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International

World War 3, Asian Front: U.S. led NATO investigates itself! Russia blames U.S. for opium! Afghan Pakistan War escalates! School poisonings False Flag?

08 May 2013/27 Jumada t-Tania 1434/18 Ordibehest 1391/29 Ding-Si (3rd month) 4711

U.S. led ISAF/NATO investigates its own personnel for misconduct during operations in Zabul Province at the end of April.  U.S. officials gave no further details. Apparently it’s the result of an internal ISAF/NATO complaint.

In Farah Province, Karwangah area at Bala Bolok District, Mujahideen ambushed Afghan National Army (ANA) and Police forces (ANP). Five government personnel killed, four wounded, and three vehicles damaged.

In Kandahar Province, Maiwand District, Afghans protested night time home invasions.  Fighting broke out between civilians and police.  At least eight people killed, 18 wounded, several arrested.

In Helmand Province, Baghranian area in Nahr-e-Saraj District, three civilians were killed and five wounded when they drove over a landmine.

In Kabul City, Human Rights Watch is accusing the government of arbitrarily detaining and torturing peaceful protestors: “The arrest and brutal beating of peaceful protesters seems aimed at sending a message to all Afghans not to publicly criticize the government.”-Brad Adams, HRW

Russian President Vladimir Putin slammed the U.S. led ISAF/NATO mission in Afghanistan: “There are all grounds to believe that we may face an escalation of the situation in Afghanistan in the short term. The foreign military contingent, whose backbone is American forces, has not achieved a breakthrough in the fight against terrorist and radical groups as yet. On the contrary, their [Mujahideen] activity has been particularly increasing lately…”

Putin also said it’s suspicious that illegal drug production is gaining momentum under the eye’s of the United States: “….a drastic increase in drug production in the territory of Afghanistan and the creation of stable drug trafficking routes to other countries….”

Reports that New Zealand has completed shipping metric tons of military supplies back to Kiwi Land.  It took 35 C-130 Hercules 16 flights to fly home 100 truck loads worth of NZDF equipment.  But not everything was brought home, Kiwi taxpayers unknowingly made a big donation to Afghanistan:  “When we arrived in Bamiyan we had to account for ten years’ worth of equipment and supplies. We identified what needed to be brought back to New Zealand, and items that could be gifted to the local community such as some vehicles, furniture, medical consumables and cleaning stores.”-Lieutenant Colonel Richard Weston, Royal New Zealand Air Force

The U.S. state of Georgia Army National Guard (GNG) announced they will bring livestock and seeds on their deployment to Afghanistan. It’s part of the GNG’s mission to help farmers in Afghanistan.  It will be the third time the GNG has deployed their Agribusiness Development Team, with the help of the University of Georgia.

07 May 2013/26 Jumada t-Tania 1434/17 Ordibehest 1391/28 Ding-Si (3rd month) 4711

Summer offensive Operation Khalid bin Waleed continues with Mujahideen attacking bases, ambushing convoys, several dozens killed and wounded, in the provinces of Farah, Laghman, Kapisa, Badakhshan, Jowzjan, Helmand, Kandahar, Maiden Wardak, Herat, Uruzgan, Zabul, Nimroz, Logar, Baghlan, Parwan, Kunar, Kunduz, Ghazni and Paktia.

Reports of school girls being poisoned are turning out to be false.  The overwhelming number of recent cases have resulted in no evidence of poisoning, but seem to be mass hysteria. The Afghan Education Minister, Ghulam Farooq Wardak, is threatening legal action if the games continue: “From now on, if I find anyone saying ‘I’m poisoned’ and the poisoning is not proved by the hospital, I will punish the student, I will punish the teacher, I will punish the head teacher and I will punish the school director!”

The World Bank gives Afghanistan more money! $100 million USD grant for the Afghanistan System Enhancement for Health Action in Transition (SEHAT) Program.

The U.S. Department of Defense has confirmed that 2,201 U.S. personnel have died in Afghanistan, so far.

06 May 2013/25 Jumada t-Tania 1434/16 Ordibehest 1391/27 Ding-Si (3rd month) 4711

In Nangarhar Province, Goshta District, Pakistani and Afghan personnel attacked each other, again.  Afghan officials say the Pakistani troops started the fight, using artillery and tanks.

In Ghor Province, Mujahideen captured or destroyed as many as 13 government checkpoints, killing dozens and capturing weapons and ammo.

In Paktika Province, Barmal District, reports that U.S./NATO personnel abandoned a base.

In Helmand Province, Khanishan  District, reports that U.S./NATO personnel abandoned a base.

Mujahideen report major offensive as part of their Summer Operation Khalid bin Waleed.  Bases attacked, convoys ambushed, several dozens killed and wounded, in the provinces of Helmand, Kandahar, Maiden Wardak, Herat, Uruzgan, Zabul, Nimroz, Logar, Baghlan, Parwan, Kunar, Ghazni, Paktia, Khost and Ghor.

The U.S. Marine Corps is blaming a manufacturing defect in the driver seat of a LAV (Light Armored Vehicle) for the death of a Marine back in September 2011.  The investigation revealed that the hydraulically controlled seat suddenly rose during an after operation inspection, causing the seat back to crush the Marine’s throat.  For some odd reason the USMC didn’t release the results of the investigation until today, even though the investigation was concluded just one month after the incident.

05 May 2013/24 Jumada t-Tania 1434/15 Ordibehest 1391/26 Ding-Si (3rd month) 4711

In Farah Province, Korghan village in Khak-e-Safid District, four civilians killed and five wounded when they drove over a landmine.

President Hamid Karzai says the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) must continue its undocumented payments to the Afghan government: “I discussed the issue with head of the CIA in my office this morning and urged him not to cut the funds due to recent media reports since we need the funds to continue, and head of the CIA has assured that the funds will not be halted.”

International, Opinion

If Jews are God’s chosen people, then God is pure Evil!!!

09 May 2013 (03:50 UTC-07 Tango)/28 Jumada t-Tania 1434/19 Ordibehest 1392/30 Ding-Si (3rd month) 4711

According to Defence for Children International, more than 7500 Palestinian children have been imprisoned and tortured by Israel, in the past 11 years.

According to the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) Israel systematically (try the word ‘ritually’) abuses Palestinian children: “Ill-treatment of Palestinian children in the Israeli military detention system appears to be widespread, systematic and institutionalized.”

Many boys were kidnapped by IDF personnel during night time home invasions.

You can go to YouTube and watch numerous videos of IDF personnel using Palestinian children as human shields, and if that’s not enough for you even Israeli courts have convicted IDF personnel for such acts!

Then what about the revelations that Israelis were deliberately killing Palestinians to harvest their organs?!

How about Israelis declaring Arab protests to be anti-Semitic, when Arabs are Semitic?  Are the Jews saying Arabs are not Semitic?

IDF personnel routinely shoot at and even kill Palestinian farmers.  IDF personnel routinely help illegal Jewish settlers steal Palestinian land.  One way the IDF does that is to declare the area a military zone.

The Tel Aviv regime has just approved another illegal settlement, this time 296 illegal (under international law) homes in the West Bank.

Black Jews and Christians, who migrate to Israel are routinely imprisoned by the white Jews, and then labeled “infiltrators”, not even illegal immigrants.  They are sometimes used as indentured servants or deported back to their country of origin.

It was recently revealed that Israel is forcibly taking DNA samples from “infiltrators” from African countries, as many as 1000 samples since 2012!   Why for?  This revelation was made by Israeli cops to the Israeli Knesset, and then published in the Israeli media.  Officially, Israeli cops are using Black Africans as scapegoats to explain crime in Israel.  The DNA samples were supposedly used to solve crimes, yet not one DNA sample has so far been linked to any crime in Israel.  Basically Israelis believe they can do what they want with Blacks from Africa, because they’re “infiltrators”, not refugees or migrants: “We are aware that those entering Israel have had unpleasant experiences, to say the least, but still, we’re aware of the fact that they broke the law. The law defines them as infiltrators.”-Commander Eran Kamin, Investigations Division

The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) says Israel has systematically pushed Palestinians living in Al Quds (Jerusalem) into abject poverty, in fact the report calls it systematic “disintegration” caused by intentional isolation by Israel.

Palestinian Jews, long in residence before the white European Israelis arrived, are treated just as badly as the Palestinian Muslims.  They’ve been forced from their homes and driven into the refugee areas.

U.S. Christians support Israel, despite the fact that Israel treats Palestinian Christians just as badly as Palestinian Muslims.

It is now common knowledge that Israeli officials bribe and threaten U.S. officials.  It has also become common knowledge throughout the World that U.S. leaders are nothing but Tools in the hands of Israelis.

Then there’s the fact that the Iran-Iraq War,  Desert Storm and now the War on Terror were all False Flag events concocted, instigated by, or taken advantage of by Israeli leaders.  It’s all there in black & white, in a policy paper published in 1982, written by zionist Oded Yinon.   Read A Strategy for Israel in the Nineteen Eighties, and you should recognize almost all the military/social events that have, and are taking place in West Asia (Middle East).

Key points from Yinon’s policy paper: “….Breaking Egypt down territorially into distinct geographical regions is the political aim of Israel…..Libya, Sudan…will join the downfall and dissolution of Egypt.…The dissolution of Syria and Iraq later on….Lebanon, is Israel’s primary target on the Eastern front in the long run….Iraq….is guaranteed as a candidate for Israel’s targets...Every kind of inter-Arab confrontation will assist us….The entire Arabian peninsula is a natural candidate for dissolution….Jordan constitutes an immediate strategic target…Dispersal of the [Palestinian] population is therefore a domestic strategic aim of the highest order…”

Basically the zionists decided that the only way Israel could be secure is if all surrounding countries were plunged into chaos, and they don’t even care if achieving such a goal destroys their allies (like their Tool the United States).  A classic control through chaos/divide and conquer strategy.

The only conclusion I can make is that the God of the Jews is pure evil, and anyone in the United States, or any other country, that continues to support Israel must be a closet Satan worshiper (since most claim to be Christians)!

International

World War 3, West Asian Front: Israel invades Gaza!

08 May 2013 (13:34 UTC-07 Tango)/27 Jumada t-Tania 1434/18 Ordibehest 1391/29 Ding-Si (3rd month) 4711

Reports that IDF has invaded the town of Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip.  Palestinian reports say tanks and armored bulldozers have begun moving from a staging area 300 meters inside Gaza Strip.  Witnesses claim four Merkavas began firing in all directions as two bulldozers began tearing up farmland, forcing the farmers to flee.  They also claim the IDF is attacking fishing boats (which they say happens on a daily basis).

This comes a day after Islamic Jihad said they had intelligence saying Israel was about to invade Gaza Strip: “The Zionist enemy is getting ready for a major military operation on Gaza. We expect an escalation in the coming days but we are not sitting idle. Our military wing has been training for another war and it will not be a cakewalk for Zionists when they come to confront our fighters.”-Khader Habib, Islamic Jihad

And that followed another report on 05 May, that cited an Israeli website called Walla, which said Israeli leaders have called for a Operation Pillar of Defense II against Gaza Strip.

On 02 May, it was reported that IDF was massing tanks and armored bulldozers east of Beit Hanoun.  The Palestinian report said the IDF had set up a staging area 300 meters inside Gaza Strip.  Other reports say an IDF Apache fired on a farm to the east of Beit Lahiya Agriculture School.

International

World War 3, West Asian Front: Israel crosses Red Line, kidnaps Grand Mufti, raids Al Aqsa, Jordan expels Israeli diplomats!

08 May 2013 (12:32 UTC-07 Tango)/27 Jumada t-Tania 1434/18 Ordibehest 1391/29 Ding-Si (3rd month) 4711

“These Israeli actions violate international law and obstruct peace efforts. As occupying force, Israel is responsible for preventing such provocations!”-Hussein Majali, Interior Minister of Jordan

On 07 May Israel Defense Forces (IDF) backed up by hundreds of illegal zionist settlers crossed the Red Line of the official protector of Al Quds, Jordan, and invaded the Al Aqsa Mosque in Al Quds (Jerusalem).  Palestinians then began rioting against the zionists!  16 Palestinians were kidnapped by the IDF in the West Bank.

Today the IDF conducted a home invasion and crossed another Red Line; they  kidnapped the Grand Mufti of Al Quds, Mohammed Hussein!

Also today, the Jordanian King has summoned the Israeli ambassador after the 150 member Jordanian Parliament voted unanimously to expel Israeli diplomats over the assault on Al Aqsa and the kidnapping of the Grand Mufti.

 

 

International

World War 3, West Asian Front: BBC report of explosions in Iran false?

08 May 2013 (12:04 UTC-07 Tango)/27 Jumada t-Tania 1434/18 Ordibehest 1391/29 Ding-Si (3rd month) 4711

According to Azerbaijani news media reports, the three explosions reported by a BBC Persian journalist were not airstrikes, but controlled demolitions.

“Those were the planned explosions of destroying old ammunition. This is natural, and all of the explosions were carried out in Shahriar of Shahriar County of Tehran Province, safely.”-Ali Abdullahi, Iran’s deputy interior minister

Business/Economics, Idaho, International, Technology, U.S.

Capitalist Commodity Markets to blame for Pocatello’s Hoku Polysilicon near abandonment!

08 May 2013 (09:49 UTC-07 Tango)/27 Jumada t-Tania 1434/18 Ordibehest 1391/29 Ding-Si (3rd month) 4711

The massive, and expensive (to local tax payers), Hoku Materials polysilicon factory sits idle and unfinished in Pocatello, Idaho.

Red Neck right wingers like to point the finger at President Obama, saying ‘I told you so’ concerning ‘clean energy’ projects, but the reason for the demise of many solar power companies is actually the capitalist commodity market system and government interference.

Polysilicon prices have crashed and burned since construction started on the 50 American football fields long factory.  It just isn’t worth it to produce the stuff used in solar power panels.  In 2008 polysilicon was worth $400 per kilogram, it’s now crashed to a paltry $20.50!

Hoku Materials ghost town factory, Pocatello, Idaho. 50 football fields long at a cost of at least $400 million.

Hoku Materials ghost town factory, Pocatello, Idaho. 50 football fields long at a cost of at least $400 million.

The ‘experts’ got everything wrong.  They thought the high petroleum prices would drive societies into the arms of clean energy companies, but the problem is that so many clean energy companies started production that soon there was a glut of polysilicon on the market, even before the construction of Pocatello Hoku plant was close to being finished.

Then add to that the trade wars between China, the U.S. and European Union.  Eventually, the Obama administration jacked up tariffs so high on Chinese polysilicon companies that it wasn’t worth it to do business in the U.S.  By then Hoku Corporation (the parent of Hoku Materials) had become Chinese owned, due to financial problems (including Hoku Materials not being able to pay its construction contractor, JH Kelly, or pay its Idaho utility bills, so many times that both threatened to seize the property).

By the middle of 2012 the unfinished $400 million USD Pocatello polysilicon factory was moth balled, staffing reduced to just 30 people, with rumors of liquidation in bankruptcy court.  By the end of 2012, the Chinese company that bought into Hoku (Tianwei) was getting blasted in the Chinese media for buying a pig in a poke.  According to former Hoku Corporation CEO, Scott Paul, Tianwei invested “….more than $129 million of its own capital in Hoku, and they have provided for another $244 million in debt financing from banks in China.”

Now back to the ‘experts’.  In February 2013, ‘experts’ predicted that polysilicon prices had bottomed out.  They were wrong!  Prices had hit $21 per kilogram, and polysilicon producers said there was no reason to produce anymore until the price went up over $25.

In March 2013, British media reported that prices had crashed 50% compared to the same time last year.

In April 2013, another report said that polysilicon prices could continue to crash because of the anti-free market tariffs imposed by the major players; China, South Korea, European Union and United States.  And, the ‘experts’ again said prices had bottomed out.  The average price at the end of April 2013 was $20.50.

So where does that leave Hoku Corporation’s Hoku Materials factory in Pocatello?  Optimistic officials with the Bannock Development Corporation (a County level organization that worked hard to bring Hoku to Pocatello, including huge local tax breaks) think that anytime now Hoku will start production: “It’s a wait and see thing, depending on the market……Basically, [Hoku Corp.] needs to fire up the plant when it’s ready to go.”-John Regetz, Bannock Development

Sounds like the local development folks aren’t communicating with Hoku.  The latest statement from the company indicates that bankruptcy and liquidation is the only option being considered: “….exploration of potential restructuring at Hoku Materials and Hoku Corporation is ongoing, with no formal update at this time.”-Hoku Corporation statement

“Restructuring” is code for bankruptcy/liquidation.  So no Mister Regetz, it sounds like Hoku is not planning to “fire up the plant”.

Green/clean energy just doesn’t make big enough profits for the crony capitalist system.  Another case in point is the recent announcement by BP (British Petroleum) that it will abandon it’s wind power operations near Idaho Falls, Idaho, as well as its wind and solar projects across the United States.

Also, don’t forget the artificial reduction in demand created by all those government tariffs.

The answer is that clean energy projects need to be run like a non-profit co-op, but the problem is that crony capitalists don’t like that and will do everything they can to prevent that from happening (’cause contrary to their propaganda, they do not like competition, especially if it’s from a non-profit).

More on the demise of Hoku Materials:

Hoku deregisters with SEC

Hoku downward spiral

Hoku restructuring

Hoku to be finished off

U.S. tariffs nail in the coffin for Hoku

Good & bad news for Hoku

Hoku better get its rear in gear

Hoku beggars China

Hoku going under

Hoku begs

More trouble for Hoku

Hoku starts operations(?)

Hoku ended before it starts

Investigation puts the brakes on Hoku

Hoku ongoing delays

Hoku turning to China

International

World War 3, West Asian Front: Israel bans civilian traffic in Golan! All access to internet cut off in Syria?

08 May 2013 (21:56 UTC-07 Tango 07 May 2013)/27 Jumada t-Tania 1434/18 Ordibehest 1391/29 Ding-Si (3rd month) 4711

Israeli Defense Force announced a travel ban in the occupied Golan Heights.  The ban affects civilian travel on the northern border road and the Heights eastern road.

It appears the ban is indefinite, until further notice.

The UN Interim Force In Lebanon has declared the IDF intrusion into Lebanese airspace (on their way to bomb Syria) a violation of international law: “UNIFIL says that in the course of the past week it has observed a higher number of Israeli air violations over Lebanese air space…..compel Israel to halt its violations of Lebanon’s sovereignty by air, sea and land, and carry out all its obligations in accordance with Resolution 1701.”-Martin Nesirky, United Nations

It appears all internet service has been cut off in Syria, according to Google’s Transparency Report.  I tried to access some Syrian sites and got a “server not found”, or “forbidden” message, but other sites still came up.

 

International

World War 3, West Asian Front: Israeli airstrike on Iran?

07 May 2013 (14:43 UTC-07 Tango)/26 Jumada t-Tania 1434/17 Ordibehest 1391/28 Ding-Si (3rd month) 4711

The Jerusalem Post reporting explosions west of Tehran, Iran.  They say a BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) Persian channel reporter posted a tweat saying three explosions took place at a missile testing center in Iran.

I wasn’t able to confirm on the BBC Persian site.

IsraelDefense is saying the explosions hit the Shahriar district of the City of Karaj, which is northwest of Tehran.

U.S.

World War 3, False Flag Front: Unemployment; why the U.S. government & unAmerican Corporate America loves it!

07 May 2013 (10:57 UTC-07 Tango)/26 Jumada t-Tania 1434/17 Ordibehest 1391/28 Ding-Si (3rd month) 4711

Long term unemployment is proving to be a benefit to the U.S. government.  It’s called reduced Social Security payments, or backdoor austerity policy.

First lets clear something up: You main streamer media deceivers need to stop calling Social Security (SS) a “benefit”!  We pay for it, gottdamn it!  A benefit is not something you pay for! SS is a government mandated retirement system that we are forced to pay for, therefore it is a true entitlement!

Here’s why the federalies love long term unemployment:  According to research by AARP/CNNMoney for every year you are unemployed, the amount you could have gotten through your SS retirement is reduced by 3%.

Now realize that for the first time in United States history there is a huge number of U.S. citizens who’ve been unemployed for more than six months (more than 4 million in April 2013).  For unemployed people 50 years of age or older, 44% are long term unemployed.

So all this unprecedented long term unemployment is allowing your elected officials to keep more of that SS money for themselves.  Is this some kind of False Flag op designed to ‘save’ the Social Security Administration by artificially reducing future retirement payments?

We already know our ‘elected’ federal officials rape Social Security funds all the time.

And it seems unAmerican corporate America is in on the False Flag game.   According to a study by Rand Ghayad of Northeastern University (and published in December 2012 by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston), employers will not consider anyone who’s been unemployed for six months or more, regardless of their experience.  Ghayad discovered that employers would rather hire a buffoon who’s been unemployed for a week, than someone with years of relevant experience!

Ghayad also broke the lies that unAmerican corporate America was spreading; that they couldn’t find “qualified” applicants.  He proved that what they meant by “qualified” was how long you’ve been unemployed:  “It isn’t that firms aren’t finding the right workers, but that employers are screening out the long ​​term unemployed.”

Then you have another gimmick employers are using; credit reports.  If you have a bad credit score, which is included in the background check most big employers conduct, you will not be hired.  And guess what?  Most long term unemployed have bad credit (gee, I wounder why?)!

According to a Demos survey, one in four unemployed people were told their credit score would be considered for employment.

The Society for Human Resource Management says at least 47% of the employers they surveyed use credit checks to determine who they hire.

The evil irony is that the longer you’re unemployed the worse your credit report becomes, because you can’t pay your debts!   Another Demos survey found a direct correlation between worsening credit scores and repeat or prolonged unemployment.

Even the majority of people who find new jobs are being paid far less than their previous job, and that too reduces the amount of SS retirement they will get, and makes it harder to pay their debts thus jeopardizing any future employment opportunities.

Some conspiracy theorists believe this is part of a False Flag op to artificially reduce the cost of labor by creating an unprecedented number of indentured servants for unAmerican corporate America.  And to me, it’s also starting to look like a back door way to government austerity, by reducing your entitlements on the grounds that you’re unemployed or underemployed.

 

 

Business/Economics

World War 3, U.S. Economic Front: Job losses & store closings 05 March 2013. Gas stations going down!

Hemlock Semiconductor announced that the 400 layoffs in January are now permanent!  They blame the bad economy.

In Illinois, FreightCar America laid off 242 people!  The city of Oglesby laying off six employees because of budget cuts.

In Saint Louis, Missouri, 120 employees of the Yellow Pages laid off!  More people around the country will be laid off this year, as the company is moving production to India.

In Ohio, the Cincinnati Public School District laid off 70 administrators.  School officials blame lack of funding.

Dearborn Heights District 7, Michigan, closed Madison Elementary School.  Officials blame lack of funding.

In California, the Desert Sands Unified School District wants to layoff 27 employees.  School officials blame the cuts on a $1.2 million USD shortfall.  The Paso Robles School District wants to layoff 15 employees. School officials blame lack of funding and declining enrollment. In Los Angeles, the Key Club shut down.  In Sacramento, three J.R’s Texas Bar-B-Que restaurants shut down.  Company officials blamed declining revenue.  Northrup Grumman laying off 800 people!  The government contractor is consolidating operations in anticipation of funding cuts.

Bell Helicopter laid off 15 “surplus” employees in Texas.

In Jacksonville, Florida, Lender Processing Service laid off 37 people.  Company officials blamed it on changes in the mortgage industry.

Hillsdale, New Jersey, Blockbuster video store closed.

The Irish Shop in Pennsylvania, closed down. Hanover Direct ending operations in York County. At one point more than 500 people were employed!

In Tucson, Arizona, Brio Tuscan Grille shut down.  Company officials said the restaurant never met sales expectations.

New York based Hess Corporation closing down 1400 fuel stations in 18 states!  Company officials say gas stations are not profitable, and they will focus on refining fuel.