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It Will Take 10 Years To Recapture Mosul From ISIS, US Army Officer Says

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– It Will Take 10 Years To Recapture Mosul From ISIS, US Army Officer Says:

When Mosul fell to ISIS in June of 2014, the world was shocked that the group – which at that juncture, was just beginning to make a name for itself – could possibly have overrun the US-trained and armed Iraqi army to take control of the country’s second-largest city.

“The city fell like a plane without an engine,” a Mosul businessman who fled to Erbil said at the time. “They were firing their weapons into the air, but no one was shooting at them.”

That account reinforces the notion that the Iraqi regulars effectively ran away in the face of the ISIS advance. Here’s what Ash Carter said after Ramadi fell: “The Iraqi forces just showed no will to fight. They were not outnumbered. In fact they vastly outnumbered the opposing force and yet they failed to fight and withdrew from the site…We can give them training, we can give them equipment. We obviously can’t give them the will to fight.”

No Ash, you can’t, and when you hand over equipment to soldiers with no will to fight, that equipment usually ends up in the “wrong” hands which is exactly what happened after the Iraqi regulars abandoned Mosul. After routing the Iraqi forces, ISIS seized 2,300 humvees and then proceeded to loot some $429 million in cash from the city’s central bank. This made Obama’s terrorist “jayvee squad” one of the most well armed, well funded extremist groups in history. 

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Bitcoin Terror DISINFORMATION BRAINWASHING … Who’s Afraid of P2P? (Corbett Report – Video)

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H/t reader squodgy:

“Bitcoin Terror DISINFORMATION BRAINWASHING”

Wired has allegedly found elusive Bitcoin creator “Satoshi Nakamoto” in Australia…and less than 24 hours later he’s being raided by the Australian Federal Police. Sadly, given the attempts by the MSM and governments around the world to link the P2P economy to terror, mayhem and criminality, this is hardly surprising. Join me in today’s thought for the day as we explore the demonisation of P2P and why the powers that shouldn’t be are afraid of freedom…terrible freedom!

SHOW NOTES:
Bitcoin’s Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Is Probably This Unknown Australian Genius

Bitcoin creator identified by Wired has Australian home raided

Group claims Bitcoin may have been used to fund Paris terrorist attacks

European Commission to Assess Bitcoin’s Role in Terrorist Financing

Bitcoin, Paris and Terrorism: What the Media Got Wrong

Bitcoin Report: ISIS Utilizing Digital Currency to Fund Terror Operations, Conceal Cash

California shooters borrowed $28,000 before attack: source

Meet The Peer 2 Peer Lending Website That Funded The San Bernardino Shooters

Solutions: The Peer-to-Peer Economy (Transcript)

Declassified CIA Manual Shows How US Uses Bureaucracy to Destabilize Governments

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– Declassified CIA Manual Shows How US Uses Bureaucracy to Destabilize Governments:

When most people think of CIA sabotage, they think of coups, assassinations, proxy wars, armed rebel groups, and even false flags – not strategic stupidity and purposeful bureaucratic ineptitude. However, according to a declassified document from 1944, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), which later became the CIA, used and trained a curious breed of “citizen-saboteurs” in occupied nations like Norway and France.

The World War II-era document, called Simple Sabotage Field Manual, outlines ways in which operatives can disrupt and demoralize enemy administrators and police forces. The first section of the document, which can be read in its entirety here, addresses “Organizations and Conferences” — and how to turn them into a “dysfunctional mess”:

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TIME: How Germany Reacted to Angela Merkel as TIME’s Person of the Year – Donald Trump Bashes Time Magazine, Says Angela Merkel Is Ruining Germany

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And here’s TIME’s Person of the Year in 1938:

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Hope that doesn’t signal how little time we have left until WW3, which has been planned for us by TPTB.

– How Germany Reacted to Angela Merkel as TIME’s Person of the Year (TIME, Dec 9, 2015):

Donald Trump’s response also got some attention

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– Donald Trump Bashes Time Magazine, Says Angela Merkel Is Ruining Germany:

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump is slamming Time Magazine’s decision to name German Chancellor Angela Merkel as the Person of the Year.

He blasted Time for going with the person “who is ruining Germany.”

The magazine praised Merkel for opening her country to Syrian refugees, a policy that Donald Trump has strongly criticized as one that the United States should not follow.

Time writes:

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10 Hopeful Signs That the New World Order is Dying

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H/t reader squodgy:

 “This might be a few months old, but it is still valid and being improved upon, so there really is room for hope.”

From the article:

“Here’s to a dying system.“

Well, THAT is the plan.

In my opinion (almost) everything (that is of high importance to TPTB) is going according to plan.

We were not even able to stop …

… all those illegal wars, the war on terror (i.e. the war on our civil rights), …

… the bankster bailouts (the biggest bank robbery in world history, with the banks – being fully supported by our elite puppet governments – doing the robbing. If a bank loses billions of dollars then that money didn’t just disappear. Somebody has been on the other side of the trade and made a fortune. Why is it that the MSM (owned by those who own the banks and our governments) NEVER reported who was on the other side of the trade?) …

… and quantitative easing (= printing money = creating money out of thin air = increasing the money supply = inflation = hidden tax on monetary assets = theft!).

We may imagine that what we have some impact on what is happening on a global scale all we want, but in reality, as I’ve said, everything is going according to plan.

TPTB allow us some minor victories, but on the global chessboard we have been totally outplayed (so far). The people are just wakening up to learn how to move the pieces, while the elitists have the best chess players and the best chess engines on their side.

And protesting and holding some signs in the air does not worry TPTB in the slightest. They allow us some minor victories as if our protest would have made a difference, laugh at us and then move on with their agenda.

And I really hope I’m wrong. Still hoping that we can turn this around. And the only place we can start is by changing ourselves first.

Next up hyperinflation, financial collapse, revolution, civil war and then WW3 (more like a conventional war, without full nuclear exchange).

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– 10 Hopeful Signs That the New World Order is Dying:

We know the saying, you either see a glass half empty or half full. Your attitude, mindset and expectations guide your perceptions which in turn will guide your stated views and opinions of the world you live in. That said, depending on how you view the world one might make an argument for why the new world order is slowly dying out.

Perhaps I’m being overly optimistic or perhaps my intuition is correct on this one. One thing I strongly believe: humanity is not designed to live in false government paradigms of slavery and statism. Those who live for government and the state will hold these beliefs, but nature and the rest of humanity tells another story. Humanity naturally yearns to be free of all control systems. Though a certain percentage of humanity actually needs and wants to be under the control of government, this segment of humanity only wishes this because they know nothing else and they are afraid of a stateless world where they might have to care for themselves. For now, let’s set aside these individuals who live in fear and need the state to be part of their lives, and let’s focus instead on the rest of humanity who is awakened. Let’s realize how amazing, gifted and how blessed we are as humans, and how natural it is to be free.

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Russia asks for U.N. council talks on Turkey action in Syria, Iraq

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Defence ministry officials sit under screens with satellite images on display during a briefing in Moscow, Russia

– Russia asks for U.N. council talks on Turkey action in Syria, Iraq:

Russia has asked the United Nations Security Council to hold closed-door discussions on Turkish military action in Syria and Iraq, diplomats said on Monday, in the latest sign of increasing tensions between Moscow and Ankara.

Russia’s U.N. mission had no immediate comment. But council diplomats said they expected a Nov. 24 incident in which Turkey shot down a Russian plane near the Syrian-Turkish border would come up. Relations between Russia and Turkey have nosedived since that incident.

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Innocent Unarmed Man Shot in the Head While Asking Cops for Help has to Sue to Get Justice

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– Innocent Unarmed Man Shot in the Head While Asking Cops for Help has to Sue to Get Justice:

Los Angeles, CA — Thanks to Los Angeles’ finest, Walter DeLeon has lost a quarter of his skull, almost all his eyesight, the ability to walk, and his life is in shambles.

In June of this year, DeLeon, 49, was on his regular evening walk to a nearby park when LAPD Officer Cairo Palacios “feared for his life” and shot him in the head.

DeLeon was not armed, he did not attack the officer, nor did he say or do anything that would have been construed by a normal person to be aggressive behavior. However, the dastardly Palacios and his partner perceived ‘imminent danger’ because DeLeon had a towel wrapped around his hand to wipe the sweat from his face on his walk.

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Drone Whistleblowers Have Their Bank Accounts And Credit Cards Frozen For Exposing US Murder

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– Drone Pilots have Bank Accounts and Credit Cards Frozen by Feds for Exposing US Murder:

For having the courage to come forward and expose the drone program for the indiscriminate murder that it is, 4 vets are under attack from the government they once served.

The U.S. Government failed to deter them through threats of criminal prosecution, and clumsy attempts to intimidate their families. Now four former Air Force drone operators-turned-whistleblowers have had their credit cards and bank accounts frozen, according to human rights attorney Jesselyn Radack.

“My drone operators went public this week and now their credit cards and bank accounts are frozen,” Radack lamented on her Twitter feed (the spelling of her post has been conventionalized). This was done despite the fact that none of them has been charged with a criminal offense – but this is a trivial formality in the increasingly Sovietesque American National Security State.

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“We’re At War, Get It Through Your Head”, Trump Doubles Down During Combative Follow Up Interviews

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– “We’re At War, Get It Through Your Head”, Trump Doubles Down During Combative Follow Up Interviews:

12 hours after his dramatic campaign statement to shut out Muslims arrivals into the US, Donald Trump doubled down and in a series of interviews early on Tuesday, he repeatedly told anchors such as CNN’s Chris Cuomo that “we’re at war – get it through your head” in his latest heated exchange, during which he reminded America how quickly people have forgotten “World Trade Center #1 and World Trade Center #2.”

One thing that Trump did stress throughout the media blitz is that his plan to prevent Muslims from entering the U.S. was “temporary.” and in a follow up interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America” he clarified that American Muslims living abroad could return to the U.S., following conflicting statements by his campaign yesterday: when asked if Trump’s proposal applied to U.S. citizens living abroad, a Trump spokesperson had told The Hill on Monday that Trump’s proposal applied to “everyone.”

In the aftermath of yesterday’s announcement, there has been a surge of media outlets comparing Trump to Hitler (as seen below).

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Turkey Refuses To Withdraw Troops From Iraq, Threatens To Slap Sanctions On Russia

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– Turkey Refuses To Withdraw Troops From Iraq, Threatens To Slap Sanctions On Russia:

Last Friday, Turkey invaded Iraq.

That sounds more dramatic than it actually was. Turkey sent around 150 soldiers and two dozens tanks to Bashiqa, just northeast of Mosul in what Ankara described as an effort to replace an existing contingent of around 90 troops that have supposedly been on a “training” mission with the Peshmerga for the better part of two years.

As we documented over the weekend, this is hardly the first time the Turks have entered the country.

However, the circumstances are quite different this time around. That is, this isn’t a anti-terror mission aimed at tracking the PKK. Over the weekend, we asked if Turkey was simply trying to protect lucrative oil smuggling routes run by both ISIS and the KRG. On Sunday, an angry Iraq gave Ankara 48 hours to withdraw the troops – or else. 

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US Denies Bombing Assad’s Forces, Blames Russia

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– US Denies Bombing Assad’s Forces, Blames Russia:

On Sunday, someone bombed an SAA position in eastern Syria killing three of Assad’s soldiers and wounding more than a dozen.

As we reported on Monday, the strike allegedly took place in Paris mastermind Abdelhamid Abaaoud’s old fiefdom of Deir ez Zor. “Syria strongly condemns the act of aggression by the US-led coalition that contradicts the UN Charter on goals and principles,” Damascus said. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent letters to the UN Secretary General and the UN Security Council, stating that the strike “hampers efforts to combat terrorism and proves once again that this coalition lacks seriousness and credibility.” Washington claims to have no idea what Damascus is talking about. “We’ve seen those Syrian reports but we did not conduct any strikes in that part of Deir ez Zor yesterday. So we see no evidence,” coalition spokesman Colonel Steve Warren said.

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AND NOW: Vice President Joe Biden Says Moscow Should Return Crimea To Ukraine

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– US VP says Moscow should return Crimea to Ukraine:

US Vice President Joe Biden says Russia should stick to a peace agreement on Ukraine and return the Black Sea Crimea peninsula to its western neighbor.

Biden made the comment during his latest trip to Ukraine where he told Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko that “the US stands firmly with the people of Ukraine in the face of continued, I emphasize, continued aggression from Russia and Russian-backed separatists.”

Crimea declared independence from Ukraine on March 17, 2014 and formally applied to become part of Russia following a referendum a day earlier, in which 96.8 percent of participants voted in favor of the secession. The voter turnout in the referendum stood at 83.1 percent.

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British tanks to be sent to Germany for storage so army can sell land in UK

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So have those 6,000 military vehicles been sent to Germany (in preparation for WW3) or not?

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British tanks taking part in a parade. These and other army vehicles could be sent to Germany. Photograph: David Levenson/Alamy

– British tanks to be sent to Germany for storage so army can sell land in UK (Guardian, Feb 16, 2012):

Up to 6,000 military vehicles could be transported overseas so prime site in Gloucestershire can be sold to raise funds

It has been an awfully long time since British tanks rumbled their way across Europe towards the Rhine – 67 years, in fact.

So the Germans will be intrigued to learn the Ministry of Defence is plotting another push east, albeit an unconventional one that has been forced on it by budget cuts.

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China Chokes As Beijing Issues “Red Pollution Alert” For First Time Ever

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– China Chokes As Beijing Issues “Red Pollution Alert” For First Time Ever:

Just a week after Beijing’s major literally had his head saved, thanks to a cold front which swept away some of the worst pollution ever, the city has raised the alarm once again.. but this time to a record level. For the first time ever, the municipal government has issued a so-called red pollution alert – imposed car bans and suspending schools – after acrid-smelling haze returned to the Chinese capital.

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Weimar Greece – The Effects Of A Currency Collapse

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– Weimar Greece – The Effects Of A Currency Collapse:

Cash is a scarce commodity in Greece.

In June, Greek banks declared a surprise limitation on how much could be withdrawn from an account. At present, the government still limits the cash withdrawals of Greeks.

And, of course, this is just the most recent in a series of events that make up the cash squeeze. In response, Greeks have done what all people do when they cannot get enough currency – they improvise.

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Trump Demands “Total & Complete” Shutdown Of Muslims Entering America

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FYI.

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– Trump Demands “Total & Complete” Shutdown Of Muslims Entering America:

Having exclaimed “is that all there is?” following President Obama’s speech last night on how he would make Americans safer, Donald Trump appears to have decide to take matters into his own hands. The leading Republican presidential nominee has called for a “total and complete” moratorium on allowing Muslims to enter the United States…

Statement from The Trump Campaign:

(New York, NY) December 7th, 2015,

Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on.

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How Obama Is Using The Grossly Unconstitutional “No Fly List” To Push Gun Control

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– How Obama Is Using The Grossly Unconstitutional “No Fly List” To Push Gun Control:

The faux “liberal” who holds the White House was at it once again last night. As he’s accommodated to doing, he presented a radically undemocratic and unconstitutional practice as a common sense appeal to the American public to accept gun control. What I am referring to specifically is the following passage from last night’s speech:

To begin with, Congress should act to make sure no one on a no-fly list is able to buy a gun. What could possibly be the argument for allowing a terrorist suspect to buy a semi-automatic weapon? This is a matter of national security.

Obama is not stupid. He knows exactly how shady the no fly list is, yet he’s pushing on national television as a way to enact gun control. The effectiveness of his bullshit depends on an unbelievably ignorant voter base, as well as the cultish, thoughtless devotion from what’s left of his zombified supporters.

To explain what I mean, it’s important to understand what the “no-fly” list actually is. As relates to a lawsuit it filed against the government on behalf of veterans placed on the list without notice, the ACLU notes the following:

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Peter Schiff Warns: “The Whole Economy Has Imploded… Collapse Is Coming”

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FYI.

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– Peter Schiff Warns: “The Whole Economy Has Imploded… Collapse Is Coming”:

Back before 2008 Peter Schiff was harshly criticized and laughed at for his predictions about a coming economic collapse. Among other things Schiff warned that consumer spending had hit a wall, stocks were overpriced and lax credit lending practices would lead to a detonation of the banking system. Rather than heed the warnings, the biggest names in mainstream media tried to discredit him for not toeing the official narrative. Shortly thereafter, of course, Schiff was vindicated and much of the doom he had forecast came to pass.

Today, Schiff continues to argue that the economy is on a downhill trajectory and this time there’ll be no stopping it. All of the emergency measures implemented by the government following the Crash of 2008 were merely temporary stop-gaps. The light at the end of the tunnel being touted by officials as recovery, Schiff has famously said, is actually an oncoming train. And if the forecast he laid out in his latest interview is as accurate as those he shared in 2007, then the the train is about to derail.

We’re broke. We’re basically living off of debt. We’ve had a huge transformation of the American economy. Look at all the Americans now on food stamps, on disability, on unemployment.

The whole economy has imploded… the bottom hasn’t dropped out yet because we’re able to go deeper into debt. But the collapse is coming.

Fundamentally, America is worse off now than it was pre-crash. With the national debt rising unabated and money being printed out of thin air without reprieve, it is only a matter of time.

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US-Backed Rebels Fight Turkey-Backed Rebels in Northern Syria

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– US-Backed Rebels Fight Turkey-Backed Rebels in Northern Syria:

In what everyone expected would boil down to a proxy war with Russia, US and Turkish officials have been throwing ever-growing numbers of weapons at their favorite rebel factions, nominally bulking them up against ISIS, but also giving them weapons meant to be used against the Syrian military itself.

Proving that nobody can predict just how much these schemes are going to backfire, however, the reports out of northern Syria today suggest that, instead of fighting Russia, or ISIS, or the Assad government, the US-backed factions and the Turkish-backed factions are just fighting one another.

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US Air Force Running Out Of Bombs To Drop On ISIS

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– US Air Force Running Out Of Bombs To Drop On ISIS:

Things must be going well in the “war on terror,” as the US Air Force just admitted that it is fast running out of bombs to drop on ISIS after “B-1s have dropped bombs in record numbers.” As ZeeNews reports, Air Force chief of staff General Mark Welsh said as America ramps up its military campaign against the Islamist terror group, the Air Force is now “expending munitions faster than we can replenish them.”

The US Air Force is fast running out of bombs to drop on ISIS targets in Syria and Iraq after its pilots fired off over 20,000 missiles and bombs since the US bombing campaign against the terror group began 15 months ago, its chief has said. As ZeeNews reports,

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Week Nine of the Russian Intervention in Syria: the Empire strikes back

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– Week Nine of the Russian Intervention in Syria: the Empire strikes back:

This column was written for the Unz Review: http://www.unz.com/tsaker/week-nine-of-the-russian-intervention-in-syria-the-empire-strikes-back/

Considering the remarkable success of the Russian intervention in Syria, at least so far, it should not have come as a surprise that the AngloZionist Empire would strike back. The only question was how and when. We now know the answer to that question.

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