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2011 NOVEMBER 19 – 25

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Italy is too big for Europe to bail out ($2.6 trillion in debt). Cautious investors are not buying Italy’s bonds, even with 7% interest. Germany’s bonds also are being shunned. Borrowing rates for EU countries are on the rise. Yahoo 2011 Nov 25 (Cached)

Germany and France reject proposal by European Central Bank to print more money to get out of debt. [That's the good news. The bad news is they boosted the New World Order by agreeing to give the EU more power over their political and economic affairs.] Yahoo 2011 Nov 24 (Cached)

Japan: Tokyo Energy & Power Company (TEPCO) stunned observers when it argued that radioactive substances from damaged nuclear power plants belong to landowners, because the fallout settled there. The court apparently agreed in part because it ruled that taxpayers should pay for decontamin-ation, not TEPCO. Asahi 2011 Nov 24 (Cached)

Implanted microchips, cyborg soldiers, and insect/robots that monitor people are no longer conspiracy theories. Activist Post 2011 No 24 (Cached)

US: The Senate will vote next week on a bill that will allow the military to pick up and imprison citizens anywhere in the world, including America, without charges or trial. The bill was drafted in secret and passed in a closed-door committee without a public hearing. [Incidentally, this bill is sponsored by both Republicans and Democrats, just in case you thought there was a difference.] ACLU 2011 Nov 23 (Cached)

Bisphenol (BPA) levels spike 1200% after eating canned foods – even worse than from plastic bottles. BPA is linked to cancer and infertility.
Natural Society 2011 Nov 23 (Cached)



Russian President Medvedev warns that he will aim missiles at the proposed NATO defense shield in Europe if his country is refused influence over the shield. DailyMail 2011 Nov 23 (Cached)

Ten outlandish things the ‘scientific’ controllers have in mind for you in the near future. You won’t like any of them. NaturalNews 2011 Nov 23 (Cached)

Google gives up on trying to find a renewable-energy that is cheaper than coal. It turned out to be harder than they thought. The Register 2011 Nov 23 (Cached)

Warren Buffett advised the government regarding bank bailouts and then invested in the banks that he knew would receive the bailouts. [Insider trading is common in Washington based on privileged information.] The Blaze 2011 Nov 22

Malaysia: George Bush and Tony Blair are found guilty of war crimes by the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal. They will ask the UN International Criminal Court to bring Bush and Blair to trial. [We do not expect anything to come of this, because Malaysia has not yet accepted jurisdiction of the Court, but we shall see what impact this has on other countries.] Exopolitics 2011 Nov 22 (Cached)

Israel rejects calls for transparency in its covert nuclear program. It insists that all other countries submit to inspections. Press TV 2011 Nov 22 (Cached)

US: Banks claim their 3rd-quarter profits have reached a 4-year high; yet their revenue continues to slump. [How can you make higher profit on slumping revenue? The hard way is to reduce expenses. The easy way is to cook the books. The banks took money from reserves against future losses and moved it into the asset column. It doesn't get any easier than that.]
Reuters 2011 Nov 22 (Cached)

Ron Paul debate highlights includes the liberty view on foreign policy, terrorism and the failed war on drugs. YouTube 2011 Nov 22

The Federal Reserve has pumped billions of dollars into European banks in recent weeks, and the amount is expected to grow. [The Constitution does not authorize the banking cartel to create American dollars out of nothing and bail out European banks – or American banks, either. US citizens will pay for it all through taxes and inflation.The spin from the major media is that this legalized plunder is a smart move, because it gives Europeans the dollars to buy American goods! That's like lending $10,000 to a person hopelessly in debt so he can buy your old car. Congress remains silent, which shows who is really in charge.] Time 2011 Nov 22 (Cached)

Cat and dolphins play together. Be amazed.
  

Japan: Architect of Fukushima reactors says that fuel has melted through the containers and, when it reaches ground water, super-heated steam will cause massive volcano-like explosions.  
InfoWars 2011 Nov 22 (Cached)

UK: More emails from global-warming scientists at the UN IPCC at East Anglia provide even more evidence of data manipulation and fraudulent science. DailyMail 2011 Nov 22 (Cached)

US: Campus police at UC Davis are put on administrative leave after pepper spraying peaceful protesters. This video caught the action.
MSNBC 2011 Nov 21 (Cached)

US: Ever wonder whic financial-services companies spend the most money on lobbying in Washington? Here is a list of the top 20. (Goldman Sachs is #1). OpenSecrets.org posted 2011 Nov 21 (Cached)

Radiation in California air is measured at 300% above normal due to nuclear fallout from Japan. [The information is  important but the video is boring. We suggest you fast-forward to the end and concentrate on the conclusions.] IntelHub 2011 Nov 21

US: Ron Paul says the Super Committee’s failure to make budget cuts is due to an unwillingness to reduce government. The budget could be balanced immediately if the 2004 budget was adopted.
Yahoo 2011 Nov 21 (Cached)

EU bans and removes airport x-ray body scanners due to health dangers. In the US, the TSA still claims they are safe. NaturalSociety 2011 Nov 20 (Cached)



US: Alleged cyber attack on US water plant is being used to sell the public on the need for more government control over the Internet. [One pump broke down, but there is no solid evidence it was caused by a cyber attack. It is speculation and propaganda.] Activist Post 2011 Nov 19 (Cached)

US: Tenth Amendment Center offers model legislation requiring state governors to withhold National Guard forces from any war not declared by Congress. [That would draw down present overseas forces and could bring an end to US global wars. No wars for the last 70 years have been declared by Congress.] TAC 2011 Nov 19 (Cached)

Bank of America dumps $75 trillion in derivatives on US taxpayers. Super Committee pretends not to notice and does nothing.
OpEdNews Posted 2011 Nov 19 (Cached)

US: New bill introduced in Senate that would allow ANY kind of debt (not just bank accounts) to be guaranteed at face value by the FDIC. [This will allow banks to have their worst toxic debts, which never will be repaid, insured at taxpayers expense. How long will Americans continue to allow this legalized plunder?] Patrick.net 2011 Nov 17 (Cached)

New EU regulation prohibits distributors of bottled water from saying that drinking water is healthy or even that it prevents dehydration.
Express Posted 2011 Nov 19 (Cached)

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Reports and commentaries that look beyond the news to identify historical facts and trends that must be understood to place the news into perspective. This is our “think-tank” section that makes it possible to anticipate future events.

Economics professor Thomas Rustici explains that production drives economies, not spending. Today, production is overburdened by regulations and taxes. Because governments refuse to cut spending, their economies will fail. Each country is entangled with the debts of other countries, so the crisis is contagious. More money creation and inflation are inevitable. GoldMoney 2011 Nov 25

“Arab Springs” are not as spontaneous as they may seem. Here is an excellent analysis by Adrian Salbuchi of the influence of intelligence agencies of other governments, all with an axe to grind but NOT in the best interest of the people. RT 2011 Nov 23 (Cached)

Egypt is rioting because the revolution failed to alter the power of the military dictatorship. Only the figurehead was changed, and the covert influence of the West remains. Here is an analysis by James Corbett. Corbett Report 2011 Nov 21

Doctor says chemotherapy in the treatment of cancer is ineffective; yet it is a $1 trillion-a-year industry. Only 1% of research funding is used for prevention, because the cancer business thrives on its own failure. A cure would be terminal for profits. NewsWithViews posted 2011 Nov 17 (Cached)

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A PESSIMISTIC OR REALISTIC SCENARIO?
Posted 2011 Nov 25 from Prof. Peter Palms (web site)
A banking crisis and massive bailouts have already come to pass. The still unfolding scenario includes hyperinflation. collapse of the economy, a new global currency, domestic violence, U.N. “Peacekeeping” forces in the U.S., and the arrival of high-tech feudalism. Details at page 537 to 564 (Creature from Jekyll Island).

There is no optimistic scenario. Events have progressed to far for that. Even if we begin to turn things around by forcing Congress to cut spending and reduce the debt and disentangle from UN treaties, The Cabal will not let go without a ferocious fight. When the Second Bank of the United States was struggling for its life in 1834 Nicholas Biddle, who controlled it, set about to cause as much havoc in the economy as possible and then to blame it on President Jackson’s anti-bank policies. By suddenly tightening credit and withdrawing money from circulation, he triggered a full scale national depression. At the height of his attack, he declared; “All other banks and all the merchants may break, but the Bank of the United States shall not break.” The amount of devastation that could be caused by today’s Federal reserve is infinitely greater than what Biddle as able to unleash. It would be pure self-deception to think that the Cabal would give up its power without exercising that option. We must conclude that no one is going to get out of this unscathed. There is hell to pay, and it is we who are going to pay it.

What has this go to do with the Federal reserve System? The answer is that the Federal reserve is the starting point of the pessimistic scenario. The chain of events starts with fiat money created by the central bank which leads to government debt, which causes inflation, which destroys the economy, which impoverishes the people, which provides an excuse for increasing government power, which is an ongoing process culminating in totalitarianism,Eliminate the Federal reserve from this equation and the pessimistic scenario ceases to exist. That is the seventh and final reason to abolish the Fed. It is an instrument of totalitarianism.

Is it realistic to realistic to believe that the current trends can actually be reversed ? Isn’t it just fantasy to think that anything can be done at the late date to break the CFR’s hold over government, media, and education? do we really expect the gum chewing public to go upstream against the indoctrination of newspapers, magazines, television and movies?

The battle has progressed far and our position is not good. if we are to reverse the present trends we must be prepared to make a herculean effort. If you want to know what must be done first read pages 567 to 572. So much for things not to do. There are certain things that must precede abandonment of the Fed if we are to have a safe passage. Read pages 573 to 588 of fifth edition (24th printing ) The Creature From Jekyll Island.

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CORRECTION FOR LAST WEEKS ISSUE
2011 Nov 22 from John Barnes
Mr. G.,
In last week’s Unfiltered Forum, Keith Broaders writes a very important description of how powers devolve from the people to government. I have made this point myself in libertarian presentations. But Keith or someone left out what I believe is a critical word, “not.”

As the creators of the government, we the people can only grant powers to our government, that we already possess. We do not have the authority to take another man’s life, liberty or property, so we can [not] delegate this power to our government.

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[EXCELLENT! 75-minute video] Dr. Nick Begich Sit-down Interview in Alaska: HAARP, Secret Sciences, High Tech Mind Control, Alaska, Congressman Nick Begich Sr.’s Assassination & Cover-up — Much wisdom and many solutions here!

Dr. Nick Begich: HAARP, Secret Sciences & High Tech Mind Control 1/5

Uploaded by TheAlexJonesChannel on Nov 25, 2011

Dr. Nick Begich has been pursuing independent research in science and politics for most of his adult life. Dr Begich received a doctorate in traditional medicine from the Open International University for Complimentary Medicines in November 2004. Dr. Begich the eldest son of US Congressman Nick Begich Sr. and political activist Pegge Begich.

During this interview conducted by prisonplanet.tv, Dr. Begich talks about many controversial science experiments, including HAARP, Mind Control technology, compartmentalization within the science community, and how these technologies, which might be used for the progress of all mankind, is currently controlled by secret military industrial complex interests putting all of humanity at risk.

Dr. Begich talks about Alaska as a strategic location that can be utilized by the United States as way to stimulate the economy and put America back on the map as the world’s economic leader.

Finally, Dr. Begich spends some time telling us his perspective of the plane crash that killed his father, Congressman Nick Begich sr. and US House Majority leader, Hale Boggs. Dr. Begich recalls out the historical election that faced the U.S. immediately after this tragic plane crash. An almost forgotten event in American history, one that not only changed the course of U.S. history, but the history of the world as well.

http://prisonplanet.tv/news

http://earthpulse.com

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[Lionel] Hyper-Militarized Police Abuses — With the pepper-spraying UC David cop to folks Tasered to kids being arrested for doing things no one would care about 20 years ago, police excesses are not anywhere near ending

Hyper-Militarized Police Abuses

Uploaded by LionelY2K on Nov 25, 2011

LIONEL
NY’s PIX 11 News Commentary
Aired: November 27, 2011

With the pepper-spraying UC David cop to folks Tasered to kids being arrested for doing things no one would care about 20 years ago, police excesses are not anywhere near ending.

[video] Alex puts football into perspective: “A simulation of manhood and tribal war; a gelded, castrated population devoid of thought or freedom or liberty, replacing it all with…” — “The globalists are masters of psychology.”

“A simulation of manhood and tribal war;
a gelded, castrated population devoid of thought or freedom or liberty,
replacing it all with…”

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“The globalists are masters of psychology.”

– Alex Jones

Transcribed by Jeff Fenske

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Black Friday Madness & Abandoned Wind Turbines Now Litter America 1/2

Uploaded by TheAlexJonesChannel on Nov 25, 2011

(NaturalNews) Literal beacons of the “green” energy movement, giant wind turbines have been one of the renewable energy sources of choice for the US government, which has spent billions of taxpayer dollars subsidizing their construction and use across the country. But high maintenance costs, high rates of failure, and fluctuating weather conditions that affect energy production render wind turbines expensive and inefficient, which is why more than 14,000 of them have since been abandoned.

Before government subsidies for the giant metals were cut or eliminated in many areas, wind farms were an energy boom business. But in the post-tax subsidy era, the costs of maintaining and operating wind turbines far outweighs the minimal power they generate in many areas, which has left a patchwork of wind turbine graveyards in many of the most popular wind farming areas of the US.

“Thousands of abandoned wind turbines littered the landscape of wind energy’s California ‘big three’ locations which include Altamont Pass, Tehachapin and San Gorgonio, considered among the world’s best wind sites,” writes Andrew Walden of the American Thinker. “In the best wind spots on earth, over 14,000 turbines were simply abandoned. Spinning, post-industrial junk which generates nothing but bird kills.”

Walden speaks, of course, about the birds, bats, and other air creatures that routinely get tangled in and killed by wind turbine propellers. And as far as the “post-industrial junk” language, well, if it costs too much to run the machines in the first place, then it definitely costs too much to uproot and remove them post-construction.

This whole wind energy mess just further illustrates how the American people have been played by their elected officials who bought into the “global warming” hysteria that spawned the push for wind energy in the first place. And now that the renewable energy tax subsidies are gradually coming to an end in some places, the true financial and economic viability, or lack of wind energy, is on display for the world to see.

“It is all about the tax subsidies,” writes Don Surber of the Charleston Daily Mail. “The blades churn until the money runs out. If an honest history is written about the turn of the 21st century, it will include a large, harsh chapter on how fears about global warming were overplayed for profit by corporations.”

http://www.naturalnews.com/034234_wind_turbines_abandoned.html#ixzz1elqyASNG

http://www.infowars.com/
http://www.prisonplanet.tv/

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[1949] George Orwell: How the elite pacify the ‘proles’ with films, football, beer and gambling. “The larger evils invariably escaped their notice.”

Alex Jones: “It’s so frustrating because the average adult male knows all about football, but they don’t know how to be free men: ‘I don’t care bout dat, there gonna be football game on tonight.’ … And when you lose everything you got, just remember that you were told! … You will be judged by your own cowardice!”

All people want to do is party or watch football while our country is getting jacked! — Alex Jones

Alex Jones: The Big Football Game That Actually Matters

Super Bowl XLV in Perspective — ENDGAME

[real history video] “Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran?” Listen to how sure they were on Iraqi ‘WMDs’

Democrats on Iraq + WMD’s (Weapons of Mass Destruction)

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At one time the Democrats and Republicans agreed on one thing: that Iraq and Saddam Hussein had WMD’s (Weapons of Mass Destruction) and would use them.

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Joel Skousen: GOP Warmongers Emerge in CNBC Debate | Gingrich’s Unprincipled Life: “…he threatened her: ‘If you ever tell anybody about this, I’ll say you’re lying.’”

World Affairs Brief, November 25, 2011 Commentary and Insights on a Troubled World. Copyright Joel Skousen. Partial quotations with attribution permitted. Cite source as Joel Skousen’s World Affairs Brief (http://www.worldaffairsbrief.com)

THIS WEEK’S ANALYSIS:

No Fly Zone Proposal in Syria a Sign of War Coming

Super Committee Failure: No One Has the Courage to Stop Spending

GOP Warmongers Emerge in CNBC Debate

Ron Paul’s Finest Hour Defending Civil Liberties

Failure of US-Russia Arms Control Talks

Europe’s Rush to Liquidity

Official List: Too Big to Fail Banks

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GOP WARMONGERS EMERGE IN CNBC DEBATES

This week’s Republican debate sponsored by Wolf Blitzer of CNBC showcased how far Republican candidates (excepting Ron Paul and sometimes Michelle Bachman) have descended into the control of neocons. I never saw so much warmongering in the past 4 years. It seems they were all intent on using the war drums of terrorism to increase rather than abolish the Patriot Act and increase war rather than stop these invasions and occupations of foreign nations. The hatred against the US is building and that’s just what these wars are intended to do in the globalist playbook.

Spencer Akerman noted that no one except Ron Paul offers a significantly different point of view than the Obama adminstration: “Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich pretty much agree with Obama on Afghanistan and Pakistan. Ex-Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, saying that he backed the ‘commanders on the ground,’ [who are mostly yes-men to the politicians] endorsed Obama’s current approach: ending the Afghanistan troop surge in 2012 and withdrawing most troops by the end of 2014.

“Romney’s challenger-of-the-week, ex-House Speaker Newt Gingrich, was more concerned with the other side of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. He said he’d tell Pakistanis to ‘get out of the way’ of U.S. troops conducting hot pursuit of terrorists running out of Afghanistan and into Pakistan. And it also sounded like he’d up the covert raids: ‘Don’t complain if we kill people you’re not willing to go after on your territory where you have been protecting them,’ Gingrich said [incredibly calloused].

“That’s a departure from Obama’s approach — but it’s a change in degree, not kind. NATO helicopters currently pursue terrorists fleeing into Pakistan, and U.S. troops on the border fire artillery at Pakistani positions where insurgents attack them. Then there are special-operations raids like the one deep into Pakistan that killed Osama bin Laden. But those are still exceptional circumstances; Gingrich sounded like he’d turn them into something closer into the rule [they already are].

“Romney wants to get rid of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad. Perry recently called for a no-fly zone over Syria. Romney ripped him apart: ‘You’d need a no-drive zone’ instead, since Assad’s military isn’t attacking Syrian dissidents from the air. But even if Romney wouldn’t launch a Libya war redux in Syria, he endorsed more sanctions, ‘covert action’ (without explaining), and backing Turkish and Arab League diplomacy to get Assad out, while ‘meeting with the Alawites so they understand they have a future after Assad [under US and NATO control].’ It was a much deeper policy answer than most on display tonight, and evidence that Romney’s thought through what his stated support of the Arab Spring would require [nonsense. He’s just parroting what his highly paid CFR advisors tell him—it’s the standard line].

“Practically everything else is up for grabs. Debate moderator CNN deserves its share of blame for this. In two hours, there were no questions about China [or Russia], no questions about the Eurozone financial meltdown, no questions about the Mexican drug cartels. Nine Republican candidates said practically nothing about whether they’d acquiesce to huge defense cuts or roll them back.” That is how the media frames the debates to evade many issues.

Think Progress criticized neocon and presidential hopeful Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) for his “wildly conflicting positions on Iran. Last month, Santorum defended Ronald Reagan’s decision to negotiate with Iran but contradicted himself a day later by asserting that the Iranian government ‘cannot be negotiated with.’ But in comments made on Friday at a campaign stop in Iowa, Santorum took a more extreme position than any other candidate, claiming Iranian nuclear scientists are ‘enemy combatants’ and could be targeted for assassination.”

Santorum completely ignores the fact that our assassination work by drones and its collateral damage to civilians is enraging the non-western world. But Newt Gingrich was the worst calling [for] more use of the warrantless surveillance and heavy handed tactics permitted by the misnamed PATRIOT ACT. You get the feeling from watching Newt’s smug looks while listening to Ron Paul’s impassioned response for preserving civil rights that Gingrich would welcome a 1984 style society. He’s a totally unprincipled man.

But what will really hurt the establishment chances of selling Republicans on Gingrich is his defense of amnesty for illegals that have been here for years (thanks to little enforcement by the federal government). “Newt adopted the ‘heart position,’ arguing that long-rooted families, even if illegal, ought to be given a path to citizenship. ‘The party that says it’s the party of the family is going to destroy families that have been here for a quarter of a century?’” This quote is already coming back to haunt him. “Along with Santorum, Gingrich also endorsed profiling, saying that ‘you need to use every tool you can possibly use to gather the intelligence.” Every tool? Scary.

Gingrich takes a hard line on expanding foreign policy in line with his globalist background and policy advisors. As pointed out on Jim Lobe’s blog, “Former House Speaker and GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich announced his national security team last night, ahead of tonight’s CNN national security debate. David Wurmser: a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute [a neocon think tank where Gingrich is a former senior fellow], Wurmser served on the staffs of two top Bush administration hawks, former U.N. ambassador John Bolton and Vice President Dick Cheney (where Stephen Yates, another Gingrich adviser, also served). In 2007, a U.N. official called Wurmser one of the ‘new crazies’ who wanted to attack Iran. In 1996, Wurmser co-authored a paper from a right-wing pro-Israel group advocating the removal of Saddam Hussein from power.

“Ilan Berman: Berman, the vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council (which also gave the Gingrich campaign Herman Pirchner and Yates) and editor of the Jewish Institute For National Security Affairs journal, has advocated U.S.-led regime change in Iran and wrote that military action against Iran should be a ‘last resort.’ But he’s also attempted to minimize negative effects of an attack and, in 2005 at a Middle East Forum briefing, said Iran is a ‘prime candidate’ for Iraq-style pre-emption.

“James Woolsey: Woolsey served as honorary co-chair of Islamophobe Frank Gaffney‘s Center For Security Policy and is a current leadership board and executive team member at the neoconservative Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD). Woolsey advocated for the Iraq war, supports illegal Israeli West Bank settlement construction, and now pushes a confrontational stance on Iran. In 1998, Woolsey signed onto a Project For a New American Century letter urging the military removal of Saddam Hussein.”

Margaret Carlson of Bloomberg, along with various other pundits has begun to notice the “new front runner of the month” syndrome affecting the Republican Party. Carlson blames it on lack of intellect within the Republican party: “Gripped by anti-intellectualism, the party has successively swooned over Sarah Palin, Donald Trump, Texas Governor Rick Perry and Herman Cain.”

Unthinking though the majority may be, this alone isn’t the reason for this too good to be true rise and fall of challengers to Romney. It’s the controlled media and their pollster whores that are outright forging the data in order to make it appear as if these new challengers are suddenly in first place. When the public fails to rally in support of each failed puppet candidate, the polling numbers are allowed to drop to their real level.

Carlson then engages in a fairly cogent analysis of “The Newt:” “In Gingrich, Republicans at least have a candidate who, unlike Cain, understands that the Taliban aren’t threatening to take over Libya (although Gingrich was for President Barack Obama’s intervention there before he was against it). Republicans can be certain that Gingrich’s overactive brain won’t freeze when confronted with rudimentary questions. It may, however, overheat.

“Gingrich has a hundred ideas, many of them half-baked, when a single consistent theme would suffice. He loves listening to his own voice and is so dazzled by his rhetorical skills that he believes he can wriggle out of the very tight spots in which he invariably wedges himself. The most recent example was his claim that he was paid by Freddie Mac not as an influence peddler, but for his advice as a ‘historian.’ Bloomberg News subsequently revealed that his fees had totaled more than $1.6 million, which is a whole lot of history.”

But Gingrich, a member of the globalist Council on Foreign Relations since 1990, is a lousy historian when it comes to remembering his own unprincipled past. “In giving Gingrich a second look, conservatives are bound to see some ugly things. Before reversing his position under a barrage of conservative criticism, Gingrich called the Medicare reform championed by Republican Representative Paul Ryan ‘right- wing social engineering.’ Earlier this year, his campaign imploded as Gingrich decamped with his wife for a cruise of the Greek isles (which he now characterizes, incredibly, as a prescient fact-finding mission to study Greece’s debt problem). When he returned, his staff quit.

“In addition to a longstanding credibility problem, Gingrich has committed multiple heresies against the conservative faith. He made an advertisement with House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi in which together they promoted global-warming awareness. Gingrich called it ‘probably the dumbest single thing I’ve done in recent years,’ an admission that won’t necessarily appease a Republican base convinced that global warming is a fraud perpetrated by scientists.

“In 1986, Gingrich backed amnesty for illegal aliens and, as former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has gleefully pointed out, Gingrich was one of the many Republicans who expressed support for an individual mandate to buy health insurance before that idea was adopted by Obama.

“Gingrich, who recently converted to Catholicism and says he’s pro-life, didn’t do much for the pro- life cause in the 1990s when he was the second-most-powerful person in Washington. He did not defund Planned Parenthood or pass the human-life amendment. In a high-profile Republican primary in a New York special election in 2009, he endorsed the pro-choice candidate before she dropped out of the race.

“Influence Peddling in Gingrich’s post- congressional life: For more than a decade he has exploited his insider credentials to embed himself in the interlocking and lucrative system of special interests and influence peddling. For one paying client, Gingrich said that Medicare could save more than $33 billion a year if it were to encourage patients to sign ‘advance directives’ to limit end-of-life care, a policy that Sarah Palin has since relabeled ‘death panels.’ As historian Gingrich tries to explain away his work for Freddie Mac without actually disclosing what he did, he risks digging himself deeper into the Washington muck that the Tea Party abhors.

“Gingrich has so many missteps to explain, he has set up a website featuring his own negatives (well, some of them) and respective explanations. Lots of luck there. It took a surge in the polls for his daughter to explain that Gingrich’s visit to his wife’s hospital bedside as she recovered from cancer surgery was not, as widely reported, to tell her that he wanted a divorce. He just wanted to visit.

“For Republicans, Gingrich’s rise and eventual collapse may prove more embarrassing than the boom-and-bust cycles of previous candidates who claimed to be the One Who Can Stop Romney from gaining the nomination. Conservatives have to forgo so many principles — three marriages? — to elevate Newt, that there’s almost nothing left.”

I had a subscriber quit last week over her feelings that I was being “too hard on Gingrich.” In reality, I haven’t even begun to tell of the skeletons in this man’s closets. Some are too unsavory to tell in detail, but here’s an edited version from the 1995 Vanity Faire article about Gingrich:

“In the spring of 1977, [Anne Manning, who admitted to a relationship with Gingrich that started during his 1976 campaign] was in Washington to attend a census-bureaus workshop when Gingrich took her to dinner at a Vietnamese restaurant. He met her back at her modest hotel room. ‘We had [a form of sex without getting in bed],’ she says. ‘He prefers that… because then he can say, ‘I never slept with her.’ Indeed, before Gingrich left that evening, she says, he threatened her: ‘If you ever tell anybody about this, I’ll say you’re lying.’” During that same period one of Newt Gingrich’s neighbors Kip Carter, who lived a few doors down from the couple, saw Gingrich have an aberrational form of sex with one of his house guest’s wives in the car. Carter described Gingrich’s reaction upon discovery as a boyish smirk. That’s what kind of amoral man this is.

[video] The pro-torture Republican candidates are leading US down a very dark path — Senator McCain, Ron Paul Agree Waterboarding Is Torture

Senator McCain, Ron Paul Agree Waterboarding Is Torture

Uploaded by PigMine3 on Nov 14, 2011

From: http://www.youtube.com/user/CNN

November 14, 2011 – Sen. John McCain says he’s disappointed in comments from GOP presidential candidates about waterboarding and torture.

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Joel Skousen’s World Affairs Brief News Headlines — Is Ron Paul the only one that wants peace?

From: WorldAffairsBrief.com

This week in the World Affairs Brief: NO FLY ZONE PROPOSAL OVER SYRIA A SIGN OF COMING WAR Signs are building that the US intends to take down Syria via military force just as they did to Libya. France and the US are already recognizing a Syrian Transnational Council which is very similar to the name given to the PTB-supported Libyan rebels. The Western powers are setting the stage for a call to the UN to stop the “humanitarian crisis” in Syria that they have deliberately provoked by arming a core segment of demonstrators and having those provocateurs attack Syrian police. The US is in the planning stages of declaring a “no fly zone” over Syria in order to justify the beginnings of aerial attacks on Syrian military positions–again, following the Libyan model. There may be an Iran angle in all this, as well. Iran has many more direct links to Syria and Lebanon than Libya, so one wonders if this increased threat to Syria is intended to draw Iran into a conflict that will finally justify the long expected Israeli attack on Iran. You can request a one-time free sample of the briefs by sending an email to editor@worldaffairsbrief.com. Also: Super Committee Failure: No One Has the Courage to Stop Spending GOP Warmongers Emerge in CNBC Debate Ron Paul’s Finest Hour Defending Civil Liberties More… to read the rest of this week’s brief and all archives!

The World Affairs Brief is a weekly news analysis service dedicated to providing an understanding of the hidden agendas behind the actions of world leaders and other powerful individuals who influence government from behind the scenes. Although the World Affairs Brief is provided to subscribers only, you can read samples of Mr. Skousen’s unique analysis in the archives section. The following daily news items are provided as a sampling of the crucial issues that Mr. Skousen may analyze in this week’s briefing.

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Friday, November 25, 2011 Ron Paul Scores in Foreign Policy Debate Story by The New American Ron Paul has done more to enliven the debates than any of the other candidates. He thinks philosophically, which is what these debates need, rather than unending restatements of neo-conservative positions. He represents the only true alternative to the big government, big spending, big entitlement mentality that governs American politics. All of the Republican candidates want smaller government, less spending, and lower taxes. But on the issue of foreign policy Paul offers an entirely different view, one that many Americans find makes good sense. Others may find his views impractical, or naïve. …More Italy’s Borrowing Rates Skyrocket, Monti Scrambles Story by ABC News Driving market fears is the knowledge that Italy is too big for Europe to bail out, like it has done with smaller nations Greece, Portugal and Ireland. Italy must refinance $200 billion by next April alone, but too-high borrowing rates can fuel a potentially devastating debt spiral that could bankrupt the country. Friday’s auctions showed that investors see Italian debt as increasingly risky. The country had to pay an average yield of 7.814 percent to raise euro2 billion ($2.7 billion) in two-year bills — sharply higher than the 4.628 percent it paid in the previous auction in October. And even raising euro8 billion ($10.7 billion) for six months proved exorbitantly expensive, as the yield for that spiked to 6.504 percent, nearly double the 3.535 percent rate last month. …More Tuesday, November 22, 2011

What’s next after ‘super committee’ failure? Story by CNN Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, said Democrats “were prepared to strike a grand bargain that would make painful cuts while asking millionaires to pay their fair share, and we put our willingness on paper,” but Republicans “never came close to meeting us halfway.” His GOP counterpart, Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, argued that an agreement “proved impossible not because Republicans were unwilling to compromise, but because Democrats would not accept any proposal that did not expand the size and scope of government or punish job creators.” …More

Revolution Redux: A first-hand account of police brutality Story by Ahram Online I was talking on my mobile phone with my editor, describing the scene, when a plainclothes individual – holding a t-shaped metal stick – grabbed my arm and began cursing at me. He thought that I was one of the protesters, since my shirt was wrapped around my head to lessen the effects of the tear gas. I hastened to tell him that I was a journalist, to which he responded by pushing me towards the soldiers. I thought I was being arrested – or at least turned over to a higher authority who would decide what to do with me. But to my surprise, a uniformed soldier slapped me hard on the back of my head and began shouting insults at me. He was soon joined by several colleagues who began to apply their thick black batons to my back. …More

Egypt protesters spurn army’s referendum offer Story by Reuters A roar of defiance rippled through Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Tuesday night as thousands of protesters demanding an end to army rule spurned an offer from Egypt’s military leader to let the people decide in a referendum. Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi said the military was ready to hand over to civilians if Egyptians wanted it, in concessions designed to end four days of clashes in the capital and beyond that have left at least 36 people dead. Impatience mounted among protesters massed in the square during Tantawi’s nervous, faltering speech, witnesses said, and a chorus of “leave, leave!” erupted when it ended. …More

More Americans than not want health law repeal: poll Story by Reuters As the Supreme Court prepares to review President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform, more Americans want to see it repealed than want to keep it, a poll released on Wednesday shows. A Gallup survey of more than 1,000 U.S. adults found that 47 percent favor the repeal of healthcare reform, versus 42 percent who want the law kept in place. Eleven percent had no opinion. …More

Obama dossier winds up — literally — in Aussie gutter Story by USA Today Most of the manual was devoted to a minute-by-minute schedule of Obama’s movements during his 27-hour visit to Canberra and Darwin last week, even detailing which car door he would use and the seating arrangements within his convoys. It also ran through the exact breakdown of his Secret Service detail and motorcade arrangements, including Obama’s ambulance, counterassault teams, communications and intelligence, according to the journalist, Dylan Welch. The booklet cover stated that the information was “not to be communicated either directly or indirectly to any person not authorised to receive it,” Welch said, and it included contact details for a range of figures. It also named a long-serving member responsible for Obama’s protection. …More

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Israeli secret service the Mossad linked to Iran military blast Story by The Guardian A series of news reports linking Israel’s intelligence agency the Mossad to a blast at a military facility in Iran, in which 17 people were killed and a further 15 wounded, has gained widespread coverage in the Israeli media on Monday. While Iranian officials insist the explosion at the Bid Ganeh base was accidental, caused by the movement of ammunition, claims from anonymous western and Israeli officials that Saturday’s blast was a covert Israeli operation have gained momentum. …More

Syria’s suspension from the Arab League leaves Assad isolated Story by Guardian Syria’s crisis has entered uncharted waters with the country’s suspension from the Arab League. But it is far from clear whether the dramatic shift in the regional mood will change wider international attitudes to intervention. …So it was striking that Russia, which with China has kept the UN security council paralysed, quickly responded that Arab states were wrong to suspend Syria. “Someone really does not want the Syrians to agree among themselves,” complained Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, who accused the west of encouraging the Syrian opposition to seek regime change. Iran, apparently alarmed at the prospect of losing its only Arab ally, agreed. Everyone acknowledges that the fear is a repeat of a Libyan scenario, where March’s Arab League decision to abandon Gaddafi was crucial in paving the way for a UN resolution and eventual Nato action. …More

Is Ron Paul the only one that wants peace? Story by RT …Aside from Paul and fellow hopeful Jon Huntsman, other candidates came in support of waterboarding. According to Paul, however, it is wrong on many levels. “It’s illegal under international law and under our law. It’s also immoral. And it’s also very impractical. There’s no evidence that you really get reliable evidence. Why would you accept the position of torturing 100 people because you know one person might have information? And that’s what you do when you accept the principle of torture. I think it’s uncivilized and has no practical advantages and is really un-American to accept on principle that we will torture people that we capture,” said the congressman. …More

[video] THE MADNESS OF A LOST SOCIETY — As illustrated by Black Friday

THE MADNESS OF A LOST SOCIETY

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Black Friday was indeed a dark day for America.