US to retain 90 nukes on Iran border
The US has positioned a total of 200 B61 thermonuclear gravity bombs in Turkey, Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Germany since the Cold War. Turkey is believed to be hosting 90 bombs at Incirlik Air Base.
Drug addicts offered cash to stop reproducing
Addicts are being offered up to £200 cash to be sterilised so they do not give birth to drug dependent children.
Lamb prices shoot up after sheep shortage
The price of British lamb has increased by 20 per cent this year and could climb higher, after a shortage of sheep in Britain has caused problems in the meat market.
British campaigner urges UN to accept 'ecocide' as international crime
Proposal to declare mass destruction of ecosystems a crime on a par with genocide launched by lawyer
The Destruction of Britain through Mass Immigration
The devastating impact of mass immigration on towns across Britain has been revealed by the publication of a letter sent to the leaders of the Labour, Conservative and Lib Dem parties.
Saturday, 10 April 2010
Has Labour really ransacked our pensions?
Just how much has Gordon Brown hurt your retirement? As we approach the end of Labour's thirteenth year in government, the words 'disaster' and 'pensions' seem to roll off the tongue
Labour accused of plotting to introduce road pricing
Labour has been accused of secretly plotting to introduce "pay as you drive" charges for millions of motorists across the country.
Polish president and wife among '87 confirmed dead' as plane crashes in Russia
Polish president Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria have been killed after their plane crashed on approach to Smolensk airport in western Russia.
Russian news agencies reported at least 87 people died in the crash near Smolensk airport in western Russia, citing the Russian Emergencies Ministry. They reported 132 people were aboard the Tupolev Tu-154.
Polish state news agency PAP said there were no survivors.
The crash occurred about 1.5 km from Smolensk airport in foggy conditions.
Salmond happy with TV poll debate
Make national citizen service compulsory, says Boris Johnson
London mayor calls on David Cameron to beef up Conservative policy during visit to Chelsea Pensioners
If The U.S. Economy Is Experiencing A Recovery Why Does It Seem Like Things Keep Getting Worse?
The talking heads on all the major news shows keep telling us that the U.S. economy is experiencing a recovery. Usually the term "recovery" is accompanied by a qualifier such as "jobless", but they continue to use the word recovery anyway. We are told that the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression is behind us and that the great American economic machine is roaring back to life and everything will be back to normal soon. So why does it seem like things keep getting worse? Why does it seem like the American Dream is out of reach for more Americans than ever? Why does it seem like economic pain is spreading to more families and more businesses?
Well, maybe it is because things are getting worse.
Election 'being dominated by vested interests'
Captains of industry accused of hijacking election for their own ends after National Insurance row dominates start of campaign
Why Are Silver Sales Soaring?
The U.S. Mint just reported another record, but this time it wasn’t for gold. The Mint sold more Silver Eagles in March and in the first quarter of the year than ever before. A total of 9,023,500 American Silver Eagles were purchased in Q110, the highest amount since the coin debuted in 1986.
US bank accounting 'masks true debt levels’
Major Wall Street banks are using accounting techniques similar to those utilised by Lehman Brothers in its final days to mask the size of their balance sheets at the end of reporting periods.
City that can't cope any more: While this Czech family are thrilled with their new council house, such largesse is ruining communities
Helena Horvatova is proud of her seven children. She lines them up in the back garden of her terrace house and explains that the youngest, aged four months, is called Kevin.
'It is a very British name. We want him to grow up British,' says the 27-year-old Czech mother, who arrived in Peterborough two weeks ago. In broken English, she continues: 'We came to Britain because we wanted a better life for all of our children.'
Mrs Horvatova pats little Kevin on his head, before plopping down on a battered bench in the middle of her garden, which is littered with rubbish.
One Day Soon, We’ll All Be “Homegrown Terrorists”
The word “terrorist” has assumed numerous presumptive connotations over the decades, and this trend of “redefining” the vicious label to suit certain governmental needs has only intensified in recent years, especially since 9/11. Its graduation as widely used political terminology gives it an almost archetypal quality, because it has the ability to trigger abundant and subconscious emotional reactions in the populace. However, these reactions are usually based on mass delusions: false ideas of what terrorism is, what it is not, and who is actually guilty of these loosely classified crimes. It is a weighted word, filled with projections, biases, and faulty perceptions.
NASA Data Worse Than Climate-Gate Data, Space Agency Admits
NASA was able to put a man on the moon, but the space agency can't tell you what the temperature was when it did. By its own admission, NASA's temperature records are in even worse shape than the besmirched Climate-gate data.
Wellcome Trust surprise in RBS branch auction
I'm from the government and I'm here to help.
The Angry Exile, Upside Down Correspondent.
According to the late Ronald Reagan, speaking as US President in 1988, these nine words form one of the most worrying sentences one person can say to another. If, as the general election approaches, British voters want evidence for Reagan's astuteness there then they need look no further than Australia in 2010 and the Federal Government's Home Insulation Programme. The government men indeed came to help with 'handouts', and when they were finished 'helping' cowboy fitters had pockets full of taxpayer's cash, hundreds of thousands of Australian homes ended up with substandard, badly fitted or simply unneeded loft insulation, more than a hundred houses were damaged by fire, thousands of jobs were put at risk* and four deaths had been linked to the programme.
Now in one sense, that of being an expat Brit who moved from a house with double glazing and several inches of insulation in the roof and wall cavities to one which is probably not much more thermally efficient than a tent, I can see where the Federal Government was coming from. Despite the winter minimum temperatures being typically a few degrees warmer than where I lived in the UK - probably more with the last couple of British winters covering the country in globally warmed snow - many here have a choice of either walking around inside their homes dressed almost for the outside or having an enormous gas bill sometime around September. Conversely in summertime fans, coolers and air conditioners mean higher electricity bills, and for much the same reason - houses seem not to be very well insulated compared to what us poms are used to.** This could so easily be 'Things I Still Don't Get About Australia - No 23' (in fact it will be) because when it comes to keeping beer and sausages cool until they're wanted Australians understand perfectly well that good insulation serves to keep areas of warmth and cold separate - all an Esky really is is a well insulated box and almost every Aussie home seems to have one. It's the extension of that to actually living in a much larger well insulated box that seems to be comparatively rare.
But while I understand where the Federal Government is coming from that doesn't make government intervention the answer, particularly when the decision is also influenced by its beliefs that warble gloaming demands energy efficiency (as if simply saving money isn't a good enough reason) and that the global financial crisis means government needs to spend money (taxpayers' money, natch) where it wants instead of allowing individuals to spend money where they want. This goes double when the government intervention takes the form of simply offering 'up to' $1,600 towards getting insulation fitted which would be paid directly to the company fitting it (link to PDF).
Under the Home Insulation Program the assistance is paid directly to the insulation installer, on behalf of the Householder, and $1,600 is expected to cover the cost of insulating an average home, so for most people there should be no more to pay.The first thing that should have been expected from this is that many smaller jobs would now come in at around $1,600 regardless of size. The second is that having created an artificial boom in the supply and fitting of insulation it's natural that new companies would jump in to try and grab a share of all the taxpayer's money being hosed around. This is fine if the demand created by a subsidy becomes self sustaining, and I'm sure the wonks in Canberra hoped that this would happen, but if that doesn't occur by the time a subsidy scheme ends then suddenly, almost overnight really, the market is oversupplied. I'm no economist but this does not seem like A Good Thing from where I'm sitting. People like Tom Black, who started up an insulation installation company some months before the scheme began and who now faces bankruptcy, might well agree.
... Tom Black is due to be evicted from his home next week after the sudden closure of Kevin Rudd's $2.5 billion insulation scheme left his installation business without a single customer.Following on from the issue of new entries to the market, and mentioned in that article, is the third and most serious problem: that whenever the government gets out its chequebook almost inevitably cowboys and fraudsters are attracted in the hope that the government is too busy giving away taxpayers' money to look too carefully at the work it was supposed to pay for. Sure enough the Home Insulation Programme, despite supposed safeguards such as a government approved list of companies, saw everything. There was the merely deceitful, such as falsely telling people that insulation batts need to be replaced periodically. There was the fraudulent, such as submitting claims to the government for non-existent work. And there was the downright dangerous: fires blamed on ceiling downlights igniting the insulation and even whole roofs becoming electrified because of badly installed foil insulation.***
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But Mr Black said that since the government suspended the scheme last month, business had dried up as customers waited for a new $1000 rebate program to start on June 1.
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Mr Black said his business had failed through no fault of his own. He said while backpackers and others had come into the area and used sub-standard batts, or in some cases not installed insulation at all, he had done everything properly.
Mr Black said he was still owed $1600 by the government for an installation job last November. He said Assistant Climate Change Minister Greg Combet's office had told him they would try to ensure he was paid next week.
"By the end of the week it will be too late," he said.
All this would have been avoided had the simpler option of taking less money from taxpayers been chosen instead. If householders have surplus money and high bills for heating their homes in winter and cooling them in summer then some will decide for themselves to get improved insulation, and some of their friends will do the same when the chat comes round to bills and how much insulation has reduced them by. Eventually insulation becomes the norm because word has got round that it makes financial sense for most homeowners. Unfortunately this becomes harder and harder when the government takes more and more money in tax in order to pay for subsidising its pet projects, and this is what happens in practice because governments like to take on these things and deal with them the way they deal with everything they think is a problem: bury it with money and hope it goes away.
Some might argue that lower tax will only benefit owner-occupiers and not renters since landlords might not bother spending their extra disposable income on insulation, but that assumes that well insulated properties would not then become more desirable (and perhaps attract slightly higher rents) than poorly insulated rentals. But even if you assume, as governments apparently tend to do, the mathematical impossibility that the whole population is of below average intelligence and therefore nobody can be trusted to decide for themselves how and on what they should spend any spare money they have, and that no landlords will choose to insulate their rental properties, is paying the subsidy to the fitter the best option? Looking at things from a wider point of view, by paying the fitters the government has put $2.5 billion of its stimulus into one small sector. Had the government taken the simpler option of taking $2.5 billion less tax that money would have been spread more or less evenly throughout the whole economy. Sure, money circulates and naturally plenty will go from the insulation fitters' pockets out into the wider economy, but that ignores the fact that there is always an administration cost with any subsidy. Simply taking less tax should require no extra administration and, with a little thought, might even mean administrative savings. Instead, having thrown $2.5 billion in a well intentioned but, as it turned out, ill considered and poorly controlled attempt to insulate more houses, the Federal Government has had to offer to pay for safety checks or remedial work on the 50,000+ houses where foil insulation was installed and a full audit of the standard of work carried out at 150,000 other properties. As much as $1,000 per house is being budgeted for the 50,000 or so homes where foil was used, which means more than $50 million for that alone (though some estimates are far higher). If the government is eventually forced to check all homes the cost will be substantial, since more than a million houses were insulated as part of the scheme.
This leads me to finish in the way I began, by quoting Ronald Reagan.
Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other.Which also implies that there's often an unpleasant mess involved that then needs to be cleared up. Britons might want to consider this when the usual suspects stand up and say their government will be there to help.
* Of course it can be argued that some of those jobs may have existed only because of the scheme rather than because the market for home insulation demanded them. However, unsustainable jobs being created and then lost aren't really anything for a government to be proud of.
** I have to admit that this is something of an assumption on my part. Based on the house I live in, the loft of a much newer property that we looked at and the fact the Federal Government thought there was a need to subsidise loft insulation on such a large scale in the first place, I'm guessing that poor insulation is fairly common. So yes, an assumption, but I think it's a fair one.
*** Metal roofs are fairly common in Australia and are sometimes still used even on brand new houses despite costing more than concrete tiles.
Are you ready for a dose of reality?
For those of you who can handle a goodly dose of reality, you might be interested in what Alan Watt has to say:
6th April:
7th April:
8th April:
Visit Alan Watt's site for the documentation that backs up his arguments. You might want to purchase his wares once you're there. What I've seen so far is excellent.
Friday, 9 April 2010
Robin Hood bank tax for New World Order (09Apr10)
liarpoliticians — 09 April 2010 — The BBC backed charity pushing the "Robin Hood Tax" is pushing the campaign to screw the average person out of money to pay for the New World Order. For it is the average person that will have to pick up the tab for ANY bank tax.
The "Robin Hood" tax backers claim the money will go to the third world, unless the New World Order has moved there, I very much doubt a single penny will go to the "third world".
Agents Provocateurs Disrupt Washington State Protest
Cops don’t like it when citizens (now known as civilians) protest against their wanton murder.
So they send in the “anarchists,” who invariably turn out to be cops.
It works about the same in all authoritarian dictatorships.
Those Sales Numbers Were HORRIBLE, We're Going To Hell In A Handbasket!
More from the one, the only, Howard Davidowitz...
Art Cashin: Market Conspiracies Point To Secret Fed and ECB Actions
Art Cashin of UBS spoke on CNBC late yesterday about what he, and many traders on the floor, are thinking about treasury auctions and actions in the euro. Conspiracies abound.
Fitch Downgrades Greece, Endgame Imminent
With Greek spreads blowing in and out this weekend, the general sentiment is that endgame comes now.
Some kind of official request (and granting) of support has to come by the end of the weekend.
Stay glued to your computer, folks!
Ohio Judge: Arm Yourself The Economy Has Collapsed Deputies Laid Off
JEFFERSON -- In the ongoing financial crisis in Ashtabula County, the Sheriff's Department has been cut from 112 to 49 deputies. With deputies assigned to transport prisoners, serve warrants and other duties, only one patrol car is assigned to patrrol the entire county of 720 square miles.
General Election 2010: drivers 'could face motorway tolls' under Tories
Motorists could face tolls to use parts of the motorway network if the Tories win the election, David Cameron has indicated.
Looting Main Street
How the nation's biggest banks are ripping off American cities with the same predatory deals that brought down Greece
15 Reasons to Eat Organic Food
As democracy unravels at home, the west thuggishly exports it elsewhere
While the US and Britain slide towards oligarchy, the forced elections in Afghanistan and Iraq have brought no good
Iceland's new poor line up for food
"I don't tell my children where I get the food, I'm too ashamed," said Iris Aegisdottir, an Icelander who has been going to a food bank every week for a year to feed her three children.
The Global Economic Crisis: Riots, Rebellion and Revolution
Andrew Gavin Marshall's* extraordinary Three Part Series on the current global economic, political and social crisis is worthy of careful reading and study. His scholarly approach to understanding and biting critique of the global corporate empire serves as a reference for our everyday experience as the world spins into a chaotic but dynamic freedom that portends a clean break from the past and passage into a promising future.
Gold hits all-time highs in Euro and Sterling
The gold price hit a new all-time high in Euro and the British Pound yesterday as the debt crisis in Greece and concerns about a hung parliament in the UK weigh on the Euro and Pound, and demand for gold as an alternative currency continues to rise. The gold price surged to EUR 862oz yesterday, up 12% year-to-date and 30% over the past twelve months (11% and 24% in British Pounds), highlighting gold’s increasing use as a hedge not just against US dollar weakness, but sovereign risks more broadly.
Google Gives the US Government Access To Gmail
"Google condemns the Chinese Government for censoring its results, and Australia for planning to do the same. Meanwhile, its lawyers and security experts have told employees to 'be intentionally vague about whether or not we've given access to end-user accounts,' according to engineer James Tarquin, hinting that Google may be sharing its data with the US government. Perhaps Australia's most hated communications minister, Steven Conroy, could be right in his criticism of Google's privacy record after all."
Israeli kidney 'thieves' arrested
Tel Aviv reported on Wednesday that six Israeli citizens have been detained on suspicion of running an international organ-trafficking ring and breaking promises to donors to pay for their removed kidneys.
Greece plunges deeper into crisis, banks, euro hit
Markets pounded Greek bonds and banking stocks on Thursday, driving the debt-stricken euro zone member's borrowing costs to new highs and pushing it closer to tapping a last resort EU/IMF safety net.
'Mind-reading' brain-scan software showcased
Mind reading may no longer be the domain of psychics and fortune tellers — now some computers can do it, too.
Anti-terrorist hotline fosters suspicion
The terrorist hotline is not only of dubious worth, it damages already fragmented communities. We need to get rid of it
Interest rates may have to rise sooner after figures point to inflation rise
• Factory-gate inflation increased 5% – the highest for 16 months
• Fear that interest rates will increase well before end of year
Digital Economy Act: what happens next?
The Digital Economy Bill has received Royal Assent and been passed into law, but how will internet users be affected?
European Union Sinking into Economic Depression, The Coming Debt Wars
Government debt in Greece is just the first in a series of European debt bombs that are set to explode. The mortgage debts in post-Soviet economies and Iceland are more explosive. Although these countries are not in the Eurozone, most of their debts are denominated in euros. Some 87% of Latvia’s debts are in euros or other foreign currencies, and are owed mainly to Swedish banks, while Hungary and Romania owe euro-debts mainly to Austrian banks. So their government borrowing by non-euro members has been to support exchange rates to pay these private-sector debts to foreign banks, not to finance a domestic budget deficit as in Greece
Leading UK ISP Says It Will Defy Government’s Net Censorship Bill
Says bill partially written by music industry is on a par with communist Chinese censorship
The Ultimate Wake Up Tool - Invisible Empire! The People Are Ready For The NWO Truth - Here It Is
(I'll be downloading and embedding the full film on this site when it's released-It's copyright free-ukws)
Factory gate price surge piles pressure on Bank
The rising price of oil sent factory gate inflation soaring at its fastest pace in 16 months during March, putting more pressure on the Bank of England to keep CPI under control.
The Office for National Statistics said the price of goods leaving UK factories rose by 0.9 per cent in March compared to February — almost twice the figure forecast by analysts. Prices rose by 5 per cent year-on-year – the fastest rate since November 2008
Terrorist attack on U.S. predicted
Louisiana Army National Guard Maj. Gen. Hunt Downer Jr. predicted Thursday another terrorist attack will occur in the United States, saying “it’s just a question of when and where.”
Israel Distributes Gas Masks Nationwide
Israel has begun its nationwide program to provide protection kits with gas masks to every citizen in the country, and for the first time ever, the IDF Home Front Command has teamed up with the nation's Postal Service to distribute the equipment
Thai Premier Declares Martial Law to Control Protests
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva declared martial law in the capital after protesters stormed parliament, testing the army’s willingness to break up four weeks of mostly peaceful demonstrations
U.S. air base at center of Kyrgyz crisis
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyzstan's self-proclaimed new leaders said on Thursday that Russia had helped to oust President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, but they appeared to differ on how to deal with a U.S. air base that has irritated Moscow.
Fuel protests in the pipeline as angry hauliers slam record £1.20-a-litre petrol prices
Fuel protests could be in the pipeline before the General Election as prices continue to soar at the pumps.
Prices have hit a record average of £1.20p a litre and industry experts have warned the price could rocket to £1.50p this summer due to the weak pound and increased cost of wholesale fuel.
Hospital flu admissions soar 700% in one year
Flu hospital admissions soared at the end of last year
The number of days people spent in hospital beds with flu in 2009 was up 700 per cent on 2008, data showed today.
Tories finally reveal they'll axe £2billion from public payroll... but will it cost 40,000 jobs?
Tories insist people won't be fired, just not replaced
Cameron admits measures are 'not enough' to trim bloated state
Deutsche Bank: Conservative victory will be best for economy
Brown forced through NI hike when Treasury wanted VAT rise
Darling concedes Tories have won first few days of campaign
Gold Hits Fresh Euro High as Banking Run Hits Greece
THE PRICE OF GOLD ticked back from a 12-week high for Dollar investors early Thursday, recording the best London Gold Fix since Jan.12th as the US currency rose against the Euro and global stock markets fell.
Bilderberg To Prolong Global Financial Recession For Another Year
Tucker: Elite will get together in Sitges, Spain from June 3-6 to push agenda for world economic governance; Hotel Dolce Sitges likely location
Big Brother pre-crime quiz used on children
The British government plans to collect lifelong records on all residents starting at the age of five, in order to screen for those who might be more likely to commit crimes in the future.
In a plan being piloted by Lincolnshire Community Health Services, all parents of children starting school are being sent an 83-question survey that asks detailed questions about their lives and their children's behavior.
Death Of The Internet: Unprecedented Censorship Bill Passes in UK
“Wash-up” process used to rush through draconian legislation as a pitiful handful of MPs attend debate
MASS IMMIGRATION IS A DISASTER AND LABOUR IS TO BLAME
THROUGHOUT his time in office Gordon Brown has rightly become notorious for his dishonesty but, in his lengthening catalogue of deceit, no utterance has been more grossly misleading than his 2007 vow to promote “British jobs for British workers”.
Cameron's Komsomol: a youth movement to spread the Big Society cultural revolution
It had to come: every Five Year Plan, every social engineering blueprint for a Big Society, needs its corps of Young Pioneers. That need will now be met by Dave’s Komsomol, the National Citizens Service for 16-year-olds, unveiled today by the new Leader of All Progressive Humanity and, incongruously, Sir Michael Caine
Comparisons to the Great Depression: Inexact But Telling
For the majority of us, the credit crisis we are living through has come rather unexpectedly. And because it has been both a surprise to many and a traumatic experience to yet many more, we are all trying to contextualize it using past economic and historical periods. Unfortunately, this is a tricky exercise because it risks conflating the root causes and outcomes of the historical period with those of the present. But, we are going to still do it because the need to explain is so great
Global warming activists cool to honest debate
When ancient fossils of creatures that live on the ocean floor have been found in rock formations at the summit of Mount Everest, that ought to give us a clue that big changes in the earth are nothing new, and that huge changes have been going on long before human beings appeared on the scene.
The recent statement that the earth was warmer in the Middle Ages than it is today, made by the climate scientist who is at the heart of the recent scandal about "global warming" statistics, ought to at least give pause to those who are determined to believe that human beings must be the reason for "climate change."
American soldiers shooting civilians
Cancer vaccine programme suspended after 4 girls die
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has told Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat to immediately suspend the cervical cancer control vaccination programme for girls. The programme is part of a two-year study to look into the utility of a vaccine in public health programmes and acceptability of Gardasil, the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine made by Merck. Gardasil, available in chemist shops across the country, is marketed in India by MSD Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd.
The programme was marred by controversy after four deaths and complications among 120 girls were reported after vaccination. The girls complained of stomach disorders, epilepsy, headaches and early menarche. Women activists fear the vaccine may impact the mental health of girls who have shown no signs of distress so far.
FDA finally admits that asthma drugs can actually cause serious asthma attacks
Cameron promises to slash the pay of public sector leaders
Public sector fat cats will have their pay slashed under plans laid out by David Cameron.
The Tory leader has pledged to link the salaries of council chiefs and others paid handsomely from the public purse to the lowest-paid in their organisations.
No boss would earn more than 20 times the salary of the lowest public servant in their organisation.
In 13 years of Labour, the richest have got even richer
Since Tony Blair came to power, the richest people in the country have seen a huge gain in wealth
Labour's years in power have brought a huge boost to the fortunes of the very wealthy, official figures showed yesterday.
Labour accused over child criminals as three in four reoffend
Three in four child criminals commit new offences within a year of leaving custody, figures show.
GORDON BROWN 'HAS INSULTED OUR INTELLIGENCE'
GORDON Brown’s battle with business leaders intensified yesterday as more bosses lined up to attack his planned National Insurance rise and protest at the way he dismissed their concerns
PETROL HITS £6 A GALLON
THE £6 gallon arrived at Britain’s petrol pumps yesterday as motorists continue to be hammered by Labour.
PROOF OF LABOUR'S FAILURE TO PROVIDE JOBS FOR BRITISH WORKERS
GORDON Brown’s failure to provide British jobs for British workers was exposed yesterday after a despairing IT expert was forced to stand on London Bridge to beg for work.
UK troops trained by firing at ‘replica mosques’
A political and religious uproar has erupted in Great Britain over news that the British Army trained troops for the Afghanistan mission by having them fire on replica mosques.
Broke Cities Ravage Motorists With Speeding Tickets
Recently, I was listening to Gerald Celente on The Jeff Rense Program on the internet, and Gerald mentioned that the previous weekend in the State of Virginia, almost 7,000 traffic tickets were issued in ONE WEEKEND!
Policemen jailed for inflicting 'deliberate cruelty'
PC and sergeant sentenced to 18 months' jail after a judge said their treatment of suspect was 'little short of torture'
Treasury opposed Brown’s ‘job tax’
George W. Bush 'knew Guantánamo prisoners were innocent'
George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld covered up that hundreds of innocent men were sent to the Guantánamo Bay prison camp because they feared that releasing them would harm the push for war in Iraq and the broader War on Terror, according to a new document obtained by The Times.
Flimsy Auctions Signal The US Is Heading For A Debt Crisis
As Funding Pressure Grows, Local Government Officials In China Are Killing Themselves
Local governments are saddled with huge debts, and are desperate for the real estate bubble to continue feeding the beast.
As such, we're not surprised to see stories like
Iran to annihilate Zionist regime in case of any attack
TEHRAN (ISNA)-Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi warned on Wednesday that Iran will annihilate Zionist regime incase of any strike against Iran.
‘Green’ Energy Policies Are Sabotaging Competitiveness of Manufacturing Industry
Costs of energy arising from the Government’s ‘green’ energy policies are set to increase significantly, with Britain bearing a greater cost than other countries, according to a new report from independent think tank Civitas
Unemployment soars in rural areas
Unemployment has gone up by almost two thirds in rural areas over the last two years, according to new figures released by the Government
The Engineering of a Financial Crisis
Nothing is more common on earth than to deceive and be deceived. Johann G. Seume, 1763-1810, German Theologist
Greece sinks deeper as loan costs hit record highs
ATHENS (AFP) – Greece sank deeper into the financial mire as its borrowing costs soared to new heights on Thursday despite the government and European Central Bank insisting it did not need immediate help.
British democracy: no better than Uzbekistan's
Postal ballot-rigging, partisan officials, censorship of candidates … no independent observer could call our elections free and fair
How official stats mislead on migration
It is wildly irresponsible for the press and politicians to twist the figures to say all the new jobs have gone to foreign workers
Martin Armstrong teases "How America Will Collapse in the Blink of an Eye"
'Wall Street' sequel is an omen of U.S. collapse
Commentary: Is Oliver Stone's new film a market-timing signal for the Crash of 2010?
Oh Oh - Greece Going Supercritical
British Interest Payments Will Spiral Out of Control And Hit 27% Of GDP, Higher Than Greece, Says BIS
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in Switzerland has joined the growing chorus of criticism over Britain's current financial direction
The Coming European Debt Wars
EU Countries sinking into Depression
Britain becomes nation of borrowers spending wildly on 'experiences'
Research by the Office for National Statistics on social trends suggests that saving is history and consumers have shifted from buying material goods to recreation and culture
EU spends £260,000 on hunters then bans products
The European Union introduced a ban on seal products after spending more than £260,000 on promoting the seal hunting industry, including a cookbook with a recipe for "Seal Wellington".
Death Of The Internet: Unprecedented Censorship Bill Passes in UK
“Wash-up” process used to rush through draconian legislation as a pitiful handful of MPs attend debate
Climate talks resume following Copenhagen setback
Climate change negotiators began gathering in Bonn, Germany, Thursday trying to breathe new life into the search for a global warming treaty after the letdown of the Copenhagen summit four months ago.
Internet provider defies digital bill
TalkTalk's refusal to cooperate with 'draconian' anti-piracy measures reflect growing resistance to the digital economy bill
How Many Americans Does It Take To Slaughter A 3rd World Child?
Disturbing eye-rebounding videos and on-the-scene, cringing to watch or read, graphic reports of civilians dying at the hands of U.S. military in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan – resurfacing again on network and radio newscasts, in some newspapers and of course, as always, on the Internet.
‘PREEMPTIVE PROSECUTIONS’
“If this is the punishment for building homes, building schools, and feeding needy families then I’m proud to be behind bars. They can control my body but they can’t control my soul.”
Ghassan Elashi, Holy Land Foundation
Now serving a 65 year prison sentence.
Thursday, 8 April 2010
Army to remove replica mosques on North Yorks range
The MoD wants to meet with representatives of the Muslim community
The Ministry of Defence has agreed to take down replica mosques which were being used by the British Army on a North Yorkshire firing range.
A Muslim group had demanded the removal of the structures at Catterick and accused the Army of reinforcing negative perceptions of Muslims.
LABOUR'S 59 ALL-WOMEN SHORTLISTS BANNING MEN FROM STANDING FOR THEIR 'FAIR' PARTY AT GENERAL ELECTION
For the General Election called on Tuesday, Labour have banned men from standing as their candidates in 59 seats (full list below). This site is apolitical but no man should vote Labour in any of these seats because they have been sexually discriminated against.
Will US nuke Iran?
Assuming for the sake of argument that Iran builds itself a nuclear weapon what should the US do? Two senior members of the top foreign policy think tank, the Council on Foreign Relations, James Lindsay and Ray Takeyh, have no doubts.
The wax melts
Worries about Greece’s ability to roll over its maturing debt are giving way to bigger fears
Cows Absolved of Global Warming Contribution
Grazing by cows or sheep can cut emissions of nitrous oxide — a powerful greenhouse gas — in grasslands from China to the United States, according to a study that overturns past belief that farm animals stoke releases.
Calm and reason about global warming. Imagine that
In Washington, the Independent Women’s Forum’s campaign, Balanced Education for Everyone, advocates that parents take control of their children’s education, “especially when it comes to alarmist global warming indoctrination.”Here are some women who get it right.
HOW MUCH OIL IS LEFT?
One of the world’s foremost educators on Peak Oil, Richard Heinberg, in an exclusive interview for MMNews: “We are currently seeing the end of economic growth as we have known it.” Further on, he talks about the financial / economic crisis, monetary changes vis-à-vis a shrinking energy supply, and the Century of Declines: “Peak Everything.”
Cut benefits 'to get Neets back to work': MPs demand 'radical' crackdown on young jobless
Young people not in employment, education or training should be stripped of benefits to force them into the workplace, a report from MPs demands.
A 'radical' crackdown is needed to reduce the numbers of so- called Neets, similar to a clampdown in Holland that has seen benefits taken away from those aged under 27 who 'get money and sit at home'.
The MPs say this could be achieved by allowing Neets to claim Jobseeker's Allowance only if they take part in training or education
NUMBER OF CARS ON BRITISH ROADS PLUNGE
The number of cars on Britain's roads has fallen
THE number of cars on Britain’s roads last year fell for the first time since the Second World War
Ron Paul Discusses America’s Moral Decline & Economic Collapse (Video)
H1N1 Spread Linked to Seasonal Flu Shots
The four new studies conducted by Canadian researchers conclude that the traditional seasonal flu vaccine seems to have boosted the risk of infection with pandemic H1N1 swine flu by almost double.
Iran Warns It Will Hit U.S. Troops If Attacked
Iran’s president said on Thursday he would not plead with opponents of Tehran’s nuclear program in order to avoid sanctions as Russia and the United States said new measures might be necessary.
Wikileaks to release new video showing murder of scores of Afghan civilians
Wikileaks, the scourge of governments from China to the US, will soon release a video related to this killing of more than a hundred innocent Afghan civilians in May 2009. This comes on the backdrop of the release of helicopter footage of the slaying of Iraqis in 2007. Take note of what the US were saying when the news broke last year of the casualties:
Iraq War Vet: "We Were Told to Just Shoot People, and the Officers Would Take Care of Us"
On Monday, April 5, Wikileaks.org posted video footage from Iraq, taken from a US military Apache helicopter in July 2007 as soldiers aboard it killed 12 people and wounded two children. The dead included two employees of the Reuters news agency: photographer Namir Noor-Eldeen and driver Saeed Chmagh.
The US military confirmed the authenticity of the video.
The footage clearly shows an unprovoked slaughter, and is shocking to watch whilst listening to the casual conversation of the soldiers in the background.
As disturbing as the video is, this type of behavior by US soldiers in Iraq is not uncommon.
Gordon Brown pledges 'five more years' as Prime Minister if Labour wins
Greece sinks deeper as loan costs hit record highs
ATHENS (AFP) – Greece sank deeper into the financial mire as its borrowing costs soared to new heights on Thursday despite the government and European Central Bank insisting it did not need immediate help.
Michael Caine launches Tory 'national service for teenagers'
The Oscar-winning actor Sir Michael Caine made a scene-stealing appearance in the election campaign today to endorse the Tories' proposed National Citizen Service, which David Cameron predicted would "blow the bloody doors off".
The Conservatives are planning to offer all 16-year-olds the chance to join two-month summer residential courses with outdoor activities and community work to help them find their feet in society and realise their individual potential
(Der nueue Hitler jongen?)
Greek bond spreads hit new high on EU rescue fears
Mounting concern that Greece might default on its sovereign debts sent European stocks and shares into a steep slide today
Here It Comes: Europe Is Facing A Three-Decade Debt Nightmare
Europe has a long three decades ahead of it.
Costs of the financial crisis and an expensive social welfare system will cause public sector debt to skyrocket, according to a report by the Bank for International Settlements. The most shocking estimates are for Britain, where interest payments on debt may hit 27% of GDP.
British petrol prices hit an all-time high
Global Warming “Shrinking Sheep” Theory Debunked
The “man-made” global warming fraud took another knock with the news that a species of sheep said to be both getting smaller and changing colour, is not a consequence of climate change as previously suggested.
'No US troop survives if Iran is attacked'
Major General Hassan Firouzabadi says if the United States attacks Iran, none of the American troops in the region will go back home alive.
Iran's Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major General Hassan Firouzabadi has warned the US against making any military moves on the Islamic Republic.
Israel launches ground incursion into Gaza Strip
Israel has launched a ground incursion into the Gaza Strip with its troops entering the south of the long-blockaded coastal sliver.
Genetically Engineered ‘EnviroPig’ Waiting for Approval in US and Canada
In the race to genetically engineer food that is tastier and cheaper, Canada’s University of Guelph is instead finding a way to produce meat that may be more environmentally friendly. For more than a decade the UoG has been developing the ‘enviropig‘, a genetically modified line of pigs that are better able to digest and process phosphorus
A License Required for your house
This is unbelievable!
Beginning 1 year after enactment of the Cap and Trade Act, you won't be able to sell your home unless you retrofit it to comply with the energy and water efficiency standards of this Act. H.R. 2454, the "Cap & Trade" bill passed by the House of Representatives, if also passed by the Senate, will be the largest tax increase any of us has ever experienced.
Seasonal flu vaccines increase risk of pandemic H1N1 flu, stunned scientists discover
I remember the H1N1 "swine flu" season of 2009 very well. People were rushing out to get vaccinated, scared half to death by the mainstream media which was pushing false reports that the swine flu would kill tens of millions of people and that only a vaccine could save you. The CDC and health authorities were pushing a double-barreled vaccine strategy that demanded people get both a seasonal flu shot as well as an H1N1 pandemic flu shot. Those who questioned the sensibility of vaccines for fighting the flu were attacked as "baby killers" for not kow-towing to the vaccine mythology that drives Big Pharma's profits to record profits nearly every flu season.
Social workers take baby boy after mom refuses to feed him processed junk food
British social workers took a toddler into custody after his parents refused to feed him junk food.
Paul and Lisa Hessey of Bolsover, England, took their two-year-old son Zak to a doctor when he began refusing to eat his mother's cooking and dropped to 17 pounds.
"I thought I was ... going to the best people for advice when Zak began to lose weight," his mother said. "Instead they basically accused me of neglecting him and implied it was all my fault."
Doctors advised Zak's parents to feed him junk food in order to stem his weight loss. His parents, firm believers in healthy eating, refused.
Greece debt fears hit fever pitch
The markets turned against Greece again on Thursday, driving up its borrowing costs to record levels on doubts that the EU will provide a credible rescue
Barack Obama orders killing of US cleric Anwar al-Awlaki
Barack Obama's administration has authorised the assassination of the radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, a rare move against an American citizen.
The Fate Of The Euro Is Decided
Digital Economy Bill: ‘a bad day for democracy’
The speedy manner in which the Digital Economy Bill has been pushed through Parliament has been called ‘undemocratic’ by the likes of internet service provider TalkTalk, politicians and internet freedom campaigners.
Ask Labour how to really ruin a country.
Create what is effectively a one man dictatorship.
Set up a quangoland where most of the decisions and rules which affect us are made by quangos run by Labour cronies utterly and completely dependent for their salaries and status on Brown, answering solely to Brown and dismissible on the Führer raising his little finger - and not in any way answerable to the electorate and so cannot be removed by us.
A real life hero.
And I'm not denigrating our armed forces in any way. Every man jack of them are heroes in my eyes.
This is the story of an ordinary man doing without thinking, an heroic act.
This is the dramatic moment a two-year-old girl was plucked from an icy river after being rescued by her father and a total stranger.
Two-year-old Bridget Sheridan had fallen 20ft into New York's East River after slipping off a gangplank at the South Street Seaport museum.
French tourist Julien Duret immediately jumped into the water to rescue the little girl before she sank beneath the water and handed her to her father David Anderson, who had dived in after him.
Heroic: French tourist Julien Duret, right, hands Bridget Sheridan to her father David Anderson after they both dived into New York's East River to save her
Mr Anderson, who was visiting from California, spoke of his relief after his child was brought back to safety and opened her eyes after appearing to be 'lifeless' in the water.
He said: 'She was laying on her back, looking up at me, terror in her eyes. The fact she was crying I knew she was fine.'
Meanwhile Mr Duret simply walked off after his selfless act of heroism and was eventually traced by the New York Daily News.
Mr Duret, 29, from Lyon, said he didn't think twice before diving into the chilly waters
on Saturday.
'The emotion took over,' Duret told the Daily News. 'I didn't think at all. It happened very fast. I reacted very fast... I've never done anything like that before.'
Shocked: Mr Duret was amazed to find he was the hero of New York after he dived into a river to save a drowning toddler
Duret, an engineer on vacation, was walking with his girlfriend on the pier when he spotted something falling into the water.
He approached the water and looked down. He thought it was a doll; then realised it was a child. He stripped his coat and jumped into the water.
When he reached Bridget, she appeared lifeless, he said. He scooped her up and gave her to her father. David Anderson then lifted his daughter out of the water and she opened her eyes.
Anderson said his daughter slipped through guardrails when he stopped watching her so he could adjust his camera. He spirited her into an ambulance, said Duret, who was handed dry clothes from onlookers. Duret caught a cab shortly after.
It was the final day of Mr Duret's first trip to the city. He said he didn't realise his tale of heroism had captivated New York until he was leaving the next morning.
'I don't really think I'm a hero,' he said. 'Anyone would do the same thing.'
He would never make a PCSO.
Labour benefits system 'discouraged' work, IFS says
Labour's tax and benefits system has discouraged people from going out to work, according to an in-depth report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies
Labour's criminal record – 3,600 new offences, and 86,637 inmates
Labour promised to be tough on crime and its causes. Perhaps that's why it's jailed more people than anyone else in Europe
The Digital Economy Bill: a nightmare of unintended consequences
“Unintended consequences”. That was the phrase used by Labour MP Tom Watson when speaking against the Government’s Digital Economy Bill, a piece of legislation rushed through the Commons tonight which is so vast and all-encompassing that it left MPs debating the finer points of WiFi security (although without much expertise).
Failure
ukipwebmaster — 07 April 2010 — The European Union isn't working. Nigel Farage confronts President Herman van Rompuy yet again with some home truths
Sitting beside Herman van Rompuy is another unelected politician.
Former Labour MEP Richard Corbett was ousted by UK voters yet continues to be employed by the EU in a position of power.
The Post-Democratic era is here.
Having a laugh is the flipside of fear - it's basic psychology
Mandelson's Internet censorship bill becomes law (07Apr10)
liarpoliticians — 07 April 2010 — Unelected b@stard Peter Mandelson succeeds in pushing through the internet censorship bill on behalf of his rich friends. Democracy is dead in the UK, another dark day in the history and destruction of the United Kingdom.
Recorded from BBC Parliament Channel, 07 April 2010
Wildlife Park Alert After Wolf Escapes
LABOUR'S EMPLOYMENT SHAME AS 92% NEW JOBS GO TO MIGRANTS
Figures show that out of the 1.7 million new jobs, more than nine out of 10 have gone to migrants
GORDON Brown’s attempt to silence election debate on Labour’s immigration record was shattered last night.
Scientists call for ban on danger chemical
Experts back Independent campaign to outlaw bisphenol-A in baby products
SO HOW CAN WE IMPROVE YOUR LIFE, MR MIGRANT?
HOME Office chiefs are under fire for wasting hundreds of thousands of pounds on a survey asking migrants if they like Britain.
GYPSIES WHO GET INTEREST-FREE LOANS COURTESY OF YOU
Gypsies are being offered interest-free loans to buy land for their caravan sites
Vaccine Contamination: Pig Virus DNA Found in Rotarix
Murdoch Says “People Will Start Paying” for His Newsites “When They Have Nowhere Else to Go”
Mr Murdoch, in an interview with journalist Marvin Kalb for The Kalb Report on Tuesday, also said he believed most US newspapers would eventually end up charging readers online, like he does with The Wall Street Journal and plans to do with his other properties beginning with The Times of London.
Neurotoxin, Carcinongen Aspartame Is Now - AminoSweet
Marketers invest great treasure in the trademarks and product names they strive to fix in our memories. Very rarely do they change them. Can you imagine McDonalds changing to Happy Hamburgers, or Rolls Royce becoming Rugged Roaders?
On the other hand, con-men do it all the time, changing names as they do their socks to hide bloody histories. They set up legitimatesounding front organizations, too, the better with which to rob us again.
Icelanders opt for exile
Anna Margret Bjoernsdottir never thought she would be forced to leave her once wealthy homeland. But taking out a loan in a foreign currency was a disastrous decision
Digital economy bill: government forced to drop key clauses
Measures on ITV regional news pilots and Ofcom powers cut from controversial bill, as £6-a-year broadband tax is shelved
More Toxic Junk From China Recalled
It is quite obvious that our feckless government is not going to stop accepting toxic Chinese imported products. So, dear consumer, it is up to us. We have the power to stop the insanity by refusing to buy this stuff. Check each product or toy that you buy and if it was made in China or contains ingredients from China. If so, DON'T BUY IT.
No, Gordon Brown, we have not been deceived
Business leaders know all too well how savings can be made in the profligate public sector
The Market Is Tanking On The Weak Consumer Credit Number
Wow, haven't seen a decline like this in a awhile.
The Fed just came out with some very ugly consumer credit numbers, and the Dow is now down about triple digits.
ALERT: Euro on Verge of Real Crisis
We are so concerned by recent developments with Greece as a canary in the coal mine for the Euro that we just issued an alert to subscribers that we foresee a big blow up for the Euro in about roughly one month’s time. That is USD bullish and gold bullish, and bearish for about everything else out there. And this has many other implications for US Treasury bonds, the China Yuan revaluation issue and many others. This Euro situation is a huge potential bombshell, possibly outgunning all previous huge crises we faced over the last 2.5 years. That’s right, the Euro situation can outgun all the worst financial chaos we have seen so far, and lead to massive currency instability worldwide. This is a big deal if it happens as we foresee.
PositiveID’s Latest Human Chip-Implant Scare Story: “Medical Identity Theft”
Debt will seed next American revolution
Two weeks earlier, Moody’s had warned that the gilt-edged triple-A credit rating of the most heavily indebted nation on Earth had moved “substantially” closer to downgrade, and so advised in foreboding language. (Downgrade or not, Moody’s said, the United States needs to enact fiscal restraint of such magnitude “that, in some cases, will test social cohesion” – a prediction that evokes images of mobs and mayhem.) In such circumstances, a Canadian offer of bailout assistance would be a matter of compelling self-interest.
Tories give up plan to block police retention of DNA samples - for now
The Tories have abandoned attempts to block the retention of DNA samples, to pre-empt a Labour campaign led by the mother of Sally Anne Bowman, whose killer was caught using genetic evidence.
Sovereign debt crisis at 'boiling point', warns Bank for International Settlements
The Bank for International Settlements does not mince words. Sovereign debt is already starting to cross the danger threshold in the United States, Japan, Britain, and most of Western Europe, threatening to set off a bond crisis at the heart of the global economy
Taxpayers' money given to corrupt charities
Government will not say where cash obtained by fraudulent means has gone
Lies, trickery and manipulation
Twenty-two years after Charter 88, Gordon Brown's pitiful promise of constitutional reform leaves me sickened
UK needs 'drastic austerity measures' to prevent debt explosion
Bank for International Settlements issues stark warning on debt as OECD cuts growth forecast for British economy
Get ready for smaller bins, tougher fines and even more recycling
Families are likely to be given even smaller wheelie bins under the new targets
Families face stricter recycling demands, tougher fines and having to use smaller wheelie bins under new waste disposal targets.
Balls forced to drop plans for compulsory sex lessons at age five
Schools secretary Ed Balls was forced to drop his plans to start sex lessons as young as five
Ed Balls yesterday dropped controversial plans to make sex education compulsory for children as young as five
Second-hand goods shoppers told to leave thumbprints at stores in new police scheme
Customers are being asked to leave a thumbprint when trading in second-hand goods for cash in order to stop criminals making money out of stolen items.
A number of second-hand stores in Norwich have agreed to take part in the scheme, launched by local police.
A police spokeswoman said the prints would help detectives trace sellers if goods turned out to be stolen.
Labour's betrayal of British workers: Nearly every one of 1.67m jobs created since 1997 has gone to a foreigner
Immigration was at the centre of the election campaign today as it emerged that virtually every extra job created under Labour has gone to a foreign worker.
Figures suggested an extraordinary 98.5 per cent of 1.67million new posts were taken by immigrants.
Governors Across America Shaken Up By 'Restore America Declaration'
A Declaration of American Rights is making waves across the nation and apparently State and Federal Government is very concerned. Notices are being sent to all 50 Governors offices in America demanding that America be restored to it’s original intention or officials face removal from office.The declaration also included a Dejure Grand Jury Warrant
The great flu conspiracy
The idea of Big Pharma duping the WHO over swine flu is thrilling. The reality is more prosaic
British soldier killed in Afghanistan gun battle
A British soldier has died after he was shot during a gun battle in Afghanistan on Wednesday afternoon, the Ministry of Defence said.
Pawnbroking customers told by police to leave thumbprint
Customers who sell second-hand goods at pawnbrokers or so-called cash shops are being asked to leave a thumbprint by police
MPs’ expenses: Margaret Moran sells taxpayer-funded Luton home for £177,000 profit
Margaret Moran, the disgraced MP, is selling her taxpayer-funded constituency house for a £177,000 profit.
Obama & Co. Want National Biometric ID
A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators is teaming up with the Obama administration to legalize illegal immigrants and require biometric national ID cards for every American worker, prompting a swift and bipartisan backlash across the nation.
Apricot Seeds Kill Cancer Cells without Side Effects
Are apricot seeds a source for a natural substance that kills cancer cells without destroying the cancer victim's health and wealth? The essential ingredient has been called laetrile or vitamin B 17. If there is any merit to it, why is this information being suppressed? Why are people who have been cured or have cured others being censured and imprisoned? Could be there is something to the claims
Leaked video shows civilian killings in Iraq, signifies growing power of independent Web journalism
When a nonprofit group this week released video footage, leaked via a source in the Pentagon, showing a 2007 U.S. helicopter attack on a group of civilians in Baghdad, the clip unleashed a viral online sensation and ignited an intense debate about the conduct of U.S. forces in Iraq.
But the simple fact of the video's release also reflects the ongoing revolution in how news gets produced and published.
