China Crosses ‘Line Of Actual Control’ With Stealth Invasion Of India

Whether this is just a ‘misunderstanding’ or a land-grab to make up for Japan’s Senkaku actions, the Indians are claiming that a platoon of Chinese soldiers have crossed the so-called ‘Line of Actual Control’ in the Indian-held Ladakh region. They have remained there for two weeks and even as India complains, the Chinese deny, saying that they are “firmly opposed to any acts that involve crossing the Line of Actual Control [...]

Kim Jong Un convenes emergency meeting, orders rocket units on standby

Kim Jong Un convenes emergency meeting, orders rocket units on standby

REU: N.KOREA LEADER KIM ORDERS ROCKET UNITS ON STANDBY TO FIRE AT U.S. BASES IN THE SOUTH AND PACIFIC

N. Korea state media: Kim Jong Un said “the time has come to settle accounts with the U.S. imperialists”

http://news.sky.com/us/

http://rt.com/

Pyongyang has ordered rocket units be put on standby to fire on US bases in the South Pacific. “The time has come to settle [...]

Obama arrives in Israel for first time as President in historic visit for crucial talks over Syria crisis and Iran’s nuclear program

US President Barack Obama makes his first trip to Israel of his presidency
Peace talks are high on agenda, while other topics include Syria and Iran

President Barack Obama arrived in Israel this morning for his first visit to the region since taking office in 2008, and upon touchdown he called the U.S. Israel’s ‘strongest ally and your greatest friend.’

The kind words were traded on both sides, as Israeli President Shimon Peres welcomed [...]

North Korea threatens to wipe out S.Korean island; White House ‘very concerned’

Seoul: North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un threatened to “wipe out” a South Korean island as Pyongyang came under new economic and diplomatic fire Tuesday from US sanctions and UN charges of gross rights abuses.

Military tensions on the Korean peninsula have risen to their highest level for years, with the communist state under the youthful Kim threatening nuclear war in response to UN sanctions imposed after its third atomic test last [...]

China’s next-generation internet is a world-beater

THIS is something to think (and, maybe worry) about – what with the recent rumors about Chinese hackers successfully hacking western governments and companies.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21729075.800-chinas-nextgeneration-internet-is-a-worldbeater.html
“China’s next-generation internet is a world-beater

10 March 2013 by Hal Hodson

The net’s new tiger, China, is creating a faster, more secure system that is way ahead of the West

THE net is getting creaky and old: it is rapidly running out of space and remains fundamentally insecure. And [...]

Annihilate the enemy’: Kim Jong-un tells North Koreans to prepare for ‘all-out war’ with South as China warns against escalation

Kim Jong-un addressed troops facing Yeonpyeong island, which North Korean artillery shelled in 2010, killing four people and injuring 19.
The North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited troops on the border with the South and has reportedly told them to “annihilate the enemy” as tensions continue to rise in the region.

Kim Jong-un addressed troops in coastal positions facing Yeonpyeong island, which North Korean artillery shelled in 2010, killing four people [...]

RUSSIA MOVES TO LABLE US AS PLUTOCRACY,WARNS OF WAR

A stunning report prepared for President Putin by Deputy Foreign Minister Gennadiy Gatilov circulating in the Kremlin today states that “for all practical purposes” the United States has become a “plutocracy” and should no longer be registered, or referred to, by the Russian government as an “open and free democracy.”

Even worse, Minister Gatilov further recommends in his report that the plans put forth by General Colonel Leonid Ivashov, who warned this past week that“America must be kept at gunpoint,” should be “immediately [...]

China threatens Japanese warship with guided missiles over island dispute

Last week a Chinese warship pointed its missile guidance system at a Japanese destroyer in an unmistakable show of aggression, the Japanese Ministry of Defense announced today.

 

The brief report out of Tokyo cites a January 30 event where a type 053 Chinese frigate locked its “sixth fire control radar” onto a Japanese helicopter equipped vessel out of Yokosuka. Japan has two helicopter carriers, and they are the largest vessels in the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense [...]

Syria warns of “surprise” response to Israel attack

“BEIRUT/AMMAN – Syria warned on Thursday of a possible “surprise” response to Israel’s attack on its territory and Russia condemned the air strike as an unprovoked violation of international law.
Damascus could take “a surprise decision to respond to the aggression of the Israeli warplanes”, Syrian ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdul-Karim Ali said a day after Israel struck against Syria.”

http://news.yahoo.com/syria-warns-surprise-response-israel-attack-144911693.html

Govts eating own debt vomit!

Watch the full Keiser Report (E383) on Saturday!
In this episode, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert look at the the central bank revolution that will end in disaster with Japan leading the way after voters have demanded even more aggression with the nation’s monetary policy. They also look at Moody’s ratings getting no respect because nobody has done better than flipping a coin for 50 years in a slow burning prison. [...]

Predictions Confirmed: Shooter Adam Lanza Was on Violence-Linked Anti-Psychotic Fanapt

Anthony Gucciardi
Natural Society
December 19th, 2012

The ‘Connecticut Shooter’ Adam Lanza has now been reported by mainstream media to indeed be taking the violence-linked anti-psychotic drug known as Fanapt, a prediction I made after the news of the shooting broke. And as I explained in my previous article regarding this drug by name, Fanapt has a very disturbing history of FDA testing and approval. It also has a long line of side effects that echo [...]

STUDY: Reality Show Viewers Are More Neurotic, Have Lower Self-Esteem

People who watch non-competition reality shows are more extroverted, neurotic and have a lower self-esteem, according to a new study.

The survey, conducted by Today.com polled 19,000 people and found that “those who watched non-competition reality shows are more extroverted, neurotic and have lower self-esteem than watchers who are not fans of the genre.”

Additionally, the survey found that 72% of women and 60% of men watch Reality television simply because they’re [...]

Egypt calls on U.S. to help stop Gaza fighting

CAIRO — Egypt asked the United States on Thursday to immediately intervene to stop the Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip, warning that the violence could spiral “out of control,” the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.

Egypt “will stand with all of its resources to end this aggression and to stop the recurring killing and bloodshed of Palestinians,” President Mohamed Morsi said on national television. “The Israelis must understand that we [...]

Libertarian Betsy Dewey for U.S. Congress

Infowars.com
Saturday, September 22, 2012

Betsy is running for US Congress for these reasons: to reduce the size and scope of the Government, to restore the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, to reduce federal spending by 50%, to end the wars (including the absurd “war on drugs”) and to expose the ponzi scheme which is our Keynesian economy. Her positions are very clear, with individual liberty as [...]

VIDEO: ‘Run, hide, fight’: Homeland Security releases public service video on how to get to safety and survive a mass shooting

Following last Friday’s mass casualty shooting in Aurora, Colorado, the City of Houston has released an instructional video on what to do in case of a similar emergency.

Funded by the Department of Homeland Security, the city hopes that the video can help people prepare people for the worst.

Entitled Run.Hide.Fight. Surviving an Active Shooter Event, it depicts a fictional shooting incident in a crowded office building.

HOW TO SURVIVE A MASS SHOOTING

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US/NATO/Israel attack on Iran would be a catastrophe for everyone – Bill Ayers

 

US wars of “invasion, aggression and occupation” are no longer sustainable economically and socially, veteran war critic and US scholar Professor Bill Ayers told RT. He adds that if NATO, the US or Israel attack Iran, it would lead to a catastrophe.

The activist says America has an old colonial mentality and grotesque double standards. Washington is frantic about the possibility that Iran might have a nuclear warhead someday – but [...]

Syria tests missiles against coastal attack

Oliver Holmes
reuters.com
July 9, 2012

Syria’s navy fired live missiles from ships and helicopters over the weekend, state media said on Sunday, in an exercise aiming at showcasing its ability to “defend Syria’s shores against any possible aggression”.

Syrian television aired video of a variety of missiles being fired from launchers on land and from ships and showed the Syrian Defence Minister Dawud Abdallah Rahijia in attendance.

“Naval Forces conducted an operational live fire [...]

Syria tests missiles against coastal attack

(Reuters) – Syria’s navy fired live missiles from ships and helicopters over the weekend, state media said on Sunday, in an exercise aiming at showcasing its ability to “defend Syria’s shores against any possible aggression”.

Syrian television aired video of a variety of missiles being fired from launchers on land and from ships and showed the Syrian Defence Minister Dawud Abdallah Rahijia in attendance.

“Naval Forces conducted an operational live fire exercise [...]

‘Please God, make it stop!’ Journalist, 22, describes horrific moment she was stripped naked and sexually assaulted by crazed mob in Egypt’s Tahrir Square

Natasha Smith attacked by a ‘group of animals’ who stripped her naked
Only escaped after she was handed a burka and men’s clothes
‘I was tossed around like fresh meat among starving lions’

 

A British journalist was brutally sexually assaulted in Cairo’s Tahrir Square as thousands of Egyptians gathered to celebrate the nation’s presidential election results.

Natasha Smith, 21, has detailed how she was violently attacked by a ‘group of animals’ who stripped her [...]

Russia preparing new attempt at Syrian arms shipment, ‘re-insures’ ship under Russian flag – @guardian

A Russian ship carrying attack helicopters that was prevented from sailing to Syria has been refitted with a Russian flag, rousing suspicions it is preparing for a second attempt.

The MV Alaed, carrying air defence systems and helicopters to Syria, was forced to return to port last week after its British insurers withdrew their coverage as the ship rounded the coast of Scotland. The Foreign Office and Treasury had warned the insurance company, Standard Club, [...]

Wall Street elites want to dump Obama

The public opinion pollsters are telling the world that the race for the White House between President Obama and the Republican Party candidate Willard “Mitt” Romney is still too close to call, but Obama has already lost the election when it comes to the elitist bankers and officials of the semi-secret Bilderberg Group.

Bilderberg held their annual meeting in Chantilly, Virginia at the end of May. Romney reportedly attended the meeting, [...]

The Next Round Of Greek Economic Data Is Going To Be ‘Disgusting’

MNI News has an interesting flash headline this morning:

 

GREECE FISCAL CONSOLIDATION “COMPLETELY DERAILED”: EU SOURCE

This jibes with what we we heard from two different people when we were in Athens last week.

Greece’s extended election process (which saw two separate national elections in just over a month) has done serious damage to all kinds of things.

One member of the Greek business community predicted that the next round of economic data would be [...]

Avenge This: US kills 500, spends $1 billion every day since 2001 in illegal Wars of Aggression

by Carl Herman

The Avengers has earned over $1 billion in ticket sales; this colossal amount of money communicates that the story inspires the hero in all of us.

Americans can direct their heroism here:

Because of the tremendous sacrifices of all our families through two world wars, the US authored war law into treaty status; US “Supreme Law” in Article 6 of the US Constitution. War law is crystal-clear: a nation can never use its military [...]

Boy aged SIX arrested and carted to police station in back of cop car after kicking and threatening to KILL his principal

A six-year-old boy was arrested and carted to a police station in the back of a cop car after he assaulted his elementary school teachers.

The kindergartener, from Shelbyville, Indiana, was arrested on allegations of battery and intimidation last Wednesday but will not face charges because of his age.

According to police, the child, whose name has not been released, kicked his Hendricks Elementary School principal Pat Lumbley and threatened to kill him and assistant principal Jessica Poe.

Kicked: School principal [...]

When Robert Bales killed 16 Afghans, the U.S. media said his motive was: financial stress, being drunk, brain injury, marital problems, no promotion. When Muslims kill Americans, the reason is simply: primitive, hateful evil.

(updated below – Update II)

Here’s a summary of the Western media discussion of what motivated U.S. Staff Sgt. Robert Bales to allegedly kill 16 Afghans, including 9 children: he was drunk, he was experiencing financial stress, he was passed over for apromotion, he had a traumatic brain injury, he had marital problems, he suffered from the stresses of four tours of duty, he “saw his buddy’s leg blown off the day before the massacre,” etc.

Here’s a [...]

Oil “Freedom” & Monetary Control – Adding to The Current Portfolio of War

Well known to anyone watching, current affairs have not been of peace, as promised, but rather have embodied the same perpetual warfare that has defined America and Americans internationally. The explosion of fiat currency is nearly always accompanied by the onset of war—and the U.S. dollar standard is and will be no different.

In Obamas defense comes an unlikely voice, Jeffrey Tucker, editor and publisher of Laissez-Faire Books:

“Nor is it the case that [...]

The US government’s measure of inflation no longer measures a constant standard of living.

Paul Craig Roberts
Infowars.com
January 31, 2012

Last Friday (January 27) the US Bureau of Economic Analysis announced its advance estimate that in the last quarter of 2011 the economy grew at an annual rate of 2.8% in real inflation-adjusted terms, an increase from the annual rate of growth in the third quarter.

Good news, right?

Wrong. If you want to know what is really happening, you must turn to John Williams at shadowstats.com.

What the presstitute [...]

Why Neo-Cons Hate Ron Paul’s Honest Foreign Policy

Jeremy R. Hammond
Alt-Market
December 27, 2011

This article, originally titled “Ron Paul: Propagandist Or Prophet?”, was written by Jeremy R. Hammond and published at Foreign Policy Journal

Ron Paul is “the best-known American propagandist for our enemies”, writes Dorothy Rabinowitz in a recent Wall Street Journal hit piece. To support the charge, she writes that Dr. Paul “assures audiences” that the terrorist attacks of 9/11 “took place only because of U.S. aggression and military actions”. It’s [...]

JOHN TAYLOR: The ECB Is Taking On Massive Risks That Would Make Even Ben Bernanke Blush

In his latest weekly letter, hedge fund manager John Taylor says that for all the experimentation and aggression that Ben Bernanke has exhibited, the risks to the Fed don’t hold a candle to the risks facing the ECB right now.

 

He writes:

Even the name European Central Bank should catch in our throats as there is no Europe.  There is no
country, no Treasury standing behind this bank.  The only thing that unites its seventeen member
countries is [...]

China isn’t going to war any time soon, even if/when we do insanely attack Iran.

This is more about heightening rhetoric on all sides.   It needs to sound really dire so that the sheeple in each respective country unite together and stop being dissonant.  That’s what this truly is about.  That’s why we have a war every ten years.  Support the President dropping bombs on Iranian children or you don’t support our troops and are anti-American!

Iran will get a nuclear weapon one way or [...]

ROMNEY PROMISES FIRST TRIP AS PRESIDENT WILL BE TO ISRAEL

By MAGGIE HABERMAN | 11/22/11 9:06 PM EST Updated: 11/22/11 9:34 PM EST

Mitt Romney pledged Tuesday night that if he’s elected president, his first foreign trip will be to Israel.

“My first foreign trip will be to Israel, to show the world we care about that country and that region,” said Romney, who frequently bashes the Obama administration’s handling of Israel on the campaign trail.

Romney stumbled a bit as he rattled off a list [...]

Police will get tough on ‘Occupy DC’ protesters

Washington Times

Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier said Monday that her department is adjusting its tactics in response to Occupy D.C.’s “increasingly confrontational and violent” demonstrations, following the actions of other U.S. cities looking to evict  — or at least crack down  — on what officials are characterizing as unruly protesters.

The chief’s tough talk changed the tone of what had been about a month of congenial relations between protesters and authorities. It came [...]

After Dropping Under $100,000/Share, Berkshire Announces Stock Buyback Plan

by ZH

Warren came, he saw BRK/A trading at $99,000, he took a bath, and decided that this aggression against BRK/A will not stand, man. As a result, after taking a metaphorical bath on BAC, the Octogenarian has just decided to launch a share repurchase program in the company with the massive short S&P put, because “In the opinion of our Board and management, the underlying businesses [...]

FLASH: Addressing Libyans, Gaddafi vows death or victory in fight against “aggression”: TV

@ REUTERS

WikiLeaks: The Banality Of Evil And Imperial Over-Reach

by Charles Hugh Smith from Of Two Minds

WikiLeaks: The Banality of Evil and Imperial Over-Reach

The WikiLeaks controversy speaks to Imperial Hubris and insecurity; we have forgotten that the U.S.A. stands separate from the American Empire.

A number of readers have asked me to comment on WikiLeaks and the release of “secret” diplomatic/government cables and documents. (How “secret” were they if up to 3 million people had access to [...]