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German Health Experts Baffled By Cancer Village Where Cancer Has Hit Almost Every Household

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There is also an aluminum plant close to Wewelsfleth.


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– German health experts left baffled by village where almost every household has resident suffering cancer (Daily Mail, Feb. 12, 2012):

Health experts in Germany are baffled by a small village where cancer has hit almost every household.

Wewelsfleth, which has a population of 1,500, has been labelled the ‘village of the damned’ as new cancer cases are 50 per cent above average.

Researchers from the University of Lubeck who investigated the phenomenon, which includes breast, lung, oesophageal, womb and stomach cancers, could find no defining cause – although residents are blaming three nearby nuclear power plants and a shipyard where vessels used to be sprayed with highly toxic paint.

Read moreGerman Health Experts Baffled By Cancer Village Where Cancer Has Hit Almost Every Household

GOP Finally Discovers Obama’s Achilles Heel: Just Let Him Do What He Does … And Encourage It!

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– GOP Finally Discovers Obama’s Achilles Heel: Just Let Him Do What He Does… And Encourage It! (ZeroHedge, Feb. 14, 2012):

Two weeks ago when discussing the latest lunacy surrounding America’s exponential curve #1 also known as its debt balance, we suggested what the GOP election strategy should be: “[if] the debt ceiling becomes a sticking point at the election, Obama’s chances of reelection plunge. Which makes us wonder – will Republicans grasp that the paradox of defeating Obama is precisely in giving him a carte blanche on all the stimulus programs he wants? Because if Congress approves another $200, 300 or even $400 billion in stimulus pork (the only thing better than one Solyndra? One thousand Solyndras!) the Treasury will drown in the need to raise hundreds of billions more, and will in fact hit the ceiling well in advance of the elections. As for the stimulus projects themselves, they will crash and burn just like all centrally planned endeavors, and actually result in a far worse outcome than if they had never been attempted. [Because] the best way to finally get back to a fiscally prudent regime? Why go to town, of course.” We were delighted to discover that our policy anti-recommendation has finally been adopted. Because as the WSJ reports when it comes to the latest payroll tax extension we find something quite stunning: “House Republican leaders said Monday they would introduce a bill extending the payroll-tax break for the rest of the year without finding spending cuts to offset the program’s cost. The proposal marks a major shift for Republicans, who previously had insisted that the costs of extending a trio of provisions expiring at the end of the month be offset with spending cuts.” That’s right – no offsetting spending cuts. Which means one thing – much more debt.  How much more? At least $160 billion much. Which means that the debt ceiling discussion will hit not in November as we speculated previously, but potentially as soon as September.

Read moreGOP Finally Discovers Obama’s Achilles Heel: Just Let Him Do What He Does … And Encourage It!

Frozen To Death In Britain: Number Of Pensioners Dying From Hypothermia Nearly Doubles In Five Years As Fuel Bills Soar

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Flashback:

– UK: Winter fuel payment cuts to hit millions of pensioners, despite pre-election promises

– UK: Pensioners are burning books to keep warm

– Frozen to death as fuel bills soar: Hypothermia cases among the elderly double in five years (Daily Mail, Feb. 13, 2012):

  • 1,876 patients treated for hypothermia in 2010/11
  • Hypothermia death toll within 30 days up from 135 to 260
  • Coincides with a surge in energy prices
  • Industry analyst estimates 8 out of 10 households ration energy use
  • Age UK says a quarter of all pensioners live in fuel poverty

The number of pensioners dying from hypothermia has nearly doubled in five years, a period when a succession of cold winters has been coupled with drastic rises in energy bills.

The official figures emerged after several days of Arctic conditions which drove temperatures across the whole country as low as minus 10C (14F).

They showed that 1,876 patients were treated in hospital for hypothermia in 2010/11, up from 950 in 2006/07.

The number of sufferers who died within 30 days of admission shot up from 135 to 260.

Read moreFrozen To Death In Britain: Number Of Pensioners Dying From Hypothermia Nearly Doubles In Five Years As Fuel Bills Soar

Obama Proposes $800 Million In Aid For ‘Arab Spring’ – Foreign Aid: $11.8 Billion For Iraq, $4.6 Billion For Afghanistan, $3.1 Billion For Israel, $2.4 Billion For Pakistan And $1.3 Billion For Egypt

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Meanwhile at ‘home’:

– US: 50 Economic Numbers From 2011 That Are Almost Too Crazy To Believe

– Collapse: 50% Of Americans Poor Or Near Poor (Video)

– Land Of The Free, Home Of The Hungry

– US Food Stamp Use Reaches Record 45.8 Million

Related info:

– President Obama: ‘I’m proud that even in these difficult times we’ve fought for and secured the most funding for Israel in history’ – ‘I am proud to say that no US administration has done more in support of Israel’s security than ours. None. Don’t let anyone else tell you otherwise. It is a fact.’

Compare numbers (Reuters vs New York Post)!

– Obama proposes $800 million in aid for “Arab Spring” (Reuters, Feb. 13, 2012):

The White House announced plans on Monday to help “Arab Spring” countries swept by revolutions with more than $800 million in economic aid, while maintaining U.S. military aid to Egypt.

In his annual budget message to Congress, President Barack Obama asked that military aid to Egypt be kept at the level of recent years — $1.3 billion — despite a crisis triggered by an Egyptian probe targeting American democracy activists.

The proposals are part of Obama’s budget request for fiscal year 2013, which begins October 1. His requests need the approval of Congress, where some lawmakers want to cut overseas spending to address U.S. budget shortfalls and are particularly angry at Egypt.

Obama proposed $51.6 billion in funding for the U.S. State Department and foreign aid overall, when $8.2 billion in assistance to war zones is included. The “core budget” for the category would increase by 1.6 percent, officials said.

Most of the economic aid for the Arab Spring countries — $770 million — would go to establish a new “Middle East and North Africa Incentive Fund,” the president said in his budget plan.

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It would also build on other programs for the area, including up to $2 billion in regional Overseas Private Investment Corporation financing, up to $1 billion in debt swaps for Egypt, and approximately $500 million in existing funds re-allocated to respond to the region last year, the budget document said.

It did not say how the Middle East and North Africa Incentive Fund would be divided between countries, or give any other details of the plan.

Egypt has long been among the top recipients of U.S. aid, getting about $1.6 billion annually, mostly in military assistance. In fiscal 2012, $250 million of aid approved for Egypt was economic; $1.3 billion was military and there was a $60 million “enterprise fund” approved by Congress.

No U.S. assistance is moving to Egypt at the moment, U.S. lawmakers and their aides said last week. Some legislators favor cutting off aid to Egypt entirely if it does not drop accusations against American democracy activists and lift a travel ban on them.

Obama continued the practice of putting proposed foreign assistance for war zones in a separate account. This account, known as the “Overseas Contingency Operations,” includes $8.2 billion for the State Department and foreign aid.

It includes $3.3 billion for Afghanistan, $1 billion for Pakistan, and $4 billion for Iraq, where U.S. troops have left the country but the State Department has picked up some of their functions such as police training.

– 16 Americans busted? Egypt to still get $1.3B (New York Post, Feb. 14, 2012):

It’s stimulus funding — for the Middle East and North Africa.

President Obama’s budget plan includes $800 million in foreign aid to promote Arab Spring democracy and maintains $1.3 billion in assistance to Egypt — despite its recent arrest of Americans and pro-democracy activists.

Spending for the State Department and foreign aid for fiscal 2013 would increase by 13.8 percent, to $69 billion.

The $800 million Middle East and North Africa Incentive Fund “will provide incentives for long-term economic, political and trade reforms to countries in transition,” the White House spending document claimed.

The president did not spell out how the money would be divided by countries like Libya, Tunisia and Yemen, each of which has ousted or is rebelling against a longtime dictator or autocrat.

Left unclear, however, was whether any money would go to help dissidents overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

The budget also includes $2.7 billion to help development in emerging lands like Haiti, Liberia, Myanmar and South Sudan.

The Egyptian set-aside faces a rocky road in Congress, with 16 Americans charged with funneling aid to nonprofits there.

The budget also includes $11.8 billion in aid for Iraq, $4.6 billion for Afghanistan and $2.4 billion for Pakistan, despite rising tensions.

Israel, meanwhile, would get $3.1 billion and fellow ally Jordan $300 million.

As for funding to fight the spread of HIV and AIDS, mostly in Africa, it would remain steady at $5.4 billion.

Interview With US General Wesley Clark (Ret.): US Government Planned To ‘Take Out 7 Countries In 5 Years’: ‘Starting With Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan And Finishing Off Iran’

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Flashback.

It’s a miracle that this video still exists. (Download it.)

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Update:

Looks like ‘the miracle’ has finally been removed.

I’ll add some replacements down below.

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YouTube Added: 20.03.2011

https://youtu.be/r8FhZnFZ6TY

Description:

U.S. General Wesley Clark (Ret.), explains that the Bush Administration planned to take out 7 countries in 5 years:

Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Iran.

The invasion of Libya via the UN and the 2003 Iraq invasion were both done on March 19 as with many other military conflicts. There is an occult connection with March 19. Watch video to see.

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How many times can they remove this information?…

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Al-CIAda Leader Zawahiri Urges Muslim Support For Syrian Uprising

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– Al-Qaida leader Zawahiri urges Muslim support for Syrian uprising (The Guardian, Feb. 12, 2012):

Ayman al-Zawahiri calls on Muslims in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey to join fight against ‘pernicious, cancerous regime’

Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of al-Qaida, has called on Muslims around the world to support rebels in Syria who are seeking to overthrow Bashar al-Assad.

Read moreAl-CIAda Leader Zawahiri Urges Muslim Support For Syrian Uprising

Samuel L. Jackson: ‘I Voted For Obama Because He’s Black’

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Don’t judge a book by its cover!

– ??‘I voted for Obama because he’s black’: Extraordinary outburst from Samuel L. Jackson (Daily Mail, Feb. 13, 2012):

‘I voted for Barack because he was black. ‘Cuz that’s why other folks vote for other people — because they look like them,’ Mr Jackson told the magazine, according to the New York Post.

‘That’s American politics, pure and simple,’ he said. [Obama’s] message didn’t mean **** to me. In the end, he’s a politician. I just hoped he would do some of what he said he was gonna do.’I know politicians say ****; they lie. ‘Cuz they want to get elected.’

Read moreSamuel L. Jackson: ‘I Voted For Obama Because He’s Black’

CIA Website Forced Offline By Hacking Group Anonymous

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– CIA website forced offline as hacking group Anonymous admits it has stolen personal information of 46,000 people (Daily Mail, Feb. 11, 2012):

Internet activists have claimed responsibility for an attack on the CIA’s website that disabled it for nine hours on Friday.

The Anonymous group targeted the personal details of more than 46,000 people in attacks on government websites including cia.gov.

Read moreCIA Website Forced Offline By Hacking Group Anonymous

AND NOW: Obama Campaign Launches ‘Truth Teams’ (ABC NEWS)

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… for Liar & Traitor In Chief ‘Obama bin Bush’.

You can’t make this stuff up!

Flashback:

How many soldiers have DIED because of THIS LIE?

– Obama: ‘I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am President, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank.’:

“I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am President, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank. “
– Barack Obama Campaign Promise – October 27, 2007

In 2009 alone over 300 soldiers died because of this lie!

– EXPOSED: Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Political Syndicate – Total Corruption:

– Elite Puppet President Obama Exposed:

– Barack Obama Lies 7 Times In Under 2 Minutes!!!!!:

NOT to forget that Obama extended every unconstitutional Bush policy (like the PATRIOT ACT [And there is a secret Patriot Act too!] and NSPD 51).

He also increased the national debt like no other President in US history.

It is now OK to assassinate Americans everywhere in the world and his assassination program is a state secret.

I could go on and on, but what is …

… even worse than all of the above is that Obama completely turned the US is into a FASCIST MILITARY POLICE STATE since he signed the NDAA (‘Indefinite Detention Bill’) into law on New Year’s eve, thereby legalizing MARTIAL LAW.

Links on the NDAA are down below.

– Obama Campaign Launches ‘Truth Teams’ (ABC News, Feb. 13, 2012):

The Obama campaign is today beginning a new effort to enlist and educate at least 2 million supporters for a “grassroots communications team” they’re calling the Truth Team.

“The goal is to ensure that when Republicans attack President Obama’s record, grassroots supporters can take ownership of the campaign and share the facts with the undecided voters in their lives,” the campaign said in a statement.

Read moreAND NOW: Obama Campaign Launches ‘Truth Teams’ (ABC NEWS)

Mass Downgrade: Moody’s Cuts Credit Ratings Of Italy, Spain, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia And Malta, WARNS UK, France And Austria On AAA-Rating

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– Moody’s warns may cut AAA-rating for UK and France (Reuters, Feb. 14, 2012):

Rating agency Moody’s warned it may cut the triple-A ratings of France, Britain and Austria and it downgraded six other European nations including Italy, Spain and Portugal, citing growing risks from Europe’s debt crisis.

– Moody’s cuts ratings on Italy, Portugal and Spain (Washington Post, Feb. 14, 2012):

NEW YORK — Ratings agency Moody’s Investor Service on Monday downgraded its credit ratings on Italy, Portugal and Spain, while France, Britain and Austria kept their top ratings but had their outlooks dropped to “negative” from “stable.”

Moody’s also cut its ratings on the smaller nations of Slovakia, Slovenia and Malta. All nine countries are members of the European Union.

London, 13 February 2012 — As anticipated in November 2011, Moody’s Investors Service has today adjusted the sovereign debt ratings of selected EU countries in order to reflect their susceptibility to the growing financial and macroeconomic risks emanating from the euro area crisis and how these risks exacerbate the affected countries’ own specific challenges.

– Rating Action: Moody’s adjusts ratings of 9 European sovereigns to capture downside risks (Moody’s, Feb. 13, 2012):

Moody’s actions can be summarised as follows:

– Austria: outlook on Aaa rating changed to negative

– France: outlook on Aaa rating changed to negative

– Italy: downgraded to A3 from A2, negative outlook

– Malta: downgraded to A3 from A2, negative outlook

– Portugal: downgraded to Ba3 from Ba2, negative outlook

– Slovakia: downgraded to A2 from A1, negative outlook

– Slovenia: downgraded to A2 from A1, negative outlook

– Spain: downgraded to A3 from A1, negative outlook

– United Kingdom: outlook on Aaa rating changed to negative

Bank Of Japan Goes For ‘Nuclear Option’, Sprays World With Surprising ¥10 Trillion Gift In Valentine’s Day Liquidity

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Central banksters turn to the weapon of last resort, the so-called ‘Nuclear Option’  or ‘Quantitative Easing’ (QE).

(Quantitative easing = printing money = creating money out of thin air = increasing the money supply = inflation = hidden tax on monetary assets = theft!)

– Bank of Japan Sprays World With Surprising ¥10 Trillion Gift In Valentine’s Day Liquidity (ZeroHedge, Feb. 14, 2012):

In a move that will surely shock, shock, the monetary purists out there, the Bank of Japan has just gone and done what we predicted back in May 2011, with the first of our “Hyprintspeed” series articles: “A Look At The BOJ’s Current, And Future, Quantitative Easing” (the second one which discussed the imminent advent of the ¥1 quadrillion in total debt threshold was also fulfilled three weeks ago). So just what did the BOJ do? Why nothing short of join the ECB, the BOE, and the Fed (and don’t get us started on those crack FX traders at the SNB) in electronically printing even more 1 and 0-based monetary equivalents (full statement here). From WSJ: “The Bank of Japan surprised markets Tuesday by implementing new easing policies and moving closer to an explicit price target, the latest sign of growing worries around the world about the ripple effects of the European debt crisis on the global economy. With interest rates already close to zero, the BOJ has relied in recent months on asset purchases to stimulate the economy. In Tuesday’s meeting, the central bank expanded that plan by ¥10 trillion, or about $130 billion. The facility, which includes low-cost loans, is now worth about ¥65 trillion, or $844 billion.” The rub however lies in the total Japanese GDP, which at last check was $6 trillion (give or take), and declining. Which means this announcement was the functional equivalent to a surprise $325 billion QE announced by the Fed. What is ironic is the market reaction: the BOJ expands its LSAP by 18% and the USDJPY moves by 30 pips. As for gold, not a peep: as if the market has now priced in that the world’s central banks will dilute themselves to death. Unfortunately, it is only at death, and the failure of all status quo fiat paper, that the real value of the yellow metal, whose metallic nature continues to be suppressed via paper pathways, will truly shine.

The WSJ explains the BOJ’s stunning decision further:

Only one out of the 11 analysts polled by Dow Jones Newswires had predicted the BOJ to ease this week.

Read moreBank Of Japan Goes For ‘Nuclear Option’, Sprays World With Surprising ¥10 Trillion Gift In Valentine’s Day Liquidity

London 2012 Olympic Games: Biometric Scans For All Overseas Games Athletes

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Flashback:

– Iran Threatens to Boycott London Olympics Over ‘Racist’ Logo Resembling The Word ZION

– Dr. Alan Sabrosky, Former Director Of Studies At The US Army War College: ‘It Is 100% Certain That 9/11 Was A Mossad Operation’ (Video)

UK launches international operation to gather information on Olympic participants and coaches

– Biometric scans for all overseas Games athletes (Independent, Feb. 12, 2012):

More than 10,000 Olympic athletes and their coaches are having fingerprints and face-scans taken by UK officials around the world in the biggest operation of its type to prevent the London Games being targeted by illegal immigrants or terrorists.

Ministers fear that besides the vast numbers of genuine “Games family members (GFMs)” – not only an estimated 10,500 athletes but their training teams, accredited media and officials – would-be terrorists or illegal immigrants could use the influx of people at Heathrow in the days before the Games start on 27 July to get into Britain.

A temporary terminal at Heathrow is already being built to try to take the strain of the 20,000 accredited people as well as millions of ticketholders and visitors.

The Government is to step up the national terror threat to “severe” during the 16-day Games, meaning an attempted attack is highly likely.

Read moreLondon 2012 Olympic Games: Biometric Scans For All Overseas Games Athletes

Radioactive Japan: 58,000 Bq/Kg Of Cesium Detected In Recycled Chiba Farm Soil (Sold To Plant Nurseries)

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– 58,000 Bq/Kg of Cesium in Recycled Farm Soil in Chiba: Unthinking, Mind-Numbing Urge to Recycle Even After Nuclear Disaster (EX-SKF, February 13, 2012):

A “third sector” company in Chiba was recycling the soil from the plastic greenhouses and selling it to plant nurseries, until 57,000 becquerels/kg of radioactive cesium was found recently.

From Jiji Tsushin (2/13/2012):

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Chiba Engei Plastic Kako (Chiba Horticultural Plastic Processing) in Togane City in Chiba Prefecture, a third-sector company with investment from the Chiba prefectural government, announced on February 13 that the maximum 58,000 becquerels/kg of radioactive cesium was found from 140 tonnes of dirt that had been washed off from the used plastic greenhouses the company had collected from farmers in Chiba. The amount of radioactive cesium is more than 7 times the amount allowed by the national standard for regular disposal which is 8,000 becquerels/kg.

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The company washes down the dirt off the used plastic greenhouses and recycles the dirt collected. The dirt has already been brought in at 7 plant nurseries. The company plans to recall all the dirt, and will store it in the company’s facilities according to the guidance from the prefectural government. The water used for washing was treated, and no radioactive materials were detected.

After I tweeted the Jiji news yesterday, people immediately dug up information of this company. It turns out the company is one of three that was partially owned and operated by the agricultural producer co-op, JA, in Chiba Prefecture. But on the JA Chiba’s website, the company has gone missing. One person searched the cache, and found that the JA’s site had this company on the page until January 29.

Read moreRadioactive Japan: 58,000 Bq/Kg Of Cesium Detected In Recycled Chiba Farm Soil (Sold To Plant Nurseries)

Romania: Cut Off Villages Supplied With Emergency Food By Military Planes And Police Helicopters – People Have To Cut Tunnels Through 15 Feet (4 Meters) Of Snow To Get Out Of Their Homes

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– Emergency food flown into stranded European towns (Idaho Statesman, Feb. 13, 2012):

BUCHAREST, Romania — Military planes and police helicopters flew in tons of emergency food to snowbound villages and ships in the Balkans on Monday, after blizzards so fierce that some people had to cut tunnels through 15 feet (4 meters) of snow to get out of their homes.Since the end of January, Eastern Europe has been pummeled by a record-breaking cold snap and the heaviest snowfall in recent memory. Hundreds of people, many of them homeless, have died in the bitter cold and tens of thousands have been trapped by blocked roads inside homes with little heat.

Authorities declared a state of emergency Monday in eastern Romania, where 6,000 people have been cut off for days. About a dozen major roads were closed, 300 trains canceled and more than 1,000 schools shut down.

Read moreRomania: Cut Off Villages Supplied With Emergency Food By Military Planes And Police Helicopters – People Have To Cut Tunnels Through 15 Feet (4 Meters) Of Snow To Get Out Of Their Homes

Genetically Modified Mosquitoes May Soon Be Released In Florida

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Don’t miss:

– Bill Gates Spends $1 Million On Laser Defence System – To Repel Mosquitoes

– GMO Mosquitos Engineered To Kill – Their Own Children – RELEASED In Brazil, Cayman, Islands And Malaysia

– Scientist Investigating How Mosquitoes Transmit Diseases Dies From Ingested Cyanide

– Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Funds Sweat-Triggered Vaccines

– Gates Foundation: Funding for a proposal to turn mosquitos into ‘flying syringes’ delivering vaccines

What could possibly go wrong?

– Genetically modified mosquitoes may soon be released in Florida (Natural News, Feb. 12, 2012):

In an effort to help eradicate dengue fever and the mosquitos that spread it, the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District (FKMCD) is seeking federal and state approval to release hundreds of thousands of genetically-modified (GM) mosquitos designed to kill off the natural Aedes aegypti variety of the fly throughout Key West, Florida.

The agency, which already routinely performs aerial sprayings of the area with anti-mosquito chemicals, believes it will save money in the long run by releasing the GM mosquitos. Rather than spend $400,000 or more a year to conduct the aerial sprayings, FKMCD says it would instead only have to spend $200,000 to $300,000 a year on the GM mosquitos.

Created by U.K.-based insect eradication company Oxitec, the GM mosquitos have been created with an added gene that, unless they are given the antibiotic tetracycline, will automatically kill them. When they mate with wild mosquitos, these GM mosquitos also pass on this gene to the offspring, which is intended to gradually decrease the population of wild mosquitos over time.

If approved, the release of GM mosquitos in Key West will represent the first ever release of a GM creature in the U.S., and on a trial basis where scientists really have no idea what will happen. Like all other GMOs, it is unknown whether or not the GM mosquitos will have a detrimental effect on the environment or humans, or how killing of large amounts of mosquitos will disrupt the life cycles of natural ecosystems.

Read moreGenetically Modified Mosquitoes May Soon Be Released In Florida

Radioactive Japan

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– 58,000 Bq/Kg from the soil of greenhouse (Fukushima Diary, Feb. 13, 2012)

– Radiation hits Tokyo from 2/13 to 2/15 (Fukushima Diary, Feb. 13, 2012)

– Fall-out intensively increased in Fukushima (Fukushima Diary, Feb. 12, 2012)

– White powder flying from Chiba to Okayama (Fukushima Diary, Feb. 12, 2012)

– Tokyo mayor, “Anti-nuclear is as stupid as monkey” (Fukushima Diary, Feb. 11, 2012)

– Measurement of radiation may be banned in Japan (Fukushima Diary, Feb. 10, 2012)

Radishes Sold In Fukushima Pref. Contain 3,000Bq/Kg Of Radioactive Cesium

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– 3,000Bq/kg from Japanese radish (Fukushima Diary, Feb. 13, 2012):

Fukushima local government measured 3,000 Bq/Kg of cesium from dried Japanese radish produced in Fukushima.

They have already sold 102 bags of them (50g per bag) at 5 street shops, Fukushima prefecture requested Japan agricultural cooperatives to pick them up and stop distributing.

Read moreRadishes Sold In Fukushima Pref. Contain 3,000Bq/Kg Of Radioactive Cesium

Fukushima Reactor 2 Update Feb. 13, 2012

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– TEPCO Evening Press Conference 2/13/2012: Reactor 2 RPV Thermocouple Is Broken, Matsumoto Says (EX-SKF, Feb. 13, 2012)

– Reactor 2 RPV Bottom 91.2 Degrees Celsius (TEPCO Press Conference 11AM, 2/13/2012 11AM) (EX-SKF, Feb. 12, 2012):

(UPDATE 2: Instrument deemed broken, as the temperature at 5PM on February 13, 2012 is 275.9 degrees Celsius. It was as high as 342 degrees before 3PM. See my new post.)

(UPDATE: 94.9 degrees Celsius as of noon on February 13, 2012. Instrument failure most likely, the company says.)

– Heating gauge was lost (Fukushima Diary, Feb. 13, 2012):

In the press conference of 2/13 PM, Tepco announced they lost the heating gauge of reactor 2.
Reactor 2 marked 93.7? at 2/13/2012 11:00, but it went to 276.4? at 17:00.
Tepco is asserting the heating gauge is broken.

(UPDATE 2: Instrument deemed broken, as the temperature at 5PM on February 13, 2012 is 275.9 degrees Celsius. It was as high as 342 degrees before 3PM. See my new post.)

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(UPDATE: 94.9 degrees Celsius as of noon on February 13, 2012. Instrument failure most likely, the company says.)

Asia Buying Gold On Dips – ‘Empires May Fall, Currencies May Change … Gold Will Always Survive’ VERSUS Warren Buffett: Gold Has No Value

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– Asia Buying Gold On Dips – “Empires May Fall, Currencies May Change… Gold Will Always Survive” (ZeroHedge, Feb. 13, 2012):

“The Chinese guys are still buying.  Whenever there is a dip in prices, they will buy. There’s no change in their attitude,” said a physical dealer in Hong Kong, who trades gold bars. “They are still buying today, because I think the downside is limited for the time being. Sentiment has improved a little bit.’’

Market focus tends to be almost solely on Chinese and Indian demand but demand is broad based throughout increasingly important Asian gold markets. Demand for gold remains robust in most Asian countries where consumers are buying gold as a store of wealth due to concerns about their local paper currency.

This phenomenon is happening throughout Asia including in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam and other large Asian countries (see news below regarding demand for gold by investors in Thailand).

AFP have a very interesting article on Vietnamese ‘gold fever’ which recounts how  “stashing gold at home rather than having cash in the bank is a generations-old habit in communist Vietnam”.

And old habits are dying hard even if an ounce of gold bullion can now cost up to US $100 more in Hanoi than anywhere else in the world due to government meddling in the gold market.

AFP quote 60-year-old retiree Truong Van Hue “I still like to keep my savings in gold. It’s safe for retired people like me. I can sell the gold any time, anywhere, when I need cash,” he told AFP.

Vietnam’s love of the yellow metal is centuries-old, rooted in a history of strife, warfare and want. “Empires may fall, currencies may change… gold will always survive,” said sociologist Vu Duc Vuong.

VERSUS

– Warren Buffett: gold has no value (Telegraph, Feb. 10, 2012):

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has dismissed gold as a valueless asset saying that it has no inherent value. In an article for Fortune magazine, Buffett said that gold investors were pinning their hopes on future demand.

He warned that gold was a self-inflating bubble, created by investors desperate for a viable alternative to property and shares.

The infamous investor warned that investors in gold would be left with egg on their face when the price eventually crashed.

(See also: – Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Loses More Than $2 Billion On Derivative Bets)

Related info:

– Washington State Introduces HB 2731 To Declare Gold And Silver Legal Tender Within The State

– ‘Gold Rush’: China Bought Around 500 Tons Of Gold In 2011 To Diversifiy Its Assets (RT – Video)

– PIMCO’s Bill Gross Explains Why ‘We Are Witnessing The Death Of Abundance’ And Why Gold Is Becoming The Default ‘Store Of Value’

– China: ‘Gold Rush’ – Year of Dragon First Week Sees Record Sales, Up 49.7%

– Chinese Central Banker: ‘Gold Is The Only Safe Haven Left’

– Hedge Fund Manager Kyle Bass: ‘Comex Is A Fractional Reserve Exchange’ – Comex Can’t Deliver

– Max Keiser And Gerald Celente On MF Global Bankruptcy Implications – The JP Morgan Connection – Goldman Sachs – CME (‘Chicago Mafia Exchange’) – Gold, Silver – Syria, Iran – Entire Financial System Collapsing, One Big Global Ponzi Scheme – False Flag, WW III – Bank Holiday, Economic Martial Law – ‘YOUR MONEY ISN’T SAFE’

RIP Whitney Houston – Video With Mariah Carey Loaded With Illuminati Symbolism

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YouTube

– Old School Illuminati Symbolism: Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston (1999 video) (The Vigilant Citizen):

This performance of When You Believe by Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston at the 1999 Oscars begins rather conventionally but quickly becomes an all-out Illuminati extravaganza, complete with a checkerboard floor, a pyramid and an “illuminated” occulus doubling as a solar deity at the top. Odd fact: both singers suffered a rather violent breakdown in the following years.

German Finance Minister Schäuble: Greece Has Been A ‘Bottomless Pit’ And Its ‘Promises Are No Longer Enough’

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Flashback:

– Max Keiser on Greece: ‘The IMF is a Financial Mafia’:

“The only solution for Greece is to arrest the Goldman Sachs bankers immediately and all those involved in the fabrication of Greek economic data in 2000, when you became a member of the eurozone. The next step is to nationalize all banks like Sweden did in 1993. The International Monetary Fund is that last thing you need. You will lose your sovereignty. It exercises terrorism. You will be raped in such a way, that it will be the worst pain you have ever felt.

If someone burns down your house in order to sell you charcoal, would you consider this logical? That is exactly what Goldman Sachs did to the Greek economy. They burned you down like arsonists and then they tell you not to worry they’ll give you charcoal. It’s outrageous. The IMF has said that it can provide Greece with help. The Wall Street investment hedge funds are attacking Greece’s bond market so that the Greek economy collapses. And they’re doing this for a simple reason; to force the Greek people to ask for help from the IMF. The IMF will say, we came because you asked for our help. Wall Street bankers work very closely with the IMF. It’s a financial mafia and the hedge funds are the assassins. Research conducted on Goldman Sachs in the USA and in Europe show how big a mafia it is. They are involved in illegal activity throughout the world.

– Schauble Says Greece Has Been A “Bottomless Pit” And Its “Promises Are No Longer Enough” (ZeroHedge, Feb. 13, 2012):

When discussing the Greek vote to pass a request for cash which is based on nothing substantial but merely more pledges to fix its economy in exchange for fresh billions in secured debt (aka bailouts) which will prime at least 136% of the country’s GDP with a direct lien, we said all that matters is Germany’s response. In which case ths following statement from German FinMin Schauble is likely indicative that this time around Greece will need to literally move mountains to convince Europe it will comply. From Reuters: “Greek promises on austerity measures are no longer good enough because so many vows have been broken and the country that has been a “bottomless pit” has to dramatically change its ways, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said. In a hard-hitting interview with the Welt am Sonntag newspaper, Schaeuble also said it is up to Greece whether the country can stay in the euro zone as part of its efforts to restore its competitiveness. “The promises from Greece aren’t enough for us anymore,” Schaeuble said. “With a new austerity programme they are going to first have to implement parts of the old programme and save.” Yet one wonders just how will Greece first implement the measures from the first one if Europe has to vote tomorrow (or Wednesday, it is all a blur now), on ratifying the second bailout. Or was this weekend’s entire Greek exercise merely one of complete irrelevance. In other news, we are fairly confident that February budget revenues are going to come in well below projections, and make the already disappointing January numbers seem like gangbusters.

Read moreGerman Finance Minister Schäuble: Greece Has Been A ‘Bottomless Pit’ And Its ‘Promises Are No Longer Enough’

Greece: Parliament Backs Austerity As Rioters Burn Buildings – PM Lucas Papademos Warns Of ‘Uncontrolled Chaos’ If Country Defaults

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– Greek Parliament Backs Austerity as Rioters Burn Buildings (Bloomberg, Feb. 13, 2012):

Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) — Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos won parliamentary approval for austerity measures to secure an international bailout after rioters protesting the measures battled police and set fire to buildings in downtown Athens.

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Police said 45 buildings were set on fire in arson attacks in central Athens last night by anti-austerity protesters including a Starbucks Corp. cafe and a bank. The blazes were near a bank that was set on fire in May 2010, killing three employees during a general strike against Greece’s first bailout package.

Tear Gas

Demonstrators tore up marble in front of parliament that they hurled with fire-bombs at police guarding the chamber. Officers in riot gear responded with tear-gas and flash grenades. Fifty officers were injured in the violence, police spokesman Takis Papapetropoulos said by telephone. The Greek Health Ministry said in an e-mailed statement that 70 people had been taken to local hospitals. Police said 67 rioters were arrested.

“Vandalism, violence and repression have no place in democracy and won’t be tolerated,” Papademos told lawmakers before the vote. “In such critical times we have no luxuries for such conflict.”

– Greek prime minister warns of ‘uncontrolled chaos’ if country defaults (Telegraph, Feb. 10, 2012):

Lucas Papademos, prime minister, struggled to maintain order in parliament ahead of Sunday’s crucial vote on the budget plans which he needs to win to secure Greece’s €130bn (£109bn) bail-out.

Six ministers resigned in protest over the budget plans, which include tough spending and pension cuts, that were approved on Thursday by political leaders.

Late on Friday night, the remaining memebers of the cabinet approved the draft bill of austerity measures which the country’s parliament will vote on on Sunday.

Earlier in the day, George Karatzaferis, leader of Greek far right in coalition, walked out of the national unity government saying he would refuse to vote on Sunday. Although his party cannot block the vote, his stance rattled European markets.

“Humiliation was imposed on us. I will not tolerate this… no matter how hungry I might be,” he said. “Greece must not and cannot be outside the EU. But it can do without the German boot.”

PepsiCo To Cut 8,700 Jobs As Part Of ‘GROWTH STRATEGY’, Boosts Marketing Budget By $600 MILLION This Year

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– PepsiCo to cut 8,700 jobs as part of growth strategy (Food Navigator, Feb. 9, 2012):

PepsiCo plans to cut 8,700 jobs, with a particular focus on North America, as part of a wider strategy to drive growth, the company said on Thursday.

– PepsiCo To Cut Jobs, Boost Marketing; Lowers 2012 View? (Wall Street Journal, Feb. 9, 2012):

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- PepsiCo Inc. (PEP) will boost its marketing budget by as much as $600 million this year and will lean on a dozen core brands, including its flagship Pepsi-Cola, to try to catch up to its top rival Coca-Cola Co. (KO), especially in North America where results have been sluggish.

PepsiCo is cutting about 3% of its global workforce, or 8,700 jobs, and uncovering other cost savings to fund the larger investment behind Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Gatorade, Lays, Doritos and other top brands, as well as to offset what it expects to be another year of historically high commodity prices. The productivity program is expected to produce $1.5 billion in cost savings by 2014.

Read morePepsiCo To Cut 8,700 Jobs As Part Of ‘GROWTH STRATEGY’, Boosts Marketing Budget By $600 MILLION This Year

‘Code Red For Agriculture In Tuscany’ (Libero): Loss Rates Of Up To 50 Percent!

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Google translation (Original article in Italian below.):

– Bad weather: Coldiretti, code red for agriculture in Tuscany (Libero, Feb. 9, 2012):

Florence, February 9 – (Adnkronos) – blizzard comes and farmers tremble. Sale in Tuscany concern for agricultural production already ‘put to the test by a week of freezing temperatures. The worsening weather conditions expected over the weekend and announced the arrival of the dreaded snow storm and icy Baltic carry the warning level on the code red.

” We are very worried – admits Tulio Marcelli, Regional Chair Coldiretti Tuscany – Snow and ‘definitely a problem, but the cold may’ be a very dangerous factor for agricultural production. In general, for many crops on our land as olive trees and vines from frost damage to equipment and will be visible and measurable only at the vegetative growth, therefore, to date, and ‘difficult to make an analysis of some of the entity’ of the damage. The sudden drop in temperature, for a period so ‘long, can’ do much harm.”

Meanwhile Coldiretti Tuscany (info at www.toscana.coldiretti.it) certifies already ‘some situations scattered’ throughout the region of strong critical ‘where the production of seasonal vegetables grown in open fields (see sprouts, cabbage, artichokes and in general, leafy vegetables like lettuce, radicchio, endive, borage, spinach, chicory) and ‘lost with rates of up to 50%, the cold has also affected the product already’ harvest and during storage.

Read more‘Code Red For Agriculture In Tuscany’ (Libero): Loss Rates Of Up To 50 Percent!