In another example that we appear to be rapidly moving into a cashless society, Bank of America in California refused to accept cash for a mortgage payment. The manager of the bank said it was against their policy to accept legal tender physical currency (aka U.S. dollars) as payment for BoA mortgages...

Madison Ruppert, Contributing Writer
Activist Post

Tennessee, the Volunteer State, has begun to push back against the tyranny that is the indefinite detention provisions contained in the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2012, better known simply as the NDAA.

The state bills currently being considered could be one of the most significant steps taken against the atrocious assault on our most essential liberties embodied by the indefinite detention provisions of the NDAA.

The Tenth Amendment Center (TAC), a group promoting states' rights (something which I think is an honorable cause in these dire times in which we have an increasingly centralized, authoritarian federal government) reports that two bills are to be considered in the Tennessee legislature...

US begins reaping rewards of its 2011 campaign of Arab destabilization.

Tony Cartalucci, Contributing Writer
Activist Post

Reuters reported, "Tunisia "to withdraw recognition" of Syria government," and specifically that newly appointed Tunisian president Moncef Marzouki made the announcement on his Facebook page.

I don't have to add too much here. The title says it all.

Her comment about Ron Paul can be heard at about 50 seconds into the video.

Michael Taylor is part of a revolving door at the FDA, where Monsanto Execs just come and go as they please. First, Michael R. Taylor was an assistant to the FDA commissioner. Then he left to work for a law firm in the 1980's to help gain FDA approval of Monsanto's artificial growth hormone (rGBH), which is directly linked to cancer. Then he became deputy commissioner of the FDA in 1991, and was later re-appointed to the FDA in 2009 by Obama. He is the food villain who tried his best to keep this "malignant milk of the turn of the century" from being labeled.

Michael Taylor is the epitome of everything Monsanto represents. Taylor is like a vehicle for Monsanto's patenting of seeds and global domination of farming. He implements the government's "favorable" agricultural biotech policies because it's much more of a financially sure shot to use RoundUp in food than to farm organically and ethically. If the investments aren't paying enough at the corporation, Execs just switch over to Federal Regulations and write some new Legislation based on "tainted research", which allows them to pile more toxins on the American public and bankroll off it when they flip back to the corporate side.

http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/food/monsanto-practically-a-governm...

No Debate: The Israel Lobby and Free Speech at Canadian Universities
by Jon Thompson
(James Lorimer & Co,
2011;
$22.95)

Academic conferences don't usually muster public attention, but in 2009 the organizers of the blandly titled Israel/Palestine: Mapping Models of Statehood and Paths to Peace found themselves at the center of a media shit storm fuelled by the hysterical rhetoric of pro-Israel community groups and their supporters in the media. This reaction culminated in an unprecedented move by Conservative Minister of State Gary Goodyear to threaten the funding of Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) -- an arms-length agency created by an act of parliament -- if it did not commit itself to a review of the funding it had already awarded by an independent peer-review process.

“Russia and China were the only permanent Security Council members opposing the draft, reminding others that it was not their place to intervene in another country’s domestic affairs.”

Under international law, it’s illegal. Russia’s UN envoy Vitaly Churkin said

In response, US envoy Susan Rice said she was “disgusted” by vetoes “prop(ping) up desperate dictators.” French ambassador Gerard Araud said “history will judge (Assad supporters) harshly.”

(*By Wayne Allyn Root) Ron Paul is a phenomenon many establishment politicians cannot understand. But as a leading Libertarian-conservative media personality, as well as the 2008 Libertarian Vice Presidential nominee, I completely understand this phenomenon, and I hope to solve the mystery here today at FoxNews.com.
* * *
Let me start with his #1 attribute. Ron Paul is RELENTLESS.
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Secondly, while Ron Paul is not your traditional politician, and is painted by the media as extreme, the voters are starting to realize that it is the traditional status quo politicians that led us right into this economic Armageddon.
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Lastly, we come to the true energy of the Ron Paul Revolution – the youth vote.

Anyone unmoved by that isn’t human. No one could write it who didn’t experience war’s horrors firsthand, and scream Say NO! Say NO! No More.

Written almost 65 years ago, wars rage daily. Millions more lives expired. Perhaps no one will listen to other Borcherts until no one’s left to hear, if “You do not say NO” now.

Yes you read that right, ADELSON Caucus, he made this specifically for voters who must vote after sundown... and the results... this is what happens when votes are counted in public...

According to local reports, a worker at the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant was leaning over to grab a flashlight when he fumbled and fell into a reactor pool containing some radioactive material.

According to the report the worker was wearing a life vest and and is completely fine. He apparently received 5 millirems of radiation.

An MSNBC article covered the workers fall into the reactor pool as well as the transparent nuclear apologist tone that the mainstream is once again taking:

Spicewood Beach, Texas is now dealing with having to go the extra miles in order to access water to their community.

Over one-thousand residents of the community have had to rely on water being trucked in from more than ten miles away.

The trucked-in water is being replenished several times a day, and residents now seem to have adapted.

The U.S. government will require natural gas drillers to disclose which chemicals they use in hydraulic fracturing on public lands, according to draft rules crafted by the Interior Department. The proposed rules would also require drillers to ensure the stability of underground casing in wells and that waste water from fracking does not leak into the environment.

---Comment---

"Pocket full of promises from our government means exactly what? We have a dollar vote government that only respects that which lines their coffers & re-election campaigns. When these frackers move on to new land to despoil, they will leave a legacy of polluted lands in their wake." - kdtroxel

Abu Musab al-Suri had been held in Syria for six years after being captured by the CIA in 2005 and transported to the country of his birth under its controversial extraordinary rendition programme.

But he is now said to have been released as a warning to the US and Britain about the consequences of turning their backs on President al-Assad’s regime as it tries to contain the uprising in the country.

Nureddin Sabir argues that the reaction of a large section of the so-called "left" and "anti-imperialist" camp to the uprisings in Libya and Syria are motivated not by some high-minded principle or anything to do with progressive ideology but by cynicism, petty personal agendas and ignorance.

FOX news is now reporting an actual timeline for the up coming attack on Iran by Israel. America is backing it.

Panetta concerned Israel months from striking Iran

It is also widely known that Israel sought clearance from Secretary of Defense Gates to bomb Iran in July 2008 and were turned away. Any future attack by Israel will clearly suggest U.S. permission, whether it is given in fact or not. David E. Sanger, “U.S. Rejected Aid for Israeli Raid on Iranian Nuclear Site,” The New York Times, January 11, 2009.

Avnery Loves Obama and NATO; Praises Libya Genocide and Wants The Same For Syria

Can you say "hate crime hoax", boys and and girls? I knew you could. Meanwhile, the serial theft of Palestine continues without the merest notice by the MSM

The utopian promise of a perfect society in a democracy turns out to be little more than a dream out of an opiate.

I've just nought a flame thrower...

Stephen Lendman, Contributing Writer
Activist Post

Slowly things are coming to a head. America, Israel, rogue NATO partners, and regional despot allies are itching for a fight with Syria. Russia and China stand firmly opposed...

Michael Snyder, Contributing Writer
Activist Post

When you use the Internet in a public place, do you prefer to have as much privacy as possible? Well, that makes you a potential terrorist...

spread them all or just spread this page

Michael Edwards
Activist Post

The stage has already been set and played upon for divisions of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to patrol and strike undeclared war zones abroad.

Even though lip service has been paid to express minor outrage over villages bombed in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, or someplace "over there," there has been relatively little true outrage by countries heretofore unaffected by computer bombing raids upon their own Homeland -- countries like America.

Well, seeing is believing they say...

An Israeli TV ad promoting the cable network HOT makes fun of a Mossad terror attack in which Israeli agents inadvertently blow up an Iranian nuclear plant by pushing a button on a computer tablet.

When the Mossad agent shows the various features of the computer tablet to the other Israeli agents, one accidently pushes a button which causes the nuclear plant in the background to explode. To this, the character then says, "What? Another mysterious explosion in Iran?"

It looks like the Trans-Anatolian pipeline may win out. SOCAR from Azerbaijan has taken an 80% stake in it.
So what did Russia get out of it? because this bust up their near monopoly. Find out...

You can like many people ignore the truth but no one can ignore the consequences of the truth.

The Greatest Truth Never Told (TGTNT) is a video series that has been 7 years in research and development. It is centered around the truth that humanity has been enslaved over and over again throughout history. TGTNT lays out the case for even the most cynical and indoctrinated individual that…

The paradigm which we operate under is mathematically going to end.
The end of the world as we know it does not mean it is the end of the world.
The way of life we are currently leading is pulling humanity down and should be shown the door.
We cannot change the world to make our self happy or free.
We must change our self to make the world happy and free.
The awakening process is a very hard road for those with no guidance.

In the aftermath of the Stuxnet worm that attacked Iran's nuclear facilities, there was speculation by security researchers working for Symantec that a number found in the Stuxnet code - "19790509" - which was used as a marker to identify computers that should not be affected, was a reference to his execution date.

(Sorry about the Wiki reference)

Also: "Buried in Stuxnet's code is a marker with the digits "19790509" that the researchers believe is a "do-not infect" indicator. If the marker equals that value, Stuxnet stops in its tracks, and does not infect the targeted PC. Here: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9188982/Stuxnet_code_hints_at_p...

Not surprisingly, the Israelis are not saying whether Stuxnet has any connection to the secretive cyberwar unit it has built inside Israel’s intelligence service. Nor is the Obama administration, which while talking about cyberdefenses has also rapidly ramped up a broad covert program, inherited from the Bush administration, to undermine Iran’s nuclear program.

Scott Morgan
StopTheDrugWar

If anyone needs another reminder that the adrenaline-addicted anti-drug armies we've unleashed in our own communities are more dangerous than any drug on the planet, well, get a load of this...

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran will stand by and support any nation or group that chooses to stand up to Israel.

We will continue to support any nation or group that fights or confronts the Zionist regime of Israel and we are not afraid of saying this, Ayatollah Khamenei said in the Friday prayers sermons in Tehran...

Online voting for Human Rights Hero 2011 closed one month early, and result censored, after Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi took clear lead

Around 80 protesters have organized themselves outside the Syrian Embassy in London amid reports of more than 200 people killed by shelling in Homs.

A further demonstration is planned tomorrow.

Joe Wright
Activist Post

Well, it's nice work if you can get it. Florida is set to privatize all of its prisons south of Orlando -- 20% of its total -- according to a report issued by Chris Kirkham for Huffington Post.

The for-profit prison scheme is a case study in crony capitalism, as it involves private prison corporations donating to the politicians best in position to grant them lucrative contracts...

Obama czar proposed government should ‘infiltrate’ social network sites, chat rooms, message boards.

Entire Hour on Fri, Feb. 3rd, 9pm EST

Uggs have been banned in a school in PA. Sure Uggs and other high top boots can hide stuff, but how about instead of banning Uggs they just discipline the kids that get in trouble.

Cardinal Health Inc. said Friday that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has suspended its license to sell drugs from a Florida distribution center, and the company plans to fight the action.

Cardinal Health has faced similar charges before.

In 2008, Cardinal Health paid $34 million to settle claims that it failed to report suspicious sales of controlled substances. The company reached the settlement with seven U.S. Attorney's Offices and the Drug Enforcement Agency for and paid the civil penalty for allegedly violating its obligations under the Controlled Substances Act.

In that case, federal regulators said despite earlier warnings, Cardinal failed to report to the DEA suspicious orders of the painkiller hydrocodone, best known under the brand name Vicodin. It then distributed the drug to pharmacies that filled illegitimate prescriptions from rogue Internet pharmacies.

Once booming, Nevada’s economy has tanked since last time presidential race visited

In Nevada, people could once buy homes and feed their families with money earned from free-spending tourists who flocked to Sin City for relaxed gambling and liquor laws.

But things have changed dramatically in the four years since the White House race last came to this state.

Now, Nevadans are struggling with the highest foreclosure and unemployment rates in the nation, their woes creating a dour landscape as Republican candidates compete for votes ahead of Saturday’s GOP caucuses.

“Unemployment is such a big problem here. It affects everybody,” said Josh Dobbins, a Las Vegas accountant and a father of four.

(*When Mitt Romney Came to town>>> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/king-bain )

Ron Paul: Hey Banksters, No More Bailouts for You!
Over 20 minute interview with Ron Paul in Nevada for "Face to Face with Jon Ralston"
February 1st, 2012.

"I found many accounts through which hundreds of thousands of dollars were being flowed as a conduit on a monthly basis,"

One hundred years ago today, the frostbitten, exhausted but brave Englishmen forming the Antarctic “Terra Nova Expedition,” led by Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, were trudging back to their starting point on that frozen and unforgiving continent.

Having reached the South Pole 33 days after Norwegian Roald Amundsen, Scott and his men would never make it back, dying along the way.

It was a rather dramatic tale once the outside world learned of their glorious-and-tragic adventure to the bottom of the world.

An American treasure seeker and shipwreck hunter, Greg Brooks, claims to have found a 71-ton shipment of platinum ingots worth $3 billion, which was intended as a lend-lease payment from the Stalin-ruled Soviet Union to the United States.

Doug Hornig, Senior Editor
Casey Research

Lovers of liberty have seemingly had a good bit to celebrate recently...

Mob attacks branch of HSBC Bank in the capital
It follows announcement that warship HMS Dauntless will set sail for the South Atlantic

Workers at the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant have discovered hundreds of damaged tubes in a nuclear reactor that is currently offline. The workers found the damaged tubes while checking the extent of the damage of a leak in the tubes of another reactor that released at least a small amount of radiation.

Officials have been quick to claim that the levels released were too low to cause any harm to workers or the public when in reality the idea that these officials, whose jobs are on the line, would actually tell the public if there was a large release remains sketchy to say the least.

The lawsuit, filed in State Supreme Court in Brooklyn, seeks “a declaration that the alleged practices violate the law, as well as injunctive relief, damages for harmed homeowners, and civil penalties” — which could be a very big bill indeed for the plaintiffs.

The UPI published a story ‘Monsanto to Pull GM Operation from Britain’ was removed from the UPI website.

We were able to locate the UPI story on another website (dated February 3, 2012), which says that Monsanto is leaving Britain due to opposition against GMO crops and that it is selling off its crop-breeding centers in France, Germany and the Czech Republic.

The UPI story may have been based on an article published by the Daily Mail in 2003 that states only the GMO wheat growing operations would be closing in the UK, France, Germany and the Czech Republic, citing government research about contamination concerns. As NaturalNews reported, the Daily Mail was actually displaying the published date as February 2, 2012:

That's all there is.....

Quotes from the founder of planned parenthood herself Margaret Sanger. After reading these tell me again that planned parenthood isn’t a eugenics based organization filled with people who are truly racist and inhuman to the core.

With the precious metals sector having been in the grip of another bankster-induced “silly season”, I was very unsure about how the market would “react” to the latest shenanigans of B.S. Bernanke. Put another way, I was uncertain as to whether the actual fundamentals would be allowed to assert themselves – even to a small degree.

Uri Avnery… you are not a peace activist. You do not represent solidarity. You are not a friend of Palestine. You are not a comrade of the oppressed anywhere and you never will be. You are an occupier, Uri Avnery. You are a land thief. You are a usurper. You are a colonist. You are a settler. You are an ethnic cleanser.

Madison Ruppert, Contributing Writer
Activist Post

Late last year I reported on how the Department of Justice refused to reveal the legal justification for the United States’ highly secretive drone-based targeted killing program in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by the New York Times.

After that failed attempt, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has stepped up to the plate in an effort to get the Obama administration to actually live up to their promises of transparency.

However, the government continues to nonsensically claim that the program is indeed so incredibly secret that they cannot even confirm or deny the existence of the program itself...

Britain's whiteout weekend will deliver up to six inches of snow and ice this weekend with temperatures falling to -12 and windchill making it feel significantly colder.

The Met Office said snow will deliver what is expected to be the biggest and most widespread snow dump of winter.

Saturday is expected to be the coldest day of winter, with -12C temperatures due in the early hours feeling like -15C due to bitter windchill.

The majority of England will remain at 0C or lower all day - but feeling like -6C in Siberian winds.

Amidst pending comprehensive immigration reform, the United States has proposed several steps including changes in the F-1 and H-1B visas to attract foreign skilled workforce, a move likely to benefit professionals from countries like India.

Prominent among these reforms include providing work authorisation for spouses of certain H-1B visa holders, 17-month extension of optional practical training (OPT) for F-1 international students to include students with a prior degree in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, allow for additional part-time study for spouses of F-1 students and allow outstanding professors and researchers to present a broader scope of evidence of academic achievement.

Evidence continues to mount that, rather than simply pursuing commercial interests with then Defence Secretary Liam Fox, Adam Werritty was involved centrally in working with the British and Israeli intelligence services to try to engineer war against Iran. His official contact in all this was Matthew Gould, now British Ambassador to Israel.

Tony Cartlalucci, Contributing Writer
Activist Post

West & Arab proxies fail to swindle world with genocidal Libya-style regime change resolution at UNSC...

Eric Blair
Activist Post

Google and Twitter have been under great pressure to censor content on their platforms from several countries. Twitter has been blamed for stoking revolutionary and protest uprisings around the world, assuredly sparking concerns in all leaders who seek to hold onto power. Meanwhile, Google has already succumbed to censorship demands in China, as well as individual YouTube removal requests from various nations.

Most recently, in America, Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, Senator Joe Lieberman, sent a letter to Google requesting that they censor violent content on their Blogger platform. Lieberman also made a similar request to Twitter, that they deactivate accounts that tweet anti-West content...

Marc Faber speaks on economic issues!

Boston Herald struggles to defend against Defamation case after losing on Summary Judgment. They are going to trial folks after lying and saying a woman had sex with an inmate and snuck into prison with State Rep Gloria Fox. The women were there to report on abuses within the prison, and the Herald is all buddy-buddy with the prison folks so they had to try to put her down. Thing is, the victim/survivor is like a magna cum laude college grad and her father is an attorney. I met her on a talk show I was co-hosting a couple years ago and helped her present her case to her attorneys, who took it on pro bono/contingency.

The IMEU shares the following op-ed from the University of Pennsylvania’s school newspaper, The Daily Pennsylvanian, as well as a link to today’s press briefing with Ali Abunimah and Anna Baltzer who discuss the first-ever national BDS Conference, which will bring together supporters of the movement this weekend at UPenn. The op-ed, written by UPenn graduate Max Blumenthal, is in response to Alan Dershowitz’s scheduled visit to the campus which aims to counter the UPenn BDS Conference. This is the first media result of the IMEU’s newly launched outreach to student groups on campuses across the country.

Michael Brown — Communications Director, IMEU

The Islamic Republic of Iran has successfully launched its domestically-built Navid-e Elm-o Sanat satellite into orbit following a decree by Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

The satellite, completely designed and built by Iranian experts, blasted into orbit early Friday on the third day of the 10-Day Dawn celebrations, marking the 33th anniversary of the victory of Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979...

WHAT middle-class?! They have DESTROYED the middle-class.

Members of the Warring Family choose funny nicknames (“Bibi” for Netanyahu—in Hebrew “bibi” means “my sewage” . . . .

unfortunately yes.

Rady Ananda
Activist Post

If Washington State’s GMO-label bills, HB 2637 and SB 6298 don’t get voted out of committee by Friday at 5 pm, they’re dead, which is exactly what Monsanto-funded legislators on both the House and Senate Ag committees want...

As I pointed out yesterday, the Center for American Progress (CAP), a Democratic-Party-linked thinktank in D.C., has met quietly with officials of the Israel lobby group AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) and explicitly sought to squelch suggestions by its own journalists that AIPAC is pushing war on Iran.

Notably it squelched a CAP blogger, Eli Clifton, who wrote in August at the thinktank's site that AIPAC's summons to Congress for sanctions on Iran "brings to mind eery parallels" to its campaign for Iraq sanctions that paved the way for that stupid war. Clifton's piece concluded:

It would appear that AIPAC is now using the same escalating measures against Iran that were used before the invasion of Iraq.

Washington continues to push a vision of a world from which Iran has been radically disconnected. State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland is typical in saying recently, "Iran can remain in international isolation." As it happens, though, she needs to get her facts straight.

"Isolated" Iran has $4 billion in joint projects with Venezuela including, crucially, a bank (as with Ecuador, it has dozens of planned projects from building power plants to, once again, banking). That has led the Israel-first crowd in Washington to vociferously demand that sanctions be slapped on Venezuela. Only problem: how would the US pay for its crucial Venezuelan oil imports then?

Much was made in the US press of the fact that Ahmadinejad did not visit Brazil on this jaunt through Latin America, but diplomatically Tehran and Brasilia remain in sync. When it comes to the nuclear dossier in particular, Brazil's history leaves its leaders sympathetic.

A test of a HEPA air filter stationed in California recorded radiation levels at 351% and 538% above normal background levels.

The tests, conducted by the Enviroreporter, show levels much higher than normal background levels that are most likely coming from the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

This overwhelming situation that we find our species in leaves so many people feeling hopeless, asking, “What can I possibly do to improve the state of our civilization?”

No doubt, this is a very hard question to answer because the problems facing us are massive. However, there are many personal steps that you can take which will give you control over your own consciousness and your own life.

Having peace in your personal life and fully understanding what freedom is all about, is the first step towards bringing this change in society, because after all society is just a collection of people. A collection of people that you are a part of and have an ability to influence.

Like other major media scoundrels, New York Times writers, op-ed commentators and editorials fail the test. They’re biased, shameless and irresponsible, especially on issues of war and peace.

Times tradition dates from 1896 when Ochs-Sulzberger family members took control. Thereafter, it’s played the lead print role distorting, censoring, and suppressing truth and full disclosure.

Authorities say a TSA agent stole $5,000 from a passenger as he was going through security at Kennedy Airport.

Revolutionizing Crime Reporting. CrimePush is Available On iTunes Today.

The size of the US government's secret list of suspected terrorists who are banned from flying to or within the country has more than doubled in the past year.

The no-fly list jumped from about 10,000 known or suspected terrorists one year ago to about 21,000, according to government figures. About 500 are US nationals.

Fans sweat it out as the Super Bowl Championship is fast approaching. Onlookers will gather in masses to see modern-day gladiators battle in the Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday as Janet Napolitano is already making announcements.

According to Napolitano, no credible terror threats will interrupt the face off between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots in the massive stadium Sunday.

Typically security of the game is left up to the local authorities. However, in recent times, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has become much more involved with security of any major event.

TSA Awareness Project - Stop Irradiating Our Bodies and Fondling Our Children! Discussions

Once again, Mitt Romney is on the defensive over his wealth on Wednesday after telling a CNN reporter that “I’m not concerned about the very poor, we have a safety net there.” And once again, pundits on the right are smacking their foreheads in amazement the usually controlled candidate can’t stop handing Democrats’ more “rich guy” gaffes.

“Facepalm,” Michelle Malkin wrote of the incident, which she said “could easily have been a Saturday Night Live parody”

Over at the National Review, Jonah Goldberg said the quote raised concerns that Romney is “simply not a good enough politician” to beat Obama.

Paul Craig Roberts
Activist Post

If you have any money and you want to understand the lies that “your” government tells you with statistics, subscribe to John Williams shadowstats.com.

John Williams is the best and utterly truthful statistician that we the people have.

The charts that follow come from John Williams Hyperinflation Report, January 25, 2012. The commentary is supplied by me...

NATO Secretary General has no comment to Nato announced action against the killing of civilians in Libya.

Extreme winter weather costs 160 lives in Europe