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The malevolent elite are reduced to grasping at straws.

No joke. The US is now arming Al-Qaeda.

The scent of flailing desperation is in the air . . .

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Syrian 'REBELS' Pledge Loyalty to Al-Qaeda... (USA Today)

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USA MILITARY PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR SYRIAN 'REBELS' (Drudge Report)

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Syria–who’s up for yet another senseless war?

Washington Is Insane

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It’s Orwellian . . .

Officially the change of partners had never happened. Oceania America and Al-Qaeda were at war with Eurasia Syria: therefore Oceania America and Al-Qaeda had always been at war with Eurasia Syria. — 1984, George Orwell.

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A desperate, failing elite lash out at the public . . .

. . . thrashing about like drowning men.

Leave the Kingdom of Sheep: Be like Gandhi, simply refuse to cooperate with the elite’s desperate, malevolent idiocy. Cooperating just enough to fall into despair is being controlled, being neutralized. Refuse to buy into despair. Refuse to comply.

Disengage, disassociate, disconnect from malevolent idiocy.

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. . . but it's all legal and everything--so, it's good.

Rats monopolize the cheese . . .

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Do parasites, like this, infest our economy?

Duh . . . 

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America’s 50 worst charities

The 50 worst charities in America devote less than 4% of donations raised to direct cash aid. Some charities gave even less. For example: Every year, Kids Wish Network raises millions of dollars in donations in the name of dying children and their families. Every year, it spends less than 3 cents on the dollar helping kids. (Source: Above the law-America’s worst charities (CNN))

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This chart is from 2004, read below for updated information.

This chart is from 2005. Read below for updated information. Lol! Outrageous compensation for some charity CEOs has gotten even more outrageous.

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Snopes Update on the above Chart

(Source: http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/charities.asp )

When deciding which charities to donate to, many people consider an important factor to be the “efficiency” of these organizations — that is, what percentage of the monies taken in by a given charity goes to funding its mission rather than being eaten up by costs such as fundraising activities, salaries, and other administrative overhead.

The [chart] reproduced above, which began circulating in 2005 and has been re-circulated every year since then.  . . .  We attempt to present accurate and up-to-date information about the named charities below.

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According to a 2011 Harvard University report, 84% of all wealth in America is owned by the richest 20% of the population.

1/5 own 84% of all US wealth.

1/5 own 84% of all US wealth.

Do parasites, like this, infest our economy?

Lol! It’s not what you think it is:

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Woman Imprisoned for Life for Minor Drug Offense; Banking Giant Immune to Justice for Massive Drug Laundering

The rich are different than you and me. – F. Scott Fitzgerald

Authorities Decide Against Inditing HSBC

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Outrageous HSBC Settlement Proves the Drug War is a Joke

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Lanny Breuer
Assistant US Attorney General Lanny Breuer
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If you’ve ever been arrested on a drug charge, if you’ve ever spent even a day in jail for having a stem of marijuana in your pocket or “drug paraphernalia” in your gym bag, Assistant Attorney General and longtime Bill Clinton pal Lanny Breuer has a message for you: Bite me.

Breuer this week signed off on a settlement deal with the British banking giant HSBC that is the ultimate insult to every ordinary person who’s ever had his life altered by a narcotics charge. Despite the fact that HSBC admitted to laundering billions of dollars for Colombian and Mexican drug cartels (among others) and violating a host of important banking laws (from the Bank Secrecy Act to the Trading With the Enemy Act), Breuer and his Justice Department elected not to pursue criminal prosecutions of the bank, opting instead for a “record” financial settlement of $1.9 billion, which as one analyst noted is about five weeks of income for the bank.

The banks’ laundering transactions were so brazen that the NSA probably could have spotted them from space. Breuer admitted that drug dealers would sometimes come to HSBC’s Mexican branches and “deposit hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, in a single day, into a single account, using boxes designed to fit the precise dimensions of the teller windows.”

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President Kennedy had this to say about those who treat us as cattle, 

. . . and think they own us and seek to enslave us:
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Unbelievable? Nope. 

Check it out . . . just Google any of these quotes and read for yourself.

These people (below) really want to impose their will on us–like it or not.

BUT, we do not need to act like cattle, nor be enslaved . . .

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1. “If we do not follow the dictates of our inner moral compass and stand up for human life, then his lawlessness will threaten the peace and democracy of the emerging new world order we now see, this long dreamed-of vision we’ve all worked toward for so long.” — President George Bush (January 1991)

2. “The world can therefore seize the opportunity [Persian Gulf crisis] to fulfill the long-held promise of a New World Order where diverse nations are drawn together in common cause to achieve the universal aspirations of mankind.” — George Herbert Walker Bush

George Bush

George Bush

3. “It is the sacred principles enshrined in the United Nations charter to which the American people will henceforth pledge their allegiance.” — President George Bush addressing the General Assembly of the U.N., February 1,1992.

4. “In the next century, nations as we know it will be obsolete; all states will recognize a single, global authority. National sovereignty wasn’t such a great idea after all.” — Strobe Talbot, President Clinton’s Deputy Secretary of State, as quoted in Time, July 20th, 1992.

5. “The Consitution of the United States needs to be reconsidered and altered… to create a whole new structure of government…” The Tofflers say fundamentalist, biblical Christianity is “both dangerous and regressive.” Beliefs in nationalism, patriotism, and an exclusive God, “give birth to violence or repression.” Only when these “Dark Age” menaces are swept away can “advanced wealth creation” by the elite be achieved.” — Newt Gingrich, Mason, member of both the World Future Society and the Council on Foreign Relations, wrote the forward to Alvin and Heidi Toffler’s Creating a New Civilization

Joe Biden

Joe Biden

6. “How I Learned to Love the New World Order” — Article by Sen. Joseph R. Biden, Jr. in The Wall Street Journal (April 1992)

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Genetically modified “GM” food:

. . . no joke, check it out.

Here’s another study, from the International Journal for Biological Sciences:

These rats were fed Monsanto’s genetically modified “GM” corn–and developed “tumors the size of ping pong balls.”

(As cited in: Source 1, Source 2, Source 3)

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Tired of the usual inane lies spewed out by evil elite news?

Finally, a news show that rocks . . .

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More Than 100 Million Americans Are On Welfare – 11 August 2012

There are more Americans dependent on the federal government than ever before in U.S. history.  According to the Survey of Income and Program Participation conducted by the U.S. Census, well over 100 million Americans are enrolled in at least one welfare program run by the federal government.  Many are enrolled in more than one.  That is about a third of the entire population of the country.

US Government Census Data

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GlaxoSmithKline, Roche, Pfizer, and Merck–all involved in outrageous scandals . . .

(Source)  Those of us who have long been describing the pharmaceutical industry as a “criminal racket” over the last few years have been wholly vindicated by recent news. Drug and vaccine manufacturer Merck was caught red-handed by two of its own scientists faking vaccine efficacy data by spiking blood samples with animal antibodies.

GlaxoSmithKline has just been fined a whopping $3 billion for bribing doctors, lying to the FDA, hiding clinical trial data and fraudulent marketing. Pfizer, meanwhile has been sued by the nation’s pharmacy retailers for what is alleged as an “overarching anticompetitive scheme” to keep generic cholesterol drugs off the market and thereby boost its own profits.

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US economy grinding down, down, down . . .

50% less gasoline sold in US in 2012 (vs. 2007)

(Source: US Government EIA Data)

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Three Ways the Rich and Powerful Have Cheated Young Americans

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The degeneration of the US political structure into criminal insanity is something historians will ponder for a very long time. 

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What happened?

Read this, and this.

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Those who think the answer to the unemployment problem is more education might be surprised to learn the Majority of Unemployed Attended College. (Source)

For the first time in history, the number of jobless workers age 25 and up who have attended some college now exceeds the ranks of those who settled for a high school diploma or less.

Out of 9 million unemployed in April, 4.7 million had gone to college or graduated and 4.3 million had not, seasonally adjusted Labor Department data show. (Source)

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Methodist boycott vote ” . . . exposed the issue to the wider church and to the secular public in ways that Israel does not appreciate.”

Occupied Palestinian Territory: Urban Extents

Occupied Palestinian Territory: (Photo credit: SEDACMaps)

By a vote of 558 to 367, a strong majority of lay and clerical delegates to the United Methodist General Conference called this week for a boycott of Israeli companies operating in Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). (Source)

  • The resolution denounces the Israeli occupation and the settlements in a sweeping indictment.
  • It calls for “all nations to prohibit the import of products made by companies in Israeli settlements on Palestinian land.”

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The Story of Brokewhere we chose to spend our taxes:

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If solar power can cut the cost of electricity by 40% in Germany, imagine the possibilities for sunny areas of the world . . . 

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Solar PV Reducing Price of Power in Germany (Source)

February 20, 2012

Zachary Shahan in CleanTechnica:

Oh, the solar power haters are going to love this one—a recent study by Germany’s Institute for Future Energy Systems (IZES), conducted on behalf of of the German Solar Industry Association (BSW-Solar), has found that, on average, solar power has reduced the price of electricity 10% in Germany (on the EPEX exchange). It reduces prices up to 40% in the early afternoon, when electricity demand is peaking and electricity typically costs the most. There’s a visual of that (in German) here:

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Monsanto is, by far, THE leading supplier of genetically modified “GMO” foods. Curious how many former Monsanto operatives now work in the FDA, USDA, and EPA? Click on this graphic for the details:
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(Source: Dr. Mercola)

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Overwhelmingly, the vast majority of most Americans want genetically modified "GMO" foods labeled. BUT Monsanto, the leading supplier of genetically modified "GMO" foods, objects. Guess who wins--and who loses?

Why shouldn’t genetically modified “GMO” foods be labeled? They are in Europe.

Why not in the US?

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I'm telling you - Government and Monsanto are definitely working together . . .

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[See also:  Vampire Bankers Suck Life Out Of US Economy ]

A Christmas Message From America’s Rich

Matt Taibbi

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A Christmas Message From America's Rich

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It seems America’s bankers are tired of all the abuse.

They’ve decided to speak out.

True, they’re doing it from behind the ropeline, in front of friendly crowds at industry conferences and country clubs, meaning they don’t have to look the rest of America in the eye when they call us all imbeciles and complain that they shouldn’t have to apologize for being so successful.

But while they haven’t yet deigned to talk to protesting America face to face, they are willing to scribble out some complaints on notes and send them downstairs on silver trays. Courtesy of a remarkable story by Max Abelson at Bloomberg, we now get to hear some of those choice comments.

Home Depot co-founder Bernard Marcus, for instance, is not worried about OWS:

“Who gives a crap about some imbecile?” Marcus said. “Are you kidding me?”

Former New York gurbernatorial candidate Tom Golisano, the billionaire owner of the billing firm Paychex, offered his wisdom while his half-his-age tennis champion girlfriend hung on his arm:

“If I hear a politician use the term ‘paying your fair share’ one more time, I’m going to vomit,” said Golisano, who turned 70 last month, celebrating the birthday with girlfriend Monica Seles, the former tennis star who won nine Grand Slam singles titles.

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29 amazing stats about America today . . . (Source)

Why worry? Be happy.

#1 In the United States today, the wealthiest one percent of all Americans have a greater net worth than the bottom 90 percent combined.

#2 According to the Economic Policy Institute, between 1979 and 2007 income growth for the top 1 percent of all U.S. income earners was an astounding 390 percent.  For the bottom 90 percent, income growth was only 5 percent over that same time period.

#3 According to a joint House and Senate report entitled “Income Inequality and the Great Recession“, the top 1 percent of all income earners in the United States brought in a total of 10.0 percent of all income in 1980, but by the time 2008 had rolled around that figure had skyrocketed to 21.0 percent.

#4 According to the Congressional Budget Office, the top 1 percent is the only group that saw its share of our national income increase between 1979 and 2007.

#5 The wealthiest 1 percent of all Americans now own more than a third of all the wealth in the United States.

#6 More than 50 percent of all stocks and bonds are owned by just 1 percent of the population.

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An aerial view from Kyodo shows people attending an anti-nuclear rally at Meiji Park in Tokyo September 19, 2011. Some 60,000 protesters from across Japan including a Nobel-prize-wnning author Kenzaburo Oe, gathered in central Tokyo for an anti-nuclear rally on Monday, urging the Japanese government to cut reliance on atomic power. [Photo/Agencies]

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From (Source: Natural News)

Hmmmm . . . do I like honey?

#1 – Most of the honey you buy in the grocery store contains no actual honey whatsoever

It’s true, the so-called “honey” isn’t even technically honey. Most of it is made of cheap “mystery” sweeteners, illegally imported from China, right under the nose of the FDA.

http://www.naturalnews.com/034123_h…
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#2 – The fluoride that’s dripped into municipal water supplies is actually a highly toxic industrial chemical byproduct

This scam is exploding in the faces of all the ignorant dentists and doctors who have been pushing this poison for years. Once again, they were wrong; the “conspiracy theorists” were right.

http://www.naturalnews.com/033753_w…
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#3 – Flu vaccines often contain live flu viruses and actually cause the flu as a way to worsen the flu season and scare more people into buying vaccines

It’s also true with MMR vaccines, which cause the measles. Flu vaccines are the greatest medical hoax that has ever been perpetrated on the world:

http://www.naturalnews.com/033998_i…
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#4 – Ron Paul is deliberately stripped out of mainstream news reports, online polls and debate coverage in order to “game the system” against him

The power elite don’t really want “fair and open” elections in America, you see. It’s all about rigging the system to make sure a globalist puppet gets elected instead of a Man of the People.

http://www.naturalnews.com/033528_R…
http://www.prisonplanet.com/realcle…
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Media vs. Ron Paul

#5 – The United States government openly trafficks illegal guns into Mexico as a way to cause gun violence in the USA

It all seemed so very clever until they got caught, and now it just seems flatly criminal. So why can the federal government run illegal guns and nothing happens to them, but if you or I do it, we go to prison for a long, long time?

http://www.naturalnews.com/032934_A…
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http://counterthink.com/Fast_and_Fu…

#6 – Prestigious U.S. hospitals are widely engaged in black market organ trafficking and organ transplants

And why not? It’s profitable, and they can claim they’re “saving lives!” Make no mistake: the organ transplant industry is steeped in dark, psychopathic criminal activity.

http://www.naturalnews.com/028994_o…
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Finally, a short, concise explanation of our economic crisis:

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(Source: The Daily Bail )

HOLY BAILOUT: Federal Reserve Now Backstopping $75 Trillion in Bank of America’s Derivatives

This story from Bloomberg just hit the wires [October 19 2011].  Bank of America is shifting derivatives in its Merrill investment banking unit to its depository arm, which has access to the Fed discount window and is protected by the FDIC.

This means that the investment bank’s European derivatives exposure is now backstopped by U.S. taxpayers.  Bank of America didn’t get regulatory approval to do this, they just did it at the request of frightened counterparties.  Now the Fed and the FDIC are fighting as to whether this was sound.  The Fed wants to “give relief” to the bank holding company, which is under heavy pressure.

This is a direct transfer of risk to the taxpayer done by the bank without approval by regulators and without public input.  You will also read below that JP Morgan is apparently doing the same thing with $79 trillion of notional derivatives guaranteed by the FDIC and Federal Reserve.

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Occupy Madrid, Spain
Occupy Madrid, Spain

Occupy Berlin, Germany

Occupy Berlin, Germany

Occupy Santiago, Chile
Occupy Santiago, Chile

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US congress today is about as powerful as a student council in high school. Remember high school? Changing the student council, or even forming a new student council “party”, never changed anything. The principal makes all the key decisions. The principal runs things.

The unelected evil banker elite have started making our key decisions today. The unelected evil banker elite think they should run things. They are the problem. Unfortunately, US congress has become as impotent as a high school student council. Here’s the bottom line:

If Elected Will You Arrest The Bankers?–the non-negotiable issue

Until politicians and media pundits start talking about true economic regime change–shutting down the FED and arresting the evil banker elite, they are irrelevant. Discussing tiny little adjustments at the margin (changing the student council) is a tactic used by the evil banker elite to weaken and slow down the profound changes that are needed. It is just like high school principals who use the student council to dissipate student anger away from themselves by pretending that the student council actually makes a difference–it doesn’t.

Shut down the FED and arrest the evil elite bankers.

The first question we should ask any candidate for President is this: If elected, will you promise to arrest every banker for whom we have probable cause to believe they committed a crime?

If the Answer is Yes, we will listen. But, if the Answer is No, then we ought not to listen as any candidate who does not listen to us is against us and not for us.

This is a non-negotiable issue. If you will not arrest the people who stole tens of trillions of dollars, how will you put an end to Bailouts, Austerity Cuts and Mindless Tax Increases?

I don’t care if you are a member of my political party, my religion, my race, my gender or my veterans group. I don’t care how photogenic your children are. I don’t care about any other issues you run off at the mouth about.

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