Saturday, September 29, 2012

Eight-year-old girl battles ovarian cancer before ever hitting puberty: Are vaccines, hormones, and GMOs to blame?

(NaturalNews) Ovarian cancer never used to be much of a threat to young girls, especially girls who have not yet hit puberty and whose ovaries are still developing. But today, an increasing number of adolescent girls, including eight-year-old Natalie Cosman of Manchester, Connecticut, face what doctors are now calling ovarian germ cell tumors, or tumors that spawn unexpectedly inside young girls' reproductive egg cells.

A recent ABC News report explains that in Natalie's case, the disease began manifesting itself in the form of persistent stomach pains, symptoms that her doctors routinely dismissed as nothing more than constipation or a stomach bug. But after a while, Natalie's pains grew so severe that her parents decided to take her to the emergency room, where an ultrasound revealed that the pains were the result of a small cyst in one of Natalie's ovaries.

The diagnosis came as a shock to Natalie's parents, who were under the impression that ovarian cancers primarily occur in older women. The National Cancer Institute (NCI), after all, estimates that as few as two percent of ovarian cancers occur in girls under the age of 20 -- and only a select few of these cases, if any, occur in girls that have not yet reached puberty. But this apparently is no longer the case.

"Especially girls who haven't had their period yet, nothing should grow on their ovary," said Dr. Judith Wolf, division chief of surgery at MD Anderson Cancer Center near Houston, Texas, to ABC News.

Are environmental chemicals, food toxins to blame for rise in ovarian cancer cases?

Dr. Wolf is right, at least as far as traditional trends are concerned. But things appear to be changing, as more and more prepubescent females are developing inexplicable tumors in their reproductive organs that require aggressive surgeries and toxic chemotherapy to treat in accordance with Western medicine's guidelines for cancer treatment.

Young Sophie Fry from the U.K., also eight years old, had a similar experience with ovarian cancer that required her to undergo intense chemotherapy, as well as surgery to have her tumor and an ovary removed. Sophie is considered to be the youngest female ever in the U.K. to be stricken with this rare form of ovarian cancer. (http://www.mirror.co.uk)

Modern science claims it is unclear what causes ovarian germ cell tumors, and whether or not they are the result of genetic or environmental factors. However, elevating rates of the condition appear to directly correlate with the steady rise in the number of vaccines on the typical childhood vaccination schedule, the increased amount of hormones and antibiotics used in conventional foods, and the continued and growing use of untested genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) in the food supply, all of which are linked to fertility problems and cancer.

Sources for this article include:

http://abcnews.go.com

http://www.raysahelian.com/ovariancancer.html

Type 2 diabetes breakthrough: Imbalance in gut bacteria likely cause

(NaturalNews) We've all heard the news about the enormous, world-wide epidemic of type 2 diabetes. Not only is this form of diabetes (which results from the body's inability to effectively use insulin) soaring among adults, it is now hitting children and teens as well. The World Health Organization (WHO) says the cause is primarily excess body weight and weight physical inactivity.

But breakthrough research just published in the journal Nature strongly indicates another, bottom line cause has been discovered - an imbalance of "good" versus "bad" bacteria in the intestinal tract appears to trigger type 2 diabetes.

Sound familiar? Natural health advocates have long insisted that a healthy digestive tract is crucial to preventing and treating diseases and that making sure there's a healthy balance between the "good" bacteria and the disease-promoting kind is key. In recent years, this concept has been backed up by numerous studies linking the overuse of antibiotics, which wipe out the "good" germs in the gut, to serious ills. Researchers have also found that promoting a healthy internal flora rich in the "good" kind of bacteria is beneficial in a myriad of ways - including boosting the immune system to fight flu and treating Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. And research recently published by Austrian scientists in the Journal of Clinical Investigation suggests an unhealthy balance of gut flora could cause obesity and metabolic syndrome which have long been linked to type 2 diabetes.

"We have demonstrated that people with type 2 diabetes have a high level of pathogens in their intestines," lead researcher for the Nature study, Jun Wang from the University of Copenhagen's Department of Biology and Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, said in a media statement.

The research team pointed out the 1.5 kilograms of bacteria that each of us carries around in our intestines have a huge impact on our well-being. If the equilibrium of what is known as this "microflora" in the gut is disrupted, health can suffer. For their study, the scientists zeroed in on the intestinal bacteria of 345 people from China. The 171 research subjects who had type 2 diabetes were found to have "a more hostile bacterial environment in their intestines" than those not suffering from the disease. The study suggests this kind of out-of-balance gut flora could increase resistance to different medicines as well as likely be the trigger for type 2 diabetes. The scientists identified specific biological indicators in the gut flora that could eventually be used to identify those at risk of type 2 diabetes as well as to diagnose the disease.

"We are going to transplant gut bacteria from people that suffer from type 2 diabetes into mice and examine whether the mice then develop diabetes," another of the lead scientists behind the project, professor Oluf Borbye Pedersen from the University of Copenhagen, stated.

What can you do to keep your internal flora healthy and balanced? For starters, avoid antibiotics as much as possible. Also, eat a healthy diet that includes prebiotics (naturally occurring substances found in thousands of plants species that foster a healthy environment in the colon that's hostile to the "bad" bacteria) and probiotics (the "good" bacteria that is found in fermented foods like kefir, yogurt and sauerkraut that can crowd out bad bacteria and replenish the "good" kind that can be wiped out by antibiotics).

Sources:

http://www.eurekalert.org/emb_releases/2012-09/uoc-gbc092512.php
http://www.eurekalert.org/emb_releases/2012-09/bs-bpa092612.php
http://www.jci.org/articles/view/58109
http://www.naturalnews.com/026265.html
http://www.naturalnews.com/031260_probiotics_Crohns_disease.html

About the author:
Sherry Baker is a widely published writer whose work has appeared in Newsweek, Health, the Atlanta Journal and Constitution, Yoga Journal, Optometry, Atlanta, Arthritis Today, Natural Healing Newsletter, OMNI, UCLA's "Healthy Years" newsletter, Mount Sinai School of Medicine's "Focus on Health Aging" newsletter, the Cleveland Clinic's "Men's Health Advisor" newsletter and many others.

Yet more studies link fluoride to brain damage

(NaturalNews) Science continues to provide more evidence that fluoride, which is added to most public drinking water systems in the U.S. as a way to fight tooth decay, causes more harm than good.

The Fluoride Action Network said in a press release that a newly discovered and translated study found that fluoride is linked to lower IQ, even at ranges added to U.S. water supplies. Moreover, the group said, fluoridation promoters "misrepresented" data from a recent Harvard fluoride/IQ study.

In all, FAN said, 34 studies now link fluoride to lower IQ levels in humans, while scores of other studies correlate fluoride to learning and memory impairment, fetal brain damage, altered neurobehavioral function and altered thyroid hormone levels.

"Legislators who mandate fluoridation without carefully considering this research are doing a profound disservice to the health and welfare of their constituents," attorney Michael Connett of FAN said.

In a macro review of 27 fluoride/IQ studies, Harvard researchers concluded recently that the chemical's effect on children's developing brains should be a "high research priority," especially in the United States which, they concluded, has never investigated the effects of fluoride on the brain.

'That's wrong'

Advocates of fluoridation; however, misinterpreted the research, then misled investigators in Phoenix, Portland, Ore., Witchita, Kan., and other locations by stating the Harvard research isn't relevant to Americans, FAN said.

The advocates claimed that the Harvard study found only a one-half-point difference in IQ, and that the fluoride levels were much higher than Americans normally encounter.

"That's wrong," said the group, in its press release.

FAN says the Harvard team found that fluoride exposure was associated with statistically significant reductions of seven IQ points - far more than the half-point drop claimed by one advocate, Dr. Myron Allukian.

He, along with the Pew Children's Dental Campaign and other advocates like Portland Mayor Sam Adams, have all said the Harvard study focused on fluoride levels of 11.5 mg/l. But, FAN says, only one of the studies was at 11.5 mg/l.

The group said the majority of water studies looked at by the team of Harvard researchers examined fluoride levels the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says is safe - fewer than four mg/l.

The group noted:

-- One study, which was sponsored by UNICEF, found that IQ was reduced at just .88 mg/l of fluoride, a level within the "optimal" range added to U.S. drinking water systems for about 200 million Americans.

-- Seven studies found reduced IQ levels among children who drank water containing between 2.1 mg/l and 4.0 mg/l, or levels that 1.4 million Americans consume daily.

-- Four studies found effects at levels between 1.8 and 2.0 mg/l - levels that over 200,000 Americans drink every day.

What's the right thing for government to do?

The EPA's conventional approach to risk assessment generally limits exposure to chemical levels that are 10 times less than those known to cause adverse effects. With fluoride levels and IQ, the levels of the chemical in water and urine are, at most, just two or three times more than the amount to which tens of millions of American kids are exposed, the group said.

What's more, FAN points out that children who have iodine deficiencies are particularly susceptible to harm by fluoride, adding that iodine deficiency has risen significantly in recent years, now affecting some 12 percent of the U.S. population.

"The question legislators should be asking themselves is, 'Do I wait until public health officials catch up with the scientific literature that now shows fluoride can cause serious neurological harm to children, or do I take my leadership role seriously and stop fluoridation immediately,'" said FAN Executive Director, Paul Connett, Ph.D. "I think the latter is the only ethical answer."

Sources:

http://www.sacbee.com

http://www.fluoridealert.org/articles/iq-facts

http://www.naturalnews.com/fluoride.html

Parents blame their daughter's mysterious death on Gardasil vaccine, send in brain tissue for evaluation

(NaturalNews) The parents of a New Zealand teenager say a drug aimed at preventing cervical cancer was instead responsible for her death, a claim that is being "rejected as convoluted pseudoscience" by a researcher at the University of Auckland.

According to The Dominion Post, a local newspaper, Jasmine Renata, 18, was found dead in her bed in Upper Hutt in September 2009, six months after receiving the last of three vaccinations.

Her mother, Rhonda, said during an inquest that before receiving vaccines of the drug Gardasil, she was fit and healthy, but her condition began to deteriorate after the first vaccine, as well as her emotional state.

Rhonda Renata testified that her daughter began suffering from a racing heart, constant runny nose, night sweats, warts, joint pain, chest pain, nausea and loss of hair. She added that her daughter seemed agitated and was short-tempered, "getting upset at things that would normally not bother her," the paper reported.

Following her daughter's death, Mrs. Renata said she began worrying that the vaccine may have caused it. As such, she convinced a Canadian researcher, Prof. Christopher Shaw, to test some of Jasmine's brain tissue.

Bad side-effects immediately following first injection

Ian Smith, a local coroner, questioned Mrs. Renata regarding why the family hadn't gone ahead and had their daughter tested for a possible congenital heart problem when it was offered.

She answered that no one in the family had a history of heart problems.

"The only person who is not here is my daughter, and she's the only one who took Gardasil," said Mrs. Renata, adding that the family thought about getting the tests but had not done so.

During the inquest, Mrs. Renata described how she had found her daughter dead in bed after discovering she had not reported for work. She said she and her daughter had dinner the night before.

In testimony days after Mrs. Renata spoke to authorities looking into her daughter's death, Shaw said he and U.S. pathologist Sin Hang Lee noted "heavy aluminum staining in Ms. Renata's brain tissue could have acted as a 'trojan horse,' bringing the human papillomavirus, or HPV, into her brain," said the Post.

But Helen Petousis-Harris, of University of Auckland Immunization Advisory Center, countered that the arguments put forth by the two doctors were not scientifically based.

Defending Gardasil

"I find that quite concerning, given the gravity of the issue here, anyone who has had the vaccine may become worried, and anyone planning to have it may also become worried," she said.

"But it's based on no evidence at all, which is not good. You have got to make your decisions based on good science," she continued, adding that the doctors' studies into links between aluminum levels, Gardasil and cervical cancer risks were shaky at best.

"You start making a statement about something that may or may not be true, then start drawing these conclusions and assumptions without having any data," Petousis-Harris said. "Then you keep going, and the more you keep going, the more difficult it becomes to substantiate."

She said it was vital to discuss any weaknesses in the research so parents and potential vaccine recipients had all the necessary information to make proper care decisions.

"I was deeply disappointed to see conjecture and pseudoscience used in that forum in an attempt to bring a vaccine with such an excellent safety profile into question," she said.

Gardasil, made by Merck & Co., was introduced in 2006. The maker said that clinical trials found the drug to be between 90 and 100 percent effective in preventing the transmission of some strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV), which can cause cervical cancer.

More mothers, women, blaming Gardasil

Deborah Kotz, a senior writer on women's issues for U.S. News and World Report, said she got a number of emails regarding Gardasil from readers after a post she had written saying the government planned to look into the drug's side-effects.

"My 21-year-old daughter, Chris, got her third shot of Gardasil on June 3, 2008," Emily Tarsell wrote in an email to Kotz. "She was found dead in bed 18 days later. She was a healthy, bright, talented young lady who played on the tennis team at Bard College where she would have graduated with honors this year."

"My daughter developed epilepsy since being vaccinated, and when I share her experience with people, most doubt the connection," reader Nina Kenney wrote.

"My daughter, in the middle of her series of injections of Gardasil, had a bout of Bell's palsy that paralyzed the right side of her face," wrote Della Smith. "Two months after that, she was diagnosed with Graves's disease. The doctor says an immune reaction to something he can't determine is most likely responsible."

Sources:

http://www.stuff.co.nz

http://www.stuff.co.nz

http://www.gardasil.com/what-is-gardasil/gardasil-side-effects/

http://health.usnews.com

Man awarded over $7 million for microwave popcorn-induced lung damage

(NaturalNews) A Colorado man says his constant habit of eating two bags of microwaveable popcorn every day for 10 years caused him to develop an irreversible lung condition, for which he now has trouble breathing properly. And following a recent lawsuit he filed against Gilster-Mary Lee Corp., the company responsible for producing the popcorn, a jury has decided that the man is entitled to $7.2 million in compensation for his loss of health, even though he willingly ate the popcorn all those years.

According to ABC News, Wayne Watson developed a somewhat rare respiratory illness known as bronchiolitis obliterans, or "popcorn lung," which involves a severe narrowing of the small airway branches in the lungs as a result of fibrosis (scar tissue) and inflammation. This narrowing creates airway obstruction, which can make it difficult for sufferers of the condition to breathe. Oftentimes, as is the case with Watson, the condition significantly decreases lung capacity, causing perpetual shortness of breath and dry cough.

The culprit, claims Watson, is diacetyl, an artificial flavoring chemical commonly added to microwaveable popcorn in order to give it a buttery flavor without having to actually use real butter. Gilster-Mary Lee Corp. is one of many companies that uses diacetyl in its microwaveable popcorn products, and that does not list the potential dangers of prolonged exposure to the chemical, which include not only respiratory illness but also Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia.

"I probably look like a fairly healthy guy, but I only have, on a good day, about 53 percent lung capacity," said Watson to ABC News about what the chemical did to his health. "[Gilster-Mary Lee Corp.] thought that no consumer would ever be exposed to enough [diacetyl] to make a difference. Well, they rolled the dice and they [lost]."

Watson also reportedly worked with carpet-cleaning chemicals for many years, which defense attorneys tried to claim was the real cause of Watson's health problems. But ultimately, because the science shows that diacetyl can and does cause respiratory illness (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17288497), including among workers exposed to the chemical at factories that produce microwaveable popcorn, the jury decided that Gilster-Mary Lee Corp., which produces private label food products for Kroger and other grocers and food companies, should be held financially responsible.

Watson's case follows a long line of other rather surprising tort cases against food manufacturers, including the infamous Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants case in which a woman by the name of Stella Liebeck sued McDonald's for its so-called "defective" coffee after she spilled the hot beverage on herself and suffered third degree burns, and won. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald%27s_Restaurants)

Sources for this article include:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19657878

http://abcnews.go.com

http://www.washingtonpost.com
 Some U.S. farmers now feeding their cattle gummy worms, marshmallows, and ice cream sprinkles in response to skyrocketing feed costs

(NaturalNews) The cost of genetically-modified (GM) corn and soy feed for conventional cattle is surging so high, and availability plunging so low, as a result of persistent drought conditions and resultant crop failures that conventional feedlot farmers are having to seek out less expensive and more plentiful alternatives. But such alternatives are not exactly the types of things you would typically expect a farmer to feed his animals: corn syrup-laden gummy worms, nutrient-devoid marshmallows, and chemical-laden ice cream sprinkles are among the many junk foods now being served to American cattle.

The Vancouver Sun reports via Reuters that a whole new "alternative" feed market is emerging out of the ongoing crop crunch, as farmers all across the U.S. are running out of common feed options for their herds. Because corn-based feeds are now too expensive or simply unavailable, feedlot operators in Indiana, North Dakota, and elsewhere are buying leftover candy scraps, pastries, extruded cereals, gummy snacks, and even food waste to feed to their cows, which end up directly fueling the production of conventional meat and dairy products sold nationwide to American consumers.

"Brokers are gathering up discarded food products and putting them out for the highest bid to feed lot operators and dairy producers, who are scrambling to keep their animals fed," says Reuters. "In the mix are cookies, gummy worms, marshmallows, fruit loops, orange peels, even dried cranberries. Cattlemen are feeding virtually anything they can get their hands on that will replace the starchy sugar content traditionally delivered to the animals through corn."

What this means, of course, is that those standardized cartons of pasteurized, homogenized milk in the dairy case and those attractive-looking cuts of meat at the butcher counter are actually the worst kinds of junk food disguised as supposedly wholesome nutrition. If the phrase "you are what you eat" holds any real merit, then consumers might as well just skip buying conventional meat and dairy altogether and have some cake or an ice cream sundae for dinner instead, since this is what American cattle are now eating.

What happened to good, old-fashioned grazing on natural grass pastures?

At the same time, it is somehow not all that surprising that even animals in America are now being forced to eat junk foods rather than the fresh grass, silage, and other natural foods they were designed to eat. American consumers, after all, have been shoveling these unnatural poisons down their throats for many decades now, so why should the animals get anything different?

As if being forced to eat loads of GM corn and soy for subsistence was not bad enough, American cattle are now being forced to eat things like candy corn and Oreos, both of which, ironically, are made from all sorts of processed GM corn and soy byproducts. But what is even more pathetic than this is the fact that the struggling American farmers who have resorted to this travesty of animal husbandry have not even considered trying to pasture their animals.

Cows are ruminant animals, which means their digestive systems were designed to eat grass and other plant-based foods, not fruit snacks and cream pies. So if corn and soy feed prices are too high -- cows were not meant to eat these grains either, by the way -- then why not try pasturing the animals instead? Not only do grass-fed animals produce high-quality, nutrient-dense meat and dairy, but grass tends to be a self-sustaining food that, last time we checked, is essentially free. Pasture-based animal husbandry also enriches the land and promotes healthy environmental stewardship.

Sources for this article include:

http://www.vancouversun.com

http://www.naturalnews.com/027199_meat_fat_cattle.html

http://www.eatwild.com/healthbenefits.htm

Bleaching agent used in foamed plastics like yoga mats and shoe soles found in McDonald's McRib sandwich

(NaturalNews) The fact that most fast foods are not a smart, healthy diet choice is well documented by now. Still, it never ceases to amaze us here at Natural News just what kind of harmful garbage fast food companies put in some of their most popular items.

Take the McRib sandwich from McDonald's. Considering its ingredients, it's a good thing that the fast food chain only offers it once in a while.

According to the restaurant's website, here are just three of the 70 chemicals and ingredients the sandwich contains: azodicarbonamide, ammonium sulfate and polysorbate 80.

Chock full of...chemicals

"These components are in small enough quantities to be innocuous. But it's still a little disconcerting to know that, for example, azodicarbonamide, a flour-bleaching agent that is most commonly used in the manufacture of foamed plastics like in gym mats and the soles of shoes, is found in the McRib bun," Time magazine reported, noting that the compound is banned in Europe and Australia as an additive to foods (the U.S., meanwhile, limits it to 45 parts per million in commercial flour products, according to an analysis of laboratory testing).

In fact, the United Kingdom's Health and Safety Executive has classified azodicarbonamide as a "respiratory sensitizer" that can potentially contribute to asthma via exposure on the job.

Why the attention? Because the sandwich has developed a sort of cult-like following since it was first introduced, writes Brad Tuttle at Time's Moneyland.

"Few fast food menu items can say they have their own Facebook page. Then again, few fast food items have experienced the roller coaster-like ups and downs of the McRib," he writes. "First introduced in 1982, the sandwich first disappeared in 1985, but then has periodically resurfaced in McDonald's in the U.S. and abroad. The McRib's cult-like following has generated not only Facebook pages, but McRib Locator websites and a Twitter account."

Perhaps if more Americans actually knew what was in a McRib they would be far less eager to find one. Besides the presence of a plethora of questionable ingredients, the sandwich itself is just over the top in terms of sodium content (980 mg - more than half of the daily recommended allowance) and saturated fat (10 g - not exactly heart-healthy).

Even 'healthy' fast food...isn't

The McRib revelations go hand in hand with earlier field research that has found fast food wanting in terms of providing consumers with a healthy choice - even when the same fast food restaurants are hawking supposedly "healthy" choices.

Again, consider McDonald's. New York Times food writer Mark Bittman wrote that the chain's Fruit & Maple Oatmeal, which was introduced in early 2011, isn't even marginally better for you, in terms of caloric intake, saturated fats, etc., despite being sold as a "bowl full of wholesome."

The oatmeal and McDonald's story broke late last year, when Mickey D's, in its ongoing effort to tell us that it's offering "a selection of balanced choices" ... began to sell the cereal. Yet in typical McDonald's fashion, the company is doing everything it can to turn oatmeal into yet another bad choice. ... A more accurate description than "100 percent natural whole-grain oats," "plump raisins," "sweet cranberries" and "crisp fresh apples" would be "oats, sugar, sweetened dried fruit, cream and 11 weird ingredients you would never keep in your kitchen."

Some people might even justify this by saying that buying the McDonald's version of oatmeal is at least much more convenient than making it at home, but many of those people likely have never made oatmeal at home. Besides, what about the waiting in line and the additional cost?

Other so-called "healthy foods" that are being misrepresented by fast-food chains include:

-- McDonald's Premium Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken (220 cal., 6 g of fat and 5 g of sugar per serving - without the dressing).

-- Jamba Juice's Mango Mantra Light Smoothie (Mango-a-go-go contains 85g of sugar - far above the daily limit of 34g of added sugar for women and 36g for men that is recommended by the American Heart Association).

-- Subway's Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki Sandwich (contains 760 cal. and 2,020 mg of sodium - that's 520 mg more salt than the USDA recommends that children, those with high blood pressure, the elderly and African Americans should consume in an entire day; it also contains 34 grams of sugar, all you should reasonably have in a single day).

Sources:

http://healthland.time.com

http://www.ohsrep.org.au

http://healthland.time.com

Why they had to stop Ron Paul

(NaturalNews) Yes, of course it was the Federal Reserve. Paul wanted to investigate it and audit it thoroughly, and if by some remote chance he became president, he would have had the leverage to go deep and deeper. And then the global banksters would have tumbled out of the woodwork, for all to see.

But Paul also wanted to bring all the American troops home and get them out of foreign wars. That was just as big a deal. He was stepping on some huge toes there.

So let's explore a few pieces of America's current military adventurism and see who's hiding under what rocks.

Once you laugh off the ridiculous idea that the government is promoting democracy through the Arab Spring, strange questions surface.

Who's running the real op in the Middle East, and what is their goal?

Obama's obvious propensity for all things Islamic...how does that fit in?

According to one sensible scenario, the spreading Arab Spring is merely a front for a covert op, whose real ambition---using Libyan and other trained terrorists and NATO surrogates---is a US takeover of the Middle East and North Africa.

And then? Previous dictators in that region, overthrown, will give way to Muslim states, and new Islamic leadership will pay back under-the-table promises to US elites, who want...what?

A better oil deal?

What's really going on here?

There are those who believe US ambitions in the Middle East have everything to do with establishing a ring of military bases close to Russia. Such moves on the planetary chessboard would signify an enduring competition between the two primary Cold War players. If true, is the only way to achieve American military hegemony through igniting the whole Muslim world? Isn't that a bit risky? A bit crazy?

Assuming the current chaos in the Middle East and parts of Africa is all a US plan to utilize Islamic proxies, how sensible and pragmatic is the strategy, given the unpredictable range of future consequences? Is this a genius maneuver?

With countries in the Middle East coming, for example, under Muslim Brotherhood control, is the US more likely or less likely to preserve the unimpeded flow of oil? Is a "better oil deal" really in the offing?

Is there another way to look at US actions in the Middle East over the last two presidencies?

One thing is clear. George W Bush and Barack Obama are not highly rated war planners or foreign policy pros. They're neophytes. They're also, of course, like the whole parade of modern US presidents, instruments of higher forces. They're front men.

This doesn't mean Bush and Obama really comprehend who they're actually working for. It simply means they're dupes.

Just as it was eminently predictable that Bush, after 9/11, would want to invade Iraq ("Saddam tried to kill my dad") and would go along with plans that were on the drawing board long before 9/11, it has been predictable that Obama would show "warm support" for and special treatment to Islam, imagining its modern destiny in terms of "a great self-determined uprising." Hence, Obama's key role in Arab Spring.

In other words, both Bush and Obama were carefully profiled long before they ever took office as president.

Profiled by whom?

If we draw an arc of power, extending at least as far back as Vietnam (or from the beginning of the 20th century), coming forward through the latter stages of the Cold War, and then into "the age of terrorism," the question of who benefits has an answer.

It is the same answer you would get if you inquired into the objectives of the Rockefeller family, the Bilderberg Group, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Trilateral Commission, the elite bankers who breathe life into economies and take life away, according to their private timetable.

Who benefits from the last decade of manipulated US foreign policy and military wars?

The military-industrial complex? Yes.

But above and beyond that?

The great beneficiaries are the elite Globalists who are determined to establish a planetary management system, a political New World Order.

And by using tools like Obama and Bush, they have made headway toward achieving a major item on their agenda: degrade and sink and weaken, and ultimately destroy the United States by keeping it at war.

The United States, from the Globalist perspective, needs to be brought down. It needs to have its pillars crumble. It needs to go away.

There are two reasons. One, it is the primary place in the world where the idea of individual freedom is still alive. And two, its government's persistent ambition to create unilateral Empire is a threat to international Globalist control of the planet.

American empire and Globalist empire are not exactly the same thing. In the long run, as far as the Rockefellers of this world are concerned, they are mutually exclusive.

So what better way to weaken America than to cater to its government's empire-building obsession, and to use that obsession to propel it into high-risk military adventures that dead-end in disasters?

Disasters such as:

Huge budget expenditures on wars and ensuing debt. Demoralization of American citizens through wars, to say nothing of the injuries and deaths and debilitation of soldiers. An embrace with radical Islam, and all the blowback that brings. The eventual pinching off of oil supplies in the Middle East. International chaos. Engendering hatred of America abroad. Inculcating self-hatred of the US among Americans at home. Confusion, passivity, despair.

A classic takedown.

In his 2003 Memoirs, David Rockefeller wrote: "Some even believe we are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as 'internationalists' and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure - one world, if you will. If that is the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it."

Did you think David was just playing patty-cake, that his plan was only about subverting the money supply, that this was going to be a gentlemanly world domination scheme? No. This is also blood and guts and fear and terror.

The Globalists play for keeps.

US foreign policy and military aggression over the last decade makes no sense because it wasn't supposed to. That policy was using two dupes, Bush and Obama, to achieve something these preposterous presidents were only dimly aware of.

Of the two, Obama, with his Marxist background, is more cognizant. But he, too, is caught up in his private vision. For him, it is all about some grand "liberation" scheme and imagined "payback" for past oppression.

He was chosen to be president because that is his character.

No, the Arab Spring isn't ultimately about American hegemony and domination in the Middle East. It's about a grand American failure there. That's what's on page one of the grand Globalist plan. And it's coming true.

The American war-mongers are following their playbook, and they are being directed, unknowingly, by the Globalist princes, who are using that war-mongering to sink America.

From that perspective, what is happening in the Middle East makes sense.

If Romney wins the election, he will fit neatly into the Bush mold. He'll join the war party. He'll see America defeating evil everywhere by continued force. He'll jump right into the trap.

Only Ron Paul had it right. Bring home everybody. Bring home all the soldiers and stop the madness. That's why the Bilderberg people hate him so much. He sees a bigger picture. The whole defamation of the Tea Party makes sense, too, at a much deeper level. The Tea Party supported Ron Paul. Many of them, too, saw there was something very, very wrong about Americans For a New Military Century.

Paul and the Tea Party had to be stopped. They had to be stopped, because the Globalist elite wanted the American government-military-contractor-corporate nexus to pursue their insane goals of Middle East domination and fail

Does this sound too complicated to be real? It's no more complicated than using a bully's force to defeat him. Only in this case, the victor is a larger bully.

"See? These crazy American war-mongers want to invade everybody and defeat the world. Why stop them? We have to encourage them. We have to engineer what they're doing so it makes some kind of sense to the American people, so the people don't rebel. We'll supply the presidents who'll supply the rationale, and we'll keep stoking the fire. Sooner or later, the war-mongers will run out of steam. They'll crash on the rocks and we'll pick up the pieces. Let's make sure they go to the Middle East. There isn't a better place to fail utterly. Except maybe Afghanistan. Oh, let's make sure they go there, too, for a long time. Fantastic! Let's support and massage and polish and push those mad goals!"

Of course, the picture I've drawn here becomes a little more complicated when you factor in the role of mega-corporations, who want their considerable piece of the global pie. The American War Mongers and the Globalist Princes "share" certain corporations. Yes, there are overlapping interests. But there is a strong division between those who want American Power and those who want Globalist Power.

The picture of America supporting the Arab Spring and encouraging the Muslim Brotherhood and covertly using terrorists to overthrow dictators in Egypt, Libya, and Syria looks crazy because it is crazy. It's failure waiting to happen. Obama is presently going along with it, because he is predisposed to want "the liberation of Islam."

The neocons stand for American empire. People like David Rockefeller stand for destruction of America.

I know there is a tendency to say, "Oh, they're all bastards and traitors, who cares what their goals are. They're our enemies. We don't need to draw subtle differences."

I suggest the differences aren't subtle at all. In the first case, you have the government-corporate nexus of the United States directing its energies to become a Roman Caesar extending unilateral empire to far horizons. In the second case, you have Globalist agents pushing those ambitions forward because they know the failure will be huge and spectacular.

Do you think Julius Caesar was entirely alone in his tent cooking up plans to stretch the Roman Empire to the ends of the Earth? Don't you think there were a few key people planted in his circle of advisors who wanted take Rome down? These covert agents bolstered Caesar, encouraged him, showed him why Rome could only survive by conquering more lands and people. They fed him whatever worked to egg him on toward an eventual future of ruin.

To boil it down to a stark analogy: one crazy man drives his car every day across a plateau toward a cliff. He's convinced he can go faster and faster and still stop in time. The second man, who is his covert enemy and who is crazy like a fox, tells him, yes, driving faster is a great idea, keep going, don't stop at 80mph, take it up to 90 and 100, you're a fantastic driver, I bet you can go 200mph and still stop in time...

The neocons of America actually believe they can take over and transform the whole world through military force. Their remaining shreds of common sense are blasted away by Globalists, breathing down their necks telling them how great and powerful they (the neocons) are, showing them how they can extend empire right into...gigantic failure.

Ron Paul and his supporters saw pieces and sections of this whole insane situation and said, "Stop it all. Bring all our soldiers home. End the madness."

They threatened everybody in power on all levels. They cut to the chase. That's why they had to be scrubbed from the picture and sent to the bleachers, like embarrassing cousins from the hills.

That's why, for example, the idiots at MSNBC pounded on the Tea Party night after night and never mentioned that many, many of these "hicks and racists and bitter clingers" wanted an end to American wars much more fervently than MSNBC's Messiah, Barack Obama, did. That fact was never brought up. It went against the script.

FOX and CNN never brought it up in any serious way, either. The three other major networks stayed away from it like the plague, too.

Ron Paul, before he dropped out of the race, was educating millions of Americans about war. In the history of outsider "peace candidates" for president, there has never been anyone at his level.

Historically, several peace candidates have been socialists. They wanted an end to American aggression so the Soviet Union could advance its agenda more easily. Ron Paul wanted peace because the Constitution was framed to permit war only on the basis of defense of the nation---and not on the basis of empire-building.

And to media agents of Globalism, the Constitution is like a silver bullet to a vampire. The Constitution promotes life and decimates the Walking Undead.

I believe there is a lot more to this story, including the future role of multinational corporations under a Globalist New World Order. But this is a start. And it offers a reason (among several other reasons) why Ron Paul was stopped in his tracks, a reason not cited nearly enough.

Jon Rappoport
The author of an explosive collection, THE MATRIX REVEALED, Jon was a candidate for a US Congressional seat in the 29th District of California. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, he has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years, writing articles on politics, medicine, and health for CBS Healthwatch, LA Weekly, Spin Magazine, Stern, and other newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe. Jon has delivered lectures and seminars on global politics, health, logic, and creative power to audiences around the world.
www.nomorefakenews.com

Russia's small-scale organic agriculture model may hold the key to feeding the world

(NaturalNews) Imagine living in a country where having the freedom to cultivate your own land, tax-free and without government interference, is not only common but also encouraged for the purpose of promoting individual sovereignty and strong, healthy communities. Now imagine that in this same country, nearly all of your neighbors also cultivate their own land as part of a vast network of decentralized, self-sustaining, independent "eco-villages" that produce more than enough food to feed the entire country.

You might be thinking this sounds like some kind of utopian interpretation of historical America, but the country actually being described here is modern-day Russia. It turns out that Russia's current agricultural model is one that thrives as a result of the millions of small-scale, family-owned and -operated, organically-cultivated farms that together produce the vast majority of the food consumed throughout the country.

Do Russians have more food freedom, independence than Americans?

A far cry from the unsustainable, chemical-dependent, industrialized agriculture system that dominates the American landscape today, Russia's agricultural system, which is not technically a system at all, is run by the people and for the people. Thanks to government policies there that actually encourage autonomous family farming, rather than cater to the greed of chemical and biotechnology companies like they do here in the states, the vast majority of Russians are able and willing to grow their own food on privately-owned family plots known as "dachas."

According to The Bovine, Russia's Private Garden Plot Act, which was signed into law back in 2003, entitles every Russian citizen to a private plot of land, free of charge, ranging in size from 2.2 acres to 6.8 acres. Each plot can be used for growing food, or for simply vacationing or relaxing, and the government has agreed not to tax this land. And the result of this effort has been phenomenal, as Russian families collectively grow practically all the food they need.

"Essentially, what Russian gardeners do is demonstrate that gardeners can feed the world -- and you do not need any GMOs, industrial farms, or any other technological gimmicks to guarantee everybody's got enough food to eat," writes Leonid Sharashkin, editor of the English version of the The Ringing Cedars series, a book collection that explains the history behind this effort to reconnect people with the earth and nature. (http://www.ringingcedars.com/)

Most food in Russia comes from backyard gardens

Back in 1999, it was estimated that 35 million small family plots throughout Russia, operated by 105 million people, or 71 percent of the Russian population, were producing about 50 percent of the nation's milk supply, 60 percent of its meat supply, 87 percent of its berry and fruit supply, 77 percent of its vegetable supply, and an astounding 92 percent of its potato supply. The average Russian citizen, in other words, is fully empowered under this model to grow his own food, and meet the needs of his family and local community.

"Bear in mind that Russia only has 110 days of growing season per year -- so in the U.S., for example, gardeners' output could be substantially greater. Today; however, the area taken up by lawns in the U.S. is two times greater than that of Russia's gardens -- and it produces nothing but a multi-billion-dollar lawn care industry."

The backyard gardening model is so effective throughout Russia that total output represents more than 50 percent of the nation's entire agricultural output. Based on 2004 figures, the collective value of all the backyard produce grown in Russia is $14 billion, or 2.3 percent of Russia's gross domestic product (GDP) -- and this number only continues to increase as more and more Russians join the eco-village movement.

Sources for this article include:

http://thebovine.wordpress.com

http://www.proliberty.com/observer/20080211.htm

Coming to the night sky, the comet fifteen times brighter than the moon

 

Astronomers have discovered a new supercomet that will be fifteen times brighter than the moon when it crosses the night sky next year.

Comet ISON is so named because it was first spotted on photos taken by Vitali Nevski and Artyom Novichonok from Russia using the International Scientific Optical Network telescope Comet ISON is so named because it was first spotted on photos taken by Vitali Nevski and Artyom Novichonok from Russia using the International Scientific Optical Network telescope

Calculations show that the celestial visitor could be dazzlingly bright in November 2013 and be easily visible in broad daylight as it rounds the Sun.
Comet ISON is so named because it was first spotted on photos taken by Vitali Nevski and Artyom Novichonok from Russia using the International Scientific Optical Network telescope.
It is currently very faint because it is out in the depths of space near Jupiter's orbit. But it will steadily brighten over the coming months until it passes less than two million km from the Sun on November 28.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/9567598/Coming-to-the-night-sky-the-comet-fifteen-times-brighter-than-the-moon.html 

Friday, September 28, 2012

Scientists Move to Create Genetically Modified Camels for Pharmaceutical GM Milk

 

By Elizabeth Renter
theintelhub.com
September 28, 2012
camel 235x147 Scientists Move to Create Genetically Modified Camels for Pharmaceutical GM Milk
As if genetically altered salmon, genetically modified babies, and GMO crops aren’t science fiction enough for you—soon drug makers will be using genetically modified camels in their pharmaceuticals.
Yes, you read that right—camels.
According to the Science and Development Network, the camels will be used to make genetically modified milk, which will then be processed into cheaper drugs.

Genetically Modified Camels for Pharmaceutical GM Milk – What?


The drugs from these laboratory-created camels will include insulin and clotting factors for hemophilia.
They will be used, at least initially, in the arid regions of the Middle East and North Africa, from which the camels originally came. Apparently, that’s why camels are being used instead of cattle, because of their adjustment to the extreme climates.
“Cows would be better producers of transgenic protein as they produce more milk,” said Serge Muyldermans of the Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology at Vrje University Brussel in Belgium. “But as camels can be kept in arid areas and are used to living under harsh conditions, they might be better suited to the Middle East.”
Evidently, other scientists prefer genetically modified cows as well.
http://theintelhub.com/2012/09/28/scientists-move-to-create-genetically-modified-camels-for-pharmaceutical-gm-milk/

Australian Climate Scientists Go into Hiding After Death Threats

It's dangerous to study climate change in Australia these days. So much so that many who do it are moving to more secure offices, de-listing their phone numbers, and deleting their Facebook pages after receiving threats of death and assault. And the kerfuffle that's got them on the run seems to stem from statements by Cate Blanchett in a television spot last week. If you thought climate change was a touchy political subject in the United States, it's nothing compared to the past week's dust-up in which an appearance by an actress in a commercial led to scientists being targeted for assault and death.
Australian politicians have been wrangling for weeks over the level of a carbon tax set to go into effect July 1. A report two weeks ago by the government's Climate Commission helped ramp up the intensity of the national debate. In a Sydney Morning Herald analysis piece, Adam Morton said both Abbot and Gillard had failed to deal with the report directly, instead building it into a pre-existing pro-carbon-tax agenda (in Gillard's case), or "misrepresenting" it entirely, in Abbott's case.
But once an ad featuring Blanchett calling for a higher tax rate aired on June 1, the vitriol started in earnest. Conservative opposition leader Tony Abbot (who has in the past said the idea that humans cause climate change was "crap,") said, "People who are worth $53m have a right to be heard – but their voice should not be heard ahead of the ordinary working people of this country." Television host Andrew Bolt, who works for a network co-owned by a mining executive, called it "deceitful" and "crass propaganda," and said Tim Flannery was a "long-time global warming scaremonger," according to The Guardian.

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2011/06/aussie-climate-scientists-hiding-death-threats/38541/

 

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Russia halts imports of Monsanto GM corn over cancer fears

 
September 26, 2012 RUSSIARussian authorities temporary suspended the import and sale of Monsanto’s genetically-modified corn after a French study suggested it may be linked to cancer. ­The Russia’s consumer-rights regulator Rospotrebnadzor asked scientists at the country’s Institute of Nutrition to review the study. The watchdog has also contacted to European Commission’s Directorate General for Health & Consumers to explain the EU’s position on GM corn. The report prepared by France’s University of Caen and published last week, claimed that rats fed over a two-year period with Monsanto’s genetically modified NK603 corn, developed more tumors and other pathologies than a test group fed with regular corn. The NK603, sold under the Roundup label, is genetically engineered to withstand glyphosate weed killer. The company criticized the study, saying it “doesn’t meet minimum acceptable standards for this type of scientific research” and the data was incomplete. Monsanto also said Russia’s ban will have little effect on its business as the country import small volumes of corn from the US. Besides that, the Russian government doesn’t permit farmers to plant GM crops.
 http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2012/09/26/russia-halts-imports-of-monsanto-gm-corn-over-cancer-fears/

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Flashback -

Time Machine Built in Europe, Russian Scientists Say

 

06.08.2010
 
Russian physicists seriously believe that the Large Hadron Collider can be used for time travel. However, it will only happen when it starts working at full capacity and stops breaking down.
If earlier time travel was considered science fiction, now it suddenly turned into the favorite pet project of theoretical physicists. Renowned physicist Kip Thorne of the California Institute of Technology once said in one of his lectures:
“Once upon a time, time travel was the exclusive prerogative of writers. Serious scientists were shunning it like the plague, even when they were writing novels under a pseudonym or were secretly reading them. The times have changed! Now in serious scientific journals you can find a scientific analysis of time travel, authored by outstanding theoretical physicists. Why this change? Physics simply understood that the nature of time is too important to give it to the mercy of writers.”
Today, there are many different schemes of devices designed for time travel. The main one is the Large Hadron Collider. It was launched in the fall of 2008. This is the most powerful particle accelerator in history located on the border of Switzerland and France. In its 27-kilometer ring scientists are trying to collide beams of protons accelerated to nearly light speed. As expected, this device will provide new information about particles and forces acting in space, as well as will reproduce conditions that existed immediately after the Big Bang gave birth to the universe. 

Law Enforcement to Collect Millions of Voices With “Voice Grid Nation” Software

 

By JG Vibes
theintelhub.com
September 25, 2012

Law enforcement agencies across the country are now adding massive voice databases to their surveillance grids.

The US government is now working with a company that designs state of the art voice recognition software and plans to implement that software nationwide.

The software has already been rolled out inover 70 countries and is ominously called “voice grid nation“.
It takes just five seconds to scan through 10,000 voices and can conduct up to 100 searches at the same time.
It is also uses an algorithm that automatically compares “voice models against voice recording obtained from different sources such as cell phones, land lines, covert recordings and recorded investigative interviews.”
Although this software has been distributed worldwide the company that produces it is actually based out of Russia.  In Russia they operate under the name of Speech Technology Center while in the US they are called SpeechPro.
According to theSpeechPro whitepaper published in 2011, the company had a “commitment from a State Justice Agency to deploy a pilot system for the purposes of performance studies and further development of best practices for obtaining voice samples in a booking environment”.

http://theintelhub.com/2012/09/25/law-enforcement-to-collect-millions-of-voices-with-voice-grid-nation-software/

Monday, September 24, 2012

Walmart Took Over Chile In Only Three Years And Other Countries Are Terrified

 

Business Insider
September 24, 2012
Three years after entering Chile, Walmart controls a staggering 34 percent of the entire market.
Walmart entered Chile in 2009 when it acquired D&S, a leading food retailer there. It promptly changed its name to “Walmart Chile” and built off the existing infrastructure.
[...] And the control it has in the country:
“In urban Chile, when modern retail arrived in the early 1990s, a large number of small shops went out of business in the span of just a few years. As reported in ICRIER’s May 2008 report, between 1991 and 1995, “15,777 small shops went out of business, mainly in Santiago, a city of 4 million, “representing”21-22% of small general food, meat and fish shops, 25% of deli/meat shops and dairy shops, and 17% in produce shops. Chile’s food retail sector has continued the process of consolidation to the point of negatively impacting free competition. In December 2011, government competition authorities announced an investigation of Chile’s highly concentrated grocery sector, where Walmart is the largest player with 33.4% market share, for possible price collusion of basic products including meats and detergents.”
Read full article
http://www.infowars.com/walmart-took-over-chile-in-only-three-years-and-other-countries-are-terrified/

Panic cash withdrawals in Spain drain banks; Greece-style economic implosion now imminent

(NaturalNews) Spain appears poised to become the next Greece in the ongoing European Union (EU) implosion, as Spaniards are withdrawing record amounts of funds from Spanish banks to avoid a potential insolvency situation. According to the New York Times (NYT), the equivalent of $94 billion was withdrawn from Spanish banks in July, an amount that equals seven percent of the country's overall economic output.

Though stronger overall compared to Greece in terms of economic diversity and debt levels, Spain is undeniably on a downward economic spiral that is sending many of its people and their money to other countries like England, Germany, and Singapore, where economic conditions are much more favorable. Just like in Greece, there is a growing fear among Spaniards that their nation could revert from the euro to its former currency, pesetas, which would greatly devalue their personal wealth.

"The macro situation in Spain is getting worse and worse," said Julio Vildosola to the NYT. Vildosola, a former senior executive at a large multinational company, recently moved all his money -- and is now in the process of moving his entire family -- to a small village near Cambridge, England. "There is just too much risk. Spain is going to be next after Greece, and I just don't want to end up holding devalued pesetas."

Spaniards pulling out their cash en masse

Vildosola's opinion is shared by many others in Spain who are also moving their funds and families elsewhere in anticipation of an eventual collapse. Despite all the empty promises being made by EU officials, including a commitment to inject 100 billion euros into the Spanish banking system, the Spanish people, including many from the country's upper echelons, have lost faith in their country's ability to stay afloat in the long term.

"The wealthy people have already taken their money out," says Spanish economist Jose Garcia Montalvo about the ongoing capital flight. "Now it's the professionals and mid-range people who are moving their money to Germany and London. The mood is very, very bad."

During the recent festival of "Diada de Catalunya," or Day of Catalonia, which celebrates the end of the siege on Barcelona during the War of the Spanish Succession, an estimated 1.5 million people took to the streets to demand that Catalonia, a wealthy region of Spain that includes the city of Barcelona, secede from the country and form its own independent state. (http://latino.foxnews.com)

The European Central Bank recently announced that it will buy short-term bonds from member states that agree to abide by certain rules and conditions when applying for assistance (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com). But Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has announced his rejection of these conditions, though he has yet to indicate whether or not his country will still request a bailout. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19553002)

Sources for this article include:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/48889555

 

The Fed’s US Land-Grab Hidden Within Purchase of Mortgage-Backed Securities

 

Susanne Posel
Infowars.com
September 24, 2012
As of August 9th of this year, the banks are legally allowed to co-mingle customer segregated funds with their own if the financial institution is insolvent, under duress or in bankruptcy. In other words, the technocrats have made the theft that Jon Corzine committed a non-criminal offense.
The latest scheme of the banking cartels has been introduced as QE3, which is nothing more than a massive land-grab in the domestic US by the technocrats under the guise of purchasing the mortgage-backed securities through the Federal Reserve to alleviate the pressure the banks are feeling from the bait-and-switch they caused.
Essentially, as the Fed buys the mortgage-backed securities, the central bankers now own all those properties which were bundled and securitized. The experts are still coming to terms with how many homes, small business, small farms and other lands were mixed-up into this Ponzi scheme. The actual total numbers of victimized Americans are continuing to rise and are currently unknown. However, it is clear that as this monster grows, it will be the Federal Reserve at the helm, making sure that more Americans are displaced and foreclosed on.
It is not the value they are after. Bernanke sets the tone for that with interest rates. It is the physical property that interests the central bankers. And this is a massive land-grab – the likes of which has never been attempted in the US and are likely to be a major contributor to our downfall as a sovereign nation. Through the mortgage-backed securities, the central bankers will literally own most of the domestic US.
Charles Plosser, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, stated that purchasing toxic assets is investing in “diminishing returns” and that “the evidence is not strong that somehow more (bond purchases) are going to help the unemployment rate move faster to where we’d like it to be. I don’t see that there is much benefit.”
Under QE3, the US dollar will be devalued even further, driving prices up on food, gas, utility bills and every else we purchase with Federal Reserve notes. This global Ponzi scheme moves newly printed money into the expanded infinity that is hyperinflation.
Quantitative Easing and its effects, according to the Bank of England, benefits “mainly the wealthy.” This plan boosts “the value of stocks and bonds by 26 percent, or about $970 billion.” It is understood that quantitative easing incites “social anger and unrest.”

In July, the first audit of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) was published by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). According to Senator Bernie Sanders : “As a result of this audit, we now know that the Federal Reserve provided more than $16 trillion in total financial assistance to some of the largest financial institutions and corporations in the United States and throughout the world. This is a clear case of socialism for the rich and rugged, you’re-on-your-own individualism for everyone else.”
The GAO audit states that this transfer of funds from the FRBNY to the central Bank of China was an “unusual and exigent circumstance” that warranted the “emergency authority” of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FBNY).
Sanders points out that the FRBNY gave massive amounts of money to foreign banks and multi-national corporations. Sanders said: “No agency of the United States government should be allowed to bailout a foreign bank or corporation without the direct approval of Congress and the president.”
To know what the central bankers are truly doing with America’s money, more than just an audit of the FBNY has to happen.
At the same time the American public is being introduced to QE3, there is little attention being placed on how devastating this scheme will be to US citizens who live on fixed incomes, elderly Americans who depend on their social security checks and all others who have been socialized by needing entitlement programs like Food Stamps, unemployment benefits and welfare checks.
The social security program has been played on the stock market and is dependent on this Ponzi scheme as are an estimated 56 million Americans who collect those checks. As the Federal Reserve’s low interest rate policy destroys the securities that are entitlement programs, there will be nothing left in the funds by 2030. Without earning interest on the funds in social security, the program will fail.
The US government benefits from social security because the monies are invested in the federal government. “All securities held by the trust funds are “special issues” of the United States Treasury. Such securities are available only to the trust funds.”
As social security is slated for 25% in cuts, “anyone who is 55 or older should be worried about this. Based on current law, all SS benefit payments must be cut by (approximately) 25% when the TF is exhausted. This will affect 72 million people. The economic consequences will be severe.”
Within the Patriot Act of 2001 was the creation of a private police for all of the Federal Reserve Banks.
According to Section 364, entitled Uniform Protection Authority for Federal Reserve: “Law enforcement officers designated or authorized by the Board or a reserve bank under paragraph (1) or (2) are authorized while on duty to carry firearms and make arrests without warrants for any offense against the United States committed in their presence…Such officers shall have access to law enforcement information that may be necessary for the protection of the property or personnel of the Board or a reserve bank.”
These Federal Reserve police officers trains at their own academies, wear select badges, uniforms, issued separate armory and police cruisers and can arrest US citizens without a warrant. The issuance of employment is granted by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors which are the decision makers for the privately-owned central bank. In order to become a Federal Reserve police officer, “top secret clearance” must be obtained.
Falsely claiming to be a “government organization”, these police officers may work with local law enforcement in their region; however they are beyond those police departments in so far as structure and power.
The Federal Reserve Banks have been preparing for financial collapse in America by acquiring firearms, ammunition and control over private mercenary corporations like DynCorp and ‘Blackwater” as authorized by the Department of Defense (DoD) directive 3025.18.
Named as investors for the amassing of gun and ammunition manufacturers are Citi Bank, Bank of America, Barclays and Deutsche Bank who are pouring money into Cerberus and Veritas Equity who have taken over private corporations involved in the controlling riot situations.
While preparations for financial collapse and technocratic acquisition of mercenary military forces are being laid out behind closed doors, Bernanke announces to the sleeping American public that the Fed now own every property that has been foreclosed on, is currently in foreclosure and will be foreclosed on in the future.
When will we stop complying with this system?

http://www.infowars.com/the-feds-us-land-grab-hidden-within-purchase-of-mortgage-backed-securities/

UN Small Arms Treaty Passes While Media Sleeps

The United Nations Small Arms Treaty passed in its second session. The Media was silent over its passage.

According to the UN’s press release,
Concluding its two-week session today, the second United Nations conference to review the 2001 Programme of Action on trafficking in small arms and light weapons adopted a consensus outcome document that highlighted the international community’s renewed commitment to preventing, combating and eradicating the illicit trade.

The document’s adoption represented a major achievement for delegations, who had failed to agree on a final outcome at the first review conference, held in 2006. “We accomplished something great today,” said U. Joy Ogwu ( Nigeria), President of the Conference, formally known as the United Nations Conference to Review Progress Made in the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects.

http://www.westernjournalism.com/un-small-arms-treaty-passes-while-media-sleeps/

Former ECB Chief Economist Says ECB Is In Panic, As Czech President Warns The End Of Democracy Is Imminent

If anyone thought the bad blood between Germany and the rest of the insolvent proletariat, aka the part of the Eurozone which is out of money (most of it), and which has been now confirmed will be supporting Obama (one wonders what the quid for that particular quo is, although we are certain we will find out as soon as December), complete collapse of the Greek neo-vassal state of the globalist agenda notwithstanding, had gone away, here comes former ECB chief economist Juergen Stark to dispel such illusions. In an interview with Austrian Die Presse, the former banker said what everyone without a PhD understands quite well: "The break came in 2010. Until then everything went well..."Then the ECB began to take on a new role, to fall into panic.... Together with other central banks, the ECB is flooding the market, posing the question not only about how the ECB will get its money back, but also how the excess liquidity created can be absorbed globally. "It can't be solved by pressing a button. If the global economy stabilises, the potential for inflation has grown enormously... It gave in to outside pressure ... pressure from outside Europe" Why, whichever bank headquartered at 200 West, NY, NY might he be referring to?
From Telegraph:
He added that "panic" about the eurozone breaking up was "nonsense" but that the only way to end the crisis was for member states to bring down their debts and implement structural reforms to boost economic growth.

"Governments have recognised that returning to budgetary discipline is indispensable. Markets focus much more on whether states will be able to service their debts in five years' time," he said.

Mr Stark quit in late 2011, following in the footsteps of former Bundesbank head Axel Weber, who stepped down earlier in the year from Germany's central bank because of unease about the ECB's policies.

Mr Weber's successor Jens Weidmann was the only member of the ECB's policy-setting governing council to vote against the bank's new programme earlier this month.

"Weidmann's arguments ... should not be made light of," Mr Stark told Die Presse. "The way in which his position has been publicly commented upon by the ECB leadership has crossed the line of fairness."

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-09-22/former-ecb-chief-economist-says-ecb-panic-czech-president-warns-end-demoracy-imminen

 

A new Cold War

Exclusive: Former Soviet-bloc spy chief reveals secret puppet-master behind Islamic radicalism

Editor’s note: Lt. Gen. Ion Mihai Pacepa is the highest-ranking Soviet-bloc official ever to defect to the West. In December 1989, Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu was executed at the end of a trial whose accusations came almost word-for-word out of Pacepa’s book, “Red Horizons,” subsequently republished in 27 countries.
After President Carter approved his request for political asylum, Pacepa became an American citizen and worked with U.S. intelligence agencies against the former Eastern Bloc. The CIA has praised Pacepa’s cooperation for providing “an important and unique contribution to the United States.” His new book, “Disinformation,” co-authored with professor Ronald Rychlak, will be published by WND Books in 2013.

The view that the latest wave of Muslim outrage worldwide, including the murderous assault on the U.S. embassy in Libya and new threats from Iran, is somehow a “spontaneous” reaction to the low-budget film “Innocence of Muslims,” has been revealed to be political naïveté at best, and ignorant or intentional scapegoating at worst.
After all, even the president of Libya, Yousef El-Magariaf, stated that “no doubt” the attack had been “preplanned,” emphasizing that the terrorists had chosen a “specific date for this so-called demonstration.”
However, the day of our ambassador’s murder, Sept. 11, 2012, also happened to be the very day the Kremlin celebrated a significant anniversary – 125 years since the birth of Feliks Dzerzhinsky, the founder of the KGB, now rechristened FSB.

 http://www.wnd.com/2012/09/a-brand-new-cold-war/

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Saturday, September 22, 2012

The DIY detox bath - Have a home spa day and soak away aches, pains, harmful toxins, pesticides and heavy metals

(NaturalNews) There are almost as many ways to detox heavy metals, pesticides and other noxious chemicals from your body as there are poisons themselves. You can take what I call "the nuclear approach" and use chelation for an intense, fast, efficient detoxing if your system can handle it. Or you can go the gentle route using milder clearing agents made from superfoods, common household products and clay. These are just as efficient at removing a wide range of toxins; but, more gently and slowly, allowing your system to adjust day by day to changes it experiences. Read about gentle detoxing here: http://www.naturalnews.com/036920_superfoods_detox_chemtrails.html

Whatever type of internal detox you choose, allowing time for that special soak in the tub several times a week will help soak out the unwanted chemicals and poisons, cleaning your skin and tissues and encouraging increased oxygen and blood flow to your entire body. A detox bath helps strengthen the immune system and soothe your soul as you let go of your cares during bath time. The best mixture for detoxing is one you make yourself, where you control the ingredients and their quality. There are lots of suggestions for detox bath salts, this is by far not the only recipe. However, this one works, plain and simple. (And it will not turn you into a zombie.)

Detox bath mixture

Add one cup of sea salt to a mixing bowl. There are all types of natural sea salts ranging from Celtic salts to beautiful pink Himalayan salt crystals. It's your choice or mix several to experience the beneficial effects from the mineral combination.

· Add one cup of Epsom salt and two cups of aluminum-free baking soda to the bowl and stir

· Mix in two to three teaspoons of glycerin and several drops of your favorite essential oil to scent the mixture. Lavender, rose, sandalwood, mandarin orange and bergamot are popular.

· Stir the mixture until it's well blended and store in a sealed and labeled glass jar. Make it decorative by adding a small amount of natural food coloring, and you can leave it on your bathroom counter for display.

Spa day

Fill the tub with comfortably warm water -- not too hot because it can dry your skin and make you feel tired. Add 1/4 cup of your special detox bath mixture. Add a cup of organic apple cider vinegar, especially if you have sore muscles.

Soak in the tub for no more than 10 minutes at first until you get used to the effect that the detox has on your system. Increase your bath time slowly. Take as many baths as you like; however, it's best to start out with no more then twice a week until you're used to it.

Warning

Avoid taking hot baths with detoxing agents if you suffer from diabetes, hypertension or heart disease. Consult your healthcare practitioner before doing any form of detox.

Sources for this article include:

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/detox-baths.html#
http://www.greenchicafe.com/detox-bath-basics
http://www.allfreecrafts.com/giftinajar/bath-salts.shtml

About the author:
JB Bardot is trained in herbal medicine and homeopathy, and has a post graduate degree in holistic nutrition. Bardot cares for both people and animals, using alternative approaches to health care and lifestyle. She writes about wellness, green living, alternative medicine, holistic nutrition, homeopathy, herbs and naturopathic medicine. READ HER OTHER ARTICLES ON NATURAL NEWS HERE: http://www.naturalnews.com/Author1686.html You can find her on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001364941208&ref=tn_tnmn or on Twitter at jbbardot23 https://twitter.com/#!/jbbardot23