October 2009 Blog Posts (329)

The United States is headed the way of Rome and the Soviet Union, for the same reasons, unless we reverse the trend-Ron Paul

by Ron Paul

With a faltering economy, multiple wars, and the approaching demise of the dollar’s reserve status, there are more than enough problems to keep politicians in Washington working day and night. In between handing out cash for clunkers and nationalizing healthcare, the administration is busy sending more troops overseas, escalating existing wars, and seeking out excuses to start new wars. Congress is working on “urgent” legislation to address crises like healthcare reform… Continue

Added by Tara on October 20, 2009 at 9:04am — 2 Comments

They tell me that I think too much....

...maybe it will come of use some day....

I got to thinking last night and I wrote something like this (comments/suggestions/etc. would be welcome):

Question: What do we need to really get this place going?

1. Researchers: I think we have that pretty well covered here, but another pair of eyes into the world never hurts.

2. Organizers/Planners: People who are good and bringing resources (people, materials, etc.) together and creating action lists to… Continue

Added by youhavetoforgiveme on October 19, 2009 at 11:51pm — 1 Comment

Banking and Intelligence Sources Warn of Possible Nuclear Device Attacks in U.S. Cities

October 19, 2009

Hawk

Prelude-Dateline Thursday 10/15/2009

In this climate of possible Banking implosions, potential WW III scenarios, continued destruction of the American middle class, and Martial Law threats against American rights and liberties, the Q-files crew pays very close attention to all information coming from various HAM radio operators monitoring the HF radio frequencies used by the Military, Intelligence, and Law Enforcement groups. Continued… Continue

Added by Swtnlovabl on October 19, 2009 at 6:36pm — No Comments

UK army 'providing' Taliban with air transport

UK army 'providing' Taliban with air transport

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The British army has been relocating Taliban insurgents from southern Afghanistan to the north by providing transportation means, diplomats say.

The diplomats, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said insurgents are being airlifted from the southern province of Helmand to the north amid increasing violence in the northern parts of the country.

The aircraft used for the transfer have been… Continue

Added by truth on October 19, 2009 at 5:29pm — No Comments

Karzai 'stripped of outright win' - A panel probing fraud claims in the Afghan election has found Hamid Karzai did not gain enough valid votes

BBC NEWS

Karzai 'stripped of outright win'

A panel probing fraud claims in the Afghan election has found Hamid Karzai did not gain enough valid votes for an outright win, the BBC understands.

Preliminary results from August's first round had placed Mr Karzai comfortably over the 50% plus one vote threshold needed to avoid a runoff.

But one poll monitoring group estimates that almost one million of Mr Karzai's votes have now been deemed… Continue

Added by truth on October 19, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

If You Don't Stand Up You Might As Well Lay Down

AS THE BIG BANKS POST RECORD PROFITS AND PAY OUT OBSCENE BONUSES,  WHAT SHOULD WE THE PEOPLE DO: STAND UP OR ROLL OVER?

On February 1, 1960, four students sat down at a lunch counter at  the former Woolworth’s store in Greensboro North Carolina.

4 students! Just four!

They were protesting racial segregation. They were denied  service, harassed and arrested.

Greensboro was and still is a backwater, yet… Continue

Added by Jeff on October 19, 2009 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment

Please sign the petition NoCapAndTrade

I sincerely hope that anyone looking for me on the web finds . . 10 things we can do
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Please sign this Petition Opposing Cap-and-Trade
nocapandtrade.com

Added by Ron Cesek on October 19, 2009 at 11:00am — 3 Comments

UN Climate Change Treaty to be signed in Copenhagen December 2009 - "A World Government will be Created" (Video)

On October 14, Lord Christopher Monckton, a noted climate change skeptic, gave a presentation at Bethel University in St. Paul, MN. In this 4 minute excerpt from his speech, he issues a dire warning to all Americans regarding the United Nations Climate Change Treaty, scheduled to be signed in Copenhagen in December 2009. A draft of the petition can be read here: pdf

Lord Monckton served as a policy adviser to Margaret Thatcher. He has repeatedly challenged Al… Continue

Added by Marklar on October 19, 2009 at 5:50am — 1 Comment

Yes - one last commentary on Obama's Nobel Peace Prize

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Added by Marklar on October 19, 2009 at 5:34am — No Comments

The Gervais Principle, Or The Office According to “The Office”

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by Venkat

October 7, 2009

My neighbor introduced me to The Office back in 2005. Since then, I’ve watched every episode of both the British and American versions. I’ve watched the show obsessively because I’ve been unable to figure out what makes it so devastatingly effective, and… Continue

Added by Marklar on October 19, 2009 at 5:00am — No Comments

READY TO REVOLT: Oath Keepers pledges to prevent dictatorship in United States, Group asks police and military to lay down arms in response to orders deemed unlawful

By ALAN MAIMON

LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

Depending on your perspective, the Oath Keepers are either strident defenders of liberty or dangerous peddlers of paranoia.

In the age of town halls, talk radio and tea parties, middle ground of opinion is hard to find.

Launched in March by Las Vegan Stewart Rhodes, Oath Keepers bills itself as a nonpartisan group of current and retired law enforcement and military personnel who vow to fulfill their oaths to the… Continue

Added by Tara on October 18, 2009 at 11:10pm — 3 Comments

One Very Small Victory

The Militarization of America's Youth

US Army Experience Center (AEC): Training Kids to Kill

“This is so cool! This is so cool!” a thirteen-year-old boy repeated as he squeezed rounds from a real M-16, picking off “enemy combatants” in a video game while perched atop a real Army Humvee. “I just came to the mall to skateboard but everyone said this was pretty cool. I just had to try it and it’s great!”

The person reporting on this youthful enthusiasm was Pat Elder, who… Continue

Added by Jeff on October 18, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Concepts: #1 Truth

Merriam-Webster online defines truth as follows: “(1): the state of being the case: FACT (2): the body of real things, events, and facts. In truth: in accordance with fact.”

Those definitions aren’t perfect, but will help us in this discussion of the concept. The word Truth as a philosophical term can be discussed, defined and debated all day.

The truth that I am… Continue

Added by Mark on October 18, 2009 at 8:25pm — No Comments

The Truth Movement

What is the “Truth Movement”? Wikipedia says, “9/11 Truth movement is the collective name of loosely affiliated organizations and individuals who question the mainstream interpretation of the September 11, 2001 attacks.” This is originally how it started, but over the years since the tragedy of 09/11/2001, it has evolved into something greater–something magnanimous.

It doesn’t… Continue

Added by Mark on October 18, 2009 at 8:23pm — No Comments

$400 per gallon gas to drive debate over cost of war in Afghanistan

By Roxana Tiron - 10/15/09 08:34 PM ET

The Pentagon pays an average of $400 to put a gallon of fuel into a combat vehicle or aircraft in Afghanistan.

The statistic is likely to play into the escalating debate in Congress over the cost of a war that entered its ninth year last week.

Pentagon officials have told the House… Continue

Added by truth on October 18, 2009 at 1:08pm — No Comments

Army Experience Center's Bad Experience: Turns out Training Kids to Kill Not Popular with Public

For OpEdNews: David Swanson - Writer

“This is so cool! This is so cool!” a thirteen-year-old boy repeated as he squeezed rounds from a real M-16, picking off “enemy combatants” in a video game while perched atop a real Army Humvee. “I just came to the mall to skateboard but everyone said this was pretty cool. I just had to try it and it's great!”

The person reporting on this youthful enthusiasm was Pat Elder, who serves on the Steering Committee of the National Network Opposing… Continue

Added by Tara on October 18, 2009 at 11:41am — No Comments

Thought Crimes, Television, The Government and You

Thursday, October 15, 2009

"An insidious brainwashing program set to be launched next week will "organically" weave the government's political propaganda into prime time network television shows, with positive talking points about Obama's environmental, bailout, health care and "servitude" agenda being seamlessly integrated into the content of dramas, reality shows and comedies.

Under the auspices of a program run by the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), network TV… Continue

Added by Jeff on October 17, 2009 at 5:18pm — 2 Comments

Scary Muslims crawling out of the woodwork right on time

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Rys2Sense

Note: This is a modified post which I originally posted over at Ryan Dawson's forum

I recently stopped at the convenience store and I noticed a scowling Muslim's face splashed all over the… Continue

Added by Maas on October 17, 2009 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment

Dutch Seize Bank After Run on Assets

By BART KOSTER and STEPHEN FIDLER

AMSTERDAM -- The Dutch central bank shuttered DSB Bank NV, a struggling consumer and mortgage lender, after a run by depositors that followed a call from a consumer group to pull money out of the controversial institution.

The government said it would begin an investigation into what happened at the bank, a privately owned institution with reported assets of some €8 billion ($11.77 billion).

The DSB seizure was described by the… Continue

Added by Anti Oligarch on October 17, 2009 at 4:02pm — No Comments