`The Cat recommends the following video:`

`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! }`

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

DR FeKYLL AND MR HYPe

Submitted by williambanzai7 on 09/30/2013 11:45 -0400

THe LoST CouNT... Posted by: williambanzai7 Post date: 09/27/2013 - QE....

THe LoST CouNT...

Submitted by williambanzai7

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As victims of stimulus mount

This thief must be held to account

He's bleeding us dry

His victims will die

The number of which he's lost count

The Limerick King

AiG IN SiX... Posted by: williambanzai7 Post date: 09/26/2013 - Let us not forget where and when this vast unending clusterfuck reached terminal velocity...

AiG IN SiX...

Submitted by williambanzai7 on 09/26/2013

THE KEYNESIAN...

THE ALUMNIS...

THE MISSIONARY...

THE VICTIM...

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The Evil is looking perverse

Our freedom replaced by a curse

His speeches were clear

The evil is here

Just listen to them in reverse

The Limerick King

FaT BoTToMeD GoLDMaN GiRL... Posted by: williambanzai7 Post date: 09/25/2013 - Get on your bailout bikes and ride!

FaT BoTToMeD GoLDMaN GiRL...

Submitted by williambanzai7 on 09/25/2013 19:24 -0400

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FAT BOTTOMED GOLDMAN GIRL
(FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS, QUEEN)

WilliamBanzai7

Are you gonna get bailed again tonight

Or will Uncle Sam put up a fight

Are you gonna let your trading book hang out

Fat Goldman girl

You spin the world of finance upside down

[Riff]

Hey, I had just a skinny NAV

Never knew Wall Street good from Wall Street bad

But I knew life before I left my trader nursery

Left alone with bailout fanny

Lord such a royal mega scammy

Heap big bailout whore you made a schtupster out of me

Hey hey!

Ive been seeing bailout scams

Across the Bloomberg wire across the land

I seen every sorry financial floozy on the way

But their wily bailout guile

Went kind of smooth for quite a while

That lowdown squid bailout whore will screw you every time

Are you gonna get bailed again tonight?

Or will Uncle Sam finally put up a fight

Oh will you take em for all they got

Fat bailout whore

You spin the world of finance upside down

[Interlude]

Hey listen here

Now you bloated bailout pig

Doin the Paulsen bailout bonus jig

Sure aint no T-B-T-F Queen in this locality (I tell you)

Oh but we still get some pleasure

Watchin Ben fish for subprime treasure

Heap bailout whore you make circus clowns of Holder, Frank and Bernanke

Now get this

Are you gonna get bailed again tonight?

Or will Uncle Sam put up a fight

Oh will you take em for all they got

Fat Goldman girl

Will you ever get out of town?

Get on your bailout bikes and ride....

[WB7: Dear Lloyd, Please don't ever resign...You are the most sorry and visible douche bag of a target we all could ever hope for.

Keep on rocking!

DOT QE

DOT QE, a photo by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick on Flickr.

Monday, September 23, 2013

Sunday, September 22, 2013

THE QE REAPER

THE QE REAPER, a photo by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick on Flickr.

QUANTITATIVE EASING

QUANTITATIVE EASING, a photo by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick on Flickr.

QE BUM

QE BUM, a photo by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick on Flickr.

WHEN THE FAT FRAULEIN SINGS

WHEN THE FAT FRAULEIN SINGS, a photo by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick on Flickr.

USAGI UPDATE

USAGI UPDATE, a photo by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick on Flickr.

GOT FOOD?

GOT FOOD?, a photo by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick on Flickr.

Saturday, September 21, 2013

MARVELOUS FEATS IN MIND READING

MARVELOUS FEATS IN MIND READING, a photo by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick on Flickr.

MINI QE

MINI QE, a photo by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick on Flickr.

Friday, September 20, 2013

USAGI

USAGI, a photo by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick on Flickr.

$5.25 Million For Senate Hair Care And 21 Other Ways Politicians Are Living The High Life At Your Expense

If you want to live the high life, you don't have to become a rap star, a professional athlete or a Wall Street banker. All it really takes is winning an election. Right now, more than half of all the members of Congress are millionaires, and most of them leave "public service" far wealthier than when they entered it. Since most of them have so much money, you would think that they would be willing to do a little "belt-tightening" for the sake of the American people. After all, things are supposedly "extremely tight" in Washington D.C. right now. In fact, just the other day Nancy Pelosi insisted that there were "no more cuts to make" to the federal budget. But even as they claim that things are so tough right now, our politicians continue to live the high life at the expense of U.S. taxpayers. The statistics that I am about to share with you are very

Cyprus-Style Wealth Confiscation Is Now Starting To Happen All Over The Globe

Now that "bail-ins" have become accepted practice all over the planet, no bank account and no pension fund will ever be 100% safe again. In fact, Cyprus-style wealth confiscation is already starting to happen all around the world. As you will read about below, private pension funds were just raided by the government in Poland, and a "bail-in" is being organized for one of the largest banks in Italy. Unfortunately, this is just the beginning. The precedent that was set in Cyprus is being used as a template for establishing bail-in procedures in New Zealand, Canada and all over Europe. It is only a matter of time before we see this exact same type of thing happen in the United States as well. From now on, anyone that keeps a large amount of money in any single bank account or retirement fund is being incredibly foolish. (Read More....)

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

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"

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/19/2013 - 09:38

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! }

THe CoNTiNuouS FaRCe oF BiG NoSe JaMie... Posted by: williambanzai7 Post date: 09/23/2013 - Fulla Bologna!

THe CoNTiNuouS FaRCe oF BiG NoSe JaMie...

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GALLUP: Belief That Gov't Too Powerful Hits Record High...

Parisian cat cafe offers 'purr therapy'...

Islamic Terror Groups Are Killing Christians All Over The World And Obama Wants Us To Ally With Them

Over 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.....)

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 most – one (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

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...

BaNZaI7 ReVieWS TaPeR BaSiCS... Posted by: williambanzai7 Post date: 09/17/2013 - BANZAI7 FOOD AND BEVERAGE WARNING LEVEL 8

BaNZaI7 ReVieWS TaPeR BaSiCS...

Submitted by williambanzai7 on 09/17/2013 15:14 -0400

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Bernanke's big nipples are sore

Jamie's been sucking them more

Jamie's so rough

And Ben's had enough

He's starting to feel like a whore

The Limerick King

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The people are starting to feel

An end to the FED's QE deal

If tapers begin

Like staples on skin

The pain from the FED could be real

The Limerick King

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Russia’s Putin Says He May Seek 4th Term as President { Indeed he should! }

RIA Novosti | Putin said Thursday that it was possible he would seek a fourth presidential term.

Three NATO Soldiers Killed in Afghan 'Insider Attack'...

Troop deaths hit record as America exits...

DOPE FIEND FUNNIES

DOPE FIEND FUNNIES, a photo by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick on Flickr.

DEBT BROTHER

DEBT BROTHER, a photo by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick on Flickr.

Thursday, September 19, 2013

THE DUKES OF MORON HAZARD

THE DUKES OF MORON HAZARD, a photo by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick on Flickr.

FRONTIER JUSTICE

FRONTIER JUSTICE, a photo by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick on Flickr.

RUDOLF VON HAVENSTEIN

RUDOLF VON HAVENSTEIN, a photo by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick on Flickr.

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

QE 1929

QE 1929, a photo by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick on Flickr.

TAPERED

MORNING LIGHT

MORNING LIGHT, a photo by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick on Flickr.

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

MUTTI HAIRY

MUTTI HAIRY, a photo by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick on Flickr.

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

SORRY

WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick

LIBERTY APPLES

WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick

POPCORN ANYONE?

WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick

RED TUESDAY

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NERO'S REMORSE

WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick

1 1

2 To SUNDOWN

WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick

EAST TO WES

WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick

LIVE EVIL

WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick

2 1

THE QE REAPER

WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick

WHEN THE FAT FRAULEIN SINGS

WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick

AIG SCREAM

WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick

INTERMEZZO 2013

WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick

MUTTI HAIRY

WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick

3 2

YES I CAN

WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick

NIKKEI THE 13TH

WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick

UNDER CONTROL

WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick

4 2

CRONY OF EDEN

WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick

THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES

WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick

2 2

POLISH PARTITIONS

WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick

G2O-BOZO

WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick

DISAMBIGUATING FEINSTEIN

WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick

NSA ENCRYPTION BRIEFS

WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick

FROM THE AMATEUR

WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick

HELTER SKELTER

WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick

LE SCAMBO

WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick

YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE MORON

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FREEDOM LIES 2013

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3 1

LURCH AND UNCLE FESTER

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

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....)