High-Level U.S. Intelligence
Officers: Syrian Government Didn’t Launch Chemical Weapons
Posted by : George
Washington Post date: 09/07/2013
- Numerous Intelligence Officials Question Administration’s Claims
Fear Increases Productivity
and the Old Posted by: Pivotfarm
Post date: 09/07/2013 - We live in a throw-away world where we don’t repair
and as soon as things start looking a bit shabby round the edges and curled up
as if they were sandwiches left over from the night before, with the...
Who Is Going To Buy Our Debt If
This War Causes China, Russia And The Rest Of The World To Turn On Us?
Can
the U.S. really afford to greatly anger the rest of the world when they are the
ones that are paying our bills? What is going to happen if China, Russia
and many other large nations stop buying our debt and start rapidly dumping
U.S. debt that they already own? If the United States is not very
careful, it is going to pay a tremendous economic price for taking military
action in Syria. At this point, survey after survey has shown that the American
people are overwhelmingly against an attack on Syria, people around the globe
are overwhelmingly against an attack on Syria, and it looks like the U.S.
Congress is even going to reject it. But Barack Obama is
not backing down. In fact, ABC News is reporting that plans are now
being made for a "significantly larger" strike on Syria than most
experts had expected. (Read
More....)
INTeRNaTioNaL LaW 101...
Posted by: williambanzai7
Post date: 09/06/2013 - Someone has to put this front and center and that
someone is me...
INTeRNaTioNaL LaW 101...
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 09/06/2013 12:51 -0400
1
Barack is now jury and judge
This new Neo-Con will not budge
And if he wants war
The truth he'll ignore
And reasons for war he will fudge
The Limerick King
Just a few weeks ago, that buffoon
Kerry said it is remotely possible this might end in Pakistan at some
unspexcified time in the future...
.
And let us not forget this piece
of work, who Holder literally petitioned to pardon from war crimes liability
two weeks ago.
.
And the choomhead always calls the
kettle black.
.
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The Fed Has Wasted Trillions
and the US Remains in Depression Posted by: Phoenix
Capital... Post date: 09/06/2013
- The facts are now becoming abundantly clear, that the forecast we’ve
maintained for well over two years has been validated: the US is in a
DE-pression and both Washington and the Federal...
Putin presses US Congress over
Syria, says Kerry lied
(Reuters) - Russian President
Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday the U.S. Congress had no right to approve the
use of force against Syria without a decision from the U.N.
Security Council, and that doing so would be an "act of aggression".
He said "anything that is
outside the U.N. Security Council is aggression, except self-defense. Now what
Congress and the U.S. Senate are doing in essence is legitimizing aggression.
This is inadmissible in principle."
In remarks that could raise
tension further before he hosts President Barack Obama and other G20 leaders on
Thursday, Putin also said U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry lied to Congress
about the militant group al Qaeda's role in the Syrian conflict.
"They lie beautifully, of
course. I saw debates in Congress. A congressman asks Mr Kerry: 'Is al Qaeda
there?' He says: 'No, I am telling you responsibly that it is not'," Putin
said at a meeting of his human rights council in the Kremlin.
"Al Qaeda units are the main
military echelon, and they know this," he said, referring to the United
States. "It was unpleasant and surprising for me - we talk to them, we
proceed from the assumption that they are decent people. But he is lying and
knows he is lying. It's sad."
Putin did not give any more
details.
In an exchange with a senator,
Kerry was asked whether it was "basically true" that the Syrian
opposition had "become more infiltrated by al Qaeda over time. Kerry said:
"No, that is actually basically not true. It's basically incorrect".
In another sign of tension, the
Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying that since August 31, the
U.S. State Department had repeatedly asked for a telephone call between Kerry
and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov but Kerry had been unavailable and declined
to set a time for the call.
(Reporting by Darya Korsunskaya,;
Writing by Steve Gutterman, Editing by Timothy Heritage)
Experts: U.S. Case that Syrian
Government Responsible for Chemical Weapons Is Weak
Posted by: George
Washington Post date: 08/30/2013 -
And other Syria updates ...
'UTTER
NONSENSE' { Yes … I concur
with Putin … First, the war mongers seem to hang their hats on the chemical
strike … conceded … that’s the easy part … the reality concerns who the real
perps are … indeed, other so-called circumstantial at best inferences/not proof
is quote ‘being held back’ for unspecified reasons (that I believe like the
yellow-cake-Iraq scenario does not exist or definitively point to Assad) …
Quite simply, I don’t believe the americans/american position and based on
history including my own direct experience (
http://www.albertpeia.com/112208opocoan/ricosummarytoFBIunderpenaltyofperjury.pdf
http://www.albertpeia.com/112208opocoan/PeiavCoanetals.htm
http://albertpeia.com/fbimartinezcongallard.htm ) , have no reason to do so… This is just
more desperation and diversion from unequivocally failed leadership and
government (corruption, cover-up, bankruptcy, etc.) in the u.s., ie., bush,
wobama, etc.. }
U.S. Had Intel
on Chemical Strike Before It Was Launched...
PoLiSH PaRTiTIONS...
Posted by: williambanzai7
Post date: 09/07/2013 - Wszystko nie jest OK...
PoLiSH PaRTiTIONS...
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 09/07/2013 12:22 -0400
.
Know any Poles?
Show them these.
They will understand immediately
what they are driving at.
As they say in Polska: Wszystko
nie jest OK...
We
Have Officially Jumped The Shark: Al-Arabiya Reports Another "Gas
Attack" By Syrian Regime
Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 09/06/2013 - 15:12
So
totally unexpected:
SYRIA GOVT FORCES SHELL
QABUN, DAMASCUS WITH GAS: AL-ARABIYA
AL-ARABIYA CITES UNIDENTIFIED ACTIVISTS - so the same
CIA-trained, al Qaeda funded, Qatari mercenaries?
Actually it is surprising: the
odds were today's false flag would take place in Iran to get the Israel card in
play. Apparently nobody was dumb enough to assume the government would go with
two false flags in a row in the same place. And now bring on the 1000 YouTube
clips of "undisputed proof."
McJiHaD U.S.A...
Posted by : williambanzai7
Post date: 09/05/2013 - But it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when
the drums begin to roll...And Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool--you bet that Tommy
sees!
McJiHaD U.S.A...
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 09/05/2013 11:40 -0400
.
.
.
.
"I didn't make that red
line."
.
.
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A TooL'S ERRaND...
Posted by: williambanzai7
Post date: 09/04/2013 - Apocalypse WTF!
A TooL'S ERRaND...
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 09/04/2013
WB7:
Syria is one giant hornet's nest
and it is extremely doubtful that there will be any new NG pipelines running
through it in the near future.
Why is our government dead set on
doing this?
Do you really believe this is just
about pipelines and "moral obscenities"?
Who really stands to gain?
This is one big show for the
benefit of the Russians and Chinese.
Does anyone believe they are going
to standby and watch Amerika's unilateralist adventurism without doing
something about it?
What will they do?
They will build up their own
military capability in an attempt to put the lid on the "American
hegemon."
Who would blame them?
Are they supposed to standby and
watch us piss on everyone else's front door?
And who will benefit most from
this scenario?
Put your Keynesian thinking caps
on friends and take a wild guess.
War is indeed profit...
And the fool on the ass is on a
tool's errand!
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Exclusive: Top Chemical
Weapons Expert Highly Skeptical of U.S. Case Against Syrian Government
Posted by: George
Washington Post date: 09/05/2013
- Western Samples Have No Verifiable Chain of Custody
Who
Is Going To Buy The US Debt If This War Causes China, Russia And The Rest Of
The World To Turn On Us?
Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 09/07/2013 - 15:51
Yesterday
we implied a difficult question when we illustrated the huge size of US
Treasury bond holdings that China and Russia have between them - accounting
for 25% of all foreign held debt - implicitly funding US standards of living
(along with the Federal Reserve). The difficult question is "Can the
U.S. really afford to greatly anger the rest of the world when they are the
ones that are paying our bills?" What is going to happen if China,
Russia and many other large nations stop buying our debt and start rapidly
dumping U.S. debt that they already own? If the United States is not very careful, it is going to pay a
tremendous economic price for taking military action in Syria.
Labor
Force Participation Crisis? Don't Blame Demographics!
Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 09/07/2013 - 17:45
The
Labor Force Participation Rate - in English, the percent of the population that
is either in a job or looking for a job - fell yesterday to fresh 35 year lows.
This is not a new trend, in fact since the end of 1999 (the dot-com bust) it
has trended lower from well over 67% to the current 63.2%; which means the current
unemployment rate would be almost 11% if the labor force was constant from when
Obama took office. There appear to be at least four reasons (excuses) put forth
for this dismal 'structural' trend but chief among them -
and propagandized by most in the mainstream (given its lack of 'blame') - is
the so-called
'aging of America' or demographics. There is only one problem with that 'myth';
it's entirely inconsistent with other Western economies who are experiencing exactly
the same demographic shift. The collapse in the US labor
force is, in fact, due to excess credit having fueled artificial growth for 3
decades; and now a government throwing free money at the population in the form
of disability insurance (which has surged) and student loans (which are
exponentially exploded). So who (or what) is to blame for the US' collapsing
workforce? Simple,
the unintended consequences of government interference.
Tokyo
To Host 2020 Summer Olympics
Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 09/07/2013 - 17:08
Despite
Mariano Rajoy's solemn promises that awarding the 2020 Olympics to Madrid would
boost the Spanish GDP by 1.8% and lead to the creation of anywhere between
168,000 and a few hundred million new jobs (the latter number is a joke but
since it comes from Rajoy, both are equally credible), the Olympic committee
cut the Spanish contender before the final, which pitted Tokyo vs Istanbul. And
when the final votes were tallied it was not even a contest: with 60 to 36
votes, the 2020 Olympics Games will be held in Tokyo: the city that was
supposed to host the event in 1940 but due to the break out of World War II the
event was delayed until 1964 (when it was almost cancelled again, permanently,
following a modest escalation in nuclear deterrence between the US and USSR
surrounding Cuba). Let's hope history does not rhyme.
Is
Forward Guidance Already Dead?
Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 09/07/2013 - 14:50
While
the market has been fixated lately on the question of when and how the Fed will
taper its asset purchases, perhaps as important for the rates market (and the
magic that levitates stocks) is the outlook for the Fed’s forward rate
guidance. On this front, BofAML suggests that recent evidence shows the
effectiveness of forward guidance is diminishing... already. Simply
put, policy
makers are finding it harder to convince markets that central bankers have more
insight into the future course of the economy and policy than they actually do.
Meanwhile, markets are learning that it can be painful to rely too heavily on
forward guidance when the risk/reward of being long fixed income is
asymmetrical when close to the zero lower bound. In BofAML's view, this should
lead to a return to persistently higher front-end risk premiums than have
prevailed over the last two years, barring a sharp deterioration in the
economic outlook.
The
Fed's Birthday Party Trick: A Market Of Monetary-Punch-Drunk Liquidityholics
Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 09/07/2013 - 13:44
If ever
there was an investor reaction that summed up just how much the Federal Reserve has broken the
markets it was yesterday morning's post-dismal-jobs-report
surge. As John Phelan notes, we now appear to be in a position where the interests of financial
markets are precisely at odds with the interests of the rest of the economy;
where the good news for us is bad news for them and bad news for us is good
news for them. The one way bet of the Greenspan Put maintained, so far, by Ben
Bernanke, has created a market of monetary-punch-drunk liquidityholics. On its
100th birthday the Federal Reserve has the tricky task of sneaking the punch
bowl out of the party, a task it seems they’ll struggle to manage without
starting a riot. They
may have printed themselves into a corner.
Obama's
Missing Link: No Direct Connection Between Assad And Gas Attack
Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 09/07/2013 - 12:43
While
one can speculate if the sarin gas attack on August 22 was ordered and
orchestrated by Saudi/Qatari petrodollar interests, with the assistance of the
CIA and the funding of al Qaeda, and executed by the Syrian "rebels"
(there is much circumstantial evidence pointing in the false flag direction: here,
here, here and
here),
the reality is that since the narrative behind Obama's offensive Syrian air
strikes has been staged as punishment for Assad, the onus is on the affirmative
proof, namely clear and unequivocal evidence that it was Assad who ordered the
attack. So far, despite repeated vows and promises that such proof exists, none
has been presented, aside from numerous YouTube clips which show an attack did
take place (and even
that is in question). When it comes to the actual perpetrator, John Kerry
and company are reduced to emotional pleadings to the audience to look at
pictures of dead children redirecting from the most important question of all:
did Assad actually do it. The reason for such Copperfieldian tactics is that
there simply is no link - Reuters reports that "No direct link to President
Bashar al-Assad or his inner circle has been publicly demonstrated, and some
U.S. sources say intelligence experts are not sure whether the Syrian leader
knew of the attack before it was launched or was only informed about it
afterward." And yet Obama's entire publicly stated
motive is to punish Assad... for something there is zero evidence he did.
What
Do You Know About The News? Take The Quiz
Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 09/07/2013 - 11:42
The Pew
Research Center has released a comprehensive 13 question quiz which does a
surprisingly good, and broad, job of testing readers' knowledge about "prominent
people and major events in the news", and comparing the results to a
sample of 1052 people. See how well you fare in comparison to everyone else on
topics that are considered mainstream.
Goldman's
Quick Answers To Tough EM Questions
Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 09/07/2013 - 11:20
As most
know by now, over the past month or so, pressure on the currencies of EM deficit countries has
intensified again. Goldman's EM research group, however,
remains negative on EM FX, bonds, and even stocks suggesting using any
strength, like this week's exuberance to add protection or cover any remaining
longs. Central banks in most of these countries have become more active
in attempting to stem pressure in the last two weeks. But with a Fed decision
on ‘tapering’ looming, investors have also become more cautious and are now
focused on the parallels with prior crisis periods. In what follows, Goldman
provides some concise
answers to the questions on the EM landscape that we encounter most often,
confirming their longer-held bearish bias.
Syria:
The Latest Developments
Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 09/07/2013 - 09:54
Arab
press pans Obama on Syria
EU
Backs 'Clear and Strong' Response to Syria Attack
Putin Says Russia Will Continue to
Help Syria’s Assad
Hollande Says He’ll Wait for UN Inspectors’
Report
10 Nations Join U.S. in Condemning
Syria Chemical Weapons Use
9 G-20 Nations Don’t Join Statement
Guest
Post: Why We Think The NSA Is Lying
Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 09/06/2013 - 21:41
"At what point do we just
start calling these guys the Stasi,” asked a friend over
coffee today. He was, of course, referring to the latest news out of the
Guardian that the NSA and its British counterpart GCHQ have ‘cracked codes’
across the Internet that were once thought uncrackable. We're deeply suspicious
some of the NSA’s assertions. They seem to be claiming that they have cracked
nearly everything, and that they have backdoor access to privacy software.
But this is practically impossible. Our assessment is that this is an
intimidation campaign. The NSA wants people to think that they have this
capability. If everyone thinks that the NSA is Big Brother’s Big Brother,
all-seeing and all-knowing, then not only will everyone be terrified, but
everyone will simply stop using encryption. After all, why bother going
through the hassle of encrypting/decrypting if the NSA can still read the
contents of your email?
220
Years Of Jobs Jobs Jobs
Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 09/06/2013 - 20:51
With
the labor
force participation rate at 35 year lows still being shrugged off as some
'cyclical' (definitely not structural) issue that will correct just around the
corner, we thought it perhaps worth taking the long view, the really long view,
of jobs in America. As the following two charts show, all was apparently 'sustainable'
until the mid 1970s and then things changed...
Mark
Spitznagel Explains How To Prevent A Market Crisis
Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 09/06/2013 - 20:01
"When
it comes to market events, there have been no impactful black swans - the
so-called unexpected 'tail events," Mark Spitznagel notes in his excellent
new book, The
Dao Of Capital: Austrian Investing in a Distorted World, explaining that,
"what were unseen by most, were indeed highly foreseeable" by others.
The Fed planted
the seeds for the last financial crisis and "when you prevent the natural balancing
act, you get growth that shouldn't be happening."
The financial crisis of 2008 could have been the wake-up tall that,
like the Yellowstone fires of 1988, alerted so-called managers to the dangers
of trying to override the natural governors of the system. Instead, the Federal
Reserve, with its head "ranger," Ben Bernanke, has deluded itself
into thinldng ft has tamped down every little smolder from becoming a
destructive blaze, but instead all it has done is poured the unnatural
fertilizer of liquidity onto a morass of overgrown malinvestment making a even
more highly flammable. One day - likely sooner than later, it will burn, and when that
happens, the Fed will be sorely lackng in buckets and shovels and must succumb
to the flames.
Friday
Humor: G20 Ends Abruptly As Obama Calls Putin A Jackass
Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 09/06/2013 – { Speak for yourself only, ape-nigger-bozobama! The
reality is wobama has failed on every front, every count! The reality is no
more than a severe case of ‘Putin envy’ on wobama’s part, along with the
plethora of mental disorders suffered
by the mentally troubled wobama the gay bonobo apeman! }
Hopes
for a positive G20 summit crumbled today as President Obama blurted to Russia’s
Vladimir Putin at a joint press appearance, “Everyone here thinks you’re a
jackass.”
Math
Not Allowed In McDonald's New "Dollar Menu"
Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 09/06/2013 - 18:55
As
fast-food workers of the world unite under a common banner of "higher
minimum 'livabale' wages", one can't help but reflect on the terrible jobs
data this morning and the potential inability of workers to get anything but a
low-skill 'part-time' job flipping burgers. But most importantly, these workers
may soon not be able to afford the product they manufacture. Concerns over
rising wage costs can be put aside for now as it is the soaring costs of beef
(as we discussed
here previously) that are causing "Dollar Menu" items to be
adjusted upwards. "You
can't sell a burger for $1 anymore because the cost of beef has gone up so much,"
and sure enough, as
Bloomberg reports, McDonalds is testing a new version, dubbed 'Dollar Menu
and More', that includes items selling for as much as $5. As one analyst notes,
the industry's "definition
of value has moved up from the Dollar Menu to $1.50 or $2.”
The
Ultimate Chartbook For Gold Bulls And Debt Bears
Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 09/06/2013 - 18:10
With
gold 'handled' back below $1,400 and bonds 'tapering' through 3.00% yields as
equity bulls proclaim 'Mission Accomplished' today on the Dow 15,000 trigger,
it seems markets remain entirely confused as to whether there will be moar
printing, less-and-then-moar printing, or no moar printing. The following 61
page compendium from Incrementum offers 'everything you wanted to know about gold and bonds' but were
afraid to source yourself as a guide for debt bears and
bullion bulls... with a sprinkling of china bubbles, wealth effect lies, and
regulation imbecilities.
CHICAGOLAND:
53 Homicides, 224 Wounded in August...
Booker
made $689K from law firm that got city contracts while mayor...
RIVAL
DEMANDS RELEASE OF EXPENSE REPORTS...
VIDEO: Newark resident calls
out Booker for turning back on murder epidemic...
PETRAEUS:
MILITARY ACTION IN (US)A 'NECESSARY'
{ Talk about a discredited ‘think-tanker’ … what contracts/fund flows
directly/indirectly flow his way vis-à-vis the failed military industrial
complex so warned against by the great but underrated President General
Eisenhower. The reality is that military action is necessary to staunch the
nigger-crime epidemic in niggerland usa! How pathetic betrayus, he’s become.
What does he know? Not much, even less he can add! No talent … no integrity …
no honor … no intelligence … no smarts! }
SYRIA'S
'REBELS' AND SOLDIERS AGREE: MILITARY STRIKES WILL CHANGE NOTHING...
Syria: A Vote Of No-Confidence In The President
Jon Rappoport | The House considers it may not vote at
all in order to spare Obama embarrassment.
Amash: Boehner’s Decision To Back Obama On Syria Was A
Mistake
The Hill | Amash says more than 95 percent of his
constituents are opposed to military action.
Syrian Rebels Say They’ll Pounce On Assad’s Forces If
U.S. Attacks
L.A. Times | U.S. military would truly become al-Qaeda’s
air force.
Wouldn’t It Be Something If We Had A President Who
Believed In Liberty?
Tech Dirt | The public has been conditioned into choosing
the illusion of safety over liberty.
Naval Forces Face Each Other Off Syrian Shores
RT | Russia matches U.S. and allies naval deployment.
Unintended Consequences From Potential Syrian Attack
Continue To Grow
The New American | Russia is giving Assad further
military aid.
Fox News Covers Infowars Story About Rebel Admitting To
Using Chemical Weapons
Paul Joseph Watson | Fox News covered an Infowars
exclusive story featuring a Syrian rebel admitting to using chemical weapons.
Who Is Going To Buy Our Debt If This War Causes China,
Russia And The Rest Of The World To Turn On Us?
Michael Snyder | Can the U.S. really afford to greatly
anger the rest of the world when they are the ones that are paying our
bills?
Nearly
One-Sixth of Population On Food Stamps
Wall Street Journal | Enrollment rose 70% from 2007 to
2011.
Michael Snyder | Can the U.S. really afford to greatly
anger the rest of the world when they are the ones that are paying our
bills?
Work Force
Rate: 63.2%, Lowest Since 1978
Bloomberg | Unemployment rate declining because more
people stopped looking for work.
Amash: Boehner’s Decision to Back Obama On Syria Was A
Mistake
The Hill | Amash says more than 95 percent of his
constituents are opposed to military action.
Syrian Rebels Say They’ll Pounce On Assad’s Forces If
U.S. Attacks
L.A. Times | U.S. military would truly become al-Qaeda’s
air force.
Wouldn’t It Be Something If We Had A President Who
Believed In Liberty?
Tech Dirt | The public has been conditioned into
choosing the illusion of safety over liberty.
Naval Forces Face Each Other Off Syrian Shores
RT | Russia matches U.S. and allies naval deployment.
Fox News Covers Infowars Story About Rebel Admitting to
Using Chemical Weapons
Paul Joseph Watson | Fox News covered an Infowars
exclusive story featuring a Syrian rebel admitting to using chemical weapons.
Who Is Going To Buy Our Debt If This War Causes China,
Russia And The Rest Of The World To Turn On Us?
Michael Snyder | Can the U.S. really afford to greatly
anger the rest of the world when they are the ones that are paying our
bills?
High-Level U.S. Intelligence Officers: Syrian Government
Didn’t Launch Chemical Weapons
Washington’s Blog | Numerous Intelligence Officials
Question Administration’s Claims.
Obama hints he may abandon Syria strike
The Daily Caller | President Barack Obama hinted Friday
that he might not strike Syria if Congress rejects his authorization request.
Intelligence Professionals: Assad Not Responsible for
Chemical Weapons Attack
Ray McGovern | Who’s Lying? Brennan, Obama, or Both?
Man Calls for John McCain to be Arrested and Tried for
Treason During Town Hall
You Tube | A local Prescott man called for John McCain
to be arrested and tried for treason.
Poland
Confiscates Half Of Private Pension Funds To “Cut” Sovereign Debt Load
Zero Hedge | Half Of Private Pension Funds were
confiscated by polish government to “Cut” Sovereign Debt Load.
U.S.
Stocks Fall After Putin Says Russia Will Assist Syria
Bloomberg.com | U.S. stocks rose as slower-than-forecast
jobs growth eased concern about reductions in Federal Reserve stimulus.
Real
Unemployment Rate Rises To 11.4%, Difference Between Reported And Real Data
Rises To Record
Zero Hedge | The actual implied unemployment rate just
rose from 11.2% to 11.4%.
Propaganda
Alert: Peace with Syria Will Crash the U.S. Economy
Washington’s Blog | Moronic Drivel from Clueless Warmonger.