Month: May 2014

Toddler Critically Burned When SWAT Team Throws Flashbang In Crib

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– Toddler critically burned when SWAT team throws flashbang in crib (RT, May 30, 2014):

A toddler is in a medically induced coma after a SWAT team raided the family’s home and threw a flashbang grenade into his crib, the boy’s mother said. With a 50 percent chance of survival, it could be weeks before it’s known if he will even live.

Bounkham “Bou Bou” Phonesavanhs, a 19-month-old, was asleep in his portable crib in the same room as his parents and three older sisters, when police opened the door to the converted garage and threw the stun grenade in. It landed in the crib with Bou Bou.

“Everyone’s sleeping. There’s a loud bang and a bright light,” the boy’s mother, Alecia Phonesavanh, told WSB-TV. “The cops threw that grenade in the door without looking first, and it landed right in the playpen and exploded on his pillow right in his face.”

Read moreToddler Critically Burned When SWAT Team Throws Flashbang In Crib

Steve Marsh GM Contamination Case Fails In Australian Supreme Court

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– Steve Marsh GM Contamination Case Fails in Australian Supreme Court (Global GMO Free Coalition, May 29, 2014):

Global GMO Free Coalition Media Comment: 28/05/2014

Western Australian farmer Steve Marsh (#IamSteveMarsh) has lost a landmark case which could have protected his organic status, after his property was contaminated by GM canola from a neighbouring farm.

The verdict was handed down Wednesday and can be found here: http://www.supremecourt.wa.gov.au/_files/Judgment%20Summary%20-%20Marsh%20v%20Baxter%20(CIV%201561%20of%202012)%2028%20May%202014.pdf

Marsh, an organic farmer from Kojonup, south of Perth, Western Australia, lost organic certification for most of his farm when GM canola contaminated his crop. He took action by suing his neighbour Michael Baxter in the Supreme Court of WA, in a landmark world’s first trial which started earlier this year.

Read moreSteve Marsh GM Contamination Case Fails In Australian Supreme Court

Couple Fined $746 For The Crime Of Feeding Homeless People In Florida Park

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–  Couple Fined $746 for the Crime of Feeding Homeless People in Florida Park (ZeroHedge, May 30, 2014):

It is a well known historical trend that as discontent and dissent spread within a society, the power structure will look to demonize unpopular or weak minorities in order to deflect frustrations away from the true culprit, the power structure itself. Many feared in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 that Muslims would serve as such a scapegoat, and indeed in many ways this occurred, although not to the extent that many feared. In my opinion, it is homeless people that are being increasingly demonized and treated as subhuman. I think that if we want to see how the state and crony corporate status quo will treat everyone in the future, all you have to do is look at the current “war on the homeless.”

Read moreCouple Fined $746 For The Crime Of Feeding Homeless People In Florida Park

500% Rise In Spain’s Long-Term Unemployment

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–  500% Rise in Spain’s Long-Term Unemployment (ZeroHedge, May 30, 2014):

With yields at record lows and stocks soaring, is it any wonder that the politicians of Europe’s periphery are proclaiming victory over the crisis (and yet oddly imploring Draghi to do moar?). Perhaps, just perhaps, they are keeping one eye on the ‘real’ economic progress that is being made (or un-made) in their nations… such as Spain, where there are now 1.26 million people who have been jobless since 2010 and the long-term unemployment rate has risen by more than 500% since 2007.

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Bush’s Anti-Terror Chief: Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld Can Be Tried at the Hague for War Crimes They Committed In Iraq

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– Bush’s Anti-Terror Chief: Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld Can Be Tried at the Hague for War Crimes They Committed In Iraq (Washington’s Blog, May 30, 2014):

Obama Has Also Committed War Crimes

Bush’s top counter-terrorism official for his first year as president – Richard Clarke – tells Democracy Now that Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld committed war crimes in Iraq … and that they can be tried at the Hague:

(Clarke retired in protest at the start of the Iraq war.)

Clarke is right:

Read moreBush’s Anti-Terror Chief: Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld Can Be Tried at the Hague for War Crimes They Committed In Iraq

Read Snowden’s Comments On 9/11 That NBC Didn’t Broadcast

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– Read Snowden’s comments on 9/11 that NBC didn’t broadcast (RT, May 30, 2014):

Only around a quarter of the recent NBC News interview with former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden made it to broadcast, but unaired excerpts now online show that the network neglected to air critical statements about the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

When the four-hour sit-down between journalist Brian Williams and Snowden made it to air on Wednesday night, NBC condensed roughly four hours of conversation into a 60-minute time slot. During an analysis of the full interview afterwards, however, the network showed portions of the interview that didn’t make it into the primetime broadcast, including remarks from the former National Security Agency contractor in which he questioned the American intelligence community’s inability to stop the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Read moreRead Snowden’s Comments On 9/11 That NBC Didn’t Broadcast

Humor: GDP – Grossly Dubious Projections

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– Thursday Humor: GDP – Grossly Dubious Projections (ZeroHedge, May 29, 2014):

In the middle of the last great financial crisis, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) proclaimed that Q1 2008 was the US economy grow at a modest 0.6%. This was met with hockey-stick prognosticators looking to the heavens for the next few quarters and bleeting about transitory factors affecting the economy. However, as the following chart shows, five years later (and after numerous adjustments) the +0.6% growth for Q1 2008 had somehow morphed into a clench-worthy 2.7% collapse in the economy…

Trade accordingly…

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U.S. Justice Department Slams BNP With Multi-Billion Dollar Penalty

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– No Holders Barred: DOJ Slams BNP With Multi-Billion Dollar Penalty (Zerohedge, May 29, 2014):

Francois Hollande is not having a good week – disastrous elections over the weekend, followed by record high numbers of jobseekers (destroying his promise to deliver jobs), and now his banking system is under attack; as the WSJ reports:

  • *US JUSTICE DEPT SEEKS >$10B BNP PENALTY FOR SANCTIONS EVASION: WSJ

A final resolution (and a guilty plea) of the years long investigation of the French bank is likely weeks away, WSJ notes but it does remain ironic that in flexing his enforcement muscles, DoJ’s Eric Holder is about to crucify yet another non-US bank.

As The WSJ reports,

The U.S. Justice Department is pushing BNP Paribas SA  to pay more than $10 billion to resolve a criminal probe into allegations it evaded U.S. sanctions against Iran and other countries for years, which would represent one of the largest penalties ever imposed on a bank, according to people familiar with the negotiations.

Read moreU.S. Justice Department Slams BNP With Multi-Billion Dollar Penalty

WH Speaker Jay Carney Says ‘Short Russia’; Russia Says ‘Goodbye Carney’

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– WH Speaker Jay Carney Says “Short Russia”; Russia Says “Goodbye Carney” (ZeroHedge, May 30, 2014):

Having failed dismally in his global macro forecasts, the White House’ press secretary Jay Carney is stepping down…

  • *OBAMA SAYS SPOKESMAN JAY CARNEY STEPPING DOWN
  • *OBAMA SAYS JOSH EARNEST TO BECOME PRESS SECRETARY

Perhaps it is time for him to take a role on Wall Street? His accuracy makes him a shoe-in.

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Edward Snowden Censored 9/11 & Boston Bombing Segment On NBC (Video)

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FYI.

Air Date: May 28th, 2014

More info on 9/11:

– 9/11 Conspiracy Solved (Documentary)

– Bush & Cheney Asked Several Times NOT To Investigate 9/11 AT ALL (Video)

– The U.S. And Its Allies Had Contact With Bin Laden And The 9/11 Hijackers Many Times Before 9/11

– ‘Mossad, Bush Planned, Executed 9/11’ (Veterans Today)

– U.S. Court Revives 9/11 Victims’ Case Against Saudi Arabia

– An Act of War: CIA Leak Gives ‘Incontrovertible Evidence’ That 9/11 Was State Sponsored

Read moreEdward Snowden Censored 9/11 & Boston Bombing Segment On NBC (Video)

First-Quarter Economic Slowdown Blamed On Winter Weather

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Sure!

Related info:

– RECOVERY: Excluding Obamacare, US Economy Contracted By 2% In The First Quarter

– First-quarter economic slowdown blamed on winter weather (Al Jazeera, May 29, 2014):

The U.S. economy contracted at an annual rate of 1 percent in the first three months of 2014, official data showed on Thursday. The last time the world’s largest economy shrank was the first quarter of 2011, but economists said they still expect a rebound from the latest figure.

Read moreFirst-Quarter Economic Slowdown Blamed On Winter Weather

Directive 3025.18 … Granting Obama Authority To Use Military Force Against Civilians

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– Meet Directive 3025.18 Granting Obama Authority To Use Military Force Against Civilians (ZeroHedge, May 29, 2014):

While the “use of armed [unmanned aircraft systems] is not authorized,” The Washington Times uncovering of a 2010 Pentagon directive on military support to civilian authorities details what critics say is a troubling policy that envisions the Obama administration’s potential use of military force against Americans. As one defense official proclaimed, “this appears to be the latest step in the administration’s decision to use force within the United States against its citizens.” Meet Directive 3025.18 and all its “quelling civil disturbances” totalitarianism…

As The Washington Times reports,

Read moreDirective 3025.18 … Granting Obama Authority To Use Military Force Against Civilians

Over A Thousand Soldiers Killed As Ukraine Fighting Escalates, Russian Media Reports

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– Over A Thousand Soldiers Killed As Ukraine Fighting Escalates, Russian Media Reports (ZeroHedge, May 29, 2014):

While one should take locally sourced news on the volatile situation in Ukraine, reported by media that is ideologically close to the source, with a grain of salt, Russian press agency RIA has generally had a good track record in reporting news regarding the Ukraine civil war. In which case if the following report of what may have happened overnight during the latest escalation of fighting in the eastern Ukraine city of Slavyansk, and which certainly doesn’t paint the Ukraine army in a favorable light, is even partially correct one can see why suddenly western media news coverage of the civil war in Ukraine has become somewhat sparse.

According to RIA, quoting Slaviansk people’s mayor Vyacheslav Ponomaryov, about 1,200 Ukrainian army soldiers have been killed during a special operation in Slaviansk, and eight helicopters and 15 armored vehicles were destroyed. Supposedly this includes the 1 helicopter whose crash was reported previously.

Over A Thousand Soldiers Killed As Ukraine Fighting Escalates, Russian Media Reports

“According to our information, the Ukrainian army has the following losses and damages: 1,200-1,300 people were killed, eight helicopters, 15 armored transport vehicles, and three [artillery] weapons destroyed. They are suffering huge losses. I’m speaking only about Slaviansk,” Ponomaryov said in an interview with the Latvian radio station Baltkom.

Read moreOver A Thousand Soldiers Killed As Ukraine Fighting Escalates, Russian Media Reports

Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Sign ‘Epoch’ Eurasian Economic Union

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– Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan sign ‘epoch’ Eurasian Economic Union (RT, May 29, 2014):

Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan signed the historic Eurasian Economic Union which will come into effect in January 2015. Cutting down trade barriers and comprising over 170 million people it will be the largest common market in the ex-Soviet sphere.

“The just-signed treaty is of epoch-making, historic importance,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

The troika of countries will cooperate in energy, industry, agriculture, and transport.

“In fact, we are shaping the largest common market in the CIS, with huge production, scientific and technological potential and enormous natural resources,” the President added.

Read moreRussia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Sign ‘Epoch’ Eurasian Economic Union

Has The Next Recession Already Begun For America’s Middle Class?

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‘The next recession’???

This is the ‘GREATEST DEPRESSION’.

And it will get much, much worse.

Related info:

– US Unemployment Rate Hits 37.2%

– RECOVERY: The Number Of Working Age Americans Without A Job Has Risen By 27 MILLION Since 2000

– Another Million People Drop Out Of Labor Force – Now An All Time High 92 Million People Are Out Of The Labor Force

– Wall Street Adviser: Actual Unemployment Is 37.2%, ‘Misery Index’ Worst In 40 Years

– Has The Next Recession Already Begun For America’s Middle Class? (Economic Collapse, May 28, 2014):

Has the next major economic downturn already started?  The way that you would answer that question would probably depend on where you live.  If you live in New York City, or the suburbs of Washington D.C., or you work for one of the big tech firms in the San Francisco area, you would probably respond to such a question by saying of course not.  In those areas, the economy is doing great and prices for high end homes are still booming.  But in most of the rest of the nation, evidence continues to mount that the next recession has already begun for the poor and the middle class.  As you will read about below, major retailers had an absolutely dreadful start to 2014 and home sales are declining just as they did back in 2007 before the last financial crisis.  Meanwhile, the U.S. economy continues to lose more good jobs and 20 percent of all U.S. families do not have a single member that is employed at this point.  2014 is turning out to be eerily similar to 2007 in so many ways, but most people are not paying attention.

Read moreHas The Next Recession Already Begun For America’s Middle Class?

Vaccine-Induced Immune Overload Now Affects Majority Of US Children

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Related info:

– Dr. Rima E. Laibow: The Globalist Depopulation Agenda (Video)

– Vaccine-induced immune overload now affects majority of US children, study finds (Natural News, May 29, 2014):

Immunity is crucial. But the artificial kind brought about by vaccines can be extremely damaging, especially when the body’s immune response is too strong. A groundbreaking new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Molecular and Genetic Medicine highlights the consequences of this vaccine-induced immune overload, stating that the majority of American children now suffer from the often debilitating condition.

Dr. J. Bart Classen, M.D., an immunologist with extensive knowledge about vaccine adverse events, recently investigated the current epidemic of inflammatory diseases among children. Cases of type-1 diabetes, type-2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, autoimmune disorders, asthma and food allergies have been steadily increasing over the years, corresponding directly with an increase in the number of vaccines on the official vaccination schedule for children.

Read moreVaccine-Induced Immune Overload Now Affects Majority Of US Children

Dust In The Wind: Dust Bowl Conditions Have Returned To Kansas, Oklahoma And North Texas

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– Dust In The Wind: Dust Bowl Conditions Have Returned To Kansas, Oklahoma And North Texas (Economic Collapse, May 28, 2014):

In early 1978, a song entitled “Dust in the Wind” by a rock band known as Kansas shot up the Billboard charts.  When Kerry Livgren penned those now famous lyrics, he probably never imagined that Dust Bowl conditions would return to his home state just a few short decades later.  Sadly, that is precisely what is happening.  When American explorers first traveled through north Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, they referred to it as “the Great American Desert” and they doubted that anyone would ever be able to farm it.  But as history has shown, when that area gets plenty of precipitation the farming is actually quite good.  Unfortunately, the region is now in the midst of a devastating multi-year drought which never seems to end.  Right now, 56 percent of Texas, 64 percent of Oklahoma and 80 percent of Kansas are experiencing “severe drought”, and the long range forecast for this upcoming summer is not good.  In fact, some areas in the region are already drier than they were during the worst times of the 1930s.  And the relentless high winds that are plaguing that area of the country are kicking up some hellacious dust storms.  For example, some parts of Kansas experienced a two day dust storm last month.  And Lubbock, Texas was hit be a three day dust storm last month.  We are witnessing things that we have not seen since the depths of the Dust Bowl days, and unless the region starts getting a serious amount of rain, things are going to get a whole lot worse before they get any better.

Read moreDust In The Wind: Dust Bowl Conditions Have Returned To Kansas, Oklahoma And North Texas

RECOVERY: Excluding Obamacare, US Economy Contracted By 2% In The First Quarter

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– Excluding Obamacare, US Economy Contracted By 2% In The First Quarter (ZeroHedge, May 29, 2014):

As if the official news that the US economy is just one quarter away from an official recession (and with just one month left in the second quarter that inventory restocking better be progressing at an epic pace) but don’t worry – supposedly harsh weather somehow managed to wipe out $100 billion in economic growth from the initial forecast for Q1 GDP – here is some even worse news: if one excludes the artificial stimulus to the US economy generated from the Obamacare Q1 taxpayer-subsidized scramble, which resulted in a record surge in Healthcare services spending of $40 billion in the quarter, Q1 GDP would have contracted not by 1% but by 2%!

The history of healthcare spending’s contribution to GDP. The outlier needs no highlighting:

Read moreRECOVERY: Excluding Obamacare, US Economy Contracted By 2% In The First Quarter

Obama Says The US Is Indispensable

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– Obama says the US is indispensable, meaning all other countries are dispensable?’ (RT, May 29, 2014):

If indispensable means invasive than there is no country that has invaded more states in the world, that has violated human rights and international law more than has the US, foreign policy expert Richard Becker told RT.

On May 27 President Obama made a speech, in which he called America ‘exceptional’ and described it as a helping hand to any nation in need. He also announced that 9,800 US troops will be left in Afghanistan through much of next year and backed away from ending America’s longest war until at least his final year in office.

Read moreObama Says The US Is Indispensable

RECOVERY: US Economy Shrank By 1% In The First Quarter: First Contraction Since 2011

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– US Economy Shrank By 1% In The First Quarter: First Contraction Since 2011(ZeroHedge, May 29, 2014):

Weather 1 – Quantitative Easing 0.

Spot on the chart below just how high the culmination of over $1 trillion in QE3 proceeds “pushed” the US economy.

US Quarterly GDP

Joking aside, while the realization that nobody can fight the Fed except a cold weather front, is quite profound, in the first quarter GDP “grew” by a revised -1.0%, down from the +0.1% first estimate, and well below the -0.5%  expected, confirming that while economists may suck as economists, they are absolutely horrible as weathermen. This was the worst print since the -1.3% recorded in Q1 2011.

Bottom line: for whatever reason, in Q1 the US economy contracted not only for the first time in three years, but at the fastest pace since Q1 of 2011. It probably snowed then too.

The breakdown by components is as follows:

Read moreRECOVERY: US Economy Shrank By 1% In The First Quarter: First Contraction Since 2011

80 Ukrainian Soldiers Surrender To Self-Defense Forces In Lugansk

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– 80 Ukrainian soldiers surrender to self-defense forces in Lugansk (RT, May 29, 2014):

All of the 80 Ukrainian troops holed up at a Lugansk military base have surrendered to self-defense forces who stormed the military installation hosting the Ukrainian National Guard.

The initial assault lasted for 10-15 minutes with almost unceasing gunfire, witnesses say. A video reportedly filmed near the attacked facility has appeared on YouTube.

There are conflicting reports on casualties and the outcome of the attack, which took place on the territory of an Air Force academy. Earlier, at least one Ukrainian soldier was reported to be seriously injured.

Read more80 Ukrainian Soldiers Surrender To Self-Defense Forces In Lugansk