German Defence League © Open Letter to that 53% Guy In the picture, you’re holding up a sheet of paper that says: I am a former Marine. I work two jobs. I don’t have health insurance. I wanted to respond to you as a liberal. First, let me say that I think it’s great that you have such a strong work ethic and I agree with you that you have much to be proud of. I have a nephew in the Marine Corps, so I have some idea of how tough that can be. So, if you think being a liberal means that I don’t value hard work or a strong work ethic, you’re wrong. I understand your pride in what you’ve accomplished, but I want to ask you something. Do you really want the bar set this high? Do you really want to spend the rest of your life working two jobs and 60 to 70 hours a week? And what happens if you get sick? Do you plan to get married, have kids? Look, you’re a tough kid. And, believe it or not, there are people out there even tougher than you. And is this really your idea of what life should be like in the greatest country on Earth?
China’s WTO membership is a farce The following article originally appeared on Youngstown News. Ohio businesses, we were told, would gain new access to Chinese markets through the removal of trade barriers, increased transparency, and more stringent protection of intellectual property rights. China promised to follow the rule of law and to reform its legal system, and, in turn, would gain new access to global markets. Ten years later, Ohio workers have seen thousands of jobs shipped to China — factories in Ohio have moved to Wuhan and Shenzhen, with the final products sold back to the U.S. American manufacturers have been undermined by a flood of cheap Chinese imports priced artificially low. The big winner? Gaming the system And while Ohio companies and workers are following World Trade Organization rules — intended to provide a common set of law to ensure a level playing field for global trade — the Chinese are gaming the system. The list of China’s WTO violations is long. Why? Unfair subsidy
The Battle for Your Mind: Brainwashing Techniques Being Used On The Public By Dick Sutphen Authoritarian followers Mind Control Subliminals By Dick Sutphen Summary of Contents The Birth of Conversion The Three Brain Phases How Revivalist Preachers Work Voice Roll Technique Six Conversion Techniques 1. keeping agreements 2.physical and mental fatigue 3. increase the tension 4. Uncertainty. 5. Jargon 6. Summary of Contents The Birth of Conversion/Brainwashing in Christian Revivalism in 1735. I'm Dick Sutphen and this tape is a studio-recorded, expanded version of a talk I delivered at the World Congress of Professional Hypnotists Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. Although I've been interviewed about the subject on many local and regional radio and TV talk shows, large-scale mass communication appears to be blocked, since it could result in suspicion or investigation of the very media presenting it or the sponsors that support the media. Everything I will relate only exposes the surface of the problem. In talking about this subject, I am talking about my own business. Alright.
CHARTS: Here's What The Wall Street Protesters Are So Angry About... The "Occupy Wall Street" protests are gaining momentum, having spread from a small park in New York to marches to other cities across the country. So far, the protests seem fueled by a collective sense that things in our economy are not fair or right. But the protesters have not done a good job of focusing their complaints—and thus have been skewered as malcontents who don't know what they stand for or want. (An early list of "grievances" included some legitimate beefs, but was otherwise just a vague attack on "corporations." Given that these are the same corporations that employ more than 100 million Americans and make the products we all use every day, this broadside did not resonate with most Americans). So, what are the protesters so upset about, really? Do they have legitimate gripes? To answer the latter question first, yes, they have very legitimate gripes.
The Currency Myth: “Money Makes The World Go Round” Money is everywhere isn’t it? We use it daily, we buy our goods and necessities with it. If we are working, we are making it daily. For most of us not a day goes by where we are in some way using money or thinking about money. That’s all natural of course as it has been such a huge part of our society for a long time. The way we are brought up to understand the financial system is that it is controlled and printed by our national governments and that it is backed by gold in reserves. “Most Americans have no real understanding of the operation of the international money lenders. The paradox behind these institutions and our monetary system is that the money that’s being printed is only lended to our governments. In order to pay back this interest they have created what they call “fiscal policy.” government expenditure and revenue collection. “Neither paper currency nor deposits have value as commodities, intrinsically, a ‘dollar” bill is just a piece of paper.
Project Avalon - Klaus Dona: The Hidden History of the Human Race Click here for the PDF version of this interview (20 pages) Click here for the video presentation March 2010 **Ed note: Some transcripts contain words or phrases that are inaudible or difficult to hear and are, therefore, designated in square brackets BILL RYAN (BR): This is Bill Ryan here from Project Camelot and Project Avalon. Klaus is going to be doing an audio commentary on one of his extremely special, unusual, and fascinating slide shows about the artifacts and the various phenomena that he has been researching, discovering, investigating personally all over the world relating to what I think you could legitimately call The Hidden History of the Human Race. KLAUS DONA (KD): That's a very good summary, yes. BR: [laughs] So I'm going to step back here, and what follows now, just kick back and enjoy this slide presentation. What are we looking at here ? Ancient World Maps Ecuador Even the next one, [right, above] you can see how this statue is sitting. Bolivia Colombia Guinea, West Africa
The Broken Contract Iraq was one of those wars where people actually put on pounds. A few years ago, I was eating lunch with another reporter at an American-style greasy spoon in Baghdad's Green Zone. At a nearby table, a couple of American contractors were finishing off their burgers and fries. They were wearing the contractor's uniform: khakis, polo shirts, baseball caps, and Department of Defense identity badges in plastic pouches hanging from nylon lanyards around their necks. The man who had served their food might have been the only Iraqi they spoke with all day. The Iraq war was a kind of stress test applied to the American body politic. To continue reading, please log in. Don't have an account? Register Register now to get three articles each month. As a subscriber, you get unrestricted access to ForeignAffairs.com. Register for free to continue reading. Registered users get access to three free articles every month. Have an account?
Board of Directors The Board is responsible for determining the strategic and policy direction of the BIS, supervising the management, and fulfilling the specific tasks given to it by the Bank's Statutes. It meets at least six times a year. Four advisory committees assist the Board in its work: The Administrative Committee reviews key areas of the Bank's administration, such as budget and expenditures, HR policies and IT. The Committee's Chairman is Jens Weidmann. The Board of Directors may have up to 21 members, including six ex officio directors, comprising the central bank Governors of Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States. In addition, one member of the Economic Consultative Committee serves as observer to BIS Board meetings, on a rotating basis. The Board of Directors elects a Chairman from among its members for a three-year term and may elect a Vice-Chairman. The BIS Board of Directors 1 Chairman: Christian Noyer, Paris
Mystery Disks Alien Connection One of the news stories finding its way across the World Wide Web of late is about a team of Chinese scientists traveling to the remote western province of Qinghai to investigate reports of a mystery pyramid that local legend claims is an ancient launch tower left by aliens. According to the story released by China's state-run Xinhua agency, the mystery pyramid is located on Mt. Baigong in an extremely harsh and uninhabited part of the world. That the government of China would permit a public news statement about a scientific investigation of a possible alien/UFO landing-site suggests that the Communist Chinese government is relaxed about public consideration of alien life. Rumors of clandestine meetings by military personnel and alien visitors in the church-oriented United States (and various other countries of the world) have always been denied in official circles. The stones were very hard, made of granite and concentrations of cobalt and other metals.
OCCUPY WALL STREET I get it – people are angry. Very, very angry. I’m angry too. And Wall Street sure makes a great scapegoat, hence the Occupy Wall Street protest. Wall Street is a symbol of the “greed and corruption” that took over America and caused this whole mess. But let’s take a minute to examine the facts and see if we can’t find some better scapegoats: In 1997 Andrew Cuomo, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under Bill Clinton, allowed Fannie Mae to reduce the standards by which they would secure loans. But how about this: You’re to blame too. And finally, people are saying the problem in the euro zone is a “repeat” of Lehman. In 1981-2 a huge portion of South America defaulted. So, I’m confused, whose fault is it? What about Germany? There are millions of private businesses out there that aren’t hiring because banks aren’t lending. Deep breath. The Federal Reserve should stay out of it: stop paying the banks to hold our money instead of lending it out.