Monday, January 30, 2012

Federal Reserve-Gate is Now Greek-Gate, Part 1 of 2

Federal Reserve-Gate is Now Greek-Gate, Part 1 of 2 by Tom Heneghan, International Intelligence Expert

Sunday January 29, 2012
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UNITED STATES of America - It can now be reported that the privately owned U.S. Federal Reserve isillegally using the 1.75 TRILLION dollars that represents the Wanta-Reagan-Mitterrand Protocol funds to engage in massive, illegal derivative foreign currency trading.

This latest money laundry is being run through Luxembourg banks and is in total violation of the Basel II European Union banking agreement that forbids compounded derivative trading.

After last week's Federal Reserve's meeting in which the Fed announced it would continue to roll out worthless derivatives all the way to the calendar year 2014 (in reality a very deflationary policy), the Federal Reserve aka the Creature from Jekyll Island illegallyissued a 72-hour line of credit aka a massive credit default swap to the European Central Bank (ECB).

The European Central Bank then proceeded, along with major hedge funds, to buy large amounts of EURO currency and Japanese yen futures using compounded derivatives originating on the unregulated London LIFFE Exchange with the foreign currency trades placed through three major Luxembourg banks.

Note: This, again, involves Wanta-Reagan-Mitterrand Protocol funds. Funds that are due the U.S. and French Treasuries.

This criminal conspiracy aka money laundry was orchestrated to let major worldwide banking institutions, mainly in the U.S. and Europe, sell their EURO currency derivative holdings in advance of a Greek default and the nation of Greece actually leaving the European Union.

Item: The latest disinformation being orchestrated by Bloomberg News aka Federal Reserve News on a EURO-Greek agreement on a debt swap is a complete non-starter and total bullshit.

A proposal to issue new 30-year bonds with a 3.6% to 4.25% coupon are not real bonds but convertible bonds.

This proposal is being leaked by two treasonous Greek bankers controlled by the Greek creditors aka Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan.

Translation: This new proposal would give the creditors the right to declare their coupon at any time, which would:

1. Turn the 30-year bonds into junks, and

2. Let Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan LOOT what is left in the Greek treasury and simultaneously declare collateral title on Greek property and assets.

This new criminal proposal was actually created in the last 24 hours by financial officers at the German Deutsche Bank and the offices of German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Note: German Chancellor Angela Merkel recently proposed the ECB annexation of the Greek treasury.
READ Part 2 of 2


Ellen Brown: A Web of Financial Fraud and Criminality - America's Shadow Banking System

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Ellen Brown: A Web of Financial Fraud and Criminality - America's Shadow Banking System
Posted By: Lion [Send E-Mail]
Date: Monday, 30-Jan-2012 10:41:36

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A Web of Financial Fraud and Criminality: America's Shadow Banking System
By Ellen Brown
URL of this article: www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28878
Global Research, January 26, 2012
Web of Debt
The Wall Street Journal reported on January 19th that the Obama Administration was pushing heavily to get the 50 state attorneys general to agree to a settlement with five major banks in the “robo-signing” scandal.
The scandal involves employees signing names not their own, under titles they did not really have, attesting to the veracity of documents they had not really reviewed.
Investigation reveals that it did not just happen occasionally but was an industry-wide practice, dating back to the late 1990s; and that it may have clouded the titles of millions of homes.
If the settlement is agreed to, it will let Wall Street bankers off the hook for crimes that would land the rest of us in jail – fraud, forgery, securities violations and tax evasion.
To the President’s credit, however, he seems to have shifted his position on the settlement in response to protests before his State of the Union address.
In his speech on January 24th, President Obama did not mention the settlement but announced instead that he would be creating a mortgage crisis unit to investigate wrongdoing related to real estate lending.
“This new unit will hold accountable those who broke the law, speed assistance to homeowners, and help turn the page on an era of recklessness that hurt so many Americans,” he said.
The Deeper Question Is Why
Whether massive robo-signing occurred is no longer in issue. The question that needs to be investigated is why it was being done.
The alleged justification—that the bankers were so busy that they cut corners—hardly seems credible given the extent of the practice.
The robo-signing largely involved assignments of mortgage notes to mortgage servicers or trusts representing the investors who put up the loan money.
Assignment was necessary to give the trusts legal title to the loans.
But assignment was delayed until it was necessary to foreclose on the homes, when it had to be done through the forgery and fraud of robo-signing.
Why had it been delayed? Why did the banks not assign the mortgages to the trusts when and as required by law?
Here is a working hypothesis, suggested by Martin Andelman: securitized mortgages are the “pawns” used in the pawn shop known as the “repo market.” “Repos” are overnight sales and repurchases of collateral.
Yale economist Gary Gorton explains that repos are the “deposit insurance” for the shadow banking system, which is now larger than the conventional banking system and is necessary for the conventional system to operate.
The problem is that repos require “sales,” which means the mortgage notes have to remain free to be bought and sold. The mortgages are left unendorsed so they can be used in this repo market.
The Evolution of the Shadow Banking System
Gorton observes that there is a massive and growing demand for banking by large institutional investors – pension funds, mutual funds, hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds – which have millions of dollars to park somewhere between investments.
But FDIC insurance covers only up to $250,000. FDIC insurance was resisted in the 1930s by bankers and government officials and was pushed through as a populist movement: the people demanded it.
What they got was enough insurance to cover the deposits of individuals and no more. Today, the large institutional investors want similar coverage.
They want an investment that is secure, that provides them with a little interest, and that is liquid like a traditional deposit account, allowing quick withdrawal.
The shadow banking system evolved in response to this need, operating largely through the repo market.
“Repos” are sales and repurchases of highly liquid collateral, typically Treasury debt or mortgage-backed securities—the securitized units into which American real estate has been ground up and packaged, sausage-fashion.
The collateral is bought by a “special purpose vehicle” (SPV), which acts as the shadow bank. The investors put their money in the SPV and keep the securities, which substitute for FDIC insurance in a traditional bank. (If the SPV fails to pay up, the investors can foreclose on the securities.)
To satisfy the demand for liquidity, the repos are one-day or short-term deals, continually rolled over until the money is withdrawn. This money is used by the banks for other lending, investing or speculating. Gorton writes:
This banking system (the “shadow” or “parallel” banking system)—repo based on securitization—is a genuine banking system, as large as the traditional, regulated banking system.
It is of critical importance to the economy because it is the funding basis for the traditional banking system. Without it, traditional banks will not lend and credit, which is essential for job creation, will not be created.
All Behind the Curtain of MERS
The housing shell game was made possible because it was all concealed behind an electronic smokescreen called MERS (an acronym for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.). MERS allowed houses to be shuffled around among multiple, rapidly changing owners while circumventing local recording laws.
Title would be recorded in the name of MERS as a place holder for the investors, and MERS would foreclose on behalf of the investors.
Payments would be received by the mortgage servicer, which was typically the bank that signed the mortgage with the homeowner. The homeowner usually thinks the servicer is the lender, but in fact it is an amorphous group of investors.
This all worked until courts started questioning whether MERS, which admitted that it was a mere conduit without title, had standing to foreclose. Courts have increasingly held that it does not.
Making matters worse for the servicing banks, Fannie Mae sent out a memo telling servicers that in order to be reimbursed under HAMP—a government loan modification program designed to help at-risk homeowners meet their mortgage payments—the servicers would have to produce the paperwork showing the loan had been assigned to the trust.
The hasty solution was a rash of assignments signed by an army of “robosigners,” to be filed in the public records. But the documents are patent forgeries, making a shambles of county title records.
Complicating all this are tax issues.
Since 1986, mortgage-backed securities have been issued to investors through SPVs called REMICs (Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits). REMICs are designed as tax shelters; but to qualify for that status, they must be “static.”
Mortgages can’t be transferred in and out once the closing date has occurred. The REMIC Pooling and Servicing Agreement typically states that any transfer significantly after the closing date is invalid.
Yet the newly robo-signed documents, which are required to begin foreclosure proceedings, are almost always executed long after the trust’s closing date.
The whole business is quite complicated, but the bottom line is that title has been clouded not only by MERS but because the trusts purporting to foreclose do not own the properties by the terms of their own documents.
John O’Brien, Register of Deeds for the Southern Essex District of Massachusetts, calls it a “criminal enterprise.” On January 18th, he called for a full scale criminal investigation, including a grand jury to look into the evidence.
He sent to Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz over 30,000 documents recorded in the Salem Registry that he says are fraudulent.
From Lending Machines to Borrowing Machines
The bankers have engaged in what amounts to a massive fraud, not necessarily because they started out with criminal intent, but because they have been required to in order to come up with the collateral (in this case real estate) to back their loans.
It is the way our system is set up: the banks are not really creating credit and advancing it to us, counting on our future productivity to pay it off, the way they once did under the deceptive but functional façade of fractional reserve lending. Instead, they are vacuuming up our money and lending it back to us at higher rates.
“Instead of lending into the economy,” says British money reformer Ann Pettifor, “bankers are borrowing from the real economy.” She wrote in the Huffington Post in October 2010:
[T]he crazy facts are these: bankers now borrow from their customers and from taxpayers. They are effectively draining funds from household bank accounts, small businesses, corporations, government Treasuries and from e.g. the Federal Reserve.
They do so by charging high rates of interest and fees; by demanding early repayment of loans; by illegally foreclosing on homeowners, and by appropriating, and then speculating with trillions of dollars of taxpayer-backed resources.
Not only has the system destroyed county title records, but it is highly vulnerable to bank runs and systemic collapse.
In the shadow banking system, as in the old fractional reserve banking system, the collateral is being double-counted: it is owed to the borrowers and the depositors at the same time.
This allows for expansion of the money supply, but bank runs can occur when the borrowers and the depositors demand their money at the same time.
And unlike the conventional banking system, the shadow banking system is largely unregulated. It doesn’t have the backup of FDIC insurance to prevent bank runs.
That is what happened in September 2008 following the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, a major investment bank.
Gary Gorton explains that it was a run on the shadow banking system that caused the credit collapse that followed. Investors rushed to pull their money out overnight.
LIBOR—the London interbank lending rate for short-term loans—shot up to around 5%. Since the cost of borrowing the money to cover loans was too high for banks to turn a profit, lending abruptly came to a halt.
Fixing the System
The question is how to eliminate this systemic risk. As noted by The Business Insider:
Regulate shadow banking more tightly, and you probably have to also provide government backstops. Shudder.
Try to shut the thing down or restrict it and you suck credit out of the system, credit which much of the non-financial “'real” economy uses and needs.
Interestingly, countries with strong public sector banking systems largely escaped the 2008 credit crisis.
These include the BRIC countries—Brazil Russia, India, and China—which contain 40% of the global population and are today’s fastest growing economies.
They escaped because their public sector banks do not need to rely on repos and securitizations to back their loans.
The banks are owned and operated by the ultimate guarantor—the government itself. The public sector banking model deserves further study.
Whatever the solution, a system that requires the slicing and dicing of mortgages behind an electronic smokescreen so they can be bought and sold as collateral for the pawn shop of the repo market is obviously fraught with perils and is unsustainable.
Please contact your state attorney general and urge him or her not to go through with the robo-signing settlement, which will be granting immunity for crimes that are not yet fully known. Phone numbers are here.
The surface of this great shadowy second banking system has barely been scratched. It needs a very thorough investigation.
Ellen Brown is an attorney and president of the Public Banking Institute, http://PublicBankingInstitute.org. In Web of Debt, her latest of eleven books, she shows how a private cartel has usurped the power to create money from the people themselves, and how we the people can get it back.
Her websites are http://WebofDebt.com andhttp://EllenBrown.com.
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Message from SaLuSa by Mike Quinsey - January 30, 2012

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Message from SaLuSa by Mike Quinsey - January 30, 2012
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Date: Monday, 30-Jan-2012 10:23:09

Message from SaLuSa by Mike Quinsey - January 30, 2012
Have no fears because much can happen from just one week to another, and the plan for your release from the dark Ones is progressing along very nicely. As we have already suggested, keep aware of the developments around the world as your wishes for change are coming true. It is a matter of finding reliable news sources from which you can get a feel of what is taking place. You know that time is racing by, and that is welcome as you have waited long for the end times to get underway. Believe us they are just as we would have them, with our allies succeeding in creating the conditions that will enable us to come closer to you. All that has been promised will come to you, even if it is not quite as you would have imagined, and in fact in some ways it well may prove to be more exciting and fulfilling.
Remember that everything is in the hands of Higher Beings, who have followed your pathway to Ascension from the very beginning which was a very long ago. You knew it when you started out, but with the degeneration in your levels of consciousness you became separated from the Source and each other. However, that was expected although it did come about by you misusing the freewill that you had been given. You now know that you went through the Dark Ages, that showed how far down you can go when you lose touch with your true self. This present cycle has been the most testing one since you came into physical incarnations, and it was preceded by lives in earlier civilizations that you know very little about. You may have little memory of them, but be assured that every single experience has taken you to where you are now. You have grown immensely in your understanding of physicality, and it has also helped speed up your evolution.
Ascension and beyond will continue to be planned experiences with the guidance of your Guides and Higher Self. However, you will be in a position to have a greater input as to what they will be when you journey onwards as a Galactic Being. As you will understand, life will take on a completely new look, and have little bearing to how you see it now in your present dimension. You have yet to realize what it will be like to be totally free, but when you are it will be when you have risen to a new level of consciousness that will ensure you are fully aware of your responsibilities. The Laws of the Universe are quite simple and require that you respect the sovereignty of all other souls, and intend no harm or interference with them. Indeed your inclination will be to share your Love and Light with all life forms, having understood and accepted the Oneness of All That Is. All life is on the path of evolution and has the powerful urge to return to the Source from whence it came.
Life on Earth can seem very lonely and you meet souls of all types, at very different levels of advancement and understanding which adds to your experiences. Your challenge has been to master them and learn whatever lessons they had for you. You of the Light have succeeded and you are ready to move on but will always benefit from them, as the lessons are held at a subconscious level. You have every right to be pleased with yourselves for having come through duality and moved into the Light. Now you can return to a level of consciousness that you are really familiar with and once lived by in the higher dimensions, never to have need to return to the lower dimensions.
In the higher dimensions you still face challenges but they are more acceptable, and best looked upon as missions that often involve souls that could benefit from your experience. Remember that at this stage you will have committed yourself in service to others, and practically every ascended one naturally follows this course. All of the time you are still ascending but progress is much slower, as you rarely have to face negative situations. It does of course depend upon where you elect to go, as you may be one who desires to return to the lower dimensions. The rate at which you desire to rise up is very much your decision, and no one is forced to go any faster than they wish. Hence, in your present dimension not every soul will feel ready to ascend, and will stay in it where they feel more at ease.
It is during this time that karma comes and goes very quickly, and for some it will seem that one thing rapidly follows another without any respite. Dear Ones, it is according to your needs and the necessity to clear your karma before you ascend. Some of it will be a legacy of times past, as it does not necessarily follow that it comes back to you in exactly the same lifetime. Often it is when you are best able to handle it, and be successful in clearing it. In the final reckoning some karma may be released according to the Law of Grace.
You can understand why you are discouraged from making a judgment about another soul, if we tell you that you have no way of knowing what has brought about their experiences. Also, where you perceive one appearing to be punished bear in mind that it is not always as it seems. Sometimes a soul will accept another ones karma as a way of service to them, and it is usually where there is already a strong link or bond between them. One of the greatest deeds you can do for another is to sacrifice yourself for them. Also remember that there is karma that is in the way of a reward, and is earned through your love and service to others. It is you who creates your path and experiences, and there is no one else to blame when they are undesirable, at least not as you would think of them.
Learn your lessons well, and you will never have to come back to them again, although there are occasions when you might be tested again to ensure that you would not let yourself down. If you have an experience that clearly has a lesson in it for you, think about it honestly and without any bias and you are sure to understand the reason. It all works out divinely and fair, because as we have often stressed there is no sense of punishment involved. God is All Love and has unending patience with his Godsparks that will always be connected to God, and held in God's Love.
I am SaLuSa from Sirius, and close with a loving wish for you all to find you true path, and true self. Keep shining your Light wherever you go and you will unknowingly be helping others find theirs.
Thank you SaLuSa.
Mike Quinsey.

JEANNE ROBERTSON VIDEO! Don't Bungee Jump Naked!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1_W0LCHwK4

DINAR INTEL - OAKIE

OKIEOILMAN: IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THINGS ARE AT A FEVERED PITCH PRESENTLY. FROM WHAT I AM HEARING EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE VERY NEAR FOR US. LET'S KEEP THE CORPORATE PRAYERS GOING TO SEE THIS ACCOMPLISHED. I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT INTEL RECEIVED TODAY. IT APPEARS PRAYERS AND DREAMS ARE COMING TO REALIZATION. THERE ARE MANY RUMORS FLOATING AROUND THAT HAS SUBSTANCE AND SOME THAT ARE NOT SO ACCURATE IN THEIR STATEMENTS. AT LONG LAST AT LEAST THEIR ARE ACTIVITY HAPPENING. WE ARE NOW IN A HISTORIC MOMENT THAT WILL BE REMEMBERED AT LEAST IN OUR GENERATION. TO GOD BE THE ETERNAL THANKS FOR THIS BLESSING. KEEP ALERT AND DON'T BE APPREHENSIVE AS IT WILL SERVE NO FUNCTIONAL PURPOSE.. JUST SIT BACK--RELAX--AND LET THE TURN OF EVENTS PLAYING OUT COME TO FRUITION. I AM VERY EXPECTANT--NUFF SAID!!!



OKIEOILMAN: 
IT WOULD SEEM ILLOGICAL FOR AN RI AS IT WOULD NOT FULFILL THE NECESSITIES OF THEIR BUDGETARY REQUIREMENTS
OKIEOILMANIF AN RV OCCURS THEIR ARE POSSIBILITY OF RATE CHANGE SOON THEREAFTER
OKIEOILMANTHE INITIAL RATE (WHEN PUBLISHED) WILL BE OUR INDICATOR OF WHETHER TO PLAY THE CARDS OR HOLD THEM
OKIEOILMANTHE CHANGE COULD BE LESS DEPENDENT ON HOW HIGH THE INITIAL RV RATE IS

OKIEOILMANTHERE SHOULD BE A COMA AFTER LESS

pattycakes to OKIEOILMANif it comes in an RI then it will go up after
OKIEOILMANPATTYCAKES--THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT
Ribeye to OKIEOILMANHi! OKIE..good to see you,sir. Do you believe, if rv, rate would be subject to drop below $4.40 at worst case?
OKIEOILMANRIBEYE--LOTS OF CONJECTURE REGARDING THAT---EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON INITIAL RATE-
okiegroupie to OKIEOILMANSo if the rate is higher than we expect, change could be more? I had thought there was a few months before they could change the rate again. Could you please explain a little further on that thought, Okie? TYVM
OKIEOILMANGROUPIE--JUST THE OPPOSITE
tootygal to OKIEOILMANHave you heard anything about UST having a fee put on the rate before the bank/dealer quotes us their rate? Some have said maybe 5-10% off the CBI rate?? Thanks--
OKIEOILMANTOOTY--I HAVE HEARD AND EMPHASIZE HEARD THAT
okieamigo to OKIEOILMANcan you say when... you think we will see this?
OKIEOILMANAMIGO--UNLESS MURPHY'S LAW INTERVENES AGAIN----RIGHT AWAY
kitchencat to OKIEOILMANSir, some of us think the RI could be a win win for GOI, if works out GOI takes credit, if it goes south, they blame the IMF
OKIEOILMANKITCHENKAT--NO---CHINA EFFECT WILL PREVENT THAT
OKIEOILMANCHINA AND CHRISTINE LeGARDE IS HOLDING 4 ACES AND A KING-------WANNA BET AGAINST THAT HAND???
OKIEOILMANFORGET SOROS---HE IS OR IS GOING TO BE TOAST

okieamigo to OKIEOILMANwhen this is over... will you be able to tell us all that went on behind the scenes?
OKIEOILMANAMIGO--I DOUBT ANYONE WILL KNOW ALL THE DETAILS----KINDA LIKE THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION
pattycakes to OKIEOILMANdo you think our president will get arrested
OKIEOILMANPATTYCAKES THE ANSWER THAT I WOULD GIVE TO THAT QUESTION WOULD INCITE TO RIOT Wtex to OKIEOILMANare there any other forces out there want this RV sidetracked?
OKIEOILMANWTEX---FROM THE GET GO-----YES
SEBtopdog to OKIEOILMANOkie, it's an honor to speak with you. Okieamigo's question about the behind-the-scenes details sparked some interest. We may not know all the details, but it would make an incredible truth-is-stranger-than-fiction tale. It could be a novel and/or screenplay, don't you think?
OKIEOILMANTOPDOG--YES BUT WHO WOULD WRITE THE SCRIPT?
OKIEOILMANNO ONE KNOWS ALL THE BEHIND THE SCENES DETAILS INVOLVING MANY COUNTRIES AND INDIVIDUALS
OKIEOILMAN:I WILL NOT STAY UP AT NIGHT----THE LORD HAS THIS WORKED OUT FOR ME (AND YOU) IN HIS PERFECT TIMING

Wtex to OKIEOILMANis there a time frame Iraq has for RV before IMF slaps them down and takes over?
OKIEOILMANWTEX--YOUR SPEAKING IN PAST TENSE
Quidnucso are we down to an hour by hour, minute by minute, or by a certain day.
OKIEOILMANQUIDNUC--CLOSER THAN A BAND AID ON YOUR SKIN
OKIEOILMANSINCE I UNDERSTAND SITES ARE BEING MONITORED WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL OF WHAT WE SAY---SOMETIMES ALL THE SUGAR IN THE WORLD WON'T MAKE YOUR WORDS TASTE GOOD IF YOU HAVE TO EAT THEM
OKIEOILMANMANY OTHERS ARE POSTING ON OTHER SITES THINGS THAT ARE OF A SECURE NATURE AND IT MAY JUMP UP AND BITE THEM ON THE BUTT
OKIEOILMANALLHA--JUST WORE MY BODY OUT FROM 2 MANY YEARS OF HARD LABOR (AND NOT ON THE CHAIN GANG)
OKIEOILMANLOOK AT THE QUESTIONS---I NOT ONLY AM A SPEED READER AND TYPER BUT I CAN'T EVEN KEEP UP
builder1Try this one..Any Jobs for me where your at Okie
OKIEOILMANBUILDER--WHAT QUALIFICATIONS OR FIELD OF WORK ARE YOU SEEKING?
builder1I will call tomorrow around your noon?
OKIEOILMANBUILDER--NOT BEFORE NOON--HAVE MOUNDS OF PAPER WORK TO SORT THRU TONIGHT
OKIEOILMANPHONE
OKIEOILMANEXTREMELY POSITIVE INTEL JUST RECEIVED--CAN'T SAY MORE
OKIEOILMANI MUST GET BACK TO MY PAPER WORK UP TO MY EAR'S IN-----REST ASSURED--WE'RE IN A WONDERFUL SPOT RIGHT NOW--

The Federal Reserve Cartel: The Eight Families

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The Federal Reserve Cartel: The Eight Families
Posted By: Basil
Date: Monday, 30-Jan-2012 03:03:01

http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=25080
The Federal Reserve Cartel: The Eight Families
by Dean Henderson
Global Research, June 1, 2011
(Part one of a four-part series)
The Four Horsemen of Banking (Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup and Wells Fargo) own the Four Horsemen of Oil (Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch/Shell, BP and Chevron Texaco); in tandem with Deutsche Bank, BNP, Barclays and other European old money behemoths. But their monopoly over the global economy does not end at the edge of the oil patch.
According to company 10K filings to the SEC, the Four Horsemen of Banking are among the top ten stock holders of virtually every Fortune 500 corporation.[1]
So who then are the stockholders in these money center banks?
This information is guarded much more closely. My queries to bank regulatory agencies regarding stock ownership in the top 25 US bank holding companies were given Freedom of Information Act status, before being denied on “national security” grounds. This is rather ironic, since many of the bank’s stockholders reside in Europe.
One important repository for the wealth of the global oligarchy that owns these bank holding companies is US Trust Corporation - founded in 1853 and now owned by Bank of America. A recent US Trust Corporate Director and Honorary Trustee was Walter Rothschild. Other directors included Daniel Davison of JP Morgan Chase, Richard Tucker of Exxon Mobil, Daniel Roberts of Citigroup and Marshall Schwartz of Morgan Stanley. [2]
J. W. McCallister, an oil industry insider with House of Saud connections, wrote in The Grim Reaper that information he acquired from Saudi bankers cited 80% ownership of the New York Federal Reserve Bank- by far the most powerful Fed branch- by just eight families, four of which reside in the US. They are the Goldman Sachs, Rockefellers, Lehmans and Kuhn Loebs of New York; the Rothschilds of Paris and London; the Warburgs of Hamburg; the Lazards of Paris; and the Israel Moses Seifs of Rome.
CPA Thomas D. Schauf corroborates McCallister’s claims, adding that ten banks control all twelve Federal Reserve Bank branches. He names N.M. Rothschild of London, Rothschild Bank of Berlin, Warburg Bank of Hamburg, Warburg Bank of Amsterdam, Lehman Brothers of New York, Lazard Brothers of Paris, Kuhn Loeb Bank of New York, Israel Moses Seif Bank of Italy, Goldman Sachs of New York and JP Morgan Chase Bank of New York. Schauf lists William Rockefeller, Paul Warburg, Jacob Schiff and James Stillman as individuals who own large shares of the Fed. [3] The Schiffs are insiders at Kuhn Loeb. The Stillmans are Citigroup insiders, who married into the Rockefeller clan at the turn of the century. ......

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Enter the 'Emperor of Indonesia'

Reader VJ sends: QUIRKY ASIA: Enter the 'Emperor of Indonesia'
Posted By: igots2no [Send E-Mail]
Date: Sunday, 29-Jan-2012 23:03:13

Kuala Lumpur (The Star/ANN) - It is not every day that you get to meet a trillionaire. So when I was invited to interview Kamal Ashnawi, a person I've never heard of, I said yes.
On Saturday morning, at a Kuala Lumpur hotel coffee house together with two of Kamal's aides, I waited for the so-called trillionaire.
Wearing a baseball cap, long-sleeved shirt and jeans, he sauntered over to our table. The two aides bowed, pressed their palms together to their forehead as if greeting royalty and kissed his hands.
"We call him Tuanku as he is a sultan from Indonesia," one of the aides whispered to me.
According to Kamal, he is a Dutch citizen born in Tanjung Malim, Perak, on Jan 1, 1964.
"I'm a descendent of the Emperor of China and in a history that went haywire, my family fled from China to Kedah. I traced my bloodline to the royal families of China, India, Java and Siam," claimed the man who is also known as Raden Mas Prabhu Gusti Agung Ki Asmoro Wijoyo.
"I grew up in Tanjung Malim and my family here is very simple and ordinary. Nobody in my family talks about our royal blood and wealth. But my grandmother once told me: "You are special and, when the time comes, you will know."
It was in Holland in the late 1980s that Kamal "found out who he really was". A member of an Indonesian royal family, kicked out of the country by president Sukarno, told him he was of royal blood.
In London in the early 1990s, a lawyer told Kamal about his royal family's massive wealth. Unconvinced, he told the lawyer to prove his claims.
He and the lawyer flew from London to Hong Kong to meet the "keeper of the royal treasure". From there, Kamal and the keeper travelled to Kunming in China.
They hiked up a mountain for four hours and reached a cave guarded by an old couple who, Kamal says, are immortals.
"If you tried to pass them without their blessing, you would cough blood and die," he said.
Inside the three-metre-high cave, Kamal saw gold bars stacked like a pagoda, US$15 million in jade and $10 million in diamonds and stacks of US dollars.
"I took a gold bar and knocked it on a rock. It was really gold. The treasure is the wealth of the dynasties that ruled China. Their wealth was also kept in other mountains and in vaults all over the world," he said.
About three years ago, when Kamal watched Nicholas Cage's movie National Treasure, he laughed.
"The treasure in the movie was small compared to the wealth I saw in the mountain," he said.
Next, Kamal told of his meeting two years ago in Kuala Lumpur with Dr Wong Eng Po, a royal physician from China.
Dr Wong placed his hand on Kamal's bald head, then immediately bowed in front of Kamal and ordered his five followers to do the same.
"He said I was the reincarnation of Emperor Nurhaci (1661-1626) of China. He felt an energy on my head which was superhuman because an emperor, unlike an ordinary human, has to think more.
"I'm the reincarnation of two emperors of China," Kamal added.
He elaborated that a few years ago, the royal family decided he would be the sole administrator of the royal wealth kept in secret accounts in about 1,000 banks worldwide.
"This means that 86.7% of the world's money belongs to me," he said.
Taking out several folders, Kamal said: "You're lucky, I brought documents."
He produced an A4-sized paper with the photographs of the national treasure, the immortal couple and several "official-looking" letters allegedly from HSBC certifying he has an account of five trillion euros ($6.5 trillion).
"That is a small amount. I have more money in other banks and institutions," he added.
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/quirky-asia-enter-emperor-indonesia-041004287.html

Pelosi Supplied Altered Congressional Records To The 2008 Election Commission!

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Pelosi Supplied Altered Congressional Records To The 2008 Election Commission!
Posted By: Rayelan
Date: Saturday, 28-Jan-2012 21:15:42

If the documents at the bottom of this post are too small to read, use the control button with the + sign to make them large enough to read.
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Pelosi and the DNC obviously prepared 2 documents but discarded the first in favor of hiding the truth and to CTA (cover their ass). It was the second document (the Exhibit 2 document) that was delivered to the Election Commission and is now of record in all fifty state Election Commission offices, state DNC headquarters, complete with date stamps, matching signatures, even the same Notary of Public authentication, and absent the constitutional text.
Not only is this fraud, it is a conspiracy:
When the truth finally gets out and Obama goes down for eligibility, good ol’ Nancy babe is in BIG trouble.
WILL THESE TWO DOCUMENTS THROW PELOSI AND TOP DEMOCRATS INTO FELONY PRISON? INSTEAD OF HIDING THEIR FRAUD UPON AMERICA?
Pelosi signed two Official Certifications of Nomination for Obama and Biden at the DNC Convention last August. Read the language carefully and note the difference between them:

From this site:
http://politicalvelcraft.org/2011/09/17/u-s-supreme-court-confers-on-obama-eligibility-pelosi-supplying-altered-congressional-records-to-the-election-commission/

Recently released FBI photos, videos, of 9-11 Pentagon aftermath (and is that the word "missile" I hear?)

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Recently released FBI photos, videos, of 9-11 Pentagon aftermath (and is that the word "missile" I hear?)
Posted By: AndiV
Date: Sunday, 29-Jan-2012 17:35:57

These photos and videos of the 9-11 Pentagon aftermath were released by the FBI in September of 2011. Some pieces of airplane debris are noted in close up.
The collection includes a video (apparently made by a member of the media) of the emergency response at the Pentagon. The reporter says a word that sounds like "missle" at least 3 times, sounding as if she is communicating with someone thru an earpiece. 

Poofness - 1-29-12 - MOPPING UP

From: 2goforth@Safe-mail.net [mailto:2goforth@Safe-mail.net]
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 2:01 PM
To: 2goforth@Safe-mail.net
Subject: Mopping Up


Superstition - Stevie Wonder

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ul7X5js1vE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37-yFGJngPs&feature=related
   


Very superstitious, writing's on the wall.
Very superstitious, ladder's 'bout to fall.
Thirteen-month-old baby broke the looking glass.
Seven years of bad luck, the good things in your past.
When you believe in things that you don't understand, then you suffer.
Superstition ain't the way.
Hey, hey, hey.

Ooh, very superstitious, wash your face and hands.
Rid me of the problem, do all that you can.
Keep me in a daydream, keep me goin' strong.
You don't wanna save me, sad is my song.
When you believe in things that you don't understand, then you suffer.
Superstition ain't the way.
Hey, hey, hey.

Very superstitious, nothing more to say.
Very superstitious, the devil's on his way.
Thirteen-month-old baby broke the looking glass.
Seven years of bad luck, the good things in your past.
When you believe in things that you don't understand, then you suffer.
Superstition ain't the way.
Hey, hey, hey.
Very superstitious.

Greetings and Salutations;

 Well what began last sunday, finally got out. Yes, massive arrests happened, mostly in europe of bankers who wanted to call the dragon's bluff, then the begging for forgiveness began. Never call a dragon's bluff. Last week's news letter gave everyone a head's up about what time it is, some just chose not to believe it and paid the cost.

http://the2012scenario.com/2012/01/taibbi-good-foreclosure-deal-could-open-the-door-to-ending-up-with-half-of-wall-street-in-jail/?utm_source=rss

 The political arrests soon come. Only THAT will finally get the american people's attention. No one is getting away with anything, what and start this crap all over again? When change comes old beliefs go to the wayside, truth replaces it and some you may be uncomfortable with. Who says there's no cure for cancer, only they who have a vested interested in keeping the money game running, as there is more money in 'treating' than curing. The folks in the rafters have been watching all along and accepted the council, to activate at this time, what they were told to put in place now. There is no power on earth that CAN stop what's coming down right now. And it's not like the bad guys didn't know their day of justice was coming. They thought they could use their technology to avoid it. When the bush admin was in place, they found out the chinese were in places, more advanced than they thought. Stealth subs, taking down with a missile a satellite they had sent up instead of trying to match the us with conventional weapons, they took lasers to another level.

 Some folks wrote me and let me know, they were 'feeling' the shift going on. The tingles were hitting them, mental growth, as their lids were being blown off. This is what the bad guys were trying to prevent and they've used everything to do it....low frequency resonance, drugs to dumb people down, a constant bombardment of fear from the media, all used to prevent what they themselves knew was coming. Everything runs in cycles and tech will not stop that, yet they tried. There's no such thing as the 'liberal media', they all work for the same group, playing out the polarization thru your earholes. Truth itself is neutral and your reaction to it is where the polarization happens. Your opinion is what they work on. Guiding it as they see fit. Now what if you are presented with a new truth, that explains everything you've held onto as 'facts', could you handle it? There are some basics that do not change and one needs to go into the zone of acceptance, as the 'rules' are changing to fit the real facts. The natives americans said that in the  'end times' the white man would come to them to find out what they may have missed.

http://wakingtimes.com/2012/01/20/the-ten-commandments-of-the-native-american-indians-video/

 The door to the future has opened and the pressure has shifted, you're about to see and feel the new as opposed to the past. Only you can determine, how you handle that. As the master said, 'hold all things in common', the words 'good and bad' will lose their meaning, things are just what they are. Then you will realize, that philosophies were created by man to control things around them. Perhaps the star trek orders make more sense now, 'do not interfere with un advanced worlds'. Here's an encapsulation;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxh-sS8Qoco

 Check this out: this will give a clue as to how long and what things were assembled to put this together,

http://www.veteranstoday.com/2012/01/28/heres-the-deal-fixing-america/

This man is now safe. I feel sorry for the folks who did what they did to him. Dragons don't forget. Things along this line have been going a lot longer than this tho. This is just the culmination of it all. The legalities have been handled, done, and 2+ yrs ago the world ct issued orders for the us military to keep the peace in this county after the announcements are given, expecting the less than nice folks to try to get the populace stirred up, for cover...false flags, etc. To the dragons these guys are naked, they have no secrets. So the mop up operation continues in the us, no way were they  going to release funds to the people with the cockroaches still loose, to steal what folks have waited so long for. Release to the masses is all that's left. Please have a wonderful life, fun filled, and keep your mouth shut about your blessings.

Love and Kisses,

Poofness 

Foreclosure Deal Could Open the Door to Ending Up With Half of Wall Street in Jail!

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Foreclosure Deal Could Open the Door to Ending Up With Half of Wall Street in Jail!
Posted By: Jordon [Send E-Mail]
Date: Sunday, 29-Jan-2012 13:08:29

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Last night on Countdown, Rolling Stone reporter Matt Taibbi talked about the recent foreclosure settlement deal being negotiated between the state Attorney Generals, including California's bold Kamala D. Harris, and the banks.
"If they do this for real, if they do this like an Enron-style investigation, you could have half the luminaries on Wall Street doing prison time.... they all made enormous profits from selling mismarked and over-evaluated mortgages to unsuspecting investors," Taibbi said.
The question in terms of broader national policy, says Taibbi, is whether the Obama Administration has really gotten the Occupy Wall Street message, or "will it be a cosmetic investigation" only?


Message from the Galactic Federation by Greg Giles - January 28, 2012

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Message from the Galactic Federation by Greg Giles - January 28, 2012
Posted By: Mr.Ed [Send E-Mail]
Date: Sunday, 29-Jan-2012 13:25:59

Message from the Galactic Federation by Greg Giles - January 28, 2012
High into the light you will travel as you experience your ongoing process of ascension. There are no limits to where it is you shall journey to, and it is our mission to ensure your journey is a safe one. How enjoyable it is for you is all up to you, we are merely your chaperones, your Shepherds. You are free to experience this blessed opportunity anyway you desire. You can fear each day going forward more and more, believing the sky is going to fall or evil extraterrestrials are coming to conquer your race, or you can sit back and relax and take in the marvels that the universe will present to you. You also have the opportunity to take an active role in these proceedings, and we do invite you to take part and assist your fellow man at this time.
There is much some of you understand about what is transpiring in your world, and there are many who know very little about these events. This is where the sharing of information becomes paramount, and will allow the smoothest possible transition from your current 3rd dimensional state to your new home in the higher realms. We see many of you taking a leading role in these affairs and we wish to thank each and every one of you for your tremendous efforts in this regard. Your work is accomplishing many things, and if you can enjoy our advantageous point of view for even just moments, you would see just how much your efforts are accomplishing. For now, you can only take our word for this and know your combined efforts are moving mountains.
Tomorrow we see such a brighter picture for you, once you lift yourselves out of your current 3rd dimensional state of separation and struggle. The ease at which you will be able to manage your needs will come as quite a surprise and be a very radical change for many of you, especially those of you who did not journey here at this time from the higher realms in service to our joint mission. For those of you who have been this way before, your memories of your higher dimensional lives will come flooding back as you make the transition back into the higher realms. For others, this experience will be very new to them, and we will be here to assist all with these changes and see to it that your transition from the physical to the spiritual is as smooth and comfortable for you as is possible. We will be more than happy to answer every question you may have, allowing you to enjoy this remarkable event as it is intended to be; a blissfully joyous celebration.
Allow us the opportunity to assist you all in this way. Allow us to be of service to you, as this is our task at this time. Your tasks are to see to it you look after yourself in regards to your ascension, and to assist others comprehend and more easily facilitate these changes, and we are here to assist you. This is how this universe has been designed, where enlightened beings from throughout the cosmos come together and assist other to reach their full potentials. We see humanity's potential at this time as virtually unlimited, and we, the Galactic Federation of Light, are here to make sure you are free to strive to reach your fullest potential without any undue interference from those of the dark who wish only to keep you under their control.
This is one of the tasks we busy ourselves with each and every day, and for those of you who have informed yourselves of these dark ones, you understand the depths of their organization and their large proliferation of advanced weaponry. We have made great strides dismantling their forces and they no longer pose a threat to humanity. It is only a matter of time until you will be completely free from their tyranny they have so cunningly crafted over many centuries. Their once formidable empire is crumbling brick by brick, and the day that their leaders face the justice they deserve is inevitable. They understand this now as well, and are currently bartering all they can in the hopes of leniency for their crimes against you. Justice will be dispensed, and it is up to you as a collective what you feel is adequate compensation for their crimes. This is a delicate balance you must create, as on one hand mercy and forgiveness are virtues you may consider, and on another, karma and rehabilitation are also important points worth consideration. This will be decided by you in the days ahead, and we will honor each decision you make. We also have matters of restitution with these dark ones, and these too will be dealt with in the coming days.
You have so much to look forward to as your new world blossoms into being, and we are so excited for you all. Enjoy each day as if it were your last here in the 3D world of the physical, for your days are running short and time is ‘speeding up’. Make the most of your experiences here, as they will serve you very well in your many endeavors ahead. We look so forward to the days ahead when we will have many opportunities to share our stories with you, and we also look forward to you sharing your experiences and adventures of your travels through the realm of the 3rd dimension.
We are the Galactic Federation of Light.

As channeled through Greg Giles
ascensionearth2012.blogspot.com
Ascension Earth 2012
http://www.ascensionearth2012.blogspot.com/

The TRUE Republic Of California


Apparently, the "Republic for California" is also a "California free state".  I don't know how many times this has to be said before it sinks in to the thick skulls.  

You cannot change the state or State, you only have the right to change the form of Government according to the Declaration of Independence Trust. There are two organizations on the territory of California.  "The U.S. The State of California" and the California Republic.  The California Republic was the first Independent State to be formed.  A constitution has been written and the Nationals for the California Republic have ratified the Articles of Confederation, as amended with a Republic form of Government as required by the Law of Nations. No one can change that now, it is too late.  

While everyone was worshiping their Savior Turner, the real work was being done. The Turner cult needs to remove the California Republic flag off of their website as there is no such state as the "Republic for California nor the California free state" ever in that region and never will be as the General Post Office for The United States of America does not recognize these entities as being any kind of  valid States or states and the General Post Office does not desire to be associated with any of this nonsense. There has been so much confusion by this greedy bunch of purported leaders that any kind of movement on this land looks like a joke to the rest of the world.  

Here are a few outright lies about the status of the purported Republic for the united States of America: 

1: "We are recognized by 80 different countries as the new National Government":  This is a total lie. 
2: "We have tons of gold":  total lie.
3: "We are getting funding":  total lie. 

There is a Republic form of Government formed and functioning properly and can fund itself. A lot of work went into it. 

Turner has tried to hide it from you through a campaign of propaganda. This is the bottom line, get the California Republic flag off of the website or remain in dishonor. 

General Post Master for The United States of America

“THE MASS ARRESTS HAVE ALREADY STARTED”

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Kauilapele: NEW UPDATE! David Wilcock “Financial Tyranny” Section 5 is Here!!… “THE MASS ARRESTS HAVE ALREADY STARTED”
Posted By: watcher51445
Date: Sunday, 29-Jan-2012 04:31:36

New post on Kauilapele's Blog
NEW UPDATE! David Wilcock “Financial Tyranny” Section 5 is Here!!… “THE MASS ARRESTS HAVE ALREADY STARTED”
by kauilapele
This is a most important update (well, which one of David's articles is not important). Full of information, new photos, etc. Wow, is all I can say.
David writes this update statement.
"[UPDATE SATURDAY 1/28: Section Five has now been released. It is massive -- and highly fascinating, with a great deal of extremely sensitive information that may be very surprising to a lot of people.
"I hope that Section Six will follow very soon afterwards, but I wanted to get this out now -- because we've had so many people eagerly awaiting it, and the mass arrests have already started.
"And yes... in response to many concerns, I have been working way, way too many hours per day on this and have not had enough sleep -- but I will soon.]"
Section 5 is entitled, "Bretton Woods and the BIS". The current Section 6 is where David has put all of the comments. I have saved the entire article, as it is currently, on 1-28-12, at 2125 HST, for download:
Complete article, with all links and images (zip folder):
120128_2125_1023-financial-tyranny_all_pages_complete.zip (34.9 MB)
HTML only version (formatted, working links, no images):
120128_2125_1023-financial-tyranny_all_pages.htm (1.9 MB)
Text only version (no images or formatting):
120128_2125_1023-financial-tyranny_all_pages.txt (1.1 MB)
Below are the pieces of this Section that struck me (these are mostly from the latter parts of the article).
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THE MASS ARRESTS HAVE ALREADY STARTED
It appears that we will soon see mass arrests of many key conspirators in this problem -- by a majority faction within the Pentagon.
The majority Pentagon faction is, in turn, backed and supported by an alliance of 122 nations. Many more will undoubtedly join once action begins to take place.
According to Fulford, over 60 percent of the US military in the Pentagon now supports the overthrow of this cabal. Recently, a new military witness has gone public -- with even more corroborating detail about all of this.
Much of what he and I discussed must remain off the record. None of us have been given enough detail to cause any damage to the plans if we were interrogated.
However, I do believe these plans are very real, and will succeed. The timing of when this will be done is unknown -- but it does appear that it all depends on how quickly things come to a head.
Given what has just happened -- right as we were about to publish the final investigation -- it seems the arrests have already started.
At the very least, we are seeing the first phase of the arrests.
AN UNPRECEDENTED HOUSECLEANING
The full event will create an unprecedented housecleaning of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the US government.
It will also sweep through large corporations, the finance industry, the military and the mainstream media complex -- which is largely dominated by a handful of corporations.
The logistics of actually accomplishing this feat are staggering to comprehend.
I fully understand how terrifying this will be to most people -- and there will be incredibly powerful disinformation suggesting it will be a "New World Order takeover" once it happens.
However, it appears to have already started as of Saturday, January 28, 2011 -- and no one seems to be going into a panic. [Kp emphasis]
....
THE NDAA ACT IS A DIRECT ATTACK AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION
Remember -- the first line of the Oath of Enlistment [of an Oathkeeper or soldier] tells the soldier his responsibility is to the Constitution of the United States of America -- regardless of what foreign or domestic enemies may do to threaten it.
That responsibility can include going against direct orders from the highest levels of the unelected and / or occult government.
....
GAME OVER
While I agree with Bill's statement about the petition, I have also heard there is a much deeper and more compelling initiative at work. Therefore I would like to speak directly to the people who are continuing to perpetrate Financial Tyranny.
Guys... This is it. Game Over. You can rape us, beat us, kill us, detain us and silence us, but you cannot stop The Avalanche.
It's here. It's real. It's much bigger than you could ever possibly imagine.
A paper-thin layer of fear is the only thing holding back The Avalanche right now. You know that. I know that. We're not stupid. We're adults. We know what happens in history when this occurs. It's called a coup.
It's going to happen no matter what. I have nothing to do with it. I believe the plan is so comprehensive and brilliant that there is no possible way for you to stop it.
I know you're scared -- but the best thing you can do is STOP LYING.
You still have a chance to give humanity the greatest gift of all time -- an end to secrecy -- and the most mind-blowing awakening in the planet's history.
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Here are links to all the sections of David's article.
Section One: FINANCIAL TYRANNY: Defeating the Greatest Cover-Up of All Time
Section Two: The History
Section Three: The Real World
Section Four: The Occult Economy
Section Five: Bretton Woods and the BIS
Section Six: Comments
All Pages
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Saturday, January 28, 2012

It takes balls of iron-clad steel to Publically reject the President

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It takes balls of iron-clad steel to Publically reject the President
Posted By: Susoni
Date: Saturday, 28-Jan-2012 11:38:43

Forgive the crude turn of phrase but I fully support his 'RIGHT' to protest and I stand behind his ummmm cajones .......
Susoni
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NHL Champ Tim Thomas Declines White House Invitation Due To "Out of Control Government"
One of the perks of winning a championship title in professional sports is to attend the traditional White House meet-and-greet, where the President himself comes out to congratulate the players and to throw a few pre-scripted jokes. Well Tim Thomas, the all-star goalie of the Boston Bruins and winner of the playoff MVP award did not perceive this rare occasion as a privilege. Nope, in a gutsy and controversial move, the only American-born player on the entire team totally boycotted the event. In his Facebook page, Thomas explained the reason of his absence:
“I believe the Federal government has grown out of control, threatening the Rights, Liberties, and Property of the People. This is being done at the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial level. This is in direct opposition to the Constitution and the Founding Fathers vision for the Federal government.
Because I believe this, today I exercised my right as a Free Citizen, and did not visit the White House. This was not about politics or party, as in my opinion both parties are responsible for the situation we are in as a country. This was about a choice I had to make as an INDIVIDUAL.
This is the only public statement I will be making on this topic.”
His absence was not well received AT ALL by fans and journalists who called him a “disgrace” and a “right-wing redneck”. I call him “someone who knows what the hell is going on and won’t stand for it”. The last few administrations have indeed betrayed the very foundations of the US Constitution and it doesn’t take a “right-wing redneck” to realize it. We’ve seen in the past weeks the voting of some of the most disgusting laws in US History, notably the NDAA, the police-state law.
So, in short, it takes guts to win a Stanley Cup but it takes balls of iron-clad steel to reject the President and to tell the world what you think about the presidency. Kudos, Tim Thomas. I for one respect your move. 

UFO Found underneath Baltic Sea

http://www.cnn.com/video/standard.html?/video/world/2012/01/25/pkg-bowman-shipwreck-treasure-hunters.cnn