Monday, August 31, 2009
Clif High (HalfPastHuman.com) Web Bot Interview: Conference call (posted to the net later) with Michael St. Clair early September 1st
St.Clair's Light-Seeds: Futures of Planet Earth
Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens For Legitimate Government | 31 Aug 2009
Iraq ministry bombers 'recently freed by US' --The suicide bombers who killed 95 people in devastating attacks at Iraqi government ministries on August 19 had recently been released from US custody, a senior interior ministry official said on Sunday. 31 Aug 2009 The bombings in Baghdad also wounded 600 people in what was the worst day of violence to hit the country for 18 months. "The suicide bomber who blew himself up at the ministry of foreign affairs was released three months ago from Camp Bucca," the official told AFP on condition of anonymity, referring to the US jail near Basra. "The suicide bomber who blew himself up outside the ministry of finance was also released a few months ago from the same jail." [As the CLG has asserted from the get-go: Probe any major attack of terror and likely find: A) CIA B) Blackwater/Xe C) MI5 D) Mossad E) All of the Above.]
No end to Iraq 'torture and deaths' 31 Aug 2009 More than 1,000 prisoners in Iraq are facing the death penalty, Amnesty International said. The human rights organisation called for an "immediate moratorium" on all executions and said hundreds of people were still facing "a grisly death at the end of a rope". Amnesty said the Iraqi government had widened both the scope and application of the death penalty since it was restored [by the US-installed dictatorship] in August 2004, and the punishment could now be used for "a wide range of offences", from murder to the membership and support of armed groups.
West faces losing battle over Afghan poll fraud 01 Sep 2009 Widespread and systematic fraud during the Afghan presidential elections has tarnished the legitimacy of any future government and undermined the Nato campaign there, Western and Afghan officials have admitted. Two more British soldiers were killed yesterday and the commander of the Nato forces in Afghanistan warned President Obama that the eight-year war was in a "serious" state and that big changes were needed if victory was to be achieved.
Groundwork Is Laid for New Troops in Afghanistan --Revised strategy by McChrystal would invest US more extensively in Afghanistan than it has since American forces helped topple Taliban government following attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 01 Sep 2009 A new report by the top commander in Afghanistan detailing the deteriorating situation there confronts President Obama with the politically perilous decision of whether to deepen American involvement in the eight-year-old war amid shrinking public support at home. The classified assessment submitted Monday by Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, who took over American and NATO forces in Afghanistan in June, did not request additional American troops, American officials said, but they added that it effectively lay the groundwork for such a request in coming weeks.
Two British soldiers killed in Afghanistan 31 Aug 2009 Two more British soldiers have died in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said today, bringing the total number of deaths of UK personnel since operations began in 2001 to 210. The soldiers from the Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, were killed in an explosion while on foot patrol north of Lashkar Gah district, southern Helmand, this morning.
US officials cancel contract to profile reporters 31 Aug 2009 U.S. military authorities in Afghanistan have terminated a contract with a public affairs propaganda company that was producing background profiles of reporters covering a war that's becoming increasingly unpopular with the American public. The work being done by The Rendon Group had become a "distraction to our main mission here," Rear Adm. Gregory Smith, director of communications for U.S. Forces Afghanistan, said Monday in an e-mailed statement. [What, exactly, *is* the 'mission' in Afghanistan?]
US Hummers Enter Pakistan, Undercover American Soldiers In Islamabad By Ahmed Quraishi 01 Sep 2009 Undercover armed Americans are swarming the Pakistani capital in the latest sign that the elected government has allowed Washington to dispatch what is believed to be a large number of American special operations agents and contractual security guards, including the infamous Blackwater private militia... The latest evidence of the growing American military presence in the Pakistani capital is the arrest of four Americans carrying automatic weapons in a part of the Pakistani capital that foreigners seldom visit. The four were arrested in Sector G-9 of Islamabad in the evening of Saturday, Aug. 29.
Nato tankers blown up in Pakistan 31 Aug 2009 Suspected militants have blown up more than 20 vehicles carrying Nato supplies from Pakistan's Karachi port to Kandahar in Afghanistan, police said. Two people have been injured in the attack, they said. No one has claimed responsibility for the [Xe?] attack.
Blackwater Tapped Foreigners on Secret CIA Program --Nearly a dozen Blackwater 'surrogates' were recruited to join the Blackwater-CIA death squad program. 30 Aug 2009 When the CIA revived a plan to kill or capture terrorists in 2004, the agency turned to the well-connected security company mercenaries then known as Blackwater USA... The former senior CIA official said that close to a dozen Blackwater "surrogates" were recruited to join the death squad program. The recruits, the former official said, were not told they were working for the CIA. The program reportedly cost millions of dollars over an eight-year span.
'The detainee is 'in the complete control of Americans.'' New CIA Docs Detail Brutal "Extraordinary Rendition" Process By Scott Horton 28 Aug 2009 Deep among the documents released to the ACLU on Monday afternoon was a curious memo dated 30 December 2004 and directed to Dan Levin, then acting head of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel... The name of the sender, based at the CIA, has been obliterated. The document provides a step-by-step manual for extraordinary renditions. The process starts with "capture shock..." During the flight, the detainee is securely shackled, and is deprived of sight and sound through the use of blindfolds, earmuffs and hoods. The detainee is "in the complete control of Americans." ...A medical officer and a psychologist play key roles in the process (though their professional ethics rules would prohibit such conduct.) All of these practices are carefully engineered to facilitate the interrogation process.
The Secret History of Hurricane Katrina By James Ridgeway 28 Aug 2009 The Blackwater operators described their mission in New Orleans as "securing neighborhoods," as if they were talking about Sadr City. When National Guard troops descended on the city, the Army Times described their role as fighting "the insurgency in the city." Brigadier Gen. Gary Jones, who commanded the Louisiana National Guard's Joint Task Force, told the paper, "This place is going to look like Little Somalia. We're going to go out and take this city back. This will be a combat operation to get this city under control." ...And while the government couldn't seem to keep people from dying on rooftops or abandoned highways, it wasted no time building a temporary jail in New Orleans.
NORAD to assist security efforts at Vancouver Olympics 21 Aug 2009 In hopes of preventing terrorist attacks, 2010 Olympic organizers will deploy 8,000 security personnel, spend as much as $1 billion in Canadian government funds and elicit help from the North American Aerospace Defense Command. NORAD leaders are finalizing plans with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to provide fighter jets and radar support in Vancouver, where 5,500 athletes from 80-plus countries will converge in February.
Over 400 immigrant kids in UK detention 31 Aug 2009 Britain is once again under fire for abusing children by locking up hundreds of minors in immigration detention centers. According to a Home Office report, 470 children --mostly under the age of 5 --were held unnecessarily in detention facilities along with their families in the first half of 2009.
500 groups urge Obama to halt immigration police program 31 Aug 2009 A coalition of advocacy groups sent a letter to President Obama last week demanding that the administration end a program that allows local police to enforce federal immigration law. The program, known as 287(g), deputizes police to turn over suspects or criminals to immigration authorities for possible deportation. Immigrant rights groups said the program has led to civil rights violations and racial profiling.
White House to Brief Obama on H1N1 Flu 31 Aug 2009 The White House is expected to hold a special briefing for President Barack Obama Tuesday on U.S. government preparations to combat H1N1 swine flu, a senior administration official confirmed.
Colombia president Uribe infected with swine flu 31 Aug 2009 Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe has contracted swine flu during a summit of Latin American leaders, a Colombian minister says. Social Protection Minister Diego Palacio said on Sunday that the 57-year-old leader began showing symptoms of the A(H1N1) virus on Friday, upon returning from a meeting of South American presidents in Bariloche, Argentina.
New flu hit estimated 10 percent of New Yorkers 30 Aug 2009 The new H1N1 swine flu is estimated to have infected about 800,000 people in New York City in the spring, a top U.S. health official said on Sunday, citing a study due to be released later this week.
Flu shot or get fired --About 25,000 Capital Region hospital workers 'need' the state-mandated shield, and the area's top sites say comply or quit 29 Aug 2009 (Albany, NY) Workers at Capital Region hospitals are going to have to get a flu shot this year or face losing their jobs. The hospital, which will pay for the vaccine, is insisting that almost all of its 7,000 employees get the shots, even those who work at off-site buildings such as the finance center in Delmar.
Hartsfield clinic to add kiosks for flu shots 30 Aug 2009 The medical clinic at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport plans to open seven kiosks offering seasonal flu shots starting Sept. 15. The clinic dispensed about 10,000 flu shots last year, and the company that runs it is expanding the service this year because it expects heavier demand, said Rosemary Kelly, chief marketing officer of the AeroClinic.
Missouri veteran injured by vaccine ineligible for benefit 30 Aug 2009 It wasn’t a bullet or roadside bomb that felled Lance Cpl. Josef Lopez three years ago, after just nine days in Iraq. It was an injection into his arm before his Marine Corps unit left the United States. It left Lopez in a coma, paralyzed and unable for a time to breathe on his own. He can walk now, but with a limp... Yet the Springfield, Mo., man does not qualify for a special GI benefit of up to $100,000 for troops who suffer traumatic injuries.
U.S. Meetings With Lobbyists Go Unreported 31 Aug 2009 Since the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act passed in February, federal agencies have reported 197 contacts with lobbyists about stimulus grants. In August, the entire government reported only eight such lobbying contacts. The Pentagon, which controls about $7.4 billion in stimulus spending, reported just one lobbying contact so far this year. The Homeland Security Department, with at least $3 billion to spend, reported none.
Massachusetts governor backs naming Kennedy successor 31 Aug 2009 Democrats pushed Monday to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Edward Kennedy, with the Massachusetts governor throwing his support behind a proposal to name an interim successor and help Democrats retain a critical margin in the chamber. Massachusetts lawmakers said they would hold a public hearing on September 9 to discuss changing state law so the Democratic governor could make a temporary appointment to the Senate.
'Polar bears are facing so many threats right now - from global warming to poaching, trophy hunting and commercial trade - that scientists say they could vanish from the United States by the middle of the century.' Wildlife Groups Seek Halt to Polar Bear Trade 31 Aug 2009 The International Fund for Animal Welfare, Humane Society International, and Defenders of Wildlife have urged the United States to lead the way to end international commercial trade in polar bears, including hides, trophies, rugs and other polar bear parts. The United States has an opportunity to submit a proposal to stop the trade at next year's meeting of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The meeting is set for 13-25 March in Doha, Qatar.
California wildfire more than doubles on sixth day 31 Aug 2009 A massive wildfire roaring through mountains north of Los Angeles forced some firefighters to retreat on Monday as it menaced foothill homes and Mount Wilson, a broadcasting hub and site of an historic observatory. The so-called Station Fire more than doubled in size as it burned out of control for a sixth day, charring 105,000 acres (42,500 hectares), up from 42,000 acres (17,000 hectares) late on Sunday, and sending up towering plumes of smoke that fouled the air for miles (km) around.
Satire: GOP Town Hall Handbook Revealed --Excerpts from the book entitled "Taking My Country Back from Those People" By R J Shulman 31 Aug 2009 Chapter One: Fail to the Chief - As you know, job one for the true patriot is to do whatever is necessary to make Barack Obama fail. Whatever he is in favor of you know is just his sick subversive plan to take away your guns, have illegal aliens take over your house, and grant abortions on demand to legally married gays. (You will notice we don't call him 'President' because as you all know, he imported dozens of thugs from Kenya where he was born a Muslim, to rig the last election which he stole from our real president, Sarah Palin.) ...Ignore all the America-hating liberals who tell lies that there is anything wrong with our health care system. Remember, if you don't have health care or your health insurance plan has just said they won't pay for your illness, it's only because you haven't been praying enough. (Satire)
Previous lead stories: 'I'll Reveal True Identity of Bomber' --Sources close to Megrahi believe he may actually have been a double agent working for the FBI or the CIA. 23 Aug 2009 An American citizen is to be named by the Lockerbie bomber as the man who really carried out the terrorist attack on Pan Am Flight 103. Lawyers for the bomber were to argue that an "elusive" terrorist codenamed Abu Elias planted the bomb in December 1988, causing the deaths of 270 innocent people. Megrahi is now expected to identify the man behind this alias. The Scottish Sunday Express tracked this man down to his home in the US, and he strongly denied having anything to do with the atrocity. However, we can reveal that he has connections to at least two international terrorists and a Palestinian terror group, as well as links to the US intelligence services. The man, who works as a schools engineer for the US government, was to become the central figure in Megrahi’s aborted appeal. [What's interesting about all of this is that if it's proven that a CIA agent carried out oh-but-another terrorist attack, the US media will stop referring to him as a terrorist and start referring to him as an 'activist,' 'militant' or 'rebel,' just like they do with abortion clinic bombers and Luis Posada Carriles. Carriles, another CIA-backed terrorist, is wanted in Venezuela for the 1976 bombing of a Cuban airliner that killed all 73 people on board. They're busy little bees at the CIA. When they're not drilling or waterboarding people, they're blowing up airplanes. --LRP]
Cheney says cooperation with CIA probe "will depend" [OMG --just arrest his a*s!] McCain concerned about effect on 'CIA morale' [Yes, we wouldn't want to keep a good waterboarder down.] 30 Aug 2009 Former Vice President [sic] Dick Cheney said he might refuse to speak with a prosecutor investigating suspected CIA prisoner abuses, a probe he branded as political and bad for national security. Cheney has been one of the fiercest critics of U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's decision last week to name a new special prosecutor to look deeper into harsh interrogations torture of captured terrorism suspects during the Bush regime. The cases under investigation include a mock execution, use of a power drill to scare a prisoner and the waterboarding of accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed 183 times.
'They were war crimes.' Blackwater Founder Accused in Court of Intent to Kill 29 Aug 2009 The founder of Blackwater USA deliberately caused the deaths of innocent civilians in a series of shootings in Iraq, attorneys for Iraqis suing the security contractor mercenaries told a federal judge Friday. The attorneys singled out Erik Prince, a former Navy SEAL who is the company's owner, for blame in the deaths of more than 20 Iraqis between 2005 and 2007. Six former Blackwater guards were criminally charged in 14 of the shootings, and family members and victims' estates sued Prince, Blackwater (now called Xe Services LLC) and a group of related companies. "The person responsible for these deaths is Mr. Prince,'' Susan L. Burke, an attorney for the plaintiffs, said in U.S. District Court in Alexandria. "He had the intent, he provided the weapons, he provided the instructions, and they were done by his agents and they were war crimes.''
The Mortgage Lender Implode-O-Meter | Housing Finance Bust News - August 31, 2009
- FDIC Says TB&W Is Holding Homeowners 'Hostage' - [2009-08-31] - Government regulators say Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp., the Florida mortgage lender that filed for bankruptcy last week...
- Commercial mortgage defaults in Bay Area rising - [2009-08-31] - " A predicted avalanche of commercial property loan defaults in the Bay Area and elsewhere looms large as mounting delinquent mo...
- American Casino - Interdependence and the Subprime Mortgage Crisis - [2009-08-31] - Filmmakers Andrew and Leslie Cockburn interviewed both Wall Street heavy hitters and those on the street because they lost thei...
- US Dollar to be transformed into a Mickey Mouse Currency - [2009-08-31] - " The U.S. dollar is rapidly transforming into a Mickey Mouse currency. This has led to a rising call for the creation of an alt...
- Disclosure Rules on Stimulus Lobbying Produce Few Actual Disclosures - [2009-08-31] - "The Hill reports that while stimulus funds are being used to create a nationwide map showing where broadband access is needed m...
- Ex-Countrywide Execs’ Firm Modifies Bad Loans for Taxpayer Cash - [2009-08-31]
- Colorado dumps over half of Licensees Today - [2009-08-31]
- Spending Collapses In All Generation Groups - [2009-08-31]
- FDIC Informs Consumers of New Federal Mortgage Policy - [2009-08-31]
- Moody’s Reviews $3bn of Credit Suisse CMBS for Downgrade - [2009-08-31]
- FASB eyes more disclosure on illiquid assets - [2009-08-31]
- One in three Halifax branches 'to close' as Lloyds mole reveals plan for biggest bank cull ever - [2009-08-31]
- Ideas to cut the federal deficit could cost homeowners billions - [2009-08-31]
- "Loss-Share": FDIC Offers Billions In Guarantees For Buyers Of Failed Banks digg stumble reddit del.ico.us - [2009-08-31]
- Countdown To Dollar Implosion Madness - [2009-08-31]
EUObserver.com | Workers' rights hot topic in Lisbon 2 campaign
Trade unions across Europe are divided over Lisbon (Photo: ETUC)
Pro-Publica.org Journalism In The Public Interest | Breaking on the Web - August 31, 2009
August 31, 2009
County’s Mental Health System Failing
Casey Newton, Arizona Republic
Topic: Health & Science, Investigations Elsewhere
Tags: Arizona, Maricopa County, Mental Health Care
Trial By Fire: Did Texas Execute an Innocent Man?
David Grann, New Yorker
Topic: Justice, Investigations Elsewhere
Tags: Death Penalty, Death Row, Exoneration, Texas
Florida Defendants Face ‘Double Jeopardy’ in Immigration Court
Jay Weaver, Miami Herald
Topic: Immigration, Government & Politics, Justice, Investigations Elsewhere
Tags: Deportation, Homeland Security, Immigration, Immigration Courts, Terrorism
VA Won’t Pay Benefits to Marine Injured by Vaccine
David Goldstein, McClatchy
Topic: Health & Science, National Security, Military, Investigations Elsewhere
Tags: Department of Veterans Affairs, Military, military, Military Health System, Vaccines
Wall Street Stealth Lobby Defends Derivatives Haul
Christine Harper, Matthew Leising and Shannon Harrington, Bloomberg
Topic: Regulators, Business, Government & Politics, Investigations Elsewhere
Tags: Derivatives, Financial Derivatives, Financial regulation, Financial Regulation, lobbying, Lobbying Disclosure
US Ignored Evidence When It Deported Mentally Ill Citizen
Kristin Collins, News & Observer
Topic: Immigration, Government & Politics, Justice, Investigations Elsewhere
Tags: Deportation, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Immigration Courts, Immigration Detention, Mental Health Care
Raft of Deals for Failed Banks Puts US On Hook for Billions
Damian Paletta, Wall Street Journal
Topic: Business, Government & Politics, Investigations Elsewhere
Tags: Department of the Treasury, FDIC, Federal Reserve, TARP
US Meetings with Lobbyists Go Unreported
Rita Beamish, AP
Topic: Lobbying, Government & Politics, Investigations Elsewhere
Tags: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, lobbying, Lobbying Disclosure, stimulus, Stimulus
$3.1 Billion Set Aside for Jobless Unclaimed
Matt Kelley, USA Today
Topic: Business, Government & Politics, Investigations Elsewhere
Tags: Department of Labor, stimulus, Stimulus, Unemployment
Blackwater Tapped Foreigners on Secret CIA Program
Adam Goldman and Pamela Hess, AP
Topic: National Security, Homeland Security, Military, Secrecy, Investigations Elsewhere
Tags: Blackwater, CIA, Secret prisons
2.5 magnitude earthquake hits the Ontaria-Quebec Border Region, Canada - 26 miles NE from OTTAWA - August 31, 2009 at 08:46 PM at epicenter
| MAP | 2.5 | 2009/09/01 00:46:58 | 45.722 | -75.378 | 15.0 | ONTARIO-QUEBEC BORDER REGION, CANADA |
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/recenteqs/Quakes/quakes0.html
MAG DATE LOCAL-TIME LAT LON DEPTH LOCATION
y/m/d h:m:s deg deg km
map 2.5 2009/08/31 19:46:57 45.722N 75.378W 15.0 107 km (66 mi) NNW of Norfolk, NY
Yellowstone National Park Earthquake Update - August 31, 2009 10:00pm CDT
Update time = Mon Aug 31 21:00:05 MDT 2009
Here are the earthquakes appearing on this map, most recent at top ...
MAG DATE LOCAL-TIME LAT LON DEPTH LOCATION
y/m/d h:m:s deg deg km
0.5 2009/08/30 13:35:34 44.751N 111.199W 7.2 12 km ( 8 mi) NW of West Yellowstone, MT
0.2 2009/08/30 13:33:42 44.753N 111.200W 8.2 13 km ( 8 mi) NW of West Yellowstone, MT
0.1 2009/08/30 11:43:38 44.721N 111.254W 11.3 13 km ( 8 mi) WNW of West Yellowstone, MT
0.4 2009/08/30 11:12:32 44.842N 110.849W 6.2 24 km (15 mi) SSW of Gardiner, MT
0.4 2009/08/30 07:57:23 44.727N 111.252W 11.3 14 km ( 8 mi) WNW of West Yellowstone, MT
0.3 2009/08/29 07:17:23 44.728N 111.291W 0.0 16 km (10 mi) WNW of West Yellowstone, MT
0.8 2009/08/28 22:45:43 44.726N 111.235W 10.2 12 km ( 8 mi) NW of West Yellowstone, MT
0.9 2009/08/28 09:48:27 44.665N 110.785W 9.3 25 km (16 mi) E of West Yellowstone, MT
0.4 2009/08/27 15:45:02 44.348N 110.659W 2.2 50 km (31 mi) SE of West Yellowstone, MT
0.1 2009/08/27 10:30:54 44.794N 110.985W 8.3 18 km (11 mi) NNE of West Yellowstone, MT
1.5 2009/08/27 09:26:58 44.722N 111.296W 0.9 16 km (10 mi) WNW of West Yellowstone, MT
1.3 2009/08/27 05:28:46 44.719N 111.294W 0.7 16 km (10 mi) WNW of West Yellowstone, MT
1.7 2009/08/27 05:28:24 44.718N 111.298W 3.7 16 km (10 mi) WNW of West Yellowstone, MT
0.1 2009/08/26 23:46:35 44.773N 111.204W 10.7 15 km ( 9 mi) NNW of West Yellowstone, MT
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will travel to London to attend the Group of 20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors Sept. 4-5
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/geithner-plans-trip-to-london-for-g-20-meeting-2009-08-14
Cave Editor's Note: This appears to be about the only news article (dated August 14, 2009) relating to the United State's Treasurer's trip to London for probably the "real" and "private" meeting with his globalist London bankster bosses - whereas the upcoming in Pittsburg is "public" and for the press.
The SEC and the CFTC will hold joint meetings on September 2 and 3 on harmonizing certain market regulations, and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will be in London for the start of the long Labor Day holiday—whose lateness has extended summer this year—for a meeting of G20 finance ministers. Limits on bankers’ pay is likely to be on the agenda.
Editor's Choice for August 31, 2009: Market-Moving News for This Week
Investment Advisor - - 10 hours ago
The SEC and the CFTC will hold joint meetings on September 2 and 3 on harmonizing certain market regulations, and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will be in London for the start of the long Labor Day holiday—whose lateness has extended summer this year—for a meeting of G20 finance ministers. Limits on bankers’ pay is likely to be on the agenda.
BEIJING, Sept.1 -- NBC'S "Today" show has hired someone with White House experience as a new correspondent - former first daughter Jenna Hager.
George W. Bush and Jenna Bush pose for a photographer Saturday, May 10, 2008, prior to her wedding to Henry Hager at Prairie Chapel Ranch in Crawford, Texas.http://blogs.nypost.com/fashion/archives/2008/05/first_look_jenn.html
NaturalNews.com | Featured Stories - August 31, 2009
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Cave Headlines | Monday August 31, 2009
StrategyPage.com | Afghan Taliban have lucrative financial arrangements with the heroin gangs, the Pakistan Taliban get lesser amounts of cash by helping the heroin smuggling and distribution inside Pakistan, and into India and elsewhere in the region.Afghanistan's opium output has risen more than 40-fold since the invasion 8 years ago, according to the United Nations' figures | The conflict-torn country supplies more than 90 percent of the world's heroin.
RussiaToday.com | Two months left to read the book on US collapse - by November the book will be yesterday’s news
31 August, 2009, 23:19
Professor Igor Panarin, whose book “The Crash of America” is just out, claims that by November the book will be yesterday’s news.
Panarin believes President Obama will lead his country to a breakup. Panarin compares Obama to former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev.
“Obama is “the president of hope”, but in a year there won’t be any hope. He’s practically another Gorbachev – he likes to talk but hasn’t really managed to do anything. Gorbachev at least had been a secretary of a regional communist party administration, whereas Obama was just a social worker. His mentality is totally different. He’s a nice person and talks nicely – but he’s not a leader and will take America to a crash. When Americans understand that – it will be like a bomb explosion,” Panarin said, speaking to journalists during the unveiling of his book.
Panarin made his controversial forecast back in 1998, saying 2010 would be the starting point of the collapse. He spent the following eleven years monitoring the events around the US and says they largely confirm his theory.
“Today I received another confirmation that the collapse of the dollar and the US is inevitable. Japan’s Democratic Party won the election, and I’d like to remind you that its leader [Yukio Hatoyama] has the snubbing of the dollar among his economic plans. In plainer words, he plans to transfer Japan’s monetary reserves from US dollars into another currency. The move will seriously accelerate the dollar’s exchange slump as early as this November. Disintegration will follow shortly,” he added.
Amid all these pessimistic statements, Panarin – once labeled by a WSJ journalist as “a polite and cheerful man with a buzz cut” – insists he is by no means a US-hater but, rather, just a scientist.
“I’m not anti-American, the US population has nothing to do with the part of its political elite that implements an absurd and aggressive policy that aims to create conflicts around the planet…….I hope to see the reasonable part of the American elite – I know there is one – benefiting in these two months left till the collapse. I can name two people that belong to this reasonable part – US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns. If they triumph in the political strife, the consequences of the collapse will be minimized.” 
The US will be devided to six areas of foreign influence according to Panarin
“The 2009 US budget deficit is 4.5 times the 2008 deficit, while firearms sales are up 40%. On October 1, the coupons that were given to state workers are to be cashed out. When the workers realize that they are getting nothing for those coupons, they will take out their firearms and chaos will unfold. Meanwhile, in a separate issue, as the financial year draws to a close on September 30, its results will be published. They are destined to shock investors worldwide. After that, and the snubbing of the dollar by Japan and, especially, China, which will transfer 50% of its international operations to Yuan starting in 2010, the currency will then flow like a landslide out of style. Argentina and Brazil are excluding the dollar from mutual financial operations starting January 2010, while Brazil offers to move toward alternative currencies throughout the whole of South America,” Panarin noted.
He also suggested Russia follow suit and begin selling oil and gas for roubles.
Panarin still leaves room for miscalculation, which would actually make him happy. And should the collapse not start in November, he is ready to explain why it didn’t happen by December. But at the moment, the collapse looks quite likely.
“In my opinion, the probability of the US ceasing to exist by June, 2010 exceeds 50%. At this point, the mission of all major international powers is to prevent chaos in the US,” Panarin concluded.
StanDeyo.com | Picture of the Day - August 31, 2009
ORIGINAL CAPTION: The "Baker" explosion, part of Operation Crossroads, a nuclear weapon test by the United States military at Bikini Atoll, Micronesia, on 25 July 1946(1946-07-25). The wider, exterior cloud is actually just a condensation cloud caused by the Wilson chamber effect, and was very brief. There was no classic mushroom cloud rising to the stratosphere, but inside the condensation cloud the top of the water geyser formed a mushroom-like head called the cauliflower, which fell back into the lagoon (compare with this image, a photo taken slightly later, after the condensation cloud had cleared). The water released by the explosion was highly radioactive and contaminated many of the ships that were set up near it. Some were otherwise undamaged and sent to Hunter's Point in San Francisco, California, United States, for decontamination. Those which could not be decontaminated were sunk a number of miles off the coast of San Francisco. (DOD, submitted by George Hiscox)
StanDeyo.com | Quake Fault Found Near Memphis, Far from New Madrid Area
Should the fault along the Mississippi in front of Memphis become reactivated, it could produce "devastating" effects for the city.
Lincoln, Nebraska Journal-Star | Record low of 42 set Monday morning - August 31, 2009
Currently 71 degrees at 4:30pm in Lincoln on the last day of August !!
Not by Fire but by Ice: http://www.iceagenow.com/
Not by Fire but by Ice: http://www.iceagenow.com/
UrbanSurvival.com | Special Afternoon Update - Monday August 31, 2009 14:30 AM CDT
Special Update
Dow Theory Train Wreck
Go look at this chart: here - which compares the Transports to the Dow and then read the article which suggests China's going to tell counterparties in derivatives to take a hike if the trade doesn't suit 'em.
But the best line of the day is from a Dr. Marc (Dr. Doom) Faber interview I missed last week:
"moderator: “last time you were on you said to buy a farm and a gun”
faber: “now you need a machine gun.”
moderator: “is there anything that could possibly derail your incredibly pessimistic scenario?”
faber: “Ahhh, no.”
How many ways can you spell t-o-a-s-t?
Tides and Currents.NOAA.gov | ELEVATED EAST COAST SEA LEVEL ANOMALY: June – July 2009 (pdf)
At last: An explanation for high June/July tides
Lots of Marylanders noticed it. A few sent me emails asking why the tides in Maryland during June and early July seemed so persistently high - from a few inches to a few feet at times, with some minor coastal flooding. I said it was likely a combination of astronomical effects, and persistent wind and weather patterns.
Well, I was mostly right.
Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration noticed the persistently high sea levels, too, and set out to find the explanation. On Monday, they issued a 40-page report on the phenomenon, which blames it on a combination of (ta-da!) "steady and persistent Northeast winds," and a weakening of something called the Florida Current Transport.
"The ocean is dynamic and it's not uncommon to have anomalies," said Mike Szabados, director of NOAA's Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services. "What made this event unique was its breadth, intensity and duration."
The report's executive summary notes, as I did, that high tides in the latter part of June coincided with a "perigean spring tide." That's when the moon is at perigee (nearest to Earth), and aligned opposite the sun in a "new moon" phase (June 22), which causes higher-than-average "spring tides." Those factors amplified the tides, the report said.
But such astronomical factors are included in the forecast tide levels. What occurred was well beyond those predictions. And it was wind and current that really made the high tides notable.
In June, winds from Cape Hatteras to the Gulf of Maine had a persistent northeast component, the report said. That drove ocean and bay waters to the southwest, piling it up against the east-facing shorelines, raising sea levels and holding them higher than predicted levels, even during the times of low tides.
South of Hatteras, winds were mostly out of the southwest. The high sea levels observed there, the report found, were not the result of winds, but of a slackening of the Florida Current, which flows through the Florida Straits and feeds into the Gulf Stream. And when the Florida Current relaxes, the coastal sea levels along the Southeast Atlantic coast rises. When the Florida Current picked up again in mid-July, sea levels returned to normal.
"The June-July 2009 anomaly is unique," the NOAA scientists concluded, not because the Northeast winds and the Florida Current were at remarkable extremes, but because the two in combination created conditions that affected the entire U.S. East Coast, from Maine to Florida, simultaneously.
And the stretch from the Carolinas to New Jersey -including Maryland - were where the two forces overlapped to create the most extreme effects.
There has been nothing like it, over such a broad geography, the report says, in any spring/summer period since at least as far back as 1980.
EarthObservatory.NASA.gov | Headlines - Augusts 31, 2009
-- FIRES (1 updated events, 3 new images) --
FIRES IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Wildfires raged in Los Angeles County in late August 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40011&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 30, 2009 (Posted on Aug 31, 2009 1:48 PM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40000&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 29, 2009 (Posted on Aug 30, 2009 2:00 PM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39997&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 29, 2009 (Posted on Aug 29, 2009 9:03 PM)
-- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) --
HURRICANE JIMENA
Hurricane Jimena headed toward the Baja Peninsula as a Category 4 hurricane on August 30, 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40002&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 30, 2009 (Posted on Aug 31, 2009 8:38 AM)
-- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) --
PLUME FROM RABAUL VOLCANO
Rabaul Volcano on the northeastern end of New Britain released plumes of volcanic ash and/or steam in early April 2009. The volcano continued low-level eruptive activity for months afterward.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39995&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 28, 2009 (Posted on Aug 28, 2009 3:53 PM)
FIRES IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Wildfires raged in Los Angeles County in late August 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40011&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 30, 2009 (Posted on Aug 31, 2009 1:48 PM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40000&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 29, 2009 (Posted on Aug 30, 2009 2:00 PM)
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39997&src=nha
*** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 29, 2009 (Posted on Aug 29, 2009 9:03 PM)
-- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) --
HURRICANE JIMENA
Hurricane Jimena headed toward the Baja Peninsula as a Category 4 hurricane on August 30, 2009.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40002&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 30, 2009 (Posted on Aug 31, 2009 8:38 AM)
-- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) --
PLUME FROM RABAUL VOLCANO
Rabaul Volcano on the northeastern end of New Britain released plumes of volcanic ash and/or steam in early April 2009. The volcano continued low-level eruptive activity for months afterward.
* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=39995&src=nha
*** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 28, 2009 (Posted on Aug 28, 2009 3:53 PM)
SolarCycle24.com | New Sunspot !
A small new sunspot has formed in the northern hemisphere and belongs to Cycle 24 because of the magnetic polarity. If this fetches a number, it will end the spotless streak at 51 days.
What is Solar Storm?
Solar storm can refer to:
Geomagnetic storm - the interaction of the Sun's outburst with Earth's magnetic field
Coronal mass ejection (CME)
Solar flare
A geomagnetic storm is a temporary disturbance of the Earth's magnetosphere caused by a disturbance in space weather. Associated with solar coronal mass ejections (CME), coronal holes, or solar flares, a geomagnetic storm is caused by a solar wind shock wave which typically strikes the Earth's magnetic field 24 to 36 hours after the event. This only happens if the shock wave travels in a direction toward Earth. The solar wind pressure on the magnetosphere will increase or decrease depending on the Sun's activity. These solar wind pressure changes modify the electric currents in the ionosphere. Magnetic storms usually last 24 to 48 hours, but some may last for many days.
A coronal mass ejection (CME) is an ejection of material from the solar corona, usually observed with a white-light coronagraph.The ejected material is a plasma consisting primarily of electrons and protons (in addition to small quantities of heavier elements such as helium, oxygen, and iron), plus the entraining coronal magnetic field.
A solar flare is a big explosion in the Sun's atmosphere that can release as much as 6 1025 joules of energy.The term is also used to refer to similar phenomena in other stars, where the more accurate term stellar flare applies.
http://137.229.36.30/cgi-bin/magnetometer/gak-mag.cgi
RIGHT NOW - August 31, 2009 at 1:10am CDT
http://solarcycle24.com/
From the Space Weather Prediction Center
Geomagnetic storm - the interaction of the Sun's outburst with Earth's magnetic field
Coronal mass ejection (CME)
Solar flare
A geomagnetic storm is a temporary disturbance of the Earth's magnetosphere caused by a disturbance in space weather. Associated with solar coronal mass ejections (CME), coronal holes, or solar flares, a geomagnetic storm is caused by a solar wind shock wave which typically strikes the Earth's magnetic field 24 to 36 hours after the event. This only happens if the shock wave travels in a direction toward Earth. The solar wind pressure on the magnetosphere will increase or decrease depending on the Sun's activity. These solar wind pressure changes modify the electric currents in the ionosphere. Magnetic storms usually last 24 to 48 hours, but some may last for many days.
A coronal mass ejection (CME) is an ejection of material from the solar corona, usually observed with a white-light coronagraph.The ejected material is a plasma consisting primarily of electrons and protons (in addition to small quantities of heavier elements such as helium, oxygen, and iron), plus the entraining coronal magnetic field.
A solar flare is a big explosion in the Sun's atmosphere that can release as much as 6 1025 joules of energy.The term is also used to refer to similar phenomena in other stars, where the more accurate term stellar flare applies.
http://137.229.36.30/cgi-bin/magnetometer/gak-mag.cgi
HAARP Fluxgate Magnetometer
The chart below is a running 36 hour plot of the readings taken from the fluxgate magnetometer, built by the University of Alaska, Geophysical Institute, operating at the HAARP ionospheric observatory in Gakona, Alaska. The three traces represent mutually orthogonal components of the earth's magnetic field as follows:- The "H" component (black trace) is positive magnetic northward
- The "D" component (red trace) is positive eastward
- The "Z" component (blue trace) is positive downward
RIGHT NOW - August 31, 2009 at 1:10am CDT
http://solarcycle24.com/
From the Space Weather Prediction Center
Updated 2009 Aug 30 2201 UTC
Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity
SDF Number 242 Issued at 2200Z on 30 Aug 2009
Analysis of Solar Active Regions and Activity from 29/2100Z to 30/2100Z: Solar activity was very low. No spots and no flares were observed on the visible disk.
Solar Activity Forecast: Solar activity is expected to be very low.
Geophysical Activity Summary 29/2100Z to 30/2100Z: The geomagnetic field was at quiet to minor storm conditions. The solar wind increased from 350 to 450 km/s. The Bz varied from +10 to -10 through the UT day. This activity was due to the onset of a southern coronal hole high speed stream becoming geoeffective.
Geophysical Activity Forecast: The geomagnetic field will be quiet to unsettled with isolated periods of active conditions possible on day one (31 August) and mostly quiet for the remainder of the forecast period (1 - 2 September).
ConnectAmarillo.com | Proposed tariffs cause tire shortage
AMARILLO, TEXAS -- President Obama is facing a tough decision that will really have an impact on the tire industry, on trade relations with China, and on you, the consumer.
The President must decide whether to pass a tariff on all tires imported from China, and he must take that action by Sept.17.
The proposed tariff of 55% was approved by the U.S. International Trade Commission by a 4 - 2 vote, which then sends the issue to the President for a decision.Already some in the tire industry are concerned that if a tariff passes at such a high percentage, tire prices would sharply increase due to a shortage of supplies.
Locally some tire supplies have already been affected just by the tariff proposal alone. ProNews 7 sat down with a local tire businessman, A to Z Tire President Phillip Nussbaum who said, " A lot of the suppliers that were destined with products coming into this country delayed the shipments coming in because they were afraid if there is a 55% tariff more than likely we would not accept the product because it is no longer competitive. With the delayed shipments the amount of tires on hand has been reduced significantly."
That's nearly one third of all the tires sold are manufactured in China, and that includes most of the major brands of tires.
On Sept. 17, the President could approve the tariff, he could decide on a lower tariff, or he could choose not to impose a tariff
DailyFinance.com | Good investment? US makes $4 billion profit on $700 billion TARP
The $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), which former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson set up in October 2008 to buy financial toxic waste, ...
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3.3 magnitude earthquake hits Eastern Tennessee - 1 mi NNE of Friendsville, TN - August 31, 2009
Earthquake List for 10-degree Map Centered at 35°N, 85°W Update time = Mon Aug 31 15:00:02 UTC 2009
| | MAG | UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s | LAT deg | LON deg | DEPTH km | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAP | 3.3 | 2009/08/31 14:07:10 | 35.778 | -84.127 | 14.2 | EASTERN TENNESSEE |
| MAP | 3.2 | 2009/08/29 10:37:13 | 33.033 | -80.159 | 5.0 | SOUTH CAROLINA |
| MAP | 2.8 | 2009/08/25 06:32:04 | 36.251 | -89.434 | 7.8 | TENNESSEE |
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/recenteqs/Quakes/quakes0.html
MAG DATE LOCAL-TIME LAT LON DEPTH LOCATION
y/m/d h:m:s deg deg km
MAP 3.3 2009/08/31 09:07:10 35.778N 84.127W 14.2 2 km ( 1 mi) NNE of Friendsville, TN
map 0.7 2009/08/31 03:20:12 36.243N 89.504W 6.7 3 km ( 2 mi) SSW of Ridgely, TN
map 0.9 2009/08/30 17:33:36 36.241N 89.502W 6.1 3 km ( 2 mi) SSW of Ridgely, TN
map 0.9 2009/08/30 14:20:22 36.242N 89.499W 6.3 3 km ( 2 mi) SSW of Ridgely, TN
map 2.1 2009/08/30 06:34:06 35.554N 84.045W 13.1 17 km (10 mi) SE of Greenback, TN
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