9 Reasons To Avoid Starbucks’ Fake Pumpkin Latte

by

starbucks_pumpkin_spice_latte

– 9 Reasons to Avoid Starbucks’ Fake Pumpkin Latte  (Natural Society, Oct 4, 2014):

Starbucks Pumpkin lattes have been selling like hotcakes. In fact, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz recently said that pumpkin lattes ‘still rank as its most popular seasonal beverage.” Starbucks’ Chief Financial Officer Troy Alstead confided,”We are continually, frankly, even amazed internally at its ability to keep driving its proposition, comping over itself every year.”

In fact, Starbucks has sold more than 200 million pumpkin lattes to date. But are the lattes made with high quality ingredients? Are they even remotely healthy? Unfortunately, you need to be a food detective to figure out the answer to those questions. The coffee kingpin refuses to post its drinks’ ingredients list online; they only post their food ingredients.

Let’s take a moment to look under the hood and examine the actual ingredients that go into Starbuck’s bestselling, cult favorite, Pumpkin Spice Latte.

Read more9 Reasons To Avoid Starbucks’ Fake Pumpkin Latte

Total Lunar Eclipse: Wednesday Morning, Oct. 8, 2014 — FYI: It’s The Second Blood Moon: Aries Lunar Eclipse

by

Source: SpaceWeather.com

TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON: The Moon is about to pass through the shadow of Earth, producing a colorful lunar eclipse. Sky watchers in the Americas, Australia, Pacific islands and parts of Asia can expect to see the full Moon turn beautiful shades of red and turquoise for nearly an hour on Wednesday morning, Oct. 8th.

On October 8th there will be a total eclipse of the Moon. Got clouds? No problem. The event will be broadcast live on the web by the Coca-Cola Science Center.

DON’T MISS THE LUNAR ECLIPSE: On Wednesday morning, Oct. 8th, there will be a total lunar eclipse. Sky watchers in the Americas, Australia and most of Asia can see the full Moon turn red as it passes through the sunset-colored shadow of Earth: visibility map. The show begins at approximately 9:15 UT (2:15 a.m. PDT) when the Moon makes first contact with the core of Earth’s shadow. Totality, when the Moon is fully shadowed, begins at 10:25 UT (3:25 a.m. PDT) and lasts for nearly an hour. Resources:NASA video, animated eclipse, live webcast.

During the eclipse, the Moon will look like this:

Read moreTotal Lunar Eclipse: Wednesday Morning, Oct. 8, 2014 — FYI: It’s The Second Blood Moon: Aries Lunar Eclipse

Spanish Ebola-Infected Nurse Is First Case Of Contagion Out Of Africa; Salzburg Activates Ebola Emergency Response

by

– Spanish Ebola-Infected Nurse Is First Case Of Contagion Out Of Africa; Salzburg Activates Ebola Emergency Response (ZeroHedge, Oct 6, 2014):

By now it should be clear to everyone that any myth that the Ebola epidemic, which has clearly gone global, is contained is about as real as the S&P 500 at 2000. And if it isn’t, the latest confirmation came moments ago from BBC which reports that a Spanish nurse who treated an Ebola victim in Madrid has contracted the virus herself in the first case of contagion outside Africa, health officials say.  What is different about this case is that the nurse contracted the virus in Madrid while she was part of the team that treated Spanish priest Manuel Garcia Viejo, who died of Ebola on 25 September, despite being treated with the same drug regiment that previous is said to have worked on US Ebola patients.

Read moreSpanish Ebola-Infected Nurse Is First Case Of Contagion Out Of Africa; Salzburg Activates Ebola Emergency Response

It’s Official: Hewlett-Packard To Split In Two, Fire Another 5,000; Goldman Notches Second Spin-Off Success After PayPal

by

– It’s Official: Hewlett-Packard To Split In Two, Fire Another 5,000; Goldman Notches Second Spin-Off Success After PayPal (ZeroHedge, Oct 6, 2014):

While the WSJ already broke the news yesterday that Hewlett Packard would split in two companies, and as such today’s “shocking” announcement will hardly have the impact of the just as “surprising” split of PayPal which came on the last day of September, what is probably most notable – in addition to the news that HPQ will fire another 5,000 workers, bringing the total to 55,000 – is that just as in the case of PayPal, so for Hewlett-Packard, the financial advisor, i.e., the company which pitched the spin off to executives, was none other than Goldman. One wonders where else Goldman is advising on “spin offs” to take advantage of the bubbly stock market valuations. As a reminder, HPQ is only doing this deal and accessing the public markets now because several years ago it tried to do exactly the same thing in a private transaction with a strategic or financial buyer, and found no bids. Luckily, now we have central bank froth and pervasive risk euphoria to help management bail out at the highest possible stock price.

From the Press Release:

Read moreIt’s Official: Hewlett-Packard To Split In Two, Fire Another 5,000; Goldman Notches Second Spin-Off Success After PayPal

Doctor Who Discovered Ebola In 1976 Fears “Unimaginable Tragedy”

by

– Doctor Who Discovered Ebola In 1976 Fears “Unimaginable Tragedy” (ZeroHedge, Oct 6, 2014):

“In 1976 I discovered Ebola – now I fear an unimaginable tragedy” – Peter Piot was a researcher at a lab in Antwerp when a pilot brought him a blood sample from a Belgian nun who had fallen mysteriously ill in Zaire. Now, the Director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine warns, “around June it became clear to me there was something different about this outbreak. I began to get really worried.”

Via The Guardian,

Read moreDoctor Who Discovered Ebola In 1976 Fears “Unimaginable Tragedy”

What Bubble? Record $924 Billion In 65 Million Auto Loans: 31% Of All New Loans Are Subprime

by

– What Bubble? Record $924 Billion In 65 Million Auto Loans: 31% Of All New Loans Are Subprime (ZeroHedge, Oct 6, 2014):

And now for something funny.

Earlier today, credit agency Equifax piggybacked on Experian’s auto loan data, and reported the following:

  • The total balance of auto loans outstanding in August is $924.2 billion, an all-time high and an increase of 10.8% from same time a year ago
  • The total number of auto loans outstanding stands at more than 65 million, a record high and an increase of more than 6% from the same time last year;
  • The total number of new loans originated through June is 12.5 million, an increase of 4.9% from same time a year ago
  • The total balance of new loans is $254.2 billion, an increase of 6.9% from same time a year ago and representing nearly half of total new non-mortgage credit originated
  • The total number of new loans originated year-to-date through June for subprime borrowers, defined as consumers with Equifax Risk Scores of 640 or lower, is 3.9 million, representing 31.2% of all auto loans originated this year.
  • Similarly, the total balance of newly originated subprime auto loans is $70.7 billion, an eight-year high and representing 27.8% of the total balance of new auto loans
  • Year-to-date in June, the average loan amount for borrowers with risk scores of 680 or lower are increasing the most, showing a 3% increase from the previous year. Loan sizes among borrowers with risk scores of 760 or higher show little change from the same time a year ago

At least we now know, definitively, what the reason for the US manufacturing surge in the late spring early summer was: a subprime credit-driven car buying binge.

But wait, there’s more: because here is Equifax’ “conclusion” based on the above bullets:

Read moreWhat Bubble? Record $924 Billion In 65 Million Auto Loans: 31% Of All New Loans Are Subprime

Why Stocks Just Won’t Drop: “Companies Spend Almost All Profits On Buybacks”

by

–  Why Stocks Just Won’t Drop: “Companies Spend Almost All Profits On Buybacks” (ZeroHedge, Oct 6, 2014):

Back in May we revealed that the “Mystery, And Completely Indiscriminate, Buyer Of Stocks“, obviously a key player in a time when the Fed’s own indirect monetization of stocks was fading, was none other than corporations themselves, gorging on cheap debt and using the proceeds to buy back their own stock.  And while we explained that the vast majority of companies are using up as much leverage as they can to fund said buybacks, with both total and net corporate debt levels having risen to new all time highs refuting misperceptions that corporate debt is actually declining, something even more disturbing was revealed today, when Bloomberg reported that companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, are “poised to spend $914 billion on share buybacks and dividends this year, or about 95 percent of earnings!”

…

Obama Threatens More Sanctions Against Zimbabwe Over Russian-Platinum Deal

by

– Obama Threatens More Sanctions Against Zimbabwe Over Russian-Platinum Deal (ZeroHedge, Oct 6, 2014):

As Martin Armstrong exclaims, Obama is out of control. According to NewZimbabwe.com, Washington has said it will accelerate sanctions imposed against Harare in 2003, due to the Robert Mugabe-led government’s closer ties with Russia over the US$3 billion Darwendale platinum project. Herald columnist Nathaniel Manheru (who is thought to be Mugabe’s spokesman), reported, Washington explained its expectations on Zimbabwe, namely that Zimbabwe was expected (read required) to support those sanctions by avoiding any association with companies sanctioned by the Americans and their Western allies, or their subsidiaries or affiliates. Manheru said “it was ridiculous for the US to refuse to lift sanctions against Harare and then demand support for its measures against Moscow… This is where I am tempted to tell the American government to go and hang, hang on a banana tree, bums up.“

Read moreObama Threatens More Sanctions Against Zimbabwe Over Russian-Platinum Deal

Stephen King Fears “The World Is Starting To Look Like Orwell’s 1984”

by

– Stephen King Fears “The World Is Starting To Look Like Orwell’s 1984” (ZeroHedge, Oct 6, 2014):

“It’s tiring,” explains author Stephen King in this succinct interview, “to see the world looks more and more like George Orwell’s vision in 1984 where war is a constant thing… it’s just a little bit depressing.”

…

SWIFT Announces It “Regrets The Pressure” To Disconnect Russia

by

–  SWIFT Announces It “Regrets The Pressure” To Disconnect Russia (ZeroHedge, Oct 6, 2014):

With ever louder chatter that the west will force Russia to exit the global currency messaging and interchange service that is SWIFT – essentially locking it out of transacting in “developed” currencies – and with correspondingly louder retorts by Russia that it is prepared and would welcome such a move as it would merely force it to abandon the petrodollar and allign even closer with China, there was one entity whose take on the matter had been largely ignnored. SWIFT itself. Surprisingly, in a press release issued this morning,the member-owned cooperative, reveals that not only has it received “calls to disconnect institutions and entire countries from its network – most recently Israel and Russia”, but that it regrets “the pressure” as the “surrounding media speculation, both of which risk undermining the systemic character of the services that SWIFT provides its customers around the world.”

…

Picturing Venezuela’s Surreal Prices

by

– Picturing Venezuela’s Surreal Prices (ZeroHedge, Oct 6, 2014):

Venezuela’s economic crisis has led to some shocking and surreal price distortions that hit people’s buying power dramatically. While the government of President Nicolas Maduro calls the country’s minimum wage of Bs. 4,252 the highest in the region when converted to $675 using the official exchange rate, the galloping black market for currency considers it as just $42.50 when converted at the street rate of Bs. 100 per US dollar, the rate which many importers and retail outlets must use to acquire hard currency. From Coke to crayons and carrots and from Tires to TVs, Venezuelan prices offer a glimpse of a modern-day hyperinflation.

…

Large Explosion At Iran Nuclear Site Kills Two Amid Speculation Of Another Israeli Sabotage

by

– Large Explosion At Iran Nuclear Site Kills Two Amid Speculation Of Another Israeli Sabotage (ZeroHedge, Oct 6, 2014):

It was just yesterday when, in an interview with CNN, Israel PM Netanyahu reminded the world that before there was ISIS, there was Israel’s most loathed enemy Iran, and told Fareed Zakaria that in addition to combating ISIS, Netanyahu said Israel and other moderate Arab states see Iran’s nuclear program as a “twin” challenge that goes hand-in-hand with stopping the spread of radical Islam. From that point on it was only a matter of time before something exploded.

That something took place a few hours ago when a large explosion took place near a suspected nuclear site in Iran has reportedly killed two people and according to the Washington Free Beacon, prompted speculation of sabotage at a military site long suspected of housing Tehran’s clandestine nuclear activities, according to Iran’s Defense Industries Organization (DIO), which operates under the country’s Ministry of Defense.

Read moreLarge Explosion At Iran Nuclear Site Kills Two Amid Speculation Of Another Israeli Sabotage

Israeli News Announces Ebola Patient in Dallas Has Died (Updated with Video)

by

For your (dis-)information.

dallas-hosital-ebola

– Israeli News Announces Ebola Patient in Dallas Has Died (Updated with Video) (SHFTplan, Oct 5, 2014):

Thomas Duncan, the first person in the United States who was diagnosed with Ebola, was reported to have died today after succumbing to the virus.

Thomas A. Duncan, who became ill with Ebola after arriving from West Africa in Dallas two weeks ago, succumbed to the virus today (Sunday), reportsReuters. Duncan was fighting for his life at a Dallas hospital on today after his condition worsened to critical, according to the director of the US Centers for Disease Control.

This is according to an Israeli news report. The information has not yet been released or confirmed in the United States at the time of publication.

Read moreIsraeli News Announces Ebola Patient in Dallas Has Died (Updated with Video)

The Siege Of Kobani: Obama’s Syrian Fiasco In Motion

by

– The Siege Of Kobani: Obama’s Syrian Fiasco In Motion (David Stockman’s Contra Corner, Oct 6, 2014):

Another humanitarian catastrophe may be just hours away at Kobani. The latter is the Syrian Kurdish town on the border with Turkey that is now surrounded by ISIS tanks and is being pounded day after day by ISIS heavy artillery. Already this lethal phalanx, which fuses 21st century American technology and equipment with 12th century religious fanaticism, has rolled through dozens of Kurdish villages and towns in the region around Kobani, sending 180,000 refugees fleeing for their lives across the border.

Self-evidently the lightly armed Kurdish militias desperately holding out in Kobani are fighting the right enemy—-that is, the Islamic State. So why has Obama’s grand coalition not been able to relieve the siege?  Why haven’t American bombers and cruise missiles, for instance, been able to destroy the American tanks and artillery which a terrifying band of butchers has brought to bear on several hundred thousand innocent Syrian Kurds who have made this enclave their home for more than a century? Why has not NATO ally Turkey, with a 600,000 man military, 3,500 tanks and 1,000 modern aircraft and helicopters, done anything meaningful to help the imperiled Kurds?

Read moreThe Siege Of Kobani: Obama’s Syrian Fiasco In Motion

‘Disaster Teams Were Notified Months Ago They Would Be Activated in October’

by

Related info:

– How Bad Could It Get? US Government Order Of 160,000 HazMat Suits Gives A Clue

– U.S. Government To Buy 160,000 Ebola Hazmat Suits

Flashback:

– FEMA Wants to Buy 140 Million Pre-Packaged Meals For A Catastrophic Disaster Event (Required Shelf Life Only 36 Months???)

– FEMA Wants to Buy 140 Million Blankets

– FEMA Burial Vaults

ebola-obama1

– “Disaster Teams Were Notified Months Ago They Would Be Activated in October” (SHFTplan, Oct 1, 2014):

A public tweet from a large government supplier of emergency response products specializing in “high risk events” says that Disaster Assistance Response Teams were told to prepare to be activated in the month of October. The shocking revelation, made on the Goldenstate Fire/EMS Twitter page, suggests that not only did someone know that the Ebola virus would be reaching America, but that they knew exactly when it would happen.

“What we are now hearing is just the tip of the iceburg as we enter October,” noted the company’s Twitter spokesperson. “Ebola virus will cripple EMS and hospitals.”

When Future Money Trends, a follower of the page, asked what they meant by this statement, Goldenstate Fire/EMS responded with a shocking revelation.

“DART teams were notified months ago they would be activated in October. Timing seems weird. Source: current DART member.”

Twitter exchange:

Read more‘Disaster Teams Were Notified Months Ago They Would Be Activated in October’

THIS WEEK IN SEX ABUSE OF CHILDREN BY PEDOPHILE CATHOLIC PRIESTS [OCTOBER 5, 2014]

by

pope benedict

– THIS WEEK IN SEX ABUSE OF CHILDREN BY PEDOPHILE CATHOLIC PRIESTS [OCTOBER 5, 2014]:

Inaction on priest’s alleged sex abuse of orphans at issue

Tribune-Review–9 hours ago
They argued about a priest, a pudgy, bespectacled older man from America who …. Kenneth V. Lanning, a retired FBI agent and expert on sexual abuse crimes …

~

Trenton bishop apologizes to alleged sex–abuse victim, calls priest’s …

The Star-Ledger–Oct 4, 2014
Calling the actions of one his priests “inexcusable,” Trenton Bishop David M. O’Connell on Friday publicly apologized to a South Jersey man who says he was …

Read moreTHIS WEEK IN SEX ABUSE OF CHILDREN BY PEDOPHILE CATHOLIC PRIESTS [OCTOBER 5, 2014]

First-Ever Trial to Assess Guantanamo Force-Feeding Begins Today

by

guantanamo1

– First-Ever Trial to Assess Guantanamo Force-Feeding Begins Today (Common Dreams, Oct 6, 2014):

LONDON – An unprecedented trial to assess the legality of force-feeding methods used at Guantanamo Bay will begin today, Monday Oct 6, at 10am (EST) in courtroom 26A of the District Court, Washington DC.

The trial, in the case of Dhiab v. Obama, will be open to the public after the US Government’s request to have it held in secret was denied by District Court Judge Gladys Kessler. Today’s hearing comes in the wake of Judge Kessler’s ruling on Friday that the US must release several hours of video footage showing cleared Syrian detainee Abu Wa’el Dhiab, who is represented by international human rights NGO Reprieve, being force-fed and manhandled to the force-feeding chair.

Read moreFirst-Ever Trial to Assess Guantanamo Force-Feeding Begins Today

India Holds Bill Gates Accountable For His Vaccine Crimes

by

Bill-Gates-Vaccines

– India Holds Bill Gates Accountable For His Vaccine Crimes (VacTruth, Oct 5, 2014):

As Bill Gates faces a lawsuit for the illegal testing of tribal children in India, it appears that his crimes against humanity have finally caught up with him.

A recent report published by Health Impact News has reported that the Gates Foundation has found itself facing a pending lawsuit, due to an investigation that is being carried out by the Supreme Courts of India.

Health Impact News stated:

Read moreIndia Holds Bill Gates Accountable For His Vaccine Crimes

Farmers Fear Fracking Could Spell Financial Ruin

by

– Farmers fear fracking could spell financial ruin (Telegraph, Oct 6, 2014):

National Farmers’ Union wants assurances farmers will be compensated if fracking reduces the value of their land, and accuses ministers of brushing aside their fears

Farmers fear they could face financial ruin from government plans to allow fracking beneath their land without compensation, the National Farmers’ Union has warned.

Ministers pushing for shale gas exploration cannot take the support of rural communities for granted and are turning farmers against the process by appearing to brush side their concerns, it warned.

Read moreFarmers Fear Fracking Could Spell Financial Ruin

Mexico hit by student massacre: At least 17 anti-corruption protesters ’rounded up, murdered and dumped in a mass grave’ – and another 26 are missing

by

– Mexico hit by student massacre: At least 17 anti-corruption protesters ’rounded up, murdered and dumped in a mass grave’ – and another 26 are missing (Daily Mail, Oct 6, 2014):

  • Forty-three students went missing after clash with corrupt police last month
  • State prosecutors now say arrested man told how 17 of them were killed
  • Captured protesters allegedly marched to grave site in Iguala, Guerrero
  • Then ‘killed and left in pits’, where authorities later found around 30 corpses
  • Students were protesting unfair teacher hiring practices on September 26

Mexican hitmen allegedly killed more than a dozen students who went missing last month after a clash with corrupt local police, then buried them in a recently-discovered mass grave.

State prosecutors in the country said a man they arrested told how 17 of the missing youths were rounded up and killed, then thrown in pits, where badly charred remains have now been unearthed.

Read moreMexico hit by student massacre: At least 17 anti-corruption protesters ’rounded up, murdered and dumped in a mass grave’ – and another 26 are missing

9/11 Terrorists Caught Testing Airport Security Months Before Attacks

by

H/t reader squodgy:

“Can you believe this utter shit?”

terrorists caught testing airport security months before attacks
Mohamed Atta (right) and Abdulaziz Alomari pass through airport security on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, at Portland International Jetport.

– 9/11 terrorists caught testing airport security months before attacks (New York Post, Oct 5, 2014):

At least three eyewitnesses spotted al Qaeda hijackers casing the security checkpoints at Boston’s Logan Airport months before the 9/11 attacks. They saw something and said something — but were ignored, newly unveiled court papers reveal.

Read more9/11 Terrorists Caught Testing Airport Security Months Before Attacks

War! What Is It Good For? (Hint: These 4 Companies)

by

–  War! What Is It Good For? (Hint: These 4 Companies) (ZeroHedge, Oct 5, 2014):

As GreenLeft.org’s Peter Boyle explains, it is a sadly familiar story: More death, pain and terror for the many translates into large profits for giant weapons making corporations.

War

h/t @NineInchBlade

Led by Lockheed Martin, the biggest US defence companies are trading at record prices as shareholders reap rewards from escalating military conflicts around the world.

Read moreWar! What Is It Good For? (Hint: These 4 Companies)