Anniversary of Osama Bin Laden Termination – May 2nd

(CBS/AP) Federal authorities are urging local law enforcement to be vigilant with the one-year anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death just days away, but said there is “no indication of a credible threat or plots against the U.S.” linked to the May 2 date.

The FBI, Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Northern Command sent a joint advisory to local and state law enforcement late Wednesday as a reminder that al Qaeda and its affiliates still aspire to attack the U.S.

A law enforcement source told CBS News that there has been an increase of messages to coincide with the first anniversary of bin Laden’s death, posted on three or four known Jihadist extremist web forums calling for followers to consider all forms of an attack against transportation, churches and public venues such as theaters and sporting arenas in the United States including unconventional attacks such as chemical or biological.

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FLASH: CDC Quarantines incoming flight in Chicago

CDC Declares quarantine on international flight arriving in Chicago.  Police, CDC, and public health officials surround aircraft on the tarmac.

Emergency crews are responding to a reported medical emergency aboard a Delta Airlines flight at Midway International Airport Thursday. ABC7 is reporting the flight has been quarantined.

Fire Media Affairs Director Larry Langford said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was at the airport and in charge of the investigation of an “unidentified medical condition.”

Emergency crews were on the scene as of about 5 p.m. after a passenger had an unspecified medical issue, according to Chicago Department of Aviation spokeswoman Karen Pride.

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S&P Cuts Spain to BBB+, Outlook Negative

Adding insult to Bayern Munich injury, we just got S&P which did the impossible and cut Spain to BBB+ from A (outlook negative) not on Friday after hours. Kneejerk reaction is a 30 pip drop in EURUSD. Oh, and most amusing, those witches among men, Egan Jones, downgraded Spain from BBB to BBB-…. a week ago. Crush them, destroy them… How dare they be ahead of the pack as usual: after all their NRSRO application was missing a comma.

Full release:

  • We believe that the Kingdom of Spain’s budget trajectory will likely deteriorate against a background of economic contraction in contrast withour previous projections.
  • At the same time, we see an increasing likelihood that Spain’s government will need to provide further fiscal support to the banking sector.
  • As a consequence, we believe there are heightened risks that Spain’s net general government debt could rise further.
  • We are therefore lowering our long- and short-term sovereign credit ratings on Spain to ‘BBB+/A-2’ from ‘A/A-1’.
  • The negative outlook on the long-term rating reflects our view of the significant risks to Spain’s economic growth and budgetary performance, and the impact we believe this will likely have on the sovereign’s creditworthiness.

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Gantz: IDF and other armies ready to strike Iran’s nuclear capabilities

Minister Binyamin Netanyahu acted Thursday, April 26, to correct the damaging impression of divided and uncertain perceptions of the Iranian nuclear threat left by statements delivered in the last two days by himself and Defense Minster Ehud Barak.
Israel’s chief of staff Gen. Benny Gantz rallied to the task with an unambiguous comment that “other countries have readied their armed forces for a potential strike against Iran’s nuclear sites to keep Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons. The military force is ready. Not only our forces but other forces as well,” he said without elaborating.

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Occupy DC vs IMF Police Enforcement When Push Comes to Shove (Washington Circle Hotel)

Anyone else getting a bad feeling about May 1st?

David DeGerolamo

Occupy DC vs IMF Police Enforcement When Push Comes to Shove (Washington Circle Hotel)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd80o44JsQA

From YouTube:

When the Occupy DC protesters went to visit the IMF folks at the Washington Circle Hotel, the law enforcement of DC Metro didn’t appreciate the group entering the building. Everyone moved towards the exit peacefully, but the police decided to do some shoving with their night-sticks. Fortunately, nobody got hurt and no arrests were made.

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The Plan for a General Strike on May 1st

Glenn Beck outlined the general strike planned for New York City on May 1st on GBTV (April 25th, 2012).Here are the three outlines (the North Wind was not listed on the site) for the planned Occupy general strike in Los Angeles on May 1st.

David DeGerolamo

WEST WIND

BREAKDOWN: The West Wind is a caravan from the Pacific Ocean to the center of downtown LA, highlighting the lack of effective public transportation between downtown and the coast, making travel times for the working poor who commute between the two unfathomable. The 1st flashpoint will be targeting the VAs misguided use of the land surrounding the center, land that was initially set aside for use as residences for homeless veterans, while allowing students at UCLA to join the caravan in protest of tuition hikes and other cutbacks to education. Continuing west on Wilshire into Beverly Hills, the 2nd flashpoint, on Rodeo Dr., highlights the obliviousness of the 1% regarding the struggles of the 99% with a  “Let them eat cupcakes!” direct action right in the 1%’s backyard. Occupy LA’s Queer Affinity Group will join the caravan from West Hollywood at the Bank of America action at the 3rd flashpoint, before continuing on to MacArthur Park, the scene of the infamous May Day Melee in 2007, where the LAPD  fired less-lethal ammunition indiscriminately into crowds, injuring  children, mothers and journalists during the annual May 1st march for im/migrant rights. Then we take our streets on foot, marching tothe convergence.

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A History Lesson on US-Israel Relations

Striking Iran And The U.S.-Israel Relationship

Feiglin-MosheRecent warnings by President Obama to Israel against an Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities are reminiscent of the period prior to the 1967 Six-Day War. Then, as now, Israel was faced with an existential threat. Then, as now, the U.S. pressured Israel not to take action.

Despite the fact that after the 1956 Sinai War Israel received a signed U.S. guarantee of intervention in the eventuality of an Egyptian obstruction of the Straits of Tiran, America ignored its commitment and threatened Israel that if it would attack Egypt, the U.S. would not stand at its side. President Lyndon Johnson lamely excused his betrayal by telling Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol that he “couldn’t find his copy” of the document.

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Arizona Legislature Passes Anti-NDAA Bill

After months of internecine legislative battles, including the threat that the bill as amended by the State House of Representatives would not make it out of committee,  the Arizona State Senate approved the revised version of Senate Bill 1182 and the legislation will now go to the desk of Governor Jan Brewer (left) for her signature or veto. As the bill’s primary sponsor, State Senator Sylvia Allen told The New American, “There were a lot of ups and downs along the say, but ultimately the Senate passed the House’s amended version of the bill by a vote of 20-8.”

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Obama Smears Rep.Virginia Foxx with Lies

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx Talks with Neil Cavuto on FOX Business about Student Loans

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGGL3ZBxWKI

President Obama has nationalized the student loan program and it has become a means to enslave our youth. Now that the impact of this $1 trillion debt is becoming known, Obama is deflecting his role in this matter by smearing North Carolina Rep. Virginia Foxx. Honor is a concept foreign to this president.

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North Carolina Justice Center Attacks Virginia Foxx

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIUpRekzcW4

All I can say is consider the source. Commenting on the video on YouTube is disabled: seems strange for a “justice center”. As with Eric Holder’s Department of Injustice, the same principles apply to this organization and its progressive pulse.

David DeGerolamo

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How Will This Impact the Derivatives Market?

I assume the holidays season is May 1st. Do you think Russia knows something that we do not know?

David DeGerolamo

Initial Margin requirement on the MICEX-RTS derivatives market to be increased for the holidays season

Please be advised that in accordance with recommendations of the MICEX-RTS Derivatives committee, RTS Clearing Center have changed initial margin values for the FORTS Derivatives market, derivatives markets of Saint-Petersburg Exchange and Moscow Energy Exchange, Standard sector of the MICEX-RTS Securities market and RTS Money as follows. Continue reading

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How Will Our Leaders Address Racial Tension in the United States?

Why hasn’t Obama made an attempt to defuse the racial division in this country? This is a simple question but it will become a defining moment in history. A people who live in fear and oppression only have two choices: death or revolt.

How is Romney addressing this issue? Here is his initial statement:

“What happened to Trayvon Martin is a tragedy. There needs to be a thorough investigation that reassures the public that justice is carried out with impartiality and integrity.”

Based on the evidence, is the prosecution of George Zimmerman being carried out with impartiality and integrity? Or was evidence suppressed: the color picture of the back of his head bleeding came out over one month later? Nothing divides this country faster than racism and nothing is worse than being labelled a racist. The former is being used to destroy our county and the latter keeps good people from speaking the truth. What is the truth? The real question is what defines the truth in our country and that is the problem. Once the people in power and the media suppress the truth, we are only left with “perception is truth”. That statement was the reason I started NCRenegade.com and was the subject of the  first article written.

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European Confidence Tumbles To November 2009 Levels, Euro-Wide Double Dip Inevitable

An analysis of the European Union’s slide into recession:

Following this week’s ongoing battery of abysmal economic news out of Europe it will hardly come as a surprise that yet another indicator has been released and is pointing to a multi-year low in the deleveraging (elsewhere called incorrectly austere) continent, namely the Euro-area wide confidence index which just slide to the lowest leve since 2009, missing every single estimate and declining sequentially across the board.

  • Economic confidence 92.8, est. 94.2 (prior 94.4)
  • Industrial confidence -9.0, est. -7.0 (prior -7.2)
  • Services confidence -2.4, est. -0.5% (prior -0.3)
  • Final consumer -19.9 (initial -19.8)
  • Business Climate Indicator -0.52, est -0.30 (prior -0.30)

Visually, courtesy of Reuters:

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The Purge

From American Mercenary:
As a thought experiment, ponder this question. “To create my ideal form of government, exactly who do I have to kill?”To the Founding Fathers, the answer was “enough British Soldiers to win our Independence.” To Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Hitler, Pol Pot, it was “anyone who stands in my way.” To Abraham Lincoln it was “as many as it takes to preserve the Union.”

To many here in our own society who believe in a benevolent one world government run by the bestest wisest scientieist politicians ever it is “anyone who doesn’t buy our bullshit about global warming.” The calls for “re-education camps” and mass killings have already started, and if enough people tell the Big Lie long enough they’ll get the sheep to believe it. Four legs good, two legs better. We have always been at war with….

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USNORTHCOM prepares for Operation ARDENT SENTRY

May 2nd through 9th, Operation ARDENT SENTRY 2012

http://theintelhub.com/2012/04/25/norad-and-usnorthcom-conduct-ardent-sentry-2012/

http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1832168/pg1

Both our northern and southern borders, as well as a number of selected domestic areas, will be placed on high alert for opeartion Ardent Sentry between May 2nd and 9th, according to USNORTHCOM command.

Please bear in mind that the US Military has routinely deployed “exercises” such as these, complete with much fanfare, as cover for other operations, or as preparation for an anticipated event – this would tie in nicely as a possible opening of new aggression in the Middle East… after all, securing our domestic border would be an absolutely essential element of such an attack.

Regards,

LT

~ Those who discard Liberty, do so at their own peril.

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