The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either. – Benjamin Franklin
– Finland – Snowfall causes worst damage in power company history:
70,000 customers lose power – 80,000 phones cut off
The heavy wet snow and sleet over the weekend caused as many as 70,000 customers to lose electricity in central Finland. Worst damage in power company Elenia’s history!”
As of Sunday morning some 55,000 households remained without power.
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‘Blind faith in your leaders, or in anything, will get you killed
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– Bruce Springsteen
– Man accused of boiling baby in shower had been cleared by NSW child protection agency:
A MAN who is accused of causing horrific injuries to a 10-month-old baby by boiling him in a shower had just received the all clear to look after another infant by NSW’s child protection agency.
The baby boy was last night fighting for life in an induced coma with bruising to his skull, jaw and third degree burns to half of his body.
Police claim the man accused of attacking the boy told them the toddler had thrown up so he put him on the floor of the shower of a Penrith home and turned on the water before going to charge his phone and smoke.
The boy’s skin was “peeling off” when he returned, he told police.
Read moreMan accused of boiling baby in shower had been cleared by NSW child protection agency
Up to 10,000 troops are on standby to be deployed on the streets of Britain in the event of a Paris-style terror attack, David Cameron announced today.
The Prime Minister said the forces were part of a new contingency plan to deal with a ‘major terrorist attack’ amid warnings that ISIS and Al Qaeda could obtain chemical and biological weapons to launch a deadly attack.
– Swiss Bank “Goes There”, Applies Negative Rates To Retail Deposits:
Back in September in “How Mario Draghi Can Force The Swiss National Bank To Go ‘Nuclear On Depositors,” we discussed the implications of the ECB’s (likely) decision to plunge further into NIRP-dom at the bank’s December meeting.
In short, DM central banks – with the possible exception of the Fed which is about to create a rather meaningful policy divergence with its core CB brethren – are in a proverbial race to bottom. It’s a beggar-thy-neighbor monetary policy regime and the more stubborn inflation expectations prove to be, the more aggressive the tit-for-tat easing, as everyone involved scrambles to protect their currency in the face of incessant competitive devaluations on all sides.
As we outlined in great detail in the post linked above, the ECB’s ultra dovish lean has the potential to create a lot of problems for the Riksbank, the Norges Bank, and the SNB.
Read moreSwiss Bank “Goes There”, Applies Negative Rates To Retail Deposits
– Not a Safe Space – Canadian University Suspends Yoga Class After Students Become Offended:
Young kids going to college are precisely that: Young kids going to college. Administrators are the ones who are supposed to be responsible for protecting free speech and upholding the U.S. Constitution within their spheres of influence, not pandering to hypersensitive students accustomed to always getting their way by merely shouting “racist” at whoever they happen to disagree with that week. Where are the adults in the room?
– From the post: Speechless – UCLA Engages in Absurd, Anti-Intellectual and Dangerous Attack on Campus Free Speech
Apparently yoga is no longer a safe space.
When I first saw this headline I dismissed it, thinking it had to be a joke. Unfortunately, the joke’s on us.
The Telegraph reports:
A free yoga class has been suspended at a Canadian university over fears the practice could be seen as ‘cultural appropriation’, it has been claimed.
Read moreNot a Safe Space – Canadian University Suspends Yoga Class After Students Become Offended
– Clinton Foundation’s Colombian ‘Private Equity Fund’ Was Unregistered:
The Clinton Foundation’s Colombia-based investment company was not registered as a private equity fund in the country, which may have allowed it to avoid certain industry regulations and oversight from the Colombian government.
Although Fondo Acceso described itself as a “Private Equity Fund” in company promotional materials and business presentations, it is not listed in a database maintained by the Colombian government of current or previously registered private equity funds.
Read moreClinton Foundation’s Colombian ‘Private Equity Fund’ Was Unregistered
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– Oh, What A Surprise … Same Crisis Actor Seen In Aurora, Sandy Hook, Boston … And Now In Paris:
In a stunning demonstration of online book burning, Amazon.com has just banned a book because of its contents. The book Nobody Died at Sandy Hook consists of analysis from a dozen contributor authors, and it’s edited by Jim Fetzer, Ph.D.. The book concludes that Sandy Hook was a staged FEMA drill carried out by the government to push an agenda of nationwide gun control.
Use hashtag #StopAmazonCensorship to Tweet this story.
We have a full download of the book below in PDF form, so keep reading if you want to find out what’s so “dangerous” about this book that Amazon had to ban it…
– Russia May Stop Gas Supplies to Ukraine in Two Days:
Kiev’s prepayment is sufficient to cover deliveries for a couple of days, Gazprom CEO noted.
“Volumes of the prepaid gas are running out. I think that they will be sufficient… for a couple of days or so,” Miller told journalists on the sidelines of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum summit in the Iranian capital.
Read moreRussia May Stop Gas Supplies to Ukraine in Two Days
– Russia Debates Unorthodox Orthodox Financial Alternative:
A significant debate is underway in Russia since imposition of western financial sanctions on Russian banks and corporations in 2014. It’s about a proposal presented by the Moscow Patriarchate of the Orthodox Church. The proposal, which resembles Islamic interest-free banking models in many respects, was first unveiled in December 2014 at the depth of the Ruble crisis and oil price free-fall. This August the idea received a huge boost from the endorsement of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. It could change history for the better depending on what is done and where it further leads.
Read moreWilliam Engdahl: Russia Debates Unorthodox Orthodox Financial Alternative
– Record snowfall in South Dakota – Almost double previous record:
The Yankton region saw nearly two feet (60 cm) of snow in some areas, almost double the previous record.
The city itself recorded 8 inches of snowfall, while a site to the east-southeast of town recorded about a foot of snow. Yankton’s record snowfall for Nov. 20 stood at 12 inches, set in 1975.
Read moreRecord snowfall in South Dakota – Almost double previous record
– Lansing shatters 87-year-old snowfall record:
Saturday’s snowfall more than doubled a nearly 90-year Lansing record, according to the National Weather Service.
The 8.2 inches of snow in the city bested a 1928 record of 3.5 inches for Nov. 21, meteorologist Jared Maples said.
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– Detroit snowfall shatters 122-year-old record:
More than a foot (30 cm) of snow in some Detroit suburbs
Saturday’s 6 inches (15 cm) of snow at Detroit Metro Airport shattered the previous Nov. 21 record of 1.4 inches set in 1893, according to the National Weather Service.
Clarkston was buried beneath 15.5 inches of snow, while Rochester Hills, Ortonville, Lakeville, Milford and Holly all received a foot of snow or more. Armada recorded 10 inches of snow, while 8.2 inches fell in Garden City.
– Heavy snowfall in China – But Dutch MSM ignores it:
“Bogus AGW propaganda is put on the front pages,” says reader Argiris Diamantis.
“People are being brainwashed by the Dutch MSM, crucial information about the cooling, that is really happening is being withheld, and bogus AGW propaganda is put on the front pages.“Heavy snowfall in China is reported in the Turkish mainstream media (MSM): “Meteorological snow gave the alarm in China”
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“It is also reported in the Russian MSM:
Snowfall: the Beijing airport “Shoud” canceled about 200 flights”
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“But not a word about this in the Dutch MSM. Instead they publish the news that the director of the KNMI (Dutch Meteorological Institute), Gerard van der Steenhoven, calls for an orange alert for Global Warming.”http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/24777302/___Code_Oranje_voor_klimaat___.html
– Wide area of northern China blanketed by heavy snow:
“Such a heavy snowfall has not occurred often before,” said Sun Jun, chief forecaster at the Beijing Traffic Management Bureau.
On Thursday, the center had issued a warning on the coming blizzard and reminded residents in northern China of the sharp decline in temperature and possible traffic difficulties.
Key expressways were closed and flights were canceled on Sunday as a wide area of northern China was hit by a snowstorm that disrupted transportation.
– “Central Banks Are Out Of Dry Powder” Stockman Warns “Another Financial Crisis Is Unavoidable”:
David Stockman:
“We’re headed for a very severe monetary crisis and period of great instability — the very opposite of what has been experienced for the last six or seven years, when these markets have been effectively tranquilized by the central banks and their massive quantitative easing and intrusion into financial markets..
But it’s going to change because we’re reaching the point where they (central banks) are out of dry powder. I don’t think the central banks have infinite power. I don’t think they can keep interest rates suppressed forever if confidence is lost.
Remember, there are trillions of dollars of bonds out there. There is something like $225 trillion of total debt in the world (public and private), and $90 trillion of that is traded in one form or another.
WATERLOO | Northeast Iowa residents spent Saturday digging out from the first major snowfall of the season.
A winter storm blanketed the Waterloo-Cedar Falls area with more than a foot of wet, heavy snow Friday night and Saturday morning, shattering a nearly 60-year-old record.
The National Weather Service reported 12.7 inches of snow fell at the Waterloo Regional Airport. The 10.5 inches that dropped Friday broke the previous Nov. 20 record of 2.6 inches set in 1956.
Six to 14 inches of snow fell in various parts of Iowa, tapering off Saturday morning as the sun rose.
– Europe Demands Access To All SWIFT Data To “Combat Terrorism Funding”:
One week ago, we reported, with little surprise, that just days after last Friday’s terrorist attack, the European Commission had “implemented strict controls to make it difficult to acquire firearms.”
This followed our take from two months ago, predicting with uncanny accuracy the events of November 13, when we said that “as the need to ratchet up the fear factor grows, expect more such reports of asylum seekers who have penetrated deep inside Europe, and whose intentions are to terrorize the public. Expect a few explosions thrown in for good effect” and we added that “since everyone knows by now “not to let a crisis go to waste” the one thing Europe needs is a visceral, tangible crisis, ideally with chilling explosions and innocent casualties. We expect one will be provided on short notice.“
Read moreEurope Demands Access To All SWIFT Data To “Combat Terrorism Funding”
– Los Angeles Airport to Build Special Terminal Just for Celebrities:
Welcome to the 1%’s new airport terminal. Los Angeles international airport on Thursday won approval to build a special terminal to allow celebrities, sports stars and the world’s wealthy to glide directly from their chauffeur-driven limo to their first-class seat without having to interact with any of the general travelling public.
The airport’s Board of Airport Commissioners unanimously approved LAX’s plan to redevelop a cargo hangar into the US’s first terminal dedicated to the rich and famous . The airport said the Los Angeles Suite, which will allow celebrities and diplomats to avoid paparazzi, or protesters, by allowing cars to drop off guests behind closed doors, will be operational at a temporary facility within six months.
Read moreLos Angeles Airport to Build Special Terminal Just for Celebrities
– Former Senior Aide to FOUR Presidents Outlines How and Why the Elites Want to End Physical Cash:
As we’ve noted previously, the War on Cash is accelerating.
In recent months:
1) The SEC and other regulators have implemented legislation allowing Money Market Funds to lock in your cash for up to 10 days during the next financial crisis (meaning you cannot get your money out).
2) The FDIC has implemented legislation permitting it to seize “systemically important” banks and convert their deposits into equity (the dreaded “bail in” used in Cyprus in 2013).
3) JP Morgan and other large banks have begun rejecting large deposits.
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– Clinical Guide To The Use Of Vitamin C
– Dr. Andrew Saul, Ph.D. – 6 Proven Ways To Improve Your Health (Video)
– Was Linus Pauling Right About Vitamin C’s Curative Powers After All?
By Dr. Mercola
Vitamin C is one of the most well-established traditional antioxidants we know of, and its potent health benefits have been clearly demonstrated over time, especially for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases.
A perfect example of the healing power of this antioxidant vitamin is the dramatic case of Allan Smith, who contracted a serious case of swine flu, and was brought back from the brink of death using a combination of IV and oral vitamin C.
Read moreWas Linus Pauling Right About Vitamin C’s Curative Powers After All?
– Dollar Index Tops 100 As EURUSD Tumbles To 1.05 Handle, 7-Month Lows:
EURUSD just broke to a 1.05 handle, its lowest since April. With EURUSD now down 9 big figures from Draghi’s mid-October jawboning, the US Dollar index (heavily-weighted to EUR) is soaring, reaching back above to its highest since March. Bearing in mind that Fed’s Fischer says that the worst of USD’s impact on the US economy is yet to come, we may have a problem.
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– 5 Myths Regarding the Paris Terror Attacks:
As usual, the politicos and talking heads are all talking their own book, using the Paris terror attacks to push their own agendas.
As shown below, they’re spouting nonsense.
Mass Surveillance Won’t Help
The NSA and other spy agencies are pretending that the Paris attacks show that we need more mass surveillance.
But the New York Times correctly points out in a scathing editorial that mass surveillance won’t help to prevent terrorism:
Latest Update:
- *MICHEL: BRUSSELS TERROR THREAT STILL SERIOUS AND IMMINENT
- *BELGIUM’S MICHEL: TERROR ALERT REMAINS AT LEVEL 4
- *MICHEL: TERROR ALERT IN BRUSSELS STAYS AT HIGHEST LEVEL
- *BELGIUM’S MICHEL: BRUSSELS METRO TO STAY CLOSED UNTIL MONDAY
- *BRUSSELS SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES TO BE CLOSED MONDAY
- *BELGIUM’S MICHEL: WILL RE-ASSESS TERROR THREAT MONDAY AFTERNOON
- *MICHEL: HAVE TAKEN STEPS WITH EU INSTITUTIONS IN BRUSSELS
So – much like The Fed, it appears Belgian officials find themselves trapped at the lower bound of liberty and freedom and higher bound of terror and fearmongery.
As we detailed earlier,
On Saturday, police and other security personnel instituted what amounts to a military lockdown of Brussels amid a “serious and imminent” terror threat.
– So Who’s Really Sponsoring ISIS? Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Other U.S. “Allies”:
Mass surveillance at home and endless military projection abroad are the twin sides of the same coin of national security, which must simply be maximized as much as possible.
Conspicuously missing from President Hollande’s decisive declaration of war however, was any mention of the biggest elephant in the room: state-sponsorship.
A senior Western official familiar with a large cache of intelligence obtained this summer told the Guardian that “direct dealings between Turkish officials and ranking ISIS members was now ‘undeniable.’”
ISIS, in other words, is state-sponsored?—?indeed, sponsored by purportedly Western-friendly regimes in the Muslim world, who are integral to the anti-ISIS coalition. Which then begs the question as to why Hollande and other Western leaders expressing their determination to “destroy” ISIS using all means necessary, would prefer to avoid the most significant factor of all: the material infrastructure of ISIS’ emergence in the context of ongoing Gulf and Turkish state support for Islamist militancy in the region.
There are many explanations, but one perhaps stands out: the West’s abject dependence on terror-toting Muslim regimes, largely to maintain access to Middle East, Mediterranean and Central Asian oil and gas resources.
– From the excellent Nafeez Ahmed article: NATO is Harbouring the Islamic State
With the way the French government’s cracking down on the civil liberties of its own citizens, you’d think the general public was supporting and funding ISIS as opposed to the French government allies who actually are.
As an example, we learn the following from ArsTechica:
Read moreSo Who’s Really Sponsoring ISIS? Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Other U.S. “Allies”
