#Newspurge: The Queen Is Dead

Econocrash:
China Bridge Collapse Raises Infrastructure Concerns:
"A nearly #330-foot-long section..dropped 100 feet to the ground"*
Russian spies interested in Czech economy – military intelligence*
Update: Postal Banking Could Save USPS*
IRS says O.J. Simpson hasn’t paid income taxes since 2007*

Geopolitiks:
China to Deploy Marine Surveillance Drones*
Russian Military Brass Look To Draft 50 Thousand Men By Any Means Including Pre-Conscription Training*
Israel court rejects civil lawsuit brought against military by parents of killed US activist Rachel Corrie*
Turkey’s private security guards outnumber armies of six countries in Europe*
Secret compound in Jordan desert houses 1,200 defectors*
Video: US global arms sales tripled in 2011*

Media/Memes:
As Max Keiser Predicted, Punk Rock Resurrects Itself For 21st Century Struggle*
2 Pussy Riot Members Reportedly Flee Russia*
A. Zombie runs for president to bring 'Walking Dead' back to Dish Network*
Friedkin still pushing audiences at age 77 with 'Killer Joe': 'Exorcist' director films second Tracy Letts play after 'Bug'*
One of only three METROPOLIS program from 1927 has surfaced*
Venice film festival promises sex and Scientology*
Old Beirut Cinemas Recall More Tolerant Days; Image of Tolerance Still Flickers in Old Movie Theaters*
Jimmy Kimmel’s Time Slot Move May Seal the Fate of ‘Nightline’ on Disney's ABC*
Yet again Randy Travis 'extremely intoxicated' in church parking lot fight, cited only with simple assault*
Another Hollywood Suicide Leap: Brian Gerber*
Jerry Nelson, puppeteer and voice behind Count von Count on ‘Sesame Street,’ dead at age 78*
Carl Davis, Chicago Music Impresario, Dies at 77: helped shape sound of "Duke Of Earl"*
Willa Ward, Gospel Singer, Dies at 91: “He’s your joy in sorrow / He’s your hope for tomorrow”*

Obamessiah:
"Once he left the White House, it was as if his entire presidency had just been a bad dream."*
Your Guide To Watching the Illuminati In Tampa*
It’s a Bird, it’s a Plane, it’s an RNC Drone*
Isaac Laughs*
GOP Convention Is Threatened by Hurricane Isaac*
Protests, Weather Could Provide the Drama at GOP Convention*
Day one of Republican National Convention falls victim to Tropical Storm*
Mystery guest keeps GOP convention guessing*
Romney Jokes About Obama’s Birth Certificate*
Romney uses secretive data-mining*
Romney in Crisis: Two Dark Spots in Fortunate Life: "knocked unconscious and mistakenly pronounced dead at the scene"*
Romney's speech to Republican convention will be defining moment - Bishop Romney's #Mormon Moment!*
Barack Obama Has a Lot of Fake Twitter Followers*
Official: Anarchist GIs plotted government ouster*
RNC2012 To Include Video Tribute to Ron Paul: Unless that gets cancelled, too*
Scientologists for Ron Paul*
On Monday, supporters put "Ron Paul" over the word "We" on a GOP sign that says "We Can Do Better."*
Libertarian Legion Stands Ready to Accept Torch From Ron Paul*
Video: "The Anarchists are coming! Oh my!"*
Video: Barack O'Romney*

Police State Updates:
Video Update: Marine vet kidnapped by FBI released*
We Don’t Need No Stinking Warrant: The Disturbing, Unchecked Rise of the Administrative Subpoena*
Video: Black Hawks over Minneapolis worry residents*
TSA Denies Stonewalling Nude Body-Scanner Court Order*
Video: CIA outsources harsh interrogations to its allies*
New federal law clears way for US military reserve to respond to hurricanes, major disasters*
Video: For profit "non-profit" hijacks DoJ and DHS*

Portlandia/Oregon Oddities:
Sign The Petition: No Fluoride in Portland water*
Mr Mayor, why do you not want Portland to make their own health decisions?*
Then why not let Portland VOTE to make these medical decisions for the other 700K?*
Portland school kids can already get fluoride for free*
Anti-fluoride fight: Portland's Roger Burt on front lines for 34 years*
Portland, Oregon to spend $5 million to poison its residents with toxic fluoride*
Mayor Sam Adams claims he "loves his City and its people!" But not enough to let them choose what medicine goes in the water?*
Oregon Reports One Horse Killed By West Nile Virus*
A tale of 2 priests- Woodburn priest, best friend from seminary, face similar sex charges*
"Beards for Breasts" photoshoot leads to police standoff on Burnside when 1 beardo turns up w/ unexpected prop: a gun*

RNC 2012 Coverage Threatened By Isaac, Media Covers Storm

from huffingtonpost.com: Republicans gathering to formally nominate Mitt Romney in Tampa are having to grapple with a media that has one eye trained firmly on Tropical Storm Isaac — and is sending many of its biggest stars to cover the extreme weather.

15,000 journalists have traveled down to Florida to cover the Republican convention -- large parcels of media stars on the same plane was not an uncommon sight -- but, as of Monday, they don't have much to do. The storm has already forced the GOP to cancel the first night of its convention, and has the party worrying about how to get their message out if things get worse. As Reuters noted, "Romney could be robbed of some media attention - or worse, have images of convention festivities juxtaposed with searing split-screen television images of the storm's onslaught if Isaac dominates the news this week."

On Monday, at least, Isaac appeared to be winning. The morning's Washington Post was dominated by a huge picture of ominous waves. "Republicans gather, and so does the storm," a headline read. "All eyes on Isaac," an Associated Press article blared.

The network morning shows reflected the preeminence the storm has taken, leading their programs off with multiple packages of coverage. The choice between a potential hurricane passing through the Gulf Coast and a drama-free, stage-managed convention was a seemingly easy one.

"Isaac is the story of the morning," Robin Roberts observed on "Good Morning America." On "Today," Matt Lauer, who had been sent to Tampa for the Republican gathering, was taping outside the Tampa Bay Times Forum, outfitted in a classic storm-covering windbreaker.

On "GMA" and "CBS This Morning," Diane Sawyer and Charlie Rose reported from an empty convention center. Anchors openly speculated about the potential media schizophrenia.

"They're going to be sharing the screen all week with the possibility of a hurricane hitting New Orleans on the anniversary of Katrina," Stephanopoulos said to Sawyer, who had just shown footage of herself trapped in a howling gust of wind earlier in the day.

On "Today," Lauer asked RNC chair Reince Priebus if he was worried about Isaac competing for headlines with the convention.

"It is what it is," Priebus said. "Our message is still going to be the same ... you have to report on this storm."

There was another more ominous sign for Republicans that Isaac was going to take precedence as the week drew on when CNN announced that two of its biggest names, Anderson Cooper and Soledad O'Brien, were headed to New Orleans to cover the storm's potential effect on the city. Both gained new prominence in 2005 when they reported on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Sam Feist, CNN's Washington bureau chief, was very direct in a tweet:

Split screen Tuesday night? CNN sending @andersoncooper and @soledad to Nola today for storm coverage. — Sam Feist (@SamFeistCNN) August 27, 2012

Fox News also sent Shep Smith to New Orleans.

Media/Memes: Twilight Time

Can You Answer 25 Difficult Questions The Mainstream Media Refuses To?*
House Republicans Reject FCC Rule to Force TV Stations to Publish Who Paid for Political Ads*
Video: The arrogance and failure of news media*
Boy Has Seizure Over Gory Scene in Prometheus*
Gory Prometheus Scene Gives Young Boy A Seizure*
Blade Runner: 30 Years of Synchromysticism - Part 1 (Tyrell 2019 + Weyland 2023)*
Blade Runner: 30 Years of Synchromysticism - Part 2 (Aztec-Mayan Symbolism)*
Audio: Steve Carell Says 'Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World' Could Be Tough Sell*
Net Fame Doc 'Me at the Zoo', featuring Freeman, debuts on HBO Jun25*
Me at the Zoo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia*
South Park "What What (in the Butt)" Wins Court Claim*
'Green Acres' actor Frank Cady dies at 96*
Rare '60s Audio: Kubrick's Interview w/ The New Yorker*
'Game Of Thrones' Creators Say Use Of George W. Bush's Decapitated Head On A Pike Wasn't Politically Motivated*
Metallica helps FBI try to catch Virginia killer*
#Audio #Satire: New Movie From Pixar Will Totally Fuck With Kids' Minds*
Herb Reed, last original member of the Platters, dies 83*
Video: The Platters "Twilight Time"*
Erykah Badu doesn’t like The Flaming Lips’ video for “The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face”*
Video: School prefers mindless pop to patriotism*

Media/Memes: Trayvon Manson, Titanic Tax Day

We've been tracking most of these stories for several weeks and now it seems as though they're converging. We also have tax day, Lincoln's assassination anniversary and many more memes... Stay tuned!

'Titanic,' like Obama, focuses on class divisions*
Titanic Myths and the End of Consumer Capitalism*
The Titanic: The Mass Murder That Created the Federal Reserve Bank and the New World Order’s 20th Century?*
100 Years Ago, the Titanic Disaster Captivated New York City*
Titanic sinking 100 years later:
A night that lives on in film, books, television, theater*
The Iceberg Was Only Part of It:
A New Look at Nature's Role in the Titanic's Sinking*
@RollingStone: #Titanic3D and #AmericanReunion - Which movie is worth seeing?*
Titanic-related artifacts to be auctioned in New York*
Video: Buying Titanic memorabilia 'is not weird'*
Titanic unlikely to sink again, says prof - apparently*
Northern Ireland pinning hopes on Titanic resurgence*
Titanic memorial cruise reaches Cobh in Irish Republic*
Video: Memorial cruise sets sail for site where Titanic sank*
Buying Titanic memorabilia 'is not weird'*
Memorial cruise sets sail for site where Titanic sank*
Titanic Memorial Cruise Sets Sail*
Video: Titanic cruise ship Balmoral turns around*
Fukushima Update | Japanese ghost ship shows up off Canadian coast*
'Battleship' Film Review - The Hollywood Reporter*
Video: 'Titanic 2' on @NavigateNetflix*

---

@jeremyscahill: Is the cast of The Hunger Games standing behind Santorum?*
Santorum’s daughter, ‘Bella,’ hospitalized again*
Edwards syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia*
Katniss Everdeen, a New Type of Woman Warrior*
Edmund Epstein Dies at 80 - Gave ‘Lord of the Flies’ Wings*
Twilight Language: F35 Into CBC Building*
Pilots in Navy jet crash had few options*
JetBlue 191 Jumble: False Flag Flight?*
Foreign Box Office: 'Wrath of the Titans' Holds at No. 1*

---

Mass Murderer Charles #Manson Boycotts Parole Hearing*
Video: Bugliosi Says Manson should stay behind bars*
Calif. prison panel denies Manson's bid for parole*
Helter Skelter "prosecutor claimed the phrase reflected Manson's twisted idea that he could cause a racewar"*
Video: Charles Manson Denied Parole After Saying He Is a 'Very Dangerous Man'*

---

Dear Media: America Doesn’t Want Your New Race War*
Amy Goodman: Black in White Plains - The Police Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain*
Zimmerman to be charged in killing of Trayvon*
Armed Neo-Nazis Occupy Sanford, Protecting 'Whites'*
Tyson on Zimmerman: 'It's a disgrace that man hasn't been shot yet'*
Bad Timing for a Comedy Called ‘Neighborhood Watch’*
Video: 'Neighborhood Watch' Movie Trailer*
Trayvon Martin Case: George Zimmerman Charged With Second Degree Murder After 44 days*
Zimmerman booked on 2nd-degree murder charge*

Developing...

1/19 newspurge: all aboard, the sinking ship is leaving

9/11 updates:
Video: Kristol says Paul hangs with 9/11 conspiracy theorists*
Death of Mexican 9/11 worker raises questions*
Richard J. Sheirer, City Emergency Chief on 9/11, Dies*
New Mad Men Poster Sparks 9/11 Controversy:
Is this Ad Insensitive?*
Video: Mark Wahlberg Apologies for 9/11 Comments*

biowars/envirohealth:
Official concerns over uncontrolled nuclear reaction risks inside plutonium facility near Portland*
FukushimaUpdate.com | More Problems at Reactor 4*
Obama Administration Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline*
Time for Big Pharma to Disclose Its Payments to Doctors*
New Edible Microchips to Alert Doctors, Mobile Phones if Patients Do Not Takes Meds*
Weaponized H5N1 Creators Fight Back*
Video: Mysterious Illness hits school girls, covered up*

econocrash:
Day Care Centers Adapt to Round-the-Clock Demands*
Plans for high-speed rail are slowing down*
Consumer prices unchanged last month as cheaper energy offsets higher food, housing costs*
22 Signs That We Are On The Verge Of A Devastating Global Recession*
Bam! Bam! Bam! Huge Financial Bombs Just Got Dropped All Over Europe*
Obama Said to Consider Nominating Summers as World Bank Chief*
Photography pioneer Kodak files for long-expected bankruptcy*
Video: Kodak Files for Chapter 11 Reorganization*

geopolitiks:
US army chief off to Israel, fears over attack on Iran mount*
Americans rise in rank inside Somalia jihadi group*
Israel-US war games postponed amid Iran tensions*
Damascus on edge under Assad's always watchful eye*
UK Used 'Spy Rock' Against Russia*

murder/mayhem:
Titanic Tragedy: Costa Concordia Captain Reportedly Seen Dining With Mystery Woman Before Deadly Crash*
Three dead, 40 missing in Italian ship disaster*
Italian cruise ship tally: 11 dead, 21 missing*
Human blunders seen at heart of Italy ship disaster*
Cops: Saints fan shoots two 49ers fans after loss*
Missing MT teacher's body may be buried near vacant farm*
'Clark Rockefeller' Due in CA Court for Murder*
Cases to watch in 2012: William Bennett Update*
Severed head found under Hollywood sign*
Audio Satire: Series Of Serial Killer Killings Rocks Serial Killer Community*

obamessiah updates:
Video: Audience Jeers CNN Attempts To Exclude Ron Paul*
Initial Results Show that Ron Paul Won the South Carolina Republican Debate*
Video: Ron Paul Highlights at S. Carolina Debate*
Perry ends presidential run, backs Gingrich*
Huntsman drops out, endorses Romney*
Video: Campaign 2012 - A Tale of Two Mitts*
Edwards Needs Heart Surgery, Delaying Trial*
Video: Dead People Get Ballots in NH Primary*

oregon oddities:
Fmr NFL lineman dead in wildlife refuge faced sex charges*
Portland's Best Restroom Picked*
PDX Charts: Top Selling Albums in Portland for Jan. 9-15*
Video: Mayor Says Music at MAX Stops Is Working*

police state updates:
Video: Massive Show of Force In London Ahead of Olympics*
Audio: TSA Screener Turns In $5k He Found On Floor At Newark Airport*

warwhores:
Video: Panopticon Drone to Collect 80yrs' of HD Video a Day*
Army Foresees Expanded Use of Drones in U.S. Airspace*
US Navy Invests In Electronic Warfare Simulator Development*
Exclusive: New U.S. Commando Team Operating Near Iran*
Pentagon's Ex-Mideast Chief: We Might Need Nukes to Deter Iran*

wv worry:
Fmr Gov. Hulett C. Smith dies at 93, ended death penalty*
Manchin Files For Reelection*
W.Va. unemployment rate increases in December*
West Virginia Receives 'F' on Tobacco Control Report Card*
Pseudoephedrine bill comes back to lawmakers*

new world next week - jan12

NewWorldNextWeek.com: episode098 -
Obamney vs. US, USrael vs. Iran, Eugenicists vs. Everyone


Welcome back to New World Next Week - the video series from Corbett Report & Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week:

Story #1: Ron Paul Is The Only Candidate With The Momentum to Challenge Romney
Ron Paul Says It's Two-Man Race Now
Why Paul Won't Make Third Party Bid

Story #2: Israel 'Not Shedding a Tear' Over Mystery Death of Iranian Nuclear Scientist
Haaretz Timeline on Mysterious Deaths And Blasts Linked to Iran's Nuclear Program
Clinton Denies US Role in Killing Iranian Nuclear Scientist
More Murder of Iranian Scientists: Still Terrorism?
Assassination of Iranian Scientist Joint Operation By Mossad, MKO
NWNW Flashback: 'Funding Terror' from December 22, 2011

Story #3: Forced Sterilization Victims Granted $50,000 Over Admitted US 'Eugenics' Program
North Carolina May Compensate Sterilization Victims
Related: US Argues It Is 'Immune' From Guatemalan STD Experiment Lawsuit
NWNW Flashback: 'Experiments Exposed' from March 3, 2011

Visit NewWorldNextWeek.com to get previous episodes in various formats to download, burn & share. And as always, stay up-to-date by subscribing to the feeds from Corbett Report here & Media Monarchy here. Thank you.

previous: new world next year 2011/2012

presidential selection updates: selling access, staying the same

in third white house bid, paul's message the same
from ap: Long before he discovered Friedrich Hayek and other free-market economists, Ron Paul got a lesson in sound money from his oldest brother, Bill. It was the height of World War II, and the Paul boys were laying aside quarters from their Pittsburgh Press routes and pooling pennies earned from pulling dirty milk bottles off the line at the family dairy to buy war bonds. One day, Ronnie suggested what was, in retrospect, a rather Keynesian solution: "Why doesn't the government just PRINT this money?"

"Well," Bill responded, "then the money wouldn't have any value." Bill was 10. Ron was about 7.

Washington bureaucrats, Paul says now, "would like it to be complicated, and that we have to accept this complex monetary system of the Federal Reserve. But it's no more complicated than two little kids talking ..."

It's not complicated, he insists. These are the themes he has been addressing, consistently, since he entered politics in 1974, over the course of 12 terms in Congress, through his third bid for the White House: Free markets are good. The Federal Reserve is evil. The gold standard should be restored. Government is the cause, not the cure, of the nation's troubles.

related updates:
ron paul won’t rule out third-party candidacy*
video: ron paul's responses at iowa debate*
abc's gop debate takes the ratings crown*
gop hopefuls hit the trail for critical campaign week*
obama says gop nominee "doesn't matter"*
gingrich calls palestinians an 'invented' people*
video: newt gingrich - selling access*

update2: ron paul draws big crowds and many undecided voters in iowa*
will the 2012 election be a contest of whole foods vs. cracker barrel shoppers?*
newt gingrich, marianne and the arms dealer: a buried fbi investigation*
obama's popularity at all-time low*

super congress debt committee an unsurprising fail

deficit supercommittee officially admits failure
from forbes: In a statement released after the bell, the so-called budget deficit Supercommittee officially announced it failed to produce $1.2 trillion in budget cuts over the next decade. Their failure, anticipated by many, led to a substantial market plunge on Monday and will supposedly trigger the automatic sequester proposition, which is designed to enact $1.2 trillion in cuts, evenly split between defense and domestic spending.

destined to fail super committee completely fails
from washington times: For the uninitiated, America is drowning in debt. Barack Obama is piling on debt at an exponential rate while blaming everybody else for refusing to balance the books while he spends America into bankruptcy.

debt committee calls it quits without a deal
from cnn: Well, it's official. The congressional debt committee is so over. To no one's surprise, the bipartisan panel called it quits on Monday without reaching any agreement on debt reduction, let alone the $4 trillion "grand bargain" that budget experts say is needed at a minimum to get a handle on the country's long-term fiscal problems... The hope, of course, was that the super committee -- given extraordinary and unprecedented powers -- would tackle the tough problems facing the country's budget, such as rising health costs and an unwieldy tax code no one likes.

epic failure: the supercommittee was a super joke*

related econocrash updates:
US economic conditions are 'terrifying',
recession chances are 50%*
postal chief seeks ability to cut costs to stem losses*
mf global revelations keep getting worse*
greenberg sues US over aig takeover*
foreclosure lawyers who dressed as homeless people are now jobless people*
foreclosure firm steven j. baum to close down*

10/20 newspurge: everybody's talking 'bout the stormy weather

biowars/envirohealth:
just hours before the real thing in east bay,
millions participate in statewide quake drill*
second quake jolts bay area*
series of earthquakes strike big island of hawaii*
earthquake shakes south texas*
US, mexico to install quake sensors in two border city areas*
palm beach, fl confirms first dengue fever case*
video: albino cyclops shark is real, skeptics still not satisfied*

history/mystery: dynasts of the daily press -
'the magnificent medills: america's royal family of journalism during a century of turbulent splendor'*
historic seattle uptown theater is back & better than ever*
oct20, 1977: lynyrd skynyrd's plane crashes*

media/memes:
sonic youth's kim gordon & thurston moore split after 27rs of marriage;
group's future uncertain after current tour*
video: sonic youth 'teenage riot'*
morgue turns lilo away for being late to community service*
from von trier's end-times film to caustic visions from polanski, cronenberg, almodovar - nyff's year of apocalypse*
edgar m. villchur, hi-fi innovator, dies at 94*
the onion's twitter posts draw scrutiny*
onion story on capitol hill hostages sparks probe*
video: congress takes group of schoolchildren hostage*

murder/mayhem:
wild, exotic animals escape farm as owner found dead*

ground zero: requiem, spring & the 99%

listen/subscribe to @clydelewis on @kxlnews weeknights 9-12

elenin's requiem*
american spring*
lemuria the terra nova*
order 66: the hijacking of the 99%*

previous: #antichrist & uars attacks

obama accused of waging 'class warfare' with millionaire tax plan

from foxnews: A top House Republican accused President Obama of appealing to Americans' "fear, envy and anxiety" by pushing a new tax rate on people making more than $1 million annually, saying the "class warfare path" will only hurt the economy. "Class warfare ... may make for really good politics, but it makes for rotten economics," Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., chairman of the House Budget Committee, told "Fox News Sunday."


related econocrash updates:
lloyd's of london pulls deposits from banks on debt crisis*
study: child abuse rose during recession*
video: max keiser interviews bill still of 'the money masters'*

related obamessiah updates:
obama admin officials brief reporters on transparency plans... anonymously*
perry, romney, paul: gallup numbers show gop nomination is three way race*
man with backpack hops over white house fence*

united states loses aaa credit rating from s&p, markets go wild

debt crisis q&a: what you need to know about s&p cut*
from reuters: The United States lost its top-notch AAA credit rating from Standard & Poor's on Friday in an unprecedented reversal of fortune for the world's largest economy. S&P cut the long-term U.S. credit rating by one notch to AA-plus on concerns about the government's budget deficits and rising debt burden. The move is likely to raise borrowing costs eventually for the American government, companies and consumers. "The downgrade reflects our opinion that the fiscal consolidation plan that Congress and the Administration recently agreed to falls short of what, in our view, would be necessary to stabilize the government's medium-term debt dynamics," S&P said in a statement. The decision follows a fierce political battle in Congress over cutting spending and raising taxes to reduce the government's debt burden and allow its statutory borrowing limit to be raised... The S&P 500 stock index fell 10.8 percent in the past 10 trading days on concerns that the U.S. economy may head into another recession and because the European debt crisis has been growing worse as it spreads to Italy.

update: dow closes down 633 points after final plunge*

obamessiah signs debt limit bill after 'nasty' fight

including the disturbing new #supercongress...
from cbsnews: President Obama signed a hard-fought, last-minute compromise bill to avert economic catastrophe Tuesday, saying the deal to cut spending and increase the nation's $14.3 trillion debt limit marked an "important first step to ensuring that as a nation we live within our means." The bill, he said, was the outcome of a "long and contentious debate" to avoid a man-made economic disaster that he described as creating "unsettling" economic uncertainty. He said that while voters chose divided government, "they sure didn't vote for dysfunctional government."

previous: white house & congress critters close in on debt deal

related econocrash updates:
satire: drunken ben bernanke tells everyone at neighborhood bar how screwed the US economy really is*
the committee of 13 & the debt ceiling deal from hell*
US eats up most of debt limit in one day*
US borrowing tops 100% of gdp*
moody's confirms US aaa rating; meanwhile, food stamp use rises to record*
georgia & colorado bank failures cost US $2.5b*
howard stein, who helped teach public to invest, dies at 84*
US govt sues ubs for $900m, charging mortgage fraud*
reid announces deal to end faa shutdown*
dow plunges 512 points: here's what's bothering the stock market*
video: pelosi on house floor - 'novus ordo seclorum'*

ground zero: satan's sandwich, e perilous vermin, death train & more

listen/subscribe to @clydelewis on @kxlnews weeknights 9-12
monday - satan's sandwich*

tuesday - e perilous vermin: a financial false flag w/ guests gerald celente & james kwak*

wednesday - death train w/ guest shepard ambellas of theintelhub.com*

thursday - project cytokine cull w/ guest anthony j. hilder*

friday - luciferian end game: return to the planet of the apes*

previous: emp dominoes, godwin, death's head & more

white house & congress critters close in on debt ceiling deal

meanwhile, apple inc. has more cash on hand than the govt...
from afp: With barely two days to act, US President Barack Obama and top lawmakers closed in on Sunday in on an ambitious deal to avert a disastrous debt default sure to sow chaos in the fragile world economy.

"We are very close," Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told CNN amid frantic beat-the-clock talks among the White House, its Democratic allies, and its Republican foes.

Senior Obama adviser David Plouffe indicated on NBC television there was an emerging consensus but no solid agreement yet to raise the $14.3 trillion US debt ceiling ahead of a midnight Tuesday (0400 GMT Wednesday) deadline.

"We don't have a deal. The hours are ticking," Plouffe said on NBC, stressing: "We have to get this solved. Today is obviously a critical day."

The US economy hit its debt limit on May 16 and has used spending and accounting adjustments, as well as higher-than-expected tax receipts, to continue operating normally - but can only do so through midnight Tuesday.

Business and finance leaders have warned default would send crippling aftershocks through the fragile US economy, still wrestling with stubbornly high unemployment of 9.2 percent in the wake of the 2008 global meltdown.

Without a deal, the US government would have to cut an estimated 40 cents out of every dollar it spends, forcing grim choices between defaulting or cutting back programmes like those that help the poor, disabled and elderly.

Any compromise would still need to clear the divided Democratic-led Senate and Republican-held House of Representatives, where conservatives close to the "Tea Party" movement have called for draconian belt-tightening.

video satire: ‪'raise the debt ceiling rap' by remy*

related obamessiah updates:
obama at 50: hair is gray - like US political mood*
video: nader calls for primary challenge to obama*
homeless man held after jumping white house fence*
tangled john edwards cases prompt delay in trial*
video: huntsman plays 'charlie brown' theme song*

update1: washington reaches sweeping budget deal*

update2: obamessiah signs debt limit bill after 'nasty' fight*

7/14 newspurge: rearrange your synapses

9/11 updates:
amateur aviators who became super-pilots on 9/11*
9/11 families demand to reopen case*
victims families want 2007 deutsche bank fire case reopened*
deception dollar & the new perception dollar*
9/11 memorial reservations swamp online ticket system*
panetta ties war in iraq to 9/11 attack*
cia organised fake vaccination drive to get osama bin laden's family dna*
bush should face criminal probe over post-9/11 'torture,' report urges*
US senators call for phone-hacking investigation after 9/11 claims*
update: fbi opens inquiry into hacking of 9/11 victims*
fmr uk police intel analyst sacked for calling 7/7 'a monstrous lie'*
video: ron paul claims US officials 'set the stage for 9/11'*

biowars/envirohealth:
threat of nuclear meltdown in america just over the horizon?*
another blaze starts at nuclear test site near las vegas - fire located at area 19*
los alamos lab preps for flooding after fire*
radioactive leak at south carolina nuke plant - found 7/7, repairs still underway*
monsoon rains threaten to flood los alamos area with plutonium, uranium — 'frantic' sandbagging effort under way in some communities*
radiated rain: radiation levels in northwest rain were up to 130x safe drinking water standards following fukushima*
tennessee nuke plant: after tornadoes, water in reactor 'boiled' low enough to trigger shutdown alarm — public not told of problems*
radiation data from seattle-area survey may be withheld by feds for national security purposes*
peaches in los angeles-area found with radiation at more than double site background levels*
man freed after arrest for collecting radiation-contaminated rubble in fukushima*
7.0 aftershock hits off japan coast; no damage reported*
scientists get ready for final phase of cloud seeding project*
belief in global warming at new low; gore launches re-education project*
human genome contains a million years worth of population data*
131 children vaccinated at gunpoint in malawi*
drug-resistant strain of gonorrhea baffles doctors*
group sues cosmetic companies for falsely labeling products organic*
heart attack prevention that works: a little something called 'vitamin c'*

drugwar:
'operation fast & furious': captured zeta leader says they purchased weapons from the 'US government itself'*

gearing up at the bohemian grove

#OperationBohemianGrove begins as elites gather in the california redwoods for the 133rd annual secret enclave
from press democrat: San Francisco Giants' boss Bill Neukom and Vaughn Walker, the retired federal judge who threw out Proposition 8, will be among the featured speakers at the Bohemian Grove encampment of rich and powerful men beginning Friday in Monte Rio.

Also scheduled to present Lakeside Talks during the 17-day Bohemian Grove retreat are Daniel Yergin, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and energy expert; Willie Smits, a conservationist and defender of Borneo's orangutans; and former Secretaries of State George Shultz and James Baker, according to a source.

The talks, presented beside a small lake ringed by towering redwoods, are a daily highlight of the summer encampment held by the San Francisco-based Bohemian Club and dating back to 1878.

Like everything else that transpires within the Bohemians' 2,700-acre enclave along the Russian River, the talks are secret, to the chagrin of critics who contend the plutocrats and politicians are either plotting the future of the free world, engaging in nefarious ceremonies or both.

Nothing like that actually happens, according to Matt Oggero, the club's general manager. “It's a group of guys out in the woods having a good time,” he said.

Even the protesters who used to collect at the grove's gate have pretty much given up, although there have been recent Internet rumblings of such an effort, Oggero said.

obamessiah can't guarantee social security checks will go out on aug3

meanwhile, military funding will continue on schedule...
from cbsnews: President Obama on Tuesday said he cannot guarantee that retirees will receive their Social Security checks August 3 if Democrats and Republicans in Washington do not reach an agreement on reducing the deficit in the coming weeks. "I cannot guarantee that those checks go out on August 3rd if we haven't resolved this issue. Because there may simply not be the money in the coffers to do it," Mr. Obama said in an interview with CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley, according to excerpts released by CBS News. The Obama administration and many economists have warned of economic catastrophe if the United States does not raise the amount it is legally allowed to borrow by August 2. Lawmakers from both parties want to use the threat of that deadline to work out a broader package on long-term deficit reduction, with Republicans looking to cut trillions of dollars in federal spending, while Democrats are pushing for a more "balanced approach," which would include both spending cuts and increased revenue through taxes.

econocrash updates:
US regime may cite 14th amendment to raise debt ceiling*
details from the awful june jobs report*
icahn makes $12.6b bid for clorox*
wisconsin prisoners to replace union workers with prisoners*
video: minnesota running out of booze, cigarettes due to government shutdown*
nearly one in five recent grads is out of work*
foreclosures by bank of america expected to rise*
societal chaos & how elites will try to maintain control*
moody's puts US bond rating on review for possible downgrade*
dollar drops on moody's & bernanke remarks*
US credit rating not worth saving, ron paul says*
loss of aaa rating could unleash financial hell*
european markets plunge as debt crisis worsens; gold jumps*
video: paul asks bernanke 'why do central banks hold gold?’*
iran & the first US dollar war defeat*
mounting evidence that dominique strauss-kahn was framed*
eu calls emergency meeting as crisis stalks italy*
italy's 2,400 tons of gold the real target of 'imf terrorists'?*

antiwar republican ron paul declares presidential candidacy

from dpa: Texas Congressman Ron Paul announced Friday his bid to gain the Republican Party nomination to challenge President Barack Obama in the 2012 election. Paul, 75, made the announcement on ABC Television's Good Morning America. A radical free-market libertarian, Paul was a fringe presidential candidate in 2008 whose small but loyal following raised unexpected millions of dollars for his campaign, though he fell well short of the conservative party's nomination. Opposed to nearly all foreign military deployments, Paul was one of the few members of Congress among the hawkish Republicans who voted against the 2003 Iraq invasion, and he has called for a US withdrawal from Afghanistan. Paul, a medical doctor by training, had already formed a presidential exploratory committee last month. Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House of Representatives, declared himself a candidate on Wednesday. Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, another failed 2008 candidate, and former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty have formed exploratory committees for their expected presidential runs.

related updates:
trump won't run for president*
huckabee rules out 2012 white house run*
re-election no joking matter for obama*