Archive for December 6th, 2011

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 12/06/2011 Whether it is just posturing or this time Iran feels it has little to lose, following a spate of mysterious explosions and a downed US attack drone (for those who can put 2 and 2 together), it seems that the oil-rich country is increasingly seeing war as the probable... »

DEBKAfile December 5, 2011 The actions and words of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Syrian ruler Bashar Assad in the last 72 hours indicate they are poised for a regional war, including an attack on Iran, for some time between December 2011 and January 2012. In their different ways, both have posted road... »

Fukushima Debris Soon To Hit American Shores By Yoichi Shimatsu Rense.com Hong Kong-Based Environmental Consultant Former General Editor Japan Times Weekly In Tokyo 12-16-11 An unstoppable tide of radioactive trash and chemical waste from Fukushima is pushing ever closer to North America. An estimated 20 million tons of smashed timber, capsized boats and industrial... »

CancerTruth.net December 5, 2011 With so much information (and “disinformation”) floating around the internet regarding the passage of Senate Bill 1867 (the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, for fiscal year 2012), I felt it necessary to post this article. The NDAA regularly comes before Congress for changes and additions, but Senate Bill 1867... »

By Lauri Apple Gawker.com Dec 5, 2011 Last week the U.S. Senate passed 93-7 a version of the National Defense Authorization Act that includes provisions giving the military the right to detain you forever and without charge if they think you’re some kind of terrorist. Consider it an early holiday present! There is no... »

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” — Martin Luther King Jr. Eric Blair Activist Post.com Tuesday, December 6, 2011 Illegal immigration is a very emotional subject, especially in the border states that are most affected. Illegal immigrants are easy scapegoats for politicians to pin their failures on for budget problems, the violent... »

Nicholas West Activist Post.com December 6, 2011 Non-lethal weapons are being distributed by the West into protest zones throughout the world, as well as being utilized in crowd suppression within the borders of the Land of the Free. The producers of weapons such as rubber bullets, tear gas and pepper spray are quick to... »

By Michael McAuliff HuffingtonPost.com WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday blocked a second attempt to spare U.S. citizens from potential indefinite military detentions and was set to vote on a third effort to do the same later in the day. Under a provision of the mammoth defense authorization bill, the military would be granted... »

TheEconomicCollapseBlog.com Did you know that we buy about a half a trillion dollars more stuff from the rest of the world than they buy from us? The U.S. balance of trade is not only mind-blowingly bad – it is the worst in the world. It is being projected that the U.S. trade deficit for... »

Europe is closer than you think to bringing down the American–and, therefore, the global–economy. By Jim Tankersley TheAtlantic.com This is the worst-case scenario from Europe, and it just might come true: Italy defaults on its debts. Every major Italian bank collapses. Recession grips the eurozone. Sovereign defaults and bank failures ripple across the Continent.... »