.)
Authorities evacuated 450 people in the area 160 kilometers (100 miles) southeast of the capital, Reykjavik, said Vidir Reynisson of the Icelandic Civil Protection Department. Evacuation centers were set up near the village of Hella.
The most immediate threat was to livestock because of the caustic gases.
"We had to leave all our animals behind," Elin Ragnarsdottir, a 47-year-old farmer, told RUV, Iceland's national broadcaster from one of the evacuation centers. "We got a call and a text message ... and we just went."
2010-03-20
“ISRAEL DID IT” - GORDON DUFF: SABROSKY INTERVIEW TIES ISRAEL TO 9/11
Title: “ISRAEL DID IT” - GORDON DUFF: SABROSKY INTERVIEW TIES ISRAEL TO 9/11
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2010/03/19/22329/
By: Gordon Duff
Date: 03-19-2010 provided to Vatic by Erica Stuart
Meet Dr. Alan Sabrosky, a brave man, a USMC Vietnam vet, an American of Jewish ancestry and someone devoted to the security of the United States at any cost. Ask any Jew what it takes to stand up against the most powerful and ruthless group in the world, the Israeli lobby inside the United States.
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http://www.veteranstoday.com/2010/03/19/22329/
By: Gordon Duff
Date: 03-19-2010 provided to Vatic by Erica Stuart
Meet Dr. Alan Sabrosky, a brave man, a USMC Vietnam vet, an American of Jewish ancestry and someone devoted to the security of the United States at any cost. Ask any Jew what it takes to stand up against the most powerful and ruthless group in the world, the Israeli lobby inside the United States.
VIEW COMPLETE VIDEO INTERVIEW
Drones may be sent soon to help with border security, Napolitano says
Vatic Note: Remember, this is how it started in Pakistan didn't it? Also remember, the Afghani's hacked into the drones and made them crash, keep that in mind. Now, why would a President order drones over a border That he has refused to guard by reducing Border Guards in this budge cycle, cut the fencing project, and has said will do amnesty the same way he just did health care? So, obviously, Its not to keep illegals out, so why? Speculation? 1. To protect the crossers from us, 2. to set up surveillance of Americans, 3. To bomb anyone who rebels, 3. to speed up the drug running? 4. Last but not least the superhighway is on its way.... I bet that is it. Do any of these make sense? Well, whatever the reason, its not for the one stated. That part is a fact. Common sense rules here. Further, Ze Homeland Security is the biggest waste of money bar none and the most useless. They didn't even arrest Paulson when he threatened martial law on congress if they did not pass the bailout bill back in 2008. THAT, is and was CLASSIC Economic Terrorism, Remember?
Title: Drones may be sent soon to help with border security, Napolitano says
12:00 AM CDT on Saturday, March 20, 2010
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/DN-border_20tex.ART.State.Edition1.4c56cec.html
By: CHRISTY HOPPE / The Dallas Morning News provided to Vatic by CLG Newsletter
AUSTIN – The federal government may soon send unmanned aircraft to scour West Texas and the state's coastal waters in an effort to boost border security, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said in a letter to the governor sent Friday.
Perry had formally requested the assistance a week ago. The need also was underscored in a phone call that Democratic nominee Bill White had with Napolitano on Thursday.
Homeland Security has six drones and is working with the Federal Aviation Administration to get the necessary clearance to begin flying over Texas, Napolitano wrote.
Before operations start, ground control stations, pilots, sensor operators and maintenance support have to be allocated. She said that the governor would be kept apprised of the progress.
"This is encouraging news, and we are hopeful that this technology and additional federal resources will be deployed to Texas as soon as possible," said Perry spokeswoman Katherine Cesinger.
Perry has complained that the federal government has not done enough to secure the border, especially in light of escalating drug violence in Mexico border towns.
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Title: Drones may be sent soon to help with border security, Napolitano says
12:00 AM CDT on Saturday, March 20, 2010
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/DN-border_20tex.ART.State.Edition1.4c56cec.html
By: CHRISTY HOPPE / The Dallas Morning News provided to Vatic by CLG Newsletter
AUSTIN – The federal government may soon send unmanned aircraft to scour West Texas and the state's coastal waters in an effort to boost border security, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said in a letter to the governor sent Friday.
Perry had formally requested the assistance a week ago. The need also was underscored in a phone call that Democratic nominee Bill White had with Napolitano on Thursday.
Homeland Security has six drones and is working with the Federal Aviation Administration to get the necessary clearance to begin flying over Texas, Napolitano wrote.
Before operations start, ground control stations, pilots, sensor operators and maintenance support have to be allocated. She said that the governor would be kept apprised of the progress.
"This is encouraging news, and we are hopeful that this technology and additional federal resources will be deployed to Texas as soon as possible," said Perry spokeswoman Katherine Cesinger.
Perry has complained that the federal government has not done enough to secure the border, especially in light of escalating drug violence in Mexico border towns.
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Revealed: health fears over secret study into GM food Rats fed GM corn due for sale in Britain developed abnormalities in blood and kidneys
Vatic Note: This is part of our daily articles on some form of food, water, chemical poisoning, or air issues that affect us all globally and threaten our very life sustaining requirements through any of the above. Right now we are on the issue of GMO products and their impact on our food and thus our bodies and health. To get perspective, this issue today is one of an historical perspective. This article dates to 2005 and that shows just how little either government, monsanto or anyone in any country has responded to changing the way Monsanto does business. Read this and keep it for tacking since we are building a record for Nuremberg trials in the future for crimes against humanity and this sure fits the bill.
Title: Revealed: health fears over secret study into GM food Rats fed GM corn due for sale in Britain developed abnormalities in blood and kidneys
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/story.jsp?story=640430
By: Geoffrey Lean, Environment Editor
Date: 22 May 2005
Rats fed on a diet rich in genetically modified corn developed abnormalities to internal organs and changes to their blood, raising fears that human health could be affected by eating GM food.
The Independent on Sunday can today reveal details of secret research carried out by Monsanto, the GM food giant, which shows that rats fed the modified corn had smaller kidneys and variations in the composition of their blood.
According to the confidential 1,139-page report, these health problems were absent from another batch of rodents fed non-GM food as part of the research project.
The disclosures come as European countries, including Britain, prepare to vote on whether the GM-modified corn should go on sale to the public. A vote last week by the European Union failed to secure agreement over whether the product should be sold here, after Britain and nine other countries voted in favour.
Title: Revealed: health fears over secret study into GM food Rats fed GM corn due for sale in Britain developed abnormalities in blood and kidneys
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/story.jsp?story=640430
By: Geoffrey Lean, Environment Editor
Date: 22 May 2005
Rats fed on a diet rich in genetically modified corn developed abnormalities to internal organs and changes to their blood, raising fears that human health could be affected by eating GM food.
The Independent on Sunday can today reveal details of secret research carried out by Monsanto, the GM food giant, which shows that rats fed the modified corn had smaller kidneys and variations in the composition of their blood.
According to the confidential 1,139-page report, these health problems were absent from another batch of rodents fed non-GM food as part of the research project.
The disclosures come as European countries, including Britain, prepare to vote on whether the GM-modified corn should go on sale to the public. A vote last week by the European Union failed to secure agreement over whether the product should be sold here, after Britain and nine other countries voted in favour.
Gearing up for the "TOTAL" destruction of Iran?
Vatic Note: I will never understand why our new status in this world will not be said outloud. We ARE A COLONY OF ISRAEL. This isn't the "American Naifs", its the dual israeli citizen naifs bringing ruin to other lands, through the use of their "occupied colony" (USA) and all her resources both wealth and human. This is not about America, who is rapidly sliding down the rabbit hole of destruction, this is about the Israeli Empire's extraction of wealth and population from the United States, intended to be used to empire build for Israel and its international banker owners, the Rothschild cabal. Please, lets start changing the language to reflect reality. Treason is the lexicon, Colony is the status, and third world is the direction of this United States of America and the fate of all her people. What happens here will happen to Europe eventually and the globe ultimately. UNLESS WE STOP IT. As Americans, we are the only ones who can at this point, its up to us now. We allowed it, we must stop it.
Title: American Naifs Bringing Ruin to Other Lands
www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=18180
By: Paul Craig Provided to Vatic project by Graham Jukes
Date: 03/18/2010
According to news reports, the U.S. military is shipping “bunker-buster” bombs to the U.S. Air Force base at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. The Herald Scotland reports that experts say the bombs are being assembled for an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. The newspaper quotes Dan Piesch, director of the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at the University of London: “They are gearing up totally for the destruction of Iran.” http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/final-destination-iran-1.1013151
The next step will be a staged “terrorist attack,” a “false flag” operation as per Operation Northwoods, for which Iran will be blamed. As Iran and its leadership have already been demonized, the “false flag” attack will suffice to obtain US and European public support for bombing Iran. The bombing will include more than the nuclear facilities and will continue until the Iranians agree to regime change and the installation of a puppet government. The corrupt American media will present the new puppet as “freedom and democracy.”
If the past is a guide, Americans will fall for the deception. In the February issue of the American Behavioral Scientist, a scholarly journal, Professor Lance DeHaven-Smith writes that state crimes against democracy (SCAD) involve government officials, often in combination with private interests, that engage in covert activities in order to implement an agenda. Examples include McCarthyism or the fabrication of evidence of communist infiltration, the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution based on false claims of President Johnson and Pentagon chief McNamara that North Vietnam attacked a U.S. naval vessel, the burglary of the office of Daniel Ellsberg’s psychiatrist in order to discredit Ellsberg (the Pentagon Papers) as “disturbed,” and the falsified “intelligence” that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction in order to justify the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
http://www.mediafreedominternational.org/2010/03/02/state-crimes-against-democracy/
Title: American Naifs Bringing Ruin to Other Lands
www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=18180
By: Paul Craig Provided to Vatic project by Graham Jukes
Date: 03/18/2010
According to news reports, the U.S. military is shipping “bunker-buster” bombs to the U.S. Air Force base at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. The Herald Scotland reports that experts say the bombs are being assembled for an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. The newspaper quotes Dan Piesch, director of the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at the University of London: “They are gearing up totally for the destruction of Iran.” http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/final-destination-iran-1.1013151
The next step will be a staged “terrorist attack,” a “false flag” operation as per Operation Northwoods, for which Iran will be blamed. As Iran and its leadership have already been demonized, the “false flag” attack will suffice to obtain US and European public support for bombing Iran. The bombing will include more than the nuclear facilities and will continue until the Iranians agree to regime change and the installation of a puppet government. The corrupt American media will present the new puppet as “freedom and democracy.”
If the past is a guide, Americans will fall for the deception. In the February issue of the American Behavioral Scientist, a scholarly journal, Professor Lance DeHaven-Smith writes that state crimes against democracy (SCAD) involve government officials, often in combination with private interests, that engage in covert activities in order to implement an agenda. Examples include McCarthyism or the fabrication of evidence of communist infiltration, the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution based on false claims of President Johnson and Pentagon chief McNamara that North Vietnam attacked a U.S. naval vessel, the burglary of the office of Daniel Ellsberg’s psychiatrist in order to discredit Ellsberg (the Pentagon Papers) as “disturbed,” and the falsified “intelligence” that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction in order to justify the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
http://www.mediafreedominternational.org/2010/03/02/state-crimes-against-democracy/
2010-03-19
Synagogue Bomb Suspects: The Feds Put Us Up to It!
Vatic Note: We watched the CIA, British intel and mossad do this very thing in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan and then blame it on local muslims or others in order to facilitate civil war and have the population kill each other off instead of us having to do it. Now they are doing it here and it was arrogant of us to think that they wouldn't do it to us Americans. Foolish, they want here what they want there, CIVIL WAR, DO NOT GIVE IT TO THEM. United we stand, divided we fall. All Jewish people, muslims and others together, we stand. Never to be divided. Right and left, together. Globally, TOGETHER.
Title: Synagogue Bomb Suspects: The Feds Put Us Up to It!
By JONATHAN DIENST and HASANI GITTENS
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/Synagogue-Bomb-Suspects-The-Feds-Put-Us-Up-to-It-88579537.html
Source: NBC New York - provided by CLG newsletter, Lori Price editor
Date: 3/19/2010
Defense attorneys say an alleged plot to bomb New York synagogues was hatched and directed by a federal informant.
Lawyers for four men from Newburgh have filed a motion to dismiss the terror indictment against them.
They said the informant badgered the defendants until they got involved in the plot.
They said the informant chose the targets, supplied fake bombs for the synagogues and a fake missile to shoot down planes. The motion said he also offered to pay the defendants, who attorneys alleged weren't inclined toward any crime until the informant began recruiting them
"The government well knew that their case had been a government-inspired creation from day one and that the defendants had not been independently seeking weapons or targets," the motion said.
Title: Synagogue Bomb Suspects: The Feds Put Us Up to It!
By JONATHAN DIENST and HASANI GITTENS
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/Synagogue-Bomb-Suspects-The-Feds-Put-Us-Up-to-It-88579537.html
Source: NBC New York - provided by CLG newsletter, Lori Price editor
Date: 3/19/2010
Defense attorneys say an alleged plot to bomb New York synagogues was hatched and directed by a federal informant.
Lawyers for four men from Newburgh have filed a motion to dismiss the terror indictment against them.
They said the informant badgered the defendants until they got involved in the plot.
They said the informant chose the targets, supplied fake bombs for the synagogues and a fake missile to shoot down planes. The motion said he also offered to pay the defendants, who attorneys alleged weren't inclined toward any crime until the informant began recruiting them
"The government well knew that their case had been a government-inspired creation from day one and that the defendants had not been independently seeking weapons or targets," the motion said.
US Department of Justice Asked to Regulate AIPAC as a Foreign Agent of the Israeli Government
Vatic Note: Really? Its all in the action. We will see. That is a result of a complete lack of trust in any part of this gov from the political parties to the power of foreign interests/Wall Street Bankers to control our government. I honestly know no one in my circle who trusts any part of the gov and now includes the courts. Bad situation for trying to get us to go to war for them. Won't happen. Only against them, not for them.
Title: US Department of Justice Asked to Regulate AIPAC as a Foreign Agent of the Israeli Government
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25019.htm
By: IRMEP
Date: 03-18-2010
WASHINGTON, March 17, 2010 "IRMEP" - PRNewswire via COMTEX/ ----The US Department of Justice has been formally asked to begin regulating the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) as the foreign agent of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A 392 page legal filing presented by a four person IRmep delegation in a two hour meeting with top officials of the Internal Security Section substantiated the following case for AIPAC's immediate registration:
AIPAC is a spinoff of an organization already ordered by the DOJ to register as an Israeli foreign agent. In November of 1962 the American Zionist Council was ordered by the Attorney General to begin filing disclosures as an Israeli foreign agent under the 1938 Foreign Agents Registration Act. http://www.IRmep.org/1962Order.pdf Six weeks later, former AZC employees incorporated the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in Washington, DC, taking over the AZC's lobbying activities. http://www.IRmep.org/AIPAC.pdf AIPAC did not register as a foreign agent.
Title: US Department of Justice Asked to Regulate AIPAC as a Foreign Agent of the Israeli Government
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25019.htm
By: IRMEP
Date: 03-18-2010
WASHINGTON, March 17, 2010 "IRMEP" - PRNewswire via COMTEX/ ----The US Department of Justice has been formally asked to begin regulating the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) as the foreign agent of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A 392 page legal filing presented by a four person IRmep delegation in a two hour meeting with top officials of the Internal Security Section substantiated the following case for AIPAC's immediate registration:
AIPAC is a spinoff of an organization already ordered by the DOJ to register as an Israeli foreign agent. In November of 1962 the American Zionist Council was ordered by the Attorney General to begin filing disclosures as an Israeli foreign agent under the 1938 Foreign Agents Registration Act. http://www.IRmep.org/1962Order.pdf Six weeks later, former AZC employees incorporated the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in Washington, DC, taking over the AZC's lobbying activities. http://www.IRmep.org/AIPAC.pdf AIPAC did not register as a foreign agent.
ALERT: Young Alaskan Urges Alternative Government
Vatic Note: Please keep in mind the daily barrage of attacks against our governance document, bill of rights, our health, lives, wealth, labor, industries, food, air and water. Once you realize this is all planned and big as he says, then our solutions must come from "outside the box" of our experience and perceptions. He has done that and add to our initiative, we might just succeed. If we keep in mind at all times, the only enemy of the people of this globe are the international bankers and blood sucking useless feeders they represent, remember they produce nothing, and take everything. Its time to seriously consider every option given for us to think about.
Title: Young Alaskan Urges Alternative Government
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9zldMZujyw&feature=related
By: Toby Moreland, Makow, provided to Vatic by Bob Taft
Date: 03/18/2010
Young Alaskan Urges Alternative Government
March 18, 2010
by Toby Moreland
-Schaeffer Cox, 26, a bright and charismatic gun rights activist, told the Freedom Festival in northern Idaho in December not to be afraid of the word "militia."
"We need to take that word back from the people who demonize it," said Cox.
He emphasizes he's not talking about an "isolated little clique of angry people. It's got to be a group of people brought together by respect and a power to act."
Cox is the organizer of both the "Second Amendment Task Force" (over 7,000 members) and "The Alaska Peacemakers Militia" of Fairbanks, Alaska.
In Montana, Cox said, "Instead of starting a third party, we started a second government," complete with a judicial branch (a common law court run on silver), a defense system (a well-trained militia of over 3,500), and an executive, Cox himself. (listen yourself to his ideas)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9zldMZujyw&feature=related
He says, "anything beyond these three is just a tool of tyranny. That's all you really need to protect the rights of free people."
In a tightly knit, rural community like Fairbanks, he's probably right. Cox has traveled to various parts of the country informing fellow patriots about his organizations and urging them to sign his declaration and establish similar "second governments" of their own. The U.S. Constitution and self-defense rights in particular are at the heart of this declaration.
Cox carefully adds a disclaimer to his pitch stating, "it cannot be created in order to attack or antagonize the existing government. Let them crap in their own nest and bring themselves down under their own power. We're not there to do that to them. But, as it comes out that they're a freaking joke, here's an alternative."
It is his belief that the U.S. federal government will soon fail, and that "we have a duty to protect some sort of order even if it is just amongst ourselves" against anarchy or the "tyranny of the mob." This proactive approach is admirable, but does he understand the big picture?
Who is Our Enemy?
Cox defines our enemy as "basically federal government and people who take their money...and the international super-states..." He continues, "we don't need to gun down the beast...the only entity that is strong enough to destroy this beast of tyranny is that beast of tyranny, and they are doing a plenty good job without our help...the system is beyond repair."
Cox operates under the assumption that the government is the enemy of the people, and indicates that he hopes it will collapse. Like so many Americans, he cannot fathom a scenario where a threat to U.S. soil could emerge in the form of a foreign military. Also, I wonder if he has considered that a staged "civil war" may be exactly what is being planned in order to dissolve the United States.
Cox says, "I don't understand all of the ins and outs of this giant monster coming our way and bulldozing over our freedom, but I feel in my gut a resentment, and I think you identify with this...that you shouldn't have to understand all that stuff, and that our rights are rights."
He says, "Let's be characterized by what we love and work towards that, and let what we hate run its own natural course."
Are We Being Cast As the Enemy?
For those of us who value the Constitution and the Bill of RIghts, emulating our forefathers by forming a militia may not seem so far fetched. However, to the urban masses and liberal media pundits, what feelings are conjured by groups like Schaeffer Cox's?
Is there a possibility of portraying militias as a threat to the American people? Certainly, and this is already happening. Is there a possibility that some militia or "second government" advocates are really covert agents promoting violence or separation? Absolutely.
Do militias, and 2nd Amendment defenders in general, put a violent face on legitimate concerns of preserving ALL of our Constitutional rights? Some would think so.
Would Americans believe a false-flag attack caused by U.S. citizens that believe their enemy to be "anyone who would take away from us the freedoms that God gave us" as Schaeffer Cox does? Probably.
Cox says, "I am not against spilling blood for freedom. I will kill for liberty. Everybody asks 'would you die for liberty?' That's not really the right question to ask. The right question to ask is 'would you kill for liberty?' because if you would kill for liberty it assumes that you would die for liberty."
And later, he says that he fears on his deathbed "handing my sword to my son - a sword that never saw blood - and saying, 'son, you go do what I was never able to even look at...and it's way worse now son.'"
Noble words but is this the right course of action?
The article is reproduced in accordance with Section 107 of title 17 of the Copyright Law of the United States relating to fair-use and is for the purposes of criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.
Title: Young Alaskan Urges Alternative Government
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9zldMZujyw&feature=related
By: Toby Moreland, Makow, provided to Vatic by Bob Taft
Date: 03/18/2010
Young Alaskan Urges Alternative Government
March 18, 2010
by Toby Moreland
-Schaeffer Cox, 26, a bright and charismatic gun rights activist, told the Freedom Festival in northern Idaho in December not to be afraid of the word "militia."
"We need to take that word back from the people who demonize it," said Cox.
He emphasizes he's not talking about an "isolated little clique of angry people. It's got to be a group of people brought together by respect and a power to act."
Cox is the organizer of both the "Second Amendment Task Force" (over 7,000 members) and "The Alaska Peacemakers Militia" of Fairbanks, Alaska.
In Montana, Cox said, "Instead of starting a third party, we started a second government," complete with a judicial branch (a common law court run on silver), a defense system (a well-trained militia of over 3,500), and an executive, Cox himself. (listen yourself to his ideas)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9zldMZujyw&feature=related
He says, "anything beyond these three is just a tool of tyranny. That's all you really need to protect the rights of free people."
In a tightly knit, rural community like Fairbanks, he's probably right. Cox has traveled to various parts of the country informing fellow patriots about his organizations and urging them to sign his declaration and establish similar "second governments" of their own. The U.S. Constitution and self-defense rights in particular are at the heart of this declaration.
Cox carefully adds a disclaimer to his pitch stating, "it cannot be created in order to attack or antagonize the existing government. Let them crap in their own nest and bring themselves down under their own power. We're not there to do that to them. But, as it comes out that they're a freaking joke, here's an alternative."
It is his belief that the U.S. federal government will soon fail, and that "we have a duty to protect some sort of order even if it is just amongst ourselves" against anarchy or the "tyranny of the mob." This proactive approach is admirable, but does he understand the big picture?
Who is Our Enemy?
Cox defines our enemy as "basically federal government and people who take their money...and the international super-states..." He continues, "we don't need to gun down the beast...the only entity that is strong enough to destroy this beast of tyranny is that beast of tyranny, and they are doing a plenty good job without our help...the system is beyond repair."
Cox operates under the assumption that the government is the enemy of the people, and indicates that he hopes it will collapse. Like so many Americans, he cannot fathom a scenario where a threat to U.S. soil could emerge in the form of a foreign military. Also, I wonder if he has considered that a staged "civil war" may be exactly what is being planned in order to dissolve the United States.
Cox says, "I don't understand all of the ins and outs of this giant monster coming our way and bulldozing over our freedom, but I feel in my gut a resentment, and I think you identify with this...that you shouldn't have to understand all that stuff, and that our rights are rights."
He says, "Let's be characterized by what we love and work towards that, and let what we hate run its own natural course."
Are We Being Cast As the Enemy?
For those of us who value the Constitution and the Bill of RIghts, emulating our forefathers by forming a militia may not seem so far fetched. However, to the urban masses and liberal media pundits, what feelings are conjured by groups like Schaeffer Cox's?
Is there a possibility of portraying militias as a threat to the American people? Certainly, and this is already happening. Is there a possibility that some militia or "second government" advocates are really covert agents promoting violence or separation? Absolutely.
Do militias, and 2nd Amendment defenders in general, put a violent face on legitimate concerns of preserving ALL of our Constitutional rights? Some would think so.
Would Americans believe a false-flag attack caused by U.S. citizens that believe their enemy to be "anyone who would take away from us the freedoms that God gave us" as Schaeffer Cox does? Probably.
Cox says, "I am not against spilling blood for freedom. I will kill for liberty. Everybody asks 'would you die for liberty?' That's not really the right question to ask. The right question to ask is 'would you kill for liberty?' because if you would kill for liberty it assumes that you would die for liberty."
And later, he says that he fears on his deathbed "handing my sword to my son - a sword that never saw blood - and saying, 'son, you go do what I was never able to even look at...and it's way worse now son.'"
Noble words but is this the right course of action?
The article is reproduced in accordance with Section 107 of title 17 of the Copyright Law of the United States relating to fair-use and is for the purposes of criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.
The Off-Shored Economy : The Ruins of Detroit
Title: The Ruins of Detroit
The Off-Shored Economy
By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS - 03-17-2010
http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts03172010.html %20Date
In the 20th century, Detroit, Michigan, symbolized American industrial might. Today it symbolizes the offshored economy.
Detroit’s population has declined by half. A quarter of the city--35 square miles--is desolate with only a few houses still standing on largely abandoned streets. If the local government can get the money from Washington, urban planners are going to shrink the city and establish rural areas or green zones where neighborhoods used to be.
President Obama and economists provide platitudes about recovery. But how does an economy recover when its economic leaders have spent more than a decade moving high productivity, high value-added middle class jobs offshore along with the Gross Domestic Product associated with them?
Some very discouraging reports have been issued this month from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. There have been record declines in both jobs and hours worked. At the end of last year, the U.S. economy had fewer jobs than at the end of 1997, 12 years ago. Hours worked at the end of last year were less than at the end of 1995, 14 years ago.
The average work week is falling and currently stands at 33.1 hours for non-supervisory workers.
The Off-Shored Economy
By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS - 03-17-2010
http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts03172010.html %20Date
In the 20th century, Detroit, Michigan, symbolized American industrial might. Today it symbolizes the offshored economy.
Detroit’s population has declined by half. A quarter of the city--35 square miles--is desolate with only a few houses still standing on largely abandoned streets. If the local government can get the money from Washington, urban planners are going to shrink the city and establish rural areas or green zones where neighborhoods used to be.
President Obama and economists provide platitudes about recovery. But how does an economy recover when its economic leaders have spent more than a decade moving high productivity, high value-added middle class jobs offshore along with the Gross Domestic Product associated with them?
Some very discouraging reports have been issued this month from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. There have been record declines in both jobs and hours worked. At the end of last year, the U.S. economy had fewer jobs than at the end of 1997, 12 years ago. Hours worked at the end of last year were less than at the end of 1995, 14 years ago.
The average work week is falling and currently stands at 33.1 hours for non-supervisory workers.
2010-03-18
Banned in 160 Nations… Yet U.S. FDA Regards it as Safe?
Vatic Note: One of the places where all of us are under attack, besides those that are obvious, is our very surivival needs in the area of Water, Food, and air. All of these are under attack, through GMO's seeds, Chemtrail poisoning, illegal and legal drugs in our water supply along with much much more, including chemical poisoning of our bodies. Vatic has decided to start two programs this Friday, the first is a column on Social Credit to be run Friday, each week for our education and consideration for when we experience the coming collapse and the other is the attack on our health, bodies and our very lives. So watch each day for something related to either food, water or air. Feel free to comment and share any additional info you may have.
Source: Dr. Mercola's Newsletter
Title: Banned in 160 Nations… Yet U.S. FDA Regards it as Safe?
By: by Dr. Mercola, provided to vatic by Jim Kirwan, contributor
Date: March 06 2010
A livestock drug banned in 160 nations and responsible for hyperactivity, muscle breakdown and 10 percent mortality in pigs has been approved by the FDA.
The beta agonist ractopamine, a repartitioning agent that increases protein synthesis, was recruited for livestock use when researchers found the drug, used in asthma, made mice more muscular.
Ractopamine is started as the animal nears slaughter.
How does a drug marked, "Not for use in humans. Individuals with cardiovascular disease should exercise special caution to avoid exposure. Use protective clothing, impervious gloves, protective eye wear, and a NIOSH-approved dust mask" become "safe" in human food? With no washout period?
The drug is banned in Europe, Taiwan and China, and more than 1,700 people have been "poisoned" from eating pigs fed the drug since 1998, but ractopamine is used in 45 percent of U.S. pigs and 30 percent of ration-fed cattle.
Source: Dr. Mercola's Newsletter
Title: Banned in 160 Nations… Yet U.S. FDA Regards it as Safe?
By: by Dr. Mercola, provided to vatic by Jim Kirwan, contributor
Date: March 06 2010
A livestock drug banned in 160 nations and responsible for hyperactivity, muscle breakdown and 10 percent mortality in pigs has been approved by the FDA.
The beta agonist ractopamine, a repartitioning agent that increases protein synthesis, was recruited for livestock use when researchers found the drug, used in asthma, made mice more muscular.
Ractopamine is started as the animal nears slaughter.
How does a drug marked, "Not for use in humans. Individuals with cardiovascular disease should exercise special caution to avoid exposure. Use protective clothing, impervious gloves, protective eye wear, and a NIOSH-approved dust mask" become "safe" in human food? With no washout period?
The drug is banned in Europe, Taiwan and China, and more than 1,700 people have been "poisoned" from eating pigs fed the drug since 1998, but ractopamine is used in 45 percent of U.S. pigs and 30 percent of ration-fed cattle.
Former head of CDC lands lucrative job as president of Merck vaccine division (opinion)
Source: Natural News
Title: Former head of CDC lands lucrative job as president of Merck vaccine division (opinion)
http://www.naturalnews.com/027789_Dr_Julie_Gerberding_Merck.html
By: Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
Date: 03/2010
(NaturalNews) You've heard it before, how the pharmaceutical industry has a giant "revolving door" through which corporations and government agencies frequently exchange key employees. That reality was driven home in a huge way today when news broke that Dr. Julie Gerberding, who headed the CDC from 2002 through 2009, landed a top job with Merck, one of the largest drug companies in the world. Her job there? She's the new president of the vaccine division.
How convenient. That means the former head of the CDC was very likely cultivating a relationship with Merck all these years, and now comes the big payoff: Heading up a $5 billion division that sells cervical cancer vaccines (like Gardasil), chickenpox vaccines and of course H1N1 swine flu vaccines, too.
Title: Former head of CDC lands lucrative job as president of Merck vaccine division (opinion)
http://www.naturalnews.com/027789_Dr_Julie_Gerberding_Merck.html
By: Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
Date: 03/2010
(NaturalNews) You've heard it before, how the pharmaceutical industry has a giant "revolving door" through which corporations and government agencies frequently exchange key employees. That reality was driven home in a huge way today when news broke that Dr. Julie Gerberding, who headed the CDC from 2002 through 2009, landed a top job with Merck, one of the largest drug companies in the world. Her job there? She's the new president of the vaccine division.
How convenient. That means the former head of the CDC was very likely cultivating a relationship with Merck all these years, and now comes the big payoff: Heading up a $5 billion division that sells cervical cancer vaccines (like Gardasil), chickenpox vaccines and of course H1N1 swine flu vaccines, too.
Wow!!!!! The Serfs and Slaves are Restless, Something in the Air
Vatic Note: This is presented, not for the fact that congress is being outed, since its always a horse race between horses owned by the same bankers/foreign interests. but we are presenting it for the fact that THE PEOPLE DID IT THROUGH RECALL which can be done anywhere in the world that elections are held. This is especially for those of you who have joined our People to People initiative. We are working on various mechanisms to adopt for our mission and agenda, and this showed up to prove "we can take power back" and we must and we will. Save this and watch for the list coming out for your input, changes or recommendations. It will be along these very lines, actions by people at the grassroots that can be effective AND must be GLOBALLY to have any impact. .
Source: WND Provided by Fernwood.
Title: Something In the Air: Tea parties win key victory in ousting Congress
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=128385
By: Drew Zahn
Date: March 16, 2010
10:48 pm Eastern
Tea partiers in New Jersey have moved one step closer to ousting a sitting U.S. senator that they say has shown "a total disregard for the people's wishes."
New Jersey Tea Parties United and the Sussex County Tea Party have joined forces to try an unprecedented way of sending a message to Washington: removing a senator through a recall vote.
A three-judge appellate panel ruled today that the New Jersey secretary of state must accept the tea partiers' notice of intent to recall Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., and allow their joint recall committee to begin collecting the voter signatures needed to put the senator's name back on the ballot, two years before his term is supposed to end.
New Jersey is one of a handful of states that allows for the recall of its congressmen, thanks to a constitutional amendment New Jersey voters approved by a 3-to-1 margin in 1993.
Source: WND Provided by Fernwood.
Title: Something In the Air: Tea parties win key victory in ousting Congress
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=128385
By: Drew Zahn
Date: March 16, 2010
10:48 pm Eastern
Tea partiers in New Jersey have moved one step closer to ousting a sitting U.S. senator that they say has shown "a total disregard for the people's wishes."
New Jersey Tea Parties United and the Sussex County Tea Party have joined forces to try an unprecedented way of sending a message to Washington: removing a senator through a recall vote.
A three-judge appellate panel ruled today that the New Jersey secretary of state must accept the tea partiers' notice of intent to recall Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., and allow their joint recall committee to begin collecting the voter signatures needed to put the senator's name back on the ballot, two years before his term is supposed to end.
New Jersey is one of a handful of states that allows for the recall of its congressmen, thanks to a constitutional amendment New Jersey voters approved by a 3-to-1 margin in 1993.
Senator Christopher Dodd's financial reform bill to give huge powers to Federal Reserve
Vatic Note: Many of you have been with me for years and have memories of some of the experiences I have shared. Remember the first bail out when I called Dodds office and faxed over to his staff proof of fraud through lehman bros, the fed res, and US treasury paulson? The staffer took the info and passed it around, I called back and asked what they thought of the proof and it ws the first time he was not very open while before he was enthusaistic about getting such proof. I asked what the agenda on the bail "really" was, and he would not answer (at least he didn't lie) and finally, knowing he would not answer, I asked point blank "IS THIS ABOUT GLOBALIZING?) and he said "YES" and ended the conversation.
This bill must be fought with every ounce of our energy, since this will place our entire financial system economically, digitially, chipping in lieu of currency, etc, in the hands FULLY AND PERMANENTLY OF THE ROTHSCHILD BANKING CONSORTIUM and remember they are the real crown of britian, so we are then back under Empire once again. THIS MUST BE FOUGHT. Dodd is leaving as the traitor he is.
Source: Reuters, NY Daily News, provided by Jim Kirwan
Title: Senator Christopher Dodd's financial reform bill to give huge powers to Federal Reserve
http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2010/03/15/2010-03-15_senator_christopher_dodds_financial_reform_bill_to_give_huge_powers_to_federal_r.html?print=1&page=all
By: staff
Date: 3/15/2010
The Federal Reserve would gain new powers over non-bank financial firms and keep much of its authority over banks under a new bill to be unveiled on Monday by the Senate's architect of financial reform.
In a turnaround for the central bank after months of public criticism, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd was poised to release a bill that leans heavily on the Fed to fix the U.S. financial system, sources said on Sunday.
Not only would a new government watchdog for financial consumers be housed within the Fed, it would also retain much of its present authority over large bank holding companies and gain new authority over selected non-bank financial firms.
Sources said the Fed would also continue supervising smaller, state-chartered banks now in the Fed system -- a change from an earlier proposal that would have transferred those banks to Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. supervision.
The plans could yet change, sources said, with weeks to go before Congress completes its long debate on regulatory reform after the worst U.S. financial crisis in generations tipped the economy into recession and shook markets worldwide.
With Republicans and bank lobbyists working to weaken and block new rules, the push for reform could fail in the Senate. That would hurt Democrats and President Barack Obama as they head into November elections already short on achievements.
But the release on Monday of Dodd's bill will move the Senate closer to a decisive vote.
This bill must be fought with every ounce of our energy, since this will place our entire financial system economically, digitially, chipping in lieu of currency, etc, in the hands FULLY AND PERMANENTLY OF THE ROTHSCHILD BANKING CONSORTIUM and remember they are the real crown of britian, so we are then back under Empire once again. THIS MUST BE FOUGHT. Dodd is leaving as the traitor he is.
Source: Reuters, NY Daily News, provided by Jim Kirwan
Title: Senator Christopher Dodd's financial reform bill to give huge powers to Federal Reserve
http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2010/03/15/2010-03-15_senator_christopher_dodds_financial_reform_bill_to_give_huge_powers_to_federal_r.html?print=1&page=all
By: staff
Date: 3/15/2010
The Federal Reserve would gain new powers over non-bank financial firms and keep much of its authority over banks under a new bill to be unveiled on Monday by the Senate's architect of financial reform.
In a turnaround for the central bank after months of public criticism, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd was poised to release a bill that leans heavily on the Fed to fix the U.S. financial system, sources said on Sunday.
Not only would a new government watchdog for financial consumers be housed within the Fed, it would also retain much of its present authority over large bank holding companies and gain new authority over selected non-bank financial firms.
Sources said the Fed would also continue supervising smaller, state-chartered banks now in the Fed system -- a change from an earlier proposal that would have transferred those banks to Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. supervision.
The plans could yet change, sources said, with weeks to go before Congress completes its long debate on regulatory reform after the worst U.S. financial crisis in generations tipped the economy into recession and shook markets worldwide.
With Republicans and bank lobbyists working to weaken and block new rules, the push for reform could fail in the Senate. That would hurt Democrats and President Barack Obama as they head into November elections already short on achievements.
But the release on Monday of Dodd's bill will move the Senate closer to a decisive vote.
2010-03-17
Revealed: Ashcroft, Tenet, Rumsfeld warned 9/11 Commission about ‘line’ it ’should not cross’
Source: Information clearinghouse
Title: Revealed: Ashcroft, Tenet, Rumsfeld warned 9/11 Commission about ‘line’ it ’should not cross’
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25008.htm
By: By Sahil Kapur, Raw Story
Date: 03-17-2010
March 17, 2010 "Raw Story" -- Senior Bush administration officials sternly cautioned the 9/11 Commission against probing too deeply into the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, according to a document recently obtained by the ACLU.
The notification came in a letter dated January 6, 2004, addressed by Attorney General John Ashcroft, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and CIA Director George J. Tenet. The ACLU described it as a fax sent by David Addington, then-counsel to former vice president Dick Cheney.
In the message, the officials denied the bipartisan commission's request to question terrorist detainees, informing its two senior-most members that doing so would "cross" a "line" and obstruct the administration's ability to protect the nation.
"In response to the Commission's expansive requests for access to secrets, the executive branch has provided such access in full cooperation," the letter read. "There is, however, a line that the Commission should not cross -- the line separating the Commission's proper inquiry into the September 11, 2001 attacks from interference with the Government's ability to safeguard the national security, including protection of Americans from future terrorist attacks."
Title: Revealed: Ashcroft, Tenet, Rumsfeld warned 9/11 Commission about ‘line’ it ’should not cross’
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25008.htm
By: By Sahil Kapur, Raw Story
Date: 03-17-2010
March 17, 2010 "Raw Story" -- Senior Bush administration officials sternly cautioned the 9/11 Commission against probing too deeply into the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, according to a document recently obtained by the ACLU.
The notification came in a letter dated January 6, 2004, addressed by Attorney General John Ashcroft, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and CIA Director George J. Tenet. The ACLU described it as a fax sent by David Addington, then-counsel to former vice president Dick Cheney.
In the message, the officials denied the bipartisan commission's request to question terrorist detainees, informing its two senior-most members that doing so would "cross" a "line" and obstruct the administration's ability to protect the nation.
"In response to the Commission's expansive requests for access to secrets, the executive branch has provided such access in full cooperation," the letter read. "There is, however, a line that the Commission should not cross -- the line separating the Commission's proper inquiry into the September 11, 2001 attacks from interference with the Government's ability to safeguard the national security, including protection of Americans from future terrorist attacks."
Is an in theatre US soldier an Enemy Combatant based on a song he wrote?
Vatic Note: Please click on the VAIW link below title and help the IVAW to help mark now. Thanks. My question is, how many more are out there like that. WE MUST BRING THESE MEN HOME NOW. Non cooperation is the only way.
Source: VAIW
Title: Is an in-theatre US soldier an Enemy Combatant based on a song he wrote?
http://www.ivaw.org/node/5851
By: Vets against the Iraq War
Date: 03-2010
After filing an official complaint over inadequate mental health services at Ft. Stewart, Georgia, Army SPC Marc Hall was jailed on December 12, 2009 on the pretext of an angry song about “Stop-loss” he produced in July 2009. The Army has recently shipped SPC Hall to Kuwait where he remains jailed awaiting a virtually secret trial.
Marc needs our help if he is going to have adequate legal representation and mental health support in Kuwait.
IVAW is partnering with Courage to Resist to raise awareness and funds for Marc Hall.
https://co.clickandpledge.com/sp/d1/default.aspx?wid=30624
Letter from Army SPC Marc Hall, February 20, 1010:
I never thought that I would join the Army only to one day be incarcerated by the Army. I have never been to jail in my life, until now. The Army is charging me with Article 134 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, “communicating threats” towards my chain of command. Yet I was only communicating how I felt about what I have experienced in the Army and how I felt about the Army’s “Stop-loss” policy. That policy meant that I could not leave the Army when I was supposed to, and after I had already served in Iraq for 14 months.
I guess this all started with a hardcore “rap” song I made about the Army’s very unpopular “Stop-loss” policy back in July 2009. Like any “rap” or rock song, I was expressing my freedom of expression under the US Constitution. Being that the Army’s “Stop-loss” policy was a Pentagon decision from what I had heard on the news, I decided to send a copy of my song directly to the Pentagon.
Source: VAIW
Title: Is an in-theatre US soldier an Enemy Combatant based on a song he wrote?
http://www.ivaw.org/node/5851
By: Vets against the Iraq War
Date: 03-2010
After filing an official complaint over inadequate mental health services at Ft. Stewart, Georgia, Army SPC Marc Hall was jailed on December 12, 2009 on the pretext of an angry song about “Stop-loss” he produced in July 2009. The Army has recently shipped SPC Hall to Kuwait where he remains jailed awaiting a virtually secret trial.
Marc needs our help if he is going to have adequate legal representation and mental health support in Kuwait.
IVAW is partnering with Courage to Resist to raise awareness and funds for Marc Hall.
https://co.clickandpledge.com/sp/d1/default.aspx?wid=30624
Letter from Army SPC Marc Hall, February 20, 1010:
I never thought that I would join the Army only to one day be incarcerated by the Army. I have never been to jail in my life, until now. The Army is charging me with Article 134 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, “communicating threats” towards my chain of command. Yet I was only communicating how I felt about what I have experienced in the Army and how I felt about the Army’s “Stop-loss” policy. That policy meant that I could not leave the Army when I was supposed to, and after I had already served in Iraq for 14 months.
I guess this all started with a hardcore “rap” song I made about the Army’s very unpopular “Stop-loss” policy back in July 2009. Like any “rap” or rock song, I was expressing my freedom of expression under the US Constitution. Being that the Army’s “Stop-loss” policy was a Pentagon decision from what I had heard on the news, I decided to send a copy of my song directly to the Pentagon.
“This is Starting to Get Dangerous”
Source: Harpers
Title: “This is Starting to Get Dangerous”
( US soldiers can't win in Iraq, Afghanistan thanks in part to Israeli intransigence )
http://harpers.org/archive/2010/03/hbc-90006710
By: Scott Horton
Date:
Last week, Vice President Joe Biden was publicly slapped in the face by the Netanyahu government during his trip to Jerusalem. The Israeli government used the occasion to announce the settlement of 1,600 Israelis in Arab East Jerusalem, in defiance of America’s calls for a freeze on settlements. According to a report in Yedioth Ahronoth, Biden responded: “This is starting to get dangerous for us. What you’re doing here undermines the security of our troops who are fighting in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. That endangers us and it endangers regional peace.”
Now in a fascinating briefing note at Foreign Policy, Mark Perry gives us a clearer sense of what Biden was thinking:
On Jan. 16… a team of senior military officers from the U.S. Central Command (responsible for overseeing American security interests in the Middle East), arrived at the Pentagon to brief Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The team had been dispatched by CENTCOM commander Gen. David Petraeus to underline his growing worries at the lack of progress in resolving the issue. The 33-slide, 45-minute PowerPoint briefing stunned Mullen. The briefers reported that there was a growing perception among Arab leaders that the U.S. was incapable of standing up to Israel, that CENTCOM’s mostly Arab constituency was losing faith in American promises, that Israeli intransigence on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was jeopardizing U.S. standing in the region, and that Mitchell himself was (as a senior Pentagon officer later bluntly described it) “too old, too slow … and too late.”
Title: “This is Starting to Get Dangerous”
( US soldiers can't win in Iraq, Afghanistan thanks in part to Israeli intransigence )
http://harpers.org/archive/2010/03/hbc-90006710
By: Scott Horton
Date:
Last week, Vice President Joe Biden was publicly slapped in the face by the Netanyahu government during his trip to Jerusalem. The Israeli government used the occasion to announce the settlement of 1,600 Israelis in Arab East Jerusalem, in defiance of America’s calls for a freeze on settlements. According to a report in Yedioth Ahronoth, Biden responded: “This is starting to get dangerous for us. What you’re doing here undermines the security of our troops who are fighting in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. That endangers us and it endangers regional peace.”
Now in a fascinating briefing note at Foreign Policy, Mark Perry gives us a clearer sense of what Biden was thinking:
On Jan. 16… a team of senior military officers from the U.S. Central Command (responsible for overseeing American security interests in the Middle East), arrived at the Pentagon to brief Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The team had been dispatched by CENTCOM commander Gen. David Petraeus to underline his growing worries at the lack of progress in resolving the issue. The 33-slide, 45-minute PowerPoint briefing stunned Mullen. The briefers reported that there was a growing perception among Arab leaders that the U.S. was incapable of standing up to Israel, that CENTCOM’s mostly Arab constituency was losing faith in American promises, that Israeli intransigence on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was jeopardizing U.S. standing in the region, and that Mitchell himself was (as a senior Pentagon officer later bluntly described it) “too old, too slow … and too late.”
2010-03-16
Sen. John McCain wants to allow U.S. citizens to be arrested, held indefinitely
Source: Virginia Beach Conservative Examiner
Title: Sen. John McCain wants to allow U.S. citizens to be arrested, held indefinitely
By: Dave Gibson
Date: 03-12-2010
Last week, John McCain introduced a bill into the U.S. Senate which, if passed, would actually allow U.S. citizens to be arrested and detained indefinitely, all without Miranda rights or ever being charged with a crime.
The stated purpose of S. 3081 (The Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act) reads: “To provide for the interrogation and detention of enemy belligerents who commit hostile acts against the United States, to establish certain limitations on the prosecution of such belligerents for such acts, and for
other purposes.”
The bill has nine co-sponsors including Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA).
Section 5 of S. 3081 states:
“An individual, including a citizen of the United
States, determined to be an unprivileged enemy belligerent
under section 3(c)(2) in a manner which satisfies Article
5 of the Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of
Prisoners of War may be detained without criminal
charges and without trial for the duration of hostilities
against the United States or its coalition partners in which
the individual has engaged, or which the individual has
purposely and materially supported, consistent with the
law of war and any authorization for the use of military
force provided by Congress pertaining to such hostilities.”
This bill, introduced by McCain, who despite overwhelming evidence, claims to be a “conservative,” would not only take away our right to a trial, but would also allow the federal government to arrest and imprison anyone the current administration deems hostile.
Of course, that would be the same administration whose Homeland Security Secretary has classified veterans, retired law enforcement, Ron Paul supporters, and conservatives as “terrorists.”
If it was not clear before, it should be now that John McCain has as little respect for the Constitution as he does for our borders.
The article is reproduced in accordance with Section 107 of title 17 of the Copyright Law of the United States relating to fair-use and is for the purposes of criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.
Title: Sen. John McCain wants to allow U.S. citizens to be arrested, held indefinitely
By: Dave Gibson
Date: 03-12-2010
Last week, John McCain introduced a bill into the U.S. Senate which, if passed, would actually allow U.S. citizens to be arrested and detained indefinitely, all without Miranda rights or ever being charged with a crime.
The stated purpose of S. 3081 (The Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act) reads: “To provide for the interrogation and detention of enemy belligerents who commit hostile acts against the United States, to establish certain limitations on the prosecution of such belligerents for such acts, and for
other purposes.”
The bill has nine co-sponsors including Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA).
Section 5 of S. 3081 states:
“An individual, including a citizen of the United
States, determined to be an unprivileged enemy belligerent
under section 3(c)(2) in a manner which satisfies Article
5 of the Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of
Prisoners of War may be detained without criminal
charges and without trial for the duration of hostilities
against the United States or its coalition partners in which
the individual has engaged, or which the individual has
purposely and materially supported, consistent with the
law of war and any authorization for the use of military
force provided by Congress pertaining to such hostilities.”
This bill, introduced by McCain, who despite overwhelming evidence, claims to be a “conservative,” would not only take away our right to a trial, but would also allow the federal government to arrest and imprison anyone the current administration deems hostile.
Of course, that would be the same administration whose Homeland Security Secretary has classified veterans, retired law enforcement, Ron Paul supporters, and conservatives as “terrorists.”
If it was not clear before, it should be now that John McCain has as little respect for the Constitution as he does for our borders.
The article is reproduced in accordance with Section 107 of title 17 of the Copyright Law of the United States relating to fair-use and is for the purposes of criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.
Rebellion in America heats up as 5th state exempts guns
Source: World Net Daily
Title: Rebellion in America heats up as 5th state exempts guns
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?pageId=128035
By: Bob Unruh
Date: March 15, 2010
9:11 pm Eastern
A fifth state – South Dakota – has decided that guns made, sold and used within its borders no longer are subject to the whims of the federal government through its rule-making arm in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and two supporters of the growing groundswell say they hope Washington soon will be taking note.
South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds has signed into law his state's version of a Firearms Freedom Act that first was launched in Montana. It already is law there, in Tennessee, Utah and Wyoming, which took the unusual step of specifying criminal penalties – including both fines and jail time – for federal agents attempting to enforce a federal law on a "personal firearm" in the Cowboy State.
Title: Rebellion in America heats up as 5th state exempts guns
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?pageId=128035
By: Bob Unruh
Date: March 15, 2010
9:11 pm Eastern
A fifth state – South Dakota – has decided that guns made, sold and used within its borders no longer are subject to the whims of the federal government through its rule-making arm in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and two supporters of the growing groundswell say they hope Washington soon will be taking note.
South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds has signed into law his state's version of a Firearms Freedom Act that first was launched in Montana. It already is law there, in Tennessee, Utah and Wyoming, which took the unusual step of specifying criminal penalties – including both fines and jail time – for federal agents attempting to enforce a federal law on a "personal firearm" in the Cowboy State.
The Rothschilds and their 200 years of political influence
Vatic Note: As you can see from the article "What You Didn't Know About Taxes & The 'Crown'", the deep tie in with England has its roots other than what we the people imagined, and thus the explanation for the deep unreasoning tie in with Israel and the Zionists, its all through the Rothschild blood line. Remember as you read this that Bush Sr, Bush Jr, and 20 other Presidents were and currently are tied in to the royal family through blood relations.
Why else should we care??? For contemporary reasons such as this past election cycle for President. Here is an account of what occurred with one of our candidates and the Rothschilds.
Title: The Rothschilds and their 200 years of political influence
By: Andy McSmith
Thursday, 23 October 2008
Source: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-rothschilds-and-their-200-years-of-political-influence-969772.html
Nat Rothschild, the financier at the centre of allegations that threaten to engulf the shadow Chancellor, George Osborne, is no stranger to laws which forbid politicians from accepting donations from abroad.
Why else should we care??? For contemporary reasons such as this past election cycle for President. Here is an account of what occurred with one of our candidates and the Rothschilds.
Title: The Rothschilds and their 200 years of political influence
By: Andy McSmith
Thursday, 23 October 2008
Source: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-rothschilds-and-their-200-years-of-political-influence-969772.html
Nat Rothschild, the financier at the centre of allegations that threaten to engulf the shadow Chancellor, George Osborne, is no stranger to laws which forbid politicians from accepting donations from abroad.
What You Didn't Know About Taxes & The 'Crown'
Vatic Note: The following article explains it fully and I was shocked to find out just how we have not been as free as we thought. In fact, the fraud perpetrated upon us by the Bank of London and the Queen as been impressive in its intricacy and its success. This explains it fully. Thus our enemy is not just the Rothschilds after all.
Title: What You Didn't Know About Taxes & The 'Crown'
By: Mark Owen
Source: http://www.redicecreations.com/specialreports/taxesandcrown.html
There are two Crowns operant in England, one being Queen Elizabeth II. Although extremely wealthy, the Queen functions largely in a ceremonial capacity and serves to deflect attention away from the other Crown, who issues her marching orders through their control of the English Parliament. This other Crown is comprised of a committee of 12 banks headed by the Bank of England (House of Rothschild). They rule the world from the 677-acre, independent sovereign state known as The City of London, or simply 'The City.'
Title: What You Didn't Know About Taxes & The 'Crown'
By: Mark Owen
Source: http://www.redicecreations.com/specialreports/taxesandcrown.html
There are two Crowns operant in England, one being Queen Elizabeth II. Although extremely wealthy, the Queen functions largely in a ceremonial capacity and serves to deflect attention away from the other Crown, who issues her marching orders through their control of the English Parliament. This other Crown is comprised of a committee of 12 banks headed by the Bank of England (House of Rothschild). They rule the world from the 677-acre, independent sovereign state known as The City of London, or simply 'The City.'
Born Again American
Vatic Note: The third part of the Queen of England is still in research, but will be up today, so please enjoy this interlude as the "uplifting" that we all can use right now and consider having something like this done in your own country, and in every nation on earth. Contact your artists within your nation and show them this video and every nation produce one for massive distribution to your people and have them see the hope that we can experience WHEN WE ALL COME TOGETHER NATIONALLY, REGIONALLY AND GLOBALLY AS "PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE". We CAN change the world. The input on the mission statements are starting to come in, and they look great. Strategy and tactics will be out next for input. Sign up now to help within your own country. The email for sign up is at the top to the right of the screen. Thank you all who have responded to our request for involvment... its happening and even I can't believe the level of response we have gotten.... THIS IS GOING TO WORK.
Source: Provided by Reclusive - Montana
Title: Born Again American
http://content.bornagainamerican.org/baa_video.swf
By: Various Americans from every race, religion, and walk of life and culture
Date: Received 3/16/2010
Click on the link and listen and read.
http://content.bornagainamerican.org/baa_video.swf
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Title: Born Again American
http://content.bornagainamerican.org/baa_video.swf
By: Various Americans from every race, religion, and walk of life and culture
Date: Received 3/16/2010
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The Murderous Mossad and 9-11
Title: The Murderous Mossad and 9-11
By: Christopher Bollyn
Date: Mar 4, 2010
The Israeli Mossad murder of a commander of the military wing of the Hamas (the democratically elected government of Palestine) is just one more provocation by the right-wing Zionist extremist government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu. The Israeli provocations on the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem are designed to foment a conflict in which the Israelis will escalate the violence. This is an extremely dangerous and illegal strategy which the United States and world should use every effort to arrest and prevent. Newspapers from the region are in agreement that Israel is acting to escalate the conflict and foment a war in the region:
Israel's plan to swallow Palestine has reached a peak... its project is to wipe Palestine from the map... an escalation rather than a settlement is looming in the region.
– Al-Vefagh editorial (Iran)
The fresh Israeli aggression against the sanctity of the al-Aqsa mosque, and the attacks on worshippers by the Israeli security apparatus, represent the latest in a series of Israeli escalations over the past few weeks... they show that [Israel] is determined to escalate and even expand the conflict.
– Al-Quds editorial (Palestine)
The US silence shows that ongoing attempts to resume negotiations have stalled and that those might have to wait until after a new Palestinian intifadah or even war.
– Talal Akwal in Al-Ayyam (Palestine)
By: Christopher Bollyn
Date: Mar 4, 2010
The Israeli Mossad murder of a commander of the military wing of the Hamas (the democratically elected government of Palestine) is just one more provocation by the right-wing Zionist extremist government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu. The Israeli provocations on the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem are designed to foment a conflict in which the Israelis will escalate the violence. This is an extremely dangerous and illegal strategy which the United States and world should use every effort to arrest and prevent. Newspapers from the region are in agreement that Israel is acting to escalate the conflict and foment a war in the region:
Israel's plan to swallow Palestine has reached a peak... its project is to wipe Palestine from the map... an escalation rather than a settlement is looming in the region.
– Al-Vefagh editorial (Iran)
The fresh Israeli aggression against the sanctity of the al-Aqsa mosque, and the attacks on worshippers by the Israeli security apparatus, represent the latest in a series of Israeli escalations over the past few weeks... they show that [Israel] is determined to escalate and even expand the conflict.
– Al-Quds editorial (Palestine)
The US silence shows that ongoing attempts to resume negotiations have stalled and that those might have to wait until after a new Palestinian intifadah or even war.
– Talal Akwal in Al-Ayyam (Palestine)
America's Secret Prisons
Title: America's Secret Prisons
By: Stephen Lendman
Date: 3-16-10
On January 28 in TomDispatch.com, Anand Gopal headlined, "Night Raids, Hidden Detention Centers, the 'Black Jail,' and the Dogs of War in Afghanistan," recounting unreported US media stories about killings, abductions, detentions, interrogations, and torture in "a series of prisons on US military bases around the country." Bagram prison, for example, is "a facility with a notorious reputation for abusive behavior," including brutalizing torture and cold-blooded murder.
Even worse is the "Black Jail," a facility consisting of individual windowless concrete cells with bright 24-hour lighting, described by one former detainee as "the most dangerous and fearful place" in which prisoners endure appalling treatment.
The pattern is predictable. US/NATO convoys are attacked or reports of Taliban forces are received. Americans respond accordingly, rounding up suspects, mostly innocent civilians, and detaining them for interrogations, torture, abuse and degrading treatment - not just in Afghanistan but in secret black sites globally, according to a January 26 UN Human Rights Council (HRC) report detailing practices engaged in by various countries including America, by far the world's worst offender in its war on terror - one waged against humanity for unchallengeable power and total global dominance.
By: Stephen Lendman
Date: 3-16-10
On January 28 in TomDispatch.com, Anand Gopal headlined, "Night Raids, Hidden Detention Centers, the 'Black Jail,' and the Dogs of War in Afghanistan," recounting unreported US media stories about killings, abductions, detentions, interrogations, and torture in "a series of prisons on US military bases around the country." Bagram prison, for example, is "a facility with a notorious reputation for abusive behavior," including brutalizing torture and cold-blooded murder.
Even worse is the "Black Jail," a facility consisting of individual windowless concrete cells with bright 24-hour lighting, described by one former detainee as "the most dangerous and fearful place" in which prisoners endure appalling treatment.
The pattern is predictable. US/NATO convoys are attacked or reports of Taliban forces are received. Americans respond accordingly, rounding up suspects, mostly innocent civilians, and detaining them for interrogations, torture, abuse and degrading treatment - not just in Afghanistan but in secret black sites globally, according to a January 26 UN Human Rights Council (HRC) report detailing practices engaged in by various countries including America, by far the world's worst offender in its war on terror - one waged against humanity for unchallengeable power and total global dominance.
2010-03-15
The Queen of England is the largest LANDOWNER IN THE WORLD - part 2
Vatic Note: Be sure to rewatch the video that leads up to this three part series.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMdw24f0XmA
Source: Who Owns the World - Vatic commentary
Title: The Queen of England is the largest LANDOWNER IN THE WORLD - part 2
Date: 3/15/2010
Queen Elizabeth II, head of state of the United Kingdom and of 31 other states and territories, is the legal owner of about 6,600 million acres of land, one sixth of the earth’s non ocean surface.
She is the only person on earth who owns whole countries, and who owns countries that are not her own domestic territory. This land ownership is separate from her role as head of state and is different from other monarchies where no such claim is made – Norway, Belgium, Denmark etc.
The value of her land holding. £17,600,000,000,000 (approx).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMdw24f0XmA
Source: Who Owns the World - Vatic commentary
Title: The Queen of England is the largest LANDOWNER IN THE WORLD - part 2
Date: 3/15/2010
Queen Elizabeth II, head of state of the United Kingdom and of 31 other states and territories, is the legal owner of about 6,600 million acres of land, one sixth of the earth’s non ocean surface.
She is the only person on earth who owns whole countries, and who owns countries that are not her own domestic territory. This land ownership is separate from her role as head of state and is different from other monarchies where no such claim is made – Norway, Belgium, Denmark etc.
The value of her land holding. £17,600,000,000,000 (approx).
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