Islamic Banking in London

Well, well, well!

http://rt.com/business/muslim-money-britain-bonds-907/

And here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/10410467/Britain-to-become-first-non-Muslim-country-to-launch-sharia-bond.html

Unpalateable Truths

Here is an interview with Catherine Austin Fitts, where she speaks real truths that no-one wants to hear. She even mentions that America was built on stealing other peoples' land! Very rare to hear about that!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gssxv35TA-8

BRICSA Lay New Internet Cable

Here Prof. J Farrell talks about this, plus other very interesting titbits:

http://gizadeathstar.com/2013/10/news-views-from-nefarium-2013/

Here is another article about it, including the route of the cable:

http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-brics-independent-internet-in-defiance-of-the-us-centric-internet

Prof Farrell also mentions that the EU leaders are using the NSA spying scandal to do some political manoeuvering, plus the EU Parliament are making moves to block US access to SWIFT - which is huge news! Here's an article about it:

 http://rt.com/news/eu-surveillance-trust-us-720/

Debt ceilings, Dollars and Bank Charges

I have yet to read any of Prof. Farrell's books, but I have followed what he has to say for a few years, and I like his ability to pull together sometimes seemingly-unconnected data, to try to see where we're headed. Here he works out that depositors in a bank are actually a liability for the bank: we cost them money! Why encourage deposits when you can cream profits off the top on derivatives and from the shadow banking system? 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bo3hxBgjEg

Geoengineering Goes Mainstream

Well, by that I mean that the MSM is finally mentioning it. This typically blurred article, which of course mentions 'conspiracy theorists' and lots of mumbo-jumbo, is still important in that it is starting the debate.

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/lets-play-god-the-scientific-experiments-that-might-save-the-world-or-destroy-it-8884386.html

My hunch is that the people who have been geoengineering the climate for decades now are attempting to gain acceptance of it. You'd have to be an idiot these days not to notice it going on in the skies right above you, but it seems  no-one looks up any more.

FWIW, I do not think these experiments are benign.

The Sixth Stage of Collapse

Another thought-provoking article from Dmitri. It doesn't look good for our species, but it's even worse for the ecosystem and other species, and we don't care!

http://cluborlov.blogspot.fr/2013/10/the-sixth-stage-of-collapse.html

Monsanto and Argentina

Not a terribly informative article, but you get the general idea:

http://rt.com/news/monsanto-argentina-health-problems-484/

Note the comment about an increase in thyroid disorders - just like where I live. Personally, I'm convinced a lot of these health problems come from geoengineering.

QE, Neofeudalism and Privatisation

Here's Michael Hudson, explaining economics very clearly:

http://www.extraenvironmentalist.com/2013/10/16/episode-67-bubble/

I think there are some economists who will be wanting to hide their faces for not seeing this present situation coming. It has been 'the Emperor's Clothes' all over again, and very clear from some distance, but not, I suppose, if you're up too close?

Karen Hudes, Bitcoin and the Rule of Law

Lawyer Karen Hudes is all over the alternative media at the moment, with her story. Here are two of her most recent interviews:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av6bpIzvDvg&feature=c4-overview&list=UUG-G8LLr38fQUNZU8K0t-EA

And here she is at the Bitcoin conference:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCO9QJWJLiI

A lot of people are not going to want to believe this, but that doesn't really matter. Que sera, sera!

Investigative Journalism

The title of the blog post seems to be synonymous with 'conspiracy theory' lately, with anyone saying anything outside of what the MSM tells you being labelled the latter. Being over 50, however, means that I remember when journalists used to dig up the dirt and expose criminality, corruption and malfeasance. Now this is no longer possible, under pain of sanctions, loss of job and livelihood, or at the very least, the approbation of your friends and colleagues.

Despite all of this, some of us bloggers out there have continued to look under the carpet, beyond the falsehoods and through the facade, to try to understand the true nature of events unfolding around us. To this end, I recently posted on the Max Keiser web-site, where I am a regular visitor. As is often the case, the comments section is full of interesting, stimulating and sometimes shocking information, often posted by 'Joe 6-pack' who invariably lives out in the woods, like me. Here I have been able to glean a lot of information about life on the ground for average people - whether it be in the US, UK, Europe, Asia, etc. So, I think that I have quite a good feel for BS when I read it, for facts, or for bluff. It's a long and frustrating road to follow, but some of us prefer it to receiving our already-chewed and spat-out news from some dippy talking head sitting on a sofa with a low-cut top.

Copies of my original posts on the Max Keiser link, regarding the fact that China has just bought the building in New York which houses JPMorgan's gold vaults, seem impossible to cut-and-paste below (which is a pity, as there was lots of jucy info!) but basically it boiled down to the same crony-capitalism: The Company which just bought N°1 Chase-Manhatten Plaza was a Chinese Company called 'FOSUN'. I looked up their history, and (surprise, surprise!) they had given many press conferences and presentations with all the major Western banks (all the bad guys) as well as having dealings in the past with the Carlyle Group (lots about them on the web, mostly bad) and Prudential Insurance (lots on them, too!). After a few hours of research and a couple of postings, the only comment I got in return was:

"Lot of trolls here...".

Which means that what I posted must have been pretty near-the-knuckle: they prefer to denigrate you than to argue or deny what you have said. I consider this a (small) victory, but the worrying consequences are that the media (even, now, the alternative media) is saying that China is buying up the West, and dumping the dollar, whereas the truth is, in fact, that China is actually 'China', a Corporation like all the others, managed behind the scenes by the same corrupt oligarchs that still run the West, but they are crashing the West and moving East. These are the same people who are buying all of the gold in the West, shipping it East, and who will bring in the new global gold-backed currency.

This is not going to end well.

FOSUN just purchased J Morgan’s Chase Plaza. Here is a list of Corporate events and patrners they’ve been involved with over the last few years:

Read more at http://www.maxkeiser.com/2013/10/faster-than-a-speeding-forklift/#eOLbBsO8Vc4V8tRX.99

‘Carlyle was able to complete an IPO of United Defense on the New York Stock Exchange in December 2001 selling a significant portion of its interest in the company. Carlyle completed a sale of its remaining United Defense stock and exited the investment in April 2004.[18] In more recent years, Carlyle has deemphasized its focus on defense industry investments.[19]
Carlyle’s 2001 investor conference took place on September 11, 2001. In the weeks following the meeting, it was reported that a member of the Bin Laden family had been in attendance and that they were investors in Carlyle managed funds.[20] Later reports confirmed that the Bin Laden family had invested $2 million into Carlyle’s $1.3 billion Carlyle Partners II Fund in 1995, making the family relatively small investors with the firm.[21] These connections would later be profiled in Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 911. The Bin Laden family liquidated its holdings in Carlyle’s funds in October 2001.[22′

Read more at http://www.maxkeiser.com/2013/10/faster-than-a-speeding-forklift/#eOLbBsO8Vc4V8tRX.99

FOSUN just purchased J Morgan’s Chase Plaza. Here is a list of Corporate events and patrners they’ve been involved with over the last few years:

Read more at http://www.maxkeiser.com/2013/10/faster-than-a-speeding-forklift/#eOLbBsO8Vc4V8tRX.99

FOSUN just purchased J Morgan’s Chase Plaza. Here is a list of Corporate events and patrners they’ve been involved with over the last few years:
http://ir.fosun.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=194273&p=irol-calendar
Sound familiar?
Also, on a recent trip to UK, the (omnipresent) HSBC advertising was talking of a change coming soon, emerging markets becoming top players, more south-to-south trade coming soon, etc.
Anyone who thinks these global banks have been wrongfooted by the Chinese is delusional. Just look at the picture at the top of this link: not a Chinese person in sight! A white, Western, corporate businessman.

Read more at http://www.maxkeiser.com/2013/10/faster-than-a-speeding-forklift/#eOLbBsO8Vc4V8tRX.99

FOSUN just purchased J Morgan’s Chase Plaza. Here is a list of Corporate events and patrners they’ve been involved with over the last few years:
http://ir.fosun.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=194273&p=irol-calendar
Sound familiar?
Also, on a recent trip to UK, the (omnipresent) HSBC advertising was talking of a change coming soon, emerging markets becoming top players, more south-to-south trade coming soon, etc.
Anyone who thinks these global banks have been wrongfooted by the Chinese is delusional. Just look at the picture at the top of this link: not a Chinese person in sight! A white, Western, corporate businessman.

Read more at http://www.maxkeiser.com/2013/10/faster-than-a-speeding-forklift/#eOLbBsO8Vc4V8tRX.99

FOSUN just purchased J Morgan’s Chase Plaza. Here is a list of Corporate events and patrners they’ve been involved with over the last few years:
http://ir.fosun.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=194273&p=irol-calendar
Sound familiar?
Also, on a recent trip to UK, the (omnipresent) HSBC advertising was talking of a change coming soon, emerging markets becoming top players, more south-to-south trade coming soon, etc.
Anyone who thinks these global banks have been wrongfooted by the Chinese is delusional. Just look at the picture at the top of this link: not a Chinese person in sight! A white, Western, corporate businessman.
Nuff said.

Read more at http://www.maxkeiser.com/2013/10/faster-than-a-speeding-forklift/#eOLbBsO8Vc4V8tRX.99

FOSUN just purchased J Morgan’s Chase Plaza. Here is a list of Corporate events and patrners they’ve been involved with over the last few years:
http://ir.fosun.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=194273&p=irol-calendar
Sound familiar?
Also, on a recent trip to UK, the (omnipresent) HSBC advertising was talking of a change coming soon, emerging markets becoming top players, more south-to-south trade coming soon, etc.
Anyone who thinks these global banks have been wrongfooted by the Chinese is delusional. Just look at the picture at the top of this link: not a Chinese person in sight! A white, Western, corporate businessman.
Nuff said.

Read more at http://www.maxkeiser.com/2013/10/faster-than-a-speeding-forklift/#eOLbBsO8Vc4V8tRX.99

Shadowstats

A lot of us know that most figures produced by all Governements are ficticious to the point of ridiculousness. The US Government is no different, but luckily for us, someone who was trained in accounting procedures took up where the Government left off, and has kept track of the real Government statistics. His name is John Williams, and here he lays it all out very clearly about the bleak future for the US:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wF3kS0yx-dI

He says a similar thing to Jim Willie, about the dollars coming home to roost. Here's his website:

http://www.shadowstats.com/

Deamericanization

As the article says, there is an acceleration happening, and it's pretty difficult to keep up with events. But here is the GEAB's up-date on the events of the second half of 2013:

http://www.leap2020.eu/GEAB-N-78-is-available-The-de-Americanisation-of-the-world-has-begun-emergence-of-solutions-for-a-multipolar-world-by_a14827.html

Credit Bubble Cracking

Here`s Gregory Mannarino on fire and giving us 17 minutes of truth:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hkksdn5VW7o

It seems we`ve been lied to for hundreds of years, but thanks to the blogosphere, we are managing to get the truth out to the people. I wonder what they`ll do with it?

Economic Collapse Blog

I listen to this American regularly. Another case of a little guy speaking truth to power, and in this 40-minute podcast (Episode 188), he speaks more truth than you will ever see in the MSM:

http://x22report.com/

Smart Meters

Not smart:

http://www.redicecreations.com/radio/2013/10/RIR-131010.php

Debt Default? Martial Law in US?

Here's Ellen Brown's blog, and her latest article is getting people talking - she wonders whether the DHS is preparing for the big collapse. Here's her article:

http://ellenbrown.com/

And here Charlie McGrath discusses it too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRvWyFc6h2U#t=251

Three major events are going to happen on 17th October - the debt ceiling dead-line, and two Government drills (which anyone who has been paying attention knows is when most 'false flag' operations happen).

A final take on the same subject:

http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/mcgrath-somebody-in-government-is-afraid-of-what-is-coming-video_10092013

Certainly this US Government shut-down would offer someone with long-held ulterior motives the ideal opportunity to implement them. Blame could then be spread around - 'It was the Government shut-down' 'It was the Republicans!' 'It was North Korea' It was Iran' 'It was Mickie Mouse.....'

Couldn't get more ridiculously obvious than it is today that all is not what it appears to be.

Debt-Free Money or Interest-Free Credit?

That is the question:


http://realcurrencies.wordpress.com/2013/10/11/the-difference-between-debt-free-money-and-interest-free-credit/

China and ECB Sign Yuan Swap Agreement

The latest in a long line of countries (except that this is the whole EU!) to sign deals on trade with China, thereby bypassing the US dollar:

http://thebricspost.com/china-eu-sign-57bn-currency-swap-agreement/#.UlbzylOwNSr

Not long now before the dollar falls. But did it fall or was it pushed? And cui bono? Despite extensive research, I`ve still not been able to discover whether this is really the BRICS nations holding the US to account for its prolific tendencies with the QE to infinity programme, or whether it`s all part of the decade-long plan to bring in a global currency by the back-door, by deliberately collapsing the world`s largest economy. I`m not popping the Champagne yet, shall we say!

This, however, is quite illuminating:

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Euro_Payments_Area

Maybe that`s why Jim Sinclair advocates GOTS, gold and the Euro?

And here`s some pretty unequivocal talk, from China on a global currency:

 http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=7168919&page=1&singlePage=true

Beware Coming False Flags

Here in the 'Economic Collapse Blog' he speaks a lot of truth. Episode 184 is especially perceptive:

http://x22report.com/

Empire Under Obama

...and the Mafia tactics used. An excellent piece:

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2013/10/08/empire-under-obama-part-1-political-language-and-the-mafia-principles-of-international-relations/

US Government Shutdown

A unique perspective, by Jim Willie. As I suspected, and he confirms, behind this political theatre are some really serious irreversible financial problems:

http://usawatchdog.com/systems-are-breaking-in-treasury-bond-market-dr-jim-willie/

Another recent interview with the Turd re the inevitable burst of the Bond Bubble, plus interesting information on the Panama banking shutdown:

http://www.tfmetalsreport.com/podcast/5114/jim-willie-discusses-bond-bubble

Part II:

http://www.tfmetalsreport.com/podcast/5124/jim-willie-discusses-bon-bubble-part-ii

Karen Hudes Latest

Here's an interview with her on RT:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hgA9j-4dB0

I have a few reservations, not least of all that she wants to retain the US dollar as a reserve currency, but she is certainly talking some truth to power!

Geoengineering

A recent article in UK's Daily Mail has brought this topic into the MSM for the first time, although they talked about 'planned' geoengineering, whereas those of us who have been following this dangerous phenomenon know that it has been practiced for at least the last five years, probably much longer:

http://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/global-cooling-or-global-warming-which-is-it/

Allegedly, according to a new UN Report 'the world won't cool without chemtrails':

 http://southweb.org/lifewise/un-the-world-wont-cool-without-chemtrails/

You couldn't make this stuff up!

Money Scarcity

A good argument against a gold standard:

http://realcurrencies.wordpress.com/2013/10/07/cause-and-effects-of-money-scarcity/

Monsatan Buy Weather Data

In a very sinister move (given the widespread and unacknowledged geoengineering taking place around the world) Monsanto have just bought the Climate Corporation, a large weather data-gathering Company:

http://rt.com/news/monsanto-buy-climate-corporation-687/

Couldn`t be that they want to manipulate the data, could it?