Decentralisation

Great interview:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKaCyB41yCQ

Anonymous

This time hacking Stratfor:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/anonymous-explains-why-27-million-stratfor-emails-were-hacked

Background:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/stratfor-hacked-200gb-emails-credit-cards-stolen-client-list-released-includes-mf-global-rockef

Reads like the Stieg Larsson novels!

Plus, here's their (possibly useful?) 'Survival Guide in a Revolution':

http://www.pdf-archive.com/2011/10/26/anonymous-survival-guide-for-citizens-in-a-revolution/anonymous-survival-guide-for-citizens-in-a-revolution.pdf

Better print a copy off...

Metropolis

A film recommendation:

http://www.allocine.fr/video/player_gen_cmedia=19250974&cfilm=240.html

The original version, of course. The opening scenes are some of the best I've ever seen. Visual imagery which speaks volumes.

Proof of New Global Currency System?

This article ties in with Fulford's claims, and the recent news about Japan and China moving out of dollars. Perhaps we're witnessing the emergence or a non-Western Central Banking model? If so, I'm crossing my fingers that it will be better:

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/china-offically-enters-gold-market-full-release-pbocs-plan-expand-and-develop-chinas-gold-in

And this:

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/china-commerce-ministry-says-country-should-buy-more-gold-diversify-dollar-holdings

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/usa/business/2011-12/27/content_14332943.htm

MF Global (cont.)

A few of the blogs I follow regularly are wonderful, for several reasons: they are often 'insiders' who know the financial markets and how they work, they have an ability, and (fortunately for us) a desire, to explain this information simply and clearly, but perhaps more importantly they have unfettered thinking when it comes to imagining the impossible. Put another way, they do not suffer from the cognitive dissonance that the vast majority of people are going through at the moment.

'I believe that bankers created futures markets for the explicit intent of allowing themselves to manipulate the prices of commodities and to enrich themselves, and themselves only, through the process of alternately and artificially inflating and deflating prices as would not be allowed in any type of free market.'

Quote from:

http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/did-bankers-deliberately-crash-mf-global-crash-gold-and-silver-prices-0

As I've said many times before, the howl that will go up from the masses when they realise they have all been swindled by a small group of greedy men should be enough to put the fear of God into the latter group. I hope I live long enough to see not only justice but the emergence of a better system, and therefore a better world.

Dr Michael Hudson on Greece, Imperialism & Oligarchy

'Old news' I suppose in one way, but worth repeating (as stated by Webster Tarpley) that any bail-out for Greece does NOT go to Greeks. As is obvious to most people who are doing any decent reading recently, we're going from Democracy to Oligarchy, and pretty quickly too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9uMGcGULJxI#!

Where To Get Your News

Going forward, we all need to stop reading the MSM, and read some real news. Here are some ideas:

http://therealnews.com/t2/

http://www.globalresearch.ca/

http://www.corbettreport.com/

Japan and China Continue to Drop Dollar

"Japan and China will promote direct trading of yen and yuan without using dollars and will encourage the development of a market for the exchange, to cut costs for companies, the Japanese government said."

From:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/worlds-second-and-third-largest-economies-bypass-dollar-engage-direct-currency-trade

Myth of The Liberal Media

Irrefutable:

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2011/12/26/the-myth-of-the-liberal-media-the-propaganda-model-of-news-2002-must-see/

Life - The Movie

Excellent stuff:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOBWhVe68os&feature=player_embedded&noredirect=1

Worth a 'quote of the day': "The Renaissance was the end of a Golden Age".

Classic!

2012 Predictions

From Adrian Salbuchi:

https://rt.com/news/world-government-conspiracy-therory-657/

Tesla and H.A.A.R.P.

Re-posted because of relevancy:

http://vodpod.com/watch/2680850-holes-in-heaven-haarp-and-advances-intelsa-technology-5118

Oh yes, and Happy Christmas!

The Future Looks Bright!

Tying in with the Fulford message, this post by the excellent statistical analyst Jim Willie CB explains why the PM prices are being held down - for the moment! The whole article is fascinating, with the last few paragraphs reading more like something out of a thriller:

http://www.gold-eagle.com/editorials_08/willie122111.html

Hold on to your hats, this ride is going to get interesting...

Max & Stacy...

...try to explain that we are all victims of the banks, but most people still don't realise how much they're being defrauded out of their own money by the banks:

http://maxkeiser.com/2011/12/20/kr255-keiser-report-victims-of-banking-terrorists/

Warning - Intelligent Commentary Ahead

Not many clear-sighted, well-written articles out there with an overview like the Archdruid has. That's why I'm one of his biggest fans:

'once the unraveling of the industrial economy goes far enough, the superstructure will come apart, leaving a great many human resource managers, corporate image consultants, strategic marketing specialists, and the like with about as much chance of finding jobs in their fields as they would have had 17th-century Osaka or 14th-century Milan.'

This from his latest posting:

http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com/

Try to get your head around it, you won't regret it!

Benjamin Fulford

I've been following Benjamin for years, and keeping an open mind. After the bizarre events of the last few weeks (including MF Global) I'm going to stick my neck out and say I think this story is genuine. If it is, we're going to have an incredible next few years:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT4GGIp0YeQ

Chris Hedges in Princeton

Pretty good speech, with lots of history:

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/chris-hedges-at-occupy-princeton-the-liberal-class-is-not-the-left/

GEAB N°60

'In fact, the United States ends 2011 in a state of weakness unmatched since the Civil War. They practice no significant leadership at international level'.

From:

http://www.leap2020.eu/GEAB-N-60-is-available-Global-systemic-crisis-USA-2012-2016-An-insolvent-and-ungovernable-country_a8481.html

Great reading, if you want to know what's going on...

World's Gold Supply

At first glance, not a very interesting story, but once you find out that David Wilcock has received death threats on releasing this information, it all becomes pretty intruiging:

http://divinecosmos.com/start-here/davids-blog/995-lawsuit-end-tyranny

I'm not a particular fan of Wilcock, but I like to consider all options, until proven untrue, so I'm posting this here today...

Here's the 'alleged' background:

http://www.americanfreedomradio.com/archive/Project-Camelot-32k-121411.mp3

A MUST LISTEN!!

William Engdahl explains to us clearly exactly what is going on, with Greece, the Eurozone, US economy and more:

http://www.corbettreport.com/engineering-the-eurozone-collapse-f-william-engdahl-on-grtv/

Rehypothecation

I love this fancy financial talk! This is another new word in the shadow banking system lexicon which can basically be a synonym for 'stealing' - that is to say, borrowing money which isn't yours, in order to speculate, without telling the original owner that you've borrowed it. Here's an excellent explanation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdSWqHZXrr8

And here's some more straight-talk (from the bears) about MF Global and the systemic collapse:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLt05sN7vK0&feature=related

Peter Dale Scott and the Norway Massacre

Very interesting interview from a researcher of deep politics:

http://www.redicecreations.com/radio/2011/12/RIR-111201.php

Papandreou calls Goldman Sachs

Quite a surprising interview, where he gets a bit embarassed about now having an un-elected Dictator in charge of Greece, but where he says they're investigatig GS. Trouble is, wasn't it him who negotiated with GS to cook the books? His talk towards the end is still very globalist, so this is possibly just another approach they're trying, to get the result they want:

http://www.democracynow.org/2011/12/9/exclusive_ex_greek_pm_george_papandreou

How to Survive The Collapse

A great essay, by the ever-modest Dmitri Orlov:

https://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dtxqwqr_19gjjvp8

Quotes

“This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.”
- Plato

“If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.”
- U.S. President James Madison

“Terrorism is the best political weapon for nothing drives people harder than a fear of sudden death”.
- Adolph Hitler

“Why of course the people don’t want war … But after all it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship … Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.”
- Hermann Goering, Nazi leader.

“The easiest way to gain control of a population is to carry out acts of terror. [The public] will clamor for such laws if their personal security is threatened”.
- Josef Stalin

Peak OIl

You'd better believe it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ftC04LlrjGE

http://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Is-Saudi-Arabia-Heading-for-a-Downfall.html

And here's Chris Martenson's 'Crash Course', a must watch if you want to get up-to-speed with peak oil:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0WuQ5-t3xM

Plus, an old favourite of mine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-QA2rkpBSY&feature=related

Naomi Wolf - Fascism in America

It's been on its way for years, everyone was looking the other way:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-8bml7tD10

MF Global

WOW! This reminds me of the South Park clip about putting money in the bank - 'poof, it's gone!':

http://newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com/Securities/Insight/2011/12_-_December/MF_Global_and_the_great_Wall_St_re-hypothecation_scandal/

South Park:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAKsMnAM8vk

What Peak Oil Looks Like

From the wonderful Archdruid:

http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com/2011/12/what-peak-oil-looks-like.html

Why do you think all the recent invasions of sovereign nations have been where the oil is? Oh yeah, I forgot, bringing 'freedom and democracy'.

I remember seeing a sticker a few years back "How did our oil get under their sand?". Trouble is, it ain't funny any more.

National Defense Authorisation Bill 2011

A lot of bloggers saying this is the beginning of the end for democracy in US. Others are saying that it ended years ago, and that fascism is on the rise:

http://www.corbettreport.com/interview-427-eric-shine/

And if that's not true, why this?

http://www.businessinsider.com/program-1033-military-equipment-police-2011-12#ixzz1fktBn2bO

I predicted martial law in US more than three years ago.

Here's Jon Stewart's take on it:

http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/%3F-older-posts-jon-stewart-indefinite-detention-americans?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29

MF Global Latest

Beginning of the end, according to more and more financial analysts:

Jim Willie:

http://bullmarketthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/12062011willie.mp3

MSM take:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/dimon_eyes_clawback_kREEfrYWIbA84Om6j2kKmK

Karl Denninger:

http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=198641

Zerohedge:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/watch-corzines-mf-global-testimony-live

Catherine Austin Fitts:

http://solari.com/blog/mf-global-woes-ripple-into-heartland/

etc, etc, etc. Note the surprising news that Bill Clinton was on the take from MF Global (sarc).

The whole system's going down, folks. You'd better believe it!

Climategate II

This is fascinating and fits in perfectly with everything else that we're seeing. A must-listen, I'd say:

http://www.corbettreport.com/interview-421-dr-tim-ball/

Here's the Doctor's website:

http://drtimball.com/

I still haven't worked out what Max Keiser is up to, as he (and Stacey) are in complete denial about this, and geoengineering.

Peak Oil a Myth?

Recently some politicians have been saying that the US has massive amounts of oil under its own soil. Called the 'strategic reserve' it's no surprise to those of us in the peak-oil movement that countries try to deplete their own stores last, but what is surprising is that people seem to take seriously these up-starts who are seeking election or re-election who try to convince us that the world has infinite resources. No brainer question: would you believe a politician or a geologist?

http://www.theoildrum.com/node/8646#more

NB There is only one thing which is infinite: man's stupidity.

Systemic Collapse

Going mainstream:

"There simply isn’t enough money with which to repay the debt and this is creating solvency issues for debtors and creditors. It is not a case of poor liquidity for sovereign bonds, as some argue. It is academically, functionally, purely, without question, a case of systemic solvency for Euro-based creditors and debtors.”

From:

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2011/12/1_KWN_Special_-_This_is_a_Case_of_Systemic_Solvency_%26_Control.html

MF Global

Here's an interesting rant by Ann Barnhardt, who closed her brokerage firm because she saw this MF Global bankruptcy as the end of the rule of law in the US. I think she's wrong about the Communist/Marxist connection, and she's also an Islamophobe, but she makes some pretty amazing points in this interview:

http://www.netcastdaily.com/broadcast/fsn2011-1201-1.mp3

Plus, one month on, no heads rolling yet:

http://blogs.reuters.com/unstructuredfinance/2011/11/27/mf-global-a-month-later-and-still-a-mystery/

Oops, some of it turns up at JP Morgan, in London:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T8CIxbxkec

IMF/SDRs/Jim Rickards/Currency Wars

http://maxkeiser.com/2011/12/01/james-rickards-on-the-imf-becoming-a-central-bank-and-the-fed-becoming-a-hedge-fund/

World-Changing Lawsuit?

Presented earlier this week, this lawsuit (allegedly) sues the people who have diverted the global financial system for their own gain. Even the most asleep of people must have heard of bonus' going to bankers whilst the public get austerity - well here is the law-suit that starts the process of redress:

http://www.rumormillnews.com/pdfs/11%20civ%208500%20Keenan%20Complaint.pdf

again:

http://www.spirit.kauwila.net/wordpress_kauilapele/111128_ben_fulford_article_11_civ_8500_keenan_complaint.pdf

As I've said before, I keep an open mind, and it's possible this lawsuit will disappear and/or get diverted/thrown out. For the moment, however, it seems some (powerful) people are willing to stand up to the Banksters. Maybe that's why they're trying to get WWIII started?

NB It's all about the gold!

CIA runs Opium Trade in Afghanistan

Old news for some of us, but worth repeating:

http://www.naturalnews.com/034289_Afghanistan_opium_trade.html

One Picture Says it All

Banksy:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/unusual_image/6383636975/

Drinking Water out of Ditch Water

Could be useful sooner than you think:

http://solari.com/blog/michael-pritchards-water-filter-turns-filthy-water-drinkable/

Iceland Recognises Palestine

Fantastic news! The first domino has fallen:

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/iceland-becomes-first-western-european-country-to-recognize-palestinian-state-1.398533

Power Cuts

I seem to be one of the few people who think about the consequences of power cuts. But here is a 'sit up and take notice' article:

http://gigaom.com/2011/11/23/96-hours-to-the-stone-age-how-our-connected-lives-crumble-when-the-power-goes-out/

And here's Michael Ruppert's take on a Daily Telegraph article which misses the point:

http://www.collapsenet.com/free-resources/collapsenet-public-access/news-alerts/item/5341-green-energy-could-trigger-catastrophic-blackouts

The point is (obviously) that we're all assuming that today's increasing use of energy is infinite............which it isn't.

Weather Modification

How it works:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h1Zwv4cis8&feature=youtu.be

Russia Stocks up on the PMs

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/currency-wars-russia-officially-adds-195-tonnes-gold-reserves-october-alone

Is this the alternative global gold-backed currency coming into play?

Syria: Towards WWIII?

You can't blame Russia for getting annoyed. Is this just bluster, was it planned years ago, or are they genuine escalating tensions. I don't believe for one second that US is bothered about democracy:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/russia-retaliates-against-us-puts-radar-station-combat-alert-prepares-take-out-european-missile

Here's Medvedev's speech (in Russian!):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBf0I-rB0m0&feature=player_embedded

Another good article on these political games:

http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/%3F-older-posts-us-about-invade-syria-%E2%80%A6-and-pick-fight-china-and-russia

Here's what Webster Tarpley has to say - and he's someone I trust:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L49L6iZSSg&feature=player_embedded

NATO try it again in Syria

More disgusting terrorism by the West (NATO) towards civilians in Syria in order to push forward the geopolitical agenda:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L49L6iZSSg&feature=player_embedded#!

(excuse the inane advert at the beginning, cannot avoid.)

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

Our saviours from the Anglo-American Empire? Definitely worth keeping an eye on, especially in light of Fulford's latest pronouncements:

http://www.corbettreport.com/meet-the-s-c-o-eyeopener-preview/

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

Quote of the Day

"The American Dream – You have to be asleep to believe it…"

George Carlin

War Crimes Tribunal for Blair

Best news I've heard in a long time:

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/war-crimes-tribunal-tries-bush-blair/

And here's the result:

http://maxkeiser.com/2011/11/24/bush-and-blair-committed-genocide-and-crimes-against-humanity-by-leading-the-invasion-of-iraq-in-2003/

US GIs Against the Vietnam War

Highly relevant:

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/sir-no-sir-must-see/

Ralph Nader

One of the last good guys standing, with two (startlingly simple) ideas for the so-called 'Super Committee':

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/letter-to-members-of-the-congressional-super-committee-by-ralph-nader/

Truth About Greece and Derivatives

Quote: 'The greatest Ponzi scheme in the history of the world is in the process of ending, not only in Europe, but in America and Japan as well.'

This is a quote from:

http://seekinglapha.com/article/309373-how-big-derivatives-dealers-caused-contagion-in-the-eurozone

A wonderful piece, full of top-notch information for anyone who wants to understand the domino effect that is in full swing.

MF Global

Adding a new word to the English language perhaps: 'co-mingling'. Otherwise known as stealing:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/mf-global-trustee-says-commingling-shortfall-may-be-double-previous-estimate-could-reach-12-bil

PS I don't think 'commingling' would be the way to spell this word!

European Bank Runs...

...and what it implies. Be afraid, be very afraid:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/complete-and-annotated-guide-european-bank-run

Max Keiser

This really is one of those 'must-watch' videos - it tells you everything you need to know about the complete and utter banking fraud that is going on today, that the vast majority of people are utterly unaware of. Amazing:

http://maxkeiser.com/2011/11/20/kr212-keiser-report-vampire-banker-hunter/

Webster Tarpley

Here they talk about Ron Paul, amongst other interesting things, on the 12th November show:

http://tarpley.net/world-crisis-radio/

Nano-Chemtrails

http://solari.com/blog/nano-chemtrails/

Background reading:

http://csat.au.af.mil/2025/volume3/vol3ch15.pdf (from 1996)

Weather modification/Geoengineering:

http://www.fas.org/man/eprint/leitenberg/weather.pdf

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CRPT-111srpt57/pdf/CRPT-111srpt57.pdf

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmselect/cmsctech/221/10011310.htm

http://stevenjohnhibbs.wordpress.com/category/weather-modification/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MKl9rqw1Ykw

Max Keiser

Here's some more truth, from the respected 'Mish':

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OGracpk1OYQ#!

Quote of the Day

"Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbled over and being kicked." -Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes

i.e.: cock-up theory or conspiracy?

World on the Brink

More truth, for those just waking up:

http://www.rickackerman.com/2011/11/a-world-on-the-brink/

John Perkins

This slime-ball has a new book out, telling some more insider secrets:

http://www.gregpalast.com/the-secret-history-of-the-american-empire-excerpt/

Check out YouTube for videos from his 'Economic Hitman' book. He's a hand-wringing apologist for the corrupt elite, but at least he tells us how it's done. No excuses now not to know...

MF Global

This is BIG news. We're all on the roller-coaster now:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/guest-post-mf-global-was-it-hit

Here's the systemic crisis we've been predicting for some time:

http://gramercyimages.com/blog1/2011/11/17/the-entire-system-has-been-utterly-destroyed-by-the-mf-global-collapse/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6_sJdTbTQM&feature=player_embedded

PS If you think this is way-off, let's talk in a few weeks, and I'll say I'm wrong, if I'm wrong.

Kyle Bass

I don't like Chris Matthews, but this is an interview well worth listening to:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/kyle-bass-un-edited-buying-gold-just-buying-put-against-idiocy-political-cycle-its-simple

Silver Bears 8

A lot of us have been waiting for a while for this up-date. You'll have to excuse the rude words, it's the best inside info you're likely to get:

http://www.silvergoldsilver.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=177&Itemid=9

(the voices are disguised to protect the provider of the information. Info re Papademos and Mario has already been posted here, and it looks like they are moving in fast!).

High Frequency Trading

Exposing the fraud in the financial system, one article at a time! The wonderful Zerohedge:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/dark-pool-flush-game-over-pipeline-next-goldmans-sigma-x

The Nuclear Industry

A clean alternative to fossil fuels?

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2011/11/13/the-high-cost-of-freedom-from-fossil-fuels-by-walter-brasch/

Chomsky in Australia

I haven't listened to this yet:

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2011/11/13/noam-chomsky-changing-contours-of-global-order-qa/

Iran & IAEA Propaganda

There's some excellent journalism out there at the moment. Here is some of it:

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2011/11/13/rick-rozoff-iraq-2003-%E2%80%93-iran-2011-parallel-that-can-hardly-be-missed/

Greek Referendum

I've only just come across this excellent piece by the wonderful Austrian investigative journalist, Jane Burgermeister:

http://birdflu666.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/greek-referendum-gives-hope-to-eurozone/

It's interesting to read with the benefit of hind-sight, given the swiftness with which the 'EU' moved to depose Papandreau after this referendum idea, and who they replaced him with (see this blog). Now same is happening to Italy, etc, etc. Serious stuff.

I'll be looking out for Jane's next piece with interest.

What Really Happened in Libya

We should hang our heads in shame:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsKx7kbvkJA&feature=youtu.be

Chris Hedges on Occupy Wall Street

Powerful words from the journalist - it's now or never, stand up and be counted:

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_best_among_us_20110929/

EU Dictatorship Shows Its Hand

Democracy is dead, and has been so for some while:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP6KxOSfqlE

Petro Dollars Explained

http://www.youtube.com/user/BrotherJohnF

Thus the fate of Saddam Hussein (tried to move Iraqi oil out of dollar; Ghaddafi (tried to sell Libyan oil in currency other than dollar) and Iran (opened an oil bourse in currencies other than dollar).

New Global Currency?

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

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

And this from a Max Keiser commenter:

'I suggest you move your savings to cash

Jim Rickards has shown me the light. It appears yet another another financial emergency has been delayed and I stand before you with egg on my face.

I continue to underestimated the creativity of international bankers, namely, the IMF.

I think Rickards is correct, the IMF, with Federal Reserve backing, will issue Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) to Greece and Italy thereby averting the predicted freeze in the repurchase agreement market, and subsequent predicted freeze in credit markets.

Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) are defined and maintained by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and used as a form of “international cash” to supplement a bank’s cash reserves. SDRs are not a retail currency, but represent a claim to other currencies held by IMF member countries for which they may be exchanged.

SDRs can be exchanged for US dollars, Euros, Japanese yen, or UK pounds. SDRs are thought to be the initial implementation of a world-wide currency, the Bancor.

Thus, any failed repurchase agreement AAA security can be backed with fresh SDRs which themselves were created with accounting keyboard strokes.'

This was in response to the Max Keiser interview with Jim Rickards:

http://maxkeiser.com/2011/11/10/kr208-keiser-report-gold-wars-with-jim-rickards/#comments

The Banking Cartel

For anyone who wants to take a deep breath and know the truth about the global economy, grab a coffee and listen to this:

http://bobchapman.blogspot.com/2011/11/bob-chapman-whole-banking-structure-is.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BobChapmanBlog+%28Bob+Chapman+Blog%29

NB The Carroll Quigley book he talks about is here:

http://sandiego.indymedia.org/media/2006/10/119975.pdf

I've had it on my bookshelves for a decade, back when everyone was enjoying calling me a conspiracy theorist. Words which will taste bitter now.

Stanley Kubrick

Brought to you from those great people from Red Ice Creations. Warning: you have to have an open mind:

http://www.redicecreations.com/radio/2011/03/RIR-110306.php

Well worth listening to!

Benjamin Fulford Latest

Because I believe in keeping an open mind, here's his latest:

'These days, reading some of the Western corporate propaganda media, you get the feeling you are reading Axis news reports of imminent victory late during World War 2. The reality people can see with their own eyes contradicts their reports so much that only a diehard rump of the most thoroughly brainwashed now really believes the propaganda. No matter what wishful thinking headlines they conjure up about the IMF coming to the rescue, or the Feds printing more dollars or FRN’s coming to the rescue, the fact of the matter is that the cabal that hijacked the world’s financial system has lost. The criminal cabal is caput. Events this week and next will provide ample proof of this."

Time will tell, but I have more of a spring in my step these days. It's true that the radio here in Toulouse, France, is so far removed from the reality that I see every day, it's laughable. Except that it's not funny.

Lucas Papademos

The phrase 'I told you so' seems appropriate here!

The conspiracy is true folks, mountains of evidence out there now. Deny it at your peril, prepare for it at your leisure.

You cannot say you weren't warned.

Germany Pulls Plug on Euro

What's really going on, behind the scenes, courtesy of Zerohedge:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/wikileaks-exposes-german-preparations-eurozone-chapter-11

Post Collapse Planning

Dmitri Orlov again:

http://cluborlov.blogspot.com/2011/11/aspo-2011-post-collapse-planning.html

The Burden of Knowing

This article encapsulates so well my own feelings of frustration:

http://www.countercurrents.org/smith191110.htm

Difficult and tiring to swim against the tide all the time, even if you know it is a sea of lies

The Destruction of Libya

Truth, truth and more truth:

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2011/11/05/the-destruction-of-libya-by-william-blum/

Banking System Collapse

I found this guest-post on Zerohedge. Seems it's all coming down:

http://www.oftwominds.com/blognov11/collapse-of-corrupt11-11.html

Black Books

Comedy doesn't get any better than this, folks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTvfG3HSDYA

G20

Here's a very good and easy-to-follow summary of the G20-Greek situation, and it boils down to either bailing out the (criminal) US hedge funds, or democracy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7t1WmqOb6u4#!

(blackmail is another name for it).

Oh, and here's another good post, on the G20 and Greek blackmail:

http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2011/11/november-4-2011-only-chaos-is-certain.html

Thank goodness for the internet.

Quotes of the day

"It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds"

- Samuel Adams

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."

- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.

- Edmund Burke

CIA Front Companies

Read carefully, and watch the eye-opener preview:

http://www.boilingfrogspost.com/2011/11/04/the-eyeopener-cia-front-companies/

Count Orlov Again

This time with some sobering predictions:

http://cluborlov.blogspot.com/2011/11/aspo-2011-bright-future-of-too-big-to.html

Hubbert's Third Prophecy

From the wonderful Count Orlov:

http://cluborlov.blogspot.com/2011/11/hubberts-third-prophecy.html

Max Keiser & Iceland

Here's one of the more illuminating of the Keiser reports - although they're all worth listening to. Here Max and Stacy explain the truth about the banks, and interview an Icelandic Politician about the situation in that country, after their refusal to bail-out the banks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jlzgtbEY-Vc

Adrian Salbuchi

Whilst this is not exactly new news, it seems to be coming together as an irrefutable truth:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=beonoKiVYzY

Let's hope my previous post is correct, and the piggy-banks for these war-mongering bastards will be taken away from them. A lot of us are sick of all the violence and manipulated hatred and racism.

The Big One

According to Ben Fulford, it's all over. Now, Zerohedge seems to confirm that the S is hitting the F, big time! I don't understand this totally, but it's to do with cleaning out the fraudulent financial system:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/cme-goes-margin-defcon-1-makes-maintenance-margin-equal-initial-everything

Lucas Papademos

This is from a commenter on the Max Keiser website, about a possible replacement for the Greek PM - trouble is, they wrote the Wiki entry before this debâcle, and have now altered the Wiki entry to remove the last line. See Max Keiser's commenters for more on this strange tale, but posted here just in case:

Sureal!

14:50 – After getting a tip, hellasfrappe googled Lucas Papademos name on Wikipedia… and we were very surprised to come up with this information.
Lucas Demetrios Papademos (Greek: Λουκάς Παπαδήμος; born 11 October 1947 in Athens), is a Greek economist, former Vice President of the European Central Bank.
Papademos attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, gaining a degree in physics in 1970, a masters degree in electrical engineering in 1972, and a doctorate in economics, in 1978.
He followed an academic career at Columbia University, as well as serving as Senior Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston in 1980.
He joined the Bank of Greece in 1985 as Chief Economist, rising to Deputy Governor in 1993 and Governor in 1994.
He was Vice President of the European Central Bank from 2002 to 2010.
He has been a member of the Trilateral Commission since 1998.
He is a member of the Academy of Athens, and a professor of the University of Athens.
He is likely to become head of a new government in November 2011.
Source WIKIPEDIA
This surfaces many questions. How did Wikipedia know that Lucas Papademos was going to be proposed as the next head of government. How did they know that it would occur in November 2011. And most importantly how did they know that Papandreou would resign and a new government would be appointed. This is by far VERY STRANGE. And then they say we are conspiracy artists…. Jesus!

Media Control

This needs no introduction:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JenNEjKA7k0

Note the chemtrails...

Quote of the Day

“We all know what has to be done; what we don’t know is how to get re-elected once we done it.”

Jean-Claude Juncker, prime minister of Luxembourg, commenting on the sovereign debt situation.

Truth About Libya (V)

Some of us tried to scream this from the rooftops when this whole blood-thirsty debâcle started. Lies from the first day:

http://nsnbc.wordpress.com/2011/11/01/un-report-offers-smoking-gun-proof-of-nato-and-us-lies-about-libya/

Scott Olsen - Tipping Point

This week will go down in history. Here is a comment left by someone (a US Marine, I assume) on one of the blogs I read regularly:

'Occupy Oakland and the serious wounding of Marine Corps veteran Scott Olsen, a two-tour vet of the Iraq invasion could be that Fort Sumter moment all right. It could just be that the Oakland cop who fired the teargas grenade that hit Olsen on the head, giving him a serious concussion and rendered him unconscious and hospitalized in serious condition may have been the tipping point for the Occupy movement.

You see there is something about Marines. They have been called Leathernecks, gyrenes, devil dogs and many other epithets for good reasons. They happen to be some of the most highly trained killers on the planet. They also happen to be some of the closest of all military comrades. Their motto is "Semper Fi" ~ always faithful ~ and their dedication is third to the Constitution, second to the Corps and first to their buddies.

Read a blog by another Marine Corps veteran earlier today. "Why did you do this to my Brother" headed his statement. He also ran a photo of himself, shaven head, lip and ear piercings, eyes that read of anger, determination, sorrow and something very hard and adamantine implacable. Bit teared up in one of his eyes. Powwwerful photo.

Hundreds of comments appended to the blog, many of them from both active and inactive members of the Corps. Funny thing about Marines: They never abandon the body of a slain buddy on the battlefield. When it comes to watching out for each other, the Marines are more sticky than the Tribe.

Blog has gone viral. Thousands have read it in less than 24 hours. Ironic situation. Since long before even General Smedley Butler's "War is a Racket", the U.S Marine Corps has been the bully boys for the racketeers who run this country. Somebody bothers Wall Street and their Prostiticians in Washington and their media whores and if the bother is big enough the call is "send in the Marines".

"Devil Dogs" is a good appellation for the Corps. That bunch of trained killers remind me of nothing so much more than a unit made up of pit bulls, dobermans, german shepherds and Rottweilers. They have been well known for obedience to their masters.

But you fkkk with a Marine, treat him like a piece of garbage, disrespect him and then wound him grievously out on the streets of an American city when he is peacefully protesting under the banner of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America...When you do that you have just pissed off one helluva lot of Marines.

Fort Sumter moment. Tipping Point. As of the moment the Oakland cops did it unto Scott Olsen, the Rothschild empire has transmuted their own trained killers into a force on which they can no longer rely. They have created their own worst nightmare.'

Amen to that.

#ows - Best Video

Watch this video to see the hypocrisy that everyone has been ignoring for too long:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S880UldxB1o

I have hated Obama from the beginning - I felt from the first moment he spoke that he was a liar and a fraud. I obviously have good gut reactions, but unfortunately I know a lot of people who were fooled.

Benjamin Fulford's Latest - 1st Nov

Apparently, it's all over bar the shouting!

http://benjaminfulford.net/

Could it be true?

I must admit, these revelations of 'accounting errors' seem highly suspect:

http://maxkeiser.com/2011/11/01/ireland-germany-accounting-error-money/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Maxkeisercom+%28maxkeiser.com%29

Reggie Middleton

A wonderful man, with a wonderful voice, saying incredible things:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYIfwOIsJbc&feature=player_embedded

Here's his website:

http://boombustblog.com/