Dark Matter is BS

Many physicists think that "dark matter" makes up nearly 85% of the mass of the universe, but they say it's "invisible":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_matter

If a high school student turned in a paper which claimed "my experiment only works if you can believe that 85% of the involved mass is invisible", that paper would receive an F. But the same paper from a "physicist" gets a Nobel Prize. Go figure.

Long ago in a former life I stood on the very site of the famous Michelson-Morley experiment which helped inspire Einstein's special theory of relativity:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelson%E2%80%93Morley_experiment

I predict that it will take a "Michelson-Morley" level breakthrough experiment to demonstrate that the concept of "dark matter" is BS and that the current standard models of cosmology are wrong.

Perhaps this is just such an experiment:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/31/science/space/dark-matter-experiment-has-found-nothing-scientists-say-proudly.html

Only time will tell.

Is Glenn Greenwald selling us out, too ???

Here is a thought-provoking essay by Arthur Silber about the collaboration between Greenwald and Pierre Omidyar, a multi billionaire who is one of the 1,426 people who control the world's economy:

http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-doctrine-of-exceptionalism-extends.html

Omidyar is in the 1% of the 1% of the 1%, and very close to the TOP of the most elite sector of the global ruling class. Are we supposed to believe that this richest of men is somehow going to help the poor by attacking the propaganda machine which helped him achieve and hold on to his fortune? Not likely.

And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

Matthew 19:24 KJV

Ah, Glenn ... what happened to you? Do you really believe that Satan will help you cast out Satan?

What is the nature of a broken lock ???

Good essay by Rayne on Marcy Wheeler's website:

http://www.emptywheel.net/2013/10/31/angry-mom-and-first-principles-what-is-the-nature-of-a-broken-lock/

The argument that information technology has advanced to the point where the NSA blindly stumbles along without asking whether they should do what they are doing, or asking whether they are acting legally is bullshit. They have actively ignored or bypassed the proverbial lock on the door. It matters not where the lock is located, inside or outside the U.S.

Locks on consumer electronics and networks have been willfully and systematically broken; personal, private, and confidential communications as well as related metadata have been taken in the overwhelming number of cases without cause; [and] the NSA refuses to give us any reasonable, straightforward explanation as to why laws do not apply to their breaking into our communications and devices.

Not only is she correct, but she explains clearly why Obama ad-Dajjal and his NSA minions are CRIMINALS who must be brought to justice. STOP listening to their LIES and START demanding impeachment and prosecution of these lying thugs.

The REAL Australia

Please watch the trailer of John Pilger's new film "Utopia":

http://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2013/oct/22/john-pilger-utopia-watch-trailer-video

Like the United States, Australia was built upon the corpses of dead aboriginal peoples. There's nothing here (or there) to be "proud" of.

A good abo is a dead abo; a better abo is one who helps Australia kill other abos; and the best abo of all is one who forgives Australia for killing his children, raping his wife, stealing his possessions, exterminating his people, and eradicating his way of life.

There will be no more "best abos". It's time for the truth to be known.

Was JFK a proto-Reagan ???

Thought provoking essay from Dissident Voice:

http://dissidentvoice.org/2013/10/jfk-americas-admired-corporatist-imperialist-and-interventionist/

Personally, I think he was a strong candidate for the role of antichrist:

http://sainthoward.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-tripod-and-umbrella-man-on-november.html

In any case, he was not the saint he is often portrayed to be.

The C-in-C of Privatization

Obama ad-Dajjal has sold us out to bankgangsters and corporations:

[From http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2013/10/30/empire-under-obama-part-4-counterinsurgency-death-squads-and-the-population-as-the-target/#more-152196]

Anyone who believes ANY politician's promises is a fool.

Canada: Still brutalizing the Indians

Canada, the country you used to think was nice, is still brutalizing their indigenous population:

http://youtu.be/b_bcPq8A9zk

The US, Canada, and Australia are all the same: they made big bucks from robbing and exterminating Indians / native populations ... and apparently still are damn proud of it.

HRC and the Vampire Squid

Goldman Sachs is paying HRC big money, and if she is elected you can bet she will be their bitch:

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/362637/hillary-clintons-lucrative-goldman-sachs-speaking-gigs-alec-torres

Or should I have said "witch"?

It makes me cringe just to look at her.

Google and Yahoo INVADED by the NSA

It appears that both Google and Yahoo have been invaded by NSA snoops:

http://news.antiwar.com/2013/10/30/nsa-infiltration-of-google-yahoo-even-deeper-than-feared/

I find it difficult to believe that either company did NOT know this was going on. Yahoo is now a Google clone, and regardless of what company executives say I would not trust either of them. They make money by selling YOUR data.

The real question that should be asked is "did either Google or Yahoo receive compensation for the data which NSA 'took' from them?" If the answer is "yes", then they are no better than the government snoops.

By the way, the government's desire to invade your privacy in this manner predates 9/11. I can recall that Janet Reno was a strong supporter of this kind of stuff. When Democrats say they support the people, they are lying.

Idiotic statement of the day

This idiotic statement of the day is from a California resident whose health insurance bill has increased by 50% due to ObamaDon'tCare:

"I was all for Obamacare until I found out I was paying for it."

I think that's the way ALL people who voted for Obama ad-Dajjal "think": give me something FREE, but don't make ME pay for it.

Dumbasses.

Is Iran the new investment frontier ???

Perhaps this is the real reason for all the pressure being exerted on Iran - the opportunity to make MONEY:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/101140008

Same thing happened in Myanmar (Burma) and Afghanistan. US "diplomacy" (a.k.a. extortion) opens the doors, and the carpetbaggers rush right in. And once our economic system takes over their country, there is no turning back. They'll be on a sleigh ride to hell along with the rest of the world.

The next link will take you to a propaganda video from BNY Mellon showing how part of the process works. Give a child a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a child to fish and you can steal his DNA, his social network, and his soul. Children once shielded from Satan will soon be lusting for Lady Gaga, sex, drugs, rock and roll, and HIV/AIDs. And as long as the right people make a ton of money, nobody gives a damn.

That's what "investing in the world" REALLY means: preaching the gospel of Satan.

http://www.bnymellon.com/invested/school.html

By the way, billions of dollars fly across our borders every day, without tax or penalty, in a more or less unregulated manner ... and BNY Mellon is one of the chief facilitators of that process. These particular bankers may or may not care about the children shown in their video, but no matter what happens they will make a lot of money.

Unmanned: America's Drone Wars

Essay by David Swanson on O's drone murders:

http://dissidentvoice.org/2013/10/unmanned/

You can watch the informative but boring 63-minute video @ http://youtu.be/IfF0sjv4_ps

If drone murders are war crimes, then Obama ad-Dajjal MUST be impeached and John Brennan MUST be prosecuted. Any and ALL such future criminals MUST be impeached and prosecuted for murder.

Dear World: Don't give the US a free pass on this one.

However ... the more I see about this, the more I am starting to believe that WE the people are being "bad jacketed" by the global ruling class. By that I mean WE are being blamed for what is being done in the Middle East, but WE have absolutely no control over what is being done in our name.

My hope is that WE the people will reclaim our government and that the true criminals in this matter (Obama ad-Dajjal, John Brennan, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and their ilk) will be held accountable. I fear, however, that something like this could NEVER happen. We're stuck with the bad jacket.

Catch more terrorists with less data ???

Apparently, the NSA finds more terrorists in Europe using less metadata than in the US:

http://www.emptywheel.net/2013/10/30/how-does-nsa-and-its-partners-catch-more-terrorists-in-europe-with-less-metadata/

Is this just an anomaly, or is it further proof that NSA spying on Americans has nothing to do with terrorism?

O still claims he didn't know

The "party President" continues to wreck our country while maintaining that his administration's screw-ups are none of his fault. He still claims he didn't even know about them:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/30/us/politics/where-the-buck-stops-some-see-a-bystander.html

That's why they call it "dope", Barack, because it turns your brain into mush.

Please IMPEACH this man and replace him with someone competent to execute the office.

And NO ... I don't mean HRC.

The unrepentant snoops

I'm with Germany and France: either stop spying on us, or we will take our own measures to cut you out of our lives:

http://www.mintpressnews.com/us-allies-nsa-phone-tapping/171484/

Puerto Rico will be the next Detroit

Puerto Rico is in big financial trouble, and it's likely to suffer the same fate as Detroit:

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21588374-stuck-real-debt-crisis-its-back-yard-america-can-learn-europes-aegean

Coming soon to a city or state near you ... the unraveling of the United States continues.

Mexico bans GMO corn

Great job, Mexico !!! Now if we could just get our courts to do the same:

http://www.care2.com/causes/mexico-bans-gmo-corn-effective-immediately.html

What's with the Google barges ???

I don't know about you, but I'm sick of Google spying on everyone. Unless and until it is proven otherwise, I think these "barges" should be considered as another tool used by Google and their accomplices in government to spy on us:

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/google-takes-secrecy-heights-mystery-020206834.html

I love the free blog, Google, but please leave us alone.

The fantasy of a "clean war"

Excellent essay on the subject of dirty wars by Jeremy Scahill, with an intro by Tom Engelhardt:

http://original.antiwar.com/engelhardt/2013/10/29/the-fantasy-of-a-clean-war/

Q: If , as Scahill writes, Obama ad-Dajjal is "authorizing murder on a weekly basis", why has he not been impeached for his crimes?

A: Because Congress and the courts are accomplices to his murders.

Q: Why didn't Judge Colleen McMahon rule that the FOIA, as interpreted by Obama ad-Dajjal and his minions, is unconstitutional?

A: Because the courts are accomplices to O's crimes.

Q: How does a war like this ever end?

A: It doesn't, at least not by human action. This is what the ruling class cooked up to promote their dreams of global dominion. It can only end through divine intervention. Hopefully we will not have to wait much longer.

28 signs that Fukushima is frying the US West Coast

More data on the Fukushima nuclear disaster:

http://www.globalresearch.ca/28-signs-that-the-west-coast-is-being-absolutely-fried-with-nuclear-radiation-from-fukushima/5355280

There is quite a bit of hyperbole here, and I don't think Professor Kaku, the theoretical physicist interviewed in the video, is the best person to address this mess; he's only there because of his "rock star" status. A nuclear engineer could do much better. The claims made in the video about the spent fuel going critical are particularly far-fetched and misleading.

I don't think the Fukushima disaster will kill all of humanity. And the video narrator's claims about "unless the days be shortened" are interesting, but they have nothing to do with what Jesus says in Matthew 24. How can slightly changing the Earth's rotation possibly save the elect?

Even so, this is obviously a disaster of immense proportions.

Does the Security State protect us, or itself ???

If this is a government "of, by, and for the people", then spying on us is espionage too, isn't it? Is the "national security state" protecting us, or mainly protecting itself?

https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/security-state-mainly-looking-out-us-or-itself-two-paradigms-compared

Gold Wars and Financial Armageddon

Very important essay on the Paul Craig Roberts website:

The world will soon wake up to the reality that everyone is broke and can collect nothing from the bankrupt, who are owed unlimited amounts by the insolvent, who are attempting to make late payments on a bank holiday in the wrong country, with an unacceptable currency, against defaulted collateral, of which nobody is sure who holds title.

No one trusts anyone anymore. Amidst these situations, the idea of the world economy erupting in flames appears not only more and more possible. To those paying attention, it’s already happening.

I strongly suggest you read the rest @
http://paulcraigroberts.org/2013/10/25/gold-wars-kelly-mitchell/

Some day soon we are going to find out what happens when nations tolerate the kind of financial fraud which is now commonplace in the global markets, and it won't be a pretty sight. The US-inspired global economic system is a wreak, and we have no one to blame except ourselves.

More evidence bin Laden's murder was faked

Good observations by Ole Ullern and Paul Craig Roberts which demonstrate that the murder of Osama bin Laden was faked:

http://paulcraigroberts.org/2013/10/24/ole-ullern-osama-bin-ladens-killing/

Most of what Obama ad-Dajjal is and does is phony. The only real part is his destruction of the United States, and in that he has plenty of help.

Urban Shield

This is what happens when you allow the entire world to become a battlefield:

http://www.mintpressnews.com/urban-shield-police-militarization-oakland/171307/

What's next? "Free fire zones" in our cities?

Q: Why is it that we cannot control the flow of people and drugs across our borders, but think we can control them after they get here?

A: Because it's all part of the counterinsurgency strategy against the American public. The ruling class does not want order, they want stability for THEM and chaos for US; which makes us SO much easier to control.

Did O not know ???

Your government is lying to you again:

http://screen.yahoo.com/obama-unaware-nsa-spying-allies-125614954-cbs.html

The claim that Obama ad-Dajjal "did not know" that his minions were spying on all of our allies is a LIE. Were it to be true in any sense, it would prove that he is an incompetent jackass.

He is the perfect President for liars and incompetents. Is that you?

Got His Gun: Lost His Legs, Arms, and Penis

If essays about drone murders aren't getting through to you, then perhaps this one about injuries to our own children will:

http://dissidentvoice.org/2013/10/got-his-gun-lost-his-legs-arms-and-penis/

Back in the states, two young parents and “two pretty adolescent girls,” step up “to sit on the padded platforms in the center of the room. They move with the tentative sobriety of shock. Aides wheel in a gurney that bears a bundle in a flannel sheet. They gather the edges of the sheet and swing the package over the platform into the very heart of the family. Carefully they lower it and then begin to peel away the wrapping. There, revealed, restored to the family, is the son, their boy, not dead, but missing both arms, both legs, and some part — it’s impossible to tell how much — of his lower torso. The director calls out a cheery greeting, ‘Hi Bobby! How are you doing today?’ Bobby tries to answer but makes no sound. He flops on the platform, an emaciated head, eyes full of fear, his chest all bones under a damp grey ARMY tee shirt…”

Be all that you can be.

As a nation, we need to STOP this insanity. If we do not, our nation will die along with all these soldiers and innocent people who are being killed or maimed just so we can persist in our delusions of American goodness.

ObamaDon'tCare is DEFINITELY an E.L.E.

The ObamaDon'tCare Program (mandated by the Affordable (sic) Care Act) is radically altering the health insurance landscape in the US:

http://www.mintpressnews.com/why-are-health-insurance-policies-being-cancelled/171302/

The facts on the ground seem to prove two things:

• The program gives employers a handy excuse to screw their employees, and
• The plan makes health care "affordable" mostly for the illegal immigrants the US government is preparing to embrace.

This whole thing is a MASSIVE betrayal of the American people by the likes of Obama ad-Dajjal, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi. The entire DC establishment DISGUSTS me.

Many commentators cannot believe that the US government would actually try to destroy this country. Don't the actions of Obama ad-Dajjal and his minions prove otherwise?

The Book of Matt

http://nypost.com/2013/10/28/uncomfortable-truth-behind-matthew-shepards-death/

Hmmm ...

There are some things most of us just don't want to know.

Cancer alleys and white privilege

Here is an essay about fracking in areas populated by indigenous peoples:

http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2013/10/targeting-mikmaq-cancer-alleys-and.html

The sort of wealth extraction being done today (mining, fracking, logging, fishing) is IDENTICAL to what Custer and the other US agents of the "doctrine of discovery" and "free trade" did hundreds of years ago. Some people argue "that was then, this is now". I say "bullshit, it just never ended".

"Wealth" is not "created" without human suffering and death. Why then do we glorify wealth? When did the love of money stop being the root of all evil?

Why did a US drone kill his mother ???

This is a question we ALL should be asking:

Please tell me, Mr President, why a US drone assassinated my mother*

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/25/president-us-assassinated-mother

No one ever asked us who was killed or injured that day. Not the United States or my own government. Nobody has come to investigate nor has anyone been held accountable. Quite simply, nobody seems to care.

I care, though. And so does my family and my community. We want to understand why a 67-year-old grandmother posed a threat to one of the most powerful countries in the world. We want to understand how nine children, some playing in the field, some just returned from school, could possibly have threatened the safety of those living a continent and an ocean away.

Most importantly, we want to understand why President Obama [ad-Dajjal], when asked whom drones are killing, says they are killing terrorists. My mother was not a terrorist. My children are not terrorists. Nobody in our family is a terrorist.

These drone attacks are MURDER. Where in the US Constitution are Obama ad-Dajjal and John Brennan authorized to commit murder? Why aren't WE holding THEM accountable? Is it because WE condone these murders?

As a partial answer to why this woman was murdered, consider a statement from America's "Indian Wars":

Damn any man who sympathizes with Indians! ... I have come to kill Indians, and believe it is right and honorable to use any means under God's heaven to kill Indians. ... Kill and scalp all, big and little; nits make lice.

Col. John Milton Chivington

This lady was a midwife. Her death cripples the ability of her village to safely birth future generations. That's the way America wages war: "nits make lice" = kill them all = ours are wars of extermination. Ours are illegal wars or, as Jeremy Scahill dubbed them, DIRTY WARS. The dirtier the better. The more lies we have to tell, the happier we seem to be, wallowing in the oceans of blood of our delusional fantasies, this time about "defeating terrorism" by murdering an unarmed grandmother.

By the way, John Chivington was a Methodist preacher. In my view, however, he was no Christian. And neither are any of America's drone murderers.

*OK, it's not a question. But you get the picture.

The secret world of US governance

Interesting video discussion with Bob Woodward on Face the Nation:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/10/27/woodward_secret_government_under_obama_administration_needs_to_be_reviewed.html

We no longer have a government of, by, or for the people. We haven't for quite some time. And we the people don't seem to give a damn.

No one is going to "review" our secret government, and even if someone did what could they do about it? Members of Congress are COWARDS who have betrayed us.

The continuing saga of the Boston Marathon bombing

Those of you who, like me, still smell a giant rat somewhere inside the US government's story about the Boston Marathon bombing should read this essay by Marcy Wheeler:

http://www.emptywheel.net/2013/10/27/the-dog-ate-charles-mcculloughs-homework/

From my perspective, the most interesting aspect of this whole series of events is how they illustrate that Americans not only are willing to believe lies, they seem to DEMAND to be told lies. What kind of people do that?

Saudi and Israeli Extortion

This essay and its embedded video describe how the Saudis and the Israelis are now working together to force the US to do their bidding in the Middle East:

http://www.presstv.com/detail/2013/10/27/331586/ksa-israel-coalesce-to-force-obama/

I seem to remember that US blood and treasure has been squandered in past efforts to create and support these two ungrateful nations. I recommend that we cut them both off: no more money transfers, no more arms sales, and boycott / divest / sanction both of them. Only problem with that is ... we have no friends or money, and both the Saudis and the Israelis have a stranglehold on the US Congress.

Is the Saudi monarch the Biblical "King of the South"? Could be. It sure doesn't seem like Egypt will ever be able to fit the bill again.

Impunity: American Style

Remember this picture?

The cop who is pepper spraying these peaceful protesters has received $38,056 from UC Davis as part of a workers’ compensation package. He claims he suffered depression and anxiety after receiving death threats against himself and his family following the pepper-spray incident at the school in November 2011:

http://www.mintpressnews.com/pepper-spray-cop-settlement/171247/

I do NOT approve of anyone who makes death threats, but in no way do I approve of compensating this cop for anything which resulted from the crimes he committed.

By the way, this cop will serve no jail time. If one of the protesters had done something like this to him, they would have been jailed for a long time.

America, you are a sick joke.

Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare

I worked in the nuclear industry for 25 years. I worked for the nuclear navy, for the DOE, and for all of the major nuclear steam supply system companies (GE, Westinghouse, CE/ABB, and others). I also worked for one of Arnie Gundersen's companies (see essay below).

I saw a lot of unbelievably scary crap in those 25 years, stuff that would turn your hair white. But I have NEVER seen anything as screwed up as what is cataloged in this essay:

http://dissidentvoice.org/2013/10/fukushima-a-global-threat-that-requires-a-global-response/

There are three major problems at Fukushima: (1) Three reactor cores are missing; (2) Radiated water has been leaking from the plant in mass quantities for 2.5 years; and (3) Eleven thousand spent nuclear fuel rods, perhaps the most dangerous things ever created by humans, are stored at the plant and need to be removed, 1,533 of those are in a very precarious and dangerous position. Each of these three could result in dramatic radiation events, unlike any radiation exposure humans have ever experienced.

Three reactor cores are missing; melted down and sunk into the earth !!! Incredible !!!

If there ever were an argument against nuclear power, what happened and is happening at Fukushima is it.

In environmental law and regulation, anyone who produces something is responsible for it forever. The disaster at Fukushima was caused by reactor plants designed and built by GE (the "We Bring Good Things to Life" company). The resources and wealth of GE should be confiscated by the governments of the planet and put to use cleaning up the mess at Fukushima. Climate change may hurt us in a few decades, but the mess from Fukushima is coming at all of us RIGHT NOW.

For me it's illuminating that these same governments are willing to collect a crippling carbon tax which will do NOTHING to combat climate change, but are unwilling to act together to fix Fukushima. To me this further demonstrates that governments are lying frauds that cannot do ANYTHING effectively (except plunder, rape, and kill).

Drone Island in the East River

A sober assessment of murder by drone (a.k.a. "drone warfare"):

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2013/10/24/drone-island-in-the-east-river-by-david-swanson/

The U.S. Congress recently gave the Capitol Police the longest standing-ovation since Osama bin Laden’s Muslim sea burial for what quickly turned out to be the shooting of an unarmed mother trying to get away. Congress members are in the habit of cheering for senseless murder abroad in the form of wars. Drone victims are labeled militants after the fact, by virtue of being dead. Transfer those habits to the streets of Capitol Hill, and it’s easy enough to imagine that a dead woman deserved to die — after all: she’s dead. Our police are beginning to look like the military. The public is the enemy. Murderers are cheered if they wear a uniform.

By reading this essay, you can see (again) that Israeli thinking, methods, and technology have POISONED our police and military. Can someone tell me how we have benefited from any of this?

Then please watch this short music video:

http://youtu.be/vAFR2oSCIic

Then, if you can, tell me why you don't think the US and Israel are the two greatest evils on this planet. G-d does not kill children, and He does not command anyone to kill children. EVIL kills children.

Which religion cares the most about hunger ???

Food stamp benefits (SNAP Program) will be cut next week. For this to happen in what used to be the richest country in the world is a disgrace:

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/10/26/food-o26.html

America is an unchristian nation.

The Christian Position: Blessed are the poor.

Jesus of Nazareth

The American Position: Blessed are the rich.

Obama ad-Dajjal (attributed)

Although this man's sign says "homeless" instead of "hungry", he gets the point across: if this were a Christian nation there would be no hunger or homelessness.

A tale of two storms

When Hurricane Katrina destroyed New Orleans, President George W. Bush got the blame.

When "Superstorm" Sandy destroyed New Jersey, President Obama ad-Dajjal got a free pass:

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/10/26/superstorm-sandyacasestudyineconomicdisparity.html

The reality of both situations is this:

• The Army Corps of Engineers is not protecting our coasts;
• In spite of all the money we have spent on "disaster preparedness", government agencies are no more prepared for them than the ObamaDon'tCare Program is prepared to handle the nation's health care system; and
• The United States is BROKE.

All administrations (yes, both W and O) have been diverting the nation's resources toward propping up the wealth extraction schemes of the global ruling class, and they don't give a DAMN about what happens to the United States.

If you disagree, please show me your proof.

Israeli lies about Iran

Here is yet another Israeli lie about the non-existent Iranian nuclear bomb program:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/10/25/iran-bomb-uranium-israel/3186567/

"One month away" presumes a lot of things, including the possession of sufficient bomb-grade uranium or plutonium. Where's the evidence of that? Instead of evidence, all we have is Israeli fabrications.

And the incredible nonsense coming from Sheldon Adelson PROVES that we should STOP listening to anything the Israelis say:

http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Adelson-US-should-drop-atomic-bomb-on-Iran-329641

As I have said before, the world should focus its efforts on dismantling the illegal Israeli nuclear bomb program and NOT on the legal Iranian nuclear energy program.

If Israel attacks Iran, the world should boycott, divest, and embargo Israeli assets. If the US blocks such action in the UN Security Council, then the world should boycott, divest, and embargo US assets too (if we still have any).

It past time for TRUTH in the Middle East to replace the constant litany of Israeli lies. The following essay is a step in that direction:

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/10/who-real-threat-iran-israel-2013101791830213883.html

Letter from Senator Ted Cruz

United States Senate

Washington, DC 20510

Dear Saint Howard,

Thank you for sharing your thoughts regarding Social Security reform. I especially appreciate your patience awaiting a response. It is an honor to represent Texas in the Senate and respond to your concerns.

For decades, Congress has spent Social Security Trust funds-investments of hard-working Americans that should be protected-putting this program on an increasingly unsustainable path. I believe it is time to modernize Social Security by providing Americans real ownership of the money they pay into the system, while protecting the benefits of current retirees and those very close to retirement.

If younger Americans were allowed to save a portion of their current contributions, they could earn higher rates of return and guarantee their retirement benefits. In addition, workers could pass on unused benefits to their children and grandchildren so that they may attend college, purchase a home, or start a business of their own. Social Security must be reformed if it is to become a sound system for the 55 million Americans who receive benefits today or be preserved for future generations.

Thank you for sharing your views with me. Please feel free to contact me in the future about any issue important to your family. It is an honor to serve you and the people of Texas.

For Liberty,

Senator Ted Cruz

This guy doesn't get it, either. His statements about workers saving for themselves and earning higher rates of return is horseshit. Social Security would not be "failing" if Congress would pay back the stolen Trust Fund (at least he admitted that) and if the earnings cap was removed. Instead of the Federal (sic) Reserve Bank pumping money into the Treasury Bond Market via QE3, they should pump $2.5 trillion into the Trust Fund. But they won't.

As I suspected when I got a similar letter from Senator Cornyn, the Republicans are going to trash SS. And we can expect Obama ad-Dajjal, the Wall Street sock puppet, to go along with them.

Shame on all of them.

If the American people want a revolution, this would be the time. Once the post-collapse police state is finally set up, it will be too late.

Syria says Saudis gave CW to the rebels

The Syrian Ambassador to the UN claims that Saudi Arabia gave the Syrian rebels the CW that were used in the deadly Ghouta gas attacks:

http://www.presstv.com/detail/2013/10/25/331255/ksa-provided-syria-militants-with-cw/

I find this claim to be quite believable. After all, didn't Saudi Arabia provide most of the 9/11 hijackers?

NSA says "reporters must be stopped"

The NSA says that "reporters must be stopped":

http://news.antiwar.com/2013/10/24/nsa-chief-reporters-must-be-stopped/

That is, their solution to NSA's unconstitutional and illegal spying on everyone in the world is to stop people who want to tell us about the NSA's crimes.

My suggested solution:

• Shut down the NSA, the CIA, the FBI, and the DHS
• Prosecute all of the wrong doers in these former agencies
• Give medals and generous pensions to all of the whistle blowers
• Get the USA to stop fucking with the rest of the world

As to those of you who think this would hurt "the war on terror", why would THAT be a problem? The so-called "war on terror" is mainly the persecution of people who get in the way of the ruling class.

We the people don't need no stinking "war on terror" ... THEY do. And why do we need a ruling class anyway? Do YOU want to be ruled by someone who makes a zillion times more money than you and doesn't give a shit whether you live or die? I don't.

Welfare Nation

In the US, the number of people on welfare exceeds the number of full time workers:

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/census-bureau-means-tested-govt-benefit-recipients-outnumber-full

I know ... you're gonna say "GET A JOB, you bums".

But there ARE no jobs, except the ones the legal and illegal immigrants are getting.

Why was the bailout money given to bankgangsters and corporations instead of creating a modern CCC, CWA, PWA, and/or WPA to benefit the unemployed?

Answer: Obama ad-Dajjal is a Wall Street sock puppet, and so is nearly every member of Congress.

Where is Babylon the Great ???

Babylon the Great is mentioned in several Biblical passages, including these:

1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
17 And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!

Revelation 18 KJV

The Babylon we associate with Baghdad and Iraq is far inland and cannot be seen from "afar off" at sea. The same can be said of Rome, which is not itself a seaport.

On the other hand, New York City is a seaport, and if it were burning the ship masters could see the smoke afar off at sea.

Egypt is where Pharaoh is.

Babylon is where the Harlot is.

Rome is where the pit is.

The only place where all three of these can be found together is New York City.

O's persecution of a journalist

The files of an investigative journalist in Maryland were stolen by DHS and/or the MD State Police during a raid on her home. The raid was for an apparently bogus weapons charge on her husband, and the files were taken during the raid. The couple was not informed that the search warrant made any mention of her files, which should have been protected by the First Amendment anyway. This looks like an unconstitutional search and seizure, plain and simple:

http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/25/exclusive-feds-confiscate-investigative-reporters-confidential-files-during-raid/

Welcome to Nazi Germany, American-style. And let me remind you that as an American coward, you are under no obligation to do anything about it. She should have minded her own business, right?

Letter from Senator Cornyn

I wrote to my US Senators (John Cornyn and Ted Cruz), asking them to not mess with Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Cruz (as usual) did not respond. Here's what Cornyn wrote back:

Dear Saint Howard:

Thank you for contacting me with your suggestions regarding efforts to reform Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.  I recognize the time and effort that you are dedicating to actively participate in the democratic process, and I appreciate that you and other concerned citizens have provided me the benefits of your comments on this matter.

I understand that many Americans rely upon Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, which help provide health and retirement security as well as assistance with basic necessities when they face hard times.  Congress has an obligation to make sure that these programs remain in place for those that need it the most.  Unfortunately, these programs, along with the federal budget, are in dire condition.

The biggest fiscal problem in Washington is excessive spending.  If we do not address this problem, we will strangle economic growth, destroy jobs, and reduce our standard of living.  With annual deficits of more than $1 trillion, a national debt larger than the national economy, and with more than $100 trillion in unfunded liabilities hanging over us, our toughest fiscal decisions cannot be postponed any longer.  Congress must restore America's fiscal health and reform these programs.

I am always appreciative when Texans take the time to reach out and share their concerns, and you may be certain that I will keep your concerns in mind as legislation relating to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid is considered during the 113th Congress.  Thank you for taking the time to contact me.

Sincerely,
JOHN CORNYN
United States Senator

I would like to point out that I did not make any suggestions with regards to efforts to reform the social safety net programs, other than to say DON'T TOUCH THEM. His response appears to say "we've got to cut spending, or else". While that may be true, allow me to point out that it is not Social Security which is "strangling economic growth, destroying jobs, and reducing our standard of living". These things are being accomplished by the continuing off shoring of our economy, Congress's refusal to tax the rich, and military expenditures whose only purpose is to expand and protect the riches of a rapacious global ruling class.

Mr. Senator, in my view you and Mr. Cruz are worse than worthless.

Screwing retirees, again

Now retirees are being told they were "overpaid" and have to give the money back:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/pensions-ask-retirees-pay-back-105900178.html

How many billionaire CEOs had to endure this? Perhaps none?

America, you are vile.

NSA spied on 35 world leaders

They got their IDs from an unnamed government official:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/24/nsa-surveillance-world-leaders-calls

Most likely, that official worked in the State Department, which puts the blame at the door of Hillary the Harpy Clinton. The damage she has done to our nation is incalculable, but if she ever gets in the White House it will be GAME OVER.

Soros backs HRC

George Soros wants Hillary the Harpy to be President:

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/george-soros-hillary-clinton-98796.html

If he is for her, she must be stopped. We need a President who will put AMERICA FIRST, not another lying globalist Saul Alinsky radical.

JFK Assassination, 50 years later

This November 22 will mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of JFK. And yes, I do remember where I was when I heard the news (in a school classroom).

There are several things which his murder and the events of 9/11 have in common. At least one of them should give us pause to re-think our beliefs: Newton's 3rd law of motion.

This law can be stated as follows: "When one body exerts a force on a second body, the second body simultaneously exerts a force equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to that of the first body."

As far as we know, this law has universal validity in our universe. For that reason, the "magic bullet theory" of the JFK assassination and the WTC "collapse" theory of 9/11 CANNOT be correct.

For you to believe otherwise is to believe in miracles (i.e., the suspension of physical laws).

I will have more to say about JFK and about 9/11 later, but the above observation is key to fully understanding what actually happened in both events.

Best of times, worst of times

Top US CEO's "earn" $100+ million per year each:

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/10/24/ceoi-o24.html

Those of us at the bottom of the heap don't.

The rich don't work harder than the poor, they just sell their souls at a younger age.

US already a Third World economy

So says Paul Craig Roberts, a former Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury:

http://www.presstv.com/detail/2013/10/24/331063/us-already-third-world-economy/

You can read more of his essays @ http://paulcraigroberts.org/

If you are pressed for time, at least read this one:

http://paulcraigroberts.org/2013/10/23/ye-sow-shall-ye-reap-paul-craig-roberts/

The chickens are coming home to roost, and the stench will be horrendous.

The reality of Israel's "occupation"

Here is the perspective of Israeli former soldiers on their nation's "occupation" of Palestine:

http://www.mintpressnews.com/breaking-the-silence-israel-soldiers/171162/

By the way, I don't intentionally look for anti-Israel stories. I post them when I see them, and there have been a lot of such stories in the news lately.

I wonder why.

Europe furious over US spying

Good essay in Der Spiegel about the coming blowback from NSA spying on them:

http://www.spiegel.de/international/

Keep in mind that although Obama ad-Dajjal will be blamed for this, Hillary the Harpy was at the heart of it. Her Presidency, should it come to pass (heaven forbid!), will be 4 to 8 more years of this same bullshit. If the US even exists by the time these two get done wrecking it, it will be a miracle.

Ten "secrets" about Israel

Here are ten things you may not have known about our only "friends" in the Middle East:

http://www.irmep.org/ten.htm

They define the phrase "with friends like this, who needs enemies".

Aircraft Carrier Sold For One Penny

The US government just sold the USS Forrestal to a scrap metal recycler for one cent:

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/10/23/forrestal-navy-first-supercarrier-sold-for-1-penny/

This illustrates how STUPID and WASTEFUL war is: a two billion dollar (today's value) ship is only worth one cent. And its only "contribution" was to help bomb the bejesus out of Vietnam, for G-d only knows what reason. So the dominoes would not fall, or some crap like that.

This is ALMOST as dumb as selling the WTC debris to scrap recyclers before it could be examined as crime scene evidence.

Ironically, I think that I wrote this scrap recycler's air permit while I worked for the Texas environmental agency in a former life. Won't ever do THAT again.

If Israel is a Jewish state ...

This essay and the embedded video argue that Israel is a Jewish state:

http://dissidentvoice.org/2013/10/is-it-really-israels-new-racism/

If that is so, then Israel is "an establishment of religion" and the following provision of the US Constitution should apply:

First Amendment
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; ...

In other words, Congress should not pass any laws which either support or hinder Israel. Since monies cannot be drawn from the US Treasury except when authorized by law, this means that the United States should not send ANY public monies to Israel.

If on the other hand Israel should ATTACK another country, that would not be a "free exercise of religion" and the US should be allowed (with UN approval) to attack Israel in return.

The same applies to any Islamic republics.

Whether or not you agree with my argument, if after watching this video you still think the US should support Israel, there is something wrong with you.

And to those of you who are Christians, if after watching this video you still think that Israel has any respect for you or will allow you to enter Jerusalem after they have annexed it, walled it off, and rebuilt the Temple, there is something wrong with you, too.

If you are not Jewish, you are just another "infiltrator".

And you heard this from their lips, not mine.

Falling behind, still

Another op-ed on how the US is falling behind the rest of the world:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/23/opinion/the-united-states-falling-behind.html

Other than put metal detectors and more guards at our schools, what have we done in response?

Prepare for a hard landing. Somebody stole our parachutes a long time ago. I think his name was Milo Minderbinder:

http://youtu.be/E9wcK6qvCqI

Saudis cut ties with US

This is a MAJOR screw-up on the part of Obama ad-Dajjal and his minions:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2472680/Saudi-Arabia-severs-diplomatic-ties-US-response-conflict-Syria.html

The Saudis are a key lynch pin in the petrodollar scheme. Should they drop out, we are really gonna get screwed. Don't forget that it was Nixon and Kissinger who got us in this Saudi oil mess in the first place.

The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements, let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith. Here let us stop.

President George Washington

Canada: Not so nice any more

Please watch this 5 minute video which shows RCMP police and the RCMP Emergency Response Team (the guys in camo) attacking peaceful protesters who are preventing a fracking company from invading their ancestral lands:

http://www.submedia.tv/stimulator/2013/10/20/showdown-at-highway-134/

Take note how MONEY is willing to use lethal force to make MORE money, while people who love the Earth and their culture are willing to die to defend them.

By the way, the company that wants to frack these lands (Houston-based Southwestern Energy) appears to be owned mainly by US private equity firms:

http://sainthoward.blogspot.com/2013/10/who-owns-frackers.html

Note that US citizens, docile sheep that we are, have been doing NOTHING to protect the natural resources on which our lives depend from the rich bastards who want to rape them. Indigenous peoples, who know from personal experience what happens when prospectors, miners, and drillers arrive, know that the rapists MUST be defeated before they can sink their hooks into the land. Once the wealth has been extracted, the only things left will be toxic tailings piles, poisoned water, and sick human beings.

And (surprise, surprise!) something similar is happening in Columbia:

http://upsidedownworld.org/main/colombia-archives-61/4520-colombia-paramilitary-group-threatens-indigenous-protesters-with-social-cleansing

Wherever and whenever a ruling class decides that "the doctrine of discovery" and "free trade" give them the right to extract wealth from the land, there will be destruction and death. Christopher (sic) Columbus started it in the Americas, and we his descendants carry his torch to this day.