kdenninger July 30, 2009 Discussion of what caused the spike at 8:45 Central Time this morning - bluntly, it was bad data that got corrected and fed computer-led trading. Nothing new, but something to think about.
kdenninger July 30, 2009 On PBS I got a question into Ben Bernanke - who promptly ducked it. Here's why he ducked it, and what it means. Analysis and a challenge, which I fully expect Bernanke will refuse to accept, of course.
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AlJazeeraEnglish July 30, 2009 The Iraqi government has for the first time acknowledged casualties at Camp Ashraf, a settlement of Iranian exiles north of Baghdad, during violent clashes between riot police and protesters.
Video images released by the exiled People's Mujahideen of Iran, who were given sanctuary by former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, allegedly showed Iraqi forces driving Humvees into protesters and beating up residents.
Alex Jones - Dr. Sherri Tenpenny : The Swine Flu Hype?
July 30, 2009 Alex talks with Dr. Sherri Tenpenny, one of the country's most knowledgeable and outspoken physicians regarding the impact of vaccines on health. drtenpenny.com
July 29, 2009 PBS NewsHour economics correspondent Paul Solman explains the workings of the Federal Reserve at a level more suited to "Sesame Street" and "Barney" fans than to an adult, semi-educated audience.
You gotta love that sailboat.
So pour yourself a nice, tall glass of fluoridated water or Aspartame Kool-Aid and enjoy, you dumbed-down slave!
Ben Bernanke - "I Am Answerable to the American People."
July 29, 2009 In an unprecedented move by any Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Shalom Bernanke flew to Kansas City, Missouri, and took questions from ordinary (vetted and pre-screened?), struggling Americans at a town-hall style forum, Sunday 26 July 2009, moderated by PBS NewsHour anchor Jim Lehrer.
Here, Bernanke explains what the Federal Reserve is and what it does, the importance of Fed "independence" He declares, "I am answerable to the American people."
RussiaToday July 29, 2009 If Obama looks different than Bush, it doesnt mean that his approach to Russia and other foreign policy issues would be different, says James Joyner, Managing Director of the Atlantic Council.
AlJazeeraEnglish July 29, 2009 Chinese authorities have been accused of mounting a crackdown on human rights lawyers, with many having their licences revoked.
The lawyers handle a wide-range of cases, from families affected by last year's tainted milk scandal, to representing prominent dissidents.
Honduran Immigrants Speak Out on The Coup In Their Country
videonation July 29, 2009 In the wake of political unrest in Honduras, Honduran immigrants in New York City discuss their view of recent events that removed President Manuel Zelaya from office, and replaced him with three-time Presidential Candidate Roberto Micheletti. Produced by Joseph Huff-Hannon and Marcos Meconi.
Today's Headlines * At Least 18 Killed in Iraq Violence * Iraqi Forces Raid US-Backed Iranian Exile Group * General: US Control of Iraqi Airspace Likely Beyond 2011 * Hundreds Protest Gates in Baghdad * British Forces Exiting Iraq * Colombian Troops to Join US in Afghanistan * US Revokes Visas for Honduran Coup Officials * Following Global Protests, Iran Frees 140 Prisoners, Closes Jail * Toll in Nigeria Clashes Hits 150 * Afghanistan Offers to Repatriate Gitmo Teen * Rights Group Sues UK for Torture, Rendition of Ex-Gitmo Prisoner * Senate Panel Backs Sotomayor Nomination * Regulators: Speculation Inflated Oil Prices, Limits Considered * Schwarzenegger Cuts More Social Spending from California Budget Bill * Protesters Demand Network Coverage of Single Payer * Suspect in Tiller Murder Pleads Not Guilty * IG: Tennessee Valley Authority Ignored 20 Years of Warnings Before Coal Ash Disaster
Headlines * Baucus Health Plan Omits Public Insurance Option * 22 Health Groups Spent Over $1 Million in Lobbying in 2Q * Obesity Medical Costs Balloon to $147 Billion * Report: Power Shifts in Plan for Shadow Government * Gates Discusses Arms Deal in Iraq and Israel * Military May Expand Role of Contractors in Afghanistan * Efforts to Reduce Foreclosures Falls Short * 911 Tapes Released in Henry Louis Gates Case * Study Shows Danger of Texting While Driving * 85 Haitian Migrants Missing After Boat Capsizes * Red Cross: Sexual Violence on the Rise in Congo * Watchdog Group Calls on ABC to Include Coverage of Single-Payer Option * More Headlines
Headlines * Israel: All Options on Iran Are Still on the Table * Cheney Wanted US Troops to Arrest Suspected Terrorists Inside US * Teenager Held at Guantanamo May Face Civilian Trial * Clinton Describes Zelayas Brief Returns to Honduras as Reckless * Palins Farewell Message to the Media: Quit Making Things Up * Obama Weighs In Again on Henry Louis Gates Controversy * Court Demands Accounting for Indian Trusts * US to Sign UN Convention on Rights of Disabled * Bill Introduced to Restore Voting Rights to Former Prisoners * House Bill Lifts Ban on Needle Exchanges * Worldwide Rallies Condemn Irans Treatment of Opposition Protesters * Veterans Commit Murder at Home After Return from Iraq * 10 NYC Homeless Activists Arrested at Encampment * Anti-Gay Singapore Prof Cancels NYU Stint
AlJazeeraEnglish July 29, 2009 A day after the Nigerian president said calm was restored to the north, gun battles broke out again between government forces and Boko Haram fighters seeking sharia across the country.
Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege reports from the Nigerian capital, Abuja.
Viewers may find some of the images in the report disturbing.
RussiaToday July 29, 2009 US authorities say they are searching for the eighth member of a group that is suspected of plotting terror attacks in foreign countries.
RussiaToday July 29, 2009 The Obama administration has announced that it does not rule out Russias participation in the NATO alliance, raising questions as to whether there are mixed attitudes to Russia within the presidents office.
Good and bad cop game allows US maintain its interests
RussiaToday July 29, 2009 In relations with Russia, Obama plays a good cop and Biden a bad cop to keep a distance but at the same time come closer to Russia, said Viktoria Panova from the Moscow State University of International Relations.
Alex Jones - Ron Paul : Driving Ben Bernanke Crazy!
July 29, 2009 Alex welcomes back to the show Texas Congressman and former Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul. Paul's bill, H.R. 1207, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009, has gained tremendous momentum since it was introduced in the House last February.
ERIC LICHTBLAU and JAMES RISEN July 27, 2009 WASHINGTON — A shift in authority has given military officials at the White House a bigger operational role in creating a backup government if the nation’s capital were “decapitated” by a terrorist attack or other calamity, according to current and former officials involved in the decision.
The move, which was made in the closing weeks of the administration of President George W. Bush, came after months of heated internal debate about the balance of power and the role of the military in a time of crisis, participants said. Officials said the Obama administration had left the plan essentially intact.
Under the revamped structure, the White House Military Office, which reports to the office of the White House chief of staff, has assumed a more central role in setting up a temporary “shadow government” in a crisis. ⇒
videonation July 28, 2009 The Washington Post's Juliet Eilperin discusses the prospect of climate change legislation in 2009: Will the "ACES" bill, passed in the House, also pass the Senate? What are the political impacts of the bill in 2010 and 2012? And will the current bill actually stop climate change?
July 29, 2009 New Bill, Could allow New Cyber Tsar Power to shut down websites, snoop through your Internet data and control what sites we can look at, on a new crackdown on Internet Liberties.
RussiaToday July 27, 2009 It is feared some Russian poppy seed importers may be secretly extracting parts of the plant waste to make heroin. But it is food retailers who may face prison for putting poppy in their cakes and bread.
AlJazeeraEnglish July 27, 2009 The United States is in the final stages of negotiations with Colombia to shift its anti-drug operations from Ecuador to Colombian airbases.
The plan has faced resistance in Colombia, where a senator says the US uses its fight against drugs as an excuse to increase its influence in Colombia's internal affairs.
Al Jazeera's Gabriel Elizondo reports from the capital, Bogota.
"Biden was wrong conflating Russian economy with politics
RussiaToday July 27, 2009 Steve Levine, a journalist from BusinessWeek magazine, joined RT to share his reaction on Joe Biden's recent Wall Street Journal anti-Russian bravado, which doesnt go in line with statements from other top US officials.
July 28, 2009 Police have been accused of failing to respect the human rights of activists during the G20 protests. MPs have criticised the 'kettling technique', which people were held within a police cordon. Sky's home affairs correspondent Mark White reports.
G. Edward Griffin interviewed on Fox News by Judge Napolitano. Topics include Federal Reserve and New World Order
G. Edward Griffin explains the Federal Reserve as described in his book, the Creature from Jekyll Island, and also discusses the audit the Fed bill. 7/15/09
AlJazeeraEnglish July 26, 2009 It has been 56 years since North and South Korea agreed to stop fighting the Korean war. But their relationship is in a dire state.
Pyongyang abandoned the 1953 armistice and continues to threaten South Korea with "unimaginably deadly blows".
Steve Chao examines if the secretive country is really capable of mounting an attack against its foes.
RussiaToday July 26, 2009 Brazil has turned a corner in helping its millions of poverty-stricken rural families. In whats been seen as one of the worlds most-successful social programs, welfare benefits now let their children go to school.
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Gerald Ford talked about one of the "perks" of being President: You can have people killed.
The complete bureaucracy for how people are "neutralized" is laid out in these two videos.
The fireworks start at the 1:55 point in the first video.
Your tax dollars at work...
More about this from a recent article by Steven Webster called:
"Report: No geographical limitations on CIA assassination"
Every president since Truman
According to historian Christopher Andrew, under questioning by New York Times reporters and editors in 1975, President Gerald Ford explained that U.S. intelligence documents must not be revealed to the public because the revelations would “blacken the reputation of every President since Truman.”
“Like what?” he was asked.
“Like assassinations!” replied Ford, who later insisted the comment be kept “off the record.”
The discussion was held following Ford’s recent receipt of the CIA inspector general’s now-infamous report informally known as the “Family Jewels.” It revealed hundreds of CIA indiscretions ranging from experimenting on soldiers and prisoners with illegal, hallucinogenic drugs to assassination plots against South American leftists.
“The Times group returned to their bureau for a spirited argument about whether they could pass up a story potentially so explosive,” noted reporter Daniel Schorr. “Managing Editor E. C. Daniel called the White House in the hope of getting Nessen to ease the restriction from ‘off-the-record’ to ‘deep background.’ Nessen was more adamant than ever that the national interest dictated that the president’s unfortunate slip be forgotten. Finally, Sulzberger cut short the debate, saying that, as the publisher, he would decide, and he had decided against the use of the incendiary information.”
Schorr, who reported Ford’s comment for CBS News later that year, would later reveal that the president was not speaking about specific killings, but assassination conspiracies. In Schorr’s follow-up, then-CIA Director William Colby insisted that the agency had not been involved in assassinations since 1973.
Florida congressman Alan Grayson laughs in Ben Bernanke's face - priceless!
During his questioning of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Shalom Bernanke before the House Financial Services Committee, U.S. congressman Alan Grayson (D), representing Florida's 8th congressional district (Orlando, Ocala, Eustis), burst out laughing at Bernanke's hubris. (21 July 2009)
Scam central "The Financial Services Modernization Act.' "The Commodity Futures Modernization Act."
Goldman Sachs wrote them... Clinton teed them up and Bush & Co. knocked them down the fairway.
Now Goldman owns the new president too.
The bankrupting of America (and the world) on the behalf of a handful of New York investment bankers. Kleptocracy - government of the thieves, by the thieves, for the thieves.
RussiaToday July 25, 2009 Moscow says its hard to figure out who is in charge of US foreign policy President Obama or his advisors following critical comments against Russia by Vice President Joe Biden.
Alex Jones - Dahr Jamail : What Really Happened In Iraq!
July 25, 2009 Dahr Jamail, one of the few unembedded journalists to report extensively from Iraq during the 2003 invasion and subsequent occupation. Jamail is the recipient of the 2008 The Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism. dahrjamailiraq.com
kdenninger July 24, 2009 Front-running is supposed to be illegal. But equally important is the impact on volatility and amplification of price moves that this practice is almost-certainly bringing to the exchanges. It is time to stop the cheating!
401Ks are 'Prey' for High Frequency Frontrunning Predatory Traders
July 25, 2009 Former NASDAQ Chairman Alfred Berkeley talks to Bloomberg about high frequency trading and how he is trying to protect his clients from the frontrunning predators who use it
July 24, 2009 Newsnight piece broadcast 23rd July. UK authorities allege their website crashes as they launch a pandemic hotline and dole out anti virals
Swine flu hype is 'Overcooked' agrees pandemic expert
July 23, 2009 UK pandemic flu expert (Dr Peter Holden) interviewed on BBC's newsnight doesn't totally dissent from the view of Guardian journalist (Peter Jenkins) that the British authorities are trying to scare people and there has been a 'grossly disproportionate reaction'
gnooze July 23, 2009 Senators tell the President he'll just have to wait until the fall on health care, Sec'y of State Hillary Clinton trades jabs with North Korea, and Honduras's Manuel Zelaya is goin' in... don't even try to stop him! Marta Costello hosts the gnooze (the g is silent), the day's top stories in under 5 minutes.
Sergeant 1st Class Donald Buswell with Jim Fetzer on the Real Deal. July 22nd 2009
July 23, 2009 FT. SAM HOUSTON, Texas — Forty-one-year-old Sergeant First Class Donald Buswell is a hero. Having served over 19 years in the United States Army, Buswell has seen a lot of terrain. On April 15, 2004, he was injured in a rocket attack while serving a tour in Iraq. For this, SFC Buswell was given a Purple Heart. And until recently, Buswell was an Intelligence Analyst stationed at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas.
But if one were to ask Buswells Commanding Officer what he thinks of the Sergeant, the response would likely sound a little bit more like, "No comment."
Such were the words given to The Iconoclast by Lieutenant Colonel Jane Crichton after inquiring why SFC Buswell is the focus of an investigation initiated by Colonel Luke S. Green, Chief of Staff at Fifth Army in Ft. Sam Houston.
According to unnamed military sources contacted by The Iconoclast, SFC Buswell "used his Government issued email account to send messages disloyal to the United States " Because of these statements, SFC Buswell could soon find himself dishonorably discharged, court martialed, or worse, 911truth.ie
Alex Jones - Gerald Celente : The Worst is Yet to Come!
July 24, 2009 Alex welcomes back to the show Gerald Celente, a trend forecaster, popular author, and founder and director of The Trends Research Institute founded in 1980. He is noted for predicting the 1987 stock market crash and the fall of the Soviet Union.
Alex Jones : Sen. Jay Rockefeller Threatens Luke Rudkowski
Kurt Nimmo Infowars July 22, 2009 Near the end of the video here shot by WeAreChange activists, the great-grandson of John D. Rockefeller can only offer a telling smile when asked about the eugenics history of his family. Go find somebody else to talk to, snaps the West Virginia senator when politely asked to elaborate. WeAreChange confront Jay Rockefeller.
RussiaToday July 23, 2009 The nuclear umbrella proposed by the US to certain Gulf countries will serve as an excuse for continuing its military presence in the Middle East, predicts investigative journalist and RT contributor Wayne Madsen.
AlJazeeraEnglish July 23, 2009 Photographs showing the abuse of inmates at Iraq's infamous Abu Ghraib prison by US prison guards have shocked the world.
The latest one to be outraged is Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff.
Mullen has voiced his disgust after seeing some of the withheld photographs of the abuse that the administration of Barack Obama, the US president, is seeking to keep under the wraps and not let the world to see.
In a leaked memo obtained by the Fox News network, Mullen said he was "appalled" that someone in an American uniform would behave in such a way.
"We haven't all absorbed or applied all the lessons of Abu Ghraib," Mullen said.
But for Mahmood Khalil, an Iraqi television cameraman and former Abu Ghraib inmate, the pictures are more than just disturbing images - they are personal nightmares.
Khalil told Al Jazeera that he was on his way to work when he was stopped at a US checkpoint in 2003, accused of being a terrorist, and led into the notorious prison, where he was held for more than three months.
As Al Jazeera's Mosab Jasim reports, Khalil said he saw guards deliberately abusing and intimidating prisoners in full view of other inmates.
"[One] detainee was tortured in front of my eyes, only three metres from my cell," Khalil said.
"[He] was tortured by dogs to confess to a crime he never committed."
RussiaToday July 23, 2009 Since the time of President Harry S. Truman, the US has tried to prevent the emergence of an uncontrolled center of power in Eurasia, says Dmitry Suslov from the Moscow-based Council on Foreign and Defence Policy.
RussiaToday July 23, 2009 American author and journalist Sasha Abramsky talked to RTs Anastasia Churkina about the staggering number of hungry Americans embedded in poverty, and the atrocities of the US prison system.
AlJazeeraEnglish July 22, 2009 A key report ordered by the Obama administration on the future of Guantanamo Bay detainees has been delayed for six months. Is the US president backtracking on his pledges to shut down the infamous jail?
Today's Headlines * UN Reports $4.8B Shortfall in Meeting Humanitarian Needs * Pakistan Opposes Expanded US Attacks in Afghanistan * 16 Killed in Iraq; Maliki, Obama to Hold Talks * Coup Regime Rejects Own Negotiators Proposal on Zelaya Return * Venezuela to Revise Colombia Ties over US Bases * Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinian Land * Amnesty Criticizes Saudi Arabia on Crackdowns * Admin Shuns Request to Disclose Health Exec Visits * Execs, Top Earners Account for More than Third of All US Wages * House Advances Measure Reducing Private Role in Student Loans * Study: Teen Pregnancies, STDs Rose under Bush * Cambridge Police Drop Charge Against Henry Louis Gates