Next Time Obama Boasts About The “Recovery”, Show Him This Chart

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– Next Time Obama Boasts About The “Recovery”, Show Him This Chart (ZeroHedge, Aug 6, 2014):

Irony aside, the growth of income (trough to peak) during so-called ‘economic expansions’ has changed… and President Obama’s “recovery” is the worst of the lot…

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Chart: @ptcherneva

A reminder of the irony… One can read 696 page neo-Marxist tomes “explaining” inequality in a way only an economist could – by ignoring the untold destruction economists themselves have unleashed on society with their “scientific theories” (and providing a “solution” to the inequality problem which we warned readers was coming back in September of 2011) or one can read the following 139 words by Elliott’s Paul Singer which in two short paragraphs explains everything one needs to know about America’s record class inequality, including precisely who is the man responsible:

Read moreNext Time Obama Boasts About The “Recovery”, Show Him This Chart

Beyond The Border: The US’s Deadly Immigration Crisis

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– Beyond the border: the US’s deadly immigration crisis (Guardian, Aug 6, 2014):

Texas has become the deadliest state in the US for undocumented immigrants. This four-part series from The Guardian and the Texas Observer looks at the lives affected by the humanitarian crisis

Russian Defense Minister Tells Troops “To Be In State Of Constant Battle Readiness”

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– Russian Defense Minister Tells Troops “To Be In State Of Constant Battle Readiness” (ZeroHedge, Aug 6, 2014):

Having discussed his view that the Ukraine government is at fault for worsening the conflict, Russia’s Putin explained to Angela Merkel that a “rising civilian toll has created a humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.” However, it was Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu’s comments that “the world has changed and changed dramatically,” demanding that his troops “must be in constant combat readiness,” are the most disconcerting as his strong tone in the following clip appears to confirm Poland and NATO’s fears.

Putin’s conversation with Merkel…

Read moreRussian Defense Minister Tells Troops “To Be In State Of Constant Battle Readiness”

Missile-Cruiser USS Vella Gulf Returns To Black Sea To “Promote Peace And Stability”

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– US Missile-Cruiser Returns To Black Sea To “Promote Peace And Stability” (ZeroHedge, Aug 6, 2014):

The last time the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) crossed the Bosphorus was three weeks ago to depart the Black Sea, following the end of the Bulgaria-led NATO exercise Breeze 2014. Back then, the departure of the cruiser left no American ship in the Black Sea but the numbers of NATO ships have been on the rise since March. Ahead of Vella Gulf’s departure, there were nine NATO ships in the Black Sea on July 9, according to Russian state news service RIA Novosti. So following a rest in the Mediterranean and as a result of the most recent deterioration in second Cold War, the USS Vella Gulf has re-entered the Black Sea, the ship’s third trip to the Black Sea. The reason: “to promote peace and stability in the region.”

 

Costs? US Exports To Russia Collapse 34%

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– Costs? US Exports To Russia Collapse 34% (ZeroHedge, Aug 6, 2014):

While Jack lew promised the economic impact on the US economy of Russian sanctions would be minimal, the facts suggest the opposite. Admittedly, Russia is not the US’ largest trade partner but escalating sanctions have resulted in a 34% collapse in US exports to Russia – the largest absolute drop since 2010. Imports (from Russia) also fell (for the 3rd month in a row) but while the US is suffering ‘costs’ it is clear Russia is hurting more (for now – as Putin is set to unleash his countermeasures). Since sanctions began Russian stocks are up 9.5% and the S&P up 4.5% but the spread has collapsed in recent weeks.

Eyewitness in NYPD Chokehold Murder Arrested on “Unrelated” Charges: “You’re mad because I filmed your boy.”

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Before:

– Man Dies After NYPD Thugs Put Him in Chokehold

H/t reader squodgy:

“Here’s the update. The Ruling was not predicted. The police response was.”

– Eyewitness in NYPD Chokehold Murder Arrested on “Unrelated” Charges: “You’re mad because I filmed your boy.” (The Daily Sheeple, Aug 5, 2014):

On July 17, Eric Garner, a 43-year-old NY resident, was confronted by the NYPD for allegedly selling “untaxed” cigarettes.

Garner questioned the thugs officers about why he was being harassed. At least two witnesses filmed the incident, which clearly shows Daniel Pantaleo, one of the NYPD bullies, throw Garner into a chokehold – a move that was banned by the police force in 1993.

Last Friday, the New York City medical examiner’s office confirmed what many of us already knew.

Read moreEyewitness in NYPD Chokehold Murder Arrested on “Unrelated” Charges: “You’re mad because I filmed your boy.”

Three Years later, Japan Finally Tells The Truth: More Fuel Melted At Fukushima

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Flashback:

– Fukushima Is An Extinction Level Event: 17.91 Billion Lethal Doses (By Ingestion) Chasing Each And Every One Of Us On The Planet … And That’s Just From The Amount Of Cesium-137 (Veterans Today, April 19, 2013):

That’s 17.91 Billion Lethal Doses (by Ingestion) chasing the 7.3 Billion of us on the Planet now and there are 1,946 known radioactive killer isotopic poisons in this list.

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Three hundred and fifty years from now (from 2013) is about 14 generations, or the year 2363. Worse still, after 350 years of increased lethality, the Radiotoxicity Level does not decline, it just levels off. We, and all our kind, will simply be dead and gone – finished. Truly, the affair at Fukushima is an Extinction Level Event.

– Fukushima Now Equal To 50 Plus Chernobyls & 3,000 Billion Lethal Doses Of Radiation (Veterans Today, May 28th, 2011):

Three thousand billion (3,000,000,000,000) Lethal Doses of Radiation means there are 429 Lethal Doses chasing each and every one of us on the planet, to put it in a nutshell.

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– Three Years later, Japan Finally Tells The Truth: More Fuel Melted At Fukushima (ZeroHedge, Aug 6, 2014):

After years of obfuscation and, simply put, lies; TEPCO has admitted in a new report that more nuclear fuel had melted at the Fukushima nuclear reactor than previously stated. While this is dreadful news, it gets worse, as the report further confirms that despite Abe’s promises and TEPCO’s state-funded efforts to build ice-walls, it may miss an important deadline binding it to clean radioactive water stored inside the Fukushima nuclear plant. Bloomberg reports officials commenting “we are doing everything we can do,” but it appears, that is not enough as tens of thousands of tons of toxic water are expected to remain at the site by the imposed deadline.

As NHK reports, the meltdown was far more significant that originally publicly stated…

Read moreThree Years later, Japan Finally Tells The Truth: More Fuel Melted At Fukushima

Twenty-one questions about Ebola: government propaganda, medical corruption and bioweapons experiments

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Related info:

– Why Does The U.S. Government Own A Patent On The Ebola Virus?

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– Twenty-one questions about Ebola: government propaganda, medical corruption and bioweapons experiments (Natural News, Aug 6, 2014):

Something’s fishy about the official stories we’re being told on Ebola. Things don’t add up, which is why I’m posing these twenty-one important questions we should all be considering:

#1) How can U.S. health authorities claim there is zero risk from Ebola patients being treated in U.S. hospitals when those same hospitals can’t control superbug infections? “Many hospitals are poorly prepared to contain any pathogen. That’s why at least 75,000 people a year die from hospital infections. If hospitals can’t stop common infections like MRSA, C. diff and VRE, they can’t handle Ebola.” – Fox News (1)

#2) Why should we trust the CDC’s handling of Ebola when the agency can’t even keep track of its anthrax, avian flu and smallpox samples?

#3) Why were Ebola victims transported to cities in the USA when they could be given state-of-the-art medical care overseas? “Now, they are bringing in highly infectious patients into this nation that is Ebola-free. In doing so, they are violating the primary rule of contagion: isolation.” – Radio host Michael Savage (2)

Read moreTwenty-one questions about Ebola: government propaganda, medical corruption and bioweapons experiments

New Jersey Cop: If Obama Doesn’t Follow Constitution, We Don’t Have To Follow Constitution (Video)

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– New Jersey Cop: If Obama doesn’t Follow Constitution, we don’t have to Follow Constitution (LiveLeak, Aug 6, 2014):

A New Jersey cop decided he no longer needs to abide by the Constitution because President Obama hasn’t done so.

But we can safely assume he disregarded the Constitution when President Bush was in office.

We can probably assume he hasn’t even thought of the Constitution since he took an oath to defend it before becoming a cop.

He just has that arrogance about him.

Read more on PINAC

Top Scientists Challenge Makeup of US GMO Risks Panel

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– Top Scientists Challenge Makeup of US GMO Risks Panel (Sustainable Pulse, Aug 6, 2014):

Today, 64 established scientists, researchers and professionals submitted an open letter to the U.S. National Academy of Science’s National Research Council (NRC), strongly criticizing the council’s proposal of a panel of experts tasked with completing a new NRC study, “Genetically Engineered Crops: Past Experience and Future Prospects.”

According to NRC, “the committee was drawn from nominations submitted, considering the full range of expertise and experience needed to address the study’s statement of task.” NRC offered the public an opportunity to comment on the committee’s composition through August 5.

Read moreTop Scientists Challenge Makeup of US GMO Risks Panel

Three leading Ebola experts call for release of experimental drug

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FYI.

– Three leading Ebola experts call for release of experimental drug (LA Times, Aug 6, 2014):

Three leading experts on the Ebola virus said Wednesday that experimental drugs should be provided to Africa, and that if the deadly virus was rampant in Western countries it would be “highly likely” that authorities would give people access to the medications.

A decision to allow two American health workers infected in Liberia to have access to an experimental treatment — while dozens of African doctors and nurses have perished — has ignited a controversy over the ethics of the decision, which reportedly side-stepped Liberian health regulations.

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DHS Detains And Batters Cameraman JC Playford (Video)

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H/t reader squodgy:

“Now this proves they are hiring ignorant thugs to intimidate people.”

Published on Jul 14, 2014

This abusive Govt. paychecker, tells me that it is against the Law to film, the gate of Marine Corps Base 29 Palms , while I cover the missing Marine wife story. He actually detains me, and puts his nasty ass hands on me several times

More Warmongering: US Secretary Of Defense, NATO Both Say Threat Of Russian Incursion A “Reality”

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– More Warmongering: US Secretary Of Defense, NATO Both Say Threat Of Russian Incursion A “Reality” (ZeroHedge, Aug 6, 2014):

On the heels of yesterday’s comments from Poland’s Sikorski, NATO has confirmed there’s a risk of Russia sending troops into Ukraine under the ‘pretext’ of a humanitarian or peacekeeping mission. “We’re not going to guess what’s on Russia’s mind, but we can see what Russia is doing on the ground – and that is of great concern,” a NATO spokesperson warned, adding, “this is a dangerous situation.” Then US SecDef Hagel added, “the threat of Russian incursion in Ukraine is a reality.” Russia’s response to this warmongering (as Ukraine appears desperate to instigate something before the money runs out) is to blast the disinformation, “reports of troop buildups near the Ukraine border are groundless.” It appears we are going to need more YouTube clips…

US Secretary of Defense Hagel is chiming in…

Read moreMore Warmongering: US Secretary Of Defense, NATO Both Say Threat Of Russian Incursion A “Reality”

Abenomics Is Working: Japanese Households On Welfare Rise To Record

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Shinzo Abe

– Abenomics Is Working: Japanese Households On Welfare Rise To Record (ZeroHedge, Aug 6, 2014):

Just in case the legacy of Abenomics wasn’t clear enough (it should have been after we reported that its legacy is “Japan’s Greatest “Misery” In 33 Years“), here is another confirmation that in the New Normal, only bad things happen when you forget to BTFD.

From Japan Times:

The number of households on welfare in Japan hit a record high of 1,603,093 in May, up 2,852 from the previous month, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said on Wednesday. The rise came as a growing number of single-person elderly households, or people aged 65 or older who are living alone, became recipients, ministry officials said.

Read moreAbenomics Is Working: Japanese Households On Welfare Rise To Record

The Best Medicine Is LOVE

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Hands

“A wise physician once said, ‘I have been practicing medicine for 30 years, and I have prescribed many things. But, in the long run, I have learned that for most of what ails the human creature, the best medicine is LOVE.’

‘What if it doesn’t work?’

‘Double the dose,’ he replied.”

ISIS Marches On … Destroying Iraq’s Cultural Heritage

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Related info:

– ISIL Leader Al-Baghdadi Is Mossad Agent Simon Elliot (Veterans Today, Aug 4, 2014)

– ISIS Marches On (Acting Man, Aug 6, 2014):

Destroying Iraq’s Cultural Heritage

The fundamentalist retro-gang that has conquered Northern Iraq has decided it needs to go Taliban on cultural monuments it disapproves of. One of the most recent outrages was the destruction of the tomb of Yunus, better known in the West as the prophet Jonah (yes, the biblical one who spent some time in the belly of a whale). Jonah is one of the prophets revered by both Christians and Muslims, so the motivation is not entirely clear. However, this is by far not the only ancient religious site ISIS has destroyed in the vicinity of Mosul. Reportedly the group has by now destroyed some 30 ancient shrines, churches, mosques and Hussainiyas in the area of Mosul alone. Oddly, this included at least four Sunni mosques, so there appears to be a certain degree of arbitrariness to these actions. Yazidi monuments are of course also on the list of things ISIS destroys whenever an occasion presents itself.

In short, the group is not only killing people that don’t conform to its harsh version of Islam, it is also trying to erase all traces of their history and culture. It cares not one whit how old or unique these buildings and monuments are. For instance, the mosque of Yunus was built on an archeological site the oldest parts of which date back to the 8th century BC. In short, there are buildings in Iraq that have survived 2,800 years of upheaval and strife, but they haven’t survived the coming of ISIS. Apparently ISIS considers all the shrines and mosques it destroys “places of apostasy”. In the course of its rampage it has also burned the books of the Diyala province’s library, so reading is apparently a no-no for ISIS as well.

Read moreISIS Marches On … Destroying Iraq’s Cultural Heritage

Russia Prepares Large-Scale Invasion: “Battle-ready Force of Infantry, Armor, Artillery, and Air Defense”

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– Russia Prepares Large-Scale Invasion: “Battle-ready Force of Infantry, Armor, Artillery, and Air Defense” (SHFTplan, Aug 5, 2014):

A massive buildup on the Ukrainian border in the last 48 hours has seen Russia double its troop levels with 17 additional battalions and has left Western leaders trying to figure out what President Vladimir Putin is planning to do next.

On Tuesday the Russian President called for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council to resolve the “humanitarian crisis” in Ukraine that has reportedly left tens of thousands of people displaced because of fighting over the last several months, a move that some in the West see as prelude to a Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Read moreRussia Prepares Large-Scale Invasion: “Battle-ready Force of Infantry, Armor, Artillery, and Air Defense”

The European “Recovery” Is Over: Italy “Unexpectedly” Enters Triple-Dip Recession

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– The European “Recovery” Is Over: Italy “Unexpectedly” Enters Triple-Dip Recession (ZeroHedge, Aug 6, 2014):

Goodbye European recovery, we hardly knew you. It must have come as a huge shock to all hypnotized lemmings aka “sophisticated investors” who have been following the manipulated, artificial yields in the Italian 10Y relentlessly declining and thus suggesting at least some economic stability, when an hour ago instead of reporting a 0.1% increase for its Q2 GDP as widely expected, Italy “unexpectedly” reported a sequential contraction of -0.2% down from a -0.1% drop in Q1, and officially the start of yet another, its third since Lehman, recession. Then again, considering Italy’s youth unemployment of over 40% just hit a record high, we use the term “unexpectedly” rather loosely.

 

Troops Deployed In West Africa Ebola Clinics As 2 More Nigeria Cases Revealed; Saudi Arabia Blocks Travelers

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– Troops Deployed In West Africa Ebola Clinics As 2 More Nigeria Cases Revealed; Saudi Blocks Travelers (ZeroHedge, Aug 5, 2014):

Following Monday’s announcement that it will not issue pilgrimage visas to pilgrims from Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia due to concerns regarding the spread of the Ebola virus, Saudi Arabian officials have admitted they are testing samples from a man who had returned recently from a business trip to Sierra Leone for suspected Ebola infection. With the virus having killed at least 887 people, Saudi Arabia is getting serious, “we have communicated the instructions to the officials at all ports of entry.”

Read moreTroops Deployed In West Africa Ebola Clinics As 2 More Nigeria Cases Revealed; Saudi Arabia Blocks Travelers

Legislative restrictions on popular bloggers come into force in Russia

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– Legislative restrictions on popular bloggers come into force in Russia (RT, Aug 5, 2014):

As of August 1 all blogs having 3,000 daily readers or more will have to follow many of the rules that exist in conventional mass media, such as tougher control on published information or the ban on use of explicit language.

The set of amendments to the Administrative Code, the Law on Information and the Law on Communications , dubbed by reporters as the ‘Bill on Bloggers’, was signed into force by President Putin in early May this year.

The draft introduced the definition of a popular blogger as someone whose internet page attracts at least 3,000 readers every day (earlier this week the authorities announced that these should be unique visitors, not just page hits). Such authors will now have to register with the state watchdog Roskomnadzor, disclose their real identity and follow the same rules as journalists working in conventional state-registered mass media.

Read moreLegislative restrictions on popular bloggers come into force in Russia

RECOVERY: 4 MILLION Fewer Jobs: How The BLS Massively Overestimated US Job Creation

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From the article:

“This also means that any boasts by Obama about “solid US economic growth” under his regime, and that all those jobs lost since Lehman have allegedly since been recovered, are nothing but even more lies.”

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– 4 Million Fewer Jobs: How The BLS Massively Overestimated US Job Creation (ZeroHedge, Aug 5, 2014):

When it comes to the all-important monthly payrolls number which sets the tone for risk over the next month, one of the biggest variables in the BLS’ “estimate” (because all jobs numbers are that: statistical estimates) of US jobs is the monthly birth-death adjustment. What this monthly fudge factor is, in a nutshell, is the BLS’ estimation for how many new businesses are created over the period offset by older “dying” businesses, leading to incremental jobs that are only polled by the BLS with a substantial lag.

Here is how the BLS explains this adjustment:

Read moreRECOVERY: 4 MILLION Fewer Jobs: How The BLS Massively Overestimated US Job Creation

Barack Obama’s Secret Terrorist-Tracking System, by the Numbers

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– Barack Obama’s Secret Terrorist-Tracking System, by the Numbers (The Intercept, Aug 5, 2014):

Nearly half of the people on the U.S. government’s widely shared database of terrorist suspects are not connected to any known terrorist group, according to classified government documents obtained by The Intercept.

Of the 680,000 people caught up in the government’s Terrorist Screening Database—a watchlist of “known or suspected terrorists” that is shared with local law enforcement agencies, private contractors, and foreign governments—more than 40 percent are described by the government as having “no recognized terrorist group affiliation.” That category—280,000 people—dwarfs the number of watchlisted people suspected of ties to al Qaeda, Hamas, and Hezbollah combined.

The documents, obtained from a source in the intelligence community, also reveal that the Obama Administration has presided over an unprecedented expansion of the terrorist screening system. Since taking office, Obama has boosted the number of people on the no fly list more than ten-fold, to an all-time high of 47,000—surpassing the number of people barred from flying under George W. Bush.

“If everything is terrorism, then nothing is terrorism,” says David Gomez, a former senior FBI special agent. The watchlisting system, he adds, is “revving out of control.”

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Nestlé Subsidiary Tries to Sell Small Town it’s Own Water: Residents Fight Back

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– Nestlé Subsidiary Tries to Sell Small Town it’s Own Water: Residents Fight Back (Natural Society, Aug 5, 2014):

Perhaps you’ve yet to hear of a little town called Fryeburg, Maine, USA. It sits on its own pristine aquifer, but once Nestlé subsidiary Poland Spring moved to town, residents noticed that their streams were getting smaller. It turns out, in its continued efforts to privatize water, the company was pumping the aquifer, and then selling the water back to town residents in bottles. Freyburg is fighting back, though.

Nestlé has openly admitted that they don’t think water is a human right. Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, the Chairman and CEO of Nestlé, stated so openly in public, only to back-paddle later once activists accused him of being singularly interested in corporate profits and not water conservation, as he claimed. You can see him admit his true stance in this video.

Read moreNestlé Subsidiary Tries to Sell Small Town it’s Own Water: Residents Fight Back