Homelessness in London soars by 79% since 2010 – report http://t.co/Lt1tlb6lIV pic.twitter.com/5RzcZVridP
— RT UK (@RTUKnews) March 27, 2015
Month: March 2015
State Dept. Reveals Hillary Clinton Emailed From Two Devices While Secretary Of State
From the article:
“Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-South Carolina), who heads the House Select Committee on Benghazi, issued a subpoena for the private server that hosted Clinton’s emails as the congressional panel investigates the 2012 attacks on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens.
On Friday, he announced that Clinton had failed to respond to the subpoena and had wiped her server clean.”
– State Dept. reveals Hillary Clinton emailed from two devices while secretary of state (RT, March 31, 2015):
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used both her Blackberry and an iPad to email with State Department employees from her private account and server, despite previously saying she only used one device. Now the server has been wiped clean.
New emails released by the State Department show that when Clinton was secretary of state, she used her Apple iPad to communicate with employees, and that, on at least one occasion, accidentally mingled business and personal emails.
Read moreState Dept. Reveals Hillary Clinton Emailed From Two Devices While Secretary Of State
Pepe Escobar In Eastern Ukraine: Howling In Donetsk
Watch Pepe Escobar’s photos here:
– Pepe Escobar in eastern Ukraine: Howling in Donetsk (Asia Times, March 30, 2015):
Asia Times’ roving correspondent Pepe Escobar just returned from a reporting trip to the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), the pro-Russian enclave in the Donetsk Oblast province of eastern Ukraine. The area’s been the scene of heavy fighting between pro-Russian rebels and the Ukrainian military. Escobar traveled to Donetsk at the invitation of Europa Objektiv, a German-based non-governmental media project. He traveled at his own expense.
I’ve just been to the struggling Donetsk People’s Republic. Now I’m back in the splendid arrogance and insolence of NATOstan.
Quite a few people – in Donbass, in Moscow, and now in Europe – have asked me what struck me most about this visit.
I could start by paraphrasing Allen Ginsberg in Howl – “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness.”
But these were the Cold War mid-1950s. Now we’re in early 21st century Cold War 2.0 .
Read morePepe Escobar In Eastern Ukraine: Howling In Donetsk
Hedge Funds Are Shorting Gold At Highest Level Since 2006
Hedge funds are shorting gold at highest level since 2006 http://t.co/10RDlLoOVO pic.twitter.com/fXXcJ5jk3I
— Bloomberg Business (@business) March 30, 2015
2015 Or 1987? Computerized Trading & ‘A Crash Is Coming’ Or Rates Mean ‘Bull’s Not Over’
Related info:
– Quotes from the Great Depression:
September 1929
“There is no cause to worry. The high tide of prosperity will continue.” — Andrew W. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury.…
– 2015 Or 1987? Computerized Trading & “A Crash Is Coming” Or Rates Mean “Bull’s Not Over” (ZeroHedge, March 31, 2015):
1987 Or 2015?
“They are not real buyers and sellers… these are computers that drive the markets down extremely fast…”
“A crash is coming…”
“A correction will prompt rate cuts which will ensure The Bull Market is not over…”
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It’s never different this time… The Friday night before Black Monday 1987…
Gold In Fed Vault Drops Under 6,000 Tons For The First Time, After 10th Consecutive Month Of Redemptions
– Gold In Fed Vault Drops Under 6,000 Tons For The First Time, After 10th Consecutive Month Of Redemptions (ZeroHedge, March 31, 2015):
Two months ago, when looking at the most recent physical gold withdrawal numbers reported by the Fed, we observed something peculiar: between the publicly reported surprise redemption by the Netherlands (122 tons) and the just as surprise redemption by the Bundesbank (85 tons), at least 207 tons of gold should have vacated the NY Fed’s gold vault. Instead, the Fed reported that in all of 2014 “only” 177 tons of gold were shipped out of the massive gold vault located 90 feet below 33 Liberty Street. Somehow the delta between what we “shipped” and what was “received” in the past year was a whopping 30 tons, or about 15% of the total – a gap that is big enough to make even China’s outright fraudulent trade numbers seems sterling by comparison.
This prompted us to ask:
‘Emergency Alert’ Sparks Panic Among TV Viewers Across US
Testing, testing …
(Conditioning, conditioning …)
– ‘Emergency alert’ sparks panic among TV viewers across US (RT, March 30, 2015):
The residents of about a dozen US states received a scare when an ominous message rolled across their TV screens announcing an ‘emergency alert’ with the names of their states – without any explanation or further information.
A test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) began shortly before noon on Monday and was seen by millions of television viewers in Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Washington, DC, Infowars reported.
EAS is a special department run by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and the National Weather Service (NOAA/NWS).
The alert interrupted regularly scheduled television programs for 10 minutes with a listing of affected states and an announcement that the alert would remain in effect until midnight.
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This Is Your Broken Market On Central Planning
– This Is Your Broken Market On Central Planning (ZeroHedge, March 30, 2015):
At 1036ET, All S&P Sector ETFs, VIX ETFs Halted due to break on NYSE Arca
Update: 10 minutes later (TRADING RESUMED) kinda…
Pisani: “Sometimes, this just happens folks!”
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More Hard Proof Germanwings Crash is a Hoax
You decide for yourself what is real and what is not.
One thing is certain: The official story is NOT the truth.
Related info:
– The Crash: Coming Into Focus (Veterans Today)
– Hacked: Did You Really Think The Airbus A320 Cockpit Door Was Locked? (Veterans Today)
– Hard Proof Germanwings Crash Is A Hoax
Full article here:
– More Hard Proof Germanwings Crash is a Hoax (NODISINFO, March 30, 2015):
With revelations from our posters
Regarding Germanwings, there can be no other possibility other than the fact that this was a fake, that is a staged crash. It cannot be real. There were purportedly 150 passengers on-board. Where are they, and/or where are their body parts? It would be a macabre scene. Why is no one reacting to it?
It was stated, here, that by no means does the crash scene represent an entire plane. It was also stated that there was no inferno, no blackening, no char: no spotty fires and/or billowing smoke. Such a jet would have exploded on impact. Where is the expected fire-related damage? Where was the necessary smolder? Is there only this, and that’s it?
Just whitish-appearing smoke, no fire, from a pyrotechnic artificially placed charge? Where is the burning jet fuel, with its black, acrid smoke?
The question was raised, “Where are the virtually indestructible titanium-based engines? This was an Airbus 320. The engines used on such planes are considerable:
Greece Looks to Russia as Deal With Europe Stumbles
H/t reader M.G.:
“Another article on Greece from Bloomberg…..does not address many of the points the NY times did……..but at least they are mentioning it…”
– Greece’s Debt Crisis Explained (Bloomberg, March 25, 2015):
Time is running out for Greece. By early April, the Greek government will have a bond payment come due, and there will be no way for the government to make the payment unless it gets a fresh tranche of cash from its creditors, who are in large part euro zone governments.
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H/t reader M.G.:
“Here is a story that ought to be worrying every state of the EU and the US economy……..Greece.
Greek officials are meeting with Russian and Chinese leaders…..Greek leaders already assuring China they have a place in the largest Greek shipping port. Russia and China are financial and political allies, and together, they could easily step in and help Greece if they leave the Euro…..
If Greece leaves the Euro, it will start a financial unraveling that will spread throughout the Euro Zone and the US……”
– Greece Looks to Russia as Deal With Europe Stumbles (New York Times, March 30, 2015):
THENS — With the prospect of a default looming in Greece, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is preparing to meet next week with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia as a European deal to give more aid to Athens falters.
The timing has raised questions of whether the visit is an ordinary component of the new Greek government’s multipronged foreign policy, or a pivot toward Russia for financial aid in the event that Greece’s talks with European officials collapse.
Read moreGreece Looks to Russia as Deal With Europe Stumbles
Man shot three times by Cedar Rapids police gives his account
– Man shot three times by Cedar Rapids police gives his account (KCRG-TV9, March 31, 2015):
CEDAR RAPIDS — Kyle Orth says he expected a couple of tickets for speeding after he backed his borrowed BMW into a utility pole.
What he got instead was three bullet wounds.
In an interview Tuesday, Orth, 27, once a salesman of the month for Zimmerman Auto Center, said he’s still in shock over his run-in early Sunday with Cedar Rapids police — an incident in which no charges have been brought, but remains under investigation.
“It was stupid,” Orth said. “I was driving fast, but you don’t get shot for driving fast.”
Read moreMan shot three times by Cedar Rapids police gives his account
Egyptian Pilot Arrested For Refusing To Bomb Yemen
– Egyptian Pilot Arrested for Not Bombing Yemen (Farsnews, March 30, 2015):
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Egyptian air force has arrested one of its pilots after he disobeyed orders for taking part in airstrikes against Yemen.“I joined the army and studied to become a pilot to strike Israel and not Yemen,” Arab news website Omran Press quoted the arrested Egyptian pilot as saying.
Saudi Arabia has been striking Yemen for five days now, killing, at least, 73 civilians and injuring hundreds more.
Breast cancer overdiagnosis remains widespread: Women routinely subjected to unneccesary chemo and radiation
– Breast cancer overdiagnosis remains widespread: Women routinely subjected to unneccesary chemo and radiation (Natural News, March 30, 2015):
Health experts are becoming increasingly concerned about the problem of breast cancer overdiagnosis: Women who, because of mammogram recommendations, are subjected to excruciating surgery, radiation or chemotherapy to treat cancers that never would have become dangerous, and which they never would have known about if not for the mammogram.
An independent panel from the United Kingdom concluded in 2012 that 19 percent of all breast cancer diagnoses are overdiagnosis, detecting cancers that pose no health risk. Other estimates have ranged from 5 percent to as high as 50 percent.
In a recent article in the prestigious British Medical Journal (BMJ), public health expert Alexandra Barratt of the University of Sydney argues that figuring out true rates of breast cancer overdiagnosis needs to be a major public health priority so that women can be given the information to make informed health decisions.
Bush Family Fortunes: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy – 2004 – Full Length
Nov 18, 2012
Directed by: Steven Grandison
Written by: Greg Palast
Russian Strategic Missile Forces To Begin Counter-Terrorist Exercise
– Russian Strategic Missile Forces to Begin Counter-Terrorist Exercise (Sputnik, March 30, 2015):
Russian Defense Ministry’s press service Russian Strategic Missile Forces’ counter-terrorist exercise will start on Tuesday as part of inspection of the southeastern Orenburg Missile Army.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russian Strategic Missile Forces’ counter-terrorist exercise will start on Tuesday as part of inspection of the southeastern Orenburg Missile Army, the Defense Ministry’s press service said in a statement Monday.
The complex inspection is carried out from March 30 to April 11 in line with the Strategic Missile Troops combat readiness training program.
Read moreRussian Strategic Missile Forces To Begin Counter-Terrorist Exercise
Causing Genocide To Protect Us From Terror
– Causing genocide to protect us from terror (RT, March 30, 2015):
A report called Body Count has revealed that at least 1.3 million people have lost their lives as a result of the US-led “war on terror” in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. It’s a report which should have made front page news across the world.
In the comprehensive 101 page document ‘Body Count,’
Physicians for Social Responsibility, Physicians for Global Survival and International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, have produced figures for the number of people killed from September 11, 2001 until the end of 2013.
The findings are devastating: the in-depth investigation concludes that the ‘war on terror‘ has, directly or indirectly, killed around 1 million people in Iraq, 220,000 in Afghanistan and 80,000 in Pakistan. As awful as that sounds, the total of 1.3 million deaths does not take into account casualties in other war zones, such as Yemen – and the authors stress that the figure is a “conservative estimate”.
“The total number of deaths in the three countries named above could also be in excess of 2 million, whereas a figure below 1 million is extremely unlikely,” the executive summary says.
Donbass: ‘The war has not started yet’
– Donbass: ‘The war has not started yet’ (RT, March 30, 2015):
By Pepe Escobar
Two top Cossack commanders in the People’s Republic of Donetsk and a seasoned Serbian volunteer fighter are adamant: the real war in Donbass has not even started.
It’s a spectacular sunset in the People’s Republic of Donetsk and I’m standing in the Cossack ‘holy land’ – an open field in a horse-breeding farm – talking to Nikolai Korsunov, captain of the Ivan Sirko Cossack Brigade, and Roman Ivlev, founder of the Donbass Berkut Veterans Union group.
‘That will show Putin!’ Britain’s RAF stages huge drills in face of ‘Russian attack threat’
– ‘That will show Putin!’ Britain’s RAF stages huge drills in face of ‘Russian attack threat’ (RT, MArch 30, 2015):
More than 30 UK Royal Air Force planes took to the skies for Rising Panther, Britain’s largest aerial exercises in more than a decade. Military sources confirmed the drills were in response to increased Russian presence around UK shores.
“Russia has certainly painted the background to these exercises, though of course they are needed in any event,” a high-ranking source within the NATO member’s air force told The Sunday Express. The newspaper cited another source as saying that the war games would “show Vladimir Putin in no uncertain terms” that Britain is ready for any military confrontation.
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Last week, Russia completed a surprise mass mobilization and drill of its Northern Fleet. This involved more than 110 aircraft, as well as 40,000 servicemen and over 40 ships.
Read more‘That will show Putin!’ Britain’s RAF stages huge drills in face of ‘Russian attack threat’
The Fed’s Startling Student Debt Numbers Every Young Person Should See
– Every young person should see the Fed’s startling numbers on student debt (Sovereign Man, March 30, 2015):
What I’m about to tell you is not my own opinion or even analysis. It’s original data that comes from the United States Federal Reserve and national credit bureaus.
- 40 million Americans are now in debt because of their university education, and on average borrowers have four loans with a total balance of $29,000.
- According to the Fed, “Student loans have the highest delinquency rate of any form of household credit, having surpassed credit cards in 2012.”
- Since 2010, student debt has been the second largest category of personal debt, just after a home mortgage.
- The delinquency rate for student loans is now hovering near an all-time high since they started collecting data 12 years ago.
- Only 37% of total students loan balances are currently in repayment and not delinquent.
The rest—nearly 2 out of 3—are either behind on payments, in all-out default, or have entered some sort of deferral program to delay making payments, with a small percentage still in school.
It’s pretty obvious that this is a giant, unsustainable bubble (more on this below). But even more important are the personal implications.
Read moreThe Fed’s Startling Student Debt Numbers Every Young Person Should See
Federal Agents Investigating Bitcoin Money Laundering Extorted, Stole Over $1 Million In Bitcoin
– Federal Agents Investigating Bitcoin Money Laundering Extorted, Stole Over $1 Million In Bitcoin (ZeroHedge, March 30, 2015):
This is one of those sad times when The Onion realizes it has badly, and permanently, missed its IPO window.
Just released from the Department of Justice
Former Federal Agents Charged With Bitcoin Money Laundering and Wire Fraud
Broke? You May Now Be Entitled To A Free Home
– Broke? You May Now Be Entitled To a Free Home (ZeroHedge, March 30, 2015):
It’s been seven years since the epic collapse of the US housing market, and there’s never been a better time to buy your first home. In Denmark for instance, the bank will tax depositors in order to pay you to take out a home loan. But before you move to a European country operating in NIRP-dom, consider Florida and New Jersey first because as Susan Rudolfi recently discovered, you can actually get a house for free by simply not making your mortgage payments.
Here’s more via NY Times:
She is like a ghost of the housing market’s painful past, one of thousands of Americans who have skipped years of mortgage payments and are still living in their homes.
Now a legal quirk could bring a surreal ending to her foreclosure case and many others around the country: They may get to keep their homes without ever having to pay another dime.
U.S. Nerve Gas Hit Our Own Troops In Iraq
H/t reader squodgy:
“It amazes me how lying scum Governments still get dumb/innocent volunteer recruits to be sacrificed…..
Most, will be dead, but at least we now know they were killed by their own loving Government & Monarch/President, whom they swore to serve & protect. Lambs to the slaughter, or cannon fodder….you choose.”
Related info:
– U.S. Nerve Gas Hit Our Own Troops in Iraq (Newsweek, March 27, 2015):
During and immediately after the first Gulf War, more than 200,000 of 700,000 U.S. troops sent to Iraq and Kuwait in January 1991 were exposed to nerve gas and other chemical agents. Though aware of this, the Department of Defense and CIA launched a campaign of lies and concocted a cover-up that continues today.
A quarter of a century later, the troops nearest the explosions are dying of brain cancer at two to three times the rate of those who were farther away. Others have lung cancer or debilitating chronic diseases, and pain.
More complications lie ahead.
The Unintended Consequences Of ‘Mandatory Voting’ – The Next President Of The United States Will Be …
– The Unintended Consequences Of ‘Mandatory Voting’ (ZeroHedge, March 30, 2015):
The question is… would it be any worse?
Source: Townhall via Sunday Funnies
Meet the next Vice President:
The Toxins That Threaten Our Brains (The Atlantic)
Full article here:
– The Toxins That Threaten Our Brains (The Atlantic, March 18, 2015):
Leading scientists recently identified a dozen chemicals as being responsible for widespread behavioral and cognitive problems. But the scope of the chemical dangers in our environment is likely even greater. Why children and the poor are most susceptible to neurotoxic exposure that may be costing the U.S. billions of dollars and immeasurable peace of mind.
Forty-one million IQ points. That’s what Dr. David Bellinger determined Americans have collectively forfeited as a result of exposure to lead, mercury, and organophosphate pesticides. In a 2012 paper published by the National Institutes of Health, Bellinger, a professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School, compared intelligence quotients among children whose mothers had been exposed to these neurotoxins while pregnant to those who had not. Bellinger calculates a total loss of 16.9 million IQ points due to exposure to organophosphates, the most common pesticides used in agriculture.