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

 

{ The Cat dispatching this archaic reptilian remnant of an extinct species. Yet, doesn’t the ill-fated croc seem to be smiling a typically wide grin as if to say, ‘he’s glad to be done-in by such a noble creature as the Cat’ (as opposed to lesser species including all forms of apes and their progeny, potentially even winding up as a pocket-book, belt, or pair of shoes). Yes, there’s a place in the universe for Cats! }

 

 

FLASHBACK: Government has shut down 17 times since 1976...

 

 

{ 10-4-13 There was a server glitch/downtime on web server which precluded upload / bluehost.com techs confirmed the same (attack?); and, as always, reliably and diligently resolved the problem. }

 

 

WARNING: THiS IS NoT a GaMe Posted by: williambanzai7 Post date: 10/04/2013 - Toga, Toga, Toga!!!

 

 

WARNING: THiS IS NoT a GaMe

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THIS IS NOT A GAME...

DR DEALGOOD
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FRACTIONAL RESERVE UNIVERSE (Updated)
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IT'S A DEBT TOGA PARTY!

 

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DEBT CEILING TOGA PARTY

 

 

THE SULTAN OF BULLSHIT

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DeBT FaTWaS, Posted by: williambanzai7 Post date: 10/03/2013 - The Mother of all Deficits...

DeBT FaTWaS,

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HE WHO CREATED THE MOTHER OF ALL DEFICITS...

OBAMA DEBT LADEN
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Obama's a warrior for debt

His jihad's a terrible threat

Taxing and spending

To Banks he is bending

Their crimes we will never forget!

The Limerick King

 

 

HE WHO SHUT DOWN THE US GOVERNMENT

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OSAMA BIN BOEHNER (THE ORANGE FATWA)
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The fatwa that Boehner declared

Has many poor citizens scared

Instead of more pie

He wants them to die

The wealth will just never be shared

The Limerick King

 

 

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SHEIK ERIC AL WACKO
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Eric Al Wacko the sheik

Thinks all lower classes are weak

His terror is planned

With theories by Rand

The death of the poor he will seek

The Limerick King

 

 

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SMOKEY SAYS

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RoLLeRDoPeS, SaVY BuSiNeSSMeN AND A GuM CHeWiNG TWiSTeD SWiNDLeR... Posted by : williambanzai7 Post date: 10/02/2013 - 13:16 Clear all food and beverages now!

 

 

RoLLeRDoPeS, SaVY BuSiNeSSMeN AND A GuM CHeWiNG TWiSTeD SWiNDLeR...

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ROLLER DOPES
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The derby is getting intense

Obama is on the offense

So here is the deal

Although it looks real

This game is a clever pretense

The Limerick King

 

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SAVY BUSINESSMEN
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SHIT HAPPENS

 

 

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TWISTED SWINDLER

 

 

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JP MADOFF 419

 

 

 

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NAKED COWBOY

 

 

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THE END

 

 

 

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David Stockman Explains The Keynesian State-Wreck Ahead - Sundown In America

David Stockman, author of The Great Deformation, summarizes the last quarter century thus: What has been growing is the wealth of the rich, the remit of the state, the girth of Wall Street, the debt burden of the people, the prosperity of the beltway and the sway of the three great branches of government - that is, the warfare state, the welfare state and the central bank...

What is flailing is the vast expanse of the Main Street economy where the great majority have experienced stagnant living standards, rising job insecurity, failure to accumulate material savings, rapidly approach old age and the certainty of a Hobbesian future where, inexorably, taxes will rise and social benefits will be cut...

He calls this condition "Sundown in America".

 

US Shutdown Cut In Half After Pentagon Recalls 400,000 Workers: Half Of All Furloughs

It took just four days before the Federal government caved to Congress and admitted that it can't even operate in a partial, "non-essential" shutdown. A few short hours ago Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered 400,000 furloughed Pentagon civilian employees - or about half the total defense employees - back to work. it is also roughly half of the total employees furloughed since the start of the government shutdown, which is now in its fifth day, and since both the House and the Senate are now gone until Monday afternoon, it appears the shutdown, even if now at half mast will continue for at least a week.

 

Obama Wants To Rename Washington Redskins

Presented with little comment but to ask what next? The New York Mediums? The Oakland Privateers? The Cleveland Beiges? The Atlanta Cowards?

 

What Is The Impact Of A Technical Treasury Default?

Yesterday we described the various scenarios available to Treasury in the next few weeks should the shutdown and debt ceiling debacle carry on longer than the equity markets believe possible. As BofAML notes, however, the most plausible option for the Treasury could be implementing a delayed payment regime. In such a scenario, the Treasury would wait until it has enough cash to pay off an entire day’s obligations and then make those payments on a day-to-day basis. Given the lack of a precedent, it is hard to quantify the impact on the financial markets in the event that the Treasury was to miss payment on a UST; but the following looks at the impact on a market by market basis.

 

NSA Chief Admits "Only One Or Perhaps Two" Terror Plots Stopped By Spy Program

The last few days have been punctuated with fearmongery from Alexander and Clapper over the shutdown's impact on the NSA and the increased threat of terror this generates. However, as the Washington Times reports, things are a little different in reality. Pressed by the Democratic chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee at an oversight hearing, Gen. Keith B. Alexander admitted that the number of terrorist plots foiled by the NSA’s huge database of every phone call made in or to America was only one or perhaps two — far smaller than the 54 originally claimed by the administration.

 

Jesse Ventura Calls For "American Revolution" Against The "Corrupt System"

The irony of Jesse Ventura calling for a new "American Revolution" in a conversation with Brit Piers Morgan is not lost on us but the former Governor of Minnesota asks some awkwardly open questions in this 'colorful' interview. Ventura asked if the government's shut down, "That should mean we shouldn't have to pay any taxes, right?" He called for another American revolution to push back against the "corrupt system" created by Democrats and Republicans in Washington. He told Morgan the two-party system has legalized "bribery" for access, suggesting he's fed up enough to actually run for president in 2016. Ventura called both parties "gangs," and Morgan admitted he had to agree, adding that they're "overpaid, underworked children!" The discussion then veers from Obamacare, Ventura's run for President, and the JFK conspiracy.

 

Man Who Lit Himself On Fire On National Mall, Has Died

In a tragic development, the unidentified man who set himself on fire on the National Mall at about 4:30 p.m. on Friday in between the Air and Space Museum and the National Gallery, and who sustained burns to 80% of his body, has died. AP reports: "A District of Columbia police spokesman says a man who set himself on fire on the National Mall has died his injuries. Officer Araz Alali says the man died Friday night at a hospital where he had been airlifted. He says the man was so badly burned that he will need to be through DNA and dental records. The man poured a can of gasoline on himself in the center portion of the mall Friday afternoon. He then set himself on fire, with passing joggers taking off their shirts to help douse the flames." As AP adds, Police are investigating the man's possible motives for doing so. They will hardly find any, as the last thing the Obama administration needs right now is to start explaining why D.C. has become ground zero for America's own Arab Spring. Especially, if in a country in which fomenting class and social hatred once again boils down to racial characteristics.

 

The Dog Ate It: US Treasury Reimburses Man For $500 His Dog Ate

Here's a new and very bizarre entry for the annals of "the dog ate it" excuses. According to Reuters, Montana man Wayne Klinkel, who last year pieced together the remnants of five $100 bills eaten by his one-eyed golden retriever, Sundance, is sporting a $500 check he says he received this week from the U.S. Department of the Treasury to replace the digested funds. Sundance sniffed the wad of bills out of a car cubby space while waiting for Klinkel and his wife to return from lunch, and the canine made the currency his lunch.

 

Does The NSA Think You're A Terrorist?

When the NSA sorts through American communications to find terrorists, what is their accuracy in identifying one?

 

An Insider Exposes The Algo Secrets Of The FX Market

From algos to trading pschology and from market-maker's tricks to the quant models that dominate, Batur Asmazoglu provides an insider's view of a large sell-side bank FX trading desk. While the likes of Goldman's Thomas Stolper have proved it, Asmazoglu's first 'secret' is that "while many believe the big investment banks are very sophisticated, that is not the case at all."

 

Citi Warns US Equities Are A Cocktail of 2011, Slice Of 1998, Dash Of 2000

Looking at the equity market and some of the background dynamics Citi's FX Technical group cannot help but be reminded of 2011. They also warn, despite the constant hope-driven rallies this week, there are also some aspects of what we saw in 1998 and similarities with 2000 that are worth noting. The bottom line, we have had the view for some time that we would see a much deeper correction in the equity market (in excess of 20%). Recent price action and developments might (just might) be suggesting that it is time to revisit that theme.

 

Guest Post: Why Gold Will Soar On "Good" Economic News

The standard wisdom on gold is that it does well in times of economic bad news such as in the 1970s, a period of stagflation and recessions, when the yellow metal rose from $35/oz to peak at $850/oz in 1980. But this time, Don Coxe, a portfolio adviser to BMO Asset Management, believes, things are different. In this interview with The Gold Report, Coxe explains why gold will rise when the economy improves.

 

Who Works The Most?

"Work hard, play hard" is the adage often put forward to encourage that work-life balance so many find hard to come by. But judging from the time spent on daily activities, it would appear there is one message for the Japanese and North Americans... move to France!

 

30 Mindblowing Statistics About Americans Under The Age Of 30

Why are young people in America so frustrated these days? 

You are about to find out...

The system is failing, and young people are going to become even angrier and even more frustrated.

 

What If We Go Past The "X" Date?

What if the Treasury were to go over the X date (date beyond which the Treasury cannot honor all its payments) without the debt ceiling being raised? As BofAML notes, the Treasury estimates the X date to be October 17, though they believe that the Treasury may have enough cash and incoming tax receipts to last a few more days. In either case, the date is not too far out. Market concerns over possible postponed payment have been rising as indicated by the performance of October and November bills. What are the options of for the Treasury?

 

Civil Disobedience: Americans Breach Barricades Around Lincoln Memorial

Infowars.com | Americans are resisting government stunts.

 

Are Americans Afraid to Take Their Licks?

Dr. David R. Jones | Our beautiful American values have been subordinated to the “safety” of a security state.

 

Peter Schiff Warns of Martial Law

Infowars.com | “We are in worse shape economically than we were just before the 2008 financial crisis,” he said.

 

Obama Open To Redskins Name Change

ESPN | Obama says he would think about changing the team’s name, which many people deem offensive to Native Americans.

 

Wisconsin Gov. Walker defies order to close federally-funded parks

Fox News | State removed barricades from fishing dock.

 

Savage: Only Outrage at Execution of Woman in DC on Prison Planet

Infowars.com | Radio host Michael Savage trashes a caller for supporting DC cops over the Killing of Miriam Carey.

 

PAUL: Obama’s response to shutdown is just ‘shut up’

Sen. Rand Paul | It has been said that politics is the art of compromise. Try as they may, Washington leaders hardly ever get absolutely everything they want.

 

Priests threatened with arrest if they minister to military during shutdown

Daily Caller | In a stunning development, some military priests are facing arrest if they celebrate mass or practice their faith on military bases during the federal government shutdown.

 

Peter Schiff Warns of Martial Law

Infowars.com | “We are in worse shape economically than we were just before the 2008 financial crisis,” he said.


 

IMF sees epic change in world economy

Financial Times | “Currencies should be allowed to depreciate.”


 

US Banks Stuffing ATMs With 20-30% More Cash In Case Of Panicked Withdrawals

Zero Hedge | One senior executive said his bank was delivering 20-30 per cent more cash than usual in case panicked customers tried to withdraw funds en masse.

 

Brain Implants to “Reboot” Depressed People

Paul Joseph Watson | Hacker warned medical devices could be accessed remotely for “mass murder.”

 

GOP slams scheduled maintenance on ObamaCare site

The Hill | Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) blasted plans to partially disable ObamaCare’s enrollment site for maintenance.

 

Poll: Anger at government soars

Politico | As the government shutdown continues in Washington, Americans are angrier with how things are going than they have been in years, according to a new poll.

 

House passes 6th, 7th ‘mini’ spending bills

The Hill | The House on Friday passed its sixth and seventh narrow appropriations resolutions of the week.


 

The Sheer Idiocy Of The Markets In One Chart

Zero Hedge | Twitter (TWTR), Tweeter (TWTRQ), what’s the difference. Just buy, buy, buy.


 

Obama Economic Adviser: Astronomical Debt is Constitutional

Kurt Nimmo | Democrats have called for Obama to raise debt limit without congressional approval.


 

Jim Rogers Warns US Stock Investors “Be Careful… You’re In A Fool’s Paradise”

Zero Hedge | “It is only a matter of time before the US stock market runs into devastating problems due to the Fed QE program.”

 

 

83% of Federal Government Still Operating...
House approves back pay for federal workers...
Pentagon recalls furloughed civilians...
Towns, States Rally to Reopen National Parks...
Police Remove Vietnam Vets at Memorial Wall...
Vets Break Through Barricade at Iwo Jima Memorial...
'Circus' outrages visitors...
Feds attempt to close ocean...

HILL TAKES BREATHER

NYT Reporter: Administration 'most closed, control-freak I've ever covered'...

Washington at War: Political animosity reaches new, personal level...

Navy SEALs Stage Raid on Somali Militants... { Truth be told, back when those uncivilized apes paraded around those 18 dead soldiers, if up to me, I would have carpet-bombed 18 square miles of the center of Mogadishu until but a barren parking lot devoid of any life whatsoever would have remained. }

Budget stalemate persists as focus shifts to debt ceiling...

Schiff: 'I think there's going to be a depression'...

 



Government Lies About Spying Again and Again … Here’s What’s REALLY Going On Posted by : George Washington Post date: 10/04/2013 - “Spies … Can Now, For The First Time, Monitor Everything About Us, And They Can Do So With A Few Clicks Of A Mouse And – To Placate The Lawyers – A Drop-Down Menu Of Justifications”

 

The End Of Nuclear Energy In Japan? Posted by: testosteronepit Post date: 10/04/2013 - The zero-nuclear option has a hugely popular and powerful backer in Shinzo Abe’s own party: former Prime Minister Koizumi

 

 

30 Statistics About Americans Under The Age Of 30 That Will Blow Your Mind

Young Adults - Photo by Linda Goldstein, reporter for IIT Tech NewsWhy are young people in America so frustrated these days?  You are about to find out.  Most young adults started out having faith in the system.  They worked hard, they got good grades, they stayed out of trouble and many of them went on to college.  But when their educations where over, they discovered that the good jobs that they had been promised were not waiting for them at the end of the rainbow.  Even in the midst of this so-called "economic recovery", the full-time employment rate for Americans under the age of 30 continues to fall.  And incomes for that age group continue to fall as well.  At the same time, young adults are dealing with record levels of student loan debt.  As a result, more young Americans than ever are putting off getting married and having families, and more of them than ever are moving back in with their parents. (Read More....) It can be absolutely soul crushing when you discover that the "bright future" that the system had been promising you for so many years turns out to be a lie.  A lot of young people ultimately give up on the system and many of them end up just kind of drifting aimlessly through life.  The following is an example from a recent Wall Street Journal article...

James Roy, 26, has spent the past six years paying off $14,000 in student loans for two years of college by skating from job to job. Now working as a supervisor for a coffee shop in the Chicago suburb of St. Charles, Ill., Mr. Roy describes his outlook as "kind of grim."

"It seems to me that if you went to college and took on student debt, there used to be greater assurance that you could pay it off with a good job," said the Colorado native, who majored in English before dropping out. "But now, for people living in this economy and in our age group, it's a rough deal."

Young adults as a group have been experiencing a tremendous amount of economic pain in recent years.  The following are 30 statistics about Americans under the age of 30 that will blow your mind...

* #1 The labor force participation rate for men in the 18 to 24 year old age bracket is at an all-time low.

* #2 The ratio of what men in the 18 to 29 year old age bracket are earning compared to the general population is at an all-time low.

* #3 Only about a third of all adults in their early 20s are working a full-time job.

* #4 For the entire 18 to 29 year old age bracket, the full-time employment rate continues to fall.  In June 2012, 47 percent of that entire age group had a full-time job.  One year later, in June 2013, only 43.6 percent of that entire age group had a full-time job.

* #5 Back in the year 2000, 80 percent of men in their late 20s had a full-time job.  Today, only 65 percent do.

* #6 In 2007, the unemployment rate for the 20 to 29 year old age bracket was about 6.5 percent.  Today, the unemployment rate for that same age group is about 13 percent.

* #7 American families that have a head of household that is under the age of 30 have a poverty rate of 37 percent.

* #8 During 2012, young adults under the age of 30 accounted for 23 percent of the workforce, but they accounted for a whopping 36 percent of the unemployed.

* #9 During 2011, 53 percent of all Americans with a bachelor’s degree under the age of 25 were either unemployed or underemployed.

* #10 At this point about half of all recent college graduates are working jobs that do not even require a college degree.

* #11 The number of Americans in the 16 to 29 year old age bracket with a job declined by 18 percent between 2000 and 2010.

* #12 According to one survey, 82 percent of all Americans believe that it is harder for young adults to find jobs today than it was for their parents to find jobs.

* #13 Incomes for U.S. households led by someone between the ages of 25 and 34 have fallen by about 12 percent after you adjust for inflation since the year 2000.

* #14 In 1984, the median net worth of households led by someone 65 or older was 10 times larger than the median net worth of households led by someone 35 or younger.  Today, the median net worth of households led by someone 65 or older is 47 times larger than the median net worth of households led by someone 35 or younger.

* #15 In 2011, SAT scores for young men were the worst that they had been in 40 years.

* #16 Incredibly, approximately two-thirds of all college students graduate with student loans.

* #17 According to the Federal Reserve, the total amount of student loan debt has risen by 275 percent since 2003.

* #18 In America today, 40 percent of all households that are led by someone under the age of 35 are paying off student loan debt.  Back in 1989, that figure was below 20 percent.

* #19 The total amount of student loan debt in the United States now exceeds the total amount of credit card debt in the United States.

* #20 According to the U.S. Department of Education, 11 percent of all student loans are at least 90 days delinquent.

* #21 The student loan default rate in the United States has nearly doubled since 2005.

* #22 One survey found that 70% of all college graduates wish that they had spent more time preparing for the "real world" while they were still in college.

* #23 In the United States today, there are more than 100,000 janitors that have college degrees.

* #24 In the United States today, 317,000 waiters and waitresses have college degrees.

* #25 Today, an all-time low 44.2 percent of all Americans between the ages of 25 and 34 are married.

* #26 According to the Pew Research Center, 57 percent of all Americans in the 18 to 24 year old age bracket lived with their parents during 2012.

* #27 One poll discovered that 29 percent of all Americans in the 25 to 34 year old age bracket are still living with their parents.

* #28 Young men are nearly twice as likely to live with their parents as young women the same age are.

* #29 Overall, approximately 25 million American adults are living with their parents according to Time Magazine.

* #30 Young Americans are becoming increasingly frustrated that previous generations have saddled them with a nearly 17 trillion dollar national debt that they are expected to make payments on for the rest of their lives.

And this trend is not just limited to the United States.  As I have written about frequently, unemployment rates for young adults throughout Europe have been soaring to unprecedented heights.  For example, the unemployment rate for those under the age of 25 in Italy has now reached 40.1 percent.

Simon Black of the Sovereign Man blog discussed this global trend in a recent article on his website...

Youth unemployment rates in these countries are upwards of 40% to nearly 70%. The most recent figures published by the Italian government show yet another record high in youth unemployment.

An entire generation is now coming of age without being able to leave the nest or have any prospect of earning a decent wage in their home country.

This underscores an important point that I’ve been writing about for a long time: young people in particular get the sharp end of the stick.

They’re the last to be hired, the first to be fired, the first to be sent off to fight and die in foreign lands, and the first to have their benefits cut.

And if they’re ever lucky enough to find meaningful employment, they can count on working their entire lives to pay down the debts of previous generations through higher and higher taxes.

But when it comes time to collect… finally… those benefits won’t be there for them.

Meanwhile, the overall economy continues to get even weaker.

In the United States, Gallup's daily economic confidence index is now the lowest that it has been in more than a year.

For young people that are in high school or college right now, the future does not look bright.  In fact, this is probably as good as the U.S. economy is going to get.  It is probably only going to be downhill from here.

The system is failing, and young people are going to become even angrier and even more frustrated.

So what will that mean for our future?

Please feel free to share what you think by posting a comment below...

 

 

21 Of The Best Comments Posted By Frustrated Americans On The Official Obamacare Facebook Page

Obamacare Website Down

The launch of Obamacare has been a complete and total nightmare so far.  The “online exchanges” are constantly crashing, there are endless glitches and delays, and many of the people that actually have been able to successfully register for an account are discovering that health insurance premiums under Obamacare are far higher than what they are used to paying.  In fact, as I wrote about the other day, some Americans that have had their old policies canceled by their insurance companies are discovering that their health insurance costs will double or even triple under Obamacare.  What a great “success”, eh?  Under Obamacare, Americans are going to pay more for health care, they are going to have more limited health care options, they are going to be subjected to much more paperwork, and if they choose not to participate in the system they are going to be hit with very punitive fines.  What’s not to like?

But despite all of the negatives, a lot of Americans were actually looking forward to (Read More....)

 

 

SHUTDOWN FALLDOWN

GALLUP: OBAMA FALLS TO 41%...
WIRED SHUT: BARRICADE AT WWII MEMORIAL REINFORCED...
Military keeps Camp David open; Halts NFL, baseball coverage to troops overseas...
Autumn 'leaf season' in jeopardy...
Debt ceiling fight dates to Founding Fathers...
Boehner looking to temper expectations...
WH asks for shutdown sob stories...

$63B Spent, $26B Taxed, $1.6B Borrowed in First 2 Days of 'Shutdown'...

'DUCK DYNASTY' Star Claims Editors Cut Jesus' Name From Prayer At End Of Show...

UPDATE: Off-duty NYPD cop stood by while bikers beat dad...

REPORT: Feds seize grocer's bank account for no reason...

 

SHOCK VIDEO: Obama Supporters Don't Know What Party Obama Is Affiliated With!

POLL: 88% say government 'in charge' of people...

Happy Birthday: Tax Code Increases 73,208 Pages Since Inception...

Former NSA/CIA Chief Jokes About Putting Edward Snowden on Obama's Kill List...

 

Government Shutdown Not Slowing Down Warmongers Posted by : George Washington Post date: 10/03/2013 - Warmongering Continuing Full Speed Ahead …The government shutdown isn’t slowing down the warmongers.  For example:

* The CIA is ramping up covert training program for Syrian rebels

* President Obama has waived a ban on aiding regimes that use child soldiers

* The Department of Defense awarded 94 new contracts worth a combined total of more than $5 billion dollars the day right before the government shutdown

* DoD will continue to award contracts during the shutdown … but will stop publicly announcing them

* The giant $2 billion dollar NSA spying center in Utah is still opening (the NSA is part of the Department of Defense, which carries out assassination and cyber-warfare campaigns, as well as destroying the privacy of American citizens)

As Ron Paul notes, military spending will increase 18% even after the sequestration “cuts”:

Reducing spending on militarism would not only help balance the budget, but would enhance our security.Yet both the House and the Senate continuing resolutions not only fail to reduce military spending, they actually authorize $20 billion more in military spending than authorized by the “sequestration” created by the 2011 Budget Control Act.  Most of the supposedly “draconian” sequestration cuts are not even cuts; instead, they are “reductions in the planed rate of spending.” This is where Congress increases spending but by less than originally planned—and yet they claim to cut spending.

 

Under sequestration, military spending increases by 18 percent instead of by 20 percent over the next ten years. Yet some so-called conservatives are so opposed to these phony cuts in military spending that they would support increased taxes and increased welfare “military” spending. This “grand bargain” would benefit the DC political class and the special interests, but it would be a disaster for the American people.

Of course, we wouldn’t be in this crisis of hitting the debt ceiling in the first place if we hadn’t spent so much money on unnecessary wars … which are horrible for the economy.

And as John Whitehead writes:

The one area not impacted in the least by a government shutdown will be the police/surveillance state and its various militarized agencies, spying programs and personnel. Take a look at the programs and policies that will not be affected by a government shutdown, and you’ll get a clearer sense of the government’s priorities — priorities which have … little to do with serving taxpayers and everything to do with maintaining power and control, while being sold to the public under the guise of national security.

Postscript: Those who say that soldiers won’t be paid are wrong.   Active-duty military service members, plus civilians and contractors with the departments of Defense and Homeland Security  support active-duty troops and guardsmen, will still be paid during the temporary cessation of most government activities.

Chief DHS Privacy Officer: Government Called Privacy Office "Terrorists" Posted by: George Washington Post date: 10/02/2013 - DHS Pretends It Still Has Privacy Officers ... When They've All Quit In Disgust

 

Jim Rogers Warns US Stock Investors "Be Careful... You're In A Fool's Paradise"

"We may well have had a big, big rally in the U.S. stock market, but it's not based on reality.

I would encourage investors to know you're in a fool's paradise, be careful, and when people start singing praises, say, 'I've been to this party before, and I know know it's time to leave.'"

-Jim Rogers

 

Government Shutdown? 36 Facts Which Prove That Almost Everything Is Still Running

There really is very little reason why this "government shutdown" cannot continue indefinitely because almost everything is still running.  63 percent of all federal workers are still working, and 85 percent of all government activities are still being funded during this "shutdown". It turns out that the definition of "essential personnel" has expanded so much over the years that almost everyone is considered "essential" at this point.  In fact, this shutdown is such a non-event that even referring to it as a "partial government shutdown" would really be overstating what is actually happening. In the end, this shutdown could turn out to be very good for America.  We have a government that is wildly out of control and that desperately needs to be reigned in.

 

 

Wall Street Headhunter: "I Haven't Seen Morale This Bad Since The Titanic"

One thing is now abundantly clear: 2013 is now one big scratch for bankers who were expecting that this year bonuses would finally pick up from the prior several years mediocre performance and catch up to the record days of 2009 (just after the biggest wholesale bank bailout in history). The WSJ summarizes the situation best: "I haven't seen morale this bad since the Titanic," said Richard Stein, a senior recruiter at Caldwell Partners CWL.T -3.41% who specializes in financial services. And if bankers are not happy, nobody else will be (here's looking at you dear perpetual banker bailout ATM known as US taxpayers).

 

Have Questions On Obamacare? Call 1-800-F U-CKYO

Presented with a stunned level of WTFness... the Obamacare Help-Line - available 24/7 is 1-800-318-2596 as we have been told a number of times by the President... it seems someone did not do their due diligence on what that telephone number's mnemomic is...

1-800-F U-CKYO

Indeed, Mr. President, 1-800-318-2596 to you too.

 

Government Shutdown? 36 Facts Which Prove That Almost Everything Is Still Running

The West Front of the U.S. CapitolAll of this whining and crying about a "government shutdown" is a total joke.  You see, there really is very little reason why this "government shutdown" cannot continue indefinitely because almost everything is still running.  63 percent of all federal workers are still working, and 85 percent of all government activities are still being funded during this "shutdown".  Yes, the Obama administration has been making a big show of taking down government websites and blocking off the World War II Memorial, but overall business in Washington D.C. is being conducted pretty much as usual.  It turns out that the definition of "essential personnel" has expanded so much over the years that almost everyone is considered "essential" at this point.  In fact, this shutdown is such a non-event that even referring to it as a "partial government shutdown" would really be overstating what is actually happening.  The following are 36 facts which prove that almost everything is still running during this government shutdown... (Read More....)

* #1 According to U.S. Senator Rand Paul, 85 percent of all government activities are actually being funded during this "government shutdown".

* #2 Approximately 1,350,000 "essential" federal employees will continue to work during this "government shutdown".

* #3 Overall, 63 percent of the federal workforce will continue to work during this "government shutdown".

* #4 The U.S. Postal Service will continue to deliver our mail.

* #5 U.S. military personnel will remain on duty and will continue to get paid.

* #6 Social Security recipients will continue to get their benefits.

* #7 Medicare recipients will continue to get their benefits.

* #8 Medicaid recipients will continue to get their benefits.

* #9 Food stamp recipients will continue to get their benefits.

* #10 Those on unemployment will continue to get their benefits.

* #11 Federal retirees will continue to get their pensions.

* #12 The federal school lunch program has enough money to go through at least the end of this month.

* #13 Public schools all over the country will continue to stay open.

* #14 Almost all federal law enforcement officials will continue working.

* #15 The Federal Reserve will remain "completely functional".

* #16 The Supreme Court will continue to operate normally and federal courts have enough money to keep going for at least two weeks.

* #17 TSA employees will continue to molest travelers at our airports.

* #18 Air traffic controllers will continue to monitor traffic at our airports.

* #19 Hopelessly outmanned border patrol agents will continue to try to stem the tide of illegal immigration.

* #20 Visas and passports will continue to be issued by the State Department.

* #21 The Veterans Administration will continue to offer substandard medical services, and it will be able to continue processing benefit payments at least for now.

* #22 The Obama administration apparently has plenty of money to spend on closing open-air memorials that are usually open to the public 24 hours a day.

* #23 The Department of Defense announced the awarding of 94 new contracts worth a combined total of more than 5 billion dollars on September 30th - the day right before the "government shutdown".

* #24 The "government shutdown" has not prevented the new two billion dollar NSA spy center from opening up.

* #25 Federal prisons will continue to operate normally.

* #26 Amtrak trains will continue to run.

* #27 The Patent and Trademark Office will be open.

* #28 The Consumer Product Safety Commission will continue to issue product recalls if the products "create an immediate threat to the safety of human life".

* #29 The National Weather Service and the National Hurricane Center will continue to track weather patterns.

* #30 If the federal government needs to respond to a natural disaster, this "shutdown" will not affect that.

* #31 NASA will continue to support the Mars Rover and the two American astronauts up on the International Space Station.

* #32 All city employees of the D.C. government have been deemed "essential" and will continue to go to work.

* #33 Even though the Obamacare exchanges are not working properly, people will still be able to access them.

* #34 The IRS will continue to collect taxes, but it will be suspending punitive audits of conservative organizations.

* #35 Barack Obama will continue to get paid for the full duration of this "shutdown".

* #36 The U.S. Congress will continue to get paid for the full duration of this "shutdown".

Of course not everything is operating normally during this government shutdown.  Government parks are closed.  The EPA and the Department of Energy have almost totally closed up shop.  But overall, most Americans are not going to notice much of a difference.

And perhaps now is a good time for the American people to evaluate whether or not they actually need a gigantic federal government that wastes enormous mountains of our money.

For example, our federal government recently spent $98,670 to construct a single outhouse in Alaska.

That is more than a lot of Americans pay for their entire houses.

For many more examples like this, please see my previous article entitled "The Waste List: 66 Crazy Ways That The U.S. Government Is Wasting Your Hard-Earned Money".

It is about time that Washington D.C. started experiencing some of the "belt-tightening" that the rest of the country has been going through.  For far too long, the fatcats in D.C. have been living in an alternate reality where they have been able to live the high life at our expense.  A recent blog post by Daniel Greenfield discussed how this shutdown is going to affect the alternate reality that the Obamas have been living in...

The government shutdown has forced Obama to make do with only a quarter of his 1,701 person staff. That would leave 436 “vital” employees. The 90 people who look after his living quarters would be slashed to 15 to “provide minimum maintenance and support”.

Buckingham Palace, which is twelve times the size of the White House and has its own clockmaker, only has an 800 person staff. King Harald V of Norway and his court make do with 152 staffers. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden gets by with 203.

On Twitter, Michelle Obama announced that she is unable to Tweet on her own without the aid of all of her sixteen assistants; many of whom take home six figure salaries. There are more directors, associate directors and deputy associate directors on Michelle Obama’s staff than there were in George Washington’s entire administration.

Presidents have fought wars and made peace, explored and annexed vast territories and built a nation out of a handful of colonies with fewer senior staffers than are needed to handle Michelle Obama’s Twitter account.

Oh the humanity!  Will Michelle Obama ever tweet again?  And how will the White House continue to function without at least one projectionist on duty at the White House 24 hours a day?

No wonder Barack Obama is so upset about this shutdown.

In the end, this shutdown could turn out to be very good for America.  We have a government that is wildly out of control and that desperately needs to be reigned in.

During the Obama administration, federal debt held by the public has risen by 90 percent, and overall federal government spending has risen by a whopping 317 percent since 1990.

So is it really a bad thing that the federal government has been forced to cut back for a little while?

Our politicians can whine and cry all they want.  They won't be getting any sympathy from me.

 

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Woman tries to ram car into White House barricade... { Typical niggers … perfect match for that other recent vintage killer, nigger, aaron alexis }
Believed to Have History of Mental Illness... { Riiiiight … the ‘mental illness thing … reality: typical niggers … look at the stats! }
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Small child recovered from vehicle...
SENATOR: 'I didn't get my Marine sword down to do battle, but I was ready to'...
Rangel Blames Republicans...

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Congressman assaulted outside Capitol...

'Jihad'...

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Insurance Manager: 'We Have Yet To Have Someone Successfully Register'...

WH: We 'Don't Have that Data'...

TV Station Can't Find Anyone Who Signed Up...

WASHPOST seeks public's assistance in search...

Some state websites see less than 1% signup rates...

Louisiana: Zero Enroll?

CA says 5M hits; actual number 645K...

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Barrycades: Try to Close Privately Owned Mount Vernon...

Philly tavern frequented by Founding Fathers shuttered...

Lodge with 12 rooms closes on Cape Cod...

Monuments, memorials stayed open during last shutdown...

Grocery stores on Army bases closed, Obama's golf course open...

 

 

 

DR FeKYLL AND MR HYPe Posted by : williambanzai7 Post date: 09/30/2013 - 9.30.2013 in Nutshell...

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Mark Hulbert Market overvalued, CFOs say Commentary: Chief financial officer survey on stock valuations is worrisome for these reasons. { The reality is that for quite some time, valuation in any meaningful sense has become largely irrelevant; and, manipulation in favor of the ‘compliant cheerleaders/propagandists’ (buffet, et als) for this great american fraud and embrace of decline has become the rule and not the exception. In fact, I’m surprised that the market hasn’t tanked 30-40% with the shutdown, so interconnected/dependent it’s become with government induced contraindicated QE/welfare and a ‘hands-off approach’ to the huge inflated ‘churn-and-earn hot potato paper fraud’ called wall street. The ‘so-called sell the sizzle’ tech sector also has become as preposterous as in the dot-com bust days.  }

 

Treasury Warns Asset Manager "Herding" Threatens US Financial System

Just two weeks ago we explained how when there is only one driving factor for market performance and "too-many coat-tail clinging asset managers chasing too few real alpha opportunities" then problems can arise. Critically, we showed the correlation between the S&P 500 and hedge fund returns has never been higher and is approaching 1. So it is refreshing that the Treasury Department agrees in a recent report that this "herding into popular assets" by asset managers could pose a threat to the US financial system.

 

 

 

Say It Often Enough And It's True

To suggest that the United States is not the richest country in the world, or that the government could default, is tantamount to blasphemy. It doesn’t matter that every objective scrap of evidence points to the inevitable conclusion that the US government is going to have to default on its obligations. The hubris and arrogance here is amazing. And it just goes to show that if you just repeat something over and over again, people will believe it... no matter how absurd. This is the basic premise behind propaganda. Start with an idea. Inundate the population through constant repetition. And soon it becomes the unquestionable truth.

 

 

 

 

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WWII VETS STORM DC MEMORIAL...
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Reid blames Republicans...
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'WHY WOULD WE WANT TO' HELP ONE KID WITH CANCER?

 

Some Obamacare state websites see less than 1% signup rates...

Louisiana: Zero Enroll?

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FEEL THE PAIN: IRS collecting money, not sending refunds during shutdown...

Just 6.6% of EPA employees deemed 'essential'...

9 out of 10 IRS workers sent home...

But 1,350,000 still on the job...

NPS Orders Closure of Park that Receives No Federal Funding...

No more golf for Obama?!

TV network stories blame GOP 21-0...  { Yeah, that ‘access/government welfare/fear thing’ is tough to shake … I’m inclined to believe WOODWARD: 'On the president's head'... }

NSA Central to U.S. Assassination Program Posted by: George Washington Post date: 09/29/2013 - Intelligence Agencies Central In Assassination Programs Carried out Without Oversight

 

 

 

World Bank Whistleblower Karen Hudes Reveals How The Global Elite Rule The World

Karen HudesKaren Hudes is a graduate of Yale Law School and she worked in the legal department of the World Bank for more than 20 years.  In fact, when she was fired for blowing the whistle on corruption inside the World Bank, she held the position of Senior Counsel.  She was in a unique position to see exactly how the global elite rule the world, and the information that she is now revealing to the public is absolutely stunning.  According to Hudes, the elite use a very tight core of financial institutions and mega-corporations to dominate the planet.  The goal is control.  They want all of us enslaved to debt, they want all of our governments enslaved to debt, and they want all of our politicians addicted to the huge financial contributions that they funnel into their campaigns.  Since the elite also own all of the big media companies, the mainstream media never lets us in on the secret that there is something fundamentally wrong with the way that our system works. (Read More....)

 

FLASH: Senate Kills Bill to Fund Gov't...
DEMS VOTE TO KEEP TAX ON MEDICAL EQUIPMENT...

House GOP: Eliminate subsidies for Congress!
REQUIRE ADMINISTRATION TO SIGN UP!
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Even in shutdown, Feds get overtime, comp time, 'Sunday pay'...
Kerry still going on Tokyo/Bali trip...

BREAKING BAD

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FAT CITY: Obesity up 25% in NYC under Nanny Bloomberg...

Train Runs Over Couple Having Sex on Tracks...

Thugs Armed with Tasers Terrorizing DC Streets...

 

 

Congressman Shows Obamacare Exchanges Crash Minutes After Launch

 

Senate Rejects House Proposal to Avoid Shutdown Hours Before Deadline

 

 

 

Global Growth Hopes Fade As Baltic Dry Drops Most In 11 Months

While the recent surge in the Baltic Dry Index was headlined as 'proof' that the global recovery was 'on', China is back, and every retiree should BTFATH, we recently noted, all was not at all it seems on the surface of this data. Fast forward a few days and we have had 2 China PMI misses (notably disappointing relative to their Flash prints) and now the Baltic Dry has plunged by its most in 11 months over the last 4 days. Of course, we've seen these kind of ramps and dumps before in the Baltic Dry - though it is odd that we don't hear the cheerleaders as the price collapses.

 

 

Domestic Vehicle Sales Plunge; Miss By Most Since Jan 2009

We already noted the apparently 'transitory' weakness in GM's numbers and huge surge in channel-stuffing; but now the full numbers are in and it is not pretty. The annualized domestic vehicles sales collapsed (by the most in 29 months) to 11.66 million - it's lowest in 11 months - missing expectations by the most since January 2009. Stone McCarthy offers some hope that this does not signal "peak autos" for this cycle as they note, "it would appear that sales for September were pulled into August due to the extra selling days for August, stemming from the manner in which the Labor Day weekend fell on the calendar this year. Recall that August sales were firmer relative to expectations and now we have September being weaker."

 

 

David Stockman Fears Intense Resentment Over "Disaster" That Is Obamacare

"Obamacare is a disaster," is the jumping-off point for David Stockman's latest tirade against the "greatest expansion to the welfare state in the last 80 years," that was rammed through congress on a totally partisan vote. In this brief Bloomberg TV clip, Stockman "understands why the Republicans are willing to hold up government if they have to," as there is growing intensity of partisanship and resentment that can only bode ill for debt ceiling discussions... "The Republicans have to take a stand."

 

 

Why Are They Trying So Hard To Demonize Gun Owners?

The sculpture of the Knotted Gun at the V & A Waterfront, Cape Town - Photo by Kirsten WilkensThere is an all-out effort to demonize gun owners in the United States today.  Those that own guns are repeatedly portrayed as being uneducated, mentally deficient racists in the mainstream media.  No evidence is ever produced to actually back up those claims.  Gun owners regularly make lists of “potential terrorists” in official government documents, and many government officials openly regard them as ultra-paranoid “conspiracy nuts” that are a serious threat to national security.  Of course the truth is that gun owners are actually among the most law-abiding and patriotic people in the entire nation, but that doesn’t really fit with the radical gun control agenda of the progressive elite.  In order to move their agenda forward, they must make gun owners look bad, and they will go to ridiculous extremes in order to achieve that goal.  And to a certain extent, it is working.  As you will see below, some large financial companies no longer want to conduct business with gun owners, and just the sight of a gun is enough to get people freaking out and calling the police in many communities in America today. (Read More.....)

 

Widespread Glitches in 34 States...

PAPER: America's Superpower Status Ebbs Away...

FOURNIER: Beginning of the End for Washington...

CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...

Senate votes NOT to negotiate with House on compromise...
 
Kerry still going on Tokyo/Bali trip...

Illegal to walk on National Mall?

FLASHBACK: Government has shut down 17 times since 1976...

Are the WH chefs 'essential'?

Toddler Among 4 Stabbed in NYC...

'He was walking through park and just started going after people'...

Man Shot 8 Times During Robbery At Historic Philly Park...   { Niggers! }

Government Has Shut Down 18 Times Since 1976 Posted by : George Washington Post date: 10/01/2013 - Not the End of the World

 

 

Oxford Professors: Robots And Computers Could Take Half Our Jobs Within The Next 20 Years

Robot 2013What are human workers going to do when super-intelligent robots and computers are better than us at doing everything?  That is one of the questions that a new study by Dr. Carl Frey and Dr. Michael Osborne of Oxford University sought to address, and what they concluded was that 47 percent of all U.S. jobs could be automated within the next 20 years.  Considering the fact that the percentage of the U.S. population that is employed is already far lower than it was a decade ago, it is frightening to think that tens of millions more jobs could disappear due to technological advances over the next couple of decades.  I have written extensively about how we are already losing millions of jobs to super cheap labor on the other side of the globe.  What are middle class families going to do as technology also takes away huge numbers of our jobs at an ever increasing pace?  We live during a period of history when knowledge is increasing an an exponential rate.  In the past, when human workers were displaced by technology it also created new kinds of jobs that the world had never seen before.  But what happens when the day arrives when computers and robots can do almost everything more cheaply and more efficiently than humans can? (Read More....)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Q3 Earnings Warnings Second-Worst Since 2001

US companies are warning about Q3 earnings at the second highest level since 2001, with estimates well below what they were just three short months ago. Of course, the US equity markets don't care - having rallied aggressively in the face of this collapse; lubricated by multiple-expanding QE and rev. repo. As Reuters reports, companies issuing negative outlooks outnumber positive ones by 5.2-to-1, the most negative since the 6.3-to-1 ratio in the second quarter, when however the "second half recovery" (which has been once again indefinitely delayed, perhaps to the third half?) was said would take place momentarily and lead to another mythical rebound. Industrials, Materials, and Tech top the list for negative pre-announcements.

 

Marc Faber Warns “We Have Reached The Endgame Of Monetary Policy”

Zero Hedge | “One day this whole credit bubble will be deflated very badly – you are going to experience a complete implosion of all asset prices and the credit system…”

 

State and Local Taxes at All Time Highs

Lew Rockwell Blog | I thought Republicans on the state and local levels were more “conservative” than those on the national level?

 

 

 

 

 

      20 Obama Quotes About Islam Contrasted With 20 Obama Quotes About Christianity

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      You are about to read some of the most shocking quotes that Barack Obama has ever uttered in public.  A few of these have been widely circulated, but most of them are very obscure.  Even though he claims to be a Christian, throughout his political career Obama has repeatedly attacked traditional Biblical Christianity and he has a very long history of anti-Christian actions.  In public speeches he has repeatedly cast doubt on the Bible, he has repeatedly stated that he does not believe that Jesus is necessary for salvation, and he has consistently said that he believes that all “people of faith” believe in the same God.  At the same time, Obama has always referred to Muhammed as “the Prophet”, he has always expressed great love and respect for Islam, and he has even removed all references to Islam from terror training materials used by federal government agencies.  So what in the world does “the leader of the free world” actually believe?  Read the quotes below and (Read More....)

      20 Quotes By Barack Obama About Islam

*  #1 “The future must not belong to those who slander the Prophet of Islam”

*  #2 “The sweetest sound I know is the Muslim call to prayer”

*  #3 “We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over the centuries to shape the world — including in my own country.”

*  #4 “As a student of history, I also know civilization’s debt to Islam.”

*  #5 “Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance.”

*  #6 “Islam has always been part of America”

*  #7 “we will encourage more Americans to study in Muslim communities”

*  #8 “These rituals remind us of the principles that we hold in common, and Islam’s role in advancing justice, progress, tolerance, and the dignity of all human beings.”

*  #9 “America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.”

*  #10 “I made clear that America is not – and never will be – at war with Islam.”

*  #11 “Islam is not part of the problem in combating violent extremism – it is an important part of promoting peace.”

*  #12 “So I have known Islam on three continents before coming to the region where it was first revealed”

*  #13 “In ancient times and in our times, Muslim communities have been at the forefront of innovation and education.”

*  #14 “throughout history, Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality.”

*  #15 “Ramadan is a celebration of a faith known for great diversity and racial equality”

*  #16 “The Holy Koran tells us, ‘O mankind! We have created you male and a female; and we have made you into nations and tribes so that you may know one another.’”

*  #17 “I look forward to hosting an Iftar dinner celebrating Ramadan here at the White House later this week, and wish you a blessed month.”

*  #18 “We’ve seen those results in generations of Muslim immigrants – farmers and factory workers, helping to lay the railroads and build our cities, the Muslim innovators who helped build some of our highest skyscrapers and who helped unlock the secrets of our universe.”

*  #19 “That experience guides my conviction that partnership between America and Islam must be based on what Islam is, not what it isn’t. And I consider it part of my responsibility as president of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.”

*  #20 “I also know that Islam has always been a part of America’s story.”

      20 Quotes By Barack Obama About Christianity

*  #1 “Whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian nation”

*  #2 “We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation.”

*  #3 “Which passages of scripture should guide our public policy?  Should we go with Leviticus, which suggests slavery is OK and that eating shellfish is an abomination?  Or we could go with Deuteronomy, which suggests stoning your child if he strays from the faith?”

*  #4 “Even those who claim the Bible’s inerrancy make distinctions between Scriptural edicts, sensing that some passages – the Ten Commandments, say, or a belief in Christ’s divinity – are central to Christian faith, while others are more culturally specific and may be modified to accommodate modern life.”

*  #5 “The American people intuitively understand this, which is why the majority of Catholics practice birth control and some of those opposed to gay marriage nevertheless are opposed to a Constitutional amendment to ban it. Religious leadership need not accept such wisdom in counseling their flocks, but they should recognize this wisdom in their politics.”

*  #6 From Obama’s book, The Audacity of Hope: “I am not willing to have the state deny American citizens a civil union that confers equivalent rights on such basic matters as hospital visitation or health insurance coverage simply because the people they love are of the same sex—nor am I willing to accept a reading of the Bible that considers an obscure line in Romans to be more defining of Christianity than the Sermon on the Mount.”

*  #7 Obama’s response when asked what his definition of sin is: “Being out of alignment with my values.”

*  #8 “If all it took was someone proclaiming I believe Jesus Christ and that he died for my sins, and that was all there was to it, people wouldn’t have to keep coming to church, would they.”

*  #9 “This is something that I’m sure I’d have serious debates with my fellow Christians about. I think that the difficult thing about any religion, including Christianity, is that at some level there is a call to evangelize and prostelytize. There’s the belief, certainly in some quarters, that people haven’t embraced Jesus Christ as their personal savior that they’re going to hell.”

*  #10 “I find it hard to believe that my God would consign four-fifths of the world to hell.  I can’t imagine that my God would allow some little Hindu kid in India who never interacts with the Christian faith to somehow burn for all eternity.  That’s just not part of my religious makeup.”

*  #11 “I don’t presume to have knowledge of what happens after I die. But I feel very strongly that whether the reward is in the here and now or in the hereafter, the aligning myself to my faith and my values is a good thing.”

*  #12 “I’ve said this before, and I know this raises questions in the minds of some evangelicals. I do not believe that my mother, who never formally embraced Christianity as far as I know … I do not believe she went to hell.”

*  #13 “Those opposed to abortion cannot simply invoke God’s will–they have to explain why abortion violates some principle that is accessible to people of all faiths.”

*  #14 On his support for civil unions for gay couples: “If people find that controversial then I would just refer them to the Sermon on the Mount.”

*  #15 “You got into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton Administration, and the Bush Administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not. And it’s not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.”

*  #16 “In our household, the Bible, the Koran and the Bhagavad Gita sat on the shelf alongside books of Greek and Norse and African mythology”

*  #17 “On Easter or Christmas Day, my mother might drag me to church, just as she dragged me to the Buddhist temple, the Chinese New Year celebration, the Shinto shrine, and ancient Hawaiian burial sites.”

*  #18 “we have Jews, Muslims, Hindus, atheists, agnostics, Buddhists, and their own path to grace is one that we have to revere and respect as much as our own”

*  #19 “All of us have a responsibility to work for the day when the mothers of Israelis and Palestinians can see their children grow up without fear; when the Holy Land of the three great faiths is the place of peace that God intended it to be; when Jerusalem is a secure and lasting home for Jews and Christians and Muslims, and a place for all of the children of Abraham to mingle peacefully together as in the story of Isra — (applause) — as in the story of Isra, when Moses, Jesus, and Mohammed, peace be upon them, joined in prayer.  (Applause.)”

*  #20 “I believe that there are many paths to the same place, and that is a belief that there is a higher power, a belief that we are connected as a people.”

*  About the author: Michael T. Snyder is a former Washington D.C. attorney who now publishes The Truth. His new thriller entitled “The Beginning Of The End” is now available on Amazon.com.

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SHOCK: Black Pastor Shot by Black Man, Killed During Church Service...

 

 

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DELAY OBAMACARE OR WE WILL SHUT IT DOWN
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Islamic Terror Groups Are Killing Christians All Over The World And Obama Wants Us To Ally With Them

2013 Westgate shopping mall terrorist incident in Nairobi, Kenya - Photo by Anne KnightOver the past couple of days, we have witnessed some absolutely horrific examples of Islamic terror groups specifically targeting Christians and those from other non-Muslim religions.  Sadly, this is not a new phenomenon.  Radical Islamic jihadists are constantly attacking churches and slaughtering Christians all over the planet.  The recent events in Pakistan, Kenya and Egypt may have taken this persecution to a new level, but this is just the continuation of a trend that has been building for years.  Unfortunately, Barack Obama does not seem too concerned about Islamic terrorism.  In fact, he specifically directed that “all references to Islam” be removed from terrorism training materials that the federal government uses.  If that wasn’t bad enough, now Obama is actually supplying weapons to the radical jihadist rebels that want to take over Syria, and he appears to be very ready to use the U.S. military to attack the Assad regime directly if “negotiations” with the Syrian government fail.  In essence, Obama wants the United States to be allies with psychotic jihadists that have the exact same radical philosophy that those who are killing Christians in Pakistan, Kenya and Egypt have. (Read More.....)

 

NSA Central to U.S. Assassination Program Posted by: George Washington Post date: 09/29/2013 - Intelligence Agencies Central In Assassination Programs Carried out Without Oversight

Spy Agencies Are Doing WHAT? Posted by: George Washington Post date: 09/23/2013 - New Revelations Are Breaking Every Day

Revelations about the breathtaking scope of government spying are coming so fast that it's time for an updated roundup:

*  The government is spying on essentially everything we do. It is not just "metadata" ... although that is enough to destroy your privacy

*  The government has adopted a secret interpretation of the Patriot Act which allows it to pretend that "everything" is relevant ... so it spies on everyone.  For example, the NSA "oversight" court believes the mere claim that terrorists use the phone system is enough to show that all phone records are relevant

*  NSA whistleblowers say that the NSA collects all of our conversations word-for-word

*  It's not just the NSA ... Many other agencies, like the FBI and IRS – concerned only with domestic issues - spy on Americans as well. The Drug Enforcement Administration has had direct access to AT&T phone records for 25 years

*  The information gained through spying is shared with federal, state and local agencies, and they are using that information to prosecute petty crimes such as drugs and taxes. The agencies are instructed to intentionally "launder" the information gained through spying, i.e. to pretend that they got the information in a more legitimate way ... and to hide that from defense attorneys and judges

*  The Department of Health and Human Services will also have access to vast quantities of sensitive federal data on Americans as part of Obamacare (here's the underlying Government Accountability Office report)

*  The NSA not only shares our information with other American agencies, it also gives personal, sensitive unfiltered information on Americans to Israel and other foreign nations

*  And it's not only governments.  Private contractors can also view all of your data (and the government isn’t keeping track of which contractors see your data and which don’t). And because background checks regarding some contractors are falsified, it is hard to know the types of people that might have your information.  Indeed, private contractors are involved in spying on behalf of governments world-wide

*  It's not just your computer and your phone. It is well-documented that the government may be spying on us through cars and buses, streetlights, at airports and on the street, via mobile scanners and drones, through our smart meters, and in many other ways

*  Top counter-terror experts say that the government’s mass spying doesn't keep us safe

*  Indeed, they say that mass spying actually hurts U.S. counter-terror efforts (more here and here)

*  They say we can, instead, keep everyone safe without violating the Constitution ... more cheaply and efficiently than the current system

*  There is no real oversight by Congress, the courts, or the executive branch of government. And see this and this.

*  Indeed, most Congress members had no idea what the NSA is doing. Even staunch defenders of the NSA - and congress members on the intelligence oversight committees - now say they've been kept in the dark

*  A Federal judge who was on the secret spying court for 3 years says that it's a kangaroo court

*  Even the current judges on the secret spying court now admit that they're out of the loop and powerless to exercise real oversight.

*  When these judges raised concerns about NSA spying, the Justice Department completely ignored them

*  A former U.S. president says that the spying program shows that we no longer have a functioning democracy

*  The chairs of the 9/11 Commission say that NSA spying has gone way too far

*  Top constitutional experts say that Obama and Bush are worse than Nixon ... and the Stasi East Germans

*  While the government initially claimed that mass surveillance on Americans prevented more than 50 terror attacks, the NSA’s deputy director John Inglis walked that position back all the way to saying that – at the mostone (1) plot might have been disrupted by the bulk phone records collection alone. In other words, the NSA can't prove that stopped any terror attacks. The government greatly exaggerated an alleged recent terror plot for political purposes (and promoted the fearmongering of serial liars). The argument that recent terror warnings show that NSA spying is necessary is so weak that American counter-terrorism experts have slammed it as "crazy pants"

*  You're much more likely to be killed by brain-eating amoeba, lightning or a toddler than by terrorism. Even President Obama admits that you're much less likely to be killed by terrorists than a car accident. So the government has resorted to lamer and lamer excuses to try to justify mass surveillance

*  Experts say that the spying program is illegal, and is exactly the kind of thing which King George imposed on the American colonists ... which led to the Revolutionary War

*  A Harvard law school professor - and director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University - says:

"The NSA has mounted a systematic campaign against the foundations of American power: constitutional checks and balances, technological leadership, and market entrepreneurship. The NSA scandal is no longer about privacy, or a particular violation of constitutional or legislative obligations. The American body politic is suffering a severe case of auto-immune disease: our defense system is attacking other critical systems of our body".

*  The top counter-terrorism Czar under Clinton and Bush says that revealing NSA spying programs does not harm national security

*  The feds are considering prosecuting the owner of a private email company - who shut down his business rather than turning over records to the NSA - for refusing to fork over the information and keep quiet. This is a little like trying to throw someone in jail because he's died and is no longer paying taxes

*  Whistleblowers on illegal spying have no "legal" way to get the information out

*  Spying started before 9/11 ... and various excuses have been used to spy on Americans over the years

*  Governments and big corporations are doing everything they can to destroy anonymity

*  Mass spying creates an easy mark for hackers. Indeed, the Pentagon now sees the collection of "big data" as a "national security threat" ... but the NSA is the biggest data collector on the planet, and thus provides a tempting mother lode of information for foreign hackers

*  Mass surveillance by the NSA directly harms internet companies, Silicon Valley, California … and the entire U.S. economy.  For example, Facebook lost 11 millions users as of April mainly due to privacy concerns (and that was before the Snowden revelations).  And see these reports from Boingboing and the Guardian

*  IT and security professionals are quite concerned about government spying

*  Some people make a lot of money off of mass spying. But the government isn't using the spying program to stop the worst types of lawlessness

*  The NSA spying program is unambiguously being used for industrial espionage, by spying on large foreign corporations, and the biggest financial payments systems such as VISA and Swift.  Indeed, in a slide leaked by Edward Snowden, "economic" was one of the main justifications for spying

*  The top U.S. spy's justifications for such financial spying is not very reassuring:

"We collect this information for many important reasons: for one, it could provide the United States and our allies early warning of international financial crises which could negatively impact the global economy. It also could provide insight into other countries' economic policy or behavior which could affect global markets."

*  Top financial experts say that the NSA and other intelligence agencies are using the information to  profit from this inside information

*  The Wall Street Journal reported that the NSA spies on Americans’ credit card transactions.  Many other agencies are doing the same. In fact, virtually all U.S. intelligence agencies – including the CIA and NSA – are going to spy on Americans’ finances. The IRS will also be spying on Americans’ shopping records, travel, social interactions, health records and files from other government investigators

*  Polls show that the public doesn’t believe the NSA … and thinks that the government has gone way too far in the name of terrorism

*  While leaker Edward Snowden is treated as a traitor by the fatcats and elites, he is considered a hero by the American public.  Members of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches of government have all praised the debate on spying which Snowden's leaks started

*  The heads of the intelligence services have repeatedly been caught lying about spying. And even liberal publications are starting to say that Obama has been intentionally lying about spying. The government claimed that most spying programs ended in 2011, when - in fact - they were expanded that year

*  Obama says he'll rein in spying ... but his words and deeds indicate that he won't.  Indeed, Obama appointed the fox to guard the chicken coop. No wonder only 11% of Americans trust Obama to actually do anything to rein in spying

*  A huge majority of Americans wants the director of intelligence - Clapper - prosecuted for perjury One of the chairs of the 9/11 Commission agrees

*  While the Obama administration is spying on everyone in the country – it is at the same time the most secretive administration ever (background). That’s despite Obama saying he’s running the most transparent administration ever

*  The NSA treats the American people with contempt.  For example, Spiegel notes:

"The authors of the [NSA slides] draw a comparison with "1984," ... revealing the agency's current view of smartphones and their users. "Who knew in 1984 that this would be Big Brother …" the authors ask, in reference to a photo of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. And commenting on photos of enthusiastic Apple customers and iPhone users, the NSA writes: "… and the zombies would be paying customers?

*  Worse, the intelligence agencies often view normal, true-blue Americans as potential terrorists (and see this)

*  A Congressman noted that - even if a mass surveillance program is started for good purposes - it will inevitably turn into a witch hunt

*  There are indications that the spy agencies aren't just passively gathering information, but are actively using it in mischievous ways

*  Surveillance can be used to frame you if someone in government happens to take a dislike to you

*  Government spying has always focused on crushing dissent … not on keeping us safe

*  An NSA whistleblower says that the NSA is spying on – and blackmailing – top government officials and military officers (and see this)

*  High-level US government officials have warned for 40 years that mass surveillance would lead to tyranny in America

*  A top NSA whistleblower says that the only way to fix things is to fire all of the corrupt government officials who let it happen. As the polls above show, the American public is starting to wake up to that fact

 

NSA DIRECTOR ADMITS:

... Collecting data from social networks

... Testing U.S. cellphone tracking

... Releasing 'misleading' numbers on terror plots foiled by snooping

 

 

 

NJ property taxes up 13% under Christie...

Obama applauds mayoral candidate's vow to hike taxes in NYC...

CNN: 3 alleged Kenya attackers from USA...

Raises concerns in U.S....

Gunmen executed non-Muslims after asking them to name Prophet Mohammed's mother...

Deep cuts at agency responsible for investigating health-care fraud...

Secret American Subculture of Putin-Worshippers... { Secret … I doubt it … I believe the Russia/Putin ‘miracle’ is worthy of praise and world class global recognition as such! }

 

Movement grows to repeal Obamacare 'exemption' for Congress...

'Could they be more out of touch?'

 

 

 

OBAMA: Republicans 'trying to mess with me'...
'We are not some Banana Republic'...  { Au contraire …
http://www.albertpeia.com/112208opocoan/ricosummarytoFBIunderpenaltyofperjury.pdf      http://www.albertpeia.com/112208opocoan/PeiavCoanetals.htm       http://albertpeia.com/fbimartinezcongallard.htm    }

13 shot in mass shooting at Chicago park...
3-year-old boy shot in face...

CA Dem wishes death upon Ted Cruz staffer's children...

17,679 things the federal government has done since sequestration...

 

 

Quantitative Easing Worked For The Weimar Republic For A Little While Too

Wheelbarrow of Money

There is a reason why every fiat currency in the history of the world has eventually failed.  At some point, those issuing fiat currencies always find themselves giving in to the temptation to wildly print more money.  Sometimes, the motivation for doing this is good.  When an economy is really struggling, those that have been entrusted with the management of that economy can easily fall for the lie that things would be better if people just had "more money".  Today, the Federal Reserve finds itself faced with a scenario that is very similar to what the Weimar Republic was facing nearly 100 years ago.  Like the Weimar Republic, the U.S. economy is also struggling and like the Weimar Republic, the U.S. government is absolutely drowning in debt.  Unfortunately, the Federal Reserve has decided to adopt the same solution that the Weimar Republic chose.  The Federal Reserve is recklessly printing money out of thin air, and in the short-term some positive things have come out of it.  But quantitative easing worked for the Weimar Republic for a little while too.  At first, more money caused economic activity to increase and unemployment was low.  But all of that money printing destroyed faith in German currency and in the German financial system and ultimately Germany experienced an economic meltdown that the world is still talking about today.  This is the path that the Federal Reserve is taking America down, but most Americans have absolutely no idea what is happening. (Read More....)

 

 

Druckenmiller Blasts "The Biggest Redistribution Of Wealth From The Poor To The Rich Ever"

Reflecting on exactly what was said yesterday, Duquesne's Stanley Druckenmiller is initially perplexed as Bernanke explained 'financial conditions' - not interest rates - have prompted the decision to forestall any taper. His confusion is that financial conditions are actually slightly better than they were in June and "a stock market at an all-time high would suggest we don't have a problem with financial conditions." While he dismisses surveys, the big-money was betting that they were going to taper as is clear from the moves in gold, bonds, and stocks; and it appears the Fed "lost their nerve." In fact, Druck continues, the Fed "blew it... they had a freebie," they could have started the process to "get us off the dope." This action, or inaction, he warns "is going to make it so much harder for the next Chairman to start the process." In fact, he concludes, that from beginning to end - once markets adjust from these subsidized prices - that the wealth effect of QE will have been negative not positive.

 

McCain's self-defeating Pravda op-ed can only help Putin  Washington Post (blog) ‎- by Max Fisher Senator John McCain, a frequent critic of the Kremlin, responded to Russian President Vladimir Putin's New York Times op-ed with his own, ...

{ How laughable to hear of ‘never-saw-a-war-he-didn’t-like’ neo-con mccain try to lecture the historically formidable Vladimir Putin on the ‘rule of law’. What parallel universe is senile mccain operating in? ( I’m going to even give ‘songbird’ mccain a pass on his violation of military code while a POW so criticized by his fellow POWs).The law is something that I know a lot about; from intense study and direct experience, while mccain can’t possibly say the same. After all, there are indeed a plethora of rules of law in pervasively corrupt, defacto bankrupt america. The problem is, in venal america, they are not meaningful rules of law as applied to some and not others (him and his et als in the latter category). Wow! Talk about out of touch … or maybe he’s just used to such drivel/propaganda being lapped up by the dumbed down american masses!  See  http://www.albertpeia.com/112208opocoan/ricosummarytoFBIunderpenaltyofperjury.pdf      http://www.albertpeia.com/112208opocoan/PeiavCoanetals.htm       http://albertpeia.com/fbimartinezcongallard.htm    for reality!  }

 

PUTIN NOMINATED FOR NOBEL PEACE PRIZE...

 

 

DOCTOR OBAMACARE by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick
DOCTOR OBAMACARE, a photo by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick on Flickr.

 

 

 

 

Dozens Killed By Freakishly Huge Hornets In China – And Now They Are Attacking People In The U.S. Too

Asian Giant Hornet - Photo by Blogger Kurt Bell

The photo of an Asian giant hornet posted above was taken by blogger Kurt Bell, and as you can see, these Asian giant hornets are freakishly huge.  They are also extremely aggressive and they are not afraid to attack people at all.  And as you will read about below, getting stung by one of them is exceedingly painful.  If they only attacked humans once in a while, it wouldn’t be that big of a deal.  Unfortunately, Asian giant hornets appear to be multiplying rapidly and they have killed dozens of people in China in recent months.  But most Americans are not going to get too concerned about a plague of giant hornets on the other side of the planet.  Well, what if I told you that Asian giant hornets are now spreading like wildfire in this country and attacking people all over the United States?  Would I have your attention then?  Because that is precisely what is happening.

The recent giant hornet attacks in China have made headlines all over the (Read More....)

 

 

 

 

Yellowstone Supervolcano Alert: The Most Dangerous Volcano In America Is Roaring To Life

Yellowstone SupervolcanoRight now, the ground underneath Yellowstone National Park is rising at a record rate.  In fact, it is rising at the rate of about three inches per year.  The reason why this is such a concern is because underneath the park sits the Yellowstone supervolcano – the largest volcano in North America.  Scientists tell us that it is inevitable that it will erupt again one day, and when it does the devastation will be almost unimaginable.  A full-blown eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano would dump a 10 foot deep layer of volcanic ash up to 1,000 miles away, and it would render much of the United States uninhabitable.  When most Americans think of Yellowstone, they tend to conjure up images of Yogi Bear and “Old Faithful”, but the truth is that sleeping underneath Yellowstone is a volcanic beast that could destroy our nation in a single day and now that beast is starting to wake up. (Read More.....)

 

 

Are You Prepared For An Extremely Bitterly Cold Winter? Solar Activity Is At A 100 Year Low

Snowpocalypse - Photo by E4117

Are you ready for bone chilling cold this winter?  The Old Farmer’s Almanac and other weather forecasters that rely on solar activity as a factor in their weather forecasts are projecting that this upcoming winter will be bitterly cold.  Solar activity is at a 100 year low, and even though we were supposed to be in the midst of a solar maximum this year, our sun has been eerily quiet.  So precisely what in the world is going on?  There have been other periods throughout history when solar activity has been extraordinarily quiet, and those times have corresponded with periods of extreme cold.  For example, the “Maunder Minimum” which stretched from 1645 to 1715 corresponded with the most bitterly cold period that the earth experienced in the last 1000 years.  So could we be heading toward another “mini-ice age”?  That is a question that some scientists are now beginning to ask.

Clearly, something unusual is happening with our sun.  The following is from a Universe Today article that was posted back in (Read More....)