Friday, July 26, 2013
Obama 'Concerned and Disappointed' After Journalist Who Exposed US War Crimes Freed
... be sure and watch the entire Jeremy Scahill interview with Democracy Now!... it begins at the 24:50 mark.
..this is journalism we never get a chance to see on mainstream corporate controlled media.. be sure and watch it all the way to the end.
"The White House is saying that they are disappointed and concerned that a Yemeni journalist has been released from a Yemeni prison."
"This is a man who was put in prison because he had the audacity to expose a U.S. cruise missile attack that killed three dozen women and children."
Thursday, July 25, 2013
< CHEM-TRAILS ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
First of all... if you haven't already, be sure and watch this film !! ...
... next do a google search on the term 'Chem-Trails'.. take a good look at all the images... thousands of tons of various materials... laden with three main materials – aluminum oxide, barium, and strontium... being dumped into the atmosphere all over the planet.
.. then finally, start to do your own research.. read every article you can get to online about the subjects... Chem-Trails & Geo-Engineering
.. and next time you're watching a movie and there's a sky-shot.. keep track of just how many times you'll be seeing those same white trails in the picture... you'll be amazed how often it occurs (no matter what country the film comes from)..
... Chem-Trails and Your Health
... Chem-Trails and Your Health
... Geo-Engineering is as scary as hell.. the quicker we all learn about it, and get up to speed, the better off we'll all be...
... and if you might be asking yourself... WHY? .... Chem-Trails and Derivatives
... and if you might be asking yourself... WHY? .... Chem-Trails and Derivatives
... I'll keep adding to this post over time, so check back.. and should you have a link you might want to add, please pass it on...
... and be sure and... KEEP LOOKING UP !!
Note... be sure and pass this information on to others.. the more we ALL know what's going, the sooner we can tackle the enormous issues involved.
BABY CRAZY - (William Rivers Pitt, Truthout)
I received an email today from Truthout (text below). It's self-explanatory, except to say, it is the exact reason why I stopped watching mainstream news. Yes, it's asking for financial support.. but with the NYT getting how much a day now?.. 'donating' to Independent News Sources is a much more worthwhile idea.
(email text)
I stopped at the bar for a quick beer Tuesday night after my wife got home from work - my little reward for another Daddy Daycare session successfully completed. The NBC Nightly News was coming on, and the lead story was the recent arrival of the Royal Bundle of Joy. The broadcast ended with another segment on the same topic. By my calculations, coverage of His Infant Majesty amounted to ten minutes of the thirty-minute broadcast, minus commercials, of course.
This was wall-to-wall, as you well know. Don't get me wrong: I love babies. I have a baby. I'm crazy about babies... but seriously? Something like 370,000 babies are born every single day, folks.
There is nothing else going on in the world worthy of a full third of a national news broadcast?
The Wednesday morning edition of Truthout carried stories on the murder of Trayvon Martin, banking industry reform, the dangers of the food industry, taxing the rich, climate change, public schools and unions, and the plight of the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. In other words, stuff you really need to know.
If you want to fill your precious time with stories about British royals having kids, then have a blast with the "mainstream" news media that is only too happy to cater to your desires. If real news is what you need, however, then please help support Truthout's work in bringing it to you. Make a tax-deductible donation tonight.
Yours,
William Rivers Pitt, Columnist and Editor
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I stopped at the bar for a quick beer Tuesday night after my wife got home from work - my little reward for another Daddy Daycare session successfully completed. The NBC Nightly News was coming on, and the lead story was the recent arrival of the Royal Bundle of Joy. The broadcast ended with another segment on the same topic. By my calculations, coverage of His Infant Majesty amounted to ten minutes of the thirty-minute broadcast, minus commercials, of course.
This was wall-to-wall, as you well know. Don't get me wrong: I love babies. I have a baby. I'm crazy about babies... but seriously? Something like 370,000 babies are born every single day, folks.
There is nothing else going on in the world worthy of a full third of a national news broadcast?
The Wednesday morning edition of Truthout carried stories on the murder of Trayvon Martin, banking industry reform, the dangers of the food industry, taxing the rich, climate change, public schools and unions, and the plight of the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. In other words, stuff you really need to know.
If you want to fill your precious time with stories about British royals having kids, then have a blast with the "mainstream" news media that is only too happy to cater to your desires. If real news is what you need, however, then please help support Truthout's work in bringing it to you. Make a tax-deductible donation tonight.
You can also donate by check, made payable to:
Truthout, P.O. Box 276414, Sacramento, CA 95827
(Please include your email address on your check.)
Truthout, P.O. Box 276414, Sacramento, CA 95827
(Please include your email address on your check.)
William Rivers Pitt, Columnist and Editor
Saturday, June 29, 2013
... 'FOLLOWING' ON TWITTER' ...
... if you're using twitter, here are some folks to take a look at and consider 'following'... they're all over the lot... politicos... researchers... journalists... writers... activists... bloggers... comedians... actors... and more.
... always seeking referrals.. can you recommend someone?
... they're a good starting group, all clearly speak their mind, and from them you can learn quickly and really find out what's going on in the world...
... and when you find someone you really like, check and see who they're following.
... will be adding to the list now and again.. so check back...
... and should you have any questions... would be glad to assist...
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**... Matt Taibbi is a favorite source of information.. this Public Banking panel discussion video exemplifies just how good he is, and how important it is individuals such as him be sought out and listened to...
...(he begins
speaking at the 5:00 minute mark)...
Sunday, June 16, 2013
France Prohibits Sending Currency, “Coins And Precious Metals” By Mail
France has prohibited the sending of currency, “coins and precious metals” by mail.
http://news.goldseek.com/GoldSeek/1370606400.php
In new legislation which was enacted May 23rd, the French government decreed that it is forbidden to send all forms of currency - coins and cash and all forms of precious metals – coins, bars and jewellery by mail.
The legislation was published on Legifrance, the French government entity responsible for publishing legal texts online and can be seen here.
It was not announced by the government and not covered in the media. There were no communications and nobody in the government justified or explained this decision.
The legislation says that “the insertion of banknotes, coins and precious metals is prohibited in mailings, including the insured items, registered items and items subject to formalities certifying deposition and distribution. "
Some have suggested that the decree is to limit what is known in France as “the anonymous market”, the market in which no taxes are paid and people are free to trade without the supervision of banks and government.
However, euro coins and notes and gold bullion coins and bars attract no tax in France and therefore this is more likely to be an attempt to discourage the ownership of gold bullion and cash outside of the banking system and is a form of capital control.
It may also be an attempt to restrict the growing private market in France of people buying bullion online through Ebay which is increasingly popular.
The freedom of people to trade amongst themselves is a form of civil liberty as is the right to privacy.
The selling and the buying of precious metals in France are already subject to strict regulations.
Until September 2011, citizens could easily buy and sell gold coins and bars with cash but this was forbidden then when French citizens were forbidden to buy with cash in person and had to buy precious metals by trade mail, crossed cheque and by wire transfer or be “punished by a fine of fifth grade” which is a fine of some €1,500/oz.
The government decree does not specify that other independent companies cannot send gold and or silver coins or bars by mail. Indeed, it is only the French public company or national post company, La Poste that is forbidden in the decree.
However, 3 months ago in March, FedEx began stopping French people from taking delivery of precious metals.
At the start of the year, UPS began stopping French people from taking delivery of precious metals.
Perhaps not coincidentally, in recent days FedEx have stopped allowing companies and individuals to send or receive gold and other precious metal bullion coins and bars by insured mail in Germany and the UK.
This is an important story that bears watching as it appears that governments internationally, from India to France are attempting to control, restrict and make it difficult for their citizens to own bullion.
http://news.goldseek.com/GoldSeek/1370606400.php
In new legislation which was enacted May 23rd, the French government decreed that it is forbidden to send all forms of currency - coins and cash and all forms of precious metals – coins, bars and jewellery by mail.
The legislation was published on Legifrance, the French government entity responsible for publishing legal texts online and can be seen here.
It was not announced by the government and not covered in the media. There were no communications and nobody in the government justified or explained this decision.
The legislation says that “the insertion of banknotes, coins and precious metals is prohibited in mailings, including the insured items, registered items and items subject to formalities certifying deposition and distribution. "
Some have suggested that the decree is to limit what is known in France as “the anonymous market”, the market in which no taxes are paid and people are free to trade without the supervision of banks and government.
However, euro coins and notes and gold bullion coins and bars attract no tax in France and therefore this is more likely to be an attempt to discourage the ownership of gold bullion and cash outside of the banking system and is a form of capital control.
It may also be an attempt to restrict the growing private market in France of people buying bullion online through Ebay which is increasingly popular.
The freedom of people to trade amongst themselves is a form of civil liberty as is the right to privacy.
The selling and the buying of precious metals in France are already subject to strict regulations.
Until September 2011, citizens could easily buy and sell gold coins and bars with cash but this was forbidden then when French citizens were forbidden to buy with cash in person and had to buy precious metals by trade mail, crossed cheque and by wire transfer or be “punished by a fine of fifth grade” which is a fine of some €1,500/oz.
The government decree does not specify that other independent companies cannot send gold and or silver coins or bars by mail. Indeed, it is only the French public company or national post company, La Poste that is forbidden in the decree.
However, 3 months ago in March, FedEx began stopping French people from taking delivery of precious metals.
At the start of the year, UPS began stopping French people from taking delivery of precious metals.
Perhaps not coincidentally, in recent days FedEx have stopped allowing companies and individuals to send or receive gold and other precious metal bullion coins and bars by insured mail in Germany and the UK.
This is an important story that bears watching as it appears that governments internationally, from India to France are attempting to control, restrict and make it difficult for their citizens to own bullion.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
SilentCircle.co.uk
SilentCircle.co.uk
Take a look at some of the formations from 2012... some are absolutely stunning !!
My favorite is still #53...
Take a look at some of the formations from 2012... some are absolutely stunning !!
My favorite is still #53...
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
... thoughts on 'social media'... facebook... twitter... & blogging.
Been with Facebook the longest, and even that is not all too long. Since it requires 'friending,' it is limited to who you can interact with directly, but you can comment and post without limitation. By 'liking or subscribing' to others accounts you can follow what they are posting without being a friend. Many more friends and family are on Facebook than Twitter, and even fewer blog.
Twitters biggest limiting factor is allowing postings only up to 140 characters.. so whatever you gotta say, you have to do it succinctly. A challenge at times, but it really does make you think what you want to say. At times it's frustrating, but on the whole, it's a good thing.
But you can reach LOTS of people directly.. politicians, researchers, activists, comedians, writers, journalists, celebrities, besides anyone you know personally. If they're on twitter and using it themselves, there's a good chance they will see what you post them. Of course, the more 'followers' they have the more posts they're receiving.. and odds are you are NOT going to be receiving any replies back from them.. it is possible yes, but highly unlikely.
The more individuals you 'follow' on twitter, the more daily posts you'll receive. I've found that following more than 100 is pushing it a bit (now at 140... I gotta slim down some). Of course you do not have to read everything, but then it kinda defeats the purpose doesn't it. Not everyone posts on twitter every day, but say if a third do, and each of them posts several tweets... well, you get the picture, limiting the number you follow is a distinct advantage when you're trying to keep up with what everyone is posting.
There are a couple different ways to select individuals to follow. If you read something, or see someone in a video or film that you find interesting, look up and see if they're on twitter. This is the most often used way I select those I wish to follow. And every once in awhile, I'll check to see who these guys might be following, and I'll read some of their posts. Should I find them exceptionally interesting, I'll add them to my follow list.
Once in awhile you'll come across someone who is very interesting, but they really do over-tweet. Dozens and dozens of posts a day that you'd have to wade through.. so obviously I won't be adding them to the follow group.
What you wind up with are a couple dozen individuals that you'll find you follow regularly. It should be a fluid list.. you will be adding and removing names on a regular basis. And pick the right folks, you become increasingly well informed, and have a pretty darn good time in the process.
As for blogging.. that's an entirely different animal. When I first started blogging, I was posting lots of stuff.. now I blog-post infrequently, and use it just when I want to put something together about a selective subject I want to get up on the www soapbox concerning.
No limitations.. you can write something book length, with pictures, videos, anything and everything included. Who sees and reads it, well anyone searching on the topic, or all those you provide the direct link to the webpage (like posting it on your Facebook or twitter account).
Blogging is putting more of yourself 'out-there,' guess that's why fewer do it. The first few posts are more difficult, once you get over the self-consciousness of it, you don't think about it anymore.
If you have not been reading much of any of the blogs, try and get into it, it's worth the time and effort. On my blog, I've got a tab at the top labeled 'INS' (Independent News Sources)... most on this list are blogs, take a look when you get a chance. Some of the best and most crucial stuff being reported/ written now comes this way from these folks posting on these sites.
And I've mentioned this before.. should you want to start following just one site.. make it 'Common Dreams'... all those highlighted on the INS listing are ones I follow regularly. Always looking for new sources.. let me know if you want to recommend others.
Hope some of this information helps... seeing as we have to do this 'SAVE CIVILIZATION' thing pretty much on our own, fortunately there's lots of very good and worthwhile individuals out there more than wiling to help.
..and anyone's been waiting for the 'cause' to get involved with...
this is 'THE ONE' ... ugot kids.. NO CHOICE !!
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| "BE THE CHANGE" |
"The world will not be destroyed by those that do evil...
but by those that watch without doing anything."
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Crop Circles 2012 ... crop circles news and research
Crop Circles Secrets: 2012 crop circles latest news and research
A couple of friends asked recently for thoughts on this year's formations.
Many of the formations from 2012 were interesting, but only a few from this past August and September are most assuredly spectacular.
Crop circles (not all but some) are scientifically proven to be manifestations of 'energy under intelligent guidance.' Over 80 eyewitnesses since 1890 describe them to be made by floating balls or tubes of light, in just what appears to be a few seconds time.
Contrary to popular perception, crop circles are not a modern phenomenon. They were witnessed by policemen and farmers as far back as 1890, they exist in the folklore of South Africa and China, and are mentioned in 17th Century academic texts. Around 1980 they re-appeared as simple circles and rings in southern England, where now up to 75% of modern day designs are reported. By the late 1980s they developed into pictograms, not unlike the petroglyphs found at sacred sites.
After 1990 the designs developed exponentially in complexity, and today the crop circles display as fractals and elements expressing fourth dimensional processes in quantum physics.
In genuine crop circle formations, the stems are not broken but bent and swirled; they are subjected to a short and intense burst of heat that softens the stems to hover just above the ground, where they re-harden without damage. Research suggests that infrasound is producing such an effect. It has also been scientifically proven that soil samples taken from within crop circles show changes in its crystalline structure and mineral composition. Expert analysis concludes that heat of 1500ºC would create such a change.. hardly the kind of anomalies created by pranksters with planks in total darkness!
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Crop circles also show evidence of ultrasound, and such frequencies are known to exist at ancient sacred sites such as stone circles and pyramids. And like all temples, crop circles appear at the intersecting points of the Earth's magnetic pathways of energy. Consequently, it is not unusual for people to experience heightened states of awareness and healings in crop circles – a situation also common to sacred sites and ancient temples.
Biophysical evidence shows the plants' seed embryos are altered, and the liquid in the stems has been heated from the inside. In genuine crop circles there is also a reorganization of the plant's crystalline structure. Other evidence from crop circles shows how the floors of laid plants are swirled in mathematical proportions relative to the Golden Ratio – the vortex used by nature to create organisms.
Mathematically, genuine crop circles have yielded five new geometric theorems based on Euclidian geometry. They are also encoded with sacred geometry – those harmonic ratios governing the relationship between the orbits of planets. Crop circles alter the local electromagnetic field; affecting the proper function of compasses, cameras and cellular phones; the frequencies are also known to affect aircraft equipment.
Look at the amazing pictures, study the research... and you'll get the message pretty quickly. And when you do, please link and share this extraordinary phenomenon with your friends. It is indeed the most important event shaping our lives. Which is precisely why it is presently being debunked.
A couple of friends asked recently for thoughts on this year's formations.
Many of the formations from 2012 were interesting, but only a few from this past August and September are most assuredly spectacular.
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(latest 'best' formations - watch in 'full-screen')
Take a very close look at the last formation in this group.... Cheesefoot Head near Winchester, Hampshire. Reported 9th August.
The mysterious pattern resembles the ancient Tibetan Buddhist symbol of an 'endless knot' - a complex loop of lines and circles used to illustrate the eternal flow of time. The symbol has many meanings but because it has no beginning and no end many people who follow the religion say it represents the wisdom of Buddha.
If you were to begin at one end of the path, you could follow it on 'an unbroken and perfect path' all the way through to the end. Even with all the time in the world, it would be an amazing feat to re-create this phenomena... in a few seconds, or minutes, at night in total darkness... humankind just does not posses these skills at this time.
The mysterious pattern resembles the ancient Tibetan Buddhist symbol of an 'endless knot' - a complex loop of lines and circles used to illustrate the eternal flow of time. The symbol has many meanings but because it has no beginning and no end many people who follow the religion say it represents the wisdom of Buddha.
If you were to begin at one end of the path, you could follow it on 'an unbroken and perfect path' all the way through to the end. Even with all the time in the world, it would be an amazing feat to re-create this phenomena... in a few seconds, or minutes, at night in total darkness... humankind just does not posses these skills at this time.
Crop circles (not all but some) are scientifically proven to be manifestations of 'energy under intelligent guidance.' Over 80 eyewitnesses since 1890 describe them to be made by floating balls or tubes of light, in just what appears to be a few seconds time.
Contrary to popular perception, crop circles are not a modern phenomenon. They were witnessed by policemen and farmers as far back as 1890, they exist in the folklore of South Africa and China, and are mentioned in 17th Century academic texts. Around 1980 they re-appeared as simple circles and rings in southern England, where now up to 75% of modern day designs are reported. By the late 1980s they developed into pictograms, not unlike the petroglyphs found at sacred sites.
After 1990 the designs developed exponentially in complexity, and today the crop circles display as fractals and elements expressing fourth dimensional processes in quantum physics.
In genuine crop circle formations, the stems are not broken but bent and swirled; they are subjected to a short and intense burst of heat that softens the stems to hover just above the ground, where they re-harden without damage. Research suggests that infrasound is producing such an effect. It has also been scientifically proven that soil samples taken from within crop circles show changes in its crystalline structure and mineral composition. Expert analysis concludes that heat of 1500ºC would create such a change.. hardly the kind of anomalies created by pranksters with planks in total darkness!
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Crop circles also show evidence of ultrasound, and such frequencies are known to exist at ancient sacred sites such as stone circles and pyramids. And like all temples, crop circles appear at the intersecting points of the Earth's magnetic pathways of energy. Consequently, it is not unusual for people to experience heightened states of awareness and healings in crop circles – a situation also common to sacred sites and ancient temples.
Biophysical evidence shows the plants' seed embryos are altered, and the liquid in the stems has been heated from the inside. In genuine crop circles there is also a reorganization of the plant's crystalline structure. Other evidence from crop circles shows how the floors of laid plants are swirled in mathematical proportions relative to the Golden Ratio – the vortex used by nature to create organisms.
Mathematically, genuine crop circles have yielded five new geometric theorems based on Euclidian geometry. They are also encoded with sacred geometry – those harmonic ratios governing the relationship between the orbits of planets. Crop circles alter the local electromagnetic field; affecting the proper function of compasses, cameras and cellular phones; the frequencies are also known to affect aircraft equipment.
Look at the amazing pictures, study the research... and you'll get the message pretty quickly. And when you do, please link and share this extraordinary phenomenon with your friends. It is indeed the most important event shaping our lives. Which is precisely why it is presently being debunked.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
BIG RISK: $1.2 Quadrillion Derivatives Market Dwarfs World GDP
Big Risk: $1.2 Quadrillion Derivatives Market Dwarfs World GDP
Now remember folks, that $1,200,000,000,000,000 is the amount that is being INSURED by the aggregate community of financial institutions that have taken in premiums on the repayment of $1,200,000,000,000,000... (that's 20 times larger than the ENTIRE global economy !!!)
...when (not if) losses do occur to the buyers of these insanely written 'Financial Weapons of Mass Destruction' ... as Warren Buffet likes to refer to them.
George Soros famously said back in 2003: “The more I’ve heard about them, the more I’ve realized they’re truly toxic,” “It’s like buying life insurance on someone else’s life, and owning a license to kill.”
The net affect of the shockingly destructive systemic implosion of this pile of badly written and totally UNFUNDED insurance on the world’s economies is quite simply incalculable ... they are such complex products (by design?)... no one truly knows their actual value !!!
And our major banking sector is outrageously overexposed. All told, the nine banks seen below, including Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, and JPMorgan Chase, own almost 1/4 quadrillion worth of derivatives. That's just a little off from topping the total U.S. debt 15 times over!
The Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 (CFMA) was the federal legislation that officially ensured the deregulation of financial products known as over-the-counter derivatives. Signed into law on December 21, 2000 by Bill Clinton. It clarified the law so most over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives transactions between “sophisticated parties” would not be regulated as “futures” under the Commodity Exchange Act of 1936 (CEA).
These derivatives, especially the credit default swap, would be at the heart of the financial crisis of 2008 and the subsequent 2008–2012 global recession, and are going to be a HUGE part of the immense financial meltdown that is to come.
Does anyone out there vaguely comprehend why AIG Insurance went under and what it cost this country and the world?
When this monster breaks out of his all too small cage, it will prove to be just one of the contributing factors to the SECOND wave of the Super Tsunami breaking over all the financial markets of the earth... in the very foreseeable future (likely 2013, or at the latest 2014) !!!
Only this time, it is going to be the mother of all economic collapses !!! ... and it is going to take decades (not years) to recover.. if such a thing would be possible at all..
... remember, in addition, at this same time we'll be dealing with our 'mother earth' resource and climate calamities.
Frederic Bastiat, the famous French political economist, and author of some of the most influential political essays of all time including 'The Law' wrote 150 years ago...
"When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it, and a moral code that glorifies it."
Should you like to learn more about this huge market... this Paul Jay (The Real News Network) interview with Marcus Stanley is a good place to start...
Bottom line... could not say it strongly enough... ignore these most dangerous situations at your own peril. Be sure to be EXTREMELY conservative in all your immediate financial plans and dealings. Most all current assets are going to be taking a tremendous hit, and along with that, the overall unemployment rate more than likely will at least double from current figures throwing untold millions more into financial chaos.
As for what governments can do... very little... printing more money can only hold off the inevitable for so long.. and we've just about run out of that option being of any real value.
What are they gonna print... 20-30-40-50 TRILLION... would be just a drop in the derivative bucket !!
It appears our unavoidable time of reckoning is very close at hand... get ready for 'the shift.'
The GDP of the ENTIRE PLANET is $50-60 Trillion Dollars.
At the time of the mini-crash in 2008, there were approx $140 Trillion Dollars in Derivatives...
Yep... 'TFU'... (totally fuckin unbelievable)...
... today there's now $1.2 QUADRILLION in this fully unregulated,
HIGHLY speculative market !!!
... today there's now $1.2 QUADRILLION in this fully unregulated,
HIGHLY speculative market !!!
...that's 1,200 Trillion.... $1,200,000,000,000,000 !!!
Now remember folks, that $1,200,000,000,000,000 is the amount that is being INSURED by the aggregate community of financial institutions that have taken in premiums on the repayment of $1,200,000,000,000,000... (that's 20 times larger than the ENTIRE global economy !!!)
...when (not if) losses do occur to the buyers of these insanely written 'Financial Weapons of Mass Destruction' ... as Warren Buffet likes to refer to them.
George Soros famously said back in 2003: “The more I’ve heard about them, the more I’ve realized they’re truly toxic,” “It’s like buying life insurance on someone else’s life, and owning a license to kill.”
The net affect of the shockingly destructive systemic implosion of this pile of badly written and totally UNFUNDED insurance on the world’s economies is quite simply incalculable ... they are such complex products (by design?)... no one truly knows their actual value !!!
And our major banking sector is outrageously overexposed. All told, the nine banks seen below, including Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, and JPMorgan Chase, own almost 1/4 quadrillion worth of derivatives. That's just a little off from topping the total U.S. debt 15 times over!
The Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 (CFMA) was the federal legislation that officially ensured the deregulation of financial products known as over-the-counter derivatives. Signed into law on December 21, 2000 by Bill Clinton. It clarified the law so most over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives transactions between “sophisticated parties” would not be regulated as “futures” under the Commodity Exchange Act of 1936 (CEA).
These derivatives, especially the credit default swap, would be at the heart of the financial crisis of 2008 and the subsequent 2008–2012 global recession, and are going to be a HUGE part of the immense financial meltdown that is to come.
Does anyone out there vaguely comprehend why AIG Insurance went under and what it cost this country and the world?
When this monster breaks out of his all too small cage, it will prove to be just one of the contributing factors to the SECOND wave of the Super Tsunami breaking over all the financial markets of the earth... in the very foreseeable future (likely 2013, or at the latest 2014) !!!
Only this time, it is going to be the mother of all economic collapses !!! ... and it is going to take decades (not years) to recover.. if such a thing would be possible at all..
... remember, in addition, at this same time we'll be dealing with our 'mother earth' resource and climate calamities.
Frederic Bastiat, the famous French political economist, and author of some of the most influential political essays of all time including 'The Law' wrote 150 years ago...
"When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it, and a moral code that glorifies it."
Should you like to learn more about this huge market... this Paul Jay (The Real News Network) interview with Marcus Stanley is a good place to start...
Bottom line... could not say it strongly enough... ignore these most dangerous situations at your own peril. Be sure to be EXTREMELY conservative in all your immediate financial plans and dealings. Most all current assets are going to be taking a tremendous hit, and along with that, the overall unemployment rate more than likely will at least double from current figures throwing untold millions more into financial chaos.
As for what governments can do... very little... printing more money can only hold off the inevitable for so long.. and we've just about run out of that option being of any real value.
What are they gonna print... 20-30-40-50 TRILLION... would be just a drop in the derivative bucket !!
It appears our unavoidable time of reckoning is very close at hand... get ready for 'the shift.'
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Growth Is the Problem... Prepare for 'The Shift'
Chris Hedges: Growth Is the Problem - Chris Hedges' Columns - Truthdig
"This strange twilight moment, in which our experts and systems managers squander resources in attempting to re-create an expanding economic system that is moribund, will inevitably lead to systems collapse. The steady depletion of natural resources, especially fossil fuels, along with the accelerated pace of climate change, will combine with crippling levels of personal and national debt to thrust us into a global depression that will dwarf any in the history of capitalism. And very few of us are prepared.
All of history’s major 24 civilizations have collapsed and the patterns are strikingly similar. The difference this time around is that we will unravel as a planet.
The quality of our lives will depend on the quality of our communities. If communal structures are strong we will be able to endure. If they are weak we will succumb to the bleakness. It is important that these structures be set in place before the onset of the crisis.
Learning practical skills, becoming more self-sufficient, forming bonds of trust with our neighbors will determine the quality of our lives and the lives of our children."
'Our solution is our problem... its name is growth.'
"This strange twilight moment, in which our experts and systems managers squander resources in attempting to re-create an expanding economic system that is moribund, will inevitably lead to systems collapse. The steady depletion of natural resources, especially fossil fuels, along with the accelerated pace of climate change, will combine with crippling levels of personal and national debt to thrust us into a global depression that will dwarf any in the history of capitalism. And very few of us are prepared.
All of history’s major 24 civilizations have collapsed and the patterns are strikingly similar. The difference this time around is that we will unravel as a planet.
The quality of our lives will depend on the quality of our communities. If communal structures are strong we will be able to endure. If they are weak we will succumb to the bleakness. It is important that these structures be set in place before the onset of the crisis.
Learning practical skills, becoming more self-sufficient, forming bonds of trust with our neighbors will determine the quality of our lives and the lives of our children."
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Why in the World are They Spraying? | Watch Free Documentary Online
Why in the World are They Spraying? | Watch Free Documentary Online
Please watch the entire film... then pass the link along to everyone you know.. it's THAT important !!
Since the release of the groundbreaking documentary What in the World are They Spraying?, people have woken up to the damaging effects from chemtrail/ geoengineering programs.
As a result, movements around the world are being formed to address these crimes. While many who were previously unaware of these programs are now taking action, the question now that is often asked is why is this happening.
Michael J. Murphy, Originator and Co-Producer of What in the World are They Spraying? in association with Barry Kolsky have produced Why in the World are They Spraying? which will answer that question.
This is an investigative documentary into one of the many agendas associated with chemtrail/geoengineering programs, “weather control“.
Please watch the entire film... then pass the link along to everyone you know.. it's THAT important !!
Since the release of the groundbreaking documentary What in the World are They Spraying?, people have woken up to the damaging effects from chemtrail/ geoengineering programs.
As a result, movements around the world are being formed to address these crimes. While many who were previously unaware of these programs are now taking action, the question now that is often asked is why is this happening.
Michael J. Murphy, Originator and Co-Producer of What in the World are They Spraying? in association with Barry Kolsky have produced Why in the World are They Spraying? which will answer that question.
This is an investigative documentary into one of the many agendas associated with chemtrail/geoengineering programs, “weather control“.
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Neighborhood Watch Reporting On Trespassers/ 'Magzine Salesmen'
Certain events starting to happen now reflect what will be commonplace in our future in disturbing ways.
We recently received the email below (from a neighbor in our community out west). It's pretty much self explanatory.. and does not bode well for our path going forward. For as times get much worse, as they surely must, we'll reflect back and be wishing that this was just the worst of it... (no more than a hope or wish).
Don't be overly afraid... but be prepared.
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BJ Arias <bjarias@gmail.com> |
| FW: Neighborhood Watch reporting on Trespassers/"Magazine Salesmen" 1 message |
Friday, August 24, 2012
Friday, August 3, 2012
Interview With Mike Lofgren, Author of "The Party Is Over"
An Interview With Mike Lofgren, Author of "The Party Is Over"
Great article... must read stuff... here's a small excerpt...
"We can devise all the clever schemes imaginable to clean up politics and get money out of campaigns, but it won't work until the American people collectively give up on certain fond illusions: the Horatio Alger myth, American Exceptionalism, and the whole mass of magical thinking that boils down to the belief that God loves America because we're so virtuous, handsome, and smart, and that we, too, could win the lottery. Well, we're not necessarily any of those things. The truth is that we lucked into adverse possession of a mostly empty continent in a temperate zone with lots of resources, and straddled east and west by two huge moats. We had firearms and resistance to smallpox, and the original owners didn't. Virtue had very little to do with it."
Wither or not we pay enough attention in time to shorten the length of serious pain that must come is anyone's guess... but it does not look promising that it's going to be coming anytime soon... not until it can't be avoided any longer..
... and that means it's going to be one hell-of-a-mess!!
Great article... must read stuff... here's a small excerpt...
"We can devise all the clever schemes imaginable to clean up politics and get money out of campaigns, but it won't work until the American people collectively give up on certain fond illusions: the Horatio Alger myth, American Exceptionalism, and the whole mass of magical thinking that boils down to the belief that God loves America because we're so virtuous, handsome, and smart, and that we, too, could win the lottery. Well, we're not necessarily any of those things. The truth is that we lucked into adverse possession of a mostly empty continent in a temperate zone with lots of resources, and straddled east and west by two huge moats. We had firearms and resistance to smallpox, and the original owners didn't. Virtue had very little to do with it."
Wither or not we pay enough attention in time to shorten the length of serious pain that must come is anyone's guess... but it does not look promising that it's going to be coming anytime soon... not until it can't be avoided any longer..
... and that means it's going to be one hell-of-a-mess!!
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Remembering... Forgetting...
“Life has a way of going in circles. Ideally, it would be a straight path forward, we'd always know where we were going, we'd always be able to move on and leave everything else behind. There would be nothing but the present and the future. Instead, we always find ourselves where we started. When we try to move ahead, we end up taking a step back. We carry everything with us, the weight exhausting us until we want to collapse and give up.
We forget things we try to remember. We remember things we'd rather forget. The most frightening thing about memory is that it leaves no choice. It has mastered an incomprehensible art of forgetting. It erases, it smudges, it fills in blank spaces with details that don't exist.
But however we remember it, or choose to remember it, the past is the foundation that holds our lives in place. Without its support, we'd have nothing for guidance. We spend so much time focused on what lies ahead, when what has fallen behind is just as important. What defines us isn't where we're going, but where we've been. Although there are places and people we will never see again, and although we move on and let them go, they remain a part of who we are.
There are things that will never change, things we will carry along with us always. But as we venture into the murky future, we must find our strength by learning to leave things behind.”
― Brigid Gorry-Hines
(...amazing this 19 yo wrote this passage...well beyond her years.)
Sunday, July 15, 2012
... game over ...
In Canada's Tar Sands, a Dante's Hell Threatens People Nearby and Across the Globe
"Canada’s tar sands, deposits of sand saturated with bitumen, contain twice the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by global oil use in our entire history.
If we were to fully exploit this new oil source, and continue to burn our conventional oil, gas and coal supplies, concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere eventually would reach levels higher than in the Pliocene era, more than 2.5 million years ago, when sea level was at least 50 feet higher than it is now.
That level of heat-trapping gases would assure that the disintegration of the ice sheets would accelerate out of control. Sea levels would rise and destroy coastal cities. Global temperatures would become intolerable.
Twenty to 50 percent of the planet’s species would be driven to extinction. Civilization would be at risk."
"Canada’s tar sands, deposits of sand saturated with bitumen, contain twice the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by global oil use in our entire history.
If we were to fully exploit this new oil source, and continue to burn our conventional oil, gas and coal supplies, concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere eventually would reach levels higher than in the Pliocene era, more than 2.5 million years ago, when sea level was at least 50 feet higher than it is now.
That level of heat-trapping gases would assure that the disintegration of the ice sheets would accelerate out of control. Sea levels would rise and destroy coastal cities. Global temperatures would become intolerable.
Twenty to 50 percent of the planet’s species would be driven to extinction. Civilization would be at risk."
Saturday, July 7, 2012
What's Going To Happen When The Reality Sets In...
Study predicts imminent irreversible planetary collapse - SFU News - Simon Fraser University
It's been put off for so long because no one saw much of anything happening right around the corner. It was being mentioned about the possibility of it being 100 to 200 years, or more, into the future before telltale signs would begin to be evidenced.
Guess what... now it's more than likely most all living today will be experiencing an ever greater awareness and first-hand knowledge of exactly what's going to be taking place. What was only being talked about will now be happening to all of us.. with increasing and unnerving regularity...
Recently a group of 18 scientists, using scientific theories, toy ecosystem modeling and paleontological evidence as a crystal ball, are now predicting the Earth’s ecosystems are careering towards an imminent, irreversible collapse.
A threshold-induced planetary state-shift is occurring, and it appears more than likely there will be no opportunity for going back. When a system switches to a new state because lots of energy has been added, even if you take out the new energy, it won’t revert back to the old system. The planet doesn’t have any memory of the old state to revert back to.
These projections directly contradict the popularly held belief that the extent to which human-induced pressures, such as climate change, are destroying our planet is still debatable, and any collapse would be both gradual and centuries away. This study concludes that when we have transformed the Earth’s surface by more than 50% we won’t be able to delay, never mind avert, a planetary collapse. We have already reached the 43% mark through converting landscapes into agricultural and urban areas, making Earth increasingly susceptible to an environmental epidemic.
"... gravely underestimating immediacy and danger.. not accurately assessing how rapidly changes are taking place."
“In a nutshell, humans have not done anything really important to stave off the worst because the social structures for doing something just aren’t there,”
" ... those closely studying climate-induced changes through the earth’s history are more than pretty worried... in fact, some state that they are now absolutely terrified.”
It's been put off for so long because no one saw much of anything happening right around the corner. It was being mentioned about the possibility of it being 100 to 200 years, or more, into the future before telltale signs would begin to be evidenced.
Guess what... now it's more than likely most all living today will be experiencing an ever greater awareness and first-hand knowledge of exactly what's going to be taking place. What was only being talked about will now be happening to all of us.. with increasing and unnerving regularity...
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| ... global warming wildfires... |
Recently a group of 18 scientists, using scientific theories, toy ecosystem modeling and paleontological evidence as a crystal ball, are now predicting the Earth’s ecosystems are careering towards an imminent, irreversible collapse.
A threshold-induced planetary state-shift is occurring, and it appears more than likely there will be no opportunity for going back. When a system switches to a new state because lots of energy has been added, even if you take out the new energy, it won’t revert back to the old system. The planet doesn’t have any memory of the old state to revert back to.
These projections directly contradict the popularly held belief that the extent to which human-induced pressures, such as climate change, are destroying our planet is still debatable, and any collapse would be both gradual and centuries away. This study concludes that when we have transformed the Earth’s surface by more than 50% we won’t be able to delay, never mind avert, a planetary collapse. We have already reached the 43% mark through converting landscapes into agricultural and urban areas, making Earth increasingly susceptible to an environmental epidemic.
"... gravely underestimating immediacy and danger.. not accurately assessing how rapidly changes are taking place."
“In a nutshell, humans have not done anything really important to stave off the worst because the social structures for doing something just aren’t there,”
" ... those closely studying climate-induced changes through the earth’s history are more than pretty worried... in fact, some state that they are now absolutely terrified.”
... What's Going To Happen When It Is Absolutely Beyond Doubt And Everyone Completely Understands... And How Much Time Do We Really Have...
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
- LivelyHoods -
- LivelyHoods.org -
With all of the troubling news coming at us from every direction today, it's not always easy to see there are some real bright spots. Recently while on twitter, I came across a re-tweet that brought to my attention the name of Maria Springer (@MariaSpringer).
Maria is a wonderful young woman doing her utmost in tying to do some good in this world. She is co-founder and Executive Director of an organization called LivelyHoods. Having grown up in a poor and violent Los Angeles neighborhood herself, she has a passion for social justice and international development. Fresh from college, she was going to sign up for the Peace Corps, but her life took an unexpected turn and dreams of working on a local level to change lives collided… and multiplied… eventually giving rise to LivelyHoods.
LivelyHoods creates jobs to enable unemployed and marginalized youth to work their way out of poverty. The innovative idea is to utilize these youth's survival skills, resourcefulness, and connection to their communities and employ them as sales agents. Building a sales force (iSmart) that helps companies get products into the hands of customers in hard-to-reach urban slums - an untapped and emerging market with exciting potential.
It's this kind of dedication and effort by Maria, along with co-founder, Tania Laden that should be universally recognized and applauded. We have such a monumental need for re-direction at this time... this is an exemplary place to begin... working with the hundreds of thousands of street-youth in Kenya, Africa.
There are over 100 million street kids worldwide, and the number is rising. We can and must break the cycle.
With all of the troubling news coming at us from every direction today, it's not always easy to see there are some real bright spots. Recently while on twitter, I came across a re-tweet that brought to my attention the name of Maria Springer (@MariaSpringer).
Maria is a wonderful young woman doing her utmost in tying to do some good in this world. She is co-founder and Executive Director of an organization called LivelyHoods. Having grown up in a poor and violent Los Angeles neighborhood herself, she has a passion for social justice and international development. Fresh from college, she was going to sign up for the Peace Corps, but her life took an unexpected turn and dreams of working on a local level to change lives collided… and multiplied… eventually giving rise to LivelyHoods.
LivelyHoods creates jobs to enable unemployed and marginalized youth to work their way out of poverty. The innovative idea is to utilize these youth's survival skills, resourcefulness, and connection to their communities and employ them as sales agents. Building a sales force (iSmart) that helps companies get products into the hands of customers in hard-to-reach urban slums - an untapped and emerging market with exciting potential.
It's this kind of dedication and effort by Maria, along with co-founder, Tania Laden that should be universally recognized and applauded. We have such a monumental need for re-direction at this time... this is an exemplary place to begin... working with the hundreds of thousands of street-youth in Kenya, Africa.
There are over 100 million street kids worldwide, and the number is rising. We can and must break the cycle.
Friday, June 22, 2012
... what can any one person really do?
"The world will not be destroyed by those that do evil...
but by those that watch without doing anything."
- Albert Einstein
The situation keeps getting more unpredictable and dire each passing day. You look around what's happening, and say to yourself this is absolutely nuts, but feel powerless to do much to affect any change. To keep on going this way and feel increasingly apathetic is a recipe for ultimate disaster.
So what can you do... wouldn't exactly say it's 'simple'.. but there are a few things:
1. ...of utmost importance ... continually keep educating yourself.
Cannot overemphasize the importance of this first 'to do!' The one way for sure to overcome the tendency to be anxious or fearful of the future, is to learn much more of what is actually happening in the world right now.
You can watch and read mainstream media, but increasingly get more of your information from 'independent news sources' (INS). Subscribe to their feeds and email newsletters (no charge), and then support them financially through voluntary contributions when at all possible. And make it a point that each and every day you will at least spend a minimum amount of time in this pursuit... like anything else, the more time spent, the greater the result.
p.s. - if you only want to start off subscribing to one site.. make it 'Common Dreams'
2. ...with regularity contact your representatives on those issues important to you.
When something really 'gets to you'... don't just bitch and moan to yourself and those immediately around (do that too, but)... find and contact your local representative ..and clearly state your mind. Everyone's got a cellphone.. put the names and contact info for these people in it. Call them (their offices) tell them you want to go on record, and let them know you're either in favor of this.. or you really don't like or want that. A growing chorus of tens of thousands... hundreds of thousands of voices is difficult to silence, and can't forever be ignored.
3. ...ultimately, if you can bring yourself to it... search out, join and get involved with local groups working on specific issues.
This is probably not something that many will jump into right from the start... but there's lots of ways to 'support' those that do get involved. Even just contacting them and letting them know you are on their side is a big morale boost for them. These individuals that are willing to put their bodies 'on-the-line' are real heroes. They don't look at it that way though.. they see as if they have little choice.. and in many ways, they are entirely correct - there are few other alternatives that in the end will enact change.
And again, it's important to support them financially.. one or two dollars multiplied by thousands adds up.. and is critically necessary for them, and for all our future well being.
4. ... set a goal to get at minimum one additional voice involved.
Here's where a 'multiplier effect' has an opportunity to pay HUGE benefits. A turnaround of such magnitude will require an effort beyond anything we have seen before in history. But unless we are able to make this change, the future of all oncoming generations will be fraught with great difficultly, and in all probability will be unbearably harsh.
5. ...fight hard to keep from becoming disillusioned.
The 'system' is unfair and failing...... as all the bad news keeps on mounting up, remaining upbeat and positive will increasingly become more difficult. Again, understand there is no acceptable alternative... stay the course, hope and involvement are our only ways to lead us out from this mess.
"Everyone carries a part of society on
his shoulders; no one is relieved of his share of responsibility by
others. And no one can find a safe way out for himself if society is
sweeping towards destruction. Therefore, everyone, in his own
interests, must thrust himself vigorously into the intellectual battle. None can stand aside with unconcern; the interests of everyone hangs on the results. Whether he chooses or not, every man is drawn into the
greatest historical struggle, the decisive battle into which our epoch
has plunged us."
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