Good article below from ‘naked capitalism‘ … and don’t forget to read the excellent comments below the article to get a real sense of the Greek Tragedy unfolding now in Greece. All their options are very bad. Sounds like the SOP (standard operating procedures) of the ‘Economic Hit Men‘ normally reserved for 3rd World Nations as implemented by the likes of the IMF and USAID; though in this case it is the Troika (International Monetary Fund, European Union and the European Central Bank). This gives one a real sense of the absolute power of the money masters. Many implications here: 1) What will the Greek crisis mean to the other EU members, esp. Portugal, Ireland, Italy, France and Spain and the EU as a viable entity? 2) Is this a beta test for when they do Italy and France and others? 4) What will this mean to the average Greek citizen? 3) Will Greece be forced to sell their islands and other valuable resources at a bargain to the banksters to satisfy their debt? This SOP is known as Asset Stripping by the economic hit men who do this for a living. 4) Who will be next after Greece? 5) Will the same strategy be used against the USA when the time comes to pay the piper? 6) What will the Greek military (who are well armed) do?, 7) Would the Iceland option work for Greece? etc. etc.
‘Texas Gov. Abbott appoints homeschool mom to chair state Board of Education.’
Most people are totally unaware of the following stats: ACT and GPA are HIGHER in homeschoolers than public, Catholic and private schools. AND the Four-Year College Graduation is HIGHER in homeschoolers than Public, Catholic and Private. All this success without massive taxpayer funding. The sad thing is that these homeschoolers are forced to pay –not just for their local schools and the $20,233,827,000 annually for the failed U.S. Department of Education– they also pay thousands for their home education, thus placing unfair financial burdens on these households who choose to home-school. How do I know? Been there, done that. Do I blame the teachers? Not so much. Why? You can’t win in a system designed for failure and the perpetuation of fat-cat, puffed-up, know-it-all bureaucrats.
Using the same template that created the EU (European Union), globalists and their hired technocrats are swiftly neutering the U.S. Congress, the U.S. Constitution and the American people with the recent ‘fast-tracking’ of secretive Obamatrade deals; which have amazingly passed both houses of Congress without so much as a whimper from any but Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL).
Jeff Sessions: TPP Cedes U.S. Sovereignty Permanently To New Authority: “Same Language Used To Start EU”
Curious why any U.S. Congressman would vote so eagerly to limit their own power while permanently damaging the financial vitality of what is left of the American middle class; but the “yea” votes received almost $200 million and of course most have not even bothered to read the trade agreement, since it is assumed by ‘the powers that shouldn’t be’ a fait accompli. The American middle class, once represented the strength and vitality of the United States, but no more. Gone are the remnants of the free market or honest price discovery in our markets, replaced by the crony capitalism of insider elites and their privileged, government-protected and sustained monopolies; whose purpose is to drive out any and all honest competition. But like Obamacare before it, one must pass the trade bill to find out what is in it. These secret trade agreements –taken together– paint a very worrisome picture for the future vitality and independence of the average American worker and put another nail into the coffin of the U.S. as a nation-state. Additionally, these so called free trade agreements further shred the US Constitution by imposing an extra-constitutional, unelected body that as in the EU will effectively create law and pass judgement on anything having to do with trade of products, services or the movement of people. One need look no further than the Trilateral Commission or the Bilderberg Group to understand the genesis or the end goal of these secret agreements: Total world domination bringing together under one control structure the EU, The North America Union and the Trans Pacific including Oceania.
Apparently some holdouts against the hegemony of this Unipolar world structure still believe in the nation-state and are therefore not as eager as the U.S. Congress to auction off their nations to the globalists: These include China, Russia, Iran, Syria and other hold-outs. To counter this Unipolar world, Russia and China are building their own financial global infrastructure and trade agreements as fast as they can. To bring Russia into compliance, the U.S. and NATO are threatening a hot war on Russia’s doorstep, just itching for a fight. The propaganda against Putin and for war in the West is thick as molasses, yet after all the recent pointless wars, many Americans are eager to believe this latest false narrative.
Over the years, the U.S. Constitution has been a major thorn in the side of the globalists, but no more. This week’s vote by both houses of congress to bypass the U.S. Constitution in full view of the American people fully demonstrate there is no fear by our elected leaders of public backlash. Already the 1st, 2nd and 4th Amendments are under serious assault; and with UN Agenda-21 (2030 Agenda) in full swing in almost every county in the USA, private property rights may soon succumb to the social engineering of a people asleep.
There is a long history of missteps leading up to this week’s silent coup d’état of America. Major pivot points would be handing over the supply and control of this nation’s money to a few private bankers in the 1913 Federal Reserve Act; the ingestion of Nazis into the OSS/CIA after WWII; mission creep of the U.S. Federal Government though the constant abuse of the 10th Amendment, the assassination of JFK, the attacks of 9/11 and countless illegal, undeclared wars. There are many other pivot points including U.S. bankers’ and political leaders’ support for the likes of Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin and Hitler; Operation Gladio, the repeal of the Glass–Steagall legislation, etc. but the biggest failure rests solely with the ignorance of the American people and their willingness to continually believe the lies promulgated by the U.S. Government and its state propaganda organs in the news and entertainment media. But to be fair, most Americans work all day and therefore have little time left to discover the facts for themselves.
This is an interesting piece from the ‘Compromised News Network‘ a.k.a. CNN whose function is to spread U.S. propaganda. It does however comport with my view of reality concerning the Iranian people. Why? Because I went to school with many Iranians and this speaks to the truth of the majority of Iranians as I know them. My big question is why a state-controlled media organ like CNN would publish something so obviously true? Scratching my head. This open mic news piece was published on Sep 25, 2013
Picture of Iran from 1960 – 70s…
Despite reformatting their countries after WWI, Islam was on the path to moderation and modernization, until the U.S. began stirring the shit in earnest according to the ‘Made in America’ geopolitical strategies cooked up by Wolfowitz, Brzezinski and others. Seems the average Westerner is happily indoctrinated by the many fictions created by the media and so follows the direction given without question; critical thought or examination of false assumptions promulgated by the state/corporate propaganda organs rarely makes it to the general public’s awareness, and if by chance it does, is soon forgotten.
Related NFO on this and other topics form ClearNFO:
Huynh Cong “Nick” Ut’s iconic photo of South Vietnamese forces following behind terrified children, including nine-year-old Kim Phuc, centre, as they run down Route 1 near Trang Bang after an aerial napalm attack. Photo: AP
Your U.S. tax dollars at work, and for what benefit? Did the U.S. spread democracy to Vietnam? Nope. You can’t spread what you don’t have. BTW, the war in Vietnam was based on a U.S. lie (as requested by LBJ) of the Gulf of Tonkin Incident which never, ever happened. After 1.5 to 3.6 million innocent men, women and children were brutally murdered by the United States of America and 58,209 young Americans lost their lives, the U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara later admitted the Gulf of Tonkin incident never happened. Oops. So sorry. Who benefited? Not you, not me and not the Vietnamese. The banksters and the defense contractors did pretty darned well. Yachts and multiple homes, fat bank accounts and the appearance of legitimacy for all. War is good business. Had JFK not been assassinated, would he have been obliged to create such a lie as LBJ? Doubtful, but we will never know. This one instance should give anyone with an I.Q. above a stalk of broccoli a taste of who the psychopathic mobsters are who actually run this country. See Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria and Ukraine for more examples of the same. All based on lies supported by the existing power structure and their bought and paid for mainstream media talking heads. Get a clue.
The false flag Gulf of Tonkin Incident Vietnam
Robert McNamara admits Gulf of Tonkin attack did not happen
A one of a kind interview with the head of the Russian Government’s foreign intelligence service.
Lieutenant General Leonid Reshetnikov (Rtd) – Director of Russia’s Institute of Strategic Research
“A few weeks ago Colonel General Igor Sergun, the Head of the Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GRU) of the General Staff of the Russian armed forces, gave a brief interview in which he publicly linked the U.S. to jihadi terrorism. Now it is the turn of Lieutenant General Leonid Reshetnikov, Director of the Russian Institute of Strategic Research (RISR), the Russian government’s chief centre for foreign policy analysis.”
Q – That is, the joint Russian-American fight against terror, in particular, against ISIS – is a fiction?
“Of course. America creates terrorists, feeds them, trains them, and then gives an order to the whole pack: “catch”. Perhaps, they can shoot one “rabid dog” in the whole pack, but the other dogs will be set even more actively.”
Q – Some European leaders already lament that the USA effectively forced sanctions on them. Europe may break out of the “friendly” American embrace?
“Never. America holds her on several chains: the Federal Reserve printing press, the threat of color-coded revolutions and of the physical elimination of unwanted politicians.”
Q – Are you exaggerating about the physical elimination part? “Not at all. The Central Intelligence Agency of the USA is not even an intelligence service based on the level of the tasks set before it. The PGU KGB or the SVR of the RF are classical intelligence services: information gathering and reporting to the leadership of the country. In the CIA these traditional features of an intelligence service are at the end of the list of its problems. The main goals are: elimination, which included physical elimination, of the politicians and the organization of coups. And they do this in real time.”
Q – Leonid Petrovich, you think that the USA and the American presidents are just an instrument. Who do you think determine their policy?
“There are communities of people who are effectively unknown to the public, which not only determine the American presidents but also determine the rules of the whole “big game”. In particular, these are the transnational financial corporations. But not only them.”
Russia’s Chief Intelligence Analyst Comes Out of the Shadows Lieutenant General Reshetnikov of the Russian Institute of Strategic Research gives a wide-ranging interview on threats Russia faces from the West, to militant Islamic groups, to the conflict in Ukraine — by Alexander Mercouris Thu, May 28 | 3,003 6
Most people have no clue of who the RAND Corp. is, their history or their function within the U.S. Federal Government. Below is the leaked document from the RAND Corp. that identifies their plan for eastern Ukraine. Why is this important to you? Because it reveals their methods and procedures that our U.S. Pentagon Planners take very seriously and frequently act upon. This will also give you some sense of what to expect when and IF these techniques are turned in upon U.S. Citizens. There are many other interested parties and participants in the U.S.-backed and orchestrated coup in Ukraine back in Feb of 2014, but this provides a level of detail left out of some of the other geopolitical strategies found in Zbig’s Grand Chessboard, etc.
A strategic document by the US military think tank RAND Corporation on the plan in eastern Ukraine was leaked. The Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko follows the action plan proposed by RAND analysts. The document provides three stages of a military operation in eastern Ukraine.
During the first stage of the military operation in Ukraine martial law should be introduced, considering that all local citizens are terrorists or sympathizers. Regions supporting militias must be completely isolated. All types of communications should be blocked, curfews should be established.
The second stage of the plan involves the seizure of territories. The cities should be entered with armed vehicles, which open fire on all armed people. All the men sent to filtration camps. People featuring traces of combat engagement shall be tried in court for terrorism.
The third phase of the plan involves the restoration of the regions. The borders shall be strengthened to avoid possible provocations. All the refugees should be checked for possible support for separatists in internment camps.
Years ago, when I was at the University studying mathematics and philosophy, I would wander down to the most excellent library and ply my way through some of the more exotic periodicals. Two were particularly interesting. One was called ‘Defense Attaché’; a magazine which advertised military weapons like tanks, jets, automatic guns, ammo, bombs, missiles, etc. Unlike most magazines I had read about the military prior to this, Defense Attaché was unabashed and completely unafraid to reveal their real purpose; which was to sell implements of death and destruction to anyone with money. The ads were nonchalant and matter of fact about what they were selling; and amazingly they used the same advertising techniques found on Madison Avenue. One ad for a tank showed a man sitting on the tank with his pals smoking a cigarette with a very satisfied look on his face. His arm resting on the gun turret and he was bragging about how many people he had just killed before lunch, etc. What was also amazing was all the ‘mom and pop’ ‘All-American’ companies who advertised in Defense Attaché like Garcia fishing rods, Ralston Purina, etc. They were all in on this very lucrative business of blowing their fellow humans to smithereens without a second thought.
Since that time, I’ve tried to get a copy of Defense Attaché, but it has completely disappeared or perhaps it still exists but is not readily available via a Google search. The IDE and Conference video below reminds me of Defense Attaché’s shopping mall atmosphere.
“Terrorists” Take Over the Stage (Extra Scene from ‘Rearming Iraq’) VICE News uploaded a new video. Here’s what the opening ceremony of an arms show in Abu Dhabi looks like:
Fort Hood has put a boot on the ground for every American life lost in Iraq and Afghanistan. A powerful memorial. Yet, another way to honor the war dead is to put a stop to all these pointless, unconstitutional wars.
If you have time to read the three well-researched and documented books by Antony C. Sutton listed here …
1) Wall Street & the Rise of Hitler; 2) Wall Street and FDR; 3) Wall Street and the Bolshevik Revolution: The Remarkable True Story of the American Capitalists Who Financed the Russian Communists … the self-righteous myths that tell us the USA is all about the spreading of democracy and the protecting of freedom will become an obvious, painful hoax to you. Yes, I too believed in these myths, but after the JFK assassination, the Gulf of Tonkin incident and the obvious coverup concerning the attacks on 9/11, it was finally time for me to dig in, invest some time and take a closer look at what our government was actually doing. Do I disparage our brave soldiers who fight to protect this country; who believe they are fighting for truth, justice and the American way? Not at all. I honor their well-intended sacrifices. But I am now aware of the deals made behind closed doors, as documented by Carroll Quigley (Anglo-American Establishment), Sutton and other top historians that base their research — not on official establishment propaganda– but on the facts as they find them; thereby removing the political spin and propaganda that we have all grown up believing. This is the critical point for me: If we care to regain the honorable ideals of a free and prosperous people, we must confront the evil that has infiltrated our government and surreptitiously controls the money system and therefore the government and all its machinery. This can not be done by pretending that facts are not facts. So if you choose to take this brave journey to the truth, buckle your seat-belts, it going to be a bumpy ride.
Here is just one example how our vaulted sultans of American Foreign policy honor our military:
“Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.”
― Henry Kissinger
P.S. And to all my fellow patriotic citizens: Before you go about bashing my head against the wall with your fists, please read the above mentioned three books by Sutton and then we can sit down as adults and talk –not fight– about solutions and the sad predicament we all find ourselves and our beloved America in now on this May 25th, 2015 Memorial Day.
From Wikipedia: Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States for remembering the people who died while serving in the country’s armed forces. The holiday, which is observed every year on the last Monday of May, originated as Decoration Day after the American Civil War in 1868, when the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of Union veterans — established it as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers. By the 20th century, competing Union and Confederate holiday traditions, celebrated on different days, had merged, and Memorial Day eventually extended to honor all Americans who died while in the military service. It typically marks the start of the summer vacation season, while Labor Day marks its end.
War is a Racket (Video) by Smedley Butler is a famous speech denouncing the military industrial complex. This speech by two-time Congressional Medal of Honor recipient exposes war profits that benefit few at the expense of many. Throughout his distinguished career in the Marines, Smedley Darlington Butler demonstrated that true patriotism does not mean blind allegiance to government policies with which one does not agree. To Hell with war.
Eisenhower warns us of the military industrial complex.
Enjoy some brilliant analysis and incredible detail from one of my favorite writers and researchers, F. William Engdahl. The complete article is linked below.
On the tragedy of Beslan …
“On September 1, 2004, armed terrorists from Basayev and al-Khattab’s IIB took more than 1,100 people as hostages in a siege that included 777 children, and forced them into School Number One (SNO) in Beslan in North Ossetia, the autonomous republic in the North Caucasus of the Russian Federation near to the Georgia border.
On the third day of the hostage crisis, as explosions were heard inside the school, FSB and other elite Russian troops stormed the building. In the end, at least 334 hostages were killed, including 186 children, with a significant number of people injured and reported missing. It became clear afterward that the Russian forces had handled the intervention poorly.
The Washington propaganda machine, from Radio Free Europe to The New York Times and CNN, wasted no time demonizing Putin and Russia for their bad handling of the Beslan crisis rather than focus on the links of Basayev to Al Qaeda and Saudi intelligence. That would have brought the world’s attention to the intimate relations between the family of then US President George W. Bush and the Saudi billionaire bin Laden family.
On September 1, 2001, just ten days before the day of the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks, Saudi Intelligence head US-educated Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud, who had directed Saudi Intelligence since 1977, including through the entire Osama bin Laden Mujahideen operation in Afghanistan and into the Caucasus, abruptly and inexplicably resigned, just days after having accepted a new term as intelligence head from his King. He gave no explanation. He was quickly reposted to London, away from Washington.
The record of the bin Laden-Bush family intimate ties was buried, in fact entirely deleted on “national security” (sic!) grounds in the official US Commission Report on 911. The Saudi background of fourteen of the nineteen alleged 911 terrorists in New York and Washington was also deleted from the US Government’s final 911 Commission report, released only in July 2004 by the Bush Administration, almost three years after the events.
Basayev claimed credit for having sent the terrorists to Beslan. His demands had included the complete independence of Chechnya from Russia, something that would have given Washington and the Pentagon an enormous strategic dagger in the southern underbelly of the Russian Federation.
By late 2004, in the aftermath of the tragic Beslan drama, President Vladimir Putin reportedly ordered a secret search and destroy mission by Russian intelligence to hunt and kill key leaders of the Caucasus Mujahideen of Basayev. Al-Khattab had been killed in 2002. The Russian security forces soon discovered that most of the Chechen Afghan Arab terrorists had fled. They had gotten safe haven in Turkey, a NATO member; in Azerbaijan, by then almost a NATO Member; or in Germany, a NATO Member; or in Dubai–one of the closest US Allies in the Arab States, and Qatar-another very close US ally. In other words, the Chechen terrorists were given NATO safe haven.”
