29 July 2012, fires that started on 27 July, east of Blackfoot, Idaho, continue to burn.
Wildfire east of Blackfoot, Idaho, 28 July 2012.
Stevens Peak is 90% contained, and burned 850 acres (343.9 hectares).
The East Fire and the Ridge Top fires joined forces and have burned 12,000 acres (4,856.2 hectares) so far. The fires are now referred to as Ridge Top, and is only 30% contained.
58 WILDFIRES IN EASTERN IDAHO, AND THAT’S BEFORE THE OFFICIAL FIRE SEASON BEGAN!
29 July 2012, Germany’s Der Spiegel reporting that the Arabian Peninsula country of Qatar offered Germany’s Krauss-Maffei Wegmann $2.46 billion USD for 200 of their latest Leopard main battle tanks (MBT).
A month ago it was revealed that Saudi Arabia was buying 800 Leopard 2A7 tanks, despite many German politicians pointing out that the sale violated Germany’s constitution. Angela Merkel’s government dismissed such claims, and some politicians said the sale was needed to support Germany’s shrinking economy.
The latest Der Spiegel article says Qatari officials made the offer weeks ago. Qatar is supporting the invasion of Syria, and was one of the main Arab supporters of the western backed insurgency in Libya.
Angela Merkel’s secretive Federal Security Council has final say regarding such a sale to Qatar, and Der Spiegel says it’s likely it will be approved.
“…Saudi Arabia is left to draw up the Middle East’s new map.”-Haaretz, 25 July 2012
Recently an Israeli newspaper (Haaretz) published an article on Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s new intelligence boss; Bandar bin Sultan.
The following quotes from the article show that the so called revolution in Syria is actually an outside invasion, and that the United States is in bed with al Qaeda (after all it was the U.S. that came up with the name al Qaeda).
“…the main reason for his appointment now is that Saudi Arabia is preparing for the next stage in Syria, after President Bashar Assad leaves the political stage one way or another and Syria becomes a battleground for influence.”
“…his [Bandar’s] wife was investigated by [U.S.] Congress a decade ago about her connections to Al-Qaida…”-Saudi Arabia is ruled by royalists who are Salafi/Wahhabi Muslims, the same Islamic group that Osama bin Laden was part of, the same Islamic group that most of the members of the U.S. named al Qaeda belong to, the same Islamic group that the 9/11 attackers belonged to. 15 of the 19 hijackers on 11 September 2001, came from Saudi Arabia, not from Afghanistan, not from Iraq, not from Libya, not from Syria and not from Iran. In fact none of the 9/11 attackers were from Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Libya or Syria!
“…Bandar is considered the CIA’s man in Riyadh.”
“Bandar is a member of the part of the royal family that opposes the revolutions in the Arab states….”-This is proof that what happened in Libya, and what is happening in Syria are not revolutions
“…Bandar supported sending troops to the small kingdom of Bahrain next door to quell the Shi’ite revolt…”-Bahrain is also the HQ of the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet
“…also moved fast to support the new [military] regime in Cairo, depositing more than $3 billion as a guarantee at the Egyptian central bank.”-An attempt to stop the Egyptian Revolution from succeeding.
“…Bandar was the one behind the decision to give money to the Syrian rebels, and even to buy weapons for them. They say the Saudi demand that Assad step down is part of Bandar’s strategy, which guides the kingdom far more than the positions of the 88-year-old king, whose health is failing.”
“…Saudi policy on Syria is being closely coordinated with the United States…”
On 29 June 2012, Sears Holdings released their latest list of store closings, this time they’re all Kmart stores.
Two Kmarts in Florida, and two Kmarts in Georgia will be shut down. The other four Kmarts are located in Iowa, Virginia, Minnesota and Tennessee.
Sears Holdings pointed out that each store employs between 40 and 80 people, so this latest round of closings could result in as many as 640 people losing their jobs.
Since the beginning of 2010 Sears Holdings has closed and/or announced the closing of at least 174 stores (going by Sears Holdings estimations that could be as many as 13,920 people who lost their jobs), and more closings are planned. The store names are Kmart, Sears, Sears Grand/Essentials, Product Repair and The Great Indoors.
28 July 2012, fire fighters are still busy fighting numerous wild fires throughout eastern & southeastern Idaho. July is the official start to the wildfire season in Idaho, but so far 58 fires have raged since the beginning of the year!
27July 2012, new fire Fort Hall Reservation (east of Blackfoot), as seen from tens of miles to the southwest, looking northeast from the Simplot Don Plant.
According to the Eastern Idaho Interagency Fire Center (EIIFC) more acres have burned this year than in 2011, 2010 & 2009 combined! And the official fire season is just starting!
On 27 July 2012, new fires popped up in the Fort Hall reservation northeast of Pocatello (east of Blackfoot). They’re called the Ridge Top, Stevens Peak, East Fire and Gibson Creek fires. Together they’ve burned 8,000 acres (3,237.4 hectares) in less than one day.
Fire officials blame the ongoing, 10+ years drought in Idaho, something the mainstream media seems to ignore when it comes to reporting drought conditions in the United States.
Local fire officials are concerned because most of the fires have yet to hit the tinder dry forests: “Our lower elevations right now are fairly critical. Our upper elevations in the timber, our large fuel, and the trees are drier than normal…”-Lynn Ballard, U.S. Forest Service eastern Idaho
EAST IDAHO WILDFIRES 2012: MAINTENANCE DAY FOR SKYCRANE FIRE FIGHTER @ POCATELLO AIRPORT
Click the pics (by AAron B. Hutchins) to see more:
VEHICLE I-D: USAF C-21 LEARJET, YEAR OF THE LEAR
“It is true, we are working on the deployment of Russian naval bases outside Russian territory.”-Vice Admiral Viktor Chirkov, Russian navy
27 July 2012, the Russian navy announced they will re-open Soviet era naval bases around the world, including bases in Vietnam, Cuba (the “backyard” of the U.S.) and Seychelles.
The bases are needed for creating material and technical supply centers for the Russian navy. The official reason for the expansion of the Russia navy is to fight piracy!
27 July 2012, among warmongering reports from U.S. mainstream media, Poland announces that it has closed its embassy in Syria and is evacuating all Polish nationals!
Up to this point it was the Polish embassy that was acting as the diplomatic representative for the United States.
Reuters is reporting that an unnamed source in Qatar claims that Turkey, a member of U.S. led NATO, has established a command and control base for the invasion of Syria.
The base is located 100 kilometers (62 miles) north of the Syrian border: “It’s the Turks who are militarily controlling it. Turkey is the main coordinator/facilitator. Think of a triangle, with Turkey at the top and Saudi Arabia and Qatar at the bottom.”-unnamed official from Doha, Qatar
The unnamed official also said: “Three governments are supplying weapons: Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.” And added: “All weapons are from the black market.”
Qatar played a major role in the western war against Libya.
On 24 July 2012, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said: “I have to say that we are also increasing our efforts to assist the opposition.”
26 July 2012, the European Union’s European Commission is asking its members to pass a new law making currency and interest rate manipulation a crime.
The scandal involves mainly U.S. and British Too Big to Fail banks and the British based LIBOR, Belgium based EURIBOR and Japan based TIBOR systems. Recently it was revealed that such systems are also being used to help elites hide $20 trillion USD worth of wealth from tax collectors.
In Denmark, the Danish government is wrapping up their investigation into their own CIBOR system. Officials running the Copenhagen Interbank Offered Rate are suspected of setting rates unjustifiably higher than the EURIBOR.
The Wall Street Journal recently said the scandal “…could lead to a new system of calculating a benchmark…”
Too Big to Fail Morgan Stanley is asking British officials to put the Bank of England in direct control of LIBOR.
Also, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, stated he will be reviewing the proposed introduction of a new global rate system that will replace current LIBOR like systems.
The rate fixing scandal involves banks in North America, Europe and Japan (the regional members of the Trilateral Commission).
“How much longer can Hoku Corp keep the tsunami of debt, liabilities, liens, foreclosures and material breaches of contract at bay? What’s the delay in filing for bankruptcy protection? I believe that it may be driven by their energetic attempts to sell their solar subsidiary before the much tighter restrictions on selling assets that would come under bankruptcy.”-Marco Mangelsdorf, ProVision Solar
Hoku Corporation, parent company of failed Hoku Materials in Pocatello, Idaho, voluntarily de-listed itself from NASDAQ, and will probably file chapter 11 bankruptcy.
On 29 June it was reported that Hoku Corp had enough cash for only nine weeks of operation!
“If Hoku is unable to secure additional financing, it believes it will need to seek protection in bankruptcy from its creditors and to liquidate and wind-down Hoku and Hoku Materials. “-Hoku SEC statement, 25 June 2012
Officials also said they were unable to complete required financial reports and would miss the filing deadline for the end of the fiscal year.
At the beginning of July 2012, Hoku Corp announced it would voluntarily de-list from NASDAQ. This after NASDAQ stopped trading of Hoku stocks, after share price fell to below $1.00 back in December 2011. Hoku said their de-listing would take place on 10 July.
Now, Hoku has been trading as a penny stock, and as of 17 July was worth only 4 cents per share!