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Sun May Still Have Low-Mass Solar Companion, Say Astrophysicists Searching NASA WISE

Our sun may indeed have a far-flung gravitationally-bound companion — just not with the size or orbit that could have triggered periodicity in earth’s paleontological record, say astrophysicists now actively searching data from NASA’s WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) spacecraft.

For decades astronomers and paleontologists have debated whether our sun has a stellar mass M-dwarf companion dubbed “Nemesis” that could have caused a 26 million-year periodicity in earth’s asteroidal and cometary [...]

Yukon Huang: China’s road to becoming a ‘responsible’ world power

from FT:

In 2005 Robert Zoellick, as US deputy secretary of state, proposed that China might play the role of a “responsible stakeholder” in helping to shape the international agenda. But despite its meteoric rise, most observers now do not see Beijing playing this role. China is often seen as uncooperative on issues ranging from trade and investment flows to intellectual property rights, climate change and the acquisition of natural resources. This has [...]

Obamacare Can Still Be Overturned

by Emma Karlin, WesternJournalism.com:

There IS a small ray of light shining up from the rubble of what is left of America. With Republican governors acting like – well, Republicans and crawling back to lick Barack Obama’s boots, it IS hard to accept; but the fight against Obamacare is still on. The feckless and traitorous John Roberts may not have destroyed us after all.

A lawsuit against the worst elements of Obamacarebrought by [...]

Bruce Bartlett: Can publicity curb corporate tax avoidance?

from FT:

Historically, the drive for tax reform in the US has focused on the individual income tax. The ideal, epitomised by the Tax Reform Act of 1986, has been to broaden the tax base and thereby reduce statutory tax rates in a revenue-neutral manner.

American observers, however, now believe that the so-called fiscal cliff deal that President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans agreed to on the first day of the year [...]

Mystery scars on Obama’s head prompt another question from conspiracy theorists – has the President had brain surgery?

He has been plagued with questions and doubts concerning his background throughout his first term as President.

Questions like – is Barack Obama actually American? Is he a Muslim? Is he actually an alien from another planet? – have frequently been asked.

The next question circulating on the internet – has President Obama had brain surgery?

President Obama meeting comedian George Lopez as the First Lady looks on. Some observers believe this image [...]

REPORT: 1 in 4 children on food stamps

New York Gov. and likely 2016 presidential aspirant Andrew Cuomo used his State of the State address Wednesday to call for new gun controls, press Congress for post-Hurricane Sandy aid and propose a historic “women’s equality act” in the Empire State.

That latter proposal was seen by many observers as a nod to an important segment of the 2012 electorate for Democrats as well as Hillary Clinton’s political base.

Cuomo, who liberals [...]

Can Banks Really Just Create Money?

Can Banks Really Just Create Money?

by Paul Tustain

BullionVault

Wednesday, 9 January 2013

 

It’s the banks, not their customers, who actually wind up owing each other money…

 

OBSERVERS of Fractional Reserve Banking have noticed that your deposit into a bank can cause the bank to offer new loans well above and beyond the size of your deposit.

 

Those watchers often object on the grounds that this is new money which shouldn’t have been created.

 

But every [...]

Trends forecaster Gerald Celente on the looming financial crisis and how to prepare for what’s to come

inforwars.com

 

Plosser says economy is now in state of permanent shock

“It certainly looks like we’ve had a permanent shock” in the wake of the housing-market bust and resulting recession, Mr. Plosser told a gathering of economists in San Diego. But when it comes to understanding the causes and results of that event, observers “won’t know the answer for many years.”

http://www.nasdaq.com/article/feds-plosser-recent-years-suggest-permanent-shock-to-economy-20130104-00497#.UOhH23fLrFQ

Morici: Economy Isn’t Growing Due to Two Words – Barack Obama 
The U.S. [...]

BREAKING: Explosion Near Iran’s Isfahan Nuclear Plant Reported!! NUCLEAR DISASTER IN THE MAKING – Iran to Citizens: Flee Isfahan!!!

Conflicting reports have emerged from Iran over an explosion heard in the central city of Isfahan, close to the country’s sensitive nuclear facilities.

Iran’s semi-official Isna news agency quoted a judiciary official in Isfahan, saying that an explosion had been heard.
Several residents of Isfahan told the Guardian that they had heard a loud blast. One said that it rattled the windows of their home.

Read more;

http://www.algemeiner.com/2013/01/02/explosion-near-irans-isfahan-nuclear-plant-reported/

 

NUCLEAR DISASTER IN THE MAKING – Iran [...]

Let’s Give Up on the Constitution! – New York Times

The evil ones are going all out right now, going not only for the guns but also the constitution itself. We are living in seriously scary times, you cannot be defeated by these treacherous degenerates!

“AS the nation teeters at the edge of fiscal chaos, observers are reaching the conclusion that the American system of government is broken. But almost no one blames the culprit: our insistence on obedience to the [...]

SEBELIUS AWARDS OBAMACARE EXCHANGE CONTRACT TO ‘FRIEND’

Many states are wisely signaling that they aren’t interested in doing the Obama administration’s bidding on Obamacare. As a result, many if not most of Obamacare’s insurance exchanges — the heart of the beast — will have to be set up and run by the Obama administration at the federal level.

States are not required to set up Obamacare exchanges, but it seems to have surprised observers that many are choosing [...]

Nation looks to women to expand workforce

In next month’s general election, politicians — nearly all of them men — will make promises on what they will do to fix Japan’s economic morass. Very few of them will even mention women.

The country’s problems are well known: more older people are living longer as the workforce that supports them gets smaller. The result is rising welfare costs and a shrinking tax base.

An influx of immigrants would boost the [...]

REPORT: Two Ohio Election Judges Removed for Allowing Unregistered Voters to Cast Ballots

Breitbart News has just received reports from citizen journalists in Ohio that two precinct election judges were removed by Hamilton County Director of Elections for allowing unregistered voters to cast ballots.

According to the individuals, one of those precinct election judges was removed as an election judge at Precinct 13d, located at the Pentecostal Church in Cincinnati. People who were not registered were allowed to illegally “same day register,” meaning they [...]

United Nations-affiliated election monitors from Europe and central Asia will be at polling places around the U.S. looking for voter suppression

this is a disgrace……isn’t there anything the GOP can do about this?

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/263141-international-monitors-at-polling-places-draw-criticism-from-voter-fraud-group

United Nations-affiliated election monitors from Europe and central Asia will be at polling places around the U.S. looking for voter suppression activities by conservative groups, a concern raised by civil rights groups during a meeting this week. The intervention has drawn criticism from a prominent conservative-leaning group combating election fraud.

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), a [...]

International monitors to watch US elections

United Nations-affiliated election monitors from Europe and central Asia will be at polling places around the U.S. looking for voter suppression activities by conservative groups, a concern raised by civil rights groups during a meeting this week. The intervention has drawn criticism from a prominent conservative-leaning group combating election fraud.

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), a United Nations partner on democratization and human rights projects, will deploy [...]

EU make Fascist move to block Press TV in Europe.

Only recently the EU got the Nobel peace prize for peace, this must have been a big mistake, they should have got the prize for fascism because the EU commission is following in the exact foot steps of Joseph Stalin by blocking an alternative news sources in the run up to a possible conflict.

Observers believe that the European Union does not respect freedom of speech, and spares no efforts to [...]

The euro was counterproductive and “is not good for peace,” says economist Joseph Stiglitz…

Since EU adopt the euro, the instability in european countries rise fast, and the currencie war escalate too

http://expresso.sapo.pt/o-euro-nao-e-bom-para-a-paz-diz-o-economista-joseph-stiglitz=f760186

Berlin, 15 out (AP) – The euro divides Europeans and “not good for peace,” said today the American Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize in Economics, in an interview with financial newspaper Handelsblatt.

“All outside observers agree that the euro and the policies aimed at saving the euro divide Europe at this time. These are divisions [...]

Male DNA discovered inside female brain

Male DNA has for the first time been found inside the female brain, according to new research led by a Canadian scientist.

No, the finding doesn’t explain why women sometimes know what their husbands are thinking.

But it could lead to refining what “the self,” biologically speaking at least, really means.

Plus, in an unexpected finding, the researchers found women with Alzheimer’s disease had less male DNA in their brains – and in [...]

Facebook Flooded with Complaints After Messages ‘bug’

Shane Richmond
Telegraph.co.uk
September 25, 2012

 

The social network was deluged with complaints from members who claimed their old private messages have been re-published publicly on the social network.

Facebook admitted old messages were reappearing on profiles but quickly denied that there had been a privacy breach, as the messages were old public messages.

It appeared that members were shown old public “wall” postings that they wrongly believed were private messages. Observers said the outcry [...]

Are the elites buggin out?

Good morning friends, observers, trolls and shills…

Two important bits of info crossed our paths yesterday that I find very curious, let me know what you think…

1) Congress closes it’s doors for 2 months after only 8 days in session with not only many, many important issues on the table but also with WWIII looming, half second to midnight scenario.

It’s the earliest pre-election exit by Congress from Washington since 1960, though [...]

Fiscal Cliff? The Earnings Cliff Is Already Here!

Seeing more of this: the earnings cliff may be here. Reaction is very perverse, these individual stocks get hit, but the indexes look rigged with little response so far.

- Norfolk Southern (NSC) lowers its Q3 earnings outlook due to declines in certain markets and lower revenues from fuel surcharges. NSC expects decreased coal and merchandise shipments, offset in part by growth in intermodal volumes, to reduce revenues by ~$120M Q/Q. NSC -5.8% AH

-  Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY): [...]

Damascus UN headquarters hit by bombs

Reuters
August 15, 2012

A bomb exploded in central Damascus on Wednesday close to several military buildings and a hotel housing United Nations observers, wounding three people and sending a pillar of black smoke into the sky above the Syrian capital.

Syrian deputy foreign minister Faisal Mekdad said
none of the UN monitors was hurt in the explosion.

“This is another criminal operation which proves the barbaric nature of those who carry out these attacks,” [...]

22 large explosions in damascus in past 15 minutes – Sky News

Just breaking and according to sky news

http://news.sky.com/

Syrian TV: Blast near Damascus hotel used by U.N.

DAMASCUS, Syria – A bomb attached to a fuel truck exploded Wednesday outside a Damascus hotel where U.N. observers are staying in the Syrian capital, wounding at least three people, Syria’s state TV reported.

Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad toured the area of the blast and said none of the U.N. staff was hurt. The explosion occurred as [...]

Mark Grant And Rick Santelli On Europe: “It’s A Ponzi Scheme To Be Honest With You”

zerohedge.com
August 14, 2012

As Simon Hobbs noted this morning, Olli Rehn confirmed ahh that err “both the European Union and the ECB are ready to take action” but only conditional upon requests for aid. What is perhaps missed by most observers is what Rick Santelli and Mark Grant discuss in more detail in the short clip below. Greece managed to sell EUR4 billion short-dated bills this morning at remarkably low yields – not [...]

Greek PM to meet austerity inspectors

Greek Prime Minister Antonios Samaras is meeting Athens’ international lenders to outline the indebted country’s new painful cost-cutting reforms in order to get the rescue loans.

Samaras, who came to power roughly one month ago, meets with the international austerity inspectors under intense pressure to implement Greece’s reform pledges.

“The European Union, International Monetary Fund [IMF] and the European Central Bank [ECB] started a new scrutiny of the debt-laden country’s austerity program [...]

BREAKING SYRIA: Assad About to Leave according to Turkey Prime Minister

Al Arabiya English:

Turkey’s Erdogan says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his circle are close to departing from power

https://twitter.com/AlArabiya_Eng

 

Deputy Head BBC Newsroom:

“TURKEY’S ERDOGAN SAYS SYRIA’S ASSAD AND HIS CIRCLE ARE ABOUT TO GO, PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY FOR “NEW ERA”

 

https://twitter.com/kevinbakhurst

 

In Syria massacres, some see signs Assad trying to carve out breakaway Alawite enclave

 

BEIRUT — In the recent sectarian violence in Syria, some observers see a grim pattern: Alawite fighters from President Bashar Assad’s [...]

When did we become a country where the millionaires are jealous of the people on food stamps? A country that thinks teachers and fire fighters are soaking us dry? A country that thinks the richest who are paying the lowest taxes in 80 years are the ones being beaten up?

Unlike Chris and many other savvy observers, I’m not convinced Mitt Romney went to the NAACP convention to be booed.

The Romney campaign reportedly bused in supporters and Mitt couched his speech with a pained attempt to reach out to the audience by leaning on his father’s civil rights record and some God talk. No doubt he was definitely sending a message to his base by being abrasive and dogmatic about his agenda. But that’s [...]

Great News: ACTA rejected by EU Parliament

The European Parliament has voted to reject the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta).

The proposed agreement sought to curb piracy, but internet campaigners said it posed a threat to online freedoms.

The rejection vote followed a failed attempt to postpone the decision because of ongoing investigations into Acta by the European Court of Justice.

Euro MP David Martin said: “It’s time to give [Acta] its last rites.”

Twenty two EU member states, including the [...]

MAN IN ELMO SUIT SPEWING ANTI-JEW INVECTIVE REMOVED FROM CENTRAL PARK

Police removed a mentally disturbed man in an Elmo costume from New York City’s Central Park Zoo on Sunday afternoon.

The man was spouting anti-Jewish insults, including encouraging visitors at the zoo to read “The International Jew” — an anti-Semitic  series of pamphlets published by Henry Ford.

The anti-Semitic Elmo made his first appearance in 2009 in Times Square, demanding people give him money to take pictures of him. Berating people who refused to give him [...]

Report: UN classifies climate change agenda

Joel Gerhke
Washington Examiner
June 23, 2012

United Nations officials refuse to allow observers to read the draft agenda for the Rio+20 conference on climate change, after an earlier draft called for the economic “contraction” of major countries.

“It seems the UN has taken the final pre-conference draft and classified it!” Lord Monckton, a climate skeptic with the Center for a Constructive Tomorrow reported in an email. “We were promised transparency. This is unacceptable.”

A [...]