February 19, 2012, the pro-U.S. military government of Egypt has recalled their ambassador to Syria.
The move is in line with the Arab League’s call for war against Syria.
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What Economic Recovery? China tells U.S. to back off trade war, dumps more U.S. government Bonds! More proof that China does not need the U.S. market!
Despite rosy depictions, by the U.S. mainstream media, of the Vice President of China’s visit to the United States, things are not warm and fuzzy!
Vice President Xi Jinping, recently restated demands from China, that the United States end economic restrictions against China: “It is very important when addressing the China-U.S. trade imbalance that the United States adjusts its economic policies and structure, including removing various restrictions on exports to China, in particular, (and) easing controls on civilian high-tech exports to China as soon as possible.”
China’s restatement of such demands comes as reports revealed that China dumped another $3.19 billion in U.S. Treasury bonds, back in December 2011.
In total, for all of 2011 China sold off $59.4 billion in U.S. Treasuries. But China still holds a lot of U.S. bonds; $1.10 trillion as of December 2011.
This means China has a lot of room to maneuver, when it comes to monetary action. Some analysts say China is dumping U.S. bonds in order to provide cash to help the European economy, and because the U.S. dollar just isn’t a safe haven anymore: “The overall movement away from the U.S. dollar indicates that people are not looking for a ‘safe haven’ as much as they were in late 2011, when the markets globally fell hard on concerns about the situation in Europe. The Chinese are boosting their purchases of European and other bonds because of the need to help stabilize those economies around the world that are major markets for Chinese goods [this also indicates that the U.S. is no longer a major market for the Chinese].”-David Riedel, Riedel Research Group
World War 3 & Government Incompetence: Iran shuts down global Steel industries, blame the United States, Russians pissed off. “Iran is King”
“Iran is the only market in the world that can move billet prices and now trading has basically come to a halt.”-unnamed British steel trader
Not only is the U.S. oil sanctions on Iran backfiring, but so are U.S. sanctions on steel sold to Iran!
“Now you can really feel the effects of the sanctions imposed by the U.S. and Europe…It is very difficult to do any business with Iran at the moment.”-unnamed Swiss steel trader
U.S. and European sanctions might have stopped the sale of steel to Iran, but it’s also shutting down U.S. and European steel makers! Why? Iran is the biggest buyer of steel billet, and with the biggest buyer of steel out of the game steel prices are dropping like a rock!!! (unlike oil, where everyone is trying to get their hands on it, thus causing oil prices to go up)
Russia is upset because they supply much of the steel Iran uses (Iran buys 15% of the steel exported by Russia): “Russian producers are not selling to Iran as they need pre-payments and won’t accept letters of credit. If I find a way to do that I won’t tell you. Iran is the king market in steel and if we can find a way to trade with them again we certainly would not share the know-how.”-unnamed Swiss steel trader dealing in Russian steel
Unlike the oil market, where Iran has established a successful trade system that avoids the U.S. dollar and U.S. & U.K. banks, the global steel market is still dominated by U.S. & British banks. But some Russian’s are hopeful they’ll find a way ’round it: “Steel demand is pretty strong, the problem is the banking system. Russian banks do not have trading lines with Iranian banks to facilitate ruble transactions.”-Dmitry Smolin, URALSIB Capital
Iran and Oman to hold joint Naval war games
Sometime at the end of March, Iran and Oman will hold joint naval exercises. Oman is located northeast of Yemen, south of the Strait of Hormuz along the Indian Ocean.
The majority of Oman’s Muslims are Ibadhi, with major differences from Iran’s Shi’a. The government of Oman is a Unitary Islamic Absolute Monarcy.
The planned March war games, and rescue drills, would be the third time Iran and Oman held such exercises.
What Economic Recovery, Corporate Lies & Proof Class War being waged against Working Class: Sears laysoff 100 employees, after taking $150 million tax break, more layoffs to come
February 16, 2012, Sears announced layoffs of 100 of its employees at its Illinois headquarters. Some Illinois politicians say the state was blackmailed into giving Sears a $150 million tax break, and that even more Sears layoffs are in the works.
Sears told Illinois lawmakers that if it didn’t get the tax break it would move its headquarters out of state. The implication was that if Illinois didn’t want a lot more unemployed people they better do what Sears wants. Well, Illinois is getting more unemployed anyway!
And here’s how even more people will be laid off. The tax break requires Sears to maintain 4,250 employees at its headquarters (aka Hoffman Estates). Yet, even with the 100 announced layoffs, Sears has more than 6,100 employees at the site. That means close to 2,000 people could still lose their jobs as part of the $150 million tax break!
Ron Paul says the United States becoming the Italo-Fascist state of the 21st Century, would make Mussolini proud. Paul gains yet another victory.
“We’ve slipped away from a true republic. Now we’re slipping into a fascist system where it’s a combination of government, big business and authoritarian rule, and the suppression of the individual rights of each and every American citizen.”-Ron Paul, congressman from Texas
While speaking in Kansas City, Missouri, Ron Paul renewed a warning issued by President Dwight Eisenhower, who said “This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence — economic, political, even spiritual — is felt in every city, every State house, every office of the Federal government. We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. Our toil, resources and livelihood are all involved; so is the very structure of our society. ” Eisenhower’s 1961 speech warned about Italo-style Fascism taking over all aspects of U.S. civilization (you should read the prophetic speech).
Also, while attending a rally in Boise, Idaho, on February 18, Ron Paul won a county caucus, in Maine. Washington County, Maine, selected Paul over Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum. The caucus had been delayed by weather.
But Ron Paul is actually winning big despite being ignored by the main stream media. Paul has gained more delegates than Romney or Santorum: “The bottom line is who is going to get the delegates and we think we’re doing pretty good, and it seems like our momentum is picking up. I’m actually shocked at the tremendous turnouts that we’ve had. We’ve been out on the road and we’ve had eight functions here in the last three days. We’ve had 14,000 people turn out. And the enthusiasm seems to be growing.”-Ron Paul on State of the Union with Candy Crowley.
World War 3: Iran cuts off oil supplies for two European countries, oil already more than $120 per barrel
February 19, 2012, Iran has officially shut off oil supplies to oil companies from United Kingdom and France!
“We have our own oil customers and replacements for these companies have already been chosen, and we will sell the crude oil to new customers instead of the British and French companies.”-Alireza Nikzad-Rahbar, Iranian Oil Ministry
However, Britain and France are not major European buyers of Iranian oil (Italy is). About 3% of oil bought by France comes from Iran, and only 1% makes up Britain’s oil use.
Iran’s move to block oil shipments to Europe came after Europe joined the U.S. in imposing an oil embargo. Iranian officials have repeatedly said that it’s Western countries that will be hurt most from a loss of Iranian oil.
In some countries the price of a barrel of oil has already gone over $120.00.
Pale Green Horse & Government Incompetence: Human manipulation of H5N1 a case of the horse has already fled the barn!
When scientists, who were paid by the U.S. government to find out if H5N1 ‘bird flu’ could be manipulated into a more deadly version, revealed their studies the U.S. government acted quickly to censor their publications.
Even the UN’s World Health Organization joined in the censorship.
On February 15, 2012, National Public Radio (NPR) interviewed three scientists currently involved in ongoing discussions (Asilomar meetings) about what to do with the results of the studies. They basically said any efforts to stop the spread of the information was too late.
Paul Berg, professor emeritus of molecular and genetic medicine at Stanford University, and one of the researchers who’s work caused the U.S. government to censor the results, said there are so many other scientist, around the world, doing their own similar work that it’s only a matter of time before it’s common knowledge.
A molecular biologist, Maxine Singer, said that the Asilomar meetings are really about hypothetical what if scenarios, because discussing research that’s already been done is like “…talking about locking the barn door after the horses have gone.”
Stanley Falkow, professor of microbiology and immunology at Stanford University, said the public outcry from governments has only temporarily put on hold scientific research concerning the manipulation of H5N1. The implication being that overt research will resume once the dust settles.
I looked and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
Already suffering from H5N1, Vietnam confirms first human case of H3N2 (H3N2v)
Vietnam has already had two people die from H5N1 ‘bird flu’ this year. Now health officials confirm a two year old girl has H3N2v ‘swine flu’, and she’s had it since April 2011!
Vietnam’s Department of Preventive Health announced on February 15, 2012, that a two year old girl has been sick with H3N2v since April 2011. The girl had classic flu like symptoms and then appeared to get well.
However, she has been suffering strange symptoms ever since, and the Ho Chi Minh Pasteur Institute sent samples of her infection to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for more testing.
Vietnam’s officials are blaming the epidemic of flu in their country, partly on unusually cold weather. Tropical Vietnam has recently seen temperatures as cold as minus 39 Fahrenheit, and has seen at least 7,000 water buffalo freeze to death!
U.S. Media & Politicians mislead when they call unemployment help “benefits”! Congress reduces unemployment help. It’s a joke anyway ’cause each state handles unemployment their own way! Employers using tricks to get out of unemployment pay outs!
First off, having had to deal with so called unemployment “benefits” myself, I can say without a doubt that they are no “benefit”. You get piddly squat compared to what you were making when you had a job, and, as in the state of Idaho, they impose unrealistic “qualifications” and “standards” for you to continue getting them!!!
Now the Republican dominated U.S. Congress has agreed to reduce what people lucky enough, or who can put up with the qualification game, will get.
Congress had extended unemployment help to a maximum of 99 weeks (and by the way many states did not adopt that policy), now beginning September 2012 that help will be cut back to 73 weeks.
Idaho Department of Labor office, Pocatello, Southeastern region of Idaho
By the way, in the state of Idaho employers pay into the unemployment fund, not employees and not individual taxpayers. But, Idaho kicks back a refund to employers for having little or no unemployment claims made against them. The employees who handle unemployment claims are actually paid by the employers who pay into the fund. A now retired Idaho Job Service (aka Idaho Department of Labor) employee, who worked the Pocatello office handling veterans affairs, and the accounting for kicking back money to employers, once confessed to me (in 2000) that it was in their interest to deny as many claims as possible, since their true employer was not the state but big businesses operating in Idaho!!!
Here’s a trick employers in Idaho use to get out of paying unemployment (it’s happened to me and several other people I know). Employers will tell you there is no work today, or that work is being cut back and they will call you when they need you. Of course, after weeks of no work you start looking for new work. When you apply for unemployment the company you were working for claims you are still employed, but that you hadn’t shown up and they assumed you quit!
In another case I heard about, an guy was working for a national chain home improvement store, and he was told that work schedules were being changed and not to come in until they called with his new schedule. A week went by, he called and they told him the same thing. Several weeks went by and he was told the same thing again. Turns out there wasn’t any actual work schedule change, but if he tried to apply for unemployment the company could legitimately say that the guy “just stopped coming to work”, it would be his word against theirs.
And since the Idaho unemployment system is actually run by employers, guess who wins (unless your wealthy enough to hire a lawyer, which most people aren’t).