Sunday, March 24, 2013
CYPRUS 40% TAX IMPOSED ON ACCOUNTS €100,000+
★BREAKING NEWS★ Cyprus reached a deal early Monday to receive funds from its European and international lenders to prop up its ailing banking sector and prevent its exit from the euro zonThe cash-strapped island nation agreed a deal with the European Central Bank (ECB), the European Commission and the International Monetary Fund — collectively known as the Troika — to secure 10 billion euros ($13 billion) of aid, the reports said, citing European Union officials. Reuters reported that the proposed agreement would include the closure of the country's second-largest lender, Popular Bank of Cyprus or "Laiki Bank," with deposits under €100,000 to be shifted to the larger Bank of Cyprus. Deposits over €100,000 at Laiki would be frozen and used to pay off debts, it said. Separately, Agence France-Presse reported that, as part of the agreement, the country will impose a 40% haircut on Bank of Cyprus depositors holding more than 100,000 euros in their accounts. The proposal then went before the European Union's finance ministers, known as the Eurogroup, who gave their approval, according to Reuters and Bloomberg. The Eurogroup was due to make a statement shortly. Investors were concerned that Cyprus wouldn't be able to come up with a plan acceptable to the Troika before a Monday night funding deadline set last week by the ECB. In the worst case, many analysts said, Cyprus would become the first nation to leave the euro currency bloc.
BREAKING Huge DHS Military Equipment Movement on Train in AZ March 2013 Martial Law!
Look what we found out in the middle of the desert between Hackberry and Peach Springs, AZ Remember those Civilian Assault Vehicles FEMA ordered to keep order among American Citizens... they ordered 2700 of them according to official reports. Is this part of the original 2700 or is this a few hundred more? Are we starting a war somewhere I was not aware of, are we sending more troops to IRAQ? Afghanistan? IRAN? NO? Then where and who are these military vehicles going to be used against? I am seeing way, way too much of this...
Rand Paul - The Last Two Presidents Could Have Been Put in Jail for Their Drug Use
3/24/13 - "I also don't want to put people in jail who make a mistake. There are a lot of young people who do this and then they grow up and get married and quit doing this. I don't want to put people in jail and ruin their lives. Look, the last two presidents could conceivably have been put in jail for their drug use and I really think, look what could have happened, it would have ruined their lives."
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) made the case for his "libertarian Republican approach," reiterating his belief that the GOP can appeal to a wider base of Americans by, among other suggestions, taking a principled stand for "the right to trial by jury," getting the government to take a "neutral" stance on marriage, reforming immigration, and relaxing rules against marijuana use and other nonviolent crimes. In order to be competitive in New England and other typically "blue state" strongholds, Sen. Paul suggested that the party consider his "libertarian Republican approach to things" because "young people are attracted to that and our party could grow if we accepted something more than the cookie-cutter conservatives in the past." He added that the left-right political paradigm "doesn't always work for people," because most people consider themselves "independents and moderates" on issues like jailing individuals for marijuana use and on whether the United States should pursue a less aggressive foreign policy than what conservatives have to offer. When pressed on his stance over the drug war, Paul suggested that the last few presidents would have been jailed for their own non-violent dabblings with drugs, and yet we continue a policy of locking up individuals for low-level drug possession. "Look, the last two presidents could have conceivably been put in jail for their drug use and I really think -- look what would've happened, it would've ruined their lives. They got lucky. But a lot of poor kids, particularly in the inner city, don't get lucky and they don't have good attorneys and they go to jail for some of these things and I think it's a big mistake," the Kentucky Republican said. The senator clarified that he does not personally condone marijuana use, but he thinks it's a "mistake" to jail users for such nonviolent crimes: "There are people in jail for 37, 50, 45 years for nonviolent crimes and that's a huge mistake. Our prisons are full of non-violent criminals. I don't want to encourage people to do it. I think even marijuana is a bad thing to do. I think it takes away your incentive to work and show up and do the things that you should be doing. I don't think that it's a good idea." On the hot-button issue of same-sex marriage, Sen. Paul maintained that he personally believes in traditional marriage, but that as opposed to conservatives actively trying to get the federal government to take their side in the marriage fight, the senator believes it ought to remain "neutral." "I don't want the government promoting something I don't believe in," he explained, "but I also don't mind if the government tries to be neutral on the issue." He advocated for the federal tax code to be "neutral" on marriage: instead of dishing out benefits to defined couples, Paul believes a simpler tax code wouldn't need to include marriage definitions.
Bill Black : Financial Fraud From Cyprus to London to New York
The financial industry brought the economy to its knees, but how did they get away with it? With the nation wondering how to hold the bankers accountable, The Real News interviews Bill Black, the former senior regulator who cracked down on banks during the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s. Black offers his analysis of what went wrong and his critique of the bailout.
"If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation then by deflation, the banks and the corporations will grow up around them, will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs."
Thomas Jefferson
Build Up To WW3: Nulear North Korea Shows Anti US Video. WHITE HOUSE & Capitol Building ATTACKED
North Korea has produced another anti-US video - showing the iconic White House and Capitol building in flames.
The four-minute video titled "Firestorms will rain on the Headquarters of War" was posted on the YouTube channel of the North's official website, Uriminzokkiri, which distributes news and propaganda from the state media.
The first two minutes used still photos of US fighter jets, B-52 bombers and aircraft carriers to portray the United States as a bullying nuclear power intent on bending Pyongyang to its will.
"Second by second, the fuse of a nuclear war is burning," a female narrator warned.
It then showed a sniper's crosshairs superimposed over the White House, before switching to animated footage of the dome of the US Capitol building exploding in a fireball.
"There is no limit to the range of our strategic rockets," the narrator said.
Angered by UN sanctions imposed after its nuclear test last month, North Korea has threatened the
United States with a pre-emptive nuclear strike, as military tensions on the Korean peninsula escalated to their highest level for years.
Although experts say the North is years from being able to fire a nuclear-tipped ballistic mile as far as the US mainland, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel responded Friday with plans to boost West Coast missile defences.
It was the latest in a line of similarly-themed videos posted to the Uriminzokkiri channel.
An offering early last month showed New York in flames after an apparent missile attack, and another two weeks later depicted US soldiers and President Barack Obama burning in the flames of a nuclear blast.
North Korea has produced another video showing the United States under attack, this time with the White House and the US Capitol literally in the crosshairs.
The four-minute video titled "Firestorms will rain on the Headquarters of War" was posted Monday on the YouTube channel of the North's official website, Uriminzokkiri, which distributes news and propaganda from the state media.
The first two minutes used still photos of US fighter jets, B-52 bombers and aircraft carriers to portray the United States as a bullying nuclear power intent on bending Pyongyang to its will.
"Second by second, the fuse of a nuclear war is burning," a female narrator warned.
At the same time the U.S. and South Korea were preparing to fly B-54 bombers over their country, North Korea released a propaganda video encouraging the bombing of the White House and U.S. Capitol Building.
"Firestorms will rain on the Headquarters of War" sits at about four minutes long and shows numerous minutes what are ostensibly North Korean troops firing hundreds of artillery rounds up in the air. After a few minutes of this, the video shows images of the White House and the U.S. Capitol Building overlaid by a targetting reticule and then a sort of community-access level fire-effect.
The news came as South Korea and the U.S. set to fly B-52 bombers over the North.
Nightmare unfolding in Cyprus, as plan hatched to seize 25% of large bank deposits
Nightmare unfolding in Cyprus, as plan hatched to seize 25% of large bank deposits
A similar “wealth tax” has already been brought into effect in India recently. The Indian government has decided to levy an addittional 10% (‘just for this year”) on those with an income exceeding INR 10000000 (apprx. USD 183,750) as well as those investing in property of similar values. Just because those with such declared earnings are below 50,000 (who in any case are an unrepresented minority), not even a whisper is audible. On the other hand the government has blatantly indulged vote bank politics by marginally lowering income tax for the lowest taxable slab.Forget India. On the news today California just announced a new business tax that will be retroactive for 5 years!!! Geesus, this will fast track any rebellion the elites want to create, what the heck, maybe they are trying to incite WWlll….. Now that IMF has things roiling in Europe, maybe California will be the catalyst that wakes the US people up. I’d say IMF is stirring the pot on purpose then.The excuse that it’s money being laundered from Russia makes no sense. Is the EU now Russia’s law enforcement agency. If the Russian government isn’t worried about where the money came from why is anybody else? The real precedent being set here is that if you deposit your money in a “foreign” bank in a debt ridden socialist utopia you may end up losing it to the bankrupt government. Presumably these accounts full of supposedly illicit Russian money are among the largest in the Cypriot banks and will suffer paying the largest share of the of the debt burden. If the Cypriots don’t cut a deal (drilling rights , basing rights, etc.) to pacify the Russians they won’t receive a dime from foreign depositors for years. What went on behind the scenes here? Did the EU see an opportunity to steal Russian money to collect what it’s owed? Did the Cypriot government see an opportunity to steal Russian money to pay it’s debt? Did the Russians perhaps push for this to gain leverage to get the mineral and basing rights they want? Will the EU and the US permit that? Why did the Russians send six warships to the meditteranian this week?
Is Water the next Oil ?
Water scarcity involves water stress, water deficits, water shortage and water crisis. The concept of water stress is relatively new. Water stress is the difficulty of obtaining sources of fresh water for use, because of depleting resources. A water crisis is a situation where the available potable, unpolluted water within a region is less than that region's demand U.N. chief warns of growing water scarcity U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned that by 2030, nearly half the world's population could be facing a scarcity of water, with demand outstripping supply by 40%. One in three people already live in a country with moderate to high water stress, Ban told a U.N. event marking the opening of the International Year of Water Cooperation 2013. It also marked the 20th anniversary of the proclamation of World Water Day. "Competition is growing among farmers and herders; industry and agriculture; town and country; upstream and downstream; and across borders," the secretary-general said. Ban said international cooperation is essential "to protect and manage this fragile, finite resource," especially as the world population grows and the climate changes. And with more people moving to urban areas, water use is projected to increase by 50% by 2025, said Ambassador Thomas Mayr-Harting, head of the European Union delegation to the United Nations. By that time, he said, roughly 5.5 billion people - two-thirds of the projected global population - "will live in areas facing moderate to severe water stress." Mayr-Harting said the U.N. Millennium Development Goal of cutting in half the proportion of people without access to clean water by 2015 is likely to be surpassed. But he said "over 780 million people today do not have access to improved sources of drinking water, especially in Africa, and major inequities remain." Davos 2013: water scarcity is 'second most important world risk' UN general secretary Ban Ki-moon tells Davos that we must appreciate water more as World Economic Forum recognises the scale of the problem -- but what is being done? We tend to look after only what we value. Perhaps that is the reason why we have literally been pouring the world's fresh water down the drain. Yesterday, Ban Ki-moon, secretary general at the United Nations, reminded presidents, business leaders and NGOs at a meeting in Davos that "most of us do not appreciate water. We just take it for granted. Someone with a lavish life, we say he is spending money like water." The secretary general likes to practice what he preaches; he keeps only a small jug of water in his office and exhorts his staff not to waste the precious resource. He wants the world to do the same. He is by no means alone. Christopher Chiza, Tanzania's minister of agriculture, said it was a crying shame that 80% of the water used for irrigation in his country goes to waste. But times are changing and the World Economic Forum (WEF) has recognised water scarcity as the second most important risk facing the world in the years ahead. The problem with finding solutions is that many developing countries have little idea of how to address the problem, and are not able to measure rainfall patterns or water usage. To complicate matters, answers do not lie in the hands of any one group in society and the debate is highly political.
Bank Holiday Coming to America ?
BANK MANAGER VERIFIES CASH WITHDRAWL LIMITS AND REDUCED HOURS COMING TO US BANKS WITHIN 60 DAYS
Gentlemen: Just received a call from a highly agitated bank manager who stated that within 60 days, banks will be greatly reducing their hours, days of operation, amount of withdrawals and a requirement to fill out "paperwork" if the amount is questioned by bank officials. Unless the form is completed, money will not be disbursed. What really irritated this manager is that after hearing our statements on the air, and receiving years of assurance that our positions and contacts were so much bravo sierra, now he hears from corporate people that it is apparently true after all. He said, "screw them, grab the money while you can." The parameters given were banks open two days a week for four to five hours with below minimum staffs, increased security and greatly reduced amounts of actual cash in the vault. Amount of withdrawal will be held to $500-2000 per day per customer account--not customer. So my account could only have either my wife or I withdraw, not both. That level could change at ANY time. There is no plan (at least known) for automatic confiscation from accounts--yet, and he said that the banks hold the "ownership" authority and final disposition of any items found in safety deposit boxes. (surprise, surprise!) Withholding mortgage payments could result in expedited (30) day foreclosures and 15 day Sheriff's locks on your front door.
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Webster Tarpley : The New Pope is Anti Liberal Anti Wall Street
Webster Griffin Tarpley is a philosopher of history who seeks to provide the programs and strategies needed to overcome the current world crisis. As an activist historian he first became widely known for his book George Bush: The Unauthorized Biography (1992), a masterpiece of research which is still a must read. Tarpley is a member of the "world anti-imperialist conference" Axis for Peace, of Scholars for 9/11 Truth and of a research Netzwerk of German 9/11 authors founded in September 2006. He is featured in the film, Zero: an investigation into 9/11 During 2008, he warned of the dangers of an Obama presidency controlled by Wall Street with Obama: The Postmodern Coup, The Making of a Manchurian Candidate and Barack H. Obama: The Unauthorized Biography. His interest in economics is reflected in Surviving the Cataclysm: Your Guide Through the Worst Financial Crisis in Human HistoryAgainst Oligarchy. He is currently completing a study of Pearl Harbor as an episode in Wall Street's war against President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the New Deal, and FDR's economic bill of rights. His books have appeared in Japanese, German, Italian, French, and Spanish. From 1974 to 1984, he was a correspondent in central Europe, during which time he co-authored Chi ha ucciso Aldo Moro (Who Killed Aldo Moro, 1978) a study of international terrorism. In 1979-80, he appeared as commentator for Teleradiosole, a television station in Rome. From 1984 to 1996, he was a correspondent in Washington DC. Tarpley is the co-author of George Bush: The Unauthorized Biography (1992), which has sold 30,000 copies and remains the only critical biography of the former President. In 1997 he published an anthology entitled Against Oligarchy: Essays and Speeches 1970-1996. These books can be consulted on the internet at www.tarpley.net. His 9/11 Synthetic Terror, the Bible of the 9/11 Truth Movement, has sold over 20,000 copies. His two books on Obama are virtually the only critical ones in print from a progressive viewpoint. Tarpley has lectured in numerous colleges and universities around the world. In 1995 he was named a consultant to the Universal Ecological Academy of Moscow. He holds an MA from Skidmore College and a Ph.D. in history from the Catholic University of America. Webster Tarpley's talk show World Crisis Radio is now broadcast on the Genesis World Report on GCNLive Free Internet Streaming Radio, Saturdays, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Eastern (1-3 Central, 11-1 Pacific), all 4 networks.
Apocalypse Conspiracy 2013 - Illuminati World War III
Planned and executed by shadowy multi-generational fascists bent on world domination and genocidal depopulation, the wars surrounding Israel and Nuclear Armageddon are being scripted
to usher in a totalitarian one world government for the western and European oligarchy, and elite bankster class. The film paints a very bleak picture of the state of world affairs with few glimmers of hope, however viable options are presented, and the brutal truth is revealed on such issues as Syria, Iran, Russia, China, DPRK, Missile Defense, Depleted Uranium Munitions, Israel and Palestine, past wars, economic slavery, and the march to WW3.
Also, regarding the video being mostly RT and Press TV news clips, the point was the prominent alternative media guests and subject matter, the fact that these stories arent told on cnn or msnbc or ctv only further proves that the western blocs bankster occupied commonwealth nations media is too censored to allow such monumental and apocalypse averting discussion. Most of the guests and reporters themselves are in fact American patriots and not affiliated with Iranian or Russian government at all.