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Saturday, May 28, 2011

***Someone to Remember on Memorial Day***
http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/johnransom/2011/05/27/someone_to_remember_on_memorial_day

THE FED, QUANT. EASING, INFLATION, FREE-MARKET, DEFICITS, GOLD/SILVER, FOOD
Global economic rebound weakens on quake, oil price, European debt crisis
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-27/global-economic-rebound-weakens-on-quake-oil-price-european-debt-crisis.html
--'SPANIARD SPRING: Police clash with government protesters (VIDEO)
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/shocking-vid-spaniard-spring-police-clash-with-protesters/
--Op-Ed:  By Winter The Revolution Will Be Global
http://www.businessinsider.com/gerald-celente-spain-2011-5
--Op-Ed:  Is hectic world beyond governing? Struggling to lead our hectic world
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b2c34328-87c8-11e0-a6de-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1NZ6dcY9R
Inflation bumps cost of Memorial Day weekend BBQ by 29% (...43% of the U.S.' corn crop went into gas tanks in 2010...)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1390822/Memorial-Day-cookout-cost-29-year-thanks-inflation.html
--Consumer spending tepid as inflation accelerates
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/27/us-usa-economy-idUSTRE7492P720110527
--Families spending $168 more per month on gas than a year ago
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110527/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gasoline_summer_squeeze
----Grocery chain expands $1-a-gallon gas discount (SHOP @ CVS! $10 gas cards for spending $30 on select items!)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20110527/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_kroger_gas_discounts
Unemployment: The New Norm
http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/112786/unemployment-new-norm-fins
Former President Clinton retracts debt default comments after White House intervention
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/05/27/president-clinton-retracts-default-comments-white-house-intervention/
SPIN:  Failure to act on debt could spell trouble for economy
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43113076/ns/business-eye_on_the_economy/
Pending home sales plunge 12% to seven-month low
http://www.moneynews.com/Headline/housing-us-economy-home/2011/05/27/id/397972
PIMCO's Bill Gross: Still early/wrong, and now even earlier/wronger. Bond yields are down.
http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2011/05/26/bill-gross-still-earlywrong-and-now-even-earlierwronger/?mod=WSJBlog
Op-Ed:  Our gov't makes promises that we can't fulfill even if we raise tax rates to stratospheric levels
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/05/our_government_has_made_promis.html

BIG GOVT., REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH, ECONOMIC/ENVIRONMENTAL/SOCIAL JUSTICE, COLLECTIVE SALVATION, LIBERATION THEOLOGY
CONGRESSMAN TOM GRAVES (R-GA) CHALLENGES OBAMA "AUTO-PEN" SIGNING OF USA PATRIOT ACT
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/163683-gop-rep-questions-obamas-use-of-autopen-in-signing-patriot-act
--Bachmann defends vote for USA PATRIOT Act after fielding complaints about government over-reach
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/163633-bachmann-defends-vote-for-patriot-act-after-fielding-complaints-about-government-over-reach
--MN:  High schooler challenges Bachmann to debate on U.S. Constitution
http://minnesotaindependent.com/81476/high-schooler-challenges-bachmann-to-debate-on-u-s-constitution
TEXAS:  Airport 'anti-groping' bill dies after feds (Holder's DOJ) threaten to cancel flights
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/122662304.html
--UTAH to follow Texas lead in TSA grope-down revolt...
http://www.prisonplanet.com/utah-to-follow-texas-lead-in-tsa-grope-down-revolt.html
CORRUPTION/GREED:  Fire your hedge fund manager and hire your congressman
http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/112819/congressmen-outperform-stock-market-barrons
LIQUID MEDICINE:  Lithium added to drinking water?
http://www.thedaily.com/page/2011/05/22/052211-news-lithium-1-5/
Op-ED:  Replace CommieCare with Health Savings Accounts?
http://blogs.forbes.com/deanzarras/2011/03/26/replace-obamacare-with-health-savings-accounts/
MASS.:  Dems remove American History from state's standardized tests
http://fleming-hayes.com/2011/05/ma-dems-remove-american-history-from-standardized-tests-2/
Judge says pastor CAN say "Jesus Christ" at a Memorial Day ceremony
http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474979374920
WASTE:  Former N.J. mayor's benefits package for all the different govt. positions he has held...
http://www.gloucestercitynews.net/clearysnotebook/2011/05/west-deptford-nj-fox-29s-steve-keeley-shared-a-preview-of-a-story-hes-been-working-on-out-of-new-jersey-it-invol.html
N.J.:  Chris Christie claims global warming REAL, gov't efforts flawed
http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/chris-christie-global-warming/2011/05/26/id/397922
Rep. James Clyburn:  Opposition to Obama just means you're a racist
http://constitutionclub.org/2011/05/26/top-house-democrat-opposition-to-obama-is-racist/

ILLEGAL ALIENS, OPEN BORDERS, TERRORISM, 'MISUNDERSTANDERS OF ISLAM'
Supreme Court OKs Arizona's business immigration law
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/26/supreme-court-ok-arizonas-business-immigration-law/
--A win for Arizona, and the Rule of Law (why employers can and should use e-Verify)
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/268252/win-arizona-and-rule-law-editors
Israel’s Pre-1967 War Borders: What They Mean – The Reality
http://www.maggiesnotebook.com/2011/05/israels-pre-1967-war-borders-what-they-mean-the-reality/
--The Lessons of Netanyahu’s triumph
http://www.jpost.com/LandedPages/PrintArticle.aspx?id=222417
N.Y.:  Another imam guilty: Convicted of plotting to blow up JFK Airport
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2011/05/another-imam-guilty-convicted-of-plotting-to-blow-up-jfk-airport.html
WHAT "DEMOCRACY" LOOKS LIKE: 
--G8 Leaders Vow $40 Billion in Aid to Egypt and Tunisia
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2011/05/27/g8-leaders-vow-20-billion-in-aid-to-egypt-and-tunisia
--Anti-military protest fills Cairo square
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_EGYPT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-05-27-07-33-50
----...Protesters chanted, carried banners "Egyptian revolution is not over"
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/protesters-gather-downtown-cairos-tahrir-square-demonstration-against-095502704.html
--Christians worry Egypt being hijacked by Islamists
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/christians-worry-egypt-being-hijacked-islamists-031322380.html
--Yemen on brink of civil war as fighting worsens
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/yemen-brink-civil-war-protesters-gather-080855573.html
--Syrian forces fire on rally as world pressure grows
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/syrian-forces-kill-three-protesters-south-residents-101529267.html
--Saudi Arabia scrambles to limit region’s upheaval
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/28/world/middleeast/28saudi.html?_r=1
--Tombs desecrated, young woman gang-raped in Pakistan
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Anti-Christian-violence-in-Faisalabad:-tombs-desecrated,-young-woman-gang-raped-21673.html
--
"Whoever attentively considers the different departments of power must perceive, that, in a government in which they are separated from each other, the judiciary, from the nature of its functions, will always be the least dangerous to the political rights of the Constitution; because it will be least in a capacity to annoy or injure them." ~~ Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 78, 1788

Friday, May 27, 2011

*** WHAT HYPERINFLATION LOOKS LIKE: BELAURUS DEVALUTAION SPREADS PANIC ***
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Belarus-devaluation-spreads-panic-1395054.php
(..."government cut access to a foreign-based Internet portal"..."people bought all they could from stores, both to stock up on food as well as to invest in tangible goods"..."people were hoarding sugar, salt and other staples"..."even during the Soviet collapse we didn't go through such nightmare."..."there is a feeling that a war is about to erupt")
"Guess Which County I Am":  ..."[the] International Monetary Fund urged them to reform their economy in March, calling on the president to rein in "unsustainable" spending and for the central bank to increase benchmark interest rates to fight inflation"..."The whole world tells them, guys, you have economic problems, you should do something, and all they did was live off getting more and more loans."
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-25/belarus-headed-for-economic-meltdown-51-ruble-plunge-vtb-capital-says.html

THE FED, QUANT. EASING, INFLATION, FREE-MARKET, DEFICITS, GOLD/SILVER, FOOD
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MAY CUT 450,000 JOBS IN FY2012...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/23/us-markets-municipals-idUSTRE74M60U20110523
--Pinks slips coming for 450,000 state and local government employees next year...
http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/pinks-slips-coming-for-450000-state-and-local-government-employees-in-2012_05262011
20 questions to ask anyone foolish enough to believe the economic crisis is over
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/20-questions-ask-anyone-foolish-enough-believe-economic-crisis-over
--Japan's government bonds rise on concerns over weak U.S. growth, Greece debt
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-27/japan-s-bonds-rise-on-concerns-over-u-s-growth-greece-debt.html
--Dollar falls versus Euro, Yen on concern U.S. "recovery" is losing momentum
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-27/dollar-falls-versus-euro-yen-on-concern-u-s-recovery-is-losing-momentum.html
--Preparing your investments for an inflationary future
http://dailyreckoning.com/preparing-your-investments-for-an-inflationary-future/
The Fed's balance sheet hits another record size:  $2.759 trillion
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/26/us-usa-fed-discount-idUSTRE74P7ZO20110526
Sen. Harry Reid "not in favor of changing Medicare" DESPITE its $24.6 trillion shortfall...
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/reid-not-favor-changing-medicare-despite
--BARF ALERT:  Ten "Myths" of Paul Ryan's Budget Plan
http://www.themoralliberal.com/2011/05/26/ten-myths-of-ryans-house-budget-plan/
Three-year supply of foreclosed homes hurts home prices
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chibrkbus-3year-supply-of-foreclosed-homes-hurts-home-prices-20110526,0,1206605.story
"Made In America" Returning?  Manufacturing jobs are coming home
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Columns/2011/05/26/Made-in-America-Manufacturing-Jobs-Are-Coming-Home.aspx
Greece could be disqualified from IMF cash injection...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/8539819/Greece-could-be-disqualified-from-IMF-cash-injection.html

BIG GOVT., REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH, ECONOMIC/ENVIRONMENTAL/SOCIAL JUSTICE, COLLECTIVE SALVATION, LIBERATION THEOLOGY
CONGRESS RENEWS USA PATRIOT ACT, TO BE SIGNED BY WAY OF MECHANIZED 'AUTO-PEN'...
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/55803.html
FULL ROLL CALL - HOUSE:  http://politics.nytimes.com/congress/votes/112/house/1/376
FULL ROLL CALL - SENATE:  http://politics.nytimes.com/congress/votes/112/senate/1/84 
NOTABLES:  Sandy Adams YES, McConnell YES, Bachmann YES, Lieberman YES, Cantor YES, Pelosi YES, Paul Ryan YES, Wasserman-Schultz YES, Allen West NO, Rand Paul NO, Rubio ABSENT, Boehner ABSENT
--OP-ED BY REP. STEVE KING (R-IA):  USA PATRIOT ACT FITS TEA PARTY STANDARDS (WTF?!)
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/55752.html
--Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR):  USA PATRIOT ACT IS WORSE THAN YOU THINK
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/05/secret-patriot-act/
--Showdown between Sens. Harry Reid (D-NV) & Rand Paul (R-KY) spar over USA PATRIOT Act extension (VIDEO)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_theticket/20110526/pl_yblog_theticket/harry-reid-rand-pauls-patriot-act-showdown-goes-public
 --Rep. Pelosi (D-CA) reason to support it...http://www.democraticleader.gov/news/press?id=2190
--Sen. McConnell (R-VA) reason to support it...
http://reason.com/blog/2011/05/26/mitch-mcconnell-comes-out-agai
--Rep. Bachmann (R-MN) reason to support it...
http://bachmann.house.gov/UploadedFiles/National_Security_Provisions_Dispelling_the_Myths.pdf
WHAT COMMIECARE LOOKS LIKE:  U.K. DOCTORS FORCED TO PRESCRIBE DRINKING WATER TO KEEP THEIR PATIENTS ALIVE
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1390925/Elderly-patients-dying-thirst-Doctors-forced-prescribe-drinking-water-old-alive-reveals-devastating-report-hospital-care.html
--VERMONT:  Gov. Shumlin signs state health care reform bill into law (even farther reaching & liberty-grabbing than CommieCare...)
http://www.wcax.com/story/14724412/shumlin-set-to-sign-health-care-reform-bill-into-law
--AARP: We didn't get a waiver
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/573526/201105261838/AARP-We-Didnt-Get-A-Waiver.htm
RE-EDUCATION:
--NEW YORK:  Officials want schools to teach students how to PROPERLY ABANDON UNWANTED BABIES
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Baby-Safe-Haven-High-School-Health-Curriculum-122653389.html
--$500 million Obama Administration program will help kids 'sit still' in kindergarten...
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/sebelius-early-learning-initiatives-need
--Federally-funded NASA 'educates' children about global warming on 'Climate Kids' website (VIDEO)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT37M383uAc&feature=player_embedded
--ILLINOIS:  College professor kicks back with taxpayer money
http://www.npr.org/2011/05/25/136646177/weekly-standard-kickin-back-with-tax-payer-money
--U.K.:  Schools win "right" to turn away middle-class children (AIN'T SOCIALISM GREAT?)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/8540055/Schools-win-right-to-turn-away-middle-class-children.html
KARL MARX WOULD BE SO PROUD:  TIME Magazine’s Joe Klein says NY-26 Democratic triumph was "a victory for socialism" (VIDEO)
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/a-victory-for-socialism-time-magazines-joe-klein-says-he-was-merely-mocking-radical-republicans/
NEW JERSEY:  Gov. Christie wisely pulls state out of greenhouse-gas/cap-and-tax pact
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20110526_Christie_pulling_N_J__out_if_greehouse_gas_pact.html
D.C.:  Mandatory vehicle 'black-boxes' under consideration
http://www.cbs6albany.com/news/data-1285378-recorders-boxes.html
NEVADA:  Legislature passes friendly concealed carry reform
http://www.examiner.com/firearms-in-reno/nevada-passes-concealed-carry-reform

ILLEGAL ALIENS, OPEN BORDERS, TERRORISM, 'MISUNDERSTANDERS OF ISLAM'
POLL:  12% OF ISRAELI JEWS CONSIDER OBAMA TO BE 'PRO-ISRAEL'
http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?ID=222451&R=R1
--ENEMY OF MY ENEMY:  'Ahmadinejad wants friendship with Israel'http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4074618,00.html
--DISGUSTING:  NYT's Tom Friedman wants to bring Tahrir Square (read: 'democracy') to Jerusalem
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/144539
Air Force general: China military buildup 'incredibly disturbing'
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/25/inside-the-ring-377211977/
--RUSSIA:  Medvedev uncorks a stunner on U.S. missile defense shield
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/05/26/medvedev-uncorks-stunner-russia-missile-defense-shield/
PEACEFUL RELIGION:  Four Muslims who battered man for teaching RE to girls jailed for being 'a danger due to their extreme religious beliefs'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1391166/Four-Muslims-battered-man-teaching-RE-girls-jailed-danger-extreme-religious-beliefs.html
WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE:
--SAUDI ARABIA:  Facebook campaign encourages Saudi men to beat women with cords
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/disturbing-facebook-campaign-encourages-saudi-men-to-beat-women-with-cords/
--TURKEY:  Turkish FM tells Syria's al-Assad to implement 'shock therapy' reforms to restore tranquility
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/26/world/europe/26turkey.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all
--
"Every man who loves peace, every man who loves his country, every man who loves liberty ought to have it ever before his eyes that he may cherish in his heart a due attachment to the Union of America and be able to set a due value on the means of preserving it." ~~ James Madison, Federalist No. 41

Thursday, May 26, 2011

***EGYPTIAN ACTIVISTS "TO FORM NAZI PARTY"***
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=222367

THE FED, QUANT. EASING, INFLATION, FREE-MARKET, DEFICITS, GOLD/SILVER, FOOD

FORECLOSURES "ASTRONOMICALLY HIGH" IN Q1
 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43175612/ns/business-personal_finance/
--Sales of foreclosed homes fell in 1Q

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110526/ap_on_bi_ge/us_foreclosure_sales_1
--Stocks open lower after weak reports on job market, weak economic growth
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Stocks-fall-after-dim-jobs-apf-3263369489.html?x=0&sec=t
FED GAVE BANKS $80 BILLION IN SECRET LOANS…AT RATES AS LOW AS 0.01% INTEREST
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/fed-gave-banks-80-billion-in-secret-loans-at-rates-as-low-as-0-01-interest/
Sen. Paul Ryan's budget gets 40 votes in Senate, Obama's budget gets ZERO votes...

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/163345-obama-budget-receives-zero-votes-in-senate-
Sen. Reid (D-NV) flip-flops on his call last month for clean debt ceiling vote (VIDEO)
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/sen-reid-reversal-clean-debt-ceiling-vot
Nearly half of Americans are 'financially fragile'
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2011/05/23/nearly-half-of-americans-are-financially-fragile/
--House members handed out staff bonuses during budget crisis
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-congress-bonus-20110525,0,7990945.story
--Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) blocks Intr. Sec. Ken Salazar's pay hike in offshore drilling battle
http://www.adn.com/2011/05/25/1881850/senator-blocks-salazar-pay-hike.html
Op-Ed:  House GOP takes aim at job-killing regulators
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/25/obama-versus-boeing/
Op-Ed:  Why a Greek default would be worse than Lehman Brothers' collapse
http://www.cnbc.com/id/43169768
Op-Ed:  Why you should love $5 gas (THIS PERSON'S OUT OF HER MIND...)
http://money.msn.com/how-to-budget/article.aspx?post=e04807fc-e307-45c7-a3b0-9fdabfac3518&GT1=33029

BIG GOVT., REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH, ECONOMIC/ENVIRONMENTAL/SOCIAL JUSTICE, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, COLLECTIVE SALVATION, LIBERATION THEOLOGY

TRANSPARENCY:  POTUS, Whit House working on gun control "under the radar" via executive order
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/05/25/obama-were-working-on-gun-control-under-the-radar/
TSA/DHS to store passenger data for 15 years
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/25/us-to-store-passenger-data
House members’ stock market success questioned....
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/25/house-members-stock-market-success-questioned/
U.S. taxpayers on the hook for Strauss-Kahn's golden parachute...
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/05/24/lawmakers-raise-concern-ex-imf-directors-golden-parachute/
--Obscene salaries dominate at int'l development banks
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-business-of-poverty-obscene-salaries-dominate-at-intl-development-banks/?singlepage=true
REP. JAMES CLYBURN (D-SC): OBAMA‘S PROBLEMS ARE 'BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF HIS SKIN'http://www.theblaze.com/stories/rep-clyburn-obamas-problems-are-because-of-the-color-of-his-skin/
--
NAACP leader, House speaker exchange jabs
http://www.wral.com/news/state/nccapitol/story/9643199/
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA):  "People in nursing homes would be dumped out" (VIDEO)
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/05/24/dem_congressman_on_ryan_plan_people_will_be_dumped_out_of_nursing_homes.html
--TRUTH:  Sen. Paul Ryan's "The Path To Prosperity" -- Episode 2: Saving Medicare, Visualized (VIDEO)
http://www.youtube.com/user/HouseBudgetCommittee
NPR newsroom 'deeply concerned' about taking money from George Soros...
http://www.businessinsider.com/george-soros-npr-glenn-beck-2011-5
Transportation Sec. Ray LaHood rolls up in 12-mpg SUV to unveil new fuel economy stickers...
http://jalopnik.com/5805503/us-transportation-secretary-rolls-up-in-suv-to-unveil-new-fuel-economy-stickers
--EPA to discuss major fuel efficiency announcement at Tesla HQ
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/5157c3e84c403bc28525789a0074531d?OpenDocument
--Key Dem says higher gas tax should be on the table for highways
http://thehill.com/blogs/transportation-report/highways-bridges-and-roads/163029-dem-obama-should-say-to-pay-for-transportation-bill-gas-tax-should-be-considered
--The 'green' in 'green energy' is your dollars
http://floppingaces.net/2011/05/25/50-light-bulbs-unfortunately-for-you-the-green-in-green-energy-is-your-dollars
Following the government’s nutritional advice can make you fat and sick...
http://www.city-journal.org/2011/21_2_government-health-guidelines.html
"STATE CAPITALISM"/NATIONAL SOCIALISM:  China used prisoners in lucrative internet gaming work
http://m.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/25/china-prisoners-internet-gaming-scam?cat=world&type=article

ILLEGAL ALIENS, OPEN BORDERS, TERRORISM, 'MISUNDERSTANDERS OF ISLAM'
H.R.1006.IH:  The "Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act of 2011"
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:H.R.1006:
GEORGIA:  Teens leave class to protest state's anti-illegal-alien law
http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Ga-teens-leave-class-to-protest-immigration-law-1395676.php
--***Defund LaRaza*** (VIDEO)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO8kLUHhdLc
WHAT 'DEMOCRACY' LOOKS LIKE: 
--Germany mediates secret U.S.-Taliban talks
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,764323,00.html
--Algeria orders Protestant leader to close all churches
http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctliveblog/archives/2011/05/algeria_orders_1.html
--Yemen suspends air traffic in capital, diverts flights due to clashes
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-05/26/c_13893981.htm
Op-Ed:  The Islamists' Enablers: The Western Sellout to Sharia Law
http://www.rightsidenews.com/2011052313610/life-and-science/culture-wars/the-islamists-enablers-the-western-sellout-to-sharia-law.html
--
"A republic, by which I mean a government in which the scheme of representation takes place, opens a different prospect and promises the cure for which we are seeking." ~~ James Madison, letter to William Hunter, March 11, 1790

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

***MARXIST-THEORIST & COMMUNITY ACTIVIST GRACE LEE BOGGS OPENLY CALLS FOR SECOND AMERICAN REVOLUTION, MARXIST LEADERSHIP IN AMERICA***
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/06152007/watch3.html

THE FED, INFLATION, QUANT. EASING, FREE-MARKET, DEFICITS, GOLD/SILVER, FOOD
THE EUROPEAN GOLD CONFISCATION SCHEME UNFOLDS:  EURO PARLIAMENT UNANIMOUSLY APPROVES USE OF GOLD AS COLLATERAL
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/european-gold-confiscation-sceme-unfolds-european-parliament-approves-use-gold-collateral
--Op-Ed:  Greek default won't be 'contained'
http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/shades-2008-greek-default-won-t-contained-john-112353535.html
--Op-Ed:  Greek debt vs. U.S. debt
http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/mikeshedlock/2011/05/25/greek_vs_us_debt
Out of nowhere, markets around the world dive simultaneously...
http://www.businessinsider.com/out-of-nowhere-markets-around-the-world-dive-simultaneously-2011-5
House schedules vote on raising the debt limit
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20065759-503544.html
--WASHINGTON:  Snohomish students use pennies to show U.S. debt
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2015133897_apusnationaldebtpennies.html
--CHART OF THE DAY: Have you seen the spike in U.S. CDS? (..."chatter about a U.S. "technical default" is making some folks nervous"...)
http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-us-vs-uk-1-year-cds-2011-5
--NERO FIDDLES:  Royals, Obamas sip $1,000 vino...
http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2011/05/24/royals-obamas-sip-1600-vino
RHODE ISLAND:  State Treasurer says R.I. 'being crushed' by pension debt, urges major overhaul
http://www.businessinsider.com/rhode-island-is-being-crushed-by-pension-debt-treasurer-urges-major-overhaul-of-state-retirement-system-2011-5
--ILLINOIS:  Will IL become America's Greece?
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/573194/201105241814/Will-Illinois-Be-Americas-Greece-.htm
--CALIFORNIA:  Massive sales tax cut coming to state's citizens (GOOD!)
http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_18130247
--Thomas Sowell's Op-Ed:  "Entitlement" just a fancy word for "dependency"
http://www.freedompolitics.com/articles/people-2606-poor-entitlement.html
BUM DEAL FOR TAXPAYERS:  Debt-burdened U.S. government buying 116 plug-in electrics, including 101 Chevrolet Volts...
http://wot.motortrend.com/government-buying-116-plug-electrics-including-101-chevrolet-volts-80749.html
--FLASHBACK:  Government Motors' Chevy Volt sticker price $41,000; only worth $17,000 after 36 months...
http://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/17/chevy-volt-may-be-worth-only-17-000-after-36-months/
--White House:  No more full-size vehicles unless essential...
http://detnews.com/article/20110524/AUTO01/105240408
House prices slip 2.5% in first quarter, FHFA says
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/house-prices-slip-25-in-first-quarter-fhfa-says-2011-05-25
CFTC charges three firms with 2008 oil price manipulation
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/cftc-charges-3-firms-with-oil-price-manipulation-2011-05-24-1356490?link=MW_story_latest_news
--Venezuela threatens to interrupt U.S. oil supply
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/terrorism-security/2011/0525/Venezuela-threatens-to-interrupt-US-oil-supply
Food-price swings to persist on demand-supply mismatch
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-05-23/food-price-swings-to-persist-on-demand-supply-mismatch-fao-says.html

ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, COLLECTIVE SALVATION, LIBERATION THEOLOGY, ECONOMIC/ENVIRONMENTAL/SOCIAL JUSTICE, REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH, BIG GOVT.
TEXAS:  STATE'S BATTLE AGAINST INVASIVE TSA SEARCHES MAY LEAD POTUS TO DECLARE "NO-FLY-ZONE" OVER ENTIRE LONE STAR STATE
http://yourdaddy.net/2011/05/25/obama-declares-war-on-texas-a-no-fly-zone-will-be-put-in-place/
CALIFORNIA:  Teacher fights back against his union's support of cop killer
http://townhall.com/columnists/kyleolson/2011/05/24/california_teacher_fights_back_against_his_union%E2%80%99s_support_of_cop_killer
--Op-Ed:  More insight into teacher union mentality
http://www.boortz.com/weblogs/nealz-nuze/2011/may/24/more-insight-teacher-union-mentality/
Health reform rule spooks providers...
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/55515.html
ALABAMA:  Local trailer ban upsets storm victims, prevents FEMA from setting up temp. shelters
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2011/05/alabama_tornadoes_cordova_trai.html
CHICKEN LITTLE:  Al Gore got 'D' in 'Natural Sciences' at Harvard...
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/climate-expert-al-gore-got-d-natural-sci

ILLEGAL ALIENS, OPEN BORDERS, TERRORISM, 'MISUNDERSTANDERS OF ISLAM'
***STATE DEPARTMENT DECLARES JERUSALEM SEPARATE FROM ISRAEL***
http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/watercooler/2011/may/23/picket-state-department-says-jerusalem-separate-is/
--PALESTINIAN ACTIVIST PROCLAIMS JEWS ARE 'HUMAN PIECES OF FILTH'
http://www.breitbart.tv/palestinian-activist-jews-are-human-pieces-of-filth/
--Netanyahu gets TWENTY-NINE standing ovations in Congress --- FOUR MORE THANK POTUS received for SOTU Address --- Sends CLEAR MESSAGE to White House
http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2011/05/israeli-prime-minister-gets-20-standing-ovations-in-congress-sends-message-to-white-house.html
--Congressman West's statement on Israel PM Binyamin Netanyahu speech to Congress
http://www.west.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4225%3Acongressman-west-statement-on-israel-prime-minister-binyamin-netanyahu-speech-to-congress&catid=73%3Apress-releases&Itemid=2
--Netanyahu's lone heckler in Congress is a Hamas-supported CODEPINK Jew
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/144459
----Op-Ed:  JINO's (Jews In Name Only)
http://townhall.com/columnists/benshapiro/2011/05/25/jews_in_name_only/print
ARIZONA:  Sheriff Joe nabs own employees on smuggling charges
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/25/us-crime-arizona-sheriff-idUSTRE74O08T20110525
--U.S. group gives Mexico smugglers GPS emergency beacons...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/24/us-arizona-mexico-immigrants-idUSTRE74N7VY20110524
--Congressional hearing after FOX Undercover report on illegal immigrants
http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/undercover/congressional-hearing-after-fox-undercover-report-on-illegal-immigrants-20110524
Islamic group asks Napolitano to investigate 'Islamophobic' trainers
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/islamic-group-asks-napolitano-investigat
American restaurant owner posts sign: "No English...No Service"
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/restaurant-owner-claims-his-business-has-tripled-since-posting-english-only-sign/
WHAT 'DEMOCRACY' LOOKS LIKE:  Third day of fierce fighting in Yemen
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/26/world/middleeast/26yemen.html?_r=1
WHAT 'DEMOCRACY' LOOKS LIKE:  FACEBOOK page calls for beating Saudi women drivers
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.57e2385fa5eae620b459b4dacd967745.971&show_article=1
--
"Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote that he is not making a present or a compliment to please an individual - or at least that he ought not so to do; but that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for which he is accountable to God and his country." ~~ Samuel Adams, in the Boston Gazette, 1781

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

***PETER FONDA TRAINING HIS GRANDCHILDREN TO USE RIFLES AGAINST OUR PRESIDENT***
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8528327/Cannes-2011-Peter-Fonda-encourages-his-grandchildren-to-take-up-arms-against-President-Barack-Obama.html

THE FED, INFLATION, QUANT. EASING, FREE-MARKET, DEFICITS, GOLD/SILVER, FOOD
BANKS NOW HOLD 875,000 FORECLOSED HOMES; SELLOFF COULD FURTHER DEPRESS PRICES
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/business/economy/23glut.html
Debt-ceiling vote breeds flip-floppers as lawmakers eye deadline (THANKS LINDA!)
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-16/debt-ceiling-vote-breeds-flip-floppers-as-lawmakers-eye-deadline.html
--FLASHBACK:  Then-Senator Obama voted AGAINST raising debt ceiling in 2006, abstained from votes in '07 & '08
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/256199/obama-not-always-fan-upping-debt-ceiling-katrina-trinko
SURPRISE:  Tax cheats among recipients of stimulus money
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h_lsGu-CZemZAKDvXZTHp_2pVrQg?docId=198b9a7d2b8744c4b38fb3832bb4026a
ILLINOIS:  State Treasurer warns bond houses against further loans to state
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/illinois/article_022e716c-8576-11e0-9fc5-0019bb30f31a.html
FLORIDA:  Clinton asked to seek temporary delay of drilling off Cuba (by Sen. Bill Nelson D-Fla.)
http://www.ogj.com/index/article-display/1968618258/articles/oil-gas-journal/drilling-production-2/20100/may-2011/clinton-asked_to_seek.html
--Why oil prices will spike again soon
http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2011/05/23/why-oil-prices-will-spike-again-soon/?iid=HP_LN
--NORTH CAROLINA:  The Shale Gas Boom: Energy Exploration In NC
http://rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=107359
TEXAS: Jobless rate DOWN to eight percent
http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/local/x898209531/Texas-jobless-rate-down-to-eight-percent
--Outsourcing goes full circle as Indian firms now look to the U.S. for cheap labour...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1389963/Indian-firms-look-U-S-cheap-labour-outsourcing-goes-circle.html
ITALY:  Warning from S&P may fan contagion as Greece dodges restructuringhttp://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-22/italy-warning-from-s-p-may-fan-contagion-as-greece-presses-cuts.html
--ITALY:  Italy confident despite S&P's downgrade to negativehttp://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/Italy-confident-despite-S-P-afp-2943681033.html?x=0
--Greece and Italy prompt concernshttp://www.odt.co.nz/news/business/161935/greece-and-italy-prompt-concerns
--ITALY:  Egypt-inspired revolution on the horizon...
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/181187.html
What's the next U.S. stock market danger?  Another "splash crash"http://online.barrons.com/article/SB50001424052970203869804576327391603772726.html?mod=BOL_hpp_dc

ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, COLLECTIVE SALVATION, LIBERATION THEOLOGY, ECONOMIC/ENVIRONMENTAL/SOCIAL JUSTICE, REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH, BIG GOVT.
White House creates new position: "Director Of PROGRESSIVE Media & Online Response" to deal with 'unfavorable' media outlets
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/meet-the-white-houses-new-story-squasher-director-of-progressive-media/
--ILLINOIS:  Chicago newspaper calls out Congress over Obama defiance of War Powers Act
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/05/23/chicago-newspaper-calls-out-congress-over-obama-defiance-of-war-powers-act/
BIG BROTHER INVADES CYBERSPACE:  Internet summit to discuss online 'rules'
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.70d06a6c49b3b0a2f5170461c7277a26.3b1&show_article=1
--Senate debates POTUS' power during cyber-attack, updating law that was crafted in 1934 for radio
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/23/senate-debates-presidents-power-during-cyber-attac/
Private school enrollment declines as struggling families opt for public education
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/pb-economy-impacts-private-school-enrollment-20110522,0,1516307.story
--Union files complaint over use of AmeriCorps volunteers in Twin Rivers schools
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/05/23/3646159/union-files-complaint-over-use.html
--POTUS's homosexual activist "Safe Schools Czar" Kevin Jennings to leave Dept. of Ed. in July
http://www.massresistance.org/docs/issues/kevin_jennings/leaving_DOE/index.html
INDIANA:  White House to target state's new law which de-funds Planned Parenthood
http://www.lifenews.com/2011/05/23/obama-admin-may-target-indiana-law-de-funding-planned-parenthood/
CHICKEN LITTLE:  AlGore tells college grads climate crisis 'most serious challenge that our civilization has ever faced'
http://uticadailynews.com/daily_local_news/20942-Gore-addresses-Hamilton-grads.html
--SHOCKER:  Sales of gas-guzzling SUVs helped Chrysler pay back federal bailout money
http://detnews.com/article/20110524/MIVIEW/105240374/Payne--SUVs-saved-Chrysler

ILLEGAL ALIENS, OPEN BORDERS, TERRORISM, 'MISUNDERSTANDERS OF ISLAM'
ISRAEL:  NETANYAHU STANDS FIRM, DECLARES 'JERUSALEM MUST NEVER AGAIN BE DIVIDED'
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/144453
U.S., Pakistan near open war; Chinese ultimatum warns Washington against attack (THANKS POP!)
http://theintelhub.com/2011/05/22/us-pakistan-near-open-war-chinese-ultimatum-warns-washington-against-attack/
IRAN:  Ahmadinejad’s Team Expects Arrival of 12th Imam … on June 5
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/ahmadinejad’s-team-expects-
arrival-of-12th-imam-on-june-5/?print=1
WHAT 'DEMOCRACY' LOOKS LIKE:
--EGYPT:  Second Egyptian Revolution (ER2) has been scheduled for May 27...
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/second-egyptian-revolution-has-been-scheduled-may-27
----...ER2 organized again via Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/THAWRA.MASRYA?ref=ts
--EGYPT:  U.S. backs Egyptian bond issuance, gives new $1 billion issue "Sovereign Guarantee"
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/us-backs-egyptian-bond-issuance-gives-new-1-billion-issue-sovereign-guarantee
-_YEMEN:  U.S., other ambassadors removed from besieged embassy via Yemeni army helicopters
http://yementimes.com/defaultdet.aspx?SUB_ID=36124
--
"If we resort for a criterion to the different principles on which different forms of government are established, we may define a republic to be, or at least may bestow that name on, a government which derives all its powers directly or indirectly from the great body of the people, and is administered by persons holding their offices during pleasure for a limited period, or during good behavior." ~~ James Madison, Federalist No. 39

Monday, May 23, 2011

THE FED, INFLATION, QUANT. EASING, FREE-MARKET, DEFICITS, GOLD/SILVER, FOOD
Pile of federal debt would stretch beyond stratosphere
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/19/us-usa-debt-size-idUSTRE74I5TL20110519
--U.S. stocks plunge on European debt worries
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/US-stocks-plunge-on-European-apf-179998727.html
--A MUST READ:  What happens when Greece defaults
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/andrewlilico/100010332/what-happens-when-greece-defaults/
--Next up in Greece: Drug Shortages
http://www.businessinsider.com/next-up-in-greece-drug-shortages-2011-5
Chicago Fed National Activity Index Drops To -0.45... Economy Enters "Below-Average" Growth
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/chicago-fed-national-activity-index-drops-045-lowest-august-2010-economy-enters-below-averag
--"The Fed Is Your Friend": Posters From the 1920s
http://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2011/05/historical-echoes-communication-before-the-blog.html
--World's biggest buyer of gold = CHINA
http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/112783/china-top-gold-bug-wsj
NATIONALIZATION OF BANKS CONTINUES:  PENDING SENATE BILL WOULD LIMIT LOANS, WITHDRAWALS FROM YOUR OWN PRIVATE 401(k) ACCOUNT
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20110519/ts_usnews/senatebillwouldlimit401kloans
--Broken Piggy Bank: 'Leaky' 401(k)s worry Congress (SEAL Act - Savings Enhancement by Alleviating Leakage)
http://abcnews.go.com/ad/gmaintroad.html?goback=http://abcnews.go.com/Business/401k-retirement-savings-eroded-loans-withdrawls-cashouts-worry/story?id=13641490
--U.S. closes banks in Georgia and Washington state
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110521/bs_nm/us_bankfailures
--The Coming Great Inflation (good chart)
http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article28209.html
Could Herman Cain be the next President Ronald Reagan?
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/05/22/herman-cain-president-ronald-reagan/
--Herman Cain: My plan to not raise the debt ceiling won't work (thanks to Congress)
http://www.therightscoop.com/herman-cain-my-plan-to-not-raise-the-debt-ceiling-wont-work/

ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, COLLECTIVE SALVATION, LIBERATION THEOLOGY, SOCIAL JUSTICE, ECONOMIC JUSTICE, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH, BIG GOV.
BIG BROTHER:  Government Electric joins intel to advise Obama as overseas holdings expand...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-23/ge-joins-intel-to-advise-obama-as-overseas-holdings-expand.html
--Government Motors asks Big Brother for more tax incentives...
http://www.michigancapitolconfidential.com/15058
--Detroit distances itself from Government Motors China's role in ode to Communist Party
http://www.brandchannel.com/home/post/2011/05/19/GM-China-Film-Flap.asp
ONCE AGAIN, SOCIALISM FAILS:  Spain's socialists suffer worst election in three decades ["All major cities...out of socialist hands"]
http://www.euronews.net/2011/05/23/spain-s-socialists-worst-election-in-three-decades/
CALIFORNIA:  SCOTUS ORDERS TO RELEASE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/sc-dc-0524-court-prisons-web-20110523,0,2337401.story
College students sign petition to 'ban' Rush, Beck from radio...but love free speech (VIDEO)
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/college-students-sign-petition-to-ban-rush-beck-from-radio-but-love-free-speech/
Federal workers paid $120 MILLION in FY2009 for union activity...
http://workerfreedom.org/federal-workers-paid-million-union-activity-a3889
WHAT COMMIECARE LOOKS LIKE:  Two patients die after waiting in ambulance outside 'full' British hospital 
Http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/health/s/1421402_two-patients-died-after-waiting-in-ambulance-outside-full-oldham-hospital-unit
DISBAND THE DoE:  New education regulations endanger your child's privacy
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/will-new-education-regulations-endanger-your-childs-privacy/
--CALIFORNIA:  Oakland elementary school teaches pupils there are more than two genders
http://www.calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=fea25517-e69c-48e4-867f-93b83cd012c9
Piers Morgan battles with Ted Nugent on guns, says Second Amendment almost killed...
http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2011/05/19/cnns-piers-morgan-battles-ted-nugent-guns-says-second-amendment-almost-k
CHICKEN LITTLE:  Climate change beyond denial and planting trees won't cut it - Climate Commission report
http://www.news.com.au/national/climate-commissions-first-report-says-warming-is-beyond-denial-and-planting-trees-wont-cut-it/story-e6frfkvr-1226060763269

ILLEGAL ALIENS, OPEN BORDERS, TERRORISM, 'MISUNDERSTANDERS OF ISLAM'
ISRAEL:  Protesters hold a "we won't commit suicide" rally in Tel Aviv
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=43652
--Turkey's Gul: Hamas must recognize Israel right to exist
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110521/ts_nm/us_turkey_israel_1
--Saudi Prince Alwaleed: Israel Should Abide By Obama Plan
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=201105191921dowjonesdjonline000654&title=saudi-prince-alwaleedisrael-should-abide-by-obama-planfox-business
ITALY:  Milan will be 'Islamised' if leftist mayor elected, warns Berlusconi
http://www.adnkronos.com/IGN/Aki/English/Religion/Italy-Milan-will-be-Islamised-if-leftist-mayor-elected-warns-Berlusconi_312048604921.html
WHAT 'DEMOCRACY' LOOKS LIKE:  Egyptian groups call for second round of 'Rage' protests
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-22/egypt-groups-call-for-second-round-of-rage-on-lack-of-change.html
WHAT 'DEMOCRACY' LOOKS LIKE:  Protesters outside U.S. Embassy in Egypt demand release of Islamist leader (Omar Abdel Rahman)
http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/443843
WHAT 'DEMOCRACY' LOOKS LIKE:  Inspired by "Arab Spring", Spain's youthful 15-M movement spreads in Europe
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20110520/wl_csm/385206
--Op-Ed:  Arab Spring: What Does It Really Mean?
http://pajamasmedia.com/barryrubin/2011/05/22/arab-spring-what-does-it-mean/?singlepage=true
Op-Ed:  Looking down the barrel of terror: More and more, radical Islamists will wreak havoc with handguns
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2011/05/22/2011-05-22_looking_down_the_barrel_of_terror.html
--
"No people will tamely surrender their liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffusd and virtue is preservd. On the contrary, when people are universally ignorant, and debauchd in their manners, they will sink under their own weight without the aid of foreign Invaders." ~~ Samuel Adams, letter to James Warren, 1775

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