Friday, January 4th, 2013 | Posted by Gordon Duff

Press TV: The Truth About Americans and Guns

The Truth About Americans and Guns

By Gordon Duff and Press TV

With the discussions of gun seizures in the US, discussions primarily tied to stock manipulation scams within the sporting goods/arms industry and National Rifle Association, it is, perhaps, time we took a look at American gun owners.
Are they a force that will protect America from tyranny or are they more a gullible and dangerous tool of powerful special interest groups?
During the 1980s, the “militia movement” in the United States, built on the example set by author J. B. Campbell, a good friend, an example intended to represent an armed and organized independent force free of empty rhetoric that the two political parties.
Before a year was out, half the members of “militia” groups were FBI informants and a mysterious influx of money put those who claimed to be fighting tyranny solidly behind the Israel lobby and Wall Street.
The largest of the groups, the Michigan Militia, actually disbanded when Bush 43 came to office, stating:
“There is no longer a need to defend freedoms in the US as we trust totally in President Bush.”
As Jim W. Dean so often says, “You just can’t make things like that up.”
What I saw so very clearly then and even more clearly today is that too many gun owners are obsessed with their own “2^nd Amendment rights” and are willing to “burn down” the rest of America’s freedoms in the process.
The majority of gun owners are not just oblivious to constitutional guarantees but have been wildly in favor of drone attacks, Gaza bombing, torture and rendition, illegal surveillance and suspension of habeas corpus.
On the whole, were one to look for what is best in America, those who favor freedom and equality for all as outlined in the Declaration of Independence and Constitution, gun owners are far from the top of the list.
I am an American gun owner, collector and gunsmith.  I know guns, I have used guns in combat, including as a Marine sniper in Vietnam.
As a very “pro-gun” individual, I reel at the thought of “organized gun owners” and their long history of racism, bigotry and susceptibility to childish propaganda.
It is my belief, and not without reason, that if Homeland Security sends out gangs to collect guns and round up “dissidents,” the NRA membership will be standing beside them.
My question is simple, how did American gun owners “go bad?”
I would like to be able to say that broad gun ownership by Americans enhances the concept of “freedom from tyranny.”  I believe quite the opposite is true.
Though some, perhaps not so many gun owners are politically aware, clearly the majority are among the group activists refer to as “sheeple.”
Two groups typify the majority of politically vocal gun owners in America, NRA members and those who were involved in the Tea Party movement.
Both organizations are politically right wing, fully under the control of the Israel lobby and Wall Street; both are totalitarian, Islamophobic and use psychological warfare tactics to manipulate members through fear and deception.
Both organizations, supposedly based on protection from tyranny, are aligned with powerful corporations, extremist “think tanks” and foreign intelligence services.
The money, and the money behind the “gun lobby” is endless, comes from organized crime and drugs, human trafficking, financial criminals and those who profit from crime and war.
Americans know war; we not only have been at war around the world since 2001 but for eight years suffered at the hands of an illegal regime in Washington, two stolen elections, two illegal wars, endless propaganda and the total dissolution of all rights to due process and privacy.
By the time Barak Obama assumed the presidency, there were no constitutional rights left for Americans.  Our question to him is a simple one, why has he failed to restore the right Bush took away, promises made long ago?
However, let us be clear about blame.
For eight years, the Bush 43 regime systematically warred against America.
When the most childishly obvious “inside job” in history, 9/11, was perpetrated, sending America into a frenzy of race war abroad while creating an illegal police state at home, not a word was said.
The cartoonish “pop culture media” played the tune and the “sheeple” danced along, keeping their guns but gladly giving up their freedom, gleefully watching thousands of Americans slaughtered, gleefully watching Americans slaughter what well now be millions across the planet.
At home, the TV was filled with shows about new “precision weapons” and hour upon hour of tales about Hitler and the holocaust.  Entire networks were set up to do nothing else, nothing but to sell war, sell a very deceptive version of history, pure psychological warfare to place the focus on imaginary enemies while those at home were taking America down.
And they took America down, destroyed America’s constitution, turned America into a nation of torture and secret prisons, of drone attacks, a nation that openly financed and supported genocide in Palestine, in Iraq, in Afghanistan, in Pakistan and now that list is growing.
Now, gun owners are awakened by one of the great mysteries of all time, “Sandy Hook.”  What little exists of a half-formed “official cover story” is not being questioned.
Proof that Sandy Hook was a terrorist attack is being suppressed.
Bulletproof vests become “fishing vests,” assault rifles turn out to be shotguns (Benneli M2), multiple cars are found with weapons, drug cartel ties are “erased,” motives are invented and disappear as quickly until none whatsoever remain.
Then the “pop culture media” tells us to “move on,” the cover story for a terror attack was so botched that no one seems to be able to make the lies fit together.
Why distrust gun owners?
After 9/11, billions were made in airline stocks, based on mysterious predictions of the event and its impact on key financial markets.
Many more billions were made by Larry Silverstein, who held the lease on the World Trade Center, a $124 million investment in buildings mandated for unaffordable refurbishment and asbestos removal, legally prohibited from “official” demolition, turned a profit of between $5 and 7 billion in insurance after “the incident.”
What “incident?”
On 9/11, we are “told” that around 12,000 gallons of jet fuel (kerosene and ethylene glycol) produced the heat and blast power that destroyed more than 10 times the steel the Hiroshima nuclear bomb accounted for.
The NRA has never mentioned 9/11 and the Tea Party, though originally established in Boston to demand an investigation into 9/11, was quickly taken over by the Israeli Koch Brothers and turned over to media buffoons Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachman, fronts for the AIPAC lobby.
Why do I have trust problems with “gun owners?”
It is one thing turning away from 9/11 “conspiracy theories” when hand fed propaganda for years.
I can almost understand the “Israel worship” of some when television obsessively portrays Israelis as heroic and honorable, even though reality runs much the other direction.
Then there is torture, kidnapping and murder, those too are accepted, this is where I become untrusting and unforgiving.
I no longer feel safe around those that seem able to deny, able to turn away from anything, from everything.
There is a point where “moral flexibility” becomes psychopathic behavior.
What good is a gun without honor or courage?
What good is a gun in the hands of a bully or coward?
Why trust in the judgment of a moron?
And so it goes….
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2013/01/04/press-tv-the-truth-about-americans-and-guns/

2012: The Year of Banker Infestation . . . 2013: The Year They Become Obsolete?

theintelhub.com
January 4, 2012

From YouTube – Max Keiser

In this episode, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert argue over whether things are looking better or worse for the American worker.
While Stacy argues that the return of some manufacturing is a sign that wealth creating jobs may return to the US, Max counters that the system is so corrupt that the chances of labor getting any cut of the wealth is nil and that the Internet giants will prevent the rise of a powerful decentralized economy online.
In the second half, Max Keiser talks to Professor Jonathan Feldman about the Global Teach-In and about a boycott and short sale campaign and creating an industrial policy for America because right now the US even outsources some military production to China.
H/T Activist Post

http://theintelhub.com/2013/01/04/2012-the-year-of-banker-infestation-2013-the-year-they-become-obsolete/

Illinois Democrats Lose Bid to Pass Firearms Confiscation Bill

By Kurt Nimmo
Prison Planet
January 4, 2013

Democrats in the Illinois Senate have failed to gain enough support for legislation that would have outlawed 50 percent of long guns on the market in the state and would have confiscated weapons owned by citizens.

On Wednesday, we reported that Illinois Senate President John Cullerton planned to introduce a draconian bill that would have effectively banned all modern firearms, criminalized their owners, and subjected their guns to confiscation by the Illinois State Police.

“Based on what we know about Cullerton’s bill, firearms that would be banned include all semiautomatic rifles, pistols, and shotguns,” the Illinois State Rifle Association reported.
“Pump action shotguns would be banned as well.
This would be a very comprehensive ban that would include not only so-called ‘assault weapons’ but also such classics as M1 Garands and 1911-based pistols.
There would be no exemptions and no grandfathering. You would have a very short window to turn in your guns to the State Police to avoid prosecution.”
In addition to outlawing a large number of firearms, the legislation would have targeted shooting ranges in the state.
Following the failure today, Democrats pledged to reintroduce legislation outlawing the Second Amendment.

“We will take some time to work on these important issues to advance them in the near future,” Cullerton’s press secretary, Rikeesha Phelon, told reporters.

Illinois governor Pat Quinn has indicated he will push for outlawing semiautomatic weapons this Spring.
http://theintelhub.com/2013/01/04/illinois-democrats-lose-bid-to-pass-firearms-confiscation-bill/

A Cure for Obamacare: From Canada With Love

By Gregory Cummings
The Freeman
January 4, 2013

A new study on Canadian healthcare has been released. In it, the authors examine the deleterious effects of socialized medicineon patient wait times and the delivery of care. It offers Americans a revealing glimpse of the future economic implications of Obamacare.

Released by the Fraser Institute, the December 2012 survey of specialists reveals that Canadians are now waiting 17.7 weeks between the referral to a specialist and the delivery of treatment. This is 91 percent longer than in 1993, when the institute began studying wait times.
In essence, wait times in Canada have doubled in the past twenty years. Sadly, the rationing of care that results in lengthy wait times for patients is a predictable consequence of government interference in the medical system.

Moral Hazard and Overconsumption

Other things the same, consumers (in this case, patients) seek out more medical care as its price decreases. This is simply a reflection of the law of demand. Because patients living under government medical “insurance” pay nothing directly, they seek out medical treatment for increasingly frivolous reasons, squandering valuable resources in the process.
Suddenly, a runny nose during cold and flu season is reason enough to proceed to the hospital. Or an otherwise healthy individual travels to the nearest medical clinic on a weekly basis to have the doctor check his blood pressure. Or an elderly widower visits the emergency room on Christmas Day because he’s lonely. Moral hazard of this sort is all too common in Canada.

No Medicine, No Care

On the other hand, the skyrocketing costs associated with growing use of the State-funded medical system cause the government to institute price controls on health care services. Economic calculation, a characteristic feature of the unhampered market economy, is progressively eliminated as prices become increasingly arbitrary. This neuters the market allocation of resources, resulting in persistent shortages in critical areas. Medical care is then rationed to patients. Long wait times are but one symptom.
In addition, barriers to entry, such as State-licensing requirements and the accreditation of educational institutions, cartelize various medical professions and further exacerbate these circumstances.

Ultimately, as Murray Rothbard predicted, “everyone has the right to free medical care, but there is, in effect, no medicine and no care”.

The wait times, for example, satisfy the needs of seemingly everyone but the patient. According to the specialists consulted in the Fraser study, Canadians are waiting approximately three weeks longer than is reasonable between the initial consultation with a specialist and elective treatment. Importantly, a wait time that is deemed reasonable by a physician, especially one accustomed to practicing within the framework of socialized medicine in Canada, is likely less tolerable for the individual patient. For example, while a median twelve-week wait time for orthopedic surgery may seem reasonable to a specialist, it may not be for a bed-ridden long-term care resident awaiting hip replacement surgery. Nevertheless, these results were deemed satisfactory by Canadian provincial governments, who evidently hold themselves to lower standards of performance.
Currently, Canadians are awaiting an estimated 870,462 procedures. Life on a waiting list isn’t pretty. It involves living in a state of poorer health, in constant fear that treatment will come too late, increased suffering and lower quality of life, and financial and economic loss. According to Dr. David Gratzer, author of Code Blue: Reviving Canada’s Health Care System, some patients even die without treatment. Others will travel in search of health care. In fact, an estimated 0.9 percent of patients left the country in 2012 in preference for treatment outside of Canada.

The Cure

It doesn’t have to be this way. As Rothbard, describing the U.S. medical system of his time, explains:

Everyone old enough to remember the good old days of family physicians making house calls, spending a great deal of time with and getting to know the patient, and charging low fees to boot, is deeply and properly resentful of the current assembly-line care. But all too few understand the role of the much-beloved medical insurance itself in bringing about this sorry decline in quality, as well as the astronomical rise in prices.
Rothbard saw the rise of the HMO/PPO state in America, which Obamacare essentially puts on steroids. Under this system, Americans received health “insurance” beyond catastrophic care. This amounted to an all-you-can-eat healthcare buffet for consumers, just as it did in Canada—only without the rationing. Care providers and health insurers formed a cartel around these profligate consumers and divided the spoils. The result has been steady medical inflation in America. But without accurate price signals for patients, rationing will have to follow. The Canadian example demonstrates that the egalitarian desideratum of “equal care for all” condemns society to poorer care for all. That is why Obamacare too will fail.
Instead, the cure for our metastasizing health care ills is freedom—that is, a restoration of the market process with the patient at the center. This restoration of patient sovereignty in the medical system is the only way to allocate health care resources efficiently and without shortages. Wanna treat American healthcare? Prescribe capitalism.

This article originally appeared at The Freeman

http://theintelhub.com/2013/01/04/a-cure-for-obamacare-from-canada-with-love/

Govt Bans 75-Watt Bulbs, Replaces with Mercury-Leaking ‘Efficient’ Bulbs

By Lisa Garber
theintelhub.com
January 4, 2013

The days of the 75-watt incandescent light bulbs seem to be numbered. Stores may sell their existing stock, but January 2^nd’s new federal law is preparing to phase out production and importation. Forty- and 60-watt incandescent bulbs will face the same slow death next year.

The government is instead favoring fluorescent bulbs including CFLs, or compact fluorescent light, for the bulbs’ ability to use 75 percent less energy and last up to 10 times longer than incandescent. The problem? Mercury exposure. While CFL’s mercury content has drawn fire—which is usually snuffed out with instruction on proper disposal techniques, what often goes unmentioned is growing unrest related to research showing that CFLs may emit poisonous materials when switched on. These materials include phenol, naphthalene, and styrene, which are, respectively, harmful to the eyes, skin, respiratory tract, and kidneys; destructive to red blood cells; and a suspected toxin to the gastrointestinal tract, kidney, respiratory system, and more.

Carcinogens: Just a Click Away

German scientist Peter Braun advises keeping “such carcinogenic substances…as far away as possible from the human environment.” He even claims to use them “only very economically. They should not be used in unventilated areas and definitely not in the proximity of the head.”

Another study, published in Environmental Engineering Science, highlights the dangers of CFLs once broken. Research by Yadong Li and Li Jin of Jackson State University shows that while liquid mercury levels initially exposed after a break are lower than Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations for “safe” mercury levels, mercury leaching actually increases over time to well above such levels. Even if the broken material is quickly contained and disposed of, mercury continues to leach into landfills and into groundwater, polluting our drinking water and food supply.

Mercury Leaching from Energy Consumption

Hoarding incandescent light bulbs won’t do much for mercury leaching, however. The European Commission states that 4 percent of the EU’s total energy consumption was dedicated to light bulbs (excluding spot lights). To power these bulbs, no matter the type, the EU burns some coal, the very act of which emits mercury. According to the EC, incandescent lamps result in the highest mercury emissions to the environment per unit of light produced, halogen lamps the least, and CFLs somewhere in the middle, taking into consideration that only 20 percent of them are typically recycled and the rest are inappropriately disposed of.

The EC also mentions that any of the lamps discussed here result is around 20 times lower the amount emitted from traditional dental practices. if that really matters.

The bag is mixed at the end of the day. One thing, however, is clear: mercury is practically ubiquitous in our modern food and environment, and whether from one kind of bulb or another, or from the coal burning used to power them, more research is due before irreversible damage is done to the planet and its inhabitants.

Additional Sources:

WSOCTV

This article originally appeared at Natural Society

http://theintelhub.com/2013/01/04/govt-bans-75-watt-bulbs-replaces-with-mercury-leaking-efficient-bulbs/

DHS Says ‘Report Neighbors Who Have Coffee Grinders and Goggles’

Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2013 3:18 AM

You know, these people don't even deserve print anymore. Coffee Grinders, give me a break..There are huge coffee grinders in all stores right now that I have been in. And they are bigger than the person can buy individually. As for the making of chemicals, they need to look into their own back yard and people who are and have been making chemical soup to dump on the people all over the world. That hasn't stopped yet. Until then, they can go after the real criminals and let the innocent people alone.

DHS Says ‘Report Neighbors Who Have Coffee Grinders and Goggles’

By Alex Allen
theintelhub.com
January 1, 2013

Unfortunately, we have all, at one point or another, been made painfully aware of the destructive surveillance state that the United States has become since the alleged terrorist attack on September 11, 2011.
Over the past year or two, however, The Department of Homeland Security, under Secretary Janet Napolitano, has been pushing local police departments as well as individual citizens to spy on their neighbors and local residents, expanding and intensifying this horrible Orwellian nightmare.
They have even gone so far as to release “If You See Something, Say Something” advertisements and extensive documents which outline the various ‘suspicious activities’ people should be looking for.

It has already been made public that Homeland Security has a list of ‘suspicious’ words used to monitor social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter (RT – Target on your cyber back: DHS has a list of words deemed ‘suspicious’) and that this list of words contains everything from “assassination” to “agriculture” and even “pork.”

We also know that we’re supposed to report anyone who avoids eye contact, owns multiple firearms, takes photos or videos, is over dressed, or covers furniture in their home. (National Terror Alert – See Something, Say Something)

Now, the Liberty Battles team has come across a document from December 27, 2010 which suggests that we should report anyone who has coffee grinders and goggles. And no; this is not a satirical article, although we wish it was.
In a December 27, 2010 “Roll Call Release,” the DHS informed law enforcement and first responders that they should be on the lookout for certain people; but it’s not gun owning patriots or citizen journalists; it’s coffee drinkers and scientists.
The document intends to show indicators to the law enforcement and first responders which may suggest that a person is making or has the ability to make CBR (chemical, biological, and radiological) weapons.
The document starts off by saying that witnessing one of the indicators listed in this document alone would not be conclusive, but witnessing more than one of these indicators along with other ‘suspicious’ activity might be.
We’ve already concluded that ‘other suspicious activity’ could be owning guns, practicing citizen journalism, and taking about pork; so what are these new ‘indicators’ that police, first responders, and average citizens should be on the lookout for?
Well, here’s a full list of these ‘dangerous indicators.’
(U//FOUO) Unusual or unpleasant odors, chemical fires, brightly colored stains, or corroded or rusted metal fixtures in apartments, hotel or motel rooms, self-storage units, or garages.
— (U//FOUO) Unexplained presence of equipment, containers, or material that could be used for radiation shielding or protection, such as lead, concrete, or steel.
— (U//FOUO) Unexplained presence of radiation detection or identification equipment.
— (U//FOUO) Damage to clothing, evidence of serious illness, or injuries such as burns, skin lesions, infections, or missing hands or fingers.
— (U//FOUO) Presence of potential precursors for biological agent production, such as castor
beans or bacterial growth materials.
— (U//FOUO) Laboratory equipment such as Bunsen burners, microscopes, and scientific
glassware; personal protective equipment such as masks, goggles, and gloves; household items
such as plant seeds, strainers, coffee grinders, and filters; and common household chemicals
such as acetone located together in places that are unusual, hidden, or disguised.
— (U//FOUO) An individual’s reluctance or inability to explain the presence of toxic chemicals,
radioactive materials, biological organisms, or related equipment.
— (U//FOUO) Presence of CBR training manuals, such as The Mujahideen Poisons Handbook or
The Anarchist Cookbook.
— (U//FOUO) Chemical containers discarded in dumpsters.
— (U//FOUO) Evidence of unexplained animal deaths.
— (U//FOUO) Security measures that appear inappropriate for the location they protect.
Obviously, if you see chemical fires coming from your neighbor’s house and hear them screaming “death to America!” something may be up. But some of these indicators that, according to Homeland Security, suggest that a person may be creating CBR weapons, are just absurd.
Let’s remember that more than one of these indicators along with other ‘suspicious’ behavior could be serious and should be reported immediately, according to this document. So let’s create a scenario, shall we?
We start off with an average person; John Smith. John’s house has just burned down and he was barely able to escape the fire.
He has a few bruises and burns and what little clothes he has left are tattered and ripped. He’s walking down the street with his head down, not making eye contact with anyone, because he doesn’t feel like conversing with anyone in light of the recent tragedy.
In addition to this, he’s constantly coughing because of the smoke inhalation he experienced during the fire.
We now go to another person; Bob. Bob has read the Department of Homeland Security’s various documents and manuals on suspicious activity and he’s always on the lookout for things.
He sees John walking down the street. He doesn’t know John so he doesn’t know that he has recently lost his home in a terrible fire.
Bob believes John is acting a little suspicious so he pulls out his trusty DHS checklist and goes through the indicators. Bob is stunned when he is able to pull together several conclusive indicators.
1.      John has bruises and burns on his body.
2.      John has ripped and tattered clothing.
3.      John isn’t making eye contact with anyone.
4.      John has a persistent cough, indicating possible illness.
Bob pulls out his cell phone and dials 911. “I think I’ve found a terrorist,” he says. Bob feels good about himself.
He has saved America from a possible terrorist attack. Bob walks away with a smile.
Now obviously, this scenario is a bit of a stretch – not that this scenario isn’t possible, but it’s unlikely. But it serves as an example that several of these indicators can occur without the person being linked to Al-Qaeda or any terrorist activity.
These ‘indicators’ are simply the Department of Homeland Security’s way of turning everyone against everyone and forcing us into a nightmare Orwellian surveillance state in which everyone is a complete paranoid schizophrenic.

Alex Allen is the director of LibertyBattles.com

http://theintelhub.com/2013/01/01/terrorists-dhs-says-report-neighbors-who-have-coffee-grinders-and-goggles/

Saturday, January 5th, 2013 | Posted by Sherwood Ross

U.S. Failure To Act Swiftly on GW Imperils the U.S. And The World

America’s failure to get serious about GW recalls the story of the German bureaucrats who, as the Soviet tanks rolled into Berlin in April, 1945, were busy working on Hitler’s paperclip requirements for the third quarter of the year. If they had only looked out their window they would have known the Third Reich was kaput.
If nothing else, Hurricane Sandy gave Americans an opportunity to look out their windows to recognize there’s been a sea change in the weather. The giant storm killed more than 100 people, unhoused tens of thousands, forced the evacuation of hundreds of thousands more, turned off the lights for eight million souls, and inflicted an astounding $50 billion worth of damage. It even set back scientific research by drowning thousands of laboratory animals being used in clinical experiments in East Coast laboratories.
As the Nov. 5 issue of Bloomberg Businessweek reported, the number of natural disasters inflicting damage of $1 billion or more since 1996 more than doubled compared with the previous 15-year period. Like Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz,” the American public now believes, “I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” A Pew Research Center poll last October found two-thirds of Americans think there is “solid evidence” the earth is getting warmer. This ain’t the America those of us over 40 grew up in and we know it.
Only this week, AP reported from New Bataan, The Philippines, “A powerful typhoon that washed away emergency shelters, a military camp and possibly entire families in the southern Philippines has killed almost 350 people with nearly 400 missing, authorities said Thursday.”
More bodies were retrieved from hardest-hit Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental provinces and six others impacted by Tuesday’s storm, the Office of Civil Defense reported.
At least 200 of the victims died in Compostela Valley alone, including 78 villagers and soldiers who perished in a flash flood that swamped two emergency shelters and a military camp.
“Entire families may have been washed away,” said Interior Secretary Mar Roxas, who visited New Bataan on Wednesday. The farming town of 45,000 people was a muddy wasteland of collapsed houses and coconut and banana trees felled by ferocious winds.(Italics added.)
In an essay titled, “It’s Global Warming, Stupid,” assistant managing editor Paul Barrett of Bloomberg Businessweek points out that Munich Re, the big German reinsurance firm, published a new report saying, “nowhere in the world is the rising number of natural catastrophes more evident than in North America.” From 1980 through 2011, Barrett says, weather disasters caused losses totaling $1.06 trillion.” (If the U.S. doesn’t care about the Filipinos, it should realize its greenhouse gases are imperiling its own.)
Ominous as changing weather patterns have become, there is every prospect the lack of leadership in D.C. will make them worse. A major GW trigger will be the Keystone XL oil pipeline to tap the tar sands of Alberta, Canada.
If built, “Essentially, it’s game over for the planet,” said James Hansen, the head of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. He is quoted by reporter Jane Mayer in the Nov. 28th, 2011, issue of “The New Yorker” magazine as making the statement to environmental activist Bill McKibben.
Building the pipeline would hasten the extraction of exceptionally dirty crude oil, using huge amounts of water and heat, from the tar sands, which would then be piped across the United States, refined, and burned as fuel, releasing a vast new volume of greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, reporter Mayer writes.
“The tar sands’ oil deposits may be a treasure trove second in value only to Saudi Arabia’s, and the pipeline, as McKibben saw it, (and) posed a powerful test of America’s resolve to develop cleaner sources of energy, as Barack Obama had promised to do in the 2008 campaign,” Mayer wrote. McKibben is a scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, Vt.
The very idea of pumping more toxic greenhouse gas into the atmosphere when people’s homes and lives are being washed away from New York to New Bataan is appalling. But anything can happen when a threat of this magnitude was virtually blacked out during the presidential debates and your myopic bureaucrats don’t look out the window.
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2013/01/05/u-s-failure-to-act-swiftly-on-gw-imperils-the-u-s-and-the-world/

Developing nuclear disaster?

Isfahan update

I got 5 hits from Iran today, but those could be easily spoofed. But they could also be real. People associated with this web site have contacts in Isfahan which will prefer to remain anonymous for obvious reasons, and we will try to get the news out of there that way. I don't want to be unreasonably spooky here, but there has got to be a reason why the place got evacuated and thus far there have been spurious reports about window rattling/earth shaking explosions happening at the Isfahan nuclear facility, followed by evacuations. A photo in an Israeli newspaper showed smoke rising that appeared apocalyptic in nature, but I could not click through it for more info.

Once again, there are people on the ground there and a contact here, who will be able to get the truth out of there once and for all as soon as contact is established. Obviously with a huge evacuation things are chaotic right now.
There is a lot of speculation going on out there about what happened. But I will dare to go beyond speculation here, and pretty much say it. This was a direct attack from Israel and there is a lot of nuclear material burning. The material that is burning was going to be used for a heavy water reactor and not Busher. People don't realize it, but Iran actually has quite a few nuclear reactors, not just one, and Isfahan was associated with the other reactors, not Busher. My guess is that this attack is going to be worse than Fuku and Chernobyl combined, this is not a small event.

-SO-

I'd like to once again bring to the forefront the ORIGINAL do-it-right-nuclear-job-by-Israel. This photo is better than any of the others I released of the Fukushima site. And it clearly proves, beyond all doubt, Fuku was blown up by bombs (reactor 4 proves it,) and you can look right down inside the EMPTY reactor 4. Reactor 4 is Fukushima's building 7 because it was dis-assembled for an internal shroud replacement when it "exploded", the same way building 7 fell without a plane. It's a nice clear photo.

General Electric Reliability

Here we have the mangled guts of reactor 3 laying out in the open, this was part of the core spray system, and at least one nozzle is still spraying even after the core was ejected and blown to smithereens. I interviewed the man who designed this exact reactor specifically for Fukushima. He did a good job, obviously, if the pieces are still trying to work after being mangled.

Nice job, Israel, really really cool.

And Oh, Dear ENE Arnie Gundersen and Rense, this was not secret footage. How the hell did you miss it?

So the world now needs to make a decision - Are we going to let Israel turn the world into a nuclear nightmare? What gives them the right? No one was really bothering them, it seems like they are doing it out of arrogance or sport, like a kid with a BB gun out shooting sparrows. So what do we do about it? Is it time to decide that ONE last nuclear disaster somewhere close to Jerusalem is what the world needs to stop 50?

And lets not all forget those explosives in that Swedish nuclear plant

Isfahan may have been bombed

It is extremely probable that the real reason why the Iranian city of Isfahan had to be evacuated is because of an Israeli strike on a nuclear facility there.
I have heard no confirmation that this is the case, but consider the following things:
Other than a minor event in November, we never heard of any problems in that city prior to this. And nuclear problems get reported like wildfire. So any reports of "what had been said, what might have been said", or whatever, are probably just to soften the psychological impact and bury what really could be the truth - that the place was running fine and got bombed.
There have been no Iranian hits on this web site since this event occurred. I do pay attention to which countries hit this site, and curiously, I noticed this morning that there were no hits from Iran. This could be for a couple of reasons - one, the news at Isfahan has drawn attention inward to issues inside Iran, or two, that it's hard to get out on the web right now from Iran, for reasons unknown. Either way, the lack of hits is out of the ordinary.
A major thing to consider is that in the initial reports out of Isfahan, there was no mention of any explosions. But this could easily be due to a coverup by the Western media, and now people who have left the city and communicated on their own have indeed reported that there were explosions near the nuclear facility. And at Isfahan, there is nothing that can explode. It's the wrong type of facility. This means something else exploded, and if it shook the strong concrete homes the Iranians build, it had to be some sort of explosive.
Another thing to consider is that it's impossible to get a significant radiation leak, anything that would threaten lives, without nuclear material getting expulsed from a nuclear site in the form of smoke or dust. If there is nothing at Isfahan that can explode and throw nuclear materials everywhere, enough to trigger evacuations, WHAT ELSE DID?
And another thing to consider - Just by geology alone, Iran is a radioactive country. There are places in Iran which have a natural background radiation level of 250 millisieverts a year, which is 50 times the Chernobyl exclusion zone level. People live in those areas and survive the radiation just fine. These areas are in the north of Iran where there are famous hot springs, and people actually go swimming in the hot springs which expel radioactive steam and nothing bad happens to them. So Iranians are not stupid about radiation, if Isfahan got evacuated for reasons of a "radioactive leak" after explosions, something huge happened there and I'd bet a dime to a dollar Israel did it.
It will be a tragedy if that be the case, Isfahan is regarded as one of the most beautiful and important archaeological cities in the world, the site in question produced enriched uranium, and there was a lot of material there. But if Israel was willing to devastate Japan, the sky is the limit, there is nothing they will not do.
In the Apocalypse (book of revelations) the Bible speaks about Israel being destroyed in the last days, AFTER it becomes a nation again. And as a child reading the bible, I had a fair amount of dread and sympathy over those verses, never considering the fact that the place may in fact have been reborn as a hive of filth, and the fact that such destruction may have been brought to them by righteous people elsewhere; the bible makes no reference at all to whether or not they deserved it . . . . . . . . Hmmmmmm . . . . . . . . .
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3 Jan 2012
Tommy wrote:
"Recently I took a bus across a long distance of the southern USA. On one of the buses there were numerous cameras. The driver went on to tell us to behave because the cameras were recording everything and they were plugged into DHS. I was shocked that he mentioned that. I have no reason to doubt him, pretty damn scary that cameras on a bus are wired to DHS.
Thank you for all that you do. I check your site often."
My response
It's ridiculous to put DHS cameras on a bus. If there, why not the local pub? That's where it's all going unless this 50 headed hydra of a government gets it's funding chopped off. It is a fact that America's wealth has gone to fund it's destruction. I don't think Americans should do anything to prevent a collapse, they should prepare for a collapse but not bother preventing it. Because a collapse would mean that the government will have less money available to make our lives miserable.
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Letter from a HS Superintendent

After receiving this e-mail, I found this, and it's proof positive. It's the letter from the superintendent of the school, posted on the Narrows High School web site. If you click the link, this letter is in a PDF that is linked in big red letters "notice from superintendent".
January 1, 2013
Dear Parents/Guardians:
On the evening of Dec. 27th, 2012, the Giles County Sheriff’s Department, the Town of Narrows police department, and the Giles County Schools, were notified by the Va. State police regarding information on a web-site. This web-site discussed the shootings that occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut. Included in this discussion on the web-site was how “Sandy Hook” was referenced in the Batman movie “The Dark Knight Rising.” This reference was in a map that appeared in a scene in this movie. Another zone on this map appearing in the movie was “Narrows.” The author, who posted this article, did an online Google search based “on a hunch” for “Narrows Schools.” From this search, information for Narrows Elementary/Middle School and Narrows High School appeared.
Based on this information, we have been in communication with our local law enforcement officials (i.e. – the Sheriff’s Department and Town of Narrows police) to discuss this issue further. Additional precautions have been taken for the immediate future and additional safeguards will be installed at each of our facilities in the near future.
Again, please realize that there were no specific threats made against any of our schools in Giles County. However, based on this information, we are working with our local law enforcement officials to continue to ensure the safety of our students and our staff members.
If you have any questions, please contact your child(s) school or the Giles County School Board office.
Sincerely,
Dr. Terry E. Arbogast, II
Superintendent
Other updates state that today the school was shut down. If this be the case, we really won a big one.
Jan 2, 2012

From here, where?

This is the real question, in an e-mail, and answering it appropriately will get my web site shut down. Put your thinking caps on and apply a little thought to the OBVIOUS answer, and I hate to say it, there is only ONE answer.
On 2013-01-01 17:07, Mike wrote:
We have tons of questions yet no answers. Waco has been buried, USS Liberty, Ruby Ridge, JFK, Oklahoma City...no answers. Instead of priding ourselves on how much clever stuff we have on Sandy Hook, let's take a wild guess and see if anybody feels this will be another slam dunk for the forces of evil or if something positive will happen.
We are limp wristed, effete, naive, trusting, and stupid. We are not even fighting the game well. We've been blocked off by the forces of evil, Kikedom has won another round. Political corruption is rampant, it's a sideshow that we see in the fiscal cliff non-entity brouhaha. Why in bejesus are we so impotent? We have no penetration, we are unable to reach Americans, is it just the effect of the kikes owning everything or are we just nincompoops?
Please address this is one of your next titanic episodes, si vous plait. For the good of all Americans, let's forget the bullshit and find the reasons we are so pathetically incapable.
Mike
My answer
It is because those who have had the answers and were going to do something about this have been and are being killed in silence, unless it takes the form of the loud booms we are always hearing about on forums like Godlikeproductions. Those booms are likely to be militias getting bombs dropped on them as they coordinate to take action, usually out in the middle of nowhere. And if they are in town and organizing something, "natural gas" will do.
I don't think Americans realize what it is really like to lose a war.
When you lose a war, the enemy OWNS YOUR MEDIA, OWNS YOUR SCHOOLS, OWNS YOUR GOVERNMENT, RUNS PSY OPS LIKE FEMINISM TO DESTROY YOU, OWNS THE FAMILY COURTS TO DESTROY YOU, OWNS YOUR FINANCES, OWNS EVERYTHING. That is what the reality is after losing a war. The enemy OWNS IT ALL, and I really think Americans need to wake up to this fact.
America lost the war and not a single shot was fired, all it took was a little sleep during the 70's and 80's to allow the disease of Feminism and sexual immorality to grow, tolerance of the child support laws and divorce courts starting in the 80's, tolerance of a horrible infiltration into our colleges which no longer educate - they brainwash, and then a couple planes into buildings. That is how America lost to the zionists, and there is only ONE ANSWER.
When the enemy owns it all, you will never get the word out. Look what happened to me. At least I survived. What about the others? In the situation we are in there is ONLY ONE ANSWER. IF YOU CAN'T GET THE WORD OUT, AND YOU CAN'T HAVE A FAIR ELECTION, AND EVERYTHING IS USURPED, THERE IS ONLY ONE ANSWER, AND THEY ARE AFTER THAT ANSWER NOW - TO TAKE IT FROM YOU.
Like any usurping force that has overthrown any nation, reality will have it that they are few in number and simply have their hands on the levers of power.
YOU HAVE THE ANSWER.
There was a dairy farmer with a herd of cows. This farmer took good care of his herd, because he knew that if he kept them fat and happy they would produce lots of income. He drugged them to make them produce more, he fed them all kinds of fattening stuff to make them produce more, and the BEST cows got the BEST place in the barn because serving the farmer the best had it's perks.
The cows loved the farmer and never realized they were being used. Every morning and every evening they would happily await his arrival to get milked yet again, and the farmer's smiling face and calming voice was something they looked forward to. Sometimes new cows would arrive and others would leave and no one questioned why.
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There was a group of women. And their society took good care of them because the owners of the society knew that if they kept the women fat and happy they would produce lots of income that could be milked off in the form of taxes. The rulers made sure the women believed that drugging themselves with antidepressants was good, and it made the women produce more. They got to eat all kinds of fattening stuff, and the best of them got to live in the nicest places because serving the rulers had it's perks.
The women loved the state and never realized they were being used. Every morning they would happily set aside their families to get milked yet again and the prospect of a fat paycheck was something they looked forward to. But like the cows in the barn they were in fact being used, and they, and their counterparts the bulls will NEVER be allowed into the farmer's home to eat at the table. And now that they are far advanced in the losses of their freedoms, when their usefulness has been spent, they will, like the cows, be sent to the slaughter when they are unable to perform and the farmer has no better use for them.
Like the cows in the barn their children are herded off into the hands of other farmers who will make good and sure they grow up to serve the farmers well. And with their children receiving all influence from the farmers, they can kiss their heritage and identity goodbye all the while the farmers assure them that their efforts at "educating the young" ensure they will have it.
THAT is what it is like to be living under "Kikedom". And it's a sad thing, because unlike a herd of cattle in a barn you are a sentient spiritual being with hopes and dreams and needs far beyond those of any cow. Why do you allow yourself to be managed as such?
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Vatican Account Frozen - Tourists Must Pay In Cash - NO ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS!

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Vatican Account Frozen - Tourists Must Pay In Cash - NO ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS!

Posted By: Jordon [Send E-Mail]
Date: Friday, 4-Jan-2013 20:05:36

. Card payments blocked, cash only in Vatican City Italy’s central bank has blocked all bank card payments in the Vatican because of a failure to comply with EU safeguards against money laundering, forcing people to pay for services in cash until further notice, Italian media said on Thursday. It’s “cash only” now for tourists at the Vatican wanting to pay for museum tickets, souvenirs and other services after Italy’s central bank decided to block electronic payments, including credit cards, at the tiny city-state. Deutsche Bank Italia, which for some 15 years had provided the Vatican with electronic payment services, said Thursday that the Bank of Italy had pulled its authorization after Dec. 31. The Corriere della Sera newspaper reported that the Italian central bank took the action because the Holy See has not yet fully complied with European Union safeguards against money laundering. That means Italian banks are not authorized to operate within the Vatican, which is in the process of improving its mechanisms to combat laundering. The Vatican says it is scrambling to solve the problem for thousands of visitors who flock to its very popular Vatican Museums, which include highlights like the Sistine Chapel. The Holy See had no immediate comment on the Bank of Italy’s reported reasons. Tourists in the long lines Thursday that snaked around Vatican City walls were not happy about the inconvenience. “It’s certainly a disadvantage,” said Giuseppe Amoruso, an Italian. “Credit cards provide a useful service, which needs to be accessible to everybody, everywhere.” “A lot of tourists don’t have cash on them, so they have to get euros and don’t know where to get them,” said Fluger William Hunter, an American tourist. The central bank said a routine inspection found that Deutsche Bank Italia hadn’t sought authorization when it first started providing services at the Vatican. When it finally did, the Bank of Italy turned it down because the Vatican’s banking norms, including measures to combat money laundering, didn’t meet Italy’s more stringent criteria of recent years, a central bank official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because there was no official statement on the case. The Vatican has been striving to upgrade its measures to detect and discourage money laundering, hiring a Swiss expert just a few months ago. Last summer, the Holy See passed a key European financial transparency test but received failing grades for its financial watchdog agency and its bank, formally called the Institute for Religious Works. The museums, with their entrance fees and popular souvenir shops, are a big money-maker for the Vatican. Other Vatican attractions, such as tours of the Vatican’s ancient underground spaces, also charge admission.

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"I Am Tempering You" & "The Stump Of Jesse Vision"

 SUSAN O'MARRAwww.intheimageofhisglory.com

January 3, 2013

Vision #1:

"I Am Tempering You" 

I awoke to a vision of a sword hovering in the air. It was being dipped into different things. The first thing it was dipped into was a vat of sand. The next was a container of wool. The third was a vessel of a silvery liquid. Over and over, the sword was dipped into each thing, one at a time, and repeated many times in it's circuit of sand, wool, and oil. Then the final thing was the sword was then placed within the folds of a beautiful garment that hung in the air nearby.

Then, the Lord spoke:

I am tempering you. I am rendering you impervious to cracks, to fractures, to schisms, and to divisions. I am hardening you to temptations and to demonic assaults. I am making you inflexible to compromise and to mixture of any kind. I am making you rigidly righteous, and strong in your faith in Me, so that I can wield you fully. I am polishing the last of the smudges in your personality that mar My image from being fully seen. I want you to gleam with Me in a new sensitivity and reveal a brighter countenance of Me. I am enfolding you into each other, My Robe, My Church, and I am adding into your layers a new corporate strength. I have tempered you each individually, now I will form you corporately into a formidable weapon for Me. This is the Year 2013, when I will form, I will assemble anew, and bring My End Time Army into full battle view.

Vision #2:

"The Stump Of Jesse Vision"

In the vision, I saw a field and in the middle of the field was a stump of a tree. When I saw the stump, I knew it was the stump of Jesse. As I watched, I saw the stump begin to sprout 9 sprouts. The 9 sprouts quickly grew upwards into the sunlight. As they grew upwards, they grew out leaves and they were all different colors. It was becoming a 9 branched multi-colored tree. Then I saw multitudes of ants come and began to build ant hills all around the Stump of Jesse. Great armies of ants were teeming all around the Tree Stump gathering things and building. I knew the ants were waiting for the tree to mature. Then I saw honey bees come and they began to swarm the area too. They gathered and began to build bee hives in the area too. They were coming in droves and were busy about building their hives together. Then I saw lastly, many butterfly's coming too. They fluttered all around and lit upon the 9 branches and the multicolored leaves of the tree and the area around the tree. They fluttered happily about in the sunlight.

God is bringing forth now in 2013, all of the ingredients together for a brand new work to begin in the earth. He is unfolding a grand plan and is revealing to the watchful a new design that will complement His Will and Heart with His People's in the earth. All things and all of His People are now being made ready and are being gathered by the Lord and are being assembled to usher in a new Day of Vision within the Church in the earth. Everything must now rest and wait while all is quickly gathered and set into place, and then it will unfold and flow as one great work in the days, and months, and years ahead. The Stump of Jesse is sprouting outwards.

1/4/13 A shifting has taken place

DEBRA LOWEhttp://daughtersofz.typepad.com/

1/4/13

A shifting has taken place. A shifting in the atmosphere and those who would run with me, they will run. They will run like never before and those things that used to hold them captive, they no longer hold any power over them. For all of a sudden they have awakened. The saints of the most High God, they have awakened and they will no longer be tied down nor barred down with the things of this world. And they are about to soar like eagles and they are about to claim those things that the enemy stole from them that are so high, so weighty, so far above the things of this world. 

Strong restoration and recovery operations and strategies to usher in healings of hearts and bodies. And all of a sudden says the Spirit of grace and mercy, signs and wonders and miracles, and demonstrations of the Holy Spirit, will break out in the camp of the most High God. And people who have been the rejected ones, the cast down ones, I’m gonna lift up. Then the glory of the Lord God will shine all around about them and then they will walk in the strength of their great God. They will no longer depend upon flesh nor the strength of their own might but their dependency will be upon Me and they will do great works and it will be noted in heaven for the ministering angels will come and assist them to do the works that they could not do. 

And then all of a sudden, I’m gonna sweep you in to My glory planned for these days, says the Lord. For this is the great awakening of my church. No longer shall she sleep in religious, in religion, or in religious ways or traditions. All of a sudden she will cast off those old discards of clothing that she has been wearing and she will awake in the new apparel of righteousness, holiness and power of the Holy One. And they will do great works and the enemy shall shake in his boots because now this is the time, this is the day, this is the season because the awakening has come!

"And my language and my message were not set forth in persuasive (enticing and plausible) words of wisdom, but they were in demonstration of the [Holy] Spirit and power [a proof by the Spirit and power of God, operating on me and stirring in the minds of my hearers the most holy emotions and thus persuading them], So that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men (human philosophy), but in the power of God." (1 Corin. 2:4-5)
"Are not the angels all ministering spirits (servants) sent out in the service [of God for the assistance] of those who are to inherit salvation?" (Heb. 1:14)
"Humble yourselves [feeling very insignificant] in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you [He will lift you up and make your lives significant]." (Jam. 4:10)