Tag Archives: war

International, U.S.

World War 3: Russia makes surprise move by proposing UN Security Council resolution concerning Syria!

“Hopefully, we can work with the Russians who, for the first time, at least are recognizing that this is a matter that needs to go to the Security Council.  It is just that we have differences in how they are approaching it, but we hope to be able to work with them.”-Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State

“We made no secret of the fact and it is reflected in the text that we call on violence to be stopped from all sides. We are concerned about weapons smuggling, the armed groups operating in Syria. As you know from the outset our assessment of the situation is that various violent groups there are taking advantage of peaceful demonstrators in order to pursue their agenda.”-Vitaly Churkin, Russian envoy to the UN

In a surprise move Russia announced they will propose Security Council resolution concerning Syria.  Russian officials refuse to reveal the details until they make the official presentation.

Back in October, Russia and China vetoed a resolution presented by western European countries.

Syria’s Vice-President Farouk al-Sharaa, is in Moscow right now discussing the issue with Russian leaders.

 

Business/Economics, International, U.S.

More proof the Occupy movement is right: When cost of living is included almost 50% of Americans are poor, yet the top 10% got big pay raises in 2010 and their employers lied about it

According to corporate research firm Global Market Insight (GMI), Corporate America’s CEOs got big raises in 2010, even though many companies did not perform well!

The CEOs of the top 500 companies got as much as a 36.5% increase in pay. The next 3,000 U.S. corporations gave their CEOs a pay raise averaging 27%!  Researchers with GMI said they were surprised, and considered the pay increases way out of line with the poor performance of many of the companies.

This news comes at the same time the U.S. Census Bureau is unofficially calling almost half of the population of the United States poor!

“SPM rates were higher than official poverty rates in 2010, overall and for most groups”-Brookings/Census Bureau Meeting on Improved Poverty Measurment, November 7, 2011

The new poverty statistics take into account “nondiscretionary” cost of living expenses such as income taxes, child care, health care, commuting to work, etc.  When cost of living is factored in it raises the official number of poor people in the U.S.

The “official” poverty surveys consider before tax income only!  This means the “official” poverty numbers have been way off for decades.  However, the Census Bureau says the new SPM poverty numbers “Will not replace the official poverty measure” and “Will not be used for resource allocation or program eligibility”!

The new SPM numbers also include some types of welfare benefits a family might be getting, plus child support, and yet even with that data the number of poor people still went higher than the “official” poverty numbers.  This is more evidence of how inaccurate the “official” count is, and how rampant poverty is in the U.S.!

The new data was released on November 7, 2011, yet I don’t recall any mainstream U.S. media reporting it. The data covers the year 2010 only, it’s called Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2010 (SPM).

When using the SPM (aka Improved Poverty Measure) a big jump in the number of poor people were found in the age group of 18 to 64 year olds.  But the biggest jump in poverty was found in the age group of people 65 years or older.

If I read the Census Bureau graphs correctly (and if I understood the Bureaus’ explanations of how they figured it), when you add the “official” poverty numbers to the new SPM numbers you get 146.4 million people who are poor  (49.1 million “officially” poor + 97.3 million SPM poor).  Even if you go by just the new SPM data that’s nearly 100 million poor people in the U.S.

Officially there are 312 million people in the United States.

Back to Corporate America’s big pay raises for their CEOs.

The top earning CEO in 2010 was John Hammergen of McKesson Corporation, getting $145 million, not counting his stock options or retirement benefits!  According to GMI, McKesson has essentially lied about how much they paid Hammergen.  They reported they paid Hammergen only (hmph, ‘only’) $46.1 million.

GMI researchers said McKesson refused to explain the difference.  GMI says Hammergen not only got $145 million in pay, he got $112 million in stock options, a retirement plan worth $13.5 million, and, if he ever got fired his severance package is worth $469 million! For getting fired!!! And the right wing neo-conservative ass holes complain about the average unemployed worker being on unemployment pittance (it certainly is not a “benefit”)!!!

Just like it says in HR 1905, we are slaves!

 

International, U.S.

NAZI-land & United Police States of America: U.S. Senate approves their final version of NDAA 2012, less than one day after the House approved their final version

“I hope you believe America is part of the battlefield.”-Lindsey Graham, U.S. Senator from South Carolina

In a confusing back and forth between the House and Senate, on December 15 the Senate passed the latest version of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, allowing the indefinite detention and torture of U.S. citizens.  It passed 83 to 13!

“What this legislation does…says from the Congress’ point-of-view, that we expressly authorize the indefinite detention…”-Carl Levin, U.S. Senator from Michigan

“We think al Qaeda operatives, citizens or not, are not common criminals. We think they are crazy people. If you’re an American citizen and you want to help…destroy your own country, here is what’s coming your way.”- Lindsey Graham, U.S. Senator from South Carolina

“If we start labeling our citizens as enemies of the United States without any due process, I think we will have done serious damage.”-Mark Udall, U.S. Senator from Colorado, who hypocritically voted for the bill while voicing objection to the bill

Yesterday the House passed their final version of NDAA 2012, HR 1905.

According to the CSPAN website: “It will now head to the President’s desk to be signed into law.”

 

 

International, U.S.

World War 3: Talk against possible nuclear weapons program in Iran is just rhetoric. U.S. officials actually want to destroy Iran’s nuclear power program. War with Iran, Syria and North Korea almost guaranteed. Russia also targeted

“It is not possible to stop Iran’s nuclear weapons program without targeting its nuclear program as a whole, because there is no safe dividing line between those activities and facilities that are purely peaceful and those which are military related.”-Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, U.S. Representative for Florida

By using that argument then any country can justify destroying the nuclear power industry in the United States, especially since the U.S. has thousands of nuclear weapons.

The statement by U.S. Representative Ros-Lehtinen was used to justify the passage of HR 2105; the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Reform and Modernization Act of 2011.  It passed the House almost unanimously on December 14 (418 for, 2 against and 13 abstaining).

HR 2105 was passed the same day that HR 1905 and HR 1540 was passed.

HR 2105 supports sanctions against Iran, Syria and North Korea using Executive Order 12938 , by repealing the old Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation act.

This new Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Reform and Modernization Act of 2011 also targets Russia, by cancelling all previously agreed upon U.S. payments made to support the International Space Station, the Russian Aviation & Space Agency and any other Russian agency.

The bill states that Russia must come over to the dark side and join the U.S. in sanctioning Iran, Syria and North Korea.

The U.S. Senate will now debate their own version of HR 2105.

 

Business/Economics

Too Big to Fail/Jail: New bank sanctions against Iran or against You? HR 1905 passes House & Senate! Bill reveals U.S. citizens are slaves owned by Banks!!!

On December 14, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Iran Threat Reduction Act of 2011.  It passed with an overwhelming majority; 410 for, 11 against and 12 abstaining.

The U.S. Senate is now debating their version.

Basically HR 1905 continues the same old sanctions, but with some interesting exemptions and additions:

(1)   the procurement of certain defense articles or services; [this implies that the U.S. Defense Department, or U.S. military industrial complex is doing business with Iran?]

(2)   eligible products to designated countries or instrumentalities;  [“instrumentalities” must mean ‘tools’, or patsies of the United States]

(3)   products, technology, or services under contracts entered into before the date on which the President publishes in the Federal Register the name of the person on which the sanctions are to be imposed;  [in other words some individuals and organizations will be ‘grandfathered’, and not subject to sanctions]

(4)   spare or component parts, or information and technology that are essential to U.S. products or production, and related servicing and maintenance; or  [again more evidence that the U.S. is doing business with Iran]

(5)   medicines, medical supplies, or other humanitarian items.

Here’s some more interesting statements from the HR 1905:

“The bill would state that a determination to impose sanctions under this Act shall not be reviewable in any court.” [so much for the ‘rule of law’]

“The bill would also authorize the President to provide financial and political assistance to certain foreign and domestic type individuals, organizations, and entities that support democracy in Iran.” [code for creating a situation like Libya, or Syria, and of course that’s your taxpayer dollars at work]

“The bill would also impose specified sanctions on a person that knowingly assisted in the exportation of petroleum, oil, or natural gas produced by the IRGC or its affiliates.” [notice this specifically mentions Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), it does not ban all oil from Iran as the mainstream media leads us to believe. Also, the IRGC is not heavily involved with oil production in Iran, they are a military organization first and foremost, so how effective is this sanction?]

“The bill would block the U.S. property interests of foreign persons or their affiliates that have committed, or pose a significant risk of committing, acts of violence threatening the peace or economic stability of Iraq or Afghanistan.” [notice this statement is not directed against Iranians, but any “foreign persons” and concerns Iraq and Afghanistan]

“The bill would direct the President to develop a National Strategy to Counter Iran.” [code for war!!!]

“The bill would amend the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to require any person owned [!?] or controlled [!?] by a domestic financial institution to certify that such person is not engaged in corresponding relations or business activity with the IRGC.” [notice this statement admits that U.S. citizens are not free but are slaves to any U.S. bank, credit union or lending institution that they owe money to, or do business through!!!]

“The bill would require a report on the Central Bank of Iran’s activities to facilitate Iran’s efforts to acquire nuclear missile capacities and promote terrorism.” [really, and how is that information going to be acquired? Is the Bank of Iran going to present their financial transactions to the President of the United States? this statement also presumes guilt without evidence or conviction]

HR 1905 ends with a huge presumption of guilt, which guarantees war with Iran.

Lastly, the bill would terminate the provisions of the Act when Iran:

(1)   has dismantled its efforts to develop or acquire nuclear, chemical and biological weapons;

(2)   no longer provides support for acts of international terrorism; and

(3)   poses no threat to U.S. national security, interests, or allies.

There is no way the Iranian government can disprove the final 3 requirements of HR 1905. It’s the same situation as when Bush Jr made his claims against Iraq, which turned out to be complete lies!!!

Update:

The U.S. Senate passed HR 1905 at the end of May 2012.

Link to PDF of Senate amendments to HR 1905.

May 2012: JAPAN & CHINA DROP THE U.S. DOLLAR, WILL USE THEIR OWN MONEY FOR INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTIONS! BRITAIN WANTS IN ON THE DEAL!

MONEY FOR TALIBAN COMES FROM UNITED STATES? 

JAPAN SUES U.S. OVER IRAN SANCTIONS! U.S./U.K. NEWS MEDIA LIE ABOUT JAPANESE BANKS FREEZING IRANIAN ACCOUNTS!

March 2012: YET AGAIN, RECORD NUMBER OF PEOPLE RENOUNCE U.S. CITIZENSHIP. I-R-S BLAMES ELECTED OFFICIALS. 

EVIDENCE THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND IS A DRUG DEALER; U.K. BANK REGULATOR SAYS SO! 

MORE U.S. CITIZENS RENOUNCE THEIR CITIZENSHIP, IF YOU LEAVE YOU ARE NOW CONSIDERED A TERRORIST

CORPORATE FUEDALISM, YOU ARE A SLAVE, BIG MONEY INVESTMENTS NOT GOING TO CREATE JOBS BUT TO FINANCE MORE BIG MONEY INVESTMENTS! PRISON INDUSTRY FASTEST GROWING IN THE U.S.

February 2012: MORTGAGE SETTLEMENT MONEY TO BE USED TO DESTROY HOMES, NOT KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES!

IRAN SHUTS DOWN GLOBAL STEEL INDUSTRIES, BLAMES THE UNITED STATES

4,000 PEOPLE STRANDED WHEN AUSTRALIAN AIRLINE IS SUDDENLY DELEVERAGED BY TOO BIG TOO FAIL/JAIL BANKS

U.S. IMPOSES SANCTION AFTER SANCTION AGAINST IRAN, WHICH ARE ACTS OF WAR

January 2012: DE-LEVERAGING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE ECONOMY IMPROVES, AND THAT MEANS YOU!

IRAN WILL STOP BUYING PRODUCTS FROM EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES! WORKING WITH CHINA AND INDIA TO TRADE OIL FOR GOLD!

MORGAN STANLEY SAYS IF YOU’RE NOT A SHAREHOLDER, YOU ARE NOBODY!!!

September 2011: BANK OF AMERICA INCREASES HOME FORECLOSURES BY 200%

ARTIST BEING HARRASED BY Police BECAUSE OF HIS ANTI-BANK PAINTINGS

CORPORATIONS THAT USE PRISON LABOR, AND THE STATES THAT ARE INVOLVED

December 2011: U.K. PREPARES FOR COLLAPSE OF THE EURO, BELIEVES BRITAIN WILL BE FLOODED WITH ECONOMIC REFUGEES, SWIZTERLAND TAKING ACTION

AS MANY AS 28 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE U.S. REFUSE TO OPEN A BANK ACCOUNT

PROTESTORS SHUT DOWN WELLS FARGO, BECAUSE OF DIRECT LINKS TO CORPORATE PRISONS, IDAHO POLITICIANS IN THE POCKETS OF CORPORATE PRISONS

IRAN SHOOTS DOWN U.S. UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE, CHINA SAYS IT WILL SUPPORT IRAN EVEN IF IT MEANS THE THIRD WORLD WAR

THE BIG JUMPS IN STOCK MARKETS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH ECONOMIC RECOVERY. IT’S ALL PART OF THE NEW WAY THE ELITE 1% MAKE MONEY.

November 2011: NEW GREEK & ITALIAN PRIME MINISTERS PART OF ROCKEFELLER’S TRILATERAL COMMISSION’S PUSH FOR ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT

August 2011: AVERAGE CONSUMERS ARE BLAMED FOR NOT SPENDING, BUT IT’S THE ELITES THAT ARE HOARDING THE CASH, MINIMUM WAGE EARNERS ARE LOSING MONEY BY WORKING

GROUP OF 7 DECIDE TO ANSWER THE U.S. DEBT PROBLEM BY FLOODING MARKETS WITH LIQUIDITY, WON’T THAT CREATE HYPERINFLATION?

THE BIG THREE COUNTRIES U.S. TAXPAYERS ARE BEHOLDED TO

July 2011: IF YOU WANT A GOOD CREDIT RATING, DON’T LIVE IN IDAHO. WHERE YOU LIVE NOW AFFECTS YOUR CREDIT SCORE

May 2011: GERMAN BANK CONTINUES VIOLATING SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN

CORPORATE AMERICA IS BROKE, LYING ABOUT PROFITS

April 2011: JAPANESE BANK PRESIDENT RESIGNS, BECAUSE THEY WEREN’T PREPARED FOR 9.0 QUAKE/TSUNAMI

NEW YORK CITY DESPERATE TO SELL LAND TO CHINA

Idaho, International, U.S.

NAZI-land & United Police States of America: NDAA 2012 failed first House vote, it took two tries to pass. Republicans love the bill. Do you know who voted for it? Idahoans be proud!

The final version of the National Defense Authorization Act for 2012, known in the House as HR 1540, was voted on twice. The first time it failed to pass!

According to CSPAN records the act was first voted on at 18:33 hours, local Washington DC time, then again at 18:50 hours.

The first time it failed by 234 Representatives voting against and 183 for, with 16 abstaining.  The second vote was called for “On Motion to Recommit with Instructions”.

Less than 20 minutes later the House passed the act with 283 for, 136 against and 14 abstaining.

According to Roll no. 932, 190 Republicans voted for what I call the NAZIfication act. Only 43 Republicans voted against it, eight abstained.

In true Democrat style, the Donkey club split down the middle; 93 for, 93 against and six abstaining.

The Roll no. 932 also lists the name of those who voted.  Idahoans can be proud to know that Representative Raul Labrador, and Representative Mike Simpson voted against the NAZIfication bill!

 

Business/Economics, U.S.

Contractor Incompetence: 14 bomb sniffing dogs suffocated in an unventilated truck at the Houston airport

A U.S. military contractor is suing two Texas companies for killing 14 bomb sniffing dogs.  The dogs were supposed to be shipped to U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

The two companies being sued are Indian Creek Enterprises Incorporated and Live Animal Transportation Services.

The military contractor said the dogs were supposed to have been put in the Houston airport’s kennel, because their flight was canceled.  Instead the transportation contractors left the dogs locked in a sealed, unventilated truck.  On December 21, 2010, the military contractor checked on the dogs, only to discover them in the truck, all dead.

There was blood and other evidence that the dogs tried to get out.

Texas media can not get a hold of the owners of Indian Creek Enterprises Incorporated.  The other contractor, Live Animal Transportation Services, has a new owner who basically says this is the first he’s heard of it.

Business/Economics, International, U.S.

Global Economic War: The creation of South Sudan is all about the oil, and keeping China from it. Hillary Clinton tells U.S. oil companies to go for it!

The creation of the new country of South Sudan was all about U.S. access to its oil.  On December 14, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, announced that South Sudan’s oil fields were open to U.S. investment.

But she had an ominous, and hypocritical warning: “We know that it will either help your country finance its own path out of poverty, or you will fall prey to the natural resource curse, which will enrich a small elite, outside interests, corporations and countries, and leave your people hardly better off than when you started.”-Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State

It’s hypocritical because historical records show that it’s always involvement of U.S. and western European companies that destroy countries.

Even now South Sudan is fighting Sudan. Just last week the United Nations agreed to send UN Peacekeepers to patrol the border between the two countries.

Another interesting fact is that before the creation of South Sudan, China was about to invest big time in developing the oil fields there (mmmm, Libya anyone?).  China is now trying to deal with the government of the new South Sudan, and the United States is trying to beat them to the punch.

 

International, U.S.

World War 3: Australia, Japan and United States to form new military pact

Japan’s Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa, and Australia’s Ambassador to Japan Bruce Miller, have publicly expressed a desire to form a new military pact involving the United States.

Japan already has military pacts with the U.S., and with Australia.  Japanese officials say it is only natural that all three should join into one single pact.

Recently U.S. President Barack Obama announced a pact with Australia that involves basing up to 2,500 U.S. Marines there.

Military analysts say the real reason for military pacts between Japan, Australia and the U.S., is the growing fear of the growing power of China.

Fukushima

Japan admits high levels of radiation in north eastern Honshu!

Japan’s Environment Ministry has given some clues as to how bad the radiation contamination is in north eastern Honshu.  The area is being devastated by radiation coming from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

In a report on how the government of Japan plans to address decontamination issues, they revealed that some areas have soil that’s emitting more than 0.23 microsieverts per hour!

They also stated that ‘sludge’ has been found to be contaminated with 8,000 becquerels per kilogram of cesium!

The Environment Ministry even admitted that areas as far south as Tokyo are highly contaminated and will require decontamination.  Tokyo is about 220 kilometers, or 137 miles from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.