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In Unsettling Development For Washington, Venezuela Ramps Up China Oil Exports

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The biggest geostrategic change of the past decade overlooked by Washington policy wonks in their fixation on their self-proclaimed “war on terror” is that Latin America has been throwing off the shackles of the Monroe Doctrine.

These ignored developments may well soon refocus Washington’s attention on the Southern Hemisphere, as Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez reorients his country’s to China.

It is not an inconsiderable element of concern for the Obama administration. According to the U.S. Energy Administration, the United States total crude oil imports now average 9.033 million barrels per day, with the top five exporting countries being Canada (2.666 mbpd), Mexico (1.319 mbpd), Saudi Arabia (1.107 mbpd), with Venezuela in fourth place at 930 thousand barrels per day. Note that two of America’s top four energy importers are south of the Rio Grande.

Furthermore, Venezuela’s reserves according to OPEC now top those of Saudi Arabia, with Venezuela now estimated to have the largest conventional oil reserves and the second-largest natural gas reserves in the Western Hemisphere. Two years ago OPEC reported that of the organization’s 81.33 percent of the globe’s known oil reserves Venezuela had 24.8 percent, exceeding Saudi Arabia with 22.2

So, why is Chavez in Washington’s bad books? Well, among other reasons, for the company he keeps, as the Russian Federation, Iran and Cuba are all allies. Note that the first two are also major oil exporters.

Worse however are the social programs that Chavez has implemented to benefit his people, which not only smack of socialism but offer an alternative to Washington’s proscriptions. Case in point – Venezuela’s health care system. A joint Cuban-Venezuelan medical program, “Barrio Adentro,” has made health care free and accessible to all Venezuelans. Founded in 2003,  Barrio Adentro expanded Venezuela’s national health care system by employing more than 30,000 Cuban medical professionals as the government equipped clinics and hospitals with advanced high technology diagnostic and surgical equipment.

Something that Americans might consider as the presidential race heats up, with Medicare on the table. Such alternatives hardly please the powers that be in Washington, but are increasingly considered in Latin America.

But, back to energy. Despite the primacy of Venezuelan oil sales to the U.S. Caracas is shifting gears, and China will soon to become Venezuela’s main trade partner,

with oil sales surging 60 percent in 2012.

During a recent interview Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez said, “We are selling 640.000 barrels of petrol per day to China.” This is now equivalent to 2/3 of Venezuela’s oil exports to the U.S., up from 400,000 barrels per day in February. For those with a sense of history, before President Chavez took office in 1999, Venezuela did not ship oil to China, but Chavez has stated that by 2015 he intends to ramp up Venezuelan oil exports to China to one million barrels of crude per day. According to Ramirez, the rise in exports will come from increased production in the natural resource-rich Orinoco Oil Belt in the east of the country.

It is hard to see this emphasis shift as anything but a short-sighted diplomatic disaster for the U.S. Compounding the degradation of Washington, which insists that China in Africa in particular exploits poor nations by buying resources at rock bottom prices, Ramirez said simply, “We are selling oil to China at a better price than what is sold in the U.S. market.” And, given Washington’s foreign aid stinginess, last week President Chavez announced that China Development Bank will bankroll $4 billion dollars in development projects, to include housing, energy and industrial growth.

Again, those with a sense of history might note that the year Chavez took office, Venezuela exported to the U.S. market 1.5 million bpd.

So, where does Washington go from here? If it wants to preserve its increasingly tenuous foothold in a nation with the world’s largest oil reserves, it might begin by engaging in some honest diplomacy.

And match Chinese rates of pay.

Source: http://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Venezuela-Ramps-up-China-Oil-Exports-Unsettling-Washington.html

By. John C.K. Daly of Oilprice.com

(Orinoco graphic located at: http://weeklyintercept.blogspot.com/2011/06/venezuela-under-attack-from-empire-once.html)

7 Out Of 10 “American” Vehicles Are Made Anywhere BUT America

General Motors is becoming China Motors. Forget the spin. The evidence is clear and convincing. Did U.S. taxpayers save GM for China? Listen to the candid comments of GM’s CEO.

There are a few issues in the video that I disagree with, but on the whole, this should be all you need to know about how $8BILLION of your tax dollars has been robbed, since you cannot seem to grasp the other sources of thievery. If you realize that your best jobs are being shipped to China, or that the factories are being sold to Chinese government supported corporations who care nothing for “Free Trade”, maybe you’ll get angry (but I won’t be holding my breath).

Oh Say Can You See, That Americans Are Blinded By Bullshit?

We’ve been told by the maniacs and murderers that the towel heads hate us for our freedoms and want to stop freedom from occurring in America. At least, this is one of many reasons for the American Empire given to the stooges who still believe the bullshit.

OK.

So, who in the world “loves us” for those very same freedoms?

(Crickets chirp as I await that answer)

How many Iraqis do you think love us and our brand of “freedom”? Afghanis? Libyans? Egyptians? Iranians? Chinese? Russians? Others dominated by the “Empire of Freedom” (which includes what turns out to be the entire globe, with just a handful of exceptions, including Israel)?

I used to be patriotic. I used to believe the crap. Then I truly began to pay attention and saw the lie almost immediately. So, why aren’t you paying attention?

For the love of “freedom”

The Madness Of March – Updated Twice

Image found at http://oybay.wordpress.com/2007/03/02/purim-parties-across-the-oy-bay-area/

March of 2012 could turn out to be quite crazy for the world. I know that personally I see it as having a potential for disaster. My buddy Korn Likker is having that surgery on March 7 that could be extremely difficult. My Mom is having major dental surgery on that day, as well. Dec 7th is potentially a day for something quite big elsewhere, too.

With the obvious goings on in the Middle East, there is a potential powder keg ready to blow. It seems that Israel’s crazies are ready to light the fuse, but they want to use America as their torch. I doubt that it is necessary to strong arm our government officials since they are seemingly owned by the Zionist bastards who control most of what is happening. But even so, the Zionists are saying that they will attack with or without America’s blessing (as IF we actually control anything they do). Sure, this just could be more rhetoric used to scare people, but maybe not. And why not?

Because there are those that believe much of this is related to Purim, the Jewish celebration of mass genocide (something the Judaic God seems to relish). Allow me to point out several articles that I think one should read and learn about. First is Zen Gardner’s essay, “Purim: Why War On Persia (Iran) Could Start March 7th“. Read it all, but notice that using Purim’s dates for attacking others is nothing new. Zen points out:

• -The Iraq war of 1991 ended prematurely exactly on Purim day, immediately following the savage slaughter of 150,000 surrendering Iraqi troops during the Purim dates. Decidedly montrous in any estimation.
• -The next Iraq war began on Purim 2003, with a wreckless, sensationalized death-dealing bombardment of Iraqi civilians. The war went on dealing millions of needless deaths and continues to this day.
• -To top it off, the merciless  Libyan invasion began on Purim 2011…just one week after the Japan earthquake and tsunami.
• -There were also massive earthquakes on Purim, a 7.8 in Chile in 2008 and an 8.8 in China in 2010.–HAARP and other technologies in the hands of these extremely evil forces?

Update:

Snordelhans offers Zen’s above post via video. Nicely done:

This may come as a surprise to all you fellow Bible Belters who seem to embrace the Old Testament more than you do the New one (you know, the one that contains the red letter words of that “Prince of Peace”), but Purim is a “religious” celebration that descends into the depths of depravity, lust and murder. They are encouraged to get so drunk that they cannot tell the difference between good and evil. They even offer special ear-shaped “cookies” to their children, so they can ritualistically cannibalize their enemy. The entire spectacle should be enough for any real Christian to completely distance himself from any “Judeo” part of their Christianity.

A second article is from Video Rebel’s blog called, “Purim 2012 Red Alert: Fun For Netanyahu Might Not Be Good For You“. In this article, the author points out that there are some significant things happening just before and after Purim this year:

Benjamin Netanyahu will confer with President Obama at the White House on March 5th to discuss an attack on Iran. On March 8th the FBI plan to shutdown and scrub 4 million computers for an alleged DNS virus. You do not have to be paranoid to think that either a war or a false flag Gulf of Tonkin type of attack on an American ship near the Iranian coast would best be staged at a time when the computers of 4 million anti-war and anti-Zionist activists are shutdown.

Should anyone be surprised if something goes down during this timeframe? If you are, why?

It is apparent that everything is falling apart here and all around the world. You’d have to be watching Fox News and all the other Zionist propaganda outlets to not know how close to devastation we find ourselves. Its not like they won’t do ANYTHING to lie to you:

I must say that more than anything in the above clip, I was most impressed by the fact that the guy said he would hope that his 13 year old brother would grab a weapon to defend him, should the same thing happen here in America. However, to most Bible Belt Christians, defense against an occupying force is little more than terrorism (the hypocrisy is sickening).

What you are experiencing at your house is certainly what is being experienced by most Americans, no matter what lies are spewed via the complicit media. It is real and it is not your fault, nor the fault of any poor people. It tells me that the thieves have taken about as much wealth as they can and its time to bring this thing to a head.

And how might they do it? Maybe this is what is in store? Sure, Americans (the poor ones, anyway) have had enough of war. We see how it is ruining our way of life and how it strips us of our few remaining liberties. we are beginning to see how we have ravaged and maimed hundreds of thousands of innocents… displaced them and have taken over their resources. Any sane person wouldn’t want that to happen to their own family, but somehow we are still supporting the monsters who do it to others in our name. But since we are awakening (slowly but surely), the PTB need something else to convince us (AGAIN) that we need MORE war. More carnage.

The Iranians have thousands of guided missiles with fuel air explosive warheads. A 1,000 fuel air explosive has as much destructive capability as a 4,000 pound conventional bomb. Fires and explosives require oxygen. A fuel air explosive sends fuel out in all directions gathering oxygen so it can ignite and explode. It has a greater blast radius and creates much more deadly blast waves than a conventional bomb that must take its oxygenate with it in the warhead. It would only take a handful of these guided missiles with fuel air explosives to destroy an American military base leaving a few survivors to be captured or killed by the Iranians or their allies. Within minutes every military base in Central Command will cease to exist. It seems the men and women on those USAF, Marine and Army bases will serve the same purpose as the Persian Gulf and Mediterranean fleets. They will sacrifice their lives not to attack Iran because they will be dead before they can do any harm to any Iranian civilians. They are there to die so the folks back home will be absolutely convinced that World War III is a really good idea.

Previously, I wrote an essay entitled “The Bankers Want America To Lose World War III”. The bankers passed NAFTA and ratified the WTO treaty to send 50,000 manufacturing plants overseas. The Lords of Wall Street do not serve in the armed forces. So they had their professors with Foundation grant money figure out that if America’s supply lines were stretched 8,000 miles to China on a dodgy credit card to China, the Americans will lose World War III. To ensure an American defeat they decided to attack two nations with strong ties to Russia and China. There are no accidents when you are dealing with bankers.

If you are a normal person, you might wonder why anyone would want to start World War III only to intentionally lose it. You must realize by now that the bankers are not normal people and that they despise you. They have stolen over 30 trillion dollars from you. They are covering their tracks by having Ben Bernanke hyperinflate the currency which will soon hyperinflate prices. Between now and the collapse of the dollar, the bankers have to either get you killed or put you in a lockdown prison called a National Security State. The bankers are in the process of stealing the last few dollars from our pensions and savings. When prices go sky high, they will have stolen your last few dollars, pounds and euros. You will be of no further use to them and it will be time for you to die. The most likely scenario is a series of plagues that the bankers imagine will kill from 6 to 6.5 billion people.

Still not convinced? Maybe the fact that the bankers are jumping ship in mass might help. Again, I suspect that many know that they have rung about as much wealth from us as possible and they are running to hide as the shit hits the fan.

I should also point out that we are being met with warnings from other world powers. If this goes down, you can bet your sweet bippy that it will be the beginning of WWIII:

On a completely different note, what if the madness of March is to include another HUGE earthquake? Read the following post/video that ARF turned me on to. It appears that every 188 or 189 days an enormous earthquake occurs somewhere in the world.

The liklihood that there will be another megaquake and axis shift on march 22, 2012 is very high. In my opinion, the cause of these shifts is a massive celestial object moving inward from the 9 o’clock orientation of the solar system/ springtime/ constellations Leo-Orion.

The effects on the planet are directly correlated to Earth’s orientation relative to the massive object, with shifts of Earth’s axis occuring every 377 days, and significant Earthquakes every 188-9 days.

As a matter of fact, dutchsinse also suspects that a very large earthquake is due (not necessarily for the same reason).

Use the links below to monitor the earthquake developments globally.

monitor earthquakes on a global basis:

http://sincedutch.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/11302011-list-of-earthquake-links-…

Link to DOZENS of Volcano webcams:

http://sincedutch.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/112012-all-the-volcano-webcams-of-…

The signs of unrest are showing — volcanic activity increasing (just like last year before the Japanese massive earthquake) …. global earthquake swarm activity showing obvious signs (again like last year)… and now we’re seeing a localized 5.0M+ earthquake swarm in and around Japan proper (just like last year as well).

Put that all together, and you get a REAL POSSIBILITY of another large earthquake off the coast of Japan …. soon (weeks not months)

All areas around the ring of fire, all areas that are KNOWN earthquake prone.. and all areas that ARE NOT earthquake prone… all these areas where people reside — you need to have a plan and be prepared. We’re going to be seeing earthquakes occur in places that don’t normally see much earthquake activity ….

Areas like Canada, the northeast USA , midwest and south USA —– areas like Central Europe , France, Germany, England, Belgium, Netherlands — be alert as well.

Russia, China, India —- BE ON HIGH ALERT — the whole area of Russia/China/India is also showing movement and buildup (the recent 6.8M in siberia for instance plus DOZENS of 5.0M+).

North american Craton as well — states of Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and the entire area of New England (connecticut, delaware, maryland, new york, pennsylvania, new jersey, washington DC, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Maine, and Ohio (several more states are included in the outskirts of the main craton edge — basically this puts the ENTIRE USA under a potential earthquake threat in the near term (weeks).

If the activity dies down over the next few weeks, we can all take a deep sigh of relief.. but until things calm down globally.. THE TIME TO PREPARE WAS YESTERDAY !!!! Get your plans together… food, water, clothing, communication, transportation, and self defense … know the plan and be ready (just in case).

==dutch==

Update:

dutchsinse just posted about dormant volcanoes venting in Arkansas and Missouri. This is uncommon, if not unknown:

h/t to Noor at Snippits and Slappits & crabbydogtrix

BuelahWorld: Lets Roll To Our Stinking New Homes

My goodness, BuelahWorld is a raving crazy house. Who knows what the new Senate bill will end up doing to everyday Americans (you know, the ones who care and haven’t sucked the tainted koolaid bottle dry). It is suggested that no one has anything to worry about, *as long as* you don’t associate with Al Qaeda.

Give me a break. I know two Muslims and I am 50 years old. I have asked many people, “how many Muslims do you know”? Most times, the answer is none. (Same with Jews, btw)

Maybe they are all around me, living peacefully (likely scared to death that some crazy redneck will decide to start “defending the homeland” against their peaceful lifestyle). But I can assure you, that the last thing that this old redneck wants to do is “associate” with Al Qaeda (or any “terrorist” organization). If there is something in reality called Al Qaeda that isn’t CIA fostered and supported, I sure as hell don’t want anything to do with them.

But, Al Qaeda isn’t really an everyday American’s problem, and most of you know that. Most of you that I talk to admit something is very wrong with the whole storyline. Just like the latest interaction with my floor guy and his recently returned from battle son (Dr Doug wrote about it), the old man admitted that he didn’t believe the 911 story (at least, suggesting that our own people were involved). This is common thought, even with us “dumb ole” rednecks.

And it is obvious that the storyline has constantly been falling apart right before our eyes. Eventually people begin to understand when they have been hoodwinked and the questions are beginning to get louder and more vigorous.

So, S. 1867 has a little provision that incorporates all Americans, even those living in the “land of the free”. And if you have a problem with that, they have a new home for you.

FEMA Camps In America?

Follow the link (or click the pic) to get a list of the supposed camp locations (how accurate this list is is subject to review… I have found a couple of erroneous examples). However, I do not doubt that there is some network of facilities ready, willing and available. h/t Dprogram

Of course, it has nothing, whatsoever, to do with Al Qaeda sympathizers. It has everything to do with housing dissenters and those who will freak totally out when they lower the final hammer after the holiday money grab. Of course, even those who believe this is a possibility will likely yawn at that statement. To be honest, I have no idea what these facilities are, but I don’t doubt that many (800? I dunno) exist.

It is obvious to me that this is all orchestrated. Just realize that things like the Patriot Act were written BEFORE 911. You DO understand the significance of that statement, don’t you, my fellow rednecks? That plans were being made for invasions of Afghanistan, Iraq and the rest of the middle east BEFORE 911 (up to 20 years before)? Do you still doubt that all of this is planned?

But here is the whole deal, in a nutshell. There is nothing that these overlords do that can be trusted any more. There is an agenda, maybe I don’t have it nailed down perfectly, but there is something afoot. And one would be better off prepared for some breakdown that leads to a crackdown. If the SHTF, then you will be staying off the streets, unless you want to entertain the military detention that the bill offers.

If you don’t believe me and you still trust those who have hijacked our Republic, just look to the fact that CNN is scrubbing 911 data after it was found that Mark Bingham (the Flight 93 “Let’s Roll” dude) was supposedly dead 13 days before 911 tells me that the story continues to deteriorate. aangirfan has the details and links for you to do your own investigation). Even more detail is found at the original link.

I admit that this is bad and all, but is it as bad as poking a bear and tiger in their eye?

A worrying bulletin of the Ministry of Defence turned to Prime Minister Putin and President Medvedev today said that President Hu has “agreed in principle” that the only way to stop the aggression of the West led by the United States is through of “direct and immediate military action” and that the Chinese leader has ordered its naval forces “prepare for war.”

Or is it all an orchestrated deal? Meaning, are we intentionally making the last stand against the other world powers? And why would we? I have warned over and over about where our hegemony was leading us and I have said it leads us to war with Russia and China (and the rest of the BRIC nations and the others who want our Empire to end).

My dearest America,

You obviously have a problem that is stinking up the entire world. And our enemies have a solution that is far more intrusive than this:

h/t Boing Boing

So Here’s The Deal

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A Bourse Of Another Color

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In the late 1990′s, Iraq created an oil bourse. Look what that got them.

Now, Iran is creating one. What do you think will happen if and when it goes into action? Also note that this has been in development for quite some time.

We were recently told by some CIA hack (Robert Baer) that Israel (and her lapdog, America) will be bomb, bomb, bombing Iran in September or October. You can listen to him here.

American Pendulum does a good job describing what Baer is talking about and lists some notes (and I particularly liked the questions they raise in response to what could likely be nothing more than dis-info). Their responses are in parenthesis:

1) Bibi Netanyahu is becoming unstable and there is no telling what he might do.
(This was repeated a few times by Baer. Why? What is it that they are insinuating? It seems they are setting up the dialogue for some future event that is already being planned)

2) Israel will strike Iran, most likely in September, before the Palestinian State vote. (Is this the purpose of this interview? Is it bluffing? We hear this stuff every year; someone always makes this claim or something similar yearly)

3) Robert Baer was emphatic in stating that ‘THIS IS NOT A BLUFF BY ISRAEL’. He states that States [like Israel] do not bluff. (States ‘bluff’ all the time. Why is Baer lying about this?)

4) Robert Baer states that ‘Iran would love it if Israel attacked their nuclear facilities’…to justify a strike back. (This is utter nonsense. What country wants their energy source attacked? Nothing much in the news about the Iranian non-proliferation conference that they are hosting; with 40 nations in attendance)

5) “We don’t know how it will play out with Syria”…in reference to the Assad regime. (This is more bull. The U.S. knows exactly how it will play out. We don’t have 12 intelligence organizations for nothing. These intelligence services always know what is going on. They are lying when they say they don’t).

6) Baer emphasizes that the Israeli attack on Iran will cause an “escalation” but not an all-and-out war. (An attack on Iran will most definitely create what some say World War III, or at least start it).

7) Baer says no all-and-out war because the U.S. does not have the troops to fight it. He makes reference to this a couple times. (This is insinuation of the Draft in my opinion. These kinds of comments usually are designed to insinuate ‘thought’ into the listeners or viewers.)

8 ) Baer: “We look into the abyss but rarely go over the edge”. (Well, I beg to differ. We have gone over the edge a long time ago).

Obviously, no one can seriously take anything a CIA agent says as Gospel Truth. The CIA is the most vile, murderous, criminal organization that has tainted the world over. They have been shown to be liars and disinformation dealers to keep Americans (and other world citizens) brainwashed and clueless about important truths. So, I am not saying that what Baer says is truth. However, I would like to point out that the very best disinformation (or, the best lies) always have a small smattering of truth contained. So, throwing the baby out with the bath water should be avoided and I believe we should look closely to find any other clues, perhaps, for a real agenda.

Baer may be telling us that an attack is iminant and that he gives reasons. I dunno if Israel (and/or America) will attack Iran, but when you consider that the American stock markets and mercantile markets could take a devastating hit and that (more importantly) that the dollar could crash from its flimsily propped up state, it seems to me a very nasty banker induced war is ahead.

Would that surprise anyone? Really?

Here is the rub: as I have pointed out many times before, at some point, China will say enough is enough. If they start using this bourse and pay with yuan, thereby avoiding the petro-dollar‘s middle man thievery, you can bet that they will not be too keen on America (or Israel) attacking their very strong trading partner.

h/t NorthernTruthSeeker

Of course, it may all be a diversion from some other event like Elenin’s pass thru. Who knows, except to say that the Empire’s tentacles are ever-expanding and the pimp (Zionism) keeps slapping us (the ho’s) into condition of knee-jerk, Pavlov-type responses to each and every directive. “IF” Israel tells us to invade, we will. That is what little kow-towing bitches do.

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B’Man’s Hypocrite Watch: America and the Dead Man’s Bones Inside (That’s Us, Folks)

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“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and everything unclean. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness“.

Matthew 23:27~28

As an American citizen, are you not yet embarrassed and soul stricken by our blatant hypocrisy in the world? Are you still proud of this country, when in plain view of the rest of the world (and God), our leaders, cheat, steal, kill, destroy, and lie with every breath uttered? Does it escape you that those with the biggest filthy mouths speak for you, but then everything uttered is an unmitigated lie so easy to see thru that it makes you wretch? Are you not spiritually attuned enough to actually see these actors in their role devised to keep you in this state of ignorance?

The Greek word for “hypocrite” is ὑποκριτής and means “actor”. Of course, I give it an even more sinister thought and description, but really, isn’t this what we do? Don’t we, as a nation, “act” like we are something better than others, when in fact, we are far worse in many ways? Think about that.

I love America and what it once stood for, but those days are now gone and the majority of my fellow citizens are either too stupid, scared or brainwashed to even notice what I write about here. Sure, as some have had the gall to suggest, I could move away… go somewhere else, if I don’t like it. But doesn’t that just prove my point about the complacency or ignorance or idiocy (whatever it is) regarding many people here?

One of my favorite writers in the blogosphere is Stephen Lendman. His main deal is politics, but he delves into many issues and I read him daily and encourage any sane, thinking person to subscribe and read there, too. I promise you that you will learn something there.

Case in point is the article linked above that discusses the US hypocrisy regarding China, when it is evident that we are many times worse. He points out a government document (http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/160451.pdf) that goes to pains describing how horrific China’s abuses are towards other nations and their own people (which may, in fact, be true). But for us, the most obvious abusers of these very same claims to point fingers at them, simply means that we have no credibility and the rest of the world knows it. Here is Stephen’s list:

– “Arbitrary or Unlawful Deprivation of Life;

– Disappearance(s);

– Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment;”

– Harsh and Degrading “Prison and Detention Center Conditions;

– Arbitrary Arrest(s) or Detention(s);”

– Repressive and Corrupt “Police and Security Apparatus” Practices;

– Harsh “Arrest Procedures and Treatment While in Detention;

– Denial of Fair Public Trial(s);”

– Incarcerating “Political Prisoners and Detainees;

– Arbitrary Interference with Privacy, Family, Home, or Correspondence;”

– Limited “Freedom of Speech and Press;”

– Limited “Academic Freedom;”

– Restricted “Freedom of Assembly and Association;”

– Lack of Free “Elections and Political Participation;

– Official Corruption and (Lack of) Government Transparency;

– Discrimination, Societal Abuse, and Trafficking in Persons;

– Societal Abuses, Discrimination, and Acts of Violence Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity;

– (Restricted) Worker Rights…

Seriously, were these fools looking in a mirror when they wrote that? Is it remotely possible that they don’t see the hypocrisy in those claims? Don’t you see that it is us, the citizens of this once great country, that are the only lemmings falling for this BS? The rest of the world knows better. Here are some of our accusations and then you take the time to try to distinguish between what “they” do and what we do:

China responded to these accusations by using data and documentation found in our own US sources, then laid out the following:

– America’s scandalous human rights record;

– a society in social crisis;

– a domestic armed camp under police state laws, suppressing democratic freedoms, criminalizing dissent, spying illegally, controlling information, and persecuting political prisoners unjustly by denying them due process and judicial fairness;

– torture, other abuses, and ill-treatment as official US policy at home and abroad;

– having the world’s largest global gulag;

– systematic targeted killings and illegal detentions;

– permanent wars for unchallengeable global dominance:

– targeting nonbelligerent nations illegally without cause;

– committing ruthless state terror;

– endangering world stability and peace;

– illegally transferring public wealth to America’s aristocracy;

– stealing elections;

– institutionalizing two-party duopoly control, mocking the notion of democratic elections; and

– as a result, is hated and feared globally, as well as to a growing extent at home.

Show me a lie in that list. Explain how this shouldn’t offend me as an American, knowing what a hypocrite and liar our leadership has become. Make me understand that I shouldn’t be embarrassed by what our representatives have done to our stature by making us the world’s biggest lairs, cheats, thieves, torturers and murderers? These maniacs make me feel dirty and disgusted.

Please read Mr Lendman’s entire post and then reflect on how it is remotely possible that we have become the new pharisees of the globe.

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The US Dollar’s Reign Is Nearing Its End And Oil Is A Major Player In Its Destruction

So, as my buddy Ed, at Not Another Conspiracy wrote today (and coincidentally as I told my wife early this morning, as well):

Better Fill That Gas Tank

But I believe this is just part and parcel of an even more encompassing plan for total world control by a very wealthy cabal of banksters and other elitists. To wit, there are many reports about other countries that have or will soon stop trading in US Dollars. As usual Washington’s Blog covers this issue very well. And I have been making the claim, as in yesterday’s post, that when this happens, the US Dollar is near its death knell (for, at some point, we will lose our power of being the world’s reserve currency… which is the only real thing keeping us as the world’s sole super power and Imperialistic Controller). This time is drawing very near.

You will find in the Washington’s Blog linked article above a 3 or 4 year timeline of events and the various countries that have taken steps to begin their refusal of using US Dollars (please go read the entire thing).

• Japan

• Syria

• Iran

• Libya

• Russia

• Argentina

• Brazil

• Venezuela and 12 other Latin American countries as well as Cuba

• Many other countries

Dr Doug addressed this a bit this morning in a comment to today’s post here at B’mans and I wanted to point out that Japan (one country Doug points out) and many others are already on that list as you can see.

The world is pissed (how could anyone blame them, for they now know that there is absolutely no way they will ever get their money back, nor be able to recoup the loses as the dollar dies). This simply goes to show that this part of the plan is plainly underway and near fruition.

There is another “conspiracy theory” involved that says that the latest Middle East eruptions are being purposely driven and is, in fact, an instrumentally planned attack against foreign oil providers by “The Elite” (as Lindsey Williams describes in the following videos from an interview on Alex Jones show) that will culminate in a back stab of their deal made long ago to not drill our own oil here and to continue to purchase theirs.

I have written about “Pastor Williams” before and have admitted that his presentation bugs the piss out of me, but I cannot negate his statements, since he has been correct in virtually everything he says was told him by some of Big Oil’s elite (Ken Frum of ARCO being one). I also am somewhat suspicious of Alex Jones, but I do not focus on him, but those he interviews, then try to find associated evidence.

He suggests that this has been planned and working for decades and that the end game is the demise of the dollar. He suggests that when the oil reaches $200 per barrel, the oil companies will come in as America’s “saviors” and begin drilling oil that is said to be plentiful on American soil, but will keep the pricing around $150 – $200 per barrel (and we will thank them for that). However, he also tells us that this oil can be obtained for around $60/barrel, which means we will be paying ungodly profits to thieves (which is hardly something new).

In this case, tho, it will continue the downward spiral that is planned to culminate in a new world government, run with a new world currency. Whether or not you like AJ (or Lindsey), I advise you to watch the following two videos in their fullest to hear his story. Again, he has been correct thus far, so it isn’t easy for me to simply sweep away his opinion.

Alex welcomes back to the show Lindsey Williams, the pastor with an inside track to the elite who correctly predicted a significant rise in global oil prices and the collapse of the american currency.

h/t DProgram

On a side note, many of my friends on Facebook have been complaining about gas prices, electricity prices and food prices, but most can’t seem to connect the dots that the Federal Reserve’s money pumping scheme is a common denominator. But using oil pricing as a catalyst to speed the agenda’s ultimate goal of US Dollar destruction is also a factor I am trying to grasp and understand.

Adrian Salbuchi does connect some of the dots (and confirms some of Lindsey Williams claims). But I am open to dialogue from anyone here in this whole issue.

“From the point of view of the long term planning, of a power elite, a global power elite that is wrapping up globalization after 20 years because it has served most of its purpose and it’s ushering in a coming world government, in a coming world government you would need to, in a controlled manner, erode the relative power of nation-states. That is what I believe is happening now in America and also in North Africa.”

I want to know what you think about my theories. Am I off my rocker? Should we, as Americans, be pitching a fit about this?

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Will China Own Us?

I have been making this claim for a long time: China will end up owning us. (I have written several posts to that effect here over the years, btw) Impossible, you ask, because we are “America” and we simply won’t let that happen? Don’t be so American Exceptionalist. That is foolish when our very own leaders are implementing a new global governance scheme (and it is talked about openly now. See this):

They make no bones about it and that SHOULD frighten you that they are now touting it. And even tho our monetary situation may cause one to think that it is impossible (“We’re too broke to take over the world”), they still have a Imperialist plan to implement their scheme.

The first time I heard something like this point to give China Eminent Domain was generated by Hal Turner, but I knew he was a shill for the government and doubted anything he had to say and never mentioned that particular aspect here. But now we have someone who I frequently read suggesting it: Bob Chapman.

Now many people may think that Bob is some sort of disinformation specialist like Turner was, but if you do, share with me why you think that (give a link, if possible). So far, Bob has been pretty much straight on in his evaluations and predictions.

I have found only one source other that this video I just happened to watch on Intel Hub’s site, so it is difficult to verify. As a matter of fact, when I did try to retrieve the Feb 23 edition of Chapman’s International Forecaster to show you here, it apparently is only found on the part of the publication that is paid for and not the excerpt that is published. I did read it at AboveTopSecret Blog. Click that link to read for yourself.

After trying to retrieve the source that AboveTopSecret links to, I found that the page doesn’t exist any longer, which causes me to question its veracity. But before you totally discount it take time to watch the following two videos (the first makes the claim that the final dollar collapse could be by Christmas of this year and especially the second one where Woody O’Brien and SGT discuss the claim that Hillary Clinton promised some of the US to China). BTW, I have no idea who SGT is:

So, it is impossible for me to verify the claim that these two suggest Bob makes, but I have been suggesting this possibility long before I ever heard of any of these people or sites. In many ways it makes sense to me and we should be prepared for the worse, should it happen.

And before you shrug it off, look into the purchase of a shopping mall in Milwaukee, WI by Beijing’s Toward Group called Amesia Plaza that will house Chinese-only retail companies. I’m sure there are many other examples, if one takes the time to look.

Any thoughts or can someone else verify the claims?

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Will Americans Even Notice?

I know we have noticed in this household. Every penny counts with us and there are absolutely no “extras” that we can afford. As a matter of fact, my only real salvation comes from the fact that I grow a substantial amount of the food we eat and had planned to go bigger this year. This is now complicated because It appears I tore my Achilles tendon on Saturday, which will keep me off my feet for a while (going to the doctor today with money I don’t have to confirm this today).

My wife returned from the grocery store 2 days ago witha gallon of milk that cost over $3.50. Just three weeks ago it was less than $3.00.

Everything else is extremely high, but going up more. And we are not alone. Egypt, where we have been spreading Democracy for the past 30+ years to no effect have huge percentages of their income going to all food stuffs. And guess what, these are the primary reasons those people are revolting… not because they desire Democracy (especially the type that comes at the hot end of a rifle), but because they cannot afford to live and feed their families any longer.

Forbes Magazine tells us that corn is up 94% since June, soybeans are up 51% since June, and wheat is up 80% since June. This means that virtually everything you eat is rising with it (including the soon to be defunct “Dollar Menu” from that poison center, McDonald’s.

Prices on cucumbers, zucchini, peppers, tomatoes and asparagus (and many other vegetables) are set to double or triple starting right now (just go to the grocery store and see for yourself).

It looks like many of these items will be completely wiped out. In other words, you won’t be able to buy them at any price!

It is happening in India, as well:

Its happening in China, where they saw a 4.9% inflation in a one month period (if you do the math for the milk example I gave, you will see that it is an even larger percentage increase than 5%).

Riot Map of the World courtesy of Crisisboom Blog

People are rioting all over the world (with a notable exception). And Americans are told that they simply need “democracy”. But I bet if you could ask those in Mozambique, Yemen, Algeria and virtually everywhere else in the world, our form of democracy is the very last thing they want. Like me, they want food for their family, no idiotic fantasy called American democracy (which, of course, WE don’t even have). Democracy doesn’t bode well in a Fascist State (just sayin’).

And I haven’t even begun discussing all the natural disasters that will complicate (even more) the food shortages and HUNGER the world is now experiencing.

Big Freezes in the SW USA and Mexico… floods in Australia…Excessive heat in S America… floods in Argentina… on and on and on. It all adds up to pricing that will make Egypt look like a dream world, once it fully hits.

And it won’t JUST be food, either. Since we demolished our textile industries here in America, our Chinese “partners” will show us that we will be getting 35% LESS clothing for our quickly becoming worthless US Dollar.

Now, we have a corrupt government that WILL (not “might”) implement austerity measures here. But it won’t come at the cost of Empire. Oh, no, no. It will come at the cost of old people who count on Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security. It will come at the price of the poorest staving children in America dying. It will come in the guise of pulling up boot straps that are worn to a frazzle and are like an old piece of leather strapping… it falls apart with just a hint of a small tug.

But the question after all of this (and my YEARS of warning anyone who will listen): Will Americans’ Even Notice?

Probably not until it is too late (which it already is).

Good Luck! You’re Screwed!

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Goodbye, Dollar: Hello Hell

China and Russia finally did it. They let the world know that they are telling the American Dollar to go to hell. They have had enough and even tho they also say it isn’t an attack on us, the end result will be horrific.

Chinese experts said the move reflected closer relations between Beijing and Moscow and is not aimed at challenging the dollar, but to protect their domestic economies.

“About trade settlement, we have decided to use our own currencies,” Putin said at a joint news conference with Wen in St. Petersburg.

The yuan has now started trading against the Russian rouble in the Chinese interbank market, while the renminbi will soon be allowed to trade against the rouble in Russia, Putin said.

To show what a slow-moving, but unstoppable tragedy this is, look back to July of 2009 to see where I mentioned the fact that India was questioning the Dollar as reserve currency (also pointing out that China and Russia were evaluating the dump, as well).

We already know that China and Russia are pushing for the same.

But now we have India, who is a huge trading ally (and military ally), questioning the US Dollar Dominance:

In Sept of 2009 I wrote:

The Dollar value thingy means so little to me personally because I don’t have any to worry about. But as a nation, we better be very concerned about what the next steps are after Iran drops the Dollar. It is only a matter of time before China, Russia and, yes, even Europe dumps it, as well.

It will be that moment that the true nightmare begins in this country. Why? Because we are unable to produce our way out of it since we have lost so much of our manufacturing base.

In June of 2009, I wrote:

But, after the next couple of days we will see the tide turn. When these people from Russia and China (bolstered by the other 4 member countries, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan), we will see them begin the one thing economists said couldn’t and wouldn’t happen: removing the US Dollar as the reserve currency. The reason why I believe this is going to happen is multi-fold: first, there are “observing” countries at this summit: namely,  Pakistan, India, Mongolia and Iran along with others trying to get in.

On Sept 26, 2009, I asked:

What if Japan, China, Russia, Iran (and any host of other Asian or Middle Eastern countries) say, “We have had enough of America’s bullying and world domination.”? What if these countries decide that America IS too big and that she needs to be taken down a notch (financially or militarily)? Please do not think that American Exceptional-ism will save our collective asses. It won’t.

In Feb of this year, I wrote about China started selling off its US Securities, which was the first real effort to rid itself of America’s dominance (under the guise of punishing us for our cozy relationship with Taiwan). That was one of the first “attacks” on our economic hegemony. In the same month I wrote about how they were beginning to purchase a shit load of gold, hedging against their Dollar investments. I also shared a video that I need to re-share:

The Creditor and the Plastic Duck Junkie

I wrote within that same blog post:

I have been warning about the consequences of the status quo and have said time and time again, we are on the precipice of disaster. I have gone so far to inquire of my economic friends, ways to purchase silver and/or gold coinage (just as a safety net when the SHTF). But until today, I have not been able to close the circle of logic to “how” the demise will take place, but the following video should shed much more light on the subject. Sure, thee are many variables, such as how will our military react or what false flag event can they muster to take us into war with China (and Russia, Iran and Venezuela, cause they will ban together to fight us… mark my words). But, from a financial standpoint, they have us by the short curlies.

I am no financial genius, but I read a tremendous amount about it. All I have is my thought process (erroneous or not) and I keep coming to the same logical conclusion: this is all orchestrated and being implemented to bring about a somewhat controlled demise of our currency. We are so over-indebted that there is no way that the bill could ever be paid. And the other countries know this. They are doing what they must to survive the doom that our great country brought upon the rest of the world. That being said, I guess as insouciant Americans, we deserve exactly what we get.

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Chinese Take Out

And it is US they are going to “take out”.

So, after writing the post about the Missile In My Back Yard (which was actually the title for the email sent me from Andrew, my friend in California), I speculated about some foreign entity that had infiltrated our defenses and launched an ICBM to show us who has game. In the discussion area, we have played around with various scenarios and rationales, including Greg’s thought that it is just a diversion (and it may well be).

But it also may be a hoax: a false flag event to demonize the Chinese (and by extension, Russia, Iran and Venezuela). I have written several times that our biggest enemies are really the BRIC nations and their ability to thwart our economic hegemony, since they are the new economic power in the world. What if our Navy was given instructions to launch a missile and play dumb, allowing conspiracy theorists, such as myself, to make the connections that another military is, in fact, able to penetrate our defenses? It is definitely a possibility. And it would help enrage the American public.

It may be just the diversion Greg outlines; Something to take our attention away from the Jekyll Island meeting of the Fed and what is being discussed/implemented to bring “Severe Austerity” to America and continue the ravaging of our treasury (your and my pockets).

It is possible. But there are other possible scenarios to discuss.

One is found in the latest report that Wayne Madsen wrote (featured on InfoWars). According to Wayne:

China Fired Missile Seen In Southern California

China flexed its military muscle Monday evening in the skies west of Los Angeles when a Chinese Navy Jin class ballistic missile nuclear submarine, deployed secretly from its underground home base on the south coast of Hainan island, launched an intercontinental ballistic missile from international waters off the southern California coast. WMR’s intelligence sources in Asia, including Japan, say the belief by the military commands in Asia and the intelligence services is that the Chinese decided to demonstrate to the United States its capabilities on the eve of the G-20 Summit in Seoul and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Tokyo, where President Obama is scheduled to attend during his ten-day trip to Asia.

The reported Chinese missile test off Los Angeles came as a double blow to Obama. The day after the missile firing, China’s leading credit rating agency, Dagong Global Credit Rating, downgraded sovereign debt rating of the United States to A-plus from AA. The missile demonstration coupled with the downgrading of the United States financial grade represents a military and financial show of force by Beijing to Washington.

The Pentagon spin machine, backed by the media reporters who regularly cover the Defense Department, as well as officials of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), and the U.S. Northern Command, is now spinning various conspiracy theories, including describing the missile plume videotaped by KCBS news helicopter cameraman Gil Leyvas at around 5:00 pm Pacific Standard Time, during the height of evening rush hour, as the condensation trail from a jet aircraft. Other Pentagon-inspired cover stories are that the missile was actually an amateur rocket or an optical illusion.

There are no records of a plane in the area having taken off from Los Angeles International Airport or from  other airports in the region. The Navy and Air Force have said that they were not conducting any missile tests from submarines, ships, or Vandenberg Air Force Base. The Navy has also ruled out an accidental firing from one of its own submarines.

Missile experts, including those from Jane’s in London, say the plume was definitely from a missile, possibly launched from a submarine. WMR has learned that the missile was likely a  JL-2 ICBM, which has a range of 7,000 miles, and was fired in a northwesterly direction over the Pacific and away from U.S. territory from a Jin class submarine. The Jin class can carry up to twelve such missiles.

Navy sources have revealed that the missile may have impacted on Chinese territory and that the National Security Agency (NSA) likely posseses intercepts of Chinese telemtry signals during the missile firing and subsequent testing operations…

Read the rest at InfoWars or at the site where I read it and I give a hat tip to: DProgram

As BWaves points out, we are supposedly able to know via sonic signature, every sub that is in the world. But “why” would he and I think such a thing? Because as a squid, that was what I was taught. Because BWaves has a military background and is studied in equipment and technology. Even as a civilian, we are taught that our military superiority and defense is impenetrable (unless a rag-tag bunch of box cutter wielding “terrorists” decide to attack and then the MASSIVELY superior “defense” is flaccid… go figure).

I keep coming back to the same conclusion, IF this was an ICBM (or similar missile, as most expert commentary I have heard, does suggest, as opposed to the ludicrous idea that it was a “model rocket”), then there are only a few countries that possess such a thing. One would think, as an “America is Number 1 in All Things” type of guy, that we would be able to KNOW exactly WHO launched that device.

We are either being lied to or we are much more insecure than anyone has been led to believe. If you want to know what I think, I believe it is both.

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Missiles In My Back Yard

I received a note from a friend in California that witnessed the missile going up off the coast this week. Apparently there are a few people who are claiming this was nothing more than a con trail from a jet, but anyone who has watched the video knows better.

It is obvious that it is a missile, and perhaps an ICBM (the Bad Boys that carry nukes).

There are all sorts of speculation going on, some pretty crazy:

And some speculation from Ellsworth that it was just us flexing our muscles to show Asian we still got heat.

So, assuming that this is, in fact, a missile of some sort (and not a plane), don’t you think that our Homeland Security should have been able to tell us something anything about it? Sure, if it was some sort of mistake, they would want to cover it up. But there is no one accepting responsibility and no one that can tell us exactly WHAT it was or where it came from.

So, I must wonder why they would send F22 Raptors to fly all around the area (this is very uncommon)?

(Thanks, Andrew.)

My first reaction was that it might be another military’s device and THEY were showing US who has the heat. You think there may be a Chinese sub that can infiltrate our defenses and pull off something like this? No way, you say?

Then explain this:

Its The Pipelines, Stupid

Bruce Gagnon at Organizing Notes had a couple of posts up in the past week or so that describes the real reasons for our foray into Afghanistan. Of course it is all about securing energy resources, specifically the ability to cut China and Russia out of the oil that will be transferred via pipelines that miraculously are in the same places that our troops are taking over. Thing is that the media and puppets are telling us that this particular area in the south, close to Pakistan, is a hotbed for radical terrorists of all sorts. Read his article at the link above for all the details, but his summation is clear:

When you check the maps above a clearer picture emerges. The bottom map is the proposed pipeline route to move Caspian Sea oil through Turkmenistan into Afghanistan and then finally through Pakistan to ports along the Arabian Sea where U.S. and British tankers would gorge themselves with the black gold.

The whole reason the U.S. is in Afghanistan and Pakistan today is to deny those pipelines from being routed through Russia, China, or Iran.

Then look at the top map (seen below here) where the U.S. Marines are operating inside Afghanistan and causing some controversy within the military. They are building big bases in desolate southwestern Afghanistan and wanting to extend control in that region near the border of Pakistan – all of which are areas that must “be controlled” if pipelines are to be successfully built and maintained.

Bruce follows that post up with some clarification found here. He had several commenters show that the first Washington Post article never said anything about the reasons being a pipeline (which, of course, they won’t). But the cat is out of the bag, as Bruce shows with the following graphic and commentary:

The June, 2008 Globe and Mail story was entitled “Pipeline opens new front in Afghan war.”

Here are a few tidbits from it:

“Afghanistan and three of its neighbouring countries have agreed to build a $7.6-billion (U.S.) pipeline that would deliver natural gas from Turkmenistan to energy-starved Pakistan and India – a project running right through the volatile Kandahar province – raising questions about what role Canadian Forces may play in defending the project.

“To prepare for proposed construction in 2010, the Afghan government has reportedly given assurances it will clear the route of land mines, and make the path free of Taliban influence.

“The so-called Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India [TAPI] pipeline has strong support from Washington because the U.S. government is eager to block a competing pipeline that would bring gas to Pakistan and India from Iran.

“Afghanistan’s national government could reap $160-million (U.S.) a year in transit fees, an amount equivalent to half the government’s current revenue.

“The pipeline proposal goes back to the 1990s, when the Taliban government held talks with California-based Unocal Corp. – and its U.S. government backer – while considering a competing bid by Argentina’s Bridas Corp. Those U.S.-Taliban talks broke down in August, 2001. India, which desperately needs natural gas imports to fuel its growth, later joined the revived project.”

So the picture gets clearer still. It is likely that the plan in the end would call for parallel pipelines carrying oil and natural gas from the Caspian Sea region – one turning east into Pakistan and then India and the second continuing south into Pakistan and ending at ports along the Arabian Sea.

As Bruce points out later, this is our “security concern” in the Middle East (and all you rednecks thought it was terrorism).

Lawrence Wilkerson has his ideas about how this all revolves around NOT allowing Iran to control these pipelines, which, in turn, explain all the saber-rattling and threats going on towards them. However, never keep your eyes off the real ball, which is China and Russia. We are doing this so they DON’T get that oil.

Is the United States planning to bomb Iran? A British newspaper has reported the United States is shipping bombs to the British island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean to possibly do just that. Lawrence Wilkerson says that if the US is, they cannot simply use airstrikes to attack Iran.