Should We Take Lindsey Williams Seriously?
Link: http://www.henrymakow.com/manipulating_oil_price.html
Can we believe Lindsey Williams? Williams, a Baptist minister and author of the 1980's book The Energy Non-Crisis (on line) has been reporting inside information about oil price-manipulation for many years now, and generally the information has been accurate. According to Pastor Williams, the Globalists are fomenting rebellion as an excuse to raise the oil prices to $150-200 a barrel. Pastor Williams revealed in his book that US has huge untapped oil reserves that the elites have known about for decades... Senator Chance's first question was, "Mr. X, how much crude oil is there under the North Slope of Alaska, in your estimation?" Mr. X answered, "In my estimation, from the seismographic work and the drilling we have already done, I am convinced that there is as much oil under the North Slope of Alaska as there is in all of Saudi Arabia.".."
PermalinkGovernment Promises to Cut Social Security
Link: http://www.infowars.com/government-promises-to-cut-social-security/
The debate has moved from whether or not to cut social security, to how many cuts, how much, and when they’ll start. Threatened with the prospect of a government shutdown, Democrats are pushing for compromise by agreeing to cut social security to avert a manufactured “shutdown” disaster. For years the government has had no problem raiding the surplus in the social security fund to pay for wars, bank bailouts, General Motors, and a slew of other unfunded giveaways. Yet, now, as they claim bankruptcy, they seek to take even more from the program.
Silvia Cattori: An Interview with Gilad Atzmon-To Call A Spade A Spade
Link: http://www.a-w-i-p.com/index.php/2011/02/26/silvia-cattori-an-interview-with-gilad-a
Gilad Atzmon is an outstandingly charming man. He is often described by music critics as one of the finest contemporary jazz saxophonists. But Atzmon is more than just a musician: for those who follow events in the Middle East, he is considered to be one of the most credible voices amongst Israeli opponents. In the last decade he has relentlessly exposed and denounced barbarian Israeli policies. Just before his departure on a European Spring Tour, “The Tide Has Changed“, with his band the Orient House Ensemble, he spoke to Silvia Cattori.
US and Europe step up preparations for intervention in Libya
Link: http://wsws.org/articles/2011/feb2011/lead-f26.shtml
The Obama administration yesterday announced a series of unilateral sanctions against Muammar Gaddafi’s regime in Libya, including suspension of US military cooperation and cancellation of military component sales. Washington also closed the US embassy in Tripoli and asked international financial institutions to monitor any money transfers made by senior Libyan officials.
How the US Radicalized Conservatism
Link: http://www.opinion-maker.org/2011/02/how-the-us-radicalized-conservatism/
If you have the stomach to listen to the likes of Glenn Beck or track the antics of people like Sarah Palin you might get the idea that today’s American political conservatives are a bunch of radicals and extremists. And, as we will see, you would be correct. But this is not how it always was. There was a time when conservatism was a more low key affair with a certain sense of pragmatism and even fair play. There is not much of this traditional conservatism left here in the U.S. except in certain intellectual circles. And, even there, one has the sense that it is hanging on by its fingernails.
Why Did Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Participate in Discussions About Disrupting Peaceful Rallies?
Link: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/02/26-1
Embattled Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has now acknowledged in a press conference and in a nationally television interview -- with Fox News host Greta Van Susteren -- that he engaged in discussions with political allies about hiring "troublemakers" to disrupt peaceful demonstrations against his budget repair bill.
‘Mad as Hell’ in Madison
Link: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/02/26-3
by Ralph Nader, The large demonstrations at the state Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin are driven by a middle class awakening to the spectre of its destruction by the corporate reactionaries and their toady Governor Scott Walker. For years the middle class has watched the plutocrats stomp on the poor while listening to the two parties regale the great middle class, but never mentioning the tens of millions of poor Americans. And for years, the middle class was shrinking due significantly to corporate globalization shipping good-paying jobs overseas to repressive dictatorships like China. It took Governor Walker’s legislative proposal to do away with most collective bargaining rights for most public employee unions to jolt people to hit the streets.
Labor Protests Draw Tens of Thousands Across US
Link: http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/02/26-4
Tens of thousands of people protested in Wisconsin on Saturday against a state government push to curb the power of public sector unions, sparking solidarity rallies for labor rights around the United States. Protesters see the proposals as an effort to weaken the labor movement. Other states considering similar proposals include Ohio, Tennessee, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa and Kansas.
The Dems' Tepid Approach to What's at Stake in Wisc. Is Helping Conservatives Destroy Unions, Defund the Democratic Party and Take over the Country
The Wisconsin protests are about much more than budgets and unions. As I observed in What the Right-wing Assault on Women, Unions, the Environment, Health Care and PBS Is All About, the conservative story about budget deficits is a ruse to turn the country conservative in every area. Karl Rove and Shep Smith have made it clear on Fox: If the Wisconsin plan to kill the public employees’ unions succeeds, then there will be little union money in the future to support democratic candidates.
The Global Economic Crisis: The Great Depression of the XXI Century
Link: http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=23354
The U.S. Treasury’s Financial Bailout. The bailout measures of late 2008 may have consequences at least as grave for an open society as the response to 9/11 in 2001. Many members of Congress felt coerced at the time into voting against their inclinations, and the normal procedures for orderly consideration of a bill were dispensed with. The excuse for bypassing normal legislative procedures was the existence of an emergency. But one of the most reprehensible features of the legislation, that allowed Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to permit bailed-out institutions to use public money for exorbitant salaries and bonuses, was inserted by Paulson after the immediate crisis had passed.
Brazil court halts Amazon dam
Link: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2011/02/2011226175935996312.html
Judge orders suspension of hydroelectric plant in the Amazon, citing environemental concerns. The dam project has been criticised for its potential impact on Brazil's native Indian tribes. A Brazilian court has ordered the suspension of a massive hydroelectric dam project in the rain forest, citing environmental concerns. Ronaldo Desterro, a federal judge said in a statement posted on a court website Friday night that environmental agency Ibama erred last month when it approved work to begin on the dam. The statement cites 29 environmental conditions that allegedly have not been met, such as the recovery of degraded areas and measures to guarantee the navigability of rivers. The massive Belo Monte hydroelectric plant in the Amazon jungle state of Para would be the third-largest hydroelectric dam in the world.
Gaddafi 'losing grip' over Libya - Video
Link: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/02/201122641559301766.html
Demonstrators remain on the streets as leader's power may soon be confined only to the capital, Tripoli. Most of Libya is out of control of the government, and Muammar Gaddafi's grip on power may soon be confined only to the capital, Tripoli, Libya's former interior minister has said. General Abdul Fatteh Younis told Al Jazeera on Saturday that he had called upon Gaddafi to end his resistance to the uprising, although he does not expect him to do so.
ARAB UPRISINGS: Time-Out For Israel Is Over
Link: http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/02/26/arab-uprisings-time-out-for-israel-is-over/
History is taking a new turn in the Middle East and so is the Arab-Israeli conflict. Muammar Gaddafi: “I have not yet ordered the use of force, not yet ordered one bullet to be fired … when I do, everything will burn.” ... Shouted Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, and pounded his fist in a furious speech to the Libyan people.
In less than 90 days, you will be "REQUIRED" by Federal Law to carry a "National ID" card.
Even though no one on Capitol Hill is talking about it, unless it is stopped, the provisions of The Real ID Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-13, 119 Stat 392), through the Department of Homeland Security, will require the federalization of State-issued driver's licenses by May 11, 2011. This is the type of card the Nazi's and the communists in the Soviet Union made people carry. The new cards, disguised as a uniform drivers' license, will be biometric. Each card will store up to a gigabyte of personal data about the card holder AND will contain a GPS tracking chip---so that means the government will know where you are at all times.
Russia unveils huge rearmament drive
The Kremlin has unveiled the biggest rearmament programme since the fall of the Soviet Union, saying it intends to buy 600 new planes, 100 new ships and 1,000 new helicopters within the next decade. Vladimir Putin, the prime minister, has joked he is frightened to even imagine how much the Kremlin is about to spend on arms. The ambitious overhaul will cost the equivalent of £406 billion and comes at a time when other countries around the world such as Britain are cutting their defence spending to try to balance their national budgets.
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