Vladimir Putin: ‘The West Wants Regime Change In Iran’ – Putin Warns West Over Syria, Says Consequences Of Any Attack On Iran Would Be ‘Catastrophic’

Putin warns West over Syria, Iran (Guardian, Feb. 27, 2012):

MOSCOW (AP) — Vladimir Putin has accused the United States and its Western allies of supporting the Arab Spring revolts in its own interests and strongly warned against a military intervention in Syria.

Putin said in an article published Monday in the Moscow News daily that the Western push for sanctions against Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government was “cynical.” He insisted that both the government and opposition forces should pull out of cities to end bloodshed.

Putin defended a Russia-China veto of a U.N. resolution condemning Assad’s crackdown on protests, saying that Moscow wouldn’t allow the replay of what happened in Libya, where a NATO air campaign helped Libyans end Moammar Gadhafi’s regime.

He also warned strongly against any attack on Iran, saying its consequences would be “catastrophic.”

Putin: ‘The West wants regime change in Iran’ (RT, Feb. 25, 2012):

Vladimir Putin believes the US is using the issue of Iran’s nuclear program as a pretext for regime change. Meanwhile, its AMD plans for Europe is an attempt to have a monopoly on security.

“Under the guise of trying to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction they [the US] are attempting something else entirely and setting different goals – regime change,” news agencies quote Putin as saying.

Read moreVladimir Putin: ‘The West Wants Regime Change In Iran’ – Putin Warns West Over Syria, Says Consequences Of Any Attack On Iran Would Be ‘Catastrophic’

David Rosenberg: ‘It’s A Gas, Gas, Gas!’ – ‘So here we have real incomes and wealth both deflating and the masses believe that recession is off the table because of a liquidity-induced four-month rally in the stock market. Go figure.’

… and study the Weimar Republic!


David Rosenberg: “It’s A Gas, Gas, Gas!” (ZeroHedge, Feb. 27, 2012):

Once again, if one wants to get nothing but schizophrenic noise from several momentum chasing vacuum tubes which very way may take the market to all time highs on 1 ES contract churned back and forth, by all means focus on the “market” which for the past three years is merely a policy vehicle of the monetary-fiscal fusion regime (thank you Plosser for confirming what we have been saying for years). For everyone else, here is the traditionally solid economic commentary from David Rosenberg. Considering that the central planners have pumped $7 trillion, or 50% of their balance sheet, in the stock market in the past 4 years, to offset precisely the warnings that Rosenberg issues on a daily basis, we are far beyond debating whether or not those who observe the economy realistically are right or wrong. The only question is whether the central banks can continue to expand their balance sheet at an exponential phase to offset the inevitable. Answer: they can’t.

Read moreDavid Rosenberg: ‘It’s A Gas, Gas, Gas!’ – ‘So here we have real incomes and wealth both deflating and the masses believe that recession is off the table because of a liquidity-induced four-month rally in the stock market. Go figure.’

U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Alan Thompson Reported 1,500 MICROSIEVERTS Per Hour Thyroid Dose South Of Tokyo On March 20, 2011

Alan S. Thompson is a Vice Admiral in the United States Navy. He retired from the U.S. Navy in November 2011 as the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency.

Vice Adm. Alan S. Thompson became director of the Defense Logistics Agency in November 2008. As such he is responsible for providing the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and other federal agencies with a variety of logistics, acquisition and technical services in peace and war.

These services include logistics information, materiel management, procurement, warehousing and distribution of spare parts, food, clothing, medical supplies and fuel, reutilization of surplus military materiel and document automation and production.

This worldwide mission is performed by approximately 26,000 civilian and military personnel.

March 20th, 2011 – Navy Vice Admiral reports 150 millirem/hr Thyroid Dose in area south of Tokyo (Enformable, Feb 25, 2012):

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

JAPAN’S FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI ET AUDIO FILE

SUNDAY MARCH 20, 2011

JIM WIGGINS: Have they been venting? We need to know. Unit 3.

MALE PARTICIPANT: You mentioned 150 millirem per hour.

Read moreU.S. Navy Vice Admiral Alan Thompson Reported 1,500 MICROSIEVERTS Per Hour Thyroid Dose South Of Tokyo On March 20, 2011

Japan Under Attack By Radioactive Pollen

Flashback:

Prof. Kazuyuki Kita (Jan. 2012): Radioactive Pollen May Increase Radiation To April 2011 Levels

Actual Fukushima Worker Warns To Get Out Of Japan Before Spring Comes

Related info:

Evacuate Tokyo And All US Forces From Japan! (Veterans Today): ‘Tokyo Radiation Level 25 Times The Fukushima Mandatory Evacuation Zone’

Prof. Dr. Chris Busby:

“Well there seems to be a kind of plate glass barrier between the people and governments now, all over the world. The governments do one thing, and the people are kept in the dark. And nowhere is this more obvious than in Japan where people are now being sacrificed to the “god of nuclear power.” There is no other way of putting it, really.”

Prof. Dr. Chris Busby: ‘You Shouldn’t Go On A Business Trip To Japan’ – ‘Get Out Of Japan’ – ‘Run!’ – ‘I Would Get Out Of Tokyo’ (Video)


Pollen will be contaminated at least for 4 years (Fukushima Diary, Feb. 26, 2012):

Following up this article ..Cesium pollen started attacking Tokyo

Full-time lecturer, Noguchi from Nihon university says, Japanese cedar takes 4 years to change the leaves.

Until they change them, the pollen will be contaminated.

Tepco measured about 90,000 Bq/kg of cesium from the soil of the sea ground in front of reactor 5 and 6.

Foresty agency announced they measured 253,000 Bq/Kg from the pollen in Namie machi, which is about 3 times higher than the sea ground soil.

Source

Cesium pollen full swing (Fukushima Diary, Feb. 27, 2012):

A private weather forecasting company, weather news announced the amount of pollen in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, Saitama, Ibaraki, Tochigi and Shizuoka have gotten into the peak. On 2/27/2012, Kanto area was sunny, dry and windy, which is the best condition for pollen to fly. More amount of pollen flew toward the evening. As it gets warmer in March, the pollen amount will increase more.

Read moreJapan Under Attack By Radioactive Pollen

HSBC Evacuates From Japan

See also:

Evacuate Tokyo And All US Forces From Japan! (Veterans Today): ‘Tokyo Radiation Level 25 Times The Fukushima Mandatory Evacuation Zone’


HSBC is evacuating Japan (Fukushima Diary, Feb. 26, 2012):

Following up this article..4 major Japanese corporations are evacuating to Osaka

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation is going to withdraw from Japan.

Read moreHSBC Evacuates From Japan

2 Japanese High School Students Died Of Heart Attack, Had No History Of Heart Disease

2 high school students in the same school died at once (Fukushima Diary, Feb. 26, 2012):

2 high school students, who go to the same school died in the end of 2011.

A Fukushima citizen tweeted like these below

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Information from Children Fukushima mailing list ? Today 2 of our customers told me their children’s friends died of cardiac infarct at the end of last year. They went to the same high school. One belonged to a  sport club, the other one belonged to a cultural club. They hadn’t had heart disease.

Read more2 Japanese High School Students Died Of Heart Attack, Had No History Of Heart Disease

Gunman KillS Two American Military Advisers Inside Heavily Guarded Ministry Building – Top Commander Of US And NATO Forces Recalled All International Military Personnel From The Ministries

Two US troops shot in Kabul; NATO pulls workers (Hindustan Times, Feb. 27, 2012):

A gunman has killed two American military advisers with shots to the back of the head inside a heavily guarded ministry building, and NATO has ordered military workers out of Afghan ministries as protests raged for a fifth day over the burning of copies of the Quran at a US army base.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for Saturday’s Interior Ministry attack, saying it was retaliation for the Quran burnings, after the US servicemen  a lieutenant colonel and a major were found dead on the floor of an office that only people who know a numerical combination can get into, Afghan and Western officials said.

The top commander of US and NATO forces recalled all international military personnel from the ministries, an unprecedented action in the decade-long war that highlights the growing friction between Afghans and their foreign partners at a critical juncture in the war.

Read moreGunman KillS Two American Military Advisers Inside Heavily Guarded Ministry Building – Top Commander Of US And NATO Forces Recalled All International Military Personnel From The Ministries

George Osborne: UK HAS RUN OUT OF MONEY

George Osborne: UK has run out of money (Telegraph, Feb. 27, 2012):

In a stark warning ahead of next month’s Budget, the Chancellor said there was little the Coalition could do to stimulate the economy.

Mr Osborne made it clear that due to the parlous state of the public finances the best hope for economic growth was to encourage businesses to flourish and hire more workers.

“The British Government has run out of money because all the money was spent in the good years,” the Chancellor said. “The money and the investment and the jobs need to come from the private sector.”

Mr Osborne’s bleak assessment echoes that of Liam Byrne, the former chief secretary to the Treasury, who bluntly joked that Labour had left Britain broke when he exited the Government in 2010.

He left David Laws, his successor, a one-line note saying: “Dear Chief Secretary, I’m afraid to tell you there’s no money left”.

Read moreGeorge Osborne: UK HAS RUN OUT OF MONEY

Everything Not Nailed Down Being Bought

$15 for a loaf of bread … coming to a store near you.


Everything Not Nailed Down Being Bought (ZeroHedge, Feb. 27, 2012):

When in doubt – buy. When in doubt what – everything. As the chart below shows starting with the open of the US market, literally everything has been bought: stocks, bonds, crude, gold, and ‘logically’, the VIX. It took the market virtually no time to remember that when trillions in liquidity are being injected into the market courtesy of central planners, a downtick is verboten. Next up: waiting for WTI $110. Should take a few minutes at most.

WIKILEAKS: ‘The Global Intelligence Files’ (More Than Five Million Stratfor Emails)

For your information.


The Global Intelligence Files (Wikileaks, Feb. 27, 2012):

 

LONDON—Today, Monday 27 February, WikiLeaks began publishing The Global Intelligence Files – more than five million emails from the Texas-headquartered “global intelligence” company Stratfor. The emails date from between July 2004 and late December 2011. They reveal the inner workings of a company that fronts as an intelligence publisher, but provides confidential intelligence services to large corporations, such as Bhopal’s Dow Chemical Co., Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and government agencies, including the US Department of Homeland Security, the US Marines and the US Defense Intelligence Agency. The emails show Stratfor’s web of informers, pay-off structure, payment-laundering techniques and psychological methods, for example :

“[Y]ou have to take control of him. Control means financial, sexual or psychological control… This is intended to start our conversation on your next phase” – CEO George Friedman to Stratfor analyst Reva Bhalla on 6 December 2011, on how to exploit an Israeli intelligence informant providing information on the medical condition of the President of Venezuala, Hugo Chavez.

The material contains privileged information about the US government’s attacks against Julian Assange and WikiLeaks and Stratfor’s own attempts to subvert WikiLeaks. There are more than 4,000 emails mentioning WikiLeaks or Julian Assange. The emails also expose the revolving door that operates in private intelligence companies in the United States. Government and diplomatic sources from around the world give Stratfor advance knowledge of global politics and events in exchange for money. The Global Intelligence Files exposes how Stratfor has recruited a global network of informants who are paid via Swiss banks accounts and pre-paid credit cards. Stratfor has a mix of covert and overt informants, which includes government employees, embassy staff and journalists around the world.

The material shows how a private intelligence agency works, and how they target individuals for their corporate and government clients. For example, Stratfor monitored and analysed the online activities of Bhopal activists, including the “Yes Men”, for the US chemical giant Dow Chemical. The activists seek redress for the 1984 Dow Chemical/Union Carbide gas disaster in Bhopal, India. The disaster led to thousands of deaths, injuries in more than half a million people, and lasting environmental damage.

Stratfor has realised that its routine use of secret cash bribes to get information from insiders is risky. In August 2011, Stratfor CEO George Friedman confidentially told his employees : “We are retaining a law firm to create a policy for Stratfor on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. I don’t plan to do the perp walk and I don’t want anyone here doing it either.”

Read moreWIKILEAKS: ‘The Global Intelligence Files’ (More Than Five Million Stratfor Emails)

Animation: America’s Metamorphosis To A Welfare State

Animation: America’s Metamorphosis To A Welfare State (ZeroHedge, Feb. 27, 2012):

Still confused why there are those who call America the USSA? Don’t be. As the following animation from the NYT so vividly shows, government benefits across the US have nearly tripled from a modest 7.8% of all personal income in 1969 to a ‘European’ 17.6% in 2009. And this before Obama went to town (as a reminder total debt has risen by over $4 trillion under Obama – a significant portion of that has gone to fund social welfare). Thus, we are confident that as of this writing, the government accounts for at least 20% and possibly as high as a quarter of all personal income. One can use any word to describe that transition depending on one’s personal political preferences, except for one: “sustainable.”

Source: NYT

‘US To Announce Aerial Blockade On Syria’

… which is an ACT OF WAR.

U.S. State Department Quietly Warning Region On Syrian WMDs

U.S. Fighting On The Same Side As Three Terrorist Groups In Syria

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts: Silencing The Critics

Final Solution: First Syria, Then Iran And Then …

Flashback:

Interview With US General Wesley Clark (Ret.): US Government Planned To ‘Take Out 7 Countries In 5 Years’: ‘Starting With Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan And Finishing Off Iran’


‘US to announce aerial blockade on Syria’ (Ynet News, Feb. 25, 2012):

US readies for possibility of intervention without UN resolution, Asharq Al-Awsat reports, citing US military official; plan to include humanitarian aid to Syrian refugees on Turkey’s border

The Pentagon is readying for the possibility of intervention in Syria, aiming to halt Syrian President Bashsar Assad’s violent crackdown on protesters, the newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat reported Saturday, citing a US military offical.

Read more‘US To Announce Aerial Blockade On Syria’

Iran Warns Israel Not To Attack Its Nuclear Facilities – Russia: Israeli Attack On Iran Would Be Catastrophe

See also:

As Pentagon Sends Reinforcements To Straits Of Hormuz, Iraq Redux Looms

FOX News: ‘US Has Moral Authority To Annihilate Iran Because They’re Evil’ (Video)

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts: 44 US Military Bases Surrounding Iran: Will Iran Be Attacked?


Russia: Israeli attack on Iran would be catastrophe? (Jerusalem Post, , Feb. 22, 2012):

Russia warned Israel not to attack Iran over its nuclear program, saying on Wednesday that military action would have catastrophic consequences.

“Of course any possible military scenario against Iran will be catastrophic for the region and for the whole system of international relations,” Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said.

“Therefore I hope Israel understands all these consequences … and they should also consider the consequences of such action for themselves,” Gatilov said at a news conference.

Iran warns Israel not to attack its nuclear facilities (Guardian, Feb. 25, 2012):

Iranian general says attack would lead to collapse of Israel amid rising international tension over uranium enrichment

Iran has warned Israel against mounting an attack on its nuclear facilities amid rising international tension over its uranium enrichment programme.

Read moreIran Warns Israel Not To Attack Its Nuclear Facilities – Russia: Israeli Attack On Iran Would Be Catastrophe

Greek Farmers Offload Crops At Cost Price, Cutting Out The Middle Man

Greek farmers offload crops at cost price (Guardian/AP, Feb. 25, 2012):

Associated Press= KATERINI, Greece (AP) — Hammered by the financial crisis that has led to ever diminishing income, a group of residents in northern Greece have joined forces with potato farmers to slash consumer prices and ensure producers can get their crop to markets by cutting out the middle man.

Hundreds of families turned up Saturday in this northern Greek town to buy potatoes at massively reduced prices, sold directly by producers at cost price. They lined up in cars and with bicycles, on foot and with scooters to collect their bags of spuds from a truck that flung its doors wide open and was doing a roaring trade in the parking lot of a local courthouse.

Farmers say it costs about 20 cents ($0.27) to produce a kilogram (2 pounds) of potatoes, but that wholesalers will only buy them for 10-12 cents to get the crop to supermarkets, where they sell for about 60-70 cents a kilogram. Faced with making a loss, many producers say they have been unable to even get their products to the market.

Read moreGreek Farmers Offload Crops At Cost Price, Cutting Out The Middle Man

Evacuate Tokyo And All US Forces From Japan! (Veterans Today): ‘Tokyo Radiation Level 25 Times The Fukushima Mandatory Evacuation Zone’

The TRAITORS at the Japanese government and TEPCO are deliberately killing you, people of Japan!

Prof. Dr. Chris Busby:

“Well there seems to be a kind of plate glass barrier between the people and governments now, all over the world. The governments do one thing, and the people are kept in the dark. And nowhere is this more obvious than in Japan where people are now being sacrificed to the “god of nuclear power.” There is no other way of putting it, really.”

Prof. Dr. Chris Busby: ‘You Shouldn’t Go On A Business Trip To Japan’ – ‘Get Out Of Japan’ – ‘Run!’ – ‘I Would Get Out Of Tokyo’ (Video)

Related info:

4 Major Japanese Corporations Evacuate From Tokyo To Osaka

Insane & Radioactive Japan: Tokyo Marathon, Shiitake Mushrooms (993 Bq/Kg), Sludge (2.47 Million Bq/Kg Of Cesium), Official Who Took Radiation Measurements In Tokyo FOUND DEAD With A Plactic Bag Over His Head

Radioactive Japan: Contamination Detected In Tokyo Equal To Chernobyl Mandatory Evacuation Levels



Mochizuki, Publisher of the highly respected Fukushima Diary

Evacuate Tokyo and All US Forces From Japan (Veterans Today, Feb. 25, 2012):

Tokyo Radiation Level 25 Times the Fukushima Mandatory Evacuation Zone

(San Francisco) Widely known Physicist Dr Paolo Scampa, the publisher of the EU AIPRI Blog and an eminent chemical physicist, announced today his latest calculations of deadly radioactivity in Tokyo itself.  Both the nuclear regulatory and media responses have been missing in action.

However, the outrageous statement of a Japanese politician pretty well sums up the level of understanding of the parasitic political class “Smile, and the radiation won’t hurt you.”

The Tokyo suburbs are about 100 miles or 160 km South of the six destroyed, deteriorating and badly leaking nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Station for Nuclear Reactors.

Dr Scampa stated:

“An absorbed dose of 2,94 microSievert/hour at 1 meter of soil means an average deposit of 9,065E5 Bq/m2 of Cs137 -0,661 MeV-. This amount for 1 meter is in fact situated between a maximum deposit of  5,439E6 Bq/m2 for low energy gamma rays from radioactive elements such as U238 (0,0495 MeV) and a minimum deposit of  2,176E5 Bq/m2 of very energetic gamma rays from radioactive elements such as Co60 (2,55 MeV). This dose corresponds to 25 times the maximum permissible “artificial” hour dose (0,114 microSievert/h-1) and 5 times the maximum permissible total – natural and artificial – hour dose (0,571 microSievert/h-1). [1]” Dr. Scampa. [End Quote]

This is a tragedy of huge proportions. There are 30 Plus Million People in Greater Tokyo. It is brought home personally to each person who sees the work of Fukushima Diary by Mochizuki.

There are thousands of US troops stationed with their families in Japan. American politicians must remove all US Troops and dependents from Japan immediately. This must happen forthwith. We will remember.

Mochizuki is sticking by his reporting post at Fukushima Diary on the InterNet as long as he is capable. Everyone at Veterans Today and around the world honors your work, Mochizuki, clear sailing to you on this, your last mission. Keep transmitting as long as you are able.

Read moreEvacuate Tokyo And All US Forces From Japan! (Veterans Today): ‘Tokyo Radiation Level 25 Times The Fukushima Mandatory Evacuation Zone’

Wyoming House Advances Doomsday Bill

Wyoming House advances doomsday bill (Casper Star-Tribune, Feb. 24, 2012):

CHEYENNE — State representatives on Friday advanced legislation to launch a study into what Wyoming should do in the event of a complete economic or political collapse in the United States.

House Bill 85 passed on first reading by a voice vote. It would create a state-run government continuity task force, which would study and prepare Wyoming for potential catastrophes, from disruptions in food and energy supplies to a complete meltdown of the federal government.

The task force would look at the feasibility of

Wyoming issuing its own alternative currency, if needed. And House members approved an amendment Friday by state Rep. Kermit Brown, R-Laramie, to have the task force also examine conditions under which Wyoming would need to implement its own military draft, raise a standing army, and acquire strike aircraft and an aircraft carrier.

Read moreWyoming House Advances Doomsday Bill

FBI Turns Off Thousands of GPS Devices After Supreme Court Ruling

FBI Turns Off Thousands of GPS Devices After Supreme Court Ruling (Wall Street Journal, Feb. 25, 2012):

The Supreme Court’s recent ruling overturning the warrantless use of GPS tracking devices has caused a “sea change” inside the U.S. Justice Department, according to FBI General Counsel Andrew Weissmann.

Mr. Weissmann, speaking at a University of San Francisco conference called “Big Brother in the 21st Century” on Friday, said that the court ruling prompted the FBI to turn off about 3,000 GPS tracking devices that were in use.

These devices were often stuck underneath cars to track the movements of the car owners. In U.S. v. Jones, the Supreme Court ruled that using a device to track a car owner without a search warrant violated the law.

After the ruling, the FBI had a problem collecting the devices that it had turned off, Mr. Weissmann said. In some cases, he said, the FBI sought court orders to obtain permission to turn the devices on briefly – only in order to locate and retrieve them.

Read moreFBI Turns Off Thousands of GPS Devices After Supreme Court Ruling

Hinde Capital CEO Ben Davies: Greece Is Just A Preview Of What’s Coming For The Rest Of Us (Video)


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Ben Davies: Greece Is Just A Preview Of What’s Coming For The Rest Of Us (ZeroHedge, Feb. 25, 2012):

All eyes are on Greece these days, with hopes the situation there can soon be resolved and the global recovery kicked into high gear.

Sadly, those hopes are misguided claims Ben Davies, CEO of Hinde Capital. In fact, he says, Greece’s pain foreshadows the future awaiting the rest of the world.

It all comes down to simple math. Greece has increased its debts at a rate far faster than its income has grown. At some point, the debt became so large that the country could no longer service it.

What makes the rest of the PIIGS immune from a similar fate? Or Japan? Or the US? Or the OECD, in general?

Nothing.

Yes, Greece had a smaller, shakier economy and doesn’t have a central bank to print its own currency at will like Japan or the US. But even those countries with a printing press learn that, after a certain point, expanding the money supply only complicates the problem of too much debt by inflating key economic input costs and dangerously weakening the currency.

Read moreHinde Capital CEO Ben Davies: Greece Is Just A Preview Of What’s Coming For The Rest Of Us (Video)

As Pentagon Sends Reinforcements To Straits Of Hormuz, Iraq Redux Looms

Related info:

U.S. State Department Quietly Warning Region On Syrian WMDs

FOX News: ‘US Has Moral Authority To Annihilate Iran Because They’re Evil’ (Video)

U.S. Fighting On The Same Side As Three Terrorist Groups In Syria


As Pentagon Sends Reinforcements To Straits Of Hormuz, Iraq Redux Looms (ZeroHedge, Feb. 25, 2012):

A few days ago, before the latest breakout in crude sent Brent to all time highs in GBP and EUR (and Asian Tapis in USD just shy of all time highs), we said that “we hope our readers stocked up on gasoline. Because things are about to get uglier. And by that we mean more expensive. But courtesy of hedonic adjustments, more expensive means cheaper, at least to the US government.” This was due to recent news out of Iran “where on one hand we learn that IAEA just pronounced Iran nuclear talks a failure (this is bad), and on the other Press TV reports that the Iran army just started a 4 day air defense exercise in a 190,000 square kilometer area in southern Iran (this is just as bad). The escalation “ball” is now in the Western court.” We were not surprised to learn that the “Western court” has responded in precisely the way we had expected. The WSJ reports: “The Pentagon is beefing up U.S. sea- and land-based defenses in the Persian Gulf to counter any attempt by Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. military has notified Congress of plans to preposition new mine-detection and clearing equipment and expand surveillance capabilities in and around the strait… The military also wants to quickly modify weapons systems on ships so they could be used against Iranian fast-attack boats, as well as shore-launched cruise missiles” Which means the escalation slider was just shifted up by one more level, as Iran will next do just what every actor caught in an Always Defect regime as part of an iterated prisoners’ dilemma always does – step up the rhetoric even more, as backing off at this point is impossible. Which means that crude will go that much more higher in the coming days, as now even the MSM is starting to grasp the obvious – from the Guardian: “The drumbeat of war with Iran grows steadily more intense. Each day brings more defiant rhetoric from Tehran, another failed UN nuclear inspection, reports of western military preparations, an assassination, a missile test, or a dire warning that, once again, the world is sliding towards catastrophe. If this all feels familiar, that’s because it is. For Iran, read Iraq in the countdown to the 2003 invasion.” And the most ironic thing is that the biggest loser out of all this, at least in the short-term is…. Greece.

As a reminder, here is an update of US naval assets, courtesy of a recently up and running Stratfor:

More on the latest very much anticipated defection from the US in what is setting up to be either the biggest dud of geopolitical foreplay in history, or potentially the start of a new World War (because the Muslim cresent will not take too lightly to any joint or standalone US/Israeli aggression).

The military also wants to quickly modify weapons systems on ships so they could be used against Iranian fast-attack boats, as well as shore-launched cruise missiles, the defense officials said.

Read moreAs Pentagon Sends Reinforcements To Straits Of Hormuz, Iraq Redux Looms

‘America’s Per Capita Government Debt Worse Than Greece’, As Well As Ireland, Italy, France, Portugal And Spain (Chart)

Chart: ‘America’s Per Capita Government Debt Worse Than Greece’ (The Weekly Standard, Feb. 23, 2012):

The office of Senator Jeff Sessions, ranking member on the Senate Budget Committee, sends along this chart, showing that ‘America’s Per Capita Government Debt Worse Than Greece,’ as well as Ireland, Italy, France, Portugal, and Spain:

AND NOW: TEPCO To Introduce SMART METERS

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HEALTH WARNING: DO NOT ALLOW SMART METERS TO BE INSTALLED IN YOUR HOME!


TEPCO to Introduce Smart Meters to Households As Early As Fall of Next Year (EX-SKF, Feb. 25, 2012):

As if irradiating the population with Fukushima-origin radionuclides is not enough, TEPCO says it will introduce smart meters to its household customers by the fall of 2013.

Privacy concern about smart meters? Nah. The country is set to introduce the numbering system for the citizens for more efficient tax collection and tracking, calling it “My Number” as if you were queuing to be served at a deli.

From Yomiuri Shinbun (2/26/2012):

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TEPCO plans to introduce “smart meters” as one of the best ways to conserve energy.

Read moreAND NOW: TEPCO To Introduce SMART METERS

500 Used Cars Destined To Be Shipped From Nagoya Port Exceeded Radiation Limit Since August Last Year

500 Used Cars to Be Shipped from Nagoya Port Have Exceeded Radiation Limit Since August Last Year (EX-SKF, Feb. 25, 2012):

That’s when they started testing, and 500 used cars from Nagoya Port alone.

Japanese used cars are popular in Russia, Southeast Asia, and Africa. Despite the nuclear accident, the number of exported used cars in 2011 increased slightly over 2010 to 857,779 cars according to the Used Car Export Industry News, with Russia at the top with over 110K followed by the United Arab Emirates.

Kyodo News (2/25/2012):

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Nagoya Port Authority disclosed on February 25 that 500 used cars were found with radiation levels at or exceeding 0.3 microsievert/hour, the standard set by the [used car] industry from August last year to January this year, and that the cars were returned to the shippers.

Read more500 Used Cars Destined To Be Shipped From Nagoya Port Exceeded Radiation Limit Since August Last Year

Japanese Journalist Suffers From Severe Diarrhea After Visiting Fukushima Nuclear Plant

Japanese journalist suffers from severe diarrhea after visiting Fukushima plant (Fukushima Diary, Feb. 25, 2012):

Following up this article ..[LIVE] Inside of Fukushima plants (1,500 microSv/h in the bus)

A Japanese journalist, Iwakami Yasumi has been suffering from severe diarrhea since he visited Fukushima Plants.

He tweeted like this below

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I’ve been sick these 3 days. Especially yesterday and today, I suffer from severe diarrhea and stomachache. My doctor diagnosed it as apendicitis. He says probably I had my immune system weaken by overworking. I still haven’t had peritonitis so no need of having open abdominal surgery, but was told to stay safe at home, don’t eat anything until Tuesday.

Read moreJapanese Journalist Suffers From Severe Diarrhea After Visiting Fukushima Nuclear Plant

4 Major Japanese Corporations Evacuate From Tokyo To Osaka

4 major Japanese corporations are evacuating to Osaka (Fukushima Diary, Feb. 25, 2012):

On the regular press conference of Tokyo mayor on 2/24/2012, it turned out that 4 major Japanese corporations are moving the head offices from Tokyo to Osaka.
The companies are

Mitsubishi Corporation
Mitsui&CO.,LTD
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd
Sumitomo Mitsui banking corporation

Read more4 Major Japanese Corporations Evacuate From Tokyo To Osaka