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September 26 2011
The Daily Bell -- Are the Tribes of Europe Ready to Explode?
'Pre-Internet, what's happening in the EU would have been buried under mainstream media misdirection. People might not have understood the larger forces at work. But the EU unraveling along with much else has played out under the merciless glare of the alternative press, and the European tribes are aware of the manipulations that are taking place. It is realization of these manipulations that informs the article, which is a surprisingly good piece of reporting. It is written by Paul Mason, BBC Newsnight's Economics Editor, who is broadcasting regularly from Greece, and it seems to have concentrated his mind, at least for a while, on what's actually happening. The problems are happening to people, individual people, and it is these people, ultimately, who will formulate a response, not "Greece," not politicians, not "working groups" – not even the IMF or ECB. The EU was not an accident. Central banking is not happenstance.'August 18 2011
The Daily Bell -- Chavez Launches War Against US Dollar
'For astute observers of recent history, we have seen what happens when people like Saddam Hussein or Libya's Muammar Gaddafi threaten to create gold backed currencies or international trade (in particular, oil) that could be settled not in US dollars – but gold. These people have very short life expectancies, to say the least. And here we have the little dictator from Venezuela coming along and demanding the repatriation of his country's gold from the Bank of England at that. This is really not going to go over very well with the powers that be, to say the least. The international oil-game has long been a significant piece to maintaining dollar dominance. Having nations go their own way and seek alternative means to settling that trade would be devastating to the dollar. Once again, neither Iraq nor Libya will see that happen – at least not now. Will Chavez get away with this plan? Or will he face a newfound Western attack unleashed, already in place to unfold when needed?'July 08 2011
BFI: Film & TV Database -- EQUINOX SPECIAL The KING OF CHAOS (1998)
Broadcast Channel 4 1/1/1998 -- 'Docu-drama of what the media might be like by the year 2012. EQUINOX's first drama, set in the future, focuses on the facts behind the suspicious death of media mogul, Liam Keller, whose software applications have had a huge impact upon broadcast TV, earning him enemies around the world. In the late 1990s, Keller had devised 'Gambit', a virus which enabled all technologies (the internet, television broadcasting, e-mail) to converge – to communicate with one another. Found floating in the Thames, a television current affairs programme sets out to explore how Keller might have met his death. Through Keller's life story this drama explores the consequences of future technology, reflecting on what might happen to our present day media over the next few years.' -- Keller: "The government is committing large scale larceny... [forcing] you to pay taxes for services that they aren't providing. From a consumer point-of-view, government is a failing brand."July 03 2011
YouTube -- RT: Press Release from Anonymous
'In the past weeks there have been several attempts to disparage Anonymous. We have been branded as terrorists, traitors, and forces of evil. This forces us to ask you a question: Which is the greater evil, an organization that coerces its members with force and feels the need to steal from them in order to finance its own bloated corruption, or a voluntary group of [otherwise] free people who choose to expose lies told by those in power? -- Anonymous is an inevitable product of the internet. We are Anonymous. We do not forgive. We do not forget. [We have "government" guns to our heads.] Expect us.'
'In the past weeks there have been several attempts to disparage Anonymous. We have been branded as terrorists, traitors, and forces of evil. This forces us to ask you a question: Which is the greater evil, an organization that coerces its members with force and feels the need to steal from them in order to finance its own bloated corruption, or a voluntary group of [otherwise] free people who choose to expose lies told by those in power? -- Anonymous is an inevitable product of the internet. We are Anonymous. We do not forgive. We do not forget. [We have "government" guns to our heads.] Expect us.'
June 28 2011
YouTube -- NDTV: Migrant Workers Riot in Southern China
'Hong Kong television showed seething crowds of migrant workers from the southwestern province of Sichuan running through the streets of Zengcheng, smashing windows, setting fire to government buildings and overturning police vehicles. Thousands of riots, protests and other forms of unrest break out across China each year over problems ranging from rampant inflation to corruption, a big wealth gap, industrial pollution, forced demolitions and abuse of power. The Chinese Communist Party maintains strict political and media controls to quash any form of organized dissent.'
'Hong Kong television showed seething crowds of migrant workers from the southwestern province of Sichuan running through the streets of Zengcheng, smashing windows, setting fire to government buildings and overturning police vehicles. Thousands of riots, protests and other forms of unrest break out across China each year over problems ranging from rampant inflation to corruption, a big wealth gap, industrial pollution, forced demolitions and abuse of power. The Chinese Communist Party maintains strict political and media controls to quash any form of organized dissent.'
June 13 2011
YouTube -- RTAmerica: 'Anonymous' threatens Bernanke
'This video credited to the hacker group Anonymous is calling out Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to resign. Anonymous has called for public protests beginning on June 14th, continuing "until Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke steps down." To make their case, they have presented a list of recent scandalous Federal Reserve actions.' -- Comment: razeromg: 'why is this on RT? have anonymous hacked RT? xD'
'This video credited to the hacker group Anonymous is calling out Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to resign. Anonymous has called for public protests beginning on June 14th, continuing "until Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke steps down." To make their case, they have presented a list of recent scandalous Federal Reserve actions.' -- Comment: razeromg: 'why is this on RT? have anonymous hacked RT? xD'
June 09 2011
The Onion -- Pakistani Intelligence Announces Its Full Cooperation With U.S. Forces During Upcoming Top Secret June 12 Drone Strike On Al-Qaeda At 5:23 A.M. Near Small Town Of Razmani In North Waziristan
'CIA director Leon Panetta praised Lt. Gen. Pasha's announcement, calling his ISI counterpart an indispensable ally in the ongoing fight against terrorism. "We've certainly had our differences, but I appreciate the candidness and transparency he brings to our joint operations," Panetta said. "Though there may be some elements within his organization sympathetic to al- Qaeda, I know we have a trustworthy partner at the head of the ISI." As of press time, the U.S. has given Pakistan more than $20 billion in aid since Sept. 11, 2001.'April 12 2011
The Daily Bell -- EU Heart Attacked by Mainstream Press!
'To see this in print in the FT is OUR shocking moment. We think we know why a Tea Party is erupting in Europe, of course. We've explained it many times. The truth-telling of the Internet itself is interacting with the ongoing financial crisis in predictable ways. Unlike past crises, in fact, the Anglo-American power elites have not been able to aim popular anger at private enterprise. The socialism and communism that the elites encouraged in the 20th century (in order to concentrate more power into their own hands) is not working very well now. The anger instead, from what we can tell, is focused mostly where it should be – at the political and banking SYSTEM, not greedy individuals in private enterprise that make convenient, illusory scapegoats. This is surely a problem for the EU but even more of a problem for the power elite itself. It wasn't supposed to happen this way. The financial crisis – which Eurocrats foresaw for decades – was supposed to generate an ever-closer EU.'April 11 2011
The Daily Bell -- Little Iceland Panics Big Banks
'Notice, please, the overtones of truculence (Icelanders will be sued in the Hague) general viciousness repurposed as false joviality (Iceland needs to have "good relations" with Europe and the rest of the world) and the final notes that linger on the palate (Iceland's ratings will surely "deteriorate"). The wailing and gnashing of teeth can be heard but only faintly. But it is there. Without the impression of inevitability, the Western financial scene becomes a bad joke. It has not brought prosperity (only expanding misery along with the inevitable decline of civil comity). There is nothing left, finally, for many citizens but slaving away into an old age for a pittance. Every time that little Iceland stands up to the combined banking forces of Europe and Britain, continental blood pressure soars. Worse and worse! Icelanders will not pay the stupid money back. The threat of force is all that's left.'March 20 2011
YouTube -- RussiaToday: US tunnel vision on Libya while whole region on fire
'The revolutionary mood has been spreading across the Middle East and North Africa for almost three months. Syria is the latest country where people are marching to voice their anger. For them, it's about the freedom to speak out. Five people have reportedly been killed after security forces fired on hundreds of demonstrators in the southern city of Daraa. The crackdown was launched after multiple protests sprung-up, defying a ban on marches. In Yemen, at least 45 people died and dozens of others injured after snipers allegedly opened fire on workers who staged a walkout in an anti-government protest in the capital. In Bahrain, the army demolished the 'pearl monument' which had become a symbol of a month-long Shi'ite uprising against the Sunni monarchy. But the foreign interference in these countries is noticeably thin on the ground, compared to the focus being given to Libya right now.'
'The revolutionary mood has been spreading across the Middle East and North Africa for almost three months. Syria is the latest country where people are marching to voice their anger. For them, it's about the freedom to speak out. Five people have reportedly been killed after security forces fired on hundreds of demonstrators in the southern city of Daraa. The crackdown was launched after multiple protests sprung-up, defying a ban on marches. In Yemen, at least 45 people died and dozens of others injured after snipers allegedly opened fire on workers who staged a walkout in an anti-government protest in the capital. In Bahrain, the army demolished the 'pearl monument' which had become a symbol of a month-long Shi'ite uprising against the Sunni monarchy. But the foreign interference in these countries is noticeably thin on the ground, compared to the focus being given to Libya right now.'
March 13 2011
YouTube -- A99 Operation Empire State Rebellion - Communication #1
"This communication is protected by Anonymous" -- 'We are a decentralized non-violent resistance movement which seeks to restore the rule of law and fight back against the organized criminal class.'
"This communication is protected by Anonymous" -- 'We are a decentralized non-violent resistance movement which seeks to restore the rule of law and fight back against the organized criminal class.'
March 09 2011
Wirral Globe -- BREAKING NEWS: Protestors 'arrest' county court judge
'Protestors have "civilly arrested" a judge at Birkenhead county court. A crowd of several hundred people has massed around the court. Police have begun forcibly ejecting protestors from the court in chaotic scenes. Made up of people from across the UK, the marchers say they are exerting their "ancient right to lawful Rebellion under Magna Carta." The crowd, although largely peaceful, is chanting "freedom" and "arrest that judge."' -- If there is hope, wrote Winston, it lies in the proles.March 02 2011
The Daily Bell -- Mervyn King Caught Spreading a Meme
'King's statement to the Treasury Select Committee as reported in the UK Telegraph is a pitch-perfect defense of central banking using the meme of private-sector blame. ...central banking blows up economies, leading to more regulation which further concentrates power in the hands of a few, allowing government and society to be even more efficiently run by the elite via mercantilism. It's kind of a closed feedback loop. The more chaos, the more regulation, the more leverage the elite has to reignite the process. Power is continually being centralized and the middle classes themselves (the elite's ultimate target) will actually clamor for the regulation that facilitates the process. In order to initiate the process, blame must be cast. There has not been enough anger at the private banking sector, especially in Britain where wrath has been focused – most alarmingly from the elite's point of view – at central banking itself. This is a direct result of the Internet...'February 28 2011
The Daily Bell -- Greeks Won't Pay, No Matter What
'Dominant Social Theme: Everything's cool. Let the Greek's have "their moment." – The Anglo-American power elite has driven the Western world to ruin with its central banking scheme; it may believe that between food-scarcity and job-scarcity, Europeans will now be less apt to resist increased militarism abroad and increased global centralization. But we have always believed in the era of the Internet that such manipulations are increasingly transparent and apt to be less tolerated. The middle classes were "promoted" into the EU before the collapse, but now middle-class tax dollars are flowing into bank coffers as the Southern PIGS struggle to pay back enormous loans that again benefited a few at the expense of many. Austerity is just one more elite manipulation, neither inevitable nor fair. We would argue that in the era of the Internet, too many within Europe's fractious tribes understand only too well what has taken place.'February 19 2011
YouTube -- Farmann TV: Demonstration against Norwegian Central Bank Feb 17. 2011
'May this kind of demonstrations spread all over the world. Respectful, organized, non-violent. Let them know that we know their money scam.'
'May this kind of demonstrations spread all over the world. Respectful, organized, non-violent. Let them know that we know their money scam.'
February 02 2011
The Daily Bell -- Middle East Dreamtime
'These Middle Eastern uprisings are not entirely spontaneous but are in a sense orchestrated by Western powers that be for a variety or reasons. Even the proximate causes – rising food prices and a lack of employment – can be seen as deliberate Western policies designed to create hopelessness and despair that can then be converted to civil unrest at the opportune moment. Fortunately, the truth-telling of the Internet has helped people wake up from the overwhelming mind-control of the 20th century. We think the same process is occurring in the Middle East. Elite manipulations yet continue. The "color revolutions" constitute a shadow-play, even a Dreamtime; participants may yet not know they are being manipulated. Certainly they will not learn of it from the mainstream media which is covering these events in a purely linear fashion, ignoring evidences of manipulation and promoting the uprisings merely as expressions of grievances that must be addressed by new regimes.'January 28 2011
Slashdot -- Social Media As a Weapon In Egypt
'No centralized leadership: this is not the Muslim Brotherhood, or El Baradei ... This is true grassroots when you see it in action. People coordinating via Twitter and Facebook. No one giving marching orders. Regular people: people from all walks of life are there. Rich actors, poor youth, lawyers, journalists, movie director, women, girls, etc. This is not exclusively for religious or poor people. It is everyone. Different people: see above. Fear barrier has been broken: Egyptians finally got over the fear they have been living with for 60 years, and starting to confront the regime. My father was afraid. I was afraid. The new generation New media: in the 1960s to 1980s, the government could control the media, because it was all state owned, or they can ban it (newspapers). Starting in the 90s, things changed. There was satellite TV that broke borders, and the internet of course. Today, there are ways for people to communicate that the government can't control (completely at least).'Renesys Blog -- Egypt Leaves the Internet
'...in an action unprecedented in Internet history, the Egyptian government appears to have ordered service providers to shut down all international connections to the Internet. Critical European-Asian fiber-optic routes through Egypt appear to be unaffected for now. But every Egyptian provider, every business, bank, Internet cafe, website, school, embassy, and government office that relied on the big four Egyptian ISPs for their Internet connectivity is now cut off from the rest of the world. Link Egypt, Vodafone/Raya, Telecom Egypt, Etisalat Misr, and all their customers and partners are, for the moment, off the air. What happens when you disconnect a modern economy and 80,000,000 people from the Internet? What will happen tomorrow, on the streets and in the credit markets? This has never happened before, and the unknowns are piling up.'January 24 2011
Raw Story -- Youth more radically opposed to present government than tea parties, poll finds
'Partisan news missing the point: Youth, poor have greater reason for dissatisfaction than tea parties. Partisanship obfuscates truth. Global revolution?' -- Ya dun goofed and the youth have backtraced it.January 04 2011
The Daily Bell -- Elite on a Tightrope
'Dominant Social Theme: We shall overcome. Regulatory democracy shall be expanded. Free-Market Analysis: In this article, we hope to show that where the US – and Europe, too – are headed has nothing much to do with business-as-usual. This is a dangerous time. The elite is unfathomably powerful yet; its injuries will make it angry. We will explore why the elite simply cannot fathom that its situation has changed radically and why sooner or later the realization that it may have to take a step back will sink in. The truth-telling of the Internet is forcing changes – and placing the elite on a kind of knife-edge... The global economic downturn has been worse than imagined and aggravated by the communications revolution and globalized network technology. Investments, social systems and the Way the World Works in the 21st century will all be determined by whether the elite can manage to create a version of the New World Order as it evidently and obviously wishes, or whether it cannot.'
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