– 103 Years Later, Wall Street Turned Out Just As One Man Predicted (ZeroHedge, June 7, 2015)
Kansas Poor Tax A Reflection Of Nationwide Fiscal Crisis
– Kansas Poor Tax A Reflection Of Nationwide Fiscal Crisis (ZeroHedge, June 8, 2015):
“Kansas is in trouble. After slashing income taxes in 2012, the state faces a revenue gap of more than $400 million. Republican Governor Sam Brownback and state legislators are debating how to make up the shortfall. So far they’ve agreed on one way to control how state money is spent. Starting in July, people on the dole will be limited to a single ATM withdrawal of no more than $25 per day,” Bloomberg says, adding that “Kansas is among several Republican-controlled states that have recently cut or limited public-assistance funds.”
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Several Posts I’ve Made Today Have Just Disappeared …
… and I do not know why.
Hmmh.
Ex-US Intelligence Officials Confirm: Secret Pentagon Report Proves US Complicity In Creation Of ISIS
– Ex-US Intelligence Officials Confirm: Secret Pentagon Report Proves US Complicity In Creation Of ISIS (ZeroHedge, June 8, 2015):
Two weeks ago, courtesy of the investigative work of Nafeez Ahmed whose deep dig through a recently declassified and formertly Pentagon documents released earlier by Judicial Watch FOIA, we learned that Western governments deliberately allied with al-Qaeda and other Islamist extremist groups to topple Syrian dictator Bashir al-Assad. In his words: “According to the newly declassified US document, the Pentagon foresaw the likely rise of the ‘Islamic State’ as a direct consequence of the strategy, but described this outcome as a strategic opportunity to “isolate the Syrian regime.”
‘I was misinterpreted and the Tories are completely united’: David Cameron digs himself a hole after threat to sack pro-Brexit ministers
H/t reader squodgy:
“This lying bastard is really showing his colours now.
He never had any intention of giving populace a really binding vote to get out of the EU Gravy Train….ever.”
Big Food: Kicking, Screaming, and Losing Lots of Money
– Big Food: Kicking, Screaming, and Losing Lots of Money (The Organic Prepper, June 8, 2015):
A red flag sign of an emotionally abusive relationship
is when the abuser goes to great lengths to make the abused party seem “crazy” or “ridiculous.” This is actually just an attempt to maintain power in the relationship and the behavior worsens when they sense that their victim is breaking free. They humiliate, demean, and “tease” the victim in an effort to remain in control. This is the classic pattern of a bully, whether it’s in a romantic relationship, a workplace relationship, or a parent/child relationship.
Apparently this is also how a dying multi-billion dollar industry behaves in an attempt to shame the fleeing customers.
Here’s Exhibit A, from Pepsi:
(Hat tip to John Vibes at True Activist)
This is just the most recent evidence of a trend mocking those who avoid putting processed garbage into their bodies in attempt to do some damage control.
Read moreBig Food: Kicking, Screaming, and Losing Lots of Money
Missing Evidence of Prior FBI Relationship with Boston Bomber
Related info:
– Dr. Paul Craig Roberts: The Boston Marathon Show Trial
Flashback:
– Boston Bombing clean-up crew video
– Boston Marathon Bombing: Dzhokhar Tamerlan Is Innocent (Video)
– Homeland Security Admits Backpack Explosive Drill Planned Months Before Boston Marathon Bombings
– ‘Elite’ FBI Agents Killed In Virginia Were Investigating The Boston Marathon Bombings
– Man Killed While Being Questioned About Links To Boston Marathon Bombings By FBI
– Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Was Unarmed At Time Of Boat ‘Shootout’
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller’s testimony that the FBI had contact with Tamerlan Tsarnaev long before Russia’s warning was all but ignored in the Boston Marathon bombing trial.
– Missing Evidence of Prior FBI Relationship with Boston Bomber (WhoWhatWhy, June 6, 2015):
Ever since the early days of the Boston Marathon bombing investigation, it’s been commonly understood that Tamerlan Tsarnaev first came to the attention of the FBI thanks to a March 2011 “warning” from the FSB, Russia’s security services.
We now know this to be false. In a little-noticed exchange during congressional testimony, the FBI’s then-director Robert Mueller admitted that the Bureau had an interest in the elder Tsarnaev before Russia’s warning. That crucial admission has somehow become buried over time, and the government has been only too happy to leave it out of sight.
What else is the Bureau hiding—and what is the truth behind this subterfuge?
Read moreMissing Evidence of Prior FBI Relationship with Boston Bomber
Record cold in the Netherlands
– Record cold in the Netherlands (Ice Age Now, June 7, 2015):
In Twente and Noord-Brabant weather records were broken between Saturday night and Sunday morning.
Since measurements began in 1951, it has never been so cold on June 7, reported weather bureau Meteo Group.
Sunday morning it was Twente minus 2.2 degrees Celsius. In Brabant came to freeze to the ground, albeit narrowly by 0.2 degrees.
http://www.nu.nl/binnenland/4063806/laag-bij-gronds-kouderecord-in-twente-en-noord-brabant.html
De-Dollarization Du Jour: Russia’s Largest Bank Issues Yuan-Denominated Guarantees
– De-Dollarization Du Jour: Russia’s Largest Bank Issues Yuan-Denominated Guarantees (ZeroHedge, June 7, 2015):
The unipolar, dollar-dominated post-war world is shifting under Washington’s feet.
Leading the push towards multipolarity and de-dollarization are a resurgent Russia and China, the rising superpower. The demise of the Bretton Woods world order is perhaps nowhere more apparent than in the launch of the BRICS bank and the establishment of the AIIB. These new structures represent a move away from US-dominated multilateral institutions and their very existence suggests that a failure to adapt to economic realities and an inability or unwillingness to meet the needs of the modern world may soon drive institutions like the IMF into irrelevancy.
Read moreDe-Dollarization Du Jour: Russia’s Largest Bank Issues Yuan-Denominated Guarantees
You Can Be Prosecuted for Clearing Your Browser History
– You Can Be Prosecuted for Clearing Your Browser History (The Nation, June 2, 2015):
UN “Death Targets” Will Mean Reduced Healthcare for Elderly
– UN “Death Targets” Will Mean Reduced Healthcare for Elderly (The New Americam June 4, 2015):
Elderly people in the United Kingdom and potentially worldwide are likely to be treated as “second-class citizens” and even denied life-saving medical treatment under proposed “highly unethical” United Nations “death targets,” healthcare and aging experts declared in an open letter last week. The radical UN “Sustainable Development Goals,” which would put virtually every realm of human activity in the crosshairs, include, among other controversial provisions, proposed global “targets” for reducing premature deaths from various causes. To meet those targets, the experts said, government-run healthcare systems such as the U.K. “National Health Service” (NHS) are likely to focus more resources on easier-to-save younger people — at the expense of the elderly whose deaths would not be counted as “premature.” Some critics are even saying the plan heralds the advent of “death panels.”
Read moreUN “Death Targets” Will Mean Reduced Healthcare for Elderly
Stealth Ability Neutralized! Russia’s T-50 Jetfighter to Rule the Skies
– Stealth Ability Neutralized! Russia’s T-50 Jetfighter to Rule the Skies (Sputnik, May 29, 2015):
An active defense system developed for Russia’s fifth-generation T-50 jetfighter is also able to neutralize enemy planes’ stealth capability, RIA Novosti reported Friday, citing the press service of the Himalaya system’s designers, the Radioelectronic Technologies Concern [KRET].
The Sukhoi PAK FA fighter jet, also known as T-50, is ready to go into production next year, and boasts innovative technology which renders the pilot one part of the plane’s control system.Read moreStealth Ability Neutralized! Russia’s T-50 Jetfighter to Rule the Skies
Self-Defense Is Now ILLEGAL In The UK
– Self-defense is now ILLEGAL in the UK (Natural News, June 5, 2015):
The United Kingdom has been moving politically to the Left for some time now, but even in our wildest dreams, never could we have imagined that it would become illegal to protect yourself there.
As reported by The New American, British subjects seeking advice about what are and are not permissible self-defense instruments found some recently on a police web site. It is sponsored by the British government’s Police National Legal Database.
Q589: Are there any legal self defence products that I can buy?
The police answer:
Baltimore Man Who Filmed Freddie Gray Arrest Now Charged With ‘Inciting a Riot’
– AntiMedia, June 5, 2015):
(CCN) Charged with “terrorism” and “inciting a riot” as backlash for filming the police?
That certainly seems to be the case.
Back in April, Counter Current News broke the story on Kevin Moore’s arrest before he had been processed. Working closely with activists on the ground in Baltimore, we were informed of the arrest on trumped up charges right as it happened. We have been following the story since then, and some of the latest developments continue to disturb and concern us, and they should concern you too.
Read moreBaltimore Man Who Filmed Freddie Gray Arrest Now Charged With ‘Inciting a Riot’
WHO About to Deliver Huge Blow to Companies Like Monsanto
– WHO About to Deliver Huge Blow to Companies Like Monsanto (Natural Society, June 3, 2015):
Will this herbicide be deemed ‘carcinogenic’ too?
When the World Health Organization recently declared that the herbicide ingredient glyphosate was ‘probably carcinogenic,’ numerous countries responded with bans, serious inquiries, and boycotts of Monsanto’s Roundup. Now, the WHO is now set to review another Big Ag chemical, 2,4-D, just three months after Monsanto was delivered news it couldn’t swallow. You can bet Big Ag is nervous.
Read moreWHO About to Deliver Huge Blow to Companies Like Monsanto
UN report condemns Israel as violator of children’s rights over Gaza conflict
– UN report condemns Israel as violator of children’s rights over Gaza conflict (The Ugly Truth, June 6, 2015):
Secretary-General to decide whether Israel will be included on final list of violators of children’s rights due to the large number of children killed in the war in Gaza last summer.
– UN report condemns Israel as violator of children’s rights over Gaza conflict (Haaretz?):
REUTERS – UN agencies in Israel and the Palestinian territories reported an alarming number of child victims in last year’s war in the Gaza Strip but were split on whether Israel should be put on a list of violators of children’s rights, a UN document said.
The 22-page confidential country report, obtained by Reuters on Friday, was prepared by United Nations agencies on the ground for submission to the UN special envoy for children and armed conflict as she readied a draft of the annual list.
Read moreUN report condemns Israel as violator of children’s rights over Gaza conflict
Reporter says Pentagon agreed to give up docs if he never submits another FOIA request
– Reporter says Pentagon agreed to give up docs if he never submits another FOIA request (Washington Post June 2, 2015):
Everyone has a FOIA horror story, though the one told by Vice News investigative reporter Jason Leopold in today’s FOIA hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee deserves its very own headline. When asked about why some agencies just refuse to cough up material, Leopold offered this example:
Read moreReporter says Pentagon agreed to give up docs if he never submits another FOIA request
The Slide Toward “Velvet Glove” Fascism Continues
– Government-Granted “Freedom” (Acting Man June 5, 2015):
Government-Granted “Freedom”
Orwellian Language – the Slide toward “Velvet Glove” Fascism Continues
Sometimes we get the feeling the ruling elites are investing the laws they enact with a kind of impertinent, slap-in-your-face black humor. How else to explain the Orwellian names given to the liberty-crushing laws that have been put in place since the “war on terror” started?
IDF Chief of Staff Promises 1.5-Million Lebanese Refugees in Next War
IDF chief Gadi Eizenkot with some of munitions he intends to hurl against 1.5-million Lebanese civilians
– IDF Chief of Staff Promises 1.5-Million Lebanese Refugees in Next War (Richard Silverstein, June 4, 2015):
Israel’s chief of staff, Gadi Eizenkot told Israeli media that his forces were preparing for the next war with Hezbollah. He promised that when (not if) it happens, Israel will force 1.5-million Lebanese to flee for their lives while it invades the country and destroys it in worse fashion than it did in 2006 (the last time Israel came knocking). Israeli media only identified the source of this threat of war crimes as a “very senior IDF source.” But an informed Israeli source confirms that it was none other than Eizenkot himself.
A bit of background is in order. Eizenkot is one of the three military geniuses who devised the Dahiya Doctrine, (I like to call it the Israeli version of Dresden), which calls for the army to use maximum lethality to devastate entire civilian neighborhoods in which Hezbollah operates. Under this tactic Israel dropped a huge penetrating weapon in Dahiya and proceeded to celebrate the murder of Hassan Nasrallah. A bit prematurely as it turns out, as he survived, only to turn the tables and announce to the world that he’d defied the best that Israel had to offer against him.
Israel also put Dahiya to “good use” last summer when it “Dresdened” several Gaza neighborhoods.
Read moreIDF Chief of Staff Promises 1.5-Million Lebanese Refugees in Next War
The “Illegal Immigrant” Recovery? The Real Stunner In The Jobs Report
– The “Illegal Immigrant” Recovery? The Real Stunner In The Jobs Report (ZeroHedge, June 6, 2015):
In the latest jobs report we find the following stunner: since the start of the Second Great Depression, the US has added 2.3 million “foreign-born” workers, offset by just 727K “native-born”. This means that the “recovery” has almost entirely benefited foreign-born workers, to the tune fo 3 to 1 relative to native-born Americans!
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Forget the TPP: Wikileaks Releases Documents From The Equally Shady “Trade in Services Agreement”
“If you think the corporate-fascist state is overbearing and oppressive now, you ain’t seen nothing yet.”
– Forget the TPP: Wikileaks Releases Documents From The Equally Shady “Trade in Services Agreement” (Liberty Blitzkrieg, June 6, 2015):
Forget the TPP – Wikileaks Releases Documents from the Equally Shady “Trade in Services Agreement,” or TISA
If it sounds complicated, it is. The important point is that this trade agreement contains a crucial discussion of governments’ abilities to meaningfully protect civil liberties. And it is not being treated as a human rights discussion. It is being framed solely as an economic issue, ignoring the implications for human rights, and it is being held in a classified document that the public is now seeing months after it was negotiated, and only because it was released through WikiLeaks.
The process is also highly secretive—in fact, trade agreement texts are classified. While the executive branch does consult with members of Congress, even congressional staffers with security clearance have until recently been prevented from seeing the texts. Furthermore, certain trade industry advisers are allowed access to U.S. negotiating objectives and negotiators that the public and public interest groups do not have
– From the Slate article: Privacy Is Not a Barrier to Trade
If you haven’t heard about about the Trade in Services Agreement, aka TISA, don’t worry, you’re not alone. While I had heard of it before, I never read anything substantial about it until today. What sparked my reading interest on the subject were a series of very troubling articles published via several media outlets following a document dump by Wikileaks. Here’s how the whistleblower organization describes the TISA leak on it document release page:
Saudi Arabia, Israel Admit They’re Holding Secret Talks to Impede Iran
– Saudi Arabia, Israel Admit They’re Holding Secret Talks to Impede Iran (Sputnik, June 5, 2015):
Israel isn’t a big fan of Saudi Arabia’s support of a Palestinian state. Saudi Arabia doesn’t recognize Israel’s right to exist. But if there’s one thing that can bring the two together, it’s a shared animosity towards Iran, and the two nations finally admitted as much on Thursday.
“The government of Saudi Arabia has long recognized the vital role played by UNRWA in bringing dignity to the refugees of Palestine,” Saudi Fund for Development Vice Chairman Yousef Ibrahim Al-Bassam told the United Nations Relief and Works Agency at a ceremony last month.
Read moreSaudi Arabia, Israel Admit They’re Holding Secret Talks to Impede Iran
EU’s Junker Snubs Greek Prime Minister, Declines Phone Call
– EU’s Junker Snubs Greek Prime Minister, Declines Phone Call (ZeroHedge, June 6, 2015):
In a speech to parliament on Friday, Greek PM Alexis Tsipras called a proposal drafted by the country’s creditors “an unpleasant surprise”.
Tsipras, who submitted his own proposal to Angela Merkel, Francois Hollande, Jean-Claude Junker, and Mario Draghi on Monday just ahead of an emergency meeting between the four in Berlin, says the counterproposal he received on Wednesday from the troika was “unreasonable” and can’t possibly be the basis for a deal. He went on to say that Greece will not be “blackmailed” and even went so far as to suggest that the institutions’ draft was a negotiating “trick” and may ultimately be withdrawn.
Read moreEU’s Junker Snubs Greek Prime Minister, Declines Phone Call