The 7 Choices Left to the Military-Industrial Complex

Posted on September 13, 2013 by DRenegade

By Paul Rosenberg, FreemansPerspective.com

Freeman's Perspective

Since 2002 the US government has presided over one of the most dramatic financial bubbles of all time: the bubble of the military-industrial complex. (A few will remember that Dwight Eisenhower warned Americans about this in 1961.)

This bubble, like all others, will pop, and it looks to be deflating right now. The amounts of money that have been spent in the past decade can only be characterized as obscene. But the point that really matters is this:

Military spending is just part of the bubble.

In addition to the military complex, we have a massive intelligence complex.

Not only that, but we also have a massive law enforcement complex. The Department of Homeland Security has given them at least $34 Billion in the past several years, on top of their take from local taxes, state taxes, fines, seizures, and other Fed money.

Take a look at these graphs. First, defense spending:

Freeman's Perspective

Then, intelligence spending, or as close as I’ve been able to get to real numbers: Continue reading →

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Nigel Farage Slams Barroso’s European “Disaster”

Posted on September 13, 2013 by DRenegade

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aylLhPHI1TI

Following Barroso’s State of the EU speech, we thought it useful to reflect on the true state of the EU. Nigel Farage’s recent tirade slamming “Communist” Barroso’s pro-bureaucrat policies are poignant as he exclaims the “disaster” that the EU has become for the poor and unemployed. To further color this rant we note Charles Gavekal’s recent note on why Europe’s still broken as worthless IOUs are ‘transferred’ around the union and “no one really knows who is going to take the final loss.” Perhaps it is The Hamiltonian’s summary of the structural problem (an interlocking set of European political, bureaucratic, media, academic and financial elites) and the sad fact that history suggests a crisis deferred is a crisis magnified.

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NSA disguised itself as Google to spy, say reports

Posted on September 13, 2013 by DRenegade

Here’s one of the latest tidbits on the NSA surveillance scandal (which seems to be generating nearly as many blog items as there are phone numbers in the spy agency’s data banks).

Earlier this week, Techdirt picked up on a passing mention in a Brazilian news story and a Slate article to point out that the US National Security Agency had apparently impersonated Google on at least one occasion to gather data on people. (Mother Jones subsequently pointed outTechdirt’s point-out.)

Brazilian site Fantastico obtained and published a document leaked by Edward Snowden, which diagrams how a “man in the middle attack” involving Google was apparently carried out.

A technique commonly used by hackers, a MITM attack involves using a fake security certificate to pose as a legitimate Web service, bypass browser security settings, and then intercept data that an unsuspecting person is sending to that service. Hackers could, for example, pose as a banking Web site and steal passwords.

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Harry Reid Labels Patriots as Anarchists

Posted on September 13, 2013 by DRenegade

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEOvXaVzF8s#t=1s

From YouTube:

“The anarchist have taken have taken over,” the Nevada Democrat observed, throwing up his hands. “They’ve taken over the House, now they’re here in the Senate.” “We’re in a position here where people who don’t believe in government — and that’s what the tea party is all about — are winning, and that’s a shame.”

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They Denied That We Were In A Depression In 1933 And They Are Doing It Again In 2013

Posted on September 12, 2013 by DRenegade

Great Depression Headlines

By Michael Snyder

The more things change, the more things stay the same.  The Great Depression actually started in 1929, but as you will see below, as late as 1933 the Associated Press was still pumping out lots of news stories with optimistic economic headlines and many Americans still did not believe that we were actually in a depression.  And of course we are experiencing a very similar thing today.  The United States is in the worst financial shape that it has ever been in, our economic infrastructure is being systematically gutted, and poverty is absolutely exploding.  Since the stock market crash of 2008, the Federal Reserve has been wildly printing money and the federal government has been running trillion dollar deficits in a desperate attempt to stabilize things, but in the process they have made our long-term economic problems far worse.  It would be hard to overstate how dire our situation is, and yet the mainstream media continues to assure us that everything is just fine and that happy days are here again.

As I have already noted, the mainstream media was doing the exact same thing back during the days of the Great Depression.  The following are actual Associated Press headlines from 1933…

“Decisive Break from Panic Shown in Business Figures”

“Markets Spurt To New Highs”

“New Farm Bill to End Depression”

And the following is a headline discovery from 1933 that was made by Linda Goin…

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The Financial Crisis is Not Over, The Worst is Yet to Come

Posted on September 12, 2013 by DRenegade

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m2r4XdUE98

From YouTube:

In this video Luke Rudkowski interviews Turd Ferguson of TF Metals Report about the future economic outlook and what people should do to prepare themselves.

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President Obama’s Foreign Policy Makes Jimmy Carter Look Like Winston Churchill

Posted on September 12, 2013 by DRenegade

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XiTTYhySl0

From YouTube:

Barack Obama won the presidency with promises of smart diplomacy. Now, the men of Trifecta think the world might begin looking to Russia and Vladimir Putin for strength and moral certitude.

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Second fiddle

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Bill Shuey

Whether a musical instrument is called a fiddle or a violin depends on where it is being played – – if on Jed’s porch it is a fiddle and if in an orchestra it is a violin. One thing is for certain, in the current Syria fiasco, Obama is playing second fiddle and Putin is playing him like a Stradivarius in the hands of a master.

On the positive side, John Kerry’s make-up man has managed to make him appear to be dead no more than three days. With his charisma, that might be somewhat of an improvement. The immutable constant with Kerry is that he is unable to dazzle the American people (Massachusetts liberals notwithstanding) with brilliance, so he must resort to attempts at baffling us with the remains of what the bull had for lunch. For those of my generation who served in Vietnam, Kerry’s betrayal qualifies him as a self-serving, despicable creature.

President Putin of Russia issued Obama an eleventh hour reprieve by suggesting that Syria would turn over its chemical weapons if America would withdraw its threat to intervene militarily. Call me cynical if you must but Vladimir Putin has made it abundantly clear that he does not respect Barack Obama. Therefore we are left to consider one of three possibilities: Continue reading →

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How Many Bikers Were in Washington, D.C. for the 9/11 Rally?

Posted on September 12, 2013 by DRenegade

I asked a business associate on September 11, 2013 what his thoughts were on the 2 million bikers heading to Washington, D.C. He replied that he had not heard about this rally. But he added that he watches Good Morning America every day before leaving for work and they did not mention it. His

implied conclusion was that this was not news.

On the day after, what is the estimate of patriotic Americans who felt the call of Liberty and rode to Washington, D.C.? From Newsmax:

Thousands of bikers descended on Washington, D.C., Wednesday to protest a Muslim march provocatively timed for the 12th anniversary of 9/11.

While the “Million Muslim March” looked likely to be a flop, the “2 Million Bikers” event brought participants from throughout the eastern seaboard. One estimate put the number of bikers there at 880,000.

Is this a valid estimate? The source is not given although a news report on the radio stated that the park service estimated 800,000. If this is true (and I hope it is), the real story is the suppression of this event by the government and media. I have made a personal vow not to go to Washington, D.C. unarmed so I did not go. The restrictions placed upon us in the District of Columbia by the federal government are an affront to both the 2nd amendment and George Washington. I have no doubt that President Washington would not have wanted his reputation associated with what has become a cesspool for tyranny led by pResident Obama.

The news about the rally may be suppressed in the media but it is not suppressed in the hearts of patriots. A warm thank you to all who rode for Liberty on September 11, 2013.

David DeGerolamo

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US and Iran laying framework for first direct talks in over 30 years

Posted on September 12, 2013 by DRenegade

Iranian President-elect Hassan Rouhani

US President Barack Obama has exchanged letters with his new Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani in recent weeks, and the two leaders may hold a meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York later this month, The Los Angeles Times quoted US officials as saying.

According to the Thursday report in the Times, Washington and Tehran have been discussing the situation in Syria and tentatively laying the framework for direct talks over Iran’s disputed nuclear program.

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Census: Americans in ‘Poverty’ Typically Have Cell Phones, Computers, TVs, VCRS, AC, Washers, Dryers and Microwaves

Posted on September 12, 2013 by DRenegade

Americans who live in households whose income is below the federal “poverty” level typically have cell phones (as well as landline phones), computers, televisions, video recorders, air conditioning, refrigerators, gas or electric stoves, and washers and dryers and microwaves, according to a newly released report from the Census Bureau.

In fact, 80.9 percent of households below the poverty level have cell phones, and a healthy majority—58.2 percent—have computers.

Fully 96.1 percent of American households in “poverty” have a television to watch, and 83.2 percent of them have a video-recording device in case they cannot get home in time to watch the football game or their favorite telephone show and they want to record it for watching later.

Refrigerators (97.8 percent), gas or electric stoves (96.6 percent) and microwaves (93.2 percent) are standard equipment in the homes of Americans in “poverty.”

More than 83 percent have air-conditioning.

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Bill Gertz: Syrian Chemical Arms Could Be Used by Terrorists

Posted on September 12, 2013 by DRenegade

AP

Syria’s chemical weapons stockpiles are vulnerable to being taken and used by terrorist groups, according to a new report by an Israeli think tank.

In addition to the use of chemical weapons by the Bashar al-Assad regime, “there is a real and immediate threat that chemical weapons, agents, or precursors could fall in the hands of terrorist organizations, be it Hezbollah (in which case the regime itself could be willing to provide them to its staunch ally), pro-Syrian Palestinian organizations, the Free Syrian Army, and its local units or the various Islamist and jihadists factions like Jabha al-Nusra,” the report says.

The report warned that the Assad regime alliance with Hezbollah poses a danger that chemical arms will be transferred to the group.

“The Syrians have provided in the past long-range missiles and other heavy weapons to Hezbollah and Israel has bombed attempts to transfer to the organization advanced anti-aerial SA-17 missiles,” the report said.

“The possibility of transfer of chemical weapons to the Lebanese terrorist organization is therefore realistic and worries the neighboring countries and especially Israel.”

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Ayotte: Putin’s Column in New York Times ‘Height of Hypocrisy’

Posted on September 12, 2013 by DRenegade

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XEgJd9_xJA

Kelly Ayotte, John McCain and Lindsay Graham represent the progressive wing of the Republican party. She must have missed the report from the United Nations stating that the March sarin gas attack was from the rebels as Putin also claims with 100 pages of evidence. Why are we funding al Qaeda in Syria. The rebels that we are funding are persecuting Christians, eating the hearts from dead Syrian soldiers and have beheaded a Catholic priest. I realize that most politicians in Washington have sold our country for 30 barrels of oil but they should read the Constitution so that they understand the penalty for treason.

David DeGerolamo

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Judge Andrew Napolitano talks to Glenn Beck about the appeal of libertarian ideals and the future of the movement.

Posted on September 11, 2013 by DRenegade

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Mickey Mouse Discovers the Government Cartoon Conspiracy Against Glenn Beck

Posted on September 11, 2013 by DRenegade

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjAJJcTFLAw

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