LAWLESS CONVERSION OF SOLE PRINCIPAL L E WANTA PERSONAL-REPATRIATION FUNDS

Subject: 13.7_LAWLESS CONVERSION OF SOLE PRINCIPAL L E WANTA PERSONAL-REPATRIATION FUNDS_01DEC09

Date: Monday, September 19, 2011, 11:25 AM

CLEARLY IDENTIFIES INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC BANK/BANQUE ACCOUNTS OF MISSING - PERSONAL AND REPATRIATION - MONETARY FUNDS AND FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS, WHICH WAS THE SUBJECT MATTER IN : - IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA   ALEXANDRIA DIVISION   AMBASSADOR LEO WANTA, PLANTIFF, CIVIL ACTION No. 02 - 1363 - A v.   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al., DEFENDANTS. MEMORANDUM OPINION " CLEAR INWARD REMITTANCE, MAY, 2006, IN THE AMOUNT OF USDollars FOUR POINT FIVE TRILLION (US$4,500,000,000,000.00), ALLOWING THE REPATRIATION AND CIVIL INCOME TAX PAYMENT OF USDollars ONE POINT FIVE SEVEN FIVE TRILLION (US$1,575,000,000,000.00) AT THIRTY - FIVE PERCENT (35%) TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY-INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE." PLEASE NOTE : - ............................................................................................................................... Plaintiff's sole remedy in this matter is to proceed with the liquidation of the corporations and report these transactions to the Internal Revenue Service in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code and then challenge the assessment of any taxes in a refund proceeding. See  Int'l Lotto Fund, 20 F.3d at 591. Dated : April 15, 2003 Alexandria, Virginia                              /s/ GERALD BRUCE LEE                                                                 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 10 ...............................................................................................................................             THE FINANCING OF AL-QAEDA BY U.S. INTELLIGENCE By Ernest Bey Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 9:05am FIRST DELIVERY OF 'HARD INFORMATION' PROVOKED BY THE CONTINUED SABOTAGE In sharp contrast to the preceding report, we publish herewith, to begin with, detailed intelligence, the implications of which will be clear to ‘the interested’ and to close students of the prevailing unprecedented global criminal finance crisis, and on which we will make no further comment and will answer no questions. This is the first 'delivery' of such intelligence; and further postings of such intelligence will follow (in accordance with the sources' timeframe) until resolution. The forthcoming issue of International Currency Review [Volume 35, Number 1] will publish original documents relating to the ‘recovery’ of the gold buried in The Philippines during the Second World War under General Tomoyuki Yamashita, creating new sources of slush funds for the manipulation of foreign governments and the financing of the US Intelligence Power’s familiar ‘Black’ and other operations on behalf of the White House and the energy corporations, and showing how the CIA [proxy for the overall US Intelligence Power, which includes the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI)] handled/handles the banks and depository arrangements, while the mafia was and remains to this day employed to provide ‘international delivery protection’ services. This model has been extended, we believe, for general application. Notes providing details of the sources of this information are given under Notes and References at the foot of the report; and the individual numbered items’ specific original sources are designated by capitalised characters appended to the end of each item, thus: (A), (B), (C), etc. First, the following recent information has been brought to our attention: • (1): On 23rd October 2009 it became known to us that former President George H. W. Bush had placed one or more persons inside the ‘CT’ Trust operation in order to ‘sabotage’ the release of the Settlement funds (A) • (2): On 24th October 2009, the individuals referenced above (2 persons) were found inside the ‘CT’ Trust operation holding full banking codes with the intention of diverting funds during the “release” process on orders and with authority from George H. W. Bush and with the “blessing” of Rahm Emanuel, President Obama’s Chief of Staff (A). • (3): When confronted with the foregoing, George Bush Sr. stated that quote “he will not pay [identity of key background figure withheld] or anyone else”(A). • (4): On 24th October 2009, source was authoritatively informed that documents identifying the account numbers and coordinates of the Caribbean Accounts for George H. W. Bush have been filed with Mr Dan G. Blair – Commissioner, Postal Regulatory Commission, nominated by former President George H. W. Bush – and that this information was to be brought to the attention of President Barack Hussein Obama, but that Mr Obama’s White House Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, had STOPPED and PREVENTED President Obama from seeing the documentation in question (B). • (5): The subject-matter of the documentation mentioned above referenced the theft of $12.5 billion (twelve point five billion US dollars), via Bank of America, Dallas, Texas – the funds having been illegally diverted on Sunday 18th January 2009 to the Carlyle Group under a Presidential Executive Order issued by President George W. Bush from the DTC suspense account which had been holding the funds for disbursal to CMKX DIAMONDS, INC. (CMKX – OTC) as the result of Court rulings involving the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and the shareholders of CMKM DIAMONDS, INC. (B). Secondly, the following historical information has been brought to our attention: • (6): Mr Jan Morton Heger, Leo Wanta’s Attorney at the time, was attempting, in October 1998, to establish new bank accounts for AmeriTrust Corporation (USA) with the Bank of England in London, Midland Bank (London), and Barclays Bank (London). (C). • (7): Attorney David McCall (of Gay, McCall, Isaacks, Gordon & Roberts, P.C., located at 777 East 15th Street, Plano, TX 75074), assisted Jan Morton Heger in the process of setting up the bank accounts. (C). • (8): Among bankers involved in establishing the bank accounts for AmeriTrust Corporation (USA) were Mr James Denny (former Director of Midland Bank), Mr Thomas Hays, Mr Brian English, and Mr Brian Donnell – managers at Barclays Bank (London) – who are now running the operations. (C). • (9): The “new” AmeriTrust Corporation (USA) bank accounts – with a different Federal Reserve Number approved and assigned by the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board (Fed)) at the time, Dr Alan Greenspan – were to “mirror” the concurrent Bank of America (Chicago) bank accounts of Marvelous Investments Limited [care of: C. E. Crowninshield, CPA, located at 869 Turnpike Street, North Andover, MA 01845], EIN 04-3371126, Lee (Leo) E. Wanta, President and CEO. (C). • (10): Imelda Marcos, the former First Lady, Republic of The Philippines, refused to release her gold (asset accounts) held at bank accounts in Switzerland and “Lee Morris’ [Admiral Lee Morris, a.k.a. Woodrow L. Morris, a.k.a. Leon Morris of 7039 East San Miguel, Paradise Valley, AZ 85253] negotiated with Mr Ramos † in October 1998 for the “buy-back” of the Clark Air Force Base in The Philippines. (D). • (11): On Tuesday 6th October 1998, Judge Ted Spence died, causing a “pivot” for Sheikh Bin Laden with respect to the intended movement of funds to the Middle East. (D). • (12): A total of 25 AmeriTrust Corporation (USA)/Marvelous Investments Limited bank accounts were established – a fact that was causing much concern at the ‘top’ among the Active Controllers, meaning that former President James Earl ‘Jimmy’ Carter and the current EB01 [= Executive Branch 01 – Ed.], President William J. Clinton, could not see over the funding horizon. (D). • (13): A total of 131 “boxes” were being utilized by Affidavit to obtain and use the ‘Deed of Trust’ at the Bank of England (London) for the said funding. (D). • (14): These “boxes” were described in a ‘Talking Paper’ dated and sent by fax by ‘Lee Morris’ on Monday, 7th October 1996 to Michael C. Cottrell, B.A., M.S., in the following terms: (D). “… The transaction involves 1934-35 era US dollar currency, bonds, debentures, gold certificates and various foreign currencies. The master inventory with disposition instructions and ownership data is too voluminous … and too sensitive to reveal… the boxes themselves are six (6) feet square and weigh about 2,221 pounds each. The total amount in each box is US$100 million…”. (D). • (15): The Bank of England/Treasury (London) accounts set up for AmeriTrust Corporation (USA)/Marvelous Investments Limited were confirmed to have been established as of 14th October 1998 and were ready for funding from the Bank of America (Chicago) correspondent bank accounts, namely Chase Manhattan Bank (New York, NY) ABA# 021-000-021, for the account of: National Financial Services, LLC, Account # 066196-221, for further credit to: Marvelous Investments Limited, Account # FBW-027324, North Andover. MA [confirmed by email from LASALLE STREET SECURITIES, Sherry Carey, on 17th August 2004]. (E). • (16): The cost to maintain and support the aforementioned accounts would be 120 basis points (1.2%) of each transaction on each account. (E). • (17): Attorney McCall was to start transferring funds from the Marvelous Investments Limited accounts beginning with US$175 million on Friday, 16th October, 1998, for a total transfer value of US$1.125 billion (E). • (18): The US$1.125 billion was to fund the issue and purchase of Senior Medium Term Bank Debentures from (E): • (19): Marvelous Investments Limited, FED ID # 04-337-1126, located at: 4000 Steeles Avenue West, Suite #221, Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada L4L 4V9, Attn: Jan Morton Heger, Secretary/Director (E). • (20): … via: Bank of America, 345 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA, ABA # 121-000-358; Bank Officer: Rick Megoza; Account Name: Law Offices of J. Morton Heger, Attorney/Client Trust Account IFO Marvelous Investments Limited, Account # 16647-00461.… (E). • (21): …paid by: Bank of New York, 48 Wall Street, New York, NY: ABA # 021-000-018; Bank Officer: James M. Allen, Vice President, Nesbitt Burns, Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Contract Number: FF/AMB 980605.MIL/1075; Code: ST GABRIEL-JMJ/JUBILEE2000. (E). • (22): The transaction and prices were approved by the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, Dr Alan Greenspan. (E). • (23): Federal Reserve Chairman Greenspan also approved the elimination of Marvelous Investments Limited’s operation, and the assignment of a new Federal Reserve Number and Contract to AmeriTrust Corporation (USA) – authorizing the issue of Senior Medium Term Bank Debentures via the Triton Trust (Cayman Islands)/Delaware (E). • (24): AmeriTrust Corporation (USA)/Marvelous Investments Limited – since transformed into Barrington Investment Group, AG (St Gallen, Switzerland*), later Deutsche AG* (Switzerland), was also domiciled in Hong Kong with Joseph Ackermann – CEO of Deutsche Bank (Germany) and Hans Peter Breuer (Dresdner Bank, Germany) as operating officers of “Group AG, et al.” (F). • (25): Fifty-one (51) programs with six trading accounts through BANK OF AMERICA via “Group AG, et al” were established and were to be operated by the aforementioned – with Attorney David McCall (Gay, McCall, Isaacks, Gordon & Roberts, P.C.) as legal counsel (F). • (26): “Lee Morris” [Admiral Lee/Leon Morris] was “with” the CIA Director of Central Intelligence William J. Casey when he died. (G). • (27): “Lee Morris” was an Aide to Admiral Stanley Turner, an Administrator for James Woolsey and Admiral John Poindexter, and served as Logistics Officer for Admiral Farley. (G). • (28): “Lee Morris” was required to resign from Barrington Investment Group, AG [Deutsche AG], in January 2003, by the Active Controllers: Former President James Earl ‘Jimmy’ Carter, Former President William J. Clinton, and the then President of the United States, George W. Bush. (G). Ernest Bey Senior Administrative Trustee Senior Accounts Manager Five Star Trust PS. Five Star Trust is a front for the CIA and Department of Defense!

Keiser Report: Hang 'Em High! (E320)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd7oDRzPyMk&feature=youtu.be

In this episode, Max Keiser presents a double header with co-host, Stacy Herbert, to discuss crime and punishment in the financial sector. In London, JP Morgan banker, Tony Blair, has responded to the Keiser Report with his claim that hanging 20 bankers will not help and that, in fact, he asserts, public anger with the financial crisis is wrong. They also discuss the 'blazer over cuffs look' being the new black this season as Sean Fitzpatrick is arrested in Dublin, while over in Pennsylvania, Joe Paterno's statue is draped in blue tarpaulin and hauled away as bond investors punish the university with higher rates and Moody's threatens a downgrade. Finally, in Los Angeles, victims of vandalism are shocked to discover that it was a senior UBS banker who was smashing windows with a slingshot.

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Gary Harrington is on The Power Hour Today - Oregon criminal actions

Subj: Gary Harrington is on The Power Hour Today The guy the article is about... Oregon criminalizes permaculture; claims state ownership over all rainwater - ponds and swales restricted - jail time for violators

Oregon criminalizes permaculture; claims state ownership over all rainwater - ponds and swales restricted - jail time for violators

http://www.naturalnews.com/036615_Oregon_rainwater_permaculture.html#ixzz22OtVXBMy

Anonymous Hacks IRS Database and publishes Romney Tax Returns

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August 1, 2012 - Late last night, the mysterious group of hackers known as Anonymous successfully hacked the main database for the Internal Revenue Service. The group appeared to have a singular target- Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney. Romney has been criticized by both parties for his failure to produce more than one past tax return.

The Anonymous attack successfully retrieved 25-years worth of Romney’s tax returns and published them without permission on major websites throughout the Internet. The majority of these websites removed the returns within minutes, however it was too late to completely protect the candidate’s already tainted image.

Romney campaign spokeswoman Andrea Saul stated last week that “there has been no year in which Romney paid zero taxes”. In 2008, this was true. He earned $23,425,316 and paid $412.18 in federal income taxes. This calculates to a federal tax rate of 0.0018%. How did Romney get his tax burden so low? According to his return, he had approximately $23,407,000 in itemized deductions. These deductions ranged from $78,923 for “Toupee Creators Unlimited” and $41,826 for “Spray-on tan services” to a $3.8 million dollar write-off for a trip to Las Vegas with potential campaign donors. The Romney family also paid salaries to their numerous employees including, two yacht captains, three pilots for their private jets, two professional dog walkers, one toupee stylist and a “live-in contortionist”. What someone does with a live-in contortionist, one can only speculate. However, the $891,064 Romney spent on an “EWS Donor Party at the Pennsylvania Mansion” might give us a clue. While the return does not indicate what “EWS” stands for, given that the deducted supplies for the party included “Venetian masks, alcohol, lubricant and various Egyptian leather accessories” it was most likely an “Eyes Wide Shut” party.

In addition to his wild nights, Romney also deducted health related expenses. These included $127,000 for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for a condition termed “Pseudologia fantastica” also known as Compulsive Liar Syndrome. This may explain why the Republican nominee’s views seem to change dramatically depending on his audience. In fact, his recent string of political gaffes may be the direct result of his inability to keep up with the many competing “truths” he has spoken over the past year. According to noted Psychiatrist Bryan King, “Pathological liars seem utterly sincere about their lies, but if confronted with facts to the contrary, will often just as sincerely reverse their story.” According to Politifact, a news organization that researches the veracity of politician’s statements, only 16% of Romney’s examined statements were found to be completely true.

Read more: http://www.disclose.tv/news/Anonymous_Hacks_IRS_Database_and_publishes_Romney_Tax_Returns/85688#ixzz22PCqwb5n

Matthew’s Message: August 2, 2012

Matthew’s Message: August 2, 2012

Matthew’s Message: August 2, 2012

As received by Suzy Ward – August 2, 2012
www.matthewbooks.com
With loving greetings from all souls at this station, this is Matthew. The combination of vibratory emissions from Earth and the energy planes through which the planet is ascending are producing a variety of strong effects.
We shall speak about those, and first we mention the most splendid effect— myriad sparkles are shooting upward from Earth, and each signifies that a soul is awakening, searching for an understanding of what is transpiring in your world. Although the populace doesn’t know that weapons of war are failing to function and many thousands of our assisting family members are circling in your skies, for instance, there is a strong feeling that something significant is afoot, and some feel that it bodes well for the world.
Indeed it does, and we wish everyone could know this! Although a few supporting facts are coming out, they are buried in belabored coverage of sensational events and currently the Olympics. In the weeks prior to the opening ceremony, reports of planned terrorism in London were disseminated on the Internet and mainstream media also reported that possibility—the Illuminati still are circulating fear-filled information. That does not mean that they had no intention of carrying out any sinister acts, only that they wanted to get a head start on creating fear by telling you what they have up their sleeves.
Even knowing that light beings from advanced civilizations above and on the planet have been foiling ”black ops” plots, the dark ones are keeping at it. They will be no more successful during the Olympics than heretofore, but their persistence is understandable. They feed on the energy of fear, and their only means of keeping alive the tattered remnants of their former domination is by creating the widespread fear that keeps them going.
In honoring Earth’s free will that no more large scale terrorist acts will befall you, your space family is authorized to prevent all such attempts, and they keep abreast of everything the Illuminati and other nefarious individuals are doing. For many years the crews in crafts have been in continuous communication with their ground intelligence troops and the high universal council, thus everyone involved is apprised of what is going on regarding the Olympics and all other world affairs.
In a recent message we stated that the council deemed it advisable to wait until near the end of the year for crews to land in large numbers and members of our universal family living among you to identify themselves. We also said that nothing was set in stone, so that meeting-up could occur sooner, and the potential is growing that it will.
But not on August 4th during the games—that would cause panic! If the council concludes that all conditions are ideal for a stunning appearance that day, very likely it will in the nature of an unmistakable extraterrestrial “fly-over,” not an Illuminati concoction designed to look like an invasion from space. However, please do not be disappointed if that date passes without a world-startling event.
You may think that specifying a date and location is foolhardy because it lets the Illuminati know when and where to create a frightening illusion or dangerous conditions, thus postponing whatever the light forces have planned. Since the telepathic “antennas” of the dark ones’ always are operating, just as the light forces’ are, they would know about a plan even if it were not made public. The appropriate timing for irrefutable evidence of extraterrestrial presence on the planet goes back to the fear issue.
The ultimate aim of the darkness is to capture souls, and fear is their most effective tool because fear energy forms a barrier between the soul and the consciousness, thus literally keeping a fearful person “in the dark.” That is why time and again we have urged you not to fall prey to grave predictions or claims, and you have seen that the timing ascribed to those kinds of events has come and gone without any of the catastrophes coming to fruition.
But the majority of the population doesn’t know how fearful feelings affect them personally or that the collective feelings create world conditions or that the dark ones need fear energy so they can continue fomenting devastation and death. The power of fear and the massive amount of negativity it produces always has been the council’s primary consideration as to the timing of their appearance on the planet.
Developments—and lack of developments—due to the other effects of the mixed vibrations on the planet and the energy plane it is traveling in are prompting serious reconsideration of waiting until year’s end.
Greater numbers of people, including the most steadfast lightworkers, are experiencing a variety of distressing physical, emotional and mental conditions—all of that energy has negative charges. The vibrations of the energy plane alone can cause anomalies as the bodies of light receptive persons are adjusting to the change from carbon cells to crystalline. It is important to drink more water and eat more lightly than usual, get enough rest and sound sleep, and have as much peaceful solitude or time in natural settings as possible.
Furthermore, because everything is energy fluctuating at one frequency or another, mechanical, electrical and electronic devices and systems also are being affected—a very recent example is the widespread power outage in India. Even if that may have been an Illuminati-aided occurrence, a power failure is not an unexpected result of negativity meeting the planetary alignment this close to fourth density.
The combination of those effects is creating widespread fright, inconvenience, anger and financial hardships, and the negative vibrations emitted by those collective reactions are clashing with the frequencies of the energy plane the planet is transiting. As Earth continues on her course, the clashing will intensify and so will its effects.
The tenacity of the dark hearts and minds is causing this situation. If they had adhered to their agreement to join the light forces at the specified time, about ten years ago, the planet would have been in much lower frequencies and what is happening now would have been avoided. And that brings us to the lack of developments.
You need no reminder that since at year’s end all darkness on the planet will be gone, only five months remain in which a great deal must be accomplished. While encouraging progress has been made in the negotiations between some of your leaders and ETs, the peak members of the Illuminati are as recalcitrant as ever.
Civil wars still are raging and tyrants still are reigning in several countries. Stubborn divisiveness in seemingly countless issues continues, new governments are in disarray and old governments are filled with squabblers. Impoverishment is causing great suffering and death, there appears to be no end of corruption, and many national economies are in dire straits. In short, on the surface, it appears as if it’s business as usual, and that common perception is resulting in unenlightened people fearing what the future holds.
So fear and duality still are alive and kicking, and they’re deterring the initiation of major reforms. It is your world and you are responsible for taking the helm to achieve what you want, but so much is required in such a short time that something shocking is needed to get the world’s attention. The arrival of other civilizations will do that. We can’t tell you when because it hasn’t been concluded, but we can assure you that it will happen in the most prudent timing and the safest, most sensible ways.
There is more to the inexplicable shooting in Colorado, in the United States, than meets the eye. Everyone involved—the shooter, the persons who were killed or injured and all the families—was experiencing what was chosen in soul contracts or rapidly amended contracts in a collective agreement to be participants, and eventually the facts will link that incident to the Illuminati.
Our hearts go out to the persons who were injured and their families, and the families and friends of those who died. How we wish they could know that their loved ones are joyfully living in Nirvana, and that all who agreed at soul level to endure this traumatic burden took leaps in evolvement.
We wish every person who is grieving the loss of beloved family and friends knew about those persons’ active, diverse, exciting life in Nirvana. They don’t, and instead of feeling heartened about their dear ones, they are heartbroken.
Again we mention that even though Earth has been receiving massive ascension assistance from extraterrestrials and they are preventing grand scale terrorism, you are in charge of everything except the time of their arrival. If there is to be a change in the bitter controversy about the easy availability of guns and your society’s war mentality, it must come from lightworkers. It is not a coincidence—there are no coincidences!—that the recent tragedy was in the same small city where a similar incident occurred a few years ago. It is an unmistakable sign that action must be taken if you want violence to end.
In no way are we saying that you are being negligent—far from it! We hold you in utmost honor and respect. Underlying this issue of guns and all other killing instruments, and like everything that engenders hatred, contempt, violence, injustices and death are the formidable tentacles of darkness. The light is far more powerful and actions that serve the light are correspondingly stronger—that is why you have gained the higher ground in this light vs dark battle. Think of all the corruption and deception you have exposed to the world and the progress you have made in a remarkable array of humane and environmental issues—keep up the good work!
We shall rejoice with you when all truths are revealed along with evidence of the progress that has been made in innumerable areas out of public view. Just as all who are involved in those activities must be patient until the right moment is at hand, so must we and you. And we all can be, knowing that with time dwindling by the day, revelations and beneficial changes have to be coming forth soon.
Now then, please do not interpret our explanation as a setback for Earth—most decidedly, it is not! The foot dragging is on the part of the dark ones, and they will be leaving incrementally. It is extremely important that you do not dwell on them, especially not punishment for what they have done, or on the delay in getting this momentous show on the road at high speed.
Instead, prepare for life in Earth’s Golden Age. We suggest that you not get bogged down in wondering which politicians are honest or which advice to follow about investing your money—soon enough you shall have those answers. Divest yourself of trivial interests and society’s superficial standards. Whenever possible, avoid encounters with confrontational folks, but if that isn’t possible, don’t be drawn into arguments—the expenditure of energy in such matters often results only in the negativity of frustration or futility. Trust your intuition and honor your soul-self.
Live from your heart—as God said, “The heart is the seat of the soul.” Imagine yourself in a world where peace, mutual respect, cooperation, honesty, abundance for all and life in harmony with Nature reign. In the continuum, this wondrous world that you have been co-creating already exists, and in linear time, you are almost there!
For several years we have offered spiritual enlightenment, guidance and encouragement, and it has been our privilege and joy to do so. Our sharing service won’t be necessary very much longer—your soul’s communication with your consciousness will provide all the information you need. Perhaps you will smile when you realize that everything we have told you has been your own knowledge all along—all we did was gently nudge it into your remembrance.
The purpose of every lifetime is self-discovery—letting this fulfilling adventure unfold in its season is the way to your infinite capacity for love. The power of unconditional love, that ultimate force in the cosmos, is the key to all the sublime glories of the Golden Age and beyond.
Now we enfold you in unconditional love as we, and myriad other light beings, accompany you to the threshold of fourth density.
LOVE and PEACE
Suzanne Ward
www.matthewbooks.com

GM profits slip 41% as European struggles take their toll

America's largest car firm made $1.5bn in the second quarter of 2012, with European division reporting operating loss of $361m

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GM's CEO Dan Akerson said: 'We have more work to do to offset the headwinds we face.' Photograph: Jeff Kowalsky/EPA

General Motors' profits fell 41% in the second quarter as troubles in Europe undercut strong sales in North America.

America's largest automaker made $1.5bn in the second quarter of 2012, compared with $2.5bn for the same period last year. Revenue fell to $37.6bn from $39.4bn in the second quarter of 2011. The results exceeded analysts' estimates, but further underlined Europe's drag on the US economy.

"Our results in North America were solid, but we clearly have more work to do to offset the headwinds we face, especially in regions like Europe and South America," said GM chairman and CEO Dan Akerson. "Despite the challenging environment, GM has now achieved 10 consecutive quarters of profitability, which is a milestone the company has not achieved in more than a decade."

GM's European division reported an operating loss of $361m, compared with an operating profit of $102m a year ago. GM is attempting to restructure the unit and recently replaced several of its top executives in Europe. The company is planning to close at least one plant in Europe by 2016, but Dan Ammann, GM's chief financial officer, said there were no immediate plans to announce more job cuts or factory closings in Europe.

In North America, GM reported an operating profit of $1.97bn, which compares to a profit of $2.25bn for the same period a year earlier. The company posted a loss of $19m in South America during the second quarter, and made a profit of $557m in its international division, primarily in China.

While GM's North America sales remain strong there are signs that the slowdown in the US economy is taking its toll. On Wednesday, GM and Ford announced that sales had slipped in July; GM deliveries fell 6.4% and Ford 3.8%, according to statements. Chrysler increased deliveries by 13%.

GM's fortunes have recovered dramatically since its emergence from bankruptcy in 2009. The firm said it sold 2.39m cars during the quarter, compared with 2.32m a year ago. GM had $32.6bn in cash reserves and other liquid assets at the end of the quarter.

Its government-backed bailout has become a political hot topic. Mitt Romney has been a persistent critic of the bailout and is running ads that highlight the plight of auto dealerships closed as a condition of the government-managed bankruptcies.

In turn, president Barack Obama has consistently championed the bailouts for saving over a million US jobs and criticised Romney for his 2008 New York Times editorial entitled "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/aug/02/gm-profits-slip-european-struggles

Listening To Katrina... First Person Accounts and Lessons Learned from Disaster...

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Listening To Katrina... First Person Accounts and Lessons Learned from Disaster...

Posted By: Watchman
Date: Thursday, 2-Aug-2012 09:47:58

On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina became the largest natural disaster in United States history. After the levees failed, it became the largest man-made disaster in United States history. This blog is a chronicle of what happened to myself and my family during those events. It is also a documentation of lessons learned from a survival and recovery viewpoint. This blog intertwines several elements. One element is the actual experience of disaster. Another element is a step by step guide to preparing yourself and your family for the day when you might face some unforeseen circumstance. I invite you to seriously invest the time, effort, and small cost in creating your own emergency plans. If you do not know where to begin, just follow along with me and I'll take you step by step. Something I don't want to do is make anyone afraid. Fear isn't useful. You shouldn't do any of this out of a sense of fear or panic. You should do it from a positive, forward looking philosophy. However you work that, you should do it - especially if you have kids. Many times in my youth I walked around not knowing where my next meal was coming from. That can be a little disturbing, but it doesn't hold a candle to the rising panic you feel as you're riding along with nothing but the money in your pocket, unsure if your house is still standing, with your little girls in the back seat. Trust me. The events and stories herein are true, but I have also taken the liberty of fictionalizing certain elements here or there for a number of reasons. Some names have been changed to protect the innocent, some names have been changed to protect the guilty, and some names have been changed to protect the naive. Even so, I will not spare telling you about my many failures while celebrating my several successes. I hope that these pages will prove to be useful to you in some way. Use the menu and links at the left of any page to navigate. I have been encouraged many times to write a book about my experience, but I have decided to publish the whole thing on the internet instead. I felt that I did not want to 'market disaster', and I didn't want an editor truncating things that I felt important. Rather than force you to buy a book that you may or may not like or use, I have provided the entire content here. If it proves useful and valuable to you and you would like to support the site, you can use the link at the bottom of any page to 'pay your own price'. I am not selling anything here, and you will not be bothered by advertisements or annoying pop-ups on this site. There are three different resources combined here for your use. The first resource is the Listening to Katrina blog, which is a long story with many lessons. You can continue reading Listening to Katrina by using the navigation links in the menu panel at the left, or you can use the navigation buttons at the bottom of any page. The Listening to Katrina blog contains actual events of a human tragedy, and as such may contain profanity, graphic violence, nudity, and various other horrors. The second resource is a series of worksheets in a workbook format to provide a model for your own preparations. If you want to use it, you can find it here, or in the left panel of any page by clicking WORKBOOK QUICK LINK. The workbook is 'clean' and suitable for everyone. The third resource is a series of How To pages, which are simple instructions for various projects, including how to assemble your workbook. The How To resources are likewise 'clean' and are suitable for family use. Enjoy. http://www.theplacewithnoname.com/blogs/klessons/index.html

The Survival Garden

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The Survival Garden, by Chris S.

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History is our best teacher and we can learn a lot about human survival strategies of the past. Our ancestors somehow survived famine, drought and a host of natural disasters. Some used brute force to take what they wanted; others were skillful thieves or were just lucky. A few of these ancestral survivors actually thrived. They thrived because they used their wits and prepared for any unforeseen disaster.       

Beyond natural disasters there has always been the most un-natural of all disasters, war. War is arguably the most difficult of all conditions to survive, soldier and civilian alike. We can learn survival lessons from the survivors of war. 
During World War 1 and again in World War II American civilians were encouraged to grow what was called, a victory garden. In 1943 the U.S. Department of Agriculture published a pamphlet titled, Victory Garden: Leader’s Handbook which suggested 14 home grown crops.

Here is the list from 1943;
Greens: (Spinach, Chard or Kale)
Lettuce: (Leaf or Head), Cabbage
Tomatoes, Soy Beans, Snap Beans
Lima Beans, Peas (shelled)
Asparagus, Carrots and/or Beets
Turnips and/or Parsnips, Onions
Strawberries and/or Raspberries

The list also mentioned radishes, peppers, onions and pole beans.

Take note that the suggested vegetable list for planting a Victory Garden did not contain: Corn, Potatoes, Squash, Broccoli, Yams (Sweet Potatoes), Cauliflower,
Eggplant, Artichokes, Spinach,
Leeks, Brussel Sprouts, Celery,
Collard Greens, Garlic, Cucumbers,
Pumpkin, Zucchini or Okra. Also absent were Grains, Herbs and Spice Plants. It must be noted that some of the un-listed crops have a low yield to grow space ratio or insect and disease vulnerability, require special care and handling, high water requirements, specialized fertilizer needs or seasonal pollinators, among others.
What is most surprising was the amount of each vegetable needed to feed one person. You needed to multiply the number in your family plus one extra for an emergency and/or charity. Example: Tomatoes-Amount to be used fresh, stored and canned for one person is 120 lbs. For a family of four, plus one for an emergency and/or charity, you need to grow 600 lbs of tomatoes.
For snap beans-Amount to be used fresh, stored and canned for one person is 56 lbs of pole beans. For a family of four, plus one for an emergency and/or charity, you need to grow 280 lbs of snap beans.
It will require the planting of 25 tomato seedlings per person to harvest 120 lbs of tomatoes. For a family of four plus one for an emergency and/or charity, it will require the planting of 125 tomato seedlings.      
It will require the planting 1.5 lbs of snap bean seeds per person to harvest 56 lbs of snap beans. For a family of four plus one for an emergency and/or charity, it will require the planting of 7.5 lbs of snap bean seeds.
For a family of four plus one for an emergency and/or charity, it will require 375 linear feet of rows to grow the tomatoes. For a family of four plus one for an emergency and/or charity, it will require 750 linear feet of rows to grow the snap beans.
So, to grow enough tomatoes and snap beans for a family of four plus one for an emergency and/or charity, you will need to cultivate 1,125 linear feet of soil.
To grow a crop for a family of four plus one for an emergency and/or charity, planting all 14 of the suggested vegetables listed in the Victory Garden: Leader’s Handbook you will need 5,605 linear feet of rows.
Maybe they should have called it a Victory Farm not a Victory Garden.

If you intend to plant a Survival Garden that is capable of supplying an adequate amount of vegetables, it is obvious that you will need a very large piece of land. You must also keep in mind that if you are forced to flee, you will have to leave your crops behind. You can take your crops with you if they are growing in containers. But, unless you are fleeing in a semi-tractor trailer truck or towing a huge, double decked trailer, taking your crops with you is not an option. 

There is an alternative that you can consider, something learned from the survivors of the past. Perhaps above all, in 1943 the most difficult circumstance to be in was that of a prisoner of war.
The Allied prisoners of World War II tell of the four most valuable possessions a POW could have, nicotine (tobacco), ethanol (alcohol) caffeine (tea), and sugar. Any POW that possessed or could get his hands on any of these four items could thrive during captivity.

There are stories of some POWs who died from hunger and malnutrition because they traded away their meager rations of food for tobacco and alcohol. Here the statements, “I am dying for a smoke” and “I am dying for a drink” are literally true.   A survival garden full of delicious and nutritious fruits and vegetables will help you and your family to survive. But, if you want to thrive there are a few plants you need to add to your survival garden, no matter its size.

Using the lesson from the POWs you should grow tobacco plants, tea plants and sugarcane. All of these valuable “cash” crops are hardy, easy to grow almost anywhere and they are well suited for propagation in portable containers. Additionally, these cash crops have multiple uses.

Tobacco has uses beyond the obvious smoking or chewing. Tobacco can be used as an insecticide, a pest, rodent and insect repellent, among others.
Tea leaves are even more functional with more than 40 common uses.

Sugarcane has been a valued commodity for thousands of years. Sweet cane, as it was called, is mentioned three times in the Bible as a prized burnt offering. Sugarcane can be used to make crystallized sugar with all of its usefulness but, the other priceless article of trade from sugar cane juice is the production of high proof alcohol. Ethyl alcohol has many uses beyond drinking, such as a fuel source, a disinfectant, a preservative and an anesthetic, to name just a few. These three plants can be extremely precious possessions for trade and barter. Maybe pound for pound and space for space, tobacco, tea and sugarcane are the most prized of all legally grown plants. The seeds of all three of these prized plants are available online at very low cost.

Now, I come to the final and arguably the most valuable plant in the Survival Garden. Most people call it a scourge and a curse. I call it The Doomsday Plant. It is a plant that has helped ancestral survivors thrive in the most difficult of times. The Doomsday Plant is one of the fastest growing, hardiest, pest and disease resistant plants on Earth and can be propagated in almost every state, including Alaska. It can be grown in portable containers filled with poor quality soil and needs little water and little or no fertilizer. Once the Doomsday Plant is established, it is actually difficult to kill.

The Doomsday Plant will feed you and your family breakfast, lunch and diner. The Doomsday Plant is highly nutritious and is one of only a few plants that are high in protein. It is sold in health food stores as a dietary supplement.
You can grind and dry the root and seeds into a flour to make pancakes, bread, pastries and other baked goods. Use the leaves in place of lettuce for salads and sandwiches.
Boil the young leaves and eat them like spinach and use them as an ingredient in soups and stews.
Fry the large older leaves in oil and snack on them, just like potato chips.
The flowers can be made into jelly, preserves and an ingredient for candy.
The Doomsday Plant can be made into strong rope and string, it can be used to weave baskets, hats and even be made into furniture, kindling and firewood.
You can turn the Doomsday Plant into Bio-Fuel, both ethyl and grain alcohol.
It will feed goats, cattle, horses, rabbits and most other grazing animals.
What is the common name of this miracle plant? It is called Kudzu, the bane and blight of the southeastern states.
Warning: Growing Kudzu is only for the most dire of all survival situations.
Kudzu is one of the most invasive species of all plants. If left unchecked and not controlled it will grow like a mindless monster, covering everything that doesn’t move. One single seed can create a nightmare. To contain Kudzu it must be handled diligently. Grow Kudzu only in a container whose drain holes are screened or covered in such a way that the roots cannot escape into the surrounding ground and as added insurance, place the container on a slab of cement or other ground barrier. You must also cut off the seeds before they mature. If you want to save the seeds, trap the immature seeds inside a secured plastic bag and carefully cut off the mature seed stem to safely remove them.
Kudzu seeds are by their very nature, self-preserving. They can be stored in a cool, dry and dark place for many years. The wise survivalist who strives to thrive will either collect wild Kudzu seeds or buy them on-line and store them until needed.
So, I recommend that you grow a few containerized tobacco, tea, sugarcane and kudzu plants. If you are forced to flee from your survival garden, you can take them with you and trade some of your cash crop for food and other items.  

Look to the past and start thinking about ways to thrive and not just survive.

4 Crop Circle now CONFIRM AUGUST 4TH -------- Oh Boy!!!!!!!!

Windmill Hill, nr Avebury, Wiltshire. Reported 25th July. Map Ref: SU090703 This Page has been accessed Updated Wednesday 1st August  2012

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Windmill Hill of July 25, 2012 may represent a “lunar crescent” over a “trident”, to symbolize a conjunction of our Moon with planet Neptune on August 3-4, 2012   A new crop picture at Windmill Hill on July 25, 2012 has astonished many people with its elegance and beauty. Yet what could the many symbols shown there be trying to tell us? On an overall level, it seems to show an artistic metaphor relating a “crescent” symbol for our Moon to a “trident” symbol for planet Neptune:   Our Moon will come very close in Earth’s sky (or conjunct) Neptune on August 3, 2012 at 2200 UT. Essentially then, this new crop picture shows a “trident” in which its “three spears” have been replaced with a “lunar crescent”!   A slight curvature down the long axis of Windmill Hill, from one end to the other, may match a similar curvature in the sky path of our Moon along the solar ecliptic, for one month during late July or mid-August of 2012 (as seen from latitudes 15 to 20o N on Earth):   Looking more closely, if we begin counting from its small circles on one end, we can assign dates of July 26-27-28-29-30 to five small circles outside of a thin circular ring. Next we can assign dates of July 31-August 1-August 2 until we reach the largest circle inside of its “lunar crescent”. That large circle matches correctly the next full Moon on August 2 at 0327 UT:   Then we may continue with two slightly smaller circles inside of its “lunar crescent” for August 3-August 4, followed by a brief space of time where everything “stops”.   Two thin crescent shapes, which have been drawn outside of a circular full Moon for August 2, may mean “two days past a full Moon” on August 3 or 4. Our Moon will conjunct Neptune late on August 3 at 2200 UT, as 43 hours or almost two days past a full Moon on August 2 at 0300 UT.   On the other side of “stop”, we can count 16 overlapping circles for “16 additional days”. Then if we add (10 + 16) we find 26 days, which is just short of one lunar month of 29.5 days. By this interpretation, three small circles for August 5-6-7 (in a white flattened region) would be “not shown“: Why would those crop artists go to so much effort, to show us a relatively insignificant sky conjunction between our Moon and Neptune late on August 3, 2012? It makes no sense, unless the date itself happens to be significant in some way we cannot yet imagine. For whatever reason, this seems to be the fourth crop picture of 2012 to tell us a date of “August 4”.   First Manton Drove of June 2 showed us a “polar clock” which could be read as August 4 or 5. Next Santena of June 17 (in Italy) showed us the Sun and Mercury in Cancer on August 4, leading into another date of December 21, 2012 for end to the Mayan Long Count calendar. Then The Wrekin of July 21 showed us a triangular arrangement of Saturn, Spica and Mars on August 4. Finally Windmill Hill of July 25 seems to have shown us the Moon in conjunction with Neptune on August 3-4.   None of these astronomical groupings would be significant by themselves. In order to gain more information about this puzzling subject, we should see at least one more crop picture around July 29 (by the time series of July 21, 25, 29, ….) before August 4 is reached.   According to the Mayan Long Count calendar, July 26 would 12.19.19.10.10, while August 1 would be 12.19.19.10.16 and August 4 would be 12.19.19.10.19. A previous crop picture in July 2011 at Windmill Hill used Mayan numbers, as did Fabbrico in Italy in June 2012. Now at Windmill Hill in July of 2012, we have seen two separate series of circles as 10 or 16 matching August 1 in the Mayan calendar (or August 4 as 10 and 19, if three small circles have been “not shown”).   Appendix 1. Further convincing evidence for a paranormal crop picture at Windmill Hill on July 25, 2012: the dating and imagery of a bright full Moon on August 2, 2012  As the fields of Wiltshire dry out in late July or early August, it has become possible for local humans with rope and boards to construct a variety of field diagrams, without covering the fallen plants in mud (as was the case in a wet June or July). Thus it becomes of some interest: how we can logically tell paranormal crop pictures from good human-made efforts?   One of the best ways to assess whether a crop picture is truly “paranormal” is to look for convincing details, which could not easily (or plausibly) have been made by skilled humans with rope and boards. One such clever detail is noted in the slide below, which shows how the unknown crop artist added a single standing tuft to the large circle labelled “August 1”, to help identify its assigned date as “first day of the month”:   Until we counted carefully all of the circles in the entire crop diagram, starting with a small circle for July 26 on the right, and ending with 16 large circles on the left (to complete one lunar month), this detail made no sense.   Another clever detail was drawn throughout the white, flattened region which denotes a “lunar crescent” around the centre. There we can see a series of thin, striated lines, which presumably were meant to represent a bright, shining full Moon on August 2, 2012, or perhaps two days later on August 4, 2012:   It would have been almost impossible for local humans with rope and board to make all of those thin, striated lines by hand, as close-up ground photographs of Windmill Hill can attest.   A “Day Out of Time” from the 13-month, 28-day calendar proposed in 1992 by Jose Arguelles?   By another interpretation, suggested by Miguel Etchepare, the largest circle in the diagram shown above might represent a bright crescent Moon on July 25, 2012, or one day later on July 26. By that view, Windmill Hill would have been made to mark a “Day Out of Time” from the 13-month, 28-days-per-month calendar proposed in 1992 by Jose Arguelles (see www.13moon.com ). His calendar only contains 13 x 28 = 364 days per year, and hence has to add one more day every year on July 25 (an arbitrary date) to reach 365 (see newconnexion.net ).   It should be emphasized that his novel calendar is not part of traditional Mayan culture (see www.pauahtun.org/Calendar/tools.html). If we were to start counting with the smallest circle at Windmill Hill as a new Moon of July 19, then we would reach its largest circle as a bright first-quarter Moon on July 26. Why then should its next two circles for July 27 or 28 get smaller, if the Moon is still getting brighter?   Appendix 2. Windmill Hill on July 25, 2012 shows a direct continuation of lunar motion as shown at The Wrekin on July 21, 2012, and so both crop pictures were probably made by the same (or collaborating) artists  A crop picture at The Wrekin in Shropshire on July 21, 2012 showed a “moving crescent Moon” for a date two days later on July 23. It also showed a distinctive triangular arrangement of Saturn, Spica and Mars for a date close to August 4.   A subsequent crop picture at Windmill Hill in Wiltshire on July 25, 2012 showed “trident” plus “crescent” symbols, to mark a conjunction between our Moon and Neptune on August 3-4. It apparently began its day-count from a lunar date of July 26 (but see above).   When we plot both sky arrangements together, we find that Windmill Hill (from July 26 to August 3-4) shows a direct continuation of lunar motion as shown at The Wrekin (for July 23):   Furthermore, a triangular arrangement of Saturn, Spica and Mars as shown at The Wrekin actually matches a date of August 3-4, when our Moon will conjunct Neptune, rather than a nearby lunar diagram at The Wrekin for July 23.   Given the astronomical similarities between these two crop pictures, it seems likely that both were made by the same (or collaborating) artists.   Red Collie (Dr. Horace R. Drew) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BREAKING: Now 4 Crop Circles Are All Pointing To August 4th. Could this actualy be the day we meet our brothers from another planet???!?! http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1940651/pg1