Our misleaders promise us a hot summer. Some already call it "the Summer of Rage". The very fact that they knew in advance what was going to happen, when, where, and at which scale, indicates that the "rage" has been planned long before and is now being carefully stimulated and directed. Already Obama calls the troops back home from Iraq to ensure "law enforcement" in the US (a question of "saving America from Americans"), while the European Politburo pushes countries to vote for the Lisbon Treaty, which in a footnote would introduce throughout Europe the death penalty "in the case of war, riots, upheaval".
The meanstream media tirelessly stress upon the economic and financial nature of the current crisis and of the revolts it causes. Of course, when a car runs out of gas and stops, it wouldn't be wrong to say that it stops because there is no more gas in the tank. But the real question is: why there is no more gas? Is it because we've been driving too fast and too long, or because there is a leak in the tank or, even worse, in the motor itself? It's important to know because, if there is a leak, simply refilling the tank is not going to help for a long time and may even cause an explosion.
Just as in this example, where the problem of gas is not a "gas problem", the true nature of the current crisis is not economic and/or financial. It is the crisis of the entire System of Power, or the Matrix of Power, as Jordan Maxwell calls it.
The three cornerstones of this System, in its modern version, are usury, lie and corruption. The honest-outside-but-theft-inside practice of usury is, simply put, lending money on interest, then lending interest disguised as money on more interest, thus getting interest on interest, and so on and on. This way money is being created out of nothing, without producing anything. Computers and internet gave birth to the so-called "electronic money", which has accelerated the process of "money cloning" so dramatically that in just a couple of decades the sum total of non-existing interest money has not only exceeded the sum total of existing money – it has also exceeded the total value of all the goods and services produced not just at any national but at the global scale. The result of it is what we are living through today.
As for two other cornerstones – lie and corruption – the System has now arrived to the point where, to keep up appearences, its managers (aka presidents, queens, ministers, etc.) have to lie not just occasionally, not just about "certain things", but all the time and about everything. Corruption, which had spread from top downwards for centuries, has finally touched the bottom of the pyramid. To go further would mean bribing workers, which is not at all what the System was designed for.
Those in the know were always aware that the System would finally die of exhaustion. Having created it themselves and for themselves only, they have also long known that no more improvement would keep it alive. But although for them this System was nothing but a tool (however powerful and sophisticated it was), for the rest of us it was, and still is, the world we are living in.
This summer the managers of the dying System are going to put into practice drastic measures of saving the world from its habitants. But no panic and no riots, please! What they are trying to save is their world – the false image of the real world they have put in our minds. They want us to believe that fighting back we would defend our freedom and life, but it's the System that we would fight for if we did!
So, what to do? What to do not? What to expect? What to get ready for? The current issue of The Dot Connector is all about that. Its articles have nothing to do with "fear mongering" – they expose the danger to make it avoidable.
3.28.2009
Dot Connector
3.27.2009
US backing for world currency stuns markets
US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner shocked global markets by revealing that Washington is "quite open" to Chinese proposals for the gradual development of a global reserve currency run by the International Monetary Fund.
Read more @ Telegraph.co.ukChina says Pentagon report will hurt military ties
BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States' latest report on China's growing military power throws new obstacles in the way of restoring defense ties between the two powers, a Chinese spokesman said in the latest broadside at Washington.
Beijing has already voiced its unhappiness with the U.S. Defense Department's annual report on Chinese military capabilities, released this week.
But now Hu Changming, spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Defense, has said his government's anger over the report could have real implications for plans to improve military contacts, which took a dive last year over U.S. arms sales to Taiwan.
New Rule would allow banks to choose values of their assets
The Financial Accounting Standards Board quietly buckled to banking-industry pressure last week and proposed new accounting practices that would allow banks to value assets at a higher price than they could currently be sold for.
Banks have long demanded the "mark-to-market" accounting rule change, arguing that it's unfair to require them to mark toxic assets down to current market prices because the very market for those assets is frozen.
Read more @ Huffington Post, bring a bucketWTO: protectionism on rise, endangering recovery
The world is slipping dangerously into protectionism, threatening to strangle global economic recovery, the World Trade Organization said.
In an alarm bell to WTO's 153 members, Director-General Pascal Lamy said free trade has suffered "significant slippage" this year as countries have erected new barriers to imports in the form of tariffs, subsidies and other measures designed to protect domestic industries.
Read more @ International Herald Tribune
More Booze for the Drunk!
Excerpt:
As a direct consequence the financial system is now chock full of bad loans. And as I have repeatedly pointed out, and as any honest financial and banking analyst will tell you, a bad loan's loss occurs when the loan is made.
That is, the loss has occurred at that time and cannot be prevented. We can only choose who "eats" that loss, not whether it will occur, beyond the point where the bad loan has been made.
The government has not only proposed but ratified that these losses, which were created as a consequence of bad decisions by the bankers, are to be borne by the taxpayers, even though the profits were made and have been retained by the bankers.
The truth is that these losses are larger than the government can absorb and pass to the taxpayer. The banking system and economy cannot return to growth until the bad debt is cleared, and since it cannot be absorbed it must be defaulted.
We are therefore faced with two alternatives:
- Force the banks to eat their own losses, in which case they will go under.
- Attempt to force the taxpayers to eat the losses while the banks keep the profits, in which case the government will go under.
The longer we wait to do the right thing (#1), the greater the odds that outcome #2 happens whether we want it to or not.
Mexico, Pakistan, and the so-called 'failed state'
Interestingly, Mexico has lately been compared to Pakistan as a country “on the verge” of becoming a “failed state,” with the Mexican drug cartels accused of playing the same “destabilizing” role as the Taliban/terrorists in Pakistan. Calling such a comparison a stretch would be a gross understatement, of course.
There is in fact a real connection between Mexico and Pakistan that’s worth discussing, though you’d never hear it mentioned in the mainstream media. Both countries have governments that are virtual pawns of the U.S. and, as such, are having a difficult time with their native populations as they attempt to please their real bosses — U.S. mega-corporations and rich investors.
Read more @ Global Research
11 accused of ransacking in Venezuela synagogue
CARACAS, Venezuela—Venezuelan prosecutors have filed charges against eight police officers and three other people, accusing them of involvement in a January attack on Caracas' largest synagogue, prosecutors said Thursday.
The Corporate Sociopath
What is dangerously insane now is that, even though the major factors involved in the financial meltdown still haven't been fixed, network news and financial programs are back, hawking "the brilliance of the market" as proof that the system is working again.
Why? "The wisdom of the market" just cost the world $45 trillion in wealth. That financial body isn't even cold, and yet the carnival barkers are back and trying to take us for more.
Read more @ SOTT
IAEA fails to elect new head
PARIS — Officials from 35 nations failed to agree on a successor to Mohamed ElBaradei as head of the International Atomic Energy Agency in a second day of voting on Friday, the agency said, opening the field to new candidates.
The officials, grouped in the agency’s board of governors, deadlocked after the leading candidate, Yukiya Amano, a Japanese official who is his country’s ambassador to the organization, fell one vote short of the two-thirds majority required for election in the vote at the agency’s headquarters in Vienna.
Mr. Amano outpolled his South African counterpart, Abdul Samad Minty, in three rounds of voting on Thursday and an additional three rounds on Friday, but never obtained the necessary margin for victory. With 24 votes required, Mr. Amano took 23 “yes” votes in the initial Friday poll on his candidacy, and in a later round received 22 affirmative votes with one abstention. In the final round, Mr. Minty garnered 15 “yes” votes with one abstention.
Washington Post story - same topic:
VIENNA -- A low-key Japanese diplomat could become head of the International Atomic Energy Agency when the organization charged with blocking the spread of nuclear arms meets this week to replace chief Mohamed ElBaradei.
ElBaradei's successor will influence how the world meets the nuclear challenges posed by Iran, Syria or of extremists thought to be seeking the bomb. Nonproliferation is the IAEA's most high-profile task and the agency's director-general can determine the style and intensity of how the agency carries out its duties.
The change in leadership comes at a potentially pivotal time in U.S.-Iran relations: the new American administration has signaled it is ready for direct negotiations with Tehran over nuclear and other issues.
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Sudan says Israel 'most probably' behind attack
"The first thought is that it was the Americans that did it. We contacted the Americans and they categorically denied they were involved," Foreign Ministry spokesman Ali al-Sadig said. "We are still trying to verify it. Most probably it involved Israel."
Sadig said Sudan was gathering evidence at the site, and would not react to the attacks while the investigation was ongoing. He added that the convoys were likely smuggling goods, but not weapons.
Read more @ Haaretz
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1074411.html
Iridium provides update on satellite constellation
Iridium is pleased to announce that on Wednesday, March 4, 2009, the company completed the replacement of the operational Iridium satellite lost in the collision three weeks ago with a non-operational Russian satellite.
The unique architecture of Iridium's fully-meshed network of 66 satellites enabled the continuity of service to Iridium's customers while one of Iridium's in-orbit spares was prepared and maneuvered into the constellation.
"I am particularly proud of the Iridium and Boeing teams that manage our constellation. They moved quickly, efficiently and effectively to limit the minor service degradation caused by the collision and to return our constellation to its full configuration," said Matt Desch, chairman and chief executive officer, Iridium.
"They are among the best in the business, and the speed with which they acted is testament to their ingenuity and commitment to Iridium's customers." Iridium, along with many other commercial space operators, has been engaged for some time with the U.S. government in an effort to improve assessment and warning in venues such as the Commercial and Foreign Entities program, direct interaction with the U.S. Strategic Command and the National Space Security Office, and with industry organizations such as the Satellite Industry Association.
Cities deal with a surge in shantytowns
“They just popped up about 18 months ago,” Mr. Stack said. “One day it was empty. The next day, there were people living there.”
Read more @ The Truth Seeker
3.26.2009
Preparing for Civil Unrest in America?
Everywhere I turn people are upset. Even the older folks realize there is something deadly wrong. Is the preparation by our government to deal with civil unrest a sign of things to come? Will we be playing into their hands by standing up for our rights and making an attempt to stop the criminal activities from the White House and Congress and the Federal Reserve and Wall Street?
Is the plan to totally repress Americans by military and police force and blame it all on the 'people?'
What are our choices, where do we begin and can we do anything?
Too many questions, too much disinformation and too little time.
FBI chief urges renewal of Patriot Act
More psyops, this time for us. - Ed.
FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III urged lawmakers yesterday to renew intelligence-gathering measures in the USA Patriot Act that are set to expire in December, calling them "exceptional" tools to help protect national security. [National Security defined as what's good for the elite. - Ed.]
The law, passed shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, created divisions between proponents, who said it was necessary to deter terrorism, and privacy advocates warning that it tramples on Americans' civil liberties. Portions of the law are up for reauthorization this year.
Fanatics 'could use roadside bombs to kill VIPs in Britian'
A little psyops with your coffee, whip the brits into a frenzy... - Ed.
Terrorists could use Iraq-style roadside bombs to target VIPs in Britain, officials fear.
An attack by a nuclear 'dirty bomb', which spreads radioactive material, is also becoming more likely, according to an official report yesterday. How do they know?????? - Ed.
Read more @ Mail Online
Money Magazine recommends commodities
As the cover story is not yet on line - The 7 New Rules of Financial Security - there's something else in the April issue that is online that is well worth sharing, the equally shocking recommendation to buy commodities in this report by senior writer Janice Revell.
Read more @ The Mess Than Greenspan Made
Story: US Fraud Scheme Launched Monday in Big Trouble
QUESTION: WHAT IS THE ‘PRICE’ OF FRAUDUENT ‘ASSETS’ THAT HAVE NO VALUE?
Thursday 26 March 2009 00:01
MISPLACED WALL STREET GLEE AT FRAUD AGAINST U.S. TAXPAYERSMID-SEPTEMBER ‘LOCKDOWN’ RECONFIRMED AS MOMENT OF TRUTH
INTERNATIONAL CURRENCY REVIEW DECONSTRUCTION OF FRAUDULENT FINANCE
MERKEL ORDERED REVENGE MURDER OF BRITISH TROOPS IN NORTHERN IRELAND
REVIVING THE CARCASS OF THE EXPIRED DERIVATIVES SECTOR
Read more @ Global Analysis
The Great American Spectacle
The kind of history we are seeing now is an empire in terminal and rapid decline. As the greatest single nation in history disintegrates, like Rome and hundreds of other empires before it, the public spectacles and orchestrated circuses for the masses keep getting bigger.
Public spectacle number one: Lies, lots of them.