US military drills Day One after strike on Iran, deploys F-22s to Gulf

Posted on April 28, 2012 by DRenegade

US Navy, Air Force, ground, intelligence and special forces units based at home, in Europe and the Middle East, took part this week in a special exercise ordered by President Barack Obama to simulate reactions to a potential US-Israel strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, DEBKAfile’s exclusive military and Washington sources report.

Sunday, April 22, the US also transferred a number of advanced stealth F-22 fighter bombers, believed to be from the 302nd Fighter Squadron 302, from the joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska to the Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates. According to our sources, the F-22 jets will join the F-15s of the Massachusetts Air National Guard’s 104th Fighter Wing which were transferred to the Al Udeid base a month ago.

Their mission will be to destroy the Iranian air force and air defense batteries so as to clear the way for US and Israeli bombers to go into action against Iran’s nuclear sites and the strategic infrastructure of its army and Revolutionary Guards Corps. This unprecedented US buildup of air might – supplementing the aircraft on the decks of the USS Abraham Lincoln and USS Enterprise, to be joined by a third carrier as soon as the offensive gets underway – shows Tehran that the Obama administration is serious about using military means as extra pressure on Iran to give way in diplomatic negotiations – both with the six powers and with the US through clandestine channels.

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Hundreds rally to back hard-line Arizona sheriff

Posted on April 28, 2012 by DRenegade

Supporters of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio hold a rally at a park in Fountain Hills, Arizona April 28, 2012. REUTERS-Eric Thayer

(Reuters) – As many as 200 activists, some chanting “go Joe, go Joe,” rallied in Arizona on Saturday to support Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who is facing a federal racial-profiling probe for his police sweeps against illegal immigrants.

“Sheriff Joe is one of the very few guys who will enforce the immigration laws across this nation,” said Randy Hatch, who used a megaphone to rally supporters of Arpaio at a park in this northeast Phoenix valley city.

“Every constitution and country that has ever existed has had to have sovereign borders,” he said to cheers from the crowd, some clutching placards reading “Sheriff Joe keeps us safe” and “illegal is illegal.”

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Rumors of War III

Posted on April 28, 2012 by DRenegade

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbBWju8HPG4

Glenn Beck’s Rumor of War III is now posted on YouTube.

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Japan Chemical Factory Containing 3,400 Depleted Uranium Containers Explodes Or Not

Posted on April 27, 2012 by DRenegade

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

From YouTube:

Google translate says July but it’s April per NHK

Based on official reports, this plant manufactures adhesives. Although the company does work with depleted uranium, it has eight different sites in Japan. People are only guessing that this site may have stored depleted uranium. The cloud from this explosion will be over the West Coast of the United States shortly and any residual radiation will determine who is reporting the truth.

David DeGerolamo

Japan chemical plant blast kills one

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New US Stealth Fighters Now at Iran’s Back Door

Posted on April 27, 2012 by DRenegade

New US Stealth Fighters Now at Iran's Back Door

America’s most sophisticated stealth jet fighters have been quietly deployed to an allied base less than 200 miles from Iran’s mainland, according to an industry report, but the Air Force adamantly denied the jets’ presence is a threat to the Middle East nation.

Multiple stealth F-22 Raptors, which have never been combat-tested, are in hangars at the United Arab Emirates’ Al Dafra Air Base, just a short hop over the Persian Gulf from Iran’s southern border, the trade publication Aviation Week reported.

Air Force spokesperson Lt. Col. John Dorrian would not confirm the exact location of the F-22s, but told ABC News they had been deployed to a base in Southwest Asia — a region that includes the UAE. Dorrian also stressed that the F-22s were simply taking part in a scheduled deployment and are “not a threat to Iran.”

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Look What Our “Leaders” Have Done

Posted on April 27, 2012 by DRenegade

Even if we use the REAL GDP figures provided by the BEA [above], the result is absolutely horrific when analyzed in comparison to what our “leaders” have done:

  • Real GDP has gone up by $200 billion since the 2nd quarter of 2008, a 1.4% increase.
  • The National Debt has gone from $9.5 trillion in the 2nd quarter of 2008 to $15.6 trillion today, a 64% increase. Not too much bang for our Keynesian buck.
  • There were 146 million Americans employed in the 2nd quarter of 2008. Today there are 142 million employed Americans. The working age population has risen by 10.5 million over this same time frame. According to the fine drones at the BLS, almost 8 million Americans willingly decided to leave the workforce during this time and do not count as unemployed.
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“The government should be considered a hostile force in our land and treated as such…”

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Hans

Friday, April 27, 2012

Posted by T.L.Davis

A Reckoning

We have passed into tyranny. There is no other conclusion one could come to. Yes, the masses continue on as before, seeking sports events on television rather than taking an interest in the machinations of government. There is the 90% rule in effect which recognizes that in any crisis, 90% of the people will remain subservient and idle while events unfold all around them. When they find a new master they will sigh and remain docile. I would not have thought this true of the American, but it is. My hopes were greater than that for my people.

But, today marks the beginning of something. It is a coordinated effort across the nation through different groups to arrive at a response to the sham of a government we endure. It is not so important that there are multitudes of people involved, or only a few, it is only important that there are people now who understand that the Constitution is no longer in effect in America.

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Liars and Drones and Spies, Oh My…

Posted on April 27, 2012 by LT

The FAA has been ordered by the Obama administration to rapidly make changes to accommodate greatly expanded use of drones by both public and private entities.  What does this mean for our safety, security, and privacy?

Drones Will Be Everywhere

If you look at the examples, then we don’t have to wait for the new regulations to be promulgated…the abuse of drone technology in America has already begun.  At least 39 applications for “Experimental” permits for drone operations have been issued.

The city of Houston, TX, is a good example of the attitude municipal and state authorities are taking towards the “benefits” of employing drones and other advanced technologies to further the police state without regard to the rights of the citizens they are employed to protect.  Their lack of transparency and downright obfuscation regarding the use of drones and other profoundly invasive technologies is a hallmark of the police-state mentality, and will only become more extreme.

httpv://youtu.be/BptGsIvEOII

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Some Quick Economic Facts

Posted on April 27, 2012 by DRenegade

Chart Of The Day: Change In Q1 American Debt And GDP Continue reading →

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North American Union Advances Towards Reality

Posted on April 27, 2012 by LT

(NewAmerican.com)  “Another step toward the North American Union (NAU) was announced on Tuesday March 27th by the U.S. Department of Defense in its press release noting the “inaugural trilateral meeting” of North American defense ministers in Ottawa, Canada. It was attended by Canada’s Minister of National Defense Peter MacKay, Mexican Secretary of National Defense General Guillermo Galvan, and Mexican Secretary of the Navy Admiral Mariano Mendoza, along with U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta.”

Notice the insignia on the nose of these Blackhawk helicopters – from what I have been able to gather, it is the new “NAU-Peacekeeping Forces” emblem.  These combined US/Canadian/Mexican forces are under the command of US NORTHCOM/5th Army.

Yes, this is the same command which will be cross-training with Russian Special Forces next month, in conjunction with the NATO Summit.  Of particular interest is a reference in the press release to a “North American Leaders Summit” which begs further explanation.   At this point, the pattern is rather easy to spot – US Sovereignty is being discarded faster than you can say, “New World Order”.

Here is an excerpt from the statement released jointly by the US/Canada/Mexico military “Trilateral Commission”:

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Tea Partiers attended the “Angry white Women of the Tea Party” lecture in the People’s Republic of Berkeley, Ca. Yesterday

Posted on April 27, 2012 by DRenegade

Here we were, Tea Party members, third row front and center at the Freight and Salvage Theatre in Berkeley, waiting for the lecture to begin. Our speaker was Ruth Rosen: feminist, liberal progressive, author, columnist and all around women’s liberation chronicler.  This diminutive figure in a dress and matching pink scarf was introduced with all her college letters, literary successes and public writings.

We had come to hear her lecture on “The Tea Party and Angry White Women”.  I braced myself for what was to come, as did the other members who had found out about the lecture.
Ruth Rosen did not disappoint.

She began her diatribe by saying that the women of the Tea Party were racist and xenophobic.  The crowd nodded and ate it up. I could feel my blood pressure rising. How dare she label us like this? She has no idea who we are or how we feel. I kept my mouth shut. It was all I could do to stay seated and the lecture had only just started. She continued, “Women of the Tea Party are angry. Angry because we are being held back by our husbands and marginalized, ignored and side lined by the GOP.” She also stated a woman joins the Tea Party because either her husband belongs or someone in her family belongs, and/or it serves as a way for these women to obtain a career they never could have otherwise. She pointed to Jenny Beth Martin of the Tea Party Patriots as an example of a woman who she said came from nothing, had a bankrupt business and through the tea party found a successful career making over $6,000 per month.   She stated that the campaign Nicky Haley ran was a clear example of the good ole boy GOP network stifling and oppressing woman. Now I was laughing inside. Really??? Is she serious? We are being held back by our husbands and the GOP??? And we only do this to follow our gun toting husbands or to fulfill our desire to have a career? Hahahaha. Right….. We are oppressed by our husbands and the GOP so we become leaders of the Tea Party? I knew then that she had NO clue why women of the tea party do what they do and she never would. What a crock! But the audience was just accepting this nonsense as fact. I was thinking this is surreal. These people clearly have no concept of what it means to be conservative in America.

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Urban Warfare Drills over Downtown Chicago

Posted on April 27, 2012 by DRenegade

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6v3p9l3mP4

From YouTube:

4-16-2012 – Military conducts Urban Warfare Training over the skies of Downtown Chicago with Blackhawks A/MH-6 Little Bird helicopters and Heavily Armed Special forces. Residents reported seeing these teams for hours as they made their way through downtown Chicago’s skyscrapers. More info @ http://offgridsurvival.com/urbanwarfaredrillsdowntownchicago/

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Who Owns Marriage, Indeed

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Cliff

Today I watched the above sermon beginning to end, and I would like to provide some feedback based upon what I observed. First off, I appreciate this video being posted by a good friend of mine, Mr. Randy Dye. Randy has been instrumental in the movement to restore liberty to this land. He is a fellow patriot. Though I may not fully agree with the end activity promoted by this video, I’m thankful for this man, his family, and the fact that this church is wanting to at least “do something.”

During the first three quarters of the sermon, the pastor, referencing scripture all the way, speaks out about what the Bible says marriage should be and it is indeed clear that marriage was ordained by God to strictly be between a man and a woman. Continue reading →

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“Russian Invasion” scheduled for next month?

Posted on April 26, 2012 by LT

Russian Federation TroopsRussian Federation troops will conduct “wargames” next month with the US military, according to the European Union Times.

Airborne troops from Russia and the Untied States would hold joint anti-terror drills in the U.S. state of Colorado between May 24 and 31, spokesman of the Russian Defense Ministry Col. Alexander Kucherenko said on Thursday.  According to the spokesman, it will be the first time that the Russian airborne forces have held exercises with the U.S. airborne forces on the U.S. territory.

Strangely enough, this is nicely aligned with the NATO Summit meetings in Chicago the week of May 20th – http://thenewamerican.com/world-mainmenu-26/europe-mainmenu-35/11652-nato-summit-in-chicago-putin-afghanistan-and-convergence

“According to the exercise scenario, soldiers of the two countries will hold a tactical airborne operation, including the reconnaissance of imaginary terrorists’ camp and a raid,” Kucherenko said.  “After the operation, a helicopter will evacuate the soldiers,” Kucherenko said, adding that the Russian soldiers will also exercise with the U.S. special service weapons in the drills in Fort Carson, Colorado.  http://english.cri.cn/6966/2012/04/20/189s694306.htm

Besides, the spokesman said, the Russian group will arrive a week ahead of the drills and attend a baseball game in the city of Colorado Springs.  This will place Russian troops on the groud three days before the NATO Summit begins…  how convenient.

Puzzling to Russian military analysts about this exercise, this report says, are that according to the American plans, Russian airborne troops (using US weapons that they had previously trained with at Fort Carson) will fly to and then parachute from their planes having the objectives of seizing the CIA’s main computer facility in Denver, the NSA’s main computer facility in Bluffdale, Utah, and taking control of main runways and terminals of the Denver International Airport.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/report-russian-troops-to-seize-cia-facility-in-elaborate-war-game-on-u-s-soil/

If this doesn’t strike you as an amazing confluence of circumstances, nothing will. 

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Iran’s Oil Ministry under Cyberattack

Posted on April 26, 2012 by DRenegade

Iran’s Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, April 26 (UPI) — Iran’s Oil Ministry, already battling stringent economic sanctions aimed at throttling the country’s oil exports, is having to fight on another front: cyberattacks.

In what may be an effort by the United States and Israel to disrupt oil exports, the backbone of Iran’s increasingly battered economy, the computer systems of the ministry and the Iran National Oil Co. were attacked Sunday by a virus the ISNA news agency identified without elaboration as “Viper.”

Key installations were knocked out for a time. Iranian media reported the ministry was forced to disconnect key oil facilities, including control systems at the terminal on Kharg Island in the northern Persian Gulf that handles 90 percent of Iran’s oil exports.

Terminals on the islands of Gheshm and Kish in the southern gulf were also hit by the virus. However, oil industry sources reported that oil was being loaded Monday at Kharg.

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